When Worlds Collide
By: Goddess001
Author's Note: This story is based on the Uncanny X-men comic, but you will recognize other X-men sources as well.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters expect for the ones I have made up.
"You know, I don't think that we've had a good game of mutant-ball in a long time," Bishop said setting his feet down on the coffee table in the recreation room.
Ororo Munroe was flipping through the latest issue of People Magazine, for the third time, and Jean Grey was lazily twirling a strand of her bright red hair on her finger. She was staring blankly out the window, which was reflecting a sunny day without a cloud in sight. Jean nodded her head in agreement, but didn't say anything out loud.
"You know he's right!" Sam Guthrie responded, opening the window that Jean was looking through. His smile broadened as he looked past Storm and Jean to the doorway.
Logan leaned against the frame, a baseball glove in one hand with the baseball itself being thrown up and down in the air. He caught it with ease. He displayed his trademark grin, his wolfish teeth gleaming. "So what are we going to do about it?"
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"It's the bottom of the ninth, two outs! Scott's team leads by a run. Looks like a close game folks, but Storm's team seems to be putting up a fight!"
"She ain't giving up just yet Shadowcat!"
There was laughter in the background before the announcers spoke again. "That was Ms. Jubilation Lee and I'm Kitty Pryde, joined by-"
"Iceman, formally known as Bobby Drake! Now that's have a recap shall we? For the home team, Scott is at third base, Jean at second, and Colossus at first."
Jubilee grabbed the microphone, sticking out her tongue. "For the visitors, Bishop is covering first, Sage has second, and Storm covers third. Outfield is Wolverine in right, Cannonball center, and Beast has left. Go Wolvie!"
"The game now rests on the shoulders of the pitcher- did I ask for a drum roll?" Kitty looked behind her shoulders to glare at Iceman who was shadow drumming in the background. He was so into it that he didn't notice Jubilee hit him on the head with the nearest paper she could find. Kitty laughed. "Rogue!"
"With the charming Remy LeBeau up to bat, this should be one exciting game!" Jubilee said scooting up closer to watch.
From the field, Rogue brushed her hair over her shoulder flashing the sexiest smile she could muster. "Ya know Swamp Rat, you should just give this up. You're already going ta lose!" To emphasize her point, she gripped the ball harder and was getting rid to throw one of her best pitches.
"I don know chere," Gambit said grinning just as wide. "You might be in far a surprise." The audience watched as the bat he was gripping began to glow a bright orange-yellow color. This was a game of mutant-ball and they were ready to use their powers to their advantage. "Let's see what happens eh chere?"
Rogue scowled at the batter, but suddenly stopped in her tracks when the sky clouded over. "What's going on? There was supposed ta be sunshine all day!"
"Ah!" Storm dropped her baseball glove, falling to her knees. Her hands cradled her head and she began rocking back and forth.
"Ro!" Wolverine yelled, running to third base to catch her. Jean and Scott had also dropped their gloves and were running to see what was the matter. Storm was screaming so loud that Logan had to cover his ears because of his hypersensitivity. The winds were howling and the sky was becoming darker by the second.
"Jean! What's going on?" Scott asked, but his voice was drowned out by the sound of the wind. She shook her head but looked up in the sky when a black, swirling cloud appeared in the middle of the growing storm.
There was thunder and lightning and all of a sudden and shape fell from the sky and was dropping at a continuously fast rate. "Cannonball!" Jean screamed mentally. The figure was moving too fast for her to catch with her telekinesis. Sam Guthrie nodded and sped off to catch whatever was falling.
As quickly as it started, the storm ended. Ororo was passed out on the ground, with Henry McCoy standing over her. He was busy checking her pulse as Cannonball landed safely on the ground with the figure he had caught. Jean and Scott ran over to him and as soon as Wolverine knew that Storm was safe, he jogged over to them as well.
The baseball game had obviously ended a long time ago. "Something always has to interrupt our one chance at having a normal game of-"
"Of what, mutant-ball? How normal can that get?" Jubilee asked Iceman who was sitting back in his chair with his feet propped up. She nodded to Kitty and the both left the announcer's box and went out to the field to see what was going on.
Sam knew that it was a woman he caught. She was light, but her cloak was covering almost her entire body. The black hood hid her face from view and the length concealed the rest of her body as well. He was bending down to put her gently on the ground when something caught his eye.
"Sam what is it?" Jean asked out of breath. His eyes moved up to her face, but something was different about him. His skin pale and he looked like he was shaking. "Cannonball?" she asked again, now with an uneasy tone.
"She's an X-men," he said, his voice trailing off. Everyone that was standing around them looked down at the body he was still bent over. There was something shiny on her cloak that caught everyone's eye. They diverted their attention to that sole piece of clothing. It was an X with a circle around it. Their signature symbol, but who was she?
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"I'm not going! I can't leave you here by yourself!" she said, begging the woman next to her to listen. The woman had her back to her, she looked like she was busy typing in codes into a computer. But anyone could tell that she was only busying herself to get her mind off the problem at hand.
"You have to go, and you know that I will not be by myself. I have your father and I have my family. We'll never be by ourselves," she said turning to grab the girl's face. She held it gently in her hands and she smiled lovingly at her.
Tears were streaming down her face. She shook her head over and over again. "I can't. They- they won't understand. What am I supposed to do? What do I tell them?" she asked, her eyes filled with confusion. There was something else there as well. It was something like fear.
"Take this with you," the woman said handing her a dark cloak that had the X-Men symbol on it. "Wherever you go, they will know what to do. I promise you that they will help as long as you carry this symbol with you." The woman reached around her neck and took off her chocker that also held a small, red X-Men symbol on it. "And take this, so that you don't forget me." She smiled up at her.
"Mother, please listen to me. I can help you here, if I leave…if I leave I won't even know where I'm going! Why are you doing this? The others aren't even thinking about it! Please let me stay with you, I'm begging."
The mother shook her head again. She was still smiling. "I love you daughter. Remember that. I trusted Forge when he built this machine. He knew what he was doing. You'll have a better life wherever you're going. Here, there is nothing for you. You will only die."
"Please, don't do this. How many times will I have to ask?"
"I am only going to say this once my daughter. I will not see you die at their hands! I want you to live. I want you to have a life, one that I didn't have. I want you to go knowing that you don't hate me," she added quickly.
"I could never hate you mother, you know that. I love you," her face softened and for once she smiled. She didn't try to stop her as her mother pushed her into the portal. She didn't try to stop crying either as she watched her mother's face disappear forever.
