Chapter 21
"MOTHER?!"
It seemed like Alkina Sidka had a lot of explaining to do. She nodded her head at Jim's outburst.
"Yes, mother. The Mimics' father was the submissive gene to the mutant gene. They both took on my hair, eyes, and skin when they were born."
"What are you talking about submissive gene? Isn't the mutant gene submissive to the human gene?" Jean Gray asked.
Alkina shook her head. "Yes it is, but the gene I have is mutant. The gene we used to create them was neither."
Bobby's eyes lit up. "I told you she was a space alien!"
Jim slid down the wall and started rubbing his head. "So WHAT?! You mean to say she's half mutant, half alien?"
Alkina laughed. "Something like that. We discovered a strand of DNA on a meteorite that hit earth in the year 4260. It took two years to form that DNA strand into a sperm cell to impregnate an egg."
"But this is year 2003."
"The Mimics are a rather remarkable team. Since birth, they have been able to copy just about any living object they come in counter with. Since I am their mother, they have had my power along with their own since birth. I am from the era you speak of. I have the time transportation ability."
She sighed. "It was not expected that the egg cell I gave would produce twins, but that happened. They were born a few years later to myself and an alien creature. Much is know known about this genetic strand. It isn't human for one. It has the ability to greatly increase strength and stamina over a short period of time, it's faster than any living creature. And the greatest ability of all, to copy the X-Gene found in what we call mutants. It's very difficult for the Mimics to keep track of each power, so it is quite impossible for them to use more than three powers at a time, no matter how many they have.
"Yet, they came from one DNA strand, and they share a special bond sometimes found with human twins. For example, if they were to fight each other, they could predict every move the other one made down to the limit of the power used and the extent. Apart, they are both mentally unstable, as you probably have noticed the visual change in eye color. Together, they are stronger."
"But she lost to Rogue."
"Rogue has a very unique power then. I'm sure one on one would have been an easy kill, but then again, Mimic's been acting very odd since she arrived."
"What do you mean odd?"
Professor Sidka shrugged and pulled a disk out of her pocket. "Here are the status plans. By the end of today, they should be at 100% power, unless Snidva gives us any further trouble."
"What kind of mother are you?" Bobby spat. "Selling your own children!"
"Illkune and Snidva do not remember ever having parents. Nor do they remember their birthnames, birthdates, or anything about being born. Their first conscious memory was in a lab. Their purpose was to be tested on, not pampered like children."
"What are you using them for?"
Sidka rolled her eyes again. "World domination. What would anyone use the top military weapons for. We of all deserve the right to use them. That's why we went through the trouble of bringing them back through time."
"We?"
"Atlantians. This is what's left of once the greatest empire ever known to man."
Lance burst forward. "Whoa, wait a damn minute. Atlantis, as in sunken city, and aliens, as in genetic science experiment. This is a lot in one day, lady."
"You deserve to die off if you sell your own offspring to science," Bobby growled.
Junian left the room for a few minutes again. Alkina Sidka put her hands on her hips.
"It wasn't my choice. I volunteered to be the surrogate mother for a science experiment, nothing more, nothing less. They may be my offspring, but never did I connect with them the way I would connect with my own children."
"You do not deserve children."
"That may be your feelings, young one, but I have come a lot farther than you, and I am proud to call those creatures part of me. They will take this world over in a very short time from now. I suggest you be grateful you are not going to be part of the millions dead."
With that, the woman snapped her fingers in front of Bobby's face and walked out of the room. Junian came out from his hiding place and held the disk up. He sighed and sat down in a chair.
"You can't let this happen! You can't want this to happen."
"I don't have a choice," Junian whispered, folding his hands. "The ones who are against this aren't very many."
"That woman is evil."
He nodded. "It's a shame they are of her body. She could never be a real mother, but her act put her in Professor Morgan's sights. The Mimics you wish to set free? The stone on their foreheads must be broken, shattered, if possible."
"How do we stop this?"
Junian shrugged. "Illkune will protect his sister. Snidva won't be alone the next time you fight her, and Illkune is in perfect health, not to mention he has the disabling ability."
"Disable?"
"It knocks mutant powers out. They cannot be used."
"We have to rescue them."
"We could make clones of them. I have the correct genetic information and copies of the original DNA sample. I also have scrubs of both their skin. That could recreate both of them with their powers and distant memories, although they wouldn't be entirely sure about their past."
"How convenient."
"But we would have to use this machinery."
"What if we destroyed Cerebro."
"Then they would vanish. Does Cerebro exist in this era?"
"Yes it does. We would remember her, wouldn't we?"
"Yes, you will keep your memories of her. I will complete the proper medical procedures needed, but you will have to hurry. They launch the attack in two days."
"Shit! Really?"
"The combined powers of the Mimics are greater than any nuclear bomb. They could destroy your country if given enough time to charge their major attack."
"Which is?"
"The Eclipse Missile. It absorbs direct energy from the sun and channels it into the target. It can get hot enough that it can vaporize boulders in less than two milliseconds."
"Oh fuck."
"You must escape here. And hurry. I will start on the clones. I will reach you somehow and tell you status differences. Hurry, and make sure Cerebro can never be rebuilt. If it can, this would have been in vain. Hurry."
And that was the mission. Bobby and Jim took it personally. The next hour, they had burrowed through one of the labs walls and into the open ocean. With Jim at full power and Kurt teleporting people into the jet, they were gone. Suprisingly, the security monitors were down, assistance from Junian Apheros.
"MOTHER?!"
It seemed like Alkina Sidka had a lot of explaining to do. She nodded her head at Jim's outburst.
"Yes, mother. The Mimics' father was the submissive gene to the mutant gene. They both took on my hair, eyes, and skin when they were born."
"What are you talking about submissive gene? Isn't the mutant gene submissive to the human gene?" Jean Gray asked.
Alkina shook her head. "Yes it is, but the gene I have is mutant. The gene we used to create them was neither."
Bobby's eyes lit up. "I told you she was a space alien!"
Jim slid down the wall and started rubbing his head. "So WHAT?! You mean to say she's half mutant, half alien?"
Alkina laughed. "Something like that. We discovered a strand of DNA on a meteorite that hit earth in the year 4260. It took two years to form that DNA strand into a sperm cell to impregnate an egg."
"But this is year 2003."
"The Mimics are a rather remarkable team. Since birth, they have been able to copy just about any living object they come in counter with. Since I am their mother, they have had my power along with their own since birth. I am from the era you speak of. I have the time transportation ability."
She sighed. "It was not expected that the egg cell I gave would produce twins, but that happened. They were born a few years later to myself and an alien creature. Much is know known about this genetic strand. It isn't human for one. It has the ability to greatly increase strength and stamina over a short period of time, it's faster than any living creature. And the greatest ability of all, to copy the X-Gene found in what we call mutants. It's very difficult for the Mimics to keep track of each power, so it is quite impossible for them to use more than three powers at a time, no matter how many they have.
"Yet, they came from one DNA strand, and they share a special bond sometimes found with human twins. For example, if they were to fight each other, they could predict every move the other one made down to the limit of the power used and the extent. Apart, they are both mentally unstable, as you probably have noticed the visual change in eye color. Together, they are stronger."
"But she lost to Rogue."
"Rogue has a very unique power then. I'm sure one on one would have been an easy kill, but then again, Mimic's been acting very odd since she arrived."
"What do you mean odd?"
Professor Sidka shrugged and pulled a disk out of her pocket. "Here are the status plans. By the end of today, they should be at 100% power, unless Snidva gives us any further trouble."
"What kind of mother are you?" Bobby spat. "Selling your own children!"
"Illkune and Snidva do not remember ever having parents. Nor do they remember their birthnames, birthdates, or anything about being born. Their first conscious memory was in a lab. Their purpose was to be tested on, not pampered like children."
"What are you using them for?"
Sidka rolled her eyes again. "World domination. What would anyone use the top military weapons for. We of all deserve the right to use them. That's why we went through the trouble of bringing them back through time."
"We?"
"Atlantians. This is what's left of once the greatest empire ever known to man."
Lance burst forward. "Whoa, wait a damn minute. Atlantis, as in sunken city, and aliens, as in genetic science experiment. This is a lot in one day, lady."
"You deserve to die off if you sell your own offspring to science," Bobby growled.
Junian left the room for a few minutes again. Alkina Sidka put her hands on her hips.
"It wasn't my choice. I volunteered to be the surrogate mother for a science experiment, nothing more, nothing less. They may be my offspring, but never did I connect with them the way I would connect with my own children."
"You do not deserve children."
"That may be your feelings, young one, but I have come a lot farther than you, and I am proud to call those creatures part of me. They will take this world over in a very short time from now. I suggest you be grateful you are not going to be part of the millions dead."
With that, the woman snapped her fingers in front of Bobby's face and walked out of the room. Junian came out from his hiding place and held the disk up. He sighed and sat down in a chair.
"You can't let this happen! You can't want this to happen."
"I don't have a choice," Junian whispered, folding his hands. "The ones who are against this aren't very many."
"That woman is evil."
He nodded. "It's a shame they are of her body. She could never be a real mother, but her act put her in Professor Morgan's sights. The Mimics you wish to set free? The stone on their foreheads must be broken, shattered, if possible."
"How do we stop this?"
Junian shrugged. "Illkune will protect his sister. Snidva won't be alone the next time you fight her, and Illkune is in perfect health, not to mention he has the disabling ability."
"Disable?"
"It knocks mutant powers out. They cannot be used."
"We have to rescue them."
"We could make clones of them. I have the correct genetic information and copies of the original DNA sample. I also have scrubs of both their skin. That could recreate both of them with their powers and distant memories, although they wouldn't be entirely sure about their past."
"How convenient."
"But we would have to use this machinery."
"What if we destroyed Cerebro."
"Then they would vanish. Does Cerebro exist in this era?"
"Yes it does. We would remember her, wouldn't we?"
"Yes, you will keep your memories of her. I will complete the proper medical procedures needed, but you will have to hurry. They launch the attack in two days."
"Shit! Really?"
"The combined powers of the Mimics are greater than any nuclear bomb. They could destroy your country if given enough time to charge their major attack."
"Which is?"
"The Eclipse Missile. It absorbs direct energy from the sun and channels it into the target. It can get hot enough that it can vaporize boulders in less than two milliseconds."
"Oh fuck."
"You must escape here. And hurry. I will start on the clones. I will reach you somehow and tell you status differences. Hurry, and make sure Cerebro can never be rebuilt. If it can, this would have been in vain. Hurry."
And that was the mission. Bobby and Jim took it personally. The next hour, they had burrowed through one of the labs walls and into the open ocean. With Jim at full power and Kurt teleporting people into the jet, they were gone. Suprisingly, the security monitors were down, assistance from Junian Apheros.