First Day of School
'Hurry up!' yelled Kitty as she stood in her pyjamas banging on the bathroom door she was in a bad mood. This wasn't just her regular 'I'm not a morning person' bad moods either this was special not only was it the first day of school but the day before was hell.
'This like totally bites' said Kitty as she spoke to Bobby who had called into her new place of work with Kurt and were busy trying to order in between there laughter. Kitty hated her job she had to wear a terrible red and yellow uniform with a stupid big hat with a burger on the front, she stunk of grease, she had chipped nails, she was seriously thinking of becoming a vegetarian so the thought of the meat made her sick and mostly no boy ever noticed her when she was smelly, greasy, grumpy and in a terrible uniform, actually boys did take notice of her but it was just to stop and laugh.
Later in the day the boy or should that be the man who she was most interested in came into the burger joint, he noticed her, off course he already knew her and it was her he came to see.
'Hey Pitor' said Kitty smiling and being perky while she pushed some of her hair which had poked through her hairnet and was sticking out of her cap behind her ears trying to make herself presentable and trying not to get fired.
'Hello Kitty' said Pitor in his thick Russian accent as he looked at the board wondering what to get.
'Ahem Kitty what do we say?' asked a squeaky voice behind her, she turned to face Stevie he was her superior and was covered with acne it seemed to her that this job was his life.
'But I know this guy he lives with me up at the insti…' Kitty was cut off by Stevie who was shaking his head.
'It doesn't matter, you still have to say the lines' Stevie stared at Kitty, she sighed knowing that if she didn't this would be the end of her job and her extra cash.
'Welcome to Dippy dog, home of the Dippy dog, how can I help you on this dippy doo da day?' asked Kitty blushing bright red and cringing at Colossus before shooting a fake smile at Stevie who nodded and wandered off to do his job. 'That was so embarrassing' cried Kitty as she tried to hide her blushes from Colossus.
'I thought it was very pleasant' smiled Colossus 'I'll have 8 Dippy dogs please'.
Kitty began to get Pitor's food ready while trying to remain composed and elegant for the giant. 'So is it just the food you came for?' asked Kitty as she smiled longingly at Pitor.
'No…the professor asked me to tell you that there will be no training session tonight with everyone starting school tomorrow' said Colossus as he took the dogs and began to chew while handing Kitty the money.
'Is that all?' asked Kitty who was still smiling at Colossus just wanting him to ask her out.
'No that's all the professor told me to say' said Colossus in between chews which made Kitty's heart sink. 'Oh one more thing…I will take a dog burger too'.
Kitty smiled hiding her emotions before she turned to get the food, she never quite made it as she slipped on a spilt milkshake and crashed onto a fryer which was turned off, the grease tray sprung open and cold grease poured over Kitty as she struggled to get up. Colossus looked at the mess and began to speak 'I can see your busy just forget the burger and I will see you later.'
'Hurry up Rogue' screamed Kitty as Bobby walked past rubbing his finger in his ear which felt like it just exploded with Kitty's screams. The door swung open and Rogue stepped out but she looked different her hair had been straightened and cut short leaving hair across the bathroom. Her face was now paler then ever because of her make up, she had heavy mascara and dark lipstick on and her clothes had changed greatly giving her a gothic feeling but still ever present was her long brown overcoat.
'Hold your horses Kitty cat' snarled Rogue as she breezed past the stunned teens who stood there. Bobby bit down hard on his tongue trying not to say anything sarcastic.
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Breakfast was as usual at the Xavier institute mayhem, Scott, Hank and Charles sat reading their respective newspapers drinking tea. Wolverine sat at the far side of the long table drinking his fourth cup of coffee that morning which sounds like a lot but he was up at five for training. Storm busied herself in the kitchen before dropping a plate of pancakes in front of her boyfriend Hank who kissed her tenderly and watched as she began to make more food. He still didn't know what she saw in a blue hairy beast freak like him but she said it wasn't from sympathy and he loved her he always had so he didn't complain.
Bobby was shoving food into his mouth, Bobby paused for a second to put some ice in the drinks of Rogue, Jean and the now dressed Kitty. The three girls sat chatting about various things including Rogues makeover. Colossus occasionally drank from a glass of milk on the windowsill as he busied himself outside building a wall around the rose garden he was beginning to grow.
'We better go' said Jean as she stood up and grabbed her books, Rogue, Bobby, Kitty and Scott followed quickly behind.
'Oh what about Kurt, I totally forgot to wake him…you go on without us we'll meet you there' said Scott as he began to sprint up the stairs towards the elf's room.
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'So what is on the agenda for everyone today' asked Colossus as he leaned through the window having finished his work.
'I have some business to attend to with our special guest' said Charles as he shot the others a sly smile and wheeled himself away.
'I'm still not comfortable with him being here especially when the kids don't know about it' said Hank as he furrowed his brow at the danger which he knew could erupt at any moment.
'Were all perfectly safe you know that' said Storm 'you know the professor has him mentally suppressed it's like he is in a coma.'
Hank smiled at his girlfriend and kissed her before leaping over the table and bounding towards his lab where he was intending to continue to write his latest paper on mutation. Storm dried the last dish and began to leave the room.
'What are you up to today Ororo?' asked Colossus taking an interest in his fellow team members.
'I'm heading to the city, there's a new scheme which I'm backing to get guns off the street' said Storm as she waved at the two men sitting in the kitchen.
'What are you going to do Logan?' asked Colossus hoping for an invite as he liked hanging around with the short guy and because sitting around the house with nothing to do all day drove him crazy.
'I'm planning of heading to a bar and playing some pool…you coming or not?' asked Logan as he drank from his cup.
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'Man I don't believe vere late on the very first day' said Kurt as he and Scott moved as fast as they could across the parking lot.
'Your tardy Summers' yelled a shrill voice stopping both boys in their tracks, Scott turned and came face to face with principle Darkholme.
'Who are you?' barked the serious looking woman at Kurt who was standing next to Scott.
'I'm Kurt Vagner, I'm new' said Kurt as he smiled.
'Kurt Wagner you say' said Darkholme she seemed to reel from the words before she shok it off 'Oh one of Xavier's kids, very well since it is your first day I will let you off but it if it happens again I will come down on you like a ton of bricks.'
'Yes Maam' said Kurt as he walked away with his tail literally between his legs but no one could see because of his image inducer which cast the illusion of a completely normal boy over him.
Darkholme got into her car and drove off, she didn't go far though she merely got out of sight and parked her car before climbing out and transforming into a bird and flying towards the Xavier institute.
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'Hey Ice cube' came a voice from behind Bobby never thought he would hear and hoped he would never hear again. Bobby turned to face Ray Crisp the bully from his old school who had plagued his life, Ray charged his hand reminding Bobby that he had power enough to hurt the kid.
'What are you doing here?' gasped Bobby as he struggled to get his words out not believing he is really seeing the boy in front of him.
'I got a good scholarship…We have some things we need to take care of wouldn't you say' growled Ray as he grabbed Bobby's shirt.
'What's going on here?' asked a teacher who neither of the boys knew since they had only been there about an hour.
'Nothing' said Ray to the teacher 'I'll see you later buddy' said Ray as he poked Bobby in the chest.
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'So what's say we go to the dance together Jean?' asked Duncan Matthews as he tried his hardest not to give death looks to the kid in shades standing near Jean getting things out of his locker.
'No thanks Duncan…I told you last year I don't think we should see each other anymore' said Jean as she brushed off the now visibly peeved Duncan who was hoping that this year he and Jean would be prom king and queen.
'Please Jean one more chance' said Duncan before he was cut off by another voice from the direction of Scott.
'She said no…now leave her alone' the voice wasn't coming from Scott however, it was coming from a extremely large teen who was wearing a green shirt and blue dungarees which barely covered his girth. He walked over slowly and grabbed Duncan throwing him into near by lockers.
'Thanks but that was a little uncalled for don't you think?' asked Jean as she looked up at the giant feeling a little intimidated.
'Yeah maybe…I'm Fred how about you go to the dance with me' said Fred as he smiled and blasted Jean with a blast of smelly breath.
'No thank you' said Jean politely while she grimaced from the smell.
'I really think you should' said Blob as he got a little angry.
'Really no thank you' said Jean as she closed her locker door and backed away a little. Blob crumpled a locker door in his hand and took a step towards Jean growling, Scott tilted his glasses slightly ready to blast the giant teen who was obviously a mutant.
Scott almost blasted a hole in the ceiling as he stumbled backwards when the corridor shook, when he regained his balance he looked down the corridor at a fallen Blob who was holding his crotch while Jean walked away smiling to herself.
'She is quite the fox isn't she' came a voice from behind Scott which caused him to turn and come face to face with a beautiful blonde girl in a cheerleader uniform who smiled at him. 'Sorry about that sometimes I pick up on peoples thoughts and I can't help it…I'm Emma.'
'……I'm Scott' said Scott almost mumbling he was awestruck with her beauty he hadn't been this struck since he had met Jean.
Emma smiled at Scott and leaned forward kissing him on the cheek, 'How's that for a start maybe we'll do some of the stuff your thinking about when we get to know each other better.' Emma closed her locker and strutted away casting a glance over her shoulder at the teen who was now blushing because she caught him looking and she knew what he had been imagining.
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'Yo blue boy' said the boy with the greenish tint in his skin who had leapt next to Kurt while he ate his lunch, he was supposed to be meeting Bobby but Iceman hadn't turned up.
'Toad! Vhat are you doing here?' asked Kurt who was immediately on the defensive after seeing the teen.
'Hey don't be all sword wielding guy on me, you know I was just as much a victim as you in that circus' said Toad overacting greatly but still telling the truth, well sort of but that's as close as you get with Toad.
'Okay say I believe that, vhat are you doing here?' asked Kurt again.
'Just this' said Toad as he leapt over Kurt's head and with a flick of the tongue stole his image inducer, Toad bounced away from the now blue Kurt who leapt after him despite his shock, Kurt's impeccable balance failed him as he crumbled to the floor, he looked up from the ground as he spit dirt out of his mouth, stood over Kurt was a tall white haired teen who was laughing at him.
Toad threw the inducer at Kurt and hopped on top of him pinning him to the floor with his powerful legs, 'this was just a little call to tell you and your buddies that me, Pietro and the others are running the show' Toad laughed as he bounced off with the albino kid walking next to him laughing.
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'Yeah that sounds like fun' said Kitty as she talked to some guy from her class who had just asked her out, she was planning to just put Pitor to the back of her mind she still liked him but she thought he wasn't interested so why waste her time.
'Hey Kitty' said a voice she instantly recognised, Kitty turned to face the boy she had left in her old home town. 'I'm back Kitty'
'How are you here? You can't be here' said Kitty shell shocked at the boy who was in front of her.
'I am its not important how but I am and now we can be together again' said Lance as he held Kitty's hands.
Kitty pulled back and closed her eyes 'I'm sorry Lance but were over we should never have got started but the time away has made me see sense, I don't want to date you anymore'.
'Kitty can't you see how good we are together especially with out powers we could run this place' said Lance grinning evilly at her.
'That's all I am to you but luckily your less than that to me…Lance your nothing don't speak to me' said Kitty as she stormed away from her ex-boyfriend.
'You'll regret this Kitty' yelled Lance as he rolled his eyes back in his head causing the earth to shake beneath his feet.
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Charles Xavier sits in a brightly lit room yet he is still in shadow, the shadow is that of his brother Cain Marco 'The Juggernaut' who sits strapped in a chair in front of him.
'Cain…I feel your emotions…I know why you are angry with me…let me help and I will make it better' said Charles telepathically while he wandered through the fractured mind of his brother.
'Get out of my head!' screams Cain in his own mind while his body remains unmoved in its comatosed state.
'Cain I'm just trying to help you…' pleaded Xavier as he came up against a wall built in Cain's mind.
'You always do this…when we were god you thought nothing of just kicking around in my mind, reading my thoughts, changing my thoughts. That's what got me sent to military school, you ruined my life.' Screamed Cain as he twitched.
'I'm sorry, I was young I didn't know…' Xavier was cut off as the room began to shake and a large sheet of metal fell from the ceiling and crashed on top of Xavier. Juggernaut stirred as his eyelids flickered and began to slowly open.
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'Your round again, not great at this game are you' sniggered Wolverine as he potted the black, Pitor sat behind him smiling to himself.
'Yes I think you are right Logan but wait until we play some Russian games' said Pitor as he laughed.
'Oh and what games are those?' asked Logan as he drank from his beer.
'Usually drinkink games' said Pitor in his thick Russian accent.
'Well we'll have to play sometime…' Wolverine suddenly stopped and stared into the distance before dropping his pool cue 'cancel the drinks just got a message from Chuck, he's in danger and I can smell the problem, Mystique is in the mansion.'
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'I've been looking for you Bobby' yelled Ray as he stood charging up his hand into a lightning bolt, he was flanked by Blob, Toad, Avalanche, Emma and Quicksilver.
'Oh not this guy again, I don't have time for this Ray please just leave me alone' yelled Bobby back as Kurt, Kitty and Jean came up behind him.
'You know that guy with Lance?' asked Kitty to the teen who was visibly shaken by the sight of the opposing mutant.
'So you know them?' asked Kurt as he glared at Toad and Quicksilver.
'Yeah I used to date the guy with the fruit bowl on his head' said Kitty as she shook her head.
'The green one worked with me and his white boyfriend and I had a run in' said Kurt as he smiled at the two.
'What's going on?' asked Scott as he approached the two sets of teens noticing some of the not so nice mutants he had met recently and some he had never met, then there was one mutant he had met but did seem nice, very nice. 'You what are you doing with them?'
'I'm their…team mate' smiled Emma.
'You know her?' asked Jean with a look on her face that let Scott know he was in trouble.
'Well we met today' said Scott before he was cut off.
'We kissed and if it was up to him we would have done so much more' said Emma as she blew Scott a kiss.
'Hey what is going on here?' asked two voices as the two teenage girls approached the crowd the two of them seemed like good friends as they walked up, one was Rogue and the other wore a red coat and had red streaks in her hair and heavy make up just like Rogues.
'Hey sis come and join the team' said Pietro as he whizzed over and grabbed his sister dragging her back to the crowd.
'You know her?' asked Pietro as he looked quizzically at his sister.
'Yeah we met today we have a lot in common, it's good to find someone so cool here' said Wanda as she looked at the other teens assembled across the parking lot which was now empty as people had left the school.
'Well Wand, remember pop telling us about these X-geeks, well you made friends with one of them' said Pietro rapidly, if Wanda hadn't gotten used to him she probably wouldn't have understood him.
'LETS DO THIS!' yelled Blob as he grabbed Scott's car and prepared to hurl it at the assembled teams only for it to be struck by lightning and drop to the ground next t him. Fog rolled around shrouding both groups as the X-jet hovered over head, Storm floated down to the ground.
'Juggernaut is attacking the mansion…Mystique needs your help' said Storm first to the X-kids then to the brotherhood.
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'Mystique broke into the mansion, she was trying to get access to Cerebro. Charles has been working recently with his brother after we recaptured him, a stray piece of plating shook loose by seismic activity knocked him out allowing Juggernaut to free himself. Wolverine and Colossus are holding him off but they need your help' said Beast as he explained what had happened to the assembled group.
'Sorry about that' said Lance knowing what seismic activity it was which caused all this.
'So Juggernaut has been in the mansion all this time?' asked Scott who was visibly angry.
'Yes Scott, I'm sorry we couldn't tell you it would pose a safety risk' said Hank as he tried to calm the leader of the X-men.
'Oh and having Juggernaut on the bottom bunk isn't dangerous' said Scott as he clenched his fist and suited up for the mission.
'Scott don't be so dramatic, The professor, myself, Storm and Wolverine decided it would be for the best…' said Beast explaining why before he was cut off.
'Wolverine knew, you couldn't tell me and Jean but you could tell him!' yelled Scott unsure what he was most angry about now.
'Yo and you thought I was untrustworthy' said Toad as he elbowed the blue furry kid next to him.
'Vhy don't you keep your mouth shut slime ball?' asked Kurt as he hit Toad back.
'Hey don't hit him he was just asking a question, it seems that your perfect team is not so great' said Lance as he stared at Kitty.
'Look Lance this isn't the time' said Kitty as she stared back.
The group of teen's broke out into a din of raised voices and arguments as Jean got up from her seat and stood in front of them.
'Quiet' ordered Jean as all of the teens found themselves unable to speak, all except Emma who had her own strong psychic powers and shields.
'Hey why doesn't Jean and Blondie over there just blast him with psychic powers, he goes down like a hookers underwear' said Bobby as soon as Jean's power had worn off remembering what he knew about Juggernaut.
'Oh that is disgusting Bobby' said Rogue 'you couldn't have said like a baby'.
'That won't work, Juggernaut has recaptured his helmet from the armoury' said Beast cutting off the argument before it started.
'Were here' came Storms voice over the intercom as the door swung down letting the teens off the plane.
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'Where in the complex are they?' asked Jean getting ready for a fight.
'I'm not sure' said Beast as he checked a computer pad on his arm. Wolverine suddenly hurtled through the concrete beneath them flying several feet into the air before crashing on the floor in front of them.
'You can stop looking Beast we found them' said Bobby as he pointed at the large hole in the floor.
'Bout time you got here, Tinman could use your help, I'll be right back in a minute' said Wolverine as he lay on the floor his bones were audibly cracking back into place.
Blob was the first through the hole and stood looking at Colossus trying to match Juggernaut in a test of strength with their hands locked together. Juggernaut growled and hurled Colossus into a near wall.
'I am unstoppable' screamed Juggernaut as he revelled in his own strength.
'unstoppable meet the unmovable' screamed Blob as he slammed into Juggernaut sending him into a wall and making Blob's gut shake wildly.
'Hit the Toad win a prize…miss and you get body slammed' yelled Toad as his feet connected with the now self righted Juggernaut but nothing happened Juggernaut didn't even move. 'You get body slammed' repeated Toad as slammed into Juggernaut who simply grabbed Toad, he let out a yelp as he sailed through the air connecting with Wanda and driving her to the floor.
Colossus stood next to Blob as both cracked their knuckles ready to fight 'So they have a strong one' said Blob as he sized up Colossus, Colossus smiled at him not realising he was the enemy.
Wolverine sailed through the gap in the ceiling and connected his claw with one of the clasps which locked Juggernauts helmet, Juggernaut yelled and grabbed Logan before throwing him through the ceiling again creating another hole.
'Get the clasps' yelled Beast as he came up with an attack strategy.
Lance caused a quake making Juggernaut fall as Quicksilver ran in and undid a clasp, Rogue ungloved her hands and grabbed hold of Juggernauts absorbing his power and matching him for strength. 'Your power is my power' yelled Rogue as she held on, Kurt took a signal and ported in to undo another clasp he was going for the last when Juggernaut kicked Rogue sending her flying, Juggernaut grabbed Nightcrawler and threw him into Pietro who was still running around.
'I am raw power' yelled Juggernaut as he started walking towards the group.
'You want raw power…you got it raw' screamed Scott as he removed his visor and blasted the Juggernaut with a huge blast of red, Jugs struggled but slowly began to make room towards the group as Scott was beginning to get visibly tired. Juggernaut grabbed Scott's skull and tightened his grip which caused the team to spring back into action.
Bobby blasted Juggernaut with ice freezing his legs as Blob and Colossus grabbed his arms, Kitty phased through the wall and undid the last clasp as Jean telekinetically lifted his helmet away.
Jean and Emma scowled at each other before nodding and letting out psychic blasts at Juggernaut, much like Bobby said he went down really fast.
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'Thank you all' said Charles as he came round minutes later and wheeled himself into the room finding the mutants restraining Juggernaut whether it be psychically, telekinetically, phasing him through the floor, ice or in the case of Blob and Colossus just sitting on him. 'This truly could have been a disaster if it wasn't for your teamwork, hopefully this will show you all the way that things should be..'
'There not buying it so cut the Ming the Merciless crap' said Mystique as she entered the room rubbing her head in reference to the habit Xavier has of placing his hands in a steeple below his chin. 'We have bigger plans…lets go' ordered Mystique which caused the brotherhood to smile and offer a couple of visual threats before walking away, all except Emma who stood there looking at the group.
'Come on join us' said Scott as he moved towards the girl 'things don't have to be this way.'
'They do Scott, I just wanted to do this…' Emma stepped forward and kissed Scott passionately before walking after her team '…Bye Cyke.'
'That slut' growled Jean as she fired death glares at the back of Scott's head.
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'The final stages are in preparation, gather the troops for a briefing tomorrow as we usher in the new era with an iron fist' ordered Magneto as he hovered over the floating car of Raven Darkholme.