Marvel owns the X-men, Marauders, Sinister, ( who I swear is my boss in human form ) and everyone else you may know in
this story. This said, now I don't have to worry about being sued.

The Cold Hearted Truth
Part Four
Kaleidopy

Sinister's Base
The War Room


" No way am I working with Creed."

" I don't like it either but the Boss is the one who wants him in on this mission." Scalphunter tells the group. " He is blaming all of us for letting Prism and Vertigo escape."

" Blame Blockbuster and Harpoon." Riptide spits out. " They're the idiots who were suppose to watch them."

" Who you calling Idiot!"

" You, you piece of crap." Riptide grabs for his weapon when he sees Harpoon approaching him. " Come on, let's see what you
got."

" Save it for later," Arclight puts her hand out to stop Harpoon's progress. " After the mission, you two can kill each other for all I care, but until then, you both will follow orders." When neither men responds, she glares at them both. " Do I make myself clear?"

" Maybe when I finish with him, I will deal with you."

" By all means," The female Marauder glares at Riptide. Her hand reaching for a knife. " Take your best shot."

" Silence," The leader of the Marauders orders.

" Just because she hangs with you, Scalphunter," Scrambler speaks for the first time. " Doesn't mean she is second in
command."

" Arclight is exactly that," Scalphunter tells the man. " You got a problem, you take it up with me."

No sooner had he spoken the last words, everyone in the room was shouting.

" Somebody throw a party and forget to invite me?"

The Marauders turn around and glare at the uninvited guest.

Sabertooth bursts out laughing. " I see Sinister's cloning doesn't improve the intelligence of his lackeys."



The Mansion


" I'm so glad to see you." Storm was the first to grab the long lost X-man.

" Make that all of us," Angel shakes Bishops hand. " We knew you were lost in space but we don't have a ship to make a
rescue attempt. I am glad to see you come to your senses and finally dump Deathbird."

" Yeah Bishop, I thought you had better taste in women than that."

" Bobby, I do believe you should not be giving advice on the topic of which you yourself have no clue of finding the right woman when you,"

" Ok Hank, give me a break." Iceman sighs deeply. " Sheesh,"

" Open mouth and insert foot," Hank McCoy laughs. He notices that Drake has the 'I will get you for this later look'. " Bobby,
what harm you will do to me this time."

" You take the fun out of pulling pranks, Hank." Bobby huffs.

" Dad, glad the Starjammers were around to rescue Bishop." Scott gives his father a quick hand shake as Jean kisses her
father-in-law on the cheek. " But the Starjammers are usually in another part of the universe."

" He was worried about his family, Scott." Hepzibah came up behind Corsair, who wasn't paying attention to his son. He was
glaring at Prism.

" I know you!" Corsair finally speaks.

The ex-Marauders were sitting uneasily in their seats. Both knew what the space pirate was talking about. Vertigo looks at
Prism. " I didn't bargain for this, Husband. Either he will kill us or Sinister."

" Captain, you know these humans." Ch'od stares at the two as well.

" Dad?"

" Corsair?"

" You were in that car!" Corsair yanks Prism out of the chair and slings him around before he repeatedly rams the other man's
head into the wall.

" Stop him, before he kills my husband."

" It was Sinister's idea, not mine." Prism screams at his attacker, before he shoves the man away. He tries to leave the room
only to have Raza pull his sword out and point it into Prism's chest.

" If thy value thy life, be still."

Corsair tries to attack the man again only to find himself stuck to the floor unable to move. " Release me."

" I am sorry, Christopher but until you calm down," Charles tells him. " You will remain where you are."

Scott yanks Prism by his shirt and pulls him close. " What was Sinister's idea?"

" Tell him Prism," Vertigo urges her husband.

" Scott, he was in that car that hit us years ago. The one that almost took the life of your brother and mother." Corsair glares at the man. " I still see all four of their faces, just like it was yesterday."

" I remember, I was almost five, but I remember," Cyclops barely speaks above a whisper. " You kept begging them to help
us." He suddenly glares at Prism. Scott's visor was the only thing protecting Prism from being killed, Cyclops has both of his
hands full of the other man's shirt that he couldn't touch the visor. " I remember one of them laughing at us before they drove
off."

" That was Scalphunter! Scrambler, myself, and Riptide were in that car." He begins. " Arclight and Harpoon were the ones
driving the ambulance to that hospital. Sinister had it all planned from the start." Prism tells the X-men. " He wanted the baby,"

" Alex?" Scott interrupts him. " Sinister had you run us off the road, so he could get his hands on Alex?"

" He wasn't after Alex," Prism's voice trails off.

" William," Corsair speaks. " He wanted William, didn't he?"

" Who's William?" Cyclops looks back at his father. " Dad, who is,"

" Your mother was pregnant when the accident happened." The older Summers begins. " Her doctor had to introduce labor or
Kate would have died on the operating table. The baby didn't live long, your mother named him William."

Vertigo suddenly butts in. " Sinister was disguised as your wife's doctor during her pregnancy. He knew the child was going to be a powerful mutant and he wanted him." She slowly sits down as every eye in the room looks at her. " He planned the right
moment to attack the Summer's family and knew just when to do it." She looks at Xavier, then to Corsair. " Sinister stole your
son and claimed him as his own."

" William," Xavier suddenly speaks. " is Remy isn't he!" He waits until Vertigo nods and Prism lowers his head before he
finishes. " This explains Sinister's hold on Gambit."

" Not anymore!" Scott releases Prism with a violent shove and walks over to his father. Cyclops puts his hand on Corsair's
shoulder. " Dad, Sinister,"

" Destroyed our family, Scott." Corsair couldn't hide his emotions anymore. He tells his son the long hidden truth of what
happened that day. " I wasn't with your mother when the baby was born because Alex was under going emergency surgery at
the same time at another hospital. By the time I got back to Kate, they told me the baby had died. Your mother kept screaming
that William was alive until they had to sedate her. She cried herself to sleep every night for almost a year after the accident."

Corsair's eyes begin to mist. " Four years later, we took that plane trip that took you and Alex away from us. But what you
didn't know," He sighs. " that it was your mother's way of celebrating William's fourth birthday. She refused to believe our
youngest child was dead. I only wished that,"

" Dad, you had no way of knowing the truth. You can't blame yourself for this." Scott pleas with his father.

Everyone else in the room was silent almost in a state of shock.

" Say the word, Captain." Ch'od finally breaks to silence. " The Starjammers stand ready."

" Essex has a secret base in Maine. I will allow you to link with my mind in order to find it." Vertigo suggests. " I think this
should cover our deal we made with you X-men." She notices Jean approaching her. " Phoenix, I will also allow you to have the
secret codes to his computer files, and anything else you may need." She glances at the other X-men. " I think you should all be prepared for an attack by the other Marauders, Sinister was making plans of calling in Sabertooth."

" Creed!" Wolverine hisses.

While Jean was entering Vertigo's mind, Charles tells the others. " We have to be prepared for the worse. Sinister is the master of manipulating people's minds. There is no telling what he will do to Remy." He speaks directly to Cyclops. " Scott, we can't force him to come home with us."

" Then you don't know the Starjammers and their captain very well." Hepzibah tells the professor. " I say we rescue Corsair's
son first and deal with the aftermath later."

" I'm with you, Sister." Wolverine puts in. " Sides, I got a personal stake in this thing," Logan bares his claws. " Kinda itching to get some payback."

" Not everyone can go on this mission, my X-men." Xavier tells everyone in the room. " Some must stay behind and guard the
mansion."

" Ah'm going, Professor," Rogue is the first to answer. " Ah was the one who got Remy in this mess and Ah'm gonna be the one
ta get him outta it." She folds her arms daring anyone to say a word. " Do Ah hear any arguments!"

" And I will go as well." Storm adds.

" Count me in as well," Angel replies. Everyone looks at him. He just shrugs his shoulders. " What?"

" Hey, I'm going too." Bobby pipes in. " I want to be there when Remy finds out he and Scott are brothers." He bursts out
laughing. " Hey Scott, does this mean you and Remy are going to be best buds now?"

" SHUT UP, BOBBY!" The room echoes.

" The Starjammers are going." Ch'ad speaks for the others.

" I am going." Cecelia puts in.

" Me too."

" And me."

" Scott, Wolverine, Angel, Bishop, and Bobby will go on this mission." Charles decides. He hears a very loud clearing of the
throat by a certain southern female close by. " And of course Rogue." He adds. " The rest will prepare for an attack. We must
be prepared."

" We leave in five minutes." Scott tells his group.

" WAIT JUST ONE DAMN MINUTE!"

Everyone turns around and looks at one very angry Bishop.

" How the hell did Remy end up with Sinister?" He asks giving every X-men in the room the once over. " He was with us in
space the last time I remembered." He suddenly grows angry. " What happened to him? Why isn't he here with the rest of you?"

" Uh Bishop, can we talk about this later," Bobby stalls for time. He was hoping someone would speak up, when nobody does,
he clears his throat. " Look, we will bring him.....hey"

" I want answers!" Bishop yanks Bobby up by his shirt and shakes him violently. " I am not in the mood for your little games,
Drake. Why is Gambit with Sinister?"

" Somebody want to answer the man." Bobby yells. " Jump in, Anybody!"

" Put him down Bishop," Warren orders the former future police officer. " We just went through this with Storm. I don't need
this...Ugh"

" Ouch," Bobby moans loudly after being thrown through the air and hitting something.

" Drake, kindly get off me," Angel rubs his head.

" I said I want answers!" Bishop points his finger at Warren. " You want to tell me what is going on, Worthington, or do I have
to get physical?"

" Come my friend," Storm gently pulls at Bishop. " Rogue and I have something to tell you." The three disappear into another
room.

Scott and Corsair were continuing their private conversation and were not paying attention.

Bishop's booming voice sounds through the mansion. " ANTARCTICA?"

" Houston, we have a problem!" Bobby sing songs.

" Can it Drake, before I carve ya into a ice cube." Wolverine glares at Iceman. " Bishop is going to hit the roof when Storm tells him what happen in Antarctica."

" Not to mention the fact the X-men," Jean takes a deep breath before continuing. " I said such horrible things,"

" Don't say it, Jean," Beast interrupts her. " I am amazed that we have not all turned on each other. Our behavior patterns has
amazed me for the past week," He continues. " I am an expert in the law and yet I just sat there at that trial and did nothing even when I knew an injustice was being carried out." Hank removes his glasses. " And the others at the trial, Warren, the lawyer for the defense, quits in the middle of the trial, the so called witnesses, Betsy, who suddenly remembers things that she had forgotten. Rogue, who leaves a fellow member behind to die, and the biggie, how did Eric The Red know about the Morlock Massacre? He wasn't there," He inhales deeply. " I am tempted to believe we were all set up, why? I have no explanation."

" Bishop, ya come back here," Rogue screams after the huge man. " Ah think ya need ta calm down."

" Get out of my way, Logan." Bishop glares down at the X-men, who suddenly grabs his arm. " Before I blow a hole right
through you."

" Bishop, " Wolverine holds his grip on Bishop's arm firmly. " You ain't the only one hurting over this. Storm, Rogue, Scott and
what about Corsair over there?" He nods in Christoper's direction. " He just found out his son is still alive, you think your anger can top his?"

" No," He sighs in defeat. He glares down at Wolverine and speaks the next few words harshly. " But don't think for one
moment that I will forgive or forget this." He yanks his arm free and walks over to Scott and Corsair.