SUPER SPECIAL NOTE: As a way of saying that 'I'm BACK!' I'm posting a very special excerpt of this chapter, since I know that you guys have probably forgotten about it and I want to entice you back. So the in the spirit of teasing, you'll have to wait until I actually finish the chapter for you all to see the entire thing! This is just to whet your appetites and put you back into the groove of the fic as well as guilt on my part…but anyways…
NOTE: As of October, 27th, 2005, I have restructured this piece of fiction to make more sense. Part I will deal with the past and Part II will deal with everything that is currently happening in their timeline at the time of the Prologue.
Disclaimer: I'm an overworked high school student. Of course I don't own X-Men Evolution or any of the characters. This is just me taking joy in messing with them a bit…
Summary: I'll be nice, since it's been awhile…three months…looks around shiftly…SORRY!
Missing Pieces: Okay, so Remy and Rogue are posing as rich folk at a party. They go into a garden and talk where we learn that Logan is being held captive and has been brainwashed so much that he doesn't know who they are anymore! So Rogue's freaked out because Logan's her dad and Remy comforts her; THEY CAN TOUCH! But they aren't together…brother-sister ness going on…Rogue is undercover to get some info on the baddies to get Logan home. We learn of the horrible human-mutant relations.
How the World Falls Apart: Okay, so now we're in part I, Chapter One. We learn that Xavier and Magneto have formed Underground Resistance X to rise against the human oppressors and help their kind and humans too that struggle against the anti-mutant beliefs and practices. Here we start dealing with the pasts of all the characters and why they do what they do. Starting with Kurt, basically, he lives with his mom and dad, Raven Darkholme and Alfred Wagner in Germany where his dad is an awesome scientist working in a facility, owned by 'the THREE' undercover with Hank to gather intel on them. They are discovered. Hank goes banging on their door one night with the news, so they pack up their livelihoods and flee through the forests to get to the German base…on the way, Alfred is killed and Hank and Raven are shot pretty badly, presumed dead. Kurt runs, spurred by Raven's last words, but is caught by the MSF, the evil strike force military thing that gathers in the entire number of mutants world wide for their unsavory deeds like experimentation, work, torture and imprisonment. Fast forward to Marie. She's living all happy and safe in the deep south of Mississippi with mom and dad. Dad is a mutant. Dad is beaten to death by a lynch mob that lights their house on fire. Mom and Marie are in the master bed room, where her mom tells her to go to the attic to climb out of the house, while she distracts the mob for her to leave. Marie runs while mom is being beaten. She is tracked by the MSF that capture her. They bring her to the same cell where Kurt is staying at one of their facilities. They bond all brother sister like, sort of like twins. Logan later joins them. He becomes their father figure after a tale of his adventures. He kicks evil MSF guard ass when he tries to hurt his 'pups'. He promises that he'll get Marie and Kurt out because they don't deserve it. Logan is then made to transfer to a different facility, going from Siberia to the Mojave Desert in Nevada.
Dreams of Escapism: There is a nice discussion where Ororo, Hank, Raven, Xavier and Magneto talk about finding Logan, who's disappeared for a few years with a memory wipe, drifting. You learn Ororo's and Hank's pasts involving Ororo saved from a Cairo mob by Xavier and Hank being saved by Xavier, Magneto and Ororo helping to control his 'beast' when his powers got whacked in University. You also learn Raven's in which she started to manifest abilities and was found out by the MSF who storm her house and kill all her family right in front of her eyes. They tell her that they love her. As they're about to execute her, she morphs and flies away to her friend, Alfred…they fall in love…blah, blah, blah. You learn the story of how Logan was recruited into the Resistance after running rampant in a forest outside base. They come up with a plan to liberate him. Logan is moved to the Mojave where he is put in the same cell with the one and only Remy LeBeau! They bond, Logan promises to get him out. When they are harassed by a guard, they kick his ass and pull a jail break to the Vegas. They can't take anyone else for fear of detection. They get to the bus station and about to board a bus heading for the Big Easy when the MSF finds them and do their thing, so Logan sacrifices himself to allow Remy to escape. In N'Awlins, Remy thieves around and gets caught by the MSF, sorta, but thanks to some lying by Jean-Luc, he's safe and taken in by the man. Alright, then we have the big ass rescue mission in Nevada where Wolvie is rescued with a little moment for Wolvie and Misty and the base is destroyed, mutants freed and intel gathered. Logan's memory is restored and he remembers that KURT IS RAVEN'S KID. Why, Raven, he's alive and they go liberating the kids. You learn what Logan's been up to in his four year gap. Raven and Kurt reunite when Logan comes through with his promise by rescuing him and Marie. Marie meets Raven. Cute little end scene with Logan and Raven where they adopt Marie and give her the name 'Marie Aimee Darkholme Howlett.'
Run For Your Life: Okay, first off Essex in the office gives an order to slaughter all mutants after the Resistance takes many of their facilities. You learn that the Nefarious Three are Essex, Stryker and Trask. Flash to the future: Some sweet vignettes showing how Kurt and Marie are growing up, Raven and Logan are married with kids of their own and as is Ororo and Hank. You find out how Ororo, Hank, Kurt and Marie got Logan and Raven together. Then you learn about Kitty, she's a normal girl in Chicago who walks home one day with her friend, Melody. They are caught in the crossfire of some mutant hunting MSF dudes. They kill the mutant boy and shoot Melody too, by mistake. They both die. Kitty freaks, obviously and goes to see if she's okay, but freezes, realizing that she's about to be shot! Except that she phases through the bullets. She runs once she realizes that the MSF are after her and eventually loses them and runs home. She cries at her parents to not hate her, they don't because they lover her, she's their daughter, so they pack up their lives in their car and drive to 'the Bishop' who they've heard can help them. They enter a poor, ghost town like part of Chicago with rave music coming out from a building where they are led to Sage who takes them to Bishop and tells them, they're in URX and they're safe and they can do whatever they want. They join the Resistance to help. Piotr and his family are fleeing in Russia from the MSF after them in the cold snow. Blasphemy is alive in the country side. Mr. and Mrs. Rasputin sacrifice themselves at the hands of the MSF, who shoot them, so that their children can make a break for it, but the MSF start to catch up. They're about to die, but Cyclops, Jean Grey, Angel and Psylocke save them and take them to the Resistance where they join. John is in the outback of Australia three days after escaping from home when the MSF raided their house. He is moved to hide in the basement by his family, whilst his family is caught and executed by the MSF. He makes a break for it using his powers and flees to the outback, ready to die, but the X-Men save him. He's depressed and withdrawn when he wakes up, caught in a rut, but Piotr talks to him and changes that. They become friends. Wanda and Pietro run from home after their guardians that Erik asked to take care of them are found and shot. They run into the woods with a barrage of bullets and MSF soldiers after them. About to be shot, Pietro stands in front of Wanda, taking the bullets meant for her, mortal wounds. They're captured by the MSF. It's now harder to liberate mutants, so the Resistance, nearly fail. They only win because during the run back to the jet, Erik sacrifices himself Jean Grey X2 style. They rush Pietro to the ER in the base, but it's too late. His wounds are too great. He asks Hank to stop operating, he's a lost cause. He has touching last moments with his sister and dies. You learn about the pasts of Marie's world and Remy's, the most important detail being that Remy and Wolvie were reunited. Remy and Marie are meeting each other in a strange set up mission in a coffee house. They talk and bond somewhat, realizing how similar they are as well as noticing something off about each other. They seem to recognize each other from somewhere…
And that, my friends, is a detailed two page summary of the events that have transpired thus far.
Author's Notes: I'M SO SORRY FOR THE LATENESS IN UPDATING! Does anyone still know that it's out there? I know it's been two…um…three months. I really do. It's just that summer ended and school started, I roved back into the groove of school and got bogged by work. Plus, I was determined to put a good dent into 'AME' and the plan I had for one chapter has split into about five…so I got a tad bit distracted by that. Plus, it was just really long and detailed, so it took awhile to write on top of that…so I'm REALLY sorry to have been neglecting 'URX'. I just have to say that if you miss this fic, I miss it too. This is probably my most original plot and there's still plenty to come and tell. I know I've been on a three month hiatus, but I still have a pretty good handle on it. I reread my chapters and still have a huge notebook full of the notes and plans I wrote out for the future. I know, I know, I was supposed to be writing up a storm on my lap top. Well, I did, but it was VACATION! We went to the coast, what was I supposed to do, hole myself up in my room and type my butt off? C'mon. I love the ocean!
Okay, SO THIS IS THE ROMY CHAPTER! It's my big Romy chapter, that I've been absolutely dying to write for SO long. You get to see the team forming up and that's always cool. How Rogue and Remy know each other will be explained later as well as why they're 'brother-sister'…I know you all HATE that, but I have on the summary ROMY for a reason, because it's a ROMY. You just have to wait. Also, on advice from Coldqueen, I'm restructuring this entire fic to make the first chapter a prologue and then everything after that up to the part where we meet up with the timeline of the prologue, part one, and then the stuff after the prologue, chronologically will be part two, so I renamed the chapters. I renamed them the first day I started writing this chapter, if you must know. I gotta give you guys something to hold on to show that this fic is alive and well. All the ideas I had are flowing back to me in waves and the Muse must be acknowledged.
To the reviews, I've wanted to do these responses since August…
Shout Outs:
Bored247: I really like hearing what you do while reading my fics, it's quite amusing. Dog food? LOL! I'm glad you read my fic when you were supposed to get dog food. I don't mind the blame at all. It's sort of like a compliment. And I'm SO SORRY that this was not updated as quickly as I would've liked. I hope you'll end up as addicted to this fic as you are 'AME'! Thanks for supporting me since practically the beginning of my writing.
Realfarraige: I haven't heard from you in awhile, granted, I haven't updated this in awhile, but still…I've missed you! Essex, Trask and Stryker really are the epitome of mutant bigotry in this universe and you'll see more of them later. And yeah, Essex is human and I put him on the opposite end of the spectrum in this. And you're very right about Essex, he'd rather kill them all for a simple loss, because he gets the last laugh. He most certainly is evil mutant or not. It doesn't really matter here. He's a villain first and foremost. I'm glad you like the family unit of Logan and Raven, I really tried hard with that as well as Ororo and Hank to make it feasible. I'm glad you liked the ploy to set up Logan and Raven. Marie's eyes really are a weapon of mass destruction…LMAO! And yes, I was referring to Scarlet O'Hara. I'm glad you liked those lines. They really just came to me, like most dialogue in my stories. The idea for Bishop and Sage's little place just came up to me one summer evening and stayed with me. I HAD to do it…it really just started with 'Go to the Bishop.' Plus, conning the MSF is pretty cool too. I'm glad you liked the way I did Kitty's past. And as hard as all the death was to see…it was actually the easiest part to write for some reason and I'm glad you liked how their pasts were told. Yup, fate really is at work with them and you'll see how that works out later. I'm glad I was able to pull you emotionally into the chapter, because I was emotional writing it. Thanks for reviewing!
GothikStrawberry: I'm glad you enjoyed the Logan/Raven bits. I'm glad that I've convinced you of Storm and Beast as a couple. I really did try hard to make them seem believable. And yeah, they really do have compatible personalities, but they're never really put together. I'm glad you liked Sage and Bishop and yeah, they are cool. I couldn't resist doing that about them, conning the MSF. Nobody can wait to see what happens with Rogue and Remy. So just wait, it comes right now!
Coldqueen: Thank you SO much for your advice for restructuring the story. It really helped. Thanks for the review.
ISH: LOL! I guess I do sort of take the cake for writing LONG things…reviews and chapters…but I try not to go so overboard anymore…lol…Yeah, there was A LOT of death and wow! I really did get you teary eyed when Pietro was dying? That's pretty cool. I'm glad that Marie and Kurt's little backhanding of Raven and Logan's relationship was amusing for you. I really was going for that. They'll realize pretty soon they're on the same side…as for what happens and how it happens, just wait. If you're lucky, I'll be able to place in the part where they find each other out in this chapter.
Cat2fat900: And yes, isn't it creepy that in 'X-Men: The End' Remy is a clone of both Sinister and Scott? GAH! But hopefully, it's only in that universe and not 616, although they've done plenty to screw up Romy there too. I hated the August for Romy. They broke up in 616, Rogue dies in 'X-Men: The End' and Remy dies in the Ultimate universe. God, Marvel sucks! I say Hi back to the squirrels! "HI, CF'S SQUIRRELS!" Oh yeah, because writing this response reminded me to remind you that you SHOULD BE UPDATING STOCKHOLM SYNDRONE! Wouldn't we all like to throw bricks at the likes of them! LOL! If you look really hard for one of my earlier reviews of Agent-G's Hellfire and Brimestone, you'll find a really nice intro I wrote totally telling him exactly what I'd do to Sinister…in fact, here it is: 'It's good to see the villain again, (Sinister) even though you know I'd probably start a riotous mob against him...but that's besides the point...we'd pillage and plunder his lab and touch everything we're not supposed to not to mention burn and break stuff with pitchforks, oh, and tie him to a post and then burn him at the stake, a cold fire though, because victims of hot fires didn't die of burning, they died of suffocation, which is acutally sorta humane for them...I hope this is as amusing for you as it is for me, that or you'll go...simba's got a few screws loose...the mental pics rock though...hehehehe. It's a product of the rain...It's been raining where I live for the past week and a half...and I live near the prairies where it's supposed to be bone dry...it's tres depressing.' I hope it amuses you. I'm really glad that you like Logan and Raven put together and actually like it. I'm you enjoyed how they got together. A slash pairing name for Logan and Mystique eh? Hmm…How 'bout Myverine or Lystique or Loven or Ravgan, I really like Loven. Many people seem to be amused by the line 'Everyone is too old for you, Logan.' I loved it too when I wrote it all that time ago. Yes, Kitty feels very much over her head. I guess Bishop just amuses you. Yes, there's LOTS of people dying, but that's just the reality of the situation and the world they live in and it's not pretty. I like that you're disturbed by it, though. That's what I'm going for. Yes, there will be Kiotr. I usually ship Kiotr, although I do like Kurrty, Wandurt and Kurmanda. This will be a Kurmanda. I'm glad you liked the John part so much and how Piotr bought him out of his rut. I love that scene. It's one of my most favourite scenes ever written. LOL! I love that I got a 'HOLY FLAMING SQUIRRELS!' Yes, there's a ton of character death, but that's just the way the world works here, and I did it to show what motivates them, what makes them fight for the cause and the people they've lost because of it. Both Remy and Rogue are working for the Resistance, but they don't know that right now. They were somehow tricked into this mission. You'll see why later. And they'll figure out why they seem familiar to each other later. That bit was so random; it just got put in when I had a moment of epiphany. It makes a good story and further complicates their relationship…lol…I think I will get sicced by the squirrels…I didn't update soon enough…sigh.
KSimonT-X: Out of all the reviewers, I've been most dying to respond to you and thank you SO incredibly much for reviewing all of my chapters. They really meant a lot and brought me up when I least expected them. Your compliments were really sweet and nice to hear. The thing about the universes you mentioned from Marvel, like 'Days of Future Past', 'Age of Apocalypse' and the 'Ultimate' universe is that I actually don't read comics, I just know what briefly happened in them…I think I was mostly drawn to this story line by the overall thematic messages of X2 and slickboy444's 'Extermination'. However, it was really just started as a response to ForbiddenScar's 'The Midnight Air' when she was doing a 'reviewer participation' thing where you gave her ideas for each chapter of the fic, which was a different universe. It was sprung by an idea for Remy and Rogue as spies. The mutant-human relations thing was really spur of the moment when I was writing and the inspiration just crashed into me and I realized that this made is so much deeper and was truly something I felt was worthwhile. I'm glad you like how I have some humans that actually exist fine with mutants and the way Xavier and Magneto worked together, though sort lived…Thanks for seeing the complexities I'm planning to put into the fic as well as liking the people of this universe. I'm glad you liked that I added people outside the Evo universe and I'm surprised that you haven't seen Bishop in the Evo verse. I've seen him in 'From the Shadows' by Black Queen. It's one of those essential Romys, in my opinion, like the Seven Sunningdale stories and any ishandahalf story. I've also seen Bishop in 'Shall We Dance?' by Shira's Song, off the top of my head and yours doesn't count…lol. I'm glad you like my concept of the human-mutant struggle and the way the sides are structured. I'm glad you like the Logan/Raven twist of this fic and how they adopt Rogue and that she's actually a good mother. And yup, there is a heavy dose of romance here in this fic. I'm glad that you enjoyed the character histories I invented. It was a lot of fun to have my way and run with it, without the confines of continuity for a non AU. I find AU's are best when they go SO completely left field from the regular universe. I'm glad you like the kids…I really didn't realize for the longest time that I had created a few OCs…I don't think of them that way. They probably won't be playing too big of a role in this universe, but will make a few appearances to show character relationships. I'm glad that you like the world I created. I really did run with this and took it as far away from Evo as I could, I guess. It all really unfolded for me at the moment I mentioned the world they lived in, in the prologue. Strange that this fic reminds you of the Matrix, because I've only ever seen the first movie. Originally, the Prydes went into the building to be confronted by some unsavoury youths, one of them Sage. They were supposed to be very freaked out by them, but I changed it to the rave because it shows them really being submerged into this new world that is run full on deception out of necessity. As for Sinister, he's going to be like the typical villain in personality and job, but his goals are different. And hell yeah, they're a troublesome trio! As for killing Pietro and Erik, well, it just seemed right…I mean, you just get all this great material for Wanda to explore and they weren't going to be main characters that I focused on either, so it just went in that direction. I mean, she lost her dad AND her brother in one night, she's got issues and like the rest a reason for fighting, you really understand her motivation. But I'm glad you're cool with death. I have honestly never done SO much character death, I've never written death scenes until this story. But, I do think I'm going to keep these guys alive…for the time being. I don't see a reason to kill off any of them, so these guys are alive. Just an impression of major Romy eh? LOL! Well, be forewarned that I'm a major Romy fan. You'll see just how it turns out soon though. Thanks SO much for the reviews!
ONWARD! We go!
After a long hiatus, I welcome you to the next segment of 'URX'! Enjoy.
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PART ONE: CHAPTER FOUR: FORMING FEROCITY
Professor Charles Xavier was wheeling himself down the long metallic corridors of the Resistance headquarters, the professional looking area where the Resistance was run, to where the meeting room was to hold a meeting with long time members, Hank, Ororo, Logan and Raven. They were about to talk about a new proposal that the four of them had come up with recently that was all under wraps and very secretive. He sighed, wondering if it would actually work of if it'd be another failure. He didn't think that they could suffer anymore casualties, not now, when everything looked to be so bleak in their world.
They had practically stopped their rescue operations. It was just too much of a risk with the new technology that the MSF now had in their possession, sure they could counteract that with theirs…but their inventions were still faulty and could only last short periods of time, not quite enough for a jailbreak. They were barely making a dent in the network of mutant imprisonment and capture that the MSF ran. By all accounts, they were winning quite heavily. The only thing that kept them fighting was the fact that they were still preserving their locations and even that was becoming quite the undertaking. But it was the only thing they could do right now, hide. They hide while more of their own were tormented in the prisons.
Not a day went by that he didn't curse his legs. If only he could be out in the field, but he was too much of a liability with his disability. He could befuddle all of his opponents' minds and help earn them a victory. If only Erik were still alive. If only…if only his wife and child were still alive…only Erik understood what that was like.
It had been the worst night of his life. He had been driving his family home from a hockey game. David was eighteen and about to graduate from high school in a few months with dreams of becoming a geneticist. David's team had won the game. They'd have a chance at the playoffs that year. He had been so excited, so full of promise and potential. Gaby and he had watched the game, cheered him on like any parent would, yelling and screaming in celebration when he scored a goal. They were so proud of him. They were all so happy and loved each other, truly. It was a perfect little family. At least on the outside it was.
The truth was, he was a powerful telepathic mutant and David had developed some of those abilities and in the increasingly negative view towards mutants, the family had kept this a secret. It was a secret that was to be revealed somehow but they never knew how exactly. They had both been so careful, not raising any hint of suspicion, but still they were found out.
In those days, when the world was a little sweeter, the MSF was in the beginnings of structuring and hadn't been a full fledged force yet, so the true fighters of genetic supremacy were the Friends of Humanity, very much like the KKK or the Ku Klux Klan and went about publicly killing mutants, instead of negroes, in a much more dramatic and less ceremonial way.
They had been driving along the road to their home in Westchester, New York, talking amicably of David's game, laughing often. All of a sudden, a strange car burst into view from the rear view mirror. A large truck, hauling many men and teenage boys in the trunk, all drunk, laughing and yelling, streaked down the road, all black and menacing, with a red spray painted 'Friends of Humanity' symbol on the hood. Torches aflame lit the truck like it had driven straight out of hell. It was easily going 120 km on the municipal road.
Charles tried to let the strange group pass, but they would not, and began to tailgate his car. Gaby and David were frantic and Charles began to panic, so he did what he had to. He entered the mind of the driver, except, for some odd reason, he couldn't, neither could David. So Charles had to outmanoeuvre them. The one problem was simple. They were in a large truck, he and his family, in a small sedan. They were outmatched.
With a sudden burst of speed at an intersection, the truck rammed into their sedan and ran it into the traffic light posts. Glass shattered, metal bent and bodies broke in the horrific crash. The impact of the car was taken directly on the right side, where Gabby and David sat; they had no chance and died instantly. Charles felt them die. He felt their bodies lay vacant and their minds die forever. He felt their fear, terror and pain as they died. It was what he remembered before unconsciousness stole him too.
He was told when he woke up in the hospital, that his wife and son were dead, dying instantly in the crash. They had barely managed to pull him out by the time the fireman reached the scene. The FOH had lit his care aflame, making it almost impossible for them to get him out. Knowing he was the only one alive, they had only had enough time to cut him out. His wife and son's bodies had been incinerated. He didn't even have bodies to bury. He had never been so lost and alone in his life. But the aftermath was long lasting on a physical way as well, he would never have the use of his legs again, and they would always remind him of this day, this nightmare that he lived in.
He had truly questioned who Charles Xavier was then, and if it wasn't for his life long friend, Erik Lehnsherr, he was sure he would've committed suicide out of sadness and depression after reaching a breaking point on the seventh anniversary of their death. Erik understood for he had lost his own wife and daughter, Anya in a lynch mob in Poland. They had gone out shopping that day and the mobs found them, shooting them point blank with their rifles, placing neat holes into their foreheads. Erik Lehnsherr would love again though Magda from which Wanda and Pietro would later be born. She had taken him from his rut and made him happy again, only to die in childbirth, but this time, he didn't let it kill him. He let it fuel him and drive him to be a better father, to honour Anya's memory.
Through constant companionship and talks from Erick Lehnsherr, Charles was able to pull through and take it upon them to fight this growing epidemic sweeping the world, knowing it was only a matter of time before mutants were outlawed. They formed Underground Resistance X.
Pressing a code on the side of the door to the meeting room, Charles entered the room, hoping that their idea would work, but not praying for any miracles. They were few and far between and only seemed to dash their hopes even more when they fell, and fell hard.
"You come to me with a proposition today?" asked Xavier as he crossed the threshold, addressing his friends, placing his hands on the large table that sat there. Logan, Hank, Ororo and Raven stood to the wall, presentation fully ready to go.
"Yes," said Ororo, "we do. Raven?"
"For too long we've been failing at our goals. We are no longer able to make an impact on the network of MSF operatives herding in mutants for slaughter," started Raven Darkholme, "and it is slaughter. This is what they are subjugated to through torment, imprisonment, captivity, experimentation and back breaking labour. Their souls are dying. These people, our people are dying in every way shape and form. Our old ways aren't working as well anymore. Our secrecy which was one our greatest strength is now our greatest weakness. So in the spirit of the evolution that has brought us to this earth to eek an existence, it is this we propose. Hank?"
"Yes, well Charles, we propose to create and operate a new faction of the Resistance, even more secretive and stealthy than we are as an organization right now. We envision a group to be the crème of this rebellion," started Hank, "They will be, well, in layman's terms, spies. We plan to create a team of elite spies, trained to infiltrate any facility related to the Three, steal the latest information, take down any enemy with their mutant power, fighting or weaponry skills, extract prisoners discretely, and act as a shadow agency to the CIA, FBI, NSF and MSF or any other intelligence agency in the world."
"This sounds all well and good, but how do you propose we do this? Currently, we have no one group that does all this. Is it even feasible to do all that you have mentioned and keep a low profile, a profile even stealthier than the one we have now?" asked Xavier sceptically.
"That's where you're wrong, Charles," said Ororo with a smile, "We knew you'd be sceptical, so we did a little test."
"Observe the monitor to your left," she gestured with her hand as it hummed to working mode, "These bugs here were planted into that coffee shop you see. There at those round tables at the back are two of our candidates, should you approve our proposal. The woman being Marie Darkholme Howlett, the man being Remy LeBeau. For the past three days, they have engaged in conversation, thinking each other as significant members of the MSF that could provide useful information to our cause. They are demonstrated skills of espionage that we hope to establish in a subtle fashion. They have already garnered significant information from our targets that you will see to your computer in birth certificates, driver's licenses, historical records of their 'families' that may be of interest, company finance records, and such."
"Impressive," commented Xavier. It was truly amazing work.
"Yeah," started Logan, "We plan to make this team everything that the X-Men, Intel Omega, Firefox and DarkStealth are combined. We will no longer wait and react, we will be the ones acting and opposing first. We're creating a team that will best do that. Please observe your files to your right. File one: Remy Etienne LeBeau aka Le Diable Blanc. Level Three Empath with Level Nine abilities of kinetic manipulation causing destructive explosions. He is a trained master thief of the New Orleans Thieves Guild, one of the best, who moonlights constantly for the Resistance. LeBeau was once a Jailbreaker, single handed, he holds the record for that position. File Two: Kurt Alfred Wagner, currently no codename. Level Nine Teleporter with demon like appearance and naturally enhanced agility and speed. Experienced in infiltration and defensive manoeuvring. Expert in sword handling and weaponry. He has gotten them out of a lot of jams. Currently a member of the X-Men. File Three: Katherine Rebecca Pryde, currently no codename. Level Nine powers of Intangibility. Trained hacker one of the best intel gatherers in Intel Omega. Powers are nice for avoiding injury. File Four: Marie Aimee Darkholme Howlett, currently no codename. Level Nine powers of absorption, allowing her to take the memories and powers of mutants and knock them out. Currently is a member of the X-Men. Expert in munitions and firearms. Excellent fighter with ideal powers for intel. File Five: Piotr Nicholaivitch Rasputin, aka Colossus. (Don't remember how to spell middle name, live with it.) Level Nine ability to turn into impenetrable organic steel with invulnerability and Level Nine super strength. Current member of DarkStealth. Expert in linguistics. The man is practically a tank, perfect for those missions gone wrong, powerhouse muscle. File Six: St. John Michael David Patrick Allerdyce, aka Pyro. (I couldn't resist giving him some other saintly names…lol.) Level Nine abilities of fire manipulation. Current member of Firefox. The resident explosives expert. Trained to make fires look like accidents, expert arsonist and evidence destroyer. File Seven: Wanda Anya Lehnsherr Maximoff, currently no codename. Level Nine hexing abilities. Currently unaffiliated. She puts the 'terror' in interrogation. Really knows how to break a man. Hexing is excellent for throwing off the enemy with its unpredictability. And that along with us is what we plan to create Ferocity."
"It's good, with training and proper education, this could work," admitted Xavier, "but I already see personality conflicts here."
"I disagree," said Ororo immediately.
"Yes, we think they'll be good for each other," said Raven.
"Do they know that they've already met?" asked Xavier, referring to Marie and Remy.
"No, and that's the good part," explained Logan.
"Why?" asked Xavier, not seeing how this was good. It seemed more of an ultimate prank on the two people.
"We can show you how good they are as individuals and the kind of team we're forming," revealed Hank.
"What kind of team exactly?" wondered Xavier at what he was getting himself into.
The four at the front of the meeting room just shared a look and smiled at each other.
Remy and Rogue are next, and since this is really really rough, it may be editted to be better in the final draft coming soon! Plus, at the end, you get to see how the seven members other than Hank, Ororo, Logan and Raven, who'll be the 'authrity figures' of the team will run the show.
Be sure to tell me what you think? Have I teased your curiosity or annoyed you to no end.
DROP ME A LINE!
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