00033. History lesson. AnnouncementThis is the last chapter I currently have written. From now on expect a single chapter a week.

    Ezekiel was seated on top of some water in the little pond he made last time he visited here. His eyes were closed and he was trying to sense the universal energy around him, with little luck so far. He was training his chakra control and training his sensor ability to look for universal energy. His concentration was broken when someone came into range of his ability. He smirked a little as he realized who it was, before he cooled his expression. A few moments later he could hear leaves rustling then the soft sound of boots touching the soft dirt.

    "I didn''t think you would show up. Let alone, show up almost an hour early."

    "I wanted to talk before Charles arrived."

    Ezekiel stood up from the water and opened his eyes to look at Magneto as he asked, "What do you wish to discuss?"

    Magneto''s hands clenched slightly before he relaxed them and asked, "How much of what you showed Raven was really the future?"

    "In theory, all of them are the future. But which will happen to us? None of them if I have my way."

    Magneto frowned as he asked, "So it only gets better for mutants when you are the one leading us?"

    Ezekiel smiled as he shook his head and said, "No, it gets better for everyone."

    Magneto began to shake a little as his hands clenched and he spit out, "You wish to help humans? The same ones who hate us? Who fear us? Who attack us?"

    The ground around Ezekiel and Magneto was beginning to shake and Magneto''s voice was rising as he said, "The same ones who kill us? Who kidnap and experiment on us? Why? Because we are different from them? You really wish to help those people?!?"

    “Those types of people? No, I don’t plan to help them. But normal people who haven’t done anything? I will gladly help them.”

    The ground was still shaking as Magneto said in a low tone filled with enmity, “All humans are the same.”

    Ezekiel shook his head and said, “Just because you have powers doesn’t mean you are no longer human.”

    Spikes of metal shot up out of the ground all around the clearing and forest in a circle with Magneto as the center, who snarled out, “I am not a human! I am a mutant! Homo-superior! Look around you, this is the difference between mutants and humans!”

    Ezekiel smiled and asked, “If you are no longer human and the same goes for other mutants, then what about your parents? They weren’t mutants, were they?”

    Magneto was quiet for a moment before he said in a more normal tone of voice, “No, but I was one of the first who was blessed to become Homo-superior.”

    Ezekiel started to laugh, Magneto began to frown again. Before he could say anything, Ezekiel raised a hand up to stop him as he tried to stop laughing. When he stopped he smirked and said, “You have no idea how ignorant that statement is. It just shows how much you don’t know about the world and universe in general. You aren’t even close to being one of the , let alone on earth. The first mutant was made about a million years ago, yes I said made. That ‘Homo-superior’ gene you are so proud of having, it was made and implanted into humans as an experiment. and in case you were wondering, she is still alive.”

    Magneto’s frown dropped and he studied Ezekiel for a while before he asked, “How do you know any of this?”

    “It’s not hard when you can see the past and the future. And before you ask, the were so powerful that you, with all of your power, would look like an ant to them.”

    Magneto looked a little lost as he thought about what Ezekiel had just told him. Ezekiel spoke up and said, "How about once Xavier and his group arrive, I will show all of you some proof of what I am talking about."

    Magneto didn''t speak but nodded his head in reply as he stood there, looking at nothing in particular. It was a somewhat awkward silence as they waited for the others. Ezekiel went back to practicing his skills, while Magneto just stood there quietly thinking about what Ezekiel just told him.

    After half an hour, Ezekiel sensed a few people approaching and stood up as he said, "Xavier is here."

    Magneto looked up to the sky, a minute later Xavier, Storm, Logan and Mystique came into view and then landed close to Magneto. They looked around at the metal spikes, before Logan asked, "What happened, Magneto tried to fight you again?"

    "No, more like he threw a tantrum."

    Theo was sitting at the computer in a booster seat, his parents had finally allowed him to use it under supervision. His father was sitting next to him and looking at the book Theo had memorized from the library. They checked it back out so he could understand what Theo was typing on the computer. But he didn’t really understand it and asked, “So what does this stuff you are typing there mean?” His father pointed at a piece of code as he asked.

    Theo let out a sigh and said, “It’s an ‘if’ statement dad. It’s on page 184, the third paragraph explains about it.”

    “Ya but I asked you what it means.”

    Theo stopped typing and looked at his dad as he said, “You know if you just let me type I could show you when it’s all done. But if you must know, an ‘if’ statement is a true or false question. They ask the program if something is true, and tell it what to do next based on the answer.”

    Theo’s dad rubbed his head with one hand and said, “That wasn’t that hard now was it?” Theo frowned a little at his father as he said, “Alright, alright I won’t bug you anymore, I will just watch.”

    “You said that when I started.”

    Theo’s dad smiled and said, “But it’s boring just watching you type.”

    Theo turned back around and started to type again as he said, “I told you and mom it was going to be boring, but you said I needed to be supervised. Maybe read something, since you aren’t really reading the coding book.”

    “The book is boring also, it might be more boring than watching you type.”

    “Not my problem dad.”

    His dad looked over to his wife who was playing with Milly and asked, “Wanna trade?”

    His wife just shook her head no, before she said, “You were the one who insisted he should be supervised, I said we could just check on him every once in a while. It’s not like we can’t look over and see him.”

    “But it’s so boring!”

    His wife shook her head and said, “Today you get to supervise him like you wanted, tomorrow maybe we will change the policy.” She looked down at Milly and asked, “Isn’t that right, Milly?”

    Milly nodded her head as she said, “Daddy said he would watch Te-o today, so daddy needs to watch Te-o.”

    Theo’s dad let out a sigh and asked, “Milly sweetie, can daddy join you and mommy? Please?”

    Milly shook her head and said, “No, daddy needs to watch Te-o.”

    Theo’s dad smiled as he said, “Milly sweetie, you know daddy is the one who makes cookies right?”

    Milly’s head snapped to look at her father and asked, “Daddy will make cookies?”

    Theo’s dad smiled a little wider and said, “I could make cookies.” He let out a sigh, “But I have to stay here and watch Theo.”

    Milly shook her head and said, “No, daddy can go make cookies. Mommy will watch Te-o”

    Theo’s dad smirked as he said, “Hear that honey? You need to watch Theo and I will go make some cookies.”

    Theo’s mom shook her head and smiled as she said, “No you can stay there, I will make cookies with Milly. Come on Milly, momma''s gonna make peanut butter cookies.”

    Milly’s head snapped to look at her mother as she asked, “Momma can make cookies too?”