Enter Mayhem
Chapter 4: The First dayWhen they told him that they would be flying Vincent had thought they were going to the airport or something. Not flying there in their own FREAKING helicopter!
There was only one thought that kept going through his mind. 'THIS IS SO COOL!' He could fly himself but this was different he had never flown in anything like this in his whole life.
The young man stared out the window the entire time, with a smile plastered on my face. It was the first real smile he had in days. He remembered how he had traveled a lot when he was a kid on the streets, but he never traveled so far in the air. Of Vince loved it. After about an hour they started to land on a mansion's front lawn. "Are we here?" Vince asked them.
Logan didn't even turn his head but still replied. "Ya we're here bub."
"So do you guys usually leave your helicopter on the front lawn like a giant lawn ornament or something?" The young Canadian asked, he just couldn't help himself. At least he thought it was funny, but then again, Logan didn't seem to have a sense of humor, at least not one he can tell.
That got Logan attention, he gave me a 'of course not' look then said "Look it's easier to unload all your stuff on the front door and move it in, then putting the helicopter in the hanger, going through all the hallways, going up the elevator and then going through the mansion."
"Oh…makes sense." Vince felt slightly embarrassed at that.
As they finish landing and he opened the door, Vince found himself staring at several people coming over to us. One was a tall red head, the other next to her was a guy about her age with these weird red shades, another was this petite girl with her brown hair in a ponytail.
'Shades' Came up to me and extended his hand to me. "Hi I'm Scott, Scott Summers, welcome to the institute."
Vincent shook his hand "Thanks, I'm Vincent."
The red head stepped forward then "I'm Jean Grey" He shook her hand as well.
"And I'm ,like, Kitty Pryde" the pony tailed girl said.
'Oh great a happy go lucky valley girl. I bet her favorite color is pink.' As he finished the thought Jean covered her mouth stopping a laugh. 'What the…if I didn't know any better I swear she was laughing at what I though'
"I am" Jean said, "I'm a telepath, I didn't mean to read that thought but you were projecting it."
They could all see Vincent tense up at that. His face also went from charming to a stone like scowl. He looked right at Jean.
'Can you hear this?'
'Yes'
'Good now if the Prof. didn't tell you yet, I will right now. Don't ever, and I mean EVER go into my mind. I have a lot of personal things, and the Prof. respects my privacy; so just remember the sign in my head. NO TRESPASSING. Got it?'
Jean was getting vary nervous at this. She could feel the threat in his mind, and the look he was giving her gave made a chill run down her spine.
'Don't worry I didn't go into your mind, as long as you don't think about things too 'loudly' a telepath shouldn't be able to hear it'
'Fine as long as we have an understanding, sorry about this but…I have…some issues, and I prefer to let people know of them when I'm ready to'
"That's okay, I understand. I won't go into your mind unless invited." Jean said out loud. The others were looking at them with a curious expression, they all now there was a conversation going on that they couldn't hear, and they wanted to know what it was.
Vincent then changed back into the way he was before, only looking a little depressed. "Thanks I really appreciate that Jean." He said with a small smile, but you could see it was only forced to lighten the mood of those around him.
On the inside he was still slightly uncomfortable with the idea of someone else here that could enter his mind, and see the things, he only told two people in the entire world about. Logan came out caring one of the boxes at that point breaking the silence "Hey get your butts into gear, people. Start helping move all this stuff."
Scott was the first to step forward "Okay, I guess I'll help to lift that trunk"
"No wait Scott don't-" But Vincent was too late again.
"Ahh!" Scott gave out a slight cry while trying to lift the trunk, feeling like he nearly pulled all the muscles in his back.
Vincent just shakes his head, and takes a deep sigh. "Why doesn't anyone ever listen to me?" He then walks up to the trunk and lifts it like before with Logan.
"Whoa" was Kitty's reaction. "Let me guess, super-strength right?"
"Oh yeah" was Vincent's replay. "So can anyone show me where I'll be staying?"
"Oh, like, I can" Kitty said, hoping to get out of the work.
"Well since you volunteered lead on Kitty"
Inside the mansion
"Well this is your room." Kitty said as she opened the door for me.
He went inside and was amassed. This room was over twice the size of his old one. It even had a balcony. Vincent placed the trunk down gently looking the place over.
"I take it you like it?" Was Kitty's question, thought from the look on my face, he could tell see already knew the answer. Vince was about to turn around to respond to her when he heard the strangest sound behind him.
BAMF
'Bamf? What the hell was that?' Thought Vince and was answered when hr turned around, and looked straight into the yellow eyes, that's right YELLOW eyes, and blue face, with elf years and fangs. "Whoa" He fell back onto his butt very ungraceful like.
"Oh I am sorry, here let me help you up mein Freund." He said, while giving him a three fingered hand. For a moment he just stared at it for a second then accepted it. His brain started working again after the shock and decided he should try to apologies for his reaction.
"It's okay, sorry I acted that way you caught me by surprise." He gave him a smile to show him I meant it.
"It's alright I'm used to it. My name's Kurt by the vay, Kurt Vanger." Vince noticed the accent now. It sounded German, so he played a hunch.
"Sie von Deutschland sind?" He said he didn't know much German in fact he only knew just a little that he read in books and he bet that his accent was horrible. The expression of shock of his face was priceless however. He blinked a couple of times then he got this huge smile on his face.
"Ja sprechen Sie Deutsch?" He asked the boy glad that there was at least someone else that could speak in his language since coming to this country.
"Ja und ein paar andere Sprachen." Vince said with a grin on his face hoping he had said it right.
"Hey! In English, please, you guys know you like, don't come with subtitles right?" They both looked at Kitty, with her arms cross, and tapping one of here feat, with a slightly annoyed look on her face.
"Oops, sorry." Both Vincent and Kurt said at the same time. At that time, Logan, Scott came in carrying a few of the boxes, then the last ones floating in by Jean's telekinetic command.
Vincent takes a look at the floating boxes and at Jean who looks like she's controlling them. "I guess you're a telekinetic too huh? Jean just gives him a smile and shrugs.
"Well that's the last of your stuff bub." Logan says putting down the box he was carrying.
"Hey did you guys know that the new guy speaks German?" Kitty asked the others. They all had shocked expression at that.
Scott turned to Vincent "You do?"
"I do, mainly I just know English, Japanese, some French. But I picked up a little Spanish, Italian." Although that wasn't very good in fact the only Spanish was what he remembered that he learned from TV. Italian he picked up from this Italian family that owned a dinner and he liked to yell in it when pissed.
But I only know a bit and a little Chinese but only a few choice phrases." Vincent replied although this was thanks to his photographic memory he was able to pick up things more easily thanks to it and some languages he learned over years most of the ones he only knew bits and pieces he couldn't hold a conversation but he might guess at what was being said.
Now they all were really surprised. Jean was the first to break the silence. "Wow, that's impressive."
Vincent started to scratch the back of his head a little and had a nervous smile "Well I pick things up easily and I read a lot. Even a whole bunch of those English-to-whatever language books from the local library or a few films with subtitles. In other words I had no life." He finished with a small laugh.
They all gave a good natured laugh at his joke. Vincent then turned back to his room. He removed the leather jacket and threw it onto the bead, seeing it was cool in the morning when he left, but it was getting warmer now and didn't need it.
"Now I have to just figure out where to put everything." He said with a smile and began rubbing the back of his head with his left arm.
Kitty was too busy looking at Vincent without the jacket on to hear him. 'Wow he really keeps in shape. I didn't notice with that bulky jacket on. If I wasn't seeing Lance, I'd...what are you thinking! You just met the guy.'
"Vhoa, vere did you get that scar?" Kurt asked.
Vincent looked at his left arm. There was a scar running down the bottom of his arm running parallel to the bone and fingers. It was almost two inches long He hadn't have to think of that scar at home, because everyone who knew him already saw it, but these people didn't see it yet because of the jacket.
"It's nothing…I….I got it when I was a kid, it's not important." He took his right hand and covered his scar with it, not looking them in the eyes.
Before they could ask any more questions, Xavier's voice came to their heads. 'Please could everyone gather in the lounge to meet our newest member'
'Saved by the telepath' Vincent silently thought.
They were on their way to the lounge when they rounded a corner Vincent wasn't looking to carefully to where he was going and ran into Rogue. He walked right into her but Rogue was the only one affected and started to fall back.
Vincent seeing that he ran into the goth girl, wearing a purple top with the shoulders exposed, and her falling quickly acted. He used his super-speed to catch her before she hit the floor and raised her back up.
He was about to place his hand on her shoulder and ask if she was okay, when she suddenly pulled back and shouted "Don't touch meh!" Vincent automatically thought back to the last time someone reacted like that.
He thought of Mary and that day at the store.
Rogue wasn't watching were she was going she was too busy thinking about her life. When she slammed into what she first thought was a steel wall, she found herself being lifted up in the arms of this stranger but when he reached to touch her, her instincts kicked in.
After she yelled out she looked at his face. It was full of pain, and he wasn't looking her in the eyes. 'I don't think he knows' she thought. 'I guess I'd better tell 'im. Great another person to treat me like Ah have to plague if they touch meh.
"Look it's not what you think. Ah can't have any skin to skin contact or I'll drain your life force and memorizes." She said in a very monotone voice. She was used to this little speech. She'd done it enough times.
Now the part she really hated was coming. Either he would go all 'Oh sorry to hear that' or 'well that sucks'. He would also get either uncomfortable around her or give her what she REALLY hated. Pity. She hated that look of pity people gave her when she told them about this.
She was completely unprepared for what he did next.
He just looked at her, but there was no pity in his eyes. Only compassion the same with his voice he only said. "I understand." The thing is he meant it and she could almost believe he could. Then he gave a small bow with his head and headed down the stairs.
Rogue was beside herself. No one had ever reacted like that to her. Not once. She blinked a couple of times and started following the rest to the lounge.
'Who the hell is this guy?' She asked herself. She knew he was the new guy, but he didn't seem like anyone else she met.
In the lounge all the students and teachers were gathered. Vincent having had his earlier heart attack with Kurt had a lot better reaction when he met Mr. McCoy. He also met all the other students.
Ray or Berzerker as he called himself had the weirdest hairdo plus the electrical powers that reminded him of the pictures Mr. Kensuke showed him of those ancient warriors. He filed that thought away for a later.
Bobby "Iceman" Drake, seemed like a few of the trouble makers from the orphanage. He'd have to keep an eye on that one.
Tabitha Smith (Boom-Boom) was a vary outgoing girl, who didn't seem to mind what people though of her and always seemed to say what she was thinking. He liked her right away.
Sam Guthrie (Cannonball) was a tall southerner, kind of shy but seemed like a good guy.
Amara (Magma) was a real life princess. Vincent never met royalty before and was a little self-conscious around her. But she seemed nice and a little shy at first.
Jamie or Multiple, reminded Vincent a lot of Benny. He was the youngest of all the students, and had a look of pure innocence about him.
Roberto de Costa (Sunspot) came off as a little cocky, and a little too sure of himself. Vincent could tell he was a good guy, but that attitude, would be a slight problem to over come.
After the introductions Vincent told them a little about himself, that he lived in Toronto, grew up in a orphanage the usual stuff at least.
After that, they broke for launch. It was pure pandemonium. 'Man and I thought the kids at the orphanage were bad' as he watched what was going on. Seeing the students grabbing what they could, some even using their powers.
He saw Kitty phase through people to get at the food, Kurt had teleported above them and was hanging upside down with his tail hanging onto a chandelier. Jamie had made a small army and they each grabbed something different like it was a scavenger hunt.
Vincent decided to wait patiently for the chaos to tone down a little before he went to make something to eat. After he'd finished Xavier and Hank came up to him.
"Vincent I'd like to have Mr. McCoy look you over in the med lab, he would like to do a check up on you" Xavier said.
At the words of med lab Vincent tensed up. He hated labs. He hated needles. He hated everything associated with them, with a passion.
'You won't be harmed, and I'll be there for you.' Xavier sent into Vincent's mind.
Vincent could sense the sincerity, in his thoughts. He went with them, though he wasn't happy about it.
The lab was big, cold, and reminded him of another place and time. A place that took all the innocence, a place that taught him the true meaning of hell. To say that he was nervous was an understatement. Places like this always freaked him out. They were one of the few things he truly feared.
Xavier could feel the fear coming off Vincent in waves. He did his best to calm him down.
'I have a feeling I know the source of his fear. I hope I'm wrong, for that would be horrible.' But Xavier knew he was right, he'd seen at least two others one of them living here who have gone through what Vincent had most likely gone through. The idea turned his stomach that something like that happened to another child.
"Please Vincent take off your shirt and get on the table please." McCoy gently asked Vincent to do.
He was a little hesitant but complied. After lifting his shirt, McCoy examined him.
Hank was shocked to see several vary old scar on Vincent's back. They looked like they were received at early childhood. There was another just under the left ribs. They were mostly small and barley noticeable, except for one that went from his right shoulder blade down to his lower back on the opposite side.
McCoy studied the scars. 'My God.' What the only thought that came to mind. 'Who would do this to a child?'
McCoy worked his way to the front and saw something on Vincent's chest right above the heart. An oriental looking tattoo. "When did you get that?" McCoy asked with a grin.
"I got it on my 16th birthday over a year ago. My sensei, Mr. Kansuke said that it was a rite of passage. Everyone who studies in their art gets a tattoo of the clan symbol on them."
The symbol was a circle with a Japanese letters. One large one in the center and four equally spaced apart on the out side.
"The one in the center stands for the family clan, Mototsugu. The others on the outside stand for the four beliefs of the Mototsugu clan. Honor, Duty, Courage, and Strength. I placed the tattoo over my heart as a way for me to keep the teachings close to me. So I would never forget them." Vincent said with a passion in his voice, the kind that McCoy wouldn't expect from someone so young.
Hank could tell he truly meant every word, with his whole heart.
"Well that should make you vary popular once they find out, you're the only one at the institute with a tattoo and I'm sure once they find out several of them will ask for one." McCoy said with a huge smile.
Xavier on the other hand his fingers rubbing his temple for the impending headache that THAT was going to be.
The exam took several hours to finish up. When they were done, Vincent couldn't get out of there any faster. He went back to his room to unpack. It took about ten minutes. I would have taken less, but he rearranged the things several times.
He left the trunk for last. He opened it to reveal a guitar, its amplifier, his PS2, books, a Japanese flute (which he was still learning to play), several trophies in Martial Arts his trusty old laptop, his boom box, his CDs and DVDs a small TV the size of a computer monitor which had seen better days, and pieces of wood secured to the top of the trunk.
The Wood was actual part of a table he placed his TV and PS2 on at the orphanage, and decided to take it apart and to take it with him. It took five minutes to set up the small table and place his stuff on it.
When he had finally finished Scott came in carrying a package.
"Well that didn't take you too long did it?" he said with a grin.
"Nope, what's that?" Vincent asked looking at the package Scott had.
"Something for you to wear tomorrow," Scott replied with a small smile. He handed him the box and on his way out said over his shoulder. "We have a Danger Room session tomorrow after breakfast at eight."
'Danger room, what the hell is that?' Vincent thought at the name of that. He opened the package to find a dark colored uniform, made from something that looked like.….spandex?….it had a pair of yellow gloves and boots, and had this X on the shoulders.
Vincent just looked at the thing and said in a moan "You've GOT to be kidding me."
NEXT UP CHAPTER 5: DANGER ROOM AND UNIFORMSTranslations:
meinen Freund – my friend.
Sie von Deutschland sind -Are you from Germany.
Ja sprechen Sie Deutsch? -Yes, you speak German?
Ja und ein paar andere Sprachen.-Yes, and a few other languages.