X-Men: Past, Present, Future
Inspired by the films and comics, X-Men: Past, Present, Future follows three separate timelines in the X-Men universe. Each timeline is separated by many years, with the Past storyline happening before the year 2000. The present storyline takes place in 2012, the year this story is currently being written. The future storyline takes place in the year 2022 and beyond. It is clear that each of the timelines affect each other and the stories intertwine.
Just to Clarify: This is inspired by the films for the following reasons: how every character is officially a mutant. Not an alien, or magic being or anything else like in the comics. Also, when characters are invovled, I just expect people to think of the actors/actresses who play them. For characters that never appear on film, you are free to interpret them anyway you want. Just imagine this story as a my version of how the movies should have gone and how the characters should be like in the films. For instance Wolverine will be in the story but he will not be the focus as how the real film portrayed the story. Also, Storm's personality will be more true to the comic books, but her background may not. I want this to be about the X-Men and the discrimination of mutants. You won't be finding magic, vampires, aliens and such in this story. Sorry for the confusion!
Past Chapter 3: Murder at the Frost Mansion
1960, at the Frost's mansion, 19 year old Emma was in her bedroom, trying to fall asleep. She was having trouble because she was keeping a secret from her parents. She dropped out of university because she had no intentions on going to school. She wanted to be free from the chains of a normal life and live a life full of excitement and adventure. She knew her parents would be angry with her, but she was angry with them when they forbid her from pursuing a career in modeling. But she had to tell them, and if it meant that she would have to leave her wealth behind, then she will.
She got out of her bed and walked out of her bedroom to her parent's bedroom. She called for their names but they were not in their bed. She heard noises coming from downstairs so she decided to quietly investigate. From the staircase she was able to see her parents, acting frantically. There were other people in the living room with them. A handsome man in a red suite, an older gentleman in a navy suite and white cape, a heavyset man in a green suite, a woman in a purple dress, and Sebastian Shaw. Emma's eyes widen when she saw her crush Sebastian Shaw, who she hadn't seen in three years. She had been in love with him all these years.
"We promise to give you the money in the next few months," Mr. Frost said.
"We wanted the money last month," Sebastian Shaw stated.
"Please," Mrs. Frost begged. "We need a little more time. The business is not fairing so well."
"That's why we gave you the money last year," Sebastian Shaw said. "Your business of foreign stocks was suppose to help the U.S economy out, which is a part of the plan. When the economy gets help, then we can influence the president to raise taxes. And since the Hellfire Club has a hand in the government, those taxes could help fund the war."
"What war?" Mr. Frost asked.
"The war we've been waiting on for years," Sebastian replied. "The nuclear war."
"Why do you want a nuclear war?" Mr. Frost asked.
"Sorry, Frost, but I can't disclose that information to you," Sebastian stated. "I actually shouldn't have told you anything. I guess I have to kill you now...oh well, I was going to kill you anyway for not having our money."
Emma ran down the stairs and into the living room. She was standing right between her parents and the intruders. She was afraid, because she wasn't sure why she came out from hiding.
"Emma!" Mr. and Mrs. Frost yelled out.
"Oh, Emma," Sebastian exclaimed. "My, oh my. I haven't seen you in so long. How beautiful you look! You are growing up to be a very beautiful woman."
"She's a mutant," the woman in the purple dress stated.
"Is she now?" Sebastian asked. "Frost, how come you never told me you had a mutant daughter?"
"A mutant?" Mr. Frost asked. "She's my daughter. What's a mutant?"
"The next stage in evolution," Sebastian remarked. "The next stage for humanity to move forward. Your daughter has gifts that you, as humans, will never gain. The human race is slowly becoming extinct, and the mutant race will triumph."
"How do you know Emma is a mutant?" Mr. Frost cried out.
"We're mutants too," the woman in the purple dress answered. "My mutation allows me to detect other mutants as well as unlimited memory. I can also move things with my mind."
"Don't brag now," Sebastian smirked. He approached Emma and stroked her blonde hair. "You're even more beautiful now that I know you're a mutant. What can you do?"
"I can read people's mind," Emma said with nervousness.
"A telepath?" Sebastian asked. "That's great."
"My parents never let me use my power though," Emma stated.
"That's because we don't want you to get into trouble with people," Mrs. Frost stated.
"You're limiting her," Sebastian replied.
"We're protecting her," Mrs. Frost responded.
"They also forbid me to become a model even after two agencies asked me to work for them," Emma remarked.
"Shame on you Mr. and Mrs. Frost," Sebastian said. "She's a gifted woman, and you are restraining her from becoming who she is meant to be...a queen." Sebastian grabbed Emma's hand and looked into her eyes. "Do you want to become a queen?"
"Yes," Emma said, giving her heart to Sebastian.
"Erik," Sebastian said as he turned to the man in the red suit. The man levitated a gun and fired the bullets into Mr. and Mrs. Frost's head. Emma watched as her parents fell to the floor.
"Come with us, Emma," Sebastian suggested. "Become a part of the Hellfire Club."
Emma walked towards her parents lifeless bodies and shed a few tears. She felt scared but also free; free from the burden of her parent's rules.
"What is the Hellfire Club?" Emma asked as she slowly walked towards Sebastian.
"We're an organization with several branches," the woman in the purple dress answered. "My name is Tessa."
"The Hellfire Club is an elite group of people who further their own interests by having an influence in government and economic affairs. For years it has been run by humans, but now it is strictly a mutant organization," Sebastian stated.
"My name is Harry Leland," the heavy set man in the green suit stated. "I'm able to manipulate mass."
"My name is Jason Wyngarde," the older gentleman in the navy blue suite and white cape said. "My mutation allows me to create illusions in the mind of others."
Emma turned to the man in the red suit, who she remembered Sebastian calling Erik. Erik looked as if he did not want to tell her his name.
"That's Erik," Sebastian stated. "He can manipulate metal."
Sebastian took Emma's hand, and led her out of her house as the other members followed. Before Emma entered the Hellfire Club's car, she looked at her house one last time. She was leaving behind the girl she use to be, and becoming the woman she desired to be.
Present Chapter 3: Senator Kelly's Visit
"As you can see, we are like any other boarding school," said Angel. Senator Robert Kelly and his assistant, followed alongside Professor X, and Angel as they gave him a tour of the school. Cyclops, Jean, Storm, and Colossus followed behind the group as they made their way through the school.
"Except, you have mutants," Senator Kelly remarked. "Tell me what exactly you're trying to accomplish."
"It was my dream to unite humans and mutants and create peace amongst both," Professor X replied. "I opened this school to not only educate young mutants but to also help them gain control of their powers so they can be responsible members of society."
"Really now?" Senator Kelly remarked. "Or do the mutants just simply learn how to use their powers more effectively to cause damage or even kill?"
"We do not teach the students how to kill," Professor X responded. "We just teach them how to use their powers to defend themselves."
"Defend themselves from what?" Senator Kelly asked.
"From people like you," Storm answered.
"You sure have an attitude," Senator Kelly replied. "But to be honest does a mutant really have to defend themselves if they have the upper-hand?"
"In my past experience, yes," Storm answered angrily.
"Please, follow me into the second corridor," Professor X suggested.
Angel left Professor X's side and grabbed Storm's arm and pulled her to the side. Cyclops and Jean give Storm a very discouraged look.
"You're going to have to tone down the attitude," Angel said.
"But-"
"Tone it down," Angel repeated. "You are not going to bring your anger into this."
Professor X eventually led the tour to Beast's office. Senator Kelly and his assistant could not help give a horrified look at Beast's appearance. Beast politely smiled, although he was hurt inside.
"Hello," Beast greeted. "I'm Dr. Hank McCoy. I am the school's doctor."
"Hello," Senator Kelly replied. "Xavier, do you mind telling me how the school system here works, especially regarding the X-Men."
"Certainly," Professor X responded. "The X-Men are a team of mutants that I formed many years ago. They utilize their mutation to protect mankind from dangers. Dangers such as mutants who wish to use their mutations for evil deeds."
"Is it true that the students become X-Men?" Senator Kelly asked as Angel and Storm rejoin the group.
"Not all of them," Professor X stated. "In the student's last year before graduation, they are given the choice to join the Junior X-Men, a transitional team before becoming full pledge X-Men. Of course, it takes much more to become an official X-Men. You must be part of the Junior team in your last year. Once you graduate, you must go to post-secondary school and obtain a degree in a field of your choice. Then you must work in your chosen profession for a minimum of three years before coming back to the school to not only become an X-Men but a teacher. This ensures the students are getting education from professionals as well as former students who know how troubling it is to be a mutant."
"Interesting," Senator Kelly remarked. "I'm not going to beat around the bush any longer. Ever since your school was revealed to the public, there was an increase frenzy in the mutant debate. Now I have no power to shut down the school at this point, but if Proposition X does not go through, then shutting down the school could be a reality."
"Why would you shut down the school," Cyclops asked. "A lot of parents send their children here to get help."
"Yes," Senator Kelly replied. "But a lot of these students are also here without their parent's knowledge."
"That's because they ran away from home," Cyclops responded.
"Their parents still have custody over them, not you," Senator Kelly replied. "Now me and my assistant must be taking our leave now. Thank you for the tour, and I'm sure I will be seeing many of you at the ballot boxes in two months."
After the Senator left, Professor X and his X-Men were having a discussion in the school's library.
"It was all for publicity," Angel stated.
"What do you mean?" Jean asked.
"He wanted a tour of the school to simply make it seem like he was trying give us a chance to talk with him and to get our stories," Angel answered. "His stance on mutants is still one that is against us. He's only going to justify voting 'no' on Proposition X with what he thinks the school is: A mutant training facility to build a mutant army to destroy humans."
"That's overreaching isn't it?" Beast asked.
"That's how public relations work," Angel answered.
"I knew giving him a tour was a bad idea," Cyclops said.
"If we didn't give him the tour, it would seem we were hiding something from the public," Angel remarked.
"Professor, what do you think?" asked Jean.
"I think we need to keep an eye on Senator Kelly," Professor X answered.
In Senator Kelly's car, Senator Kelly and his assistant sat in the back as they drove off the mansion's grounds. Senator Kelly was texting someone on his cell phone, not speaking to his assistant who had many questions to ask.
"What's our next move?" his assistant asked.
"We contact our friend, Stryker," Senator Kelly responded without taking his eyes off his cell phone. "He's going to help me make people realize mutants are not as innocent as they seem."
Future Chapter 3: Chasing Toad
Storm, Shadowcat and Iceman entered an old abandoned apartment. The apartment belonged to Cyclops who was not seen by Storm for over a month. The three came to investigate to find clues on his disappearance. As they looked around the apartment, they heard the unlocking of the door and a horrible stench began to fill the apartment. The stench belonged to the evil mutant, Toad.
"What are you doing here?" a surprised Toad asked.
"We could ask you the same thing," Iceman replied.
"I've been crashing at this apartment for a while now," said Toad.
"You must have some involvement with Cyclops' disappearance," Shadowcat replied.
"Maybe I did," Toad responded. "But I'm not going to tell you."
"Then I guess I'll just force it out of you," Storm replied. A strong gust of wind blew open the apartment's windows and entered the apartment with full force. Everything inside began to blow around the room.
Toad jumped around the apartment in a panic, but then kick Storm in the face. Storm stumbles into Iceman, who tries to catch her while the strong wind made him lose balance. Toad then jumps out of the window.
"Stay here you two," Storm yelled out as she jumps out of the window and flies.
Toad began to jump from building to building, trying to escape Storm. However, Storm summoned a strong wind that threw Toad off his balance which causes him to fall into a dumpster. Storm lands near the dumpster and approaches it slowly. Suddenly, a long green tongue emerges from the dumpster and licks Storm's face. Caught off guard, Storm trips and falls over. Toad then jumps out of the dumpster and uses his long tongue to wrap around Storm's right leg and throw her 10 feet into the air. Storm regains control and summons a wind to stabilize her in the air as Toad releases his grip on her leg. Storm then uses a lightning bolt to attack Toad, but Toad dodges it and hops into the busy New York road. Storm flies overhead, trying to follow Toad and stop him, but with so many cars around she could not risk using her lightning bolt to stop him.
After being chased for several blocks, Toad jumps off the road and into an alley way. Storm follows to find Toad on the ground, knocked out. A young woman with brown hair and a streak of white hair stood over the fallen Toad. It was Rogue, who Storm had not seen in a very long time.
Back at Cyclops' abandon apartment, Storm and Shadowcat stood over Toad as he began to wake up from Rogue's shock. Iceman and Rogue were in the kitchen, awkwardly talking to each other.
"Are you back in town alone?" Iceman asked.
"Yes," Rogue answered. "I told Gambit I needed to go back to do something."
"What do you have to do?" Iceman asked.
"That's my secret," Rogue answered.
"He's waking up you guys!" Shadowcat called from the bedroom. Rogue and Iceman walk into the bedroom.
"Tell us where Cyclops is," Storm demanded.
"He's in London, England," Toad answered.
"What's he doing there and what are you doing here?" Shadowcat asked.
"I was asked by someone to steal something from Cyclops," Toad answered. "The person ended up kidnapping Cyclops as well."
"What did you have to steal?" Storm asked.
Toad took a deep breath and said, "Jean's ashes."
To be continued...