Disclaimer: I still don't own X-men…but Siren, Nick, and Tommy are all mine!

Sin: ok so thanks for the reviews! see bottom for answers/thanks this chapter will pretty much introduce the Brotherhood of Evil and the first few weeks of Class C's training. Plus more X-men will be in this chapter.

Gaia: Just get on with the chapter. Otherwise I'll lock you up again glares

Sin: sweatdrop Good point. Here's chapter 2!

Alex: Flashback 'thoughts' "speaking"

X-men: Apocalypse Returns

Chapter 2: The Brotherhood of Evil

Last time- Just before he fell asleep Xavier sent all the new comers a mental message, You will all be getting TAG names tomorrow, until then good night . Tommy, Siren, and Nick all nodded in there sleep now slightly awake because of the message.

Nick woke up when he heard Bobby moving around the room, "Bobby what are you doing? It's early, let me sleep," he said not opening his eyes. It was a week and Nick was now known as Metalen. Tommy was Spiritus, and Siren was still Siren, but Professor Xavier said that he would help her remember her real name.

Bobby turned to Nick before sneaking over to him and pulling his shirt up a bit and putting a bit of ice on the others back. Nick shot up and since Bobby was still behind him ended up in a backwards hug position. "Bobby, never do that again," Nick hissed shivering a bit.

Bobby grabbed the blanket and put it over Nick and rubbed his arms too, "Sorry. I didn't know you didn't like the cold," he said grinning. He didn't notice Nick lean back a bit, "Well now that you're awake we can go to the Danger Room and practice a bit," he added.

Nick sighed, "Bobby, you know we aren't allowed in there without Logan, Ororo, Scott, or another higher classman. We could hurt ourselves," he said. He liked Bobby and his childish feature, but sometimes Bobby was just too reckless. "Plus if we get caught we'll get stuck with a week of extra chores," he complained leaning back some more into Bobby's body. He was really cold and even though Bobby was Iceman he was actually quiet warm. He blushed as he thought that.

"Nick you're no fun, how can you live your life without taking risks huh? Come on its just to test our powers a bit," Bobby answered as he put his head on Nick's shoulder to make it look like he was now really bored.

Nick blushed some more and gulped. "Fine Bobby we can go. But only for a bit," he said and sighed when Bobby moved away. 'At least now he can't see me blushing. I can't believe I have a crush on him,' Nick thought. Over the week he had grown very fond of Bobby and realized he had a full grown crush on the slightly older boy.

The Prof. had just finished his talk about TAG names and their purpose and things like that. He then dismissed the three new students to there 'classes'. Siren and Tommy were starting to become good friends with Nick even though it was only a day. The three entered the room and found Jubilee and Bobby already there. Nick sat next to Bobby while Tommy sat in between Bobby and Jubilee. Siren then sat on the other end of Jubilee.

Beast came in with a book in his hands. He then hit a button and the wall 'vanished' and targets appeared outside. "You five will have a minute each to shoot as many targets as you can with your powers. The targets will be changed depending on who is going. So, Siren even you have to do this course," Beast said before Jubilee stood up.

"Beast let me go first. I am the best at this course, even better then Cyclops," she said. Dr. McCoy nodded and the targets changed into red ring targets. Beast started the clock and Jubilee ran out and smashed the targets with her 'fireworks'. She finished off all 50 targets in 45 seconds.

"Good job Jubilee. That's a new record," Dr. McCoy said before resetting the targets to work with Bobby's powers. "Bobby cover as many targets as you can with ice. Ready. Go!" Bobby ran out and used a cold chill to freeze 10 targets in a row. He then shot the rest. His aim was off on a few so he took 55 seconds.

"Not bad Bobby, but your aim needs a little work. Nick would you please go next," Beast said as Bobby sat back down next to Nick. Tommy nodded and stood up. He started to fly so he could use his powers easier. His targets were camouflaged so he needed his powers to cover a large area at once to hit them.

"Bobby you did great. Why are you so upset about you getting 55 seconds?" Nick whispered noticing Bobby was unnaturally quiet.

Bobby sighed, "Because I wanted to get a better record than Jubilee," he said quietly.

Nick just patted him on the shoulder to try and cheer him up, "You'll get it next time," he said before Beast called him up. Nick got to the starting line and the targets became ring targets with lights on them.

"Nick hit each target with metal. If you do it correctly the target will light up," Beast said before starting the trial. Nick ran out and lifted some metal with his powers and used it as a lance and hit a few targets at once. He continued this process and came back getting 50 seconds. "Good job Nick," Beast said before Siren was set up. Her targets were puppets that exploded if her siren song reached them, "The Professor thinks that your song can also make things combust if you hit the right tone. So for you this is a trial test, not an accuracy test like the others were," Beast explained.

Siren ran out and whistled very loudly making a puppet explode, "Excellent work. Just keep that pitch in mind," Beast yelled out.

Nick was trying to cheer Bobby up some, "Come on Bobby! You'll do a lot better next time! Who cares if you didn't get a better score then Jubilee?" he asked.

Bobby sighed, "'Cause I want to impress someone," he said quietly.

Nick looked really confused, "Impress someone? Who Siren, or Jubilee?" he asked, "Unless you mean another girl," he added.

Bobby shook his head, "Never mind Nick, just leave me alone," Bobby said before getting up and leaving just as Beast let the kids out.

Nick ran to catch up with Bobby, who was leaving the building, "Where are you going?" he asked panting a little.

Bobby just shrugged, "Into town. Wanna come with? Grab Siren, Tommy, and Jubilee," he answered. Nick ran off and came back a few minutes later with the other class C students. Bobby led them to a jeep in the garage and got in. "Come on guys, I know how to drive," he said before Nick climbed in and sat next to Bobby in the front middle seat, Jubilee next to him and the siblings in the back.

The group left and after stopping at a store, that Jubilee got a few bags at, it was rather crowded and Nick was pretty much squeezed into Bobby's side. Nick blushed at the closeness, and at the fact that Bobby was trying to make both of them comfortable by putting his arm around Nick that way his arm wouldn't go to sleep and Nick could move a bit more if needed. They got about an hour of shopping in before Jubilee got a call, "Hello? Oh hey Kurt. No Class C is just out shopping, don't worry we'll be fine," she said over her phone. Just as she said that a flame horse ran across the road.

"What was that!" the three new students yelled at the same time. Jubilee hung up after asking for Kurt and this other girl, Kitty to get down to meet up with them. Then a mutant dressed in red and flamethrowers on his back came out of a store. A big guy and a guy who was hunched over came out with him.

"Just what we need. The Brotherhood!" Bobby said before getting out. "What are you three doing here?" he asked. Blob, the big one turned around, "Well if it isn't the X-losers. Pyro, Toad we should teach them a lesson about minding there business," he said chuckling a bit. Toad and Pyro then faced them as well.

Before anything could happen a guy in a jumpsuit of types with white hair and another boy with black clothes came out as well, "What's going on now Pyro?" the guy with the white hair said sounding annoyed. For some reason he and the other boy had a slight blush on both of there faces.

Kurt, a.k.a. Nightcrawler, and Kitty, or Shadowcat, appeared and quickly stood next to the others, "OK lets make this quick. Scott will freak if he finds out we did this without anyone knowing we were gone," Kurt said. "Nick take Blob, Tommy take Pyro, Bobby take Quicksilver, Siren and Kitty take Toad, and Jubilee and I will go after Avalanche," he added giving the orders.

The group nodded before going after there targets who separated into different stores. Nick had become metal and didn't have any problem in finding Blob who was in the same store as Quicksilver. Bobby was freezing the ground making it harder for the speedy mutant to run. Nick got so lost in watching Bobby that Blob was able to grab him from behind and then throw him into a wall.

Bobby turned at this, "Metalen! Get up!" he said going over to the younger boy and blocking him from Blob's onslaught of objects. Nick got up slowly and watched as Bobby blasted the objects and also kept Quicksilver in check, "Iceman?" he asked getting up. He then lifted a metal bar with his powers and made it become a circle shape and put it over Blob's upper body trapping him.

Bobby turned around after freezing Quicksilver in place and looked Nick over, "You ok Metalen?" He asked. Tommy nodded and blushed, 'Wow he actually blocked those metal bars for me,' he thought. Tommy had friends, but most of them wouldn't do something that could get them hurt so Nick was a little taken aback.

"Come on lets go make sure the others are ok," he said shaking his head and standing up fully.

Tommy was able to blast Pyro, but had to hold back otherwise the entire store could go up in smoke. Pyro had a few fire demons attacking Spiritus and Pyro took that chance to look the younger teenager over a bit. Pyro called off his demons and pinned Nick.

"Ya know you're kinda cute," Pyro whispered in Nick's ear.

Tommy blushed slightly but tried to push the bigger boy off of him. Since he wasn't that strong it was useless, "Get off," he hissed.

"Why should I? Ya know we should go out some time," Pyro said again still using the same voice as before. Tommy glared at Pyro the best he could from the angle he was in.

He then sighed deciding that in this position there wasn't much he could do, "Fine. But you better get off of me this second or no deal!" he said yelling the last part before Pyro got off of him. Just before Tommy really knew what was happening Pyro had kissed his cheek and then ran off to go help the other Brotherhood boys.

"Siren is going to hurt me if she found out I made a deal with him," he said to himself before running out of the store. Siren and the others had Toad and the rest of the brotherhood tied up.

"So what are we gonna do with them?" Tommy asked before all the X-men were blasted back by some unknown force. It was Scarlet Witch and Magneto.

"Is this what you boys have been doing all day? Pietro you better be able to explain yourself!" Wanda yelled at her brother. The silver haired boy hid behind Avalanche.

"Hey they started it Wanda! We just had to defend ourselves!" Avalanche yelled up to his lover's sister. Only Wanda and Magneto knew the two were going out and didn't really care that much.

"Shut up. We're leaving," Magneto growled. The brotherhood nodded and walked away with Magneto and Scarlet Witch.

"Who was that?" Siren asked rubbing her head as she and the others got back up.

"That would be Magneto. He is the Professor's rival, and use to be his best friend, but Magneto thought that only mutants should live, or at the very least rule over mortals. His daughter Wanda has uncontrollable powers and isn't a fun opponent," Nightcrawler explained.

That was only a few days ago and Nick's thoughts of Bobby since the battle were different from what they were before hand. Now Nick kept thinking things like how warm Bobby was. That thought aside he also noticed that Jubilee and Siren became closer friends in the next few days after the battle. Also Tommy seemed to be upset about something and whenever Nick asked Tommy would say 'I accepted a bet that should of never come up' which confused the metal using mutant. He sighed as he realized Bobby was pulling him down the hallways.

TBC

Sin: wow this was one big flashback…the Danger Room scene will be next chappy….and ya I know this chapter was mostly on Nick and Bobby…grumbles that I had to go back and change Tommy and Nick cause I got the two confused

Gaia: well at least you finished this chapter before you went on vacation.

Sin: true! That reminds me people I can't work on my fic from the 10th-13th cause I'll be on vacation at the Mall of America, so chapter 3 will either be out the day before or sometime after the 13th. spazzes I can't believe no one replied! Now I'm sad!