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Who am I? I'm Katelyn Summers, the adopted daughter of Scott and Jean, I'm only 7 years old right now, but I feel like I'm in way over my head.

I've been taught from my 5th birthday the ways of the revolution. I'm only seven, and I'm already an expert marksman, among other things.

Everyone's pretty good to me, though I still don't know who my real family is, the others won't tell me anything, if they even know the truth, but something tells me that they do.

I do have some of my family, an aunt and an uncle, plus my grandmother, who all care for me. Jess is pretty good too, she teaches me the more spiritual side of combat, and through that I have exposed something else.

Once when I was meditating, I entered into something that Jess called the Nexus, a higher plane of being in which I can almost reach out and touch others connected to the nexus.

I met a boy there named Caleb LeBeau. I get some sort of feeling when I'm talking to him, like we know each other somehow. I don't know, but I haven't told anyone yet, not even Jess.

Oh, speaking of Jess, she's calling me right now, gotta go.

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CHAPTER 4:
MUTATIONS

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Katelyn Summers, seven years old, and deffinately bearing some of the traits of Rogue, such as her white bangs, closes her diary as she looks up to see Jess standing at the doorway.

It had been seven years since Rogue had dropped her daugher off to stay with Scott and Jean, Jess couldn't help but sigh a little, the girl didn't even have any mutant abilities yet, and Jess knew that it was only a matter of time before her abilities did emerge. She had to have someone take a look at her about it. Scott and Jean had a daughter of their own now named Sammantha, or Sam, and the two where best of friends, even if they weren't blood sisters, they loved each other all the same.

"Hi Jess," Katelyn says with a smile. "What do you want me to do today?"

"Katelyn, we got a new mutant today, a refugee we found in Brazil, I want you to talk to him," Jess says.

"About what?" Katelyn questions.

"Your mutation, I know you don't have any powers yet, but there is a good possibility that they will emerge soon, so we want to see if we can get an idea of what you might be capable of."

Katelyn nods, and Jess leads her into the main antechamber of the resistance HQ. Seated on a tank tread, talking with Todd, is a mutant with scaly, snake-like features, wearing a black uniform.

"Xi, this is the girl I was telling you about, Katelyn Summers, Katelyn, this is Xi, he is our latest recruit for the rebellion, he can read a person's DNA, and even decipher your mutant abilities, dormant or not," Jess says. "All he has to do is touch you just briefly, is that okay?"

"Yes," Katelyn says, looking a little relunctantly at Xi.

Xi places his hand on the child's arm, and draws back after a second. "Jess..." He says, taking the cue, Jess walks away with him, and they wait until Katelyn's out of earshot. "Jess, I can tell you right now, this girl is deffinately going to have her mother's powers, only at a more advanced state."

"Advanced? How?" Jess asks, she had a feeling that Katelyn would have powers similar to Rogue's, but how advanced could they be?

"It seems that her DNA has stored the powers of every mutant or superhuman Rogue ever touched, and any that Katelyn will touch, in short, it is possible that, unlike her mother, Katelyn will be able to use the abilities she has absorbed on a permenent basis," Xi explains, and Jess pauses.

"That, could be a problem," Jess admits.

"Jess, I've got something!" Pietro shouts, running up to Jess at full super speed, handing her a piece of paper. "A report just came in about a last stronghold of humans!"

The Pit... That's the old GI Joe base, and possible reports of the presence of the mutant Storm, she thinks, looking over the paper. "Alright, get the troops together, Pietro, its mission time."

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Miles away in New York City, Caleb LeBeau is seated at a table listening to the teacher. He has short dark brown hair, and is wearing a black school uniform. He doesn't need to take notes, part of his mutation was that he had the ability to absorb information as he heard it, he was basicaly a human computer that could remember and process as much information as possible. The other part of his powers becomes evident as he boredly makes a metal paper clip bend into different shapes with just a hand gesture.

Magneto kind of enjoyed toying with his grandson, he never did confront him directly, but watched from the shadows. Magneto wasn't happy with the fact that Rogue had lost Katelyn, who was a potentialy powerful mutant, but he saw it fit that Caleb would never know of the existance of his twin sister.

And in the meantime, he could mold young Caleb into becoming the heir to Rogue's throne. He knew that his daughter was too dangerous to be allowed to remain in power forever, Rogue would have to eventually be dealt with, but he had to make sure it was done discreetly.

This is so boring, Caleb thinks, letting the paper clip fall to the table, he closes his eyes, and frees his mind of thought as he slips into the Nexus.

Katelyn, are you there? He calls out over space and time.

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Katelyn, are you there? Caleb's voice echoes through Katelyn's mind.

Yes Caleb, I'm here, what's up? Katelyn asks.

Oh, the usual, my mom's always making me work with a tutor, I mean its not like I'm going to forget this information, Caleb groans.

Yeah, its too bad you can't be here, I'm learning mostly about combat and spirituality, I heard Jess talking with Uncle Pietro about some big mission that is coming up, Katelyn says. I don't even have any powers yet, I feel so worthless.

Don't be so hard on yourself, Katelyn, you've got your whole life... uh-oh, sorry, but I gotta go, Caleb replies, and the connection is severed.

Katelyn opens her eyes to hearing the shouts of people outside her room.

"She's too young, we can't risk bringing her on a high profile mission just yet!" She hears Scott's voice from outside. "Katelyn cannot be risked, she doesn't even have any powers!"

"I'm only telling you what Destiny told me, she said that Katelyn will be instermental in winning this small victory, we can't just leave her behind!" Jess shouts.

"She's just a little girl, Jess, how can you tell that Destiny isn't wrong this time? She's been wrong before you know," Jean says.

"Jean, she has never steered me wrong before, if she says that Katelyn will be important to this mission, then I say we should bring her along!" Jess shouts.

As their voices traill off into the distance, Katelyn opens the wooden door to her room, and looks both ways, making sure that they're not in sight of her, and runs off down the hallway opposite from where they where going.

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It was still 30 minutes before the transport left, so Jess took this oppertunity to talk to Irene again.

"Irene, I must know, if the war wouldn't have happened, what would've happened to me?" Jess asks.

"You would've been a strong candidate for mutant rights, you would've changed the opinions of millions of people with your words of peace and equality," Irene says. "Your powers would've still activated, of course, that was inevitable from the start. You would've been in New York City, at the time, a man calling himself the Reverened William Stryker will be holding a rally at the same time you where in town, he would've attempted to, eliminate mutants once and for all," Irene says. "You, would've been on the observation deck of the Empire State Building, looking out over the railing, when all of a sudden Stryker puts his plan into motion. You would've felt great pain, I saw your sister running to help you, but in your pain you would use your powers to throw her off the side of the building, you saved her, creating a cushion of light underneath her, but it wasn't enough for your family or the bystanders. You would be forced to leave, hiding out for a few years among the Morlocks, but still you would give your speeches to them, and achieve an understanding. Eventualy, you would've been recruited by the Misfits after being charged for robbery, as well as attacks on the Friends of Humanity."

"So, basicaly either way I would've ended up with the same group," Jess says.

"More or less, and good luck, Jess," Irene says as Jess walks out of the room.

I almost wish I could've had that life, but fate it seems has given me a different fate, one that I can embrace for real, she thinks.

Soon enough, a convoy from the Revolution boards a transport craft to take them to the Pit.

With a small figure hidden away in the cargo hold.

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Back in New York City, things aren't exactly better for Caleb. The young mutant had been trying his hardest in his studies, he was still slacking a little in his work.

"Caleb, you should be more intelligent than this, your IQ is 190, or so Lady Rogue tells me, yet time and time again, you're failing your tests, you always seem to nod off during my lectures, and you never take notes!" The tutor shouts, slamming his hand down on the table. "How can you learn if you don't take notes?"

"I can remember these things without having to write them down, remember?" Caleb says, trying not to let his anger show, but several metalic objecs in the room starts to shake.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Rogue shouts, storming into the room as the tutor stands up at attention.

"Oh, milady, I was just..." the tutor says, trying not to cringe under the looks of Rogue.

"You've stepped over the line, you are relieved of your duty, now get out of here before I have you thrown out!" Rogue shouts, and the tutor walks out of the room in a fury.

"Mom, you didn't have to do that," Caleb says.

"I know," Rogue says. "Don't worry about it."

"Alright, mom," Caleb says.

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"Okay, this is going to be a simple operation, we get in there, we get the survivors out of there, and we leave," Jess says as the transporter lands in the desert. Jess slings a rifle over her shoulder, and checks to make sure that her other weapons are intact, the rest of the Revolutionary Troops are checking as well. "Come on, lets get this over with."

"Is this amount of firepower really necessary? If its just a search and rescue opperation..." Jean questions.

"We are at war, Jean, nothing is that simple," Jess says. "Nothing can possibly be simple, we can't take any risks. There is a possiblity that if we know about the survival of a number of humans, former military at that, the Mutant Nation might know it as well."

"A rescue mission/military operation, wonderful," Lance mutters.

"We move out on 3. One... two... three!" Jess says, and the door to the transport swings open and the small group of mutants burst out of the transport guns at the ready.

Only to be met by a burst of fire as the transport behind them explodes.

"I should've known they'd be here already," Jess growls, and draws a handgun from her belt, and starts opening fire on the advancing enemy.

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"This just reported in from the highest parts of the government, government troops have engaged in combat with a squadron from the GNSP Resistance at the site of a former Military Base. There are unconfirmed reports that Ruin, the leader of the resistance, is there in person, but if she is, Lady Rogue has assured us that if this is the case, the revolution against the Mutant Nation will be put down swiftly and surely," a reporter says on a television screen. "This could also lead to the reclaiming of our lady's daughter, who was kidnapped over seven years ago by GNSP Forces..."

The newscast is brought to an abrupt end as two metal claws cut through the television in a small resteraunt in New Orleans. A mutant in a black outfit retracts her claws, and glances at the other patrons from behind a pair of red goggles.

"Sorry about the mess," she says, removing some money from her pocket, and placing it on the counter as she walks out.

The waitress just shrugs, the place had a habit of attracting strange people anyway, so this was nothing new.

The mutant removes her cowl when she gets outside, letting her long brown hair fall to her shoulders as she sniffs the air.

I know your following me, Logan, but I can't risk it just yet, she thinks, mounting a motorcycle, she speeds off.

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Katelyn had just barely been able to slip out of the cargo hold in time, she hides behind a jeep, trying not to be seen by either side.

"Blasted government troops," Jess mumbles from her position behind a large rock as she opens fire on the enemy. "Just our luck that they have Pyro with them."

One of the fireballs goes out of control as Jean deflects it with her telekenesis. Katelyn gulps as the fireball flies towards the jeep, and she closes her eyes, realizing that there's not enough time to move away, and waits for the end...

But it never comes, as she slowly opens her eyes, she finds herself protected by a barrier as the fire swirls up around her. Are these, my powers? She thinks to herself, and as if on instinct, raises her hands up, and the fire moves away from her, forming a giant flaming dragon.

"Wait, if Pyro's over there, then who's..." Jess says, lowering the sunglasses that she added to her outfit for combat as she glances over at the fire dragon, which is now swooping down on the enemy forces. "I donn't believe it, Scott, Jean, its Katelyn!"

"KATELYN?" Jean shouts, watching as the enemy runs in terror. "KATELYN DID THIS?"

"Here, I'll go get her!" Pietro says, and speeds off towards the small mutant.

"Wait, Pietro!" Jess says, and shakes her head. "Come on, we'd better stop him before he gets hurt..."

And then two screams are heard at once (Pietro's being noticably girly). As the remaining mutants reach the spot, they find both Pietro and Katelyn lying onconsious on the ground.

"They're both still alive, Pietro just barely, he must've broken contact when he fell unconsious," Jess says, and picks Pietro up, stringing him over her shoulder. "Scott, go inside and see if any of the Joes can help us, Jean, try to help Katelyn, but don't touch her skin, everyone else, hunt down the Mutant Nation Agents, we can't let them escape now."

Jean levitates Katelyn, as the rest of the group sets out to do their respective jobs.

"Jess, was there anyway to avoid this? Could we have taken precautions, covered her up, anything?" Jean asks the revolutionary leader.

"I wish I could say yes, but experience tells me that it wouldn't have mattered how long we put it off, her mutation would've emerged sooner or later," Jess says as they walk towards the pit, or what's left of it, which is basicaly just a run-down old house. "Pietro seriously needs to cut down on the cheesecake."

"So, basicaly, there was nothing we could do," Jean sighs.

"Jean, Katelyn knows that she's not your real daughter, but your the closest thing she's ever had to a real mother," Jess says. "Someday, when this war is over, I hope that Katelyn will be able to learn the truth about who her mother really is, and the sacrifice Rogue made to ensure that her daughter had a better life than she did. Magneto is beyond redemption, but we have to get to Rogue, somehow, she'll eventualy start to fight back."

"Has anyone ever told you that you sound like Xavier sometimes?" Jean asks.

"Yeah, I know, Rogue was one of the only friends I ever had growing up, sort of like Xavier and Magneto you know, but Rogue is different, I know that she is still good, she proved that to me on more than one occasion," Jess says. "You know, she's going to need a codename."

"Yeah, yeah, I know," Jean says, and they enter the house.

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On a country road in Louisiana at the same time, the female biker from before is speeding down the road on her motorcycle. A second motorcycle pulls up beside her, and the visor adjusts a little to show Logan.

"This isn't the time, Logan!" She shouts, and guns the engine some more, trying to get away from the other mutant.

The chase would go on for half an hour, when the female biker's motorcycle runs out of gas, she parks it against the tree, and removes her helmet as Logan pulls up.

"Kid you gotta stop running like this," Logan says, shaking his head. "Been trying to find you for four years, ever since the GNSP got wind that you're still around. Hydra's long gone, its time that you stopped moping about yourself, and started fighting for a cause beyond your own."

"Oh sure, like your fighting for any cause, look at you, your teammates are currently in the desert, battling Rogue's troops, and your here trying to get me to join your little group," the girl says.

"X23..." Logan starts.

"Don't ever call me that again. I abandoned that name years ago, its Sierra now, you got a problem with that?" X23, err, Sierra says, unshething her claws.

"Okay then, Sierra," Logan growls. "We're trying to help you, I saw what you did to that television back in New Orleans, you hate the Mutant Nation, don't you?"

Sierra says nothing, but seems to soften a little.

"Kid, I could tell you stories of what they've done to people, if you don't hate them by then, there are other ways of convincing you, but I know that you don't need any convincing, please, come with me, and we can finally win this battle for us all."

Sierra sighs, and shrugs. "Well, I suppose its better than being on the run all the time..." Sierra agrees.

Logan smiles. "Welcome to the team, kid," he says.

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"Your serious, right? You found Katelyn, but she's still in posession of the Resistance?" Rogue asks, trying to fake frustration about the information she is being given.

"Yes, sorry milady," the voice on the other end says. "And it appears that her mutation has finally emerged, and based on what happened afterwords, she has your powers, milady."

"It was inevitable, I suppose," Rogue says. "Double the Acolyte's efforts of finding her, thank you," she says, and hangs up. I guess I didn't expect her powers to emerge now, me and my friends powers usualy emerged in our teenage years around puberty, but reaching puberty doesn't really have anything to do with this, she thinks.

Then her chair spins around as Magneto stands there. "Rogue, we have lost a powerful mutant because we lost Katelyn. She has your powers to the full potential, and the Socialists have her!" He shouts, making Rogue cringe a little.

"I told you, father, its not my fault they kidnapped her," Rogue lies. "At this point, if she wanted to leave, I'm sure she would have by now."

"This can't get to the public, those that are starting to believe in the revolution can't know that their savior has appeared," Magneto says, and vanishes.

I hate it when he does that, Rogue thinks.

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"Okay, let me see if I can get this straight, Katelyn is Rogue and Gambit's daughter, which explains her powers, and she's now working with the Revolution?" Ororo Monroe, aka Storm asks.

"More or less," Jess says, as a doctor leaves the medical bay that Katelyn and Pietro leaves. "Lifeline, how are they?"

"Pietro is still out of it, but Katelyn is awake," Lifeline says, and Jess nods. "You may go see her if you want."

Jess nods, and opens the door as she walks into the medical bay. Katelyn is lying in a bed at the end of the room, her legs and arms now covered up. "Hi Katelyn, are you alright?" Jess asks, taking a seat next to the bed.

"I'm fine Jess," Katelyn says, lying back in the bed. "Other than a major headache, what happened to me?"

"Your powers emerged when you where almost killed by that fireball," Jess says. "Your powers, they absorbed Pietro, you can absorb thoughts, memories, and life force of people who come in contact with your skin, also powers in the case of mutants and superhumans. Though we need a code name for you, just for good measure."

"Renegade..." Katelyn says. "Call me Renegade."

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Well, Katelyn's powers have fully emerged, and X23 as well as a few others have joined the Resistance.

This is going to be interesting. A number of the carachters that will appear in the next chapter will be from Red Witch's Misfit Universe, only adapted to this world.

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