X-Impulse

## Premise

Jean and the Professor go to investigate and recruit two new mutants, an isolated girl who finds herself passing through solid objects, and a truant loner with the power of earthquakes. Back at the mansion, Cyclops and Nightcrawler follow Wolverine after he mysteriously leaves.

## Summary

Kitty Pryde dreams of flying through a city, only to suddenly start plummeting to the ground. She wakes up to find herself in the basement of her house, seemingly having fallen through the floor. Her parents rush in to check on her, and as they see the blankets partially phased through the ceiling, realize that she is dealing with something more than the simple daydreaming issue they had previously thought, although her father still tries to dismiss the issue as having a normal reason.

Not going back to sleep, Kitty decides to sneak out and head to school, only to be caught by her mother. She is able to convince her mother to let her go, not wanting to be cooped up in the house, and so heads off to school.

At the X-Mansion, the Professor tells Jean about the two mutants Cerebro has identified in Deerfield Illinois while taking out the X-Jet. Jean assumes he wants her to reach out to Lance Alvers, a foster kid whose powers read as telekinetic in origin, but he tells her to focus on Kitty Pryde, and attempt to bond, high school girl to high school girl, while he deals with Lance.

They arrive at the home of the Pryde family to try and discuss Kitty, but are met by confusion from Mrs. Pryde and fear and anger from Mr. Pryde, who slams the door in their face. The two split up, with Jean heading to the high school to confront Kitty directly.

Back in Bayville, Scott and Kurt walk home from school, Scott admonishing Kurt for his repeated tardiness due to sneaking out to get fast food before school starts. When Kurt mentions the X-Men training schedule, Scott suggests they rearrange it so that Kurt has morning training, getting a groan from Kurt. The two are interrupted by Logan driving off quickly on his motorcycle, in full Wolverine costume. They decide to follow him in case he needs back up, taking Scott's convertible.

Right before gym class, a slightly out of it Kitty finds herself shoved into the locker by her two bullies, Sydney and Riley. She bangs on the door, but no one is around to here, and so is left curled up at the bottom, until she hears the sound of whistling, as Lance Alvers has skipped class to graffiti the locker banks.

Kitty's powers activate, allowing her to pass through the locker door while banging on it and sending her tumbling in to Lance, who reacts enthusiastically. She tries to play it off, but he explains that he also has a mutant gift - and shows off by shaking all of the lockers open, causing Kitty to run off to gym.

After giving her excuse to the teacher, Kitty, Riley, and Sydney are put on the long jump. Kitty stumbles and falls in a cloud of dust, to which Riley proclaims she'll show her how it's done. Just as she's about to jump, however, Lance uses his powers to knock her to the ground, and waves at Kitty, who runs off again, this time into the Theatre building.

After stumbling as she tries to sit on a table, Kitty starts trying to focus her powers, and is able to phase her hand through a bowl of prop fruit, before being interrupted by the arrival of Jean, who she initially thinks is another bully. Jean attempts to reassure Kitty about the nature of her powers, but doesn't get anywhere until she shows off her telekinesis, putting the props back in place. While distracted in awe, Kitty doesn't think the two powers are similar - not seeing any downsides to telekinesis in comparison to her ghostlike state and runs off again, packing to leave only to once again meet with Lance.

Lance empathizes with her, about feeling scared and confused and like no one understands, and convinces Kitty to come hang up on the roof of the building with him instead of going home.

Kurt and Scott find that they've lost track of Wolverine in the city, only to see him on the roof of a nearby parking garage. Before they can react, Sabretooth's motorcycle comes crashing into Wolverine - and then over the edge, crushing Scott's car underneath them. They get changed into X-men costumes as Sabreooth and Wolverine fight, and Scott hits Sabretooth with an optic blast right as he corners Wolverine, pinned by a car.

Sabretooth ignores all of Kurt's attacks, tossing him into the side of a car, and stalks forward to grab Scott by the throat, causing him to freeze in seeming panic. Logan barrels into Sabretooth, knocking the two of them into an open elevator, which Sabretooth kicks Wolverine out of, heading up as the doors close and promising to finish this fight later, offering vague threats to Scott and Kurt.

While Kurt cheers, Wolverine admonishes the two of them for following him, telling them not to fight his battles for him, and brushes off Scott's concerns as to who Sabretooth is by telling him he's out of their league.

Sitting on the roof, Lance tells Kitty that he was able to be happy about his powers because he stopped caring about fitting in - reminding her that she doesn't fit in with the other students here either. He convinces her to help him break into the office to steal the midterm exam answers, so that they can sell them to rich kids trying to keep their parents happy, but mostly emphasizing the thrill of breaking and entering. Kitty phases through the wall on purpose, and lets Lance inside as the two celebrate.

The Prydes burst in and tell Lance to get away from Kitty, causing him to use his powers to start shaking the room, knocking a shelf down onto Mr. Pryde. He tries to convince Kitty to run away with him, but she pulls away to go rescue her parents.

As the building collapses down on them, Jean is able to shield the Prydes telekinetically, but Kitty is buried in the rubble, until she emerges, protected by her phasing powers, to guide all of them back outside. The Professor meets them outside, and Kitty decides to attend the Xavier Institute to learn more about her powers.

Lance avoids being caught, and looks back at the ruined building with regret, only to run into Mystique in the form of Raven Darkholme. She tells him that she's not from the government, and offers him a spot on the Brotherhood, which he accepts.

## Characters

**X-Men**

* Scott Summers
* Jean Grey
* Kurt Wagner
* Kitty Pryde (Joins Team)
* Charles Xavier
* Logan

**Brotherhood**

* Mystique
* Lance Alvers (Joins Team)

**Others**

* Sabretooth
* Rebecca Pryde
* Carmen Pryde
* Sydney White
* Riley Finn