Chapter One: The new recruit
Kurt plopped down onto his bed and groaned. It had been a hard day. First he bombed an algebra test. Then he went to a four hour training session with Logan. Two words... PURE TORTURE!
He glanced at his watch, 8:35 PM. Thinking of nothing better to do with his time, Kurt decided to go swimming. He changed into his swimming trunks and teleported to out by the pool.
Diving in, he surfaced and floated on his back staring at the stars for a while. Then Kurt got the feeling like something or someone was in the water with him. He took a breath and looked under water, nothing. Shaking off the feeling he tried swimming a few laps. First few laps he was fine but on the fourth lap he distinctly felt something brush against his leg.
Kurt began to get a little freaked out. He `ported onto the diving board. He lay on his stomach watching the water. Kurt thought he saw something flicker near him. So he leaned down to get a closer look. He was about an inch away from the water when it seemed to jump at him. Hitting him square in the face.
He was so shocked that he fell into the water. Suddenly he heard someone or something laugh behind him. Kurt spun around rubbing the water out of his eyes and snapped, "Ja. Ja. You're very funny. Wait till I," he froze when he saw a girl treading water in front of him he'd never seen before.
The girl was his age with silvery- blue skin, black pupil less eyes, medium length black hair, and pointed ears. When the girl smiled through her laugh it revealed two sharp pointed fangs. "Who are you?" Kurt asked tilting his head sideways. "Fiona McDaniel. And you?" She questioned back. "Kurt Wagner. What are you doing here?" He paddled forward a little and said that she didn't have skin but small, snake-like, scales.
"Xavier invited me." "Oh." Suddenly Professor Xavier's voice rang out over the mansion. "Would Fiona McDaniel please come to my office." His voice said. "I got to go. You want to come?" Fiona asked Kurt. "Sure. I was getting out anyway."
Fiona smiled then flipped backwards underwater. Kurt followed her with his eyes but she seemed to disappear if you looked at her from the top. She emerged behind him and climbed out.
Once again Kurt froze. Fiona had a long tail with a triangular fin at the end, webbed hands and feet, claws, and a row of scaly spines flowing down her neck and back. Kurt `ported out behind her and they both walked towards the institute. "Ah, Kurt I see you have met Ms. McDaniel. I invited her to come and join the X-Men. She had already see the outside of the Institute would you be so kind at to show her around inside?" Questioned Professor Xavier. "Yes, Professor. Just let me change." Kurt replied before teleporting to his room. He changed into dry clothes then turned around and jumped. Standing in his doorway was Fiona. "How long have you been standing there?" He asked fearing the worst. "Don't worry. I didn't see anything. So are we gonna see this place our what?" Fiona said. "Ja. Come on."
She had changed clothes also. She was wearing long baggy blue jeans and a black tank top. Fiona's spines were folded down against her back and her tail was flicking impatiently behind her. "Has anyone ever told you, you look like a squirrel?" Fiona asked raising an eyebrow. "Oh you have no idea. Shall we?" He said giving a mock bow. "Shall we what?" "This!" Kurt placed a hand on her shoulder then teleported, reappearing in the kitchen. He looked over at Fiona who was standing still with a look of terror on her face. "It wasn't that scary was it?" She turned towards him Kurt placed a hand on her shoulder then teleported, reappearing in the kitchen. He looked over at Fiona who was standing still with a look of terror on her face. "It wasn't that scary was it?" She turned towards him and gave him a very mad glare. "If you EVER do that again. I will hunt you down and GUT you like a fish! Making your death SLOW and PAINFUL! Enjoying every second of it!" Fiona growled grabbing the collar of his shirt. Even though she was about a head shorter then him Kurt thought she could still be threatening. "You rehearsed that didn't you?" "Yup." Fiona smirked and let him go.
Kurt showed her the rest of the mansion (without teleporting). She was introduced to the other X-Men who had not met her already. * * *
About two weeks later, Kurt, Evan, and Fiona arrived home from school. "Science was SO boring! I thought Ms. Medlock was trying to kill us. Does she ever blink?" Exclaimed Fiona to Evan. "If she does it's hidden well. I got to go. Auntie O wanted to see me after school. See ya!" He called over his shoulder as he ran down the hall.
Fiona had gotten a holo- watch like Kurt's but hated wearing it. If Xavier didn't make her, she would never wear it. She switched off the watch and stretched out her tail. Having to curl it up all day was murder. "What cha wanna do?" Fiona asked yawning. "Go see where everyone is. It's quiet, too quiet." Kurt said.
They walked around the mansion going through all the rooms then under it. They searched everywhere till it came to the danger room. Kurt pressed his ear against the door and heard a laser being fired and then something blow up. Noticing that there were no voices coming from inside he asked, "Do you hear anything in there?" Fiona did the same as he did and heard the same noises. "Yeah, but we can't get in, the stupid doors locked." She sighed then glanced at Kurt who was giving his trademark evil grin. She began backing up and made a cross with her fingers. "Don't even think about IT!" Fiona screamed the last part because Kurt leapt forward, wrapping his tail around her ankles, and `ported into the danger room.
Inside it was a living nightmare! Tentacles, lasers, and giant iron spiked balls were rolling everywhere. "This is bad." Kurt muttered to himself. "No it's Pleasure Island. RUN!" Fiona yelled sarcastically. She reached for Kurt's arm, found it, and ran.
Chapter Two: To be or to be blasted away?
Fiona and Kurt dodged the tentacle spiraling towards them and continued running. "Get us out of here!" screamed Fiona jumping from one of the laser blasts. "I'm trying!" Kurt shouted back. He ran from one of the tentacles but swerved to quickly and hit his head on the wall. Knocking him out cold. "Kurt! Come on wake UP! Augh!!!" She looked around desperately, and then to her left and groaned when he saw a giant iron ball rolling straight towards them.
Fiona tried to drag Kurt away but he was to heavy. Panicking as the distant between her and the iron ball was shortening she thought hard. She crouched down next to him and touched the ground.
Slowly water began to flow out of Fiona's hand. It built up around them into a bubble, closing at the top. The iron ball collided with the bubble and bounced off. "Kurt? Please wake up! This isn't the best time to play dead." She warned shaking him. He moaned then sat up holding his head. "What the heck is that thing?" He asked motioning at the bubble. "It's um... A bubble." She answered shrugging. "Did you make it?" "Yup." "How do we get out?" "Easy." She stood up and walked over to the bubble and popped it with her nail. "And this thing stood up to that?" Kurt pointed to the giant spiked iron ball rolling past them. "Yup. I can't break from the outside. I used to make them at home when," Fiona trailed off looking at the ground. "When?" Kurt teleported them both out. "Nothing. It's old history." Fiona said not seeming to mind the teleporting. "Tell me." "No." "Is it that bad?" "Just stay out of it!"
Fiona started walking faster down the hall. Kurt `ported in front of her blocking the way. "Move." She snapped. "Not till you tell me." Fiona tried to side step him but it didn't work. After eight times of trying to get around him she sighed and looked him straight in the eye. "You can't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you ok?" "Not a soul." "You see, my mom died when I was born. My dad thought I was some kind of freak show and blamed me for her death. He started to beat me. So I started to make these bubbles to protect myself." "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked." "Nah, it's ok. You didn't know. That was when I found out just what my powers could really do. I learned I could create and control water. Watch." Fiona held out her palm. Water flowed out of her hand and began to form a small dog. It wagged it's tail, ran around on her palm, then dropped to the floor as a puddle. "Cool. But we still don't know where the others are." "We're right here Kurt." Said Professor Xavier's voice said from behind them. Fiona and Kurt turned around to see the professor with Ororo, Logan, Evan, Rouge, Scott, Jean, and Kitty standing next to him. "That was a surprise training simulation. Hope it wasn't to hard?" "Nah. It was cake." Fiona said sarcastically. "At least you didn't get blasted away by the lasers." Kitty pointed out.
Kurt plopped down onto his bed and groaned. It had been a hard day. First he bombed an algebra test. Then he went to a four hour training session with Logan. Two words... PURE TORTURE!
He glanced at his watch, 8:35 PM. Thinking of nothing better to do with his time, Kurt decided to go swimming. He changed into his swimming trunks and teleported to out by the pool.
Diving in, he surfaced and floated on his back staring at the stars for a while. Then Kurt got the feeling like something or someone was in the water with him. He took a breath and looked under water, nothing. Shaking off the feeling he tried swimming a few laps. First few laps he was fine but on the fourth lap he distinctly felt something brush against his leg.
Kurt began to get a little freaked out. He `ported onto the diving board. He lay on his stomach watching the water. Kurt thought he saw something flicker near him. So he leaned down to get a closer look. He was about an inch away from the water when it seemed to jump at him. Hitting him square in the face.
He was so shocked that he fell into the water. Suddenly he heard someone or something laugh behind him. Kurt spun around rubbing the water out of his eyes and snapped, "Ja. Ja. You're very funny. Wait till I," he froze when he saw a girl treading water in front of him he'd never seen before.
The girl was his age with silvery- blue skin, black pupil less eyes, medium length black hair, and pointed ears. When the girl smiled through her laugh it revealed two sharp pointed fangs. "Who are you?" Kurt asked tilting his head sideways. "Fiona McDaniel. And you?" She questioned back. "Kurt Wagner. What are you doing here?" He paddled forward a little and said that she didn't have skin but small, snake-like, scales.
"Xavier invited me." "Oh." Suddenly Professor Xavier's voice rang out over the mansion. "Would Fiona McDaniel please come to my office." His voice said. "I got to go. You want to come?" Fiona asked Kurt. "Sure. I was getting out anyway."
Fiona smiled then flipped backwards underwater. Kurt followed her with his eyes but she seemed to disappear if you looked at her from the top. She emerged behind him and climbed out.
Once again Kurt froze. Fiona had a long tail with a triangular fin at the end, webbed hands and feet, claws, and a row of scaly spines flowing down her neck and back. Kurt `ported out behind her and they both walked towards the institute. "Ah, Kurt I see you have met Ms. McDaniel. I invited her to come and join the X-Men. She had already see the outside of the Institute would you be so kind at to show her around inside?" Questioned Professor Xavier. "Yes, Professor. Just let me change." Kurt replied before teleporting to his room. He changed into dry clothes then turned around and jumped. Standing in his doorway was Fiona. "How long have you been standing there?" He asked fearing the worst. "Don't worry. I didn't see anything. So are we gonna see this place our what?" Fiona said. "Ja. Come on."
She had changed clothes also. She was wearing long baggy blue jeans and a black tank top. Fiona's spines were folded down against her back and her tail was flicking impatiently behind her. "Has anyone ever told you, you look like a squirrel?" Fiona asked raising an eyebrow. "Oh you have no idea. Shall we?" He said giving a mock bow. "Shall we what?" "This!" Kurt placed a hand on her shoulder then teleported, reappearing in the kitchen. He looked over at Fiona who was standing still with a look of terror on her face. "It wasn't that scary was it?" She turned towards him Kurt placed a hand on her shoulder then teleported, reappearing in the kitchen. He looked over at Fiona who was standing still with a look of terror on her face. "It wasn't that scary was it?" She turned towards him and gave him a very mad glare. "If you EVER do that again. I will hunt you down and GUT you like a fish! Making your death SLOW and PAINFUL! Enjoying every second of it!" Fiona growled grabbing the collar of his shirt. Even though she was about a head shorter then him Kurt thought she could still be threatening. "You rehearsed that didn't you?" "Yup." Fiona smirked and let him go.
Kurt showed her the rest of the mansion (without teleporting). She was introduced to the other X-Men who had not met her already. * * *
About two weeks later, Kurt, Evan, and Fiona arrived home from school. "Science was SO boring! I thought Ms. Medlock was trying to kill us. Does she ever blink?" Exclaimed Fiona to Evan. "If she does it's hidden well. I got to go. Auntie O wanted to see me after school. See ya!" He called over his shoulder as he ran down the hall.
Fiona had gotten a holo- watch like Kurt's but hated wearing it. If Xavier didn't make her, she would never wear it. She switched off the watch and stretched out her tail. Having to curl it up all day was murder. "What cha wanna do?" Fiona asked yawning. "Go see where everyone is. It's quiet, too quiet." Kurt said.
They walked around the mansion going through all the rooms then under it. They searched everywhere till it came to the danger room. Kurt pressed his ear against the door and heard a laser being fired and then something blow up. Noticing that there were no voices coming from inside he asked, "Do you hear anything in there?" Fiona did the same as he did and heard the same noises. "Yeah, but we can't get in, the stupid doors locked." She sighed then glanced at Kurt who was giving his trademark evil grin. She began backing up and made a cross with her fingers. "Don't even think about IT!" Fiona screamed the last part because Kurt leapt forward, wrapping his tail around her ankles, and `ported into the danger room.
Inside it was a living nightmare! Tentacles, lasers, and giant iron spiked balls were rolling everywhere. "This is bad." Kurt muttered to himself. "No it's Pleasure Island. RUN!" Fiona yelled sarcastically. She reached for Kurt's arm, found it, and ran.
Chapter Two: To be or to be blasted away?
Fiona and Kurt dodged the tentacle spiraling towards them and continued running. "Get us out of here!" screamed Fiona jumping from one of the laser blasts. "I'm trying!" Kurt shouted back. He ran from one of the tentacles but swerved to quickly and hit his head on the wall. Knocking him out cold. "Kurt! Come on wake UP! Augh!!!" She looked around desperately, and then to her left and groaned when he saw a giant iron ball rolling straight towards them.
Fiona tried to drag Kurt away but he was to heavy. Panicking as the distant between her and the iron ball was shortening she thought hard. She crouched down next to him and touched the ground.
Slowly water began to flow out of Fiona's hand. It built up around them into a bubble, closing at the top. The iron ball collided with the bubble and bounced off. "Kurt? Please wake up! This isn't the best time to play dead." She warned shaking him. He moaned then sat up holding his head. "What the heck is that thing?" He asked motioning at the bubble. "It's um... A bubble." She answered shrugging. "Did you make it?" "Yup." "How do we get out?" "Easy." She stood up and walked over to the bubble and popped it with her nail. "And this thing stood up to that?" Kurt pointed to the giant spiked iron ball rolling past them. "Yup. I can't break from the outside. I used to make them at home when," Fiona trailed off looking at the ground. "When?" Kurt teleported them both out. "Nothing. It's old history." Fiona said not seeming to mind the teleporting. "Tell me." "No." "Is it that bad?" "Just stay out of it!"
Fiona started walking faster down the hall. Kurt `ported in front of her blocking the way. "Move." She snapped. "Not till you tell me." Fiona tried to side step him but it didn't work. After eight times of trying to get around him she sighed and looked him straight in the eye. "You can't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you ok?" "Not a soul." "You see, my mom died when I was born. My dad thought I was some kind of freak show and blamed me for her death. He started to beat me. So I started to make these bubbles to protect myself." "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked." "Nah, it's ok. You didn't know. That was when I found out just what my powers could really do. I learned I could create and control water. Watch." Fiona held out her palm. Water flowed out of her hand and began to form a small dog. It wagged it's tail, ran around on her palm, then dropped to the floor as a puddle. "Cool. But we still don't know where the others are." "We're right here Kurt." Said Professor Xavier's voice said from behind them. Fiona and Kurt turned around to see the professor with Ororo, Logan, Evan, Rouge, Scott, Jean, and Kitty standing next to him. "That was a surprise training simulation. Hope it wasn't to hard?" "Nah. It was cake." Fiona said sarcastically. "At least you didn't get blasted away by the lasers." Kitty pointed out.