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Chapter 4

After a couple of weeks of tests they found that Andrew's abilities were empathic in nature; he could manipulate emotions on a level most telepaths couldn't, it astounded and concerned Charles; telepathy was powerful enough but with Andrew's empathy he could make people feel whatever he wanted and his empathy had resulted a secondary ability: he could heal serious injuries and diseases.

Charles decided at that moment that he would possibly adopt Andrew and give him private lessons in how to control his powers; he would have Andrew use his powers for the betterment of humanity. In Andrew he saw the potential to help continue his dream as he had a good way of handling people.

One day Andrew was concentrating on his powers when he felt a wave of hatred and fear and he looked around puzzled, when he saw a parent come in he nearly vomited as the hatred was like a large evil, ugly cloud.

The man looked at him and sneered at him angrily and said, "I heard this was a school for muties and my son goes to this school, I'm going to pull him outta this school and find a place that'll cure him."

Andrew looked up nervously; the man seemed so angry and full of hatred and he wanted to put his new training to good use but he wasn't too powerful yet but he reached out with his mind and decided that he would try to calm him down. As he did his best Andrew was sure Bobby or John were nearby, he felt John easily enough; John was like a crackling fire while Bobby's emotions were cooler.

John ran over to where Andrew was and got in front of him and stared right into the man's face, he glared at him right back. John whispered to Andrew, "Bobby went to get Summers."

The man glared and said, "Let me in! I am going to walk in, drag my son out of this place and find some real help."

"Like what?" John snarled while flicking his lighter on.

"He needs to be cured, he doesn't need to know how to use his gifts, he needs them removed," the man said bitterly.

Andrew sensed John's anger and he almost wished he couldn't sense it; he hugged John and said, "Don't, please John."

"Look Andy," John said, "This bastard's just like dad, don't you remember how many people he took me too so I could get 'fixed?' remember all those needles?"

"Yes," Andrew said as he hugged John, he remembered those days when John came home so weak because so much blood had been taken from him and he would sneak in and crawl into John's bed and snuggle with his big brother.

The man sneered and muttered, "Of course they'd have to be fags too, being muties wasn't enough."

John's anger pushed Andrew back and his eyes were blazing, he was about to kill this bastard and the world wouldn't miss this asshole, Andrew hugged John and said, "Please John, don't."

He looked back and John's face softened; he couldn't do this in front of his little brother, like, ever. He hugged Andrew back and sighed with relief when he saw Summers come over and take the man away.

Bobby looked at the two brothers and saw Andrew's face; it was red and there were tears pouring from his eyes, he looked at John and shook his head, Andrew loved his brother but was now afraid of John's temper.

Andrew hid his face in John's chest and said, "Please John, don't become like dad, please?"

John froze, he was becoming like their father; he would always turn his anger on them first and so many things set him off, he did the best he could to shield Andrew from the blows but Tucker, he groaned, the little psycho got off watching their dad beat them.

"It's going to be alright Andrew," John said, "I promise I won't become like dad, I promise. Come on, let's go make some supper."

As they made supper Andrew had listened to the people talk about what the man had done in the Professor's room, they were abuzz with what happened: apparently the man struck Professor X and when his son came to the Professor's defence he kicked his son out of his home right there and then, then he called the Professor some really bad words.

Andrew winced as he saw the Professor roll in and he had a bruise on his face, Charles gestured towards him and John and smiled softly at their nervousness.

"It's alright, Mr Kincaid just had a difference of opinion with me," Charles said with a slight smile on his face, "But I want you to know, John, on how proud I am of you that you didn't give in to your urge to kill him."

John looked down and said, "It was more Andrew's influence that I didn't want to kill the bastard, I couldn't kill anyone in front of Andrew," and he held Andrew close to him, he looked at Charles who smiled at both of them.

"No, it's not that John," Charles said, "You proved you were the better man today and it wasn't just your little brother, I believe that you truly want to be a good man."

"Now," Charles said, "I've heard around the grapevine that you and John are planning a trip somewhere after your school year ends?"

"Umm," Andrew stammered while John laughed slightly at the Professor's look.

Charles put his hand up and said, "I am not going to stop you but I'll want you three to call me if you get into trouble, do you understand?"

"Yeah," Andrew said as John looked a bit annoyed that they would have to call daddy all the time.

As they walked out Andrew and John was followed by Bobby, who had a smile on his face as he carried a road map with him, he looked at them and said, "So guys, where do you want to go?"

John shrugged and said, "Not sure, I do kind of want to visit grandpa Wells, we haven't seen him in a couple of years ever since mom said he was a bad influence on us."

Bobby had a weird look on his face, "What did your grandpa do that was so bad?"

"When we discovered my gift," John said, "Let's just say that mom and dad were not happy; first dad tried to get me cured from a bunch of different lunatics, I was a human pincushion for like a year, then they tried exorcisms."

Andrew paled, he remembered those days too well, today had just dragged out the worst of the memories.

"Well anyways," John said, "When grandpa found out he was livid; screamed at dad that he had fought in, and I quote, 'In a fucking world war to prevent idiots like you two from staying in power!'"

Bobby laughed, "Your grandpa sounds like quite a man."

"Yeah," John said, "He's quite a man; strong willed and tough. You should've seen the fight he went through when mom and dad tried to put him away in the home."

Andrew giggled, he remembered that day; his grandfather yelling and throwing things, his dad got hit in a very private place. John smiled bitterly as he remembered the trip up there; them sitting next to their grandfather while his mom extolled the virtues of the senior center they were putting him in.

"So, where does he live?" Bobby asked, "I mean I wouldn't mind if you guys visited him."

John shrugged said, "We're going to visit him, no sense in not visiting him. Hell, we got family all over the place."

As they talked Charles was busy making plans of his own; he had heard of odd things going on in a town called Sunnydale and now he wanted to investigate the rumours coming from the town and he didn't know if he could just send his senior students, he remembered that Andrew and John along with Bobby were planning on the road trip.

He called Jean over and said, "Jean, please bring Andrew and John over, I wish to talk to them."

John was about to suggest that they visit San Francisco when Jean knocked on the door and said, "John could you and Andrew go see the Professor?"

Andrew nodded and he ran downstairs followed by John.

Charles laughed as Andrew came in breathing hard, he looked at Andrew and said, "I have told you not to run because of your asthma," Andrew grinned sheepishly as John ran in after him.

John looked at Andrew and said, "Don't run like that, you'll likely collapse again."

As Charles waited for John to finish checking Andrew over he wondered how John would accept him asking them to go back to Sunnydale to investigate these rumours of a possible mutant there.

"Excuse me John, Andrew," Charles said softly, "If you two would like to, I would like you two to go to Sunnydale on your trip?"

As Charles said Sunnydale Andrew began to breath heavy again; he never wanted to go back there. Charles quickly added, "Please, you do not have to stay long, there was a report of a young woman there with remarkable abilities and I fear sending in my senior students there will make the young girl fear us."

"But you Andrew," Charles said, "Have a most unique way of putting people at peace and John can protect you against Sunnydale's particular brand of menace."

John stared at Charles and Charles smiled, "Since I met you in Sunnydale I've been fascinated by the town's history; it seems to be a very plain town but in its plainness it hides a lot of dark secrets and several unusual cases of death that seem to only happen in that town, a most unique town."

Andrew sighed, he wouldn't turn his back on a mutant especially in that town, he always had bad memories of that town. "Alright Professor Xavier, we'll go," he said with a nod.

"Excellent and because you're doing a job for the school you may go whenever you three are ready to go and also, I convinced Scott to lend you a car," Charles said happily.

"Now," John said, "We aren't going to Sunnydale right away, we're going to look up family."

Charles nodded with a smile and gave Andrew a small plastic card and said, "It's a credit card, don't misuse it."

Andrew looked at the card and it read out 'Andrew Xavier,' he blushed and stammered, "My last name is the same as yours?"

"Indeed it is," Charles said, "I have adopted you into my family, I hope you don't mind that?"

John thought, 'Andrew Xavier? It has a nice ring to it but still, it spoke volumes about the respect the professor has for Andrew.'

"I, uhh, guess not," Andrew said, "But Scott, he's like your son, isn't he?"

"He is," Charles said with a smile, "But I have the utmost respect for how you have grown here and I would like you to seriously consider working here after you graduate. Andrew, I believe you have talent.

Andrew smiled and his face turned even redder and nodded as John left Andrew said, "We'll leave tomorrow."

Before Andrew left the study he ran over and hugged Charles tightly, he smiled and said, "Thank you, for giving me a chance."

"I will give everyone a chance," Charles said, "And also, do have fun on your trip."

Andrew nodded and followed John outside with a grin on his face.

TBC

A/N: Alright I hope you like what powers I gave Andrew and the young woman they are talking about is Buffy, this part will take place between Season 2 and 3 while Buffy is gone.

Poll questions: What crossover characters would you like to see as John's and Andrew's relatives? And also any other pairing ideas for Andrew? I got some ideas but I would love to hear your ideas too also I'm thinking I'll be having Pyro aka John in a het relationship, so again your ideas are welcome.

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