The Legendary Man Himself: Yeah, I know the intro to them was kind of random, that's partially why this chapter took so long, I kept rewriting it and rewriting, and although I still wasn't happy with the last edition of it I figured I'd better post it and get it over with before I lost any readers.
flapjack101: Sorry again that it took so long, and why'd you change your name from weirdochelle?
ldypebsaby: Yeah, Timothy Winter and Max 'Mark' Tripper are Original Characters. And yeah, I figured everybody would be disappointed if the guys didn't get into trouble.
Hell Devil: Yeah, Risty is here, but she doesn't have a big part yet.
Mark C: Yeah, Nathan's being a bit friendlier, but one's got to ask… why is he in such a better mood?
Author's Note: I hope you guys enjoy this chapter; it's got major plot rolling.
Chapter 12: Forgotten Enemies
"So has anyone seen those two new guys yet?" Chris asked as he, Joe, and John were making breakfast for a few of the others, eggs and toast.
"Nope." Will said coming in along the ceiling. "But the professor said to leave them alone for a bit, they're probably still sleeping."
Joe shrugged. "I'm sure we'll get to meet them before too long."
"Hey." Logan said gruffly coming in through the door. "Have any of you seen Nathan?"
"Nathan?" John repeated. "No, last time I saw him was last night just before he went to bed."
"Well he's not there. Any ideas where I can find him?" Logan asked leaning against the doorway.
"Why you looking for him?" Chris asked curiously.
"I tried to talk to him last night be he ran off, I figured I'd try again." Logan said gruffly. "Now where can I find him?"
"You might try the gardens there big boy." Megan said as she came in through the door past Logan. "He's gone there like, everyday."
"Thanks." Logan said before he left.
Meanwhile
Nathan stood on a small piece of the patio over looking the gardens. Winter snow covered the ground, nothing was in bloom, and most things were dead and lifeless. "What do you want?" He asked turning slightly to look over his shoulder at Logan who was standing a ways behind him.
"Well the professor wanted me to try and talk to you." Logan said a bit gruffly.
"So go ahead." Nathan said turning his head back to the gardens.
"Well, the professor tells me that we've been through some of the same experiences." Logan began.
"And what would those be?" Nathan asked somewhat sarcastically.
"Murder." Logan answered bluntly. "You've killed people before?"
"Mother, girlfriend, a few classmates, a senator, and a dog." Nathan answered just as bluntly, giving the list of all the people that he'd come in contact with since his mutation had manifested.
"Senator?" Logan asked his eyes widening ever so slightly before quickly returning back to normal.
"Long story." Nathan responded.
Logan paused. "Well the professor tells me that you're looking for your father."
"Yeah, that's no secret." Nathan said turning to glance at him.
"What do you want to happen when you find him? What do you want to do?" Logan asked trying his best to just make conversation so that he could tell the professor that he'd talked to him.
"What do I want to do when I find him?" Nathan asked raising a brow. "I want to hug him, and give him a kiss goodbye."
"You mean you want to kill him." Logan summarized.
"He's the one that gave me this curse, he's the one that deserves this curse." Nathan answered.
"You know that he didn't choose to give you your mutation, he had less control over the matter than you did." Logan rebutted.
"Wrong. He decided to have me, he decided to leave, and he decided the past." Nathan argued.
"And who's going to decide the future?" Logan asked.
"With any luck I won't have a future to decide." Nathan said with a smirk.
"You mean you want to die?" Logan asked a little loudly.
"Only reason I'm still here is to find my father. Once that's done, I won't have a reason to stick around." Nathan said coolly.
Logan had no idea how to respond, but stood there for a second, trying to think of something.
Meanwhile
"What do you think they're talking about?" Rogue asked Kitty as she looked out the window down on Logan and Nathan on the patio outside.
"I don't know, does Nathan even talk?" She asked curiously.
"Sometimes." Rogue shrugged.
"I bet you want him to talk to you don't you?" Kitty asked with a smirk.
Rogue looked away. "Joe already warned me about that." She said looking back out the window.
"That's only because Joe wants you for himself." Kitty argued.
"He looks at me like a sister." Rogue explained. "Besides, I can't-"
"Neither can he." Kitty cut her off.
That Day at School
"Leave me alone!" A distressed Jessica yelled running away from a slimy, wart-covered teen that kept hopping after her.
"Come on baby." Toad pleaded. "Just one kiss."
Jessica kept running away but Todd kept following her that was until Jessica ran into a large brick wall er… I mean a large muscular guy, wearing jeans and a T-shirt. "James!" She exclaimed, happy both for the rescue and to see her brother.
"Come on, just one kiss!" Toad yelled coming around the corner, but stopping dead when he saw Jessica embracing James. Quite suddenly he found himself held in the air by his throat and slammed up against the lockers before he could even breathe.
"What did you just ask my sister for?" The large man asked looking at him. "I know you didn't just ask her for what I think you just asked her for."
"No, no." Toad started. "I was uh… asking her for her English notes. That's all." Todd said, quite evidently scared.
James looked over to Jessica, who giggled, and then released him, letting him slump to the floor. "That's what I thought." He said standing up straight. "Oh, and you might want to find a change of pants."
The two started towards Jessica's next class. "What are you doing here?" Jessica asked looking up at him.
"Well, I'm getting my life on track." James said with a smile. "I'm here to look into some night classes. I want to finish high school."
"Hooray!" Jessica said jumping up with a clap.
"Calm down there sparky." James said with a smile. "And get to class, tell the others I said hello, I've got to go visit Principle Kelly."
"Okay, come find me when you're done!" She said cheerfully.
Unknown to either of them two guys had followed James ever since he'd left the mansion. "She the one?" The one asked another.
"She's got to be." The other one answered. "Either his girlfriend, or that sister that he used to mention."
"Only one way to find out." The one said with a smirk. "Excuse me!" He called walking up to Jessica as she began to exit the one wing of the school to walk to another.
"Yeah?" She asked curiously as she turned around.
Wham, two fists met her face and out she went, unsuspecting. The two took her out the door into a waiting car. "You think Johnson will be pleased?" The one asked.
"I'm sure he will be. Now let's find two more. Back at that mansion that he came from." The other one said.
"You sure we need two more?" The one asked.
"Johnson said to get three, so three hostages it is." The other one answered with a smile.
Meanwhile
"Help!" Mike yelled as he came around the corner, scrambling as he dropped his books behind him and took off down the hall. Jean, Rogue, and Elise looked over as close behind him; the entirety of the Bayville high football team came running after him. With yells like, "Get him!" and other such things as they ran. "Look out!" Mike yelled as Nathan came out of the men's room door.
Taking a glance back to the football players coming after him he first thought to stand his ground, but as they got closer he changed his mind. Both he and Mike were running full speed. Both of them were scrawny, and no match for football players if they were caught. Though several would drop dead if they punched Nathan in the face.
"What's going on?" Jean asked stopping Duncan as he ran past with the rest of the guys.
"That punk was caught flirting with Jim's girlfriend." He answered hotheadedly.
"What?" Jean asked.
"He was helping her pick up her books and was smiling at her. Jim didn't take to well to that." He answered with a slight smile.
"So your telling me that the girl dropped her books, and since 'Jim' didn't pick them up, Mike decided to help her out, and for that now he's being chased by the football team?" Jean asked raising a brow and putting a hand on her hip.
"Well sure it sounds bad when you say it like that." Duncan argued.
"You know? These jocks are really stupid." Mike called out coming around the same corner he had a moment before. "Lead them in a circle, and they still follow… crap." He said stopping in front of Duncan.
Duncan went to grab him but Jean got in the way, that was until the rest of the football team were seen running around the corner.
Mike and Nathan took off again, Nathan in the lead. "No running in the halls!" Principal Kelly yelled out as he came out of his office and into the hall. The football team stopped, but Nathan was past him already, and Mike kept running towards him, sliding under and between his legs at the last second as he kept running. "Halt!" He cried, but neither Nathan nor Mike listened, so instead he returned his attention to the football team. "My office." He said looking at Duncan. "Now."
Meanwhile
Fred walked past lance and boom-boom with a large red smack mark across his face. "What happened?" Tabitha asked curiously.
"I tried to kiss one of those new X-geeks, but she turned out to be some karate expert or something." Fred answered dis-heartedly.
"She kicked your butt huh?" Lance asked with a smirk.
"No, she left a mark though." He said sounding a little down.
"Poor teddy. Maybe you should try asking a girl out and buy her dinner before you try giving her a kiss." Tabby said with a smile.
Meanwhile
Rebecca sat playing chess with Hank in the library, the professor and Logan were talking in his office, Ororo was in the danger room, and the kids were all at school.
Suddenly a large bang went above the heads, and the sound of a fight, until everything went silent again.
"What the?" Rebecca asked looking up.
"Only other people here are those two travelers." Hank said getting up. By the time they got upstairs no one was there, just a note.
"Better call the professor." Hank said looking to Rebecca as he picked up the note.
Hank, Rebecca, Logan, Ororo, and Charles sat in the study as Xavier read the note. "Call James." Was his answer. "He needs to know. Don't tell the students yet. We'll tell the X-Men only if we have to."
James was there within half an hour, and came in looking rushed. "What happened?" He asked thinking something drastically wrong.
The professor merely handed him the note, and let him read it.
The note read fairly simply: "Guess I finally got to meet this mysterious sister of yours. We've got her and two of the guys from that mansion you're living in. You want to see them ever again? Come to the docks, warehouse 5, by tonight. We'll kill one of them for each hour you're late. You know how it works, come alone, all that fun stuff. TTYL, Johnson."
James hung his head when he finished. "We'll assemble the X-Men." Charles said with a nod.
"No." James shook his head. "This is personal. I'll take care of it."
"You'll tell the others won't you? The warriors at least?" Rebecca asked looking up at him.
"No. Kurt maybe, he's grown close to her, he needs to know if she's in trouble, but this is personal." James said shaking his head.
The professor nodded. "I take it you know this Johnson then?" He asked.
"It's a long story." James started. "But to make it short, I used to work for him, he runs an all mutant street gang in Chicago, or at least he used to. They've been hunting me for a while. I thought I ditched them in Chicago, I faked my own death, but we ran into Dustin just before coming here, he's the one that threatened Robaldi." James explained.
"So he knows that you're a mutant?" Hank asked concerned.
"Yeah, but he doesn't know about the new developments." James said with a smirk. "Rebecca?" He said looking over to her.
"You don't have to ask, of course I'm coming." She said grabbing her jacket off the couch.
"No." James said sternly. "Stay here, I want you tell Chris to meet me at the wharf. Knowing Johnson he's holding them out on a boat in the sea, I'll need wings there to fly over and get them out of there."
"I'm not sure-" The professor started.
"Professor?" James cut him off. "Look, thanks, but this is my sister, as far as I'm concerned, you've got nothing to do with this. Jessica's and Rebecca are the only people I've got left in this world, and I'd rather die than lose either of them."
"I understand but…"
"No." James said putting on his jacket. "You don't."
"I'm coming with you." Rebecca said putting on her jacket.
James knew it would only waste time trying to argue. "Fine. Logan? Tell Chris to meet me there."
"At least let the X-Men help you." The professor pleaded.
"Note says to come alone." James responded. "Only reason I wanted to bring Chris was cause his wings would come in handy and he wouldn't be seen with me. Rebecca's coming because she's stubborn, but she'll stay out of sight." He paused. "Tell you what." He said turning to the professor. "You give me ten minutes after getting into that ware-house, and then you do whatever you want, alert the authorities, bring in the X-Men, whatever. But be warned, it's more than likely an all mutant gang, and though they're powerful, they're not going to last more than ten minutes with me."
"You think pretty highly of yourself don't you?" Ororo asked as she raised a brow.
"Not really, but I know them, and they're weaknesses." James answered.
"And them yours." Hank responded.
"I have weaknesses?" James asked as he held the door open for Rebecca, and followed her out of it, winking goodbye to the rest.