Chapter 5, Hope you all have fun with this one!


The afternoon was silent for the most part, there were kids who spoke to one another and socialize like all normal teenagers do. But, for the main cast they were more on the side of quite thoughts. Everyone unsure of what to say or how to say it as they all would just share the occasional stare and the awkwardness that came with it. So, one took the initiative to start a conversation and see where it goes. "Anyone here have a clue what was wrong with him?" Bobby had asked. The others all looking at one another before just shaking their heads.

"Like, he was fine this morning..." Kitty spoke as her reply.

"What is even going on??" the girl with black hair had firmly said. Everyone turning towards her as Kitty answered her question.

"Like, we had just got back from school and found Peter here spazzing out in like, his sleep.".

The girl just stood there and took in what Kitty had said as she shook her head and waited to see what the group would do about it.

Kurt then spoke up and suggested that they go and talk to him, see if there's anything they could to help. But, Scott then told them that it's best to let him go at his own pace, deal with his issues how he see fit and if he needs them they'll be there.

"After all, he barely knows any of us" He finished his idea with that and everyone for the most part agreed that was the best move.

Walking out of his room and to the kitchen as they would wait for the struggling boy there. All of them except for that same girl, she just stared at his bed and left after a good few seconds mentioning under her breath how Wolverine had that same issue.

The Bathroom

Peter had grabbed the knob and slammed the door shut, letting it go as he left an imprint from how massively intense he gripped it upon the initial touch. Telling himself to calm down as didn't need to lose control of his strength, he needed to keep a leveled head.

But, how could he do so? He wasn't even able to think his own name with it so clouded up there, the sound of Gwen's neck snapping and Ben being shot ringing through his head. So clear and distinct as he tried covering his ears as if it would actually stop it. Bouncing back and forth, around and around as he held his skull and finally started crying again on the floor and against the wall.

Silently with the occasional gasp for air escaping his solitude and faintly reaching the outside flashes of her dead corpse fresh in his mind as he struggled to breath. The stress had begun to make it hard to even take in oxygen.

He wasn't sure how to go on with life or how he needed to do this, but he had to get himself together and he needed to do it fast. So, the boy just sat there... hoping to clear his mind as he took some tissue and wiped the tears, moving onto blowing his nose as he threw it down the toilet and took a deep breath. Hoping to flush his emotions down again and hoped they'd leave him alone as he pushed the button on the top of the back of the seat. Watching that piece of paper go down in a spiral as he tried to collect himself once again.

A few minutes passed with just standing and thinking about the one man who destroyed his life and continued to do so. "I'm sorry" being all he could say as he walked out of the bathroom and shut off the light, he now needed something to drink. So, Parker walked down the hall and into the kitchen silently. Not so much as the sound of his own breathing while he headed to the fridge and pulled out a bottle, slowly closing the door while he sighed and looked to his right as he was met with Kitty and Kurt standing behind it.

"Oh my god!" Peter screamed as he jumped at the sight of them, so caught up in his own thoughts he didn't really even notice there were other people in the room.

Scott facepalmed himself and just muttered under his breath "What about, 'on his own' did they not understand..." he asked himself to which Jean just smiled and shrugged.

Peter fixed his posture and just looked at the others, smiling as he said "Ya'll must be psychic." Jean fidgetted around in her seat a little at the comment "how did any of you know I was going to the kitchen?".

"We just chill here sometimes after school, it's where all the snacks are man!~" Evan had replied and everyone gave a small bit of laughter

"True" Peter said as he opened the bottle and took the whole thing down without stopping for a breath, perfectly throwing the bottle behind him and into the trash. Jean clapped at the feat and Peter gave a small bow as he walked past Kurt and Kitty.

"So uhm.. Like, are you okay Pete?" Kitty had asked the boy, his foot steps freezing in place as he then resumed walking.

"Yeah".

No one bought this, they all knew you couldn't just be better in an instant like that. But, it wasn't their place to try and pry anything out of him when they've only known him for a day. So, they left it up to the boy to decide when to talk about it or if at all. "I'm really good guys, it was just a bad dream." Parker stated as he jumped over to the couch and sat there with his feet propped up, grabbing the remote as he went to turn on the Tv and finished his sentence.

"I just wanna relax and enjoy the tele-"

"All the students, I repeat all the students can you come down to the lower floor please."

Peter jumped at that sound he heard in his head while questioning where it came from

"What the heck was that??". The other students simply laughed at his reaction as this was his first mental message from the Professor.

"Oh you see, that was Professor Xavior. he's a psychic too" Jean stated. Peter's head sunk as he slumped over and then rested on his hands with them behind his head as he joked.

"Welp, good bye devilish teenage scheemes...". the others laughing as Evan agreed with him and the rest all decided to head off down showing Peter the way.

A few moments later inside a nice sized elevator they all came down as Peter noticed the shiny silver lining everything had below the building. "Woah... This looks like a Sci-Fi film..." he stated as the rest agreed and walked him to where the Professor would be down here usually. The door opening automatically as they were now face to face with Xavier and Logan. The students bringing attention to the hairy man as he usually wasn't here too often and Logan just scoffed and let Charles speak.

"Now my students, I'm sure we all remember the talk around the supper table yesterday correct?" everyone nodded as Peter just kinda looked around. He didn't exactly know where Xavier was getting at but he knew it had to do something with him from the occasional glances.

Bobby leaning over and bumping him as he stated "It's test your might time~..." and some snickers and giggles were heard in their group while Peter just now knew what this was about.

"You see Mr. Parker. We test all new students on their abilities after they've had a little bit of time to adjust, so if you are ready we'd like to test you the same." the boy understood and shook his head in compliance.

"Yeah I'm game Professor, got to keep it up when it's crunch time." he said as Evan gave him a light jab at the arm and Bobby did so too.

Kinda like a "Bro you got this" way of things as the older man enjoyed their youthful friendly exchanges and stated "Alright then follow me.".

And with that the wheelchair bound man rolled out of the room and the kids followed right behind him, all but one as she stood behind and watched as the Wolverine walked right past her. His eyes fixed on her and her's on him as they shared this slow motion stare down, though not out of intimidation. But, as Logan acknowledging the girl that was staring at him the whole time they were in there, like if she wanted to say something but kept her mouth shut.

The man deciding to do the same as they both just walked out and followed the others.

Moments later everyone was pouring into a room and had begun to stand along the wall as the rest of the floor was taken up by the testing area. Peter walked out into the center of the room while Hank walked over infront of him and began to explain the situation. "Now as Professor has probably told you, we usually study the capabilities of the new students that arrive in the institute."

"Gotcha Doc." Peter replied as he stood there staring at a spot under what had looks resembling of a cylinder hanging from the ceiling by countless wires and machinery.

"Now Mr. Parker, this here device will test your strength and safely allow us to determine the possible limits. Just stand under here and tell us something with a considerable amount of weight that you've lifted thus far."

He walked over to the machine right under it and replied "Well there was this one time I caught a car, something like Scott's."

Bobby from the side is heard within the crowd "Dude, no way!" he shouted as a mocking tease.

Peter turned his way and stated back "Oh yeah, just watch~." Hank grabbed the lever and lowered the device down slowly as Peter pushed upward while withstanding its weight and finally the device reached the one point five ton mark. A considerable weight of three thousand pounds of force pushed onto him as the cylinder was definitely packing that weight but nothing too much for Peter.

"Alright Peter, how ya feeling there?"

"Peachy" he answered back as Hank looked at the scale on the dashboard of the controls.

"Yep, there's your car right there Bobby~." he commented and every one gave a small bit of appreciation to his feat, but Peter asked Hank to increase its weight. "Are you sure there?" the boy nodding in the form of his reply. So, Hank began to increase the force slowly as it went from three thousand pounds to three thousand one hundred. Then from there it went to three thousand four hundred and Peter wasn't breaking a sweat while it sped up a little and was now at four thousand pounds. But, Peter was not done, he had this in the bag and soon enough it had reached six thousand and still climbing.

Everyone, even the raven haired girl, had their attention completely enveloped by the counting as Hank had announced it was around the twelve thousand mark when Peter's knees began to shake slightly. An indication that he was coming close to his physical limit, but the boy didn't say anything as he held out and let it past the thirteen thousand mark next. Now over six point five tons, Parker was having some troubles as he held it above his cranium the best of his ability. Grunts escaping his gritted teeth as it finally hit over forteen thousand pounds and the sensors made it climb up slower. The weight increase would begin inching up rather than the pace it held before with every addition.

"Mr. Parker are you alright?" Hank asked the boy as Peter tried to give a smile with his gritted teeth.

Stating that he's "Neherr hen hehher!~"(Never been better).

Peter beginning to feel the collapse of his arms as he still couldn't admit it was reaching his limit while it hit the forteen thouasand five hundred mark and his knees were shaking and his biceps began to burn. But the pressure just stopped building and stayed at the last mark of over seven point five tons.

"I must say, that's quite impressive!~ Can you push it up like this?" the furry man asked him, and the new guy struggled a bit as the heavy weight was a formidable challenge. The sound of Evan and the other boys cheering Peter on as the girls joined in with full support of their new friend. A deep breath taken in as he then let his posture go down a bit and gave the biggest exhail, a shout of purely deep and grounded effort as he lifted the mass off of his body and it launched back into place.

A round of appluase coming from the small crowd as Evan shouted "That's how we do it!!" over heard from the more tamed "good job"s and "nice job"s that came in waves.

"Very well done Mr. Parker, I must say you've set a new highest record among the students and teachers of physical strength." Hank had stated in support of Peter.

The boy then looked over to a monitor Hank had turned towards the kid who was catching his breath and looked on. Seeing his name, Peter B. Parker, at the top of the list with a Logan underneath it. The difference surprising him as he read "7.5 tons" and the man under him read "1.05 tons" for their top strength estimates. A six point forty-five ton difference wasn't at all expected. Bobby poked the man with his elbow as he joked.

"Might wanna watch out for that one Logan~..." and the joke was heard, yet the man didn't find it funny one bit. It just meant he needed to keep a closer eye on this one.

"Now Mr. Parker, would you kindly stand on this here treadmill?" and the kid did as he was asked while looking at the thing. It was a lot bigger then a natural one, the run way much wider as well most likely in the attempt to accomadate those that run on all fours or had extra limbs.

"So, I assume you'll be testing locomotive speed next?" he asked as Hank gave a nod while he set it up.

"We plan on testing all of your abilities this afternoon, those being stated to be Strength, Speed, and Agility correct?" Peter nodded back at the good scientist. "Now just go ahead and start working up to your top speed, the meter will adjust to your acceleration and display it here." he said as he tapped on that same monitor with the end of his pen.

"Alright then Hank, you got it." Peter said as he then began to jog, reaching about eight miles per hour to start out. His breathing increasing as he then went for a higher rate. His footsteps becoming much faster as he went on to being at a full sprint, and found himself pushing it to the limit. Everyone looking on as his legs were somewhat becoming rather slight blurs while in motion. Hank calling out Peter's top speed at a pretty solid thirty-five miles per hour.

Another round of noise from the crowd of Peter's new friends and peers as he began to slow down and found himself back at a jog before then being stationary. "So did I break a new record?~" he asked with a playful tone as beast simply smiled and shook his head.

"Nope, I'm afraid Ms. Sinclair has you beat at forty-six miles." Kitty jumped at the girl from behind and gave Sinclair a hug from the back as Rogue gave her a high-five at this "victory over the boys". Peter stood there and tended to his shoulder as he stretched again and gave a yawn, awaiting the next test while he looked to Hank.

"So, how are we gonna test my agility?". The man jotted down a note or two and then motioned the boy follow him and he did so.

"Alright young ones, you all know the drill. Up to the observation deck." Professor asked of them and the rest of the kids followed up there.

"Now Peter, here is a multi purpose room we use to test each and every students skills and/or their capability as they're put to the test in a more natural or realistic environment." he opened the door and Parker walked right inside. He gave a look around as everyone was heading towards the space to observe what was down below. Hank being the final one as he walked over to the panel and sat down his clipboard beside it, pulling up the mic to his mouth as he proceeded to instruct the boy. "Think of this as a giant jungle gym, and your objective is to reach the other side while avoiding projectiles. Are you up for this?" the man asked just in case. The new kid giving him a thumbs up as he started to prepare himself and get a little hop going on, stretching each leg and shoulder as he got into a sprinter's pose and awaited the begin. "Alright... Three... Two... One..." and with the count down finished he found himself in a room that began changing almost instantly.

Short walls coming from the ground and turrets coming from the walls and floors as they began firing on the kid, his initial reaction being instinct as he dodged an incoming ball through leaning back into a bridge. Flipping onto all fours as he then jumped up to the walls and hung from a turret. Flipping upwards and on top of it as he followed up with pulling out a metal panel on it to use as cover. Jumping off the thing as he spun around and threw the panel at the turret and watched it shut down, his spider sense began tingling and it wasn't wrong, more came flying towards his back, he contorted his body and leaned to the left then right while avoiding coming fire. Landing on the ground as he jumped behind more cover and let the balls hit against the walls surface.

"I cool need to it with the theatrics, can't expose any other things I have up my sleeve" he thought as he then focused on thinking about his next move. He went on to escape from cover and land on top of one of the walls as the weapons faced him. Jumping again while they fired repeated rounds at the spaces around him and behind him while not landing a hit.

The boy would move around the field fast as he went from wall to ground and ground to cover, then cover to wall and vice versa. Landing against the smooth surface and bouncing off of it like a ball as he sped towards the next turret and stopped below it, grabbing the mass with puffed cheeks as he ripped it clean out of the ground and tossed it at another. A explosion happening as he left behind more cover and then vaulted over the structure as he headed for the other side while finding himself under even more fire power. "Seems it concentrates at the objective point, go figure. It's never that easy.".

Kitty turned to the girl next to her "He's doing pretty good don't you say Rogue?"

"Yeah, he's pretty light on his feet I'd say" Rogue had replied and everyone started sharing their own thoughts on Peter's performance, most highly praising him as he has done fairly well without a touch. But, this just made Logan even more suspicious of the boy. No one should be able to avoid things like the way he does with only a few months, but his experience was showing through at his monuvors. This kid has been under multiple enemy fire before and he fought with more focus then one would expect from a child no older then his age.

Panning over to the girl with dark hair we could see she had spent the majority of the time looking at Logan, like examining him over and studying him. She caught attention at how he was staring at the new kid, he was studying this boy and she didn't exactly know why. Kids come in here every other week what's so important about one more? She stared down at the field and watched him do what he has been doing, moving from the wall to the ground and then to cover and mixing it up as he avoided being shot.

"What's so special about him?" she thought as his moves though impressive wasn't anything to brag about in all honestly. They still showed a lack of discipline and formal training in combat scenarios. So what?? the boy was light on his toes and had super strength, it wasn't at all her concern and neither did she care.

A bell had gone off and the course was complete, Peter standing there without a single loss of breath as he waved to his friends who cheered at his success. Hank grabbing the mic as he went ahead and spoke to the victor "Very good Mr. Parker, but if I didn't know any better it looked like you were showing off?" the man joked and Peter just shrugged as he replied.

"Hey, when you got an audience you have to put up your best show~" he stated as he got the okay to exit the room and freshen up. Walking out of the Danger Room, the others followed flooding towards the exit to congratulate their friend and all that was left was Xavier, Logan, Hank, and the girl. Logan looked over to her as she still was looking at him to which Hank decided to try and settle the situation.

"Hey, why don't you go with the others? Storm will be ordering out for dinner today." But, the girl didn't leave. She didn't even acknowledge he had said something to her as she continued watching the hairy man next to him.

Much to his annoyance as he snarled a little and commented "You heard Hank, so you outta leave. The grown ups have things to discuss." The girl just continued to stand there and didn't leave her spot.

"Unless you got something to say?" Logan had said and she looked at him, much like before, just staring as if she did had something to speak of but ultimately didn't bother.

"No" she stated and slowly her feet took her out of the room and she walked to where the others were. Charles sighing in his chair as he rubbed his forehead and thought to himself on what just transpired.

"Logan, you know she has an interest in you, we all see that. Maybe you shouldn't be so distant to her, after all she probably sees you as something of a father."

Logan was visibly irritated and uncomfortable in the thought. A slight shiver in his shoulder as he snarled at that statement before replying back. "No disrespect Hank, but I ain't that girl's father. She'll just have to deal with that."

"Though you may not be, it doesn't stop the girl from maybe wanting that type of relationship..."

Xavier sighed as he then commented "Hank is right Logan, you may not be her father in the traditional sense... But the girl is looking for some form of guidance in this new world."

The short man folded his arms and just scratched his cheek while he replied to the Professor "You can't expect me to just forget everything and sing kumbaya while we hold hands and go on fishing trips..."

The Professor rolled over to him and sat beside him as he replied "Yes... I do not expect you to wrap the girl in a loving embrace. But you must understand, she didn't ask to be brought into this world as much as you didn't ask for her to be. She's looking towards you for guidance in this place because you are not only her genetic match, but her emotional one as well." Wolverine looked to Xavier as the man continued "She's in a new world with people she does not know Logan, people who treat her very differently then the weapon she was created to be. She doesn't truly know or understand the relationships these kids are trying to form with her, she's antisocial and lacks empathy. So, she studies you and your relations instead. She treats you as a glimpse of what to expect once she's adjusted to our hospitality old friend."

Logan just gave a sigh and looked ahead out of the window of the danger room, as if just daydreaming while he answered the wheel chair bound man

"I know Chuck, I know...".

The scene became silent in the thoughts of that girl, a quite feeling of sympathy towards her prodicament as she honestly doesn't even know how to be normal. Hank deciding that there's enough of the sadness changes the subject and turned on a Tv monitor along with projecting the results of Peter Benjamin Parker, for the three to see as he began his statement "So, thoughts on Mr. Parker?" Logan being the first to interject and speak up on his thoughts

"Yeah, he's too good for the kids here. The boy has experience and he isn't telling all of us everything about himself."

Charles clasping his hands in front of him, as he agreed with the man. "Yes, the kid is definitely one of skill and has had his fair share of fights."

"Yeah but it ain't just that, the boy doesn't just have strength, speed, and agility. That kid is dodging things he shouldn't even know is coming."

After his comment there were slight questioning stares and so Logan walked up to Hank and changed it to the footage, scrolling through for the moment he was talking about as he stopped it when it was on screen. "There, watch this. You see the boy is in mid-air and he's getting blasted from behind, explain to me how he not only dodges and avoids everything, but does so without looking or even making an attempt to do so??" The others didn't have a answer for what he had told them, and they didn't exactly know how this boy reacted so quickly and just enough to become untouchable.

"I'm telling ya Chuck, something is up with that boy and I'm a find out what." Logan stated as he headed for the door before being stopped by the Professor."Wait Logan." he said as the man stopped and turned around to his old friend.

Xavier thinking to himself as he simply said "Let the boy be."

This came to Logan and Hank's surprise, the angrier of the two questioning what reason shouldn't he go and find out what is up with the new addition.

"Because Logan, the boy has had his own experiences and so he has his reasons for keeping secrets. After all we keep our fair share of secrets don't we?"

"Chuck, we have our reasons for whatever we don't tell. The boy is living with us, the least that can be done is knowing what he can do." Logan retorted.

"Precisely, he is keeping any hidden powers or tricks to himself for what he may see as good reasons. He must warm up to us at his own pace dear friend. Become comfortable with the life style we offer and then make his choice on what he'll wanna share." Xavier had said as Logan just agreed to do so before heading out for a smoke.

"Well Professor, what exactly should we do then?" Hank had asked out of curiousity.

"We make sure to be wary of any odd behavior, but besides that he gets the same treatment as any other student would" was his final answer before Hank started going over the results again and the scene changes to upstairs with the kids.

Living room

All the kids were lounging around in the living room area as Peter had decided to take a quick shower and freshen up after the excercise. The room filled with joy and laughter as the students shared jokes and spoke about what school was like today over all. Scott reaching for the remote as he changed the channel and began flipping through to see what was on, being told to stop when the news channel spoke a familiar name.

"Hey Scott, go back one." Kurt had said as Scott obliged and went one channel backwards as they listened in.

"That's right ladies and gentleman at home, a masked vigilante the people are dubbing: 'Spider of Bayville' was spotted last night in the story from on scene eye witnesses. A little boy no older them ten was saved by this mysterious man when him and his father were violently assualted by gang members David Borrow, Brian "shark" Benjamin, and Montero Gemini...".

Everyone's attention was at the screen as the boy told his story, Peter just finally coming down in a pair of shorts and a T-shirt that held two atoms, one named "Ato" and the other "Mic" as they both shared the last name "Bond".

"So what ya'll watching?" he asked in a rather joyful tone while he went towards the fridge and grabbed a water bottle, beginning to sip the contents as they answered.

"We're like, watching a story on Spider-Man!" Kitty answered, Peter almost choking on his drink as he struggled to swallow what he had in his mouth.

It finally going down his throat as he rubbed the sore spot and asked "Spider-Man??". To which she shook her head and gave him a questioning stare from the strong reaction he had.

"But, like I-I thought that guy was gone or something??" Peter said trying to act cool.

A shrug coming from Kitty as Scott intervened "We don't know if it's him, but to be honest who else do you know that does what he does? they said there were 'webs' at the scene and he swung off with multiple witnesses."

Parker walked over and stood behind the couch as the special continued.

"People suspect that this may be the original Manhattan hero named 'Spider-Man', but besides the theme there hasn't been much to relate back to the two being one and the same. Now back to our regularly scheduled weekly forecast updates with Jim."

Kurt turned to the boy sipping his water and asked him a question "So, think it's the same guy Pete? Think Spider-Man is in Bayville?"

The question was one Parker truly didn't really know the answer to as he simply replied "I don't know, may just be some wackjob in a costume trying to ride the fame?"

Jean turning a little and commenting "Not buying it huh?..."

Peter just shrugged and proceeded to give his two cents "Personally, I'm not even sure if I want him to come back." This statement caught a few of the people off gaurd, turning towards him as he noticed that he was taking center stage.

"How come?" Kurt had asked and the boy just paused for second before explaining himself a little.

"Well I mean... He's been gone for a few weeks, and the world hasn't changed much without him. Then not to mention he hasn't always been the best of 'heroes' out there... maybe he just needs to leave the work to the professionals like the police, or maybe the avengers."

Kurt practicaly asking his question directly after Peter had finished "You really believe that?" and the boy just gave another shrug as he replied.

"What are ya'll thoughts?".

The others somewhat just quite as they let what Peter said sink in, that was before Evan had answered Peter's question "I think he's cool, because he looks out for the little guy." The center of the stage was now on the blond dark skinned boy, leaning back in the chair he was in.

"The Avengers act like world police, they do whatever they want whenever they want. Besides, they fight off alien invasions and continent level issues, rarely do you ever see them just walking among us and solving what others may see as smaller problems."

The others beside Peter just let him speak "But it's the police job to do those things.". Evan just scoffed and looked towards the boy as he gave him a reply "And leave it up to those getting paid by some fat cat in the shadows?... Those guys have their hands full enough, you believe they could put a stop to half of the guys Spidey did?"

"Nope." Bobby had said outta nowhere before Evan continued.

"If I could do the stuff he could, I probably wouldn't have used them how he does. I respect the guy, he doesn't only just deal with the bigger things. He also takes the time to help out a little girl with her balloon, or an old lady across the street. I think he's a cool dude that many just don't seem to be hating for no reason."

A statement to which Peter imitates a well known man that works in the field of journalism "He's a menace I tell ya!" A collection of laughs and some just rolling their eyes at the sheer mention of the flat top haired and cigar smoking man, then others got up to do an imitation thereself or just continued to enjoy the show. Everyone had begun to have a little fun with it and the mood had lightened a little bit.

And once the situation has calmed down again Scott finished the statement and gave his own opinion. "Some of us admire the guy, he's just someone who decided to get up and use his powers for good. And there's people who accept him for that."

Rogue intervened and she gave her opinion "It's like a reminder that eventually people like us will be accepted more into society without the constant fears and shunnin' that comes our way."

A statement that many agreed with as Peter understood what those two were getting at, and the things Evan was saying truly did hit him deep. Silently standing there as he thought over the things that had just entered his mind and he took another sip of his bottle down. "Yeah, perhaps you're right. He can be pretty awesome I suppose." Kurt giving Peter a light jab to the arm to in a very playful way as the boy rubbed his appendage and smiled.

The rest then turning back to the Tv as Scott started flipping again and they all decided to go ahead and watch a movie that had come on FX. Waiting for the food to arrive so they could have supper Peter thought to himself

"Maybe...".