ENTER MAYHEM

CAPTER 7:CALL ME MAYHEM

The rest of the celebration went pretty well. There were no more of the "mosquitoes" plaguing the students, so everyone starting to enjoy themselves.

Vincent had received numerous question about his tattoo and explained several times that it was the symbol of a samurai clan that he trained under, and the mark represented his status as a member of the clan.

Jamie asked a lot of questions about the Mototsugu clan, he was really interested in it.

"Vincent if you got that tattoo and trained and are a part of the clan, does that make you a real samurai?" Jamie asked him.

He though about it, normally the idea of a Canadian samurai was kind of funny, but then Vince took everything about what Mr. Kensuke taught him seriously, his sensei actually called him a samurai when he left.

Though a samurai is 'once who serves' and being without a master he was technically a ronin now, but being at the Institute and most likely he was going to 'sever' as either a New Mutant or a X-Man, maybe he really was a samurai.

He looked down at Jamie who was eagerly waiting for his response.

Vincent made a smile then. "Yes, I think you could call me a samurai Jamie." It felt good to say that, like voicing it out loud made it so. He felt a moment of pride then, like he deserved to acknowledge it.

"That is SO cool." Was Jamie's only response, he had a huge smile on his face after that.

He didn't mind telling them, he was proud of his status and considered it a true honor, to be part of that legacy. When they asked about his scars however he said as little as possible.

When they tried to pry deeper to simply told them to let it drop. Soon they got the hint that it was too painful for him to talk about so they stopped asking, to Vincent's relief.

After launch Amanda had to go home before her parents started to worry, muck to Kurt's dismay. It seemed to him like they never had enough time together, and wished they could spend more time together, but with all the publicity of the Institute's involvement with Apocalypse, and her parents were still a little worried about their daughter being with a mutant. They seemed only to see each other every few days.

Kurt was in a sour mood after that for awhile. He wished he could have a normal relationship with her, but knew nothing in his life would ever be 'normal', it was a though that always seemed to get him down.

He never showed it of course, he would go off and joke around and be the 'goof-ball' that almost everyone thought he was. That was except for his sister Rogue, his best friend Kitty, and of course the Professor could tell, but gave him his space, this was one of the ways Kurt dealt with things.

After about an hour Kurt felt better, his happy attitude was no longer just an 'act' so things went back to normal. In other words random madness all over the place.

Most of the students had gotten a hold of some water balloons and started a whole water balloon fight that lasted for thirty minute. The back lawn was covered in bits of rubber and everyone was soaking wet, even some of the teachers.

It was one of those perfect summer days that people remember, at least it would have been, but that night things weren't going to be as good as the morning.

Mystique had flown onto the grounds near midnight in her raven form. She carried a small object within her talons. She landed by the front door and morphed into Beast. She walked into the mansion and headed to the medical facilities and labs in the lower levels.

What she was looking for was most likely there and luckily no one should be up at this point and if they were, they would think that Hank was just working late on something.

Vincent was having trouble sleeping again. Check that he was having trouble trying to sleep period. He kept tossing and turning, and just couldn't get comfortable. The nightmare from last night wasn't what was bothering him. It wasn't anything that happened that day, though he and Rogue had been a little uncomfortable around each other for a little while, but they were over it. At least he hoped so.

What was really was wrong, was he had that familiar feeling of dread. That same feeling he got every time in his life when something bad was going to happen. On a scale of one to ten, this was about a seven.

It was impossible for him to get some sleep. So he got up and decided if Mr. McCoy was up. If he was he was most likely in his lab working, if not, he might as well head on back to his room.

The lights were out in the hall, but that wouldn't matter, he remembered where everything is, and if he did hit anything, its not like it would hurt.

He was stepping lightly to avoid waking anyone, and was about five meters down the hall when he suddenly stopped and mentally slapped himself in the head.

'What the Hell am I doing, you can FLY you idiot, so why are you walking?' So Vincent started to hover above the floor a few inches and glided along silently. He had it all the way to the lower levels without making a sound. He checked the hallway to see if any light came from the labs or the medical ward. No sense in going into the rooms if there was no sign if anyone was there.

He saw the light from the labs on, and went in. There was Beast working on a computer. "Hey Mr. McCoy what's up?" Vince casually said. 'Beast' turned around suddenly. 'He' didn't hear Vincent come in and was startled. "What are you doing here?" Beast almost yelled at him.

Beast seemed a little pissed off to Vince, normally he was calm and spoke in a gentle voice, this was a complete contrast to the Beast Vince knew.

"Uh….I couldn't sleep so I came to see if you where awake, to see if you could help me out." Vince was a little unnerved by this side of Beast.

Beast just gave him a dirty look. "Look I have important work, just go and get some warm milk that always works. So if you don't MIND I have to get back to work."

Vincent just turned around and quickly went away. 'Man he must get really grouchy when he works late.' He made a mental note not to bug him again late at night. He decided to go to the kitchen. At this point he'd try anything. As soon as he got there he was met by a strange sight. There was Beast in the kitchen, easting a sandwich and in totally different clothes.

Vince rubbed his eyes first to make sure he was seeing this. Yep he was. He turned around quickly to where he came from wondering what was going on.

Hank seeing his distressed look, wondered what had him so worked up. "Vincent is something the matter?"

"Uh…Mr. McCoy do you have an evil twin, or twin in general?"

"No"

"You're sure?"

"Yes why?" Hank was wondering where this was going.

"Well how come I just came from the labs, where I left you, and now you're here in a completely different attitude and clothing?"

McCoy just looked at him puzzled, then as his words sank in he knew there was only one possible thing that could explain this. Mystique was back. He dropped his sandwich and ran over the nearest security panel and activated an intruder alarm.

"Vincent that wasn't me in the lab, that must be Mystique." He told him.

Vincent had heard of her, and knew she was up to no good and speed off back to the labs at super speed. Mystique had downloaded all the information she needed, and got the blood sample of Vincent.

She was about to make her escape when the alarms went off. "DAMN IT!" She cursed, she didn't know how but they found her out, and with her inside, it would be near impossible to get out with the security on.

So she had to use her alternate escape plan, she took out the small device she had carried with her.

Vince was pissed, he didn't like to be made a fool of, and he really didn't like the fact that there was some psycho lady on the loose doing who knows what.

He busted through the door and saw the fake McCoy activate something. He was about to charge right at her when the world went dark, and not just the lights. Vince lost consciousness.

Vince was in a world of hurt his whole body ached. He had a huge headache and to top things off there was nothing but blackness. "Hank I think he's waking up" Vince couldn't place the voice at that moment. He really couldn't think straight. Then his world started to get into focus.

He suddenly was blinded by a vary bright light. Hank was shining a light into his eyes to teat his pupils.

"Vincent can you hear me?" Hank was concerned for his patient, he had never seen a reaction like that and was worried about long term effects.

"Uh….Suo-yo duh doh dhr-dang...what the Hell hit me?" Vincent wearily asked.

"The whole mansion was hit with a electro magnetic pulse. The entire security system is still off line, and you've been unconscious for about three hours." Beast told him.

"An EMP? But those are supposed to be harmless to people." Vince tried to sit up but was too dizzy and it seemed every muscle ached.

"Well you weren't the only one affected, Ray got dizzy for a little while as well."

"Wait a minute, how come he only got dizzy and I got laid out?"

"Well your powers are greater than Ray, and I suspect that you both have some type of electronic biological system that was effected by the EMP. Basically it shorted you both out."

Vincent just groaned. He didn't like the idea that he could be 'turned off' like he was an appliance.

"So how ya doing bub?" Logan was sitting across from the bead. Vince hadn't noticed him yet and turned his face to him.

Vince let a smile form of his face, although Logan could tell the kid was still hurting.

"Let me put it to you this way. I now know how that coyote must feel in those roadrunner cartoons."

Logan actually laughed at that.

By mourning Vincent was awake and feeling much better, especially after breakfast. He felt better physically, but emotionally he was feeling pretty down.

He felt responsible for letting Mystique get away, and felt embarrassed that he was defeated so easily.

He needed to take his mind off things, he also needed to get some of this aggravation out of the way. There was only one thing he could do. Train.

He went up to his room and got out one of his gis. The one he chose was all white, with a black shirt underneath, it had no sleeves, and there was a black belt wrapped around his waist. The clan symbol was on the back, and he wore a bandana that had the symbol on it too.

He gabbed the training bagged Mr. Kansuke gave him with all the weapons with one hand, and his CD player with the other.

Rogue, Kurt, Kitty and Jamie were sitting in the living room, the events of last night the topic of discussion.

"Ah can't believe she would do this…..on second thought Ah think Ah can" Rouge said, she was furious. She had hoped that with what she said to her in Egypt, she would have left them alone.

She knew she wouldn't but had hoped they would have gone a little longer without seeing her.

"Tell me about it. What was she doing here anyway?" Kitty was a little nervous that one of their deadliest of enemies just walked into their home, again.

"Vell vhat ever it vas, you can be sure it vasn't good." Kurt glumly said. Even though he had given up on forming any relationship with his mother, he still wished he could have gotten through to her.

"Hey and how about Vincent, like, he had to spent the night in the infirmary." Kitty stated.

"Yeah I thought that EMP only trashed computers not people." Jamie spoke up. He was starting to really look up to Vincent. He was everything the Jamie wanted to be.

Vince was big, strong, and confident. He was so cool, with his fighting and the tattoo was awesome, plus he hadn't treated Jamie like just a little kid like the others.

"Yeah I saw him earlier and he ,like looked all depressed over what happened." Kitty was worried about him, Vince always seemed calm and happy, seeing him down like that was so different to what she was used to.

Rogue was getting a little worried at that. She only knew him for a few days yet he had made an impression on her. He didn't react to her like other people had, he didn't seem afraid of her skin, and he wasn't totally childish like most of the other boys here were.

She was beginning to like this boy, she knew nothing could happen with him because of her powers, but she really would at least like to have a friendship with him. He was interesting, and his tastes were definitely better than some of the others.

"Maybe we should cheer him up, it wasn't his fault for what happened, was it?" Jamie innocently asked them.

Kurt stood up then and put a smile on. "Ja you are right Jamie, it wasn't his fault and we should cheer him up."

"Yeah ,like, we should, it wasn't his fault and he shouldn't beat himself up about it." Kitty said, being a little more chipper now.

Rogue only nodded in agreement. Normally she wasn't this social but she figured she owned Vince a little for treating her like he had.

They asked around and Rahne told them she had seen him off to the gym.

As they got closer they could hear music playing. It was 'Going under' by Evanescence

They opened the door slightly so they all could see what was going on, and yet not be seen by who ever was in there.

They watched in silence as they saw Vince throwing hits and kicks in tune with the music. He would do lighting quick moves that seemed both graceful and deadly.

At the next song he went to a bag and actually pulled out to their surprise a samurai sword. He put the sword and its scabbard through his belt. He got into a fighting stance and as the music changed into a faster tune he pulled free the sword.

They watched in silence at the movements of the blade, Vincent seemed to move it with such ease and grace. They watched as he continued to parry, trusts, block and even through out attacks like a kick or elbow, as if he was battling an unseen foe.

It was until the CD reached 'My Immortal' that he stopped. He placed the blade back into its holder and placed it on the table.

Vincent could never train with this song, it brought back too many memories to the surface. He decided to take a break and just listen to the song then. He sat down against one of the walls and listened to the lyrics.

'No kidding. Some things even time can never truly heal.' He thought glumly at that part of the some. He though back to how Father Michaels had taken care of him and of Mr. Kensuke. There were several faces that still haunted him, just like the song said. They all came back at him for a moment then vanished back into his memories.

Vince couldn't hold his head up any longer. He had been alone for so long. The feeling of being alone was so fresh in his mind, when he remembered his past on the streets. He was truly alone at that time in his life, and he NEVER wanted to feel that alone again.

He forced himself to get up, he walked over to the CD player and changed to the last two songs, 'My Last Breath' and 'Whisper'. He took out a pair of Sais and got into position.

He started to spin then clockwise then counter-clock wise. He then held them with his ring and middle fingers between the central blades.

He started with jabbing moves, then slices and gradually moved onto the more complicated moves. He spent the last two songs working up from the basics to the more advance moves.

Vincent was so focus when he trained he had a tendency to block out the rest of the world. So he never noticed his audience when they came to the door or when they quietly left.

The four onlookers decided to leave him alone, to work things out by himself. Besides they knew from looking at him that they had seen a private part of himself when 'My Immortal' was playing and didn't want him to know they had seen him like that.

Some things were just meant to be private.

Vincent had spent over an hour training, when he decided that would be enough for the day. He had put everything away and went back to his room. He was about to change and go for a shower when there was a knock on his door.

"It's open" He said, but inside he was asking 'What now?'

Logan can in and raised an eyebrow at him in his gi. Then he got a predatory grin on his face. "Sorry kid, but I want you suited up for a danger room section, be there in five minutes." Then left as fast as he came in.

Vince just stood there, he had just finished a training section only to get another. Any other day and he might not have minded, but the entire day he was in a dark mood, and this wasn't what he felt he needed.

'Aw crap.' He silently cursed to himself. 'Well at least I finally finished that new uniform, I might as well break it in.'

Luckily there was plenty of spare material around for uniforms, and being in an orphanage that had to learn to spend on a budget, sowing was a must to learn. Plus super-speed has another use.

Logan, Beast and the Professor were in the control room, waiting for him to show up.

"Beast you sure we should do this, after that EMP, and that fact I caught him after his own training, he might be too tired for this?" Logan asked of Beast.

Beast stopped looking at some notes and turned his attention to Logan.

"Logan, we need to judge the full effects of the EMP on his system as well as his full potential. Also we need to know sooner than later because the material that Mystique stole was data regarding all the mutants and Vincent's blood sample."

Logan was about to protest when the doors to the danger room below opened and Vince walked in.

Wolverine took one look at him in his new uniform and smirked. "Can't believe he got it done so soon, I admit though it does look a little good." He turned to the others with a scowl "But don't either of you two let anyone know I said that."

They both looked at Logan and nodded, even thought they were trying to suppress their smiles.

Vincent was wearing a pair of black boats, with two silver buckles on them A/N think to Logan's uniform brown boats in season 1 only black he had on some black pants made of the same material as all the uniforms. He had on a dark shirt, but had a black leather jacket on too.

The Jacket had a huge red X starting from the center of his back going up and under the arms, and coming together in the front. With the jacket open, the front of the X was cut in half.

He also had a pair of black biker gloves and a silver belt with an X on it.

To top it all off, he wore a bandana like with his gi but this was black instead of white and the symbol was a red X in a red box.

As Vince stepped into the center of the danger room, he heard Xavier over the microphone.

"Vincent we have you hear today for two reasons, we need to see if there are any lasting effects of the EMP, and to see your full strength. I know that before you were afraid to use your full power for fear of hurting someone, so you are here alone so you don't have to be afraid."

Vincent wasn't sure how to take that last part, he had always held back and now they were telling him NOT to.

Before he could say anything Logan had started up the danger room and giant saw blades, laser guns, and combat drones were suddenly released.

Vincent put any other thoughts aside and concentrated on the task at hand. He easily dodged the attacks of the drones and flew up into the air.

He began to send out dozens of energy blasts at the drones, destroying them all in seconds.

The laser canons started firing at him, the lasers that did hit him did little but annoy him. He flew over to one and ripped it right out of the wall, and threw it into an oncoming saw blade destroying them both.

He then formed what he called energy lances, they were energy in the shape of small thin yet long 'blades' about a foot in length. He sent over a dozen of them at the turrets, and most of them that hit, imbedded themselves into the turrets and exploded.

He also made an energy disk about six inches in radius and sent that one flying over to a huge mace that was coming over to him. The disk sliced right through the arm holding the mace, and the mace fell to the floor.

After about tweenty minute of this, Vince had destroyed most of the targets that were thrown at him so Logan decided to increase the difficulty. Now more and more weapons came at Vincent.

He tried but couldn't doge all the attacks, and when a giant mace slammed him into a wall, he was getting pissed.

'Fine they want me go full out they GOT IT' He though.

Vince powered up fully, his hands and eyes getting the same crimson glow. He let out a roar, and took off to the nearest saw blade.

He ducked under the blade, and grabbed it at the arm holding it. He grabbed the arm and ripped it out of the wall. He now swung the huge saw blade like a giant broad sword, moving at super speed and cutting anything that got in his way.

But it wasn't enough, there where too many attacks, so he had to throw his 'sword' into a group a drones. He had one trick left, he had only used it once without thinking, and it was disastrous, he hadn't tried it since that day.

But if they wanted him to show them what he had then so be it, he crossed his arms over his chest and his whole body started to glow. He then let out a yell, and then a wave of destructive energy washed over the entire danger room. There were explosions everywhere, turrets and drones exploded, blades shattered.

Even the glass in the control room shattered in some places. When the smoke had clear Vincent was hovering over the wreckage that was once the danger room.

He was sweating and actually tired from all that he had done, and that last attack took a lot out of him. He was actually smiling then. He had never been able to just let loose like that before.

He had always had to control himself and keep his powers in check. This was the first time he had ever been able to just let loose and not worry about hurting anyone.

That was until he looked around at the devastation around him, and the reasons way he always had to be in control came back to him. His good mood was suddenly gone.

He though back to the times he lost control and what he did, and what it cost him.

Is this all I can do? Do I just cause nothing but chaos and mayhem wherever I go?

"Vincent that will be enough for today, please come up to the control room" He heard Xavier saw to him.

The others in the control room were still shocked at what he did, especially that last attack.

Logan looked onto the danger room and was pissed because it would take a couple of days to fix up the danger room, but he was also impressed with what the kid did.

McCoy was checking all the data he had recorded from the danger room.

Xavier was deep in thought. He felt he had a better understanding of Vincent's fears of his power. He never would have dreamed that someone so young had the burden of that kind of power. He decided he should do his best to make sure Vincent never used his powers for evil like Magneto.

Vincent came in then, his uniform slightly messy from all the fighting and sweat.

Xavier turned towards him then. "Well Vincent that was definitely something, I see why you hold back. Before you go, all the students as you know have a codename they go by, have you thought of one?"

Vincent had been thinking of one but could never come up with one that felt was for him. He took a look outside the broken glass, and the danger room below. He remembered his earlier thoughts about him causing nothing but chaos and mayhem.

"Yes Professor I think I have. Call me ….. Mayhem."

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TRANSLATIONS

Suo-yo duh doh dhr-dang... - what in the name of…