Disclaimer: I do not own X-men or its characters (Though I wish I did) but Rayne and Ryder are my own characters as is Laura.

Chapter 1 - The Twins

Logan headed towards the front hall after hearing noises coming from that area. It was late at night and he was not in a good mood after being woken up at this time of the night. As he stumbled into the hall, he saw the front door slightly ajar and he smelled blood in the air. Stiffening Logan drew his claws and stood at the ready, waiting for the intruder to appear.

Suddenly there was a moan from behind him. Logan spun swiftly only to have the limp body of a girl fall into him. He quickly retracted his claws as he caught her before she hit the ground. He noticed as he picked her up how incredibly light she was, but then Logan froze as he felt his t-shirt get wet and sticky with a dark warm liquid. Blood and it certainly wasn't his.

"Damn." Logan muttered. He hurried up the stairs to Storm's room where he found her and Laura "Fallen" Clarke sitting talking in low voices. They looked up at Logan when he entered then at the girl he was carrying. Storm let out a surprised gasp.

"Logan, where did she come from?" Storm asked in a very shaky voice.

"Found her in the entrance hall when I went down to check out noises I had-"

"Logan what's all over your shirt?" Laura interrupted.

"Ummm Blood."

"Oh My God!" Storm cried taking a closer look at the girl, "It's Rayne! Laura go get Scott."

"But he won't come out…"

"Just Do It!" Storm shouted. "Logan put her on the bed."

"What the hell is going on here?" Scott said bursting in the room "Laura wouldn't leave me alone till I came! She said it was impo...-" He stopped abruptly once he saw who was on the bed.

"What the hell happened to my sister?" He asked in a death cold whisper, "And where is Ryder?"

"She was alone when I found her, Scott." Logan answered.

"Well that's not good enough!" Scott snapped back. He lifted Rayne from the bed brushing past the others he left the room. Storm followed him out." Scott! You know you shouldn't move her while she is hurt! Leave her here."

"No! I'm taking her to the hospital wing, Okay? Why don't you go be useful and look for Ryder?" Scott responded coldly. Storm stopped abruptly looking quite offended," Listen, Just because she's your sister and she's hurt like this , doesn't give you the right to be such a jackass! Got that?"

"Whatever." Scott continued down the hallway to the elevator. When he reached the bottom floor he was surprised to find the professor already there waiting for him.

"Well Scott, I see you've found one of your missing siblings. Why don't you put her on table so we can tend to her, and then go get their rooms ready so we have someplace to put them. It'll help you calm down." the professor suggested calmly," You really shouldn't worry; her and Ryder will be all right." Scott nodded quietly.

TIME GAP

Scott looked down at his sleeping sisiblings, who were now both back in their old room again after being treated for their injuries in the hospital. Storm had found Ryder just outside the estate lying on the ground unconscious a little while after Rayne had appeared. They looked so peaceful sleeping there, back in their own beds. Scott leaned over to Ryder and pushed a few stray hairs from his face. It had killed him to see them hurt so badly. 'Whoever did this is gonna pay...' He thought to himself.

Scott suddenly pulled out of his wallet, an old photograph of himself but at the age of eighteen, the twins at the age of twelve, and a young 6 year old boy. The boy was their younger brother who disappeared at the same time as the girls had. In the picture he was sitting on Scott's shoulders laughing and smiling, the twins were smiling and making goofy faces, and Scott looked the happiest of all of them with his glasses on his head instead of shielding the world from his harmful rays. The sound of sudden movement made Scott look up from the photo. He saw Rayne stir, her eyes fluttering open.

"Scotty?" She whispered hoarsely.

"Yeah, I'm here Rae, I'm here." He said scooting closer to her bed.

"Are we at the mansion?"

"Yeah, where else would we be?"

"Oh. Right. Stupid question." Rayne laughed slightly. She sat up more in the bed with help from Scott of course. Then she and Scott began to slowly talk about why she and Ryder hadn't come back. Soon it was getting late and Rayne needed her rest.

"Love you Rayne." Scott said leaning down to kiss her goodnight on the forehead," I'm glad your back. I've got to get going though; I'm going someplace for a little while and I don't know when I'll be back." He turned to leave.

"Wait Scott, don't go! If you go something bad is gonna happen. I can sense it." She reached out for him. But he only laughed then replied," Don't you worry Rae, I'll be fine. I promise." And with that he left. Rayne tried to keep her eyes open long enough to see him turn out of sight but her world went black before she could.

Three Days Later

Ryder and Rayne were sitting in the professor's office, their wounds were fully healed so they were about to start back into the school soon, but before they could they were explaining to the Professor, Storm, Logan, and Mr. McCoy what had happened to them when they went away four years ago.

"Well as you know we were going home for the holidays to see our parents, and younger brother," Ryder began," Break went great up until the last day. Then They came."

"Who were they?" asked Storm.

"They worked for Worthington, doing his dirty work!" Rayne spat, "They came for Jaime because of his mutation. Our parents refused to hand him over and then the cronies threatened to use force, and when they still refused, they killed them."

"In front of us." Ryder added in a whisper.

"Yep, then they tore through the house looking for Jamie. They finally found him cowering under the stairs, but Ryder and I wouldn't go down with out a fight." Rayne continued. "But they were cowards and shot us with tranquilizer darts like animals. By the time we finally came to they had left with Jamie and the house was burning."

"We barely escaped, but we did thanks to Rayne. Then I decided that we should disappear for a while to train ourselves better so we could save our brother, since we couldn't save him the first time." Ryder finished.

"Hmm, Thank you for the story you two. Oh yes, I suspect you already know, but something has happened to Scott while you were unconscious."

"Yes Professor we already know that Scott is gone." Ryder said quietly. The professor nodded gravely.

"Now, I think it's high time you joined your peers and start back up with school again, Okay?" The professor said, this time with a smile on his face. The twins grinned brightly before getting up to leave.

"You Guys?" Storm called as they were leaving.

"Yeah?" they said in unison.

"It's good to have you back."

"So what do you think their powers are?" Kitty Pryde asked excitedly. The five oldest students, Kitty Pryde, Rogue, Jubilee, Bobby Drake, and Piotr Rasputin, were sitting in one of their favorite hang outs, the upstairs living room.

"Kit, calm down! You're WAY too excited about this." Jubilee said a bit annoyed at her best friend at the moment.

"Jubs is right Kitty, take a chill pill." Rogue laughed. She was sitting with Bobby on one couch while Jubilee sat with Kitty on another. Peter was pouring over a book at the desk.

"Well I'm sorry, I just wanted to know your opinions!" Kitty retorted. She huffed and crossed her arms.

"Well if you want to know what I think, I think all your guesses are dead wrong." A voice said from the door. The five teens turned swiftly around to see Rayne and Ryder standing at the door. Kitty and Jubilee squealed with glee.

"OH MY GOD! RAYNE! RYDER!" Kitty yelled throwing her arms around Ryder and Rayne, "It really is you two!"

"Hey Guys! Back from the dead I see?" Jubilee joked giving the twins each a hug. Bobby and Peter had come over to the twins to give their greetings and hugs as well.

"So where you were two for the past four years?" Bobby asked in a suspious voice.

"How about you tell us about your new friend first and then maybe we'll spill." Rayne replied, indicating Rogue who was standing off to the side.

"Oh yeah, Rayne, Ryder, this is my girlfriend Rogue. Rogue, this is Rayne and her twin brother Ryder. They are former students here, but they disappeared four years ago." Bobby introduced as the three of them exchanged greetings.

"Awwww. Bobby wobby got a girlfriend!" Rayne teased then heaving a sigh she said," I guess that scratches my theory of Bobby being gay."

"You better shut it Summers before I freeze your ass," Bobby growled taking a step forward.

"Not before I fry yours." Rayne taunted, getting into a ready position. But Ryder stepped in between the feuding friends. "Enough you two. God we see each other for five minutes and you two are already at it." Everyone laughed just like old times. There was silence for a few moments as if they were all just taking this in, before Rayne looked around with a confused look on her face.

"Bobby, Where's John?"

Dun Dun Dun! CLIFFHANGER!!!!!!!!!! Don't you just love those? Any way... It would be just peachy if you all review to my story so I feel the need to the continue.

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