The past five years were full of victories and defeats for the
Brotherhood, and it wasn't just because of battles with the X-men either.
It seems that Xavier had been busy recruiting other mutants for his cause
of co-existence between humans and mutants. He had gotten the Canadian
Logan and the African goddess Ororo Monroe while Magneto was collecting
Nightcrawler who in turn got Colossus on their side. Some of the people
Xavier had been able to get could have really helped in the Brotherhood's
cause.
Nightcrawler assured Magneto often, mostly after a defeat from the X- men; that it was all right that the ones they had been able to recruit were enough to fight for their just cause. They had been able to collect Toad, Blob, Lorelei, Mastermind, Unus, Colossus, and the twins Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, who did not know that Magneto was their father.
Nevertheless, Magneto felt that he needed a better assurance that they would be able to win the war when it was all said and done. He pointed out that in the battles they had with the X-men, the X-men had been able to defeat them quite easily with their majority of strong mutants. Magneto planned on making an alliance with Mystique to build up their forces together to fight the X-men.
So here Nightcrawler was, in the kitchen with his friend Colossus cooking dinner for the two teams that would be dining together in a few more hours. Stooping over, he opened the door to the oven and he lightly poked each five-pound turkey with the tip of his tail. Sighing, he stood up and shut the oven, shaking his head.
"Look at us, Colossus! Two strong varriors like us vearing aprons und baking bread like old maids!" he said, his tail flicking to one side in disgust. Laughing, Colossus slapped Nightcrawler upside the head with a wet rag.
"You're one to talk, Nightcrawler! I've been doing all of the cooking and baking so far!" Rubbing the back of his head, Nightcrawler swung his tail at Colossus and he missed.
"I have been vorking on zhe stew!" he said, pointing to the large black pot. "It is not an easy task, mein freund! I am using Margali's recipe und it is a very delicate zhing to make I assure you!" Colossus rolled his eyes and gave up, going back to rolling out the dough for dinner rolls.
A while later, Mystique and her group arrived at their headquarters. Her group consisted of Destiny, Avalanche, Pyro, and her adopted Rogue. When everyone sat down at the table, Toad nudged Nightcrawler and pointed to the stripe in Rogue's hair. The two were forced to hide their mouths with their hands to try and calm down their snickering.
"I'm really curious about this alliance you're proposing. I mean you don't really have anything to offer my team." Mystique said. Nightcrawler shot to his feet, his tail lashing around wildly. He opened his mouth to say something nasty when Scarlet Witch took him by the elbow and pulled him back down lightly, shaking her head.
Mystique looked over at Nightcrawler and her eyes sparkled with unknown emotion. She gave him a scornful smile and turned to Magneto, pointing to Nightcrawler with one red fingernail.
"You see? Even your followers are unrestrained with you right here to witness see it for yourself!" She said. "Tell me again why we should join together?"
"Nightcrawler is simply loyal to my cause in an extreme way, which I for one happen to think a noble and useful attribute about him." Magneto said, giving Nightcrawler a warning glance to keep him quiet. "As for our battles with the X-men, you've lost many battles with them too, despite Destiny's powers of seeing the future." Mystique's cheeks turned purple as she narrowed her eyes into yellow slits.
As the leaders started to argue and deal back and forth, the others started to eat and talk together quietly. Nightcrawler was quiet, leaning forward slightly as he listened intently to everything Magneto and Mystique said to each other.
"Pass the taters?" Breaking out of his trance, Nightcrawler turned his head and found himself looking at Rogue. Seeing the confused look on Nightcrawler's face, she pointed to the bowl of mashed potatoes that was near him.
"Pass those over?" she asked, arching an eyebrow slightly. Shaking his head to clear it, Nightcrawler used his tail and handed it over to her, turning back to the conversation between Mystique and Magneto at once. Rogue laughed softly as she scooped some out onto her plate.
"Tha' thin' mus' be real useful in battles huh?" she asked, looking up at him as she poured some gravy over them. Nightcrawler gave up trying to hear them and he turned to her nodding.
"It helps me use mein third rapier." He said, pouring himself a bowl of the stew. He looked up at her and offered her some with the ladle. She held up her bowl and he poured some in.
"Vhat is your power any vay?" he asked, starting to eat.
"Ah kin take other mutant's powahs." She said with a shrug. "Ah can' touch any'un because o' tha' too. Et sucks really." She sighed, holding up a gloved hand to show him. Kurt tilted his head to one side as he thought about it.
"Do you control vhat you take?" he asked, breaking a farl in half and dipping it into the stew.
"Nah, et doesn' las' too long either." She said. "Ah'm not sure 'ow et works exactly." She admitted. Kurt took a bite from his farl as he thought about it and he smiled faintly.
"Do you zhink zhat if you held on long enough, it vould stay vith you?" he asked, arching an eyebrow faintly.
"No, wot ar' ya gittin' at?" Rogue asked. Nightcrawler smiled and pointed to Mystique.
"Tell your mutter zhat if she joins us, I may have a vay to help you get your own abilities permanently." He said. Rogue looked at him curiously, half out of her seat all ready.
"Wot do ya have up yer sleeve?" she asked. Nightcrawler smirked and wagged his tail at her.
"I vill only say once your mutter joins us!" he said. Laughing softly, Rogue walked up to Mystique and whispered in her ear. Mystique looked from her adopted daughter to Nightcrawler with narrowed eyes.
"What do you have in mind for my daughter, Nightcrawler?" she asked. Nightcrawler calmly used the other half of his farl to soak up the remains of his stew before he spoke to her.
"Ve are planning on performing a sneak attack on zhe Avengers." He explained. "One of zheir members, Marvel Girl is new und she is not very good in battle but, she is strong und can fly. I have a plan zhat vill give Rogue zhese powers permanently but you must join zhe ranks of zhe Brotherhood to get it." He added, narrowing his eyes a bit.
"Please, mama? 'is plan could work." Rogue prodded, nudging her mother lightly with an elbow. Mystique sighed softly and she thought it over, finally turning to Magneto.
"We'll join you, but if Nightcrawler's plan should fail, we have the right to leave at once." She said, holding out her hand. Nodding Magneto took her hand and they shook on it.
After dinner, Nightcrawler took it upon himself to show Rogue her new room. He laughed softly and hopped up the stairs talking to her freely now that the worry about getting new members was over.
"You vill like your room." He assured her, looking over his shoulder as he leapt up onto a ladder. "It is nice und cool in zhe summer und varm in zhe vinter. I use zhe bedroom next to it so zhat you vill not have to vorry about getting lost or anyzhing like zhat vith me!" Rogue laughed, following him and shaking her head.
"Wot made ye so 'appy all o' a sudden?" she asked, sitting down on her new bed. Nightcrawler shrugged, opening the curtains to show her the full view of the night sky. "At dinnah ye were all sullen an' quiet."
"I am only serious vhen business is needed to be made." He said simply. "Vhen zhere is none, I can be quite zhe party animal!" he laughed.
"'ow long 'ave ye been wi' Magneto?" Rogue asked.
"Five years." Nightcrawler said, not even needing to think about it. "Und zhose five years have been vonderful for me." He added with a toothy grin as he perched on a chair beside her bed.
"How long have you been vith Mystique?" he asked, tilting his head to one side. Rogue looked up at the ceiling for a moment, thinking for a moment.
"Since Ah was fifteen so. . .'bout ten years Ah've been wi' 'er." She said finally with a smile. Looking down, she frowned slightly and looked back at Nightcrawler. "Wot made ye join Magneto?" she asked.
"Vhy do you ask?" Nightcrawler asked.
"Soomethin' tells me yer scars on yer legs ar' the reason." She explained pointing to them calmly. Nightcrawler looked down at his feet and he shrugged, telling her his story as if it bored him.
When he finished, he flicked his tail faintly and looked out the window for a moment before he turned back to Rogue.
"Und you? Vhy did you go to Mystique?" he asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Ah ran away from 'ome." Rogue explained. "Mah daddy was always beatin' me. Et was tha', an' Ah kissed a boy an' put 'im in a coma." She added with a wince. Nightcrawler smiled and wagged his tail at her calmly.
"Don't you vorry about zhat. I am sure ve vill be able to find a vay to help vith zhat little problem in time. Tomorrow, ve vill get you your own powers!" he said, standing up. "Guten Nacht." He said before teleporting out of her room.
Nightcrawler stayed up most of the night, writing out and mapping out his plan to help Rogue get her own powers from one of the Avengers. Calmly, he circled Marvel Girl's name and he smirked, finishing his plans up for the next day.
Nightcrawler assured Magneto often, mostly after a defeat from the X- men; that it was all right that the ones they had been able to recruit were enough to fight for their just cause. They had been able to collect Toad, Blob, Lorelei, Mastermind, Unus, Colossus, and the twins Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, who did not know that Magneto was their father.
Nevertheless, Magneto felt that he needed a better assurance that they would be able to win the war when it was all said and done. He pointed out that in the battles they had with the X-men, the X-men had been able to defeat them quite easily with their majority of strong mutants. Magneto planned on making an alliance with Mystique to build up their forces together to fight the X-men.
So here Nightcrawler was, in the kitchen with his friend Colossus cooking dinner for the two teams that would be dining together in a few more hours. Stooping over, he opened the door to the oven and he lightly poked each five-pound turkey with the tip of his tail. Sighing, he stood up and shut the oven, shaking his head.
"Look at us, Colossus! Two strong varriors like us vearing aprons und baking bread like old maids!" he said, his tail flicking to one side in disgust. Laughing, Colossus slapped Nightcrawler upside the head with a wet rag.
"You're one to talk, Nightcrawler! I've been doing all of the cooking and baking so far!" Rubbing the back of his head, Nightcrawler swung his tail at Colossus and he missed.
"I have been vorking on zhe stew!" he said, pointing to the large black pot. "It is not an easy task, mein freund! I am using Margali's recipe und it is a very delicate zhing to make I assure you!" Colossus rolled his eyes and gave up, going back to rolling out the dough for dinner rolls.
A while later, Mystique and her group arrived at their headquarters. Her group consisted of Destiny, Avalanche, Pyro, and her adopted Rogue. When everyone sat down at the table, Toad nudged Nightcrawler and pointed to the stripe in Rogue's hair. The two were forced to hide their mouths with their hands to try and calm down their snickering.
"I'm really curious about this alliance you're proposing. I mean you don't really have anything to offer my team." Mystique said. Nightcrawler shot to his feet, his tail lashing around wildly. He opened his mouth to say something nasty when Scarlet Witch took him by the elbow and pulled him back down lightly, shaking her head.
Mystique looked over at Nightcrawler and her eyes sparkled with unknown emotion. She gave him a scornful smile and turned to Magneto, pointing to Nightcrawler with one red fingernail.
"You see? Even your followers are unrestrained with you right here to witness see it for yourself!" She said. "Tell me again why we should join together?"
"Nightcrawler is simply loyal to my cause in an extreme way, which I for one happen to think a noble and useful attribute about him." Magneto said, giving Nightcrawler a warning glance to keep him quiet. "As for our battles with the X-men, you've lost many battles with them too, despite Destiny's powers of seeing the future." Mystique's cheeks turned purple as she narrowed her eyes into yellow slits.
As the leaders started to argue and deal back and forth, the others started to eat and talk together quietly. Nightcrawler was quiet, leaning forward slightly as he listened intently to everything Magneto and Mystique said to each other.
"Pass the taters?" Breaking out of his trance, Nightcrawler turned his head and found himself looking at Rogue. Seeing the confused look on Nightcrawler's face, she pointed to the bowl of mashed potatoes that was near him.
"Pass those over?" she asked, arching an eyebrow slightly. Shaking his head to clear it, Nightcrawler used his tail and handed it over to her, turning back to the conversation between Mystique and Magneto at once. Rogue laughed softly as she scooped some out onto her plate.
"Tha' thin' mus' be real useful in battles huh?" she asked, looking up at him as she poured some gravy over them. Nightcrawler gave up trying to hear them and he turned to her nodding.
"It helps me use mein third rapier." He said, pouring himself a bowl of the stew. He looked up at her and offered her some with the ladle. She held up her bowl and he poured some in.
"Vhat is your power any vay?" he asked, starting to eat.
"Ah kin take other mutant's powahs." She said with a shrug. "Ah can' touch any'un because o' tha' too. Et sucks really." She sighed, holding up a gloved hand to show him. Kurt tilted his head to one side as he thought about it.
"Do you control vhat you take?" he asked, breaking a farl in half and dipping it into the stew.
"Nah, et doesn' las' too long either." She said. "Ah'm not sure 'ow et works exactly." She admitted. Kurt took a bite from his farl as he thought about it and he smiled faintly.
"Do you zhink zhat if you held on long enough, it vould stay vith you?" he asked, arching an eyebrow faintly.
"No, wot ar' ya gittin' at?" Rogue asked. Nightcrawler smiled and pointed to Mystique.
"Tell your mutter zhat if she joins us, I may have a vay to help you get your own abilities permanently." He said. Rogue looked at him curiously, half out of her seat all ready.
"Wot do ya have up yer sleeve?" she asked. Nightcrawler smirked and wagged his tail at her.
"I vill only say once your mutter joins us!" he said. Laughing softly, Rogue walked up to Mystique and whispered in her ear. Mystique looked from her adopted daughter to Nightcrawler with narrowed eyes.
"What do you have in mind for my daughter, Nightcrawler?" she asked. Nightcrawler calmly used the other half of his farl to soak up the remains of his stew before he spoke to her.
"Ve are planning on performing a sneak attack on zhe Avengers." He explained. "One of zheir members, Marvel Girl is new und she is not very good in battle but, she is strong und can fly. I have a plan zhat vill give Rogue zhese powers permanently but you must join zhe ranks of zhe Brotherhood to get it." He added, narrowing his eyes a bit.
"Please, mama? 'is plan could work." Rogue prodded, nudging her mother lightly with an elbow. Mystique sighed softly and she thought it over, finally turning to Magneto.
"We'll join you, but if Nightcrawler's plan should fail, we have the right to leave at once." She said, holding out her hand. Nodding Magneto took her hand and they shook on it.
After dinner, Nightcrawler took it upon himself to show Rogue her new room. He laughed softly and hopped up the stairs talking to her freely now that the worry about getting new members was over.
"You vill like your room." He assured her, looking over his shoulder as he leapt up onto a ladder. "It is nice und cool in zhe summer und varm in zhe vinter. I use zhe bedroom next to it so zhat you vill not have to vorry about getting lost or anyzhing like zhat vith me!" Rogue laughed, following him and shaking her head.
"Wot made ye so 'appy all o' a sudden?" she asked, sitting down on her new bed. Nightcrawler shrugged, opening the curtains to show her the full view of the night sky. "At dinnah ye were all sullen an' quiet."
"I am only serious vhen business is needed to be made." He said simply. "Vhen zhere is none, I can be quite zhe party animal!" he laughed.
"'ow long 'ave ye been wi' Magneto?" Rogue asked.
"Five years." Nightcrawler said, not even needing to think about it. "Und zhose five years have been vonderful for me." He added with a toothy grin as he perched on a chair beside her bed.
"How long have you been vith Mystique?" he asked, tilting his head to one side. Rogue looked up at the ceiling for a moment, thinking for a moment.
"Since Ah was fifteen so. . .'bout ten years Ah've been wi' 'er." She said finally with a smile. Looking down, she frowned slightly and looked back at Nightcrawler. "Wot made ye join Magneto?" she asked.
"Vhy do you ask?" Nightcrawler asked.
"Soomethin' tells me yer scars on yer legs ar' the reason." She explained pointing to them calmly. Nightcrawler looked down at his feet and he shrugged, telling her his story as if it bored him.
When he finished, he flicked his tail faintly and looked out the window for a moment before he turned back to Rogue.
"Und you? Vhy did you go to Mystique?" he asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Ah ran away from 'ome." Rogue explained. "Mah daddy was always beatin' me. Et was tha', an' Ah kissed a boy an' put 'im in a coma." She added with a wince. Nightcrawler smiled and wagged his tail at her calmly.
"Don't you vorry about zhat. I am sure ve vill be able to find a vay to help vith zhat little problem in time. Tomorrow, ve vill get you your own powers!" he said, standing up. "Guten Nacht." He said before teleporting out of her room.
Nightcrawler stayed up most of the night, writing out and mapping out his plan to help Rogue get her own powers from one of the Avengers. Calmly, he circled Marvel Girl's name and he smirked, finishing his plans up for the next day.