Title: Requiems of The Past
Disclaimer: I own nothing from X-Men Evolution. It's a great show, I'd suggest for everyone to at least watch one episode…
Warning: This story is an alternate universe to the one seen in the show, which occurs after episode fourteen; Growing Pains. It will contain angst, fluff, and violence.
Rating: For the most part I'm going to say at least PG-13.
Author's Notes: The main character was offered to me from one of my many friends.
Dialogue Notes: Italics- Flashbacks, Bold- Thoughts, Bold/Italics- Telepathy, ""-Regular speech
Chapter Dedication: Yeah! The first chapter is dedicated to…
-drumroll- Sandra! Hehe, you know who you are… -wink- this is the person that brought this site to my attention.
Chapter 2: Rising Conflicts
Consciousness returns to Magnus as he flutters awake, feeling his head throb and his stomach still complaining of nausea. He sits up and looks around the room hearing someone talking, but seeing no one.
"Oh! You awake. How do you feel?" A voice says calmly and almost cheerfully.
Magnus feels as if the voice itself can be trusted so he replies, "I'm fine, but where are you?" "Why, up here of course."
Turning his upward, Magnus beholds a muscular looking blue male. The man is wearing a pair of brown pants and a white lab coat that remains unbuttoned, showcasing that the blue fur is everywhere on his body. Magnus finally notices that the man is hanging upside down, from his legs. "How are you hanging like that?"
The man chuckles and says, "You're the first to ask me anything without gasping first…" The blue man flips once and lands on his hands as if the act of acrobatics was easy enough for a child to perform. "…I'm Henry McCoy. But you can either call me, Hank or Beast. And I can hang like because my DNA is structured like that of many animals. One of which is a spider. I am also superhumanly strong, fast, agile, and durable and possess superhuman reflexes."
Magnus smiles at the big blue man, "Where am I, Hank?"
"You are with friends. At the Xavier Institute of Higher Learning. Here you will be safe from the outside world and we will train you in your abilities…whatever they may be."
"Are you always this polite?"
"Yes, I am. Thank you for noticing."
"But you don't know anything about me."
"I tend to trust in the goodness of people."
"Well thank you for trusting me. Now can I leave?"
Hank is taken aback by the question and stammers, "Wh…wh…why would you want to?"
"I wasn't asked to come here. I was kidnapped."
"That's preposterous! We saved you."
Magnus runs his finger over the bandaged hole in his wing and says, "And now I want to leave, isn't that my right?"
Hank is flabbergasted as Magnus get up and walks out of the lab. The outside of the infirmary looks just the inside, clean and contemporary lines of an unknown metal. His ears register footsteps and something else, a constant grinding of two surfaces…maybe a wheelchair?
Suddenly, two people come into view a tall red headed woman and bald man in a wheelchair. The bald man says, "Hello, Magnus. I'm Charles Xavier and this is one of more prominent students, Jean Grey. We were just on our way to see you."
Magnus studies the man's face, looking for sign that says he can't be trusted, but finding none asks, "Why was I brought here? Who are you people? And why am I so important to you?"
Charles just smiles and says, "Come take a walk with us, we'll talk more."
The wolf runs through the tress, desperately seeking the object of its attention. The thick brush and trees making it hard for the wolf's eyes to locate the item, so she closes her eyes, listening and sniffing to the sound and scents around her. Suddenly catching a whiff of a familiar scent she races off to claim her prize.
A few seconds later she finds her target…a little yellow rubber ball. Grabbing it in her teeth she picks it up and begins to hike back the she came. Walking out of the tree line she sees the great mansion in the background of the massive back yard. The wolf drops the ball and morphs into a young female named Rhane Sinclair. Her tiny body hiding her muscles and her speed, even as a human. Despite the fact that it's nearly eighty degrees outside, Rhane is wearing her jeans and her green long sleeve shirt with the shoulders cut out. Her hair is also done in two tiny ponytails. Her green eyes scan the yard for her next target, Roberto Da Costa.
The boy's brownish skin is easily seen against the green grass, making him stick out to Rhane's enhanced vision. His wavy black hair and deep brown eyes also making him easily identifiable. Not to mention his maroon shirt and brown pants, which also contrast with the emerald grass. Rhane runs over to him closing the distance, and quickly and leaps forward…straight at him.
Roberto turns just in time to get tackled, Rhane's momentum easily knocking him backward, where she straddles his waist, "Ha! I told you I could find it! You're gonna have to try harder next time."
Roberto grunts and lightly pushes Rhane onto the grass beside him, where he proceeds to tickle her sides, "Try harder, huh? Maybe I'll soak it in that perfume you don't like."
Through her hysterical laughter Rhane says, "Ugh! No! I hate that stuff! Stop tick…" She is cut off as another wave of laughter overtakes her voice box. Her laughter echoes through her sensitive ears, along with his rhythmic breathing, and voices…the professor, Jean, and someone else. "Wait stop!"
Roberto stops immediately, "What? What is it?"
"I hear someone that I never heard before." Usually Roberto would've gone back to tickling her, but somewhere on her youthful face is a quirk of concern of the newcomer. He stays silent and allows Rhane to listen to the conversation.
Magnus looks around at the magnificent stonewall and fantastic architecture that is made from the most expensive marble he knows. The vast and finely kept back lawn of the institute is dotted with people having lunch, playing games, or just sitting and enjoying the slightly clouded sky. Magnus turns to the professor, "This place is definitely amazing at first glance. But what kind of things do you do here?"
Xavier answers, "Well we mostly give a home to those mutants that can't or don't want to live with their families. There's a school not to far from here that the children attend. That's where you'll be going. And…"
Magnus raises an eyebrow, "Excuse me?"
"What?"
Giving the professor a look like he's an idiot, "Have you taken a look at me? I can't go to any school! They're just waiting for more mutants like me to show up so they can carry out another which hunt."
Xavier sighs, "I know the humans aren't the most…accepting…bunch of people, but they strike out of fear."
"Well they most certainly struck me." Magnus states as he lightly rubs his soar wing. "How can I even go to school? If they so much as get one look at me, they'll be dividing and fighting amongst themselves…and I'm not going to be responsible for that."
"I admire your honor, Magnus, I really do. But there are ways around your problems."
"Like what?"
The professor falls silent and closes his eyes, staying still and ceasing movement. A moment later he opens his eyes and asks, "I'd like to introduce Kurt Wagner."
Looking around the area made clear there is no one but the three of them. Suddenly Magnus feels a breeze that rushes past his face and stops as suddenly as it began. Turning his head to the left, he sees a new figure, a lithe and wiry blue furred man. "Hello." He waves displaying a three-fingered hand, "My name is Kurt Wagner. I trust you're feeling alright." Kurt's body is cover in fine indigo blue fur from head to toe. Speaking of toes, his feet are unique having two toes in front of his foot and one in back. His chrome yellow eye are stand out against his dark blue skin
"Hi. I'm Magnus Harrison. How did you…?"
Kurt interrupts, "get so cute? I was lucky enough to be born this way. You too?"
"Unfortunately, yes."
"It doesn't have to be unfortunate, ya' know?"
Magnus sighs, "What do you mean? We're different even from normal mutants."
Kurt extends his index finger and says, "Exactly my point! We are different! Every one of us is different is some way or another. And that makes us the same as everyone else."
"What the hell are you talking about?!"
"You'll find out someday. Anyway, I was told you don't want to go to school."
"That's right. I'm not going to be responsible for bringing violence to mutants at that school."
"Not only do I understand, but I agree with you. However a friend of mine created a device that can hide you from sight."
"What do you mean?"
"I'll show you." Kurt held up his hand and pressed a finger to his watch. Suddenly his body flashes and changes instantaneously to a young Caucasian male with dark hair, blue eyes, and average clothes. His index and middle finger though are separate from his ring and pinky finger.
Magnus asks, "What's with your fingers? It doesn't hide everything does it?"
Xavier answers, "No, it just modifies the light molecules coming in contact with your body, but it doesn't change everything. For example, touch Kurt's arm."
Magnus reaches out and grabs the young man arm…and feels fine fur tickling his skin. "Well, that's not good enough. What am I going to do about my wings? I can't fold them up yet, they're still healing."
Xavier smiles, one of his trusting smiles, "I thought about that. So, you'll stay at the mansion until your wings are fully healed and then we will see if you like this school. Ok?"
Magnus sighs, "Sounds great chief. What's next?"
"Well, we need to find you a room. And then you can move your belongings in."
Magnus suddenly feels like a sword has stabbed his heart. He grabs his chest and says, "Shut up…" he forces the anger out of him and looks at Xavier's calming blue eyes, "I lost my…belongings to a fire."
"I'm sorry to hear that. Well, you can't go with them. So we can go shopping for you."
"I don't know, no one really knows me here. I think I'd like to wait until my wings are healed."
Xavier bows his head; "Very well, I'll show you to your room."
Magnus turns to tell Kurt to follow him so he can talk to him, but he's already gone. So he turns back to Xavier and follows him to his new home.