Disclaimer: I don't own either X-Men or Neon Genesis Evangelion. I'm broke too so suing me is a waste of time.
Asuka: Broke describes you to a tee. Heh, loser!!
Rbotekmaster: You have no room to talk you psycho bitch!
Asuka: BAKA! *Smack!*
Rbotekmaster: *Looks at the newly made red hand mark on his cheek.*
Rbotekmaster: Just wait...just wait.
Evangelion X
Prologue
The dawn began to crawl up the horizon, sending the first rays of light to illuminate the sand blasted desert of Nevada. Normally, this site would be considered beautiful, with the sands sparkling like glass in the sun. But on one of the mesas, overlooking a ominous military facility, a wooden cross had been erected. However, in an example of humanity's cruelty, a young woman had been nailed to the cross, steel spikes hammered into each of her outstreched arms and through her feet. The tattered remains of her green and yellow prisoner outfit offered her no protection against the elements; blood ran down from the holes in her flesh, and from her scalp where a soldier had decided to place a crown made of barb wire in her matted raven hair.
For five days this girl had suffered upon the cross, but now her time had finally come. She opened her eyes slowly, revealing two brilliant sapphire orbs, and used what little strength left to lift her head.
"It's...so...bright..." she said meekly. She coughed violently, and a small amount of blood trickled over her lips.
"...Wolvie...cough....cough...I'm...so..rry," she said into the wind, and fixed her gaze upon the rising sun. But then, she spotted a shape on the horizon, a shape that was approaching her very quickly, that seemed to be floating in midair. The girl's vision had been slowing giving out, but as the shape came closer, the girl sucked in a painful breath as she recognised the mutant that had changed her life forever.
"Gateway...
The aborigine mutant came up close to the girl's gaunt face, floating in the air in a crosslegged sitting position. For a few agonizing minutes he did not do anything, and the girl started to wonder what he was doing here. Did he come to say goodbye to her in her final moments, or did he show up to take her to safety? Gateway was an enigma, always operation under his own agenda, coming and going as he pleased.
The girl again suffered another violent fit of coughing, but as she hung her head after it passed, she felt Gateway lift her chin with a finger. When her gaze met his, she was shocked to she tears in his eyes.
"Child, I am sorry," he said in that raspy voice of his. The girl was amazed to see genuine sadness etched into his features.
"...what...for...?" the girl asked as she struggled to breathe.
"If I had known that this fate would befall you, I would have never kept the portal open those years ago. I thought the X-Men would realize the potential you had in you. I was wrong," he explained.
The revelations that Gateway had revealed sent the girl's mind realing.
"You...introduced...the X-Men...to me...for a reason...didn't you?" she sputtered, and Gateway nodded in affirmation.
"Yes. That was my intention. But I realize your time is short. So I come to offer you...a choice.
The girl felt her hands and feet go numb, "I'm...listening...
Gateway turned to look at the rising sun and sighed.
"The first choice is the easiest. You can die and ascend to Heaven," Gateway explained.
The girl nodded weakly, "The...second...?
Gateway floated to her side, and gently wiped a tear off her cheek, "This choice is the hardest. You'll die, but instead of going to Heaven, you'll be reborn in a new time and place, a world that needs you and your abilities. But I must warn you. You'll have the chance to be truly happy, but also will feel sadness like you have never felt it before.
The girl thought for a moment, and made her decision as her vision darkened and her entire body went cold.
"...Rebirth...
Gateway nodded, and placed two fingers on her forehead for a second. He then lowered his hand, revealing the symbol for omega etched in energy.
"It is done.
The girl felt her mind begin to slip away into the blackness.
"Gateway...I'm...s...car..ed...
The aborigine mutant place a gentle hand upon her face, "Do not worry. I am here. Now rest," he said in a soothing tone.
As the light of dawn reached the cross, banishing the remains of night, the girl smiled. She surrendered herself to the darkness, her life ending as she released her final breath.
Gateway turned to leave, his task here finished. But he looked behind him one last time, at the now lifeless body still nailed to the cross, and vowed to make humanity look at its cruelty in the face. He would not let the people, both human and mutant, remain ignorant of the evil in thier midst anymore. He owed the girl that much.
"Goodbye Jubilee...daughter of Eve.
With those words spoken, Gateway created a portal to another location and entered it, and vanished from sight.
Goodbye....
For now.
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Next Chapter: "Awakenings
Author's note: Okay I definetly need feedback on this. I've never tried to write angst before and I want to know if I got the feel right. I also plan to keep my chapters around 5 to 7 pages.
I also like constructive critisism, but any flames will be laughed at.
So see you next time. Same fan-fic, same fan-site!!