A/N: This is dedicated to the to my friends whom I based the characters on. Emma, James, Niquita and Melissa. And of course there's one character who when I wrote this, I was still friends with. Anyway, filled with OC characters, but the x-men pairings are Rogue/Wolverine, Scott/Jean, Ororo/Kurt, Jubilee/Remy, Kitty/Bobby. Enjoy!

It was a Sunday evening that found Cassandra Wagner, aka Hurricane, sitting in Scott Summer's office with a notebook on her lap. She stared nervously at her leader who was looking more tired than she'd ever seen him. Moving her chair a few inches forward, she frowned as he sighed and adjusted his glasses.

"There's no easy way to say this Cassandra, but... there's a war coming."

"What?" exclaimed Cassandra.

"The Professor called from Scotland. Magneto and most of his Brotherhood are dead. It's only a matter of time before they find us."

"I don't understand."

"The government have set up a new group. They're called PURGE. Their target is to kill all mutants."

Cassandra gasped and shook her head in disbelief. Scott shrugged, his whole posture defeated.

"They can't! Sir... how... what can we do?"

"That's where you come in." Said Scott gravely.

"Me?"

"I've thought long and hard about this and the only thing to do is fight back. We have to eliminate the president in order for peace. The deputy president is for mutants but has been given no power to stop the massacre. If the president dies, the deputy president has a window of opportunity to fix things."

"Kill the president? Are you insane sir?"

"Right now, my family come first. Jean and Lacey mean the world to me. I will not watch them die." Hissed Scott.

"Okay, say we through with this plan... the current x-team consists of one member under thirty. The rest are over and retired, you and your wife included. And my parents."

Scott shrugged and rested his head in his hands. Cassandra bit her lip and shook head, her eyes straying to the photo of the x-team taken twenty years ago. The professor was in the middle as always, the strong and proud leader of the x-men. He had moved to Scotland five years ago to live out his remaining years with the love of his life, Dr Moira McTaggert. Behind the professor stood the star couple of the x-men Scott and Jean. They were more in love than ever after the brief being 'on a break'. Scott was now proud leader of the x-men, since Xavier left, and Jean was still resident doctor. Their daughter, Lacey, was fourteen and took after her father, making her lovable to all the current mansion residents. On the left of Jean stood Jubilee, Kitty, Bobby and Pyro. Jubilee had moved to New Orleans three days after the picture was taken. She'd given birth a few weeks before and had gone to stay with the baby's father, the great Remy Le Beau. They married about a year later. Kitty and Bobby were still in the mansion, but both left the x-team after Kitty gave birth to twin boys. They stayed on as teachers though and occasionally one would attend the odd mission. Pyro had moved to Australia when he was thirty and he was never heard from again. On Scott's left, stood Rogue and her Wolverine. They'd just come back from their secret wedding in Vegas and both looked extremely happy. They lived in Canada now, both super healers, Rogue having acquired her husband's powers after the numerous times he touched her to heal her. And finally Cassandra's mother, the magnificent Storm, crouched beside the professor and her father, the amazing Nightcrawler, hung from the tree they all stood under. Cassandra smiled looking at the little figure hovering just behind Wolverine's leg. Scott cleared his throat breaking her from her thoughts.

"That's why I've called you here." He explained, "You are going to recruit some more members."

"Which members?" asked Cassandra sceptically.

"First, you start training with Damien-"

"But he's crazy! You yourself said he was too unstable to join the team. "

"That is true but he is an expert swordsman and the son of Deadpool. A great asset. Second, you will also train with Darwin. He's flying in from New Orleans in two days. "

Cassandra smiled, feeling a little excited. Darwin had been one of her best friends until he'd gone to live with his parents. They'd sent him at age ten to live here at the mansion and during summer holidays he would go home to visit. Well, visit and help out with the Thieves guild. She scribbled a few notes in her notebook before looking up with a frown.

"Okay, that makes three of us. Still not enough."

"A weapon's expert, a scientist and you, our resident demolition expert. The perfect team."

Cassandra nodded slowly but noticed the way Scott was staring at his hands.

"There's something else, isn't there?" she asked cautiously.

"Yeah... we... umm... Jean tried but..."

He sighed and clenched and unclenched his hands before rubbing his forehead.

"Just tell me." Whispered Cassandra.

"We need you to go get Alice."

Cassandra snorted before shaking her head. She noticed Scott was serious and raised an eyebrow.

"Seriously?"

"Look... you're the only one she ever stayed in contact... well, besides Rogue but... you know how she is."

"Temperamental and unstable?"

"Jean prefers the word difficult." Murmured Scott, a small smile forming.

Cassandra smiled wryly before shaking her head. Alice, the big forbidden topic of the x-men. She was the result of a one-night stand between Logan and Jean, back when Rogue was too young and Jean and Scott were 'on a break'. She was the oldest of the x-kids and the most stubborn. At fifteen her parents, Logan and Rogue, told her about her conception and birth mother. It didn't go well. Not only did her bone claws develop but also her telepathic abilities. She left without a word after her power sent Logan into a coma and never looked back. It had taken Jean two weeks to get Logan out of the coma and when he woke up he was not happy his daughter was gone. Cassandra and Rogue were the only ones she corresponded with, and no matter how much begging he did, the Wolverine never did get his little girl back. Of course he got pissed off when she joined the Brotherhood and that always made for entertainment in the battle field. They'd never hurt each other, just spend most of the time glaring at each other, waiting to see who would stand down first. Groaning, Cassandra nodded and made a quick note.

"I'll see what I can do sir. I can't promise anything." She said tiredly.

"Thank you. You can go now. We'll discuss this more when you have your team."

Cassandra nodded and closed her book, before standing and walking slowly out of Scott's office. Her mind was filled with worry and she could feel her hands shaking. As she exited the office, she automatically turned left and headed for her mother's rose garden outside, the one place that would offer the peace she was looking for.

A/N: "More will come..."