What If
Chapter 14-Flashback
Note- Ok if you are all a faithful reader of this fic you have been wondering exactly what the deal is with Ramsey/Nemesis/Nate feud is, well today is your lucky day. This chapter may be longer to fit everything in so bear with me. Ok this chapter takes place before Chapter 8 and the beginning of Love Hina Episode X…Continuity, gotta love it.
The Xavier Institute for Higher Learning-April 2002
I stood in front of a metal slab holding a member of my family. My Uncle Alex, the brother of my father lay upon it. The bed is surrounded by my Mom, Rachel, my father is holding Uncle Alex's hand, I could see the tears stream from the corners of his glasses
Over the past few weeks my family had been torn upside down, I had gotten amnesia, I am slowly getting better and the thought dead brother of my father had been found in a hospice. Rachel led a team of us to pick him up from the hospice.
I felt a warm hand stoke my back; I turn to see Paige standing behind me
I give her a half smile
"You ok?" she asks
I don't know really what ok means anymore
Better fake it
"Yeah, I'm fine"
Paige flips her hair and gives me a smile that could melt a glacier, when she smiles at me I feel all tingly
Maybe she did love me
Paige wraps her hand in mine and pulls me close so she can whisper
"Look, I don't think I should be here, so I'm going to go. Stop by my room before you go to bed"
I nod
"Sure"
Paige leans in and gives me a quick peck on the cheek; I can almost feel the tingle behind it, giving me a quick flashback of some of my past
I gulp and she smiles
That was definitely not a PG-13 flashback
Paige's hand slides out of mine and she walks quietly out of the room
"He's still here"
What? That's when I notice that Professor Xavier had snuck in; he was resting one of his hands on Alex's temples
"Can we save him?" Dad asks picking up his head
"It is possible; it is up to him though. I sent out the line, now it is up to him to reel himself back"
"Well I believe that if we all combined our powers…" Mom started
The Professor smiled
"Yes with the combined powers of me, you, and the twins we could pull him out, but that could damage his psyche. It is better to wait and see"
Mom turned to me
"Maybe you and Rachel should get some dinner"
I nod
Mom smiles faintly at me, and leans in and kisses my cheek, Rachel tried to walk by but Mom spins her around and kisses her cheek as well
"Rachel, you should know better, I love you both"
Rachel smiles
"We know, let's go bro"
We walked through the hall
"You wanna go grab some food?" I ask
Rachel shook her head
"No, I'm thinking about going on a diet"
"What? You don't need to lose any weight"
"Well for your information Nate, my suit is feeling tight"
I laugh
"Its spandex, it supposed to..'
Rachel gives me a look that is too hard to explain, it was like a fire burning, I should probably drop it
"Alright, my bad Rae. You are getting kinda plump"
I had to run to stay ahead of psi-bolts and obscenities thrown at me
I had to laugh as I ran, what kinda of brother would I be
(Nate!)
I stopped in my tracks, someone was calling for me
The voice sounds…sounds like Paige!
(Paige? You ok?)
Then I hear it, a scream that turns my blood to ice, coming from Paige's room
I run as fast as I can to Paige's door, Rachel runs up beside me
"What's wrong?"
I furrow my brow as I try to turn the knob, locked
"Something is wrong. Paige open the door!"
Silence
Then I hear the scream again
"NATE!"
I put my boot against the doorknob, then take a step back and kick as hard as I could
The door cracks and splinters and swings inward
A man stood over Paige, her shirt destroyed…did he? A scalpel glittered in his hand; a smear of blood covered the handle
"Hey!" I say
The man spun around, he looked me up and down
"You! You ruined my life"
I shake my head; I notice that he was in a hospital gown
"I don't even know you man, now put the knife down and step away from the girl"
The man smiled evilly
"My girl, my life"
(Rachel. Rachel when I make my move, get Paige)
I don't even look to see if she got the message, I rushed at the man, throwing the blade to the ground
Suddenly a vice-like grip closes around my throat
"You took my life, my home, my family, my friends, my girl" the man said looking up at me
"Who are you?" I ask
"You don't know? You created me"
What the hell is going on?
I scan his mind quickly, all I can see is rage, his name blurs by quickly, I reach out and catch it. Ramsey…his name is John Ramsey
My head is swimming, I'm losing oxygen
If I don't do something soon, I was going to die
I clench my fist, a gold glow fills the room, with my mind I form the energy into a blade, and I stab it into the base of Ramsey's skull
Ramsey screamed and drops me
"That kinda tingled" Ramsey said as he pops his neck
That didn't work? That should have knocked him out
Is it getting hotter? That's when I notice it, his hands they were glowing
"Rachel get out of here!" I screamed
I could see Rachel lift Paige up and run out of the door
Just as Ramsey fires a blast of super-heated plasma at me, I throw up a quick shield as it sends me flying through one of Paige's windows
I hit the ground, hard
I cough, spitting blood into the dirt
The shield helped me with some of the impact, if my powers were anything like they were before I lost my memory
"Come on Nate. You're not going to let me win that easily are you?" Ramsey said as he jumped out of Paige's window
I stand shakily to my feet
If I didn't stop this soon…
"That's right, you are thinking aren't you Nate. You are thinking about: What if I fail? What if I lose to this guy, what would he do? Well it would start with your sister, then your mother, ever wonder what would happen if you Dad took those chic sunglasses off?"
How does he know so much about me and my family?
"Then when I got to Paige" Ramsey grinned and licked his fingers, "I'd show her what a real man is like"
No
My head is spinning, anger flushed through my skin
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?" I screamed
Ramsey rushed me again, knocking me to the ground; he put his foot across my windpipe and slowly put his weight down, crushing my throat
"You mean you don't know" he asked, he leaned down to impact his point "I am you, the real you Nate"
I have an evil twin?
"Just before you start losing it more, let me explain. You don't remember having an imaginary friend? One that only you could see? That figment of your imagination you filled with all of your hate, all of your rage? I am that person, sparked in life, all from you"
What? I don't remember a…
Wait…
I grab his ankle and twist it off of me
The ground was covered in a gold light
"I don't believe you" I said as I lifted off the ground, floating in the air
Ramsey smiled
"You don't have to believe me" he cocked his fist back, pulling more plasma in his fist
The next few moments I could feel my rage take over, it was like I was watching myself fight this maniac
Ramsey fired another plasma blast at me; I raised my hand and deflected it
Ramsey laughed and fired another one
My eyes blazed in fire
"Stop" I said
Ramsey stopped, the blast he had fired just inches from his hand
"What are you doing?" he screamed
"Ashes" I say
Ramsey's body collapses, a sudden wind blows across the grounds, blowing his ashes around
Then everything went black
I opened my eyes to see my mother cradling me
I really am a mamma's boy
"Where is he?" I say sitting straight up
"Shh" Mom says as she pulls me back down "Relax, he's gone"
I blink slowly, my head is killing me
"What happened?"
Mom smiled and shook her head
"You took care of him"
I look over to se Rachel and Paige standing nearby. Paige looks at me horrified
I raise a hand
"Paige?"
Paige sobs and turns, running back inside
I can feel a small part of me die inside
What have I done?
Well there you go
Next up,
Aftermath (return back to the present I promise)
Till Then
I remain
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