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It is a normal day in the city of Chicago, when suddenly a bank alarm goes off. Inside the bank, the crowd of people is helpless as they watch a teenaged brunette in a blue and red costume walk by them and head to the vault. They cannot stop her for she is intangible and she easily walks through the counter and into the vault. "Pleasure doing business with you" she said.
Sirens can be heard coming.
"You'll never get away with this Pryde" the banker called out to her. "The police are coming and you won't be able to carry all that money out on your own" he said confidently.
"You go on and think that" the girl said. "Wait a second or is it getting colder here" she asked then pointed to the street where police cars were gathering. The police were about to come out when their cars became incased in ice, entrapping them. "Guess I will be strolling out" she said.
From out of the sky came a bridge of ice. On it was a brown haired boy in the same costume as the girl. "Come on babe I think we've made our point" the boy told her.
"Coming dear" She said then took one look at all the people present in the bank. "Now remember what I told you, you tell all the nice police officers and reporters that we did this to make a point. Let our master Magneto out or we'll do worse" she said simply then ran over to the boy and hopped on his back, holding the money she had taken. "Let's go these mortals are tiring me" she explained.
"Yeah I know" he agreed then directed the ice slide toward the middle of the road and the girl phased them through and away as news crews filmed the whole thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Back in Bayville in Xavier's office Essex watched the TV coverage and smiled. "Just as planned. That will really help their reputation" he smirked to himself when his doors burst open. "Scott" he said.
'Sorry sir but I was wondering if you saw the news. This the third time they've shown up. First in Miami, then St. Louis, and now Chicago, when are we going to go after them" he asked.
"Yes your old friends have gone to violence I'm afraid and we must handle them, but first we have to find them."
"Yes but how? When we tracked them to Budapest they were long gone, and every where else we go we can never find a trace of them."
"We use Cerebro," he explained. "Go down to the holding cell with some of the boys and persuade Ms. Frost that it is her best interest to help us" he explained.
Scott nodded. "Yes sir" he said coldly then walked out.
As he walked out a woman walked in, it was Mystique. "Hello Dr. Essex, I must say that the longer we stay here the more confidence I have in our success" she said.
"Why thank you" Essex said. "I do appreciate being believed in" he nodded. "Now have you sent out the letters to the former students, inviting them back" he asked.
"But of course. I mean they are much better off in our care then running into their former classmates, which I emphasized to the parents. We'd hate to see them persuaded by the Iceman and the Shadowcat to join up in their Pro-Magneto cause" she laughed.
"Excellent" he said. "Bringing those mutants under our sway will eliminate any chance of them being used against us."
"I just thought of something," Mystique said. "What about the Brotherhood, if Iceman and Shadowcat were to convince them..." she started to say.
"I wouldn't worry about that" Essex began to say when a gust of wind blew into the room and past Mystique, only to stop and reveal the white-haired speedster, Quicksilver. "As you can see I already offered him a position on the team."
"And I accepted" Quicksilver nodded. "Now all I need is a couple of my new friends to help persuade my old friends to join the X-Men" he smirked. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Down in the depths of the Xavier Mansion two mutants are being kept in a detention center.
"You know you're not much company," Emma Frost said to her cellmate as she looked over at him. She had a collar that suppressed her telepathic powers. The silence was killing her.
Piotr Rasputin, also known as Colossus just sat there and sighed. "I have nothing to say," he said simply.
Emma rolled her eyes. "Oh just great your one of those reclusive types and if being trapped by these people weren't bad enough" she frowned. They heard footsteps and looked up to see a small group of people coming in, lead by Cyclops.
"Well Ms. Frost if you want to improve your situation I suggest you cooperate" he explained.
Emma smiled. "Hello handsome, I'm listening" she said.
Jean Grey stood behind Cyclops and glared at Emma. "Back off" she frowned.
"Oh your no fun" Emma said still smiling at Cyclops.
Jean was about to give her another piece of her mind when Cyclops held up his hand. "No dear, you know where I stand. And as for you Ms. Frost we need your help. Your mind is quite powerful up to the par of Xavier" he began.
"Oh my help, well it's going to cost you" she explained.
"Oh really. The way I see it, your situation will get worse unless you do what we say" Cyclops snapped back.
Emma frowned. She hated being at the mercy of another person. "Fine, what Xavier like task may I perform for you" she asked.
"We need you to use Cerebro again and find Pryde and Drake" Jean said.
Piotr's face succumbed to fear for his friends.
"Oh well I guess I could if I have to, but why can't you, you're a telepath" she asked.
"I am currently using my telepathic abilities for other tasks and because the subjects are former Xavier students they know how to shield their minds. Thus finding them will be quite an activity."
"So you rather use me since you don't care if I exasperate myself" Emma asked.
"If that's the way you see it" Scott said. "Now will you cooperate?" he asked as his visor brightened.
Piotr stood himself up. "You cannot" he exclaimed. "They are just using you. If you help them they will kill the young ones" he said.
"Silence" Cyclops said as he entered the cell followed by Gambit and Havok. They grabbed Piotr and Cyclops smacked him hard in the stomach, making him fall.
Emma gave Piotr a sympathetic look. "Sorry dear but I have little other recourse. I do feel for the brats but I must do what I have to do. So I guess you must lead me?" She said.
"Good" Cyclops nodded. "The three of you take her," he told Rogue, Havok and Nightcrawler.
Piotr groaned in pain. "My friends" he gasped.
Jean smiled at Piotr. "I know you feel bad now Colossus but don't worry in a few moments you will feel nothing for either of those two and you will see we are doing the right thing" she told him then nodded at Cyclops and Gambit.
"What are you talking about" Piotr demanded when Cyclops and Gambit grabbed him and lifted him up in his weakened state. "What do you intend to do to me?"
"Re-educate you" Jean said and came closer. She put her hands on his head and soon linked with his mind. While Scott watched on smiling, Gambit watched as well but turned away with a look of despair that he was doing his best to conceal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the other side of the ocean morning had arrived on the small Island known as Muir. Kitty Pryde felt the sun on her face as it awoke her and for a second she almost forgotten where she was, but then remembered. She was sharing a bed with the one person in the world she still had, and the most important person to her. She put her hand on Bobby's chest and just snuggled him. Dr. Mactaggert had given them each a room but every night for the week they had been there Kitty found herself phasing through the wall and resting her head next to Bobby. He made her feel safe and she soon realized he felt the same way about her.
It had been a rough week to. Since they had gotten back they had soon learned that there were two people masquerading as them back in the US and committing acts of terrorism. Mr. Cassidy had told them he suspected this Essex person but the background check he was conducting with Interpol resources had turned up nothing. Worse off was the fact that Interpol considered both Bobby and herself terrorists and if it had not been for being hidden by Mr. Cassidy they would be in serious trouble. Kitty began to think about how this whole situation was just getting worse and worse. But then she decided why spoil the moment and just rested her head on to his chest.
Bobby soon awoke and looked down at her. "Morning" he yawned and smiled at her. "You know I could really get used to waking up to something so beautiful" he said to her.
Kitty blushed and kissed him on the cheek. "That's like the third day in the row you've said that" she told him.
"Well I'm sorry but it just gets better and better everyday," he said as he sat up.
Kitty smiled at him and put her arms around his neck. "I truly don't think I would of lasted this long if you hadn't of been here with me" she smiled and kissed him again on the lips. "You are the one thing keeping me sane when everything else around me has gone crazy."
Bobby shrugged. "You give me to much credit" he grinned. "I mean we both know that I would be lost without you to guide me and keep me out of trouble."
Kitty rolled her eyes. "No you never give yourself enough and that's the problem. Just believe in yourself, like I do" she told him. "I mean I need you to be the best you can be if we're ever going to get through this," she said.
Bobby shrugged. "I'll try, and I must admit you bring out the best in me" he said. "And don't worry we will get through this no matter what we have to do" he told her. "We're going to find the others, stop this Essex jerk and definitely take down those copycats," he told her.
Kitty let out a sigh of relief. The more confident Bobby felt the better she felt. "Definitely what I needed to here" she sighed as she rested her head on his chest again. "You know we can't stay here anymore," she said.
"Oh why not I'm so comfortable" he chuckled as he held her.
"You know what I mean, we have to keep looking for the others, we going to have to tell Dr. Moira and Sean that we need to go" she said.
"Yeah I know, I mean we have to go after Storm, Mr. McCoy, and Logan. They could need our help like Amara. But I don't think they will let us. All Sean has been saying is that everyone seems to be after us, not just the X- men but the authorities."
"Well I think Logan can take care of himself but if Storm and Mr. McCoy are in trouble we can't just keep hiding."
Bobby nodded. "We're just going to have to tell them we're going then," he said trying to sound confident but she could sense the nervousness in his voice, she felt nervous too.
"Together" Kitty told him and clenched his hand. Bobby smiled at her and they just lay there for a minute and didn't say anything till Kitty finally spoke. "Oh I don't think I want to move now."
Bobby held her and nodded. "Yeah me either" he said and was about to close his eyes again when he heard footsteps. "But something tells me we're going to have to" he said.
There was a knock on the door. "Great" Bobby mumbled. "Uhh who is it?" he asked.
"It be me lad" Rahne's voice rang out. "It's time for breakfast you better get a move on" she told him. "Now you going to open this door or not" she asked.
Bobby looked at Kitty for a second. "Oh yeah in a second I just have to get dressed" he explained.
"Nice try icecube" Rahne laughed. "I'm a werewolf and I be smelling both you and Kitty in there. Heck I've been smelling yee scents on each other since yee got here" she explained. "Anyway I guess I let yee have a few more seconds but hurry it up before mother be finding out."
"Yes Rahne" Kitty called back and they both heard Rahne walk away. "Well I guess we have to move" she frowned.
Bobby just held her tighter. "Nah I think we'll just stay here" he said and began to snuggle her.
"Sorry" Kitty sighed and phased through him much to his dismay. She leaned back down and kissed him hard on the lips. "Now promise to be a good boy" she smirked.
"I promise" Bobby said in a daze and then watched her get up and phase through the wall to get dressed. He got up as well and started to get himself together.
About 15 minutes later Bobby was dressed and descended down to the kitchen. Of course Dr. Moira's home was hardly normal but at least she had a functioning kitchen and plenty of extra rooms for mutants that she was housing. When he had gotten down there he saw everyone else seemed to be there except for Dr. Moira, who was probably still in the lab, and Kitty, who Bobby figured was still getting ready since they got out of bed at the same time.
Amara was at the table with both her injured legs propped up, and Theresa sat next to her. All three were staring at him with mischievous grins. "Rahne must have told them," he thought. He rolled his eyes. He gave a nod to Mr. Cassidy who was drinking his coffee and reading a newspaper. The Irishman gave him a simple grunt at that was all. Rahne was over at the stove cooking breakfast, which didn't surprise Bobby since he had learned how much she liked to cook back when she was at the Institute. "Oh smells good" he said in reference to the bacon. "What's that other stuff though?" he asked.
"It be haggis, it's good for you now just sit down," she said not looking up from her stove.
Bobby complied and just sat down. He knew Amara and Theresa were giggling at him. "Will you two give it a rest" he frowned.
"Oh I'm sorry Bobby" Amara smirked. "So how'd you sleep last night?"
"Yes lad it can get cold at night up here in Scotland" Theresa grinned. "You might have needed something to keep warm."
Bobby eyed them carefully as well as Mr. Cassidy, not sure how he might react. "Why don't you mind your own business?" he muttered to them.
Sean Cassidy began to laugh. "Don't think me as oblivious as I look lad. I see how yee be looking at young Katherine. But I do know it be none of mee business what yee two do, and yee both seem reasonably responsible" he smiled.
"Thank you" Bobby said.
"Of course if it had been mee daughter I would of hit yee so hard it, the ringing would sound like there be bagpipes in yee head" he smirked and sipped his coffee, which Bobby was sure was more then just coffee.
Theresa giggled. "Oh Da, I'm hardly a little girl yee know. If you knew the half of things I did when I was with Uncle Tom" she joked knowing it would irritate him. Bobby was amazed at how close the father and daughter had become so fast.
"Yeah well now that I be here I make sure my daughter be brought up right" he said sternly then returned to his paper.
At this time Rahne came over balancing an array of plates. She had made Sausage, Bacon, Hotcakes, Haggis, Eggs, and some Toast. "Eat up now, and I don't want to here any complaining" she said.
Kitty finally made her appearance. "Sorry I'm late, but well you know" she said and sat down next to Bobby. She saw most of the food and frowned. "Well now I'm not that sorry" she said.
Rahne lifted an eyebrow but Bobby caught it. "Watch it, you don't want to piss off the chef" he explained and began to eat. The others started to eat to.
"I think I'll just have an apple" Kitty said and reached out and grabbed one.
Sean rolled his eyes. "Vegetarians" he muttered. "If we weren't meant to eat meat I don't think I'd want to live" he smirked then continued to eat.
When they had finished everyone started to get up to leave when Kitty nudged Bobby. "Ask him" she muttered.
"Okay" Bobby nodded and approached Mr. Cassidy. "Mr. Cassidy sir we need to talk to you and the Doctor" he explained.
Sean nodded. "Alright lad, Moira should be in the lab" he told them and the three walked down to the laboratory where Moira was deeply involved in some project. They found her looking down a microscope. "Moira" Sean said. "The youngin's say they need to talk to us" he told her.
Moira looked up. "Alright now" she said and walked over. "What might yee need to talk about?"
"Look it's about us staying here, "Bobby said. "We can't just keep hiding."
"I mean we're grateful for the help you've given us," Kitty said. "But we still have friends we need to help" she told them.
"Yee are aware that yee are wanted yee know. I keep telling yee that yee be safe here, they never would come looking here" Sean told them.
"Yeah we know but if it's any indication what almost happened to Amara, if we don't get to our other friends they also could be in a lot of danger if not worse" Kitty said.
"But if you get caught you won't be doing them any good either. I doubt they be wanting you to get yuir-self thrown in prison" Moira scolded. "How do yee expect to get past all the people that be looking for you."
"Well we have to try, and besides the authorities aren't the only ones looking for us. We don't want to put you all in danger from Essex and the X-Men" Bobby explained. "If we can find the others we might be able to be able to fight them off and maybe even find out what has happened to them. And I'm sure Banshee could pull some strings to get us across the borders."
Sean shrugged. "Well I guess I could pull a few strings."
"And we still can contact Warren's transportation resources" Kitty said.
"If you can get a hold of Mr. Worthington, it been a week and yee still haven't been able to contact him" Moira said to them. "Besides yee act as if yee two be on your own, we are here to help. Charles was my partner, and I have just as much interest in stopping this Essex as yee do."
"Yee be no burden" Sean added. "We enjoy having yee with us and we want to help yee."
"We appreciate it" Kitty said. "But please you have to let us do this" she told them confidently as she held Bobby's hand.
"Look we can't stay here anymore. The problem won't be resolved by hiding, and we intend to go whether you want us to or not and with or without your help" he nodded.
Sean and Moira looked at each other uneasily before looking back at the defiant faces of Bobby and Kitty. "Well of course we be helping you" Moira said. "But we expect yee to keep contact with us everyday and we'll even come if you need help."
"I'll provide for your travel accommodations but keep your heads low. We'll keep trying to learn about Essex" Sean told them. "I can probably have yee out by the morning" he said.
Kitty smiled. "Thank you" She told them.
Bobby nodded. "Yeah we're glad to have you with us" he said.
"Yeah, yeah enough with the mushy stuff, go prepare" Sean said.
Bobby and Kitty nodded and walked out of the lab. Sean looked over at Moira and sighed. "Yee think we be doing the right thing" he asked.
"I do not know, but something tells me that maybe those two might turn out to be the only hope for all of us" she said.
Bobby and Kitty walked through the corridors holding hands. Kitty sighed. "Well that went well" she said.
"Better then I expected" Bobby agreed. "Just hope we can back up our mouths" he shrugged.
Kitty grabbed Bobby and just looked right at him. "Just promise me that no matter what we're never separated. Your all I've got" she said.
Bobby nodded and looked right back at her. "Yeah, I promise. Together we can do anything" he said as he held her hand tight.
Kitty just smiled and they shared one long affectionate kiss. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Across the Ocean back in Bayville it's a typical night at the Brotherhood boarding house. Blob had made a plate of sandwiches from everything left in the kitchen and was piggy out. Boom Boom and Toad were in front of the tube fighting over the remote, a fight Tabs was winning as usual. She had sent him flying into the wall for the third time. Lance lounged about on the easy chair and stared at the ceiling in boredom. In the corner Pyro, who had been staying there since Magneto had been captured played with his lighter.
"God this is boring" Lance finally just shouted out. "I mean what are we doing with ourselves. Ever since Magneto got thrown in jail all we've done is sit around."
"And how is that different from before. I mean he only used us when he needed us" Tabitha told him after she had reclaimed the remote again. "Besides who cares at least we're free to do what we want. That's why I came back. I mean when my Mom went crazy and tried to bring me home out of the Institute, I came here to have my freedom again. We are free to sit on our butts all day" she said and Pyro, Toad, and Blob all nodded in agreement.
"Yeah yo, why should we do anything? We're free to watch TV" Toad said with nods from Tabs, Blob, and Pyro
"Independent to sit around and eat all day" Blob agreed and the others nodded again.
"And to burn things" Pyro laughed manically and the others just stared at him.
"Why is he living here again?" Tabs whispered to Lance.
Lance shrugged. "Ehh in this place he belongs cause your all nuts" he frowned. "Why am I even still here" he wondered and continued to stare out until he saw Wanda come in. "Hey Wanda where you been" he asked.
Wanda nodded. "Oh hi" she frowned. "Have any of you seen my brother lately" she asked. "He's been acting stranger then usual."
Lance shrugged. "Checked the bathroom, sometimes he gets in a daze looking at himself" he smirked.
Wanda laughed slightly until the front door burst open.
"Real funny guys" Pietro smirked. "Now I'm glad you're all here, we're going to have a team meeting" he explained.
"Says who mate" Pyro asked. "Without Magneto you have no authority over any of us" he said.
"You got that right" Blob growled as Toad, Tabitha, Lance, and Wanda all glared at him.
"Relax will ya. I just thought we could talk about a business proposition I received today. I have an offer that I doubt any of you can refuse."
"Fine" Lance said. "If it will shut you up, just spill" he said.
"Well you see I've been thinking maybe the Brotherhood has outlasted its usefulness. I have just brokered a deal to allow all of us to be a part of the new mutant movement. We're all going to join the X-Men," he said.
The other hood members gasped in shock. "What" Tabs said. "Are you kidding, forget the X-Geeks. Besides the new group seems way to conformist."
"Yeah they are all military and stuff and whose this Essex dude yo" Toad agreed.
"Don't be stupid guys" Pietro said. "Essex is good people and he offered us all spots there. It's better then living in this dump and he knows what's right for mutants" he explained.
Lance rolled his eyes. "Yeah right forget those X-Geeks" he said. "We ain't joining them."
"Got that right" Blob agreed standing next to Lance as did Toad and Tabs and even Pyro.
"I thought you might say that so I brought something that might convince you" he explained then snapped his fingers. From outside came in several people in X-men uniforms, including Cyclops, Havok, Sabretooth, Mystique, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, and Colossus. "You see my side is ready to convince you" he said as they surrounded them.
"Your either with us or against us" Cyclops said sternly.
"It doesn't have to be this way," Jean added. "Just join us. We are the future," she said. Her words seemed to ring out to the Brotherhood.
Tabitha, Toad, Blob, and Pyro all looked uneasy as they heard her talk. Colossus fists, Sabretooths growl, and Mystiques glare all factors in as well. "Well if you put it that way" Tabs began to say.
"Tabs" Lance frowned.
"What, you really think it's worth fighting them. Besides what do we got to lose" she said. "I guess you've got me" she said.
"Fine go, what about the rest of you" Lance asked.
"Yeah we might as well give it a shot" Toad agreed. "Better then getting squashed.
"Blob" Lance asked.
"Doesn't the institute have a big kitchen" Blob agreed.
Lance frowned. "And I guess you going with them to Pyro" he asked.
Pyro fiddled with his lighter. "Will I get to burn things" he asked Pietro.
Pietro nodded. "But of course" he said then Pyro nodded that he was in.
"Well I guess I'm in to" Lance frowned. "But I better not get pushed around" he frowned at the X-men. I don't have much of a choice. What about you Wanda" he asked.
Wanda had been silent and starring coldy at Pietro the entire time. Finally she spoke. "You little traitor" she said and attacked him with her powers. She neutralized his powers then jumped on to him. "You joined them after what they did to father" she fumed.
"Help" Pietro squealed and Colossus and Sabretooth began to pull Wanda off him. She pushed them back with her powers but then was blasted off of him by Cyclops.
"That's that" Cyclops grunted as he looked over at Wanda who seemed almost knocked out.
"Thanks" Pietro gasped. "So what do we do with her" he asked.
"We'll just have to reprogram her" Jean smirked and leaned down to handle Wanda when suddenly the lights began to short out and the entire house went dark.
"What's going on, someone get a light," Cyclops ordered.
"But of course" Pyro grinned and flicked his lighter and created a large flame.
"She's gone" Mystique frowned. "We needed her."
"Don't worry" Cyclops grunted. "Her and all the others that stand in our way will soon be dealt with" he grunted. "Now come we all have work to do" he said and the X-Men and their reluctant new members left into the dark night.
Okay that's another section done. As always give me feedback including what you like and what you don't like, including storyline and plot ideas. I'll come back to this later after I've done a bit with Ultimate Evolution.
It is a normal day in the city of Chicago, when suddenly a bank alarm goes off. Inside the bank, the crowd of people is helpless as they watch a teenaged brunette in a blue and red costume walk by them and head to the vault. They cannot stop her for she is intangible and she easily walks through the counter and into the vault. "Pleasure doing business with you" she said.
Sirens can be heard coming.
"You'll never get away with this Pryde" the banker called out to her. "The police are coming and you won't be able to carry all that money out on your own" he said confidently.
"You go on and think that" the girl said. "Wait a second or is it getting colder here" she asked then pointed to the street where police cars were gathering. The police were about to come out when their cars became incased in ice, entrapping them. "Guess I will be strolling out" she said.
From out of the sky came a bridge of ice. On it was a brown haired boy in the same costume as the girl. "Come on babe I think we've made our point" the boy told her.
"Coming dear" She said then took one look at all the people present in the bank. "Now remember what I told you, you tell all the nice police officers and reporters that we did this to make a point. Let our master Magneto out or we'll do worse" she said simply then ran over to the boy and hopped on his back, holding the money she had taken. "Let's go these mortals are tiring me" she explained.
"Yeah I know" he agreed then directed the ice slide toward the middle of the road and the girl phased them through and away as news crews filmed the whole thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Back in Bayville in Xavier's office Essex watched the TV coverage and smiled. "Just as planned. That will really help their reputation" he smirked to himself when his doors burst open. "Scott" he said.
'Sorry sir but I was wondering if you saw the news. This the third time they've shown up. First in Miami, then St. Louis, and now Chicago, when are we going to go after them" he asked.
"Yes your old friends have gone to violence I'm afraid and we must handle them, but first we have to find them."
"Yes but how? When we tracked them to Budapest they were long gone, and every where else we go we can never find a trace of them."
"We use Cerebro," he explained. "Go down to the holding cell with some of the boys and persuade Ms. Frost that it is her best interest to help us" he explained.
Scott nodded. "Yes sir" he said coldly then walked out.
As he walked out a woman walked in, it was Mystique. "Hello Dr. Essex, I must say that the longer we stay here the more confidence I have in our success" she said.
"Why thank you" Essex said. "I do appreciate being believed in" he nodded. "Now have you sent out the letters to the former students, inviting them back" he asked.
"But of course. I mean they are much better off in our care then running into their former classmates, which I emphasized to the parents. We'd hate to see them persuaded by the Iceman and the Shadowcat to join up in their Pro-Magneto cause" she laughed.
"Excellent" he said. "Bringing those mutants under our sway will eliminate any chance of them being used against us."
"I just thought of something," Mystique said. "What about the Brotherhood, if Iceman and Shadowcat were to convince them..." she started to say.
"I wouldn't worry about that" Essex began to say when a gust of wind blew into the room and past Mystique, only to stop and reveal the white-haired speedster, Quicksilver. "As you can see I already offered him a position on the team."
"And I accepted" Quicksilver nodded. "Now all I need is a couple of my new friends to help persuade my old friends to join the X-Men" he smirked. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Down in the depths of the Xavier Mansion two mutants are being kept in a detention center.
"You know you're not much company," Emma Frost said to her cellmate as she looked over at him. She had a collar that suppressed her telepathic powers. The silence was killing her.
Piotr Rasputin, also known as Colossus just sat there and sighed. "I have nothing to say," he said simply.
Emma rolled her eyes. "Oh just great your one of those reclusive types and if being trapped by these people weren't bad enough" she frowned. They heard footsteps and looked up to see a small group of people coming in, lead by Cyclops.
"Well Ms. Frost if you want to improve your situation I suggest you cooperate" he explained.
Emma smiled. "Hello handsome, I'm listening" she said.
Jean Grey stood behind Cyclops and glared at Emma. "Back off" she frowned.
"Oh your no fun" Emma said still smiling at Cyclops.
Jean was about to give her another piece of her mind when Cyclops held up his hand. "No dear, you know where I stand. And as for you Ms. Frost we need your help. Your mind is quite powerful up to the par of Xavier" he began.
"Oh my help, well it's going to cost you" she explained.
"Oh really. The way I see it, your situation will get worse unless you do what we say" Cyclops snapped back.
Emma frowned. She hated being at the mercy of another person. "Fine, what Xavier like task may I perform for you" she asked.
"We need you to use Cerebro again and find Pryde and Drake" Jean said.
Piotr's face succumbed to fear for his friends.
"Oh well I guess I could if I have to, but why can't you, you're a telepath" she asked.
"I am currently using my telepathic abilities for other tasks and because the subjects are former Xavier students they know how to shield their minds. Thus finding them will be quite an activity."
"So you rather use me since you don't care if I exasperate myself" Emma asked.
"If that's the way you see it" Scott said. "Now will you cooperate?" he asked as his visor brightened.
Piotr stood himself up. "You cannot" he exclaimed. "They are just using you. If you help them they will kill the young ones" he said.
"Silence" Cyclops said as he entered the cell followed by Gambit and Havok. They grabbed Piotr and Cyclops smacked him hard in the stomach, making him fall.
Emma gave Piotr a sympathetic look. "Sorry dear but I have little other recourse. I do feel for the brats but I must do what I have to do. So I guess you must lead me?" She said.
"Good" Cyclops nodded. "The three of you take her," he told Rogue, Havok and Nightcrawler.
Piotr groaned in pain. "My friends" he gasped.
Jean smiled at Piotr. "I know you feel bad now Colossus but don't worry in a few moments you will feel nothing for either of those two and you will see we are doing the right thing" she told him then nodded at Cyclops and Gambit.
"What are you talking about" Piotr demanded when Cyclops and Gambit grabbed him and lifted him up in his weakened state. "What do you intend to do to me?"
"Re-educate you" Jean said and came closer. She put her hands on his head and soon linked with his mind. While Scott watched on smiling, Gambit watched as well but turned away with a look of despair that he was doing his best to conceal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the other side of the ocean morning had arrived on the small Island known as Muir. Kitty Pryde felt the sun on her face as it awoke her and for a second she almost forgotten where she was, but then remembered. She was sharing a bed with the one person in the world she still had, and the most important person to her. She put her hand on Bobby's chest and just snuggled him. Dr. Mactaggert had given them each a room but every night for the week they had been there Kitty found herself phasing through the wall and resting her head next to Bobby. He made her feel safe and she soon realized he felt the same way about her.
It had been a rough week to. Since they had gotten back they had soon learned that there were two people masquerading as them back in the US and committing acts of terrorism. Mr. Cassidy had told them he suspected this Essex person but the background check he was conducting with Interpol resources had turned up nothing. Worse off was the fact that Interpol considered both Bobby and herself terrorists and if it had not been for being hidden by Mr. Cassidy they would be in serious trouble. Kitty began to think about how this whole situation was just getting worse and worse. But then she decided why spoil the moment and just rested her head on to his chest.
Bobby soon awoke and looked down at her. "Morning" he yawned and smiled at her. "You know I could really get used to waking up to something so beautiful" he said to her.
Kitty blushed and kissed him on the cheek. "That's like the third day in the row you've said that" she told him.
"Well I'm sorry but it just gets better and better everyday," he said as he sat up.
Kitty smiled at him and put her arms around his neck. "I truly don't think I would of lasted this long if you hadn't of been here with me" she smiled and kissed him again on the lips. "You are the one thing keeping me sane when everything else around me has gone crazy."
Bobby shrugged. "You give me to much credit" he grinned. "I mean we both know that I would be lost without you to guide me and keep me out of trouble."
Kitty rolled her eyes. "No you never give yourself enough and that's the problem. Just believe in yourself, like I do" she told him. "I mean I need you to be the best you can be if we're ever going to get through this," she said.
Bobby shrugged. "I'll try, and I must admit you bring out the best in me" he said. "And don't worry we will get through this no matter what we have to do" he told her. "We're going to find the others, stop this Essex jerk and definitely take down those copycats," he told her.
Kitty let out a sigh of relief. The more confident Bobby felt the better she felt. "Definitely what I needed to here" she sighed as she rested her head on his chest again. "You know we can't stay here anymore," she said.
"Oh why not I'm so comfortable" he chuckled as he held her.
"You know what I mean, we have to keep looking for the others, we going to have to tell Dr. Moira and Sean that we need to go" she said.
"Yeah I know, I mean we have to go after Storm, Mr. McCoy, and Logan. They could need our help like Amara. But I don't think they will let us. All Sean has been saying is that everyone seems to be after us, not just the X- men but the authorities."
"Well I think Logan can take care of himself but if Storm and Mr. McCoy are in trouble we can't just keep hiding."
Bobby nodded. "We're just going to have to tell them we're going then," he said trying to sound confident but she could sense the nervousness in his voice, she felt nervous too.
"Together" Kitty told him and clenched his hand. Bobby smiled at her and they just lay there for a minute and didn't say anything till Kitty finally spoke. "Oh I don't think I want to move now."
Bobby held her and nodded. "Yeah me either" he said and was about to close his eyes again when he heard footsteps. "But something tells me we're going to have to" he said.
There was a knock on the door. "Great" Bobby mumbled. "Uhh who is it?" he asked.
"It be me lad" Rahne's voice rang out. "It's time for breakfast you better get a move on" she told him. "Now you going to open this door or not" she asked.
Bobby looked at Kitty for a second. "Oh yeah in a second I just have to get dressed" he explained.
"Nice try icecube" Rahne laughed. "I'm a werewolf and I be smelling both you and Kitty in there. Heck I've been smelling yee scents on each other since yee got here" she explained. "Anyway I guess I let yee have a few more seconds but hurry it up before mother be finding out."
"Yes Rahne" Kitty called back and they both heard Rahne walk away. "Well I guess we have to move" she frowned.
Bobby just held her tighter. "Nah I think we'll just stay here" he said and began to snuggle her.
"Sorry" Kitty sighed and phased through him much to his dismay. She leaned back down and kissed him hard on the lips. "Now promise to be a good boy" she smirked.
"I promise" Bobby said in a daze and then watched her get up and phase through the wall to get dressed. He got up as well and started to get himself together.
About 15 minutes later Bobby was dressed and descended down to the kitchen. Of course Dr. Moira's home was hardly normal but at least she had a functioning kitchen and plenty of extra rooms for mutants that she was housing. When he had gotten down there he saw everyone else seemed to be there except for Dr. Moira, who was probably still in the lab, and Kitty, who Bobby figured was still getting ready since they got out of bed at the same time.
Amara was at the table with both her injured legs propped up, and Theresa sat next to her. All three were staring at him with mischievous grins. "Rahne must have told them," he thought. He rolled his eyes. He gave a nod to Mr. Cassidy who was drinking his coffee and reading a newspaper. The Irishman gave him a simple grunt at that was all. Rahne was over at the stove cooking breakfast, which didn't surprise Bobby since he had learned how much she liked to cook back when she was at the Institute. "Oh smells good" he said in reference to the bacon. "What's that other stuff though?" he asked.
"It be haggis, it's good for you now just sit down," she said not looking up from her stove.
Bobby complied and just sat down. He knew Amara and Theresa were giggling at him. "Will you two give it a rest" he frowned.
"Oh I'm sorry Bobby" Amara smirked. "So how'd you sleep last night?"
"Yes lad it can get cold at night up here in Scotland" Theresa grinned. "You might have needed something to keep warm."
Bobby eyed them carefully as well as Mr. Cassidy, not sure how he might react. "Why don't you mind your own business?" he muttered to them.
Sean Cassidy began to laugh. "Don't think me as oblivious as I look lad. I see how yee be looking at young Katherine. But I do know it be none of mee business what yee two do, and yee both seem reasonably responsible" he smiled.
"Thank you" Bobby said.
"Of course if it had been mee daughter I would of hit yee so hard it, the ringing would sound like there be bagpipes in yee head" he smirked and sipped his coffee, which Bobby was sure was more then just coffee.
Theresa giggled. "Oh Da, I'm hardly a little girl yee know. If you knew the half of things I did when I was with Uncle Tom" she joked knowing it would irritate him. Bobby was amazed at how close the father and daughter had become so fast.
"Yeah well now that I be here I make sure my daughter be brought up right" he said sternly then returned to his paper.
At this time Rahne came over balancing an array of plates. She had made Sausage, Bacon, Hotcakes, Haggis, Eggs, and some Toast. "Eat up now, and I don't want to here any complaining" she said.
Kitty finally made her appearance. "Sorry I'm late, but well you know" she said and sat down next to Bobby. She saw most of the food and frowned. "Well now I'm not that sorry" she said.
Rahne lifted an eyebrow but Bobby caught it. "Watch it, you don't want to piss off the chef" he explained and began to eat. The others started to eat to.
"I think I'll just have an apple" Kitty said and reached out and grabbed one.
Sean rolled his eyes. "Vegetarians" he muttered. "If we weren't meant to eat meat I don't think I'd want to live" he smirked then continued to eat.
When they had finished everyone started to get up to leave when Kitty nudged Bobby. "Ask him" she muttered.
"Okay" Bobby nodded and approached Mr. Cassidy. "Mr. Cassidy sir we need to talk to you and the Doctor" he explained.
Sean nodded. "Alright lad, Moira should be in the lab" he told them and the three walked down to the laboratory where Moira was deeply involved in some project. They found her looking down a microscope. "Moira" Sean said. "The youngin's say they need to talk to us" he told her.
Moira looked up. "Alright now" she said and walked over. "What might yee need to talk about?"
"Look it's about us staying here, "Bobby said. "We can't just keep hiding."
"I mean we're grateful for the help you've given us," Kitty said. "But we still have friends we need to help" she told them.
"Yee are aware that yee are wanted yee know. I keep telling yee that yee be safe here, they never would come looking here" Sean told them.
"Yeah we know but if it's any indication what almost happened to Amara, if we don't get to our other friends they also could be in a lot of danger if not worse" Kitty said.
"But if you get caught you won't be doing them any good either. I doubt they be wanting you to get yuir-self thrown in prison" Moira scolded. "How do yee expect to get past all the people that be looking for you."
"Well we have to try, and besides the authorities aren't the only ones looking for us. We don't want to put you all in danger from Essex and the X-Men" Bobby explained. "If we can find the others we might be able to be able to fight them off and maybe even find out what has happened to them. And I'm sure Banshee could pull some strings to get us across the borders."
Sean shrugged. "Well I guess I could pull a few strings."
"And we still can contact Warren's transportation resources" Kitty said.
"If you can get a hold of Mr. Worthington, it been a week and yee still haven't been able to contact him" Moira said to them. "Besides yee act as if yee two be on your own, we are here to help. Charles was my partner, and I have just as much interest in stopping this Essex as yee do."
"Yee be no burden" Sean added. "We enjoy having yee with us and we want to help yee."
"We appreciate it" Kitty said. "But please you have to let us do this" she told them confidently as she held Bobby's hand.
"Look we can't stay here anymore. The problem won't be resolved by hiding, and we intend to go whether you want us to or not and with or without your help" he nodded.
Sean and Moira looked at each other uneasily before looking back at the defiant faces of Bobby and Kitty. "Well of course we be helping you" Moira said. "But we expect yee to keep contact with us everyday and we'll even come if you need help."
"I'll provide for your travel accommodations but keep your heads low. We'll keep trying to learn about Essex" Sean told them. "I can probably have yee out by the morning" he said.
Kitty smiled. "Thank you" She told them.
Bobby nodded. "Yeah we're glad to have you with us" he said.
"Yeah, yeah enough with the mushy stuff, go prepare" Sean said.
Bobby and Kitty nodded and walked out of the lab. Sean looked over at Moira and sighed. "Yee think we be doing the right thing" he asked.
"I do not know, but something tells me that maybe those two might turn out to be the only hope for all of us" she said.
Bobby and Kitty walked through the corridors holding hands. Kitty sighed. "Well that went well" she said.
"Better then I expected" Bobby agreed. "Just hope we can back up our mouths" he shrugged.
Kitty grabbed Bobby and just looked right at him. "Just promise me that no matter what we're never separated. Your all I've got" she said.
Bobby nodded and looked right back at her. "Yeah, I promise. Together we can do anything" he said as he held her hand tight.
Kitty just smiled and they shared one long affectionate kiss. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Across the Ocean back in Bayville it's a typical night at the Brotherhood boarding house. Blob had made a plate of sandwiches from everything left in the kitchen and was piggy out. Boom Boom and Toad were in front of the tube fighting over the remote, a fight Tabs was winning as usual. She had sent him flying into the wall for the third time. Lance lounged about on the easy chair and stared at the ceiling in boredom. In the corner Pyro, who had been staying there since Magneto had been captured played with his lighter.
"God this is boring" Lance finally just shouted out. "I mean what are we doing with ourselves. Ever since Magneto got thrown in jail all we've done is sit around."
"And how is that different from before. I mean he only used us when he needed us" Tabitha told him after she had reclaimed the remote again. "Besides who cares at least we're free to do what we want. That's why I came back. I mean when my Mom went crazy and tried to bring me home out of the Institute, I came here to have my freedom again. We are free to sit on our butts all day" she said and Pyro, Toad, and Blob all nodded in agreement.
"Yeah yo, why should we do anything? We're free to watch TV" Toad said with nods from Tabs, Blob, and Pyro
"Independent to sit around and eat all day" Blob agreed and the others nodded again.
"And to burn things" Pyro laughed manically and the others just stared at him.
"Why is he living here again?" Tabs whispered to Lance.
Lance shrugged. "Ehh in this place he belongs cause your all nuts" he frowned. "Why am I even still here" he wondered and continued to stare out until he saw Wanda come in. "Hey Wanda where you been" he asked.
Wanda nodded. "Oh hi" she frowned. "Have any of you seen my brother lately" she asked. "He's been acting stranger then usual."
Lance shrugged. "Checked the bathroom, sometimes he gets in a daze looking at himself" he smirked.
Wanda laughed slightly until the front door burst open.
"Real funny guys" Pietro smirked. "Now I'm glad you're all here, we're going to have a team meeting" he explained.
"Says who mate" Pyro asked. "Without Magneto you have no authority over any of us" he said.
"You got that right" Blob growled as Toad, Tabitha, Lance, and Wanda all glared at him.
"Relax will ya. I just thought we could talk about a business proposition I received today. I have an offer that I doubt any of you can refuse."
"Fine" Lance said. "If it will shut you up, just spill" he said.
"Well you see I've been thinking maybe the Brotherhood has outlasted its usefulness. I have just brokered a deal to allow all of us to be a part of the new mutant movement. We're all going to join the X-Men," he said.
The other hood members gasped in shock. "What" Tabs said. "Are you kidding, forget the X-Geeks. Besides the new group seems way to conformist."
"Yeah they are all military and stuff and whose this Essex dude yo" Toad agreed.
"Don't be stupid guys" Pietro said. "Essex is good people and he offered us all spots there. It's better then living in this dump and he knows what's right for mutants" he explained.
Lance rolled his eyes. "Yeah right forget those X-Geeks" he said. "We ain't joining them."
"Got that right" Blob agreed standing next to Lance as did Toad and Tabs and even Pyro.
"I thought you might say that so I brought something that might convince you" he explained then snapped his fingers. From outside came in several people in X-men uniforms, including Cyclops, Havok, Sabretooth, Mystique, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, and Colossus. "You see my side is ready to convince you" he said as they surrounded them.
"Your either with us or against us" Cyclops said sternly.
"It doesn't have to be this way," Jean added. "Just join us. We are the future," she said. Her words seemed to ring out to the Brotherhood.
Tabitha, Toad, Blob, and Pyro all looked uneasy as they heard her talk. Colossus fists, Sabretooths growl, and Mystiques glare all factors in as well. "Well if you put it that way" Tabs began to say.
"Tabs" Lance frowned.
"What, you really think it's worth fighting them. Besides what do we got to lose" she said. "I guess you've got me" she said.
"Fine go, what about the rest of you" Lance asked.
"Yeah we might as well give it a shot" Toad agreed. "Better then getting squashed.
"Blob" Lance asked.
"Doesn't the institute have a big kitchen" Blob agreed.
Lance frowned. "And I guess you going with them to Pyro" he asked.
Pyro fiddled with his lighter. "Will I get to burn things" he asked Pietro.
Pietro nodded. "But of course" he said then Pyro nodded that he was in.
"Well I guess I'm in to" Lance frowned. "But I better not get pushed around" he frowned at the X-men. I don't have much of a choice. What about you Wanda" he asked.
Wanda had been silent and starring coldy at Pietro the entire time. Finally she spoke. "You little traitor" she said and attacked him with her powers. She neutralized his powers then jumped on to him. "You joined them after what they did to father" she fumed.
"Help" Pietro squealed and Colossus and Sabretooth began to pull Wanda off him. She pushed them back with her powers but then was blasted off of him by Cyclops.
"That's that" Cyclops grunted as he looked over at Wanda who seemed almost knocked out.
"Thanks" Pietro gasped. "So what do we do with her" he asked.
"We'll just have to reprogram her" Jean smirked and leaned down to handle Wanda when suddenly the lights began to short out and the entire house went dark.
"What's going on, someone get a light," Cyclops ordered.
"But of course" Pyro grinned and flicked his lighter and created a large flame.
"She's gone" Mystique frowned. "We needed her."
"Don't worry" Cyclops grunted. "Her and all the others that stand in our way will soon be dealt with" he grunted. "Now come we all have work to do" he said and the X-Men and their reluctant new members left into the dark night.
Okay that's another section done. As always give me feedback including what you like and what you don't like, including storyline and plot ideas. I'll come back to this later after I've done a bit with Ultimate Evolution.