Toad and Jamie slow made there way up to the brotherhood house, which is decrypted old house that was built some time go and was in need of some major repair work or demolition, that is if the brotherhood didn't bring the house down around there ears.

As they got near the door a strange gust of wind blew down form the house, nearly blowing Jamie over. The wind blew all the way down the street before pausing, and comig back. It was a unnatural wind.

"Hey!" The wind shouted making Jamie to fall over, he quickly sat up, rubbing his eyes and blinking blearily.

"Awww, lookit! It's a little baby X-geek!" The voice didn't really ring any bells, but it seemed to know him, and this got Jamie on full alert. "What's-a-little-X-geek-like-you-doing-Here." The strange silver-haired teen "What would that bald slave-driver say if he knew you were out here?"

Then turning to Todd "And what have we told you about bring home strays young man?"

Jamie bristled at the comment about the professor, but he still couldn't figure out who this was. Silver hair. Fast talking. Appeared in a gust of… "PIETRO!"

"Wow. He even knows my name. And he got a good pair of lungs on him." Pietro Maximoff stuck a finger in his ear and attempted to restore his hearing. Jamie remembered him now. After Tabby had came back she had told them all about the brotherhood. "So what's are you doing at the hood house? Did Toad do some thing right and kindaped you or did you want to sign up with the all powerful all mighty brotherhood of mutants?" Pietro sneered. He was running down of the X-man on would bait the young mutant into: Whining, complaining, petty threats, or possibly a combination of all three.

"Leave him along Pietro he came here to get some help and maybe join up with us ok?" said Todd in a very forceful and pleading way.

Pietro looked at Jamie then at Todd and rub his chin "Ok but were have to call a meeting to talk about it first." Then before he could get a replay he darted inside like a speeding bullet.

In side was no better than the out side of the hood house for one thing it smelled like a cross between a swamp and rubbish tip. Well the room looked like a low yield nuke had gone off and by the way a lump of moss seemed to glow in the corner might just of.

A huge teen the sizes of a gorilla noticed Jamie enter with Todd, walking tall, Jamie walked stratight up to the massive Freddy Dukes. Freddy Dukes pointed at Jamie. "Hey! What's this a little shrimp!"

"Don't call me that I not a shrimp, how would like it if I called you fat." Jamie said dryly voices hiding the fear he felt of possible been squashed by the giant mutant. The large mutant stared back, curious at the young lad.

The scared, angry confused tension that had filled the room was broken, not in volinces but by laughter form Freddy. "No I wouldn't, want a donote?" A large box of donates was held out. Jamie paused for just a second not sure what to do . He couldn't remember a single time where someone had offered to share any thing at the Institute with him. Usually he would have to get your own before the others got there or make do with what ever was left over. Slow Jamie whent to take one from the boxes. Freddy smiled at him as his bit into the donate jam running down his chin.

As he sat down with Todd and Freddy he heard the voices of Lances at the door. "whats this about a new….." He stop when noticed Jamie at table. "Jamie don't tell me you want to join the us don't you? Wait here me and the otheres have got have a chat."

Turn to walk out the door he nearly walked into the volatile Wanda Maximoff. "Jamie stay here, every one else in the living room we got to vote on a new member." Lances shouted.

Wanda look at him then at Jamie "I think I stay here and talk to the kid you guys can vote I don't care to be honst." Not pushing the point the male members of the hood went into the living room leaving Jamie and Wanda alone. Getting a glass of water Wanda sat down and facing Jamie and took a slip of water.

"So why dose a little kid like you what to join us? It not like we got all the nice stuff you x-geeks have." Wanda said in sickly sweet voice.

Jamie geared at witch "Don't call me that I get enough of that back there with that bunches of a-holes."

Wanda taken back by the bitterness in voices "surly there must be some one there you like? What about the adults?"

Jamie just looked down at the floor "adults are adults we get along but it not like family and kids". Jamie made air quotes as he said the word kid with a hint of disgust in his voices. "others treat me like crap or kid and the one person I do like, doesn't even notices me."

A small smile came to Wanda lips and lent across the table "So there a girl you like?"

Jamie blushed red at this and looked at the floor "no there not." Blurted at out a bit to quickly.

Seeing Jamie had claimed up wasn't going to say any more Wanda switched subjects.

Mean while in the living room with the four musketeers of the brotherhood.

"Ok Toad you're the one who wants him to Join up why should we let him?" Lance's asked Todd.

Todd looked around at the others "He like me.."

Before Todd could say any more Pietro cut him of "Like you a slime ball, total useless and beyond help. There no way I vouting in some like you we got have some stands."

Todd lost his temp at this and slimed Pietro mouth shut. "No he the youngst and get picked on by the others who are surposed to look out for him and any if did joins he be useful with some train he makes clones, just think an army of pick pockets that just despair if they get in to trouble."

Pietro "Now that is such a bad idea and we can put him to work around the house make the geek fix the places up."

Fred smiled at this "Yea that good idea"

"NO!" Lance said a voice that gave no places for debate.

Slowly looking at the others. "We were all ready screws up when we be members of the brotherhood, thieving, vandalism, assault. You name it we probably did or were well on are way to. Jamie isn't like us he still a good kid with a chances at a future we cant take that a way from him.

Close his eyes "Also what happens when magneto or blue witch turn up again on there plans to take over the world for mutants. There test that kid to the ground to see how his powers work and then I could see magneto turning him to an army of suicide booms. None of us want the kid to deal with that.

As he finished he saw the looks on there faces and new that they wouldn't argue with him, thought he could see the upset look on Todd's faces. "Any it doesn't mean we cant take him under are wing and tough him up a bit and just think as well helping the kid out and scoring some points on the old karma list were going to really piss the x-geeks off".

Walking backing to the Kitchen Lances took a chair next to Jamie.

"Sorry, J-Man. You're not likes not read to fight the way we may have to and you not the kind of guy to do the dirty work. But…..you can hang with us ok. We can watch a move, play some games, have a chat and teach you some stuff to toughen you up a bit." He said. Jamie was Exited and disappointed for some reason, but nodded. Not many people had offered what the brotherhood had offered him.