March 18th, 1963
"Charles tell you guys what he wanted?" Vi asked Sean, Alex, and Darwin as the met her in the hall.
"Something about picking up students," Darwin replied before they headed to the Charles' office. The door was open, so they all filed in.
Sean was first to speak, "So you found more students?" Over the past few months, they had brought in 7 students in total. The school wasn't exactly official yet, but some of the kids were living on the street, or had parents who weren't prepared for a teen that could blow a building down or wither things with a touch.
Charles looked up and smiled "Two. The first is Alison Blaire of Long Island. She has the ability to convert sound into light."
"Wait," Vi interjected. "Did you just say Alison Blaire?"
"Yes, I-"
Her eyes lit up and she grinned. "She's a famous disco singer in the future."
"Disco?" Sean asked.
"You've got another decade."
Charles cleared his throat, "If you're quite finished, the second is a young man who lives in Greece named Dominikos Petrakis. He can generate seismic waves powerful enough to cause massive earthquakes."
"That's so cool," Sean exclaimed.
"Yes, now Darwin and Sean, I would like you to visit Mr. Petrakis. Hank will be flying you in the jet. Alex and I will take care of Ms. Blaire. I still need to speak with her parents in more detail. Vi, I need you to stay here and watch over the children."
Vi crossed her arms over her chest."You're joking."
"Here we go." Alex grumbled. Everytime a new mutant was found, she would have the same argument with Charles.
"Gentlemen, if you would give us a moment." The other three mutants filed out of the room and Darwin closed the door behind them.
"You said I could go this time, remember?" Charles had been keeping her from the recruitment missions, partly because of her unfamiliarity with the era, but also because she would stick out more than the others.
Charles sighed and rubbed his temples, "I did, but things have changed."
"What do you mean, Charles?"
"I've felt Emma Frost's mind while using Cerebro and I have reason to believe that they are planning an attack."
Vi straightened up and dropped her arms. "An attack?"
"Yes, I'm not sure about when, but-"
"If there's risk of an attack, then why are you sending everyone away except for me?" Vi felt anger begin to bubble beneath the surface, and she was sure that Charles could feel it too. How could he think that leaving the kids so under protected would be a good idea?
"Because we still need to help these children!" Charles held up the files of the two new recruits. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly to continue in a softer tone. "I feel that you are the most well equipped to handle a direct attack on the mansion if they take this chance to strike, so you're the best choice to stay behind."
Vi chewed on her lip as she considered this. "If something bad happens, it's on you."
"We're watching the Monday night movie!" David insisted, turning the dial on the television.
"But I wanna watch The Lucy Show!" Laurie pouted.
Vi stood in the doorway watching the scene, several bowls of popcorn in her arms. A few of other students stood divided behind David and Laurie as they fought over what to watch "Some things never change."
David heard this and his head snapped up, "Miss, can you help us settle this?"
As she made her way over to the couch and set the popcorn bowls down on the table, she shrugged, "99% of the TV in this time sucks so I really don't care. I'm just waiting for Star Trek."
"What's a Star Trek?" Laurie asked. She looked back at Josh, who merely shrugged.
"You'll understand when you're older." Vi spun around and yelled towards the living room door "Need help with the drinks, Noriko?!"
The blue haired girl entered as if on cue, awkwardly carrying bottles of Coke with her gauntlet covered arms. "No." Ruth trailed behind her, the remaining bottles in her hands.
"Alright." She turned to the other students who were still bickering. "We're watching the movie. Whatever it is."
Laurie and the students behind her groaned. The kids grabbed their drinks and the bowls of popcorn to share before they got comfortable on the couches and floor.
Vi woke up on the couch to find that the TV had been turned off and that the students had mostly fallen asleep as well. She didn't see David, so she assumed he had turned the television off and left them to sleep. Laurie sat cuddled into Vi, her head resting on her shoulder and her golden hair covering her features. A small smile appeared on Vi's face at all the teens sleeping peacefully until Ruth startled her. She was the only one still awake, or so it seemed, as she was sitting straight up.
"It's coming. Yes. Thank you." The girl whispered.
Fear filled Vi as she grabbed Ruth's shoulder, a little rougher than she intended to "What's coming?"
"The Angel and the Devil. No. The Queen. Pardon."
"Ruth, tell me what you see." Her eye stayed locked on the girl until the sound of the jet returning made her turn her head. "Are they okay?"
When the girl didn't answer, Vi stood, careful to move Laurie off of her first. She rushed out of the room and down the hall to the door that would take her to the jet. Flinging the door open, she entered the corridor and rushed to the last door, which opened up in front of her.
Darwin, Hank, and Sean stopped in their tracks at the sight of her entering the room. "Wow, you must have really missed us."
She breathed a sigh of relief, "Not exactly. Ruth had a vision." Vi frowned and looked behind them. "Where's Dominikos?"
"He declined our offer," Hank explained.
Sean scoffed and crossed his arms, "'Declined' makes it sound like he did it nicely."
Darwin held his hands up, "Wait, wait a second. You said Ruth had a vision. What was it about? It must have been bad to have you that concerned."
"She didn't say, but I may have an idea."
"'It's coming'? That doesn't sound ominous at all." Sean spoke as he fell into one of the chairs in Charles' office. Charles and Alex had gotten back not long after the others, so Vi explained what happened.
"Ruth mentioned 'the Angel, the Devil, and the Queen'. Sounds a lot like Angel, Azazel, and Emma to me." She turned to Charles. "You said earlier that they're planning an attack. That could be the it."
Alex chimed in, "Why wouldn't she mention Magneto? He would be the one leading them."
"That's what I was wondering. Why those three?" Vi thought it possible that Erik and Raven didn't want to fight them directly after everything that they had been through, but that was giving Erik too much credit in her eyes.
Charles sighed and rubbed his temples. "I believe the best course of action is to carry on as we have been. There are still children out there that need our help. But we must use caution. Hank, if you could work on upgrading our security..."
"Of course," Hank rumbled before taking his leave.
"And we'll double down on the training. Whether they attack here or somewhere else, we need to be ready." Vi looked around at her teammates and they nodded in confirmation. "The students should have more training, too. If anything does happen, they need to be able to defend themselves."
Charles gave her a nod, "Alright, but do keep in mind that this is a school, not a bootcamp."
Alex smirked, "I'll make sure she doesn't work them too hard."
"What am I to you guys? Some kind of drill sargeant?" Vi scoffed in annoyance.
Sean visibly struggled to hold back a laugh.
"That's 1,000 push-ups for you tomorrow, Cassidy." She turned and headed towards the door, hiding her sly smile.
Darwin patted Seans shoulder as it dawned on him. "Sorry, man."
"Have fun," Alex teased as he and Darwin left the office.
Charles watched Sean exit as well before grabbing his bottle of brandy and a glass. It was moments like these that made him wonder how he was going to run a school when the teachers were practically kids as well.
Crete, Greece. March 19th, 1963.
"I already told you people, I don't need your help." Dominikos had grown tired of being bothered and it showed in his tone.
"We're not with them." Emma slunk closer, leaving Raven standing behind her. "We're not here to treat you like a child, or a charity case."
"Then why are you here?" He clenched his fists, readying himself in case the woman attacked.
She flashed him her sparkling smile. "To give you what you want. Revenge on every human that treated you like anything less than the god that you are."
After a short pause, Dominikos nodded. Emma's smile widened as she placed her hand on his shoulder and led him to their car, where Janos stood waiting.
"The world will belong to us, Dominikos."