X-Men: Past, Present, Future

Inspired by the films, 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.

Past Chapter 7: Attack on the Hellfire Club

1962, in a car, Charles drove, Moira sat in the passenger seat and Erik sat in the backseat as they headed to the Hellfire Club's penthouse suite. It was night time and Erik had been missing from The Hellfire Club for a whole day, the longest he's been gone from them ever since he joined.

"This is it," Erik said as he made Charles pull the car over.

"This is too dangerous," said Moira. "Don't you think it would best to leave this to the police?"

"No," answered Erik. "The Hellfire Club has power over the law."

"But you two don't even have a plan!" Moira pleaded.

"The plan is to get Emma out safely," Charles said as Erik exited out the car. "You stay here and don't get out of the car until we're back." Charles kissed Moira passionately, and then looked into her eyes as he said, "I'll be safe."

Up in the suite, The Hellfire Club sat around the living room to discuss Erik's disappearance. Emma was too afraid to tell them that it might have been her fault that Erik left, so she kept the information to herself.

"I'm sure the boy had to run some errands," Jason said.

"Without telling us?" Sebastian questioned as he took a sip of his scotch.

"He made us miss that speech from that Martin guy!" Harry yelled out. "I heard it was really good."

Tessa then shushed everybody as she stared out the window.

"What's wrong?" Harry asked.

"I'm detecting Erik," Tessa stated. "He's with another mutant." An uneasy feeling took over Emma as she began to feel nervous inside.

"So our little Erik was just recruiting for us," Sebastian said. "What passion he has!"

The door swung opened and Erik and Charles both enter. Emma's eyes widen and her jaw dropped as she saw the sight of Charles Xavier, her childhood friend, enter the room. Sebastian got up from his seat and smiled, but before he could greet the two men, he became motionless. Everybody in the room except for Emma, Charles, and Erik were suspended in time. Charles had stopped their minds, thus not allowing them to move.

"What is going on here?" Emma asked.

"We're here to bring you home, Emma," answered Charles.

"This is my home," Emma stated.

"Emma, you can't be serious," Charles said. "What you're doing is illegal. When people start to find out about the existence of mutants, they are going to fear and hate you. Being in an organization that participates in illegal activity is just going to make them want to kill you even more."

"You really think the world is going to find out about mutants?" Erik asked Charles.

"I believe some are already discovering we exist," Charles answered Erik.

"You don't understand," Emma cried out. "I have no home anymore. My parents are dead. There's nowhere else for me to go."

"Come with me," said Charles.

"No!" Emma yelled. "Now release them or I will have to hurt you."

"I like to see you try," said Charles. "But I do believe I am much more powerful than you."

Emma then used her telepathy to enter Charles' mind to make him feel dizzy and give him a headache. Charles felt intense pain in his head which made him release his mind-hold on The Hellfire Club.

"What happened?" Harry said as he looked around confused.

"Erik brought in a friend to kill us!" Emma cried out.

Angered at Emma, Erik used his magnetic power to levitate all the forks, knives, spoons, pots and pans in the kitchen. The kitchen items aimed at the Hellfire Club and were then shot at them until Tessa used her telekinesis to stop them in midair.

"We have to get out of here," Sebastian said to Jason. Jason then waved his hands and suddenly a ring of fire appeared around Charles and Erik. Charles and Erik began to panic as the flames grew bigger and smoke filled the air.

"That man can create fire?" Charles cried out .

"No," Erik answered. "He can create illusions." Suddenly, the two men realized that the ring of fire they were trapped in wasn't real. Charles then used his power to break him and Erik out of the illusion.

The two men looked around to see an empty suite with kitchen items scattered all on the floor. They realized that while trapped in Jason's illusion, The Hellfire Club including Emma, were able to escape.

"They're very powerful," said Erik.

"We can't give up," Charles responded. "We just need to become more powerful than them."

"How?"

"By training...and coming up with a better plan then just barging in on them. And not using kitchen utensils to attack them."

"Are you making fun of me?" Erik laughed. "I had some knives in the air!"

"We better get back to the car," Charles said as he wrapped his arm around Erik's shoulder.

Present Chapter 7: Invasion of Weapon X

"You're not going with them?" Professor X asked Jean as they watched the doors to the X-Jet close and the ceiling begun to open.

"They don't need me," Jean said.

"You know that's not true," said Professor X.

"I'm just doubting my contributions," said Jean. "I wasn't very helpful earlier. I couldn't even keep Logan still."

"You just haven't learned to harness your power yet," replied Professor X.

"I've been here for close to 15 years, I still haven't made much progress," said Jean.

"Be patient," Professor X reassured Jean as they watched the X-Jet lift off and fly out of the building.

In northern Alberta, in a military base hidden in the snowy forest, Senator Robert Kelly, his assistant, and a man named William Stryker Sr. walked down a hallway containing jail cells with imprisoned mutants in them. They stopped at the jail cell of a mutant man with blonde hair and a mighty build.

"We plan on using mutant 4543's ability to propel his body into a weapon," William Stryker stated.

"Let me and my sister go!" The imprisoned mutant yelled out. "And my name is not 4543! It's Sam!"

"Or Cannonball, right?" William mocked.

"Weapon X is truly a remarkable program you have here," Senator Kelly said.

"It's also a necessary program," William said. "If that Magneto wants to start a war, then we'll have to be ready to fight him by using his own kind against him."

"Tell me how the mind control device you created work?" Senator Kelly asked.

"It's a simple device that I insert into the mutant's brain," William explained. "It subdues them and makes it easier for me to tell them what to do." Two mutants, a tall, beastly, savage looking man, and an Asian woman join them. Both mutants have the mind controlling device inserted in their left temple. "This beast here is called Sabretooth, and this one here is Deathstrike. Their mutations allow them to rapidly heal themselves. I gave Deathstrike adamantium claws making her more deadly in battle."

"Isn't that what you did to the mutant you sent out?" Senator Kelly asked.

"Yes," answered William. " I planned on giving all three of them adamantium but you called me just before I was going to do the procedure on Sabretooth."

"You know the X-Men have him, right?" said Kelly.

"Yes," William answered with a laugh. "But once they remove the mind controlling device from Wolverine, he won't remember a thing. I designed it that way to protect Weapon X's secrecy. The only way to not have amnesia is to stop the device's signal here, in the base."

"Smart idea," the Senator said.

"I'm sorry, but I have to use the washroom," Kelly's assistant said.

"Sabretooth here will show you where it is," William said as he commanded Sabretooth to take Kelly's assistant to the washroom facility.

Kelly's assistant followed Sabretooth down different hallways until they reached the washroom facility. Sabretooth turned around and motioned the assistant to go into the washroom. The assistant instead kicks Sabretooth in the face before running away. The assistant made his way into another hallway, before turning the corner. He then leaps into the air, grabbing onto pipes in the ceiling. Sabretooth entered in the hallway consumed with anger. Suddenly, two blue feet squeezed his face and twist his neck, rendering him unconscious as he falls to the floor. The feet belonged to shape shifting mutant, Mystique. All along, Mystique disguised herself as Senator Kelly's assistant to gain access into Weapon X's facility.

"Sir, we have a problem," a military soldier said to William back at the jail cells. "A black jet has landed near the parameters of the base."

"Oh, no," Senator Kelly cried out. "It must be the X-Men!"

"Take the senator to a safe place," William commanded the soldier. "Deathstrike, go take care of them." As Deathstrike left and the soldier guided Senator Kelly away, William tried to contact Sabretooth. He wasn't able to get a signal from Sabretooth's mind controlling device.

The X-Jet opened its doors and the X-Men exited. After Colossus transformed into his metal form, he tackled the doors of a garage that lead into the military base. After three hits, Colossus was able to break down the garage door, revealing Deathstrike and a dozen soldiers waiting to defend the base. The soldiers then charged at the X-Men. Cyclops used his optic blast that hit half of the soldiers, leaving them badly injured. Storm then summoned a twister to blow the remaining soldiers into the air, out into the forest. Deathstrike smiled as she looked directly into Wolverine's eyes. Cyclops released another optic blast, this time at Deathstrike but she was too quick for him. Deathstrike then leaps into the air to kick Cyclops in the face, and then lunge onto Wolverine.

"Go! I'll take care of her!" Wolverine yelled out.

"We'll help you!" Cyclops replied.

"No, just go! There are kids in there who need you to free them!" Wolverine yelled out as he elbows Deathstrike in the face. The X-Men then entered the facility, leaving Wolverine to deal with Deathstrike. Wolverine extended his metals claws out, ready for a fight. Deathstrike protracted her metal claws, which unlike Wolverine who had three metal claws that come out of his forearms, she had metal claws that extend from her fingernails.

"Holy shit," Wolverine said before Deathstrike lunged at Wolverine, and dug her metal claws into Wolverine's chest.

Wolverine screamed in pain before digging his claws into Deathstrike's side. Deathstrike then draws her claws out of Wolverine' chest, and begun severely scratching Wolverine's face. Wolverine fell onto the ground, releasing his claws from Deathstrike's body. With a kick, Wolverine was able to send Deathstrike flying across the garage. Wolverine then quickly lifts himself up and charges at Deathstrike with his claws. Deathstrike's cat like behaviour allowed her to gracefully land on her feet, and her quick reflexes allowed her to dodge Wolverine's attack. Suddenly, Deathstrike jumped onto Wolverine's back and furiously stabs him in the neck with her claws. Wolverine spins around with Deathstrike on his back, before he was able to grab her feet and throw her into a parked military jeep.

Inside the base, Mystique had taken over the base's computer room, after killing three soldiers inside. Mystique then disabled the two active mind controlling devices right before Sabretooth, who regained consciousness, entered the room.

"What is going on?" Sabretooth roared.

"Stay with me and I promise your life will be a lot better," Mystique answered as she drew out a communication device. "I'm in. You can come now," Mystique said into the device.

Deathstrike then jumped off the jeep, making Wolverine miss his punch. She then gripped onto Wolverine's hands and looked at him in the eyes. Wolverine's drive to fight stopped as he realized Deathstrike was free from the mind controlling device.

"Logan, why are you trying to kill me?" Deathstrike asked.

"You were trying to kill me first!" Wolverine responded. Wolverine then looked at the door in the garage that accessed the base. "Who gave us these metal claws?"

"You don't remember?" Deathstrike asked in shock. "Stryker. William Stryker. We were in a special army group with him. He convinced us to get the procedure done...he killed my father."

"We have to go in and kill him," Wolverine screamed as he ran into the base. Deathstrike did not follow. The memories of her father's death filled her with anger and sorrow.

Future Chapter 7: The Self-Appointed Leader

Inside Emma Frost's mansion, Storm and Cyclops were having an argument on who should be the team leader of the newly reform X-Men.

"I'm the de facto leader!" Cyclops yelled at Storm.

"My ass you are!" Storm said. "You left the team when we needed you most! I had to be the leader for you!"

"Well I'm glad you got the chance to be leader, but now I'm going to take my position back!"

"You can't just take it back! You abandoned the team! We don't even need you!"

"Then why did you rescue me? Should have left me in London with that crazy bitch!"

"I'm starting to think we should have!"

The others were gathered in the kitchen, trying to get away from the yelling. Emma Frost was not pleased with the situation.

"Bobby, this is your fault!" Shadowcat accused.

"How is this my fault?" Iceman defended. "I didn't know it was going to get them into an argument."

"I don't know why they are even fighting," Angel said. "It's clear that Cyclops should be the leader."

"Why is that?" Shadowcat asked.

"Because he's a guy!" replied Angel.

"You sexist!" Shadowcat yelled out.

"She's right, Kitty," said Iceman.

"You're a sexist too!" accused Shadowcat.

"I have to agree with Shadowcat on this," said Beast. "Why can't they be co-leaders like they use to be?"

"Stop it!" Emma cried out. "There are already two people fighting in my living room and I will not have any more people fighting in my kitchen!"

"Why don't you just make someone else the leader?" Toad asked as he used his tongue to dig inside a jar of pickles.

"Good idea, you vile creature," Emma said as she walked out of the kitchen and into her living room.

The others followed her wondering what she was going to do. Emma stopped Storm and Cyclops with her telepathy just in time before Storm's fist hit Cyclops' face. She then calmed their minds and made them less angry.

"I'm tired of your fighting," stated Emma. "I'm going to be the leader of the newly reform X-Men. On missions, you two can be co-leaders like you use to be."

"Fine with me," Cyclops said.

"Fine," Storm agreed.

"Are you sure you are up for the challenge?" Beast asked Emma.

"I've done it before, I can do it again," replied Emma. "Shadowcat, how many mutants do we have joining us?"

"Well, there's Nightcrawler...so like 4 more?" Shadowcat answered.

"Any more mutants we can recruit in America?" Emma asked.

"I'm sure there are lots," Shadowcat answered. "But they're all pretty scattered around the country."

"We don't have time for that," Emma said. "We'll have to go to the one place where there are a lot of mutants...Utopia."