It was four in the after noon when the XM-Velocity docked at the Institute
in Bayville. Daniel Fangor couldn't help but be impressed with all that he
saw. His eyes were wide and kept saying "wow" again and again. It had
first been said when he woke up on the Velocity and seen Dr. McCoy without
his hologram. Now he was simply impressed with everything happening. As
they stepped into the more normal looking ground level floor a student ran
by. "Samuel," Storm called to him.
He stopped and turned to them, "Whatchya need Ms. Monroe?" he asked, a twang heaving in his voice.
"Samuel this is a new student here, and a kinsmen of yours. Perhaps you would show him around?"
Sam Guthrie looked at her with a bewildered expression. "Kinsman?"
"Fellow southerner," Dr. McCoy clarified.
"Oh, Sure thing. Hey howdy," he extended his hand to the new kid. "Name's Sam Guthrie. Friends call me Cannon Ball."
"Daniel Fangor," he responded. "Uh, Danny if you want."
"Hey Danny?" Sam asked as they turned away from the teachers. "What kinda music you listen to?"
"Country of course," said Danny, feeling slightly self-conscious. "Alabama's my favorite band."
"Really?" smiled Sam. "No one else 'round here will listen to 'em wit me. Whats your favorite song?"
"I believe," Danny said. "You know." He then began to sing the chorus;
"I believe there are angels among us
Sent down to us, from somewhere up above.
They come to you, and me, in our darkest hour
To show us how to live,
To teach us how to give,
To guide us with the light of love."
Sam and the teachers stared at him. "what," he said feeling he had done something wrong.
"Daniel," Storm said, "That was beautiful. You have an incredible voice."
"oh, Thanks," he blushed slightly. He normally didn't sing in front of other people.
"C'mon," Sam said, "Let me show ya around." Sam lead Danny off.
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Katie, or Reaper as she preferred to be called, had kept a death grip on the chair during the flight. She tried to keep her hood down to hide her fear, but it was evident in about everything she did. As they landed in the hangar, Logan and the Professor were careful not to say anything regarding her discomfort with flying.
She swept off the plane and into the hangar looking for all intents and purposes like a shadow, or the angel of death. "impressive," she said passively at the hangar.
"C'mon Goth," Wolverine growled, "We'll take you up to the main floors."
She followed silently. She walked so quietly that at times even Logan almost forgot she was there. They gave her the grand tour, surprisingly without running into other mutants. Afterwards she was allowed to roam the mansion to familiarize herself. Frankly she wanted to find the nearest exit, but she kept remembering the Professor's ultimatum; "Us or jail." She could stick it out as long as it took.
She eventually wound up in the rec. room, where she saw something intolerable. Bobby and Roberto, who's names she didn't know, where holding a book over a much shorter student, Jamie. Bobby sneered, "C'mon Multiple, come get it."
"Give it back guys I only have three chapters left!" whined Jamie.
She was quiet in her movements. Without warning the book was snatched from Bobby's hands by someone behind him. as he turned she roundhouse kicked him, then dodged a punch from Roberto and landed one in his gut. Both of the boys were on the ground. She looked at the book in her hand; "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". She handed it to Jamie who was looking at her with awe.
Finally, as she turned to leave, Jamie found his tongue and said, "You are unbelievable cool!"
She turned and gave a half smile. A quick nod of her head, and Jamie was keeping pace with her. "Name's Katie," she said, "But most just call me the Reaper."
"I can see why," Jamie said. "I'm James Andrew Madrox. Most call me either Jamie or Multiple. I'm . . . I'm the youngest here."
"Cool," she said. "what's your power?" she and Jamie were now walking aimlessly.
"I make copies of myself. They all have their own minds, but we are connected through telepathy. I can usually control them for the most part . . . although there is one who is frightening me. He keeps dancing like a savage."
She gave a bland chuckle, and said, "Sounds better than mine."
"Do you like have agility or like super strength?" Jamie asked, making an assumption after her show.
"Naw, I can turn into this shadow type thing for like thirty seconds and possess unconscious people." She turned around. "You know what 'unconscious' means?"
"Yeah," he said. "That's a word you learn quick around here." He demonstrated. "Sam was knocked unconscious after he flew into the wall. Rogue rendered Bobby unconscious after he accidentally felt her up. Boom- Boom knocked me unconscious with a bomb. We use it a lot here."
She laughed, the kid was pretty cool. "You actually think my power's cool?" he asked excitedly.
"Shit yeah," she said. Jamie recoiled slightly at her language. She took no notice. "You got a whole army on retainer. How many copies can you make?"
"Um... the most I've made is about twenty, but that was really easy." Jamie looked at his feet. "You know, I don't know."
She nodded without looking at him. "S'cool." They walked together until they were called for dinner. Jamie enjoyed someone treating him this nicely. Especially someone as cool as Reaper. Katie thought about some one else. She had been on the streets since she was eight. There had been one other person she had treated like this. She wondered where her brother was now.
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All four of the Acolytes, along with Magneto and their new recruit entered the metal dome they had for a base. Sabertooth licked his claws with a cruel smile on his face. The claws were stained red.. Gambit rushed to the bathroom and vomited. Pyro was utterly silent for the first time in his life. There was not flick of his lighter, nor manic giggle. As Colossus returned from his metal form a tear made its way down his cheek. Magneto beamed at the new addition, whose face was utterly blank. Phineas, or Phin as he had instructed the Acolytes to call him, was flecked with redish-brown dots from the top of his pale bald head, to the bottom of his clothes. There was no mistaking this red for anything but what it was; blood.
"I believe I have found you an appropriate mutant name young Mr. Reichart." Magneto grinned.
"What is it sir?" he asked. Phin had taking a liking to Magneto, even an admiration.
"You will be Gore," Magneto pronounced.
"And he saw that it was good," Gore muttered under his breath.
He stopped and turned to them, "Whatchya need Ms. Monroe?" he asked, a twang heaving in his voice.
"Samuel this is a new student here, and a kinsmen of yours. Perhaps you would show him around?"
Sam Guthrie looked at her with a bewildered expression. "Kinsman?"
"Fellow southerner," Dr. McCoy clarified.
"Oh, Sure thing. Hey howdy," he extended his hand to the new kid. "Name's Sam Guthrie. Friends call me Cannon Ball."
"Daniel Fangor," he responded. "Uh, Danny if you want."
"Hey Danny?" Sam asked as they turned away from the teachers. "What kinda music you listen to?"
"Country of course," said Danny, feeling slightly self-conscious. "Alabama's my favorite band."
"Really?" smiled Sam. "No one else 'round here will listen to 'em wit me. Whats your favorite song?"
"I believe," Danny said. "You know." He then began to sing the chorus;
"I believe there are angels among us
Sent down to us, from somewhere up above.
They come to you, and me, in our darkest hour
To show us how to live,
To teach us how to give,
To guide us with the light of love."
Sam and the teachers stared at him. "what," he said feeling he had done something wrong.
"Daniel," Storm said, "That was beautiful. You have an incredible voice."
"oh, Thanks," he blushed slightly. He normally didn't sing in front of other people.
"C'mon," Sam said, "Let me show ya around." Sam lead Danny off.
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Katie, or Reaper as she preferred to be called, had kept a death grip on the chair during the flight. She tried to keep her hood down to hide her fear, but it was evident in about everything she did. As they landed in the hangar, Logan and the Professor were careful not to say anything regarding her discomfort with flying.
She swept off the plane and into the hangar looking for all intents and purposes like a shadow, or the angel of death. "impressive," she said passively at the hangar.
"C'mon Goth," Wolverine growled, "We'll take you up to the main floors."
She followed silently. She walked so quietly that at times even Logan almost forgot she was there. They gave her the grand tour, surprisingly without running into other mutants. Afterwards she was allowed to roam the mansion to familiarize herself. Frankly she wanted to find the nearest exit, but she kept remembering the Professor's ultimatum; "Us or jail." She could stick it out as long as it took.
She eventually wound up in the rec. room, where she saw something intolerable. Bobby and Roberto, who's names she didn't know, where holding a book over a much shorter student, Jamie. Bobby sneered, "C'mon Multiple, come get it."
"Give it back guys I only have three chapters left!" whined Jamie.
She was quiet in her movements. Without warning the book was snatched from Bobby's hands by someone behind him. as he turned she roundhouse kicked him, then dodged a punch from Roberto and landed one in his gut. Both of the boys were on the ground. She looked at the book in her hand; "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". She handed it to Jamie who was looking at her with awe.
Finally, as she turned to leave, Jamie found his tongue and said, "You are unbelievable cool!"
She turned and gave a half smile. A quick nod of her head, and Jamie was keeping pace with her. "Name's Katie," she said, "But most just call me the Reaper."
"I can see why," Jamie said. "I'm James Andrew Madrox. Most call me either Jamie or Multiple. I'm . . . I'm the youngest here."
"Cool," she said. "what's your power?" she and Jamie were now walking aimlessly.
"I make copies of myself. They all have their own minds, but we are connected through telepathy. I can usually control them for the most part . . . although there is one who is frightening me. He keeps dancing like a savage."
She gave a bland chuckle, and said, "Sounds better than mine."
"Do you like have agility or like super strength?" Jamie asked, making an assumption after her show.
"Naw, I can turn into this shadow type thing for like thirty seconds and possess unconscious people." She turned around. "You know what 'unconscious' means?"
"Yeah," he said. "That's a word you learn quick around here." He demonstrated. "Sam was knocked unconscious after he flew into the wall. Rogue rendered Bobby unconscious after he accidentally felt her up. Boom- Boom knocked me unconscious with a bomb. We use it a lot here."
She laughed, the kid was pretty cool. "You actually think my power's cool?" he asked excitedly.
"Shit yeah," she said. Jamie recoiled slightly at her language. She took no notice. "You got a whole army on retainer. How many copies can you make?"
"Um... the most I've made is about twenty, but that was really easy." Jamie looked at his feet. "You know, I don't know."
She nodded without looking at him. "S'cool." They walked together until they were called for dinner. Jamie enjoyed someone treating him this nicely. Especially someone as cool as Reaper. Katie thought about some one else. She had been on the streets since she was eight. There had been one other person she had treated like this. She wondered where her brother was now.
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All four of the Acolytes, along with Magneto and their new recruit entered the metal dome they had for a base. Sabertooth licked his claws with a cruel smile on his face. The claws were stained red.. Gambit rushed to the bathroom and vomited. Pyro was utterly silent for the first time in his life. There was not flick of his lighter, nor manic giggle. As Colossus returned from his metal form a tear made its way down his cheek. Magneto beamed at the new addition, whose face was utterly blank. Phineas, or Phin as he had instructed the Acolytes to call him, was flecked with redish-brown dots from the top of his pale bald head, to the bottom of his clothes. There was no mistaking this red for anything but what it was; blood.
"I believe I have found you an appropriate mutant name young Mr. Reichart." Magneto grinned.
"What is it sir?" he asked. Phin had taking a liking to Magneto, even an admiration.
"You will be Gore," Magneto pronounced.
"And he saw that it was good," Gore muttered under his breath.