AN: CHAPER THREE. I DON'T OWN IT, END OF STORY.
Chapter Three- Be afraid, Mr Kelly, be very afraid.
Professor Kelly closed his eyes. He then opened them again. Still the same. Damn. Closed his eyes again. It still wasn't working. The three were still sitting there. Maybe if he thought about it really hard he'd be back in bed. That didn't work either. He'd just have to deal with the newcomers. Putting on his 'It's lovely to have you at Bayville' smile, he turned back to the three.
The grownup, if he dared call him that for the man was hardly out of his teens, twenty-three at best, was probably the most normal looking of the lot. He was wearing green cashmere jumper and dark blue jeans. He wore a gold Rolex and his shoes were obviously of an Italian make. His blue eyes seemed friendly enough.
The boy, on the other hand, looked everything like trouble. His black hair was spiked messily, a disturbing contrast to his cousin's long hair, which was pulled back into a neat ponytail. His skin was very pale and his eyes were unfriendly. He was slouched low in his chair and was looking around mutinously. His attire spoke for itself. His heavy black combat boots looked suspiciously as if they had steel-capped toes. His face and probably other parts of his body were adorned with various piercings. The head of a tattooed snake was just visible under the black sleeve of his trench coat.
The girl was no better. Her black hair was tinged a purply-blue and hung around her face like a shroud. Her skin was also very pale and her eyes were not only unfriendly, but also dangerous. She wasn't wearing her trench coat, but had swung it over the back of her chair to show off her outfit. She wore a very short black skirt that barely covered her bum; her legs were swathed in artistically ripped fishnet tights. She also wore a very revealing crimson corset top and a top of black netting over this. She wore a lot of heavy make-up.
Kelly sighed and turned back to Shane West,
"So, Mr West. What do you do?"
He knew he wasn't being very polite, but it was hard enough to cope with the thugs from the boarding house and all the strange things that went on in Bayville without having two new students to deal with. Shane didn't seem insulted though and for that Kelly was very grateful,
"I'm a publicist for Wayne corporations."
That explained a lot. A man who worked for Wayne corporations could definitely afford the cars that Principal Kelly had seen parked in the school lot that morning. Even a school principal knew what a Lotus Elise and a Ferrari were in comparison to a Skoda. But, this man must be a very important figure in Wayne industries, otherwise he wouldn't have such a large paycheck . Not even Bruce Wayne paid enough for an ordinary employee to buy a Ferrari and a Lotus Elise.
No, it wasn't the very lucrative looking Mr West that concerned Principal Kelly. No, it was his two cousins that disturbed the man. He had been a teacher for long enough to know when he was looking at a potential trouble-maker. Although he hadn't spoken to the two yet, he could tell by the clothes they were wearing that they were trouble.
Maybe it would be better for everyone concerned if he made sure that the two got in with those annoying thugs from the brotherhood boarding house. They seemed to be the kind of kids to get on with that lot. If he had had the choice he would have refused them entry, but he couldn't deny their astonishing academic records. His relief that he had decided to accept the two was great when he discovered that the two were the cousins of an extremely rich man.
Principal Edward Kelly was happy with his lot in life. He was happily married and had two children. He had a good job doing what he had always wanted to do, moulding the youth of today in well rounded young adults. He had the good fortune to have a school in a rich, suburban distract in the wealthy suburbs of New York City. He was far from the inner-city and the gun wars and drug running that followed that community. The community was very involved in the school and there was a high amount of donations to the school fund. The students were generally a good bunch and there was a good sporting and academic record.
There was one blight on his bright future. The delinquents from the brotherhood boarding house. These louts were a constant aggravation in his life and it seemed that they went out of their way to cause him as much trouble as possible.
Fred Dukes was not only violent and a bully, who forced other students to give up their lunch money as a matter of form, but he was also responsible for a small fortune in property damages.
Todd Tulenski was a stupid and childish boy who delighted in tormenting his younger charges. He was bullied a lot by his peers, but he hid behind his friends all the time. He was constantly getting detentions and rarely attended them. He commited endless vandalism but never managed to get caught.
Pietro Maximoff was a constant aggravation to him. He was cocky, arrogant and domineering, as well as extremely vain. He had turned up to the last dance with four different girls. He was rude to his teachers and treated the other students like scum. He had an extremely aggravating rivalry with the skater from the institute, Evan Daniels.
Pietro's sister, Wanda Maximoff was a newcomer to Bayville High. As usual, Kelly had checked the girl's medical records and was shocked to discover the girl had spent most of her life in a psychiatric unit of the old school variety. The girl was prickly, rude and downright anti-social. She seemed to detest her brother with all her heart.
The last member of the brotherhood was Lance Alvers. The boy was rude, violent, distructive and had a history of destroying public property. He rarely attended class and attended few of the many detentions that he was constantly receiving. He bullied younger students and stole from everyone. He had an endless rivalry with Scott Summers and had seemed to be on the brink of a relationship with the institute student, Kitty Pryde, when it had ended, abruptly.
The only other member of the brotherhood was an enigma. She was known only as Rogue and would answer to no other name, any attempts of trying to discover her real name were failures. She had apparently started living at the boarding house and then moved to the institute. Recently she had moved back into the boarding house. Her character was rude and antisocial and she had developed a very strong friendship with the young Maximoff girl.
Yes, it would definitely better if he managed to get rid of these two new misfits onto the brotherhood. He pressed the button on his desk that he had set to tell his secretary that the brotherhood was needed at his office. He wondered if it was a bad sign that he had a button specifically for this purpose, then decided that it was better if he didn't think about it.
Deciding to play the nice and welcoming principal, he turned back to the three in his office, smiling an extremely well practised smile, he asked in a saccharine voice,
"So, Drew, Jaina, are you looking forward to coming to Bayville High?"
The boy gave him a poisonous look,
"Call me Drew and I will make sure that you and your head never come into contact again."
Principal Kelly stared at him,
"Are you threatening me?"
The boy smirked,
"I don't make threats, I make promises. And if you call me Drew I will make sure that you regret it forever."
Principal Kelly cleared his throat,
"So, what would you prefer to be called?"
The boy scowled,
"Daemon, and if you even think about telling anyone else to call me something else, I will make sure that your death is slow and painful."
The matter-of-fact way in which Daemon said this made Principal Kelly certain that he would have no compunctions about fulfilling this threat. Deciding to leave this guy to this devices, he turned to the girl and asked,
"Miss Taylor, do you prefer to be called anything else?"
The girl smirked,
"Raven is the only name I answer to, and I don't make pointless threats, I wouldn't give you the advantage of knowing what I planned."
Principal Kelly gulped, hoping that for once the brotherhood would arrive in his office when he asked them to. For the first time, he was actually hoping for them to come to his office. In despair he turned his gaze at Mr West, hoping that the man would discipline his cousins. He didn't. He had what seemed to have an amused smile on his face as he watched his cousins' antics. He gulped, it seemed that his initial judgement of the man had been in error. He seemed to be just as bad as his cousins are.
He began to talk of normal things then, every so often casting a glance at his wristwatch, feeling that time was especially slow that day. He spoke of lockers and teachers and assemblies. He doubted either of the teens were paying him the slightest piece of attention, but he spoke all the same, attempting to pass the time until the brotherhood boarders turned up.
Then the moment of his salvation arrived. His secretary, Anne, stuck her permed head around the door and said,
"Alvers, Maximoff, Maximoff, Dukes, Tolanski and Rogue are here to see you, Principal Kelly."
In his head, Principal Kelly silently sang Ave Marias as he instructed his secretary to let the delinquents in. The door swung open and the six delinquents slunk in, looking just as rebellious as ever. The six took up positions around his office. Pietro slouched into an armchair in the corner, swinging his feet over the side. Alvers slouched against one wall with Rogue and Wanda Maximoff. The other two took up positions by the door. Pietro Maximoff spoke first,
"You wanted to speak to us, Principal Kelly?"
Kelly nodded dumbly, the boy's arrogant attitude just as aggravating as ever. Alvers smirked as he spoke,
"Terribly sorry we are late, Principal."
This time it was the turn of Rogue to smirk and speak,
"Yes, do accept our most humble apologies. We were vandalising something and it was just too enjoyable to answer your call immediately."
Principal Kelly made a mental note to himself that he would have to find out what they had done this time, but he smiled and spoke to the three newcomers to the school.
"Mr Taylor, this Pietro Maximoff, his sister, Wanda Maximoff, Lance Alvers, Todd Tulenski, Fred Dukes and Miss Rogue. I have asked them to show your cousins around the school and help them get to grips."
If he hadn't known better, Principal Kelly would have sworn that Daemon smirked up at his taller cousin. The three rose from their chairs and with great relief, Principal Kelly handed the two teens their schedules and codes for their lockers. The nine left the office and Principal Kelly collapsed on his desk with a grateful smile.
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Once 'Daemon' and 'Raven' Taylor had watched their 'cousin' drive off in his Ferrari, they turned back to the brotherhood. The two groups sized each other up and then Daemon held out his hand to Lance,
"Daemon Taylor, let me guess, you're the local 'delinquents'?"
Lance smirked and took the proffered hand, squeezing it hard, testing Daemon's grip.
"Lance Alvers. My friends call me Avalanche."
Daemon raised his eyebrow and squeezed Lance's hand even harder.
"Charmed, I'm sure, Avalanche."
With this pecker contest over, Daemon turned his attention back to where his 'sister' was having a battle of wills and swear words with the other gothic girls in the group.
"Bitch"
"Whore."
"Slut."
"Wanna' be"
"Fake."
"Cunt."
"Fuckin' cock-sucker."
"Loser."
"Flat-scan lover."
"Prep… What did you call me?"
"I called you a flat-scan lover, what did you think I said, stupid?"
Daemon decided that now would be a good time to intervene before the conflict became bloody.
"Children, children, that is quite enough."
All three girls turned to glare at him, united under the glare of what seemed like male patronising. Rogue glared at him and snarled at him,
"You wanna' say that a little louder?"
Daemon smirked,
"Children, Children, that is quite enough."
Rogue, Raven and Wanda glared at him and then Rogue broke the tension by smirking at him,
"Ah admit it, you've got guts."
Daemon smirked,
"That has been said before. I also have an advanced X-gene. Does that answer your question about my sister's flat-scan comment?"
The six members of the brotherhood stared at the two of them for a moment before Lance went into leader mode and spoke,
"You want to join the brotherhood?"
Daemon sighed in mock anguish,
"As much as I appreciate the offer, we've already been hired by the x-geeks to spy on little miss rogue here."
This time Raven stared at him as well. Lance spoke,
"You're here to spy on us?"
Daemon shrugged,
"Yep' my cousin, ice-boy asked me to come help, then Wheels asked us to spy on you and find out what dastardly plans against humanity you are concocting. My real name's Timothy Drake, I have the misfortune to be Bobby Drake's father's brother's son."
The brotherhood stared at the two of them for a moment then shrugged. Lance said,
"I guess you can't help the fact that you're unfortunate enough to be related to ice-boy. Anyway, I don't think we've got any dastardly plans at the moment. The offer still stands if you're interested."
Daemon and Raven exchanged glances and then Daemon spoke,
"We're interested."
Tbc.
AN: A CLIFFIE, I'M EVIL. NEXT CHAPTER COMING RIGHT UP.