Mutants: Societies Acceptance
Chapter 3: A Call to Action
Lets update the story to this point for those of you with short attention spans that just scanned the first two chapters. This isn't traditional X men, this is something new, something beyond the context of what once was, could be, and has already been told. This is a story in which a few of the beloved team members are dead before it even starts. Here's the recap: Jean Grey, Wolverine, and Scott Summers are gone. Jeans two children, David and Katherine, are in custody of our hero, Jeffrey Brown, and are at Xavier's Institute for Gifted Youngsters. In chapter two, the team was formed and it was said that Magneto would be stopped. So here goes, we rejoin the story in the war room where the last chapter left off. Enjoy the third chapter first saga, A Call to Action:
"The legend awaits. We can't be afraid to use our powers. We will show this world who the good guys are." Jeffrey then sat back down as the group cheered. Another of the team stood up to speak, the one named Seth Crosse, "So this is our call to action? We just go out and beat up the bad guys in an effort to improve our image?" Everyone gazed at Seth. Could he possibly be against this idea? Seth spoke up again, "Well hell yea then. I get to kick butt, use my powers, and make myself look good. I am all for it!"
About an hour later, Jeffrey and the kids were in Professor Xavier's office to get things straight and to get the kids enrolled. " Hey Uncle J? We are staying here right? I mean it is a nice place and I hope we can," David said. "Yea Uncle J. We promise to behave and go to school and everything. Can we? Please? We promise," Katherine said. "We're staying kiddos. That's why we are here in the Professor's office. He is gonna get ya'll enrolled when he gets here. And yes you will go to school, that's what this place is. I came here, and so did your mother, when we were kids." After finishing that statement Professor Xavier rolled into the office. "Good afternoon you three. I am ready to get you enrolled and give you rooms." Both kids piped up at once, "Thanks!" The Professor laughed as he pulled out some forms. "Jeffrey, these will be necessary for their enrollment here." "Jeffrey filled out the forms while Xavier chatted with the children; "So, do you have any questions about the institute or me?" David asked "What kind of food do you have around here. Uncle J cooked for us at home and I hope the food here is as good as that." "Well, around here Rahne does most of the cooking. She is a great cook. Also, on Friday nights we order pizza and set up in the recreation room to watch a movie." Katherine looked at the Professor and spoke, "Do we get our own rooms, or do we share? I had my own room at home and I hope I don't have to give it up." "You can have your own..." Just then there was a knock at the door and a women named Sara stepped in. "Professor, I hate to disturb you but we have a problem..."
It was an air force base this time. As Magneto and his team of mutants approached it they realized this would be as easy as the last one. At Magneto's side was: Victor "Sabertooth" Creed, Raven "Mystique" Darkholme, Toad, and a mutant named Blaine "Tigerseye" Winters. "All right everyone lets do this quickly. They have something we need here and I want to get in and get out." Everyone nodded at Magneto. Blaine spoke up "So we go in, get the bomb and meet back here? Perfect, I have been wanting to blow something to smithereens since I joined up with you." Magneto smiled. He could hardly help it. Blaine was more anti-human then even he himself was and Magneto liked that.
The intercom blared, "ALL X-MEN TO THE HANGER! WE HAVE A SITUATION AND ARE BEING IMMEDIATELY CALLED TO ACTION!" Everyone assembled thinking about how strange it was that only an hour after forming, they would be fighting. Jeffrey looked around and saw everyone: Sara, a women named Kira, Seth, Kitty, Rahne, Storm, Rogue, Crashbomb, The Professor, Jubilee, Gambit, Nightcrawler, a young man everyone called Turtle, Jared Cross, ,and Hank "Beast" McCoy. They boarded the Blackbird and set the flight path. The kids were in the back of the jet, told that when the time came they were not to leave that spot. All the time they were on their way a thought went through everyone's minds: A call to action. This is it, our chance. The plane landed and everyone but the kids jumped out to a horrible sight. The ground was littered in dead bodies. The bodies of the soldiers killed by the Brotherhood. Every one also saw before them the mutants they would face. Without a second thought the newly formed X-men charged into battle.