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(A/N: This is not a crossover though it may seem like one. The X-Men play a very small part in this after awhile. Reviews are like chocolate for me. So please read and review. PLEASE...)
Nine months have passed since Storm and Gambit's mourning induced one night stand. Remy has decided to turn his back on his life long friend to pursue the woman in his head. Storm has since turned her rage towards the life that blossomed in her womb. The X-Men turned a blind eye to the destructive behavior not wanting to believe that she had changed. That she was no longerthe caring nurturer she had once been.
Beast delivered a healthy child with the help of Jean. Beast sighed a huge sigh of relief as he held the newborn in his huge furry hands. There had luckily been no complications. "Congratulations Storm, you are now the proud parent of a girl." Beast felt something move against his hands. Beast's mouth dropped open in shock before turning into a huge toothy smile. "A beautiful girl with wings."
Jean watched as Ororo smiled, exhausted. But somehow the smile didn't overtake the cold glint in her blue eyes. Jean took the infant from Hank and began to bathe the girl. "Have you decided on a name yet, Ororo," Jean asked, keeping her eyes on the girl's mutant gift.
"I am still thinking about it."
Jean let the subject drop. None of the X-Men approached Remy about going to see his newborn daughter. Just like no one disturbed Storm and her new child who was secluded in Ororo's attic apartment. They just forced themselves to believe Storm wanted the time alone to bond with the baby. But what they found two weeks later changed all of that.
Storm looked into the bassinet that held the now gaunt baby. "Such beautiful wings. How could such an ugly creature possess something so beautiful. This bastard child doesn't deserve them," Storm thought vehemently.
Ororo turned the child onto her stomach, grasped one frail wing in each hand, and crushed them with a smile on her face. The baby opened her mouth in a silent scream for she was too weak to make a sound but she was heard.
It was a beautiful day outside and all of the X-Men were taking advantage of it. Well, all but Gambit and Storm. Without warning Jean and Emma gripped their heads. When they met the eyes of their teammates their faces held no color. "The baby," they whispered in unison.
Wolverine was the first one to reach the attic apartment door only to find it locked. He looked to Jean ",What kinda enemy we facin' here ?"
"The worst kind. One of our own."
Scott and Logan broke the door down. Logan recoiled from the room because his senses were assaulted by the scent of death. Well, near death. Storm was standing next to a window, smiling, torn pieces of gossamer wings still clutched in her hands. Beast pushed past Logan once he had taken in and analyzed the situation fully. Jean barred the other X-Men from entering ",We'll handle this. We'll tell you everything later. I promise."
Storm looked at her four teammates with a smile, a cruel smile. She made no excuses this time. Storm brushed her hands together sending the broken fragments to the ground. Hank looked at his longtime friend with new eyes. "What have you done, Ororo ? Never in our time together have I ever witnessed you purposely hurt another living thing."
Ororo eyed the bassinet with distaste. "It is a horrid, evil creature. It deserves to die a painful death."
Jean felt like she had been punched in the gut. The wind was sucked out of her. When had her friend changed so drastically ? When did she become so cruel ? Jean silently prayed to any god who would hear her that the babe would be alright. Jean watched in horror as Beast gingerly picked up the girl's frail form. The child's mouth moved but no sound came out. She looked like she barely weighed nothing. Hank could hold her in one massive hand. Jean heard audible gasps behind her. Sage, Emma, Jono and Bobby had not left. They had stayed to defend their youngest member. Emma's face grew cold, hard. Emma strode over to Ororo grabbing her by the throat. No one moved to help Storm. Beast looked to Jean ",I have to get her to the med bay now !"
Jean left with Beast followed by Scott, leaving Storm with what might possibly be two of the X-Men's deadliest teammembers. "You've been letting your child starve ! You surprise me Storm. You have let your actions make you bitter. What I can't believe is that you would turn that bitterness and your own self-hatred towards a defenseless child."
"I hate her not myself."
"Mark my words, Ororo, you ever make a move towards that child, even if its to move a stray hair and I'll kill you myself."
Emma Frost stormed out of the room to see how she might be of help to Hank. Logan stared at Storm from the doorway. "Did you even name her, 'Ro ?" Storm smiled maliciously at him. Logan lit a cigar, taking it all in. "If you do anythin' to that kid an' it won't be Emma you hafta worry 'bout."
Everyone, except the two that mattered, waited outside of the med bay in anticipation of some crumb of news from Beast. Finally, after what seemed like days Beast opened the doors for all of them to enter. Hank pulled Jean aside ",We should give her a formal name. Baby Jane Doe does not seem appropriate for her headstone."
Jean released the breath she had been holding along with tears ",She's going to die then?"
"I have done all I can for her. I do not know if she has the strength left to pull through."
"And her wings ?"
"Completely destroyed. I had to amputate them."
"She already has so much in common with us," Warren commented, gazing to the tiny child who slept motionless in a bassinett that was far too large. "Her parents have failed her and cast her aside without a second thought. When she pulls through we'll raise her like she's ours. She will be the daughter of the X-Men."
"She looks like a fairy. All she needs is wings," Jubilee stated, looking quite confused.
"She was a fairy, not so long ago," Jean thought to herself as she began to shed fresh tears.
"Tatyana," Bobby called out triumphantly. Everyone stared at him like he had grown another head. "Shakespear. A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Queen of the fairies. What ? You guys act like Hank is the only one with a brain."
"But that's not...," Beast began but was cut off by Jean.
"That settles it. Welcome Tatyana, fairy queen of the X-Men."
(A/N: This is not a crossover though it may seem like one. The X-Men play a very small part in this after awhile. Reviews are like chocolate for me. So please read and review. PLEASE...)
Nine months have passed since Storm and Gambit's mourning induced one night stand. Remy has decided to turn his back on his life long friend to pursue the woman in his head. Storm has since turned her rage towards the life that blossomed in her womb. The X-Men turned a blind eye to the destructive behavior not wanting to believe that she had changed. That she was no longerthe caring nurturer she had once been.
Beast delivered a healthy child with the help of Jean. Beast sighed a huge sigh of relief as he held the newborn in his huge furry hands. There had luckily been no complications. "Congratulations Storm, you are now the proud parent of a girl." Beast felt something move against his hands. Beast's mouth dropped open in shock before turning into a huge toothy smile. "A beautiful girl with wings."
Jean watched as Ororo smiled, exhausted. But somehow the smile didn't overtake the cold glint in her blue eyes. Jean took the infant from Hank and began to bathe the girl. "Have you decided on a name yet, Ororo," Jean asked, keeping her eyes on the girl's mutant gift.
"I am still thinking about it."
Jean let the subject drop. None of the X-Men approached Remy about going to see his newborn daughter. Just like no one disturbed Storm and her new child who was secluded in Ororo's attic apartment. They just forced themselves to believe Storm wanted the time alone to bond with the baby. But what they found two weeks later changed all of that.
Storm looked into the bassinet that held the now gaunt baby. "Such beautiful wings. How could such an ugly creature possess something so beautiful. This bastard child doesn't deserve them," Storm thought vehemently.
Ororo turned the child onto her stomach, grasped one frail wing in each hand, and crushed them with a smile on her face. The baby opened her mouth in a silent scream for she was too weak to make a sound but she was heard.
It was a beautiful day outside and all of the X-Men were taking advantage of it. Well, all but Gambit and Storm. Without warning Jean and Emma gripped their heads. When they met the eyes of their teammates their faces held no color. "The baby," they whispered in unison.
Wolverine was the first one to reach the attic apartment door only to find it locked. He looked to Jean ",What kinda enemy we facin' here ?"
"The worst kind. One of our own."
Scott and Logan broke the door down. Logan recoiled from the room because his senses were assaulted by the scent of death. Well, near death. Storm was standing next to a window, smiling, torn pieces of gossamer wings still clutched in her hands. Beast pushed past Logan once he had taken in and analyzed the situation fully. Jean barred the other X-Men from entering ",We'll handle this. We'll tell you everything later. I promise."
Storm looked at her four teammates with a smile, a cruel smile. She made no excuses this time. Storm brushed her hands together sending the broken fragments to the ground. Hank looked at his longtime friend with new eyes. "What have you done, Ororo ? Never in our time together have I ever witnessed you purposely hurt another living thing."
Ororo eyed the bassinet with distaste. "It is a horrid, evil creature. It deserves to die a painful death."
Jean felt like she had been punched in the gut. The wind was sucked out of her. When had her friend changed so drastically ? When did she become so cruel ? Jean silently prayed to any god who would hear her that the babe would be alright. Jean watched in horror as Beast gingerly picked up the girl's frail form. The child's mouth moved but no sound came out. She looked like she barely weighed nothing. Hank could hold her in one massive hand. Jean heard audible gasps behind her. Sage, Emma, Jono and Bobby had not left. They had stayed to defend their youngest member. Emma's face grew cold, hard. Emma strode over to Ororo grabbing her by the throat. No one moved to help Storm. Beast looked to Jean ",I have to get her to the med bay now !"
Jean left with Beast followed by Scott, leaving Storm with what might possibly be two of the X-Men's deadliest teammembers. "You've been letting your child starve ! You surprise me Storm. You have let your actions make you bitter. What I can't believe is that you would turn that bitterness and your own self-hatred towards a defenseless child."
"I hate her not myself."
"Mark my words, Ororo, you ever make a move towards that child, even if its to move a stray hair and I'll kill you myself."
Emma Frost stormed out of the room to see how she might be of help to Hank. Logan stared at Storm from the doorway. "Did you even name her, 'Ro ?" Storm smiled maliciously at him. Logan lit a cigar, taking it all in. "If you do anythin' to that kid an' it won't be Emma you hafta worry 'bout."
Everyone, except the two that mattered, waited outside of the med bay in anticipation of some crumb of news from Beast. Finally, after what seemed like days Beast opened the doors for all of them to enter. Hank pulled Jean aside ",We should give her a formal name. Baby Jane Doe does not seem appropriate for her headstone."
Jean released the breath she had been holding along with tears ",She's going to die then?"
"I have done all I can for her. I do not know if she has the strength left to pull through."
"And her wings ?"
"Completely destroyed. I had to amputate them."
"She already has so much in common with us," Warren commented, gazing to the tiny child who slept motionless in a bassinett that was far too large. "Her parents have failed her and cast her aside without a second thought. When she pulls through we'll raise her like she's ours. She will be the daughter of the X-Men."
"She looks like a fairy. All she needs is wings," Jubilee stated, looking quite confused.
"She was a fairy, not so long ago," Jean thought to herself as she began to shed fresh tears.
"Tatyana," Bobby called out triumphantly. Everyone stared at him like he had grown another head. "Shakespear. A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Queen of the fairies. What ? You guys act like Hank is the only one with a brain."
"But that's not...," Beast began but was cut off by Jean.
"That settles it. Welcome Tatyana, fairy queen of the X-Men."