Chapter 2 – The Reaction
Quarter to Noon, Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters
All the students and teachers are preparing for their respective lunches. All that is but Scott and Jean who have noticed that the Professor is being troubled by something.
"Professor, what's the matter? It is a beautiful day out, there isn't a cloud in the sky, but you look like a war just broke out," questions Scott as he walks up to the Professor.
"Scott, we have two new students coming to join..." suddenly the Professor's voice is downed out by a loud rumbling sound, "That must be them, let's go and meet them," shouts the Professor over the deafening rumble.
When the Professor and Scott reach the front doors most of the other students and faculty have already gathered and are staring at the sight before them. Sitting on top of a jet black motorcycle is Cobal, a black leather vest covers his torso, baggy black jeans adorn his legs and covering his head is a black Biker's helmet, his hair flowing out the back of the helmet. Right next to the motorcycle is a jet black Hummer on the door in deep red the words 'Bite Me' are painted. The engines of both vehicles are turned off simultaneously. Cobal gets off the bike and removing the helmet places it on the seat of the bike. Then he walks around the side of the Hummer, opens the door and helps a woman from the diver's seat. Then they both walk to the back of the hummer and remove four massive bags apiece and turning toward the institute they notice, for what appears to be the first time, the crowd that is staring at the two black vehicles.
Turning Cobal looks at the woman standing next to him, then looking back at the crowd he shouts, "Hey you people going to keep staring at that thing, or is somebody going to show us a place to stay?"
All the eyes of the people standing in the crowd collectively turn and take in the two people standing before them. The woman is dressed in an extremely small black tank top that stops a few inches above her belly button, which is pierced, and a pair of tight black and grey jeans, and covering her feet is a pair of army issue combat boots. A pair of black sunglasses cover her eyes and her hair is a bright crimson and is braided.
"This is Cobal and ... I am sorry but I don't know your name, my dear," states the Professor, trying to regain his composure.
"My name is Psy," answers the woman in a soft almost seductive tone, "and Professor, I am much older than you think I am so don't make any assumptions."
"Right, well why don't you both go and get settled and then we shall gather in the Rec Room in say 20 minutes, and you can tell us about yourselves. Logan, would you mind showing them to their room?" with that the Professor ushers everyone into the building.
Logan walks up to Cobal and Psy, "I'll show you to your rooms." Turning Logan begins to walk toward the building.
"Logan you should offer to carry the bags for the lady," calls Scott from the door. Rushing out Scott offers to take Psy's bags for her.
"If you really want to try and take them I will not be the one to stop you," Psy responds with a soft chuckle. Handing two of the bags to Scott, Psy smiles as Scott struggles for a moment and then falls to the ground, "What is the matter? Thought you wanted to help but all you seem to have done is delay us."
"What do you have in here rocks?" questions Scott as he gets to his feet.
"Well to you, yes," Psy picks up the two bags, and smiles, "but I find these to be quite easy to carry. Now if you are done complaining I would like to get my things settled," turning she follows Cobal, and Logan into the Institute.
Logan leads Cobal and Psy though the halls while giving a general explanation of were things are. "Ok now about your rooms the Professor felt that while normally students have a room mate that is of the same gender, he thought it would be best that the two of you share a room, at least for a little while, so that the rest of the students would get used to your abilities. Anyway here is your room, it is in the teacher's dorm but I think you will find it accommodating. One last thing don't forget that we are meeting in the Rec Room so that you can explain a bit about you and also so that you can meet the other students. "Logan then leaves Cobal and Psy so that they may get acquainted with their new room.
Without a word spoken between each other Cobal and Psy enter the room. As they enter they see that on either side of the door is a large bed. On the far side from the door there are two dressers and between them there are two desks, on top of them there are a few sheets of notebook paper, upon closer inspection by Cobal he notices that there is a schedule for training times, when the danger room is usually open and a calendar for upcoming events that the students have coming up, and also a small a school notice that states that school registrations must be taken care of soon.
Turning from the desk Cobal opens one of the bags that he is carrying and begins emptying the contents of the bag into the dresser, when that is empty he moves on to a second bag and empties it as well into the dresser. Then carefully he picks up the third bag and places it gently on one of the desks, then opening the bag he extracts an aquarium easily 2 feet deep, 2 feet high, and 3 feet wide.
The tank is filled with very fine white sand, the only cover being a large hollow log in one corner even though it appears that the log is completely hollow no light passes through the hole. Cleaning the other desk of objects Cobal places the tank on the desk. Reaching back into the black bag he extracts a small cardboard box, opening it he pulls a field mouse from the box. Then opening the tank he drops the mouse in and closes it once again.
As the mouse touches the sand and begins to regain its bearings, movement can be seen inside the log. Slowly a black creature flows from the log, propelled by six multi-jointed legs the gigantic scorpion creeps towards the unsuspecting mouse, its pincers opening and closing in anticipation, both of the scorpion's tails lazily hang on either side of its body. Upon seeing the hulking black creature bearing down on itself, the mouse does the only thing it can do, freeze in utter terror. As the Scorpion reaches striking distance, both tails strike out from both sides and impale the mouse. In a flash of movement both predator and prey have vanished back into the hollow log, the only sign of movement inside the tank is the indentation left by the mouse as it struck the sand.
As the action within the tank comes to a close, Psy finishes emptying her second bag of clothes and placing her third bag on one of the beds picks up her fourth and heads for the door. Soon thereafter Cobal follows Psy out the door with his fourth bag, and they begin to make their way to the Rec Room.
As they reach the Rec Room Cobal and Psy's entrance go unnoticed by all but Logan, who is sitting between a dark skinned woman with white hair and the Professor who is playing chess with a creature with blue hair. Most of the students are lounging around some are playing cards on the floor but most are sitting near and watching TV. A small boy sitting by himself is suddenly startled and bumps into a sofa and four of him appear, then quickly only one is were the four were.
"Well I guess we know what his mutation is now don't we?" giggles Psy, causing more than half of the room to jump, "Are you people this jumpy all the time?"
"Well I am going to assume that you both are situated in your room," states the Professor again trying to regain his composure, "Now why don't you tell use a little bit about you."
"Hmm...let's see," starts Cobal, "Well I'm eighteen, I like the color black, when I was six years old I saw my parents decapitated, and I'm half vampire."
A good portion of the room goes deathly quiet, "I don't think I heard you correctly, you just said that you saw your parents beheaded, and you're a half vampire!?!?" questions a girl with red hair that is sitting next to Scott.
"Yes, you heard him," answers Psy, "I am in a sense Cobal's adopted mother but since I was part of the group that killed his parents, and almost him, I took pity on him, and have since that day trained him how to fight and together we have had a few interesting adventures. I am over two hundred years old, I used to be a full blood vampire, and I have fought in WWI, WWII, and the Vietnam War. I think that is the major points of my history."
Most of the people in the room have stopped what they were doing and are staring at the two people before them, completely dumbfounded.
"Well back about a year ago a guy called Magneto found us and demanded that we join him in a crusade, of sorts, he never really said anything more than that. We refused and so he sent a guy by the name of Sabertooth after us, to force us into joining him. To make a long and very depressing story short, Magneto decided that if we wouldn't join him he wouldn't let us join a group that would oppose him. So he impaled us both with a metal rod. We didn't have enough blood for the both of us to be rejuvenated so we had to drank each other's blood." Psy continues.
"When we drank each other's blood we were healed, most of Psy's weaknesses; damage from light, the need to feed every night, and weaknesses to religious artifacts disappeared, also our minds are fused together. We have very similar personalities, and we can talk within our minds," Cobal finishes the explanation and smiles as most of the occupants move, almost unnoticeably, towards the teachers.
"So what are your mutations then?" Questions Scott.
"Well my mutation is a set of blades that extend from each wrist," states Cobal while he demonstrates by showing one of his blades to the group.
"I don't have a mutation like he does, but we both are incredibly strong, and can jump nearly Thirty feet straight up," finishes Psy.
"So um...what is in the bags you two brought with you?" questions the man with Blue hair all over his body.
A wicked grin spreads across both Cobal and Psy's faces, reaching down and opening one of the bags, Psy removes a small vial filled with a red liquid, "Blood."
"I trust that it didn't come from any one around here. Cause I would count that as a breach in our deal." States the Professor in an almost too calm of a voice, looking up from the chess board for the first time.
"Don't worry most of the blood came from a group of convicts in Russia so I doubt it was any one you would know," answers Cobal, his eyes flaring for a moment.
"One more thing before we leave to find a place for this blood," reaching up Psy removes her sunglasses showing her pure crimson eyes, "thought you all should see my eyes so there is no confusion."
"Yes, well Hank would you mind showing them to the medical bay so that their blood can be properly stored?" inquires the Professor.
The blue man stands and walks up to the two vampires, "if you will follow me," then leaving with the vampires in tow walks to the med bay.
Well is it good, bad, or just crazy? R&R plz.