ALL RIGHT! CHAPTER TWO, YEAH! XD FINALLY got around to completing this, and in the process of my laziness made some changes to it, so here it is!
As the team trekked up the mountain, putting up their arms to block the snow blowing into their faces, they finally came upon the huge building. Kitty was amazed at how this building could be hidden so well, and then shook her head to clear her thoughts. Concentrate on the mission, she told herself mentally.
The strange group walked up to the wall. Kitty grabbed Wolverine's hand and pulled him through the wall. Wolverine looked around quickly then nodded to Kitty. Kitty phased her head through the wall and whispered, "All clear!" The other two nodded and Kurt grabbed Scott's arm. They both left with a poof. Kitty turned back to see them all there. Wolverine beckoned them closer.
"Ok," whispered Wolverine in a low voice, "Now, let's get this done quickly. I don't want any of you fighting unless we get caught. Slim, you watch the left side, Half-pint, you watch the right, and Elf, you watch the back."
"Got it!" said Kurt. The others nodded in agreement and they started walking, Wolverine every now and then checking for the scent of any people approaching, the others always checking around for people.
Finally they made it to the room. When they stepped in, Kitty blinked in awe. The room was a huge chamber; they were in a walkway surrounded by a sturdy wall with windows in it. Kitty stuck her head through the wall to look down at two cages in the back of the room, which seemed to contain something, but she couldn't see clearly. She nearly jumped back in shock when she heard Wolverine say, "Ok, let's go." She nodded and pulled Scott down through the floor onto the ground. Just as they landed, she heard Kurt and Wolverine pop in beside her. They all ran up to the cages, and she finally got a first look at the mutants.
They each looked exactly like each other, just as the picture said; both had light blonde hair, with sharp, intelligent green eyes. The girl was wearing a reddish purplish jacket with spirals, and a light purple shirt underneath. She was also wearing blue Capri's with flip flops. In her hair were pinned two bluish purple jay feathers. In her hair were three bluish purple streaks, the same color as her jay feathers. Her eyes were glazed over, and half open, like she was asleep but had been too tired to close her eyes. She was sitting down, her arms splayed a bit. Even from where she was standing, Kitty could feel an immense heat coming from the top of the cage. There were chains holding her by her legs, arms, and neck.
Kitty turned to the other cage, and saw that it was different from its counterpart. The cage was actually made of glass, but with metal bars on the outside of it. Most likely to keep it closed, with all that water in there. The boy was floating in the tank, two metal chains reaching up to grab his ankles, and another two holding his wrists, and yet another one holding him by his neck. He was wearing a red t shirt with black shorts going down to just above his knees. He was wearing a blue leather bracelet on his left hand. His eyes were half way too, and he had an air tube going from down the top of the cage to his mouth. That must be to keep him alive; otherwise he would be dead by now… thought Kitty. Both of them were wearing cloaks. The boy's cloak was a dark green, with the hood on his head. The girl's was a dark red, without the hood on her head.
Kitty turned to look at Logan as he started talking. "Ok, now that we've found them, let's get them out of there."
Logan unsheathed his claws and was just about to cut the bars when the group suddenly heard an urgent and slightly fearful, "STOP! DON'T CUT THAT!" Kitty turned around with a start to see 10 government soldiers running towards them.
"GET AWAY FROM THERE!" yelled out a different soldier, as all ten of them stopped to aim their guns at the mutants.
"Why should we?" asked Scott, more puzzled than angry. Kitty didn't hear the man reply as she saw something that caught her eye. A huge box with a bunch of switches and controls and tubes coming out of it was in the corner of the room.
"Wolverine, over there!" called out Kitty, pointing to the control box. Logan nodded towards it and she ran towards it.
"GET AWAY FROM THERE, MUTANT," screamed out a soldier, his voice thick with fear and horror. Three of the soldiers fired at Kitty, but she just phased through the bullets. Wolverine quickly cut the bars and glass just as Kitty phased through the control box. "NO-" screamed the soldier again, but it was too late. Kitty turned to see the bars and glass fall away as the cages were destroyed. She could feel the heat that had been radiating from the cage with the girl in it start to disperse, and she could feel water soak her shoes as the water from the glass cage escaped. Kitty saw the soldiers cry out in fear and back off, dropping their weapons as they did so. She frowned. Why would they be so scared of them? I mean sure they're mutants, but they can't be THAT scary… The teenager ran back to her comrades, just in time to see the two twins start to move and wake up. The girl stood up groggily, looked down at her chains, and snorted contemptibly. She pulled both of her arms over her chest, and the chains snapped like toothpicks. Kitty heard five of the soldiers squeak in fear, three of them whimper, and two others run towards the door as fast as they could.
Kitty watched as the girl smiled in an evil way. The girl cracked her knuckles and crouched down a bit. Kitty gasped and stepped back a bit as out from under the cloak spread two huge blue jay wings, the exact same color and pattern as the feathers pinned in her hair.. She flapped her wings once, rose into the air, and tackled the soldiers. The fourteen year old took down the ten soldiers in five seconds, knocking them unconscious with something in her hand that Kitty couldn't see clearly.
Kitty's attention snapped immediately back as she heard the brother stirring from his cage. Apparently, the brother took longer to recover than his counterpart. She watched him rise and turn to look at his twin. He nodded his approval when he noticed the ten half-dead and unconscious soldiers on the ground. Finally, Kitty was able to hear them speak for the first time.
"Good job, Alani! You really took care of those annoying soldiers," called out the brother.
"Thanks," answered Alani to her brother. "It's about time you woke up, Tobin! I thought it was bears that hibernated, not lions!" Kitty's eyes widened in confusion, then shock, as she saw Tobin pull off his cloak. When the cloak was released from its hold on its owner, Kitty saw two lion ears and a long, lion tail appear. The mutant turned to see her shock reflected in the eyes of her companions, even in Wolverine's. The twins turned to, apparently, finally notice the group of mutants for the first time.
"Who are you," asked the lion eared and tailed lad.
"Uh, ve are the ones who rescued you," replied Kurt, rising up a hand in greeting, "My name is Kurt. This is Kitty, Scott, and Wolverine."
"Oh! Thanks for rescuing us," called out Alani, flying down to the group while beckoning her brother closer, "where are you guys from?"
"The Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters," replied Wolverine in his usually gruff voice, "We've come here to bring you there, like Kurt said."
"Really?" said Tobin, in a surprised voice.
"Really," said Scott.
Tobin started to stare at them, a worried look on his face, like they had all grown second heads. "Nobody ever wants to help us…" He mumbled, "They just want to do experiments on us, cause they-" He got cut off as his sister pushed in front of him.
"Aw, don't mind him! He's just a worry wart. Why don't we talk about this over lunch? I'm starving and I haven't had any food since last week!" The group looked around at each other, then they said their agreement, and the group headed off for the X Jet. And while everyone was heading towards the jet, Alani quickly sneaked over to a soldier and took his wallet, which contained fifty bucks.
WELL! I have changed their powers, obviously, and there are still more to come. I would like to thank Karenkook for submitting a character, as I would still like at least three more to complete the group. So, keep submitting, and thanks to my thinking skills at bedtime, I have thought up a plot line! So goodbye, and good night!
