I'm a Believer
"Welcome to the Pit," Hawk told them. "During the next two weeks you will all be given basic training as well as schooling. We are going to smooth out some of those rough edges until you have developed some decent fighting skills. Do you understand me?"
"Yes sir!" The students all shouted. "General Hawk sir!"
"Good," Hawk nodded. "Now I want to have a word with your instructors for a minute." A Joe came up. "This is First Sergeant Duke, second in command here. Duke will you show Xavier and these good people their rooms while Roadblock gets the kids settled? Then you can come to my office and we can discuss some matters."
"How about showing us the pool hall?" Logan called out. "I still have a game to settle with you."
"Logan you old dog face!" Hawk grinned and gripped Logan's hand. "How's it going?"
"Well not bad considering," Logan smirked.
"You know each other?" Scott asked.
"We've been thrown together time and again," Logan smirked.
"Well come on and tell me what's been going on with you!" Hawk said. He and Logan took off laughing like they were best buddies.
"Uh this way," Duke said to Xavier and Ororo, clearly as surprised as they were. They left.
"Boy Mr. Logan sure knows a lot of people," Kitty said.
"Now all we have to do is wait for your tour guide to help you kids get settled in," Roadblock sighed. "And then the fun can begin." He looked behind him at the water. "And here she comes!" He pointed to a boat roaring in from the docks.
"She?" Remy asked.
"You wanted to know why Toad was so anxious?" Roadblock smirked. "Here comes your answer."
The pilot of the small boat got out and came up to them, her long black hair streaked with blue flowing in the wind. "Hey that's that girl from Hawaii!" Kurt exclaimed.
"This is Althea Delgato," Roadblock introduced. "Code named Wavedancer!"
"We've met," Althea told him.
"You!" Jean snapped. "I don't believe this!"
"You met these guys before?" Todd asked. "You didn't tell me that!"
"You never asked," Althea said.
"So you are a mutant!" Kurt said. "What are your powers?"
Althea lifted her hair to reveal small delicate gills on her neck. "I can breathe underwater for a start. All my sisters and my brother can do that too. Plus I can control water."
"Wait," Rogue said. "Sisters? Brother?"
"Yeah I have three younger sisters and one baby brother," Althea nodded. "We're all mutants. Kinda runs in the family."
"So you live on this base?" Remy asked.
"All my life," Althea said. "Hey it's pretty cool around here. Once you know how things work. First place I guess we'd better show you guys where you'll be bunking."
"As long as it's not with Toad I have no problem," Kurt whispered to Evan.
"Well lets move it out on the double," Roadblock said.
"Yeah why don't we…" She turned around and saw something. "YOU? HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
Shipwreck walked by carrying luggage. "I'm directing the London Symphony Orchestra! What does it look like I'm doing? Who'd have thought the Professor had brought all this junk?"
"Some of it's ours," Jean told him. "The Professor had me pack some of the X-Men stuff."
"Wonderful," Althea groaned. "Well while you're playing pack mule, who's watching the terrible trio and the baby?"
"They'll be fine," Shipwreck waved. "Besides it's not exactly easy to get someone to baby-sit them! And the girls are ten so they aren't exactly helpless!"
"That's what I'm worried about!" Althea groaned. "Toad I need a favor. Could you go to my house and check up on them?"
"Sure thing," Todd nodded.
"You'd better bring help," Althea told him. "You know how they get when they're unsupervised!"
"Okay. Hey Blue boy wanna come see the kids?" Todd smirked. He had an evil plan in mind.
"Why not?" Kurt shrugged.
"I'd better go too," Scott said. "Just to make sure you don't kill each other."
"Hey the more the merrier," Todd shrugged.
"Come on," Althea motioned. "I'll show the rest of you where you're gonna sleep." They went off towards the barracks.
"Well let's go," Todd motioned. "Can't leave my girl's siblings alone for a minute!"
"Wait," Kurt looked at him. "She's your what…?"
"Girlfriend," Todd told him with a smirk on his face. "That's kinda why I had to go to that base for a while. Kind of a cooling off period. She kinda has this habit of barging in on me when I'm taking a shower. Last time she came in topless and…well you know how it is."
Kurt and Scott stood there with open mouths. Neither could make a sound. "Hey don't get me wrong," Todd said quickly. "Nothing happened. She's just very affectionate with me. That's all."
"You're making that up!" Scott said.
"You have to be," Kurt said.
Althea ran back up. The other X-Men were busy looking around the base and were a ways away. "Yo Babe!" Althea said. "I forgot something!"
"What?" Todd asked.
"This!" She grabbed him and gave him a very long kiss. "See ya!" She winked and ran off. None of the other X-Men had seen what had happened.
"Think I'm making it up now?" Todd grinned and smoothed his hair. "Well what are you waiting for? Let's go!" He hopped off.
"Miracles do happen," Kurt said.
"I'll tell you one thing," Scott muttered. "I'd never thought I'd ever be jealous of Toad that's for sure."
"No wonder he didn't want to come back," Kurt said.
