***Thanks to my Reviewers! I can't do this without you all! I forgot to
mention that the Brotherhood has moved in with the X-Men. Also this chapter
takes place a little in the future. The story as I am sure you have noticed
has taken place within a couple months and mainly day after day scenarios.
This chapter takes place in January 2004. The other chapters took place in
like September-November 2003. I am sad to say that there only is a couple
more chapters left, and I hope that you all follow into the sequel.
Thanks!***
Chapter Twenty-One: College Choices and Power Evolution
It had been several months since the initiation of the ID cards. The mutants were getting use to them, but the humans still caused trouble. The usual insults were thrown and the threats to kill them were on the rise, but the mutants were not tarnished by this. They felt they had the protection they needed, and it wasn't necessarily their powers, it was each other. Relationships were getting hotter and hotter. Jean and Scott upped their relationship to the next level, which I am sure you all know what that is. There was a pregnancy scare though, but it was just that, a scare. Kitty and Bobby broke up after two months, for mutual reasons. Bobby then jumped straight into a relationship with Rahne, Kitty was pissed. One of the most shocking things was that Wanda and Lance started dating. It was weird at first for Pietro to see his sister dating, but she countered with "Well, it was weird to see you kissing another man.".
The seniors at Bayville began to look into colleges. The seniors at the Institute were looking into colleges that are close to the Institute.
On a cold Sunday morning, the seniors sat down in the rec. room and looked through brochures and admission forms. Jean was looking at Columbia University, she planned to become a doctor. Scott was interested in New York University, he planned to be an journalist. Both Darren and Rogue were looking into Boston University. They all had the grades to get into the school's they were looking at. Pietro and the other Brotherhood seniors were taking the year off. They were taking a year off to get the high school credits that they didn't earn. Pietro was a little upset that he couldn't go to college with Darren, but Darren said that he needed those credits and Pietro was all up for getting them.
"Do you think you should go so far to Boston?" asked Scott as he filled out his application.
"Yeah. I honestly do. Why?" responded Darren as he flipped through the picture book. "Like what if we need you? For a mission?" said Scott. "We'll only be three hours away, which is not that bad. Like the jet can get there in no time." smiled Rogue as she started her outline for her essay. "True." smiled Jean.
"So Darren? What is it that you want to be? Like what are you planning on majoring in?" asked Xavier as he joined the four seniors.
"I dunno. I was thinking about Art History."
"That is nice. I didn't know you were interested in Art History." smiled Xavier. "Yeah, it was one of those hobbies I never told anyone." "I see, and what about you Rogue?"
"I was looking into Social Work." she smiled. "That is a very rewarding career." smiled Xavier. "Thanks." she smiled back.
"I shall let you all get back to what you were doing." he said as he rolled away.
"I never knew these things could be so hard." said Scott, as he erased another point on his outline preparation for his essay. "I know what you mean." said a even more frustrated Jean. "Why what's wrong?" asked Darren to Jean. "They are asking me a lot of childhood questions and I can't think of the right answer." she said as she got up and went to get something to eat.
"Are any of y'all nervous that we won't be accepted to these school's because we are mutants." asked Rogue.
"Well, yeah I know I am." said Darren as he looked through the Art History course catalog.
"I agree." said Scott as well.
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There was also another problem in the Manor, and that was Kitty. Lately, her powers have been off. She had been getting night terrors as she called them, and she has been phasing through the bed and into Jean's room. The professor couldn't explain her new recent power surge. It however was explained that Sunday evening.
It was midnight, and everyone in the mansion was asleep. Kitty was nervous about sleeping, but she eventually dozed off. Below her Jean was wide awake, to make sure she didn't have any visitors from room above. As if on sequence at 12:15, the same as the nights before Kitty fell through the ceiling. However this night was different from others.
Kitty phased through the ceiling and stopped in mid air. She jolted awake, and looked around and saw her hovering three feet above Jean. "Jean?" she asked looking thankful.
"Don't thank me. I'm not keeping you suspended in the air." she said, as she telekinetically flipped the lights on and telepathically called the Professor.
The Professor wheeled in and saw what was happening. "Jean, are you sure it's not you?" he asked. "I am positive."
"Uhm, can we stop asking questions and figure out why I am floating. I'm like flying here, but I feel like my feet are being supported, like when I am on a floor." Kitty said.
"She's walking on air." said Darren who was silently standing in the door way.
"How do you know that?" asked Xavier. "She said she can float around and that she feels like she is on a floor. Kitty, do me a favor and walk around for me. You know like you would if you were on the ground."
"Okay." she replied as she started to walk around. "Whoa, this is awesome." she smiled.
"Like okay, but how do I, you know? Get down?"
"Unphase." said Darren. "Okay." said Kitty as she unphased and fell onto Jean's bed.
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Kitty was of course happy that her power had evolved, but it also raised questions as to can other people's abilities evolve? According to Professor Xavier, any one of their abilities can evolve. Like Rogue may be able to touch someone, and Scott maybe someday be able to see normally. Darren's ability had already evolved when he started being able to see rays of light.
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( In the Danger Room )
"Okay, here is the plan. The purpose of this drill is to test out Kitty's new power advancement. Everyone is to protect Kitty from the droids.
The team looked at the droids, they were large, metallic and very armed with lasers.
Solaris, Rogue, Shadowcat, Phoenix, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Toad were the ones who were chosen to participate in the drill.
"GO!" screamed Logan.
The droids were turned on and went after them. Darren dodged the first set of lasers, ut just barely. He noticed the heat sensors that they had for eyes. Darren quickly prismed out and ran towards the machine. However this time the an advancement was made and the droid could see his body heat. Darren was hit head on by one of the red lasers. He unprismed and fell to the ground, hurt.
"DARREN!" screamed Pietro who was mistakenly hexed by Wanda, she was trying to hex the droid, but she got it and her aim was screwed up and hit Pietro, he tried to run super fast, but he ran in slow motion, which was actually amusing.
Jean was helping Kitty. Kitty's personal mission given by Logan was for her to walk up to the roof where there was a yellow flag situated. She had the perfect plan.
"Jean, give me a slight boost." she yelled as she phased through a droid and corrupted its functions. "Okay." said Jean as she telekinetically lifted Kitty about a foot in the air. Jean stopped using her mind and Kitty was phasing through the air. She started to climb up as if using stairs. It was truly amazing.
"Way to go Kitty!" yelled her teammates as she retrieved the flag and unphased. "That was skill." said Darren as he finally got up.
"Thanks." smiled an overly ecstatic Kitty.
**I hope everyone enjoyed! I know I enjoyed writing it. If anyone has any information and/or insight on Daytripper ( a.k.a. Amanda Sefton) let me know please!! Thanks! Damien455**
Chapter Twenty-One: College Choices and Power Evolution
It had been several months since the initiation of the ID cards. The mutants were getting use to them, but the humans still caused trouble. The usual insults were thrown and the threats to kill them were on the rise, but the mutants were not tarnished by this. They felt they had the protection they needed, and it wasn't necessarily their powers, it was each other. Relationships were getting hotter and hotter. Jean and Scott upped their relationship to the next level, which I am sure you all know what that is. There was a pregnancy scare though, but it was just that, a scare. Kitty and Bobby broke up after two months, for mutual reasons. Bobby then jumped straight into a relationship with Rahne, Kitty was pissed. One of the most shocking things was that Wanda and Lance started dating. It was weird at first for Pietro to see his sister dating, but she countered with "Well, it was weird to see you kissing another man.".
The seniors at Bayville began to look into colleges. The seniors at the Institute were looking into colleges that are close to the Institute.
On a cold Sunday morning, the seniors sat down in the rec. room and looked through brochures and admission forms. Jean was looking at Columbia University, she planned to become a doctor. Scott was interested in New York University, he planned to be an journalist. Both Darren and Rogue were looking into Boston University. They all had the grades to get into the school's they were looking at. Pietro and the other Brotherhood seniors were taking the year off. They were taking a year off to get the high school credits that they didn't earn. Pietro was a little upset that he couldn't go to college with Darren, but Darren said that he needed those credits and Pietro was all up for getting them.
"Do you think you should go so far to Boston?" asked Scott as he filled out his application.
"Yeah. I honestly do. Why?" responded Darren as he flipped through the picture book. "Like what if we need you? For a mission?" said Scott. "We'll only be three hours away, which is not that bad. Like the jet can get there in no time." smiled Rogue as she started her outline for her essay. "True." smiled Jean.
"So Darren? What is it that you want to be? Like what are you planning on majoring in?" asked Xavier as he joined the four seniors.
"I dunno. I was thinking about Art History."
"That is nice. I didn't know you were interested in Art History." smiled Xavier. "Yeah, it was one of those hobbies I never told anyone." "I see, and what about you Rogue?"
"I was looking into Social Work." she smiled. "That is a very rewarding career." smiled Xavier. "Thanks." she smiled back.
"I shall let you all get back to what you were doing." he said as he rolled away.
"I never knew these things could be so hard." said Scott, as he erased another point on his outline preparation for his essay. "I know what you mean." said a even more frustrated Jean. "Why what's wrong?" asked Darren to Jean. "They are asking me a lot of childhood questions and I can't think of the right answer." she said as she got up and went to get something to eat.
"Are any of y'all nervous that we won't be accepted to these school's because we are mutants." asked Rogue.
"Well, yeah I know I am." said Darren as he looked through the Art History course catalog.
"I agree." said Scott as well.
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There was also another problem in the Manor, and that was Kitty. Lately, her powers have been off. She had been getting night terrors as she called them, and she has been phasing through the bed and into Jean's room. The professor couldn't explain her new recent power surge. It however was explained that Sunday evening.
It was midnight, and everyone in the mansion was asleep. Kitty was nervous about sleeping, but she eventually dozed off. Below her Jean was wide awake, to make sure she didn't have any visitors from room above. As if on sequence at 12:15, the same as the nights before Kitty fell through the ceiling. However this night was different from others.
Kitty phased through the ceiling and stopped in mid air. She jolted awake, and looked around and saw her hovering three feet above Jean. "Jean?" she asked looking thankful.
"Don't thank me. I'm not keeping you suspended in the air." she said, as she telekinetically flipped the lights on and telepathically called the Professor.
The Professor wheeled in and saw what was happening. "Jean, are you sure it's not you?" he asked. "I am positive."
"Uhm, can we stop asking questions and figure out why I am floating. I'm like flying here, but I feel like my feet are being supported, like when I am on a floor." Kitty said.
"She's walking on air." said Darren who was silently standing in the door way.
"How do you know that?" asked Xavier. "She said she can float around and that she feels like she is on a floor. Kitty, do me a favor and walk around for me. You know like you would if you were on the ground."
"Okay." she replied as she started to walk around. "Whoa, this is awesome." she smiled.
"Like okay, but how do I, you know? Get down?"
"Unphase." said Darren. "Okay." said Kitty as she unphased and fell onto Jean's bed.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kitty was of course happy that her power had evolved, but it also raised questions as to can other people's abilities evolve? According to Professor Xavier, any one of their abilities can evolve. Like Rogue may be able to touch someone, and Scott maybe someday be able to see normally. Darren's ability had already evolved when he started being able to see rays of light.
*****************
( In the Danger Room )
"Okay, here is the plan. The purpose of this drill is to test out Kitty's new power advancement. Everyone is to protect Kitty from the droids.
The team looked at the droids, they were large, metallic and very armed with lasers.
Solaris, Rogue, Shadowcat, Phoenix, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Toad were the ones who were chosen to participate in the drill.
"GO!" screamed Logan.
The droids were turned on and went after them. Darren dodged the first set of lasers, ut just barely. He noticed the heat sensors that they had for eyes. Darren quickly prismed out and ran towards the machine. However this time the an advancement was made and the droid could see his body heat. Darren was hit head on by one of the red lasers. He unprismed and fell to the ground, hurt.
"DARREN!" screamed Pietro who was mistakenly hexed by Wanda, she was trying to hex the droid, but she got it and her aim was screwed up and hit Pietro, he tried to run super fast, but he ran in slow motion, which was actually amusing.
Jean was helping Kitty. Kitty's personal mission given by Logan was for her to walk up to the roof where there was a yellow flag situated. She had the perfect plan.
"Jean, give me a slight boost." she yelled as she phased through a droid and corrupted its functions. "Okay." said Jean as she telekinetically lifted Kitty about a foot in the air. Jean stopped using her mind and Kitty was phasing through the air. She started to climb up as if using stairs. It was truly amazing.
"Way to go Kitty!" yelled her teammates as she retrieved the flag and unphased. "That was skill." said Darren as he finally got up.
"Thanks." smiled an overly ecstatic Kitty.
**I hope everyone enjoyed! I know I enjoyed writing it. If anyone has any information and/or insight on Daytripper ( a.k.a. Amanda Sefton) let me know please!! Thanks! Damien455**