Shattered

On the television Magneto was using all his powers on a full out attack on the dome. He used anything he could to attack it, tanks, helicopters, debris, and even satellites but nothing even dented it. It took all the X-Men's strength to ensure that lives were not lost as well, but even they could not stop injuries from happening.

"Man what a mess!" Lance gasped.

Then Apocalypse appeared. With a wave of his hand he dismissed the flying debris. Then he reached out with his powers. Magneto was enveloped in a shimmering ribbon of color, then a blinding light. Then he was no more. He had simply disappeared.

"NO!" Wanda screamed.

"Father…" Pietro staggered. "No…"

"Geeze…" Todd whistled. "He's…gone."

The twins were in shock. "I can't believe it," Althea gasped.

"We'd better head over the Institute if we want to find out what happened," Lance said.

"Good idea," Althea said. "Xi stay with Wanda and Pietro." They nodded numbly in reply. Althea, Todd, Lance and Fred used the teleporter to head to the Institute. "Did you hear what happened?" Althea asked Tabitha.

"What?" Tabitha asked. "Is this about Kurt and Rogue?"

"You could say that. Magneto's gone," Lance told her.

"No way! How?" Tabitha asked.

"It was on the news," Althea said. "Magneto challenged Apocalypse and Apocalypse kicked his butt. Then he disintegrated him somehow."

"You serious?" Tabitha's eyes widened.

"We came over to get more information when Xavier and the others arrive," Althea said.

"Wow this has been a day for drama," Tabitha shook her head. "And I thought the blowup between Kurt and Rogue was a big thing."

"What do you mean?" Todd asked. "Oh man Rogue found out about Mystique didn't she?"

"Yeah Rogue really flipped when Kurt brought her back here," Tabitha said. "But that's not the freaky thing. When she yelled at him, the thing actually cried!"

"What?" Lance yelled.

"Well Hankster said it was condensation but Kurt swears it was a tear," Tabitha told them. "He's out back with Agatha by the gazebo."

"Let's go," Althea said. They all went out there. They saw Rogue walking towards them. "Rogue what's going on?"

"Get out of my way!" Rogue snapped. She stormed past them.

"Well I see she's her usual charming self," Fred huffed. "Hey its Agatha!"

"Ms. Harkness," Todd asked timidly. "What's wrong with Rogue?"

"Besides the obvious?" Lance cracked. Althea gave him an elbow in the ribs. "Hey!"

Agatha sighed. "Kurt attempted to have Rogue revive their mother by using her powers. However the recovery did not go as planned." She pointed to the ground. There were pieces of Mystique everywhere.

"That's not good is it?" Todd gulped. He climbed down the walls of the cliff and hopped next to a sobbing Kurt. "Hey, Elf! Elf? How you doin'?"

"How am I doing? Take a look around you moron!" Kurt snapped.

"Not good huh?" Todd gulped.

"My sister just pushed my mother off a cliff and shattered her to a million pieces!" Kurt shouted. "WHAT DO YOU THINK?"

"Well maybe you could make a mosaic out of her or something?" Todd scratched his head.

"SHUT UP!" Kurt howled.

"Come on," Todd put his hand on his back. "We gotta get you inside."

"Don't touch me!" Kurt snapped. "Just leave me alone! How could she do this? Why? How could she kill her own mother?"

"Well with Magneto dead too now Roguey's an orphan," Todd said.

"What?" Kurt gasped. "How…?"

"Apocalypse…" Todd said softly.

"I suppose Rogue will be glad he's gone as well?" Kurt said bitterly. "Go away Toad!"

"Okay, okay," Todd remarked as he started to climb back up. "I can take a hint." He went back to the others. "Kurt's kind of needs some alone time right now. He's not taking this too well."

"His sister just 86'd his mom off a cliff," Lance asked. "How is he supposed to take it?"

"Wait until she finds out about Magneto," Althea said.

"Oh this is gonna be a fun night at the Xavier Institute…" Tabitha groaned.