Now maybe there'll be some info on the whole computer-deletion of Xander...why there's no records of him there etc. Could he be in an alternate reality and not know it? Maybe there is no Sunnydale here?

Pretty much all will be revealed in the next chapter.

Good chapter. Some how I was hoping it was Giles who visited him. Meanwhile love the idea of a world that has BOTH a Nick Fury that looks like Samuel Jackson and a Samuel Jackson, the actor.

Thanks, sorry to disappoint you with the visitor, but there you have it.

Very nice. I love Ultimate Nick Fury, although I felt Fury went out of character during the whole Ultimate Power arc with Squadron Supreme.

I can picture Xander and Quicksilver having a rivalry. Quicksilver bitterly remembers how Magneto once called his speed-based abilities "Effeminate," so Xander having both speed and electric powers could inspire Envy/Jeolousy/Hatred.

QUESTION: Some speedsters think as fast as they move, which can make them resistant to thought-reading. Does Xander have this trait? Furthermore, some electric superhumans generate "static" that acts like weak psi-shields against telepaths. Either of these defenses would be a huge asset for Xander.

Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying the story.

As for the questions... Xander doesn't think at the speed of sound, if that's what you're asking, but the static aura surrounding him will likely act as some kind of shielding against telepaths.

Mind control should be automatically illegal but then if was then the rare sane comprehensible advert would be too :)

Anyway in thanks for this chapter - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGKUSgFNlbg

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the link.

That is one thing I HATE about the movies... Nick Fury is not black! They had to recreate Fury so he would be more PC

Actually, they made him black in the Ultimate Comics first. Not sure if it was just to be PC, but there you have it.

Well, other than Sue being uptight and Ross being his usual prickish self, good stuff.

Thanks, glad you're enjoying it.

I just had a thought, was Marcie Ross (the invisible girl from Sunnydale) possibly related to General Ross? Could be interesting.

Hadn't thought of that, and it would be an interesting fic if someone ever wrote that, but I don't think that I'm going to include that in this one. Stating any kind of relationship would probably just raise more unnecessary complications that I don't know how to resolve.

Great chapter. Keep up the good work.

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Wow, exciting and surprising chapter!
Go Xander! Really hope that with everything going on, other see that Xander's a good guy.
Congrats!

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I like where you are going with this story!

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Stupid is, as stupid does...

Great chapter!

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Xander's either going to get under Sue's skin to the point she loves him like a brother - or someone else, perhaps? - or she's gong to do her level best to kill him. Especially with all the cryptic comments he keeps making and the blase attitude toward the weird and dangerous life he's sharing with them now.

Can't see either her or Reed not digging into his past, even if Ross & Co. have tied to black out his records. they have the brain power and sideways thinking that should let them hack into even the blackest ops, once they are aware there's something out there. Figure the Initiative data files are around somewhere, so they would be a good place to fall into as a start, and surely someone somewhere has a smidgeon of concern for Xander now that he's gotten deeper in the World of the Weird And Frightful? Riley, for example, seemed a straight shooter, so he might get data to Sue that would bug her eyes out - especially once she gets over her 'This /can't/ be real' moment.

Nah, the Sue/Xander interactions aren't going to be explored. Also, I think you're a little confused as to when this fic is set, this takes place between season three and the start of season four, so Xander has yet to run into either the Initiative or Riley Finn. It's somebody else that's blanking out Xander's past.

As for Sue and Reed's curiosity, I admit that I didn't give it much thought, but I think that Reed will be far too focussed on trying to cure them all, while Sue is more interested in gathering and understanding the data about their mutated biologies to really question Xander's past, especially if neither of them actually know that it's been blanked from even Ross's view.

I like your take on how that issue went.

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great update as always
question though wouldn't the ability to go fast affect Xander's thinking (i dont mean smarts i mean his speed of though)?
while the rest go at their normal speeds his would be moving at higher level. Once again i just mean his though processes

You know, I've always wondered that about speedsters, do they perceive themselves as moving quickly, or do they see everything else slow down? I'm honestly not too sure, but I think that I won't let Xander become capable of analysing a battle field in a micro-second for reasons of simplicity.

Storm tends to have an easier time with lightning, but it's a last resort and the air is her friend in these matters. Nicely handled.

ADDENDUM:

Lightning actually goes UP from the ground, the reason the burns and damage are at the tops of trees (or heads) is because that's the end of the conducting object, the resistant bit, much like the filament in a lightbulb.

Basically, the planet's a massive Leyden jar with the positive encasement being our atmosphere. As the charge gathers to a critical point in the earth, it eventually discharges up the best route in the vicinity to the clouds.

Much as with Xander, it prefers conductors to ease the way.

Thanks, I'm not a hundred percent sure on the physics, but I think that the only reason lightning works is because of tremendous amounts of power that builds up in the sky that then has to go somewhere, so in order for Xander to throw electricity around in a similar fashion, it seriously tasks his reserves.

Edit: Thanks, but the point still remains that electricity travelling directly through the air requires vast amounts of power, right?