Blastwave

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"HARRY! WAKE UP!" Harry twitched, turning over slightly in defiance of the voice.

Harry felt his mattress move as someone else joined him "Kelly's on the news…" Harry twitched and looked at the other person. Unfortunately for him it was Sirius, in his canine form.

"And there before me, doth resteth thy most hideous creature. For 'tis the size of a small horse, coat as the blackest night and a breath…Fuck off Padfoot!" Harry called as he fell out of bed.

There was more laughter and Harry looked to find Rogue giggling at him. "Now that's a sight I'm used to. Now…if you'll excuse me, the stench of Brotherhood, Jail Cell and Sweaty Teen went out of style a while back." Harry retorted as he climbed into the shower and eventually got himself dressed.

He made his way downstairs to breakfast to find everyone waiting for him "Nice to you awake, bub."

"Thanks…I think. How long was I asleep?"

"Three days."

"Sleeping in a jail-cell and dealing with the Brotherhood abode, does kinda make you sleep deprived…Anyway, what have I apparently done now?" Harry asked curiously.

"You've made enemies of the backers of Kelly…As for Kelly himself, well you've all but got him in prison…It turns out his mutant protests and bills are not his only crimes. There are counts of fraud, tax evasion, perjury, obstruction of justice and a few cases of domestic abuse."

Harry's eyes widened "Damn…Now, do we have any evidence at all of anything to do with Children? I mean abuse…or even can we tie him to the hospitalisation of that kid a while back?"

That got the attention of the mutants "A kid? Hospitalised?"

"Yeah, kid of some mutant haters Friends of Humanity…sounds like a mental aspect of church fundamentalist groups or a cheap D-list pop group trying to be edgy. Anyway, one their kids was a mutant and was clattered so hard he was in hospital. Doesn't help I almost went apocalyptic on them."

Xavier sighed "No, Hadrian. He's been punished enough."

"He'll be eligible for parole in three to five years for good behaviour…Then he'll make these claimants disappear then he'll be back. All I'm proposing…alright…I'm deliberately aiming to bury him so no matter what he will not get parole. I want him to die in prison."

"Aren't you a bit young to be wanting someone…" Began Beast.

"Beast, I've already killed. I've killed six people, granted they were trying to kill me…but still they're in the ground and I'm not. I've had a prison drop on me to ensure the bastard who killed my parents was killed. So quite frankly Doctor…No. No, I'm not young to be wanting to wish or see someone dead. I'd debate this if this shitstorm had come first; but it didn't."

Beast nodded "How are you coping with that?"

"Accepted it…I don't like the fact that I didn't have to do it. I hate the fact that I had to kill them. But in the situation they were horribly corrupt or insane enough to want to burn down the rotted and corrupt institute to put their own idiosyncratic prejudiced and equally diseased temple of zealotry up that would allow them to attack civilians. Spoiling the rod and all of that. Anyway, that's in the past. Hopefully they'll have come to their senses."

Beast nodded "Bacon?"

"Please…Oh and Nightcrawler, get me a black coffee no milk or sugar but thick enough a teaspoon can stand up in."

"Now that you're all here, Mr. Potter your coffee can wait. I have an announcement to make. I'll be brief." Xavier said.

Everyone stopped eating or loading their plates "In light of recent events and the revelation of mutants and all manner of tricks to expose us and cause us harm…I unfortunately, must take steps to protect all of you. As of these next two weeks whilst I withdraw you from Bayville Highschool for not just your own safety but for that of others."

This brought whispers and a few cheers from the young mutants. Storm, one of the stonier and resilient members of staff fixed Harry with a look "You realise that this is the result of your actions?"

"Yup…The moment I came here, I made a vow to myself. I'm through with being a punching bag, through with being the whipping boy, through with being the poster boy. I told myself I'd make my stand on what I believe. 'Fortune Favours the Bold' are the words of my father's house. Yes, I know there is a line between bold and reckless and I acknowledge that what I've done is more brash and reckless instead of bold. But this…this outage was going to come much like a whirligig. 'Thus the whirligig of time brings in its revenges,' Twelfth Night Act Five Scene One page seventeen, it's rather fitting. The world will know of us sooner or later and I'd much rather it sooner, best lance a potentially dangerous boil…Anyone care to change my mind?"

There were no responses but Xavier smiled as did Beast "I…cannot speak for everyone here Mr. Potter, whilst I understand and accept your actions. I applaud you on doing what you thought was right but with things like this…sometimes the discretion is the better part of valour. Not the most apt or best choice of words. Humanity is a fickle thing, now is not the time for such philosophical debates as its breakfast." Xavier retorted "But perhaps later on today, I might be able to trouble you Mr. Potter, Mr. Summers on your ideas on a curriculum to teach here."

Harry nodded; his schedule was pretty packed. Although, his MACUSA education was almost at the point for the equivalent of their final two years, not final year like Hogwarts; the American Magicals were expected to spend their last two years creating projects for all of their electives. Harry's was going to be rather intense. "I know that you have a lot on, Mr. Potter and I completely understand if you can't participate fully. I will disclose this now, I was intending to use this exercise as a trust building one between you and Scott. I know the pair of you are thinking 'we've already done this' but all you've done for now is temporarily postponed a longer conversation. Due to the light of recent events, right now the Xavier Institute and the X-Men need all of its residents to trust or at least be civil with each other unconditionally."

Harry nodded "Aye, Professor. I fully apologise for potentially fucking us all over. I've always been a jump first plan on the fly."

Scott nodded "Yes Professor." He turned to Harry "Potter, can we chat?"

Harry nodded and the pair turned to Xavier who nodded and they left "Danger Room? Might be the best place for us to burn out our frustrations and clean the air between us." Scott suggested.

"Not a bad idea, Sha…Cyclops. Not a bad idea." 'Don't call him Shades…You promised Xavier you'd bury the hatchet.'

'Don't take his bait. Don't take his bait…You promised Xavier you'd bury the hatchet.' Scott thought as walked in silence towards the Danger Room.

"You think they're going to be okay?" Rogue asked.

Sirius chuckled "They'll be fine by Harry's standards." Everyone blanched at that, Harry considered 'fine' as still breathing with several broken bones, exhaustion and still deliriously swearing at the enemy.

"Five Dollars on Harry losing due to unconsciousness." Neville shouted, this was the perfect time to use Harry's 'powered by stubbornness' to his advantage.

People began to put money in, they remembered the last time Harry and Scott fought but this time, people were more in favour of Scott's experience.

(Danger Room)

The pair changed into their costumes of the X-Men "No shots below the belt." Scott declared. "Agreed but no holds barred…Cyclops, let's get to the bottom of this…petty schoolyard behaviour between us. Let's face it we're as bad as each other."

Cyclops nodded "Blastwave, I agree…Although, I'm thinking we don't get on because we think too much alike."

Harry grinned and placed his hands above the other and an orb of energy began to form "That I'll agree to."

Scott reached for his visor and the energy ball condensed. Then as one the two beams released and the spar began "First of all…I'm not much of a fan of your berserker state." Cyclops called.

"And I'm not a fan of your 'My plan is the only plan, mindset'." Retorted Blastwave as each disagreement was met with a clash of energy or exchange of fists and feet.

(Campbell)

"Are you sure this will work, Doctor?" Campbell asked.

"Of course, Doctor…I am quite frankly shocked you've not come to me earlier! I do suggest that you abandon the projects that have unfortunately been leaked."

Campbell clenched his fist "Doctor Essex…how does E-serum work exactly?"

Doctor Nathaniel Essex smirked. E-serum or Evolution Serum would change everything. "It can be passed off as a national free injection from this Virus that's currently ravaging China."

Campbell nodded.

(Stryker)

"Have we found any sanctuary of these scum?"

"Yes, Colonel…We've found several places in need of purification."