"Jean, do you really feel a connection with this bird?" Charles couldn't help but ask her.
"I don't know what it is, Professor but I feel I have seen this bird before. Maybe in my dreams... I don't remember." Jean said as she couldn't explain if this was really a connection between her and the bird.
John could easily see that they didn't believe his words. Though Charles might be more on the believing side, Erik definitely didn't believe him yet, like a typical paranoid. But it didn't matter. He would be a believer soon.
"Let's leave the bird aside. What do you want to do?" John asked Erik.
"I want to gather all the people in the brotherhood here and launch an attack at the White House. We need to make them pay and release all the mutants that they had held for experimentation." Erik said as he clenched his fist.
John nodded his head as that would be the easiest method to take down the Sentinels.
"Call all the X-men. I think they need to join in this too." John said.
"You know of X-men too." Charles asked.
"I thought I told you that I know many things. Since I know of Mystique it's given that I know of X-men and other such things that have happened in the past." John said as he still found it odd about why these people didn't believe him when he had mentioned so many things of the past.
Charles on the other hand really wanted to pry open his head and see how exactly John knew so many things, but something told him his powers would be null in front of him. Charles, call up everybody in the school to meet up and Erik too would call up all his brothers.
"Umm Mr. Jameson can you really teleport all of them here?" Erik couldn't help but ask.
"Yeah. Just give me their names, and I will teleport them all here." John said. Though Erik felt skeptical he still gave all their names. John looked at the list for a good 2 seconds and then waved his hand.
And then the unprecedented happened. At first Erik was skeptical about his powers and only thought he had powers like Chavez. Chavez had good strength and could travel through dimensions but all in all she wasn't powerful enough to handle the Sentinels.
But John till now had shown powers and things that they couldn't even believe were possible. A living fiery bird which had its own consciousness, teleportation of various forms and even near prophetical views of their world. These things alone were enough to stand on top of the world.
"Maybe he really doesn't need help from his friends." Erik thought.
Meanwhile, the people of the Brotherhood were taken aback by the sudden change of scenery. They were already in fight mode as they thought it was the work of the Sentinels but were relieved to see Erik standing in front of him.
"I know you have many questions. But for now let's go and attend the meeting and all your questions and doubts will be answered."
Later they all appeared in a big classroom. Since there were too many people including the brotherhood and the X-men they needed a larger space so the regular meeting place proved to be too small. As they all gathered at the place, faces of all the mutants were a little bit tense.
This was because all these years, they had been fighting against each other and though they all understood that they needed to be together and fight the Sentinels, old grudges didn't just wash away.
Charles, John and Erik were the last to enter the room and all the mutants present in the room were seated.
"I know that some of you are confused about what happened and some even more puzzled by the fact about how you are brought here. Well, I am here to answer that. This is John Jameson. A mage. Yes, you heard it right. A magician. Not just a hand trick magician but a mage with actual magical powers. And no, it's not mutant X-gene. John Jameson here doesn't even belong to ...."
Charles was the first to speak up and he informed them about what had happened in the past few days and why they had been brought here without taking their consent. Some of the X-men knew what was going on from the very beginning but not all and the mutants of brotherhood had no idea that such a major thing had taken place when their leader was gone.
"So this guy here can help us solve the Sentinel problem?" Logan was the first to ask when Charles finished answering the question. Before Charles could answer John said
"Sentinels are not really a problem. Rather it shouldn't have been a problem. It is the action, or I should say the inaction of the mutants that had led to all of this. You all have been too passive all your life and none of you ever realised the full potential of X-gene."
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Those words caused a huge murmur on all of the mutants present. Charles's eyebrows creased when he said while Erik had a smile. He knew that he had already won the war between himself and Charles, John here would definitely take the side of him.
"Then what do you want us to do? Kill the people around who oppose us. I am sorry we are not in the Dark Ages." Logan said as he smoked his iconic cigar.
"I have been to Dark Ages Logan and that life is more cruel than you think. I never said kill the people who oppose the mutants. I am saying you never manipulated people. The people who are in real power. You could have easily manipulated White House or other governments, like Sebastian did during the Cold war. I am not saying that you should kill to warn but I am saying to manipulate them, Charles here could have easily done that but you and your whole gang had always refused to cross the line. Look where it had brought you."
"On the verge of extinction."
"We never wanted to strip people of their freedom." Jean retorted.
"Oh yeah.. How about now? You all have personally lost your freedom. You can't even go out now without looking over your shoulder. You will be naive if you think the X-men will be spared and you can live happily ever after. The mutants would always be hunted and people will never see peace."
All the mutants again got into discussion while whispering but it could be seen that the brotherhood of mutants were having a good time seeing the dark faces of X-men, they have always portrayed themselves as better than them, but when John here came and dropped the most harsh truth they had nothing to say to make themselves look good.
This was a huge win for them.
"So what will we do now? Manipulate White House?" Storm asked.
"No Miss Monroe, there is no we here!! There is only 'I' here. I will take matters into my own hands. Mutants won't be on the planet any more. I will take you all to my world and give you a planet to live peacefully. Though I am pissed off about how you all have handled things, there is a whole race of people to look after and I can't just bring my own prejudice. All the mutants who are ready to have a new home are welcome to join and see the place."
"Did he just say a planet....."
"Yeah.. Did I hear it wrong?...."
"What do you mean by planet?" Erik couldn't help but asked.
"Our Earth is a little different. Our Earth is more than 500 times bigger than your Earth. And we have 5 moons. The Avengers have the total rights on the Moon and since they haven't been inhabited yet, one moon would be given to the mutants to live. The size of the Moon is approximately same as Earth so you will have enough space."
"What? Different Earth? Does parallel universe theory also provide a different Earth to a different universe.... This is insane.."
"What the hell is wrong with their Earth?"
"But for now I will handle the Sentinels. The birth of mutants can never be stopped so I need to do something about it." John said as he got up. He would have to pay visits to the people who he had always avoided.
Confronting the politicians.
"Are you going to kill people?" Logan said as he got up. The X-men too got up as they realized that John here was dangerous and might just murder people.
John, who was ready to teleport away, was stunned by this sudden protest against him. He could feel that if he left then these people would definitely try to stop them.
"You all think you are above the rest just because you have better morals. Don't you? Then let me show you how the mutants are treated right as they were being captured by the Sentinels." John said as he waved his hand. Soon a magical screen appeared near them.
All the people were dumbfounded seeing such a different kind of power when he conjured a magical television out of nowhere. before they could exclaim in awe about the power of using television they saw something horrifying.
The levitating television shows a huge room full of glass chambers and bed. And in those glass chambers which were filled with green colored water, they saw young men and women in the water. With nothing but gas masks strapped in their nose.
On the bed there were more men and women and people wearing white coats were conducting experiments on the bodies with different instruments. Many of the young men and women were screaming but these white coat people didn't seem to care.
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