{"id":11364,"date":"2018-07-23T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T22:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=11364"},"modified":"2018-07-23T11:41:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T18:41:15","slug":"afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon Fic: Save the Mutant Save the World (Part Two)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\nSo one of the things that annoyed me (notice I said one) with Days of Future Past (Oh don’t get me wrong I loved the film) was the major plot holes that no one thought about it.<\/p>\n

Like what happened to the plane filled with Mutants after Mystique ‘rescued’ them?\u00a0 No really?\u00a0 Did they just fly off into the sunset?<\/p>\n

And I’m not even going to discuss the inability that the government could build a concrete\/plastic prison for Erik in what 5 seconds?\u00a0 And y’all do realize that you need metal rebar for concrete construction … right?<\/p>\n

A Single Shot (Prequel to this story)<\/a><\/p>\n

Part One<\/a><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Alex followed Stryker into the barracks, knowing that the guy was a) an asshole b) an asshole and c) likely going to either kill or kidnap the small group of Mutants that the army had put together to fight in this goddamn war.<\/span><\/p>\n

He had the bad luck of having his birthday called. \u00a0Though if he was honest with himself, he was happy it hadn’t been Sean or Hank. \u00a0Neither Mutant would’ve been able to handle the horrors he had seen. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sean was still at University of South California, by this time getting his Phd. \u00a0Charles made sure he stayed safely away from Vietnam. <\/span><\/p>\n

Irony, Hank’s feet got him out of the war. \u00a0His birthday had been called soon after Alex’s, but he failed the physical. \u00a0Hank had laughed and cried at the irony that the government had turned him away because of his Mutation. \u00a0The one he hated all his life, only for it to save his life. Erik had sat at the Kitchen table and stared at Hank, not sure if he was offended for him for not being accepted or wanting to lecture him for wanting to get rid of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the end he was thrilled that Hank was safely tucked away in the laboratories at the school. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Darwin lived up to his namesake, and was never called up, and instead moved to Los Angeles, keeping an eye on Sean.<\/span><\/p>\n

The school hadn’t quite taken off over the past decade. \u00a0Too many were afraid of their own Mutations. Others lost to the war. \u00a0Charles took in those he could, gave them some training or education, and then helped them find a new path.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex had been thankful for his friends for keeping him sane, sending him care packages from Helen. \u00a0Notes from Charles kept him going, and the years at war honed his ability to control his mutation. Letters from Erik, made him laugh and he would be forever thankful that dad had put \u00a0contingency plans into place. <\/span><\/p>\n

He hadn’t been sure what the plans were until Azazel and Erik arrived in the middle of a firefight. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Erik stood in the open field, holding all the bullets and grenades in mid air, as Azazel got everyone he could out. \u00a0Alex stayed until Azazel could grab him and Erik, refusing to leave without dad. <\/span><\/p>\n

Charles would never forgive him.<\/span><\/p>\n

They ended up two miles to the south, near one of the American bases. \u00a0Erik told him to stay out of trouble, and the two disappeared. No one questioned it, the Mutants on his squad asked if they were part of the Brotherhood, Alex nodded. \u00a0The humans on the squad were willing to accept the devil could actually be an angel.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Sir, is there a reason you brought us here?” Alex asked, eyeing Stryker. \u00a0He remembered the boys father, didn’t like him either. He paused, when he saw the soldiers step away from the walls, guns drawn. \u00a0“It’s going to be like that I see\u2026”<\/span><\/p>\n

Just then Stryker’s skin shifted until standing before him was Mystique. \u00a0She took out each of the guards, with ease startling the rest of the Mutants. \u00a0Alex channeled his power through his arm and out his fist taking out the last two.<\/span><\/p>\n

“What are you doing here?” he asked as the last guard fell.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Saving you.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“I don’t think so. \u00a0I’m just reaping the benefit of whatever you have planned here.” \u00a0Alex gave her look, knowing she had her own agenda. “I’m sure Erik didn’t send you.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“No, he’s still being coddled by Charles.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex sighed, the bitchiness between the two hadn’t stopped over the past decade, and it wasn’t worth the fight. \u00a0“Now what?”<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m hunting Trask.” \u00a0She shifted back into Stryker and headed for the door. \u00a0“He was expecting your unit at one of his labs.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex stood in front of his men, who watched everything intently. \u00a0They had gotten used to weird shit happening around them. They also respected their Captain, knowing he would protect them. \u00a0Many had heard his stories of Charles and Erik, and the school they were building. Some had been curious, others scoffed. But in the end they all watched and waited. <\/span><\/p>\n

“We will not be your sacrifice.”<\/span><\/p>\n

She glared at him. \u00a0“I wouldn’t betray my fellow Mutants!”<\/span><\/p>\n

“So that wasn’t you who almost got Erik killed?” he snarled. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On a rare trip back to the states, he had gone home. \u00a0The place had been quiet \u2026 too quiet. He learned Erik was resting, recovering from a major relapse.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was in the middle of the night over a bottle of scotch when Charles told him what happened.<\/span><\/p>\n

Erik had stepped in to help Emma with a situation, they had discovered the government was moving soldiers who were obvious Mutants to a lab. \u00a0The few who had families, who cared enough to seek out what happened to their loved ones, were told they died in the war. She needed Erik’s help, Angel and Janus were down in South America working on a seperate mission. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Charles tagged along, to keep an eye on Erik. \u00a0The Mutant had been sick a month prior and still had a heavy cough. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With ease the Brotherhood had gotten into the lab, leaving Charles talking sweetly to the guards in the front, keeping them distracted. \u00a0Azazel moved the prisoners, while Emma interrogated the ‘Doctors’. Erik made sure the labs were destroyed and nothing could be gained from their experiments. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As they were leaving, it was Mystique who had discovered there was a network of labs, all owned by Trask. \u00a0She deviated off the plan, and went into Trask’s office disguised as the man himself. <\/span><\/p>\n

The only problem, he was in his office and sounded the alarm.<\/span><\/p>\n

Erik yanked her out, slamming Trask against the wall. <\/span><\/p>\n

She shifted and blended in with personal as they evacuated the facility. <\/span><\/p>\n

Erik ended up surrounded by security guards their guns drawn. \u00a0Charles walked down the hallway, convincing everyone that Erik was harmless. \u00a0letting the two of them, escape with the rest of the staff.<\/span><\/p>\n

When they returned to the school Charles, in a rare show of anger, yelled at her for leaving Erik behind. \u00a0He didn’t care what her attitude was about their relationship, she abandoned a fellow Mutant and a teammate.<\/span><\/p>\n

She shrugged, and gave the excuse that Erik could control their weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n

Charles sharply reminded her the last time he faced off against someone with a gun, he was shot.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Erik yelled at the pair of them, he ended up in a violent coughing fit. \u00a0Charles pulled out a handkerchief and was by his side instantly. Then panicked when he saw blood soaking into the white. \u00a0He yelled for Hank, only to yelp when Dr. Gregory appeared out of nowhere. Kurt held onto the doctor’s hand pointing at his Vater, demanding help.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gregory didn’t blink, used to the unique family, and went to work. \u00a0He took Erik out of his Charles’ arms and led him towards the bedroom, with the young teleporter holding tightly onto his Vater’s hand.<\/span><\/p>\n

Charles turned on his sister, and in a voice calmer than anyone expected, told her to get out. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They hadn’t spoken since.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex had checked on Erik before he got shipped back out. \u00a0He hadn’t seen him that pale since Cuba. Despite the underlying fear of losing someone he cared about he couldn’t help but awe at the sight of Peter and Kurt sleeping against their father’s side.<\/span><\/p>\n

Erik may still be an asshole, but he is a good father, despite what he or others think.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was soon after, Mystique parted ways with the Brotherhood, hell bent on going after Trask.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m pretty sure, even Emma is now after your head. \u00a0There’s helping your fellow Mutants, and then there’s going rogue and getting them killed.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Well at least I’m doing something.” She pushed against him. \u00a0“Unlike my pathetic brother and his lover. So how many kids are they teaching, exactly?”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Well it’s not like they’re raising yours or anything.” He stepped back, knowing she was likely to lash out. \u00a0“I’m not sending my unit to their deaths.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“They’ll die here.” \u00a0She pointed out, glancing at the door. \u00a0“It’s not like the government is going to let you go home.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s not like you’re our only transportation out of here.” \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mystique stepped back the moment Azazel poofed into the barracks. \u00a0He gave his once lover a look, before focusing on everyone else in the room. \u00a0“For those who want safety or just out of this hell hole, grab on. Those who want to go with beautiful yet deadly Mystique on her crusade – stay here.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex stopped being surprised that a few always stayed behind.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So one of the things that annoyed me (notice I said one) with Days of Future Past (Oh don’t get me wrong I loved the film) was the major plot holes that no one thought about it. Like what happened to the plane filled with Mutants after Mystique ‘rescued’ them?\u00a0 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[747],"tags":[746],"class_list":["post-11364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afternoon-fic","tag-afternoon-fic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Da1M-2Xi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13012,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-final\/","url_meta":{"origin":11364,"position":0},"title":"Afternoon Fic: Save the Mutant Save the World (Final)","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"January 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Afternoon Fic This is a quick update to let you know that Save the Mutant Save the World has been finalized and uploaded to the Afternoon Fic Page. The next segment of Afternoon Fic is coming soon!","rel":"","context":"In "Afternoon Fic"","block_context":{"text":"Afternoon Fic","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/afternoon-fic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxresdefault-7-800x450.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxresdefault-7-800x450.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxresdefault-7-800x450.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12130,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-eighteen\/","url_meta":{"origin":11364,"position":1},"title":"Afternoon Fic: Save the Mutant Save the World (Part Eighteen)","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"October 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Part One Part Seventeen \"So anyone else see the irony of a Jew, a Black Man, and a Juvenile Delinquent saving the world?\" \u00a0Darwin gave his comrades a smirk. \"Who you calling Juvenile?\" Alex hit him on the shoulder. \u00a0\"War ages you man.\" \"Unfortunately it does.\" \u00a0Erik looked at the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Afternoon Fic"","block_context":{"text":"Afternoon Fic","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/afternoon-fic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_p0cie1prme1wot2xbo2_540.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_p0cie1prme1wot2xbo2_540.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_p0cie1prme1wot2xbo2_540.gif?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11476,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-six\/","url_meta":{"origin":11364,"position":2},"title":"Afternoon Fic: Save the Mutant Save the World (Part Six)","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"August 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Part One Part Five This is a short interlude piece ... Mystique let the Vietnamese General approach her. \u00a0She had made sure that she was everything he was looking for. \u00a0Sophisticated, blonde and beautiful. His eyes appreciated what he saw, and with a sassy smile, she spoke his native language\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Afternoon Fic"","block_context":{"text":"Afternoon Fic","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/afternoon-fic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mystique-x-men.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mystique-x-men.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mystique-x-men.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mystique-x-men.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20927,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/the-dragon-general-posted-in-afternoon-fic\/","url_meta":{"origin":11364,"position":3},"title":"The Dragon General – Posted in Afternoon Fic","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"May 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I finally after\u00a0 ... a while ... got this posted in the Afternoon Fic section of the blog!\u00a0 Go me *sighs* And considering we've just had May the 4th Be With You - figured it was fitting to showcase. PS: Keep an eye out for another story I did that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Afternoon Fic"","block_context":{"text":"Afternoon Fic","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/afternoon-fic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DragonGeneral.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10674,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/new-afternoon-fic-a-single-shot-by-bj-jones\/","url_meta":{"origin":11364,"position":4},"title":"New Afternoon Fic: A Single Shot by Bj Jones","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"May 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Title: A Single Shot Author: Bj Jones Rating: R Summary: He should have felt the pain on impact, but he couldn't. Shaw had stolen that from him, right along with pleasure. Author's Note: Edited version of the Afternoon Fic *** Link to Fic","rel":"","context":"In "Afternoon Fic"","block_context":{"text":"Afternoon Fic","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/afternoon-fic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_luzeyn3MTB1r6evzjo3_400.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13807,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-next-story-poll\/","url_meta":{"origin":11364,"position":5},"title":"Afternoon Fic: Next Story – Poll","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"April 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"So there are few options for the next Afternoon Fic. A) Part Three to the Erik\/Charles AU ... basically story movie three but with the idea that Erik was shot in Cuba instead of Charles, and how it's changed their Universe. B) Erik\/Charles back story from the Dragons AU C)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Afternoon Fic"","block_context":{"text":"Afternoon Fic","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/afternoon-fic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bar-banner_afternoonfics.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}