No One's Pov
At a basketball game in New York City, people can be heard cheering as a player with the number 21, whose name is Evan Daniels, who has the basketball and is moving around the court.
"All right, that's it. That's it. Keep them away from you." The coach said.
The score for the game is 81 to 82 in the 4th, with 35 seconds left.
"Daniels, over here." A player with the number 32 said Daniels, and he passed to the player, and he went for a layup. However, the ball didn't go in.
The crowd was disappointed as the away team got the ball and started moving up the court with it. Storm was there watching the game.
"Get them! Steal the ball!" Evan's mom said
"Set up your zone. Don't let them shoot." Evan's father yelled out.
"Is it always this exciting?" Strom asked.
"No, this one's a real nail-biter." Evan's father answered.
The scoreboard showed there were twelve seconds left in the game.
The away team tried passing the ball around, but number 32 was quick on his feet and stole the ball from the home team and started moving down the court.
"Come on, 10 seconds! Go! Pietro, Daniels is open!" The coach yelled.
Pietro quickly passes the ball to Evan and starts making a break for the hoop.
"Now! You can do it, Evan. Shoot. Shoot!" Strom cheered.
Evan shot the ball, and at the same time, he gets pushed over, and as he was about to hit the ground, some spikes come out of Evan's arm, which shock Strom. Meanwhile, the ball goes in the hoop as time runs out, and the score is now 83-82, meaning that the home team has won the game.
The crowd was going crazy. Evan looked down at his arm and saw the spikes. He quickly hid it with his hand so no one could see them. Evan's teammates came over to him and started celebrating the win with him.
They picked Evan up in the air as Evan looked back at his arm and discovered that the spikes had disappeared.
"Yeah! Yes!" Evan cheered as he celebrated with his teammates.
Everyone on the team was happy with the exception of one Pietro who had his arms crossed and didn't look happy at all.
In the boys' locker room, Evan was putting his stuff away in his bag.
"Good game, man. " One of Evan's teammates said.
"Hey, yeah, Daniels. You rule, man." Another one added.
"Thanks, guys. Good game." Evan replied as they left, leaving him alone with Pietro.
"I should've known you'd hog all the glory." Pietro said
"What are you talking about?" Evan asked. "Everyone know that..." Then got cut off by Pietro.
"Everyone knows that if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have had that last shot. I knew I should've just taken it myself." Pietro answered.
"Hey, that was a great pass, man. But there's no way you could've made it down the court in time for a shot." Evan said.
"Hey, dude, I got moves you can't even imagine. And I'm holding back just to make guys like you look good." Pietro retorted as he slammed his hand on the lockers.
Pietro walks away, not before bumping his shoulders into Evan, then Storm, who heard everything walked into the locker.
"It seems like that boy has been competing with you since you were babies." Storm remarked.
"Hey, Auntie O, what's up?" Evan asked. "Where's Dad and Mom?"
"Waiting outside. I think the boys' locker room makes your mother nervous." Storm answered.
"Right. Some game, huh? It's tight that you showed." Evan said.
"And miss my favorite nephew's big game?" Strom asked, then she hugged Evan. "Not a chance."
"Thanks again for coming, Auntie." Evan replied.
"Evan, are you all right?" Storm asked. I've been concerned about you lately, you know, about the things we've discussed before."
"Yeah, yeah. No problem, Auntie O. Everything's cool." Evan said.
"Evan, I saw what happened to you out there tonight when you fell." Storm replied.
"Hey, it's no big deal. I got it under control." Evan said, trying to brush it off.
Then Evan sneezed, and the spikes came shooting out from his back and into the lockers behind him, and some in front of him just missed Storm.
"Bless you." Storm said.
"Busted, huh?" Evan asked.
"Big time." Storm answered as now the locker room was now full of spikes.
At the Daniels residents, they were having a cookout celebrating Evan's big win.
"I still can't get over that last shot, son. What a beauty. You're gonna remember this game for a long time." Evan's father said
"Yes, wasn't it exciting?" Evan's mother said.
Meanwhile, Storm was talking to Evan.
"What amazes me is that you've kept it concealed this long." Strom said.
"I'm telling you, I've got it covered. A few points, a few spikes, I mean, so what? This is New York." Evan retorted.
"Evan, you need to take this seriously. The Xavier Institute can offer you training.
"I don't need training, man. I can take care of myself.Anyone messes with me, bam." Evan said as he hit a tree with his spikes.
Storm turned around to look at Evan's parents, who were lucky and didn't see anything. "No, Evan. You mustn't use your powers like that. You have to learn control."
"Hey, I've got control." Evan said as he retracted his spikes. "See? Everything's cool."
"Like in the locker room?" Storm asked.
"All right, so it's not perfected yet." Evan answered.
"I think we'd better continue this conversation with your parents." Storm suggested.
"Like I didn't know that was coming. Can't this wait until after school tomorrow?" Evan asked. "I mean, this is a big night for them."
"Get them while they're hot." Evan's father called out.
"All right." Strom said.
Evan kissed Storm on the cheek and then ran over and high five his dad.
"Ororo, how's it going with your nephew?" Professor X asked Storm telepathically.
"Just as I feared, professor. He's being stubborn." Strom replied.
"All right, we'll go to plan B. Scott, Jean, and Jacob will arrive in the morning. By the way, Cerebro detected another mutant signature at the game tonight but couldn't get a clear reading on it for some reason. Did you notice anyone else there unusual?" Professor X asked.
"Maybe, but I'm not certain yet." Storm answered.
"Very well. Keep me informed." Charles replied.
At the end of school, Evan was walking to his locker, and then he opened and pulled out his wallet and opened it to find no cash."
"Man! Not again." Evan said in anger.
"Something wrong?" Pietro asked, sneaking up on Evan.
Evan gasps. "Where did you come from?"
"That's a question you should ask on the court." Pietro said.
"Look, I know you're fast, man. You were really busting some great moves last night." Evan replied.
Ah-ha, you finally admit that I'm better than you." Pietro remarked.
"I said you were faster, not better. I got a few tricks of my own, you know." Evan retorted.
"Sure you do." Pietro said, then grabbed Evan's wallet. "Like getting ripped off for the second time this month. What's up with that?"
"Yeah, I even changed the combination." Evan explained.
"Hmm, sounds like a bona fide mystery, dude." Pietro remarked.
"Yeah, but I'm gonna trap this sleazeball." Evan said.
"Sure, Daniels. But you're gonna need some bait." Pietro replied, and then he handed Evan his wallet back this time with cash in it.
"Hey. Thanks, man. I'll get it back to you on allowance day." Evan says, then puts his wallet back in his locker and then shakes hands with Pietro. "Catch you later."
Then Evan walked away.
"Not even on your best day, Daniels. You'll never catch me." Pietro remarked.
Later that night, Scott, Jean, and Jacob, along with Storm and Evan's parents, were talking with Evan.
"Man, you don't give up. Do you, Auntie O?" Evan asked.
"That's because she loves you. She's concerned. We all are." Jean said
"Well, I'm not, but I will be supportive." Jacob retorted.
"This explains why you're always coming home with holes in your clothes." Evan's mom said.
"We always knew this was a possibility, Vi. While you did not receive the mutant gene as I did, we knew it could show up in future generations." Storm explained.
"It's really not so bad, Mrs. Daniels. Having special powers can be cool sometimes." Scott said.
"You're preaching to the choir glasses." Jacob remarked.
"Oh, yeah? I'll tell you what, shades." Evan said.
"Ooh, burn." Jacob said as he pointed at Scott.
"Yeah, you too. Let me see what you've got. That's so cool." Evan retorted.
"Evan!" Evan's mom shouted.
"Sorry, Mom." Evan apologized.
"No, really. It's okay. It's just that Scott's powers aren't really what you'd call "indoor-friendly." Jean remarked.
"What about him?" Evan asked, pointing at Jacob.
"I got this, Jean." Jacob said, then he walked over to Evan. "Two things one I'm one of a kind I have powers you're small brian won't even begin comprehend Little Anguirus and second I never said that having powers were cool some are while some are curse and forced upon you."
Jacob then showed off his tail and dorsal plates along with his gills and claws to Evan.
"Okay, whatever. Look, man, I like it right here, and I'm not going to some home for freaks. If you'll excuse me, I have school stuff to take care of." Evan said as he ran up the stairs
"Evan!" Vi called out to her son but got no response.
Jean and Scott then got off the coach.
"Well, that went well." Jean said.
"Yeah, and I thought we were really making a connection there." Scott replied.
"In the words of a yellow cartoon dad, the lesson is never try." Jacob said as he retracted his dorsal plates, tail, claws, and gills.
"I apologize for my son, Mr. Summers. He's obviously dealing with a lot right now. I'll talk to him."
Jean gasps. "Hey, he's going out the window."
Evan then jumps out the window with his skateboard by the time everyone headed outside he was skating away.
"We really need to work on our sales pitch." Scott said.
"No shit."Jacob commented.
Evan was now at the school after hours.
"Okay, sneak thief, you wanna play tonight? The spike-man is ready." Evan said as he popped out his spikes and waited in a corner.
Just then, it got windy as all the lockers started opening, and everything came flying out of the lockers. Everything started to surround Evan, and then he started throwing spikes into the ground. Just then, Pietro appeared right in front of him in his suit.
"Pietro?" Evan asked.
"Call me Quicksilver. Like the outfit? Made it myself. Took about a quarter second." Pietro said. "Look at this. Seems my old pal has a few tricks of his own. But as usual, it's not as good as mine."
Pietro then ran around the spikes, and they got thrown somewhere else, and he appeared right behind Evan.
Evan turned around and looked at Pietro. "You? You've got powers, too?"
"Finally. Remember, Daniels, anything you can do, I can do better. Mind if I take that back?" Pietro asked as he grabbed the cash from Evan's wallet.
"But why would you want to rip me off?" Evan asked.
"Kicks, man. For the challenge." Pietro answered. "When you live as fast as I do, there ain't enough things to occupy my time. I gotta entertain myself. And you thought you could stop me. Well, wrong again."
Then Pietro quickly slaps Evan.
"Don't bet on it." Evan said as he got a spike ready, but Pietro ran behind him and pushed him to the ground.
"Too slow. What a surprise." Pietro said while yawning, then he heard the sounds of police sirens. "You're gonna need some more time to work on those powers of yours. Maybe I can arrange it."
"What do you mean?" Evan asked.
"Can you say "scapegoat "?" Pietro asked back, then he ran away, and Evan turned around and saw the cops.
Evan was arrested and was now in a holding cell, and he heard the sound of a door opening. Then he saw his parents, Storm, Jean, Scott, and Jacob come in.
"Evan, what happened?" Vi asked.
"Welcome to the downside, pal. Misuse your powers, go to jail." Scott said.
"It wasn't me, man." Evan replied
"Hey, I believe you, Evan. In fact, I know you didn't do it." Jean said.
"Same." Jacob agreed.
"Evan, please listen to me. Let us help you." Storm said.
"So we'll make you a deal. The professor will use his influence to get you out, and you give the institute a shot. Scott offered. "What do you say?"
"Like I've got a choice? Evan asked.
"Hey, hey, you've always got a choice. We just want to help you make it the right one." Scott replied.
"Okay. Deal." Evan said.
The next morning at the Institute, everyone was enjoying breakfast.
"So, like, where's this new guy?" Kitty asked.
"Still sleeping. He had a difficult evening." Professor X answered
"I love the smell of bacon in the morning." Kurt said.
"You and me both, Kurt." Jacob remarked.
"I think he knows who really trashed those lockers. Scott said. "Did he tell you?"
"No, and I'm not going to pry. He'll tell us when he's ready." Professor X answered.
"You ask me. He's looking to settle that score personally. Pass the sausages, red." Logan said as Jean passed the sausages using her telekinesis.
"Eww, that stuff, like, totally plugs your arteries." Kitty said in disgust.
"I appreciate your concern." Logan replied to Kitty as he stabbed three sausages with his claws.
"Try nuclear radiation it helps with digestion." Jacob remarked.
"I suspect you may be right about Evan's intentions, Logan." Charles said.
"Yeah. Trust me, Chuck. I may not be able to read minds, but I know what a boy thinks about when he's been wronged." Logan said.
Then Kurt tried to grab some food as he was hanging upside down from the chandelier.
"Elf!" Logan sighs. "How many times I gotta tell you? Ask and it'll get passed to you."
"Sorry, I didn't want to interrupt you." Kurt said, then teleports back to his seat.
"That's better. Now mind your manners." Logan said as he passed a plate to Kurt.
"In any case, it might be best if Evan had other things to distract his mind. I've already enrolled him in Bayville. Scott, could you introduce him to the basketball coach?" Professor X asked.
"Sure. After that last game he played in New York, the coach will jump at him." Scott replied.
"Good. Then, let's hope that Evan's desire for vengeance is short-lived." Professor X said.
In the Principal Darkhölme's office, Mystique was talking to Magneto while Rogue and the Brotherhood were outside the office
"I'm honored that you've come." Mystique said.
"I'm not here for your little student body meeting, Mystique. Behold." Magneto retorted as he showed a hologram of Pietro.
"So this is the speed demon I've been hearing about." Mystique said
"Pietro Maximoff. He is of particular interest to me. I have waited for just the right moment to approach this young man. And now is the time." Magneto replied.
"Then we shall extend the hand of friendship to the boy." Mystique remarked.
It will not be that easy. He believes he needs no one. However, there may be a way." Magneto stated.
"Yes?" Mystique asked.
Then, a hologram of Evan is shown on Mystique's desk
"Young Pietro has long had a grudge rivalry against Evan Daniels." Magneto explained.
"The new student Xavier enrolled here last week." Mystique said.
"Yes. Pietro has recently taken advantage of that competition. And I believe Mr. Daniels would like to settle the score." Magneto explained.
"Well then, I know just how to bring them together." Mystique replied.
"Excellent. Then I will take it from there." Magneto said.
Meanwhile, at the Institute in the Danger Room, the X-Men were suited up and training.
"This is your fifth run. Do you want to take a break?" Scott asked Evan.
"No time for breaks, man. You got me here to train, so let's train." Evan replied.
"You heard the man." Logan said. "Let's roll."
Evan then jumps on his skateboard and starts going down the ramp. Jean then started to use her telekinesis to throw balls at Evan. Evan ducked under two of them and then threw two spikes at the other ones and hit two balls, breaking them.
Scott then fired his beam at Evan and missed him two times, but he hit Evan's skateboard, making fly off it. Evan then landed in front of Logan and Jacob.
"Not too shabby, porcupine." Logan said to which Jacob nodded and helped Evan up.
"Spyke, the coach called.He says you gotta come to the gym. You've got a game." Kitty said.
"There wasn't one on the schedule." Evan retorted.
"There is now. Coach says Principal Darkholme put it together at the last minute. He wants you suited up in one hour because you're starting against P.S.104." Kitty explained.
Then Kurt teleported to where Evan was.
"Dude! All right! You get to play against your alma mater." Kurt said.
"Yeah." Evan remarked.
A school bus was pulling up to Bayville as Pietro got off the bus along with the rest of his teammates.
"Hey, Maximoff." Evan called out.
"Well, well. Are you out of jail already? Or is this miserable dump part of your punishment?" Pietro asked.
"We've got a score to settle, Pietro." Evan said.
Evan tried to grab him, but Pietro ran behind him.
"As usual, too slow." Pietro said, then he pushed Evan to the ground. "Props for the attitude. Might be hope for you after all, Daniels."
Scott put his hand on Pietro's shoulder while Jean and Jacob were with Scott.
"What's going on here?" Scott asked.
"Nothing I can't handle." Evan retorted.
"Is this the guy who was stealing from the lockers? Jean asked.
"Stay out of this." Evan said
"Is that true?" Scott asked.
"Actually, yeah. I trashed those lockers." Pietro answered. "Why? Are you gonna do something about it?"
"I think you better come with us." Scott said.
"I don't think so." Pietro said.
Pietro then grabs Scott and throws him into Jacob, knocking both of them down as Jacob wasn't ready to have someone to throw a person at him.
"That's it, Pietro! You're going down this time!" Evan yelled.
Evan then jumps at Pietro, but Pietro moves to the side, and Evan misses him again.
"That sounds like a challenge. Come on, Daniels. Let's see what you have." Pietro said as he then ran off.
Evan opened his bag and pulled out his skateboard and suit.
"Trust me, man, you're gonna find out." Evan said as he went after Pietro.
"Man, that guy's fast." Scott said.
"We can't let Evan do this alone." Jean remarked.
"He won't be alone." Jacob said.
"Jacob is right when you're with the X-Men. You're never alone. Let's go." Scott said.
The trio went after Evan and Pietro.
Pietro was now in his suit and running through the street and stopped and looked back at Evan.
"Give it up, Daniels. You're out of your league." Pietro said, laughing.
"Not this time, Pietro. It's time I win one." Evan remarked.
Pietro then makes Evan go flying into a wall.
"You call this a challenge?" Pietro asked. "You can't touch me no matter what I do. Check it out, spike-boy. Say bye-bye to Bayville."
Pietro started running so fast that the windows he passed they started to break, and cars started to flip over as Jacob, Scott, and Jean all suited up arrived.
"We have to stop him." Scott said.
"I've tried.He's just too fast. I thought you said all that training stuff would help." Evan replied as he took off his helmet and threw it to the ground.
"Training's just one part of it, Spyke. Teamwork's another." Scott said.
"He's right. We have to out-think him." Jacob added.
"Yahoo!" Pietro yelled out as he came running past the four of them and started to get windy."See you."
"Dagon's right. We have to be smarter than him. Jean, he can't run if his feet are off the ground." Scott said.
"On it." Jean replied.
Jean then used her powers to lift Pietro off the ground.
'Hey, what's going on?" Pietro asked, then he started to spinning faster and faster, creating a twister.
"I can't hold him." Jean said
"Hold onto this, baby. It's twister time." Pietro said, laughing.
Then everybody started getting pushed backwards as Evan and Scott grabbed a hold of a light pole to stop themselves from being blown away as Jean did the same with a mailbox while Jacob stabbed his claws into the ground.
"Look out!" Scott yelled.
Jacob looked up and got hit by a car and sent flying back.
"Dagon!" Evan yelled.
"He'll be fine he's got a healing factor, Spyke, lock and load." Scott said.
Scott then blasts Pietro with his eye beams and cause Pietro to stop spinning and hit a wall, then Evan throws spikes at Pietro, pinning him up against the wall
"I can't get loose. I can't get loose!" Pietro yelled as Evan, Scott, and Jean walked up to him.
"Not so fast now, are you, Quicksilver?" Evan asked as Jacob toss the car off of him and join the group.
"You alright?" Jean asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Jacob replied.
"Yeah? What good's it do you, Daniels?" Pietro asked. "You can't prove I had anything to do with getting you in trouble. Can you?"
"Sounds like a challenge." Evan said as he pulled out a tape recorder. "I got it all right here. Check this out."
Pietro: (V.O.) Actually, yeah. I trashed those lockers. Why? Are you gonna do something about it?
"Good shot, dude.Looks like some of that training did pay off." Scott said, then Jacob punched Pietro in the face, knocking him out.
"What was that for Jacob?" Scott said.
"Payback for throwing a car at me." Jacob replied.
Then they all heard police sirens, and they took off.
"Hey! Hey, you gotta let me out of here. I want out of here!" Pietro yelled out from a holding cell.
Then everything began to shake, and Pietro fell off the bars, and then he looked up.
"Huh? You?" Pietro asked.
"It is good to see you again, Pietro, even under such distressing circumstances." Magneto said.
"Yeah.Well, you can make them a lot less distressing, you know. Come on, hustle it up. Move it." Pietro remarked.
"Still impatient." Magneto said. "But you have grown much, Pietro. And I need your services if you think you can handle the job."
"Sounds like a challenge. Okay. Whatever you want. Just let's bail this jail." Pietro replied.
"Very well." Magneto said as he then used his powers to bend the metal to make a big enough hole for Pietro to get out of , and Magneto held out his hand. "Come with me."
Pietro grabbed Magneto's hand, and then they took off.
At the Institute, almost everyone was outside by the pool. Jacob was in swim trunks sitting by the side of the pool with his legs in the pool
He looked up to see Kurt up in the air.
"Look out.Cannonball!" Kurt yelled as he did a cannonball as he created a big splash with cause Kitty to be knocked off her pool float and into the water.
"Kurt, knock it off." Kitty said.
"Congratulations, Evan.I understand you've been cleared of all charges." Professor X said.
"Yeah, it feels good to have that off my record.Hey, thanks for your help, professor." Evan replied.
"Professor! Kurt's, like, totally getting fur in the pool." Kitty yelled.
"I am not." Kurt replied.
"We're just glad to have you with us." Professor X said.
"Thanks. Hey, check this out." Evan said as he then got a running start. Then he jumped into the air, but his spikes came out, and he landed on top of Kitty's pool float, popping it.
"Sorry." Evan apologized.
'It would appear your nephew's going to fit in just fine, Ororo." Professor X chuckles.
"Yes, but one must wonder, is that a good thing?" Storm asked.
Kitty was giving Evan a glare.
Evan nervously laughs as Kitty folds her arms over her chest and lets a Hmph.
Kitty then saw Jacob, who was by himself, so she swims towards him.
"Hey Jacob, you mind if I like you know sit next to you?" Kitty asked.
"Sure, no problem." Jacob said with a smile.
Kitty then climbed out the pool and sat next to Jacob and, like him, had her legs in the water he looked at her and saw she was wearing a pink one-piece swimsuit.
"So, did the Professor find anything more about your past?" Kitty asked.
"No, nothing yet, but I have to keep on to hope." Jacob answered.
"That good, don't worry, we will help you find your memories." Kitty said.
"Thanks, Kitty." Jacob said.
"You're welcome." Kitty replied.
Then the two looked at the water.
"I love the water. I don't know why, but it has this effect on me like I home in the water." Jacob said as Kitty nodded.
Then Kitty was staring at Jacob's lean but muscular chest and arms.
"I can't stare." Kitty thought.
"Kitty, are you okay?" Jacob asked.
"Would it be like weird if I touch your muscles for a little bit." Kitty said without thinking, which cause her to madly blush. "Did I like you know said that out loud?"
"Yes, you did." Jacob said, which caused Kitty to madly blush again in embarrassment. "Hey, I'm ok with it."
"You sure?" Kitty asked, to which Jacob nodded. "Thank you."
Kitty was nervous to feel his muscles because this was the frist time she touch a boy's muscles but she felt his muscles on his left arm and she touch his claws on his left hand it felt like a crocodiles claws.
"I wish I knew why I got these powers. I thought I was cruse. Maybe I'm still am." Jacob remarked.
"Why would you say that?" Kitty asked.
"Well, I think I'm the only person who has this extraordinary power, but it came at a cost." Jacob said.
"You're memories?" Kitty asked, to which Jacob nodded.
Kitty took Jacob's hand and held it tightly. "Hey, like I said before, we will help you uncover your memories, I promise you."
"Pinky promise?" Jacob said, giving a light-hearted smile, and Kitty smiled and nodded as the two gave a pinky promise to each other.
"Promise." Kitty said.
Then the two went quiet as Kitty gave Jacob a smile and leaned on his shoulder, just enjoying their quiet moment with each other.
"Hey, look at the love birds." Evan called out, which caused the moment to be over as Kitty got back in the pool and went after him, which caused Jacob to chuckles as he got in the pool for a swim.