The next day...
School. Again. After getting a whole two hours of sleep last night I had decided to take advantage of being awake all night. I had prepared for school and eaten a breakfast of fruit by 7:00. As soon as I was done I had left the mansion, opting to walk to the school. Being in the car with them would just be giving them a chance to question me anyway. I had wondered how Xavier would explain my absence from school and the change in my name. He had simply wiped all memory of me from the humans minds. As far as they knew I was a new student. This is going to be a challenge. A building full of humans. It will be difficult to abstain from killing. Seeing as how I left nearly an hour early I arrived at 7:45. School didn't begin until 8:15. I walked straight to the office and got my schedule. They'd had an unexplained open spot in a few classes. The exact classes I had before. Truly a mystery.
I walked outside to the grassy field that was used for gym class. I get the nagging feeling this will be a complete and utter waste of my time. I stopped suddenly and listened. I heard the air whistling quickly around... something that was moving at an incredible speed. It was being followed by three pairs of footsteps. One seemed to be extraordinarily heavy, one seemed to be hopping around, and the other walked normally. I turned to see a white-haired boy stop in front of me. "Mutant." And then a memory of something Kurt had told me flashed in my head. Back when I was under Xavier's mental influence. The Brotherhood. This might be fun after all. "So, the newest X-Geek has arrived. What're your powers?" I merely smile, showing teeth. "Not talking? Maybe my friends could persuade you." He gestured and I turned to see the other three footsteps I had heard. Sure enough, one was incredibly obese, another looked like it was half-toad, and the other seemed normal. The normal looking one snorted and spoke. "You don't look like any threat at all. But then again half the X-Geeks have pathetic powers. I hear one of them can multiply himself. What kind of useless power is that? Get to the point, Lance." The huge one said. "Yeah, anyway we like to show the X-Geeks who's boss from time to time. See, we're gonna have you deliver a little message to your friends." He cracked his knuckles. I couldn't even respond if I wanted to. My blood was practically singing with the desire for violence. My grin widened and I raised my hands slowly.
This is bad. I'd just finished driving the others to school and Jean searched for Victor telepathically. We were worried when he didn't turn up for the drive. She found him right near the Brotherhood. They're dead if we don't stop him. I raced onto the field behind the school to see him smiling a truly disturbing grin. It looks like... he's about to kill them all. This is REALLY bad. "Kurt! Get Laura over there! She's the only one who can delay him! Now!" Kurt grabbed Laura and teleported. They appeared near the Brotherhood and the Brotherhood prepared to fight. We ran up and I held my glasses, prepared to stop them if the Brotherhood-or Victor- made a move. I looked at him and he was suddenly a foot from Lance his arm raised to smash it into his face. But Laura stepped forward and gripped his arm. She frowned at him and he looked livid. He gave a snarl that would have made a grizzly bear run for cover and I was sure we would have to fight him off. But then he stepped back with another snarl and began walking towards the school. Thank God. I turned to the Brotherhood who still looked ready to fight. "You better run kid! You know you couldn't fight us by yourself so you called your friends!" Pietro shouted. I stepped forward and tried to look as frightening as possible. "You idiot. We just saved your lives. That guy," I nodded towards the retreating form of Victor," would have killed you all if we hadn't stopped him." They just smiled thinking I was trying to fool them. "Look, I hate you guys and you hate me. But please, for your sakes listen. He. Is. A. Killer. He won't hesitate to cut all of you down. Save it for someone who cares." And with Lance's idiotic dismissal they all stepped back and began walking towards the school. I turned to the others, looking grim. "He's going to kill all of them. Best we can do is keep an eye on him until the day is over and then let the professor know about this. Victor listens to the professor. Sometimes." I turned to Laura. "He also seems to listen to you. Keep close to him and try to keep him from killing anybody alright?" She nodded. "Well, then let's go. We're almost late.
I stormed back to the school in an extremely bad mood. This anger is irrational. Being around people is degrading my control. I stopped in front of the building and took a few breaths. They interrupted me. Xavier will forbid me from going after them. They didn't even understand the situation. What made me even angrier was when Laura had been the one to try and stop me. And I listened to her. And that was what made me so angry. That I had listened to her. What the hell is wrong with me? I had heard the first few sentences of Scott's as I was walking back and then stopped paying attention when it had just made me want to go back and kill them all. I didn't want them dead you fool. I wanted to hurt them. Not kill. Xavier forbade me killing anyone. I snarled under my breath and made myself calm down. I cannot go to school this angry. They will send me straight to the principle. So I stood there calming down until the warning bell rang.
Lunch time. Sure enough, I knew almost all the things they were teaching here. The only things I didn't know were the movie quotes my history teacher kept using to keep us interested. Of course all my teachers were delighted at having a new student who was clearly intelligent. All except the English teacher. She was displeased because I was an intelligent mutant. Her attitude was the first thing to make me consider breaking my word to Xavier. Of course It would be a pointless breach of the agreement. One human was not worth... What, exactly? Why am I even staying here? I had no answer. Then I returned my attention to the immediate area. This is a waste of time. I bought an apple and left the cafeteria to go eat outside.
I sat under a tree near the field and heard familiar footsteps following me. I turned to see Laura walking up to me. "Scott has asked me to follow you and ensure you do not kill anyone." Her blunt nature was refreshing. She sat down a feet from me. "I had assumed when you did not reveal your claws that your intent was not to kill." At least she's intelligent. "You talk more around me than around the other students." I observed. I didn't really care. It was either that or stare into the distance though. She looked confused for a second and then responded hesitantly. "You understand me better than they do. I believe it comes from our similar pasts." Speaking of which... "Do you also know most of the things they're teaching here?" She nodded. "Then why do you suffer through it? Because Logan wants me to. Why do you obey him? Because he cares for me." That brought me up short. I could not respond. I have not had anyone care for me. The closest thing I have is Xavier. I lack the necessary experience to relate. So we just sat there in silence until the bell rang.
A/N: Pretty short this time. So, I was thinking what 29's code name should be. I thought of biohazard first but that's a little too cheesy. I'm thinking pathogen right now but I'm taking suggestions. So, if you think you have a good code name for him send me a pm or include it in your review. If it's good, I'll use it. I just saw Kick-Ass the other day and it was pretty good. Hit-Girl was awesome. I would recommend you all see the movie.