NOTE: Okay the first one was just to show that Iceman was an X-man now, it was just for fun. Here's the next chapter, and please review. I appreciate them all.

Out in the back of the institute, Logan was holding a training session with all eight New Recruits. They had only been there for less than two weeks, but just as always Logan pushed them as hard as he did the others.

"Remember," he shouted so that they could hear him. "This is an obstacle course, NOT a battle! Your goal is to make it to the finish without any slip-ups! No injuries, no attacking anyone else and absolutely NO shortcuts! The only thing I should see you using your powers for is getting through the course and please… try not to break anything." A huge course of different blockades covered the lawn and machinery that was shooting at them. Each recruit had very different ways of getting through.

Jubilee easily dodged attacks without failure and ruined some of the machinery by shooting some fireworks at it. She scaled a wall but came across a robot that caught her off guard and she fell down the other side. Cannonball came along and shot right through the wall she had just climbed.

"hey, no faIIRRR!!" She ended her comment in a scream as she had just gotten caught in a fiery blast from Sunfire who had just shot down a robot attacking him, lets just say it got a little out of control. Jubilee thought he was trying to hit her and set a stream of fireworks his way. Not only did they hit him but they nicked Siryn who had been flying in circles to dodge some obstacle blasts. This caught her unawares and she let out a high-pitched scream that put a dent in everyone's ears at least a mile around. Lifeguard was the only one still going because right on the spot she developed sonic abilities to cope with the noise and finished the obstacle while everyone on institute grounds clutched their ears in pain. Siryn gained a little self-control and shut herself up. Logan and all the Recruits glared at her with the exception of Lifeguard who stood idly against the wall waiting for this to end. Logan was ready to do Siryn in for that painful racket.

"Remember Logan," The Professor's voice echoed inside his head. "We must be patient with Theresa, her powers are difficult to cope with. Lets at least be thankful she has a level of control. None of us can be angry with her for her breakouts of noise, for that is who she is. That is why we're training her in the first place."

"I'll try to hold back, Charles." Logan thought, "It just gets to me that's all. I know all you said is true." Logan took a deep breath and decided to deal with Lifeguard first, who was the only one to finish the course. "All right. Lifeguard, since you were the only one to finish today I'm going to let you off early… for once. You were the only one who didn't give me a headache so I'll give you the day off." Heather, codename Lifeguard, was the one Logan was most patient with. She was diligent and hardworking, even more so than anyone of the X-kids. She never slipped up on training sessions so that made her tolerable.

"Now…" He growled at the rest, "For the rest of you. I'll split you up into two teams. One team of three and one team of four, somewhere on these grounds is a small disc, first team to find it doesn't have to do danger room sessions today." All of their eyes lit up, except for Betsy's. "It's going to be, Sunspot, Siryn and Multiple, versus Jubilee, Cannonball, Sunfire, and you Braddock. Oh, almost forgot. You have exactly 30 minutes to find it or all of you end up doing an extra session." Everyone groaned at the mention of that and then ran off in different directions.

"They are quite lively, Charles." Ororo spoke as she and the Professor watched out the window as the Recruits struggled to find that disc.

"They are, and quite promising… well most of them anyway."

"I assume you had a couple in mind when saying that?" The look on his face was most definitely a yes.

"I think even Logan knows which ones are the most committed. And not by reading his mind."

"Heather obviously being one of them?" She inquired.

"Betsy too, there's something about her, but even I can't put my finger on it." He said. They watched as the team of three returned to Logan with the disc.

"Hmmm… Do you think I should change my name now that I'm an official X-man?" Bobby quipped as he talked with Rogue.

"You are takin' this WAY too seriously. It's overkill!! You're an X-man okay? There's nothin' tuh git all giddy about."

"I'M giddy?!?"

"Yah!" She answered, annoyed with how he was taking the situation. "Ya know what? Maybe you should change your name. To somethin' more fitting lahke 'Ice-loser' or 'Over-obsession-Man'." Rogue got up, unable to take any more of this, and passed Sam, Shiro, and Jubilee, followed by Betsy on the way out.

"Man! We could've won that!" Jubilee whined.

"Yeah, exemption from today's Danger Room session, but no. We not only have to go but have extra." Sam complained.

"I think I'm gonna skip," Shiro commented. "What about you guys?"

"No way, I don't want to wind up doing even more than we're already stuck with." Sam was sure about that much.

"I don't get why we have to do this anyway." Jubilee went on. "I mean, what are we preparing for? Hey! Betsy, you're sure you didn't miss anything?" She was silent and avoided all of their gazes as they stared, waiting for an answer.

"Wait a second…" Shiro, AKA Sunfire, began to figure something out. "You--you wanted to fail didn't you?" he accused. "You love all those simulations we have to go through." Both Jubilee and Sam seemed to agree.

"You sabotaged it didn't you?!?" Jubilee began to raise her voice. Betsy's gaze penetrated them and all three started to rush her to attack but before they barely moved she had leapt off the wall and landed about 30 feet away in a crouch. Then she smiled and a very guilty smile at that. All of them ran after her even though they'd never be able to catch up with her, she was too nimble.

"So don't you think--HEY! Watch where you're going!" Kitty yelled as the four New Recruits passed her in a blur, she had only been able to phase through Betsy. "Can't you see that I'm on the phone?!?" She took a deep breath and placed the phone back to her ear. "Sorry about that Lance--ugh, Newbies. So, what were you saying?" Kitty wandered down the hallway to her bedroom. "Ohh, really?!? Cool!" Kitty listened intently on the phone since it had almost been week since she'd talked with Lance on the phone. There was just something about him that was appealing, and plus there was the fact he took any chance he got to impress her. She found that sweet. As long as he wasn't making bad puns or sending earthquakes every which way he was a pretty decent guy. Plus he was cute!

"Hey Kitty, sorry but I gotta go now. See you at school?… great. Bye." Lance hung up the phone and tossed it onto a nearby table. He waltzed over to the couch and was about to slump down on it when out of nowhere a silver-haired demon got there first.

"Oops, were you going to sit here? Too bad! Guess you were too slow. Not like that's news or anything." Pietro was all-smug as he grabbed the remote and switched the tube on. Lance was about to yell at him and it looked like he would strangle him too but Pietro interrupted again. "Maybe if you weren't talking to a certain someone you could've gotten here first but HEY ya didn't so… let it go." By the looks of it Pietro had no intention of getting up soon so Lance had to settle for a beat-up chair. They hadn't been sitting their for two minutes when there was an explosion that caused the entire house to shake, followed by some very angry yells, womanly yells to be more precise.

"You cannot just BARGE right in anytime you want! The door is locked for a reason!" Wanda's yells echoed through the house. For a second it was believed that Toad was the cause of this but then another voice proved them wrong.

"Well soorrrrrrrry. I was out of toothpaste, come on, lighten up!" The voice wasn't even half as mad as Wanda's, in fact it was almost cheerful, and it belonged to a certain Tabitha. Several time bombs were thrown from upstairs and landed scattered in the foyer and the lounging area where Pietro and Lance lay. They both stared at the small little balls of energy, then at each other. The next thing they were both screaming as they ran into the kitchen to avoid the pain of the explosions.

"She's right baby cakes," Toad's voice could now be heard from upstairs. "You gotta take it easy. Here, let me help you." He stretched out his arms, waiting for a hug. Only a second later there was a Toady scream as he was thrown off the top of the steps by a hex bolt and went crashing out the front door. Wanda came trudging down the steps and stopped halfway.

"And MAYBE, you should just stay out there!" She yelled and used her powers to shut the door.

"Aw MAN!" Toad whined to himself. "Every time!" a fly came buzzing around him and he stuck his tongue out to snatch. Or what he though was a fly. "Thus jus' ain't mah day." He said aloud with his tongue hanging out and a very visible bee sting on it.

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