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Angel In The Attic	By : fusedtwilight Category: X-men Comics > AU - Alternate Universe Views: 5328 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Angel in the Attic
Chapter 2

Fusedtwilight: Thanks to my beta animegirlkiki for betaing. Last chapter we got to meet Michael and see what was so special about him. This chapter Michael adjusts to his new life and meets the students of Xavier's school.

Michael sat in the infirmary; he was being inspected by a big, blue cat.
His name was Hank McCoy. Also known as Beast. Once he had been a human with large hands and feet, like a Gorilla and an inhuman level of balance and athleticism. Then he created a chemical that enhanced mutation and the results were in some ways disastrous.
It caused him to grow blue fur all over his body and his simian physique was enhanced. It took him a while to come to terms with his new look, but although his body was more animal like, his mind was still one of the greatest in the world and eventually he came to terms.
But then he suffered a secondary mutation not too long ago and his form was transformed from a simian form to a feline form. His hands became like paws, he became physically larger and he had a face like a lion's, all his senses and physical abilities were enhanced more but his animal instincts became stronger as well. Once again he had to adapt to his new form and how it affected his life.
When Michael saw him he could not help but stare. He was told he would see people who would look bizarre and strange. But a giant blue cat he did not expect.
Beast immediately went to inspecting Michael, giving him a full exam. "Well besides a little malnourishment you appear in perfect health," Beast said.
"Thank you sir," Michael said.
"Please, call me Hank, or Beast. Just don't call me Mr. McCoy, that was my father's name," Beast said with a wink.
"Thank you...Beast," Michael said.
"Now, some of our students are eager to meet you upstairs we have requested one of the students to come down and introduce you to everyone," Beast said. "While you are here I want you to eat lots of protein. We're going to try and put some muscle on you soon."
The door slid open revealing a boy with long red hair and a pair of angel wings like Michael's only they were bright red. Michael stared at Jay, amazed to see another mutant like him. Xavier's was filled with all kinds of mutants, some looked human, and others looked like something out of a sci-fi movie. He was glad there was someone his age who had a similar appearance like him.
"Ah, Jay, right on time," Beast said with a smile.
"Hello Beast, I am here for the new guy," Jay said.
Michael noticed Jay spoke with a bit of a southern accent.
"Michael, I would like you to meet Jay, Jay, this is our new student Michael," Beast said introducing the two.
Jay held out his hand and Michael shook it. Michael remembered Jay was the name of the other angel like mutant.
"Hello," Michael said.
Jay stared at Michael at a little longer then was polite. Like the other men he was amazed at how good looking he was for a guy. Finally he realized he was looking at him for too long and quickly looked away, his male pride feeling a little bruised.
Men do not admire other men for their looks after all.
Jay was thinking the girls at the school just got a new male to obsess over. Well, the female and some of the male population.
"Follow me, I will make some introductions," Jay said.
"Thank you Beast," Michael said politely to Beast.
"You are welcome," Beast said. "We will need you to come back down soon for power placement, Tessa is on a job and will be back soon."
"Okay Beast, thank you again."
Michael followed Jay and Beast began humming a tune to himself. He put all his notes in the folder and put the genetic samples in the freezer. Michael seemed like a good kid and he hoped his stay at the institute would be a good one.
"So how long have you been here for?" Michael asked Jay.
"Little over a year. I have three other siblings who go here. The rest are at home," Jay said.
"Others? How many do you have?" Michael asked.
Not counting the ones here and myself? Six."
Michael stared at him in disbelief. That is a huge family!
"Did you join right away when your wings grew?" he asked.
"Naw, I didn't need no training like my brother Sam an sister Paige. Never wanted to be a hero, just wanted to sing. But some things happened and...my ma thought it would be best if I come here," he said.
Michael noticed a look of sadness crossed his eyes when he talked about something happening. Michael decided not to ask about it.
"Do you have any more siblings who are mutants?" he asked.
"My brother Jeb can shoot electrical fire from his eyes, but he lives at home."
Michael wondered if his brother or sister would turn into a mutant? He was not close with his brother or sister. They avoided him if they could. But when they were forced to be around him they were polite enough. They didn't look at him with disdain like his father did.
He knew they were afraid of their friends finding out what he was. He hoped they could breath happier now that he was gone. A part of him was glad that they could be happier when he was gone. He wondered what they would tell people? Maybe they decided to send him to a hospital or something.
"So, you have any siblings yourself?" Jay asked.
"Yeah, two. My older brother Paxton and my older sister Mya."
"What do they think about you being a mutant?" Jay asked.
"Oh...they could be worse."
Meanwhile in the common room, a small group of students were watching TV, or on their computers, or just talking. They knew there was a new student and they were waiting for him to show up to meet him.
There was a rumor going around there had been an incident with him. Some say he attacked the X-Men, others said the brotherhood had tried to abduct him; others said the purifiers had tried to kill him.
Rumors flew around the mansion left and right, sometimes it was hard to tell fact from truth so they were all looking forward to find out the truth.

"Everyone, the new student will be here in a moment," the Stepford Cuckoos said together.
"It's about time," Julian Keller said.
Many students were in the common room, waiting for Jay to return with the new guy.
"Shut up Julian, it hasn't been that long," Sofia said.
The two glared at one another, the others just rolled their eyes. Everyone knew they had the hots for one another. The sexual tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife.
"We should welcome a fellow new student," Surge said.
"I can't wait to meet him," Megan, also known as Pixie said with a little bounce in her seat.
"Wonder if he will join the X-men training program?" Mercury asked.
"Wonder what his mutation will be?" David, also called Prodigy asked.
"Well, whoever he is, it will be nice to get some new blood around here, it has been a long time," Josh said.
"Here he comes," the Cuckoo's said at the same time.
Jay came walking in him, Michael followed him.
"Hey guys, this is Michael, the new guy," Jay said.
"Hello nice to...meet you?"
Everyone was staring at Michael with the same look of disbelief. He looked down, unable to see them watching him so intensely. It made him very uncomfortable. He assumed they stared at him because they thought him weird.
He had yet to realize the affect he had on people.
In an instant all the girls, even the normally stoic Stepfords were at his side. Jay was pushed aside as the girls flocked over to poor Michael.
"Hi welcome to the Xavier institute!" Sofia said.
"We hope you like your stay here," The Cuckoos said together.
"You need anything let me know, I have all kinds of connections," Pixie said.
"So what are your likes and dislikes?" Surge asked.
"Are you single?" Mercury asked.
Michael was taken aback by all the questions. Jay came to his rescue and managed to get the girls to back up. "Come on now, don't overload him."
"Um, thank you. I will. I don't have many dislikes. And yes I am," Michael said trying to answer all their questions.
Julian walked up to him and extended his hand. "Nice to meet you, so where you from?"
"Cambridge," Michael said shaking his hand.
He shook hands with everyone, even the girls. Though they were reluctant to let go of him. He answered as many questions as he could, though he was a bit edgy about questions concerning his family.
"So will you try out for the X-men training team?" David asked.
"The what?" Michael asked.
"It's for mutant's who want to become X-men one day. You get to wear neat costumes and the X-men train you in the danger room which is really cool because it has all these booby traps and it makes sold holograms so it's like you are fighting the real thing and you get to pick your own code name!" Pixie said really quick.
"Michael smiled at her, amused at her enthusiasm. She had pink hair, black eyes, and her wings were translucent like a fly's but when the light caught them it was like a prism. Like a dragonfly's.
Pixie mistook his smile for affection and a blush appeared on her face. She was having a fantasy where he proclaims his undying love for her, they get married, move out and have lots of kids and live happily ever after.
"I'm not sure, I mean, I never planned on becoming a hero," Michael said.
"Well you probably wouldn't be able to join. I mean we already have one bird on the team, unless you got some bad ass power to add to the rooster," Julian said.
All the girls glared at him with such vehemence he took a step back.
"Why do have to be such a dick Keller?" Sofia asked.
"Yeah Julian, not all of us can be gifted with telekinesis you know," Mercury said.
"Hey!" Julian said feeling slighted that his girl (even though they were not officially dating) and his own team mate would turn on him over some new guy.
"Just ignore him," Noriko cooed to Michael, "I am sure you will be allowed to join. Not everyone is as close minded as Hellion."
Michael felt bad for making Julian's friends turn on him. He didn't want to cause a fuss. Neither was he sure if he wanted to tell them about his fire power. He remembered the boils on Blob's skin and he didn't ever want to have to do that again.
"Well, I better show him around some more," Jay said.
"We'll see you around," Pixie said.
"Yes, we will come see you soon," the Cuckoo's said together.
"Nice meeting you all, thank you for the welcome," Michael said politely.
Jay and he walked out of the common room. When he was gone the girls turned to one another.
"Oh my God! He is gorgeous!" Mercury said.
"I know! I got to post this on twitter!" Pixie said. She pulled out her phone and began to rapidly type some things on it.
The girls began to gush more about the new guy and the guys just stared perplexed. Although they would not admit it out loud they thought he was very good looking, though they were not as affected by the girls as it seems.
Julian was silently fuming. He was feeling a jealous rage that Michael had entranced Sofia. Her and all the other girls, even the Cuckoos whom he had hit on before and they always shut him down.
He was thinking he did not like the new guy at all.

Michael was confused. First there was the incident in the common room, and then as they wondered the institute people would see him and stare. He could hear people whispering and giggling and many girls (and a few boys) actually came up to him, bombarding him with questions and looking at him with such infatuation it scared him.
Right now he was in Jay's room.
Or rather, his and Jay's room. He had just learned he was assigned to the same room as Jay.
"Guess they thought us having the same mutation would help us live together," Jay laughed. "Sorry about everyone. I know they came on a little strong."
"Why? What is so special about me?" Michael asked, hoping Jay had the answer.
"Um, Michael, have you looked in the mirror lately?"
"No, why? Do I have something on my face?" Michael asked.
"No, you're just a good looking fella is all," Jay said with a smile.
Michael blushed. The idea of him being attractive was downright silly to him. The only people he was around were his family and when he was around other people he never saw them looking at him.
Then again he was always looking at the ground. His father always got mad if he looked someone in the eye.
"I guess, I never noticed the affect I had on people," he said.
"Would Michael Bronson please report to the lab please." a voice said on the intercom.
"Guess Sage is back, must be time for your power placement," Jay said.
"Power placement?" Michael asked confused.
They walked out of their room and headed back for the lab. There were these special hidden elevators that took you down to the lower levels. Jay punched in the code on the keypad and the elevator began to descend.
"Being a mutant can be tricky. Some of us have simple powers like you or me, or like Keller who is a telekinetic. Others can have more than one ability. Or an ability that gives them multiple power. When you first join the institute Tessa finds out what exactly your gifts are and what you are capable of."
The elevator opened and they stepped off.
"She is a telepath who can scan a mutant and see what their powers are. This helps the teachers figure out how best to train us in them and prepare them should they ever get out of control. Or if any new powers pop up."
"Pop up?"
"Yeah, sometimes although rarely someone will manifest a new power or their old one gets a big advancement. Tessa or Sage as she is called can tell exactly what you can do and what you might be able to do one day. She can also select a dormant power and activate it. She does that rarely though and only if she decides the power is more beneficial then harmful and the professor approves."
They walked into a new room. It was full of all kinds of high tech equipment; it made Michael's head spin. Beast was in the room again and so was a pale woman with black hair that had a blue tint in it.
"Ah, hello again Michael, I hope you have liked what Jay has shown you?" Beast said with a smile.
"Yes, although...the students seem to have a strange reaction to me."
Sage could see why. The boy was very attractive. She was sensing massive potential in him and she hadn't even scanned him yet. She wondered if maybe his attraction was part of his mutation. Maybe a small aura of some kind that drew in potential mates.
"Yes, I have already heard. News travels fast on the grounds. Don't worry, once they get used to you I am sure you will be more comfortable around them. But if any of them get to pushy let one of the teachers know and we will have a talk with them. It wouldn't be the first time someone's mutation caused an alarming affect on the female populace," Beast said with a chuckle.
He led Michael over to a chair and sat him down. Sage hovered over him. Michael looked at her as she placed her hands on either side of his head.
"This won't hurt will it?" he asked.
Sage smiled reassuringly. "You won't feel a thing," she promised.
She closed her eyes. He waited for something, maybe a tingle in his mind or for her to start glowing. He saw her eyes were rapidly moving in her sockets. After a few moments her eyes flew open and he thought he saw astonishment in her eyes, but it was quickly gone.
She smiled again. "Well that is all. You may go."
"That's it?" he asked.
"Yes, I will write a report on what I have learned and the Professor will have a talk with you about it. That way he can figure out whom to help train you in the use of your powers."
"Okay, thank you miss," he said.
"Call me Sage, or Tessa," she said.
"How about Sage? It sounds pretty."
Tessa smiled. Beast grinned, he could tell even Tessa was being affected by Michael's charm. "If you wish, now run along both of you."
The boys left and decided to return to their rooms.
"Do you think she found anything interesting?" Michael asked.
"If she did you'll know soon," Jay said.
"Angel told me you can heal real quick and mimic voices. Can you do anything else?"
"Well I can like do a perfect imitation of voices," Jay said sounding just like Pixie, even with her energetic tone. "Or I can make it sound like." "A whole group is talking." "By using my vocal cords." "To imitate more than one person at a time."
Michael was impressed. It really did sound like the elevator had more than one person in it. It was amazing! Each voice was different.
"Can you do anything else?" Jay asked.
"Well...promise you won't tell?"
"Cross my heart," Jay said.
Michael waited until they were back in their room. He closed the door and held out his palm. It glowed and a small white fire, cackling like electricity appeared.
"Wow, neat," Jay said getting a closer look at it.
"Today I used it offensively for the first time."
He went on to explain about the Brotherhood's attack and the damage he did to the Blob. Jay whistled.
"Dang, that sounds serious, the Blob has really durable skin."
"I didn't mean to hurt him. But they were going to hurt Betsy and I didn't want no one to be hurt because of me."
Michael closed his palm, extinguishing the fire.
"Try not to think about it too much Michael. The Brotherhood is bad news and if they wanted you alive for whatever reason it isn't good. Besides, I am sure he will recover," Jay said.
"What if I hurt someone though?" Michael asked.
"Don't worry; I am sure the X-Men will teach you how to control your powers. Remember that Asian girl with the blue hair?"
"Yeah. Surge right?"
"Well you notice those metal gauntlets she wears?"
Michael nodded.
"Well they aren't just a fashion statement. Those gauntlets help her control her power. Without them she has no control. But from what I am seeing you seem to have full control, don't worry. I am sure you have nothing to worry about."

"We might have something to worry about," Tessa said.
All the teachers were in the headmaster's office. Tessa was giving her report of what she learned about Michael and his power.
"I scanned his D.N.A and learned Michael Bronson is an omega level mutant."
"Sorry chère but Remy is not familiar with the term what is does it mean?" the X-man known as Gambit asked.
"To be frank it is the highest level a mutant can be," Beast said, "Omega level, class five, level one hundred. These mutants are rare but their power is literally limitless."
"Not to mention they are the most dangerous. The last time an omega lost control of her powers she fried a whole planet," Emma Frost, the White Queen said.
"Droll Emma, very droll," Jean said not rising to Emma's bait.
"As of now the institute only has five of these mutants. Jean, Bobby, Quinton Quire, Josh, and now Michael," Beast said.
"We've seen what Jean and Bobby can do, Quinton burned himself out on his power, Josh is quickly proving how powerful he is but Michael is still an unknown. What have you learned of his mutation Tessa?" Xavier asked.
"Well it is similar to Warren's but with some key differences as well. I also detected energy projection abilities on a massive scale. This energy is not just simple fire and lightning, it is a energy of its own with extremely destructive potential."
"Yeah, we saw a sample of that earlier today," Betsy said.
"Kid didn't know he could do that either. The heat of the moment must have helped him tap into more of his gift," Logan said.
"Just how far can he go with it?" Warren asked.
"He can do simple concussive blasts at its lowest and should he ever use it to its fullest potential he could decimate a whole city," Tessa said.
Bobby whistled. "Kid's got a lot of power."
"But he still has a way to go before he reaches that level. His powers are still growing at an acceptable rate so we need not worry," Tessa said.
"Are there any other abilities he has?" Xavier said.
"Yes, I have detected vast psionic potential which is largely dormant; I sensed great potential for physical enhanced strength and metamorphic abilities."
"Metamorphic? Like shape-shifting?" Kurt asked.
"Yes. I sensed a few other interesting abilities to which I have listed in my report. But like I said all these other major abilities are dormant and it will be a long time before it all activates."
"It there no way to predict when?" Emma asked, "I don't like the look of some of these abilities."
"I can't be sure. There are many factors which could cause it to manifest early. But at the rate everything is going his powers seem to be manifesting at a very acceptable rate. His power is governed by his will, the stronger his willpower is the stronger his abilities. And since right now he has a very fragile will it prevents him from reaching his limits."
All the teachers looked through the notes Tessa had made. The notes included Michael's profile.
"Professor, could this be why Magneto sent the brotherhood after him?" Scott asked.
"But how could he know he was an omega level mutant? We didn't even know until Tessa scanned him," Storm said.
"Maybe he has a mutant that can do such things. I mean doesn't it seem a little bit more then coincidence they come for him the same day we do?" Betsy asked.
"Obviously he would want him on his team. If Magneto was able to access the full scope of his powers..." Xavier was silent. The thought was too terrible to think of.
"We need to keep him out of Magneto's hands," Scott said. "Magneto is obviously up to something and it might have to do with Michael's omega potential."
"Does his attraction have anything to do with his powers?" Dazzler asked. "I mean I know he's sixteen but that kid is serious jail bait."
There was a nodding of heads of the females.
"And not to mention how he even turns the heads of the males," Emma said with a sly smirk at the boys.
The men looked away, their heads held high, trying to recover their pride.
"No, that's just all him," Tessa said with a smile.
"Come on, no one is that good looking, especially a dude," Bobby said.
"Believe it or not Bobby but it is possible to find someone of the same sex attractive and still be straight," Kitty said.
"What about this energy projection stuff? What if he gets angry and fries one of the students?" Logan asked.
"I wouldn't worry about that. Michael is horrified at himself for harming the Blob. Six years of being locked away has caused him to be rather withdrawn and submissive. I am more concerned with how he will integrate with the other students. He has very limited knowledge of modern sub-culture. I am concerned this might hold him back from connecting with his fellow peers," Xavier said.
He was quiet for a moment. "Warren, I am assigning you as his teacher. He favors you the most because of your mutation."
Warren nodded. "I will do my best professor."
"I know you will. I have already assigned him a class schedule, you will have to go over any extra class's he would like to take."
"I will professor."
"We will have to keep a close eye on him. When Magneto wants something, he does not stop until he gets it. And I think we can all agree it would be best if he not get his hands on Michael."

The next morning Michael was up and nervous.
They were outside on the campus grounds. Today was his first class of the day. Flight class.
Jay was here as were a few students. He saw Pixie, or Megan as she was really called. He met Jay's sister Melody also called Aero. She created an aura of glowing yellow energy that allowed her to fly and provided her with a minor level of protection from wind shear.
There was a black girl who was called Angel Salvadore, she had a pair of fly wings on her back and she glared a lot. People seemed to avoid her. He noticed she kept on stealing glances at him every once in a while though.
There was this one boy who looked like a giant chicken. He was short and skinny, he had big black bird like eyes and even had a beak, which was what his name was. Or his codename at least.
Sofia leader of the new mutant team was here as well. Her codename is Wind Dancer. She has the power to control wind. She uses it to fly and create powerful wind forces that can bring down a building.
Some of the students had wings of some kind, others had a power like Melody or Sofia that helped them fly. Some could pass for human others like Beak would definitely need an image inducer.
Once again Michael was being fawned over by the girls (except for Angel Salvadore) who were all asking him questions and touching his wings. When Jay saw how uncomfortable it was making him feel he came to the rescue and got them to back off.
Michael was still having trouble accepting it was his own handsomeness that drew the girls to him. The only one who told him he was pretty was his mother and he thought she only said it because she loved him.
He was glad Jay was with him, even though they made him uncomfortable he did not want to be rude and hurt the girl's feelings.
When Angel showed up he was amused to see the girls circling Michael while the other boys looked at him with jealousy. He knew he was going to have to work on getting him to be more aggressive and stick up for himself. He couldn't rely on Jay to fight his battles for all his life.
"Alright everyone fall in!" Angel called.
Everyone got in a line.
"Good morning class. Welcome to another day of flight class," Angel said. "Today we will work on seeing how long we can fly for, we have an hour and the entire time we will just be flying around. Okay?"
One by one everyone took off. Only Jay, Michael Angel and Beak were left. Beak looked at the ground angrily. Michael wondered if he was able to fly, he didn't have any wings.
Then Beak rolled his sleeves up and Michael saw there were feathers all up his arms. He began to flap his arms quickly and he hovered five feet off the ground. His wings moved so fast he looked like a hummingbird.
He fell to the ground, his breathing labored.
"I give," he said angrily.
He stomped over to a nearby tree and sat down, leaning his back against it. He pulled out an I-pod and began to listen to some music.
Angel gave Beak a look that said he felt sorry for his student.
Then he turned to Jay and Warren. "Well, get flying guys," he said.
This part made Michael nervous. He flew yesterday but he was so clumsy when compared to Warren and how graceful and elegant he was. This was Michael's first day and he did not want to make a fool of himself in front of the others.
He spread his wings and bent his knees. When he gave his wings a flap he jumped, adding some momentum and soon was air born. The others were thirty stories up in the air. Some were in groups talking, others were doing cart wheels and other stunts, showing off. Jay flew next to him.
"You know if you keep your wings spread you can find some thermals to keep you floating," he said.
"Thermals?" Michael asked.
"Heat from the sun that bounces up from the ground. All you have to do is find it, keep your wings spread and they hit your wings and help keep you floating."
Michael did as Jay instructed and found to his delight he was floating without having to flap his wings. He could feel the thermal energy hitting his wings, keeping him up.
"Wow, thanks Jay," he said.
He looked down and saw Angel was sitting next to Beak, speaking to him. Beak must have been listening because one of his ear phones were out.
"Poor Beak," Jay said.
"Can't he fly?"
"No, all he can do is hover a bit. Bad enough he looks like that but to look like a bird and not even fly?"
Jay shook his head.
"Bad some of the others make fun of him because of how he looks, but he can't shoot laser beams from his eyes or read minds or turn into light like the cooler kids. You'll soon find out the institute is like any other High school. You get all kinds of groups who make everything about drama and popularity."
"I never went to high school," Michael said.
"Shoot, I'm sorry," Jay said sounding upset he forgot.
"It's okay."
Michael noticed Angel Salvadore had flown down and was standing next to Beak now. Warren said something to her and she shrugged and sat down next to Beak. Warren got up and flew up in the air.
"Are they friends?" Michael asked.
"Hard to tell," Jay said with a shrug. "Half the time they get along, other half they bicker like an old married couple. Angel has a serious attitude and Beak is the only one who can stand her. They're both in the special class. It's for kids who are having a difficult time integrating with the other students or are too troublesome."
"How's it going boys?" Warren asked flying up to them.
"Great," Jay said.
"Jay has given me some good tips already sir," Michael said.
"Don't be nervous to ask any questions Michael, I know you are new to this. But remember if at any time you need help just ask for some pointers."
"Yes sir," Michael said.
"Alright people, let's try a flight formation!" Warren called.
The students all got into a line with Warren at the center. They then began to fly like a flock of birds in a triangle formation. The sun shined bright in the sky and the wind blew through his hair.
For a while Michael forgot about all his fears and worries. All he thought about was the sunlight on his skin, the view of the earth far below him and his wings beating in the wind.
Suddenly, the world didn't seem so bad.

Fusedtwilight: Next chapter Michael hangs out with the New Mutants and trains to use his angel fire.
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