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Chapter 4- Truth
It was early for Jack. They hadn't given him time to adjust to the time difference, and he was feeling it at this time of the morning. He could also see it on Bryans face as well.
Xavier told him that he gathered all of the available teachers and the more experienced students, to his surprise the only other student their was a blue boy named Kurt.
"Well, I guess you've almost met everyone here. The boy sitting in front of your is Kurt. The teacher to your right is Beast, and I think that's it for all of the people you need to know.
He eyed everyone, and after feeling like he had known them, decided it was the right time to tell, and he already checked it over with Bryan.
"Xavier, I really do feel as though I owe you the truth strait from my mouth, especially after all you've done for me." He looked around the table, and the only eyes that he could see were really interested, were the only eyes he thought would be, Storm, Jean, and Scott. "Four years ago I left due to finding out my brother was alive. Now that was part of the truth.
I left for Europe knowing the truth. It was a letter sent to me, none of you saw the letter because I destroyed it. It was sent saying he found Bryan, telling me that he was alive, and despite all of that great news, he told me he had brain washed him into following him. I went there, and of course it was all a setup, when I arrived Bryan was waiting there, and he was a mutant, with coincidentally the same powers as my brother and I. On that day I didn't beat him, I didn't convince him. I just planted a seed within his head. That was all I could do. I had fights practically every day, little did I know my loving brother was merely wearing me down for when we had our fateful fight, even with it, he barely beat me.
Although he did beat me, and that is accountable for six months I spent in the hospital, but unfortunately he didn't kill me, unfortunate for him. I found the place he was hiding, and attacked with all that I could muster, and still nothing. I didn't find him for another year, and that was when he sent Bryan to kill me. I somehow managed to convince Bryan that all he was telling were lies, convinced him of the truth. That was two weeks ago. Yesterday, or two days ago, I've been rather horrid with time as of late. We were attacked, and nearly missed our flight." Jack finished.
All of the mutants were practically sitting in awe. The individuals that he had never met not entirely sure of what was going on, the rest other than Xavier appeared shocked.
Scott was the first to speak. "Why couldn't you just tell us then what was happening?" Scott demanded.
"Yeah, we could have handled what happened. Why did you think that you have to always do things on your own? Your almost as bad as Logan!" Jean followed with.
All of the other students were being respectful, or just not caring, and not getting involved in things that weren't their business. Xavier was looking at Bryan, who had his head knelt down. I wonder what's bothering him? Jack thought.
"It was family business. Although I agree that you should of at least told one of us what was happening." Storm said.
"So, like what does that really have to do with anything anymore?" Kitty said, obviously less than moved by his tale.
"Absolutely nothing." Jack agreed with her. "I just thought that you deserved the truth, so they don't find it out when my brother inevitably comes here." Jack cursed at himself for letting that slip.
"Vow, you mean that your brother vill be coming here?" Kurt asked.
"Yeah, like that changes some things." Kitty added her opinion.
Scott glared at him through his glasses in disbelief, and Jean was not quite happy at this moment either. Bryan still had his head knelt, probably feeling this wasn't the right place for him, or still not over all the facts.
"I know. You think I'm trying to get you into danger here. Well, I'm not." Jack said. "I want my brother to have a safe place to live, or at least the closest you can get to safe, and this is the only place I can really think of that would be like that." He remembered what Bryan had said to him the previous night, and suddenly realized that he was right. He was just practically dumping Bryan here.
Bryan now looked up at him now, unsure of what really to say, he just asked to leave. "Xavier, would you mind if I went back to my room? I'm still feeling fatigued from the flight."
"Of course, Bryan." With that he took his leave.
"So now we can actually talk." Xavier said. "How long do you plan on staying for this time, Jack?" He asked harshly.
"Yeah, your brother is really going to feel abandoned if you only stay here a few days and then take off!" Scott added trying to make Jack feel guilt, in which he didn't succeed.
"To be truthful, I don't have real long term plans. Maybe a month, and that's only if I don't hear anything about him. Bryan wouldn't even tell me what happened, he wouldn't utter a word of what had happened in that cursed place." Jack said remembering.
"That's not real fair to the boy." Xavier scolded him.
"Fair or not, it's better then fighting every single damn day. It's better than going on for one purpose. Xavier, I don't have a future after this. Please understand that. If I kill him, something is going to be gone from me, I will never be the same again." Jack said with his hands holding his head from crashing onto the table he was sitting at.
"Heh, that sounds almost too simple then. Don't fight him." Kurt said as though it were that simple. The rest of the group giggled a little, but unfortunately it wasn't a laughing matter for Jack.
"If I could do that believe me, I would. I'm going insane, day by day. The only thing that soothes that feeling is knowing that he's out their for me to kill. The only thing! I would sell my soul if it meant knowing where he were at this moment." Jack said solemnly.
"Well, knowing that. Let us end this meeting for today. X-Men, you have your usual training to keep up with, and Jack I'm sure your rather tired, so you can get some sleep if you wish." With that Jack decided to take his leave from the room, and knew that they would talk about what he had just told them.
**
Rogue sat still confused as to what had happened. No one had really bothered to fill her in as to what had happened with Jacks history, and his story was extremely confusing for her.
For a few moments the room was silent, and Rogue could tell from the confused looks on Kitty and Kurt that they were lost as well, and Rogue had a serious doubt that they were about to be informed any time soon.
"So like, what just happened?" Kitty asked.
Xavier sighed, and it appeared Beast had the same insight that the professor had, and neither Scott nor Jean really looked like they knew, to Rogues surprise.
"It has just been revealed to us that Jack isn't someone we can entirely trust at the moment." Xavier announced. Scott and Jeans eyes both widened in surprise.
"What do you mean by that, professor?" Scott immediately blurted out.
"I was hoping at least one of you would have picked this up, but it cannot be helped. I consider Jack to be Bryan's guardian angel at this moment. He views it as more of if he lives a tortured life, than Bryan can live a happy life. He unfortunately feels that his brother Simon is the one thing that must be destroyed, for his own selfish reasons and because of Bryan's safety." Xavier said hoping someone would pick up the pattern other than Storm or Beast.
"Ah get it-" Rogue said. "If anyone like Magneto comes into tah mix, he might be willin' to except their proposal if they offer him his brother." The others now blinked and realized the same thing.
"Yes." Xavier said grimly. "That is something that must not happen, yet I have the feeling it will, or by the end of this Jack will be torn against us somehow. Now, let us consider this meeting dismissed." Xavier, Storm and Beast left the room, without a doubt to Rogue discussing how they should handle the situation.
The students got up, wary and some even still groggy, none really expecting this.
"So like, what do we do around them now?" Kitty was the first to speak her mind. Not surprisin'. Rogue thought.
"We do nothing. We treat them as we would normally." Jean informed them. "Jack is almost out of our reach, in fact he very well may be. But that doesn't mean that Bryan is, so we can't give up hope on either of them, if only for Bryan's sake. Now, let's just go about this as it was a normal day.
**
Jack could see in their eyes that they had a discussion, as he roamed around the Institute while his brother was sleeping.
He ran into Xavier, who was himself just grabbing a snack. "Xavier." Jack said to the professor.
"Jack." Xavier said.
That was about the extent that any of his conversations lasted, which surprised Jack, especially when it came to Xavier. He knew something had happened, and it only took him a few minutes to realize that it more than likely had to involve his statement before he left the "meeting.".
That night Bryan was silent, as was the rest of the mansion to Jack, so he decided to take a stroll.
