New X-Men: A New Beginning
Prolong
As he walked into his new life, he remembered how his life was before the x-men, before ever having his powers. When he was 13 in 1898, Adrian Faust had been the child of a wealthy land owner. They lived in Salem, Massachusetts. Adrian's mother was a practicing Wicca. She even looked the part, with the long raven black hair, the dark blue eyes, and of course a wicked tongue. Adrian looked the same, except he had his father's crystal green eyes, he was tall and lean just as his father had been at that age. With all this mixed together though anyone would have immediately pegged him as Belinda's son. Before her son was born, before she was married to her husband David, Belinda had made a deal with a demon so that she would have enough power to get away from her first husband. The demon granted her wish but as a price she had to promise her first born to the demon. While at his home with his family a demon appeared to Adrian and asked to be paid.
"Adrian run" his mother screamed. His father jumped in front of the fear stricken boy.
"Belinda where are you going" David yelled after his wife. Adrian watched in horror as the demon killed his father. His mother had left the room. When the flaming behemoth finished brutally ripping his father to pieces he came after Adrian, then his mother appeared in a bright aura of light her long dark hair flowing through an eerie wind, but her hair wasn't the only thing floating, the whole room had began to lift off the floor. She was holding a dove feather and a sprig of rosemary banded together in a crimson ribbon, and she started to chant. She fired a bolt of lightning from her outstretched hand; it struck the demon in its side leaving a gaping wound in its wake. The demon, now seeing a fight to be had, threw a fire ball at Adrian's mother, but she just hovered out of the way. Belinda shot another bolt of white lightning at the demon, this time it connected, right through the heart leaving a gaping hole. The demon, wholly pissed off, started to glow. He screamed an ungodly scream that shook the whole mansion.
He then looked at Belinda and said "YOU HAVE SEALED THE FATE OF BOTH YOUR SON AND YOU, NOW YOU BOTH WILL DIE WHENCH". Then the demon exploded in fire. The last thing Adrian saw was his mother reading from a red leather bound book.
When Adrian woke he tried to wake up his mother but when he touched her hand went through her shoulder, he stared in horror as he tried to shake her awake but his hands just went through her as if she were made of water. After trying for so long he began to feel tired, finally he then fell into a deep sleep.
Chapter I
(100 yrs later. Year 2005)
When Adrian finally came to he noticed he wasn't home anymore, he was in a hospital bed with wires coming out of his skin. He also found he was in someone else's body in a hospital, his hair was now long and snow white. His skin paler than he remembered. He got up and felt an odd since of ownership, as if he had to make a claim to everyone that this was his body. He picked up the chart on the bedside table and read it, only to find that it said he had been in a coma for a year. Adrian then noticed a mirror on the wall. He walked up to it and saw someone else. He still looked similar to what he used to but older, his hair fell past his shoulders, his eyes were still crystal green, but now they were almost glowing.
With an overwhelming sense of fear and desperation he tried to leave the hospital room but a young asian nurse stopped him and asked "Christian what are you doing out of bed? You shouldn't even be awake." With a thought he made the nurse forget he was there as if it was like breathing, upon instinct, and why did she call him Christian.
He ran out into the cold in a hospital gown and no shoes, of course people stared but he didn't care, all he knew was that he needed get away from this place, somewhere quiet. Somewhere he could think and find out where he was, and how he made that woman forget about him. As he ran down the sidewalk, he knew there was no way he was in Salem Massachusetts any more, and since when were there this many people. Every time he bumped into someone he got a brief look into their minds.
He finally found what appeared to be an abandoned building. When he got inside he found a room that didn't have any hobos in it, a room he could have to himself. He started thinking about everything that had happened. He had died came back in a new place wandered around for a while and then was sucked into a body that he didn't know.
"What the hell is wrong with me? I should be dead, or am dead, was dead, what the hell." Adrian then got a sudden feeling of anger and hostility, but they weren't his thoughts and feelings.
"Hey you! What the hell do you think you're doing here?" yelled the man standing in the shabby doorway. He was in tattered clothes, and looked as if he hadn't had a bath in two years.
"Oh I'm sorry I didn't know this was your room." Adrian said to the man.
"Yer gonna be when I'm through wit ya." yelled the man, and then lunged at Adrian. He took a shot at Adrian but his fist hit some sort of invisible wall only two inches from Adrian's face. "What in the hell?" cried the man as he tried to pull his hand back from the wall, but he couldn't get it back. It was as if it were glued to it. "Yer... Yer... yer onna dem muties aint ya? Ppplease ju... just let me go an... an... and I'll leave I promise I, I won't bother you again." the man pleaded.
"Just go away and leave me alone." Adrian yelled, and the man was thrown back out the door with enough force that he left a crack in the wall he hit.
Meanwhile in Salem center New York, in the mansion of Charles Xavier, sat Emma Frost at her desk grading the last test for the day. "Oh look its Julian's, and let's see what you have made. Dammit Julian I just went over this with you..." Emma wasn't at all happy with the grades her students had made, even the Cuckoos hadn't made above a B. Maybe she was being a little hard on them, she thought. Then Emma heard something she hadn't since M-Day. "Mutant Scan Successful" Emma's computer informed her. "Oh my God." Emma said surprised. "Scott we found one, meet me in Cerebra, My girls meet me in Cerebra, we found one, but tell no one, I don't want the kids to get their hopes up." Emma telepathically told Cyclopes and the Three in One
"Alright I'm on my way." Scott thought back.
"We are on our way, and just because we are your biological offspring, does not make us your girls." said the Cuckoos coolly. When all four had met in Cerebra Emma and the Cuckoos started scanning for the mutants. "Found one Ms. Frost, he is in Salem Mass." stated the Cuckoos very business-like.
"Can you sense the nature of his powers?" Emma asked.
"No ma'am" the Cuckoos replied. Scott new better then to interrupt, no matter how antsy he was about finding a new mutant, he had learned that from the Professor. He missed him, but knew he had to stand by his principals, the professor had betrayed him, and Alex.
"Scott, girls I have found another, NO two more, make that three mutants, where are they coming from?" Emma informed them. "Alright girls I want you to stay here and keep scanning, you can have the rest of the day off. Scott you and I need to get a few others together to get these mutants. I found three, and the girls found one."
"So where are they?" Scott inquired.
"The twins I found are in Brazil, the other is in Salt Lake." Emma told him.
"Okay did you get their names?" asked Scott.
"Yes, the twins' names were Marisol, and Diego Ortiz. The other boy's name was Alex Wental." said Emma hurriedly.
"Great let's just hope he doesn't act like an Alex." said Scott sarcastically. "What was the other kid's name?" Scott asked.
"Neither the girls, or I could get through to him, he was scared and confused, like that isn't what we all feel right now. But anyway he almost felt as though he was amnesic, but he and the Wental boy are definitely mutants." said Emma.
"What? Do you mean, you can tell by power levels?" asked Scott in an uneasy tone.
"Yes dear and they both are at least level 4, the Wental boy may even be a level 5." Emma stated in a tone Scott hadn't heard from her since the phoenix. "Noriko, gather your team and get to the hanger IMMEDIATLEY" said Emma.
"Yes Ms. Frost and you don't have to yell, you already give me a head-ach when you speak without your powers" Noriko Ashida thought back.
"DETENTION" Emma shouted angrily.
"S#%." Nori knew just how to push Frost's buttons but she hadn't meant to get detention. Nori ran down the hall knocking on the doors of the girl's dorms, she then went to the boy's dorms and gathered them. When she had gathered every one of the students she told them to wait outside the hanger and listen while her team talked to Emma. When they finally got down to the hanger Emma was not at all pleased since she had told Noriko to gather her team, not the whole student body, and she had taken twenty minutes just to do so.
"Students! Since I know that you are all listening here is what is going to happen. Myself, Cyclops, and the trainees are going to find four new mutants that Cerebra picked up about an hour ago. Kitty will be in charge, and Kitty that does not mean you get to take them to the mall for a field day I know for a fact that they have homework. Any questions?" Emma thought to all the students.
"No ma'am." replied the whole student body.
"Good because if anything happens while I'm gone then everyone will be punished, and that isn't the kind of welcoming you want the new kids to come home to is it?" Emma said coolly to everyone. As she got into the x-jet she heard many of the kids whispering. "Scott let's go get the twins first, something tells me the other two could be a problem." said Emma.
"Yes honey" Scott said sarcastically. He heard the kids snickering in the back at his calling the former white queen honey. "Emma could you sit in the back I'm going to sit in the co-pilot seat and Anole you are going to learn to fly, since you will soon be getting your own team again." Scott announced.
"Scott I don't think that this is the best time for this." Emma said moving out of her seat and into the one behind hers.
"Fine we'll call it on the job training." Victor said, happily jumping up front.
He had been wanting his team back and he wanted to learn how to fly, even if it wasn't the same as Mr. Beaubier's flight. After Northstar's death Victor didn't know who he would talk to about any of his feelings. It's hard enough being green and scaly with a 13ft. tongue, but to be gay as well, that was just overkill. He suspected Mr. Rasputin was, but he was with Ms. Pryde, so that wouldn't work. Victor got into the co-pilot seat and took the wheel, and began to pilot the plane.
"Okay Vic you're gonna want to push on the throttle a little more, we are a little pressed for time" Scott told him.
"Yes sir" replied Victor. Victor wondered why he was always so uneasy around Mr. Summers. He knew he thought the teacher was hot but nothing else, and of course nothing could come of it. That didn't stop the fantasies that entered Victor's head though. Then he felt a firm but small hand on his shoulder and Ms. Frost's voice in his head.
"Victor I would advise you to keep your mind on the task at hand. And I think we should schedule an appointment for us to discuss this ongoing fantasy of yours".
"But Ms. Frost isn't it normal for students to have fantasies about their teachers, and besides, you aren't supposed to look in my mind without permission" Victor thought back. Beep Beep Beep Beep, Emma's cell phone began to ring. "Hello" Emma answered.
"Emma its Kitty, they found another one. She's in North Little Rock, Arkansas. She's a sound mutant, and is rehearsing for a concert. Oh dammit! Onyx! You put that DVD back in Logan's room RIGHT NOW! Emma I gotta go before one of the younger kids gets in here" Kitty said hurriedly, and then hung up the phone before Emma could say anything.
"Scott they found another mutant" Emma said.
"Where, who, and what powers" Scott questioned. "Arkansas, she is in a restaurant rehearsing for a concert, her name is Amy Lee, and she is a sound mutant" Emma said while pushing Anole out of the copilot seat and taking the control of the jet.
"Hey, I was doing just fine" Victor said as he got off the floor.
"Yes dear, you were, but I know pigs that fly faster than that" Emma stated in a dry tone. They made it to Brazil in under an hour, and they had only just left the State. When they landed Emma instructed everyone to stay inside, except for Victor and Sooraya. Scott obviously came. As they walked down the stairs of the ramp, they noticed smoke coming from the house. "Scott stay with the kids, I'm going in to help" Emma said as she began to run to the house, turning all of her skin into living diamond. It was an odd process. Emma could feel her skin start to chill, as the hard stone began to climb up her body, starting at her feet. It crawled up to her head, and then down to the tips of her hair.
Scott watched as the second love of his life run into the blazing house. He knew she would be okay; it would take something as strong as colossus to beat her in that form, or a diamond bullet. It felt like days had went by as he waited for Emma to come back out of the fire, he was starting to get worried. Then the next to the worst thing happened, the roof collapsed.
"Scott, send in Rockslide, there are two kids in here, the father is dead. The girl is under the roof, I have the boy" Emma thought to Scott. Then she heard the door blow up, and a beam of red force shot through some debris, almost disintegrating it. Rockslide came barreling in next.
"Ms. Frost where is she" Santo shouted.
"She is in the last bedroom under some debris. Hurry" Emma shouted back as she ran through the door dragging the teen boy with her. "Josh get your ass out here and heal this boy" Emma thought to Josh Foley. Josh jumped out of the jet completely missing the ramp and ran over to Emma and started to heal the wounded boy.
"Ms. Frost this could leave a scar" Josh said pointing to the large circular burn on the young man's shoulder.
"It doesn't matter, just don't let him die. Where the hell is Santo?" Emma said.
"I'm on my way" Santo yelled, running out of the front door.
"Santo just put her in the jet, Emma you and Josh put the boy in there as well. I hear helicopters, and that isn't good" Scott said helping with the boy.
"Anole get the jet going we need to vacate this place now" Emma yelled, carrying the boy's upper body, she could have done this herself but Scott was the leader. As soon as everyone was in the jet Victor closed the hatch and took off. He got up and let Cyclopes take over.
"Mr. Summers are they going to be okay" Victor asked.
"They will be fine, Josh is healing them now" Scott replied. "Next stop Little Rock Arkansas."