And just like that, everything falls into place. The reason why Raven knew Charles and Beast. Why she kept trying to imply that Kate and her didn't know the same people. But at the same time, nothing fits exactly. It's like somebody's trying to slam a piece of the jigsaw puzzle in the wrong spot until it fits.

Kate brings her index finger and thumb to the bridge of her nose and rubs the small area. Timelines, timestreams, time itself. It's enough to give anybody a headache and now dealing with them all smashing into each other in this place just upgrades it to migraine status.

"Raven always seemed suspicious to me when we spoke," Kate mutters from underneath her hand. Maybe suspicious is the wrong word, but for now, it works especially now that she knows that Raven equals Mystique. "John seemed normal enough. The search list slipped by me. Professor X... well, that's pretty obvious what's wrong with him. Who's the other guy?"