Chapter Three: Danger Room and Friendships
Last Time...
Darren was led downstairs, where he visited once with Professor X the previous day. "Darren , we will be training in the Danger Room, which creates simulations for us to fight, and use our powers against." Explained Scott, as he typed in the code needed to open the Danger Room door. "Stay with Kitty and Rogue. Its your job to protect them from the simulations. Understood?" said Scott. "Yea, I got you." Smiled Darren, who was really looking forward to training.
"What should I expect in this metal room of yours?" asked Darren as he looked anxiously at the large metal room. "You can expect simulators, lasers and probably mazes. Ah am not sure what Scott has planned for today.'' whispered Rogue, who was adjusting her gloves. ''Why does he pick what happens?'' asked Darren. "Because he is team leader. Ah personally don't like him. He seems to stuck up in the middle of his life and doesn't seem to have time for anyone but himself or his perfect girlfriend, Jean.'' muttered Rogue to Darren, who agreed.
The team ( Cyclops, Jean, Rogue, Darren, Magma, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, Berzerker, Jubilee, and Iceman) entered the Danger Room, ready to combat. Darren had no clue what to do. What power form to use? He decided he would do what he had to, to prove himself a valuable part of the team. ''Today's surprise is lasers that are heat triggered.'' At that everyone's face dropped, especially Amara's a.k.a. Magma. "So the lasers are triggered by our body heat?" asked Darren who was smiling. ''Yea. What do you think it means when I say that the lasers are heat triggered?'' replied Scott rather rudely. ''I was just clarifying. Good luck with that, Scott.'' "Excuse me?" asked Scott, who looked as if he was about to lose patience. ''I'm just wishing you luck. You know with the heat sensors. My power allows me to become light, light doesn't have body heat. So I am basically unaffected by that.'' smirked Darren as he pushed passed Scott. Rogue followed him. *Wow, he sure told Scott* thought Rogue, who was smiling. "Rogue, if you hold my hand, and I turn invisible, you too will be invisible, and that means you can make it through the heat sensors." whispered Darren in his friend's ear. ''Ah would like that.'' said Rogue.
They were all in the room ready for the professor to turn on the simulations. In a blink of an eye, a maze formed. "You have to get to the other side protecting who you were told.'' came Professor X's voice. "Ready? Set? Go!''.
Darren grabbed Rogue and Kitty and they entered the maze. ''You guys start, I will go assess the maze to find the best way out.'' said Kitty as she phased through the wall. Darren could sense the floor heating. "The sensors are on. Grab my hand." said Darren as he looked at Rogue's pale face. She did just that, and in a prism of light, they disappeared. They got to a dead end, and no choice but to disconnect hands. ''Darren? What's wrong?" asked Rogue as she looked at a panting Darren. "I can't stay in that form to long, otherwise the light affects my internal organs." said Darren, who was detected by a sensor. A red laser beam was shot at Darren, who was kneeling on the ground, recovering. All of a sudden the laser was deflected into the wall. "How did that happen?" asked Darren, as he tried to stand up. "Ah don't know.'' said Rogue was also stunned. ''It was me." came a voice in their heads. Jean. "How did she know?" asked Darren. "I telepathically heard you. You were 'hurt' so I thought I would help you out.'' ''Oh.'' Just then Kitty phased in. ''I found the way. Come on!" she said, as she grabbed both of them and phased through the wall. ''That was new.'' said Darren, who couldn't get over the fact that he walked through a wall.
The three of them were the first ones to complete the maze, in large part to Kitty. The maze disappeared and all the teammates saw that Darren, Rogue and Kitty were the first ones done, now the real test was about to begin. Seven mechanical robots entered the danger room. ''Kitty phase through them.'' said Rogue who was dodging lasers that were being shot. ''Okay.'' said Kitty who ran through one, but to her surprise nothing happened.'' ''Its not working!'' exclaimed Kitty who was shot by a laser. Darren was in combat mode. He was doing flips over the robots. ''Everyone was amazed by his flexibility. It lasted only ten seconds because the robots began spitting more lasers at them. Cyclops was shooting his optic blasts, while Jean deflected them from him. Jubilee and Berzerker where using there powers, which had little affect on the machinery.
Darren's right and left hands where glowing gold. He knew what was happening. His body was absorbing light to allow him to shot beams. He thrusted his hands forward and two streams of blinding light was shot forwards right at the robot in front of him. The beams hit one of the robots. The robot discombobulated and fell to the ground, broken. ''Dar! Shoot one of these over here!'' yelled Iceman, who had a robot frozen in ice. Darren getting the idea shot a beam at the robot and it shattered, still frozen ice. ''Way to go!'' said Iceman, who ran off to help Jubilee.
About twenty minutes, everything was over. Everyone had rips in their uniforms except Darren, who really had a good time. ''So what did you think of that?'' asked Scott, as they entered the room they shared. ''That was a lot of fun!'' smiled Darren, who laid down on his bed. "Scott, we are leaving in fifteen minutes." said Jean who poked her head in the room. ''Ooo, romantic date tonight?" asked Darren with a laugh. "No. She has her soccer game. You coming?" replied Scott with a slight attitude. "Maybe." was Darren's response as he took his uniform off.
Darren decided to go to the game. He put on a pair of khaki shorts, a blue tee-shirt, sneakers, and placed his black sunglasses atop his spiked blonde hair. He glanced at the clock on the far side of the room. 4:15. Time to go. He walked downstairs, and was intercepted by Rogue. "Hey, you going tonight?'' asked Darren smiling. "Yea. Kitty is making me. You?'' "Yeah. I decided I should go check it out." ''You do know that Kitty is going to force you to talk to her friends.'' smiled Rogue. ''Just what I was afraid of." laughed Darren as he and Rogue walked out to the car. Darren and Rogue were crammed in the back seat with Kitty and Amara, while Jean and Scott were up front. The whole five minute ride, Kitty talked their ears off. Darren wanted to punch her out, but didn't.
At the game, Rogue and Darren walked around and talked about how boring soccer was. That was when Kitty came running over with Kristina. Kristina was a tall, brown haired, brown eyed girl, who spoke exactly like Kitty. ''Darren this is like my friend. Her name is like Kristina.'' said Kitty in her valley girl attitude. "Hi. I'm like Kristina.'' she said, her head bobbing. Darren rolled his eyes, and politely excused himself, dragging Rogue with him. Kitty and Kristina were dumbfounded. "I think he likes her.'' said Kitty to Kristina. ''I think you are right Kit-Kat." said Kristina as they walked to the concession stand to buy Diet Cokes.
''Rogue can I tell you something?" said Darren as they walked on the grass. The sun was going down in a swirl of reds and oranges. It was rather romantic. ''What is it?" asked Rogue. "I don't know how to say this.'' he said looking at the sunset. A tear rolled down his cheek. ''Darren?'' came Rogue's southern voice, sounding alarmed. "I can't do this." he said and disappeared in a prism of light. "Darren? Darren? Darren!'' said Rogue, who was alarmed by this point. Rogue ran towards the field. She knew that he can only stay invisible for ten minutes, she knew this because they were only in the maze earlier today for ten minutes before the light started affecting him.
She ran by Kitty and a bunch of the other X-Men, but they were to bust caught up in their own lives to notice that Rogue was running. She looked around at the people, the people standing in line for drinks, watching the game, talking amongst friends. None of them Darren. She looked at her watch, he had been in this form for about seven minutes. She ran, and ran and ran. She stopped when she banged into something. She fell backwards, and noticed she didn't run into anything. It dawned on her, she ran into Darren. "Darren, Ah know you are there. You must be in some serious pain right about now.'' she said to nothing. People who were walking by, looked at her as if she was on drugs. In a flash of light, Darren appeared clenching his side. "Darren come with me.'' she said sternly. Rogue led him to a bench in the school's courtyard, luckily it was dark out so the chances of him using his mutation was low. "Listen to me. Tell me what's going on. Ah have nevah seen a boy cry or even tear before. So whateva you have to tell me cant be that bad.'' she said looking in her friends, blue oceanic eyes. "Rogue, I consider you my best friend here in Bayville. Like I never had a friend like you. Sure everyone has been nice to me, but you went out of your way by actually talking to me. Everyone acknowledges me but doesn't say two words to me.'' he said while looking in her green eyes. "Ah am thankful that you think that. To be honest, I enjoy hanging out with ya. Now what do ya wanna talk to me about so badly?'' "Rogue, you are my friend and I trust you no matter what. I need you to keep this a secret. Rogue, I'm gay.'' said Darren, who looked away when he finished his sentence. Rogue just looked at him, tears welling in her eyes. ''Darren. Ah don't care. Y'are my friend and something like that ain't got no importance to me. If y'are happy then so be it.'' she smiled at him. Darren sat there looking at his friend, his eyes tearing at his confession. He reached over and kissed Rogue on the cheek. There was a spark between her cheek and his lips. "Thanks, and I love you.'' whispered Darren in her ear. "I love ya to ya big lug.'' she laughed and playfully punched his arm. "Friends forever.'' said Darren offering his hand. ''Friends forever.'' repeated Rogue as she took his hand.
* How did y'all like that? That was chapter three. The next Chapter is going to be a third person point of view of Pietro not Darren. I am in a bind...I need help thinking of a codename for Darren. If anyone has any suggestions, tell me in your review! Thanks, and I hoped you enjoyed! Thanks to my reviewers! ~ Damien455 *
Last Time...
Darren was led downstairs, where he visited once with Professor X the previous day. "Darren , we will be training in the Danger Room, which creates simulations for us to fight, and use our powers against." Explained Scott, as he typed in the code needed to open the Danger Room door. "Stay with Kitty and Rogue. Its your job to protect them from the simulations. Understood?" said Scott. "Yea, I got you." Smiled Darren, who was really looking forward to training.
"What should I expect in this metal room of yours?" asked Darren as he looked anxiously at the large metal room. "You can expect simulators, lasers and probably mazes. Ah am not sure what Scott has planned for today.'' whispered Rogue, who was adjusting her gloves. ''Why does he pick what happens?'' asked Darren. "Because he is team leader. Ah personally don't like him. He seems to stuck up in the middle of his life and doesn't seem to have time for anyone but himself or his perfect girlfriend, Jean.'' muttered Rogue to Darren, who agreed.
The team ( Cyclops, Jean, Rogue, Darren, Magma, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, Berzerker, Jubilee, and Iceman) entered the Danger Room, ready to combat. Darren had no clue what to do. What power form to use? He decided he would do what he had to, to prove himself a valuable part of the team. ''Today's surprise is lasers that are heat triggered.'' At that everyone's face dropped, especially Amara's a.k.a. Magma. "So the lasers are triggered by our body heat?" asked Darren who was smiling. ''Yea. What do you think it means when I say that the lasers are heat triggered?'' replied Scott rather rudely. ''I was just clarifying. Good luck with that, Scott.'' "Excuse me?" asked Scott, who looked as if he was about to lose patience. ''I'm just wishing you luck. You know with the heat sensors. My power allows me to become light, light doesn't have body heat. So I am basically unaffected by that.'' smirked Darren as he pushed passed Scott. Rogue followed him. *Wow, he sure told Scott* thought Rogue, who was smiling. "Rogue, if you hold my hand, and I turn invisible, you too will be invisible, and that means you can make it through the heat sensors." whispered Darren in his friend's ear. ''Ah would like that.'' said Rogue.
They were all in the room ready for the professor to turn on the simulations. In a blink of an eye, a maze formed. "You have to get to the other side protecting who you were told.'' came Professor X's voice. "Ready? Set? Go!''.
Darren grabbed Rogue and Kitty and they entered the maze. ''You guys start, I will go assess the maze to find the best way out.'' said Kitty as she phased through the wall. Darren could sense the floor heating. "The sensors are on. Grab my hand." said Darren as he looked at Rogue's pale face. She did just that, and in a prism of light, they disappeared. They got to a dead end, and no choice but to disconnect hands. ''Darren? What's wrong?" asked Rogue as she looked at a panting Darren. "I can't stay in that form to long, otherwise the light affects my internal organs." said Darren, who was detected by a sensor. A red laser beam was shot at Darren, who was kneeling on the ground, recovering. All of a sudden the laser was deflected into the wall. "How did that happen?" asked Darren, as he tried to stand up. "Ah don't know.'' said Rogue was also stunned. ''It was me." came a voice in their heads. Jean. "How did she know?" asked Darren. "I telepathically heard you. You were 'hurt' so I thought I would help you out.'' ''Oh.'' Just then Kitty phased in. ''I found the way. Come on!" she said, as she grabbed both of them and phased through the wall. ''That was new.'' said Darren, who couldn't get over the fact that he walked through a wall.
The three of them were the first ones to complete the maze, in large part to Kitty. The maze disappeared and all the teammates saw that Darren, Rogue and Kitty were the first ones done, now the real test was about to begin. Seven mechanical robots entered the danger room. ''Kitty phase through them.'' said Rogue who was dodging lasers that were being shot. ''Okay.'' said Kitty who ran through one, but to her surprise nothing happened.'' ''Its not working!'' exclaimed Kitty who was shot by a laser. Darren was in combat mode. He was doing flips over the robots. ''Everyone was amazed by his flexibility. It lasted only ten seconds because the robots began spitting more lasers at them. Cyclops was shooting his optic blasts, while Jean deflected them from him. Jubilee and Berzerker where using there powers, which had little affect on the machinery.
Darren's right and left hands where glowing gold. He knew what was happening. His body was absorbing light to allow him to shot beams. He thrusted his hands forward and two streams of blinding light was shot forwards right at the robot in front of him. The beams hit one of the robots. The robot discombobulated and fell to the ground, broken. ''Dar! Shoot one of these over here!'' yelled Iceman, who had a robot frozen in ice. Darren getting the idea shot a beam at the robot and it shattered, still frozen ice. ''Way to go!'' said Iceman, who ran off to help Jubilee.
About twenty minutes, everything was over. Everyone had rips in their uniforms except Darren, who really had a good time. ''So what did you think of that?'' asked Scott, as they entered the room they shared. ''That was a lot of fun!'' smiled Darren, who laid down on his bed. "Scott, we are leaving in fifteen minutes." said Jean who poked her head in the room. ''Ooo, romantic date tonight?" asked Darren with a laugh. "No. She has her soccer game. You coming?" replied Scott with a slight attitude. "Maybe." was Darren's response as he took his uniform off.
Darren decided to go to the game. He put on a pair of khaki shorts, a blue tee-shirt, sneakers, and placed his black sunglasses atop his spiked blonde hair. He glanced at the clock on the far side of the room. 4:15. Time to go. He walked downstairs, and was intercepted by Rogue. "Hey, you going tonight?'' asked Darren smiling. "Yea. Kitty is making me. You?'' "Yeah. I decided I should go check it out." ''You do know that Kitty is going to force you to talk to her friends.'' smiled Rogue. ''Just what I was afraid of." laughed Darren as he and Rogue walked out to the car. Darren and Rogue were crammed in the back seat with Kitty and Amara, while Jean and Scott were up front. The whole five minute ride, Kitty talked their ears off. Darren wanted to punch her out, but didn't.
At the game, Rogue and Darren walked around and talked about how boring soccer was. That was when Kitty came running over with Kristina. Kristina was a tall, brown haired, brown eyed girl, who spoke exactly like Kitty. ''Darren this is like my friend. Her name is like Kristina.'' said Kitty in her valley girl attitude. "Hi. I'm like Kristina.'' she said, her head bobbing. Darren rolled his eyes, and politely excused himself, dragging Rogue with him. Kitty and Kristina were dumbfounded. "I think he likes her.'' said Kitty to Kristina. ''I think you are right Kit-Kat." said Kristina as they walked to the concession stand to buy Diet Cokes.
''Rogue can I tell you something?" said Darren as they walked on the grass. The sun was going down in a swirl of reds and oranges. It was rather romantic. ''What is it?" asked Rogue. "I don't know how to say this.'' he said looking at the sunset. A tear rolled down his cheek. ''Darren?'' came Rogue's southern voice, sounding alarmed. "I can't do this." he said and disappeared in a prism of light. "Darren? Darren? Darren!'' said Rogue, who was alarmed by this point. Rogue ran towards the field. She knew that he can only stay invisible for ten minutes, she knew this because they were only in the maze earlier today for ten minutes before the light started affecting him.
She ran by Kitty and a bunch of the other X-Men, but they were to bust caught up in their own lives to notice that Rogue was running. She looked around at the people, the people standing in line for drinks, watching the game, talking amongst friends. None of them Darren. She looked at her watch, he had been in this form for about seven minutes. She ran, and ran and ran. She stopped when she banged into something. She fell backwards, and noticed she didn't run into anything. It dawned on her, she ran into Darren. "Darren, Ah know you are there. You must be in some serious pain right about now.'' she said to nothing. People who were walking by, looked at her as if she was on drugs. In a flash of light, Darren appeared clenching his side. "Darren come with me.'' she said sternly. Rogue led him to a bench in the school's courtyard, luckily it was dark out so the chances of him using his mutation was low. "Listen to me. Tell me what's going on. Ah have nevah seen a boy cry or even tear before. So whateva you have to tell me cant be that bad.'' she said looking in her friends, blue oceanic eyes. "Rogue, I consider you my best friend here in Bayville. Like I never had a friend like you. Sure everyone has been nice to me, but you went out of your way by actually talking to me. Everyone acknowledges me but doesn't say two words to me.'' he said while looking in her green eyes. "Ah am thankful that you think that. To be honest, I enjoy hanging out with ya. Now what do ya wanna talk to me about so badly?'' "Rogue, you are my friend and I trust you no matter what. I need you to keep this a secret. Rogue, I'm gay.'' said Darren, who looked away when he finished his sentence. Rogue just looked at him, tears welling in her eyes. ''Darren. Ah don't care. Y'are my friend and something like that ain't got no importance to me. If y'are happy then so be it.'' she smiled at him. Darren sat there looking at his friend, his eyes tearing at his confession. He reached over and kissed Rogue on the cheek. There was a spark between her cheek and his lips. "Thanks, and I love you.'' whispered Darren in her ear. "I love ya to ya big lug.'' she laughed and playfully punched his arm. "Friends forever.'' said Darren offering his hand. ''Friends forever.'' repeated Rogue as she took his hand.
* How did y'all like that? That was chapter three. The next Chapter is going to be a third person point of view of Pietro not Darren. I am in a bind...I need help thinking of a codename for Darren. If anyone has any suggestions, tell me in your review! Thanks, and I hoped you enjoyed! Thanks to my reviewers! ~ Damien455 *