36The Riot
Jaqueris followed behind Dani as they made their way to Ms. Frost. He had never interacted with the women, their only encounter being when he was being punished for fighting with Julian. Thinking about this brought up a sour taste in his mouth as he remembered the woman trying to read his mind without his permission.
"Dani, do we really have to go find her? I mean people forget stuff all the time. Do we need a telepath for this?" he asked
She looked over her shoulder at the taller boy and said, "Normally I'd agree with you, but we've been having 'problems' with one of the schools telepaths lately and we want to be sure."
"What's their name?" he asked curiously
"Quentin Quire." She said before turning to walk again
Jaqueris looked confused as he asked, "Who?"
Ja'Keyon leaned against the wall as he waited impatiently for Frost. The blonde bombshell known as Emma Frost had explained that she would be scanning his mind for any abnormalities caused by another telepath named Quentin Quire.
He wasn't particularly eager to have someone mucking around his mind no matter how experienced they were in doing so.
"Frost." He said belligerently
"Ms. Frost, thank you. If you are going to be my advisee and you expect respect then you'd best give it in return…darling." She replied quickly and without hesitation
He was surprised to find a teacher to talk to him that way that didn't have metal claws coming from between their knuckles and it was a woman at that! So for a moment he said nothing and just stared with his mouth slightly agape.
"Ms…Frost." He relented as showing respect was foreign to him, "Can I ask you to only scan for what you need and nothing else?"
He grimaced heavily after this ordeal, "Politeness…eck."
She gave him an affable smile, "Of course, I would never pry where I'm not wanted."
Her smile may have been genuine, but his gut told him that she was only telling a half truth.
The sound of the door opening drew their heads at the entrance, "Danielle and Mr. Malcolm to what do we owe the pleasure?" she asked though Ja'Keyon could tell she was only feigning politeness
The Native American women seemed able to sense this as well and replied with a sarcastic tone, "What, I can't come to visit one of my favorite co-workers?"
"If that's how you want to spend your time, then by all means I welcome the company." She replied
The two women smiled at one another but the two brothers could tell it was not friendly and completely superficial.
"Anyway, that's not why I came here. I think I have another head case for you." She said pointing at Jaqueris
"Head case?" he repeated defensively
Ja'Keyon snickered at the tease earning him a glare from his elder sibling.
"I see well then let's begin. I'll do you both at the same time." Said the telepath
Ja'Keyon snickered again at the inadvertent innuendo, Jaqueris noticed it too but he was mature enough not to pay it any attention unlike his brother, and this time he got an icy stare from the women clad in white which did the impossible by shutting him up proper.
"Now I want you both to relax your minds and let me do all the work." She said placing her hand on both of their foreheads
Jaqueris thought Ja'Keyon would laugh childishly again at her allusion but he seemed to have learnt his lesson. He looked at Emma who had her eyes closed at the moment as she tried to concentrate and he wondered what she was looking for: more memories manipulated by A.I.M. or…
"I said relax. You're making my job more difficult than it needs to be." She said quietly
Realizing his stray thoughts were delaying her finding anything he apologized and tried to keep his mind blank. At first he found it difficult because he kept having random thoughts pop into his head and then he saw a rush of mental pictures flash through his mind.
A fight between him and Quentin's gang, being crushed in a bear hug by a wax giant, blinded by a white light, and finally a Quire rummaging inside his head.
They both opened their eyes in shock at what had been presented with.
"What was that?" demanded Ja'Keyon his anger rising
Emma removed her mitts a contemplative look now across her well-sculpted features, "It seems young Quentin has used his talents to erase some of your memories including the ones involving you two ever meeting him."
"What!" almost screamed Ja'Keyon
"When exactly did this happen." Asked Jaqueris
"It would seem he did the deed last night when your brother." She gave Ja'Keyon a look before continuing, "Accompanied him into to town to take revenge on a group of humans. You followed them and managed subdue the majority of his party, in impressive fashion I might add, before you were both incapacitated. He then suppressed your memories of the event, but I restored them and they should return to you shortly."
The White Queen then made her way past the two boys towards the door.
"So where is Quentin now?" asked Danielle
Ja'Keyon listened intently for a reply eager to find the location of the little jerk and teach him a lesson about playing around in people's mind.
"I don't know. He is an Omega Level Telepath so he could either be shielding himself from me or simply out of my range."
As the two talked Jaqueris could feel his suppressed memories returning one by one which was far more comfortable than the flood of images that assaulted his mind just a minute ago.
"So you don't know where the egghead is." Presumed Ja'Keyon
She looked at the boy with cautious eyes, "Ja'Keyon whatever you are thinking about doing, please, I implore you to actually think before you do it. Quentin may be a student but he can be extremely dangerous if provoked."
Ja'Keyon didn't seem to hear a word she said as he said, "Do you know where he is or not?"
The beautiful women sighed and muttered something about along the lines of "Youth today." Before answering his question with a terse, "No, I don't."
She then began towards the door again and Jaqueris could tell she was not stopping this time. Danielle turned towards the boys and said, "You two have helped enough as is. For now just forget about the whole thing and let us handle it."
Following behind Emma she disappeared leaving the two brothers to their own devices.
"Can you believe this? That little schmuck played hide-and-seek with our memories." Raved Ja'Keyon
"Yeah it makes you wonder what else telepaths can do. I mean we didn't even realize he erased our memories." Answered Jaqueris rubbing his head a new respect for the powers of mental mutants
"We have to find him." Urged Ja'Keyon
Giving him a strange look Jaqueris said, "Why? Dani and Ms. Frost said that they'd handle it."
His brother huffed and spoke, "What are they gonna do give him detention? Face it their punishments are about as punishing as a pillow fight."
Turning to face him he questioned further with, "And what do you plan to do exactly?"
"Nothing much just a candlelight dinner and a handheld scroll through the park before I propose to him because he knows me so well." He revealed
The sarcasm in his voice couldn't have been more obvious and Jaqueris returned with, "Careful, I almost believe you for a second there. Quire does look like your type you know if you like crazy rebellious types."
His frown hung before he said, "I'm not crazy just mad. Now are you going to help me or what?"
"Or what, this talk about dating has me wanting to take Megan out somewhere tonight." Said Jaqueris effectively ending the conversation
As he walked away Ja'Keyon gave him a foul look and put his hand in his pocket. His fingers brushed across something hard and made of plastic. Pulling out a black inhaler that was melted beyond recognition a memory flashed through his mind.
The members of the Omega Gang each took their turn taking a hit from the container containing the drug Kick. Quentin was the last to take a puff before handing it out for Rebel to take.
Then the memory ended just as quickly as it began and an idea formed in Ja'Keyon's mind, "Yeah, you go get your daily dose of Pixie. I have a date of my own."
Danielle caught up to Emma in the hallway and placed her hand on her shoulder, "Slow down Emma. What's so urgent that you suddenly developed super speed?"
Continuing to walk she answered, "Nothing, I had to powder my nose."
Stepping in front of her Daniells stopped her movement and gave the woman a serious look crossing her arms to add to the effect.
Emma cocked her eyebrow before conceding, "When I read their minds I came across something very interesting. Quentin hinted at something bigger something, something "grander planned for mutantkind" as he put it. I thought it best if we find him before he has a chance to enact such a plan."
Danielle's hard features vanished as she said, "Okay, so what's our course of action?"
Emma began to walk once more and said, "First I have to find our adolescent telepath wherever he may be."
The deceased was laid atop a metal casket with arcs of electricity coursing through his body. The room was set up to resemble a traditional funeral, even though it was anything but, with the leader ever reading from a holy book that just so happened to not be the bible.
"My fellow Homo Perfectus today is not a day of mourning but one of happiness. Because even though our brother was not of the purity to contain the mutant transplants he received…we are! For today is the day of the Recycled Man, let the harvest begin!" he concluded
They were all dressed in blue suits containment suits with glass helmets, in earnest they looked like something off of a sci-fi movie. After their leader had ended his "sermon" all eight gathered around the body helping themselves to the surgical tools laid out on a tray beside the body.
As they looked at the body in front of them hungrily one of them said, "He promised me his x-ray eyes."
Another uttered, "Well, I get the jaw." A third vulture wielding a bonesaw said, "Do we all get a piece or just the group leaders?"
Crash!
The large red van carrying the ideological students of Xavier's crashed through the wall into the base of the U-Men. The room fell deathly silent at the ostentatious entrance until the doors of the vehicle came open.
Out stepped the self proclaimed "New X-Men" clad in their characteristic uniforms depicted in an anti-mutant newspaper. The first to speak was Quentin, "X-Men so our friends how we deal with threats to mutants now."
The four mutants behind him ran forward to carry out their order with deadly efficiency.
10 Minutes Later
The U-man felt the bile about to rise in his stomach as he stared at the scene in front of him, "You should see these two freaks go at it. Right out in the open like on the Discovery Channel or something! One looks like a chicken and the other has wings like a bug."
The second U-man shook his head at his companion's perversion and continued with his laptop, "I have to report this. If those two are here then that means there are probably more nearby."
He pressed a key on the pad and began to speak inside, "U-Man Patrol to U-Man Central is anyone there? We've come across what appears to be a camping trip by mutants from Xavier's School."
There was only silence on the other end which served to frustrate the U-man.
"Look the girls quivering like crazy and what's the chicken doing now? Man, these binoculars suck I wish I had U-man Parr's telescopic eyes."
"Shut up! U-Man Central come in we've found a party of mutants nearby, what are our orders?" he called into the mic
Still no reply came through and the man almost threw the computer into a rock nearby.
"You know that they're having Bob Smitts funeral today, right?" reminded the binocular wielder
He began to type another website into the address bar of the computer and pressed Enter. In a matter of seconds the Sublime website showed up on screen and the U-man clicked a tab reading "Tenets". Reading the contents carefully he smiled to himself and said,
"Master John says that it is a U-man's right and duty to harvest mutant organs." He stood up and turned around, "The younger the better."
The crouching lookout then turned his face into his own malevolent smile and said, "Maybe I'll get those new eyes yet."
Tattoo managed to catch the broadcast flowing through the computer and asked Quentin, "Those are our classmates, should we go help them?"
"That sounds like my class with Angel and all the others. I wonder if Xorn is with them?" said Glob Herman
The purple haired leader didn't turn to her as he observed the squirming U-man on the ground. Such was the state of every U-man in the base they were either mutilated or dead, thanks to the efforts of his X-men. The man below him however was still conscious but was in considerable pain on account of both his legs being broken.
In response to her earlier question Quentin said, "No, if that is Professor Xorn's Special Class then they should be fine. Besides I have a question that needs answering."
He then broke the seal of his helmet, revealing a man with dark hair and baby blue eyes, as the victim pleaded quietly, "Please I-I can't breathe…the air until the world is perfect. It's my religion!"
"Pfft…religion." Mocked Radian
Tattoo went into her pocket and retrieved a bottle of Hypercortisone D, "Redneck, take a puff." She commanded throwing the bottle at him
The mutant caught it and subsequently took a puff a look of pleasure washing over his body and showing on his face.
"I have to know why do any of you want to be mutants? I mean it's not like it's a walk in the park. People like you murder us, exterminate our artists, and cut out our organs and stick them inside your diseased bodies. It's hypocritical if you think about it."
The man continued to mutter pleas of "Don't hurt me" and the like but it all fell on deaf ears and Quentin continued, "You're not in a religion you know? You're in a cult of cannibalistic maniacs who have way too much ambition and no direction, but that's the way humans always are and always will be."
Nearby Glob held out his hands as Redneck began to heat them with his power, "Hey, Quentin should we tell this guy what Glob is made of…before he can't hear anything anymore?"
The bio-paraffin mutants hand finally reached the desired scolding temperature and he strolled over to the man on the ground and placed his hands on the man's face. Blood curdling screams resounded in the air as his skin was burned away by the hot…
"Wax or living wax to be exact!" revealed Quentin
Standing outside the U-Man base was a tall man dressed in a brown hood with a mask covering the lower half of his face. He could hear the death wails of the man inside the base, but he wouldn't or couldn't interfere.
He was already risking a lot by being here and stopping the group mutant radicals would only increase that risk tenfold. So for now he settled for the role of a standby.
"Julian should be coming soon with Laura and Julian." He said to himself
Ja'Keyon walked towards his last destination. He had searched high and low for this girl going from the commons area to the basketball court. Luckily he had come across Julian and managed to convince him with the lure of bullying nerds.
"I still don't get why we have to find the clone." Said the dark-haired boy beside him
Holding up what used to be a Kick inhaler he said, "Quire used this inhaler along with his little friends. X-23 has super senses so she can find them if we show her this."
He turned his face into a frown and said, "Yeah, but…she's so creepy and I always get the feeling she might stab me if I piss her off too much."
They came to the door leading into the garage and Ja'Keyon said, "Then you'd better not piss her off."
Opening the door they were greeted with Logan working on one his bikes with Laura sitting in the corner reading a book but stopped as the two entered.
Whatever smart remarks Julian had ready instantly fell on the wayside of his mind when he spotted Logan present as well. The Canuckle smelled them coming and looked up at the two teens.
"What do you two want?" he asked gruffly
Julian remained silent and looked for Ja'Keyon to answer, "We came for Laura to see if she might want to help us with something."
"And what might that be?" he interrogated
Ja'Keyon was quiet for a minute Logan was being overprotective at the moment so asking Laura to help find a student so he could get the ass-cutting that was coming to him probably would bear no fruit.
"We need help finding someone, Quentin Quire, Frost and Moonstar are looking for him." He replied innocently
It wasn't exactly a lie, but it wasn't the complete truth either and he knew about Logan's ability to discern falsehoods so he added a wide smile to help authenticate his tale.
"I will help them." Entered Laura
The three looked at the formally silent girl and Ja'Keyon said without thinking, "Really? I-I mean thanks."
Shrugging Wolverine said, "Whatever, just don't do anything I wouldn't." he then returned to working on his bike
Outside in the hallway Ja'Keyon held out the deformed inhaler, "Alright, here it is. Quire touched this last night so the scent should be strong enough for you to track."
Taking the bottle from him she sniffed it a couple of times earning her a weird gaze from Julian.
"There are many scents on this container, including your own." She explained
Ja'Keyon had expected as much, "That's alright if we find one of his friends then Quire won't be far behind."
Laura nodded then walked away with the two boys following her. Outside they waited for Julian to summon a telepathic disk to transport them.
He cracked his fingers and grinned arrogantly, "Ok, hold on to your panties ladies." He looked at Laura who remained expressionless before turning to Rebel "And gentlemen if you're into that sort of thing."
"Just hurry up and fly." His friend responded
Julian's eyes turned a shade of emerald green that put even Laura's jade orbs to shame this was followed by his hands giving off the same energy output and then a green disk of telekinetic origin manifested under their feet lifting them off the ground by a few feet.
"Okay, so where do we go now?" asked Julian
"East into the forest." Answered Laura
With that Julian zoomed forward in the desired direction hovering above the trees of the vast forest.
"Tell me X-23…" started Ja'Keyon
"My name is Laura Kinney." She interrupted sternly
Ja'Keyon heard Julian chuckle lightly and then said under his breath, "Burn" but ignored it.
"Right, X-I mean Laura what made you agree to come with us? I mean I may have sort of bended the truth a little when I told you the reason I wanted to find Quire." He admitted
"I know." She revealed
This truth made took a jab at his pride as he was sure that he had fooled her enhanced senses when she agreed, "Okay, then why did you come?"
What happened next required the most astute observer as Laura's eyes briefly darted at Julian, who missed it because his head was turned, before going back to staring ahead.
Instead of answering directly she said, "We are getting close to your target."
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!
A frightful scream shot into the air making Julian stop in his tracks, "What was that?" he asked
"A scream." Answered Laura plainly
He frowned at her and said, "Brilliant deduction Sherlock. What I meant was who is the one screaming?"
"Why did you not just say that?" she asked
Before the two could start arguing Ja'Keyon said, "Does it really matter? We came to find Quire not save someone from an attack by Smokey The Bear."
Laura dismissed his callous remark and searched the area for the scream assisted by the height they were levitating at "There!" she said pointing
Below the trio spotted several of their classmates bunched together with a body dressed in a blue containment suit laying in front of him his head covered by a very large rock.
"Wait I recognize them. They're part of Xorn's freaky Special Class but what are they doing out here?" said Julian
Laura sniffed the air and said, "There are two scents that I do not recognize below hidden by the brush."
Ja'Keyon groaned audibly, he didn't really care about the predicament the group had gotten themselves into and just wanted to find Quire.
Baannng!
A gunshot sounded off and the students below all shuddered in fear.
"Woah!" said Julian
"They are being attacked." Stated Laura
"Yeah, I know I'll just get us closer to the ground so we can…" he stopped when he sensed Laura moving beside him
The daring clone had jumped from the disk into a tree below, "Clone, are you crazy?" called Julian after her
The two U-Men took aim ready to bring the young mutants down with fire from their customized weapons.
"Okay, I'm definitely getting the big one's eye for myself." Said one of them
"Just focus on taking him down before that teacher with the helmet shows Grrggh" his words remained forever stuck in his throat as Laura landed on top of him and drove her claws into his neck
"Ahhhh!" yelled his partners surprised as he turned to his left and readied his gun to fire on the girl
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three shots were fired that struck the remaining U-Man in the head and chest toppling him to the ground. Ja'Keyon appeared from out of a tree brandishing a new black handgun, "I still think we're wasting valuable time helping these guys." He informed
The students stared at them in shock at their performance as Ja'Keyon walked towards them. The group was…eccentric to say the least. The most noticeable of the bunch was a boy wearing a specially designed containment suit with green accents around the mouth, eyes, ears, and on the side of his body.
The rest were equally strange with one boy resembling a humanoid chicken, a colossal pink boy with overly fleshy skin and a featureless face save for sunken ears, a slit-like mouth, and a single eye socket in the center. Also in the group was a girl that looked like she was suffering from Progeria due to her elderly appearance and finally a brain encased in a dome container hovered in the air held down by a dog leash attached to a chain held by the old girl.
Julian flew down finally and his eyes were wide in disbelief, "What have you two done?"
Laura and Ja'Keyon both looked at one another before turning to Julian. A groan from the man Ja'Keyon had shot made him raise his firearm and fire a final bullet into the man's head to end his suffering, "What are you talking about Julian?" he asked
He was further appalled at their lack of understanding of the severity of what they had done, "You both just killed two men doesn't that bother you?"
Laura looked at him with unblinking eyes while Ja'Keyon scratched his head with the end of his gun a thoughtful look on his face, "Uuuuuuh..."
"Julian it was necessary. If we had not intervened then our classmates would have been killed." Added Laura
"Yeah, what she said."
Julian's face was beginning to redden like a tomato as he realized that his morals weren't shared by his peers, "Fine, you break a few limbs, crack a few skulls, but you don't kill them. That's one of the codes that the X-Men live by!" he raved
Laura and Ja'Keyon both stared at him squarely his words seemingly having no effect on them. This served to frustrate him even more as he grabbed his hair and looked ready to pull it out.
He turned to the people behind him and said, "And all of you, you just caved in this guy's head like it was nothing."
"Martha says, 'We had no choice they were going to kill us if we didn't defend ourselves. They were the ones that took her body away and left her just a brain." Said the deceptively old looking girl
This little tidbit of information seemed to catch Julian off guard as his face softened a little. He rubbed the bridge of his nose and said, "Where is Professor Xorn he should know better to leave you guys alone especially if there's psycho's running around with guns." Said Julian
Barnell, the chicken look alike, spoke up this time and said, "He went out to take care of the rest of those guys and Angel followed him."
Angel Salvadore had seen some shocking things in her life, hell just moments ago she just had slightly drunken sex with a boy that resembled a foul, but what was in front of her left her speechless.
The light from the fire shined onto her face cast by the wreckage that used to be a U-Man convoy. The bodies of several U-Men were strewn across the ground all carrying severe burns on their bodies. Her teacher, Xorn, helmet was still smoking from invoking the destructive power of the star in his head.
"Sometimes the teacher must excuse himself to make room for the learning." He said his back still to her, "Beak dreams of one day earning the respect he so rightfully deserves, Ernst could find no one to be responsible for until she met Martha, who I have yet to meet and Basilisk had no focus for his energy while Dummy had no community to return to."
Finally he turned around and faced her he placed his finger to his helmet's chin making the "Shhh" signal and said, "This will be our little secret."
Her mouth still agape Angel said meekly, "Yes, sir."
A couple of minutes later Angel and Xorn returned to their group to find three new faces he had not anticipated, "Laura? Mr. Keller? And the younger brother of Mr. Malcolm, what are you all doing here?"
Grimacing Ja'Keyon said, "Hey, I have a name and its Ja'Keyon not 'the younger brother of '."
"Indeed. I see you've already contended with our fanatical friends. And I've ensured that they will no longer bother us again so all is well." He remarked noticing the bodies
"Yeah, it was no biggy. I blasted one with my strobe light and then these two handled the rest." Said the pink boy called Basilisk referring to Ja'Keyon and Laura who shot him a glare at his lie
"Careful or that already meaty head of yours might explode." Said Barnell
"Hey, I have a right to gloat I saved the day and got a date with Martha." He said
Julian and Ja'Keyon looked at one another with looks of doubt on their faces as they tried to imagine who could possibly date the wad of bubble gum.
"Mr. Xorn I'd like you to finally meet No-Girl and she says 'Hi' by the way." He made a motion in the direction of the brain contained in the case
Laughing at finally getting to meet this previously non-existent girl Xorn said, "It is an honor to finally meet you Martha, Welcome to the Special Class!"
Ja'Keyon had enough of this sentimental nonsense and began to walk away from the group, "Mr. Malcolm where are you going?"
"Back to the school it's getting late and I'm tired so if you don't mind I turning in." he replied angry that he never got to take his revenge on Quire
"But Martha already sent out a mind alarm to Ms. Frost they're probably sending someone to pick us up now." Said the elderly Ernst
He didn't answer and continued to walk into the woods eventually disappearing into the trees.
In front of the Xavier Institute stood Emma Frost, Charles Xavier, Beast, and a quintet of blonde haired twins dressed in matching ladies suits.
The girls all had their eyes closed before opening them to an observing Charles and Emma, "Did you find anything girls?" asked the women who they bared a remarkable resemblance to
"No Miss Frost." They answered in unison
The two senior telepaths shared a worried glance at one another, "This is troublesome. Quentin seems to have disappeared and managed to elude any of our attempts to find him telepathically."
A student walked boy with a shaved hairstyle save for the top portion of their head. Beast noticed this and said, "One thing that hasn't disappeared with him is that atrocious fashion sense he established. It seems to be turning up everywhere I look."
"Quentin Quire has been trying to make it fashionable." Said one of the twins
"But let's not talk about him." Said another
"He is an unpleasant boy."
"With horrible B.O." ended another blonde telepath
Emma let a laugh escape as she said, "Now girls that's no way to talk about a fellow student."
The girls could tell that she didn't mean it and only said it at a whim and continued together this time, "We are sure that he plans to disrupt Opening Day tomorrow."
Xavier sighed and said, "You've been wise to trust your intuitions before, but unfortunately we seem to be unable to find Quentin." He then turned to Emma who had a strangely pleasurable expression plastered on her face, "Emma did he attend your Precognition Class today?"
The woman did not answer a look of bliss still present on her face "Ms. Frost!" called the sisters
This seemed to pull her back into the present as she said, "Oh please forgive me. I was…miles away."
In a world of yellow haze Emma kissed Scott Summers passionately. He had his shirt off revealing his toned body while she was down to her white undergarments and matching bra. Their mouths were busy with other things at the moment so Scott thought to her, "We shouldn't be doing this Emma."
Kissing him deeper and receiving his tongue as a reward she thought back, "All we are doing is sharing a thought. I don't think your precious Jean will object to us thinking together will she?"
Scott then placed his hands on her thin waist and threw her over so that he was on top of her. Even though his shades hid his eyes she could tell he was looking at her hungrily. She licked her lips seductively and invited him to her with lustful eyes.
"Scott! Are you alright my friend?" asked Xorn
Scott returned to the here and now as he piloted the X-copter carrying Xorn's class plus Laura and Julian.
"It seems you were preoccupied with something and it must have been something because you kept smiling." Said Xorn
Replying quickly but not so fast as to seem nervous he said, "I was listening, but I just have a lot on my mind. I was…miles away."
The X-Copter landed. Stepping out Julian stretched and said, "Well, I think I'm about to turn in for the night." He turned to Laura and said, "Care to join me?"
She looked at him deadpan before walking towards him and putting her fist to his crotch, "Whoa down girl." He said smirking
Snikt!
Her claws extended and pressed against a very soft and important part of Julian's body. Looking down he stepped back and said, "Sheesh, I was joking. You don't have to castrate me because of a joke do you?"
Laura said nothing and walked away towards the school. The young telepath looked at her and after taking note of her impressive posterior he said, "Clones."
Later
Walking in the hallway was Charles and Hank. It was night by now and most of the student and staff were turning in preparation for Open Day tomorrow. The issue of Quentin and what the Stepford Cuckoos said were still on his mind however.
"The idea of an anti-human protest tomorrow is unthinkable! We are trying to attract human students! The last thing we need is another zealous uprising trying to fill the void left by Magneto."
Contrasting feelings of resentment and camaraderie swirled within him as he mentioned his old friend.
"Tis' the curse of youth I suppose. They don't yet realize that some messages are better left off buried." Concurred Hank
Coming to his door Xavier bid his good friend adieu and went inside. Walking inside the pitch black room he felt something was amiss. This went beyond his telepathy and instead was basic human instinct.
About to flip on the switch to brighten the room a pain erupted in the back of his head as something wooden knocked him to the floor. Suddenly the light came on revealing the room to be inhabited by the Professor and the entire Omega Gang.
Glob said, "Great we take down Professor X, now what happens when the rest of the X-Men come to kick our asses sideways?"
Quentin closed the door and responded, "Let 'em come. We've got all night to prepare for them. Tattoo get the helmet."
The inked out girl placed an eyeless silver helmet over Xavier's head.
Wielding the bat that knocked Xavier to the ground Radian said, "Wolverine is all yours Quentin."
Dismissing this Quentin turned his attention back to Xavier and said, "That helmet you're wearing Professor is one designed by Magneto. I seem to remember you telling us to think outside the box well…" he tapped the side of the helmet "you can't think into this helmet or outside this one."
Standing up he began to pace around the room as Xavier stirred signifying that he had regained consciousness. He couldn't see but felt the object on his head and tried to remove it, but was stopped by Redneck, "Sorry, that helmet is telepathy-proof we can't have you calling for help just yet."
"You know Professor when I was thirteen your inspiring speeches were really something, but now that I've grown up the world looks a little different now that I'm taller."
Xavier didn't respond to his student's rhetoric as his brains were still disoriented form that strike, "Your dream has failed, Xavier. Humans can't be reasoned with all they do is lie and destroy so the only thing we can do is destroy them. Just like Magneto wanted."
A book from Xavier's shelf hit the floor thanks to Glob's clumsiness an "Oops" and it began to slide away from the wall revealing a secret lab hidden from view.
"I smell Kick." Said Tattoo
The Next Day
Jaqueris was outside with Pixie and David as they waited for the arrival of the human students. Jaqueris didn't feel any particular way about Open Day as long as none of them proved to be bigots. He was only out here because he was waiting for his aunt and cousin to arrive.
After learning about Open Day he had contacted his Aunt and asked if she and Keenan would drop by and give the place a look.
"Do you guys think it's gonna be different from now on?" asked Megan
"If by different you mean awkward as hell then yeah, but it'll tide over…eventually." Said David
Megan then turned to Jaqueris who was looking at the gate fixedly, "What do you think?"
Jaqueris returned to the here and now and said, "I don't know but I'm just hoping my cousin shows up."
"I wonder if there will be any good looking guys coming." She said
Jaqueris snapped his head and looked at her incredulously. She smiled teasingly and said, "Just kidding."
Jaqueris gave David a look when he began to laugh at his reaction.
"Look there they come." Said David pointing towards the main gate
Just as he said a mass of teenagers and their parents were being led by the Stepford Cuckoos and Emma Frost to the school Jaqueris' cousin and aunt among them.
Noting his absence one of the girls said, "The Professor was supposed to join us for the opening, but he hasn't shown up."
Emma remained undeterred and said, "He likes to make an entrance. I'm sure he's rushing to powder his head so he can…"
Just then the crowd stopped dead in their tracks by a booming voice saying, "Attention participants of Open Day. This is an important announcement!"
Emma and the Cuckoos turned their attention to the one speaking through the megaphone. They saw that it belonged to Quentin Quire his eyes glazed over for some reason.
Ja'Keyon walked up to his brother's group and said, "Is that Quire?"
No one answered him as the telepath continued, "I would like to inform you that we had taken Professor Xavier as our hostage and our taking over the corrupt school of his own making." As he spoke a giant white sheet leaned out of the second story window with a red omega symbol spray painted on it.
Quentin then spoke once more, "I demand that all humans present and everywhere in the world would you be so kind as to…DIE! School's out! Riiiot!"
At that very moment pandemonium broke loose as the crowd began to disperse and scream knowing that their lives were threatened. Quentin was grinning maniacally, his eyes dazed from Kick, at the chaos he had caused.
Below in the crowd Jaqueris fought through the crowd as he tried to get to his family. Bodies brushed past and rammed into him as everybody scrambled to get to safety.
"Jaqueris!" called Megan from above
"Pix! Can you find my brother..for…me?" he cried trying to raise his voice over the ambient noise
He managed to free himself from the crowd momentarily but what he saw in the clear patch surprised him. Standing there as if in waiting was that man from the mountains.
Jaqueris looked at the man who just kept appearing out of nowhere. First, he was outside the balcony, and then he appeared in Colorado, and now here during a riot.
"Who the hell are you?" exclaimed Jaqueris as he began to circle around the man
He stood still and followed Jaqueris with his eyes, "You're trying to get me away from the crowd right?"
Shock answered the man's question and Jaqueris tried to reevaluate his strategy.
"Now you're thinking about trying rush me with super speed that Surge taught you. You're welcome to try it if you can sustain long enough but I have to warn you…" the next thing Jaqueris knew he was face to face with the man
He keeled over and vomited on the ground when the man punched him in the stomach with unnatural force. Falling to his knees and clutching his gut he stared up at the enigma before falling unconscious.
He then turned his attention to Megan still fluttering in the air who froze instantly. She suddenly felt an extreme force pull her to the ground and into the arms of the man.
He placed his fingers on her forehead and said, "Sorry about this." Megan felt a wave of drowsiness wash over her as she fell into unconsciousness.
Falling back the man kept her from hitting the ground by holding her up bridal style. He turned around as he sensed two people coming through the raging crowd. As expected David Alleyne and Ja'Keyon both appeared.
Taking in the scenario in front of them Jaqueris said heatedly, "You again?"
"You know this guy?" asked David
"He's the one that made sure I didn't get away from A.I.M. the first time." He revealed
David looked at the unconscious form of his two friends and said, "He took out Megan and Jaqueris like it was nothing."
Ja'Keyon didn't seem to hear him as he ran forward and jumped into the air intending to deliver a vicious back kick. The man stood calmly as the foot neared him and watched as Ja'Keyon fell to the ground like a great weight had been dropped on him.
"You always did rush head first into things just like him."
David wanted to help his friends but found that his body wasn't obeying his commands. Any attempt at moving his legs and he found that they were frozen in place.
The man looked into David's eyes as he contemplated his next action, "You know I should kill you at get this over with, but then I would never forgive myself so this will have to do."
After he finished speaking the space in and around him began to bend and contort making the air seem like a ripple was forming. It expanded outwards and consumed Jaqueris and Ja'Keyon along with the man and Megan. Once reaching a certain width several bolts of electricity touching on the ground.
Just as it appeared it disappeared and David was relieved form his paralysis. He fell forward and observed the absence of his friends in front of him.
Whew, I'm so happy I got this chapter out of the way. Now I can start the second part of this story titled "A Not Too Distant Future" it's not a sequel to my Young X-Men fic but more of an interquel. The continuation of this fic will be told from that story with a cast of all new characters along with returning characters. So if you want to see more of Nova's, Pixie's, and Rebel's adventures check out that story, but be sure to tell me what you think of this chapter because it's going to be the last one for this story for awhile.