Why am I Here?
"Roadblock," Pietro asked later. "This is a mutant team right? Then why the heck is a human going to be put on our team? How did that happen?"
"One of his relatives is a big wig in the Pentagon," Roadblock explained. "Well he heard about our program and decided to pop the kid in as part of an experiment."
"What kind of experiment?" Lance raised an eyebrow.
"Part of our goal is to teach you kids how to co exist with humans," Roadblock said. "Well they decided to put that goal to the test."
"You saying the kid's some kind of guinea pig?" Todd asked.
"So if we accidentally kill him there's gonna be problems?" Pietro folded his arms.
"That's not funny Pietro," Wanda said.
"It wasn't meant to be," Pietro said. "For all we know he could be a spy of some kind."
"He's not a spy just give it a try!" Roadblock said. "I don't want you kids teasing that kid, understand?"
"Yeah we got it," Pietro waved. When Roadblock left the room he grumbled. "Wonderful. Just what we need around here! We Misfits can't do anything right! When we finally do get a team member, it's a human! This is just great!"
"I don't see the big deal," Althea said. "Technically we're already integrated with humans. What's one more?"
"Yeah but this guy is going to be part of our team," Pietro said. "We need to know we can count on him in a fight."
"We can never count on you and you're still here," Todd said.
"Are you guys ever going to forgive me for siding with Magneto back then?" Pietro snapped.
"Forgive we did that a while back," Lance said. "Forget never."
"Yeah and we should give him a chance especially after he really kicked the X-Men's butts," Daria said.
"What was that?" Lance raised an eyebrow. "Could you run that by me again?"
"It was all in Jamie's last e-mail," Brittany explained. They told the whole story to the amazed Misfits.
"Back up," Pietro said. "Are you telling me this guy took over Cerebro, kicked the X-Men out of their own mansion and beat the crap out of them? And on top of it he managed to blow up Cerebro? I may have judged him too quickly."
"Yeah anybody who ticks the X-Geeks off as much as we do can't be all bad," Fred remarked.
"Hey didn't you guys go to school with him?" Althea asked.
"I don't really remember him much," Lance said. "He hung around Kitty a couple of times in class but it was pretty obvious he preferred computers to people."
"He wasn't so bad," Todd remarked. "We hung out in detention a couple of times. He seemed pretty nice."
"Yeah but that was before he knew you were a mutant," Pietro pointed out. "And I have a feeling that he's not exactly happy to be around mutants now. Especially after what he's been through."
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Why am I here? Is this some kind of sick joke? Arcade thought to himself as he sat on his bed. It's bad enough my parents didn't want me anymore…well they've never wanted me but that's besides the point. I mean they could have sent me away to boarding school or something.
But no, they had to stick me here with a bunch of freaks.
So what does that make me? I mean I might as well be a mutant the way people have always treated me. Just because I happen to be smarter than everyone else.
So I'm a freak among freaks. Perfect.
Maybe I could run away?
To where genius? Let's face it, you're not exactly streetwise. Wouldn't last two minutes out there.
But I don't belong here. I don't belong anywhere.
My life is going to be hell. I know it.
Arcade sat up and decided to try and find the bathroom. He was dreading his first beating. He opened the door and wondered if there was a way to go there unseen.
That's when he saw a pair of gold serpentine eyes staring right at him.
Arcade did what came naturally in this situation. He screamed.
Short I know, but it will get better. Trust me. Next Arcade begins to get to know the Misfits.