Chapter 1: Dad to the rescue
note: i do not own X-Men Evolution nor do i own any of it's original characters
"Hello?" I said picking up the phone and placing my book on the nightstand.
"Hey kiddo, how are you?" The man on the other end asked. I knew that it was him as soon as I picked up the phone, and I was suddenly glad that I was home alone.
"I…I'm not doin' to good." I said. I had promised never to lie to him and I wasn't going to start now.
"What's wrong? Is everything okay at home?" He asked concerned. I leaned back and fell onto my pillow with a sigh.
"No. Mom's always out doing stuff with Mark and his kids, and it's like I don't even exist anymore. Schools not going to well either and I have finals starting tomorrow. All in all it's the same as always." I sighed.
"Is that all that's going on?" The he asked when I was done talking.
"Well…look mom doesn't know yet and I don't want her to, so please don't say anything." I said in defeat.
"If you want I could ask the professor to talk with her. I might even come with him to get you." He said casually. I sat up straight on the bed and my eyes went wide.
"You can't come here. Mom would blow a gasket if you showed up and Mark was here." I said franticly.
"Well, I just want you to know that I'm here if you need me, okay?" He said in a sad tone.
"I know. I gotta get to bed so I'll talk to you later, okay?" I said even though I really didn't want to end the conversation.
"Alright I'll talk to you later. I miss you sweetie, and if you need anything just call me okay?" He said.
"I miss you to dad, and I'll call if I need anything. Bye." I said trying not to picture the expression on my dads face as I hung up. I fell back onto the bed and let the phone land beside me. That night I had a dream that I was a wolf running through the woods, but when I woke up I realized that it wasn't a dream. I was in the middle of our driveway, but I knew that I wasn't really me.
"Do you think it's dead?" A small voice asked from above me.
"I don't know, but a blue wolf skin should fetch a pretty high price, don't you think?" A man asked. Right then I realized who was talking; it was my mom's boyfriend Mark. I had to get away from him somehow because he absolutely hated mutants. As I went to get up I heard gasps and a scream. That was when I figured out that I had changed back. Mark glared at me and clenched his fists.
"You damned freak." He said gritting his teeth, "I always knew you were nothing but a freak." Regaining my thoughts I took off running with Mark close behind. As soon as I got to my room I slammed the door and locked it. Thankfully I was paranoid and had five different locks on my door. As Mark pounded on the door I rushed over to my bed and picked up the phone. I dialed the first number I thought of and waited for them to pick up the phone.
"Daddy I need you here." I said as soon as he picked up. I heard him hang up and knew that he was on his way. I sat in my room for fifteen minutes after that and cried as Mark continued to pound on my door. After about twenty minutes the door burst open and he ran into the room. Grabbing my hair he pulled me off of the bed and pinned me to the wall. My mother rushed into the room and stood there in fear as Mark held me to the wall by my hair.
"You should've been killed as soon as you were born you fucking mutant whore." Mark shouted. My shape shifting ability was going haywire as I tried franticly to get loose. Then I heard it, the silent scream of the jet, and I knew I would be okay.
"I'm going to make sure that your kind is wiped off the face of this planet." Mark said when I changed back into my human form. Before he could pull out his knife a flash of blue hurled him into a wall at the opposite end of the room.
"Keep your hands off or my daughter." Dad said glaring at Mark now lying on the floor. I collapsed to the floor and hugged my knees to my chest as I started to sob.
"It'll be okay now. I'm here for you now." Dad said hugging me.
"Hank, why don't you bring her down stairs?" A voice said. Dad nodded and picked me up in his arms before walking past my mother and heading down the stairs.
"I think she'll be okay now." Dad said to the man in the wheelchair.
"You can put me down now." I said looking up as dad started to laugh.
"Sorry honey." He said smiling.
"Get out of my house! All of you get out now!" My mom shouted running down the stairs.
"Now, Kathryn, just calm down." Dad said holding his hands up defensively.
"I told you never to come back here! I told you never to come back!" Mom screamed.
"Stop it Mom." I yelled at her, "You have no right to tell them to leave. Your boyfriend just tried to kill me and you didn't do a single thing about it, so don't you dare tell them to get out."
"Go away. Just go away." Mom said under her breath.
"Good, I'm leaving anyway. I'm sick and tired of this crap and I don't care what you say because I'm going to live with dad." I said rushing up the stairs to my room. I knew that this was going to happen sooner or later so I had saved up a bunch of money from my summer job and bought a bunch of new clothes. I had also bought new suitcases and packed all of my new stuff in them as soon as I got home, so that all I had to do was grab the suitcases from under my bed and I was ready to go. I walked back down stairs with my bags and my dad's friend Logan helped me take them to the jet. When we got to the Xavier Institute later dad gave me a tour before showing me to my room.
"Thanks dad. I think I'll like it here." I said kissing him goodnight before closing the door. The next morning was the first day of summer vacation so I spent the day getting settled in. After a while I got hungry and decided to go find the kitchen, but I guess I got lost because the next thing I knew I was looking at the jet.
"You must be new here." A fuzzy blue boy said from on top of the jet.
"Yeah I just got here last night and I can't remember where the kitchen is." I said smiling up at him. Suddenly there was a puff of smoke and the boy was in front of me.
"Well, I was just going to go get breakfast anyway, so I'll show you where it is. I'm Kurt by the way." He said walking to the door.
"I'm Beast's daughter, Skylar McCoy." I said shaking his hand.
"It's nice to meet you. Wait, I didn't know Mr. McCoy had a daughter!" He said in surprise. I tried to hide a laugh as we walked down a long hallway.
"Well, you know now." I said shrugging. Kurt turned and opened one of the many doors in the hallway to reveal a long dining table.
"Wow." I said as we walked over and sat down. There were twenty three other people at the table so it was a little hard to find a seat.
"Everyone, may I have your attention?" The professor asked as Kurt and I sat down. I had managed to find a seat next to my dad so I didn't feel as awkward.
"As you all know, we had an emergency rescue in Washington State last night which resulted in a new mutant coming to the institute. I would like you all to welcome our newest team member, Skylar McCoy." The professor said gesturing to me. I stood up and looked over everyone at the table as they all said hello.
"For those of you, who haven't figured it out yet, Skylar is my daughter and I expect you all to treat her the same as everyone else in this room. Okay?" Dad said standing up beside me. I laughed and shook my head before we both sat back down and started eating.