Disclaimer; I'm not making any money from this, and none of the characters, except Kaleb, and Damien, belong to me. So don't sue me. And now the featured presentation;
Kaleb: His story
'Hard stone brick wall, hard stone red brick wall.' Kaleb was concentrating hard on that thought. It Saturday morning and Kaleb was sitting in Professor Xaviers office blocking the Professor from his mind. He Knew how to block Telepathy from his mind from his training, If he was caught, his old employers didn't want him giving military secrets away. Scott, Logan, and Jean were standing around him preventing him from running.
"Why are blocking your mind."
"I have many secrets, that I can't trust you with."
"Then maybe you explain why you were breaking into here and trying to blow it up."
"Cause They'd kill him if I didn't."
"What?!"
"It's a long story."
"Well I'm not going anywhere, and obviously neither are you."
"Alright here's my story…..
Me and my little brother Damien have been on are own for the last 5 years. We were constantly running, going city to city, using fake ID's to get into bar's, and checking into cheap motel rooms. We've been making a living out of being thieves and not pathetic pickpockets either. We've pulled off some really great heists. We've never even been caught either, until about 3 months ago. We heard about a High School, whose principal had a lock box of jewelry worth an quarter of million dollars. Damien researched it. He told that there was. We decided to try to pull off the job. We easily blended in with the students there. I had Damien pick a fight with kid, I told him not to hurt the kid, cause we both could kill anyone with are bare hands. We've trained to fight for as long as I could remember. Anyway he was supposed to make a distraction, until the principal and her secretary left to go stop them. Well the plan was going fine. Damien picked a fight right down the hall, in front of principal's office. I was standing in front of a locker that was in next to the principal's office. Just as planned the principal and the secretary left to go break up the fight. I put my ski mask on, and walked into the secretary's office, which I had to go through to get into the principal's office. There were 2 armed security guards in front of her office. 'What a weird school' I thought as knocked the guards out. I went to unlock the door, and went in. It was kind of big, and dark for an principal's office. Just as Damien told me there would be, there was a security monitor pointing at a portrait of some lady. I took my knife and cut the wire leading from the camera. Then I went to the portrait and took it off the wall. Sure enough there was the lock box. That's when everything went wrong.
I pulled it out of the wall, unaware of the man that just walked in. The lock box slid out easy enough. Then it felt like someone was tugging on the steal lock box. I tugged back, then it felt like someone took it threw at me. It knocked me back into the window, it shattered the window but I didn't go falling out, luckily. I couldn't go out the window from the second floor. So I dropped the lock box on the floor. 'I could go pick up later, after I was done with the old man that was the reason the box attacked me,' I thought. I pulled out my knife, but he slammed me against the wall with a metal chair, that pinned me there. He has the power to control metal or something. Without even coming near me the knife pressed up against my throat. I felt around for something with my free hand. I pulled off a glass shard from the shattered window, and chucked it at him. It nailed him right in the head, which left a nice gash between his eyes. He stumbled back, and released his grip on the chair, and knife. I picked up the lock box, and my knife, and ran out the principal's door.
There was a kid standing in front of the door that led out of the secretary's office. I later learned that his name is Avalanche, for a good reason. I was just about to knock him down, and leave, when I fell down, cause the ground was shaking. I wasn't able to get up it was shaking so hard. The place felt like it was going to fall apart. I figured that the kid had something to do with since he wasn't even phased. So I threw the lock box at him. It nailed him right in the nose. The kid stumbled back, and the earthquake subsided. I knocked him out with a blow to the head with my knife. I didn't want him try to throw another quake.
I ran out into the hall and saw my brother being pulled by the principal.
"Let's go I got the box!" I told him.
He knocked the lady down, but the lady swept with her legs. They both got back to their feet, and continued to fight. She must have been as good as he is. I turned to go help him, when she yelled 'Hey Blob stop them.' I turned around to see who she was yelling at. He has to be the fattest kid I've ever seen. I turned to see the fight between my brother, and the principal. She had already knocked him unconscious. That's the first time I've ever seen lose to anyone but me before. The blob rammed me, and sent me flying into the wall.
I woke up later with my hands strapped to a chair. I heard the principal, and the man talking. So I pretended to stay unconscious to hear what they were talking about. I heard the man ask if she was sure about this.
"Yes I'm pretty sure I know who these 2 are, and if I'm right then he'd be perfect for the job."
"I know you're awake." The man told me.
"He's fine. Don't worry about him. I have a proposition for you." She told me as she turned from the form of Ms. Shields into some kind of blue lady. "My name is Mystique, and the man behind me is Magneto. Don't worry, I'm not mad at you for trying to steal the box. It's worth so much how could I blame you for trying. I don't know why I keep it in here. I'll tell you what I'll give you a place to live in, and you could attend this school. All you have to do is a couple of tasks for me every once in awhile, and never try to steal from me again."
"What about my brother?"
"He already agreed to the plan."
"Alright."
At the time I wasn't really thinking about what her little tasks were. I was just happy she wasn't turning me over to the police, for grand larceny, and assault, and battery. Besides it sounded like the chance that I've always wanted, so I could go straight.
For 3 months we attended Claremont High, and stayed in a house with the Blob, Toad and Avalanche. I could tell that Damien didn't like the arrangements. I didn't care, I wasn't sleeping in a cheap motel, even though that place wasn't much improvement, and I wasn't running from cops, or some security guards.
3 months later she called me into her office.
"Yes Ms. Shields."
"Remember when you agreed to your current living arrangements?"
"Yeah…."
"Well I need you to do you one of those little tasks for me." She then told me about the 'little task.'
"HECK NO! I'd rather be back on the streets." I told her after she told me what I had to do.
"Well that's fine my with me, but maybe you'd like to ask what your brother thinks." She took her phone and dialed a number from speed dial. 555-9167 I could from the dial tones, of the speed dial. "Put him on the phone. O.K. tell your brother." She said over the phone.
"Kaleb! They're gonna kill me!"
"What?!"
"I'm locked in a prison cell or something, it doesn't have any locks! The only way in is for Magneto to bend the bars. I'ma being guarded by a lion-like man, they call Sabretooth, and they say that if you don't do what ever Mystique tells you there gonna kill me." It sounded then like someone then took it from him and hung it up.
" I suppose he told you about are plans for him."
"why are doin' this?"
"We need to buy some time from the X-men, without any interference. You have 4 days to do it or we will execute him If you want I have plans to the mansion, passwords, and other things you may need. When your done, and a descent distance from the place, call us for further instruction. Don't even try to screw with us, try any rescue, and we will terminate him "
"Alright I'll do it." I told them
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"And that's why I did it. You gotta believe me I am trying save my brother. I don't wanna hurt you people. If I don't call them and tell them that I finished the mission they'll murder him. I hang out with Scott, Jean, Kurt, Kitty, and the others at school. I don't want them to get hurt. You gotta believe me."
"If you want me to believe you, then let me into your mind, so I could see if you're telling the truth."
"O.K." So I quite concentrating on the wall.
"He's telling us the truth. Scott give him back his suit."
"But professor he tried to….."
"I said do it. Don't worry I have a plan." Scott left the room to go get Kaleb's stuff. 'Don't worry I wont tell anyone about your 'past life.' I heard him tell me in my head.
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OK, I now its been awhile, and I've still haven't written the third part. I've been busy! I will have it up soon. I had to repost this, so they would be chaptered