Epilogue

When Jean Grey died a second time as the Phoenix, Cyclops was inconsolable. All Bruce knew about The Phoenix raising was what the X-Men told him and what he heard on TV, which seemed limited to her destroying her childhood home. It wasn't his place to ask Cyclops or the others about what the news didn't say. Something didn't follow because the news was acting like she was a force of nature.

As a joke, he taught his senior class cloning. They were just cloning mice. He told the class, "No cloning Mr. Stark or any other humans."

"We were just teasing him," said Lisa. "He's cool for a non-mutant."

"Out of 277 attempts only Dolly survived to adulthood," explained Bruce. "Expect a lot of dead mice."

At the rewards banquet in Stockholm, Bruce ended up telling reporters that after spending a decade on the run, he wasn't going to live in fear anymore and, if the King of Sweden could give the Nobel Prize in Physics to the Hulk, then the rest of the world could accept him. He was asked if the Hulk was dangerous. He explained, "I still have the rare incident, but I am on medication, watch my stress levels and use other precautions. I've made peace with my monster." His last incident was Worthington Labs and he had let the Hulk out on purpose. If he needed to release his built-up tension, he let the Hulk out with either Logan or Hank watching, which he did regularly. He, really, had made peace with his monster. Like before, he was remembering being the Hulk better, but it didn't frighten him this time.

After a few more days in Sweden, Bruce needed to go home to relieve Logan and Rogue of babysitting duty. Since Steve never mentioned anyone trying to kidnap Howie, Bruce figured Dagmar was as safe as any other child born to mutant parents. Howie's parents both had stable copies of the super-soldier serum while Dagmar's father was exposed to an inferior copy of super-soldier serum, meaning she was not the prize Howie was. However, Howie's mother was the Black Widow; thus, no one would be stupid enough to threaten Howie.

As promised, Bruce returned to CNN with a former student, Rogue. Dagmar walked across the set into her daddy's arms. This time they talked science and, after the fifteen minute interview (not an hour this time), the woman who cried in Bruce's arms said he looked much better this time.

"I was in a bad place when I did my first interview. My wife had just left me," explained Bruce. "I'm much happier now."

"You really fell asleep his second day teaching?" asked the woman.

"She was snoring away," said Bruce.

Rogue, holding Dagmar's hand, said, "I do not snore."

Bruce smiled. "She trained this stuffy college professor well."

"Maybe, you can get that Audi with part of the prize money," teased the woman.

"My prize money goes to Dagmar's education," said Bruce. "However, I did buy an SUV. It's electric and uses my ceramic. It's good for field trips and has a built-in child safety seat for Dagmar."

The End

Author's Note: This is the end of this series. Also I just like the name Lisa, so don't go looking for mutants named Lisa. I'm sure the muse will hit me, again, and I'll write another story. Reviews will encourage the muse to give me more plot bunnies. Hint.