))) hello again. Do I have any readers out there who can draw? I'm not the best drawer in the world and I wish I had a picture of Naddie, and maybe one of all the X-Men, including honorary members, in uniform. If there's anyone out there nice enough to volunteer, that would be awesome! One of these days, I'm going to get a website and put my fanfictions on there and it would be great to have pics. Anyways, later! (((

Ron sprinted to his room after grabbing some leftovers for Rufus to eat. He sat down on the bed beside his naked mole rat friend and held up his uniform. It was tight. It was black. Ron groaned. He couldn't imagine himself in this. Guys like Kurt and Scott can pull of this look because they're so graceful, agile, strong, and sure of themselves. But what about Ron, the King of Clumsiness? This was going to be interesting.

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Naddie quickly put on her uniform. Since she was a late sleeper, she was used to getting ready quickly. She just had one problem. Her long brown hair would never stay out of her face if she went in the Danger Room without tying it back.

"Kitty always wears her hair up," Naddie thought to herself. "I'll go borrow a hair tie from her." She left her room and walked down the hall a little. Here's Ron's room, and Kim's. . . Kitty said her room was by Kim's. Naddie chose the door to the right of Kim's room and knocked. Kitty stuck her head through the door.

"Oh, good, it's you," Naddie said. "I didn't know if I had the right room. Listen, Kitty, sorry to bother you, but can I borrow a scrunchie? My hair would never last if I wore it down in the Danger Room."

"Sure, like, no problem," Kitty said. "Come on in!" She grabbed Naddie's hand and phased both of them back through the door.

"Woa, that was cool," Naddie said. Kitty laughed and walked over to her dresser. She found a scrunchie and tossed it to Naddie. Naddie caught it and pulled her hair back into a ponytail.

"I just don't see how Kim and Jean do it! I could never fight with my hair down, it's always getting in my face," Naddie said.

"Yea, I totally know what you mean," Kitty replied. "It's just, like, so much easier to tie your hair back and forget about it!"

There was a flash and Kurt appeared. Kitty waved away the smoke, looking annoyed.

"Kurt! I could have been, like, changing or something!" Kitty said.

"But you weren't!" he said grinning. "Scott said you girls need to hurry." Kitty looked at her watch.

"It's only been thirteen minutes," she insisted.

"Tell that to Mr. Leader!" Kurt said sarcastically. "Everyone else is already waiting."

"Well then, I guess I'd better, like, take the express," Kitty said, and started to phase through the floor. "See you there."

"Fast way?" Kurt offered to Naddie.

"Fast way," she replied. She put her hand on his shoulder and they ported down to the Danger Room. Kitty was just coming up behind them.

"There you are," Scott said. "You know, the Brotherhood would never give us fifteen minutes to prepare for battle!"

"Come on, man," Evan said. "Let's just do this."

"Fine," Scott replied. "Kim, Ron, Naddie, you three ready?" They nodded. "Good. I've picked out a nice, simple simulation for newcomers. Be ready."

Naddie walked over to where Ron was standing and had to cover her mouth to keep from laughing.

"Ronnie!" she exclaimed, admiring his costume. He blushed. "You look good. Black is your color!"

"You don't look half bad yourself, Nadds," Ron replied. Naddie smiled and looked down at her own skintight, black leather uniform.

"I kinda like it," she said sincerely. "I just need to work it in a little. New leather, ugh! I can barely move!"

Scott started the program and a fairly simple-looking obstacle course appeared. "There is one flag for each person at the end of this course. Go get the flag and return here."

"That's it?" Kim asked.

"That's it," Scott replied.

"Kim, be on your toes," Naddie warned.

"I think I can handle it, thanks," she said, and grabbed a rope to pull herself over a wall, the first obstacle. Naddie sighed and followed. Kim climbed to the top of the wall and vaulted over easily. On the other side were tires you were supposed to run through. Kim laughed to herself and started.

Ron saw an opening appear in the wall up ahead, right near where Kim was. "KP, look out!" he shouted. Kim noticed and ducked just as a disc came flying from the wall. She dodged another and flipped over a third coming straight at her.

"So," she thought to herself. "This is the Danger Room! Wonder what else there is. . ." Kim continued through the obstacle course, jumping, dodging, running, and climbing. Scott was right behind her and so was Kitty. Kim suddenly felt very competitive and put on an extra burst of speed, running towards one of the last obstacles, a pit, about 10 feet wide. There was a rope tied to one side she was supposed to use to swing over. Kim grabbed the rope and swung over. The flags were right there, she was almost there. Then she heard a rumbling from the ceiling. Kim looked up and saw a huge boulder falling towards her. She would never be able to avoid it in time. She felt herself being tackled and she glanced back upwards as the boulder came crashing down on her.