Disclaimer: A whole host of new characters are mine. Please don't use them.
Of course, the X-Men and other such characters involved in the comic, books
and the movie belong to Marvel, and new ones are mine. Also the plot is my
own.
Throughout story: ""= Speech ' ' = Thoughts ^ ^ = Telepath
Chapter 9
The X-Men stood with Charles and stared at Magneto at the nerve he had of turning up, literally, on their doorstep. The humans still lingered nervously, watching in wait, clinging to their destroyed weapons in vanity.
Charles glared across to Magneto, his hands in small fists. A rare anger had developed over him, egged on by the appearance of humans, "What are you doing here?"
Magneto sighed exasperatedly, "Did you not see? Wolverine would have been off by now if I hadn't have arrived and stopped this little charade of humans." His hand waved impatiently behind him to the group of humans that stared their way.
Charles glanced over them before he looked over to Logan who was walking back across the driveway. Blood marked his torso where wounds had once been from the earlier battle. He appeared quite all right however. He came to the bottom of the steps, climbing up a few before he spotted Magneto, "Hey!" He cried, "You have a nerve to bring y'sadistic ass back up here!"
Magneto turned, laughing sardonically, "If my .. ass.. as you so warmly put it hadn't have got here, you would have been carted off to the local mutant asylum!"
Logan snorted scornfully at this, ready to answer when Storm spoke up, "It's true.. I couldn't do anything."
Anxious eyes travelled from Logan, to Storm, then back upon Magneto, who smirked.. pleased by his successful entrance to the whole affair.
Scott looked down to Charles, speaking softly, "Let's get rid of the humans first.."
Charles sighed and nodded, "Yes.. but I asked you to do it with more care than Erik."
Scott nodded and stepped out onto the concrete of the large entrance. Beside him arrived Storm. Logan ran up the steps to join then. Within a few seconds, every X-Man was stood there, glaring down at the array of terrified humans. Some raced into the safety of the police cars, afraid of being in the open air.
"Let's get outta here!" One yelled. It didn't take long for the others to agree. Police threw themselves into their cars, weaponless comrades raced to their vans. Sergeant Lyman made a helpless groan to his colleagues. The van upon him was upheaved by several of the humans who jumped instantly into the vehicle, followed by Sergeant Lyman.
The squeal of tyres shredded the morning air. The vehicles raced down the driveway and out of the broken gates, which they had forced through. Dust lingered after their trails from the gravelled driveway.
Silence fell upon the grounds. The X-Men turned to faced Magneto, Charles still in the doorway. Charles watched Magneto with an intense serious expression, which was filled with, despair and anger at the morning's happenings, "Why are you here?" He repeated.
Magneto looked reluctant to say. He glanced to the floor momentarily before his head lifted, eye refuelled with their confident gleam after their break of watching Chares, "The rest of my team.. the Brotherhood.. have unwillingly disbanded."
Logan put it in a more straightforward term; "You mean we killed 'em outright in our last meeting." He snarled viciously with a shapely furrowed brow.
Magneto shook his head, "Oh no.. you didn't kill them.. Human's did.. A fighter plane flew over in the night. Left my residence in ruins. Only one of my fellow team did survive."
"Who?" Asked Storm unwillingly.. it just came out.
Magneto turned to the steps. Out of the shadows of the mansion, out of the foliage of the entrance, appeared another of the police officers. Weapons or body parts were raised upon him.. until the flesh devoured to reveal Mystique.
"She told me of your problem Wolverine." Said Magneto with a smirk.
Charles cut in abruptly, speaking sharply, "That doesn't answer my question Erik."
Magneto now nodded, "In fact it does.. human's have been given a new freedom, and they are using it well. As you can see for yourself. I noticed the damage to your mansion, and the turn up of human's this morning? The law was only raised a few weeks ago, the human's certainly aren't wasting any time."
Charles gently sighed at this, nodding, "Yes.. that is true."
"There have been mutant killings all over America! And the government know where the largest group of mutants are currently assembled!"
"Here.." Finished Charles quietly now frowning.
Magneto now stepped closer to Charles, his hand outstretching, "I think it's time the mutants joined as one."
The surrounding X-Men watching in disbelief and some with anger at his sudden change of heart. Logan ran forward and stood firmly in-between Magneto and the Professor, "All these years you've given this team trouble and now you actually want to be allies!"
The X-Men glared at Magneto, thinking along the same lines as Logan's vocal output.
Charles however spoke up first, shaking his head, "All these years I have been waiting for this day to arrive, Logan."
Logan now turned, looking down at Charles, "But this guy tried to kill off your team! He tried to brainwash your students!"
Charles sighed, nodding gently to his words, "Yes.. and it got mutants nowhere. We need to heal broken bonds within our species before we try to do the same with humans."
"And you think Magneto is going to want to become allies with humans?" Said Scott, glaring at Magneto with extreme dislike as he questioned Charles.
Magneto answered, "I have no choice.. even if I did want to fight against them. I can't do it alone."
"It never stopped you in the past Erik.." Said Charles.
"I can still hold grudges whilst we save our species!"
Logan stepped away, watching in horror as the hands of the two most powerful mutants were met.
"I've been waiting a long time for this.." Said Charles as the hands shook.
"Perhaps we'll have a better future.. old friend."
"Old friend.."
*** Magneto might have changed now.. but do you think he'll be able to go against his beliefs? 0:
(www.freewebs.com/xwotw)
Throughout story: ""= Speech ' ' = Thoughts ^ ^ = Telepath
Chapter 9
The X-Men stood with Charles and stared at Magneto at the nerve he had of turning up, literally, on their doorstep. The humans still lingered nervously, watching in wait, clinging to their destroyed weapons in vanity.
Charles glared across to Magneto, his hands in small fists. A rare anger had developed over him, egged on by the appearance of humans, "What are you doing here?"
Magneto sighed exasperatedly, "Did you not see? Wolverine would have been off by now if I hadn't have arrived and stopped this little charade of humans." His hand waved impatiently behind him to the group of humans that stared their way.
Charles glanced over them before he looked over to Logan who was walking back across the driveway. Blood marked his torso where wounds had once been from the earlier battle. He appeared quite all right however. He came to the bottom of the steps, climbing up a few before he spotted Magneto, "Hey!" He cried, "You have a nerve to bring y'sadistic ass back up here!"
Magneto turned, laughing sardonically, "If my .. ass.. as you so warmly put it hadn't have got here, you would have been carted off to the local mutant asylum!"
Logan snorted scornfully at this, ready to answer when Storm spoke up, "It's true.. I couldn't do anything."
Anxious eyes travelled from Logan, to Storm, then back upon Magneto, who smirked.. pleased by his successful entrance to the whole affair.
Scott looked down to Charles, speaking softly, "Let's get rid of the humans first.."
Charles sighed and nodded, "Yes.. but I asked you to do it with more care than Erik."
Scott nodded and stepped out onto the concrete of the large entrance. Beside him arrived Storm. Logan ran up the steps to join then. Within a few seconds, every X-Man was stood there, glaring down at the array of terrified humans. Some raced into the safety of the police cars, afraid of being in the open air.
"Let's get outta here!" One yelled. It didn't take long for the others to agree. Police threw themselves into their cars, weaponless comrades raced to their vans. Sergeant Lyman made a helpless groan to his colleagues. The van upon him was upheaved by several of the humans who jumped instantly into the vehicle, followed by Sergeant Lyman.
The squeal of tyres shredded the morning air. The vehicles raced down the driveway and out of the broken gates, which they had forced through. Dust lingered after their trails from the gravelled driveway.
Silence fell upon the grounds. The X-Men turned to faced Magneto, Charles still in the doorway. Charles watched Magneto with an intense serious expression, which was filled with, despair and anger at the morning's happenings, "Why are you here?" He repeated.
Magneto looked reluctant to say. He glanced to the floor momentarily before his head lifted, eye refuelled with their confident gleam after their break of watching Chares, "The rest of my team.. the Brotherhood.. have unwillingly disbanded."
Logan put it in a more straightforward term; "You mean we killed 'em outright in our last meeting." He snarled viciously with a shapely furrowed brow.
Magneto shook his head, "Oh no.. you didn't kill them.. Human's did.. A fighter plane flew over in the night. Left my residence in ruins. Only one of my fellow team did survive."
"Who?" Asked Storm unwillingly.. it just came out.
Magneto turned to the steps. Out of the shadows of the mansion, out of the foliage of the entrance, appeared another of the police officers. Weapons or body parts were raised upon him.. until the flesh devoured to reveal Mystique.
"She told me of your problem Wolverine." Said Magneto with a smirk.
Charles cut in abruptly, speaking sharply, "That doesn't answer my question Erik."
Magneto now nodded, "In fact it does.. human's have been given a new freedom, and they are using it well. As you can see for yourself. I noticed the damage to your mansion, and the turn up of human's this morning? The law was only raised a few weeks ago, the human's certainly aren't wasting any time."
Charles gently sighed at this, nodding, "Yes.. that is true."
"There have been mutant killings all over America! And the government know where the largest group of mutants are currently assembled!"
"Here.." Finished Charles quietly now frowning.
Magneto now stepped closer to Charles, his hand outstretching, "I think it's time the mutants joined as one."
The surrounding X-Men watching in disbelief and some with anger at his sudden change of heart. Logan ran forward and stood firmly in-between Magneto and the Professor, "All these years you've given this team trouble and now you actually want to be allies!"
The X-Men glared at Magneto, thinking along the same lines as Logan's vocal output.
Charles however spoke up first, shaking his head, "All these years I have been waiting for this day to arrive, Logan."
Logan now turned, looking down at Charles, "But this guy tried to kill off your team! He tried to brainwash your students!"
Charles sighed, nodding gently to his words, "Yes.. and it got mutants nowhere. We need to heal broken bonds within our species before we try to do the same with humans."
"And you think Magneto is going to want to become allies with humans?" Said Scott, glaring at Magneto with extreme dislike as he questioned Charles.
Magneto answered, "I have no choice.. even if I did want to fight against them. I can't do it alone."
"It never stopped you in the past Erik.." Said Charles.
"I can still hold grudges whilst we save our species!"
Logan stepped away, watching in horror as the hands of the two most powerful mutants were met.
"I've been waiting a long time for this.." Said Charles as the hands shook.
"Perhaps we'll have a better future.. old friend."
"Old friend.."
*** Magneto might have changed now.. but do you think he'll be able to go against his beliefs? 0:
(www.freewebs.com/xwotw)