FYI:

~Personal Thoughts~

~"Inner Voices"~

ESP

%The Written Word%

[Flashback]

"Normal Conversation (Duh)"

* Com Link or Telephone *

*Sound Effects (usually just Kurt's popping)

ROGUE

"If I were you, I wouldn't bother calling again." Ah walked inta the room just as Logan hung up on somebody.

"Who ya talkin' ta?"

"Telemarketer. Something you need, Stripes?" Ah backed up tawards the door realizin' how dumb of meh it was ta even think 'bout askin' Logan if there'd been any mail for meh.

"Um…no. Ah was just…ya know…wanderin' 'round."

"Thought you went to the movies with the others?" He gave meh a sideways glance as Ah kept retreatin' for the door.

"Ah decided not ta go. Wasn't all that interested in seein' some chick flick." ~This is pathetic! Ya're cowerin' in front of Logan, the man ya get away with callin' 'Wolvie' for God's sake!~

~"Yeah, like Mister Logan is just like a big over stuffed teddy bear. Like he's such a softie."~

~Ah know, Ah know, but Ah am not gonna tell him Ah'm waitin' on mail from Remy.~

~"Y' embarrassed of Remy, Chére? Y' wound Remy real bad."~

"I thought they went to see a horror film?"

"Um…yeah. What did Ah say?"

"A chick flick." He kept glarin' at meh as Ah stumbled for a response.

"Silly meh. Well, Ah gotta get goin'…" Ah briskly walked down the hall away from Logan so he couldn't ask meh anymore questions that Ah'd end up either lying ta him or tellin' him somethin' Ah'd regret later. Ah glanced back over mah shoulder ta see if he had decided ta follow meh an' breathed a sigh of relief when Ah saw he hadn't. Ah ran smack straight inta someone though 'cause Ah hadn't been watching where Ah was going.

"Are you alright?" Ah looked up from the floor ta see Mister McCoy standin' over meh. Ah took his hand as he helped meh back ta mah feet.

"Yeah, Ah'm fine." I brushed mahself off as Ah went ta leave again.

"Rogue!"
"Um, yeah?"

"This came for you today." He held up an envelope that had no return address on it an' it took all mah will power ta not grab it from him an' jump up an' down like Kitty would have.

"Oh, thanks." He handed it ta meh an' headed back ta the elevator ta do God knows what in the Med Lab. ~Finally, his letter came.~ After gettin' the first letter from Remy Ah'd been anxiously waitin' for a second one. Ah'd finally given up thinkin' that it had been a one-time deal as a nicety. Ah raced back up ta mah room an' shut the door behind meh. Ah sat down on mah bed an' eagerly tore open the envelope. Ah pulled out the letter an' read it over an' over again. ~He's so conceited! Ah can't believe him.~ Ah shook mah head as Ah read through the list of adjectives he used ta describe himself. ~Huh, Ah didn't know that Piotr had a li'l sister. Why didn't ya tell meh that, Petey?~

~"Did not think it mattered."~

~Yeah, well, Ah think if Kurt forgot ta mention meh as family, Ah'd be a li'l upset.~

Ah kept readin' the letter as it's attitude took a quick dip ta a sour note. ~Yikes! He doesn't sound the least bit happy ta be with his family. Poor guy…wait a minute! Isn't Julien the guy who tried ta kill us? That's his brother-in-law! Ya've got ta be kiddin' meh. No wonder this marriage isn't workin'.~

As Ah read the final paragraph Ah had ta laugh. ~He's as bad as meh, hidin' the letters so no one knows. We're both worse then li'l kids who have a crush.~

Ah kept grinnin' as Ah read through the P.S.'s. ~He's such a goon with those 'One Week' lyrics. It's funny though, it was a week before he wrote his letter that Ah wrote mine tellin' him he was crazy. Guess, he actually read it.~ Ah smirked slightly at the thought that Remy was actually takin' the time ta read mah letters an' not just toss 'em aside. ~Oh, he's so conceited! Ah can't believe he wrote that!~ Ah had read the next line he had written in response ta mah song lyric, but quickly dismissed those thoughts as Ah read the last one. ~That's sweet. It's flirty, and silly, an' completely one hundred percent Remy.~

Just as Ah finished readin' the letter an' had stashed it away in a drawer with the last one, Betsy came strollin' in. "Luv, that was the best movie ever! I can't believe you didn't want to go see 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'." (A/N: Haven't see it yet. *Frown. And yes it's out now, in November not April but oh well.)

"Ah saw the original an' it wasn't all that great."

"Luv, forget the original, this is a remake. Remakes are always better!"

"Not always."

"Tell me one that isn't."

"Ah don't know. Ah can't think of one off the top of mah head but there are some that really suck."

"Fine, you win, luv. I'll never be able to win an argument with you." Ah looked up at her an' smirked. She kinda grimaced though.

"What's with ya?"

"You…you…you just looked a lot like…like Remy."

"Ah what?!?!"

"I don't know, luv. It's just when you grinned like that it reminded me of the way, well, the way Remy did when he knew he'd won a battle of the wits." Ah frowned at the thought of lookin' like Remy. ~Not exactly somethin' Ah want right now. Never a good thin' ta look like ya ex-boyfriend.~

~"Is dat what Remy is? Y' ex now?"~

~What else would ya have meh call him? We're not datin' that's for sure.~

"Rogue…"

"Yeah, what is it?"

"It's okay you know. It was a silly thing for me to compare the two of you…you're nothing alike." She was tryin' desperately ta make up for upsettin' meh.

"It's cool, Bets. Ah'm fine, really." Ah gave her a grin an' she smiled back.

"So what did you do while we were gone?"

"Not much. Just walked 'round enjoyin' the peace an' quiet." She rolled her eyes as she got ready for bed.

"You and your peace and quiet. Don't you ever get tired of that? Me, I'd need some action going on almost constant."

"Well, you'll find that here. Between the fightin' an' the new students causin' chaos 'round every turn, it's action non stop."

Ah never found time ta answer Remy's letter until a few days later. An' even then Ah couldn't write much.

%Thursday, April 29, 2004

Dear Remy,

Sorry it's taken me so long to respond to your letter. Things here have been complete and total chaos. Things have started to pick up again in our fight against Apocalypse so they've got us on constant alert. My minds starting to get fried from all the extra training we've had to go through. Just yesterday Scott thought he'd try and throw me off guard by making me fight an android of you. Claimed that Apocalypse could control anybody if he wanted to and that we should be prepared to fight the people we thought we could trust. Nothing personal, but I took the android's head off in one minute and thirty-seven seconds. Yeah, they were timing me. Well, needless to say I passed Scott's inspection despite the fact that he thought I'd freeze when I was forced to fight you. Let's just say that Jamie and I got our revenge by making him fight Jean. He got his ass wiped across the Danger Room floor. Still puts me in a good mood when I think about it. Bet you didn't know that Jamie was a genius when it comes to programming Danger Room sessions. Logan's got him doing the programming for him and one time Jamie put Bobby, Ray, Roberto, Amara, and Sam through a living hell as payback. Kid's got guts, that's for sure.

I wish I could tell you what to do about your situation. I honestly can't tell you Remy, never been married before. Well, that and I've never been forced to make a relationship work for fear of losing my life. I just don't even know what to say.

Uh oh. Alarms are going off. Gotta go something must have happened.

Rogue%

Ah raced down ta the planning Room where the rest of the X-Men were gatherin'. The professor looked really upset 'bout somethin' an' Jean looked even more worried. Mesmero was sittin' there an' they seemed ta be interrogatin' him. ~What's goin' on? What am Ah missin' here?~

"Apocalypse will trigger the X-Genes in the normal population, and most will transform into mutants. Many will not survive. I have said too much. The wrath of Apocalypse is—"1

"You should not worry about your allegiance to Apocalypse any more." The professor frowned before speakin' ta all of us as a group. "I will leave for Egypt to hopefully talk with Apocalypse." The professor's words hit everybody full force causin' instant silence then an outbreak of talkin'.

"Ja got to be nuts!"

"Like Apocalypse isn't the kind of guy who'll like talk things out."

"Professor, I can't let you do this!" Jean's outburst caused everyone else ta get silent.

"Jean, this is something that must be done. We are the X-Men and we always look for a peaceful solution before we jump to fighting." Logan growled in disapproval at the professor's statement.

"I think the kids are right, Chuck."

"We must try our other options first." The professor wheeled away with Storm silently following him. Jean ran after them as the rest of us stood in stunned silence.

"Alright, bubs. Go suit up and be on stand by." Logan apparently didn't have all that much faith in the professor's plan as we all left for the locker rooms.

I changed into mah uniform an' grabbed mah bomber jacket an' began fillin' the pockets with playin' cards. "Um…Rogue?"

"Yeah."

"Like what's with all the cards?" Ah sighed at Kitty's question. ~What is it with all these cards. Nothin's gonna happen so Ah'm just bein' paranoid.~

"Just in case. Wouldn't want ta run out in the middle of a fight." Ah gave her a weak smile, which she returned.

"I like keep forgetting that you can like use all our powers. You'll like really kick Apocalyptic butt!"

"That's if we go, luv." Betsy, the realist; thank God for her sometimes.

We all sat on edge in the plannin' room as we waited for the eventual confrontation between the professor an' Apocalypse. Ah was gettin' ta be really edgy as we waited an' without realizin' it Ah'd pulled out a deck of cards an' had begun ta shuffle 'em. "Rogue?"

"What is it, Bets?" Ah was irritated that everybody seemed ta be startin' their conversations with meh that way.

"You're shuffling." Ah looked down at mah hands an' immediately stopped mid-shuffle litterin' the floor in playin' cards. Ah bent down ta pick 'em up as Logan watched meh cautiously.

It was extremely early Friday mornin' before anythin' they reached Egypt. We were watching a video link that Beast had pulled up for us. Apocalypse rose up from one of his domes to face the professor. His appearance had changed dramatically—he looked more like a robot then a livin' bein' now.

"Oh man, look at him!" Kurt seemed ta sum up what all of us were feelin' as we all watched in horror as the professor an' Storm faced the same fate as Magneto. Most of the girls burst into tears as Ah sat there feelin' pure hatred an' anger. ~First he uses meh, an' now he hurts mah friends an' family. He's dead.~ No one felt like leavin' the plannin' room so for the most part we all sat down wallowin' in sorrow an' in mah case, hatred. Jean ran out of the room in tears as Scott chased after her in an attempt to comfort her.

Later that afternoon, Miss Frost came back down ta the plannin' room with a man in tow. Logan attacked him almost immediately. "What do you think you're doing, Fury?"

"I'm here to stop Apocalypse." He turned his attention ta Beast then. "Pull up an image of the Sphinx." Beast complied an' we all watched as Sentinels attacked the dome.

"You resurrected the Sentinel program? What the hell were you thinking?" Ah shut out their arguin' as Ah watched the Sentinels attack the domes. As we all watched we saw an openin' in the dome an' ta everyone's surprise an' horror, out walked Magneto, Mystique, the professor, an' Storm. Ah gaped when Ah saw that the professor was walkin' but Kurt seemed more amazed that our mother was there.

"Meine mother…vhat happened to zem?" Beast frowned at this change of events as Magneto began ta literally pull the Sentinels apart with his powers.

"The flying horsemen…this isn't a good sign." We watched as the four of them departed after the last of the Sentinels had been destroyed.

"Where are they goin'?"

Fury answered by pullin' up pictures of other Sentinel's attacking the other domes. "Those were just the decoys. We have others that should destroy the domes and the pyramids before they can protect them."

"Well, let's not take any chances." Logan assumed leadership in that one an' single instant an' all of us snapped ta attention as he barked out orders. "Kitty, Jean, Beast, and myself will be field leaders. Pick the best teams you can to fight your specific foe. Kitty, you'll be facing Magneto in Mexico. Here's a hint…don't pick your tin boyfriend to get squashed like a can. Jean you'll be facing the professor in Egypt. Beast, you'll take the team to China to face Storm. I'll take my team inside the Sphinx to face Apocalypse and Mystique." We all stood watchin' as he began tickin' off the leaders an' their missions. "I want you kids to get in touch with anyone and everyone who can help—the Morlocks, the Brotherhood, anyone."

Betsy, Kitty, an' Kurt all left ta get in touch with other allies as the others left ta get ready. Ah turned ta go with 'em when Logan grabbed mah shoulder. "I've got a special mission for you, Kid." ~No, please don't ask meh ta talk ta Remy. Ah can't do it!~ "I want you to take the Texan with you to find that Leech kid."

"Wolvie, he's just a kid. Ya can't ask him ta fight!"

"I'm not. I want you to fight for him. His powers can shut down Apocalypse long enough for us to beat him." Ah nodded as Ah went ta leave an' find Sam. Ah sighed in relief as soon as Ah was out of earshot.

~"Why don' y' want t' talk t' Remy?"~

~Might have somethin' ta do with the fact that it's usually a li'l tough ta talk ta an ex.~

Kitty returned a half an hour later with Wanda in tow. Turned out the rest of the Brotherhood wasn't ta interested in whether or not the whole world suddenly became full of mutants. Kurt returned with Evan who looked slightly panicky over his Aunt's new job. Betsy got off the phone with a promise from her brother to meet them in Egypt along with a promise from Angel to meet us as well. Scott too had made a call to his brother.

Within hours they were ready ta leave on their separate missions, but Sam an' Ah had already left in search of Dorian Leech. S.H.I.E.L.D. provided us all with heli-jets since we simply did not have enough jets of our own for this many teams.

NIGHTCRAWLER

Logan, Scott, and I landed outside of ze Sphinx and slowly descended inside. Logan vas talking to everyone via ze com links as ve moved ahead.

"Okay teams, this is it…Everything you've ever learned about yourselves, your strengths, and your limits…it all comes down to this very moment. We're the world's last, best hope to stop this madman. So we're going to trash those pyramids any way we can! No matter who we gotta go through to do it."2 ~Ze last big pep talk before ze big battle. How encouraging. Zis is to much of a reminder zough of how ve have to face ze ones ve care about. Just like Rogue did vhen Scott forced her to fight Remy. Only vish I could do zat.~

COLOSSUS

We arrived in Egypt. The team I was on consisted of Jean, Magma, Boom Boom, Multiple, Brian, and myself. We stepped off the heli-jet to find the professor destroying the sentinels. ~This isn't going to be easy.~

"Alright, lets do this." Tabitha clenched her fists producing a giant bomb. "Here, tin grin. Shot-put this wrecking ball up to that guy."3 I took the bomb she created and hurled it at the professor hitting him head on. ~Forgive me, Professor.~

Brian and Amara attacked the pyramid anyway they could think of while Jean tried to attack the professor in a psychic battle. Jamie began to multiply as Tabitha provided him with ammo to use on the professor. He became distracted giving me a chance to attack the pyramid. I felt myself go weak though when I was attacked from behind and remember nothing more.

PSYLOCKE

We were in Mexico and boy did I ever wish it was for a vacation. As soon as Kitty, Warren, Alex, Wanda, Roberto, and myself stepped out of the heli-jet we found ourselves having metal thrown at us courtesy of Magneto. ~Great, just great. Finally get to hang out with my own personal angel, very hot angel at that, and it's spent saving the world from a raving lunatic!~ Magneto rebuilt one of the Sentinels and sent it after us making it our first priority to beat rather than the pyramid. I watched as the top lifted into the air and beam of psychic energy connected the base with the top way up in the upper atmosphere. ~Not good.~

"We've got to stop that energy!" I created a sword with my own psychic energy and went to attack the pyramid head on. I was hit from behind with a large piece of busted up Sentinel and down for the count.

SPYKE (Yes, a spyke-eye view just like in 'Spyke Cam')

~Aunti O! Why'd this have to happen?~ We arrived in China to find my aunt defeating a bunch of Sentinels. Beast, Beserker, and Iceman were all with me. It didn't help much though that I had to try and fight my own aunt. Ray attacked her electrically but she seemed almost to absorb it and use it against him.

"Stop it man, she's my aunt."

"Yeah, well, she's also the enemy now."

GAMBIT

I was walking t'wards de bar dat I'd been hanging out in lately. It was a regular meeting place for de guilds so de didn' mind serving t' minors, especially one who was de son of a guild leader. ~It's been t' long. I shoulda gotten anot'er letter by now. Well, I would have if she'd want me t'. I should try and call again, but den what happens if Logan picks up? I've got t' do somet'ing t'ough ot'er den just waiting.~

Dat's when I noticed dat de sky looked like midnight even t'ough it was de middle of de afternoon. ~Mon Dieu, dere's somet'ing wrong 'bout dis. Chére!~ I raced int' de bar an' yelled at de bartender.

"Francis! Turn on de t.v.!"

"Bit early, isn't it Remy?"

"Just turn on de damn t.v.!"

"Alright, don't get y' shorts in a knot. What channel?"

"Don't t'ink it matters, homme." He complied and turned on de television. A news anchor man came on and was talking.

"We interrupt this television program with a news update. It appears that several satellites have been launched into the sky from Mexico, China, and Egypt. These satellites have created an energy barrier around the earth. Currently not much is known." An image came up of a few of de satellites hovering in de air. ~Dose ain't satellites, dose are pyramids! Chére, dis ain't good, she's in trouble!~

"Strange news, don't y' t'ink, Remy?"

"Oui, it is strange, but it ain't news t' me." He glanced at me sideways as I settled int' a bar stool t' keep watching de news. ~I should be helping. I know I should, but what would I do? Not like I can get myself t' Egypt t' fight Apocalypse or anyt'ing. All I can do is pray dat Marie is okay.~

"Want t' explain dat?"

"Non." I dropped de conversation as I continued t' listen t' de news man.

"These satellites appear to be pyramidal in shape. We don't know what the effects of the energy field will be but there are theories that it may be a new weapon…"

TOAD

~I can't believe we're doing this! I can't believe we all completely lost our minds and decided to fight Magneto!~ Pietro quickly saved Wanda from getting squashed by a huge chunk of metal as we walked towards the battle. "So we bummed a jet, got lost, and still somehow managed to get here." She looked astonished to see us there and it was kinda surprising to see all the X-Geeks had gotten knocked out. "Come on, I'll hold ya for awhile."4 I wrapped my arms around her giving her a good squeeze as she quickly tossed me aside. "Well, good to see things haven't changed much, yo."

ROGUE

~Ah hope this works. If it don't, we're all dead. An' Ah kiddin' 'bout that, we'll literally be six feet under if this don't work.~ Ah glanced nervously at Sam who's fists were clenched in agitation.

"I should be out there fighting!"

"Ya should be grateful ya ain't gettin' ya butt smeared across the desert." He looked up at meh an' sighed.

"Well, at least you get to do something. All I get to do is transport you to the Sphinx."

"Ah'll trade ya places if ya want." He laughed at meh which just peeved meh off.

"Yeah right, like I want to have poisoned skin." He stopped laughin' as soon as he saw mah glare an' coughed in embarrassment. Nick Fury walked inta the room we were in with Mrs. Leech an' Dorian. "We've reached the Sphinx. Are you ready?"

"Ready as Ah'll ever be." Mrs. Leech protectively held back Dorian as I faced 'em. "It's okay, Mrs. Leech. This is as far as Dorian has to go. Please, don't be scared. Like ah said, the ability you have to shut down energy around you will help save alot of people. Ah'm just gonna borrow it for a while. Are yah ready?"5 He bravely nodded his head as Ah put mah hand on his cheek absorbing his powers. He fell back inta his mom's arms as Ah turned ta face Sam. He grabbed meh 'round the waist an' rocketed both of us tawards the Sphinx. "Well, this is mah stop." He gave meh a mock salute as he went ta join the battle against the professor.

Ah entered the Sphinx ta find Scott unconscious, Kurt no where in sight, an' Logan doin' battle with a bunch of snakes that then changed inta a panther. ~Mystique.~ With a wave of mah hand Ah negated her powers causin' her ta fall ta the ground. As Ah passed her Ah brushed mah hand across her face ta absorb her powers. ~These might come in handy.~ Logan nodded his head ta a door behind him an' quickly cut an openin' for meh. Ah walked in ta find Kurt unconscious on the floor just on the other side. ~Kurt! No, Ah'll worry 'bout him after Ah make Apocalypse pay for all of this.~ Ah concentrated on Dorian's powers an' shorted out the entire Sphinx. Ah could hear Apocalypse groan from inside the Eye of Ages as Ah approached him.

"Ya done. Ah ain't gonna let ya hurt meh or mah friends any more." His eyes snapped open as he grabbed at mah arm. Ah wrenched it free as Ah began ta slam the contraption shut on him. Ah could hear him poundin' on it from the inside as Ah stepped back. Logan came runnin' in an' leapt on top of it so that it wouldn't reopen.

"Quick, turn the juice back on!" With another wave of mah hand the power was runnin' again as the Eye of Ages powered up. Logan slashed the controls causin' it ta disappear. "Start movin', Stripes." He grabbed mah wrist an' dragged meh away before we both got dragged 'long for the ride.

Once it was gone Ah turned back ta look at where it had once been. "It ain't over, is it."

"We can hope." Ah sighed knowin' that we'd eventually face Apocalypse again. It would just be another time an' another place. Ah helped Kurt ta his feet an' we walked outside tagether ta see the pyramids fallin' like shootin' stars. "It's almost pretty if ya didn't know it was almost the end of the world."

"Ja." He seemed quiet which was unusual for him.

"Ah know Ah'm usually bein' asked this question, but are ya okay?"

"Ja, I vill be." He gave meh a sideways grin as we heard a voice from behind us.

"Kurt, Rogue. I'm sorry."

"Shut it Mystique." Ah whipped 'round ta face her an' for once Kurt looked pissed with her too. "Ah know the truth. Ya ain't sorry, ya don't even believe that yaself."

"Just leave us alone." Kurt put a brotherly arm 'round mah waist as we turned an' left.

COLOSSUS

Tabitha came up and grabbed my arm in pure ecstasy at the end of the fight. "Wow, that was some party."6 Jamie came over with Brian and Amara. They were all grins that we'd won.

"I can only hope that Kitty is alright."

"Of course she is! She's a lot tougher then she looks." Amara's words made sense lifting my heavy heart.

PSYLOCKE

I woke up to find myself in Angel's arms. "Gee, I should get knocked out more often."

"You are alright then? Can you walk?"

"Probably, but I don't think I want to." I gave him a charming smile, which he returned. "Besides, why would I when an Angel's carrying me?"

SHADOWCAT

Lance helped me to my feet as I watched the joyful reunion between Magneto and his two children. "Wow, that's like so sweet!"

"Yeah, makes you feel all good inside." He rolled his eyes as I jabbed him in the stomach.

"Just try and be happy for once."

SPYKE

"Auntie O!" I ran over to her and wrapped my arms around her as I helped her up.

"Are you alright, Child?"

"Yeah, I'm just glad that you are too. You had me worried there."

GAMBIT

I ran outside of de bar t' see dat de satellites were now falling down from de sky. ~Whatever happened, y' did it Chére. I just know y' did it. Y' de best of de best, and y' saved de world.~

Francis joined me outside and whistled. "Dat's a mighty fine meteor shower."

"Ain't non meteors. Dose are pyramids."

"Yeah, and I'm de King of France."

"Den, Remy guesses he needs t' pay hommage."

ROGUE

The next day we all stood around outside ta listen ta whatever the professor had ta tell us. He had told us that it had ta do with the future of the X-Men but had left it there. Everyone was there—Logan, Evan, Ororo, Roberto, Ray, Bobby, Sam, Wanda, Pietro, Kurt, Freddy, Toad, Lance, Kitty, Piotr, Mister McCoy, Jean, Amara, Scott, Warren, Tabitha, Jamie, Sarah, Betsy, Brian, and Miss Frost. Ah looked 'round meh realizin' the only people not there was Scott's brother Alex, who'd had to go back home, John, who was ignorin' us completely, an' Remy. Ah blinked back a few tears as Ah tried ta forget him, at least for the moment.

"Thanks to you all, we have averted catastrophe. It was not without its price, however. But steel is forged through fire, and like it we have been made stronger. We are prepared for what the future brings. I know this, because I have glimpsed into the mind of Apocalypse. Many challenges still await us."7 Ah used Betsy's powers ta pick up on the professor's thoughts 'cause Ah honestly didn't like his cryptic message. Ah saw in his mind protests in D.C. ~Nothin' new there.~ "But I have seen some who were our enemies become friends."8 This time Ah saw Magneto conducting a danger room session but Rahne, and Jubs were back. ~They're comin' back! That's great, but Ah'm not sure Ah like Magneto joinin'.~ "And with a heavy heart, I saw the dearest of friends, become the most terrible of enemies."9 What Ah saw horrified meh as Ah saw Jean go through some terrible transformation. ~Jean? Ya got ta be kiddin' meh. Jean become our enemy?~ "I saw my X-Men grow and change."10 Ah saw mahself, Beast, Piotr, Kurt, Scott, Amara, Kitty, an' Storm. We were all older an' definitely wearin' cooler uniforms. ~Hope that will come sooner rather than later. Definitely getting' tired of this one. Besides, Ah just put a huge rip in it from mah fight with Apocalypse.~ "And of course, I saw that some people never change."11 This time Ah saw Wanda, Lance, Freddy, Toad, John an' Pietro in one of the S.H.I.E.L.D bases. They too were older an' a lot meaner lookin'. ~Not cool, Ah don't want 'em ta be our enemies forever.~ "But one thing is clear, that no matter what awaits us, terrible or wondrous…my X-Men will always be there, ready. And of that, I am proud."12 This time all Ah saw was some type of group glance at the X-Men standin' in front of the mansion. Everyone was there—Warren, Betsy, Rahne, Ray, Amara, Bobby, Jamie, Sarah, Sam, Jubilee, Piotr, Kurt, Evan, Scott, Jean, meh, Remy, Roberto, Alex, Tabitha, Ororo, the professor, Logan, Kitty, Miss Frost an' Mister McCoy. Even Logan's clone, X-23 graced the scene. ~Oh, Remy's in that! Is that the real future or is it just wishful thinkin' on the professor's part?~ Ah could tell nothin' more from his appearance as everyone began ta walk away. Ah hung back hopin' Ah could talk ta him but he became deeply involved in a conversation with Miss Frost so Ah ta reluctantly went back inside.

~Ah hope, Ah pray, that that was the future an' not the professor's wishful thinkin'.~


AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Don't forget numbered quotes aren't mine. These all came from Ascension parts I and II.

Wow, that was long…but it could have been longer if I would have well, it'll be in the next chapter so until then. Lots of short point of views but I don't really want this story to be about the other characters so much so those'll just have to do.