Title: Different Roads
Genre: X-Men
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from the X-Men, but I do own Cyrus Knight and Rose Falcon. Cyrus' powers are to the ability to shoot rapid optic blasts from his hands and fingertips and he can also fly. Rose has the ability to heal people. Cyrus, Bobby and Rose are 17. Angelo is 16, so is Rogue.
A/N – This is an alternate universe, where some X-Men have been aged and de- aged.
This is also my first fanfic, so please be kind. Constructive criticism is appreciated. Not the mean kind, please.
Chapter 3: Let the fun begin!
The students go to the carnival and stand outside the entrance.
"So, I guess I'll see all of you guys later." Angelo said and then walked in the carnival.
"Bob, am I going to walk around with you?" Cyrus asked.
"Of course, Cy." Bobby replied.
"Hey, wait a minute, we three always go with each other, and you're not leaving this time like last!" Rogue said and then the two boys laughed.
"Fine, Rogue, you can walk with us." Cyrus said.
Rose then walked up to Cyrus. "Is it OK if I go with you guys, too?" She asked with a cute look to her.
"Yeah." Cyrus said with a smile on his face.
Bobby then looked at Scott. "Yo, Scottie, want to come with us?" Bobby asked.
Scott smiled and replied with a "Yes, that'd be fun."
While everyone has been walking around for a while, they sit down on a bench.
"I'm starving!" Bobby cried out.
"Oh, go cry somewhere else, Drake." Rogue said with a smile on her face.
"I'm going to go get a bite to eat. Rogue, want to come and 'cry' with me?" Bobby asked.
"Yeah, I'd take a grab to eat." Rogue said and then looked at Scott. "Summers, want to come with?"
Scott looked up surprised she would ask that.
"Yeah, I'll go with you guys." Scott said.
Bobby, Rogue and Scott then stood up and went to get a bite to eat. Rose then looked at Cyrus.
"So, what do you want to do?" Rose asked.
"I don't know, how about you?" Cyrus asked with a smile.
Rose looked around and then saw a Ferris wheel.
"Want to go on that together, Cy?" Rose asked, her cheeks tinged pink.
Cyrus looked to see what she was talking about, after he saw what she was talking about; he got a smile cheek to cheek.
"I would love to—" Cyrus paused when he saw a couple of guys picking on Angelo in back.
Cyrus and Rose stand up and walk over to the guys picking on Angelo.
"Hey, guys, what's your problems?" Cyrus asked pushing the bullies away from Angelo.
"Nothing is our problem, we just want to enjoy ourselves when we go to the carnival. And when we want to enjoy ourselves we don't want to see a mutie like this freak!" The bully said.
"What's your name?" Cyrus asked.
"Tom, why do you ask?" Tom asked.
"Well, Tom, let me tell you something; even if he is a mutant he isn't hurting you. He's here for the same reason you are, and that is to have fun. And if there is any freaks around here, it would be you because you're the one with the problem." Cyrus said.
"No one… and I mean NO ONE talks to me like that!" Tom said and then swung to punch Cyrus in the face, but Cyrus ducked and kicked Tom behind his knees so he falls down. Angelo then gets in front of Cyrus, and Rose has her hands on his right arm, trying to hold him back. Tom then stood up and looked at Angelo.
"Get out of my way, freak!" Tom said and grabs Angelo's arms to push him away, but Angelo's skin stretches and Tom's face has a shocked look to it. Then he yelled "MUTANTS!!" And everyone looks around wondering where.
Angelo then pushes down Tom and looked around. Just then a tongue wrapped around Angelo's ankle and whips him into and carnival game stand and Angelo gets knocked unconscious. Cyrus looked around to see who did that, then Toad jumps down to reveal himself.
"Toad?!" Rose said and looked at Toad, ready to dodge if he would whip out his tongue out at her.
"Hey, what's all that noise…?" Bobby said with scared sound to him.
Rogue looked around and saw Cyrus and Rose facing Toad.
"Bob, it's Toad!" She pointed and Bobby looked and his jaw dropped. He then looked at Scott.
"Well Scott, here's your first battle while being an X-Men." Bobby said.
Scott stood up, put his visor on and ran over to Toad and taking a shot at him. Toad jumps out of the way just in time and stands on top of a pole, looking down.
"A new one?" Toad asked himself while he looked at Scott.
Cyrus then started to fly up towards Toad, but then got blasted with a block of energy. He then flew on the ground, bounced once or twice, and lay there.
"Cyrus!" Rose cried out.
Bobby and Rogue then ran over on both sides of Scott. Scott then looks past Bobby's side and sees an old friend.
"Jean?!" Scott said.
Jean looked at Scott, wondering if it was really he. "Scott, is that you?" Jean said with a shock look to her.
Scott starts walking towards Jean. Jean looks at Scott in the eye and then she gets a grin on her face.
"Jean, what are you doing here?" Scott asked.
Jean doesn't reply to his question. Instead she picks up Scott with her power and throws him into a pole and Scott's back slams into it and he falls on the ground.
Bobby looks at Scott lying on the ground then looked at Jean.
"You witch!" Bobby said and then put out his hand to use his powers, but Rogue stops him.
Rose starts to run over to heal Cyrus, but a metal pole goes and wraps around Rose and she falls on the ground. Then a mutant flies down from the sky and stands in front of Bobby and Rogue.
"Magneto, what do you want now?" Rogue asked with an annoyed look on her face.
"Why, mostly the usual, young one." Magneto said and then looked around to see that everyone is knocked out except for Rogue and Bobby. "Well, my work here is done. Let this be a message to Charles that we be hunting all of you down."
Then Magneto, Jean and Toad left, leaving the X-Men a message they'll never forget.