Mind, Body, and Soul

This is my second fan fic using the Elder Brothers and I don't own any of the Marvel X-Men characters. No profit is being made on this fan fiction and I don't own anything anyway. In my movie verse, Scott, Jean, Deathstrike, John Wraith, and the Professor are all alive and well.

I would also like to give a special thanks to GypsyWitchBaby for letting me borrow her Lupa character. She is a bit different here, but it's the same Lupa you'll all know and love from The Feral and The Dreaming Animal.

Summary: The X-Men have picked up a young Mutant that needs their help. A Bad man is after him because of his powers. Can the X-Men help or will they become victims themselves.

Chapter 1: The Pick Up

Early Morning:

It was early morning and James was sitting enjoying the quiet. He had his sketch pad out. He was seating on his favorite rock overlooking the small pond. Only a hand full of people knew about the small pond on the back side of the property. He was making a new sketch of Xavier's. He had names it – The House that Xavier Built. At the center of the picture was the house itself. In the upper right hand corner was Professor Charles Xavier in his ever present dapper suit and wheel chair. In the left side were head shots of all of his adult students, past and present. In the lower half of the frame, were all of the current kids at play during various things that only kids can do with a smile. He had the older students on one side and the younger students on the other side of the paper.

He and Victor would be practicing with the FERAL FURY this morning. Back at Alkali Lake, Victor had used it when Jimmy was close to passing out and then he used it again back at the Mansion when Jimmy was FULLY passed out. In the past, if either Jimmy or Victor was unconscious, the FERAL FURY was out of the fight. Also they both had to be Feral in order to both maintain and keep the FERAL FURY open via the Elder Bond. They wanted to play some it and see what they could do. Per their arrangement with SHIELD, the Langley boys no longer could track their energy signature, so they didn't have to worry about the eye in the sky catching them on tape anymore.

"What are ya Sketching this time Jimmy?" Victor inquired looking at the pad. He never really understood why Jimmy did the sketches, but he had come to appreciate them. Based on the price he had to pay for some of the Collections, they had lost track over the decades, the Art World placed a high value on his Brother's sketches as well. They would be very rich men is Jimmy ever decided to sell some of his Collections or even do some special Exhibits to a few Museums.

Jimmy put the pad down and faced his Brother. "Marie asked me to make one for the Mansion with all of them in it for the main hall. I'm just having trouble doing it the way I want it. Ya ready to play?"

Jimmy opened the door to the Elder Bond but didn't go Feral. He didn't tape his inner Beast. He watched Victor's eye change to FERAL BLACK. He watched his hands move and saw the orangish-yellow light begin to grow in between them. Jimmy reached in his mind and closed the Elder Bond. The light in Victor's hands disappeared. Jimmy opened it again and the light reappeared without the buildup. Both Ferals had noted the addition of their Mates in the trees overlooking the pond. Jimmy noticed that Lupa's eyes were FERAL BLACK as well. He told Victor to turn it off. Victor's eyes became blue again, while his own were going FERAL BLACK. Lupa's eyes were green again, but Yuri's eyes were going FERAL BLACK. He too could make energy balls and bands without his Brother being Feral. This was new. They would have to play with it some more. He also wanted to know why their Mates eyes were now changing colors with them as they access the Elder Bond.

When they fought as the Elder Brothers, their eyes were always FERAL BLACK. They were in control of themselves, but the Elder Bond had always changed their eyes. He didn't like the idea of their Mates being too closely linked with them while they used the FERAL FURY. The one time, someone had knocked Victor out; his head had exploded from the backlash. They had been left for dead on the battlefield; it had taken him 5 days to wake up. Victor had taken 6 days. He didn't want their Mates getting any of the Elder Bond backlash if something went belly up. They were going to have to work on creating some type of mental shields that would keep their Mates out. Neither Mate was going to like it, but he knew from experience the backlash could potentially kill either of them. Lupa healing factor was the slowest of all of them. He wasn't sure if she could heal brain damage. The psychic backlash could literally fry Lupa's brain. Yuri's healing factor was second only to his own, but she didn't have a lot of experience with working thru pain. Their Mate-Bond and Soul-Bond helped her immensely when channeling pain, but learning to work through pain was something she that would come to her with age and experience. If he wasn't there to help her channel the pain; the risk was that the shock of it to her system could kill her from the pain. Pain could kill if it was strong enough.

The Brothers would work more on the shielding tomorrow. Now it was time for Breakfast with their Mates. The two cabins nestled in the woodlands in the back of the property had been a great idea. It allowed the Ferals privacy with their respective Mates and kept them close enough to the house so they could help out if needed. They usually had breakfast at one of the Brother's cabin, but took the rest of their meals at the Mansion unless one or both of their Mates wanted to do something special.

The pickup:

It had been a relatively simple thing to get a 14 year old African American boy from his home to the School. His Mother, Amanda Rogers, had called Xavier's after hearing about his school being Mutant friendly. She was a single Mother, her Husband had died in the Gulf War and her Son had just manifested as a mutant. His name was Matthew Rogers. He was polite. Your typical middle class teenager; but after the accident he had had nothing but trouble at school. Unlike, most of the kids at the School, his Mother didn't want to give him up; she just wanted him to be safe. The last fight at his school resulted in him getting a broken arm.

He had manifested at his middle school during biology class. He had made two laboratory animals switch bodies: a bird and fish. A light had come out of his hands when he was bumped and he switched the animals. Both animals had died shortly thereafter and he had passed out. The bird had drowned itself and the fish had suffocated itself. It should have been a normal pick, simple in and out.

Professor Xavier was going to pick-up the boy along with Storm and Wolverine. Both Matt and his Mother liked the Professor and Matt was going to go to the School. They were about to out of the house and back to the car, when another Mutant showed up calling himself: Mr. Sinister. He had come for Boy as well. He started hurling energy bolts at the X-Men. Wolverine had taken a hit meant for Ms. Rogers' and Xavier. Storm was shooting lightning bolts to get Mr. Sinister to retreat. It worked. The only problem was when Matt got scared his powers manifested. The light surrounded Storm, Wolverine, and Xavier. When it faded, all of them passed out; along with Matt.

Amanda couldn't wake up anyone, so she did the only thing she could think of – she called the School for help.

Xavier's School for the Gifted Youngsters:

Yuri was in the middle of her cool down routine after working with Victor. He was showing her how to use her claws to climb trees or other surfaces if needed. The trick was the length of the tips. You could climb almost anything if your grips were right. In the back of her mind, she suddenly felt a warmth. She smiled at the feeling. Jimmy often sent her little reassurances throughout the day; that he loved her and was pleased with her. She was stilling getting use of having his present in her mind. She closed her eyes and accessed her Bonds with her Mate. She was sure it had come from him; as nothing was going one with her. The second she accessed the Soul-Bond, she was caught up in a drowning sensation. It was as if her entire being was sucked out of her body violently. Then her Soul-Bond with Jimmy was suddenly severed as well. The place he had been in her mind was gone. Her body started to react to the sudden elimination of her Bond and she felt shooting, stabbing pains in her mind and body. She couldn't breathe. She couldn't stand. She started to fall. She barely heard herself say "Jimmy" before she saw blackness.

Victor had seen the faraway look in Yuri's eyes and started to put the training equipment away. He knew she was accessing her Bonds with his Brother. It was what newly Mated Feral did. He and Lupa had done it as well early in their relationship. They still did, but not as much. He refrained from commenting to Yuri about it. He's get on Jimmy later for distracting her during a workout and not focusing while he was out on a pick up. Yuri was a bit on the sensitive side. She had never had any siblings or a Pack and tended to take any form of correction very hard. She desperately wanted to please her new Mate and Pack. Lupa would work with her on that, but until then he would keep his teasing to himself. The last comment he had made to her; had gotten him cuffed by both his Brother and his Mate. He was teasing and hadn't meant to make Yuri cry. Youth! Victor's head shot up; when he scented the pain rolling off of Yuri. He instinctively caught her in his arms before she hit the floor. She was stiff in his arms and he barely caught her gasped "Jimmy," before she passed out. He scooped her up and ran for the Medical Lab. The pickup must have gone bad.

Jean and Beast were examining something under the microscope when Victor can tear into the Lab. Yuri was limp in his arms. "Victor – put her on the table. What happened? Victor are you OK?" Jean was moving towards them as she noticed the pained look on Victor's face as well.

Victor lay Yuri down, just as his own head had exploded in pain. It felt as if Jimmy had torn out Victor's side of the Elder Bond connection. This was a different feeling from when Jimmy had been mad at him. Jimmy hadn't just shut psi-link door. It felt like he had been blasted away from the door in his own mind. He growled at Jimmy inside his head, but Jimmy wasn't there just this unfamiliar presents. Something was in the space his Brother should be occupying but it wasn't his Brother. He noticed Red was asking him some questions and focused on what she was saying. "Yuri just passed out. She called Jimmy's name and fell out. Something isn't right with that pickup. I can't feel Jimmy any more in my head either. He shut both of us out."

Meanwhile Upstairs

The phone was ringing and Scott Summer's was heard saying" Xavier's, Scott speaking how my I help you. Please calm down Ms. Rogers', we'll dispatch a team to come and pick them up. They will be there within the 30 minutes. Just try and keep everyone comfortable. Please try to keep your Son calm if he should awake. We don't need any additional accidents. Please Ms. Rogers' don't apologize, we'll be there soon." Scott hung up the phone and grabbed Piotr and Kitty out of the recreation room. They all headed down to the Blackbird. Kitty and Piotr head to prep the plane as Scott when to collect Jean.

Scott stopped as he took in the sight of Yuri on the bed. "Jean? We need to fly the Mini X-Jet Boston and pick up Ms. Rogers, Matthew Rogers, James, Charles and Ororo. Matthew had an accident with his powers and everyone but Ms. Rogers is unconscious. Another Mutant is after the Boy, he calls himself Mr. Sinister. Beast it looks like you're with us. What happened here?" Beast explained what was going on in the Medical Lab on their way to the ship. The pickup had indeed gone bad.

….To Be Continued?

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