(Doc)<br/><br/><i>Mercury</i><br/><br/>The two men sat together on the lawn, enjoying their favorite past time together; drinking beer. No one really understood the relationship the pair had formed, but it was there. Most attributed the friendship to the fact that Logan had been the one to recruit Johnny to the school, showed Johnny that there was, in fact, a safe place for their kind. After that, Logan had Johnny's undying loyalty, and even though Logan had been annoyed by Johnny at first, he eventually found a drinking buddy in the speedster.<br/><br/>"I heard you put Snowgirl into time out." Johnny looked over at Logan, putting the tin can to his lips and drawing a long sip of the bitter tasting liquid.<br/><br/>Even though it was a joke, Logan shot Johnny a look, "Shut up. Last one for us tonight, you've got The Room tomorrow. Don't be late." The two finished their drinks in silence. Once his can was empty, Logan set it down next to Johnny, stood up and walked off. Johnny watched Logan walk off back into the Manor, finished his beer, took both cans and walked back inside himself.<br/><br/>The next morning Johnny woke up and took his time showering. Dressing in jeans, special All-Stars, and his leather jacket he walked casually down to the hall and saw a trio had already formed. He wasn't very familiar with anyone else who would be at the practice session. Not that strangers bothered him, he was just surprised that they were moving some of the newer students up so quickly. Then again, after what Scarlett Witch did, they didn't have much of a choice anymore, "Hiya everyone. Not very often people beat me places." Johnny said it with a grin on his face.<br/><br/><br/><i>Arty</i><br/><br/>Artyom slept restlessly, though that wasn't anything new. After being pulled from his real home into this one, where is Mother and Father never had a child named Artyom, he always had nightmares of his former reality. A soft ping of an alarm woke the gentle giant, and he formed his entire body into his metal form. The weight of his body lowered him slowly inside of the sleeping pod that had been made for him. In his unarmored form, in the chamber, Artyom could float, which got rid of his fear of falling through the floor if he accidently went out of his metal form during a night mare. Artyom stepped out of the pod, then decided he'd stay in his armored form for the time being. He dressed quickly and started to make his way toward the Danger Room.<br/><br/>It was shocking how much Artyom looked like his father, Piotr. Though, technically the Piotr of this Earth wasn't<i>his </i>father. No, his real father had become an outspoken rebel during the Civil War, which had become a violent, bloody War much quicker than this Earth's Civil War had. Quickly taking sides with Captain America, Colossus became a violent enforcer for the rebels. In order to draw Piotr into the open, to either kill or disable him, Kitty Pryde and Artyom, then a sixteen year old, were kidnapped. Of course, what Tony Stark and his allies didn't realize was just how violent Colossus could, and would, become to protect his own. That Earth's "Civil War" ended the day they took Artyom and his mother, with Colossus killing. or maiming, a majority of the pro-registration heroes in one violent push. However, in an act of desperation, Stark turned on machine that, as Colossus destroyed it, violently ripped Artyom from that Earth and transplanted him in the middle of Xavier's school here.<br/><br/>Explaining who Artyom was had been awkward at first. In fact, it'd been more awkward considering that Piotr and Kitty had just ended their relationship only a few weeks before Artyom's arrival. While the two had been friendly to their "son", they didn't treat him like their child. Artyom eventually got over that awkwardness, calling Piotr and Kitty by their names now, instead of Dad and Mom. Today though, was a new day. A day for him to make his own name, though Piotr had given Artyom permission to use his former mantel, now that the original Colossus was retired. The Metal Giant walked down the hall and saw a group had already formed. Artyom gave the group and quick, and silent, nod of acknowledgement, before crossing his arms and leaning against the wall in the hall.