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: I'm going to up the ante on this chapter because of language and violence. If you are offended by coarse language or don't like violence, than don't continue. You have been warned.
Author's Notes: You still need to ask permission to use these characters.
Dialogue Notes: Italics- Flashbacks, Bold- Thoughts, Bold/Italics- Telepathy, ""-Regular speech
Chapter Dedication: I'm dedicating this chapter to everyone that made a character for me. You know who you are!
Chapter 6: Deeper Into You
Michael turns hi seat around to the bird girl and says, "So, you have telepathy? What else?"
"Well I also have the ability to create violent distortions in local sound waves, dubbed a "sonic scream", I have the talons and the wings of a bird, and I have enhanced eyesight. What about you?"
Michael smiles and relaxes actually getting into the conversation, "I have extensive control over gravitational fields. I can mimic many different powers, powers like telekinesis, super human endurance, and super human agility. Also I'm learning some new techniques that quite advanced for my age. The Professor says the degree of control I have over my power is exceptional for my age, but nowhere near safe enough for me to leave the institute. Manipulating gravity is more dangerous than people realize. How did you end up in their custody anyway?"
"Well I was…" Suddenly the jet shook violently and stops, as if a gigantic hand wrapped itself around it and plucked it from the air. Logan starts pressing buttons, trying to figure a way out of this bizarre situation. Almost as suddenly as the jet was stopped he knew what…or rather who…was responsible, "Magneto." He unfastens his safety harness and runs to passenger compartment. All the eyes turn to him, the only adult in this situation, "Alright, don't panic. I think Magneto stopped us. We may have to fight his and his henchman, ok?"
Michael unbuckles his harness and says, "That's fine. I was starting to get tired any way."
Raine smirks, "Finally, a decent distraction."
Another thud rocks the jet as it is set on the ground. The door is ripped off with a hideous creak and metallic ripping sound. Logan turns to protect the kids and sees Sabertooth standing in the doorway. Logic and reason are forgotten as Logan drops into his all too familiar animalistic mindset.
Logan leaps outward toward Sabertooth and catches him off guard. The two primal mutants roll across the ground, scratching, biting, and tearing at each other, trying to inflict as much damage as possible. But in the end it was all moot. Sabertooth throws Logan off him and stands, pieces of flesh and clothing hanging from his body, blood freely flowing from his wounds. Michael watches intently as the bleeding stops and the flaps of skin drop off his body, only to be replaced by new blood and skin that have been freshly regenerated. Logan stands fully healed, ready for round two of this little bout.
He runs and goes for flying spin kick, which would have hit the bigger man in the chest, but the hit never came. Instead, Logan floats aloft, unable to move any part of his body Michael says, "Shit! Magneto's here!" Mike leaps from the jet and looks up, expecting to see Magneto hanging in the air. Instead he sees Magneto and the Acolytes hanging in the air. Magneto says, "Come out of that jet now, or you'll have one less instructor at that school." Raine, Brad, Magnus, and Shante step out onto the ground of a clearing in some kind of forest.
"Great," Raine thought, "No one can see us."
Magneto floats down and sets the Acolytes down behind him, "You," Magneto extends a hand to Michael, "Must come with us."
"What! No way!"
"There are forces in this world that no one person can kill. You MUST come with us!"
"I'm not going anywhere with you."
Magneto grows stern in his expression, "Fine. We'll do it you way."
Michael steeled his nerves, wanting Magneto's goons to make the first move. Pyro squares off with Brad, Gambit is glaring at Raine, and Colossus smirks and sneers at Shante and Magnus. Michael forces himself to smile, "I guess that leaves you and me old man. Let's go."
"Honestly, young people. Do you think challenging my masculinity is going to get me to make a mistake?"
"I don't care whether it does or not…you're still old."
"Very well. If you do not wish to listen to words, than I will take you from this place."
Brad steps up beside Mike, "You just try it."
Pyro leaps toward Brad and says, "Don't mind if I do, mate." John tackles the Brad and they roll away from Michael, who hasn't taken his gaze away from Eric's. Brad kicks John off him, "That was a cheap shot."
"Hey, you fell for it." Bard growls and thrusts his left hand forward. Light shimmers and twinkles around his hand as ice forms over it. Brad says, "Fire meets ice. This should be fun."
"You got that right mate. Let's go."
Brad flattens his hands and a sheet of blue crystal shoots from his hand straight toward John's chest. Pyro triggers his flamethrowers and orders the fire to consume the ice. At the speed of his thoughts the flames obeyed and roll around the ice spear until nothing but water slaps harmless against the ground in front of John. John looks up to Brad to say something sarcastic, but sees Brad has transformed into his complete ice form…clothes and all. Brad smiles at John nervous reaction to his new form and runs toward him. John scoffs and runs toward Brad, ending in a game of mercy. Stream rises off the entwined hands of the two combatants.
John says, "Give it up Frosty! I can melt you."
Brad smiles, "How original." Brad's knees shoot out from under him and collide with John's chest, forcing the air from his lungs. Pulling back against the now solid mass of John's body, Brad performs a foot launch. Pain lurches through John's body as he lands roughly on the ground. Gasping for air John triggers his flamethrowers again and solidifies the fire into a sphere of flame. He wills it to hit Brad right in his smug little face.
Brad shoots a stream of ice at the fire, but it seems to have no effect; Brad's smile drops. He aims his hands at the ground and shoots himself into the air. The ball of solid fire flies right under him and is hot enough to burn his shoes. Brad crafts a slide from his ice that takes him directly over John's still gasping form.
John sees this and tries to move, but his body doesn't respond fully. Brad glides over him and freezes his hands to the ground, circles back and stops beside his head, "Man you're getting kinda slow, dude. Where's my challenge?" John growls and futilely tries to escape his icy restraints. Brad looks up to another fight that's going on and wonders how he might be able to help.
Magnus and Shante look at one another and an understanding is sent from person to person. They look toward the big man that has yet to initiate any violent conflict. Magnus says, "It's two against one. Give up now."
Piotr only chuckles as he triggers his mutation. Cool, lustrous, liquid metal bleeds onto his skin until he is fully encased in a solid metal suit of armor.
Shante looks at Magnus, "Great. Now what?"
Piotr rushes toward them, making sizable indentions in the earth with every step. Piotr throws his left hand into a punch toward Magnus' head. The was detected many seconds earlier and Magnus is already escaping danger. He steps left…into the Colossus. Magnus brings his palm up for a chin strike. The hit connects, but he might as well hit a steel beam. Piotr grabs Magnus' left arm and throws him like a discus thrower.
Shante sees this and leaps toward the metal mutant. She twists in the air when he tries to grab her, but as a consequence it left her back open to attack. Piotr slaps her back and sends her flying to the ground, near where Magnus landed. They stand and Magnus says, This is getting us nowhere."
"Because we attacked by ourselves. Let's go at him together."
"Fine by me. Let's go."
Suddenly Magnus and Shante turn to Colossus and drop into the same exact fighting stance. Feet wide apart for any quick kicks or quick maneuvering, body tilted to the right to reduce the impact area, arms spread out for striking and blocking, and hands flat not fisted ready to catch and block punches, but still ready to strike. Magnus questions, "How do you know this fighting stance? I taught myself this stance."
Colossus starts running toward them again, "Perhaps we can talk about this later."
"Fine!" Piotr stops inches from colliding with them and starts punching. Magnus and Shante are easily dodging or blocking his blows. This fighting style specifically helps against fighting people who are stronger than you. In unison Magnus and Shante turn so they're facing each other, unfurl their wings, and jump. Two knees connect under the metal chin, creating enough force to knock him backward, but not to hurt him. In his moment of confusion Magnus and Shante launched powerful kicks with their now free legs. Colossus flies back and lands roughly against the ground. The pair of aerial acrobats lands and drop back into the same fighting stance. Colossus stands and charges the two. "Cover your ears!"
Magnus looks at her and obeys, folding his ears down over his skull. Shante opens her mouth and ripples of condensed sound fly from her maw. A cry so shrill Magnus could still here it and it pained him. "Damn enhanced hearing!" Colossus had it worse…he had no warning. The high-pitched sound waves shot into his ears and incapacitated him. His heavy form fall, unconscious, to the ground. Magnus turns to Shante and bows his head, "Well done."
"Not all fights are won with violence." The two of them look for the others in hopes they are faring as well as they have.
The sticks and branches are scratching the skin of both the mutants as they run through the near-by forest. Remy says, a little out of breath, "Come on, Sheri, 'dere's no need for 'dis."
"What's the matter, you out of breath already?"
Remy growls and leaps toward her. Raine stops, turns toward him, and forms a shield of spirit energy; the shield glowing a ghostly green. Remy collided with the barrier and feel to forest floor. Raine says, "I can kill you. Give up now!"
Remy stands, dusts himself off, and says, "Where's the fun in that, Sher?"
"Will you stop calling me that! My name's Raine."
"Fine, 'den, Raine. I can kill you just as easily."
Raine growls and wraps him in a spirit bubble and begins the prolonged process of siphoning his strength. Remy tries futilely to escape the ghostly green orb, but to no avail. He soon falls unconscious and Raine places the orb out of sight. She rushes back to the fights to see if anyone needs assistance.
Michael falls to the ground…hard. This guy may be old, but he definitely has experience. Eric waves his hands in the air, manipulating the ambient electrons into a more productive form…a lighting bolt. Mike shuts off gravity for a split second, and kicks himself into the air. The lightning bolt misses and Michael pulls the local gravity behind Eric. Eric struggles, but his limbs are drawn back painfully. Mike says, "Why are you after me?"
Eric growls, "Because we need your help."
"Against what."
"Not what…who."
"Ok then, who?"
"We don't know. All I know whoever it is, they can alter reality like no one else I've seen before. But there are forces even they can't control."
"You mean forces like gravity."
"Exactly." Michael releases Eric and he continues, not showing one sign of aggression, "I need you to come with me so we can defeat it."
"I don't know. You don't exactly have the most trustworthy reputation. How do I know this isn't a trap?"
"You don't"
"Well then, I can't come with you."
Eric looks furious, obviously not use to accepting "no" for an answer. "This mutant can change anything about physical reality. It's a danger to everyone around her. I need…"
"You said her."
"What?"
"You said her. You who she is don't she is. Already your lying to me. Has she done anything to endanger anyone?"
"Well, no, but she could."
"So could I. If anything changes, come find me." Michael turns to his friends, "Alright everyone back in the jet." Logan stops Michael before he can get into the jet, "What did he say?"
"There's a mutant more powerful than he is and he scared of her. He wanted me to help "defeat" her. That's all." Michael boards the craft and sits in his seat. Logan boards the jet and takes the pilot seat. Shante takes the seat next to Michael, "Hey. You ok?"
"Huh?" Mike turns to face Shante in her deep brown eyes, "I'm ok. Are you ok? You haven't even gotten a chance to rest yet."
"You're very compassionate aren't you?"
"People say I am. But they also say I am annoying because I won't leave them alone."
"Why won't you leave them alone"
"I would really rather not talk about it."
Shante turns to see Magnus and Brad arm wrestling with Raine forced to be referee. She smiles and turns back to face Michael, "You all certainly are a lively bunch aren't y…" Michael is sleeping now, his head back against the plush seat. "He's kinda cute when he's sleeping. I wonder how much he knows about Magnus; about Maria? I wonder if Magnus knows about Maria?"