(This is one of the longest chapters I have ever written. And the funny thing is that I managed to do pretty much all in one day. Okay, I'm not bragging but with college and work, finding time to sit down and type on my computer isn't easy. Bah! Enough of that. Time for Day of Reckoning part 2 and trust me, it's a blast.)

At the Institute, the X-Men and Brotherhood just finished another grueling session. "I can't feel my arms." moaned Toad as everyone exited the Danger room. "Quit whining Toad." grumbled Daniels.

Xavier wheeled up to all of them. "You're all still slacking. If Lorna or Wanda weren't with you, you would have never passed that simulation. Take five minutes then we'll start over." he said. Then he left before the students had a chance to complain.

"Ah can't believe this." groaned Rogue. "What's a matter skunky? Break a nail?" chuckled Kine. Rogue was about to hit him when Kurt stopped her. "Hey fearless leader, care to defuse the situation?" mocked Alex. Lance glared at him.

"Hey! At least I don't run away from my problems like your brother." Lance shot back. Alex charged up, ready to attack. Lorna quickly got in the way. "All right that's enough all of you. We need to be ready for Magneto otherwise we'll never get Wolverine back." she said to the X-Men. That got them to calm down.

Wanda kept her eyes trained on Lorna. She had Magneto's powers which meant she had to at least be related to him in some way. Wanda turned to Pietro. "Did father have another daughter?" she whispered to him.

"What? How should I know?" he whispered back. "You're telling me you don't think it's a coincidence that she has the same powers as father." Wanda replied. "Of course, that's why I never asked out on a date." shrugged Pietro. Wanda groaned. "You're an idiot." she said before walking away.

"Care to explain why you didn't help us back in there?" Kurt growled at Alvers. "What are you talking about?" he said, getting in Kurt's face. "When that four legged…whatever it was attacked me, you could have brought that thing down but you did nothing. In fact, you haven't used your powers at all during all of the sessions." continued Kurt.

"Shut up!" yelled Lance, storming off.


The teams were now in the X-M Velocity (the helicopter that has no metal in it what so ever). Storm and Xavier were arguing up front, Lance and Kitty were talking in the back.

"Lance, Kurt was right you know. You didn't use any of your powers when we were in the Danger Room." whispered Kitty. Lance groaned, not wanting to get into this conversation. "We're about to go up against Magneto so I need to know what is going on with you." continued Kitty.

Lance sighed. "Okay…I just haven't been able to bring myself to use my powers ever since." he said before stopping. "Your mother." Kitty said, finishing up his thoughts. "Yeah." he groaned. Kitty touched his shoulder, as if to say everything's going to be okay.

Wanda meanwhile, intentionally sat down next to Lorna. "Who are your parents?" asked Wanda. Lorna knew exactly where this was going. "You want to know if Magneto is my father right?" she asked. Wanda nodded. "Yes, he is." Lorna said, making sure no one else but Wanda heard it.

Wanda's eyes widened. It's not everyday you meet the sister you never knew even existed. "Has he approached you?" Wanda asked. Lorna nodded. "Don't trust him. He threw me away like garbage. He'll do the same to you." Wanda said. Lorna pondered this as the chopper took off.

Back in the hanger, Amara came running inside. "Wait!" she yelled. But it was no use, they were gone. She was hoping to convince Xavier to let her come but that was out of the question now. She headed back upstairs to the main foyer when suddenly the intruder alarm went off.

Before she knew what was even happening, the entire mansion began to seal itself off. She quickly ran to the front door and managed to leap through before it too was closed off.

Cannonball tried to follow but just ended up denting the wall. Amara stood outside, not sure what to do when the cannons activated and targeted her. Suddenly fireballs began hitting the cannons, melting them.

Amara turned to see John at the gate, frying any cannon that popped up. "This way luv." he said. Amara quickly ran towards, avoiding the various cannon fire. The two ran past the melted gates (Pyro's handiwork) to Lance's jeep.

The two jumped in and drove off. "What's going on? It's like World War III back there." said John. "I don't know. One minute everything was fine, the next minute the whole mansion goes insane." replied Amara.

The jeep passed by two black vans that were heading towards the Institute. They parked just outside and out stepped the Marauders all dressed for combat. Scalphunter approached the entrance interface and plugged in a computer.

He quickly typed away and within seconds, all the turrets outside deactivated. "Looks like the green meanie kept up her end of the deal." said Scalphunter.

"Alright remember. The boss wants all the mutants here. Alive if possible. Dead…just as good." snickered Arclight.


Scott Summers was sitting on the hood of his car, looking off into the distance. Rocter's Ridge was always a favorite get away spot for him but right now he was concentrating on what happened back at the mansion.

He has known the Professor most of his life and the person that was running them through those simulations was not the same man. Scott would have kept pondering this if it weren't for Lance's jeep parked next to his car with John driving and Amara a passenger.

"There you are you whining bloke. We've been looking everywhere for you." said John. "The mansion's gone nuts. The cannons are shooting everything that move and the whole place has been locked down." said Amara.

It took Summers a second to realize what that meant. "Defcon 4." he said. "Defcon? We going to war with Russians or something?" asked John. "It's an alert condition. Defcon 4 means the mansion is under full lock down from a major assault. But this doesn't make any sense." said Summers.

"Excuse me, but could we figure this out on the way?" suggested John. The three got into Alver's jeep and drove off towards the Mansion. "I was on my way to drop a dime to all of you about Mystique when…" explained John.

"Wait a minute? Mystique's back?" said a stunned Summers. "Yeah, the witch broke Wanda out of the nuthouse and is now large and in charge. She's the one who ordered all the others to attack you fellas at the mall." said John.

"Wait a minute…Mystique is back with the Brotherhood but now they're helping us…Something very wrong is going on here." said Summers. "You're telling me." replied John.


The X-Men and Brotherhood arrived at a warehouse district on the edge of the Bayville Harbor. The place was deserted so they didn't have to worry about innocent bystanders seeing them.

The chopper just landed and everybody was getting out when Jean sensed something. She walked over a small storage compartment and opened it. Inside was Sarah Vale, gulping now that she's been caught.

"What are you going here?" demanded Jean. "I thought I could help." she said. Xavier was furious. "Why are you here? I told you and the rest of the new mutants to stay at the mansion! You're not good enough to help here!" berated Xavier. Vale lowered her head, embarrassed.

"What is with him?" Lorna whispered to Spyke. He was just as surprised as seeing the professor acting like this as everyone else was. "You stay here and don't touch anything." Xavier ordered Network. She nodded.

They split up into teams, searching the area for any sign of Magneto or his followers. Pietro quickly zoomed around the area but found nothing. "I think we missed the party." he told Lance.

"Man, I'm starting to get creeped out here." replied Alvers. Pietro knew it was a trap, he just knew it. He suspected that Wanda knew it as well. Still, everybody probably thinking the same thing so speaking up was just pointless.

Kurt finished checking all the metal orbs which were empty. "Ya know, ah don't get this." said Rogue. "Yeah, they've got to know we're here." said Spyke. Kurt teleported next to them. "Now what? No sign of them." he said.

No sooner did he say this, a card glowing with purple energy floated through the air like a leave right down in front of them. They were a little mesmerized at first. Then Jean's eyes widened. "Run!" she yelled. Everyone quickly bolted before the card exploded.

The other teams saw the explosion from a distance. "Let's go." ordered Beast. Everyone charged forward except Wanda and Pietro. They turned around to see something happening. A massive energy field was surrounding the entire warehouse district.

"It's a trap!" yelled Wanda. Everything metallic rose into the air and moved to the sides, creating a large open space. A nearby warehouse was ripped completely apart, it's metallic structure dissecting itself. Standing in what was the warehouse stood the Acolytes (minus Exodus).

Gambit began tossing energized cards. The X-Men and Brotherhood quickly dispersed and charged forward with Beast in the lead. Sabertooth leaped forward and tackled him right out of the air.

Spyke fired his spikes at Domino who easily evaded them. She aimed one of her pistols and fired. The shot hit Evan right in the chest. He fell to the ground groaning. "Evan!" yelled Jean who quickly checked on him. Though in pain, he wasn't bleeding. "No blood." said Jean.

"Of course there's no blood. I'm only using rubber bullets. Not lethal but they pack a punch." replied Domino. She fired at Jean who deflected the bullets away. Enraged by Evan's injury, Storm summoned dark clouds overhead.

She sent lightning bolts down on Domino. But much to Monroe's surprise, Domino avoided each and every bolt of electricity. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't be hit. It was like the lightning was intently arcing away from her at the last second.

Domino fired a shot at Storm, hitting her square in the gut. Storm fell to the ground but Jean lowered her gently with telekinesis. She then sent a telekinetic blast that sent Domino flying away.

Kurt found himself fighting Blink. He tried various karate moves but the red skinned teleporter easily avoided each blow. Then she grabbed Kurt by the shoulders and teleported away. The next thing he knew, Nightcrawler found himself falling into a wide open grass field. He glanced around to see a barn off into the distance. "We're about twenty miles out from the city. I suggest you hustle back." mocked Blink who teleported away.


Outside the mansion, the Marauders approached the mansion. Scalphunter walked up the metallic wall covering the door and touched it. His mutant power allowed him to alter the electronic mechanics inside of it. The covering opened up, the mansion now opened to them.

"Let's go." said Arclight. They entered the main foyer. "Blockbuster. You stay here and make sure nobody gets out." ordered Arclight. The large man nodded and the Marauders split up into teams.

In the basement, Bobby and the other New Mutants were in the control room trying to turn off the lock down. "It's no good." grumbled Bobby, giving up with the computer. "Out of the way, I'm gonna fry this turkey." said Ray, charging up.

"Whoa! I may be new here but I'm pretty sure that blowing things up doesn't usually fix things." said Alex, stopping him. "Uhh, guys. We've got company." said Jamie, pointing to the interior cameras. On the screens were various people they've never seen before and they did not look friendly.

"Not good. We've got to get out of here." said Jubilee. "How? The only way out is being guarded by Arnold Schwarzenegger's ugly cousin." said Sam, pointing the camera footage of Blockbuster. "Well staying here isn't an option so let's move." said Bobby.

They ran down into the hallway, only to have a large wall of flames coming toward them. They all jump back inside. The fire dissipates, with Scalphunter and Arclight standing now in the hallway.

"Do we really want to put up having these brats around? I mean, we have enough trouble with just Vanessa." said Scalphunter. "Good point." said Arclight who slammed his fist into the ground. The ceiling collapsed around the control room door, sealing everyone inside.

"That'll keep 'em inside. We'll gather tissues and haircombs for the genetic samples. The boss doesn't care how we get 'em just as long as we got something. Set the self destruct, we'll blow these brats up with the mansion." smiled Arclight. An evil grin formed on Scalphunter's face.

At the entrance of the mansion, Blockbuster was standing guard. Suddenly, an optic blast sent flying through the air and crashed right through the stairs. Cyclops, Amara, and Pyro came running inside. "Where are the others?" asked Amara.

"They're probably in the subbasement. It's where all the students are supposed to go when the mansion is under attack." replied Summers. The three quickly ran to the elevator and took it down. Meanwhile, the Marauders were all entering the foyer with various wastebaskets and combs. The point being they all contained genetic material.

They noticed Blockbuster getting to his feet. "What happened?" asked Vertigo. "I got jumped from behind. Whoever did it is going to pay." growled Blockbuster. He was about to charge at the elevator when the others stopped him.

"Forget about 'em. They're about to be toast." said Harpoon. "Let's blow this dump." agreed George. "Scalp, set it off." ordered Arclight. Scalphunter nodded and pulled out his laptop. "Fireworks begin in two minutes." he said.

"Then let's get out of here." said Ruckus. The Marauders all quickly ran out.


Alex tried to blast through the door but it was no good. Whatever metal the Professor made this out of was extremely strong. "Out of way! Time for a little badda bing badda boom!" yelled Tabitha, charging up an energy bomb.

"Don't! The only kind of bomb that could blow through that door is one that would probably blow us too!" yelled Bobby.

"Hey guys, look at this. I think you aught to see it." said Jamie who was watching old security footage.

Outside, Amara and John use their powers to melt all the debris around the door. It took a few minutes but they got the job done. "Bobby! If you're in there, we need you to cool the ground out here!" yelled Summers.

Everybody breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that. Bobby opened the door and using his powers to cool the floor around them. "We need to get you all out of here." said Scott. "There's no time! The institute's gonna blow in less then a minute." said a panicked Jubilee.

"What are we going to do?" yelled Bobby. Scott thought for a moment. "Follow me!" he yelled.


The fight wasn't going well for the X-Men and Brotherhood. Though the Acolytes were out numbered, they were far better trained. Lorna was completely useless since Magneto would block any of her attempts to create a magnetic field. And Wanda wasn't even interested in the fight, she kept glancing at nearby rooftops looking for her father.

Blob managed to knock down Colossus and Kitty sunk his body into the ground. "Lance! Drop the building on him." said Blob. Lance would have liked too but he couldn't. It's like his body was fighting him, resisting to use his power.

"Lance, what are you waiting for?" asked Kitty as Colossus started to get free. Lance couldn't believe it. Ever since his mother died, he's been unable to use his powers. At first, he just refused to them. Now, it's like his body fights him every time he tries. Sabertooth and Beast came crashing down from the top of a crane.

Rogue managed to hide behind some shipping containers. She heard someone getting closer and pulled her gloves off. She jumped out to see the person was waiting for her, Gambit. He stood there with an energized card about to throw it at her but stopped himself.

He was just as surprised to see her as she was to see him. His shock quickly turned to a charming smile. He de-energized the card and handed it to her. Rogue was so stunned, she just took it. Gambit winked at her then ran off. Rogue let out a happy sigh.

Quicksilver managed to deliver some quick hit and run attacks on Gambit and Sabertooth but Domino, thanks to her luck powers, simply stepped aside and Pietro tripped over her foot, crashing into a wall.

Nightcrawler managed to get back from his long return trip, only for Blink to knock him down from behind. She also managed to deliver some painful blows to Pusher and Static.

Toad started hopping around Domino, taunting her. "Hit the Toad and win the prize! Miss and you're body slammed!" he laughed. Todd leaped towards her. Domino simply raised one of her pistols and fired a bullet that hit Toad right on the forehead. She stepped aside as Toad came crashing down, moaning. "I think I'll pass on the prize." mocked Domino.

Wanda continued scanning the rooftops until she finally saw him. Magneto stood side by side with Exodus on a nearby skyscraper. Thoughts of her father abandoning her at the asylum filled her with rage. Building walls around her began to crack. The ground vibrated, with sewage pipes popping out.

Storm noticed what she was glancing at. "It's Magneto!" she yelled, pointing to there target. The X-Men and Brotherhood abandoned their battle with the Acolytes and ran towards Magneto's position. The Acolytes didn't follow them however, falling back to the orbs.

On top of the skyscraper, Magneto and Exodus watched as Wanda began using her powers to try and break a hole through Exodus's shield. "That won't hold her for long." Exodus said.

"It won't have it. It's time to move this along." said Magneto. He used his magnetic powers began breaking the ground beneath everyone which wasn't dirt but metal. The ground cracked and shattered, revealing a massive underground shaft. The X-Men and Brotherhood all fell into it. All except for Lorna. Magneto allowed her to use enough magnetism to float herself but that was all.

Down in the shaft, the mutants began to regain their senses when they saw a dozen soldiers aiming rifles at them. But before they fired, Trask entered the room. "Hold your fire." he ordered. Then they felt it, a series of seismic tremors that could only come from one thing. Footsteps. "Operatives, move out." ordered Trask. The humans quickly dispersed just before a giant five story humanoid robot broke into the room.


Back at the skyscraper rooftop, Magneto ordered the Acolytes to leave, except for Blink. He sent them away with the metallic orbs. Blink teleported above the giant hole in the ground. She then teleported back to him. "He released the Sentinel." she reported.

"Excellent. You may go." said Magneto. Blink nodded then teleported away. "And now the whole world will know of us." Magneto told Exodus. "Then I will take care of the rest." he replied. Exodus levitated himself and flew towards the warehouse district.


Before the robot could even harm the mutants, Magneto began to lift the floor beneath them. Trask couldn't believe his eyes. "NO!" he yelled. "Dr. Trask! We have an intruder!" reported a frightened soldier. Trask checked a nearby computer for security footage.

He watched Exodus easily take out any soldier that gets in his way. "The mutant is heading for the manufacturing plant." reported the soldier. Trask didn't want to admit defeat but this was a hopeless battle. "Tell the men to evacuate." ordered Trask.

In the large manufacturing room, Exodus floated inside. He sent a powerful telekinetic blast that sent two attacking soldiers flying away. He glanced around the room. This room will never build these barbaric machines again!

He used his telekinesis to begin ripping the planet apart. Conveyor belts, cranes, machines, all began to crack and shatter. In the moments, the entire room was nothing but metallic debris.


Out on the streets, the X-Men and Brotherhood struggle to survive against the attacking Sentinel. "Where's Lorna?!" yelled Storm. "Don't know, I don't see her anywhere!" said Spyke as he avoided a laser blast.

Kitty was trying to wake up Network. She was running in from the chopper to help when a blast sent her flying into a streetlamp, head first. "Stand back. I'm going to have to borrow her powers." said Rogue, pulling off her gloves. "Look out!" yelled Kitty.

Rogue didn't have time to react before the Sentinel blast statis slime on her. Kitty pulled Sarah away while the Sentinel was distracted sliming Blob, Spyke, and Beast.

The Sentinel then turned it's attention towards Magneto who was holding back the military choppers. He didn't notice Wanda sneaking up behind him and blasting him with a hex bolt.

He felt to the ground. "Hello father." Wanda said with ice in her voice. "Wanda, not now." said Magneto, getting to his feet. "You locked me away." growled Wanda, using a hex bolt to disable his powers.

"You gave me no choice. You couldn't control your anger." he said. "You haven't seen me angry until NOW!" yelled Wanda, sending a hex bolt that hurled Magneto into a pillar. He glanced up to see the Sentinel now hovering over the building.

"Wanda! Don't do this!" he yelled. Suddenly, the Sentinel was hurled back to the ground by an unseen force. Metallic pieces began flying onto and attaching over Wanda's hand, restraining them and preventing her from using her powers.

Wanda turned around to see Lorna standing in the stairwell. "He's our father Wanda. I can't let you kill him." she said. "AAAAH!" yelled Wanda in frustration. "Look out!" yelled Magneto. Lorna noticed it too late to see incoming missiles from the Sentinel.

The missiles impacted the building, the blast knocking Wanda off the ledge. She screamed as she fell towards the ground. Lucky for her, Kurt teleported up to her and teleported back holding her.

The Sentinel got to it's feet and began firing at the mutants once more. An explosion shattered a fire hydrant, spraying water everywhere. Finally, Network regained consciousness. "What happened?" she moaned. "Stop that thing Sarah!" yelled Kurt, avoiding getting slimed by the machine.

Quicksilver managed to distract it, constantly zipping from one spot to the next. The Sentinel always missed him. "C'mon tin can. Can't hit me. I'm too fact for you!" laughed Pietro.

Sarah stepped forward and concentrated. The Sentinel froze. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, a nearby power line fell due to damage it sustained. It fell on top of a puddle that was connected to where Sarah was standing.

Sarah screamed as volts of electricity coursed through her body. The Sentinel began to twitch and short circuit nearby. Jean used her powers to pull Sarah out of the puddle. The Sentinel dropped to the ground right on it's face. Sarah also fell once Jean released her, unconscious.

"Sarah!" yelled Kitty. The others quickly checked on her condition. "Her pulse is weak." said Beast, touching her neck. The XM chopper landed nearby. "Get in! Now!" ordered Xavier over the intercom.

"But what about the others?" said Jean. "We'll have to come back for them." replied Xavier. Military tanks and jeeps began to converge on them. Attack helicopters filled the sky. Everyone quickly got in and the chopper took off, with military choppers in pursuit.


They managed to evade the choppers only to find the Institute destroyed. Everyone was horrified at what they saw. They landed and everyone disembarked. "Bobby! Amara!" Jean yelled out, hoping for a response.

"Over here." said Bobby as the New Mutants along with Cyclops and Pyro came out of the nearby woods. Cyclops had murder in his eyes. Jean rushed towards and hugged him. But to her surprise, he pulled her off him and walked past her. "Scott got us into the Cerebro room just in time. It held up barely." said Sam.

Scott walked up to Xavier and grabbed him by the shirt, lifting him up. "You did this!" he yelled before tossing the Professor to the ground. To everyone's surprise, Xavier laughed and stood up on his feet. Then shapeshifted into Mystique. "Yes I did do this. And now things are about to get much worse." she said with a smirk on her face.

(The fight scene with X-Men, Acolytes, and Brotherhood is my favorite one I have written yet. I tried to include everybody but I didn't want to drag it out as well. Domino kicked some serious butt in this chapter as did Exodus. Expect me to use them a lot more in future chapters as well as the other Acolytes.)

(Okay, how about a little preview of Season Three. X-Men and Brotherhood rescue their comrades, something is happening to Network, the X-Men face old enemies and find an unlikely ally. I know, that's not very helpful but I don't want to spoil the surprises I have in store for it. I'll try to post the next chap soon. Ciao!)