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Mystique walked through the main gallery of the old factory, the windows had been broken long time ago and she could see the full moon

through the holes. It was a beautiful night, almost perfect. She was thinking in her defeat, and maybe in how she was going to torment Pyro if he

dared laugh at her when suddenly something started floatin in the air near her head. She ducked and moved to the side. Magneto was waiting

nearby

-"Sorry, my dear, I did not see you"- He smiled letting the old rusty cauldron crash to the floor-"As you mentioned, my powers are back and

stronger than ever. Where is she?"

-"It´s good to see that you have recover your gift. Erik, they protect her at all times, I was unable to manage to get her"-Mystique felt Pyro smirk

even if she couldn´t see his face quite clearly, the boy was hidding in the dark corner, near Magneto-"Erik, the whole team was in the mansion,

something must be going on"

-"Maybe they were talking about your little escapade"- Magneto was not worried about the x-men-"Or perhaps they were just mourning

Charles, or preparing classes. I sent you for her"

-"I know"- Mystique send a warning look to Pyro, the boy left the corner sniggering

-"Pietro is getting anxious. Did you see her?"- Magneto knew his son will appear soon full of questions

-"Yes, I did"- Mystique knew what his mentor was going to ask her so she decided to offered him that as a way ofapology forthe fact that she

had failed him for the first time. Slowly her appearance changed again, revealing the tiny frame of a brunette dressed in red.

Erik Lehnsherr had not seen that face in a long time. His wife had abandoned him years ago, he had decided to forget that she ever existed, that

was easier and less painful than remembering her beauty and sweetness and the way in which she escaped from him, in the night, without saying

goodbye. His daughter´s face was an exact copy of Magda´s. His determination to get his daughter back became almost an obsession. She had

a gift that he could use for his cause and she had the features of the only person he had ever loved.

-"I need her"- Magneto stopped abruptly, there was someone else in the factory

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Logan had witnessed the conversation, and he had to admit that Mystique was good, she had copied Wanda up to the tiniest detail. Wolverine

was ready to leave, he knew that the brotherhood was together again, that Magneto seemed to have recovered his powers too, and he just

wanted to catch a glimpse of Magneto junior but he couldn´t see him. His senses alerted him that someone was at his back, he turned around

extending his claws and there he was, the younger version of the master of magnetism himself

-"Pietro, if I am not wrong"- Logan was aware of the anger irradiating from the younger man

-"An X-man, I presume"- Pietro was ready to strike, he wasn´t specially strong but he could punch a man´s face 50 times before he could even

hit back.

-"Wanda is worried, you should come with me"- Logan knew he barely had any chance of convincing him

-"What have you done with her?"- Pietro raised his fist

-"She is fine, Mystique tried to choke her but she is ok"- Logan tried his luck-"she told me things about you, she seems to be very nice"

-"You will pay for whatever your lot had done to her, she belongs with me"- Pietro was tired of this weird man with metal claws protuding from

his knuckles but he never had the chance to hit him, Logan´s body started twitching and suddenly he was elevated from the floor and floating

over Pietro´s head

-"Stand back, Pietro"- Magneto came triumphantly-"Logan , you DO never learn, don´t you?"

-"That is me"- Logan felt the intense and familiar pain he always felt when he met Magneto-"how you been doing?"

-"I have been fine, now I am a god"-Magneto throw him against a wall with enough strength to knock him unconscious. He walked near his limp

body and looked at his prisoner-"Boys and girl get ready, now we have something to make a bargain with"

Mystique smiled and licked her lips playfully

-"Can I tie him?"- She asked

-"Sure, everyone deserves some fun now and then"- Magneto moved closer to his son-"There is something I must tell you before we leave"

-"Back to school"- Pyro tried his flame-thrower one more time and watched delighted as the flames danced in front of him.

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Wanda was stretching herself on the bed. Her throat was hurting a little but she couldn´t complain, Scott Summers was bringing her some hot

milk with honey. She loved the fact that she was pampered by such a handsome man. Although it all seemed so strange and sudden. She had

arrived to this country, she was arrested for no reason and then rescued by a blue furry politician who brought her to this mutant safe haven

where she had meet this man she could not take her eyes off.

Scott entered the room with a glass of milk. With that light and her red locks she reminded him of Jean some years ago. But they were different

women and Scott felt too as if he was not the same person that he used to be back then. Now he felt older, maybe wiser and definitely more

tired.

-"Here you are, this should help"- He offered her the glass

-"Thanks"- She said-"Scott, excuse for asking, but…could stay here for a moment"

-"No problem"- Scott sat on the border of the bed

-"You studied here?"- Wanda wanted to make him talk to her

-"Yes, I studied with Storm, Hank and Jean"- He answered-"Although that seems to have happened centuries ago"

-"And Logan?"- Wanda continued

-"No, he joined us some years ago, when we were already teachers and the X-men"- Scott remember the bittersweet memories of Logan´s

arrival

-"Who is Jean?"- Wanda was sure she had not met her

-"She is dead"- Scott said not ready to talk about her

-"The tall woman with red head"- Wanda realised, so both Logan and Scott were in love with her

-"How you know?"- Scott turned around and looked at her.

-"Logan told me about her"- Wanda lied

-"You created her image in the Danger Room?"- Scott was not stupid-"But you have never seen her"

-"It came out of Logan´s mind"- Wanda defended hersel-"It was a bad hex, he was hurting even more after that"

-"Maybe there are some injuries that never heal, not even when you have a healing factor"- Scott touched Wanda´s face-"pain can consume

everything inside a man"

-"But there is always a new hope"- She offered touching his hand with her own-"A new beginning"

-"Not for me"- He answered hastily

-"I am sorry to hear that"- Wanda stared at him with tenderness

Scott felt he was been forced to look at the end of a cliff, his life was in danger but he was so empty he didn´t care anymore, there was nothing

left to risk. He moved closer and kissed her with a fire and a passion he had never suspected he had inside. Wanda was shocked at first but she

gave in to the kiss closing her eyes.

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Just for the record I am JELO and JOTT at the same time...which makes it hard to write a fic...I wasn´t planning on this romance but I recently read Ultimate X-men and when I sawher caring for him it suddenly made sense.