A/N This story was somewhat inspired by LordDreadSigmas Experimental Heroes story, though it is unrelated to that story. This will include some Marvel superheroes, like Wolverine, and they could be OOC. If so then I do apologize I haven't had to write for any hero before. They won't appear for awhile though. The whole gang will be involved in the story, we're just starting with the two "main" characters. The title is also subject to change.

And of course this wil have Jori. Do I do Victorious stories without Jori?

Also, I did "character borrow" here. She should be pretty easy to spot if you keep track on who and what I write for.

A person's seventeenth birthday is supposed to be a joyous occasion. Most teenagers at this age are getting ready for college, preparing for adulthood. However Jade West's seventeenth birthday would change her life forever.

"Jade! It's your birthday! You should party!" A blonde girl said, as she walked next to Jade and a brunette girl.

Jade was walking between the two girls she very loosely called her friends. The blonde was a girl named Lela and she was the very definition of a party girl. If alcohol wasn't involved she would not come to your party. She would always get upset with Jade when they drank together because Jade never got drunk. Not once has anyone seen a drunk Jade.

The brunette was more of a friend than Lela was. Rachel was Jade's cousin and she was determined to be on Broadway one day. She didn't lack confidence and was really the closest friend Jade had. Jade would protect her younger cousin from the bullies at school as often as she could.

"You know I don't like parties, Lela." Jade said.

"Come on! It'll be fun!"

Rachel sighed slightly, "You really do not know how to take No for an answer do you, Lela?"

"Not when it's a chance for me to get booze." Lela laughed heartily.

"Well, I'm not doing that. I just want to stay at home and relax." Jade said.

"You do that every day." Rachel pointed out. "Hey, why don't we go see that You're Next movie tonight?"

Jade raised an eyebrow at her cousin, "But you hate horror movies."

"Yeah, but I will do anything to make my favorite cousin have a nice birthday." Rachel smiled at the girl for a moment before reaching to run a finger over the dyed strand of blue hair in Jade's locks. "Maybe we should freshen up your highlights too. My treat."

"You really are the best cousin." Jade grinned, revealing her lengthened canines.

"I know."

Lela made a gagging noise as she tilted her head and proceeded to mime throwing up. "You guys sicken me. You're not going to be any fun today. I'm going to Kyle's." And with that Lela turned around and started walking the way they just came from.

"Why do we hang out with her?" Jade asked.

"We don't. She just doesn't know how to take a hint."

Jade chuckled and the two walked up to the steps leading up to Jade's house. They walked inside and went into the kitchen. Rachel grabbed two sodas from the refrigerator and gave one to Jade. As they sat at the kitchen table Rachel asked, "How's your claw?"

Jade has a secret that no one knows about, except for Rachel. She is a mutant, just like the X-Men you see on the news reports. Jade was one of the rare mutants that had more than one power: one being the three claws in each of her hands, between her knuckles. They were made of bone, but they were very dense and incredibly sharp. Her second power is a healing factor. Any injury she could receive is quickly mended. She hasn't had to go to the doctor for a broken bone or sprained muscle since she was little. However, the day before Jade did believe she had broken one of her claws. It was the worst pain she had ever felt. The combination of her abnormally dense bones and healing factor also granted Jade enhanced agility, reflexes, strength, and stamina.

"It's not broken apparently. It feels fine now. I think it got scratched or a little sprained or something."

Rachel smiled at her before taking a sip of the soda. "That is very good. You had me worried yesterday the way you were carrying on."

"Sorry." Jade said.

The front door opened and closed, signaling the arrival of Jade's mother, Prudence West. She walked into the kitchen and gave the girls a tired smile. "Hey girls."

"Hi, Aunt Prue."

"Hey, Mom. How was work?"

Prue sat across from her daughter and sighed softly, "I'm still not used to watching little kids anymore."

Rachel tilted her head curiously, "Why do you work at the Daycare Center anyway, Aunt Prue? You have all that money hidden away."

"It's a nice way to pass the time. Besides, I'm not rich Rachel. It won't last forever."

"But it's been building for seventeen years."

"Speaking of seventeen years… Jade, happy birthday."

"Thanks, mom. Just, can you not sing me that song again? Please."

"I've never understood why you never like people singing Happy Birthday to you." Prue said.

"Jade's an odd one." Rachel grinned teasingly at the older girl.

Jade rolled her eyes but otherwise let the comment slide.

Prue shifted to look at her niece. "Rachel, I need to talk to Jade. I don't mean to be rude but can we have some privacy? This is a rather personal matter. You can come back later."

Rachel frowned confused, "Um, okay. I'll tell my dads to wait awhile before they come over. Bye, Jade. Happy birthday. I hope you like the present."

Jade touched the necklace around her neck. It was a simple silver chain with a silver wolf pendant hanging from it. The pendant had an engraving on the back that read: For my favorite cousin. I love you Jay. -Rae. "I already told you I like it, Rae. See you later."

As the front door shut Jade looked at her mom, "Am I in trouble?"

"No sweetie, I just...need to tell you some things."

"What's wrong?"

"I know that you're a mutant."

Jade's eyes went wide, "I-I…"

Prue put a hand over her daughter's, "Sweetie, it's okay. Calm down."

"I'm sorry if I let you down."

"You didn't let me down. I've always known that you're a mutant."

"Wait...you always knew? But my powers didn't show until puberty."

Prue sighed softly, "This is going to be a little hard to believe Jade, but I promise it's true and I still love you."

"Mom?"

"About twenty years ago I worked for a company and they...they weren't the best people."

"What do you mean?"

"What they were and who they were aren't important right now. See, I...oh God this is harder than I expected it to be. They were trying to clone Weapon-X, who you probably know better as Wolverine from the X-Men, and I wanted a child so I volunteered to carry the baby. Once it took, I lied to them. I said it was unsuccessful and not long after I quit. I left the state and came here…. then had you."

"Wait…so, you're trying to tell me I'm a clone?"

"Yes."

Jade stood up and shook her head, running a hand through her hair. Prue watched her daughter with a frown, "I know this is a shock and I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier. I just wanted to make sure you could understand."

"That's why you wouldn't tell me who my father is? Because I don't have one?"

"I suppose you could say that in a way Wolverine is your father."

"I'm a clone of Wolverine? That's it? I'm not my own person?"

Prue stood and went to her daughter, "Of course you are, sweetheart. You're not just a clone. You're a human being. You're my daughter."

"So, Rachel isn't really my cousin."

"She is. You are my blood daughter sweetie. The whole process is very hard to explain."

Jade sighed and leaned against the fridge, trying to get her whole world straightened out. Prue reached into her pocket and pulled out a set of dog tags. "I made these for you when I found out you were actually going to be born. I know you see this as a bad thing, but without them I wouldn't have you. In a weird way I'm thankful." She held the tags out for Jade to read. On the top line was Jade's full name, below that was X-13.

"X-13? What's' that?"

"You were the thirteenth attempt to successfully clone Wolverine."

Jade growled, "And you thought this would make me happy? Just shoving it in my face that I'm not real!?"

"Jade, calm down, please. I know you're upset-"

"You're damn right I'm upset! You can't tell someone something like that and expect them to be happy!"

"Don't you take that tone of voice with me! I know your upset but I'm still your mother!"

Jade crossed her arms, "What do you expect me to do?"

"I expect you to-" the window shattered suddenly, interrupting Prue as she covered her face. She looked down to see a brick with a piece of paper attached to it.

"We know what she is!" Jade read aloud. "What does that mean? And who the hell did that?"

"We need to leave. Now."

"What're you talking about?"

"Don't argue, Jade. Let's go!" Prue grabbed Jade's hand and started pulling her towards the backdoor.

"Mom! What's going on?"

But before Prue could say anything further, several angry slurs and shouts could be faintly heard over the bustling drone of rage boiling outside, and in that moment Jade knew that the thing every young mutant fears has finally arrived… a mindless, violent anti-mutant mob.

"What about Rachel?" Jade forced her mother to stop just short of the backdoor.

Prue turned around to look at her daughter, "She'll be fine. They're after us, not her."

"But we should-" Jade was interrupted as a huge explosion threw her to the ground. She was thrown to the ground and her head bounced off the floor. Disoriented she sat up, faintly able to see the house on fire, part of the wall was on the floor and her mother was on the floor. "Mom?" Another explosion hit and she looked up to see the ceiling falling straight towards her.

Blue-green eyes slowly opened as Jade regained consciousness. She felt a weight on her chest and after a moment realized part of the ceiling had fallen on her. With a grunt she managed to push the weight off of her and sat up. She could feel blood on her face and clothes, but her healing factor had healed the wounds. Looking around she saw the house was in ruins.

"Mom?" Not getting an answer she got worried. "Mom!?" Her eyes scanned the area and spotted an arm under the backdoor. "Oh no." She dropped beside the door and lifted it up. Underneath was her mother, blood surrounding her coming from a deep wound in her head. "Oh, no no no. Mom? Mom, wake up."

She put her hand on her mother's shoulder and Prue's eyes fluttered open. "J-Jade?" Her voice was weak.

"Oh, thank God. I need to get you to the hospital."

"No...Jade. It's too late."

Jade's eyes widened slightly, "What?"

"I'm losing too much blood sweetie...they won't get here in time."

She shook her head as her eyes filled with tears, "No! You-you'll be fine. It'll be okay."

"Jade, you…you need to go." She spoke as firmly as she could as the flames encroaching upon them grew more intense.

"I'm so sorry. I love you, Mom."

"I love you too sweetheart." Prue exhaled one final time and her head fell to the side.

Tears fell down the young girl's cheeks as she leaned down and pressed her lips lightly to her mother's forehead, lightly dragging her fingers down her face to close her eyes. For countless minutes Jade sat with her mother as the flames began to consume their home around them, the tears not slowing until she had no more tears left to shed. Jade wiped her eyes on her arm and noticed something. In her mother's hand were the dog tags. Gently she took the tags and slipped them around her neck, the tags stopping just short of the wolf pendant. Sirens were approaching from the distance and it was then Jade made a choice. She stood up and ran from the house, away from the life she'd known for seventeen years, away from her dead mother.

On the other side of town Tori Vega sat with her family at the table eating dinner. To her right was her older sister Trina, her mother Holly to the left and her father, David, right across from her. They were talking and laughing and if you were to look in and see them you would think that they were a normal family. But you'd be wrong...

David Vega is the lieutenant in the Hollywood Police Department homicide division. On his downtime he is one of the city's most recognized Mutant Haters, along with his wife. They believe mutants are an abomination to the world and should be eradicated. If one of their daughters were a mutant it would be a disgrace to them. Luckily for them Trina Vega was not a mutant.

Tori, on the other hand, is a mutant with an extraordinary power. She is able to completely copy another mutants power just by watching them. There is a limit to how many powers she can actively copy and use at any time, there's also the chance that she cannot learn the power or it would override one of her other "stored" powers. At the moment she is unable to actively learn powers by command, only subconsciously, meaning the powers she gains are sheer luck. Currently she has three powers stored.

"So, Tori, how was school today?" Holly asked.

"It was fine. Nothing special happened." Tori responded, taking a minute away from her food.

David shook his head, "That's not true. One of the students was caught using 'powers'."

Holly gasped, "Oh, my. Who?"

"A boy named Ryder Daniels. Such a disgrace."

"Didn't he date Tori for a while?" Trina asked.

"He did."

"Are mutants really that bad, Dad?" Tori asked hesitantly.

"Yes, they are."

"But do you even know any?"

"Why would I want to know any mutants?"

Tori sighed and shook her head. Ever since she discovered her powers at fourteen she had been wary of how her parents would react. She knew it wouldn't be good, but at least Trina was on her side. Trina had walked in on her one day when she was getting a feel for her newest power at the time, flight.

"I'm trying to get the government to bring back the Sentinels." David announced.

"The Sentinels?! Dad that's crazy!" Tori cried.

David sat back and looked at her, "Crazy to get rid of mutants? Sentinels will go right after them. They'd be gone in no time."

"Tori, relax." Trina urged, seeing Tori was reaching a boiling point that had been building for years.

Tori took a deep breath to try and calm herself. "Can I be excused?"

Holly looked at her slightly concerned, "Are you all right sweetie?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Hold on, Tori. I want to know why you care about mutants so much." David said, holding a hand up. "Is it because you still like that Daniels boy?"

"Eww. No way. He used me to get a good grade. I hate him." Tori crossed her arms.

"Then why-"

"I just don't share your opinions Dad."

"What so you approve of those things?"

"David, calm down." Holly said, patting his arm.

Tori stood up, "As a matter of fact I do. You can't change how you're born. It's not like they chose to be mutants. They just are."

"They don't have to be." David said.

"What do you mean?" Trina looked at him.

"Well, there is a cure. It removes a mutant's powers and makes them normal. It's not public knowledge right now but it'll be a voluntary process. I think they need to force them to take it but they won't listen to me."

"A cure? No one would want that!"

Trina frowned a bit, "Actually, Tori, not every mutant is happy with their powers."

"As they shouldn't be." Holly commented.

"God, I can't take it anymore." Tori knocked over her chair as she spun around to walk across the room. "Mom, Dad-"

"Tori!" Trina tried to interrupt.

"-I'm a mutant okay!?" Tori finished, flinging her arms out.

David gave her a stern look, "That's not funny, Tori."

"Your father's right honey. Never joke about being a mutant."

"It's not a joke!" Tori took a couple of steps away from the table and within seconds she was floating in the air.

"My God."

"I'm happy with who I am! There is nothing wrong with being a mutant!" Tori snapped.

"David, what do we do?" Holly asked.

"We'll take her to get the cure." David announced, as if it were the final word.

Tori stared at him, "Are you serious? Dad, I'm not getting that stupid cure."

"You're under eighteen and we're your parents. You have to do what we tell you."

"Screw that!"

Holly gasped, "Tori, do not take that tone of voice to your father."

"I don't care who you are. I'm not changing who I am just to please you."

David stood up, the chair falling to the floor. "You're taking the cure and that's final!"

Tori glared at him, "I hate you." She made a break for the front door but her father caught her ankle and attempted to pull her down. Very quickly she realized she couldn't break free with sheer strength alone and the ceiling was not high enough for her to truly fly. Her instincts kicked in and a spurt of fire flew from her palm aimed directly at her father. Shocked David released her ankle and quickly scrambled out of the way, he got away uninjured but his hair was not so lucky.

Tori looked at the rest of her family to see her sister staring at her in shock. She looked at her mother and all she saw in Holly's eyes was sheer terror. The young mutant panicked and turned her hand to the window, blasting it with ice. The window frame and window froze. Tori flew through the brittle window, immediately flying up into the night sky.