Disclaimer: Anyone or anything you recognize the name from a Marvel comic book, does not belong to me. I have no money, sue if you want you can't get blood from a stone. Any likeness of people you recognize, I may know them as well and they know I have no money and they can't get anything from me.
A Fire Lit
By
NoHaven
CNN-
"The nation tuned to the news networks on a dreary November day, Washington D.C. was silent and the streets of Boston are filled for the funeral procession of a one Senator Robert Kelly. Kelly had been gunned down at an appearance only few days ago. After a situation where the mutant terrorist St. John Allerdyce better known as "Pyro", had saved Kelly's life from an attack by would be assassins, in doing so he gave his own. As a result of this incident Senator Kelly appeared to be changing his platform for the presidential election mere weeks before the national election. It appeared as if Senator Kelly was moving from a militant anti-mutant stance to a stance that would consist of a more accepting view of mutants. Some are now saying that Kelly's actions were to be reminiscent of another Massachusetts Politicians, President John F. Kennedy, and Robert Kennedy who like Kelly seemed to be aiming at changing Political views on equal rights and like Kelly both were also assassinated for their political views. "
Fox News-
" Boston, Massachusetts…thousands line the streets for the funeral procession of Senator Robert Kelly, presidential candidate from Massachusetts. Kelly was killed three days ago by a former supporter of his campaign who was disgruntled about Kelly's change in political platform from anti-mutant to a more accepting view of mutants and a call for an end to hate motivated violence. In the procession are numerous American political figures who will follow the procession to the famed Old North Church, where Senator Edward Kennedy is expected to give the eulogy."
---
Salem Center, New York
In the rec room of Xavier's Institute of Higher Learning numerous members of the outlaw superhero group known as the X-men sit in silence watching the coverage of Senator Kelly's funeral. It had been a tough span of days for the group who had also lost a dear friend and confidant in Dr. Moira McTaggert, however while McTaggert's final funeral preparations were being arranged, they like most of the country turned their attention to Boston. Kelly's change in political view had caught the X-Men off guard and his death witch caught them even more off guard occurred on the same day as Dr. McTaggert's.
"Can't catch a break can we?" asked Rouge to nobody in particular.
"How you mean Cherre?" Gambit replied quietly.
"Well, Dr. McTaggert finally finds a cure for the Legacy virus…and mah mother kills her. Then Kelly' has a change in heart and is finally on our side, and before he can do anything he is gunned down. Ah mean we were finally gonna have someone in Washington fighting for us, and no we have no one again." Rouge said grimly.
"Rouge, what you say may be true, but we must remember that from even the most dire circumstances good may prevail. In Moira's death we gained the secret to save millions of lives. In Senator Kelly's death we may have gained the world's attention to our cause. We simply must wait to see what fires have been stoked by these incidents." Charles Xavier injected in a quiet tone from the back of the room.
---
Boston, Massachusetts
"We are gathered here today not to mourn the passing of Robert Kelly. Rather to celebrate the life he led." Senator Edward "Teddy" Kennedy stated. "Robert Kelly was a hero to the country. He was an individual who stood up for his beliefs. When he decided his beliefs were wrong, he sought to change the damage he had already done."
The words of Ted Kennedy rang hollow in the ears of one man in the audience. His features disguised through telepathic manipulation, Nathan Dayspring Summers better known as "Cable" sat quietly pondering what may have happened if he had been able to stop the bullet of the assassin. Would it have changed the world? He was haunted by the thoughts of how Kelly's death would affect the relations of mutants and non-mutants. Despite the fact that the man who killed Kelly was not a mutant a rumor had been spread that he was, thus leaving many people in the country to believe that a person who he intended to help killed Kelly. Were all his efforts in vain? Only time would tell.
"With the loss of Robert Kelly we may have lost this generations version of my brothers, I wager to say that Robert Kelly's ideas about mutant and non-mutant relations would have rivaled the ideas my brothers Bobby and John held about civil rights." Ted Kennedy continued.
To be continued.
This is just a short little thing I am spitting out with the current events in X-Men and UXM in mind. Nothing major. NoHaven.