"I'm sorry but Logan may not be here for your danger-room training session, I've been told that he has personal matters to take care of." Professor McCoy told the teenagers assembled before him. There were groans and protests of being made to get up at five am for no reason.

"That's ok Hank I'm back." Wolverine said from the door.

"I wonder what he was, like out for." Kitty whispered to Rouge.

"Beats me, he's never been late before." Rouge replied. Wolverine stopped in his tracks halfway through the room and looked over his shoulder.

"Are you going to take all morning?" Wolverine asked to apparently no one.

"Shut it." A voice shouted from outside, this development caused some whispers from everyone else. There was a loud rip noise from outside and a girl walked through the front door carrying a long coat with a huge rip in the back.

"I told you it was too long." Wolverine said smugly.

"And I say you're buying me a new one." The girl retorted. The group took a moment to look at this newcomer; she was tall with long black/blue hair, the same colour as Wolverine's. She was dressed in black with a Samurai sword hanging from her belt, she had an impressive figure and an impressive scowl directed at Wolverine.

"Fine. I have a danger-room session to teach." Wolverine replied throwing her coat back at her and walking off, after a few seconds hesitation the X-men followed him.

"You must be Scout Rodrigez, welcome to the X-men." Charles Xavier smiled coming into the room.

"Their style needs some work, but the blue fuzzy one has excellent reflexes. The little one needs some more improvement, her style is sloppy." Scout pointed out Kitty and Kurt to Professor Xavier and Wolverine.

"Why don't you give the Danger-room a try?" Xavier smiled looking down at his students.

"Maybe I should." Scout smiled tying her hair back.

"X-men, please exit the danger-room our new pupil will be having a short solo session." Xavier said his voice ringing over the loudspeaker.

"A solo danger-room session? No-one but wolverine has solo sessions!" Evan frowned walking out of the room with Kurt. They almost bumped into the newcomer who was standing by the door waiting for them all to leave.

"Ah, zorry miss." Kurt apologised; she smiled and replied in fluent German.

"Like, what'd she say Kurt?" Kitty asked.

"She said it was ok and that her name is Scout, and sorry if her German was off but it isn't her first language." Kurt replied slightly stunned.

Kurt and the other X-men walked up to the Danger-room viewing area to see the teenager named Scout already hard at work in the danger room.

"Whoa," Scott commented as she tore through the danger-room her Samurai sword glinting in the light.

Scout skidded and dodged, she looked up in awe as an eight-armed machine towered over her. She felt something close around her ankle and before she knew it she was hanging upside-down by her ankle, her sword fell to the ground with a clatter. Scout stretched down for her sword, her fingertips brushing the hilt of the sword. Suddenly the machine jerked her up, Scout pulled herself up out of the way of one arm that had threatened to wrap around her throat. She tugged at the arm around her ankle trying to free herself and without warning another arm quickly coiled himself around both of her wrists. One then wrapped around her neck pulling her back down, another arm coiled up her thighs locking her legs together.

She looked down at the ground below her, if she fell now she would definitely break her neck. She would be more worried right now if she hadn't destroyed everything else in the room. The machine swung her around violently; Scout could feel her breath hitching in her chest. She closed her eyes, she couldn't panic, she couldn't lose focus, not here, not now! She felt the familiar tingle in her bones; suddenly a jolt of electricity went through her causing her to black out.

Wolverine gasped, the lights flicked on and off and then blew in a huge spark of electricity. He grabbed a familiar blue fuzzy form.

"Get me down there now elf." Wolverine growled.

"Yessir!" Kurt replied quickly and teleported down into the danger room. Wolverine ran over to the crumpled form of Scout and as the back-up generator kicked in he noticed the charred patch on the floor and the slightly smoking machine. Wolverine sighed and picked her up, flinching at a slight static shock that went between them.

"Wolverine, not that we don't appreciate new recruits but who is this young girl? We've never let a new student in the danger room so soon." Storm frowned looking at Wolverine who was standing looking down at Scout.

"She's.She's - hey! Half-pint get outta here!" Wolverine shouted as Kitty slipped through the door.

"Damn kids." Wolverine growled as Kitty ran out.

"We're not all that bad are we?" Scout smiled weakly opening her eyes. Wolverine smiled relieved.

"No but we need to teach you some control." Wolverine laughed ruffling her hair. "But right now you need sleep. Your room's on the third floor fourth one along." Wolverine smiled. Scout sat up and walked out of the room.

"You certainly seem friendly with the girl." Storm smiled after the girl in question had left.

"You want to know who she is?" Wolverine asked looking at her.