Original Stories Fan Fiction / Other Fan Fiction / Role Playing Fan Fiction ❯ Ryujin & Suzaku-The Chronicals of the Twins: A Battle for Insanity ❯ The Institute for the Gifted ( Chapter 2 )
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By: Blood Oak 
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Miscellaneous: Original Stories Fan Fiction / Other Fan Fiction / Role Playing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural / Psychological / Fantasy | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 12.04.2011 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.6K | Visits: 162 | Status: Completed
A portal opened up before me, it was like looking into space, like a hole in the middle of the air. Carefully I stepped through, the portal closing behind me. The next thing I see is a large set of iron gates in front of me, with an old brick wall running the perimeter of some establishment. Looking around, I spotted an old brass plaque that read
Xavier's Institute for the Gifted
"Holy shit, It worked I'm at thee X-Mansion."
Searching and locating an intercom system, I depressed the button
"Hello my name is Ryujin O'Connor, and I'd like to talk to Professor Xavier, please."
"Just one moment, while I page him up." a gentle and sophisticated voice replied
Roughly, ten seconds later I heard the same voice come back over the system
"He'll be right with you, please follow the brick path to the main entrance and I'll see in"
Without as much as a sound, the gates opened and allowed my entrance. Walking along the well worn yet meticulously cared for brick path to the mansion I observed many adolescent and young children playing Frisbee, others golf or baseball. While others seemed content to walk along talking and visiting with one another.
Upon reaching the front door, I but barely begun to grab the knocker when the door opened, and a very large and very blue ape-like creature stood before me.
"You're…you're blue!" I stammered
"No…really I hadn't noticed, thank you so kindly for pointing this out to me," the ape-man said
"I'm sorry for being soo rude, It's just I'm not used to blue… ape…men?"
"APE-MEN, Why I never, I happen to be…"
"Beast, you're Hank McCoy… Ohh my God, I'm soo sorry, I'm still new to all this… please forgive me"
"How do you know my real name…? I can see you knowing my mutant name but as to my true identity I am completely baffled by how you could come to acquire such private information," Hank said
"Please allow me to see Xavier and all will be explained."
Leading me inside, Hank escorted me into the entry hall and told me to have a seat and that the professor will be with me shortly. After a couple minuets, I heard a ding of an elevator and a panel opened up in the side of the wall, an older man in a wheelchair rolled out. Rolling forward, he approached me and shook my hand.
"Hello, my name is Professor Charles Xavier, and this is my school."
"Yes, I know who and what you are, if we could I'd like to you and Hank in privet."
Leading Hank and I to an unused classroom, Xavier closed the door behind us.
"Okay, what's this about you know who and what we are?" the professor asked
"Alright, as I said before my name is Ryujin O'Connor, and I am not from this time, or from this dimension really, I guess you could say I traveled here from another reality. One without mutants, in my world, you all are nothing more than characters in comic books and TV programs. That would be how I know whom and what you all are. I traveled here via a dimensional portal that I created.
I went to a man named Erik Lensherr, yes the same man known as Magneto, well how he got to my reality I can only guess was from a mutant going by the name of Gateway. He preformed experiments on me, which I gave my consent to, the result of the said experiments left me with the ability to shape shift and mimic the powers of other mutants. I'm here to learn and to fight with you against the forces of evil and whatnot." I explained
"Well that's quite a lot of information all at once, as far as joining the X-Men, I'll have to ask them, but any and all mutants are welcome to learn at my school. Your intentions seem pure and if what you say is true and you know what I'm capable of then you know I can read your mind and distinguish truth from lie."
"Yes I know you're not only a powerful telepath but telekinetic as well." I said
"You can shape shift your form to that of others and utilize their mutant abilities as well you say" Beast commented
"Yes let me demonstrate."
Closing my eyes I pictured Beast in my minds eye, I pictured myself turning blue and growing larger with fur. Soon I could feel myself undergoing the same changes as well. I opened my eyes, looked down, and saw myself as
Dr. Hank McCoy, aka Beast.
"See, shape shifting, 100% identical, voice and weight" I said
"Interesting, complete biological duplication," Beast muttered
"Yes, and for my next trick."
I rose myself into the air and with it the desks in the room causing them to orbit my body.
"See telekinesis from the professor." I smirked
Letting the desks down I lowered myself as well.
"Well, Ryujin let me show you to your room and in the meantime we can get you ready for some classes." Xavier said
"Do you have a name for yourself?" Hank asked
"Yeah, I think Shifter has a nice ring to it don't you?"
Leading out of the classroom and to the hidden elevator, Xavier pressed a secret panel and the doors slid open, pressing the 3rd floor button we began our ascent.
"I think you'll like it here at my school."
"Yeah… I've seen a lot of what you all do here, teaching us how to control our powers and how to use them responsibly as well as regular academic development and studies."
With a ding, the doors slid open once to the third floor, the professor led me down a long hallway passing several students I did not recognize off hand. One in particular individual caught my eye, a blue male hanging from the wall.
"Stop Professor I believe I know him, I wanna say hi."
Walking up to the door, I knocked on the frame.
"Hello my name is Ryujin, Ryujin O'Connor, I'm new here and wanted to introduce myself, and if I'm not mistaken you are the Amazing Nightcrawler also known as Kurt Wagner…yes?"
"Da, yes I am Kurt Wagner, and a long time ago I was known as the Amazing Nightcrawler… but how would you know?" he asked
"It's a long and complicated story; maybe I'll explain sometime… well carry on."
"Yes and guten tags to you my good sir" he replied
Continuing to follow the professor down the hall, we reached a closed door near the end.
"You'll be sharing a room with Max Kennedy, aka Yin-Yang."
Opening the door I was shocked as to the color scheme, but with a name like
Yin-Yang I shouldn't be surprised. The entire room was laid out in black and white; half the walls were white the other black, as was the carpet. The bed was a checkerboard pattern of the same color as well. On the bed sat two young men, each dynamically opposite in style.
“Uhh… my name is Ryujin O'Connor and I guess I’ll be sharing a room with you”
“Welcome Ryujin, we are Max Kennedy also known as Yin-Yang.” The two men said in unison
“O…k…are you two the same …person?”
“Yes, we are, we have the ability to split ourselves in two, each having its own personality.”
“I am Yin, the darker masculine half.” The darkly dressed man said in a low growl
“And I am Yang, the lighter more feminine half.” the brightly dressed man said in a cheery voice
“I see, well my power is shape shifting and power mimicry.”
“Well Ryujin, I’ll let you get acquainted with your roommate and get you enrolled in classes.” Xavier said leaving the room
“Soo, what do y’all do around here?” I asked
“We like to shop mainly, that and play tricks on people.” they said at the same time
“I like both, but like what do you all do for classes and stuff?”
“Well…hold on,” Yin said
Closing his eyes Yang disappeared.
“Ahh… much better, it does put a strain on me to utilize my powers, I try to lengthen the time I can go each time though. Plus it’s much easier to talk in the first person.”
Walking over to his desk Max pulled out several books.
“These are some of the classes we take.
“Wow, Mutants: Homo-Sapiens or Homo-Superior, Learning to Grow into your Abilities, World History of Mutants, Earth, Life, and World Sciences. That’s just a few?” I asked astonished
“Yes, only a few, our schooling really never ends. The classes are required until the age of eighteen is reached then you are considered graduated from the institute… that is if you pass all your classes. Some students stay to continue their education.”
“I see, do you think you could give me a Grand Tour?” I asked
“Uhh…what time is it?”
Checking my watch, it read 2:30.
“Two-thirty, why”
“Shit! I’m late for Ms. Monroe’s class, I’ll see you later, and I gotta go.”
Heading out, I began to explore the mansion, first I headed down the stairs arriving in the foyer when I heard a commotion.
“Listen here Remy, I seen the way that there girl was looking at you, now don’t go and tell me there ain’t nothing going on between you and her.” I heard a female say in a deep southern drawl
Coming around the corner, I saw a man roughly six foot with short brown hair wearing a trench coat over a spandex black shirt and denim pants and knee high metal boots.
The female looked to be about five-five, wearing a yellow/green spandex suit and green boots. She had long auburn hair with a shock of white to one side.
“Listen, Cheri there ain’t nothing going on with me and that girl” the man said in a creole accent.
“Now how am I supposed to know you’s telling me the truth?”
“I don’t mean to interrupt but I couldn’t help but to overhear you two arguing, maybe I can help.”
“What do you mean help? Who the hell are you kid?” the man asked
“The names Ryujin O'Connor, but you can call me Shifter. I can help by reading your mind, and discerning if your telling the truth or not.”
“Now there ain’t no need for that mista. I don’t need anyone poking ‘round in my head.”
Accessing my telepathy, I quickly read Gambit’s mind to see what the issue was.
“Well, Anna Marie, or I guess I should say Rouge, as that’s what you prefer to be called…right? Remy, or I guess I should say Gambit here didn’t know the lady at all she was just admiring your arm candy.”
“You read my mind, didn’t you?”
“Yeah, sorry it’s a habit.”
“Well Gambi, I guess you were telling the truth… this time.”
“Anyways, thanks Ryu, I guess, but next time don’t be poking ‘round in my head…’kay.”
“Can do, nice meeting you all, maybe I’ll see y’all later.”
With that, I watched the two lovebirds walk out the front door of the mansion.
Walking into the living room I began to look around, I saw several kids and teenagers sitting around watching TV and talking quietly. Some were playing video games while others were studying. I pulled up a seat on one of the old leather sofas, to my left on the couch I saw a very tall and muscular male teen and a pretty young girl lying together with a blanket draped over their bodies watching the movie.
“Vat, Khan I ‘elp you vith somving?” the male said in a deep Russian accent
“No, no I’m sorry for staring, it’s just I admire young romance. It’s rare to see such young yet true love these days.” I smiled
“Vell… Okay, I am Piortr Rasputin and this is… my lovely girlfriend Kitty Pride. Ve are ‘ow you say item.”
“Well I’m glad, I’m Ryujin by the way, but you can call me Shifter.”
“Soo… Ryujin do you have anyone special?” Kitty asked
“No… alas I don’t I was with a girl not too long ago, but I haven’t talked to her in some time. Perhaps I’ll find someone here in the mansion.”
“Well, I hope that you do. Piortr and I fell in love the day he rescued me from the Brotherhood of Mutants. Since then we’ve been inseparable.” Kitty sighed
“Yeah and it’s almost enough to make anyone sick… I think I’m gonna puke right now.” I heard a cackly voice behind me
As I turned around, I saw a man dressed in a black unitard with a white ring in the center.
“Ohh…Alex can’t you just shut up for once in your life?” Kitty moaned
“Da, yes I think you should just go avay, Alex ve vere ‘alfing a conversation vith this man right ‘ere.”
“Well, well what do we have here? A newbie perhaps, someone for me to play with” Alex smiled
“Look bud, I don’t want any problems. I just was talking.” I said defensively
“Come on, what are you a pussy?” Alex taunted
“Well then fine, let’s go if you really want to do this.”
“Let’s take this outside, shall we.” Alex cackled
“After you”
With that Alex Summers, aka Havok led us outside some two hundred yards from the school.
“That’s far enough, let’s do this…heh heh heh.” He giggled
He spread his legs wide preparing himself, I chose to remain motionless taking in all I could around me. The wind on my face, sun beating down on me, the earth beneath me, and the surface thoughts of the students that had come to watch the fight.
“Whenever you’re ready Alex”
Alex flew at me; right fist cocked back aiming right for my face. Quickly I used my enhanced agility I sidestepped the punch and followed up with a leg sweep of my own knocking him face first into the ground. I flipped onto his back squatted down and monkey flipped him over myself to land on his back.
Alex groaning got up and said
“Not bad, but let me show you what real power is.”
With that, Alex slammed his fists together unleashing a concussive wave of energy.
Caught off guard I took the full brunt of the attack. Knocked down, I struggled to get back up rising to one knee.
Seeing through one eye, I believed that the left to be either blinded or swollen shut, I saw Alex standing above me glowering.
“Had enough little boy?” Alex mocked
“Never, what ever happened to the Alex we all used to love the one when we needed help all we need do is JUST CRY HAVOK!?” I asked
“That was the old me fool. This is the new Havok, 2.0 to be exact. You see I done got myself upgraded by a certain something by a certain someone.”
Using my chance while Alex was bumping his gibes I climbed back to my feet.
“Well you can stand after all, good, but that won’t last for long.”
Learning from my last mistake, I realized I had to utilize all my abilities at hand.
Alex prepared himself to unleash another blast but this time I was ready.
As soon as he let loose, the first blast I teleported into the air behind him, making a mental note to thank Gambit and Kurt.
“Hey dick-face up here”
Alex turned around searching for where I had gotten.
“I said, up here!”
Unleashing a blast of freezing ice and lightning, the ice landed at his feet and froze him to the earth. Now I know he could have escaped easily but all I needed was a second to stick him and blast him with the lightning.
Cold blue ice froze his feet and legs together; I could hear the ice cracking as it set in. Next followed the five billion mega volts of pure electricity I slammed into its target.
I watched as Alex’s body went air born and flew several yards. Walking over to his body, I was relived to see his still breathing, not moving yet still breathing.
I could smell the acrid stench of burnt hair and flesh as I bent over his body.
Just as I was, about to touch his body his eyes flew open and he unleashed another blast at me.
Again caught off guard, he was now starting to annoy me.
After pulling myself out of the crater I had made in the yard from the force of the blast, I utilized my roommate’s ability.
Splitting myself in two, I forced all my positivity, love and goodness into one form and all my hate, rage, anger and malice into the other.
With a slight nauseating feeling and a pull, I stood there looking at myself, or what looked like me.
Dressed in skintight black leather pants and a neon green sleeveless shirt, he sported several tattoos and piercings.
My evil half had long black hair with a slash of silver to one side, his eyes slate gray with a look of malice in them. He stood six foot and made of pure muscle, compared to my five foot seven with blond hair and green eyes we looked dynamically opposite to each other.
Then he spoke, I heard it in my mind before my ears could register it.
“Finally, after fourteen years I’m free, to finally show who we truly are.” He said in a dark whisper.
“Do you have a name brother?” I asked
“Suzaku, and technically we’re not brothers, we’re one in the same, but whatever let’s kick some ass.” Suzaku said
“Gladly”
With that, Suzaku and I tore off towards Havok. Suzaku leapt into the air and turned pure metal, beginning to throw super heated fireballs at Havok.
Havok was doing his best to duck, dodge, and weave the flames, occasionally blasting one apart. Every soo often cackling and giggling with evil laughter.
I one the other hand had taken up throwing more lightning bolts at Alex. Many missed super heating the ground and scorching the earth burning away grass and shrubs around the lawn. On the occasion that one did hit, Alex would be launched backwards only to be struck down by Suzaku’s fireballs.
After one fairly good hit, I stepped back, sending a telepathic message to my evil half.
“I think he might have had enough, he hasn’t attacked back for a while now.”
“No, we need to finish it now, we can’t risk it.”
Ignoring my other half I ran towards Alex.
“Havok Alex Summers, can’t we talk this out, there is no hope for you. Please, just give up. Whatever happened we can reverse it.”
“Heh heh heh, never I like the new me, it’s fun and powerful.” He cackled
“Can’t we just…”
With that, Havok unleashed a double blast of concussive energy, sending a whole lot of dirt air born. After getting the wind knocked out of me and stopping my head from spinning, I climbed out of the dirt pile that had landed on me.
I saw Suzaku and Alex dueling it out fist to fist; each of them exchanging devastating blows. Teleporting myself back into the fight I linked minds with my other half again.
“Alright Suzaku, You’re right, lets finish this.”
I went airborne and flew up into the sky, higher, and higher still until I was inside the clouds. Absorbing all the energy around me, I began calling upon the lightning storm using all the energy inside me. Lightning began crackling in the clouds and rain fell. Harnessing more and more power, the electricity began forming into a solid mass. Gathering all I could I grabbed what was now plasma lightning bolts.
Absorbing this I teleported myself behind Suzaku and drove us both into Havok, while Suzaku supercharged himself with explosive kinetic energy.
Slamming into Havok, we exploded with such force that the shock wave shattered windows in the X-mansion leaving a giant crater in the lawn.
Then everything went dark.
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Xavier's Institute for the Gifted
"Holy shit, It worked I'm at thee X-Mansion."
Searching and locating an intercom system, I depressed the button
"Hello my name is Ryujin O'Connor, and I'd like to talk to Professor Xavier, please."
"Just one moment, while I page him up." a gentle and sophisticated voice replied
Roughly, ten seconds later I heard the same voice come back over the system
"He'll be right with you, please follow the brick path to the main entrance and I'll see in"
Without as much as a sound, the gates opened and allowed my entrance. Walking along the well worn yet meticulously cared for brick path to the mansion I observed many adolescent and young children playing Frisbee, others golf or baseball. While others seemed content to walk along talking and visiting with one another.
Upon reaching the front door, I but barely begun to grab the knocker when the door opened, and a very large and very blue ape-like creature stood before me.
"You're…you're blue!" I stammered
"No…really I hadn't noticed, thank you so kindly for pointing this out to me," the ape-man said
"I'm sorry for being soo rude, It's just I'm not used to blue… ape…men?"
"APE-MEN, Why I never, I happen to be…"
"Beast, you're Hank McCoy… Ohh my God, I'm soo sorry, I'm still new to all this… please forgive me"
"How do you know my real name…? I can see you knowing my mutant name but as to my true identity I am completely baffled by how you could come to acquire such private information," Hank said
"Please allow me to see Xavier and all will be explained."
Leading me inside, Hank escorted me into the entry hall and told me to have a seat and that the professor will be with me shortly. After a couple minuets, I heard a ding of an elevator and a panel opened up in the side of the wall, an older man in a wheelchair rolled out. Rolling forward, he approached me and shook my hand.
"Hello, my name is Professor Charles Xavier, and this is my school."
"Yes, I know who and what you are, if we could I'd like to you and Hank in privet."
Leading Hank and I to an unused classroom, Xavier closed the door behind us.
"Okay, what's this about you know who and what we are?" the professor asked
"Alright, as I said before my name is Ryujin O'Connor, and I am not from this time, or from this dimension really, I guess you could say I traveled here from another reality. One without mutants, in my world, you all are nothing more than characters in comic books and TV programs. That would be how I know whom and what you all are. I traveled here via a dimensional portal that I created.
I went to a man named Erik Lensherr, yes the same man known as Magneto, well how he got to my reality I can only guess was from a mutant going by the name of Gateway. He preformed experiments on me, which I gave my consent to, the result of the said experiments left me with the ability to shape shift and mimic the powers of other mutants. I'm here to learn and to fight with you against the forces of evil and whatnot." I explained
"Well that's quite a lot of information all at once, as far as joining the X-Men, I'll have to ask them, but any and all mutants are welcome to learn at my school. Your intentions seem pure and if what you say is true and you know what I'm capable of then you know I can read your mind and distinguish truth from lie."
"Yes I know you're not only a powerful telepath but telekinetic as well." I said
"You can shape shift your form to that of others and utilize their mutant abilities as well you say" Beast commented
"Yes let me demonstrate."
Closing my eyes I pictured Beast in my minds eye, I pictured myself turning blue and growing larger with fur. Soon I could feel myself undergoing the same changes as well. I opened my eyes, looked down, and saw myself as
Dr. Hank McCoy, aka Beast.
"See, shape shifting, 100% identical, voice and weight" I said
"Interesting, complete biological duplication," Beast muttered
"Yes, and for my next trick."
I rose myself into the air and with it the desks in the room causing them to orbit my body.
"See telekinesis from the professor." I smirked
Letting the desks down I lowered myself as well.
"Well, Ryujin let me show you to your room and in the meantime we can get you ready for some classes." Xavier said
"Do you have a name for yourself?" Hank asked
"Yeah, I think Shifter has a nice ring to it don't you?"
Leading out of the classroom and to the hidden elevator, Xavier pressed a secret panel and the doors slid open, pressing the 3rd floor button we began our ascent.
"I think you'll like it here at my school."
"Yeah… I've seen a lot of what you all do here, teaching us how to control our powers and how to use them responsibly as well as regular academic development and studies."
With a ding, the doors slid open once to the third floor, the professor led me down a long hallway passing several students I did not recognize off hand. One in particular individual caught my eye, a blue male hanging from the wall.
"Stop Professor I believe I know him, I wanna say hi."
Walking up to the door, I knocked on the frame.
"Hello my name is Ryujin, Ryujin O'Connor, I'm new here and wanted to introduce myself, and if I'm not mistaken you are the Amazing Nightcrawler also known as Kurt Wagner…yes?"
"Da, yes I am Kurt Wagner, and a long time ago I was known as the Amazing Nightcrawler… but how would you know?" he asked
"It's a long and complicated story; maybe I'll explain sometime… well carry on."
"Yes and guten tags to you my good sir" he replied
Continuing to follow the professor down the hall, we reached a closed door near the end.
"You'll be sharing a room with Max Kennedy, aka Yin-Yang."
Opening the door I was shocked as to the color scheme, but with a name like
Yin-Yang I shouldn't be surprised. The entire room was laid out in black and white; half the walls were white the other black, as was the carpet. The bed was a checkerboard pattern of the same color as well. On the bed sat two young men, each dynamically opposite in style.
“Uhh… my name is Ryujin O'Connor and I guess I’ll be sharing a room with you”
“Welcome Ryujin, we are Max Kennedy also known as Yin-Yang.” The two men said in unison
“O…k…are you two the same …person?”
“Yes, we are, we have the ability to split ourselves in two, each having its own personality.”
“I am Yin, the darker masculine half.” The darkly dressed man said in a low growl
“And I am Yang, the lighter more feminine half.” the brightly dressed man said in a cheery voice
“I see, well my power is shape shifting and power mimicry.”
“Well Ryujin, I’ll let you get acquainted with your roommate and get you enrolled in classes.” Xavier said leaving the room
“Soo, what do y’all do around here?” I asked
“We like to shop mainly, that and play tricks on people.” they said at the same time
“I like both, but like what do you all do for classes and stuff?”
“Well…hold on,” Yin said
Closing his eyes Yang disappeared.
“Ahh… much better, it does put a strain on me to utilize my powers, I try to lengthen the time I can go each time though. Plus it’s much easier to talk in the first person.”
Walking over to his desk Max pulled out several books.
“These are some of the classes we take.
“Wow, Mutants: Homo-Sapiens or Homo-Superior, Learning to Grow into your Abilities, World History of Mutants, Earth, Life, and World Sciences. That’s just a few?” I asked astonished
“Yes, only a few, our schooling really never ends. The classes are required until the age of eighteen is reached then you are considered graduated from the institute… that is if you pass all your classes. Some students stay to continue their education.”
“I see, do you think you could give me a Grand Tour?” I asked
“Uhh…what time is it?”
Checking my watch, it read 2:30.
“Two-thirty, why”
“Shit! I’m late for Ms. Monroe’s class, I’ll see you later, and I gotta go.”
Heading out, I began to explore the mansion, first I headed down the stairs arriving in the foyer when I heard a commotion.
“Listen here Remy, I seen the way that there girl was looking at you, now don’t go and tell me there ain’t nothing going on between you and her.” I heard a female say in a deep southern drawl
Coming around the corner, I saw a man roughly six foot with short brown hair wearing a trench coat over a spandex black shirt and denim pants and knee high metal boots.
The female looked to be about five-five, wearing a yellow/green spandex suit and green boots. She had long auburn hair with a shock of white to one side.
“Listen, Cheri there ain’t nothing going on with me and that girl” the man said in a creole accent.
“Now how am I supposed to know you’s telling me the truth?”
“I don’t mean to interrupt but I couldn’t help but to overhear you two arguing, maybe I can help.”
“What do you mean help? Who the hell are you kid?” the man asked
“The names Ryujin O'Connor, but you can call me Shifter. I can help by reading your mind, and discerning if your telling the truth or not.”
“Now there ain’t no need for that mista. I don’t need anyone poking ‘round in my head.”
Accessing my telepathy, I quickly read Gambit’s mind to see what the issue was.
“Well, Anna Marie, or I guess I should say Rouge, as that’s what you prefer to be called…right? Remy, or I guess I should say Gambit here didn’t know the lady at all she was just admiring your arm candy.”
“You read my mind, didn’t you?”
“Yeah, sorry it’s a habit.”
“Well Gambi, I guess you were telling the truth… this time.”
“Anyways, thanks Ryu, I guess, but next time don’t be poking ‘round in my head…’kay.”
“Can do, nice meeting you all, maybe I’ll see y’all later.”
With that, I watched the two lovebirds walk out the front door of the mansion.
Walking into the living room I began to look around, I saw several kids and teenagers sitting around watching TV and talking quietly. Some were playing video games while others were studying. I pulled up a seat on one of the old leather sofas, to my left on the couch I saw a very tall and muscular male teen and a pretty young girl lying together with a blanket draped over their bodies watching the movie.
“Vat, Khan I ‘elp you vith somving?” the male said in a deep Russian accent
“No, no I’m sorry for staring, it’s just I admire young romance. It’s rare to see such young yet true love these days.” I smiled
“Vell… Okay, I am Piortr Rasputin and this is… my lovely girlfriend Kitty Pride. Ve are ‘ow you say item.”
“Well I’m glad, I’m Ryujin by the way, but you can call me Shifter.”
“Soo… Ryujin do you have anyone special?” Kitty asked
“No… alas I don’t I was with a girl not too long ago, but I haven’t talked to her in some time. Perhaps I’ll find someone here in the mansion.”
“Well, I hope that you do. Piortr and I fell in love the day he rescued me from the Brotherhood of Mutants. Since then we’ve been inseparable.” Kitty sighed
“Yeah and it’s almost enough to make anyone sick… I think I’m gonna puke right now.” I heard a cackly voice behind me
As I turned around, I saw a man dressed in a black unitard with a white ring in the center.
“Ohh…Alex can’t you just shut up for once in your life?” Kitty moaned
“Da, yes I think you should just go avay, Alex ve vere ‘alfing a conversation vith this man right ‘ere.”
“Well, well what do we have here? A newbie perhaps, someone for me to play with” Alex smiled
“Look bud, I don’t want any problems. I just was talking.” I said defensively
“Come on, what are you a pussy?” Alex taunted
“Well then fine, let’s go if you really want to do this.”
“Let’s take this outside, shall we.” Alex cackled
“After you”
With that Alex Summers, aka Havok led us outside some two hundred yards from the school.
“That’s far enough, let’s do this…heh heh heh.” He giggled
He spread his legs wide preparing himself, I chose to remain motionless taking in all I could around me. The wind on my face, sun beating down on me, the earth beneath me, and the surface thoughts of the students that had come to watch the fight.
“Whenever you’re ready Alex”
Alex flew at me; right fist cocked back aiming right for my face. Quickly I used my enhanced agility I sidestepped the punch and followed up with a leg sweep of my own knocking him face first into the ground. I flipped onto his back squatted down and monkey flipped him over myself to land on his back.
Alex groaning got up and said
“Not bad, but let me show you what real power is.”
With that, Alex slammed his fists together unleashing a concussive wave of energy.
Caught off guard I took the full brunt of the attack. Knocked down, I struggled to get back up rising to one knee.
Seeing through one eye, I believed that the left to be either blinded or swollen shut, I saw Alex standing above me glowering.
“Had enough little boy?” Alex mocked
“Never, what ever happened to the Alex we all used to love the one when we needed help all we need do is JUST CRY HAVOK!?” I asked
“That was the old me fool. This is the new Havok, 2.0 to be exact. You see I done got myself upgraded by a certain something by a certain someone.”
Using my chance while Alex was bumping his gibes I climbed back to my feet.
“Well you can stand after all, good, but that won’t last for long.”
Learning from my last mistake, I realized I had to utilize all my abilities at hand.
Alex prepared himself to unleash another blast but this time I was ready.
As soon as he let loose, the first blast I teleported into the air behind him, making a mental note to thank Gambit and Kurt.
“Hey dick-face up here”
Alex turned around searching for where I had gotten.
“I said, up here!”
Unleashing a blast of freezing ice and lightning, the ice landed at his feet and froze him to the earth. Now I know he could have escaped easily but all I needed was a second to stick him and blast him with the lightning.
Cold blue ice froze his feet and legs together; I could hear the ice cracking as it set in. Next followed the five billion mega volts of pure electricity I slammed into its target.
I watched as Alex’s body went air born and flew several yards. Walking over to his body, I was relived to see his still breathing, not moving yet still breathing.
I could smell the acrid stench of burnt hair and flesh as I bent over his body.
Just as I was, about to touch his body his eyes flew open and he unleashed another blast at me.
Again caught off guard, he was now starting to annoy me.
After pulling myself out of the crater I had made in the yard from the force of the blast, I utilized my roommate’s ability.
Splitting myself in two, I forced all my positivity, love and goodness into one form and all my hate, rage, anger and malice into the other.
With a slight nauseating feeling and a pull, I stood there looking at myself, or what looked like me.
Dressed in skintight black leather pants and a neon green sleeveless shirt, he sported several tattoos and piercings.
My evil half had long black hair with a slash of silver to one side, his eyes slate gray with a look of malice in them. He stood six foot and made of pure muscle, compared to my five foot seven with blond hair and green eyes we looked dynamically opposite to each other.
Then he spoke, I heard it in my mind before my ears could register it.
“Finally, after fourteen years I’m free, to finally show who we truly are.” He said in a dark whisper.
“Do you have a name brother?” I asked
“Suzaku, and technically we’re not brothers, we’re one in the same, but whatever let’s kick some ass.” Suzaku said
“Gladly”
With that, Suzaku and I tore off towards Havok. Suzaku leapt into the air and turned pure metal, beginning to throw super heated fireballs at Havok.
Havok was doing his best to duck, dodge, and weave the flames, occasionally blasting one apart. Every soo often cackling and giggling with evil laughter.
I one the other hand had taken up throwing more lightning bolts at Alex. Many missed super heating the ground and scorching the earth burning away grass and shrubs around the lawn. On the occasion that one did hit, Alex would be launched backwards only to be struck down by Suzaku’s fireballs.
After one fairly good hit, I stepped back, sending a telepathic message to my evil half.
“I think he might have had enough, he hasn’t attacked back for a while now.”
“No, we need to finish it now, we can’t risk it.”
Ignoring my other half I ran towards Alex.
“Havok Alex Summers, can’t we talk this out, there is no hope for you. Please, just give up. Whatever happened we can reverse it.”
“Heh heh heh, never I like the new me, it’s fun and powerful.” He cackled
“Can’t we just…”
With that, Havok unleashed a double blast of concussive energy, sending a whole lot of dirt air born. After getting the wind knocked out of me and stopping my head from spinning, I climbed out of the dirt pile that had landed on me.
I saw Suzaku and Alex dueling it out fist to fist; each of them exchanging devastating blows. Teleporting myself back into the fight I linked minds with my other half again.
“Alright Suzaku, You’re right, lets finish this.”
I went airborne and flew up into the sky, higher, and higher still until I was inside the clouds. Absorbing all the energy around me, I began calling upon the lightning storm using all the energy inside me. Lightning began crackling in the clouds and rain fell. Harnessing more and more power, the electricity began forming into a solid mass. Gathering all I could I grabbed what was now plasma lightning bolts.
Absorbing this I teleported myself behind Suzaku and drove us both into Havok, while Suzaku supercharged himself with explosive kinetic energy.
Slamming into Havok, we exploded with such force that the shock wave shattered windows in the X-mansion leaving a giant crater in the lawn.
Then everything went dark.
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