Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own the X-Men, or any other Marvel owned character mentioned in this story. However I do claim ownership of the Warriors, a group of original super heroes thought up by myself, for use in this story.

Setting: This takes place just after the Christmas Episode where the X-Men evolution series introduced Angel. Scott and Rogue are in New York City, and are making their way back home after Angel turned down their invitation.

Author's note: I hope you like this story. If you don't... then fine, be that way. But all in all I thought it was a good idea. Please, Read and Review, I beg of you, read this, and then review it. Now please note, that this is my first fic, so I'm not sure on the length of the chapter just yet, I hope it's not too short, or too long, if it is, I'll work on it with the upcoming chapters.

Chapter 1: Mutants

Scott and Rogue came from the hospital, somewhat cheery. It was Christmas Eve, and the season was going well, despite Warren's turn down of their offer. Rogue watched as Scott tried to hail a cab, almost smiling at his first three failures. Finally, he got one, by stepping in front of it. "Come on!" He said with some uncharacteristic cheerfulness in his voice, the Christmas spirit even had Rogue nearly excited about getting to the Institute to spend the morning with the Professor and Beast. As they got in Rogue took notice of a small boy, looking to be about fourteen, who sat on the one corner. Rogue next to him, and Scott next to her, at the window seat.

"Hi there, Merry Christmas." She said with her southern accent coming out a little thickly.

The boy just stared at her, a look of near shock and wonder on his face, like Rogue had grown a third eye or something. "Merry Christmas." He finally said in return.

"Where to?" The cabby turned and asked Scott.

"The airport." Scott answered as he started to look out the window.

"Alright." And the cab started to pull off. They drove for a little while in silence. "This is your stop boy." The cabby said finally.

And the boy nodded his thanks to the cabby, paid the man from the back seat, and went to get out, but before he did, he gave a look to Rogue, who was thoroughly curious if not creeped out about this kid now, and gave her a small slip of paper. "Merry Christmas." He said as he left the cab and the cab pulled away.

Rogue stared at the piece of paper and slowly opened it, hoping that it wouldn't be something perverted, or something weird, like that boy's phone number, after all, he looked to be about three years younger then her, if not more. On the piece of paper was this note:

"Merry Christmas,

I hope you weren't too afraid that this was something perverted, I know you were creeped out about me staring at you when you first got in the cab. I was just shocked to find two other mutants getting into the same cab as me, of all cabs. If you ever need help, or guidance, or something fun to do, come to this address. It's a place called the Cyber Hub, a sort of meeting place for our kind, we're always looking for new faces, come on and stop by. If it's of any interest to you, we're having a small party for our kind in about half an hour, feel free to stop by, the cabby should know where to take you, it's where he's dropping me off.

Sincerely,

Michael Young"

Rogue stared at the note wide eyed as she read it. She couldn't believe it, that kid was a mutant? And he knew about them being mutants, and there was a gathering of mutants right here in this city? This was something that needed to be checked out, or at least gone to for fun. But convincing Scott to go would take the preface that if there was a gathering of mutants, they needed to be revealed to the Professor, and they needed to gather information on them.

Scott looked to Rogue, who had a thoughtful look on her face. "What's wrong?" He asked still full of the Christmas spirit.

"Read this." She said handing him the note.

Scott's eyes got wide behind his ruby shades. "Stop the cab!" He called and the cab screeched to a halt. "Change of plans, take us to where you just dropped that boy off, the Cyber Hub."

The cabby turned around, and headed back, Rogue and Scott weren't really free to talk with the cabby there, but you could bet they'd be talking once they got out. Finally, they did, they got back to where the boy had left, and it hadn't taken long to get back there. Scott paid the cabby, who was off to join his family for Christmas festivities.

Scott was the first to talk. "That must be the place." He said gesturing to the building across the street from them, a large sign saying 'Hub' was hanging just above the door.

"Ya, there's a Christmas tree and stuff in there." The front windows were heavily tinted, but the tree was up close enough to the dark glass that you could see the lights from it.

They made their way across the street, and to the hub, they could hear the holiday music from inside, and voices, but they were afraid to what they'd find. What if this was some kind of really elaborate trap planned by Magneto? There was no way it could be, or was there... but never the less, they went inside and as soon as the bell above the door sounded, everyone in the front room turned and looked at them.

Rogue felt a blush come to her face, and stood there next to Scott who was scanning the room. "Uh... Hi." Scott said as they came in. "Sorry if this is a private party, someone invited us here. A kid named Michael?"

The door shut behind them and the boy that had been in the cab with them appeared from behind someone else in the crowd. "It's okay, they're our kind of people." He said to everyone in a loud voice, and the party continued. The boy approached them with a slight smile. "I'm glad you decided to come."

Coming Soon... Chapter 2: The Christmas Eve Party