Chapter 2: An Early Saturday
As Logan had predicted the new recruits started to shuffle in at 5:45 for breakfast rubbing their tired eyes. "This is a cruel and unusual punishment" Jubilee muttered as she entered the kitchen and found a seat next to Amara. Sam and Amara nodded but Jamie just shrugged and begun to eat his breakfast cereal and drink his orange juice. Everyone looked at him as though he was from another planet where 5:45 am was a normal wake-up time. "Well…" Sam said as he looked at the youngest X-Man.
Jamie was a smart boy and had an answer for the other kids. "Well we get first dibs on food and drinks while the senior X-Men are doing their streteses and then their Danger Room Session. When they are done they will be hungry but have to take what's left. As for our practice we go after them so we don't have to run into them in here. (Jamie gestured around the kitchen) Then all of you who took the, sixth joy ride or something like that have to clean the cars as I get to go watch my Saturday morning cartoons!" He smiled the others not impressed that such a little kid could be so smart and smug.
"Why you little…"
"That's enough." The kids were cut off as the professor and Storm entered the kitchen, neither one of them looked happy about being up so early on a Saturday either. Ororo spoke to the children, "The three of you should think about what Jamie said. You would not have to clean the cars if you stopped taking these 'joy rides' at night"
Jamie looked over to Storm. "Storm?"
"Yes child?"
"Isn't getting up at 5:45 or even 6:45 good practice for when we a senior X-Men? Jean, Kitty, Kurt and all the others do it already. Then they go to the Danger Room, practice, change, eat and then go to school. I don't know why it is at 6:00 today and not later, but I do know that is what all the seniors do." Jamie stated these facts as if he were a senior himself, perhaps a mini Scott or Kurt.
The professor and Storm just smiled. "Indeed it is Jamie," the professor said. The others just glared at him. Jamie excused himself creating six other Jamie's and dashed off in different directions as Jubilee, Amara and Sam each chased a Jamie.
Ororo looked at Charles. How does he know so much Charles? He is only ten, does little training and has hardly, well actually never been on a mission." Said Storm.
Charles smiled, "Yes, all very true, he doesn't train a lot with his group or has never been on a true mission." Ororo gave Charles a questioning look. Charles continued. "Jamie spends time with Rogue and Rogue is a senior. Rogue doesn't spend all her extra training time alone. I have seen her work with him. She is very good and I have no doubt that one day she will make a fine leader." He smiled and Storm smiled back and gave her head a nod.