Chapter 4: The Juggernaut

Disclaimer: I still do not own X-Men Evolution nor any of the characters (Wish I did though DX)

Wanda winced as she and Rogue slowly climbed up the wall of the hill towards lookout point where Logan and Gareth were already standing, looking over at her fellow Goth with a worried look.

"Is he always like this?" she groaned out, pulling herself a little higher up the cliff, her hands feeling slightly raw, "I should have listened to Gareth when he told me this was gonna be tough" she then mumbled in irritation.

"Normally he's not this bahd. It's that he's trying to beat yah boyfriend at something" Rogue grunted out, hauling herself up alongside Wanda, Wanda nearly losing her grip on the rocks at that.

"He's not my boyfriend!" she denied, and before Roque could comment she quickly added "And this isn't the safest spot to have this conversation", hands moving to find another piece of rock to pull herself further up with, unable to repressor hide the blush forming across her cheeks at Rogue's words. Within minutes both she and Rogue finally reached the edge, smiling as she felt a strong hand gently take her own, helping her over the ledge of the cliff, looking up with a small blush as Gareth helped her over, her joints aching slightly after that climb, looking over at Wolverine who seemed to be itching to keep going.

"C'mon kids, we're only a few miles from where we set up camp" he yelled out as he set off, obviously determined to get there before Gareth, the younger mutant rolling his eyes as he released Wanda, the pair beginning to jog after Logan almost instantly, Rogue a couple of feet behind the pair.

"Go on Gareth, go on ahead" Wanda told the taller mutant with a grin, seeing him itching to run as fast as he could, "You don't need to wait behind for me, I've still got Rogue to keep me company" Gareth giving her a dazzling smile and a whisper of thanks, quickly kissing her cheek gratefully before setting off at a run, long legs pounding as he sped off into the trees.

"You really ahe tha 'Scarlet' Witch when he does that you know" she heard Rogue comment, Wanda able to feel the heat radiating from her bright red cheeks, partially at what Rogue said, mostly from the kiss Gareth had placed on her cheek. "You two really do act like a couple, not to mention you're so obviously hot for him"

"Well you have to admit he is pretty dreamy" Wanda shot back with a small smile, her tone becoming tinted with desire "Not to mention a damn hot body", her thoughts becoming a little foggier as she imagined seeing even more of Gareth, unconsciously licking her lips, "And he's one hell of a gentleman…", only then noticing Rogue smirking at her. "Ok yeah, I'll admit I do kinda like him"

"And then why aren't you a couple, haven't you noticed him making eyes at you since you arrived?" Rogue asked, seeing Wanda's confused expression instantly, "So ya haven't! Wanda he is so obviously into you!"

Gareth lay in his tent, eyes closed, not moving at all as he lay there, having eventually worn himself out, he didn't even look up as he heard the entrance unzip, his eyes only sliding open as he felt a hand touch his own, looking up to see the scarlet and raven haired girl who had been in every dream he had for the past few days kneeling over him.

"Hey there" he whispered softly up at her with a gentle smile, his fingers slowly entwining themselves with hers, "To what do I owe the pleasure of your company Miss Maximoff?", his eyes locking onto her wonderful slate grey's

"Well… it's about us…." Wanda admitted slowly, her cheeks flushing slightly, taking a quick breathe as she prepared herself for the words that may change her life. "Gareth, I think I… like you" she admitted softly, "Do you have feelings for me too?" Gareth smiled up at Wanda, his hand lifting to her cheek, drawing her down until their lips touched, both unsure having never kissed before, a little awkward and sloppy, but nevertheless loving, two sets of eyes falling closed in tandem as the young lovers shared their first kiss, Gareth's tongue flicking over Wanda's lips, the luscious lips opening allowing his tongue sliding between Wanda's perfect lips, gently probing her mouth, tongues slowly meeting and beginning to dance together, caressing each other's mouths and tongues lovingly, arms wrapping around one another's. After a few minutes of kissing the two young mutants slowly broke apart, both hearts racing as Gareth whispered

"Does that answer your question?" smiling up at his gorgeous lover as she smiled down at him, slowly lowering herself down to lay across his chest.

"Definitely" she whispered in content, her beautiful black and scarlet haired head resting on Gareth's chest, her body strewn across his, his strong arms carefully wrapping around her as he cradled her in his arms, pressing his lips to her hair gently, eyes gazing down at the woman in his arms, his wonderful girlfriend, the two young mutants slowly falling asleep in one another's arms.

Wanda yawned softly, her granite grey eyes fluttering slightly as she slowly began to awake, her smaller form held in her lover's strong arms, her hands moving slowly to his chest, absentmindedly tracing the criss cross of scars covering his muscled chest, gazing up at his handsome features, she knew there were people in the world who would be considered far more handsome than her Gareth, 'her Gareth' she liked the sound of that, but to her he would always be the most wonderful in every way. Slowly one hand lifted to trace the large scar on his cheek, just gazing up at her lover for a few short minutes until she felt the tent shake, hearing a typical gruff Canadian voice call in.

"Wake up Shady, we gotta get going", Gareth giving a groan and mumbling something about not being called shady before his eyes slid open, looking up at Wanda who lay across his chest, last night swimming back to him causing his lips to curl up in a smile, "Hi there beautiful" he whispered, gently lifting a hand to entwine his fingers with hers.

"Morning handsome" came the loving reply, two pairs of lips slowly touching seconds later as the young lovers kissed deeply, pouring both their hearts into it, moaning softly into the kiss, two pairs of hands stroking and caressing, two tongues meeting a twirling together in a slow dance. After a good minute of wonderful kissing Wanda drew away breathless, licking her lips softly before whispering, "We should probably get up before Wolfy tries to cut us out", Gareth nodding and pulling Wanda to him slightly before the two teens vanished from the tent.

The next thing Wanda saw was what looked like a world made from shadows, an endless expanse of shifting black, grey and purples, she was in awe as she clung to Gareth, looking over him in confusion, his voice echoing around wherever they were.

"This is the shadow realm, I travel through here whenever I teleport" he told her softly, smiling gently down at her as they shot through the shadows, reappearing in an instant in Wanda's tent, "I'll give you a little privacy" he whispered before kissing her forehead and sliding out of the tent quickly, his own clothes appearing to melt for a few seconds as he changed them into a near identical clean outfit. A few minutes later Wanda stepped out the tent too, Gareth reaching out a hand and both tent's shadows packing themselves quickly. As the four mutants packed a plane shot towards them, the Blackbird's engines roaring as it landed before them, ramp lowering, Storm's voice calling out

"The Professor is in danger, get in!"

The X-Men and Brotherhood skidded to a halt in front of the danger room, seeing Juggernaut had both Xavier and Mystique by the throat as the wheelchair bound man and blue skinned woman struggled against his grip. Without a second thought Gareth charged forwards, ahead of the others, jumping at Juggernaut and gripping hold of the man's arm, the massive man roaring out as both figures vanished, Xavier and Mystique both falling to the ground. Juggernaut looked around in total confusion at the world he found himself in, the dark purples, the greys and the deep blackness swirling around him, feeling the strange boy who jumped at him no longer holding onto his arm, spotting him instead floating a few feet in front of him

"Welcome to my world bitch!" Gareth snarled, his fingers appearing bladed and face contorted into a demonic appearance, eyes a coal black as he took control of the shadows around himself, the shadows swirling around Juggernaut as the massive armoured man tried to move, finding himself locked in place before he looked up at Gareth and chuckled darkly before roaring out,

"You think this can stop me? I am unstoppable!" He continued his futile struggle against the solid shadows as Gareth smirked at the helpless mutant, they were in the shadow realm, here he was in his element, while Juggernaut had no control here, no way of moving.

"You may be the Juggernaut, but this is my realm, and here I am a god!", his fists clenching, shadows shooting out and smashing into Juggernaut, the massive man grunting in pain and shock, shock that this mere boy had managed to actually hurt him, roaring as he swung his fists ineffectually against the shadows, feeling a blast of shadows smash into his helmet, sending it flying clean off…

The X-Men continued to look around in confusion, while the Brotherhood looked on with varying and conflicting emotions, both Lance and Fred seeming to think that Gareth was already dead, Todd on the other hand looking around in slight fear to see where Gareth had gone, he'd seen the dark haired teen hospitalise Pietro without breaking a sweat and take down the other Avalanche and Blob just as easily, he didn't think Juggernaut would have killed him yet. Wanda stood slightly separate from the others, looking at the spot where Gareth had vanished with Juggernaut, whispering softly.

"Oh god Gareth, please come back to me". A few minutes later what appeared to be a portal appeared, a spinning vortex of purple, grey and black, spitting a huge figure out who crashed to the floor, a large orange helmet tossed to the floor away from him as Gareth stepped from the vortex, stepping over the bloodied and battered Juggernaut, the vortex vanishing behind him as he smirked softly. Seconds later he felt a female form collide with his own, Wanda's arms wrapping around him, hugging him brutally.

"Oh Gareth, I was so worried about you" she whispered into his shirt, his strong arms snaking around her and cradling her reassuringly, her head pulling back and voice taking a hard edge, "Don't you ever do that to me again Gareth Damien Oliver! You know how wor-" she scolded before his lips met hers, silencing her, her eyes falling closed in contentment as her lover kissed her, feeling safe and joyful as their tongues danced slowly. After a minute of kissing her, yet still all too soon in her opinion he pulled back, whispering out a sorry before he felt a tall woman grab hold of him, Storm pulling her son to her and hugging him worriedly, Wanda joining them, wrapping her arms back around Gareth and smiling gently as she pressed her face to his shoulder.

Slowly Xavier turned to stare out the window, he was afraid, deathly afraid of what he'd seen Gareth do, alongside Thor, Hulk, Silver Surfer and Ghost Rider Juggernaut was one of the most powerful beings on the planet, yet in two and a half minutes flat Gareth had knocked him out, and not just that, left Juggernaut with a broken nose and a dislocated jaw. How much power did the young Prodigy really have? He hadn't seen what he'd done to Juggernaut since Gareth had taken him away from the danger room, but from the result he knew full well that if Gareth did the same to nearly anyone else he'd kill them, and even with all of Juggernaut's power Gareth didn't have so much as a scratch on him afterwards. It was utterly terrifying, even being the most powerful telepath in the world Xavier was unsure if he could stop Prodigy if he went out of control.

Gareth lay in the shadows, Wanda laying once again across his bare chest, his arms around her smaller form cradling her protectively as she snuffled slightly in her sleep, content to simply watch over her. She looked so innocent and helpless as she slept, the dangerous façade she kept up so often when awake gone, showing the young tortured soul which lay underneath, she must have gone through such horrors in that asylum. The poor girl had been through so much more than she could possibly deserve, she looked and vulnerable as she lay against him, he just wanted to protect her, to prevent anything ever hurting her again. Slowly he ran a hand threw her short hair, smiling as she shifted slightly, snuggling against him.

"I don't know what the future holds Wanda, but I promise we'll face it together" he promised softly. With this he allowed his own eyes to fall closed and let himself slowly drift off to sleep alongside his love, their bodies pressed together and minds dreaming of one another.

'Two Weeks later'

"Hey babe, what time do you have to be back in heaven?" Wanda heard an incredibly annoying voice call out towards her. The school term had started over a week ago, with both herself and Gareth in most of the same classes as Kurt and Toad, who Gareth was surprisingly becoming friends with. But since the beginning of term they'd both been having trouble with the local jocks. Gareth refused to be intimidated and had repeatedly got in trouble for laying them out while when it came to Wanda the term 'I'm not interested' didn't seem to get through their thick skulls, especially the Neanderthal Duncan Matthews.

Seconds later he felt his hand take her wrist, turning her head and glaring at Duncan Matthews who was being flanked by two of his tallest and dumbest jock friends, the stupid blonde jock was supposed to be dating Jean anyway.

"Fuck off Matthews" she spat out at the jock, wrenching her wrist out of his hand, turning and feeling him grab her shoulder, hand beginning to slide down towards her breasts.

"Come on sweet cheeks…" he managed to get out before Wanda spun and her leg swung out, kicking the blonde hard in the balls, causing him to crumple to the floor in a broken heap, hands clutching at his swelling testicles.

"Don't, fucking, touch me" she hissed out, looking up to see Duncan's friends lumbering towards her with what were probably meant to be threatening expressions, but simply made the pair look constipated. As they advanced on Wanda the teen mutant steeled herself, knowing she couldn't use her powers in public, though it almost instantly became apparent that this wasn't necessary, a tall figure looming over the jocks, Gareth giving a smirk as he lifted his hands and smacked their heads together, the pair falling to the ground out cold.

"Don't touch my girl" he hissed down at the crumpled jocks, making sure to step on one as he slid over to Wanda, sweeping her into his arms and kissing her deeply, their tongues dancing together, arms around one another. Slowly they broke apart, ignoring the groans of pain from the jocks, Gareth smiling and looking down into Wanda's beautiful grey eyes with a gentle smile, made all the larger by Wanda's own wonderful small smile.

"Thanks" she whispered softly, smiling again as she took his hand, allowing him to lead her away from the stupid selection of jocks, down the path of the school towards a secluded spot where he could teleport them back to the institute with little trouble, stopping at the same time as Gareth as they were about to pass Jean, seeing he wanted to say something to her.

"Jean, I know Matthews is your boyfriend, but if he tries to grope Wanda one more time neither of us will be accountable for our actions" he told the redhead bluntly, Wanda giving an equally angry look, obvious to Jean that both of them intended to beat the crap out of her boyfriend. Then again if he really had been hitting on Wanda she felt like kicking the blonde jock in the balls herself.

Gareth led Wanda away from the school, hand in hand, both still cooling off after the jocks incident, Wanda still relieved Gareth hadn't used his powers on Matthews, she knew full well he was having even more trouble than she was in not using his powers to knock the arrogant bully down a peg or two, her hand absentmindedly stroking his arm.

Gareth, while no longer seething, was barely resisting temptation to go back and send Matthews for an all expenses paid trip to the shadow realm, only looking at Wanda able to calm him down at all. Slowly leading her to their favourite spot in a clearing, his arms wrapping around her smaller form lovingly, concentrating to teleport them back onto the mansion grounds, in a small wooded area they often went to when they wished to be alone.

Slowly the two young lovers sat together in the dappled shade, unknowing what was so close, and uncaring what the future held for them so long as they were together.

A tall mutant, clad in what looked like old fashioned red armour floated above his kingdom, his Asteroid M, hands moving and controlling the metal around his fortress, putting the final touches on where he would soon lead mutantkind against homo sapiens. He would send the Brotherhood, Mystique and Sabertooth against the X-Men to decide who was worthy of joining him on Asteroid M.

"Soon Charles, soon mutants shall rise and destroy those weak fools called humanity, don't stand in my way Charles." Slowly he turned, looking down at his mutant enhancer, smiling softly with a look of pure malice. "Soon the world shall be ours".

A/N: Yes another alteration from canon, other superpowered beings do exist here, the aforementioned Hulk, Silver Surfer, Thor and Ghost Rider along with others such as Spider-Man and Captain America but unlike the main universe there aren't many of them, mainly just the big names (mostly because those are the few I know anything about). Also Shadowed Past has already happened in this continuity, while Grim Reminder will not be mentioned since it's in no way different from the original show in my fic, so straight onto the season please please review.