The next morning Xander woke with a groan okay Xan, find out what the heck you at last night and force feed it to deadboy he thought groggily as he rolled over and crashed to the hard stone floor.

"What the hell? I don't have stone floors" he grumbled as he sat up and looked around the room.

Outside the huge windows Xander watched the snow fall slowly to the ground "i-it wasn't a dream" he whispered to himself as he thought back through the day before.

After the explanation Eric had made him promise not to break toads nose again before released him. The rest of the day had been taken up in touring the base, going through multiple tests and learning about his parents.

yeah great way to learn about them he thought as he thought back to the training ring of the day before.

"I could hardly touch mom and I doubt I could hurt dad with a wrecking ball" he muttered as he pulled on a pair of sweat pants and a shirt.

As he pulled the shirt on he stopped how the hell? he thought absently as he realized he had always had trouble calling the Harris's mom and dad and here I'm saying it to two people I hardly know after less then a day

With a chuckle he finished dressing and walked out the door to find some food.

Walking into the mess hall Xander grinned as his parents at one end of the long hall.

Walking to the food center Xander settled Toast, eggs, Bacon and ham before moving over to sit in a corner by himself.

He had just picked up some bacon when it was snatched out of his hand. Looking over Xander glared at toad as the green man just smiled and chewed Xanders food.

Glaring at the frog man Xander considered his options before smiling Frogs can heal from a lot he thought as he finished up his toast.

Picking up another piece of bacon Xander heard the tell-tale sound of toad and reacted.

As the tongue snapped out Xanders hand flashed out and caught the offending Body part before his fork came down and skewered the amphibians tongue to the table.

As toad screamed and thrashed Xander picked up his food tray and walked from the room ooh yeah Way to go Xan... Damaging a Full member of the country Club before your even a candidate he thought bitterly as he headed for his room to finish his meal in peace.

Xander was just finishing the last of the eggs when the door opened to reveal Mystique.

"Alexander can we talk?" she asked in a tone that made it more of a statement of fact then a question.

"Yeah sure mom" he said as he turned and sat carefully on the bed. "What's on your mind?" he asked nervously as Mystique just continued to stand.

"Alexander I want you to understand that I was shocked by what you did in the dining hall" she said as Xander lowered his head.

"I know, I'm sorry it just... food was never in great supply at my old home and... well it got to the point where I would fight tooth and nail for anything to eat" he said with a shrug as Mystique sat on the bed beside him.

"Alexander you need to understand that I will never allow you to go hungry again" she said as she set a hand on his shoulder "But that is not what I was talking about" she said as Xander looked back at her in confusion.

"Alexander, Toad has been fighting for the last decade, yet you managed to best him yesterday when you had yet to recover for being knocked unconscious" she said as Xander looked confused again "And then just now you managed to 'Catch' his tongue which we have calculated is moving at almost six hundred feet per second and impale it on the table with a fork" she said as she smiled at him

"Alexander it seems you have advanced hand eye coordination along with an impressive amount of speed, if this is merely your passive mutant abilities then your Active ones may well surprise us all"

She smiled for a few moments before she became more subdued "But to the matter at hand... I want you to be careful Alexander, Toad is a very dangerous enemy, he will take any opportunity to hurt you and he will carry a grudge for as long as he lives" at this Xander just nodded silently before she smiled again "And I would hate to have to clean the little Toadstool off the walls when your father finds out he hurt you"

If Victor gets to him first that is she promised as Xander just smiled and laughed