X-Men Evolution : OmniMutant
Chapter Three : The OmniMutant Matrix
Anne waited anxiously, Kim should be home any moment and she really needed to have a serious talk with Kim. It was only a few hours ago that Jean had called and let her know what happened after Ron left, she was shocked to know that Ron had been stabbed.
Anne was broken out of her thoughts when she heard the front door open and Kim walked in.
"Kim, can you come in here a second? I need to talk to you" Anne shouted from the Den.
"Sorry Mom I can't, I'm meeting Monique at the mall in ten minutes" Kim called back in as she scrambled to get her stuff together.
"NOW KIM!!!" Anne shouted a little more harshly then before.
Kim walked into the Den with a worried look on her face.
"M-Mom? What's wrong?" Kim asked with a stutter
"I need to speak to you about Ron" Anne said seriously.
Suddenly Kim's demeanour changed, she wore a mixture of anger, disgust and shame.
"Mom I don't want to talk about him! He's already caused enough trouble for me and…" Kim snapped at Anne.
"KIMBERLY ANNE POSSIBLE SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!!!" Anne screamed at her daughter as she stood up in anger.
Kim stumbled backwards violently in shock and fell into a nearby seat. Kim had faced many different threats in her life as a hero but nothing had ever scared her as much as this, her mother had never screamed at her like this before.
"Now… I don't know when it happened, but I know I never raised my daughter to be a bigot or a racist. So I have to ask, what the hell do you have against Mutants? And why do you hate them so much that you would stab your best friend in the back just because he is one?" Anne asked as she tried to calm down.
Kim thought about her answer for a moment before speaking.
"Mom, look at the Mutants I've met, Shego, Gill, Electronique… all of them have tried to kill me! Mutants are just plain evil, it's their nature!" Kim answered passionately.
The look in Anne eyes could show how ashamed she was of her daughter for her answer.
"Oh really? Well let's take a look at some other mutants then shall we? Team Go, the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man…" Anne said as she ticked off her fingers
"That's not the same, they're not mutants!… are they?" Kim weakly argued, it had honestly never crossed her mind that they might be mutants.
"Yes Kim, they are… and so are your brothers" Anne said cautiously.
"W-What?… J-Jim and Tim are… they're…" Kim stuttered, her confidence waning
"Yes they are… Jim and Tim are mutants, they have been ever since they were born" Anne admitted
"… but… but they don't have any powers or abilities! How can they be mutants?" Kim argued
"Jim and Tim are lucky, their Mutation is subtle enough that it's mostly gone unnoticed and they've been free from persecution. Their minds are connected to one another, they're able to combine their mind's processing power to double their individual IQ, it also allows them to instinctively know what the other is thinking… their Mutant name is Gemini" Anne explained.
Kim was stunned, she didn't know what to say, she opened her mouth a couple of times but no more than a single syllable came out before she stopped. After a few minutes Anne spoke again.
"Kimberly being a mutant isn't a choice, it's something they're born with, you've had some bad luck when it comes to mutants but not all of them are bad, there and good and bad mutants just as there are good and bad humans, it's all a matter of how they choose to use their powers that makes the difference… so tell me, what has Ron used his powers for so far?" Anne asked
Kim thought about it, the very moment Ron first used his powers back of Liberty island.
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The Day Before
"rrrrrrRRRAAAHHHHH!!!"A feral roar ripped across the island, with great strength Ron stood up and pushed outward with his arms… all four of them. All eight men who had been beating him a moment earlier were thrown away by his strength. The men attacking Kim turned to see what was happening when they heard the roar and they froze.
Standing there was Kim Possible's sidekick, at least what used to be him surrounded by eight floored men. His skin was red, his muscles were bulging, he had four muscle bound arms and his eyes were completely yellow.
"R-Ron?" Kim asked, a little afraid to know what was wrong with her boyfriend.
Ron looked up at them with his yellow eyes and they recoiled when he pointed at them with one of his arms.
"Let her go!!!" Ron roared at them in a rough voice.
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"… he protected me…" Kim realised, it hadn't registered in her mind at the time but Ron wasn't just attacking Dementor's henchmen, he was protecting her from them.
Tears started to well up in her eyes as an image of Ron's heartbroken face flashed through her mind and the full gravity of what she had done dropped down on her like a ton of bricks.
"… he protected me… and I treated him as if he was a monster…" Kim muttered through her sobs.
A small smile graced Anne's lips, she was finally getting through to Kim, maybe their was some hope that Ron and Kim could reconcile some day, but for now they both need time to heal.
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Three Days Later
Ron's eyes slowly fluttered open, his eyes sleepily scanned the room his was in, the walls had a silver gleam with no windows. Ron slowly sat up causing a thin sheet to fall to his waist and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach, Ron looked down and saw that he was only wearing a pair of jogging pants and his stomach was wrapped several times in bandages.
The memories of what happened in Middleton flashed through his mind, his last memories was being stabbed by Mystique disguised as Kim.
'Did they capture me?' Ron wondered as he started looking in a panic for any sign of Magneto or his group.
-Don't worry Ronald, you are safe here. Magneto didn't capture you-
Ron looked around quickly looking for who spoke.
"Hey, w-who's there?" Ron said in a panic.
-Calm down, my Name is Professor Charles Xavier, I run the Institute Anne Possible told you about- the voice spoke again, it sounded as if the voice was coming from inside his own head.
"How are you OW!" Ron winced as he tried to move a little too much and aggravated his wound.
-Try to stay still Ronald, the worst is over but your wound will still be tender for a while, I'm on my way down to see you now… and to answer your question, I can speak directly into your mind thanks to my mutant ability, I'm a telepath-
Ron sat still trying not to hurt himself further, waiting for somebody to show up. A minute later the door to the room opened with a hiss and three people entered the room, one Ron recognised as Jean Grey, Kim's cousin. The second one was a bald man sitting in a wheelchair wearing an expensive looking brown suit. The last one was a little strange, it was a large man covered in blue fur wearing a white lab coat and a pair of glasses, he walked hunched over so his hands were nearly touching the ground.
"It's good to see you awake Ronald, you've been unconscious for the better part of three days… I'm Professor Xavier, I believe you've already met Jean" the Professor said as he gestured to the smiling red head next to him.
"Good to see you again Ron, how're you feeling?" Jean asked kindly.
"A little sore, but ok I guess" Ron answered.
"Hem hem…" the blue furry man coughed to get Ron's attention.
"Hello Mr. Stoppable… I'm Dr. Hank McCoy, my friends call me Beast, I'd like to take a look at your wound to make sure you haven't popped a stitch" Beast said in a polite tone of voice, much gentler than Ron would have expected given his appearance.
"Sure Doc…" Ron said calmly.
Beast went about undressing Ron's wound, and checking the stitches.
"You're quite lucky Ronald, you were minutes away from bleeding to death when we got you here, you can thank here Jean for your blood transplant" Xavier explained.
"Umm, thanks Jean, I really appreciate it…" Ron said with a smile.
Beast finished redressing Ron's wound with fresh bandages and backed away.
"Looks like your wound is healing just fine, there's no sign of infection but I'd like you to take it easy for a few more days and walk a crutch just in case… and I'd like you to come to me twice a day to get clean bandages, ok?" Beast asked but it wasn't really a question.
"Sure, you're the doc, Doc" Ron answered with a goofy grin.
Beast looked a little confused at Ron's reaction to what he looks like.
"Umm… did I say something wrong?" Ron asked worriedly.
"Huh? Oh, no no… it's just, well… usually when people first see me they aren't as calm as you are, you haven't even asked me about my body…" Beast said truthfully.
"Hey you're the third blue person I've ever met but you're the first who hasn't tried to attack me. I just figured that the whole blue furry thing was because you're a mutant, after all this is a school for Mutants right?" Ron asked.
"Indeed it is, you'll find that everyone here is a mutant, each with their own abilities…" Xavier said with a smile "… Mutants come here for all sorts of reasons, some come here to learn how to control their abilities… some come here to escape from the persecution of those who don't understand us… others come here simply because they have nowhere else to go"
"Heh, I guess I fit all three of those reasons eh?" Ron said with a sad smile. "So umm, what's your power?" Ron asked Jean obviously trying to change the subject.
Jean noticed how uncomfortable he was and smiled.
"I'm telepathic…" Jean answered
"Like the Professor?" Ron asked curiously.
"Kind of… but no where near as advanced… and I do have a few other tricks up my sleeve…" Jean said as she raised her hand up. A glass of water on a nearby table shuddered for a moment before it floated an inch above the table and gently floated into a stunned Ron's hand. "… I'm also Telekinetic"
"Coooooollllll…" Ron said with glassy eyes "… how many other people are here? What powers do they have?" Ron asked quickly
"Sorry to interrupt, but I believe it would be better to finish this discussion in the morning, that way you can meet the others in person, it's hard to tell down here in the sublevels but it is in fact well past midnight" Xavier suggested.
For the first time since they entered Ron noticed that Jean was actually wearing a dressing gown.
A few minutes later Beast had set Ron up with a crutch, Beast stayed in the medical bay to go over some work whilst Xavier, Ron and Jean all found themselves making their way through the silver gleaming halls of the sublevels towards the elevator.
"You mentioned that this is a sublevel right? So this is underground?" Ron asked curiously.
"Indeed, there are two levels of the institute, above ground is the institute itself, on the outside a boarding house for gifted youngsters, the bedrooms, kitchen and recreational rooms are all up there… then we have the sublevel which houses our training grounds, medical and laboratory rooms, equipment room and the hanger.." Xavier explained as they reached the elevator and took it up, when the doors opened Ron was met by the inside of a building extremely different from the sublevels.
"Woah, nice place…" Ron complimented.
"Yes, we are quite proud of it, well then I think it's time we retired for the night, Jean would you be as kind as to show Ronald to his room before heading back to bed?" Xavier asked.
"No problem Professor… follow me Ron" Jean instructed as Xavier turned around and wheeled down the opposite hallway.
Ron followed Jean down the hallway to what seemed to be the entrance hall to the manor where two staircases bordered the room both leading up to the second floor. Ron followed Jean up one of the staircases slowly, being careful not to further injure himself. After climbing the stairs Jean lead him through several hallways until they came to a room at the end of the hall with the word -Ron- stencilled in white on the door.
"This is your room, welcome to your new home" Jean said as she opened the door.
The room wasn't too big but it wasn't tiny either, there was a large bed that looked comfy, a desk with an alarm clock and a lamp next to the bed and a wardrobe in the corner. To the left of the room were a pair of glass doors that lead out onto a balcony overlooking the manor grounds.
"You'll find clothes in the wardrobe and the bathrooms are at the end of the hall, tomorrow is Saturday so breakfast is at 9, you'll find the dining room just past the elevator we came up in, goodnight Ron" Jean said as she let out a tired yawn and walked back out of the room.
"Goodnight Jean, and thanks for everything" Ron said with a smile before she closed the door.
Ron leant his crutch against the wall next to his bed and slowly laid down, he was right about how comfy it was, Ron snuggled into the softness and quickly fell asleep after covering himself over.
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The next morning Ron woke up to a loud ringing sound, Ron sleepily reached towards the ringing and slapped the top of the clock, immediately shutting it up. Ron lifted his head and checked the time. 8:45.
'Fifteen minutes to breakfast…' Ron thought just as his stomach grumbled loudly, at that point the realised he hadn't eaten anything in days.
Ron quickly got up and grabbed his crutch, he carefully grabbed a pair of pants, a white t-shirt and a dark green hoodie with a white X of the left breast.
Ron made his way out the door and started down the hallway towards the stairs, the hall was filled with an assortment of teenagers rushing around, none of them really paid Ron any attention.
"First dibs on the bathroom!" a female voice shouted from the other side of a door, a moment later Ron stepped back in shock when a brunette girl dressed in pink pyjamas walked right through the door like a ghost and ran down the hall towards the bathroom.
"Woah…" Ron deadpanned.
-PFFT-
Suddenly in a poof of black smoke there was something blue in front of Ron looking down the hall at the girl who walked through the door.
"Hey, no fair Kitty!" the blue boy shouted down the hall in a German accent before he disappeared in another puff of black smoke.
"Would yah keep it down? Some people ah tryin' tah sleep!" another female voice said in a southern accent as the same door Kitty had walked through opened to reveal a girl dressed in dark green pyjamas, she had brown hair with streaks of white near the front. The girl walked forward rubbing the sleep out of her eyes so she didn't see Ron until she collided with him.
Ron was able to brace himself but the girl fell to the ground with a thump.
"Oh, sorry, I'm still half asleep" the girl said as she reached up instinctively.
"Don't worry about it" Ron said as he reached down, grasped her hand and pulled her up.
The girl dusted herself off and looked at him before speaking, she realised he was the boy that Mystique stabbed.
"Oh… you're the new guy right? I didn't know you'd woken up, I'm Rogue" Rogue introduced herself.
"I'm Ron, I woke up last night and the Prof explained what happened" Ron explained.
"Yeah, well I better go, bathrooms are pretty quick to fill up, see you at breakfast" Rogue said as she made her way off to the bathrooms and Ron turned the corner towards the stairs.
Rogue luckily found an empty bath room, she rolled up her sleeves and turned on a faucet at the nearest sink, just as she was about to put her hands under the water she froze, she found herself looking at her hands in confusion as something entered her mind, she wasn't wearing her gloves, this wasn't uncommon, she always took them off before she slept. What confused her was that when she fell down, Ron had helped her up by grasping her hand.
"What the?…"
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Downstairs in the dining room the main table was populated my the residents of the Xavier institute, the table was covered with an assortment of food from sausages & bacon to fruit. Nobody batted an eyelash when Kitty phased through the ceiling and landed in an empty chair, or when Kurt appeared in a poof of smoke.
The room started to quiet down when Professor Xavier wheeled in.
"Students, I have some good news…" Xavier said to get everyone's attention. "… last night Ronald woke up and it seems he'll be joining us in a few minutes for breakfast"
"He woke up eh? That's good news, he's been asleep for three days" Scott said with a smile.
"So we finally get to meet the newbie huh?" Evan commented
When the door to the dining room opened it drew everyone's attention. Ron stood in the doorway looking at everyone awkwardly.
"Umm, hi?" Ron offered.
"Good morning Ronald, please come on in, take a seat and have some breakfast." Xavier offered kindly.
Ron smiled at the Professor, he was thankful that he had broken the awkward moment. Ron walked to an empty seat and sat down before grabbing an empty plate and picking an assortment of food.
"Well, I think some introductions are in order… of course you know both Jean and Beast… this is Scott and Logan, the others who you met in Middleton" Xavier pointed out the individuals. For the next few minutes everyone introduced themselves to Ron and told him their mutant names. After a few minutes Ron had met Scott, Logan, Kitty, Kurt and Evan. Or by their mutants names, Cyclops, Wolverine, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler and Spyke.
"… and this is Ororo Monroe" Xavier finished.
"My friends call me Storm" the white haired woman said with a smile.
At this point Rogue walked into the dining room, now fully dressed in her usual green outfit, she flashed Ron a smile as she sat down into an empty chair next to him.
"Ah, Ronald I'd also like you to meet Rogue" Xavier introduced.
"Yeah, we already met upstairs" Ron said
"There are few others recruits who live here, you'll meet them eventually" Scott mentioned.
"So dude, what exactly is your power? I mean we saw the tape of what happened on Liberty Island but it showed you doing half a dozen different things" Evan enquired.
The question caught Ron off guard.
"Umm, I don't really know… when it first happened I saw Kim get hit and I got angry… next thing I know I turned into that four-armed one, then while I was fighting I just kept changing without meaning to and whenever I did, I already knew what that body could do, I don't know how… I just did… it was like a reflex, instinct" Ron tried to explain.
"Hmm…" Beast hummed interestingly. "… that sounds like genetic memory"
Seeing everyone looking at him with confused looks he decided to explain.
"Genetic memory is really just a theory, scientists believe that certain creatures are born with the knowledge to do what they do… it's how birds know to fly south for the winter" Beast explained.
"Yeah, that does kinda sound like what happened, like when I was fighting the Saberteeth guy…"
"Sabertooth" Logan corrected Ron.
"Yeah him too, he threw he off a roof and I accidentally changed into another body that could fly and I already knew exactly how to fly" Ron explained.
"Ronald, I spoke to Dr. Possible a few days ago and she mentioned that you can't control your transformations" Xavier said
"Yeah, it kinda happens when I get mad or desperate… I'm kinda nervous that it might happen in the middle of a crowd or a mall" Ron said with a grimace
"Actually, I believe we may be able to help you with that" Xavier said, he then turned to Beast and nodded to him.
Beast reached under the table and pulled up and small silver case and placed it on the table.
"Ronald, do you know how a mutant is a mutant?" Beast asked
"Umm, not really" Ron admitted.
"In our DNA we have something extra, we call it the X-Gene, it's what gives us our powers… but yours was different, normally a mutant only has one type of X-Gene, but when we looked at yours we found dozens of different types of X-Gene, each of those different forms you take on is a separate mutation triggered when one of your X-Gene's becomes active… you've become what we have started to call an OmniMutant" Beast explained as he unlocked the silver case and opened it, Beast then turned it around so everyone at the table could see what was inside it.
In the case was what looked like a large watch, it had green metal straps and a round face plate, on the face plate was a black X with a glowing green backdrop. At the left and right of the face plate were a pair of green buttons.
"Cool, what is it? What does it do?" Ron asked curiously.
"This Ronald, is the OmniMutant Matrix… myself and another mutant named Forge devised and built this while you were sleeping…" Beast explained as he reached down and lifted the watch out of it's case.
"This is going to help you control your transformations…by pressing both of these buttons the face plate will lift up out of the main device and display a hologram of one of you different mutations, you turn the face plate left or right to cycle through your different bodies and when you find the one you want, you push the face plate back down and the watch will automatically make that Mutation's X-Gene become active and you'll transform. It will also stop your X-Genes from becoming active on their own" Beast explained the how the device works as he approached Ron and passed it to him.
"What! Really? THAT'S AWESOME, THANK YOU!!!" Ron screamed in excitement as he jumped up from his seat and immediately put the watch on his left wrist. The straps immediately moved on their own and wrapped around his wrist tightly.
"Ron be careful, jumping up like that you'll pop a stitch" Jean said sternly.
Ron immediately pressed both of the green buttons and just as Beast said the faceplate popped up, but… no hologram appeared like Beast said it would.
"Umm, Beast, it's not working" Ron said in confusion.
"Oh, sorry, I forgot to tell you, the watch can't detect your X-Genes until they become active, you'll have to transform into each form by yourself at least once before that form can be added to the OmniMutant Matrix's database, only then can the watch transform you into that form or stop it from becoming active on it's own" Beast explained.
Despite how fast Beast had spoke, Ron had actually understood what he said.
"Oh… cool… but uh… that name you gave the watch… it's a bit of a mouthful don't ya think?" Ron asked.
"What's wrong with OmniMutant Matrix?" Beast asked awkwardly.
"OmniMutant Matrix… hmm…" Rogue pondered over the name for a moment, "… how about we call it the Omnitrix for short?" she offered.
"Omnitrix?… I like it" Ron agreed with a grin.
"Well if the kid needs to use some of his powers to add 'em to that watch, I think I've got the perfect way to do it" Logan said with a grin that made Ron a little nervous.
"Don't even think about it Logan!" Jean said sternly knowing whatever Logan had in mind probably involved the Danger Room. "… he's still healing, and not everybody heals at fast as you do!"
"Ronald, I'd like to speak with you alone for a minute, would you walk with me?" Xavier asked as he wheeled away from the table.
"Sure professor…" Ron answered as he shoved one last piece of Sausage in his mouth and grabbed his crutch before following the Professor out of the dining room and into the rather large garden.
"Ronald, I believe there is something I should tell you… the people here are far more than what you have seen so far… we have chosen to use our powers and abilities for the greater good and have become a group of… what I suppose you could call hero's… we call ourselves the X-Men" Xavier explained.
"X-Men?… I think I read that name somewhere, something about a giant Sentinel robot back when we first found out about Mutants" Ron said as he tried to recall the article he'd read in a paper.
"Yes, it was quite unfortunate that Mutants had to become public knowledge in that manner… Magneto wasn't very subtle about the whole thing, he was the one who force the team to fight in public and expose us" Xavier explained.
"Magneto? That guy has a serious problem!" Ron found his anger start to build when he remembered the man who attacked him.
"Indeed, Magneto believes that a war is brewing between humans and mutants, we try our best to stop him whenever he goes too far but it's not always easy… anyway I believe we're getting off topic, with your unique abilities I believe you could become a valuable asset to our team, that is, if you wish to join us?" Xavier asked as he stopped and turned to face Ron and held out his hand.
"Well… that is a better sales pitch than Magneto gave me… so… why not" Ron said with a smile and shook the Professor's hand.
"I think I'm gonna like it here" Ron commented
"I think so too Ronald, welcome to the X-Men"
As Ron let go of the Professor's hand he was suddenly struck with a overwhelming feeling of dread. His eyes started shifting over the grounds as he did his eyes started to emit a green glow.
The Professor seemed to notice Ron's change of demeanour.
"Ronald? What's wrong?" Xavier asked with concern.
"I don't know Professor… there's just something wrong…" Ron tried to explain his feelings but couldn't find the words. Curious about the situation Charles used his Telepathy to look into Ron's mind and he was suddenly filled with the same sense of urgency, it was as if a hundred voices were screaming in his head to run away, the instincts of each and every one of Ron's different forms working together within him to warn him something was wrong.
Ron looked out beyond the walls of the institute for anything suspicious, he was just about to give up when he saw something, on the rooftop of a building beyond the institute gates, sunlight shining off something. Ron's eyes widened instantly, he spun around and saw a red dot of the Professor's chest.
The Professor's eyes widened as well, with his telepathy he caught a surface thought from Ron and he knew what was happening.
Ron dove forward, instincts taking him over again, he slammed both of his open palms against the Professor's chest hard enough to make the wheelchair topple over backwards, at that exact same time a bright flash of green light emitted from Ron.
-BANG!!!-
A gunshot echoed in the background and a moment later another sound came, a loud cracking sound. Charles turned over trying to see what had happened and he was a little surprises to see a ten foot wall of ice with a large crack in it with a bullet lodged at the centre.
"Professor, are you ok?" a low whispering voice asked.
Charles looked up to see a daunting figure standing over him, he had a blue face with large green eyes and it he seemed to be wearing a blue cloak covering his body completely with hood. He also seemed very familiar, it took a moment but Charles soon recognised him as one of Ron's forms from liberty island.
"Ronald, is that you?" Charles asked the question even though he already knew the answer, he knew what Ron could do but seeing it happen in person was far different.
"Kinda, right now the name's Big-Chill" Big-Chill introduced himself. He then looked past the ice wall toward where he had seen the shine come from.
"I'll be back in a minute, stay behind cover" Big-Chill ordered as he turned around.
Before Charles could say anything Big-Chill's cloak and hood suddenly sprung to life and unwrapped themselves from around Ron. It was then that the professor realised that that cloak and hood were not clothing, but they were in fact four moth like wings wrapped around his body. Big-Chill leapt into the air powerfully and flew away towards the city.
As Ron flew quickly over the gates Charles placed his hands against him temple and concentrated.
'X-Men, we have an emergency, come to the front gardens immediately!'
Less than a minute later everyone who had been sitting at the table in the dining room were running towards the grounded professor laying on the grass behind a wall of ice.
"Professor what happened?!" Scott said with urgency as he fingered his glasses ready to pull them off.
Big-Chill flew as fast as he could toward the roof he had spotted the shine, after a moment he spotted it, a man dressed in black jeans and a brown jacket running across rooftops, jumping from one to the next. He had a large rifle strapped to his back. Big-Chill flew down and landed roughly in front of the man and folded his wings back around his body to appear as a cloak and hood again.
"Where do you think you're going?" Big-Chill asked in his whispering voice.
The man skidded to a stop and he blanched at the sight of the thing in front of him.
"W-What are you?" the man stuttered as he fell backwards and shakily reached into his jacket.
"I'm one of the Mutants you just took a shot at!" Big-Chill said in a angry tone.
"T-Take this y-you mutant freak!!!" the assassin shouted as he ripped his hand out of his jacket along with a black pistol.
-BANG!!!-
The assassin fired and at that exact same time Big-Chill turned intangible and the bullet shot right through him without hitting him. Big-Chill became solid again and glared at the assassin.
"My turn!" Big-Chill growled as then took a breath, a moment later he breathed out and a whist of cold air shot from his mouth and hit the gun the assassin was holding. The gun quickly became too cold to touch and the man dropped it with a yelp of pain.
"S-Stay away form me!!! STAY AWAY!!!" the assassin screamed in a panic as he backed away from the ghost-like mutant.
"Stop, stay still!" Big-Chill shouted and reached out but the assassin didn't listen, he took one more step backwards and fell off the edge of the roof.
"No!" Big-Chill dove forward over the edge and grabbed the assassin by the ankle, he then quickly opened his wings again to stop their decent.
"Ahh, AHHHH!" the assassin screamed as he looked down at the moving traffic ten floors below.
Ron quickly started to fly back towards the manor, the entire time the assassin kept screaming and flailing around.
"Agh… hey! You know, it's not exactly easy flying with you squirming around like that!" Big-Chill shouted down to his passenger.
A few minutes later Big-Chill dropped the assassin unceremoniously onto the lawn not far from where the rest of the X-Men were standing. Big-Chill landed and wrapped his wings around his body again.
-SNIK!!!-
Big-Chill turned around and saw Logan standing in a crouch with his fists as his sides, protruding from both hands between each of his knuckles were a total of six blades.
"Who the hell are you supposed to be?!" Logan growled while looking directly at Big-Chill.
"Logan stop!" Professor Xavier said as he wheeled forward after being helped back into his chair by Scott & Jean. "That's Ronald, he's transformed into one of his different mutations"
Professor Xavier wheeled forward and stopped in front of Ron.
"You saved my life a few minutes ago Ronald, thank you…" Charles said with a thankful tone.
"I would have done it for anyone Professor" Big-Chill said as he crossed his arms over his chest. His whispering voice caused a chill to shoot up the spine of several of the X-Men there.
"… and I presume this is our shooter?" Charles asked as he looked down at the assassin who seemed to have fainted.
"Yeah, I think he had a problem with heights" Big-Chill said in an amused tone.
"Indeed, Logan would you help our 'guest' into the living area whilst we wait for the police to arrive?" Charles asked.
Logan's claws slid back into his fists as he knelt down, picked up the unconscious and slung the assassin over his shoulder to carry him into the manor.
"Ron, why haven't you changed back yet?" Jean asked as the others started to walk back into the manor.
"Like I said before, I can't control it… I'll only turn back after I calm down" Big-Chill explained.
"No, that was before you had the Omnitrix…" Beast said as he stepped forwards "… Forge and I anticipated this and built a failsafe into the watch, a system that can force your currently active X-Gene to go dormant again, somewhere on your body you should have a raised symbol that looks like the faceplate of the watch."
Big-Chill unwrapped his wings and looked down at his body and sure enough there it was, on his chest was a raised ring with a black X and a green backdrop
"How the hell did I miss that?" Big-Chill commented
"Placed you hand against the symbol and think about your human form" Beast ordered.
Big-Chill did as he was told, he placed a hand on the symbol and concentrated. A moment later he was surrounded by a flash of green light. When the light dimmed Ron was standing there in his normal body.
"Hey cool! That'll come in handy" Ron said with a smile.
"Good, it looks like it's working fine, now check the hologram interface…" beast said with a smile, Ron looked at his with a stupefied look. "… press the green buttons" Beast simplified it.
"Oh… right, I knew that" Ron said he held up the watch and pressed the two green buttons, the faceplate popped up and this time a green hologram of Big-Chill hovered above the faceplate.
"Cool, now I can change into Big-Chill whenever I want, I can't wait to get some of the others" Ron said with a excited tone.
"Big-Chill? You actually named it?" Kitty asked as she approached.
"I figured naming them would be a lot easier then calling them 'the blue one' or 'the fire one' or…" Ron trailed off when he noticed something, a piece of yellow fabric falling from the assassin's jacket as Logan carried him into the manor.
Ron walked forward and picked up the fabric, he realised it was an armband, with the letters FOH in large bold letters.
"Ronald, what is it?" Charles said as he wheeled over to Ron.
"… I know who that guy is…" Ron said as he passed the armband to the Professor.
"A few months ago Kim got a hit on her website from a member of a private group… she was too busy so I went and met with him myself, he wanted Team Possible's help to find the locations of certain Mutants, when I asked him why he wanted to know he told me he it was to 'Get rid of the mutant problem'… I didn't like the way he said it so I refused to help him" Ron explained.
"As interesting as that is, what does it have to do with the assassin?" Charles asked curiously, still looking at the armband Ron had passed him.
"The man I met wore one exactly like it, he mentioned that their group calls themselves the 'Friends of Humanity'"
To Be Continued…
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This chapter was mostly a filler. A way for me to let Ron get to know the other X-Men, but i did decide to throw in a little action. Please read & review. -VIN