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Ch. 1 – Introduction
Two months after the defeat of Apocalypses…
"Kitty! Vhat did you give me to eat?!" demanded a quite sickened blue elf.
"Oh my God, Kurt, stop, like, making it sound it is like poison or something!" replied back a very insulted Kitty, who had switched Kurt's breakfast with one of her own creations. "It is, like, the same thing, except mine is homemade and with lots of love!"
"You forgot over two tons of salt and arsenic acid," muttered Kurt under his breath, "Vhatever I need some medicine for my stomach before I die of vhatever disease your 'homemade' vaffles may have caused me." Before the valley girl could reply, Kurt bamfed out of her reach.
"KURT! I swear that boy will hear a mouthful next time I see him!" exclaimed Kitty as she lifted up Kurt's plate and threw away the waffles.
"Ah see it's save tah came in now," said the Goth from the doorframe, "what did you make Kurt eat this tahme?"
"You guys make me sound like I was experimenting on you!" responded Kitty insulted.
"Aw, Kitty ya know Ahm joking, Ah mean Ahm not encouraging tah keep on cooking and using us like lab rats but Ah think ya have it in ya to be a…" the Rogue paused carefully thinking of the right word, "decent cook"
"You think so Rogue?" Rogue nodded and patted Kitty on the back for support. The young girl jumped in excitement and hugged Rogue, which cause the goth to flinch. "Sorry, I forgot you hate when I hug you."
With a sigh Rogue waved her hand in the air as to dismiss the subject. "Forget about it Kitty."
"Students please meet me at my office immediately, do not worry, it is not something critical but I would like to have a word with all of you"
"I wonder what does the Professor want," said Kitty.
"Well we are about to figure it out, right?" replied Scott Summers behind them, "Let's go"
The two girls followed their team leader to the professor's office without much to say.
Meanwhile somewhere in the streets of London…
"Hello? I would like to make a long distance call," a young figure requested through a phone booth, "to the United States, yes, Magnus? Could you try 'Erik Lensherr.' Yes, one? I guess it must be my lucky day, thanks mate."Somewhere around the snowy mountain of Ararose in a metal base…
"Da phone's ringin'!" exclaimed a Cajun too self-involved in his card game.
"And what the bloody hell do ya want me to do bout it mate?" replied the young fiery haired man sitting across from him.
"Answer it" shot back Gambit, who raised his black and red eyes in the young man's direction.
"Oi! I don't remember being hired as Mag's personal secretary now, Mister Sprinkles on the other hand may not have a problem at all, eh?" replied the pyromaniac yanking his head on Sabertooth's direction, who only growled in return.
Before Gambit could poke fun at Sabertooth a very angry Magneto shoved them to the wall with a metal crate. "Can't you hear the bloody phone is ringing?!" exclaimed the Master of Magnetism, both Gambit and Pyro quickly shook their heads in denial.
"How do I end up with such idiots under my command?"
Pyro was about to explain, when an angry Magneto shot a glare at him that quickly shut him up.
Magneto picked up the phone. "Hello? Yes that's him, who is this?" after a long pause Magneto replied "Wait for me, I'll change to the phone in my office, what are you looking at? Don't you have anything to do?" added Magneto after catching his two henchmen attentively staring at him.
"Well, as much as Remy would love to just go back to his own business…"Remy gulped at Magneto's impatient stare.
"We are still pinned to the wall mate," finished St. John, in as-a-matter-of-fact tone.
After realizing his mistake Magneto rapidly removed the crates from his henchmen's chest and added, "be ready to be called to a mission soon."
Before any of them could think of asking, Magneto closed the walls to his office.
"Who do ya think was, ey?" asked the Aussie sitting back on his previous sit.
"I'm not sure, but one t'ing's fo' sure, our mission will deal wit' t'at call" replied the Cajun resuming his game with his friend.
"You'll have to pardon me the wait," replied a ticked off Magneto, "sometimes I wonder how incompetent my workers are."
A chuckle was heard through the phone, "Well, at least I see that you are being entertained every so now and then."
Magneto growled, "How are you doing?" asked in a very rare fatherly tone.
"Been better, it is hard to lose them, they always find a way, but that thing you gave me has pretty much saved me skin." Magneto felt relieved by the reply.
After a couple more minutes of the conversation, Magneto finally decided. "You are joining the Acolytes, you should've been here a long time ago." Magneto went onto cut the reply short, "I'll let you continue your research, and I think you'll find some utility from your future teammates, they'll be picking you up from the train station. They are a promising bunch for your mission, but I won't hear anymore of you running away from those despicable creatures." A tone of resignation and submission was heard from the other side. A triumphant Magneto bid his farewell and hung up the phone.
"PYRO! GAMBIT! COLOSSUS! MEET ME HERE NOW!" Magneto's voice trembled throughout the base, alerting the boys of their boss's impatient mood.
Seconds later all three Acolytes were lined up in front of Magneto.
"I would like to inform you of the introduction of a new member," started Magneto
"What? Oi better not be sharin' me room with some bloke I dunno!" interrupted Pyro.
Magneto shot a death glare at Pyro quickly shutting him up.
"I refuse to share me room with some wanker" muttered Pyro, who was elbowed by Gambit, "Ow! What was that for?"
"To shut you up" was the reply.
"Well I'll shut up when I wanna, a'right mate?" shot back Pyro, who pushed Gambit and hit Piotr. Quickly after that the three were pushing and shoving each other around.
"WOULD YOU IDIOTS SHUT UP? I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING HERE!" Magneto yelled when he realized that the bickering behind him grew in volume only to find his three men fighting between each other.
All three men stopped, "Now if I hear or see one more disruption I will make you listen to me hanging from the ceiling, you got it? Except you Pyro, I will just take all your lighters away and make you watch Power Ranger Re-runs" Pyro shut his mouth and looked to the ground.
After making sure everyone was quiet, Magneto continued, "This new addition is a great asset to our team, and must be treated with respect and cordiality. I will not stand for any offense that may occur to her." Pyro, Gambit and Colossus raised their eyebrows, "Her?" asked in unison.
"Yes her, her name is Regina-Marie Isbell, you'll be picking her up from the station downtown around 3 pm. You are dismissed."
"Ye know, lookin' back on it, I might actually not have any problem sharing the room with the Sheila," said Pyro quickly running away from the room, but not quick enough to avoid being hit by a metal crate by Magneto. "OWW!" was all that was heard.
"I'll take him to his room," said Piotr walking to pick up his teammate who apparantely was seeing stars and was poking Piotr's face. "Oooh! You are so shiny!! WEEE!"
"Gambit" called out Magneto before Remy left.
"Oui?"
"You might recognize the name Isbell, right?" to that Remy nodded, "Good, well then you are dismissed."
"If you pardon my askin', but what does a fille like her has to do wit' us?" asked Gambit confused.
"All we'll be known in its right time, now leave, I've got business to attend."
Gambit left the office with a head full of suppositions of what was awaiting him.
Back in the X-Men Mansion…
"I've reunited here together because," Professor X began to say as all his students had finally gathered together, " as these recent events have come to a close," all students flinched at the thought of their last major mission against Apocalypse "we must remember that we are family and acknowledge and thank each other for the exemplary teamwork we showed and second chance we've all gained to make this a better world." The Professor paused as he looked at his audience.
"I would also like to ask you, and no this is not mandatory Kurt, to write down some form of resolutions, something you would like to accomplish or improve, or even thank, and no I won't be reading them Bobby, this is for you to keep. A personal reflection to remind yourself that we can always seek to be better." The Professor gave one last smile and added, "You are dismissed, have a good day at school."
Everyone got of their chair smiling and thanking the Professor, rushing to get ready for school. Only Beast, Wolverine and Storm stayed with him.
"That was a really nice request Charles," commented Ororo
"Thank you Storm, I hope the children do consider it," replied Charles back.
"I think they will," Logan added, everyone raised their eyebrows at Logan's response, trying to sense some sarcasm behind it. "What?" asked Logan indignantly.
Both Storm and Beast laughed and the Professor said, "I'm glad to hear your opinion on the matter Logan."
Wolverine humphed and crossed his arms, rolling his eyes at Storm's and Beast's soft snickering.
So there, that's my first chapter, will be updating pretty soon, please Read and Review, I'll be glad to read your opinions :D!