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A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed. I'm glad you like this so far. I have to do this chapter and another one today because I got so many reviews. Anyway, please keep it up!!!

Mutant Road Trip of Remembrance

Chapter 3

"I don't like road trips. Yo, I don't even like cars. When I was younger, about 4, me my mom and my older brother lived in a car. My dad wasn't what you'd call father of the year, yo. He went out, got drunk and beat up my mom. My mom finally couldn't take it. She stood up to him. He threw us out of the house. I mean REALLY threw us, yo. That's when we started living in the car. It wasn't so bad. We had enough to buy food. My bro always looked out for me and mom. Never let any harm come to us. We lived like that for 4 years. My bro was 13, I was 8. One day I found out how he was getting the money. Stealing. It was easy for him. He could be silent. He walked into a store, took what he wanted, and snuck out. No one ever saw him. If it wasn't money he stole, he'd sell it for cash or trade it for other stuff.

" Then my dad found us. He told my mom things were different. Said, he hadn't been drinkin for a few months. Mom believed him. We didn't, but he was dressed nicer, and we did want to have a real roof over our heads. Well, when we moved back, things went pretty smooth. For awhile anyway. We knew it wouldn't last.

"First, things began happening to Tyler, my bro, he began to be even sneakier. It turned out he could turn into a shadow. He was a mutant. At first he was careful not to let anyone find out. I saw him though.

" 'Don't tell dad, Little T,' I can hear him say it now. Little T. That's what they called me. Dad was Big T, Mom was Mrs. T and Tyler was Ty. Except to his new friends. To them, he was Fade. Cause he could fade into the shadows, yo. They weren't real friends. Just a bunch of guys who wanted an easy way to get money.

"I kept the secret. Dad never found out from me. But Ty got careless. He started to leave clues. Just a small thing a fingerprint, a piece of hair. Well, the cops got him. Caught him breakin into Radio Shack. Dad was furious. Then they found out bout his power. Dad called him a freak. Denied even bein related. Ty ran away. Went to a back alley and killed himself. Mom and I cried. Dad laughed. Said it was great that there was one less freak in the world.

"Then he started drinkin again. Same old routine. Went out, got drunk, came back, beat up my mom. And my mom was a really nice lady too, yo. She just fell for the wrong sort of guy. Well, she couldn't take it anymore. She filed for divorce. Got a restraining order put on him, too. He got in a bar fight and accidentally stabbed himself. We still cried. Even though the guy was a jerk, he was still my dad, yo.

"Then mom met Larry Parker. He was a cop, one of the ones who busted my bro. I never liked him. As I said, yo, mom had a habit of falling for the wrong type of guy. Although he was a cop, he didn't follow a lot of laws. He helped mom get a job, though. It was a job selling houses. A lot of the time she'd have to sell a house out of town and stay over night in a hotel. She usually brought me. By then I was 13.

"Then I got this really bad sore throat. Mom took me to the doctor but he couldn't find anything wrong. I was having trouble talking too. My legs had been getting really strong lately, and once, I threw up a bunch of green slimy gunk. Well, Mom got this chance to sell a huge house just out of town. It was winter and there was supposed to be a snow storm comin in, yo.

" 'You should go, darlin' my step dad said.

" 'I don't want to leave Todd, you know how he's been sick lately,' my mom obviously didn't want to go. 'And the roads are supposed to be getting really bad, Are you sure I should go?'

" 'Don't worry about it, Todd can just stay in his room and rest. I'll take care of everything.' I didn't want to stay without my mom, yo. She was the only family I had. Larry was still just an intruder. Well, in the end, my mom went. After she left, Larry ordered my favorite pizza sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms and anchovies. After dinner, I went to bed. I really didn't feel good."

"No wonder. With a pizza like that!!" said Kurt.

"Shh, Blue, let Toddy finish his story!" said Tabby.

"Well it's true! That would give anyone a stomachache!!"

"I agree, but Todd obviously likes it," said Tabby.

"Actually, it tastes good," said Fred.

"Shut up!" said everyone but Tabby, Kurt and Fred. They were quiet.

"Anyway, yo, in the middle of the night, I got really thirsty. I also had this weird taste for flies, so I headed to the kitchen. I took the back stairs there. After I drank my water, I decided to try to get to sleep. On the way back, I saw a light in the living room. I decided to check it out. It was horrible.

"There was Larry, on the couch doin who knows what with some skinny bleached blonde bimbo. I decided the best thing to do was to just walk away. No such luck. They saw me.

" 'Who's the kid, Lar?' the girl asked.

" 'It's my son.' I was about to correct him ant tell her the truth, but Larry shot me a look that said he'd kill me. I kept my mouth shut.

" 'You didn't tell me you had a son, he's so adorable!' She acted like I was a puppy. After she said this, she looked at her watch. 'Well I have to get to the club, see ya'. and she left.

"After she was gone Larry turned to me and said, "If you ever, EVER tell your mom about this you'll--'

" 'He doesn't have to,' my mom walked into the room, followed by the girl who'd just left.

" 'Teresa! What are you doing back so soon?' Larry was at a loss for words.

" 'Sherry called me.' she said, gesturing toward the girl. 'I knew if I introduced her to you she could prove what I couldn't.'

" 'What are you talking about?'

" 'Come off it! We both know that you've been getting your kicks while T'sa's away!' said Sherry. 'And we know you're paying big money for it!' she showed this by taking a check out of her wallet.

" 'That's crazy!'

" 'We're telling the police,' my mom said.

" 'I am the police' he was beyond crazy. He took out his gun and shot them. 'Now no one will know' he said this while laughing evilly. Them he remembered me. 'No one will know, will they Todd? We went to get ice cream while this happened, Didn't we? It was a robber wasn't it?' while he said this he pointed his gun at me. Slowly walking toward me. Then I saw Sherry move. She wasn't dead, so maybe my mom was, too, I thought. She picked up her purse and began to walk toward him. He never even saw it until it hit him on the head. He was knocked out.

" 'Quick, kid! Call 911!' I did as she said and they came. My mom was dead. Larry's alcohol level was way too high. In court, he tried to use the excuse that he was drunk. They didn't care, he's still serving time. It was all over the news. 'City Cop Kills Wife'. Sherry was really weak. Had to stay in a wheal chair for the rest of her life. She was my foster mom. Turns out she'd been my mom's friend for years. She was a private investigator. That's when I learned how to use my powers. Sherry said it was a gift. Even the kids at school thought it was cool. When Sherry died a year later, I had to switch schools. Those kids thought I was freaky. My new 'family' didn't have working water in the shower or bath tub. That's why I'm not used to taking care of my personal hygiene, yo. I slimmed the Dean of Students' desks and was facing a lifetime of detention. That's when Mystique came and I became one of 'The Brotherhood of Mutants'"

"Todd, -sniff- that was so -sniff, sob- sad!" Tabby was crying.

"You mean about his family?" asked Evan. Tabby nodded.

"At least now we know why you aren't used to bathing." said Scott.

"Hey professor, how much longer till we get there?" asked Jean.

"I'm afraid quite a while still," said Prof. Xavier.

"Who's gonna be next then?" asked Rogue.

"I'll go" said Fred. "After all, my story isn't as bad as those three."

TBC

A/N: So that's Todd's story. I hope it met everyone's expectations. If it didn't, please tell me how I can improve it. Also, as you can tell, I'm doing Fred next. Then Tabby, then Rogue but I don't know who to do after that. I forgot to say that I never actually read the comics. I only know what I read online or in other stories so that's why if there is some resemblance to the comics, it's a little messed up. Anyway, please review, or flame.