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Breathing in the Dark (Chapter three)
The Bands of Cyttorak (Chapter four)
Chapter Three: Breathing in the Dark
Kurt Wagner walks through the streets, his hood up and with sunglasses covering his eyes. A scarf hides his blue chin. He's tired but he carries on walking. Just two weeks ago, he was on the other side of the ocean. A voice inside of him is telling him that he cannot stop now. He would prefer not to go out during the day, but the landlord at the hotel was getting suspicious, and besides, it's two days since he ate anything.
He opts to spend his last loose change on a hot dog, ordering without speaking as he knows his accent would give him away. The hot dog vendor is curious enough as it is about his looks. Kurt leaves quickly. He's tired and would like to sit down but he doesn't dare. A sign catches his eye as he passes. He doesn't know why, but it looks familiar. Maybe he saw something similar downtown. Or... maybe the mysterious voice is trying to tell him something. The sign reads 'Worthington Foundation.'
Inside the large building, Magnus is concentrating hard. He wears the Cyberno helmet and can sense that Kurt is very close. He can visualize him in his mind. He's nearby and that's all he needs to know. He removes the helmet and heads for his office where he summons Mesmero. The green-skinned mutant enters and Magnus asks him to take a seat. He has good news. Mesmero asks if he received the report from Cyberno. The signal seemed quite strong. Magnus replies that he did, and that it was the signal of Kurt Wagner. Mesmero's face lights up. "Kurt Wagner? That Kurt Wagner?" Magnus asks if he knows any others. Mesmero wishes to go get him, but Magnus wants to give Kurt more time. He might come to them. They can give him until midnight. In the meantime, he wants Mesmero to prepare the rescue squad for action. He reminds Mesmero, as always, to be discreet, especially with their dear Mrs. Higgins.
Carol Higgins heads along the corridor, noticing Donald Pierce trying to lay on the charm with Anna Raven. Once Donald leaves with a cheery wave, Carol tells Anna that it looks like she's settling in quickly. Anna wonders what makes her think that. Carol asks if she's wrong, or did Donald Pierce just ask her out? Anna says that's her business. Carol assures her that she didn't wish to pry, but talking with her students is the best part of her job. However, if she wants, she can keep their relationship on a more formal footing. Anna says that works for her, and departs.
Meanwhile, Hank McCoy is walking with Bobby Drake. He asks Bobby if he heard right. He wants to ask out Reese Gorman? Bobby asks why that's so strange. Hank tries to explain as monosyllabically as possible. Reese, he says, is the most beautiful girl in the school. There's a line of guys who'd like to ask her out running all the way around the corner. Bobby asks him to relax. He has an ice up his sleeve. Hank asks if he means an ace up his sleeve, but Bobby smiles. In his case, it really is ice. They approach Reese who is at the ice machine which she finds is broken. Bobby happily steps in and creates ice cubes in her drink. Reese is impressed and asks how he did it. Bobby replies that it's a secret, but maybe he can tell her later that night, at the movies?
A big guy named Mark approaches them, and he isn't happy. He asks Bobby to tell him his tricks. Reese asks what his problem is and Mark points to Bobby, telling him that he's the problem. They ran into each other at the cafeteria. He is the guy with the frozen lasagna. Bobby remembers. It was the last portion, and it would have been his had Mark not steamed in ahead of him. Mark points his finger in Bobby's face and asks if he's some kind of damn wizard. He wants to know everything! Now! Logan appears and warns Mark to leave it. A wizard never reveals his trade secrets and the public shouldn't know anyway. It would spoil all the fun. He cracks his knuckles and looks right at Mark, asking if he likes spoiling things. Mark backs off and asks Logan not to get mad. He didn't know the boy was his friend. "See you around then," adds Logan as Mark turns and gets outta there.
Bobby thanks Logan, but he tells Bobby he didn't do it for him. He smiles at Reese and introduces himself. Bobby reminds Logan that he and Reese were talking before they were interrupted. Reese informs Bobby that she finishes studying at six so she should be able to make the movies for seven. Great, replies Bobby. He'll see her there. When she leaves, Bobby offers Logan a drink - his treat. Logan asks Bobby to do him a favor... "Scram!"
(elsewhere)
Jean Grey knocks on a door and finds Hank and Bobby inside. She has brought them an invitation from Professor Xavier. They have been invited to the first lesson of their evening course. She asks if they can tell Scott as well. Hank is unaware of this course and he asks which room it's in. Jean replies that there is no room. The Professor will be waiting for them at the temple in the park at seven. Bobby can't believe it and groans, audibly. Jean smiles and asks if he had any other plans for the evening.
Meanwhile, Warren Worthington III is in a quiet part of the building, alone. A paper plane comes flying in through the window and he reads it. His father then appears and apologizes for being late. It's been a while since they had a chat. The younger Warren tells him he called yesterday but his secretary informed him that his father was in a meeting with Professor Magnus. His father admits that the truth is, is that they need 36 hour days, and maybe even that wouldn't suffice. He just wants to know how things are.
Warren asks what he thinks. Everybody knows that he's his son and they think he's there not because he deserves it, but because of his last name. It's not easy being a Worthington, he admits. His father knows this, but maybe things would be better if his son spent a little more time with the others. More of a social life wouldn't hurt, would it? The foundation has a good sports program, too. His son replies no thanks. He can do sports on his own, and he isn't really much of a team player.
"Is that all?" asks his father, a little annoyed. He reminds Warren that he is his father. He doesn't need his son hiding anything from him. Warren says that he's right. "No secrets between us." He notices a shadowy figure hiding behind a nearby pillar, listening to their conversation. His father places a hand on his shoulder and says all right then. He turns and walks away.
Alone, Warren says that there shouldn't be secrets between father and son, but while his father has his... he'll keep his own. He opens the paper plane and reads the note which says 'Meeting 7pm Temple Park, Logan.'
Meanwhile, Anna enters her room and finds Ororo Munroe clutching the letter she received from the Robbins. She shouts at Ororo, demanding to know what she's doing with it. Ororo insists she was just trying to find some paper to leave her a message, but Anna replies that it's not paper. She should give it back. Ororo tells her that the postmark is a month old and Anna still hasn't opened it. If it was her, she'd be dying to know what it says. Anna snatches the letter from Ororo's grasp and replies that Ororo isn't her, and she's lucky not to be Ororo. She asks what the message was.
(later)
Anna joins Scott, Logan, Warren, Ororo, Hank and Bobby at the bandstand. Charles Xavier is there with Jean Grey. He thanks them for coming. He wanted a different place that was out of the ordinary for a lesson that was out of the ordinary. Tonight, he states, in a way they will be talking about biology. Mostly, though, they will be talking about the group themselves and the changes they are going through; difficult changes which may make them afraid. Fear, he adds, is inside and all around them. He is there to reassure them and take them by the hand as they uncover this wonderful mystery. He reads Logan's mind and tells him that he is wrong. He never drinks on an empty stomach and to use Logan's words, he didn't go crazy. Logan replies that he didn't say anything! Charles tells him he thought it. Logan doesn't like this.
Back at the house, Mesmero tells Magnus that it's now dark outside and young Wagner is still out there. Magnus says he felt Wagner's feelings through Cyberno. He is confused... too confused to make the right decision. Pyro and Toad will have to be very convincing.
At the bandstand, Bobby says he still doesn't get it. Charles says he won't tell them something they already know. They all know they possess special abilities. There's nothing magical, bizarre or supernatural in that. Some of them treat their condition as if it were a gift: for others it's just a problem. Something unknown, an 'X-Factor,' in an equation without a solution. He explains that their genetic code had a mutation and this is an extraordinary event which...
Logan interjects, telling Charles to say his #@*% to somebody else. He snikts his claws, causing a gasp of surprise from the others. Logan tells Charles that there's nothing so amazing about his claws. They hurt every time he pops them and that's all he knows. He turns and departs. Jean Grey calls after him, but Charles asks her to leave him. He tells the others that Logan isn't ready yet, but he will be soon. All of them must start to accept themselves, because the world isn't yet ready to do so.
Jean takes over, adding that people fear what they don't know. The path that leads to fear is a short one and it's never a one-way street. Scott reckons that's clear enough. Jean informs them that Professor Xavier can show them a different path, and if they want, they can walk it together. Anna is uncertain. Things have been happening so fast. Her life has changed completely and the world she knew is gone. Charles tells her that there's no hurry to understand this. Her friends are in the same situation, but he can help her if she'll let him. He explains that he is a telepath, but he won't be using his abilities on them. He wants them to show themselves without fear... telling him who they are.
Ororo asks if he means a sort of group therapy. She finds this extraordinary. She always envied her father's exclusive evenings at Alcoholics Anonymous: a group of dazed people sitting around in a circle then standing up in turn to admit their misadventures out loud. "Hi, my name is Ororo and if I focus I can do this." Bobby scratches his head and asks, "What's this? Suddenly, a localized downpour soaks him and he realizes what she's talking about.
Charles tells Ororo that they can consider this a good beginning. Hank says that Einstein once said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is incomprehensible. Bobby has no idea who Einstein is. "Frank," replies Hank with a grin. "Frank Einstein?" replies Bobby. "The monster?" Hank asks him to go back to sleep. He'll wake him up when they get there. Jean senses something and quickly contacts Professor Xavier who can also sense the same things.
Outside the grounds, Kurt Wagner has the feeling he is been watched. The look that's aimed at his back is pressing on him like a knife. The man who's following him moves slowly. Kurt speeds up and the man does the same. When Kurt begins to run, the stranger doesn't let up. When Kurt realizes he's trapped, it's too late. Pyro stands before him, assuring Kurt that he only wishes to speak with him. Kurt knows he has just chance, but this means revealing his secret and dropping his mask. With no choice, he teleports away, causing a cloud of sulfur to replace him. Toad assures Pyro that the stench wasn't him, but Pyro knows exactly what it is. He spots Wagner nearby and points to him. Toad leaps over the railings between them, but Pyro simply melts them and heads through. Kurt is running once again. Using his power is tiring. It's an effort that consumes him and leaves him weak and helpless.
Toad uses his prehensile tongue to lasso Kurt's legs, dropping him to the ground. Kurt doesn't understand what is happening to him as he is dragged backwards, but when he hits the tree, that's something he can understand. All the air is knocked out of his lungs and everything around him goes black. "Welcome to the Worthington Foundation, Mr. Wagner," exclaims Pyro. Toad reckons that wasn't too difficult. Magnus will be pleased. As they bend down to pick up Kurt, a voice from behind Pyro shouts, "freeze!" They turn to see Charles Xavier, Jean Grey and the youngsters all gathered there. Charles says he thought they only worked on school maintenance, but it looks like he's underestimated them. He asks them to step away from the boy. Toad warns him that this is none of his concern. He should turn and leave. Jean uses her telepathy and asks Charles to leave it to her. It won't take long. Charles asks her to wait... and see.
Toad asks what's the matter with Charles. Cat got his tongue? Scott instinctively steps in and Hank quickly backs him up, grabbing Kurt and leaping away. Anna Raven is impressed with Hank's agility and speed, but Pyro certainly isn't. He sends a blast of flame as a warning shot, telling 'fatty' to get back there. Once he is on the ground, Toad kicks him, causing Scott Summers to become angry. Pyro turns his attentions to Anna, aiming his flame at her, but Bobby steps in and shoves her aside. He then erects an ice wall between them, telling them to find a safe place. Warren asks Anna if she's okay but Anna, still concerned about her blossoming powers, pushes him away, asking him not to touch her. Warren is clearly surprised. Jean says they need to get out of there as the ice barrier won't hold out too long against the flame. Scott tells her that he only needs a second. He aims at Pyro and hits him with an optic blast right in the chest. Bobby thinks it's really cool, but Ororo asks if he killed Pyro. Scott assures her that hit wasn't a strong blast. He'll have some bruises but he'll be fine.
Pyro clutches his chest and damns Scott. Magnus will kill them for this. He tells Toad to take Wagner and scram. Toad replies that he'd better scram as well. They make a run for it, but Ororo uses her lighting powers to bring them to a grinding halt, zapping the ground beneath them. Kurt is released and he thanks them for the help. Hank realizes that Kurt is German. Scott sees scratches on his back but they don't look too bad. Ororo kneels down and asks Kurt if he's okay and if he can understand her. Kurt feels Ororo's gentle touch and finds that he isn't afraid at all. He introduces himself as Kurt Wagner. Charles then says that they should move. The flames are going to attract people's attention. Anna watches Ororo as her eyes light up. Ororo looks to the skies and rain comes down, quickly dousing the flames, erasing the tracks of the fight in the park. Kurt knows that he's finally found a safe haven... and some friends.
Back at the school, Kurt takes residence in Warren and Logan's room. Logan isn't too happy, but he won't betray them. Charles states that he is proud of the team. They did well: they acted like a real team. Jean agrees. The X-Boys did well. "X-Boys!" replies Charles. Jean reckons all teams have names. Something like the X-Boys, Xavier Boys... it doesn't sound too bad. Charles isn't sold. Maybe X-Men sounds a little better. Jean reminds him that they aren't men just yet, but Charles says they will be. They will be soon.
Chapter Four: The Bands of Cyttorak
(in Charles Xavier's dream)
It's the same dream Charles always has. His legs are fast and strong. He almost mows down the long grass as he runs. It's a never-ending race between him and his brother, Cain. The race is run again and again until the dream fades.
(reality)
Charles' coffee cup drops from his hand and hits the floor with a 'tunk.' Jean asks if he's okay, and he admits that he must have fallen asleep. Jean picks up the cup and replies that he doesn't fall asleep over biology books, only over the sports section. Most people do the opposite. She asks if something's wrong. Did he have a bad dream? Charles tells her it wasn't bad. He was dreaming he was running again.
(elsewhere)
Donald Pierce is outside with a guy named John. John directs Donald's attention to where Bobby Drake is acting the playboy with Reese. He wishes he were in Drake's shoes. Donald agrees that Reese is okay, but she isn't his type. He prefers Anna. John asks if he's kidding. Anna is a wildcat. She lives behind a line she drew in the sand and won't let anybody across it. Donald says that he likes impossible odds. It's more satisfying when you win. John asks him to go ahead then. At least there won't be much competition.
Ororo Munroe is in the laundry. Warren appears and she tells him that if he's looking for the library it's two floors up. Warren replies that he was looking for Anna. He was told she might be with Ororo. She gets up and heads to the door... a door behind which hides Anna Raven. She tells Warren that she has no idea where she is. Does he want to leave a message? Warren says she left a book behind in class, but never mind. He can come back. Ororo takes the book and says she'll hand it over to Anna, no problem.
Once Warren is gone, Anna thanks Ororo for covering for her. Ororo replies that it's okay. It was obvious Warren was going to ask her out, and she already has something going on tonight. She's told Donald that Anna would help him out on his shift at the library. Anna asks if she's out of her mind. Why would she do such a thing? Ororo tells her that it's time she moved on and stopped avoiding people: especially boys. And, she adds, Anna does like Donald. She doesn't know what her problem is, but it's time she faced it. Besides, she thinks Donald is good looking and smart.
Warren is in the corridor, berating himself by calling himself stupid and repeatedly banging his head with his fist. Bobby taps him on the back and asks if that's the title of his autobiography. Warren turns and warns him never to do that. Bobby opens his hands wide and replies that he only touched him. It can't have hurt! Warren reaches his arm over his shoulder and rubs his back. He tells Bobby that he strained a muscle playing tennis. If he ever needs a massage he'll let him know. Bobby is a little perplexed at Warren's attitude.
Warren makes his way to his room and finds Kurt Wagner sitting there listening to his iPod. Warren hasn't time for chit-chat and heads quickly into the bathroom. There, he removes his shirt and peels off layers of bandaging around his torso. He looks backwards into the mirror and sees the two familiar raised strips running vertically up his back.
Meanwhile, Logan heads to Hank's room to find Bobby and Hank both there. Hank is busying himself with some gadgetry. "Looking for me?" asks Logan. Hank asks him to find a seat. He needs him to run a test. Logan looks around the dingy little room and remarks that it's a hole. He's never been there before. Hank informs him that it's the best computer science lab on campus. Professor Xavier managed to get him a pass for unlimited access.
Logan asks what for. Was he missing his games room at home? Hank says it's something like that. He's working on an image inducer for Kurt. If he's going to live on campus then it's important that he can walk around freely. His blue skin could attract attention. "While no one would notice his pointy ears," replies Logan, sarcastically. He asks where the elf is, anyway. Bobby tells him Kurt's right in front of him. Logan is surprised. There is no one there. From nowhere, a small cloud of sulphurous smoke appears as Kurt teleports behind Logan. Hank tells Kurt that it seems the image inducer is working. Logan remarks that he knew he could smell something but he just thought it was the fat boy.
(the library)
The library is very quiet as Anna arrives. Donald thanks her for coming down to help. She puts some books away and asks what's next. He is carrying a large stack of books which need sorting out. She takes them off his hands but finds that they're heavy. He moves in to help, grabbing the other side of the stack. With their faces in such close proximity, Anna loses her cool and lets the books slip from her fingers. Donald wastes no time in moving in for a kiss. He takes her cheek in the palm of his hand and puts another around her waist.
Anna is taken aback, and quickly pulls away shouting, "No!" Donald replies that judging by her kiss he thought she meant yes. Flustered, Anna asks if he's okay. Donald replies that he's never felt better in his life. He asks if there's something wrong. Anna tells him that he has no idea how much danger he was in. She can't touch him. She could have hurt him. Donald has no idea what she's talking about. Anna turns away, saying she cannot explain, but Donald calls for her to wait.
Elsewhere, Scott Summers is in Charles Xavier's office. Charles informs him that they're going to New York to see a Giants scrimmage. They're playing T-Rex - a university team. It was Professor Banks' idea. "A football game?" asks Scott, surprised. Charles tells him that Banks supports the Giants, but he thinks T-Rex are something he has to see. But, this isn't what he called Scott in for. Scott is relieved. He was hoping not. After that night in the park they never had the chance to discuss what Charles said... about their powers. He can't help thinking about what his eyes can unleash. He almost destroyed the school with them, and Charles is trying to convince him that this isn't a curse? Charles holds up a box-cutter and asks Scott if he sees it as a tool or a weapon. Scott replies that it depends on how you use it. Charles replies that this is why he is going to New York; to meet those who might use it the wrong way.
(in Cain Marko's dream)
Once, Cain's dream was always the same. A never-ending race between brothers. Cain still dreams the same dream today, but it's a different one now. A dream in which he can walk on through a storm. Once more he sees the temple on the snowy plateau that he once entered. Things have changed since he found the gem, or maybe it's the gem that found him? Sometimes during the dream, the gem talks to him to tell him it has been waiting for hundreds of years for him to touch it. Did it really happen? Cain doesn't know anymore whether the voice is a memory or just a dream. Does it matter? he wonders. The gem, found on the forehead of a statue inside the temple, is for real. The magic of Cyttorak is for real. Nothing else matters.
(reality)
The game is in full swing. T-Rex in red dominate the Giants in blue, with Cain Marko as their star man. He effortlessly makes his way past the Giant's defense and scores a touchdown to the roar of applause from their supporters. The Giants fans sit silent, knowing they're in for a drubbing. Professor Banks reckons Cain Marko is unstoppable. Logan thinks he's more than that. He would say Marko is a real juggernaut. Scott asks Charles if this is what he wanted him to see. Cain Marko's strength? It isn't human, so is he a mutant too? Charles replies that he's no mutant, but he is right. His strength isn't human.
Donald is sitting with Anna. He says she doesn't seem very interested in the game. Does she want to talk about what happened yesterday? Anna replies that nothing happened. Donald holds her gloved hand and tells her that she was upset and said she could have hurt him. Anna tells him that this isn't the time and asks him to leave her alone.
Marko scores yet another touchdown and Logan cheers him on. T-Rex may be amateurs but they play like pros. The game ends and Jean asks Charles what they're doing next. He asks her to go with Banks. He wishes to stay a bit longer and the X-Men will remain behind with him. Cain, meanwhile, revels in the victory, but he doesn't party with his teammates for long. He slips out of the locker room saying he has to be somewhere. He already knows what to say at the family reunion.
He greets Charles as he wheels himself into his room. Cain is pouring himself a glass of bubbly. He tells Charles that he got his message and wanted to give him the reception he deserves. The room is all his. Did he enjoy the game? Charles replies that the Giants played well. Cain asks if he's sorry for them, but Charles replies that he is sorry to see what Cain has become. He is a fortunate man who wastes the magical energy of the Gem of Cyttorak for the sake of some questionable glory. Cain replies that Charles says 'waste,' but he says success: fame, women and everything money can buy. That's a heap of stuff.
Charles tells him that there are people born with extraordinary powers. Some decide to use them for their own gain, but others decide to use them to help the next man. This is what he came to talk to him about. Cain tells Charles that he's always been a peculiar man. He should find himself a hobby like most people do - photography, home improvement... but no, he has to save the world. The world cannot be saved, he adds. The strong win, the weak lose. There isn't much else to say.
Charles asks if he's really sure he belongs among the strong. Cain looks at his two red wristbands and replies that until they strip him of those, then yes. They're bonded to his skin. They're a part of him. Charles says that the wristbands are just objects. It's the magic that counts. The magic of Cyttorak wasn't born with him. He can lose it just as easily as he got it. In Cain's mind, he thinks that Charles' rant about saving the world was just a trick, and that he wants the power of Cyttorak for himself. He won't let anyone take that from him. No one!
Cain grabs Charles by the throat and lifts him clear of his wheelchair. "Don't challenge me Charlie," he warns. "No one will take the power of Cyttorak from me!" Charles calls him a fool. He doesn't understand. Cain throws him across the room and into a table. The commotion attracts the attention of the students, and Ororo, Logan, Hank and Scott enter the room to find their mentor lying unconscious. Scott warns them to get back. Marko is dangerous. Cain sees that his brother brought the cavalry, but it won't matter. He is going to tear them apart one by one, and when he's done, it'll be Charlie's turn.
Hank warns Scott that Cain is on the attack, so Scott unleashes his optic blasts at him. They hit Cain square on the chest, but they have minimal impact. Cain reckons Charles is a dreamer if he thinks he can save the world with these kids. He punches Scott to the ground, causing his blasts to hit the walls which begin to crumble. The other people there make a run for it as Cain warns the X-Men that they are too young, too weak and too stupid. They should surrender.
Logan asks if he's talking to them. Hank clenches his fists and heads for Cain, only to receive similar punishment to Scott. Cain reckons Hank has the moves, but it takes more than that to bring him down. Logan snikts his claws and takes a swipe at Cain, missing by a narrow margin. Cain notes that his attacks is all rage but no experience, and Cain lands a telling punch on Logan's chin, putting him down for the count.
Anna Raven appears and she stands in the doorway, blocking his escape. Cain tells her that she is the only one left. Now she's in trouble. Anna replies, "Strange... I was about to say the same to you." She removes a glove and approaches Cain, but he takes her gloved hand and stops her in her tracks. He tells her she has guts and he likes her and all, so he won't break her bones... or maybe just a bit. Anna tells him it was a nice try, and he should enjoy it as it'll be the last time. She places her ungloved hand on Cain's face and to his complete surprise, Anna's hand becomes a block of marble while his own fingers feel soft as clay. The magic of Cyttorak leaves him. The power of the crimson gem flows into Anna's body and Cain's strength leaves him until his legs cannot support him any longer. He slumps to the ground, wasted.
The last thing he hears before he blacks out is Charles' voice. "The magic of Cyttorak wasn't born with you. You can lose it just as easily." Meanwhile, police officers charge into the building, asking where the explosion was. Someone directs them upstairs to room 15. There, Warren picks up Scott who is a little weary. He wants to leave quickly as it will be difficult to explain all this. Scott asks where the professor is. Charles, lying under some fallen masonry, replies that he's fine, but he needs getting out. Anna moves in to assist, but Logan tells her she can't do it. "Of course I can," she insists. She lifts back a heavy stone block, much to Logan's surprise. As he stands there watching, Anna asks what he's waiting for.
Donald Pierce appears and everyone turns to look at him. Xavier asks what he's doing there. Shouldn't he be with the others? Donnie says that he absolutely has to talk to Anna. He saw her go into that room and then witnessed the explosion. He wanted to see if she was okay. Charles replies that they're fine, but he needs a doctor. Donald holds out his bleeding hand and says it's nothing, but Anna notices blood on his neck, too. Donald asks her not to touch it. It's nothing. A cop asks if everything's okay, and Charles replies that there are a few scratches but nothing serious apart from the shock. He and his students were passing by the blast when it occurred. The cop asks if anyone else was wounded. Scott explains that there was one person. A second before the blast they saw someone enter the room. He could have sworn it was Cain Marko.
(later)
Everyone is on the train home. Charles Xavier cannot sleep, and it's not his students keeping him awake. It's their thoughts. Anna Raven's mind seems more agitated than all the others. More importantly, there's this boy named Donald Pierce. Anna now knows how he managed to kiss her. No human being could have done it and got away scot-free. But Donald isn't human. What she saw under his skin wasn't human at all. Charles tries to leave Anna's thoughts. There are other things he should be worried about. For example, the phone call from Kurt just before they left New York.
(flashback)
Kurt calls Professor Xavier and explains that he did as he told him and he thinks he's discovered something on that mysterious colleague of his... Professor Bolivar Trask!
(present)
Charles begins to feel really tired and he falls into a sleep that envelops him like a soft blanket. Xavier dreams the same old dream. His legs are fast and strong, almost mowing the tall grass. Once, between brothers, there was no race without a rematch. The young Charles turns, waiting to see a familiar face - to see Cain gaining on him. This time, though, there's nobody behind him. There won't be another race.


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The Fury and the Steel (Chapter five), Three Friends (Chapter six)
Chapter Five:
(New York)
Peter Rasputin sits on a bar stool alone. The barman chats to two guys, one medium size and the other a large muscular bruiser. Peter had some work to do at the garage, but Uncle Dimitri told him to go to Moe's Bar. "Problems," he said. These problems are standing at the bar. They are two of Pietro Cardona's men, and they approach Piotr. The smaller one says that Moe told them to speak to him and he asks Peter who he is. Peter offers his name, and explains that Dimitri Ivanovic sent him. The bruiser replies, "So? Moe's the one in charge here." Peter tells him that Moe is just a client of Mr. Ivanovic. The smaller man points at Peter and states that Moe can now be called a former client. The place is now under the Cardona's protection. Peter gets up and says Mr. Ivanovic won't be happy. The man replies that in minute, neither will Peter.
The bruiser, Joe, snaps his knuckles and then punches Peter in the solar plexus. Peter doesn't bat an eyelid, and Joe nurses his injured hand. They are surprised, and Peter doesn't waste any time in smashing Joe across the room. The smaller man pulls out his pistol, but Peter quickly knocks it from his hand, telling him that the cold war is over. They support disarmament now. Joe reappears and pulls at Peter's sleeve. Unfortunately, the sleeve tears, revealing Peter's steel skin underneath.
Peter defenestrates both Joe and his partner, but the action is seen through a pair of binoculars. Toad is sat in a van with the Blob. He complains that Magnus always thinks things are easy. "Convince him to follow you." What if he doesn't want to? He certainly won't be the one to make him, but they have to. Maybe Mesmero can give them a hand, he thinks. Blob wonders about Ivanovic. He won't stand by while they take away his man of steel. Toad reckons that Ivanovic will be the least of their worries.
(The Worthington Foundation)
Back at the school, a gym session is in progress. Anna Raven and her team are doing stretches, but she is hit in the butt with a basketball. A redheaded boy named Lee apologizes, saying it went a bit long, but then high-fives his friend. It was a perfect bullseye. Anna never believed that some men are just big children, but today she might just change her mind.
Anna can't stand Lee and Roscoe. Sooner or later she's going to teach them a lesson. Ororo tells her to ignore them. Violence won't get her anywhere. "Pretend they're invisible." Once they are bent over again, the ball does the same thing again. Roscoe asks for their ball back, but Anna has other plans. She hurls it at backboard and it shatters sending shards of glass all over the place. The teacher asks what the hell is going on. Anna has recently absorbed the powers of the Gem of Cyttorak and her strength has increased a hundredfold. She can't really mention this, so she simply apologizes to Roscoe and says it went a bit long.
Nobody laughs. For the boys, apprehension comes before terror. What did Xavier say? "Humans fear mutants and fear is the first step towards hate." Anna realizes that she just made a mistake, but maybe the biggest was joining the Worthington Foundation.
Elsewhere, Kurt Wagner, wearing his image inducer, knocks on Charles Xavier's door and then teleports inside. He says hi to Scott Summers, Jean Grey and Charles. Jean asks him to use the door in future. Someone could have been watching. He replies that the corridor was empty. He thinks his image inducer is a lot of fun. He almost forgot what his face looked like. He turns it off, revealing his real blue face.
Charles asks him to talk to them. What he mentioned on the phone while they were in New York was rather worrying. Kurt isn't sure if they should be worrying, but something is strange for sure. Jean asks him to start from the beginning. Kurt explains that he started with Professor Bolivar Trask. Scott asks what he teaches. He's never heard of him. Charles tells them that his name has been on the list of teaching staff for four months now. However, nobody's ever seen him. He's kind of a ghost. Kurt agrees. He saw the room that's supposed to be his on the third floor. It was locked, but that's not much of a problem for him...
(flashback)
Kurt teleports inside the room but finds it empty. He finds dust everywhere. Nobody has been there for months. He doesn't find anything interesting in the drawers apart from a magnetic key for the staff elevators. The key to Elevator H.
(present)
Charles states that every teacher has a pass with which to open each and every door on campus. A card for a single elevator is curious. Kurt thought so too, which is why he tried it out.
(flashback)
Kurt swipes the card and an automated voice authenticates him as being Professor Trask. Kurt enters the elevator. Inside there are no buttons. It starts to move as soon as he gets in and descends a fair way. He exits into an empty corridor in some sort of sub-basement. He tries lots of doors until the very last one opens. Kurt enters but is a little disappointed. He finds it to be a perfect computer lab. There are monitors, peripheral devices and computers. He turns one on to check it out but it needs a password and he doesn't have one. He then hears voices approaching.
Toad and the Blob are investigating a breach. Their system says it was Trask, but this has happened three times in the last month. It wouldn't hurt to check. As they enter the lab, Kurt teleports outside into the corridor and makes his escape.
(present)
Jean thinks it's a pity he couldn't check the computer. Kurt replies that they can do it now. He has most of the hard drive copied onto his flash card. Jean asks him to wait a minute. He said he didn't have the password. Kurt smiles and says that all of a sudden he had an inspiration. He keyed in the numbers printed on Professor Trask's card and it worked. "Magnificent," replies Charles. "I am in your debt." Kurt replies that it's he who should be grateful to them all for accepting him. It's a debt he feels that he can never repay. He departs, leaving the others to discuss the matter at hand. Jean asks Charles what's going on at this campus. Charles admits that he thought he knew, but there's something he hasn't quite grasped. He asks her to call Hank. He has an urgent job for him.
Outside in the corridor, Kurt, now wearing his image inducer again, passes Anna and tells her she seems preoccupied. Anna pauses but realizes that it's Kurt. He admits that he can fake his appearance but he can't hide his accent. He loves being able to walk around without problems. He can't thank Hank enough. As he plays with it, the device frazzles and switches off. Clearly there are some improvements to make. It's only a prototype. Anna hears some people approaching and tells Kurt that he can't stay there. He'll have to disappear. Anna suggests he teleport into Higgins's office. It's closed and the principal was down in the cafeteria five minutes ago. Kurt doesn't hesitate to port, and just in time too. Once the danger passes, Kurt opens the door and Anna falls inside with him. He reckons they're a real action couple like Mr. and Mrs. Smith. "Dumb and Dumber is more like it," replies Anna.
On the other side of the door, a guy named Beatty asks Principal Higgins if she has a minute. Kurt and Anna overhear him and need to hide. Higgins tells Beatty that she was just leaving. She just needs to get some documents and then she's going to a meeting. She'll be back in an hour. Kurt asks Anna what they're going to do. She asks when she was made boss. "Since now," he replies. The door slowly opens and Principal Higgins enters. Kurt and Anna have secreted themselves behind the bookshelves and watch as Higgins removes her glasses. They can't believe their eyes when Principal Higgins shapeshifts in to her natural state - the blue-skinned mutant Mystique!
(later that evening)
Charles and Jean gather the X-Men for a secret meeting at the bandstand. Logan joins them. Sometimes, Charles thinks that 'secret' is the password to the database of a mutant's life. Each one of these kids guards a secret. Some know exactly what they are hiding. Some, like Warren, sense it and others, like Logan, simply refuse to admit it. Kurt and Anna now share a secret. Xavier can read it in their minds. None of them asks questions out loud, but each one of them is waiting for answers. It's time Charles gave them some.
He informs them that he has bad news for them. He hoped he would never have to say this, but a war is coming. It's not a war between nations, but between mutants and humans. Somebody just declared it, there on the campus. But, they can stop it from happening. He explains that he sought each of them out with maximum discretion. He tried his best to bring them to the campus without anyone noticing. But, he's discovered that somebody was always one step ahead of him. That somebody is Magnus!
The pupils are aghast. Warren asks why? Charles tells him that to rule over mankind is an old dream of Magnus's. He's turned the Worthington Foundation into his headquarters and started to recruit his army. Warren doesn't feel that this is possible. His father would never allow something like that to happen. Charles explains that this is why Magnus keeps him under the mental control of someone called Mesmero. Warren then says they must do something about it, but Charles advises against rushing into something. For the time being, his father is in no danger. Magnus is focused on his main goal which is recruiting mutants for his cause. He usually gets what he wants, though Kurt managed to avoid being captured. Many other students like them didn't have the same luck.
Kurt doesn't understand how Magnus found out about him in the first place. He only arrived from Europe two weeks ago. Charles says it's a good question. He found Kurt thanks to his powers, but how did Magnus manage to do the same? The answer, he continues, lies on the hard disk he copied. He asks Hank to explain what he found. Hank informs the team that the answer is Project Cyberno! It's a mysterious device created by Professor Trask that can trace the brainwaves of mutants. The machine is hidden on campus and Magnus is using it as they speak.
Charles thinks they must locate Cyberno. As long as his system is in working order, none of them can consider themselves safe. First, however, they have a more pressing matter. There is a mutant in New York named Peter Rasputin. He is from Siberia and works for the Russian mob. Bobby becomes excited, and asks Xavier if they're going to catch a criminal. Charles replies that 'catch' isn't the right word. He's not a criminal. In fact, he's only fifteen years old, just like Bobby. A boy with a secret. He's just located him, so their task will be to meet him and convince Peter to join them before Magnus can get him on board.
(New York)
Meanwhile, Peter has been targeted by Magnus. He can't explain how these people managed to find him, but he finds their proposal exciting. Blob, Toad and Mesmero have offered him the chance to become an American citizen. He needs a green card - the same color as Mesmero's face. What a crazy country he thinks. He'll have a scholarship at an exclusive school. It's just too good to be true. However, he explains to the trio that his Uncle Dimitri Ivanovic won't let him leave his job that easily. Mesmero says that it's all right. They've talked to his uncle and he said Peter is free to do as he likes. Peter asks if they're sure. His uncle isn't usually so obliging. Toad grins and replies that old Dimitri was very nice to them. He even took some pictures of the meeting they had. Then again, he adds as he hands Peter the photographs, he's not sure he actually said free. It's not easy to talk with a broken jaw.
Peter realizes that, although his uncle is a bad man, these guys are no better. He has dreamt his whole life of being free, but freedom has its price. He scrunches the photos up in his fist which becomes steel. He grabs Toad by the shirt and tosses him to the ground. Mesmero takes a cowardly step backwards and orders Blob to stop him. Blob replies that he knew it would come to this. Peter readies himself and tells Blob that the bigger they are the slower they move, and the harder they fall! Blob tells him that's what they say, but as Peter punches him, only to find his hand sink into the skin of the Blob, laughs and says that it's nice to find something that still surprises. He smashes Peter in the face, sending him to the floor.
Blob tries to explain that they didn't come to fight. They just came to give him an invitation. Peter says he has a strange idea of hospitality. Mesmero informs Peter that he could persuade him to follow them by bending his mind with his mental powers. Toad uses his long tongue to grab Peter's ankle allowing Blob to lay the boot in. Mesmero adds that he always tries to ask politely first. Blob smacks Peter once again in the chin, telling his friends that Peter's a tough one. But, there's no metal that can't be bent if you hit it hard enough.
Standing nearby are the X-Men who have also tracked Peter down. Logan snikts his claws and asks Blob to start with them. He'll have to be careful, though. They're sharp. Standing next to him are Anna Raven, Hank McCoy, Bobby Drake, Scott Summers and Ororo Monroe. Bobby points as he recognizes Blob as being the fat one who serves food in the cafeteria. Hank berates him for ruining their dramatic entrance. Blob charges at them, but he is stopped by Ororo who unleashes a lightning blast at him. Mesmero makes a run for it, but Toad stands his ground. He puts his tongue out again but Bobby freezes it. Logan warns him that he has a choice. Keep fighting or say goodbye. Now!
Toad realizes discretion is the better part of valor and he flees with Blob. Hank tells Ororo that he doesn't know about her, but he likes people who don't talk too much. "Opposites attract, you know?" replies Ororo.
Peter is confused. He doesn't know these guys. Maybe they're even more dangerous than the other three. He warns them not to get any closer to him, but Scott assures him that they just wish to talk. Peter tells him he has nothing to say, and that if they leave now, nothing bad will happen. Hank explains that nothing's going to happen anyway. They just want to talk to him. Peter grabs a wrecking ball and hurls it towards them, warning them again to leave him alone. He is surprised when Anna Raven catches the ball and holds it up with one hand. She informs him that if she were his enemy she would use it to crush him. But, she's not there to fight. She drops the ball and Peter calms down.
Scott offers him the opportunity to change his life. Peter tells him that his family lives in Russia and survives on the money he sends them every week. If he changes his life, so will they. Hank assures him that Professor Xavier will take care of them as well. Peter asks who he is. Scott replies that he's the man who can give him a better future... the future he deserves. A future they all deserve. "You're not Scientologists, are you?" he asks.
(meanwhile, back at the school)
It's late, and Jean Grey is in Xavier's office. She informs him that the mission has been accomplished. Charles is satisfied, but he isn't happy. It isn't the idea of playing with people's lives that worries him. It's the lies. He told his students that they could stop the war, but that wasn't true. In the Bolivar Trask archive, there weren't just the plans for the device called Cyberno. Xavier has found proof that the first battle has already begun. But this, for the time being, will be his secret.
Chapter Six:
A train sweeps through the countryside carrying the Professor Xavier and the X-Men. Anna Raven sits alone, lost in her thoughts. She left when it was still dark and now that the sun is beginning to light the scenery, Anna would like to clear her mind as well. But, her thoughts seem to chase each other ceaselessly. Professor Xavier talking about war, Ororo's distrust, Cain Marko gasping when she absorbed all his strength... the awe and fear of Peter Rasputin. Her gloves protect all the others from her deadly touch, but they can't stop the dark energy that the Gem of Cyttorak gave her.
Anna looks sad as she looks through the window. The curse of Cain is now inside her and Anna knows that her destiny is now fulfilled. She needs to be alone because this is the only way she can be sure she won't hurt anybody. It's the only way for her not to suffer from other people's pain. Anna knows that leaving the Worthington Foundation was the right thing to do. She didn't say goodbye to anyone and left without even a backward glance.
What Anna doesn't know is that her friends are already looking for her.
Ororo asks Jean what they're waiting for. Anna might get off at the next station and they could lose her. Jean replies that Anna is confused and all she wants is to get as far away as she can. Ororo asks if she knows that, or is it a guess? Jean can hear Anna's thoughts. She assures Ororo that they'll find her. Ororo asks then what. If she decided to escape last night, why would she change her mind this morning? Jean replies that she didn't say she'd come back. That's what they're hoping, but they can't let her go without even trying. As she speaks she groans and holds her head. Ororo asks what's wrong. Jean tells her that, for a second, she had a feeling... like she made contact with somebody. "Anna?" asks Ororo. Jean informs her that Anna doesn't have telepathic powers.
Elsewhere on the train, Emma Frost is seated next to Sebastian. She tells Sebastian that the X-Men are looking for Anna. She intercepted Grey's thoughts but fears she may have noticed. She's afraid she made a mistake. Sebastian reckons the mistake is being there and wasting time. Why don't they get rid of all three and finish this once and for all? Emma asks him to relax. A fight isn't always necessary. Sometimes a phone call is enough.
(Worthington Foundation, Greenwich, Connecticut, the day before)
A full moon shines over the school. Hank McCoy is working late when the door opens and a silhouetted figure steps inside. Hank asks if it's Bobby, but it isn't. It's Donald Pierce. Hank tells him that if he's looking for Anna then he's in the wrong place. Without warning, Pierce lunges at Hank.
Elsewhere, Professor Xavier visits Warren Worthington III and says that he missed his lessons today. He thought he might be sick, but now he sees that he's all right. "What's the problem, then?" he asks. Warren removes his shirt and drops it to the floor. "This is the problem," he replies. He opens a large pair of white wings to their full extension. He informs Charles that, until this morning, they were just two horrible stumps of flesh and bone. What's happening to him? Charles tells him that it's his gift... his power. Warren doesn't get it. Bobby has a power. So does Hank. Who needs wings? "Someone who dreams of flying," replies Charles with a smile.
Warren tells Charles that it's not what he wants, but they are interrupted by Kurt who teleports into the room. He apologizes, but informs Charles that he has a message for him. He spots Warren's wings and compliments him on them. Charles feels the message might have to wait, but Kurt tells him it cannot. Hank told him to call Charles with utmost urgency. There's a problem in the lab!
Charles makes his way to the lab and is greeted by Bobby Drake. He asks where Hank is. Hank replies that he's there; a bit bruised but intact. He's trying to save some computer files. Charles sees Donald Pierce lying on the floor with his hands and feet frozen up and he asks what happened. Logan informs him that Pierce stopped by and tried to kill Hank. These things happen. Hank explains that he was working on the hard disk they found in Professor Trask's lab. He asks Charles if he remembers the encrypted files in the Sentinel folder. He just managed to open them when Pierce attacked him for no reason. Luckily Bobby appeared and cooled him down.
"Cooled him down!" states Logan. He adds sarcastically that maybe they should wake Pierce up and let him finish the job. Hank continues to say that as soon as Bobby stopped him, Donald fell to the ground. His pulse is weak but regular. Charles asks Logan to check Pierce's pulse. Logan bends down and notices a plaster on Pierce's neck. Charles asks him to take the plaster off. He shouldn't worry. Pierce won't feel a thing.
When Logan rips off the plaster, Bobby gasps. What they see are biomechanical implants. Logan asks if Pierce is a cyborg or something. Hank asks Charles if he knew. Charles explains that Anna found out when Donald got hurt fighting Cain. Logan becomes angry that Anna knew and didn't tell anyone, but Charles says that Donald has feelings for Anna which she probably reciprocates. That's why she didn't say. Hank looks at the computer monitor. He thinks that the files make more sense now. In the files there is a project to implant a microcontroller and a memory card into human subjects. Opening these files sent a signal to the unit implanted into Pierce. He attacked him to protect what was supposed to be a secret... because he was programmed to. Somebody like Magnus?" asks Bobby. Logan asks if he has a better candidate.
Bobby asks what they're going to do with Pierce. He's going to come round sooner or later. Charles tells him that he and Logan are going to take him to his room. Let the puppet master know that he has failed. He is relying on Hank to discover the truth behind Project Sentinel.
(later, elsewhere)
Ororo has been asleep. When she wakes up she remarks that it's cold. She asks Anna if she left the window open. She sits up. "Anna?" She opens the wardrobe doors and discovers that all Anna's clothes have gone. "Oh, no..." she gasps. Elsewhere, Hank has managed to open the files and he calls Professor Xavier. However, he explains that he wishes he hadn't opened them. There are microcontrollers for each and every student and teacher on campus! Charles says he'll call him right back. Jean has arrived. He puts the phone down and asks Jean what she's doing. It's very late. Why isn't she in her room? Jean tells him it's Anna. It looks like she's left the college.
Meanwhile, Professor Magnus receives a phone call from Emma Frost. She informs him that Xavier's boys are upset. Raven escaped. Magnus is surprised and asks where she is. Emma doesn't know the answer to that. Xavier sent Dr. Grey and Monroe on her trail but she doesn't think they know where Anna's gone. Magnus feels that they soon will. Thanks to Xavier's mental powers he can trace every mutant just like Cyberno.
(the border between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, today)
Sebastian asks Emma who she has to phone. She teases him that it's her boyfriend, but really she calls the police. She whispers that she can't speak long, so the controller must listen carefully. She's aboard Train 67 which left Stamford last night. They have a situation. There are three girls with weapons. She asks them to hurry.
Moments later, a police helicopter is hovering over the train and officers are preparing to rappel to the train. Inside, Ororo asks Jean if she saw the helicopters. Jean thinks that they're flying too low and they're following the train. She knows that they are ready to strike as their thoughts are reaching her like cries. "Let’s go," she says. "Let's find Anna before things get too complicated." The police descend their ropes and land on the train's roof. Anna, meanwhile, is oblivious to all this. She doesn't notice the train guard ushering people from her carriage. When she looks up, it's empty. She wonders where everyone's gone, but as she looks around, she feels a pistol being pointed at the back of her head. An order is given by Officer Halloran. "Don't move!"
Jean and Ororo find the carriage next to theirs empty. Jean realizes that it's been evacuated. From nowhere, two officers appear with their weapons aimed right at Jean and Ororo. They order the girls to keep their hands behind their necks and to lie down on the floor. Ororo asks what they're doing. They haven't done anything. One of the officers orders them to do as they're told. The other asks his colleague to keep them covered. He calls Halloran and explains that they have two of the targets. "Do you copy?" Halloran can't hear them. He is out cold and his gun has been twisted into uselessness.
Some of the passengers are wondering what's going on and the guard tries to keep them calm, telling that there's nothing to worry about. Sebastian tells Emma that making things happen is what she does best. Emma replies that it's just the beginning. He hasn't seen anything yet. Back in the other carriage, one of the two officers, Ronnie, tells his colleague Jack that Halloran isn't answering. Jack is nervous as Ororo has started to glow. "Ororo, don't," exclaims Jean, but it's too late. She prepares to strike with a lightning blast, but fortunately, Anna arrives and grabs Ronnie, allowing Jean to punch out the distracted Jack.
Anna sees her two friends and asks what's happening. What do the police want? Jean informs her that they think they are dangerous criminals or something like that. Now they've given them a good reason to think they are. She'll explain later. First, she has to take care of Ororo. Oddly, Ororo stand up and tells them she's fine. They should just worry about themselves! Jean immediately realizes that it's not really Ororo. Her mind is under someone else's influence. She warns Anna to stay back. Ororo tells Jean that now she knows her little secret. How nice it was for her to play mommy. She's so sweet. "So pathetic!" She creates a strong blast of air that knocks Jean and Anna to the floor. Anna holds on to a seat to prevent her from being blown away, whilst Jean finally gets to use her powers.
Jean mentally warns Emma to get out of Ororo's mind and to leave her alone. "I said... leave her... alone!" Emma sits up with a start and collapses into Sebastian's arms. He's no idea what's happened to her. Emma's influence over Ororo ceases and the winds drop straight away. Anna helps her to her feet and asks if she is okay. Ororo apologizes but Anna says she knows and it's fine. They should help Dr... Grey? They look down and see a young girl sat there wearing the same clothes as Dr. Grey. Little Jean, Emma Frost called her. Now she knows that she wasn't just teasing, because the Jean Grey in front of them can't be more than fifteen years old.
Ororo asks who on Earth she is supposed to be. Anna doesn't have an answer, nor time to think as the train's wheels bite into the track. Everyone is thrown forward as the brakes kick in and suddenly, all hell breaks loose. A storm of lead and steel falls on the railroad car, breaking glass, plastic, fabric and metal alike. Gunfire rains down from the two police helicopters and the girls duck for cover. Ororo freaks out a little and her anger turns to power. "Enough!" she screams.
In an instant, the clear morning sky turns dark and the noise of weapons disappears in the roar of a storm. The helicopters remain in the air, trying desperately to resist the fury of the elements as tornados encircle them. But, the rage of the hurricane is Ororo's and it's an unstoppable force. In the devastated railroad car, Halloran and Jack decide that they'll never tell anyone what they can see. They watch the three girls flying across the sky like three goddesses or three witches, smiling like three friends.
(sometime later)
Professor Xavier has announced that Dr. Grey has left her job. However, two days later a new student joins the college. The X-Men discuss her. Bobby can't believe it's Dr. Grey. Did she use an image inducer like Kurt? Hank reckons that thanks to her mental powers, she managed to let them see what she wanted them to see. She's a very powerful telepath, and a very shy one too if she decided to hide behind the identity of an adult. Logan thinks she's not at all bad looking. Not that she was bad before. He asks Summers what he thinks. Scott asks since when does Logan care what he thinks?
Before an argument can start, Warren warns them that Jean is approaching along with Ororo and Anna. Everyone is now there, along with their new Russian cousin. Peter Rasputin. Peter tells Logan that where he comes from, they say 'Beris' D Ruzhno, ne budet gruzno' which more or less translates as 'Many hands make light work.'
Later, Charles tells Kurt (wearing his image inducer) that he was very quiet in class today. Anything wrong? Kurt replies that he was thinking that here at the Worthington Foundation, everyone eventually finds what they're looking for. Jean just did. He has friends, but that's not what he's looking for. He came to America to find his mother, but he can't do that if he stays at the school. Charles asks if he's thinking of leaving. Kurt says no. Hank warned him about the threat of the Sentinels and he won't leave when Charles needs him most. Charles is pleased. It proves how right Kurt is, just like he too found what he was looking for. He looks outside and sees Kurt join the X-Men. For now, everyone is happy.


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Hellfire Club (Chapter seven), Project Mastermold (Chapter eight)
Chapter Seven:
(the Worthington Foundation)
The dream that Warren Worthington II had when he built the foundation has turned into a nightmare. His son walks through the grounds chatting on his phone when he is attacked by a creepy-looking mechanical insect. It leaps at him from a tree and forces him to the ground. It prepares to inject him with a large syringe, but fortunately for Warren, Anna Raven appears and grabs the creature. She doesn't know where it came from, but she's sure it won't bother him anymore. She smashes it against the tree, destroying it. Logan tells Warren to go to his room. They'll take over from there.
Warren doesn't need telling twice and he legs it back to the building. Hank looks at the creature and tells Anna that it would have been useful had it remained intact. Anna replies that it's not completely broken. Scott Summers spots another one nearby and Hank asks him not to let it go. Scott unleashes his optic blast and the creature is forced into Logan's direction. Logan wastes no time in slicing its legs apart with his claws. Hank picks up the remains and thanks Logan. "Does this look intact to you?" he asks. Logan reckons it does... if you put the pieces together. Hank reminds him that this isn't the time for games. Logan says it never was for him. They're at war, and he'll fight with everything he's got.
(later)
Hank works on the creature whilst Charles Xavier looks on. He asks Hank what he's got. Hank informs him that the bot's controller and memory card are the same as the ones implanted in Pierce and the others. And then, he adds, there's a small capsule which contains two gigaterabytes of nanites, programmed to attack the human body and autoproduce, transforming him into a bio-mechanical unit. He reckons that if they hadn't run into that student tonight, Magnus's army would have had one more Sentinel.
Jean tells the professor that they must do something. Charles knows, but at the same time he would like to avoid a direct confrontation with their enemies. That's exactly what they would expect. Logan butts in and asks who cares what Charles thinks. He asks Charles to look around. This is where his strategy has gotten them. They stayed in their rooms, waiting, and for what? "Well said, Logan" replies Scott, "But now, you can either go back to your room or shut up and listen, okay?" Logan says he doesn't usually hit guys with glasses, but he'll be glad to make an exception for him. Scott grins and tells him he could take them off, but he wouldn't like it. Hank asks Bobby to open the window. He can smell testosterone in there. Logan tells him not to bother. He's outta there. They can go on hiding. He knows what he has to do. He grabs a bot and turns to leave, but Charles orders the others to stop him.
Logan is out of there quickly and is soon standing underneath Magnus's window. He shouts his name and orders him to step outside. Mesmero informs Magnus that it's Logan. Magnus says, what with all the metal inside the boy, he shouldn't be so impulsive. He wonders if he'd still be yelling with two ribs in his lungs. Mesmero shouts for him to look out, and Magnus moves just in time to see the bot crashing through his window. "This is yours!" screams Logan. Jean and Warren appear behind Logan and ask if he wants to get himself killed. Magnus grabs hold of the bot in a magnetic field and takes a look at it. He is shocked. "It can't be..." he gasps.
Meanwhile, Ororo and Anna are in their room. Anna holds the letter she brought to the school in her hand. Anna says that if the letter scares her so much, why doesn't she destroy it? Anna asks why she should. As long as she doesn't open it, it might be good news. She doesn't know about Ororo but, whenever any of her wishes come true, it's never like she hoped. There's always something to spoil it. Ororo quips that she thought that was the story of her life, but that makes two of them. She explains that she lived with her stepfather for fourteen years in a trailer in a scrap yard. He was quite a guy. When she was bad he would lock her up in the trunk of one of his cars. 'The box' as he used to say. She ended up there quite often, because you couldn't live with such a monster without being bad. She lies back on the sofa and says this place was supposed to save them, and look how they've ended up. "This is not the end," replies Anna. "Maybe it's just another beginning."
Logan has returned to his room and he lies on the bed. Warren stands at the window, restless. In their room, Kurt and Bobby sit silently as Peter reads a book. Elsewhere, Hank busies himself with technical things as Charles Xavier looks on. Scott stands silently, not wishing to interfere. Jean, asleep on a chair beside him, wakes up and quickly stands. "Everyone, stay back," she warns. She heads for the door and does a quick mental scan. "Come out!" she warns. "I know you're out there."
Charles assures her that they're not there to fight. Their thoughts are clear. Sebastian and Emma appear, and Sebastian tentatively asks if they can enter. Charles asks what brings them at this time of night. Emma informs him that Magnus has a message for him. The robot is not of his making, she explains. There's somebody else on campus... somebody who knows about the Sentinel project and is using the very same technology. Hank wonders if maybe Magnus has an evil twin, even though it's difficult to imagine. Charles says that if the robots aren't Magnus's, how did he manage to implant the biomechanical devices in students? Emma replies that it was all her and Mesmero.
She tells Charles that the boys (including Donald Pierce) have been mentally conditioned to undergo surgery. Charles thinks that now, somebody is trying to develop a parallel project to create their own Sentinels. Emma agrees. There's a traitor on campus. No matter which way you approach it, there's somebody out there who isn't on their side and who is against them. Sebastian adds that it's a common threat. That's the reason Magnus proposes they work together... to confront it and stop it. "What he's offering is a truce," adds Emma.
Jean asks why Magnus didn't come and say all this himself! Emma tells her that he preferred it that way, and it suited them just fine because they have another proposal... direct from the Hellfire Club.
Emma Frost admits that she's no angel, but she sees the practical side of things. Magnus's project is a good one, but it has a problem. "You!" She points her finger at the X-Men and explains that Blob, Toad and Pyro are too stupid to see it, and both Mesmero and Mystique are too involved to admit it, but she and Sebastian are free spirits. If they work well together, when this is all over, they might decide to come over to their side. Charles asks Emma to tell Magnus that he'll have his answer tomorrow morning. Emma hopes it'll be the right one. After they leave, Jean folds her arms in a defensive manner. "Such a sweet girl," she remarks. "Yes," replies Scott, "She's a keeper." Jean give him a dirty look. "Just... just kidding," says Scott, pretending to be afraid of her.
Hank tells Charles that Emma is waiting for answer, but no answer could be the right one. Charles mentions that, if he's fearing a trap, he can relax. They were being sincere. Jean doesn't feel that they can work with Magnus, but Charles tells her that they'll make this decision together. This is a choice he cannot make on his own. They have to talk to the X-Men. Charles concentrates and uses his powerful mental abilities to create a mental conference call.
(the next morning)
Charles and his X-Men are outside and they meet Magnus, flanked by Mesmero and Mystique. They exchange pleasantries and Charles says that the masks are off and they should show themselves for what they are. Magnus hopes that what he sees isn't so terrible. He adds that somebody once said that there is nothing totally bad or totally good. Hank tells his friends that it's written in the Mahabharata. He read it in the Sanskrit. Bobby whispers that Magnus is messing with them, and Logan agrees. Magnus notes that somebody is missing. Charles replies that Peter and Kurt didn't come. He didn't insist and he cannot force them. Magnus thinks it's just a matter of discipline. When he calls his boys, they respond, and he can always count on them. His 'boys' flank him, looking slightly menacing.
Charles asks what his plan is. Magnus reckons that they must divide into two teams. If the devices are still on campus, it is their duty to locate and destroy them before they strike again. Logan asks if they're taking orders from Magnus now, but Charles informs him that Magnus knows the foundation better than anyone. They are working together, not obeying orders. Magnus turns to Mystique and tells her and Mesmero to check the lab area. Charles mentally contacts Jean who knows what to do.
Meanwhile, Peter and Kurt are on a secret mission. They sneak around the school, and Kurt notes that they are alone. Peter thinks they should be quick. The telepathic message from Jean said Mystique and the guy with the green face are on their way. Kurt asks him not to worry. They'll be gone soon. They make their way to the labs and Kurt thinks that a place like this is the perfect spot to hide mechanical spiders. Peter reminds Kurt that Charles said they shouldn't confront them. They must stay one step behind. Kurt knows. If things go wrong they'll be the cavalry.
Peter looks sad that Charles doesn't trust Magnus. As he thinks, a voice projects itself mentally inside their minds. "A wise precaution," it says. "But your enemies are not always those who you fight!" All around them the cables seem to take upon a life of their own. One of the cables wraps itself around Kurt's neck, and he looks petrified. Rightly so, as he is smashed against a wall.
Peter looks up and spots a mechanical spider hiding in the ventilation system. The creature drops down but Peter transforms into his steel form and pummels the spider into the ground. More prehensile cables worm their way towards him and one electrifies him causing Peter to scream. Kurt tries to recover. The voice says that he is too weak to disappear in one of his smoke puffs. Soon, he'll be too dead to try anything else. A large machine in the centre of the room sparks and crackles with electricity. It sets a horde of spiders towards Kurt, but unexpectedly, Mystique enters and warns Cyberno to leave her son alone. The machine replies that Cyberno is no more. "Now there is only Bolivar Trask! and it's time for you mutants to be extinguished!"
(elsewhere)
The students look around the grounds but everything seems quiet. Too quiet. Jean reckons it's deserted. Where is everybody? The answer comes in the form of Donnie Pierce. He walks up to Anna Raven and says hello. Anna asks what he's doing there on his own, but then she notices his appearance. He looks half man-half machine. "I was waiting for you." he says. "For one last kiss!" Anna screams as Donnie launches himself at her. More students that have been 'turned' leap from the windows and Ororo calls out to Anna to warn her that there are Sentinels approaching. Unfortunately, Anna already knows. She socks Donald in the mouth, and Jean informs Magnus that this is what always happens. The monster escapes the control of the madman who created him. Magnus sees the cyborg students and point towards them. "Oh, no… no!" he gasps.
Jean informs the others of the bad news. Her psychic power doesn't work on them. It's like their minds have a psi-shield. Bobby Drake's hands become like ice and he tells them that maybe he missed it, but what's the good news? He blasts a couple of cyborgs away as he awaits an answer. Ororo tells him that she never said there was any. Scott, developing some leadership skills, asks Jean and Warren to take the professor somewhere safe. Magnus states that the rebel Sentinels are a nuisance that he can take care of, but Charles says no. He cannot do anything to harm these children. They are not to blame. They're acting against their own will.
Pyro figures they can scare them away, and he unleashes a burst of flame at one of the students. His plan backfires as the girl evades his assault. She stands straight and smashes him in the mouth. Hank remarks that it won't be easy. The Sentinels feel neither fatigue nor pain... nor fear. He leaps over the girl as his friends concentrate on the other students. Logan asks Bobby if the girl who punched Pyro wasn't Reese Gorman. She hasn't been the same since he started going out with her. How does he do it?
Bobby, holding several students off with an ice-shield, asks if he's jealous. Anna is frightened. There are too many of them to cope with. Ororo asks her to stay beside her. It’ll be raining Sentinels before long. She opens her arms out wide and creates a vortex. She brings the winds towards her and then pushes them out, scattering the encroaching cyborgs. Anna is amazed and asks Ororo if she's ever done this before. Ororo admits that, to be honest, she's making it up as she goes along. It feels great!
Ororo raises herself on the breeze and tells Anna that they should get out of there. She extends her hand and asks Anna to take it. Anna takes Ororo's hand in her own gloved hand and they rise above the melee. Unfortunately, as they ascend, they see more students clinging to the side of the building. Before they can act, the students jump them and take them crashing to the ground. Elsewhere, things aren't looking good for the X-Men or Magnus's boys. Mesmero is caught by a spider and looks terrified. Blob and Toad are swamped by superior numbers, Mystique is throttled by Bolivar Trask's controlled cables and both Peter and Kurt are out cold. Trask boasts that mutants have taken all he had... his mind, is body, his life! He swears that the Worthington Foundation will be their grave. When the mutant infection is eradicated from the face of the Earth, only then will he be able to rest. Only then will Project Mastermold be complete!
Chapter Eight:
A few minutes ago, behind the gates of the Worthington Foundation, the world split in two. On one side a group of mutants; on the other, those who were once friends, classmates, teacher and students. Between them is a machine, a soul in search of revenge.
Bolivar Trask controls everything, including metallic coils which are wrapped around Mystique's neck, body and legs. He tells Mystique that he had a son, too. Dying without being able to say goodbye was painful. A mechanical spider stand beside Kurt Wagner, ready to strike. Trask adds that it's now her turn to suffer. He will kill the monster that she gave birth to. She... she will live a little longer, enough for the torment to turn her insane. Only then will he let her join him. Fortunately, the noise has awoken Kurt and he manages to twist his body away from the jabbing needle held by the spider. He kicks it away but Trask orders many more to the scene. Kurt grabs the unconscious Peter and tells his mother, Mystique, that he will come back to get her. He promises. Kurt then teleports with Peter to just above the roof, and they fall onto the tiles. They slip down the slope and Peter only just manages to hold on to the guttering as he regains consciousness.
"Mother Russia! W-What's going on?" he cries. He looks down and sees a horde of cyborgs attacking his new friends. Donnie Pierce stands over Anna Raven. "Death to mutants! This is what Cyberno wants," he says. Peter isn't going to allow that to happen. He drops to the ground, transforming into his steel form as he lands with a b-thoom. He quickly grabs Anna who thanks him. She promises him a kiss if they get through this. Peter then notices Kurt who is still on the roof, unconscious, and the tiles on the edge are giving way. He calls for him and this alerts Charles Xavier to the problem.
Kurt next turns to Warren and says that this is the opportunity he's been waiting for. Warren pauses a moment before ripping his shirt off and taking to the air. He flies towards Kurt who falls, but Warren has acted just in time, and he catches Kurt in mid-air. Kurt wakes up and also notices the drama unfolding below. He asks Warren what's happening, and is informed that they are under attack. The Sentinels came out in the open.
Warren flies lower, allowing Kurt to kick some of the cyborgs to the floor. Kurt tells him that he must speak to the professor immediately. It's Cyberno that is the enemy. Bobby and Logan note Kurt's reappearance, but Logan reckons it's too late. The show's almost over. The Sentinels begin to depart, and Bobby cheers as he thinks that they've won. Magnus asks him not to be so foolish. The Sentinels have just retreated to the school where it will be much more difficult to defeat them. Kurt informs everyone that the Sentinels aren't the problem and that Cyberno is. It’s the machine that is controlling them. It attacked them in the lab but they managed to escape. However, they have his mother captive. Hank asks if he's missed something. "Who is his mother? Magnus informs him that she can be many people, but he's known her as Mrs. Higgins... or Mystique if he likes.
He then turns to Charles but gestures to the new arrivals. "Behold, Kurt and Peter," he remarks. "You told me they weren't around, Charles. You lied to me." Charles replies that he could say the same about him. He was the only one who knew the truth about the Sentinels. Magnus tells him that the only truth is that Cyberno and those creatures must be destroyed! He removes his jacket and gives the order to get to work. This conversation can wait until later. They must finish what they started. Cyberno and its machines are inside and they won't have another opportunity.
Energy forms around his hands as he faces the school, stating that a new school will be reborn from the ruins of this one. Kurt cries out No! His mother is inside. Magnus turns and slaps him hard across the face and orders him to shut up. Ororo and Peter quickly rush to his aid. Charles tells Magnus that he won't let him bury those people. They must confront their mistakes... not bury them. Magnus replies that their truce could be over right now. He is flanked by Toad, Blob and Pyro, but Charles has the entire team of X-Men at his side, and they are not happy. Magnus adds that as one brilliant specimen of Homo sapien once said, "The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker." Hank's never heard that quote and asks if it was by Confucius. "No," replies Magnus. "Richard Nixon."
Scott Summers comments that holding his optic blast in is becoming more difficult. Logan asks him to hold on. He has a feeling he'll be able to unleash them soon. Charles asks Warren to wait outside with Kurt. His wings won't be much use in the school corridors. Kurt says that he can't just watch, but Charles knows that he is very tired. Teleporting himself and Peter must have weakened him. If he wants to help others, he shouldn't ask too much of himself. He places a comforting hand on Kurt’s shoulder and assures him that his mother is fine. He can read her mind, and her thoughts are on him. Logan snikts his claws and reckons they should move. They shouldn't keep the lady waiting. Magnus tells him to pop his claws back in. This isn't a street fight. All he has to do is to step aside and open his eyes. He's about to show him the greatest powers in the universe! "Love?" asks Ororo. "Magnetism," replies Anna.
Magnus concentrates and aims his powers towards the school. He unleashes an EM pulse which short-circuits the Sentinels inside. Anna then uses Cain Marko's strength and smashes the door in. Inside, she discovers that everyone is unconscious. Magnus assures the X-Men that they aren't dead. The magnetic wave just stopped their systems. He simply switched them off. "And you only did this now" asks Logan. Magnus asks why he should spoil the fun. It was a good chance to practice teamwork and show that together, they can achieve great things.
Charles arrives and informs Magnus that his students have already made their decision. Magnus asks if it was Charles who decided it for them. His students are old enough to make their own decisions. Anna agrees with him. She tells Magnus that she doesn't like his dream and he can be sure her friends think the same. Magnus reckons that's a pity, because the world out there is just waiting for someone to conquer it. Economics, he adds, politics, the mass media... their talents can take them anywhere, and who knows, maybe in a few years they may have a mutant in the White House. Logan jokes that he thought they already did!
Hank McCoy replies that mutants always have superior skills. Magnus says that he pities them. They have the powers to rule but they think like servants. They really are hopeless... and so their paths divide here! He blasts Charles Xavier and so Logan attacks him. Magnus uses his magnetic power to stop Logan in his tracks. He warns him that playing with knives can be dangerous. Sooner or later, he's going to cut himself. He forces Logan's blades towards his face, and Logan is unable to stop them. Ororo closes her eyes as Logan cuts himself. Magnus then turns his powers on the others. He explains that he could destroy the iron in their cells and give them an anemic hemorrhage. He does exactly that, and the students begin to fall. He then says that he could try a neuromagnetism experiment, altering the magnetic fields in their brains... and their hearts. He does this too, and more X-Men collapse. Magnus stands over his fallen opponents and asks how they would prefer to die.
Suddenly, Magnus finds himself saying that they are hopeless and that their paths divide here. He is actually caught in a mental loop. Charles Xavier tells him that he wins, in his dreams. Jean informs Blob, Pyro and Toad that Professor Magnus will be busy for a while. The choice between fight or flight is theirs. They quickly take the hint and flee the school. Anna looks at Emma and Sebastian and tells them that it goes for them, too. Emma replies that they've already made their choice. Logan reckons Magnus's ideas to kill them were messed up, but Bobby jokes that he should show some respect for someone who can control spinach. Hank points out that spinach isn't rich in iron. There are only three milligrams in every hundred grams. Scott asks him to explain later. They have another priority. Charles asks Jean if she can join them in the lab. He will remain there with Magnus. He is strong and not easy to contain. Magnus is now seated, running through the battle scenario in his mind over and over.
Jean joins Anna, Peter and Logan and they head further into the school. Logan slices his way through a doorway by creating an X, and Jean asks if that was really necessary. Logan replies that it wasn't, but he wanted to do it anyway. Peter takes the lead and charges along a corridor. Jean comments that Mystique's trail is very strong but she is moving very fast. They enter another room, but discover that there is no one there. "But... where is Cyberno?" asks Peter. Logan says that whatever was there, it just left and took Mystique with it. What it did leave behind was Mesmero, and he's dead. Logan remarks that he didn't have such a good color even when he was alive. They continue their exploration into the darkness. Anna asks if anyone has a flashlight, but before anyone can respond, the lights flicker on. The quartet find themselves surrounded by more mechanical spiders. They form a tight defensive unit around Jean, smashing any spiders that come their way.
Upstairs, the rest of the team hears a rumbling sound coming from the basement. It becomes louder and louder until Scott warns everyone to get out of there. As they prepare to leave, a giant robot emerges through the floor. It's Bolivar Trask's brain, otherwise known as Cyberno, and it's now residing in a killing machine with long prehensile tentacles. One of them quickly cracks Bobby across the chin and another grabs hold of Hank McCoy in its 'fingers.' "Mutant monsters. Pathetic freaks," says Cyberno. "Your cheap trick won't work with me, because I know you better than anybody else."
Another arm pins down Emma Frost as it warns her that its mind is shielded against mental attack. It turns to Scott Summers who is preparing to blast, and shows him its captive: Mystique. She is strapped to the robots' undercarriage, but she is still able to talk. She tells Scott not to listen to Cyberno. He must strike. Cyberno warns Scott that he can try, but there is no way he can stop Project Mastermold! Its program is alive, His robots will keep creating Sentinels capable of building more robots... until the mutant species is eradicated!
Underneath it, Logan asks if it means the bots down there, because if so, it is badly mistaken. He slices one of the robot's legs clean through. Realizing the danger, Cyberno decides to take flight, warning them that this isn't the end. As it begins to flee, Anna manages to rip apart the shackles that hold Mystique, freeing her. "No!" screams Cyberno. "She is mine!" With nothing to stop him, Scott Summers now uses his powerful optic blasts and sends Peter and Ororo after the machine. Mystique, though, is in really bad shape. She lies on the ground, incredibly weak, and asks Anna not to say anything. She wishes her to make a sacrifice for her. She asks Anna to take her hand and absorb her memories. She did many bad things in her life, but at least she can tell Kurt who his mother was.
Meanwhile, Peter manages to catch up with Cyberno and he crashes through a wall, bringing it to the ground. Anna then appears, now looking like Mystique. She shouts to Professor Trask and informs him that she might have the face of Mystique and the strength of Cain Marko, but he can call her Anna. She smashes Cyberno, wrecking the robot and leaving it in pieces, quelling the danger.
(later)
Anna sits beside Kurt under a tree in the Foundation's grounds. She tells Kurt that his mother loved him and that's all he needs to know. He shouldn't judge her by her mistakes. If she made some, she did so for him. She lost him through fear, but found him again through love. Anna explains that she joined Magnus because of the promise of Cyberno. That machine would have helped Mystique find her son and that was all she wanted. The power and wealth and the reign of mutants had no meaning for her. Trask, however, joined Magnus out of ambition. He created a device able to track down the mutant population... one which needed a cerebral matrix to function.
"So she killed him," replies Kurt. Anna says no. It was on Magnus's orders. Kurt as why she is justifying his mother. Anna pauses a moment, and then says it's because maybe she has some of his mother inside of her now. Kurt stands and thanks Anna. He appreciates what she did. Anna asks him to come back. She has many things to tell him, but for now, Kurt wants to be alone.
(sometime later)
After Magnus left the school, many things changed. Charles Xavier became its new director. Warren Worthington III, finally free from Mesmero's control, made the right choice, as did his son. The father accepted what his son had become. The cure developed by Hank McCoy stopped Cyberno's technovirus. Every memory of what happened was erased and the affected students and teachers have no memory of their lost humanity.
Hank's also been busy inventing a new pair of glasses for Scott. He hands them over and informs Scott that he won't need to destroy a fresh pair of glasses every time he uses his optic blasts. The button disables the visor which is made of ruby quartz. He reminds Scott to remember to press it before he releases the blast or his effort will be in vain.
(epilogue)
Anna is sitting on a park bench with Ororo. She hands over the letter that the Robbins' gave her and asks Ororo to open it. Ororo asks if she's nuts. It's hers. Anna decides to open it herself. She tells Ororo that she never told her about this, but there was this boy in Caldecott County. His name was Cody and he ended up in a coma because of her. She never wanted to meet his parents. She only managed to write them a letter in which she told them about their son and how special he was to her. She's been afraid to read their answer. Now, though, she's changed. She's braver.
She pulls out the letter and reads it. Tears form in her eyes and work their way down her cheeks. "What does it say?" asks Ororo. Anna shows her. The letter reads 'Thank You! Robert & Sharon Robbins.' Anna leans back and smiles as Warren Worthington soars overhead, his angel wings silhouetted in the sunlight.