Chapter 11: Day in the life of: Phoenix X
It has been awhile since the battle with that freaking black demon thing. Ace is in a coma, so I have no one to talk to. So I decide to go to history where I sit down in the back of the room, trying not to be seen by my dad, who teaches the class, right away.
"Hello class today we're going to talk about WWII, which I know a lot of since I was there with a close friend of mine, Captain America aka Steve Rogers." My dad said
"Excuse me, Mr. Howlett, how long have you been alive, because you don't look a year over 30" Amy asked
"Well to be honest, I'm 141 years old" He replies
Everyone except for me was shocked by my father's age. They seemed to believe that he was a lot younger than that.
"But how is that possible, Mr. Howlett?" a girl asked
"Well, like my son and daughter, I have accelerated Healing factor, which allows me to heal from almost every injury. This power also slows down my aging process." He explained
The class turned to me and asked me how old I was and I said that I was only 12. The slow aging power hasn't kicked in yet. I bragged that I'll out live every single member of my class, because they'll die of old age, while I'll be young and strong for Centuries.
"Yea, that's true, but it can be a very lonely existence." Dad said as he turned towards the blackboard.
After History, I went to Danger Room Training, but my heart wasn't really in it, because what my dad said. I could out live everyone I love or care about. What kind of life would that be?
Just then, Amy pushed me out of the way of one of the weapons in the danger room.
"Are you ok, Charles?" She asked
"I'm fine, don't worry about it. Remember I'm immortal for the most part." I said
"Whatever, just be more careful ok, Charles." Amy said
I know I was acting like a jerk, but I could not let anyone get too close to me, because I would out live them; the only people I could be close to are Jen and John, the only other people with similar powers to mine. But I still decide to hang with Brent, why you may ask would I hang out with Brent, its very simple, because I can but I digress. I decide to grab Brent before he could walk into headmistress Frost's office and brought him to the roof of the School.
"What are you going to do up here, Charles?" Brent asked
"I'm going to pull off the craziest stunt ever pulled at this school." I said as I revealed the door from behind me
"Where did you get the door?" He asked
"From your room, but that's not the point. I'm going to ride this door off the roof and land in the pool below." I said
"That sounds like the stupidest idea I've ever heard." Brent said. "Wait, that's my door!!!"
"What do you know, Brent" I said as I jumped on the door and fell off the roof.
I flew straight down and just missed the pool by couple of inches. But I crashed on top of the diving board; I punctured a lung and broke both legs and my right arm. Man, did that hurt; I was brought to the nurse's office.
A few minutes later, I was fully healed and was walking down the halls with Brent, who met me at the nurse's office.
"Man, Charles what's with you, Amy told me you were being a jerk during danger room training, and now this stupid stunt. What's going on, man?" Brent asked
"BACK OFF, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM YOU! YOU ARE NOTHING, BUT A SIMPLE MORTAL!" I yelled as I ran from him
"Well the hell is wrong with you?!" Brent yelled.
Eventually Brent must have told my dad and he tracked me down. I was sitting by myself on the same roof I jumped from this afternoon.
"What's going on with you, Charles? Brent told me what happened today." He said concerned
"Dad, what's the point of being nice to anyone, if I'm going to out live everyone I cared about." I said
"I understand, I know that you'll out live everyone you'll know, but you shouldn't block people out of your life. Look at your mother and me, if I acted like you are now I would not have married her and had you." He said
"But dad, doesn't it suck that she'll die, before you." I said
"Actually Charles, she has died before and more than once." He said
"What?! But than how is she alive now?" I asked
"Since Jean is the Phoenix , the Phoenix force brings her back each time that she dies. But every time she returns she cries out, "No one dies tonight, so says the phoenix." he said
"Mom really says that?" I said while laughing
"Yea, the first few times it was funny now it's just sad." He said. "But don't tell her I said that."
"Dad I think you're right, a long lifespan doesn't mean I can't enjoy the company of friends I have now." I said with a smile on my face as walked inside the school.
"I'm glad you understand, but you're still grounded for jumping off the roof like an idiot." He said
"Ahh man" I said as he led me to my room. As I opened the door, I saw Ace awake playing with the Wii we have in our room.
"It's about time you got back here; we could use all the help we can get on this boss." Tyler said
"We?" I asked
I opened the door fully and saw Brent, Jen and Amy playing along with Ace.
"Why not let's do this." I said
I know I'll out live them, but these guys are part of my family now, and for now I'll live for today and not tomorrow.