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Gen-X form up as Asa's eyes go yellow they are on opposite sides of the room. He fires a few blue blasts at Gen-X and they scatter. Chamber fires a blast at him, then Jubilee fires at him while he is doging the first blast. Asa goes in the air and fires more blue blasts at Chamber and Jubes. While they exchange fire, Penny, Anglo, and Paige try and work their way on either side of Asa. Sudden Asa goes into super speed and darts around the room, stopping and going. Chamber and Jubilee cannot get a good shoot on him. Energy sparks fly everywhere. Chmaber is becoming more and more angry. Angelo tries to trip Asa up stretching his leg out. Asa avoids it and suddenly Angelo is on his back with Asa standing over him. Penny Jumps in between them and slashes at Asa. Asa avoids each blow, grabs her on the arm and throws her into the wall by Angelo. Paige comes in and tries to do what she did against Sabertooth, as her outer skin feel like rock. but Asa catches her leg and spins her around like tornado until she is so dizzy she has to stay down on the floor. Paige-"ohhhh the room is spinning....(Oh I knew I should not have done that, oh I feel like throwing up.)" Chamber and jubilee both fire at the same time at his feet. The explosion causes Asa to fall to the ground. Chamber -(We got him!) He then looks over at jubes and see her still in a defensive stance, looking around the room. The room was full of smoke, and Chamber noticed he could not see Asa, then suddenly his foot was knocked out from under him and he landed face first. Chamber-"What the?" Then all of the sudden jubilee was face first on top of Chamber. Jubes-"(And I thought Monet was fast...hey what is she doing?)" Monet watch as Asa in one way or another had her teammates on the ground. Asa suddenly stopped in the middle of the room, looking at his results. Monet then jumped in the air and went full speed straight at him. Asa looked up and "Wham!" Monet knocked Asa into the wall causing a small dent to appear. Monet did not have long to savor her victory. Three blue blasts hit her in the back. Causing her to fall forward. She quickly regained balance. She could see a blur of motion coming toward her so she ran off ahead of it. For about a minute The Gen Xer's could only see two blurs running around the room. Sudden Monet stops, she has lost sight of him. Sudden she feels a hand grab her by the lower leg, then she feels herself fling through the air and hit the wall next to where she had flung Asa. She flew at him again but this time he dodged her attack and grabed her leg and threw her against the wall. She charged, he does it again. She charges a gain connects with a punch then a kick. She could tell those blows hurt him but not as much as she hoped for, final he does a round house kick and catches her in the stomach as she tried to fly off to regroup. She lands next to Penny. Jubilee and Chamber and paige have gone over to where their teammates lie. Monet is shocked on how much the blow to the stomach hurts. Gen-X huddles up. And Asa is content to wait and see what they will do next. Jubes -"ok guys we are getting our buts kick, we could at least make him sweat!" Paige- "I do not know Jubes. I think we should have had a plan. I heard he has been training in five to ten times earth's gravity, and that is a warm up!" Angelo is still a little out of it. and Monet just stands there holding her stomach. Penny keeps staring at Asa with his arm folded. Paige notices that Chamber is not in the huddle , he is right next to it facing Asa who is at the other side of the room, and Chamber is mad. Asa suddenly feel an energy surge coming from Chamber. Logan who has been watching carefully speaks-"ok times up, Gen X you lose." Chamber-(Noooo!)

The room shakes violently as a burst of energy shoots out of Chamber upper body. It hits Asa in his upper body and explodes. The explosion shakes the room even more violently. Asa is totally off guard. Logan jumps in *Skint! -"Chamber that is enough!" The whole room in a wreck. Paige -"Oh my God, what did you do?" The opposite side of the room was covered in smoke, Logan could not smell anything but smoke, but heknew nothing was moving where Asa had been. Chamber -(Oh no what have I done? It just came out like that.) Jubes with a very worried look on his face-"Asa!" She is about to go on that side of the room when Logan grabs her by the arm. "Hold it darlin' This side of the room is barely stable, the other side could cave in" Jubes-"Oh God is he dead Wolvie?" Logan-"Let the smoke clear. and we will see." the smoke final clears up reveling that the improvments to the room had indeed held up better then exspected. However there were a variety of holes and dents. Suddenly they saw Asa. He had his arms crossed in front of him in a protective manner an energy sheild had formed in front of him. and had his face bowed and hidden behind his arms. he was standing but not moving. Jubes-"Asa your alright!" Asa drops his arms and reveals a very angry expression on his face and his eyes were now blue. Angelo -(He is pissed.)

Jubes is releved to see that Asa is ok, but she does not like the expression on his face. Asa makes a few angry steps thoward Chamber. Chamber- (Wow he is barely touched.....I am dead) Asa takes a few more steps. Logan jumps in between them. Logan- "Easy Asa." Asa continues to advance. *Snikt Logan pops out the rest of his claws. Logan - (Oh boy this could get out of hand)...Calm down Moose. Now!" Jubes grabs Asa by the forearm Jubes- "Come with dear, sweet, adorable, kind, who you would never blast little sister" Asa just stares at her. She than put a sweet adorale look on her face uausally reserved for when she wants something. Asa's eyes return to normal and has a confused look on his face. Jubes leads him out as Most of the Gen-X team follows. Logan looks at Chamber. Logan- "I know your pretty powerful yourself, but I think you just got lucky kid." Chamber is suddenly alone.

Asa is sitting down as Jubes and Paige look him over in their medical area.

Asa is fuming a bit, but is quickly claming down. Jubes - "Well Moose I cannot see any damage, but boy is Frosty going to be mad." Asa-"Lovely." Paige with a concerned look -"Asa please don't hurt him." Asa - (Hurt him...I am the one that got blasted.) Don't worry paige I will not do anything rash." Pagie and Jubes - (Whew!) Asa face then supports an evil grin - "At least not for awhile." Paige and Jubes -(Oh boy)

Later that evening before dinner Paige finds Chamber and chats with him. Paige -"Jonathan what do you think you were doing?" Chamber - "I do not know love, I just lost it for a second" Paige - "Hey you both are powerful you two could have gotten into a fight causing lots of damageor that blow could have hurt him if he had not put up his energy sheild." Chamber - "I know, I wa just, just..." Paige-"Just what?" Chamber _"Well jealous, I mean you have not stopped talking about him since we have gotten back.' Paige burts out laughing -" Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.....snort.....oh Jonahthan" Chamber - "What?" Paige leans in closely and starts tracing his chest-" Asa is is stong, kind- hearted, wise, and cut.....but I think your much more handsome..." Chanber- "Really?" Paige - " Asa has been a source of insperation for me in the past few weeks, but he is nothing more than a friend..." She kisses his forehead carefully. Chamber blushes.

The next day Asa is sitting outside with penny playing his gituar for her, she sits and smiles as she listens to the melody. Chamber comes out. Chamber - "Mr. Steel could I talk with you?" Asa -"Feel free." Asa does not look in his direction. Penny leaves. Chamber - "I am sorry about blasting you when the contest was over." Asa - "No problem, you have quite a power there, however that blast could have hurt your teammates as well as your adversary, I know you may have heard this before but with great power comes great responibility, not only can you hurt your eneimies but your friends as well." Chamber just looks down. Asa _"you know Paige does chat about you quite often." Chamber- "She does? Sometimes it is not so easy for me, I mean having a lot of power is cool sometimes, but ummm missing certian parts of my body can be hard." Asa - "I do not know what the future holds, but maybe one day you will be able to remedy that." Chamber- "Think so mate?" Asa- "God only knows, one cannot live without hope, even if that hope sometimes comes up empty." Chamber - "I really do care about Paige, I Just wish I could express...." Asa- "whoa, slow down there "mate", take your time and have fun for the time being." Chamber - "I understand." Asa - "You better least her big brother comes and has to teach you a lesson." Camber puts up his hands in mock defense - "I promise I have the most honorable intentions inmind." Asa grins - "You better, I mean Sam has mentioned you a few times and well......ummm never mind." Asa starts to return to the school with Chamber following. Close behind.

As they enter the school Angelo, Monet, and Penny happen to catch them walking through the door. Chamber - Come on please?" Asa- "No." Chamber - "Come on I really want to know." Asa - "No." Chamber - " Come on mate, I 'll blast you again." Asa- "Ha Ha Ha...No." The there Gen -X members just look at each other.

Over the next few days Logan takes Jubes out and spends time with her. Asa continues to train with gen - X, but under more controled circummstances. Chamber keeps bugging Asa and Asa still has the same answer, confusing everyone. Paige is happy to see both Chamber and Asa getting along. Logan leaves and Asa is left alone with Gen-X for two days. Angelo losenes some screws on Asa's bed, causing it to fall apart. The next evening Angelo finds his bed nailed to the ceiling. Sean calls Asa and informs him that they will be gone another few days. Asa almost cried. Asa takes Gen-X out to a park for a few hours, and treats them to some of the best homemade meals they ever had every night for dinner. Monet challeneges Asa. She is determined to beat him, but the results are the same. Monet's ego is brusied a little, she is not used to having even senior members of the X- men being head and shoulders above her. Shealso is starting to be attracted to him as well, she always had a thing for power. Penny has lost her usual shy ways around him, they go for a walk every evening and hhe makes her some homemade apple pie. Jubes and Asa spend a lot of time talking, training and goofing around, she is starting to really enjoy having a "big brother". He is also starting to sence that she is getting stronger. Paige has some more training sessions with Asa. She is starting to improve her skills and is quickly gaining confidence, even when Asa knocks her on her butt. Asa rents a paint ball course and Gen-X has a blast. Finally it is the afternoon before he has to leave. Asa has enjoyed his time with gen-X,but is looking forward to leaving. It is 2:00pm and Asa and Monet have just finished another session alone, she still cannot beat him. Asa - "Well Monet we are done, it was a pleasure to train with you." Asa turns to grab a towel and heads for a shower, suddenly he is flat on his back with Monet on top of him. Asa is unamused, but is quickly shocked as Monet leans down and kisses him. After a few moments she sits back on his stomach and smiles taking in his confused expression. Monet - "I believe I have the advantage now Mr. Steel." Asa - "ha ha....could I please get up now?" Asa tries to raise up off the floor, suddenly Monet grabs his arms and pushes him back down, much to his supprise and leans in very close to him, until she is face to face with him. Asa -(Oh boy I think I am enjoying this a little too much.....ummm why is the term jail bait repeating in my head?). Monet kisses him again. The fist one he stayed passive, now he was finding himself wanting to......... Asa - (Ok cold water time!) Asa gently but firmly grabs her arms and forces her into a seated position. Asa -"Monet what has gotten into you?" She just smiles. Stands up and walks out. Asa just lays their wondering just what happened. Asa -(That was interesting.)

later that evening Jubes notices how Asa is keeping a wide berth away from Monet, and Monet instead of her usual proper demeanor is sporting a smile, she notices how it sort of turns into an evil grin everytime she looks Asa's direction. Later as Asa sits out side carefuly looking around for Monet, Jubes sits down next to him. Asa - "Hey Little sister." Jubes - "Hey "big brother"." Asa - "You enjoy your time with Logan." Jubes - "Yes, I did. It was the first time in a while we did something together. Altough I think his credit card bill will weigh a lot this month." Asa - "Ummm...I must remember to be out when he gets it, you know old Wolviee and me have been training a lot together." Jubes - "yeah, he told me. He likes someone that can push him a bit and not have to take it easy on them." Asa - "He certianly has skills." Jubes - "I am also glad to get a chance to spend some time with you Asa. I like having a big brother that can kick butt." Asa - "Thanks girl, the pleasure is all mine." Jubes - " So what is going on between you and Monet?" Asa with a frown - " Let's just say we had an interesting training secssion." Jubes giggles Asa - "Hey let's you and me go get some dessert for everyone, I will even let you drive my Hum-vee part of the way." Jubes -"Awesome, are you sure you want to leave them alone for a while?" Asa - "What are they going to do, blow up the place?" (Why do I feel as if I just uttered a prophetic statement?)

An hour later he is relived to see the place still standing. In the morning Asa prepares a farewell breakfast for Gen-X. He greets Emma and Sean as they return, having siad his good-byes to Gen-X already he quickly leaves. Later that day Emma visits the new danger room. Emma -"ASA!" Being half way back to the X-Mansion as swears he hears someone yelling his name.

Next Chapter - Some new mutants visit the Mansion.