I'm really excited about this chapter: The new student's first Danger Room session! It will give you (and me) a chance to see what the different students can do.
"Welcome," Wolverine opened the doors, leading in sixteen nervous students, "To the Danger Room!"
"It...doesn't look very...dangerous." Kavin Redstone spoke up in his broad Australian accent. Alex Victran had to agree. It was just a huge room, with gray metal walls, and what looked like a control center built on the ceiling. He could see Storm and the Professor in it.
"Oh, just you wait till the simulation starts." Wolverine smirked. "Alright! There's sixteen o' ya, so you'll be splittin' into five teams of four, got it?"
Everyone nodded. Wolverine started rattling off names of people who would be a team. Alex noticed he was one of the last ones to be called on.
"...Roulette, you're with Aquila, Medicade and Rockflame." Wolverine called out the last group.
Roulette, Alex told himself. I have to start calling myself Roulette now. He walked over to his group, which consisted of four members, two boys and two girls. One of the girls had shiny, wavy black hair and blue-green eyes. Her uniform was accented with flowing blue and green lines. The other girl was shorter, with a brown scarf wrapped around her head, or a hijab, that completely covered her hair. She had mocha-colored skin and dark eyes. Her uniform was mostly black, with swirling red designs on the ankles, wrists, and neck. She wore a thin, black, sleeveless trench coat over her uniform. The boy was short and thin, and he had shaggy blond hair and gray eyes. His uniform was accented with white and red.
"You got five minutes to familiarize yourselves with each other before the simulation starts." Logan barked. "Then, you have to come up with a strategy. The point is to get the prize. I'll give ya the details when it starts." Logan walked out, the door sliding shut behind him.
"Hey. I'm Alex." Alex introduced himself. No, not Alex, Roulette! "But now I'm called Roulette!" he added. "I mean, I'm still called Alex but I'm also called Roulette. Oh, wait, you already know who I am."Alex finished, blushing and looking away.
Dammit, I'm such a dork.
" And what is your mutant ability?" Aquila inquired. Her tone was soft, and Alex was grateful that she didn't make a big deal out of his...introduction.
"Well, I, uh, I can alter probability." Alex said. "To tip the odds in my favor. It's useful in everyday life, but it's not very dangerous."
After they had gone around and filled each other in on themselves, it was time for the simulation to start
"Simulation: Beginners Walk, activate." The Professor's voice came over the PA system. In a flash, they were surrounded by rocky outcroppings, cliffs, and boulders.
"Your objective," The Professor said, "Is to claim the prize which is in a cave near the top of the mountain. Your goal is merely to obtain the flag, not to be the first team to do so, since it is your first time. Good luck!"
"So what's the plan?" Alex asked. He and his team started whispering different strategies. In their team, nobody had emerged as a single leader, so they all decided together. It should work out, Alex thought, after all, they did have luck on their side.
…...
Elementro sat on the cliff, looking down at the ocean. This whole situation was not what he had expected. Not at all. He sighed and threw a rock into the water, watching the splash. It was around noon, and the sun was blaring down on him. He stood up and blew the hair out of his eyes, utterly bored. He felt like he was part of some horribly cruel game. First he had been abducted by a bunch of freaks (except for Wanda, she had been sort of helpful), then the freaks had tried to mess up his mind (they'd kind of succeeded), then he'd broken his arm in three places, then he'd been taken to a house where two telepaths lived, (the horror), and now, he had to wait a month before his arm was functional again.
A month.
Brilliant.
In the meantime, he was bored out of his skull. He couldn't do any of the training sessions, (not that he needed them: He could already beat the Brotherhood single-handed!) When he was inside, he wanted to go outside. Now that he was outside, he wanted to head back in. It was insane. He dropped down to the ground again. A few small pebbles tumbled over the edge and fell into the water. Elementro watched them, then grinned to himself. He knew just how to liven things up a little.
…...
"Rockflame! Cover me!" Roulette shouted from behind the large rock that he, Aquila and Medicade were hiding behind.
"On it!" Rockflame touched the rock the rock they were hiding behind. Immediately, her body transformed from flesh and blood into solid stone, the exact same as the rock she touched. She stood up, Roulette jumped up and stood behind her, so she was shielding him from the numerous turrets firing at them. Roulette grabbed two small rocks from the ground and threw them at the turrets. Both flew straight into the muzzles.
'BOOOOM!' Both of the turrets exploded, sending chunks of metal hurtling toward them. Rockflame reverted back to her natural form and touched a piece of the turret, causing her to transform once again, this time into metal. Medicade and Aquila stood up from behind the rock.
"Let's go!" Roulette called to his team. They started running, Rockflame making loud Clomp! Clomp! sounds as her metal feet pounded the ground. They came to a small ravine. On the other side was the mountain on which the prize was situated.
"Oh, no, how are we going to get down there?" Medicade peered over the edge.
"We'll have to climb." Aquila decided. "Medicade, can you make it?"
"Of course I can make it." he replied indignantly, running his hands through his shaggy blond hair. "You'll probably need me, someone might get hurt."
"Everyone should stick near me." Roulette told them. "That way, we'll be more likely to get down in one piece."
"Sounds like a plan!" Aquila agreed. She, Medicade, and Rockflame gathered around Roulette and slowly began their descent.
…...
"I don't think I can make it!" Medicade wailed, his French accent thick with fear. "It didn't look this deep from up there!"
Roulette had to agree. From here, the ravine looked much deeper than it had from the ground. They were about halfway down the side of the ravine, and Medicade was frozen, his face white and ashy.
"Maybe we should climb back up and find another way down!" Aquila suggested. She was trying to stay calm, but she, too, was looking a little strained. She was just below Medicade.
"Good idea!" Rockflame agreed from her position above Roulette."Medicade, can you do it?"
"I..I..I don't know." Medicade's voice trembled. Roulette looked up. At the top of the ravine, another team was battling mobile turrets. They couldn't be any help.
"I'll-I'll try." Medicade said, trying to convince himself so. He was trying to mask his fear, but he was shaking with fear.
"I'm right behind you." Aquila coaxed. "Just grab onto that rock with your right hand."
Slowly, Medicade started to move. He grasped a rock a few feet above him with his right hand, then started looking for a foothold.
"Just to the left..." Aquila told him. Medicade found the foothold. He planted his foot on it and was just about to push himself up when-
'Crrack!' The rock shifted.
"AAH!" Medicade yelped. He closed his eyes, and his breathing came out fast and ragged. "I can't do it." he whispered hoarsly.
"Yes, you can." Roulette told him. "Stay calm!" He let go with his right hand and leaned down as far as he dared. "Take my hand!"
Medicade's eyes were the size of saucers. He reached a shaking hand up toward Roulette's extended one.
"Just...a little...farther..." Roulette grunted.
And then the side of the ravine shook. Medicade slipped and lost his grip. He crashed into Aquila, knocking her off as well.
"NOOO!" Roulette grasped at the empty air.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" They screamed. Roulette stared in horror as they plummeted toward the rocky ground.
…...
There, Elementro thought, done.
He stood proudly atop a fifty-foot platform of earth. A long slide started at the top and ended down below in the grass. Elementro stepped forward. Then he took a deep breath and dropped onto the slide.
"YAAAA-HAAAA!" He screamed with delight as he rocketed down the slide, his hair blowing in the wind. At the bottom, the slide curved upward slightly. Elementro sailed into the air, and landed neatly on his feet.
There were still some things you could do with a broken arm.
…...
"!" Medicade and Aquila screamed. Roulette and Rockflame looked on in horror. But just before they hit the ground, a purplish-black circle appeared beneath them. They fell into it, or rather, they fell through it, because they didn't appear on the other side.
"Look!" Rockflame shouted to Roulette. At the top of the ravine, another circle opened up. Aquila and Medicade fell out of it and landed on the ground. Portalle, a tall girl with wavy blond hair, was crouched on the edge, her eyes squeezed in concentration. She opened them, and the tow circles dissappeared.
"That was amazing!" Roulette exclaimed as he clambered over the edge. Portalle, along with her team, which consisted of Mirage, Blackout, and Shaman, were waiting at the top. "How did you do that?"
"It's what I do." Portalle answered with a wink. "I can create portals that transport things from one location to another of my choice."
"Are you guys okay?" Rockflame knelt next to Aquila and Medicade.
"We're fine." Aquila groaned, sitting up. "Ow!" She clenched her teeth.
"What's wrong?" Medicade asked, slowly getting to his feet.
"I cut my ankle when we landed." Aquila complained. There were a couple drops of blood dripping onto the ground from a small gash on her ankle.
"Here, let me see." Medicade crouched next to Aquila. He concentrated, and his index finger became encased in a whitish glow. He touched his finger to Aquila's ankle. He sucked in his breath as he made contact, clenching his eyes shut. The glow from his finger spread to Aquila's injury, and withing a few seconds, the cut disappeared.
"Whoa." Aquila stood up, testing her ankle. "Thanks, Medicade! It doesn't even hurt anymore!"
"It's the least I can do, after almost getting you killed." Medicade replied.
"Hey, listen." Portalle approached them. "Maybe we should stick together. We'd have a better chance of reaching the prize."
"That sounds like a good plan." Rockflame replied. She had reverted back to her natural form. "What do you guys think?" she asked the rest of the team.
"Fine by us." Roulette replied. Aquila and Medicade nodded.
"DUCK!" Mirage suddenly yelled. Everyone dove to the side as a large boulder slammed into the ground where they'd been standing.
"W-what happened?" Roulette staggered to his feet and looked around. Everyone else got up shakily, except Medicade, who lay on the ground groaning. Roulette scanned the area for their attacker. His eyes narrowed when he saw Tik Tok grinning from where he stood with his teammates. They had apparently joined with the other two teams, and they were smirking triumphantly at them. Roulette snarled, then grinned to himself. Despite what the Professor had said, if the Russian jock wanted competition, Roulette wasn't about to disappoint him.
Hope you like this chapter. I made a few changes to it, and I would REALLY like another couple reviews before I post the next one. Please?