Chapter 2-Who?
A/N: I should have put this in my first chapter, so sorry. This is a sequel to my story Black Onyx. You should probably read that or you'll really have no idea what's going on. Anyways….
Onyx POV
I was right. Me and Marie got on great. She had a bit of my fighting and training in her memory, but she still needed to know how to use it. The training was going great. She was really dedicated to her studies, and her training. She obviously was trying to make up for what she'd done, but I didn't pry.
The psychology junk was the professor's thing.
I'd also been offered another job at the school, so I could continue working with Marie. Somebody had taken over my old job, I didn't know their name but he seemed to be doing a good job. I was teaching American History and Chemistry.
No, not that kind of chemistry. The Health class debacle was more than enough evidence that the professor didn't want me to teach that subject. Chemistry was ok. (Although, sadly, it turns out you can't spend all day blowing stuff up like on Mythbusters…though I do mostly.)
But I was having fun. I'd lived through most of what I was teaching. (Not all. I'm not that old.) But the rest was easy. I blissfully skipped my years when I was captured and tortured. After I'd escaped, I had found my 'parents'. They weren't my biological parents, but they were pretty close, until they'd been gunned down by the creeps who were after me.
Anyways, life was blissfully wonderful. Well, if it weren't for that nagging feeling that someone, er, something was missing…
~Logan POV
Weeks I'd been on the road, and I'd finally made it. There wasn't much to look at. It was just a bunch of snow.
The sign said Alkaline something or other. I vaguely remembered Alkaline had something to do with science, but I didn't bother trying to think about it.
I looked around until I found an entrance. Then I'd seen a wolf. I saw it, but it wasn't there. No, I'm not crazy. But I couldn't smell the wolf. I couldn't even hear it. But I heard something. If I focused, I could hear the distinct sound of an electronic hum.
The wolf looked at me and trotted into the entrance. I followed. Then I could hear voices. No. They weren't aloud, but I could still hear them. There seemed to be dozens of them swarming around my head. I frowned. I needed to get out of here.
Perhaps it was a ghost of a memory. The professor would know. Either way, there was nothing here for me.
I left, but I could still hear the echo of the voices that had been calling.
…Help us…
Onyx POV
"Children, not here-Onyx?"
I glanced up mischievously at Ororo without a hint of remorse. She glanced at the people on either side of me. They were pretending to pose in one of the exhibits, acting crazy. "Dove, Pierto, I thought better of you…John, Bobby,… I don't know what to say."
They looked at me for help. I shrugged. "I know, Ororo, I'm just as disappointed as you are. Me and Marie tried to stop them, but…"
She raised an eyebrow and I knew she wasn't falling for it. I tried unsuccessfully to wipe the grin from my face. I shrugged as we climbed down. "Chill. Just a bit of harmless fun…"
"That's what you said after the Health Class incident…"
The voices behind me sniggered. "Why does everyone bring that up?"
"Because it's not that kind of school!"
I shrugged. "Just thought I'd teach the kids something that would actually be helpful in real life…"
Storm pursed her lips, but I saw them twitching in an effort not to smile. "Indeed. Anyway, you need to join the rest of the group."
"But we have adult supervision!" That was Bobby who gestured towards me. John smirked.
Ororo glanced at me again. "That's a matter of opinion."
"Oh, Storm, how you flatter!"
"I'm supposed to be lecturing them on the history of the human race." I could see she was wearing down. I kicked in my persuasive voice.
"Look, I actually lived the history. Why don't I take these guys and give my own lecture." John's eyes widened in terror at the thought of school during a field trip.
Storm frowned. "I guess that would be alright… they did learn this last year."
That was the problem with having so little staff at our school. The older kids were responsible for the younger kids, but there wasn't many people to watch over the school if they needed to go on a field trip. So, the whole school went to the field trip.
I smiled. "See? So I'll go over the American History while we're eating in the food court." Her eyes smoothed over our group. Like her hair, they seemed odd compared to her coffee skin, but the contrast was good. I silently prayed that the teens behind me had enough sense to look somewhat innocent.
Apparently so, because she began to nod slightly. "That would work. I'd send Kitty and Jubilee, but they're off somewhere else… if you see them…"
"I got it." I inwardly smirked. Kitty was a bit too flighty for my taste, but I liked Jubilee. She was snarky, like I was. She also looked like me, with her Asian heritage. My mom was the source of my dark black hair and wide eyes. Somehow I had inherited deep brown eyes from my dad.
We were walking towards the food court when I spotted Jubilee at one of the exhibits. My heart stopped for a second. "Guys, go on a head of me. I'll catch up."
Rogue hesitated, sensing my discomfort. "You sure?"
I nodded. "Now hurry up before that Bobby kid sends out a search party."
She rolled her eyes. I'd been teasing her endlessly about the not so subtle flirting Bobby had been sending her way. She thought he was sweet, but a bit too… soft for her. (I knew I'd be a good influence on her.)
I strode towards Jubilee in a brisk walk. Her eyes showed a mixture of surprise, disgust and a bit of fear. I stepped beside her, looking at the horror before us. The mutant exhibit had all sorts of propaganda, including a picture that looked like it belonged in a horror movie.
"You ok, Jubes?"
She was looking down at her hands. They were cackling with energy. She clenched her hands into a fist and the energy went away. Her breathing was uneven, and she sounded like she was about to cry. I glanced up to see two people glaring at us suspiciously.
I grabbed Jubilee's arm gently. "Come on. We need to get out of here."
She turned and faced me as if she really didn't register I was there. It was gut wrenching, but eventually she nodded and I led her to a corner bench. When she finally calmed down she looked at me.
"Do they really think of us like that?"
I brushed my hair out of my face, trying to think of what I could say. I could use a pony tail holder but that really wasn't my style. It was…too clean.
"Some do."
"Are we-"
"No!" She shrunk back at my sharp answer. "Sorry, it's just…" I glanced around. Nobody was bothering to look at us. "I know it sounds cliché, but you just have to ignore it."
Her hands clenched into small fists. "That's not fair!" Little sparks shot from her hands.
"I know, but trust me, fighting doesn't help either. You just gotta know what you believe and tell it to anybody open minded enough to listen. Talking to people like the idiots who made that sign won't get you anywhere. They've already decided we're evil."
"They don't even know us!"
"I know they don't. It's a prejudice, and it's stupid. All we can do is show them they're wrong by our actions." Yes, I know I sounded like a hypocrite, but Jubilee didn't know that.
She frowned. "That doesn't make sense. All mutants are evil? How does that work?"
I froze. Those words… I'd heard them before. I felt my body jolt as I fell back into a memory.
"You're crazy."
"Not crazy, Onyx, a visionary." Somebody was standing in front of me. A bright light shone behind him and I couldn't see his face.
I struggled against my bindings. I felt rage and anger bubble up inside me. "You call what you've been doing to those kids 'visionary'?"
"In a manner of speaking, yes… and you're the same. You will help create the future."
"Your future involves killing off millions of people."
A sharp pain shot through my head as a fist connected with my face. I spit out some blood, scowling. "They are not people! They are freaks of nature… they are mutants!"
"They're children!"
"They are evil, and you are going to help me eradicate the world of the evil."
"Miss Onyx? Are you alright? Miss Onyx?" I jolted as I heard Jubilee's voice calling me from far away. I shook my head.
"Sorry. Something you said… brought back a bad memory."
"Are you ok?"
I nodded. "Of course. Don't worry about me. You should probably get back with the group before Storm freaks."
She smiled. "Thanks.
I nodded. "No prob."
She walked away and I sighed. I should probably go to the food court. "Woah-" The entire building started to shake. I fell back on the bench. Ugh. Jean…
I frowned as I stood back up, determined to go tell Jean to get a grip. I was just walking when I felt a sharp pain shoot down my skull. I temporarily passed out. Thanks to my healing factor, I was awake in minutes. The idiots capturing me didn't expect that, but I didn't give them time to react.
My training was ingrained in my mind and I had one of them unconscious before the other one pulled a gun. The dart pierced my shoulder, but I barely noticed. My healing factor would stop any of the anesthesia from affect my system.
I slammed my fist into somebody's ribcage. We were in a deserted hallway, so I let my nails grow into their usual mini-dagger style. I stabbed my fingers through his chest, twisting violently as he let out a shriek of pain. I grunted as I ripped my nails back out and slashed the face of the next victim. Suddenly I felt an electrical shock shoot through my entire system.
I fell to the ground, paralyzed. I looked up to see a face that matched the one of my nightmares. He was holding what appeared to be a type of tazer, but with a continuous charge shooting into my body. I couldn't move. I opened my mouth to speak, but no sound came out.
"Speechless in my presence? I expected more from you."
I wanted to strangle the man in front of me. He had caused me unspeakable pain and misery. He had done terrible, inhuman things. Things that I had witnessed, and had unwillingly assisted in. I looked with fury at the man who was the true incarnate of evil.
One William Stryker.
They carted my immobile body into a dark van. I felt two drops of something hit my neck. I felt my body becoming frozen as Stryker smirked evilly. "Welcome back, Yuriko"
A/N: DUH-DUN-DUUUUUH! Yes, indeed! Our Onyx is the one, the only…(Well, if you don't know it by now, you really have some issues)
Also, I know that some of you aren't too crazy about Rogue being a villain or her reforming, but this is actually an homage to the comics, where Rogue was adopted by Mystique and grew up as a villain. She only joined the X-men after absorbing the original Mrs. Marvel's powers.
