Chapter One: The Beginning

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"Mutation. It is the key to our evolution. It has allowed us to evolve from a single-celled organism to the dominant species on this planet. This process is slow, normally taking thousands of years. But every few hundred millennia, evolution leaps forward." Professor Xavier explains.


Poland, 1944

The whistle sounds as the train rolls to a halt in the heavy rain.

A German soldier throws the door open, revealing a mass of huddled and frightened people. Men, women, and children are herded off the train toward a large open yard. The soldiers yell and shove them.

The fences are topped with barbed wire to separate the groups.

A young boy stares at the metal with a fascination. A couple nearby tries to smile and comfort him.

Soldier's jab at the people with their rifles, dividing them into smaller groups; men from women, children from adults, a separate section for the elderly. The family tries to stay together, clinging to another dearly, until finally, they are put upon by number of gray uniforms and pulled apart. The boy dragged screaming, his feet no longer touching the ground. Two soldiers carry him as they follow the back of a large column of children being led through a gate of barbed wire so dense, it resembles wool.

The gate closes and the boy looks back to see his parents, along with many others, being restrained by a number of soldiers. The screaming is deafening but none screams louder than the boy. The soldiers struggle to carry him away. The boy becomes heavier with each step from the fence. He holds his arms out, fingers clawed in the air, screaming until he's blue in the face. Suddenly the soldiers are pulled a step back. They begin to slip in the mud and share looks of confusion. Hearing a loud groaning, creaking sound, they turn towards the fence. The barbed wire snaps and bows towards them like iron fillings to a magnet.

The boy continues to scream as others stop and watch in wonder. One of the soldiers pulls a wooden baton from his belt and strikes the boy across the head, rendering him unconscious. The soldiers spring forward and drag the boy away, following the line of children in front of them.


Meridian Mississipi

Marie points to a picture on her wall. "Niagara Falls. Up the Canadian Rockies and then it's only a few hundred miles to Anchorage."

"Well, won't it be kind of cold?" David asks from her bed.

She walks over and lies down next to him. "Well, that's the point, stupid. Otherwise it wouldn't be an adventure."

"And when are you gonna do this?"

"I don't know." She shrugs. "After high school, before college."

David looks at her for a moment, their faces hover near each other before they close the distance, kissing. Marie closes her eyes and responds to the kiss. Veins appear on David's face and his eyes widen in shock, Marie pulls away in horror. He begins to seize and she screams.

After a moment her parents burst into the room. "Marie! David?" Her father goes to check on the boy.

She steps back. "I don't know what happened to him." She cries. "I don't know what...I just touched him, I didn't...I didn't mean..."

"Call an ambulance."

Maries mother tries to comfort her but she steps away. "Don't touch..."

"Honey-" The woman steps forward, reaching towards her.

"Just get away from me!" She screams, pressing her back against the wall.

"Call an Ambulance!" Her father yells.

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