AN- This story is set ten years after the conclusion of the TV show and right after the Phoenix has destroyed Jean Grey along with several other characters including Professor X, Magneto and Legion. This chapter is Explaining where some of these characters are after the incident. I have plans to follow four different characters pretty heavily and a few intermittently (I think that is how you use that word). Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and Rogue are the main four storylines but Cyclops will be around quite a bit too. And for those of you who love Gambit he will be in the story as well just not until a little later on.
-St. Louis, Missouri
Three weeks, that was all it had been since his life had ended. Scott Summers wasn't ready for it to be over that quickly he was twenty-eight years old and had just watched his wife die in front of his eyes. But it wasn't just his wife, the closest thing he had ever had to a father was also consumed in the fire that called itself Phoenix. They weren't the only ones that had lost their lives but they were the ones that mattered to him. In a fit of rage that anomaly that had possessed Jean had destroyed itself and ten others. Scott and the rest of the X-men had watched unable to help and still had no answers as to why. But right now those thoughts were all that were consuming him and though he was no closer to the truth, traveling was the right thing to do now.
---Deerfield, Ohio
"What do you want Colonel? Can't you see we're mourning here" the words rolled off Kitty Pryde's tongue like acid.
"Actually that is one of the things I wanted to talk to you about Miss Pryde," remarked Nick Fury overseeing officer of SHIELD.
"How so, you want to offer your condolences?"
"No, I am here to offer you a fresh start as it seems you no longer hold a position at the Institute if it isn't to be reopened"
"What kind of start are we talking about here?"
---Cairo, Egypt
"You seem lost Miss, is there anything I can help you with?" the words made Ororo Munroe jump she had not seen the man standing in the shadows of the alley.
"I'm sorry but I am only looking for transportation, not any trouble young man and it would be wise for you not to try anything."
"I would never try anything unbefitting to a goddess, my name is T'Challa, the prince of Wakanda. I am here to return you to your home my wind goddess."
--Xavier Institute
"Hey where is everyone? LOGAN?! KITTY?! SCOTT?! Is anyone home?!" Kurt Wagner's voice echoed through the deserted halls of the Xavier Institute
"Ahh Kurt how very nice to see you"
"Mister McCoy you made me jump vere is everyone?"
"About that Kurt, I haven't seen anyone for days Scott has been gone since the day of the accident and Logan left shortly thereafter."
"Where did they all go?"
"Most of the students returned home to be with their families to grieve, but as for Scott I have no idea where he is."
Suddenly another person came into Kurt's mind " what about my sister?"
"Rogue? She left a week after Logan saying something about tying up some loose ends back home"
"Home? Her home is here just like all of us, I need to go speak with her… is the jet okay to use?"
"No Logan has it, you are going to have to fly commercial"
"Oh man!"
---Unknown Location
"Ha!! It is finally done, with the samples you gave me, my servant, I have now created the ultimate mutant and he will be mine to take control of these pitiful wastes of genetic material."
"Isn' 'e a bit young to be 'akin' over the world jus yet?"
"Ah the beauty of science. Within days he will reach his peak maturity due to my age accelerating devices in this lab."
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