A/N: Two chapters in one day! I've been having a lot of writers block recently (as you've probably guessed), so the wonderful HarryB178 stepped in to write this chapter. When you're done reading this, you should check out his work. It's pretty great. Anyways, here's chapter 11. :)

X-high Chapter 11

Psylocke

Psylocke sighed. People were so loud. Couldn't they keep their thoughts to themselves or something?

Ever since her mutant power had manifested, other people's thoughts had invaded her head, flooding into her mind. Humans were always critical or jealous of others.

Putting down her magazine, she decided to go and seen what the others were doing. She noticed Colossus standing by himself. "Hey," she said brightly, going over to him. "What're you doing?"

"Hey." Colossus replied, barely seeming to notice her presence. She followed his gaze and noticed he was looking at Shadowcat.

She sighed again. It seemed that everyone was becoming couples now. Storm and Wolverine. Phoenix and Cyclops. Now Shadowcat and Colossus. She walked away from the tents, intending to spend some time on her own. She saw Phoenix and was unable to stop herself from feeling some jealousy.

Phoenix. Why was she so popular? Most of the school didn't know she was a telepath. She just seemed to look at someone and have them lust over her. Even Wolverine.

Before her power had manifested, she had always been bullied for her hair. People had said it was ugly and horrible. At least she had given them what they had deserved.

At home in England, her older brother had taught her to fight to protect herself. It had come in handy when facing off people who annoyed her. Now, although people didn't mock her out loud, she could hear their thoughts directed at her. Psylocke sighed. In all honesty, she didn't have many friends. She tended to look into people's minds and find them too boring for her liking.

On her way towards the forest, she passed Cyclops.

"Hey," she said, smiling at him, but Cyclops merely nodded at her. Psylocke frowned. He was taking this whole leader thing way too seriously. She had liked him before this camping trip, but the power must have got to his head.

"Oh, Psylocke?" Cyclops called, as though having an afterthought. Psylocke turned around expectantly. She wished he would use her name instead of her codename. "Can you bring the others in? I have a task we can do." Cyclops ordered. Psylocke looked at his stern face and hard jawline. Was he honestly ordering her about?

She searched his mind. He was. "Yes, sir." she said mockingly.

Cyclops narrowed his eyes. "I don't like that attitude." he stated coldly.

Psylocke felt annoyed, but didn't particularly want to argue with Cyclops. "Sorry." she muttered quietly, looking down, before turning away and using her telepathy to call for the others to come in.

"Alright, I've decided to test you with a fitness challenge. I set up the course earlier, so if you'd care to follow me, I'll show you it." Cyclops stated, before briskly setting off into the forest.

Psylocke noticed Wolverine and Phoenix exchange amused glances, as the group began following him. She also noticed Storm and Wolverine were walking very close to each other. They arrived in a clearing with several sheets of paper on the floor.

"What is this, Cyclops?" Nightcrawler asked curiously.

"This," Cyclops said, looking at them very seriously, "is what will save your life. Physical fitness is very important and I have designed this circuit to supplement this requirement." He walked over to the first sheet of paper. "Here is where you will perform push-ups for a whole minute … do you find this funny, Wolverine?"

Wolverine was laughing. "Cyke… this is a fucking PE lesson." he said.

Cyclops stood up tall. "I think you underestimate the importance of fitness, Wolverine. Not everyone is like you." he stated, as though he had planned to say this.

Wolverine grunted. "Well, I ain't doing this." he stated, beginning to walk off, but Storm held him back.

"Wolverine, we're doing this as a team." she said firmly. Wolverine sighed, and stopped.

Cyclops smirked, and carried on, explaining the various parts of the circuit.

"I thought this was meant to be a vacation." Shadowcat muttered as Cyclops explained the exercises. Nightcrawler glanced at her.

"Ja. I guess Cyclops has a different idea of fun to the rest of us." he said with a slight grin.

Psylocke agreed with them, though she didn't say anything.

"Any questions?" Scott asked when he had finished, looking at them.

Logan yawned loudly, but Betsy spoke. "What makes your circuit so unique that we can't do it at school?" she questioned sceptically.

Scott looked at her irritated, as though he were surveying a nasty pest."Physical fitness is very important – we need to know how to fight outside of using our powers." Scott stated, not answering the question.

Betsy sighed, dropping the issue, but Jean questioned Scott.

"Surely we should be learning to fight then?" Jean asked.

Scott glanced at her, annoyed. "Can't we just get on with the circuit?" he snapped, making Jean recoil slightly. Betsy noticed Scott look slightly apologetic after this, but Jean was already making her way to the circuit.

Psylocke sighed. Their 'team' was not very united currently.