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I was sitting in the back of the car, beside Pietro and Todd, looking out of the window, watching the hundreds of buildings passing by. The car was taking me to where I would be staying while I was in this town. We pulled up in front of pretty fair apartments on the farther side of the city. It was near a park, and wasn't as dirty as most were. It seemed to be well kept up. I opened the door, climbed out, and turned towards Mystique, who had gotten out of the passenger seat, to get further instructions. She was digging around in her pockets, looking for something. "Here." She said, handing me a key. I assumed that it was the key to my room. I took it and listened as she explained what I had to do the next morning.
" You need to wake up around 6:00 and be out here at 8:00. We'll pick you up and start your training as soon as we can. You won't be going to school because of your appearance, unlike the others. You will train for most of the day, and we'll continue until we think your ready to survive on your own, until the time comes and we'll need you. Sometimes, we'll clash with Xavier's kids, so be alert. The X-men won't have a chance once we discover and train you with your power." She grinned at that thought, and climbed back in the car. I watched silently as the car turned onto the main road.
I watched all of my future teammates drive off. Somehow, being with them made me nervous. As if all of them were a time bomb, just waiting to go off. I already thought that Mystique was sort of nutty. I sighed, looked at the number written on my key, and headed to my apartment, ready to settle in and make it home. Home…that's the first time I've been able to say that about anything or anywhere. This is going to take some getting used to. I need to buy some new clothes. I'll have to ask Mystique for money.
"Concentrate!" Sabertooth yelled. I used all of the power I could muster to destroy the brick in front of me. I fueled my anger, my hate of my teacher, in to destroying the object in front of me. Slowly, the brick formed a huge crack in the middle. I started to tremble from exhaustion, my body slowly losing energy as I poured it into this one goal. Explode! Turn into dust! Do something! I yelled at the brick in my mind. I could feel my body start to shut down, trying to rest. My vision became fuzzy, an sweat ran into my eyes. I tried not to blink, but my eyes were burning. But I was so close! The brick started to shake, crumbling into dust. I blinked just as the brick exploded. It was now turned into thousands of pieces all over the floor. I collapsed, my body exhausted, but I had done it. I sat in a chair, panting and wiping the sweat off of my face.
"Very well done. You can rest for now." Sabertooth grumbled. I glared at his back as he turned away. I hate you, you miserable excuse for a Homo superior. He walked away, closing the door leading into the observation room behind him. I knew that I was done for today. I got out of the chair and walked on wobbly legs back to the rest room. I had to go to a class, being taught by Mystique, because I couldn't go to school. She taught me about the normal things that you'd find being taught in a normal school. But some of the things she taught were the theories on why man was suddenly being born with amazing capabilities. Magneto, the main brain behind the Brotherhood of Mutants, had a few theories on why so many people were born with special abilities. His main one was that we were the future of mankind. We were the evolution of man, Homo Superior. I had never thought of it like that, and thought it a pretty accurate guess as to why things like this were happening. I talked to Pietro and Todd a lot. They were the ones that really filled me in on Magneto and the X-men. I found out that I didn't really like most of the things they told me about these X-men. I was curious about what made them mutants, so I had asked all of them what they could do. And I was surprised by some of them. Pietro was very athletic because he can run extremely fast. He keeps in shape mostly because of it. His codename was Quicksilver. Todd had a long tongue, and strong back legs for making frog-like jumps. His codename was Toad. I thought it suited him perfectly. The other two, that had to walk home from the train station, were Lance and Fred. Lance could control the ground and could destroy things by stomping his foot. Fred was very strong, and could survive major impact with even the likes of a car. He was also very overweight. His codename was the Blob. It suited him, also.
I hung out with them most of the time. I had no one else, and it was to lonely up at that empty apartment of mine. I know I had grown up mostly on my own. But hey, if they're there, why not take advantage of the opportunity. I smiled at my…unusual theory, and walked over to the couch where all of the guys were sitting, playing video games. Or I should say Lance and Pietro were playing games, while Todd was watching. I didn't know where Fred was, probably in the Kitchen, getting a 'snack'. I sat beside Todd, and was surprised that his odor wasn't as pungent today. Did he finally get a shower? I thought. I thought it would be kind of rude to ask, so I kept my big mouth shut. I turned my attention to the game, and asked no one in particular, "Who's winning?" Surprisingly enough, Lance answered "Me." Usually, he wouldn't let anything disturb his playing the game. I egged Pietro on for a while only to see him losing more, then got bored and went to turn on the TV. I was flipping through the channels, when out of nowhere, Todd grabbed the remote with his tongue. I glared at him and said, "I got it first, frog boy. Hand it over!" He stuck out his tongue and held the remote out to me. I lunged at it, but he moved to quickly for me. He jumped on to the ceiling, and grinned down at me. I put my hands on my hips, and sighed, annoyed. "Dude, give me the remote." I growled. "Come and get it gator girl." He said. I saw slime fall from the remote on to the floor. I wrinkled my nose, and replied, "Never mind. You can keep it."
*In the observation room*
"How's she doing?" Mystique asked, when Sabertooth entered the room. Her back was to Sabertooth, and she was monitoring the cameras that were placed all over the Brotherhood's house. She turned around, and glared at him. "She will become extremely powerful, once her powers are developed. She may even be one of the most powerful mutants on earth."
-So that's why Magneto wanted her…- Mystique thought. To Sabertooth, she asked, " What do you mean, could be one of the most powerful mutants?"
He answered, "If she is riled up enough, or someday gets complete control over her powers, she could be capable of creating explosions that only match an atomic bomb." This shocked Mystique. – Someday, she could destroy almost half of the world's population. –
"The X-men will never know what hit them!" she laughed.
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