Disclaimer: I don't own any of the X-men. I do own Jon.

Sorry it took so long to get these next two up. School has been kind of hectic since it started. Hope you like these new chapters. Remember: R&R.

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Kitty walked into the room and after explaining that he wanted to see if Kitty had any knowledge on something that had happened the Professor delved into Kitty's mind. He searched for a long time and finally stumbled upon a area of Kitty's mind that seemed to be closed off.

Kitty, the Professor said, would you mind if I tried opening this section of your mind?

Go ahead professor, Kitty said.

The Professor poured his energy into breaking the lock on that section of Kitty's mind. Jon could tell that Kitty was in quite a bit of mental stress. He began to doubt the importants of having Kitty remember him. She seemed to be in so much mental pain.

Jon couldn't hold back any more. As he began to cross the room Kitty gave a gasp and started to fall to the floor. Jon leaped the remaining distance and caught her before she could hit the ground. He turned and looked up at the frowning Professor pleadingly.

            "Will she be alright?" Jon asked

            "She'll be just fine. Unfortunately, though, I was unable to free her memories. I'm sorry," the Professor apologized

            Jon sighed. "That's alright. Just as long as she'll be ok."

            Kitty stirred in Jon's arms. She opened her eyes and starred at the boy who had caught her. Suddenly the floodgates in her mind opened up and spilled the contents that had been stored away. Kitty didn't bother going through them all right now. She leapt up at Jon and wrapped her arms around him.

            "Jonny!" she cried out.

            Jon stumbled back a little in shock. He glanced at The Professor who was just as amazed. Jon wasn't sure how it had happened but he'd accept it none the less. He hugged Kitty back.

            "I've missed you so much Kat."

***

            Kitty had left a couple minutes ago leaving Jon with Professor Xavier. Jon had wanted to go with her (the two hours that Jon and Kitty had spent together obviously was not enough), but the Professor had requested that Jon stay behind for a few minutes so that he could talk to him.

            "Jonathan, I've noticed that you seem to enjoy it here with Kitty and seeing as you are gifted with the X gene I would like to invite you to stay here at the Institute." The Professor said.

            Jon hesitated. "I don't think I could afford it."

            "Well I'm sure that if I could talk with whoever takes care of you we could work something out."

            "You're looking at him," Jon said bitterly. The Professor seemed confused so Jon expanded on it. "No one takes care of me; I've been on my own since I was abandoned."

            "Then where do you live?"

            "In the old train station."

            The Professor was silent for a few moments. He wanted to keep Jon at the Institute but to keep him there for free would cost quite some money and if word got around that Jon was staying for free it could cause some problems. Of course, Xavier didn't want Jon to fall into the hands of Magneto.

           Jon had given it a little bit of thought and decided to offer the same solution to this problem as he had to a few others, "How about I work for my stay."

            Xavier lifted his head from where it had rested on his folded hands. It was a good idea. He could probably find enough jobs for Jon to justify his stay.

            After a few more seconds of consideration Xavier finally came to a decision. "Alright, you do all the chores I give you and that will be considered your payment."

            Kitty came into the room at that moment and tugged on Jon's arm. "Professor, it's time for dinner and I was wondering if, like, I could take Jon downstairs to meet everyone."

            "Uh, we were-" Jon began to say. The truth was that Jon didn't like to be the center of attention, that's why he loved his powers; they allowed him to escape from the rest of the world. Unfortunately he didn't get to finish his sentence.

            "Good idea. I think that Jon should get to know his new classmates. We can finish our talk later," The Professor agreed.

            "Really!" Kitty exploded in excitement and turned towards Jon. "Your staying? That's great!" Kitty started pulling her older brother out the door. "Thanks Professor!" she called back as she hurried down the hall.

            Jon reluctantly allowed Kitty to pull him towards the dinning room. He stayed close to the wall as they walked until they reached the dinning room. There Kitty opened the doors to the bustling congregation of students. Slowly all the talking quieted down and everyone began to acknowledge Jon's presence. Jon was glad he had snuck into the institute's bathroom for a shower and for the new clothes. Still, he did look a lot different from the other students. He could use a hair cut too.

            Jon stood for what seemed like an eternity. He wanted to use his powers but he knew that it wouldn't do him any good that far from the wall. He had started to inch towards the wall while everyone was quieting down but now that  everyone was completely silent Kitty pulled him into the room.

            "Everyone," Kitty announced, "This is Jon. He's a new student at the institute and my older brother."

            Everyone with the exception of Rogue, Logan, and Jean got up to greet their new, somewhat strange, comrade. Before Jon knew it he was completely surrounded and he was having questions thrown at him left and right. Scott had been in the middle of getting up when Jean stopped him.

            "Scott," Jean said sounding a bit concerned.

            "What is it Jean?"

            "Scott, when I met Kitty I was told she was an only child and I didn't see anyone else at her house except her mom and dad."

            Scott thought for a moment. "Perhaps you were just misinformed and you just didn't see him. Don't worry about it."

            Jean frowned as Scott walked over and broke up the crowd that surrounded Jon. She was sure that he hadn't been there.

            "Come on guys, give him some space. He's not going anywhere. Geez." The group dispersed back to where they were sitting leaving Jon, Scott, and Kitty left talk.

            "Sorry about that," Scott said to a slightly startled Jon, "I guess it sort of has to do with the way you look. No offense or nothing but you look like you've lived on the street all your life."

            "I have." Jon confirmed. Scott raised an eyebrow.

            "Listen Scott it's really complicated and all so how about we eat right now and Jon could tell you later. I'm sure that Jon's really hungry right now," Kitty cut in.

            "Yeah," Jon agreed, "it's been a while since I've ate."

            Kitty and Scott returned to their seats and Jon pulled up a chair next to Kitty. He was amazed by the amount of food on the table and eagerly started feasting. He answered some of the other student's questions and was introduced in between bites. By the time dinner was over everyone that they knew everything about Jon. Jon, however, knew there was stuff that he would never let them know.

            Jon mysteriously disappeared after dinner. Kitty had not seen him leave. She looked all over for him and finally stopped to ask Kurt.

            "Kurt, have you, like, seen Jon? He was going to go to see the Professor after dinner but I stopped by and the Professor said that he hadn't seen Jon since before dinner."

            "I saw him talking vith Bobby a couple of minutes ago. Bobby and some of his friends vere vith him. They said they vere going to show Jon the lower levels."

            "The lower levels?" suddenly a shocked look came over Kitty's face. "Kurt, could you port me down there?"

            "Sure."

            Kurt grabbed a hold of Kitty's wrist and teleported them into the danger room viewing area. Bobby was standing at the controls surrounded by some of his friends. They were all cheering at something. Kitty didn't see Jon anywhere.

            Kitty and Kurt walked over to Bobby. "Hey Bobby, have you seen Jon? Kurt said you were talking to him," Kitty said.

            "Man, your brother is awesome! He finished the first thirteen levels in less than fifteen minutes!" Bobby exclaimed.

            "What?" Kitty ran over to the glass and looked down to see Jon take out the last of the robots on the current wave by picking it up and throwing it into a spinning saw.

            "He hasn't even used his powers left. If he beats this level he'll top Scott's score."

            "Are you crazy!? Jon could get himself killed!"

            "Ok Jon, here comes the next wave," Bobby said totally ignoring Kitty.

            Jon got ready and didn't look up. A squad of robots made to look like humans appeared from a door on the far side of the danger room. They each held a laser gun and they were marching like a military regiment. They stopped halfway between Jon and the door and readied their weapons. Jon then heard a slow rumbling noise and stood in shock as a giant tank pulled through the door and trained its cannon on him. The commander of the tank raised it's hand and then jerked it forward. A barrage of laser beams from the tank and the solders flew towards Jon. Smoke filled the area where Jon had been and when it cleared Jon was no longer there.

            "Target eliminated," the commander of the tank said. The regiment did a 180 and started to march away.