Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 01:21:03 -0400
From: Dash Jarrod <djminf@hotmail.com>
Subject: Force of One 5

Disclaimer: This story is totally fictional.  If the character resembles
anyone from your life, that is just coincidence.  Any celebrity involved in
this story may or may not be homosexual.  If you are under 18 please don't
read.

Thanks to Matt, Alex, Luke, and all of my friends that have read the story
and sent back positive comments.



	During dinner, I wasn't that active in the conversations going on around
me.  The reason for this is because I was wondering what the professor found
out in my mind.  I hope it isn't anything bad.  If he found out something
bad, I wonder if I will get kicked out.  I guess I will just have to wait
and see.
	That night however, I didn't have a single dream that I could remember
anyway.  I am very glad about this because I don't think I would have liked
the dream if I would have remembered one of them.  The next thing I knew my
alarm was waking me up and I had to go to breakfast.
	Today when walking to breakfast I met this really cute blonde.  He is a
little bit shorter than I am, but really cute and has a nice body.  I
couldn't help but look at him out of the corner of my eye.  When he
introduced himself, he said he was Bobby.  I couldn't help but ask what his
power was.
	He responded, "My power is the ability to produce ice."
	I then commented, "That's an interesting power, do you like it?"
	He answered, "It has its perks.  For instance I will never run out of ice
for my drinks.  Hehehehe.  What is your power?"
	I responded, "The powers I am aware of are: telepathy, telekinesis,
pyrokinesis, control over magnetism, control over the weather, and I have a
healing factor."
	He sort of gasped at the powers I had listed for him.  Then he asked, "Why
did you say that those were the powers you were aware of?"
	I answered, "Dr. McCoy said that sometimes mutants have latent powers that
develop over time.  Sometimes stress or other things like that cause a power
to show itself."
	He smiled at that.  He had a really nice smile.  I don't really know why,
but I liked him a lot.  I hope we get to become friends.  Right before we
entered the dining room, he asked me if I would like to join him at his
table for breakfast.  To this I said sure.
	During class this morning, I was thinking about my powers and not paying
any attention to the lectures that were going on at the time.  Somehow I got
through the morning without getting called on so that I was never questioned
why I wasn't paying attention.  As I was leaving for my training session
Andrew came up and started talking with me.
	He asked, "Where were you during breakfast and why were you zoned out
during all of the lectures?"
	To this I responded, "During breakfast I was sitting with Bobby and the
reason I wasn't paying any attention during class was because I was thinking
of my powers."
	He then asked, "What exactly were you thinking about concerning your
powers?"
	I answered, "I was thinking how I could use my other powers, the ones that
I haven't been taught how to use or that I don't know instinctively how to
use.  Like I was wondering if I could bend metal or create a gust of wind or
charge something up so it blew.  I don't know why I was all of a sudden
thinking these things but they just entered my head and I couldn't help but
think about them."
	He then said, "Well I hope that you found some answers to your question.
It unfortunately is time to go to our training sessions.  I will talk to you
later.  And if you ever want to chat about anything, you know how to contact
me.  If you don't want to talk telepathically, you can come and look for me,
I will be around."
	To this I said, "Thank you very much, at some point I will probably take
you up on that."
	After our brief talk I had to run to my training session hoping to get
there before Jean.  Without really thinking about it, I just started to
float and flew to my training session.  I wonder if this was due to my
telekinetic abilities or my weather ones.  I guess I will ask Jean this when
I meet with her.  The reason I ran or rather flew to class was I wanted to
see if I could actually bend a piece of metal right now.  Unfortunately I
didn't get the chance because as soon as I was ready to try, the door opened
and in walked Jean.
	Without actually speaking any words she told me, "Its time to begin
training you in to use your telepathy.  You are already ahead of where we
would normally start because you can already mind-speak.  I guess I will
start off with telling you how to read minds and how to build up barriers to
shield yourself from other people reading your mind."
	I responded in like manner with, "That is fine with me.  I am just glad to
be learning how to use my telepathy.  But before we begin do you mind if I
ask you one quick question?"
	She responded with, "Only if you hurry and ask."
	I then asked, "When I was on my way down here, I was running late and I
started to run but then I started to float and sort of flew down here, do
you think that had to do with my telekinesis or my ability to control
weather?"
	She answered, "Honestly I don't know.  It could have been either but
because there is no wind for you to shift to make you fly I don't think it
was your ability to control the weather but you would have to ask Professor
X to get a definite answer."
	I responded with, "Thank you for answering my question, and now I am ready
to begin learning."
	She then stated, "Since you are already sort of inside my head, all you
have to do is reach out with more power and search around.  Do you know what
I mean?"
	I responded with, "I have an idea as to what you mean but I will have to
try it out to see if I actually understand."
	She then said, "I will temporarily lower my shielding for this lesson
because you need someone's mind to read, and mine would be the easiest
because I am the closest person.  Whenever you feel you are ready, try and
read my mind."
	I then asked, "What should I look for?"
	She responded with, "Try and find out whom I eat with for the meals or see
whom it is I am with.  If you can do both right away, I will be really
surprised."
	I then started looking around for those two bits of information.  I didn't
have to look very long for who she eats with at meals considering we just
had one not too long ago, but whom she was with was giving me a little
trouble.
	I spent some time searching and finally found it after like ten minutes.  I
then told her, "You eat with Scott, Ororo, and Professor X.  And you are
with Scott, in fact you are married to him."
	I think I really shocked her, when I told her both tidbits of information.
I don't think she thought I would be able to get both.  Honestly, I was kind
of surprised that I could get both bits of information because I don't think
she wants everyone to know she is with Scott.  If everyone knew and someone
wanted to get even with her, he would be a target then.  I am kind of glad I
could do both; it means that I am actually kind of good at using my powers.
Now all
I have to do is figure out how to build up a barrier to protect some of my
most private thoughts and memories and information about myself.
	While I was standing there thinking about how well I did, she didn't say a
word.  This kind of scared me because she doesn't seem like the kind of
person to stay quiet when in the room with someone like me.  Plus, she would
have given me some praise at a time like this.
	All of a sudden Jean said, "You ate breakfast with Bobby this morning and
you have two crushes.  Although, the crushes are on people I wouldn't have
thought they would have been on.  Since no one is anywhere near this room, I
will just come out and ask.  Are you gay?"
	This shocked me.  I was totally unaware of the fact that she was reading my
mind, just like the first time I met the professor.  I guess she will have
to teach me how to tell when someone is trying to read my mind as well as
teach me how to put up barriers.  It also means that I am not as good as I
thought I was.  I am just a quick study.  I must remember not to let myself
get too egotistical.  When I finally came back to my senses, I responded to
her question with, "Yes Jean, I am gay.  And although very few people know
this, I have accepted it whether other people will or not.  It is just a
part of who I am.  Its not the whole me.  If people like me for who I am,
then I don't think it should matter that I am gay."
	She then said, "I don't care if you are gay or straight, it's just that
some people can't understand how a guy can like guys.  When you learn how to
put up barriers, that is something you might want to protect a lot.  By the
way, I was very shocked that you could get both bits of information in such
a short amount of time.  And also, you are kind of good at using your powers
and are right to not let that fact go to your head.  You aren't the best at
using your powers yet, but you will get better as time goes on.  Although it
seems that you are quickly adapting what knowledge you do have of your
powers to use them in different ways than you were taught, for instance
floating or flying to class.  I have to be honest with you; you are probably
the quickest study I have had yet.  Most of the students who are telekinetic
take a while till they figure out that they can fly using their powers.
That's how I fly if I need to."
	I was kind of embarrassed by her nice words.  I haven't received that many
nice words of praise, so this made me blush.  As if you couldn't tell, I am
not that good at taking compliments.  When I was in junior high school, I
got picked on and one never really recovers from being picked on.  At least
I didn't.  Emotional scars don't heal as fast as physical ones.  But I am so
used to being put down that I don't even notice really anymore.
	All of a sudden, she said, "Why don't you try and read my mind again.  This
time just search for something you are interested in learning about me.
This information can be anything from how old I am to how long I have known
how to use my powers.  Its up to you."
	When she said that I could go at anytime, I just stared at her.  We didn't
speak a single syllable for a little while.  I was searching around her
memory for how long she has known how to use her power.  It only took me a
couple of minutes before it found it and blinked to end my connection.  I
then said, "You have known how to use your power since you were my age."
	To this she nodded and then replied, "You are getting better at reading my
mind.  Tomorrow, we will cover how to protect your mind from telepaths.  We
will also invite one of your fellow students in so that we can see if you
can read other people's minds as well as you can mine."
	With that she let me head off to do whatever I felt like before dinner.
Since I had to go see the professor, I headed that way but I didn't walk.  I
once again flew to the meeting.  When I got to his office, I telepathically
asked, "Professor X its Matthew.  You asked me to stop by again today.  Are
you ready for me?"
	He responded with, "Yes Matthew, you may come in."
	When I heard this, I turned the door handle telekinetically then flew into
the room and sat down in one of the chairs in front of his desk.  As I was
sitting down, he looked up from his desk and noticed that I didn't walk in.
To this he smiled.  He only smiled for one brief moment before he got down
to business.  He started by saying, "Matthew, when I was looking inside of
your head the one I noticed almost right away was that you are gay.  Now,
you don't have to worry about getting kicked out for this.  We would have
let you enter the school even if we knew this before we enrolled you.
Sexual orientation doesn't matter here.  However, the one thing I was
looking for I couldn't find.  I could not find anywhere in your mind why
Magneto would want to recruit you.  You are an extremely nice guy, not the
type that Magneto usually recruits.  The only thing I can come up with is
because he wanted your wide range of powers on his side instead of having
them added to ours.  I couldn't' find any reason as to why you would all of
a sudden switch sides.  So I am sorry to inform you that I am still not sure
why Magneto wanted you exactly."
	To this I responded with, "That's fine.  Maybe it's just the fact that I
was giving off such strong telepathic waves that he could pick them up as
well.  Is it possible for Magneto to pick up telepathic waves?"
	He then said, "Magneto helped me build cerebro so I don't see why he
couldn't have a machine similar to pick up mutant signatures.  Well that is
all for today, you can go and do whatever you want until dinner.  I will
probably be stopping by your learning session at some later point in time."
	I then said, "Thanks for letting me know what you found.  I really
appreciate it.  I will talk to you later then.  Bye."
	With that, I stood up and flew out of the room after I telekinetically
turning the door handle and then closing it after me.


Well, that's it for another chapter.  Please, please, please tell me what
you think.  I would love to hear what you have to say.  You can contact me
at djminf@hotmail.com.  Thanks for reading.