"So I heard you're going on a little mother daughter get away" Logan said at Rachel's door.

Shoving an extra shirt in her bag she looked up, "I guess you could say that" she said

"Who are we getting next?" He asked

"We?" She asked surprised. Logan stood firm.

"Yeah, you two aren't headed off to round up more mutants just the two of you. What if you run into magneto" he said

Rachel looked at him for a moment and wanted to wrap her arms around him, there he was being the protector again. Even though she was far more powerful, he never let her forget he was there to protect her. She looked away as she picked up her backpack, "We can handle ourselves, Logan" she tried to walk out the door

He blocked the way. His white tshirt clung to his body, givng way for the masculine shape he was in. Showing her his power. But she didn't give in, she couldn't. "Jean and I collectively are the strongest mutants on the planet, do you really think we need any muscle" she said bitterly

She had to be cold, she couldn't let him in. "We watch out for our own around here, that's one thing I have a hard time believing that would ever change" he admitted, "I don't like that you two are going off alone" he argued "Who are you getting anyways"

She shook her head, "You'll find out when we get back, can you let me pass please?" she asked annoyed

He saw her frustration and smirked, "Only if you tell me who"

Rachel groaned looking up at him, catching his gaze she froze. That playful look in his eyes always got her. She looked away, "We're getting my uncle" she admitted

"So that's why it's a family trip?" he realized

"Not exactly," she read him wondering how he never knew Jean had more family, "He's not a Grey, he's a Summers"

Logan shifted, "wow, Scott know he's coming?"

"Scott doesn't even know he exists" she warned, "You can't say a word until we get back you understand me?" she threatened

He raised his hands with a smile, "Easy there Red, my lips are sealed"

"The professor is going to tell him everything by the time we get back" she added

Logan nodded letting her go through. Rachel sighed relieved as she strode through.

"Rachel.." Logan called causing her to stop down the hall. She was defeated, he caused her to feel so much of what she was trying to shut off. Turning and looking over her shoulder, Logan still stood in her doorway, "Be careful hey"

She gave a simple nod and carried on down the hall. Logan watched her go worrying about them both. Rachel could hear the torn feeling he had worrying about Jean and the surprise he felt in worrying about Rachel now.

"You and da other red haired lady going back out lookin fer more mutants Cher?" Remy asked walking into the hanger

Rachel was loading the car, lukily for them it was just a couple hours drive to Pittsburg where Alex was. She smiled noticing remmy looking a bit out of place, "Hopefully Jean and I will be back tomorrow night with Alex" she nodded

He looked at the sports car nodding, "Yer jus the only one here who seems to like me" he admitted

Rachel stopped, "Yeah" she admitted, "You are a little rough around the edges Gambit" she said with a teasing smile

He shrugged, "I am who I am" he paused, "All dis stuff that's supposed to happen.." he looked at her curious, "Will it still happen now dat we comin together sooner?"

Rachel shrugged, "I don't know, Logan and the professor did this once before and managed to turn things around for a time, but we can never really be sure how much we can change and how much is just plain old destiny"

"You dink those giants are our destiny?" he asked

"I hope not" she said sincerely, the memory of one killing Remy flashed as she tried to push it passed.

"You know too much to keep it to yerself Chere" he said, "You and da metal man, what happen before ya came…"

Rachel appreciated the sincerity from Remy, he was right to an extent, but it was better no one knew what exactly happened. It was better for Logan and Jean.

"You know you were in a similar spot the night I met you" she smiled, "In the future" she added

Remy raised his eyebrows intrigured, "Oh ya?"

She nodded, "You were playing a game of poker in some dive bar on the strip, and I had come out to get a taste of the cty, to get away from the mansion, it was the only time I think I tried to rebel against my parents" she thought knowing she didn't get very far because Logan followed her out and dragged her back to the mansion before Jean or Scott could notice. Logan yelled at her the entire way home.

"Remy liking where dis is goin" he rubbed his hands together, he loved hearing stories, especially if it was about him.

"You were cheating obviously" they both nodded, "And I had stumbled in looking lost and out of place, and you saw me" she said looking at him with a smile, "And you called me over to then bet me" she laughed, "You bet me in a poker game" she still couldn't believe it.

"Well I must have won cuz I was cheating" he grinned

Rachel shook her head, "I didn't know the ways of you scammers and being a telepath and all"

Rem sunk, "You outted me"

Rachel nodded, "As the other guys started to catch on was when it started to get messy. When they tried to jump us you handled it the only way you know how"

Remy smiled, "I showed him my tricks?" he pulled out his deck of cards

She nodded "You didn't get far though, Logan stormed in adding to the damage" she smiled at the memory, thinking he really did go to the ends of the earth for her, even when she was just a silly kid. He still cared that much, "You two got into it"

Remy sighed, "Dat guy is an asshole"

"Right back at ya pal" Logan heard walking in with Jean

Jean smiled finding it humorous. "You must be Remy" she said "I'm Jean Grey" she stretched out her hand.

Remy shook it with a grin, "I can see where yer daughter get her looks from"

Jean blushed as Logan rolled his eyes, "So what happened next?" he asked wanting to hear the rest of Rachel's story, "We fought then?"

Rachel tried to brush it off with a shrug, "Oh you brought me back here, and not long after Remy had followed"

Shoving the last bag in the car, Rachel looked at Jean ready to go, "All set" she avoided Logan's raised eyebrow and stare.

She's gotta open up sometime. What is she hiding

Jean read Logan too but stepped towards the car "We'll see you guys soon hopefully"

"Be careful" Logan warned

"Ya sher you don need no backup ladies?" Remy asked

Rachel tried to smile, "Try to stay out of trouble Remy"

Gambit tried to smile feeling a little worried that he was alone. Logan shot him an annoyed look, "Save the pitty party Jazz hands" he said walking out.

Rachel watched before climbing into the passenger seat.

Charles stared at the photo for a moment remembering back to the days when he first opened the school. Eric and Raven were safe, he had Moira, and Alex had hope. But all that was gone now.

"Professor?" Scott knocked

"Come on in Scott" Charles was still holding the photo looking at him. The man he grew to love much like a son. Scott had the hope Alex lost, Charles had no doubt that Scott was capable to run the school, and lead the team. He practically was doing so already.

Charles feared what he was about to tell Scott would strip him of all that hope and trust that had been build for so many years.

"You wanted to tell me something?" he asked sitting down.

Charles wheeled over with the photo and handed it to him. "There's something I need to tell you, and it's something I should have done a long time ago"

Scott looked at the photo, the house was in the background with 8 people standing huddled together. "What's this?" he said with a intrigued smile

"That photo was taken in 1962" Charles started, "The two standing in the back are Magneto and myself" he admitted

Scott looked at it again with a bit of awe, "You had some head of hair Professor"

Charles looked down bashful yet still missing his youth, "I did" he said, "That was taken just before we opened up the house as a school. Two weeks before Eric went on his own" he looked away, "Before he shot me"

Scott had no idea, it was something Charles never spoke about to anyone except Jean. "Charles?"

"I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of, I've made a lot of mistakes Scott" he said, "But I've always had the intention of doing what I thought was best"

"What are you trying to say?" Scott said confused

"The young man in the photo, two in from the left standing next to the blonde" he said leaving out that was Raven, "His name is Alex" he said, "Alex Summers"

Scott looked up from the photo. It was a look Charles had dreaded, "When we found Alex he had told us about his family, that they had died, and that he had a young brother, but once Alex was adopted and you had been left still he tried to find you, but it wasn't as easy as we thought, then the crisis in Cuba happened"

Scott tried to make sense as Charles tried to explaine, "When you found me you told me you looked into my family and you said you found nothing"

Chalres nodded, "I thought I was protecting you" he shrugged, "Alex had left, he wanted no part in any alliance with the human race, and he wanted no part in Eric's brotherhood" he looked at the broken trust in Scott's eyes, "I couldn't risk loosing you both if you two knew of each other, if Eric knew of your family"

"What of my family" Scott said quietly, "Who were they?"

"Your father was a pilot for Nasa, and you four were taking a plane out for a test when it was shot down" he said grimly, "You and Alex survived, but you have no memory, because you hit your head and were in a coma" Part of him was ashamed for knowing what he knew, and how he knew yet he waited this long to tell the professor

Scott ran his hands through his hair, "Is that why Jean and Rachel are headed to Pittsburgh?" he asked, "To go get him?"

Charles nodded, "I wanted you to know beforehand, in case he comes back"

Scott shook his head,"You know this place was the only home I knew" he couldn't look at Charles, "You gave me a home, a purpose, because of you I have Jean, everything…Rachel even now" he stood up, "But my whole life I felt a piece missing, and you had the answers all along but that you chose to keep" he shook his head and walked out

"I'm sorry" Charles said

"What do you think he'll be like" Jean wondered as she focused on the road.

Rachel was trying to get comfortable in the sportscar, she shrugged, "Alex is a little rougher around the edges, least the Alex I knew" she said, "Who knows what he'll be like now"

Jean shook her head, "I just wonder how someone can go through their whole life knowing they have a brother out there somewhere, but choose not to try and find them"

"Maybe he knew the dangers that came with Scott knowing he had a brother" Rachel said staring out the window, "Eric went looking for Alex for a long time after Vietnam and the whole thing with Trask and the Sentinels. Alex said he didn't want to lose anyone else"

Jean tried to think of the different perspective. "I just know that if you were out there somewhere, I'd move heaven and earth trying to find out" she looked at Rachel, still trying to catch something, anything to make a connection.

Rachel looked back at Jean and tried to smile knowing her thoughts, "I know" she admitted. She felt the same, Rachel knew she had to come back and find her family, to try and stop the same thing from happening again. "I would to" she said having done it, she let Jean have that much.

Jean smiled hearing the thought, it was small and quiet. Letting out a small sob Jean ran her hand down Rachel's head.

That small ray of hope flashed through Rachel's mind again, what Logan had said before, she hoped for it as well, that maybe it would be different this time. That the woman Rachel sat next to wouldn't turn out the same way her mother did. That Jean wouldn't turn and Rachel could have her mother again.

"Why do you think he chose Pittsburgh of all places?" Jean asked following Rachel through the hallway of the apartment.

Rachel stopped hearing someone's thoughts. A voice she'd heard before. "You ok?" Jean asked behind her

"Shit" Rachel hissed

Jean was still confused, "Language?" She then heard it too.

Rachel turned the corner to see Eric walking into the apartment with Chamber following.

"Course he's going to play fire with fire" she said to herself knowing who's thoughts she was hearing.

"We have to go" Rachel said, turning, "It isn't safe" She was realizing now that it was becoming a reality that this was a different time, that everything wasn't going to turn out the same if John was with Eric, and that coming alone with Jean was a mistake.

"Rachel" Jean tried to make sense of it all.

"Well, well I see you are bonding with mommy and daddy quite nicely Miss Summers" Rachel heard Eric. She stopped.

Jean stood in front of Rachel, "Eric, we're not here to fight"

Eric gave a small smile, "Really, well your daughter must get her roughness from another then, perhaps the Wolverine"

Rachel tried to hold herself together, "Jono we don't want any trouble" she said to the man standing beside Eric

John Starsmore stood just as Rachel remembered how he looked, but he wasn't the same, his dark brown hair swung over his forehead as he looked on unfamiliar. His eyes were tortured, dressed in all black, she noticed the burn marks on his hands, the leather mask he wore over his face leaving only his eyes visible.

"It's Chamber" he said with an icy tone

She wished Logan were here. A thought she let slip as Jean looked on knowing Rachel was scared. "Eric we're just here to talk to Alex"

"Are you planning a family reunion back home" Eric gave a sadistic smile, "And you weren't planning on inviting me?"

"You have no right to force Alex to join you Eric" Jean said, "Let him be"

"I highly doubt you have any right to say that my dear, when you and your telepath daughter are doing the same thing" he said, "She projected her memories onto Gambit to convince him to come with you, didn't you" he looked at Rachel

Jean looked back at Rachel wondering why Rachel told Remy everything, but was keeping it from her and Scott. "He needed to understand" Rachel argued, "He came on his own free will"

"Can you say the same?" she asked looking at Jono, "What made you join Eric Jon?" she asked, "Did he threaten you? Make you believe that it was either him or death by humans?"

Jon stepped forward lowering his mask, "That's the only way there is" he said as the fire grew inside his mouth

Rachel shook her head. "The Jon I know doesn't believe that"

Jean reached for Rachel reading Jon's thoughts. Jon opened his mouth but before the fire reached out Alex tore in front of Jean and Rachel and sent a blast through sending Jon down the hallway.

Eric watched and reacted quickly. Jean held Rachel as the foundation in the building began to shake. "Common" Alex said grabbing them, and running for the fire escape.

Eric shut the door as Jean and Rachel jumped back, but Alex blasted the door off the hinges and ran through with the girls following.

Rachel looked back once they got out and saw Jono incinerating the building. "Car's over there" Jean pointed

As they jumped in Rachel watched as the building went up in flames while Jean sped out and down the street. "All my stuff's gone." Alex scoffed, "Why the hell is Eric after me now after all this time?" he said angry, "and who are you two?"

Rachel looked back at Alex in the back seat, "That's' your sister in law, and I'm your niece from the future" she said matter of fact.

Jean couldn't help but find Rachel's' tone humorous as she glanced at Alex through the mirror, but it wasn't the time for sarcasm as she looked at Rachel sideways, "Common" she said, "My names Jean, and this is Rachel" she took a moment to look at Alex again in the mirror, he looked a little like Scott, same eyes she thought.

Rachel heard Jean comparing the two men. But Rachel was stuck on Jono. How she lost him, if he was already with Eric, then there was no way he was going to help them. He helped them put back the pieces after Jean murdered Charles and Scott. He was there for her when she lost her family. But he was gone, just like everyone else she knew. Even Alex wasn't the man she knew, the Uncle she came to love, he was a hard man, but he had a soft spot for Rachel.

"We're Scott's family" Jean added, though she didn't need to. Alex knew. He only had one brother he knew of. One brother he left all those years ago.

"Where is he" Alex said with tears in his eyes

"With Charles Xavier" Rachel added turning back around, "The professor found Scott when he was 16, he's been with him ever since"

Alex looked around out of sorts, he chose to stay away in hopes of protecting Scott, after everything in Cuba Alex didn't want the trouble that came with running with groups of them. It was better to stick to himself, keep moving, that way no one would find out. But why would Charles keep Scott a secret from Alex. "Does he know about me?" he asked

Jean looked to Rachel not knowing, "He will by the time we get back to the mansion"

He shut his eyes, "And what do you mean you're from the future?"

Rachel nodded, "Just that"

Jean shot Rachel another look, Please don't make this a joke "I'm from the year 2039" Rachel rolled her eyes at her mother.

"2039?" he asked

"Do you remember 1973?" Rachel asked "You had just been released from active duty in Vietnam"

Alex straightened, "How did you know that?"

Rachel raised her eyebrow, "Mystique helped you out" Alex was starting to come around, "The sentinel program that launched and the accident that followed, all that was a plan by the professor to alter a reality that could have been, that already sort of was" she tried to explain, "A man named Logan came back in time to help Charles and Hank stop the program that would have come to develop machines for more advanced than the ones back then using Raven's DNA" Talking about what Logan had to do, how he'd seen it all, how he was the only one to know what had happened before it changed made her ache.

"How would they have gotten Raven's DNA?" he asked

"Well in the reality that could have been, they killed just like they did to Banshee, Emma, and a lot of other mutants you used to know" she said sullen "But they were able to change the events of history, creating the reality we now know" she said

"So why did you come back?" he asked

"Because they didn't stop it completely" She said flatly, "They just delayed things. Those machines were eventually created, it's not quite like how it used to be, the reality Logan once knew, but the sentinels were created and they have been wiping out a good chunk of the mutant population" she looked down the fear that tore through her

"How do you know about this reality that could have been?" Alex said, "And what happened that you had to come back?"

Rachel slipped and Logan flashed through her mind. Her aching for him, him telling her about his time travel. Jean's jaw dropped as she looked at Rachel surprised. Logan told you all of that? He showed you that?

Rachel shut her eyes trying to hold on to her control, "He did" she admitted, "Logan told me about what he had done, and I had to come back" she paused, "Because the sentinels came for the mansion, they killed most of our team, and took the kids"

"Shit" Alex leaned back

"We need to figure out a way to stop this from happening, so we're trying to gather as many of you from the future as we can to try and stop these machines for good" Jean said trying not to let herself think about the possibilities of her daughter and Logan. Logan didn't share much with anyone, but to tell someone something so personal, his own thoughts wasn't a small thing.

"We headed back to the mansion then?" Alex asked

Rachel and jean nodded. Alex sighed, "Guess a family reunion is in order"

Jean let out a small relived smile but it soon faded still emerged in the thought of Logan and Rachel. Rachel tried to block out Jeans thoughts and avoid her concerned glances. She was still too heartbroken over Jono