Authors' Notes: I'm in such a big update mode I've decided to add this chapter a little earlier then I normally would; I trust you'll enjoy it... Our intrepid Hero get's to show off his skills and knowledge in the Danger Room; and boy is it a doozy.

The usual disclaimer applies; I only borrowed the characters; Marvel's belongs to Marvel and the others belong to their respective owners. Enjoy it folks; and please if you Read then you've just gotta Review, I mean it is every writers dream to recieve kudos for his work... Or even negative comments couldn't hurt...

Author's Notes Addendum: Well I haven't gotten too far into the modifications yet, but I'm slowly fixing up certain continuity gaffs... Although some of these chapters don't seem to involve that many changes, just a few scene breaking lines when we change scenes and the like... Maybe I'll just repost the whole story when I'm finished and conbine the seventeen chapters into six or seven. Only it's just a thought...


Much to my surprise Rogue, Bobby, Remy and the Professor were already in the Danger Room control booth when we got down there; Xavier eyed me curiously I figured out that the three X-Men must have been about to undergo some training of their own. Logan whispered something quickly to Charles and for once I didn't hear it; the Professor nodded in understanding and moved over to the controls.

"Well young man what did you have in mind?" He asked me; I stepped up beside him and made a quick gesture pointing to my assimilation tendrils as they emerged slightly. He seemed to automatically know what I wanted and smiled briefly. "Of course, though I'm not certain how compatible you'll be."

"Might take me a couple minutes, but it's never stopped me before." I remarked jacking into the computer core directly and beginning to grasp the subtle nuances of the Shi'ar technology. After a good fifteen minutes of computer code and lingo I finally managed to grasp just what the hell I needed to do in order to program the bloody thing with the skill levels and opponents I wanted.

"Does dis' mean we be fightin' alongside Al here?" Remy wondered addressing the Professor.

"No I believe he wishes to do this on his own." Xavier replied carefully keeping any interest as to what I was to do from his voice; Logan chuckled.

"Yeah and I can't wait to see what this bub has planned." He quipped.

This was going to be fun; making my way out of the control room I hopped down the stairs incapable of keeping the playful smile from my lips, moving to the direct center of the spacious room I waited for the holographic systems to come online rolling my shoulders to alleviate some of the tension I was beginning to feel. All eyes turned to me wondering what I had programmed the computer simulation for; their answer came quickly enough as the very reality of the Danger Room faded out replaced with a rather unassuming solar power plant. Humans began to run in fear men and women workers screaming; the large central buildings' roof shattered as forms erupted some cackling madly.

"Soundwave prepare the Energon cubes." The familiar cry of Megatrons voice ordered as the large silver gray Decepticon leader perched himself on the asphalt where the workers parked their cars.

"As you command Megatron." Soundwave's own monotoned voice stated as he began to generate the containment devices in question. I smiled at the realism of these characters; it was identical to my own holographic Decepticons, the ones I'd crafted specifically to aid in the defense of Voyager when the Borg attacked. With a brief shiver of apprehension and nervousness because of the eyes still watching me I strode confidently towards the Decepticons.

"Cease perpetuating this violent act of pillage and plundering." I commanded slipping into the role of heroic Autobot; as I'd programmed the doppelganger Decepticons to recognize me as one of their adversaries and not a human.

"A lone Autobot is the only defense against my entire army; such heroic nonsense." Megatron sneered ignoring me. "Reflector, dispose of this annoyance." He ordered.

"With pleasure." Three identical robots stated simultaneously as they marched towards me; with a slight sigh I quickly brought all focus to my manipulative abilities, switching how the Earths gravity affects me was easier then I'd thought. However dodging the incoming hail of firepower didn't exactly go as planned; a stray blast from Spyglass nicked my shoulder and sent me spiraling across the parking lot. Their grating laughter caused my optics to flare slightly with rage and I leapt back up ready for another volley; this time I hauled a few reflective panels off their moorings and used the mirrors to bounce their weapons fire back into them. They fell to the ground unconscious and I grinned; until a new volley struck me from the right sending me careening through the air and into a Fifty-Nine Buick. The rumbling sound of tank treads alerted me to my attackers' position; Blitzwing chuckled as he let fly another blast, I leapt aside at the last possible instant and bending low to the ground raced along as fast as I could over to Reflector. Hauling his gun with both hands level with the slow moving target I opened fire; Blitzwing flipped over before my blast could connect and took to the air in jet form. The whirling sounds of helicopter blades made me look up to the horizon and I caught sight of something I didn't want to see just yet in the program. Vortex and Blast-Off accompanied by Swindle, Brawl and Onslaught in their robotic forms were maneuvering to assist the triple-changer in taking me down; silently cursing my over eagerness to face a real challenge I tossed Reflectors weapon aside and took to the air. Brawl fired a volley from his mortar launcher and I was hard pressed to dodge it as Blitzwing clipped past me causing decidedly dangerous turbulence. Swindle transformed as he landed and swiveled his scatter rifle at me; I ducked the first volley and sent out a burst of electrical energy shorting his weapon out. Vortex swooped past me creating his namesake and I was knocked around; Blitzwing took this opportunity to shoot me in the back with one of his rockets. I crashed into the pavement with enough force to leave an obvious imprint, but managed to climb shakily to my feet. Onslaught touched down and transformed into his vehicle mode his twin cannons swiveling to face me; with a cry of blind panic simply to throw the Decepticon off I dove out of the line of fire and double-backed giving him a good kick to the grill. Since I could localize gravity fields; albeit with much difficulty, the force of the blow was a lot harder then if I'd simply let my human strength deal with him. The Combaticon leader growled and instantly began to switch forms again; my eyes widened in surprise at the realism I felt standing face to face with the towering menace that was Bruticus. With a small sigh I began to dodge the blasts cart wheeling on occasion in order to move faster then the gestalt.

"Blitzwing leave the Autobot to Bruticus; get down here and load up our cargo." Megatron ordered as Skywarp, Thundercracker and Starscream blasted off with their Energon cubes. With a mental curse I flipped over the fist of the giant Decepticon; he'd apparently decided to pummel me into submission, and quickly doubled back so that I was now standing on his arm. Dashing up it before he could react I jammed my fist into his chest panel and used the tear in his armor for a hand hold so I could flip up and kick him in the face. With a cry Bruticus tumbled over backwards and slammed hard enough into the ground to force the individual Combaticons to separate. Smiling to myself I turned my attention on the escaping seekers and with considerable difficulty I managed to use Onslaughts' rifle to blast Thundercracker out of the sky.

"No escaping today Megatron; I can't let you take any more Energon." I stated covering the fact that I was a little winded at my exertions; the playful smile returned to my lips and I prepared to deal with the Decepticon commander, but Soundwave had other plans. Rumble ejected and drop-kicked me out of mid-air; I tumbled past a dazed Blast-Off and slammed into Brawls' foot.

"I'm going to crush you." He proclaimed raising his foot up to drive me into the asphalt; I rolled aside quickly and climbed back to my feet, the Earth began to shake and I snapped my head to where Rumble was.

"Ah, ah, ah Rumble no need to get my attention that way I didn't forget about you." I mocked drawing several damaged vehicles towards me; with a quick thought I sent each one spiraling at Rumble, instead of continuing his Earthquake assault he was forced to dodge my makeshift missiles. Brawl charged me while I was seemingly distracted; of course I was anything but and the transport carrier that had been loading up the personal gas station earlier met him mid-run. The explosion shattered his armor and he slammed into Vortex who had managed to regain his senses; both units fell to the ground once more in stasis and I turned full attention on Rumble. The pint-sized Decepticon growled low in his throat and charged me; he slammed his pile drivers into my chest and abdomen causing serious harm and finished with a bone shattering hit that cost me the use of my left arm. I shrugged aside the pain and shorted out his operating systems for that; then I tore both his arms off and with a quick few modifications managed to strap them onto my own arms.

"If we're going to play rough I'm going to need to upgrade." I remarked turning my sights on Megatron once again.

"Pathetic Autobot, Soundwave prepare to receive." He growled transforming as he spoke; his weapon form slipped into Soundwave's outstretched hand and the cyclopean Decepticon began to fire rapid bursts from his leaders' barrel. I smiled once more and raced across the battlefield weaving in and out of the path of Megatrons' fire; reaching Soundwave I returned the earlier favor from Rumble and used his pile drivers to shatter one of Soundwave's legs. Megatron cursed at Soundwave's cry of pain and loss of equilibrium and was forced to resume robot mode.

"I'll finish you off with my bare hands!" He screamed in his rage; I smirked at the familiarity of the line and dove aside from Megatron lashing out with a quick kick to the ankle; the leader slammed to the ground, but quickly regained his footing. I was totally in my element now my warriors training and quick thinking running my actions and reactions; flipping over a blast from Megatrons' cannon I jammed the ground with my left arm. The tectonic forces shifting caused Megatron to lose his balance again; albeit briefly and while he was fighting to maintain it I used my right arm, pile driver combination to knock his cannon away.

"I thought you said bare hands Megatron?" I mocked now that he was once again sturdy.

"You are beginning to annoy me." He growled.

"Only just beginning, I would have thought I'd done better then that." I quipped hearing a chuckle from the observation area; smiling once more I waited for the next move, unfortunately it didn't come from Megatron. Frenzy tackled me from behind and tore Rumbles' arms off of my own kicking me for good measure.

"Here you go bros." He stated as he returned them to Rumble.

"Thanks... You're gonna pay fer that Autobrat." He snarled as Frenzy re- attached his limbs.

"I suppose I had to end this eventually; it's been real Megatron, but I've really gotta jet... Or in this case, ah hell I can't be bothered." I muttered pulling Swindles' smaller rifle from under my shirt; with a smirk I targeted the remaining Energon cubes and fired.

"No!" Megatron cried, but it was too late, his precious fuel detonated taking a good portion of the solar plant with it. "You'll pay for this Autobot." He vowed. "Decepticons retreat!" As the remaining warriors took to the air I slumped visibly exhausted at the ordeal, but feeling a lot better then I had in a good long while.

"Boy I needed that." I admitted as the simulation ended and once again I could see the X-Men inside the observation area; Logan was actually grinning at me with approval and the others were eyeing me with a mixture of stunned awe or slight surprise. A brief hint of worry flashed through Rogues' eyes when she glanced down at me, but she quickly averted her eyes and I really didn't have the time to mull over it.

"Spectacular, you certainly have a talent." Xavier complimented. "Though I am curious as to how you could move that quickly." He added pursing his lips in thought.

"Oh that's easy; I just made it so that I was lighter on Earth... That is to say..." I paused wondering how best I could describe this. "You see my power to control the magnetic spectrum doesn't actually mean I have control over magnetism. The nanoprobes make it possible for me to manipulate how Gravity affects me; so I can effectively render myself lighter or heavier. This is how I can fly, by opposing the Earths gravity I can easily levitate and manipulate my motion in the air." I explained. "Being able to manipulate the magnetic spectrum is just a side-effect of that; I'm effectively my own pole. Though using the powers to make me move at a greater speed often tires me out faster." I admitted.

"Ah, that explains your concern as to why you were classified as Magneto." Xavier observed with a slight nod.

"Well I did promise to meet Scott in the garage." I began moving towards the exit. "Thanks for the use of your facilities I sure needed to unwind a little after everything I've been through the past few days."

"You call that unwinding." Jubilee blurted seemingly surprised at her outburst; I grinned pausing briefly on my way out.

"Escapism is one of my all time favorite ways to unwind." I revealed politely taking my leave; Jubilee stared after me incredulously while The Professor reprogrammed the Danger Room for the X-Men's use.

"I like that guy." Logan stated matter of factually at last deciding that perhaps this newcomer wasn't so bad after all.

To Be Continued