Magneto smiled to himself as he nodded to Toad's replacement "That should deal with all the problems and you should have no trouble." he said with a smile.

"Das good, Gambit like it when tings be simple." The Cajun said with a smile

Xander groaned as he slowly opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling while he thought about how much his life had changed in the last few days.

His internal musing was cut off by a soft knock on the door.

Slipping out of bed Xander walked over to the door and carefully opened it to Mystique.

"Umm… what's up mom?" Xander asked in confusion as he stepped back and opened the door to admit her.

Shaking her head at the silent invitation Mystique silently wondered at the life lessons her son had taken away from that town as Xander threw a clean shirt on.

"It's time to start your training Alexander, while I prefer to begin it at a much younger age we did not have that option." Mystique said.

Xander stared at her blankly for a second before responding, "You mean I have to go back to school?" Fear started to well up inside him. "But… I've already graduated." Xander said before stopping for a second. "Well, I would graduate if the Mayor wasn't going to eat the graduating class."

Smiling at his panic Mystique shook her head before responding. "Alexander, while I believe you would enjoy Bayville immensely I'm speaking of your training to gain full control of your mutation."

Sighing in relief Xander thought about it a bit before nodding. "If it'll help my friends I'm willing to try." Xander said before his stomach growled out its own thoughts. "Umm… maybe I better get something to eat first?"

Nodding as Xander rushed to get dressed Mystique turned back to the door "Meet me in the training room when you're done." She said over her shoulder as Xander grabbed some clothes from his dresser and rushed to get dressed.

She barely heard the yelled confirmation as the door slid shut leaving her alone in the hallway.

Thinking about it a moment Mystique walked quickly through the complex to the Command center.

Smiling as Colossus stood Mystique took his seat. "Go get something to eat Peter, I need some privacy please." She told the big Russian.

Nodding as the Bio-metal slid back, Pioter left Mystique alone to her thoughts.

Waiting several minutes to make sure he was gone Mystique turned back to the command station and picked up the headset.

Tapping several keys Mystique quickly secured the line before dialing a phone number and listening to it ring.

After twelve rings the phone was finally answered.

"You better have a good health insurance plan." The voice growled over the line as Mystique smiled.

"Did I wake you Victor?" she asked sweetly as she heard the irritation from the other end of the line.

Blinking away the sleep Sabertooth focused on the phone as his mind caught up with him. "Raven? No of course your didn't wake me." He lied as he shoved the blankets off of the cheap motel bed he was staying on. "I just had a long night with 'Tony' is all." Victor said with as he placed as much venom as he could in the name. "What did you need Raven, is everything okay? Where's Alex." The huge mutant said with mounting worry.

"Alexander's fine Victor, there's no need to worry." She said as she listened to one of the most terrifying mutants in the world sound genuinely concerned over the health of someone he barely knew more then a week.

Sitting back down Victor Creed sighed as he tried to force away the feeling of utter terror the thought of his child being hurt brought up. "Then what's the matter Raven, why call me now." He asked after taking several seconds to calm down.

Composing herself, Mystique asked the question that had terrified her since finding out she had another child.

"Victor, what are your plans for Alexander." She whispered as she silently prayed for an answer that would allay her fears.

Thinking about it Victor had to wonder about the question. "What do you mean, Black Bird?" He asked as he tried to understand why she was asking this question.

"Because you left me alone once before Victor, and I need to know if I have to warn Alexander that his father may just one day decide he can't handle a family and leave us again." She demanded forcefully before reigning in her temper. "I need to know if I will have your support in this Victor, I need to know if Alexander will have your support."

Thinking about it for several minutes Victor nodded before speaking. "I can never take back what happened to Graydon Raven, but I won't apologize for something that was not my fault." He said quietly before continuing. "I don't know what's going to happen between us, but I want you to know that I will do everything in my power to be a part of Alex's life." He swore to both himself and her.

Sitting quietly in the command center, Mystique smiled to herself. "Very well Victor, we'll talk more when you return." She promised before cutting the connection.

Setting the phone down Victor slowly extended his claws and stared at them as memories of the time he spent in the Weapon-X project came back to him. "And God help anyone that tries to keep me from that life." He swore before rolling back over on the bed and slowly drifting off to sleep.

Much further North, Colossus nervously sat back down as a smiling Mystique left the command center and headed for the training room he had just recently seen Alexander in.

That Night.

Dominic rolled his eyes and sighed as John continued to complain.

"I'm just saying why do 'we' have to be out here walking around a graveyard in the middle of the night, just so this Xander guy can sleep better?" he complained as he watched the blond and redhead move through said graveyard.

With another sigh Dominic looked over at him "We're out here because A. Magneto told us to be. B. Mystique asked us to, and C. Sabertooth said he would rip our still beating hearts out of our chests and shove them so far down our throats we'd be constipated before we die if we said no." He growled before leaning over towards his friend "And Victor Creed is a very scary man" He let that sink in before turning back "Now shut up and watch those two because personally I like my intestines where they are"

John grumbled a few more minutes before finally settling down to watching in quiet.