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Taunting Repartee

Chapter Sixty

Rogue laid in her room on Wednesday night, anxiously waiting for the Professor to be done using the newly completed Cerebro unit. The only other person who knew Cerebro was operational was Mr. McCoy since he had assisted in fixing it. The three of them had told no one else, a precaution against Irene.

'Rogue,' she heard the Professor think to her. The tone in his voice told her his results.

'I wasn't expecting it to work,' she told him sadly.

'I will keep trying to find Irene, at random,' he informed her.

'Thanks,' she said.

Rogue sat in the back seat of a van with Ororo and the Professor as they pulled inside the McDonald's parking lot. Victor was already there, his motorcycle parked in front of McDonald's. She smiled as she saw him.

"Thanks for the ride," Rogue said as Ororo pulled up in front of Victor.

"You're very welcome," she said. Rogue returned Ororo's smile before she opened the door.

"Rogue," the Professor said calling for her attention as Victor walked closer to her.

"Yeah?" Rogue answered as she turned her head to face the Professor.

"We're just going to be running a few errands in this area," he started to say. 'I shouldn't be out of range,' he thought to her. She nodded. "Call me when you are finished and we will come pick you up," he said.

"Okay," Rogue said.

"There's a reason you need an escort, kiddo? " Victor asked.

"Sabortooth, no one here believes that you would harm your daughter. You are not our concern regarding Rogue's safety," the Professor said as Rogue turned to face her father.

"Irene?" Victor asked.

"Who else?" Rogue answered with a sigh. "You know who Irene sent to the institute the last time I was on my way to meet you for dinner," she said. Rogue watched Victor's eye narrow in anger. The thought of that afternoon still made her shiver in fear. She had never been in so much pain in her life. "I don't go anywhere by myself anymore," she said.

"That fucking sucks. You get any time to yourself?" he asked. Rogue let out a small laugh.

"I'm never alone," she said. "Not since my mutation manifested," she said. Victor raised an eyebrow at that.

"We'll see you in little while Rogue. Just call when you're ready," the Professor said again. Rogue nodded at him before the van pulled away. She turned her attention back to Victor.

"I'll explain a little more once we're inside? I mean, if you wanna hear it," she added quickly.

"Rogue, 'course I wanna hear about it," Victor exclaimed as a smile came to Rogue's face. "I wanna fucking hear it all," he said. Rogue felt tears forming in her eyes. This was really happening. She had dreams like this. She hugged her father. He was stiff for a moment, clearly not used to receiving this form of affection, but soon enough he returned the hug.

"I wanna hear everything's that been going on in your life too. I've missed you, Dad," she said as she glanced up at her father.

"I fucking missed the shit of you, kiddo," Victor said. "Never fucking thought we'd be here.

Thought, I lost my daughter to that cunt," he said.

"You didn't lose me," Rogue said. "Irene just kind of stole me for a while," Rogue said.

"Seven fucking years," he said angry.

"Guess we should start making up for lost time then," Rogue said with a smile.

On Thursday night Magneto sat in a restaurant he owned on the island of Hilo, at a large round table. The table was large enough to host six. He always prefer to have more room, rather than less while eating. The table was far enough removed from the rest of the restaurant that he was certain their conversation would not be overheard. His daughters were on their way to the restaurant; his son was moments away from joining as well. 'I have a minute,' he thought as he pulled out his phone and dialed Anna's number.

"Hey, Max," she said. "What's up?" she asked with a yawn as he glanced around the restaurant.

"I didn't wake you, did I? It should only be," he started to say as he glanced at his watch on his wrist, "nine-thirty in New York," he said.

"It is. I'm just getting ready for bed," she said

"How was dinner with Victor?" he asked.

"It was good," she laughed. "We talked about stuff. I filled him in on the basics of everything. He wants to know more about me being second in command. But we were kind of playing it safe with the conversation. Both of us were shying away from all the touchy subjects. It was nice. A little nerve racking but mostly we just talked and ate and got used to considering each other family again. It's still a little weird calling him Dad," she said: he could hear the smile in her voice. Better yet, he could hear how relaxed she sounded.

"You'll grow accustomed to it again, I'm sure," he said.

"Yeah, I know," she sighed happily. "We're gonna go play pool next Friday. He said he always wanted to teach me. I'm really looking forward to it," she said as he saw a teenager walked past his view.

'Is that?' he started to ask himself as made eye contact with the young man. He was met with wide eyes.

"Max?" Rogue asked.

"My apologizes, Anna. I'm very glad to hear you had a good day," he started to say as he let out a soft laugh. "I'm staring at a very surprised Alex Masters, right now."

Alex Masters stood in the a restaurant his girlfriend had asked him to meet her at. He was about ten minutes early, which he thought wouldn't be a big deal until he spotted Magneto sitting across the restaurant. He fought the urge to run.

'What? Magneto's here,' he thought shocked. 'Do not create a scene, man. Do not create a scene,' he thought nervously. His brother, Scott Summers, might be open about his mutation in Bayville, but only Alex's parents knew about his powers. He didn't want to start a fight, not here. 'I just gotta ignore him,' he told himself. 'Maybe, he'll ignore me,' he thought hopefully.

"This way," the hostess said.

"Huh- what?" he asked, the hostess' voice pulling him out of his thoughts.

"This way. I'll show you to the table," she said.

"Ah, thanks," he said before she started to walk. He followed her as he made eye contact with Magneto. 'This is not good,' he thought as the hostess led him closer and closer to the table Magneto was at. 'Come on, stop at any other table,' he thought desperately. Instead the hostess stopped right in front of the table Magneto was seated at.

"Here's the table," the hostess said. "Mr. Lehnsherr," she said turning to speak with Magneto, "this is your daughter's guest."

"My daughter's guest," Magneto repeated darkly as he maintained eye contact. He felt his eyes widened in fear.

"You're Lorna's dad?" Alex asked out loud before he could stop himself.

"Yes, Alex, I am Lorna Dane's father," Magneto asked.

"I- ah- I can wait for her out si-," Alex said.

"There's no need for that," Magneto said as he gestured to the table. "By all means," Magneto started to say as he felt the chair's headrest bump into his hand. Was that a threat? It felt like a threat. "Have a seat," Magneto ordered.

"Ah, o-okay," Alex said as he sat down quickly.

"Thank you very much, Nani," he said

"Yes, Mr. Lehnsherr," Nani, the hostess said before she left the table.

"So, Alex," Magneto started to say. "Why did Lorna invite you here to dinner?" he asked.

"Listen man, I think I should just go," Alex started to say.

"Are you and Lorna dating, Alex?" he asked firmly.

"I- yeah," Alex said.

"Will you cease dating her because you have become aware I am her father?" Magneto asked.

"I-" Alex started to say, caught off guard by the question. 'Man, I can't do that. Lorna can't help who her father is,' he thought to himself. "… I really like her," Alex exclaimed. Magneto nodded at him.

"Then, I believe you should start answering my questions," Magneto said. "Why did Lorna invite you here to dinner?" he asked again.

"Ah- she wanted me to meet her family," Alex answered.

"Have you met Sarah Ryall, yet?" Magneto asked.

"Yeah," Alex answered. "I've been over at Lorna's house before. Sarah kinda insisted I stay over for dinner a few times," he said. Magneto smiled at that.

"Sarah has always been a very caring women," Magneto said. "Have you met Wanda before?" he asked.

"A couple of times. Wanda was at the surfing contest a few weeks back," Alex said.

"Of course. You have also, met Pietro before on Asteroid M. Lorna will be pleased to hear we have all already met," Magneto said as he sat back in his seat. He picked up a glass of water from the table. "So, what exactly are your intentions with my daughters?" he asked.

"I really like her," Alex said honestly.

"So, you have said before," he said. "How long have you two been involved, Alex?" he asked.

"Like five months," he answered. "Magne-" he started to say before Magneto's eyes narrowed.

"Mr. Lehnsherr," Magneto corrected firmly.

"Mr. Lehnsherr," Alex repeated. "Can- can I ask you something?" he asked. Magneto raised an eyebrow at that.

"Yes?" he asked.

"Is Lorna a mutant?" he asked. Magneto looked surprised.

"Yes," he answered after a moment. Alex let out a sigh of relief.

"Man, that's- that's awesome," he smiled. "I so was worried about that," he muttered.

"Why?" Magneto asked dryly.

"I haven't told Lorna that I'm a mutant. I was so worried that she- I didn't know what she thought about- I was-" he started to say before he stopped to take a breath. "I was afraid she might, you know, hate us or something," he said. Magneto let out amused huff.

"I think that's the last thing you need to fear in regards to my daughter," he said with a soft chuckle.

"Yeah, I get that now," Alex said as he Magneto looking past him. Alex turned to see what Magneto was looking at.

Magneto saw his son Pietro walking up to the table. Pietro looked at him with a raised eyebrow. Magneto gestured towards a chair: letting his son know that he should join them. Pietro nodded before sitting down next to Alex.

"Hey, Dad," Pietro said as Magneto looked past Alex again to see Wanda and Lorna entering the restaurant. Wanda was dressed in her usual Gothic attire. Lorna's style of dress was more mainstream; although, he had never seen her not wearing at least one article of green clothing. This time she wore a short sleeve t-shirt matching the natural tone of her green hair almost perfectly.

"Pietro," he said with a smile. "I'm glad you were able to come. I'm certain you remember Alex Masters," Magneto said.

"Yeah. Hi," Pietro said uncomfortably as Lorna waved to them.

"Hey," Alex said before he waved back to Lorna smiling. "Ah, excuse me," Alex said as he stood up and walked over to his daughters.

"Apparently, the surfer is Lorna's boyfriend," Magneto said a bit of disdain in his tone: answering the question he knew was on the tip of his son's tongue.

"What?" Pietro exclaimed as he saw Lorna and Alex talking. "Really?" he asked. "Is this a late April fool's day joke?" he asked. Magneto chuckled as he saw Lorna and Alex head outside of the restaurant.

"I plan to ask your sister that same question," Magneto joked. Pietro let out a snicker as Magneto's phone rung. "Excuse me a moment, " he said as he picked up the phone. "It's nearly ten pm in New York, Anna Marie. Go to sleep," he playfully ordered.

"Max," Rogue said warningly.

"I was nice to the boy, as promised. But Anna, he's dating my daughter. I have to give him somewhat of a hard time," he said.

"Ah-huh," she said unamused. "Just don't scare the shit out of him," she ordered.

"Fine, fine," he muttered quickly. "Good night, Anna," he said.

"Good night," she yawned before he hung up the phone.

Alex took hold of Lorna hand once he walked up to her.

"Hi Alex," Wanda said.

"Hey, Wanda," Alex said.

"Hey, sorry we were a few minutes late," Lorna said with a smile.

"Don't sweat it," Alex said with a smile. "Can I talk to you outside?" he asked.

"Yeah, sure," Lorna said. "Wanda, we'll meet you guys at the table, okay?" she said.

"Just don't take too long," Wanda warned. "You know how father gets," she said.

"We won't," Lorna smiled before Alex led her outside of the restaurant. "What's up?" she asked.

"I've met your Dad before," he told her.

"Really?" she asked excited. "Where?" she asked.

"On Asteroid M," he said.

"What's Asteroid M?" she asked confused.

"Never mind, I'll tell you later. Look I- I know you're a mutant," he said as he saw her smile begin to fade. "But it's okay," he said with a smile, as he started concentrated on calling upon his powers. His hands illuminated with a red light. "I'm a mutant too," he said as he stop concentrating and the red energy dissipated.

"That's great," Lorna exclaimed before she hugged him. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you," she started to say as he returned her hug.

"Me too," he said. "I was so worried-" he started to say as she backed out of his arms.

"I was worried too," she exclaimed. "I thought-" she started to say.

"I know, me too," he smiled before they hugged again. They parted from the hug. She took hold of his hand before they started heading back into the restaurant. "You know something? Your dad is one scary dude," he said.

"Yeah," she smiled. "But only to people he doesn't like," she said with a shrug.

"Great," he said sarcastically.

"Alex, he doesn't know you like I do. Give it a little time, okay?" she asked before she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Okay," Alex said with a slight smile.

"Father," Wanda said as she approached the table. Magneto stood to greet her.

"Hello Wanda," he said before he kissed her cheek. "How are you?" he asked.

"I'm good," she answered as she took a seat next to Pietro. "How are you?" she asked.

"I'm very well," he answered.

"Did you see Lorna's boyfriend?" Pietro asked.

"Yeah, I've met him a few times," Wanda answered.

"What do yo think of him?" Magneto asked her seriously.

"He's smarter than looks," Wanda said.

"Is he?" Magneto asked. He trusted his daughters option. She had always been a excellent judge of character.

"Did Lorna ask you if she could bring him to dinner?" Pietro asked.

"No," he answered dryly. He heard Pietro let out a sigh.

"Are you going to let him stay?" Wanda asked. "She was really excited for you to meet him," she said.

"But he's Cyclops' little brother," Pietro exclaimed.

"Really?" Wanda asked surprised.

"Although, that is true; the boy could have chosen to live at Xavier's. He elected not too. Besides with our current truce with the X-Men, that is not an issue I'm concerned with. It's certainly not a reason to be opposed to them dating," he said. Magneto let out a sigh as he children waited for him to give them answer.

"I'm confident we'll find others reasons to be opposed to it throughout the course of dinner," Magneto said before Pietro snickered again. "But for future reference, I do not wish to be bombarded with an extra presence at dinner. I would like a warning if either of you would like to introduce me to a significant other," he ordered.

"Yes sir," Wanda and Pietro said in unison.

"Thank you," Magneto said as he saw Alex and Lorna heading back towards the table. Their waitress also walked up to their table.

"Can I get you guys started with drinks?" the waitress asked as she took out a little note pad and pen.

"I'll have an iced tea," Magneto said as the waitress began to write.

"Pepsi for me," Pietro said.

"I'll take an iced tea too," Wanda said as Lorna walked up to the table. Magneto stood to greet her.

"Hi Daddy," Lorna beamed.

"Hello, Lorna," Max said pleasantly as he hugged his daughter. "A little warning next time," he whispered into her ear. She backed out of his hold.

"Sorry, Daddy," she said sheepishly as she stared up at him.

"It's alright," Magneto sighed; he was far too lenient with his youngest. He saw Pietro roll his eyes. "What would you like to drink?" he asked as he gestured for Lorna to sit.

"Root Beer," Lorna said as she sat down next to Wanda. Magneto retook his seat as well.

"Alex?" Magneto started to ask as all eyes turned towards Alex. The poor boy looked like a deer caught in the headlights. "Would you like anything to drink?" he asked.

"Hmm, Pepsi or Coke's good," he said.

"We have Pepsi," the waitress said.

"Okay," Alex said with nod.

"I'll be back with your drinks in a few," the waitress said.

"So, you met Alex," Lorna said with a huge smile as the waitress departed.

"Yes, I have," Magneto said as he made eye contact with the boy again. "Alex. Sit," he ordered. He knew the look on his face would compel the boy to listen to him. "Can I assume you two met at school?" he asked as Alex took a seat next to Lorna.

"Yeah, we have a lot of classes together," Alex answered nervously.

"They're also both in the Geology club," Wanda told him.

"Really?" Magneto asked, interested. Geology was Lorna's favorite subject. She has dozen of books. It would certainly be good for her if she had someone she could share her love of that subject with.

"Yeah," Alex answered.

"How long have you been in the Geology club?" Magneto asked.

"About a year now," Alex answered.

"Me and Alex are the founders members," Lorna beamed.

"What does the club do during meetings?" he asked.

"Daddy, do you remember that field trip I went on last month?" Lorna asked.

"To Mauna Kea?" Magneto asked.

"Yeah, that was my dad's field trip. He's a Geology professor at the Univeristy of Hawaii. Usually, he can only bring me. But I kept mentioning the trip and Lorna said she really wanted to go. My dad pulled some strings with his department and got the all clear to bring the whole Geology club," Alex said.

"It was awesome,," Lorna giggled "We got to go on a tour of the Mauna Kea observatories. But not everyone was into going to a volcano," Lorna started to say.

"I don't know what was eating Jimmy that day. We got to look through the UH 0.6, telescope," Alex said with a smile.

"That was so cool," Lorna exclaimed.

"Yeah, it was," Alex smiled.

"Okay, nerds," Pietro muttered while rolling his eyes. Wanda lightly punched Pietro on the arm.

"Thank you, Wanda," Magneto said. Wanda just smiled as Pietro glared at her.

"We're in the surfing club too," Alex added, he assumed for Pietro's benefit.

"Oh man, I can't wait for the surfing contest next weekend in Cabo," Lorna said.

"Me either," Alex said. "Dude, eight more days and we're gonna be surfing in Mexico," he said before him and Lorna high-fived.

"Sarah told you all about it right?" Lorna asked.

"Yes, she informed me of the details," Magneto said.

"Wanda, thanks again for being willing to come with us," Lorna started to say.

"Yeah, thanks, Wanda. My mom couldn't get the time off of work. You and Sarah are the reasons I'm going to be able to go. I owe you both big time," Alex said.

"You don't owe me anything, Alex. I get to go on a vacation with my little sister and one of her best friends. How could I say no to that? I think it's going to be a lot of fun," Wanda said.

"Man, the waves are gonna be prime this time of year. I am so pumped for the semi-pros," Alex said.

"Too bad my moves are going to blow yours out of the pipeline," Lorna teased.

"In your dreams, Lorna," Alex teased back, before they both laughed.

"I think Sarah might beat both of you," Wanda said.

"Yes, she is very good," Magneto agreed.

"We're just gonna have to wait and see, man," Alex said. Magneto smiled at the exchange. Although Pietro, he noted, looked bored.

Magneto still sat with his children in his restaurant, eating and enjoying their company. They had finished their dinners and were now consuming their desserts.

"And then Wanda hides," Pietro continued to say in between bites of his banana-split, "my train set in your closet, dad," he said.

"It took him all day to find it, Wanda added as they all laughed.

"That must have been a bummer," Alex said.

"He was whining about it all day," Wanda teased.

"I was not whining. I kept asking you about it because I wanted my train back," Pietro exclaimed. Magneto let out a soft chuckle.

"I feel terrible for Sarah. All the high-jinx she had to defuse from you two little terrors," Magneto said humorously. There was echo of laughter.

"We wouldn't that bad," Wanda claimed. "Until our powers manifested," she added with an smirk.

"Now these stories I need to hear," Magneto said with a chuckle.

"Nineteen-ninety-six?" Wanda asked looking at Pietro. He nodded.

"You tell it," he said.

"Alright," Wanda said with a nod, "So, that first year we have our powers. Well, Pietro got his powers first," she started to say.

"Wait, I thought your powers manifested the second week of April," Magneto said confused. "Unless, I'm remembering the date wrong?" he asked.

"No, father, you're not. Pietro told us that he got his powers on April tenth, but he actually got them the middle of February," Wanda said.

"No," Magneto muttered in disbelief. "You waited to tell us?" he asked.

"I wanted my revenge from the year before when she put hot pepper sauce in my soup," he said defensively. "I was in bed all day that April fools days-"

"Pretending to be sick," Wanda cut in.

"I was actually sick," Pietro said.

"No, he wasn't," she said shaking her head.

"Yes, I was," he exclaimed. "I was defenseless that year. I wasn't trying to get even from the year before. I didn't play any tricks on her that year. I was laying in bed all day, coughing my lungs out, minding my own business. And Wanda spiked my soup with a lot of-,"

"It was like a teaspoon of hot sauce," Wanda interjected.

"It was half the bottle," he exclaimed.

"You were sick in bed all day. How could you know how much I used?" Wanda asked.

"I checked the bottle," he said dryly.

"But you were sick. All like, Sarah, I'm too weak to stand, please bring me tissues and my comic books and a glass of water," she said mockingly.

"I could stand," he said rolling his eyes. "Anyway, back to Nineteen-ninety-six," he started to say.

"You would have let her brought the bathroom to you, if you could," Wanda said.

"I would not have," Pietro insisted.

"You weren't sick," Wanda muttered.

"Yes, I was," Pietro said one more time. "That morning, in nineteen-ninety-six, Wanda goes and gets an apple. I sitting next to her at the kitchen table," he starts to say.

"One second the apple is there on the table," Wanda started to say, "I turn my head for a second, then it's an orange. I blink it's an apple again. I go to take a bite of the apple and then I tasted Banana. I open my eyes and then I still have an apple in my hand and it has a bite in it," she exclaimed.

"The look on your face, Wanda, was so worth it," Pietro laughed.

"I go to put the apple down on the table. I blink again, and I swear for a second his toy train is on the table," she said as Magneto let out a loud laugh. "I thought I was going insane," she said. "A week passes and finally he tells everyone he has powers."

"I know I could have told Sarah what my powers were right after that day, but wanted to wait till we had dinner with you. When I finally told you guys that I had my powers-"

"I just gave him the dirtiest looks," Wanda said. "Cause I knew," she said

"Of course, you knew. I knew you were gonna get what I did as soon as I told dad about my powers. Oh, but she got back at me the next year when her powers manifest. That was the worst year for me," he said.

"Yeah, well that's what you get," Wanda said with smirk.

"What did she do?" Alex asked.

"Everything," Pietro said.

"I can alter probability," Wanda explained.

"So in, nineteen-ninety-seven, everything was going wrong. I was walking, I tripped. I went to sharping my pencil, the machine wouldn't work. I used the drinking fountain in the park, the water shot in my face. Everything that could go wrong, did," Pietro said.

"Murphy's law," Alex laughed as he shook his head. Magneto gave Alex a thoughtful look because of his reference. Max made eye contact with Wanda; the look in her eye screamed, 'told you so.'

"No, Wanda's powers," Pietro exclaimed. " And Wanda's all like, 'I'm sorry you're having such bad luck, Pietro,'" in a mocking high pitched voice that made Lorna laugh louder. "And I'm all like, 'You aren't sorry. You're causing it,'" he exclaimed. "Wanda had her powers for months before April fool's day that year. So, I knew and Sarah had to have known. But of course, Wanda pulls off her old, I'm just a little girl with pig tails, in my little red dress. I'm not capable of evil," Pietro said.

"Oh, like I'm the only one who used that," she said.

"I never wore a little red dress," Pietro said as everyone laughed.

"I should hope not," Magneto laughed.

"But you were always staring up at Sarah with your puppy dogs eyes. Saying, "I didn't do it,'" Wanda said mockingly. "Meanwhile, my shoelaces are tied together, again. You had her wrapped around you're little finger," Wanda said.

"So, what you're both telling me, if that I owe Sarah a significant increase in salary for enduring your two," Magneto said jokingly. Everyone at the table fell into a fit of laughter.

"I'm sure she wouldn't complain," Lorna said sweetly: which was met with another round of laughter. He noticed Alex was rubbing his hands again.

"Hand cramps?" Magneto asked, making eye contact with Alex.

"Yeah," he answered as he continued to rub his hand joints.

"Xavier didn't do anything to help?" Magneto asked.

"I-ah- I didn't want to move to Bayville. Having Scott back in my life is great. We're really starting to connect again, but I'm still getting to know him. I'm not ready to drop my whole life to go live three thousand miles away from my parents," Alex explained.

"Of course," Magneto agreed. There was a chance here to recruit this boy. If he and his daughter were going to continue to date he would prefer if the boy was among his ranks rather than Charles'. "Wanda, when you have a chance see if there's anything you can do to help with his pain," he ordered lightly. Alex's eyes widened in fear. The boy clearly knew where he was going with this.

"That's o-" Alex started to say nervously.

"What are his powers?" Wanda asked.

"Like Scott Summer's except the energy is released from his hands as opposed to his eyes," Magneto answered.

"Ambient energies?" Wanda asked. Magneto nodded. "I'll see what I can do," Wanda told him. "Alex, I'm just going to need you to answer a lot a of questions. Were you two planning to hang out this weekend?" she asked.

"Yeah, at the beach," Alex said.

"We're getting ready for the contest," Lorna added.

"Alright, you two come back to our house for dinner and we'll talk then," Wanda said.

"I ah- " Alex started to stutter.

"Alex, I recall making you promise the first day we met," Magneto said.

"Yeah, but. It's okay, I don't need-" Alex started to say.

"You don't need what? My help?" Magneto asked. "I believe you do, Alex," Magneto said. "You've elected not to join the X-Men. You have already stated your reasons and valid they most certainly are, but with that choice you have denied yourself assistants with your developing powers. A service every young mutant is in need of. I do not want you to misunderstand, Alex. This is not a recruitment speech, not like last time. You are involved with my daughter. She clearly cares for you. She wouldn't have introduced us if she wasn't serious about your relationship. For that reason alone, I wish for Wanda and you to have a conversation to see if she can assistant you."

"I don't- I don't know what to say, man," Alex said. "The last time we met, you lied to me," he said.

"Did I? My machine enhanced your powers, did it not? That enhancement was temporary and not without side effects, but you no longer had pain from your powers, did you Alex?" he asked.

"Well, no," Alex said reluctantly.

"And isn't that what I promised?" Magneto asked.

"But the pain came back," Alex objected.

"I know, Alex," Magneto said sadly. "The machines effects were not the preeminent solution I had hoped it would be," he said. "I've abandoned the enhancer since it's last failure. That I want you and Wanda to speak. To see what steps can be taken to help you," Magneto said.

"I- okay," Alex said hesitantly.

"Thanks Wanda," Lorna said with a huge grin. She was clearly happy that her boyfriend was being accepted. "Thank you, Daddy," she said.

"You're very welcome," Magneto said with a smile.

"I should get going. My parents are expecting me home soon,"Alex said.

"You have a means home?" Magneto asked.

"My house isn't that far from here. I'm just gonna walk," Alex answered as he stood up.

"It was good to see you again, Alex," Magneto said as he stood, he offered his hand to Alex.

"Thank you for dinner, Mr. Lehnsherr," Alex said as they shook hands.

"You're welcome, Alex" Magneto said.

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