Well here it is I've been pondering about this for a while now so I'm going to try and do this so enough talk enjoy!

Chapter 1: Arrival

"Another day, another hard shift… time to settle in. "

Immediately leaving his work clothes to one side, having a quick shower and changing into bottoms and a t shirt he threw on his on demand service and began flicking through and saw something that caught his eye.

X-Men 97…why not I've been dying to see this would be fun to take a trip through time.

He began watching episodes as he knew most of what was happening after he read the comics as a boy so things did not surprise him.

However during his binge he fell asleep as then a symbol showed up on the side of the screen, he began to stir from his slumber he saw the show had been paused and seeing this odd symbol as he lazily decided to try and knock it off but instead he selected it…

The next thing was a blinding purple light had engulfed him and he feels as if he's falling through a waterslide and then appears someplace as he lands on the ground hard.

"Ow! Okay that was new… Am I dreaming right now? " he said examining his surroundings.

He was in a warehouse of sorts and saw people there but everything looked so…animated almost a lot like-

"Well-Well-Well, looks like we got us a trespasser, guess you'll be joining the others for auction."

Looking really confused he looked at this person as they wore a green beret, a jean vest, camo trousers and army boots but the shirt is what caught him as it had three letters on it… FOH

"This has to be some kind of dream?! " he said out loud.

"Well guess it's your nightmare then." he then pointed a gun at him and motioned for him to move as he slowly did leading him over to a container and opening the door as other people were inside wearing collars.

He then placed a collar around his neck and bashed him inside as then one of the people, a young dark skinned boy spoke up. "Hey listen my family is rich I can pay you anything you want just let me go! " he pleaded.

They all laughed at his request.

"Kid no amount of money is going to save your stinkin mutie hide! "

Am I…?

An explosion sounded and what he saw next blew his mind.

I really am here aren't I… I'm in the X-Men 97 show!

He remembered this scene and decided he had to try and help the other mutants escape as he saw the door was still open and went out slowly to see anything as the battle was underway he looked around for an equaliser of sorts and found a metal bar and went right for it as he ran back to the others he used to pry off the collars as they begs to escape one by one.

"GO! " he shouted at them as they began to run but he stayed behind as did the young boy who tried to gain his freedom he recognised as Roberto De Costa.

"That was straight up ballsy what you did but how do we get out!? " Roberto asked.

"Maybe they can help us? " he said motioning to the X-Men.

They were engaged in a fight with the rest of the FOH members as both Bishop and Storm were on the catwalk he remembered what came next as he saw the one with the blaster about to hit them as he seized his chance and using the metal bat he still had to strike the weapon out of his hands.

"Not happening. " he said as he had disarmed him he tried to punch him but quickly avoided the hit and knocked him out with the bat.

With that done Storm was able to use the winds to take down more members and Bishop using covering fire, but the one scene that remained was Cyclops facing members alone as they tried to humiliate him but that was an unwise move…

Time to duck and cover!

He immediately went back to the container as Roberto peeked out.

"Hey wha-"

"Get inside! " he grabbed him helping to shield them from the optic blast but as he struggled to shut the door the force of the blast caused the door to hit him in the head knocking him out.

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"Uh… Oh my head… " he opened his eyes slowly as his vision was a bit blurred but began to clear as he saw he was in a room of sorts.

"Please tell me I had a very bad dream and really should stop those late nights after work." he said to himself as he looked around the room.

It looked to be a medical room of sorts a very familiar medical room of sorts…

"Ah I see you're awake." a voice called to him as he looked to who it was as his eyes could not believe who it was.

"You're…You're… " he couldn't get the words out.

"Blue well I've heard a lot worse but I'll put it down to the shock of your injuries, oh where are my manners my name is Dr. Hank McCoy." Hank introduced himself while extending his hand out to him.

He shook his hand still not sure what to make of this.

"First off thank you for treating me and second where am I?" he asked as he had a feeling he was where he was.

"No need to be alarmed you are at the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters and you and your friend are safe here." Hank said as he reassured him.

"Good to know and said my friend? " he asked not sure who he meant.

"Your friend Roberto, he told us what you did there for him and the other mutants held captive, he's the one who brought you here to get help. " Hank explained how he ended up there.

"Glad they're OK, so what is going to happen now?" he asked.

"We've already questioned Roberto, we need to question you if that's alright with you? " Hank asked.

"I think I'm up for it." he said as Hank nodded and motioned to follow him as they headed out.

He walked through the metal hallways as he knew where he was headed next as they stopped by a huge door and both entered what was known as the briefing room where his eyes went wide.

I can't believe it…

"Take a seat we need to ask you a few questions." he was asked by Cyclops the leader of the X-Men as some of the team was also present and he did just that.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Scott Summers." Scott introduced himself.

"That's my wife Jean Grey. " he motioned over to the heavily pregnant redhead.

Madelyne…

"That's Ororo Munroe." he motioned to the white haired dark skinned woman.

"That's Logan." he motioned over to the rough looking man who gave a distrusting look.

"That's Bishop." he motioned to the hulking dark skinned time traveler.

"That's Rogue. " he motioned over to the southern belle.

"That's Gambit. " he motioned over to the cajun who was playing with a deck of cards.

"Now for your first question, who are you?" Scott asked.

"My name is Tom Jackson, but everyone calls me TJ." TJ introduced himself.

Better to be honest about my name before they start poking around my head… Wait, have they looked yet? Oh if they do they'll know everything! I can't let them know the truth about themselves.

"Second question, how did you end up being captured by the Friends of Humanity?" Scott asked his next question.

"Well I was caught with the others and they threw us into that container looking to sell us off to the highest bidder." TJ said as he had to try and make a convincing story.

"You say that and yet we decided to look into you by taking fingerprints and a DNA sample to see if anything came up in the database." Scott said as his lie unraveled immediately.

TJ looked to see on his left arm the small sample that was taken from him while he was unconscious.

"I guess you had to do it but would've consented if you asked me." TJ said as he was trying to save face.

"Regardless of that we found nothing on you, no records, no history, not even a single shred of evidence you exist so I'll ask one more time…how did you end up there?" Scott asked again in a more serious tone.

"Wrong place, wrong time is what I would say but you wouldn't believe me if I told you." TJ said as he tried to be honest.

"Try us." Scott said as TJ braced himself for an explanation.

"I'm not from here." TJ said.

"What do you mean by that?" Scott asked.

"I'm not from this Earth." TJ said bluntly.

"You mean a different universe?" Hank asked.

"Yes! A different universe I was at home one minute and then the next I ended up here." TJ said trying to explain how he got there without mentioning certain details.

"If what you're saying is true then you won't mind if Jean probes your mind to confirm your story?" Scott asked as TJ knew this could happen.

If I let her do this, they'll know everything and it'll cause them to have an existential crisis… I hope I can think of something.

"Fair enough, carry on." TJ said knowing he had to let her and thought of non comic book or TV things.

"TJ just relax your mind and allow me in." Jean calmly said to him as he did so.

She looked in using her telepathy and was looking into his subconscious for answers as after a minute she came out looking a bit surprised.

"Jean?" Scott asked her as she looked to him.

"I… I… I…"

And she saw everything… How am I going to explain this?

"Couldn't get into his mind." Jean said which shocked and surprised everyone, especially TJ.

"Uh did I do something?" TJ asked hoping for answers himself.

"No, nothing at all you gave me access, it's just I wasn't able to enter." Jean said as again this confused TJ.

"What does that mean?" TJ asked as he was as confused as her.

Logan then went up to TJ and got in his face.

"Maybe you don't want us pokin around what's in that noggin of yours and we find out you ain't tellin us the truth so how about we go diggin for an answer instead?" Logan said as he brought out one of his adamantium claws right next to TJ's face as he began to hold his ear in annoyance.

"Sorry but can you repeat that my tinnitus is acting up in my right ear, can you talk in my left one if that's OK? " TJ politely asked him as Logan took that as an insult and was about to use all three of his claws.

As then a hand was placed on Logan's shoulder. "It is not how we do things Logan." It was Ororo who reasoned with him as he grunted and retracted his claw and backed away.

"I apologise for Logan's lack of manners but we do need to ask you more questions if you are willing to answer them? " Ororo asked him as he nodded.

"Ask away." TJ said giving permission to do so.

"What was the last thing you do remember before coming here?" Ororo asked.

"As I said I was at home and I was watching television but fell asleep as I awoke the show I was watching on my Firestick finished and I went to switch it off but then a blinding purple light engulfed the room and I was sucked into a portal and I ended up in that warehouse with those thugs." TJ explained the situation minus a few details.

"Wa's a Firestick?" Gambit asked.

It's 1997 they don't have stuff like this… You absolute numpty!

Oh well damage done I should just tell them anyway.

"It's how we watch things where I am from, you see it's all online now." TJ answered, getting some confused but curious looks.

"What year is it where you're from?" Bishop asked.

Might as well tell them what year I'm from, at least they might believe me.

"It's 2024." TJ answered as that got some shocked and surprised looks.

"You say you're from a different Earth, what kind of Earth is it? " Bishop asked.

"It's like yours but minus the superpowered beings, we're all just normal people with the same problems. " TJ admitted to him.

"Nothing changes then? Well I'm out of questions." Bishop said, leaning back against the wall.

"I got a question, where ya from sugah?" Rogue asked.

"Well by my accent I'm definitely not from America, I'm from the UK, well Wales to be exact and before you ask my father was from Wales and my mother is from India, which explains my not so dark complexion. " TJ told them of where he's originally from.

Scott then stepped forward to face TJ.

"That's all we need from you for now, until further notice you're going to be staying here until we can sort this out." he said as TJ stood up as Hank approached him.

"Come my friend let's do some more tests before we settle down for the night." he said leading him back to the lab for a checkup.

"Thoughts on him?" Scott asked the team.

"I don't think he has any bad intentions despite not getting into his mind." Jean said.

"I agree with you he's just a lost soul who has been taken from his world." Ororo said.

"Gambit tinks he jus as confused as anyting" Gambit said.

"I know wat it's like ta be lost and he needs our help." Rogue said knowing how he felt.

"All I know is he's like me, a man on a different planet." Bishop said.

Then all looks shifted to Logan. "I don't trust im, I think there's more going on even if he has no idea, I think we need to be careful with who we let into our house." he said as they all knew he was right in a way.

Meanwhile Hank was leading TJ back to the lab.

"So what are your impressions of our team?" Hank asked.

"I don't know them all that well but they seem OK except for Logan I don't think he likes me that much." TJ said.

"Logan is like that with any new faces that appear on our doorstep, don't let it worry you." Hank said.

They arrived back at the lab as Hank motioned for him to sit down and began to shine a light in his eyes.

"Now while you are here maybe you could try and adapt to life here until we find a way for you to get home." Hank suggested as he began to examine his inner ears with an otoscope.

"What could I do? I mean I don't have any powers." TJ said as he pointed out the one thing he didn't have.

"That is true but you don't have to have powers to help, just being helpful around here would be fine." Hank suggested as he now began to take a quick measurement of his blood pressure.

"Well I don't have anywhere to go and I'm on a different Earth and you are all the only people I know and I'm just happy I have a roof over my head, so I'll try to help out as much as I can here." TJ agreed to his idea.

"Well that's good to hear and if you need anything we're here to help and looks like you are not hurt, the hit you took the head is not serious, overall I suggest some rest and you should be fine by tomorrow. " Hank said giving him the all clear.

"Thank you Dr. McCoy." TJ thanked him.

"Please, call me Hank." Hank insisted.

"Very well thank you Hank." TJ said as they shook hands.

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TJ was being led to his room by Hank.

"This place is huge." TJ said looking around.

"I said the exact same thing on my first day here." Hank said.

"What I said was "My Stars and Garters" and I continue to use that phrase." as out of nowhere a second Hank appeared.

"This is another member of our team, he is Morph and as you can see he is a shape-shifter." Hank introduced him as Morph changed back into his actual form.

"So you're our new house guest, word of advice Logan is your guy if you need a bath buddy." Morph joked.

"Thanks but I'm pretty sure he's not my biggest fan and also I prefer showers, I'm Tom Jackson but my friends call me TJ." TJ said introducing himself.

"Nice to meet you and don't worry about Logan, he's a big softy on the inside once you get to know him and I think you'll fit in fine here even though you're not a mutant." Morph welcomed him in.

"Guys, Roberto is gone!" they turned to the voice.

"Jubilee, what do you mean by that?" Hank asked.

"He said he just wanted to go once he knew his friend was OK." Jubilee said.

"We need to find him right now because he could be in danger from those people who imprisoned us." TJ said as they knew he was right.

"He's right, we need to find him before those guys do." Jubilee said agreeing with TJ.

"I'll gather some of the team but I don't think it's a good idea for you to come TJ." Hank said.

"I'm sorry but I can't in good conscience leave him alone out there and I need to be there to help him like he did for me." TJ insisted on helping.

Hank gave a look of approval. "I was hoping you would say that." he said headed to gather a group.

"Got to be honest TJ despite not being a mutant, you really act like an X-Man." Morph said.

"I'm just trying to do the right thing, I'm not looking to be a hero." TJ said.

"That's all it takes to be an X-Man." Jubilee chimed in.

As then Hank returned with Logan, Gambit and Rogue.

"Then what are we waiting for?" TJ said.

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With Logan driving the team of Gambit, Rouge, Morph, Jubilee and TJ went to find Roberto who decided to leave after knowing TJ was in good hands but now needed to find him and save him from the FOH members looking to retrieve their "lost merchandise".

"Thank you for the clothes I hope I am get my own soon." TJ said as he now wore a red t shirt, cargo trousers, boots and a black jacket.

"Not a problem buddy, let's call this a loan until you do and besides I don't need that many clothes." Morph said.

As they drove they were able to track Roberto via Logan's ability to smell as he was easy to find but that would then be a, challenge when they arrived at his location.

"He picked a good place ta hide from us, can barely smell im." Logan said as they arrived at what could only be described as a party of sorts.

"Best option is to split up and find him before they do." TJ suggested.

Logan then got in his face. "Are ya givin me orders? You think just because the rest of the team let you stay makes you think ya get a say in things?" he said as TJ knew he may have overstepped his bounds.

"I'm only suggesting that it would be better if we split up to cover more ground as well, look at where we are and I'm not trying to do anything but find Roberto and make sure he's safe." TJ said as he stood his ground.

Morph then got between them.

"Logan, buddy he's right and the fact your smell won't be able to get an easy read with all these people here we need to find him quickly." he explained as Logan shot a glare at TJ then huffed and turned off to one direction as Morph followed.

"Look, Logan isn't a bad guy, it's just that he has a hard time trusting people. " Jubilee said as TJ put his hand up.

"I understand and I'm only trying to help, besides I think you have a better chance at finding Roberto than any of us." TJ said.

As she then saw the dance floor and knew what he meant and began to groove her way onto it.

"I'll stay here and keep an eye on her." TJ said as the rest of the team went looking around.

TJ surveyed the area seeing all the party goers as he then saw the sparks flying indicating she'd found him.

They then stopped dancing for a while and approached TJ.

"Hey man glad you're OK." Roberto said.

"Wanted to thank you for helping me and to make sure you were OK." TJ said.

"Why would I not be OK?" Roberto questioned.

As then approached Logan, Morph, Gambit and Rogue holding a hand cannon.

"Those Friends of Humanity punks came lookin for ya but took off runnin as soon as we showed up." Logan said putting a FOH hat on Robero's head.

"Made sure they got tha message."Rogue said crushing the weapon in her hands.

"Think you should come with us for safety." TJ said as Roberto nodded in agreement.

"I never got your name man." Roberto asked.

"Tom Jackson but everyone calls me TJ." TJ introduced himself.

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They made it back to the mansion as Roberto and Jubilee were both told of how TJ arrived in their world.

"That's just crazy! Ay dios mío!" Roberto couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Quick question, do you have flying cars?" Jubilee asked.

"I'm still waiting for that to happen, the nearest we've got are electric and self-driving cars but they're still a work in progress." TJ said as he wished for flying cars.

"What's the best thing you have besides that?" Jubilee asked.

"We have smartphones and social media." TJ said.

"Social Media?" Jubilee asked a bit confused.

"Basically it's people posting photos, videos and anything else online while communicating with friends, family and people across the world via their phones." TJ explained.

"So it's isolating people even though you can still see and hear from people?" Jubilee said as TJ nodded.

"In a nutshell yes but also it's made communication more open but sometimes it's a bit much." TJ said as he was not a fan of social media.

"Wait if you're from another Earth and in the future then answer this is MTV still a thing?" Roberto asked.

"It's still around just there's more of what they do going on now but as I said it's mostly online but still watch it on TV." TJ said as Roberto was relieved to hear that.

They had arrived back and were greeted by Hank.

"Good to see you are unharmed Roberto." Hank said as Roberto chuckled.

"Thanks to these guys." Roberto said as Jubilee went up to him.

"Let me show you to your room." she said leading him away as he waved everyone off.

Hank then approached TJ. "I say your first mission with the team was a success." he asked as TJ nodded.

"I'm just glad we found him and he's safe." TJ said.

"Let me show you to your room." Hank said as TJ followed.

He walked with him upstairs as he was on the east wing of the mansion looking at the decorative features of the place.

"I hope this is not too much for you my friend?" Hank asked.

"Not at all, in fact I think it is a bit overwhelming but I'll get used to it in time." TJ said as he was still looking at his surroundings.

They stopped at a door. "This will be your room." Hank said, opening the door as TJ could not believe what he was seeing.

"This room is bigger than my flat!" TJ said looking around the big room as he saw a huge bed, desk, wardrobe, a bathroom and even a huge view of the entire grounds.

"This room once belonged to a former member of the team." Hank said looking around.

"Mind I ask who that was?" TJ asked.

"Robert Drake, he was an old friend but he had a difference of opinion with how things were run here." Hank said he was touching the bedside table.

So I got Iceman's room… Wonder if he'll ever return?

"I hope he does return one day, so I could meet him." TJ said.

Hank looked at him and smiled. "Yes, maybe one day, but for now this is yours so I suggest you get some rest as tomorrow you can start helping out here while we try to think of a way to help you get home.", he suggested.

"Yes and thank you again Hank, I hope I can show all of you some of my skills." TJ said hoping he can be useful while he was among them.

"I look forward to seeing that, now get some rest you can make a start tomorrow." Hank said going to leave.

"Then nos da to you Hank." TJ said as Hank looked curious to what he just said.

"What does that mean?" Hank asked him.

"It means goodnight in Welsh." TJ said as Hank smiled.

"Well nos da to you my friend." Hank said as he left closing the door behind him.

TJ now alone decided to wash up before he went to sleep as he entered the bathroom.

Immaculate… I try my best to keep mine clean but when you get little time it's hard.

He saw it had both a shower and bath and went for a shower as there were toiletries for him to use as he turned the tap on and the hot water came out he undressed and stepped in and began to bathe himself.

Did not think my day would turn out like this but I need to make good out of a bad situation.

He finished his shower and stepped out and began to dry himself off with a towel as he looked to a mirror and wiped the condensation away to look at his reflection in it.

Think of it this way, you are in the world of the very people you grew up reading and watching and now you get a chance to be part of the story.

Looking at his face he was drying his short black hair, checking his brown eyes and saw on his cheek he had a small cut on his light brown skin.

Well you don't look worse than you usually do…time for bed.

Cleaning up and then putting the towel back on the rack he looked in the drawers and found some suitable bed wear and put on a shorts and t-shirt and got into bed.

Let's see if this was all a crazy dream or not…

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"Think this will work this time?"

"We may have failed a few times but I think this time it'll be different."

"Pray it does, otherwise all is lost."

With TJ's arrival into their team what will happen? Will he use his knowledge to help or other means? What you think? Reviews please!