Mutant Generation Force

Issue #28 – Revelations

Xavier Institute

"She's got to be crazy. Her son is here? She's got to be setting us up. Charles or Scott would have said something to someone," Dani said as she passed back in forth in Sam's office.

"You would think, but as we've been discovering, there's always secrets in this house," Sam said as he drummed his fingers on the top of his desk.

"She was pretty beat up and passed out immediately after she said her son was here. Her mind is stressed," Xi'an said as she glanced at the small group.

"For all we know she's done this to herself to help get her in here and us to believe her story. I say we toss her out," Roberto demanded.

"What if there is any truth to her story about her son being here?" Rahne asked.

"I have run a complete scan and cross check with all the students here and have not come up with any matches," Rouge said.

"That doesn't mean anything. If Charles meant to hide someone, I'm sure he put mental blocks and all to hide the kid's identity," Rictor added.

"I've done everything I can to heal her body. Bishop is watching over her till she wakes," Amara said.

"Is there a reason why Sally and Rusty are not here?" Xi'an asked.

"They are both tending to the Morlocks. They are needed there not here," Sam said as he looked at his main staff in the room.

"Sam?" Lucinda, Sam's mother said over the intercom.

"What is it, mom?" Sam asked back.

"Amelia is awake," Lucinda said.

"We'll be right there. Have Bishop move her to a more isolated and secure room," Sam said as the com went silent and they all headed out with great speed.

Sam arrived at the room Amelia was waiting in. He saw Bishop standing guard outside. Sam wasn't worried about Amelia causing trouble. Bishop could take her physically if need be and the room she was in sat right next to a little activity room where Leech was. Amelia, like any who would enter the room, would be rendered powerless. Sam turned to his staff.

"I don't want to overwhelm her so if you all could, please be patient and quiet," Sam said as many grumbled.

"I pose no danger. The power dampening isn't really necessary. I'm here to seek sanctuary and safety. Plus, I really am trying to start over and here I can do it and be with my son," Amelia said as he still felt stiff and sore.

"Starting over? I can believe that one," Roberto spat.

"Roberto!" Sam shouted, glaring at him with a killer look.

"Amelia, why don't you start with this so called New Brotherhood," Dani said getting everyone on track.

"Yes, tell us. Last we knew, Magneto and a majority of the Brotherhood have vanished into space and the slim few here on Earth pose no real threat," Rouge said as she thought of those like Blob.

"This Brotherhood is different. Their sole mission is to Kill Erik and anyone or thing associated to him. They have searched out and killed Mutant Force, Savage Land Mutates and for all I know, I am the last of the Acolytes," Amelia said as she saw she had gotten their attention.

"She's telling the truth. I've confirmed the assaults on the groups along with a police report that a secret base of Acolytes was found. Not pretty, especially what they did to Scanner," Sage said as she reported over the intercom from where she was in the mansion monitoring the room.

"Okay, tell us all you know," Sam said as Amelia began.

"…the leader is a woman that wears the same out fit as Magneto once did and calls herself Magnetrix. She also has a man named Pyra, a woman named Super Sabra, she has Astra and Lady Mastermind on her side as well as a new Crimson Commando and a woman named Aumente and a man named One-Eighty. As far as Magnetrix and the other's identities, I do not know. What I do know is that they bring great power and death," Amelia said as she concluded her tale. *For more on the New Brotherhood see The New Brotherhood: Blood Ties limited series*

"Not only do we have Modifier out there but now this new Magneto wanna-be and her deadly Brotherhood to worry about," Rahne said.

"You think maybe we should pull Cable back in and have him focus his efforts on Magnetrix instead of finding Shadow Nova?" Dani asked Sam.

"I know she appeared to have been depowered, but we can't be too careful. We can handle this. We need to handle this. Don't need to call on Cable to bail us out," Sam said trying to stay calm.

"So, what's this about your child being here?" Dani asked.

"As you all may or may not be aware, but at one time I was on good terms with not only Erik but Charles as well. I was his nurse tending to his legs in Tibet and was then there during the friendship and Cerebro building between him and Erik," Amelia said.

"Yes, but you, like Erik, began to take different views and left him when he needed you with the formation of the X-Men and breaking his heart," Sage said over the com system.

"So you decided to take the path of evil and eventually side with Magneto," Rouge spat.

"Oh, and you have a lot of room to talk? Or have you forgotten your time with the Brotherhood and who your mom is?" Amelia said in defense.

"Why you," Rouge said getting to her feet as Rictor and Amara held her back.

"That's enough," Sam said as he looked back at Amelia.

"Your precious Charles isn't as innocent as he comes across. You all have him on such a high pedestal that you can't really see him. I had fallen in love with the man and had every intention of being with him. Then I discovered some things.

"At first, I thought he was developing a machine to hunt mutants but discovered that it was for finding mutants as he was one like me. It was what I found later that disturbed me and caused me to finally leave when the one called Cyclops came to the school.

"I found out about Sage and her placement into the Hellfire Club by Charles. Out of my love for him I never said a word. I also came across some files of other organizations or groups he was either looking into or already involved. I'm not sure because I didn't get a good look at them at risk of getting caught.

"Scott had arrived and he was calling for me and I had to get out of his room. Before I left I did see something on his computer screen. I glanced and saw that it was a communication with Moira about how their plan for mutant students was underway. He said he had Scott and that his brother Gabriel would be mind wiped and coming her way soon.

"This scared me and I decided that was the last straw. It appeared that Charles was up to more than just teaching students and defending mutant rights. As I went to leave, he had actually tried to use his powers on me to stay but stopped at the last minute. That's when I truly saw the type of man he was.

"I immediately went to Erik and into his arms. I stayed with him for a little bit till I saw he too was building a group of mutant followers. He wanted me by his side but I decided to go into hiding. In time I discovered I was pregnant and gave birth to my child and tried to raise him on my own," Amelia said.

"So, the student here at Xavier's is Magneto's child. No wonder Xavier would take him in," Dani said looking at Sam.

"Actually, I Never said that. The kid may not be Erik's," Amelia said.

"What?" Sam asked as they all turned back to the woman.

"You see, over the course of that time in hiding I ran into both Erik and Charles. I am ashamed to say that I had been sleeping with both of them. The child could belong to either of the two. I've never found out. When it came time for me to join the Acolytes, I thought it best Erik never now of my child and figured he would be safe with Charles.

"I went to Charles and asked him if he would care for him. I never said anything to him, but I think he sensed the child was his or Erik's and decided it was best to watch the child. He's been here ever since. Charles promised to undo it one day, but he said it was best if he changed the child's memories and take me out of them. So here I am," Amelia said as she began to cry.

Sam looked at everyone. He had never seen this side of this woman. Everything she said about Charles was easily validated by what they had discovered. With Dani's limited telepathy, he could tell she was thinking they really needed to crack those Xavier Secret Files. With a command he had Bishop bring a file of the students here at Xavier's so she could reveal her son. When that was done they would do a test to make sure they were genetically related. After that, Sam didn't know.

Epilogue

"So, one of the students here belong to either Charles or Erik," Bishop said as he came to a stop.

"Yes, but Sam and Dani have decided to handle this and they want it kept quiet till they determine if it's true or not. So only those two and Karma and Magma are in on it right now. They will let the rest of us know once all is confirmed," Rouge said with a little feeling of being offended.

"Well, you are still new to their little click and they don't totally trust me yet," Sage said.

"What about you?" Rouge asked the man standing next to her.

"They will never fully trust me since I have connections with the Hellfire Club and seemed to favor the Emma Frost," Sunspot chuckled.

"Well, that's something we all have in common, Miss Frost," Bishop said with a serious tone.

"So you know, I do not like Ms Frost and I won't do anything to hurt Sam or the others. Emma feels there is something Charles is hiding that we all need to find out which we are all aware of with the secret mutants and now Amelia's child. The main thing, and the reason she asked all of us to come on here is to find what is being hidden deep below the estate," Rouge said.

"I agree and none of us here want any harm to come to anyone. I just wish you could get Network's help," Bishop said.

"I thought about it, but Dani is getting suspicious of my snooping around and they've already requested her to do so with them and the Secret Files," Sage said.

"That's fine. We need to focus on what's hidden below the estate. From what Emma sensed and from what I vaguely recall from the future, it could spell major trouble," Bishop said.

"Then it's agreed. We focus our efforts on what's hidden below the estate," Sage said as they all agreed and then went their separate ways.


The Secret Mutants

Secret Genesis – Part Five

Muir Island ~ The Past

"I think the kid's a mutant too," Fira whispered to those closest to her.

"You think?" Daken teased as he eyed the little boy whose eyes crackled with energy.

"Kevin, are you a mutant?" Copy Cat asked.

"Mutant? What's that?" The boy asked.

"A person who's different. Sometimes they look different or have special talents," Copy Cat tried to explain.

"Talking is boring. Let's play," Kevin said.

"Let's go find your mommy first," Sonic said as she moved towards the kid.

"No, I don't want to. I want to play," the boy named Kevin said as he started a tantrum.

"This is ridiculous. He's just a boy," Wild Child said as he ran over and grabbed the child.

"You're not nice," Kevin said as energy crackled.

"What the?" Wild Child yelped as he noticed his feet had become part of the earth and he couldn't move.

"Kevin, that is enough!" Sonic began to shout at the boy.

"Don't yell at me," Kevin said as Sonic suddenly began to panic when her lips became sealed shut.

""Don't panic, we'll get him to fix this," Sam said as he hugged Theresa tight. "I think there's more to this kid than we think," Shield added as he moved towards the kid putting on his shield around his body.

"We can't harm him, he's just a scared boy," Copy Cat said.

"Yeah, but I can see why his mom wants to cage him," Demon Child added.

"Do you want to play with me?" Kevin asked as Sam moved closer to him.

"Yes I do, but you need to help my friends here first," Shield said as he knelt down next to the body making sure his shield fully surrounded him in protection.

"I don't think you want to play nice," Kevin said as he touched the energy shield and his eyes crackled.

"Sam!" Demon Child shouted as Sam's energy shield became cement, encasing the mutant in stone.

"He'll suffocate in there," Warpath said as he began to panic.

"Maybe I should cook the brat," Lava Girl said as she began to glow orange hot as she called on her powers.

"No, you're a mean ol' monster," Kevin cried as energy crackled around his body as Lava Girl transformed into a deformed monster.

"He's the monster. Look at him, his body looks like it is going on overdrive," Daken said swearing that he couldn't move and hated feeling helpless.

"That's it, this boy's getting a spanking," Fira said as she turned to fire.

"Fire bad," Kevin said as energy crackled around him and Fira turned into a big puddle of water.

"Help," Fira said in a bubbly voice.

"This has got to stop," Warpath moved at the kid.

"You like trucks?" Kevin asked as the truck in his hand began to change.

Suddenly the truck grew in size and formed a mouth with sharp teeth in front. Warpath tried to move but the truck opened its mouth and swallowed the mutant leader whole. The truck sat there and shook as they all could hear Warpath trying to get out. Taking a deep breath, Copy Cat knew what she had to do. She called on her powers and she moved closer to the boy.

"Listen, Kevin. We don't want to hurt you but you are hurting my friends. I promise, if you let them go we can all have fun," Copy Cat said.

"You have blue skin," Kevin said as he looked at the girl approaching him.

"Yes, like you we are all special. If you let us, we all can be good friends and play lots of games," Copy Cat said as she got right next to the boy.

"Promise?" Kevin asked reaching out his hand.

"Promise," Copy Cat said as she took his hand.

Suddenly her powers kicked in and a shock passed between the two. The boy stopped crackling and fell to the ground. Copy Cat checked and saw he was just unconscious. She stood up and saw that her body was beginning to crackle. She didn't know how much time she had so she had to work fast. Closing her eyes she concentrated as she pushed out with her new powers. In a crackling flash, Sam was free, Amara was human again, Leyu reverted to flesh, Daken had his feet back while Theresa's mouth returned and Jason was standing next to a small truck. Everything was back to normal and Anna had done it.

"Good work, girl," Demon Child said.

"This power, it's too much. It hurts," Copy Cat suddenly began to scream as the power began to build within her.

"Anna, what's wrong?" Shield asked.

"I can't control it. I fell like the power is eating at my body," Copy Cat said as her whole body began to crackle with energy.

"Let me try something," Demon Child said as she called on her powers.

Demon Child transformed her skin into energy taking on her monstrous energy looking form. She then concentrated and created a sword made of energy in her right hand. She then cupped the sword with both hands and swung it at Copy Cat. Anna screamed as the sword passed right through her as it appeared to rip the energy right from her. Anna gave one final scream and then fell to the ground as the power from Kevin vanished. Demon Child released the sword as it vanished and she reverted back to normal. Warpath ran to Copy Cat and scooped her up in his arms.

"She'll be fine," Warpath sighed.

"Kevin, where are you?" A voice suddenly shouted form the other side of the trees followed by sounds of a vehicle of sorts.

"That must be his mother," Lava Girl said.

"Should we stay?" Daken said as he looked toward the sound of the calling woman.

"No, I think we need to get back. What if she's worse than this kid?" Sam questioned.

"I agree. We don't want to get caught out here. Let's head back and then we can vote whether to tell Mona and let her decide what to do about the boy and hi smother," Warpath said as they all quickly dashed back into the trees.

They moved quick and soon made it back to their home. Even though the run in with the little boy had turned scary and very dangerous, they had all felt excited and energized from the adventure. They all knew that if they trained harder as a team they really could become a group of super heroes. There was nothing in this world that could stop them. There was nothing they feared.

"Where the heck have all of you been?" Moira asked as they all came to a screeching halt to the woman blocking their entrance into the building.

"We, um," Warpath began to stutter.

"What happened to Anna? And, what are you all wearing?" Mona asked with anger and concern as she moved towards Warpath.

"You see," Sam began to explain.

"Enough! Everyone inside now and out of those outfits. Jason, bring Anna to the med lab so I can look her over. I want everyone assembled in ten minutes and I want to hear everything," Mona said as she stormed back into the building with her kids following right behind her.

Next: Issue #29 – The X-Files & Secret Mutants: Secret Genesis – Part Six