I decided to respond to the reviewers.

Rupeshwari~ Thanks for the warning. You think I would stop at one. Oh no.

This crazy ride isn't over tell I find out if Rogue and Remy are going

to get married in the X-Men series. Ok that will take awhile, maybe

not that long.

BJ~ That's why I wrote this. That book really pissed me off because they

gave Rogue the wrong personality. So instead of complaining about, I

decided to write it anew. That's what fanfiction is for.

Lucky439 & T~ Don't worry I won't stop. Remember I said this will be an

arc, those normally last awhile.

Randi M. Kosiewska-Short~ Hooray! Another story to look forward to, but

you better finish your other stories first. I still have Fluffy. I hate it

when authors don't finish their work. It just like when you go to a

movie and miss the ending. It so bugs me. I'm glad I was able to

WOW you so much. Hope this story will keep you excited.

I do not own any of the charters just the story idea. I'm not very good at fighting scenes so please forgive me. Hope you like the story.

" Regular speech "    * personal thoughts *    # telepathic speech #  

#1 of The Other Choice Arc: X-men Chronicles

Chapter two

Blue cold eyes watch the lovers' interactions and jealousy washes over him like a tidal wave. His body is sore from the beating it took. However, no matter how much his body screams in pain, his heart aches more. Erik knows he loves her like no other; no one has invoked so much emotion from him since his children's mother. So the display before him is heartbreaking to say the least. Erik wishes she was looking at him in that way, with so much love it brings out every good emotion to the surface. That's why when he sees a shadow high above them Magneto says nothing. Erik waits with his mouth sealed shut and steel eyes locked on the scene in front of him. He wants to watch this end, to stop the extreme pain in his chest. Magneto feels too envious of that red-eyed charmer. Then he remembers what the enemy is here for. "Rogue! Watch out!"

Gambit and Rogue manage to move out of the way from a crushing blow. Remy stands strong, protective in front of Rogue separating her from the beast. As always the case, bad goes to worse when Rogue slips into unconsciousness onto the rumble. Gambit glances at the now helpless women and notices that she still is breathing. Remy now brings his full attention to the danger in front of him.

"She's going to die in front of yours and Magneto's eyes for the annoyance you caused me." Wolverine grins evilly and moves closer to Gambit.

Blazing ember eyes are heated with immense anger at the thought of someone hurting his beloved. Gambit holds his cards ready for the on coming fight. "You ain't goin' touch one hair on dat femme's head."

"Yea, you and what army." He retorts dripping with sarcasm.

"Da one dat's right behind ya, I believe dey're called da X-Men!"

Wolverine turns around and to notice a bunch of angry faces staring at him. He raises an eyebrow of surprize that the young group finished his helpers so quickly but sneers at them to show the large group does not faze him.

"Now Mr. Ugly from where I'm standing it seems you don't know us." Bobby states in his ice form next to his allies who are in battle stances ready for action. " We're the X-Men and we don't like threats on teammates."

"Let's do this!" Sabertooth yells.

Wolverine is undaunted and backhands Gambit. The force of the hit carries him several feet away from Rogue, into a not so soft wall that knocks the wind out of him and so he slumps to the ground. Pietro runs forward at Wolverine to deliver a quick blow to his jaw but is stopped when a strong hand is felt around his throat. Shock is apparent on Pietro's face along with the rest of his colleagues, for Quicksilver has never been caught before. Wolverine's grip tightens around his prey's neck and lifts the helpless boy off the ground. The menacing figure felt cold on his backside so he turns his head to look at the ice-covered mutant. Still holding Pietro firm in his grasp, Wolverine delivers a back kick to the head of the ice form. Iceman meets the ground with his back, knocked out of commission from the kick's impact. The suffocating Pietro is hosted up above the blue mutant's head and is suddenly hurled into the sky. Wolverine's plan is figured out once Quicksilver's body slams into Storm's form. Both tumble down from the sky and land in an unconscious pile. Savage growling is herd from Sabertooth as he leaps into the air and lunges at his enemy. Wolverine turns to the side and garbs the wild animal's legs while Creed was still in the air. Using Sabertooth's own momentum against him, Wolverine swings him around into the unassuming Colossus causing both giant men to go into an unwelcome sleep. Victorious he walks over to Rogue's helpless body and garbs the back of her uniform. Wolverine drags the barely awake Rogue to the powerless Magneto.

"That was fun, rebel. Your kids are good…..Just not good enough. Now you will get to watch someone you care about die in front of yours eyes. To bad the other annoying one isn't here. I would have loved to kill two birds with one stone." He raises Rogue high above his head like a sacrifice presented to the Gods above.

For once in his life Magneto prays to his forgotten God to stop this misery.

End of chapter two.