Sorry these chapters take so long to get written.
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Daniel still was inside the infirmary when the others got back. They updated him on the news of the Mutant Registration Act. The conversation was a heated one to put it lightly.
"This is absolute shit!" Said Daniel.
"I know, I know. These people have no right to do this to people." Said Jean.
"First this, then they're going to demand we live on a certain plot of land or something."
"Daniel you really need to calm down."
"I don't need to calm down! This world needs to get rid of this discrimination," he said.
Daniel tried to sit and bit back a scream. The wounds were healed, but his mind was still convinced that his ribs were broken. He was now feeling something like the pins and needles that occur when your foot falls asleep.
"Too bad my head doesn't believe my body when it says that it's better now."
Beast stepped in, "Yes I know, I still haven't perfected the formula yet. There might be some other….slight side affects."
"Why do I not like the sound of that?"
"The pain will fade in time, but you need rest. I'll allow you to go to school..."
"Dr, what are the side affects going to be?"
"Your hair and fingernails will be much longer. Also, no energy absorbing for a long time. It would just amplify the effects. The regenerative properties also stimulate growth. You might be an inch or two taller by the weekend."
"Great, so now I'm going to need a haircut and a manicure."
"You could leave it long if you wish, there is no hair cut limit at the school."
"Oh yeah, public school, I forgot."
At this Kellie started laughing, "Hahaha! You're going to have long hair! I wanna braid it when it grows!"
"Hell no!"
"Awww, you're not fun! You gotta let me! If you don't I'll just do it in your sleep!"
"You do and I'll toss you out the window!"
"I think that it's time for the patient to get to sleep," said Beast.
"But the conversation was getting so good!"
"Now!" he said.
Beast ushered the others outside of the room, and closed the door, "Good- night Daniel."
"Good night Dr. McCoy."
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The next morning Daniel woke up around 6 o'clock as he usually did. He had had the same dream again, and it was starting to bother him. He never had nightmares. He saw the same scenes, the same pleading voice, and the same terror. He shook his head and tried to sit up. Again he had to stifle a scream. Imagine having your entire chest fall asleep wake up until you're afraid to move because you know it's going to hurt that badly, then drop a bowling ball on it. He eased back slowly and tried not to move too much. He ran a hand through his hair and was surprised to find it down to his shoulders.
"Aw man! You didn't say it would grow this much!"
He limped up the stairs, fingering the bandanna he had on his left arm. His fingers traced the scars that the strange woman's blade had left. He sighed, "I have got to ask Wolverine to teach me some new styles."
He made his way out on the roof, the sky taking on a shade of gold as the sun was beginning to creep over the horizon. He plopped himself down on the edge, his ribs still aching. He thought about San Antonio. He was barely on the X-men for a month and he nearly got the life beat out of him. He already needed a vacation. He smiled ruefully at himself. He would ask the Professor to let him go back the next long weekend he got. He got up and went downstairs, still limping slightly.
"Lousy phantom pain." He muttered to himself.
"Good morning Daniel. I trust you slept well?" asked the Professor.
"Better than last night, I could actually breathe without nearly screaming."
"Very good, do you feel up to school this morning?"
"I think I could survive, so long as nobody tries to pick a fight with me today."
"Then get dressed. I don't feel comfortable with you walking to school in such condition."
"Yes professor."
Daniel went upstairs to change, "You recovered nicely my little soldier. You will be a fine addition to my army." Xavier said to himself.
The others woke up and came down for breakfast, glad to see that Daniel was up on his feet. Kellie immediately wanted to braid his hair, and Daniel had to run to get away from her.
"Let me see your hair!"
"No! Get away! I barely have my hair long for a few hour and you're already trying to change it!"
"Exactly how are you going to explain it to everyone else?" asked Wolverine.
"What do you mean?"
"You had normal hair on Friday, and you expect everyone to believe you grew shoulder length hair in two days?"
"Good point. I guess I'll wear a hat."
"Good idea. There's a Danger Room session after school if you feel up to it."
"We'll see about it."
"Alright. You kids get to school. You may fight evil, but that doesn't mean that you get to skip class."
Everyone loaded up in their respective cars and left for school. They talked mainly about the Registration Act and how the people at school would take it.
"How many people do you think are anti-mutant." Asked Kitty.
"Probably a lot more than we think. Duncan probably does it just because of Todd," said Tabitha.
"Yeah, but he might not be, he could just be picking on Todd period," said Jean.
"Oh like that's any better?" asked Daniel.
"Vell, ve know zhat zhere is at least von person who isn't." said Kurt, but he quickly shut up after that.
"Who?" asked Daniel.
"Uh, well I don't know, but there would have to be at least one. Not everybody can be anti-mutant can they?"
Scott and Jean exchanged a look, then continued talking. Daniel, Tabitha, and Kellie wondered what it was all about, but dismissed it as they arrived at school. They split up as they went to their classes. Daniel was crossing the quad, trying to avoid getting another shock because he ran into somebody, and saw one of Duncan's group knock an attractive looking girl down. He barely glanced at her, then continued on. Daniel sighed and shook his head.
"No wonder they say chivalry is dead," he muttered to himself.
He started helping the girl, "You okay?"
She started and talked softly, "Oh, well, yeah I'm ok."
"You gotta watch for those people, they act like they own the walkways," he said, picking up some scattered papers, "My name's Daniel."
She smiled at him, "My names Amanda.
"Oh great! Another one!"
"What do you mean?"
"I just know way too many Amanda's."
"Oh," she blushed slightly, "Well, it IS a popular girl's name."
"I guess, but does it have to be SO popular?"
He looked up and saw Kurt coming back from the soda machines, "Hey Kurt!" he called.
Amanda looked up quickly, then began to back away. "Well, I, uh, gotta go. Thanks for helping me." She said as he ran off.
Kurt came up with a worried expression on his face, "Why were you talking to her?"
"Just helping her out. Why, do you have a crush on her or something?"
"Nein! Well, no, it's not that, it's just that…well."
Daniel laughed at him, "So you like her, but you can't talk to her because of your mutation?"
"Vell….somezing like that. The professor has forbidden me to talk to her."
"Really? Why?"
"She…knows."
"About what," then Daniel's eyes widened, "OH! How did that happen?"
"Vell, a while back my imaged inducer could teleport with me, and I turned it off to port, and she saw me."
"Did she freak out or what?"
"No. She had liked me before, and when she saw that, she just seemed to like me more."
"Damn Kurt you have all the luck. It must be the fur or something."
"Ja, well in Germany, the people didn't seem to like it too much."
"Yeah, but this is America, where people are supposed to be different."
"I guess. But anyway, she invited me to a dance, and she told me that she knew. When I told the Professor, he completely lost it and forbid me to see her again."
"Wow, that's rough. I wouldn't think the professor was the forbidding type."
"You have no idea. I'm surprised he didn't try to wipe her mind."
"What do you mean? He is always against public displays of our powers."
"Ja, but evidently he can decide when it's okay to make an exception."
"Tell me about it. What happened?"
"Well, before zhe Brotherhood became friendly with us, zhey tried to tell ze vorld about us. Zhey showed up at ze soccer game state championship. It vas going to be on TV and everything. Ze professor wiped everyvone's minds after we defeated ze brotherhood."
"Was he all angry that he had to do it."
"Nein! He acted like he vas the von that saved the day for everyvon. It vas so annoying. Then ze day after, he vas already telling us that he had to do it, and zat zere vas no other way for it to be done. He seemed to make sense then, but now I'm not so sure. It's like he gets to decide when to follow ze rules."
Just then the first bell rang. "Vell, got to go, I don't want to be late for class. I'll talk to you at lunch ok?"
"Ok, see you Kurt."
Later, Daniel met Rahne in Biology. "So."
She looked at him, "Wha d'ye want?"
He grinned, "How was the dance for you and Todd?"
"Ach! First the girls and now ye? I would nae ha suspected ye to be a gossip hound Danny."
"Well I got my ass kicked that night, so I feel entitled to a little news."
"Hmph. If I ha known that ye would be requiring a fee fer every time ye saved me, I would told ye to wait for the others to get there."
"Hmph yourself, I want news!"
"Hey Rahne, hey Daniel."
Daniel and Rahne turned to find Todd next to them, "Well, speak of the devil. What's up Todd?" said Daniel.
"Nothing much, yo. How you two holding up?"
"My ribs still tingle, but I'm ok. You?"
"I'm alright. A couple of hours of sleep was all I needed."
"Well then, I'll leave you two alone."
Daniel got up and moved to a different table as Todd sat down next to Rahne and the two started talking. The teacher came in and was surprised to find that a young girl such as Rahne would be talking to Todd.
"Miss Sinclair? Is Mr. Tollensky bothering you?"
"Nay, we are fine."
The teacher shrugged, "Very well then, if you two don't mind, we'll get started."
Todd bit back the urge to say that he did mind, because he wanted to talk to Rahne some more. He just sighed and tried not to fall asleep with Rahne watching him. He couldn't believe that it was already Monday. Where did the weekend go anyway? Not that he wasn't glad to see Rahne, but two days is not long enough time to recover from school. He glanced over at her, and mentally smiled. She was so pretty. Her eyes were as green as grass, and her voice was like a birds song. He almost sighed, but that would have attracted her attention. E Focused again on the teacher. **At least Xavier is good for something. Without him I would have never met Rahne.**
At lunch Kurt and Daniel were outside, discussing the Xavier issue. Rahne was sitting over at the Brotherhood's table with Kitty and Amara. There had been a minor fight with Scott and Jean over this, but in the end, they were forced to leave them be.
Scott and Jean had walked outside to their own hill to discuss the matter.
"Amara shouldn't be hanging around Boomer, she is a bad influence. The next thing we know is that she will be running off to join the Brotherhood!"
"I seem to remember someone telling me that girls could look after themselves." Said Scott
"You know what I mean! Besides the professor will not approve of this if he finds out. They are the enemy, we should have no business with them."
"I agree. We have to get it through to them that they should not be hanging around the Brotherhood. Who knows, they might even try to use them as bait."
"I never thought of that. We'll have to tell the professor as soon as we get home."
"Right."
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Daniel still was inside the infirmary when the others got back. They updated him on the news of the Mutant Registration Act. The conversation was a heated one to put it lightly.
"This is absolute shit!" Said Daniel.
"I know, I know. These people have no right to do this to people." Said Jean.
"First this, then they're going to demand we live on a certain plot of land or something."
"Daniel you really need to calm down."
"I don't need to calm down! This world needs to get rid of this discrimination," he said.
Daniel tried to sit and bit back a scream. The wounds were healed, but his mind was still convinced that his ribs were broken. He was now feeling something like the pins and needles that occur when your foot falls asleep.
"Too bad my head doesn't believe my body when it says that it's better now."
Beast stepped in, "Yes I know, I still haven't perfected the formula yet. There might be some other….slight side affects."
"Why do I not like the sound of that?"
"The pain will fade in time, but you need rest. I'll allow you to go to school..."
"Dr, what are the side affects going to be?"
"Your hair and fingernails will be much longer. Also, no energy absorbing for a long time. It would just amplify the effects. The regenerative properties also stimulate growth. You might be an inch or two taller by the weekend."
"Great, so now I'm going to need a haircut and a manicure."
"You could leave it long if you wish, there is no hair cut limit at the school."
"Oh yeah, public school, I forgot."
At this Kellie started laughing, "Hahaha! You're going to have long hair! I wanna braid it when it grows!"
"Hell no!"
"Awww, you're not fun! You gotta let me! If you don't I'll just do it in your sleep!"
"You do and I'll toss you out the window!"
"I think that it's time for the patient to get to sleep," said Beast.
"But the conversation was getting so good!"
"Now!" he said.
Beast ushered the others outside of the room, and closed the door, "Good- night Daniel."
"Good night Dr. McCoy."
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The next morning Daniel woke up around 6 o'clock as he usually did. He had had the same dream again, and it was starting to bother him. He never had nightmares. He saw the same scenes, the same pleading voice, and the same terror. He shook his head and tried to sit up. Again he had to stifle a scream. Imagine having your entire chest fall asleep wake up until you're afraid to move because you know it's going to hurt that badly, then drop a bowling ball on it. He eased back slowly and tried not to move too much. He ran a hand through his hair and was surprised to find it down to his shoulders.
"Aw man! You didn't say it would grow this much!"
He limped up the stairs, fingering the bandanna he had on his left arm. His fingers traced the scars that the strange woman's blade had left. He sighed, "I have got to ask Wolverine to teach me some new styles."
He made his way out on the roof, the sky taking on a shade of gold as the sun was beginning to creep over the horizon. He plopped himself down on the edge, his ribs still aching. He thought about San Antonio. He was barely on the X-men for a month and he nearly got the life beat out of him. He already needed a vacation. He smiled ruefully at himself. He would ask the Professor to let him go back the next long weekend he got. He got up and went downstairs, still limping slightly.
"Lousy phantom pain." He muttered to himself.
"Good morning Daniel. I trust you slept well?" asked the Professor.
"Better than last night, I could actually breathe without nearly screaming."
"Very good, do you feel up to school this morning?"
"I think I could survive, so long as nobody tries to pick a fight with me today."
"Then get dressed. I don't feel comfortable with you walking to school in such condition."
"Yes professor."
Daniel went upstairs to change, "You recovered nicely my little soldier. You will be a fine addition to my army." Xavier said to himself.
The others woke up and came down for breakfast, glad to see that Daniel was up on his feet. Kellie immediately wanted to braid his hair, and Daniel had to run to get away from her.
"Let me see your hair!"
"No! Get away! I barely have my hair long for a few hour and you're already trying to change it!"
"Exactly how are you going to explain it to everyone else?" asked Wolverine.
"What do you mean?"
"You had normal hair on Friday, and you expect everyone to believe you grew shoulder length hair in two days?"
"Good point. I guess I'll wear a hat."
"Good idea. There's a Danger Room session after school if you feel up to it."
"We'll see about it."
"Alright. You kids get to school. You may fight evil, but that doesn't mean that you get to skip class."
Everyone loaded up in their respective cars and left for school. They talked mainly about the Registration Act and how the people at school would take it.
"How many people do you think are anti-mutant." Asked Kitty.
"Probably a lot more than we think. Duncan probably does it just because of Todd," said Tabitha.
"Yeah, but he might not be, he could just be picking on Todd period," said Jean.
"Oh like that's any better?" asked Daniel.
"Vell, ve know zhat zhere is at least von person who isn't." said Kurt, but he quickly shut up after that.
"Who?" asked Daniel.
"Uh, well I don't know, but there would have to be at least one. Not everybody can be anti-mutant can they?"
Scott and Jean exchanged a look, then continued talking. Daniel, Tabitha, and Kellie wondered what it was all about, but dismissed it as they arrived at school. They split up as they went to their classes. Daniel was crossing the quad, trying to avoid getting another shock because he ran into somebody, and saw one of Duncan's group knock an attractive looking girl down. He barely glanced at her, then continued on. Daniel sighed and shook his head.
"No wonder they say chivalry is dead," he muttered to himself.
He started helping the girl, "You okay?"
She started and talked softly, "Oh, well, yeah I'm ok."
"You gotta watch for those people, they act like they own the walkways," he said, picking up some scattered papers, "My name's Daniel."
She smiled at him, "My names Amanda.
"Oh great! Another one!"
"What do you mean?"
"I just know way too many Amanda's."
"Oh," she blushed slightly, "Well, it IS a popular girl's name."
"I guess, but does it have to be SO popular?"
He looked up and saw Kurt coming back from the soda machines, "Hey Kurt!" he called.
Amanda looked up quickly, then began to back away. "Well, I, uh, gotta go. Thanks for helping me." She said as he ran off.
Kurt came up with a worried expression on his face, "Why were you talking to her?"
"Just helping her out. Why, do you have a crush on her or something?"
"Nein! Well, no, it's not that, it's just that…well."
Daniel laughed at him, "So you like her, but you can't talk to her because of your mutation?"
"Vell….somezing like that. The professor has forbidden me to talk to her."
"Really? Why?"
"She…knows."
"About what," then Daniel's eyes widened, "OH! How did that happen?"
"Vell, a while back my imaged inducer could teleport with me, and I turned it off to port, and she saw me."
"Did she freak out or what?"
"No. She had liked me before, and when she saw that, she just seemed to like me more."
"Damn Kurt you have all the luck. It must be the fur or something."
"Ja, well in Germany, the people didn't seem to like it too much."
"Yeah, but this is America, where people are supposed to be different."
"I guess. But anyway, she invited me to a dance, and she told me that she knew. When I told the Professor, he completely lost it and forbid me to see her again."
"Wow, that's rough. I wouldn't think the professor was the forbidding type."
"You have no idea. I'm surprised he didn't try to wipe her mind."
"What do you mean? He is always against public displays of our powers."
"Ja, but evidently he can decide when it's okay to make an exception."
"Tell me about it. What happened?"
"Well, before zhe Brotherhood became friendly with us, zhey tried to tell ze vorld about us. Zhey showed up at ze soccer game state championship. It vas going to be on TV and everything. Ze professor wiped everyvone's minds after we defeated ze brotherhood."
"Was he all angry that he had to do it."
"Nein! He acted like he vas the von that saved the day for everyvon. It vas so annoying. Then ze day after, he vas already telling us that he had to do it, and zat zere vas no other way for it to be done. He seemed to make sense then, but now I'm not so sure. It's like he gets to decide when to follow ze rules."
Just then the first bell rang. "Vell, got to go, I don't want to be late for class. I'll talk to you at lunch ok?"
"Ok, see you Kurt."
Later, Daniel met Rahne in Biology. "So."
She looked at him, "Wha d'ye want?"
He grinned, "How was the dance for you and Todd?"
"Ach! First the girls and now ye? I would nae ha suspected ye to be a gossip hound Danny."
"Well I got my ass kicked that night, so I feel entitled to a little news."
"Hmph. If I ha known that ye would be requiring a fee fer every time ye saved me, I would told ye to wait for the others to get there."
"Hmph yourself, I want news!"
"Hey Rahne, hey Daniel."
Daniel and Rahne turned to find Todd next to them, "Well, speak of the devil. What's up Todd?" said Daniel.
"Nothing much, yo. How you two holding up?"
"My ribs still tingle, but I'm ok. You?"
"I'm alright. A couple of hours of sleep was all I needed."
"Well then, I'll leave you two alone."
Daniel got up and moved to a different table as Todd sat down next to Rahne and the two started talking. The teacher came in and was surprised to find that a young girl such as Rahne would be talking to Todd.
"Miss Sinclair? Is Mr. Tollensky bothering you?"
"Nay, we are fine."
The teacher shrugged, "Very well then, if you two don't mind, we'll get started."
Todd bit back the urge to say that he did mind, because he wanted to talk to Rahne some more. He just sighed and tried not to fall asleep with Rahne watching him. He couldn't believe that it was already Monday. Where did the weekend go anyway? Not that he wasn't glad to see Rahne, but two days is not long enough time to recover from school. He glanced over at her, and mentally smiled. She was so pretty. Her eyes were as green as grass, and her voice was like a birds song. He almost sighed, but that would have attracted her attention. E Focused again on the teacher. **At least Xavier is good for something. Without him I would have never met Rahne.**
At lunch Kurt and Daniel were outside, discussing the Xavier issue. Rahne was sitting over at the Brotherhood's table with Kitty and Amara. There had been a minor fight with Scott and Jean over this, but in the end, they were forced to leave them be.
Scott and Jean had walked outside to their own hill to discuss the matter.
"Amara shouldn't be hanging around Boomer, she is a bad influence. The next thing we know is that she will be running off to join the Brotherhood!"
"I seem to remember someone telling me that girls could look after themselves." Said Scott
"You know what I mean! Besides the professor will not approve of this if he finds out. They are the enemy, we should have no business with them."
"I agree. We have to get it through to them that they should not be hanging around the Brotherhood. Who knows, they might even try to use them as bait."
"I never thought of that. We'll have to tell the professor as soon as we get home."
"Right."