Disclaimer: All characters in this story are the sole property of Marvel
Comics, they are not of my own creation. The plot and theme of the story
however is entirely of my own creation. The events in the story DO NOT
TAKE PLACE IN ANY PARTICULAR SPOT IN THE MARVEL TIMELINE. The story takes
place after the scrapping of the Generation X comic book, and is my sole
idea of where I would have liked to see the characters of this particular
comic book intermingle with the rest of the marvel universe. I realize I
have taken MANY liberties with characters, alignment, settings, etc. and
that is what makes this story mine. Enjoy.
Chapter 1
Wolverine crashed through the underbrush of the woods behind the X- Mansion. Not far overhead, even though he couldn't see her, was Rogue. They had chased Sabretooth from the mansion and into the woods, and he was now somewhere ahead of Wolverine.
Wolverine stopped to sniff and try to pick back up the trail. That was when he realized that the scent was stronger than it had been a minute ago. That only meant one thing. Sabretooth had slowed down on purpose, or even stopped.
Wolverine crept forward keeping his eyes peeled to his surroundings.
"Where are ya, bub?" Wolverine asked more to himself than to anyone else.
He caught a scent to his right. He walked that direction and parted the underbrush. There underneath the brush laid Sabretoothe's jacket that he had been wearing. At that moment something big crashed into Wolverine's back. Before he knew what hit him, Wolverine was spun around and looking at the business end of Sabretooth's claws.
"You're dead!" Sabretooth growled and lashed down with his claws against Wolverine's chest.
"That's ENOUGH!"
Sabretooth was blindsided by a green and yellow blur. He flew a good fifty feet and slammed into a tree, knocked out cold.
"LOGAN!" Rogue yelled at Wolverine, calling him by his real name. She rushed over and knelt down beside him. Seeing his condition was pretty bad, she turned to Sabretooth. "What did you do to him, Creed!" She yelled at Sabretooth, also using his real name. The gloves were off, he had crossed the line.
"He'll be fine in a couple of hours, frail. You on the other hand are going to pay for that hit." He said as he picked himself up off the ground stretching his back.
"Not today. Computer, end program." It was the voice of Charles Xavier that had given the command over the loud speaker. One by one, the holographic surroundings disappeared until Logan, Victor Creed, and Rogue were the only people left in a square room with grid walls; The Danger Room.
Professor Xavier floated into the room in his hover chair, followed by Hank McCoy; the blue furred mutant known better as The Beast.
"Hank, please take Logan to the infirmary immediately." Xavier said.
"Gladly Professor." And with that, Hank picked up Logan and left the room.
Xavier turned to Victor. "That was unnecessary. This was a training program, all you were supposed to do was tag him."
"I did tag him!" Victor snarled as he truned toward the Professor. "You know as well as I do about his healing factor, he's going to be fine. And maybe next time he'll be a little more careful!" And with that, Victor Creed, the man known as Sabretooth, picked up his jacket and exited the Danger Room.
"And who knows what kind of mood Logan's going to be in when he wakes up." The professor said to himself as he turned to Rogue.
"ROGUE!" Gambit dashed into the room with a look of fear on his otherwise charming face. "Are you alright?"
"Ah'm fine, Remy," Rogue said. "Victor an' Logan just got into it again."
"I'll never understand the rage those two hold against each other. So personal, it even manifests itself when they are supposed to be fighting on the same side for the same cause." Professor Xavier said.
"AHEM!! Ladies and Gentlemen!"
Xavier, Gambit and Rogue turned toward the entrance to see Jubilation Lee standing there.
"If you people will excuse us, it's Gen X's turn to use the Danger Room." She said as she tapped her wrist with her fingers.
"Of course, my apologies, Jubilee." Xavier said. "But do you mind me asking where your instructors are at?" He started for the door with Rogue and Gambit close behind.
"Sean and Emma said they would be here in a bit." She explained. "They were arguing about this and that again."
"Yeah, amigo's, Mr. Cassidy was laying on the 'mind witch' comments pretty thick, so no doubt it was another argument about Emma and her powers." Angelo said as he entered the Danger Room.
"Well, if you'll excuse us, I'll let you students get to your studies." Professor Xavier said.
Just as he was saying that, Paige Guthrie walked in. She had her nose buried in a book from the library as usual.
"Speaking of studies," Gambit remarked, making Paige look up from her book. "Y'know gel, dere's a whole lotta interesting stuff goin on out here in de real world, no?" Gambit said, laying on that charm that came so naturally.
Rogue saw the looks he was giving Paige and elbowed him in the ribs. "You want Wolverine to have a partner in the Infirmary tonight?" Rogue teased in a whisper so that Jubilee couldn't hear her. If Jubilee found out Logan was in the infirmary, she wouldn't stay for practice. Even though she knew he was going to be fine.
"What?" Gambit said innocently looking at Rogue. "Gambit's just tryin to be hospitable!" he said with an innocent grin.
"Yeah, right, sugah, and ah'm trying not to laugh!" But she did anyway. In the hall, she turned to Gambit and let the Professor continue on ahead. "Ya know, I have quite a bit o' charm muhself."
"Is dat so? Then by all means, chere, show me what you got." Gambit motioned toward Jonothan Starsmore, the mutant named Chamber, who was walking down the hall on his way to the Danger Room for the lesson.
"Hey there sugahbritches, sexy fella like you don't need no lessons, now do you?" Rogue teased a gloved hand through Jono's hair. "How about you and me go out and get something to eat, you can catch up on yer studies some other time."
"I.ah.um.." Jonothan couldn't find the words, he was too terrified of the fact that Rogue was showing interest in him with Remy standing right there. Last he heard, they were a couple, and he knew not to anger the Cajun; especially when it came to Rogue. "I have to go to the lesson, I'm sorry." He turned to continue on to the Danger Room.
Jonothan was still trying to figure out what had just happened when Rogue and Gambit rounded the corner out of site. He swore he heard both of them bust out laughing, which only confused him more.
Perplexed, Jono continued walking toward the Danger Room, and saw Monet, better known to everyone as simply M. He approached her and they met at the entrance to the training facility. She had a smug look on her face. Even though Chamber was about a half a foot taller than M, it always seened that she was looking down on him.
"What the bloody hell was that all about?" Jono projected psionically. The unfortunate incident when his mutant power manifested itself had blown most of his upper body from the navel to the top of his jaw away, so speaking was a hard thing to do for Jono. He had to project his speech into the heads of others.
Monet waved her hand in a dismissing manner, like Jono was bothering her. "She was messing with you, J, don't get all excited. Even I could tell she wasn't serious."
Jono just rolled his eyes and followed M into the Danger Room.
"Coulda fooled me," Jono thought to himself.
Jubilee was standing there looking at them when they entered. "About time you two got here. Always have to be the last one's to get here don't you? You know, when I was with the X-Men MMPFFF.!"
Suddenly Jubilee was cut off by Angelo's skin wrapping around her face.
"Save it, chica, we ARE in the X-Men now!" The mutant known as Skin told her.
Jubilee was pulling and tugging uselessly at Angelo's skin. All it did was stretch further and further. Finally she gave up and just slumped in defeat. "You done?" Angelo asked laughing.
Just then Jubilee threw her hands into Angelo's face and emitted some small spurts from her fingertips, blinding him. Instinctively Angelo threw his hands up to shield his eyes, but Jubilee had done what she had intended to do. She had gotten Angelo to release his hold on her.
"I really, really wish you wouldn't do that!" Jubilee yelled at him, smacking him on the shoulder.
"And most of us really wish you would shut up about the 'when you were in the X-Men' stories." Monet chimed in.
"Excuse me, you kids better look alive!"
The statement had come from the loud speakers in the Danger Room. The kids looked up toward the Control Room and saw Sean Cassidy, the mutant known as Banshee, standing there. At his side stood Emma Frost, the self- proclaimed White Queen, and assistant instructor of the students of Generation X.
Without any more words or warnings, Banshee started up the training program.
Chapter 1
Wolverine crashed through the underbrush of the woods behind the X- Mansion. Not far overhead, even though he couldn't see her, was Rogue. They had chased Sabretooth from the mansion and into the woods, and he was now somewhere ahead of Wolverine.
Wolverine stopped to sniff and try to pick back up the trail. That was when he realized that the scent was stronger than it had been a minute ago. That only meant one thing. Sabretooth had slowed down on purpose, or even stopped.
Wolverine crept forward keeping his eyes peeled to his surroundings.
"Where are ya, bub?" Wolverine asked more to himself than to anyone else.
He caught a scent to his right. He walked that direction and parted the underbrush. There underneath the brush laid Sabretoothe's jacket that he had been wearing. At that moment something big crashed into Wolverine's back. Before he knew what hit him, Wolverine was spun around and looking at the business end of Sabretooth's claws.
"You're dead!" Sabretooth growled and lashed down with his claws against Wolverine's chest.
"That's ENOUGH!"
Sabretooth was blindsided by a green and yellow blur. He flew a good fifty feet and slammed into a tree, knocked out cold.
"LOGAN!" Rogue yelled at Wolverine, calling him by his real name. She rushed over and knelt down beside him. Seeing his condition was pretty bad, she turned to Sabretooth. "What did you do to him, Creed!" She yelled at Sabretooth, also using his real name. The gloves were off, he had crossed the line.
"He'll be fine in a couple of hours, frail. You on the other hand are going to pay for that hit." He said as he picked himself up off the ground stretching his back.
"Not today. Computer, end program." It was the voice of Charles Xavier that had given the command over the loud speaker. One by one, the holographic surroundings disappeared until Logan, Victor Creed, and Rogue were the only people left in a square room with grid walls; The Danger Room.
Professor Xavier floated into the room in his hover chair, followed by Hank McCoy; the blue furred mutant known better as The Beast.
"Hank, please take Logan to the infirmary immediately." Xavier said.
"Gladly Professor." And with that, Hank picked up Logan and left the room.
Xavier turned to Victor. "That was unnecessary. This was a training program, all you were supposed to do was tag him."
"I did tag him!" Victor snarled as he truned toward the Professor. "You know as well as I do about his healing factor, he's going to be fine. And maybe next time he'll be a little more careful!" And with that, Victor Creed, the man known as Sabretooth, picked up his jacket and exited the Danger Room.
"And who knows what kind of mood Logan's going to be in when he wakes up." The professor said to himself as he turned to Rogue.
"ROGUE!" Gambit dashed into the room with a look of fear on his otherwise charming face. "Are you alright?"
"Ah'm fine, Remy," Rogue said. "Victor an' Logan just got into it again."
"I'll never understand the rage those two hold against each other. So personal, it even manifests itself when they are supposed to be fighting on the same side for the same cause." Professor Xavier said.
"AHEM!! Ladies and Gentlemen!"
Xavier, Gambit and Rogue turned toward the entrance to see Jubilation Lee standing there.
"If you people will excuse us, it's Gen X's turn to use the Danger Room." She said as she tapped her wrist with her fingers.
"Of course, my apologies, Jubilee." Xavier said. "But do you mind me asking where your instructors are at?" He started for the door with Rogue and Gambit close behind.
"Sean and Emma said they would be here in a bit." She explained. "They were arguing about this and that again."
"Yeah, amigo's, Mr. Cassidy was laying on the 'mind witch' comments pretty thick, so no doubt it was another argument about Emma and her powers." Angelo said as he entered the Danger Room.
"Well, if you'll excuse us, I'll let you students get to your studies." Professor Xavier said.
Just as he was saying that, Paige Guthrie walked in. She had her nose buried in a book from the library as usual.
"Speaking of studies," Gambit remarked, making Paige look up from her book. "Y'know gel, dere's a whole lotta interesting stuff goin on out here in de real world, no?" Gambit said, laying on that charm that came so naturally.
Rogue saw the looks he was giving Paige and elbowed him in the ribs. "You want Wolverine to have a partner in the Infirmary tonight?" Rogue teased in a whisper so that Jubilee couldn't hear her. If Jubilee found out Logan was in the infirmary, she wouldn't stay for practice. Even though she knew he was going to be fine.
"What?" Gambit said innocently looking at Rogue. "Gambit's just tryin to be hospitable!" he said with an innocent grin.
"Yeah, right, sugah, and ah'm trying not to laugh!" But she did anyway. In the hall, she turned to Gambit and let the Professor continue on ahead. "Ya know, I have quite a bit o' charm muhself."
"Is dat so? Then by all means, chere, show me what you got." Gambit motioned toward Jonothan Starsmore, the mutant named Chamber, who was walking down the hall on his way to the Danger Room for the lesson.
"Hey there sugahbritches, sexy fella like you don't need no lessons, now do you?" Rogue teased a gloved hand through Jono's hair. "How about you and me go out and get something to eat, you can catch up on yer studies some other time."
"I.ah.um.." Jonothan couldn't find the words, he was too terrified of the fact that Rogue was showing interest in him with Remy standing right there. Last he heard, they were a couple, and he knew not to anger the Cajun; especially when it came to Rogue. "I have to go to the lesson, I'm sorry." He turned to continue on to the Danger Room.
Jonothan was still trying to figure out what had just happened when Rogue and Gambit rounded the corner out of site. He swore he heard both of them bust out laughing, which only confused him more.
Perplexed, Jono continued walking toward the Danger Room, and saw Monet, better known to everyone as simply M. He approached her and they met at the entrance to the training facility. She had a smug look on her face. Even though Chamber was about a half a foot taller than M, it always seened that she was looking down on him.
"What the bloody hell was that all about?" Jono projected psionically. The unfortunate incident when his mutant power manifested itself had blown most of his upper body from the navel to the top of his jaw away, so speaking was a hard thing to do for Jono. He had to project his speech into the heads of others.
Monet waved her hand in a dismissing manner, like Jono was bothering her. "She was messing with you, J, don't get all excited. Even I could tell she wasn't serious."
Jono just rolled his eyes and followed M into the Danger Room.
"Coulda fooled me," Jono thought to himself.
Jubilee was standing there looking at them when they entered. "About time you two got here. Always have to be the last one's to get here don't you? You know, when I was with the X-Men MMPFFF.!"
Suddenly Jubilee was cut off by Angelo's skin wrapping around her face.
"Save it, chica, we ARE in the X-Men now!" The mutant known as Skin told her.
Jubilee was pulling and tugging uselessly at Angelo's skin. All it did was stretch further and further. Finally she gave up and just slumped in defeat. "You done?" Angelo asked laughing.
Just then Jubilee threw her hands into Angelo's face and emitted some small spurts from her fingertips, blinding him. Instinctively Angelo threw his hands up to shield his eyes, but Jubilee had done what she had intended to do. She had gotten Angelo to release his hold on her.
"I really, really wish you wouldn't do that!" Jubilee yelled at him, smacking him on the shoulder.
"And most of us really wish you would shut up about the 'when you were in the X-Men' stories." Monet chimed in.
"Excuse me, you kids better look alive!"
The statement had come from the loud speakers in the Danger Room. The kids looked up toward the Control Room and saw Sean Cassidy, the mutant known as Banshee, standing there. At his side stood Emma Frost, the self- proclaimed White Queen, and assistant instructor of the students of Generation X.
Without any more words or warnings, Banshee started up the training program.