Joseph is in the subterranean garage having a look on the Blackbird. The slams open very violently and out of nothing Joseph is punched and falls on the floor without any reaction. After a while, hes back to his old self and as he glances up he is taken by the look of two red eyes (redder than ever).
Joseph:
Hey! Can you tell me what that was for?Gambit: That was for
HER!Joseph: Oh...so you already know...sorry, man...its not my fault she chose me...
Gambits energized cards fly in Josephs direction, but the master of magnetism escapes from all of them.
Gambit: Youre gonna to pay for
THAT! Youve destroyed my life!Joseph: Your relationship with her was impossible. Do you want her to be
solitary forever? Leave her to me.Gambit: Oui...now that Pietro is going to get a little brother I´m not going to be the one who destroys that "happy ending".
Joseph:
What??? Rogues pregnant???!!! (he has a childs grin on his face)Joseph falls to the floor full of surprise and happiness. He puts his hands on his head and doesnt believe it. Besides being Pietro´s (the super rapid Mercurio) father, who is almost his age now, he doesnt remember what its like to be a father. After all Magneto doesnt exist anymore...
Joseph: I cant believe this!!
Gambit energizes one more card. He looks at Joseph with hate but then, by small parts, he reabsorbs it. He throws on the floor a simple joker and leaves.
Scott Summers and Bishop walk through the streets of New York.
Narrator: Mutants: human beings with extraordinary gifts and are treated differently because of societies prejudices. Scott Summers and Bishop are two mutants that take part on the X-Men, they fight for peace between humans and mutants. But today their goal are way more nobler.
Scott: Thanks for coming Bishop, I need help in what I´m gonna do.
Bishop: No sweat Scott, before we have to worry about the world that hates us we should worry about ourselves.
Scott opens the door of a very chic Wall Street bar. The angel is with the image inductor (hes not blue and has no wings, well, he has them, you just cant see them)
Angel: What? Oh no! Leave me you faggot. Howd you find me here?
Scott: My wife is psychic, remember? Or are you
too drunk to even remember that?Angel: I have reasons you stupid faggot.
Scott: Warren, I know what youre going through. I felt the same when I sent Nathan to the future...an empty sensation, our soul hurts, it was the biggest grief of my whole life. But I survived it. And drinking didnt help anything.
Angel: I dont want to survive anything!
Narrator: The angel, possessed with anger attacks his friend trying to protect himself from his cruel reality, he destroys the image inductor and reveal his celestial nature.
People in bar:
Mutants!!! Lets get them!!Scott and Bishop fled from the bar trying not to get into more trouble, they didnt want to hurt anybody. But where did Warren go?
Scott:
Warren!!! Hes not coming back!Bishop: There he is Scott!
They go running towards that poor tormented soul. The angel speaks as if he had been run over by the world.
Angel: I just want my Betsy...
Scott: I know, lets go home, maybe on day the professor can return and perhaps he could...
Angel: I dont want to hear about the professor! Or the X-Men! I´m out! I have money and I can get around. You guys didnt do nothin´ for Betsy! And stop lecturing me. Let me go through my pain alone, OK?
He takes off but stops for one last phrase.
Angel: If one day the professor returns, thank him for
NOTHING!Bishop: Did we do right letting him leave?
Scott: No, but we didnt have any choice. Well let time work its magic...
Gambit is taking his bags from his bedroom to the living rooms door. He is leaving. As he has put the last suitcase out and has his hands on the doorknob, he hears a voice calling him.
Rogue: Gambit...Ah...
Gambit: ...
He rests his hands in his face and stares at the floor, waiting for something to happen.
Rogue: ...Ah wanted it to have been with you.
He doesnt even open his mouth. He goes out slamming the door behind him. She cries in silence and when she turns backwards...Joseph! He has his arms open wide as though he wants to hug or is seeking to comfort somebody. She hugs him and cries not silently at all.
Rogue: Ah wanna die!
Joseph: I wanna die when I see you crying like that for him.
Rogue: Oh, how stupid of me...
Joseph: Rogue, do you want to marry...
Rogue: No.
Joseph: I knew it...but what about our child?
Rogue: Hell know he is the child of separated parents, that live in the same house, full of other people too.
Joseph: We have to know if its a boy or a girl.
Rogue: Jean told me it is a boy. Can Ah name him after you, Erik?
Joseph: Erik?! No...I dont want anything that reminds Magneto on my kid. I´m not Magneto. Hes going to be Josephs son.
Rogue: Well then...is Charles a good name?
Joseph: Great idea. The professor deserves this homage.
Rogue: Does Pietro know about his little brother?
Joseph: Everybody know, mama Rogue...
The two kiss by the door of the mansion that outlooks the garden. But this happiness doesnt last too long. They see the frightened faces of the anti-mutant group that is present.
Group: I knew if I followed the black bitch with the blue eyes she would lead me to the monster house! Look, the little monster is expecting!! We cant let that happen! Lets kill her!!
Out of nowhere Wolverine jumps out with his sharp claws sticking out.
Wolverine: Youll only touch the big bellied chic over my dead body, animals! SNIKT
Rogue: Thanks sugah, but ya didnt have to.
Theyre gonna have to deal with me!!!! Nobody calls me little monster and walks away so easily.Before any of them could take action, the weapons of the anti-mutant group start to liquefy.
Group:
Jesus! Our weapons are melting away!Joseph: Thats so youll stay away from those I love!!!
The situation calmed down. Everyone ran away.
Wolverine: Wow! Hey, white hair dude!
Joseph: What?
Wolverine: The boss wants to talk to both of ya.
Now Scott, Rogue and Joseph are in the command room.
Scott: Well, now I think you guys have to figure out how this child is going to come out into this world.
Rogue: Theres only one way out. Cesarean.
Scott: Thats what I was talking to Jean about. A normal labor would imply that you touch the child. And that cannot happen in any occasion.
Joseph: No! A cesarean is bad for both the baby and the mother...I can do the labor. I can protect my son with my magnetic shield.
Rogue: But thats dangerous.
Joseph: But I can do it, Rogue...
Rogue:
Ouch! Ah think its time.Storm:
Oh Goddess!!! I better take you to the hospital right now.Rogue: For Gods sake, call Joseph too, or else Ah dont know what might happen...
Storm: Take it easy cause everything will be fine, this baby is gonna be as good looking as his parents.
Already in the maternity...
Narrator: It is in the New York Maternity House that CHARLES LANGUESHEER will be given birth to. In the room are Beast, Rogue (of course) and Joseph conducing the labor.
Joseph: My God, this is getting
hard!!! The baby is almost touching Rogue!Rogue: Jo...Joseph, Ah´m scared.
Beast is holding Rogues hand (with gloves)
Beast: Calm down Rogue, hes doing the best he can.
Joseph:
NO, it cant be!!! I cant do it...The baby is finally born. Hes in his fathers hands, still united with Rogue through the umbilical cord. Too bad he doesnt cry, he doesnt move, he doesnt breath...
Narrator: When holding his dead son, because of him, in his arms, Joseph remembers his others sons: Mercury and Vanda. He remembers Magda, and his dead daughter, Anya. Consequently, he remembers MAGNETO!
He rests the dead baby in Beasts arms and flies away stunned out the window...
Joseph or Magneto:
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Outside the room.
Jean: Oh! I feel Joseph has remembered his past and...No!!! The babys dead!!!
As Joseph flied toward the Statue of Liberty, he feel a psychic message invading his mind.
Jean with her powers: Magneto, dont go away just now. Think about Rogue...
Magneto: Dont you guys see how many bad things Ive already done? Now I know I am guilty of everything, EVERYTHING!
In this moment, Mercury starts running after his father.
Mercury:
Father!!!!!Meanwhile Storm is on the phone with Gambit:
Gambit:
Mon Dieu!! Are you serious? When was that?Storm: Just now!!! Rogues in shock, she needs you. Please come over. I´ll give you the hospitals address.
Gambit: I´ll take over now. I´m not going to abandon chere, like he did. I could even get her back...
Storm:
Get her back?? Impossible. She never stop loving you.