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A New Dawn is my first serious piece of work. I have been having this idea more and more lately, just never the time to really go through with it.

As it is my first work, I would also like to implore you to forgive me any minor mistakes concerning places and people. Living in Switzerland, I'm afraid I don't know my way around America all too well, so bare with me ;-)

A New Dawn plays in the X-Men: Evolution universe. However, please be warned: many characters may be ooc, and the story most probably will contain strong language and violence.

As you have been warned, here a quick look at what awaits you:
Two years after the X-Men defeated Apocalypse and Jean turned into the Phoenix, the X-Men move out to recruit a new mutant

A New Dawn

Prologue

For countless years, humanity has sought to gain power. This power came in many shapes and forms, such as in technology.

However, humanity has always been a xenophobic race.

The unknown has always held a morbid fascination, yet also a frightening aspect for us.

Our fantasy came up with stories of vampires, werewolfes, aliens and monsters in an attempt to escape its daily life.

However, once the existence of mutants was confirmed, this fascination turned to fear, and fear turned to hate.

Humanity has always been, and always will be, a xenophobic race…

Chapter I: Introductions

Detroit, March 2005…

My head is killing me…, Sean thought warily as he got out of bed. He had been having massive headaches for the last few days, each one getting worse than the last.

Sean was a 19 year old teenager who went to college. He was just over 6 foot tall, weighed 160 pounds, had shoulder long, brown hair and matching eyes.
He was a real Martial Arts freak, so to speak. He trained Judo, Ju-Jitsu and Karate, all in all 4 evenings per week.

Mostly he was a loner. He knew a lot of people, but barely had any friends. However, those he did have he was very protective of.

Maybe I should just get a new head, he thought with a wry grin. Right before the next ache slammed through his skull and everything went black…

Where… am… I?

Through a haze of mist, he could see a bright, white ceiling. Turning his head groggily to look to the side, he could make out a white wall and some strange machines…

What… are… those for?

Tracing the… cables? No, tubes… Tracing the tubes coming out of the machines, he found them hooked up to various parts of him.

A hospital… I'm in a hospital…

Who had brought him here? More importantly, WHY was he here? And why was the room getting darker…

The next time Sean woke up, the room was dark. Actually, scratch that: the room was pitch black. He could barely make out the machines next to him.

At least my head doesn't hurt anymore…, he thought. Actually, come to think of it… I've never felt better!

Sitting up, he plucked the tubes from his body, ignoring the flat line that the heart monitor next to him started emitting. He had just pulled the last one off and out when the door burst open and the light flashed on.

Blinded, he whirled around (as well as that was possible being on a bed) to face whoever had come in. After some furious blinking, he could make out a doctor standing in the doorway.

"Whoa there, take it easy!", the doc said, holding his hands up in an easy going manner. "Where am I?", Sean asked, a bit more forcefull than he had actually intended to.

"You're at the Detroit Medical Center, you were brought here after you collapsed at your home.", the doc said, trying to calm Sean down.

"The DMC? Collapsed?" A fuzzy image of the floor coming closer at rapid speed went through his head "Oh, right… I remember…"

Sean looked at the docs name tag, which read Sterling. "So doc, how long was I out for then?" The doc shifted, causing Sean to narrow his eyes. That wasn't a good sign…

"Two weeks." Make that a very bad sign.

"Two WEEKS?" "Ssssh, please, stay calm! There are sick people in the other rooms who need rest!"

Sean took a deep breath, then continued in a normal tone of voice: "And what exactly happened to me?" "Actually, that is what I was hoping YOU could tell us."

Sean arched an eyebrow. "YOU'RE the doc here, isn't it supposed to be your job tell ME?" "At least your sense of humour is back… unfortunately, we haven't got a clue as to what happened to you. Your parents brought you in after your collapse."

"Didn't you run any tests?", Sean asked unbelievingly. "Of course we did, but apart from the MRI we couldn't find anything unusual." "The MRI?" "Yes, although you were unconscious you were showing some very heavy brain activity. Speaking of which, I would like to do some tests immediately, if that is okay with you?"

And so it happened that Sean spent a good two hours of enduring various prods, courtesy of doctor Sterling.

"Hm… that's strange…", Sterling muttered under his breath.

"What is?", Sean asked. Sterling looked startled for a moment, before answering. "You have some very strange… anomalies in your bloodstream. Your blood cells are… wrong!"

Sean arched an eyebrow. "Wrong? What do you mean wrong?" "Normally, human blood cells are composed of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Your blood, however, seems to be missing the white blood cells completely!"

"What? But… I thought white blood cells were needed to fight diseases? How can I be missing them?" "I don't know… however, you also have a decreased heart rate… its so low that you actually shouldn't be awake, never mind moving around!"

Seans eyes widened at the implication. "So what are you saying, am I dead?", he asked sarcastically.

The doc rolled his eyes. "No, but technically, your existence is… impossible. I only know one possibility that would explain this right now…" "And that would be?"

The doc looked at Sean with a serious expression: "That you are a mutant."

Aaaargh, first chapter and already a cliffie? I AM evil… grin

So, hope you liked it, the next chapter should be up soon and I think I shall be putting all the infos about Seans mutation into that one.

But until then, you'll just have to wait ;-)

Anyway, hope you enjoyed it enough to give me a review!

Like I said, this is my first proper story, and as such I would enjoy every and any piece of advice about my incompetence as an author ;-)