X-men: The Brotherhood back to School
Part 4: Old friends
Last episode the X-men were lead into a trap, which led them to battle the Brotherhood. Which ended in Cyclops dieing on Animal's claws.
Xavier Mansion School for the Gifted
"Alex, this is the Danger room." Hank began,
"This is where we train the X-men and for them to harness and embrace their powers." He continued then turned to Alex,
"Would you like to have a go?" Alex turned to look back at the massive room and smiled.
"Ok we're starting in 3….2….1….GO!" Hank's voice echoed through the speakers.
The room's lights dimmed red then five robots sprung from secret compartments from the ground and started shooting red lasers Alex's direction.
Alex sprung to the side and dug his feet into the wall then shot himself towards the closest robots, two robots went down impaled through the neck by his claws and another had its head caved in by his tail.
Alex leapt off the ground and smashed the lights making it pitch black, hank quickly changed his view to night vision.
He searched wildly for Alex and found him perched on the roof of the room. Alex dropped from the roof, somersaulted and landed on a robot crushing it to bits,
then changed with a crack to an elephant, where he lifted the last robot with his trunk and hurled it into a wall with small explosion.
"Well done, I just need some time to work out some things and…."
/Alex can you see me in my office, alone please/ Charles's voice filled his head.
/All right./ replied Alex and headed off towards Charles's office.
Alex entered the room and found Charles sitting behind his desk, hands folded and a small smile on his face.
"You wanted me professor?" he asked as he stood at the desk, he hated sitting down, hurt his tail too much.
"Yes, as you know we lost an X-men on our last mission."
He looked at Alex as he faced the floor and shuffled his feet,
"Anyway because of this ill-fortunate event we need another mutant on the team. Now, none of the students are old enough yet so I was wondering if you know of a mutant we can get into contact with, to join us."
Charles finished. Alex opened his eyes wide with shock,
"Of course if you can not think of someone or choose not to participate in this, that is all right, I would discuss it with the other X-men." He continued seeing Alex's shock.
Alex shook his head and looked up,
"No, I know someone who is perfect for the job, a close friend of mine but I think I will go get him myself if that's all right with you" he explained,
"Not at all, I am excited to meet your friend" Charles answered with a smile.
Alex ran outside the gates and turned to an eagle and flew off in the direction of his friend,
'I haven't seen him in a while, I wonder if he will recognise me?' Alex thought as he circled and landed in the woods.
Yellow eyes followed him through the woods as he searched.
He spun as he heard a familiar howl that would make anyone's hair stand on end.
Then he saw them a pack of wolves following him with a black alpha male at the front, with a howl they ran towards him.
The alpha sprinted towards the deer, the rest of the pack closely behind him, he leapt up aiming for the throat when the deer moved and turned into a big guy with a loud crack,.claws as feet and hands, thick wild hair and a tail he used for a belt, the wolf slowed,
"Now, you weren't gonna attack me we're ya Wolf?" Alex asked with a laugh. The wolf turned it's head, then with a loud crack, similar to Alex's changed back into a human.
The guy was the same size and build as Alex except he was slightly bigger and taller, he too had wild brown hair that covered his eyes. He wore only a pair of ripped shorts that contained his switchblade.
"Alex?" Wolf asked looking at Alex closely, "Is it really you?"
"Sure is Michael, it sure is" replied Alex, still with a smile on his face.
They clutched hands and pulled their chests together with a thump while clapping each other over the back,
"How you bin mate?" asked Michael as they drew apart.
"Not bad, not bad, yourself?" replied Alex,
"Yeah, good, why have ya come ter see me?" Michael asked again looking back at Alex,
"Heard of the X-men?" asked Alex, Michael nodded, "Well good cause yer joining them" he said.
Michael's jaw dropped,
"You serious? Why?" he asked,
"Long story short, we need another X-man. So, wanna come?" Alex asked, Michael looked down for a moment, thinking about it then looked back up with a grin,
"Sure! Where do I go?" he replied. Alex smiled and pointed,
"The big mansion over there, can't miss it, I'll go with you in wolf though." Alex replied as he turned into a beautiful white wolf,
"Cheers" thanked Michael as he changed back into the alpha.
Charles began to worry about Alex when he heard knocking,
/come in/ he spoke into their mind/first door on your right, then turn left/ he instructed.
They followed his instructions until they found themselves at the Danger room with Charles and Hank.
"Welcome to the Xavier Mansion, School for the Gifted" began Charles as he raised his hand,
"My name is Charles Xavier but you can call me whatever you feel, as long as it's suitable." Michael shook his hand,
"My name's Michael-Wolf" then turned to Hank,
"My name is Dr Hank Mcoy-codename Beast" he also shook hank's hand then faced the room,
"What's this place for?" he asked,
"This is the Danger room where we can help mutants, control their powers, and to see the powers of the new mutants"
he paused "Want a shot Michael?" he asked
Michael turned back to him, "Sure why not" he answered.
"Ok we're starting in 3….2….1….GO!" Hank's voice echoed through the speakers.
The room's lights dimmed red and six robots sprung from out of the walls, Michael rolled to the side and pulled out his switchblade and made a small incision into his palm.
He waited a bit as his palm bled, then the blood extended and formed the shape of a katana then solidified.
He launched himself at the robots and sliced one robot's head off and cleaved another in two and threw the katana through the chest of the third.
"That's an interesting power" Hank remarked. Alex smiled,
"You should see his next trick." Michael liquefied his sword and let it fall to the floor as his hand healed up.
Michael began to shake, his eyes flashing from blue to yellow as he body began togrow.
He howled as his gums ripped open exposing razor teeth, his body tripled in size as black fur rippled over his body, his muscles expanded as his face became more wolf-like.
Michael, now fully werewolf lunged at the remaining three and teared one apart with his fangs, while he smashed the other two together. He looked up over at the viewing area and howled triumphantly.
"Well I can certainly see why he is an asset to us, he's fine to stay, in your dorm would be good."
Explained Charles as he clapped his hands and headed off towards his office.