Chapter 4: More Introductions – Secrets Revealed!

NEARING THE JAPANESE COASTAL HARBOR, MINI X-JET 10:00PM

Ah can' believe her, that witch! Rogue yelled in thought to herself still pretending to look as if there was something in the back cabin. Mystique was going to get it, hard. How could ah have been so stupid? Darn it, Rogue! She sighed in acceptance of the fact that Mystique was headed to Japan. Ah hope you know what you're doin' Professor.

Then, something got her attention from the corner of the cabin. A rustling continued to ensue as Rogue stepped over to what it was. Some of the metal on the side of the cabin was racking the plane. What is that? Rogue asked herself. As she uncovered a hidden piece of metal, the tension in her body began to rise. There was nothing under it but somehow she knew she was going to find something she didn't like. Ah'm really not in the mood for this! So instead of just slowly pulling down the cover piece over the metal, Rogue snatched the cover away as quickly as possible shutting her eyes tightly just in case anything lashed out at her. When she looked to see what it was, emptiness invaded the small space. There was a chain on the floor lifeless. Get a hold of yourself Rogue, it's just one of tha chains ta keep tha wind from takin' this poor excuse of an X-Jet from goin' anywhere. It's such a play toy compared to the real thing. She picked it up dropping it immediately. Man, that's hot! Wait a minute! The sound of the drop was the exact same sound she heard rustling against the cabin walls. "Someone's here," She whispered to herself. Someone had been playing with the chain dropping it and picking it back up again, possibly out of boredom?

The second Rogue turned around, there she was! It was none other than the Hex Queen herself, Scarlet Witch also known as Wanda Maximoff, Pietro's twin sister, and Magneto's daughter. Rogue gasped in surprise at the girl's mysterious entrance. Rogue was the first to speak for their meeting, "What are ya doin' here?"

"Don't ask me questions! Where's Magneto? I know he's in Japan!"

Rogue instantly put her hands up. Wanda was not the person you want to mess with when she's in a rage looking to kill her father and probably her brother. "Ah don' know 'bout Magneto but we're headed to Japan. In fact, we're already here. We should be landin' any minute now, but how did ya get on?"

"Don't worry about me! I just want to get off this thing. Who's driving this load of junk anyway?"

"Mystique." Wanda scoffed giving Rogue a disgusted look.

"I can't believe she's your mother. You guys don't even look a like."

"Ya don' look anythin' like Pietro or Magneto, either. And besides, Mystique used ta be mah foster mother before she gave me ta Irene, not that ya would know who she is."

"Thanks for the compliment. If you're referring to 'Destiny', I'm fully aware of who she is. In fact, she's the one that told me to come here so I can finally face off with Magneto. I'm sick of waiting!" A wooden box next to Wanda exploded in fury, sparks flying everywhere, burned wood chips on the ground. "I was beginning to get uncomfortable in the back anyway." (This would be the reason for playing with the chain in case some of you weren't able to keep up or understand.)

"How do ya know Irene?"

"That's my business. But if want to know something, she sent me to get Raven, or Mystique as you call her now. Once we're finished in Japan, Destiny wants me to turn Raven over to her. She needs to talk to her about *something*." Rogue snickered.

Nightcrawler burst in the room immediately. "Vhat's going on?" Rogue turned around to see him. Wanda wasn't surprised to see him. "Vanda?! Vhat is she doing here? Vhat do you vant?"

"I want Magneto…" Her voice was low and her eyes burned fiercely. The back cabin begun to shake violently. Rogue and Nightcrawler were thrown on their bottoms both clenching their butts from the skin-to-metal contact.

"Take it easy!" Nightcrawler demanded. "No one on dis plane iz going to hurt you!"

Wanda smiled, chuckling lightly. "All three of you are rather weak. I wasn't counting that either of you were going to hurt me. I came solely to fight and deliver. I was sent by Destiny, Blue Boy! I got bigger fish to fry than a couple of X-geeks and a shape shifter with a corny grudge." Rogue and Nightcrawler looked at each other, surprised.

Just then, the altitude of the plane dropped dramatically! Wanda was taken aback and held on to one of the cabin walls. Rogue and Nightcrawler were drawn against the same wall with a hard *thud*. Rogue commented, "Ow! Man, why can' Mystique take it a lil' easier?"

"Because Mystique is in a rush to get those new mutants Cerebro found and Magneto at the same time." A new and familiar voice joined in the group conversation. "Hello Wanda, Rogue, Kurt." She spoke her children's names in a harsh tone.

"Vhat are you up to Mystique?" Nightcrawler demanded.

"Nothing for you to worry about, my son. I brought you both along for this little ride because I need you two for a new Brotherhood of Mutants."

They both scoffed. Rogue spoke first. "Give me a break! You already had your chance for me ta be on your side! I already chose Xavier! Ah don' need ya! Ah can' even believe you're still after this whole Brotherhood idea. Ya already failed as their first leader. Now, look at what they think of ya, Mystique! You're not going to win anyone over. Ah refuse ta let ya take anymore mutants to become part of your lil' Brotherhood. They deserve better!" Rogue spat out every word in fury.

"Do you feel this way Kurt?" Mystique just blinked and asked.

"You abanzoned me andz expect me to be part of somezhing zhat can vuin my life? I zon't zhink so, muzzer. I agree with Rogue. I vill also not let you have your own Brozherhood, again! You've caused enough damage vit' zha first one."

"Don't anyone of you understand what I'm trying to do?!"

"It's not like ya can' make us like ya Mystique! After all that ya've done -!"

Mystique interrupted her, "After all that I've done, don't you think I already know that? I didn't want to lose my son. I didn't want to give up my foster daughter and I'm sorry I don't know who your real parents are Rogue. I wish I could give both of you more than what Xavier has. But I lost everything, especially the two people most important to me – my OWN children!"

Rogue wasn't buying any of it considering she was manipulated by her long enough. Kurt was feeling a bit softer. Her words penetrated him like gunshot wounds. He was feeling sorry for her, the one thing Rogue told him never to do. But he went by his instincts. He knew his mother was in pain. He didn't like seeing her this way, either. "Muzzer…"

"Kurt, don' ya dare!" Rogue yelled at him. "She's done enough damage an' she's only goin' ta cause more. I don' wantcha ta be part of that. Ya hear me, Kurt?" Kurt's eyes were glazed with worry. He didn't want to accept that Rogue might've actually been right. He wanted his mother, like anyone else wanted their mother. Kurt may have been a goofball but he knew when to get serious and he also knew the meaning of sadness. He's grieved nights of wanting to know who his parents were, especially his mother. Mothers, he knew, were nurturing. They were always there for you, they'd always support you, they'd make you smile, and they'd make you mad. Kurt experienced having a mother but he knew it wasn't his real mother. Vhat vas it like to have a veal muzzer? I zon't like zhe idea zhat she vants to create za new Brozherhood.

"Didn' cha already know what our answers were goin' ta be? It's not like you ta be so clueless Mystique."

"Don't insult me! What is it that you want Rogue?"

"I want ta get off this plane an' go ta tha people who nurtured me more than ya ever did!" At the second of their arrival in Japan, the plane halted to a landing with a hard *thud*. Mystique was the only one who held on as the whole plane shook. Wanda burned in a large hole on the side of the plane and quickly escaped to the location Destiny told her to be at – Cherry Hill Temple.

NEARING THE AIRPORT LANDING IN JAPAN, INTERNATIONAL AIRPLANE FLIGHT 10:00PM

"Couldn't Magneto give us some first-class tickets or somethin', yo?" Todd groaned. "The chairs are kinda loose. There ain't enough stuffing in these things to put a passenger to sleep."

"Did I tell you guys I get airsick?" Freddy commented holding his mouth as if he were about to vomit.

"Aw, come on man! We don't need to see that!" Todd cut in. Freddy had three chairs all by himself after threatening a newly wed couple that the two seats they were sitting in were his. He was in the middle row between the two aisles next to the windows. Pietro had the window seat, Lance was in the middle, and Todd was sitting next to Freddy.

Lance spoke. "Come on, Freddy. We're already here. I can't believe he gets airsick right at the landing." He aimed his last comment at Pietro who had his hands gripped to the arms of his chairs, back completely erect against the cushioning, taking in slow breaths, not even blinking. "Hey, what's the matter with you?"

"Sixteen… hours… of sitting still… in one seat. Three meals, my ass is numb, My nerves are ready to jumpstart… I'm ready to land and run for miles without ever stopping. And all he wants to do is recover one new mutant to join his team of Acolytes when he could've simply done it himself. Why did he bring us along? Because he was afraid Mystique and Wanda were going to be here."

"Calm down Pietro. We're not going to be here that long. Hopefully the X-geeks won't be here either. And if they are, I'll rock em." Lance put his hand in a fist to gesture his comment. Pietro just stared at him. "Who's this new mutant anyway, do you know?"

"Of course I don't know. My father never tells me his plans."

"And yet, you're his son." Pietro glared at him, as if he had said the wrong thing.

"Yo, I think Freddy's starting to turn green…"

"Isn't green your favorite color Todd?" Pietro played. Lance and Pietro laughed a bit at his comment. Before their laughter stopped, the plane hit a hard landing as all the passengers were shaken in their seats. Freddy quickly grabbed an airsick bag and blew his chunks in heavy coughs and gagging.

"Hey, are you all right?" A man with black hair tied back in a ponytail asked. The two passengers next to him had the same style except the guy in the middle had white-gray hair and the guy in the window seat had slicked brown hair with a ponytail. Each of them was dressed in flashy tuxedoes as if they were heading to a concert.

"Uh… yeah." Freddy managed to speak out. "I think so." Then, Freddy's widened and his face turned green again. The chunks still needed to be blown and threw up and up and up.

"Do you need some water?" the man with black hair said. "Taiki, hand me you water bottle. Here you go. So where are you guys headed to Japan?"

"Well, actually…" Todd was about to answer but was immediately cut off when Lance elbowed him in the side.

Lance spoke for the group even though Pietro was the leader. "We're just here to meet someone. How about you guys?"

The guy with the white-gray hair spoke then, "We're here to meet someone too. Actually we're here to see some old friends of ours. Don't you guys know who we are?"

Each of them stared at each other in confusion. Pietro spoke then, "Are you guys supposed to be like celebrities or something? If you are, why are you in the cheap seats."

The gray-white haired one continued, "It was an emergency. We needed some fast tickets and these were the only ones available. And if you must know…" The gray-white haired one tossed his hair to the side and fingered erotically through his bangs. "We're the St-" He was about to finish when the announcement for boarding off had come on. Seatbelts were now able to remove. The Brotherhood immediately got off and didn't turn to talk to them again. The only one who turned around to take a second look was Todd. He did see them when they came on the flight with sunglasses and everything. They stared at him as he hopped off like a frog from the plane.

Yaten commented, "There's a strange one. I don't like them." His snotty nose took to the side snobbishly.

Taiki went in the conversation, "They seem to be very secretive. I think that boy hops around naturally. The large one seemed very strong. I don't know about the other two. What do you think, Seiya?"

"I heard them talking about a mutant and a man named Magneto. That's about it. I get the strangest feeling we'll be seeing them soon, boys, very soon." None of the soldiers knew that they were coming to Japan. They wanted to make it a surprise with gifts, hugs, and new songs. Just in case, they brought their transforming devices with them.

As they were walking calmly out of the plane, they felt the ground shake and strong winds pass them by. Seiya said, "That wasn't a normal tremor and those winds. They were so sudden. Something's up. I get the feeling we should hurry to the Temple." Taiki and Yaten nodded in agreement.

A/N: SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO UPDATE, YOU GUYS, FOR THOSE WHO WERE WAITING ANYWAY! I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER AND THE NEXT ONE WILL BE POSTED SOON. BUT I DECIDED THAT I WANT TO PUT UP TWO CHAPTERS AT A TIME INSTEAD OF ONE. I LIKE TO LEAVE MY READERS HAPPY! THANK YOU FOR REVIEWS! I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. THE NEXT CHAPTERS WILL BE UP IN TWO DAYS. TWO DAYS – TWO CHAPTERS. IT ALL EQUALS OUT. WELL, I'M SIGNING OFF FOR NOW. REVIEWS AND ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANKS AGAIN!