Ultimate Cypher (Marvel)
Chapter 23
Author Note : Guys it''s official I am in dire need of a beta reader. I don''t know how to get one or where to even find one, but If you do please tell me in the comments. I still have tons of ideas for the story and would love to write more, but it''s getting harder at the rate I am going. As usual thank you for reading and let me know what you guys think.
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A few days, had passed ever since I kicked Logan''s ass.
I haven''t seen him for a few days, I don''t know if he''s busy or is it because he got his ass handed to him by a teenager, but the guy seemed to have just vanished.
I did see, Storm and she gave me one hell of smile, when I saw her, she told me she heard about our little spar, and told me she was impressed, since she knew how strong Logan is.
I thanked her, for the compliment and was surprised when she offered me a friendly spar.
Storm " We should go for a few rounds sometime, I am not a battle maniac like Logan, but I do like to keep my skills sharp" she tells me.
"Sure, anytime" I tell her.
I am not exactly thrilled with the idea of fighting her, because she''s basically Gaia''s avatar, not that she knows it yet, but you don''t want to mess around with a person who can make natural disasters on a whim.
I shudder a bit as I think of how broken her powers are, she can basically destroy countries if she stops holding back, and that''s without having access to her powers as a child of Gaia.
(Next Day)
The next day, comes around and the students start showing up.
I finally see kitty, and as soon as her eyes land on me she gets a huge smile on her face and shouts "Doug ! " .
She gives me a big hug and then punches me playfully in the arm and says " You asshole I haven''t heard from you for almost a year, what happened to you promising to write me. " she says with a mock scowl on her face.
I rub the back of my head and say " I am sorry, I just had a lot to deal with this past year, but I promise to make it up to you. "
" Well, don''t expect me to forgive you too easily, what are you doing here anyways ? Not that I am unhappy to see you, but I didn''t expect you to show up here. " she says with a curious tone.
I give her a hurt look and say " Wow, you''re really cold hearted, is this how you treat your new classmates " I say with mock sadness.
" What ! but this means you''re.. " she doesn''t even get to finish what she''s saying, before I suddenly start to levitate a bit off the ground.
Her eyes bug out and she shouts" You can fly !? "
" That''s, not the only thing I can do. " I tell her telepathically.
She seems even more surprised, but before she can speak I continue by saying" It isn''t exactly real flight, I am using telekinesis to lift my body of the ground. "
" Oh my god, you''re a mutant I can''t believe it " she says to herself in a disbelieving tone.
Our exchange took only a few minutes, we talked for a bit more, but she then suddenly grabs my arm and goes" You should totally meet my roommate, she has the exact same powers as you " she says excitedly.
She drags me to the girl''s dorm rooms, to where her room is, I start getting curious looks from people as she''s dragging me behind her, I then say" Uhm, Kitty are you sure this is alright isn''t this the girl''s dorm room ? " I question with an unsure tone.
" Nah, you''re with me so it''s fine. " she says dismissing what I said.
" As long as you''re sure " I say weakly.
We finally arrive at her room, to find a beautiful redhead bombshell unpacking her bags.
A "Woah" escapes my mouth, when I see her. '' I understand now, why almost every male in the X-men is simping over her.'' I think to myself.
She notices us in the room, and then looks to Kitty then me. Kitty proceeds to introduce us and says " Jean ! guess what this is Doug, you know the one I told you about" she says excitedly.
" Oh, hi nice to meet you, so you''re Doug the one who said he was going to write, but never did" she says with a smirk.
" God ! I said I was sorry, I already promised I''ll make it up to her" I say.
" Wait, why can''t I hear your thoughts" she interrupts surprised.
" That''s what I was going to tell you he''s a telepath like you, Doug is a mutant too" she babbles excitedly.
" Well, actually I prefer the term Meta-human" they hear in their minds.
Jean seems to be surprised and says " Wait, why can''t I read your mind, but you can" she says.
" Meta- what ?" kitty thinks at the same time.
" Meta-human" I repeat " I don''t like being called a mutant, but that''s a story for another time, as to why you can''t read my mind, it''s because of my mental shields" I say.
" I never seen such advanced mental shields before except for the professor, they''re almost as strong as his" she says clearly impressed.
" Wait, why don''t you like being called a mutant" kitty asks.
"Well, it''s because..." I then proceed to explain to them, why I find the term offensive and explain my point of view.
They''re both listening to what I am saying and as I am finishing my explanation, Jean mutters " I never thought about it that way. "
" Aren''t you exaggerating the issue a bit" kitty questions with an unsure look on her face.
I shake my head and say " I am not, look think about it this way, owning up to the word or whatever is fine and all, but I for one don''t want to be associated with cancer, I personally think it''s similar to the N-word" I say resolutely.
" I never thought you would feel this strongly about it, wait when did you discover you were a muta... ahem.. I mean a meta-human anyways you never said anything" kitty asks.
"Well, it was right after I left school and started traveling almost over a year ago" I say.
" What you''ve only known about your powers for a year and you''re this good, I''ve had my powers for years now and I still keep hearing people''s thoughts even though I don''t want to" she says surprised.
" Well, I have had some help, on my travels I traveled to many places and visited a lot of temples, all of them helped me to understand myself and eventually master myself and my powers, it took a lot of work, time, and effort but it''s been definitely worth it. " I say confidently.
" Can you help me, the professor has been trying to help me for years, but I''m still having trouble with it" she asks expectedly.
"Well..." I say with an unsure expression on my face.
She panics for a bit and says " Please, I''ll do anything" she says in a pleading tone.
"Anything ?" I say, while raising an eye brow.
"Well, not anything." she says while blushing a bit.
Kitty then smacks my arm and says " Stop, teasing her. "
" Don''t worry he''s going to help you he still owes me for not hearing from him for over a year" she says while looking at me, with a try to contradict me look on her face.
" Geez, I am just messing around, of course I''ll help her" I say.
A smile then blooms on her face and she thanks me. I then say " But, on one condition try and read my mind if you can"
" Douug" Kitty says with a threatening tone.
" Relax, I''ll do it anyway I just want to see how strong she is" I say trying to placate her.
"It''s okay, kitty I want to try too" jean says.
Jean then, tries to read my mind, but I slap away her mental probe easily just tries again, one after another, but I successfully deflect her attempts.
I can see her concentrating and she even started to sweat a bit.
She finally goes all out and slams me with a stronger one, I let it pass without pushing it away, when suddenly.
" Pfffft, haha haha" jean starts laughing and even tears start coming out of her eyes.
" What''s so funny ?" kitty looks on confused.
You can see a smirk on my face, while jean is still laughing. She manages to catch her breath a bit and says " Was that a monkey smoking a cigarette ? " she says between giggles.
" A monkey smoking ?" kitty asks quite confused with the situation.
" Yes, it is" I say, unashamedly.
" Oh god, I haven''t laughed like that in like forever" she says, while wiping away a few tears.
I am about to explain it to Kitty, when suddenly we hear, " Hey, jean I heard you laughing what''s so funn.." the voice stops when he sees me.
" Oh, it''s just Doug, Kitty''s friend" Jean answers.
I turn around and I see, a guy with red sunglasses and dark hair standing at the door.
He then, says " Oh, a friend of Kitty''s, well nice to meet you, I am Scott Summers" he says while extending his hand.
( Chapter End )
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