#🍁something wicked this way comes🍂 au

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Something Wicked This Way Comes AU Skits:

A government agent: Would you like to join our team of highly trained and special indivi-

Reader: F*ck off

Government agent: I really think you'd like this program of ours-

Reader: I said f*ck off

Government agent: But you haven't even heard of what you'd get-

Reader: I'd get brainwashed and set on your personal enemies like a dog, believe me, we know the shtick, now f*ck off! I'm drinking my beer!

Reader: is nursing on a root beer

Government agent: knocks the drink out of Reader's hands

Reader: ...

Reader: You little f*ckin' @&>/ !!!! tackles them, biting and scratching, then kicks them out of the soda shop

Reader, answering why they haven't sought out their old "pals", Wolverine and Sabretooth: Well, would YOU try to seek out someone who you haven't had a decent conversation with since the early 1900s who then stabbed you in the guts after his brain got scrambled, or seek out the guy who got so fried in the noggin he tossed ya off a freakin' cliff after beating you to a bloody pulp? No? Well, that's what I thought!

The X-Teens: What the h*ll??!!😨😰

The Brotherhood: That's b*dass!!!🤩😍

The adults: Who did you say you were, again, Mx. Reader? 🧐🤨

Wolverine: I tore their guts out? Poor kid... Hmmm... something still isn't adding up...

Sabretooth: Eh, I toss a lot of people off a cliffs... and turn a lot of people into bloody pulp. Good on them for surviving! Except they seem too familiar to be just a random hit...

Reader: sweating bullets Um... I'm... leaving, right now! runs off, disappearing into the streets

Everyone: ... Okay, we need them as our new member-

Reader, seeing the X-Teens broke into their house and took something: Oh you little...

Reader: JAMES LOGAN CREED HOWLETT!!! GET YOUR F*CKIN *SS DOWN HERE TO FIX YOUR BRATS' MESS, OR SO HELP ME I WILL DRAG YOU BACK HERE BY YOUR F*CKIN' EAR!!! DO YOU HEAR ME?!?!?!

Logan: Who the h*ll is screaming at 1:00am in the morning?!

Logan: spots his kids sneaking into the mansion carrying an old and stained box

Logan: Kids. What. Did. You. Do.

The X-Teens: ... Um... we, um... maybestolesomethingfromReader!! But we had to! They're not telling us something, and we think it's important!

Logan: Well, it looks like you're all returning it, unless you want to be in the Danger Room for the next five hours 😡

The X-Teens: Please, just a peek! 🥺

Logan: ... Ugh, fine, just one look. Then we're gettin' in the car and returning it, you hear me?

The X-Teens and Logan, looking into the box: 😶

The box: full of video tapes, recorders, old papers and journals, and different rocks and fossils and old heirloom jewelry

Logan: Okay, fine, you take one thing, something that would be hard to miss-

Kitty: Done! grabbed an old recorder

Logan: I'll hold onto that, since you kids got us into this mess

Later-

Logan, listening to one of the many recordings in shock: It's been nearly two centuries, but I still miss James and Victor, even if they were both quite brash at times... Boys, right? ... Ha... I think Jimmy is called "Logan" nowadays... I think I should leave him be; he seems happy with his friends, he doesn't need me anymore... I suppose Victor doesn't need me, either... I guess it's hard to miss someone that they can't remember... well, I think that perhaps this summer I'll be able to finally pass-

Logan: pauses the old recording

Logan: ... I need to find them, NOW-

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If hero reader is an adult, they act like the only reasonable adult in the teens life:

Reader: Pause! Anyone who is not legally an adult and is currently fighting me raise your hand.

Everyone: *doesn't raise their hand*

Reader: Okay, that's it! Fight canceled! All of you go home! CHARLES GET @%$#&!$ DOWN HERE I NEED TO HAVE A WORD WITH YOU!

Contrary wise, if reader is a kid, all the adults are try to parent them but reader is adamant they are NOT on the adoption market.

Storm: What are doing here? It is 11 o'clock at night. Growing children need their sleep!

Hank: And it is a school night. I know you have a test tomorrow, Evan mentioned it. How are you supposed to pass when you'll be falling asleep at your desk?

Reader, running on redbull and spite: Maybe I would be in bed if you guys WOULD STOP ATTACKING LADY LIBERITY!

Adult hero Reader is the one braincell of the bunch, basically not fighting the teens and having heated, long rants at Charles and Magneto for letting children fight them! Because yeah, okay, sure, they wouldn't hurt kids, but who's to say some other random person wouldn't? Seriously? Who is parenting these kids? You know what? Reader will parent them! And it starts by telling these poor misguided toddlers in costumes that sleep is important, and so is not conquering the world-

If Reader is a kid/teen, they're adamant that they are NOT an adoption case! No, nO, they are NOT up for adoption! They have a lovely, small, cramped home of their own! They do not need parenting from a grouchy dagger man or a shape-shifting chameleon lady or a blue teddy bear! Reader is grumbling as they sit in class, upset that their nemesis is in there as well, ready to try and get them to join their villainous team and offering to help get them some tutors-

Either way, Reader is upset with the adults and wondering how the teens bought into their weird ideology/cult mindset, and they want to try and stay off their radar...

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Dark or Reverse Something Wicked This Way Comes AU, where Reader ended up in stasis some time in the past, the X-Men/Brotherhood/Acolytes took over the world, and Reader doesn't remember their siblings, but their siblings sure remember them-

Reader would wake up, wondering what happened, who they were, why their body had such strange scars... Except the world, once they escape from where they were held, is so... loud. Big. Bright. It's almost too much.

Struggling to adapt amd make sense of the strange new laws and fashions and technology of the 2000s, Reader tries to hide their mutations and abilities once they realize the mutants are the ones controlling everything and that humans either accept it or disappear...

It doesn't help that Reader tries to help when they can... or that there are teens trailing them, inspecting areas where they've been... or that it seems something... or someone... is trying to catch them...

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Imagine an AU where everyone is a villain, but Reader is the sole hero/anti-hero...

Maybe Reader uses to know the X-Men or Brotherhood or Acolytes, but they're on their own now, with powers that they're learning how to control, and trying to stop the other mutants from taking over the world, or if they already did, Reader defies them and tries to help those in need. (Like Spider-man or the Spider people).

The mutants respect Reader, to a degree. Someone who uses their powers for good is surely someone worth adding to their ranks (family, they're all one big, dark family). Reader doesn't give into temptation, no matter how enticing it is. And they don't try to kill them when they fight, simply aiming to distract them amd escape or disappearing without a trace.

They like them, quite a bit. (Especially if they used to know Reader).

Of course... they could do so much better with them, rather than against them.

Think of the possibilities...

But they WILL have them, one way or another, and it's only matter of time before Reader is truly theirs...

(Ask questions if you want about this AU, okay? What do you think, @sugar-soda and @danni1323 and @c0ld0utside?) (Let's call this au... Something Wicked This Way Comes AU...)

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You know how sometimes in school a teacher will compare or maybe even treat someone different because of their siblings? Like if one kid was a massive trouble maker one year and then a few years down the line their sister/brother/sibling joins that teacher's class and the teacher instantly stereotypes them?

Yea I feel like Something Wicked This Way Comes Reader (both versions) is dealing with that effect a lot. It's not too bad in the normal version because since most people don't know that they're ll siblings it just feels like a feral stereotype in a way. But it's so bad in the Dark au. It's worse because Reader has no idea why they're being treated a specific way.

Their claws come out and a group of humans scatters because they've dealt with claws like those before and they do not want to deal with it today.

Reader is so confused and tired it's not even funny.

But unfortunately for them they radiate strong "exhausted younger sibling" energy that attracts their big brothers like sharks. Who did this to their baby sibling??? Why are they so annoyed? It's supposed to be their job to annoy their youngest!

Reader is gonna end up smothered in cuddles and they're really not sure if they should enjoy it...or if they want to.

I know what you mean.

In the Dark Edition, Reader feels exhausted, they're tired, and they haven't even reached Wednesday... People run whenever they see their claws, or flinch when they see their fangs, and it takes everything in Reader not to get upset, deflating at how hard it is to survive when everyone is terrified of everything, especially them, and mutants in general...

Wolverine amd Sabretooth find out Reader is back and alive, and they're trying to hug them (and kidnap them, because who left their baby sibling on their own?!), yet they keep meeting thin air as their sibling runs from them. It takes a while for it to dawn on them that Reader doesn't remember them. They don't know their own name, they don't know who they are, they don't know those two as their brothers, amd they have no clue how to survive in such a changed world. Oh... They're getting them in a nest, mark their words. Their little sibling won't need to worry for much longer. They'll bring their memories back, they'll join them, amd then they can be united once more...

Reader takes one look at those two, and decides they're avoiding them at all costs. Those two are large, dangerous, and have too many tricks and schemes that would eventually catch Reader. So it's best not to risk it at all. But hiding from two of the beat trackers and hunters isn't an easy task... nor is trying to make it on your own without help or knowing who you are...

(Good ask, @vivid-bun! I like it! And yes, those two are trying to scoop their sibling up into a hug amd cuddle them, and will take any bites or kicks Reader gives them, just as long as they can hug them and feel and hear their heartbeat...)

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Reverse Something Wicked au! A bit after the teens meet Reader, they go messing around in Logan's room. (Caise they're little terrors).

While snooping through his room they find a box in the back of the closet. Thinking it may have something embarrassing they open it to find a bunch of old stuff. Wooden toys, paring knives, a few pieces of clothing, and a ton of colorless photos.

They already knew that Victor and Logan were older than the dinosaurs, and they already knew that they were brothers. But there is a third person in the photos, so much smaller and younger than the other two.

It's that mutant that helped them the other day! They didn't know they, and the feral brothers were related! Though now looking at a little Logan carrying a baby like a cat, they can kinda see the family resemblance!

Now they have to get them to join! It'll be a family reunion!

Yeep!

The teens went looking for blackmail or some embarrassing things to tease Logan with; what they didn't expect to find was an old box or trunk full of items that look older than them, and old photos with someone younger than the two brothers, except... they know this person. This person saved them the other day!

Okay, they can get embarrassing stuff later; right now they need to stage a reunion!!!

Plus they can take photos of Reader for their two mentors, and hopefully get extra credit!

(Reader in the meanwhile senses trouble brewing...)

Logan and Victor are in near tears at the idea their bby sibling is still alive... that they might have a chance to apologize, to try and fix what happened between them...

Dear Nature they've missed them...

(It makes it all the worse once they realize Reader doesn't remember anything, not even their name or birthday or their own brothers...)

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I can imagine that for Something Wicked This Way Comes, Reader is hiding out in their neighborhood doing good deeds and scaring away or silencing bad people who wander into their territory, but with the fact that Logan amd the X-Teens eventually get a hand on one of their recordings, revealing that Reader knows about Logan's past, well...

It starts to get a bit more creepy/dark.

Because now the teens and Logan and the X-Men (and maybe the Brotherhood/Acolytes, if they're all working together)are trying to get their hands back on the box that Reader has, that contains things that no one alive should know about or remember, save for a select few... And it raises the question, how does Reader know about all of this? How old are they, exactly? Are they someone they uses to know?

This starts more attempts to get Reader to join them, be it by capturing them, winning them over, or trying to appeal to Reader's emotions...

The teens want to have a new friend/sibling/parent who is cool and fun and can teach them all sorts of things, and their choice is Reader. They want to impress them, but they're also aware Reader wants to remain away from their villainous plots and ideologies... Except they want to win then over, not push them away. Thus leads to increasing attempts, heists, destruction, and chaos, all to catch the attention of their favorite hero/anti-hero!

The adults are concerned if Reader could be a potential threat, but looking at them, there just isn't much to fear. They're tired, sleep-deprived, and run on coffee and spite. If they're lucky, Reader won't catch onto their grand scheme until it's too late to stop them. If not... well, that's what they have plans B and C for... They see potential in Reader, and wouod rather have them as an ally or friend, rather than an enemy, but Reader is defiant of them and keeps defending humans from them... Hmmm... They'll have to fix that, won't they?

Logan wants to get his hands on that box. It holds they key to everything, doesn't it? His past, who he used to be, his family- He could know, for the first time in decades, what happened. And it's back in the hands of Reader, someone so familiar yet distant, who couldn't possibly know about these things... Yet they do. And he has to know what they know.

Victor, when he gets word of this, goes to investigate... Amd is quite pleases to find that he starts to remember a little bit more each time he smells Reader's scent or hears their voice, or when he listens to the recording that his brother got his hands on. This only proves what he's been saying to his brother! This PROVES they are siblings, and that there IS something they're missing. If only his little runt would just accept that! All they need to do is get the rest if the evidence and answers from Reader, right? How hard can it be...

Reader is now having to show their true abilities and limits, surpising the growing platonic yanderes with just how... stubborn, they are. How resilient. That they just keep going, and persisting, and defying them, and still doesn't crumble under the pressure of what's at stake. It's... fascinating~... And another reason why Reader should join them, not resist them...

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Hi, I love your work. I have an idea for a funny scene for Wolverine and Sabretooth's little sibling Reader. With this one Reader is a leopard.

Now this happens after Logan has listened to recording of Reader's. He is on his way to talk to Reader but his so focused on finding out what Reader knows, he doesn't notes that Victor is following him in hopes of 'sibling bonding time'. (Don't know if Victor should also be catching on to reader's secret too or not.)

By the time Logan had snuck in Reader's home, only then noted that he was followed. With in a blink of an eye, Sabretooth is thrown down on an old table, breaking it, with Wolverine, pinning him down. Out of no were the lights come on and Reader standing there in their pjs with a can of root beer in hand, not looking pleased with both Logan and Victor staring at Reader. Before Logan or Victor could say a thing, Reader speaks up, ' This better be cleaned up by the morning.' switching off the lights and walking off to their bedroom.

(Leopards have an incredibly strong night-vision and are stealthy hunters giving Reader night-vision and the ability to walk silently alone side having the classic claws and enhanced senses.)

Have a good day/night.

Ahaha! Tydye! I love it!

Reader is not happy that their favorite table was broken, or that their floors are now scratched and stained with blood. They sigh, glare, order them to fix it or so help them Nature, then stalks off to sleep in their comfy bed in their nice bedroom behind their door with five locks and a chair in front of it.

Logam is confused at being scolded, Victor doesn't like being told what to do, but the moment they think of leaving their mess behind-

A voice shouts, loud enough to challenge a thunderstorm, that if they leave their mess behind, they will find them and drag them by the ear through the streets and force them to clean this up.

Logam decides it isn't worth it to argue, and Bictor decides scr*w it, not enough people have enough guts to yelp at him, so might as well see how he can twist this in his favor.

Reader gets a nice long nap, Logan looks for more recordings while cleaning the carpet of bloodstains, and Victor wants to know why his baby brother was here in the first place.

Cue sibling shenanigans as they try not to wake up Reader while they search for more diaries or tapes or recordings.

(Reader has fluff, fluffy hair, and sharp claws. They also have a soft tail, that's soft as a cloud)

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The most comedic part of the something wicked au is despite the fact the bros probably are only a few years older than Reader, they look like middle aged dads and Reader looks like a either a college student or a high schooler.

So either they age even SLOWER than the brothers (boring) or they just have kept up with their skin routine, and diet. Cigars and beers age you big bro, idk what to tell you!

At one point later down the line, Logan gets mistaken for Reader's dad and the teens nearly cracks a rib laughing at him.

Reader has had a healthier diet, has managed their trauma as best as they can (they went to a therapist for thirty years), and they stayed out of thr major wars and bloodshed their brothers were involved in.

Reader does have trauma, though, and they left their brothers because Reader was sick of how cruel they were getting, how angry they were, how they seemed to thirst for blood... and Reader was sick of it. And instead of accepting it, their brothers started an argument, that turned I a shouting match, calling Reader the weakest link, a waste of their time, not worth all they've done for them...

So Reader left.

And the next time they saw their brothers, they'd all been captured by the Weapon X Program, put through H*ll, and forced to kill and fight... Reader remembered most of everything, even who their brothers were... while their brothers didn't...

(What do you think, @sugar-soda?)

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Ooooo! Dark Something Wicked This Way Comes AU!!!!

Okay, so, Reader and Logan and Victor are all siblings, but, over a hundred years ago, they had a bad falling out, Reader being accused as weak, too sentimental, and a blot in their lives... It leads to a fight, and Reader leaving, never to return...

Reader goes on to scr*w with them every few decades, learning how to sly, cunning, and hard to catch. They and the brothers end up in the Weapon X Program, where all of their brains and memories are messed with and twisted, leaving Reader barely remembering much relation to those two, but knowing theu know and seemingly hate each other.

Reader ends up as a villainous figure, Sabretooth ends up working for anyone and betraying them at the drop of a feather, and Logan tries to be better. As the decades pass, Reader becomes less and less okay with what they do to get st those two. It doesn't feel right anymore. It doesn't make thek feel good, it just feels hollow, empty, too cold.

They end up looking for ways to make up for their actions, staying out of the brothers' way and trying to help the neighborhood they end up livinh in. They're not perfect; far from it; but they want to make any of their life worth living, and not a complete waste...

They start looking for ways to end their immortality, and then run amok of the teens, helping them out of a tight situation. When Lohan hears of it, he's concerned, but... he leaves it be, for now.

Well... he and Victor end up catching wind of who the teens saw, and now they're worried. Because if this is Reader... what thr h*ll has happened to their sweet, forgiving sibling?

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@sugar-soda and @thewickedweiner Y'all want to revamp or tweak the Something Wicked This Way Comes AU? (I reblogged the first few posts, to help jog everyone's memory of the au!)

And I think Reader is a fox mutant, similar to how Logan is a wolverine mutant and Victor is a sabretooth tiger mutant. Im coming up with a hero/anti-hero name for them!

(Fun fact for this au: Everyone is a villain, except Reader! I forgot that! Well, it's a good thing I reread it, now, right?)

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For little sibling!reader I thought of something. So what if a long time ago the Ferals(Victor,Logan,and Reader) met a nice older woman who Reader liked to visit but one day something happened to Readers friend so reader made sure they remembered their friend philosophy of doing only what it take to survive but after sometime reader realized that both Victor and Logan didn't go into wars to help them survive it was just for the thrill of the bloodlust and as one of your post said previously they have an argument

just a fun idea

😿-anon

Oooo... that's perfect.

They all got adopted by this sweet old lady, she fed them big meals and made them quilts and patted their hands, she was so warm and sweet and kind...

Reader took up her philosophy of only doing what was needed to survive, nothing more, nothing less. They'd only kill prey or in defense or if there was no they're choice. But... over the years, as they and their brothers end up in war after war, conflict after conflict...

Reader realizes their brothers aren't doing this for survival anymore. It's for sport. For bloodlust. Amd Reader can't do this anymore.

It leads to the worst fight they'd ever had.

And it leads to Reader leaving for good, to lick their wounds and try to start a life where they don't have to kill to survive...

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You know what? Reader should dress the same in the normal au of Something Wicked this Way Comes au too!

Cause they r a hero, which is dangerous. While their loved ones don't love them back anymore, Reader doesn't want anyone to get hurt by connecting with them. But they don't have all the fancy materials to make a suit, so they work with what they got.

Which would be easier if these guys would stop robbing banks while talking their ear off about how Reader should join them! GET BACK HERE! GO TO NAUGHTY MUTANT JAIL!

HaHA, naughty mutant jail! HA! (I love it)

Reader is running around, tired and only fueled by coffee, bitterness, and their inability to take a break when they really need one-

These two idIoT brothers of their's need to stop robbing people, murdering rogue government agents, and stop teaching their students this cr*p! What is Reader going to have to do?! Put them in time out?!

The moment the teens hear that comment, they're laughing and wanting to see (Fox/Wolf/Hyena/Bear) put Logan or Victor in an actual time out corner, because oooh man that would be so funny-!

And those two are wondering why they feel a slight buzz at the back of their skull when they smell Reader's scent, or why they want to pick them up like a baby, or why they can't stop following them everywhere-

Yeah, um... Reader is kinda... scr*wed...

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Something Wicked This Way Comes AU has Reader as the centuries old youngest sibling to Wolverine and Sabretooth, who appears to be between the ages of 15 to 20, and is the sole hero/anti-hero who is trying to stop their enemies from taking over the world (if they haven't already).

Reader struggles to adapt at times to the modern world, struggling with computer technology and flip phones, but is somehow stuck in a body that doesn't show their true age. Being in the body of a teen/young adult isn't always great, due to struggling to keep a civilian identity and trying to survive in a world where you need an identity and family members and can't hide as easily due to technology. They've misses their brothers from time to time, of course they did! But well... they had an argument, Reader ended up leaving, and when they saw them again, their brothers had somehow forgotten everything... So what reason did Reader have to stay?

They've done their best to help the people around them, finding lost pets and kids and hunting down criminals, and trying to help people in need who need a helping hand, be it with groceries or an apartment or safety... Reader is there to help the old grandma down the street who needs company, the stray cats who need food and shelter, the kids who need a safe neighborhood to play in....

Of course, all of this somehow ends up with Reader having to get involved in some new villains getting involved, who end up fighting in Reader's territory, which just won't do...

Except when Reader breaks up the fight, chasing down the brats who thought entering their home was a good idea...

They discover they're teens (toddlers? kids? tweens? young adults? Reader is bad at guessing ages). And that just won't do. Yet instead of going back to their lives and learning their lesson, they instead try to get Reader to join them, thinking they're a teen/young adult who could use a firm group (family), and all of them want to impress the new potential recruit...

Reader is spending their evenings up and about trying to keep crime down and keep away the child villains, while spending their days and afternoons sleeping or doing school work and online work to earn a living wage... They're tired, their back hurts from time to time with all the strain they put on it, and no matter how much root beer or ginger ale they swallow, it doesn't give them enough sugar or energy to put up with the absurd rivalries, pettiness, and drama that comes from teenage villains who hold grudges and are trying to impress someone... Those someone's are anyone's guess...

Until one day the actual villains show up, and Reader gets to see that their brothers and their herd of friends are apparently raising the teenage troupe of troubled troublemakers, and are the reason the world is shifting so much towards something big... Because they're the masterminds all along, and they plan to take control of the world, putting mutants in charge, and setting themselves up as the rulers of it, with free reign to do what they consider to be right or correct for mutants...

And all Reader can do is fend them off and try to stop their evil plots, while trying to hide their relation to the villains' resident feral mutants...

(Reader is a bit old school in their tastes, preferring cream soda and root beer and ginger ale, and who enjoys home-cooked meals and fresh meat, and plays and theater.. They also like to collect coins and stones and minerals from different areas, as well as fossilized teeth...)

(Ask questions if you want! What do you think, @sugar-soda and @vivid-bun and @danni1323 and @c0ld0utside?)

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Im thinking for Reverse Something wicked! Reader wears googles, hood, and a big ol' scarf, cause they are trying to keep a low profile, its sensible in a fight, and keeps their face warm. Very strong "Nomad from Nowhere" vibes.

This drives the yans crazy, cause while yes, this mystery mutant looks absolutely adorable with their big, sweet eyes (which look very familar) and too big scarf, they would very much like to see the rest of their face please.

Reader just comes in, helps, then dips. While the yans are trying to grab them and get them a real meal.

Reader wears a hoodie, a scarf to cover their face, and every now and again has some goggles or glasses they wear. They're quick, they tend to stick to dark shadows, and they seem to have a mutation that is feral-like. The teens keep trying to catch them, but have no luck.

How does on catch someone who doesn't want to be caught, and happens to be able to sense half the time? They've even joked that maybe this mystery mutant knows Wolverine or Sabretooth... Except...

What if they actually did?

That leads to the teens getting those two involved, saying this person coul use some help, they're like them, they need to eat and those two might seem safer or be more trusted by this kid-

Well... they oblige, wanting to be done with this mess.

They didn't expect to scent someone they hadn't seen in years, decades, even...

Can it be...?

Is that...

Reader?

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Since Reader is Logan and Victor's sibling, I imagine their mutation is something similar to theirs. Now if the two figure this out and get the idea through their thick skull? Remains to be seen.

Hahaha! Yep! Sorry, but it's a 50/50 chance they get it or they don't.

Oh, look, this new mutant is really old, it turns out, and looks not a day over... what is it, 15? 20? 100? And they have claws for nails and hidden claws in their feet! What a coincidence! Oh, and they have heightened senses? Well, that just seems odd now, huh-

If it does click, those two are finding Reader's box, no matter what. They want to piece their memories back together, and they want to hear it from someone who was there (and who loved them and played with them and was their little sibling-). Of course, once it's clear to everyone Reader IS their sibling without a doubt, that leaves only one option:

Capture them and bring them into the fold.

It's what any siblings or family would do for each other, now, isn't it? They're trying to right their wrongs...

So please, don't fight them over it.

Otherwise they'll have to use more... force... than they want...

(This is getting darker, isn't it? Shall we go darker still, @sugar-soda ?)