Years after the defeat of the Apocalypse, mutants still faced discrimination and persecution from humans. Nonetheless, some mutants, such as the X-Men, strove to be accepted by doing all they could to show humanity that mutants are good. Even so, many groups of intolerant people have risen against them, the largest being the Anti-Mutant League (AML).

The X-Men themselves have undergone many tremendous changes. The team gain and lost members. Approximately five years after the defeat of the Apocalypse, Professor Charles Xavier, the founder of the X-Men, passed away from an unexpected illness. On his deathbed, Charles told Scott that he would take over as director of the Xavier Institute and leader of the X-Men. Saddened by the death of their founder and leader, the X-Men mourned, but they were able to build themselves back up and keep the Institute in the way that Charles always wanted it.

After high school, Scott went to college and received his Master's Degree to become a professor. Jean got her Doctorate Degree in medicine, becoming the resident medical doctor of the Institute. Scott and Jean got married and soon afterward, Jean gave birth to their twins: Jacob Xavier Summers and Rachel Summers.

Remy LeBeau aka Gambit abandoned his loyalty to Magneto to join the X-Men and be with his lover, Rogue. Hank McCoy aka Beast, developed a cure for Rogue's uncontrollable power, which restricted her from touching people. Due to this, she could be close with Remy, and they ended up having a daughter, Renea LeBeau. Soon afterward, they tied the knock, becoming married.

Kurt Wagner and Amanda Sefton's relationship only became stronger as the years went by. When Amanda was twenty she became a mutant, gaining magical abilities. She went by the codename Daytripper and joined the X-Men. She and Kurt got married and soon thereafter had a son, Adam James Wagner. Two years after his birth, they had a daughter, Talia Josephine Wagner.

Kitty Pryde and Lance Alvers led a tumultuous relationship, all culminating to a hookup, in which Kitty wound up pregnant with their twins Daniel and Katrina Pryde. When she first found out about her pregnancy she went to the Brotherhood house and told Lance, expecting him to abandon his criminal lifestyle and help her raise their kids, but his reaction could not have been more opposite. He shut the door in her face, practically telling her to raise them herself.

With the help and support from the Xavier Institute, Danielle Moonstar was able to gain control of her abilities. She joined the team and during Evan's visit back to the Institute they got together. She ended up getting pregnant with their son, Johnathan Moonstar, but Evan told her that he couldn't stay and help her raise him because he had to go back to the Morlocks. He left her to raise their son alone. A year later, Evan and Callisto ended up having a daughter they named Tonya Daniels. Callisto and Evan agreed to send Tonya to stay with Ororo at the Xavier Institute, believing that little Tonya wasn't ready for life as a Morlock.

Everything at the Xavier Institute was peaceful for a while as the X-Men family grew, but that peace did not last long. The Anti-Mutant League bombed the institute one night when the defenses were down. The children were mere babies and young toddlers when the bombs went off in their home. Their kids barely made it out alive. The X-Men all sat down together and considered the danger that their children were in. They would like to think of the Institute as a sanctuary for mutants, but truthfully, since they got exposed, it has been more insecure.

The day of the conversation, they had all gathered in the planning room, Scott sitting at the head of the table with his hands intertwined as he thought hard. The room was full of noise as the others spoke about what to do, all of their voices blending together into a sort of clamor. Scott suddenly spoke up above all the noise, "we must send our children away for their own safety."

He received complete looks of shock, confusion, and refusal. Initially, his idea was met with opposition in the forms of "No way!", "No one is taking my babies!", and "The safest place for my children is with me," but soon all came to realize that this was the best course of action. The X-Men, with assistance from S.H.I.E.L.D., were able to put their children in secret locations where the children would be raised by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, receive different last names, and live with their powers in secret.

Rachel and Jacob were sent to Denver, Colorado with Agent Lucy Aimes.

Renea was sent to Los Angeles, California with Agent Susan Mikaelson.

Talia and Adam were sent to Tampa, Florida with Agent Marina Santos.

Danny and Katrina Pryde were sent to Brooklyn, New York with Agent William Smith.

Johnny and Tonya were sent to San Antonio, Texas with Agent Anna Winters.

Rachel:

Age: 17

Hair color: Red/orange

Eye color: Green

Height: 5'6

Alias: Starchilde

Powers: Fire generation and pyrokinesis

Jacob "Jake":

Age: 17

Hair color: Red/orange

Eye color: Brown

Height: 6'1

Alias: Grey

Powers: Telepathy, telekinesis, and psychokinesis

Renea:

Age: 16

Hair color: Dark brown

Eye color: Brown

Height: 5'7

Alias: Ren

Powers: To covert potential energy in an object into kinetic energy, thus "charging" the item with explosive results

Adam:

Age: 17

Hair color: Black

Eye color: Brown

Height: 6'2

Alias: Nightshade

Powers: Night vision and teleportation

Talia:

Age: 15

Hair color: Black

Eye color: Yellow (Brown when wearing image inducer)

Height: 5'4

Alias: Nocturne

Powers: Heightened agility and reflexes, night vision, and mystical force bolts (and other sorcery).

Daniel "Danny":

Age: 15

Hair color: Brown

Eye color: Brown

Height: 5'7

Alias: Ghost

Powers: Invisibility and ability to pass through any matter, known as "phasing" and gravity phasing.

Katrina "Kat":

Age: 15

Hair color: Brown

Eye color: Green

Height: 5'5

Alias: Quake

Powers: Geological manipulation by seismic wave generation from her hands.

Johnathan "Johnny":

Age: 15

Hair color: Black

Eye color: Brown

Height: 5'9

Alias: Mirage

Powers: Psionic abilities including the ability to make people experience their greatest fears in powerful surreal illusions and telepathy

Tonya:

Age: 15

Hair color: Black

Eye color: Brown

Height: 5'2

Alias: Marrow

Powers: Ability to generate burning spikes, projectile spikes, and bone spikes