Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men(or anything owned by Marvel.). I only own some oc's and ideas for the story.
This chapter will be the second last part of the Last Stand story arc for this story. I just wanna end it soon, because I wanna get the arc done and dusted since I wanna move to where the real action starts in my story. As far as continuity goes, I have a few plans on how to fix some of the errors. The rest I'll probably just scrap for the sake of the story.
To answer the question by d1n0s on whether I'll be using the Deadpool from Origins Wolverine. Yes, but that is one of the stuff I plan on fixing, so you won't need to worry. Wade won't end up like he did in Origins. He'll end up mostly the same as in the Deadpool movies, but with a few changes.
I have planned on how what Byron's new class five abilities will be, but don't be afraid to share your ideas, I might like them and use them too.
And a fair warning, this chapter contains attempted suicide.
On with the story.
It was the day, the day that The Brotherhood would be headed for Alcatraz Island to destroy the cure and those responsible for it's creation.
It was morning and Byron didn't know why, but he'd been given the day off from chores or training and when when he asked about his new power, his mother told him that they would help him with it after they were done on Alcatraz. Too bad he still planned on leaving. He didn't mention this to his mother though.
Byron decided to put his free time to good use and went to talk to Blink, Hisako and Warpath. He had yet to tell them of his intent to leave after they were done on Alcatraz Island. He felt that he owed them that at least since he now considered them his friends.
Byron was surprised that the annoying group of kids that had been following him around most of time wasn't around now, it was a welcome surprise though.
The boy made his way through the camp to the spot where he knew Warpath and Blink would be. He hoped that Hisako would be there too.
The boy walked past the area where he saw Magneto and the leading forces of The Brotherhood talking and much to his displeasure, his mother noticed him and walked over to him and took his right hand and pulled him in the opposite direction of where he wanted to go. She wasn't being forceful or making it hurt, but she was making sure he followed.
They finally stopped when they made it to an area of the woods that was bare of anyone except for themselves.
"Why are we here, Mom?" asked the boy in a slightly annoyed tone.
Psylocke sighed and a pink blade of energy generated from her left hand, her psi-blade.
This actually scared the boy as he didn't think that his mother would ever use her psi-blade on him.
It seemed like the boy's skin was even paler than it usually was.
"You're gonna use your psi-blade on me?" asked the boy, fear evident in his voice.
A similar pink energy generated from her right hand which she placed on the left side of her son's head.
"Shh, it's okay, I'm just gonna check something." said the black and purple haired mutant gently as she carefully brought her psi-blade to the boy's head.
Byron wanted to break away from his mother and run away at first, but soon he was calmed by the pink energy that eminated from his mother's right hand on his head.
Psylocke slowly slid the blade of energy into her son's forehead. It didn't cause any scars though since it seemed like this one was only made to read thoughts or something and not cause any physical damage.
The black and purple haired mutant started to look into the boy's thoughts and memories. She knew that this was wrong, but it was the only way she could try to help her child.
She looked into some of the more negative memories and the first one she looked at was the one of the night that she promised that she would never hurt her son ever again.
Flashback-Around 2 Months Earlier
Byron could be seen being dragged into the base The Omegas were staying at by Quill with Psylocke following closely behind.
The boy had ran away again and actually managed to escape for around thirty-two hours after he hitched a ride from Boston to Texas, but unfortunately, his mother and Quill were there waiting for him when he arrived. Must've been Callisto tracking him.
"Why the hell did you run away again?!" exclaimed the black and purple haired mutant as she grabbed her child be the collar of his shirt.
The boy looked down and didn't respond which only seemed to anger the woman even more.
"Answer me!" yelled the black and purple haired mutant as she shook the boy a little.
The boy still did nothing and just remained quiet.
"So you don't wanna talk?" sneered the black and purple haired mutant as she started to drag the boy over to one of the rooms.
"Quill, give me your belt." ordered black and purple haired mutant to the tattooed asian american mutant.
The man hesitantly removed his belt.
"What do you plan on doing with it?" asked the asian american mutant as he slowly held out the belt to the black and purple haired mutant.
"Leave me be, it's none of your business how I discipline my child." snapped the black and purple haired mutant as she glared at the the man before plucking the belt out of his hand.
The man didn't wanna go, but realized that even if he stood up for the kid that it would make the situation worse. He new Psylocke could easily kill him and if push came to shove then Callisto would gladly let him be sacrificed to keep her around.
The man still felt guilt for what happened to the boy several years ago and always felt guilt whenever his mother became aggressive with him. He'd even told her that if she really loved the boy then she'd stop, which resulted in a few scrapes and bruises for himself.
The man left the room with his head lowered.
"I'm gonna make you wish that you never tried to run away." sneered the black and purple haired mutant as she kicked the room's door open and threw the boy inside before locking the door behind her.
The boy immediately scrambled up to his feet and the black and purple haired mutant forced him to lay down on his stomach on the bed before she lifted his shirt and jacket which revealed several scrapes and bruises.
A part of Psylocke's mind was screaming at her not to do it to him again in her dead sister's voice, but she couldn't stop herself now. Another voice in her head, spoke even louder than her sister's voice. It was her mother's voice telling her that the boy was weak and that the weak deserved to suffer.
"Remember brat that I love you." said the black and purple haired mutant as she brought the belt down on her child's back, which got a hiss of pain from the boy.
She kept on hitting the boy over the back until he couldn't hold back his screams of pain anymore.
The boy didn't dignify the woman with any tears though, even if his back was burning with blood and pain.
"Come on brat, let's get you washed up, I don't ever want to have to do that to you again." said the black and purple haired mutant as she guided the boy into a small bathroom.
The woman removed the boy's jacket and shirt and made him crouch over the edge of the bathtub while she dampened a small white towel under the running hot water.
She slowly started dabbling the towel down onto the boy's back to clean up the mess of blood, cuts and and small loose pieces of skin. The boy winced with every touch of the towel.
"Hey brat, take a quick bath while I go find some bandages and sterilizer for your wounds." said the black and purple haired mutant as she got up and left the bathroom.
The black and purple haired mutant walked into a different room to go find some of the stuff she needed.
After a few minutes of searching she finally found the bandages and sterilizer and returned to the bathroom to a sight that horrified her.
In the bathtub, in a mixture of water and blood was Byron. The blood in the water wasn't from his back wounds, but from his wrists. More evidence being the razor blade on ground next to the tub.
"Baby no!" screamed the black and purple haired mutant as she burst into tears and ran over to her child and pulled him out of the tub.
"Somebody help me!" screamed the black and purple haired mutant as she tried frantically to put pressure on the boy's cut wrists.
Quill, Arclight and Quill immediately came rushing into the bathroom.
"What's wrong..." started Quill before horror struck him as he saw Byron laying motionlessly in Psylocke's arms while she tried feebly to put pressure on the boy's bleeding wrists.
"I left to... look... for bandages..." started the black and purple haired mutant as she sobbed.
Callisto motioned for Arclight.
"Philippa, take the boy to Caliban." ordered the leader of the Omegas.
Arclight nodded and took the boy from the heartbroken mother and carried him out of the bathroom bridal style.
"Why the hell are you cry, huh Psy?" seethed Quill.
The black and purple haired mutant didn't respond and simply continued sobbing.
"Back off, Quill." demanded Callisto.
The tattooed asian american mutant glared at his leader.
"I hope you're happy now Psy, seems like your kid finally couldn't take it anymore." seethed the tattooed asian american mutant before he he walked away.
Flashback End
Psylocke remembered that day all to well. It was one she'd rather forget, but in a way, she guesed that she deserved to be plagued by the memory forever.
One good thing that the memory provided though was a connector between all of the negative emotions she could sense from the boy and from some of the other thoughts and memories she read.
Her son had depression and it was all her fault. This made regret eat even further away at her soul than it already was.
Psylocke slowly let go of the boy's mind and he seemed to be in a slight daze.
The black and purple haired mutant gently caressed her child's hair.
"Baby, I want you to know that what we do tonight is for the greater good and that you might see things that will upset you, but please, please don't hurt yourself again." said the black and purple haired mutant as tears started welling up in her eyes again.
Next chapter will be the last one for the Last Stand's storyline. Promise, the next chapter will be published in the next two days.
Guys and girls, do you think I should introduce the original Psylocke in this story and if so, could you give me some advice how to handle her character?
That's all for now, let me know what you think.