Alex
Summary: Scott just found out his brother, Alex has been alive all this time. Feedback always appreciated! Enjoy !
Alexander James Masters woke up to what appeared to be another med lab. He's gotten used to this ever since he was kidnapped a few weeks ago from his college dorm room. But he quickly noticed that this time he was not in restraints. Was this a trick, he thought? He got up slowly and was still a bit woozy. He stumbled out of bed and quickly made his way to the door. He tightened his fist and felt the energy surging through them. He was glad that he had his powers again; maybe this time he could make an attempt to get out of here. He remembered that a mutant was brought in before with the power to actual stop mutant powers. This left him and the other mutants held captive literally powerless.
He stumbled onto the hallway. He thought he must've been in some secret military lab. The place looked like a page from the movies, complete with the cold metal exterior. He heard footsteps approaching but he had no where to hide. He saw someone dressed in a black suit, about his age or just younger approaching. He released an energy blast from his hand but the other person created a wall of ice that took the brunt of the force. Alex was shocked, but releasing all that energy weakened him and he stumbled to the ground.
"Hey, man.. I come in peace.. are you okay?"
"Who.. who are you? Where am I?"
"My name is Bobby Drake, otherwise known as Iceman as you can see. You're at the Xavier's Institute for Gifted Youngsters."
"Xavier's what?"
"Just another way of saying a school for mutants like you and me… we helped rescued you .. well not me personally .. but some of the faculty who work here."
"So.. I'm.. I'm free?"
"Yeah, I'm glad to see you awake. Dr. Grey and Dr. McCoy will be pleased. They are the ones who've been treating you."
"How.. how long have I been out?"
"I don't know.. you came here almost a week ago."
"A week!"
"Yeah, those Friends of Humanity did a number on you." Bobby said, helping Alex up. "You really should get back to bed."
"No, its okay… I want to walk around a little bit …"
"Um.. I guess that'll be okay, we can pass by Dr. Grey or Dr. McCoy in the upper levels."
"My name's Alex by the way.. Alex Masters… So I don't remember my school having a place like this.. what is this place?
Bobby smirked and began to fill Alex in on the ins and outs of the Xavier Institute. They went upstairs and it was already night time. He saw a lot of young people around, most of them in black suits and black dresses.
"The way you described this place, I thought everyone would be in a happier mood. And what's up with the uniform, a bit too dark, don't you think?"
"Oh, I'm sorry how could I forget… The mission, where the X-Men saved you.. it didn't go as smooth as we had hoped.. we.. we had a casualty." Bobby said, his voice cracking a little. "Cyclops, our field leader.. he didn't make it out alive."
"Oh.."
"Yeah.. today was his memorial service." They walked over a couple of feet and they stopped in front of a big picture of Cyclops. He wasn't wearing his X-Uniform but a regular suit and it was on of the few pictures they could find of him, with an actual smile.. or half a smile. Next to it on the counter was a book of condolences as well as more photographs of Scott, in uniform, with students, etc.
"Dr. Grey! I was just going to look for you.. Alex here seems to be doing fine."
"Alex.. finally a name. I'm glad to see you're up and about." Jean studied him. He looked healthy enough. He had dark blond hair and killer blue eyes. He was not a bad looking guy, about 19-20 years old. She knew she had to keep the other girl students away from him.
"Hi.. Alex Masters."
"Nice to meet you.. I'm Dr. Jean Grey.. and you met Robert Drake over here… now how are you feeling?"
"A little tired.. Bobby was just telling me about this place.. it's kinda hard to take everything in.. thank you.. for saving me."
"Don't thank me." Jean said, her expression turning. "Thank him." (pointing to the picture of Cyclops)
"Cy.. Cyclops right?"
"Yes.. he saved you. He found you and handed you on to one of our other team mates, Logan.. but Cyclops.. he didn't make it out." Jean said sadly.
Alex turned back around to look at the photos of Cyclops. "I'm so sorry to hear about that.. he looked like a great guy.. (looking at the photos of Scott with the students) .. the students here must've really loved him…. I wish I had a chance to tell him 'thanks'.." Alex stopped when he saw a picture of Cyclops and Jean together. "Were you.."
"We were.." Jean struggled to get the words out. Alex understood why Dr. Grey had the puffy eyes and the dark circles. He continued to look through the photographs, curious at the man who saved his life. He looked at the younger photos of Cyclops and Alex started to have a strange feeling that he knew this person. He picked up a photo album that was at the end of the counter.
"That's Ororo's .. another teacher. Those are pictures from when she arrived.. when were all students.. I remember it was just Scott and I .. and then Ororo came.."
"Scott?" Alex said curiously. He looked back down at the photo album and kept flipping through the pages. Alex stopped at a page, where he saw a photo of young photo of Scott.
"Oh yes, of course. Cyclops was his field name but his real name was Scott.."
"Summers." The two said in unison. In that moment, Jean froze with curiosity.
"Yes.. Scott Summers.. how do you.."
"Scott Michael Summers." Alex interrupted and then dropping the photo album and falling down himself.
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The honeymoon suite was on the upper floors. Scott Michael Summers stood out on the balcony, staring over the beautiful night sky. Jean went to the bathroom and took a bathrobe out for herself and took one for Scott. She joined him outside and wrapped the robe around Scott's naked body.
"You're going to catch a cold… are you.. are you ok?"
"All this time he was alive.."
"He stayed at the mansion for a few weeks until he recovered and then left. We kept in touch with e-mails every so months since then. We wanted to tell you but we didn't want to overwhelm you and plus we hadn't been able to get in contact with him yet… we didn't want to tell you and not tell you where he was.."
"No.. I'm glad you told me .."
"Hard to believe.. he was picked up by Canadian officials.. you by American officials.. I guess the wires got crossed between both countries .. lost behind red tape.. who knows but both of you thought the other was dead."
"I.. I completely forgot that there was someone I saved that night.. I actually had him in my arms.. my own.. my own brother.. and I had no clue.."
Scott's mind was still closed off but she could sense the inner conflict that he was going through. She wrapped her arms around him and rested her head against his back as he continued to gaze out over the balcony.
To Be Continued…
Author's Note: Just to refresh your memory, in the prequel for this story "Cry Your Name," Scott rescued someone, then handed him off to Wolverine. I intentionally wrote those few bits of line, just in case I wanted to write a sequel to the story. I knew from the get go it would be Alex. This was the little secret added at the end of Chapter 2, a conversation between Jean and Xavier. So the next few chapters will deal with Alex, the whole thing with Essex, and the effect of Scott and Jean's impromptu wedding (not neccisarily in that order heheeh) So that's a lot to write and unfortunately I used up all my writing energy this past week. I will try to have an update ASAP but I'm getting a lot more work to do and going to be much more busier in the weekends. But hey, feedback always help me work faster, so thank you to all those who have e-mailed and left reviews. They mean a lot, really !