Sorry this chapter took so long in getting up. Stupid teachers and their homework, :sticks pin in teacher voodoo dolls:. Anyway, I'm glad some people still read, though it is hard to keep up with all the other good stories out there. Well, enough talk, here it is.

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The X-men and Brotherhood sat in the living room together, watching a science fiction movie. Every time one of the characters displayed something close to their powers, the owner would pipe up.

A lava creature came on to the screen, "Oh come on! Real lava doesn't look like that! And even if it did, the heat would be so hot that those people would have melted by now," complained Amara.

Logan had long gone of to vent his frustration out in his own unique way: Destroy until there's nothing left to destroy. Everyone was waiting until Xavier would let them back into sick bay. He had judged Daniel's condition to be worsening. Little did they know what really was going on in the infirmary

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Xavier finished his work, angry that he had wasted his time to find nothing. 'I can't believe they didn't tell him. Just as well, now I can spend my time fortifying their loyalty to me.'

Xavier reached out and was surprised to find that the Brotherhood were still here. He had thought that they would have left by now, considering Logan's watchful eye. 'This may be of some use to me.' He thought to himself as he left sick bay.

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Daniel was still in a troubled sleep. He tossed and turned as unseen terrors haunted his dreams. He saw shadows of things, heard noises. All around him was suffering, hatred, and a deep dark rage inside himself. He did not know what they meant, only that if these images were to come true, then hell would follow.

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The sender of the warnings was quickly subdued. She only hoped that the message had gotten through.

"Stupid mutie!"

"I told you not to turn that inhibitor off!"

"Three weeks here and you're still causing trouble!"

"We now what to do with troublesome mutie whores!"

Her whimpers were drowned out by their laughter

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As the movie ended, a newsflash interrupted the commercials,

"This is NYNB for a breaking news update. Senator Kelly has just announced his plan for a mutant registration act. The act concerns the recent phenomenon known as mutants."

Everyone instantly quieted down as the Senator came on, "These mutants are a danger to human kind. We must know who they are and what they can do. Several incidents have already occurred where mutants have viciously attacked the members of the FOH. They have nothing but evil purposes in mind and will unquestionably do it again. We must know who they are and we must know NOW"

A reporter spoke up, "Senator Kelly, some people say that these events were initiated by the FOH. We have reports of large, robot-like machines that have attacked several homes that had mutants in them. Is this the sort of discrimination that we want in the United States?"

The senator replied, "The FOH has never started an engagement with those mutants. We were merely bringing them in for questioning. Some were found to have extremely dangerous powers. These were sent to facilities to help them learn to control them."

A woman in the background started shrieking, "LIAR! Your FOH and robots came bursting through my door and took my baby away from me! I have not heard from anyone since! That was 3 weeks ago! She never hurt anyone! She-"

Several people in FOH uniforms took the lady off the screen.

Everyone started talking at once. Jean could feel fear, anger, and confusion from everyone.

"What are we gonna do?" asked Jamie.

"There aint nothin' we can do, yo. That senator and his people have got everyone on their side."

"Not everyone," Tabitha murmured.

Kellie nodded, "They can't just do this to people. It's like we're Jews in the Holocaust or something."

Kitty paled, "You don' think that-" she started trembling.

"Hey don't worry, they can't do stuff like that anymore." Said Ray.

Kitty's voice was trembling almost as much as she was, "The s-stories I've heard. My g-grandparents…."

Kurt and Kellie were comforting her while the rest kept talking. "I'll tell ya one thing though, they aint getting me without a fight!" Said Fred.

"That's right! Let 'em try and put this pretty face behind bars!" said Boomer.

"I think it's all agreed then. The FOH cannot-"

"Will you shut up Summers!? It's not like we can do anything," said Lance.

"Aye, this is up to thae Senate naow." Said Rahne.

"Well they won't be able to pass any law like that. It's unconstitutional." Said Jean.

"Well, in my country, whatever the king says goes." Said Amara.

"Yeah, too bad this isn't your country." Said Roberto.

"They wouldn't be able to catch me anyway." Said Pietro.

"Yeah, let's seem them try to fit Blob into one of those cells anyway," laughed Todd.

Everyone laughed, including Fred. Everyone was glad for the tension break.

"Hey yo, I'm gonna go check up on Daniel. C'mon Rahne."

"Ooooh, are you sure you're just not gonna sneak off somewhere to be alone?" Said Jubilee.

Todd and Rahne blushed. "A knew that thay would give me a hard time abou tha." Said Rahne as they walked into the infirmary.

Daniel was sleeping easier now, but occasionally his eyes would wince and shake. Todd hopped up on to the wall above his head.

"Hey, yo? Are you ok?"

Daniel woke up with a jolt and a scream, "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"

Todd did the same, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!"

And Rahne followed, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!"

Todd leapt from the wall to the floor trembling. Daniel's heart monitor was bleeping about 3 times a second. Rahne was trying to stop from transforming from all the adrenaline in her system.

"DUDE! Don't scare me like that, yo."

"ME!? You're the one hanging over my bed."

Daniel looked around, "Why am I in sick bay."

"Because you got your ass whooped by that psycho."

Daniel remembered vaguely the fight, but not the words that were said. "I can barely remember anything,"

He tried to get up, but was forced to sit back in because of the pain.He slumped into his chair, "and I'm soooo tired. And I feel like I had 4 training session with Logan back to back."

Storm was in the doorway, "You used all your energy reserves in the fight. It will take a while to build them up gain. Your physical injuries will heal in time"

"Damn, was it that tough?"

"Aye, and I ne're even got a chance."

"Aw c'mon Rahne, it wasn't your fault she went for you first."

Everyone else came in a few seconds later, "So why did Rahne scream? Did she finally get a good sniff of you Toad?"

Rahne punched Evan in the stomach. He doubled over, "His name is Todd!" she said with a growl.

"Yes ma'am!"

Daniel laughed, "HAHAHAHA! Ow my sides!"

He tried to sit up again.

"Oh no you don't kid, you're in here for the rest of the weekend."

"Awwww. Are you kidding? I'm already bored."

"Then take a nap."

"No way, then I can't try to escape."

Logan growled, but Storm took his hand and led him outside. Everyone exchanged looks.

"Hey, I'm tired! Someone recharge me!" said Daniel as he held up his hand.

"Sorry Daniel. Logan said you have to stay in here till at LEAST the rest of the day."

(a.n. It's Saturday now. The brotherhood came back in the morning.)

"Stupid ole Logan."

"What was that?" a voice said in the hall.

"Nothing! Damn! How does he keep hearing me?"

(a/n: inside joke)

Everyone left as Hank came in to take care of some of the other physical needs. Daniel kept the bandanna as a 'memento' and tied it around his left wrist. Hank applied some medicine and antiseptic. He also had a few drugs that were based on Logan's healing abilities to help the wounds heal faster. Daniel was left to sleep as the rest of the group went to the mall to shop and try to find out more about the Mutant Registration.

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Well here it is. Again, sorry it took so long in getting out. I should be able to get some more chapters in now that it's SPRING BREAK! Until I write again.