Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men Evolution in any way shape or form except in my own deluded imagination.

It was early afternoon as the police car rolled along the forest road that went from the small juvenile lock-up to Bayville where it was due to arrive at the Bayville Court House. From the backseat young Danny Bryant watched the rows of trees pass by him. He thought about the past few months and how he landed in this situation.

He remembered how the other students at school bullied him and how he discovered he was mutant and befriended a mutant called Toad. He remembered how he fooled himself to thinking life was getting better and how Toad betrayed him and how Duncan Matthews and other football players beat him and made him snap. He replayed the events of when he took his father's gun to school and wound up shooting a teacher and Toad. Since then he found himself sitting in lock up facing a daily routine of counselors and a weekly visit by Charles Xavier who works to help him learn about his powers.

Now here he was heading to stand trial for what he had done. He felt scared and alone knowing that he was going to be locked up for a long time. He wished he could just escape the life he was now living and start over. He would sell his soul to the devil if he could. He didn't realize that he was seconds from that type of situation.

Suddenly the police car stalled. The officer that was driving turned the key several times but the engine stayed dead. Opening the hood the two officers climbed out to look for the problem. That's when it got weird. The police car suddenly lurched into the air knocking the two cops to the ground. The car sailed higher and higher until Danny could see a red caped masked figure floating before him.

"Welcome to your future Danny Bryant," The figure said in frightening voice.