TB: Ladies and gentleman, welcome to my channel! This'll be the first story that I will be uploading here, but I won't be doing this alone! Come on out, KKD!
KKD: *Pops up* Konnichiwa, min'na-san! Ore wa KKD SILVER~! And… you know, this sorta reminds me of when I got my first video out on YouTube.
TB: I know this is my first story. First story in a line of other stories to be uploaded. And this will be about… the Marvel Universe!
KKD: Reminds me of another concept I've got in store, but that's another story for another day. This, though… this will include TB's first OC that I know of.
TB: Well, not an OC for the Toku stories, just OC for the Marvel stories. I differentiate the two.
KKD: I meant OC in general.
TB: Oh ok. It'll take me a while to get used to it, but this story will focus on an OC mutant. Now many of you will think that this is an X-Men story, but I want to expand on more than just X-Men in this story. My OC will meet other Marvel heroes and villains in it, and she will… well I don't want to say anymore because it'll ruin the surprise.
KKD: Makes sense. Anyways, I think we should get this story on a roll. TB… do you have disclaimers ready for this?
TB: Of course I do. *fires Disclaimer out of a gun*
DISCLAIMERS: No one from Team Toku Riders owns anything in this fanfiction except for the original concepts within. The rest are owned by Marvel Comics, Disney (since they own Marvel), Marvel Studios, Fox (since they make the X-Men movies), Stan Lee, and their respective owners.
We start with an average night in New York City, with buildings brightly lit, people crowding the streets and traffic being as hectic as ever. Amidst the crowds, though, a person was running through with a sack over his shoulder, trying to ditch the cops.
"Stop right there!" the cops shouted, trying to catch up with the guy.
"Bite me, coppers!" he barked back before turning into an alley trying to lose them.
Little did he know there was someone high up on the rooftops who heard all this, and started to follow him, too. The figure began running, jumping and flipping across the rooftops before stopping above where the guy carrying the bag thought he was safe.
"Heh heh… I finally lost dem," he chuckled, opening his sack to reveal what looked like priceless artifacts consisting of Incan roots, "Dunno why da boss wanted dis stuff so bad, but… hey, if it means I git paid, da better."
"I don't know why your boss wants that stuff either, but I can assure you, he isn't gonna get his mitts on them," the crook heard, before turning to where the sound came from, only to see nothing there.
"Who said dat? Who's dere?!" he asked, not hearing the person from the rooftops land behind him since she landed rather silently, before she got closer to tap him on the shoulder.
"I did," she whispered before the crook turned around and jumped, the girl smirking before she kicked him in the jaw, knocking him out cold.
Meanwhile, at Professor Xavier's School for the Gifted, we see Charles in his office by his window with his eyes closed before they began to open, Ororo Munroe, aka Storm walking in while looking through various documents until she saw the Professor lift some sort of helmet off his head.
"Is something wrong, Professor?" she asked.
"No nothing's the matter, Storm," Charles answered as he turned his wheelchair around to face her, "I just sensed a new presence. Another mutant has made her way to New York."
"Where is she? What can you identify about her?" Storm inquired.
"I can identify that she is a good soul, but aside from that, there's nothing else to confirm. Do you think you can bring her here? I would like to speak with her myself, and see if she can be helpful to our team." Charles requested of Storm.
"Of course, Professor." she replied before she walked out of the office and left Xavier, who continued to file through some paperwork and putting the helmet for his computer system, Cerebro, back on.
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Later, we see a girl, who looked to be in her late teens, with yellow eyes, black hair that stretched down to her neck with a pink streak. She's also seen wearing a jean vest with a black T-shirt underneath, beige cargo shorts that stretched to the middle of her calves, and was barefoot. We see her walking down the street, minding her own business.
"Good Morning, New York!" she exclaimed to herself, "Jessie Devon is ready for anything you've got to throw at her!"
"Will ya keep it down?! There are people still tryin' to sleep here!" she heard someone complain from an apartment building.
"Sorry!" she called out before she continued walking down the street.
As she walked down the street, she began to hear an alarm from far away.
"Well, looks like a little chaos is spreading. Time to see what's up," Jessie said before running to where the noise came from.
Meanwhile, a man in silver samurai armor was taking a few random people hostage before police arrived and surrounded the man.
"Alright, you are surrounded! Puts your hands up, and step away from the people!" one of the cops shouted, before the samurai pulled out his sword and it started to glow before he slashed it at a couple cop cars, making them blow up.
"Now you listen very carefully, officers. You will send my clan whatever resources I ask for. If you agree, these hostages will be unharmed," the man demanded, "But if you don't, they will be taken to my clan and we will put them to work as slaves!"
At that moment, he saw Jessie crouched on top of one of a police car and pointed his sword to her.
"Who are you, little girl?!"
"Oh, no one special. Just a New Yorker passing through," Jessie answered, before she crouched down and leapt off the car, spinning in the air with the cops noticing before she landed in front of the samurai, "I should be the one asking who, in the hell, are you."
"Waga no wa Gin no Samurai da (I'm the Silver Samurai)!"
"I'm sorry, what? I couldn't understand you without subtitles or your terrible dubber," Jessie joked, snickering a bit.
"Insolent child! You dare mock the Silver Samurai?! How dare you!" he shouted in anger before grabbing a very young girl by the neck, aiming his blade at both her and her parents, "If any one comes any closer, I will make this girl an example of what happens when I am angered!"
"No, Please no! Let her go, please!" the little girl's parents pleaded with the Silver Samurai, the little girl crying because of what's going on. Jessie's face turns to one of concern.
"Hey, hey I was only joking around, Samurai. There's no reason to get these people involved," Jessie responded before looking to the little girl, "What's your name, kiddo?"
"...M-Maggie," the girl answered in between sniffles.
"Don't worry, Maggie, everything's gonna be alright. Just don't cry, I'll take care of this."
"Do you really want this child to die, koso (brat)?" Silver Samurai responded, thinking Jessie was going insane.
"Of course not, Gin no Samurai. ...I'm just waiting for you to make one mistake. And I believe you just did," Jessie smirked before she sped towards the Silver Samurai and punched him right in the face, causing him to let Maggie go before Jessie caught her and returned her to her parents, "I told you I would take care of this. Now, get out of here, I'll handle silver-guy here."
"Kisama," Silver Samurai growled, before he charged his sword with electricity, "Mairu (Going forth)!"
Jessie just smirked at this, blocking the Samurai's attacks, kicking his sword out of his hand before she started throwing punches all across his body and then kicking him in the face, which made him stumble a bit. However, the Samurai quickly recovered before kicking Jessie in the gut, sending her to the ground, legs bent over her head, but then, she kicked back up to her feet and just dusted herself off.
"Talk about power. But now, let me show you my stuff," she smirked before she brought her right arm up and started wiggling her fingers, almost like she was stretching her muscles.
Then, her hand was visibly growing fur and became identical to a lion's paw, but still having the flexible human digits, with the cops watching with shocked expressions on their faces.
"Is… Is she a mutant, too?" one cop asked another, shocked by these events.
"I dunno, but no normal person I know can do what she just did," another cop answered.
"C'mon, Silver, is that all you got?" Jessie taunted, as she used her lion's paw to continuously punch the Silver Samurai in the face until she knocked his helmet off.
"THAT'S IT!" the Samurai roared, trying to use his powers to increase his own strength, but Jessie just jumped into the air to avoid the attack, and didn't come down, the Silver Samurai intrigued by this, "Flight and body manipulation. You're a mutant as well, aren't you?"
"Yeah, so?" Jessie scoffed, not finding it a big deal, "What about it?"
"You are hated by humans, just like me. Yet you help them," the Samurai responded.
"It's no big deal, it's just an obstacle that I will be sure to overcome with time," Jessie shrugged off before her left foot turned into a kangaroo foot before she kicked the Silver Samurai in the chest knocking him down and out cold in the process.
"And that's how it's done," Jessie smirked, as her hand and foot turning back to normal and the hostages cheering for her as the cops went to arrest the Samurai, and yet a larger crowd also was there, both cheering and booing her.
"No more freakish mutants!" she heard one person jeer.
"Way to go there, girl! You're a hero!" she heard another person cheer.
"Well… at least it's not all hate," Jessie muttered to herself, before she took off into the sky, to make sure no one could find her again.
She later landed on a rooftop further from the fight.
"It'll take awhile, but soon… soon, they'll all see me as a hero," Jessie figured with a sigh before she started to notice the clouds darkening along with Storm, who was clad entirely in white, flying towards her before landing on the rooftop, "Who… might you be, exactly?"
"You may call me Storm; I am a mutant, like yourself." she answered, the dark clouds clearing above her.
"Lemme guess… weather control?" Jessie figured.
"Correct. Now, I've been called here to ask you to come with me. A friend of mine wishes to speak with you," Storm replied.
"Hmm… sounds tempting… but I think I'll pass," Jessie shrugged off, "I'm trying to find a place that I can call home."
"Please, come with me. I'll take you to a place where you can be safe from ridicule and oppression," Storm insisted.
"Thanks, but I'll be fine. I'd rather handle that solo,"
"I don't really think you got a whole lotta choice," Jessie heard a voice say before she sniffed the air and turned to her left to see a figure that made her eyes widen.
"Logan?!" she gawked.
"Surprised to see me, Jess?" the familiar figure, Logan, aka Wolverine smirked upon seeing her.
"Do you know her, Logan?" Storm inquired.
"Oh yea. Jessie here and I go back quite a ways. Don't we, Jess?" Logan responded.
"Yeah, I met him back when we were both part of the Weapon X program," Jessie informed Storm, surprising her.
"You too were part of the Weapon X program?" Storm responded, confused.
"Yea… it's kind of a long story," Jessie admitted.
"Though in all seriousness, Jess, why don't you come with us?" Logan asked, making Jessie reconsider.
"Well… I don't know. I still wanna handle this thing on my own, but you make it sound more tempting than weather girl over here, so…" Jessie started, still pondering.
"Tell ya what, how about we have a brawl like old times, and then tell me your answer," Logan said, bringing out his adamantium claws.
"Your claws are metal now? Last time I saw you, they were bone," Jessie noticed.
"Heh, last time I saw you, you had shoes on," Logan retorted before Jessie giggled a tiny bit.
"Touche. Lemme guess, result of Weapon X experimentation?" Jessie figured.
"Yup. You ready?" Logan smirked.
"You know it!" Jessie nodded, before she readied herself.
And thus, Logan charged in first, slashing with his claws but Jessie dodged out of the way.
"C'mon, Logan. You can do better than that," Jessie smirked, before he turned both of his arms into gorilla arms.
"Heh… alright. I won't hold back now," Logan smirked before he charged at her again, but Jessie just blocked with her fists.
Even with Wolverine's claws, Jessie was able to block the attacks with her enlarged fists. Eventually, she punched him in the jaw so hard, that it almost snapped and cracked, but after getting up, he just snapped his jaw back into place.
"Not bad, kid. Let's see ya try this!" Wolverine smirked before he started slashing rapidly at Jessie, causing slash marks in her outfit, but then, Wolverine literally sliced off her arm, making Storm gasp.
"Logan, how could you?! She's just a child!" she scolded.
"...Eh, no big deal. Compared to what I've got, this is just a flesh wound," Jessie shrugged off before her eyes changed to look like reptilian eyes, and to Storm's shock, they watched as she regrew her arm, her eyes returning to normal, "...Yeesh… that still takes a lot out of me. It isn't painless either."
"Looks like you heal fast too," Wolverine noticed.
"Not in the way you do, anyway. Now I think it's time I show you the full extent of my powers. You're gonna love this," Jessie smirked before her gorilla arms turned back to normal and she closed her eyes to concentrate.
With that, her legs went digitigrade, she sprouted a tail, and she grew yellow fur with black spots along with blue eyes, her ears moving to the top of her head.
"Well… that's new," Logan admitted, "Looks like Weapon X did a real number on your genes, too."
"Don't remind me of that, their experiments were really messed up. Though, I suppose I should thank them for giving me these sweet abilities." Jessie noted, showing off her leopard parts, "Now enough talk, let's fight!"
Jessie then leaped at Wolverine and clawed at him, even attempting to bite him, but he punched her away before they had another staredown. They charged at each other again, trading blow after blow before Jessie did several super fast finger pokes, poking holes into Wolverine like bullets. Wolverine was able to survive this until he stabbed his claws in Jessie's stomach.
"...Guess we're at a draw," Jessie figured, the two taking their claws out of each other before healing, the young girl reverting to her human form.
"Yeah. So what do you say?" Logan asked, "Willing to come with us now, Jess?"
"...Well… Sure, why not?"
"Thank you for cooperating, Jessie. Though, I do wish it didn't require you fighting Logan to do it," Storm replied, "Come along then, we'll show you where to go."
"...Okay," Jessie nodded.
Sometime later, the trio returned to Professor Xavier's school and began to show her around.
"Nice place," Jessie admitted, before she met with a young girl who just passed through a wall next to her which surprised her, "Whoa! Now that's pretty cool."
"Oh hey. You new around here?" the girl in question, who was a brunette with brown eyes, and currently wearing a pink shirt and blue pants, smiled upon seeing Jessie, "Name's Kitty Pryde."
"Jessie Devon; nice to meet you," Jessie smiled, about to hold her hand out when, "Wait… are you gonna phase through me?"
"Don't be silly, I have full control of my powers, and I only phase through stuff if I want to," Kitty smiled, holding her hand out to Jessie, "What's your power?"
"Well, I got a few. Flight, super strength, super speed, and…" Jessie started before turning her hand into a bird's talon in the shape of a human hand, "...that."
"Wow… that's interesting," Kitty admitted, "Well, I wish you good luck here in the school."
At that moment, a big muscular figure was walking by and bumped into Jessie.
"Oh, sorry about that. I didn't see you there," the figure apologized with a very thick Russian accent, revealing to have short brown hair, fair skin, and wearing a white t-shirt, black jeans, and black shoes, "I am Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin. Though most call me Peter or Colossus."
"I can see why. What's your story, big guy?" Jessie asked.
"He's an immigrant from Russia, but he doesn't want to talk too much about his past," Kitty explained.
"Most mutants here have very troubled pasts, tovarishch (friend)," Peter admitted, "But we've learned to move on, and accept who we are. Something tells me that you will be no different, comrade."
"I see… so… mind me asking what your power is?" Jessie inquired.
Peter responded to her question by clenching his fist, and within seconds, his body was coated in some sort of organic metal, making him a foot taller, "I can turn my body into metal for enhanced strength."
"Impressive," Jessie admitted, "Although my body manipulation isn't as cool."
"Taking pride in your powers, I see," Colossus noted, reverting to normal, "I admire that, tovarishch."
"Thank you, Peter. I'll see you guys later," Jessie smiled as Peter and Kitty walked away, Jessie continuing down the halls until she heard a "BAMF!" sound above her, "What the?!"
The "BAMF!" sound continued until she saw a man with blue skin, black hair, pointed ears, yellow eyes, feet with two toes that reminded Jessie of some of her legs in animal form, and hands with two fingers and a thumb each. She also noticed the man was wearing a black and red outfit. Not to mention, she saw he had a long, skinny tail with a pointed tip, resembling a demon's tail.
"Who are you supposed to be, some kind of blue devil or something?" Jessie asked.
"Nein, mine lieberkind (No, my friend). I've been mistaken for that for much of my life, but I'm actually a mutant like yourself," the man replied in a German accent, "I'm Kurt Wagner, also known as Nightcrawler."
"So you have teleportation abilities… cool," Jessie gawked.
"Ya, I take great pride in who I am today. I saw you demonstrate your power to Kitty over there, and I must say it was impressive," Nightcrawler admitted, "I can assume you can emulate the powers of other animals, ya?"
"Yes, yes I can. Welp, catch ya later, Kurt, I'm off to meet the big guy around here," Jessie informed.
"Professor X? I would be glad to take you directly to him, if you'd like?" Nightcrawler offered.
"Thanks, I would like that," Jessie smiled.
"Vunderba! Your vish is my command," Nightcrawler smiled, taking Jessie's hand (which felt strange due to his finger count), as they continued walking through the halls.
Eventually, they pass by a lab with the door open, and Jessie could see a man who looked more beast-like, had blue fur all over his body, and yet was hanging by his feet above the chemistry sets, reading a book… and actually had glasses along with some black tights.
"Now I've seen everything," Jessie admitted, as she and Kurt stopped to check the lab out.
"Oh, that's Dr. McCoy, our school's top scientist," Nightcrawler informed Jessie, getting the attention of the Beast above her.
"Oh, you must be the new mutant that Charles wanted to speak with. It is a pleasure to meet new potential students," McCoy smiled, his voice sounding much more sophisticated than Jessie would've expected from such a beastly looking mutant, before he swung down and landed before Kurt and Jessie, straightening himself out, "As Kurt as informed you, I am Dr. McCoy, Hank McCoy to be precise. Though most just call me Beast for obvious reasons."
"Nice balance up there," Jessie complimented, "I'm very impressed. You're able to hold yourself upside down with your ability, while reading a book no less."
"Thank you, my dear. I've had years of practice. Now… pardon me, but I don't think you've introduced yourself yet," McCoy replied.
"Oh right. I'm Jessie Devon, and I can fly, run fast, lift heavy things and I can turn my body into different animal parts as well as an entire animal itself."
"Sounds fascinating. I would inquire more about your abilities, but I do not wish for us to keep the Professor waiting for you," McCoy pointed out.
"You do have a point there," Jessie responded, "Eh, I guess I'll meet the rest after my talk with the Professor."
"Until we meet again, Ms. Devon," Beast replied before Kurt took her hand agian, and they teleported in front of Charles' office with Kurt's usual teleporting "BAMF!"
"Well, here we are," Kurt replied, "He'll probably vant to talk to you privately, so I'll be going. Let me know how it goes aftervards, ya?"
"Will do. Catch ya later, Kurt," Jessie smiled as Kurt teleported away, and Jessie was about to knock on the door when…
'Come in, Ms. Devon,' she heard a majestic voice speak in her head, surprising her at first before she just opened the door to find Professor X, the bald head of the school, currently in a tuxedo while riding in a hoverchair.
'Whoa! What's going on?! Are we having a conversation in our heads or something?' Jessie wondered in her head.
"Forgive me, Ms. Devon. I suppose I should've informed you that I am a telepath," Charles apologized, moving his hoverchair closer to her.
"Oh, well I always believed in the phenomena known as ESP, so… I'm not all that surprised," Jessie stated before pulling a chair and crouching down on it, "I take it you wanted to speak to me?"
"Indeed. I had detected you earlier with the help of Cerebro, and I wanted to ask you some questions. First of all, I sensed that you are a good soul. I felt it when you were fighting the Silver Samurai," Charles informed.
"Um… okay? ...How were you able to know that I was fighting that dude?" Jessie asked, "And speaking of that samurai, who was he, anyway?"
"My powers do not stop at just simple telepathy. My telepathy actually has the greatest range of any telepath, but I also has various psionic powers to affect the minds without proper protection, and a variety of other abilities, which you may come to learn as time goes on," Charles told Jessie.
"So… almost like a Jedi Mind Trick? You're not gonna do it on me are you?"
"It only affects the weak-minded. If you have a strong mind, you won't be harmed, much less affected," Charles chuckled a bit, easing the tension he felt Jessie had.
"Whew, that's a relief. Now, who was that samurai from before, and what was his deal?"
"The Silver Samurai? He's also known as Kenuichio Harada; he is the son of a crime lord in Japan and eventually took over the Yashida Clan. He is a mutant like you and I, his powers consisting of generating tachyon energy fields, which he focuses mainly into his katana, allowing him to cut through nearly anything," the Professor informed, "I am quite amazed to hear you actually knocked him unconscious in your first encounter with him."
"Why, thanks. I was just helping people in trouble. Not all of them hated me, which was fine enough for me. But my goal is to have everyone see me as myself, Jessie Devon, a girl who wants to help whomever she can, not some freak of nature that everyone claims me to be," Jessie replied.
"Everyone in this building wishes that, Ms. Devon," Charles replied with sincerity, "People fear what they don't understand. I started this complex to help people control their powers and to bring us one step closer towards coexistence between man and mutant. I'm sure you understand, right?"
"...Yea. I do."
"I see you already have good control over your powers. So you won't need much in terms of actual training, but I'd be intrigued to know how you got these powers to begin with."
"Well… it kinda ties itself in with the past of someone I knew," Jessie started.
We first see a younger Jessie messing around in the trees, swinging around, flipping and listening to the animals that were up there with her such as the squirrels and birds.
"I was already born with amazing agility and understanding of animal life," Jessie told the professor, as we see young Jessie being taken away by several men in black suits and dark glasses, her parents saddened by this, "Though my life changed the day I was taken away from my family by people who worked for a program called Weapon X."
"Weapon X? Isn't that the same facility that took Logan?"
"The very same."
"In fact, I happened to meet Logan up there," Jessie added as we see a younger Jessie crying, locked up in the Weapon X facility before we see a man walking towards her.
"Lemme tell you something, kid, crying isn't gonna get us out of here. Ya gotta stay strong, and eventually… things will get better." the man, who was the past version of Logan, told the younger Jessie, who was wiping away her tears.
"Do you really think so, mister?" Jessie asked.
"Trust me, kid, I've been through many things, and I can tell ya that we'll get out of here soon," Logan informed.
"...Okay. Um… what's your name, mister?"
"...Logan. Yours?"
"J-Jessie… what do you think they're gonna do to us?"
"I'm not entirely sure, but I don't wanna stay and find out."
"I also met another guy, he had some severe case of cancer and was desperate to get it cured, but… after the experiments on him, he kinda went a little loco in the cabeza," Jessie told the professor, "Anyway, Logan and I have been friends for as long as we've been in that facility. Eventually, news got out of his escape after he was scheduled for experimentation. I also heard news of the other guy I mentioned before escaping when I was chosen next to be experimented on… and trust me, the process… was extremely painful."
We see Jessie, who looks a little older now, was being strapped down on an operating table with some scientists around her, each holding different syringes filled with different types of animal DNA. They all injected her at the same time, which caused her to scream before she has an epiphany.
"At that moment, I felt like my life was flashing before my eyes. And yet, it was here where a majority of my powers kicked in for the first time ever," Jessie continued, as we see her younger self bust away from her strappings, roaring in pain as the other scientists called guards to subdue her, "And since I busted out, I wouldn't waste the opportunity. If Logan and the other guy could escape, then so can I."
As if on cue, the guards rushed in to try and stop her, but the younger Jessie growled at them before turning into an anthro wolf and knocking all the guards away. She was shocked at first to see herself in such a form before she began to run out and through a hall to find an exit. However, more guards were coming in to try and stop her, but she quickly became an anthro elephant to plow through the guards, knocking them out of her way and even injuring a couple before busting out of an exit door to escape, quickly turning into an anthro-polar bear to rush through the snow while being able to withstand the cold.
"Eventually, I was able to make it back to America. I was afraid that my family wouldn't accept me back after everything that's happened. Especially considering that I just turned into different animals." Jessie explained as the younger Jessie, now back in a forest area, was practicing her agility in the tree tops, "So I trained myself to control my powers, how to use them and even taught myself a new martial art."
As Jessie was training, she started using a variety of kicks and punches, developing the martial art she mentioned in order to get the style that best compliments her mutant abilities.
"I also trained myself to fly better, because when I discovered my flight powers, it was like every kid's dream," she continued as her younger self started jumping a bit, getting further and further off the ground each time before eventually she jumped higher than before and didn't come down.
She continued to fly at super fast speeds, going through forests, over water, and even managed to start flying above the clouds, but stopping just above them as to not reach space. All while a big smile was on her face, because she was finally free.
"And that's pretty much the gist of it. Since then, I've been traveling the country as sort of a secret super hero while also trying to find a new home. To which, I came to New York." Jessie finished explaining her backstory to the Professor.
"Very intriguing, Ms. Devon," Charles applauded, clapping in the process, "Now before we get into business, I have an important question to ask. Do you miss your family?"
"Well… Yea, I really do, but I'm also still nervous about what they might think."
"I think your family will love you, regardless of your abilities; you have done so much to help the world around you as it is, and I think your abilities as well as your great heart are excellent attributes… to become an X-Man."
"X-Man? What's that?" Jessie inquired.
"The X-Men are a team of mutants I have enlisted and trained here in my school for the gifted. I have made this team to help maintain peace between humans and mutants, as well as to combat threats against humanity."
"You mean there's more than just that samurai? What else could they be fighting?"
"Like the Silver Samurai, there are mutants who do not agree with my idea of peace between man and mutant; these mutants are usually a part of a group known as the Brotherhood of Mutants, led by a powerful mutant even stronger than the samurai known as Magneto. And there are even more powerful threats out there, such as threats from space, and even mankind itself is planning to eradicate us mutants in various ways." Charles explained.
"Let me get something out, Chuck… I don't wanna believe that all humans are bad, I'm sure there are plenty of humans out there who are good and might even support mutantkind, right?"
"Your assumption is accurate, Jessie. And indeed there are many humans who support us, and their numbers are growing, but there are still those who wish to eradicate all mutants, regardless of whether their good or evil. But we would still like your assistance in fighting for our cause," Charles replied, "So, Ms. Devon… will you help us?"
Jessie started thinking for a moment, not sure what exactly she'd want to do, until…
"I'll take you up on your offer, Chuck," she answered as she pushed herself off the chair she was sitting on.
"I thank you for your assistance, Ms. Devon… and it's Charles," Xavier replied, "Anyway, go find Scott Summers or Jean Grey, they will take you to the Danger Room where you will be fully tested."
"Sure thing, Chuck," Jessie smiled as she walked out of the office, stepping back in for a second, "Oh! And, what exactly do Scott and Jean look like?"
"You'll recognize Scott when you see red glasses and Jean when you see her red hair; she usually hangs out with Scott anyway, so you'll find both of them."
Later, Jessie managed to find Scott and Jean together, talking to each other next to a window near the garden close to the school, Scott being seen to be a man with brown hair, wearing a button down suit shirt, and indeed having glasses with red lenses, while Jean had red hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a pink button down shirt along with white pants. Jessie approached the two when they stopped talking for a moment.
"Umm, excuse me? I just finished talking with Chuck, and he told me that you two could help me with taking me to… the Danger Room?" Jessie informed.
"Chuck? ...Oh, you must mean Professor Xavier. He told us that a new recruit for the X-Men was coming. My name is Scott Summers, aka Cyclops."
"Nice to meet ya, Scotty. But, um… why're you called Cyclops? And why the red lenses of your glasses?" Jessie asked.
"It's a bit tough for Scott," the woman next to him answered, "He has to wear special red lenses, because he hit his head hard as a child, which kinda made his powers glitch in that unless he has this special red quartz lense, he can't even open his eyes without blasting someone. He even has this tech in the visor of his costume, which is where he got the name Cyclops from."
"Oh…" Jessie replied, rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment and sympathy, "Um… I'm sorry?"
"It's fine, I've gotten used to it. Anyway, this is Jean Grey, her powers are similar to the Professor's except her powers are weaker than the Professor's, and she's also a telekinetic, meaning she can move objects with her mind." Scott explained.
"Nice. Anyway, do you guys know where the Danger Room is?"
"It's several floors beneath us. Just follow us," Scott answered, as they began walking in the direction of the Danger Room.
Going down to the Danger Room, Jessie saw the place was changing, from being more of a traditional or older building made of wood, it was clear it was getting more high tech the lower they went.
"Alright, here we are. The Danger Room," Scott replied, leading Jessie to a room at the end of the hall, and showing her the entrance.
"Once you're in here, you'll need to use your powers to the best of your abilities, and survive whatever's being thrown at you while also fighting opponents." Jean added, which made Jessie widen her eyes.
"Wait a minute, I'm gonna be fighting other mutants in there?!" she gawked, "I don't want to fight them!"
"It's a training simulation for all of you, and you may never know what could happen out in the field, so it's safe to be prepared here by analyzing your opponents' styles,"
"Well… okay, if you say so… as long as I'm not going to hurt anyone," Jessie responded before walking into the Danger Room.
Jessie walked into the Danger Room, a little nervous before she felt a little chilly. As if on cue, she saw a man made of Ice slide down on an ice path he was making down to her level. Two others joined her, including a girl with brown and white hair, green eyes, and wearing yellow and green spandex with a brown short sleeve jacket who flew over and landed near her while the other was a man with brown hair, some odd mask that showed his face and hair, his eyes being all black except for the red irises, and he had a black jumpsuit with some purple armor, a brown trench coat, and a staff in his hands.
"You must be the new recruit," the man of Ice brought up.
"Welcome to the Danger Room, petite mademoiselle (little lady)." the man in the trench coat smiled in an accent that sounded both French and Southern, Southern due to the tone, yet French when he said the obvious French words.
"Think ya ready for this, sugah? Well it ain't a walk in the park, Ah'll tell ya that much," the girl with brown and white hair replied in a Southern accent, slamming her right fist into her left hand.
"I heard as much," Jessie replied, "Now, before we begin, who're all of you?"
"Name's Remy. Remy Lebeau, though most call me Gambit," the trench coat wearing man introduced.
"Ya'll can call me Rogue," the other lady in the room smiled.
"Bobby Drake's the name, yet I'm better known… as the Iceman," the man of ice introduced himself, Jesse giggling a bit, "What's so funny?"
"Iceman, really? That doesn't sound as creative as, say, Cyclops," Jesse chuckled.
"Hey, it's better than what I could've used, especially with how I looked in the early days. Looking back, covering my body in snow compared to turning ice like today is a really stupid idea… coulda called me the snowman instead," Iceman responded.
"Touche, snowcone. Now how about we get this show on the road? I'll show you guys what I got," Jessie smirked.
-Settle down, Jessie. We're just getting things set up here,- she heard Cyclops' voice inform over the speaker system.
"Okay, well keep us posted, Scotty," Jessie smiled.
-Okay… get ready X-Men, your next session begins… now!- Scott informed as the room suddenly changed into mountain plains thanks to the holographic projectors, and then several purple and pink humanoid robots with yellow eyes appeared, making Jessie gasp and fall backwards in surprise.
"Whoa, whoa, WHOA! What the heck are those things?!" she gawked, not recognizing the robots.
"Sentinels, robots designed to kill mutants, but don't worry about these ones, they're holograms," Iceman informed, "Just don't let your guard down, though, they're still programmed here to be incredibly tough."
"Lemme show ya how we do things, mon ami (my friend)," Gambit replied before pulling out some playing cards, which quickly glowed a pinkish-purple energy before he threw them at the Sentinels, blowing up on impact.
"Hang tight, sugah. Ah got this," Rogue replied before flying at the Sentinels and punching them, which caused them to knock over.
"Hey, I can fly too," Jessie smiled, flying up to the Sentinel's face, about to punch it, but the giant robot just swatted her away like a fly, her being hit against the mountainside, "Ow…"
"Ooh, that's gotta hurt," Iceman winced, flying up to the Sentinels on his ice path and blasting them with ice beams from his hands, freezing it right in the face.
"Let me try again," Jessie responded, flying back up, and hitting the frozen Sentinel in the face, knocking it right down to the ground.
"Nice hit, sugah!" Rogue complimented.
"But wait, there's more!" Jessie smirked before she turned her hand into a tiger paw and her other hand into a gorilla hand, before attacking the Sentinels with a double punch.
"Sweet!" Iceman exclaimed, "You can manipulate your body, too?"
"Pretty much," Jessie smiled, before her feet turned into giraffe feet and she used this to kick another Sentinel causing it to fall over.
"Nice, mon ami," Gambit admitted before using his staff to cap a Sentinel in the knee, sending it sprawling to the ground, before using a royal flush hand on the other Sentinels, causing them to fall apart.
"Now THAT was impressive," Jessie admitted.
"Ya think that was somethin', watch this," Rogue grabbing a Sentinel by the arm and throwing it over her shoulder, making it crash into the mountainside.
"That was cool, now it's my turn," Iceman replied, firing a huge beam of ice at one Sentinel before actually growing to about the same size as one before giving it a massive punch to the chest, "And THAT is how it's done!"
"My turn for a final blow!" Jessie smirked before transforming her body into that of a bull, before flying a little higher and doing a little kick in the air in preparation of charging before diving down towards the Sentinel's head, crushing it in the process, before the mountain plain setting dissolved back into the Danger Room.
-Very impressive, everyone,- they heard Jean compliment, -Especially you, Jessie. You've proven that you can handle yourself in extremely difficult situations, and have what it takes to be an X member.-
"Really?! WOW!" Jessie gawked with excitement.
"Way to go there, girl. You're a real animal!" Iceman complimented.
"You were rougher than a gator wrestling with a croc" Rogue added.
"That wasn't bad fightin', petite," Gambit replied, making Jessie blush a bit.
"Stop it, you're embarrassing me," she replied before Cyclops and Jean walked in, presenting her black suit with yellow and blue accents, "So are these the appropriate threads?"
"You can say that," Scott answered, giving her the suit, "Welcome to the X-Men, Jessie Devon. Now the only thing you need now is a code name."
"Oh, I already have the code name, Scotty," Jessie smiled, taking the suit, "Simple, but fitting… I'm Animal."
TB: Well, there you have it, a new member has been introduced to the X-Men.
KKD: I gotta say, this was very fun to write.
TB: Yeah, Jessie is becoming more and more interesting as the story goes on. Keep in mind, there's more in store for our hero.
KKD: I can only imagine that. I mean, a history with Wolverine and someone else in Weapon X… hmm…
TB: Hold your horses, man, we'll get to him eventually. Before we get to favorite parts, there's probably gonna be some people asking about which version of the X-Men, or the Marvel Universe in general, am I gonna use. I'll be playing a bit with all versions, whether it be the cartoons, movies, video games or even the comics themselves. I'll be using bits of each of them while still making it a consistent story.
KKD: Okay. Makes sense. Little blending never hurt anyone.
TB: Which is why the X-Men look like they do in the excellent 90s cartoon or the Marvel vs. Capcom games. Anyway, favorite parts?
KKD: I'd have to say it was the times when Jessie fought Wolverine early on as well as her bout in the Danger Room. I really enjoyed helping you show off the extent of her powers.
TB: I enjoyed all those, plus her encounter with the Silver Samurai and her explaining her backstory to Xavier. Now that this is done, we've got the other projects on KKD's channel to get to… that is, if you don't mind.
KKD: Not at all. I'm just glad I managed to get what I did get up late last night/early this morning on the day we finished writing this.
TB: Alright then, anyway this has been the Lone Rider, TokuBrony…
KKD: And the Crossover King, KKD Silver, signing off. Jaa ne!
TB: SEIYAA! ...guys over at his channel.