Disclaimer: Same old story, I own nothing! Poor little me.

Authors Note: I'd like to apologize for the amount of time this chapter took to write, the problem is I'm far to critical of my own work . Also this an AU version of the Marvel 'verse as the default one had so many twists and turns it's left my head spinning.

Faith partially blind fell through the dark for what felt like eternity, eventually landing in a pile of snow she furiously wiped it from her eyes and looked around at her bleak surroundings. Pulling her jacket tighter around her shoulders, Faith started to follow a nearby road and came to what appeared to be a ghost town before long.

"Hello? Anybody here" she called, upon hearing the locking of doors she muttered, "Okay, so anybody's here. Their just not in a welcoming mood"

Frowning she moved further into the town and with each step she heard the same thing a door or window being locked.

"It's almost like an old west film, the only stuff missing are six shooters and tumbleweeds" she muttered, upon hearing something or someone growl Faith spun.

Seeing nothing she scowled and started to examine her surroundings more closely, falling into a combat stance she moved on slowly making her way into the middle of the road. Hearing a screeching of wheels Faith dived to the right, narrowly avoiding getting run over. The car crashed into a street light not far from her and after examining it she discovered to her confusion that there was no-one in it. Backing away from the car she instinctively rolled to the left and felt more than saw someone land where she had stood only a moment ago.

"Who the hell are you?" she demanded as she faced her assailant, standing at six foot, six inches tall was a man who could only describe as feral.

In response he swiped at her with clawed hands which she ducked under, coming back up fast she hit him square in the jaw with an uppercut that staggered him. She followed him as he staggered back kicking him in the gut and punched him in the head as it came down. Using the momentum he flung himself into a rough back flip which connected with Faiths chin. Staggering backwards she didn't have time to dodge when he rushed forward and flung her high into the air, colliding hard with the building across the street Faith twisted in mid-air and landed catlike on her feet. Pushing past the pain she rushed forward and ducking under his arm viciously kicked him in the knee listening with satisfaction as it cracked. Howling in pain he swiped at her ripping her face with his claws as he fell, backing off with a hand pressed to her right cheek Faith watched as he made a couple of failed attempts at standing.

"Quite impressive, my dear", a man dressed in red and purple announced as he floated down over the buildings, "Few could defeat Sabretooth with the speed and finesse you just displayed. Tell me, what is your name?"

Remaining in a combat stance she watched as he touched down on the ground, "The names Faith Lehane and unless you want me to start breaking you're bones instead of his you're going to tell me what this is about"

Hearing laughter Faith cautiously looked to the her left and to her surprise came face to face with a blue skinned woman with red hair, "That was a simple test which you fortunately passed. Only a mutant and a somewhat formidable one at that could have done what you just did"

Faith frowned as she considered what had just been said, "Mutant?"

"Yes mutant, it is what you obviously are. It is what all of us are, it is what all people who are superior to humans are. Allow me to introduce you to the Brotherhood!"

Faith shook her head the slightest hint of a smirk curling her lips, "Right, great, wonderful. I'm introduced, so now I'm guessing you offer me membership of you're little Brotherhood here. Well save you're breath cause the answers no"

"You don't seem to understand, you're either with us or you oppose us and those who oppose us die" Magneto told her raising the car Faith had narrowly avoided before into the air.

Faith watched this impassively as he aimed it in her direction, "You know I think I'm going to take the third option and just get out of dodge"

Narrowing his eyes in anger he launched the car at her which she easily leapt out of the way of, landing near a building Faith leaped up onto its roof and had to flatten herself against it as the car flew past. Watching the course of the car she only narrowly avoided an attack from behind that gouged a large hole into the roof, turning in surprise she was shocked to see a giant snake constructed purely out of fire. Faith forced herself to look away from it and run though it wasn't long before she ran out of roof, timing her jump she leapt onto the car during one of its passes and kicked it into the jaws of the snake using the resulting explosion to dive into the nearby forest.

Picking a direction at random Faith ran through the trees, she could neither hear anyone giving chase nor see anyone when she glanced over her shoulder and after a short while came to a halt in a small clearing. Looking in all directions except the way she'd came Faith tried to see if there was anything other than forest in any given direction, upon hearing a rumbling behind her Faith turned and saw a man riding upon a large tidal wave of earth. Grumbling obscenities under her breath Faith took off in the same direction she'd been running in previously and leapt up into a tree, swinging on one of the thicker branches she launched herself into the depths of another taller tree.

Briefly looking around she saw someone else jumping into another tree nearby, "Fuck off! Can't a girl get a break"

Leaping from tree to tree she quickly came to the end of the forest where upon landing she rolled into a fighting stance, Toad also leapt down throwing a kick her way as he did so. Faith easily dodged to the side of it and kicked his legs out from under him before he fully get his footing. As he landed on his back he lashed his long tongue out at her which she easily caught, grinning evilly at him Faith swung him as if she were participating in the hammer throw and launched him as Avalanche caught up with them.

She watched with satisfaction as the tidal wave of dirt collapsed around the two of them, taking off before anyone else caught up with her Faith started following a river which lead to a waterfall. Looking over the edge she saw a large collection of deadly looking rocks at the bottom, she was about to head right when she saw a large heavily obese man step into her path, spinning around she saw an armoured giant step out covering the other way. Faith glanced back the way she'd come and saw Magneto along with the others exiting the forest.

"Care to rethink you're position now Miss Lehane?" he asked smiling at her as the others spread out.

Faith forced a smile of her own as she moved closer to the edge, planting one foot over the edge on the side of the cliff she tensed for the jump, "Care to go fuck yourself and have fat boy tape it for your friends entertainment"

His smile diminished only slightly as he shook his head, "You talk big Miss Lehane but you can't hope to defeat all of us and there really isn't any need for more unpleasantness"

Not caring to hear any more, Faith flung herself over the edge and hoped to hell that she would make it past the rocks, spreading her arms and legs she tried to control her descent as best she could.

Hearing a strange sound Faith looked around and stared in shock at a man who had blue fur and yellow eyes, "Don't be afraid meine freunde. I'm here to help"

With that said he grabbed her leg and teleported them both up into the blackbird, gazing around confused she saw a myriad of people in strange costumes.

"Storm, get us out of here!" Cyclops shouted moving past Faith towards the cockpit.

Storm struggled with controls pushing the throttle all the way forward, "I cannot, Magneto is dragging us down"

As Scott made his way to the back of the plane Rogue approached Faith and gently took her by the shoulders, "Better get you strapped in shugah, looks like it's gonna be a bumpy ride"

She appreciated it as a strong wind blew threw the plane as Scott opened the back hatch, he carefully aimed and fired off multiple optic blasts. One of them struck Mystique, another two struck Blob, three struck Juggernaut as he attempted to find something suitable to throw and the final two hit Magneto distracting him long enough for them to get away. After struggling back into the cabin with the help of Colossus, Scott closed the hatch and approached Faith.

He sat down opposite her, "You injured?"

She smiled as she stroked the cheek that Sabretooth had slashed, "Nothing serious, I'll be fine before the days out"

Frowning slightly Scott asked, "If you don't mind be asking why were they after you? I mean you're obviously a mutant but, ... well there are more powerful ones out there"

Faith shook her head, "Not a clue but I got the feeling that something weird was going on in the town. Who are you guys anyway?"

He smiled and indicated each person in turn as he introduced them, "Well, I'm Scott Summers also known as Cyclops. Our fuzzy friend who saved you from you're fall is Kurt Wagner also known as Nightcrawler, our pilot is Ororo Munroe also known as Storm, my large metallic friend who stopped from flying out the back of the plane is Piotr Rasputin also known as Colossus and the young woman who helped you just after you arrived is known simply as Rogue."

Faith sat back in her seat with a slightly bewildered expression, "So you all have dual identities except for Rogue, ... well my names Faith Lehane and it's a pleasure to meet you all. I think"

Additional: Well I finally settled on whats roughly going to happen in this fic and I know its a little cheeky asking this considering how long I took but if you guys could give a few suggestions for Faiths codename it would be a great help.