Avalanche Evolved: Something Familiar


Welcome to part two in my series based on Lance "Avalanche" Alvers. Part one ended with his death. But as we all know, no one stays dead long in the Marvel Universe. So on with the show!!!.

P.S. You may want to read "Evolving Avalanche to understand what the hell is going on.



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Halman High, San Francisco


"Hey Dom!!!" Dominic Petros turned to see his friend Chris come running up to him.

"Sup Chris?" Dominic asked his best friend as Chris caught his breath.

"You going to the dance?" Chris asked. Dominic ran a hand through his long hair, which was slicked back and pulled into a ponytail.

"I don't know man." Dominic said, scratching his fur covered chin. "I really don't know who to ask."

"Well what is your type?" Chris asked skeptically. For the three months he had known Dominic Petros, Chris had yet to find out what his friend liked in women.

"Petite, blue eyes, brown hair, kind of Valley Girl look to them. Um, somewhat ditzy, but smart. They have to be smart." Dominic said as he counted off of his fingers.

"Ya, Like that combo will ever happen in one women." Chris said as he raised an eyebrow. "Christ," He muttered as he glanced at his watch. "Dom, I gotta head home. I'll call you."

"Later man." Dominic said as he stared at his departing friend, raising a hand to shield his brown eyes from the sun. Slowly he turned to walk home. He was interrupted by a scream. He turned to see a hoodlum running by him with a purse.

"Somebody stop him!!!" A woman screamed.

"You ain't getting away, buddy." Dominic thought as he rolled his eyes into the back off his head. He then focused and sent seismic impulses into the ground. The ground in front of the hoodlum rose up, creating a wall. The would be robber didn't see the sudden wall in front of him. He turned just in time to slam into it. The wall then just melted back into the ground as Dominic released his hold of the earth. "That'll teach you." Dominic thought as he saw the police begin to beat the downed criminal with their nightsticks. "Dominic left the scene, whistling a familiar tune. (X-Men Evo. Theme Music.)

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Petros' Residence


"Mom, I'm home!!!" Dominic shouted as he entered into his house and dropped his bags on the kitchen floor.

"Hello, Dom." Dr. Essex Petros said as he walked down the stairs, greeting his son.

"Hey, Dommy." Raven Petros said as she walked into the kitchen and hugged her son. "How was school."

"Pretty tame. But I used my powers to stop some burglar after school though." Dominic said as he chugged down a can of Coke.

"So your gaining more control over your powers?" Mrs. Petros asked.

"Yep." Dominic said with a smirk. "I can actually feel the bond between the earth and myself now, even when I'm not summoning seismic energy."

"Excellent, Your ready for the next stage in your training. Now why don't you go suit up and I'll be there to start your training shortly."

"Kay Mom." Dominic said as he went upstairs to his room. As soon as he was gone, The Petros' shifted forms.

"Christ, If I hate being 'mom'" Mystique said as she lit up a smoke.

"I never agreed to this Raven." Mr. Sinister said. "When you and Magneto had me clone Mr. Alvers, I never thought that I would have to play "father"."

"Yea, well I never planned on having the real Avalanche go off and kill Magneto and Sabertooth, and getting himself killed in the process." Mystique said. "That's why I'm back. If I can raise and train Avalanche's clone the right way, he will be more than a match for the X-Men and I can have my vengeance." Mystique growled as she slammed her hand onto the table.

"Yea well as long as I can get genetic samples of the X-men then I'll play along. For now." Sinister said.

"You'll get your samples." Mystique said as she morphed back to the form of Mrs. Petros. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go train the little Basterd."

"Hmmmm..." Sinister said as he walked downstairs into his laboratory to continue his experiments.


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Bayville, Xavier's Institute for the Gifted Young.


"TOAD!!! I'LL KILL YOU!!!" Jean Grey shouted as she ran downstairs, chasing Toad. Her hair was covered in slime.

"Will dat homme ever learn?" Remy LeBeau asked as he went back to his poker game with Cyclops, Colossus, and Pyro.

"Don't think so Gumbo." Rogue said as she went back to reading her book.

"Where's Kitty at?" Tabitha asked as she and Wanda walked into the den.

"It's the third of the month." Colossus said. The others all stared at the floor in silence.

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Outside
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"You know, you have to let him go." Kitty turned to see Pietro Maximoff walking over to her. In the three months that the Brotherhood had been at the mansion, they had all changed as people. Wanda had taken to braided hair, Colossus, a crew cut, Toad taking baths more often, Pyro quit smoking and Rogue and Remy had grown surprisingly close to one another. Pietro even started to be less impatient and now sported a silver goatee.

"I can't." Kitty said as she turned and stared at the memorial that was erected to honor Lance "Avalanche" Alvers. "If I do, then I'm afraid I'll forget him." Kitty said as she brushed her hair out of her eyes. She had gotten rid of the ponytail and opted to keep her hair cut at shoulder length.

"I know. It seems like yesterday, him and me were just hanging out, shooting the breeze. And I was listening to him talk about you. Constantly." Pietro said with a sad smile as he ran a hand through his slicked hair. "I know what you're going through. And I know it hurts."

"I miss him." Kitty said as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

"So do I." Pietro said as he turned and left her there on the field. "So do I."

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Inside
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"LOGAN, STORM, BEAST, TO ME NOW!!!" Xavier projected from Cerebro.

"What's up chuck?" Logan asked as he came storming in. Ororo and Hank right behind him.

"Take a look at the screen." Xavier said as he brought up an image. "Does that mutant signature look familiar to you?"

"That looks like Avalanche's signature." Hank stated as they studied the mutant biorhythm that was before them. "But how? Lance died. We all saw it."

"I don't know. But for some reason, there is a mutant out there with the exact same Biorhythm and Mutant powers that Lance had."

"Could it mean that Lance had a sibling?" Ororo asked.

"No. The signatures to perfect to be a relative." Xavier said as he studied it.

"What the hell does this mean Chuck? Did someone clone the kid?"

"Human cloning is impossible Logan." Beast added.

"I'm not sure about that Henry." Xavier said as he scratched his chin. "Remember Spider-man? He came to us because one of his nemesis's cloned him and they needed to find out which one was real." (The god-awful series "Maximum Cloneage")

"So what? Somebody cloned Lance and now Cerebro is picking up on the clones power signature?" Logan asked.

"I don't know Logan. All I do know, is that the signature is exactly the same as Lance's. And that it's coming from San Francisco." Xavier said as he turned to face his fellow teachers. "The real question is "What do we do?"


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Well. That's all for now. Stay tuned for the next chapter, and as always, review. Please.

Peace out,

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