Just a short one today to flesh out a few of the characters and add a few more things for upcoming plots (can you spot them?) Review please.
Chapter 2
"You sure you want to do this? It's the last day before training and school begin are you sure you wouldn't rather be heading into town?" asked Beast as Cody stood in front of him on the outdoor training course.
"Me and Kat are heading into town a little later once she gets a few more hours sleep and I have to train because it takes me a little time to get used to new powers especially those that need practise like telekinesis" said Cody as he limbered up, Chamber sat by watching quietly as he wasn't going into town later either because he wanted to watch the Ozzy Osborne biography on TV first and that didn't start for a while so he decided to watch Cody train.
"Okay Cody, lets see how you do" said Beast as he fired several clay pigeons into the air, one or two exploded mid flight as Cody aimed made them collide with telekinesis before taking to the air aided by his telekinesis mimicked from Nathan and flew around in the air. He blasted a few more from the air with Cyclops's optic blasts which he aimed perfectly, a large cannonball shot through the air which Cody destroyed with a devastating punch using Justin's strength. Justin landed just as a blade shot towards him but he somersaulted over it using Beasts agility and sliced it with James's claws, a blaster popped from the floor and Cody rolled, grabbed a rock and kinetically charged it before hurling it onto the blaster which exploded into flames.
"What was that Cody?" said Beast as he stopped the machines and walked towards Cody "I thought you could only hold five powers at a time? You showed Nathan's, Scott's, James's, mine, Justin's and your fathers."
"I can seem to call on my dads powers any time I like even when he hasn't been around or when I already have five powers but it overwrites one of the others.
"Hey lad you're a one lad army with all them powers, bloody useful in battle them better then my bloody powers anyway" said Jono as he walked over to the two.
"Your powers aren't so bad, watch" said Cody as he began to mimic Jono's powers, biokinetic energy fired from his hands and caused a giant explosion where it hit causing all three to cover their faces, Cody then aimed his hands down and rose gently into the air as his power pushed him up. "See it isn't bad in fact with these sort of powers I could do some good damage in battle you wouldn't mind if I held onto them would you?"
"You wouldn't be so happy if the powers blew your face off would you" snarled Jono as he skulked away in a bad mood with Cody and himself.
"Maybe you shouldn't hold onto the powers it could cause some bad feelings between the two of you" said Beast with a shrug as he laid his hand on his shoulder.
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James Monroe walked through the centre of Bayville, his face was like a young version of his father except he had a darker tone to his skin inherited from his mother, he loved his family and friends and would die for them but he often felt alone and decided that maybe that was the way he was supposed to be so he often was. He bit down on an apple he had just bought as he walked down the street and felt the sun on his face. He sniffed the air with his heightened senses as he walked, James like his father saw the world different from most he had the senses and instincts of an animal but even though he may have had 20/20 vision if not better somehow his sense of smell was his greatest sense at the minute he could locate everyone one of the x-men within a mile and a half radius without even trying. James's attention was caught by a smell and he turned his head slowly to follow the scent he didn't know what or who it was but to him it smelt like heaven, strawberries and cream, toffee and everything else he had ever liked. James crossed the road not even looking at the traffic which screeched to a halt and honked a horn at him. He leaned on a wall and peeked round to look down the street within seconds he has honed in on the source of the smell a beautiful red head who was around sixteen was walking out of a clothes shop with a bag, the sun shone of her long hair and she smiled from behind her sunglasses which hid her eyes but James had a sneaking suspicion that her eyes would be the most beautiful he had ever seen.
"Hey baby," said a blonde guy in a letterman jacket as he approached the girl and leaned on the wall in front of her to stop her walking past. The hairs on the back of James's neck prickled as he leaned forward a little ready to spring into action, Duncan Matthews was the son of some guy with the same name who ran a construction business apparently Scott and some of the older X-men had had a few run ins with the guy and that friendly relationship seemed to span the generations because all the X-kids hated Duncan and he hated mutants but so did most people actually. "I know you said no yesterday but I thought I'd give you another chance so how about me and you head to a movie or something."
"No thanks" said the girl with a sweet voice which made James smile.
"Why the hell not I'm doing you a favour and helping you fit in at school not to mention forgetting my opinions to talk to a mutie freak like you" growled Duncan as his stance became more aggressive. "I give you the chance to better yourself, to be better then the rest of your mutants scum but you say NO! where the hell do you get off?" said Duncan as he grabbed hold of her arm tightly.
"Please leave go of me you're hurting" said the girl as she struggled with his large hands on her arm. James stepped round the corner growling, the back of his hands itched as his claws seemed like they couldn't wait to spring out but he knew he would have to hold them back, everyone thought Wolverines claws had been implanted until James's mutations showed and claws of bone much like Spykes shot through his hands.
"You heard her Matthews" growled James as he advanced on the two.
"Oh if it isn't the badger" laughed Duncan "get the hell away from us you freak were busy."
"Duncan you better get your hands off of her before I rip your throat out with my bare teeth" growled James again as his temper began to get the better of him. Duncan suddenly hunched over as if he had been hit in the stomach with a sledge hammer and then he shot into the air hovering about four feet from the ground.
"I don't really need you help but thanks" said the girl with a smile as she telekinetically threw Duncan into a dumpster which was lying in an alley, "I'm Rachel" smiled the girl as she moved towards James, a jeep with tinted windows pulled up and Rachel blushed slightly "that's my mom and dad, I better go" smiled the girl as she climbed into the back. James stood watching dreamily as she drove away.
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Justin was walking through a street in Bayville, he was well aware of the twitching of the curtains from the neighbours but he ignored it because it isn't everyday that they see a seven foot teenager (actually in Bayville it might be). "Exscuse me mister" said a little girl with blonde pigtails as she leaned over her garden fence, she lisped slightly which made her even cuter.
"Yeah?" grunted Justin with his usual scowl on his face.
"Will you help me get my kitty from a tree" said the girl as she pointed up at a little orange kitten in he branches of a huge oak tree in her garden.
"I really don't have time for this kid, ring the fire brigade or something" said Justin as he took another few steps before the girl spoke.
"Pretty Pwease" said the girl with a smile as her eyes began to tear up. Justin sighed and turned back towards her, he stepped over the fence and into the garden. Justin wrapped his huge arms round a tree and without much effort lifted it from the ground bringing with it the roots and a huge mound of dirt, he leaned the tree so the branches touched the floor as the little girl picked up her cat. Justin slammed the tree back into the floor which caused the ground to shake, he stooped and covered the roots carefully with dirt, he liked gardening but he would never let anyone know that. He brushed off his hands and stood up, the little girl hugged him which made Justin feel uncomfortable with how comfortable he felt.
"Thank you" said the girl as she held her cat tightly.
"That's okay" said Justin as he kneeled down "I like Kitty's" smiled Justin as he stroked the kitten before he stood up again "Now you can help me…Do you know which direction the Brotherhood boarding house is?"
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"Mr Worthington, a young man who claims to be your son is waiting for you" said a woman over the intercom system to Warren Worthington as he sat in his office sifting through paperwork.
"Tell him I'm busy and I'll ring the institute next time I have some time" said Warren as he shook his head and signed another sheet, he slid his chair away from his desk and stood, he walked to the huge window in his office and stared out at New York city which sprawled in front of him.
A shape began to rise from below him till it was at eye height outside the window, Warren IV hovered outside the window flapping his giant wings to stay in place as he stared directly at his father's eyes, tears streamed down the usually cold boys face, Warren stared back before pressing a little button on the wall which caused the blinds to close. He sat back at his desk and pressed the intercom button "Jenny could you ring Miss Frost and ask her if the offer from her school still stands?"
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Nate and Theresa flew through the air above the city, they'd been together all day just flying around the city, usually Nate didn't use his powers outside the mansions grounds if he didn't need to but this he felt was different, he was trying to impress a girl. "How are you enjoying America?" asked Nate with a smile as he rolled over in the air so he was on the other side of Theresa.
"Well first was the flight where I sat between a twenty two stone guy with BO and a transvestite who was convinced I used to date her or him, then I sat in the rain for twenty minutes before a cab pulled over for me ad then some big black woman pulled me out…have I mentioned New York isn't my favourite city and then…I met you and everything seemed better" smiled Theresa as she soared higher into.
"Theresa would you want to…" said Nate before he was cut off by the screeching of brakes as a reuck slammed head on into a row of traffic. "Theresa I think you got your first job as an X-man" said Nate as he dived towards the accident followed by the Irish beauty.
The two landed and seemingly from nowhere, Kat, Cody, Jay, Noriko, TJ and Jono appeared. "Hey guys looks a mess doesn't it" said Noriko as she licked an ice cream.
"What are all of you doing here?" asked Nate as he looked at the unusual group.
"We all ran into each other in the mall and went for Ice cream…then we heard this racket and well here we are" said Jay with a smile.
"Lets move" said Nate as he sprang into action and ripped the doors from some cars with his Telekinesis to help the people inside. Theresa blasted the floor with a sonic scream which sent a layer of earth over some of the flames which had started to flare up before she grabbed hold of a kid from one of the cars and flew him to safety.
Jay was busy smothering some of the flames with his force field as well as rescuing some of the people with his force field. Cody moved the truck easily with his super strength as Kat phased in to save the driver. Noriko stood by unsure of what she could do to help when an engine from one of the cars exploded and downed some power lines which began to flick around the floor sending out sparks across the floor towards a large patch of gasoline which was leaking from the tanker on the back of the truck. She rolled towards the lined and grabbed the line and began to absorb all of the electricity flowing through the lines.
TJ bamfed into the cars and began to rescue one person after another and deposited them onto the pavement. "Help Me!" yelled Noriko as she flew backwards into a wall, electricity flowed from her in every direction as she screamed.
"She's absorbed the entire city grid, that's too much for her she cant handle it" said Jono telepathically to the others. Noriko fired a spark which caught the gasoline causing it to burst into flame which spread quickly throughout the cars, "This is getting to out of hand…I everyone clear of the cars?" The others replied telepathically telling him that everyone is clear.
Jono opened his stance and ripped off his scarf as the flames exploded from his face and chest burning away his shirt till he stood covered in an aura of power, he screamed psychically as his chest flames exploded and reached to the very back of the traffic accident, the others shielded their faces from the pure force of the energy. The flames suddenly died away as Jono wrapped his scarf round his face again, the X-men looked out again as Jono stood alone in the centre of the charred street, no cars, no truck and no fire.
"We better get Noriko to the mansion" said Jay as he lifted her with a force field and flew into the air the others followed with Cody carrying Kat into the air, TJ was about to Bamf when she turned to see Jono sitting on the floor in pain.
"You okay?" she asked as she teleported to his side and put her hand on his shoulder.
"I'm fine, I just have never done anything so big…I vapourised it all with my energy and then absorbed all the energy it'll just take me a little time to work it through my system."
"You did good Jono we all did good" Smiled TJ as she kissed him on the forehead, suddenly a bottle flew through the air and connected with her head cutting it open.
"You blue mutant freak look what you and you're unholy creature friends did" yelled the burly man who had actually just been pulled from his car by TJ as he grabbed a stone and hurled it "Who's going to pay for my car" growled the man as he and some more of the crowd advanced on the two.
"You know Jono no matter how well we do I don't think it'll ever be enough for them and that's why I hate being a mutant" said TJ as she brushed a tear away and put her hand on Jono's shoulder and bamfed away.
The End
Okay this is the end of this chapter…Next time school starts, meet the brotherhood, James meets his redheaded friend again and the start of the first proper storyline.
