There are actually others like me.
Rob Lewis thought as he stepped off the train. He was about half an hour away from the town of Bayville where Professor Xavier Institute for Gifted Children was located. The professor had contacted him several days ago, inviting him to drop in. Rob has quickly declined the invitation and set out to get a look at the school by himself before he joined it. He had been on his own for over a year and wasn't about to let anybody take control of his life just yet.He quickly ran around a corner of the station, sensing that somebody was there. He always had that kind of a sense about him. It wasn't a mutation; it was a deadly, sickly feeling that somebody was going to pull something on him. He plastered himself against a wall. A boy with white hair and another with darker hair walked past him.
"You sure this is where he'd be?" the white-haired one said.
"Are you doubting Mystique?" the darker-haired one replied. "She said he'd be around here. We've got to get to him before those X-Geeks do."
"I guess so," the white-haired one whined, "but Lance, I'mtiredofwaitingandIneedtogotothebathroom!"
"Pietro, I told you to go before we left!" Lance yelled back at him.
Rob plastered himself against the wall. He could only guess that Lance and Pietro were members of the X-Men or the Brotherhood, the two local mutant hangouts, as he thought of them. He slowly peeled himself off the wall and ran as fast as he could towards the exit of the train station. Behind him, he could hear Lance screaming at Pietro to catch up with the guy who was running away.
"Got ya!" Pietro grabbed him by his arm. Rob looked into the face of the other guy.
"Who are you?" he asked, trying to look innocent as he tried to slip his glove off.
"I'm Pietro, and don't try to look so innocent. We know you're a mutant. We just need you to go with the Brotherhood instead of those X-Geeks."
"Funny, I thought you were a member of the X-Men, that's why I hid." Rob told him. Pietro looked amused and let go of his arm. Rob took a step back.
"Are you saying that you're with us?" Pietro asked. A breathless Lance caught up with them.
"No, I'm saying stay out of my way! I don't need any mutant clubs!" Rob screamed at him. He latched onto Pietro's face with his bare hand. He started to absorb the other mutant's powers at an alarming rate. He could see the amazed look on Pietro's face. Then he went limp. Rob let go of his arm and felt the amazing speed take him over. He ran out of the station and towards the streets of Bayville. Lance stared after him.
"Another Rouge," he whispered. He fought the urge to stomp his foot and force Rob to fall. He watched as Rob took off into the streets, then dragged Pietro out to the car, which was parked outside the station. He drove it to the booth, paid for parking, and then took off for the Brotherhood's headquarters.
Rob watched him from the distance. He could tell that he had made a very bad move. He should have played dumb and not said anything. Now he was stuck with Pietro's powers and memories and they weren't pleasant. At least the memories weren't.
He used the speed to run to the outside of the Bayville Mansion. He couldn't see anybody around the outside of the place. He followed the fence around to the back of the house. There was a girl with brown hair and a guy with blue fur in the backyard. The girl was typing on a laptop and constantly trying to get away from the blue guy who was chasing her around. Finally the girl ran back into the mansion. A guy with spiky blond hair came back out with her. The blue guy ran over to him and soon, the two were involved in a one-on-one basketball game. Rob smiled to himself, remembering what it'd been like to have fun like that. Before he discovered he couldn't touch anybody.
Suddenly, an adult came out of the backdoor. He was tall and muscular. His nose twitched and he looked in Rob's direction. Rob looked straight back at him, then sensing that this was a bad person to tangle with, took off into the woods. He headed back around to the front of the house and looked at it. Suddenly, he got an idea from one of Pietro's memories. He ran quickly through the house to check it out. It was big and spacious and had rooms everywhere he looked. It was the kind of place his grandparents lived in, before they kicked him out for being a mutant. Suddenly, a red-haired girl came out of one of the rooms he ran by. He could hear her gasp.
"Quicksilver!" she shouted. Rob heard another person run out of the room. Suddenly, red blasts were being shot at him.
"I'll get him!" yelled a guy's voice. Rob hit the end of the hallway and realized he was at a dead end. Another blast hit close to his head. He started running back towards them.
"Scott, don't! You'll wreak the place," the girl said. She put her hands to her head. Rob began to get a bad feeling about it as he was slowly lifted off the ground. His legs continued to run in place while he hung.
"You're not Quicksilver. What did you do to him?" yelled Scott.
Rob refused to speak, just fought the hold on him. Suddenly, he broke loose and started running. This time, the two couldn't catch him. He regained Pietro's speed and took off. He got off the property as fast as possible.
