Hi Menagerie
Gate Hub, Krakoa
“Names!” The Energetic girl had started, “My name’s Talia Josephine Frank! But you can call me TJ!” she had told them, “Pavel Nicholas.” The Giant had told them, “Azari Charles, this is Kendall Logan.” The Brother said to them, “Nomi Blume.” Nomi had told them, making all of them look to the last one, the black haired boy with a blonde streak as he glared at them with his green eyes, “Ove Kenziesen.” he answered.
“Great!” TJ, the Romani/German girl said, “Now does anyone know why we were all drawn here?” she asked them to which they all shook their heads, “All I know is that the whine came and gave me a headache until I listened.” Ove had told them, “Same.” Nomi had said as Kendall tugged her brothers arm which made Azari lean down and listen to her whispers, “What?” Ove asked, noticing.
“Kendall says that there’s some machinery in your arm.” Azari said to TJ, pointing to her left forearm, surprising her as she had went and looked at it, confused, “Do any of us have it?” Nomi had asked, starting to tell where it was now, “No,” Azari said as he walked over while Pavel was looking around at everything, “Just TJ here.” he went, electricity coming from his fingers before he touched the area.
TJ felt a jolt, making her recoil before they all saw something shocking, her appearance started to fizzle and change until she was completely different, her eyes yellow and covered in blue, her hair too with her fingers being three each now on her hands and as they saw, her feet were different too in her sandals, “Cool!” she went, checking herself out before something popped out.
“Even cooler!” she went, checking out her tail, Kendall looking at it too, “Wait, something’s off,” Pavel had said to them, “I’m ten–” “You are?” Nomi asked, kind of surprised at that, “Yes, and I’m assuming we’re all around the same age but Kendall?” he asked, “She’s Six,” Azari said, “We found out we were related after The Logans passed.” he had told them.
“So C–1,” he said, making Ove roll his eyes, “Is probably older than us.” Pavel had told them, “Well who do we know with a Red Diamond–?” “Wait, there’s more of you guys?” a voice said, making the six of them turn to see a girl with tear stain scars down her cheeks, “What do you mean more?” Nomi had asked as Ove stepped forward, ready to get the answers but she didn’t look scared.
“I mean you guys have the same tag as Irene.” she told them, making them all look curious at that, “So you guys are all like her?” Gabby had asked them, “How?” Azari had asked her, “Made by Sinister, you know, the Supervillain?” she had asked, making the kids all look confused, “Wait…” the girl went, going and sniffing them all which had made them all look confused.
“You guys smell familiar.” she had told them, especially Kendall which made Azari light up his hands, ready to electrocute her if needed, “So you electrocute people, huh?” she asked Azari before looking to TJ, and you look a lot like Nightcrawler.” she had told the blue girl, making her curious, “Like The Blue Elf guy?” she had asked her which was when Ove spoke up, “What about this Irene?” he asked her.
“Oh, she’s Remy and Rogue’s kid, I think she’s at Akademos now.” She said before heading that way, “I’m Gabby Kinney, aka Scout!” she told them, making the six look at her with interest as she popped her claws, “I’m a Wolverine.” she told them, making Kendall look at her with wonder as they had followed, “That’s cool.” Pavel had said as they followed Gabby to the last of them.
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Akademos, Krakoa
Irene was enjoying herself right now as she was testing her abilities without restraint now with Curse helping with the chaos when she had noticed Gabby, “Hey! How’re things…?” She started before seeing that there was a group that was following behind them and as they watched, the young Lebeau approached them, shocked, “Hey Irene, I found these kids and–” “Yes! So he didn’t burn you guys!” Irene said.
“Wait, you knew about us?” Ove had asked, approaching with a fist clenched, “Of course, Grandfather keeps his files unprotected, that’s why I called you guys in.” she had said to them, surprising the kids here, Irene had went and walked towards them, “C–2.” she went, pointing to Ove, “C–3.” Irene told Pavel, “C–4, ‘Boom!’” she had went to TJ, making the two share a grin.
“C–5.” She had told Azari, “C–6.” she had told Nomi, “And you’re the fabulous C–7!” Irene had told Kendall, making her smile, “Grandfather made us all around the same time, but he had trouble with making Kendall.” She had told them, surprising them all at it, “So you know who our parents are?” Azari had asked her, making Irene smile, “Nope!” she had told them.
That confused them, “Grandfather deleted the data and erased any memories I absorbed about it.” she had told them, “But I’d be happy to go ahead and help you find out.” she had told them, shocking the other kids at that, “Great but–” they had started when the kids saw her pull out a red diamond shaped device, “Hey Curse, Gabby, want to see my secret hiding place?” she asked, making them smile and nod.
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Sinister Space
The Nine of them walked through the gateway that had been created and they were all shocked by what they had seen, as they had walked in, they had seen it as a Ruby Labyrinth that was insane in appearance, “This is…” “My place.” she had told them, “Even Grandfather doesn’t know about this place.” she had told the kids that were there as she went to a large crystal and pressed her hand to it.
They were confused until it revealed a computer one with scores of data, “I’ve got access to everything he knows and he doesn’t even know it.” she said with a grin as they started to look around at everything that was there when Pavel noticed the mess, “What is all of this?” he had asked, picking up a sculpture of moving DNA with a name, “Nikolai Rasputin.” it said as Irene looked back.
“Oh, that’s some of my work.” she had told them, “Sometimes my brain gets too cluttered so I had to express it in this way.” she said, showing a variety of art styles and maps and sculptures, all of them amazing and odd, like they were made by an alien as Nomi poked a cube which had turned into herself, copying her movements while growing and getting older, showing herself as an adult.
“This is awesome!” Gabby had said as Azari had went and seen that there were family trees with a slew of kids like them all there, it was amazing and shocking, “That was for a ‘For the future’ idea.” she had told the group as he had went to The Chimera project, showing the first seven successes of the hundreds of possible combinations that had resulted in failures.
“So he made us?” Nomi had asked as Kendall started to play with the cube now, seeing her older self which had looked just like the mutant leader Storm now, making Kendall laugh at that as Irene had went ahead and accidentally opened up a closet that had a slew of costumes in it, black with a red diamond making up the center, “What are–?” “Nothing!” she had shouted, using some Speed to throw them in and lock it.
They had all looked at her a little surprised at that as they had all started to think on what it was that they would need to find to figure out who was who as TJ started to look through the others costumes that she had there, “Let’s start with your powers, see if there’re any similarities.” Irene had said, getting a notebook and a pen, “Ove! You first!” she had told the boy.
Ove glared at that to her, challenging Irene silently, “Either you tell me, or you can be the only one left out.” she told him, making Ove glare harder before he answered, “I am strong, tough, and I can breath underwater and fly.” he said, making his wings around his ankles pop out and lift him in the air, “Got it.” Irene said, writing it all down and the possible relations.
“Next up, Pavel!” Irene had told the boy, making the young russian cover himself in metal right now, “Well that answers that question.” Irene had said as she went and written that down as well, “How about you TJ?” she had asked of the blue girl who gave her an idea of who one of her parents were at least, “Well besides the fact I can stick to walls like Spider-Man,” Tj said, leaping and sticking to a surface.
“I can shoot these.” TJ said, firing a bolt of energy that exploded in the distance, “Pretty awesome, right?” she had asked of them, making the others nod at that as Irene had looked towards Azari, “And you?” she asked Azari, “Well besides the electrokinesis.” he said, showing some sparks coming out of his hands, “I’m as tough and as awesome as Isaiah Bradley.” Azari said, confusing the others.
“Not Black Panther?” Irene had asked him, “That’d be like a blues musician saying he’s as good as Robert Johnson.” Azari had told them, making most look confused as Irene nodded and wrote it down, “Nomi!” Irene had said, the girl looked to Pavel, “You mind going metal again?” she had asked him, The Russian had nodded and as soon as he did, Pavel started to float, “So you’re a Mini-Magneto!” Irene said.
Irene glared at that and pulled out a bullet, making a finger gun and aiming, “Don’t call me that.” she told Irene, she liked Magnet, but she hated being called mini, “Alright M–3.” she told Nomi, making her confused as Irene focused on Kendall, and you?” she had asked her, making Kendall get nervous, “She’s like me.” Azari told her, “Only she can SEE currents of electricity, plus her senses are crazy.” he said.
Irene had started to write that down when she noticed that Kendall was looking a little taller, “And she can fly, nice.” Irene said, surprising even Azari as they saw her do that, “I bet she’s gonna be stronger than you when she gets to ten.” Irene had said, making Kendall smile at that as she had went and written it all down, “Okay, I already have a few ideas on who your parents are.” she told the group.
“Yeah, same here.” Gabby had told her as Curse had found a locked box, “As soon as we can call them, we should tell them.” she said as both her and Irene looked at the kids before Curse opened the box, revealing bracelets, “What’re these?” she asked, putting one of the dozens on her wrist, “Wait! Don’t open–!” but it was too late and Curse activated it, revealing her embarrassing secret.
A black and white uniform with red accents, surprising Curse at it and giving a twirl at the uniform, “What is that?” Nomi had asked, actually liking the design as the others swarmed and took one out, all of them looking to see the uniforms cover themselves, “They’re for my mm–ma–mm.” she had mumbled towards them, “You’re what?” Gabby had asked her.
“My… Marauders.” she had told them, making them all look at her, “Grandfather had his own team of mutants to help him in his work and I remembered seeing these uniforms on the Red Guard from The House of M, so I thought…” she had went, making Ove laugh as they had all watched her blushing more and more red at that before Pavel smacked the back of his head with a metal hand.
“So you wanted to be a Professor X?” Gabby had asked, “More a Magneto,” she told them, “He leads by example.” she said and hearing that, they had all looked at her with curiosity at that as Irene had remembered while TJ had went and given a bow in her own version of the uniform, “Then allow me to present… GeNext!” TJ had told them, making them all look at her curious.
“GeNext?” Nomi had asked and the others were all in agreement at that as Curse and Gabby had nodded along, both wearing the uniform too, “Yeah,” TJ said, “Because Mr. Sinister is a Genetics scientist, right?” she asked to which Irene nodded, “And we’re like, the next generation?” TJ said to them, at that Azari had nodded as Kendall went and put on a uniform as well, “So, GeNext!” TJ had said to them.
Hearing that, Irene had grinned towards that before she had gotten a text from her parents, “Hey, you guys want to start with the parents search?” she had asked them, making them all look to her and nod at that as they got ready to leave, “Do you guys mind at least turning the uniforms off before you leave?” she had asked of them, making them nod at that as they each kept one to tease her later.
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Lebeau Residence, Krakoa
Rogue and Remy had waited for their… daughter, as she had approached, the two of them had smiled before they saw that she was coming with others, one of them blue, another made of metal, it was all a little surprising, “Hey there! I found some more like me!” she had told them, making them look and see the similarities that were between the kids and their friends and comrades.
“Reenie,” Remy had said, “Where’d they come from?” he had asked of her, hearing that, they had looked curious as well, “Oh, I accidentally activated the callback function that Grandfather had installed, making them all look towards her, “Wait, YOU’RE the reason why we’re here?” Ove had asked her, the angriest out of all of them as others like Azari and Nomi were all more curious.
“Wait, so Sinister made more of you?” Rogue asked as she saw TJ and sent a text to him and to Peter, which was when the kids had all started to get curious and as they had looked around, the kids there had all started to walk around before they saw two of the girls were starting to fly, one looking just like Storm while the other was flying just like Magneto and Lorna did.
“Oh, Sinister is going to be a pile of ash after this.” she said, both of them grinning at that as Kurt had teleported to them, “Hey, Rogue, what was it about a mini–me?” he had started before seeing TJ, “Wow! You look like a grownup me!” she had started to says, “Talia?” he had asked, confusing TJ at that, “You know my name! AreyouaTelepath?” she started, speeding up on her speech.
“Wait, you know Talia Onkel?” she asked Kurt, making the others look to her, “Not this one, but I met an older version of her from another universe.” he had said to her and hearing that, they got curious, “Is she a girl you?” Kendall had asked of him, making Talia laugh at that, “No, she’s my…” he said, trying to get a way to say to them, “She’s your cousin.” Kurt had told Irene, making the two look at each other in shock.
“What about us?” Ove had asked of them as they saw the similarities between the kids, at that, they had answers for them all, “Sure, but we should let them meet you first.” Remy said to her as the kids glared, at least Ove and Nomi did, Pavel and the siblings seemed to understand this as TJ went and hugged Kurt, making him fall to the ground with the intensity as Irene went and called Mystique.
“Irene?” She had asked her, “What is–” “You have another granddaughter.” Irene had said, “I have a cousin, and she is awesome like the others here.” Irene said, winking towards Kendall who smiled, “I’m coming over.” She told Irene before hanging up, as they had went and started to make plans, as they did, Irene pulled out a ed stone, “Luckily I brought a house with me!” she said.
That surprised them as she showed them the miniature that was in her hand, “Just plant and boom! It grows to full size!” she had told them, hearing that, they had all started to get interested in where she got that, “Heck yeah!” TJ had said as she had activated the uniform, “GeNext needs a secret base!” she had said, making Ove groan while Irene had smacked her forehead.
“GeNext?” the adults there had asked as they saw that Mystique was walking over and she had seen TJ in the Red Guard like uniform, “What the–?” she started as Irene noticed her, “Grandmother!” she went, making TJ look as well which had made them both grin, “Wow!” TJ said as she had went and approached the shapeshifter, “You’re like a girl me!” she had went to Mystique.
Said Mystique had went and looked towards all of the children there, “Sinister made more than Irene?” Mystique had said to them, The kids there had all nodded at that which had made Mystique think on that, “They are going to eat him alive.” Mystique had told them, “After the Arakko problem is solved.” she had said, making the kids look at her in curiosity, “Arakko?” Kendall had asked.
“Apparently Krakoa has a twin sibling.” Mystique had told them, making them all look curious at that, “How can an island have a twin?” Irene had asked, already curious and as she had went and started to think on possibilities on that, “It’s something that you kids don’t need to worry about just yet.” Rogue had said, “Let’s get you all settled in for now.” she had told them and hearing that, they listened for now.
“So where should we put this?” Irene had asked, “It should be near some water.” Ove said, feeling a little dehydrated, “Maybe metal too.” Pavel said to which Nomi nodded, “How about with some jungle too?” TJ had asked as they walked away, “You realize we can’t leave them unsupervised, right?” Kurt had asked as they saw Gabby and Curse follow them too, “Not to worry,” Remy said, “I have just the person in mind.”
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The Barracks Cove, Krakoa
Irene and the others had found the perfect place, it was a Cove that was near the jungle, a bunch of satellites had fallen around there and thanks to Pavel and Nomi they had a scrapyard around it now, with that, the group there had watch dth Barracks expand and grow until they had their own place now, they all started to head in now and were amazed at what they saw.
There were rooms for all of them, a rec room with a huge hexagonal TV with the second floor having terminals galore with a workshop for tools as well as an art room and more areas there as Pavel had went ahead took a glove that lit up the pointer finger, “Welding tool.” Irene told him, making him grin as he had went to work on making some metal artwork while the others started to claim rooms.
As they did, Irene had watched them, seeing them each claim a room, Ove taking the biggest, Azari and Kendall getting the ones next to each other as Pavel shouted “Dibs!” to the one below him while Nomi took the one by the entrance where the scrap metal was near, TJ going for the one in front of the TV, leaving Irene to have her pick so she went ahead and got her own.
As Irene had entered her own, she went ahead and entered her isolation chamber, changing into her comfort clothes, a super baggy shirt and some flowing sweatpants, the four suits of playing cards on her shirt as she had went to go and dream her form of dreaming, letting her spirit go out and enjoying the place that she had been visiting ever since she had gotten her astral projection.
It was a place that was from one of her craziest dreams, she had skipped through the place, the world following her like metal dust to a magnet as Irene had looked around, loving every bit of this place as she had noticed the lady in white finding her again, “Hullo again, My Lady.” Irene said, giving her a deep bow, “Good to see you again, Moppet.” Mother Righteous said to her.
Irene had smiled at that, “A lot of interesting things happened in the material!” she had told Mother Righteous, the woman had been meeting with her since her first visit to The Astral Plane, like Claudine, she had become one of her maternal figures, “I met others made like me! And my parents got me and TJ got her uncle so now I have a cousin now!” she had told her secret friend, not even Grandfather knew about her.
“That’s quite interesting Moppet.” Mother Righteous had said to her, “Now,” she had told Irene as a board had appeared between the two of them, “Shall we play a game again?” She had asked of Irene who smiled her Diamond Army had the fort this time while the hearts were invading, making the two of them smile at that as they played the game again, Irene launching the trebuchets against her enemy.
The two were enjoying their time right now, it was how they went, Irene would tell her everything that had been going on, and Mother Righteous would help her on how to deal with her abilities through this game, going a couple more rounds against each other now as The Moppet and The Lady had continued on through the night until she had to wake up once again to the material.