X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

I heart Angel. I also heart young Warren.

The conversation these two have is funny, heartwarming, and extremely sad at the same time. Warren sees that something has obviously happened to him, not that nobody wanting to talk to him about it wasn’t already a dead give away. He wants to know so badly what happened, why he has metal wings, etc, and all Angel can do is just make him more confused.

They then decide to help save Avenger’s Tower since the Avengers aren’t home  and Angel is all very innocent about it while Warren is ‘uh, shouldn’t we call for backup?’ Of all the ‘old team’ members sans Jean, Warren and Angel seem like the two farthest apart but closest together. Sure, the Scott’s seem like complete opposites but really one is just an extreme form of the other. The two Warrens really are two separate individuals now and it’ll be interesting to see how that plays out. Especially after Jean’s little whammy on Warren (which I’ll get to in a bit).

This issue then ends on two very important scenes. The first being young Scott walking up to Captain America and being… well… young Scott. It’s like “how can you be mad at that face?!?”. When you have the entire Avengers team stunned, even Black Widow visibly shocked and Hawkeye without a snarky comment, then you know you hit the mark. He might have even earned points with Wolverine (which I’m kinda now really wanting to see some more growth with those two as, maybe not friends, but definitely not the rivals they once were).

The second major moment was Jean putting the whammy on Warren. Of everyone in the old team she’s the one with the most to gain and most to lose as at least everyone else is still alive. It’s so ominous that you have to wonder if this is really where things are heading or is it a red-harring? But Jean going evil without the Phoenix is something that could very easily happen and would definitely have a strong impact on the mutant community, for better or worse…