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Chapter 2: If I were to Disappear

Los Angeles Thursday

"Hello, I need to ta-" The girl was cut off by a strange male voice as she began twirling the payphone's cord around her finger. Her bright green hair swirled about her face and shoulders as she looked around the empty street nervously.

"Hello, mate! You've reached the Acolytes! If you have this number then you're either a lucky bastard, or an unlucky one. Depends on your view of us I suppose. Or you could be one of Gambit's many girlfrie-" The teen's eyes flashed dark with anger and her face contorted into a cruelly beautiful scowl.

"I'm none of the above, now shut up and get Magneto on the phone. Now!" Her slender fingers tightened around the phone and her knuckles whitened.

"Sorry Sheila. No one talks to the boss wi-" Sweat gathered at her brow as she scrunched her face up even further.

"Well guess what, MORON! I'm NOT 'NO ONE'!" The girl was near hysterics as she twisted and turned in the tiny booth.

"Now listen here girly! I don't know who you think you are b-" Her expression was livid and she began screaming into the speaker.

"MY NAME IS LORNA DANE! PO-LA-RIS?" She enunciated every syllable of her codename slowly and carefully as if explaining to someone who didn't speak English. "My father is Magneto, and I need to talk to him! NOW!" Suddenly there was an explosion behind her as the brick building across the street came tumbling down. On the phone it sounded like someone was shouting at everyone to shut up and listen followed by the click of speaker phone, but she dropped the phone. The dust began to clear as none other than Juggernaut came barreling towards Polaris.

"Get back!" She cried as the man in metal went flying. She picked up the phone and spoke as fast as she could; "I'm in LA and some FREAKS are after me and my friend Cyber. There are several of them and Cy says they're being manipulated by a mind control device!"

"Don't worry Petite we're on our way." A thick southern accent replied.

"NO! Don't be stupid! By the time you guys get here it'll be too late, just record this list." There was another brief pause and another beep. "One of them I know is Juggernaut from the news. Another used to be Cy's friend, they called him Legion, there's also a telepath with platinum blonde hair," A girl with long straight, dark blue hair was on the roof of the building next to her and she jumped three stories down as if it were nothing. "Some others Cy knew were Northstar, Chimera, Mirage, and Catseye!"

"You cannot escape us, we are too strong." She lifted her katanas from her back and rushed forwards but with a wave of Lorna's hand the katanas were gone and a post box was sent hurtling towards the attacker.

"Snowbird, uhhhh Warpath, Blindspot, umm Quill," The girl got up again and the shadows and light around her began to morph into swords and spears and fly forwards. "Cypher, and Shard!" Polaris used anything and everything she could get a hold of, the manhole covers, light posts, even cars, trying to fend off the strange girl.

"Lorna, what else do we need to know?" It was Magneto's voice.

"Ummmm… the chick attacking me now can control light and shadows, she's really strong and fast too. Her hair is dark blue and she has really creepy green eyes... and dad…?" her voice was shaking "m-my friend Cyber got knocked out and fell into the sewers. You HAVE to find her, she knows who these guys are!"

"Don't worry Lorna we'll be arriving shortly." Suddenly the strange assassin rushed with the shadows, then began suffocating Lorna as she approached the phone booth with deadly elegance.

"let this be you're only warning. To interfere with my master's plot will mean the death of this girl. Goodbye, Acolytes." Her voice was dry and completely void of emotion. Lorna slumped down, passing out, and the mind slave hung up the phone and tossed Polaris over her shoulder.

The Bayville Mall Friday

Rogue, Jean, Kitty, Jubilee, Amara, Rahne, and Wanda sat in the food court. The girls were giggling and laughing uncontrollably and passers by gave them funny looks and shook their heads before continuing on with their business. In the tacky blue and white harlequin themed setting the jumbled mix of laughing teenagers seemed out of place.

"I, like, can't believe that you thought he was cute!" Kitty's ponytail whipped at her neck as her head bobbed up and down and her body shook with laughter until she could barely breathe.

"Seriously Jubes, Wolverine?" Rogue fell out of her chair and started rolling on the floor, "I-I can't take it! I think I'm gonna die!"

"I know. I know. It's just, well, when he growled it just... mmmm he's so fine!" Jubes suddenly stopped chortling and her eyes lit up mischievously as she started grinning. Her mouth twisted upwards and her eyes squinted slightly making her resemble a tricky fox. "But I'm way over him, I now have my eyes on a certain sexy villain. One with an extremely HOT accent." her eyes twinkled as she emphasized the word 'hot'.

"PLEASE tell me you're not talking about Pyro?" Jean threw up her hands in exasperation, "First a teacher and now a terrorist. What are we going to do with you?"

Rahne gasped at Rogue who looked like she was trying her hardest to hide her face. "Oh. My. GAWD! Rogue, do you like an acolyte too?" The group suddenly fixed their gaze on the southern belle and she squirmed in her seat, sinking into her chair.

"You do don't you?" Wanda smirked knowingly, an evil glint in her eye. "It's the Cajun heart-throb, isn't it?" Rogue seemed to shrink even lower into her chair, if it was even possible, as she mumbled out;

"He ain't bad looking..." her voice faded out as the girls started squealing and giggling again.

"You know Wanda, you don't have much room to talk!" Amara shot Rahne a look, "Right?"

"Yeah, why don't you tell us all about you and..." Rahne was struggling to keep the smile off her face and keep herself fom laughing. "TOAD!" Everyone laughed as the Witch's face contracted into a look of pure disgust.

"Ugh! That insect eating freak could only dream." She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest. Kitty and Jubes looked at each other, sharing a silent conversation.

"Well of course that couldn't happen chika." There it was again Jubilee's signature 'fox face'. "especially since... you're dating someone else in secret!"

"Yeah, we like, totally saw you two last Saturday, together under the bleachers." Kitty's eyes glowed bright and she grinned. "You know, at the game? With, like, what's his name? Jubes, care to, like, help me out here?"

The girls all focused in on Jubes and Wanda as the latter blanched and went rigid. "Hmmm... who was he? Mind giving us a hint here, chika?" Wanda shook her head and pleaded with her eyes that they keep their mouths shut. "Oh yeah, that's right. It was Warren Worthington!"

Kitty and Jubes made smooching noises at her as the rest of the table cracked up. Wanda flushed a bright shade of pink but soon enough couldn't help but start laughing with everyone else. Suddenly loose papers and napkins went fluttering into the air and Pietro appeared behind his twin sister.

"We gotta go, now!" He reached out and grabbed her arm, but she quickly pulled away as he tried to start dragging her out of her chair. "Wanda, this is serious! Lorna's in big trouble and no one knows where she is!"

"Of course no one knows where she is you idiot! She ran away, she doesn't want to be found." She glared at her brother and he huffed in impatience.

"You don't get it. She called Dad and said someone was after her! Then all of a sudden she got kidnapped and this psycho comes on the line and says she'd kill her if we 'interfere with the master's plan'! We found her friend though, she knows something about the attack and Dad want's us to be there when they interrogate her."

Wanda stood frozen in shock for a moment before quickly saying her goodbyes and apologizing for leaving early. Then Pietro grabbed hold of her and they disappeared in a whirlwind, leaving a grim gathering behind. Slowly but surely, the rest of the girls came out of their shock and departed one by one. No one felt in the mood to party when one of their own was off to follow a lead to find a family member in danger.

Soooo... tell me what you think about it so far? Review please!? so I won't get all self-conscious and stuff and lose inspiration. It's hard to write something and not know if you're just wasting your time. Any complaints, suggestions, corrections, or ANYTHING like that and don't be afraid to give me a shout out so I can fix her up.