Survival of the Fittest

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We begin at a maximum-security prison. A guard is walking through the halls, passing a handprint-reader and a retina scan to get into the room where Juggernaut is held in suspended animation. The guard shifts back into Mystique.
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Cut to it zq7/Ironback Mountain Survival Camp. The X-Men, Brotherhood, and other random kids are all standing by a big yellow bus. The X-Men are wearing different clothes than usual, so here's a quick run down.

Jacob and Scott are both wearing a really revealing sleeveless shirts. But unlike Scott, Jacob has his dog tags hanging out as well wearing a bandanna on his head (kinda like how Marcus wore his from Gears of War). Jean has a slightly more modest tank top, and her hair is in a French braid or something. Kurt is wearing an ugly brown shirt with a darker stripe across the shoulders. Kitty has these really cute short-alls. Rogue and Evan are wearing... I dunno, something not interesting. The drill sergeant then gives a rundown of the camp.

Counselor: You will not be making walnuts, neck tie racks, or tie-dye shirts. There will be no potato sack races or pony rides. You *will* have twenty-mile hikes, and cross treacherous rivers with only a rope and all the courage you can muster. Do you read me?

Campers: Sir, yes sir!

Counselor: Here's Scott Sumner and Jacob Hamlet.

Scott: Summers.

Jacob: It's Howlett Sergeant Dan.

Counselor: Because of their scholastic achievements at Bayville High, Sumner's will be team leader. Hamlet lost his privilege with his mouth.

Jacob: Read between the lines bub.

He holds up three fingers together when the Counselor wasn't looking.

Counselor: You have ten minutes to unpack. Dismissed!

Kitty: Oh, I'm going to be dead in, like, two days!

Evan: What about me? I'm a city kid.

Kurt: What did we do to deserve this?

Rogue: I'm going AWOL. Anyone know how to hot-wire a school bus?

Jacob slowly raises his hand but Jean slaps it down .

Scott: Hey, the Professor endorses this place.

Jean: We had a choice. Survival training here-

Jacob: Or with my dad.

Rogue: Some choice. Why'd you come anyway Jake, thought you'd love training with your old man?

Jacob: Are you nuts Mississippi? I've seen how he does survival training. We've got off lucky.

Scott: Come on, we can do this.

Pan over to the Brotherhood.

Fred: Scholastic achievement, huh? That shoulda been me.

Pietro: You couldn't even *spell* 'scholastic achievement', Blob.

Fred: Yeah, but I *can* spell 'doomed', which is what that goody-goody gang is after I get them alone in the woods. Especially Howlett.

Todd: I can hear it now. Search and rescue efforts abandoned for missing teens, no traces found.

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⏰ Last updated: May 30 ⏰

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