<strong>Logan gets to know some students better</strong><br/><br/>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/01/Teen_Logan_small.JPG)<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Was that fight -really- necessary?"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"Wouldn't call that a fight, Ororo.  More like six guys beatin' up one guy.  As for 'necessary,'<em>they</em>got in<em>my</em>face and<em>they</em>started gettin' physical with<em>me</em>.  What would you have done?  Walk away?  They'd come after me again 'cause that's what they do - prey on who they perceive as weak.  Or fight back?  Then all of them would be going to the hospital for worse injuries, not just one of 'em with a broken hand.  And then that leads to a whole bunch of new problems.  If they come after me again, that's just real stupid on their part."<br/><br/>He was addressing the group, but mostly Ororo.  But for the next sentence, he turned to Caroline.<br/><br/>"I've always been picked on 'cause of my size, my appearance.  Sometimes you have to make them respect you, even if you're different.  Ain't that right, Caroline?"<br/><br/>He kept his eyes on the face of the girl.  He looked at one of her eyes, then the other, then her lips as she spoke, then at her eyes again.  He wasn't staring at her like she was a freak.  He was looking at her like someone admiring a work of art.<br/><br/>Logan then looked over at the two male students that were talking about him.  He narrowed his eyes at them suspiciously, then returned his attention to the girls he joined.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Pleased to meet you.  I'm Hanuka McCoy."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Logan returned the gesture.  He was standing with his feet shoulder width apart and his hands at his sides.  He put his feet closer together and bowed at the waist.  "<em>Ohayō gozaimasu</em>, Hanuka-<em>san</em>."  His words meant "good morning" and the honorific he attached to the end of her name meant he was addressing her as a an equal.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"That was very clever, Logan.  The forehead ridge is the hardest part of the human body.  That must have hurt a great deal, but since you never threw a strike the principals can't accuse you of fighting."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"My whole head is pretty hard, actually.  Been called thick-skulled more than once... but never more than once by the same person."<br/><br/>When Gamoran and Mark came over and joined the group, Logan put out his hand to each of them to offer them firm, friendly handshakes.<br/><br/>"Name's Logan.  Here we have Ororo, Caroline, Hanuka and Avalon."<br/><br/>While they continued chatting, there was a commotion nearby.<br/><br/>"That's him, the short one."  It was the quartback from earlier, except now he was with all of his football team, not just his linemen.  There must have been at least 20 players wearing Stormvalley jerseys over their uniforms.<br/><br/>"That guy took you and the whole offensive line on without throwing a punch?" asked one of the players.<br/><br/>"The one with the freaks?" asked another.<br/><br/>"Yeah, with the white-haired chick."<br/><br/>"And the big muscled dykes."<br/><br/>"And the emo fruitcake with the green skin."<br/><br/>"Alright, let's take them on.  They look weird, but they're not metahumans.  Stark said so."<br/><br/>Logan turned to the group.  "This ain't your fight.  I don't expect you to help out."<br/><br/>The quarterback spoke to Logan.  "You think you can steal my girl and break my hand and get away with it?  You got another thing coming.  Get him, boys."<br/><br/>Logan faced the mob and got into a fighting stance.  "Let's get it on, 'boys.'  Got plenty fer all of ya."<br/><br/>He wondered what his new acquaintances were going to do.<br/><br/><br/><br/>