Here's the disclaimer part. All the X-men characters are Marvel's, obviously, David, Alex and Danny are mine, if you want to use them then go right ahead. Please, please, please review for me!
Interlude 1
"So what your saying," Danny asked incredulously ,"Is that my big brother ran away from a murder that he could never have committed because he's a bloody mutant?". The past few hours had been hell for him and Alex alike. The police had screamed bloody murder after they found that David had 'disappeared' from the hospital. Alex had stayed tight-lipped about the whole thing, pointedly refusing to admit that David had come to see him and making it plain to everyone, including his friends family, that he could see no reason why his friend had taken such an unwise course of action.
"Look Dan," Alex began, he watched the young man pace up and down the room, wearing a hole in the floor and the man's patience. Telling the kid had forced him to revisit the events of that night a little too soon for his liking and was having a hard time keeping his own emotions in check without having to worry about Danny's. He had enough shit on his mind. "I know it sounds far fetched but the truth of the matter is that David was responsible for what happened to Sam. He didn't mean to do what he did but he had no control over his powers, in fact, from what he told me he didn't even know he was a mutant until the shock of the attack triggered his abilities."
"And now he's gone again, disappeared off the face of the bloody earth it looks like." Danny looked out of the window, lost in his own thoughts, the hurt in his voice was evident to Alex and the older man found himself lost for words. "A mutant, a bloody mutant Al, I can't believe it, Dave isn't like those other muties though, man their gonna take him apart."
Alex looked at Danny warily, "What do you mean Dan?"
Danny gave Alex a questioning look, "What do I mean? I mean these muties are bad news, look at what they've done around the world. You've seen what destruction they can cause."
"But that's not all of them is it?" Alex retorted, "What about the groups that fight these other people and put their lives on the line for human and mutant alike? It's not just mutants they fight either," He continued, "There's plenty of despots and corrupt humans that they battle as well. " He paused and, in a softer tone - almost inaudible to Danny - he said, "Mutants aren't the only ones with the ability to kill and destroy Dan."
Danny bowed his head and closed his eyes, fighting the demons of irrational hate, and replied in the same hushed tone, "I know, but they just …..scare me." He turned to look at Alex, "Some of them can do things that I couldn't even believe is possible, and what if David was attacked or coerced into joining the wrong side? I just don't think I could take that."
"I know mate," Alex replied softly, his thoughts lost to wondering where his friend was, "I know."