The chapter you all have been waiting for….The Brotherhood. They are much eviler and more complex than they were in X-Men: Evolution. I felt extremely crummy while writing this because…you know; they are just misfits with terrible pasts. I had been thinking about this all vacation and just couldn't let it go! I forgot Reagan was on the Blackbird in Grace's chap but I will add her to the description. Also, I so did not forget about Ansleigh…you'll see what she has been up to. Thanks for the patience. I have been waiting to write this chapter, I have just been super busy because I'm in college now SO SORRY FOR THE very long WAIT. ^^ Tell me if this chapter captures the essence of the Brotherhood in review.

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

X-Men: Restoration

Chapter Six: Sean Carter

Sean held the bitterness inside him much like the acid that was running through his veins. He smiled as he recalled the incident perfectly. They were ordered to track the Morlocks whereabouts. Vanessa ungrudgingly did that; she made sure everyone knew her thoughts about it. She cursed Mystique for sending her to basically observe mutants constantly on the run since there was no efficient way of catching someone who was constantly moving. She made portals all over the city, the sewers and the subway. She came home always the same way…covered in sewer gunk. Hope made out a calculated and precise schedule using her master of a mind while Levi and Rainier punched the crap out of each other to train. Those two always seemed to be fighting but Sean knew they were buds.

Mystique finally gave them their mission, saying it was of upmost importance that the humans know about mutants and how they are a superior race. Sean was the star. He ripped those tracks up with his acid. As the subway train came by, Marcos went in the electric lines to make sure the train stopped safely. The Brotherhood weren't killers. They just wanted to do some damage. The train tipped but there weren't any dead reported so they were good. Those humans deserved it anyways, they want to snub out imperfections and if anyone is different, they are prejudice against it. They wanted to cage mutants.

Sean gave the signal to Marcos as Vanessa ported them near their goal: the X-geek's Blackbird which was situated between some trees. Vanessa was worn out and sat down on the ground and meditated. Marcos turned into his electric self as he disappeared into the Blackbird's control panel. The door opened up instantly and Sean and Vanessa walked inside as Levi followed close behind. What they didn't expect was to find Ansleigh Shoukat standing before with a milkshake in one hand and her other hand was ready to blow them to bits.

"Babysitting a jet is definitely not worth one milkshake. " She growled as her eyes glowed as the jet started malfunction and an electric panel exploded.

"Hello, Ansleigh." Levi said coolly as he looked her over, she was adorable when she was angry. He knew he was known to be quite the charmer with the ladies.

"Levi! How dare you!" She said as she made the parachute compartment explode above him. Sean melted the pieces of felt with the acid from his hand. Levi nodded thanks to him. Levi loved to flirt and it was the perfect distraction that Marcos needed. Marcos flew out of the exploded panel and fell on top of her pinning her to the ground.

"Well, that worked out perfectly." Marcos laughed. Ansleigh still holding the milkshake dumped it onto him as she winced at the pain. Marcos yelled as the milkshake electrified him. He rolled over as he recovered from the shock. Ansleigh hopped up grabbing her arm as she hissed from the electricity running through her veins.

"Whoa, Ansleigh! There is no need for that." Levi said as he approached her and quickly grabbed her by her shoulders. She tried to make several mini explosions happened as Levi gripped her shoulders with a tighter grip. "You know that won't work." Levi laughed darkly as the explosions she attempted to cause fizzle. He glowed a light yellow as the explosion was absorbed into his body. Ansleigh was holding in her screams as she ached from Levi's gained strength as he held her by the shoulders.

Sean felt a twinge of guilt but it soon melted away in his bitter heart. She was part of a movement that wanted to give the ruthless humans a chance. He could never give them a chance. They had failed him over a million times. No one wanted him, a broken child who had suffered alone for 8 years. No one wanted to give him love because he was an older orphan. The humans bullied him until he was black and bruised just because he was quiet, shy, and a loner. They didn't know what it was like being the underdog, the weak one. He was grateful to be a mutant because he was now strong. He could face against his foes and burn them with his hatred. They now would because mutants are better, more developed then they could ever dream. He turned away from the scene as Ansleigh struggled.

Vanessa showed up in a portal on the Blackbird and opened another portal as Levi threw Ansleigh into it without hesitation. The four of them were now alone on the Blackbird. Marcos turned back into his human form and got up off the floor as he muttered something about 'a viper of a girl'. They all looked at each other with the same look: a look that spoke of their hardship and accomplishment.

"Let's get this jet back to the outlet before the backup X-geeks get here." Marcos said as he sat down in a seat. Vanessa took the advice and without a word went towards the pilot's seat. Levi protested but a cold glance from Vanessa he sat down next to her as co-pilot. Sean sighed and threw himself down in a seat and rested his eyes. Sean thought about his friends that he had. Vanessa had been pushed out of her family by her crazy dad's idea of a perfect family; there was no room for a mutant in his mind. Marcos was a former street fighter, trying to make ends meet in the Bronx. Levi suffered from a drunken abusive father and a drug addict mother.

Sean meditated on controlling his anger against the humans. How could they hurt people who were attempting to pull the broken pieces of their lives together? Sean smiled as he thought about how they would feel being in his shoes.

They took off and Sean watched the milkshake plastic cup roll around as it spilled out its contents. He was panged by the look of horror as he remembered her face but dark thoughts shadowed the sadness. He thrust out a hand and melted the cup with his acid. It bubbled and spewed. He smiled to himself. Vanessa did a nice landing and they had arrived.

Sean went out and saw Mystique come out of the shadows of an old airplane hanger. Vanessa stood with an expressionless demeanor as Mystique began to talk.

"You idiots actually managed to do something right. Congratulations, now it is time for the fun part of this operation."

Vanessa raised her hand as she glanced back at the jet. "There is a problem. One of the X-Men was onboard and caused some of the wires to be ripped up. It didn't seem to cause any problems with flight or landing but I just want to be safe." Mystique sighed and pressed her thumbs into her temples as she began to massage her head.

"What? Are you kidding me? How could I gather up such blubbering fools?" Mystique said at first as she quieted to a murmur. Her eyes got wide as she whipped around to analyze Marcos. "You, the electric buzz kill…go fix it…NOW!" Marcos was about to say something but after such a look from the boss he quickly ran to the jet as he transformed into his electric persona. Sean gazed up at Mystique awaiting her next command. "We have a new member: Mr. Turow, bring her out." Rainier brought out a girl they had never seen before. She had curly black hair but the thing that was most prevalent about her was her black fedora. She was dressed up in a white collared blouse and black slacks. She wore a shimmery sheer vest that was beige. It reached to knees. She was dressed pretty nice for a Brotherhood member. Vanessa turned away with a look of indifference.

Sean felt a burning hatred for this girl already. Mystique didn't think he was good enough for the task. He could burn right through them all. The acid bubbled in his blood as he thought about it but he held it in…as he always had done.

"I'm Nathalie Foster, pleased to meet you all." She bowed gracefully. Sean felt something odd come over him as he suddenly felt an aura of beauty come radiating out of the girl. She was staring at him with those eyes. He felt everyone's eyes on him but he didn't know why he couldn't move. "You will go punch Rainier square in the jaw."

Sean in haze went over to Rainier and without even realizing it: punched him. Rainier was stunned and was too shocked to react. Sean felt the haze lift off of him as Rainier shook off the hit. Rainier spit and opened and closed his mouth.

"What..you..what?" Rainier said as he pointed to Nathalie then to Sean "You...?". Rainier clapped for the girl then touched his jawline. Sean knew he was going to feel that for a while. He had pretty hard knuckles for a nonsuperstrength mutant. Mystique stared in approval at Nathalie. Nathalie shrugged her shoulders as she smiled confidently. Everyone seemed to be impressed with her gift. Sean grimaced as he left the question dangling and headed over next to the Blackbird. Nathalie had controlled him. He stood underneath the wing as he heard Marcos mumble about the electric cable mess.

"She thinks I can fix this…just because I am an electric man does not mean I am an electrician. Good grief!" Marcos said in a low gruff as Sean heard something spark. He turned his head and gazed out at the fields surrounding the place. Vanessa ported next to him.

She stood next to him and said in an unemotional tone "I don't like her." Sean unresponsively looked at the asphalt. "She didn't have to do that to you…" she began to say as she touched his shoulder, "we can go back to the house. We don't need this." She said in a fierce tone. Sean violently smacked her hand as he tried to walk away. In doing so, acid sprayed out of his hand and fell on Vanessa's. She watched helpless as the acid burned her skin. Sean's heart skipped a beat as he saw the acid make contact. Silent tears fell from her grey eyes, her face showed her ferocity as she bit her lip to try and numb the pain. Sean apologized as she quickly without a word of forgiveness ported away.

Sean furious with himself fell on his knees as he stared at his hands. He was playing with fire. He had a curse upon him.

Next chapter is about...? Guess in your reviews if you wish. We are almost done with the X-Men recruits but there are plenty more stories to write. Also: What do you think about Nathalie the slick new girl who Sean and Vanessa are questioning of? I'll get the next chapter out by next week, hopefully. I've gotten accustomed to my schedule. Really sorry about the wait. Really, really, really sorry. Thing to look forward to...another new recruit! YAY!