Zack Smith... He was just an average 14-year-old before his mutant genes activated. He had a 16-year-old brother (Eric) and completely normal parents. His brown hair was kinda long and in his face. He had gone to a dance at his middle school. He was hanging out with his friends. He was sitting right next to one of the speakers playing the music, and that's when it happened.
He rested his hand on the side of the speaker and after 2 minutes, he felt a shock. It was like in the winter when you touch a door and feel some static. But it was a lot more than that. The whole speaker went dead, unable to play anything. Zack yelled when he noticed: his whole body glowed! His hair turned blond and spiked itself up. A pulse of electricity went through the whole room and everyone yelled but no one was hurt. When he opened his eyes they were still blue but... now they were glowing.
Now everyone was staring at him... then running, scared of him. He moved his hands trying to say it's okay, but every movement he made just sent out more sparks, which only scared them more. He ran out and tried to call his parents, but when he touched his cell phone he felt more static and the battery instantly went from full to dead. He had drained the power from it. The MRD was called and took him away in a rubber vest which blocked out the electricity.
His parents went and payed to get him out. They were told he had to be put in a mutant research lab or else stay with the MRD. His parents couldn't even touch him: knowing what he was, it... it made them scared both for him... and of him. He couldn't even ride in the car for fear he might drain the car battery. He overheard his parents talking about sending him away, even when they told him they wouldn't. He cried and felt the tears shock his face... but he tried so hard to make himself think that didn't care, that his parents didn't care about him once they found out what he was. All of his friends were just so scared when they found out. The only person who still seemed to care was his Eric, but he was always hanging out with his friends so he wasn't around much.
It had been a few days and his parents hardly spoke to him. After about a week he packed his things and decided to run away. He climbed out his window and left them a note saying he was sorry for being a mutant.
If only he had been there a little longer; when he overheard his parents talking about sending him away... he only heard little bites of it... he was only half-right.
His father, Brody, wanted what was best for his children and thought he could find some sort of school for his son. His mother, Emma... she was one of those anti-mutant sort of people; she saw her son as a freak, a freak that she wanted to send him straight back into the MRD. Eventually when the two, along with Eric, saw the note, Brody was outraged; he immediately blamed Emma for Zack's misfortune, and kicked her out of the house. He then called a place that he has heard was built to help people like his son learn more about what he is, what he can do, and whats next in life for him: the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. He called them and asked them to find his son, tell him all that has happened since his absence, and to accept him as a new student.
One day, on the streets, Zack ran across the last person he'd thought he'd meet: Wolverine. After telling him what Brody needed him to hear, Zack was asked by Wolverine if he wanted “an actual life again.” Curious, Zack said “Okay.” The next day, he was walking past the gates of the X-Mansion. He was a little shy being in an entirely different place, with new people in his life. He walked past the Phoenix Memorial Statue, towards the front doors (The front doors lead to the Atrium) and stepped inside...  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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