Legend and Disclaimer…
Character Abbreviations
B: is for Bobby Drake
P: is for Professor X
H: is for Henry McCoy AKA The Beast
J: is for Jean Grey AKA Jean Grey
W: is for Warren Worthington AKA Archangel
S: is for Scott Summers AKA Cyclops
L: is Logan AKA Wolverine AKA Stupid Canadian
Now that we know the fic alphabet, do you want to start counting?
The References about Canadians were not meant to spite anyone in that specific Nationality. It was meant as an ongoing joke for one Canadian in specific. And she knows who she is. No Canadians were harmed in this Fic.
Bobby and the
Originals by Iceguy
On the road to Westchester New York, approximately 61 miles away from said destination. Bobby Drake, Former member of X-factor, The new Defenders, and The Champions, as well as founding member of the group the X-Men, returns home to a new era of the group he helped found.
A lot has happened since I started calling myself the Iceman. Which was probably one of my less than creative moments. But hey, I was sixteen. Give me a break.
"Okay, great now I’m arguing with myself. Wow."
The drive from home to Westchester is one I’ve always dreaded. All right, maybe it’s the other way around. Seven years I’ve been making this trip back and forth. From home, to well, home. That is one thing I could always count on. Every time I come back everybody is happy to see me. Which is something I can rarely say about home number one.
I just hope this will be the last time. Moving can really take its toll sometimes, but mainly I’m just sick of it. I finally realized where my real home is. Which it is about time.
I really hope this school works out this time. Supposedly, there are going to be real students, not mutants hiding the fact that we are superheroes or something. That’s probably why the Prof. wants us originals there so bad.
Sure, we were there at the beginning and all that. I honestly hope the Prof. doesn’t expect me to teach anything. That’s a scary though: Bobby Drake, Teacher. Even gives me cold chills.
I don’t think they’ll want me teaching. Asking me to teach anybody is like telling Warren to do something useful. Man, that was a really bad example. Here I go, arguing with myself again.
Am I there yet? No. God, still another 50 miles. Man. This is a long drive. Or maybe it seems so because I keep talking to myself. That’s probably the case. But, there isn’t anything on the radio and I don’t feel like listening to my CDs again.
"Looks like I’m stuck entertaining myself as per usual."
Driving up to the gates of Xavier’s School for Higher Learning. After a long, uneventful trip.
Well here I am. Again. I don’t know what it is about this place; somehow it always rebuilds the exact same way.
Bobby drives up to the speakerphone at the gates of the school
"::Squawk:: Please state your name to verify with the records. ::Squawk::"
House full of Telepaths and they don’t know it’s me. This is defiantly a first.
"Robert Drake." he said mockingly
"::Squawk:: Reason for visit? ::Squawk::" The box asked
"You’re kidding right?" Bobby replied
"::Squawk:: Reason. ::Squawk:: For. ::Squawk:: Visit. ::Squawk::" The box repeated
"Jeeze. Former student. Responding to invitation." Bobby Replied
"::Squawk:: Thank you . Please follow the road to the garage adjacent to the main house. ::Squawk::" Instructed the box
"Will do. Can I ask you a question. It’s been a while since I was here last." Bobby asked
"::Squawk:: Go Ahead. ::Squawk::"
"Can you tell me when the school replaced the cafeteria with a McDonalds, and why you have to pull double duty?" Bobby laughed and headed to the garage
Ah that felt good. Nice to know that the sense of humor was still there. Almost scared that Dad would scared it outta me. Him, or going to college again. That was a less than stellar experience.
Driving into the garage
Wow. This has to be the emptiest this garage has ever been. Where is everybody? Where is my welcome? What, are we not allowed to have cars anymore?
"Maybe the McDonalds guy will know?"
But seriously. Where are Hank and the others? The last time I saw Jean was during that incident with Prosh and the rest. Alright, where is Hank?!? Does the guy ever come out of the lab anymore? Well crap. There better be a surprise party, or they’re never gonna to live it down. There will be a prank war the likes of which would make Jubilee cry.
Entering the house from the garage, Bobby noticed there was still no one there. For the first time since he first time he came to the school, the house was empty. And the professor rolled in.
P: "Good Day Robert. I didn’t expect you for a few days yet."
B: "Yeah I had to kinda get away"
P: "Ah, yes, the sense of a higher calling, a need to help others
B: "Yeah, sure. That’s nice and all, but in reality, my father was driving me up the wall."
P: "Glad to see you haven’t lost your sense of humor."
B: "Yup, after so much time away, it’s still the same old Bobby."
P: "I have no doubt Robert"
B: "Right, the telepath thing."
P: "Aren’t you a little curious about why I requested you presence recently?"
B: "Jeeze. Professor you read my mind."
P: "Bobby I assure you I have not, nor will, enter your mind against your will.
B: "Yeah, I know. I was going to ask you when you hired the McDonalds guy first though."
P: "McDonalds? I’m sorry I don’t quite follow."
B: "You mean you didn’t replace the cafeteria?"
P: "No…"
B: "Aww man. And I really had my hopes up too."
P: "Bobby if you’re hungry I’m sure you could find something in the kitchen."
B: "Nah. Skip it."
P: "Alright…"
There is just something I find that is really satisfying after I confuse the ‘worlds most powerful telepath.’ It’s just a great felling. It’s something only a handful, Hank and me included, can do.
B: "So anyway. Where are the others?"
P: "They’re not here right now."
B: "Ya think?"
P: "Bobby, please."
B: "Sorry"
P: "I expected you to arrive here a few days from now. Actually that’s why I put the date on the invitation. The others are currently down in Florida taking care of a threat. They probably won’t be back until tomorrow.
B: "Okay. So, for the first time in my life I’m early. First time for everything I guess.
P: "Bobby. I have four words for you, ok?"
B: "Alrighty. Shoot."
P: "Serious. Ten. Seconds. Please."
B: "Sorry."
P: "It’s ok. But listen Bobby. I plan to re-open the school, very soon. You were my second X-Man. My third student. And quite possibly my biggest success story."
B: "Say what?"
P: "Bobby you are the only student I’ve had that could leave the team and live a normal, productive life and not have to worry about your powers."
B: "That’s mainly because I don’t have blue fur, shoot lasers out of my eyes, or have wings sprouting from my back…"
P: "Bobby…"
B: "Sorry."
P: Bobby, you are a very unique member of any variation of our group. As well as the various others you have belonged to in the past."
B: "Yeah, no one could ever match my charm or wit."
P: "Especially the wit Bobby."
B: "Why thank you Professor."
P: "Bobby we’re getting off track again."
B: "We do that a lot don’t we?"
P: "Apparently so. However; unlike the rest of my original students, you have an extremely positive outlook on, well, everything."
B: "It’s a gift."
P: "Bobby…"
B: "Right."
P: "I’m just wanting to start our school again. And, I would like for you to be part of it again."
B: "Are you asking me if I want to teach?"
P: "If I didn’t know you better, and know how much you would hate that. I might."
B: "But you do and you’re not right?"
P: "What?"
That’s twice…
B: "You’re not going to ask me to teach. Right?"
P: "No. I’d rather have you as a counselor and recruiter for potential students."
B: "Keen."
P: "What?"
Three…
B: "Cool. I didn’t want to use the pun, it gets kind of old."
P: "I could imagine."
B: "you have no idea…"
P: "What do you say Bobby?"
B: "Aye Captain"
P: "Bobby? What?"
heh, four. Like anyone doesn’t notice the scary similarities between the professor and Patrick Stewart.
P: "Bobby."
B: "Captain?"
P: "Stop saying that."
B: "Aye"
P: "Do you want to come back to the school?"
B: "Do I get my old room?"
P: "Well, I was going to turn the entire west wing into the faculty dorm. Those rooms are bigger after all."
B: "Sold!"
P: "Good. When can I expect you to move back into the mansion?"
B: "Can I borrow the Blackbird?"
P: "Bobby you never learned to fly it…"
B: "Minor technicality. I’m a quick learner."
P: "Not with a two billion dollar airplane."
B: "Good, God! That’s a lot of money!"
P: "Yes it is. And coming from the accountant that worries me…"
B: "You’re not going to make me do your taxes are you?"
P: "Don’t worry Bobby, I have other people that do that sort of thing now."
B: "So. You’re cheating on me with other accountants?"
P: "what?"
Five…Heh…
B: "Nothing. Kidding."
P: "So when can I expect you to start moving back in?"
B: "Are you kidding. I’ve already brought the necessities with me. Movies, Music, and Clothing."
P: "Well, I thought you would at least it would take a little persuasion to get you to come back, but I guess you were ready to come back."
B: "That I was. So, do I get a key?"
P: "Of course.
The professor hands Bobby the keys to his room, the main door, and his own study.
P: "Good to have you back finally Robert."
B: "Question. What is this third key for?"
P: "Oh. I’m adding onto the property. There will be a main schoolhouse behind this one starting construction soon. That key is for you’re study counselor Drake."
B: "Whoa. I get a study? Won’t Hank be jealous!"
P: "Actually he probably won’t be. He does have two classrooms and his lab after all…"
B: "You just had to ruin the moment didn’t you?"
P: "But, Bobby it still will be your private study to do with as you please."
B: "Cool…"
P: "I have some things I have to take care of before the construction starts next week. Why don’t you go and get unpacked and meet me down here later to discuss your exact role within the team."
B: "I get a study?"
P: "Bye Robert."
The Professor smiled and rolled away. Bobby continued to stand there for a few minutes muttering to himself.
I get a study?
Finally reality sets back in and Bobby returns to his normal self
Sometimes, I have to wonder if I could say no him. Sure, I believe in the dream and all that; but, how does one go against what a telepath wants. Maybe I’ll ask Warren. No, bad idea. Well, Magneto is scheduled to get confused and become a good guy again probably soon. Maybe I’ll ask him.
"Magneto. Jeeze. And I thought I had self-doubt issues."
Bobby went back to his car, to get the necessities he had brought with him. His clothes, music, and movies; of course, the clothes needed to be washed, which would be something he’d put off until later, after he unpacked, and set up his stereo.
I can’t believe that I’m the only one here. Maybe I should ask the professor where everybody went? Nah, they’re taking care of a threat, so it’s likely to be on CNN anyway. There’s an idea. Food and TV. Better get my rec. room time in now, cause as soon as these students get here there is not going too much of it available soon.
Deciding, that it is now indeed time for food. Bobby helped himself to a few sandwiches from the kitchen, and turned on CNN. Sure enough; Jean, Logan, and Warren were fighting some kid called Warp Savant.
"What the hell kinda name is that? Warp Savant? Come on. At least he’s got some nifty effects working for him. Well, that’s where they are. Time to do something else."
Bobby wasn’t exactly sure if the professor’s "No food in the lower levels rule" was still being enforced. He still decided to finish his last sandwich before going downstairs.
Ah yes. The "lower levels." I never did understand why I am the only one who finds those words funny. Oh well.
Bobby walked around familiarizing himself with the compound again. It has been a couple years since he was last in these halls. Even though everything was the same as after they rebuilt it, after Bastion cleaned house, he still walked as though everything was brand new.
Man. It has been too long since I was here last. How is it that everything here, even the secret area’s get rebuilt the exact same way as they were before? That is about the weirdest thing I have seen to date. Coming from me that’s probably not as impressive as some of what the others have seen.
Just then. A familiar sound echoed throughout the corridors. A very, loud and familiar sound of an aircraft landing.
"Sweet! Somebody is here!"
Bobby runs straight into the hanger and stops dead in his tracks
B: "Hey! Where’s Hank!"
W: "Yeah nice to see you to Drake."
B: "Shut up tweety"
W: "Grow up Drake"
B: "Go away George Michael."
J: "Bobby!"
B: "See, why can’t you be more like our wonderful redheaded wonder over there and be all happy to see me?"
Warren stands there mumbling to himself
J: "Warren, be nice. Leave Bobby alone."
B: "Yeah, leave Bobby alone."
J: "So are you back now too?"
B: "Yup"
W: "Oh great"
B: "Aww buck up Warren you know you’re happy to see me."
Warren continues to mumble
B: "So, anyway. Jean where’s Hank?"
J: "I don’t know. He’s not here? Do you know, Warren?"
W: "I haven’t seen him since Christmas, Jeanie"
B: "Damn."
W: "I’m sure he’ll be here soon enough Bobby. Maybe Logan knows?"
L: "Huh?"
B: "You know the question I’ve asked like three times already? Where. Is. Hank?"
L: "Oh sorry. Wasn’t paying attention. Too busy staring at Jean’s ass."
B: "Ok, that was a little uncalled for. But do you know where Hank is?"
L: "What was the question again?"
B: "Jesus Christ man. What the hell is wrong with you?"
L: "huh?"
J: "Logan, stop staring at my ass!"
L: "Oh sorry Jeannie. Hank is with Storm, secretly gathering Destiny’s journals or something."
B: "Secretly?"
L: "yeah"
B: "and you used to work for the CIA?"
L: "I think so. I’ll figure that out in September."
B: "Riiight…"
L: "Get lost Drake."
B: "No, you."
L: "You’re lucky I have appointments elsewhere, Drake."
B: "or what, you pull out your claws and try to scare me?"
Logan walks away. Crying like a little girl. Because nobody likes him anymore.
B: "Finally. How long has he been like that?"
J: "Since Scott came back."
B: "What? Didn’t he die?"
J: "Yeah, but that was his first time in a while so he came back kind of quick."
B: "Right the whole Summers' immortality trick."
J: "Works every time."
S: "What works every time?"
B: "AH! A ghost!"
J: "The Summers' immortality trick"
S: "But I wasn’t really dead."
J: "It’s ok, dear."
S: "Shut up wife. I am the embodiment of all that is…"
Scott faints
B: "Boring?"
J: "Not funny Bobby."
B: "Yeah, you’re right. I’ll come up with something better later though."
J: "He’s having a little trouble adjusting back into his old life right now."
B: "Right. Sure."
Warren carries Scott to the infirmary.
J: "So how come you’re back?"
B: "The professor asked me to come back, and I was really getting tired of being at home, and school.
J: "School?"
B: "I don’t want to talk about it. I went to finish off my other major I was pursuing before I went the accounting route."
J: "Which was?"
B: "I really don’t want to talk about it."
J: "Ok, you’ll tell me later though won’t you."
B: "I’ll try not to."
J: "So, you’re going to be a teacher too?"
B: "Nope, a counselor, and I get to play recruiter too."
J: "That sounds nice."
B: "Yeah, and I get my own study too."
J: "Ok, and that is a big deal why?"
B: "I dunno. It’s mine, and it’s called something that I never did actually try to pursue."
J: "And what is that?"
B: "…you know…study…"
J: "Oh, ok."
For some reason it is not as fun when I confuse Jean. Maybe ‘cause it’s too easy. She does have her ditzy moments.
B: "So what new around here? And why is Warren in a worse mood than usual?"
J: "Lets see. Lately we had to fight these dumb bad guys who called themselves Neo."
B: "So you fought Keanu Reeves? Cool."
J: "No, they were pretty awful. It was so bad that Cecilia became a drugged up killer."
B: "Cece? You’re kidding? Mrs. Priss ‘I don’t wanna be an X-Man’ doctor, became a drug addict?"
J: "Yeah, it was pretty dumb."
B: "Leave it to her to screw up without me or Hank around to hold her back."
J: "Yeah, then Betsy and Warren broke up during Christmas for Mr. Unoriginal."
B: "That new Thunderbird guy?"
J: "Yeah. Don’t get me started on him. He’s has less of an idea on his powers than you did when you were 16."
B: "Damn."
J: "Tell me about it."
B: "Well Elemental powers are supposedly hard to control anyway."
J: "You would know. That and if he tried to use them instead of whining more than Rogue…"
B: "He whines more than Rogue?"
J: "To the point that Rogue even told him to shut the hell up."
B: "Damn. That kid needs to mimic a lemming or something."
J: "Too true."
B: "So what’s up with Hank going to look for Destiny’s diary’s or whatever?"
J: "I didn’t know anything about that. Maybe the professor knows. But right after Christmas, almost the entire team took off."
B: "Who pissed them off?"
J: "Well, they took Neal with them, so it must have been the Neo. And what really cracks it, right after they leave, Scott comes back to the team, we lose Peter, and then Magneto gathers an army on Genosha."
B: "How do you lose a 500 pound steel guy?"
J: "No, Beast came up with a cure but in order for it to work it had to be ingested into a host. And as soon as the host used his powers it would be released into the atmosphere."
B: "Ok…still not seeing the bad…"
J: "Well, when it was released into the atmosphere the reaction was fatal to the host."
B: "Which was Peter?"
J: "Yes."
B: "Oh man. That’s not cool. But at least he died saving the world from that virus."
J: "Yeah the cure was instantaneous, right after that Magneto gathered his army."
B: "Yeah, I watched that on CNN. I called up here to see what I could do, but nobody answered the phone."
J: "Dammit! I told Northstar to watch the phones in case someone called."
B: "You recruited Northstar. Damn, you were desperate."
J: "That wasn’t the half of it. I had to recruit some dumb little kid with see through skin. And some others."
B: "What the hell?"
J: "Then there was that Marine that was invulnerable.
J: "On a good note, Dazzler showed up."
B: "Damn. Well, at least you had some experience with ya."
J: "True. She also informed us that the Mojoverse had been destroyed."
B: "How did that happen?"
J: "It had something to do with the AoA Babies. Whatever the hell those were."
B: "Yeah, sounds pretty stupid. But something that Mojo would do."
J: "Yeah. Then Sunfire’s sister showed up. Let me tell you, if I wasn’t so desperate, I would have shut her mind down, just to shut her the hell up."
B: "That bad?"
J: "Think Jubilee obnoxious level, but replace it with arrogance."
B: "It’s not too late, I’m heading up to Hong Kong in a few days, and I could always turn her into a really nifty Ice statue, and mail her home if you want."
J: "Not worth the mess."
B: "Ouch"
J: "So yeah, me and my little ‘group’ fought off magneto, saved Xavier, and Wolvie dug Magneto’s heart out of his chest."
B: "Well, I guess that’s a plus right?"
J: "Sure. Then all that stuff with Prosh happened."
B: "That was a pretty memorable experience to say the least."
J: "Bobby, I’m going to check on Scott, OK, I’ll talk to you later ok."
B: "No problem."
J: "Could you lighten up on Warren though?"
B: "Awww, but why?"
J: "Come on. Think about it, the unoriginal newbie replaced him. He’s in another one of his moods."
B: "All right Jeannie. Just for you though."
J: "Bye Bobby."
B: "See you later Jeannie."
Bobby followed Jean back up to the mansion levels.