Meet Your Alternates
"I knew it!" Scott readied his visor. "These jerks are working for Magneto!"
"Not exactly…" Magnus groaned.
"Here we go again…" Blink groaned.
"Hold it!" Logan took a sniff. "This guy ain't our Magneto! It's a different one! I know that scent! You're…"
"Yes, the Magneto you encountered when you visited our dimension," Magneto said. "Right after you escaped from Mojo." &
"Oh yeah," Pietro said. "Now I remember you. You're the good one."
"There's a contradiction in terms," Scott folded his arms. "Now who the hell are all you people?"
"We're the Exiles,"Mimic explained. "A team of mutants and altered humans from different realties put together to fix things that go wrong by a being called the Timekeeper."
"Actually there's more than one Timekeeper," Nocturne explained. "And more than one group of Exiles that are us but aren't us. Some are good and some are bad and not all of them know that the others exist. It's kind of confusing."
"I'll say," Todd blinked.
"You can read our minds if you wish," The Alternate Magneto took off his helmet. "We are telling the truth."
"I believe you…" Xavier caught their thoughts. "But what is all of this? Why are you here?"
"I'm here to help retrieve a mutant thrown out of time and to bring her back to my reality for a while to rehabilitate her," Magneto said. "Even though this one is from your future alternate reality."
"Or possible future reality, depending on things in the present," Sunfire added.
"See when Bishop came back to this time and prevented the assassination of Kelly, he kind of made things wonky in your future," Morph said.
"Wonky?" Lance asked. "Define Wonky?"
"Uh, it may or may not exist anymore," Nocturnesaid. "It's kind of in flux."
"You know how things you see far away are kind of blurry?" Blink asked. "That's pretty much what's happening in your future. Long story short, someone who wasn't supposed escape from that timeline did."
"How?" Jean asked.
"She tapped into her darkest power at the very last second her reality warped and used the power inherited from her mother to fall into your timeline,"Sunfire turned to her fellow Exile. "Blink show 'em."
"All right," Blink activated her Tallus. It showed a picture of a shorthaired red haired girl that looked like she was on fire. There were black tattoo marks on her face and she was wearing some kind of red outfit that looked like it was on fire as well.
"She looks so angry," Kitty noticed.
"You'd be angry too if you had her tragic past," Magnus said.
"Who is she?" Jean asked.
"Her name is Rachel Summers," Magneto explained. "She's your daughter Scott and Jean…"
"WHAT?" Scott and Jean shouted.
"Yeah, here's where it gets kind of weird," Morph told them.
"She was the only survivor of a Sentinel Attack at the X-Mansion," Blink told them. She showed them images of Rachel's past on the Tallus. "You and Scott were the first casualties. She saw you both die before her eyes before she was captured. At age five she was trained to be a Hound. A psychic mutant brainwashed into hunting other mutants. When she turned fifteen she managed to break free of her programming only to be thrown into a concentration camp."
"The poor child has suffered unimaginable horrors," Magneto said softly. "The latest events have thrown her mind into turmoil. When Bishop went back to your time, she and a group of other mutants escaped and attacked the Mastermold unit in order to prevent other Sentinels from following him to this timeline. Again she was the only survivor. During the battle her true power emerged."
"And that's when everything went wonky?" Althea asked.
"Bingo," Morph said.
"So where is she now?" Jean asked.
"She's going to appear somewhere in downtown Bayville if she hasn't already," Blink explained. "Our job is to get her before she goes nuts. And I don't mean the good kind of nuts, I'm talking about turning all of New York into a pothole nuts. And I mean the state of New York, not just the city."
"She's that powerful?" Xavier gasped.
"Yeah and she only has a fraction of her mom's power," Morph said. "A power you haven't developed yet Jean."
"What do you mean?" Jean asked. Xavier looked a little uncomfortable.
"Let's just say you have potential that you have not even dreamed of yet," Magneto told her. "Potential you are not ready to explore just yet."
"And yet with all this power my older self couldn't…" Jean began.
"You had…Will have…Problems with this power," Magneto said. "That's all we can say for now."
"I see…" Jean frowned. "I guess I can understand that."
"So if Jean couldn't handle this power as an adult," Althea thought. "An emotionally disturbed severely traumatized teenager…"
"Is a formula for disaster," Mimic told them. "That's why we need all the help we can get."
"I'd better get on Cerebro," Xavier nodded.
"By the way, what happened here?"Sunfire asked as he noticed that the Institute was in disarray.
"Today or recently?" Scott groaned.
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"Let me get this straight…" Kurt blinked. "You're the daughter of me and the Scarlet Witch?"
"Yeah…"Nocturne nodded.
"Whoa…" Kitty blinked. "That is like totally weird."
"It gets weirder…"Sunfire told them. Some of the Exiles, X-Men and Misfits were in the kitchen. "You don't know who Magnus' parents are."
"THAT IS THE MOST DISGUSTING THING I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE!" Rogue could be heard screaming from the next room.
"Hey guys!" Todd hopped in. "Guess who Rogue's shacked up with in another reality?"
"NOT ONE WORD WART BOY!" Rogue stormed in after him. She began to chase him around the kitchen. "YOU SAY ONE WORD AND YOU ARE DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!"
"Rogue and her daddy sitting in a tree…" Todd laughed. "K-I-S-S-I-N-OWWWWW!" Rogue managed to grab a pot and flung it at the back of his head, knocking him flat onto the floor. "Ow..."
"What did he mean by that?" Kitty asked Rogue. "Wait don't tell me Rogue and…"
"Don't say it!" Rogue snapped. "I've got enough problems with my family in this reality! Let alone any others!"
Morph walked in with Magnus. "I guess you told them your parents are Rogue and Magneto huh?" Morph asked Magnus.
"What?" Lance nearly choked.
"Ewww…" Kitty winced. "That is so gross."
"They aren't related in my reality!" Magnus grumbled.
"Neither are Nightcrawler and the Scarlet Witch, my parents,"Nocturne said.
"So you're the Elf's and Wanda's kid," Todd thought. "We gotta track down Summers and Grey's kid who's all powerful and nuts. And you're…" He looked at Magnus.
"We all know by now whose kid he is!" Remy snapped. He glared at Rogue.
"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME FOR?" Rogue snapped at him. "This wasn't my idea!"
"I can just feel the love," Magnus grunted.
"It's just weird that's all," Todd shrugged.
"I wonder what our kids would be like, Kitty?" Lance thought aloud.
"If they're anything like their father they'd probably be spending a lot of time in Juvenile Hall…" Peter grumbled.
"You mean you and Avalanche are dating?"Nocturne looked at Lance and Kitty.
"Well that's a new one," Morph said. "I mean I would expect Kitty to be with Colossus. She usually is."
"What?" Kitty looked at him.
"WHAT?" Lance gasped.
"Really?" Peter looked hopeful. "I mean that's very interesting."
"Yeah well…" Lance was taken aback. "Those are other realities. I'm sure you and I got together in a few of them."
"No," Morph nodded. "Just this one."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE AREN'T ANY REALITIES WHERE ME AND KITTY ARE TOGETHER?" Lance grabbed Morph by the collar and throttled him. "THERE HAS TO BE AT LEAST ONE!"
"Lance quit it!" Kitty tried to pull him off. "You don't have to hurt him."
"It's not my fault!" Morph explained. "There've been a few where Kitty was with Kurt, Scott and Pietro but…"
"WHAT?" Kitty then began to throttle him. "YOU'D BETTER BE LYING ABOUT THAT! ESPECIALLY ABOUT PIETRO!"
"Well there is one where you hook up with a few other guys you haven't met," Morph gasped. "And then there's one you go with Rogue and in one case..."
"SHUT UP!" Kitty continued to pummel him. "JUST SHUT UP!"
"Kitty no!" Rogue said pushingKitty aside and throttling Morph. "I wanna kill him!"
"Next thing he'll be telling us is that I got together with Toad!" Kitty screamed.
"No...but in one reality Kurt did and...AAGGGH!" Morph gasped. "Please don't kill me Rogue!"
"I think I've just learned the reason why it's not a good idea for people to jump between alternate realities," Kurt moaned.
"Tell me about it," Magnus groaned.
Meanwhile Scott and Jean had overheard the whole thing and were quietly sneaking away. "Do you really want to know about those other realties where we hook up with other people?" Jean asked.
"I'm barely getting my head around our own reality! Hard to imagine we have a sixteen year old kid who hasn't even been born yet," Scott grumbled. He then noticed the look on Jean's face. "Are you okay?"
"Not really," Jean said. "I mean it's not just this whole thing about having a daughter I may never know that's bothering me. It's the fact that I may have this power inside me…And the Professor knows about it."
"What?" Scott asked.
"I sensed it when the Exiles were telling us about Rachel and mentioned that her power came from me," Jean admitted. "The Professor…He wasn't happy about it. I don't think he ever wanted me to know about it."
"Well…" Scott hesitated. "I'm not saying if the Professor is holding out on you but if he did maybe he had a good reason too. I mean from what the Exiles told us this power isn't exactly something to sneeze at. I mean if this power is strong enough to freak out guys from other dimensions…"
"Which is all the more reason why I should know about it!" Jean snapped. "I mean this isn't the first time the Professor has kept secrets from us! It's almost like he deliberately wants us to be as close to danger as possible! Like he gets some kind of thrill tempting fate!"
"Oh come on Jean you don't seriously believe…" Scott began.
"Scott open your eyes! Don't get me wrong, I love the Professor but there are times he treats us as if we were still kids with no control over our powers!" Jean snapped.
"I guess compared to him we are kids," Scott shrugged.
"That's no excuse."
"I didn't say it was," Scott said putting his hands on her shoulders. "Look, I'm not exactly thrilled about all this either but now isn't the time to worry about it. Right now there's a scared girl out there who probably is our daughter, and she needs our help."
"You're right," Jean sighed. "She does come first. It just unnerves me to think…To think all of this…all of us could be destroyed. And we could fail to protect our only daughter from a life of…" She shuddered.
"Maybe, but the future's not written in stone," Scott held her. "At least now we do know that an attack like that could happen. Maybe by knowing it we can prepare and it might be enough to change the future."
"BOBBY? WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN I'M DATING BOBBY IN ANOTHER REALITY! COME BACK HERE!" Rogue chased Morph around with Kitty and Lance. "AND I KNOW KITTY WOULD NEVER DATE BOBBY ALSO!"
"YOU GOT THAT RIGHT! " Kitty screamed."AND FORGET ABOUT ME BEING WITH ROGUE!"
"ROGUE SMOGUE! WHAT'S THIS GARBAGE ABOUT ME AND SUMMERS?" Lance screamed. "YOU ARE GOING TO DIE! DIE I TELL YOU!"
"Did he just say…?" Jean blanched.
"Don't wanna know…Don't wanna know…" Scott felt very ill.
"Oh I am so glad I got here just in time for all of this," Doug moaned as he watched them run by.
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"So how bad is it here?" The Alternate Magneto asked Xavier as he searched on Cerebro.
"We've temporarily defeated the Mutant Registration Bill and now we have a Mutant Congressman openly fighting it," Xavier was informing him of the events of his dimension. "In a way Stryker Sunday helped mutants to a degree."
"Hmmm…Artificially enhancing mutant genes," Magneto thought. "It sounds like something I would have done back in the old days."
"Your counterpart is planning on doing it here," Xavier said. "Along with the Hellfire club."
"They're working together?"
"No separately," Xavier sighed. "However there is a downside, people are frightened and already new calls for registration are being made. So far I'm pretty sure Congress won't call for formal registration at least until the end of this year."
"Formal registration?"
"The government and SHEILDare making private, secret files on any and all mutants they can find," Xavier admitted. "In the interests of national security."
"So the only reason the government isn't pushing harder for registration is the fact that they are already secretly registering mutants," Magneto frowned. "So if the bill passes or not it doesn't matter."
"Yes it's a double edged sword," Xavier sighed. "Technically mutants that try to hide their abilities won't be breaking the law but…"
"But the government can track them anyway without reproach," Magneto frowned. "Even make them 'disappear' if they have to. And I thought the leaders in my world were diabolical."
"That's why we've found it's helpful to have some allies," Xavier told him.
"Like GI Joe?" Magneto asked. "I find it hard to trust any humans but I suppose you know what you're doing."
"You'd be surprised at what we can do," General Hawk walked into Cerebro. "General Hawk, GI Joe."
"How did you…? Oh wait the teleportation device," Magneto frowned. "I assume Wavedancer informed you I was here."
"Good thing she did," Hawk told them. "Xavier did you know both SHEILD and the FBI are monitoring your home? Fortunately I was able to stop 'em from banging down the door."
"And how did you do that?" Magneto frowned.
"A very convincing cover story," Hawk said. "I told my superiors that you weren't the real Magneto. That you were actually a clone. Which in a way is true…"
"A clone…" Magneto looked at him. "You seriously expect me to believe that anyone would think Magneto has a clone?"
"Stranger things have happened," Hawk shrugged. "Told 'em Xi touched you and discovered the difference in your DNA. Xi can decipher DNA codes through touch by the way."
"A handy ability," Magneto nodded.
"Yeah so could you do everyone a favor and change your outfit while you're here?" Hawk pointed to his uniform.
"I suppose it would get a bit confusing…" Magneto agreed.
"We have some spare uniforms if you like," Xavier said. "Wait…I'm sensing something…Oh no…She's here!"
&: From the fic 'Just Another Week in the Lives of Mutants'. If you haven't read it or forgot please read it again! Next up, say hi to Mommy's little Firebird!