Hello people of Earth (or beyond, I won't judge) who read this. Thank you so much for doing so! I'm sorry it took long, but, well, I got into college...and now I'm in it. So yeah, I wrote this as a high school junior and I'm continuing it as a College freshman. So, five reviews!
Frank XV
Thanksgiving was, in Frank's opinion, fantastic. Sally Jackson was a wonderful woman who also happened to be a fantastic cook. Now they've been back to Bayville for a while now, going to classes and training in the Danger Room. Mr. Logan didn't exactly appreciate Frank turning into an actual wolverine in the outdoor activities.
Wolverine, at the moment, was out hunting his "mortal enemy" while everyone else was in the library doing homework and studying for midterms. He looked around and saw his fellow demigods squinting at the pages and writing their first drafts in Greek or Latin, and he silently thanked the gods that he didn't have dyslexia. Then he looked over and Leo and thanked the gods once more that he didn't have ADHD. Leo was breezing through his physics homework, muttering in Spanish and bouncing his legs and shifting in his chair. Maybe it would be a better idea to make him do his homework on a treadmill or a stationary bike.
Calypso was angrily doing her homework, muttering the entire time, "I'm an immortal. I already know this. I don't need to go to school. I know more than these people." Frank knew that wasn't true, but everyone knew never to mess with an angry Calypso. Kurt did once, and it took him two days to undo the knots on his tail.
They had been doing homework for a while when an alert went off. Another Danger Room session. They quickly geared up and got to work. Professor X told them that they had to go through a simulation to take down Magneto and avoid getting splattered by paintballs...
Easier said than done. It took only two minutes for most of the people in there to get out, including Frank. Somehow, Elephant wasn't exactly the best plan for that, but he needed to protect his team from a falling ledge. After about ten more minutes, he heard an explosion go off in the Danger Room.
"I want to see you all in the control room," Professor X's voice boomed overhead. He was clearly angry and Frank and Leo exchanged a look of fear.
"You tried to rush him? Take him by surprise?" Professor X chastised Scott. "Magneto is never surprised, and you clearly aren't ready. We're going to have to up your ranks, so meet your new teammates." The door opened and the Brotherhood walked in.
"Oh hell no," Percy muttered.
"You want us to work with them?!" Kurt exclaimed.
"No way!"
"Uh uh."
"You wish!"
"Think again!"
"Professor you're not serious, are you?" Kitty asked, walking to the wheelchair bound man. "After what they did to us?"
"Hey, we won you lost," Pietro said, patting her condescendingly on the shoulder. "Get over it."
"Look, I know this may be difficult for some of you," Professor X said. "But despite your personal feelings, we face tremendous odds against Magneto, and we will be a much stronger team with their help."
"And it looks like this team could use a new team leader," Lance said with a shit eating smirk.
"Yeah? Well you can have the job!" Scott burst out. "I'm done with this." And he walked out. Jean was about to go after him but the professor told her to let him go.
"Time is of the essence. Now, we must resume training while you continue your efforts on Cerebro. If we find Wolverine, we find Magneto."
(Here I'm going to alternate between two points of view to show what's happening at the same time)
Percy
Percy really hated flying. He was grateful that Beast, Leo, and Kitty were the ones at the controls since they were the best pilots of all. Zeus still made sure that the flight felt like hell, but he was, technically, safe.
Professor X and Storm were on the Velocity with the main team and half of the demigods while the other half, including him, were with the Brotherhood on the X-Jet. This...this should be interesting.
Will
Will was working in the infirmary with Calypso when suddenly an alarm started ringing out. "ALERT. SYSTEM HAS BEEN COMPROMISED. INITIATING DEFCON 4 DEFENSE MODE." Suddenly, all the door and windows to the outside got locked and covered with metal grates. Will and Calypso tried the windows in the infirmary , but they wouldn't budge.
"What's going on?" They heard Bobby shout from the living room, they ran to meet him and saw Amara leave through one of the doors just before the metal grate closed it, and saw Sam bounce off the grate right after it closed, unable to follow his friend out.
It was a whole mess. They heard Tabitha from the outside try to save Amara from the Defcon 4 defense system that was activating lasers all over the courtyard.
Sam was still trying to bust through the doors by canonballing it. The alarm was still blaring.
"Sam, stop before you give yourself a concussion," Will said, helping him up after the fifth time. "Come on, we need to find the other and figure out what's going on in here."
"How can you keep such a cool head?" Bobby asked.
"Simple, of all the stressful situations I've been in, this is the easiest one to handle." Then the indoor lasers came out. "Well, now this situation may have moved up a notch. Quick, we need to get to safety!"
"INITIATING DEFCON 4 OVERRIDE. SWITCHING TO DEMOLITION MODE. THE INSTITUTE WILL SELF DESTRUCT IN 10 MINUTES."
"What the actual fuck?" Will said. "Who self destructs their own house?!"
"The Professor, apparently," Bobby said.
"What do we do?!" Sam asked.
"We find a way out. There's always a way out. And we need to get the others and fast!"
"Alright, who's fault is this?" Jubilation asked, walking to the main foyer. A laser was aimed at her, but Bobby tackled her, saving her and freezing the laser.
"The mansion is trying to kill us," Will said in an unnaturally calm voice. "We need to find the source and a way to get out."
The others started coming in and demolishing the lasers before it could strike anyone, working very well as a team.
"Find the others and let's meet at the planning room," Will said. "And quick. We've got less than ten minutes!"
Percy
Percy, of course, was stuck with the toad. He, Beast, Kitty, and Toad were team three and they were walking around, trying to find any sign of Magneto.
"Team two, there are some familiar looking orbs on the loading docks, Magneto's here," Storm said through the earpiece. "Team three, what's your status?"
"We're proceeding into the next sector," Beast said.
"I can't help feeling like we're being watched," Kitty said.
"Welcome to my world," Percy said, avoiding Toad's hungry tongue. "That's how I feel all the time. Most of the time I am being watched. There was Kronos, Gaia, that one deranged Egyptian magician, and according to my girlfriend, I'm pretty sure some Norse god is eyeing me."
"Not helping," Kitty said.
"Sorry."
"IT'S A TRAP!" Wanda shouted, and immediately, everyone sprung into action. There were explosions and fire everywhere, attacking everyone. Luckily, Percy was good with water and extinguished every flame he could. Leo also did his best redirecting it.
"Call me Zuko cuz I'mma dope firebender!"
"Never say those words again," Percy pleaded.
Will
"THE INSTITUTE WILL SELF DESTRUCT IN ONE MINUTE." Bobby frantically tried to get into the system, but it wasn't working. Ray was about to fry it when Scott walked in.
"Do that, and it'll all be over, and not in a good way."
"Then get us out the way you got in!"
"There's no time!"
"What do we do?"
"Follow me!"
And the mansion blew up.
Percy
The minute Wanda spotted Magneto, that's when hell broke loose. Everyone rushed to him, but he kept throwing things in their way. Then he collapsed the ground, and they found themselves in a lab. "Release the centinal!" They heard a voice cry out, and heavy bangs followed.
"Those sound like...footsteps…" Kurt wimpered.
"Giants? Please don't be giants," Percy muttered. "I hate giants."
"It's probably a giant robot," Annabeth said.
"Idiot mode?" Leo asked.
Jason was the first to get a good look at it. "I think it's Idiot mode proof…"
The giant robot chased them out into the streets of Bayville, shooting out goo that hardened and kept them trapped. Percy looked over and saw news cameras and reporters. 'Oh great,' he thought. 'I'm going to be hunted down...again…'
The goo got Piper, Frank, and Annabeth before we were able to escape and head back to the institute. But Percy was fuming, he'd get back to Annabeth even if it killed him.
But once they arrived at the institute, they saw the damage. "Oh man," Percy said, looking at the blown up remains.
"Where are the students?" Jean cried.
"Right here!" Percy said, hearing Will's voice. They turned and saw everyone, clothing torn from the explosion, but they were safe. "Scott took us to the Cerebro room, which is pretty damaged, but it held up."
Scott bypassed Jean's attempt at a hug and threw the professor out of his chair. Everyone protested while he screamed at the paraplegic that it was all his fault when the professor laughed, got up, and turned into Mystique.
"You've ruined everything!" he yelled at her. "What are we going to do now?"