Piotr Sighed heavily as he entered the gym Why is it so hard to focus these days he thought sadly as he tried to clear his mind of his last failed painting.

Opening the door peter stared in shock as Toad stood up from the bleeding body of Victors Son This is going to end badly he thought as he rushed to the boys body.

"Mortimer what have you done" he whispered as Toad just shrugged and headed for the door.

"Magneto won't let them kill me, and anything else they threaten to do is just hot air" he said before the door slid open.

Toad never saw the heavy fist as it slammed into the side of his head

Peter watched as Toad collapsed to the floor as the snarling figure of Sabertooth stepped into the gym

"Victor, help me get him to the infirmary" Colossus said quietly as he tried to bring his friends focus away from the figure on the floor.

For several seconds the huge man just growled before a commanding voice broke through the rage.

"Piotr pick up Alexander and follow me to the Medical lab" Mystique said before she set her hand on Sabertooth's arm "Take this 'Thing' to someplace quite" she said as she glared at the still form of Toad before walking out.

Victor had just picked him up when Mystiques voice drifted back "And don't kill him... yet"

With a growl Victor Creed stared at the unconscious face of the creature that had attacked his child "I Should rip your arms out of there sockets and force them down your throat" he growled as he threw the limp form over his shoulder "But I think my Raven will make your last 'Months' far more painful then I ever could" he growled as he moved through the now silent complex.

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When he returned Victor stood behind the glass window of the infirmary as he watched Mystique work to save there son.

It was several hours later when a exhausted Mystique woke the sleeping form of Victor Creed "Victor" she said simply as he came to with a start "Victor we need to speak" she said simply before walking carefully to a nearby room.

After looking in at the beeping machines hooked up to his son he looked at the form of Piotr Rasputin as he stood in the doorway "No one enters" he said and simply accepted the nod of the Russian before following Mystique.

Mystique looked up from the table when Sabertooth entered "Victor I..." she stopped as she thought about the situation. "Victor I loved Graydon, so much so that it took me being tortured by him for fifty years before a came back to end his life..." she stopped to collect herself before she looked back

"Even then I almost didn't do it... I almost allowed him to become the monster I knew he was" She sat for a moment before she looked back up.

"Victor, Alexander will be fine" she said slowly as he let out a sigh "it seems he has inherited your strength and healing abilities" she said as she looked back at him "But he also has something else... Victor Alexander is an Empath"

Victor Creed wondered for a moment "Raven... why would Essex want Alex if he just had healing abilities like mine and some psychic stuff?" he wondered until Mystique looked back up.

"Victor Alexander is not Psychic, he can project his feelings into others, and feel there emotions as well" She said as he just stared "if Essex ever got Alexander under his control... he could make every mutant within fifty miles of him come dancing and skipping to be dissected by Essex... and should he gain control of Cerebro" she let the implication sink in until she smiled

"But we could also use Cerebro to imprint the image of Magnus's dream to every human and mutant on the planet... but he would die Victor" she said before she let her head dip "And I believe that is Erik's plan"