"…"

Worthington III turned away from his son, downed the remaining contents of the glass in one shaky motion and poured himself another generous measurement.

"You're going to hate me… I did this for you Warren; I thought it was what you wanted," he took a steadying breathe and looked out his window to the world outside. "We were so sure we had found what we had be looking for that we did only the absolutely necessary tests. We… I wanted the cure to be ready as soon as possible."

With another large gulp he continued, "We had created an enzyme that would attack the mutate gene in human DNA. It wasn't until recently that we realised that the test subject had started to weaken. Their immune systems began to break down, leaving them open to infection. It was only when we tested their blood, bone marrow and living tissue that we discovered what was wrong. The enzyme doesn't differentiate between the genes. It simply starts with the weakest, which is why so few people are mutants in the first place the gene is very weak, and continues to eat away until there's nothing left."

Warren had stood in silence throughout his fathers speech, trying to understand and process what he just been told. After a few minutes of silent thought he finally spoke, "You mentioned test subjects, where are they?"

His father looked at him sadly, "They're dead."

"I thought I had figured out a way to cure this?" Warren's voice was higher now at the realisation that his father had killed people.

"There was nothing we could do. They wouldn't have lived much longer had they not caught the cold virus. To us the cold is nothing but to someone as weak as a new born… they died within a week… As for a way to fix this it is only a theory," Warren had only seen his father like this once before, when his mother died, he looked destroyed like the shell of the man he was before.

"What is the theory," Warren's voice softened again when he saw the sadness in his fathers eyes, "Surely anything is worth a try." Warren Worthington II turned to look at his son for the first time since he started speaking.

" I just thought that if strong mutants can change and control things within their bodies like electrical and chemical energy in the brain, then we might be able to use the same principal to stop the enzyme progression. Mutants aren't doing these things themselves, yes they control their powers, but these changes are happening all the time due to the subconscious action of their own enzymes in the blood… I thought that if we could somehow extract those enzymes and inject them into the cure patients, then the enzyme would speed up rate that normal cells are produced. This would mean that the body could begin repairing itself and fight off the foreign enzyme on its own."

"Do you think it will work?"

"In theory there is no reason it shouldn't. I ran a few tests and from what I can gather the test subjects would have survived had they been able to produce enough new cells in time," Worthington II walked over to a leather chair and dropped heavily into the seat.

" Is that why you sent men to the mansion?" Warren knew this wasn't the time to break this up but he couldn't help it, "Alex have been happy to help if you had have asked her." The fact that Warren's eyes soften at the mention of the girl's name didn't go unnoticed by his father, but he decided now wasn't the best time to question his son on the topic.

" I didn't think anyone would be willing to help me, not after all the trouble I had caused…. I am sorry Warren for everything." For the first time in his life Warren Worthington II had apologised to his son. He was apologising for everything he had ever done to make Warren feel unloved or different. He did love his son and he only ever wanted what was best for him, he even if he didn't go about it in the most conventional way.

Warren walked over to father who had just risen and pulled him into a hug. "I know dad, I know. And I want you to know I love you because you are my dad and always will be."

" I love you too son, and I will fix this. I promise."

Sorry it took he so long to update. I know this chapter was short but I just needed to get this out there. The next chapter will be longer promise. If you're confused about anything in the story let me know. Tell me what you think, I really want to know. Until next time.