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This is one of two fic time lines that continue from Out of Balance’s sad ending. This one deals with Scott staying away from the X-men’s world for more than three years.

This Chapter Contains: Mention of past wolverine/Cyclops and character death.

Finding Balance
Chapter One

He was chopping wood for the stove when he heard the pop and turned to see what looked like a team of X-men standing behind him. He recognized Cannonball, Chamber, Neophyte, and Siryn but he didn’t recognize the other three it had been more than three years since he’d left the X-men for good so he guessed they’d added more members. “What are you doing here?” He asked annoyed that they had interrupted him.

“Nathan is missing,” Canonball said quickly. “He left something for you in case he disappeared so we brought it to you.” The younger mutant threw the object to him and he caught it. “He said you’d recognize it.”

“It’s a messenger cylinder from the time he grew up in,” He said as he examined it. “It is genetic coded to only be able to be opened by the intended recipient.” He found the scanning port and after pulling off his gloves let it scan him.

“Well Slym, if your seeing this then X-force and I failed and the world is about to get a lot more dangerous for mutants,” the image of his son said as it appeared. “I don’t know if you care any more about anything but if you do then you have to find ...” The canister suddenly exploded.

“Where did you find it?” He asked the shocked mutants staring at it. “Someone tampered with it before it got here so where exactly was it left?” He could tell the new members were a bit shocked at his commanding tone but Sam still snapped to attention as if he was still in the x-men.

“I got a call a few days ago from Cable asking me to come along on a mission but I turned him down,” Sam said after a moment. “He told me if I didn’t hear back from in a few days to head to an old bolt hole we used during the X-force days.” Cannonball looked over at the team following him. “When I didn’t hear form him I recruited a team and sat out and that’s where we found it the place had been trashed but that was in a sealed box addressed to you.”

He turned and headed into his cabin to grab his visor and pack a few belongings once was done he walked back out to see them standing there. “Well come on let’s go find my son,” He said and the ones who remembered him fell into step behind him the new members looked a little confused but also fell into step. “So who are they,” He shrugged toward the new members.

“The blonde with short hair and war paint is Rax one of the Neo,” Sam said calmly. “The guy with mohawke is Daken Wolverine’s reformed villain son and the long haired Surfer is Slipstream our ride.”

“Then tell him to take us to Genosha we need to see if Professor Xavier can locate Cable or anyone else with Cerebro,” he heard a snort and looked over at Daken. “Do you have a problem with that?”

“Xavier won’t help he isn’t concerned with any thing but Genosha,” Daken said with a dark smirk. “You’d have better luck if you went to that poor excuse for a school that Beast is attempting to run.”

“We tried calling him for help earlier Scott but we were told he was too busy,” Syrin said sounding disgusted. “So that’s why we came straight to you.” He wondered what could have changed in three years that made Xavier turn away a call for help from his X-men.

“I don’t care we are going to Genosha and Xavier is going to see us, regardless of how busy he is,” he said. “So Slipstream do whatever it is you do and take us to Genosha now.” He saw Daken smiling at him. “What?”

“You know I’m starting to see what the old man liked about you Summers,” Daken said smiling even wider. “You heard him pretty boy take us to Genosha so we can pay Charles Xavier a visit.” He noticed the others looked worried by Daken’s statements.

The Ride through the portal to Genosha was rough and the fact they ended up in a plaza a good mile from the Palace where Xavier stayed made things worse. “Sorry, I can’t get any closer there’s some kind of security scrambler in place.” The young blond man said looking around. “I think they know we are here?” He pointed up toward a black bird approaching.

“Good,” he said ignoring the worried looks some of the others exchanged. He stood there waiting for the black bird to land wondering who would be in it. He was actually pleasantly surprised when his brother stepped out leading what looked like a security team. “Alex it is good to see you,” He said but got a gun pointed in his face.

“It is good to see you too Scott now why are you here,” Alex said looking at all of them. “Teleporting into the middle of Genosha is a serious crime everyone has to come in by the proper gate ways.”

“I’m here to see the Professor,” he said ignoring the guns from the other security guards. “Nathan is missing and I need Xavier to use Cerebro to see if he can be located.” He could tell that shocked Alex and his brother paused for a moment. He began to take notice of the position of the guns if it came to a fight.

“Give me a minute,” Alex said and headed back into the Black bird. He came back out a few moments later and said, “Stand down we are to escort Scott and his team to the castle.” He then turned back to Scott. “You’ll have to wait till tomorrow Xavier isn’t on the island at the moment and won’t be back till then but he says he’ll check Cerebro as soon as he’s back.”

“There has to be another telepath who can do the search,” Sam said speaking up. “We don’t have to wait for Xavier we can be on our way much quicker if another telepath does it?” He got the distinct impression Sam and the others did not want to be here on Genosha.


“Only Xavier can access Cerebro it has been that way ever since Emma Frost died being unable to handle the level of amplification the Genoshan Cerebro puts out.” Alex said as he led them toward the plane. “You’ll be given food and lodging until tomorrow.”

He got a bad feeling from how formal Alex was being it had been a few years so you’d think his brother would be happy to see him. Of course Alex could be pissed that he’d disappeared for three years. He resolved to try to get his brother alone at some point and talk things out since he was stuck here for a night.

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This a continuation of Out of Balance and is one of two timelines that spawn out of the Happy ending epilogue. It is Happy Ending Verse one which I have nicked named Babies ever after since it kind of fits.

Contains: Surprise pregnancy.

Complications

“So what did you want to see me about,” She asked Hank as she sat down on the table. He’d had her in there constantly ever since her near death experience testing to make sure the experimental procedures he used to save her life hadn’t harmed her. She got a sense that he was nervous to tell her something. “Hank tell me what is so bad?”

“It isn’t bad exactly, I just don’t know how to do this but your pregnant,” She knew she was staring at him she’d just had her period a few days ago and she was on birth control. “I know this probably comes as a shock to you but I warned you the experimental cocktail I gave you derived from Angel’s blood to hopefully over come your blood type incompatibility might have unpredictable side effects.”

“Hank calm down just start at the beginning tell me what you’ve found,” she said sensing his nervousness and fear. She got images from his mind of her situation with Scott and Logan exploding because of this. “Just tell me.” She said again.

“It appears that as a side effect your body entered a hyper active fertile period where several years worth of ova were released over a period of days.” He said looking grim. “It seems that at least four of those ova were successfully fertilized and implanted.” He checked his chart again. “I was the unfertilized or failed to implant embryo’s along with jettisoned scar tissue that caused the appearance of a period.”

“So I’m pregnant with quadruplets and my fertile years have been shortened,” she asked and he nodded. The news was shocking and it might very well complicate her situation with Scott and Logan but considering she nearly died it wasn’t that bad. “Can you tell who the father is?”

“Shiar scanners are far beyond our own but I can’t say with complete certainty yet,” Hank said. “However, I can reasonably say that early results point toward two Embryo’s fathered by Scott and two by Logan.” She realized that might alleviate some potential problems. “Jean I must stress this point a pregnancy like this is risky enough in normal circumstances but your body chemistry is still not completely normalized so there may be even more inherent risk in this pregnancy.”

“So none of these embryo’s might make it full term?” She asked and he nodded. “I understand Hank I suppose I will be seeing a lot more of your lab now?” She said trying for a joke but she could tell he was still two nervous to buy it.

“Yes, I want to see you weekly and immediately if you have any odd symptoms.” Hank said grimly. “How are you going to tell Scott and Logan,” he asked and she once more saw his fears about the news.

“I’ll just tell them,” She said honestly. “We hadn’t got around to talking about potential kids but it now is a discussion we have to have.” She left the office and headed toward the boat house where Scott and Logan were waiting for her. As she entered she saw them sitting there and could sense their concern. “There has been a complication in our life I’m pregnant.” She probably could have broken the news better but she was still in shock herself. She could hear the whirlwind of questions in their heads. “Hank says my birth control didn’t work because my body chemistry is out of whack and as a result I’m now carrying quadruplets. “ She sat down letting them digest the shock. “I asked Hank about who the father was...”

“It doesn’t matter,” Scott said speaking up before she could finish. “I know we never talked about it but when I’ve thought about someday having kids lately I just pictured them having two dads and a mom.” She could actually feel Logan’s relief mirroring her own he’d thought he was going to be kicked to the curb.

“I agree with slim,” Logan said after a moment. “I mean I don’t even have a last name so no matter who the kid’s genetic dad is I say we go with Summers as a last name.” She could actually feel that he was being honest as well as a kind of hopefulness inside them both about being fathers.

“Well even though it doesn’t matter you should still know Hank thanks both of you fathered two of them,” She said and saw them start. “He did warn me that my body chemistry still isn’t normal so this might be a difficult pregnancy and there is a chance none of them will make it full term.”

“Whatever happens Red,” Logan said putting his hand on hers. “We’ll face it together the three of us.” Logan looked over at Scott who nodded and put his hand on top of Logan’s . “So who wants to tell Chuck?”

The End.

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Out of Balance
Epilogue Two (Non Happy Ending)

“So your really taking off,” he asked the other man standing besides Jean’s grave. “You know Hank wants you to help run the school?” He could tell by the set of Scott’s shoulders that the other man heard him but wasn’t going to respond. “I guess I’ll go tell Hank that he’s on his own.”

“You could stay and help him run the school,” Scott said turning back to him. “You could do just as good a job as I could.” That was a bald faced lie and they both knew it. “But you can’t stay here any more than I can every where I look I see people and things that remind me of Jean and you’re the worst one.” Scott turned back to the grave. “What happened last night never should have happened without Jean.”

He should have know that was part of it their first and only time ever having sex without Jean being there. He had known then it was partly mourning Jean and partly saying goodbye on Scott’s part they just didn’t fit without Jean there. “I’ll see you around Cyclops are you going to Genosha with Chuck?”

“No, I’m going home to Alaska for a while and then I’ll decide what to do,” Scott said after a moment. “What about you where are you heading?” He thought he heard a hint of hesitation in Scott’s voice but he ignored it.

“I’ll go someplace wild and forget about being human for a while,” He said as honest as he could be. “Good luck Summers.” He said and turned away as he was walking off he heard Summers wishing him the same.

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Out of Balance
Chapter 10 of 10

He awoke when he felt Jean viciously attacked above Genosha and her consciousness thrown all the way back to New York. He was just getting into his chair after trying and failing to find the source of the attack. The only power signature he could feel was Jeans but it didn’t feel like she’d lost control. It was then that the wall exploded and Rogue entered and he suddenly understood why the only power signature was Jean’s. “Rogue what has happened to you?” He reached out to her and was rebuffed by a dark and terrible presence. “Shadow King.”

“Yes Xavier,” the thing said with Rogue’s mouth. “I have been waiting for this moment ever since my jailor died as I lay caught between freedom and imprisonment.” He sensed it then Betsy was still there trying to hold him back. “Yes, Xavier, what remains of Psylocke holds me anchored to reality by the mental shrine built by Jean Grey Summers.”

“How did you take over Rogue then?” He asked building up a psychic blast in his mind when the time was right he would strike with enough force to kill all of them he and Rogue would have to die to spare the world the Shadow King’s rule.

“At first I approached Vargas asking him to kill Jean for me to fully free me but he refused so I had Exodus destroy him,” The shadow King said twisting Rogue’s face into a dark smile. “Then I turned my handicap into an advantage since I am bonded with Psylocke I could reach out to the imprint of her inside Rogue’s mind and use that as a bridge to take over this perfect body.” He then began to back away. “I’ll be back to kill you once I finish off Jean so your suicide attempt will have to wait.” With that he was gone faster than he could see.

He should have struck earlier but he had wanted to be sure the Shadow King would die. “Everyone I need you,” He sent loudly. “The Shadow King has returned we must leave for Westchester immediately and we must call the school Jean must be warned he’s coming for her and he has Rogue’s body and powers.”

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“He will be here soon Professor we barely have time to get the students out of here,” Hank said to the professor from where he was monitoring the evacuation Scott and Logan were leading. “He must be forcing Rogue’s body to recall Northstar or some other Speedster’s powers.”

She ignored what was going on focusing on attempting to figure out how to fight him without killing Rogue. “I’m not having much luck professor if there is something in my mind that can fight him I can’t find it.” She said finally speaking. “Now that I know to look I can see the threads tying me to him but they are too thin if I try channeling my power through them they’ll shatter and he’ll be free again.”

“I hate to suggest it Jean but you may have to kill Rogue to stop him,” Charles said. “I only wish I could have acted so you would not have to face this burden.” She knew there had to be a way to save him without destroying a friend and she would find it.

“Proximity alert he’s here,” Hank said speaking up. “I’m going to join the other X-men.” He left and she once again felt trapped by the insistence everyone had that she stay safe inside. She reached out and sensed his evil as he began battling the X-men

She knew immediately that the x-men couldn’t stop him. He had complete control over Rogue’s ability recalling whatever power he needed to deal with his opponents. “Jean, I know it is hard but you must stay safe if you die we lose.”

“I know Charles but I just...” And then it hit her as she sensed the battle she saw how to end it. “No Charles your wrong there is a way to win but I can’t do it here I have to get closer.” She ignored his screams for her to come back as she ran through the halls toward the grounds.

As she exited the building she saw her friends and family laying injured all around. “Shadow King you want me come and get me.” She could see Scott and Logan staring at her in horror but she knew what she had to do.

In less than a second he had Rogue’s body in front of her and the bone claws stabbing into her gut. “Die Jean Grey Summers so that I may be free,” He said laughing. “Your lovers will follow you shortly don’t worry.”

“I’ve got you,” She said reaching forward and touching Rogue’s face. In that instant she met him on the Astral Palne. “Hello Little King,” She said smiling as she felt the song of the phoenix in her head. “Get your foul soul out of my friends.”

He screamed in pain as she broke his hold on Rogue and Tore the pieces of Betsy from him pulling them into her self. “You fool you have freed me,” The Shadow King laughed. “Now I am all powerful again.”

“You do not know the meaning of the word,” She said as she took the pieces of Betsy she took from him and combined it with what was in her. “Welcome back Betsy,” She said as Betsy appeared not just as herself but merged with her power as the Phoenix. “Now Shadow King Betsy will end this.”

“No it cannot be you,” He screamed in fear as Betsy raised a burning Kitanna and brought it down on him. There would be no surviving for him this time Betsy’s time bonded with him meant she knew all his tricks and the power of the phoenix would destroy every last trace.

“Thank you Jean,” Betsy said as she faded away going on to the afterlife. She came back to herself releasing Rogue who looked at her in horror. She fell to the ground holding her stomache where blood was pouring out. She heard the others calling for Hank as she blacked out.


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He couldn’t help but pace up and down outside the room where Hank was trying to save Jeannie’s life. Scott sat immobile looking like a little kid lost. He looked around and Saw Rogue hanging back none of them blamed her it was the Shadow King who was at fault but the other woman still wouldn’t come near.

The doors at the other end of the hall opened and Xavier came in followed by Storm and the others who arrived too little too late. “How is she?” Xavier asked they shook their heads. “She is strong she will make it through she has to.”

He hoped Xavier was right because he didn’t think he could take losing her not after finally having her. One look at Cyclops confirmed it he wouldn’t come back from this either if they lost her then both of their lives may as well be over and done with.

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Out of Balance
Chapter 8 of 10

The Dream again but this time she actually made it to Psylocke and as she took her hand there was an explosion of light and suddenly they were alone. “Thank you Rogue you have no idea how long I was trying to reach you,” Betsy says but something doesn’t sound quiet right. “I have a message for you but it took all my strength so it will have to wait a few days but you will have peace until I’m strong enough.”

She woke up after that feeling rested for the first time since the crazy dream thing started. She considered telling the others about the dreams but decided to hold off until she heard what Psylocke had to say. She wasn’t even sure it wasn’t just a dream yet so she’d wait for the actual words.

She left her room and was flying to take her shift guarding Xavier when she saw them commandos sneaking into the palace. “Sage, are you online,” The other woman’s affirmative came through clear. “I’ve got what looks like Madripoor commandos attempting to attack the Palace, make Sure Xavier’s guarded in case it’s a diversion while I deal with them.”

She dived down into them and began to batter them around they had some heavy ordinance but nothing that could actually hurt her. She was actually disappointed that they were all knocked out easily too easily. So even though she didn’t want to she leaned down and removing a glove touched one of them. “Sage they are aiming a rocket at the palace from the tallest building in Hammer bay,” She said as she took off toward it. “This team was prepared to die in exchange for Viper taking care of their families for life.”

She didn’t make it in time and the missile was launched towards them but thankfully she felt Magneto’s powers kick online inside her. She wasn’t going to question things working out for once so she used them to easily send the rocket hurling out into the sea where it detonated harmlessly. “Problem solved I’ve got the shooter,” She said and tackled him to the ground.

She was beginning to think things might actually be looking up for once in her life as the group quickly confessed everything when threatened with Bishop. They now had the proof to bring the Magneto’s legacy folks to task in the public eye. Genosha may be a powder keg but no faction on it liked mutants making deals with humans to kill one of their own.

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She had to admit she was getting used to waking up this way warm burrowed into bed with two people instead of one. She focused for a moment and tried to place what woke her it seemed to be a psychic shock wave that felt disturbingly familiar but when she scanned for it all she found were small traces. She decided to get up and use Cerebro to see if she could find the source something about it nagged at her that she should recognize it and be worried. She slipped out of bed carefully using a light psychic touch to keep them asleep.

Logan and Scott couldn’t help her track down the source so better to just let them sleep in. She took a moment to smile as they snuggle against each other filling the void where she’d lain. She wondered how they’d react when they finally woke up if she wasn’t there so far the three of them had only been together as a group despite discussing that it was alright for just two of them to be together the frontier hadn’t been tested yet.

She arrived in the room with Cerebro to find it torn apart and hank working on a circuit board. “What happened here Hank?” She asked taking in the mess that was strewn everywhere and wondering what could have possibly caused such a mess.

“Jean, sorry about the mess but last night I figured out a way to increase Cerebro’s power a great deal,” He sounded a lot like the old Hank. “I started work first thing this morning and the new set up should be ready by tomorrow night if I work straight through.”

“I’m sure it will be wonderful Hank,” She said realizing there was no way to track the shockwaves down for now. “Why don’t you take a break and come get some breakfast with me we haven’t had breakfast together in a while.”

“Well you have been kind of busy,” Hank said as he climbed out. “I know it isn’t any of my business but if you need anyone to talk to about your new circumstances I’m always hear for you.” He then looked right at her. “You are all right aren’t you?”

“Things are really good Hank,” She said and sensed a bit of his doubt. “I know we have taken a non traditional route but it is working for the three of us and we all know what we are getting into.” She could tell he still had his doubts but she hoped he wouldn’t push the issue.

“Just be aware Jean if the press ever learns about this they are going to tear the three of you to shreds,” He said grimly. “Trish and I had all sorts of accusations thrown at us in the press and it is why we aren’t together now.” She recalled the nasty stories after he became an Avenger calling their relationship bestiality.

“Don’t worry about me Hank I can take anything they can dish out,” She said and then placed her arm on his. “Now lets go get that breakfast it has been a long time since I had one of your omelets.”

“Then my dear lady we must remedy that at once,” Hank said as they strolled out of the room careful to seal the room behind them. “So my dear what are you in the mood for South western or something a bit more exotic?”

“Surprise me,” She said laughing as they headed to the kitchen. She was glad to see Hank starting to enjoy himself again. She still had a vague feeling she should be worried about that shock wave but it was fading replaced by happiness at how well things were going.

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He woke up with Logan’s hairy chest pressed against his back. “Jean ain’t here slim go back to sleep,” Logan said his breath catching him on the nape of his neck. He thought about complying but then he seperated himself from Logan and sat up right. “I forget sometimes what a damn early riser the two of you are,” Logan said turning over and burying his head in one of the pillows.

“There are compensations to being an early riser Logan,” He said staring at Wolverine’s back. “I mean there’s morning sex for example.” He saw Logan stiffen but not turn around. “I guess I’ll take care of things in the shower then.” He headed to the master bath making sure to leave the door open. He didn’t think Logan would follow him in yet they hadn’t reached the point where either of them would really be comfortable doing anything without Jean around but he knew that Logan would be watching.

He took his time in the shower and made sure to follow through on what he’d said he’d do. He dried off after getting out of the shower and walked back into the room. Logan was feigning sleep but even his knows could pick up the after effects that proved Logan had also indulged himself. “Scott if your done tormenting Logan the two of you need to get down here Hank is fixing Omelets,” Jean’s voice sounded in his head.

He saw Logan getting up looking grumpy. “Red is going to be the death of us both Summers,” He said clearly embarrassed as he grabbed his boxer shorts and pulled them on. He found his own briefs and pulled them on and then found an old pair of his jeans.

“Yeah but it is worth it,” He said laughing at Logan’s discomfort. He was enjoying having the upper hand in this little game. “We should get down stairs before Jean and Hank decide to serve us breakfast in bed.”

“Isn’t this bed a little crowded,” Logan said clearly trying to shock him. “Besides I think Hank is completely straight we might could get Drake into bed with us though if you and Jean really wanted someone else.”

“No Bobby is too immature,” he said rising to Logan’s challenge. “I bet we could get Remy without any strings attached which would probably be better as you said the bed is kind of crowded.” They headed down stairs still trading comments on who they could or couldn’t get into bed trying to shock the other.

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“What are you smiling about,” he asked as he carefully flipped the omelet. He was keeping an eye on Jean and for the last few minutes she had a ridiculously amused expression on her face. “Here I am slaving over a hot stove for you and your mind is elsewhere.”

“Oh I was just listening to Scott and Logan trying to one up each other on the way down here,” Jean said with an even more mysterious smile. “If anything our new situation has made them even more competitive.” She then winked at him. “They are having the most entertaining conversation about our fellow X-men.”

“Spare me the details please,” he said quickly. He didn’t want to imagine what they could be discussing to put that wickedly pleased look on her face. “Ah here they come now gentlemen if you will pull up a chair breakfast will be done in a few moments.” He watched Scott walk up behind Jean and bend down to kiss her Logan held back for a bit and then tried to sneak one when his back was turned. He guessed Logan hadn’t noticed the big shiny pot hanging over the stove.

He wasn’t sure he would ever understand how this happened but he could tell that it seemed to be doing Scott at least some good. He looked more like the man he used to be before Apocalypse and Jean was simply radiant. If there was a dark spot it was Logan who was watching him warily. “Now come now Logan we are all adults here feel free to show affection to your paramours without any judgement from me,” He said deciding a bit of teasing might be in order.

“Just didn’t want to get you excited Hank,” Logan said as a come back. “The bed is full enough as is.” He found himself laughing out loud and saw Scott, Jean and Logan sharing a knowing smile. He hoped for their sake this lasted those three deserved a happy ending no matter how unorthodox this one was.

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Out of Balance
Chapter 6 of 10

“Charles are you sure about this,” Ameilia said over the line. “I mean there are some here who will support you but there are plenty who’d like to see you dead.” He understood her concern there was every chance his actions might cause the very civil war he was hoping to prevent.

“I feel it is the best course the fact Wanda and Pietro have agreed to accompany me should help a great deal.” He said and then it was time to ask her the question he feared the answer too. “Are you certain that the papers you found are the last drafts he did and there aren’t later ones hidden somewhere?”

“They are the last ones they were dated just before he died in the event that he fell in battle you were named his heir,” Ameilia said surprised. “I am surprised that he’d pick you considering at the time he had you strapped to a cross to witness his glorious crusade against humanity.”

“Erik and I had a complicated relationship,” He said as it was all the explanation he could give her. “I am surprised Exodus did not destroy the papers when he found them.” That was the real mystery Exodus had positions himself as heir apparent and yet he’d still shared with the other Acolytes the papers he’d found.

“I believe he was using them to show the alternative to picking him,” Ameilia said. “Most of them were not happy that Magneto was killed by one of your X-men.” He could tell how worried she was even on the low quality communication feed. “I know you won’t come alone but please don’t bring him; Wolverine would not be safe on Genosha.”

“I have no intention of bringing Logan, I intend to ask Jean to take over running the school and I do not doubt that Scott and Logan will stay with her.” He was hopeful that he was correct in that assumption. “I am hoping that a few of the X-men will choose to come with me but I will not force anyone.”

There was a knock at the door then and he turned to see Bishop standing there. “Cyclops just arrived and Sage said you wanted to be told when he got here,” He nodded and the other man left. He said his goodbyes to Amelia and then headed out to the room where his X-men were gathered.

He could feel how unsure Bishop who was walking ahead of him was about being back here. None of Storm’s team had spoken with him about why they left and why they returned giving up the quest they felt had been worth leaving in the middle of the night to complete. He had asked Sage to tell him when Scott arrived hoping that she’d thaw a little and walk back with him but instead she had sent Bishop one of the least talkative members of the X-men.


Once he was in position to speak to them all he began to speak. “I’m sorry to call you all here on such short notice but the situation is much graver than any of you know.” He looked around the room. “Before he died Magneto left some strange instructions behind in case of his death.” He could feel all eyes on him. “They named me his heir and turned over control of Genosha to me.”
He was glad they didn’t ask any questions. “I had no intention of even attempting to enforce a claim on the throne of Genosha while Exodus was alive as it would only lead to a conflict we were ill prepared for but now that he is dead there is a power vacuum that could lead to a civil war or worse the start of an all out human mutant war.”

He looked out at his X-men and saw that they expected what he was going to say. “I will be heading to Genosha immediately to attempt to stabilize the government using Magneto’s will.” He looked around. “I am asking for volunteers to go with me but make no mistake you will be following me into a dangerous situation.” He looked at Jean who was watching him warily. “I would like Jean to stay here and run the institute as you are aware we have over a hundred students ready to start in the next few days.” He sat back and let them decide amongst themselves what to do.

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She really wished she could have gone with Charles to Genosha but she understood why he’d entrusted her with the school. The surge of New students was unprecedented and now without Xavier here she was having to run it all. She wished she could say the situation with Scott and Logan had been helpful but the truth was things were just getting worse between the three of them. She could tell that Logan was avoiding them both as much as he could and Scott was a closed book to her as if he’d completely withdrawn into himself. He hadn’t even mentioned anything about what they’d been discussion before this happened.

She knew that Storm, Sage, and Rogue would keep Charles safe but she would feel better if she was there. She wasn’t sure that she was really cut out to be the head of the school even with Xavier’s extensive notes on what he envisioned. She looked up as Scott entered the room. “Professor Xavier left extensive notes, I could use your opinion on them.”

“I think whatever you think is best will do fine,” He said and started to set his glasses aside reaching for the goggles he wore in the shower. “I’m not really in the mood to read a lot of notes at the moment.”

“This can’t keep going on Scott you opened the can of worms before we left to figure things we need to talk about it,” She said getting frustrated with him. “Do you even want to be married to me anymore?”

“Of course I do I love you,” He said looking away. “I just can’t get my head around anything and it would be so much easier if I could forget about everything that’s come up since you saved me from Apocalypse.” He looked back at her. “You could erase it all couldn’t you put me back the way I was?”

“That wouldn’t be right Scott and it probably wouldn’t help with what’s really bothering you,” She said. “I know your still attracted Logan I can sense it every time the two of you are in the room together.” She knew she shouldn’t push but she just wanted a reaction. “Do you still want to invite Logan into our bed?”

“Yes,” He said after a moment. “While I was in Alaska I decided I was tired of being afraid all the time about things I was feeling.” She wasn’t sure how to take that she had thought if anyone should have been for the idea it would have been her since her subconscious got the whole thing started.

“I don’t know if I can do that Scott,” She said truthfully. “I just can’t see things ending well and I’m afraid it would screw things up for all us too much.” She wasn’t sure she wanted to ask but she had to. “Will that be a problem if I’m not comfortable with the idea?”

“No,” He said and she felt relief. “Just because it’s something I want doesn’t mean it is something I need.” He walked up to her and put his arms around her. “I need you and no matter how much I may want someone else I’m not going anywhere unless you come too.” He then pulled back. “I’m going to take a shower would you like to join me?” She nodded and followed. She wasn’t going to get her hopes up but it seemed like they had broken through something and perhaps things were back on track.

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She closed her eyes after a long day of playing body guard to the Professor and found herself wondering how long they’d be stuck here on Genosha. She hadn’t had a good night’s sleep since she got here it was always visions of Psylocke in a war torn Genosha screaming at her but she couldn’t hear what she was saying.

Every night she tried to run toward her but as soon as she got close she would wake up and it would be the next morning. She felt herself drifting off hoping it wouldn’t be another night of this it was an improvement over some of her regular dreams but she almost missed the battlefield of all the people she’d absorbed over the years. “Looks like I got my wish,” She said aloud as she found herself watching the battle unfolding. She then saw her Psylocke in the middle of the battlefield screaming at her. “Ah hell they just merged.” She thought and dived into the battle between the good persona and the evil ones trying to reach Psylocke but once again as she approached the dream ended and she sat awake in bed.

She reminded herself it was a good thing she had Wolverine’s healing factor to keep her from suffering too much from these sleepless nights. Genosha was not the type of place to be off your game.

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Out of Balance
Chapter 4 of 10

He realized he was dreaming the instant that the intruder touched his mind. “I come in peace Exodus I have information for you,” the intruder said. “I know you can sense who I actually am and why I am trapped in the form of Psylocke.”

“Yes, you are the shadow king and her psyche still binds you leaving you impotent,” He said to the diminished force. “I should do the world a favor and destroy you.” He was curious why the Shadow king would even dare to touch his mind in his vulnerable condition.

“Do so and you will not learn of the threat to mutant kind the X-men are hiding from you,” The shadow kind said darkly. “All I ask is that you take no action against me once I have told you and that I be allowed to leave your mind unmolested.”

“Agreed,” He said curious what threat the X-men could be hiding from him. He was the acting leader of Genosha and eliminating a threat to mutant kind could potentially secure him his people’s full support. “Tell me of this danger.”

“There is a man who represents the human races response to mutants he is the one that killed Psylocke,” The shadow king said. “Xavier knows of him and the danger he represents but has done nothing even though he killed one of his X-men.” The shadow king then showed him a villa in Spain. “He lives there with two other lesser members of his kind kill them.”

“Why tell me this,” he asked as he memorized the face of the threat to mutant kind. “What do you truly hope to gain by doing this?” He knew that the creature in front of him did not care for mutant kind at all and only looked out for himself. “Tell me,” he commanded and let his will force the creature.

“He refused to make a deal with me,” The shadow king said clearly forced to obey. “I offered to help him prevent the prophecy of his death from Destiny’s dairies in exchange for my freedom but he refused so I want him dead.” He released the creature and he could feel it’s anger. “I will not forget this.” It said and then was gone.

He opened his eyes and sent word to his advisors they had a potential threat to discuss and he wanted them to think they had a hand in deciding how to deal with it. He was the most fit to be Magneto’s heir and he would see to it that Magneto’s work would be carried on.

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He had thought when the dreams stopped he’d have been able to put them out of his head and forget about them. Instead Cyclops had to keep reminding him of them every time they were in the gym after a session in the danger room. He had always been acutely aware of other people’s arousal and it was clear that Summers was turned on by his presence. Which reminded him of those bloody dreams that had finally stopped a few days ago. He didn’t need to think about how vivid the dreams of being with Jean or Cyclops had felt and how much his body seemed to want to react to both of them now.

It wasn’t responding to a guy that bothered him he’d been with men mostly when there weren’t women around but he was open minded about things. No, it was that it was that guy he already had a hopeless torch for the guy’s wife adding the desire to fuck Summers into the mattress would only make this situation more unlivable.

Which is why he was planning to head into town and find some kind of company to get over whatever this was. “Logan,” Jean said inside his head startling him. “I need you to come to the boat house there is something I need to talk to you and Scott about.”

“Can it wait Jeannie I need to go into town,” He thought back pointedly. He didn’t want to be in that boat house they shared with the two of them without first doing something to clear his head of all this crap.

“It really can’t Logan, I’ve put this off long enough.” Jean’s mental voice sounded strained. “Please just come to the Boat house.” He hated that there was no way he was gonna be able to say no now. “Thank you Logan,” She said sensing his consent as he changed direction.

He hoped this wouldn’t take too long he didn’t know how long he was going to be able to stand this. He found them there waiting for him Summers looked like someone had shoved that metal rod even further up his ass than he used to so he wasn’t happy about something. “I’m here Jeannie let’s get this over with.”

“Why is he here Jean?” Cyclops asked darkly. “I thought you were going to finally tell me what’s been bothering you the last few days.” He wasn’t as shocked he had thought something was up with Jean lately but he’d been so preoccupied with his new problem he hadn’t noticed them fighting about it.

“This concerns Logan too,” Jean said looking green. “I should have told you immediately but I was trying to find the words so please let me get this all out before you interrupt.” She was speaking to both of them so he nodded and Cyke after a sullen moment did the same. He could still see that stubborn anger from Genosha in the set of Cyke’s shoulders and he was reminded of how much that new persona had been figuring in his fantasies lately only made him uncomfortable. “When Psylocke died I didn’t just get my TK back; I also got a dose of her memories and aspects of her personality trapped in my head.” He was a bit shocked by that statement. “I found the memories easy enough but the personality aspects got buried in my subconscious and started affecting me on that level.” She then looked away. “Those vivid unusual disturbing dreams you had last week were me psychically linking us in our sleep to act fantasies buried deep in my subconscious.”

“So you’re the reason I’ve been feeling like this,” Cyclops exploded. “You’re the reason I haven’t have been able to stop thinking about sleeping with Logan or Warren.” So that explained why Cyke was avoiding Wings so much now even though it seemed to really throw Jean for a loop.

“You shouldn’t be having any feelings at all,” Jean said after a moment. “I checked carefully the dreams were just images no suggestions about how to feel about them and they’d have worn off by now anyway.” She looked right at her husband then. “Unless your actually attracted to men as well as women but I thought you would have told me that before now.”

“I didn’t know until recently,” Cyclops said sounding miserable. “I just noticed after those dreams happened I don’t know if I was in denial or if maybe Sinister screwed with my head as a kid to suppress those desires.”

“Look Summers, those dreams were intense there isn’t any reason you might not have lingering feelings form them,” He said trying to defuse the situation. He wasn’t sure he liked where this was heading it looked like Summers might hit the road.

“So what about you Logan are you having lingering feelings?” Jean snapped at him and he realized she was taking her anger and shock out on him so he was going to let her. “Come on Logan tell us I know you at least have been with men before.”

“Not nice to snoop in other people’s heads Red,” He said but kept his cool. “Yeah I’ll admit I’ve been with guys but until these dreams I never gave your husband a second thought it was always about you not him.”

“And now it’s about the three of us,” Summers said startling them. “Deep down you want us both and apparently at least on some level me and Logan are both okay with that.” He was then floored as Summers said, “So maybe that’s the answer.”

“You can’t seriously be saying we should bring Logan into our relationship,” Jean said turning her full fury on Scott. “Isn’t our relationship in bad enough shape without even thinking about bringing sex with someone else into the picture.”

“And don’t I get a say in this scenario,” He said reminding them that he was here. He wasn’t going to stand there and get talked about like a sex toy while he was in the room. “I have been in plenty of fucked up situations but I’m not getting into the middle of the one you two call a marriage.” Well so much for keeping his temper he thought.

“I didn’t say we should do it I said we should think about it,” Summers said darkly. “I think we should all go our separate ways for a while and all think about what this crap means.” He stood up then. “Alex has wanted to go visit our grand parents since he got back so I’ll take him there, Jean you can go visit your parents and Logan can go do whatever the hell he does when he’s not here at the mansion.” He ignored the dig as Cyke began to pace. “We can all get our heads on straight before we have to see each other again.”


“Are you sure now is the best time for this Slym,” He said as Jean was too shocked to respond. “We need to be here when the Professor finally figures out how to track down the bastard who killed Betsy.”

“Do you really think any of the three of us are in the right mind set to go up against that guy?” Summers asked darkly. “I know I’m not and considering a bunch of second stringers like Mutant force nearly killed you about two weeks ago I don’t think you are either.”

“Scott is right, Logan,” Jean said after a moment. “None of us need to be here right now we’d only get in the way I’ll tell Charles in the morning that we need a break if you want to stay here you can but I’m going to my folks house to think.”

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Out of Balance
Chapter 2 of 10

He was making love to Jean on a beach taking her from behind like an animal as he stared across at Cyclops who stood there unmoving as Jean screamed out in pleasure at what he was doing. It was as much about showing the other man that Jean was his as it was for her. He wanted the other man to acknowledge it to get on his knees and beg to be allowed near her. He watched as Cyclops pulled himself from his own pants and began to jack off in time enjoying watching Jean submit to him. He became even more aroused and climaxed with a dark grunt. After that he woke up with sticky sheets and feeling ashamed and horrified at what he was dreaming.

He’d dreamed about being with Jean plenty of times over the years but never like that. It was all his darker impulses on parade and having Cyclops watch it all made him sick. The worst part was he could still smell his own arousal and knew that dream had turned him on more than any he’d had in a long time. He climbed out of bed quickly and headed to the shower determined to scrub the smell off of him. He turned the water as scalding as he could and stepped inside the shower as soon as he was clean he was heading into town to find the nearest bar and push that dream out of his head.

As soon as he was clean enough the smell no longer reminded him of his dream he got on his bike and headed into town. He wanted nothing more than to get so drunk even his healing factor couldn’t help. He was half way to town when he got jumped and found himself sliding down the road as his bike was totaled by an energy blast from the woods. “You will die for killing Magneto,” someone said before fire exploded all around him and over him.

He hated being burnt it hurt even when it started healing he focused in on the voice and charged forward and rolled to put out the fire but it sprang back up. He had no idea who was attacking him but he was hit by a beam of energy. It was beginning to look like he was going to die because whoever was attacking him had caught him off guard cause of that dream. He should have singled for help as soon as the attack on his bike came. That was when he heard it the familiar sound of Cyke’s optic blast. He then felt a ton of dirt get dumped on him to extinguish the flames still burning on him. “It’s okay,” Jean’s voice said in his head. “Just rest and let your healing factor work.”

His ears still worked a little so he heard the short scuffle and felt even more embarrassed at how quickly Cyclops and Jean deal with them. “You should get him back to the mansion into the infirmary.” Cyclops said darkly. “I’ll stay here until the authorities get here for Mutant force.” That was just great those nobodies had been the ones to defeat him.

He felt Jean lifting him up and carrying in her TK back to the mansion. “Where were you going in such a hurray that they got the jump on you,” Jean asked in his head. “If Scott hadn’t woke me rushing to the bathroom in the middle of the night I’d have never sensed you were in trouble.”

“I just needed a drink,” He thought at her and hoped she wouldn’t ask why it was damn hard to lie to a telepath and especially when you were speaking with your head so he really didn’t want to have to try.

“Jean is everything alright,” Xavier said as they landed and he heard the slight intake of breath which meant he must look pretty terrible. “Bring him I’ll prepare the infirmary.” He really wished they didn’t seem so concerned it wasn’t like he wouldn’t heal it might take a few days but he’d be good as new soon enough.

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He returned to the mansion after the authorities had carted off the members of mutant force and found Professor Xavier waiting for him. “How’s Wolverine?” He asked careful to keep his voice even and level.

“He is in the medical ward and he should recover in time,” the professor said. “Jean is with him at the moment.” He wasn’t surprised even though he would be fine Jean would be there while he was recovering every step of the way. “Scott do you think this attack was sanctioned by Genosha or do you think it was the act of only those involved.”

“I don’t know Professor these four normally aren’t much of a threat,” He said. “However, they planned this attack really well and thanks to catching Wolverine off guard they nearly killed him.” He wasn’t sure what had Wolverine so distracted.

“I will contact my sources on Genosha but I believe all of us should be on alert the next few days,” The professor said. “First Vargas and now this attack on Wolverine I believe there may be a connection we will have to explore every option.”

“Of course Professor, but in the morning I need to get back to sleep,” He turned and left he knew that Xavier was probably a bit shocked but he just needed to go to sleep. He knew he should go get Jean and get her to come back to bed but he was too tired. He tried not to think about that dream as he got back into bed. He still couldn’t believe how aroused he’d been when he woke up from that dream of watching Wolverine and Jean on the beach.

As he stripped off his uniform and swapped his glasses for the goggles he wore to sleep in. His mind kept going back to the dream like a persistent itch it wanted to scratch. He wasn’t sure where the dream came from perhaps more buried secrets stirred up by Apocalypse. He had never been completely comfortable with Jean and Logan’s relationship but in that dream he hadn’t cared. He’d been enjoying himself just watching and most disturbing of all to him he hadn’t just been watching Jean. He’d been just as aroused by Wolverine which is not something he would have expected.

He knew there were plenty of explanations besides him being actually attracted to men, and Wolverine specifically but his reaction to the dream still bothered him. He considered approaching it like he did all his problems and see if it was an isolated incident. He figured it would be best to do it tonight since Jean wouldn’t be back and possibly pick up any stray thoughts. He absolutely refused to use Wolverine as a test and settled on Angel. He had known Warren for years and has seen him in various stages of undress over the year so he could easily picture his body.

Attempting to fantasize about himself and Warren proved pointless because all the baggage of their history kept getting in the way. He was about to give up when he managed to solve the problem by simply picturing someone who looked like Warren instead of Warren. As long as it wasn’t Warren and instead some random guy named Tim or something he could enjoy it. He found he really enjoyed picturing rubbing against hard muscle and feather soft wings his body was definitely responding. He would probably feel guilty about it later but that didn’t stop him from shucking his breifs and masturbating along with the fantasy and experiencing a very satisfying climax.

After he cleaned himself up and was back in bed he began to wonder why he was just realizing he seemed to be equally attracted to men while at no other point in his life he could recall being so. He rejected the idea that it was a left over from Apocalypse because he recalled that Apocalypse only saw sex as a means to breed strong children. Sinister would have shared the same viewpoint and then it hit him. Sinister that year he was kept in a coma by that mad man while just entering puberty for that mad man to discover he was equally attracted to men and women. He knew that Sinister wanted him to breed little Summers children so even a fifty-fifty chance of ending up with a man would have been seen as a dangerous liability to him. So in addition to those other blocks a few that made him oblivious to any attraction he felt around another guy would make sense.

He guessed his possession by Apocalypse must have destroyed the remnants of that programming and now his natural orientation was reasserting itself. He then dismissed that possibility he knew how hard it was to reprogram minds telepathically he doubted even Sinister could shut off his sexuality. It was most likely he’d always known on some level he was also attracted to men but he’d just been in denial and after Apocalypse it was impossible to live in denial about things ever again.

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Balance Verse

The Balance Verse actually branches in two different directions. The first fic Out of Balance has two alternate Endings a sad ending and a happy ending. There are going to be sequels to both endings.

Out of Balance: A fic set post Eve of Destruction with only Psylocke's death at the hands of Vargas of later events definitely occurring.

Contains:Wolverine/PHoenix/Cyclops three way relationship, Character Death, Violence, sex


Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Happy Ending Sad Ending

Happy Timeline One:The Babies ever after happy timeline where the treatment that saved Jean's life has unexpected consequences.

Sad Timeline One: The Timeline Where Scott is away from the X-men for more than Three years.