Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:38:25 -0500
From: Dash Jarrod <djminf@hotmail.com>
Subject: Force of One 8

Disclaimer: This story is totally fictional.  If any of the
characters resemble 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 anyone that has responded to me about my story.  I
have been enjoying writing it; I just hope that you enjoy
reading it as much.  Thanks to Alex and Dustin for letting
me make them into characters.

Sorry about the delay of the posting of this chapter.  At
first I was waiting for responses to my last chapter but
then I had a bad case of writers-block.  Don't you just hate
it when that happens?

Character list so far:
Matthew-Powers: telepathy, telekinesis, pyrokinesis, control
over magnetism, control over the weather, and a healing
factor
        Age: 19
        Body type: semi-muscular yet skinny
        Features: 6'1", blonde hair, blue eyes, and 140#
Andrew-Power: telepathy
       Age: 18
       Body type: muscular but skinny
       Features: greenish eyes, black hair, 5'11", and 140#
Bobby-Power: ability to produce ice
      Age: 19
      Body type: muscular
      Features: 5'10", 140#, blonde hair, and blue eyes
Aaron-Power: unlimited teleportational range, absorption and
redirection of energy, some telepathy (mind-speak and
reading minds)
      Age: 17
      Body type: slim but muscular
      Features: light brown hair, green eyes, 5'11", and
135#
Jake-Power: limited acceleration of mental and physical
processes, increased agility, speed, and strength
     Age: 18
     Body type: slim but muscular
     Features: dirty blonde hair, dark blue eyes, 6', and
140#



	After the weekend, in which I went home and got some
needed things, school was pretty much the same.  Except
that today I had another meeting with Professor X.  I think
he still wants to check up on me.  I want to ask him which
celebrities are in cahoots with us as well, I wonder if I
have earned their trust yet.  If I haven't, then I will
just have to continue to do my best to earn it.  I bet its
tough to earn their trust around here.  Considering if they
allow you to be privy to their secrets, it would be so easy
to out those secrets and screw them over.
	I, myself, would never tell anyone's secrets.  If
someone tells me something in confidentiality, then I don't
want to lose their trust by telling other people.  That
would just be rude of me, and I try to be the nicest person
I can be.  This makes me wonder why so many people don't
like me.
	Anyways, when I got to the Professor's office, he
telepathically asked me to come in and sit down.  I didn't
fly there this time because I wasn't on my way out of my
lesson; I got excused from class this morning to go see
him.  I guess this meeting will be more in-depth than the
first one or the second.  I just hope that nothing bad is
going to happen during this meeting.  When we began, he
started out with the usual questions: How are you doing, Do
you like school, Have you made any new friends since we
last talked, How do you think your training lessons are
going, How do you think you are doing with your powers.
After these questions he asked, "Why do you think you were
excused from classes today to come and visit with me?"
	To this I replied, "I don't know, I just figured this
was going to be a longer meeting than our earlier ones."
He then asked, "What do you think of Miss Jean Gray?"
	I answered, "I think she is a really nice person, that
she is very honest with everyone she knows, that she is a
great teacher and a great help to me for my learning, why?"
	"She has asked that I take over your lessons because
she thinks that I will be better equipped to help you with
your telepathy."
	This shocked me and I think it was evident on my face
because he continued to say, "She asked this because you
are quite possibly the quickest study and most natural
telepath that she has ever come across.  So, she wants me
to take over because the next thing you are learning about
will be very important for you if you ever need to use your
power in battle, and it will be very difficult and
detailed.  She wants me to teach you because I am only a
telepath and a very powerful one at that.  Do you have any
questions?"
	I did have so many questions, but I didn't know how to
put them into words.  I was able to ask, "Why didn't she
tell me, why did you tell me?"
	"She has a class to teach and she isn't going to be
teaching your lesson this afternoon.  So I took it upon
myself to tell you."
	"I thank you for telling me about the change in my
teachers, I have another question for you though.  What am
I going to be learning now?"
	"You are going to be learning mind control, followed
by erasing of memories when you have learned to control
someone's mind."
	I got very quiet after I heard that.  It got me
thinking about the fact that I was finally going to learn
something practical for battle.  I was kind of glad about
that but at the same time I was upset about how hard it was
going to be to learn it.
	After I had let that bit of information settle into my
brain, I finally just asked, "Do you think I am ready to
learn who we have in Hollywood to help our cause and keep
it from being believed to be true?"
	He answered, "I don't know yet, I will have to confer
with the rest of the teaching staff and see what they think
on that matter.  I know that Jean has trusted you to search
around her mind and keep her secrets but our secrets are a
bit more of a serious nature so we keep them well.  I will
let you know next week what everyone thinks."
	"I thank you for being honest with me Professor.  It
is all I expected you to be.  If I wasn't ready I would
have continued to do my best to earn your trust, and that
is what I plan on doing all week long.  I was kind of
hoping that you would think I was ready but I had a feeling
I wasn't.  I will wait patiently for your answer next
week."
	"That is a very adult way to handle the response I
gave you, although, I would have expected no less.  You are
considered an adult by society even though some adults
won't treat you like one.  You will always be treated like
an adult here as long as you act like one.  There will be
certain times, of course, when you can freely let the child
within out for a while but just make sure that you keep it
in check.  You seem to be able to keep a mature face on
almost everything.  I am glad to see this."
	"I am glad to hear that you have such faith in me.  I
don't usually hear words of encouragement from anyone."
He then said, "If you continue to do well here, you
will continue to get praise from your teachers.  You will
probably get praise from your friends as well when they
hear how well you are doing.  I am sure that there are
people already who praise what you are doing.  All you have
to do is listen."
	With that I was dismissed until our afternoon training
session.  I was on my way outside to sit and relax and
think about my meeting when I stumbled upon Bobby and some
other student I didn't know.  Now, I like Bobby a lot, I
might even ask him out at some point if I think he will say
yes.  I don't know though, that will take a lot of courage
for me to even get to that point.  But back to the
situation I came across.  I found Bobby kissing some
student I didn't know, and it wasn't just a peck either.
It was a full-blown kiss.  Now, this made me mad to find
out that the person I liked was kissing someone else.  This
is just my luck.  First, my original crush doesn't have the
same feelings I have, and then Bobby is kissing some other
guy.  I don't know why but this really got my blood
boiling.  The one person I would ask out and risk getting
rejected by is kissing another guy.  When I saw them, I
started to run past them with one of the worst looks on my
face that I probably have ever had.  When I was running, I
looked down at my hands because they felt warm all of a
sudden and they were glowing red.  I don't think this is a
good thing at all.  My power must have manifested so that
it's active as well as my telekinesis and telepathy.  The
power I am talking about now is my pyrokinesis.  I just
felt like hitting something at that point.  I am sort of
glad that I didn't because I don't know what would have
happened if I did.  With my hands glowing like they were, I
probably would have caused something to either explode or
start on fire.  After running for a little bit, I started
to fly because it was faster for me.  I flew to the edge of
the property and just sat under a huge tree.
	While I was sitting under the tree, I started to
meditate because it seems to calm me down.  While I was
meditating, I could sense that someone came up to me and
was just standing there watching me.  When I opened my
eyes, it turned out to be Bobby.  He had this look on his
face that made me want to forgive him right away, but I
just couldn't do that yet.  I had to hear what his side of
the story was.  After I hear that side, then maybe I can
forgive him but it all depends on what he says.
	He started out by saying, "I am sorry you had to see
that, but it was necessary.  I wanted to see what your
reaction would have been if you saw me with another guy.
You reacted kind of like I hoped you would have.  I was
kind of expecting you to get upset but then I thought you
would confront me about the whole thing.  Instead you ran
away.  I only kissed him because I wanted you to know I
wasn't scared to do that.  He is a very old friend, we have
kissed before but that was when we were still exploring our
sexualities.  I approached him to see if he was willing to
help me with you.  He agreed because he wanted to see me
happy.  I hope you aren't going to be mad at me long for
what I did to you.  I didn't mean to hurt you as bad as I
did, I meant for you to get upset enough to confront me
about it and then we would have talked it out.  I just hope
that we can still be friends."
	I then said, "As soon as I saw the look on your face
when you were just looking at me, I wanted to forgive you.
I just couldn't do that until I heard your reasons for what
happened, and your account of what had happened.  The
reason I ran was because I seem to have the worst luck in
guys.  My first crush here at the school didn't have
feelings for me beyond friendship.  Then I found you
kissing another guy and I just couldn't stand it.  It made
me mad to see you kissing him.  I so wanted that to be me
instead.  I am glad to hear that you aren't afraid to show
your emotions in public.  But you must know one thing first
about me.  Not many people know that I am gay, and I don't
know if I am ready to show my affections in public just yet
because this is all too new to me.  I will most likely end
up forgiving you by the end of the day, but I need you to
give me a little time to think over what you said."
	He then said, "That's fine with me, I just needed you
to know what I was doing and why I did it.  I also needed
to tell you that I actually like you a lot even if we don't
know each other that well.  I would like to get to know you
better if at all possible."
	"I thank you for filling me in what you were doing and
why.  I also thank you for telling me how much you like me,
even though we don't know each other that well.  I will
most likely look forward to getting to know you more but at
the moment I have to think about what you did and the
reasons behind it.  But since you were honest with me about
it, you will probably have no problems."
	After I had said that, I stood up.  I then started to
fly to the school building to think and for my afternoon
lessons.  I wonder if the professor's teaching style is
very different from Jean's.  I wonder if I will be
receptive to it if it is.  I don't have any doubts that he
will be a big help to me though because of the fact that he
is just a telepath.
	As I was at the school building I decided to touch
down and walk because I had enough time.  Its not that I am
a slow walker, its just that flying is faster.  I then
walked back to my room, it was empty as usual.  Once I was
there, I sat down on my bed and started to meditate about
what I had just learned.  When I was meditating and
thinking on what Bobby had said, I remembered that he was
one of my first friends at this school.  This means a whole
lot to me considering not many people went out of their way
to get to know me.  I have a feeling they don't like new
people here.  It means more people for them to learn to
trust.  I have a feeling that trust is something that is
valued very highly around here.  If you have someone's
trust, you better keep it because you probably won't get it
back if you lose it.  I also remembered my initial reaction
to Bobby.  He was this very very cute blonde I met walking
to a meal one day.  I started talking to him because he was
very handsome and I hoped that he might possibly be gay.  I
then learned that he was in fact gay and that he liked me.
This made me happy but I was more interested in Andrew at
the moment.  That infatuation turned out very well, yeah
right.  I then wasn't really worrying about finding someone
for myself, but I couldn't help but think about Bobby and
the fact that he liked me.  Then I found him kissing some
other guy (even if that guy was an old friend).  That made
me mad which made my hands start to glow red, like hot
metal red, which freaked me out.  I have to talk to the
professor about that or to Dr. McCoy.  Either person would
be good to talk to about that.  In the end, I guess it
really all comes down to whether or not I want to stay mad
at him or if I don't think I can.  There is what I was
dreading would come up; I kind of knew that I couldn't stay
mad at him for long.  I was just waiting for my mind to
tell me that.  Its not just him that I can't stay mad at, I
don't seem to be able to stay mad at anyone.  I am not that
kind of person; I am way too nice to pull that off.
	After all that thought, I guess I will have to forgive
him.  I wasn't really convinced that I wouldn't forgive
him; it's just that I had to think about it first.  I knew
that I shouldn't just jump up and forgive him.  He is
extremely charming and caring, he makes me just want to
trust him with everything.  I think I will have to try
that.  We shall have to get to know each other, and then
maybe I can start to open up to him.  I don't really let
people know me.  It takes a lot for someone to get to know
me.  I am a very shy person, and I don't let people into my
life easily by my nature.  It takes a lot of time for
someone to even get remotely close to knowing me
thoroughly.
	Wow, I was thinking about that for a long time.  Its
now time for my lesson and I missed lunch.  Oh well, I will
just have to wait until dinner for food.  I have done that
before so it's not a problem.
	As I was heading to my lesson, I wasn't really paying
attention.  I was too busy thinking about my power and
Bobby.  When I got to the room where my lessons are held, I
just walked in.  As soon as I was in, I asked the professor
if I could ask him something about one of my powers or if I
should talk to Dr. McCoy.  He says that either one of them
is fine.  Then I just ask, "Today I got really upset and
when I was running from my problem, my hands started to
glow.  They were glowing like red hot metal.  It sort of
weirded me out.  What does this mean?"
	"I am not sure what that means.  It could mean that
your power just manifested itself so that you can now use
it whenever you like.  Or it could be nothing at all.  You
would really have to ask Dr. McCoy about that.  I will make
an appointment for you tomorrow afternoon.  He will check
you out and let you know why that happened.  Today we will
start learning how to control people's minds.  This will
allow you to make them do whatever you want.  It will be
especially helpful in battle because you can make people on
the other side turn against their leader or their fellow
comrades.  I will also be checking your mind to see if you
are actually as talented as Jean says.  In fact, I would
like your permission to search your mind.  I am going to be
searching for your memories about your lessons with Jean.
I also ask that you drop your shields so it is easier to
get in."
	I just nodded my head towards him and he started
towards me.  When he got close enough to me, he told me to
relax and that it wouldn't take long.  Once again I just
nodded.  I could feel him looking around my mind.  It was a
strange feeling.  You know that feeling you get when
someone is watching you, well, this feeling was about ten
times worse then that.  It was a feeling like I have no
privacy at all.  I knew this wasn't true because I had
agreed to let him read my mind, but it still felt that way
because I could feel him in there.
	When he was done reading my mind, I just looked at him
looking at me.  It was a few minutes before he finally said
something.  He said, "Well it seems Jean's account of your
talent was accurate.  Although it might have been a little
understated.  I think you might be as good as I am when you
learn everything.  That is a huge compliment to give a new
student.  I don't say that lightly either."
	"I am well aware of the severity of your compliment.
I will not ever forget your words.  They are so
encouraging.  I just hope that I can live up to your
expectations.  Those are high and I will try my best to
live up to them."
	"I am very sure that you will live up to our
expectations.  We only set them high like that when we feel
that the student is capable of reaching them.  Remember
that this is only the expectation for your telepathy.  Jean
says that you already surpassed her expectation for your
telekinesis.  Just wait until you start to learn how to use
your pyrokinesis, your magnetism, you control over the
weather.  You will most likely have to reach our high
expectations for those as well.  I am fairly sure that you
will make a great addition to our team when the time
comes."


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.