The Animal Unleased Part 2; Death

Alexander knocked on Harmony’s door, trying to be heard over the loud music coming from her room. Alexander waited a few seconds and reached up to knock again when the door flew open in his face. “WHAT?!?!?” Harmony yelled as she stuck her head out of the room. “Oh Cash! What’s up fucker?” she asked opening the door some more.

Alexander stood there trying to find words to say as he stood there staring at Harmony. Harmony was wearing a too small cotton “wife beater” under shirt and a pair of boy’s boxers. Harmony looked at Alexander standing there staring at her and, with a small smile of understanding, punched him in the arm, knocking him back a few steps with her super strength. “Hey fucker! What are you staring at?”

Alexander laughed as he took back the steps he was knocked back from and said, “Nothing wiseass.” “Then what do you want? If you’re just wasting my time I’ll kick your ass,” She replied as she leaned on the doorjamb smiling at him. “OOH OOH do you promise to kick my ass Sledgehammer? HAHAH!” he said with fake puppy dog eyes. “I’m doin’ nothin’ just wonderin’ if you wanted to do anything?” Alexander said smiling back at her. “Yeah, sure. Come in I go a new movie I want to watch. You like anime?” Harmony, also known as Sledgehammer said as she walked back into her room. Alexander stepped into the doorway and peered inside nervously saying “Absolutely. I love anime.”

Harmony turned around when she didn’t hear the door close behind him a she she turned off the blaring stereo. “You coming in or not you dork?” she asked staring at him. Alexander took another step into the room and closed the door behind him. “Awe are you nervous Cash?” Harmony laughed as she stuck her tongue out at him. She walked up to him and grabbed his arm, bodily pulling him into the room and forcefully sitting him down on her bed.

“Do you not have a chair I can sit in?” Alexander asked as his olive face began to creep up to red in embarrassment. “No you dork, I don’t. Is my bed not good enough for you?” Harmony said knowing exactly what she was doing. She did have a chair but it was conveniently stuck in her closet. She knew that Alexander was coming to her room that night and she loved to push his buttons and make him nervous.

Harmony Smith liked Alexander a lot. She just loved to send him mixed signals and watch him squirm. Like when she would tell him about her boyfriend back in Minnesota while flirting with him at the same time. She knew that Alexander liked her just as much as she like him, but while she was in a relationship, she knew that he would do nothing but flirt with her. Her goal was to drive him as crazy as possible until he broke down and told her how he felt, because her and her boyfriend had broken up when she found out she was a mutant.

Alexander looked at his feet nervously while taking off his duster, a totally different person that the man that hookeooked an original X-Man in the eye and threatened to cut him up into little pieces. Harmony smiled and put a DVD in the player and jumping on the bed next to him, shoving him onto his side and laying her head on his large stomach. “What are you doing?” Alexander asked her as she hit the play button on the remote. “Getting comfortable fucker,” she said, trapping him in a leaning position.

Alexander threw his legs up on to the bed after kicking his boots off of his feet. “What movie are we gonna watch?” he asked as the movie began to play. “Uh, it’s called ‘Voices of a Distant Star,’” she replied as one of the main characters began to speak. They watched the movie, which lasted only a half-hour and was incredibly sad. As the movie ended Alexander felt wet drops soak through his shirt and Harmony’s body jerk as she began to cry.

“Harmony?” Alexander asked as he looked down at her, “Are you okay?” Harmony was crying in earnest now and just grabbed Alexander’s shirt and buried her face into his side. “Hey? Was it the movie?” he asked while she soaked his shirt with tears. Harmony said nothing just nodded her head yes as Alexander began to run his fingers through her hair. Harmony pulled on Alexander until he got the message to hold her until she calmed down.

When Harmony’s crying stopped and she was jerking from shaking Alexander asked, “What was all that about?” She sniffed and said, “That...hrk...was...hmp...so sad.” Alexander nodded and hugged her to him tighter. “I know, I felt for the both of them. To love someone and not be able to be with them. That is the cruelest thing that can happen between two people. In fact, I know how they feel,” Alexander whispered into Harmony’s ear.

She looked up into his eyes and, as he put his hands on the sides of her face, drawing her closer to his lips, he whispered, “I love you Harmony.” “Harmony began to cry again, but this time in inesiness and said, “I love you too Alexander.” With that Alexander kissed her. And to them it was the release of all the tension that had been between them for over a year since he had arrived at the institute. The two of them laid there kissing until they both fell asleep in each other’s arms.


At the same time that Alexander was knocking on Harmony’s door, Logan and Jean were finishing up their dinner. “Jean why didn’t you finish your food?” Logan asked worriedly lookit het her half-full plate of pizza. “I guess I wasn’t that hungry after all. I’ve had stomach flu or something for the last week. Anyway Logan, what did Alexander want?” Jean asked Logan as he took their plates to the sink. “Oh, uh nothin’ Red. He just wanted some romantic advice. He really has the hots for that Harmony girl,” he replied. “Logan I know you are lying but Harmony Smith? Why would a nice boy like Alexander want some one as selfish and self centered as her?” Jean asked in shock.

“I don’t know maybe because he likes her body, or he likes that she is such a bad girl, or maybe loves her. You know like you love me?” Logan said as he smirked over his shoulder. Jean rolled her eyes and let out a sigh. “Well, she is a smart girl and can put up with his instant ribbing. Did you know I overheard him teasing Kurt about ‘never haring of a drink called the blue fuzzy navel.’ Kurt looked at him with a shocked look then he just cracked up and fell down laughing,” she said smiling at the memory of the blue, demon like mutant rolling on the ground at the foot of the teen shacking with laughter. “I’ll say one thing, that boy lights up any room when he isn’t so moody.”

Logan looked at Jean and said, “He only lets in a few people at a time. I think he is afraid of rejection. After what his brother did to him, and then the guy told his mother that she must not have been faithful to their father because their sister and he were ‘normal.’ I’m surprised Alexander didn’t kill him.” “I didn’t know about that Logan. Did Alexander tell you?” Jean asked as she tried to understand how some people c be be so cruel. “Yeah, he did. I don’t know I think he sees me as a replacement for his older brother,” Logan replied.

“Okay, now what did he really want to talk to you about?” she asked as she felt Logan begin to squirm. “I can’t tell you Jeanie. It’s a secret between men,” Logan said. “Ooohhh, well don’t break a manly secret for the woman you love,” Jean said sarcastically.

Logan narrowed his eyes and gave off a small growl. “I know what you are thinking Logan, and that cant unt until later.” Logan smiled and walked up to Jean pulling her up and planting a kiss on her lips while running his hands down to her butt. “What am I thinking right now?” he thought through the psylink. “Logan you are so bad! Lets go to your room right now,” she thought back. Logan pulled away from her and said, “Yes ma'am.”

Scott Summers walked into the darkened bar knowing exactly who he was looking for. He was prepared for anything from the man that was no better than Logan. But this man was the exact thing that Scott needed to destroy Logan, and through that destruction put Jean in her place, making him right, like always.

Scott looked for the huge man and finally caught site of him at the farthest table to the back of the bar. Scott walked to the table with the self assured cockiness that showed he was the team leader of the ultimate fighting force; The X-Men.

“Well, well, well. What do I owe the honor super boyscout?” Victor Creed, Sabertooth, asked as Scott pulled out a chair to sit opposite of Creed. “I don’t remember askin’ ya ta sit your skinny ass down you silly little flamer,” Creed growled out, tightening his grip on the mug of beer in his hand.

“You will when I tell you why I’m here you fucking psycho,” Scott replied as he waved to the waitress to bring two more beers. “What? You came here to talk? To me? Damn your either crazy or you got ball bigger than the runt. Say how’s that sweet piece o’ ass your married to?” Creed sneered as he downed the last half of his beer in one gulp.

Scott smirked at the comment and said, “You know it is funny you mentioned that piece of shit Logan. He is why I’m here.” Creed was taking a drink from the fresh mug when Scott said this and almost spit the beer all over the table and Scott. “You what? You’re here about the runt? Why?” he stammered.

“I hate the bastard as much as you do Creed, now is the time to get him. If you are up to it that is. See I remember when he was kicking your ass in the woods out side the mansion a few months ago,” Scott said, liking the intense anger that well up in Creed’s face as he said it.

“He wasn’t kicking my ass! I was about to kill that little dick lick!” Creed replied defending his pride to the snotty little prick. “Well what do you want from me asshole. Tell me before I rip that smirking, pretty boy face right off a ya.” Scott put down his beer and said, “We’re gonna kill him. But not before we show that he is as much of a killer as you are.”

“Logan? That runt is soft. He has killed but you all made him value life too much. Heh. Tell me what you got planned, hell I’m in just to kill that runt,” Creed said downing yet another beer. Scott looked at Creed and nodded. “I’ll let you on to the grounds at night. The next morning Logan will be leading a jog around the mansion with some of the students. The students are not to be touched Creed or else after Logan is dead so are you. Got me?” Scott said as he leaned in to emphasis his point.

“Yeah you fucking pansy, I got it. But what if one of the rug rats tries to interfear? I have ta’ defend myself,” Creed replied becoming even more interested. “I’ll be with them. I’ll lead them back to the house ‘Alerting’ everyone while saving the kids from you, then I’ll come back and help you finish him off,” Scott said as he bought another round of drinks, being careful to not let the waitress to overhear what they said.

“Okay, but I think it’ll be over by the time you return,” Creed said drinking from the fresh mug. “Well,” Scott said as he began to drink at his own beer, “that works just as good. I just wanted a shot at him too is all.” Creed smiled and said, “Well I might start to like you yet Summers. I might even leave a little piece of him left for you to finish.” He chuckled and finished the beer.

“Well Creed I think were done. Here is a cell phone for me to get in touch with you when it is time for the plan to go down,” Scott said sliding a cell phone to the bigger man. “Aw it’s in pink. Is this one yours Summers?” Creed sneered as he picked at the phone’s cover with a razor sharp claw. “No, it was Jean’s,” Scott replied. Creed smiled when he heard this, “Aha, so this is why you go a jones fer killin’ the runt. He took your woman. Hey I could take care of her for you too. In fact, it would be a pleasure. I could have some fun too.”

“NO!! Jean is not to be touched. It would torture her more watching him die and living without him,” Scott said, insanity getting a firmer grasp on him. “Okay, okay. Just askin’. I’ll be waitin’ fer your call one eye,” Creed said slamming back the rest of his beer. Scott nodded and paid the tab before walking out of the bar.

As he stepped out of the shady bar he caught the eye of one young teen who was out on the town with his new girlfriend. Alexander Cash was on his first real date and Harmony was window shopping while Alexander was content watching her enjoy herself. Alexander’s curiosity was spiked at seeing Summers at a bar, and at this time of night. By now he would have been bitching at the younger students for watching Samurai Jack by now. A few minutes later, as Harmony was fussing over how pretty the American Eagle outfit in the window was, Alexander happened to glance back to the bar’s entrance again as a mountain of a man with blonde hair stepped out sniffing the air.

“Holy shit,” Alexander thought stepping closer to Harmony in a protective way, “That’s fucking Sabertooth! What the hell was Scott Summers doing in the same bar as Sabertooth and not fighting with that psycho? Something’s up.” Alexander tapped Harmony on the shoulder and gave her a half-fake smile, saying, “We should be heading back to the institute dontcha think?” “We gotta’ get outta’ here before he spots us. Should I tell Logan,” Alexander thought as he and Harmony got back into his brand knew car that his parents had bought him. “No,” he decided, “I need more clues as to what Summers is doin’. I really don’t like this.” Alexander’s perfect evening with his new girlfriend was turning out pretty shitty after all.

The next day Alexander began his stalking of Scott Summers. He followed Summers after class to the kitchen. Then to the danger room and watched from the control room where Ororo was monitoring the levels of difficulty. “Alexander, what a surprise! What are you doing here?” Ororo asked when Alexander walked into the control room.

“Oh nothin’. Just wanted to watch Mr. Summers in the danger room. You know getting an advantage for the next ‘danger room’ fight against the staff. And I want to be the one to take out Cyclops,” Alexander replied with a fake grin. “What? You are wanting recognition for anything? Is something wrong with you Alexander?” Ororo asked with a soft chuckle, but Alexander was no longer paying attention to the beautiful Wind Goddess. He was mentally analyzing Cyclops’ fighting style.

“He is good,” Alexander thought as Cyclops took out robot after robot in the danger room. “Wait... there it is. He is predictable. Now...now...now. YES! I know how to beat Cyclops if I need to,” Alexander smiled and looked at Ororo. “Thank you Miss Monroe,” Alexander said as he turned to leave, “Oh, and please don’t let him know I was watching okay?” Ororo looked up from the monitors and said, “You’re welcome, and don’t worry, no one will ever know.”

Alexander caught up with Scott after the older mutant finished getting dressed and was walking to his class where he was teaching military history and tactics. Alexander walked along, so intent on not drawing Scott’s attention to him that Alexander didn’t even realize that Harmony had began to walk beside him. “Hey you big dork! Don’t you even see that your hot as hell girlfriend is walking beside you,” she said after walking beside him for a few feet without him seeing her.

Alexander jumped when she talked to him and fell back into a wall. “Damn Harmony give the fat kid a heart attack day isn’t until next week. Jesus!” he said with his hand on his chest as his body shimmered like liquid silver for the briefest of instances. “Hehe. Damn Cash, you are jumpy today. What’s up with you?” she asked as her eyes twinkled at the newfound boon that she could tease him about now.

“Oh, uh nothin’ babe. Just thinkin’,” he said, his mood brightening as he saw the smile spread across her lips. He totally forgot about following Scott for the time being, focusing on the beautiful girl that he was in love with. Harmony raised an eyebrow in disbelief. “Okay fucker but if it was another girl I’ll kick your ass, and that, chunky butt, is a promise,” as she finished her sentence she pushed him up against the wall and kissed him, grabbing his butt at the same time.

“Okay you two, enough of the lip locking,” Logan said as he lead against the opposite wall. Alexander and Harmony jumped apart, Alexander grabbing his chest again at the shock. “Damn! Is everyone around here trying to kill me today!?!?” he said as Logan chuckled lightly at the teen. “You’re both late for class, and Alexander you know what that means,” Logan said with a slight warning in his voice.

Alexander cringed at the thought of the punishment to come. He had Logan’s self defense class next and the punishment for tardiness was to be Logan’s helper for the day. “Shit,” he said under his breath knowing that Logan would still hear it. “Yes, Sensei. I’ll see ya later babe,” Alexander said as he gave her a quick kiss and ran to the gym. “Haha, how’s he treatin’ ya girl?” Logan asked as Harmony watched Alexander go.

“He’s great Mr. Logan. I’ve never seen someone more emotional at times hand so walled off at others,” she replied. She looked at him and said, “Please don’t be too hard on him sir. It was my fault.” Logan smiled as he pushed off the wall and began to walk to the gym, calling back, “I’ll give him what I know he can take. You get yer ass to class girl.” Harmony smiled and said, “That’s sexharaharassment Mr. Logan. I could sue you.” Logan whirled around with a look of anger in time to see her smiling face turn to run the opposite way. “That fucking kid has balls. No wonder Alexander likes her,” he thought with a smile, realizing the joke was on him now.


Scott Summers had no idea that Alexander was following him at all. When Alexander caught up with him again, his body was drenched in sweat and ached all over. “Being Logan’s punching bag sucks ass,” Alexander thought as he rubbed his shoulder. He followed Scott to the garage where Scott worked on his car for a while, then to the cafeteria at lunchtime.

This was the most dangerous time to be following anybody, but it was the perfect time to get close to Scott and try to overhear any clue through slip of the tongue. Alexander waited ten minutes before he entered the cafeteria. Scott was alone at a small table and, to Alexander’s luck, another empty table next to it.

Alexander made a microwavable pizza for lunch and sat at the adjacent table. He knew that Scott was watching him, wondering why, after what happened a few nights before, he was sitting at a table not five feet from him. To Alexander’s credit he did not even glance Scott’s way. About half way through his pizza, Alexander saw Harmony come He He waved to her and said “There is an empty seat over here babe.” Harmony grabbed a sandwich and walked over to the table, sitting next to Alexander. “What’s up you dork?” She asked punching him in the shoulder playfully.

Alexander looked at her with a smile and said, “What...in the blue fuck...is your problem?” Harmony knowing that Alexander was not mad, replied, “Nothing I just wanted to hit you.” Alexander laughed and rubbed his sore shoulders. “Logan go hard on you?” she asked. “Ugh, no more than usual. I’m his whipping boy,” Alexander said as he stretched his back, and hearing it pop a couple of times.

“Oh damn Cash, you okay?” Harmony asked as she saw the wince of pain cross his face. “No, I’m better now,” he said. “Good then you can give me a massage,” she said turning around in her chair. “Yes ma'am,” Alexander said as he finished his pizza and wiped his hand on a napkin. As he began to massage Harmony’s back he noticed that Scott was leaving. “Damn! Now I’ll have to find him again later. Oh well I’m here with Harmony,” he thought as he put all his focus into his new task.

“So Cash has someone close to him too? Good, now I have leverage to get rid of him too. That boy is just like Logan, a new breed of killer. Hell he is a walking knife. And he doesn’t belong here at a school. He belongs in a cell.” Scott thought as he walked to his next class. “I need to cleanse this house of Logan’s ilk. They are a danger to the dream, and all of mutant and human kind. He has spread death throughout a school for children. A class for self defense ha! More like a training class for how to better to kill a man.”

Scott’s mind was rambling now with the hatred eating away at his sanity piece by piece. This was all that consumed him now. How to get rid of Logan and show Jean that he was right. But now he had a secondary target, Alexander. Logan’s closest student, and to get to that student he would go through his heart. “I wonder what he will do when I tell him that I have his slut girlfriend?” Scott thought as he formed his plan to deal with the threat of Alexander Cash, and he laughed in the insane comfort of knowing that he would win. Like always.

Logan closed the door to his room as he took off the sweaty karate uniform and jumped into the shower. When he was done, and toweling himself off he sniffed the air. The sent he got made his back shoot straight. The smell of roses and baby powder surrounded him. He threw open the door to the bathroom and emerged from the cloud of fog from the shower.

There on his bed lounged Jean in her skirt and open blouse. “What the hell are you doin’ here Red? I’m damn happy ta see ya on my bed but what about your wantin’ nobody to know?” he said as he felt the affect she had on him in full force.

“I had to see you Logan. As for people seeing me, who cares right now,” she said as she rose from the bed and walked over to the still wet Logan. She wrapped her arms around him and put her head into the nape of his neck. “Jean, I’m gettin’ ya all wet,” he said with a smirk. Jean giggled and bit him. Logan growled and bit her neck marking her as his once again.

“Jeanie, your diving me crazy,” he growled out as she licked the bite she made on his neck. “Oh baby, you do it to me to,” She panted as he kissed her along her jawbone. “I love you Jean. I always will.” Logan kissed her with all the passion in his being. “Jean, we gotta stop. I got a mechanics class to teach in a few minutes,” he said as he pulled away from Jean. “Okay Logan. We’ll finish this tonight,” Jean said breathlessly.

Logan nodded, grabbing a fresh set of cloths and watching Jean fix her ruffled ones. “So how is Alexander? Harmony was telling me about how you caught them ‘neckin’ as she put it, in the hall way,” she said looking at her self in the mirror, making sure that everything was just right for when she stepped out of the security of Logan’s room.

“Oh that, I just treated him like normal...” “Logan! He’s only seventeen! You’re going to hurt that boy!” Jean interrupted, knowing how Logan intentionally went hard on Alexander. In his own way Logan was determined to make the boy better than he was. The only problem was that Jean was right. He didn’t have a healing power, and Logan couldn’t really touch him when he was morphed into his blade like state. So that meant that Alexander’s normal mutant body had to take the brunt of all of Logan’s attentions.

“I didn’t hurt him Red. I swear. And as for how rough I am on him, I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t think he could take it,” Logan replied to a perturbed Jean. “Well...if you think he can take it. How is he doing anyway?” Jean asked. Logan smiled thinking of how the kid had thought up new combinations of defense and attack. A few times, Logan had to admit, Alexander had had him on his heels. But no one beats Wolverine at his own game. He is the best at what he does.

“That kid has one hell of a mind. He can think strategically and spacially. I watched him lead brand new students in the danger room to victory over seniors with thousands of hours in the danger room. He’s on the path to be a better field commander than Scott ever was, and a better fighter than I am,” Logan said as they walked out of his room.

“Better than you?” Jean asked disbelievingly. “Well,” Logan chuckled, “he will be after I’m dead.” Jean looked at him and asked, “How did he beat a group of seniors with, what? Ten year olds?” Logan laughed as he thought about how the kid had all of the ten-year-olds lay down and cry as the seniors ran over their position. The seniors, shocked and not knowing what to do, stopped and looked around. Alexander morphed and lopped off a “stone ledge” inside the danger room blocking the retreat. Then yelled to the newbies to attack.

“They trounced them,” Logan said as he ended his explanation of the total annihilation of the senior team. “Those little kids walked around here with their little chests stuck out for a month. Now they worship Alexander like a god. He has taken it all in stride though.” Jean laughed at the realization that that was why all of her senior class students were depressed after the normally easy battle with the new students.

“So Alexander lead an army of ten year olds to victory while a group of more experienced fighters were annihilated? That is the stuff of legends,” Jean replied as they stood out side of her classroom. “The first mistake of a superior force is to underestimate an enemy with nothing to lose,” Logan said as he squeezed Jean’s hand. “See you after class?” he asked.

“You bet, my sexy beast,” she replied as he stepped away. “I love you Jeanie.” Logan thought to her through the psylink. Jean stepped into the classroom with a smile on her face and thought back, “I love you too Logan, forever.”


That evening, Alexander was stalking his prey again. He followed Scott after dinner to the weight room. Alexander did not need to hide here. He could discuss his watching as a simple session of working out, and there were other people there as well. As Scott was working on his leg curls, Alexander was at the bench press.

As he was pressing his maximum weight, a dark shadow fell over him. “Do you need a spot Cash?” Scott said as he stood over Alexander. “Oh shit I’ve been caught!” he thought before saying, “No, I got it Mr. Summers.” “Hey I’m just looking out for one of our students. So I’ll spot you anyway,” Scott said as his ruby glasses flashed red in the lights in the weight room.

“I hear you’ve got a girlfriend now. Harmony Smith huh? Nice catch, but she is a hellion,” Scott said with an evil smirk spreading across his face. Alexander kept pumping the weighted bar. “What in the hell is this guy doing? How does he know about me and Harmony? Oh stupid question, we were making out in the hallway a few hours ago,” Alexander thought as he stared up at the older man.
Scott’s smirk grew as he said, “Do you know what the bad thing is about having a relationship while on a team of mutant fighters? What happens if one of you is killed on a mission? How would the other one cope with the loss? Especially with people so young,” as Scott said this he pushed down on the weight bar, forcing it down onto Alexander’s neck and choking the teen.

“Urk...holit hit he is trying to kill me!” Alexander thought as the feeling of restriction closed on his neck. Scott leaned in closer to Alexander’s face and said “Now we wouldn’t want anything to happen to one, or both, young lovers, now do we Cash. Especially that pretty, young, new girlfriend of yours. Not only would it be a romantic tragedy, but it would brake so many hearts at the school, and we don’t need that.”

Alexander was fading as his struggling with the bar and the older man while loosing oxygen to the brain became weak. Then Scott’s words broke though the veil of his blacking out. “Killed...especially that pretty...new girlfriend...yours,” Scott had said. “He’s threatening to kill Harmony to get to me!! SON OF A BITCH!! NO ONE THREATENS ME OR MINE!!!” Alexander’s foggy mind thought. His body shimmered as it morphed into his mutated “bladed form.” His now super sharp skin sliced the weight bar in half where it was pressed on his neck.

Scott jumped back as the three hundred pounds of weight clattered to the floor. Scott had intentionally waited until all the other people in the weight room had left before making his move on Alexander, so no one came running when the huge boom of weight dented the floor.

Alexander, still trying to regain his breath, jumped up from the now sliced up weight bench and morphed his arms into five foot long blades. He looked at Scott and stopped where he was. Scott’s ruby quartz glasses were glowing red with the held back optic energy that Scott was ready to unleash on Alexander. “That was a warning boy. Stay out of my way or else someone you care about will get hurt!” Scott said as he backed away to the door of the weight room. “I told you Summers,” Alexander said with a wild look in his eyes and a growl in his voice that would put Sabertooth to shame, “I don't like threats. Now you’ve made me an enemy, and I am scarier than Logan when he’s angry. Trust me, and that is a promise.”

Some how Scott knew the teen was telling the truth and thought, “Could I have over played my hand? No, I am right, he will stay out of my way. I am always right.” Scott laughed crazily and said, “Remember your Harmony, Cash. You can’t watch her forever.” Scott turned and walked out the door, Leaving and extremely angry Alexander in the weight room. That night the danger room was put out of commission for a week by the enraged teen.
When Alexander returned to his room he was still enraged at the threat for Scott. He kicked open the door, actually shaking the room as he did so. As the door hit the wall and stuck, the doorknob breaking through the wood paneling and creating a jagged hole, Harmony who was sitting on his bed jumped back against the wall.

“Jesus Alexander!! What’s wrong?” she exclaimed as Alexander stood in the doorway and stared at Harmony. “What are you doing in here? How...?” he stuttered as he shook with anger. “I... just wanted to see you. What happened? Why are you shak” Ha” Harmony asked as she got up from his bed and walked over to him and pulled him into the room. She ripped the door out of the wall and closed it behind him. “Well are you going to answer fucker?”

“Umm, it’s nothing really. I just was relieving some stress in the danger room,” he said feeling some of the anger wash away with her sweet voice. “Now I know your lying to me because you are completing your words. Texan’s only do that when they are mad and lying,” Harmony said throwing her arms around his neck and rubbing up against him.

“And how do you know that?” Alexander asked chuckling away his anger as he put his hands on her butt. “I’ve known you for a year and we’ve spent almost every day together, you don’t think I’ve picked up on your little quirks?” she said kissing his neck. Alexander groaned and said, “Thanks for bringing me down babe but you haven’t answered me on how you got into my room.”

Harmony laughed as she nipped at his neck and said, “I picked your lock. My dad taught me incase I would ever need it.” “Wow, Harmony, that’s really cool. Do you want to see what I taught my self?” Alexander asked with a wicked grin spreading across his face. “Harmony pulled back and looked at him, still encircled in his arms.

“Sure, what is it?” she asked. Alexander slid his right had over her tight shirt to the clasp of her bra while distracting her with a kiss. “Are you sure?” Alexander breathed into her ear. “Yeah,” She replied breathlessly. With a snap of his fingers he unclasped her bra. Harmony jumped back and giggling said, “That was pretty impressive.” “I can do it with my left hand too.” “Shut up and kiss me you big dork,” Harmony said wrapping her arms around him again and kissing him. “I will not let that psycho hurt her!” Alexander thought as they fell on his bed. “This is gonna be a long night.”

Logan, Jean, and Professor Xavier were in the controom oom above the danger room looking at the heavy amount of damage that it sustained. “What in the name of all that is good when on here?” Xavier asked looking at the destroyed room. “Well Chuck it looks like one of the students or staff had some steam to blow off and they went a little to far,” Logan replied.

“Granted but who? Why did they have that much ‘steam’ as you put it?” Xavier said rolling his chair over to a computer console. “Well we shall se in a moment.” Xavier typed a few commands into the console and on a monitor the security video came up.

On it they saw Alexander come into the danger room and start a program. He was already morphed when the robotic attackers began their assault. Logan noticed that there was no strategy or plan of attack on Alexander’s part. This was something that Logan knew all too well. This was pure rage and hate, this was striking out against the world, and all of those who would dare defy him.

“Okay Charles, something is definitely wrong with Alexander. This isn’t like him,” Logan said as he stared at the screen. “What do you think happened?” Jean asked. “I don’t know but I can tell that something very wrong with him. His attacking is different, he is normally calm and a field general, constantly thinking of different ways to take down the enemy with as little danger to his own forces as possible. This,” Logan said pointing to the monitor, “this is just rage. God! Did you see that?” He asked as a particularly spectacular explosion shook the camera.

Alexander had taken a Juggernaught drone and decapitated it before slicing it in half, causing the robot to explode with the force of a bomb. “What level are those robots at?” Jean asked in awe. Xavier typed in the commands and leaned in closer to the console making sure he had read it right. “Level twenty,” Xavier said looking at Jean and Logan.

“Damn that kid is good,” Logan said lighting up a cigar and watching the screen. Xavier sighed and said, “No matter if this is a boon to the teams, we need to find out what caused him to demolish the danger room in this fashion. Jean I think you should go talk to him while Logan and I make a call to Forge and get this place repaired. Logan in the mean time all sessions for the danger room shall be held out side and be taught by you and another teacher of your choice,” Xavier said as he turned his wheelchair towards the door of the control room.

“Charles, I think I should be the one to talk to Alexander. We have a Sensei/student relationship. And he trusts me,” Logan said. Jean nodded her head in agreement, saying, “It’s true Professor, but they are more like brothers. He should be the one to talk to Alexander.” Xavier nodded and said, “ Alright Logan you go talk to Alexander. Jean you will come with me then. Please find out what is troubling him Logan. He would be a dangerous enemy if it gets to that point.” Logan knew exactly what Xavier meant with that statement. If he had to he would make Alexander talk.

A few minutes later Logan was walking up to Alexander’s door when his senses went in to overdrive. He heard Harmony giggling with Alexander in his room. He smelled both Alexander and Harmony’s arousal. Logan took in a big sniff of the air and found that they had not had sex yet, but they were both highly aroused. Logan smiled as he turned around and headed to his room he would give them another half an hour before he would knock on Alexander’s door.

In Alexander’s room the couple were in his bed curled up together under his large blanket. “Wow, that was cool,” Alexander said coming down from the pinnacle of ecstasy after a mutual session of heavy petting. “Oohh you are good Alexander!” Harmony squealed in pleasure, “Where did you learn to do that?” Alexander winked at his girlfriend and said, “I’ve read some things. I’m a good studier.”

BANG! BANG! BANG! “Hey Alexander! Open up I need to talk to you about somethin’,” Logan said scarring the shit out of both Alexander and Harmony. “Just a minute!” Alexander yelled as they both ran around looking for their far-flung clothes. Logan chuckled slightly hearing them scatter in fear. Suppressing a chuckle as he said, “Is someone in there with you!? It better not be a girl or You’ll have to be my assistant again tomorrow!”

Alexander’s face blazed red as he was pulling on his jeans and tee shirt. “Go into the bathroom and stay in there!” he whispered to Harmony as she was jumping into her panties. She hopped into the bathroom and silently shut the door. Both of them forgot her bra sitting in plain sight on his bed.

Alexander opened his door to a now impatient looking Logan. Under the surface Logan was ready to crack up, especially with the look of embarrassment and fear on Alexander’s face as he looked into Logan’s eyes. “What in the hell took you so long to answer your door?” Logan asked taking a sniff of the passion filled air, knowing why already. “I was..uh, just getting dressed is all. I was in bed getting read to go to sleep,” Alexander said nervously.

Logan was laughing his head off inside. He stepped past Alexander and looked around the room. His eyes fell on the bra left on the bed. “Oh really? Then what is that?” Logan said pointing to the bra. Alexander snatched up the bra and shoved it in a pocket, his face as red as a lobster, said, “Uh I...it’s m...mine.” Logan arched an eyebrow at Alexander.

“Yeah, right kid. I know that you ain’t like that. Get out here Harmony! Right now!” Logan said a small smile creeping up his face as he was nearing his limit on how much he could keep in. Alexander looked at Logan in shock and said, “What are you talking about? Harmony is not here now. I mean she was earlier, but not now.” Logan looked at Alexander and said, “I can smell her in you bathroom kid. So get out here girl.”

The bathroom door opened and Harmony came out with her head down. “Now what in the hell are you two doing?” Logan asked with fake anger. “Uh nothing Mr. Logan,” Harmony said as she kicked at the floor with her bare feet. “Uh huh...Then why is Alexander holdin’ your bra in his pocket?”

“I was showing her a trick is all,” Alexander said. Logan let a laugh break through his guard and asked, “With her bra!?!” “Yeah,” Alexander said, “I was showing her how to shoot water balloons with it.”

Logan couldn’t hold back his laughter anymore and cracked up in front of them. Alexander and Harmony both stood there with shocked expressions on their faces as Logan laughed so hard he cried. When he calmed down a little he looked at the couple, and promptly burst out laughing again from the looks on their faces.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. That is the funniest excuse for what you were doing I have ever heard,” Logan said wiping tears from his eyes. “Oh shit, are you gonna tell the Professor on us?” Harmony asked sounding sweet and innocent. “No, I’m not. Your grown enough to risk your lives for the world, in my book that makes you old enough to act like adults in your private lives. But I do need to talk to Alexander alone though,” Logan said becoming serious again.

“Okay, I’ll go take a shower. I’ll talk to you later honey,” Harmony said giving Alexander a kiss on the cheek. Alexander watched her leave the room and close the door behind her. Logan turned as the door closed and noticed the hole in the wall where the doorknob would be. Logan pointed to the hole and said, “That is the type of thing I want to talk to you about. Alexander what the hell happened in the danger room?”

Alexander looked at Logan and then down at the floor. “Nuthin’ Sensei. I don’t know what you’re talkin’ about,” he said as he looked at his feet. “Don’t lie to me Alexander. That will make everything worse. I saw the tape. Did you know there was a security camera in the danger room?” Logan said as Alexander shook his head no. “Well there is and kid, that rage you got is just like mine. Explosive and deadly. I know what it does, I can help you with it. I just need to know what happened to set it off. You can trust me,” Logan explained as he put his hand on Alexander’s shoulder.

“Will you promise me that if I tell you it will not leave this room?” Alexander asked, the anger growing in his mind as he remembered what Scott had said, as he looked Logan in the eyes. Alexander’s expression was so intense that Logan had no other option but to agree. “Sure kid,” he said, “It won’t leave this room.”

“Scott threatened me again, this time though, he threatened Harmony,” Alexander said as his body shimmered as it morphed for a brief second into his blade form. Logan, his anger rising as well, said, “He did what!? He threatened you and Harmony? What did he say?” “He said that it would be ‘really sad if something happened to’ one of us on a mission. He said it would be a ‘romantic tragedy,’” as Alexander said this he punched his hand with a sharp slap.

Logan stood there in shock. “Scott said that? What the fuck is wrong with that guy?” he said as he began to shake in anger at Scott. “To threaten me is one thing, but a kid? I’ll have to do something about this.” Logan thought as he tried to stay calm. “I don’t know Sensei, but it is something very bor hor him to be following you and threatening me and Harmony. She doesn’t even know anything!” Alexander said.

“I know kid, you wouldn’t put her in harms way. Tell you what, I’ll pull some strings so that you can stay with her as much as possible. You protect her, and stay the hell away from Scott. You hear me?” Logan said as he put his hand on the doorknob. “But I’m so close to finding out what he is up to!” Alexander said with the anger in his voice still apparent.

Logan put his hand on Alexander’s shoulder and said, “I know kid, I know. But remember, he has threatened your family, your girl, and you. Who’s gonna protect the one’s who don’t know what is goin’ on?” Alexander looked down at his feet and said, “Your right Sensei. I’ll stay away from him. But if he tries anything, I will kill him!!” Logan looked Alexander in the eye and said, “And I’ll be there watching your back the whole way.” Logan turned and walked out of the room, shuttthe the door behind him.

A few minutes later Alexander knocked on Harmony’s door. She opened it after a few seconds. When she saw him she grabbed his shirt and pulled Alexander into her room forcefully. She wrapped her arms around him and they kissed, stealing the breath from each other. The kiss lasted for a few minutes and when they broke it Alexander said, “Wow, miss me much?” “I sure did you big dork,” she replied breathlessly.

“What did Logan want? We’re no in trouble are we?” she asked as they sat down on her bed. “No we are not in trouble, and Logan didn’t want anything really. He just wanted to talk about the danger room is all,” Alexander replied as he gazed into Harmony’s beautiful brown eyes. “Good,” she said, “what do you want to do now?” “Well,” Alexander said looking at his watch, “It’s almost lights out, sooo how about we go to bed?”

Harmony looked shocked as she said, “But you just got here, and now you want to leave?” Alexansmilsmiled at the look on her face and said, “Not if you want me to stay here tonight.” Harmony smiled and tackled him as they began to tear their cloths off. Alexander looked into Harmony’s eyes hey hey were throwing their cloths onto the floor haphazardly and said, “How are we gonna make it until our eighteenth birthdays with out goin’ all the way?” Harmony smiled and said, “We’ll find a way.” And with that they went at each other, enjoying each other’s body and falling deeper in love.

Logan knocked on Xavier’s office door. “Come in Logan,” Xavier called. Logan opened the door as he was saying, “Chuck I nee...” The words stuck in Logan’s throat as he saw who else was in the room with the Professor. Jean of course was there but she was standing defensively behind Xavier.
But in front of Xavier’s desk was Scott himself. “FUCK!! What is Scott doing here?” Logan thought to Jean. “He was telling the Professor that Alexander has threatened him with bodily harm for no reason,” Jean thought back to Logan. The look on Logan’s face was a mixture of rage and shock. “That is a goddamn lie, Scott was the one who threatened Alexander!!” He thought back to her.

While this transpired in a matter of seconds both Xavier and Scott had began to stare at Logan who was still standing frozen in the doorway to Xavier’s office. “Logan? Are you going to come in and close the door?” Xavier asked, snapping Logan from his momentary freeze.

Logan closed the door and walked up to the desk. “What is going on here?” Logan asked putting his hands on the desk in front of Xavier. “This is about one of your students threatening me with bodily harm,” Scott said with an evil smirk. Logan turned on the taller man, looking Scott in the ruby covered eyes. “That is bullshit and you know it Summers. The only way Alexander would threaten anyone would be if he were provoked. Did you provoke him Scott? Maybe withm com coming to his girlfriend maybe?” Logan growled taking a step into Scott’s personal space, challenging him to lie.

“That’s preposterous!” Scott laughed. “You little dick, you told. Well that’ll cost you that sweet little piece of ass Harmony, Alexander. You really are an idiot,” Scott thought as he turned back to face Xavier. “Charles, the boy cornered me in the weight room when everyone else had left and threatened me. He even cut a weight bar in half with weights on it,” Scott lied.

Xavier nodded taking in every thing that was said. “That is a lie Chuck and Scott knows it. Alexander goes out of his way not to be noticed. Why would he threaten a teacher if that teacher had not done something to warrant it?” Logan rationalized. “For attention what else,” Scott replied not even looking at Logan. “If he does go out of his way to not be noticed,” Scott said, “then this is the perfect way to get it when he wants it.”

Logan shook his head and said, “Alexander is one of the best students in this school. He sees it as a privilege to be here. He has the utmost respect for all of the faculty. Ask Jean! He won’t even call her Jean, he calls her Dr. Grey and me Sensei!” Logan yelled as he defended his favorite student.

Xavier looked at Jean who nodded her agreement to the facts. “Well, we have to take this seriously. Logan I want to have Alexander watched by someone. Scott you stay away from Alexander and Harmony until we figure out what is going on,” Xavier said as Scott ‘s mouth fell open.

“What!?” he yelled, “The boy threatened me!? Why am I supposed to avoid him!?” Xavier looked at the raging Scott with confusion, “Could Logan be right? Could Scott be the antagonist in this situation? I wish I could read his mind, but Jean and I trained Scott to well. His shielding is well built, and if I tried to break through it he winow now so I must deal with this as more information comes available.” Xavier raised a hand and stopped Scott’s out bursI amI am trying to defuse the situation Scott. Just do as I say,” he said.

Scott began to protest again when Xavier said, “Scott I have made my decision. Now please leave my office, I have a private matter with Jean and Logan to discuss.” Scott scowled in rage and he turned and walked out of the office, slamming the door closed behind him.

“That guy has a fucking problem,” Logan said. “Xavier gave him a hard look and said, “Yes it appears so. But the question is what is it? Could it be our young Mr. Cash?” Logan shook his head, “No. No way. Alexander is a loner not one who would crave attention, especially this kind of attention. Plus he told me that Summers threatened him in the weight room, not the other way around.”

“Jean,” Xavier said as she came around his desk to stand next to Logan, “What are your impressions? Who is telling the truth?” Jean looked at Logan for a moment then closed her eyes in concentration. In her minds eye she found Alexander in Harmony’s room, totally unshielded. She did not enter his mind, she only skimmed off the thoughts he was radiating. She knew he was thinking about the incident in question. She heard him as he recalled entering the weight room following Scott because he thought that the older mutant was up to something strange.
e sae saw him begin to work out as he thought about Harmony and how much he loved her. Then she saw the shadow spread over him. He looked up and there was Scott smiling an evil smile, ruby red glasses shinning and hurting the teen’s eyes. Then she felt the pressure on the weight bar as Scott began to say something and leaned forward then she heard...nothing.

Alexander’s mind snapped shut and she saw that he had other thoughts at the moment as Harmony filled his mind. Jean heard him think, “God she smells good. Like strawberries. Her lips are so soft! I could just lay here and kiss her forever! Wow I didn’t know she could do that...”

Jean broke the connection as she blushed and sent a thought to Logan, “Logan! They are having sex in her room!!” Logan looked at Jean and thought back, “No they’re not, they are...uh batting to third base.” “Oh well that’s okay! God they are just sixteen!” she replied as Xavier waited patiently. “Darlin’ I don’t know about you but when I was sixteen I was already a grown man...I think?” Logan scratched his head wondering where that memory came from.

He shrugged his shoulders and asked out loud, “So what did you find?” Jean looked at Xavier and said, “It was not much but I think there was something going on. I saw Alexander go into the weight room after Scott. He was following Scott for some reason. He thinks that Scott is up to something but he doesn’t know what yet. Then I saw him working out and then Scott was above him, smiling. I think Scott was pushing down on the weight bar as he was saying something, but I didn’t get a chance to make it out.”

Xavier blinked at the explanation and asked, “Why not?” Jean blushed anew and said, “Alexander...became distracted.” Xavier raised an eyebrow wondering what that distraction was. Logan saw Jean beginning to squirm and saved her, “So what are we gonna do Chuck?”

Xavier looked down at his desk and said, “Well there is no hard evidence against either party so there really isn’t anything to do. I suggest we watch and wait to see what is going to happen. Logan I think that you should keep Scott away from Alexander, and Jean, you keep Alexander from following Scott. That is all we can do for now. Have a good night.” Xavier said as he wheeled his chair to the door, opening it for Jean and Logan.

“Good night Charles,” Jean said taking his hand in a caress. “Good night Jean, Logan.” “‘Night Chuck. I’ll see what you was dos done,” Logan said as he took out a cigar and stuck it in his mouth. Xavier looked disapprovingly at Logan and he chuckled saying “Don’t worry chuck, I’m going outside to smoke it.” Xavier smiled, closing the door after Logan.

Logan and Jean walked outside the mansion into the back yard. Logan lit up his cigar as they walked down toward the flower garden. “What do you think Scis uis up to?” Jean asked a quiet Logan. Logan took a large drag off his cigar and held in the smoke for a few seconds before blowing it out and replying, “I don’t know Jeanie, I just don’t know. He has been weird since...well you know. But even more so in the last week. It’s like it’s growing in intensity. I’m just worried that all this is going to come to a head soon, and what might happen to those kids.”

Jean took Logan’s hand in hers and leaned into him now that they were out of sight of the mansion’s windows. “That is what is scarring me Logan. It’s like Scott isn’t Scott anymore. He has changed so much since I broke up with him, but then again he wasn’t the man I thought he was,” Jean said with a troubled look on her face.

“Jeanie, sometimes you just gotta cut a man lose. Look at Creed, we were teammates in the Agency. Almost friends, but he just loved the killing too much. He was overwhelmed by it. Now, I can’t wait until the day he gets his, by my hand or not doesn’t matter as long as he gets it,” Logan said finishing off his cigar.

By now they were in the garden, the smell of flowers was intoxicating to them as they stood there arm in arm. “You are right Logan, but what happens if Scott does lose it? Will we kill him, will he kill us?” Jean asked turning to look Logan in the eyes. Logan returned her look and said, “If it comes to that Red, we have to do what we have to do. To protect ourselves, and especially the students that haven’t even begun to live.”

Jean looked sad as he said this, but she knew he was right. Jean looked at Logan and smiled sadly “You are taken with Alexander aren’t you?” Logan grinned and shrugged, “He reminds me of me. He’s got a good head on his shoulders, and smart. I think he deserves to have a happy life, don’t you?” Jean smiled even more and nodded as she put her head on Logan’s shoulder.

“You are such a kind man Logan. You deserve the same, even more so with what you’ve been through,” Jean said as she wrapped her arms around him. “Jean,” Logan whispered as he lifted her head so that he could look lovingly into her eyes, “I already have one, I’m here with you and that makes me the happiest man alive.” Jean felt a tear fall down her cheek as she was overwhelmed with the love in his voice.

“Oh Logan. You make my life complete,” and with that Jean kissed Logan with all the love in her being, and Logan returned her kiss with the same passion. When they finally separated Jean laid her head back on his shoulder and Logan said, “It’s gettin’ late Darlin’. Let’s head on in for bed?” “Okay Logan, Your room or mine?” she asked as they started retracing their path through the garden. “Mine. It’s quieter and less crowded,” Logan said.

They walked into the now quiet and dark mansion, they had been out past lights out for the students and the place looked deserted. They headed up the stairs and entered Logan’s room where they got ready for bed and fell asleep wra in in each other’s arms