POINT OF INFORMATION: I don't own the Millennium Falcon namesake, and Forge did not invent the ship. So George Lucas, please don't sue me.
Ch. 21 – Genesis
"Who wants to be the first?" Asked a proud physician.
"I will." Piped
up a proud father. Slash took the child
from Beast, and showed the child to his wife. "Isn't she precious?" Shadowcat
had just caught her breath. "She looks
just like her mother." They smiled, and
he kissed this newest addition to the Kerns family. "Now, what shall we name her?"
"I've always had a fondness for Laura." Shadowcat responded.
"I think Michelle would make a good middle name." He looked down at his daughter. "Is that ok with you Laura Michelle?" The girl squirmed in her father's arms, and
then squealed with delight. Slash
nodded. "Beast, let her name be Laura
Michelle Kerns." Laura then began to
cry, so Slash gently passed her off to her mother. Shadowcat kissed Laura gently on the forehead, and then she
squealed again, and then fell asleep. Shadowcat grinned and looked at her husband. A giant grin came over his face, and he walked outside the
infirmary. Everyone was waiting.
"Well, what's the verdict Squid?" Scowled Wolverine, who was already smoking a
Cuban.
"Everyone…you are invited in to meet, Laura Michelle
Kerns." He led them in, and the room
became filled with excited X-Men. When
Jean came alongside Shadowcat, the child in her womb began kicking and punching
furiously. Jean shared this with
Shadowcat, and they both giggled.
"Well, he or she must have inherited her mother's
telepathic abilities." She was quite
proud of the child she was carrying. It
would be another one to carry on Scott's legacy. Beast gently took Laura out of her mother's arms and placed her
under a scanner.
"Hmm. Very
interesting. Yes, she is a mutant, but
seems to have picked up traits of both parents. She has Slash's eyesight, and her mother's phasing ability. She also has picked up a great agility. You have quite a child here." Slash was beaming with pride, and lit up the
Cuban cigar that Wolverine gave him.
Life
returned to normal, if you can call it that at the mansion, after Laura's
birth. Xavier requested that Forge
invented a Nanny robot from Shi'ar technology and his own design to take care
of both of the children. Slash and
Shadowcat spent much time raising their child, and taking lessons from computer
to be the best parents possible. They
were glad for Forge's nanny, because it made life so much easier. Wolverine was learning too how to become a
good father, and be a good role model for his child. Late one day, a loud crashing sound that came from outside.
"Gambit wonder what dat could be." He and Rogue went outside to see what the
commotion was all about. He came back
in a few minutes later. "Gambit tink
y'all should get a look at dis." They
all walked out to the lawn. There was a
huge spaceship that had landed there. It appeared to be a huge disk with cannons on top and below. There appeared to be a command center right
below where a ramp was now coming down. Forge appeared from inside the ship.
"Hello X-Men. I'd
like to present to you, the Millennium Falcon." He led them on board. "This is a spaceship with an experimental ion hyper drive. I just completed builder's trials. Anyone want a ride?" They all agreed to this. The ship slowly hummed off the ground. Forge told them to strap in, and then he
flew the plane straight up in the atmosphere. The ship was unbelievable. The
speed was unheard of by any other human created space ship. Forge took them for a spin around the solar
system. A trip that normally would have
taken tens of years was made in under ten minutes. Forge was quite proud of his accomplishment. "Now, to take her home." But suddenly a strange meteor crossed their
path and instruments started beeping. Forge looked worried.
"What's wrong?" Asked Slash, who was acting as flight engineer.
"High levels of an unknown radiation. If we all don't get into the cargo hold now,
we're all gonna die." He set the autopilot,
but noticed immediately that it kicked off. "Drat. Looks like I'll have to
take the controls."
"But you'll die! And we need you to land the ship." Cried Jean.
"It can't be helped. We die out here or we die on landing. It doesn't matter." Suddenly
Jean began a mind link with Forge, and he went unconscious.
"Get below. I'll
fly the ship." Slash was shocked.
"But you'll die! You don't want to die on purpose. Trust me, there is more to life than trying to end it now."
"I'm not trying to join Scott. I have too much to live for. Now, get below. I'll protect
myself with a force field. Now get
going!" Slash ran off, and managed
barely to persuade Wolverine to get in the hold. They stayed there for a few
minutes and watched the gauge. As soon
as it reached safe levels, they all ran out to check on Jean. She was unconscious, but then awoke and
began to cry out in pain.
"JEAN! WHAT IS
IT??" Cried a concerned Wolverine.
"I…I…think my water broke. I'm feeling contractions. Very long between, but still…AAAAAHH!" Slash turned to Forge.
"Get this bird home, NOW." Forge complied. Slash
took the radio and contacted Beast, and told them to expect another delivery.
Forge landed the Falcon quickly. Slash and Wolverine had taken a mattress
from one of the berthing areas, and placed Jean on it, and carried her out to a
waiting Beast. They carried her into
the infirmary and Beast literally kicked them out because Wolverine was being
the super overprotective father figure. The delivery took longer than Shadowcat's had been, but that was because
Beast was checking over Jean as well once they passed through the
radiation. About an hour after they
returned, Beast came out bearing joyous news.
"May I present Scott Summers, Junior." They all entered and saw Jean bearing a
healthy boy. Slash slapped Wolverine on
the back.
"Congratulations Logan!" Wolverine had a smile on his face a mile wide. Then his smile vanished.
"Before we get to hyped up over this, I'd like a moment
of silence for Slim. This is his son;
I'm just gonna be his dad-figure. We
need to remember him as he lives on in Junior." They all bowed their heads for a few seconds. Then the celebration continued. "Hey Beast, is Jeannie OK? I mean, did the radiation do anything to
her?" Beast returned with the results.
"There appears to be no apparent physical damage to
Jean. However, Scott Junior's mental
capacity has gone off the chart. He inherited his mother's telepathic
abilities, while being able to control his father's optic blasts from any part
of his body. However, he does contain
some alien element that must have come from the meteor."
"Yes Beast, I feel it. He has picked up part of the Phoenix Force that I had so many years
ago. It must have given some of its powers
to him. I don't feel him threatened in
anyway, but we'll see." Wolverine
scowled.
"Humph. Guess
I'll never get One Eye out of my life. But I'm gonna be the best damn father for Junior here."
Weeks passed, and the children were put in a special nursery
the team designed and both Laura and Scott to stay in. They were all glad to have children in the
mansion. Bobby Drake had also returned
from his long absence and rejoined the team. Training was rigorous as usual. Slash kept X-Recon the same size with himself, Shadowcat, Rogue, Gambit,
Psylocke, Wolverine while he added Archangel and Jubilee to X-Strike (Gold
Team) with Storm, Jean, Beast, Nightcrawler and Iceman. They were all glad for the Nanny robot because
now they could go out on missions and not have to worry about the
children. One day while training in the
Danger Room with X-Recon versus X-Strike, emergency alarm klaxons rang and
Xavier's voice came over the intercom.
"ATTENTION. X-MEN
REPORT TO THE READY ROOM. PRIORITY
EMERGENCY."
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