Chapter 32: Item Rolls
“And that's how you got him to join us?” Bobby blinked as Hank tended to Angel’s injury. I was about to lend a hand with healing, but since Hank had taken the lead, I let him.
“I mean, he still hasn't agreed.” I shrugged, glancing at the winged mutant — which made everyone else look at him too.
“There’s no pressure on you, Warren,” Xavier reassured. “You’re free to leave if you wish.”
I saw what the old ...
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Chapter 31: Questions beyond Answers
Vigilantes loved the night. So did villains.
This one was definitely the latter.
“They say your kind fetch a good price.”
I stayed tucked behind the alley wall, listening in.
“Hundreds of thousands for the weak ones. A million or more if they're powerful.” The man spoke lazily, pacing slow circles around the injured Angel like a bored dog sniffing dinner.
“But I’m not an idiot,” he ...
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Chapter 30: Way to Wealth
[Moolah: 204745]
Devouring the spaghetti from a newly opened neighborhood restaurant, I found myself staring down the barrel of a familiar problem: money.
I’d just gotten my joining bonus—one-fifth of the annual X-Men salary. It was more than enough to go wild with the rolls, maybe even hit an item pull. But I held back.
Emergency rolls always gave better rewards. And for once, I might actually have enou...
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Chapter 29: The New Curriculum
I threw on my clothes in a hurry—didn’t even bother looking for fresh ones. The professor had called everyone to gather, and I was still dripping from the damn shower.
Kitty had gone in right after me. I figured I’d beat everyone to the hall before the questions and sideways glances started rolling in.
That plan lasted all of thirty seconds.
“Did you go to meet someone, Daniel?” Megan asked, her eyes squinting...
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Chapter 28: Kitty**
There was little he could understand, nothing made sense. He felt being in the open once, then inside a room, and then inside another.
He felt being dragged through the walls, through the textures and through the multiple floors, all while enjoying the softness of sweet lips pressed against his.
He stood in a dimly lit room, lit by a single night lamp.
"I don't want to do this if you are drunk, Katherine." He said, staring a...
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Chapter 27: Moonlight Memories
The rays of the morning sun hit me like a beam of laser, burning my eyes and making me shift uncomfortably within the sheets.
“Mhm…”
But when I did open them, a surprising moan and grumble made me freeze. My eyes shot open while my body locked up.
I could feel the weight of something on me—or someone. It was warm, soft, and smooth.
Nervously, I lifted the blanket a little, and what I saw kept me stuck in t...
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Chapter 26: Cats are Scary
—Peter Benjamin Parker ‘Spider-Man’—
Twice in one week. That’s how many times Spider-Man had run into this guy—and both times, it was during a total mess.
“Dodge!” he yelled, spotting the hulking metal mass leaping from a twelve-story building above them.
It wasn’t Daniel he was worried about. It was the girl.
He fired a web, trying to yank her out of the way, but he was too slow. Th...
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Chapter 25: Unexpected Company
Dropping the kids back at the mansion, I decided to take a walk. No company. Just me and the sweet embrace of city pollution.
Angel had apparently peaced out a few minutes earlier, turning down Xavier’s offer—which, frankly, was a shame. The guy was loaded. Things were more or less back to "normal," whatever that means around here.
Everyone was supposed to be informed about the new teaching routine after dinner tonight. T...
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Chapter 24: The Younglings
Bobby was out looking for Kitty. So was Hank. Jean and Xavier were off discussing something with Angel. I could’ve stuck with any of them, but there were others I needed to talk to.
Most of the new kids had been left to settle in on their own—to adjust and find their comfort zone. But that wasn’t how you built trust. That wasn’t how you built anything real.
“May I come in?” I called out softly. I’d already checked t...
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Chapter 23: Shadowcat
The what was actually a who.
Standing beside a much taller man—with wings on his back and a thick rope wrapped around him like something out of a cartoon trap—was Katherine Pryde. Or as the world knew her: Kitty. Shadowcat.
Jean rubbed her temples as she approached, clearly suffering through the headache that always seemed to follow in Kitty’s wake.
“What—no, who is this, Kitty?” Jean asked, her exp...
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Chapter 22: The Newest Member
—Ororo Munroe ‘Storm’—
She sat leaned against the bedrest, staring blankly out the window. She was daydreaming—a rare thing for her. Maybe the first time in over a decade.
Not just calm, but quiet. Uncaring. Empty in a way that almost felt peaceful.
Strange, considering she should’ve been anything but.
She had nearly died. Torn apart by machines that didn’t stop, didn’t hesitate. Th...
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Chapter 21: Rage
—Megan Gwynn—
Her eyes fluttered open, vision swimming in and out of focus. Everything was a blur—but even through the haze, she could tell she was chained, suspended midair like meat in a butcher's shop.
Cold metal bit into her wrists and ankles. But it wasn’t the restraints, or even the pulsing throb at the back of her skull, that snapped her back to her senses.
“What the hell is going on?!” the man bar...
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Chapter 20: KYS
The nearly twelve-foot, red-eyed, metallic skeleton of a robot creaked forward, its movements stiff and awkward. And once the largest one took a step, the others—each around ten feet tall—strode forward in sync.
“What are these?” Iceman gasped, eyes locked on the lead machine as it took an unmistakable offensive stance.
“I don’t know,” I lied, even though every instinct in my body screamed at me to run.
I wasn’t all-po...
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Chapter 19: Mutant Killers
—Megan Gwynn—
She hadn’t expected it to look this rough.
Sure, the boy had warned her it was an ‘unsavoury’ part of town—but she hadn’t imagined this. Neon signs flickering with suggestive shapes. Laughter too sharp to be joyful. Shadows moving where they shouldn't. The stench of sweat, smoke, and cheap perfume.
A full-blown red-light district.
She tightened her grip on the shawl wrapped...
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Chapter 18: That’s Not Where a Child Should Be
“Cerebro’s a hell of a device, isn’t it?” I asked the girl lounging upside-down on my bed, her head dangling over the edge, legs crossed at the ankles like she owned the place. “Pinpoints the exact location of a mutant, and with Hank’s latest upgrades, we even get a snapshot. He basically turned it into a mutant GPS with facial recognition.”
“Megan Gwynn,” Jean read from her screen, her voice cas...
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Chapter 17: Mission X
I woke up with a throbbing headache and an expression that could curdle milk—and neither had anything to do with alcohol. Staying out late, chatting with Spider-Man of all people, and somehow making him an actual acquaintance had taken more of a toll than I expected.
I barely got an hour and a half of sleep before someone started pounding on my door like they were trying to break in.
Still half-asleep, I yanked on some clothes and s...
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Chapter 16: The Spider-Man and the Man
I swear, I don’t look for trouble—trouble finds me.
Even now, standing between an agitated green Lizard and a battered, confused Spider-Man, I hadn’t meant to walk into the middle of it. I just… ended up here.
But if I’d walked away, the friendly neighborhood spider might’ve ended up buried in the neighborhood cemetery.
[Name: Curtis Connors]
[Age: 35]
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Chapter 15: The Drunk and the Damned.
[Name: Susan Storm]
[Age: 30]
[Nickname: Invisible Woman]
[Race: Mutate]
[Ability: Invisibility, Force Field Generation]
How… literally how did Reed Richards manage to make someone like her fall for him?
She looked like the dictionary definition of a bombshell. Even with smeared eyeliner, messy hair, and a ste...
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Chapter 14: A Bar Fight
—Susan Storm “Invisible Woman”—
“I need this,” she whispered, holding out her glass with a trembling hand.
The bartender hesitated, eyes flicking from the drink to her face.
“I don’t mind serving folks until they pass out,” he said with a sigh, “but you saved my life once. I can’t, in good conscience, keep pouring.”
Normally, it didn’t matter to him. One drink, twenty drinks—s...
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Chapter 13: Quite The Roll
Bank Balance: $20,000
I had to blink a few times to make sure I wasn’t imagining it.
$120,000 a year. Plus a $20,000 joining bonus.
Maybe I judged Xavier a little too quickly.
“You seem cheerful,” Jean’s voice came from my right. I didn’t even glance at her—my eyes were still locked on the glowing numbers on the screen.
“Of course,” I said, barely containing my excitement. “I...
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Chapter 12: The X-Men
“I thought you’d be resting longer, Daniel,” Xavier said, greeting me with that ever-present, polite smile as I stepped into the room.
And yes, I was surprised.
[Name: James Howlett]
[Age: 132]
[Nickname: Wolverine]
[Race: Meta-Human]
[Abilities: Regenerative Healing Factor, Retractable Claws, Adamantium-Laced Skeleton]
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Chapter 11: Brewing Storm
It felt weird for him.
He wasn't sure if he appreciated what was happening.
"You can tell me to stop," Ororo muttered against his ear, shoving him harder against the dressing room mirror.
He had never experienced this before —a woman taking control like this. And the truth was, no matter how strong she was, he could still overpower her.
He could easily push her off, knock away her hands as they roamed his chest and a...
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Chapter 10: The Wardrobe
—Susan Storm 'Invisible Woman’—
“You’ve been drinking yourself to death,” Ben complained, shifting uncomfortably on the small stool. It wasn’t meant for him—he had furniture sized for his frame—but he still leaned toward the regular-sized ones. “Either you drink yourself to the point of blacking out, or work until you do.”
She said nothing, continuing to sift through the massive file she had f...
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Chapter 9: Battle of Mutants
Xavier’s always been a lunatic. A smart lunatic. But even his brand of crazy usually doesn’t include tossing a potential recruit into a fight against the Brotherhood.
So… why now?
That question buzzed in my skull as I stood across from the metal-helmeted powerhouse known as Avalanche.
The guy looked like he could throw a truck just to warm up.
[Name: Dominikos Petrakis]
[Age: 26]...
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Chapter 8: The Brotherhood
“Ugh!”
Jean groaned, clutching her head as she sat up, clearly in pain.
“You alright?” I asked, still shaking off my own confusion.
“I—” she started, but was immediately cut off by a shrieking alarm blaring through the room. A loud, wailing siren that made her eyes snap wide open.
Pain clearly didn’t matter anymore. Whatever that sound meant, it was worse.
“I have ...
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Chapter 7: The Phoenix’s Request
That... fucking hurts.
My eyes burned like they’d been splashed with acid—saltwater maybe, but dialed up to eleven. Every blink sent fresh fire through my skull. Everything around me was bright. Too bright. I could barely crack my eyes open, and even then, all I saw was a vast, colorless void.
Limbo? That was my first guess.
Would’ve made sense—dying or being broken down before waking up in a new body....
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Chapter 6: The Phoenix**
His body locked up the second Jean's lips crushed against his. Fuck. This couldn't be real.
Minutes. That's all it had been. First meeting the X-Men's legendary Phoenix, and now her tits were pressed against his chest, her mouth hot and hungry on his.
<Sin of Lust Surging>
The power of it hit him like a fucking truck. Why the hell was it working on a telepath when it failed on Storm? Didn't matter. Logi...
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Chapter 5: Jean Grey
—Jean Elaine Grey ‘The Phoenix’—
It was midday—bright, warmer than usual—and Jean woke up drenched in sweat. Her clothes clung uncomfortably to the curves of her body, and her hair looked even worse than it had the night she collapsed into bed, half-drunk and barely conscious. Or maybe it hadn’t even been night when she passed out. Hard to say.
The curtains were drawn, but judging by the heat and the way ...
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Chapter 4: The X-Men
[Salem Center, Westchester County, New York]
Trust me when I say this.
Yeah, I know. That line usually means don’t trust the person saying it. But this time? You really should.
Because trust me when I say —there’s nothing more soul-crushing than sitting through a half-hour car ride in total silence.
Normally, that might’ve been a good thing. Peaceful, even. I’d love to just stare out the window an...
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Chapter 3: The Ones with Powers
Minus the pain from the bullet lodged in me and the blood all around, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything so breathtaking.
Or well, anyone.
“We don’t have to take this further,” she said, her voice deep, melodic, with a hint of an accent.
Cairo? Kenya?
I couldn’t quite place it, but damn, was it a nice voice.
“Killing him would cause more harm than good,” she added, walking toward me slowly....
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