Last one, last chapter of the X Arc, and I've gotta say: this is easily the longest arc I have ever written, but I don't think it will be the longest one in the story, after all some of the future arcs are going to be really big. After this there won't be any slice of life esque arcs until the graduation arc, which won't happen until the ninth arc, but man each arc after this one is going to be big.

Happy New Year, by the way! Hope you guys had a great first day, and if not, at least things can only go up from there, right? What are your resolutions if you don't mine sharing? Mine are to start a youtube channel sometime in the future, if I do I'll be sure to tell you guys, get started in a career to become a voice actor, workout more (I know, cliche) and become more social. And the only way to get all that done is to work on it.

Thanks for reading, here we are with the final chapter of my second arc.

X-Mimic and Storm: Immigrant Song

You ever meet a god? I did, and man is he awesome. In case you forgot, Ororo pretty much fucked up Sinister and his island last year with a giant ass lightning bolt, and by doing so she gained the attention of the Thor Odinson, one of the Avengers, The Prince of Asgard, The Thunderer, The God of Thunder, and a whole bunch of other titles. A couple of months into her training she decided to invite me, after all, I also have weather control when I want to. And that's where we are now, Thor, Storm, and I are currently on an isolated island, no people nearby allowing us free reign to use a good amount of power.

"Very well done, friend Mimic, your power is growing at a faster rate than I expected, and your skill is becoming more and more refined." Thor complimented.

Man, getting a compliment from a god is something else, weirdly enough it doesn't feel the same as getting a compliment from Logan. Thor nods before turning to Storm, she's on a whole other level when compared to me, hell, even when compared to her when she destroyed Sinister's island. Her skills in flight have become more refined, allowing her to challenge even Warren for the team's best flier, and her lightning abilities have become more focused, allowing her to create even small rain clouds, instead of having to constantly creating giant storm clouds every time she activates her powers.

"Storm, your control over the elements is improving, soon you will not need my aid to channel your power anymore." Thor complimented.

Storm smiles. "Thank you, Thor," She powers down and sits on a nearby rock. "What now? We've been at this for hours now."

"Aye, we have. I believe now would be a good time for some drinks, what say you, friend Mimic?" Thor asks as he sits on a rock across from Storm.

I sit on a third rock. "That'd be great, what kind of drinks are we looking at?"

A giant cask appears out of nowhere next to Thor. "ALE!" He lifts the cask and places it at his lips before drinking it energetically, ale dripping all over the place.

Storm and I share a look before turning back to Thor who, surprise, surprise, is still downing that cask of ale. He stops and looks at us expectantly before stretching out his arms towards Storm, offering the cask, she denies. He does the same to me. "Sorry, underage." I answer.

Thor has a look of confusion on his face. "I will never understand this change in societal norms. When I first arrived upon Midgard everyone drank alcohol, even the babes! Now there are rules upon rules stopping such revelry," He shakes his head in disappointment before having another quick gulp. "Alas, more ale for Thor."

Ah, right, Thor sometimes speaks in the third person, he somehow makes it cool though, don't know how, probably cause he says it at the right time, maybe I should try that. After Thor finishes his ale Storm leans forward. "Thor, if I might ask."

Thor nods.

"Thank you, my question: what is life like with the Avengers?" Storm asks.

Thor mulls over his thoughts for a moment. "Ant-Man is a thinker, so he and I do not have much in common, although I do admire his tenacity in solving problems. Wasp is adventurous, a sister in battle that I will gladly follow to the ends of the realms! Iron Man is a thinker as well, but also a…funny man, I do find his armors intriguing, I wonder what would happen if he were to work with the blacksmiths of Asgard, or the dwarves of Nidavellir" He pauses and sighs deeply. "Then there is The Hulk, where would I even begin? He is a brute, rude, disgusting, infuriating, but he is also a great ally in battle, there would be no other mortal I would be willing to fight alongside. Most of the time."

I nod, seems like I've got a crash course on the Avengers, nice. A thought then comes to mind. "Hey, Thor, you ever think the X-Men and the Avengers could team up one day?"

Thor gains a giant grin on his face. "One could only hope friend Mimic, a battle requiring that much power would surely go down in history." I gain a giant grin at that thought.

We hear some not-so-polite coughing, we turn to see Storm glaring at us. "I would like to state that if our two teams had to unite against a threat, things won't be as easy you two believe they would be."

Ah, she's got a point, if the X-Men and the Avengers ever had to team up we'd have to be fighting one strong ass villain. "C'mon Storm, let us dream. Besides, it's not like we're gonna have to save the earth every other week, that's preposterous." (We now save the earth every other week.) I say cockily. She acts like we're gonna have to fight a planet eater or some shit. (We fight planet eaters and shit now.)

Storm has a small smirk on her face before she gets up. "I'm going to fill up my bottle with some water, Mimic?"

I place my water bottle in her outstretched hand. "Thanks," She nods before walking away. I turn back to Thor to find him drinking from another cask of ale. "Dude, where the hell do those come from?"

"Not Hel, my goats!" Thor replies.

I stare at him blankly, what goats. Something nips at my ear; I hop off my rock to find a massive fucking goat on either side of the rock. I blink in shock. "Yo, what the fuck!"

Thor laughs at my reaction before getting up and walking to his goats. He points to the one on the left. "This one is Toothgnasher," Toothgnasher bleats. "And this is Toothgrinder. But if you wish to call them by their actual names then they are Tanngrinsir and Tanngjóstr."

"Right." I answer. Yeah, I'll just call them Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder.

Thor's head jerks up, almost as if he heard something. "Mimic, not to be rude, but may you please leave, I am receiving a message from Heimdall and it is a rather private matter."

I nod in understanding. "Got it, dude. I'll head to Storm and tell her."
Thor has a look of confusion on his face once I said 'dude', but he nods otherwise.

Well, time to head to Storm, I really could go for some water right now. On the way to Storm I blink, as people do, but once my eyes open again, I notice something strange. I'm not on the island anymore. Looking around I see that I'm in a tundra, so I activate my Snowbird powers, gaining a resistance to the cold immediately. Strange, Snowbird's powers allow an immunity to cold, there's something to this cold, it's more powerful. I hear something to my left; I quickly shift into an arctic wolf and get ready to leap at whatever comes from around the tree.

"I must say, you have impressive reflexes. For a mortal that is."

A man steps out from behind the tree. He's tall, pale, has black hair, and emerald green eyes. He wears black pants with a green and gold shirt, over that shirt is a long black and green trench coat with some gold accents along the chest and shoulders, his jacket also has a furred collar, and on his head is a headpiece that frames his face with two giant horns that curve back. In one of his arms he has a staff with a blade at its tip.

I growl as he walks in a circle around me, I don't like this guy, he gives off an extremely dangerous vibe.

The man chuckles before he waves his staff, two fuckin' huge wolves appear to his left and right. "Midgardian wolves, so cute seeing them growl, almost like they're the top of the food chain. Newsflash friend, my wolves are far more dangerous."

I look at the wolves and realize he's right, and so I shift back into my human form. "Who the hell are you, do you know Thor?" I mean, he called me a Midgardian, so he has to know Thor, right?

The man's face shifts into a deep scowl as I mention Thor. Guess they do know each other. "My name is Loki Laufeyson, God of Mischief, and yes, I do know that bumbling oaf Thor, unfortunately. Now, who are you?" I look at him confused. He chuckles as he shakes his head. "Please, I told you my name, it's only common courtesy that you do the same, is it not?"

Dude's got a point; besides, I can use this conversation to find a way out of here. "Name's Mimic, I'm a mutant."

Loki nods. "Yes, mutant. You know Thor fought one of you before? Ages ago in the land called Egypt, he was powerful, nearly killed Thor actually, this mutant's name was-"

A massive roar erupts from behind him, from out of the forest three blue giants come rushing at us, clubs raised ready to crush us where we stand. I transform into a bird and quickly take to the sky, Loki and his wolves leap back, Loki escapes while his wolves and the giants battle. Even though the wolves are outnumbered by one they still put up one hell of a fight. Or would it be one Hel of a fight?

I find a cliff overlooking the area we were just at, watching the battle between the two wolves and the one-and-a-half giant. One had died, another was on its last legs. Yeah, it's a good thing I got outta there, those wolves would have torn me apart.

"Fascinating, isn't it?"
I jump and look to my left where I find Loki leaning against a wall, bouncing a bouncy ball as he watches the battle. "It took me nearly three centuries to perfect those wolves, their names are Bonecrusher and Bonebreaker."

"Not exactly creative." I deadpan.

"Oh, and Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder are?" Loki retorts.

A thunderous crash resounds throughout the tundra, Loki and I look back to see three giant corpses and two perfectly fine wolves. Yup, definitely glad I didn't fight those guys. "Where the hell am I, where are Thor and Storm?"

"You are in Jotunheim, my birthplace," Loki explains as he sweeps his arm, giving me a good idea of what this tundra looks like, an ever-expansive forest covered in ice and a constant snowfall, no sun in sight. "As for Thor and your friend, well, who knows? They could be here; they could be in one of the other Nine Realms."

I blink. Nine Realms? Huh, my first-time off Earth and instead of being on another planet or the moon I end up in a Norse realm, dope. I get up and activate my Sasquatch powers, my transformation is similar to my Beast transformation, although I'm stronger and larger, my fur is still black though. "Take me to them," I rush towards him, grabbing him by the head and raising him into the air, he doesn't look intimidated in the slightest, hell, he looks amused. I don't let this affect me though. "Now."

He raises an eyebrow and smirks. "Of course."

A snap of his fingers and I immediately find myself in another part of the realm, Jotunheim if I remember correctly. I hear footsteps thundering towards me at a slow pace, before I could hide a giant steps up towards me, stopping to look at me once he notices me. "WHAT ARE YOU?" His voice sounds like shotguns going off in my ears, and theses shotguns shoot jets breaking the sound barrier, it's not fun.

"Me? I'm nothing but a lost wanderer looking for his companions, you wouldn't happen to have seen them, would you?" I cautiously ask. Why did I ask? Now he's gonna blow out my ear drums again.

"I DUNNO WHO YOU'RE TALKIN' 'BOUT." Yup, I am now deaf, great. The giant gets up and motions for me to follow him, may as well, I have nowhere else to go.

I follow the giant, after ten minutes of silence we come across a camp, here I can see five other giants eating a giant animal currently on a spit roast above a fire, a sixth giant can be seen on a makeshift throne overlooking the camp, eating a leg of the animal. The giants all stop once we arrive, looking at me with a critical eye. They begin to speak but I can't hear them, I wasn't overexaggerating when I said I was now deaf. The giant I came with eventually reaches to a box shaped object on his back, covered by the fur of an animal, he puts the box down and lifts the fur, in it I see an angry Thor within a cage.

The giants laugh at Thor, the God of Thunder glares at the leader before beginning a conversation with him, it doesn't get far. The giants continue with their revelries. Thor shakes his head before he looks at me, he pauses in surprise before a look of recognition crosses his face. I slowly make my way to his cage, hoping to not gain the attention of any of the giants, but of course, the leader notices me. Out of the corner of my eye I notice him call out to me, thankfully my hearing is slowly coming back, he speaks to me but I motion to my ears, he understands and waits, I then nod, telling him that my hearing has returned.

"WHO ARE YOU?" The giant leader asks.

I stand straight, chest out, chin raised, these are giants, I'm ninety nine percent sure that strength is the only form of respect they acknowledge. "My name is," Shit, I need a strong name, but who do I choose? Ah. "Hercules!"

The giants and Thor all stop to stare at me, the giants break into a guffaw of laughter. Thor looks at me and shakes his head rapidly, I fucked up. The leader stops laughing instantly, it's almost scary. He leans forward and places his hand on the handle of his giant-ass axe. "YOU AIN'T NO HERULES. NOW, TELL ME WHO YOU REALLY ARE, WHILE YOU STILL CAN."

I gulp in nervousness. "C'mon guys, it was just a joke, don't you have jokes here in Jotunheim?"

"WE DON'T LIKE JOKES." One of the giants says. They now all have hands on their weapons.

While this is all happening, I notice Thor has his hand extended towards the south, he looks at me and nods resolutely, great, now I have to stall some giants for who knows how long. "Okay, okay. My real name is Revan, happy now?" I mean, come on, Revan's a badass, that name has to have some weight, right?
The giants nod in acceptance. Holy shit, Revan has some weight amongst the giants. "WHAT BRINGS YOU TO OUR REALM, REVAN?" the leader continues to interrogate.

"I'm just looking for my companions, we were separated when we were forcefully thrown here. Would you happen to know anything about that?" I ask. I can faintly hear the sound of a mystic hammer flying towards us.

The leader leans back in his chair and hums before taking another bite of his food. "YES, THERE WAS A BRIGHT FLASH O' LIGHT, IN THE SKY, THREE DISTURBANCES, IN FACT."

I smile in victory. "Great, do you know where these disturbances were?"

The giant who brought in Thor stepped forward "I FOUND DIS ONE AT THE BRIGHT LIGHT, FAR EAST," He stops to glare at me, the others follow suit. Shit. "DAT MEANS YOU'RE WIT' 'IM, AND THE ONE UP NORTH TOO."

Thor laughs heartily at that. "Thank you, giant, for your assistance in this quest of ours."

Mjolnir rockets into the camp, smashing the cage holding Thor into a multitude of tiny ice and metal shards. I jump at the closest giant before he could properly retaliate, my legs collide with his chest, I hear the wind get knocked out of him before he falls over unconscious, guess he didn't see that one coming.

The giant to my left reaches out and grabs me in his hand, crushing me slowly, thank you Walter for having superhuman durability, sadly, your powers won't get me out of this mess. After a few I decide to use my Untouchable powers, cause I am not calling them my Unus powers. No. Matter. What. With these powers the giant's hand is forced open, I drop down and run around him, while this is happening I switch to my Cyclops powers, stop, and blast him in the face, launching him into one of the giants Thor is currently fighting.

Thor's giant gets back up, but as soon as it does, he smacks it across the face with Mjolnir, a clap of thunder following, the giant's body does a full spin before falling over. Thor thrusts Mjolnir up before bringing it down onto the head of another giant, hitting this one with a lightning bolt, taking this giant out of the fight instantly. Now we just have to deal with the giant that brought in Thor, and the leader. Thor and I stand side-by-side, the giant that brought Thor and I turns tail and runs, the leader turns towards him and barks at him to come back, but soon realizes the futility in that. But as soon as he turns around, he's met with an optic blast and a lightning bolt flying towards his face, once the attacks connect the giant is sent flying into his throne, breaking it upon impact.

Looking around Thor and I bask in the aftermath of our destructive beatdown of the giants, I mean, come on, that wasn't even a fight. Huh, you'd think giants would be tougher enemies. I turn to Thor. "That was rather easy, don't you think?"

Thor nods. "Aye, they were but lowly giants, on the bottom of the barrel as Stark would say. The deadlier Frost Giants will be deeper within Jotunheim."

"How will we know which Frost Giants are deadlier?" I ask.

"The more powerful Frost Giants are white, with blue markings across their bodies. The frost of this realm is under their beck and call, you would do well to avoid them, friend Mimic." Thor warns.

I nod in acknowledgement before going around the camp, gotta get that loot! After a few minutes I find nothing, well, not nothing, per say, just nothing that'd work well back home, seeing as their gold pieces are, well, giant. Thor looks at a giant enchanted map that he rummaged from the leader, eventually he finds an important mark on the map.

"Mimic! Come, look at this." He calls out.

I walk over to Thor and see the map he's looking at, on it I see a highly detailed recreation of where we are, with four special markings on it, three green and one blue. "The blue is where we currently are, the blue dots are points of importance," Thor explains. He points at one of the dots. "This is where I came in, where did you?"

I look at the map confused, how am I supposed to-Oh, got it. I don't know how, but for some reason I felt the urge to point at another one of the blue dots. "Here. Whoa, how'd I know that?"

"These are enchanted maps, when one looks at it, they know their previous route. It is extremely helpful when it needs to be." Thor explains again. Man, this magic shit's really damn cool.

I point at the final blue dot. "So, we gotta go there, cause that's where Storm is, right?"

Thor nods. "Yes," He touches the blue dot, and immediately I feel the now familiar rush of an info dump into my head. He hefts Mjolnir and rolls the map up before holding it under his arm. It looks like he's carrying a tree by its side. "Let us go."

While we walk, we notice the storm clouds become thicker and thicker, well, we don't exactly need the map now, do we? A blizzard and lightning begins to strike the area with extreme intensity, Thor and I share a look before flying towards the storm, I swap to my Angel powers and take to the air, Thor swings Mjolnir and throws himself through the sky. On the way we notice the storm begin to die down, a look of intense worry crosses over mine and Thor's faces.

We land on a hill overlooking the area where the storm just occurred, here we find three blue giants and one larger white and blue giant with hair and a thick beard made out of ice. Ah, that's what they look like. Wait, we're at the edge of Jotunheim, what's he doing here? Thor's face is asking the same questions. Using my enhanced eyesight I notice that the white and blue giant is holding Storm in his hands, I can see her struggle, trying to get out of his grip, one of the blue giants puts down a small, thin box, and as soon as Storm sees it she increases her struggling tenfold.

Ah, crap, I forgot, she's claustrophobic, this is bad. Thor has a look of confusion on his face. "Why is Storm so fearful? Tis but a small box."

"That's exactly why," I reply. "She has claustrophobia," Thor's look of confusion stays. "When she was younger, she was in an accident that had her trapped in a small area for days on end, since then she's had an intense fear of tight spaces."

"Well then, let us free her!" Thor launches himself towards the white and blue giant, lightning arcing off of him and Mjolnir. He swings his hammer into the giant's jaw, launching it yards away, he follows after it. I fly into the air above one of the blue giants, once I reach an optimal height, I switch to my Thunderbird powers and angle myself down in a ramrod straight form, arms out. I land fist first on the giant below me, a thunderous clap emits from the contact, one down, two to go.

I shoulder charge to one of the other giants, using my speed to my advantage. Before I could make contact though a large club is swung into my back, launching me into a tree. I shake my head as I use what's left of the tree to get back up, damn, that actually hurt. The other giant comes rushing at me, attempting to shoulder charge me. I bend my legs and do a backflip kick into its chin as soon as it gets into position, and damn, that felt good. I have been waiting to do that, thank you giant for being my test subject.

As soon as I land the same club from earlier sends me flying into the box Storm is currently trapped in, heh. I get up quickly and stab my fingers into the side of the box, I can feel Storm preparing a blast of lightning. Once the giant begins to charge at us, I rip off the side of the box, a streak of lightning comes flying out and collides with the giant, sending it flying into the forest, smoking.

Storm damn near jumps out of the box, she collapses on the ground and breathes heavily, I lean down next to her and rub her back in calming motions, after a few moments her breathing calms down, she looks at me with thanks in her eyes. "W-where's Thor? How did we get here?" She asks.

"Thor's, uh," A loud clap of thunder can be heard deeper in the forest. "Thor's over there, fighting their leader. Far as I can tell some asshole named Loki brought us here." I answer.

A loud grunt of pain comes from the forest, Thor comes out flying for a moment, he then collides with the ground and makes a small ditch with his body as he slides on the ground. Shaking his head, the God of Thunder hops back up and extends his hand, Mjolnir comes flying from the trees. "Ah, Storm, good to see you are okay."

"Thor, are you okay?" She replies.

He laughs as he tosses Mjolnir between his hands. "Aye! Nothing could be better than a good fight," His smile drops. "Well, an adequate fight would be a better use of words, wouldn't it?"

Looking at Thor I notice that he's perfectly fine, except for some scratches here and there. The giant marches out of the forest, and holy shit, it looks like it's seen better days. One of its arms is missing, chunks of skin are gone, which is gross, and one of its eyes is swollen shut. "Help me defeat him?" Thor asks as he points Mjolnir at the giant, lightning arcing around his arm and the hammer.

Storm's eyes become white, clouds quickly form in the sky with lightning ready to strike, I swap to my elemental powers and activate my fire form. The giant roars before running towards us, its hammer raised, before it could make even a third step the giant is struck by two powerful bolts of lightning and a torrent of fire, killing it instantly.

Thor laughs before pulling Storm and I in with his massive arms. "Today was quite the day. I am proud to call you warriors, and friends to the Prince of Asgard! Your stories will be told for ages to come in Asgard's halls." Thor looks to the sky with a wistful look in his eyes. Gotta admit, that doesn't sound half bad.

"Thor, do you know anyone by the name of Loki?" Storm asks.

Goddammit, well, that moment's ruined.

Thor's look of victory quickly becomes a scowl, that's scary to look at. He sighs deeply before unwrapping us from his arms and walks forward before stopping and turning around. "So, it was Loki who brought us here, was it? I should have known. Where did you learn of his name, Storm?"

"Mimic told me." Storm nods her head towards me.

"When I went to talk to Storm back at the island I some how ended up here, then some tall guy in black, green, and gold revealed himself to me and started to gloat. Said his name was Loki, and that he knew you, didn't seem like your biggest fan." I answer.

"No, he is not," Thor sighs deeply as he pinches the bridge of his nose. "Loki is my brother, well, he's adopted, but he is my brother none the less. Due to his recent machinations the Avengers were formed," Thor looks around, seems like he's gonna change the subject. "I find Jotunheim best enjoyed in small doses, and I believe I have met my limit for this visit, let me call Heimdall." Yup, changed the subject.

Thor looks to the sky. "HEIMDALL! WE REQUIRE A BIFROST BRIDGE! NOW WOULD BE NICE, THANK YOU!"

Mother of God, or Mother of Thor would be more appropriate, right? Anyways, holy shit, he is loud as fuck, his voice is like thunder. Wait, that was a bad metaphor, but it was the only one I could come up with. After a few seconds a giant rainbow beam pierces the sky and slams into the ground in front of us. JESUS FUCK! Why do gods have to be so damn loud?

Thor looks to us and nods towards the rainbow pillar. "Come, the Bifrost awaits."

Storm and I share a look before shrugging, may as well. The three of us walk towards the pillar, and man, it is hard explaining what I saw in there, a place shrouded in darkness, a land of fire, a realm of gold, a home for the dead, etc. Eventually we end up at the island, once the pillar disappears, I look down and notice an intricate symbol below us.

"Today was…different. We will take the next week off, to recuperate. I will see the two of you later." Thor calls for this Heimdall guy again, another rainbow pillar comes from the sky and washes over Thor, once the pillar disappears so does Thor.

"Well, that happened." Storm says.

"It did. C'mon, we should head back to the mansion, you've got a graduation tomorrow, remember?" I reply. A look of panic crosses over her face, she then quickly runs to our small four-seater jet. Wow, she really did forget about her own graduation, hope that doesn't happen to me.

"And last but not least, Scott Summers!" Professor Xavier announces as Scott walks up to him in his graduation gown and cap, with a large smile on both of their faces. Once the applaud ends we finally see the graduating Class of 2014: Jean Grey, Warren Worthington III, Scott Summers, Ororo Munroe, Forge, Noah North, and Amanda Cawley.

Ororo, Forge, Noah, and Amanda take their seats. Professor Xavier rolls next to the remaining four. "Now, I know this is a day for all of our graduates, but I would like to bring special attention to these three: Scott Summers, Jean Grey, and Warren Worthington III. These three have now joined Hank McCoy, as graduates! Four of the original five X-Men have now graduated, now we just wait for you, Bobby."
The entire gym looks at Bobby, he sinks into himself in embarrassment. "This is a great day, seeing my students become adults, but we aren't waiting for only Bobby to graduate, no, we wait for all of you to graduate," The Professor stops and looks at everyone with a look of immense pride on his face. "I believe that's enough from me, come, let us celebrate!"

The graduates and their families exit first, followed by the rest of us. We make it outside and find tables of food set up, employees from Fallier Foods waiting to cater to us, I find Warren and we fist bump. For the next hour we just all have fun, socializing and the likes, eventually Jean calls me over and I see she's with a large group of redheads and brunettes.

"Nolan, I'd like for you to meat my family. These are my parents: John and Elaine," I shake hands with both of them. "My sisters Sara and Julia. And my brothers Roger and Liam. And my cute wittle niece Bekka. Guys, this is Nolan Belmont, he also goes by Mimic."

"I'm not a baby, Jean." Bekka says, although her actions speak otherwise, if the small smile on her face is any indication. She looks to be ten, maybe eleven.

"Nice to meet you guys. So, uh, Jean, any reason you wanted me to meet your family?" I cautiously ask, not wanting to come off as rude.

"A couple of reasons: one, you're the only member of the X-Men who hadn't met them before now, and two, my Dad's a geneticist, and he's interested in your powers." Jean answers.

Jean's dad coughs before stepping forward. "Jean told me about your…encounter with the Purifiers, and how their power dampeners were nearly ineffective against you."

"Oh, finally, I almost thought everyone forgot about that." I say over dramatically, rolling my eyes at Jean, she just smacks me on the back of the head in retaliation. "Ow."

Before the conversation could continue the Professor rolls up to us. "Ah, the Grey family, it has been far too long, hasn't it? How have you all been?"

"We've been good," Jean's mom then pointedly looks at Liam, he just has a shit eating grin in response. "Mostly."

"Wasn't my fault, Mom." Liam shrugs as his grin grows.

The Professor lets out a light laugh. "If I may, could I borrow Jean and Nolan momentarily? It's of extreme importance," Jean's parents look at each other before nodding. "Thank you. Jean, Nolan, with me."

We enter into the recreational area, the rest of the team waiting around one of the counters, looking at holograms of the new recruits and a map of the world. "What do you think about the rest of the Grey family, Nolan? I can't say anything cause uh, you know." Scott says with a smirk.

Jean stands next to him and elbows him in the side. Most everyone smiles at that, everyone but Logan, that is. I shrug before scratching the back of my head. "They're cool, I'm just waiting for them to show off their weird sides, I mean, Jean has one, so they have to also, right?" A spoon flies into the back of my head.

"Alright, alright, please stop messing with the spoons, I just cleaned 'em," Forge complains. He then points to the map, at Louisiana specifically. "Right here, Louisiana we'll find two of our recruits, Remy LeBeau and Anna Marie," He points at Illinois. "We'll find Katherine Pryde here, and Jubilation Lee here in California."

"That's all in America?" Bobby asks.

"Yeah," John steps forward and points at Japan. "Here we'll find Shiro Yoshida, in Russia, Piotr Rasputin, Germany Kurt Wagner, London is where Elizabeth Braddock is and Ireland is where you'll find Sean Cassidy."

Bobby looks at John confused. "What do you mean 'you'll'?"

"Scott, Jean, Bobby, Logan, and Nolan will be going around gathering our recruits. Hank will be in charge of the team during the meantime. Any questions?" The Professor says.

"I've got one," I begin. "How're we doing this, who's first and who's last?"

Forge enlarges Louisiana. "You guy's will be travelling westward, starting in Louisiana, where both Anna Marie and Remy are, and end in Ireland, where Sean is."

I nod at that logic. Makes sense, that way we could save as much time as possible.

Scott steps forward. "When does the mission start?"

"August, I'll give you two months to get ready, I will actually need the two months to prepare your finances and whatnot. Is that okay with the five of you?" The Professor answers.

The five of us look at each other before nodding. Sounds good.

"Well, that's all for this meeting. Go, enjoy the graduation." The Professor says. John goes to the back of his wheelchair and leads the group back out. Well, time to go have fun.

Although, one thing still bothers me: Who the hell is Katherine Pryde, and why is her name so damn familiar?

X Arc; Complete. Recruitment Arc; Commence.

Finally, we've finished the second arc of my story, thank you for stating around this long, I really do appreciate it. But yeah, the first chapter of the year and the decade is now complete, can't wait to continue this story throughout the year with you guys with me, I really do appreciate it.

Oh, right, the sentences in the parenthesis come from 2028 Nolan, after all, this story began in 2028, we're just started in 2013. And another thing, I'm gonna take some elements from the X-Men Evolution series for these next two chapters, but it won't be a copy. Some things I should say too, in the comics John Grey is a history professor, I decided to change that to geneticist, for story reasons. And Loki's look is based off of his Marvel NOW appearance, which is my personal favorite.

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