"What does he want from me?" She laughs and throws another knife into the dart board. It's a bull eye, she smile and turns to her visitors. "Well…"
"He said that he is need of your help. We are here to gather all of the strongest mutants on earth. "
" Yeah yeah yeah..I know for the whole apocalypse thing right? Sounds like someone has been reading revelations a little too much before going to bed if ya ask me." She throws yet another knife and it is stopped in mid air. The woman toses her hair back and looks Jean directly in the eyes. "So, you wanna ruin my fun eh?" She gets up from her chair. Everything turns to black and its just her and Jean.
"I'm not here to hurt you, the professor-"
"I don't give a DAMN ABOUT THE PROFESSOR!" her eyes widen and they turn black, her shape turns into that of a bat and she is gone.
"Mercedes?" Jean calls out "you need to stop this. We are not here to—" Jean feels a sharp pain in her back. Mercedes whispers in her ears
" To what? Hurt me? I already heard you the first time. But what if I wanted to hurt you?!" She turns the sharp object into Jean deeper and sideways. Jeans cries out and there are tears in her eyes. She tries to focus on pushing Mercedes away but she can not. Her powers are useless here. She is paralyzed. "Jean?" Mercedes sighs. "Jean I cant hear you…." She laughs and the blackness, pain and Mercedes fades away.
"Jean! Jean!" Storm is calling out to her. Tears roll down Jean's face. The knife falls the ground. It hits her that she is back and she looks over to Mercedes who is sitting in her chair smiling, not at Jean but her knife.
"Fine! I'll go since he beckons me." Mercedes gets up and puts on her short leather jacket. As she passes Jean she whispers to her " besides this could be a lot of fun." She turns around and winks at her.
"So Stromie. What can ya tell me about this apocalypse thing?" Mercedes asks while playing with her knife.
"Not much is known about it except that it is very powerful and we will need all the strength we can get."
"I see." Mercedes sits back and looks out of the car's windows. Its been a while since I have been to that school, Im not sure I am ready to return.
