Wanda and Fuzzy

Chapter 15: Father- Part 2

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to Marvel.

Shout Outs-

Digidestined02- Yup, TJ has on Hell of a messed up family, doesn't she?

Ruby631- I'm not sure whether Mastermind was supposed to look like a monkey in the show but he does. He looks kinda like Monkey Fist from Kim Possible.

Ldypebsaby- Mwahahaaa! It's going to be one big fight with the in-laws. Heh. Pie, Rogue and TJ are a given. I'm just throwing everything in to the mix. It's one big Wagner/Maximoff cake.

Slickboy444- Heh, ain't I a stinker? Cliffhangers are so cool. We will see just how Mags feels soon enough. Poor Wanda, she never seems to catch a break.

TheLegendaryManHimself- Oh God, the property damage caused by Wanda and Mags is gonna be huge. Xavier must have a killer insurance policy.

Agent-G- Yeah, I thought that scene with Wanda and TJ was cute too. A little random and silly but still cute.

Thanks to- Shawn Provoncha.

Quote of the day- 'We are the keepers of the sacred words. Ni, peng and noo-wong!'- One of the Knights Who Say Ni (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

Xavier's-

Wanda and the X-Men, along with TJ, Mystique, Destiny and a newly arrived Quicksilver and Crystal, were suited up and ready for battle.

Magneto was floating in front of them with Sabretooth and Pyro standing next to him. The tension was so intense that you could cut it with a knife.

'Wanda, please, I only want to talk.' Magneto said, his voice eerily calm.

'You never want to talk, father.' Wanda spat. 'Why don't you leave? You're not welcome here.'

'Wanda, please…' Magneto repeated. 'I mean you no harm.'

'Why don't you just kidnap me already and screw around with my memories?' Wanda sneered. 'You've already done that once so what's stopping you from doing it again?'

Magneto stopped floating above the ground and slowly approached Wanda.

'Wanda, please believe me.' Magneto said as he slowly reached out to touch Wanda on the shoulder. 'I mean you no harm…'

Wanda swatted her father's hand away and looked him right in the eye.

'Get bent!' She hissed. 'I'm going to have this baby whether you like it or not.'

Sabretooth growled and went to step closer. However, Logan saw this and unsheathed his claws with a growl.

'Stay out of this, Wolverine.' Wanda ordered. 'This is personal, it's between me and my beloved father.'

Logan reluctantly backed away and sheathed his claws.

'Sabretooth stand down.' Magneto said.

'But Magneto…'

'Do as I say.' Magneto ordered. 'This has nothing to do with you.'

'Zhen vhy did you invite your lackeys along viz you?' Kurt asked. 'Vere you afraid to come alone? Ze almighty Magneto afraid to face a mere girl?'

'You would do well to remember your place, X-Man.' Magneto said, narrowing his eyes at the fuzzy blue elf. 'Being the father of Wanda's child does not make you untouchable.'

'Don't you dare lay a finger on my son!' Raven snarled. 'You don't have the right.'

Magneto turned to regard the shape-shifter.

'I will deal with you later, Mystique.' He said.

'Yeah, I bet you would.' Mystique snorted. 'Kidnap the child and perform experiments on her, just like you did with Kurt. You really have no shame Magneto! She's your own granddaughter for God's sake! If you want the child, you'll have to go through me.'

Pietro looked at the confrontation, his mind awhirl. Wanda wasn't; the only Maximoff child that Magneto had messed around with, Pietro had always been unerringly loyal to his father and what did he get in return? Betrayal.

'You'll have to go through me too.' Pietro added. 'Wanda is my sister and I'm not going to let you hurt her.'

'Pietro…?' Magneto asked. 'But you…'

'Were loyal?' Pietro snorted. 'Yeah, I was loyal to you all right. Even after all the times you screwed me over. But I've had enough. I'm making a stand! You're not going to get Wanda, or the child while I'm still breathing.

'Me too.' TJ added as she stepped up beside her alternate grandmother and uncle. 'I have special stakes in this.'

Magneto looked at the blue-skinned young woman, who had a surprising similarity to Nightcrawler.

'And you are…?'

'My name is Talia Josephine Wagner.' TJ replied. 'I'm Kurt and Wanda's daughter. Well, from an alternate timeline anyway.'

The other X-Men stood behind Wanda.

'Are you willing to risk the safety of your grandchild, Erik?' Xavier asked. 'She would undoubtedly be injured if violence does escalate. Not to mention Wanda herself.'

The wrought iron railings around the mansion rattled. Nobody could be sure who was causing it. Wanda was understandably upset, while it was equally plausible that Magneto could be causing it.

Kurt gently took Wanda's hand in his.

'Wanda please, think of the baby…'

Wanda looked at the father of her unborn child. She looked at his loving expression. Nobody had ever treated her with as much love as Kurt did. And now they were having a child together.

The railings stopped rattling as Wanda calmed down. She looked at her father.

Magneto bowed his head in defeat, there was no chance that he would escape from a possible fight with the X-Men unharmed. He reached up to his telepathy-proof helmet and slowly removed it.

Wanda looked him straight in the eyes. Far from looking angry and wanting to kidnap her, Magneto's eyes seemed saddened and full of regret. Even though she felt an impossible amount of hate for her father, Wanda's heart couldn't help but go out to him. Was it right to deprive Magneto the right of seeing his grandchild borne to this world?

'I-I've been through a lot.' Wanda said. 'The asylum, having my memories messed with, falling in love with Kurt, finding out that I'm pregnant. My hormones are out of whack. I'm more irritable than ever. But as much as I hate you, it's wrong to keep your grandchild from. Just… not now. I-I need to get my head around this.'

'Wanda, are you sure about this?' Pietro whispered. 'How do we know he doesn't want to take the child for himself?'

'It may be my hormones screwing up my emotions but I want to believe him. We're the only family he has left, it's wrong to keep the child from him.'

Wanda looked back at her father again.

'Magneto, I will tell you when the baby is born. But if you do anything to hurt her, no power on heaven and earth will be able to hide you from me…'

'Wanda… Thank y…'

'Please, don't…' Wanda said as she turned her back on Magneto. 'Don't say anything, I'm tired. I want to lie down.'

Magneto didn't move a finger as a tired Wanda turned and slowly walked back in to the mansion.

Everybody turned back to the Master of Magnetism, expecting him to go after her.

Magneto put his helmet back on and turned to Pyro and Sabretooth.

'Pyro, Sabretooth, there is nothing else for us here. It is time for us to depart.'

The two Acolytes gathered around their leader without another word as Magneto conjured up some metallic travelling spheres. But before they left, Magneto had something else to say.

'Farewell X-Men, we will meet again. Hopefully as friends…'

And with that, the travelling spheres closed up and flew up into the air, carrying them away.

Kurt sighed in relief.

'Thank God that's over.' He sighed. 'I'm going to check up on Wanda.

Raven, Destiny and TJ followed.

'Do you think Magneto's truly changed for the better, Irene?' Raven asked her friend and lover.

'The future is murky but I am willing to bet that we have seen a new Magneto here today.'

TBC…

Next: Polaris

Yup, Lorna Dane is back and this time she has friends! Guest starring: Havok.