Apex Predator
By Bubbajack
Beta: Diller
Disclaimer: I don't own any DC or Marvel characters that may show up in this fic.
Ch.3: Garfield's True Power.
(...)
By the time he stopped flying, Beast Boy found himself lost in the concrete jungle that was New York City. Diving into an alley, he assumed human form before reaching into his pocket and searched for his holoring, only to find it absent. Cursing his own shortsightedness, he pulled up the hood of his jacket before he made his way out of the alleyway.
'Ok let's see, I'm lost in NYC, I don't have my phone on me, and I left my wallet and my holoring back at the mansion.' He thought while ticking the negatives off on his fingers before moving onto the positives.
After a minute or two he said "I got nuttin'."
He suddenly heard an elderly woman's cry for help and sprang into action. Sprinting around the corner he found six soon to be knocked out thugs surrounding a little old lady. One of them had a sawed-off shotgun while the rest carried things like pipes and knives. Growling in annoyance he called out "Don't you boys have something better to do than badgering a sweet ole lady?"
As one the goons turned, and then smirked when they saw it was just a single person. With sick twisted grins on their faces they moved in, ignoring the old lady for the moment, which is just what the teen hero wanted. The one with the shotgun, clearly the leader with a black Mohawk, tanned skin and a knife scar clearly visible along the right side of his head going from his eyebrow to the side of his skull. He was wearing a biker vest a stained white t-shirt, jeans, and work boots. He had several tribal tattoos on his left forearm and a clearly insane look in his dark eyes. Leaning into Garfield's personal space and said in a Hispanic tinged accent "Don't you know heroics don't pay niño?"
Raising an eyebrow beneath his hood he shot back "Don't you know there's a limit to how cliché one can look, Mr. Biker?"
The man started laughing "Ha-hahaha! You got jokes huh, niño? You're a little comedian huh, like Christopher Mintz-Plasse? FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU, YOU SUPER HERO WANNA BE! You think-you think just because you stand here all tough and shit that we're gonna back off hermano? Well, news flash! This is usually the part where we fight to the death!" The madman said before raising his gun and firing...only for his target to spontaneously disappear and for one of his boys to take the shot to the chest instead.
The gunman blinked, stared at his gun then at the dead body of his henchman for a moment before he started laughing once again "Oh god, this is great! The lil niño actually has superpowers! No wait, don't tell me now, you can teleport right?"
"Not quite." Garfield's voice said from behind him before all he knew was pain in his skull and darkness. He then turned back into his human form from his brief stint as a gorilla, and turned to the remaining henchmen and said "You've got two choices; take him and go-"He said pointing at their downed leader. "Or try and fight me and go to prison."
With his enhanced hearing the changeling could hear them muttering to one another, things like 'He took out Vaas' and 'He disappeared, then turned into a monkey man!' The consensus seemed that they were going to flee and they did just that, picking up their leader and making signs warding off evil against him as they went past. The threat now taken care of, he made his way towards the old lady slowly so as not to frighten her.
Roughly a dozen or so feet away he stopped and asked politely "Ma'am are you ok, do you need me to call you an ambulance or anything?"
The woman in question was 5'5 wearing a blue dress and flats, carrying a purse and had grey hair, blue eyes and if Gar had to estimate he'd put her at around fifty or so. She smiled at him in a kind of warm and grandmotherly kind of way and shook her head saying "No thank you young man, I'm just grateful you showed up when you did, who knows what those...despicable men would've done if you hadn't arrived."
Smiling a bit himself he replied "It's no problem ma'am, all in a day's work for a superhero."
His moment was ruined when his stomach decided to let out a loud growl, reminding him that being a superhero also meant he had a super-sized appetite to match. Chuckling in embarrassment, he said "Sorry about that, it's been awhile since I've eaten and my powers give me a higher than average metabolism."
"It's quite alright dear, why don't you come along with me and after a brief shopping trip I'll treat you to a nice home cooked lunch? It's the least I could do to repay you for you heroics." She said.
Garfield shook his head and held up his hands "I couldn't impose on you like that ma'am."
"Nonsense, now come along young man before the market gets overly crowded." She said briskly in a tone that clearly wouldn't take no for an answer.
Something about this woman set off his instincts. They were telling him to do as she said or he would regret it, and he had survived a long time by listening to them for the most part. So he nodded and hesitantly stepped out of the shadows and offered the woman his hand to shake saying "Most people know me as Beast Boy, but you can just call me Gar ma'am."
She stared at his clawed green hand curiously for a moment then reached out and gave it a gentle shake smiling grandmotherly as she did so, before introducing herself "May Parker, pleasure is mine Gar."
The two silently made their way out of the alley side by side and May couldn't help but try to peek under the boy's hood. Apparently sensing what she was trying to do he smirked before he reached up and lowered it revealing his green skin, eye, hair, pointed ears, and jutting fang.
"I'm not exactly a lady killer huh Miss Parker?" he joked.
"Nonsense dear; if a woman or a person in general judges another on appearances' alone then they are clearly vain and not worth knowing." She sniffed.
He nodded and May Parker went up a notch in his book. He was about to raise his hood when he thought back on what Raven told him back in her room in Titans Tower three days earlier and then Mrs. Parker's own words which reinforced them.
"You need is to be more confident in yourself Gar, if people don't like you for you then who needs them. Just be yourself, nothing else matters." With those words ringing in his head, Garfield raised his head high, and with more confidence than usual he smiled at the older person next to him and said "Thanks I needed that."
"Not at all dear." May replied happy she could help the clearly self-conscious teenager.
And so Garfield escorted May Parker while she did her grocery shopping. He received many odd looks most of disgust, but some of curiosity, and from at least a couple women, looks of interest. The two were had just finished shopping and Garfield at his own insistence was carrying all of her bags till they made it into her house, were he placed them on the kitchen counter for her to sort through.
"If you want, I could help you put them away?" he offered.
May shook her head "No, but thank you. You've been more than helpful enough already. Now, is there anything particular you would like for lunch?"
"I'm a vegetarian so a nice salad would suit me just fine Mrs. Parker." He replied.
"Not a problem dear, my nephew Peter should be home soon that should be more than enough time for me to throw together a nice salad and some soup as well as some bread. Why don't you go relax until then?" she suggested.
Again, Garfield's instincts were telling him that this was not a request, so he nodded and taking the form of a common house cat, laid down in a rocking chair and took a cat nap.
(...)
Peter opened the door to his and his Aunt's home, and was greeted by the smell of vegetable soup invading his senses. Smiling slightly he made his way deeper inside the house, Mary Jane following in step beside him. He found his Aunt in the kitchen stirring a large pot.
"I'm home Aunt May, and a redhead from school followed me." He joked receiving a playful slap on the arm from MJ.
Turning and smiling at her nephew, and neighbor, she said "Hello Peter, Mary Jane. How was school?"
"Good." Both teens replied at the same time before Peter asked "How was your day Aunt May?"
Chuckling she responded "Quite exciting really; it all started when these hooligans tried to steal my purse-"Peter interrupted concerned "Are you ok, did they hurt you?"
"Peter, Peter, as you can clearly see, I'm fine. I was rescued by an upstanding young gentleman by the name of Gar. He even accompanied me shopping and was kind enough to carry my bags here for me. He's such a well-mannered young man, much like you Peter dear. Speaking of him; he's asleep in the living room could you go wake him and tell him lunch is ready dear?"
"I'll do it Mrs. Parker." Mary Jane volunteered.
May nodded before saying "Just so you both know, he has a...skin condition and he is somewhat self-conscious of it, so do try not to ogle at him."
Confused but nodding, Mary Jane made her way into the living room and looked around. She didn't see a person but she did see something that made her stop and rub her eyes to make sure she wasn't seeing things. A green tom cat was laying curled up in what was Peters' Uncle Ben's old rocking chair. As she approached its head shot up and it eyed her warily.
"Umm, hi-" She began awkwardly feeling stupid for talking to a cat before pressing on "Peter's Aunt May said to tell you dinner was almost ready?"
Much to her surprise, the cat nodded before jumping to the ground before rapidly assuming the form of a fully clothed green skinned elf a couple years her junior. 'He's absolutely adorable!' MJ thought to herself.
"Yo, thanks for the heads up dudette. Names Gar by the way." He said offering her his hand to shake.
Taking it she replied "Mary Jane Watson, nice to meet you Gar."
Gar took a moment to take in her features. She was 5'8, had alluring and friendly green eyes and crimson red hair and was currently wearing a yellow blouse, black jeans held up by a simple brown belt, and brown flats.
As the two entered the kitchen still hand in hand, he found a geeky if muscular looking teen with hazel eyes, brown hair who looked to be roughly 5'10 wearing a white an teal striped shirt, jeans, belt, and brown shoes. He was also gawking at him. That was until his May hit him with ladle and said "Peter! What did I tell you about starring at our guest?"
Scratching his head in sheepish embarrassment he said "Sorry aunt may, but when you said he had a skin condition I didn't expect...well green. Sorry, Gar right?" he said offering his hand.
Nodding and smiling a little, Garfield gave his hand a squeeze, tight enough that for a normal human it would leave his hand sore just as a lesson for him to not judge books by their cover. But to his surprise, the guy seemed to easily handle the pressure and was returning it in kind.
'Interesting.' The changeling thought before sniffing the air, pretending to take in the scent of lunch when really he was taking in the boy's scent.
'Smells like Chemicals, sweat, latex, and...Spiders?' he thought on this briefly before his eyes lit up 'Ah, I see now. I assumed he'd be older though.'
Pulling out a chair for the redhead before doing the same for May and then himself he said "Thanks for lunch May, if it tastes even half as good as it smells, then we're all in for a real treat."
"Thank you Garfield dear." May replied.
"Thanks for saving my Aunt, Gar it means a lot." Peter said sincerely.
Waving off the praise he said "Don't worry about it Pete, all in a day's work of a superhero."
After they began to fill their plates, MJ asked "So, what brings you to new York Gar? Are you here to join the Avengers?" she inquired.
Shaking his head while chewing a bite of his salad, he swallowed before he replied "Nah, I'm actually on sabbatical from my team in California the Teen Titans' and I figured since I had some time off, I'd visit a pen pal I have here."
"Oh that's cool." She replied.
"I knew you looked familiar, you're Beast Boy from the Doom Patrol!" Peter said in awe.
Giving a mirthless chuckle, he replied "I was a part of the Doom Patrol yes. All the other members are either MIA or dead."
Peter winced before he said "Sorry, I didn't mean to bring up bad memories."
"S'alright dude, don't worry about it." The changeling replied.
May decided it would be best to change the subject "So Gar dear, where are you staying?"
"My friend is staying as this boarding school type place, called Xavier's Institute for Gifted Youngster's. Speaking of which can you guys give me directions back to Bayville, they are probably worried sick and I forgot my phone when I left earlier among other things." He said embarrassed.
"Oh well it's quite simple dear, you just need to head in a generally northeasterly direction from here till you come to a bridge then cross it and then you'll be in the Bayville area. It shouldn't take you more than an hour or so." May told him.
The changeling looked at her dumbfounded "Seriously?" seeing the older woman nod, he slams his head down on the table in defeat and mutters "Now I feel stupid."
Peter patted him on the back sympathetically don't feel too bad, New York is a big place and it's easy to get lost in."
"Yeah, there's a reason they call this place the concrete jungle." MJ pitched in.
Chuckling he said "Yeah I guess." He then turned to Mary Jane and said "So lemme guess, you're a supermodel right?"
Nearly choking on a spoonful of soup as her face became as red as her hair, she stuttered out "S-supermodel, what makes you think that?"
The green teen shrugged "Nothing, you just have a very photogenic look is all. Do you own a night club?"
"No." she replied while giggling.
"Hmm, there goes my second guess...actress?" tried.
Surprisingly she nodded "Yes actually; or at least I'd like to go to college for acting."
Gar nodded and said wistfully "My adoptive mother was an actress."
MJ blinked in surprise before she leaned forward in interest and asked "She was? What was her name Gar? I might've heard of her."
"You might have, her name was Rita Farr she-"Beast Boy was cut off as the redhead let out a very high-pitched girly squeal, before saying rather rapidly "You were adopted by the Rita Farr? I couldn't believe it she was an amazing actress, but for some reason her career just died. Do you know what happened? Can I get her autograph? Can I-"
Now it was MJ's turn to be silenced, this time by Peter as he put a hand over her mouth, causing the changeling to sigh in relief and say "Thanks dude, that was...creepy."
Mary Jane frowned at the two and Peter said "MJ, if I remove my hand, are you going to fangasm again?"
She shook her head prompting the young Parker heir to remove his hand and for MJ to say in a quiet and embarrassed tone "Sorry Gar, I got carried away."
"Its fine." He said before getting up and putting his dirty dishes in the sink before heading towards the backdoor only to turn once he had his hand on the door handle and say "I'm afraid you won't be able to get her autograph or anything though, as she died a year and a half ago. Thanks for the food Mrs. Parker, but I should be getting back home." He finished, his first announcement shocking everyone still as he walked outside before turning into an eagle and began winging his way back to Xavier Institute.
(...)
Meanwhile at Xavier's, Raven, Rogue, Logan, Aloysius, and Professor X were becoming worried about the missing green changeling. Made all the worse by the fact that they had no real way of contacting him as he left his phone, wallet, and was out of range of both Jean's telepathic range, and the Professor couldn't find him for some odd reason.
Punching a wall in frustration Logan growled out "Chuck, you sure you can't find the kid?"
His fingers on his head as he concentrated, Xavier responded "Yes Logan, I'm quite sure. For some odd reason, I can't connect with his mind, it's quite strange."
Grunting in annoyance, Logan said "Have ya thought about using Cerebro?"
"Cerebro?" Raven, who was meditating in an attempt to locate her missing teammate with no success, asked.
"Yes, it is in essence a mutant detector that is kept here in the Institute that I use to find more potential students for my school." He said before turning to Logan and saying "You may have a valid point Logan. Come; let's see if Cerebro can tell us anything. Your welcome to come too Miss Roth."
Xavier led the way to the west wing of his mansion which was off limits to the students, he explained for the empath's benefit before they arrived in front of an all metal door with an X in bas-relief and a retina scanner in the middle. Wheeling his way up to the Retina scanner Xavier held his eye still as the scanner did its work before a mechanical voice chimed "Welcome Professor Xavier." Before opening and admitting the four heroes.
From within, lay a metal chair, and a helmet with two wires connected to it. Xavier moved forward, sliding himself into the metal chair before donning the helmet. Now connected to Cerebro, Xavier was mentally connected to every human on the planet. He then began his search for the green Titan, but it was still difficult to locate him, though he now had a general location.
'What is going on?' Xavier thought he focused harder and this time, managed to learn what Garfield's powers were, and why he couldn't pinpoint his location. It also made him wonder just what kind of ability the changeling really possessed.
Making a list show up on a large screen he turned to Wolverine and Raven before asking "Logan, Miss Roth, has Garfield ever shown extreme adaptability in certain situations?"
Raven scoffed "You're kidding right? He's a shapeshifter; it's practically the definition of his power."
Xavier shook his head and tired again "No, I mean has he ever spontaneously gained new abilities or immunities to certain abilities?"
Raven shook her head "Not that I know of."
"Why don't you tell us what's going on Chuck." Logan suggested, though the way he said it made it sound like anything but a suggestion.
In response Xavier motioned for them to look at the screen and said "This is a list of all the powers young Garfield currently has access to."
The screen read thusly:
Subject: Garfield Mark Logan Sex: Male Height: 5'6 weight: 130lbs.
Powers: Superior Adaptation, Biological Manipulation, Shapeshifting, Poison Immunity, Predator Instincts, Prey Instincts, Enhanced Senses, Pheromone Detection, Size Alteration, Telepathy, Telekinesis , Precognition, Soul-Self Projection, Elasticity, Empathy, Probability Manipulation, Duplication, Super-vision, Enhanced-Strength, Enhanced- Endurance, Geokinesis, Power Absorption Immunity, Regenerative Healing Factor, Intangibility, Intuitive Aptitude, Enhanced Agility, Enhanced Reflexes, Enhanced Balance, Danger Intuition, and Web Generation.
Looking at the list, both the empath's and the ferals eyes widened and Raven asked "But how is that possible? I've never seen him use any of these powers before, except for shapeshifting into animals which I guess one could argue is where the Enhanced Senses, Pheromone Detection, and Predator Prey Instincts came from."
"I have a theory." Xavier said before turning to Logan and asking "Garfield was afflicted with Sakutia also known as Green Fever yes?"
Grunting Logan said "Yeah, that's right. Little guy was a fighter even then. The disease kills in forty-eight hours and he managed to hang on for two whole weeks, till his mom and I managed to fix him up."
Xavier nodded "I believe that in contracting Sakutia, Garfield prematurely activated his X-gene, which gave him Superior Adaption, this however was covered up by the cure you and your wife developed, granting him Biological Manipulation, but since people had only ever lived long enough to turn into animals..." Xavier trailed off.
"He only thinks he can turn into animals!" Raven finished in awed hushed tones.
Xavier nodded "Correct Miss Roth, you see Garfield has unknowingly been adapting against every foe or friend he's ever met and he likely has no idea he has access to these abilities as a result of being a shapeshifter."
Raven then decided to point something out. "But what about that one; intuitive aptitude, doesn't that mean he should know about these powers and know how they work?"
Stroking his nonexistent beard in thought Xavier responded "I believe young Garfield be made aware of his primary power first."
"So it's like a domino effect then?" She nodded accepting the professor's theory before smiling a little and saying "I always knew he had potential, I'm so proud of him."
"You an me both girlie; once he gets back, he's going in the Danger Room against the X-men till he realizes what he's really capable of." Wolverine responded.
The Danger Room?" Raven asked.
"Training Room." Logan replied shortly.
Cocking an eyebrow Jean replied "Wouldn't it just be easier just too tell him?"
The Gothic empath and the feral man shared a look before Logan said "Yeah, but the kid needs to learn there's consequences for runnin' off an makin' us worry about him somehow Jean."
Jean rolled her eyes and said "You two are terrible, doing this to Gar."
Logan shrugged "Eh, it's for his own good, besides he'll thank me later, probably."
With that, the group made their way out of Cerebro and back into the rest of the mansion.
(...)
Garfield was on his way back to Xavier's when he noticed something odd, a woman with platinum blonde hair in a skintight black leather and white fur trimmed outfit climbing out of skylight of the American Natural History Museum. He debated about whether or not he should get involved, then thought 'Well, why not?' as he glided down to the roof.
"What's the matter, couldn't afford the price of admission sweetheart?" a voice asked making Black Cat shiver with excitement in her black leather boots.
"Well, you know me Spider-"She began as she turned only to see someone other than the masked wallcrawler leaning on a ventilation unit behind her. He was a green pointy eared elf wearing some pretty cool clothes.
"You're not Spiderman." She said.
The green teen shook his head "No, no I'm not."
Taking in his full appearance she thought 'Kinda cute though; kid can't be any older than sixteen...I'll have some fun with him since Spider isn't here.' She decided before sauntering over to him with a sway in her hips.
"Well then cutie, since your clearly not Spider, what might your name be?" she purred seductively.
Smiling a bit, he said "You can call me Beast Boy."
"Oh, with a name like that I bet you're a real tiger in the sack huh?" she asked smiling while leaning over and giving the boy a good view of her cleavage.
Chuckling he replied "Funny you should say that."
Suddenly, he transformed into a green Bengal Tiger, except this one was roughly three times the size of a normal one. Standing at 10'8 in height, being thirty feet long, and weighing in at a whopping 1650lbs, it was only natural for the female thief to pale, before she began to slowly back up, all the while saying things like "Nice kitty, good kitty, you wouldn't wanna hurt lil old me would you cutie?"
The giant cat growled warningly before swiping at her with one massive paw pulling the bag she held from her grasp. The monster-sized green jungle cat then stood protectively over the bag like a mother would her kittens and growled warningly again at the thief.
Sighing held her hands up and said "Fine, fine I get it, no stealing for me tonight."
Hearing this, the jungle cat nodded before turning back into the green teen that looked at her suspiciously as he reached down and picked up the bag before reaching inside and glancing within to see what she had tried to steal. Seeing the contents of the bag, he began to chuckle to himself, prompting Black Cat to ask "What's so funny?"
Wiping away a false tear, he said "Nothing dudette, just reminiscing over one of the greatest pranks I ever pulled is all."
Bending her head to the side a little, she asked "A prank that has to do with the Star of India, the Eagle Diamond, the DeLong Star Ruby, the Midnight Star Ruby, and the Lucifer's Heart Red Diamond? Do tell." She said, suddenly becoming much, much more interested in this mutant in front of her.
He waved a finger at her and said "Ah, ah, ah; I don't give out details of my pranks to just anyone. No matter how hot they look in black leather."
Tossing her hair back flirtatiously she pouted cutely and said "Awe, but I really wanna know though."
Walking up to him slowly she bent over and whispered into his ear "Surely we can come to some kind of...arrangement, hm?"
Deciding to try his luck, he played along and whispered back "Well that depends, what are you doing tomorrow night?"
She leaned back in surprise "Are you asking me out?"
Smirking a little he replied "That depends are you single?"
Smiling a bit herself, she replied "Yeah?"
"Then yes, yes I am." The green teen affirmed.
Raising a quizzical eyebrow from under her mask she asked "What if I say no?"
"You want to know about my prank and so, I'm kinda hoping you'll say yes." He said suddenly becoming bashful.
'Awe, he's just too cute to say no to.' She thought before nodding and saying "Ok Beast Boy was it? I'll go out with you."
Seeing his eyes light up like a child on Christmas morning totally made saying yes worth in in Felicia's opinion. "Really?" he said.
"Yeah, really." She replied chuckling at his reaction a bit.
He then threw his fist in the air and jumped saying "Awesome! I-I uh thanks Miss?" He said after coming back to his senses causing Black Cat to giggle again and say "Usually I'd say you could call me Black Cat, but since we'll be going out tomorrow night, you can call me Felicia."
"Felicia huh, then Gar please." The mutant requested.
Her eyes twinkling with amusement she asked "Gar?"
Sighing while silently cursing his own name he replied "Its short for Garfield."
"That is...absolutely adorable. I loved that lasagna eating cat growing up." She cooed.
Seriously?" he asked skeptically.
Felicia nodded before she reached into her cleavage and pulled out a piece of paper. "Be at this address, by eight 'o' clock sharp. Don't be late cutie." She said with a wink before she back flipped off the roof only to swing away using a grappling hook gun.
'Dude, I just got a date...' he thought, before realization set in and he yelled "DUDE, I GOT A DATE! TAKE THAT CY!" he yelled to the roof tops before flying down to a security guard and saying "Here, I stopped a robbery."
He then took fight once again, letting loose a jubilant cry in the form of a bald eagle as he winged his way towards Xavier's.
Coincidently back in Jump City, a certain Tin Man sneezed.
(...)
Beast Boy was filled with a sudden sense of foreboding as landed on the lawn of Xavier's school. His animal senses were screaming at him to run and he had this odd tingling feeling at the base of his skull that kinda reminded him of the feeling he got when he badmouthed Mento back when he was in the Doom Patrol only for the guy to be right behind him at the time.
'Well, either Mento showed up and has taken everyone hostage, which I find unlikely, or Rae is pissed and just waiting for me to walk through the front door. That is highly more likely.'
Taking a deep breath to steady his nerves the changeling whispered to himself "Show time." Before pushing open the front doors and saying "Lucy, I'm home!"
He was promptly developed in a sphere of darkness and dragged inches from the face of his annoyed teammate. Chuckling nervously he said "Heya Rae, miss me?"
Smirking dangerously she replied "Gar, what made you think it was a good idea to go running off without your holoring, wallet, or cellphone?"
Shrugging he replied "Simple, I wasn't thinking at the time."
Rolling her eyes, Raven sighed and said "Clearly." She then looked at him concerned and asked "You didn't get into too, much trouble did you?"
Well let's see, I saved a sweet old lady from being mugged, she insisted I follow her home so she could make me lunch, I met her nephew, and on my way home I stopped a robbery and ended up getting a date tomorrow night with said robber."
Blinking owlishly Raven asked "Seriously?"
"Yep." BB nodded before leaning in and kissing her chastely and saying "Thanks."
Looking away so he couldn't see her blush she asked "What for?"
"That pep talk you gave me back at the Tower, it gave me the confidence to walk around with my hood down today, with a little encouragement from Mrs. Parker." Seeing Raven's confused look he clarified "The sweet old lady I saved."'
Raven then dropped him and motioned for him to follow her, as they continued their conversation.
Raven nodded before locking eyes with him again and saying "So, you got a date huh?"
"Yep tomorrow night at seven with someone called Black Cat." He paused before saying "Do you think I should tell her about...you know?"
"What?" Raven said alarmed "No, no, definitely not on the first date!"
Nodding somberly he said "Yeah you're probably right, as usual. Our relationship is a bit odd isn't it?" he mused.
"Well we're both a little odd, Gar. Although, I think you should consider telling both Rogue and Kitty about your...condition and our relationship." Raven added.
Blinking in surprise he asked "You mean that they..?"
To which the grey-skinned empath shrugged and said "Jury is still out on Kitty, but she said some promising things at breakfast remember? As for Rogue, she's been your pen pal for years, and then she learns about your life, what do you think?" She said as if it should be obvious.
Sighing he said "Right, well I think like you said, it would be best if I got to know them better first."
"Agreed, we're here."
Gar looked around and found himself in front of...an elevator?
Giving her a confused look he asked "Where we goin' Rae?"
"A place where you can realize what you're really capable of." She replied cryptically before leading him by the hand onto the elevator and pushing the down button.
(...)
The X-Men and New Mutants looked up as the doors to the elevator opened up, revealing the changeling and the empath. The moment Rogue saw he was ok she marched over to him, and giving him her best glare said "Don' go runnin' off like that Gar! Do ya have any ideah how worried ah was ahbout ya?"
Having the decency to look sheepish he replied "Sorry Rogue, I got a bit worked up."
Sighing she rolled her eyes before flipping her bangs out of her face "Fahn, jus' don' do it ah'gin you hear?" she said slipping deeper into her Mississippi accent due to her distress.
"Right, again sorry." He apologized.
Kitty walked to him next, and placing her hands on his shoulders she asked "Like, you ok Gar?"
He nodded "Yeah, I'm fine, so~ what's with the matching outfits? Oh wait, don't tell me! You're the next up and coming version of The Rockettes right? I can just see Logan leading a chorus line, and one and two and three and four!" he joked seeing them all wearing matching black and yellow outfits with X patterns.
This caused the women in the group to laugh while the men groaned, and Logan in particular growled for a moment before he smirked and said "Laugh it up now kid, cause you won't be laughing after this training exercise."
"So this is a training room huh? I like the one we have at the tower better Rae." He said while turning to her.
"You'll find the danger room to be quite challenging Garfield." Xavier said while rolling towards him.
"Danger Room; dude, you couldn't have picked a less threatening sounding name than that?" the changeling asked.
Now chuckling Wolverine turned to his son and said "It gets better kid, today's exercise features you versus all the mutants here sans Rogue, Ro, and me."
"What?!" Beast Boy said panicked.
"But wait, it gets better, for this exercise you're not allowed to use your shapeshifting."
Waving his arms around frantically now he said "Dude, how the hell am I supposed to put up any kind of a fight without using my powers?!"
"Language young man." Ororo chided.
"Sorry Ororo, but seriously, what is this supposed to prove?" he asked.
Placing her hand on his shoulder to get his attention, Raven said "This is an exercise to show you just how strong you really are. Trust me Gar, he actually knows what he's doing for once." The demoness said referencing the changeling's wayward father.
Looking into her amethyst eyes and seeing her sincerity, he nodded before reaching into his pocket and handing her his i-pod and saying "Here, I figure I may as well have a phat beat to get my ass kicked to, so do me a favor and run this through the speakers will ya Rae?"
"Sure Gar, anything specific you wanna hear as your being pummeled?" she asked jokingly.
As he headed towards the elevator he said "Surprise me."
(...)
He now stood across from no less than fourteen mutants most of which had unknown powers, and for a reason he was not being clued in on, he was not allowed to use his. Cracking his neck to the side, he said "Ok let's get this one-sided slaughter started."
Frowning slightly Kitty said "Like this is so messed up! Why is Logan having us gang up on his son? That's like, so not cool."
"I can't believe I'm saying this but I agree with Kitty, this feels dirty man." Evan said.
Sighing Scott said in his leader tone "Dirty or not the Professor ok'd this, so there must be a good reason. For now, we do as Logan asks."
"Ok runts this is a fourteen on one fight, last person standing wins. Ready..." Logan said only for the sounds of a scuffle to be heard and for raven's voice to come over the speakers "Gar, one last piece of advice before you start. Think like an animal and adapt."
'I feel like Rae was trying to tell me something just then, but what?' the green teen thought.
"Begin." Raven said before Indestructible by Disturbed began to play.
(...)
Back in the control room Logan grunted as he picked himself up off the ground and glared at the empath. "Did ya really need to throw me into a wall girlie?"
"You were in the way." Raven said with a shrug as she watched the 'fight' below, hoping Beast Boy understood her meaning.
(...)
"Waah-ooph!" Beast Boy yelled before he impacted with a wall, curtsy of Jean's telekinesis.
"Sorry Gar." Jean called worriedly.
Shrugging off the pain he got up and said "Don't worry about it."
He then threw himself to the side to avoid getting struck by both bolts of lightning and fire. Glancing up from his downed position he saw a blonde haired boy who he thought was called Ray and a dark-skinned dark-haired girl by the name of Amara, their hands covered in lightning and flames respectively.
"Like, what the heck you two?!" Kitty shouted at them.
"Look, the sooner we knock the green shrimp out, the sooner this joke a of training exercise can end, I'm just trying to speed things along." Ray said angrily.
"I agree with Ray." She then slapped Ray and said "He's not that short you brute."
Scoffing Berserker said "Whatever let's just get this over with." He then threw another bolt of lightning at the changeling, this one bound to hit him dead on.
Beast Boy closed his eyes and braced for impact...only nothing happened. He opened his eyes to find the others staring at him wide-eyed in shock.
"What?" he asked in confusion.
"Like, you just became intangible Gar." Kitty said.
Blinking he said "Seriously? You're sure hot-head's aim just doesn't suck?"
"Hey!" Roy said offended.
In response, Scott fired a low powered eye-beam at the green teen...only for it to pass right through him.
"Dude, am I a ghost?!" he said freaking out.
This caused various X-mutants to facepalm. Kitty however, walked forward and placing a calming hand on his shoulders said "Like, I think a more probable reason is you copied my powers somehow Gar."
This caused him to blink before his face split into a wide cheshire cat like grin "Dude...that's awesome, but how did that happen?"
"That would be due to your original mutation Garfield, the one you were born with." Xavier's voice declared over the intercom.
"Huh? What choo talkin' bout Chuckie?" he asked.
Chuckling slightly Xavier responds "Back when you came down with Sakutia, your x-gene activated granting you your original mutation, that of Superior Adaptation, a power that allows your body to rapidly adapt to any situation and overcome any foe. However, you have never needed you use it till now, because you could always change forms to various animal species thanks to the secondary artificial mutation you gained from the cure, which is that of Biological Manipulation."
Beast Boy blinked as the implications of his x-gene power set in...Making a T shape with his hands he said "Wait, wait, time out! Let me see if I've got this right, all the villain's I've fought...I've been able to copy their powers the entire time?!"
"Actually yes, and we think you may still have access to them." Raven said.
"Explain." He said shortly.
A sigh came through the speakers before she began "The professor and I speculated that because of your...unique anatomy, you might've subconsciously stored the powers away."
Garfield nodded "I get ya, so I gotta draw that out somehow."
"Gar, what do you think about when you become an animal maybe it works the same way?" Jean offered.
Shrugging he said "It's worth a shot."
He then focused on super strength and he felt and odd sensation similar to him shapeshifting but different. He then walked over to the wall, and punched it, leaving a hole in the wall, and breaking his hand.
"Ow, ow, ow! Note to self, super strength without super durability isn't a good idea!" he yelled before his hand began to spontaneously repair itself.
"Ok, I guess I have a regenerative healing factor from Logan." He said as his hand finished stitching itself back together.
"That's just the tip of the iceberg. Think about all the superpowered people you've been around during you time with the Doom Patrol and the Titans..." Raven said a smirk in her tone.
'Rita could manipulate her size, Steve was a telepath, telekinetic, psychic same with the Brian, Negative Man had a Soul Self, Madame Rogue was elastic, Rae has empathy, Star has enhanced durability and strength, Jinx has probability manipulation, Kid Wykkyd can teleport, Billy numerous can multiply...' the more he thought back the wider his eyes and his cheshire grin became.
"Oh. My. God...I am gonna have so much fun!" he said giddily before he turned a dark gaze on the X-mutants and said "Let's play."
He then teleported in their midst dodging various projectiles in the form of optic blasts, ice shards, bone spikes, fireballs, and lightning bolts. Now that he was aware of his other abilities he could feel the changes taking place, it felt like building blocks falling into place in his head, he knew he gained new powers, and he knew just what they were capable of.
He couldn't resist a small jab "You missed."
They all turned but not quickly enough he was already gone, having teleported away again, leaving behind nothing but the echo of his laughter.
Taking control of the situation Scott said "Everyone, form up! Circular formation, and keep your eyes peeled."
The X-mutants did as told and they didn't see him anywhere. The tension could be cut with a knife.
Spyke couldn't handle the tension "Man, this is nuts! He can copy our powers, use them almost intuitively and he just disappeared. What the hell is he man?"
He heard a whisper behind him answering "I'm the beast and you're all my prey."
"Oh shi-"Evan began before his voice was suddenly cut off.
Everyone looked at where he was only to find nothing. "Dude, like, what happened to Evan?" Kitty asked nervously.
As if in answer to her question, cackling could suddenly be heard in all of their heads. [Oh, wouldn't you like to know? Oh wait, how about instead of telling you...]
Shadowcat suddenly felt a pair of hands grip her ankles and she looked down to see Beast Boy's grinning face half coming up out of the ground before he said "Why don't I show you?"
He then pulled her beneath the floor, causing her to release a slight shriek of fear.
Kitty opened her eyes and found herself in the garage amongst the Fleet. Evan was nearby leaning against a 66' Chevy charger painted in Dukes of Hazard's General Lee's colors. Raising a hand in greeting he said "Yo."
Instead of returning his greeting, she slapped the green changeling several times while saying "Don't. Do. That. Gar!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please stop hitting me Kitty." Beast Boy begged.
"Like what the heck man! We thought you ate Evan or something!" she said annoyed.
"Awe, I knew you cared Kitty." Spyke joked.
Rolling her eyes playfully she said "Whatever Evan, I like, just don't want to see Storm upset." She then rounded on our unlucky changeling again. "And you, what was with the Scream routine?"
Hands folded behind his back with legs placed slightly apart he replied "Handbook psychological warfare when outnumbered against numerous opponents."
Kitty took a moment to remind herself that; for a decent portion of his life, the green changeling in front of her was either abused or raised as a child soldier, her eyes softening in sadness she said "Right, well you better get back to it."
"Right, be right back." He said before teleporting away.
After he was gone the brunette turned to the blonde and said "Hey Evan?"
"Yeah?" he said while looking around at the fleet.
Snapping her fingers to get his attention she said irritably "Pay attention Evan, this is important!"
Taking a step back and holding up his hands defensively he said "Chill Kitty, chill. What's up?"
Sitting on the hood of a car, and causing Evan to wince she said "I need your help with Gar."
Giving her a confused look he asked "What do you mean?"
Sliding off the car and causing Evan to wince again she said "Don't tell me you haven't heard everyone talking? His parents supposedly died when he was six, he was stuck with the very people who killed his parents for like, a year and forced to steal, then he was left with Mr. crazy man for like three years till he was ten, then raised as a child soldier for, like what, five years maybe? The point I'm trying to make is that's he's never really had much of a childhood and I think we should do what we can to help him out, ya know?"
Evan was unusually quiet; his arms folded his face serious. Nodding he said "Yeah, I see what you mean. Do you think we can talk with the others, get them in on this?"
"Duh." Kitty replied as if it were obvious.
"So we talk to them later then?" he asked for clarification.
"Yes Evan." She said slowly as if talking to a small child "We talk to the others later."
(...)
Garfield meanwhile was having fun test driving his new abilities and scaring the X-mutants at the same time. For him, it was like the ultimate prank. He telekinetically threw a couple of them, Amara and Jubilee into the air, and then pinned them to the walls using Spyke's bone spikes and Iceman's freezing abilities respectively before disappearing yet again, but not before saying via telepathy [And then there were ten.]
"You know I think he's enjoying messing with us a little too much." Amara said conversationally from her icy prison as he used Cyclopse's optic blasts to take out Iceman, Multiple, and Berserker.
Jubilee blew her messy black hair out of her face before she glanced down at her yellow trench coat which now sported several holes thanks to the bone spikes pinning her to the wall. "Yeah, he owes me a new coat."
"Sorry about that Jubilee, I'll have Al get you a new coat."
The both looked over to see Gar leaning against the wall right next to them. Amara was confused. "Gar, if your here, then whose over there?"
"Oh that's a clone I made I decided to take a little break sort of." He replied nonchalant.
"Lemme get this straight you made a clone using Multiples powers and he has all the same powers you do? Jubilee asked.
"Sure looks like it, though I didn't get replication powers from Jamie I got it from this hick villain I fought back in Cali called Billy Numerous. Guy wasn't too bright, but when you can create an army of yourself, I guess you don't really need to be huh?"
"I'm curious, how many powers do you have right now Garfield?" Amara asked batting her baby blue eyes at him.
"More than thirty but less than forty." He replied easily.
Both of the girls' eyes widened "Y-you're serious?" Amara asked fearfully.
"Yep." He said nodding before adding "-and the longer this fight drags on the more powers I gain. I wonder if Logan and Raven planned this."
"You don't think-"Amara started only for Jubilee to finish "That his dad is trying to win some brownie points with him and his girlfriend is helping him out? Yeah, yeah I totally do."
The changeling watched silently as his clone got in a telekinetic tug-o-war with Jean creating a visible distortion in the air where there powers met. Each strained and pushed against the other for a time before the changeling sighed and said "Ok, time to end this little contest."
The real Beast Boy then teleported next to his clone and added his own telepathic attack to the assault on jean, she was momentarily surprised causing her focus to be lost and for the metal battle to quickly be won in the changeling's favor. The resulting telekinetic explosion took out all but Scott and Kurt.
Both Cyclops and Nightcrawler looked at one another before nodding and raising their hands "We surrender." Cyclops said with a hint of bitterness in his tone.
Beast Boy nodded accepting their forfeit. "Well...I dunno about you guys, but I totally didn't see this coming. Major upset right?" he joked.
"Jah, you are like de Superman now, right?" Kurt asked.
Scratching his head Gar said "I dunno about Superman, but I have some similar abilities now, yeah." He then looked over at Jean and asked worriedly "She gonna be ok? I might've overdone it."
"She'll be fine." Scott said shortly while picking her up bridal style before moving off.
Locking eyes with Kurt, he asked "Dude, what's his problem?"
"Sore loser?" Kurt offered.
Garfield shrugged before heading over to Amara and Jubilee and getting them off the wall before retrieving Evan and Kitty from the basement. The six of them quickly got the others to the infirmary. After the last person was put in a bed, the professor approached the changeling and said "Garfield, may I speak with you privately for a moment please?"
"Sure dude, lead the way." He said, uncertain of what the bald paraplegic wanted.
(...)
They entered his office and found the other adults and Raven waiting for them. "Sup Rea, Al, Ororo, Hank..." He then paused and looked at his father for a moment, before giving him a single minute nod and saying "Logan."
After positioning himself behind his desk, Xavier steepled his finger and held the changelings gaze silently. After about a minute or so of this, Gar said "Chuckie, if you wanted to have a staring contest, we could've done that back in the infirmary."
Uncrossing his fingers Xavier said "I wasn't having a staring contest with you Garfield, I was trying my hardest just now to contact you telepathically, to no success. Earlier, I tried to locate you using a machine that amplifies my powers and connects me with every human being on the planet. Even then, I could only tell you were in queens when I should've been able to pinpoint your exact location easily."
"Uh huh, and is that a good or bad thing?" he asked following along easily enough.
Steepling his fingers again, the professor said "I am considered one of the, if not the most powerful telepath on the planet. I find the fact that I couldn't contact you, nor locate you even with Cerebro both very intriguing as I find it concerning. For someone so powerful to be so young is frightening especially one with so tragic a past as yours."
Narrowing his eyes in suspicion he asked "What are you getting at Xavier?"
"Nothing dangerous for yourself I assure you, I merely wish to remind you to use your newfound gifts responsibly and in a mature manner is all."
"Umm hello, I've been a superhero since the age of ten; I think I've got responsibility down pat thank you very much." He said offended.
Bowing his head Xavier said "You're right, you've had abilities far longer than most haven't you? My apologies, I am so used to young people coming here and being both scared and afraid of their powers thinking something is wrong with them, or they are arrogant and prideful thinking they are above others. You and Miss Roth both are something...different, something it will take me some time to adapt to having around the mansion. Just as I must earn your trust I must beg your patience in this matter." Xavier asked humbly.
"Don't worry about it Chuckie, I just, I just thought for a minute there you were underestimating me, and too be perfectly honest, I'm getting tired of people doing that." He said with a hint of annoyance in his tone before he carried on "I mean sure I tell the occasional lame joke, but that doesn't mean I'm totally immature and should be underestimated right?"
Raven nodded slightly in agreement "Agreed, to be entirely honest Gar, underestimating you because of how you act is something I, along with the other Titan's except for possibly Starfire is guilty of. Until recent events, I did in fact think you were very immature and it didn't help that you were very tight lipped about your past either. Out of all the Titans; I was the only one you even told your name." she reminded him.
"True." He said pausing before asking "Is there anything else?"
Clearing his throat Beast said "Yes actually, as I often do, I was perusing the tabloids online and came across this."
Hank brought forth a tablet that showed a picture of himself and May Parker together in the shopping district he had been in earlier. The picture looked like it had been taken discreetly, up close, and by someone using their phone's camera; the headline read "Green skinned alien elf helps elderly woman shop!"
"Now I take offense to that! Some of my best friends are aliens, and what's wrong with having green skin?" he said pointing accusingly at the headline.
"From Mexico?" Rogue asked.
"No, I mean actual aliens, from Mars." He replied in all seriousness.
Blinking several times she said "Ah don' even wanna know do ah?"
Shaking his head he said "Now isn't the time. Anyway, how is this considered a problem?"
"I fear that you walking around in public may bring about awareness of the mutant population far sooner than the rest of humanity is ready to accept the fact. I would prefer it if you would remember to wear your holoring from now on, for all our sakes." Xavier requested.
Garfield stared at him for a moment blinking all the while before he simply said "No."
"Excuse me?" he asked, while everyone but Logan, Raven, and Aloysius had surprised looks on their faces.
Giving Professor X a hard look he said "Apparently you weren't listening earlier Chuckie, so let me reiterate myself, I. Am. A. Superhero. Someone who is known for being green, someone the public knows as a green changeling. Some people may discriminate against me calling me names and sending me dirty looks and shit, but guess what? I've delt with far, far, worse than that."
He paused, placing his hand on his chin in thought before he said "How does that old saying go? Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me? What I'm trying to get at here Chuckie is that I'm through hiding; I'm done pretending everything's fine when it's not, and ya know what? Even if people ask me I could just tell them I got my powers from a virus which up until today is what I believed to be the truth anyhow."
"But Garfield if someone where to find out you are a mutant-"Xavier tried to warn only for the changeling to point out "How, you can't even hack your way into my head, so how could someone possibly find out unless I tell them?"
Xavier was at a loss, this young man was able to counter argue every point he'd brought up. Lowering his head slightly in defeat, Xavier said "You make quite a fine case Garfield. Your right in everything you've said thus far, but please understand I am merely looking at the bigger picture, at the safety of mutantkind as a whole."
The green teen nodded solemnly "I get that, but let me offer you some advice. Don't stare at the bigger picture too long X, or you may lose sight of what's really important. If you only thing of the bigger picture, then eventually allies can eventually become pawns, and pawns are meant to be sacrificed for the greater good...and in the end, you'll become what you fear most."
His peace said, Garfield tunred to Aloysius and said "Al, I have a date tomorrow night as seven, I'm thinking something classy, yet casual think you can whip something up? He asked.
The butler bowed "Certainly sir, where might I ask are you taking the young lady?"
"Not sure yet." He replied before he teleported out of the room.
"Gar...has ah date?" Rogue said to the room before looking at Raven and asking "Ah thought you were his girlfriend?"
"My and Garfield's relationship is...complicated. The long short of it is that we are in an open relationship..."
Raven paused before saying "A very open relationship. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go do emotional damage control now that the Professor has managed to piss him off." She finished before phasing through the ceiling...
(...)
When Raven arrived in the changelings room she found him sprawled out on his bed, drinking a bottle of something that definitely wasn't soda. "Where did you get that? No better question how long have you been drinking whiskey behind my back?" she asked noticing several empty bottles scattered around his room.
Finishing off another bottle, Gar tossed it aside before sitting up. Raven immediately was on guard. The look in his eyes was the same one he displayed in her room several days prior. It seems as though the Predator had resurfaced.
"You're not really here to chew me about my choice of drink are ya Rae?" he joked.
Raven took a moment to remind herself that the person in front of her was in fact still Beast Boy, this was the real one, and the one she was used to was a fake. A falsehood he used to hide his own pain.
'You acting all goofy is your true mask, isn't it Gar?'
"Yes I suppose it is." He replied.
Eyes widening in surprise Raven said "Did you just-"Only for her green beau to finish "Read your mind, yeah. Sorry, still trying to figure out how to turn this off."
Rolling her eyes she said "Don't worry about it; I'm sure you'll figure it out eventually." Raven paused and stared at him for a moment before frowning and asking "Are you gonna be ok?"
Sighing before throwing himself back on his bed he said "Honestly? I'm not sure at this point. I mean in less than five days, I've almost committed suicide, you told me you loved me, I am all but forced off the team, we go to NYC to meet my pen pal, I find out my long dead dad isn't so dead, I somehow manage to get a date with a burglar while foiling her robbery, and to top it all off? I find out my body has been adapting of its own accord this entire fucking time and I never noticed! Granting the superpowers of any hero or villain I've ever come into contact with."
He then took a deep breath and let it out very slowly before saying "Sorry, but it's been a strange couple of days, not unpleasant mind you especially you saying you love me, it's just..."
Raven nodded in understanding "A lot to take in all at once, I understand. Want some free advice?"
"Yes please!" he groaned out, practically begging.
Raven then walked over and picking up his head sat down on his bed situating his head on her lap. Gently moving her hands through his grass green hair, she said "Don't try to think about everything at once. That will just overwork you at least and drive you mad at worst. Just relax and everything will sort itself out." She told him in a gentle monotone.
"Who are you and what have you done with Raven?" he asked seriously while looking into her eyes.
Rolling said eyes she replied "I haven't gone anywhere Beast Boy, it's just..."
"Just?" he said, prompting her to continue.
Sighing she replied "One tends to become introspective when they know their end is nearing."
Suddenly sitting up he said "I see."
He then went over to the desk that was in his room and, taking out a sheaf of paper and a pen, he began to write. Raven looked at him curiously but didn't interrupt. After about a minute or two, he finished writing and, taking a thumbtack from the corkboard mounted on the wall above the desk, he pinned his finished piece to the board.
Curiosity overcoming her, Raven approached and found the changeling had made a list. Her eyes widened more and more as she read further and further down.
Take Black Cat (Felicia ?) out tomorrow night
Think up new hero name/design new costume
End the threat that is a mental Mento (One way or another)
Find a way to either stop the prophecy and/or kill Trigon
Take Raven (Rogue and Kitty?) out on a date
Figure out just what the fuck my upper limits are/or how to turn off my mutant power (Sword of Damocles')
Show these so-called "heroes" what it truly means to be a hero.
Make own hero team for reason six.
Take no shit and tell no lies from anyone anymore not even myself
Change the world for better or ill but hopefully for the better.
Upon finishing reading the list Raven turned to Beast Boy and said "You can't be serious."
He shrugged "Why not?"
"Your talking about basically stopping fate and or killing what is more or less the devil with number four." She deadpanned.
He nodded "Yeah I know, but remember what I told ya once Rae? I may not be smart enough to do everything, but I'm dumb enough to try anything. Noe if you'll excuse me, I think I'm gonna get to work on number six."
Raven watched as he left the room and for reasons she couldn't understand a small smile graced her lips 'Well if anyone is dumb enough to attempt to kill a dimension conquering devil and somehow actually pull it off, I think you're the one Gar.' She thought before she phased back to her room, an idea for a project in mind...
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Chapter length: 10,430 – Date Completed: 6/21/14
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AN: Yo everybody it is I Bubbajack and I am back with another chap of Apex. Sorry that this one took me a bit, but hey, it's over 10k so there you go. That said, what would you all prefer in the future? Longer chapters, or shorter ones (Shorter being roughly 5k) meaning more frequent updates? Let me know in the reviews please.
Anyway that aside it's time for me to explain something(s):
First up Black Cat: BB was a thief at one point, remember? Considering he could change his shape, I bet he was a damn good one too. Hence, Black Cat's interest in him. As for Aunt May? C'mon she's Aunt May in Comic Canon she does learn Peters identity eventually and she's like "This changes nothing." Also canon fact, she doesn't take shit from Wolverine either which is damn impressive when you think about it.
Secondly BB and Xavier arguing: This is just me covering my bases here, and for you to understand this, you need to see it from both Xavier's and Gar's viewpoints. Xavier is attempting to look out for mutantkind as a whole making sure they aren't exposed until humanity is 'ready'. While Gar has more or less, always been under someone else's thumb (the Thieves, Mento, and Robin) and has often been told he's either useless or not good enough, and he's tired of it. He just wants to be himself and now thanks to Raven and May he's confident enough to try and do just that.
BB's powers: Again just so people don't call bullshit on me here's a list of who BB got his powers from, in fact, from now on let's call it:
Cerebro File: Garfield Logan
List of known abilities and their sources of origin:
Superior Adaptation: X-gene power
Biological Manipulation: artificial superpower granted by Sakutai cure.
Telepathy, telekinesis, and precognition: Mento, Charles Xavier, Jean Grey, Raven
Body enlargement: Elastic-woman
Elasticity: Madam Rogue
Enhanced durability, strength, endurance, agility, balance, ect...: Starfire, Mammoth Deathstroke the Terminator, Spiderman
Danger detection: Spiderman
Probability manipulation: Jinx
Intangibility: Shadowcat
Bone growth manipulation: Spyke
Teleportation: Kydd Wykkyd, Nightcrawler
Self-replication: Billy numerous, Multiple
Optic blasts: Cyclops
Ability Absorption immunity: Gained from kissing Rogue
Mind reading immunity: Gained from being around Jean and the Professor.
Electrokinesis: Berserker
Pyrokensis: Magama
Geokenesis: Terra, Magma
Soul Self Projection: Negative Man
Regenerative Healing Factor: Wolverine
Super Vision: Psi-mon
Poison immunity: from digesting poisoned food while living with Galtry
Predator and prey instincts, Enhanced senses, Pheromone Detection: Due to shapeshifting.
Empathy: Raven
Intuitive Aptitude: ?
Web Generation: Spiderman
Holy shit that's a long list! And for the record, I'm just getting started as it stands at the moment BB is a roughly 2% of his total maximum potential power...yep that's right, we're not even in double digits right now! Anyway, this is probably the only time you're going to see a list this long, from here on, I'll just update when he gets a new power the first time that's it.
Addendum: As of this moment I have six chapters of this fic written, five of which were posted previously. I will be posting a new chapter each week as it allows me time to write more chapters without feeling overwhelmed. Anyway everyone, till the next chapter, Bubbajack out! Peace!