X-Men: Revolution

6.0 Middleverse - 1/1

Author's Note: It's not even something you would probably notice, but due to setting the story in 1995, I needed to change the year Forge recorded the message and possibly got himself into the Middleverse from 1978 to 1972. I just wanted to note it before someone thinks that I messed up the timeline on accident.

It was already December 15th, one week away from the Christmas break for those of the team members that attended school, and most of them already had scheduled flights or other means of transportation to take them to their families for the holiday. Forge heard Jean and Kitty talk about how happy they are to go see their beloved ones, Ororo and Evan were going to drive back to Queens to Monroe's sister, Kurt was obviously ecstatic both about the Christmas itself as well as about visiting his mother, and it was quite obvious that sooner or later he will talk Fallen into coming along.

Forge felt oddly unsettled by the thought that he'd be staying only with Professor Xavier and Scott. Now, Wagner did offer him to come to Germany, but he felt uncomfortable with the idea of interfering with an event meant to be celebrated within families, so he politely declined.

"Do you not have any relatives to visit?" Ororo asked him this morning after she told him about her own plan for christmas.

Silvercloud grimaced lightly shrugging. "I've spent too much time stuck in the Middleverse. Family reunions aren't really something that can happen for me at this point."

He didn't feel particularly saddened by the fact either, he always knew there would be no coming back to the old life that he left in the 70s and he had more than enough time to make peace with that. But this whole hustle related to the upcoming Christmas made him think about the new life that he found here.

And made him realize that he doesn't know who he is in this new reality. With future undone and old life long lost, he couldn't contextualize his situation. Both the past and future seemed like unfinished chapters and it felt like he skipped them and tried to write another one, never having the closure on what was already started.

And this is something he decided to figure out for himself before the end of the year.

Episode 6.0: MIDDLEVERSE

Ever since they arrived back in 1995, a couple months before he was initially rescued from the Middleverse, he took on the easy approach of going along whatever happens. Since that route caused him to be recruited into the X-Men he decided to try it this time around despite he previously refused.

But this time was different for reasons such as him being already accustomed to the 90s, unlike that first time when he had a lot to learn and catch up with after the extensive period of not knowing what happens in the world. All the history, technology, even fashion. He was overwhelmed by the amount of changes that he needed to adapt himself to. The new mindsets, new ways of doing things, even the new words that went from slang to dictionaries over the time.

And most of all, his family. He didn't live with them when he got stuck in his middleverse, he moved to Bayville to study at a college that used to be located where Bayville High was right now. He knew it probably delayed the time his family needed to figure out he 'vanished', but after that long he was also sure they long gave up hope he will ever return.

Much less that he would turn up not aged a day.

So he had that to deal with.

Right now however he knew what happened throughout many years, he didn't think it necessary to travel to his hometown once again. It wasn't worth the hustle, better leave it as it is.

Now he should focus on things other than catching up a three-decade gap in his information, such as his stance on being an X-Man. Sure, he accepted the invitation to the team and participated in the trainings, but he felt like he's kind of outside looking in. Not only at his life at the institute but at himself overall.