Beginnings

'You don't even have real proof that these so called mutants exist, what justifies you to spend 18 billion of the tax payers money on defence measures against them?' questioned one man to another on the television which was being watched by people across the country while similar shows were or had been broadcast around the world recently. Charles Xavier, Hank McCoy, Scott Summers and Jean Grey sat around the television at the school for gifted youngsters watching with an interest.

The picture began to break up and a silhouette of a man wearing a helmet could be seen, his eyes glowed white hot from within the darkness of his costume. 'Mutants are real, you had better believe it. I am Magneto leader of the Brotherhood of mutants, we homo-superiors have a message for you humans, your time of rule is over, we shall soon usher in the beginning of a new age, your governments have been given fair warning but have not complied therefore the time of action is now!'

'I believe now would be the perfect time to implement operation X' said Hank as he wiped his glasses clean and looked at his companions.

'What's operation X?' asked Scott as he sat forward looking at the two older men.

'Operation X is my name for a group of…students if you will, We will train them to use their powers and they in turn would teach others and so on…their secondary function would be to boost human mutant relations and finally they would be the last line of defence protecting people against mutants and vice versa. Now would be the perfect time but we will need help…contact Ororo' said Xavier as he placed the tips of his fingers together and raised them to his mouth.

'I'm in, if we can help others a fraction of how much you've helped me I'm in' said Scott as he stood up rather dramatically, he had a habit for being dramatic but he was Scott was unable to see for many years due to his destructive powers till Xavier and Dr McCoy came up with his ruby quartz glasses which stopped his blasts.

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Meanwhile far away a shadowy figure sat in front of two computer screens, one was the images which had just been beamed around the world the other was from a secret camera hidden in the Xavier mansion.

'Kill him now' ordered the man calmly, the two men who stood behind him nodded and made their way out of his office, one was just below average height the other was well above it. They walked through a laboratory towards an elevator which would take them to the surface, neither looked left or right as they passed cells and cages filled with mutants of all shapes and sizes. One winged mutant who had just been brought in was banging on his glass wall yelling.

'My father will hear about this, you can't hold me' he screamed as he waves his wings around behind him. The two men continue walking past yet more cages till they reach the doors and step inside.

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'Cerebro has detected several mutant signatures heading towards Bayville as we speak' said Xavier as he looked at the four mutants stood in front of him, Hank McCoy a strapping man at least six foot four and quite muscular although his physical prowess is nothing compared to his mental. Jean Grey a beautiful red headed teenager whose face did not speak of her troubled past. Scott Summers a tall slim but by no means skinny teenager with brown hair flopping loosely over his forehead and red shades which hide his destructive power. Ororo Munroe was the final person she was in her mid to late thirties, she to was beautiful, she had short white hair and was dressed in leather bikers clothing.

'Are they hostile?' asked Ororo who also went by the alias Storm, she had had a rough life, orphaned at a young age she was a street urchin in Cairo until trained by a master thief, years later she was found by Charles Xavier and Hank McCoy living in squalor in New York City where she was using her powers to steal to fund a drug habit. They saved her life by taking her away from all of that, now she was in great health, clean of drugs and giving back to the community by running several programmes in New York to help underprivileged teens.

'No quite the opposite, they seem to be part of a travelling carnival, It has great reviews in the newspaper' smirked Hank as he sat on the desk reading about the circus. 'Let me guess Charles the mutants you have detected are Kurt 'The Amazing Nightcrawler' Wagner and The Colossus' said Hank as he looked at two pictures one of a blue fuzzy teen and one of a huge metallic teen. 'They look like they belong with a circus I'll give them that' said Hank light heartedly not meaning anything nasty by it 'I could never imagine being blue and furry, poor kid.'

'Is there any mention of other spectacular powers I detected three signatures?' asked the professor to which he got a head shake as a reply 'I believe we should investigate and try and recruit these mutants to our cause. We'll go tomorrow, it's Saturday and that's when the circus will get here so I want everyone to get plenty of rest.'

The five mutants retired unknowingly falling straight into the two assassins plan, the two hid among the trees on the outskirts of the mansion sniffing the air like feral creatures, the larger of the two let out a low growl as the slowly began to sneak towards the mansion.

The two slowly walked down the corridor silently looking and listening, they sniffed the air finally locking on to their target, the two began to pick up speed one was sprinting while the other ran like an animal letting out a vicious roar as it went.

The more animal of the two was knocked down a few seconds later by Hank McCoy who had heard the noises as they walked the corridor because of his heightened senses, he launched through his door catching the mutant by the waist before driving him into a wall, the intruder slashed at him but he effortlessly flipped backwards avoiding the claw before bouncing off a wall and connecting with his huge feet into the monsters face. The second shorter man turned the corner and slammed through a door, in front of him in bed lay the body of Charles Xavier. He slowly approached it and tensed his fists causing blades to shot from his hand with a 'Snikt' sound. He slowly raised his hand up to drive it into the skull of the man, he was stopped dead in his tracks as he crumpled to the ground holding his head in pain. Scott Summers burst into the room turning the light on before lowering his glasses and blasting the mutant through the wall into Xavier's on-sweet bathroom.

'Thank you Scott but as you could see I had him well in hand' said Xavier as he looked at the hole in his wall.

The larger man burst through the wall leaving a trail of blood behind him, he ushed at Xavier who simply placed his hand out in front of him bringing the man to his knees. He roared in pain before leaping through a window and galloping off over the institutes grounds into the night.

Storm and Jean now entered the room and walked towards the hole in the wall only to find the man fully conscious and sitting shaking his head. 'Who are you?' asked Storm as she powered up a thunder cloud above her head fully intending to zap him if he gave an answer she didn't like.

The man groaned and rubbed his head 'I don't know' his eye was caught by two silvery tags around his neck 'according to these you can call me, Logan, Wolverine or Weapon X.'