(This is a long chapter, but intresting.)
In a high-stakes chase through the dense woods, Wolverine was riding his motorcycle, escaping from a military-like group.
Suddenly, the roar of a helicopter cut through the treetops above. The chopper descended fast, kicking up leaves and dust. The path ahead was blocked as it landed directly in Wolverine's way. Instinctively, he skidded the bike to a stop.
Nick Fury stepped out of the chopper, his long coat flapping in the rotor wind, and called out coolly, "Weapon X."
"I don't work for S.H.I.E.L.D. anymore," Wolverine retorted.
Fury nodded slightly, then cut to the point. "We've got a situation. Rebirth was stolen."
Logan's eyes narrowed. "That's not possible. Rebirth was destroyed—burned to ash."
Fury clarified, "There was a second one, a backup. S.H.I.E.L.D. is unsure who took it, but there were magnetic pulses that bent metal."
Without waiting for a reply, Fury turned and climbed back into the helicopter. The rotors flared to life, and in seconds, he was gone, vanishing above the treeline.
Instinctively, Wolverine's keen awareness kicked in, and he immediately recognized the hands of Magneto in the magnetic disturbances. L
Left alone in the woods, Wolverine stared into the distance, his claws sliding out with a metallic snikt. The name Rebirth echoed in his mind, dragging up memories he thought were buried for good.
"Damn it, Erik… what are you planning now?" he muttered, before turning back to the trail.
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In the halls of the Institute, Wolverine divulged the troubling information about Rebirth to Xavier. "It was a machine created to 'enhance' humans and create super soldiers during World War II. It was only used on one man, Steve Rogers."
Xavier, with a hint of humor, interrupted, "I didn't realize that you were so old."
Wolverine continued, sharing the grim aftermath, "Rebirth ended up destroying Rogers, and now I believe that Magneto has it."
Determined to locate Magneto, Xavier engaged Cerebro in a fruitless attempt to pinpoint his whereabouts.
Despite the failure, the powerful telepathic tool revealed an unexpected surge in mutant signatures.
Xavier and Wolverine exchanged a glance, acknowledging the implications of a massive mutant population boom.
Overhearing the discussion, Kurt and Rogue also speak about it. Rogue hesitantly spoke up, revealing, "I remember some information when I touched the Magneto in New York. I think he's hiding out at a base in the Sahara Desert."
With hearing it, Wolverine, Kurt with Rogue prepared to embark on a journey to the desert.
As the trio ventured into the vast expanse of the Sahara, Kurt sought clarification from Wolverine, asking, "Why was only one super soldier created using Rebirth?"
"In that process, it actually caused a cellular breakdown that killed Captain America. So, we had to destroy Rebirth to keep anyone else from suffering," Logan explained, explaining the grim consequences of the Rebirth experiment.
When they reached towards the Magneto's base, Sabertooth suddenly appeared there, and launched a ferocious attack on Wolverine and Kurt.
Meanwhile, Rogue aimed to reach the machine with the intention of dismantling it and putting an end to the threat it posed.
When Kurt materialized in the Rebirth chamber.
The detonator was clenched tightly in his gloved hand, his mission was clear: to destroy the Rebirth device and end its threat once and for all.
But before he could set the charges, a voice echoed through the chamber.
"Kurt... will you kill me?"
The voice belonged to Magneto.
He was inside the Rebirth machine.
"I am using the Rebirth machine... to rejuvenate myself. My body is failing. This... this is the only way I survive."
"And if you detonate this bomb, you would be responsible for my death."
Hearing it, Kurt was unable to carry out the plan.
Meanwhile, Magneto's cells began to regenerate, and he underwent a transformation, reverting to a youthful state.
"Rebirth doesn't harm mutants, as it did on humans," Magneto whispered in awe. "It perfects us."
Before Kurt could react, a violent tremor shook the base—Wolverine had arrived.
Claws slashing through metal, Logan tore through the Rebirth facility, finally knocking Sabretooth unconscious in a brutal exchange. Without hesitation, he ripped the core wiring from the Rebirth machine.
He then pulled out Magneto from the Rebirth Machine. Before putting a detonator inside it.
The device erupted in a powerful explosion, signaling the end of the Rebirth Machine.
Seeing the destruction of the machine, Magneto became furious. Using the massive metal he wants to destroy the X-Men.
However he ultimately decided to spare the X-Men's lives. When Kurt didn't put the detonator inside the Rebirth, it showed his kindness.
Remembering it, he turned his back on them and vanished into the shadows.
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Later, in the quiet basement of a hidden S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, Wolverine stood alone beside a cryogenic chamber. Inside it, still and silent, lay Captain America—frozen in time, suspended until a cure could be found for the Rebirth-induced damage.
Nick Fury appeared behind him. "You were never here, Logan. Understood?"
Logan didn't answer. He placed a hand on the glass, then walked away without a word.
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Meanwhile, in the med bay of the Xavier Institute, Ben stirred for the first time in days, his body finally recovering from the cost of overusing Time Pause. He opened his eyes slowly, only to find Rogue asleep beside him, one arm still wrapped protectively around his shoulder.
Moments before sleep claimed her, she'd inform him about the latest mission they have done.
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Xavier is wheeled into a cell; the security chief told his henchmen to bring the patient. The security chief also told them to secure her binding.
The guards are all really nervous and jumpy, and one of them yells out not to let her move her hands, even a little.
The patient is a girl, although security is tight, but she is able to wiggle one hand free enough to wave toward the binding on her straitjacket. The bindings disintegrate, and the girl is able to get free.
The security guards collided with the ground, and the bulb started breaking. Massive destruction and chaos ensued.
The girl runs for the door, and it seems to melt in front of her. She makes her way to the cell where Xavier is waiting and rushes him as if she were about to attack.
"Wanda, stop," Xavier called her, but when she still continued forward, he used his powers to overcome her and calm her down, she sat down in a corner.
"Professor, are you okay," The security guards asked after coming inside of the room.
"I'm alright, everything is under control," Professor replied, then the guards return back.
"You seem very angry today, I was hoping you made progress in learning how to control your anger," Professor asked her.
Wanda glared at the Professor, and demanded, "Just get me out of here."
"Wanda, I have a place for you at my institute, but right now I can't risk it," Xavier explained, while he was still calming her down.
A doctor interrupts, "Sorry Professor, but we still need to give her some treatment, can we take her back."
Professor nodded, and the doctor took Wanda through security, but Wanda started to get upset.
As the doctor brings her from the step down, things start flying around, walls start cracking. The doctor takes her outside, where they meet up with an old lady.
The lady begins chanting in what sounds like Gaelic, and Wanda becomes calm. The doctor morphs into Mystique. She tells the woman to keep Wanda under control. Then Mystique goes inside back to the cell for some other work.
At Bayville High, Kurt's locker was stuck and he was going to be late for the class, but Kitty helped her take her book out, in return she forced some horrible muffins on Kurt.
Jean fed lunch to Ben inside the canteen, since he was completely recovered, he came to the school; she was happy about this.
At the Brotherhood house, Mystique arrives to bust some heads. She roughs up Todd and jumps all over Lance for trying to join the X-Men. She also scolded them for always losing to X-Men.
"Well, well, who comes, I think you are Mystique," Tabitha shows up and interrupts them.
"Tabitha, this is my house, here goes everything in my rule, and my first rule is for you to get out of my room," Mystique shouted on the Tabitha.
Tabitha looked hurt for a moment when the rest of the Brotherhood did not stand for her, she then turned around to pack, saying, "Well, I'm tired of living there anyway."
Seeing her packing, the Brotherhood became sad.
"Forget about her," Mystique says to the boys. "We have a new secret weapon." She then brings in Wanda.
When Wanda sees Pietro, she freaks out. The boys run outside as she starts to bring the house down on their heads.
Todd asked looking at Pietro, "You are one of her oldest friends." Since they knew him for dumping girlfriends.
"It's even worse; she is my sister," Pietro replied. Lance and Todd tried to stop Wanda, but she turned their powers back on them. Agatha finally arrived and took control of Wanda, calming her down again and leaving the room with her.
Pietro said to Mystique, "Wanda is too dangerous to have around."
"Don't worry, I have brought along Agatha to help Wanda learn to channel her anger into power," Mystique reassured him.
Pietro again tried to warn her.
But Mystique again reassured him by saying, "Wanda will cooperate because I can give her what she really wants, revenge."
Tabitha interrupts them, "I am out of here. Your room, it is now all yours." She walks away from the Brotherhood house, and when she comes outside, a boom sounds in Mystique's room.
"Well, now my complete work is done," she murmured, before disappearing from there.
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At the Institute, Xavier tells all of the X-kids about Wanda. He tells them that her anger stems from her father abandoning her in the hospital as a child.
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Meanwhile, Agatha is working with Wanda to combat her rage. She has flashbacks of Pietro and Magneto standing by as men drag her into the hospital. She kicks and screams for her father not to leave her. But they still leave her.
After training with Agatha she calmed down, and now able to use her power, her anger is also now controlled and she is able to control herself.
In the bathroom when she was cutting her hair, Pietro entered inside it.
"Sis, Father had no choice; you are out of control. You need to at least try to see things from Father's point of view," Pietro tried to reason with her about the childhood incident.
"Monsters have no point of view, and you are just like him," she says, getting really angry and then storming off.
Mystique overhears the conversation, "Pietro, what side are you really on?"
"I'm on your side, Magneto was never really a father to me either," Pietro replied to her.
"Then become ready, I have already located the Magneto location, after a test, we will go for him," Mystique said to him.
At the Institute, "Everyone I need your attention," Xavier said to all of the X-Men.
"What's up Professor?" Cyclops asked if he looked like the Professor was in a little bit of tension.
"Cerebro has located the Wanda location, she has joined the Brotherhood and right now they're all in the mall," Xavier answered.
The X-Men go inside the mall to confront them, Kitty face off Todd and knock out him. Evan faces off with Fred. Kurt faced Pietro. Jean uses her telekinesis and Cyclops with Optic blast able to beat Lance. And they easily kicked out the Brotherhood butt.
But when they were going to win the game, Wanda arrived there.
And just using her powers, momentarily disoriented the team.
First she trapped Spyke with his own spikes, which he controlled.
She made Scott lose his command of his optic blasts. And soon, it started wreaking havoc.
Meanwhile, Kitty, who could effortlessly phase through objects, was inexplicably ensnared halfway through the floor.
In a desperate attempt to save the situation, Kurt tried to help Kitty. With a BAMF, he transported Kitty to freedom. However, the unexpected teleportation left the duo disoriented, and they found themselves tumbling through the air, landing ungracefully amidst the dense foliage of the surrounding trees.
Jean, sensing the overwhelming power of Wanda, convinced Scott and others to retreat. "We can't beat her, we need to retreat." And X-Men left right away.
With the X-Men in retreat, the Brotherhood erupted in jubilation. "We beat them, we finally bested them!" Fred's triumphant shout echoed through the aftermath.
"Thanks to our new partners," Todd commented with a sly grin, he was also happy, they had won for the first time from the X-Men.
Pietro, impressed, draped his arm around Wanda's shoulder. "You're great, Wanda. We owe you," he acknowledged before attempting to broach a delicate topic. "If our father had known..."
Wanda swiftly interrupted, her demeanor turning fierce. Without completing his sentence, Pietro found himself beaten senseless by Wanda's formidable powers.
"Your father, not mine, he will pay for what he did," she declared resolutely, leaving Pietro sprawled on the ground as she made a swift exit.
The Brotherhood, caught between celebration and shock, watched her departure in stunned silence.
Xavier tells them that it's his fault for not teaching them how to deal with someone like Wanda. The others act like a bunch of sore losers and start to mope away.
"Don't cry like a sissy baby; next time, I will also come with you," Ben appeared there and told everyone.
He had come with Rogue. Seeing Ben fully recovered, everyone was happy. They would all take back their victory next time. Everyone cheered. Professor Xavier was happy to see everyone's sad expressions change into good spirits.