Hey guys, I wanted to say a big thank you to all those who gave a review in the last chapter. It really helped me out with how I wanted this story to go. Here's the current poll for Superman's Main romance for the story.

Current score:

Captain Marvel with 29

Black Widow with 10

Quake with 15

Looks like Marvel is first with a massive lead, I wonder whether or not that changes but I should tell you guys that the poll ends next chapter.

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Present Day

This was not what Clark hopped would happen, he just wanted to give the Sarah some food and get her some place safe. But that's not what the world had in mind apparently and it was times like this where he got that voice in his head that just yelled 'you have the power to stop all of them! Stop being a little bitch and kill them!' he didn't want to go that far but a part of him did know that the more time he wasted the harder it would be to resist.

Looking out across the MacDonald's floor he saw that the group of people where still looking at him with complete hatred but also fear as well. The nice girl that was standing behind the till was looking between the group and him with very nervous eyes and thankfully everyone else that had occupied the building had took the hint after Clark lit his eyes up and decided that it would be a good idea to vacate the place. Now Clark was more than happy with the idea of getting Sarah the hell out of here, but she was clearly sick, he hopped it was just the common cold or the flu though Clark was not a doctor. Oh, don't get him wrong, he could easily see the cells in her blood including the ones with problems, but he didn't know what type of problems they caused.

Even if it was something simple like the flu, for a little kid like this with no form of medication to help, who is extremely malnourished and dehydrated. Going out in the rain, which was still pouring outside. It could cause serious problems in just a few hours, even though Clark could hear the sirens of the three police cars that were on their way, around three minutes at their current speed. Not enough time for the rain to stop and their current destination on his motorcycle would take one more hour.

This was starting to look like a really shitty situation and the more he thought about it the more he realized that if he was going to get Sarah out of here while keeping her healthy, he needed to do something about that gang across the floor before the police got here, not because he wanted to hurt them 'Don't lie to yourself. You hate them, you know you do, just end them like the ants they are' the voice said again and while it did, unknown to everyone including himself a small glowing red line, almost like a crack in the skin made itself known on the back of his neck that glowed with energy. Closing his eyes for a moment Clark shook his head and pushed the voice to the back of his mind.

The truth is he needed to keep Sarah out of the rain and turning his head he could see the large range rover that group had come in, as much as he loved his bike he could always go and get it later from the police. Though he doubted those guys would just give him the keys, no he needed to take them.

Looking down he saw the head of Sarah as she slept leaning against his side, she didn't want to be a part of whatever was going to happen when the police got here. Nope that couldn't happen, he decided.

As gently as possible he eased himself out of Sarah's grip and leaned her down to her side. Now free from her he stood up and immediately looked towards the group who all immediately stiffened, as he walked it was easy for him to tell that they were trying their hardest not to look scared but with how stiff they became and the glances to each other, they were just failing miserably.

He stopped just in front of the table and looked down at all of them and looked to the man closest to the wall who had the keys in his jacket pocket "give me the keys to the truck" he said calmly.

The group all looked at each other and with some knew found courage and they all frowned at him, the woman who was sitting on his left fairest away from the wall gritted her teeth at him "fuck off you mutant freak, why the hell would we give you anything?" she asked.

The tone and confidence in her voice seemed to make the group even less intimidated by Clark's pervious display of power. Without even taking his eyes off the one with the keys, before any of them could even blink Clarks left hand found its way to the back of her neck and forced her face to meet the table, and he did it in a painful manner for that 'mutant freak' comment. The entire group jumped at the sound of the loud bang "because if you don't, I'm gonna hurt you all, really, really badly" he said with a slight glow of the eyes.

There was another moment of silence before the man slowly reached into his pocket with a shaking hand.

Taking the keys, he immediately let go of the women's neck and turned back to Sarah who was just started to pick herself up from the seat. She looked around franticly though she could only look to the side by turning her whole body as the overly large hood was blocking half her view. As he was halfway he could hear her breath quicken and her let out a small whine sound, he jogged the last couple of feet "Sarah" he said reaching her.

The young girl immediately turned around and he could see that her eyes where watering. Not enough to cry but she was definitely heading that way. He kneeled down as he reached the table and before he could speak, she jumped into his arms and placed her head in his neck "I... I thought you" she tried to say but stopped herself as she struggled not to cry.

"ssshhh, ssshhh" Clark said as he stood up holding her in his arms "Don't worry, I'm not gonna leave you until I know you're safe" he walked towards the exit not bothering about the rain knowing that it should be a bother anymore. He glanced at his bike promising to come back for it before heading to the Range Rover.

He quickly unlocked the truck and placed Sarah in the passenger seat before closing the door and stepping into the driver's spot. He looked over to Sarah who was looking around herself no doubt wondering what they were doing in a car, he reached over and put her seat belt on her "safety first" he added smiling at her. Turning the key, the engine started, without waiting even a moment he drove out of the parking spot and turned a corner heading out onto the main road and as he did, he saw three police cars pulling in to where he just came out. A small smile found its way to his lips as he saw the barely occupied road and picked up the speed. The police would be following him very soon and he wanted to lose them before they got the chance.

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Salem Centre – New York

Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

10 years ago

"So, this place is for school?" Skye asked she walked at Clarks side behind Xavier's wheelchair. The three heading down the nice, homely hallways of the massive mansion.

"yes" the professor said as the group entered the main entrance room "I've been running this school for the past four years now" he informed as he turned the chair around to face the two.

Clark held his arms crossed "a school that has a very advanced jet that lands in an underground bunker underneath a basketball court" he added.

Xavier gave a chuckle "we're a very... unique school" he compromised "one that you yourself might be very comfortable in" before Clark could say anything a sound it all their ears. A sound that Clark hasn't heard in a very long time.

A school bell.

As the bell rang a handful of doors opened, Clark and Skye both turned around to the sight of at least two dozen people leave the different rooms. What was surprising was that it wasn't just one age group like teenagers or kids, it seemed to be both "so every single student here is a mutant?" Skye asked as she saw some of them give the three odd glances as they walked past.

"yes indeed, every one of them" the teacher smiled as he looked at her "to the public and government this merely a school for special children, some of them think it's for kids who have mental difficulties while others think it is a school for best and brightest" he started to wheel down one of the hallways with Skye and Clark behind him "most of the students are run a ways, frightened, alone, hated" he added glumly "but not here" he went through an open door way and into what looked like a professional office "here, they are safe, happy, among others who understand, taught how to control their abilities so they can walk out into the world without worrying of hurting someone and of course free to study their passion" he explained as he reached the other side of the desk "please have a seat"

Skye sat down immediately while Clark took another few seconds before he did himself "Xavier" Clark started "look, we're both thankful that you helped get us out of Columbia"

"and bringing my van" Skye quickly added.

"and bringing the van" he then added "but why did you do it?" he asked with complete seriousness "why bring us here?"

Skye didn't say a word, not wanting to get in the way of the question being answered. As she wanted to know herself "I helped you because I had a friend who one day a long time ago told me that you would need some help"

Needless to say, that didn't help Clark with his scepticism "right" he said with the addition of a lot of sarcasm "if he said that a long time ago how the hell would he know where I would be. What could he see the future?" he chuckled.

What he wasn't expecting however was the laugh he heard from come from the professor's small laugh "in a manner of speaking. But that doesn't really matter right now, so what's your plan?" he asked.

"I just spent the last few years trying to do two things. Make enough money to make a life for myself and getting away from this country" he explained "I used to have both of those goals, now I just have one" he stood up from his chair "again, I appreciate the quick getaway but I have to get going" he turned and made his way out the room.

"go where exactly?" Xavier asked.

"I don't know yet" he answered honestly "some back-end corner of the world where I can just disappear" he said reaching the door.

"who's to say you can't do that here" the voice of the professor said creating a small echo around as Clark stopped walking.

He slowly turned around to face the professor "what are you talking about?" he asked.

He didn't say anything else at first, that was until he reached into his desk draw and pulled out a file "Clark Joeseph Kent, straight A's in every class, never fluked a test and offers of full scholar ships for Harvard, MIT, Yale" he said reading from the page.

"what's your point?" he snapped back, being remained of his past isn't something he's found of doing, everything always brings him back to that day.

"seriously Clark" Skye said shocked "I mean I knew you were smart but damn, that's like, really smart" she said.

Clark gave her a glance but then turned back to the professor waiting for a response "my point Mr Kent" he said wheeling out from behind his desk and dropping the file down "is that this is a school, a school that is off the grid, lies to the government on a daily basis and is full of people like you"

"like me?" he said back wondering whether or not he should mention that he's not really a mutant.

"people with gifts" he answered smiling before turning to Skye "you'd be welcome to stay here as well. Who knows maybe you'll find a class you really like"

"really" she asked amazed by the offer "but I thought that..."

"that we only take mutants as students" he said interrupting her "while we've never had a human as a student that doesn't mean I would never allow it. In fact, based on what I've seen you might really enjoy our computing class" that certainly got her attention "and you too Mr. Kent, while we aren't any of those well-known colleges and universities. We still do pretty advanced classes here, I myself teach physics, biology and chemistry"

Clark sighed and rolled his eyes; he honestly didn't know what to make of all of this. It almost seemed too good to be true but after everything he's been through, he's found it really hard to believe "what's the catch?" he asked.

"no catch" immediate red flag in Clark's mind "all I ask if you choose to stay is that you follow the rules"

He and Skye shared another look "like what?" she asked.

"just the basic schooling rules" he shrugged "don't be outside the bedroom area after curfew, no fighting, no steeling, no... relations with each other on school grounds" Skye blushed at that while Clark remained in passive "actually" he said before turning around and wheeling back over to his desk, reaching into another draw he pulled out a large booklet "you can see the rules yourself" he smiled offering it to Clark, who walked over and took it. Not really caring to hide it anymore he used his mind, eyes and speed to look through it.

To anyone else it would look like he was just flickering through the pages but to him he was reading the whole thing, every page, top to bottom. All hundred and twenty of them. When he stopped flickering, he sighed and put it down before turning to the professor "pretty common but I'm not letting you run tests on me" he really didn't like the idea of being some sort of test subject, not again.

"Wait" Skye said standing up and picking up the booklet "did you just read this whole thing?" she asked/screeched in amazement as she pressed it against his chest "Clark, this is like..."

"one hundred and twenty five pages of standard rules" he took the booklet and opened it to a page in the middle "expect, for this page" he handed it back to her "were it states that the professors are required to do a full range of tests on new students to 'better understand their gifts'" he quoted and turned back to the teacher "it's not going to happen" he instead.

Xavier simply smiled at him "rest assured Mr Kent, myself and the other staff only need to do that when the student is unable to control their gifts. But since you seem very capable of not only controlling but using your gifts. It won't be necessary for you. Clark the only thing I want from you is to give you the education you deserve" he said.

Clark was about to open his mouth to reply when the someone knocked on the door to the office. They all turned around to see a rather beautiful ginger haired girl standing in the door way "err..." her eyes went to Clark and Skye for a moment before landing on the teacher "Sorry professor but I was just wondering, would you like it if we just carry on from last lesson or is there something else we can do?" she asked.

Xavier smiled at the girl "I'll be right there Jean" he smiled before the girl turned and left "apologies but I do have a science class to teach" he said heading to the exit, leaving the room to turned to face inside from the corridor "why don't you two just take the next hour to think about your options, I can't promise anything but I can say that if you stay I will do everything within my power to make sure the both of you are safe and cared for. Who knows maybe one day you want to be a part of the family that's been built here" he finished with a smile as he rolled away.

There was a silence that filled the room once he left, Clark stood with his arms crossed like he was deep thought. Skye was in a much similar state as she leaned back against the desk "what do you think?" she asked.

"I want to leave" he quickly said as he turned to face her "what about you?" he asked in return.

She shrugged and looked at the ground "I have no idea, I mean it's not like I've had to the chance to talk about stuff like this. I didn't plan to go to college or anything like that"

"but" he added.

"but I do really like the idea of not having to worry about paying for food. The Computer class also sounds really nice. It'll give me a chance to look over the file" she said as her eyes found his "I think I'll take him up on the offer" she added giving him a small smile.

Clark simply nodded, retuning the smile "good luck with that" he turned and started to leave. He made it out the door before he heard the sounds of the footsteps behind him.

"do you really think that's a good idea?" Skye asked as she walked alongside him. Being honest with himself he was very grateful that she wasn't in front of him trying to stop him from walking.

"it's for the best Skye" he said as he opened the front door to the large house and stepped out "I wouldn't fit in to this type of crowd anymore. Trouble has a habit of following me around" he added in a sad tone.

Skye took a step closer towards him "what are you going to do?" she asked.

He shrugged "follow the plan" he smiled as he started to walk forward only to stop when Skye grabbed his hand.

"right, good plan. But is there any reason why you can't just wait a year or two before you leave?" she asked, in truth Skye didn't think she could stay here without Clark. It was nerve racking enough as it was, she knew full well what it was like starting in a new school and it wasn't great. The fact that this was a school full of mutants where she would be the only human made it ten times worse.

"Skye..." Clark started.

"I cannot tell you how sorry I am" she said interrupting him "for everything that you've been through since I last saw you. And I know that I have no right to even think about this let alone say it. But what do you think your parents would want for you if they were here" she said in a quiet voice.

He wasn't angry by the question, which he himself was surprised by, honestly he knew for a fact that if it was anyone else asking that question he wouldn't have been able to stop himself from throwing them up past the clouds and just letting them drop. But with Skye, all he could do was sigh and look down to the ground knowing she was right. His parents would be screaming at him to take that chance to get an education. Looking back up at her, he turned to large building "maybe it wouldn't be the worst idea" he spoke as he notices the smile that appeared on Skye's face.

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Salem Centre – New York

Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

2 years later

Though it was clear that Xavier didn't regret giving any of his students the opportunity to be at this school. It was easy for anyone to tell that some gave him more trouble than others, like Clark. Not in a bad way but within the first two weeks, it was clear that when he went for something, he really went for something. Unlike Skye who chose to take computing as a class Clark took advanced physics, advanced chemistry, advanced biology, advanced mathematics, advanced engineering and advanced mechanics. Needless to say, Clark was alone in a lot of classes, the main reason being some of those classes didn't exist until Xavier found out just how smart Clark was and had to add them as electives to make sure he got the best education he could get. In fact, Hank McCoy took Clark on as an apprentice to help him with the mechanics and engineering. Needless to say, Clark took a lot of work.

Not that he didn't work hard himself, he practically spent all of his time in the library studying. He did enjoy it, a part of him felt like he really was back to having a normal life, well as normal as can be when he's him, which wasn't easy. It took months for him to get over the paranoia of thinking he was being tracked or followed by the government. But once he did, he started to let his walls down and people really started to like him. He was fun, caring and charismatic, he was already one of the oldest students in the school as he was now nineteen, only a few months till he turned twenty. It also helped that he became particularly popular amongst the female populous.

However, no matter who you were, how beautiful you looked or how powerful your mutation was, if you so much as looked at Clark in a way a certain someone did not approve of, there would be hell to pay. A certain someone that proved to be very territorial when it came to her man. A certain someone who was currently on top of Clark as he lay on his bed topless.

If she was being honest with herself, Skye didn't come to this school with Clark expecting to be this. Yes of course she was still attracted to Clark, how could she not be? He was still rugged, handsome, well-built and had abs she bet she could fry an egg on. But she honestly didn't think it would happen, not after everything he's been through, she just thought that he wouldn't want that type of relationship with anyone. Not to say she was ungrateful; they've been together officially for two months now and it's been a lot of fun.

Admittedly their first date was a little awkward, especially with Clark's situation that only she, Hank and Xavier knew about. The situation of Clark being wanted by one of the most powerful spy agencies on the planet, so he needed to avoid security cameras. She thought that it would make for a boring date, not that she had a lot of experience go on in the first place. But she was pleasantly surprised by one of the best dates she's ever been on, Clark simply got them a cab to central park, and they had a really nice picnic. Fifth teen minutes in and they were joined by another couple who had the same idea.

They turned it into an impromptu double date and it was a lot of fun, they eat, drank, talked and Skye really enjoyed herself and she made sure Clark knew it with a goodnight kiss once they got back. Ever since then they've never been apart from each other, always close by, holding hands, cuddling on the couch watching TV, ignoring the teasing from the students who were just poking fun.

Of course, there were the other things that proved to be a little problem. The sound of a door opening caught Clarks attention and was about to stop kissing Skye but she beat him to it by immediately pulling away when someone spoke "really?" someone asked in an annoyed voice, the two turned to see the ginger hair of Skye's roommate "can you guys at least do this in Clarks room?" she asked.

Skye sighed, a bit annoyed they didn't get more time to themselves and buried her head in Clarks neck while he rubbed her back "we did try that but your rooms much cleaner and it smells better" he said back as he sat up causing Skye to do the same.

Turning to face her she suddenly started to feel that territorial feeling come back "Jean" she spoke "stop starring at my boyfriend's abs" she said in heated tone.

Jean's own face started to change to the same colour as her hair "I... that's not..." she stuttered looking over to her own bedside table "I just came to tell you that we need to get to class, it starts in a few minutes" she spoke walking over to the table and grabbed a stack of books.

"shit" Skye cursed, she completely forgot about class. Quickly picking herself up off the bed as Clark got up himself and picked his discarded shirt up off the ground.

He had a free schedule for an hour before he had to join Hank to make the final adjustments to the jet, if he does a good job Hank will think he's ready to take the mastery test which he would need to go into the city in order to take and Xavier would call in a favour and allow him to take in the mansion and the official that'll oversee the exam would place the score's in under a misspelt name so it would come up as Clarrk Kennt, it would sound the same but it shouldn't come up within any data bases which wouldn't alert Sheild.

Turning to the door he saw Jean waiting for Skye who was just cleaning herself up with a hair brush before she turned with her laptop and headed to the door herself "walk you to class?" he said with a smile.

She smiled at him "well thank you very much kind sir" she added as Jean just rolled her eyes and walked in front of the couple.

"oh hey, do you guys want to go see a movie later?" she asked the couple walking next to her.

"err... I'm free this afternoon" Skye said before turning to Clark "you coming?" she asked "you can just speed your way in so no-one can see you" she suggested.

That was a little titbit they discovered when Clarks abilities became known throughout the school, needless to say when they wanted to experiment quite a bit. But before Clark could say no, not wanting to be treated like a lab rat again. Something else happened, they were having fun. It wasn't like with Shield when he had pieces of tech pressed against his skin on some high-priced machine. They just wanted to see him do cool stuff with his powers, and weirdly enough he had fun himself. It was an odd feeling and he didn't notice it at first, but he was becoming popular, the others all found that they really liked watching Clark use his powers.

"Sorry, you'll have to make do without me" he said as they all turned a corner "I've got an important exam with Hank this afternoon"

"well we can't have that" Skye said with a smile as the three entered the main entrance room where Clark saw someone with a blindfold over his eyes "how about we do it tomorrow?" she asked looked over to Jean

"Sure, the movies gonna be on for another week, we have time"

"One more, and last one" Alex, Clark's roommate said as they reached the last step but the blindfolded one tripped at the last second and knocked into Jean who was distracted by her conversation with Skye who were talking about what movie to see.

"humph" they both said as each stumbled and a pile of books fell out of Jeans hands. Though before they can hit the ground, Jean through her mutation of telepathy grabbed them and brought them through the air and back into her hands.

"I can't..." he said randomly looking into her direction.

It didn't take long for Skye and Clark both to tell what was happening, they've been friends with Jean since they both got here, and she's done that to them on more than one occasion "What? Who are you talking to?" Alex asked confused by what he said.

"come on Alex" Clark said with a roll of the eyes "you know who he was talking to" nodded towards Jean.

"Me" Jean said out loud this time allowing Alex to nod his head in understanding.

"I just heard you in my head" blindfold said.

"I'm telepathic, I read minds" she explained with a shrug of the shoulders.

Using his eyes Clark could see the small frown that went on behind the blindfold "Well, stay out of mine. I don't need some weird girl creeping around in there" she added in an angry voice.

"Watch it" Clark warned in a low voice, something else that Clark didn't expect but Skye said it would be obvious that he would act that way. He had proven to be incredibly protective of his friends.

"Clark" Alex said as he gestured to him "I'd like you to meet my brother Scott" he said placing a hand on his shoulder "Scott, this is my roommate Clark, his girlfriend Skye and her roommate Jean. The one you don't want in your head" he added with a whisper.

"I don't know why" Jean added with crossed arms "there's not much there to see" she finished turning around and headed for glass, Skye right behind her who gave Clark a final smile before following her.

"wait, I didn't tell you my name" Scott said out loud, but they were both gone by then.

"Alex, Clark?" a voice called out and the three turned to face it.

"great timing Hank" Clark said as he crossed his arms while giving Scott the stink eye.

Alex clasped his hands on Scott's shoulders "This is my brother, Scott" he introduced.

"Hey, Scott" Hank said with a smile "I'm Hank McCoy. I'm one of the teachers here" he introduced himself though Scott did little more than nod at the teacher.

Alex rolled his eyes at his brothers demeaner "Where's the Professor?" he asked.

"he's teaching his English class" Hank said "shall we" he said.

"actually" Alex said before they could all go their separate ways "I think Clark should come with us" he said, causing the eyebrows on Clark and Hanks head to rise "trust me" he added before either of them could as "you'll understand when you see it"

After walking for a minute down the corridors the sound of Xavier's voice hit their ears "to break forth bloodily, then the past must be obliterated and a new start made. Let us now start fresh without remembrance, rather than live forward and backward at the same time. Now, what are the aggrieve things that the author meant when he wrote all that?" he looked up and saw the group approach "He... That's going to be your assignment for tomorrow. Top marks, everyone. Class dismiss" all the students started to pick themselves up and make their way out the room while he brought himself over to the group of four "Alex, I'm glad you had a safe trip"

"thanks" he said back placing a hand on his brothers' shoulder "This is my brother, Scott"

Charles smiled at the blindfolded kid "Hello, Scott. Welcome to the school for the gifted" he said.

Scott let go a sad chuckle "Yeah. It doesn't exactly feel like a gift"

Despite how he acted towards Jean earlier Clark couldn't help but feel bad for Scott, he remembered the time when he thought that, thankfully that was no longer the case "It never does, not at first" Charles said with some sympathy "come with me" he said as he started to lead the group down the hallway

In a few minutes the group of four made their way outside and they walked across the grass towards the large pond, all could see the kids of all different ages doing different activates "The first step in understanding one's power is learning the extent of it. Only then, can we begin the process of teaching you how to control it. If you do decide to stay, I can promise you that by the time you are done here you'll be able to go back into the world and play a stable productive partner" the professor said as they stopped at the edge of the pond and faced the other side were a small target that was used for archery was sitting "Why don't you take your bandages off and we can have a look at what we're dealing with here. Alex, would you like him up. Face him in the right direction if you will "Alex did as instruct and helped his brother get into position though Clark may have started to realise what Scotts mutation is considering what was just said "There's a target just across the water. When you open your eyes, try and hit that" the blindfold was pulled off though his eyes where closed, he was clearly still afraid he would either hurt himself or someone else "You can open your eyes, Scott. There's nothing to be afraid of"

"It's quite" added trying to convince Scott to open his eyes but was forced to stop talking when he did open his them, to say everyone was quite shocked was an understatement "Get back! Get back. Get back" Charles shouted in an alarmed voice as two large red beams of energy shot of Scott's eyes and smashed into the water before randomly flaying around on the ground as his head moved. Clark acted quickly and placed one hand on the top of Scott's head and another under his chin, being firm but gentle he aimed the beams into the ground making sure not to his any pipes that were underground.

When he closed his eyes, Clark placed his hand in front of them just to make sure that he wouldn't open them by mistake. Thankfully he was sure that he wouldn't burn his hands, he's tried his own heat vision on his skin, and he seemed ok, sure it hurt but it wasn't scared or anything of the sort "ok, I get why you wanted me here" he said looking over to Alex.

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"so, what does it feel like?" Clark asked as he and Xavier both sat opposite Scott who was clearly nervous now that he's displayed what he can do to pretty much everyone who was outside.

"err..." Scott started as he fidgeted slightly "it's hot" he said, though he wasn't joking, neither Clark nor Xavier thought he did "it hurts, quite a lot. I haven't really tried it out but right now it looks like the longer I use it the more painful it gets" he explained.

"that might not be the case forever" Xavier spoke "you may not have to worry about pain Scott, what you said isn't unheard of. It's quite common that when someone's mutation develops during later in their life" he leaned forward with a small smile on his face "it's actually quite fascinating, you see when a mutation isn't present at birth but is within the body then it usually means that it'll kick in during the teenage years when puberty is in progress. When your body starts to mature, pubic hair, height increases, hormones, sexual eagers, etc but also a mutation"

Clark could tell that he was going into full teacher mode and just started acting like he was teaching a class who all understand the concept instead of one person who just looked confused, going by the look on Alex's face he was thinking the same "In other words" he said interrupting the professor "your bodies not used the mutation so it needs time to adapt and adjust to it" he simplified "the more you use it, the easier it gets" he did even further.

He quickly nodded in understanding "how long do you think it'll take?" he asked.

"that would be impossible to tell this early" Xavier answered honestly "but thankfully we have someone hear who can help you with your particular mutation" he added looking over to Clark with a questioning expression.

"wait, really? Who" Scott asked with a shock and confused expression.

Clark glanced over to the professor and saw his face, he sighed before answering "me. My eyes can do something very similar to your own. Don't know if I can teach you anything cause it might work completely different"

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"So, how'd it go with the newbie?" Skye asked as she nestled down on the couch next to Clark as he lied back on the couch in one of the many living rooms spaced out around the house. There were a handful of others spaced around the room doing their own thing, Clark though was the only one on the couch reading one of his textbooks. He wrapped an arm around and pulled her closer, she didn't fight him, instead snuggling closer "do I even want to know what's on that page?" she asked in a humorous tone.

He let a chuckle escape him as he remembered the page he was on before closing the book "not unless you want to give yourself a headache. And Scott is fine I guess, though it doesn't seem that our eyes work the same way. I can't teach him anything"

Skye raised an eyebrow at him "what do you mean?" she asked "you both shoot lasers out of your eyes, it can't be that different"

"you'd be surprised" Clark added as he leaned back and closed his eyes.

"oh pppfff" she scoffed "come on, what's the difference?" she asked finding herself curious.

Opening his eyes, his head tilted to face hers as it stayed in front of him "well, for starters he seems to have no chance to stop it, it's like the second he opens his eyes they fire out. Almost the complete opposite to me, when I first found out I could use my eyes for something like that, well the only way I could get them to work was when I..." he stopped talking, his eyes widened, and he zipped his lips 'how can I be so smart yet so stupid' he thought to himself.

"when you what?" she asked back tilting her head slightly.

"nothing" he shook his head "nothing at all" he quickly added shifting slightly.

"oh my god" she smiled leaning in, normally that would be something that Clark would really like but based on the smile Skye had on her face, she was feeling a scandalise. Very bad for him "it's bad isn't it?"

"no" he shook his head again "really it's nothing" he started to shift his body trying to get out from her clutches but that proved to not help at all as he just gave her the proof she needed that this was bad.

"oh, no no no" she quickly said before jumping up and straddling his lap, placing both hands on each side of his head trapping him "you are not going anywhere until you tell me"

Being honest Clark was so surprised she did that in front of everyone, who at least gave a glance in their direction before turning away and focusing on their own business. Not that surprising, being affectionate in public does have a habit of making the public uncomfortable "Skye it's really not that big a deal" he pleaded.

"tell me" she immediately shot back.

Clark closed his eyes and sighed dramatically "ok, I found out that I could only use my... laser eyes? When I was mmmhmhmh" he muttered.

"what was that?" she asked tilting her head.

"when I was mmmhmhmh" he said again.

Now Skye was starting to get a little bit annoyed, though she did know that he would tell her anyway, she might as well have some fun with it "come on Clark" she said shyly as her hands found their way to his neck "if you tell me" she whispered leaning closer "I could make it worth your while" she smiled even more when he got that look on his face, he was going to say.

"Ok, when I first tried this. I could only do it when I was... well" he leaned closer "turned on" he said remembering clear as day when the new teacher game into class and he nearly burned the school down.

"hahahaha" she started with a giggle; he rolled his eyes "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" she threw her head back unable to stop herself from bursting out with laughter.

"ok" he mumbled as he looked to the side and saw others just watching them with confusion, he just gave them a small smile before turning back forward to his laughing girlfriend he leaned forward and pressed her face into his neck. This time he got a little annoyed by the wet tears he could feel against his neck "ok, that's enough" he added.

"I'm sorry" she said leaning back and wiping her tears away "ok, ok. Hahahahahahaha" she laughed again "that's... that's the best thing I've ever heard" after another few minutes of giggling she finally relented and stopped "ok. You need to tell me how you found that out" she said.

He immediately shook his head "no I do not"

"yes you do" she nodded.

"no"

"yes"

"no"

"yes"

They went back and forth like this for the next two minutes, even though Clark was annoyed he couldn't help but enjoy the moment. It wasn't even about her sitting on his lap, it was just the closeness, seeing the smile on her face, her brown hair waving back and forth, the shine coming from her lips.

He didn't know when she stopped moving altogether and just looked back at him, but he did know when he started to lean in towards her, she did the same thing to him. Their lips met and even though he could hear everyone around them either roll their eyes, sigh, make a annoyed sound or just simply shake their head.

At first it had all been giggling, teasing and the whole 'wwwwwwoooooooowwwww' noise everyone mad at the same time but now that they've been together longer everyone just got used to it. Now it seems that people either don't care they're together or just try to ignore it because public displays of affection (like they're doing right now) makes them uncomfortable.

Skye let out a moan as she tilted her head to the side, opening her mouth and allowing his tongue entrance. Something he quickly took advantage of and without even meaning too he slid his hands around her back and pushed her closer towards him while her hands roamed the back of his head, running through his hair.

He entered and even stronger state of arousal when he felt that she started grinding against his crotch. That was a new feeling and it was something he immediately reacted to and based on the pause she gave; she had a reaction to it as well.

However, when she pulled away from him with a frown on her face, he started to get a bad feeling, hoping that he wasn't being to forward "hang on a minute, if what you just said was true then why didn't they" she pointed at his eyes and his bad feeling went away "act up when we first met" she looked at him with arms crossed and a frown on her face but it was easy for anyone who knew her to tell that she was kidding "cause I seem to remember" glancing to her sides she saw that while no-one was actively listening to what they were saying, they could still hear it however. She leaned in and whispered "I seem to remember you being very" she glanced down, right at his crotch, which had a small bulge in it due to Skye's actions "happy, about what we were doing"

He gave her a smile and a nod "I had it under control by then"

She returned the smile "didn't have everything under control back then" she said before looking down "still don't now" the smirk came back.

"which is completely your fault" he quickly shot back.

"damn right" she leaned in and kissed him again. Though unlike before they were interrupted by the light going out on a dimmer. The school wide sign that it was time for bed "ok" she gave him one final kiss "see ya tomorrow sexy" she whispered before standing up and heading for bed.

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He was awoken that night by the large headache that suddenly hit him out of nowhere. That sounded normal to some but when you really thought about it, if you woke up from a deep sleep because of a headache you would quickly know something was wrong. Sure, you can go to bed with one and you can fail to sleep because of one but if you go to sleep perfectly fine and wake up from a deep sleep due to a headache, that's not normal. Well at least it shouldn't be but unfortunately it has happened from time to time since he's been here, and it's always been for the reason.

Knowing that he will need to get up eventually since he is much closer than the Xavier, pulling back the bed cover back and standing up. Hearing a grown next to him he looked over to the other side of the room where his roommate seemed to wake up himself "I thought she stopped doing this" he said sitting up in the bed.

"no, it's just less often" he said back as he made his way out of the room clad only in his pyjama pants.

Before he open it however it was opened from the other side, Skye came in with tired eyes wearing her own sleep ware "hey" she said with a slight snore "Clark could you..." she was cut off as they all heard 'no' in their heads causing a wince along with a slight growling coming from across the corridor and through the open door that led to Skye's room. Recovering from the intrusion into their minds all three of them made their way into the corridor and Clark could clearly see four of the five doors other than their own where open with others looking out. Which was very strange to Clark, she's never woken up this many people at once ""it's never been this bad before" she added "babe, to you think you could..." she started.

"yeah" he interrupted her, already making his way into the room. Trying his best to ignore the whispering of all the other kids that where looking at the open doorway with worried expressions. Not the mention the shaking light features hanging from the ceiling.

Stepping through the door, Clark was immediately hit with a massive wave of telepathic power that caused him to pause. Catching himself with a wobble of the legs before he reached out and tried to steady himself using the door frame. Using that change he looked around the room and was shocked, the walls looked like they were burning without the fire, bubbling with intense heat.

Turning his attention to the bed he saw Jean turning back and forth with a look of fear and sadness on her face "no... stop" she kept muttering to herself.

Taking a deep breath, he stepped forward towards the sleeping teenager trying to ignore the massive pain he was getting in his head with each step "Jean" he said with a loud voice hoping to wake her up without getting much closer but he knew that was unlikely.

Making it to the bed he sat down beside her sleep body "Jean!" he shouted which had no effect. Reaching out he placed a hand on her exposed shoulder which he immediately regretted.

The second his skin touched her skin his, his mind was assaulted with so much he was unable to move a single muscle. He could only just make out the sound he could make out was Xavier making his way down the corridor with Hank telling everyone to go back to bed. That was the last thing he heard before his mind shut it out completely and all he saw was death.

Images flashed through his head, a forest on fire, a desert full off red hot sand, a city falling to ruins. Nothing but death and decay. Even a mind like his was having trouble trying to keep sense of everything that he was seeing without overloading and causing damage.

This wasn't the first time this has happened, Jean's had losses of control like this before and occasionally that had caused visions to be given to not just him but other students as well. Though it's never been this bad before, a part of him would have wondered how Skye got out of the room and wasn't placed into a coma but he couldn't cause he was so overloaded.

"JEAN!" a voice shouted, without even knowing what was happening he found himself back in the bedroom and falling to the ground.

"Clark!" a women's voice shouted, as his vision remained blurry for a few moments before he could regain himself. Though once he did it was clear what happened, the overload must have caused him to collapse, as he was on the ground with his head on Skye's lap as her hands kept his head in place.

"I saw the end of the world" his ears picked up Jeans voice as he looked right up into Skye's "I could feel all this death" she added before Alex came in with two glasses of water, handing one to him and the other to Jean.

"Nope" Xavier said "It was just a dream..." he started trying to comfort her.

"But it felt real" she said interrupting him.

Drinking his water Clark couldn't help but agree, that was not a dream, there was no way that was just a dream "I know. Your mind is the most powerful I've ever seen. It can convince itself..." he tried again.

"No!" she shouted "it's not just a mind reading or a telekinesis, it's something else" he didn't need to see her to tell that her eyes where watering, she had that shaken sound in her voice people get upset "Some... dark power inside and it's growing, like a fire. I thought I was getting better" Clark looked up to Skye and saw she was really worried about her roommate and as much as he likes the feeling of Skye's lap, he knew Jean needed her more right now.

"You are... You will" Xavier stuttered, struggling slightly to find the right words "You just have to be patient" he settled for.

Clark was able to pick himself up and land on his knees taking a few deep breaths as he heard Skye land on the bed next to Jean and wrapped her arms around her.

"No. No. You don't know what it's like to be afraid to shut your eyes" she explained as Clark picked himself up off the ground and onto his feet "Clark" she said looking at him "Are you ok, I'm sorry" she said.

Clark just shook his head "it's ok" he added with a smile as he sat on the end of the bed "I'll be fine by tomorrow" before downing the rest of his water.

"I can't" Jean said as she rested her head on Skye shoulder as "I don't want to hurt anyone" she said barely above as whisper.

"you won't" Xavier said as he reached out and greatly grabbed her hand "all you need to do is practice control. It won't be easy, being a telepath never are but we can do it" he smiled and that seemed to calm her down, at least enough for her to stop crying.

Though when Clark met Jeans eyes and they looked at each other, you don't need to be a telepath to know that they were thinking the same thing. Whatever that was, it was not just a bad dream, it was too realistic for that, it was just too real.

Later that night when everyone had went back to bed, Clark didn't, he just stayed their laying in his bed starring at the ceiling thinking about it. He couldn't just forget it, this wasn't right, something was going to happen or someone was coming and he didn't know which was worse.

Ok guys wow, this took way longer than it should have done but you how it is sometimes you just lose interest, I'll try and make sure it doesn't take this long again for the next chapter.

Anyway, a couple of thinks first, I want to give a big Shout out to 'Prince Asif' for being my unofficial beta reader throughout this chapter and the last.

I want to remained all of you about the poll for the romance of this story, just because he is with Skye now doesn't mean he'll be with her for the rest of story, or he could be depending on what you guys decide but the next chapter after this one will be the last before it's decided. Also I would like to apologies in advance for any gramma mistakes I've left there, knowing me there's more then enough so sorry for that.

I also know that not a lot happened in this chapter it was mostly filler but if you know the MCU then you know what's happening next chapter. Let me know what you guys think in the review down below, seya in the next chapter.