[X-men fic] After Awakening Chapter two
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raze_flynDisclaimer and notes on prologue
This chapter contains: mention of Magneto’s death at wolverine’s hands, longing for the past.
After the Awakening
Chapter Two
Bobby Drake
He would be so glad when this monitor duty shift was over so he could go get some sleep, he still had thirty minutes to go before his shift ended. He knew it as important but if there was any duty in the XSE that he would love to skip it was this. He was shaken from his boredom by a call from Genosha of all places it was rare for them to call in the middle of the night unless it was a real emergency. “XSE comm room,” he said answering hoping this wasn’t going to be a bad incident.
“Bobby, this isn’t an emergency,” Jean said as she appeared and he relaxed. “I was just calling to inform those of you who know him that Alex is awake and out of his coma.” He knew that Guido, Jaime, and Rayne would especially be glad to hear that. “I just wanted to let you all know.”
“How did he take finding out about your divorce or the fact your with Hank now?” He couldn’t imagine Alex being happy to learn everything going on with Scott and Jean now. He saw her look away. “You haven’t told him yet?”
“He knows Scott and I aren’t together but he doesn’t know about me and Hank.” Jean said and then turning to glance off in the distance. “I need to go Bobby, tell the others that we’ll clear things on this end so all of you can come to visit while he’s recovering.” He wondered if Storm would even be able to clear it for most of their team to go to Genosha. Despite four years of peace thanks to Xavier’s leadership most of the world still didn’t completely trust the mutant nation.
“Bye Jean, tell Hank I said hi,” she nodded and was gone. He glanced back at the clock and decided to go ahead and let Storm know despite how late it was. He hit the button to page her and hope she wasn’t asleep he hadn’t used the emergency signal so he wasn’t surprised when he got her voice mail. “Ororo, Jean just called Alex is awake.” He began leaving messages for the others on the team who had known Alex.
The only one he didn’t call was the man due to take over monitor duty if he ever got here. He glanced at the clock again Wolverine was late. He still found it funny that Wolverine of all people had sided with Storm and the XSE during the arguments over registration. He had only done it because his parents had urged him to join the legitimate version of the X-men just before it happened. “Sorry, I’m late popsicle any thing I should know?” Wolverine said as he entered the room finally.
“Jean called from Genosha, Alex is awake,” He said watching Wolverine react with the usual frown whenever Jean was mentioned. “I don’t think Jean has gotten around to telling him everything that has happened over the last few years yet.”
“That isn’t going to be a pleasant conversation,” Wolverine said darkly. “Have you let Storm and the others know?” He nodded and mentioned leaving messages. “That’s good enough there’s no way Storm can get clearance for any of you to fly out there until morning anyway.” He wondered if Wolverine ever felt bad about being banned from ever setting foot on Genosha. The people of Genosha had come to accept Charles Xavier’s way but they’d never allow the man who killed Magneto on their island again.
“You and Havok were kind of close right?” He asked just thinking about it. “The two of you spent some time down in Mexico together didn’t you?” He could tell instantly that Wolverine wasn’t going to discuss things. “Anyway I should get to bed so far it has been a quiet night other than Jean’s call.” He left the other man alone and began making his way to his quarters for when his team was on call.
He wondered if Jean had told Scott yet. He hoped she had since the guy deserved to know his brother who until a few weeks ago was thought dead was out of his coma. He knew they did a lot of good here but some times he wished it was still just the original five of them out there fighting the good fight. He opened his door and slipping into the room not even bothering to fold his uniform after he stripped it off and threw it into the corner. He was glad Unstable molecules never wrinkled otherwise he’d have to go back to just the speedo as a uniform.
He found it was hard to turn his brain off once he was laying in bed and he kept staring at the ceiling thinking back on the good old days when the X-men first started. He found himself thinking about how shocked they all were when Scott out of the blew revealed he had a brother and introduced them to Alex. He wondered sometimes how many other secrets Scott must have kept from them. He wondered some times if that’s what had finally done in Jean and Scott’s marriage. He had always thought that psychic rapport the two of them had meant they couldn’t lie to each other but there at the end both of them had done plenty of lying.
He did his best to stop thinking about that line of thought that mess was none of his business and he wasn’t one to talk when it came to failed relationships. He wondered how Alex would take the situation with Lorna. He knew he’d been shocked when she revealed who she was involved with, not to mention slightly creeped out but again it wasn’t like he could judge both of them were adults despite the age difference. He shook himself again he needed to stop thinking and just get to sleep who knew how busy the morning was going to be once everyone heard about Alex. He closed his eyes and started trying to remember one of Hanks scientific lectures they always put him to sleep.
To be continued...
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This chapter contains: mention of Magneto’s death at wolverine’s hands, longing for the past.
After the Awakening
Chapter Two
Bobby Drake
He would be so glad when this monitor duty shift was over so he could go get some sleep, he still had thirty minutes to go before his shift ended. He knew it as important but if there was any duty in the XSE that he would love to skip it was this. He was shaken from his boredom by a call from Genosha of all places it was rare for them to call in the middle of the night unless it was a real emergency. “XSE comm room,” he said answering hoping this wasn’t going to be a bad incident.
“Bobby, this isn’t an emergency,” Jean said as she appeared and he relaxed. “I was just calling to inform those of you who know him that Alex is awake and out of his coma.” He knew that Guido, Jaime, and Rayne would especially be glad to hear that. “I just wanted to let you all know.”
“How did he take finding out about your divorce or the fact your with Hank now?” He couldn’t imagine Alex being happy to learn everything going on with Scott and Jean now. He saw her look away. “You haven’t told him yet?”
“He knows Scott and I aren’t together but he doesn’t know about me and Hank.” Jean said and then turning to glance off in the distance. “I need to go Bobby, tell the others that we’ll clear things on this end so all of you can come to visit while he’s recovering.” He wondered if Storm would even be able to clear it for most of their team to go to Genosha. Despite four years of peace thanks to Xavier’s leadership most of the world still didn’t completely trust the mutant nation.
“Bye Jean, tell Hank I said hi,” she nodded and was gone. He glanced back at the clock and decided to go ahead and let Storm know despite how late it was. He hit the button to page her and hope she wasn’t asleep he hadn’t used the emergency signal so he wasn’t surprised when he got her voice mail. “Ororo, Jean just called Alex is awake.” He began leaving messages for the others on the team who had known Alex.
The only one he didn’t call was the man due to take over monitor duty if he ever got here. He glanced at the clock again Wolverine was late. He still found it funny that Wolverine of all people had sided with Storm and the XSE during the arguments over registration. He had only done it because his parents had urged him to join the legitimate version of the X-men just before it happened. “Sorry, I’m late popsicle any thing I should know?” Wolverine said as he entered the room finally.
“Jean called from Genosha, Alex is awake,” He said watching Wolverine react with the usual frown whenever Jean was mentioned. “I don’t think Jean has gotten around to telling him everything that has happened over the last few years yet.”
“That isn’t going to be a pleasant conversation,” Wolverine said darkly. “Have you let Storm and the others know?” He nodded and mentioned leaving messages. “That’s good enough there’s no way Storm can get clearance for any of you to fly out there until morning anyway.” He wondered if Wolverine ever felt bad about being banned from ever setting foot on Genosha. The people of Genosha had come to accept Charles Xavier’s way but they’d never allow the man who killed Magneto on their island again.
“You and Havok were kind of close right?” He asked just thinking about it. “The two of you spent some time down in Mexico together didn’t you?” He could tell instantly that Wolverine wasn’t going to discuss things. “Anyway I should get to bed so far it has been a quiet night other than Jean’s call.” He left the other man alone and began making his way to his quarters for when his team was on call.
He wondered if Jean had told Scott yet. He hoped she had since the guy deserved to know his brother who until a few weeks ago was thought dead was out of his coma. He knew they did a lot of good here but some times he wished it was still just the original five of them out there fighting the good fight. He opened his door and slipping into the room not even bothering to fold his uniform after he stripped it off and threw it into the corner. He was glad Unstable molecules never wrinkled otherwise he’d have to go back to just the speedo as a uniform.
He found it was hard to turn his brain off once he was laying in bed and he kept staring at the ceiling thinking back on the good old days when the X-men first started. He found himself thinking about how shocked they all were when Scott out of the blew revealed he had a brother and introduced them to Alex. He wondered sometimes how many other secrets Scott must have kept from them. He wondered some times if that’s what had finally done in Jean and Scott’s marriage. He had always thought that psychic rapport the two of them had meant they couldn’t lie to each other but there at the end both of them had done plenty of lying.
He did his best to stop thinking about that line of thought that mess was none of his business and he wasn’t one to talk when it came to failed relationships. He wondered how Alex would take the situation with Lorna. He knew he’d been shocked when she revealed who she was involved with, not to mention slightly creeped out but again it wasn’t like he could judge both of them were adults despite the age difference. He shook himself again he needed to stop thinking and just get to sleep who knew how busy the morning was going to be once everyone heard about Alex. He closed his eyes and started trying to remember one of Hanks scientific lectures they always put him to sleep.
To be continued...
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