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Iens Tergum 4/?
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from Mutant X. They belong to Marvel Studios, Tribune Entertainment and those suckers at Fire Works Production until they let them go. I do however own any and all people you don’t recognize. Don’t want to spoil it all now.

Author: Gage aka Soleil
Rating: T-MA (varies with chapters posted)

Summary: Spliting up is never a smart idea...

Warnings: Mild Violence/Adult Content (If I think of anything else it shall be posted)




The walls that he thought had been invincible at one time were now punched outwards; if he had been brave enough he would have walked to the far side and peeked out at the view of the ocean. Unfortunately along with the claustrophobia he had inherited from his father came a slim case acrophobia. Which was kind of ironic being as how his kind had always took to the highest mountains for safety.


The interior had been huge mess debris from the ceiling when it had caved it that horrible day still scattered across the floor. There was a hole through the elevated platform, and the stairs had been torn apart. The hallways were blocked off at one point or another by large cables, wiring dangling from the ceiling, and the rooms had been caved in. Two of them anyways. The old medical lab had been trashed as well, computers busted equipment thrown all over. Hell the only thing left standing was the dam chair that had been used whenever one of them had been injured. Eddie remembered how the yellow and blue lasers had scared him to death when he was younger. Grinning at the memory of his younger-self shivering cold on that chair, refusing to be scanned…


“Eddie you have to let Dr. Kane check you out…” his Father had told him gently, for some reason he had trouble believing this line that his father fed him.

Little Eddie just shook his head no, refusing to lie back down. It had taken 20 minutes and a stern look from both his Father and Uncle to get him into the black spandex shorts. Another 35 minutes to get him back onto the table, the little molecular had the nerve to phase right through the table, the floor and into the garage!


Eventually they had gotten him back into the lab, it was getting him to actually lay still long enough to get the scan done, that was the real problem. He didn’t trust Dr. Kane, hell he didn’t trust any doctor for that matter. Thank goodness his mother hadn’t been there to witness his behavior.

“I remember that chair…” the same thick voice broke Eddie from the memory; he shook his head as he turned away from the lab. Standing just a few feet away from him was the tall young man he had known all his life. The hood of the dark cloak was down, and his eyes were now their normal dark brown.

“Bren.”

Bren walked into the trashed medical lab, standing by the infamous chair. Grinning as spoke. “I remember you were so scared of being scanned that you kept on phasing right through the floor. In fact you were so scared that you got Lexi thinking they were hurting you.” he turned to his younger friend. “If memory serves me correct that was the same day we all discovered her mutant abilities. She electrocuted Adam, and fried the lab computers. Man was your old man pissed. Took him a long while before he could fix this dam system.” he paused a moment as if sizing up the younger man, before pulling him into a brotherly hug. “Long time no see Eduardo.”


~*~


Lexi had chose to linger about in the old hanger; going back into Sanctuary was just a little too much for her right now. The emotions that hung in the air still stung her insides; this had been her first home. Where her mother and father had been happy, and her older brother had still been with them. “God Bren…” she sighed.

The weight shoulders only served as a reminder of how he had abandoned her, as well as the ache in her heart. Bren had been older than her by more than a few years. Just after she had learned to deal with her mutant abilities, Bren and her father had an argument, which resulted in Bren leaving Sanctuary. Lexi never saw him again after that.

“Well well, well what do we have here?”

Lexi whirled around to find an older man standing a few feet from her dressed from head to toe in red and back jumpsuit. A small device attached to his temple, round and metallic. It is beeping in a low tone, almost hypnotic like.

“Who the hell are you?”

“Don’t you recognize me? Oh that’s right Dania made sure that wouldn’t happen, and you are not going to screw up this time. Are you Alexiana Marie?”


“How did you know my name?” She refused to let this stranger try and intimidate her; Lexi felt her heart beat increase and the rush of adrenaline pulse within her pushing through her core until it reached her hands. “Who the hell are you?”


“You already know who I am, the question is what am I here for.”

“What are you here for?” she asked as she stood her ground.

“I thought that was obvious by now Spark Plug…”

“Me…” she breathed the word rolled of her tongue in disbelief.


~*~


“Are you kidding me you want us to do what?”

Eddie had been fully aware of the powers that Bren had developed over the years. Although Bren had chosen not to tell his immediate family, for personal reasons, he had disclosed to Eddie in private the extent of his powers, especially his ability to Travel through Time.

“Look we don’t have much time but that’s the deal, you have to go with her. Nothing can happen to her, is that understood? Eddie.”

“I don’t understand what does this have to do with Lexi?”


“Everything she’s the only one who can do this, Eddie man, you have to make sure that nothing, I mean nothing happens to her. You two are to go back and fix….” a loud crash from the other end of the hall got their attention.

“Lexi…” Eddie said before he broke into a run, in the direction where he had left her.


~*~


“You didn’t think I would make it that easy for you did you?” she rolled away from the blast of the laser that the round device had produced. “Oh you did.” she said as she rotated her right hand summoning up the electrons. “How fucking gullible.” the coils shot out and hit the device, deactivating the person. “Hey hey, hey, 6 against one aint’ my idea of fair play.” she backed away from the group charging up another bout of electricity letting them loose on the group. The 6 flew back against the walls.

“Or maybe I got a little more fire power than I thought.” glancing around at the bodies that had hit the floor she decided to check them out.

The devices looked frightening familiar, but she couldn’t place her finger on how. Turning the first one who had attacked her over, she lifted the dark mask. The man’s face was bruised beyond recognition; except to her brown eyes. There was no way she could forget that face, and it horrified her to know that she had hurt him. She should have known who he was when he called her Spark Plug. The device was still attached to his temple, only now instead of beeping it clicked and fell to the floor. “Oh… Oh god no…” her hand flew to her mouth horrified.


“Lexi!” Eddie’s voice rang through out the hall. She yanked the mask back and began to drag the body towards the hole in the wall. The only thought in her mind was to hide this man, and the pain that came with him. There was a rumbled across the floor that was thrown in her favor; it made it easier to drag the man into the hole. She carefully placed him down and covered him as best and as comfortably as he could. “I’ll be back for you, I promise.”


“Lexi where are you!” Came Eddie’s frantic cry his eyes swirled in a mass amount of gray liquid, it immediately lined with red changing the natural blue color. His entire pupils were now engulfed in a Metallic Silver film. He scanned the dark hanger for his best friend, only a slim light filtered through one of the cracks in the ceiling. He counted 5 bodies on the floor, none of which belong to her. “Alexiana!”

“How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?” she stepped into the light with her shades back on her eyes.

“What the hell happened here?”

“I don’t know.”

“Lex…”

“They just dropped in here exchanged words, and attacked.” she said, walking towards him, it wasn’t a total lie. All she had to do was keep herself in check.

“What did they want?”

“Me.”


~*~


Back inside the main living area…



“I thought I made it clear that she was to go into this alone Mulwray.” the voice came from the communicator like watch on his left hand.

“She is Dania.” he was pacing the room.

“Well than I suggest you make your move quickly, as in now. Others have found out about this quest.”

“And how do you suppose they found out?” he retorted angrily.

“Easy they don’t know about you, just her.”

“Dam it.”

“Bren, this must be done now.” she cut off the link, leaving Bren to his own thoughts. ‘This is not going to go well at all. I shouldn’t even put her through this it’s not fair. She’s just a kid for crying out loud.’


Bren closed his eyes concentrating on the specific point in time standing up he walked into the clearest area he could find. “Here goes nothing.” Rubbing his hands together he brought them to his middle, the hands producing an electric blue light. His eyes rolled back and were entirely pitch black. The light spilled outwards a few feet in front of him ripping the space, creating a wide portal.


~*~


Hanger…


“How the hell did they even know we would be here?”

“Eddie what is going on, why are we here?”

“There’s something we gotta do, and it ain’t gonna be easy.”

The shades drop and her Silver gaze cut through him, he was visibly afraid. She reached out and brushed the lock of blond hair from his eyes. Eddie’s skin was smooth to the touch, but growing increasingly cold.

“What’s the matter?” she asked, this wasn’t like him at all. “Eddie…”

The young mans sight was set past her. Lexi turned around and what she saw caused her heart to almost stop. Beyond the hanger were more than 30 Miners heading towards them. “We gotta get outta here.”

He grabbed her hand and yanked her towards the door, and into the hall.

Lexi could see a bright light flash in the entire area, causing her to cry out, her eyes felt a slight burn.

Eddie’s arm slipped around her waist, holding her up against him. The two made their way towards the light.

He could hear the pounding of the Miners as they marched into the hanger. An explosion pushed both Eddie and Lexi across the floor.

“Bren!” he yelled out. The light had died down and in the middle of the main room was a vortex.

“Go on get going!” Bren had pulled the hood back over his head, shades shielding his eyes. He leaned down and helped Eddie pulled Lexi onto her feet.


“She’s out cold!” Eddie said.

“You gotta get out of here.” Bren helped them towards the vortex.

“Are you nuts? Bren there is an army out there ready to bulldoze this place.”

“You have to get her out of here and fix it so that…” Another explosion knocked all three to their knees. “Eddie trust me when I say you can’t stay here.” Bren shoved something into the girl’s coat pocket. “Get going now! Fix it so that this never happens!”


With one final shove from Bren, Eddie and Lexi were gone. He shot out an electrical arc and the vortex closed up.


“That was very stupid Mr. Mulwray.”

He didn’t have to turn around to know that voice. “Dania.”

“I told you that she was to go alone, and you deliberately sent that molecular with her.” Dania stepped out into the clearing. “I warned you.”

“I‘m shaking.”

“Oh… I am so wounded. Do you have any idea what you have done to us?”

“Not really.”

“You disappoint me Bren.”

“Oh you’re breaking my heart Dania. I did what I did to protect her.”

“No Bren you didn’t. I have someone to show you to, but first we have to get out of here.”

“Why should I trust you?”

“Would you rather stay here and face those Miners? Or come with me and be safe?”

“I’m neither safe with you or them, but I think I’ll take my chances with the least scary one.”

“Thanks… I think…”

---

Present Day...



The blond young man stood apart from the crowd that had come on this bright crisp November day.

The people had gathered around the podium. Listening intently to the tall was man in his early 40's. His White hair streaked with gray. A three-piece Armani suit, he is known to all as Senator Robert Kelly. The banners and signs that were cruelly held high by the large portion of people, tells us that the Senator is against Mutant kind in all its forms. He begins citing (Spewing) examples of certain mutants and the threats he thinks they pose.

"How easy it would be for someone who rode on angel's wings to swoop down and kidnap a national leader, how easy it would be for a unmoral heavyset man to stand in front of armed forces while his fellow kind would be able to escape."

The man even went so far as to say that how a mutant with the ability to energize any thing he touches could result in enormous physical and domestic damages. How everyone was so intent to wipe out the mutant race because they are abominations.

The blond young man shakes his head sadly, and scans the crowd his eyes hiding behind his dark shades. It’s was like watching one of those Nazi rallies his father use to talk about. He looked into the crowd and was surprised to see him of all people standing there with his eyes and ears all on what the good senator was proposing.


There stood Dr. Adam Kane with the four of the most important people that had been near and dear to him. Brennan Mulwray, Emma Delauro, Shalimar Fox, and Jesse Kilmartin. Eddie didn’t know whether to be excited or be scared, he fought the urge to run over and throw his arms around the young woman that was his mother. To cry out to the young man that would be his father. Biting his lip he ignored the breaking of his heart, and continued to look around the crowd. Some one else caught his eye or rather another group did.


Professor Charles Xavier with his people, a red head young woman by the name of Dr. Jean Grey, standing closely beside her was a young man tall, with short brown hair, wearing what appeared to be visors. Scott Summers. Another young woman with white hair that made her dark eyes stand out sharply. Ororro Monroe (?). Undoubtedly the man standing by them was Logan/Wolverine. The wiry wild hair, the inconspicuous dark eyes. His defensive stance. A grin came to Eddie’s face as he took notice that Logan had been inching his way closer to Dr. Grey.

The grin fades as the Senator makes his final and crude statement, bids the crowd farewell, and is escorted off the premises by three burly looking men in dark suits. His eyes fall back on the two mutant groups who have come together and are discussing something amusing. He sighs deeply as he takes one last look at his parents and turns away.

It is at this time that both Emma Delauro and Dr. Jean Grey turn in the direction of the stranger walking in the opposite direction. Radiating of a strong wave of excitement, anxiety, regret, sorrow, an anger that burns, and cuts deep inside. Emma makes a move towards him, but Jean pulls her back shaking her head slightly.


~*~


It was dark where she was and very cold, the throbbing in her head was accompanied by sporadic shocks through out her entire body, and she wanted nothing more than to curl up and die right than and there. Where ever the hell there was. Trying push herself up onto her limbs did her no good, because they felt as if they were on fire the minute she placed her palms face down on the ground. She was moving blindly now; her breathing labored every move she made caused the most excruciating pain ever, which only fueled the anger that had been building up inside.

Across the floor where the electrically charged mutant laid injured, stepped a lanky form. Dressed from head to toe in dark colors. He has a head of hair so black it’s almost blue. He pulls out a cell phone and pressed a single button. Careful not to get too close too the girl he keeps an eye on her. His eyes turning a deep shade of white, with multiple colors running through them. His gift came in handy after all; this would be a good day. The phone rings once than twice before someone picks up. His own voice is thick and laced with some concern and determination.

“Yeah I found a female elemental down here at the docs ware house… nah it’s not a casual pick up… she’s experiencing a tremendous electric seizure…real vulnerable like.” He glances back down at the shaking body. “What am I a water elemental get real.” he sighs glancing around the large room before shaking his head. “No… no one else… All right I’ll be here.” he hangs up the cell and shoves it back in his jacket pocket.

“Time is almost up kiddo, you couldn’t have picked a worse time to show up here like this.”


~*~


Deep in the offices of an old Genome X building stood a group of mutants. All in navy blue uniform head sets covering their eyes and ears. Their leader is standing in front of an old terminal awaiting the link that was supposedly meant for them. It opened up on an extremely scrambled channel. “We set?” the scrambled voice asked.

“Yeah boss we all set.” The leader replies.

“No excuses this time, do not mess this up make sure Mulwray’s kid doesn’t interfere.” it seemed to growl.

“Sir about…”

“No excuses!”

“Yes sir…”

The video screen flares out leaving the room in a dead silence. “You know our orders, we set out at set time.” she says, removing her headgear (except for the part that covers her eyes). Releasing a main of wavy blond hair.

“CY.” one of the mutants walks up to her timidly.

“What is it Rock.”

“We have a slight problem.”

“Which is?”

“Sir said subject doesn’t exist just yet.”

“Explain before I tear you up.”

Ignoring her comment he pulled out a small device. It is made of a metallic substance, it shifts into what looks like a modern day palm pilot, projecting a screen into the air, hieroglyphs run across the screen. The woman curses loudly at their one mistake. “This can’t be right…” she reads the screen once more before her eyes nearly narrow to slits. It’s at this time we take notice that she is a Feral. “Than I guess we will have to settle on something else more valuable.” A sadistic grin is spreading across her face as she continues voicing her thoughts. “Bring me everything we have on the members of Mutant X.”


TBC...