The dark gloom of the cave where Mystique was training her new mutants was not a happy place. Of the ten she had recruited there were now only four left. Shockwave, Vertigo, Hypnotic and Summon all of whom had good strong powers but only Shockwave was really offensive. How she long for Avalanche and Quicksilver they were good enough to stop bad planning hampered them against Yaffle’s children. Now she heard of a new mutant with the ability to push people back and forth with force. To smack people up against the wall and if all the rumours were correct smash them down again. She needed this mutant whatever he was called. After all she was down to only one male, Shockwave, and she felt that they usually had more offensive powers usually due to their more aggressive psyche.

Cyclops and Havoc were practising in the Danger Room when the call came that they were to go on a recruiting mission both of the two young mutants turned and ran to the Blackbird. Logan was already waiting for them when Madelyn and Charles showed up. Madelyn seamed very happy for some reason but that pleased Logan who enjoyed seeing the young ones enjoying themselves for a change.
“Logan, you are to lead the team to check out anti-mutant sentiments in the town. Be alert as I am sure Mystique knows of this mutant. Storm will stay and run the Institute while we are gone I shouldn’t expect this to take more than two days we should be back by the beginning of next week.”
“You got it Charles.” Logan nodded, then turning to the rest of the Yaffle-Mice he said: “Alright Rookies saddle up. Cyc you can fly us in Havoc you can fly us out Madelyn your with me on systems.”
“Actually I am taking Shadow Cat with me in the van for this trip.” Everybody looked at Professor Yaffle.
“She suffered an attack of unknown origin which I am still trying to determine.” They all regarded Madelyn and nodded.
“Don’t worry Madelyn, Professor Yaffle is the man.” Havoc said in his usual surfers drawl. The rest simply turned and entered the Blackbird with Logan snarling something about attacking kids while they sleep as he entered the jet.
Madelyn looked at Professor Yaffle with thanks in her eyes, Charles Yaffle just simply nods as he manoeuvres his wheelchair into the drivers’ side of his van.

Gabriel sat waiting in his room. Two days of this would seem like an eternity so he decided to work on his mutant powers to improve his chances of fitting in with some superbly trained mutants. He concentrated on developing his abilities to push things. Starting small at first he realised that he could move most things with little effort but as the weight increased so did the difficulty as it did when he tried to concentrate on moving objects and more than one object at once. After hours of practising though he felt ready to try out his powers for real so he told his mother he was going for a walk.

“Colgate…Colgate…Colgate…Colgate” The taunts started almost immediately as he approached the mall. Rather than move away from the voices as he used to do he walked right up to his tormentors. These weren’t the same idiots who had tried to stuff him into the locker and obviously those who had been thrown across the corridor would not have said anything. Approaching the littlest, snappiest, most intelligent one, Mark Edwards, he stood inches above him and was only inches away from him.
“Yes, Edwards what is it?” Gabriel asked sounding very angry.
“I was wondering if you had been seeing your boyfriend yesterday because I missed you at lunch.”
“Well actually I have been expelled for throwing your friends around the corridor.”
“You are such a liar.”
“Leave me alone or I will hurt you Mark.”
“I’d like to see that, you have never fought back.”
“I don’t make empty threats. Why don’t you try me?” Edwards’s friends moved around the pair forming a semi-circle behind Gabriel so he couldn’t run without moving their bodies. Little did they know that Gabriel could do this easily with his powers. Edwards smacked Gabriel across his face. Gabriel felt something happen to him. Rather than extreme pain, which he had expected to feel, it was a lot milder, that meant he had been afraid of these people for absolutely nothing.
“That didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would.” Gabriel said. Edwards responded with a kick in the shins.
“Cheap shot!” Gabriel responded by punching him as hard as he possibly could in the stomach. Mark fell over and his friends piled in and held Gabriel in place. Gabriel’s heart skipped a beat. Then he focussed himself and readied to reveal his powers. Mark Edwards stood up with tears in his eyes. Robbie hadn’t expected this. Finding his voice Robbie asked sadistically. “Are you going to cry?”