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Heroes No Longer
Chapter 2: Enter Magneto
"Who's Magneto?" Z asked.
Professor X sighed. He knew the real reason behind Magneto's visit. Without a doubt, his old friend would try to recruit the former power rangers. He wanted them to join the Brotherhood.
"Magneto is the leader of the Brotherhood. He is an old friend of mine," Xavier answered.
"What's the Brotherhood?" Syd asked.
An elderly Caucasian man with short grey hair walked up to them. He had some sort of helmet on his head that didn't cover his face. He was wearing a cape that was black on one side and red on the other. He was wearing a black outfit.
"It's a faction of mutants much like the X-Men. The only difference is that the Brotherhood doesn't share the same beliefs as my dear old friend here," Magneto replied.
The former power rangers exchanged confused looks with one another. 'What did Magneto mean when he said that the Brotherhood doesn't share the same beliefs as Professor X?' they thought to themselves.
Magneto noticed the confused expressions on the faces of the newcomers. "So I take it you haven't told them your beliefs yet Charles. Were you ever planning on telling them? Or were you just going to lead them to believe that the X-Men was their only option?" Magneto asked.
Magneto hadn't even been at the Xavier Institute for that long, and already he was trying to turn the former power rangers against him. Professor X couldn't allow that to happen. The Brotherhood may have worked alongside the X-Men one time in the past, but due to their difference of opinions, more often than not, the two clashed.
"I believe that humans and mutants can coexist in peace. The central drive behind the Mutant Registration Act being passed was fear. That legislation was only passed because they fear us mutants. People often fear what they do not understand," Xavier explained.
Magneto turned to face the four newcomers so that he was specifically addressing his rebuttal towards them. "That is wishful thinking on my old friend's part. Just look at history as proof that humans haven't been too good at peacefully coexisting. With all the wars, hatred, and violence that has taken place in the history of mankind, do you really believe that humans and mutants can peacefully coexist? This Mutant Registration Act is supposed to make us mutants feel inferior to the human race. The truth of the matter though is that we mutants are the superior race and it is the humans that are inferior race. So let me ask you one thing, are you sure you're on the right side?" Magneto asked.
Bridge was the first to answer. "I didn't know we were on a side. Xavier just showed up at S.P.D. Academy and saved us from our former Commander and said that we should go with them. Now, here we are at the Xavier Institute, which just so happens to be the base of the X-Men, but I didn't think that we were officially X-Men yet. I mean we don't have the uniforms yet, which by the way, seem really tight. The spandex of our ranger suits were pretty tight too, but I have no idea how you guys even breathe in your uniforms. So if we're not officially members of the X-Men, and we aren't members of the brotherhood, then we aren't exactly on a side. There's also the humans though, so I guess that makes three sides, which is weird in itself because usually when you are on a side, there are only two sides to be on in the first place, and-" Bridge said before being interrupted.
"Bridge!" Sky, Z, and Syd shouted in unison.
Magneto massaged his forehead after Bridge finished rambling. Even Xavier, being the powerful telepath that he was, looked as though he had formed a headache. Storm just blinked in response not sure how to decipher Bridge's rambling.
"Just because the government passed the Mutant Registration Act doesn't mean that we want to wage war on humans," Sky stated.
"Oh, but it's already a war. The same people who you risked your lives for day in and day out now want you arrested. It is foolish to believe that you can coexist with them!" Magneto countered.
Rogue removed one of her gloves and was about to absorb Magneto's mutant powers, but Iceman stopped his girlfriend.
"Rogue don't. He's not worth it," Iceman remarked.
"Do you always do what your boyfriend tells you?" Magneto asked.
Storm had to help Bobby hold Rogue back. Rogue swatted furiously at Magneto with her bare hand. Magneto merely chuckled in amusement at Rogue.
Magneto turned his attention back to the former power rangers. "So, what do you say? Do you want to join the Brotherhood?" Magneto asked.
"I for one am not interested. Back when I was living on the streets, I always wanted to be a part of something bigger. I thought I found that at S.P.D., but now I've come to realize that being a part of the X-Men is even bigger, so thanks, but no thanks," Z replied.
Magneto just shrugged his shoulders in response. 'Ok, well what about the other three?' he thought to himself.
"If you honestly think that I'm going to give up living here, then you must be crazy. There's no way I'm going to join the Brotherhood," Syd said.
"I'm still not even sure what the Brotherhood is much less who else is in it, but if Syd and Z are staying, then so am I," Bridge stated.
Magneto turned his attention to Sky. He was the last hope for a new Brotherhood member. Magneto could see in Sky's eyes that he was conflicted. He hoped to use that to help persuade him to join.
"Come now, if you decline my offer, then you are basically forgiving your former Commander for his betrayal. I know you haven't forgiven him yet. I can see it in your eyes. Join me, and I'll help you get revenge on him. Refuse and you will never get your revenge," Magneto said.
Cyclops came down the stairs. "I have a better idea. Why don't you just leave Magneto? You're not welcome here," Cyclops remarked.
Magneto glared at Cyclops. He knew that Cyclops didn't trust him, but this matter didn't concern him.
"Hello Scott. How's Jean doing? Oh wait. That's right. She's dead," Magneto said.
The next thing Magneto knew, he was picking himself off of the ground after being floored by one of Cyclops' optic blasts.
"Scott, that's enough!" Xavier scolded.
Magneto turned his attention back to the four newcomers. "If you remember but one thing, remember this: if you're not with me, then you're against me. Trust me, you don't want to be against me," Magneto warned before leaving the Xavier Institute.
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Okay, so this chapter was a bit shorter, but my beta said that this was a nice place to end, so I did. Thanks to my beta for helping me out with this chapter (you know who you are). Don't forget to leave a review. No flames please. Thanks for reading.