A Blast from the Past
This is my fourth fan fic using the Elder Brothers, but it's set in an alternate universe 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, Victor and James never worked for Stryker. Scott, Jean, Deathstrike, John Wraith, and the Professor are all alive and well. This is the sequel to The Hunter and the Hunted
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.
The Marvel and OC role call for this story. All of the OC characters, Packs, and Clans are creations of my crazy little mind.
The Elders: Sabertooth (AKA: Victor) – Mated to Wolf Girl (AKA: Lupa), Wolverine (AKA: James) – Mated to Deathstrike (AKA: Yuriko) , Black Bear – Mated to White Bear (AKA: Pinky) , Dragon Fly (AKA: Helena) – Mated to TBD, T-Rex (AKA: Rex) – Mated to Portal (AKA – Odessa), Medusa (AKA: Snakes – a Split Beast) – Mated to Fang, Tigress (AKA: Aria), Witch Doctor (AKA: Haggar – a Split Beast) – Mated to TBD, Seer (AKA: Mahvep), Wild Thing (AKA: Hannock) – Mated to TBD, Hammer Head (AKA: Hanse) – Mated to TBD, Grizzly (AKA: Gary) – Mated to TBD, and Mad Dog (AKA: Banger) – Mated to Shimmer (AKA: Luna)
The Hunters in this story: Taz and Jaz (identical twins and jokesters), Ghost, Scanner, Fire Fox, and Gateway
The Lost Ones: Wind Runner, Crock, Blaster, Tantor, Grey Back all in Canada - A TBD person in Africa - Another TBD person in Europe. Two are dead: Gaza and Jack (AKA: Jack the Ripper)
Other Ferals at the School: Crawler (AKA: Charlotte) - Mated to Beast (AKA: Hank), Oracle (AKA: Narcissi – Charlotte's older Sister and the only tri-animal Split Beast around), Merlin – former Elder now deceased (Witch Doctor leads this Pack now) – Mated to Mirror – also deceased, Falcona – former Elder, Traitor, and deceased (Seer now leads this Pack) – Mated to Hawk, Tabitha or Tabby (11 year feral rescued from Stryker's facility now a member of Black Bear's Pack), Battering Ram: (AKA: Murdock – 14 year old male feral from Hammer Head's), Lion-o: (AKA: Cedric – 13 year old male feral from Hammer Head's Pack). Three more Feral children are at the school. They are all TBD at the moment.
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I'm in the process of finding a beta reader. This is does not have a beta reader. There will be spelling, grammatical, and context errors. I'm writing these stories for pure pleasure and my own brand of therapy from the real world. I am Dyslexic and truly can't "see" some of the glaring errors that offend some readers. If you can't stand spelling mistakes, grammatical error, and words used in the wrong context – my stories might not be for you. If you are interested in being a beta reader, please let me know.
Summary: The Elder Brothers have disappeared. The Clans and the X-Men are looking for them, but two little boys seem to hold the key. Will they find them in time?
Chapter 1: Discoveries
It had been a peaceful year, since all of that business with Stryker had taken place. The Clans met once a month at each of the Packs locations. If there was no business to discuss, the meeting was canceled. Victor's and James' location had become Xavier's School. Since there were only 12 months in the year, it made sense to combine the Brother's meeting. It kept things simple for all of the Clans and each member knew which month during the year they would be hosting. The Brothers always hosted in October; School was in session, so the visiting Elders could provide a lecture to the students. The students loved the stories that came with the Feral Elders and it had become a treat for the students the week, the Ferals would be staying at Xavier's. Xavier's now had 6 Feral students in attendance. Despite what one would think, Feral children were usually better behaved than the rest of the Mutant population at Xavier's. The school did have to relax the rooming policy for the Ferals. Less fights broke out if there were only two Ferals to one room and it was best if they roomed with another Feral if possible. They also were housed in the teacher's section. James was also the one that set up the room assignments for the Feral children. The two young males that had come from Hammer Heads Pack had originally been assigned rooms with other Mutant male children, four to a room in the children's section. It hadn't worked out well. Once James had placed them together in the adult wing, the young males were model students. Ferals mated versed dated, so adolescent Ferals didn't have the dating drama that most Mutants did. They also didn't participate in the gossiping that most of the other Mutant children did at Xavier's; they had more respect for their elders. They did however have a more difficult time controlling both their tempers and powers once adolescent hormones kicked in full gear. It was a good thing Xavier's now had 4 full time Feral teachers on staff: James, Yuriko, Hank and Charlotte.
Hank had met his Mate Charlotte while visiting his new Pack home with Mad Dog. It had been Wolverine's suggestion that Banger introduces Hank and Charlotte; James' hadn't gotten into why he thought that would be a good match but Banger was use to James' lack of explanation on some topics and had complied. Banger invited Hank to stay at his home while visiting the Pack and the two had met. Banger had been very pleased. Charlotte was Family and Hank had become a good friend in short period of time. Banger and his Mate, Luna; had raised Charlotte, after James had brought the girl to his Pack, as one his own children. In her Human form Charlotte was a Special Needs person. She had to walk with the assistance of either a walker or a motorized wheel chair. She also had to speak using a hand held voice box that vibrated or the key pad on her wheel chair. Her natural vocal cords were not in her neck. She was a psychologist by training and had a practice at the school. Several of the Students had suffered traumatic events during their young lives. She was also a telepath, so communication was very easy with Charlotte despite her physical limitations.
In her Mutant form, she was a 5 foot tall arachnid or a very large black spider with two large pinchers and eight red eyes. She had no mobility or vocal issues in her Mutant form. She was also able to create a form that was in between her Human and Mutant forms that allowed her to walk unaided. In that form, she had four legs and four arms. If she wanted to speak using her voice, she had to grow out her pinchers. Her secondary Mutations were a low level healing factor, enhanced senses (but not very strong), and she could make a very strong silk cables in her spider form that was a web-like substance. It was very sticky and could catch anything in it.
Charlotte had an older Sister that had declined a place in the Packs. Her Sister was a telepath as well. A very strong one called Oracle. Charlotte wouldn't speak much of her Sister, but only said Oracle had taken care of her until she was 9 years old and James had brought her to the Packs after she had lived two years with Victor, Lupa and James in Canada. Once she had manifested and could communicate better, she was placed in Mad Dog's Pack. Banger and Luna's youngest daughter had just Mated and moved out. Charlotte needed some assistance and Luna loved the young Feral's company. She lived with them until she attended college and graduate school.
At school, she lived in a group home with two Pack-Sisters from Black Bear's Pack and one Pack-Brother from Mad Dog's Pack. They were all taking classes at the University and saw to it Charlotte got to her classes on time and didn't have trouble from the other Human students. Humans didn't treat the disabled very well in the Packs opinion. It had taken Charlotte a little longer in school than most 8 years to complete her degrees. She had done her residence thru a private practice that was run by a Mated Feral pair from Mad Dog's Pack. She loved her work and had stayed with the Mated pair for 15 years. Her heart was working with children and she was ready to start her own practice with a specialty on children when she had met and Mated with Hank. She moved to the Mansion and opened her practice at Xavier's.
The Elders Arrival:
Victor, Lupa, James, and Yuriko all welcomed the visiting Elders to the Mansion along with Charles and the rest of his staff. He had built another set of four cabins on the other side of the boat house lake. There was plenty of space for everyone now. A few of the Hunters would be attending this meeting as well, since they had updates on their searches for other Unclaimed Ferals. Two sets of Hunters were bringing three Unclaimed Ferals with them for placement by James into the Packs. All of the Feral guests had been greeted and placed in either the cabins or the teacher's wing. Black Bear's Mate, White Bear had decided to attend this Clans meeting. She had arrived carrying her prayer basket. The addition of the prayer basket had all of the Elders attention. White Bear only brought out her prayer basket when the Packs were about to grow through the birth of a new Cub or Pup! Everyone wanted to know who the item in the prayer basket was for, but all knew better than to ask White Bear directly. She would present her gift in her own time. All of the Elders at one time or another had received an item from White Bear when their Family was about to grow. Taz and Jaz, being themselves, they were running the official betting pool that was wisely being conducted without White Bear's knowledge. The albino Native American was known to practice Magic from time to time and would make the Brothers pay if she was offended by their activities. Taz and Jaz's current polls put equal odds that it was either of the Elder Brothers and their respective Mates that would be the recipient of the prayer basket contents. Witch Doctor was also kept out of the betting pool. They had learned from previous experiences that she didn't approve and that her fangs were indeed very sharp.
Mad Dog's Mate Luna also was in attendance. She would not miss a chance to see her adoptive daughter and her new Mate Hank. She was very proud of Charlotte. She was the lone person that felt the basket's item might be for Charlotte and Hank even Banger felt it was for Victor and Lupa. They had been Mates for 55 years and it was time for them to start bringing new blood to the Packs. Victor was the Eldest of them after all.
Both Witch Doctor and Hammer Head with Wild Things assistance were providing lectures to the students at Xavier's. Witch Doctor was showing an ancient artifact from the Dead Sea known as the Whispering Conk. The artifact had been the source of more than one war in the Human world. It provided its owner with wisdom and knowledge. It also granted its owner with a certain number of wishes if they were pure of heart and the request wasn't only for self gain. Many a ruler wanted to possess the Whispering Conk. Included on that list were the names of great men: Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony, Hitler, Napoleon, and finally Merlin. Haggar's teacher Merlin had been the final owner of the Conk until his death and had gifted the special item to her in his Will. In the wrong hands the Conk was a dangerous weapon. It the right hands it was a source of great wisdom and knowledge. It was a magical item that allowed its owner to show history as it had happened. You had to be very specific with the Conk or you could find yourself back in a historical event watching the event live in that time period. Merlin had learned that the hard way and told Haggar to cast her requests with care. Haggar spoke, "I, Haggar Merlin's child, wish to see the visual history of the rise and fall of Julius Caesar as record by the Conk in the present day and time period in Westchester New York at Xavier's school for the gifted." The Conk made a high rattling sound and spun and then all of the students saw rise and fall of Julius Caesar using the Conk. The Conk turned the ceiling and walls in to what resembled a movie theater. It projected the images in a 3-D effect and made it very real. All of the teachers at the school also were present for the presentation.
Hammer Head and Wild Thing did a shop lecture with Scott's class and showed his students some of the first electronics ever made. Wild Thing had brought down his personal Model T Ford automobile. It was a very rare treasure and was still fully operational. All of the students had a turn riding in the old car and thanked the Elder for having it brought to the school. Victor and Jimmy were laughing when Wild Thing came to the class dresses as gentleman of the time in question. Most students had never seen an old fashion driving suit and it did look ridicules in today's fashion, but it was authentic.
The Elders would meet in the War Room in two days to discuss the Clans business at hand. Xavier had fresh meat for barbecues and grilling. He also had a large supply of fresh fish on hand plus two cases of Rats for the Feral's dinning needs. Yuriko loved to cook and she was a great cook. She enjoyed having her own garden and had planted one at the school for her and Jimmy's use. She and Ororo both shared a love of gardening and had planted another one for all of the students to attend to as part of their housework. The large garden provided all of the fresh fruits and vegetables' for the school. That garden also had a large variety of flowers which was Ororo's passion. The Elders were impressed with both size of the garden and the quality of food. It fit in nicely with part of the Elders emergency plan for the school. If needed the school now could be self sustained with the addition of the garden and the new livestock farm on the edge of Xavier's. Xavier's now had a working cattle farm along with chickens. Under James' direction, it was a very profitable business and had extended their property lines on both sides of the school for added protection. All of the Feral children that came to the school from the Packs knew how to work on a farm and the other students were learning as well. They would be planting a large grain and corn crops next planting season on the other side of the school property. A few members from both Black Bear and Mad Dog's Packs would be working on the farm as well as the children from the school. Xavier's now had a new agriculture curriculum at the school. All of the steaks and eggs the Ferals were enjoying had come for the new livestock Farm. One thing a Feral appreciated was fresh food.
James had expanded his Survival class to include basic skills on drying meats to make jerky and find clean water sources. How to preserve food by smoking fish and drying all fruits and vegetables; using the sun and old fashion drying tables. They also learned the best location for roots cellars if needed and what would keep and for how long. When Victor and Lupa came to visit; Victor did special classes on drying skins and tanning hides. The skins and hides were mostly sent to Black Bear's Pack verse sold by the school. The technique they were using was extremely old fashion and would have raised more than a few eyebrows in town coming for Xavier's. Since Black Bear's Pack was made up of several Native American Reservations among other things, so the sale of the skins and hides would not raise any questions. James had kept a good number of the skins and hides for the schools use in their emergency stores as well. Lupa was also showing Yuriko how to make clothing from skins and hides. It was a good skill to have and Lupa's clothes were far more fashionable than the ones James had made for them when they lived in the wilds of Canada for 10 years.
Xavier was continually amazed the more he observed how the Ferals worked together and how they set up their emergency plans. All of the plans fit in nicely with the existing operations of the school. James didn't put into place anything that was complicated, but merely suggested easy solutions that made sense. Scott had been very impressed; he and James had become friends. True friends over the past year and not just work associates. Scott had suggested a wedding gift for James and Xavier had agreed, so James now had his own black super charged motorcycle. It was made specifically to handle the extra weight of his skeleton and he did love the gift. He and Scott had made one for Yuriko as well. All of the students of Xavier's knew who those two twin bikes belonged to and they were never taken from the garage for joyriding.
Jean and Yuriko were not close. Despite Scott and Jean getting married during the past year, Yuriko could still scent Jean's lust for her Mate. If Yuriko had a medical concern it was Hank she sought out verse Jean, which of course pissed Jean off to no end. Scott did suggest to Jean that she not anger Yuriko after all Yuriko really did have very sharp claws. A cat fight between Jean and Yuriko would not go well at all. Jean was confident she would win, but everyone knew she would lose very badly in fight with Yuriko. Yuriko continued to hiss her warning and Jean now knew what the hissing meant. While she didn't acknowledge it in any way verbally, she did back off of James if she heard that sound coming from Yuriko. It was start, so the Mated Ferals would take it. Now that Hank had his own Mate in Charlotte, he had begun to notice Jean's disrespect towards Yuriko as well. Charlotte considered James a Step Father of sorts and didn't care for the disrespect toward Yuriko at all. Charlotte would also hiss when she saw disrespect from Jean even if Yuriko was not present. In Charlotte's case, that meant she had to grow out her pinchers to make the sound. That made Jean very uncomfortable. Most of the Feral Females that visited the Mansion hissed at Jean for one reason or another. James for his part both ignored Jean Grey Summers and avoided her when possible. He did make a point not to be alone in a room with her. He also reassured Yuri via their Soul-Bond and in other ways that he was WELL pleased with his Mate and would not be looking anywhere else for Privacy with a female.
By Feral standard for stages of life, Yuri was young female and Jimmy was mature male. Their difference in ages was not an issue, Feral aged at different rates from most Humans and Mutants. Their differences in stages of life did put Yuri at a disadvantage. Jimmy was extremely aware of that fact and took extra care to keep his Mate well pleased and reassured of his love. He wanted strong and confident Mate. He would allow her the room to grown in their Mate-Bond and Soul-Bond. He enjoyed the fire in her spirit. He made a point, to see to it, Yuri was introduced and got to spend time with her Pack-Sisters and Clans-Sisters. He wanted her to forge friendships with other mature Feral Females that would help her both with her Beast and in forming her position on different topics. Yuri was good friends with White Bear, Medusa, Aria, Luna, and Helena. She kept in touch with her Clans-Sisters in between meetings using the Internet and phone. She was also close to her Pack-Sister Lupa, Charlotte was Yuri's best friend at the Mansion. He had also noticed that she was thinking of Charlotte more and more as a Pack-Sister and Hank as a Pack-Brother. This pleased him. Charlotte and Yuri had first gotten to know one another when he had suggested she speak with him about her nightmares from Stryker's base. She was getting better with her fear of large Men and specifically large Feral Males. They were now best friends and Yuri discussed other personal issues with Charlotte as well. It helped that Charlotte and Yuri were very close in age and stages of life. Unlike her other relationships were Yuri was clearly the junior to the elders, she and Charlotte were on equal footing. The same was said for Hank and Yuri had asked Hank's opinion on one or two issues. She still had her fears, but she was getting better and it showed. A year ago, Yuri would never have asked a Feral Male for his opinion unless it was Jimmy. She also would stay in a room alone with Hank.
Victor and Lupa didn't live at the mansion, but visited almost 6 months out of the year. Hank and Charlotte were visiting members of James' Pack while they were at the school. The only irritation for Yuriko at the school was Jean. Other than hissing, Yuri ignored the woman. Some of the crushes from his students didn't bother his Mate in the least. She was the source of more than a few young males attention herself in the student body populations. James avoided growling at the young men in question and tried not to take it out on them during his Survival training classes. He was successful for the most part.
To Be Continued?
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