Here it is, the conclusion. Be prepared for a shock!

New Recruits

A few hours later Xavier, Hank and Forge were picking through what was left of Cerebro. "What a mess!" Forge sighed. "It's going to take forever to clean this mess up!"

"Yeah," Logan walked in. "I haven't seen a mess like this since the Misfits last showed up for a birthday party. It's a miracle that Arcade wasn't killed."

"Maybe it wasn't," Xavier said. "I've been studying the circuitry and what I found is unbelievable."

"Yeah it's like somehow some kind of program was installed so that in an accident the majority of electricity would be rerouted back into Cerebro," Forge told them. "The funny thing is…there's no sign that Arcade programmed it or anyone else."

"Huh?" Logan asked.

"Somehow…Cerebro was responding to Arcade," Xavier told him. "Without any programming at all. In fact it seems like it purposely rerouted enough power so it wouldn't kill him."

"Wait, are you saying that the kid was right?" Logan asked Xavier.

"We may never know for certain," Xavier sighed. "Very little of the original circuitry and programming remains. We have to practically rebuild the new Cerebro from scratch."

"Well its not like it's the first time Cerebro's been remade," Logan shrugged. "Or that the mansion has been trashed."

"Well…" Warren walked in with several X-Men, as well as Paige and Jesse. "I suppose life here at the Mansion isn't going to be dull at least."

"You're staying?" Hank raised his eyebrows.

"Yeah isn't that cool?" Tabitha squealed.

"Oh brother," Logan rolled his eyes.

"Hey I'm getting tired of the hiding from the entire world in my own corner routine," Warren shrugged. "And maybe by helping you guys out, I can put my powers to good use for a change."

"Well we could use all the help we can get!" Hank said happily.

"Welcome to the X-Men Warren," Xavier shook his hand.

"And more importantly welcome to the teaching staff," Hank grinned as he shook Warren's hand.

"Good luck Blondie," Logan snorted. "You're gonna need it. How's Storm?"

"She's much better now," Scott told them. "She'll be on her feet in no time."

"Well it's not exactly the most auspicious introduction to the Institute," Hank said. "But I hope you two want to stay here."

"You still want me here after all this?" Jesse asked. "I destroyed Cerebro!"

"That wasn't exactly your fault," Bobby pointed out.

"Yeah and it wouldn't be the first time somebody's powers went haywire around here," Scott grinned. "But you can learn to control it. If you stick around long enough you can learn how to put it to good use."

"Well…" Jesse grinned. "Okay. I guess I'll stick around then."

"Welcome to the X-men," Scott shook his hand. He looked at Paige. "Both of you. I gotta admit Paige, you did pretty well for your first time."

"Wow Cyclops actually paid you a compliment," Sam grinned. "Way to go sis!"

"Cyclops?" Jesse asked.

"Scott's code name," Tabitha explained. "Nearly all of us have one."

"Cool," Jesse nodded.

"So what's your code name going to be?" Tabitha asked Paige.

Paige looked at the last shred of plastic skin on her arm. "Husk," She said finally.

"Husk?" Tabitha asked.

"You know as in the outer covering? Skin and stuff?" Paige told them. "Since my skin just sheds off like this."

"I gotcha," Tabitha nodded. "It does fit."

"And what about you Jesse?" Hank asked. "What code name would you like? There must be something you find appropriate for all the bedlam your powers create."

"What the heck does 'bedlam' mean?" Jesse asked.

"It means chaos," Hank informed him. "Pandemonium."

"In other words Dude it's when everything goes nuts," Forge explained.

"Well when you put it like that Bedlam fits me perfectly." Jesse said.

"Good," Xavier nodded. "First thing we need to do is to get you two settled."

"Hey you can share my room!" Tabitha said gleefully to Paige.

"Really?" Paige's eyes lit up. "You wouldn't mind somebody whose skin kinda sheds?"

"Hey if you can put up with the occasional time bomb, I can put up with a little skin," Tabitha grinned. "But the first thing we gotta do roomie is get you some nail polish! And some new threads! I got an outfit that will suit you just fine!"

"Hey do you have any nail polish in that color you have?" Paige asked Tabitha.

"Do I?" Tabitha laughed as she took her arm. "Come on! Besides I wanna find out some dirt on Sammy here!"

"Oh really?" Paige grinned. "Did he ever tell you about his favorite childhood toy Mr. Pinkles?"

"Paige!" Sam groaned.

"This I gotta hear!" Tabitha laughed as the two girls walked down the hall.

"Oh yeah she's going to fit in here just fine," Scott groaned.

"Man your sister and your girlfriend are going to share a room?" Forge asked.

"Be afraid Sam, be very afraid," Bobby told him.

"I'm a dead man," Sam moaned.

"This is going to be fun," Jesse grinned. "So who am I gonna room with?"

"Well…" Xavier looked thoughtful. Suddenly some circuits sparked.

"YEOW!" Forge jumped away. "What the…?"

"Oops," Jesse gulped. "I think I did that."

"It appears that your powers reflect your emotional state," Hank looked at the circuits. "If you are in a heightened state of euphoria as well as anxiety it can cause some problems."

"Huh?" Jesse looked at him.

"He means if you get too happy or scared things act up," Forge explained.

"Maybe you should have your own room for now," Scott gulped.

"Sorry," Jesse said.

"Yeah I'd say the kid picked a good name," Logan sighed.

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The following night at dinner…

"Man I thought we'd never get the living room finished," Bobby groaned. "Are my arms sore!"

"My arms and my tail are sore!" Kurt groaned.

"When are repairs to Cerebro going to be finished?" Scott asked.

"I fear that might take some time," Hank sighed. "At least a few weeks."

"Wonderful," Forge sighed. "There goes my free time."

"So what did happen to Arcade?" Kitty asked.

"I don't know," Xavier sighed. "But I couldn't press charges against the boy. Especially not after meeting his parents. You don't need telepathic abilities to understand why Arcade would act the way he did after ten minutes with them. It was very clear that they never wanted anything to do with him in the first place. They were almost overjoyed to have an excuse to get rid of him."

"Get rid of him?" Scott asked.

"They just left him in the hospital," Jean frowned. "They've practically been planning to disown him for a long time! I can't even hate him even after all he put us through. It was just a desperate cry for help."

"Man no wonder the kid snapped," Bobby sighed. "Professor couldn't you like…you know…fix him or something?"

"I'm afraid that's no longer possible," Xavier sighed. "Somehow the accident left Arcade immune to telepathy."

"So what is going to happen to him?" Kitty asked.

"I heard that they had shipped him off someplace for some kind of psychiatric treatment," Xavier sighed.

"Well let's hope he gets it," Scott said. "Well at least we know he won't be bothering us anytime soon."

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Two weeks later….

Arcade slowly got out of the vehicle. He barely paid any attention to his new surroundings. He couldn't believe what was happening to him. He was terrified. He didn't belong here. He was going to die. He knew it.

He went into the building and found himself face to face with the other inmates of the asylum or whatever it was he was in. "Uh…Hi there," Arcade gulped.

The Misfits stood there in shock. Pietro looked at Roadblock and asked, "This is our new recruit?"

Bet you didn't see that coming did you? So what does happen when a human joins a team of mutants? Find out in the upcoming fic 'The New Guy'.