Authors: AC, Admiral, Chaos, Maria_Cline, Dreamweaver, Flame, Jubilee_79, Lady_Yann, Le Fae, Leilee, Rainfall, Snowbaby and Teb.
Rating: PG-13 for language and violence
Disclaimer: All Marvel Characters belong to Marvel Comics. All non-Marvel Characters belong to the authors of this story. No money is being made off of this story.
Cara smiled as she watched Xavier and Amanda; she could feel their love for each other, and it warmed her heart. But she was still confused about the time distortion. Five years had passed for she and her friends, and only one for the X-Men? How was this possible?
"So, time passes differently in different dimensions... but why? What causes the distortion?" she asked.
Rainfall
Hope ponders this thought for a few minutes before speaking up in a light musical voice.
"In my studies of inter-demensional war fare I have come to the conclusion that the phenomenon that has occurred is because of the previous dream wars," Hope said as she walked into the room. Her steps were so light that it seemed like she floated.
"We were all drawn to the X-man universe because that was a great focus of our dreams. We all either wrote for them or allowed ourselves to become enthralled by the complexities of thier lives," she said as she smiled at everyone one.
"In the end, we had all made a heart felt connection with the people of that universe," she smiled at Hank.
"So they were drawn to us in our dimensions, once again because of a powerful connection... it didn't matter if it was love or hate, it simply drew everyone together again. In my lab I have been experimenting with a way to make the fabric of the dream world tougher. The fabric had been torn ages long past by a war between three sisters. One called Ymela held on to what is hope and dreams. Her sisters took over as chaos and nightmares. The war has never ended... the method of war has simply changed.
"As nightmares grew stronger, chaos was allowed to reign... Thus leaving only Ymela to hold the fort, so to speak. Instead of confining the battle to the dream world, and because the fabric of dreams has been torn, the two have been able to use people as a way to further tear the dreaming*. It is my hypotheses that we are all once again united in order to stop this." Hope looked around at everyone. "Unless I am wrong, this is for all the chips. Only one side will stand when this is done. The only question is, will it be hopes and dreams... or will chaos and nightmares win?"
* //The term "the dreaming" is taken from a wonderful White Wolf gaming system called Changling. In which a war is fought to save the "dreaming". Thanks Dreamweaver for the idea!//
Lady_Yann
Teb grabbed onto Angelo and wasn't about to let go. She had a lot of questions, but she didn't really care about them... right now all she cared about was Angelo.
Teb had grown up quite a bit. She still had punk red hair and still dressed like a kid, but her face had matured and she was a little bit taller.
"Teb," Ange said, and grabbed her into a hug again.
"Sorry it took so long to get here, Ange. There was traffic from the city, and the Professor wouldn't let me speed."
Ange chuckled and hugger her closer.
"I'm so happy, Ange."
"Me too, Chica."
After a while, Teb pulled back.
"Hey, guys?" she asked, looking around. "Where's Storm?"
teb
Sammi and Ryan were talking, when Kat came over and started tugging on Ryan's shirt. Sammi and Ryan turned to her and Ryan asked,"What is it Honey?"
"Mommy, Outside." Kat said as she pointed towards the window.
Sammi got up and walked over to the huge window and looked up to the sky. "It looks like its going to rain, but all the weather reports said nothing about a storm." She said, just as they heard a lighting crack. Sammi jumped a little, but not from the lighting. She jumped because of WHO she saw outside causing it.
"STORM!" She yelled as she ran out the door. Sammi ran up the fire escape and got to the roof.
When she got over to where Storm was flying she said,"Are you done? Because I would rather it not rain on the reunion we are having inside."
Storm turned at the voice and said, "By the Goddess! Samantha!" Storm quickly landed on the roof and hugged Sammi.
"It's good to see you too, Storm. Can you clear up this weather and we'll go inside? Everyone is here and we need to talk and figure out what is going on." Sammi said as Storm cleared the weather and they both walked back inside.
jubilee_79
Gambit and Leilee sat at the kitchen table while the others gathered in the living room.
"A lot of time has passed, chere."
"Oui. And a lot has happened. You look good, Remy."
Remy smiled at her. "You've gained some weight. That's good. You were too thin."
Leilee bit her lip as she looked down at her now 127 lb. frame. "Um...I have something to tell you. When I was with you guys, well.....I was anorexic and bulimic. I wouldn't eat for long periods of time, and when I did eat, I'd throw it up. That's why I was so thin. The school I went to would have kicked me out if I didn't maintain that weight. I was a senior with two months left when I met you."
Gambit opened his mouth to say something, but Leilee placed a hand over his mouth. "Let me finish.
"After the last senior show, I collapsed in the dressing room and was admitted for 3 months into a hospital. I weighed 87 pounds. They managed to save me, but they couldn't save the baby. I was two months pregnant, but I was so weak and malnourished that I miscarried. I didn't know I was pregnant, but I was. And the baby died. Remy, you were the father."
Remy stared at her for a moment in a state of shock, and then gathered her into his arms. Leilee's eyes filled with tears as he rocked her back and forth. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." she whispered.
Leilee
Amanda watched while everyone dealt with the concept that time had past differently; and she dealt with what the voice had said. Though she felt safe in Charles' arms, she could still hear the mocking of the voice in her head. It had commented that she wrote the X-men's fates which she guessed that the voice had referred to her writing for the show. What scared her was that the voice stated that she wrote their doom. Amanda was terrified that the voice was referring to what was in store for next season.
Unlike the others, Amanda had hid all that happened in her subconscious so no one would think she was crazy. After a while, she had believed it was a dream even though her heart knew it had been real. When she had dreamed of the new villain for the X-men, she had no idea that it was Anon she was dreaming about. What was worse was the fact that she had made Anon more powerful then she was in real life. Could Anon be using her storyline as her plan to destroy the X-men? If she was, then the X-men would be in trouble... because at the end of this story , the X-men fate is unknown.
Amanda hugged Charles once more before saying, /We need to talk./
Amanda and Charles headed outside. It was easy to leave unnoticed, due to the fact that everyone was trying to figure out what was going on. The only one who noticed their departure was Magneto, who joined them. Charles was uncomfortable with Magneto being around Amanda, but he refused to let it get to him. He knew that Magneto's input would be valuable, and that Amanda had no interest in him.
"From the expression on your face, I assumed that you had more then just a headache." stated Magneto.
"I received a telepathic signal from someone, and now I'm afraid that I may be responsible for you guys being in danger." explained Amanda.
"Amanda, I think you need to explain what happened, and what you mean about you putting us in danger," stated Charles as he reached for her hand.
Amanda took it and explained, " You have to understand that I repressed my memories in order to keep my sanity. I later got a job writing for a TV show based on you guys. I soon got promoted to head writer. Well, someone read my fanfic about our time with you and decided that Anon would be a great opponent for next season, so I wrote a few stories using a similar character. Then the exec. said they wanted a character that could destroy the X-men. They wanted Onslaught."
Amanda saw both men shudder as the name brought unpleasant memories for them. She could understand.
"I made up an excuse for not Using Onslaught because of the time frame, so they said I had to come up with a similar character and had to make him more dangerous. This season ended with you wiping Magneto's mind, Charles. The character I made up is born when that energy is released. He has both your and Magneto's powers and memories. Unlike Onslaught, he doesn't need to be bonded to either of you. Charles, this next season ends with everyone believing that the X-men are dead. The X-men can't defeat him."
Magneto and Charles both pale when they realize what she is getting at.
"That's right. I think someone has brought my character to life. If that has happened, there is no way that the X-men can defeat him."
A.C.
Jonas walked over to the window... this was a little too much to take into so short a time.
Their honeymoon was ruined, well for the moment anyway... they had waited to marry... put if off for so long and finally they did it.
Now they were married... and Sammi was pregnant. Jonas put his forehead against the window letting the cold glass ease his mind... it didn't work.
It was not strange that Sammi never talked about children, it must have been hard to lose a baby...
Jonas never talked about it do to the fact that he was not sure if he could have children; his body was no longer completely human... part of him was Dragon.
And again fear started to run through his mind... what if it was his fault that Sammi miscarried... maybe he would never be able to give them a child.
"Jonas...?" Rogue stepped into the room.
In all the excitement and confusion she had not been able to talk to him, and now didn't seem like a good time. She was about to exit.
"Please, Rogue... stay." Jonas pushed the words out... he cursed his eyes he could no longer shed a tear... he lost so much in his rebirth, and who would guess how much one would miss tears?
"You know? About Sammi?" he said, not turning around.
Rogue first only nodded, then said "yes."
She walked closer. "What is wrong... ya don't want..."
"More then any thing... but..." he swallowed and turned around.
"I have been dreaming about this... we both have, I know that... Having Kat, and Athena's two... monsters." He smiled as he remembered the fun times.
"But we never really talked about it... there was always something to keep us occupied and we traveled a lot... you know we have a house in Australia?" Jonas asked, trying to change the subject.
Rogue shook her head and walked up to him, standing close to him.
"Well, I have always feared that I can't have a child... not being fully... human... and what if Sammi miscarried because of..." Jonas lost his ground and slid to the floor, instinctively grabbing his face.
Rogue kneeled beside him. "Sugar... ya don't know that... it can happen to anyone for any number of reasons... it could have been anything, I'm sure it will work out fine." Rogue took his hand.
Tears formed in her eyes. "Sammi fears the same thing, but I think she is afraid it's her fault." Rogue held him close as he cried a tearless cry on her shoulder, letting years of frustration and fear out to breathe.
"Ah have been meaning to tell ya... thank ya." Rogue pulled him away and kissed him on the forehead. Jonas looked at her shocked, It had worked?
"Ah got your message, and it worked... the last year has been magic... your magic. The statue still rests on ma night table..." Rogue said, and took one of his hands in both of hers.
Rogue fell to the floor next to her bed; she had lost him once and thought she would never recover... now she lost him again... her *son*.
She had been looking, trying to access the message in the danger room for over a week, but had no luck. After Forge and Beast had looked through the files, they had found that there was no message for her.
Having not been in her room for all this time... she curled up in bed, Storm had been trying to comfort her, but nothing helped.
Rogue opened her eyes and saw the small statue on the nightstand; it was of her hugging Jonas... a crystal statue... it was beautiful.
It must have been someone's attempt to make her happy... but all it did was make her mad; nothing could make her happy right now... and she didn't want to be happy. She grabbed the statue and was about to throw it at the wall, when all faded.
She looked around and found she was standing in a crystal room; it was an empty room, but it was still amazing.
"Rogue?" a voice said, and she turned around.
"Sorry there was no message for you... this felt too personal, and I wanted to give you more than a holographic picture. My magic gave me the opportunity."
Rogue looked and could not believe her eyes... she had been trying so hard, and she had been looking in all the wrong places.
"Oh, Jonas, why did ya have to leave." she said softly.
"Rogue... I have never been too good at expressing myself, the time I have been here you have been supporting me more the you needed to..." Jonas walked closer, and Rogue could see flashes of memories.
"I know that we won't return; one way or another, we will be gone... and there will be nothing you can do... or could have done. But you must remember that I love you... and out of this love I give you this gift." Jonas held out his hand.
"Mother." Jonas said as Rogue took it, and suddenly the *dream* was gone.
Rogue was hovering in mid air in her room. She looked at the statue... it was glowing and it burned her skin... but for some reason she didn't let go, as if it were a necessary pain.
In a hard flash she screamed as the hot pain spread through her body, and she felt as if her entire being was being remade... and the next second it stopped.
/I wish I could give you more... and I hope that it works.../ Jonas' voice sounded in her head for the last time, and the statue stopped glowing... it was now full of small cracks and looked fragile, so she carefully put it on the night stand.
She felt what he had done... how he had done it she did not know, and it was unimportant... she now had control of her curse.
Rogue smiled and let go of him and helped him to his feet.
"Now go and talk to Sammi. Ah think both of ya need to talk about this."
Jonas looked at her and was about to say something, but Rogue cut him off and pushed him in the direction of the door.
Outside he almost walked into Logan... afraid that he would make a scene, Jonas tried to avoid him.
Logan grabbed him by the arm. "Listen to me and listen good... I know that ya love her, I know that she love ya... yer a good kid. I'm sorry I didn't see it earlier."
Jonas looked surprised.
"You take good care of her and yer child... understand." Logan let go of him.
"I promise Logan... you have my word on that." Jonas said and put a hand on Logan's shoulder, but they didn't look at each other.
"Good, now go to her... ya both need to talk." Logan walked in to rouge.
Jonas walked over to Sammi and hugged her from behind. "Hunny... do you think you have a moment?"
Admiral
Sammi felt his arms around her and she leaned back. "Hunny, do you think you have a moment?"
She turned in his arms and looked at him in the eyes. "For you, I have a million." She said and smiled.
He led her to their favorite spot... The roof. They always went up there, to watch the sunset or on many occasions watch it rise again. It was the place they could truly be alone, and just be together and talk.
He sat down and Sammi took her place in between his legs. He wrapped his arms around her again and she cherished every moment of it.
"I heard you and dad." She said finally.
"You did?" He asked, moving around her so he could look her in the eyes.
Sammi nodded. "This house isn't that big." She said as she pointed at her ear.
"I forgot. I wanted to talk to you." Jonas said brushing a stray piece of hair out of her eye.
"Yeah, me too." Sammi said as she placed her hand on his cheek. "I should have told you sooner, about before. I'm sorry."
Jonas looked at her. Rogue was right, She was blaming herself. Sammi didn't say it, but he could tell by the look in her eyes.
"Don't ever apologize. You did what you thought was right, and before I found you again, I don't know how I would have handled it. I know you were waiting until I could handle it. That's one of the many things I love about you. How much you care for other people, before yourself. That is also one of the things that drives me crazy." He was about to say more, but she cut him off with a kiss. He deepened the kiss as he tightened his arms around her.
When the kiss ended, she said, "Now we're even."
"What do you mean by that?" He asked as he remembered the other times she said that.
"You do the same thing. You always put others before you. And believe me, it gets on my nerves."
He started laughing. When he stopped he said, "I love you."
"I love you, too." She said, and kissed him again.
This time he pulled apart first and he put his hand on her stomach. "And I love you, too." He leaned down and kissed her stomach.
When he brought his head up, he found that she had tears in her eyes. "What's wrong?"
"What if I lose this one, too?" She asked a few tears escaping down her cheek.
"I don't think you...we'll lose this one. I think before it wasn't the right time. I think know that we found each other, it's the right time. It wasn't your fault, it wasn't anyone's fault. It just wasn't the right time." He said as he brushed the tears away and kissed her.
She broke the kiss and smiled one of her lopsided smiles. "So, Uncle Jo Jo, What do you want? A Girl or a Boy?"
"Well, Auntie Sammi, I really don't care, but I think I would love a girl. As long as she is just like her mother." He replied with a smile. "Wait, I take that back. I want a boy that is nothing like either of us."
She slapped him lightly on the arm as she said,"Behave."
He pulled her in to his arms so she was leaning back on him. "What about names?" He said kissing her on the back of her head. They had been like this ever since they found each other again. They just couldn't stop kissing each other.
jubilee_79
Athena watched Robbie and Mac play on the floor with their father. Robbie seemed a little hesitant with Bobby. She knew it must be hard for both boys. They weren't used to having so many people around. She had only just recently made contact with the other members of VisionX.
For most of the past five years, she had been alone with her boys. She made it through her pregnancy alone, she made it through twenty-two hours of labor alone. She had survived three a.m. feedings alone, and she had survived the terrible twos alone. No one had been there to give her a break, no one had been there to cheer her on or whisper words of advice. She had entered into motherhood completely independent of anyone else. Looking back it made her feel that her codename, Solitaire, fit her all the more.
She knew it was conceited, but she thought she had been doing a good job with the boys. She had been raised to be very polite, and her boys were too. She was having conflicted emotions about this extended family. She felt that on one hand, family would be good for the boys. On the other, people seemed to jump to the assumption that her boys must be wild hooligans. She supposed it was just because a) they were boys and b) Bobby was their dad. At any rate it was a source of fury with Athena.
She had worked hard to teach her boys to be polite and obedient, and they were. They were very smart for their age and always thoughtful. She hated the idea that they were being stereotyped by people who hardly knew them. She decided she should talk to Bobby about sending the boys to stay with her friend Mishka in Nashville, at least until this was all over.
She was worried about a lot of things affecting the boys. She was afraid that everyone taking the attitude that they were 'monsters' might do them psychological harm. She was worried that they might be physically injured, due to the frequent outbreaks of fighting that seemed to plague the X-Men. She was also worried about them getting attached to Bobby.
She didn't want to think about it, but there was always the possibility that they might be dimensionally separated again. She was afraid that if the boys became too close to him, losing him might do more harm than having him did good. She dreaded the thought of Bobby not watching his boys grow up. "I promise, that if I have to literally move heaven and earth to keep the four of us in the same world, I will," Athena thought to herself with a smile. Until then, she decided to speak with Bobby about sending the boys to Mishka.
snowbaby
"Why move heaven and earth?" a soft voice asked her.
"You could just move to the realm of the dreams," Hope told her.
"The boys would be a welcome change to the land of dreams. I can see them playing with the satyr's now." Hope smiled.
Lady_Yann
Sammi thought about it for a moment. She didn't have to think long because ever since she got back and found out she was pregnant the first time she had two names picked out.
"How about Josephine Rogue for a girl, and Alexander Logan for a boy?" She said, looking up to the sky.
"I love them." Jonas said, leaning down and kissing her cheek. "I think Grandma and Grandpa will love them, too."
"Speaking of the grandparents..." Sammi said as she slowly got up and headed towards the fire escape.
Jonas watched her. He knew what she was doing. He knew Rogue and Wolverine were both on the fire escape listening to them. He wanted to laugh, it was just like at the mansion.
Sammi slowly leaned over the railing and said, "You two are still up to your old tricks, huh?"
Wolverine and Rogue both looked up at her; where Logan was smiling, Rogue looked surprised.
"How long had ya known, Sugah?" Rogue asked.
Sammi smiled at them both and said, "Ever since you dropped the book inside."
Rogue looked at Logan and said, "How come you never told me How good her hearing was?" And lightly slapped him on the shoulder.
Logan winced playfully and said, "I figured you already knew."
Sammi looked at the two and said, "Well, Why don't you two come up and tell us what you think about the names, Grandma and Grandpa?"
Over where Jonas was still sitting, he couldn't hold the laughter anymore. Sammi looked at him and started laughing too. But she was laughing for a different reason. She Telepathically told Logan and Rogue, /Don't warn him. He thinks He has his powers all figured out... let him find out about it./ She smiled even bigger at the sight that was about to happen.
Above Jonas another portal opened, and Sammi could smell who it was so she didn't panic.
Joans was still sit on the roof laughing away at the three, when Someone dropped from the portal and landed in Jonas's lap. His laughter stopped instantly, and Sammi, Logan and Rogue's continued even more. Because sitting in Jonas's lap was a very confused looking Warren Worthington the Third.
jubilee_79
"Hey, Wings...welcome to the twilight zone. Have a nice trip?" laughed Sammi.
Just then, Sammi and Logan both heard a familiar snarl of rage, and they bolted for the edge of the roof. Jonas had also heard the sound, and pushed Warren gently off of his lap so he could see what the other two were seeing. With their enhanced sight, they noticed a disturbance a few blocks away.
"What's all the hub bub?" asked Rogue, as she and Warren also came to stand by them on the edge of the roof.
"Can someone please explain to me what's going on??" asked a rather confused Warren.
"No time now, Wings. Sabertooth is down there causing trouble. We've got to go stop him. Rogue, fly me over there, and hurry!" exclaimed Wolverine.
Rogue looked into his eyes and knew he meant business. Without a word, she picked Wolverine up and flew with him off of the roof in the direction of the disturbance.
Sammi looked at Jonas with the same look in her eyes as her Father, and without a word, Jonas too picked Sammi up, and they flew after the other two.
"Hey, guys, wait for me!!! I don't even know where I am!" Warren shouted. He stretched out his wings, and flew off in the direction the other four had taken.
The five heros touched down around the corner from where they saw the disturbance, and decided to go the rest of the way on foot. They came around a corner and skidded to a stop as they took in the sight before them. Sabertooth crouched and grappled with a small form in front of him. As he threw the unfortunate person, they noticed that it was a small-framed woman.
They took in the waist length black hair, and the all too familiar blue eyes that glittered dangerously and looked at Logan and Sammi.
Maggie twisted in mid-air as she landed lightly on her feet.
"OOOHHHH is that all ya got?" She snarled at Creed. "You poster child for birth control."
Sabertooth roared with rage as this little bit of fluff dared to taunt him. Maggie hoped that this was working. She never meant to get into a fight in the middle of the street, but it pissed her off as she had watched him shove a little old lady to the ground. She had walked right up and grabbed his arm.
"You owe that lady an apology, bub," she snarled at him. That's when he attacked her. The first blow took her by surprise and she flew backwards several feet. It was all down hill from there. She ran her mouth till she made him crazy with anger. Now she had him where she wanted him.
The Five heard the familiar shinck of claws being popped, but when they glanced at Logan he was frozen to the spot. They looked back at the woman that Creed was fighting, and she was the one that popped out three foot bone claws out of the back of her knuckles. The last second of Creed's charge, Maggie drove them hard into his middle, but she was distracted by a cry from one of the strangers. Creed backhanded her and managed to get free of her.
Maggie felt the wind blow by and landed hard on the hood of a car. She lay there stunned for a few minutes and slowly rolled off. She looked around, but her ears already told her that the mad man had ran off. Glancing around slightly dazed she spotted her backpack a few feet away. Her ribs hurt when she bent over to grab it. She sat down of the hood of a car as she dug around and found her smokes. She took a deep drag as she could feel her ribs mending themselves. That's when she noticed a short guy with a funny haircut staring at her.
"What the hell are you looking at, bub," She growled at him.
Lady_Yann