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Now that Illyana is rescued, it didn't take long to wrap things up. Alt Ororo and Alt Logan were thanked for taking care of Illyana until now. and also Denizens of Limbo were made to know their place in new hierarchy.
Dev had to manually go to all connected universe with Limbo to alt x-men native earth. He had to go inside with both of them and check that universe x men. It took some time but they finally found their x men.
He also left them some parting gifts in the list of major enemies of mutants and also gave them 10 Holy Water of Life so they use it in emergency.
After that he jumped back in Limbo to meet Illyana and the others.
"So are you guys ready to go back?"
Dev asked them as they were being treated as loyalty in the castle with Illyana sitting on a throne bigger than her size with oversized crown and Red Robe.
Dev had to give her mocking smirk for her to get embarrassed and get rid of all of it quickly.
"Yeah we are ready. I don't wanna try demon tentacle or whatever they got in the name of royal food." Logan grumbled along with his stomach as all he got in the name of food is inedible stuff like cyclops eyes, kraken tentacles, gorilla ass cheeks etc.
"Oh, also before we go. I want to ask you to not disclose whatever I told you about me being knowing about other realities. I only know little bit and read it in a journal. Don't wanna give anybody expectations and get annoyed with stupid troubles."
Well that journals are actually comics but they don't need their view of reality broken like it happened with Loki. Also to make sure Mr. Sinister and his other clones or other mutant enemies don't go into the hiding.
After all Dev is planning to deal with them by himself with his shadows. The mutants don't have that much trust of Dev unless he sure that they are the good version of the character, not a bad version.
"Is that how you know about what Charles did whatever it was?" Ororo asked Dev about clarification about the secret revealing that was about to happen before Rogue got scared and Illyana kidnapping.
"Nah. This is from my own investigations. and I'll discuss about it in front of everybody. Don't wanna give you spoilers here and make other think that I am brainwashing you against bald hot wheels."
Logan grumbled but didn't said anything. He wants see with his own eyes what is going on. Ororo also nodded in acceptance as it would be better to hear it in front of everyone to avoid misunderstanding.
"Alright. Let's go back"
Dev snapped his fingers and a gate opened from Limbo to Earth Dimension back in X men mansion. As they all jumped through, they found themselves in the same instance when they left. Ororo checked that huge clock on the wall to be sure.
"Uhh... Who she is?" Hank asked as he looked Illyana. He never saw this gothic teen but he somehow feels he had met her somewhere before.
"That's Illyana Rasputin. Due to difference in flow rate of time, she is now as much as older as her brother. So they are basically fraternal twin if you go by the age."
"Is it really her.... I can't fathom how much hard it would have been on you." Hank sighed sadly and looked at her with pity. Knowing it must be quite hard for her and the changes she had to go through. Same for Piotr.
Illyana gave him a weak nod. She is still mentally tired from all the emotions she has to go through today.
"Well i have already healed her but you can still check up on her later."
"Illyana, when you got kidnapped when Rogue was touching everyone. It created a misunderstanding that she accidentally killed you. It was a total coincidence that a portal opened up the same time Rogue touched you and you got whisked away. Rogue is traumatized and we need to clear up the misunderstanding. Are you able to help right now or do you need to rest first ?"
i asked her in softest voice possible. Slow and steady so every word can register in her mind.
"mhm mhm. I can do it now." she nodded slowly.
I looked at the other as they nodded in agreement as well.
"I'll lead the way to the infirmary. She will be there."
Ororo lead us to the infirmary and inside we found Rogue as she was just laid on the bed. Jean and Kitty standing nearby while Charles is beside her on wheelchair. Everyone entered inside followed by a man that everyone forgets about.
No, we are not talking about Scott. we are talking about Xabi. Also known as ForgetMeNot.
ForgetMeNot is incapable of being remembered by virtually all individuals; when he is not directly within view of an individual, his presence, existence, and any memories of him completely disappear from their mind. He also has telepathic and technological undetectability.
Well, i might as well help him. Anyway Rogue first.
"Well everyone, meet the new gothic Illyana Rasputin. She is now old as much as her brother. She got big ass sword and can whoop most of students ass her. Anyway we should help Rogue and then Illyana can get checkup and rest. Any questions?"
Kitty raised her hand like a good student.
"Is she really Illyana all grown up and why does she get to have big ass sword and not me."
"Yes and because she is more responsible than you."
"Hey!! that's uncalled for!! I am extremely responsible."
Everyone just sighed at Kitty blatant lie and urged me to focus on Rogue first.
I move close to her and stand beside her.
"Alright everyone, give Rogue some space. I am gonna wake her up."
Everyone backed up a little as i put my hand on top her of head. Making her open her eyes and readjust a bit before her last memories come back and making her having panic attack.
"No!! No!! No!! Stay away from me!! I don't wanna kill anybody else!!"
I put on mind calming spell to calm her down.
"It's alright Rogue. Illyana is still alive look."
I gestured for her to come forward. Illyana took a step forward but stopped when she saw Rogue trying to back up on her bed.
"Hi. It's me. Illyana. I know i look different is because i grew up a lot. When you touched me, at the same time a portal was opened below my feet and i was sucked into a demon dimension. It was a coincidence that it happened at the same you touched me. I had to fight and train for more than 9 years there while being tortured. I was taken care of by Storm and Logan of another universe who help me keep sane."
"But time flows differently and that's why it took so long for my brother to come to my rescue. I was rescued and brought back here. it's not your fault. "
It was lot for other in the room to hear her story. from being kidnapped at 6 years old and spending next 9 years in hellish training and torture.
"See Rogue, even your bracelets are fine. Your powers are locked and you are fine. You didn't hurt anybody." We can see her still trembling eyes darting around. Making sure no one is too close to her.
"I... I... I want to be alone. Please stay away from me." Rogue answered while her head low. Avoiding eye contacts as her hair dropped low and her hand mover to cover own arms like hugging herself.
"Rogue, we will be here for you whenever you need us. Just call for us. Okay dear." Charles told her as everyone started leaving her room except Piotr. He stayed behind till everyone has left her room.
"I am sorry for accusing you of killing of my sister. I did not grasp what happened or how it happened, it just happened so fast that i ended up taking my anger on you. I lost control of myself that i did not even thought about you. Please, i hope you can heal your heart and be strong enough to touch others again."
"Again. I am deeply sorry."
Seeing her not responding to his words. Piotr silently left her room, closing the door behind him.
Outside, Few of the faculties, friends and his sister were present listening to all of this.
"Good job, kid. Admitting your mistake and trying to making up for it takes strength." He receives a pat on his back from Dev.
"Well, I still got lot to discuss including few more new things."
Charles and others nodded as they decided to deal with this first.
so they all made their way back in Charles office after sending Illyana and others to rest up.
"So lets first talk about Rogue. She is traumatized and from her behavior, she needs some time alone, at least for today. Of course someone has to keep eye on her as well."
"Yeah. There must be lots of things going inside her head right now. Perhaps some space is what she might need right now."
Charles agreed and others nodded at it as well.
"Now, for Illyana. I will give an simple explaintion. Now what happened to her was that she got kidnapped by Demon named Belasco so he can have takeover her body and use it as an medium to invade earth."
"He has been dealt with and in the process, she ended up being the new Queen of Limbo, the demon dimension where she got kidnapped from."
"She became a Queen? Like a royalty." Hank asked in surprise.
"Yes and it was necessary because when she was in Limbo for so many years and a part of her soul being corrupted by Belasco, her soul is now unstable and corruption might spread further."
"So to deal with that. She has to train and heal her soul as well. For that, she needs to enter Limbo Dimension regularly. Now since she don't want to deal with aggressive Demons all the time, she has to become a Queen so she they won't try to betray or attack her."
"Hence she killed Belasco in front of everybody and she became the new Queen as well as Sorcerer Supreme."
Others eyes widened in realisation. How hard it must have been for her. The struggle and pain she endured.
"What does Sorcerer Supreme means? Some hocus pocus." Logan asked in doubt.
"Well it's a position/title is a title granted to the practitioner of the mystic or magic arts who has greater skills than all others or commands a greater portion of the ambient magical energies than any other organism on a given world or 'dimension' ."
"So basically she has to master magic and become Sorcerer Supreme so she can train her magical abilities and stop soul corruption."
"Now I know Sorcerer Supreme of this earth dimension. So what i would recommend is Illyana to train under her."
"Is that person trustable? What's her views on mutants?" Hanks asks me.
"Hmm... As far as i know, this mutant-human fight is beneath her. She lets everything workout in its own unless it threatens the existence of earth or the universe as a whole "
"But how? She must live on this planet. It must have affect her in some way though." Ororo gives her piece. Normally she might be right but not here.
"Would you be concerned with the war going on about two ant colonies in your garden? You will ignore it most of the time. And even if they affect your garden, you'll just simply pour liquid iron on both of their colonies. You would rather focus on dealing with other major problems like water or electricity bill, food etc."
This have them a idea about what type of person she is. In Yao words, these issues are nothing in the grand scale of cosmos.
Personally, i think that's wrong. It's gonna affect Earth and whole universe. Even though Yao know this, she will only help a little.
"So yeah, she is trustable to a degree but don't think that she will join you. You can give it a try though, you never knows what happens."
Now that it's over, its time to address the elephant in the room. Or should I say Pheonix.
"Now let's get back to Jean."
I noticed Charles getting uncomfortable. Well, the sooner it is revealed, the better it is.
I didn't said anything. Just leaned back and waited for Charles to began.
"When I first met Jean. I tried to communicate with her with telepathy as i usually do to show that I am also a mutant. But when I did, I also sensed a another presence in her consciousness."
"Later, when I tried to dive deeper in her mind to help her with trauma and her ability to control her power. I came across IT"
"That BEAST was powerful. I have never felt such a fear and helplessness ever in my life. Until recently." Charles looked up towards me. Everyone's eyes turned towards me but I simply waited for him to continue.
Charles continued. "It was an immense power, an powerful ENTITY. It was responsible for Jean having pain and not able to control her power. I noticed, IT was influenced by her emotions and her memories. "
"To save everyone, to save Jean. I put mental blocks inside her head. Multiple layers. I supressed her memories. Locked it away. To guide her towards goodness. To stop that FIRE to escape from her to destroy our world."
To say the least, everyone was surprised by Charles and confessions. And pissed as well.
"CHARLES!!! Did you seriously messed with her mind since she was 8 !!! You keep calling her for your psychic session only to suppress her memories?!!!!"
"You bottled up those emotions and memories. One day it's gonna pop out and where do you think it would go Charles!?"
"You locked up a beast. What you didn't realise is that longer it stays locked up, the more dangerous it gets. And One day, it would surely escape.".
These were the genuine concerns and reactions of the people in the room.
They know it's fucked up. Doing something like this to your own. Without even consulting anyone else. Keeping everyone in dark about your less than moral decisions.
"I had no choice!!! If that beast escape or someone went after her and we weren't there, then it could destroy everything."
What he did was wrong thing for good intentions that will ultimately end up fucking up everything.
Classic Charles.