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As the sun began to rise, Magneto stood outside of his base watching the sky thinking about his next mission. He vowed along time ago to bring mutants together, to show them their power. The power to defend themselves against those who would deny them their very right to exist.

To accomplish this he had to bring together some of the most powerful mutants to him, to strengthen his army and prepare for the war he knew was coming. And soon, they would make their final strike on the Friends of Humanity and their leader Graydon Creed, destroying the virus he was developing to infect mutants with.

After the third facility was destroyed, Magneto would lead the mutants, as brothers to a new and glorious future.

He would not fail his people again.

While continuing to stare at the sky, his second in command Mystique walked out and stood beside him. After a few moments of silence, she finally spoke.

"When are we going?"

"At noon." Magneto answered.

"What about Pyro and Gambit?" She asked.

"What about them?"

"Do you think they've told the X-Men about our plan?"

"No," Magneto sighed. "And even if they did, they don't even know where the third facility is. We'll take it out before the X-Men can even get their uniforms on."

After he was told that Pyro and Gambit got separated from the group, he planed to find them until Callisto, who Mystique had rescued from the facility in Ontario and had the ability to track other mutants and know their power told them they were at the school. After he found that out he decided not to go after them because he didn't know what they were there for. And he figured the Brotherhood was still strong even without them.

"Come my dear, let's get the others ready." Magneto said and led the way back inside.

While Magneto and Mystique were preparing to launch their latest attack with the Brotherhood, back at the mansion, Remy was walking down the hall, heading to the infirmary to visit John while flipping his cards repeatedly in his, thankfully, still intact hands. Merde, that big hairy mutant with the claws was awfully protective of his beer. As he continued walking, he noticed the girl he ran into the other night standing by one of the doorways.

"Good morning, Chere." Remy grinned.

Rogue couldn't help but smile a little.

"Good morning, Mr. LeBeau. Are you okay?"

"I'll live, and call me Remy."

"Okay...Remy. I'm sorry about Logan, he's not exactly what you'd call a people person."

"I noticed."

"I just wouldn't go near his beer again, if I were you."

"Well, I appreciate your concern for my well being, Ms. Rogue." Remy smiled. "Now if you'll excuse me."

Remy walked around her and continued his way down the hall, Rogue watching him the whole way until he was out of sight. Just then, she noticed Bobby standing against the opposite wall and wondered if he saw the whole exchange.

"Who is that guy, Rogue?" He asked.

"Him? Say's his name is Remy LeBeau. He's the one who brought John here, don't you remember?"

"Yeah, I just…how does he know John?"

"I don't know. They probably met when they were with Magneto."

Bobby sighed a little to himself as he looked down at the floor. Last night he went down to the infirmary just to check on John, thinking he would be asleep. He didn't expect to hear two voices talking when he got down there. And what he heard said between the two surprised him even more.

How long had John been gone? A little over a month? How could that boy…Remy consider John his best friend after knowing for such a short period of time? Bobby didn't know why it bothered him, it just did.

"Hey, you guys."

Bobby and Rogue both looked over when they heard a familiar voice speak.

"The Professor wants to see all of us in his office." Ororo said.

As the two of them walked with Ororo, Remy made his way into the infirmary to see John still laying on his bed.

"Don't tell me you're still asleep."

Suddenly, John rolled over and tumbled onto the floor.

"John!"

John didn't say anything, but began to shake violently. Remy dropped down to the floor with him as John had one hand clamped to his forehead, and his other hand was clenching into a fist, then relaxing before twisting into a fist again.

"John? Talk to me, man!"

When Remy received no answer he began to seriously worry. He felt John's forehead and his skin began to heat up, just like it had in Canada. After another few seconds, John took a deep breath and seemed to calm down.

"Remy..." he managed to say as he opened his eyes and looked up at him. "We need to tell the Professor about Magneto's plan."

As much bitter feelings he still had about this place, he had to accept that Xavier and Hank were his only hope if he didn't want to die.

Back in his office, Charles Xavier was watching the television with the X-Men of a mutant protest. The camera panned to the crowd which held up a banner that read "No More Mutants!" As they continued watching, John and Remy suddenly appeared in the doorway.

"Professor." John gasped.

It took him a moment to realize, but John saw Bobby standing almost right next to him in the room. They glanced at each other but did not speak. There was too much time, too much pain from the last month that prevented them from saying anything to each other.

Xavier turned his chair around to look at his former student.

"John…you need to be in the infirmary."

"I need to talk to you," John responded and didn't waste anytime in explaining. "Magneto is planning to attack the third Friends of Humanity facility in Washington D.C. I don't know where or when, but I know he wants to kill Graydon Creed."

"Isn't Creed the senator that's been pushing for the mutant registration act over the last few months?" Scott asked.

"Yes," said Xavier. "He is also the son of Mystique and Sabertooth."

John looked at the Professor in shock after he said. Graydon was the son of two mutants? And Mystique and Sabertooth were together? That thought made John feel even worse.

"So they're going to kill him?" Hank asked.

"So?" Logan said as he lit a cigar. "If he really is developing a mutant virus, then he deserves it."

"But think about it," Ororo spoke. "A group of mutants kill a guy who was concerned with the dangers of mutant kind. It proves him right."

"And turns Creed into a martyr." Xavier finished.

"You know when I was in Washington, I overheard of some facility that Creed owned," Hank said. "Maybe it's the same place Magneto is planning to attack. It would be worth a look."

After all, he needed more information about the virus before he could develop a cure for it.

"Damn right it's worth a look," John snapped. "And me and Remy are going with all of you."

"Oh no." Scott began.

"Oh yes we are."