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X-men Fic "Election Day" (7/7) - the epilogue
The epilogue of my fic "Election Day" is behind the cut. Links to previous chapters are there too.
Previous chapters:
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Epilogue
Well, I know you’re dyin’ to hear what all happened next – leastwise I hope you are and that I haven’t bored you. I been going on and on, but I wanted to take you through Cortez’s election to his defeat, and tell you what happened between me and Remy then.
It would take even more time to write out everything that happened in the decade since then – heavens above, has it really been almost 10 years? -- and I’m done being wordy. So I’ll sum it up here.
So, like I said, we defeated Cortez. He and his people went on trial for their crimes in a court of law. Xavier convinced us to get engaged in the trials of Cortez’s troops. Cortez himself could hang for all most of us cared, but we had sympathy for his people, thinking most of them duped into fighting for him. So we spent much of the next few years in and out of the court system, attending trials, providing evidence, trying to help Cortez’s troops get counseling instead of harsh punishment. Yep – these are the same exact people who voted against us on election day because we were elitist and all, on behalf of whom we spent a couple years busting our butts and sitting through boring trials. Many of them didn’t appreciate the irony or appreciate our help – but lots of them did. And Cortez got an inhibitor collar around his neck for his sentence of life in maximum security.
We still had a war with FOH on our hands though, and they didn’t seem put off by Cortez’s defeat at all. In fact, I think they somehow were emboldened, even though with Cortez down it meant we had much more resources to fight FOH. We spent a good couple of years fighting them, and trying to convince the authorities to keep fighting alongside us to put down FOH. Somehow they weren’t as enthusiastic about working with us to crush FOH as they had been about working with us against Cortez. Big surprise there.
The alliances we’d formed helped us a lot. I still missed the days when there were only like 10 X-men at the mansion, but we fought alongside X-Factor, Alpha Flight, and sometimes the Morlocks – and the company was good. Alpha Flight ended up disbanding, but a handful of their members joined us and became X-men, Northstar being one of them.
I always preferred the original, smaller group of X-men though. Something special about that team.
So, as you can imagine, we were pretty darn busy. Like we always were, so little time for any manner of resting. But I want to be sure to tell you what happened with the rest of the X-men, at least them that I was closest to.
I worried an awful lot about Xavier, as you’ve read, but turns out that I needn’t have. He’s still going strong, his mind sharp as ever though his body is weaker. I love the old man.
I realize that I never told you how it was that Hank and Bobby appeared on Asteroid M at the last minute and in the midst of our battle. Remember I’d mentioned that we had one of Cortez’s shuttles in our hangar, one that we’d shot down? It had been pretty close to being functional, so when Hank found Bobby, they managed to fix it up right quick and follow us into space. Hank still had access to all our computer files, so he downloaded what we learned from that Mince girl about how do the cloak. Must be nice being a genius like that.
I don’t have much else to add about Hank. Amazing how the more things change, the more they stay the same. He’s still a bedrock like he always is. Cyclops and Storm gave him much more of a leadership role in the X-men over the years, and he was and is great at it. No surprise there either.
Since I mentioned Bobby I should update you on him too. Someday maybe I will tell you the whole story since it’s interesting.
We were still way busy after the battle and it’s not like we had much time to deliberate on whether or not Bobby could or should rejoin the X-men. I was occupied with something else, as you know, so I wasn’t quite in on all the conversations but the gist of it is that the Professor and Hank spoke individually to everyone about the idea of Bobby rejoining. My understanding is that a few folks (you know the ones, I don’t even need to say who) grumbled and said they weren’t too happy about it but they agreed they’d support it since it was what Xavier and Hank insisted was best. We’d never had a situation like this before, where an X-man basically got kicked out and later rejoined, so things were plenty awkward. But you know, things were okay too. I made an effort to be extra nice to Bobby, and so did a few others. Pretty soon he was integrated back in the team, though there were always a few folks who didn’t want him there. They kept from antagonizing him though.
Also, since we’re getting a bit more comfortable talking about this kinda stuff I can tell you that he and Northstar were a couple. I guess you’d call it that. I can say it without blushing now, and in fact we’d hang out with them, sometimes go to the theater together with them. It’s amazing what can change in a decade.
Oh, you’ll notice that I said Bobby and Northstar were a couple. Bobby told me that they decided to take a break from being in a relationship and are just friends as of now. I don’t know if they’ll get back together or not. I kinda hope they do. Northstar can be a pain but I know now that he’s got a good heart underneath it all.
I’m talking about relationships, so I may as well continue along those lines.
Jean and Scott adopted two Asian girls. They’re good girls. You know that Jean and Scott are good parents, and they balance each other out – Jean keeps Scott from overdoing the discipline and all. I know Scott was all angsty for a while ‘cause he couldn’t figure out how to balance all his duties: being our leader and then being a dad. But he figured it out and he and his brood are doing just fine now.
Storm and Wolverine are still together too. And I guess daughters are the order of the day, because they had one. She’s seven now, and it’s scary how she’s a total blend of both her parents. Mostly she’s got the good aspects of both of them, and she’s wise beyond her years. Storm and Wolverine never married – don’t think they ever will – but they’re still together and raising her right. The three of them go away for days at a time on a camping trip and they return looking happier than ever. Part of me wishes Storm and Wolverine would get married but I keep my mouth shut on that sorta thing; it ain’t my life or my place to judge.
Storm and Wolverine having a daughter caused kinda an identity crisis for Jubilee. She’d reassured all of us that she’d be fine, and I really thought she would – but she ended up going through a few bad years there. She even left the X-men for a spell though we (mostly Storm and Wolverine) coaxed her back. I guess it was a matter of jealousy gone outta control; she’d been like Storm and Wolverine’s niece and maybe she and they never realized how serious that bond was or how scary it was for her to be replaced in a way. She’s doing better now but she can be sullen every now and then too. Sometimes I wish that girl would date though. She’s cute but I ain’t never seen her have much interest in a boyfriend.
So that brings us to Remy and me. The fact that I’m writing this and that I don’t sound depressed at all has gotta have told you something.
He lived. He took a long while to recover and was out of battle for nearly a year. But he lived and he’s fine now.
I kept to my promise. We were married by Nightcrawler right after Remy was awake and conscious enough following the three surgeries Hank performed on him. I wanted a proper wedding though, so 11 months later when Remy was really starting to recover, we had a full ceremony.
Now that is something I will give you the full scoop on sometime, I promise. But here is the run-down. It was a gorgeous day, with a bright blue sky and warm sun. I cried when I stood next to Remy after I walked down the aisle alongside the Professor and I cried when I read my vows. I smiled almost too broadly as I tossed that bouquet after the ceremony –I’d been so sure that I’d never be the one to toss the bouquet. And my dress was a beautiful, creamy white beaded affair. I’d never felt quite so happy in my whole life, and Remy felt the same way.
I still couldn’t touch Remy back then, but I went through with the wedding as I’d promised. Now the rest really is too private to write about, but let me just say that Remy was quite creative and we found ways to please each other.
Then we got our hands on some Genoshan collars. We’d already been married for a couple years when we finally got our hands on a hidden supply of those things that had been secreted away on Genosha.
I ain’t gonna write a lot about what happened after that, except to say that for several weeks there we rarely left our room and I think I wore Remy out a bit. But I must hasten to add that there were many other wonderful aspects to it and there is a lot more to touch than sex. Even just being able to kiss at last was pretty incredible though I felt like I was terribly awkward at it, at first. Then I got nearly addicted to Remy’s kisses.
Among other things he did.
We have a son. He’s four years old now. Maybe someday we’ll have another child, but I don’t think so. Just to be safe, I wore the collar my entire pregnancy, which was hard. Being a parent is a wonderful thing, but it’s devilishly hard work and even harder when you have a job like an X-man’s. But we manage, getting plenty of tips from the other parents as you might imagine. Our son is handsome like his father and well-behaved. I guess you can tell that I'm bursting with a ton of pride.
So that’s it. Made it through that bad spell and am better than ever. Like I said, someday I might tell you more but I hope you’ve enjoyed this flashback with me.
THE END
Previous chapters:
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Epilogue
Well, I know you’re dyin’ to hear what all happened next – leastwise I hope you are and that I haven’t bored you. I been going on and on, but I wanted to take you through Cortez’s election to his defeat, and tell you what happened between me and Remy then.
It would take even more time to write out everything that happened in the decade since then – heavens above, has it really been almost 10 years? -- and I’m done being wordy. So I’ll sum it up here.
So, like I said, we defeated Cortez. He and his people went on trial for their crimes in a court of law. Xavier convinced us to get engaged in the trials of Cortez’s troops. Cortez himself could hang for all most of us cared, but we had sympathy for his people, thinking most of them duped into fighting for him. So we spent much of the next few years in and out of the court system, attending trials, providing evidence, trying to help Cortez’s troops get counseling instead of harsh punishment. Yep – these are the same exact people who voted against us on election day because we were elitist and all, on behalf of whom we spent a couple years busting our butts and sitting through boring trials. Many of them didn’t appreciate the irony or appreciate our help – but lots of them did. And Cortez got an inhibitor collar around his neck for his sentence of life in maximum security.
We still had a war with FOH on our hands though, and they didn’t seem put off by Cortez’s defeat at all. In fact, I think they somehow were emboldened, even though with Cortez down it meant we had much more resources to fight FOH. We spent a good couple of years fighting them, and trying to convince the authorities to keep fighting alongside us to put down FOH. Somehow they weren’t as enthusiastic about working with us to crush FOH as they had been about working with us against Cortez. Big surprise there.
The alliances we’d formed helped us a lot. I still missed the days when there were only like 10 X-men at the mansion, but we fought alongside X-Factor, Alpha Flight, and sometimes the Morlocks – and the company was good. Alpha Flight ended up disbanding, but a handful of their members joined us and became X-men, Northstar being one of them.
I always preferred the original, smaller group of X-men though. Something special about that team.
So, as you can imagine, we were pretty darn busy. Like we always were, so little time for any manner of resting. But I want to be sure to tell you what happened with the rest of the X-men, at least them that I was closest to.
I worried an awful lot about Xavier, as you’ve read, but turns out that I needn’t have. He’s still going strong, his mind sharp as ever though his body is weaker. I love the old man.
I realize that I never told you how it was that Hank and Bobby appeared on Asteroid M at the last minute and in the midst of our battle. Remember I’d mentioned that we had one of Cortez’s shuttles in our hangar, one that we’d shot down? It had been pretty close to being functional, so when Hank found Bobby, they managed to fix it up right quick and follow us into space. Hank still had access to all our computer files, so he downloaded what we learned from that Mince girl about how do the cloak. Must be nice being a genius like that.
I don’t have much else to add about Hank. Amazing how the more things change, the more they stay the same. He’s still a bedrock like he always is. Cyclops and Storm gave him much more of a leadership role in the X-men over the years, and he was and is great at it. No surprise there either.
Since I mentioned Bobby I should update you on him too. Someday maybe I will tell you the whole story since it’s interesting.
We were still way busy after the battle and it’s not like we had much time to deliberate on whether or not Bobby could or should rejoin the X-men. I was occupied with something else, as you know, so I wasn’t quite in on all the conversations but the gist of it is that the Professor and Hank spoke individually to everyone about the idea of Bobby rejoining. My understanding is that a few folks (you know the ones, I don’t even need to say who) grumbled and said they weren’t too happy about it but they agreed they’d support it since it was what Xavier and Hank insisted was best. We’d never had a situation like this before, where an X-man basically got kicked out and later rejoined, so things were plenty awkward. But you know, things were okay too. I made an effort to be extra nice to Bobby, and so did a few others. Pretty soon he was integrated back in the team, though there were always a few folks who didn’t want him there. They kept from antagonizing him though.
Also, since we’re getting a bit more comfortable talking about this kinda stuff I can tell you that he and Northstar were a couple. I guess you’d call it that. I can say it without blushing now, and in fact we’d hang out with them, sometimes go to the theater together with them. It’s amazing what can change in a decade.
Oh, you’ll notice that I said Bobby and Northstar were a couple. Bobby told me that they decided to take a break from being in a relationship and are just friends as of now. I don’t know if they’ll get back together or not. I kinda hope they do. Northstar can be a pain but I know now that he’s got a good heart underneath it all.
I’m talking about relationships, so I may as well continue along those lines.
Jean and Scott adopted two Asian girls. They’re good girls. You know that Jean and Scott are good parents, and they balance each other out – Jean keeps Scott from overdoing the discipline and all. I know Scott was all angsty for a while ‘cause he couldn’t figure out how to balance all his duties: being our leader and then being a dad. But he figured it out and he and his brood are doing just fine now.
Storm and Wolverine are still together too. And I guess daughters are the order of the day, because they had one. She’s seven now, and it’s scary how she’s a total blend of both her parents. Mostly she’s got the good aspects of both of them, and she’s wise beyond her years. Storm and Wolverine never married – don’t think they ever will – but they’re still together and raising her right. The three of them go away for days at a time on a camping trip and they return looking happier than ever. Part of me wishes Storm and Wolverine would get married but I keep my mouth shut on that sorta thing; it ain’t my life or my place to judge.
Storm and Wolverine having a daughter caused kinda an identity crisis for Jubilee. She’d reassured all of us that she’d be fine, and I really thought she would – but she ended up going through a few bad years there. She even left the X-men for a spell though we (mostly Storm and Wolverine) coaxed her back. I guess it was a matter of jealousy gone outta control; she’d been like Storm and Wolverine’s niece and maybe she and they never realized how serious that bond was or how scary it was for her to be replaced in a way. She’s doing better now but she can be sullen every now and then too. Sometimes I wish that girl would date though. She’s cute but I ain’t never seen her have much interest in a boyfriend.
So that brings us to Remy and me. The fact that I’m writing this and that I don’t sound depressed at all has gotta have told you something.
He lived. He took a long while to recover and was out of battle for nearly a year. But he lived and he’s fine now.
I kept to my promise. We were married by Nightcrawler right after Remy was awake and conscious enough following the three surgeries Hank performed on him. I wanted a proper wedding though, so 11 months later when Remy was really starting to recover, we had a full ceremony.
Now that is something I will give you the full scoop on sometime, I promise. But here is the run-down. It was a gorgeous day, with a bright blue sky and warm sun. I cried when I stood next to Remy after I walked down the aisle alongside the Professor and I cried when I read my vows. I smiled almost too broadly as I tossed that bouquet after the ceremony –I’d been so sure that I’d never be the one to toss the bouquet. And my dress was a beautiful, creamy white beaded affair. I’d never felt quite so happy in my whole life, and Remy felt the same way.
I still couldn’t touch Remy back then, but I went through with the wedding as I’d promised. Now the rest really is too private to write about, but let me just say that Remy was quite creative and we found ways to please each other.
Then we got our hands on some Genoshan collars. We’d already been married for a couple years when we finally got our hands on a hidden supply of those things that had been secreted away on Genosha.
I ain’t gonna write a lot about what happened after that, except to say that for several weeks there we rarely left our room and I think I wore Remy out a bit. But I must hasten to add that there were many other wonderful aspects to it and there is a lot more to touch than sex. Even just being able to kiss at last was pretty incredible though I felt like I was terribly awkward at it, at first. Then I got nearly addicted to Remy’s kisses.
Among other things he did.
We have a son. He’s four years old now. Maybe someday we’ll have another child, but I don’t think so. Just to be safe, I wore the collar my entire pregnancy, which was hard. Being a parent is a wonderful thing, but it’s devilishly hard work and even harder when you have a job like an X-man’s. But we manage, getting plenty of tips from the other parents as you might imagine. Our son is handsome like his father and well-behaved. I guess you can tell that I'm bursting with a ton of pride.
So that’s it. Made it through that bad spell and am better than ever. Like I said, someday I might tell you more but I hope you’ve enjoyed this flashback with me.
THE END
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thanks for posting!
when are you gonna write another fic? :D
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btw, if you ever have any con crit I'm more than open to that too.
In terms of more fic, nothing in the works now but I always have plot bunnies. Every time I finish an X-men fic I tell myself it will be the last, but given that this has happened 6 times with me always writing another one later, I'm sure there will be another sometime.
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