Well, I have someone who's going to give me the info on the new mutants, so for now I'm gonna have to stall. Usual disclaimer and call for help.
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Daniel woke up slowly. Usually on vacations he'd feel tired even though he could not fall asleep, and when he did it was only for about 10 minutes. He decided that he'd rather not start acting like a sloth on the 2nd day of being here. He got up and got dressed. He headed downstairs, his bare feet felt good on the soft carpeting. "Good morning everyone," he said as he came down.

Storm was cooking breakfast, Logan was just sitting around thinking. Rogue and the Professor were nowhere to be seen. He heard the shower running and music blaring and guessed that the one in the shower was Rogue. He pulled open the shade on one of the window, leaving a bright spot of light on the couch. He sat in it and began to concentrate.

"What are you doing, kid," asked Logan.

"Practicing," he replied.

He absorbed and dispersed energy until breakfast was ready. He got up as Rogue came downstairs. Her hair was still wet and she hadn't put on her makeup yet. "Morning Rogue," he said.

"Morning," she said in a sleepy voice.

They ate and cleaned up. After that, Rogue and Daniel just sat around, talking and watching cartoons.

"You're almost as bad as Kurt and Evan," she said.

"What do you mean," he asked.

"You're what, 16, and you still watch cartoons?"

"They're funny," he protested.

"Yeah, whatever."

They continued arguing over it for awhile, until the phone rang. Rogue picked it up, "Hello?"

She talked on it for a while, then hung up. "Scott and most of the others will be home today. The rest are going to stay at the beach for the rest of the day."

"Cool."

"You ready?"

"For what?"

"Ah'm supposed to take you shopping. Are you coming or what?"

He had nearly forgotten. "Give me a minute. I expect you'll want to put on your makeup anyway."

She glared at him, "Just hurry up."

About 5 minutes later they went outside. "Scott and the others took the only cars, and I don't know how to drive anyway, so I guess we're walking."

"Okay."

As they walked, Daniel kept asking questions about the school. Rogue tried to answer with what she knew, but she didn't pay that much attention. As the mall came within view, Daniel spotted 4 teenagers outside. There was one tall, lanky looking one, another was short and looked like he hadn't taken a bath in about a year. There was a huge one that just sat and watched while the other 3 argued. And another slim, white haired one that didn't seem like he could sit still. "Who are they," he asked.

"That's the Brotherhood. Hopefully they'll leave us alone."

As they walked by the ugly one, probably Toad, yelled out. "Hey yo, who's the newbie?"

Rogue turned and yelled back, "He's with me so leave us alone."

This seemed to make them more interested in him. They ran up to them and blocked their path. "So Rogue," said the tall one, "looks like you guys got another X-geek on you hands."

"Yeahtoobadheisn'tasgoodlookingasIam," the one with the white hair talked so fast that it took awhile for the meaning to set in, "Hedoesn'tlookverystrongeither."

"Just leave us alone," said Rogue.

"Aw, does little-miss-traitor wanna go shopping. Hey, yo, Lance, why don't we teach the newbie who we are."

"If you're as smart as you act, I'm guessing you wouldn't be able to teach a stone how to stay still," remarked Daniel.

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean," said the big one.

"My point exactly, now if you would please excuse us," Daniel said, sidestepping them and began to walk towards the mall.

They seemed to be stumped, until the hyper one said, "Hey.... I think he just insulted us."

Daniel turned, "Well done, that only took you 10 seconds. Too bad you can't think as fast as you talk."

Before Daniel could even finish turning, he had the white-haired one in his face, followed by a blast of wind. "Temper temper, we musn't show off our powers in the public's view."

"And what do you think you're gonna do about it, yo," said Toad.

"I just might have to use this," he held out his hand and let some of the energy he had absorbed earlier form a small sphere in his hand.

This seemed to intimidate them and Rogue knew why. They had seen what Scot's energy blasts could do to a building, not to mention a person.

"That's nothing special. You're just a weakling like all the other X-geeks, lets go guys," said Lance.

Rogue and Daniel continued on. "That had to be the stupidest thing Ah've ever seen," she said.

"What? Did I do something wrong."

"Yes! Now they know you're a mutant."

"They would've figured it out eventually."

"Yeah, but we wouldn't have had to deal with them until then."

"Okay okay, sorry. What did they mean by traitor?"

"Before Ah joined the X-men, Ah was with them,"

"Oh."

"Yeah...oh," She smiled at him, "Don't worry about it."


Rogue showed him around the mall, ignoring some of the stares she got from the salespeople. She handed him some money, "The Professor gave this to me for you. That's all you're getting for today. Meet me in the music shop in half an hour."

"Alright, see you then."

Daniel found a few shirts and pants that fit his form. He also got an outfit or two for his "normal" form.

He headed down to the music store and found Rogue looking through some CD's. He walked up. "Hey Rogue, all done"

She turned, "Okay. Man the CD I wanted is here but I forgot to get some money from the Professor."

"I have some left over, is it enough?"

She counted the money, "It is! Alright finally Ah get mah CD!"

They bought it and were on the way out when Daniel remembered he had to call his friends back home. He made a mental note to do that when they got home. As they were leaving, Daniel saw a man with black trenchcoat come running out of one of the jewelry stores. He was holding a VERY expensive looking necklace. He ran past them, trying to make it to the automatic doors. Daniel concentrated, and absorbed the electricity about to go through the doors. The thief got there and the doors would not open. He tried to force them, but it was too late. The mall security caught him and took him off.

"Did you do that," Rogue asked.

"What? Me?" he said innocently.

"Yes you! Ah know you did that," she said.

"Then why did you ask?"

"Nevermind, Ah was going to compliment you on your powers but forget it."

They walked home to find a bright red and white convertible in the driveway. "Scott's home," said Rogue, "and so is miss perfect."

Daniel didn't ask who miss perfect was. They went inside to find Kurt and another boy watching cartoons. "Told you that you were as immature as they were," Rogue said, hearing them cheering and laughing at the cartoons.

"I'm just in touch with my inner child," he replied.

He went upstairs and put away his new outfits. He began to wonder what the rest would be like. A knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. "Come in whoever or whatever you may be."

Kitty walked in, "Hey Daniel. The Professor wants everyone to meet you."

"Alright, I'm coming."

He came downstairs and saw Kitty, Kurt, Rogue, and 6 other people waiting for him. "Hi everybody," he said.

The Professor rolled in. "Everyone, this is Daniel."

Everyone said Hi. The boy that Kurt had been watching cartoons with earlier was the first to speak, "So what do you do?"

"EVAN!" Everyone minus the Professor and Daniel yelled at him.

Daniel laughed, "Well, first how about you show me what you can do. I want to know what I have to compete with."

The Professor nodded, "An excellent idea, let's all go outside."

They all went outside and decided who would go first. Evan stepped up. He held up his arm, and a spike of bone-like material cam out of his skin. "I can do that anywhere out of my skin. I can also..." he pointed it at a tree and the spike went flying. It stuck in the bark and stayed there, shaking.

"Bet you'd be good at darts," said Daniel.

A girl with red hair came up, "My name's Jean, I'm telekinetic," with this she closed her eyes slightly and a rock lifted off the ground.

Daniel nodded.

Next was Kurt and Kitty, they did a repeat of their powers. Next was a boy who looked to be about 17. "My names Bobby. The call me Iceman," he brought his hand together and when he pulled them apart, there was a perfect sculpture of Daniel.

"Do you do wedding sculptures," Daniel asked. Everyone laughed.

Next up was a girl with dark hair, "My names Jubilee," she put up her hands and a bright, colorful stream of energy flew from her fingertips and wove patterns in the air. The made her hands into fists, and they exploded.

This caught Daniel's attention **Interesting, maybe I won't have to rely on the sun from now on** he thought to himself.

A boy with strange, red eyes bowed slightly, "The name's Remy," he said, and Daniel realized that this was the boy that Kurt and Kitty told him about.

Remy pulled out a poker card. The card began to glow brightly. Remy through it at the tree that Evan had spiked earlier. There was a flash of light, and there was no more tree.

"Guess I'll have to check my cards carefully if we ever play poker."

Lastly, there was an older boy with deep red sunglasses. **Probably Scott,** he thought.

"My name's Scott," Daniel would've rolled his eyes if he weren't being watched.

"Well Scot, how about taking off you're shades so I can see your eyes," Daniel said.

Scot grinned, "Sure," he looked at a large boulder and lowered his glasses. A brilliant scarlet beam of energy shot from his eyes and turned the boulder to powder.

Daniel was a little shocked, but quickly regained his composure, "So I guess those aren't prescription glasses,"

Scot smiled at this, "So what can you do?"

Now it was Daniel's turn to grin. "I'll show you."

He went about 25 feet from where they were standing and nodded to Scot, "Fire away,"

Scot started to laugh, but when he glanced at Rogue and the Professor, saw that he was serious. "Ok, but remember, you asked for it,"

Scot lowered his shades and the beam of energy shot out. Everyone except Rogue and the Professor yelled for him to move. Daniel raised his hands and caught the beam. He quickly analyzed the energy and began to take it in, but not before being pushed back another 10 feet. He signaled for Scott to stop when he felt his limits being reached. His clothes became baggy once more. He held up his hands and made a sphere the same color of Scott's beam. Everyone stared openmouthed. He took the sphere back in and walked back. Scott stood there, speechless. Most of the others were in the same condition. They had never seen something like THAT happen before. Just then, Storm called that dinner was ready.
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They ate dinner, with Kurt and Kitty arguing, while the rest just chatted and talked. Daniel saw how Rogue and Gambit were looking at each other. He smiled, glad that Rogue had not been alone until he came.They cleaned up after dinner and went to bed. On the way, Daniel could here Scott and the others arguing about a Danger Room session tomorrow. Nobody wanted to do it, because they had just got back. Scott felt that this was the perfect time to do it.

"You just need to blow off some steam. It's not our fault that Daniel took your beam like it was nothing," said Jean.

"Ya, you need to chill out," agreed Kurt.

"What are you guys talking about? You think I'm jealous because Daniel was lucky enough to absorb that? Whatever," protested Scott.

Daniel smiled to himself and went to bed. Just as he fell asleep he remembered that he needed to call Amanda and the others. **CRAP**

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Well, that's all I got for right now. Hopefully next chapter will have the Danger Room session and a fight between the Brotherhood and the X-men. Until that time.......