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NC: Come on! You're here to write the chapter, not a speech!
Shut up.
NC: Don't diss the fuzzy dude!
Fuzzy? Hey, look down!
NC: AHHH! I'm BALD! I'M NAKED!
Oh, chill. My razor. slipped. You're not naked either. You have pants on, for crying aloud!
Whatever, on with the chapter, that picks up six months later.
I knocked on the heavy wooden doors and sat down. I did not expect anyone to be up in the dead of night, but some students get up that late. I wasn't surprised when no one answered the door, so I flew up to a window. Hmm. The Prof.'s room! Perfect. I tapped on the window with a claw. No good, so I sent a mental message ~ Professor, I'm home! ~ Funny things, thoughts. A singsong thought. He woke up and looked around. I tapped the window again and waved. ~ Be at the front, I'll open the door ~ I landed and walked to the door. It was already open.
"Hi Professor. We need to talk. And I'll need to get some of these fixed up," I said motioning to the many cuts all over my body.
"We can talk in the Infirmary. Come along, Logan." He just stared at me wordlessly. I saw his nose working overtime and knew what he was trying to do.
"Logan?"
"Yeah?"
"It is who you think it is, if that's what you're trying to find out." His eyes widened and walked a little quicker than before. Hank was there already and hurried over to tend to my cuts. I took a deep breath. This was going to be hard to explain.
"I started getting 'visions' right before I left six months ago. I thought they were hallucinations, but one thing made it real," I pointed to the scar on my right eye, "The future me told me to wake up in the first one. I saw this great huge scar on his eye, identical to mine now. I had another vision a few weeks ago. This time she turned to me and said, 'Go seek refuge when the cat comes calling.' Logan here knows who I'm talking about." Logan nodded.
"Sabertooth."
"Yeah. Well, let's just say if he makes it back to Mommy Magnets, they'll send someone looking for me. That's why I heeded her advice." Hank looked me up and down. He sighed and said, "Well, it certainly looks as if you were training." I nodded. I was very muscular, almost like in my visions.
"What are these visions showing you?" Charles asked. I was taken aback, and then scowled. "The war between humans and mutants." I looked away, looked out of the window, to see a beautiful sunset. I looked back to see three very solemn faces. I decided to take charge.
"We need to start training everyone. This isn't going to be pretty. Mutants will be scattered across the country, taking whole armies in teams of only five or six." I glanced around. "I won't tell anyone else." They nodded and filed out of the room.
For the next three years, we trained hard. Many mutants came to the Institute, and the Brotherhood and the X-men had united. The Mansion had expanded, underground tunnels leading to bases and training facilities. One night, we had all turned in for the night, when I was woken up by the sound of footsteps. I tiptoed down the hall and saw soldiers. I hit the alert button and rushed at them, kicking punching, slashing my way through. The recruits evacuated through the underground tunnel, while the X-men fought. We met up at one of the tunnels.
"What happened?"
"They took Scott. He was shot!" Jean sobbed. I stood her up and looked her straight in the eye.
"Look, the war has begun. All of you need to stop being so worried. I have told you, there will be casualties. Now, get out of those goddamn preppy clothes and get to one of the bases. Jean and Kitty will go to the Alpha Base, Logan and Charles, to the Zeta Base, Everyone else will come with me to the Beta Base. I ran down one of the tunnels, jumping into a transport tube. I rushed to my office and hit the com link.
"Alpha Base, report!"
"All Clear!"
"Zeta Base, Report!"
Silence.
"Zeta Base, this is Beta Leader, report!"
"Bombs going off- ZZZzzZZZ- can't hold-ZZzzZZZ- recruits evacu- ZZzzZZZ. Static. I slammed down the com and said to Kurt, "I'm going. You come with me. Now!" I grabbed him and shot into the night.
We arrived as the artillery was pulling out. We rushed into the rubble to dig for survivors. Several recruits were dead or dying. We found Logan. He was panting, coming out of a rage. "Logan, listen to me. We have to get out of here. Take any recruits that will survive." I grabbed a mutant named Claw, and took off.
A year has passed since the destruction of the Zeta base. Charles Xavier has gone missing, and has been reported MIA. I have no idea what the other bases are doing, last time I checked, the Beta Base had gone down. Several X-men have died and several recruits MIA. We are scattered across the country, not knowing how to get together. I saw myself how Jean and Evan died. My whole body was scarred, and I remembered and understood what happened that day I first had visions. I had traveled in time, and I had to warn my past self now.
Whew! Not much to say here. Find out in probably the last installment of Total Evolution, unless you can find a way to keep this going. But I don't, seeing how-
NC: Do not tell them that! You would be giving away the ending!
Oh, Yeah. Okay.
NC: Come on! You're here to write the chapter, not a speech!
Shut up.
NC: Don't diss the fuzzy dude!
Fuzzy? Hey, look down!
NC: AHHH! I'm BALD! I'M NAKED!
Oh, chill. My razor. slipped. You're not naked either. You have pants on, for crying aloud!
Whatever, on with the chapter, that picks up six months later.
I knocked on the heavy wooden doors and sat down. I did not expect anyone to be up in the dead of night, but some students get up that late. I wasn't surprised when no one answered the door, so I flew up to a window. Hmm. The Prof.'s room! Perfect. I tapped on the window with a claw. No good, so I sent a mental message ~ Professor, I'm home! ~ Funny things, thoughts. A singsong thought. He woke up and looked around. I tapped the window again and waved. ~ Be at the front, I'll open the door ~ I landed and walked to the door. It was already open.
"Hi Professor. We need to talk. And I'll need to get some of these fixed up," I said motioning to the many cuts all over my body.
"We can talk in the Infirmary. Come along, Logan." He just stared at me wordlessly. I saw his nose working overtime and knew what he was trying to do.
"Logan?"
"Yeah?"
"It is who you think it is, if that's what you're trying to find out." His eyes widened and walked a little quicker than before. Hank was there already and hurried over to tend to my cuts. I took a deep breath. This was going to be hard to explain.
"I started getting 'visions' right before I left six months ago. I thought they were hallucinations, but one thing made it real," I pointed to the scar on my right eye, "The future me told me to wake up in the first one. I saw this great huge scar on his eye, identical to mine now. I had another vision a few weeks ago. This time she turned to me and said, 'Go seek refuge when the cat comes calling.' Logan here knows who I'm talking about." Logan nodded.
"Sabertooth."
"Yeah. Well, let's just say if he makes it back to Mommy Magnets, they'll send someone looking for me. That's why I heeded her advice." Hank looked me up and down. He sighed and said, "Well, it certainly looks as if you were training." I nodded. I was very muscular, almost like in my visions.
"What are these visions showing you?" Charles asked. I was taken aback, and then scowled. "The war between humans and mutants." I looked away, looked out of the window, to see a beautiful sunset. I looked back to see three very solemn faces. I decided to take charge.
"We need to start training everyone. This isn't going to be pretty. Mutants will be scattered across the country, taking whole armies in teams of only five or six." I glanced around. "I won't tell anyone else." They nodded and filed out of the room.
For the next three years, we trained hard. Many mutants came to the Institute, and the Brotherhood and the X-men had united. The Mansion had expanded, underground tunnels leading to bases and training facilities. One night, we had all turned in for the night, when I was woken up by the sound of footsteps. I tiptoed down the hall and saw soldiers. I hit the alert button and rushed at them, kicking punching, slashing my way through. The recruits evacuated through the underground tunnel, while the X-men fought. We met up at one of the tunnels.
"What happened?"
"They took Scott. He was shot!" Jean sobbed. I stood her up and looked her straight in the eye.
"Look, the war has begun. All of you need to stop being so worried. I have told you, there will be casualties. Now, get out of those goddamn preppy clothes and get to one of the bases. Jean and Kitty will go to the Alpha Base, Logan and Charles, to the Zeta Base, Everyone else will come with me to the Beta Base. I ran down one of the tunnels, jumping into a transport tube. I rushed to my office and hit the com link.
"Alpha Base, report!"
"All Clear!"
"Zeta Base, Report!"
Silence.
"Zeta Base, this is Beta Leader, report!"
"Bombs going off- ZZZzzZZZ- can't hold-ZZzzZZZ- recruits evacu- ZZzzZZZ. Static. I slammed down the com and said to Kurt, "I'm going. You come with me. Now!" I grabbed him and shot into the night.
We arrived as the artillery was pulling out. We rushed into the rubble to dig for survivors. Several recruits were dead or dying. We found Logan. He was panting, coming out of a rage. "Logan, listen to me. We have to get out of here. Take any recruits that will survive." I grabbed a mutant named Claw, and took off.
A year has passed since the destruction of the Zeta base. Charles Xavier has gone missing, and has been reported MIA. I have no idea what the other bases are doing, last time I checked, the Beta Base had gone down. Several X-men have died and several recruits MIA. We are scattered across the country, not knowing how to get together. I saw myself how Jean and Evan died. My whole body was scarred, and I remembered and understood what happened that day I first had visions. I had traveled in time, and I had to warn my past self now.
Whew! Not much to say here. Find out in probably the last installment of Total Evolution, unless you can find a way to keep this going. But I don't, seeing how-
NC: Do not tell them that! You would be giving away the ending!
Oh, Yeah. Okay.