This story takes two months after Unexpected Arrival. Unless you haven't read the other two stories, then that does not matter then. Hope ya enjoy the chapter :)
Disclaimer: I own nothing, I wish I owned X-Men, but I don't see it happening in this lifetime or the next.
Ages: Xavier is however old he is in the movie, Hank/Beast is 35, Warren/Angel, Betsy/Psylocke, Kurt/Nightcrawler, Ororo/Storm, Scott/Cyclops, and Jean are all 25 (not sure what the exact age in movie was), Logan/Wolverine is ? years old, Remy/Gambit is 21/22, Rogue, Bobby/Iceman, Piotr/Colossus, Jono/Chamber, John/Pyro, Wanda/Scarlet Witch, Pietro/Quicksilver, and Lorna/Polaris are 18, and Jubilee and Kitty/ShadowCat are 17, and finally Sarah/Marrow is 10
Pairings: Rogue/Remy, Jean/Scott, Bobby/Lorna, Kitty/Piotr, John/Wanda, Warren/Betsy, Jono/Jubilee, Storm/Kurt, and others to be announced
Recap: Betsy arrived at the mansion with news about Warren, he had not been acting like himself since his wings were ripped off. Warren was offered his wings back by some unknown person, and was turned into Archangel and then started terrorizing Los Angeles, they were able to get him back to normal. Gambit returned to the mansion, he also brought along Sarah aka Marrow, whose parents had died. On a date, Bobby, Lorna, Kitty, and Pete all found Jean, who had amnesia, but later remembered who she was and who she loved (Scott). Remy and Rogue went on a date and Rogue got possessed by Malice. Malice made Rogue absorb people (Carol Danvers, except in here she does not is not invulnerable) and later met up with the Shadow King who killed Malice off and was going to make Rogue his Shadow Queen. Later on, the Shadow King was defeated in the Astral Plane and Rogue went back to normal.
Four figures moved through the forest as quietly as they could. "Isn't the factory up ahead?" A girl whispered to the boy beside her.
"Yeah, that's where they are making the Sentinels. We just got to destroy it and we'll be off to bed in no time." He whispered back to her.
"Will you two be quiet. Before they sense us." The boy in front of them growled.
"Ah found it." The other girl whispered back to them as she stood in the clearing looking at an abandoned factory. "Look's like no one has been here for a while" She smiled back at her teammates.
"Blue Team, this is Scarlet Witch. Did you find the factory?" Wanda's voice came over the intercom on their black uniforms.
"Scarlet Witch, this is Iceman. We have found the factory. Where is your location?" Bobby asked into his intercom.
"We are to the north of the factory. Let's start heading in." She responded back to him.
"We'll you heard the lady, let's get a move on." Iceman told the group.
"Jubilee, ya come with meh. We'll head east. Iceman, you go with Pyro ta the south side of the factory." Rogue ordered to the group.
"But I wanna go east." Iceman complained.
"Fine, ya can go east. We'll go south." Rogue told her teammate as they headed for the factory.
"This is so cool." Jubilee squeaked as they rounded near the factory. Rogue placed a finger to her lips, signaling the other girl to keep it down. "Right, I know. Sorry." She apologized, just as they heard a loud shriek from the other side of the brown brick building.
"Well, there goes the surprise." Rogue sighed as the top of the factory exploded and giant red robots flew out and landed on the ground.
"Maybe it would of been better if we stuck with the team." Jubilee commented to her friend as they both got ready for battle.
"This is just great. Let me guess. Kitty found a rat or something?" Pyro grumbled as he took out his lighter and drew a flame into his hand. Iceman shook his head as a Sentinel landed before them. "This one is mine." Pyro stated as he threw the flame at the robot.
"Fine. I get the next one." Iceman told him as the Sentinel got caught on fire.
"Halt mutant. You are under arrest." The flaming Sentinel spoke as it began approaching the two men.
"Don't worry. I'll finish him." Iceman said confidently as he sent an ice beam at the Sentinel, instantly stopping it in its tracks. "That should hold him."
"Then how come its eyes are still glowing?" Pyro asked as the ice on the Sentinel began to crack. Suddenly, the legs of the Sentinel were smashed by a glowing blue tree. The Sentinel hit the ground and exploded into flames.
"Need some help?" They heard Scarlet Witch ask as she walked toward them, along with Colossus and ShadowCat.
"Who was the one screaming? I know it was you, wasn't it." Iceman asked as he glared down at ShadowCat, who stuck her tongue out at him.
"It was so not me. I, like, don't scream like that." ShadowCat defended herself.
"It was Quicksilver. He got on my nerves about it being so late, so I sent him into a tree." Scarlet Witch told them. She looked over at Pyro, who gave her a smirk and winked at her.
"Where are Quicksilver, Polaris, and Chamber? They disappeared after the Sentinel started attacking." Colossus asked as a Sentinel landed before them.
"Not sure. Though, I'm sure they can handle themselves. But we still gotta find them later, if Jubes finds out Jono is by himself, she will throw a fit and stuff." ShadowCat said to them as she watched Colossus punch a hole into the Sentinel and Iceman freeze it's arms.
"Why aren't Rogue and Jubilee with you?" Scarlet Witch asked Pyro.
"They said they would head south while we head east. I'm sure they're fine." Pyro stated as he looked up into the sky.
"Why would you, like, say that?" ShadowCat asked as she looked up at where Pyro was looking. Within seconds she saw a Sentinel flying through the air and crashing down into the building. "Oh, that's why."
"Halt mutant!" The group heard five Sentinels call as they landed around the group. "You are under-" The Sentinels began to say, when two of them were lifted into the air and thrown into each other. A blast then came from the back of the other two Sentinels and threw them into the factory.
"Sorry, we miss something?" Polaris asked as she and Chamber emerged from behind. Chamber was tightening his scarf around his lower face that held the psionic blast, while Polaris went to the group. The last Sentinel raised its arm and aimed it at the distracted group.
"That-is-not-nice. Why-don't-you-go-pick-on-someone-else." Quicksilver shouted as she punched the Sentinel in the leg and then sped around before he was stepped on.
"Oops, forgot one." Polaris said as she raised her hand and sent the Sentinel flying back into the others.
"We must go find Rogue and Jubilee." Colossus suggested to them. They were supposed to stay as a group and separating would end up getting them killed if they didn't stick together as a team.
"Guys, we have a major problem!" They heard a southern female voice shout. They turned to see Rogue flying at them and Jubilee running below her. They saw in the distance rows of shorter Sentinel's that had tan running along the arms and face.
"Oh great, they made a new Sentinel's." Iceman grumbled as Rogue and Jubilee joined the team. "Why can't they just come separately so they are easier to beat?"
"Eliminate all mutants." All of the new Sentinels shouted as forty beams were shot at them.
Oh, blood hell. Chamber cursed as the group was hit by the blast. Polaris didn't have time to put up a magnetic shield and was blasted along with her teammates.
"DANGER ROOM SESSION HAS ENDED. MISSION FAILED" A computerized voiced called out through the Danger Room.
"Oh come on. No one could have gotten past those Sentinels." Jubilee shouted up to the control room. There was a BAMF sound and blue smoke appeared before them. A blue mutant with tattoos' etched into his skin stood before them along with a white-haired woman.
"It is part of your training you have to complete before you are all able to go on a mission by yourselves. The Professor requested of it." Storm told them as the Danger Room doors opened and Angel and Psylocke entered.
"You did quite well. The last group was the last of the Sentinels." Psylocke told them with a smile. "That is much farther than last time."
"Yeah, but what is up with that last group? There is no way we could have defeated them. No one could." Iceman protested.
"Our group went in there and we defeated them. Don't worry. I'm sure you will be able to defeat this soon." Angel stated to the younger mutants.
"I wanna see the video of that. It's not fair. Why couldn't we go on the mission tonight? From what Cyke said, it was only a run in and out thing. There wasn't supposed to be any problems. Unless the entire building blew up with them in it." ShadowCat mused to herself and saw the worried look on Rogue's face. "Don't worry, I'm sure Gumbo wouldn't be in the building when it blew."
"Vhy don't you all get to bed. You have another Danger Room session in ze afternoon." Kurt suggested to them, hoping it would end the teenagers complaining. Luckily, they all agreed to go to their dorms and get some rest.
"I think it would be best if we got some rest too. We have a long day tomorrow." Storm stated to the three other adults. "Is Sean Cassidy supposed to arrive tonight or tomorrow morning?" She asked Warren.
"The Professor said he would arrive in the morning before we take the kids to the airport." Warren explained to her. About a month ago, they had planned a trip for the kids to go to Muir Island, all payed for by Warren. The adults had decided on who should go with the kids and who should stay and keep watch on the mansion. Warren, Betsy, Kurt, and Ororo agreed to take the kids, while the others stayed at home.
"We'll see you in the morning, luvs." Betsy nodded her head to the other two mutants as Warren wrapped an arm around her shoulder and guided her out of the Danger Room.
"Gut Nacht." Kurt called to the others as he took Ororo's hand in his. The two had recently decided to share a room, like some of their fellow teammates. All of the teachers had originally been given their own individual room.
Once Jean had remembered she had been with Scott and all of her memories, the two went back to sharing the room they had before. A few weeks after that, Scott had asked Jean to marry him. He told her that when she was away, it had been the hardest time of his life. She had happily agreed and the two of them would be married in two weeks.
Upper Level of the Mansion
"This is so great, there are, like, no classes for the entire week." Kitty squealed as she walked with her roommates, Jubilee and Rogue, to their bedroom. Jubilee opened the door and found Sarah aka Marrow sitting on Rogue's bed.
"Hey, sugah. Shouldn't you be in bed right now?" Rogue asked the younger girl as she went to sit next to her. Sarah only shook her head.
"What's the point? I can't go with the other kids because of these." She pointed to the bones spikes in her arms. "It's not fair. Rahne and Theresa get to go. I wish I was normal like everyone else and not ugly." A tear slid down her face. Rogue wrapped an arm around the younger girl's shoulder, being careful not to hit one of the spikes.
"Sugah, everyone wishes they were normal at some point. Ah wish Ah was, but ya can't let this bring ya down. It's not ya'r fault that society doesn't accept mutants." Rogue told the younger girl
"Besides, you can hang around with us. We're a lot more fun." Kitty smiled down at Sarah, who nodded and wiped away her tears. She then turned her attention back to Rogue.
"Also, don't forget this. Inside beauty counts more than outside. Though, ya don' realize it yet, but ya are a beautiful young girl. Ah'm sure when ya are older guys will be lined up ta date ya." Rogue whispered to her.
Sarah giggled at the last part. "Remy wouldn't be happy about that." She laughed. Two months ago, Gambit had brought her to the mansion and since her real parents had been killed, he decided to adopt her.
"Don't worry. Ah can distract him for ya." She winked at Sarah.
"Do you love Remy?" Sarah asked Rogue as she looked up at the older girl. Rogue smiled down at her.
"Ya, Ah do. With all mah heart." She replied.
"Are you two going to get married?" Sarah asked, causing Rogue's eyes to widen.
"Ah don't know about that, maybe sometime in the future. Who knows?" The southern girl responded.
"You might want to sneak out soon, Miss. Munroe will be coming around to check to see if your in bed." Jubilee whispered. Sarah yawned before she hopped off the bed.
"Good night, Rogue, Kitty, and Jubilee. Hope the bed bugs don't bite." Sarah waved to them as she exited the room.
"She is so cute." Jubilee commented as she shut the door.
"Who knows, one of these days she might start calling Rogue, mom." Kitty teased Rogue, causing the southern girl to blush.
"Lets get some sleep." Rogue told the two as she tucked herself into bed.
Siberia, Russia
Three guards stood at their post outside a large metal building. Each of them held a rifle in hand and wore heavy clothing to protect them from the cold. "I don't know why we have to stay here. It's not like anyone has been to the facility in months." One of the guards growled as he held his rifle closer to him.
"What are you complaining about? We're getting paid to stand here and do nothing. Besides, you know what will happen if MacTaggert returns and finds us gone. He'll end up using us with the research project." The second guard told him.
"Group C, we have report there are intruders on the premises near you. Group B is no longer responding. Go check it out." Came from the third guards walkie-talkie.
"Well, at least now we have something to do now." The first guard said as they went around the corner of the building to find the problem.
"Maybe they got it wrong?" The third guard asked as they rounded another corner.
"Shh. Did you hear that?" The second guard asked when he stopped in his tracks. The other two looked at him.
"I didn't hear-" The first guard began to say when he heard a snapping noise. "What is that?" He asked as he looked around.
"There is only one thing that noise reminds me of, but I know there is no way possible." The third guard mused to himself as he continued walking.
"What do you think it is?" The first asked him. Before the third man got a chance to respond. They found a figure leaning up against the side of the building, flipping playing cards in their hand. A pair of red eyes looked at the guards as they raised their rifles.
"Freeze, mutie! You got a lot of nerve breaking into here." The second guard snarled.
"Now dat ain' really nice greetin'." The figure spoke as he walked into the light, showing a tall young man with short brown hair and wearing a brown leather duster over his black leather uniform.
"What part of freeze don't you understand." The first guard growled as he placed his finger on the trigger of the gun.
"Gambit don' think y' should be worrin' about him." The young man said with a smirk on his face. "Though y' might wanna be worrin' about de hairy mountain man behind y'." The second and third guard turned around and were slashed by a pair of metal claws.
"What the hell." The first guard turned around and did not see Gambit charge a card and throw it at the guards feet.
"Dat was easy." Gambit grinned as he looked over at the unconscious guard. "But next time, why don' we use y' as bait."
"Because y'r an easy target." Wolverine growled as they walked around the side of the building. "Cyke, we got the last of the guards. Didja find a way in?" He asked into his communicator.
"Yes, we are to the west side. You should be seeing us when you turn the corner." Cyclops told them.
"Another thing, Gumbo." Wolverine unsheathed his claws again and raised them at Gambit. "Ya ever call me a hairy mountain man again. Ya'll be comin' back in a body bag." He warned.
"Don' really think dat Roguie would appreciate dat." Gambit smirked.
"Gambit, Wolverine, over here!" They heard Jean shout to them. They found Cyclops, Jean and Beast by a side door with unconscious guards leaning against the wall.
"Let's just get in and go." Wolverine growled.
"Be patient, my friend. From my reports, no one is inside the building." Beast told the shorter man as they entered the facility.
"What was this place?" Jean asked as they passed by rooms that had exam tables with a bunch of medical equipment.
"From the reports, this use to be a facility they used to experiment on mutants. Months ago, the place closed down. We just need to put a virus into their computers incase anyone comes back and tries to restart this again." Cyclops explained as they entered the main room.
"This shall take only a second." Beast told them as he went to work on the computer.
"This place like the one Stryker had?" Wolverine asked with a growl.
"It's a bit different. A man named Joseph MacTaggert owned this facility and others around the world." Cyclops told his teammate all the information he knew on this place.
"Oh my stars gather." Beast whispered as he pulled up a new screen on the computer.
"What is it, Beast?" Jean asked as she went behind his chair and looked at the computer screen.
"Apparently, this faculty purpose was to create super soldiers out of mutants. It says here, that a Mr. Joseph MacTaggert had been contacted by Mr. Stryker five months before the incident at the lake. Mr. Stryker was not happy about his experiment, Weapon X or also named Wolverine running out on him before he could test further. He claimed Wolverine as a failure and felt that the experiment would endanger people's lives and called Joseph MacTaggert to help him track Wolverine down." Beast read from the file.
Logan slowly approached the screen. He could feel his insides grow cold as Beast read on. "In the Russia facility, he had a mutant created to hunt down Wolverine. The mutants real name was Arkady Rossovich, his mutant codename is Omega Red."
"How come we haven't seen this guy before?" Wolverine asked as a picture of Omega Red showed on the screen. The man had a white face with red eyes and blonde hair.
"Maybe it was canceled after Stryker was killed." Jean suggested.
"There is more here." Beast told them as he clicked and went onto the next page. "In Indonesia, there was another mutant programmed to hunt you down, my friend." He looked over at Wolverine and then back at the screen and clicked down a picture. A man with a green face and one red cyborg eye. "His name is Gaunlet."
"Mon Dieu, is he ugly." Gambit commented as he caught a glimpse of the screen.
"Is there anymore?" Cyclops asked Beast, who started typing something into the computer.
"In here, yes. But I just found something else. This is about you, Logan." Beast said as Wolverine took Jean's spot behind the chair. "William Stryker sent the reports of all his experiments or tests to Mr. MacTaggert. It says here, he used your DNA to make a clone." A few gasps were heard around the room. "I am unable to get a picture of what this clone looks like." Beast explained frustrated.
"Wouldn' he look like Wolverine?" Gambit asked as he leaned against the side wall next to the computer.
"Not necessarily. Mr. Stryker could have changed some parts in the DNA to make the appearance of this clone look different." Beast responded. "Also, a month before he died, a man came to see him wanting help. He had cancer and didn't want to die from it. He let Stryker operate on him. He placed samples of Wolverine's mutation into this man to stop the cancer. As payment for the operation, he wanted this man, now turned mutant, to hunt down Wolverine. The man now goes by, Deadpool." Beast finished.
Wolverine had gripped the back of the chair and he could feel his anger building. "How much of that fucking asshole do I have to take. It's bad enough he screwed up my life and memories." He growled.
"Logan." Jean placed her hand on his shoulder. "He's is dead now, and these mutants never found you. This is all in the past and he can not do anything else to you."Jean gave him a reassuring smile.
"Well, we got what we came for. Beast, did you put the virus in?" Cyclops asked, trying to change the subject as Jean led Logan away from the computer.
"I am doing that now, oh fearless leader." Beast replied as he began typing away at the computer. "And that is that. Virus is installed." He sounded pleased with himself as he got up from the chair.
"Let's start heading for the jet." Cyclops ordered as Beast went to Wolverine's side and began talking with him.
"Wolverine be a big boy. Dis will pass for him." Gambit stated as he walked by Cyclops and headed for the jet. Ahead of him, Logan was refusing to talk to Beast and Jean. He was too lost in his thoughts.
The group headed outside the facility and boarded the jet as quickly as they could. By the time they would return home, it would be morning. Although, most of them wouldn't be getting much sleep that night anyways with the kids leaving the next morning. Scott still hadn't given Warren and Ororo list of the children's names that were going.
Unknowing to them all, there was a figure in the distance watching them through the trees. A soft growl came from their throat as they watched the jet take off. "You'll pay soon, Wolverine." The figure vowed as they jumped down from the trees.
Yale University
"Now I will give a quick brief of some of the terms that will be listed on the next exam." The instructor said to the class as he turned away from the chalkboard. He sighed when he saw a young man with his head down on the table.
"David, perhaps you would like to tell the class what melanocyte-stimulating hormone is?" The instructor asked as the boy raised his head and looked at the instructor. "It is nice of you to join us again, Mr. Haller. Would you please answer the question?"
David looked at the instructor for a moment and began cursing to himself for putting his head down. 'This is so easy.' 'How can he not know this?' He began hearing inside his head until he heard the right answer.
"It's a hormone that regulates the activity of skin pigments in the vertebrates." David answered.
The teacher glared at him. "Very good guess, Mr. Haller. I would suggest you do not waste yours or my time by sleeping during my lecture." The instructor sneered as he turned back to the blackboard.
David leaned back in his chair. 'That was close.' He thought to himself.
End of Chapter 1
Note: David Haller is not a character I made up, he is a actual character from X-Men. Also I've look and I couldn't find where Gaunlet came from so I picked a random place, if anyone knows it would be helpful to know where he came from.
Special Thanks to: Loneraven, dawn1, WolvGambit Le Diable Blanc, Roguechere, firestorm13, enchantedlight, Chica De Los Ojos Café (hehe, it will be revealed later :), and Nightcrawler03. (Hugs you all) thank you guys so much for reviewing the last chapter of Unexpected Arrival. :)