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The Xavier
Institute, 1999.
Jack "Firebrand" Brea looked across the table at Havok, the leader of
the X
Men and placed his cards flat on the table.
Jack: I guess i win.
Jack started to pull the pile of chips towards him, Alex "Havok"
Summers
smiled.
Alex: Not so fast my friend. *Places cards on table.* Royal Flush.
Jack: Darn, so close.
Alex pulled his chair away from the table and looked at the others.
Alex: I gotta get some sleep guys, see you in the morning.
Henry "Beast" McCoy slapped jack on the shoulder as he walked past.
Hank: Don't worry, you've known Alex long enough to know he's almost
unbeatable at poker.
Jack: Doesn't help Hank, I'm going to beat him... one day.
Hank bounded along to talk to Ororo "Strom" Monroe. That left Jack and
Jean
"Marvel Girl" Grey at the table.
Jack: Couldn't you have helped a little Jean? At least once?
Jean: I made a promise to myself that i wouldn't go hunting around people
head's during a poker game, takes the challenge out of the game. Plus i like
seeing you have to work hard.
Jean Smiled as she took Jack's hand, almost dragging him into the kitchen.
Jack: I guess you want me to make you something.
Jean: You must be a mind reader.
Jack: No just known you too long. You can have a toasted sandwich, that's
all I'm making at this hour.
Jean: I was hoping for a 3 course meal but that'll have to wait.
Jean picked up a photograph that had been taken almost 3 years before.
Xavier's first Class, the class of '96.
Jean: Remember this? Our first day here. I thought you, Hank and Alex would
have been... different. I guess i thought you'd be the sort of guys I'd met
at School. As it turns out, you're alright.
Jack: Gee, thanks. Could you pass me the cheese?
Jean telekinetically opened the fridge door and tossed the Cheese into Jack's
waiting hands.
Jack placed the Sandwich between his hands and triggered a low level blast
of Energy, toasting the sandwich nicely in under 20 seconds.
Jean: Show off.
Jack: *Smiling* It's one of the reasons you love me so much.
Jean: Wanna bet?
Jean put the sandwich on a plate and stepped closer to Jack, kissing him on
the cheek.
Jean: Thanks for the food.
Jean left the room and walked upstairs. Jack toasted himself a sandwich and
went to his room, placing the plate on his bed side table, he pulled off
his shirt and trousers and sat in the chair at his desk as he started to eat.
To be continued...
Part Two.
Next Morning.
Jack had been awake for hours, of the others, Only Hank had joined him downstairs.
Hank: What do you think's going on up there that we're missing? It's close to midday and nobody... not even the Professor has come down.
Jack: Glad to see it's not just me that is wondering that. I'll go see if Jean's awake.
Jack walked up stairs and knocked on Jean's door, a second later he was hit in the chest by someone's foot. The attacker kicked Jack again, this time he was knocked down the stairs. Hank had already been kncked out and was leing in a pile near the chair he was sat in. Jakc lie still, waiting for the attacker to leave, then jumped to his feet. Checking that Hank was ok Jack ran out of the front door and followed his attacker. She had joined a group of 4 others. The group jumped into a White van. Jack grabbed his Bike and started the chase.
Almost an hour later the van pulled up outside a warehouse near the docks. Jack stealthly opened the door and entered the warehouse. it was dark inside, luckily there was enough light for jack to se what was going on. The 5 people that had attacked the mansion were all here, they had removed their masks, all had very white skin. He was about to make a pla when the Skylight Exploded and a figure dropped into the warehouse. The new guy was fighting other 5, Jack decided the new guy was an friend, at least for now, and joined the fight.
He kicked off from a packing crate that he was hiding behind and kicked his female attacker from eariler, it was then he noticed just who the attackers were.
Jack: Vampires? What the hell?
New Guy: Just kill them and stop talking.
Jack backflipped away from his lovely target, his boots kicking up dust as he landed and his feet slid on the floor. He ran forward, (insert matrix type music here, lol) his left boot hitting the Vamp in the ches, his right just seconds behind, then spinning and hitting with the left again. As Jack came down he pulled a large piece of wood from a packing box and jammed it into the Vamp's chest.
He looked across at his new friend, it seemed that he was better ten jack at fighting Vamps, he'd dusted the other 4.
Jack: Nice Work, Name's Firebrand.
Jack offered his hand... the new guy didn't take.
New Guy: You dusted that Vamp well, a little slow, but well.
From out of the Shadows an older man walked in.
Older Man: He means thanks. Name's Whisler, the Big Guy over by you is Blade. Nice to meet you.
Blade only nodded as he walked over to the door.
Blade: Our job's done here.
Whisler: Come with us, we may be able to help you.
To Be Continued...