Title: News from Mutant High
Author: Lisea
Rating: PG
Notes: The email addys take you nowhere:)
More Notes: This is strictly a poor attempt on humor, not to be taken seriously.

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Subject: Mutant High Online Newsletter
Sender: mhoneditor@xavier.edu
Send To: cxavier@xavier.edu, ssummers@xavier.edu, jgrey@xavier.edu,
omunroe@xavier.edu, logan@xavier.edu, bdrake@xavier.edu, kpryde@xavier.edu, jlee@xavier.edu, marie@xavier.edu, stjallerdyce@xavier.edu


MUTANT HIGH ONLINE NEWSLETTER

THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES:

TEENAGER'S MUMMIFIED BODY FOUND IN BOATHOUSE - RED SUNGLASSES FOUND ON SITE

REPORTS ON WEIRD MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS IN SECRET BASEMENT

KITCHEN'S NIGHTLY ATTACKS SOLVED - CLAWMARKS ON FRIDGE A DEAD GIVEAWAY

SHOCKING REVELATION: SUGAR REPLACED BY SWEETENER - STUDENTS SUFFER FROM WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS



TEENAGER'S MUMMIFIED BODY FOUND IN BOATHOUSE - RED SUNGLASSES FOUND ON SITE

A young teenager's mummified body was found in the boathouse last week. The shocking discovery was made when Mr. Logan -- a teacher at Xavier's -- noticed a smell while holding a afternoon p.e class by the lake last week.
The police revealed that the victim was a student in Xavier's in the mid-nineties, who had gone missing one night after a fight with one of the teachers. The teacher is now a suspect, since a pair of red sunglasses were found on the site. Carbon dating confirms the glasses are from the same time as the body was buried. The authorities refused to give the teacher's name for publication. More on this as the case unravels.

REPORTS ON WEIRD MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS IN SECRET BASEMENT

Students at Xavier's have made reports about experimentations in a alleged lab complex hidden beneath the school grounds. The reports claim there had been screaming heard at nights, and that strange, green fumes has been flowing out of the mansion's ventilation systems.
Our reporter caught Dr. Jean Grey early Monday morning, but she refused to comment. Our reporter then went to the doctor's husband, who agreed to reveal some information, but asked to meet us in the boathouse later that night. Unfortunately, our reporter slept in and missed the scoop.
One student came forward and confided in us that the fumes he had inhaled at night had caused his hair to turn blue, but when we confronted the headmaster, Professor Charles Xavier himself, he had assured us the boy's hair had been chemically treated, and there was no such thing as an underground lab complex. We didn't see a reason to press the issue further.


KITCHEN'S NIGHTLY ATTACKS SOLVED - CLAWMARKS ON FRIDGE A DEAD GIVEAWAY

Over the last weeks, reports came in about the mysterious raidings of the kitchen's fridge. The staff had found the kitchen messed up on countless mornings, but the last attack left the final clue to solve the case. Three clawmarks were found on the fridge door on early Sunday morning.
Just in case, the staff had set up a surveillance camera in the kitchen the night before. The footage clearly shows a small, furry animal coming in from a window.
-We think it's a wolverine, Ororo Munroe, a staff member says.
-There's a wolverine living it the woods nearby, another staff member says, wishing to be called "Just Logan".
-The students have fed it, and think of it somewhat of a pet. But I'll take care of it. Right away, Mr. Logan said, before quickly leaving the scene.


SHOCKING REVELATION: SUGAR REPLACED BY SWEETENER - STUDENTS SUFFER FROM WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS

Yesterday, the whole student body suffered severe withdrawal symptoms after the cafeteria sugar had been replaced by an artificial sweetener.
The school's medical doctor, Jean Grey:
-We found several student shaking on the cafeteria floor, and some were tearing out the kitchen cupboards in search of sugar. Then there were some who were just sitting by the table, apathic.
-It will take time to get the students to face this trauma, and move on. We believe this to be a act done on purpose, and we will find the person responsible, said Professor Xavier, the headmaster of the school.
Mutant High Online Newsletter did a little digging of their own. We discovered that Ororo Munroe has been recorded by the surveillance cameras at the main gate. The surveillance tapes show Ms. Munroe driving off grounds, demonstration signs on the back seat with texts like: "Sugar kills your teeth", Down With Sugar", and "Send Sugar To The Moon Forever". In the tapes, Ms. Munroe is shown wearing a "Sugar Is Evil"- t-shirt, commonly seen among people who belong to the feared "Artificial Sweetener is God"- cult.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Friday, 13th Jan:
Mr. Summers's history class: Schooltrip to Leceister, NY: Lecture of the history of museums. Bus leaves at 7.30 a.m. from the main gate. Everyone not wishing to attend can report to Mr. Summers at the boathouse an hour before.

MISSING:
Two cats, tabby, about four years old. Goes by the names of Cuddles and Toddles. Anyone with information about these two cats, please come to Logan's office. Reward.


Got a scoop?
Send to: mhon@xavier.edu, or alternatively to youllnevercatchme@xavier.edu

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"Who writes these?" Scott asked, after reading the print-out the Professor had given him.

"I don't know. It's addressed to all the teachers and five oldest students, who we all know. I've already talked to them, and they don't know anything of this" Xavier informed him, Jean, Ororo and Logan.

"It seems to be harmless. Funny, too" Jean chuckled.

"Says you," Logan grunted.

"I asked Kitty to find this sender from our server. It doesn't seem to exist."

"Excuse me?" Ro asked. She and computers weren't on speaking terms.

"The address, where it came from: mhon@xavier.edu. It doesn't exist."

"So, what do we do about it?" Jean asked.

"For the moment, it's harmless, as you said. We'll just have to wait if there will be more, and until then, there's nothing we can do. Now, let's head for dinner, shall we?"

The teachers got up (except Xavier, of course) and took a course for the kitchen.

"Always knew you've murdered your students, One-Eye. How'd you do it? Trig test?" Logan teased Scott while they were walking down the hall.

"I have Coddles and Toddles, Furball. I'm keeping them hostage in the boathouse" Scott threw back, and Jean chuckled under his arm.

"What are you laughing at, Red? Fumes getting to you?" Logan sneered at her.

"Maybe. But not enough to go raid the kitchen, you little furry creature, you" Jean snickered, reached over and fuzzed up his hair.

   

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