Qwerty: Sorry about that, I don't know why I do that, as for writers block I take a break, go for a walk and think about it, or work on my other stories to get my creativity going, writing with music on helps me too.
GiveGodtheglory: Actually Shocker and Electro are two different people.
Tsavong-Lah: Long time no see, glad you enjoyed the story so far and yeah I really didn't have anything major to write about but thankfully I do now. I will tie in certain Marvel events when I can but I also want to go my own way like how I ditched Polaris.
spyder616: Don't worry I will write that part.
Star Lin: Actually there have been four Hobgoblins, check out the character section at , they got bios of all the spider-man characters. A lot of people don't like Emma and Scott, sorry to hear about your dad though.
Matt3671: Ben and Paige...I'm trying to get away from her dating older men sorry.
Readerrr Grrrl: Thanks and I think part of the whole charm of the story is the fact they don't know. Maybe I'll have them find out one day but no too soon.
Winblades: Yeah this Rachel like in the comics comes from a possible future so she's old enough. That's actually an interesting idea with the three of them, I'll see if I can think of something, and yeah I hate Paige/Warren that is just plain wrong.
Joseph McKinley: Sorry Harry is staying dead, and Emma isn't really Ben's type plus I don't think she'd go for a guy that can block her.
Kate: Mainly because I'm not too familiar with the early years, but thanks for that and I'll try to fit some of that in.
Lady Suneidesis: Yep that was her in that show, she used to be a new mutant, then X-Force, SHIELD agent, now a teacher there, well there were a few other things but it get complicated.
cjh: Oh it's more then just two Goblins just wait, I'll think I might try that, I think I got my choice at the moment for who to hook Ben up with.
Ldypebsaby: A few of the students might be and evil is gathering and it's not done yet.
The Uncanny R-Man: The cybernetic Goblin guy was the more famous one, he was the one that made a deal with the devil and from him the Demogoblin was formed, and took over after the Ned Leeds and was the last Hobgoblin before the original killed him in prison. I didn't know you liked this one the best.
Thanks to: Aaron, Proponent of EVO, fireinu, Oni, Vegabond, Red Witch, TallieCat, Blue-Eyes White Knight, TheUnknown325
Disclaimer: Shadow Spider is an OC of my creation.
THE NEW TEACHER
CHAPTER 38: EVIL FORCESBen was walking the halls with Danielle Moonstar as she gave him the tour and showed him the classroom he would be staying in. She also filled him in on a few of the rules and of the mutant squads that were part of the Institute that had a mentor for each group.
"Emma has her group named after her first team the Hellions, there used to be one called Alpha Squadron but that was under North Star and he had to return home so that team was disbanded until we can get someone for them or he comes back." Ben saw a little disappointment in her at that. "Scott's group is the Corsairs."
Ben smirked at that. "You're kidding? Sounds like something that belongs in a Three Musketeers novel or something."
Dani laughed. "Tell me about it, but it's a good team though. Although Beast and Iceman's team names are just as bad if not worse. Exemplars and Excelsiors." Ben shook his head at that. "As for me, I went with tradition and my group is called New Mutants. Kind of fitting since that's what I was not to mention Magma, Karma and Rahne when we first got here. We all started out in the New Mutants and I wanted to carry on the tradition."
Ben smiled at that. "That's nice, has to be a challenge though. You know being a mentor to these kids. It can't be easy at times."
Dani sighed. "You have no idea...especially considering how hectic our lives are."
"Well then I guess my life just got interesting." Ben said with a smile trying to lighten the mood. Dani smiled at his good mood, he was a lot like Peter in more then just looks and it was going to be a pleasure working with him.
"Hey Parker what did you do to your hair?" Came an accented voice. They both turned to see North Star in his battle attire.
"Jean-Paul, when did you get back?" Dani asked him. "Are you staying?"
The French Canadian man shrugged. "Well I took care of that problem with my company and came back so...what did I miss?" He asked looking at Ben. Dani saw who he was looking at and smiled.
"Well...Lorna took off, Piotr, Skin and Betsy are back from the dead, Gambit got blinded but he's better now, Rogue got her powers back too, and we found another Xorn in China and this is Ben, Peter's twin brother who will be teaching here." She said with an amused look on her face. He just stood there in his black and white uniform that he wore when he flew back here from Canada and just blinked a few times.
"I should have stayed in Canada...things were just more simple back home." He grumbled and walked away feeling a headache coming on. After some more showing Ben around they ended up at the teacher's lounge during a break between classes and a lot of the teaching staff was there. Ben and Dani walked in seeing Beast and Peter talking and joking around with Iceman laughing at something they said.
Kitty was sitting with Piotr since those two had been almost inseparable for quite sometime. Dani smiled at seeing them like that, it had been a long time since she felt like that with anyone and kind of envied her seeing her so happy with him. "Well I'll go met up with Peter." Ben told her. "Thanks for the tour so far by the way Dani, I'm really enjoying it."
"I'm glad it wasn't boring."
"Oh it wasn't, besides I liked the company." He told her and smiled a little before joining with Peter and the others. Dani wasn't sure if he was being friendly...or he just flirted with her. She saw Rachel sitting at a table looking a little distracted so she went over to sit down next to her.
"Hey red, what's wrong?"
"Huh?" Rachel asked looking up and noticing Dani there for the first time.
Dani looked a little concerned for her. "Come on what's going on? And don't say nothing because you're not that good a liar so spill."
The redheaded telepath sighed and looked around and leaned forward and whispered. "I was in the Danger Room a couple of days ago doing this fencing thing with Kurt. It was this pirate thing and well...we kissed."
"What?!" Danielle exclaimed.
"Shhh! Quiet!" Rachel hissed at her. "Look I don't know what happened one moment we're fighting pirates the next he kisses me...and...I kissed back."
"But I thought he and Storm were like dating?"
"So did I but she saw us and...she really didn't care. In fact she was dressed up with Logan in a tux going out for the night." Rachel said, she couldn't understand what was going on either but she was trying to get her to understand. "I mean I asked Kurt and he said that he and Ororo only went out twice so far but he said he wasn't sure if they're more then just friends or not...I think he's as confused as I am...I mean...it was a really great kiss Dani...I never really saw Kurt in that kind of light before I mean sure he's cute but...damn girl, I swear I see him differently now."
"But if he and Ororo have something going then I don't want to ruin it...what do I do?"
Dani sat there not sure if this was the biggest piece of gossip she ever heard, or if she just got sucked into a soap opera. "Take it slow, and you should have Kurt talk to Ororo about this because someone needs to make a decision."
"Yeah tell me about it." Rachel said slumping in the chair. At the other table Ben was getting to know Bobby and Hank, who seemed like real nice guys.
"I swear when I find out who put all of Logan's beer in my room and filled my shoes with super glue that guy will get it." Bobby told Ben. He noticed the looks between Hank and Peter and would have to ask later on what they knew about this. "Anyway how are you finding this place? And can I just say that it's a little creepy seeing you two together."
"Gee thanks Bobby." Peter said in mock hurt. He had to admit it had been years since those carefree days that Iceman, Spider-Man and The human Torch used to hang out and always seemed to team up. But things change and so do people and people grow apart. Hell it had been months since he saw old matchstick and they lived in the same city. But he had to admit Bobby did share his sense of humor and it was nice to have someone else like that around.
"Hey man you're the one that kept the secret so you pay for it." Bobby said with a smile. "Why did you keep it a secret?"
"I didn't, it just never came up." Peter said. "I mean when's the last time any of you told me about your family."
"He has a point." Hank said. "You know you've been were for a while now and yet it seems we hardly know much about each other."
"Yeah well I don't live here and you guys have pretty hectic lives." Peter told him, although his wasn't calm either but it's not like he could say that. He did feel a little bad that he didn't get a chance to know them better while here, it's just that with his life as Spider-Man took up a lot of free time and he also spent a lot of his other free time with MJ and his Aunt. Peter checked his watch. "Well I got to go guys."
"I though you had this period off?" Hank asked him seeing Peter get up from his chair.
"I do, it's just that Paige is going for her GED today and I got to oversee her test." He told the blue furred mutant.
Hank smiled at that. "I hope she does well."
"Hey where is she anyway?" Bobby asked. "I haven't seen her anywhere lately or Warren or Betsy for that matter."
-Elsewhere outside the mansion-
Warren was in the garden sitting on a seat thinking about his life so far. "Warren." He turned to see Betsy walking towards him. "We...need to talk."
"Yeah...I figured as much." He said to her and watched her sit down next to him. There was a moment of silence as each of them until he spoke. "Did you love him?" He asked referring to the man she had seemed romantically interested in when they broke up.
"No...I cared...but there was no love there...I...you were gone for so long I needed you but you were never there and I figured...that you didn't love me anymore, so I tried for a relationship with Thunderbird thinking either it would make you realize that you were losing me...but I guess you didn't love me anymore."
"That's not true I did still love you." Warren looked into her eyes then. "I still do."
Betsy felt her heart in her throat. "I still love you Warren, I never stopped, I don't think I could if I tried...but...what about Paige I mean don't you care for her?"
Warren looked down. "I do care for Paige. She's a kind and strong young woman...but my heart has always belonged to you Betsy...I'm sorry if things were so strained I thought you were the one that didn't love me anymore."
They were silent until Betsy let out a small laugh. "I can't believe what both of us went through because we weren't able to talk about this until now...god we're bloody idiots."
Warren smiled. "Yeah...I still have to talk to Paige you know."
"I know...and...I'll understand whatever you feel is right." Betsy said and kissed him on the lips. "Just in case." She told him sadly and walked away. Leaving Warren to think about things more and what to do with Paige, he didn't want to hurt her or Betsey but he had to make a choice.
-Late Afternoon-
Dani had finished up showing Ben around and the ropes as well as introducing him to some of the students as well. That had gotten a little used to for some of them, well except this Sophia girl with brown hair. She seemed to have this strange look on her face seeing him and a smile too. He'd have to ask Peter about her later.
"Mr. Reilly?" He turned to see an eighteen year old with long blond hair. With a red mini skirt and jacket uniform.
"Wow...you two really do look alike." She said then handed him a folder. "I'm Paige kind of a teacher's aid and I was asked to give you this, this is the lesson plan so far, but you can change it somewhat when you get comfortable."
"Thanks Paige." Ben said looking through it.
"So how did you do on the GED?" Dani asked her.
"I think I did pretty good actually." The southerner said smiling.
"Well that's nice to hear." Dani said. She hoped that the young woman had passed she really had a bright future for her and they also could use her full time as a teaching assistant and maybe one day she would definitely become an instructor here.
"Well I hope to see you some more Mr. Reilly." Dani said shaking his hand. "I get the feeling you'll be just as fun to work with as your brother."
Ben laughed. "I hope so and please call me Ben, Mr. Reilly makes me feel old." Dani laughed and nodded. Ben watched her go and smiled to himself, she seemed like a real nice woman. He felt someone place a hand on his shoulder and looked to see Peter there.
"Hey so what do you think of the place?" Peter asked him.
Ben thought about it. "Honestly? I think I could like it here."
Peter smiled and nodded. "That's good to hear. Come on Kitty is giving us a lift home and she wants to get to know you more, plus she's staying for dinner too."
"I still can't believe she knows." Ben shook his head, he was told when coming here about Logan, Kitty and Rogue being in on his secret. Luckily he missed Rogue and Logan but he was looking forward to Wolverine's reaction, he wondered if his sent was identical, if it was that would lead to some interesting possibilities for a few jokes.
"Hey Pete, what do you know this girl names Sophia?"
"Oops." Peter said when he realized he missed her.
"Oops?" Ben asked. "What do you mean by oops?"
"Uh...a little detail I forgot." Peter said scratching the back of his head. Ben palmed his face knowing that the girl must have known too. He would have to hear this story later on as well as ask what else he might have forgotten too.
-Morning, the next day-
Ben and Peter walked up to the mansion. Ben was dressed in the same kind of buttoned up white shirt only he wore a red tie instead of the black one Peter was wearing. He was also carrying his new suitcase with the fake bottom on it with his uniform. He figured that if Peter had his own he should to since you never knew what you needed.
Peter looked over a Ben and smiled as he was adjusting his tie for the twelfth time. "Nervous?" He asked him.
"Yeah...I mean were you when you started this teaching thing?" Ben asked him. "I mean this is my first time."
"Yeah I know what you mean but just let loose and be calm most of these kids are nice when you get to know them and just remember high school and what should have been done." Peter tried not to use words that would associate those memories were Ben's mainly because he knew Ben must have tough times when his memories were just copies.
Ben breathed in trying to calm himself. "Yeah okay...if I can go up against super villains then this should be easy."
"Oh trust me some days these kids are worse then any super villain." Peter said to him.
Ben scowled at him. "Thanks for that Peter."
Peter tried not to laugh. "Anytime bro." They walked into the mansion and went to their separate classes. Ben walked by Scott's office to pick up the student lists then he walked into the chemistry lab and pulled out the student list and the lesson plan that had been started and waited for class to start.
Outside the Institute Cain walked toward the forest grounds. In his Juggernaut armor he walked along to the meeting place where the others would be. He smiled to himself as he thought about how well the plan had gone so far. Get in good with Xavier and now with him gone they were so easy.
"How are things?" Came a voice and Juggernaut cold see Avalanche in his metallic armor with the giant A on the chest, Black Tom Cassidy whose mutation cause him to look like a living tree now, Exodus a great enemy of the X-Men in black and red with a cape, Mammomax a large mutant that looked like a cross between a man and an elephant, Nocturne who was Kurt's daughter of an alternate future who looked a lot like Kurt. She was in a red and white costume similar to one of Kurt's only uniforms. Finally there was Sabretooth, Logan's long time nemesis. It was Black Tom that had spoken to him in his now wooden body advanced to Juggernaut.
"There's a weakness in the defenses that I can show you where you can sneak past all the defenses." Juggernaut told them.
"Good." Exodus grinned to himself. "Then we can walk right in and start the killing."
"One problem though." Juggernaut said looking at Nocturne. "She's one of them. She's some kind of alternate version of Kurt's daughter and I don't think she'll want us to off her old man."
"NO! It's not true I mean..." The blue skinned and haired woman said in fear. She had hoped to get in with the new Brotherhood and find out their plans but this wasn't what she had in mind.
"Get her!" Sabertooth yelled out and she jumped from where she was but Juggernaut grabbed her leg and slammed her into the ground. "Nice move, hey you think we can have some fun with her before he off her?"
"Sorry but we got no time for that Creed." He said and slammed fist into the ground. They all saw him raise his hand and slam it and she jerked then was still. "Better to take care of her now then later." He picked up the body and threw it into the bushes.
"You monster!" Everyone turned to see a scaled boy with large black eyes and a fin on his head. He was glaring at Juggernaut tears in his eyes and seeing a man he considered his hero just kill in cold blood. He had seen Cain walk off along and had followed him.
"Sammy...no." Cain said seeing the boy there.
"Get the brat." Black Tom said to the others.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 39: A DARK DAY