A Family Reunion

"You're my father?" Rogue blinked. "No…you're lying."

"He's not," Mystique told her.

"What?" Pietro looked at her and at Magneto. "Rogue's…my sister too? That can't be! I used to dream about…I think I'm gonna be sick!"

"This isn't exactly making me feel any better you know!" Rogue snapped.

"You slept with him too?" Sabertooth looked at Mystique.

"Too?" Pietro looked at him. "You mean you and…? She and you…?"

"A long time ago," Mystique frowned. "But that's ancient history."

"Thank god," Sabertooth growled. "Worst weekend of my life."

"I don't wanna hear this!" Pietro whined.

"I don't believe it!" Rogue looked back and forth at Magneto and Mystique. "You and…him?"

"It wasn't like that!" Mystique told him. "We never slept together. It was…different."

"How different?" Wanda growled.

"It was an interesting experiment," Magneto told her. "I induced superovulation in Mystique and inseminated her eggs artificially. Following incubation and fertilization I carefully examined the eggs for a wide variety of defects and abnormalities, weeding out the tainted ones. Yours was the most promising. I also added some new information and instructions to your genetic blueprint in your DNA."

"I'm an experiment?" Rogue snapped.

"It wasn't like that," Mystique told her. "I wanted a baby. I had a low fertility rate and Magneto promised me he could help."

"Ironically that didn't stop you from getting pregnant with that German," Magneto grumbled.

"Not to mention…" Sabertooth grumbled.

"That's not important!" Mystique snapped. "It just happened!"

"So Kurt was an accident," Rogue said.

"He was a surprise," She told her. "And you I wanted more than anything. But circumstances…" She glared at Magneto. "Forced me to give you up."

"So while Mystique was pregnant with Nightcrawler, we had to place you in a surrogate," Magneto explained. "Fortunately Destiny was so kind to assist us."

"You mean Destiny is…was a surrogate mother?" Rogue's eyes widened.

"It was a simple procedure," He explained. "And she did not contribute any genetic material anyway. So while I sent her off to the U.S. for…other procedures, Mystique remained here."

"I knew Irene would love you and take care of you," Mystique said. "And I did get to see you from time to time. It's not like I dumped you on somebody's doorstep!"

"What a fun little family reunion this is," Sabertooth groaned.

"Oh I can't wait until Thanksgiving rolls around," Pietro groaned. "That's going to be a lot of fun!"

"So you see my dear we do belong together," Magneto told her.

"I don't belong to you ya creep!" Rogue snapped. "Even if you are my father!"

"I see stubbornness runs in the family," Ramfist chuckled.

"I see we are going to have to work on this relationship," Magneto sighed. "I believe in time you will understand your place."

"As for you," He glared at Wanda. "I think I can prescribe something that might alter that disposition of yours." He looked at the twins. "Take the Scarlet Witch to the Lab and Rogue to the chamber. I'll deal with them shortly."

Once the others left Magneto addressed the remaining Brotherhood members. "Now," Magneto told the Brotherhood. "I have decided to have the Brotherhood complete the secondary base. Once it is complete we will be able to focus on recruiting more members. Bolt, you go and join the others," Magneto told him. The rest of you stay here on this base."

"Is that a good idea to send our main forces so far away right now?" Sabertooth asked as Bolt left.

"Why not?" Mystique said. "It's not like the Joes or the X-Men can find us."

"Correct," Magneto nodded. "Besides this gives us time to finish what we began on Toad. I think a little more enhancement is in order."