'You have to be kidding me.' I thought as the alarm went off, with me looking at the door. 'I wonder whats going on up stairs?' I thought as I closing my eyes once again. 'Nothing I can do, I'm still too weak from a few days ago.' I thought as I looked at the time, seeing that it was three in the morning. 'Whatever, lets see whats up.' I thought as I stood up, taking the IV with me.
As I made my way upstairs, I saw everyone walking back in, with me holding onto the IV for balance. "What are you doing up?" Rogue asked, with her jogging up to me.
"I was curious on what was going on." I said, seeing Lance walking into the office, with me glaring at him. "What is he doing here?" I asked, not pleased.
"Lance has decided to join the X-Men." Rogue said, crossing her arms.
"More like he's decided to get closer to Kitty." I said, knowing of his crush for her. "It feels weird, knowing that we're going to be sharing the same house again, even though he was the main problem." I said, Shaking my head. "I take that back, Pietro was the problem." I said, turning around. "I'm heading back down stairs, I need rest."
The next day
"I cant believe that you had me come out here." I said, standing next to Logan and Kitty, using a cane to stand. "And to keep an eye on Lance of all people." I said, pulling out a book marked V as in five. It was a long book, and I was re-reading it. Seeing as they had failed... AGAIN, I sighed and shook my head, Bobby was a bad pilot.
"Hey, did you see, were you watching!?" Bobby said as the door opened, letting them off. He ended up running over to us, stopping in front of Logan. "This time, it took me twice as long to crash and burn!" He said, proud.
"Thirty seconds, its an improvement, but not good enough." I said, narrowing my eyes at him.
"Look kid." Logan said, placing his hands on his hips, getting into his face. "That kind of hot dogging wont make it in a real battle." He said, with me seeing Lance wobbling off. "You got to think before you start playing cowboy commando!" He said, with me nodding as Kitty walked over to Lance and started talking to him.
"Go, I'll give you another evaluation, again." I said, pointing at the door, with Bobby walking off, making me sigh.
"Don't you think that you were a little hard on him?" Charles said, with me taking notice of him. "After all, you have been known to be hot dogging yourself." He said, speaking to Logan, where I made my leave.
Later
Seeing Amara toss her fire balls at the blades, I shook my head as Scott shot the last two down. "You need to move faster, or create a douse of flames strong enough to knock them down or melt them." I informed, with her looking down as she started walking over to the others. Seeing Bobby step up, he looked confident, with me seeing him freezing the saw blades. He started cheering, turning his back and cheered even louder, only for Scott to knock down one of the frozen saw blades before it hit him. "Pay attention!" I said, with Bobby looking at me, shrugged and moved over to the others, with Lance stepping up.
"Hey, your new uniform looks a lot better than that fruit bowl that you used to wear." Scott said, placing a hand on Lances shoulder, with me knowing that this was just the start of a challenge. Seeing him shrug off his hand, he suddenly shook the targets, destroying everything in his way. Once he was finished, everyone started cheering him on, with me rolling my eyes as he had failed the test.
Later
"Watch them lasers!" I said, with one of them flying straight into it while another one zapped the other, destroying them. I was walking around the Danger Room as a spectator, while Kurt, Scott and Kitty watched from above, controlling the machine. "Expect attacks from all angles, the ground, walls, and even above!" I said, seeing them dodging spikes as I just walked past them. "Lance, you need to get over that wall faster!" I said, seeing him landing on the ground.
Seeing him run, I watched him barley dodging the spikes and saws. He ended up tripping and nearly getting stabbed, with me walking over to him and helping him up. He started running again, with me following him. Seeing all of them make it, I held my hand up, signaling to end the session.
"Alright everyone, you made it." I said, where Lance was suddenly knocked down by an obstacle, with me glaring up at the control room. "Scott, you should lead by example, not by childish actions." I said, with him hearing me, where I looked at the laughing kids. "Do you want me to put you all on Logan's run?" I asked, with them shutting up. "That's what I thought." I said, with all of us walking out.
Later
"Ok, victim's stand by." Scott said, with Kurt, Evan, Rogue and Kitty in the water, with Scott and I watching the session. "Rescuers ready?" He asked, looking at the others. Seeing him nod, he blew the whistle, where they started doing there thing to save the victim's. Bobby turned to ice and skated over to Evan, saving him. Wolfbane changed into her animal form and made her way to Kurt and pulled him out of the water. Lance tossed a life ring out, hitting Rogue in the head, making me sigh as he jumped in with thunder ball.
Seeing him hit thunder balls leg, said kid went flying out of the water, where Lance popped up in front of Kitty, saving her and not his target. Rogue started swimming back, pissed at Lance, and so was I. Seeing Scott help Rogue out, I made my way over to Lance and Kitty, who was laughing. Seeing them get out, I shoved them back in with my cane, with them popping up, looking shocked. "Wrong victim, if this was a real scenario, the victims would of drowned, and their life would be on your hands." I said, looking down on him. "We arnt here for fun, we're here to save lives." I said, with Rogue walking over to me and both of us walking away, with me going to get her a towel.
Later
"I'll see you later." I said, walking Rogue to the front. "I was told that someone wanted to see me today, not sure who." I said, standing at the gate.
"Well, I'll grab your homework while you're gone, so you should be fine." She said, with me nodding as we saw Risty's car pulling up. "That's Risty, we'll see you later." She said as the car pulled up, with me waving at her as she hopped in and they started driving off.
After a bit, I saw Lance driving off, with me noticing that Scott wasn't driving. Looking back at the Institute, I started walking back down the road. Once at the garage, I saw his car was a mess. "This isn't good." I said, walking over to the front, with me seeing both Kurt and Scott leaving with Logan behind them. 'Really, this isn't good.' I thought, seeing that Scott was pissed about his car. Walking in, I made my way to the visiting room, where I sat down and opened the book, where I started reading.
Later
Opening my eyes, I saw the book being lifted off me, with me seeing Captain Marvel standing there, looking down at me. "Marvel!" I said, grabbing my cane and standing up, where we hugged the other, her leaning away from my head. "I thought it was going to be some kind of doctor or something!" I said as we broke the hug.
"I heard what happened, so I rushed here." She said, sitting down on the couch, with me doing the same. "How do you feel?" She asked, with me flexing my hand.
"I feel weak at the moment, but in time I'll regain my strength." I said, looking at my hand. "I shouldn't be out of commission for long, a week at most." I said, with her nodding her head.
"And the nightmare?" She asked, making me flinch. "Something about it seeming real?" She asked, with me frowning.
"It was like it was real, but it was most likely an illusion I made without realizing it." I lied, not looking at her.
"I see you still have the same nark of lying." She said, sounding disappointed. I looked at her, confused on how she knew I was lying. "Your mother told me, to figure out if you're lying, is to look for two signs." She said, holding up one finger. "The first one is that you look away from someone, and the second." She said, raising her middle finger. "Is that you rub your hands together." She said, with me looking at my hands, seeing that I was doing just that. "I want the truth on what happened with that dream." She said, with me sighing.
"From start to finish. I started in my room, but when I walked out into the hallway, I saw that it was empty, normal, but when I rounded the corner, I saw everyone was dead, with Fred, Blob of the Brotherhood, eating Kitty's insides." I said, shivering at the memory of how he looked. "I could smell the blood, hear the munching, even feel the air around me." I said, hugging myself as I leaned forward. Then everyone started standing up and came at me. I ended up getting away after I killed Kurt and then I saw you eating the professor!" I said, looking at her, with her nodding. "I ran from you, Jean and storm. Jean used her powers to hold me back, where I then killed her. Storm gave you energy, so I killed her as well while you tried to kill me. I eventually killed you as well, and I went to the Brotherhood house. There I met up with Rogue, who tricked me into believing that she was still alive, the way she was. Her skin was cold, just like the time I was holding onto everyone the day I awoken my powers." I said, shivering. "That's a feeling I will never forget. Anyways, she lunged at me, and that's when I woke up." I said, with her nodding.
"Give me details on how our fight went." She said, with me looking at her.
"Well, Jean held me back, I cut her down. Storm used her powers to strike you with lightning, and you went into your Binary form. After that, I cut both of you down." I said, with her holding her hand up.
"I have never mentioned my Binary form to you." She said, with me frowning. "Describe it to me." She said, with me nodding.
"Your hair, it was like it was on fire, and you started shooting blasts at me." I said, with her nodding.
"I believe that it wasn't a dream." She said, confusing me. "Perhaps a vision of the future, or a glance into another world, I'm not sure." She said, with me raising an eyebrow at her. "It could be a lot of things. She said, placing her hand on her chin as she leaned on it. "Why did you go to the brotherhood house?" She asked, and I frowned as I didn't know the answer to that. "You could of gone anywhere, why there?" She asked, with me leaning back.
"I guess... Its because I used to call it home. I felt safe there at one point in time, but over time, I didn't. Mystique helped me, but after everything that happened, I came here." I said, crossing my arms.
"That's the only two things I wanted to ask." She said, rubbing my head as she stood up, with me looking at her. "Sorry, but I cant stay long, I have someone I need to visit." She said, confusing me. "He's above your pay grade to know." She said, winking at me as she started walking out, with me staring at her as she left.
The next morning
I watched as Bobby, Jubilee, Thunder ball, and Multiply walked down the hall, looking extremely exhausted. I crossed my arms as they passed me, where I turned to face them, seeing them heading straight to their room. 'Must of snuck out and was playing at the arcade or something.' I thought, Shaking my head.
Making my way down to the basement, I saw Logan already geared up. "You have a check up with McCoy, get to it and then join us once your finished." He said, with me nodding as I started heading to the medical center.
Once there, I saw Beast at the desk, where I then knocked on the door. "Come in and sit down, well begin in a few minutes." He said, with me walking over to the chair and sitting down, placing my cane next to it.
"What's todays check up?" I asked, with him sliding his chair over to me.
"I'm just going to see how you are doing." He said, holding a flashlight to my eyes. "Open wide!" He said, with me doing just that, where he stuck a stick in, pushing my tongue down as he looked inside. "Have you been eating enough?" He asked, backing up and writing something down.
"I eat the same as everyone else, so I would say so. I've been dehydrated lately, always going out of my way to get some water." I said, with him nodding.
"You'll need to lift your shirt up." He said, with me doing just that. "Looks like the bruise hasn't healed yet, but it has gone down." He said, with me looking down, seeing that the finger marks on it was missing, where it was just the palm of the hand. "Have you been applying the ointment?" He asked, with me nodding. "I would of expected it to be gone by now, well need to run a chest X-Ray just to make sure you have no internal problems." He said, as he stood up. "Follow me, this may take a bit." He said, with me standing up and following him.
Later
Walking outside, I made my way to the garadge, with me stopping once I saw everyone else, with four looking like they had been caught, and Logan and Scott narrowing their eyes at Lance. Walking over, stopped infront of them. Whats going on? I asked, looking at Logan and Scott, seeing the destroyed X-Van. I see, so thats what happened. I said, closing my eyes.
Lance, youre on probation! Scott said, with me holding my hand up, stopping him from leaving.
I'll start an investigation. I said, confusing them. First Scotts car, now the X-Van, I dont think this is a one person job. I said, with Logan crossing his arms.
You have until the end of the day, if you cant find anything, then he will be punished. Logan said, with me nodding. Alright everyone, change of plans, we're doing Logan Test run in the danger room. He said, making them groan as he led them away.
Later that night
Walking down the hall, I spotted multiply walking down the hall. "What are you doing up so late?" I asked, placing both hands on my cane, with him stopping and looking up at me with a shocked look. "Planning to sneak out again?" I asked, his eyes widening. "Trust me, I knew, I just needed to find proof, and you just gave it to me." I said, narrowing my eyes. "Where are the others?" I asked, with him shrugging. "Go straight to your room, I don't want to see you out of it again until morning, am I understood?" I asked, with him nodding and walking away with his head down, where I continued to search for them.
Walking into the basement, I saw Kitty and Lance run past me, with me looking at them. "What's the rush?" I asked, with Lance turning to face me.
"Kids trying to take the X-Jet for a Joyride!?" He yelled, shocking both me and Kitty. "Hurry it up!" He yelled, where both of them ran even faster.
Once I reached the loading bay, I saw the X-Jet was already gone. "I hope she's still here." I said, pulling out a device from my shirt and pressing call, seeing her pop on screen. "I'm sorry for calling so late, but three kids just stole the X-Jet, we could use your help in returning it." I said, with her nodding and hanging up. Now its just a waiting game.
Later
I stood next to Logan and the professor, watching as Captain Marvel flew into the loading bay, holding the X-Jet above her. After a bit, she placed it down, where she started approaching us. "All three are accounted for, plus two more." She said, turning to face the five as they exited the X-Jet.
"Thank you Captain, I appreciate your help." Charles said, with her looking at him.
"Its no problem, I had to save them from some fighter jets, with their skills in flying, they would of been shot down." She said, with me shaking my head at them as they made their way over to us.
"You three are in a lot of trouble, if we didn't find out about this, you could of been killed!" I said, Shaking my head at them.
"Luckily, there have been no mention of the incident." Charles said, looking at them as he crossed his hands.
"The air force reported a UFO sighting, so they are covering it up." Captain Marvel said, looking at the three.
"I say, we end Kurt's probation, and have these three repair the damages, plus Multiply." I said, with them looking at me. "Multiply was apart of the group when they damaged the X-Van." I said, with the others nodding.
"I will inform Elf when I see him, and you three get to work, I'm off to get the last culprit." Logan said, walking off to go gather Multiply.
"I should head out as well, I was in the middle of an important meeting." Captain Marvel said as she started to fly. "Mind if I use the runway?" She asked, with Charles nodding, where she took off.
"Your aunt is hot!" Bobby whispered to me, with me hitting him upside the head.
"Lance, I would like to apologias-"
"Save it, after tonight, I'm done." He said, with us watching him walk off. "The brotherhood is a cake walk compared to you guys!" He said, with me watching Kitty run over to him and kiss him on the cheek.