DISCLAIMER- I Do Not own X-Men, or any canon characters, Etc. Etc., Marvel does.
The Main Characters from this are not canon characters
This project is meant as a virtual series of sorts, so there is going to be different plots in each chapter, but there is a story arc. Some bigger plots will take up 2 or more chapters.
Episodes are named after Green Day songs because I like Green Day, and there is basically a Green Day song for any situation.
David Ridges travelled briskly through the corridor from his room in the Main Building of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. He had been summoned by the Professor, with his team, for a mission. David was wearing his uniform, which was a black jumpsuit with a blue 'X' emblazoned across the chest, with detail linings in the same blue. On top of the jumpsuit was a black lab coat-like robe, with a blue inside.
"Hello, Spark, Klair." David didn't even have to see her coming, he could hear her thoughts as she phased through the concrete wall.
"I hate it how you always know that I'm here," Lian seemed almost disappointed, "It takes all the fun out of trying to surprise you."
"So, what you reading next?" David asked.
"What?"
"Well you finished your latest read last night, I was wondering if you had put any thought into what you reading next. Don't worry, I didn't search through your thoughts, it was in your residual brainwaves," before she could even ask what residual brainwaves were, David had already answered, "They're brainwaves that haven't died out yet, kinda like TV signals going off into space."
"Explain again how you know I'm here without reading my mind?"
"Everyone has a unique mental signal, which is also how I latch onto, so to speak, a person's thoughts."
"What's this, telepathy?" Pippa had just entered into the conversation, "I love it when you tell me things I could do if I trained to do them but can't be bothered. It makes me—"
"Ambivalent, Frost?" David completed her sentence for her.
"Well, Neuroshock, I was going to say disappointed yet eager—"
"Which is ambivalence, feeling two contrasting emotions simultaneously."
"Yes, yes, Davey boy," Spark was mocking her leader, "we all care about ambiguous—"
"Ambivalence," David was just messing with her by this stage.
"As I said, don't care."
"Ah, my outlook on everything," Shade had come up.
"If it isn't the prodigal rebel," Neuroshock jokingly mocked Shade, "Darren, remind me again, exactly how did you manage to get chosen for the X-trials?"
"I have no idea," Shade laughed, "It was probably a complete flu—"
Time had slowed to a near halt.
"Hello, Faith," Spark had noticed the slowing of time and accelerated her atoms accordingly; "You really are one for a grand entrance, aren't you?"
"Come on, Li, you can be worse than David at times."
"Minute, don't waste your energy with frivolous activities," Spark would usually take charge when David couldn't, "You don't know what we might need to do."
"Fine," Faith brought time back to regular pace, "You happy now?"
"—ke"
"Well, hello Faith," David said.
"Hey, David."
"Well," Pippa stated, "That's all of us."
"Hydro's turned up."
Spark faced away as the Professor gave the news.
David was shocked, "I thought we defeated him-"
"Destroyed him is more like it," Shade interrupted, laughing.
"Thank you, Darren. Anyway, didn't we defeat him when he turned against everyone at the X-Trials a few years back?"
"Yes... and no." The Professor was deeply disappointed.
"Well, what do we do?" Spark had resigned herself, realising that her help would be needed.
"Are you sure you can handle it, Li?"
"I'm fine, Klair."
"Well," the Professor started, "he has been terrorising a town a few kilometres north from the school. I've placed the co-ordinates into the X-20 Jet; all you'll need to do is actually pilot it."
"Okay, sir," David said, "C'mon guys, we have a traitor to catch."
The X-20 was a simple looking jet, but on the inside, it was one of the most technologically advanced jets in the world. It had several built-in miniature rocket blasters, the most advanced GPS system in the world, as well as many other great features.
Shade and David took to the controls of the magnificent jet. The thrust of the engines as they started up roared through the hanger bay. The hanger roof parted and the Jet flew out.
Shade laughed, "Ha, the one thing that I'm actually good at, flying a Jet. I'm lucky you guys don't replace me with the autopilot."
"If you don't shut up, we just might." Klair was always annoyed of Shade's idiotic antics and jokes, and the situation with her best friend's ex wasn't helping.
"How long 'til I get to burn that double-crossing bastard?" Spark growled.
"Not long now, Li," Pippa reassured her, "Soon that dickhead will be dead"
Back at school, the mid-year X-trials were coming up, and Technostorm, Leaf and Beyond and Delta were working out as much as they could so that they could join their friends.
Phillip Richards, better known as Technostorm, had heard the news about the team's latest mission.
"Guys," he started, throwing his closed fists at a black and silver punching bag which was dangling from the ceiling, "I've heard that David, Lian and the rest are going after Hydro."
"WHAT?" Leaf had a tendency to over worry and play things up as much bigger than they were, "What was the Professor thinking when he sent Lian to fight Hydro? Doesn't he know they have history?"
"That's what you're shocked about?" Phillip cried out, "If you would so kindly recall last year's X-Trials, he turned on us all and ended up being Blown to Pieces!"
"I'm shocked that he's still alive," Kaine Forrest
Anthony Sinclair, better known as 'Tony' or 'Delta' slowly manoeuvred his katana in the air, "How the hell is that bastard still alive?"
"I have no idea," Leaf said, "But knowing Lian, he's going to wish he had died."
As the large Jet landed, Hydro smirked. The X-Men had fallen for his trap and were soon going to attempt to apprehend him.
The jet touched down and six black-clothed mutants raced out to meet the traitor they had once called 'friend'.
Lian was the first to attack. As soon as she got off the jet she had summoned a tall wall of flame which was immediately countered by Hydro, who extinguished the wall, turning it to steam.
"YOU BASTARD!" Lian screamed out, half crying.
"Ah, Lian, you know me too well," the deranged mutant laughed, "too bad I'm going to have to kill you."
"You complete PRICK"
"Lian, Lian, Lian. It is inevitable. You could not truly defeat me before, you will not defeat me again."
With this, Spark was angered more than she had been when she discovered he was alive. His mockery of her and her friends brought her anger to a literal boil. She burst into flame and when Hydro tried to extinguish her, his efforts met with failure, his water being turned to gas on impact, with Lian's fire engulfed body taking no damage.
Realising he could not win, Hydro fled.
"The prick got away."
Spark was angry. She was angry at herself, angry at her team, but most of all, angry at Hydro.
"Hey, look on the bright side," Frost said, "At least we know he's scared of us."
"True..." Spark admitted, begrudgingly, "I guess you're right, Pip."
The team had gotten back to the school and were debriefing with the Professor. They were all annoyed that they had let the traitor they had once called 'friend' get away, but they all knew that there was nothing they could have done.
Meanwhile, in a plastic prison cell, an old man smiled sinisterly, as a guard walked in slowly and morphed into a blue female form...