X-Men: GenetiX
Issue #2
Unknown Pocket of Space
"You better start talking, Charles," Emma said as she advanced on Charles and suddenly when form being diamond to flesh.
"What just happened?" Rouge asked as her skin turned pink and then looked at Nightcrawler and Mystique who both looked human, Kurt looked like a normal man in his thirties as her mother no longer had blue skin and looked very old.
"The cells you are in prevent you from using our power," Yergen said as it came clear that everyone in their cells had their mutants gifts "turned off".
"Who are you?" Wolverine asked looking at the very old version of himself and trying to place the very familiar cent.
"Logan, my spawn, it's been a long time," the man said.
"Spawn? Romulus, just what is my connection to this man you've prepared me to kill all my life?" Slash asked as he found he couldn't extract his claws.
"Just as I am his father, I'm afraid he is yours," Romulus said as both before him growled and launched themselves at him as hundreds of feral and werewolf looking creatures rushed to his defense.
"Ahh!" They all screamed and stopped as something electrocuted them and forced them calm down.
"We half also setup your cells to keep you from killing or harming each other," Elovev said.
"Yes, that will be our judgment and pleasure," Phoenix added.
"It sees I must also do a quick purge of the infested," Lafer said as he looked down at the cell under him, pressed a button and just like in Phorm's cells, a barrier went up and killed every werewolf and feral looking creature instantly.
"No, that was my life's work," Romulus said as he saw his tribe of beast he had created over the years vanish, but at least he had a handful left as he looked form Wolverine to Wolf Cub.
"Charles, we know all about what you did to our siblings and our families," Angel said as he put his arm around his sister, Océana.
"I don't believe it, you're all alive," Charles said with tears as he looked in each cell seeing the mutants he had thought were killed on their mission to Krakoa until resting his eyes on Spirit in his cell.
"Yes they all survived," Mona shouted.
"Mona?" Charles asked as he suddenly saw and remembered Moira's sister he had setup on the island with another group of students.
"Yes, Mira hid me and inserted my students into new lives to hide them from you before tearing up the list you made so you would never find them," Mona said as suddenly everything came back to the man about the list he had once created and hid for him to discover one day, which he and Moira had.
"I remember, Moira was a mutant and used her ability to teleport people into new lives to make me forget about that part of my past," Charles mumbled as he looked from Sam, to Rouge and to the rest of the Secret Mutants.
"Yes, we all know about everything you did and your manipulations," Rouge said as the recap of the Secret Mutants and Original X-Men siblings came out.
"You mean, you are the true daughter of me and Irene?" Raven asked with tears.
"Unfortunately, us," Rouge answered.
"Making me your real half-brother," Kurt said as he hugged Rouge.
"Great, so now I have an aunt?" Nightmagik mumbled as Rouge looked at her.
"Aunt?" Rouge questioned.
"Yes, my daughter from the future. Long story about our journey back from the dead," Nightcrawler said as he gave a brief recap about X-Calibur's death, travels and rebirth/return home.
"So, does this mean we are all related?" Husk asked as the whole Guthrie clan gathered together and looked from Cannonball to Scott, holding a baby.
"Who's the kid, Scott?" Emma shouted across the cells.
"Yes, everyone in each cell is either connected genetically by blood, by power or both," Charles said as he hung his head in shame.
"Before we go any further we must do inventory and finish placement," Dmin said as all twenty being nodded.
"This one had both Power and Phoenix, but like the girl before him the Phoenix has completely over written the genes," Yergen said as a very armored looking Cable was thorn in the cell with Jean, Rachel and the others.
"Nathan, what happened to you?" Jean asked as he knelt down to the twitching man.
"The techno-organic virus has completely taken over. Now without my powers, I can feel it slowly moving to my vital organs," Nathan stuttered in pain.
"Where is the rest of my family?" Rachel asked as rested her hands on Joey and Gailyn.
"If they are not here then they are not genetically connected to your family line with the power source or they are already dead," Phoenix said as Jean and Rachel looked at each other realizing what that meant for their Grey family and began to cry.
"All eight babies are new birthed and have no signs of power yet. Each has the power of the Shifter as well as the genetic code of the other parent," Netgam said.
"Eight babies?" Iceman asked as in the center of the room were eight babies sat.
"Yes, Raven gave quite the interesting birth," Beast commented.
"Then you did it, Raven. Our plan worked," Exodus said as he eyed the babies and then Mystique.
"Plan, how are you involved in this Exodus?" Colossus asked as his sister Illyana hovered close to her big brother.
"Oh, Exodus died in the Demon Storm thanks to my ability to transfer myself into his body and him into mine moments before the sacrifice," Exodus said as he smiled.
"Apocalypse?" Astra asked in shock.
"Yes, and it seems you did well hiding yourself form me all these years, Astra," Apocalypse said as he moved past her.
"That I did, father," Astra said through gritted teeth and adding more shock to the assembled group.
"This is all very interesting," Shinobi Shaw said as he looked around.
"Yes, seems no child can hide from their father for long," Sebastian Shaw said as he glared at the son who had tried to kill him.
"I just want to know why I cam in a cell with these two," Kitty Prude said as she stood clear of the two Hellfire Club villains with her future daughter Cat.
"Enough talking," Snodu shouted as they all were shocked and made silent seconds after those with the X-Men informed everyone about Mystique and her fathering eight children from different father's at the same time.
"What about the babies?" Syntide asked.
"Those whose fathers are part of our power I read will be the dominate of the genes and can be placed there for now. Those with a father not connected to a power can be placed with the mother," Dmin said as all the Celestia Majestics nodded.
Each person was shocked as the babies were placed. Magneto found a new born baby boy in his arms. Cyclops found a new born baby girl in one arm while he balanced his one year old son in the other while Jean looked shocked and confused while Emma glared at him with daggers. Iceman about screamed as he found a baby boy in his arms while for the first time, the more beast looking Sabretooth calmed as he found a baby girl in his arms. Banshee also was surprised when he suddenly had a son in his arms. The last three babies found a boy laying on the ground in the cell with Blindfold and Tyler Chase, a girl in Mystique's arms and the last girl still in the center of the room.
"This must be Forge's," Mystique thought to herself as she glanced over with a worried look at her and Irene's baby in the other cell.
"This one, like our last placement has a mix of powers," Efri said as another figure appeared next to the baby.
"Yes you are correct," Yergin said as a lot of mutants gasped at the sight of Calvin Rankin the former Mimic turned Modifier by Sinister before being slain by his own creation.
"We will keep them separate for now," Dmin said as a cell surrounded Modifier and the baby born from Mystique and created/fathered by Sinister himself.
"The information has been extracted from Xavier's brain and the others," Dmin said as they began their inventory.
"I have Benjamin Charles Xavier, the one on trial and responsible for all this. I have his son Lilandro by an alien mother named Lilandra. His genetic half-brother infused with the power, Zan Marko called Spirit. His twin sister Cassandra who is fused with Mind infused Shadow King and unconnected mutant Gaia called Shadow Nova. His daughter Hazel Frost and her children, Adrienne, Christian, Cordelia and Emma Frost. And lastly, Emma Frosts genetically cloned daughters, Celeste, Mindee and Phoebe the Cuckoos," Dmin reported with Emma staring shocked at Charles and then the three she had always felt connected to, her daughters as Charles was yanked from his cell and placed in chains in the center of the room for trial.
"I have Max Eisenhardt now going by Erik Lehnsherr the one called Magneto and his children, Anya Lehnsherr now going by Anya Odekirk the Magnetrix, Wanda Maximoff now going by Wanda Harkness the White Witch, Pietro Maximoff the Quicksilver, Lorna Dane the Polaris, Jerrod Voght now going by Jerrod Walker the Skywalker, new born baby boy with Mystique and Charles Lehnsherr the Polaris from an alternate universe with Rouge. I also have Pietro's daughter Luna Maximoff and Wanda's children, Wade Harkus the Magnus, William Shade now known as Billy Kaplan the Wiccan and Thomas Shade now known as Tommy Shepherd the Speed," Netgam said as everyone stared at each other in shock except Magneto who turned to the woman dressed like him in the corner and then feinted when Magnetrix pulled off her helmet to reveal his dead eldest daughter's burn scared face.
"Also, since Wanda, Wade and Billy are void of the Power of the Magnet we can dispose of them immediately," Yergen said as everyone wished they had their voices so they could scream as a beam hit White Witch and Wiccan causing them to disintegrate.
"I have Christopher Summers the Corsair and his children Scott Summers the Cyclops, Alex Summers the Havok, Gabriel Summers the Vulcan, Sam Summers now known as Sam Guthrie the Cannonball and Adam Neramani the X-treme who is genetically altered by alien technology but still holds the Power. The genetically grown clone/sister of Scott, Ruby Summers. Scott's children, two of which reside in another cell leaving me with genetically created son Remy LeBeau the Gambit, Je'se Summers and new born baby girl with Mystique. Lastly, not genetically connected but they have been infused/altered with the Power, Steve Connors, Elizabeth Guthrie the Giantess, Paige Guthrie the Husk, Jay Guthrie the Icarus, Melody Guthrie the Aura, Lewis and Lea Guthrie the Power2, Jebidiah Guthrie the Bluefire, Joelle Guthrie the Blindspot and Cleo Guthrie the Shadowess," Yergen said.
"I have Jean Grey-Summers the Phoenix and her Suzanne Grey the Sway. I also have her niece and nephew Joey Bailey the Shield and Gailyn Bailey the Push as well as her children whose Phoenix has overridden the Power from father Scott and clone of Jean, Nathan Summers now known as Nathan Dayspring the Cable and Rachel Summers now known as Rachel Grey the Marvel Girl the daughter from an alternate future. I also have Rachel's son from an alternate future, Pete Grey the Psi-Blade and Nathan's daughter Tosha Dayspring. Since Cable is ninety percent infested with a techno-organic virus I will purge him now," Phoenix said as a beam hit and disintegrated Cable.
"I have Sebastian Shaw the Black King and his children, Shinobi Shaw the White King, Ent the Morlock and Kitty Pryde the Shadowcat. There is also Shinobi's daughter, Alani Ryan the Loa and Kitty's daughter form an alternate future, Piotra Wisdom the Cat," Syntide said as Kitty looked at Sebastian, turned pale then green and began to heave.
"I have brothers Norton and Robert McCoy as well as Norton's sons by two different mothers, Henry McCoy the Beast and Armando Munoz the Darwin. Since Norton McCoy is near death from a disease called Cancer I will purge him now," Elovev said as a beam hit a very sick looking man disintegrating him before Beast could get to him.
"I have Romulus, also one of the guilty party of Xavier's group. I have his grandchildren, John Howlett Jr. now known as Victor Creed the Sabretooth, James Howlett the Wolverine and Dog Logan now known as Maximus Lobo. There are also Victor Creed's children, Graydon Creed and new born baby girl who both come from Mystique but the Beast is the more dominant of the two. Maximus' children, Rahne Sinclair the Wolfsbane and Nicholas Gleason the Wolf Cub and Wolverine's children, Daken Akihiro the Slash, genetically cloned Laura Kinney the X-23, Erista and Jamie Silverfox the Shirubá-Shi. There is also these that are left that were injected/altered with the Beast, Kyle Gibney the Wild Child and wade Wilson the Deadpool," Lafer said as the whole cell stared at one another with the family surprises as Romulus was yanked and placed in chains next to Charles Xavier.
"I also have the last survivor of the guilty party, En Sabah Nur the Apocalypse and his daughters from two different mothers, Nephri Nur now known as Astra and his eldest, Raven Darkholme the Mystique. I also have Raven's only children not placed elsewhere, Anna Marie Adler now known as Anna Marie Raven the Rouge, Kurt Wagner the Nightcrawler and new born baby boy from a man name Forge. There is also Kurt's daughter/son from an alternate future Margali Sefton/Curtis Wagner the Nightmagik/Purple Fury. Since Nightcrawler's demon side dominates his body as does Nightmagik's added with magic I will purge the two now," Phorm said as Nightcrawler and his daughter vanished from sight as Apocalypse was ripped from the cell and joined Xavier and Romulus.
"I have Burt Worthington the Dazzler and his nephew and niece, Warren Worthington III the Archangel and Wendy Worthington the Océana. It appears that at one time Burt had the Winged-Fish but had it genetically cured so I will purge him now," Evissap said as Dazzler disintegrated without a tear from Warren.
"I have Oro and her daughter Shetana Stevens as well as her granddaughter, Ororo Monroe the Storm. There is Shetana's daughter Amara Stevens now known as Amara Aquilla," Thaed said as the four woman looked at each other and in a flash of light all their memories that had been taken from them by Xavier and Moira's powers returned making them realize Storm never had a uncle named Shetani but an aunt as Amara not only remembered everything but her skin shifted back to black.
"I have William Drake and his sister Anne Drake. There are William's children, Bobby Drake the Iceman and Barbara Drake the Petra and Anne's children, Mary Drake and Joel Drake now known as Rusty Collins the Flashfire. There is also Bobby's newborn son from Mystique and his grandson from an alternate future, Drake Stuart the Icey," Efil said as Iceman now noticed the New Mutant in surprise and a boy of about six as his dad stared at the sister he hadn't seen in years ever since she ran away from home at a young age.
"I have Jason Whitecloud now known as James Proudstar the Warpath and his son James Munoz the Risque. There is also from an alternate universe, John Proudstar the Thunderbird. John is so altered and changed I will purge him now," Doby said as James' brother form another universe vanishes as he stares at the thirteen year old boy standing across from him with a dagger shooting glare.
"I have Sean Cassidy the Banshee and his children, Theresa Rourke Cassidy the Siryn and new born baby boy with Mystique," Snodu said as Siryn rolled her eyes as she looked down at her baby brother.
"I have Tyrone Johnson the Cloak and his sister Anna Johnson the Shadow," Drak said as the two siblings who hadn't seen each other in many years just stared at each other intently.
"I have Healer the Morlock and his daughter Tandy Bowen the Dagger now known as VivaMuerte. There is also her son with Tyrone from an alternate universe Ty Bowen the Darklight. He holds both Life and Death but the Life shines a bit brighter so he has been placed in here," Glith said as Tandy stared at Healer whose eyes were filling with tears.
"I have Shiro Yoshida eh Sunfire and his sister Leyu Yoshida the Sunpyre now known as Fira. There is also their cousin, Kenuchio Harada the Silver Samurai," Efri said.
"I have Piotr Rasputin the Colossus and his sister Illyana Rasputin the Magik now known as Demon Child as well as Piotr's son Peter Rasputin the Species," Rattem said as it had been a long time since he had seen his son.
"I have the new born baby of Mystique and the one called Destiny as well as her daughter Ruth Aldine the Blindfold and her grandson, Trevor Chase," Rees said.
"I have Mona Kinross now known as Mona MacTaggert," Trop said.
"I have Tessa Tager know known as just Tessa the Sage and her daughter Alisa Tager the Cipher," the last of the Celestia, Genout said as Sage who looked upon her daughter who had been at Xavier's for years but was being introduced for the first time to all of them but Xavier and Lilandro.
"What do we do about those two?" Dmin asked as they all looked at Modifier and the new born baby girl of Sinister and Mystique.
"Calvin Rankin the Mimic now known as Modifier holds many of our powers but I think he is so genetically altered we can dispose of him," Yergen said as Modifier vanished into nothing.
"As for the baby, we can leave it with its mother for now since no powers have manifested yet," Phoenix said as the baby girl appeared next to Mystique and her other baby.
"Now is the time to reclaim our powers back," Drak cheered.
"Not yet, first we must place these three on trail and give them their judgment," Dmin said.
"Yes, we must now recount and relive what had occurred and what each of them had done," Yergen said as a spot light shown on Xavier, En Sabah Nur and Romulus as cables shot into their heads and a screen rose and began to tell their tale of their past deeds.
Next: Issue #3 – Xavier's Trial Continues as the Past Explodes Wide Open.