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Vol. 1 Story 1: New Faces
By Wraith and
Shockwave
***WARNING*** This story contains mature themes and elements (Profanity, Violence, Drug Use,
etc.)
"Yo, Ev!", Angelo called out across the front yard, "What did you hear about the new guys ?"
"Huh ? Oh the guys coming today!", Everett replied, "Well I found out one interesting thing!
They ain't all guys!"
"Que?"
"One of 'em is a girl !" Both young men smiled.
"SHEESH!! One hint of estrogen and you guys go nuts!" Jubilee joked. "Although Ev, if Monet
were to hear you talking like that she'd kill ya!"
Sean Cassidy went to the yard to gather up the three teens. He hoped that Angelo and Everett
weren't taking the news that they would have to share their rooms with the new boys too hard.
They simply underestimated the room they needed. And if Charles was successful in enrolling
the rest of the children he was contacting ; according to Charles' original timetable they
would need an entire new building this time next year!
"Alright lads....and lass. Ms Frost just phoned me from the airport. She's just picked up the
last of the new kids and they should be here in about 20 minutes. So I want you to go in the
foyer with the others and wait for your new classmates."
************
Emma was driving the van and was simultaneously clouding the minds of any police officers who
may stop her from speeding. She hates to wait. And really let it show while driving ! As the
speedometer needle pushed past 75; young Sara Kain could not help but stare at the young
man next to her. Jamal Brown was so used to women (of all ages) staring at him that he barely
noticed. However Sara was not staring at him because of his uncanny good looks. OK not JUST
because of his good looks! She stared, mostly, because he looked vaguely familiar. Like they
met a long time ago.
Christopher Storm sat in the front seat next to Emma. He stuck his headphones on his ears and
zoned out. If there was one thing he appreciated it was music. Where he grew up all the other
white kids gave him hell for listening to nothing but rap music. He basically said to himself
"Fuck them." a long time ago so he didn't even care what people though about him anymore.
Jamal Brown asked himself for the 1000th time what the hell was he doing here. He had a pretty
full life, racking up 4 different mailing addresses in 3 different countries in his 15 years
alive. He ran away from home 9 years ago, and never looked back. He was impressed however
with the lengths that Charles Xavier went through to find him. Xavier mailed his mother in
Connecticut (whom Jamal had not contacted since he ran away at 6 years old); he mailed the
family he stayed with in Philadelphia for about 2 years; he mailed the Li family in Japan
where he stayed and studied martial arts for 3 years. And finally he mailed the Rivera family
in Tiajuana. If there was one that he knew, it was that he and Stella (from a Streetcar Named
Desire) both "depended on the kindness of strangers".
Sara Kain finally pried her eyes away from the "handsome" (that word now seemed somewhat
lacking) black young man, to reflect on her own life and why she was here. She always knew
there was something unusual about her connections with animals. One day when she was 4 she
was almost attacked by a stray German Shepherd. In her panic her mind yelled "STOP PLEASE!".
The dog not only stopped but somehow communicated with her as well. Somehow she knew that its
hind leg was broken. She took it to her mother. together they went to the vet to get the leg
fixed. The two were inseparable until the dog had to be put to sleep last May. It still hurt
sometimes. She didn't know why she was going to Xavier's school. She figured she knew all
there was to her power. She could talk to the animals; squeak and squeal and squawk with
the...well you get the point. However she was wrong. She had barely scratched the surface of
her powers.
Chris Storm was the bastard everybody loved to hate! His mom was raped and decide to keep the
child. Chris could never thank his mom enough for that. He loved her so much he felt like a
louse everytime he forgot to tell her so. Chris was orphaned at 6 when his mother died of
a cerebral hemorrhage she received in the line of duty (she joined the police force shortly
after her rape). As the sounds of "Wu-Tang Forever" assaulted his ear drums, Chris remembered
the orphanage and his first foster family. He remembers feeling strange because at age 12
he felt a strong attraction to his foster sister (who was also an adopted child). When he left
from home, one week ago, to travel by train to Massachusetts he promised he'd be back for her
someday. He snapped out of his zone, in time to see that his electrical manipulation was
getting out of hand; as lights in and outside of the car flashed on and off as if in some
strange type of Morse code. He closed his eyes and concentrated. A slight blue hue surrounded
him as the electrical disturbance ceased.
********
As the van rolled up, all 7 (even Penance decided to show-up) Gen-X members waited patiently
in either the foyer or on the front steps. Monet lay draped across the couch in the foyer
nonchalantly filing her perfect nails wile mentally putting the finishing touches on her term
paper. Paige was listening to Jonothan performing his newest composition. Meanwhile Everett
and Angelo sat on the stoop playing dominoes as Jubilee, and to a smaller extent Penance,
looked on.
Eventually Emma let Sara, Jamal, and Chris out of the car; and began the introductions.
"Everyone I would like you to meet your new classmates Sara Kain, from Philadelphia; Chris
Storm, from Chicago; and Jamal Brown from...well all over."
At the mention of each other's full name Jamal and Sara looked at each other in disbelief.
Soon all the introductions were made, officially, and the kids were allowed free time to get
to know each other. The boys headed off to the male dorm, while the girls headed off to the
biosphere.
******
Everett broke the ice by asking what was on his; Angelo's and Jono's minds.
"Yo Jamal ! We just noticed, you look a hell of a lot like my girl, Monet."
Jamal looked in the mirror in the room he shared with Angelo and remembered Monet's face and
body structure. He had to agree, she looked like a female version of him!
"Now the real question!", Angelo broke in. "What brings you all here ? I mean me and laughing
boy over there," he said jabbing a thumb at Jono, "We're obvious you guys are less so."
Chris started. "Well, to the best of my knowledge I can manipulate electric fields."
Jamal chimed in; "Well I'm a little more complicated. If I ever see you use your power, I can
memorize and recall it whenever I want. This includes mutant AND Non-mutant powers. I can also
combine and mix-and-match powers. As of now I can fly and turn into mist. But hopefully I can
learn much more."
"Goddamn," Everett added feeling suddenly a little less powerful. "What can't you do?"
"Well my body does have a limit. In accordance with my training. Right now If I were to, say
use Chris' power to drain the power out of that TV; I'd need about an hour and half rest before
I could see straight again, much less use any other powers!"
"Oh I get it you need practice before you can effectively use a power."
"Correct."
**********
"So come on Sara; don't you think Everett is the least bit cute?"
"Monet ! Leave the gal alone she just got here!"
"Thanks Paige!"
"So Sara, what's up with you? are you a sparkler like me?" Jubilee said with a large flash of
light energy.
"Not really. I mostly talk to animals and that kind of stuff." Sara said somewhat
disappointedly.
Monet chimed in. "Actually Sara; as the computer specialist I come across everyone's
non-personal files. I can tell you what Sean and Ms. Frost have down as your powers."
As curiosity got the better of her, Sara looked at the print out Monet held:
Name: Sara Kain
Age: 15
Abilities: Animal Empathy; Animal Morphing; Healing; and Semi-Resurrection
"Whoa I can do all that!!! How come I didn't know!?!?"
Monet began "Well like I said, unless I can train and practice using my newly absorbed powers
I really get weak after using them."
Everyone stopped and stared at Monet who couldn't believe what she just uttered herself.
**********
Later that night while Sean was imputing the new student's bio's into the computer, Emma met
with Jamal, who was having trouble sleeping.
"OK Jamal what seems to be the problem?"
"Well everytime I lay down to go to sleep I get voices and images forced through my head."
"Images of what Jamal ?"
"Well strange as it seems; mostly Everett ?"
"Everett? Are you by any means....."
"Gay ? No not at all. That's the strange part."
"No Jamal' I think this is the strangest part: earlier today Monet came to me and described an
incident when she was talking and suddenly began to describe your abilities. Then I ignored it
since there is so little about Monet's psyche that we know of I figured this was a quirk. Yet
now it's a two-way quirk. And it has not occurred with her before today. And to the best of
your knowledge you are not psychic."
"To the best of my knowledge no."
Emma folded her hands and gracefully placed them on the table. "There are cases of lovers
sharing a psionic bond."
"Lovers ? I never met her before today! And I'm not that superficial!"
"There are also cases of siblings sharing such a link...."
"Siblings ?"
"Tell me Jamal, have you ever met your benefactor ?"
"Benef... Oh! You mean the way my mom got all that money. She always said it was some
inheritance; but I always felt it was hush money. Mom always had a way of finding dirt on most
people. Though she was usually in the thick of the dirt. But since she started off as a petty
whore she didn't usually have much to lose." His last words were dripping with venom; as he
always spoke about his mother.
Unlike Chris, Jamal hated his mom. He was a well educated and well mannered youth. But at 6
years of age, he tired of his mother's manipulative ways. She though she could use her money
to buy off people (just as she was bought); and he dispised it. So one day he took $16,000 of
her money (she probably never noticed it) and ran away .
Two years later he arrived in Philadelphia. There he met up with the Kain family an a hotel.
He and the Kain family children became best of friends. Sara and her brother Kyle. Hung out
together.
Though Jamal never knew until late one night why the Kain family were in a hotel. After Sara
and Kyle's father died their mother started dating. One night she started dating an abusive
man. She and her kids were in the hotel to hide from him. One night he found them anyway.
As Sara's mother was being beaten in the other room. Sara ran into Jamal's room and cried on
his shoulder. There he looked into her deep blue eyes and promised that he would protect her
forever. With that he ran into the next room and from nowhere 3 adamantium claws popped from
each of his hands (while he was on the road Wolverine saved him from a gang of thugs in upstate
New York.). The boyfriend shitted his pants and left , he never bothered Sara's family again.
The next day when Sara's mom planned on taking Jamal down to Child Welfare and try to adopt
him; he was gone. Sara never saw him again until they met at the airport with Emma and Chris.
Suddenly Monet burst into Emma's room crying. "Ms. Frost! I found out why Jamal's thoughts
were in my head earlier!" She managed to speak through her tears. "Remember what you said
about sibling links!? Well on a hunch I telephoned my father. I asked him if he ever had
an affair. He denied it until I told him about what transpired and what you said about
siblings. He said about 15 years ago he had an affair with a high scale Washington D.C. whore.
She phoned him about blackmail when she discovered she was pregnant. He paid her off about $17
million per year for six years, when he ran away!"
"Monet are you saying..."
"Yes Emma, Jamal is my half-brother."
Jamal thought to himself "Half-brother, huh? Well that explains the link with Monet. And I
guess the link I have with Sara is kinda self explanatory.
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