The bat in Bayville´s sky
Character 2
The X-Factor part 2
Wayne Mansion:
Alfred smiled as young Bruce Wayne checked that he had everything for the trip, he hoped that this trip will distract Master Bruce. He spends so much time training and brooding, he had no social life at all, expect for him and young Zatanna Zatara that sometimes visited them to check her friend. He remembered the Bruce from before: he smiled and liked running across the halls of the mansion. After his parents left him, he was mostly found staring out of the window into nothingness and training martial arts. Bruce blamed himself. He was the one who pleaded his parents to see the movie. He swore that he would find the man who killed his parents after the police didn't find him. He still was searching for him.
Bruce turned to Alfred "While I'm away Alfred please go have son fun"-"Of curse Master Bruce, I will visit the park and feed some of the local birds" Bruce just raised an eyebrow at him but shrugged, Alfred had weird ideas of fun. "I better get going, see you later" He said without any trace of emotion "Master Bruce, please try to enjoy yourself" Bruce mumbled something that sounded like a "sure".
In the plane Bruce started to see the investigations that he made about the institute. Apparently it did have students, one was a young man with sunglasses and the other was a pretty read head. Bruce instantly had a flashback of the little read head called Pamela that he saved yesterday. "She is so young; no kid should go through that at the age of ten" he knew the pain that she must have felt; loosing you parents will leave a scar that will never heal. "How can I help? No criminal or mafia boss will fear Bruce Wayne, the rich boy of Gotham, he sighted; I need something different than the rich kid approach, I promised my mom and dad that I will bring justice to this city, sadly I don't have any ideas" he said to no one in particular, turning to the matters at hand he said "I will think of it later, after I watch the Xavier institute" Little did Bruce know that this trip will change the curse of his life, forever.
Somewhere near Bayville:
The engine of a motorcycle roared through the deserted road that leads to Bayville, the owner of the motorcycle turned and stopped in a shop. The owner of the shop was busy checking his inventory for third time in the day when he heard the sound of the door opening. "There´s something I can help with sir?" The man spoke with deep voice "Just water" he went to get the paper barely registering the owner saying something about the weather. The title of the newspaper was a report of the accident at the stadium "Problems" he gave the man the money for the water and turned. The owner of the shop heard a slicing noise and the mysterious man gave him the bottle with the top of it cut. "Recycle that for me". He said before leaving with direction to Bayville.
Xavier institute:
""Everyone, gather in the meeting room there is someone that I want you to meet"" the professor told everyone in the house trough telepathy. Scott and Jean walked trough hallways in an awkward silence. "So how is Duncan" Jean turned to him a reassuring smile "He is fine, thank goodness he forgot everything within 10 minutes of the accident, he doesn't even remembers that they were winning" Scott sighted in relief. They entered the room and spotted a man wrapped in a cloak. The professor announced "Jean, Scott this is Kurt, he will join us in the Institute" Scott extended his hand "Hi my name is Scott" the figure extended his hand and Scott notice that he had three blue fingers, Scott shook it, the poor kid was nervous, he stepped back giving chance to Jean to get closer; she shook his hand as well and they noticed that he was more relaxed. "So Kurt do you have any powers?" Jean said trying to ease the tension; they wanted to show him that there was nothing wrong with using his powers. He took out his cloak, his face was also blue and had long hair that reached his neck, he smiled and said "Ja (1), check this out" he transported to the other side of the room, freaking out Jean "Zhat do you think?" Scott smiled "that's pretty cool Kurt"-"Zhanks, but I bet zhat you power is very cool too" Scott laugh and said "I don't think that`s a good idea". Charles wheeled closer to Kurt and extended an object that looked like a watch "we have another surprise for you Kurt, this is an image inducer" He activated it and Kurt changed of appearance "I look normal!" Kurt said exited, smiling ear to ear "you always have been Kurt" said Storm "This will only help you so that people do not fear your special qualities" he turned to Scott and Jean "You better go to school, both of you" Scott before leaving said "Professor there is something that I wanted to tell you, yesterday there was this kid… I think he may be like us" The professor looked deeply in thought "Watch him today, I`ll think of something, today is a busy day Scott, remember that Mr. Wayne is coming today, please behave"- "sure thing professor, Jean and I will do as you say"-"Scott, I heard what happened yesterday, you have to be more careful" Scott looked down "It wasn't my fault"-"I know, just try to stay out of trouble, we all are a family, if you have any problem you can come with me or Ororo"-" I know professor, I better get going, I will see you later"
Bayville high:
Toad was bored, for some reason principal Darkholme had called him to her office, he didn't have done anything wrong "Todd Tolansky" the principal called from her office. He walked and dropped unceremoniously in the chair "Excuse me, I will open a window" Toad didn't even flinch at the comment, he heard that a lot, even as a kid he was used to it, nicknames like dirty toad or the stinky toad were funny to him now that he looked back at them. If only they knew "I heard that you made some friends mister Tolansky" Toad raised an eyebrow at her "you heard wrong yo" –"you don't want to tell me about your new friend Scott Summers?" "Listen yo, I don't know what you are talking about…" the chair moved and now he faced a blue monster "You will give me information of him, DO YOU HEAR ME!" Toad stammered "yes...who are you?" the monster transformed, and became a blue lady "my name is Mystique and I have a proposal for you"
Meanwhile Scott was at his locker, saving all his stuff so that he could go to lunch "You coming Scott"-"Yeah, save me a place" he finished putting his stuff but was grabbed by the shoulder "hey yo, remember me" Scott looked at Toad, he had picked the perfect time to speak, the hallways were empty, that scared Scott a little "What do you want Todd?" -"Nothing yo" he jumped, and now was on top of the lockers "here let me see your glasses" With a quick movement of his tongue he grabbed the glasses"Hey! Give me back my glasses Toad!"- "What's the matter Summers, afraid of opening your eyes?" Scott tried not to panic but it was always hard to not do it "Toad give me back my glasses NOW!" Toad smiled "No problem yo" he placed his glasses in his hand, dropping slime in his hand. "You know what we have in common Summers" Scott putted his glasses and tried to get rid of the slime in his hand "Yeah that now we are both slimy"-"No yo, we are both freaks, and as weird as it sounds we only have each other, so what do you say, friends?" he said extending his hand, Scott made a face but shook it anyways "Well see you later yo". Scott went to the cafeteria, grabbed a phone and dialed the professors number "yes, Scott" Scott shivered "God, don´t do that professor, you know how much that creeps me out"-"Sorry Scott, what do you wanted to say?" "It´s about the mutant that I told you about"-"Yes, Todd Tolansky, Cerebro detected him with using his powers; what do you think"-"I don't know professor, I mean the guy has the hygiene of a dead pig"-"It doesn't matter, he is a mutant and if he lets us we will help him, see you after school" Scott sighted and went to eat his lunch.
Xavier Institute:
""Storm, I need you to make an audition"" Storm stopped watering her plants and went to change into her suit, but in her way to her room she spotted a black car stopping in front of the house "that must be Mr. Wayne" she muttered.
Bruce sighted in relief, being inside a plane and then a car was not something that he liked; it made him feel trapped "So this is the institute" he noticed that it was very far from the center of the city, and in a private area "Interesting, I will search more clues inside" realizing that he was speaking alone and that he must look like a crazy person he decided to stop searching and start to see the institute, Bruce knocked the door and waited. The door opened, and revealed a young kid with dark blue hair "hello, zhat can I help you whit?" Bruce smiled at the young lad "My name is Bruce Wayne, I came here to speak with the professor" Kurt eyes widened "Mr. Wayne? I zhough you were older!" Bruce chuckled "Yeah that´s what most people think, so what is your name?" "Kurt"-"Nice to meet you Kurt, can you show me were Mr. Xavier is" "Ja, please follow me".
While they were walking down the hallways Bruce picked up some interesting stuff, there was a burn mark in the wall, someone normal would have said that it was because of the irresponsibility of the kids, but not Bruce, the burn was way to precise, it looked like if it was made by a laser. They stopped in front of a large office that reminded him of his father´s study. Before Kurt could knock a voice called from inside "Please come in" Bruce raised an eyebrow. Odd. "Ah, Bruce, it´s been so long since I last saw you, I think you were nine" Bruce smiled and was about to say something about watching the institute but was interrupted by Xavier "So, shall we see the institute"-"You read my mind" Kurt laughed, "Oh you have no idea mein (2) friend"-"shall we Bruce?"-"please, lead the way"
Xavier was explaining the history of the institute when a lightning was heard. Bruce commented "Weird, there wasn't a cloud in the sky when I arrived".
Outside the mansion:
Toad looked at the place where Scott had sent him, the middle of the forest nearly at the end of Bayville; he looked around trying to find Scott. It started raining out of nowhere, and thunders could be heard all over the place "What the heck?" a lightning nearly hit him and he started running (or in his case jumping) towards the nearest house: The Xavier Institute.
"No, this wasn't supposed to happen!"Strom cried in horror. Kurt was walking around the mansion, checking out his new home, he smile; it was nice being around people like him, that didn't see him like a monster. He turned around at the sound of the doors opening. He felt the strength of the wind in his face, suddenly a guy with an interesting outfit that resembled a frog flying towards "Zhat the hell!" "watch it yo!" Toad snapped angrily at the blue elf kicking him in the arm breaking his watch "Oh no, my image inducer, you ruined it!" "Like if I care, elf"-"That's it, you are coming down toad boy" Toad make and agile move trying to hit Kurt in the face but he transported to the other side of the room, with a smug expression in his face at the reaction of the toad "Like people say here in America, na na na".
Bruce was busy watching the institute, they had entered Kurt´s room and there was blue fur in the floor. "You look troubled Bruce"-"Sorry Mr. Xavier, it´s just that I had a busy week" Xavier didn't say anything but tried to reach his mind to his surprise it was blocked. He tried again, with more force this time but couldn't, Bruce turned around slowly "you are trying to read my mind" he said flatly "How did you know"-"A friend thought how to protect my mind from others and feel when someone is trying to get in my head" the professor sighted "I´m sorry Bruce, but I was trying to make sure that you didn't have doubts"-"Why?" you don't understand what we are doing here, you see…" they heard a fight in the hallway, Bruce acted by instinct and instructed the professor to stay inside, he closed the door behind him and looked for the fight, and what he saw left him without breath for a second. Kurt now covered in blue fur and with a tail was fighting a teen that jumped like crazy and had a long tongue, he was frog. Kurt received a punch in the face that made him turn around. "Mr. Wayne!" he cried in horror realizing that he just had blown the cover for the institute. Toad wasted no time and wrapped his tongue around Kurt´s and started suffocate him. Bruce waited no time and punched Toad in the ribs "What the hell yo" Bruce smirked and grabbed Toad and pushed him to the other side of the room "Mr. Wayne, how did you do that"-"I'll explain you later right now we need to get this guy outside your house" Kurt nodded "Here let me" he transported to were Toad was and grabbed him by the collar, but Toad reacted fast and knee him in the stomach making him teleport somewhere. Bruce turned to Xavier "where did they go?"-"oh no, they went to the danger room"-"The what?" "A training facility" ""Scott, Jean, Kurt transported to the danger room with Todd, the danger room protocol of security will activate and hurt them badly"".
Scott and Jean rushed to the danger room.
"Bruce I believe that it´s better if you stay here"-"Sorry Xavier, but I believe that I will go, witch way?" Xavier sighted and leaded the way to the danger room. At arriving Bruce scanned the scene in front of him: Kurt was trying to avoid being cut in half by a huge machine that resembled a giant scissor, meanwhile, Toad was having a hard time trying to avoid being shot.
Bruce reached for his belt, bur remembered that he didn't bring it "Dam it, I will have to do it the old way" He ran to the danger room and kicked with all his strength the giant scissor, all cameras turned to him, two launched at him but he avoided them making them hit each other, he heard the sound of a laser, Scott and Jean had entered the room and started helping. "Mr. Wayne what the heck you are doing here" Scott called avoiding a laser. Bruce didn't respond and grabbed a laser machine and pointing it at the other "You glasses I need you to distract the scissor meanwhile I take care of the laser, alright?" Scott nodded.
"Charles I'm so sorry, I didn't know that Todd will run to the institute..."-"It's ok Ororo, right now we need to disable the danger room" Xavier stopped to stare to the window, Bruce was holding in the danger room, and it looked like he was doing it without a problem. "Deactivate all defense systems" the room went dead in a matter of seconds.
Scott sighted in relief; Bruce had damaged his suit but didn't seem to care. Toad had escaped while he could, but the professor surely had erased his mind when he stepped a foot out of the institute. Jean tried to reach Bruce´s mind but to her surprise was rejected, she tried again and again and again until Bruce sighted "Could you please stop trying to get in my head is annoying" Jean gasped and Scott gulped, if they didn't erase his mind their secret was out. They would be hunted down and they would never see each other again. Loan reclined against the door, he had watched all the fight; he looked at the new comers, the blue elf was inexperienced but he tried to make up for that by using his powers to confuse the machine, but the guy in the fancy clothes was different, he appeared to have no powers at all, but he had moves that he hadn't seen since he was in Asia, when he faced the… Logan's eyes narrowed and he growled taking out his claws he jumped to the room and kicked Bruce in the face. He recuperated quickly; he turned and kicked Logan in the face that made him back away for a second. "You got guts to come here assassin"-"What are you talking about"-"You don't fool me, I've seen those movements that you did, you are part of the League of Assassins".
Bruce growled and punched Logan in the jaw, Logan smirked when he saw Bruce groan in pain "Pure adamantium skeleton, you can't hurt that" he cut Bruce in the chest with one of his claws and kicked him in the face. "You are a tuff one I will give you that, but I will end you for what you people did to me". Logan was about to cut Bruce´s head off but the professor called from behind him "Logan stop that right now!"-"Sorry Chuck but this kid is dangerous, you see what he just did, he just held against the danger room being a simple human"-"Please Logan, there´s no need for this"-"Read his mind and then we talk"-"I can´t, he can block me out"-"See told you, he is dangerous". Bruce considered his options, he had three claws in his face, he could try to break Logan´s arm, but that would make the others attack him, he tried as hard as he could to think of a plan to escape but couldn't. He noticed that the read head apparently had telepathic powers. He groaned in annoyance "I´m so going to regret this" he muttered darkly "Read my mind" everyone turned to look at him "Zhat?"-"You heard me, read my mind; that will show you I mean no harm to you" Xavier considered that, Logan wanted answers, he knew that look in his eyes, he wanted to rip Bruce´s head off. He turned to Jean and nodded.
"This will just take a while"-"Then let´s get this over with" Jean sensed Bruce´s barriers disappear and started looking in his mind. (Inside Bruce´s mind) She looked at his parents and the good times that they had, she looked deeper and found the training that he received by some ninjas, they were painful to watch, because often he was covered in his own blood, she watched him say no to his master at the idea of killing a murderer. He barely escaped alive. Jean sensed the most painful memory was coming, she saw Bruce´s parents walking in the street, when suddenly a man with a gun came out of nowhere and shot Bruce´s parents. She felt the pain, the sadness, the anger that Bruce had felt, but the strongest one was revenge. He wanted revenge. She now was in a graveyard, Bruce was kneeling in front of the grave of his parents, she heard him say "I swear that I will not let anyone, suffer what I am suffering, no criminal would be safe, but I will not kill them, I will bring them to justice; I promise mom, I promise dad. I will never forget you."
Jean closed her eyes letting some tears roll down her cheeks; she looked up at Bruce "I´m so sorry" Bruce said nothing, but nodded. Logan growled "So what did you find"-"He is a good person, he had a good reason to join the league of…whatever, he didn't kill a murderer, even if when his life was at sake" Logan looked at Bruce and retracted his claws.
"Zhis is all my fault" Kurt said bitterly and transported somewhere. Bruce got up, he seemed unaffected by the slice that he had in his chest. "Mr. Xavier, what do you do here" - "We help people like us; you just witness a failed attempt to help a fellow mutant"-"Mutant?"-"A mutant is a human that was born with special abilities, this abilities are triggered by a gene that I call the X-gene, this give us our special abilities".
Scott moved closer to Bruce "Are you okay? He snorted "I´ve been through worse"-"I just wanted to thank you". Bruce smiled at him and looked around "Where is Kurt" I think I know where he is"-"I will go with you" Scott looked at him like he had grown a second head "You want to talk to him?"-"I know what the kid feels, he is completely wrong, besides" he looked to Logan who was glaring at him "I think that one slice in the chest is enough for today" Scott smirked.
Kurt was sitting in the Black bird "Man I screwed this up" he sighted miserably.
"Kurt, you there?"-"Ja" Scott seated next to Kurt "Tuff day huh" Kurt nodded slowly "How is Mr. Wayne?"-"I´m fine Kurt" Kurt jumped in surprise "I didn't hear you come in" Bruce shrugged "I'm good at sneaking up on people" Scott shivered "You say that like if that´s a good thing" Bruce ignored the comment "I´m so sorry of the trouble that I got you into Mr. Wayne"-"What do you mean?; it was me who entered the room, it was me who decided to attack the Toad"-"Yes but I was supposed to not reveal myself" Bruce didn't say anything for a while "What you people do is amazing, helping each other like that, my father was right, Charles Xavier is indeed a good man, and he has won my respect and my help" Scott´s jaw nearly hit the floor "That means… that you will help us" Bruce nodded. "Bruce I was thinking, that maybe you will like to join us" Scott said. He saw what he did in the danger room, he fought Logan. He was not normal, maybe he could help them.
"I remember a promise that I did a long time ago; that I will help everyone that needed help, no matter how or who he was, there would be justice" he thought of it for a while "You will have to ask the professor about it" Kurt smiled and hugged Bruce "Yes, this means that you can teach those awesome ninja moves that you did, Ja?" Bruce smiled "One step at a time"
Xavier couldn't believe his ears; Bruce had volunteered not just to help them financially but to join them at the mansion. "Bruce, I words cannot express how grateful I am, that you offer your help"-"Professor for a long time I have been searching for a way to help people, wath you are doing here is good" Logan was in the office as well "I´m sorry for trying to cut your head kid" Bruce shrugged "Not the worse welcome I got" Logan smirked "Boy I already started to like you" Bruce smiled before returning to his serious expression "Professor the materials that the frog had in his suite are expensive, for what you told me he doesn't have the money for buying that, I think some else hand is pulling the strings" Xavier nodded, he had a feling that he knew who.
Mystique´s office:
"You were given the chance to join the institute, an act as a spy from inside there and you blow it?!"-"Listen yo, it wasn't my fault, if it wasn't for the blue elf and that guy…." Mystique had it "NO MORE EXCUSES, OUT NOW!" Toad ran in time to evade a chair that was thrown at him. Mystique started muttering something. "Don´t be so hard on the kid" a shadow said from behind her "I´m sorry"-"Don't worry Mystique, my plan is already in motion" he said before disappearing. Mystique shivered, he always give her the creeps. She remembered that she forgot to ask the Toad: Who was that other guy that he was talking about.
A/N:
Hey guys, sorry for the delay, but you know how things are, work and stuff like that.
What did you tough of this chap? Please leave a review and tell me if a made some mistakes. Oh and by the way, should there be romance in the story? Something like Bruce/Rogue or Bruce/Kitty? , leave your thoughts or couples that you wish to see. There will be more DC characters but not right now.