Yes, Nathan's is an original superpower. I came up with it one day, when I was frustrated at myself for breaking so many things accidentally (I really don't know my own strength), and started noticing all the other things that were falling apart around me, seemingly without my help. With a bit of thinking, and a review of some past experiences, I came up with what you see before you. Bwahahahahaaaa..! I came up with it. It is mine, as well as the character, Nathan. I don't, however, own any of the other characters in this story. Yet.

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Nathan was pacing back and forth in the open grass outside the mansion. He had finished his breakfast

10 minute ago, and had been waiting for the professor outside the whole time. He didn't have a watch,

since they usually didn't last long anyway, and he couldn't see any clocks outside, so he had no idea

how much longer he'd have to wait. Luckily, it wasn't much longer.

The professor wheeled his way outside. "Are you comfortable sitting in the grass?"

"Sure, I don't mind." Nathan shrugged, after glancing down at the dry, smooth grass, and sat down.

"Are you ready?" asked the professor.

"As ready as I'll ever be, I guess."

Xavier took a rock out of a pouch resting beside him on his wheelchair. He handed the rock to Nathan.

"I want you to concentrate on breaking this rock, but nothing else. Do you think you can do it?"

"I'll try." sighed Nathan, and closed his eyes, rock resting in his mostly open palm. The rock started to

flake off into tiny bits, when Nathan's shirtsleeve fell off, bunching up to rest on his bent elbow.

Nathan's eyes snapped open, and shifted between the sleeve and the professor. "Sorry."

"This could take some time." sighed the professor, and put 2 fingers to his forehead.

Soon, Kurt Bamfed outside with an armful of clothes and a larger bag of rocks. He handed the bag to

the professor, and dumped the clothes beside Nathan. "Good luck!" whispered Kurt, then Bamfed away.

Nathan had figured out that these were going to be needed for the long training lesson ahead.

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"Very good! Now let's try something a little harder."

Nathan and Xavier had been at it for 3 and half hours straight. Nathan was only now actually starting to

get the hang of focused. It required a lot of concentration, and Nathan was now very much wired on all

the extra energy he had collected. He felt like he needed to do something with all this energy, and so the

professor had decided to try something new. He handed Nathan 2 more rocks, and issued a new

experimental challenge. "Try running around the field. When you start to get even a little tired, try to

use your power only on the rocks in your hand. Oh, but first, go inside quickly, and change your pants

again."

"Alright!" Nathan replied, and went running inside, brushing past Wolverine, who had come to check

up on how things were going. Wolverine came and stood by Xavier's side, looking back at the house

for just a second.

"So, how're things going with the new kid? Get much progress?"

"I suspected this would be difficult. Simply concentrating on only one thing is probably difficult for

him. He has ADD."

Wolverine looked at the professor with confusion. "what's that, one of those sex diseases?"

"No, Attention Deficit Disorder is a condition in which a person can't keep focused on only one thing

for extended period of time. The slightest things distract him, and his mind is a mishmash of thoughts.

It's treatable with medication, though. He was on Dexedrine, until the summer started, and his parents

found it was no longer necessary while he was out of school. I'd like to put him back on if it helps him

any, but I can't get a proper prescription for another week."

"Sorry to hear that." said Wolverine.

Nathan came running out of the Institute, his hands clutching the rocks, running past the older mutants

in a flurry of speed. A minute later, the boy came walking back, his pant legs ripped up the side, his

shirt torn down the sleeves, and a slight frown on his face. "Sorry" he sighed as he got another set of

clothing "I guess I'm not ready for this kind of thing yet." Nathan trudged back into the house.

"We're gonna have to get that kid a lot of clothes. Something sturdy, like leather." mentioned

Wolverine, as turned and headed back into the Mansion.

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It was about noon, and as much energy as he'd been absorbing, Nathan was still better off eating some

lunch. It would help cut back some on his unintentional breaking. He slipped on a pair of old sandals,

and walked towards the kitchen. In shorts and a T-shirt, Nightcrawler came strolling by, as surprised to

see Nathan as Nathan was to see him.

"Hey, your the new kid, aren't you!" said Kurt, thrusting out his open hand. "My name's Kurt! What's

yours, again? Wolverine mentioned it before, but it escapes me now."

Nathan shook Kurt's hand, a smile forming on his lips. This Kurt guy, despite his looks, seemed

friendly. "My name's Nathan. Nathan Laskey"

"Hey, Cool! Hey, so How did it go with the professor?"

"It went..." Nathan hesitated. "I think it went OK. You'd have to ask Professor Xavier, though."

"Hey, the professor's a pretty good guy! He'd probably say it's going alright!"

Nathan brightened. Kurt was the kind of person he always looked for in a friend, plus a little more.

"So, know any one else yet?"

"Just you, Wolverine, and Xavier." replied Nathan, feeling comfortable around Kurt already.

"Well come on then, some of us are about to eat some lunch! You can meet some of the others there!"

and before Nathan could say anything, Kurt grabbed Nathan by the arm and Bamfed to the kitchen door.

"The others don't like me teleporting into the kitchen. They say it smells..." Nightcrawler smirked. "But

just for a second!"

With that, Kurt opened the door to the kitchen. There were 2 girls in the kitchen, on opposite ends of

the room, and 2 guys sitting at the table.

"This isn't everyone," commented Kurt. "But this is most of our X-men group." His voice grew louder

"Hey Every one! This is Nathan!"

Spike and Cyclops looked up in surprise, seeing the new kid for the first time. Rouge gave a little wave

of her hand, a half grin on her face as she remembered a few hours ago, when the new boy had very

little on. Though she'd probably would never admit it, he looked good shirtless. Jean just glanced

around the room, as if someone had just farted, but she couldn't figure out where it was coming from.

So she tried ignoring whatever was bothering her. She looked up at Nathan and gave a little wave,

almost forcing a little smile.

Kurt continued the introductions "Nathan, this is Cyclops,"

"Hi!"

"Spike,"

"Hey dude!"

"Jean,"

"Pleased to meet you."

"And Rouge!"

"Hey."

"So now that we know each other, let's eat!"

Kurt was pretty much talking to Nathan and himself, since everyone else was already eating. He began

to rummage through the cupboards. "Hey, where's all the Peanut butter?"

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Nathan had finished Lunch a few minutes ago, and was back to practicing. He was on his own, and was

now interested in what he could do with his power. He put his hands in the pile of rocks sitting in front

of him, and concentrated on taking energy from them. As he felt the energy building inside himself, he

mentaly began searching himself for some kind of trigger. Something that he had never used. The

professor had said that his power was limitless, if he were only to practice enough. As he concentrated

on them, his hands began to feel as if they had fallen asleep. He pulled his hands out of the rocks, and

found that a bright glow had formed around them. His eyes grew wide and Nathan fought to keep his

concentration. "HOLY SH-"

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A large explosion was heard, as the tree was completely destroyed. Nathan had seen it 3 times, now, but

it was still amazing. He watched it's wreckage burn, and only now realized that the trees were probably

not the best place to direct his newfound power. He grabbed the last 2 rocks and ran towards the

institute, just as Wolverine, Cyclops and spike came running outside. Nightcrawler came teleporting

behind them.

"Are you OK?" asked Scott.

"Honestly, I've never felt better!" shouted Nathan as he ran to show them his new discovery.

"What the heck was that? What happened to those trees?" asked Wolverine.

"I did that! Sorry about the trees, but it was amazing! Like pure energy came out of my hands! Have

you ever seen such a thing!?!"

"Actually," interrupted Wolverine "Yes, I think we have."

Nathan looked at wolverine with a raised Eyebrow. "What?"

"Never mind him!" said Kurt, with a grin. "Let's see this new power in action!"

"So, it's off to the Danger room, then!" smiled Wolverine.

"Um, how about when he's had more experience." suggested Scott "Until then, there's a bunch of

training programs that I usually use right out here!"

"Well then," grumbled a sarcastic Wolverine, shoving his hands into his pockets, "Let's get right to it!"

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