Gold Digger the Insertion Files chapter 4

Where do we go from here?

Gold Digger belongs to Fred Perry, various characters I use belong to their respective owners and I'm not making anything from this story. I'm just doing it for fun.

When one imagines the Digger's home it is usually a vast mansion surrounded by trees with acres and acres of space. This is only a fraction of how large it really is as the backyard could be used to host the whole summer Olympics and have room to spare. It's one thing to see it in a comic, but to see it in real life? I was about to wonder if it was bigger than the X-Mansion. Sadly I was not going to be able to enjoy it one bit.

Several hours. Several [bleeping] hours of mind numbing tedium lay in store for me as I was about to go into detail about the various characters I could become, or at least as many as I could before we call it quits on account of something important such as a meal or something.

"Okay Alex lets get some readings of you in your non-superform." Gina commented as she took some odd looking things out of hyperspace and was busily setting things. "This should allow me to not only study extradimensional physics on a level never dreamed, but should also allow me to more fully understand the mechanism of your transformation."

"Well it should be able to give a start at least." Brianna said as she too entered her uber scientist mood. "But eventually we would have to get a far more detailed study of you, but that can wait and will take the equipment in the basement labs."

In short order Gina had several scientific sensors, cameras, and recording equipment focused on me, all as she said for "purely scientific research purposes". Not to be outdone, Brianna had several of her super-smart bitbombs called pee-boos equipped with her own recording devices. Thankfully I didn't attract them the same way that Dr. Diggers had done and nearly got blown to bits.

"So what do you want me to be doing while you run these tests?" I ask while standing outside with no cover.

"Nothing really, just be patient for a bit." Gina said as she was messing with her equipment. "Shouldn't take more than..."

"Done." Brianna smiled as her hovering smiling bit-bombs were going all around me.

"What?" Gina said as she continued to work on her equipment.

"Yep all done." Brianna said as she worked on what seemed to be a small video screen. "So we can move onto giving very detailed descriptions of the characters you can turn into."

"You're probably just thinking of taking a x-rayed look Alex's more attractive forms for your personal archives." Gina complained.

"Hey now I'm not..." I said trying to point out that I was not going to be using my powers for some sort of fangirl database.

"Actually no, but that is a great idea." Brianna answered her sister. Typing a few buttons on her device, Brianna took a moment to add to that sentiment. "That is if you don't mind Alex."

There are very few things that can make a man go against his better nature and just agree with an idea that is just too wrong to be a good plan. Sadly the particular idea was suggested by someone who has an absolute mastery of the primary reason: sexual inuendo from an attractive girl.

"Look Brianna not that I don't like you, as I am a huge fan, but I'm not comfortable with that." I tried to get out of this as politely as possible, but didn't think it would work.

"See Brianna. We are doing this purely for scientific reasons." Gina said as she got back to running her own tests. Of course no one believed her either.

"I'm not too comfortable with you doing what you are doing either Gina. But since your parents wanted a full disclosure of all my alternate personas, I'm going through this."

"Don't get too upset Alex, Ms Geeky here does this sort of thing all the time." Britanny finally said as she smiled at my nervousness. "The best way to deal with it is to relax and let her do what she's doing, if it later bites us in the butt feel free to give her noogies."

"I'll keep that under advisement." I said trying not to move too much. I gazed back and forth at the house, the yard, the trees, even saw some birds fly past overhead, but sadly this was not helping with my waning patients. If the Diggers were going to see all of the characters I could become then this was going to go until well after nightfall at this rate.

Thankfully it didn't take all that long for Gina to finally finish all of that she was doing so we were finally ready to go. Thankfully I didn't feel a thing as she was running her tests.

"There. Okay Alex we now have some readings on your biological and neural activity, as well as a basic look at the energy fields of your body." Gina said adjusting her glasses a bit.

"So what's the prognosis doc?" I joke to her, causing a slight chuckle from her.

"Well, for all purposes you are more or less the same physiologically to any human of this dimension. However you do seem to be radiating a slightly different energy pulse from your body." Pressing the touch screen on her PDA a few times she continued. "But it's not from any type of known energy form, and it is a very week very faint pulse."

"How small is this pulse Gina?" Theo asked very curious.

"It's so minute that I can barely detect it dad. Are you sure that your scan was as detailed as mine Brianna?" The smaller genius's smug demeanor and sense of pride was

"Okay, so any ideas who you would like to see first?" I asked. "Or any type you like to see?"

I was never a good actor and only had been on stage once in my life during a school play, but really I was not used to being in front of people like this.

"Oh no preference really. Any you want to share will be fine." Julia said.

"Okay, since Britanny and Gina already know two of the guys I've turned into, how about this one."

I was now dressed from head to toe in white mid-sized robes that looked like some sort of monk. My head was covered, but what could be seen was a very short haired man about 6' tall with a clean shave and leather armguards and boots. A familiar metal tube was now in my right hand as I stood upright from Starkiller's usually fighting stance.

"This is Starkiller, also known as Galen Marek. Former apprentice of the Sith Lord Darth Vader, and key figure in the formation of the rebellion against the dark empire of the Star Wars universe. Starkiller is a powerful wielder of the Force and an excellent lightsaber combatant." I punctuated this by activating my energy blade and twirling it in my hands.

"I take it that is a lightsaber?" Brianna's question was punctuated by her focus on a chuckle. "Looks just like a beam saber to me."

"Brianna be nice." Julia said to her youngest daughter.

"Now, what is this 'Force' you speak of?" Dr. Diggers asked as he took a whiff on his pipe.

"The Force is an energy field that binds all things, connects all things. It pierces us, connects us...it is the source of the Jedi's power and is fed by the life of all living things." Not exactly as sage as Obi Wan, but that could wait till later.

"So it's more or less Chi?" Julia added. It's been a long time since I faced someone else who could use Chi with any real profession." It was at that time I knew that if I was going to stay with the Diggers, I was going to have to spar with Julia Diggers a few times and I was not looking forward to it.

"The Force is far more powerful than chi or ki Mrs. Diggers, and has far greater range of abilities for those who are able to use it. But I can turn into a number of characters who do have powers over the inner and outer life forces that you use." I was going to dowse my blade and change back, but Gina pipped in.

"Before you shift back, would you mind giving a small demonstration of this Starkiller's powers?" I looked at her for a moment wondering why, as did a few members of her family. Immediately she went on the defensive. "What I'm trying to take readings on all of this so I need something to read."

"Very well, is there something I can use my powers on?" I didn't add preferably something disposable but Gina had already seen my force powers first hand.

"You mean like Gina's car a few minutes ago?" Britanny said without realizing it. "Oh kitty litter." She said this as she slapped her hands in front of her mouth.

"What was that about my car little sister?" Gina gave Britanny one of the most fear inspiring looks she could and made it clear she would get her sister back for this somehow.

"Your car is fine Gina. Now is there something I could use for you to demonstrate my abilities for you?" I said showing Starkiller's lack of patience.

"Use her for all I care." Gina said crossing her hands under her chest and using her thumb to indicate Britanny.

"Why you little..." Britanny was about to start a fight, so I decided to take Gina up on her suggestion and lifted Britanny and her chair up with a slight manipulation of Force based telekinesis. "What the...?" My werecheetah friend said as she felt herself being lifted off the ground and manipulated gently through the air.

"Relax Cheetah." I smiled at her as I moved her slowly around, up and down, all with the power of the force. "Don't you trust me?" Britanny's tail was brisling as she was digging her claws into the plastic chair about to break it to pieces.

"Alex, I don't know what game you are playing, but I want down now." To say that the very tall and strong werecheetah was unhappy would be an understatement as she was about ready to jump on my head to get down.

"Just a few more moments Alex and my readings will be done." Gina said as she went to her ultra-scientist mode, looking over her portable devices and such.

"Hurry it up will you supernerd." Britanny barked at Gina. "I'm not fond of being an guinea pig for anyone."

"Just relax will you? I'm not going to hurt you." I was just holding her there, not throwing her side to side.

"He better not." Theo mumbled.

"There, all done." Gina smiled as she happily chirped as the computer unit she was using dinged in completion. The various computer units were giving some sort of readout but I couldn't make heads or tails of it. In the back of my mind I was getting a sensation that was akin to annoyance and that all of these things were primitive toys. These weren't my thoughts, but they were in the back of my mind.

"Finally." Britanny growled. "Now Alex I'm going to say this once and only once. PUT ME DOWN NOW!" Like I have mentioned earlier, trying to argue with a 7' tall pissed off werecat is never a good idea so I gently set the lady back down to where the chair was before.

"Alex I know you were just trying to show off, but don't do that to me again. I don't like it, I didn't feel comfortable when you did that, and it freaks me out." Britanny didn't need to make the fact she didn't like being floated up in the air any more clear as the plastic lawn chair she was using now had its two arms heavily cracked and deep claw marks that looked as if Britanny had decided to use it as a scratching post.

"Sure Cheetah, no problem." My smile was a very hesitant one as I had become myself again and was really worried about dealing with an upset powerhouse of a friend. It may sound like a very pathetic thing, but remember here Britanny isn't just some fashion obsessed fuzzy beanpole. When you are standing next to this lady the first thing you notice, after the height, fur, tail, and cleavage, is that she is built like a freaking tank.

Fred Perry may have slimmed down his style a bit, as well as rounded some edges to his artwork, but Britanny looked like she could tear out the engine block of a truck with one hand. I have no idea if her petite human form was a deliberate idea of Iceron to hide the strength of her hybrid form or an unintended concept of it, but Britanny was someone who could end most arguments before they start by either her smile or her biceps. Not a good idea to upset such a lady period.

"Well Gina what were you able to able to detect from this 'force' that was displayed?" Theo asked his eldest daughter as he was very interested in seeing how this new and mysterious type of power related to magic or any other known source of power.

"Well Dad, I can honestly say that this 'Force' power is completely unrelated to magic." Gina observed as she was going over details on her PDA device. "When you use magic it comes from a vast ethereal energy stream that is specifically tied to your aura field, and before you ask Mom it's not like any Chi energy signature I have come across either." Gina continued.

"In Chi and Ki one is using and connected to an inner and outer life force, and much like magic it has specific energy signatures which can be picked up and read. This Force is neither, but shares similar abilities to both as I have also seen Alex use Starkiller's powers to augment his speed, reflex time, use far more brutal telekinetic abilities, and unleash the elemental force of lightning. That, as you saw in Mesha's spell, was powerful enough to take down a mature dragon, if only for a moment." Gina took another moment to catch her breath and go over her findings again.

"From what I was able to get a reading from you levitating Britanny in that chair, the Force may bind all things and be fed by all living things, but it's neither connected to them or from any personal source of energy." Gina said this while facing me. "I was able to get a focus on how you are connected to it, which seems to be throughout your body with your hand just being a focus for it, but as to were this power is coming from…it's so closely matched to the surrounding environment that for all I can tell it's like you can tap into the universes operating system."

"I'm what?" I asked flabbergasted.

"Not to seem rude sis, but that sounds like a load of malarkey." Brianna said as she double checked what she had recorded. "Really now the 'universe's operating system'? So what this guy is hacking into the Big Guy upstair's computer?" I didn't know if Brianna had any personal beliefs on God or such, but her sentiment and complete disbelief that Gina's observations were accurate were shared by me.

"Look you know I don't believe in God and such, but in cold hard science." Gina said aloud. "But from what I'm seeing here the Force is some sort of power source that's not actually connected to the tangible world, but can affect it and be effected by it." Gina's conviction was as strong as she had ever been and I knew what she was going to think of next.

"I know that you likely don't want to do this Alex, but if just the first guy you have shown is so radically different from anything I have on the books, I'm going to have to ask you for a detailed in-depth scan of each individual you have available to you to be done in the regeneration tubes of my lab." I couldn't fault Gina's legitimate curiosity and concern. Typically with new discoveries her reply would be "jinkies" and a bright smile on her face like a child in a candy store. This time however she was sollom and extremely on point.

"Which is something that I'm sure Alex will agree to do at a later date." Julia said as she absorbed what was just reported to her. "Theo what could you tell about that particular guy?" The matriarch of the household asked her husband, with something unsaid on her mind.

"Well my dear, I would sense only part of his aura as it seems very…hidden, but I wouldn't particularly call that person evil. While Starkiller's aura is very different from that of Alex, and it is Alex who is tapping into that individual, that wouldn't explain how more or less camouflaged the aura would be." Theo paused for a moment to think. "But again it isn't evil I sense, but perhaps just a level of untamed aggression which likely stems from the lad's youth and from being trained by someone who Alex admitted was a true villain."

"Okay one hunk down then, so many more go to." Brianna took the conversation away as she readied herself for the next character for me to display.

"Just wondering Bri, but how was it that you didn't go over those findings I had on Alex's first character run?" Gina goaded her younger sister.

"That's easy, because what I was going over was a detailed scan of his body, energy signature, and any peculiar readings run at the same time from several different scans run simultaneously with my peebos." Brianna replied. "Besides why spoil your fun? I'm not trying to get on the cover of Scientific America or something."

"So what exactly are you after then?" Gina asked.

"For now? Adding to my photos of hunky guy collection." Of course…Brianna's sex drive was the only thing bigger than her heart or her I.Q. I tried to not get jealous, but sometimes it's harder than it looks.

"Fine, we can go over Brianna's private fantasies later. Who do you want to see next?" I hate just being rude, but if you've played as many games as I have (or ever read dial H for hero) and realized that this was going to take a while, time was a big factor if we were going to get this done today.

"Hey do the suave French guy you used the first time." Britanny smiled as she remembered the roguish X-Man from the bayou.

"Suave French guy?" Theo said as he got a little unnerved at the idea of some lovesick foreign playboy hitting on his girls.

"Suave French guy? Wait Gambit? I told you before Cheetah he's Cajun not French." I said back to her. "So please my fair petie, don't call o'l Remy French." The transformation was seamless as before the Diggers family stood the former member of the guild of thieves. Dressed in a tattered trench coat, black body suit, and holding the signature retractable metal staff in my hands, Gambit was back in action.

"Now Dr. Gina, best be you starting this test cause Gambit here got him a mess a skills to show."

"Very well, Brianna get ready to see some really strange stuff soon." Gina smiled as she started her equipment.

"Very well Alex please tell me who this fine gentleman is." Juila said as she smiled.

"The name mon frare is Remy LeBeau, but you may call me Gambit. Born in Louisiana this fine young man find he be kicked out of his house cause his folks find he too strange for them, mainly it be the eyes." I stopped for them to see the deep red and black of Gambit's peculiar optics. "Course this the first and least of the things that make Remy a little, unique."

"And what exactly is unique about Gambit? Beyond the fact you keep referring to yourself in the third person?" Theo asked.

"Well you see Dr. Diggers, Gambit found himself on the street just tryin' to servive, and he make a big mistake on account he try to pickpocket the head of the guild of thieves. But rather than kill the little fella, that big Mr. LeBeau he took Remy in and make him his son. Now come teenage years Remy's real strangeness set in, but that mixed with him leaving the thieves for not so important reasons mean he fall in with another group."

"And what group would that be?" Julia asked, not sure how to react to a self-declared thief in her house, not sure I blamed her for that.

"Well Gambit always be one not have a family, and a bit of a loner, but Gambit found it better to be with those like him and perhaps be hated for it than be alone with noone. So Gambit decide to take up a friend's offer and made himself a superhero of sorts as a member of the X-Men."

"X-Men?" Brianna asked.

"It's not what you think and we'll explain later." Britanny told her more flirty sibling.

"Well you see my fair and bright young femmie, Gambit be a mutant. And mutants…they ain't exactly liked none on Earth." I answered her. "And it not the eyes that mean Gambit a mutant."

"I remember you mentioning that, but I'll have to run a blood test to see this X-gene you talked about earlier Alex."

"So these mutants, they are born with this eye thing or…" Julia asked as she didn't understand the ins and outs of Marvel comic powers.

"Now if that the case ol'Remy just invest in sunglasses, but no see Gambit has a lot more in his sleeves than just his eyes."

"Wait a second." Britanny said as she smiled, got up, and rushed into the house.

"Now what you be supposing that for?" I asked as I scratched the back of my head.

After a few minutes the friendly spotted lycan came back outside.

"Here we go." Britanny happily ran back outside with a mass of wooden blocks in her hand. "Thought these would help display your talent."

"Much abliged my pretty femme, much abliged." I understood what she was getting at as Britanny placed the blocks down and stacked them. She then took one in her hand and chunked it into the air like a plastic pigeon.

"What are you doing Britanny?" Gina asked as she saw the target arc into the air. Before it reached the zenith of that arc she got her answer.

It was a very fast snap of the wrist that caught the card between my index and middle finger, and as soon as I felt the card charge with my bio-energy I let it fly. In less than a blink the energy charged bolt impacted the wooden block causing it to completely explode. That was good because the last thing needed was slivers of wood flying all over the place.

"Well that's the kind of charge card I would like to have." Julia chuckled seeing that.

"Ready for another Alex?" Britanny said as both her hands were loaded with another block each.

I retracted the metal pole in one of my hands and placed it back in its holder. I then reached into the brown trench coat jacked I had on and pulled out a few more cards that I started the juggle in a manner no human could ever hope to do. "When you be ready mon frair, Gambit be ready."

Britanny's super fast throwing would have put any speed shooter to the test, but if anyone has ever played MVC2 then they have seen just how fast Gambit's own throwing arm is. In a few seconds all of the various blocks had been disposed of as the backyard of the Digger's mansion resembled a fireworks display.

"Bravo Alex." Julia smiled at the display. "So the dexterity, reflex, and exploding cards are part of this X-gene of yours."

"My fair femme that be hitting the nail on the head, and it not just cards Gambit be charging. Any inanimate thing on earth, Gambit can charge it and if he charge it right it go boom." I smiled as I bowed to Julia, Theo, Brianna, Britanny, Gene and even Gina's applause.

"Must be very handy, but still kind of scary at first." Brianna said as she was working hard at her own sensors.

"It be very scary petite, course Gambit get it easy on his powers as there be many another mutant who isn't so fortunate as to have something so easy to hide." I said, not realizing the obvious ramifications of what such a statement would have.

"Were any of the other characters you have previously displayed mutants as well?" Brianna asked as she started messing with the control unit in her hands. "If we have something in common to scan for it could make things go a lot faster."

"Good point my mentally gifted partner." Gina smiled as she went over her readings of me as Gambit. "If we are trying to get as much information from this preliminary assessment of Alex's alternate personas then it would be best if we were able to string together scans of commonly related individuals."

"I guess that makes sense." I said as I wonder about the logic of it, and couldn't find a single problem with it. Granted I'm not in any shape form or fashion in the same mental league as Gina or Brianna, but still but I didn't see any real problem with going through this list with related characters.

"Good. Now since we are also going with characters which have already been displayed, how many more of those personas you have used were also mutants?" Gina asked while having all her equipment set up for the next set of scans.

My answer was a bit terse, but then again I had been standing for a period of time like a freaking circus performer and was beginning to be very bored. "Two that you saw, and three that Britanny saw."

"And how many characters in total do you have access to that are mutants?" Theo asked as he found this mutanted genetics very interesting.

"Lets see…" I started to count with my fingers and muttered under my breath trying to pin-point the exact number. It was almost half a minute as I was trying to remember the exact number to answer the guy I nearly killed's question. "About 15-20 men and women I guess. Why?"

"At this rate it likely will take most of the remainder of the day and into tomorrow just on the mutant characters of yours, much less anyone else you have access to." Julia pointed out as she noticed the time. "And as much as I want to make sure I know all about the potential danger, can you please hurry things up a little?"

Her request wasn't an unfair one, as I was a complete videogame freak the list of potential characters that I could use ranged over a hundred at the very least. Still I was going as fast as I could because everyone had questions and Gina was taking as many in-depth readings as she could. To this day I don't want to know all the things that she scanned for as I really just didn't care much.

"Got it. First mutant after Gambit used was…" If you remembered the story then right now I have changed from an average looking guy of about 5'8" to a 7' tall mountain of steel skin and muscle. "Piotr Rasputin, but my comrades call me Colossus."

"Hello shinny metal mass of hunky awesomeness." Brianna blurted out as she started to drool.

"Huh?" Was the collective expression on everyone's mind because the outburst….well let's be honest here people it just sounded wrong.

"What? I'm not going to apologize for what I said." Brianna countered. "Look this isn't a robot here people but a living humanoid being with enough genetic relations to human beings for reproduction and happens to be covered in metal skin."

When one is trying to argue with Brianna Diggers on the morals and in-depth analysis of potential sexual partners that do not violate the rules of nature, one is bound to fail miserably. With lycans, humans, mages, elves, atlantians, dwarfs, giants, rakshasas, kyrn, ogres, and a whole assortment of others that are human and yet not human…yeah Brianna thinking Colosus's metal skin form is sexy is more or less tame.

"I guess that's true." Gina said as she started her scan, but with a devious smile that rivaled her sister's now plastered on her face.

"Since Colosus is a mutant like Gambit, and you mentioned that there are some not so fortunate mutants, would it be fair to ask if you are permanently metal skinned in that form?" Dr. Diggers asked as he was showing how uneasy he was with almost half a ton of steel right next to him.

"Neit Dr. Diggers." I replied in a happy, and very thick, slovic accent. "My steel skin and all the strength from it is not permanent. I actually prefer to work with my own muscles when I can." If I had been thinking straight I would not have done what I just did. Again, if I was thinking straight.

In a moment an odd purple shine appeared on the edges of my body as steel skin retracted to light pink flesh. In a far more human looking mood, I had inadvertently given credence to Brianna's nymphatic logic. It would not be the last time, and it likely was going to happen a lot.

"See, I am not so…weird looking da?" I smiled the most friendly smile I could and being attached to Piotr's mindset of a super nice guy, the reaction was one that was very surprising.

"No, not at all…" Gina said as she had to readjust her glasses. The shortest of the Diggers was busy looking at

"YES! Oh yea who's the number one super-genius…" Brianna's happy dance was a mixture of the Snoopy dance and Britanny and Gina's eccentric "treasure" dance. The sound of camera shutters clicking all over my body from the flying peebos made sure that somehow and somewhere Brianna's private picture collection had just grown vastly.

"So now that you aren't walking around looking like one of Gina's highschool science projects, care to give a little background on this particular character?"

"This one's name is Piotr Rasputin. Born on a state owned farm in the former Soviet Union Piotr's great physical strength was seen as a great source of pride for the families forced to live on the very poor land. To be able to get the unreasonable level of food demanded by state, Piotr would secretly use his steel skin to quickly shave time off from the labor. It worked, but did not last long." I paused as I took a breath.

"One day a tractor, it's brake failed and it started rolling to where Piotr's little sister Illyana was playing. Piotr's legs acted before Piotr knew what was happening. With one hand he grabbed his sister and waited for the impact, but not the impact that he expected as Piotr plowed through the tractor with his sister unharmed. Although it saved Illyana, Piotr knew that the tractor was very expensive and would cause the farmer great hardship trying to replace. It was then that Professor Xavier found Piotr and convenced him to join Xavier's team of heroes to help Piotr's fellow man on a bigger scale than just the farm Piotr lived on. So Piotr became a X-Man along with comrades Gambit, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Iceman, Cyclops, Phoenix, Storm, Beast, Rouge, Psylocke, Angel, Havok, Polaris, Cable, and many others who Piotr can't remember all of."

"It looks like we are going to be spending a lot of time going over this x-gene thing of yours Alex." Gina said flatly as she proceeded with her biometric scans. "And if mutants are just the tip of the icebearge of your abilities then I could spend the rest of my life studying you and not get anywhere."

"Perhaps domoritz Gina, but perhaps that is not the point da?" Say what you will about Colossus's English skills, but don't underestimate his intelligence. Too many people do that with him, as well as guys like Grimlock and such, and mistake syntax problems with limited intelligence. Hulk's one thing but Colossus…How much of the human body does science still not know? If the point is to continue to discover, what is the point if all is found in one person's life?

"What?" Britanny asked as she was completely dumbfounded. "Excuse me pal but I'm not sure if it's the thick, and admittedly sexy, Russian accent or the very thought-deep words, but I didn't understand that statement at all."

Britanny is a woman of action, or rather a werecat of action which means a number of things. For starters she has a very short attention span for ignoring interesting things and prefers to use her fists rather than her brain with dealing with difficult situations. Far from stupid, she still likes to keep things simple and basic to understand and is easily made happy with a few basic things. However, when she is exposed to things that confuse her…Britanny's patients gets cut drastically.

"Forgive Piotr please Britanny, I speak as ones I become." I tried hard to say. It seemed that when I become someone I become them in all parts. Granted I should have figured it out when I was Reed Richards or thinking back on when I was the Hulk, but it didn't because their primary language was English. But Colossus's first language was Russian, and it didn't seem that I was given his game based language skills.

"I'll translate it for you later sis." Gina commented, having understood what I meant to say. "Anyway Alex, would you mind using that x-gene again, I want to take another look at what goes on inside that transformation of yours."

"Da." I smiled as again my entire epidermis was coated in a layer of biosteel as again a bright purple light followed around my body like a xerox machine's scanner.

"Well Gina what are you seeing?" Brianna asked as she began to hover behind her sister.

"I'm not sure how's he's doing it but it seems that the same mass gain and loss that Britanny has during her transformations exist in Alex during his transformations but there is no energy conversion. In your case sis your differential mass between your forms is absorbed and released through a weak aura attachement to the ether stream of magic." Gina continued as the sun was getting higher into the sky and everyone non-schelont flipped on a pair of sunglasses to deal with the glare off of my skin.

"That would be cool, if you weren't also using me as a tanning mirror friend Cheetah." I crossed my arms as I looked at her sunbathing in the reflection coming off my steel skin.

"I'm fur covered babe, I tan just about as well as you do." The werecheetah said as she got up and looked me in the face.

"Is something in Colossus's eye?" I asked as I saw just how perplexed and curious Britanny's expression.

"Actually yea, or no or…..Look your skin is not just covered in chrome, but all of you." Cheetah is a friend, but the look on her face worried me. Out of pure curiosity she tapped me a few times with her knuckles, which resulted in a dull thud. "And your hair? I'm not sure if you would need a barbor or a welder."

This insight led to a series of chuckles from everyone, much to Britanny's shagrin.

"Yea get a cheap laugh at my expence." She huffed.

"Neit neit….Cheetah we not laughing at you, but laughing at your insight." I smiled at her. "It was very funny and I am actually butt of joke." Okay so maybe I'm too much like Piotr, but anything to keep Britanny from being annoyed at me.

"Okay Alex I'll go with that, but seriously you're a man of steel and you're not impressed? When I turned all furry and such I was pruning for weeks…except when I got bullied at school."

"Comrade Cheetah, Colossus is not impressed because Colossus was impressed." I answered her back, wishing to change back into my normal self but Gina was still doing scans. "It like all times Alex become character, it not first time that character have powers."

Britanny scratched her head a bit as she tried to put that statement together. "Okay I think I get it. When you turn into the characters you can you aren't impressed because you become someone who has years of experience with the fact they are superpowered or specially trained or such?"

"Da."

"Oh. Coool." From perplexed to absolutely amazed in about 3 seconds, not exactly a record but good to know none the less. "So that's why you were so proficient with all the characters you were using; you instantly gain their experience."

"Sounds sort of like cheating to me." Julia commented. "Afterall you didn't earn all of the skills you are not using, but rather are using other's powers that you have not earned."

"How I gain my powers is not for you to judge, how I use them though…maybe." I countered. "I didn't ask for these gifts, but so far have I used them poorly?"

"No I can't say you have, but I still don't like it when people are just given things. Especially since the first time you used your power you took out an adult dragon. And you know just about everything about my family, which unnerves me a lot even if it is because you are a fan of our 'comic book'." Julia answered back. "Still the fact you are so willing to do what it takes to gain our trust does speak volumes to your character."

"Well I've got all I can from this guy at this moment. Probably going to have to go through a whole different series of tests down in the lab later to see just how strong you are as Colossus." Gina said as she went back to focusing on her readouts.

"You want to see strong comrade Gina? Colossus shall show you strong." I kneeled down and picked up Britanny with one hand and lifted her over my head.

"Alex hun what are you doing?" Britanny's irritation was obvious and she was very clear that she did not want to be held aloft on one hand.

"Britanny it is all in fun yes?" I laughed as I held her above my head. "But Colossus has a better idea now." I set my fuzzy friend down and picked up her chair, as well as picked up Brianna in her chair.

"Wait now what?" The lycanthropoid said as she wondered what was on my mind.

"Please comrade Brianna, this will be a little game yes." I then ushered Britanny to sit in the chair I brought her.

"I have no idea where you are going with this Alex, but I'll see what is up your sleeve." Britanny shrugged and sat down, only to be picked up instantly and held level with my head.

"The load is not level, but I think it looks cool da?" I smiled at both as the two women chuckled.

"Not bad, but it really doesn't give me any idea as to how strong Colossus really is." Gina said as she I set both of her sisters down.

"True, but if you don't mind a little rougher game, I'm sure I can see how durable he is." Britanny said with a twisted grin on her face.

"I didn't know you had a fancy of cold steel." Brianna joked as she ran her fingers down my arm.

"No, but I would step back for a moment sis, if you don't mind Alex." Britanny's look was very…energized as she seemed be driven to complete whatever it was that she wanted to do.

"Okay, what is this…"I did not have time to finish my question as Britanny sidestepped me, grabbed my arm, lifted me over her head and throw me across the backyard.

"What the heck was that for?" Brianna yelled at her taller sister. "You could have hurt him."

"Trust me Bri, he didn't even feel it." Britanny said as she comforted her sister with a light tap on the shoulder.

If you are wondering just how is it that Britanny could throw someone like Colossus clear across a yard, it is a rather simple process as Cheetah is able to bench 15 tons of dead weight effortlessly and Colossus in steel skin mode is about 700 lbs, or a little over half a ton. Combined that with the fact Britanny is an expert in Judo as well as body building and you can see why I was on the receiving end of the infamous "fastball special".

Thankfully Britanny was right as I dusted myself off and picked myself up…out of about a 6 foot long hole in the Digger's backyard.

"HAHAHAHA! That is a good pitching arm you have domoritz." I had quite a hearty laugh at that. "Colossus is impressed but it, and will have to ask you to spot him later in gym."

"So you know Alex you will be repairing the damage to the yard you just plowed through." Theo said smoking on his pipe a bit.

"Da, it is a good thing Colossus likes to work with his hands." I said shaking my head and heading back to the rest of the group.

"Well I've got two solid scans on male beings with this x-gene. Are there any females which I can scan?" Gina asked as I changed back into my normal self.

"About 5 that I can think of off the top of my head, but I've never become a female character and Marvel has a habit of…."

"A habit of what?" Gina asked, as everyone was listening. "If you are going to say something sexist I am going to…."

"Wait wait hold up. Look I'm not sexist, just…."

"Then what is the problem? Surely a shapeshifter like yourself would have no issue with genders." Genn said punctuating the statement by changed between his male and female forms respectfully.

"First I'm not a shapeshifter and second….Marvel comics, as well as DC and such, don't make weak female characters….may have some writers that don't use them to their full potential but that's not the same as the character being weak." I explained.

"So? What exactly is it that you are worried about?"

"Female characters in X-Men are rarely used as physically dominating ones, but they are used some of the most powerful characters in Marvel. Storm for instance? She can control the heavens and manipulate weather systems and it's tied heavily to her emotions. Jean Grey, a.k.a. Phenoix, is the most powerful telekenetic character in all of Marvel and if she goes too far she unleashes a cosmic level entity to boot."

"Wow. At least they can't be blamed for being sexist." Brianna observed. "Or maybe they all have fetishes for women who can destroy them with a thought, who knows."

"This coming from someone with more firepower than all of Stark Industries and as well as being a borderline megalomaniac?" I retorted back at her.

"Can you blame me for liking to make things go boom?" She answered back without any trace of animosity.

"Look Alex I know that it may seem odd, but perhaps a limited time as one of the females which isn't going to blow up the world may not be a bad idea. Out of curiosity how many of the characters that you have played are female?" Julia asked in wonder.

"While not nearly as abundant as the number of male characters, I'd say somewhere in the 30s or 40s maybe." I shrugged. I never bothered to count, just thought they were cool.

"So any of them who don't have the potential to level my home and are not possible supervillians?" Julia asked slightly teasingly, and not really impressed.

"I can think of one at this moment." I said as it, very much against my better judgment, focused on one particular female character. The transformation was as per usual with a shift in height, stance, and sensory perception. This time the transformation was also very different as my stance, balance and everything else was completely messed up. Also long hair was causing my head to not exactly feel balanced. In other words my whole freaking way of interacting with the world was completely messed up.

"Wow not bad." Brianna commented as I opened my eyes and feared for the worse.

"Okay so how does it look?" I ask in a very strange feminine accent that mixed British and Japanese.

"Not bad at all actually. Probably would fit right in with my fellow students in Master Leap's school. So young lady demonstration time."

Still not sure how this would work, but thankfully my understanding of this body was just as good as the understanding of Psylock's form was just as good as my understanding of the male characters I become.

"Code name is Psyloke, but the real name is Betsy Braddock." I started. "Born in England Betsy was abducted by a ninja clan called the Hand. Her origin is long, convoluted, and would take too long to go into but she is a very skilled ninja only aided by her ability to generate blades of pure mental energy and telekinesis."

"Mental energy? I have never heard of any mentalists who are able to generate weapons from just their mind. Care to demonstrate?" Theo's question was answered by me summoning a glowing purple katana out of essentially nowhere. I took a moment to look at the weapon as Gina began running yet another one of her examinations, after she got over the fact that she I was in a female body.

"So Alex, uh how do you feel?" Gina asked as she started jotting down notes.

"So far, no idea. My stance feels off, my undergarments feel wrong and my whole range of senses are either more sensitive or just is off." If it wasn't that Gina likely would be pestering me for more studies later on, I would swear off trying to become any other female character forever.

"Well considering your entire brain has just been rewired that doesn't exactly surprise me." Gina commented as if she was insulted, okay granted she likely was indirectly but essentially my brain had shifted from let's say PC to a Mac OS without a good translation program and no instructions as to the new operating system. Basic functions were the same, but interface was a mess for me.

"Yea after this I'm going to do some very serious mental purging as I'm not enjoying this at all."

"Well I can see why." Brianna noted as she looked at her own reading equipment. "While you are now 100% women in body, your mind is still trying to work like you do when you are a guy."

"Really?" Gina said as she took the PDA thing from her sister. "I can't believe it but you're right." In a flash the two were a blur of motion working on their equipment going over all the details of what fascinating discovery they just uncovered.

"Sorry what's going on?" I asked in bewilderment, curious as to what exactly was found out.

"I think Brianna here has just discovered that while you are physically now female, your brain is still your own mind superimposed upon the mind of a woman. In fact, it may be the same with all of your alternate forms." Gina smiled at yet another phenomenal discovery that likely would put her on some scientific magazine.

"If that's the case then why didn't we notice this earlier?" Brianna asked perplexed. "We were doing a very detailed scan here."

"Because this is the first time Alex has used a woman. Duh." Britanny pointed out annoyed that neither one of her sisters were able to see the obvious.

"Britanny be nice." Julia chided her adopted daughter. Gina and Brianna just slapped themselves in the face.

"OF COURSE DUH!" Gina groaned.

"Mistress Gina could you please explain what exactly you are talking about?" Tark asked, having long been completely lost as to what was going on.

"It's quite easy. Men and women literally do think differently, and it's not just the obvious observation you may think it is. The way men and women receive, process, and translate information received from the senses as well as communicate are physiologically different from one another and while Alex now has the same sensory equipment, hormones, and everything else women have, his brain is trying to relay and process this information with a male mind." Gina explained, all the while I was really getting a headache.

"And it's not processing right." Brianna continued. "Alex I know that we want to study as many of your alternate forms as we can, but if I'm reading this right…well it looks like prolonged attempts to use a female form can lead to sensory overload and possibly other side effects."

"Then can I change back now?" I was exceedingly worried as to what those other effects could be.

"Absolutely!" Gina and Brianna yell as I sighed in relief and was male again.

"Thank you." I was extremely happy to be "back to normal" as it was as my head was a lot more clear and… Yes all the right equipment was back.

"I don't understand. When I shift between male and female forms I don't have any issues at all." Genn pointed out.

"That's because you are a racktashi and you magically can change your entire body structure." Gina answered her friend.

"But in Alex's case he assumes characters he played in videogames. My guess is because of how he got his powers to begin with." Brianna paused then to get her thoughts in order and then started. "In a game, when you play a character, do you change who you are? The answer is of course not. You just take on the persona of someone or thing for the duration of the game. In Alex's case he was pulled through this medium so his uses his alternate forms just like someone who picks up the controls of a game boy."

"But that still doesn't really explain why he was troubled with a female persona." Britanny shot back. "Guys who take hormones or have surgery don't have the immediate problems we saw in Alex. Granted some of them have serious health problems later but still not the same thing."

"Good point, but in those cases they didn't take their brain and try to transplant it into a completely different model body." Gina called out. "But their brains aren't trying to deal with being forced into a fully functional alternate gender where it's not the look that's different but the whole layout of the mind and body."

"Look Britanny, if you were to put on a costume and act like a guy, would you be a guy?" Brianna proposed.

"Heck no, I'd still be loveable sexy and very feminine me." The werecheetah blauched.

"Exactly, but say your mind was somehow instantly placed into the body of a guy where you would perceive the world the way men do, and you suddenly were trying to hold onto who you are while still finding yourself in a role that is anathema to everything you're used to for years. Reguardless of the psychology of it, which you would know more about Dad, the physical shift is more than anyone could possibly hope to deal with for any length of time."

"Fascinating." Dr. Diggers smiled. "And it would explain why Alex was able to deal better with male roles, as he is actually a guy."

"Well yea, but then explain how it was that he was able to turn into a giant robot and not lost it?" Britanny snapped back.

"Probably because being a fictional character imagined, designed, and acted by a human being then it's internal thought processes probably are just like those of humans, just mechanical." I answered with everyone looking at me perplexed. "What? The 4th wall and it's logic are useless in this situation."

"4th wall? Look kid you are not going to start tearing down my house just because you happened to look your stuff and turned into a woman." Julia yelled at me in the face.

"What? Since when did I talk about doing anything to your house?" I was perplexed, confussed, and a whole bunch of other words to describe the same messed up sort of situation.

"You said the 4th wall. Now I'm not an architect, but the closest wall is that one that is part of my house." The very tall and very annoyed amazon said to me.

"No wait mom. The 4th wall refers to the perspective of an audience watching a play." Gina said appeasing her mother. "It's not an actual wall, but an illusionary one that isn't broken so that the characters on stage seem like they are actually part of the world they are convening."

"So when you said the 4th wall was useless…" Julia asked.

"I was alluding to the fact some things just won't make sense if you nit-pick them because there are assumptions needed for a show to be accepted as reality." I explained trying not to get on the bad side of someone who was not only the mother of my potential romantic interest, but also someone who could take on Wonder Woman in hand to hand combat.

"Fair enough, and sorry for the confussion. Now I know you've been very patient with all of this, but if you feel up to it I would like you to try to use one more female mutant character, if you feel up to it."

"May I ask why you would want me to try that again and what particular female character you have in mind?" Arguing with Julia Diggers is stupid, pulling on Batman's cape level stupid. It's about as just plain dumb as ideas come, so when I was thinking of saying no right to her face it was not without understanding just how big a mistake it could be.

"Just out of curiosity mind you, I was wondering if I could see the one you called Storm." Julia stated without animosity. "Just curious as to how her powers being linked to her emotions and all, would you be able to control her form for any particular length of time."

"Alright, one quick look. But if I lose control I don't want to be held responsible for anything that may become damaged or obliterated from the face of the Earth." I wanted some ground rules for this so I didn't get blamed for anything that may occur.

"Fair enough, but you will help clean up."

"Deal." We shook on it so it was all good as far as I was concerned.

"Alright Alex, if you feel anything go wrong tell me and we'll stop this test immediately." Gina said as she readied her equipment again.

"Alright, here goes nothing…I hope."

I focused on the character again and felt myself transform. Like with Psyloke before I felt a distinct transformation difference than when I used Logan or Colossus. I could feel the air currents around me as a powerful wind rose me from the ground. I could sense the electrical charge in the air like I sensed the electromagnetic field when I was Magneto.

"Is this what you were looking for Mr. Diggers?" I said in an almost booming voice, but not in a threatening manner.

"Alex how do you feel?" Britanny had cupped her hands in front of her mouth and yelled up to me.

"Marvelous. I can actually feel at one with the elemental forces of nature. It is as if I am truly one with the heavens." I was enraptured in the overwhelming sensation of power flowing through me as I rose higher from the ground and unleashed arching lightning from my hands. "It is magnificent."

Safe to say that at this point I was completely loosing myself in the waves of ecstasy that I was feeling with the wind swirling around me and the lightning striking my fingertips.

"Alex enough please, control yourself." Dr. Diggers cried out as he pulled the colar of his jacket over his ears. "You can come down now!"

I was too busy enjoying the freedom that the power I now held was Storm's abilities where my own.

"Dang it I think he's lost it." Britanny said below me as she was taking cover.

"I thought that you said that he was able to gain the control that the characters had over their powers?" Julia asked as she was covering behind her lawn furniture.

"He should, but remember his brain isn't used to processing the sensations that females usually feel, mix that with Storm's power and we got a formula for a complete screw up." Brianna commented. "Only chance is to get him to shift back into his normal self."

At that point I was so lost in the sensations of the weather manipulation I was deaf to everything else, but thankfully the Diggers were more than up to the task of taking on one mutant with weather powers.

"Britanny, any thoughts on how to knock him down?" Gina asked as her equipment was about to be irreparably damaged. Britanny wasted no time in launching herself into the air at me and in one effortless motion tackled me to the ground. This was enough to bring me to my senses and caused the weather to go back to normal.

"Cheetah what are you doing? Did I…" I continued to look around and wondered exactly what was going on. I changed back to myself and cleared my head wondering what exactly had happened.

"Well for starters promise me you aren't going to try changing your gender again anytime in the near future. I like you a lot better as a guy anyway and you have far better control over yourself when you aren't holding two X chromosomes." My werecheetah friend jokes.

"I promise I'm not going to be doing anything remotely that stupid again for a long time to come as I have no interest whatsoever in actually being female again. No offense."

"After seeing what almost happened, I very much agree." It took a few moments to collect myself from Britanny towering over me, but thankfully nothing really seemed amiss.

"Wow…Did I do that?" I know cliché but after what just happened there is a reason such a reaction is considered cliché.

"Well yes and no. Look Alex I guess that your feminine side can sit back for a long time and let's stop all this testing for a bit. It's cool and all but I think we can call it quits for today, or at least a few hours." Britanny and I got up, dusted ourselves off, and went back to where the others members of the Diggers household were located.

"Well Alex, I can safely say that you shall be one of the more interesting houseguests we've had in a while." Theo chuckled. "And while I am concerned about someone who can become as powerful as the young lady you just displayed, I can't sense that you are a direct threat to my family or to my home so I don't see the problem with allowing you to stay till we can find a way to get you home. Am I right dear?"

Theo's wife was deep in thought. "Well I agree with you Theo…Alex you are someone new to superpowers, but have shown a lot of responsible choices in using it. Still if you are going to be staying here for any extended period then you will learn how to control all of the characters you turn into."

"Sounds fair to me. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go reaffirm my manhood." After just trying to use two female characters I was in serious need of testosterone overload, and since I wasn't in the mood for turning into the Hulk I figured someone else with an inhuman amount of masculine badassery and inhuman regeneration. I shrank a little but also bulked up a lot as my frame became one of a 300 lbs man. If you are wondering about the weight thing, has to do with the adamentium skeleton.

"Now I'm going to light a smoke and get a brew. Anyone of you bubs want to join me?" Yep old Canuckle head once again. If this didn't reaffirm my masculinity nothing would. Thankfully my alt forms come in more than one skin for each.

"Turning into a guy who dresses in the same cowboy duds you do and is a good head shorter than me is supposed to reaffirm your manhood?" Genn asked. "You have a strange opinion of what being a man is about."

"Bite me horn boy." I replied as I pulled out a cigar and jutted out a claw and sliced the end off of the 40 year old Cuban. "I've kicked enough ass that I don't have to take any clap trap from you."

Completely taken back by this, Genn had no idea how to reply.

"Hey bub," I smiled at Dr Diggers. "Got a light?"

"Well he certainly is more chauvinistic." Julia Diggers smirked.

"Look lady I've had my balls turned inside out and my mind put through a meat grinder." I almost barked back. "Now all I want to do is enjoy my cigar, get a drink, and maybe shoot some pool till I'm sure enough of my own badassness."

"Okay I'll give you that." Dr. Digger's said as he let loose a small fireball that light the cigar.

"Thanks, I owe you one."

"Well maybe you could get swallowed by another dragon, slice out his neck, and then take his wings off." Britanny joked.

"Would, but dragons are just a pain." I answered back as I took a drag on the cigar in my lips.

"Oh so this is what that crazy man looks like when not it yellow and black spandex." Julia observed. "Not as tall as I was expecting,"

I glared at her for that.

"but if you give me the details as to who this charmer is, I will pay for the drinks." Julia smiled.

"Ma'am, you're speaking my language."

Now you think that we would be getting into a car, heading off to a pool hall, and then ordering some brews, but Julia had other plans.

"If I had known that we were just going to be in your basement I wouldn't have bothered." I grumbled as I struck the cue ball.

"Oh hush and enjoy your drink." Brianna said as she handed me a cold one and picked up her own pool stick.

"Thanks." I smiled back at her and used one of my claws to slice the top off before retracting it in a flash.

"So may I ask who this charming individual is?" Dr. Digger's asked as he just observed me. "And is he some sort of lycan?"

"I don't go howling at the moon bub, name's James "Logan" Howlett, but you can call me Wolverine. I'm the best at what I do. Just what I do isn't that nice."

"Charming." Julia asked. "But not unexpected. Now young man some details would be appreciated."

"Whatever hot stuff, and I've been kicking butt back longer than you've been on this earth." I took a swig of the beer "But if you got to know, I was born in 1840 in Alberta. Wasn't exactly a fit kind of kid but that changed when I was about 10…the drunken groundskeeper broke in and killed my family in a fit of jealousy. Shot at me too, but then something snapped inside me and these came out." I let one set of claws slide out. Bright shiny metal blades so strong Superman could use them as a razor.

"Nice, but I got a set to." Brittany smiled as she showed hers. Longer than mine but I knew they were about as weak as cardboard.

"Yea but yours ain't made of adamentium cute stuff, course mine weren't either till Weapon X got their hands on me. Anyway I was so mad I was uncontrollable and when I came to the only one alive was my cousin that didn't get killed by the maniac. Turned out though that guy was my old man, and my greatest foe is my half-brother but thems the breaks."

"Dang." Gina said in shock. "So how is it that you aren't dead yet?"

"Gina! That's rude." Britanny said.

"But not a bad question. Seriously this Logan guy is over 100 years old but only looks like he's in his thirties." Gina told her younger sister. "It may give an indication what you look like in another have a century."

"And you want to be able to live that long I suggest you don't go poking me for the answers. I also fought in every major war from the American Civil to Vietnam and was at the beach at Normandy little lady. So I've defined been there and done that." As it was my turn again I took another shot.

"Yes well…" Gina said trying to collect herself. "If you don't wish me to study you scientifically then I guess you'll just have to open up with a lot more details." She was exchanging meekness for bravado and I had to give her credit. Didn't fool my senses for a second, but kudos to her for trying.

"Alright, like the last guys and gals you saw I'm also a mutant. My power's just are mainly physical as I heal super-humanly fast, have inhuman senses, and damn near endless stamina. Course don't you go thinkin' this old Canuclehead just muscles his way through life. I've got some moves that you've probably never even dreamed of toots."

"Oh I definitely am interested now." Brianna licked her lips as she started to dance her fingers along the outside of my jacket. "So care to show a few of those moves off sometimes and test that endless stamina of yours?"

"Brianna? God you are such a shameless flirt." Britanny said shaking her head.

"Well excuse me fuzzy but are you going steady with him? Nope? So don't get so uppity." Brianna teased her older sister and stuck out her tongue to bring the point home. I just shook my head and focused on the game.

"So you are sort of like a lycan in that regard, but no shapeshifting or such?" Dr. Diggers asked as he focused on his pipe. A familiar smell to me having pipesmoke around, but now it was sharper and far more diverse a scent than before.

"Nope, at least not without some seriously messed up story line or a bad writer to the comics." I stepped back and let Brianna have her chance. She straddled the pool table and bent over to take her shot, but instead of focusing on the game the lycanthropoid instead proceeded to arch her back so that when she set herself up for a shot, she bumped her hips into me.

"Oh sorry about that." Brianna giggled. "I guess I'm just a bit out of practice."

"No, I'd say you've practiced that perfectly." I retort, and not all that amused by her antics.

"Nope, that was a new one." Brianna said as she took the shot and then continued to flirt with me. "But I would love to have you show me a few of your 'moves' sometime."

"Brianna you are terrible." Gina groaned.

"When she was good she was good, when she was bad…" I mumbled under my breath.

"She was very good." Brianna smiled as she set up for her second shot. "I love that limerick."

"You don't let up do you?" I smirk as I threw my head back as I took a swig from my bottle. "Alright you want to see some real moves kid? I'll show you a few things that even your parents wouldn't know about."

Before anyone could comment on that, I struck the cue-ball which to hit a series of the balls which sank each of my colors into their respective pockets.

"And that was only a start."

"Well, not to say that this particular gentleman isn't entertaining…but could you try another particular individual Alex? If you don't mind that is." Genn asked as he/she, whichever the proper conjugate for the gender neutral form was, observed.

"Fair enough. Been in this form long enough I suppose." In the passing of a moment I had shifted from Wolverine to myself. "So any preferences as to whom you would like me to shift into next?"

"How about someone who can keep Ms. Hormones here from making a fool of herself?" Gina huffed at her sister.

"Hey I'm only being nice."

"No you were going a little overboard Bri. I just didn't say anything because Alex had to put up with turning into a woman twice." Britanny said. "So yea, someone who would turn Brianna down would be preferable."

"Meanie." Brianna huffed.

"Oh very well." I said to myself as I shifted again. Unlike the other times this particular mutant was obviously different as he was covered in blue fur, had a long tale ending in a point shaped like a spade, and other features which made it very clear he was not a regular human.

"Ah yes, hello mein freunds." I smiled as they got their first look at Nightcrawler. "Was ist loss?"

"A furry demon with a German accent?" Julia asked as she blinked a few times. "Well while not as animalistic persay as Logan, I don't think that this would do much to keep my daughters from hitting on you Alex."

"Well ja it wouldn't, and nien I am not a demon Frau Diggers. My name is Kurt Wagner but you may call me Nightcrawler." I bowed to the lady of the house as I said this. "World famous acrobat, gymnast, and accomplished swordsman of the Munich Circus, and long-time member of the X-Men at your service."

"So this is another mutant then?" Gina asked as she took out her PDA and held it up.

"Ja frauline." I answered. "I am just more obviously a mutant that most."

"Maybe, but you are still cute." Britanny said as she got a better look at me and stared into Kurt's pale white eyes. "Even with the more demonic looks I don't see why you wouldn't be an absolute lady killer."

"I have to agree with you there Cheetah. He may have three fingered hands and a tail, but the rest of that bod is just too hot not to notice. Especially in that red skin-tight leotard." Brianna smiled. "So want to see if you are just like other guys in other ways? I bet that your fur is as soft as silk."

If you know Brianna and her very flirtatious ways, then you know that she was doing her best to make Nightcrawler take notice of her, all it did was make me uncomfortable far more so than normally. I had just realized that when I become the character I played I take on all their traits and for Nightcrawler that meant that sex was a big no-no.

"Ja, but mine freunde I don't think that would be a good idea." I said backing up a bit.

"What? Don't tell me that I scare you." Brianna said shifting to a more serious mode as she puzzled a bit at my actions.

"Nein…but Marvel likes to make points in ironic manners." I tried to explain. "It is not that you are not stunningly beautiful and a wonder to behold, but I was asked to turn into someone who would not be tempted by your…suggestions."

"So what young man, is this particular character homosexual or something?" Dr. Digger's piped in.

"Well that would explain the tight bums." Britanny pointed out.

"Vas? Nein nein…I'm not sure I have a homosexual character I could turn into…I know that I look like a demon, but actually that is the furthest from who I am. See I have had to deal with many who have feared me just because of what I look like. And there are many many people who have wished me harm out of fear for themselves as that they do not understand."

This pulled at one particular Diggers family member's heartstrings a great deal. Cheetah was nearly in tears as her oversized heart was aching.

"Well that's just wrong, and besides you don't look that bad. I would go even so far as to call you adorable as this guy." To make me feel better, or maybe her, she hugged me. "And while you do have a slight furry disposition I don't see why anyone would be scarred of you."

"Well mine freunde it probably also has to do with this…"

BAMF

In an explosion of sulfur, brimstone, and black smoke I vanished from Britanny's hug and reappeared behind all the assembled in the back of the room.

"Vala." I said putting on a bit of a show. I then repeated BAMFing around the room a bit, even so much as moving a few of the housemembers around to chairs and such. While it was a little bizarre and somewhat unnerving with me laughing a bit as I did so, it was all in jest.

After I had demonstrated Nightcrawler's powers a bit to all, and after some of them were able to get the room to stop spinning, Julia Diggers laughed out loud.

"That was completely different." Dr. Diggers said as the smoke cleared.

"Can you please make the room stop turning around now?" Britanny asked as she held her head between her legs. "I think I feel lunch coming up."

"Wow what a wild ride." Brianna said as she was trying to orientate herself after being shot from one part of the house to another in a flash. "Bet that has some interesting application."

As the tallest of the Diggers sisters was now about to be sick, her sisters were having a bit of a blast. Brianna was already thinking of the ways that power of mine would be useful, and Gina was doodleing plans for some sort of device to test the limits of my teleportation powers. So once more I had caused myself more trouble than I wished just through my own stupidity.

"Alright, now that was fun, but could you please for the love of all thinks nookie why you wouldn't go to be with me in this form?" Brianna joked with me.

"Remember how I said that Marvel is one for irony frauline?" I asked as she nodded. "Well although I am very demon like in appearance, I am actually a very big believer in God. It is one of the reasons many people like Nightcrawler to begin with."

"Okay so you are a big believer in mysticism, how would that prevent you from having sex with my daughter, beyond maybe not wishing my husband to send you to your maker as he threatened some of my daughter's previous boyfriends with." Julia Diggers should be noted as the single most down to earth woman that I have ever met, if not also the most blunt.

"No mysticism Frau Diggers, but in God." I corrected her. "In fact Nightcrawler's whole character is tied to his faith and devotion to God."

"Great so what no sex before marriage or something, it's not like you're a priest or something." Brianna said aloud.

"Actually frauline, that is it ja." The expression on Brianna's face was priceless, not to mention Gina's as well as Britanny's chuckle as she recovered from her upset tummy.

"You're a priest, or Kurt is a priest?" Brianna started to question.

"Ja." I replied with a big smile on my face. "And I act as one of the religious guides for the X-Men in times of great personal crisis or if they are wondering if there is a point to all the suffering they go through. The fact I look like I am does not make me feel as if God does not love me, but rather that I am to show that His love is far greater still for it is not appearance which matters to Him, but rather the love His children show to oneanother and keep His laws."

Brianna just stared. "Wow. Just wow…"

"Ja I know it is much to take in, but it is true."

"I don't get it, what does having to being a priest have anything to do with not having sex?" Genn asked.

"I was wondering the same thing actually." Mesha added. "There are a number of gods who's priests and priestesses are married, so why would being a priest prevent that?"

"I do not serve one of many gods mein freund, but the one true everliving God." I answered. "There may be other gods for others, but one of the most important parts of my faith is the fact there is only one true God and part of the worship for Him is that priests take a vow of celibacy and chastity."

"Well that stinks." Brianna pouted. "Now that I know I wouldn't be able to make out with this guy I want him even more."

At that point everyone in the room burst into a fit of laughter, outside of Brianna who huffed that she was going to be unable to even try to bed that form of mine. Boy did I pay for that later.