Evolution: Through the Looking Glass.
Chapter 7: The Human Factor part 2
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Brian rose to his feet as if aided by the very wind itself, and Rogue watched as he stood silently. Muscular and statuesque he stood as if he where still dead. The large black Sentinel lumbered closer and closer as the X-men gathered around the two nearly naked teenagers. Suddenly it stopped and a sharp grinding noise rung out from its chest. A compartment on the chest lurched open and a large metal cube fell to the ground. This happened three more times before the monstrous black Sentinel stepped back. Everyone watched in horror as the blocks of metal quickly unfolded to become normal sized regular Sentinels. "Go my children, crush the insects that pollute this planet!!!" the black Sentinel screeched as the smaller one's obeyed and attacked the tired X-men. All of the X-men scattered in different directions, except Rogue. She stayed by Brian's side becoming more and more worried as he showed no sign of life other than the fact that he was standing up with his eyes open. Unfortunately, She was not the only on who noticed because a Sentinel approached the two and launched a barrage of missiles her way. She quickly channeled the powers she had taken from magneto and redirected the missiles away from harming them. Before she could recover from the strain the Sentinel that had attacked them, popped a large hook-like blade from its wrist and was already bringing the blade down on the unguarded pair.
"Brian!!" Rogue screamed.
The violent sounds of bending metal rung through the crisp night air; Rogue looked up to find that Brian had caught the two-ton sword with one hand. Rogue looked at him in the eyes, but was met with only cold, dark emptiness.
Brian grunted as he snapped the large metal pig sticker in half, jumped to the robots waist, and ripped a large chunk out of the robot with his bare hands. Rogue was shocked to the point of muteness, but was startled when he scooped her into his arms gently and jumped twenty stories into the air. The Sentinel below them exploded in a bright flash of phosphorous light as he crashed to the ground far away leaving an imprint of his feet in the concrete. Rogue lingered in his arms trying to determine what was going on, but in her heart she knew what had happened; he had changed and she had changed him. He gently set her down on her feet and looked at the other X-men who where struggling to stay alive as it was. In the blink of an eye he had pulled all of the remaining X-men that where in harms way to the side. He turned to the now approaching group of monsters, and tensed his muscles to the point of breaking. Finally, He saw his opportunity when three Sentinels lined up for a split second and Brian shot from the ground as if he had been fired out of a cannon.
He ripped through the hearts of the first two machines causing them to instantly explode, crashing into the head of the last. There he planted his hands under its chin and his feet in what would be considered its collarbone and physically decapitated the mindless robot. Just as the black Sentinel was about to produce some more Brian launched the decapitated robot head into the hole and pounced on it with ear shattering roar. It began to spark and pop with the beggings of destruction, and just as it fell to the ground, Brian shot out of the hole with what looked like a human in tow. He landed with a cold thud and dropped the familiar man at the X-men's feet.
To this point Brian had been relying on his subconscious to tell him what to do, but now he was waking up and found that he was no longer alone in his head. A thousand voices of a thousand minds raged and they where all fighting for control at once. As the chaos in his head built to a crescendo Brian doubled over and grasped his head in pain; Juggernaught, Wolverine, Quicksilver were the voices that yelled the loudest. Suddenly he felt the familiar sensation of slender hands caress his face. They gently forced his gaze up and as he beheld her face the voices silenced. "Rogue?" wondered Brian weakly
"Yes," She began to sniffle as tears drew at the corner of her eyes. "It's me."
"You… stilled my chaos," said Brian as he stood to his full height.
Cyclops walked over to the newly resurrected boy and looked at him intensely "Are you alright?" He inquired. Brian quickly scanned himself with his eyes and looked up.
"Other than a slight headache, yeah." He answered as he caught some strange looks from the others "Why are ya'll looking at me like that?" He wondered innocently. Soon a crowd began to gather at the debris of the Sentinels. Noticing this, Logan quickly grabbed Mr. Trask, the pilot of the large black sentinel, and tossed him into the van as sirens sounded in the background.
"We've got problems, everyone! Back in the van, now!!!" ordered Scott as everyone jumped in and the van shot down the street towards the mansion. Little did they know that the mastermind of this attack was standing just out of sight, pondering what had just happened. She had almost killed the wrong person, and it would have cost her everything. Quietly she slipped away contemplating her next step.
Hours later, after everyone had managed to get home safely, Brian had been being poked and prodded by the Xavier institute's resident doctor. Dr. McCoy reached for a syringe, because he had decided to take some blood from Brain and test it. However, this proved to be more difficult than he had first planned because he ended up snapping three needles in half before deciding to swab Brian's mouth. When the results from the test came in it showed that Brian's X-gene had most definitely been awakened.
Beast paced around the living room thinking about what to say to he had seen some medical marvels in his lifetime but this kid continued to astound him more than any other. "Brian, it seems that you are most assuredly a mutant." Stated Dr. McCoy bluntly "I don't know how Rogue did it but it seems that she gave you the powers she had managed to steal over the course of her life."
"What how is that possible?" asked Kitty
"I would imagine the same way she takes powers and memories from anyone." Answered Professor X. "How are you feeling, Brian?"
"It gets a little chaotic in my head sometimes, but I can handle it" Brian smiled
"So he has all of our powers?" asked Scott.
"As far as I can tell the only powers that have manifested at the moment has been those of Juggernaught's invulnerability and strength, Logan's healing, and Pietro's speed." Explained Dr. McCoy as he turned to Brian and saw him rubbing his head. "You're sure you're ok?" Dr. McCoy asked again this time more worry creeping across his face.
"I'm fine it's just a little head ache. It'll be fine." Reassured Brian as he continued to rub his head.
"In any case," interrupted Professor X "I want you to stay here, at the mansion. I want you to become an X-man." Rogue's face lit up and she jumped on Brian knocking him parallel to the couch that they were on.
"I'd love to stay here, Charles, but I've still got a lease on the apartment that I'm renting." Replied Brian.
"I will take care of your lease, if you agree to stay here." Stated Professor X
"Sure, one question though."
"What?"
"Can I room with Rogue?"
"NO!!!" yelled everyone in the room
"Aww." both he and Rogue sighed dejectedly.
Elsewhere, Mystique stood with her ear to a pair of headphones. "So he wants to room with my daughter…" She hissed as she disappeared into the darkness. Later that week, Rogue was helping Brian get settled into his new room when he excused himself and went to the bathroom. There, he leaned in over the sink and cringed in pain as a few drops of blood dripped from his nose into the sink.
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End Chapter 7
Well, finally found a way to get back Mystique back into the picture and I think that this particular Story is drawing to a close. So it will probably wrap up soon. Anyway, time to get to my favorite time. Review answer time.
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