Illegal Snitching
Krakoa, New Mutants #12
Irene was scrolling through the internet for fun, as she was looking through it all, bored and using a technopath that she had absorbed to scrub through her digital history before seeing something, something called Dox, curious, she had went ahead and looked it over to see that there was entries on mutants that were off Krakoa and doing their own thing, like it was a forum for stalkers.
She didn’t like it, she didn’t like it at all as Irene had checked for herself and saw that there was an entry for her, something about herself and when she had been to New Orleans and some of when she was in England, they were surprising to say the least and made her want to go ahead and cause some sabotage when she had seen that there was an error on the site.
Curious, she had went ahead and tried to restart the device and saw that there was an error on the screen saying that the site was unavailable, seeing this, Irene had went ahead and closed it, glad that it was done before she had went up and had seen that the time was that right now, seeing that, Irene had went and went to go and meet her Uncle for the loss of his friend.
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Beach, Krakoa, Marauders #11
Irene had found her uncle sitting on the cliff face and she had smiled as she had phased down to sit beside him, “Hello Onkel.” she had said to him, Kurt smiling as he had seen her as well, “Hello Nichte.” he had said to her and that was when she had seen that there was a message he was writing, “Who’s that for?” she had asked of him, “It is for Kätzchen.” he had told her.
Hearing that, Irene had went and looked it over, curious, “Why hasn’t she come back yet?” Irene had asked of him and hearing that, he had frowned, “She is having problems with her resurrection.” Kurt had said, hearing that, Irene had thought, “Are they going to stop?” she had asked of Kurt, “They might.” Kurt had said, making Irene roll her eyes, “Come on! Like I sometimes say, ‘eighteenth time’s the charm’!”
Kurt had chuckled at that, making her smile towards him before she saw that there was some torches and a boat, “Well then, shall we?” Kurt had asked of Irene, “You want me to come?” she had asked of her uncle, “Of course.” he had said, offering his hand, Irene had decided to take it, curious and a little happy now as she had went to the funeral with her family.
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Krakoa
Irene was sitting on a rock, doodling on her forearm with some fingerpaint when a fly with a holo of her grandfather had appeared, “Reenie! We’re in trouble!” He had told her, making the young mutant look at him in confusion, “Whatever it was, I didn’t do it, I was busy at a funeral.” she had told him, “What? No, Nightcrawler had just threatened me about your welfare!” He had told her, making her understand.
“He found out all on his own.” Irene had told him, “I just didn’t deny it.” Irene had told him, making him scowl, “Great, so The Good Boy who’ll tell everybody knows!” He had said, making her get a little scared, “You think he’ll tell the two of them?” she had asked, scared at how they would act, hearing that, he had gotten antsy, “Thankfully they’re in Otherworld right now,” Sinister said, “We need to–”
“Irene!” her uncle had said, making Irene turn to see him approaching, “Hey… Onkel.” she had whispered the last part, seeing that it was just the two of them, “I’m going to see Kate’s resurrection, would you like to join?” he had asked her, hearing that, she shrugged, “Why not?” she had simply said, walking and going to go greet Kate who had hopefully been brought back this time.
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Arbor Magna, Krakoa, During Marauders #12
Kate Pryde had walked in a red dress with Emma Frost while she was standing by Curse, liking the dresses they were in as Storm had called down lightning, “I have no flesh of my flesh, but I have a daughter.” she had told them with a smile as her eyes glowed with her power, “I have known her by many names over the years. I met her as Kitty then as Sprite, later Shadowcat.” Storm told them all.
“How do I know it’s you, Kate?” she had asked the one she treated as her child, “Because… when I was just a dumb kid I threatened to abandon you over a haircut?” Kate had asked of her which was when Storm had embraced her with a love that Irene envied as she had leaned into Curse, Storm ais something close to her ear before speaking to them all, “This is The Red Queen! Who is she?” she had asked.
They had answered with glee, “A Mutant!” “A Mutant!” “A Mutant!” “Long live The Red Queen!” she and Curse had shouted in unison with joy and fervor before she had started to walk away with Curse, the two of them chatting and talking about their latest plans when there was a hand on her shoulder, making her turn to see that it was Ororo Munroe, “Hello again.” she said, “Hi Stormy!” she said.
Kate and Emma looked at her as she used that nickname, she could feel someone in her mind already, “Kurt had told me about your family." She had said, making the girl nearly cuss when a ringing filled her ears, “I have to go.” she said, moving to walk away, “Irene. If you–” “I have to go.” she continued, trying to leave even with the hand on her shoulder holding her there.
“Irene?” Curse had asked confused, seeing her nose starting to bleed, “I hate to go. I have to go. I have to go.” she kept repeating and Storm let go in surprise which was when Irene had run like a marathoner away from them and towards a gate, making them wonder what exactly she had said to cause a reaction like that as Kate and Emma both went to go and deal with one Sebastian Shaw.
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Bar Sinister, Krakoa
Irene had woken up on a table, her nose bloody and no memory of how she had gotten here, “Must have been the whine again.” She thought, cleaning her face before she had went and left, as she was doing so, Irene had noticed her Onkel and Grandmother both pinning Grandfather to the wall and looking like they were ready to kill him, “What’d I miss?” she had asked, drawing their attention.
“Irene! Are you alright?” her Grandmother had asked, her gun still in Grandfathers mouth, “I’m fine, it was just the whine.” she had told them, “The whine?” Kurt asked, “Yes, it’s like an invisible fence grandfather designed into the suit.” she told them, “Whenever he wants me back with no questions, he just uses the whine and I obey.” she had said which only seemed to make them angrier.
“Get rid of it.” Kurt had said to him while she had noticed that there were texts in her phone from people she didn’t know, curious, she had looked it over and saw that they were from Kitty Pryde, Piotr Rasputin, Ororo Munroe and Scott Summers, “How many people did you tell?” Irene had asked as she had gotten a video call from someone called fourth wall breaker, curious, she opened it.
“Wow! So Rogue and Old Spice actually made a mini Rogue, huh?” A man in a red and black mask had said, “Honestly, I thought you’d only appear in Captain Marvel: The End #11” He had told her, “Well the author liked me so he wanted to bring me to this universe.” she had snarked back to him, “Gasp! Another wall breaker! Yes!” He had said excited before Mystique took her hand and hung it up.
“Do not contact him without an adult present, understood/” she asked and all three adults could agree to that, “Who is he?” she asked them, “That’s Deadpool, and he’s a very bad influence.” Kurt had said while Irene remembered what Gabby had said, hearing that, Irene had nodded towards them before she had seen that there were offers of talking if she wanted or needed it.
“So everyone but them know?” she had asked Kurt, hearing that, they had looked to each other before they had figured out what they had set loose, “Great, so no one but The Otherworld team doesn’t know?” Sinister had asked, “Does that mean I don’t have to wear this anymore?” Irene had asked of them, “Who the hell cares anymore anyways!” Sinister had said as he got more and more death threats than usual.
Hearing that, she gave a grin before disengaging that part of the Image Inducer off, revealing her White and Auburn hair as well as the her black sclera and crimson iris, it was uncanny how she looked like the perfect blend of her parents as she had went ahead and stretched her back, “Well, better go and greet my adoring public.” she had said with a grin before she had bamfed away before they could stop her.
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Akademos, Krakoa
Irene had popped up and was happy as she had went to stroke her hair as she had stretched, drawing a few eyes in confusion before Gabby recognized her scent, “Reenie?” she had asked, approaching her friend, “What happened to your… everything?” she had asked as Irene had given herself a look before she spoke up, “Onkel Kurt had told his friends about my parents so I decided why not?” she said.
Hearing that, Gabby had started to circle her, seeing the differences now when she had seen that there was a mark on the back of her neck, “What’s that?” she had asked, looking at the red diamond at the back of her neck, “Oh! Grandfather put that in as an ID tag.” she had told her, surprising Gabby at that, “That sounds like he’s treating you like an experiment?” Gabby said.
“Because I am.” Irene had said matter of factly, having known that since she first understood her first absorption of her grandfather, she was nothing more than an experiment to create a cocktail of their powers, absorption and distribution of energy which he was worried could be something as dangerous as New Sun which was quite interesting, not as much as her ‘cousin’ Nocturne but still.
“He made me and others like me for a special project I’m biologically designed not to talk about.” she had told him and hearing that, Gabby was a little surprised at her for saying that, “And you’re not upset about that?” She had asked her friend, “Why?” she asked, “There’s nothing I can do, and besides, I had a good education and wasn’t treated like an animal.” she told Gabby.
Gabby was a little surprised by her acceptance as Irene had went and bowed, “Allow me to reintroduce myself, I am Irene Essex, raised by Nathanial Essex and made from the donated DNA of Rogue and Gambit.” she had said out loud and hearing that the others that had heard all of this had went and looked towards the announcement before she grabbed Gabby’s hand.
“Come on, I wanna go and see my dad’s family.” she had said and Gabby decided why not as they had went and headed to go and walk to New Orleans with her friend as they had both started to think on what was going to happen soon now that she didn’t have to worry about all of the reveals that were going on right now and as they had headed to America.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
The two of them had popped out of there and they were smiling at everything that was there when Gabby had spoken up, “Where’re we going?” Gabby had asked, “Tante Mattie!” she had told her friend and hearing that, they had went and headed towards the direction, as they did so, the two of them smelled it all and were enjoying things when Irene had used Random to create herself a non–Bizarro version of herself.
The two of them had stopped as Gabb had went and admired her form, “You look like an Adult Rogue and a Female Gambit at once!” Gabby had said to Irene and hearing that, she had smiled, “Thanks for that!” she had said to the older girl as the duo kept walking until she had seen her, “Tante Mattie!” Irene had shouted out, waving her hand as the older woman had looked to her.
“Rogue?” she had asked of her when she had noticed Remy’s features as well and the face of the girl that they had met earlier, “Irene.” she had said to which the young child nodded, “It’s me.” she had said, going back to her original age but keeping her features, “How do you like the real Irene?” she had asked of the woman who had nodded, her reason for being there making sense.
“So another Lebeau and they didn’t even tell me!” she said, getting a cooking spoon, “To be fair, no one knew until today, and they still don’t being in Otherworld right now.” Gabby had explained, “Exactly!” Irene had went and then saw her expression before Tante Mattie went and hugged her a little too tightly, “My neck! My neck!” Irene had went before dropping down.
“You good?” Gabby had asked her, “Yep,” Irene had went, “Good grip.” she had told Tante Mattie, “You poor ting, let’s go t’ my home and y’ can tell me everything.” she said, making Irene shrug, “Sure,” Irene had said before looking to Gabby, “Is it okay–?” “Can I come?” Gabby had asked of them, “Sure! The more the merrier!” Tante Mattie had told her, making Gabby smile as the two followed the older woman to her home.
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Lebeau Residence, New Orleans
The two of them had followed Tante Mattie and had found themselves in a mansion, “Where are we?” Irene had asked as the two of them readied their abilities, “Jus’ gonna meet some of the Lebeau family.” she had said, making Irene nervous at that when they saw Jean Paul, “Tante Mattie! And you must be Gabby and–” Jean Luc was surprised by her appearance.
“When did Rogue shrink?” he asked, making Irene laugh, “It’s Irene.” she had said which was when he looked over her, “Merde, Remy made me a Grandpere already?” he had went, “It’s not like they know,” she had said before deciding to mess with him, “What does ‘Merde’ mean?” she had asked, Gabby seeing what she was doing and before he could answer, voices came.
“Jean Luc! What’re you and Tante Mattie doing over–?” “Mercy! Meet Remy’s daughter! Reenie!” he had said, “WHAT!?!” A bunch of voices had said and that was when they saw that Mercy Lebeau, Emil Lapin and Theoren Marceaux had rushed out and automatically set their sights on her, “Wow! I figured that Remy would have the first kid after Henri! But still!” Emil had said.
Irene was starting to get a little nervous so she had went behind Gabby who was used to this level of energy while Scout had just given them a smile before Mercy and Tanta Mattie had went and smacked the back of their heads, making Irene laugh now that there were less super close and friendly people near her now, “Couldn’t you tell you were making her nervous?” Mattie had asked of the duo.
Irene had calmed down enough that she had went and bowed towards the group, “Pleasure to meet you, My name is Irene Essex.” she told them, making the adults look at her with confusion, “Not a Lebeau?” Jean Luc asked, “Not to worry! We can get you a new birth certificate–” Emil started when Irene interrupted, “Really? But what do I need three for?” she had asked, pulling out her two passports.
That had made them all gasp in shock and appreciation, “Wow,” Gabby said, taking her Lebeau passport, “Can you introduce me to your forger?” Gabby asked, Daken always saying you weren’t grown up until you had at least one false identity, “Why? I’m right here.” she had said, making Emil look at both as they watched him try to discern the difference between the two.
“I can’t tell the difference!” he said, ashamed at the fact that he couldn’t, ashamed and making the others all look at them with greed, “Where’d you learn how to do this?” he had asked of the little girl, “Here, there, the average person really doesn’t know how to retain their energy.” she had told them, making them consider that, “So you have your mere’s powers?” Mercy asked of her.
“And Pere’s,” she had told the group there, pulling out a business card she nicked and filled it with emerald energy before she had went and thrown it into the air, making an explosion that was reminiscent of her fathers, “I don’t know if we should be scared of her, or try to recruit her.” Theoren asked of his family which was when Gabby and Tante Mattie shrugged, “Why not both?” they asked in unison.
Hearing that, the two looked before grinning, “What do you say we give you a preview to Lebeau Family Courtesy, before Remy comes and we have a real party.” he had said, making Irene and Gabby grin as she had went and dragged her friend into the mansion so that they could go and enjoy everything that was waiting for them in there right now, Irene trying to not worry about the future when THEY find out.
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Krakoa, X–Force #11
The two of them had left, laughing with enjoyment before they saw something, “Skinless babies!” Irene shouted before the two of them went and joined the fray, Irene using Boy while Gabby had went ahead and started to attack the enemy with her claws, they had gotten into the X–Force armory that she had obviously no idea about from absorbing the memories of their memories.
As Irene had fired through one, she saw that they had started to multiply and so, Irene had decided to go Boom Boom and throw a grenade, the moment it made contact, it vaporized the individual and that had made nothing come back, making Irene smile as she had went to go and take out another one, “Corral them to me! We can terminate them then!” she had said to Gabby.
Hearing that, they had all went to go and finish up the whole situation that was here right now, making Gabby nod as they had both went to go and get rid of as many of these Russian Nesting Dolls as possible when they had went and started to finish it all up, making them take a break at that, glad that they had see that the Russian Nesting Dolls had went and started to get wiped out.
With that done, Irene had laughed, happy that they had finished it up as she had and her friend had both headed to Akademos, the two of them going to enjoy themselves for now as they had went and relaxed, at least until Irene had heard a noise, “I have to go.” she had said, making Gabby worried, “Irene?” she had asked, worried for her as she had went and followed her to make sure she was okay.
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Green Lagoon
Irene had snapped out of it now that she was in The Green Lagoon with Gabby beside her, “You used the beacon on her?” Mystique had snarled towards Sinister, “Well what’d you expect me to do?” He had asked as the adults there had went and glared towards the man as he had started to back away, “Grandfather? What’s going on?” She had asked of him as they saw she snapped out of it.
“We wanted to meet you,” Kate had said, “Can’t believe that Rogue and Remy actually had an Irene.” She had went as they had seen her and how she had her mothers and her fathers features, “Yep!” Irene had told them, “Grandfather got their DNA and made me!” she had told them and hearing that, a few looked towards him before Irene had asked her question.
“So does everybody know except for…?” she had asked, making Bobby be the first to respond, “There’s no way to contact them now but–” “Hooo.” she had said, sounding relaxed before she had seen their confused looks, “I need time to prepare to see them.” she had went and informed them, relieving her of the reactions for those that didn’t know about her crying.
“Why don’t we tell you some stories of your parents, so you’ll be ready for when they come back?” Bobby had asked, “Only if they’re embarrassing so I can innocently laugh and shock them.” she had said, making them all chuckle and like that as they had started with a story about a pie, making Irene chuckle and laugh as she had started to wonder what they were doing right now.