The New Mutants

By: Joey

Disclaimer: Sorry, I don't own these characters, Marvel Comics and I believe KidsWB! (or at least they do for the Evo version) does

Chapter 2

"Saturday Night Fight!"

Previously: The Xavier Institute's new recruits got involved in a bank robbery, preventing the crime, as well as casualties, scaring a lot of people in the process. An argument about activism erupted afterward between Sam Guthrie, who had grown into a leader of sorts, and Charles Xavier, and in the end, Cannonball, Wolvesbane, Magma, and Sunspot left the institute to do their own thing, aid and protect those who hate and fear them in their own way. They just didn't expect to get picked up by a group of hippies and their Great Dane....

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Enroute to Boston Mass, Route 21.

"So, like, shouldn't you kids be in school?" One of the hippies, who looked like could use a shave, asked.

"Well...you might say we finished up the program we were in amigo." Roberto said, smiling to cover up his nervousness.

Sam added, "Yeah, we're off on our own now, y'know, tryin' to do our own thing,"

The women with red hair tied back and wearing a purple shirt smiled and said, "That's great. Y'know, we can totally relate. We all met up at the Giant Robots concert back in the day. We've been following them on tour ever since."

"Yep, during the musical break of 'Monster Truck Love God'. Man that so cosmical." said the women with glasses.

The radio they were listening to broke into the national news:

"Anti-mutant hysteria has been growing as of late, despite the best efforts of politicians in Washington, a write in campaign has started for anti- mutant legislation, and-"

The driver, the blonde haired man with the red scarf, turned the radio to another station

"Man, that is SO bogus, I mean, they way we all see it, EVERYBODY is freaky in their way, y'know? Like we're all mutants." said the red-head.

The group had to try and stifle their laughs. Sam covered his mouth, while Rahne poked Roberto in the ribs.

"Right on sister. Right on." Amara said, giving a smile.

********

The group finally arrived in Boston, and the hippies had been kind enough to front them in a motel for about a week. Unfortunately, the room only had two beds, and the group had to draw straws. Amara and Rahne ended up winning, and so the boys had to bunk on the floor.

"So what's the plan Sam?" Roberto said, once everyone was settled in. "I mean, we trusted you in you're plan to do our own thing."

"Well, Ah was thinking of maybe enrolling in a local school." Sam replied, "We still need some sort of education after all."

"Don't forget jobs." Amara said, " And we can't just stay here forever. I don't know about you, but this princess does not stay in a motel for the rest of her days."

Sam nodded his head. "Right, Ah still gotta work that part out."

Rahne finally spoke up, she had been reading a pamphlet the whole time. "How about here?" she said, flashing the pamphlet. "The Massachusetts Academy. A prestigious school, with a rich history, and dormitories for students who wish to stay on campus."

The others gave a smile. They'd found their ticket.

"Let's check it out in the morning." Sam said, before laying his head down.

******

"Welcome to the Massachusetts Academy, all of you." said the headmistress. Oddly enough, she seemed to be almost expecting the four of them when they had first shown up, and seemed even more excited when she found they had been staying at the Xavier Institute "My name is Ms. Emma Frost. Please, all of you, follow me for the tour of the campus.

As they walked through the door and out onto the campus, Sam had noticed an odd thing about the other students, they seemed to have an almost fearful amount of respect for the headmaster. It bothered him.

When they entered the quad, Frost explained that they had many prestigious organizations, and that their championship Chess club was always looking for new members. She then excused them, saying she wanted them to meet the student body and get to know the campus a little bit better. Amara went with Roberto into the library, while Sam went off to the athletic field, while Rahne noticed a blonde haired boy sitting by himself, curious, she walked over to talk to him.

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Amara was curled up into a tidy corner of the library, happily reading a book of myths, when Roberto walked up and sat down next to her.

"Amara, I don't want to scare you, but you see those people over there?" He asked, pointing to a blonde girl and a boy with short brown hair.

"Yes, what about them?" she replied.

"They've been watching us ever since we got here. Pretty dang suspicious, chica."

Amara nodded her head, noticed that the duo had given them another quick look.

******

Sam was pretty impressed with baseball diamond that the school had, it looked almost as good as a pro stadium, fresh, clean cut green grass, a finely maintained diamond, even the dirt looked perfect. He turned back to go meet the others when he ran straight into a brickwall. Or what he thought was one.

"Whoa. Sorry about that man," a voice said, "I didn't even see you there."

Sam looked up to see a mountain of a boy, he looked to be about Sam's age, and was Native American. "Don't worry about it. Ah should have been more careful. Mah name's Sam Guthrie. Ah'm a prospective student here." he said, holding his out hand.

The boy took the offered hand and gave it a solid shake. "The name's James Proudstar. Everyone calls me Jimmy though."

'Nice ta meet you Jimmy." Sam said, happy to meet a genuinely nice guy on the campus.

"C'mon, I'll walk you back to the quad, man." Jimmy said, putting his arm over Sam's shoulder.

******

"Hello there." Rahne said, a little tentatively to the blonde haired boy.

He continued to sit there, typing on his laptop.

"Hello?! Are ye daft?" She said, a little angry and being ignored.

The boy jumped up, startled. "Oh! Excuse me! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to ignore you! I just sort of get zoned out with computers." The boy replied. "I don't think I've seen you around campus before though...What's your name?" he asked.

"My name is Rahne Sinclair. I might be attendin' this school soon." She said, giving him a pretty smile.

The boy blushed a bit. "My name's Doug Ramsey. It's nice to meet you." he said.

Suddenly another voice was heard, almost electronic. "Selffriend Doug's body heat is rising, that would indicate embarrassment, or shyness."

Doug glared at his laptop. "Warlock! Don't speak like that! Not in front of a guest!"

Rahne looked confused. "Warlock? What's that? Is that the name of yuir computer?" she asked.

"No, not quite. He's a sentient computer program I designed and created. Up until now, he's been my best friend." Doug sad, giving a shy smile.

Now it was Rahne's turn to blush. Though in the corner of her eye, she noticed an odd looking lavender cat sitting on the shoulder of a nearby girl who, even though it looked like she was busy with a deck of cards, was spying on the two of them.

******

Soon, the group got back together, and followed Ms. Frost to the gymnasium. There, she gave her final offer. "Well, what is the vote? Would you all like to attend the academy?" She asked.

The others talked amongst themselves. They decided to stay, the only negative vote being from Roberto.

"All right m'am. We've decided to enroll." Sam said. He was glad that they found an easy solution so fast.

"Excellent. I'm sure you'll enjoy you're stay." Ms. Frost said. She quickly thought to herself *and to make sure you stay here....* she then reached into her minds, as she was a telapath, one who had far less scruples than Charles Xavier.

Roberto felt that....SOMETHING...he wasn't sure what, had enter his mind, he gave out a groan. Rahne immediately sensed something was wrong. "What are ye doin' to him woman?!"

"I'm controlling his mind!" Frost spat out, " I was hoping some of my old instructors whelps would show up! I'm NOT going to lose this chance!"

"Oh no you don't!" Amara yelled, firing up immediately and sending out a burst of flame at the woman, sending her flying back.

"Damn it! Hellions! now!" Frost cried out, trying to put out the flames on her clothing.

"Hellions?" Sam said, worried at what such a name had in store for them.

Out of the shadows stepped the two people at the library, as well at the girl and cat, which leapt off of her shoulder and transformed into a lavender haired girl with the eyes of cat. They were all wearing black uniforms with a red triangle on the right breast.

"Meet the Chess Club." Emma Frost said, with gritted teeth, " Jennifer Stavros, our Black Rook, also known as Roulette. Sharon Smith, our White Knight, known as Catseye. Marie-Angie Colbert, the White Rook, Tarot. and Manuel Alfonso Rodrigo de la Rocha, the Black Knight, the Empath. Get them, my Hellions."

******

James Proudstar had been going for a walk, he had felt restless all of the sudden, and had needed to get some fresh air. He then noticed some rather strange noises, almost like explosions of some sort, emanating from the gym. He walked over to investigate, and noticed that blonde kid who was always with his laptop already there. "Hey! What's your name...Ramsey! What's going on?" he asked.

Doug turned around, startled. "There's a fight going on! It's the chess club and the new kids! I've never seen anything like it!" he pointed towards the window. James took a look and didn't like what he saw. His new friend Sam and the other kid we're doing very well at all.

"Damn! We got to do something!" He said. "Doug! You can hack into the school's power grid, right?" when the blonde boy gave an affirmative nod, he gave a dark smile. " I got a plan. Ramsey, here's what I want you to do..."

******

Sam knew the group was in trouble, that Empath kid had actually manipulated Amara, it was like he was giving her some sort of nightmare vision, the lavender haired girl was in a stalemate with Rahne, having turned into some sort of were-panther. Roberto was having a hard time with the Roulette girl, and those discs she had tossed were bad luck. Literally. One of them had hit him, and he'd knocked Amara back, just as she was breaking control of Empath's manipulations. And that Tarot girl...she was making her cards come to life, Sam was actually having to fight Death itself when she drew out the Death card! Suddenly, the power went out, and several muffled cries were heard.

"Hey! Follow me!" a voice had boomed out, and Sam felt himself get dragged out of the gym. When he and others had been taken out into the light, he saw that their rescuer was James Proudstar!

"W-What's going on Jimmy?" he had asked, completely startled.

"No time! Just get in the van!" his new friend yelled, helping Amara in, then jumping into the driver's seat.

The van took off almost immediately, and they were free. For now.

******

Emma Frost was not happy. Someone had hacked into the power grid, allowing someone to bushwhack her Hellions, as well as herself. Someone was going to pay. She looked over at Tarot and asked "What do the card's see Marie?" she had come to rely on the girl in events such as these.

"We will meet them again, madam. The cards do not lie." the enigmatic girl replied.

And Frost smiled. Noone crossed her and lived to tell about it. No one.

******

"Why did you help us?" Roberto asked, once the van was clear of the institute.

Doug looked up from his computer. "We had too. You were in trouble."

Not keeping his eyes off the road, James said, "Yeah, my big brother John always told me to help out your friends when they're in trouble."

Sam looked grim, "But we're all mutants, y'all must know that." He and the others prepared themselves for the inevitable gasps of shock. They never came.

James pulled over. "No big deal to me compadre. This Apache never had a trouble with a mutant. I'm one myself. I got boosted strength, speed, reflexes, senses, and injury resistance. The whole nine yards, as the saying goes. A perfect tracker. You guys need my help? I'm here for you. No one messed with my friends." he said, giving a smile.

"I'm a mutant myself." Doug said, "Though my powers aren't as extravagant as the rest of yours."

"Really Dougie?" Rahne said, very interested. "What are yuir powers?"

"I can understand and speak any language. Even body language. I think with enough practice I may even be able to communicate with animals." he said, a little shyly.

"Well then, it's decided. Welcome to the team, y'all!" Sam said with a big smile. "My codename is Cannonball, because o my blastin' ability. Rahne's is Wolvesbane, due to her bein' able to turn into a either were-wolf or a full on wolf. Roberto's is Sunspot because he absorbs solar energy and uses it to increase his strength, an' Amara is Magma, because she can control it, an' shoot fire from her hands."

"Well, just call me Warpath then." James said, giving a thumbs up.

"Well, all I do is decipher languages, I don't know what to call myself."

Warlock, Doug's computer chimed in, saying "Why not call yourself Cypher, selffriend Doug?"

Doug smiled, "Y'know, I kinda like the sound of that. Cypher it is then!"

The others smiled, their team was growing into a fine unit.

End of second chapter.

Author's note: Well, that does it for the second chapter! Hope you all liked the debut of the Hellions! And yes, they along with Cypher and Warpath are from comics continuity. If you're curious about them, check out Uncannyxmen.net. And for you romantics, yes, there will be some relationships, but who's it gonna? THAT is a secret!...for now. Just so you know, Sam, James, and Tarot are 18. Amara, Roberto, and Roulette and Empath are 17, while Rahne, Doug, and Catseye are 16. C&C is greatly appreciated!

Next Chapter: The gang is out on the road once again! The start to investigate some creepy murders in a Cheyenne tribe. Be there for the debut of our last regular cast member for a while, Dani Moonstar, and part 1 of the Demon Bear two-parter!