A/N: hey, I'm back! I've had this one ready for a while, and the next
chapter almost done to. I was just too lazy to type it up I guess! For
any of you who are bad with names, I'm sorry I switch constantly between
code and real names. It just mixes thing up a bit, you know? So in case
anyone is getting real confused here they are again. McKenna is also
Hotspot, Matt is also Ave, Bethany is also Myth, Jesse is also Stone, and
Jennifer is also Sentinel. Got it? Good. And now here we have Logan's
training crap-I mean class.
Of Blue Elves and Unicorns
8:30.
8:30.
8:30.
8:30.
8:31.
Logan stared grudgingly at his wristwatch with narrowed eyes. 8:31. They were supposed to have been here already! The man knew they were just kids, but he was fed up with waiting forever for those goofy children to decide that it was time to meander on down here.
"If a guy says 'be here by at least eight thirty', that doesn't mean to be here sometime after!" The feral man growled to his sole companion.
Jesse smiled warily at Wolverine, like a rabbit smiles at a rabid dog. He was stating to worry about the mentor. He had been starring at that small dark tinted watch for the last five minutes now. The man had the patience of a 2 year old.
Jesse was always on time of course. Usually early, but never late. He was, after all, the most punctual person in the entire mansion. Lists and schedules were his bibles, so to speak.
"Well lookey here! Now the little punks come running." The impatient man murmured, staring ahead at the incoming girl.
"Um.Logan?"
The man turned around to stare at the tall boy. "What Jesse?"
"You know, it's only eight thirty one. You said eight thir." Stone trailed off towards the end, breaking under the glare of the bulky man's eyes. He had started out strong and forward, but ended unsure and mumbling. The guy did that to you though. Stone caste his large eyes downward to stare at his brown boots.
Logan's eyebrows lifted as he turned back to face the oncoming student.
Sentinel kept up her trot towards Logan and Jesse with a thoughtful look on her pretty, smooth face. Not much for judging others emotions, even the energy absorbing Stone could see her mind was somewhere else entirely. She proceeded to stand leaning on the wall opposite Jesse and Logan, mind still pondering.
Next came Evan. He strutted about in his usual way before he was set straight when a whisper in Jennifer's ear earned him a powerful kick to the shin. Logan and Jesse both enjoyed a chuckle at Spike's unfortunate mistake.
He pouted all the way to where Jesse stood and looked up at him "Girls." He said with a shrug as the blonde haired black teen sat cross-legged next to Stone's standing form.
"Hi guys!" A shout from through the wall drew their attention. "Sorry were like, late!" Kitty greeted them as she stepped through the white plastered wall dragging an amused McKenna behind her.
Sentinel smiled at Kitty and the newcomers. Both walked over to stand with the friendly brunette. Forming the infamous 'girly circle' as they chatted away. Needless to say, Jesse felt quite awkward as he shifted from foot to foot.
Barely a half a minute had passed before Jesse was thoroughly startled as a cloud of smoke appeared in his face. It disappeared quickly with another flash and Jesse was left flapping one of his large hands back in forth in front of his face, stifling coughs with the other. The smoke had cleared but the familiar smell of brimstone and pitch remained, announcing the arrival of the mansions own fuzzy blue elf.
"Guten-tag Kitty! You miss me?" Kurt reappeared in front of Kitty, leaning over her shoulder to flash a toothy smile.
"Like get lost Kurt!" Kitty groaned pushing the blue form away. Kurt ported back across the hall to where Even and Jesse stood. Kitty rolled her eyes as Kurt waved goofily at the trio.
"Come on Kitty." McKenna said with a playful shove to the flustered girl. "What's up with you and Kurt? You're always fighting."
"Nothing. He's just so annoying, you know?" Kitty emphasized annoying with a meaningful glare at Kurt that quelled his smile for good.
McKenna shot a sympathetic shrug at the confused elf that was returned with a thankful grin. Stones eyes went back and forth from the blue imp to the beautiful Hotspot. He felt himself getting.jealous. A foreign feeling to his heart. What am I jealous for? It's not like she likes Kurt after all. They are just friends. And even if they were more, why would I care? Jesse thought to himself keeping a bashful blush from appearing on tough skinned cheeks.
*Coming through! *
Everyone's heads came up at the mental shout in their heads. Logan's hand covered his face in a despairing groan.
The offender flew down the hall with swift wing beats. A pretty little kestrel with feathers in shades of tope, black, and brown and narrow wings made it's way without hesitation towards the gathered students. The small bird landed neatly in an almost rehearsed perfection in the middle of the hall. The minute the dainty yet deadly talons touched the marble floor, the mutant changed back to his usual form.
Dirty blonde chin length hair replaced the feathered ruff and a dashing smile formed from the curved beak. One hand behind his back the 17-year- old youth did a mock bow to his audience.
"At your service ladies!" With a wink at the girls he straightened and turned his strangely colored eyes to face Logan. The pupils were like that of a bird of preys. And his eyes were a startling hue of golden yellow. Part of his mutation that was, along with the slightly heightened, bird- like senses while still in human form. Those being his hearing and sight only. He had come from a loving family in southern Australia, who luckily accepted his gifts as just another part of their much-loved son. The two parents had been glad that their son Matt would have a place to go to where he didn't have to hide his gifts, and where eager when Xavier contacted them. And so he had been here for the past month, second in coming only to Stone, well of the new recruits anyway.
"So Logan, what's the plan mate?" Fighting dinos, ripping robots, saving holographic civilians from a holographic disaster?" Matt asked saucily.
Kurt tried to hide a grin behind a three-digited hand. Kitty giggled in a girly voice and Hotspot smiled. Stone could practically feel Logan's hackles rising, however.
"Well.mate," Logan retorted condescendingly with a nasty emphasis on mate. "Today you're going to be"
Logan was cut off from his statement and Matt saved from a verbal beating by the running forms of Rogue and Bethany.
"Ahm sorry Mr. Logan, we lost track ah time." Rogue blurted out as she and her companion slowed to a stop in front of the small assembly. Leaning over to catch her breath, Rogue finished. "But ahm here now, so's Bethany. Were ready to start.whenever Mr. Logan." Rogue blurted out, finally righting herself.
Myth smiled acknowledgingly at the other girls and cocked an inquisitive honey-blonde eyebrow at Ave. She was answered with a suggestive raise of both eyebrows. Bethany snorted.
"Good. All right kids, now as I was saying to bird-boy over here," Logan poked a gloved finger at Matt as he talked, "Your training today will be a rescue and retrieval mission."
All the students had gathered around their 'teacher' as he talked. Listening intently to their instructions.
"Elf and porcupine," Logan nodded towards the two boys next to Jesse, "Your gonna be the rescuees. Those two will come with me, I'll have them hidden up good then you hooligans can go get them free. But their 'unconscious' and tied up, so not only do you get them untied, you get them out of danger."
"Ach, I'm always unconscious! It's not fair! Vhy do I alvays." Kurt's complaint was cut short sharply with a 'schnit'. Logan's claws were out and he had no problem showing them off.
"What were you saying now, blue boy?"
"Err, nothing mister Logan! Just how happy I am to be unconscious, yep unconscious me, whoopee!"
Logan smiled slightly and his claws retracted. His gazed returned to include Evan. "You too follow me, the rest of ya go on and start you searching." Logan walked down a formerly locked passageway with the two pouted boys in tow.
Jesse immediately took charge, as he walked into the Danger room followed by the others. One moment the room was an obscenely humongous silver dome, the next they were in the middle of a maze of canyons. Steep red colored cliffs lined either side of their fields of vision. Lightning flashed above in a purple swirling sky.
"I still don't get how he does it." An awed Kenna said, looking all about her.
"Me neither." Kitty chided. "He just does."
"Its some amazing little paradoxes he creates in here." Jennifer said. "But it really doesn't matter. We best hurry up and get to the rescuing." She turned her gaze expectantly at the unofficial leader.
"Your right." Jesse agreed. "Okay, first we gotta find this building or wherever it is Logan's hiding the others. We can't see anything from down here, so we're gonna need some scouts."
"I can fly up there." Matt rose up to the occasion.
"Me too!" Jennifer stated, stepping defiantly in front of Ave.
"Go Jenn!" Hotspot hooted.
Jennifer smiled back at her teammate. "Okay then, it's settled." Jesse started out. "Sentinel and Ave will search by sky and come back when they've found something. I'll stay here with Hotspot, rogue, Myth, and Shadowcat." He continued in a firm voice, pointing a thick finger at each mentioned.
"Aye cap'n!" Matt jokingly hollered at Jesse, followed by an over exaggerated salute towards the teen. He turned his bright eyes to Jennifer, admiring her slim firm. "Come on sheila, lets fly" Matt grinned again at Jennifer as he swiftly changed from handsome Caucasian to soaring Avian.
Sentinel glared at Matt's rising form as she too changed. She flew upward after the golden eagle that flew above her as a smaller, swifter, red tailed hawk.
Jesse turned his attention away from the rapidly departing birds and towards his earthbound companions. "Beth, you think you can scout along the ground up ahead for a while, then come back? You know, look for some passages or something?"
The blonde haired punk smiled. "Sure thing." Unlike the other x-men, Bethany wore no uniform. Xavier had requested she wear one, but the girl had politely refused. She didn't need one anyway, she reasoned, sense when she fought she was in some other form. Plus, she felt too 'exposed' in spandex.
Before Stone could mutter a "Thank you", Bethany had chosen her form and slid with ease into the shape of her choice. Black finger nailed hands became delicately cloved hooves, and her hair a flowing black mane of coal black and gold. And from her head the spiral horn grew marking her undeniably as a unicorn. And so Bethany reared up her solid black body and thrust out the golden spiral horn as she leaped away from the others and down the canyon floor. She galloped out of sight until all that remained was the sound of hooves on rock.
"You know, my father always said unicorns weren't real. Life was just that, life. And no foolish fancies can exist in your head if you want to survive." McKenna said in the quiet of the moment.
Kitty winced unconsciously at the bringing up of the sore subject. The freshman patted her friend reassuringly on the shoulder. Her father was a sore spot for her, she knew. He had always pushed her so hard. Until she had blown up. Literally. McKenna's shoulders tensed under Kitty's delicate hand. She mechanically stood up straighter. "He was wrong." She finished. And with that McKenna's face lost it's hardness and she grinned again at the concerned girls around her.
Kitty sighed in relief. A breath she never knew she had been holding.
Well, that's all for this chapter, the next one is finished in writing, I just need to type it, it takes so long when there's only one computer in your home and everyone else needs to use it! Okay, so I'm sorry about the characters that haven't been introduced yet, but you will be, as soon as the sessions done, he he! Anywayz, I neeeeeeeeeeed more reviews everyone, tell me anything you think your character should say or do, also any characters you think your character would be interested in? It aint called an interactive fic for nothing folks, submit your ideas! Thank yee!
Of Blue Elves and Unicorns
8:30.
8:30.
8:30.
8:30.
8:31.
Logan stared grudgingly at his wristwatch with narrowed eyes. 8:31. They were supposed to have been here already! The man knew they were just kids, but he was fed up with waiting forever for those goofy children to decide that it was time to meander on down here.
"If a guy says 'be here by at least eight thirty', that doesn't mean to be here sometime after!" The feral man growled to his sole companion.
Jesse smiled warily at Wolverine, like a rabbit smiles at a rabid dog. He was stating to worry about the mentor. He had been starring at that small dark tinted watch for the last five minutes now. The man had the patience of a 2 year old.
Jesse was always on time of course. Usually early, but never late. He was, after all, the most punctual person in the entire mansion. Lists and schedules were his bibles, so to speak.
"Well lookey here! Now the little punks come running." The impatient man murmured, staring ahead at the incoming girl.
"Um.Logan?"
The man turned around to stare at the tall boy. "What Jesse?"
"You know, it's only eight thirty one. You said eight thir." Stone trailed off towards the end, breaking under the glare of the bulky man's eyes. He had started out strong and forward, but ended unsure and mumbling. The guy did that to you though. Stone caste his large eyes downward to stare at his brown boots.
Logan's eyebrows lifted as he turned back to face the oncoming student.
Sentinel kept up her trot towards Logan and Jesse with a thoughtful look on her pretty, smooth face. Not much for judging others emotions, even the energy absorbing Stone could see her mind was somewhere else entirely. She proceeded to stand leaning on the wall opposite Jesse and Logan, mind still pondering.
Next came Evan. He strutted about in his usual way before he was set straight when a whisper in Jennifer's ear earned him a powerful kick to the shin. Logan and Jesse both enjoyed a chuckle at Spike's unfortunate mistake.
He pouted all the way to where Jesse stood and looked up at him "Girls." He said with a shrug as the blonde haired black teen sat cross-legged next to Stone's standing form.
"Hi guys!" A shout from through the wall drew their attention. "Sorry were like, late!" Kitty greeted them as she stepped through the white plastered wall dragging an amused McKenna behind her.
Sentinel smiled at Kitty and the newcomers. Both walked over to stand with the friendly brunette. Forming the infamous 'girly circle' as they chatted away. Needless to say, Jesse felt quite awkward as he shifted from foot to foot.
Barely a half a minute had passed before Jesse was thoroughly startled as a cloud of smoke appeared in his face. It disappeared quickly with another flash and Jesse was left flapping one of his large hands back in forth in front of his face, stifling coughs with the other. The smoke had cleared but the familiar smell of brimstone and pitch remained, announcing the arrival of the mansions own fuzzy blue elf.
"Guten-tag Kitty! You miss me?" Kurt reappeared in front of Kitty, leaning over her shoulder to flash a toothy smile.
"Like get lost Kurt!" Kitty groaned pushing the blue form away. Kurt ported back across the hall to where Even and Jesse stood. Kitty rolled her eyes as Kurt waved goofily at the trio.
"Come on Kitty." McKenna said with a playful shove to the flustered girl. "What's up with you and Kurt? You're always fighting."
"Nothing. He's just so annoying, you know?" Kitty emphasized annoying with a meaningful glare at Kurt that quelled his smile for good.
McKenna shot a sympathetic shrug at the confused elf that was returned with a thankful grin. Stones eyes went back and forth from the blue imp to the beautiful Hotspot. He felt himself getting.jealous. A foreign feeling to his heart. What am I jealous for? It's not like she likes Kurt after all. They are just friends. And even if they were more, why would I care? Jesse thought to himself keeping a bashful blush from appearing on tough skinned cheeks.
*Coming through! *
Everyone's heads came up at the mental shout in their heads. Logan's hand covered his face in a despairing groan.
The offender flew down the hall with swift wing beats. A pretty little kestrel with feathers in shades of tope, black, and brown and narrow wings made it's way without hesitation towards the gathered students. The small bird landed neatly in an almost rehearsed perfection in the middle of the hall. The minute the dainty yet deadly talons touched the marble floor, the mutant changed back to his usual form.
Dirty blonde chin length hair replaced the feathered ruff and a dashing smile formed from the curved beak. One hand behind his back the 17-year- old youth did a mock bow to his audience.
"At your service ladies!" With a wink at the girls he straightened and turned his strangely colored eyes to face Logan. The pupils were like that of a bird of preys. And his eyes were a startling hue of golden yellow. Part of his mutation that was, along with the slightly heightened, bird- like senses while still in human form. Those being his hearing and sight only. He had come from a loving family in southern Australia, who luckily accepted his gifts as just another part of their much-loved son. The two parents had been glad that their son Matt would have a place to go to where he didn't have to hide his gifts, and where eager when Xavier contacted them. And so he had been here for the past month, second in coming only to Stone, well of the new recruits anyway.
"So Logan, what's the plan mate?" Fighting dinos, ripping robots, saving holographic civilians from a holographic disaster?" Matt asked saucily.
Kurt tried to hide a grin behind a three-digited hand. Kitty giggled in a girly voice and Hotspot smiled. Stone could practically feel Logan's hackles rising, however.
"Well.mate," Logan retorted condescendingly with a nasty emphasis on mate. "Today you're going to be"
Logan was cut off from his statement and Matt saved from a verbal beating by the running forms of Rogue and Bethany.
"Ahm sorry Mr. Logan, we lost track ah time." Rogue blurted out as she and her companion slowed to a stop in front of the small assembly. Leaning over to catch her breath, Rogue finished. "But ahm here now, so's Bethany. Were ready to start.whenever Mr. Logan." Rogue blurted out, finally righting herself.
Myth smiled acknowledgingly at the other girls and cocked an inquisitive honey-blonde eyebrow at Ave. She was answered with a suggestive raise of both eyebrows. Bethany snorted.
"Good. All right kids, now as I was saying to bird-boy over here," Logan poked a gloved finger at Matt as he talked, "Your training today will be a rescue and retrieval mission."
All the students had gathered around their 'teacher' as he talked. Listening intently to their instructions.
"Elf and porcupine," Logan nodded towards the two boys next to Jesse, "Your gonna be the rescuees. Those two will come with me, I'll have them hidden up good then you hooligans can go get them free. But their 'unconscious' and tied up, so not only do you get them untied, you get them out of danger."
"Ach, I'm always unconscious! It's not fair! Vhy do I alvays." Kurt's complaint was cut short sharply with a 'schnit'. Logan's claws were out and he had no problem showing them off.
"What were you saying now, blue boy?"
"Err, nothing mister Logan! Just how happy I am to be unconscious, yep unconscious me, whoopee!"
Logan smiled slightly and his claws retracted. His gazed returned to include Evan. "You too follow me, the rest of ya go on and start you searching." Logan walked down a formerly locked passageway with the two pouted boys in tow.
Jesse immediately took charge, as he walked into the Danger room followed by the others. One moment the room was an obscenely humongous silver dome, the next they were in the middle of a maze of canyons. Steep red colored cliffs lined either side of their fields of vision. Lightning flashed above in a purple swirling sky.
"I still don't get how he does it." An awed Kenna said, looking all about her.
"Me neither." Kitty chided. "He just does."
"Its some amazing little paradoxes he creates in here." Jennifer said. "But it really doesn't matter. We best hurry up and get to the rescuing." She turned her gaze expectantly at the unofficial leader.
"Your right." Jesse agreed. "Okay, first we gotta find this building or wherever it is Logan's hiding the others. We can't see anything from down here, so we're gonna need some scouts."
"I can fly up there." Matt rose up to the occasion.
"Me too!" Jennifer stated, stepping defiantly in front of Ave.
"Go Jenn!" Hotspot hooted.
Jennifer smiled back at her teammate. "Okay then, it's settled." Jesse started out. "Sentinel and Ave will search by sky and come back when they've found something. I'll stay here with Hotspot, rogue, Myth, and Shadowcat." He continued in a firm voice, pointing a thick finger at each mentioned.
"Aye cap'n!" Matt jokingly hollered at Jesse, followed by an over exaggerated salute towards the teen. He turned his bright eyes to Jennifer, admiring her slim firm. "Come on sheila, lets fly" Matt grinned again at Jennifer as he swiftly changed from handsome Caucasian to soaring Avian.
Sentinel glared at Matt's rising form as she too changed. She flew upward after the golden eagle that flew above her as a smaller, swifter, red tailed hawk.
Jesse turned his attention away from the rapidly departing birds and towards his earthbound companions. "Beth, you think you can scout along the ground up ahead for a while, then come back? You know, look for some passages or something?"
The blonde haired punk smiled. "Sure thing." Unlike the other x-men, Bethany wore no uniform. Xavier had requested she wear one, but the girl had politely refused. She didn't need one anyway, she reasoned, sense when she fought she was in some other form. Plus, she felt too 'exposed' in spandex.
Before Stone could mutter a "Thank you", Bethany had chosen her form and slid with ease into the shape of her choice. Black finger nailed hands became delicately cloved hooves, and her hair a flowing black mane of coal black and gold. And from her head the spiral horn grew marking her undeniably as a unicorn. And so Bethany reared up her solid black body and thrust out the golden spiral horn as she leaped away from the others and down the canyon floor. She galloped out of sight until all that remained was the sound of hooves on rock.
"You know, my father always said unicorns weren't real. Life was just that, life. And no foolish fancies can exist in your head if you want to survive." McKenna said in the quiet of the moment.
Kitty winced unconsciously at the bringing up of the sore subject. The freshman patted her friend reassuringly on the shoulder. Her father was a sore spot for her, she knew. He had always pushed her so hard. Until she had blown up. Literally. McKenna's shoulders tensed under Kitty's delicate hand. She mechanically stood up straighter. "He was wrong." She finished. And with that McKenna's face lost it's hardness and she grinned again at the concerned girls around her.
Kitty sighed in relief. A breath she never knew she had been holding.
Well, that's all for this chapter, the next one is finished in writing, I just need to type it, it takes so long when there's only one computer in your home and everyone else needs to use it! Okay, so I'm sorry about the characters that haven't been introduced yet, but you will be, as soon as the sessions done, he he! Anywayz, I neeeeeeeeeeed more reviews everyone, tell me anything you think your character should say or do, also any characters you think your character would be interested in? It aint called an interactive fic for nothing folks, submit your ideas! Thank yee!