Peter Maximoff's Memories

Peter's Regrets

Prologue

The year was 1983, it had been a normal slow day for Peter until he watched the news. Something had happened in Poland, would he be able to make it in time to help Erik Lehnsherr?

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Peter's Basement - 1983

Peter had been spending his morning in his Mom's basement, he rarely left it these days. His Mom had tried to persuade him to get out more and do something with his life, but he wasn't budging. He enjoyed playing video games and watching old movies, this was his sanctuary. He liked keeping himself isolated from the world, he had many reasons to stay in his basement these days. Since everything that went down in Washington with Magneto back in 1973 he kind of blamed himself for the attack on the White House, if he hadn't taken part in the prison break with Charles, Logan and Hank then none of it would have happened. He had watched Magneto's attack on the White House on the television with his Mom and his younger Sister, the next day it was on the front page of every newspaper around the world.

Peter had collected the newspapers and read the articles to find out more information about the man he had helped to set free from the Pentagon. His Mom had told him not long after the White House attack that Magneto was his Father. He had searched for Erik for a few months, but he couldn't find him anywhere. After that Peter had decided to change his ways, he wanted to be a good guy. But that didn't last for long, he signed up for the 1976 Summer Olympics. He had entered the distance running event, to be a distance runner the athlete must achieve an Olympic qualifying time and qualify for their nation's Olympic team. He managed to fly through all the events set for him, his Mom was very proud of him. He had done well in the 1976 Summer Olympics, he broke several world records with the help of his mutant ability. But his fifteen minutes of fame didn't last long, in 1977 he got found out. The World Record people declared it as a scandal, he had used his mutant ability in public. He had been careless and that's when mutants got banned from all future professional sports competitions. It had been all over the news and in the newspapers, he kept some of the newspapers though for future lessons he had to teach himself.

Peter's Mom was upstairs watching television and his Sister was at school, he planned on doing nothing today. Sitting on the edge of his bed he flicked through the television's channels, he stopped on one of the channels for a moment and watched a little bit of Knight Rider. He really liked that show, he would totally love a talking car. But as always Peter settled on the news, he had to get his daily news fix. His gaze was fixated on the television set when a special news report flashed up on the screen, the first thing he noticed was a picture of Magneto. Something bad had gone down in Poland, he listened and watched the news report.

" Lehnsherr was identified yesterday in this small town, in central Poland. Leaders from all communities are urging their citizens to remain calm has police and armed forces are mobilizing to find Lehnsherr before he can strike again. If anyone has information about Lehnsherr, or as he is also known as Magneto."

Sighing to himself Peter took a business card from his trouser pocket, he looked down at it and nervously played with the card. Charles Xavier had given him this card back in 1973, he always kept it close since he found out about Erik Lehnsherr being his Father. He had thought about visiting Charles more than once over the years, but the fear of rejection always kept him in his basement. 

" Contact you local authorities immediately. And proceed with caution. Has he is considered extremely dangerous..."

"Peter!"

Peter quickly changed the channel when he heard his Mom's voice calling for him from upstairs, he zoomed over to his coffee table and placed the television remote down before he settled in front of his Pac-Man arcade machine. He began to play his game while his Mom walked down the staircase to his basement, he knew why she was here.