Hello again. I am very pleased to have reached 15 reviews. As such, I will
also be pleased to give you guys and gals a shout out.
Asylin - Great to have you aboard! I said in a previous chapter that Yuri is insane. He will learn more of this later. And yes, Colossus is a very surprising person. I don't really think that I'll be giving Magik a huge part in the story. I don't really know that much about her either. Thank you very much for reviewing.
Rougehobbit - You truly are an angel. You've reviewed every one of my chapters! And believe me, that's a pretty hard thing to do. Trust me, the plot will get thicker than molasses when I'm done. Thanks for reviewing!
And that's it! Keep reviewing and I'll give out more shout outs! On with the story.
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Hello to all of you Americans
Chapter 8
The Weaknesses of an Electro-Kinetic Russian
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"Now Yuri, I understand that you don't want to do this, but you must if you want to join the X-Men. Now, please read the letters on the board." Professor X said from his wheel chair across the room.
Yuri was in the hospital wing of the Xavier institute, and by the way he was acting, he didn't really want to be there.
First, he had tried to fry the computer and blame it on an electrical failure.
Then, he had tried to take out the lights with his powers and blame it on electrical failures, but the professor saw right through his little trick and the physical fitness test went on as planned.
Now, he was acting really strange.
He wouldn't read the letters on the huge board twenty feet in front of him.
" Did everyone else have to go through with this?" Yuri asked.
" Yes. Now read the letters on the friggin board! It's not that hard." Logan said rather cynically from across the room without even tuning around.
" I . . . I can't."
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That day, one of my many dark secrets was revealed.
One that was never revealed until then.
One that has made me more different and 'strange' than the rest of the population.
One that, if had got out at school, would have ruined my life forever.
Thankfully, the only three people who knew it had sworn to secrecy.
The first being Professor Xavier.
The second being my best and only friend, Pitor.
And the third being myself.
I am completely blind.
Do not think me strange, though.
I have my own way of 'seeing'.
The electric eel in the tropical areas in the world is nearly blind.
But it uses a very bizarre way of seeing.
It constantly emits an EMP.
EMP is short for Electro Magnetic Pulse.
It is kind of like sonar on a boat.
I do the same.
Of course, there are a few snags with my way of sight.
First, I can only see things that are raised or textured.
I can't see through windows.
I can't see anything that is flat.
I can never see the beauty of a painting.
I can never pass a seeing test.
During that 'physical fitness test', I would have normally have just read a bystanders mind to learn letters or numbers on the board.
But professor X was the only person looking at the board, and I cant read his mind.
So I failed.
God, I hate failing.
It was then that I started to hear them.
These people that wouldn't stop talking to me.
Try as I might, I could never get them to go away.
The only time that they go away is when I'm having fun.
And as Boris will tell you, my definition of fun is quite different from yours.
I never told you the fate of 'ol Boris, did I?
No?
Well, it all started when I got my power.
I still lived in that god-awful apartment with my mother.
That day, Pitor was absent from school and I was left alone with Boris.
I was in 7th grade then.
I was held back in school because I hated it.
The school was so boring!
Absolutely nothing to do or learn!
Anything I would have learned in that school I had already learned.
Anyway, that was the day that I was threatened.
Threatened by a certain individual that was almost the size of Pitor himself.
The individual was Boris.
" Guess what? Your boyfriend is sick today. That means that no one is there to protect you. That means that I gunna beat you to a pulp as payback. And you better not run, 'cos if you do, I'll hunt you down. Ya hear me? Hunt . . . You . . . Down!"
'What? Threatened? Me? Nobody can threaten me! I have the power to kill a whole group of people! You can't threaten me! Don't worry, Boris. I wont chicken out. . .' I thought.
That day, I skipped the rest of school.
I went to the place that I could plot and plan and think.
The tops of the houses.
I came up there often.
Just to think and reflect.
But then I was there for a purpose.
I was tracking Boris's movements.
It seems that Boris has a little girlfriend.
And as it turns out, I was standing on top of her house, just waiting for her to leave the safety of her home.
When she came out, I was relieved to see that she was entering Boris's fancy new car.
' The game is afoot!' I thought as I followed the car's movements.
I raced across the rooftops while the car sped along the street.
Finally I made my move.
I cut the car battery.
Easy as crap, draining a car battery.
Kinda makes me feel high.
Makes me feel good
So I cut the battery, and they ended up pulling into an abandon ally.
Perfect.
I sensed some high titons between the two inhabitants of the car.
Finally, they snapped.
Love, kisses, and clothes flew through the car like crazed birds on an insane rampage.
Oh yea, that's a cool thought.
Anyway, they started to make out and I just stood there, concentrating.
' This is gonna be so much fun!' I thought.
I EMCed Boris.
I 'persuaded' him to say some pretty embarrassing things to his girlfriend.
" Oh baby! I want to wear your clothes! I love to make out with men! OH! Please hump me!" he practically screamed into his girlfriend's ears.
After that, she began to feel very disturbed.
At last.
I through my spoons to my side, and blew out the radio in the car.
I thought I herd something like " What the hell?!?" from the car, but I couldn't be sure because when I'm using my powers, I can hear nothing except for the crackling of my beautiful creations.
The Electricity.
Next, I blew the lights.
Not just the headlights, though.
Everything in the car that even resembled a light bulb.
Then, I blew everything.
The watch on his hand one moment was melting and sizzling the next.
The brand new CD player that the girl's parents had spent a fortune on was reduced to a pile of smoldering plastic in a matter of seconds.
The news later reported that a freak electrical storm had killed two teens in an alleyway.
Naturally, I didn't know anything about it.
Fast forward to my time at the Xavier institute.
I was walking down the hall when I herd them.
These voices.
They wouldn't stop.
I tried to pick one out.
" YOU FRIGGIN FAILED A FITNESS TEST?!? YOU SUCK!"
It sounded very familiar.
It was the voice of Boris himself.
Then I recognized the other ones.
The many, many other ones.
For the voices in my head belong to the people I've killed.
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Well, what do you think? Please tell me. And I realize that I was a tad harsh in the last chapter about reviewing. I'm sorry. But could you at least TRY to review? It would be great! Anyway, thanks and until next time,
Das vi Dania
Asylin - Great to have you aboard! I said in a previous chapter that Yuri is insane. He will learn more of this later. And yes, Colossus is a very surprising person. I don't really think that I'll be giving Magik a huge part in the story. I don't really know that much about her either. Thank you very much for reviewing.
Rougehobbit - You truly are an angel. You've reviewed every one of my chapters! And believe me, that's a pretty hard thing to do. Trust me, the plot will get thicker than molasses when I'm done. Thanks for reviewing!
And that's it! Keep reviewing and I'll give out more shout outs! On with the story.
*****************************
Hello to all of you Americans
Chapter 8
The Weaknesses of an Electro-Kinetic Russian
*****************************
"Now Yuri, I understand that you don't want to do this, but you must if you want to join the X-Men. Now, please read the letters on the board." Professor X said from his wheel chair across the room.
Yuri was in the hospital wing of the Xavier institute, and by the way he was acting, he didn't really want to be there.
First, he had tried to fry the computer and blame it on an electrical failure.
Then, he had tried to take out the lights with his powers and blame it on electrical failures, but the professor saw right through his little trick and the physical fitness test went on as planned.
Now, he was acting really strange.
He wouldn't read the letters on the huge board twenty feet in front of him.
" Did everyone else have to go through with this?" Yuri asked.
" Yes. Now read the letters on the friggin board! It's not that hard." Logan said rather cynically from across the room without even tuning around.
" I . . . I can't."
{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
That day, one of my many dark secrets was revealed.
One that was never revealed until then.
One that has made me more different and 'strange' than the rest of the population.
One that, if had got out at school, would have ruined my life forever.
Thankfully, the only three people who knew it had sworn to secrecy.
The first being Professor Xavier.
The second being my best and only friend, Pitor.
And the third being myself.
I am completely blind.
Do not think me strange, though.
I have my own way of 'seeing'.
The electric eel in the tropical areas in the world is nearly blind.
But it uses a very bizarre way of seeing.
It constantly emits an EMP.
EMP is short for Electro Magnetic Pulse.
It is kind of like sonar on a boat.
I do the same.
Of course, there are a few snags with my way of sight.
First, I can only see things that are raised or textured.
I can't see through windows.
I can't see anything that is flat.
I can never see the beauty of a painting.
I can never pass a seeing test.
During that 'physical fitness test', I would have normally have just read a bystanders mind to learn letters or numbers on the board.
But professor X was the only person looking at the board, and I cant read his mind.
So I failed.
God, I hate failing.
It was then that I started to hear them.
These people that wouldn't stop talking to me.
Try as I might, I could never get them to go away.
The only time that they go away is when I'm having fun.
And as Boris will tell you, my definition of fun is quite different from yours.
I never told you the fate of 'ol Boris, did I?
No?
Well, it all started when I got my power.
I still lived in that god-awful apartment with my mother.
That day, Pitor was absent from school and I was left alone with Boris.
I was in 7th grade then.
I was held back in school because I hated it.
The school was so boring!
Absolutely nothing to do or learn!
Anything I would have learned in that school I had already learned.
Anyway, that was the day that I was threatened.
Threatened by a certain individual that was almost the size of Pitor himself.
The individual was Boris.
" Guess what? Your boyfriend is sick today. That means that no one is there to protect you. That means that I gunna beat you to a pulp as payback. And you better not run, 'cos if you do, I'll hunt you down. Ya hear me? Hunt . . . You . . . Down!"
'What? Threatened? Me? Nobody can threaten me! I have the power to kill a whole group of people! You can't threaten me! Don't worry, Boris. I wont chicken out. . .' I thought.
That day, I skipped the rest of school.
I went to the place that I could plot and plan and think.
The tops of the houses.
I came up there often.
Just to think and reflect.
But then I was there for a purpose.
I was tracking Boris's movements.
It seems that Boris has a little girlfriend.
And as it turns out, I was standing on top of her house, just waiting for her to leave the safety of her home.
When she came out, I was relieved to see that she was entering Boris's fancy new car.
' The game is afoot!' I thought as I followed the car's movements.
I raced across the rooftops while the car sped along the street.
Finally I made my move.
I cut the car battery.
Easy as crap, draining a car battery.
Kinda makes me feel high.
Makes me feel good
So I cut the battery, and they ended up pulling into an abandon ally.
Perfect.
I sensed some high titons between the two inhabitants of the car.
Finally, they snapped.
Love, kisses, and clothes flew through the car like crazed birds on an insane rampage.
Oh yea, that's a cool thought.
Anyway, they started to make out and I just stood there, concentrating.
' This is gonna be so much fun!' I thought.
I EMCed Boris.
I 'persuaded' him to say some pretty embarrassing things to his girlfriend.
" Oh baby! I want to wear your clothes! I love to make out with men! OH! Please hump me!" he practically screamed into his girlfriend's ears.
After that, she began to feel very disturbed.
At last.
I through my spoons to my side, and blew out the radio in the car.
I thought I herd something like " What the hell?!?" from the car, but I couldn't be sure because when I'm using my powers, I can hear nothing except for the crackling of my beautiful creations.
The Electricity.
Next, I blew the lights.
Not just the headlights, though.
Everything in the car that even resembled a light bulb.
Then, I blew everything.
The watch on his hand one moment was melting and sizzling the next.
The brand new CD player that the girl's parents had spent a fortune on was reduced to a pile of smoldering plastic in a matter of seconds.
The news later reported that a freak electrical storm had killed two teens in an alleyway.
Naturally, I didn't know anything about it.
Fast forward to my time at the Xavier institute.
I was walking down the hall when I herd them.
These voices.
They wouldn't stop.
I tried to pick one out.
" YOU FRIGGIN FAILED A FITNESS TEST?!? YOU SUCK!"
It sounded very familiar.
It was the voice of Boris himself.
Then I recognized the other ones.
The many, many other ones.
For the voices in my head belong to the people I've killed.
*****************************
Well, what do you think? Please tell me. And I realize that I was a tad harsh in the last chapter about reviewing. I'm sorry. But could you at least TRY to review? It would be great! Anyway, thanks and until next time,
Das vi Dania