Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:31:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Decade Subject: X-Men Legacy 25 Legend: Thoughts = <> Stray thoughts = () Ok, guys, All the disclaimers apply, that means all thanks goes to Marvel for the X-Men, I'm just making the story. And I do read all the other stories, and they're great, keep up the good work. They inspire me! Chapter 25: Teacher " Ok, Ms. Grey did leave a class assignment that I think we should follow because..." I started. " Is it true that you are a class five mutant?" a blonde guy not too older than me said. " Uhm...yeah." I said unsure. " I'm Josh Foley. We haven't met yet..." Josh smiled. " I could tell. There's a bunch of you that just got here and I, for one, apologize that you had to come into this school while it's in this condition." I apologized. " I've known you forever..." Jaime said. I nodded and smiled, " Yes, Jaime, good boy." I said, causing the class to laugh, " Honestly, I'm not sure who they're going to get to replace Je...Ms. Grey." I said. " So, you're not our new teacher?" A young silver lady asked. " No." I laughed, " No, no...I'm a student. As in Studying of the dent, I'm just familiar with the curriculum." " So, what's the real story?" Julian Keller asked. I smirked at Julian, " Whatever do you mean, Julian?" I asked, playing dumb. " Oh, come on! You're a telepath...you know what I meant." Julian said, smiling. " I'm interested in knowing too." the silver girl said, " ANd I'm Cessily." I shifted and leaned back on the desk, " Professor Xavier go poof and vanished. Magneto take over, all caveman's egos get bruised. The first students of Xavier left." I explained. " Isn't Magneto you're grandfather?" a very handsome, yet brooding guy said in the back of class, " I'm Kevin." My eyebrow raised, " Kevin? You seem to know a little too much...What's your power?" I asked. He smiled and leaned over to a plant in the corner and touched, causing it to wither, " I'm...untouchable." he said. " Have you met Rogue?" I asked, " And yes, Magneto is my grandfather." " So is Xavier." Kevin said, causing me to jump upright. " Yes." I said, causing a few gasps and a fews stares," I..." but I stopped at the sound of fighting outside the classroom, " Stay." I said, running to the hall to see Logan and Magneto face to face, " What's going on?" I asked. " I'm about to shred 'im to pieces." Logan growled. " Ok, why?" I asked. Logan snarled and looked between me and Magneto and walked away. " Alright." I said, ignoring the stares and running behind him, " Logan!" I said and he turned around. " What?" he asked, rolling his eyes, " I didn't start that." " Didn't say you did. What happened?" I asked. " Grown folks things, kid." he smirked. I frowned and said under my breath, " You loved this kid in the future." having forgot about his super hearing thing. " What?" he asked. " Nothing...It's just that...I can show you better than explain." I said, touching his face and I sent the memory of Logan and I making out. " So, was I good?" he smirked. " Don't know. Didn't test you out." I said quickly, " What happened?" Logan sighed, " He's trying to get under my skin. I'd watch him if I were you." he said. " By..." I asked. " Nothing for you to worry about, but he's up to something, be careful." Logan warned, walking away. I smiled and returned to the room just in time for the bell. As I was about to walk out, Magneto floated in and stopped right in front of me. " Hello, Pane." he smiled. I smiled weakly and said, " Hello Magneto." " Grandfather." he said. I shrugged and said, " Maybe I'll just say 'He-who-ruined-my-life'." then smiled, hoping that the joke wasn't too facetious. " I am truly sorry about that." he said. " Thanks, but doesn't count now. So, I'm gonna be late for Danger Room, what's the sitch?" I asked. " Sitch?" he asked, causing me to smile a bit then he continued, " I would like you to take over Ms. Grey's teaching position." " I'm already subbing." I said. " No, in a teacher capacity." Magento smiled, " You are the perfect candidate." " What about the Senior members?" I asked, " Won't they be upset?" " No, they all seem to be in agreement that you deserve this position." he said, turning to leave. " Thanks." I said, watching him float away. ==================================================================================================================== " Can anyone of ya tell me what we're doing here?" Logan asked. I raised my hand. " You're helping." Logan sighed. " But I know why we're here." I smiled. " We're here to test combat skills." Logan smirked, " My purpose in life." " Also, kicking ass is empowering." I added, to which Logan stared at me, " And, um, very helpful." " we're going to start out." Logan said, gesturing me to the Danger Room, " Drake, handle controls." I looked from Logan to Bobby, " What? No! HELL NO! Logan, I'm only good at combat when I'm 'Phoenixy' or really really pissed." I said, looking at Bobby, who gave me an icy look. < Are you gonna stay mad forever?> < I've seen you at your worse and your best and I would stand by you through it all. You did for me.> Logan grabbed my shoulder, " Ready?" he asked. " No." I said. He leaned in and whispered, " Don't worry, I'll go easy on ya." he smiled. I walked into the Danger Room, which transformed into a Dojo and I smirked, looking at Logan, who stood facing me. " Rules." Logan said. " Rules?" I asked, trying to remember rules, " OH! The rules you taught us...one, don't be surprise...d" I said, not seeing Logan anywhere. I looked up and he dropped down on top of me. " Rule #2?" he asked with me trapped under him, not a bad place to be. " Know who has the power." I said, pushing him over my head and rolling on top of him, " You're so enjoying this." " Not the place." Logan said, rolling me over, " Rule #3?" " Know your enviroment." I said reaching out and grabbing a stick on the wall and clubbing Logan with it. Logan growled and got up, ferocious and primal. It was as if something in him changed and I backed away, " Logan, stop!" He growled and I ran backwards, " Bobby! Different program!" I said, running and suddenly there was a warehouse. I ran behind one of the boxes and hid. I looked around the boxes and saw nothing, so I turned to run again and Logan stood behind me and stabbed me with his claws and I fell forward in his arms! Logan snapped out of whatever trance he was in and looked down at me, " Pane! PANE! Elixir!" he yelled and the New Mutants came bursting through the door and Josh Foley ran to me and placed his hand over me, " What's wrong? Why isn't he healing?" Logan asked. " Deep wound." Josh said, concentrating harder and suddenly I was healed. I awoke to see Logan and the rest of the team staring down at me and I looked from him to them, " Rule #4, know your opponent." I said, getting up and staring at Logan. " What's the last step?" a puny girl in the back asked. " Know yourself." I said, turning to walk away, but I got outside the room and I felt and arm and turned to see Logan and I immediately flinched. " Kid, I'm sorry! It wasn't me, I dunno what happened." Logan said. " No, I'm getting the message, loud and clear." I said sadly. " Message? There's no message. Something happened back there and..." but he stopped, " I would never hurt you. On a list of people, and I do have a list, you're the least likely for me to shred." " Nice to know...probably be better if you hadn't already done it." I smiled weakly, " It's just that..." and before I could finish, his tongue made it's way down my throat. After a few minutes, we broke the kiss and he walked back to the Danger Room and I just stared and walked away.