Bryan woke up, and to his surprise Jack was already gone, then again Bryan never could remember him coming in the previous night.

                He got dressed in his black shirt; black baggy pants all that were too much a reminder of Simon. He walked out of the room, and decided it was time for breakfast, but when he looked at the clock it showed it was eleven forty-five am. Lunch sounds better, anyways. He told himself.

                Before he could get into the Institutes kitchen, he bumped into Kurt, or Kurt ported into him.

                "Ouch!" Bryan said.           

                Kurt gave a short anxious laugh. "Sorry about that. Rogue is trying to kill me!" Kurt said hastily.

                "Why?" Bryan asked.

                "She thinks that I stole her diary. Vhen in fact it was Kitty, and she told Rogue she saw me in there room!" Kurt replied.

                "That sucks." Bryan said with a faint smile on his face that was forced.

                "Man, you're telling me!" In the distance they heard Rogue screaming at him.

                "Uh oh! I'm getting outta here! Talk to ya' later, Bryan." The bamf sound came, and then Kurt was gone, but within ten seconds Rogue came.

                "Where's the blue boy?" She yelled toward Bryan.

                "He just teleported off somewhere." Bryan informed her.

                "Well great. Ah am going to kill him when Ah get my hands on him!" She said starting to run off. "Bryan, by the way. The prof. Said he wanted to speak to yah." She said running after Kurt.

                Bryan felt something bad was about to happen, and when he got there, Xavier assuaged his bad feeling.

                "Bryan, good I'm glad that Rogue got the message to you." Xavier greeted him. "Now, we need to discuss how you should behave at school." Jacks face went white as snow.

                "Now, you need to know that even though you have the ability to literally kill the other kids with ease, that you can't. Even if they provoke you, you need to show restraint and just walk it off." Xavier said to the still dumbfound look on Bryan's face.

                "Now Bryan, I really do look at school as a test. It's really a test to see if you can show restraint and resist the temptations of hostility. I know you're strong enough to take it all, and not have to resort to physical violence. Now, do you have any questions?" Bryan still looked extremely pale.

                "School? Why… do… I… have to go to… school?" Bryan asked, still shocked that he had to go.

                "Because it is a good opportunity, and I think your brother would want you to go, and receive an education." Xavier replied.

                Bryan blinked, and some color had reentered his face. "Xavier, exactly what grade am I going to be in?" Bryan asked with a curious look in his eye.

                "Why, ninth of course." Xavier replied to Bryan's dismay.

                "Xavier, let's think about this. For over four years I was on Simon's side, you already know that. Now, do you think he actually taught me anything worth knowing?" Bryan asked. Xavier shook his head no. "And I can assure you he didn't enroll me into a school, I am pretty sure he tried to make me forget everything, actually." Bryan finished with his head down.

                "Bryan, I actually have given that thought, and do you believe I would send you into something that I didn't think you were ready for? You're a bright individual, and you pick seem to be able to learn things very quickly." Bryan gave another fake smile to that, and Xavier sighed.

                "I guess, professor. But I am four years behind the rest of the students, I have no clue where their at. It will probably take me a few months just to catch up. I can handle the ridicule, but I can't handle…" constantly worrying about Jack and thinking that Simon could be coming here… Bryan finished to himself.

                "Like, you don't really have to worry. We'll be here all the time to like, help you and stuff." A new voice said, without having to look Bryan knew it was Kitty, and Bryan remained silent.

                "You won't be in this alone, Bryan. Now, here is your schedule. I must be off; I have things to look after. Now, do you have any questions before I leave?" Xavier asked with a half smile on his face.

                "Yeah, just one. Where is Jack?" Bryan asked looking Xavier strait in the eyes.

                "He apparently decided to take a stroll last night. I just got a call from him this morning; he'll be back late tonight it appears. He ran into an old friend of his, it seems." Xavier said and left.

                Kitty walked up to him. "Can I like, take a look at your schedule?" She asked practically just grabbing it from him. "That's like cool, we have the same PE and the computer lab class your taking I'm like, teachers assistant in." She said with a smile.

                "That's cool." He said with another fake smile, only she seemed to buy it.

                "Like, I've got some stuff to take care of, I'll talk to you later!" She said phasing through the floor.

                Bryan went down to his room, he stayed their for remainder of the day, although around dinner time he went up for dinner, he wasn't sure why they were having him still eat with the more 'experienced' X-Men. It was something that bothered him for a few moments, but he never let anything get the better of him for more than a few moments, he hadn't given anything other than the thought of killing his brothers more than an hour in the past four years.

                "Hey Bryan!" Kitty greeted him, and a chorus of greetings followed, to which he met with a mere nod, followed it.

                "So, what have you been doing, been getting ready for school?" Jean asked him. Why are they being so damn nice to me? Bryan thought. He always figured that they would be nice if it fit their time schedule, even Jack had told him that much, but they were going out of their way to try to make him feel comfortable.

                "Just been looking around. And I would like to know, who left the Most Bizarre Murders book on my bed left open to the face of my family?" Bryan asked intently. It wasn't that he minded it all that much; he just wanted to make sure to pay back the individual when the time came.

                Unfortunately they didn't see it as a minor deal. "What? Who would do something like that?" Scott raged. "If I find out who did that, I will personally see to it they never do something that lame again!" Scott continued to show his rage, and the other students, Kitty, Kurt, Rogue and Jean all seemed shocked as well.

                "It really doesn't matter. It just actually reminds me that I can't go to school under this name, as it is well, dead." Bryan said, and the others all nodded with skeptic looks in their eyes.

                "I think the professor had need to talk to you over that, actually." Kurt informed him. "Or he said something like that." He said digging into the lasagna.

                "Like Kurt, quit eating like that! It's disgusting!" Kitty scolded him.

                "You always say that, and I cannot help that this is the natural way I eat!" He protested to a song to which Bryan it seemed had been sung one thousand times.

                "I'm also kinda curious…" Bryan said and now everyone was paying attention. "Who is that black kid in some of the pictures with you guys? I found out on my own his name was Evan, or Spyke, whichever you guys preferred to call him. But what happened to him, he die or something?" Bryan asked looking at their eyes.

                Scott looked around the table, and decided to speak on the matter. "Or something." Was the first answer he gave to Bryan. "It is something we kinda don't like to talk about. He lived here up until less than a year ago. He drank a substance that was harmful to mutants, and his powers suddenly developed into a… non-human look." Scott answered with sorrow in his eyes.

                "Anyways, never ever talk to Ororo about him. He was, or is her nephew, and she probably will kill you if you even mention it, and we usually bite off someone's head whenever it's mentioned to us, but since your new I guess your ignorance can be forgiven." Scott finished.

                "Oh, sorry." Scott said with his head down, and he started to eat.

                "Like, since you asked a question, I kinda would like to know. It's not too personal or anything. But Jack always seems to be looking like he can like, read minds or something. Do you know anything about that?" Kitty asked, yet Jeans eyes showed far more interest than Kitty.

                Bryan shrugged. "I don't know. I don't think he can, I think he just has a very good judgment of character. He told me once, 'A humans mind is like a book, and the words are shown through their actions and their deeds. If you can read one, you can read them all.' I have just figured that's all it is." Bryan said with wonder in his eyes.

                "For a guy who can read other people so well, he really didn't see what was coming with Simon that well, or does he read where he himself is going." Scott said his thoughts out loud which got him a kick in the shin from Jean.

                "I don't really care if you talk about that. With Simon, Jack always said something bad was going to happen with him, he always warned my parents that he was going to snap and kill someone. As for my brother, I also noticed that he could tell where everyone else is going; yet when it came to him he acted clueless. He told me 'When you try to"

                "Read yourself it's like trying to read a foreign language that doesn't exist." The calm voice of Jack interrupted.

                When Bryan looked back he saw Jack, and another figure, a man who he had seen before.

                "What's going on?" Rogue yelled. "Ah thought yah had to schedule visits!" She said with an evil frown.

                "Don't worry so much, Rogue. He's a mutant, too. And from what I've gathered, he and Xavier used to know each other." Jack said smoothly.

                "Yeah, as did Xavier and Magneto, and look how wonderful that turned out." Scott said, trying to belittle Jack.

                Bryans gaze was locked on the man, he was named Robert, one of the stooges for his brother, yet he had never said a word to him the entire time he was with his brother, and he had never touched him even, he in fact never did anything. He remembered questioning his purpose, numerous times as a matter of fact, yet his brother assured him he had a purpose.

                With those thoughts flourishing through his head, Xavier came down and asked what all the screaming was about, and then he saw Robert.

                "Robert, this is an unexpected surprise." Xavier said greeting his old friend.

                "Yes, it's good to see you as well, old friend." Robert said looking around. "You look to be doing rather well, and I've never sensed you as strong as this." He commented.

                "What do you mean by that?" Jean asked.

                "Well, Robert doesn't mind other people knowing his power, so I guess I'll enlighten you students. Robert here has the ability to sense people's strength. Not for the abilities they themselves take shape with. Mutants however, he can sense their spirit, and can feel how powerful they are. But of course, there are limitations to this wondrous power, he has to be looking at the individual to tell how powerful they are." Xavier said smiling.

                Robert meekly nodded. Bryan gazed longer into his eyes. So that's why he kept on having him their. Damn, every answer brings new questions, who did he have them their for, himself, Jack, or possibly even me? Bryan's thoughts went out of control, and he could feel Xavier messing around in his head.

                 "If you would excuse us, Xavier. We have some things that need to be discussed." Jack motioned for Bryan to follow, which he did.

**

                "So, vhat are we going to do? Should we listen in?" Kurt asked the group.

                "No, Kurt. We are just going to do what we normally do. Did you tell Bryan about the brotherhood yet?" Xavier asked.

                He got a table full of heads shaking no. "Alright, well we still need to do that, and I guess I can entrust you to give him his new name." Xavier said.

                "Man, like how long is this going to take? Me and Lance were suppose to go to the movies tonight!" Kitty said showing her impatience, and all Xavier could do was sigh and frown.

**

                Bryan followed them into the room, and didn't pay attention.

                "So, what are you doing here? And have you two been in contact the whole time?" Were Bryan's first questions towards Robert.

                "He's here because of Simon, you should know that. And we have been on the same side for the better part of two years. I myself don't even know what he has planned on saying. He wants you present while he tells me, for some reason." Jack gulped down a soda while saying.

                "Because your brother was involved with this as much as you are." Robert replied with his shaky tone. Bryan decided he would say nothing that it was the best decision to be made at the moment.

                "Simon recently had a sudden growth of power. With him never doing any training, I fear that he has done this thing that you warned me you are able to do. So, if you wouldn't mind, Jack, I would like to know this cost of which you speak of." Roberts's eyes were suspicious, but only in a curious type of way.

                "I would, but it seems we have some friends standing right outside the door." Jack said with agitation in his voice.

                Kitty, Rogue, and Kurt came barging in the door now. "We like, need to talk to Bryan about some things." Kitty said hastily.

                "Alright, would you mind going outside. We've got some stuff to talk about, and we'll know if you're listening." Jack warned them.

                "Fine, like whatever." Kitty said leaving, and Bryan decided to follow them.

                They arrived into the living room, and Bryan had no clue what was going on.

                "What was that all about?" Rogue asked.

                "I have no real clue. Guess my brothers back on the move." Bryan replied.

                "Ok like, whatever." Kitty said impatient. "Like, we need to tell you about the brotherhood, they're kind of like our sworn enemies. Except Lance." She said now daydreaming.

                "Ja, we all know the tales he tells in the locker room and the hall vays." Kurt and Rogue laughed, and even Bryan gave a little chuckle. Kitty just glared at him.

                "Well, Ah guess we should get this over with then." She took out pictures that of individuals whom he had seen on TV all the time. "Now, this is Todd, also known as Toad. He gets that name for one, stinkin' the place up, and two, he is like an insect or somthin' like that." Bryan looked hard at him. Not going to be too hard to notice him.

                Now Kurt was taking out a photo of the next guy, Blob. "The guys name is Fred, aka Blob. Very scary guy. He is extremely powerful, that's his mutant gift. But, he is very slow as well, so as long as you're not slow, he's not a problem." Kurt said.

                Kitty was next apparently. "This is like, Lance. His codename is like, Avalanche. He can create earthquakes and stuff. We are also kinda on an on/off relationship throughout high school, and right now we just got back together!" She said with joy.

                Bryan blinked. "What about the other guy. The fast one, and then the witch person?" Bryan asked.

                "Vell. The fast one is Pietro, but he doesn't go to high school anymore. The vitch is Vanda, and she never vent in the first place. These are the only ones you need to vorry about." Kurt assured him.

                "So, Kitty is dating a member of the enemy? Haven't you guys ever, killed the member of an opposite side before?" Bryan was still dumbfounded at learning all of this.

                "Uh like, what are you talking about?" Kitty asked confusion practically written on her forehead.

                Rogue seemed to understand what he was talking about though. "Ah don't think you quite understand this. Xavier don't want us tah kill anyone, just protect people." Rogue explained.

                "Oh, okay. I guess that makes since then. Heh, no offence Kitty, I've just been living at a place where if you had an enemy your goal was to kill him, not become friends with them." Bryan said, still not understanding all of it. "Oh, I guess I forgot, do you guys know my name yet?"  Bryan asked.

                "Oh ja, that. It's Bryan Onith." Kurt said.

                "Well Ah'm tired." Rogue said as she walked to her room.

                Bryan decided to go to his room. When he got their Jack was their, and Robert was gone.

                "So, what's happened?" Bryan asked as he walked through the door, half knowing, half not wanting to know.

                "He's gone farther." Jack informed him.

                "As far as I went?" Bryan asked.

                "If anyone goes that far, it's no coming back, and he'd already be on us. But he is now significantly stronger than me. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't know that training does help you constraint yourself. But I'm afraid that I'm going to have to go farther as well." Jack said with a grim look on his face.

                Bryan just nodded. "Alright, I've got school in the morning." With that Bryan passed out, and would awaken at a time too early.

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