History Before The X-Men
By Twilight Anime Love 21
There was a tension in the air of Xavier's School of the Gifted. It had been three days since Xavier had found The Elite. He privately called in Storm, Hank and Wolverine into his office about the situation. Wolverine could vaguely remember the Elite. He remembered them in flashes, but not enough to go on, but he was pretty sure that he crossed paths with them quite a few times. Storm was letting gout tears at the news. Hank was let in on the information and was ecstatic that whoever the Elite is, they had a job to do. They had to go and save them.
"Where are they Professor?" Storm finally spoke.
Xavier was silent for a brief moment.
"The last Coordinates of Renegade's group was Alaska. If I recall correctly, that is where they were tracking down their target. They were in the Tongass National Forest. I can pinpoint where they are at, but the rest will have to be up to you. Hank," Xavier turned towards the large blue furred mutant.
"You will be staying with me for the younger students. I can't afford to have all my teachers gone." He said.
"I understand Professor." Hank said smiling.
Xavier then turned to Storm.
"I know it has been 13 years, Ororo, but we have to be cautious when you head to their last coordinates. For all we know it could be a trap. Take precautions when you head to Tongass." Xavier cautioned.
"Gather the Senior X-men and head there in three hours. Debrief them on the way. We need to find them before the signal disappears." Xavier said as he pressed a button on his desk.
A holographic version of the Panhandle of Alaska appeared. A red dot marked where The Elite might be.
"They are deep in the Tongass forest. Based on the memories that are assaulting my mind, it is Blaze that has been contacting me for the past three days." He said as he brought up the Forest of Tongass. Storm looked at Xavier in shock.
"Blaze isn't a telepath... unless…" Storm said with confusion lacing her voice.
"You know as well as I do, Storm, that Blaze's powers gives him certain advantages." Xavier stated.
Storm nodded, but she was left with a sense of Déjà vu.
"I cannot communicate with Blaze. Something is blocking me from having any conversation with him to get more information. Communication on his end is one way. When you get to the location, try and figure out what is blocking me. This is a Rescue Mission. I will upload the coordinates into the Blackbird. You are dismissed." Xavier said as he started to bring up coordinates to put into the Blackbird.
As Logan, Hank, and Ororo walked down the halls Hank perked up.
"The Elite. I do not think I have heard of them before." He spoke.
"Heh, if I could recall my memories, I'd tell you. All I know of the Elite is that they are composed of four mutants; all Class 5." Logan growled unconsciously.
"Only one of them was a student of the Professor. Renegade. Her civilian name is Hanna Adler. Though, she married Thomas Montmorency, Blaze. She is Hanna Montmorency now. She once went by the name Fate, but disregarded it." Ororo spoke.
"Fate? As in one of the three fates in Greek Mythology?" Hank asked.
Storm nodded, but spoke no further. For her, speaking of her mentor's past is bad luck. They decided to split ways.
"Wolverine, gather the X-Men. I will be at the Blackbird warming it up." She said as she started to walk away, but Logan grabbed her wrist gently and spoke.
"It'll be okay 'Ro. Chuck found them. I'm pretty sure that they are hard to get rid of." He said comforting her. Storm chuckled and smiled sadly.
"I know. That's what I'm worried about. Logan…they disappeared. Nothing from them in 13 years. I wanted to give up on them." She said as she clutched her fists.
"I know that Renegade was your mentor. Last time I saw her was when she and the others left the mansion the day I arrived." He said then huffed.
"Told me that I better be a good teacher. Never knew she would be right." He scoffed.
This time Storm cracked a grin.
"She's usually always right." She said as she walked off.
Wolverine rolled his eyee at the statement. Then went downstairs to the kids that would be coming with for the mission.
"Kurt! Give back the milk!" Rouge shouted at the blue furred, prehensile spade-tailed adopted brother of hers.
"I'm not done yet! I need another bowl of Fruity-Os!" The young teen said with a fanged smile and a German accent.
"If ya don't give me the milk, Kurt, I will suck you dry." She threatened.
Though Rouge would never do that to another person, the threat was there.
"Just one more bowl! I haven't eaten lunch today." He whined.
"Ah don't care!" Rouge said as she reached for the milk carton, but Kurt 'bamf'-ed away before Rouge could touch him and he reappeared on the other side of the kitchen.
"Just one more bowl, then you can have it back." He said as he was about to pour the milk into his bowl, but it was taken out of his hand by a newcomer. Remy LeBeau, otherwise known as Gambit.
"Sorry mon ami, but I do believe y' seour asked for de milk." He said grinning devilishly.
Rouge rolled her eyes at Remy. Since Gambit and Colossus joined the X-men a year ago, Gambit has been trying over and over again to go out with her. She declined every time.
"Not like I can have a decent relationship anyways." She scorned herself.
"Hey! That's not cool, Gambit!" Kurt whined.
But Remy ignored him and gave the milk to Rouge. She rolled her eyes yet again by the so-called 'chivalrous act' that he put on.
"So mon cherié," He began.
"And here comes his proposition. Doesn't this boy ever give up?" Rouge thought to herself.
"How about a little game of pool and a bet?" He said as his red on black eyes glimmered.
Rouge forced herself not to stare at the handsome Cajun. She liked him yes, but she couldn't touch him, kiss him, and the like. So she stayed away from him as far as possible. It didn't help for the fact that he kept chasing after her.
"Oh? What kind of bet?" She said snarkly as she poured the stolen milk into her bowl.
"Well de loser walks away wit' wounded pride, but de winner…" He said as he moved closer to the side of her face.
"Gets a kiss." He smiled.
She glared at him and moved away.
"Are you crazy? Or do you wanna end up in a coma?" She scolded him.
"Maybe it's worth it, no?" He shrugged.
Rouge let out an exasperated sigh. She didn't even respond.
"Gambit, like, leave Rouge alone." A young girl said as she walked into the kitchen.
Her name was Katherine Pryde. But she goes by either Kitty or Shadowcat. She wore blue capris, white shirt and a pink cardigan and her brown hair was up in a ponytail.
"But chaton, I was merely asking for an innocent game." He said smiling brightly.
"Like, that charm worked on me last year, but this year it's not working." She pointed out smirking.
"Oh well, I tried." Remy said as he leaned against the counter.
"Besides, I have Pete. I don't need a Cajun like you." Kitty smiled.
Gambit placed a hand to his heart.
"Oh, y' wound me chaton! I think I need some medical attention. Rouge, would y' give me CPR?" He raised an eyebrow at the white stripe haired girl.
"I'd rather leave you on the ground to die." She said drolly.
Kurt laughed at Remy's crest-fallen face. No matter how much Remy tried to get Rouge's affections, she always shot him down. He didn't need to worry about his schwester. She could already take care of herself.
"Ooh, burn, Gambit. Shot down." Kurt said as he sat next to him.
Just as Gambit was about to retort, Wolverine came in and spoke.
"All right, all senior X-Men, suit up and get to the Blackbird. We have a rescue mission and we were suppose to leave yesterday, MOVE IT!" He ordered.
Rouge, Gambit, Kurt and Kitty quickly finished up whatever food was out and ran to the docking bay. They suited up in separate rooms and met the other X-Men on the Blackbird. They were in for a long ride.
The X-Men were currently en route to Alaska. Wolverine was flying pilot and was pushing the Blackbird as fast is it can handle. Storm had briefed the X-Men that it was a very important mission.
"They called themselves The Elite X-Men. 13 years ago, they had received a mission to track down a scientist that went by the name of Nathanial Essex. It took them months to track down where he was at and they disappeared not long after they had confirmed two weeks before that they found him." Storm said as she looked at the young students that had grown to maturity. She could only hope that she succeeded in teaching them.
"The Professor managed to gather a location and a mental scream of where it came from." She said in a professional voice.
"Jean, you should be able to hear a scream when we get nearing to the coordinates." Storm spoke to the red haired young woman. She nodded.
"Um, Storm? What do you mean by, 'Scream'?" Shadowcat asked as she raised her hand.
"A mental scream is something that only telepaths can hear. Though this mental scream can only be heard by certain telepaths, Jean might be able to hear it. We find the person who is currently 'screaming' first. He is our top priority. The rest will follow." Storm said.
"How many people are we talking here?" Rouge asked.
"There are only four in The Elite. Their names are: Renegade, Blaze, Spade, and Azazel. They are allies and good friends to The Professor." She finished.
"Our objection: Find them and bring them home." Storm said and left it at that and went back to the front of the Blackbird to speak with Wolverine.
"So these 'Elite', I wonder why the Professor, Storm and Logan never talked about them?" Scott Summers, Cyclops, asked.
"I saw Storm a couple nights ago and she was talking to me about them. They seemed really close to her." Rouge spoke.
"Really? So The Elite are Storm's friends? That's cool!" Kurt Smiled.
Rouge furrowed her brow. "Yeah, but they reminded me of some people. I'm not sure how and why." Rouge said confused.
"Like who, Rouge?" Jean asked. Rouge shrugged her shoulders.
"I honestly don't know, Jean. Maybe when all of this is over I might find out." Rouge said as she leaned back in her chair, patiently waiting to be back on land and solve this little mystery that she so wanted to solve.
TAL21: So, my little challenge for me is to write a chapter everyday for NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month. And i wanted to give it a shot. And don't worry, this is all just practice and a good way for me to improve grammar, language (Foreign) usage, and a few others. I will still update my other story (Silver Heart) but i'm hoping to work this out for this month. I have no clue on how long this story will be, the chaptered will probably be either 2 thousand to 3 thousand words per chapter, but after this month is over, i will be going over it again and editing and re-writing it and making longer chapters or combining them. So far i've only had one review, 2 faves, and 6 follows on this. Which is fine by me, but i would LOVE to hear from you guys! Now for the SHOUT OUTS!
Reviewer: Renegade's history will be popping out sooner or later as all The Elite's history, but that will be coming up in the future. Glad you love the story so far! :D
Question time!: Out of All the X-Men Characters, which ones are your favorites and why? Rouge, Gambit, Woverine, and Deadpool. Rouge because I think she is the strongest character in the series, Gambit because who doesn't love a smooth talkin' cajun and he's such a hottie! Wolverine because he had a tragic misfortune of losing his memories and he tries to remember his past (That goes for movie Wolverine as well), and Deadpool just because he's Deadpool. You can't help but love him. :)
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! The next one will come tomorrow and you will be seeing some scary stuff (At least to me) and you get to see A bit of conflict as well. PLEASE LEAVE AWESOME REVIEWS AND OPINIONS! See you guys tomorrow! :D
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