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X-Men: Back To Basics – Episode 3: On The Wings
On a cool, autumn's night, an man took a walk. He was about 17 years old, had blond hair, and his torso was unusually bulky. There was a scream for help; it sounded like someone was getting mugged! The man ran behind the bushes, took off his jacket, and unclasped the harness around him to reveal wings larger than any bird's. He took to the air, flying toward the sound. As he got closer, he saw a man pinning a woman against the wall. This looked like more than a mugging. He made his decent...
2 years ago...
Warren Worthington III was about as lucky as a boy could get. His family owned Worthington Industries, a multi-billion dollar company. He went the top notch private schools, getting the best education his parents could buy. It began very suddenly, when he felt a tingling on his back. It wouldn't go away for the next two weeks, until he felt something come out of his back. He quickly ran into the bathroom and discovered he was growing wings. Over the next year, his parents had to come to terms with the fact that their son was a mutant, but did everything they could to help him. Warren's wings had grown to an enormous span, so they had a harness made to conceal his wings. They even allowed him to fly around the city, so long as he didn't go too close to the ground so people could identify him.
Warren loved to fly. He loved the freedom of it all, the wind beneath his wings, the rush of diving and doing acrobatics in the air. But he hadn't gotten it just right yet. He would have to have help from someone to get full control.
Now
Warren was going down, when a gust of wind flew into him. He didn't have the skills to compensate, and he hit the ground, hard. Hard enough to alert the townspeople in the nearby houses. He quickly ran away, back to his jacket and harness. As he was putting them on, he heard a voice from behind. "Going somewhere?" He turned around to see a costumed man wearing a glowing red visor, about his age, and a younger boy who seemed to be made of ice. "Who are you?" Warren asked. "I am Cyclops, and this is Iceman. You have potential, and our leader would like to know if you would join the X-Men. We fight for justice for all mutants and mankind everywhere. Will you join us?"
When Warren returned to the mansion, he received a costume very much like that of Cyclops's, but with a regular hood mask and places in the back for his wings. He would be the third X-Man: Angel!