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A/N: All events taking place in this story are before X-Men #60
Part Three
High over New York City the X-Men ride in nervous silence as their newest arrivals are attended to by Hank McCoy. "Make sure the restraints on Creed's arms and legs are tight, if he gets loose in the Blackbird he can bring the whole thing down."
"Just keep your eye on the girl Hank, she's the one that disappears." Said Logan. "Creed ain't goin' nowhere."
"Hank come over here." Said Scott. "Creed's about to wake up." Now turning his attention to the medical table where Blink is on. "How are you coming along with Clarice over there?"
"Ms. Ferguson is remarkably durable, she lost some blood and sustained a few broken ribs but that aside she'll be awake in a couple of hours." Dr. Hank McCoy replied. "Victor, buddy, can you here your old pal Hank?" Says Beast in a sing-song voice trying to ease the tension that spread the plane as the X-Men await Creed's response.
"No." Says Victor between gritted teeth. "Come a little closer so I can strangle ya."
"Well at leas' we know da son of a bitch is awake" Gambit put in from his corner of the plane.
"Quiet Remy." Scott said commandingly before turning his attention back to the shackled Sabretooth. "What are you doing out here in a crater in the middle of the street?" Says Scott beginning the interrogation.
"Depends, what are you doin' with the X-Men." Creed responded, avoiding a direct answer to Cyclops question. "First you tell me what's going on. Who are all of you." Now looking around the room at the familiar but strangely unfamiliar faces. Then it hit him. "Where is Blink." He said while trying to reach up but was held back by his restraints. "Where is she Cyke? If you hurt her I'm goin' after your good eye. Bishop, what are you doin' with these guys get me out of here."
"That's the second time you've asked me for help Creed." Said Bishop walking over to where Creed was held. "What do you know that I don't?"
"Where home." Said Jean from the cockpit. "Take Creed to the Professor he wants to have a word with him."
"In a minute." Said Bishop "Is there anything you would like to tell us, Creed." Hovering his head inches from Sabretooth face. "Before the Professor pries it from your brain."
"Professor?" Sabretooth said, now more than a little confused. "As in X? Professor X is here."
"Creed are you okay?" asked Jean. "You don't know who we are do you?" As Jean looked into Creed eyes she could see that the ever-present malice that he had was not there. This Creed looked under control and responsive. He was not 'their' Creed at all. "Scott untie him."
A chorus of "WHAT" rang out from the entire plane but Jean ignored it. "Victor we're taking you to see Charles Xavier. You know who he is right?"
"Not personally Magneto only talked about him and even then he didn't say much. All I can tell you is he should be dead."
*Well I am very much alive Victor* Charles telepathic voice said in his head. *I don't know who you are but welcome to Xavier's School for Higher Learning.*
Part Four
In the medical lab Hank McCoy tends to Clarice while Sabretooth, now untied, tries to explain the Age of Apocalypse to a stunned Xavier and dumfounded X-Men. They take in and process every word but still do not comprehend.
A world where Charles never existed. Where the X-Men were founded by Magneto and Apocalypse rule stretched across the world. Scott worked for Sinister, while Logan was off with Jean and Bishop is the key to the whole thing.
"Wait a minute your trying to tell me that I was the only one that survived when Legion killed Charles." Bishop said. He was more talking to himself then those around him. It's like the whole story is familiar but he was there. Like he has seen it in fragments through dreams. "That I made the plan to attack Apocalypse's base, go back through the M'Kran Crystal and stop Legion from doing it again."
"Yeah, that sounds about right." Said Creed who was amused by the astonished look on Bishop's face. "You are the reason why this timeline exists."
"Okay bub." Says a skeptical Logan. "If what you say is true and you managed to storm through Apocalypse base and rewrite time and all that before getting bombed to hell. How is it that you and the kid made it out and ended up in the middle of New York."
"Me, Blink, Morph and Wildchild's job was to take out as much grunts as possible to give Rogue and Bishop some time. Me and the kid got separated from each during the explosion and the dust and what not, So when I start lookin' for her I could hear and see the bombs comin' down all around the place. Most the team was dead by now." Creed pauses to take a minute to think back on all of them and realize that they are really gone.
"Well, then what." Scott says caught up in the story.
"Then I see Blink off to the right of me. She was hallin' too yelling something about teleporting and the Crystal. That's when I understood she was gonna take us through the M'Kran Crystal, but she was pretty far off it didn't look like she was gonna make it to me."
"Then...!" said Jubilee who had come in too the med-lab to hear Victor's story.
"Well if you'll be quiet I'll tell ya." Creed said. "Blink stopped running to concentrate on putting a portal inside the M'Kran crystal but, me I was at a dead sprint right at her. The whole area would be off the map in about five seconds. I mean the bombs were droppin' just feet from us.
"Shut up and get to the point." Logan yelled obviously not amused by Creed's fabricated story.
"Hold yer horses" said Creed, who was laughing now, pleased with getting under the runts skin. "Okay, lets see, I was running at her just as she put a portal in back of her and braced herself as I dove into her and took us both through the portal."
"That explains the broken ribs." Hank said with his back turned to the crowd on account of he was still leaning over Clarice.
"How is she doc." Creed asked now being serious.
"She'll be fi- oh my" Beast said astonished as Blinks eyes shot open. She gave out a scream before kicking Beast square in the chin and disappearing through one of her portals. "Definitely not expected from someone who should be blinded by pain and morphine."
Part Three
High over New York City the X-Men ride in nervous silence as their newest arrivals are attended to by Hank McCoy. "Make sure the restraints on Creed's arms and legs are tight, if he gets loose in the Blackbird he can bring the whole thing down."
"Just keep your eye on the girl Hank, she's the one that disappears." Said Logan. "Creed ain't goin' nowhere."
"Hank come over here." Said Scott. "Creed's about to wake up." Now turning his attention to the medical table where Blink is on. "How are you coming along with Clarice over there?"
"Ms. Ferguson is remarkably durable, she lost some blood and sustained a few broken ribs but that aside she'll be awake in a couple of hours." Dr. Hank McCoy replied. "Victor, buddy, can you here your old pal Hank?" Says Beast in a sing-song voice trying to ease the tension that spread the plane as the X-Men await Creed's response.
"No." Says Victor between gritted teeth. "Come a little closer so I can strangle ya."
"Well at leas' we know da son of a bitch is awake" Gambit put in from his corner of the plane.
"Quiet Remy." Scott said commandingly before turning his attention back to the shackled Sabretooth. "What are you doing out here in a crater in the middle of the street?" Says Scott beginning the interrogation.
"Depends, what are you doin' with the X-Men." Creed responded, avoiding a direct answer to Cyclops question. "First you tell me what's going on. Who are all of you." Now looking around the room at the familiar but strangely unfamiliar faces. Then it hit him. "Where is Blink." He said while trying to reach up but was held back by his restraints. "Where is she Cyke? If you hurt her I'm goin' after your good eye. Bishop, what are you doin' with these guys get me out of here."
"That's the second time you've asked me for help Creed." Said Bishop walking over to where Creed was held. "What do you know that I don't?"
"Where home." Said Jean from the cockpit. "Take Creed to the Professor he wants to have a word with him."
"In a minute." Said Bishop "Is there anything you would like to tell us, Creed." Hovering his head inches from Sabretooth face. "Before the Professor pries it from your brain."
"Professor?" Sabretooth said, now more than a little confused. "As in X? Professor X is here."
"Creed are you okay?" asked Jean. "You don't know who we are do you?" As Jean looked into Creed eyes she could see that the ever-present malice that he had was not there. This Creed looked under control and responsive. He was not 'their' Creed at all. "Scott untie him."
A chorus of "WHAT" rang out from the entire plane but Jean ignored it. "Victor we're taking you to see Charles Xavier. You know who he is right?"
"Not personally Magneto only talked about him and even then he didn't say much. All I can tell you is he should be dead."
*Well I am very much alive Victor* Charles telepathic voice said in his head. *I don't know who you are but welcome to Xavier's School for Higher Learning.*
Part Four
In the medical lab Hank McCoy tends to Clarice while Sabretooth, now untied, tries to explain the Age of Apocalypse to a stunned Xavier and dumfounded X-Men. They take in and process every word but still do not comprehend.
A world where Charles never existed. Where the X-Men were founded by Magneto and Apocalypse rule stretched across the world. Scott worked for Sinister, while Logan was off with Jean and Bishop is the key to the whole thing.
"Wait a minute your trying to tell me that I was the only one that survived when Legion killed Charles." Bishop said. He was more talking to himself then those around him. It's like the whole story is familiar but he was there. Like he has seen it in fragments through dreams. "That I made the plan to attack Apocalypse's base, go back through the M'Kran Crystal and stop Legion from doing it again."
"Yeah, that sounds about right." Said Creed who was amused by the astonished look on Bishop's face. "You are the reason why this timeline exists."
"Okay bub." Says a skeptical Logan. "If what you say is true and you managed to storm through Apocalypse base and rewrite time and all that before getting bombed to hell. How is it that you and the kid made it out and ended up in the middle of New York."
"Me, Blink, Morph and Wildchild's job was to take out as much grunts as possible to give Rogue and Bishop some time. Me and the kid got separated from each during the explosion and the dust and what not, So when I start lookin' for her I could hear and see the bombs comin' down all around the place. Most the team was dead by now." Creed pauses to take a minute to think back on all of them and realize that they are really gone.
"Well, then what." Scott says caught up in the story.
"Then I see Blink off to the right of me. She was hallin' too yelling something about teleporting and the Crystal. That's when I understood she was gonna take us through the M'Kran Crystal, but she was pretty far off it didn't look like she was gonna make it to me."
"Then...!" said Jubilee who had come in too the med-lab to hear Victor's story.
"Well if you'll be quiet I'll tell ya." Creed said. "Blink stopped running to concentrate on putting a portal inside the M'Kran crystal but, me I was at a dead sprint right at her. The whole area would be off the map in about five seconds. I mean the bombs were droppin' just feet from us.
"Shut up and get to the point." Logan yelled obviously not amused by Creed's fabricated story.
"Hold yer horses" said Creed, who was laughing now, pleased with getting under the runts skin. "Okay, lets see, I was running at her just as she put a portal in back of her and braced herself as I dove into her and took us both through the portal."
"That explains the broken ribs." Hank said with his back turned to the crowd on account of he was still leaning over Clarice.
"How is she doc." Creed asked now being serious.
"She'll be fi- oh my" Beast said astonished as Blinks eyes shot open. She gave out a scream before kicking Beast square in the chin and disappearing through one of her portals. "Definitely not expected from someone who should be blinded by pain and morphine."