Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men Evolution. If I did...

I know, this chapter is short. And I'm sorry. By the way, before I write more of this story, I've been putting up a mental storyboard for it. And I figured out how I'm going to end it. You can look up this hint, but if you find out the answer to this hint, do not put it on a review! I want it to be a surprise for those who don't look it up or can't find it. Hint on the ending: It's what happened to the real Berserker in the original X-Men comics.

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Chapter 3: A New Beginning

Pietro, unhappy to be interrupted of his usual activities, decided this would be the last time he would answer the door that day. He was getting sick of it, and wasn't liking who he was seeing at the door. Pietro opened the door and found the same person at the door that inhabited the doorstep earlier.

"Okay…" Pietro said as he crossed his arms. "What do you want? This is the second time you came by today."

"Uh…" Ray said. "This may be sort of hard to believe, but, um…I sort of want to…"

"Out with it!"

"I want to be a Brotherhood member!"

"We'll see!" Pietro slammed the door in his face. He quickly opened the door a crack. "Come back later. We'll talk about it." Ray felt a little dazed but nonetheless followed orders and left.

"Same person?" Wanda asked while coming down the stairs.

"Yeah, that weirdo." Pietro replied. "Hey Lance! Get this: The X-Geek who was at the door a minute ago wants to be part of our group."

Lance pondered this for a minute. He didn't know how to respond. He decided to think about it for a minute.

A minute later came his response. "Well, we don't have a lot of money, and a new member would just strain that more. That, and the fact that he was a former X-Man is not good. We don't want them knocking on our door."

"Of course not…" Pietro said.

"But if he doesn't feel right with the X-Men, who are we to keep away a potential member? Which one was it?"

"I don't know his name. His hair has two colors."

"If you don't see him often enough to know his name whenever we fight with the X-Men, then he must not be very important to them anyway. Bring him back here."

"One second!" Pietro replied. He zipped out the door and came back a few seconds later with Ray.

"That was odd…" said Ray, looking a little dazed by the sudden burst of speed.

"Hey, what's going on?" asked Todd as he hopped into the room.

"Go tell Freddy that we have a new member." Lance responded.