Chapter 1- A Hard Day's Night
A Hard Day's Night- Grey's Anatomy Pilot Episode The Beatles
By lovinracin09
Mutants
That word alone inspired fear into many a human, and ripped apart families and friendships. Why such a show of bigotry? Humans fear what they don't understand. Truth be told some hate them, not because they are mutants and have powers, but because they themselves aren't mutants with powers. One thing I've learned after living this long is that when humans themselves aren't programmed with that power they create machines to make it, then make the people who naturally have those abilities pay.
In the deserts of Egypt, there was a place where strange wonders would happen. The natives of the small town would go there for enlightenment and healing. They would spin these wild stories of someone in their community just touching the pyramid and being healed from whatever ailments they had.
Needless to say, that the pyramid gathered strange attention all around the world thousands of people would come to relieve their symptoms, the pyramid had been a source of miraculous works and strange phenomena. The Egyptian government had drawn the ire of archeologists because it was seen as a natural wonder. Today for John Mashers that would change dramatically, because with or without the government's permission he was excavating that pyramid.
X
At Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, it was way past any decent hour, yet for once only one person was still awake.
"Logan you need to go to sleep." Said a voice from the doorway. Okay so I lied two people were up.
"It's useless I don't think I'll even try anymore." He said sounding exhausted. He looked at the bald man at the door.
The professor wheeled towards him his eyes full of concern for his struggling X-Man.
"Logan let me give you something that will help." He wheeled to the refrigerator and pulled down the icemaker to reveal a keypad.
"You have hiding places for everything." Snorted Logan.
The professor just smiled at him. "My teacher taught me well. She would just randomly attack you. She's the one who taught me about being prepared." He said with a small smile.
He punched in a 6-digit access code and it opened out revealing several vials. He grabbed one with a bluish tinge to it and handed it to Logan. "Here, one of my specialties."
Logan eyed it cautiously, "What is it?"
"That happens to be a dreamless sleep potion. Guaranteed 10 hour sleep with no nightmares go take that I'll need all of you well rested for tomorrow." He said wheeling to the door.
"All of us? Jean, Storm, Cyclops, and me? You need all of us for what?" asked Logan in slight disbelief.
"You are going to Egypt." Said the professor matter of factly.
"Egypt! What the hell are we going to Egypt for?" he asked.
"Language Logan, you are a teacher you need to set a good example for students. I will brief all of you tomorrow; don't forget to take your potion." The professor called down the hall.
X
The next day Logan woke up at 8:00 am, quite unhappy about today's mission he slowly got up.
"Logan?" asked a quiet voice from his door. It was open just a crack and he saw Rogue's brown eyes peering through.
Logan smiled at Rogue, "It's okay kid you can come in. I'm wide awake." Said Logan quickly putting on his shirt and striding over to the door to open it.
"Hey Logan I didn't want to wake you, the professor said that y'all would go to Egypt when you woke up." She said.
Logan grimaced. "Great, Cyclops gets to be bitchy early this morning."
Rogue laughed and they both walked downstairs to the kitchen. "I take it you don't want to go."
Wolverine gave her a look that clearly said 'duh!' while Rogue just laughed again and opened the kitchen door. Storm was sitting there quietly eating a bagel and looked up when she heard Rogue laugh.
"Good morning sleepyhead, this has to be the latest you've slept since you got here." Said Storm, a pretty African American woman with short silver hair.
"Nice to see you too Storm, but the sleep was not willingly. The professor gave me some funky concoction that made me sleep." Said Logan reaching in the fridge, got the orange juice, and poured a glass for Rogue.
"Nice to see you're finally awake Logan." Said Scott walking in the kitchen with Jean in tow.
"Scott was it you who slept on till 10:30 yesterday morning?" said Rogue with a smirk. "Lazy bum!" she whispered to Logan.
Logan just looked at her, laughed, grabbed her around the shoulders, and gave her a quick hug. "I love this kid."
'Big softie' thought Jean to Storm.
'I think she's the first person Logan ever thought of as family.' Thought Storm hoping that Jean heard her. At Jean's nod, she knew she was heard loud and clear.
Just then, Rogue looked at the clock and saw the time. "I would love to keep this battle of wits going but I've got to go see Bobby." She said washing her glass. Then as if she just remembered something, she whirled around to face Logan. "And that reminds me Logan, don't go threatening my boyfriend."
Logan just laughed. "I just gave him a friendly warning Rogue don't get so upset."
Rogue snorted "Friendly warning my ass, he didn't talk to me for days and wouldn't even stay in the same room with me! What did you tell him!" she asked.
"I just told him that if he hurt you I would hurt him. Very badly, by the way." He said stealing a bite of Storm's bagel.
"Hey!" said Storm stealing her bagel back.
"Don't tell him that! Go apologize to him," slipping into her southern accent she continued. "Crazy man, now go and apologize!" She said holding her g's long.
"Well Dahlin' since you asked oh so sweetly!" said Logan mocking her accent but he allowed himself to be pushed out of the kitchen and into the rec room.
Scott, Jean, and Storm were silent during Logan and Rogue's give and take but Scott broke the silence when he said. "I've got to see this." And followed Logan. Storm and Jean looked at each other and followed as well.
"Bobby! Where are you?" yelled Rogue.
"I'm in here Rogue. What do you want?" he yelled as Rogue and Logan entered the Rec Room.
Bobby's eyes got wide. "Oh shit!" he whispered and the room got deadly silent.
"Bobby don't go anywhere Logan is here to apologize. Aren't you Logan?" She said grabbing the back of his shirt so he couldn't run away.
"Fine Bobby I am sorry for interfering with your relationship with little Rogue here." He turned to Rogue. "Happy now?"
"Yes, thank you Logan. Go back to breakfast." Said Rogue with a slight smile.
When he walked past the slight crowd of teachers by the door Cyclops made a sound like a whip cracking.
"Shut up laser dick." He said pushing him out of the way.
"Boys there are children in the room next to you with an open door. Besides you need to get to Egypt she won't be there long. I fear that Magneto may get there before we do." Said Professor Xavier wheeling towards them.
"So she's easily swayed, Right?" asked Scott closing the rec room door on the crowd that had gathered.
"No, but she knows Eric and she's been asleep for the past few years so she doesn't know all that he has done. So she'll trust him and that is exactly what he wants." He said to Scott.
"I've already started the jet go suit up you need to work fast. This is of the utmost importance. I will send you the coordinates from Cerebro." He said turning towards the elevator not waiting for them to follow.
X
En Route to Egypt
"Scott tell me when you need cover." Said Storm her eyes turning milky white.
"Now, Storm I'm going to set her down a few hundred yards away from the pyramid." He told her.
Storm's eyes remained milky white and she commanded the wind to blow causing a sand storm.
"Nice Storm." Said Jean.
"Thanks Jean I do try." Said Storm with a slight smile. "Now let's go get this girl."
They all got off the plane and headed toward the pyramid.
Chapter 2- Life is Short
Life is Short – Butterfly Boucher – Grey's Anatomy Soundtrack
The X – Men walked towards the pyramid and Storm stopped the sandstorm. Jean suddenly stopped. "We need to hurry; Magneto's inside with her, Scott just blow a hole in the side of it."
Scott nodded and dialed his glasses and shot out a ruby red beam of energy and blasted through the pyramid.
"Smooth one eye," said Wolverine drawing out his claws. "Let's go." Storm was the last one to go inside and called a sandstorm to cover the pyramid.
They entered the pyramid and plunged into darkness.
"Okay Logan can you find Magneto?" asked Storm.
"Yeah, come this way there is a set of stairs leading down. Follow me and hold on to each other since I'm the only one who can see. Cyclops you bring up the rear just in case we need you to fry someone following us." Said Wolverine grabbing Storm's hand and leading her down the stairs with Jean and Cyclops bringing up the rear.
As they got closer to where Magneto was they heard conversation with Magneto and Mystique. Apparently, the girl hadn't woken yet. They entered the barely lit cave and saw Magneto standing over the slab of marble where she lay she looked pale and thin.
"Eric are you sure she's not dead?" asked Mystique putting her arms on Magneto's shoulders.
"She's still breathing my dear I'm sure she's not dead."
"Yes but will she ever fully recover?" she asked looking warily at the woman in front of her.
"I am absolutely certain. She is the strongest mutant I've ever encountered."
In the silence of the cave, Scott tripped and cried out in pain, alerting Magneto to their presence.
"Mystique, our dear friends the X men are here. Did Charles send you here to retrieve this lovely woman in front of us?" he asked pointing to the sleeping blonde beauty in front of him.
"Now I cannot let you ruin my plans to retrieve her so forgive me." And he lifted them up to the side of the cave, bonded them to the wall with some metal, and left them hanging.
With Mystique and Magneto's attention focused on them, Wolverine looked past them and noticed the woman was beginning to wake.
"Hey Metal head what do you want with her anyways?" asked Wolverine.
"Ah, Wolverine I see you haven't lost some of your most desirable traits. However, since you are going to be here for a while I see no reason why I shouldn't tell you. I plan to use her powers much like I used your friend Rogue. My machine has become quite improved over the years and my dear friend here will become convinced that the X men and Charles are both evil. So she will forget about her favorite student to help me defeat him and his evil cohorts." He said.
Wolverine had done just the right thing. He had kept Magneto and Mystique's attention focused on him, giving the blonde time to wake up and get orientated. She recovered soon enough to hear the last of Magneto's speech. She looked at the people up against the wall. She made eye contact with Wolverine and asked what was going on.
"Well miss apparently your friend here wants you to power his big mutant making machine." He said looking past Magneto to the confused woman sitting up on her makeshift bed.
"What? Who are you talking to?" asked Magneto.
"He's talking to me Eric." She said she took off his helmet and threw it on the ground and it shattered into pieces. "You think you can use me Eric? Try it now!" she grabbed his bare arm and held on. After a few seconds, she lifted her hands, the metal holding the X men to the wall fell to the ground, and she floated them to the ground.
Mystique tried to come up behind her and tried to throw her backwards. "Oh I don't think so bitch!" said the blonde-haired woman. She grabbed Mystique's neck and threw her over her head. Then with Mystique out of commission, she focused on Eric. "You cannot control me Eric!" she grabbed his head and focused. He fell to the ground shrieking.
Her eyes still glowing with power she looked at the people who she released from the bonds. "Who are you and why are you here?" she asked walking in front of Cyclops. "You are hurt." She said and placed her hand above his forehead, her hand glowed yellow for a second, and Cyclops stood up a little straighter. "Now who are you?" she asked again.
"We are teachers at Xavier's school." Said Jean, recognizing the woman having the telltale signs of a power surge, more than likely because she hadn't used her power in five years.
"Yes Dr. Grey, I am having a power surge. So you're Charlie's X-Men, right?" she asked turning to Storm. "So Charlie opened the school like I told him to?" at Storm's nod she smiled. "Did you bring the jet?" she asked. At Cyclops nod, she smiled "What are you guys mute? So far Jean is the only one who has actually talked to me without an ounce of fear in a long time."
"Come, I know a quick way to burn off some of my excess power." She walked to the door into the cave. "Well are you going to follow me or not?" she asked the X-Men. They looked at each other and followed her.
When they reached the top, the desert sun glowed so brightly it glared off the sand. They walked towards the jet, Scott let down the stairs, and everyone got on but the woman and Wolverine.
"Are you going to tell me your name? It seems to me that you would get a little frustrated if we kept calling you 'the blonde chick who kicked Magnetos' ass.'"
"I appreciate your honesty Logan." She said.
He just nodded and got on the jet. "You coming?" he asked.
"My name is Dixie, Dixie Southers." She told him smiling at him. She looked at all of them who were looking at her in confusion.
"Are you coming?" asked Storm her eyes filled with worry.
Dixie just looked at them then touched the jet and they all disappeared in a flurry of twinkling blue lights.
They all appeared in the jet hangar. All the X-Men looked surprised at their new surroundings. "What the hell? How did we get here?" asked Wolverine. He looked at Dixie whose eyes finally stopped glowing.
"I orbed all of us here along with the jet. You are now back at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters." She said smiling at their surprised looks. "Apparently Charlie is as freaked out as you are. He should be here in 5...4...3...2...1... Charlie! How nice to see you!" she said walking towards the round door to greet him.
The professor looked taken aback. "Dixie I didn't expect to see you so soon." He looked past her to his X-Men getting off the jet. "Scott, how did you get here so fast? I didn't expect you for hours."
Scott just shrugged his shoulders at the question and ran a hand through his brown hair. "You'll have to ask your friend professor, she did something."
Charles looked at Dixie. "What did you do?"
She just twirled her blonde hair around her finger and played dumb. "Why me I didn't do a thing Charlie boy!" she said in a singsong voice.
"Dixie what did you do?" he asked again.
"Oh Charlie since you asked oh so sweetly, I'll tell you." She said in a sarcastic voice.
The phrase didn't go unnoticed by Scott and the rest of the X-Men. Logan just smirked at Scott while Scott just rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Not another one!"
Dixie paid no attention to the effect her sentence had on the X-Men and had a mental conversation with Xavier. 'Or rather I'll show you.' She said and transferred the images of the past few hours into his mind, including the part with Magneto at the end.
"Storm and Jean I'm going to need you to watch the children. Scott, I believe you're needed to teach a class in the garage. Logan you should go change then bring Rogue and Bobby to my office." At the scurrying off of the X-Men Charles called to Logan. "Oh and Logan please don't threaten to and I quote 'tear Bobby to shreds if he hurts Rogue.' Be peaceful." He turned to Dixie. "I want you to meet Rogue; she has the same power as you do."
Logan just shook his head as he thought 'crazy old man.'
"I've always thought you were slightly mental Charlie, I'm glad I'm not alone in that thought." Said Dixie sending Logan a mental smile and an 'I heard that.'
"To the young, the decisions of the old are often thought of as crazy." Said Charles with a knowing smile towards Logan.
"C'mon Charlie. I'm anxious to meet this Rogue you seem to think I can help." She said walking beside him to the elevator.
'I hope you can help she is going through quite a lot lately. She is stubborn but she doesn't have your iron will.' Thought Charles to Dixie.
'I hope I still have that iron will myself Charlie.' She said wistfully staring at the elevator doors