The city
N/A: A case fic?
The X-men are getting closer and closer of their goal that is mutant´s acceptance, which, realistic speaking, won´t make all humans and mutants hold hands and sing peaceful music, but, if the project sentinel is officially destroyed and if a mutant kid can go to school without fear...then the X-men have done their job.
Yet, Scott wonders if all the good publicity really comes from their effort or if is something else, Betsy urges him to not think too much about this(as she too has many questions, questions that she rather be unanswered)
Rogue is out of the X-men for a while having joined the Death´s cult("I´ll be back, guys, Death has some missions for me to do" "Can you give her a hello for me?" "Sure, Wade, I´ll send your hello") and Jubilee is in Shiar being worshipper as a goodness. Chamber is there with her and lasts the X-men heard from them is that Jubilee adopts a baby, the hows and whens are not important when Jubilee is the Pheonix.
"Well, we´re still here" Storm speaks calmly as if reading Scott´s mind (deep down, she has an idea what happened with Jean, Logan and Prof X and she is not sorry for what happened, but, it gives more reason to be careful when bargaining with you know who) "And we have a mission, what we should do?"
Iceman, Storm, Cyclops, Beast, Psylocke received a call about a mutant girl that wants to join the school. There´s something to be said when people can just call the X-men calmly, instead of death and life situation. The girl goes by the name Pixie(her human name is Megan Gwynn) and she is in a city called Sey, in the north of the state, and whats an X-men to come to pick her up.
At first, they thought she could come here by herself, but, the seniors are studying the case. "She seems scared of this city" Bobby speaks sagely and they all agree.
"So, what we could take from this?" Scott asked "lately, we have seen more and odder things..." he trails off.
"She is real" Betsy states "I used my powers and I can see she is a real mutant, and, I can see she is indeed afraid of that city even through...I couldn´t see it"
A plan is formed and Psylocke and Scott will go check out, and, Ororo, Iceman and Beast will stay in the school to protect the students and of course, to keep an eye on their guest.
"Wait," Beast speaks "isn´t she with Scarlet Witch now?"
"Yes, but, even if Kitten is a benign force we still should be aware of her, she is an ally now, so, let´s hope she continues one in the future" Ororo speaks calmly and they agree with her statement.
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Betsy and Scott agree in using a more mundane way of transportation and is almost like a date, almost. Scott remembers that Jean used to hate trains and Scott still thinks about her(she cheat on him, yes, but, she was a big part on his life) and Betsy is very different from Jean, she likes trains.
"Hey, after all this is over, what you would like to do?" Scott asked.
"I really don´t know, I never plan ahead, I guess ...I´ll always be an X-men, no matter what and you?"
"Retired and be a father" Scott confessed "my own was a disappointment, but, it also makes me what to be a better father"
"That´s cute, I did peg you as a family man"
"That you did"
And the banter continues until the train stops in their location and is time for them to meet the new student.
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The city is normal, the people look normal, but, even Betsy can feel something up(she tries to scan the city and ended up with a headache, thank god, Scott is prepared for those things)
"So...strange normal or normal normal?" Scott asked looking around the city is the typical small American city, except, there´s something different here.
"Strange strange!"
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They speak with the mayor, a man with a big belly, a short hair and blue eyes, the man appears to be in the middle 40s and is talking friendly to the X-men, with one annoying addiction...he keeps calling them Tim.
Betsy and Scott could interpret this as the mayor or being dyslexic of some sort or maybe this is a mean spirit joke.
"We received a call from Megan Gwynn, where is she?" Betsy asked trying to read his mind....but is impossible.
"She is with the other kids, of course, Tim can take you there," the mayor said and he called for the milkman, also named Tim, to guide them.
Why a milkman is guiding them?
"Come here, Tim!" he speaks smiling friendly to Scott and Betsy and maybe the Tim thing is not a joke here.
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Megan waves her arm at them with reluctance. The X-men spot her along with a woman with long hair and blue eyes. "You came here to pick up Megan? She is a type fairy too" Megan nods her head agreeing with the woman.
"Are you the mother?" Scott asked and the woman opens a big smile that makes him think of you know who.
"Of course! I´m the mother" the woman replied calmly.
And Betsy feels uneasy of the sudden as all the other citizen are present, they...never left. They are watching. Always watching and Psylocke uses the telekinesis blade.
The woman just smiles at them. "Child, you think your blades will stop me?" and without Betsy command, the blade is gone.
The woman never gave a name as no one in the town did. She let Megan, Scott and Betsy talk freely(not really, Scott can feel she is watching, she is listening)
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"Is she your mother?" Scott asked and Megan shakes her head.
"Look, is complex, she is not my mother, she is our mother! She births 1000 or more of us, so, she is not my mother in the sense you are thinking, she is our mother" Megan said "and she let me tell you this to you two...she is Gaia"
"Who is Gaia?" Betsy asked remembering the tales Meggan used to tell a few years ago.
"She!" is all Megan can say about the subject. They talk some more and learned that Megan is indeed a fairy mutant, a fae of sorts(is so ironic that Scott almost laughs, almost) and her birth parents kick her out once learned what Megan is ...but this city takes her in.
"So how long are you here?" Betsy asked fearing for the girl.
"...I´m here for 10 years or 1 day, time here is irrelevant for Gaia" and Megan asked who is the president and is shocked to see...is a new one, she stays on this city for more than 10 years...but there´s no indication of this city before.
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The woman arrives and so the other people of this town, and Psylocke, maybe thinking about her childhood or getting fed up fearing something she can´t understand decides to attack the mayor.
She cuts his head. Megan is not impressed even if Scott did cover her eyes. "Mr Summers, is ok, Gaia can´t be killed" and before he could ask what she is saying Betsy takes a step back as the mayor´s head has no blood, and is still alive.
The woman speaks "Oh, you Tims are so violent sometimes...Uhm" she said and her eyes are azzure now "Is hard for me to remember your names in this form, so, sorry for calling you Tim, Betsy" the woman´s face is cracking a bit and now, only now, Betsy is taking the option of fleeing.
"Run, Run now," she said and is relieved to see there´s no monster chasing them, but, is freak out to see there´s no small city anymore, there´s just ...nothing.
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Scott and Betsy agree to take Megan to the school as the girl has nowhere to go. Back to the train, a kind woman in selling food appears and before they could decide if they want to eat something, the kindly woman replies. "Betsy, don´t go around beheading people you don´t know, that´s very impolite, and really, I thought you two you made the connection by now"
They but Megan are speechless.
"Megan, be a good girl, ok?"
"Yes, mother!"
And just like that, the kindly woman leaves the X-men and Megan alone.
"What the fuck is that? Who is Gaia?"
"Gaia is the mother of all living things, she is above the faes, she is above the dijins you are so fond, Scott, she is above everything" Megan explained and Scott knows he was happy when he thought fairies are something that only exists in movies.
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Wanda and Kitty are meditating in a circle, well, Wanda broke the concentration to speak something important. "I know!" and Kitty only gazes upon her. "I know you are Zaorva, I know you´re Gaia, I know!"
Kitty smiles amused. "What gave away?"
"Your energy. I was taught to reconize all types of energies, and you? You´re pure life, only Zaorva gives that energy" and adds "plus thinking back then, only you could defat anything related to Cthulu so easily" Wanda states feeling dumb for not having put 1+1 sooner.
"Ah, you´re smart, I like that, Scott and the others still don´t get it, well, will you keep this as a secret?"
"Sure...will this change anything?"
"Of course not, Wanda, I like you and I enjoy our time very much" this makes the witch feels happy as now she returns to the meditation.