VICTOR'S POV
I lean up against a tree, looking at the mutants in front of me. Ororo, Scott, and Hank from earlier, a telekinetic redhead, and a magnetic green haired lady.
"Well I'll give Ozpin one thing, he balanced the female:male ratio quite well." Hank says. I look at him, wondering if he gets paid to speak like he swallowed a dictionary.
"Anyway, nice to meet all you weirdos." I say, standing straight up. "So... you guys wanna kill some Grimm?" The others all agree, and we go off into Emerald Forest killing a fuck ton of Grimm.
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"What happened to your shirt?" Scott asks me. I look down realizing my shirt had been torn up quite a bit. I smirk.
"Ever fought a pack of Beowolves with your bare hands?" I simply ask, smiling at the kid. Cyclops just looks at me, with no discernible emotion of his face.
"No." He says, still looking at me. I stare right back at him, before ruffling his hair. I like this kid. He's gonna do amazing things one day. As we walk into the locker room. I grab a spare shirt out of my locker.
"First rule of being a guy, Scooter. Always be prepared." I say as I discard the torn shirt. Scott seems to really identify with that, as we walk into the assembly room where we meet the rest of the team. It seems like Ozpin is announcing the "teams" or whatever, and honestly? Snoozefest. I begin to doze off as it goes on and on and on. I don't know how much time passes when I hear a voice in my head. A female voice.
"Victor, wake up. We're about to go on stage." The voice says, waking me up immediately. I'm not into the whole schizo thing, that is not my forte. I look around and then realize that the rest of team is standing up, getting ready to go up on stage. I quickly stand up and match their stride, falling in line with Hank.
"Yo, Blue Dude, what's this all about?" I whisper to him.
"Announcing teams, and we get a special introduction." Hank replies.
"So much for not being parade floats." I say, annoyed at this trivial matter. It takes a long time but we eventually make it onstage.
"Ladies and gentleman, I'm more than happy to introduce our first mutant students. Scott Summers, Henry McCoy, Jean Grey, Ororo Munroe, Lorna Eisenhardt, and Victor. Beacon's very own X-Men!" Ozpin announces. There's applause but nowhere as much as earlier. As expected of course. Although I have to admit, I really like that team name.
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In our dorm suite, me, Hank and Scott unpack our stuff. Or in my case lounge on the bed because I had nothing to bring besides my awesome self.
"You guys wanna make up codenames?" I ask, looking over at the two. The look back up at me after a few seconds. They seem confused on why I'd even bring that up.
"Nothing weird it's just like, all the other teams are named like because the first letter of their names or something. I mean we're the X-Men. We should like... have codenames we only call each other." I say, staring up at the ceiling.
"Sure. What did you have in mind?" Scott asks. I think for a minute about what Scott's codename would be.
"Four Eyes." I pitch.
"No."
"See-more."
"No."
"Eyegasm."
"Never say that again."
"You're a picky guy Scotty." I say, stalling for time to think of more codenames.
"Maybe I don't want a shitty nickname." Scott replies, taking out some paper and colored pencils, beginning to draw something. It looks like the beginnings of something good.
"Whatcha drawin' Cyclops?" I ask.
"I actually like that one." Scott says, focusing on drawing.
"Epic. Nice to meet ya Cyke." I say before turning my attention to Hank, trying to think of what to call this blue, furry dude.
"Brainy Smurf." I pitch.
"I beg your finest pardon?" Hank asks, putting his book down and looking at me confused.
"I don't know, I'm pitching codenames." I say, smiling at how offended he got.
"Please do not call me Brainy Smurf."
"What about... Furball?"
"Negative."
"Blueberry."
"Negatory."
"Kitty."
"Respectfully, kill yourself." Hank says, and I laugh out loud. I keep thinking of codename ideas.
"Beast?"
"Out of fear of worse options I'm going to say yes to that one." Hank says. "Now, what will be your codename Victor?"
"I don't know, you two come up with one." They pitch multiple names, crappy ones like Mr. Deathstrike and semi-decent ones like Wolverine. I settle on one however.
"I like Sabretooth." I say. That actually does sound pretty badass. "We should get the girls in on this."
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"Why'd you name him Beast?" Lorna asks
"It was the best he had to offer after 4 attempts." Hank says not looking up from his book.
"Anyway, more importantly, we need codenames for the girls."
"Polaris, for Lorna." Cyclops says, not looking up from his drawing. I make a mental note to check out whatever he's drawing
"I actually like that one a lot." Lorna says, surprised at Cyclops' codenaming skills. After about two hours of name pitching for Jean she settles on Marvel Girl. I still think Phoenix was better, but whatever. Ororo's codename was easy though.
"Storm." We all say in unison, and laughing about it. Being with this group of weirdos is very cool, I enjoy them.
"See now we feel like an special squad. We feel like X-Men!" I say, super excited.
At that moment, we each get a buzz on our scrolls from Ozpin. I groan. I should've known we'd be called in for something immediately.
YOU ARE READING
Remnant's X-Men
Avventura17,000 years ago, the first mutant was born on Remnant. The planet was never the same since. Now, as the world of Remnant deals with White Fang, mutant terrorists, and organizations like the Purifiers arise, only one group can bring order. The X-Men.
