Chapter Title: The Tae Trio
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: First off, this story is most certainly an alternate universe to the main one, in order to include my friends' and my original characters. Next, there will be some angst, which occurs in all of my stories, and even more fluff in between of the action…Fluffiness! Yay!
Rating: For the preludes and first chapters, P.G. This story will eventually be rated R, but we'll have to work up to that…now won't we?
Pairings: Eh…not any in this chappie. However, the three main mutants are all related to each other. Edit: I lied, there's a couple here. It's Dai (the youngest brother) and a young mutant girl by the name of Molly. Aww…
Author's Notes: -rubs hands together evilly- Ehehehehehe… THIS is gonna' be an interesting chapter…especially because of who it happens to be about…
smirk- This chapter is about a trio of siblings, who, go figure; happen to be mutants as well. Yah, you guessed it, they are all idiots too. Joking, joking, but there are two brothers and a sister. Read to find out more…
Oh; and there is some strange humor in this chapter...uh…yah…
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-Bayville- -McDonalds- -Eight o'clock-
"DAI! STOP FLIRTING WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND AND GET BACK TO WORK!"
The dark brown-haired seventeen-year-old flinched at the sound of his boss's nagging voice, causing for the blonde girl leaning on the counter to giggle helplessly…
"ALRIGHT! Grumble…grumble…"
Dai Tae, the youngest of the three Tae siblings, grinned winningly to his girlfriend, the shy and sweet Molly Bakes, before turning to the customers waiting to order. He then did a double-take, looking again at the customers. Strangely enough, it was his big brother and sister, and a few of their friends…well…and a few of his brother's gang mates…so irresponsible…
"I gotta stop doin' that."
He mumbled, rubbing his neck.
"I'll get whiplash..."
His look got serious, however, when he focused his mind back onto the
real reason he was there - to earn enough cash to pay for a new car!
-insert cheesy triumphant music-
'Who is doing that?'
Asked Dai to nobody in particular, glaring at the ceiling as the triumphant music shorted out.
Anyway…
"What will your order be...?"
"Three Big Macs."
Said Kisha Tae, before anyone else could say a word.
"And a Grilled-Chicken Caesar Salad."
"$10.99, sis."
After Kisha laid the money on the desk, she turned around to go stake out a table for the others. Dai shook his head; the things he did for what he wanted…
-Meanwhile- -At the booth-
"Yum, McDonald's food. We're going to dine like kings tonight, eh Ashen?"
On of the guys grinned rather foolishly, causing the middle sibling to roll her eyes and the older one to frown in annoyance. With a sharp glare, blue-black eyes quickly silenced the fool from saying anything else.
The oldest brother of the trio was around twenty-one years of age, his European bloodline showing plainly in the rather sharp features he was born with. His black hair was worn back out of his face.
What caught his attention next was two suited men that came walking into the fast food restaurant. And from the way that they were looking around, they weren't here to get dinner either.
"Kisha."
Blue-gray optics met blue-black, and she followed her brother's gaze to the men situated near the doors.
Ashen seemed to study the men harder then one could expect, unknown to anyone except for his younger siblings, he was inspecting their auras.
"So…?"
"Human…but they're after something…"
"Do you wish to stick around to find out what?"
Kisha asked, a smirk dancing along the side of her lips in amusement. The expression faded as soon as he shook his head slightly in response and hissed quietly back to her.
"Get Dai and his little girly outta' here. She's one of us too."
"What! Molly!"
"Don't ask questions, trust me on this. I would know."
They stared at each other in a long silence for a few moments, and then the girl nodded.
"Alright. What about you?"
"I'm going to find out what they're lookin' for…"
Shuddering at the malevolence-filled smile that she received from her brother, she nodded and hurried back to the cash register which her little bro was still minding (and still flirting shamelessly with Molly-the cad!). He seemed surprised when Kisha came back up.
"Uh…your food's not ready yet sis…"
"Hush it."
She grabbed her little brother by his uniform collar, dragging him over the counter and to her side.
"C'mon you two…we need to get out of here."
She jerked her head towards the men, who had spotted her suspicious actions and were heading in her direction. Grabbing the younger mutants by their wrists, she bolted, kicking open the other door on the other side of the restaurant and running with them into the cold night. Explanations would have to wait until later…
-Back Inside-
One of the men-in-black (Oooo! Good movie!) pulled out a walkie-talkie and spoke into it.
"Mutants confirmed, after them A.S.A.P."
However, before either of the men could even get half-way across the restaurant floor, they were stopped by Ashen.
"You punks aren't going anywhere…why are you after us?"
"Heh…another one. This place really is swarming with filth!"
The first man's partner spat, venting his disgust over the mutants he loathed. A strange spark flashed once through Ashen's eyes…
-Outside-
A large mushroom cloud formed where MacDonald's used to be, rubble shooting in every direction as the building exploded in the middle of the city.
There was but one survivor…and another picked up the blip that signified a mutant was nearby…
-Two hours later-
Ashen walked slowly away from the destruction he caused, a broad smirk on his face. He was pleased; people like that should never have existed in the first place. As time went on…more and more humans irked him…
Not only was Ashen able to perceive a person's aura; he was able to distinguish whether they were human and mutant, and even identify their current emotions…but he was able to feed off those said auras… The stronger the emotion; love, hate, fear…the stronger he became to the point where he could occasionally create massive explosions made from the negativity of the auras he leeched from.
This was one of those times, but such an attack had left him weak and vulnerable…and he knew he should get back to Lloyd and the rest of the mutant gang he was in before he passed out. Deep in the back of his mind, he wondered if those two men were from the same group that had captured several of the others; the ones that the escaped Kedo had reported about.
Stiffening, Ashen was almost knocked off his feet as an extremely powerful mutant aura reached his senses; causing them to swim uneasily. Oh, gads…it was as bad as when Raine grew pissed off at Lloyd; her emotions which were normally the most controlled that he'd even seen erupting in a cold fury. But no…this was power…
Shaking his head, Ashen found that he was suddenly not alone. A man was there, with shaggy golden brown hair to his shoulders and slitted feline eyes. Lifted into the air by one of the man's powerful arms, he was growled at directly in his face.
This guy was a mutant, yes, but he wasn't the source of the powerful aura he was still sensing.
"Sabertooth. Drop him."
The man (whom Ashen took to be Sabertooth) dropped him, a rather annoyed expression on his face. Maybe he wanted to use Ashen as a scratching post.
Blinking several times, trying to clear his senses and find the strength to get up off his ass, Ashen found himself at the feet of the mutant whose power had overwhelmed him.
"You caused that explosion. But is that all you can do?"
His nerves prickled a bit at that comment, even though he received the feeling that it was not intended to be an insult, Ashen drew himself to his feet and to his full height as he stared hard at the older man.
"I can perceive the psychic 'auras' that radiate from normal people and mutants alike. These halos comprise a shifting series of colors that has taken practice to discern with clarity, but I can. Emotions are also a snap for me to figure out-they normally take the shape as particular color. And if I want to, I can feed of the auras themselves, causing the destruction you saw back there."
Pride was hardly concealed within his voice, and Ashen waited as the older man slowly smiled a rather cunning smile.
"And that means you can locate people…let me introduce myself. I am Eric Lensherr. And I have a proposition for you…"
-Meanwhile-
Kisha, Molly, and Dai found themselves wandering about in the city. Molly shivered, even with Dai's coat, and looked to the siblings. How did they know she was a mutant? How did they know?
"We're going to need to find shelter or something…I mean…if those men are still after us…"
Having never needed to worry about something like this before, Kisha looked at the younger two mutants, as if expecting suggestions from them. When she received none, she sighed and pointed towards a large mansion that could be seen nearby.
"You two head there. Someone who can afford a place that huge must be rich, and they'll probably be nice and put the two of you up for the night. I'll go and see if I can find Ashen anyplace."
The two nodded silently, following the older girl's authority as she ventured off back towards the video game store where she worked, knowing that her brother would most likely look there first. Dai and Molly would be safer elsewhere; in case those men came looking for them…
-Institute-
"So what…can you do?"
Molly asked shyly, trying to break the oppressing silence as the two teenagers sat on the front steps of the mansion. The gate had been cracked open, and it was just good enough for them to sit sheltered from the wind on the steps.
"Projection. I can project an illusion into a person's mind, and also make them believe in an illusion that already exists…Kisha can create web traps, and Ashen's mutation has something to do with auras…or something like that. You?"
Looking at his girlfriend with curiosity, Dai gave her a comforting smile.
"Mine's stupid. All I can do is this."
She focused hard on the ground in front of her, pale blue flames appearing and flickering across the ground. Dai leaned in close, reaching out and swiping lightly at the flames. Finding that they did not burn him, he looked back to Molly.
"They're illusion?"
She nodded.
"Fox fire. Pretty, but not much use for anything. I'm not that good yet."
Suddenly, the door to the mansion opened, and the teens turned to stare at a very well-muscled man. He perked a brow at the kids, and then finally growled.
"Get in here before you freeze your asses off sitting there. Charles has been expecting you…
-Meanwhile (Aren't you getting tired of these damn things yet?)-
"So they were captured?"
"No sir. Ashen destroyed the hunters. The other three escaped before."
"Good. Can't have any more of my men falling into those damn scientists' hands…by the way…have you seen Raine around any?"
"No sir. She's still missing…"
Author's Notes: Will Ashen join the Acolytes? Will Kisha be taken in by the hunters after her? What will happen to Dai and Molly? Who is this Raine person that is missing?
Bwah! You'll never know! -laughs- I kid, I kid. If I did that, I would be killed. .
In fact, you'll all know in the next chapter! As you can see, more and more pieces are coming together, and the plot is -slowly- revealing itself! -cheers- Oh, yes, there is a plot too! This is the last chapter of character introductions. Yes, there are many other characters whose faces you don't know, but these are the main ones. EXCEPT…for the mercenaries Lloyd and Raine. -grins- They have huge significance in this story, but to find out what, you have to wait!
Next Time: The mystery unfolds…who are the mysterious Lloyd Alister and Raine Kumo… And what is Genlabs REALLY searching for?