Chapter Three: Revelation of Mutants
Static massaged his head while examining the dome. "Why the heck would a
dome be here?" he thought out loud. Shebang knocked on it. "It's solid, but I can't make
out what it's made of." Then they were forced back by an unseen force. Someone was
emerging from the dome. Static looked up. It was a man with some sort of blue outfit,
and he was floating right above them. Then he flew away, but not before making a few
street lamps come to life, a few being an understatement.
Even though Static electrified them, they came right back up. Shebang made the
lamps twist, but they were as flexible as rubber bands. Soon they had the two superheroes
in a twisted situation. (No pun intended). But suddenly red light emerged, hitting the
lamps, along with a blue furry guy who appeared in a puff of blue smoke. He held a hand
on both of their shoulders, and the next instant, Virgil felt a rush of wind, and landed on a
building just above the lamps.
The furry creature smiled at them. "Are you all right?" he asked with a faint
German accent. Virgil nodded, and looked at him. "Who are you, another bang baby?"
his voice held disbelief. "A mutant, but I am Kurt Vagner, better known as Night
Crawler", Kurt disappeared to help fight the lamps. And Virgil saw-
"Ororo?" she wasn't wearing her normal clothes, but some black ones. Using her
powers, she created a storm and her eyes glowed white. Electricity shot from her hands at
the lamps, which this time stayed on the ground. Virgil watched amazed as a man with
some sort of glasses over his eyes (AN: GUESS WHO?) shot lasers previously seen out
of them. A woman with long red hair levitated objects at the lamps, finishing them off.
Ororo and a bald man in a wheelchair floated up to them.
"My name is Charles Xavier", the man offered his hand. "I'm Static, and this is
my-um-girlfriend hero-Shebang." Both heroes blushed, and then Gear came flying from
the sky. "Static? Shebang? I saw-Whoa", he looked at Xavier, "Charles Xavier?" He
went into a slight shock. "You know him?" Static and Shebang stared at him. Gear put a hand behind his head. "I was using
Backpack this afternoon to find out about other metahumans after it responded to your
aunt, and it turns out there is a Xavier institute where they learn how to control their
powers. They're called the X-Men."
"That is correct", Xavier nodded, "and I am the head of the Institute I believe
Storm, also known as Ororo, is your aunt, Virgil." "How did-?" "I guessed it when I saw
you at the airport, and when I decided to talk to you about it, you were gone. Later, I
talked to the Professor about it during a part of the battle." "Just how did you become a
mutant?" "Bang-baby", Virgil corrected, "and it's a very long story."
Xavier nodded to a man with spikes out of his fingers and the door to the ship
Opened. "It's more comfortable there", he answered the unasked question. Virgil, Gear,
and Shebang flew (well in Shebang's case flipped) t the ground and walked inside. Virgil
started telling about the Big Bang, and how he had discovered his electric powers. Ritchie
had given him the idea of becoming a superhero, and then later on acquired powers
himself.
The Professor was interested in how many people Virgil had met; Shaquille
O'Neal, Little Romeo, Batman and Robin, Anasi, Superman, etc. He learned that
Shebang was not a bang baby but created in a lab by scientists with diverse strength and
flexibility. However, some other scientists wanted to clone her, so her "parents" took her
away, and she lived for a while in Dakota where the scientists and traced her and had
nearly captured her if it hadn't been for Static and Gear.
When her parents had disappeared, she had come to Dakota and found out the
boys' two identities. (At this she laughed a little as Static and Gear gave her a look.)
"They could visit the Institute for the summer", Storm suggested. Xavier nodded. "It will
be hard to talk with their families, however."
"Maybe we can say that Ororo invited us to her working area. Then I can ask my
dad about it, Shenice her 'parents', and Virgil his dad", Gear made the best suggestion he
could think of. (Minus the one explaining the superhero thing). The two nodded. "We
better get home", Storm reminded her nephew. Static nodded. "It's midnight", he
checked his watch.
"See you in the afternoon, Charles", Ororo called to the jet as it left a few minutes
later. "Um, Ororo, when did you start working at the Institute?" Virgil's questioning eyes
were hard to resist. "I was one of the first mutants to train there." His aunt laughed at
Virgil's shocked face as they got inside.
Static massaged his head while examining the dome. "Why the heck would a
dome be here?" he thought out loud. Shebang knocked on it. "It's solid, but I can't make
out what it's made of." Then they were forced back by an unseen force. Someone was
emerging from the dome. Static looked up. It was a man with some sort of blue outfit,
and he was floating right above them. Then he flew away, but not before making a few
street lamps come to life, a few being an understatement.
Even though Static electrified them, they came right back up. Shebang made the
lamps twist, but they were as flexible as rubber bands. Soon they had the two superheroes
in a twisted situation. (No pun intended). But suddenly red light emerged, hitting the
lamps, along with a blue furry guy who appeared in a puff of blue smoke. He held a hand
on both of their shoulders, and the next instant, Virgil felt a rush of wind, and landed on a
building just above the lamps.
The furry creature smiled at them. "Are you all right?" he asked with a faint
German accent. Virgil nodded, and looked at him. "Who are you, another bang baby?"
his voice held disbelief. "A mutant, but I am Kurt Vagner, better known as Night
Crawler", Kurt disappeared to help fight the lamps. And Virgil saw-
"Ororo?" she wasn't wearing her normal clothes, but some black ones. Using her
powers, she created a storm and her eyes glowed white. Electricity shot from her hands at
the lamps, which this time stayed on the ground. Virgil watched amazed as a man with
some sort of glasses over his eyes (AN: GUESS WHO?) shot lasers previously seen out
of them. A woman with long red hair levitated objects at the lamps, finishing them off.
Ororo and a bald man in a wheelchair floated up to them.
"My name is Charles Xavier", the man offered his hand. "I'm Static, and this is
my-um-girlfriend hero-Shebang." Both heroes blushed, and then Gear came flying from
the sky. "Static? Shebang? I saw-Whoa", he looked at Xavier, "Charles Xavier?" He
went into a slight shock. "You know him?" Static and Shebang stared at him. Gear put a hand behind his head. "I was using
Backpack this afternoon to find out about other metahumans after it responded to your
aunt, and it turns out there is a Xavier institute where they learn how to control their
powers. They're called the X-Men."
"That is correct", Xavier nodded, "and I am the head of the Institute I believe
Storm, also known as Ororo, is your aunt, Virgil." "How did-?" "I guessed it when I saw
you at the airport, and when I decided to talk to you about it, you were gone. Later, I
talked to the Professor about it during a part of the battle." "Just how did you become a
mutant?" "Bang-baby", Virgil corrected, "and it's a very long story."
Xavier nodded to a man with spikes out of his fingers and the door to the ship
Opened. "It's more comfortable there", he answered the unasked question. Virgil, Gear,
and Shebang flew (well in Shebang's case flipped) t the ground and walked inside. Virgil
started telling about the Big Bang, and how he had discovered his electric powers. Ritchie
had given him the idea of becoming a superhero, and then later on acquired powers
himself.
The Professor was interested in how many people Virgil had met; Shaquille
O'Neal, Little Romeo, Batman and Robin, Anasi, Superman, etc. He learned that
Shebang was not a bang baby but created in a lab by scientists with diverse strength and
flexibility. However, some other scientists wanted to clone her, so her "parents" took her
away, and she lived for a while in Dakota where the scientists and traced her and had
nearly captured her if it hadn't been for Static and Gear.
When her parents had disappeared, she had come to Dakota and found out the
boys' two identities. (At this she laughed a little as Static and Gear gave her a look.)
"They could visit the Institute for the summer", Storm suggested. Xavier nodded. "It will
be hard to talk with their families, however."
"Maybe we can say that Ororo invited us to her working area. Then I can ask my
dad about it, Shenice her 'parents', and Virgil his dad", Gear made the best suggestion he
could think of. (Minus the one explaining the superhero thing). The two nodded. "We
better get home", Storm reminded her nephew. Static nodded. "It's midnight", he
checked his watch.
"See you in the afternoon, Charles", Ororo called to the jet as it left a few minutes
later. "Um, Ororo, when did you start working at the Institute?" Virgil's questioning eyes
were hard to resist. "I was one of the first mutants to train there." His aunt laughed at
Virgil's shocked face as they got inside.