Now this is kinda interesting. Last night I came across a video on YouTube. It was a fanmade trailer for X-Men 4, subtitled...Apocalypse Rising. Took me by surprise, that's for sure. Just thought I'd mention that. Also, there might be (emphasis on might) a fourth X-Men film with Apocalypse as the villian. We'll just have to wait and see
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"Well, here we are," Mystique said, pulling up, "This is where your son lives"
Magneto stared at the house, before slowly getting out and heading up to the door. Mystique joined him in her Grace persona, as he knocked on the door three times. A few seconds later, the door swung open and a little blond girl stood before them
"Hello there," Magneto said
"Can I help you?" the young girl asked
"Is your father home?"
"Yeah. You wanna see him"
"Yes"
The little girl ran off, returning a few minutes later in the arms of her father, who looked like a younger version of Magneto, albeit with trimmed white hair
"Yeah, can I help you?" Pietro Maximoff asked
"My name is Eric Lensherr," Magneto replied, "I am your father"
"Can't be. My father died years ago. My mother told me"
"I have the birth certificate right here"
Magneto held out the birth certificate, as Pietro took it and had a look at it. His daughter tried to peer at it as well, but he held it away from her
"So, what do you want?" Pietro asked, handing the certificate back
"I just want to talk," Magneto replied, "May we come inside?"
"Yeah, sure. Luna, go and tell your mother we have company"
"Okay, Daddy"
Pietro put Luna down and she ran off, as he let Magneto and Mystique inside
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"So, what is she gonna do now?" Rogue asked
"No idea," Logan replied, "She's got nowhere else to go, so I think she's gonna be staying here for a while"
"She's gonna be in our classes?" Bobby asked
"Yeah, I guess so. Storm's putting her in"
"And what was with the commandos last night?"
"Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D wanted to arrest her. I told him to go screw"
"Think she'll be okay?" Rogue asked
"She should be alright," Logan replied, "Where she grew up was…quite hard on her. She's going to find it difficult to fit in"
"What about Scott's brother?" Bobby asked as they headed towards class
"Well, normally the professor would be teaching him how to control his powers, but with the professor gone, it's up to Storm or me to help him"
Rogue and Bobby headed off to class, as Logan went out into the garage and continued working on Scott's motorcycle…which he now claimed as his own. Not long after he started working, he felt a small presence behind him
"Shouldn't you be in class?" Logan asked, before looking over his shoulder
"I just wanted to know what you were doing," Laura replied
"Fixing my motorcycle. Go to class"
"Can you show me how to fix one?"
Logan raised an eyebrow, a small smile appearing
"Okay then, kid, come over here"
Laura put her schoolbag aside and knelt down beside Logan, watching closely as he showed her how to fix a motorcycle and how to perform an oil change. By the end of the day, Logan had a feeling Laura knew the mechanical insides and outsides of the motorcycle, as he took her back inside to get cleaned up. He had to admit; he didn't mind her hanging around him. He would help her with the best he could do
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He opened his eyes, taking in a deep gasp. Then quickly wished he didn't open his eyes, as a section of the cavern ceiling came falling down around him. He rolled over and moved away from the falling debris, made a little difficult in the fact that he hadn't used his limbs or body in about two months. Breathing heavily, he felt his way around the cavern, unable to open his eyes in case he brought the whole place down upon him. Scott felt the cool air of the night as he ventured outside the cavern, before slowly making his way out into the night, blinded by his powers
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"So, you're the one called Magneto?" Pietro asked
"Yes, I am him," Magneto replied, taking a seat beside Mystique
"Yeah, big thing you had going on the news with the cure and all. Your big war you had on humanity. How'd that turn out?"
"Not as well as I expected"
"Well, they have no right to try and cure us like that. We don't need to be cured"
"So, what can you do?" Magneto asked with interest
Pietro suddenly moved out of his seat into the kitchen and then back again, all in the blink of an eye
"Ah, I once met a mutant who had similar powers to you. Shame she died"
"Well, I know you can control metal. Saw it all on the news"
"And what about your sister? Where is she?"
"Wanda? Across the street actually," Pietro replied, "Shall we go say hi and have ourselves a big family reunion?"
"Yes, I think we shall," Magneto agreed, "And then, we'll figure things out from there"
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"Where are the survivors of Alcatraz?" Pyro demanded
"Everywhere, man," the mutant replied, "I don't know where all of them are, but I know where a few are. Some of them may be of interest to you"
"Tell me where they are or my buddy eats you"
Sabretooth let out a small growl, as the mutant quickly told Pyro the location. Satisfied, Pyro let the mutant go and headed off with Sabretooth close behind him
"You think Magneto would be part of them?" Sabretooth asked
"I don't know. I don't know what happened to him. But we'll find out"
Pyro signalled a taxi and gave the driver the destination, before getting driven to a back alley pub, where a lot of noise was generating
"This should be good," Pyro said with a grin
He and Sabretooth stepped inside, as nearly everyone sober enough faced them
"To hell with the humans," Pyro called out
A majority of the mutants replied back in agreement, as one of the mutants stood up, towering over the rest of them, his muscles bulging as he flexed them
"I remember you," Juggernaut said with a grin, "What brings you here"
"I want to destroy the X-Men," Pyro said, "With them gone, we can get rid of the humans that plague our lives and take over like we're supposed to"
"What makes you think we all hate the humans?" asked another mutant
He had shaggy brown hair, with dark red eyes and was wearing a trench coat over dark clothing, a small deck of cards in his gloved hand
"Who are you?" Pyro asked
"The name's Gambit"
"Well, Gambit, if you love the humans so much, go ahead and join them. Anyone who wants to take their rightful place above them, come with me"
"See, now I don't think that's right," Gambit said
Pyro created a small fireball with the firestarter wristband he still had
"You want to mess with me, Gambit?"
Gambit grinned, then flicked his wrist, throwing the decks of cards. However, each card was covered in a sheen of red energy, as they spread out towards Pyro. He created a jet of flames, burning the cards, as Gambit next threw a chair charged with energy. It struck Pyro and exploded, blasting him out of the pub. He groaned and got to his feet, storming back into the pub, but Gambit wasn't anywhere in sight
"So, who wants to join the Brotherhood?" Pyro asked
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