Hey again peoples! Well I hope you enjoyed the last chapter! This chapter
is definitely gonna be the last of the "Hydro-heavy" chapters. After this
one he's gonna go on getting the same amount of "airtime" as everyone else.
It's only fair.
Today's Episode Brought to you by: The new Quicksilver Speedsters!
You may not be a mutant with the God-given ability to outrun freeway traffic without breaking a sweat or be able to read "War and Peace" in the time it takes to microwave a burrito; but you can still dress like one with the new "Quicksilver Speedsters!" They're endorsed by the one and only speed demon himself Pietro Maximoff.
Pietro: "Hey losers! Buy these and maybe some of my greatness will rub off on you!"
Disclaimer: I own Hydro. I don't own anything else.*sniff* I wish I did. (breaks into tears)
"Holiday Distraction"
Saturday.
A day of relaxation for the students of the Xavier institute. No school or training either. The Professor decided to give his students a little time off. Things had been so turbulent as of late. The world was still adjusting to the existence of mutants and the mutants were still adjusting to everyone's initial reaction. Between this, recent encounters with the Brotherhood, and the stress of schoolwork everyone was in need of a break. Now with a short vacation from school the Professor was determined to make sure the students enjoyed their time off anyway they chose.
And so today much of the household was heading to the mall. The trip had been postponed once already, and now more people were going. On the trip would be the person who caused the postponement last time. Speaking of whom, Saturday may be a day for rest for some teenagers but not for one young man. While everyone else was enjoying their breakfast and planning out the day ahead of them, one student was hard at work training in the Danger-Room.
His name is Hydro.
He's the new guy.
With the last bit of energy his body could afford him he stomped out the last of the spyder-bots that had been programmed to attack him, finishing the training sequence. He bent down and rested his hands on his knees and tried to catch his breath. The efforts would be worth it if he could achieve his goal. Just as he began to stand upright again the lighting changed inside the room and half of it became covered in shadows. Someone was there with him. This someone had been with him the moment he entered the Danger-Room.
"Do you think this will help?" a voice from the shadows asked
Hydro quickly spun around in the direction of the voice.
"Do you think this will help you?" the voice said again more sternly
Hydro recognized this voice a little too well.
"Do you?"
The stalker stepped a bit closer allowing most of it to be seen except for its face.
"Do you think this can help you?" It said gesturing to the room they were in
"Do you think they can help you?" the figure said referring to the others in the institute.
"They won't, they can't. You can ignore it. You can deny it. You can try to do it alone, but you'll fail."
The figure walked completely out of the shadows now and came face to face with Hydro. Hydro looked back at this person and saw his own face staring back at him. His exact double had been the one watching him.
"Nothing can help you."
He awoke. It was a dream. He wasn't startled; he just opened his eyes and slowly began to remember where he was. He wasn't in the Danger-Room; he was in his new bedroom. As the fog of sleep slowly lifted over his mind he began to remember where he was. He hadn't been training at all, although he was sweating.
He now sat up in his bed, his muscles still sore from yesterday's exercises. The room was virtually empty except for a couple pieces of furniture: a small bookcase shelf over the head of the bed, a dresser, a desk and of course his bed. It was a large room with a large window that gave a perfect view of the horizon. The curtain was open allowing the sun to shine though and into Hydro's eyes, further shaking him out of his zombie-like state.
He placed a hand on his head and clenched his eyes tightly. It was only a dream and yet. what was this? Hydro wiped away the beads of perspiration from his head and examined it in his hand. After a moment the beads absorbed into his hand. This wasn't sweat. It was already happening. It seems he got to the institute just in time.
Springing from his bed he quickly snatched from the closet the only outfit he owned. Hydro's suit was made up a dark navy blue body suit that covered him from the neck down including his hands and the bottom of the suit had built-in boots with hard rubber soles. Over the suit were several detachable armor-like pieces. Each of these pieces was Carolina blue with a silver trim. He had shin-guards that covered the length from his wrist up to just past his mid-forearm, elbow-guards, knee-guards, a belt with a rectangular buckle, shin guards protecting the length from his ankles to just before his knee and chest protector that measured around his collar, shoulders and right below his chest.
After suiting up a determined Hydro stormed out of his room and down the hall. At that moment Jubilee and Bobby were heading down the hall in the opposite direction to tell Hydro to get ready for the mall. Hydro just walked past them before they could even say anything.
"Hey where are you going?" Jubilee asked grabbing him by the arm
"The Danger-Room." Hydro answered flatly
"Dude we're not training today, the Prof.'s giving us a day-off." Bobby said
"But." Hydro started
"Come on!" Jubilee giggled dragging Hydro off towards the living room
"We got a full day planned bud. All work and no play." Bobby said
Within the hour the X-men were at the mall and within seconds of entering had separated to go about various activities. Some went to the arcade, some to the food court, some to the music store and some to the comic book shop. Kitty, Jean, Amara and Rogue however decided to help out Hydro with his clothing selections. The five went to an expensive designer store and Hydro waited in the changing area and the girls gave him their clothes they selected for him.
Jean came up with the first ensemble. For a top she chose a sky blue, collared shirt with a cream-colored sweater vest. For the bottom half she decided on a pair of khaki pants and dark brown loafers.
"Wow, he looks so.spiffy!" Rogue said with sarcastic enthusiasm
"He looks like the school librarian!" Kitty laughed, "My turn!"
She handed him the clothes and shoved him back in the dressing room. A couple of minutes later he was back out again. Kitty started off with a white, wife-beater and a pair of very baggy jeans, She finished it off with a pair of sneakers, a beanie hat and a pair of over-sized goggles.
"What's with the goggles?" Rogue asked, "Is he goin' swimmin' or somethin'.
"And his pants are falling off." Jean added, "How's he supposed to walk?"
"Oh like you could do better!" Kitty huffed
"Gladly." Rogue said handing Hydro the clothes she picked for him. Hydro still hadn't said a word. Amara was doing everything she could to keep from laughing out loud.
Hydro stepped back out again. Rogue's handpicked outfit consisted of a very tight black, sleeveless t-shirt, a pair of combat boots, patented leather pants, matching spiked cuffs, and to finish it off a studded belt with a matching studded dog collar.
"Oh my."Jean covered her face to keep from laughing
"Um, you do know Halloween is still months away, right?" Kitty asked
"Shut up." Rogue responded
Amara didn't feel much like picking out anything for Hydro, needless to say she was still coming to terms with his permanent stay at the institute. The girls left Hydro so that he could venture off on his own but not before Amara decided to remind Hydro to buy plenty of underwear, aloud. in front of a group of girls.
Hydro sat at a bench surveying the clothes that his female teammates picked out for him and something about them just didn't seem right. Just then a group of boys that looked Hydro's age walked by, he studied their attire closely. Soon after Hydro visited several stores and purchased his clothes accordingly so that he could actually fit in with other average teenage boys (fashion wise at least). As Hydro began to leave one store however something caught his eye. A cap, a simple, ordinary, plain, old baseball cap. It was in the bargain bin no less, for a dollar. It had no logos and it wasn't name brand either. Just a dusty, old, generic, blue baseball cap. Hydro bought it and immediately tried it on.
On his way out of the store he came across a few of his fellow x-men Evan and Kurt.
"Cool cap man!" Kurt said, "But your vearing it backvards."
"Yeah and you forgot to break it in." Evan added
Evan removed the cap from Hydro's head and bent the bill down the middle and placed it back on Hydro's head the "correct" way with the bill in the back. It was amazing how much more at ease the other's seemed to be around Hydro now, every
On the second floor of the mall another group of mutant teens just happened to be out for the day, a group known as the Bother hood waited patiently for the one female member of the illustrious band of mutant marvels. Lance was pacing a bit, remembering the ultimatum he was given earlier.
"Either you take me there or I'll just have to borrow your car and take myself."
Tabitha's words still rung in his head. Toad and Fred decided to ride along, they didn't want to be left alone on the off chance that Mystique would return.
Toad was leaning over the banister letting the slime slowly drip out of his mouth letting get as close down on the people on the first floor as possible before slurping it back up. Lance finally saw Tabitha running through the crowds of people.
"Finally!" Lance said exasperatedly
"Guess what I just saw on the other side of the mall." Tabitha said a bit out of breath
"Something that'll actually fit Freddy." Todd said patting Fred's gut.
"Oh yeah right." Tabitha scoffed, "No there's some Anti-mutant hate group having a rally or something down there."
A look of shock over took the young men. Fred and Toad turned to Lance.
"Where.?" Lance sneered
Within in a few minutes the B.o.M. had gone around the corner and across the second floor of the mall where they reached a large crowd that surrounded a medium-sized platform with a banner that read "Friends of Humanity". On the stage was a middle aged man with long white hair tied in a ponytail, next to him was a younger looking woman with short cut blond hair. They were both dressed red, white and blue robes and the man held a microphone in his hand.
"Brothers and sisters we are in the mists of a change!" the speaker began, "We do not live in the same world anymore, and it is up to us, all of us to band together to protect ourselves who would do us harm. I'm talking about mutant, ladies and gentlemen! They may look like us they may walk like us but I assure you they are not to be trusted no matter what. If we take a stand against them now then perhaps we can put a stop to them before it's too late. Think of your children's safety, think of our county's safety, think of .
"Well, well, well", Lance interrupter "What do we have here?"
"Looks like a rabid bunch of mutant haters to me." Todd answered
"Is that what this is?" Fred chuckled "I thought it was a bake sale."
The three began to advance towards the stage, Tabitha was not too far behind with a devilish smile on her face.
"Are you kids interested in joining the cause?" the main speaker asked enthusiastically
"Nah, hate groups aren't really our thing." Lance answered
"Yeah..." Todd leapt onto the stage "Why all the hate baby?"
Todd put his arm the female speaker, "Why can't we all just love each other?" he said attempting a deep voice
"Ah, get away from me you little freak!" the lady hollered pushing Todd away from her
"What are ya, mutant sympathizers or somethin'?" someone from the crowd yelled
"No we're mutants!" Lance said with a smile
The crowd immediately backed up as if Lance announced he had a bomb strapped to his chest.
"Y-you're mutants?" the speaker asked sounding terrified
"Yeah that's right!" Fred said shaking fist
And you're mutant haters." Tabitha smirked "So guys why don't we really give em something to hate."
BOOM!
The explosion echoed throughout the mall.
"What was that!?" Evan said
"Ten to one it's something ve'll have to have to help clean up. Kurt said "Come on!"
Within a minute all the x-men had converged on the scene following the sound of explosions and the fleeing people heading in the other direction.
"Aw man look who came to crash the party!" Fred said Uh, hey guys h-how's it goin?" Tabitha said trying to hide a boom-ball behind her back.
"What do you think you're doing?" Cyclops shouted
"Would you chill Summers, we're the good guys here!" Lance explained
"Waitaminute." Jubilee interrupted
She lifted up the nearly destroyed banner that once hung from the stage and examined it.
"Friends of Humanity!?" She read aloud
"What's that?" Evan asked
"Only one of the largest growing anti-mutant groups in the country." Jean answered
""See, we did the right thing." Toad said proudly
"Yeah but not like this." Scott said
"Well what were we supposed to do just sit there and do nothin' while they talked about us like we're.we're." Fred sputtered angrily
Scott surveyed the damage slowly and looked down at the banner then back at the Brotherhood. Finally he let out a deep sigh.
"Look.just get out of here before the cops show up."
"Vell it vas bound to happen sooner or later." Kurt said placing a hand on Scott's shoulder
"Yeah, I know."
While the teens focused on the predicament at hand they were completely unaware of the fact that at that very moment they were being watched. High above them just outside the skylight that lined the ceiling of the mall was a small silver orb. Not much bigger than a softball this silvery orb hovered just above the glass. A lens protruding from the orb stayed on the scene before retreating back inside its metal casing. It then shot straight out into the air and out across the horizon.
A few hours later, Many miles away.
Deep into the woods, just over a ridge nestled between two hills a strange looking structure lays hidden in a bed of freshly laid snow. A large metallic dome without doors or windows creates a small hole in its exterior just large enough for the orb to enter through it. Once inside the orb twists and turns through several maze-like corridors, of the steel covered interior of the dome.
The orb finally floated up to two large doors and stayed there for a second before the slowly opened. The room was vast and dimly light, on the far side sat a large throne and in this throne sat a very eager man patiently awaiting some important information. The orb floated up to the figure and into his hands. The face of the orb opened revealing a small screen that began to display the information it recorded earlier. After watching the display for only a few minutes he had seen what he needed to see and his predictions were correct. It was time to act.
As this was going on in another side of the station four soldiers in and impending inter-species war waited for their commander. The doors to the control room opened slowly under a menacing low hum. Magneto stepped inside.
"We have a problem." Magneto said, "We've waited long enough, Mystique has not returned and the humans are already preparing their forces, it's time we do the same. To begin we must find and reclaim our fellow soldiers."
"You mean.?" Quicksilver began
"Yes Pietro, it is time for you to return." Magneto answered moving closer to his son
Pietro had a sour look on his face.
"If you say so, but don't expect them to be ecstatic to see me or anything."
"For now they will do as they're told or face the consequences."
O.k., cool, but we still have a bigger, meaner problem on our hands. What'll we do if Wanda shows up?"
"Let her come; if all goes according to plan she will no linger be a threat.
Next Time: The B.o.M. gets a visit from an old friend and he's not expecting a warm welcome. Meanwhile Storm tries to convince Evan to spend some time with the new recruit. Also Magneto and Professor X have a little sit-down to talk about old times and the future ahead.
Today's Episode Brought to you by: The new Quicksilver Speedsters!
You may not be a mutant with the God-given ability to outrun freeway traffic without breaking a sweat or be able to read "War and Peace" in the time it takes to microwave a burrito; but you can still dress like one with the new "Quicksilver Speedsters!" They're endorsed by the one and only speed demon himself Pietro Maximoff.
Pietro: "Hey losers! Buy these and maybe some of my greatness will rub off on you!"
Disclaimer: I own Hydro. I don't own anything else.*sniff* I wish I did. (breaks into tears)
"Holiday Distraction"
Saturday.
A day of relaxation for the students of the Xavier institute. No school or training either. The Professor decided to give his students a little time off. Things had been so turbulent as of late. The world was still adjusting to the existence of mutants and the mutants were still adjusting to everyone's initial reaction. Between this, recent encounters with the Brotherhood, and the stress of schoolwork everyone was in need of a break. Now with a short vacation from school the Professor was determined to make sure the students enjoyed their time off anyway they chose.
And so today much of the household was heading to the mall. The trip had been postponed once already, and now more people were going. On the trip would be the person who caused the postponement last time. Speaking of whom, Saturday may be a day for rest for some teenagers but not for one young man. While everyone else was enjoying their breakfast and planning out the day ahead of them, one student was hard at work training in the Danger-Room.
His name is Hydro.
He's the new guy.
With the last bit of energy his body could afford him he stomped out the last of the spyder-bots that had been programmed to attack him, finishing the training sequence. He bent down and rested his hands on his knees and tried to catch his breath. The efforts would be worth it if he could achieve his goal. Just as he began to stand upright again the lighting changed inside the room and half of it became covered in shadows. Someone was there with him. This someone had been with him the moment he entered the Danger-Room.
"Do you think this will help?" a voice from the shadows asked
Hydro quickly spun around in the direction of the voice.
"Do you think this will help you?" the voice said again more sternly
Hydro recognized this voice a little too well.
"Do you?"
The stalker stepped a bit closer allowing most of it to be seen except for its face.
"Do you think this can help you?" It said gesturing to the room they were in
"Do you think they can help you?" the figure said referring to the others in the institute.
"They won't, they can't. You can ignore it. You can deny it. You can try to do it alone, but you'll fail."
The figure walked completely out of the shadows now and came face to face with Hydro. Hydro looked back at this person and saw his own face staring back at him. His exact double had been the one watching him.
"Nothing can help you."
He awoke. It was a dream. He wasn't startled; he just opened his eyes and slowly began to remember where he was. He wasn't in the Danger-Room; he was in his new bedroom. As the fog of sleep slowly lifted over his mind he began to remember where he was. He hadn't been training at all, although he was sweating.
He now sat up in his bed, his muscles still sore from yesterday's exercises. The room was virtually empty except for a couple pieces of furniture: a small bookcase shelf over the head of the bed, a dresser, a desk and of course his bed. It was a large room with a large window that gave a perfect view of the horizon. The curtain was open allowing the sun to shine though and into Hydro's eyes, further shaking him out of his zombie-like state.
He placed a hand on his head and clenched his eyes tightly. It was only a dream and yet. what was this? Hydro wiped away the beads of perspiration from his head and examined it in his hand. After a moment the beads absorbed into his hand. This wasn't sweat. It was already happening. It seems he got to the institute just in time.
Springing from his bed he quickly snatched from the closet the only outfit he owned. Hydro's suit was made up a dark navy blue body suit that covered him from the neck down including his hands and the bottom of the suit had built-in boots with hard rubber soles. Over the suit were several detachable armor-like pieces. Each of these pieces was Carolina blue with a silver trim. He had shin-guards that covered the length from his wrist up to just past his mid-forearm, elbow-guards, knee-guards, a belt with a rectangular buckle, shin guards protecting the length from his ankles to just before his knee and chest protector that measured around his collar, shoulders and right below his chest.
After suiting up a determined Hydro stormed out of his room and down the hall. At that moment Jubilee and Bobby were heading down the hall in the opposite direction to tell Hydro to get ready for the mall. Hydro just walked past them before they could even say anything.
"Hey where are you going?" Jubilee asked grabbing him by the arm
"The Danger-Room." Hydro answered flatly
"Dude we're not training today, the Prof.'s giving us a day-off." Bobby said
"But." Hydro started
"Come on!" Jubilee giggled dragging Hydro off towards the living room
"We got a full day planned bud. All work and no play." Bobby said
Within the hour the X-men were at the mall and within seconds of entering had separated to go about various activities. Some went to the arcade, some to the food court, some to the music store and some to the comic book shop. Kitty, Jean, Amara and Rogue however decided to help out Hydro with his clothing selections. The five went to an expensive designer store and Hydro waited in the changing area and the girls gave him their clothes they selected for him.
Jean came up with the first ensemble. For a top she chose a sky blue, collared shirt with a cream-colored sweater vest. For the bottom half she decided on a pair of khaki pants and dark brown loafers.
"Wow, he looks so.spiffy!" Rogue said with sarcastic enthusiasm
"He looks like the school librarian!" Kitty laughed, "My turn!"
She handed him the clothes and shoved him back in the dressing room. A couple of minutes later he was back out again. Kitty started off with a white, wife-beater and a pair of very baggy jeans, She finished it off with a pair of sneakers, a beanie hat and a pair of over-sized goggles.
"What's with the goggles?" Rogue asked, "Is he goin' swimmin' or somethin'.
"And his pants are falling off." Jean added, "How's he supposed to walk?"
"Oh like you could do better!" Kitty huffed
"Gladly." Rogue said handing Hydro the clothes she picked for him. Hydro still hadn't said a word. Amara was doing everything she could to keep from laughing out loud.
Hydro stepped back out again. Rogue's handpicked outfit consisted of a very tight black, sleeveless t-shirt, a pair of combat boots, patented leather pants, matching spiked cuffs, and to finish it off a studded belt with a matching studded dog collar.
"Oh my."Jean covered her face to keep from laughing
"Um, you do know Halloween is still months away, right?" Kitty asked
"Shut up." Rogue responded
Amara didn't feel much like picking out anything for Hydro, needless to say she was still coming to terms with his permanent stay at the institute. The girls left Hydro so that he could venture off on his own but not before Amara decided to remind Hydro to buy plenty of underwear, aloud. in front of a group of girls.
Hydro sat at a bench surveying the clothes that his female teammates picked out for him and something about them just didn't seem right. Just then a group of boys that looked Hydro's age walked by, he studied their attire closely. Soon after Hydro visited several stores and purchased his clothes accordingly so that he could actually fit in with other average teenage boys (fashion wise at least). As Hydro began to leave one store however something caught his eye. A cap, a simple, ordinary, plain, old baseball cap. It was in the bargain bin no less, for a dollar. It had no logos and it wasn't name brand either. Just a dusty, old, generic, blue baseball cap. Hydro bought it and immediately tried it on.
On his way out of the store he came across a few of his fellow x-men Evan and Kurt.
"Cool cap man!" Kurt said, "But your vearing it backvards."
"Yeah and you forgot to break it in." Evan added
Evan removed the cap from Hydro's head and bent the bill down the middle and placed it back on Hydro's head the "correct" way with the bill in the back. It was amazing how much more at ease the other's seemed to be around Hydro now, every
On the second floor of the mall another group of mutant teens just happened to be out for the day, a group known as the Bother hood waited patiently for the one female member of the illustrious band of mutant marvels. Lance was pacing a bit, remembering the ultimatum he was given earlier.
"Either you take me there or I'll just have to borrow your car and take myself."
Tabitha's words still rung in his head. Toad and Fred decided to ride along, they didn't want to be left alone on the off chance that Mystique would return.
Toad was leaning over the banister letting the slime slowly drip out of his mouth letting get as close down on the people on the first floor as possible before slurping it back up. Lance finally saw Tabitha running through the crowds of people.
"Finally!" Lance said exasperatedly
"Guess what I just saw on the other side of the mall." Tabitha said a bit out of breath
"Something that'll actually fit Freddy." Todd said patting Fred's gut.
"Oh yeah right." Tabitha scoffed, "No there's some Anti-mutant hate group having a rally or something down there."
A look of shock over took the young men. Fred and Toad turned to Lance.
"Where.?" Lance sneered
Within in a few minutes the B.o.M. had gone around the corner and across the second floor of the mall where they reached a large crowd that surrounded a medium-sized platform with a banner that read "Friends of Humanity". On the stage was a middle aged man with long white hair tied in a ponytail, next to him was a younger looking woman with short cut blond hair. They were both dressed red, white and blue robes and the man held a microphone in his hand.
"Brothers and sisters we are in the mists of a change!" the speaker began, "We do not live in the same world anymore, and it is up to us, all of us to band together to protect ourselves who would do us harm. I'm talking about mutant, ladies and gentlemen! They may look like us they may walk like us but I assure you they are not to be trusted no matter what. If we take a stand against them now then perhaps we can put a stop to them before it's too late. Think of your children's safety, think of our county's safety, think of .
"Well, well, well", Lance interrupter "What do we have here?"
"Looks like a rabid bunch of mutant haters to me." Todd answered
"Is that what this is?" Fred chuckled "I thought it was a bake sale."
The three began to advance towards the stage, Tabitha was not too far behind with a devilish smile on her face.
"Are you kids interested in joining the cause?" the main speaker asked enthusiastically
"Nah, hate groups aren't really our thing." Lance answered
"Yeah..." Todd leapt onto the stage "Why all the hate baby?"
Todd put his arm the female speaker, "Why can't we all just love each other?" he said attempting a deep voice
"Ah, get away from me you little freak!" the lady hollered pushing Todd away from her
"What are ya, mutant sympathizers or somethin'?" someone from the crowd yelled
"No we're mutants!" Lance said with a smile
The crowd immediately backed up as if Lance announced he had a bomb strapped to his chest.
"Y-you're mutants?" the speaker asked sounding terrified
"Yeah that's right!" Fred said shaking fist
And you're mutant haters." Tabitha smirked "So guys why don't we really give em something to hate."
BOOM!
The explosion echoed throughout the mall.
"What was that!?" Evan said
"Ten to one it's something ve'll have to have to help clean up. Kurt said "Come on!"
Within a minute all the x-men had converged on the scene following the sound of explosions and the fleeing people heading in the other direction.
"Aw man look who came to crash the party!" Fred said Uh, hey guys h-how's it goin?" Tabitha said trying to hide a boom-ball behind her back.
"What do you think you're doing?" Cyclops shouted
"Would you chill Summers, we're the good guys here!" Lance explained
"Waitaminute." Jubilee interrupted
She lifted up the nearly destroyed banner that once hung from the stage and examined it.
"Friends of Humanity!?" She read aloud
"What's that?" Evan asked
"Only one of the largest growing anti-mutant groups in the country." Jean answered
""See, we did the right thing." Toad said proudly
"Yeah but not like this." Scott said
"Well what were we supposed to do just sit there and do nothin' while they talked about us like we're.we're." Fred sputtered angrily
Scott surveyed the damage slowly and looked down at the banner then back at the Brotherhood. Finally he let out a deep sigh.
"Look.just get out of here before the cops show up."
"Vell it vas bound to happen sooner or later." Kurt said placing a hand on Scott's shoulder
"Yeah, I know."
While the teens focused on the predicament at hand they were completely unaware of the fact that at that very moment they were being watched. High above them just outside the skylight that lined the ceiling of the mall was a small silver orb. Not much bigger than a softball this silvery orb hovered just above the glass. A lens protruding from the orb stayed on the scene before retreating back inside its metal casing. It then shot straight out into the air and out across the horizon.
A few hours later, Many miles away.
Deep into the woods, just over a ridge nestled between two hills a strange looking structure lays hidden in a bed of freshly laid snow. A large metallic dome without doors or windows creates a small hole in its exterior just large enough for the orb to enter through it. Once inside the orb twists and turns through several maze-like corridors, of the steel covered interior of the dome.
The orb finally floated up to two large doors and stayed there for a second before the slowly opened. The room was vast and dimly light, on the far side sat a large throne and in this throne sat a very eager man patiently awaiting some important information. The orb floated up to the figure and into his hands. The face of the orb opened revealing a small screen that began to display the information it recorded earlier. After watching the display for only a few minutes he had seen what he needed to see and his predictions were correct. It was time to act.
As this was going on in another side of the station four soldiers in and impending inter-species war waited for their commander. The doors to the control room opened slowly under a menacing low hum. Magneto stepped inside.
"We have a problem." Magneto said, "We've waited long enough, Mystique has not returned and the humans are already preparing their forces, it's time we do the same. To begin we must find and reclaim our fellow soldiers."
"You mean.?" Quicksilver began
"Yes Pietro, it is time for you to return." Magneto answered moving closer to his son
Pietro had a sour look on his face.
"If you say so, but don't expect them to be ecstatic to see me or anything."
"For now they will do as they're told or face the consequences."
O.k., cool, but we still have a bigger, meaner problem on our hands. What'll we do if Wanda shows up?"
"Let her come; if all goes according to plan she will no linger be a threat.
Next Time: The B.o.M. gets a visit from an old friend and he's not expecting a warm welcome. Meanwhile Storm tries to convince Evan to spend some time with the new recruit. Also Magneto and Professor X have a little sit-down to talk about old times and the future ahead.