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A/N: as always, the format for this story was inspired by the amazing 'ARogueGambit7 's Mutant High: Revolutionary. Go read it, you'll love it!
Season One, Episode Fourteen
Family Issues
Glasgow, Scotland
"Have you seen Ian, Mum?" asked a young boy, his accent thick.
"Not since last night," his mother responded. "Why don't you go and look for him outside, David?" she suggested. "He might've gotten caught in a tree or something."
"Sure thing," he nodded, kissing her cheek. "Love you."
"Love you, too," watching him until he disappeared from her view, the woman sighed happily.
Meanwhile, outside, David stepped through several fallen leaves, looking around and up in the trees. "Ian?" he called out. "Ian, where are you?" after hearing no response, he ventured further into the woods. "Ian, can you hear me?"
A stick cracked behind him, and David whipped around, but saw nobody. "Ian? Was that you?"
He felt a sudden stabbing sensation in his head, and he clutched his temples, falling to his knees.
At the Mansion
"I mean, after all of the recent attacks, doesn't it make sense to increase the amount of control on the weapons that are sold?" Kitty reasoned.
"I think that that's just more of a reason to let more people buy guns as self defense," argued Regina. "If there's going to be an attack, people need to be able to fight back."
"What 'bout limiting who buys it? Rather than how many are sold?" suggested Rogue. "Don't let people buy a gun if you think that they're a terrorist."
"But sometimes it isn't as simple as that," the Professor said gently. "Sometimes, as we all know, people are prejudice, and-" his phone began to ring out from his pocket. Looking at his caller ID, a momentary look of confusion passed over his face. "I'm sorry, but I am afraid that I have to take this," moving over to the opposite side of the room, he pressed a finger to one ear, and his finger against the other. "Gabrielle?"
"Charles?" the scottish woman's voice was panicked, thick with tears. "I need your help. My son is missing."
"What?" he burrowed his eyebrows. "When did it happen?"
"He went out last night," described Gabrielle. "I heard him scream, but I can't find him anywhere. I think...I think that he's been kidnapped."
"I am sorry. I will fly over as soon as I am able to assist you. But may I ask, after all these years, why call now? Why me?" he asked.
"That's just it, Charles," Gabrielle hesitated. "He's yours."
"He's-what?" Charles gasped, nearly dropping the phone.
Theme Music: Bet My Life, Imagine Dragons
Wolverine: Hugh Jackman
Rogue: Anna Paquin
Shadowcat: Ellen Page
Professor X: Patrick Stewart
Gambit: Taylor Kitsch
Jubilee: Julia Ling
Nightcrawler: Kodi Smit-Mcphee
Jean Grey: Famke Janssen
Cyclops: James Marsden
Storm: Halle Berry
Iceman: Shawn Ashmore
Colossus: Enver Gjokaj
*Phantom: Colin Morgan (young)
*Bolt: Dylan Sprouse
*Shatter: Hailee Steinfeld
Guest Starring:
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Hayden Christensen
Casey Simpson
Kelly MacDonald
In the Meeting Room
"I just can't believe that she never told me," the Professor rubbed his between his eyebrows anxiously.
"It's not your fault, Professor," counseled Jean. "You had no way of knowing."
"I am one of the most powerful telepaths in the world. I should've sensed it," he contradicted.
"You didn't know to look," Jean sighed. "When are you leaving?"
"I have the Blackbird ready. I'm going to leave within the hour," the Professor said.
"Do you want us to accompany you on the mission?" Scott asked.
"I think that it would be most helpful, thank you," he smiled gratefully.
"And what about the students?" Ororo asked.
"I am considering having them join me," Logan, who had been drinking a beer while leaning against the wall, choked on his drink.
"I'm sorry, what?" he had a bewildered expression on his face. "Those rugrats?"
"Not all of them," the Professor assured him. "Just the older ones. I think that it's high time they were involved in more real life scenarios outside of the Mansion."
"Like there's not enough inside the Mansion?" Logan replied sarcastically.
"If they're to grow and mature, they need to be put in situations where there are more consequences. Also," he added. "I think that if we started involving them more, inviting them on missions, they would behave more, stop sneaking out."
Logan snorted, but didn't argue further with the Professor. "If you say so."
"I think that I should go and tell them now, give them time to get their excitement out and pack," Ororo proposed.
In the Rec Room
"I'm never going to need to turn on a TV again, this is better than any telenovela," Regina chuckled into her mug of coffee.
"I still can't believe that he has a son," Kitty shook her head for what seemed like the millionth time.
"Well, it's not like he knew," Jubilee pointed out.
"I wonder who kidnapped him," Piotr mused aloud. "If he is the son of the Professor, he's probably a mutant. A pretty strong one, too."
"Maybe not," Remy shrugged. "Dis one barely understands genetics, but it's possible for a mutant to have a normal kid. Just ain't likely."
"Wow," Rogue gasped sarcastically. "You actually do have a brain somewhere up in there."
"Dat ain't all I have," Gambit winked.
"True," Rogue shot back. "You also have an enormous superiority complex and all the charm of a swamp rat."
"Aww, chère, you wound me," he clutched his heart, pretending to fall back.
"You keep talkin' like that and ah'm gonna smack you from here to Tokyo," she sassed.
"Bet dat's what you say to all da hommes," he smirked as Rogue blushed a deep scarlet.
"Cajun, ah swear to God-" she started, but was interrupted by Ororo.
"The Professor is leaving for Scotland to help look for his-his son," Ororo looked at each of them in the eye. "Which you probably already knew. But he has decided to take you with him."
"He-what?" Jubilee did a double take. "Seriously?"
"Yes," Ororo confirmed. "He thinks that it would be best for you to get some real life experience out in the real world. I suggest that you all go up and pack. He will be leaving within the hour."
"Eeep!" exclaimed Jubilee as soon as Professor Monroe was out of sight. "I can't believe that we get to go to Scotland!"
"What is in Scotland?" asked Piotr, confused. "Aside from the Professor's son?"
"I don't know, but it sure beats sitting around here and doing classwork," shrugging, Jubilee leapt up from her seat over and headed towards the hallway.
"She has a point," Kitty agreed, as she and the rest of them slowly stood up and filed away to their rooms.
Commercial Break
There was screaming, lots of it, blood was everywhere. One by one, the Morlocks were cut down, the men, women and children alike. The carnage was unbelievable. Fear coursed throughout the room, as parents would try to get their children to safety, but where slashed down almost immediately. Kids ran to try and get to their parents, or would just collapse in on themselves, sobbing and crying for their parents. Few mutants were dragged away, but most were just murdered in cold blood.
"No!" a young mutant boy with large horns ripped free from a green haired woman, only to be grabbed and stabbed in the chest by none other than Sabertooth himself.
The room stunk with death as scene before scene of death and destruction cut through the air. Blood was spilled across the ground, shining and slowly spreading. People would cry, their tears mixing in with the blood. A feeling akin to that of a cornered animal took over, and suddenly Rogue was in a corner, her voice burning as she tried to shout, to say something. But the screams overwhelmed her, burying her voice in that of the others. A slender woman made her way over to her, a wicked grin on her face, her intents clear upon her face. Making a dash towards the ladder, she was yanked down, falling-
Rogue sat up with a gasp, looking out the window. The Blackbird was somewhere over the Atlantic, but was gaining quickly, and in the distance she could see a speck of land that was rapidly growing.
"You okay, chère?" Remy asked, putting his gloved hand over her own.
For a moment, when she turned and looked at him in the eyes, she looked like a cornered animal. But she then visibly relaxed and nodded. "Just a nightmare. Left over from absorbin' that Siren girl."
Remy looked conflicted, then he said "Dey have a lot of bad memories? Somethin' tell me dat dey aren't good with people."
Rogue chuckled, nodding. "Ah can tell, too. But it ain't that. It was 'bout the Mutant Massacre. She was down there."
Remy's expression darkened. "Dat certainly ain't somethin' that you want in your head."
"No," she agreed, then noticed their hands and awkwardly pulled away. "These certainly are dark times."
"We're about to land," Jean called back. It was ultimately decided that only she, Ororo and Scott would accompany them and the Professor on the trip, as Logan would be needed back at the Mansion.
Unknown Location, Scotland
"It's workin'," a tall shadow of a guy stood over David, who was chained to a cement wall. "Dear ol' daddy will be here soon enough."
"Please," David begged, pulling at the chains. "I never met 'im. He left us before I was born."
"And doesn't that make you angry?" an unknown force suddenly lifted David up. "He just deserted you, never looked back?"
"Lucas!" a flirty female voice shouted down from above, accompanied by heavy metal music. "C'mon and join us."
Scoffing, Lucas dropped David down to the ground. "See ya' later," he walked mentally moved a large hunk of stone out of the way, sealing it behind him as he walked up the carved in stairs, leaving David alone to scream. "Maybe when I do you'll see reason."
Gabrielle Haller's House
Glasgow, Scotland
"I can't believe that you never told me about this!" exclaimed the Professor, again, beside the table. "I had a right to know that I have a son."
"I didn't want to know that his father was too busy studying mutants to care about him!" Gabrielle huffed.
"You always did blame everything on my studies. Is that what you told him?" he asked.
"No," she sniffed. "He doesn't know anything about you. I wouldn' tell him. He just knows that you left us before he was born."
The Professor looked like he wanted to say something, but he held his tongue.
"How about Scott and I look around in his room?" Jean suggested. "See if maybe he left something behind that leaves a hint to where he went?"
"The Police already looked around, but you can too if you feel it will help," Gabrielle shrugged, her eyes red-rimmed.
"Sometimes it takes a little something beyond the average Police Force," she said gently, then stood up, heading up to David's room, Scott following behind her.
He had a few posters in his room of bands, and a checker patterned bedsheet, but aside from that it was nearly completely bare. His desk was neat, his curtains were a plain beige, everything was tucked away in its place. Scott opened up some binders flipping through, then looked around his bookshelf. "Remind me never to go missing," he chuckled to himself. "I wouldn't want somebody going through my stuff."
"Do you have something to hide?" Jean smirked, raising an eyebrow knowingly. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a small figure looking in on the room. Turning, she smiled softly towards the little boy. "Hello?" his eyes widened, and he darted out down the hall. "Wait!" Jean cried, running towards him and into Gabrielle. "Oh, I'm sorry," she apologized.
"It's okay," she replied, her voice soft.
"Who was that?" asked Jean.
"His name is Ian," Gabrielle looked down the hall to where the little boy had disappeared. "David found him living on the streets one day, and since then he's lived with us. David had gone out looking for him when…" she paused, her eyes welling up with tears.
"Does he know anything?" Jean asked gently.
"No," Gabrielle shook her head, wiping the tears from her eyes. "He doesn't talk. He's mute."
Liverpool, Scotland
This Is The Life by Amy MacDonald blares from the speakers
"Juju," Rogue stared at Jubilee apprehensively. "I think that when the Professor said to 'mingle and see if we can find any information', this isn't what he had in mind."
"Relax, Roguie," Jubilee smiled, twirling around in the streets with the rest of the town as music blared through the speakers. "I am mingling. Getting a sense of my surroundings."
"The Mission is to find out if anyone has any intel on where David could be, or who could've taken him," Bobby reminded her.
"We're in Scotland, out of the country," Kitty pointed out, dancing on the streets besides Jubilee. "How often do we get this chance? You two need to stop being such worrywarts."
"Kitty's right," Kurt bamfed into view, holding onto some drinks. "You guys need to have some fun."
"They have a point," a smile appeared on Rogue's face. "How often are we going to be in Scotland?"
A young man who was flirting with a ton of ladies caught Bobby's eye as he winked at one of them, and telekinetically called a drink to his hand. "Look-" he pointed towards the young man with longish hair. "He's telekinetic. Could be our man."
"Should we follow him?" asked Regina.
Jubilee countered. "It's not like he's going anywhere."
"Maybe just go a bit closer? If he tries to do something, we can stop him," Regina set her drink down on the half table next to them.
"If you insist," Jubilee shrugged, following the other girl. Rogue and Kitty glanced at each other before following, Piotr, Remy, and Bobby close behind.
They stopped a little ways away from him, and Jubilee grabbed Kitty's arm, pulling her into the street, dancing with her. "Care to dance?" Remy asked, touching Rogue's hand.
Rogue was hesitant at first, and Remy grinned as he pulled her in, grasping her hands and spinning her around. Chuckling to herself, she allowed him to spin her. He guided her feet, moving his own expertly.
Similarly, Kitty turned to Piotr. "Do you want to dance?"
Piotr blushed, but nodded shyly. "I-I am not that good-"
Kitty giggled towards him. "Being good doesn't matter. Just have fun."
Moving slowly at first, they speed up, Kitty leading him as Remy did Rogue. The pair danced together happily, besides Rogue and Remy, while Jubilee, Bobby, Regina, and Kurt danced besides each other solo. Suddenly Lucas stopped what he was doing, and turned, making eye contact with Bobby. "Uh," Bobby gulped, looking at the other students as Lucas made his way towards them. "I think that we have a problem."
Commercial Break
"So," Lucas leaned in close to Jubilee, twirling a piece of her hair. "The...Professor sent you?"
Jubilee yanked away from him. "Who's asking?"
"Call me Lucas," he snickered.
"What do ya' want, Lucas?" Rogue demanded. "Are you telepathic as well as telekinetic?"
Lucas scoffed at her. "Don't order me around. You all may have trained with Charles, but that doesn't make you as strong as me."
They glanced at each other before Kitty spoke up. "So you are the one who took David," she guessed.
"Aw," Lucas raised his hands sarcastically, tilting his head and looking up at them. "You caught me."
"Why'd you take the kid?" asked Remy, flipping cards.
"That's none of your business," replied Lucas, plucking a card out of his hand. "All you need to do is stay out of this."
"That ain't likely," Rogue snorted.
Gambit launched a card at him suddenly, but Lucas, telekinetically diverted it into the air, where it exploded above them. The crowds hurriedly left the square, screaming. Jubilee blasted plasma at him, but it had no effect. A twitch of his fingers threw her against a wall, and he turned to face Remy. "Did you have fun with that?"
"You a tricky one," Gambit grinned, whipping out his bo staff and twisting it around. "But you seem all bark and no bite."
He threw Gambit back, and turned as Rogue lifted him up and tossed him through the air like a rag doll. "Don't you have any manners?" she chastised him, flying over to where he was slowly standing up. He didn't even make a move to block her as she wrapped her ungloved hand around his wrist.
Her eyes widened slightly, and his form shimmered. "I'd say that's quite a bite," he cackled wickedly.
He easily pulled away from her, and she clutched the side of her head, screaming out and flying ten feet in the air, twisting. "What did you do?" exclaimed Remy, pulling out more cards while moving towards Rogue's withering form.
"My mind is rather interesting, I don't think that the little girl can quite handle it," Lucas looked at the students, exasperated. He waved his hand, and Rogue, along with everyone else, collapsed to the ground.
Gabrielle Haller's House
Glasgow, Scotland
"Have you had any success in locating him?" asked Gabrielle.
"Yes, but it is a bit vague. Perhaps you could assist me with it?" the Professor asked, and Gabrielle nodded.
"Of course. What could you find?" she asked.
"I keep seeing ruins of a castle," described the Professor. "And hearing rock music. It's on the edge of a cliff, above the sea."
"Ah," Gabrielle nodded. "That's the McFadden castle. Teenagers have been using those ruins for parties."
"I will have to continue to look, but I suggest that's where start," shrugging, the Professor closed his eyes, focusing once more.
The Woods Outside the Haller House
"Ian?" Jean called, looking around. If she could just find him and look into his mind, she was sure that he knew something. The woods around her seemed unfamiliar and unforgiving, the tall trees towering overtop her, leaves drifting down on her occasionally. She reached out with her mind, and she thought that she could sense him. Turning to the left, she marched forwards, only to stop as leaves and twigs snapped ahead of her. "Ian, dear, is that you?"
"I'm afraid not," Lucas stepped out from behind a tree, his head tilted. "Jean. I saw you. You came here with the Professor?" he confirmed.
Feeling him prodding at her mind, Jean reinforced her blocks. "Who are you? How do you know the Professor?"
"Funny you ask," he grinned, and fire flared up around her in a circle, encasing her. Jean tried to attack his mind, but it was turned around, attacking her own mind. She screamed out in pain, collapsing to the ground in unconsciousness.
In Gabrielle Haller's House
The Professor gasped out in pain, his eyes flying open. "What is it, Professor?" Storm asked, bending down next to him.
"I am afraid that whoever has taken David is more than just your average kidnapper," the Professor rubbed his temples. "He was taken by a mutant-an incredibly powerful one. And that's not all," the Professor looked towards Scott mournfully. "He has now taken Jean, too."
"No!" he shouted.
Liverpool, Scotland
Gambit sat up, his head pounding. The world spun around him, and it took him a few moments to gather his surroundings. He made finally made out the other students, slowly pushing themselves up. The person closest to him was ironically Rogue, who was still unconscious with a large gash on her head. "Rogue?" he gently touched her arm. "Chère?" Rogue moaned, turning slightly before sitting up.
"Remy, ah-" suddenly her eyes flew open. "Lucas! He-"
"He knocked out everyone," supplied Remy.
"No, that's not it," she pulled herself to her feet, wincing. "Ah need to talk to the Professor. It's important. Ah saw something in his mind. He needs to know-"
"Know what?" Kitty asked. "That he kicked our asses?"
"No-" Rogue shook her head. "It's important. And complicated. Ah-ah hardly even know how to explain it. We have to go back."
"I don't think we need to," Jubilee pointed to where Gabrielle's car was pulling up to them. "They're here."
"What happened here?" asked Ororo as she exited the car, rushing over to them. "Are you okay?"
"We were attacked by this guy named Lucas," explained Bobby. "He was telepathic and telekinetic."
"He must be the one who took Jean," pondered Ororo.
"Jean's kidnapped?" Regina asked, her eyebrows creased.
"Yes, we believe by the same person who took David. We figured out where they went, and we're going to stop him and get David and Jean back," Ororo elucidated.
"Ah need to talk to the Professor," said Rogue urgently. "It's about David and Lucas."
"What is it?" Ororo asked, confused.
"It's not Lucas and David," Rogue explicated slowly. "Lucas is David."
Commercial Break
McFadden Castle, Scotland
"What do you want?" Jean spat, glaring at Lucas, then tossed him against the wall. She started to leave, but was suddenly yanked back and thrown down the stairs. "Agh!" she exclaimed. Pressing her fingers to her temple, she once again tried to get into his mind, with no prevail.
"Oh, missy," he smiled wickedly. "You might be more powerful than most mutants, but you aren't powerful enough to defeat me."
Shutting the stone door, Jean was left in darkness.
"So he got you, too?" asked a male voice from the corner.
"Yeah," Jean walked towards the voice. "Are you David?"
"Yes…" he spoke cautiously. "Who are you?"
"My name is Jean Grey," she said encouragingly. "Your father sent me."
David scoffed. "My father? He doesn't care about me enough to ever contact me, I'm not surprised that he couldn't even come and help me himself."
"David, he is coming. But he never knew that you existed. Your mother never told him about you," explained Jean gently.
"Lucas says that he's the greatest telepath in the world," David argued, bitter. "How could he not know?"
North Highway, on the way to McFadden Castles
"Wait-" Scott shook his head, looking out the window as the trees flew by them. "How can he be both? And why would he kidnap himself?"
"Ah don't know," Rogue admitted. "It's all pretty confusing. But what ah saw, ah know that he ain't a normal kid."
"I always knew that there was a good chance that he would be a-a mutant," Gabrielle admitted. "Given his parentage. But he never showed any signs, and he certainly never said anything."
"Rogue," the Professor asked. "Would you mind if I had a look in your mind? Perhaps I could make sense of what you discovered."
"Go ahead," Rogue shrugged. "Ah don' know how much sense it'll make to you-especially if you're viewing it through mah head."
The Professor reached in, focusing and shifting through. After a few moments, he opened his eyes, worried. "It seems that he has...multiple personalities. When his powers developed, he developed another, separate personality, quite different from his own. Lucas is a manifestation of the darkest parts of him."
"So he...kidnapped...himself?" Kitty summed up.
"Something like that," the Professor nodded.
They pulled up outside of the Castle, and were instantly greeted by blaring rock music and chatter.
Tonight We are Victorious by Panic! at the Disco plays through the speakers
"We should spread out," Scott suggested, quickly stepping out of the car and heading in.
"Be careful," warned the Professor. "We do not need to lose anyone else."
The students spread out in pairs, Kitty and Piotr, Rogue and Gambit, Jubilee and Regina, Bobby and Kurt, with Daniel tagging along. The Professor slowly rolled around, looking at each person individually.
Scott, on the other hand, was not being slow at all. Pushing through the crowd, looking around for Jean. Several redheads caused him to turn, thinking he saw her. "Jean?" he called out. "Jean?"
The Professor stopped searching as his eyes landed on a single person. "Ian?" asked Gabrielle, bending down to his level. "What are you doing here?" Ian's eyes narrowed, and fire spread from his feet, wrapping around them. "Ian, what are you doing?"
"I am afraid that Ian knows more than he is letting on," the Professor answered. "And his loyalties are not with us-but with Lucas."
Below the McFadden Castles
"Do you hear that?" Jean raised her head to a crack in the wall.
"Hear what?" asked David.
A faint call of "Jean?" rang through the walls again.
"That!" she exclaimed. "It's Scott. If they're here, then we can get out."
"How do you plan on doing that?" David scoffed.
"By focusing," replied Jean, raising her hands. It took a few moments, and she grunted and groaned as the rock slowly slid out of its place and onto the ground.
"Wow," David seemed impressed. "Now, can you get these things off of me?" he raised his shackled hands.
"Of course," Jean nodded, mentally undoing the chains. Dashing up the stairs, she slowed down at the corner once they reached the top. Just a little bit aways was Scott, searching through the crowd for her. "Scott!" she called out, leaving the corner with David slowly following behind.
"Jean!" he exclaimed, swooping her up in his arms and hugging her tightly.
"We have to get out of here," Jean said, grabbing his hand and pulling him towards the exit, where the Professor was. David followed grudgingly behind at a safe distance, then he noticed the ring of fire surrounding his mother and the Professor.
"Mum!" he exclaimed running over to her.
"David!" she cried out, a smile crossing her face. "You're alright!"
"Now that we're all here together," Lucas smiled, strutting over to them. "We can get started."
Commercial Break
"David-" the Professor acknowledged. "Lucas and Ian, they're a part of you! You can control them!"
Suddenly David cried out in pain, grasping his head and falling to his knees. "No! I-I can't!"
"Yes, you can!" the Professor promised. "Let me help you."
Entering David's mind, the Professor could see Lucas and Ian, who were also there, quite clearly. "David, trust me. Push them away. Don't let them take over!"
A large gap appeared within his mind, pulling in Ian, until he disappeared. "Glad you got rid of him. Now it's just us," Lucas smiled wickedly.
"David, believe in yourself. Lucas is just a part of you, you can control him," urged the Professor.
"I can't!" David screamed out again, and the gap reappeared, pulling in Lucas, who cackled, but then dragged back David, too. "Father!" he cried. "Father, help me!"
"David!" the Professor grasped his hand, attempting to pull him away. "No!" he shouted, his eyes flying open. The boy was lying face down on the ground, and his form shimmered as he stood up, switching around blurrily until it focused in.
It was Lucas.
"No!" Gabrielle sobbed. "No, no, no!"
"So glad that we got to have this little chat, father," he smiled cruelly. "That's all I wanted-just me, myself, and I, all alone. No David or Ian. Just me," he laughed, the fire dissipating. "Goodbye, father."
And in a shimmer of light, he was gone.
Slowly and mournfully, the X-Men rounded themselves up and sat down in Gabrielle's car. Last were Ororo and Charles, who stood outside the car for a brief moment. "Don't worry, Charles," Ororo said soothingly. "I'm sure that he'll turn up again, and when he does, you'll be ready to help him."
Charles Xavier sighed, looking out into the distance. "Do you know what the worst part of this is?" he spoke softly to himself. "I lost him before I even found him."
With that, he silently rolled into the car, leaving Ororo outside alone in the chilly wind, staring at the spot where the young boy had vanished from.
End Credits
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A plot to destroy the X-Men and all other powered humans brings them together with the unlikeliest of allies-the Avengers and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.