Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from X-Men Evolution.
Author's Notes: Thanks to those who reviewed. A special note to EvilWhiteRaven, there might note be any romance between Rogue and Robert in this story, but this is only the first in a series I have planned. In my next story there may be romance, and the boys' past will be revealed. But the romance is only a maybe. Robert is the kind of person who is afraid to get to close to some one because he fears he will cause them too much pain, on the count of his unruly past and his madness.
After two long days of school Thursday had finally come. Rogue had been looking forward to this day. She was hoping that the boys would get to know the people in the institute so they'd at least have some more familiar faces in school other than hers.
She noticed over the past two days that the boys seemed very nervous about something. Every time she asked what was wrong, they'd always say, "ask us again sometime."
That night as Rogue waited for them in her room Kitty came in. She had been wondering why Rogue had been hanging out with those new kids all the time. She was never usually that friendly around most people.
Kitty walked in and sat on her bed. "Hey Rogue, can I ask you something?"
Rogue turned to her. She didn't want to answer any questions right now, but she figured it couldn't be avoided. "What do you want to know?"
Kitty rubbed her knee and then asked, "why have you been hanging around with the new kids all the time?"
Rogue became somewhat nervous. She didn't want to tell any one about her conversation with Robert in the clearing. How could anyone understand that she was a friend with a nut? "Why do you want to know?" She asked.
"Because one day you seemed to hate them and the next you're hanging around with them as if Robert didn't attack you," replied the brown haired prep.
Rogue didn't know what to say. She knew that she had to tell the X-men about the problems of Robert and his brothers, but not until they got to know them a little. "I just do alright, I had a talk with Robert and I found out some stuff about him. I think he's a nice guy."
Kitty then said, "I know that's not the only reason."
Rogue then said angrily, "well it should be good enough for you."
Robert and his brothers waited as the gates to the Xavier Institute opened. As they walked in John said, "I had nightmares that started like this." Robert gave him a quick slap in the back of the head and they walked towards the door.
Inside Scott and Kurt were talking about two kids that were missing from Bayeville high. A boy and a girl were missing for about two weeks and every one was curious why. As they talked a knock came at the door.
Scott quickly opened the door and outside stood Robert and his brothers. Scott looked at them curiously for a moment and then realized who they were. "Oh you must be Rogue's friends, come on in." As the boys walked in he introduced himself. "My names Scott and you would be Robert right?"
Robert shook Scott's hand and then introduced his brothers. "Yes I am Robert," he pulled each of his brothers forward as he introduced them.
"Umm, this here is my brother John, he's probably the youngest alcoholic in New York and our father used to use him as a paper wait, thinking that's all he was good for. This is Troy, he hopes to go to the live theater some day just so he can throw things at the actors on stage. And here is my brother Phil, he may smell like horse shit, but trust me he's got a heart of gold, if you don't mind trying to find it."
Scott smiled at the interesting way they were introduced. Robert looked around to get his surroundings and immediately said, "boy this is one big ass institute you got here." He looked over and saw Kurt, "hey Kurt, how you doing?"
Kurt gave a quick wave as Rogue entered the room. "Hey, guys, looks like you made it alright."
The boys looked over to her and gave a quick "Yo." They all walked over to her and John asked her, "how does some one find their way around this place?"
"Well why don't I show you around," said the Goth, "before you try to find your way yourself.
Jean was helping Ororo with dinner that night. She was a little worried about these boys coming to the institute. She knew that these boys were open-minded to mutants, but how open-minded were they. But still Rogue seemed to like them. She turned on a burner as the Professor came in to the kitchen.
"Oh Professor, I didn't see you there," said the red head as the mind reader entered. Ororo turned to Xavier, "is there anything you need Charles?"
"No" said Xaveir, "I'm just getting my self a cup of tea."
The sudden sound of laughter was heard as Rogue and Robert entered the kitchen. The three mutants overheard Robert say, "I mean it doesn't make any seance. Somebody says I don't give a rat's ass, but does anybody really want to receive a rat's ass. If they do, then they've got serious problems." Rogue stopped her laughter when she noticed the three were looking at them.
She then turned to Robert, "Umm, Robert I think you know where you are now."
"Ah yes the kitchen," said Robert, "I know what one is I just never know my way around one."
Rogue then introduced Robert to the others. "Robert this is Jean Ororo and Prof. Xavier. This is Robert. His brothers are some where exploring the second floor."
Robert gave them a little wave with his fingers. "Hello." He walked over to the oven. "I see you're making dinner, is there anything I can help with," he said as he unknowingly put his left hand on the hot burner. Strangely he didn't seem to react to the heat.
Jean noticed that he had his hand on the burner. "Get your hand of that burner it's on!"
Robert looked down at his hand and slowly took it off the burner. Rogue ran over to him and checked his hand. Ororo asked, "are you all right."
The boy looked at the weather witch and said, "oh don't worry I didn't feel a thing."
The four mutants looked at him curiously. The Professor said, "normally you would be in a lot pain right now."
Robert looked at his burnt hand and frowned. "It's a thing I taught myself when I was a little boy. After my elementary school let out a bunch of kids would be waiting for my brothers and me. They had a grand time beating us up. So one day I became sick of the pain, and decided to teach myself to just take it, so those kids wouldn't have any pleasure. I started out small by stabbing myself in the hand with my pencil, putting my hand close to flames, and poking myself in the eye. I gradually added more serious pains." The Professor became slightly interested with this as the boy continued. "Then, strangely, one day I just stopped feeling it. I don't know why."
Rogue didn't know this about Robert. It seemed to be the only thing that he didn't tell her. She looked over at Xavier and noticed that his eyes were closed. She knew that meant he was looking into Robert's mind. She quickly said to Robert, "Uh Robert would you wait in the other room while I talk with the Professor for a moment."
Robert nodded his head and left the room. Rogue looked at the professor and said angrily, "you mind not getting into my friend's head."
The Professor said, "I am sorry Rogue, but I"
Rogue didn't let him finish, "Robert's mind is really messed-up, and the last thing he needs is you rummaging through his thoughts," and she left.
Ororo looked at Xavier and asked, "did you see anything in his mind Charles?"
Charles closed his eyes and said, "no, his thoughts seem to be blocked with pain and sorrow, I can't get a clear image."
The X-Men entered the dinning room shortly after the brothers arrived. Robert and Rogue waited by the door for the other three boys.
After a few minutes they entered. "What took you guys so long," Rogue asked.
"We got freakin lost upstairs," John yelled out so all there X-Men heard his words.
Jean lean close to Scott and whispered, "quite a little mouth that guy has there. All these guys seem to curse a lot."
"I heard that," said John, "and yes we do curse a lot. I blame my parents."
As the boys walked to the table they could not help, but stare at its length. "Is something wrong," as Kitty as she saw their dazed look.
"It's nothing," said Phil, "we're just not used to such a big ass table."
They stared at it for a few more seconds before sitting down. Before the meal began Kitty turned to Kurt. "Kurt we're in the institute, you don't need your image inducer. "
Kurt whispered to her, "yes I do, I don't want to frighten Rogue's friends."
"You won't frighten us," he heard John say, "go ahead turn it."
Kurt paused and then nervously turned off his image inducer. He now showed his true form. The boys looked at him for a second. Troy said, "you look better than all the guys at the High School."
"What," Kurt said in shock.
"I mean it," said Troy, "if I were a woman I'd be all over you."
His brothers gave him a weird look. "Don't ever say that again," Robert ordered his brother.
The younger students could not hold in their laughter.
Dinner went by very well. The boys got to know some of the people in the institute. They were also quite entertaining. Professor Xaveir tried to respect Rogue's wishes and not look into any of the boy's heads. After dinner he went into his study to relax. He didn't have much time to do so, for the phone began to ring almost as soon as he entered the room.
He picked it up. "Hello, this is Professor Charles Xavier."
On the other end was a scared boy. He sounded very young, not even twelve years old. "Hello Xavier. I need your help."
The Professor did not know this voice; he tried to see the boy's mind, but couldn't get anything. He finally asked, "Who is this?"
The boy said, "my name is Morgan. I'm a mutant just like you. I heard about you and your institute and I need your help."
Xavier didn't know what to think of this. The strange boy seemed very afraid about something. "What's wrong Morgan?"
The boy's voice shook, "There's eight bad men chasing me. They've been after me for a long time and they finally found me. They want to kill me. You got to send some body to help me. I'll be at the big creek in the woods." And the boy hung up.
Charles was very confused by this. He hadn't a clue on what he should do. The boy had sounded very scared about these men. He left his study and hurried to tell the other X-Men.
Robert and his brothers were waiting in the den. They wondered why Xaveir told them to let him speak with the others alone. After a long wait Rogue entered the room. Troy stood up and asked, "Rogue, what the hell's going on here?"
Rogue looked at the boys and said, "the Professor wants you to leave now."
Troy asked "why?" as his brothers stood up.
Rogue looked at all of them. "I can't tell you. Prof. Xavier told me not to."
The boys surround her with looks of concern on their faces. Robert walked up to her and said, "We're not leaving until we know what's wrong."
Rogue sighed, knowing that she had no choice, but to tell them. "The Professor just got a call from some kid named Morgan who says he's a mutant. He also said that there were eight men trying to kill him. He wants us to go check it out." She paused, as Robert became lost in thought.
He remembered what he had heard when he had saw Morganist and realized who the boy must be.
Rogue then said, "You guys should get going," and she quickly left.
Robert tried to tell her what he knew, but she had already left. He looked at his brothers and saw that they knew what he knew. They all quickly ran after Rogue, knowing that Morganist's plan had begun.
All of the X-men, except for beast, were waiting in the meeting room. Rogue entered the room as Xavier told the others the location of the "boy". When he saw Rogue come in he turned to her and asked, "did you talk with the boys."
"Yeah," said Rogue, "they should be leaving soon."
Just as she said this Robert and his brothers came into the room. They didn't even wait for anyone to ask them why they haven't left yet. Robert walked strait over to Xavier and said, "Professor you can not go and get this kid. He's not who he says he is, and you all will be killed if you go."
All of the X-men turned to Rogue. Jean walked over to her. "You told him. The Professor said strictly not to tell them why they had to leave."
The boys ignored Jean. Phil then said to the Professor, "please listen to us man, this so called kid is bad news."
Charles didn't have time to argue with them. He quickly said, "now boys, that's enough. We would really appreciate it if you leave now."
"Damn it Xavier," Robert said very loud, "do you want your students to get gutted. Cause that's what's gonna happen if they go."
"Just trust us here," said Phil
Ororo stepped forward and said, "listen boys. We know you may mean well, but still this boy said that men were trying to kill him, we can not ignore the greater possibility that he is in danger."
"He's not," Robert said very panicked. He was worried that the X-Men would not heed his warnings.
Xavier sighed and said, "boys, you and I will talk about this after the X-Men leave. State your case and I will have them come back if I find it necessary."
With those words the X-Men left to get ready for their new mission. However the four boys did not stick around. They quickly slipped away unnoticed.
The creek ran quietly that night. The moon was full and it gave everything an eerie gray color. The eight X-Men entered the clearing cautiously. They had no idea who these people chasing this kid were, and they wanted to leave it that way.
They waited as Scott called for the child. "Hello, boy? Are you here?"
They then heard the voice of a scared little kid coming from the shadows. "Oh good you're hear. Were you sent by Professor Xavier?"
Scott gave a sigh of relief. The darkness that night made him uncomfortable and he was glad that it looked like this mission would be accomplished quickly. "Yes, we were sent by him, are you all right kid."
"Yes," said the boy. Then his voice changed. It became hissing and demon like. "And I am glad that you all have made it."
The X-Men watched as something came out of the darkness. It was no little boy. It was the dark mutant Morganist. Kitty backed closer to Kurt when she saw this frightful figure.
From behind him came three other hideous creatures. One was Clase. He was a snake like figure, with skinny arms and legs and a tail with sharp barbs at the end of it. He had pointed eye sockets that stuck out the corners of his square like head. His mouth was full of sharp teeth.
The second was Borak. A round creature with large forearms. He had two horns that curved downwards out of his head. On his hands he had claws that were about seven inches long.
Finally there was Ganshy. He was a lizard like mutant. He had a long tail and a dragon like head. He had two horns that were webbed together sticking out the back of his head.
The X-men looked at these terrible things. Scott got up his nerve and asked, "Wh-who are you?"
Morganist looked at him with his big bright green eyes. "I am Morganist, the horror of the ancient world. Humble servant of Amoonie the one chosen by the dark one that has no name." He paused and kneeled with his three companions. They said the chant of Amoonie.
On a mountain of death
in the castle of Barlko
he sat on a throne of pain and sorrow.
The blood of many humans dripped from his walls.
The chosen one of the dark one.
They all stood up. The X-men looked at them uncomfortably. Logan walked a few steps closer. "What do you want with us?"
Morganist looked at him with an evil grin on his face. "I have come to this town to do my masters wishes I have come for you. He wishes for mutant sacrifice. It has been long since we could do this for him."
Logan quickly slid his claws out of his hands. He wasn't ready to have this thing lay a hand on any of the other X-men. He quickly leaped towards the creature with his claws ready.
But Morganist was quick in his defense. He scooped up a hand full of soil and said three words in a strange tongue. Then he threw the soil at Logan.
The other X-men watched in disbelief, as Logan seemed to stop in mid air and fall to the ground. It looked as if he had made contact with a brick wall.
Kitty and Kurt ran over to him as he lay on the ground holding his head.
Morganist said, "It seems that you all are very aggressive now. We are not really in the mood to fight with you at this point in time. But do not worry we can have others do our bidding."
He then picked up another hand full of soil and began to chant four words in his ancient tongue. "Nio kio suho koi, nio kio suho koi." He repeated these words until the soil began to glow brightly. Then he threw the sand and said, "come to me minions."
They all waited for a little while. Rogue watched curious and afraid of what was going to happen. Then from the ground shapes began to form. It took some time for them to become fully formed, but eventually they could be seen clearly.
They were creatures, three hideous creatures. Their body's looked sort of like that of a mans, but they were very frail. So frail you could see the bones. But the heads were not even close to human. They looked like demon faces. With huge horns like that of a ram, but bigger.
Morganist spoke to them. "Minions, my men and I will be heading back to the castle. I want all of these mutants there shortly." And in a flash of flame the four mutants were gone. All that remained were the three demons.
Logan quickly got to his feet and slashed his claws at one of the creatures. Even though they looked frail they still were very strong. The demon grabbed Logan's arm and soon the other two were upon him. Then all four of them began to sink into the ground. Logan struggled with the demons with all his strength, until they all disappeared into the soil.
The other X-men stood in horror. Kitty felt the ground where Logan disappeared, looking for any sign of him.
Jean stepped closer to the spot, and suddenly one of the demons popped up behind her. It grabbed her and they both began to sink into the ground. Scott ran over to help her, but another one of the demons sprung from the ground in front of him.
The third came out of the ground near Kitty. It tried to grab her, but she slipped out of his grip with her powers.
Ororo began to try to bring up a storm to help her companions. The third demon saw this and lunged at her. The entire time this battle occurred the four younger mutants watched, not knowing what to do.
As Jeans head disappeared under the soil Scott and Ororo began to sink with their captors. Rogue ran over to Scott and grabbed his hand as the soil reached his waist. Evan ran over to his aunt and did the same. They pulled as hard as they could. The demons smiled at them evilly as they sank. Finally the two mutants were gone.
Rogue, Kurt, Kitty, and Evan were all that remained. They looked at each other. Fear was in their eyes. Kitty was so afraid she was almost in tears.
Then all three demons sprung from the ground. One of them looked at the four and said, "four mutants left. We hope you are more of a challenge."