Tag Exercise

Logan read out of his newspaper, as he sat at the bay window seat in the kitchen. He looked up as Elizabeth entered the kitchen. She looked at him, and smiled. "Hi Logan!"

Logan raised an eyebrow at her. "You're not planning on pulling any stunts like you did the other night, are ya?" He asked.

Elizabeth smiled, and opened the refrigerator. She took out a bottle of water, and drank out of it. She stopped, and looked at him. She walked towards him, and pulled up a chair. She sat in the chair, and looked at him. He raised his eyebrow, and his eyes moved to look at her. "Well?" He asked.

"Oh, come on, Logan. You mean to tell me you didn't have fun the other night?" She asked.

Logan put his newspaper on his lap and turned to face her. "Elizabeth, I don't have fun. I live at the institute, help out the Prof, and train you kids!"

Elizabeth sat back in her chair, and raised her eyebrow at him. "You don't scare me, Logan."

Logan looked back into his newspaper, "Well, you don't impress me, Elizabeth."

Elizabeth sat up straight, with a look of shock on her face. "And we don't probe minds without permission." Logan finished.

Elizabeth rolled her eyes, "Logan, when was the last time you had any sort of fun at all?" She asked.

Logan sighed, and put his newspaper down on his lap. "Elizabeth, what do you want from me?"

Elizabeth grinned. "I want a one on one in that room." She grinned.

Logan raised his eyebrows. "Excuse me?"

Elizabeth leaned forward, "You heard me."

Logan stared at her. "You're playin' with fire, young lady."

Elizabeth laughed, "No I'm not. That play fight we had the other night wasn't even that hard, Logan!"

"Look, you're a kid." Logan stuttered.

"Am I catching you off guard, dear Logan?" Elizabeth smirked.

Logan cleared his throat, and turned back to his newspaper as Peter walked into the kitchen, followed by a persistent Evan. "Come on, Peter! I have to practice driving for my driver's test, and the Prof says he wants me to drive with a licensed driver! You're the only one who will have the patience to put up with me!" Evan begged.

Peter turned to him, "Look, porcupine. I do have patience, but when it comes to my car; my beloved, beloved car; no one drives it but me!"

Evan sighed frustratingly, and looked at Logan and Elizabeth sitting by the window. "Logan, can you drive with me?" Evan asked.

Logan shook his head, "Sorry kid. No way!"

"Hi Elizabeth!" Peter smiled.

Elizabeth tilted her head at him. "Peter, all you do with your little precious Escalade is wipe it with a diaper! Come on, let me drive!" Evan begged again.

Peter rolled his eyes and turned to him, "Evan, do you not understand English? The answer is no!"

Evan kicked the floor, and stomped out of the room. Peter laughed, and shook his head. He sat at the table near Elizabeth and Logan. "You have a good first day, Elizabeth?" Peter asked.

Elizabeth shrugged. "It was okay. Different from the school I used to go to in England." She sighed.

Peter sighed, "Yeah, I'm really sorry about the way Tara treated you. I really want her to be friends with the girls that I'm friends with."

Elizabeth scoffed, "Peter, I barely know you. We're not friends just yet."

Elizabeth stood up, and walked out of the room. "Difficult girl." Peter sighed.

"You have no idea." Logan said.

Peter looked at him, "What do you mean?"

Logan shrugged. "Never mind."

"Okay! Scott and Elizabeth! You two will work together on this exercise. You'll execute the tag exercise. The object is to use your abilities to tag the other on the X on your shoulders. Elizabeth, the danger room's images aren't real, just remember that, okay?" Beast said over the intercom system in the danger control room.

"Alright, Beast!" Elizabeth smiled.

Scott sighed, as he stood on the other side of the danger room. Beast switched on the exercise.

Elizabeth looked at her surroundings, and saw a forest setting around her. She was surrounded by trees. "Wow! Wicked!" She smiled to herself.

She began to walk down the isle of trees, looking for Scott.

Scott sighed, and looked around him. He walked down the dirt path, leading towards the forest in front of him.

Elizabeth stopped, and quickly ran to phase in the shadows behind a group of trees, as she saw Scott walking down the path towards her. She smiled, and took out her sword handle. She formed the blade of her sword, and charged it. She saw Scott approach the area where she was hiding, and she quickly swiped her sword, and cut the tree down. The tree fell towards Scott, and he looked up, and used his laser blasts from his eyes at the tree. The tree blew into pieces, and he looked to where the tree was. He saw nothing. "Playing with my mind, huh, Elizabeth?" He yelled.

He turned around, and Elizabeth jumped on his neck, locking her legs behind his head. She punched him in the face, and she quickly flipped under him, and he flipped over onto the ground. She rolled away from him, and turned to look at him. He stood up, and looked at her. He shot at her, and she jumped away from it. She jumped towards him, and kicked him down. She fell to her back, and she quickly flipped back up onto her feet. She took out a smoke bomb, and threw it to the ground. The bomb went off in front of Scott. Scott stood back up to his feet, and waved his hand to clear the smoke away. The smoke cleared enough for him to see, and he saw that she was gone. He ran down the path to look for her.

Brian laughed from the danger control room. "I'm sorry, Beast, but I've never seen someone so frustrated by the games she plays." He laughed.

Beast looked at him. "No harm done. Besides, Elizabeth's playing a little smarter than Scott is." He smiled.

Brian grinned. "You know, Betsy and I used to play fight with each other. She'd use her martial arts abilities to the full extent, but of course, she'd never been able to hurt me."

"You two have never been involved with using your powers against anything?" Beast asked.

Brian shook his head, "The only other mutants we've known our whole lives were Professor Xavier, and our father. We've never met any mutants besides them."

They turned their attention back to the danger room below, as they heard Scott using his energy blasts.

Elizabeth flipped off of a tree, and landed on her feet, squatting to break her fall, as Scott shot at her. She lit her fist, and she ran towards him. He shot another laser at her, and she flew back. She hit her back against a tree, and fell to the ground. She looked up at him, with an angry look on her face. "I didn't want to have to do this, but you obviously leave me no choice!" Elizabeth snapped.

Elizabeth closed her eyes, and used her telepathy to stun Scott's mind. Scott immediately froze, and threw his hands on the sides of his head, as he felt a pain shooting through his head. The pain eased, and before he could even look up, he heard Elizabeth scream, and he flew back as she kicked him. He looked up, and shot the lasers from his eyes, at her, but, was shocked to see they went right through her. He stood up, and tried to push her, but his hands phased through her. "What?" He snapped.

"Fooled you!" He heard from behind him.

He turned around, and Elizabeth heel handed him in the face. She then turned around, and kicked him in the chest. He grabbed onto her, and she bent forward, and threw her leg up behind her, kicking him in the face. He let go, and she jumped up, and spun around, kicking him in the face. Scott twisted around, falling to the ground. She jumped on his back, and sat down onto his back, as he attempted to get up. She grabbed his chin, and lifted his head back. She lit her other fist, and held it around his throat. "Don't make me use this on you too!" She snapped.

He attempted to lift his arms, but she wrapped her legs under them, and restrained them. "What is it with you?!" He snapped.

"That's what I want to ask you, you bloody wanker! Brian and I are not up to whatever your demented little pea brain has thought up! We came here to the Institute to learn the same things you people are! Accept us, or ignore us! Your choice!" Elizabeth snapped.

"Let me go!" Scott yelled.

Elizabeth dissolved the blade from her fist, and grabbed onto his shoulder, with her other hand still under his chin. She lifted him back towards her, still restraining him. She reached over, and tagged the X on his shoulder. "Tag, you're it!" She snapped.

She let him drop, and she stood to her feet. Scott turned around onto his back, and looked up at her. She held out her hand. He sighed, and grabbed it. She helped him up to his feet. She saw the illusions around her disappear. She looked at Scott, and walked out of the room. "Okay, well, I think that will definitely be all for today!" Beast said through the intercom system.

Brian looked at Beast, and smirked. "She's made him mad enough, you think?" He asked.

Beast laughed. "Well, I think that Elizabeth also needs to control that temper of hers. However, I'm glad at the fact that she didn't hold back." Beast said, as he began to type into the system.

Brian let out a laugh, "She was holding back, Beast. If she really wanted to, she would have killed him. Betsy was trained to be an assassin when she was a child, Beast. She has an incredible amount of stealth. Believe me, I've seen her use her martial arts to a full extent, and that was definitely not all of her."

Beast glanced at him. "Well, hopefully she'll be able to hold back the killing in the field. However, for a first time exercise, she did remarkably well." Beast said.