This is the 'end of the world as we know it' fic I've been promising for the last couple of months. Hope you enjoy it! There is no specific ending planned, so any suggestions will be taken into consideration.

The first ever episode of X-Men: Evolution was 'Strategy X', in which we learn that Professor X and Ororo Munroe are teachers at the Xavier Institute and Todd Tolansky is the only member of the Brotherhood, run by Mystique and the shadowy Magneto. The episode features the arrival of Kurt Wagner to the mansion. However, this fic happens shortly before that, maybe a month or so before. This means that Scott, Jean and Todd are in Bayville but none of the other students are. Lance and Kitty are still in Northbrook (with the latter blissfully unaware of her mutation), Fred in Texas, Rogue in Caldecott County with Irene, Evan and Pietro in New York, Jubilee in California, Forge in Middleverse – you get the picture. X-Men, Brotherhood and Acolytes alike are scattered around the country (indeed the world, think of Nightcrawler and Colossus).

In short, forget the entire four series of X-Men: Evolution. This is a 'What if?' fic. In this world, they never happened.

Like? Dislike? Send in a review and let me know why. Good reviews make me all smug, bad ones make me revise what is wrong with the chapter.

WARNING: This fic contains character death and the occasional OC to help things along. Any OC will not be the centre of a chapter and a lot of them will die. If you'd rather not see various members of the Evo cast die, then don't read. There may also be Evo-ised versions of comic characters showing up from time to time.

I'm not American and I'm not familiar with the layout of the country. I'm going off a lot of maps and tourist info for some of the stuff in here. I hope you'll forgive me for any liberties taken with layouts of states, the towns and cities I may make up and any mistakes I may make. Obviously, I'll try to avoid mistakes and when glaring errors are pointed out I'll rectify them immediately.

DISCLAIMER: This disclaimer covers the entire fic because I'm bored of putting them on every chapter. I do not own any of the characters associated with X-Men or the Marvel Universe. If a character seems familiar then they probably don't belong to me. If a character does belong to me, then I'll probably torment them mercilessly. I earn no money for this stuff, I do it for my own amusement and because I like the reviews.