Chapter 4
There was a knock at the door. Monet looked at Paige, who had her headphones on lying on her bed reading a book. With a sigh, she got up and went to the door. When she opened it up a crack, she saw Angelo and Jono standing there.
"What do you two want?" Monet asked through the crack. "Don't the two of you remember? We're supposed to be in our dorms."
"C'mon Chica, open the door. That whole 'stay in your dorms' thing was just a suggestion. We didn't do anything wrong. We're not grounded." Angelo said.
"At least not yet.." Monet said.
"Besides, I have information on Jube's for ya." He smiled.
Monet rolled her eyes and slid the door open. Jono and Angelo walked in.
"So, what do you know?" Monet asked.
"I know that little Jubilee isn't in tha Danger Room anymore, she's in Emma's office with Sean, Em, and that big hairy ape she hangs out with all the time."
"Logan, aka Wolverine? I'd watch it calling him a 'big hairy ape', Angelo." Monet said. "That man is one of the most dangerous mutants on the planet. Unpredictable too."
"And how do you know all this?" Paige asked from her bed. She had noticed the guys were there and had taken off her headphones.
"Because, when I went to get a soda from the kitchen, I had to walk by there. They were talking about the Hellions." Angelo got a puzzled look on his face. "Although I have no idea what that has to do with Jubilee and her emotional trauma toward Bastion."
All of a sudden, the alarm in the room started blaring signifying that everyone needed to meet in the auditorium. They used to meet in the war-room, but since the populace of the school had gotten bigger, they had changed to the bigger auditorium.
"Now what?" Jono said.
"Guess we better make tracks." Angelo said.
With that, the four of them headed to the auditorium.
Once in the auditorium, Angelo still couldn't believe his eyes. Before his very eyes sat all the people he had only heard stories about growing up. Bishop was over in one corner chatting with Storm. Wolverine was sitting in the front left corner talking with his fan club, err, Jubilee. In the opposite corner, Sabretooth sat alone, patiently waiting for the proceedings to start. Angelo noticed that Sabretooth had picked the darkest section of the stands to sit, and wondered if that was simply coincidence. He also saw Gambit chatting in one corner with Nightcrawler. He looked around for Rogue, and didn't see her anywhere. Also missing, he realized were Cyclops and Dr. Jean Grey. Even former members of the government organization known as X-Factor was present. At that moment, Angelo received another shock as the vigilante group known as X-Force came walking in from outside through the left entrance. Cable, Domino, Feral, and the rest of the group looked around, confused, like they had no clue as to why there were summoned there. From the side door there was a blur as something came flying in through the door. Angelo looked up above his head and saw Angel floating down to a seat.
"He's always got to make a bloody entrance, doesn't he?" Jono said sitting next to Angelo.
"Yup, always the center of attention."
While he was talking to Jono, Angelo felt somebody sit down next to him, and looked over to see Sean there.
"Hey, boyo! How's the wee little one?" Angelo said with a smile on his face, doing his best to imitate Sean's Irish accent.
"Very funny, Angelo. And she's fine, look for yerself." He pointed down to the front row where Jube's was still talking to Wolverine.
"If she's not training, she's constantly hanging around him." Jono remarked.
"Aye, twas that way before she came to the school, lad. Why should it be any different now that she's back here?" Sean said, sighing.
"I bet Everett would be happy here right now, mingling with all these heroes." Angelo said out of the blue.
"Aye, lad, I bet he would." Was all Sean could say.
The three sat there remembering their late friend that had risked his life to save normal human kids when Emma's sister, Adrienne Frost had placed bombs around the school. Everett Thomas had found the last bomb, but not in time. In order to save the kids that were out in the hall, Everett covered the bomb with his body when it exploded, and he paid the ultimate price for it. Everett always had high hopes of being the best he could be at whatever he ended up doing.
They were still reminiscing when Professor Xavier hovered out onto the stage, followed by the "missing" X-men, Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Rogue.
"Ladies and Gentlemen. A crisis is occurring that deserves our immediate attention. It looks like a concentrated effort, but we can't be sure until further investigation is made." He looked toward Dr. Grey, who stepped forward.
"Everyone might want to have a seat for what I'm about to say." She began. By now, everyone had filed into the Auditorium and it was practically full. "To say we are going to have our hands full would be an understatement. The speed at which these attacks were made was blinding. They literally happened within the past 2 hours. Apocalypse has sided with Mystique and has infiltrated the White House. Mystique was masquerading as the President for who knows how long. Apocalypse came in 1 and ½ hours ago and took complete control over Washington DC, killing thousands in the overthrow. He had with him an army, where this army came from we do not know. That's only the start of the problems. Someone has broken into the Massachusetts academy where we hold ALL of our files on mutants and all the backup files for Cerebro."
This caught the attention of all the Generation X kids. The Massachusetts Academy was where they had gone to school for years before Xavier shut it down and moved them to the Mansion to continue their training. None of them had heard what had happened to the Academy after they left. Now they knew.
Dr. Grey continued. "The person responsible for breaking into the Academy and pursuing the records kept there, according to our scans and surveillance of the property is non other than Emplate."
Now not only were the Generation X kids staring at Jean, they were staring at her wide-eyed in shock. Emplate was dead, or so they thought. Even Jubilee was gaping at Jean as though her head had just exploded. She sprung up from her seat and sprinted up toward where the rest of her team was seated, leaving a shocked Wolverine in her wake.
"Did she just say that Emplate is alive?!" Jubilee sputtered when she got to Sean and Emma.
"Aye, she did. That can't be good."
Jean continued once more. "And now the worst news of all. With these recent events, we picked up a surge of activity on Genosha, the now ghost town of an island. Another army, wearing matching uniforms to those of Apocalypse's army, has landed on the island and taken control. And this army is led by the single greatest threat to mutants and humans alike." She paused and took a deep breath. "Ladies and gentlemen, Magneto is not dead, like we originally thought. He's alive and in control of the island nation of Genosha, and his 'daughter' is with him."
The mumbling that was going on in the auditorium hushed immediately as soon as the words left her mouth, and it got so quiet you could hear a pin drop. It was so quiet that one word whispered from the mouth of a returning X-Man echoed in the chamber.
"Lorna." Was all Alex Summers said.
To Be Continued...
Author's Note: I understand that this Chapter is extremely choppy and there's a lot more content that I want to put into it. This will probably be the only chapter that I ever rewrite, and when I do, I will post a message at the top of the next chapter I post after doing so to let everyone know that I have updated this chapter so you can come back and read the final edit.
There was a knock at the door. Monet looked at Paige, who had her headphones on lying on her bed reading a book. With a sigh, she got up and went to the door. When she opened it up a crack, she saw Angelo and Jono standing there.
"What do you two want?" Monet asked through the crack. "Don't the two of you remember? We're supposed to be in our dorms."
"C'mon Chica, open the door. That whole 'stay in your dorms' thing was just a suggestion. We didn't do anything wrong. We're not grounded." Angelo said.
"At least not yet.." Monet said.
"Besides, I have information on Jube's for ya." He smiled.
Monet rolled her eyes and slid the door open. Jono and Angelo walked in.
"So, what do you know?" Monet asked.
"I know that little Jubilee isn't in tha Danger Room anymore, she's in Emma's office with Sean, Em, and that big hairy ape she hangs out with all the time."
"Logan, aka Wolverine? I'd watch it calling him a 'big hairy ape', Angelo." Monet said. "That man is one of the most dangerous mutants on the planet. Unpredictable too."
"And how do you know all this?" Paige asked from her bed. She had noticed the guys were there and had taken off her headphones.
"Because, when I went to get a soda from the kitchen, I had to walk by there. They were talking about the Hellions." Angelo got a puzzled look on his face. "Although I have no idea what that has to do with Jubilee and her emotional trauma toward Bastion."
All of a sudden, the alarm in the room started blaring signifying that everyone needed to meet in the auditorium. They used to meet in the war-room, but since the populace of the school had gotten bigger, they had changed to the bigger auditorium.
"Now what?" Jono said.
"Guess we better make tracks." Angelo said.
With that, the four of them headed to the auditorium.
Once in the auditorium, Angelo still couldn't believe his eyes. Before his very eyes sat all the people he had only heard stories about growing up. Bishop was over in one corner chatting with Storm. Wolverine was sitting in the front left corner talking with his fan club, err, Jubilee. In the opposite corner, Sabretooth sat alone, patiently waiting for the proceedings to start. Angelo noticed that Sabretooth had picked the darkest section of the stands to sit, and wondered if that was simply coincidence. He also saw Gambit chatting in one corner with Nightcrawler. He looked around for Rogue, and didn't see her anywhere. Also missing, he realized were Cyclops and Dr. Jean Grey. Even former members of the government organization known as X-Factor was present. At that moment, Angelo received another shock as the vigilante group known as X-Force came walking in from outside through the left entrance. Cable, Domino, Feral, and the rest of the group looked around, confused, like they had no clue as to why there were summoned there. From the side door there was a blur as something came flying in through the door. Angelo looked up above his head and saw Angel floating down to a seat.
"He's always got to make a bloody entrance, doesn't he?" Jono said sitting next to Angelo.
"Yup, always the center of attention."
While he was talking to Jono, Angelo felt somebody sit down next to him, and looked over to see Sean there.
"Hey, boyo! How's the wee little one?" Angelo said with a smile on his face, doing his best to imitate Sean's Irish accent.
"Very funny, Angelo. And she's fine, look for yerself." He pointed down to the front row where Jube's was still talking to Wolverine.
"If she's not training, she's constantly hanging around him." Jono remarked.
"Aye, twas that way before she came to the school, lad. Why should it be any different now that she's back here?" Sean said, sighing.
"I bet Everett would be happy here right now, mingling with all these heroes." Angelo said out of the blue.
"Aye, lad, I bet he would." Was all Sean could say.
The three sat there remembering their late friend that had risked his life to save normal human kids when Emma's sister, Adrienne Frost had placed bombs around the school. Everett Thomas had found the last bomb, but not in time. In order to save the kids that were out in the hall, Everett covered the bomb with his body when it exploded, and he paid the ultimate price for it. Everett always had high hopes of being the best he could be at whatever he ended up doing.
They were still reminiscing when Professor Xavier hovered out onto the stage, followed by the "missing" X-men, Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Rogue.
"Ladies and Gentlemen. A crisis is occurring that deserves our immediate attention. It looks like a concentrated effort, but we can't be sure until further investigation is made." He looked toward Dr. Grey, who stepped forward.
"Everyone might want to have a seat for what I'm about to say." She began. By now, everyone had filed into the Auditorium and it was practically full. "To say we are going to have our hands full would be an understatement. The speed at which these attacks were made was blinding. They literally happened within the past 2 hours. Apocalypse has sided with Mystique and has infiltrated the White House. Mystique was masquerading as the President for who knows how long. Apocalypse came in 1 and ½ hours ago and took complete control over Washington DC, killing thousands in the overthrow. He had with him an army, where this army came from we do not know. That's only the start of the problems. Someone has broken into the Massachusetts academy where we hold ALL of our files on mutants and all the backup files for Cerebro."
This caught the attention of all the Generation X kids. The Massachusetts Academy was where they had gone to school for years before Xavier shut it down and moved them to the Mansion to continue their training. None of them had heard what had happened to the Academy after they left. Now they knew.
Dr. Grey continued. "The person responsible for breaking into the Academy and pursuing the records kept there, according to our scans and surveillance of the property is non other than Emplate."
Now not only were the Generation X kids staring at Jean, they were staring at her wide-eyed in shock. Emplate was dead, or so they thought. Even Jubilee was gaping at Jean as though her head had just exploded. She sprung up from her seat and sprinted up toward where the rest of her team was seated, leaving a shocked Wolverine in her wake.
"Did she just say that Emplate is alive?!" Jubilee sputtered when she got to Sean and Emma.
"Aye, she did. That can't be good."
Jean continued once more. "And now the worst news of all. With these recent events, we picked up a surge of activity on Genosha, the now ghost town of an island. Another army, wearing matching uniforms to those of Apocalypse's army, has landed on the island and taken control. And this army is led by the single greatest threat to mutants and humans alike." She paused and took a deep breath. "Ladies and gentlemen, Magneto is not dead, like we originally thought. He's alive and in control of the island nation of Genosha, and his 'daughter' is with him."
The mumbling that was going on in the auditorium hushed immediately as soon as the words left her mouth, and it got so quiet you could hear a pin drop. It was so quiet that one word whispered from the mouth of a returning X-Man echoed in the chamber.
"Lorna." Was all Alex Summers said.
To Be Continued...
Author's Note: I understand that this Chapter is extremely choppy and there's a lot more content that I want to put into it. This will probably be the only chapter that I ever rewrite, and when I do, I will post a message at the top of the next chapter I post after doing so to let everyone know that I have updated this chapter so you can come back and read the final edit.