Okay, I'm really sorry but I have been neglecting one thing in all my chapters! History so I want to go back and put in history tidbits so it adds depth. You will know when I'm down with Mark, the Phantasma sisters and Grace when I post the next chapter. You can reread it if you want but the majority of the chapter will stay the same. Apologies to dark-charmer. xo, I'm really sorry that your name wasn't next to Reagan on the roster. I had a brain lapse again.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own X-Men Evolution. OCs, however are owned by their respective creators.

X-Men: Restoration

Chapter Four: Vince Marino

Vince Marino was running for his life. His footsteps echoed in the tunnel that seemed to never end. There was no way out but to keep going deep into the cavity. He heard scattered footsteps behind him as his arm suddenly turned to sludge. He tried to pick up his hand but it was already the too familiar mud he had known for the most of his life. He was melting into it at a not so convenient time. He stared up at the ceiling of the tunnel as he tried to be as flat as possible in his liquid form. He saw that the subway tunnel only had one little light bulb every 2000 ft. which didn't provide a lot of illumination. Thankfully, he had landed right next to one since he was terrified of the dark.

He saw the flashlights, police officers and barking dogs sprint by. One of them stepped on his face; he closed his eyes just in enough time to lessen the blow. He heard a very British voice chime up from the shadows after they were out of sight. He attempted to cast his eyes over at Morph; who had blended into the shadows with her ever-changing colored skin. He was attempting to move in his mud state but nothing was shifted even slightly.

"This is a common or garden day for us! Why do the constables always pick on us?" She muttered as she changed into a deep dark red. "Blooming!" She exclaimed in a whisper as she examined her hands. "You don't look to fit, Mudslide." She said as she glimpsed at him on the ground. Vince not knowing what in the world she meant raised his muddy eyebrows as he stared up at her. His muddy figure made him feel extremely short.

"She means you aren't the best looking guy right now which I can confirm because you have a footprint for a nose." Polyglot quietly mentioned as she approached from the shadows, trying to listen to a compact radio as she approached. There was a quiet mummer of static then voices.

"We have an 11-80. In pursuit of 10-66. 10-49: Tunnel 51, East St. Station." A static voice said. All three Morlocks glanced at the radio; two of them had blank expressions on their faces.

"Accident, major injuries. In pursuit of suspicious person. Proceed to Tunnel 51, East St. Station." Polyglot said as she translated the police scanner codes. Suddenly, heard voices from the opposite direction approaching. They saw flashing lights. Vince closed his eyes. He held his breath as he heard footsteps go by, this time he was lucky enough to not get stomped on.

He didn't see his friends anywhere. He slowly rose up bubbling and brewing like lava. He scanned the perimeter as the ground suddenly stood up. If he were human he would have jumped from fright but the mud just bubbled loudly. It was Morph and Polyglot. He had to get use to Morph just turning camouflage from her fight or flight response. Morph let go of Polyglot's hand and she suddenly changed from back to her normal appearance: chestnut colored hair with golden highlights, intense grey eyes that Vince couldn't stare at for long and her skin was sun kissed. He sighed because she looked normal. He and Morph were different. He was turning to the color of the earth and Morph had an array of colors she could turn harnessed from her emotions. Morph dusted herself off and sighed as she gradually turned a Sunkist orange color and her hair turned purple.

Polyglot's eyes went wide as she stared at Morph. "That's appealing." She mustered up the courage of saying. Morph simmered as she turned to a violent stop sign red. Vince turned into his human form so he could run away if the girls got in a cat fight. He dusted himself off and tried not to notice that his skin had changed to a light dusty brown compared to his tan from before. "I don't think now's the time to be picking a fight, Lyra. We have to get out of here." Polyglot said to Morph. Morph just crossed her arms in response.

"Why don't you just gen up then to find out where they are, Aria since you wish to be formal?" Morph yelled rather loudly. Vince gazed at both of them in disbelief. They were fugitives of the law for a crime they didn't commit and really have no clue about.

Vince heard a pitter patter of footprints running his way. The footsteps didn't sound as distinct as the police officers and there were no dogs barking annoyingly. His thoughts were confirmed as a greenish yellow figure bolted out of the shadows shaking his raggedy burnt orange hair back and forth.

"Vince, buddy! Heard you guys from a mile away but thankfully the police are being taken care of by ilas" Zenith said in a high pitched whisper as he approached calmer but still with a worried expression plastered on his face. Lyra and Aria stopped arguing and were brought back to reality of the situation as Zenith described the situation.

"Police are after us for a subway accident that happened in the northeast tunnel of 7th Street, where there were some tampered tracks that went offline." Zenith said.

"According to the scanner reports…no dead were reported because the train mysteriously stopped. There are lots of injured though because the train managed to tip." Polyglot said as she turned the dial on the old radio. Vince listened intently but kept a nervous eye on the shadows. He was deeply afraid of the mutant haters.

"Let's go help Mila and Lila" Lyra said as her skin changed to a shade of sky blue. They ran in the direction of chaos but they had no idea what was waiting for them. Vince ran at the back of the pack of outcasts. They had accepted him when he had nowhere else to go. His parents were scared of him when they saw him melt into his 'Mudslide' form. They argued about it at night and in the day they avoided him. They didn't even care if they stepped on him if he changed suddenly. They just wiped their feet off and moved on with their acted like it was a disease thathe was contagious so he left, leaving a trail of mud tears that his parents never even noticed.

He wiped away a muddy tear of regret as he felt the adrenaline rising as he ran. He prayed he wouldn't melt, just yet. They began to hear speech as they neared a subway stop platform. Zenith motioned for them to stay a step behind as he slowly approached the voices. Zenith walked and quickly whipped around and showed them his grin. Vince quickly sprinted to the front to see what he was smiling about. A girl with black hair helped them get on the platform by throwing seeds down and making an ivy plant grow from them to lift them up. She was wearing an X-Men uniform.

Vince saw that Mila and Lila were standing next to more people in black uniforms: the X-Men. Mila was in her vine form and was producing vines to wrap around the unconscious police officers. Lila walked over to them, joyously bobbing her rainbow colored hair back and forth.

"The X-Men saved us! It was so cool." She said as she reenacted the 'battle' scene by transforming into a rainbow and teleporting all over the place. The group was like bobble heads watching the rainbow go here and there as she spoke. "He was here then she…" She said as she finished her sentence and bowed. The X-Men were wide eyed and had the blankest expression Vince had ever seen.

"I think we should like split before they wake up." A brown haired X-Men said as she flipped her ponytail. "By the way, newcomers... I'm Kitty; this is Mark, Eric, Grace and Reagan." She replied as they awkwardly stood there. They were all normal looking compared to the motley crew of Morlocks. There was only one guy, Mark who had bright green hair but that wasn't really an issue.

"Guys, we have a problem. The rest of the police units are heading this way. They have RJ and Laura." Aria wavered as she pushed the off button on the radio. On cue, they heard barking dogs and angry voices.

"Well, there's nothing like a little electricity to light up the darkness." Eric shouted as he produced massive electric bolts that he threw into the stone wall to illuminate the tunnel area. The X-Men and the Morlocks glanced around at each other as they got ready for another fight. Vince heard a stampede of footsteps. He knew what he must do. He pursed his lips as he jumped from the platform transforming into the dirty liquid midair. He splattered onto the tracks as felt every ounce of his body ache. He knew he would feel that in the morning. He heard shouts from up on top of the platform.

"I'm alright just be ready." He said. He closed his eyes to lessen the blow that he was about to experience. He wasn't called Mudslide for nothing.

Hope you liked it! I had a lot of fun writing about them. I just want to give Vince a hug! Next chapter I have decided will be about an X-Men since they are still battling it out with the subway accident. I'm not going to tell you which one because I want it to be a surprise! Have fun with guessing. Feel free to guess in your review. Love you all my readers! You make me extra motivated to write more!

Sincerely. Anonymous