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Last time, on X-Men: Evolution...

(Updated 8/5/05)

For Jacen, the young mutant known at times as Scion, life was in a state of Flux. Having quit the Brotherhood in disgust, he found himself growing closer to the X-Men, especially Penny. Unfortunately, Magneto's followers had less than pleasant plans for the deserter. Lead by Exodus, Magneto's second-in-command, the Acolytes kidnapped Jacen, torturing and trying him for his perceived crimes against mutantkind. Luckily, the X-Men intervined at the eleventh hour, fighting the Acolytes in their most brutal battle to date. In the end, the Acolytes retreated away, and Jacen found himself in even greater debt to Xavier's students. He has been offered a chance to stay with them indefinitely, an offer he is seriously considering.

Still, the severity of battle has left several members on edge, wondering what they are truly capable of.

Meanwhile, Magneto has had plans for those who have remained on his side. Grown tired of allowing the Brotherhood to remain aimless and without purpose, he had taken them to his own institute: The Seminary. Here, the members of the Brotherhood will learn about themselves, about their powers, and about being a team, or die trying. Magneto's perceived willingness to test this to that extreme is a source of worry to some members, but others, especially Pietro and many of the original Brotherhood, are excited to be given a sense of identity once again. And they'll need it in the coming weeks...

Magneto has been revealed to employing a mole within Xavier. Where this will lead is left to be seen, but what is certain is that none of the X-Men are aware of the danger they are in.

Pietro sat at his desk, smiling innocently as Mrs. Stabauch wrote with a trembling hand on the chalkboard. She repeatedly looked back at the class with suspiscious glances. It seemed lately that very, very strange things were happening. She couldn't confirm it, but she was sure at least one of her students was a mutant. She turned from the chalkboard for a moment

"Ok class... today we're going to discuss taylor series expansion of equations, now if you'll direct your... oh god no..." she gasped as she turned around, the chalkboard now covered with nothing but obscene drawings and crude remarks involving Mrs. Stabauch and a donkey.

"ALRIGHT YOU LITTLE PUNKS! I'm getting to the bottom of this s**t right now! I do NOT get paid enough for this--"

"Mrs. Stabauch, ma'am, what are you talking about?" asked Pietro in a completely innocent tone.

She turned back around, the board now completely back to the way it was, though the handwriting was slightly different. She promptly produced a small vial of pills, and downed one along with a drink of whatever she kept in the flask she hid in her purse.

"Th... thank you Pietro..." she said, studdering, obviously about to lose it. "You're such a good student... like you can see right into my lesson plans during tests..." she said distantly.

"Oh Mrs. Stabauch, I'm only here to further my educational fortitude and help you out in whatever manner possible," Pietro said, a halo almost forming on his head as he did so.

That and replace your pills with Ritalin... he thought.

The ground was coming at her fast as the wind ripped through her hair and pushed her outspread arms back to her sides. Penny Chayse rocketed to the ground with the speed of, well, somebody who just jumped off the top of a very tall building.

And you find this fun? A voice said through a headset that was full of a fear... well, the normal fear a person has when plumeting to their possible doom.

"Yup," Penny answered closing her eyes and feeling the rush of the wind.

Aren't you afraid?

"You're not human if you're a little afraid, but that's the rush," Penny said as a cord tightened stopping their decent and causing them to bob up and douwn like a yoyo.

That wasn't very comfortable.

"Suck it up, Kat. End program," Penny did and their feet were planted comfortably on the Danger Room floor.

And then there was that voice on the the speaker that made Penny frown.

"Shouldn't you two be in school?" Xavier ordered them to leave the Danger Room. Kitty reminded him that she had a study hall first period and had twenty minutes to get to school. She smiled, waved, and ran off wobbly.

Xavier looked at Penny disapproving. She pulled her hair back in a ponytail and walked down the hallway at Xavier's pace, "Relax, Chuck, I was just showing Kitty Kat the more exhilerating things in life."

"Evelyn, need I remind you that your training here is conditional based on you completing your senior year of high school."

"Yea, I know, relax. First period is Chem lab. I already did my work. I know my conditions here. I'm legally an adult and can leave if I want. But I'm not because I want to be here..."

Xavier shook his head, "You're almost a blank slate to me, Evelyn. But I do know that you're going to push everything to its limits."

Penny laughed and walked to the garage to get her car, "That's what I do best, Chuck. That's what I do best."

OOC: I'm gonna throw down a rather lengthy post to try and cover some time for me. I've got my baby niece's bday party to go to tomorrow and a whole shitton of stuff this weekend.

IC: Quietly, the young man stood in his quarters looking over the garments laid out before him. A dark ebon body suit with fingerless gloves was to be his personal uniform, a far cry from the normal Acolyte attire. But that was fine with Magneto. He allowed the young man Jacen to make his own decisions when it came to something like this. To the left of the suit was a long flowing hooded cloak, with an earpiece to directly connect with Asteroid M. Feeling rather empowered by equipping himself, Jacen made his way to the docking bays where his master awaited him.

"I see you have found your new uniform, Scion." Magneto had taken it upon himself to give Jacen a codename. "As for the task at hand, follow me."

Without hesitance, Scion followed Magneto to a silvery looking orb which was floating about five inches from the ground. "Take this, and head towards Bayville. There you will find the Brotherhood house and become one of it's residents. You will serve under my son, Pietro. There will be furnishings in your room and a credit card with enough on it to buy you garments for your stay there." Jacen let a scowl fall over his face. "Also, you will go to the school there and watch over your peers and others. I know Charles has his students enrolled in that school. Do what you can to get as much information as you can. I will be expecting a report from you every two to three days."

"Yes, master," Jacen said with a slight bow out of respect for Magneto. "By your leave." No sooner had he said that, and Magneto was walking away.

The Brotherhood, Jacen thought as the orb sealed shut, Just what I've wanted to do. Deal with Pietro. He felt the orb lurch forward suddenly and take off very swiftly. It seemed that he was to be in Bayville alot sooner than expected.

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After what felt like a small moment in time, Jacen felt the orb land softly on the ground and open up. When he stepped out what was staring him in the face was the Brotherhood house. Instantly, the vehicle which brought him there had disappeared and Jacen was left with nothing to do but find his room in the house, which he did. Thankfully from what he determined, there was no one home at the time to bother him. As he looked for his room, he found one on the far side of the house, set a few extra feet back from the rest of them. The darkness he saw when he opened the door told him that he was at his new home. Again, he saw what appeared to be normal clothing laying on the bed. Taking the cue, he changed into what would be his everyday look; dark slacks, black pocket or pocketless tee, military style boots, and a pair of shades to conceal his eyes.

Before he left his room, he saw a wallet with some false identifications and the piece of plastic Magneto said was there to get him some extra garments for his stay in Bayville. When he looked at the clock and saw it was only the late morning, Jacen knew he had time to kill before anyone would be around so he headed to the kitchen, grabbed up a soda from a rather beat-up looking fridge and plopped down on the sofa just waiting for his new 'boss' to show up.

The tires screeched as Penny hit the brakes and the car lurched in the parking space at school. One of the secretaries came waving their arms out of the doors yelling, "You better be more careful. You could have hurt somebody!"

Penny jumped out of her car and slung her books onto her back. She shoved some gum in her mouth and mumbled, "Lady, I can see a lot more than you'd like to know." She really wanted to say it loudly, but she kept her mutant abilities on the down low while in public. Her mother had hid her own telepathy from almost everybody she knew. Out of respect, Penny remained the same way.

"Sorry, Ms. H, I'll slow it down next time," Penny knew her appearance always spelt trouble, but with most people she was very polite. The woman rolled her eyes after Penny left fully knowing that the girl wasn't going to slow down. Penny heard her click her tounge as her black shirt came up over the tattoo lining across her back.

She walked down the hallway into the chemistry lab. Mr. McCoy, their teacher, looked up, "Miss Chayse, I hope you have the assignment completed."

"Yes, sir," She slapped a paper down on his desk, "Down to the last equation."

McCoy picked up the papers and read through them and nodded, "I am impressed. Your prior grades weren't very indicitive of what you can do."

She shrugged, "Better teachers I guess."

"Okay, well, off to your next class then. See you tomorrow."

"Right-o," She moved off to Geometry, her least favorite subject of them all.

OOC: Let's have a rukus in the cafeteria... get a little interaction going on or something smile Haha.

IC:

The problem with Penny (in her estranged father's eyes) was that she just didn't care about school. Her grades were some of the worst her former school had seen and they were glad to get rid of her frustration. They knew she was smart, but they also knew that she didn't care. Bayville had to be different if Penny wanted to stay at the Xavier Institute. Her restrictions were different: Xavier was a friend of her mother's and they both knew that Stormy Chayse would not have been pleased with Penny not graduating. Penny also wanted to study at Xavier's more than anything... so it had been a perfect set up for her conditions.

It was hard to focus. She wanted nothing more to sprint out of the building and drive her car 125 mph down a highway because she could. She would love to be doing anything thrilling for the sheer fun of it. Lunch break was a godsend after sitting in the classrooms.

Penny's only company was Rogue. The other students she knew from the Institute were mostly aquaintances with her. Nobody was ever really let that close. Besides, most high schoolers based their friendships on appearance and Penny Chayse wasn't exactly the next cheerleader or class president. Not that it mattered, she found most people dull anyway.

"Well, that's not cool," Penny said frowning while watching a football player steal the dessert of a smaller kid and make him and his friends move from their table.

Rogue shrugged and said in her souther drawl, "It happens all the time. Yah know, the food chain."

"That still doesn't make it right," Penny said.

Rogue looked at her, "And what exactly do you want to do about it?"

Penny slammed her hands onto the table and stood up. In a voice loud enough for most of the cafeteria to hear, she yelled in great sarcasm and a blatant attempt to start something, "HEY MORRISON, WHY DON'T YOU PROVE YOU'RE A REAL MAN AND PICK ON SOMEBODY WHO CAN TAKE YOU."

The jock laughed, "Hey, Lara Croft, go back to your freak friend and shut the hell up."

Penny narrowed her eyes and said the magic words, "Make me."

She spotted his hand moving before Morrison had realized what he was doing. A flying apple wasn't exactly her idea of starting something, but it would be enough to get him into some trouble if the right teacher was watching. Penny ducked instinctively and the apple flew past her and hit...

OOC: Somebody take a queue. Who gets hit with the football jock's flying apple?

"Pfft, I'm hardly a dork Noko," Pietro muttered, strolling along th school halls that he was beginning to see as his new domain. Sure, Pietro may have been sent originally as Magneto's first wave, but his own pride had forced him to make his mark as one of the more popular kids in school. The dopey looks the average girl gave him was proof enough alone, or at least that's how he saw it. Noko merely rolled her eyes.

As they stepped into the cafeteria, Pietro's path was blocked by a very strange looking new guy who'd just been hit in the head with an apple. Never one to avoid making trouble, Pietro began to zip around the cafeteria, making himself invisible to the naked eye. He ran by the new kid dozens of times, each time throwing his voice from another direction and with another voice.

"Look at that punk!"
"What a ********' loser!"
"Bet he loves the theatre!"
"I like throwin' stuff!"

A half-second later, Pietro reappeared beside Noko as if he'd never left, and waited for the new kid to erupt in anger.