Chapter 2: School

Kitty placed her books in her locker and closed it. She wouldn't need them for her next class. As she approached the door that read "Computer Class," a feeling of worry came over her. The last time she had tried this class, she became nervous during a lesson and accidentally phased through the keyboard while typing, short-circuiting the computer in front of her (not to mention the fact that she got an F and was sent to the principal's office). Nevertheless, she walked in.

Meanwhile, Evan was in science class. "Mr. Daniels," the teacher said to Evan, "I'm afraid I'm going to have to give you a D on your science project."

"Aw man!" Evan exclaimed as he lightly pounded his fist on his desk. As he did this, he accidentally propelled a spike from the tip of his finger, which hit the blackboard, missing the teacher's head by only a foot. "Oops… uh, sorry teach," Evan stammered.

"'Sorry teach' doesn't make up for nearly killing me, Daniels. Please go see the principal."

Evan walked towards the door with his hand hanging on the back of his neck and muttered, "Man, I really need to get this thing under control."

When Evan walked into the principal's office, he saw that he wasn't there at the moment, but Kitty was sitting in a chair in front of the desk. "So, what are you in the brig for?" Evan asked melancholily.

"Well, I'm taking computer class again and…"

"Good for you," Evan interrupted.

"Yeah. Right. Well anyway, I passed the test and I got so excited that I phased through the computer again. What are you in for?"

"Guess."

"Uncontrollable ejection of bone material?" Kitty said in a mocked nasal voice, making quotation marks with her fingers.

"Yep."

"You really need to get that under control."

"Where have I heard that before?" Evan said, slumping back in his chair.

Kurt was walking down to the cafeteria and was startled by what sounded like a bar fight. As he got closer to his destination, he heard the words "I am Blob! Fear me!" Blob and the rest of the Brotherhood had been acting like super-villains from an old movie ever since Principal Kelley told them that normal kids fear mutants. Also, whenever they destroyed school property, Kelley didn't really seem to care.

Kurt walked inside the cafeteria and saw Blob throwing chairs around the room and yelling maniacal laughs including but not limited to "Mwa Ha Ha Ha Ha!" Then Kurt saw Jean Grey walk up to the over-sized student and yell, "Blob, stop it!" For a moment, Blob paused, and looked at Jean.

"No!" Blob yelled, "Blargh!" Then he threw a table at her, but she caught it with her telekinesis. This made Blob angry, as did anyone who was bold enough to stand up to him. Jean's red hair began to flare like it did whenever her telekinesis was active. Blob stood leaning forward with his muscles flexed and face reddened, and looked like he could break loose at any moment. They stood, looking at each other with frozen expressions of anger. All this made them look like two characters in a Street Fighter game right before it says "GO!" Soon, students began gathering around like the meaningless fools in the background who stand like low-detail cardboard stand-ups, occasionally raising a fist into the air while chanting the word fight.

Suddenly, Toad hopped over next to Blob. "Lets go at it, Yo!" He said to Jean.

"Oh shut up," Jean said as she telekinetically grabbed Toad by the tongue and threw him into a wall.

"Why oo ah alway ha a woose?" Toad moaned as he fell to floor face first with his tongue still stretched out on the floor.

In the middle of the fray, Principal Kelley walked into the room. "Jean, you're responsible for this mess. I'll expect you to clean it up."

"What? No I'm not!" Jean snapped, "Blob did all this." But when she looked around to point to him, she found he was no longer there. Toad was hopping out of the room at top speed.

"Temper, temper," Kelley scolded, "And have we stooped so low that we lie to the principal now, Miss Grey?" Kelley stood in one place, looking at Jean, waiting for her to say something that could get her in trouble. But Jean said nothing and only glared, and Kelley, with a disappointed frown on his face, left the room.

Later, when school was over, Jean was walking with Scott to his car, and told him about the incident. Scott sighed and said, "I liked it better when Mystique was principal."

Suddenly Jean received a telepathic message from the professor, "Jean, gather the X-Men. The mansion is under attack!" Kurt, Evan, Kitty, Rogue, and the others who didn't possess a driver's license were walking home already, and also received the message.

"Oh, why does everything have to go wrong today?" Kurt said.

"Pfft, you're telling me?" Evan said, rolling his eyes.

"Alright, everybody grab onto me and hold on tight," Kurt said. All of them did so, and they teleported to the mansion.