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When the first wave of energy from Jamar hit Sammi, she was knocked unconscious. Jonas had picked her up and carried her into one of the many rooms. When word got out, Zeus and Aphrodite came running. Aphrodite took the children to their rooms as Zeus inspected the damage.
"What happened?" Jonas asked as he stood back and watched Zeus look Sammi over.
"The wave was too much for her. He brother doesn't realize how connected they are. She should be fine in a little while, but you have to make sure she doesn't move." He said as he slowly walked over to Jonas. Zeus placed a hand on his shoulder and looked him in the eyes and said, "The Battle has begun. Your friends need you. She will be fine, and I know she will be joining you soon. You must hurry; Her Brother and his wife and wife's brother are starting something that can never be reversed." With that, Zeus walked out of the room.
Jonas walked over to Sammi, and sat on the bed next to her. He leaned down and kissed her on the lips and said, "Hurry, my love. You know Jamar doesn't listen to me." He stood then and left the room to look for Thor.
Sammi slowly began to wake up. She felt what Jamar was going through, and knew that if he continued he would be heading down the path that she herself had taken a while ago... but she knew that with how far gone he was already, he might not ever be able to be brought back.
She sat up and felt fine, until she tried to stand. She got dizzy and sat back down. She held her hand to her forehead as she received Amanda's message. A single tear fell from her eye. Sinister had to pay. He had gone too far, and it was not going to happen again.
Sammi got up and headed towards the closet and found her uniform. She put it on and added the black leather jacket that Logan had given her last time, and she headed out the door.
She was stopped in the hallway be Zeus. He looked into her eyes and knew what she was going to do. He opened her hand and put something in it as he kissed her forehead. He said, "Your Family needs you. You are the only one that can bring your brother and his wife and her brother back. Your father and Sister need your strength. You are the one in our dreams that will restore the peace. As your husband will bring back the Dragons, you will create the harmony that is needed for them to survive. That is why you have met so many times. That is why you'll continue to meet, for all of your lives. Now go, there isn't much time."
He pushed her towards the portal that had opened in front of her, and she was through before she could turn and thank him.
When Sammi landed, she found herself back in the Nightmare Realm. A chill ran up her spine as she looked around. She saw the blast of lighting and knew that it wasn't Storm, but that it was Cara. And from where she was standing, Sammi had a view of all the castle and saw that they were headed straight for the throne room.
She looked down, and in her hand she held the mark of Zeus. What he had placed in her hand was no more, all that was left was the brand of the Gods on her palm.
As she looked at it, she said, "By the Gods, He made me a Goddess." As she said the words, she felt the power surge through her and knew who needed her first and where they were.
She ran to the entrance of the castle and to her father and sister. When she reached them, Wolverine and Maggie both looked up when they caught her scent.
"Sammi?" Wolverine asked as he saw her coming up to them.
When she reached them, she looked at him and smiled and said, "You were expecting the Tooth Fairy?"
He laughed and gave her a hug, that equaled the one he had first given her when he found out that she was his daughter.
"Pop, Again, I need air." She said through gasps.
"Sorry." Logan said as he put her down.
Sammi looked over to Maggie and smiled. She held out her hand and said,"I'm Sammi. And I'm your sister, and right now I need you and Dad to help me get our Brother back. Are you in?"
Logan looked confused and so did Maggie. "What Brother, darlin'?" He asked.
Sammi turned and looked at him and said, "Well, being bad leads to one thing. The bad guys always show all of their cards. And Dr. Cornelius and Sinister decided to show me theirs. I'm not your only daughter. Maggie and I are your daughters. And you also have a son. Jamar is your son. You didn't have twins, you had triplets. And right now my hot headed brother is on the verge of killing the one man who I have to face myself. So let's go and I'll explain the rest later. After I get Sinister."
Sammi popped her claws, revealing her new Adamantium laced claws. Logan looked at them and set a hand on her shoulder.
"I'm in." he said.
Maggie, after quickly thinking it over, set a hand on Sammi's other shoulder and said, "I'm in, too. Let's get the Bastard that messed with our family."
"Hang on." Sammi said.
She concentrated, and a portal opened before them. They walked into it and came out in the throne room, right behind Jamar, Cara, and Eric.
Sammi stepped forward and looked at Jamar and yelled, "He's mine! Stand Down, Jedi!"
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"Oh come now, sis, I got to him first."
"He is mine, Jedi, STAND DOWN." The others begin to file in, taking in the scene unfolding around them.
"Aye Caramba." Skin says as he sees the damage to the castle walls and ceiling.
Sinister sits on his throne smiling, Anon grins at the argument beginning between brother and sister. Wolverine and Maggie circle around taking up defensive postures. Replica splits into three. The first two taking up positions on Wolverine and Maggie the other watching Magneto carefully.
Dr. Cornileus begins to slip around to the side doors. "Where ya going Doctor." Rage says as she strikes the spot in front of him with a lightning bolt. Cornileus stops dead in his tracks.
"We have quite a dilema here, sis. You want Sinny, but the three of us have Sinny. Hmmm.... How bout you fight me for him?"
"I won't fight you."
"It worked when we were kids. Oh, and just so you and Anon don't scamper off, Sinny. Try these on for size." Two bubbles of psio-matter envelope them.
"What's wrong, Sammi, don't think you can take him?"
"Oh, one last thing. Bye Bye Cornileus. I believe my family has no more use for you." Without giving him a backwards glance energy pours from Chaos, Rage, and Replica incinerating the aging doctor.
The X-Men look on in horror. Replica speaks up, "I thought you guys enjoyed a good barbeque."
Sammi steps towards the dias and Jamar follows. The scene seems all to familiar to her as the force beams cut on around them, cutting them off from the group.
/Well, Sammi girl, there's no turning back now. Remember, this is not Kyle... this is Jamar, your brother./
"Bring it, bro'!" She says smiling. A familiar lopsided grin crosses both of the combatants faces as the thrill of battle hits them.
While the fight's going on, Logan, Maggie and Magneto manage to knock out Eric. Cara steps back defensively expecting an attack, only to back up into a low level concussion blast from Cyclops.
"That was too easy."
**Of course it was, Cyke.** Jamar says as he half phases, half teleports through the force beams. "Now to finish off Sinny."
"Don't think so, Yoda." Jonas says as he knocks Jamar out with a whack to the head with his tail. Sammi walks over to Jamar as Logan and Maggie bring Eric and Cara over to lay beside him.
"He always has to do things the hard way. Just like dad."
"HEY!"
Maggie and Sabretooth begin to laugh.
"She's gotta point, runt."
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Sammi looked around the room. She looked at Cyclops and the others and said, "Watch Them." As she pointed at Sinster and Anon.
Sammi called for Teb and Angelo to help her.
"What's up, chica?" Angelo asked as they were standing in front of her.
"I need you guys's help." Sammi said.
"But How can WE help you?" Teb asked.
Sammi smiled and said, "Because like me you both have pure hearts. And along with that comes the power to help another. I need your help to heal my brother and Cara and Eric. Are you in?" She held out her hand palm down as she asked them.
Angelo and Teb looked at each other and then back to Sammi. Angelo grinned as he placed his hand over Sammi's, followed by Teb. Sammi smiled.
She led them back over to the three lying on the ground. She had Teb and Angelo both kneel down next to Cara and Eric like Sammi was kneeling next to Jamar.
Sammi placed one hand on Jamar's head and reached the other out to Teb. Teb placed one hand on Cara's head and placed her other on Sammi's. Angelo placed on hand on Eric's head and reached the other over to Sammi and Teb's.
They all closed there eyes as Sammi started chanting.
"Power of Love and Friendship,
Send to me.
The power to Free,
Those who are close to me."
She telepathically sent a message for Logan, Maggie, Sabertooth, Ryan, Jonas, and Jamie, who were standing around the six. //Clear your minds. Focus only on the love and freindship we all share.//
To Teb and Agnelo she sent, // Draw and Focus the energy to them.//
They all closed their eyes again and focused.
Sammi could feel the power that was coming from them. And she sent a silent prayer to Zeus, to help this happen. This had to work she had to get her brother back, at any cost.
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Leilee's eyes popped open as she lay on the bed. Something had happened at Sinister's castle. And Cara was involved. Leilee could tell these things. The sixth sense ran strongly in her family, especially clairvoyance and telepathy. But there was no way this was a fluke. Something was wrong.
She jumped up and pulled on jeans and a teeshirt. Then she took a couple deep breaths and concentrated. with an audible pop, she disappeared from the room and fell into Cyclops arms.
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Amanda was fighting her own battle with Nightmare. She was as near death as she had ever been before. She was bleeding internally and had too many broken bones to count. She was surviving on sheer will, and that too was running thin.
She had thrown everything she had at Nightmare and though he looked bad, he was nowhere near as bad as she was. He took everything she threw at him, and returned it with interest. She didn't know what else to do.
~There is no hope left for you, mother. I have won and I will destroy all who matter to you. You failed.~
As he approached, his words about hope rang in her ears. She remembered what was on the castle walls about hope, and then it hit her. Hope was the key to victory. Nightmare was created by every dark dream she had when she felt that there was no hope for her to be happy.
As he approached, Amanda got up and created a psychic arrow. She filled with all her hopes and dreams. She filled with the love she felt for her friends and the love they felt for each other. She filled with all the goodness and joy that she could find.
Nightmare realized what she was doing, and knew it would destroy him... and made one last attempt to stop her.
~If you kill me, you kill yourself. Fire that arrow and you are dead.~
Amanda smiled calmly, took aim and stated, "Today is a good day to die."
The arrow hit its target, leaving a massive explosion that destroyed the whole area. For anyone who saw it realized one fact. There was no way that anyone could survive the blast.
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Cyclops was very shocked and surprised when Leilee appeared.
"How, what?!" was all he managed to say.
"Sorry, Cyke, no time to explain," Leilee said, as she jumped out of Scott's arms.
Leilee ran over to where Sammi and the others stood around Cara, Jamar, and Eric. They were her friends, and she desperately wanted to help.
Anon and Sinister were still stuck in the Psi-matter bubbles. They watched what was happening with considerable interest. Anon kept her eyes trained on Cara... she knew what Cara held inside of her, knew what she carried. She couldn't let the members of Vision-X succeed in their plan to heal Cara.
~Gateway, hear me... you must free me... listen to me, I am your mother... you must free me...~ Anon contacted her son telepathically.
Somewhere, in a secret room, a meditating Gateway heard his mother's plea. A single tear escaped his eye and rolled down his cheek, the only sign of emotion on his weathered face.
He knew what his mother was, knew what she had been, and what she had become. Nevertheless, He loved her, and he couldn't ignore her plea. Gateway closed his eyes and concentrated... and used his powers to create an escape for his mother. But along with the escape, he sent her a telepathic message...
~Somewhere inside you, mother, there is still good in you. I know it, I feel it. And I believe these new heros are the key to bringing you back. That is why I am releasing you.~
Anon smiled grimly at her son's message. ~Then you don't know me at all, my son.~ She sent back on the psychic link. She then quietly slipped out of the Psi-matter bubble, through the hole her son's powers had created.
Storm and Rogue had been put on guard duty along with the others, but their attention had momentarily been diverted by the appearance of Leilee, and what Sammi was doing. They were both unconscious on the floor before they even noticed that Anon was out of the Psi bubble. Sinister saw that Anon was escaping without him, and he opened his mouth to berate her. Anon used another telepathic blast to knock him out as well.
Anon rubbed her head... she felt somewhat drained, and the telepathic blasts she used to knock out Sinister and the two women had drained her energy further. But she couldn't stop now to rest. She had to reach Cara before the others succeeded.
Behind her mask, Anon's eyes glowed with determination. By now, the other X-Men had noticed that she had escaped, and they were moving to intercept her. One by one, each X-Man that moved towards her was taken down by another telepathic blast, until all that remained standing were Sammi, Leilee, and the other eight of the circle.
~Gateway, NOW!~ ordered Anon.
Sammi's eyes opened wide as she caught on to what Anon was planning. But before she could do anything to stop it, a portal had appeared, and sucked the unconscious Cara through it. Simultaneously, Anon escaped through another portal.
Sammi's heart broke as she stared down at the empty spot on the floor next to her brother. There was nothing that she or the others could have done to stop it, and she knew that where Cara and Anon had gone, no one could follow. All she and the others could do was to stay there, and concentrate on healing Jamar and Eric.
Leilee closed her eyes in pain. She had been warned, but had been powerless to stop it. One of her friends was gone, and she wasn't sure if she would ever be back.
Leilee opened her eyes with determination. /No, I won't think like that. We will get her back, I know it./ she thought. Then she stepped into the circle with the others, determined to add her strength to theirs so Sammi could heal Jamar and Eric.
Just then, an earth shattering blast of psychic energy ripped through the air, causing all to feel its wrath. It left everyone feeling sick and dizzy. At first, no one could figure out what had caused it. It was gone almost as suddenly as it had appeared. Then, they understood, and their eyes opened up in shock and disbelief.
The blast of energy had awoken everyone who had been knocked unconscious by Anon. Maria sat up, her eyes filled with tears as she understood what the energy blast meant.
"It's Amanda... she... she's..." Maria tried to speak, but her voice broke, and she couldn't finish the sentence.
Sean Cassidy moved over to her and pulled her into a hug. She wept into his shoulder, as the eyes of the rest of the rooms inhabitants filled with tears. All, that is, except for Sinister, who smiled as if he had won the battle.
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Sammi felt like she had failed. They had healed Jamar and Eric, but Cara was gone. And worse yet, Amanda was dead.
Vision X had no leader. She was dead, but Sammi could tell that Nightmare was dead too.
//Thanks.// Sammi sent out telepathically.
She looked down as she felt Jamar move. As his eyes opened she rushed down and hugged him.
"Jamar, I was so worried." She said as he slowly hugged her back. She started crying as she said, "Anon took Cara. We can't do anything to help. She has to fight her on her own."
Sammi could feel the tears on her neck from him as he said, "I know."
Sammi pulled back for the hug and said, "I have news, and its for the Whole Family."
She stood up and helped Jamar up. Logan and Maggie walked over to them.
Sammi looked at Logan and said, "You recognized the Doctor that Cara toasted, Right?"
"He looked familiar. Why?" He asked.
"Because of this." Sammi said as she popped her claws. Logan and the others had seen that they were laced with something before, but that this range Logan knew exactly what they were laced with.
"Adamantium?" He half asked and half stated.
"Yep. And I found out the truth. About a lot of things." Sammi said, looking over to Victor and Ryan. She waved them over.
"What do you need us for, frail?" Victor asked, a little confused.
"Because you are as much of this family as I am." Sammi said as she heard the mental questions around her. She took a deep breath. And started, "First off. Victor and my dad are brothers. They were both kidnapped by the Weapon X Program and experimented on. And behind all of that was one man. Him." She stated as she pointed to Sinister. "He's the one that messed with your memories. And he's the one that messed with us."
"What do you mean, "us"? Logan asked looking back at Sammi.
"Sinister was working with the Program. When you were in it. While you were there, you met and fell in love with Maggie's mother, who happens to be our mother too."
"Do you mean?" Jamar started to ask, but Sammi cut him off with a nod.
"Yeah... Me, Jamar and Maggie are Triplets. Logan is our father." Sammi said as she took a breath and looked over to Jonas.
He nodded and told her through their link, /You're doing good. Go on, they have to know./
Sammi closed her eyes and continued. "When we were born, I was taken first because I was the oldest, and they started to experiment on me with my DNA. After they were done they started on Jamar. They left Maggie because she was the youngest and wasn't really up to handling what they were doing to Jamar and Me. When the time came that they were going to start on her, Our mother took her and ran. She got away, and no one from the project could find her. While they were looking for her and Maggie, Gateway got me and Jamar out. He brought us to Alpha Earth."
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Leilee pressed her hand against her stomach, a little worried about how the teleport may have affected the baby. But as she felt a small but strong answering kick, her worry turned into relief.
She sighed softly and turned to look at the rest of the team. She didn't see Remy, so she assumed he had sitter duty.
Turning to her teammates, she took a deep breath and said, "Guys? I'm not trying to be rude, or belittle Amanda's death, but I really think we need to pick a team leader, because I have a feeling that it's gonna get worse before it gets better. And I nominate Sammi."
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Sammi was stunned. First she had felt Leilee's worry and was about to ask her about it, when Leilee came up with that. //Me. A Leader?// Sammi thought.
She looked at Leilee and then the others and said, "I'm honored, but this has to be a whole group decision. I'm not sure if I'm ready; but if you all think so, It would be an honor to be your Leader. I definitely think the whole group has to voice their own opinions."
Sammi looked over to Jamar and telepathically sent, //One crack about me being Scott and You're dead. Our Family is already starting to look like the Summer's family.//
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Xavier looked at Amanda as she lay on the pallet before him. He had felt the psychic blast, and knew at that moment that she had died. When he had enter this chamber to find her body encased in crystal, he knew for sure.
Charles was surprised to she her looking so peaceful, like all her worries had left her in that final moment. She looked like she was peacefully sleeping instead of dead. HE could almost believe she would wake up at any moment.
He saw his engagement ring resting on her finger. She was going to be his wife. Funny thing was that before her, he hadn't truly thought of marriage. It wasn't until now that he realized how much he was looking forward to it, and to raising a family.
He thought how beautiful she would have looked holding their little girl or boy. He had not wanted another son after David, and did not want a family without her. He slowly began to cry when he realized that he had lost the most important thing in his life. HE had finally discovered the one thing that was more important then his dream.
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**Sister dear, you wound me deeply. I would never dream of comparing you to Cyke.** Jamar says.
//I just bet you weren't.// Maggie voice is heard in their heads.
**So, Mags, which one of us is Cable and which one of us is Stryfe.**
//Uh, bro', yer broadcasting.//
*** Watch it, wise ass!!! *** Cable retorts, but begins laughing out loud as Jamar shoots back with an Askani battle curse.
Sabretooth, Wolverine, and Cyclops begin talking amongst themselves. Sammi listens, but only manages to catch a jibe that Cyke hits Logan with.
"What was that all about, sis?"
"Cyke was pointing out a bit of irony. Dad's reluctance to let telepaths in his head and the fact he has three telepathic kids with his temperament."
Mags speaks up, cutting off her siblings' chatter.
"Shall we put it to a vote. All those in favor of Sammi as our acting leader say aye or nay so we can get on to more pressing matters."
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As Athena entered the darkened cave, it lit up. She saw, as if she were watching a movie, a scene from her life. It was a woman, her mother, holding her. She was unsure of what she was supposed to do. She had been prepared to do battle with evil, not stand and watch a peaceful scene. Quickly she ran from the cave and entered the next one.
One by one, each cave held a moment from her past. Each one frozen in time. Athena couldn't understand what she could possibly glean from seeing these images. Some good, some bad, all the same in one respect, Dischord. It was as if someone had switched on a light in Athena's brain.
She realized, for the first time, Dischord had been in every scene. Standing in the shadows, ever watchful. Athena ran back to the main cavern where Dischord sat against a wall. When Athena approached, Dischord stood. Athena walked closer until she stood only inches away from Dischord.
"You were there, you were watching over me all of my life. That is the good in you. If you were truly bad, you could not love. You loved me. You protected me. I've just found your secret." Athena smiled.
Suddenly, Dischord was struck from behind. A jagged beam of light, like a lightning bolt, had struck her through the wall of the cave. Dischord shook violently. Athena was panic stricken, she didn't know what to do. Then Dischord did something unexpected, she smiled.
For a moment Dischord just froze there. Athena felt someone clasping her hand, and sensed that it was Bobby. Turning she saw the boys standing behind him. All stood mesmerized, as Dischord closed her eyes and was consumed by silver flames. When the flames subsided, Dischord was no more, and Omus stood in her place.
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