Disclaimer: I do not own the X-Men or the Avengers, sadly. And yes, I know that there no X-Men or the Avengers in this story, but there will be eventually in this series. :) No flames please! Have fun reading!
Prologue
3rd Person POV
It was a cold September morning. Charlie Cross was driving to work. He stopped at a red light and looked around. Citadel's towering skyscrapers dominated the downtown section of the city. He heard people talking, car horns going off, and music coming from different cars. His cell phone rang, and he pulled it out and answered it.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Hey Charlie. School was cancelled due to the storm coming. Will you pick up John for me?" Charlie's wife, Samantha, responded.
"Yes. Will you let Benjamin know that i will be a little late?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah, I will. I'll see you later, love you." Samantha replied.
"Love you too." Charlie replied as he hung the phone up. He drove by Orion Tower, where he worked, he took a right turn to the school district. Unknown to him,a black van pulled out of Orion Tower and started following him.
Charlie continued to drive, and he sees his son, John, standing outside of the elementary school along with the rest of the classes. John smiled and waved, and Charlie smiled and waved back. Then the van slammed into the drivers' side of Charlie's car.
He was killed on impact.
Some of the kids at the school thought the car wreck was cool. Until the van pulled away and John ran towards his father's car yelling, in tears, for his father. One of the visitors from Orion Industries who was at the school for the sixth grade chemistry class, Russell Darwin, ran and grabbed John so the boy didn't see the carnage of the wreck.
Minutes later, the police showed up along with ambulances. Samantha also arrived, hearing the news of the wreck. When the paramedics told her that Charlie was dead, she broke down crying. when she got her bearings, she told John and got him put in her car.
"I can give you a ride home, if you want. At the moment, you don't seem like you should drive home. You're in shock." Russell Darwin said to Sam as he walked over, his voice cracking. Sam stopped and looked at him. She seen his Orion Industries badge, and gave him the keys.
"Did you...did you know him?" She asked.
"Yes. We worked with each other very much on many different projects. He was my best friend." Russell replied as they got into the car. He started it and they drove off. John sat in the back, looking out the window. He said nothing on the way home. His tears dried on his cheeks.
They arrived at Sam's house. They went inside, and sam put John to bed. Russell and Sam talked downstairs, and Sam called Charlie's brother in Colorado, Alan. She told him about Charlie's death. Alan told her that he will fly in with Jack, his son, tomorrow. Sam accepted and hung up the phone. Russell and her said their goodbyes and he left. Sam closed the door, and slid down onto the floor, and started crying once more.