X-Men: Past, Present, Future

*I accidently uploaded Stories 9 as Stories 11. I fixed it now.*

Past Chapter 11: Charles' Jealousy

Charles sat in the living room, figuring out what he wanted to say in his speech on genetics and mutation that was due in less than three weeks. He was nervous and excited at the same time. What made him lose focus constantly was the thought of his new acquired best friend, Erik, who is now dating a woman named Magda for a month. Charles' mind told him not to stress over Erik, and that jealousy was not a good distraction for not writing his speech. After an hour of struggling to finish the speech, Charles' heard the door to his mansion open. He knew Moira was still at school, and that Emma was in her bedroom. The only person would have been Erik.

"Erik!" Charles greeted with joy.

"Hello, Charles," Erik greeted as he closed the door.

"Do you want to hear what I have for my speech?" Charles asked.

"Maybe later," said Erik as he walked up the stairs. "I'm getting ready for my date with Magda."

"Another date?" asked Charles as he followed Erik up the stairs. "Didn't you spend the night with her last night?"

"Yes," said Erik. "And it was a good night." Erik entered his bedroom and closed the door behind him, leaving Charles standing in the upstairs hallway by himself.

Charles was consumed by the feeling of loneliness. Charles had felt the feeling before when he was a child. It was difficult for him to attend school because of his mutation. Charles was unable to focus, because his telepathy would switch on and off at random times, which caused emotional distress for him and severe headaches. He eventually had to be homeschooled until he entered university. With not much social interaction with other children, Charles' became a lonely child who yearned for a friend.

Suddenly, Emma's bedroom door opened and Emma came out with several bags and luggage in her hands. Charles' ran to aid Emma when he saw her struggling to carry everything.

"Emma, what is with all these bags?" asked Charles.

"I'm moving out," answered Emma as she and Charles carried the luggage down the stairs.

"You're moving out?" asked a surprised Charles.

"You didn't think I was going to stay here forever did you?" asked Emma.

"Of course not," said Charles. He thought of Emma and him as children. Emma, although she would be deemed Charles' childhood friend, would only occasionally visit him a few times a year. As they entered their teenage years, Emma visited him less, causing Charles loneliness to develop more.

"Thank you, Charles," Emma said as they place the luggage at the door.

"No, problem," said Charles. "Do you need a ride?"

"No, I called my driver. He should be coming in a few minutes."

"I hope you come visit a lot."

"I know you do. Just like when we were kids, right?"

"Yeah."

"Look, Erik is still your good friend. You just need to understand that when someone falls in love, they want to spend every waking moment with them. Just give Erik some space."

"You always seem to have the answer to questions I never asked you."

"Well, you're a telepath too, you should know."

"I have a feeling that I should read your mind and find out if you know more than you should about this new relationship Erik has with Magda."

"Perhaps you should read Moira's mind instead...but without invading her privacy, I'm sure you can figure it out on your own."

At a classy restaurant, Erik and Magda sat at a table, enjoying a fine dinner with red wine. Erik felt overwhelmed with happiness. He has a factory job, a good friend, and a beautiful girlfriend. Erik felt like smiling almost every minute because he enjoyed life.

"You're smiling an awful lot tonight," said Magda as she sipped her wine.

"Are you saying my smile is awful?" joked Erik.

"Don't be silly," Magda laughed. "I could marry you on your smile alone."

Erik paused as he was intrigued by Magda's words. "Would you?"

"Would I what?" asked Magda.

"Marry me?"

"Erik, I was kidding."

"Yes, but were you lying?"

Magda paused as she looked into Erik's eyes to come up with an answer. She only had one: "No. No, I wasn't lying. I would marry you."

"Then let's do it!"

"Are you serious?"

"Yes!"

"Erik, listen to yourself for a minute. We've know each other for a month!"

"Yes, but it feels right! I want to marry you!"

"...I guess...we should then."

"Are you saying 'yes'?"

"Yes!"

Erik and Magda walked into the parking lot. It was night time and no one was around. The moon was shining brighter than usual. The street lights dimly illuminated the area of the city, giving a romantic atmosphere to the otherwise, grungy streets.

"Before, I marry you, I have to show you something," Erik said as he stopped at their car.

"What is it?" Magda wondered. Erik extended his arm towards the car and used his magnetic force to lift it off the air. He then slowly twisted his hand back and forth, which made the floating car rotate. Magda was in awe of the sight.

"I'm a mutant, Magda," said Erik. "I can manipulate metal...are you afraid?"

"No," Magda replied. "I'm...amazed."

Charles found himself in the living room again, trying to edit his speech. He was alone this time in the house, which he actually quite enjoyed. The peace that he yearned to be away from was a good vacation from the stress he was feeling with Erik. Last night, Erik came home with Magda to announce their engagement to Moira and Charles. It was exciting news and Charles was happy for his friend. But he did get the feeling of jealousy once again. Suddenly, the doorbell rung. Charles opened the door to find Magda standing at the entrance.

"Magda!" said a surprised Charles. "Erik is at work right now."

"Yes, I know," said Magda. "I came here to see you."

"Me?"

"Erik told me you were writing a speech...on mutation...would you mind reading it to me? I want to know more about mutants...more about Erik."

Charles was surprised at what Magda was saying. He realized that Erik had told Magda about his mutation. Then he realized that Erik had also been talking about him, which made Charles' very happy to know that his best friend still cared.

"You do know, Erik isn't the only mutant around here?"

Present Chapter 11: Finding Alex Summers

The X-Jet flew into the orange sky as the sun began to set in New York. Cyclops and Jean were flying to Chicago, where Jean telepathically found Alex using Cerebro. Cyclops was excited to see his little brother; Alex was the only family he had left.

"Are you sure you should be flying with me?" asked Cyclops.

"I'm fine now," said Jean who recovered from the pain of using Cerebro for the first time.

"Tell me if you feel weak, ok?"

"Ok."

Back at the school, Storm, Wolverine and the new addition to the team, Samuel, were sitting at the dining room table, discussing about the X-Men.

"So, now that both of you are in the X-Men, you also have to help teach the children," Storm said.

"Who said I was an X-Men?" Wolverine asked.

"You said you would help us on our missions," stated Storm.

"Yeah, but I never said I would be part of the team," Wolverine replied. "Just think of me as a little cameo in your little superhero movie."

"We're not superheroes," said Storm.

"You sure act like you are," replied Wolverine.

"I got a diploma in visual arts," said Samuel.

"That's great! You can teach art to the students then!" said Storm. "I'm so glad to have you're on the team, Samuel."

"Cannonball," said Samuel. "Please call me Cannonball."

The X-Jet landed on the top of an apartment building in Chicago. Cyclops and Jean exited the plane and made their way to the door that led inside the building. Jean used her telekinesis to unlock and open the door. The apartment was where Jean had located Alex, and as they entered it, Jean could sense his mind more.

Back at the school, Jean-Paul entered the dining room from the kitchen, trying to quickly make his way out before the three adults mutants could talk to him.

"Hey, Jean-Paul!" Storm greeted, stopping Jean-Paul in his tracks. "How are you liking it here so far?"

"My sister and I like the campus," Jean-Paul shyly said. "It's nice."

"How about the people?" asked Storm. "Did you make any friends?"

"I met about everybody," said Jean-Paul. "They're all pretty nice."

"Any girls you interested in?" Wolverine joked.

"No," said Jean-Paul. "...I like boys."

"Oh?" said Wolverine with a raised eye-brow. "How do I look to you?"

"Logan!" Storm yelled with a slap to Wolverine's head. "Don't make fun of him!"

"I wasn't!" Wolverine yelled out.

"Ms. Munroe, can I ask you a question?" asked Jean-Paul.

"Call me Storm, and yes, you can ask me anything," answered Storm.

"I heard Ms. Grey can read minds like the professor," said Jean-Paul. "Did she read my mind and found out I was...gay...and gave me a room to myself so I wouldn't scare the other kids?"

The adult mutants were shocked at what Jean-Paul was saying. Storm got up from her chair and embraced Jean-Paul with a hug. "Don't ever think that," said Storm. "We only gave you a room to yourself because it was the only room we had available. You won't be alone for long. When another student enrols, they'll be your new roommate."

"Thank you," said Jean-Paul as his feeling of loneliness left his body.

"No problem," replied Storm. "If you ever need to talk about anything, I'm here for you. I'm the school counsellor."

"You're the school counsellor?" asked Wolverine. "Shouldn't the counsellor have less of an attitude?"

"Don't start with me!" Storm warned Wolverine as the sound of thunder roared outside.

As Jean-Paul walked up the stairs, he noticed one of the younger students, Victor standing on the stairs and watching him. Jean-Paul smiled as he knew that Victor had been listening.

"Yeah, I'm gay, so what?" said Jean-Paul jokingly.

"That's cool," said Victor. "Hey, do you want to have lunch sometime?"

"Sure, Victor," said Jean-Paul as he kept on walking. In his head, Jean-Paul told himself that 12 year old Victor was too young, and wasn't even his type.

"Call me Anole," Victor said as he watched his crush walk away.

"Here," Jean said as she pointed at the door of apartment 55C.

"Are you sure?" Cyclops asked.

"I'm positive," Jean said as she knocked on the door. Cyclops and Jean waited, as they heard the sound of someone approaching the door. The door swung open, and a sight surprised both of them. A woman opened the door, and this particular woman looked similarly like Jean.

Future Chapter 11: Welcome to Utopia

The X-Jet landed on the island of Genosha, now called Utopia. It was an island that was claimed by mutants, becoming a safe haven for mutants. The newly reformed X-Men exited the jet as they were greeted by a group of citizens of Utopia consisting of Wolverine, Colossus, Dust, Hellion, Jubilee, Oya and Psylocke.

"Well, I haven't seen you guys in a while," said Wolverine who was now one of the official leaders of Utopia.

"It's nice to see you," said Storm as she kissed Wolverine on the cheek.

"Just like old times?" said Wolverine. "Except I use to get tongue."

"Emma," greeted Colossus. "We welcome you to Utopia!"

"Thank you," Emma replied. "How has it been here these past few years?"

"We had it rough for awhile," said Jubilee. "But it's gotten better since we made Mystique resign from her role as president. Can you believe that woman refused to let us trade with other countries? We had a shortage of food for weeks!"

"Where is Mystique now?" asked Cyclops.

"She's in New York," Iceman answered. "Rogue went to see her."

The mutants made their way into the city that was built in Utopia. It wasn't a large city like New York, but it had many neighbourhoods, and more and more were being built.

"The population doubled since Mystique left," stated Colossus. "We're at 20,000 now."

"We're hoping not too many mutants decide to immigrate here, or we will run out of room," said Psylocke.

"Hey, Hellion!" Shadowcat said. "Can we go visit everybody?"

"Sure," said Hellion as he took Shadowcat, Iceman, and Wind Dancer on a different route. Emma gave the mutants an angry look as she watched them leave.

"Let them have some fun, Emma," said Beast to Emma. "They haven't seen their friends in a very long time."

"Fine!" said Emma. "But tomorrow, we need to start some official business!"

The mutants all met up later to have a few drinks and share stories. It was a joyous night in Utopia, as memories of happy times filled the local bar.

"Baby, I haven't seen you in a long time!" said Toad as he made eyes towards Psylocke.

"I can't believe I ever joined The Brotherhood with you in it," said Psylocke as she rolled her eyes.

"You joined because you had the hots for me!" teased Toad.

"Too bad you didn't come two nights ago!" said Cannonball. "It was Aero's birthday!"

"How old are you now Aero?" asked Cyclops.

"22!" said Aero. "My big brother, Cannonball here celebrated by getting extremely drunk and punching Jamie in the face!"

"He was hitting on you!" Cannoball yelled."I wasn't going to let Multiple Man go home with you and do multiple things to you!"

"You are so disgusting!" Aero replied as she drank her beer.

"So, has Hellion talked to you yet?" asked Dust to Wind Dancer.

"I can't believe you rejected him!" said Oya.

"He asked me while we were in battle!" said Wind Dancer.

"But that's so romantic!" said Dust.

"It's very inconvenient!" Wind Dancer yelled out.

"You're still working out? Because your body still looks good," Wolverine complimented.

"I am still working out," said Storm. "I can see you're working out too."

"I've got to," said Wolverine as he placed his hand on Storm's back. "I want to look good for you when you come back."

"Baby, you always look good," said Storm as she leaned in to kiss Wolverine.

"Wanna go back to my place?" Wolverine asked with smile.

To be continued...