X-Men: Fate
Emma's Dilemma
"Emma, what do you got?" Logan asked, standing behind her as she finished using Cerebra.
"Shouldn't you be in the middle of something?" Emma asked him, turning to face him.
"Ororo decided she wants to wait until we get the three of them together before we start this thing," Logan said. "And I want to know if you found Anna."
"Strange as it may sound, she's nowhere to be found," Emma said. "Usually, that would mean she's dead, but I can sense her. Something is blocking my ability to locate her."
"What the hell does that mean?" Logan growled. "Is she in danger? What about the Brotherhood members? Can you locate them?"
"It means exactly what I said it means," Emma said. "She doesn't seem to be in any danger, so you can remain calm. I did search for the Brotherhood members. Avalanche, Pyro, Toad and Sabertooth are scattered across the globe, but Quicksilver is also nowhere to be found, along with Azazel and Havok."
"Same circumstances, you can sense them, but you can't locate them?"
Emma nodded. "Bobby and Kurt reported their disappearances months ago. Now, we know they weren't a coincidence. Danielle was right. Something is at work here."
"We'll have to let Ororo know," Logan said. "Put together a plan to do something about it and find Anna."
"Should we go now, or did you want me to look into those kids for you first?" Emma asked and smirked.
"Stay out of my head lady," Logan said. "Don't get me wrong. I'm all for putting a new team together, but I want to make sure they don't end up dead during training let alone a mission."
"That's fine with me," Emma said. "I was curious about these three myself. Besides, I wanted to get a feel for Cerebra's new modifications."
"Let's get to it then," Logan said, walking forward and standing beside Emma as she began.
"We'll start with Adrian Luca since I met awhile back," Emma said. "Forge did excellent work. He's made it so we can look into mutants' histories. With these modifications, any and all information about them is available to us. I'll project what I'm seeing into your mind."
"Give me the cliff's notes version," Logan told her. Emma decided to show him a bit of information on each and projections of their physical appearances.
Name: Adrian Luca
Age: 17
Parents: Laurel Schlueter [Mutant] (Deceased)
Jaiver Luca [Non-Mutant] (Deceased)
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California
Ability: Shadow Matter
"Mother died during childbirth," Emma said. "She hid her ability her whole life. Father was an Anti-Mutant extremist and taught him to hate all mutants and trained him to fight against them."
"Fucked up family, but we've heard worse," Logan said. "Sounds like now he's making his own choices."
"True," Emma said. "His ability, shadow matter, appears to be the power to control the immediate unseen dark matter around the body and manifest it into a solid shape for an instant."
"Could be a mid to long range fighter," Logan remarked.
"He's been going to school and living with his deaf grandmother ever since his father's death, and he hasn't used his ability since he assisted us with Bastion," Emma said.
"Up next," Logan said.
Name: Reva Parker
Age: 17
Parents: Suravi Lahiri [Mutant]
Rowland Parker [Non-Mutant]
Birth Place: Oxford, United Kingdom
Ability: Solar Mutagen
"Mother's ability manifested when she was young," Emma said. "She and her husband kept it a secret from others because of the danger they thought it might bring to them. When she was old enough, they told their daughter. Reva told them one day she would be a mutant too."
"Suravi had to hide who she was just so she could live a normal life and keep her family safe," Logan growled. "Pisses me off. What's this solar mutagen about?"
"Her ability allows her to absorb solar energy and expel it from her body as she sees fit," Emma said. "And with her touch, she can use it to mutate other organisms. If you recall, she's friends with that giant sparrow."
"An ability like that has its limits and consequences," Logan said seriously. "But she'll definitely be able to handle herself in the field."
"Yes, just make sure she knows to use that ability sparingly," Emma said. "On top of this, she's also an accomplished middleweight boxer. She and her father bonded over boxing when she was young, and they've worked together with it over the years.
"Anything else?" Logan asked.
"You might like this bit," Emma said. "The mistreatment of mutants makes her furious. Even before she became a mutant, she never had a problem shutting down anyone who disrespected mutants with her fists."
"Something tells she might become my favorite," Logan said. "And the last member of this trio, what do you have on him?"
Name: Reth Whitfield
Age: 17
Parents: Rebekah Whitfield [Non-Mutant]
Elijah Whitfield [Not-Mutant]
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York
Ability: Aura Manipulation
"Mother works with Jubilation as Managing Editor of Mutant World News. Father used to work at a law firm but decided to go into construction because he preferred working with his hands. However, he continues to represent mutants in difficult cases pro bono as he did when he practiced law."
"Reth was always in the thick of things," Logan said.
Emma nodded. "He's read plenty about us, and apparently, he's heard more than a few stories about the Institute and the X-Men from Jubilation."
"Never heard of Aura Manipulation before though," Logan said.
"He has the ability to perceive the auras that surround objects and people and manipulate them at will," Emma said. "This leads to instances of perceiving people's thoughts and/or feelings and channeling the energy of his own aura."
"Not bad," Logan said.
"Not a bad guy either," Emma said. "He admires Xavier and agrees with him that human and mutants can coexist peacefully. Throughout the Dark Phoenix catastrophe, he acted as a mediator among the humans and mutants of his school, and after its end, he continued to do so. He also wrote several articles for the Mutant World News explaining why peaceful coexistence would benefit all humans and mutants alike."
"All this before he even became a mutant?" Logan asked. Emma nodded. "I'm surprised the kid isn't dead yet." Logan chuckled. "I can work with this. After I get through with them, we'll all be proud to call them X-Men."
Logan began to leave as Emma finished using Cerebra. "I'll let you speak with Ororo about what you found out. I'm going to go sit with Jean."
Emma turned around watched Logan round the corner. "What should I tell her first, I wonder." She spoke under her breath as she walked toward the room's exit. "Should I tell her, tell you and the others, that Anna is leading the new Brotherhood or that Jean is about to leave this life. Decisions. Decisions."