Chapter 43: A VeXing HeX
Older Damian vs Brotherhood: Rage (Gaara Rap) by Daddyphatsnaps.
Gavin was standing at the front gate of the Institute. Who or what he was waiting for no one knew, though this question was soon answered when a brown Cadillac drove up to him. The back door opened and inside was Mystique and an elderly woman, and in the shapeshifter's lap was a baby in a grey onesie.
"Hello, Gavin. Come, get in." The shapeshifter beckoned, causing the boy to growl slightly before getting in the car.
"Let's just get this over with." He sighed as he got in. As the car drove away, the pseudo vampire started holding Damian before he looked at Mystique. "Why did you even do all this? Was this the only reason you had me impregnate you with Damian? Some stupid jail break?" He asked, a small amount of anger in his tone.
"Actually… No. This was more of an afterthought." She told him. "My actual reasons for doing this is because I really wanted to feel like a mother again." The woman continued with a sigh.
"And so you made me the unwilling subject for that. Tch." The boy scoffed.
"It's true, I could have made love to any man I wanted, but I'll be the first to admit that I have a type: Strong, confident mutants." She shrugged. "And you certainly fit the bill." The redhead added.
"I will have you driven to the deepest pit of insanity imaginable." Gavin threatened.
"However I did it for another reason. I saw how pent up you were at the club, and I thought I'd help you get the release you needed." Mystique stated in an effort to calm him.
"I would be glad you had done that… If you hadn't drugged me to do it." He started calmly before growling out the second part.
"Tell me, Gavin, would you have accepted my offer if I asked you directly?" The woman questioned. The boy took a moment to think before he shook his head.
"No, I wouldn't have. I would've probably told you that I wanted my first time to be with Rogue." Gavin nodded.
"Precisely, and with how slow things are going with you two you probably would have been waiting for a very long time. And I speak from experience when I say that that much pent up longing and lust is not at all healthy." She replied before sighing. "I don't expect you to forgive me, but just know that I did not do this out of malicious intent. In fact if I had not wanted to get Wanda, I would have given you Damian with absolutely no hassle." The woman explained, causing Gavin to frown before he noticed something.
"Who's Wanda?" He asked.
"Magneto's daughter. He had her committed to a mental institution years ago. I wish to break her out so that we both can take our revenge on him." She explained.
"Oh Christ." The boy groaned. Seconds later they pulled up to the mental institution, and then they let Gavin and Mystique get out.
"Make sure you direct her towards us after I send her towards you. Alright?" Mystique told him.
"And if I don't?" He questioned.
"Then both Damian and I disappear." She replied. "Don't make us do that, Gavin, please."
The boy glared at her angrily before he sighed in aggravation. "Fine." He growled. "But know this: There will be consequences for making me do this. Not now, not this week. But know that they will come for you." He said in a warning tone.
"Understood, I just hope that you'll be able to make peace with this someday." She said as they walked inside.
'Trust me, so do I.' Gavin thought.
(Later)
Gavin was now in his smoke form forcing a frantic girl towards where Mystique was waiting after the girl had escaped the shapeshifter a few minutes earlier.
"She's coming your way!" Gavin said through an earpiece Mystique gave him.
"I'll be right there, I'm just escorting Xavier out so he doesn't see you." Mystique replied.
"Uh… Okay?" He nodded as he chased Wanda to the exit and then right into the arms of Agatha Harknis, the witch Mystique brought with her.
As the witch calmed the daughter of Magneto down, Mystique walked up to them. "And now, it is done." She told the two.
"Alright, now what?" Gavin asked irritably.
"Now, you go home with Damian, and make sure you tell Xavier and the X-men that the Brotherhood will be at the mall at 9:00 tonight." Mystique told him, handing him Damian after kissing her son on the forehead.
Gavin looked at his son, who looked back at him with happy eyes, before he sighed. He hoped he could explain himself effectively after this was all over.
"Alright. Bye." He sighed as he and Damian left, the baby waving goodbye to his mother as they walked away. Mystique waved back, a sad smile on her face.
(Later)
Gavin now walked out of a cab with Damian in his arms before he pressed the buzzer. "Hey, can you guys let me in?" He asked through the speaker.
"Mind telling us where you went, Gavin?" Came Jean's questioning voice.
"You'll see when I get inside." Was his simple reply. As soon as the gates opened, Gavin adjusted the six month old in his arms with a slight groan. "Good Lord, buddy what was your mother feeding you?" He asked the infant. His only response was incoherent baby noises.
With a knock on the door he was soon met by Jean, who's attention immediately went to the blue skinned baby in his arms, who was wearing a small beenie to keep the sun from his skin.
"... Is that…?" She asked in surprise.
"Yep… My son." He confirmed with a tired sigh. Damian simply gave a gummy smile and started babbling happily, right before taking his dad's finger into his tiny hands and started sucking on it as they walked inside. Gavin decided to sit on the couch for a few minutes and just simply enjoy his time with Damian. A few minutes later, Chelsea walked in and paused when she saw the blue baby in Gavin's lap.
"... Am I going crazy?" She asked as she rubbed her eyes.
"No, this little stinker is the kid who's been causing us so much trouble." Gavin told her before turning to his son. "Say hi to Aunt Chelsea, Damian." He told the baby. The small baby looked at Chelsea before giggling and reaching his hands out for her, wanting to be held by her.
Chelsea seemed a little wary about holding a baby, but went towards the couch and took him into her arms, the black haired infant putting his little hands on her face playfully.
"Hey, cut it out pipsqueak, my face is not a toy!" She chuckled. Rogue then came in and spotted Damian before she practically made a beeline towards them.
"Oh mah goodness, he's so cute!" She squealed in delight as she looked at him. Damian looked at her and began reaching out for her. She gently took him out of Chelsea's arms, making sure the baby didn't touch her skin. "Hey is this kid who Ah think it is?" She asked as she booped the baby's nose, causing him to giggle happily.
"Yep, he is." Gavin confirmed.
Soon enough, everyone else also came in to see what the commotion was all about, and once they saw Damian, they all realized why Gavin was gone all morning.
"I don't mean to sound rude, but there has to have been a catch for this." Lance commented carefully.
"There was, but that can be taken care of later." The pseudo vampire told them. "Anyway, Prof, would it be okay if I let Damian stay in my room? I already got a crib ready." He asked the man as he watched Devin get his hair pulled by his new nephew.
"When did you get a crib ready?" Bast wondered.
"A couple weeks after I got back from my 'trip' I had been saving up since Christmas." He replied.
"In any case, I'm fine with Damian staying in your room with you, Gavin. I just hope you can handle the parental responsibilities you now hold." The professor said.
"Trust me, I've done my homework." The boy nodded before he turned to his brother. "Devin, can you call our mom so she can come and meet her grandson?" He asked.
"Yeah, Just-ow! Hey, watch it!" The metal mutant said as Damian suddenly pulled on his ear. Setting the baby down, he started crawling around until he reached Logan, who the blue skinned infant looked up at with curiosity in his burgundy eyes.
The scraggly man looked down at him before he smiled a bit and knelt down to pick him up. "Hey there, kiddo." He said as softly as he could. Damian only babbled in response.
"So what was the string that was attached?" Chelsea questioned.
"Mystique challenged us to a duel with the Brotherhood, at the mall. And she said we'd need everyone we could get, because now they have a 'secret weapon,' a new mutant named Wanda." Gavin stated. The mention of the girl in question made Xavier turn to him.
"Are you certain?" The telepath questioned.
"Yeah. Met her myself, and I got two words for you: total nutcase." He nodded. "In fact, I'm pretty sure they're probably at the Brotherhood house right now."
(Elsewhere)
Mystique walked up to the boarding house with Wanda and Agatha in tow. When they reached the door, Mystique opened it and announced her presence.
"Guess who's back!" She called out, causing Fred, Pietro and Todd to look at her in surprise.
"Oh, uh…" Fred said, nearly dropping his lunch.
"Mystique, you're back…" Pietro got out nervously, looking away.
Toad gulped. "H-Have a nice maternity leave? Heh heh…" He croaked before chuckling sheepishly. Mystique looked at him with narrowed eyes.
"How did you know about that? I don't recall ever telling you about it." She questioned.
"Gavin told us." The silver haired teen replied before frowning. "I honestly don't know whether or not I should just leave the Brotherhood after hearing about what you did to him." He said with a glare.
Mystique glared at him before sighing. "I don't intend to justify myself to you, Pietro, but I will say this: what happened between me and Gavin was simply him releasing his pent up sexual frustration on me for one night, that was all. I may have used the situation to my advantage, yes, but my intention was for it to be mutually beneficial." She told him, her glare never leaving her features. Pietro looked into her eyes for a moment before sighing.
"I guess we'll have to take your word for it." He conceded.
"We seem to be missing a member, where is Lance?" The blue skinned woman asked as Tabitha started walking down the stairs.
"Haven't ya heard? He's joined the X-men, got himself a new costume too." The girl stated as she walked down. "So, you must be mystic."
"Mystique." Said woman corrected.
"Whatever." The blonde said, rolling her eyes. "Anyway, I don't know why you're here, but we're doing just fine without you, so, how about you just beat it?"
Mystique just glared and cleared her throat, then Wanda entered the building, making Pietro's eyes widen in absolute horror.
"Wanda?!" The boy squeaked out.
"Pietro?" The girl gasped before growling as her powers activated and caused the house to shake.
Everyone in the building took cover behind the couch as the furniture was sent flying all over the place. The slightly insane girl growled as she made her way to the room they had taken refuge in.
"Who the heck is this chick? Your ex girlfriend?!" Todd asked as a hat rack impaled the area between them.
"Worse, my sister!" He replied fearfully.
"You're sister?!" Toad yelped as a ceiling fan suddenly almost decapitated him.
"Where's Lance when you need him?!" Fred yelled as he hid as well. Luckily for the three boys Tabitha hurled three bombs at Wanda and knocked her clear across the room into a wall.
"How do ya like that, ya crazy ass bitch?!" The bomb maker snapped.
Wanda slowly got up and was about to retaliate, but Agitha came up to her and started calming her down.
"Okay, what the hell is she doing here?!" Pietro snapped.
"She is here to help us get our revenge on Magneto." Was the blue skinned shapeshifter's reply. "But first, She'll be helping us knock those X-men down a peg." She added.
Meanwhile, outside the building, a dark purple portal opened and a teenager stepped out. The teen looked around thirteen was around 5'9.5" with a build similar to either Jamie, and he also had a birth mark on the side of his neck in the shape of a crow, and he had blue skin, black hair that was medium length which was styled in a Warrior's Wolf tail and he also had burgundy red eyes, facial features that showed he had mixed heritage, and his skin also had the same scaly texture as Mystique's. Lastly, he also had a tattoo over his left eye of the Japanese Kanji for 'Love': 愛. The boy was also wearing a pair of purple pants, silver knee high boots similar to Scott's, silver arm length gauntlets, and a long purple coat that was partially opened near his chest area.
The boy looked at the house in disdain as he cracked his knuckles. "Found you… Prepare to feel my anger." He growled.
(The next day)
Gavin was walking through the halls of Bayville and everyone was giving him weird looks. The boy sighed in exasperation, of course they were. As he got his stuff, he was suddenly approached by Risty.
"Hey Gav, so I heard from Rogue that Aunt Raven gave you custody of Damian. That's great news!" She smiled, making everyone stare.
"What possessed you to say that in the middle of a crowd?!" He hissed.
"Sorry!" The girl said, covering her mouth. "I'm just really happy for you, that's all." She explained.
"Thanks, but be quiet about it next time. I'm pretty sure you've already got rumors spreading with that stunt of yours." He told her, his ears picking up the telltale signs of gossip.
"Sorry." Risty apologized.
As they walked to class, Risty decided to make small talk. "So…. What's it like being a new dad?" She asked as quietly as she could.
"It's still setting in, so I can't say much." He whispered back with a shrug. Though before they could get to class, Principal Kelly bumped into them.
"Sorry Principal Kelly, didn't mean to bump into you there." Gavin apologized. The man looked at him and nodded.
"It's alright Gavin, also I heard through the other students that you have a new little brother, congratulations." The man told him.
"Thanks, and the kick-starter for that piece of news is standing right next to me." He replied with a twitching eyebrow as he jutted a thumb at Risty, who chuckled sheepishly.
(Later)
Gavin was now trying to give Damian his bottle of new formula, but he just would not take it. The little guy just didn't like the formula at all.
"Damian Qrow Shirakumo, you know you have to drink this, now come on!" The boy snapped as the infant squirmed in his arms as Rogue and the others watched.
"Should we give him some kind of help?" Evan asked as he watched the scene in front of him.
"If we help him with everything, he won't learn." Ororo told him.
"Come on Gavin, just stick it in his mouth and force it down his throat!" Chelsea told him.
"What?! No! That's not how you feed a baby!" The boy replied. "For some reason, he doesn't like formula!" He added.
"Let me try." Rogue said as she took the bottle and warmed it up by sticking it in some boiling water, and then took Damian into her arms. The baby looked at the bottle before he took the cap into his mouth, and started suckling on it!
Gavin looked at Rogue and Damian with a gaping expression before he facepalmed. "That's it, I'm taking notes!" He declared as he took out a notepad from one of his pockets and jotted down what Rogue did.
"Who's a good boy? Drinking his formula like a big boy?" The Southern Belle cooed as she kissed his forehead.
"Ma ma!" Damian said happily as he finished the bottle, nuzzling his head into her chest. Rogue blushed slightly before her brain suddenly registered something very major.
"Did he just call me mom?" She asked Gavin with wide eyes.
"I think he did." The boy nodded. "He must think you're his mom, too." He said, looking at his son as the tike faced him.
"Da da! Ma ma Ro!" Damian babbled before giggling. The two teens smiled before Gavin came to Rogue's side and wrapped an arm around her shoulder as the two of them looked at their son. Everyone else looked at the scene and smiled.
"You know, you gotta admit, they look really good together." Scott commented, getting nods of agreement from everyone else.
Rogue heard that and blushed. She still wasn't entirely sure if she was ready to look at Gavin that way just yet. Her feelings were still kinda stirred up about him and Scott, but she was still willing to play the part for Damian's sake. Gavin knew this as well, but appreciated Scott thought. That made him feel a lot better.
However this tender moment was interrupted when Xavier came in. "Everyone, suit up, Cerebro just picked up the Brotherhood at the Bayville mall, this may be the attack Gavin mentioned." He told them.
"Should I call in Katerina, just in case?" Gavin asked.
"Her powers would be useful against Wanda, yes." The telepath nodded. "Come, we haven't a moment to waste!"
As they left, Mystique slowly came out of the bushes and went inside the mansion, she had something important to do while they were away. Though before she did, she stopped by Gavin's room and kissed Damian, who was taking a nap, good night, before going to the Cerebro room.
(Elsewhere)
At the mall everyone was able to get in, and as they did, it could be seen that Lance and Roxy joined them. Lance had a new costume too, it was a lot like his old one, but his helmet looked a lot like one Judge Dredd would wear and had a more X-men color scheme. As they walked in further, Devin was the one unlucky enough to bump into Wanda first.
"Oh joy… I presume that you're Wanda, correct?" The boy asked with a groan. He slowly turned his body into a metal alloy, more specifically: Carbonadium.
Wanda glared at him and started firing HeX blasts at him, but as they hit, she was soon left shocked as she saw that the blasts had no effect on him.
"What the-?! How are you immune to my powers?!" She asked with a shocked voice.
"Apparently Carbonadium's naturally radioactive makeup has an inherent immunity to things of a mystical nature. An intriguing fact I found out after experimenting with it." The boy said, examining and flexing his hand before turning it into an ax.
Meanwhile, everyone was fighting the brotherhood one on one, when Wanda came flying through the air and crashed into Pietro, having been kicked a considerable distance by Devin.
"Took you long enough, Metal head." Chelsea snarked as the boy joined them.
"She tried to fight back in spite of my Carbonadium protecting me from her powers. Look how that turned out." He replied with a shrug.
The blonde then turned full dragon and charged at Blob, who then proceeded to wrestle with her, while Gavin was fighting Pietro and his enhanced speed was allowing him to keep up with the silver speedster. Devin and Roxy were busy trying to corral Toad, but the amphibious mutant was proving to be rather slippery. And everyone else? They were getting absolutely hammered by Wanda.
"Gah! This isn't working! Where's Katerina?!" Jean asked as she recovered from being thrown into a wall.
"I don't know! Hey Avalanche, let 'er rip!" Scott yelled.
"You got it, Scotty!" The walking earthquake said before he caused the whole building to shake, but instead of it hitting its intended target, Wanda redirected it right back at them. Eyes wide, the earthquake generator quickly leapt out of the way as his attack passed him. The attack soon hit the doors of the mall… And let Katerina, who had just arrived, into the building.
"Alright, who's the asshole who's been wrecking my favorite shopping spot?!" She yelled, assuming her Cthulhu form. The Brotherhood members looked at her and immediately began backing away in fear upon seeing the angry Lovecraftian mutant stalking forward.
"Zey did it!" Kurt said, pointing at the Brotherhood. Katerina sent a glare at the group before firing a blast of eldritch energy at them. Wanda tried to HeX it, but the power behind it was too much for her, so she was overpowered. The targets of the woman's anger could only shield themselves with their arms as the blast hit, causing them to be knocked off their feet.
"What the hell is she?!" Toad asked in fear as he got back to his feet.
"Whatever she is, she's powerful enough to overpower my own powers!" The Scarlet Witch said as she got up. Turning towards Katerina again, Wanda gathered all her HeX power and then sent it out in a massive blast that went through the entire area, knocking all of the X-men down, even Chelsea in her Dragon form was knocked on her side. Wanda slowly fell to her knees as she breathed heavily.
However, before the Brotherhood could savor their apparent victory, someone else walked into the now ruined building. It was the same boy from the previous night, and he folded his arms as he glared at the Brotherhood angrily.
"You will all know my anger." He growled.
"Who's this guy?" Blob asked dumbly.
The boy then reached into his chest as shadows surrounded it and suddenly pulled out a weed hook. "Call me Yokai." The boy said as he twirled it, and hurled it at them and then disappeared into a shadow and reappeared out of a shadow behind Blob and hooked him in the back before hurling him into a purple portal above him and then the walking mountain of human blubber was sent into a infinite loop of portals.
As this was happening, Pietro tried attacking the boy from behind, but he was instead caught by a shadow clone that came out of the kid's back and grabbed him before hurling the speedster forward and then slinging Yokai past him and allowing the shadowmancer to skid to a halt and clothesline Pietro.
Toad tried to shoot some slime at him, but the boy simply sunk into the shadows and reappeared behind him. Using the opening, Yokai grabbed him by the collar and threw him in a direction where his shadow clone sprang up and punched him back towards the shadowmancer. This volleyball parody continued for a few seconds before Yokai sent the boy into the air where he and his shadow clone smacked him into the ground, knocking him unconscious.
Lastly was Wanda, and the girl was visibly shaken. Both figures cracked their knuckles and popped their necks before they closed the portals and caused Blob to slam onto his stomach with a boom. Absorbing his clone back into him, Yokai dashed forward and uppercutted Wanda before jumping into the air and punching her down towards the first level, then appearing again and kicking her into the air and then punched her down again, causing her to form a small crater on the floor.
With the enemy beaten, he then made another portal and disappeared before the X-men regained consciousness.
(Elsewhere)
Mystique was walking back to the Brotherhood house, but she was then caught by Yokai, who kicked her in the stomach and pulled her up by her hair.
"It's nice to see you again, Mystique." The boy said before he reeled his arm back and punched her, knocking her unconscious. After kicking her into a wall, he opened another portal. "Time to go home." He said as he disappeared.
Dragon Emperor0: Okay, this guy is hardcore.
ThermalsniperN7: He really is. Anyone wonder what he's gonna do with Mystique?
Dragon Emperor0: In any case, Damian is with the X-Men! This little kid is gonna make things awesome around the Institute now. And besides that, big news: the next big arc of the story will be happening next chapter. This arc will be called the X-men vs Gargoyles arc, and just as it says in the title, it will be a X-men Evolution/Gargoyles crossover arc.
ThermalsniperN7: This has been a long time coming, and it is gonna be fun! Also, just to clear something up: Yes, Wanda managed to knock out Katerina. In spite of having powers resembling a Lovecraftian Elder God, she isn't invincible.
Dragon Emperor0: Also, expect the X-23 episode to come early guys, because after that, there's gonna be a very big plotline involving Chelsea and Logan. One that's going to change their lives forever.
ThermalsniperN7: Yep, and it's gonna be really juicy. Anyway, see you guys in the next chapter!