Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men:Evolution or it's characters. Just my OC, Molly Callum/Creature and any original characters/background characters that may pop up from time to time.
AN: I actually forgot this chapter! I am so sorry! I woke up to early and missed it putting the fic together for submission.
The team arrived at the bridge leading out of town. Fortunately, the cars that were on the bridge were empty,
so the citizens had escaped before things got worse and the melee that was inevitable started.
It was a standoff from the start, but with a surprise.
"It's us!" Shadowcat pointed.
With the Inner Circle stood three alternate X-Men. Jean, Shadowcat and Cyclops.
Alternate Jean had her brilliant red hair in a buzz cut, Alternate Kitty's was a short bob. Cyclops had shaggy, unkempt hair and halved a pair of ruby quartz goggles, because he was missing his left eye. All three were wearing solid black matching uniforms.
"So glad you could make it," Sword wickedly smiled, "Hope your honey bunny recovers."
Gambit could only glare at the woman. He wouldn't have minded shaving off all that pretty red hair of hers, for a start.
"We're going to recapture all these people, even if we have to go through you to do it," Cyclops said authoritatively.
"Oh wow. Me in this universe is a giant dork!" Alternate Cyclops laughed. Swiftly, he lifted up his blocker on his eye,
nailing the real Cyclops in the chest, who went flying across the pavement and rolling.
"Don't fight your twins!" Jean warned, "We're too evenly matched. Switch!"
Gambit made a run for Alternate Jean.
"It's a shame to see all that beautiful long hair gone on you, cherie," Gambit smiled, feeling bad he was facing off against Alternate Jean. A girl. Gambit didn't like fighting the weaker sex (ha! Right!) unless he absolutely had to.
"Why? Makes me more dynamic," she went for kick, but Gambit dodged it.
He tangled her up in his staff, making her fall on her back. He pinned her in the chest.
"You gonna kill me?" She wondered, seeming a little scared.
"X-Men don't kill," Gambit said. He clicked a button on his staff, releasing sleeping gas, but as soon as he did that, he felt himself kicked in the back. Gambit stumbled forward, quickly regaining his balance. He looked around for his attacker.
"Down here, handsome," Alternate Kitty said. She'd phased through the ground and had her arms wrapped around his legs.
Then she did something surprising. She phased up _into_ Remy and backed out. She had her hands inside his chest.
Oh God, what was she-?
"Hands off!" Jean moved the smaller girl aside, giving her a rough mental blast. Alternate Kitty clutched her head, falling to her knees, then blacked out onto the hard cement.
"Thank you Jean! Petite about killed me-literally," Remy put his hand to his heart, grateful it was still inside him.
"The fight's not over yet," Sword jumped in front of him, waving her sword hands around dangerously.
"You need to put those things away," Gambit smirked, "If I get stabbed, it's going to put a huge damper on my weekend."
"Nobody asked you," Sword said, putting one purple sword under his chin, "It's a shame I have to kill you because you're totally hot. I think you have something my Remy lacks. Something more interesting."
"Yeah, it's called human decency," Gambit grabbed her arm, throwing her over his shoulder and into the nearest car behind him. Sword tumbled and slid, but her deformed hand got stuck in the front windshield.
"Give up yet?" Cyclops, having recovered, stared at Sebastian Shaw.
Most of the Alternate X-Men were down and any of the bad guys still standing looked exhausted. The team themselves were sweaty and bruised. It was a close finish.
"This isn't worth the headache. I can find better. Just take him," Shaw looked irritated, shoving Alternate Remy forward.
Jean held him steady while Cyclops fitted him for power neutralizing handcuffs.
"I'll kill you for this, Shaw, I swear it. I _swear_ it!" Alternate Remy shouted.
"By the way," Shaw said, "I was the one who had Sword give you the newspaper clipping and helped him get out of prison. I needed a catalyst to give alternate Remy an incentive to get out of prison and someone to hate. But now he hates all of us, so I guess there's no winners here."
"You're right," Gambit said, "There isn't."
The kids hauled the alternate universe scragglers into the X-van and went on their way.
"I'm back baby girl," Remy smiled, stepping into the infirmary.
"Remy! You made it back safe!" Molly bounced around excitedly in the medical bed, then her head rolled around, "Ohh, shouldn't do that. Still feeling weird."
"Take it easy, I'm not going anywhere," Remy hugged her warmly, then kissed her, "Glad you're awake. Gave me a good scare there."
"How'd things go?" Molly asked.
Remy summarized things. They dropped alternate Remy back off at prison and were hold the alternate X-Men downstairs, still deciding what to do with them. There was talk of either sending them to a different dimension or letting them stay, but giving monthly background checks after moving them to a different state entirely so as to not cause confusion. They hadn't killed anyone and aside from the fight, seemed like they could be reformed with time and care.
"So, uh, I was thinking about something. The man your twin killed, his funeral is next saturday. I'd like to go pay my respects.
Um, it would probably better if you hung back for it, but I thought I'd run it by you," Molly said, "I know we didn't know him and it wasn't our fault at all, at least not directly, but I'd still feel bad if I didn't go."
"That's very thoughtful of you, Molly. And you're right, I shouldn't be there, but I'll go anyway. If I wear some dark glasses, and stay in the back, no one'll notice me. If I've learned anything about life, you have to honor the dead, even if you never knew that person."
Molly nodded.
"On a happier note, I think I figure out what we can do with Erin on Friday. There's go to be a blow out sale at that big toy store. She'll love it. And, you know, ice cream."
"You're going to spoil that kid rotten, Cherie."
"That's what big sisters are for," Molly laughed.