X-Men - Genosha Reborn (Preview)

That last Jean Grey fic really got my imagination going with the X-Men. For unrelated reasons too I have been going through all by back issues and reading what I have. So my mind has been flooded with X-Men and related possibilities. There's not much in the way of material with regards to Marvel characters. I think I remember hearing back when I found these type of stories elsewhere that they did not take kindly to it. I can see both why and also tell them it's also a good thing but it's not my problem. These are their characters and in my own humble opinion this is way better then anything Fox could do lol.

So my mind went to the X-Men as I was writing Mary Marvel. Strange jump but it's true. The Mary fic is still be worked on but this has sprung quite easily from my mind. It's a ways off completion yet but there's enough for a preview.

The X-Men get wind of a plot in the rapidly expanding country of Genosha. A country and history known to many in the mutant world. First shown as a paradise then revealed to be a state that enslaved mutants. Civil war and finally a safe haven for mutants before millions died by a rogue Sentinel attack. Now rebuilding, old forces and new faces seek to bring Genosha back to what they think is the roots.

Kitty woke, immediately wanted to phase herself out of whatever captivity she knew she would be in but knowing full well her captors would have thought of that. She had to try anyways but there was nothing. Eyes opening she saw she was spread out on the x frame beneath the transmode machine. Storm and Wolfsbane were the only two she knew that ever underwent the procedure and they never talked about it. Above her she saw a cocoon in the shape of the x. Her head was strapped down by the forehead and neck. Kitty couldn’t see a thing except for what was above her. Her hearing though could pick up a couple of people in the room. One was the Gene Engineer and the other seemed to have a little more power judging by how he was talking.

“How did they get this far?” The unknown was saying.

“I am not sure my Leader but it is known that she accessed secured files and downloaded everything we have on Project Genosha Freedom” the Gene Engineer said.

“You Fool!!!”

“Yeah so the cavalry will be riding in any moment. This didn’t end well the last time you guys tried this in Genosha” Kitty chimed in trying to get as much information as possible.

“It’s awake” The one called the leader said.

“It has a name you know” Kitty couldn’t help herself.

“Yes but not for long” The gene Engineer and the other one came within her view.

“So what your going to place one of those fancy, yet somehow very form fitting fetish outfits on me to take away my powers and brainwash me into what….. cleaning the bathroom” Kitty barbed with them.

“No my dear shadowcat. You see, you were my chosen” The Gene Engineer said.

The Leader smiled and turned to him.

“So this was who you had your eye on. An excellent choice and not one of the two I have chosen to serve as my slaves”

“Gross” Kitty exclaimed.

“Would you not like to know what you were chosen for?” The Gene Engineer asked.

“I can guess. Part lab rat, part sex slave” Kitty actually couldn’t prevent a slight tremor from escaping her voice.

“Correct. Such a catch. Are you aware my Leader that Kitty Pryde is often overlooked in the world. She is a foremost expert and certified genius in the realm of electronics and machinery. Explains how you could hack into my systems so easily”

“I was not aware of that my good doctor” The Leader smiled evilly down at her.

“Yes once she is fully under control she will help to further the program and make the machine more efficient”

“You know I am right here right” Kitty jumped in.

“Also I know you’ll do your best and I’ll probably play along for awhile but you know we always win right. I mean Storm and Wolfsbane shrugged off the programming once before. Not to mention there is a heck of a lot of us X-Men now” Kitty tried to sound as defiant and aggressive as possible.

“Yes, that’s why I have been retained” A third males voice sounded through the room. The face of someone who Kitty had met when he was much younger and much more compassionate appeared.

“Rory Campbell” Kitty said.

“I am going by my true name now…. Ahab” The hound master pulled on a piece of chain he had around his wrist and someone else came bounding behind him. Kitty gasped and cried at the face before her. Logan was clad in black leather from head to tow. Spikes from his shoulders to his wrists and down his legs. He wore a wide black matte collar with the leash in Ahab’s hand. His trademark hair still there but he had the hound marks on his face that Rachel had taken years to get rid of. Most shocking of all was the blank look on his face.

“What have you done?” Kitty couldn’t keep the surprise and fear from her voice.

“Wolverine here is my newest hound. He’s going to help me enslave the rest of your pathetic mutant race and serve the great country of Genosha. Isn’t that right hound?”

Wolverines blank stare turned to him. Kitty saw nothing of her friend in him. She had seen when Rachel had been taken and made into a hound. Only through her psi powers and will had she managed after years to shake it off and even say no to the very man who now held the leash of one of her closest friends.

“Yes Master” The voice was Wolverines but full of malice and hunger.

“You monsters!!” Kitty cried. Above her the cocoon began to descend towards her. All she saw next was the darkness inside instead of the four faces that will torment her for the rest of her life.

“We must speed up our timetable because of all of this” The Leader said just as Kitty was gassed inside the cocoon and embraced sleep.