Since You've Been Gone (Sequel To Mutant Beyond Compare)

Chapter 4

*Nora's P.O.V*

I sat on one of the many fold-up chairs that were placed into the kitchen. After hearing what Logan, Charles, and Hank were doing here, I had decided to call a meeting and get everyone's feedback about the matter. Mirror, to my surprise, was the first one to arrive and sit down. He also sat down near Hank which surprised me even further. But, I could tell that he was still uncomfortable with the fact that Charles was in the room. Dust, Crystal and Dozer arrived next with most of the others right behind them. Based by how they were sitting, you could tell each mutant's opinions without having to read their minds. Dust sat near Dozer, who was sitting near Logan. I guess that he must of forgiven Logan already for knocking him out when they first met. Crystal surprised me by sitting on the opposite side of the room as them and glared daggers at Charles. I couldn't blame her for not wanting to sit next to Charles after knocking out her brother. Robin and Spider sat near Crystal. When Wolf entered the room, I could obviously tell that he was having an internal conflict with himself. He looked at me then Hank and sat in between us. Leave it to Wolf to be the Switzerland in this conflict. Only three, no four, people were missing. "Where's Hurricane, Pharaoh, and Scout?" Spider asked me. I gave her a slight shrug, "They did go on a patrol this morning. They should, theoretically, be back by now." No sooner had those words left my mouth, the three final mutants strolled into the kitchen.

*Logan's P.O.V*

After Nora finished her snide comment, three mutants showed up at the door to the kitchen. The three mutants being a girl and two boys. The girl had long reddish-brown hair that was in a fishtail braid and she had light brown eyes. The first boy had blueish hair, similar to Dust's hair color, except it had the occasional white or gray streak. He was almost as tall as Hank and he had silver-colored eyes. The second boy had dirty blonde hair and chocolate brown eyes. He was also slimmer than the first boy and was slightly taller. The girl looked at me and then to Nora, "Sorry we're late. By the way, who are these guys?" Nora gave a small laugh, "Well, that's a long story Scout. Anyways, Scout this is Logan, Hank, and Charles Xavier." Scout gave a nod and then sat next to Wolf. The silver-eyed boy looked at Hank and sighed, "You must be Beast. I'm Hurricane, I've heard tons about your work on mutant serums." Hank gulped, "Is that a compliment?" He shook his head, "That's why I sighed. I can't believe that you would want to control your mutation, I've heard that it's pretty wicked. And for that, I'm sitting with Crystal." Hurricane then walked over to Crystal and sat down next to her. Nora glanced over at the last boy, "Pharaoh, why don't you introduce yourself?" The blonde boy shook his head, "They'll hate my mutation Chrome, especially Xavier."

Chrome looked at Charles, "You wouldn't mind if he showed you his mutation would you? He's kinda insecure about it with new people." Charles nodded, "By all means." Pharaoh gulped and waved his hand in front of him. It was then that one of the metal kitchen knives flew through the air and right to his hand. He grabbed it by it's hilt and sighed, "I-I control metal, and gold, and other minerals." He then waved his hand again and the knife flew back into the knife block. Pharaoh paused for a moment and then sat down next to Wolf. Chrome bit her lip before beginning, "The reason why I have gathered all of you here is that we have had a visitor from the future. His name is Logan. He says that we have a dark future ahead of us and we need to change it for the good of all mutants. The event that we have to stop is Mystique assassinating Bolivar Trask. He is a lead weapon's designer and had experimented on far too many of us. To stop this event, we have to break my brother Eric out of the Pentagon. We also have to choose a side, whether we stay neutral in this matter or we stand and help Logan, Charles, and Hank set the future on a better course. I will give you all the opportunity to speak your mind, seeing as this is a decision that will affect all of us, and choose a side on the matter. But, the deciding factor of the argument will be majority rules." She then stepped back and let her mutants talk one by one. Hurricane was the first to stand, "I know that it isn't my place to say this but... Why would we even think about helping Magneto? He has lead many of us, including Mystique, to dangerous missions and darker paths. I know that he might get better in the future but as of now, I vote against." Nora nodded and put a tally on a piece of paper. Wolf stood up next, "I believe that everyone has a story. Even Magneto. I mean, most of us know about how he grew up. It was similar to Chrome's childhood. He spent his entire life plotting revenge against Shaw. It's not his fault that he is this way. I vote for breaking him out." Another tally went on Nora's paper. Then mutant after mutant spoke in various lengths about what they thought and if they wanted to break Eric out of prison. After most of the mutants had spoken various lengths of time, the tally read 6 to 4, 6 being the amount of people wanting to help break Magneto out of prison. Chrome smiled, "It seems as though we have come to a decision. We will help break my brother out of prison and help Logan, Charles, and Hank set our future on a better course."