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"Clay…Clay…Wake up!", Cody said, nudging Clay.

"Wha…wha…Aahhh!" Clay's eyes darted from one of the X-Men to another.

"Before we talk, let's introduce ourselves", said Professor X, "You already know Marina and I, so we'll start with Logan."

"I'm Logan, AKA Wolverine", said a man with a steely look and thick Canadian accent.

"I'm Kitty Pryde. Call me Kitty or Shadowcat", said a teenage girl with a perky attitude.

"I'm Kurt Wagner. You can call me Nightcrawler if you want", said a boy with blue fur, a tail, and a German accent.

"I'm Evan Daniels. Nickname's Spyke", said a blonde teenage boy.

"I'm Ororo Munroe, but everyone calls me Storm. I'm Evan's aunt", said a white-haired woman.

"I'm Jean Grey", said a lady with red hair.

"I'm Scott Summers, but my nickname is Cyclops", said a young man with sunglasses.

"Now that Marina has told us your names and you know ours, why don't you tell us your stories again. Marina, if you don't want to listen, you can get lunch ready. I'll call you when we're done", said the professor. I walked out of the room and down to the kitchen. I came back thirty minutes later with a plate of sandwiches, apples, a bag of potato chips, and milk. Cody and Clay had finished their stories. Cody was talking to Cyclopes, and Clay was talking to Nightcrawler (Clay realized that Wolverine wasn't in the mood to talk.) I was looking around the room when I spotted Rogue. She had come in when I was in the kitchen. I was glad I had made extra and passed the food around quickly.

"Well, now that we have eaten, I think that we should bring up the subject of your future. Marina, what do you suggest?", asked the professor.

"I was thinking of asking you if they could join the X-Men", I said.

"I think that we own them for keeping the Institute a secret, so yes, they can be X-Men", Professor X said. Cody, Clay, and I all gave each other high-fives. After we were alone, I asked them,

"Who do you want for your trainer: Logan or me?"

"You!", they said quickly. I started laughing my head off. Tears started coming to my eyes, I was laughing so hard.

"Don't worry. I did the same thing as you guys did when Storm asked me if I wanted her or Logan. Now, I'm going to have to tell you some rules. I made these up out of experience. Number one: Never give Evan or Nightcrawler the chance to prank you. They'll take that chance in a second. Number two: Don't get on Logan or Scott's bad side. They'll give you a workout you'll never forget." At that, their eyes grew to the size of dinner plates.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. Ok, number three: Be alert. At any time, a number of things could happen: Nightcrawler could scare you by teleporting, Spyke might cough or sneeze…Believe me. I was in a room with him when he was sick. Let's just say, that's the reason Jean had a few extra things to sew the next day. Anyway, number four: You've got to have fun! Nobody here is always serious. In fact, most of the rookies are never serious!" At that point, we all started laughing because of what we saw out the window. Iceman, Jubilee, Phoenix, and Chameleon were fighting. The funny thing was, if one got cocky, they'd always get hit.

I opened up the window and shouted, "Knock it off, you guys! Someone's going to get hurt. See what I mean", I told Cody and Clay.

"Wow, some of them are older than you, and they still listen to you?", asked Cody.

"Yeah. It's because they're told to listen to and do what any X-Man tells them. If they don't, they get in big t-r-o-u-b-l-e!"