Prologue (ten years ago)
"Daddy!" a little girl exclaimed happily as she ran over to her father, her dark blue eyes shining.
"Hey," Remy replied as he picked up his daughter and hugged her. "How's my girl?"
"Good," she said, smiling.
Remy smiled back at her as he closed the apartment door behind him. "Were you a good girl while Kitty was over?" She nodded innocently. "Well that's not what I heard from Kitty, Taryn."
Taryn's smile faded and she tried to push away from her dad's arms so she could jump down and run, but his arm was firmly locked under her knees. "How come you were being trouble for Kitty?" he asked her.
"Kitty's no fun," Taryn whined. "Bobby and John are funner."
"Funner, huh?" Remy repeated, tickling Taryn's ribs. She squirmed and giggled, trying to pull away. He suddenly stopped tickling his daughter when there was a knock on the apartment door. He placed Taryn on the ground and walked to the door. "Who is it?" he asked.
"Open up Gambit!" a male voice shouted angrily.
Remy's eyes went wide and he ran over to Taryn, picking her up as the door was broken down. Magneto walked into the apartment, Mystique and Sabertooth following behind him. "What do you want," Remy demanded, backing away from them.
"I want the girl," Magneto answered.
Taryn looked up at her dad. "I'm not going to let you take her!" he shouted, keeping his daughter close as he turned around and headed for the window. The window suddenly broke and Toad jumped into the apartment, trapping them.
Magnet moved his hand and the pipe underneath the kitchen sink popped out, making water spray everywhere. They pipe moved swiftly and wrapped around Remy's chest. He dropped Taryn helplessly and she sat on the ground, looking up at her dad. "Daddy!" she yelled as she stood up and hugged his leg.
Mystique walked over to them and picked Taryn up. "DADDY!" she screamed as she tried to reach for her dad. She punched and kicked the air, trying to squirm free from Mystique.
Remy took a step forward, when Toad jumped in front of him and kicked him into a chair. "Leave my daughter alone!" he yelled at Magneto. "You'll never get away with this."
Sabertooth handed Mystique a small needle and she injected a vile into Taryn's arm, relaxing Taryn instantly. "Let's go before 'they' show up," Sabertooth muttered to Magneto.
He nodded and they all walked out of the apartment without saying anything else.
- - -
"What are we going to do with her?" Toad asked, looking over at Taryn. "The X-men are going to find our hide out and take her back. Then what are we going to do?"
"She's going to want to run away if she remembers her father when she's old enough," Mystique added.
"We'll wipe her memory clean of everything that she remembers," Magneto answered. "Just like we've done with the other children. She won't remember Gambit or any of the X-men."
"If we wipe away that much memory she won't remember her name," Sabertooth muttered.
"Then the X-men will still find her because of her name," Toad concurred.
"Wipe her whole memory. We'll give her a new name and no one will know who she is," Magneto replied as he walked towards his office. "Now hurry before she wakes up."
"What should we name her?" Mystique asked before Magneto could leave.
Magneto stopped. "Name her whatever you want," he muttered as he walked into his office and shut the door behind him.
The three looked over at Taryn. "Name her Daegan," Mystique suggested as she picked up Taryn and placed her in the chair.
Toad grunted. "What kind of name is Daegan?"
Mystique glared at Toad, then went back to strapping Taryn to the chair so she couldn't get free. "Her name's now Daegan," she stated.
- - -
Cyclops quickly broke down the door to the apartment and walked in, Jean and Storm following behind. "This place is a mess!" Jean stated, looking at the water-drenched kitchen floor.
Storm quickly walked over to Remy and pulled the pipe off of him. "They took her," he muttered gloomily, looking at his three friends. "I should have kept Taryn safe. If I wasn't so stupid and wanted to live on my own with her, Taryn would be safe, playing with the kids in the mansion."
Cyclops placed his hand on his shoulder. "It's okay," he said. "We'll find her."
Chapter One (Present time)
Daegan sat in the corner of her room, deep in thought. She had lived her whole life with the Brotherhood, along with some other kids, but she never knew why they kept them all imprisoned from the outside world. She dropped back to reality when she heard a knock on the door. "Just a second!" she called as she stood up quickly, fixing her shoulder-length brown hair into a loose ponytail. She sat on her bed cross-legged and picked up her book. "Come in!"
The door opened and John walked in. "Hey, everything okay?" he asked as he closed the door behind him.
Daegan looked up from her book, her dark blue eyes blank of any emotion. "Why wouldn't everything be okay?" she muttered sarcastically as she looked back down at her book. "I haven't seen daylight my whole life and everything I touch seems to blow up."
John laughed slightly. "You'll gain control of your power eventually."
She shook her head slowly, smirking. "I have control of my kinetic energy. It doesn't mean that I can't still have fun nuking objects."
He smiled and sat down on Daegan's bed next to her. "How come you're staying in your room so much lately?" he asked.
She shrugged, not looking up from her book. "I just haven't really wanted to be around anyone lately," she lied.
"C'mon, you can tell me."
"Something just seems strange about this place," Daegan said quietly, looking up from her book. "I don't understand how every kid here only seems to remember being here their whole lives."
"What do you mean?" he asked. "I don't think Erik and Mystique could've -"
"Ew!" she stated as John smiled. "I am not the offspring of Magneto and Mystique! That's just gross!"
"So are you saying that you think maybe Magneto took you all from your families and wiped your memories of them?"
Daegan's eyes widened. "Is that really what's going on?"
John looked at her, his eyes showing that he shouldn't have said that. "C'mon! Tell me, please?" Daegan pleaded.
"I've said too much," he muttered, standing up quickly. "Nothing happened like that."
"I can tell you're lying!" she yelled as John shut the door behind him. "I gotta get out of here and figure things out," she muttered to herself as she got up from her bed. She walked over to her closet and opened it. She grabbed her black hooded sweatshirt that had the name "Surge" imprinted in bold red letters on the back and pulled it over her head.
She was too busy searching her room for the money she had saved up to notice that a tall, black haired guy had come into her room. "Daegan, what's the rush?"
Daegan nearly fell backwards from being startled. "I'm getting out of here, Chris," she muttered blankly, finding the money.
"Good idea, let's go get ourselves killed," Chris replied as he stepped in front of her to block her way. "Have you even stopped to think about this?"
"Haven't you noticed that I've been in my room a lot?" she said impatiently. "Trust me. Freedom will be worth the pain of getting out of here."
"Hold it," he stated as he placed his hands on her shoulders. "You wouldn't last one day out there alone. Sabertooth would find you a couple hours from now anyway."
"I know what you're suggesting and no," Daegan replied, pulling away from Chris. "You're not coming with me."
"I don't care I'm coming with you no matter what."
Daegan looked up into Chris's hazel eyes and she sighed. "Fine!" she said, walking over to the back wall. "Are you ready to leave?"
"Why are we running away?" he asked, stalling for time.
"Because I want answers and I don't seem to be getting them by being cooped up in here," she replied as she began to rub her hands together.
"I'll be back in two seconds," Chris said, running out of her room before she could say anything.
He returned a minute later with his own black sweatshirt on, "Eruption" written in bold orange letters on the back of it. By then Daegan had a strong magenta colour glowing in her hands. "Stand back," she muttered as she placed her hands on the empty, colourless wall.
She waited until an area large enough for the both of them to walk through was glowing the magenta colour from her hands and she let go. She jumped behind her bed, Chris ducking beside it as well as the wall exploded.
"That was probably noticeable," Chris stated as he stood up, looking at the large hole in the wall that led into the large vast night.
Daegan stood up and walked to the opening. "Piece of cake," she said, smiling.
They were about to leave, when the door burst open and John, Mystique, and Sabertooth ran into the room. "What's going on?!" John yelled.
The two teens looked at each other. Without saying anything, Chris crouched down and placed his hands on the floor. Within seconds, the floor was bubbling with hot molten lava. "Let's go!" he shouted as he grabbed Daegan's hand and they ran into the night.
- - -
"How could you let them get away!" Magneto boomed as he paced back and forth in front of the three. "They were right there and you just let them run?"
"Chris used his ability against us," John explained. "I wasn't planning on burning myself on that lava!"
"Those two were our key mutants!" he yelled. "They could have brought fear into all humans. They could have been under my power and I would have been on top!"
"Erik, settle down," Mystique said. "Sabertooth can catch them."
"No, I'll let them have their fun for a while," Magneto stated darkly, sitting in his office chair. "John, go find them."
"Me, but -"
"You're the one who started this mess so you're going to clean it up!" Magneto roared. "And don't come back until you have them."
"Daddy!" a little girl exclaimed happily as she ran over to her father, her dark blue eyes shining.
"Hey," Remy replied as he picked up his daughter and hugged her. "How's my girl?"
"Good," she said, smiling.
Remy smiled back at her as he closed the apartment door behind him. "Were you a good girl while Kitty was over?" She nodded innocently. "Well that's not what I heard from Kitty, Taryn."
Taryn's smile faded and she tried to push away from her dad's arms so she could jump down and run, but his arm was firmly locked under her knees. "How come you were being trouble for Kitty?" he asked her.
"Kitty's no fun," Taryn whined. "Bobby and John are funner."
"Funner, huh?" Remy repeated, tickling Taryn's ribs. She squirmed and giggled, trying to pull away. He suddenly stopped tickling his daughter when there was a knock on the apartment door. He placed Taryn on the ground and walked to the door. "Who is it?" he asked.
"Open up Gambit!" a male voice shouted angrily.
Remy's eyes went wide and he ran over to Taryn, picking her up as the door was broken down. Magneto walked into the apartment, Mystique and Sabertooth following behind him. "What do you want," Remy demanded, backing away from them.
"I want the girl," Magneto answered.
Taryn looked up at her dad. "I'm not going to let you take her!" he shouted, keeping his daughter close as he turned around and headed for the window. The window suddenly broke and Toad jumped into the apartment, trapping them.
Magnet moved his hand and the pipe underneath the kitchen sink popped out, making water spray everywhere. They pipe moved swiftly and wrapped around Remy's chest. He dropped Taryn helplessly and she sat on the ground, looking up at her dad. "Daddy!" she yelled as she stood up and hugged his leg.
Mystique walked over to them and picked Taryn up. "DADDY!" she screamed as she tried to reach for her dad. She punched and kicked the air, trying to squirm free from Mystique.
Remy took a step forward, when Toad jumped in front of him and kicked him into a chair. "Leave my daughter alone!" he yelled at Magneto. "You'll never get away with this."
Sabertooth handed Mystique a small needle and she injected a vile into Taryn's arm, relaxing Taryn instantly. "Let's go before 'they' show up," Sabertooth muttered to Magneto.
He nodded and they all walked out of the apartment without saying anything else.
- - -
"What are we going to do with her?" Toad asked, looking over at Taryn. "The X-men are going to find our hide out and take her back. Then what are we going to do?"
"She's going to want to run away if she remembers her father when she's old enough," Mystique added.
"We'll wipe her memory clean of everything that she remembers," Magneto answered. "Just like we've done with the other children. She won't remember Gambit or any of the X-men."
"If we wipe away that much memory she won't remember her name," Sabertooth muttered.
"Then the X-men will still find her because of her name," Toad concurred.
"Wipe her whole memory. We'll give her a new name and no one will know who she is," Magneto replied as he walked towards his office. "Now hurry before she wakes up."
"What should we name her?" Mystique asked before Magneto could leave.
Magneto stopped. "Name her whatever you want," he muttered as he walked into his office and shut the door behind him.
The three looked over at Taryn. "Name her Daegan," Mystique suggested as she picked up Taryn and placed her in the chair.
Toad grunted. "What kind of name is Daegan?"
Mystique glared at Toad, then went back to strapping Taryn to the chair so she couldn't get free. "Her name's now Daegan," she stated.
- - -
Cyclops quickly broke down the door to the apartment and walked in, Jean and Storm following behind. "This place is a mess!" Jean stated, looking at the water-drenched kitchen floor.
Storm quickly walked over to Remy and pulled the pipe off of him. "They took her," he muttered gloomily, looking at his three friends. "I should have kept Taryn safe. If I wasn't so stupid and wanted to live on my own with her, Taryn would be safe, playing with the kids in the mansion."
Cyclops placed his hand on his shoulder. "It's okay," he said. "We'll find her."
Chapter One (Present time)
Daegan sat in the corner of her room, deep in thought. She had lived her whole life with the Brotherhood, along with some other kids, but she never knew why they kept them all imprisoned from the outside world. She dropped back to reality when she heard a knock on the door. "Just a second!" she called as she stood up quickly, fixing her shoulder-length brown hair into a loose ponytail. She sat on her bed cross-legged and picked up her book. "Come in!"
The door opened and John walked in. "Hey, everything okay?" he asked as he closed the door behind him.
Daegan looked up from her book, her dark blue eyes blank of any emotion. "Why wouldn't everything be okay?" she muttered sarcastically as she looked back down at her book. "I haven't seen daylight my whole life and everything I touch seems to blow up."
John laughed slightly. "You'll gain control of your power eventually."
She shook her head slowly, smirking. "I have control of my kinetic energy. It doesn't mean that I can't still have fun nuking objects."
He smiled and sat down on Daegan's bed next to her. "How come you're staying in your room so much lately?" he asked.
She shrugged, not looking up from her book. "I just haven't really wanted to be around anyone lately," she lied.
"C'mon, you can tell me."
"Something just seems strange about this place," Daegan said quietly, looking up from her book. "I don't understand how every kid here only seems to remember being here their whole lives."
"What do you mean?" he asked. "I don't think Erik and Mystique could've -"
"Ew!" she stated as John smiled. "I am not the offspring of Magneto and Mystique! That's just gross!"
"So are you saying that you think maybe Magneto took you all from your families and wiped your memories of them?"
Daegan's eyes widened. "Is that really what's going on?"
John looked at her, his eyes showing that he shouldn't have said that. "C'mon! Tell me, please?" Daegan pleaded.
"I've said too much," he muttered, standing up quickly. "Nothing happened like that."
"I can tell you're lying!" she yelled as John shut the door behind him. "I gotta get out of here and figure things out," she muttered to herself as she got up from her bed. She walked over to her closet and opened it. She grabbed her black hooded sweatshirt that had the name "Surge" imprinted in bold red letters on the back and pulled it over her head.
She was too busy searching her room for the money she had saved up to notice that a tall, black haired guy had come into her room. "Daegan, what's the rush?"
Daegan nearly fell backwards from being startled. "I'm getting out of here, Chris," she muttered blankly, finding the money.
"Good idea, let's go get ourselves killed," Chris replied as he stepped in front of her to block her way. "Have you even stopped to think about this?"
"Haven't you noticed that I've been in my room a lot?" she said impatiently. "Trust me. Freedom will be worth the pain of getting out of here."
"Hold it," he stated as he placed his hands on her shoulders. "You wouldn't last one day out there alone. Sabertooth would find you a couple hours from now anyway."
"I know what you're suggesting and no," Daegan replied, pulling away from Chris. "You're not coming with me."
"I don't care I'm coming with you no matter what."
Daegan looked up into Chris's hazel eyes and she sighed. "Fine!" she said, walking over to the back wall. "Are you ready to leave?"
"Why are we running away?" he asked, stalling for time.
"Because I want answers and I don't seem to be getting them by being cooped up in here," she replied as she began to rub her hands together.
"I'll be back in two seconds," Chris said, running out of her room before she could say anything.
He returned a minute later with his own black sweatshirt on, "Eruption" written in bold orange letters on the back of it. By then Daegan had a strong magenta colour glowing in her hands. "Stand back," she muttered as she placed her hands on the empty, colourless wall.
She waited until an area large enough for the both of them to walk through was glowing the magenta colour from her hands and she let go. She jumped behind her bed, Chris ducking beside it as well as the wall exploded.
"That was probably noticeable," Chris stated as he stood up, looking at the large hole in the wall that led into the large vast night.
Daegan stood up and walked to the opening. "Piece of cake," she said, smiling.
They were about to leave, when the door burst open and John, Mystique, and Sabertooth ran into the room. "What's going on?!" John yelled.
The two teens looked at each other. Without saying anything, Chris crouched down and placed his hands on the floor. Within seconds, the floor was bubbling with hot molten lava. "Let's go!" he shouted as he grabbed Daegan's hand and they ran into the night.
- - -
"How could you let them get away!" Magneto boomed as he paced back and forth in front of the three. "They were right there and you just let them run?"
"Chris used his ability against us," John explained. "I wasn't planning on burning myself on that lava!"
"Those two were our key mutants!" he yelled. "They could have brought fear into all humans. They could have been under my power and I would have been on top!"
"Erik, settle down," Mystique said. "Sabertooth can catch them."
"No, I'll let them have their fun for a while," Magneto stated darkly, sitting in his office chair. "John, go find them."
"Me, but -"
"You're the one who started this mess so you're going to clean it up!" Magneto roared. "And don't come back until you have them."