So you were there. One of the early casualties when the original X-Mansion went up in flames. Before Krakoa was even a thought in anyone's head. Before the Five were even assembled

THE X-MANSION - THAT NIGHT

The smell came first. Burning insulation. Melting plastic. Then the heat.

But twenty minutes before all of that?

You stood in the war room facing Magneto himself.

The war room was chaos. Cyclops was shouting orders. Jean was clutching her temple. And there stood Magneto, cape billowing dramatically because of course it was.

You charged. Full sprint. No hesitation.

Magneto barely even turned his head.

Your fist connected with his jaw. It actually connected. The Master of Magnetism stumbled half a step back.

The room went silent for one beautiful second.

Hell yeah take that?!" you shouted, pointing at absolutely nobody.

And then Toad happened.

Nobody saw it coming. Nobody EXPECTED to see it coming. Because who plans for Toad?

You were still mid monologue. Still riding that high. Still puffing your chest out.

"I landed a hit on MAGNETO. Me. Remember my name. You fu-"

Toad's tongue wrapped around your neck.

THE DEATH

Toad's tongue jerked you backward so hard your feet left the floor. Your grand moment of glory? Instantly canceled out by a mutant whose primary power was "looking like a frog and jumping good."

Your neck snapped before you hit the ground.

THE HATCHING CHAMBER - PRESENT DAY**

You crawled out of the egg, dripping wet, gasping for air like everyone else. But immediately, the scale of this operation hit you.

To your left? Wolverine. Literally THE Wolverine.

You were naked. Everyone was naked.

To your right? Cyclops and Jean Grey, stumbling out of their shells looking like Greek gods covered in mucus. Nightcrawler shook himself off like a wet dog, looking heroic and bewildered. You were surrounded by legends. Icons. The people who have saved the universe sixteen times You? the only thing you have to your name was punching the super mutant fascist

And even that's tarnished by the fact that Toad finished you off. Hardly the most glorious end to a mutant career. You're practically the 'honorable mention' of the mutant pantheon