Title: Seeking His Place 11/?
Author: Kate R.
Disclaimer: Own nothing and no one used
herein. The X-men belong to Marvel
Entertainment Group; the Angel
characters belong to Joss Whedon. I'm not
making any money off this so
please don't sue me.
"Your what?" Cyclops asked as the dark vampire stood and hugged Spike. Spike grinned.
"My King," Angel repeated as he hugged his blonde childe. "I am so proud of you Spike."
"Sire," Spike whispered as Angel hugged him tighter briefly. Angel then looked at Wesley before he pulled the smaller man into a hug.
"I am so sorry Wesley," Angel whispered into his hair. "I am so, so sorry. I didn't know what she'd said until Giles came and she told him. I believe in you, even if she and the others don't."
"Angel..." Wesley muttered against the dark vampire's chest. "I..."
"You did nothing wrong luv," Angel purred softly unaware of his words. "You did not a thing wrong. She and Gunn, they were in the wrong. You were the one who was hurt. Not them. Cordelia needs a slap down for what she did to you."
"But I ripped her dress," Wesley murmured. Angel growled softly to himself.
"Then I will buy her a new one. She will learn to deal with it."
"Take care of our son, Angel," The Chaos Lord said as it split back in to Giles and Ethan. "Take better care than you have thus far."
"I will," Angel said softly. He pulled Wesley against his chest and just held on.
"Angelus," Spike said softly. "Join my Court? I need some help you know?"
"An honor my king," Angel said. "I would be honored beyond measure to join your court."
"Hey!" Jean yelled. "What is going on? What did those two do? And what does he mean, "My King"?"
"Quite simply Miss Grey," Giles said as he and Ethan leaned casually against the wall, "We kicked your collective Asses. Perhaps you'd like us to Explain?"
"Please do," Professor Xavier said. Everyone stopped though when Magneto approached Spike. The bleached Blond vampire smiled as he allowed the Master of Magnetism to touch his face.
"Thank you," the mutant said. Spike grinned as he was pulled into a hug.
"You're welcome mate. Couldn't stand them bastard Nazis anyway. Besides, I was full, Dru was full and I did what I felt I was called to do. Something about my weirdness or so I'm told."
"Spike balances things," Xander said. "The Nazis threw the world out of balance so Spike had to help restore it."
Magneto nodded and looked to Giles and Ethan who leaned against the wall still and the young, dark-haired man with blue eyes with them.
"Perhaps we should sit for this explanation?" Xavier asked. Giles shrugged his 'It makes no difference to me' shrug and followed the rest of the group up to the living room where everyone took seats.
"Now," Xavier began. "Perhaps someone can explain to me what a first level mutant is?"
"Ethan, Wesley, Xander and myself," Giles stated sarcastically. "As to what makes us different form you all? It's something we can do with our powers. Ethan and I, Wesley and Xander, we are all Incorporators. We can take aspects of things and incorporate them into ourselves. Ethan, Wesley and I do so with magic. Xander does it with minds. Young Rogue may be one of us as well. I don't know. She has not finished evolving yet."
"What is the Chaos Lord?" Storm asked. Giles turned to look at her as he felt Ethan shift next to him.
"The Chaos Lord is something that is extremely rare and very hard to do. It is the result of two people who are so close to each other that they can think and act as one. Ethan has never been close to me when our powers have reacted like this. Normally we are about 100 miles or more apart. Sometimes Ethan is in England. Normally, it is only a combination of our minds that make up The Chaos Lord. This time, do to proximity, we merged bodies as well."
"Can you explain these Levels Magneto spoke of?" Xavier asked. Giles nodded and looked to Ethan who knew and understood more about levels and such.
"For starters," Ethan began, "Your average mutant is a Fifth Level Mutant. No Mutant really stays there though as that is like a cocoon stage. It is normally changed to the level you will be a few months after first manifestation in most cases. There are some who evolve regularly. Your Fourth Level Mutant is someone like Miss Grey, someone who can only affect one plane of existence at a time with her powers. In the grand scheme of things, she and Mr. Summers are a two of the weakest I've met. Even for fourth levels. Mr. Lebeau is a Third Level Mutant. He can change the properties of something from one intentional use to another. Iceman and Storm are both Elementals. Controlling primal forces. As they have yet to reach ultimate stage, they are still third and fourth levels. However, they are like the world, always evolving and changing.
A Second Level Mutant, which Iceman and Storm will likely become, is someone like Magneto, someone who controls an element or a piece of the earth without the aid of a cosmic entity. And you can't use it fully Miss Grey we would not have been able to turn it off. Xavier is a Second Level mutant as well. His power is on the mindscape and he has the skill and promise of someone who could ascend the first."
"What makes an incorporator a First Level Mutant? Hank McCoy asked. Giles picked up the explanation from there as Ethan was getting the frustrated, 'pay attention mentally challenged people', look on his face. Giles sighed and stood to pace coming again to lean against a wall in a pose those who knew him were certain was 100% Ripper.
"Incorporators can do things like using more than one power or type of power at the same time. Ethan there is a Psi-Lord. There ain't Nothing he can't do mentally. However he's also a Chaos Mage. What makes him an incorporator, and so higher on the ladder than you all, is that he can use those powers together, in tandem or to boost one or the other. Something I know from literature I've read most second, third, fourth and fifth level mutants cannot do. I am also a Psi-Lord. Not a telepath, a full Psi-Lord. Unlike Miss Grey, I can read your thoughts and toss a car with my mind at the same time. I can also use Magic at the same time as I do those things. Wesley is like Ethan and myself. He has learned to boost and augment his mind powers with magic. Xander has the ability to incorporate things that enter his mind into his own psyche and use the attributes of them. A Hyena Spirit possessed him. That hyena is now as much a part of him as Xander Harris. The Soldier he was possessed by is there as well. He now has the mental disciplines of theses things. The pack mentality of the Hyena, the Soldier's knowledge and if he works at them, skills. One of you can do that. When you can and not lose yourself in the doing of it, you will be First Level mutants. Is that Clear and plain enough?"
"We---I think we need time to absorb this---" Xavier said shakily. Ripper nodded and walked back to where Ethan and Wesley were seated. There would be time to explain the Vampire King to them tomorrow. Everyone needed a break now.
Magneto walked to a room he was directed to mentally and laid down as he processed all of this. One last, gleeful thought ran through his mind as he drifted off to sleep "Reed Richards was Wrong."