Story Chapter 12- The Final Dance

                The day had finally come. It was the day of the dance, and Bryan felt reluctance within him. Ever since the letter had came, he began contemplating whether or not he should go to the dance, but if it was what Jack was telling him about, destiny was something that was inescapable.

                He got up as he had for the past month, sitting down for a moment, and Kurt still never said a word about it towards him, and he could also see Kurt wearing a nervous glare throughout all of breakfast.

                They day went by without much of a problem; Kurt and him spoke seldom in the excruciating hours that they had to wait. When it was almost time for them to leave, Kitty had decided to have a conversation with him.

                "So like, you ready?" She asked smiling, yet he could see that she was panicking for some reason or another.

                "I thought you were the one who told me not to hide my feelings." Bryan said sarcastically.

                "Like, whatever. I'm going to go get ready. If Lance comes, just like, tell him to take a seat or something like that." Kitty said running upstairs.

                Sure enough, within ten minutes Lance knocked on the door, and Bryan invited him in. "Thanks." Lance said nervously.

                Bryan had to chuckle at this. "Lance, I didn't really take you to be the nervous type." Bryan said with a few more chuckles.

                Lance nodded. "Yeah, you'll find that girls do that to you once in awhile." Lance commented, adding a few chuckles of his own, yet they sounded dull with his nervousness.

 As Lance took a seat, it didn't take Scott to long to find him in the living room. "What are you doing here, Lance?" Scott said challengingly.

                "I'm picking up Kitty. What's it to you, shade boy?" Lance said defensively.

                Scott showed him the blast from his eyes, which made Bryan laugh. "Scott, why don't you just calm down their, man? If Lance kicks your ass, I might just have a good laugh." Bryan said mocking Scott, and Scott walked away cursing to himself.

                Lance looked at Bryan with a puzzled look. "What the hell?" Were the first things out of his mouth. "Why did you do that?" Lance asked, still nervous, but now curious as to why he helped him out.

                Bryan first shrugged. "He's been a real ass lately. And all I've been doing is pretty much taking it in and not doing anything about it. You know him, if he's set in his ways, and he doesn't like you, he's not afraid of showing it." Bryan explained.

                Lance just shook his head in confusion. "Whatever you say. It looks to me that someone could join the brotherhood" Lance said with an cocky smile.

                "That's perfectly alright." Bryan replied, and they stayed silent.

Kitty came down another ten minutes later. Bryan thought she looked beautiful; she wore a long green gown. He made sure not to glare at her for long, though.

                "You look beautiful." Lance said, trying to talk normal, but not quite finding the right tone.

                "Thank you." Kitty giggled. "Anyways, are you like, going with us Bryan?" Kitty asked him.

                Bryan frowned in confusion. "Kurt never told you? I'm getting a ride with him, suppose to pick up Samantha on the way there." Bryan informed her.

                "Oh, like. We better be on our way then." Kitty said, and with that Lance and Kitty were out of the room within moments.

                Just before Bryan went to find Kurt, Xavier summoned him. "Bryan, I'd like to talk to you about something." Xavier said.

                Bryan looked at him for a moment, and wondered if this was just another Scott discussion, or about his brothers. Xavier was a man who you could never read what he was thinking, or what he was about to say. "What do you want, Professor?" Bryan asked calmly.

                Xavier smiled. "I heard about your little run in with Scott. Just try to view it from his situation, and your brother was on the news, he was seen right outside of Bayville." Xavier added.

                Bryan just looked at him confused. "Uh. I guess I might see him, then." Bryan said, trying to put on a hopeful look, although if he saw him, he knows what it means.

                Xavier just nodded. "Well, you better be getting ready, then." Xavier went off, and Bryan went into his room to find Kurt.

                "Bluey, we gotta get going. We're going to be late." Bryan said.

                "Ja, I know. Vould you mind if I dropped you off at Samanthas? It vould probably be quicker if I could just pick up Amanda and then I vent back to pick you up." Kurt said, trying to explain it to Bryan, and Bryan actually preferred this.

                "Alright, I actually figure that I'm going to tell her, so I minds well just tell her then." Bryan said, and Kurt looked confused for a moment, then he understood.

                "Ja, I have a feeling that she already knows vhat you're going to say." Kurt said with a dry laugh.

                They had to hurry, and Kurt almost got stopped by a cop on the way, but luckily he just pulled over some other guy before he saw Kurt. It only took them a few minutes before they got there, and Kurt dropped him off. "Alright, I'll only be five minutes, psycho boy." Kurt said driving off the second Bryan got out of the car.

                Bryan gulped, and then walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. There was a large man waiting for him. "Yea?" He said.

                Bryan looked up to the man, trying to not show any fear, not that he feared anyone, but this time it was different for some odd reason. "I'm here to pick up Samantha." Bryan said.

                The man raised an eyebrow. "So you're the mutant that's taking out my daughter, if you do anything to hurt her, or if I find out that you've been using your mutant powers to persuade her, I've got a shotgun in here that will blow your ass to hell, understand?" Bryan shook his head.

                "Daddy!" Came the calm voice of Samantha. "Why do you always have to be so rude? Anyways, I have to go, bye!" She said and closed the door on him.

                He looked at her then. Long red dress, and he was in love, practically any time he gazed upon her, he had to actually watch himself to make sure he didn't drool.

                "So, where is Kurt?" Samantha asked.

                Bryan shook himself, still short on breathe from after seeing her. "He went to pick up Amanda. He'll be here in a few moments." Bryan explained.

                "Oh, we minds well just wait right by the street, then." She said walking up to the curb.

                "Samantha, you look very beautiful tonight." Bryan said, trying not to sound too cliché.

                She smiled warmly at him. "Thank you." And then Bryan sighed. "What's wrong?" She asked, wearing a puzzled look across her face.

                "Theirs something I need to tell you." Bryan said looking strait into her gorgeous eyes. "I am guessing you already know this, but you probably need confirmation anyways." He said slowly.

                He saw her eyes light up. "Yes?" She said curiously.

                "I am, Bryan Youngst." Bryan choked out.

                She shook her head. "Really? I had no clue at all!" She said sarcastically.

                Bryan had to laugh. "How long have you known? I guessed that you were suspicious, but didn't know if you knew for sure or not." Bryan said, feeling more than relieved that she wasn't making a large deal out of it.

                "Well, when Josh first said that we were doing the Youngst family, your eyes flipped up, not as if interested in it, but as… it's hard to explain. Then that guy appeared, I am guessing that was Simon?" She asked, and Bryan nodded. "Now I'm going to have nightmares. Anyways, a little later we got into this police thing, where they can draw what a guy will be like in five years, and Josh said that guy looked exactly like Simon. And when I did you, it looked a little like you, but not exactly. Then, in history the next period on your first day, practically everyone was choked up by that video we saw on your family, yet you appeared as though it meant nothing to you. Not to mention I saw Kurt's and Amara's glares towards you, they looked more like concerned looks, now why would they be giving you a concerned glare while watching that?" She said smiling at him.

                Bryan just kind of laughed. "Well, I don't need to hear the rest, I suppose. Anyways, it looks as though Kurt's here." He pointed to Kurt's '67 Impala.

                They got in the car, and thing's were pretty quiet along the way, Bryan guessed it was just because Amanda and Samantha didn't know who each other were, but the silence ended by the time they got to the dance.

                "So, you ready to have some fun?" Samantha asked Bryan with a wide grin.

                "Sure." Bryan replied with a smile.

                They went in there, and Bryan realized how horrible of a dancer he was, but when he saw that most of the other guys were just as bad as he was, he felt glad. However, Samantha only laughed at him.

                They eventually got near Kitty and Lance on the dance floor. "Like, told you it would be fun!" Kitty mocked.

                "Yup." Was all Bryan said, and they eventually got away from them as it was.

                When they took a break, they saw Josh and Sarah. "May I have a dance?" Sarah asked Samantha.

                "Sure." Samantha said giggling, and they ran out onto the gym.

                Josh and Bryan looked at each other in disbelief. "I think we just got dumped." Bryan said laughing.

                Josh laughed as well. "No kiddin'. You want to stand in line for pictures?" Josh asked Bryan.

                Bryan just nodded and they stood in line. It was five minutes before Samantha and Sarah returned. "Sorry." Samantha said, still giggling. "We just promised each other that we would dance, at least once." She said, showing a seducing smile.

                Bryan couldn't help but laugh. "I don't mind at all. Pictures?" He asked her.

                Samantha nodded. "Pretty much the only point of dances is to get pictures." Samantha said happily.

                They got their pictures, and thanks to the schools new instant policy, they picked them up not even fifteen minutes after they were taken. Then Kurt found them and told them it was about time to go, and that was when the lights suddenly went out.

                A man entered the room, and although it was too dark to see who it was, Bryan already knew who it was, and Simon knew where he was without being able to see him.

                "Brother, it's been far too long, I'd say it's about time for a family reunion?" Simons voice echoed throughout the gym, and before Bryan knew it, both Kurt and Kitty were right next to him.

                "Come on, Bryan. I know now, yet I always have known. It just hit me though; you're the reason for all the hunting, for all the endless nights. You're the one link for it all. Death, life, you could very well be god, for all I know. Let us fight, god. Let us see which has grown stronger. He haunts me, day and night, just for your happiness. When you are begging, we'll see how happy you are." Simon mocked.

                Bryan looked at Samantha, who looked at him with a look of fear in her eyes. He exchanged glances with Kurt and Kitty, and both of them looked more than a tad afraid, and he saw Kurt looking towards his girlfriend.

                "Are you afraid of keeping your identity hidden, Bryan Youngst? Come and fight! Coward, don't you understand that your death shall bring forth my resurrection? Don't you understand that your death shall bring forth all of their releases from this prison? They shall be one with the master, and the master shall make use of them as they were originally intended to be, as mere tools." Simon was now laughing, "I'll find you, and I've learned some new things as I've been away." Bryans face went white. Farther, he's gone even farther? "Of course I have, my caring brother. I learned the miraculous gift of healing, do you know how many times I could nearly kill these humans and bring them back only to repeat the process?" Simon said laughing even harder now.

                Bryan didn't know what he could do, and just when he was about to do something he heard a shout. "What kind of mutant are you, anyways?" That came from Lance. Oh god no. He thought he just heard it as well, but he now noticed that Kitty was searching frantically for Lance.

                Simon scowled at the comment. "You dare mistake me for some pathetic mutant? They are nothing to me! NOTHING!" He said letting himself go even farther. God, he does it without even thinking about it…

                "I am his assassin, I will kill all that stand in the way. Fight me, fight me. Mutants, nothing. I am not a tool, understand, child? I am your ancestor, yet I am far more advanced than you shall ever be! Mutants and humans alike judgment day is at hand, and you have yet to accept the inevitable facts that you are all dead, clinging to life for your lust of the other sex, take for granted that you will all have families to come home to. There are others in far worse situations than you, and yet you give them no pity, you laugh in their faces!" Simon said angrily 

                 Bryan couldn't take it anymore; he walked and stood right next to his brother. "What the hell is wrong with you? You are his assassin? You don't even care about the repercussions of going farther, do you?" Bryan said standing next to his brother, and Simon wore an awkward smile on himself.

                "Brother, dear Bryan. Mothers blood I still smell on you." Simon said, and Bryan let go a blast that was as powerful as he possibly could; yet it didn't even seem to faze him.

                Simon laughed at it. "How painful it must be. You told me you remembered every second of it, did you not?" Bryan nodded, in a defensive position. "That means you must remember how powerful you were, what you could have done to me. Even now, I'm still nothing to what you were, aren't I? In your dreams, it hurts, doesn't it? Every second you close your eyes, you feel the pain enter, yet you like it, don't you?" Simon said mockingly.

                Another blast came in the room, and knocked Simon strait through a wall, before Bryan even knew it, Jack was standing right next to him.

                "You always seemed to have nice timing." Bryan said to his brother.

                Jack looked at him oddly for a moment. "You really have changed, haven't you?" Bryan looked at him puzzled, and Jack just laughed. "This is my battle. I mean to finish it this time." Jack informed him.

                Bryan was only more confused by that. "Finish it? But theirs so many people around here…" Bryan said feeling sympathetic for everyone.

                "No need to worry, everyone has already been evacuated. I've made sure of that myself." Another blast came amongst the rubbles and Simon was now standing up.

                "Another family reunion, how lovely?" Said Simon mockingly.

                "This is it. This is the destination. This is where everything ends. Brother, two of us will met our end here, and I don't intend that being Bryan." Bryan looked at him hard now, and he didn't understand anything he was talking about.

                Simon looked around the room; many people had left through the exits, in fact the only ones that were there was Kitty, Kurt, and Lance. Bryan was glad that he didn't see Samantha anywhere around.

                "My dearest family. I send my condolences out to this school, this building is soon not to be here, this soul will no longer exist, and this world is about to be thrown into a state of oblivion, one way or the other." Bryan looked up at a smiling Simon, and realized what he was doing.

                "NO!" Bryan called out. "Don't you realize what your doing? Don't you understand what it means? It's NOT LIKE what you think it is! The pain is beyond anything even we should be able to withstand, and then mental strain is enough to cause a mental breakdown! Your not human anymore!" Bryan screamed at him.

                Simon only gawked at the warning. "Power is life, my youngest brother." And with that a light came from his stomach, and it began.

                "We've gotta get out of here, now!" Screamed Bryan. Jack already had blasted an exit through a door, and Kitty, Kurt, and Lance went bolting through the exit Jack made. Bryan noticed Jack staring a hole through Simon, and he walked out slowly, staring at Bryan every moment, with a distinct look of hatred in his eyes.

                They all met outside, and Kitty was talking to Xavier on her cell phone as they ran into them. "Like, Simon is here, and he's doing something like really freaky!" She said frantically.

                Bryan ran farther still, to find out where all the other students were, he found them shortly. "Samantha!" He said running after her.

                She looked genuinely happy to see them, although the rest of the individuals didn't. "Are you okay?" Was the first thing Samantha asked.

                Bryan nodded. "I'm fine, I just need you to get everyone out of here, now!" She shook her head no. "Samantha, I need you to go, now! This is very dangerous!" Bryan said.

                "I don't care, I'm going with you anyways!" She said bolting towards where Jack was.

                Bryan saw Jack staring at where the light was. "That must be painful." Jack commented, yet he wore the look of wondering.

                "Yeah, like how are we going to stop that?" Kitty said quickly. "Xavier will be here pretty shortly, too." She added quickly.

                "You three." He said pointing towards Kurt, Kitty and Lance. "Go drive everyone as far away from here as possible. They should be safe in the Institute." He said, and oddly enough, they complied.

                All that was left was him, Jack, and Samantha. "Jack, I know what you're planning…" Bryan started in slowly.

                "Look at him, feel his power. I know you can still do that. He's stronger, and he isn't even all that far yet. He's close, but he's still got a far ways to go before he gives it all up. I can catch him." Jack said assuring.

                Bryan looked at his brother, and nearly cried. "Jack, what about afterwards? You know what happens, you know what is going to happen, what am I going to do? What is anyone going to do?" Bryan said panicking.

                "My brother, may you live. If it must happen, then it must." Bryan blinked for a second, then he didn't remember anything.

**

                Bryan awoke, he wasn't sure how long he had been knocked out, but he noticed Scott and Jean standing right over him. "You okay?" Came Jeans sympathetic voice.

                Bryan shook his head, and then looked up at the sky, to see his brothers, or what was his brothers staring each other down. "I'm fine. But I'm afraid it's not going to be that way for long." Bryan commented. He looked over to see Samantha, who was still unconscious.

                "What happened?" Jean asked.

                "He knocked Samantha and I out. Jack did, anyways." Bryan said, looking up into the sky. "How long have I been out?" Bryan asked, his eyes not leaving the sky where his brothers floated above all.

                "We got here thirty minutes ago. I don't know how long you've been out, however." Entered Xavier's voice. With him followed Logan, Ororo, Rogue, and many other X-Men that he hardly knew.

                Bryan only looked at them for a short moment, however. As the battle picked up, it was only then did Bryan see what was going on. Jack had a strange blue aura surround him, and it grew. Bryan felt the power that was the final gift.  A seemingly endless amount of power, yet you can't feel the person. That wasn't Jack's plan however, and when it kept on growing and growing, Bryan saw.

                "We've gotta get away from here." Bryan said, suddenly afraid.

                "Bryan, what is Jack doing?" Xavier asked intently.

                Bryan just shook his head. "He's going to kill himself, let's get out of hear, now!" Bryan said running. He ran too slowly however, as the blast hit, and he was sent flying into the ground.

                Bryan looked up, and tried to feel something. He couldn't feel anything. He tried to feel something, anything. When he did, he felt a faint energy, and then it grew, and grew, and grew. Within a moment Jack was standing over him, tall and arrogant.

Scrawler- Glad your liking my story, I didn't even notice that error until you pointed it out to me, lol.

This chapter ends on a cliffhanger, so the next one will be posted very shortly, actually I'll probably just post them together. Hope you enjoy!