[3] The New Ones {X-Men Apocalypse}

IX

Canada

"What was he like? Was he, uh... like they say he was? Was he really, only... the bad guy?" Peter asked.

"No. I mean, yeah. He was... why do you care so much? You see his speech on TV or something?" She asked and Atlanta shakes her head.

"That's not why, Raven. Rebel knows the reason and I do too, but... it's up to him if he wants to tell you or not." She said quietly and Peter looked at her.

"Yeah, but, uh..." Peter cleared his throat and sighs. "He's my father." He said.

"What?" Raven asked sharply.

"Him and my mom, they did it." Peter said, awkwardly moving his hands all together.

"No, I know... what... Are you sure about that?" She asked and he looked at her and nodded.

"Yeah. Yeah. He left my mom before I was born. I got Rebel... to look into my mom's head. I met him 10 years back, but I didn't know it was him. By the time I figured it out, it was too late."

Peter said with a slight grunt. "Then, this week I saw him on TV again, and I came to that house, looking for him."

He lowered his head, trying to avoid looking, at Atlanta and the kids, who weren't saying anything. "But, by the time I got there. Late again. You know for a guy who moves as fast as me, I'm always seeming to be too late." Peter's voice cracked from emotion.

"Let's hope not this time." Raven says and Peter looks at Atlanta, finally and she stood up with the kids.

"I don't blame you, Peter. You did the best you could, you saved everyone in there that you could. Alex was just too close to it." She said and then he looks at the twins.

"We agree. There was nothing you could've done. Thanks for saving all of us that you could." Trent says and stuck out his hand to Peter, who was almost smiling again, as he shook his hand, and Summer shook hands with him as well.

"Hear me, all the inhabitants of this world." Charles's voice echoes now, in every person's head.

"This is a message. A message to every man, woman and mutant in the world." That was Rebel.

"You have lost your way. But I have returned." Charles looked at En Sabah Nur as he spoke through Charles.

"The day of reckoning is here. All your buildings... all of your towers and temples... will fall."

"And the dawn... of a new age will soon rise. For there is nothing you can do, to stop what is coming."

"This message is for one reason alone. To tell the strongest among you. Those with the greatest power. Protect those without."

"That's my message to the world."

Canada

"How were Charles and Rebel doing that without Cerebro?" Beast asked as they looked at each other.

"I know those voices. It's Xavier and Zeke, isn't it? What's going on?"

"We don't know!" Raven shouted.

"We don't know, bro!" Peter shouted.

Then suddenly, all they heard was a bunch of screaming, shouting, cursing and then after about five minutes, all of that stopped.

Kurt came up to the window and Beast's eyes widened with surprise and Atlanta laughed with shock.

"Get away from the door!" Atlanta shouted throwing her kids to the side as she backed up quickly to cover the people in the cage.

Then a concussive beam blasted the door open. Atlanta laughs at the sight of Scott, standing in the middle of the ruined hallway.

Everyone jogged out of the room and Atlanta chuckled at the looks her kids gave her. "This is our uncle?" Trent's voice was completely stunned and he shakes his head.

"He's younger then us!" Silver complained and Atlanta chuckled at the look on Scott's face.

"Only by a couple years!" Scott shot back at them.

"There's no use arguing with them Scott, they have got way too much of your family genes in them. Let's go."

Atlanta said and Scott rolls his eyes sharply as they raced off. "Peter! Don't leave without us!" Atlanta calls almost jokingly.

Cairo, Egypt

"This was meant to be the center of the universe before I was betrayed, now... it will be." Apocalypse raised his hands and focused. Suddenly, the buildings and everything else became a huge pyramid in the center of Cairo, as it must've been in the olden days.

Canada

The group of mutants were walking quickly to the hangar and Atlanta was bringing up the rear, as Scott got just distracted totally by the flight suits.

"Hey, come on Cyclops." She said, nudging him past them quickly.

"Hey, Hank, do you think you can fly this thing?" Raven asked as Hank was studying the plane.

"Yeah, I can figure it out." Hank said confidently.

"Hey guys. Flight suits." Scott said as he pressed a button and flight suits all lined up.

"You got your warplane. Let's go to war." Raven said, as they all looked quietly at the flight suits.