(I'm back! WOO! Internet! And more writing! Also, I've started a new story I may or may not post. It's a Yu-Gi-Oh story, because it's the bomb...REAL MEN PLAY CHILDRENS CARD GAMES! Tell me if you'd like to read it.)
*-xme-xme-xme-*
"Hello?" Aden heard a young woman's voice say.
"Uh, this is Xaviers School. How can I help you?" He asked quizzically.
It didn't sound like anyone official or a potential kidnapper.
"Is Professor Xavier there, please? I'm Mia Dardren-Grahm"
"No. He's... away at the moment." Aden thought quickly.
The girl sounded shocked. "Away? Is there any other supervisors there?"
"No."
"I'll be right there!" She hung up.
Aden looked at the dead phone. "Well, that was strange."
*-xme-xme-xme-*
"How's that?" Jean wrapped a bandage around Archies forearm.
"Better, thanks." He stood up and looked around. They were in a forest, somewhere near Bayville, and completely lost. "Where do you think everyone is? The jet went in all different directions."
"I'm not sure. But we should try to find everyone." She stood up.
They walked for what seemed like hours, but didn't find anyone or anything. The forest seemed to be getting thicker and wilder, which made Archie think they were heading farther in.
"Hello." They heard a voice nearby.
A teenage boy was sitting in a tree above them.
"Hi..." Jean waved up at him cautiously.
He jumped down and Archie saw that he had an almost animal-like grace.
"How are you?" He asked politely. "I'm Maleo, by the way."
Archie looked to Jean, who did seem to think anything was wrong with this kid. "We're..." She looked for a word. "fine, albeit, a little shaken. Have you seen any other people around here?"
"Maybe, maybe not." He grinned like a Cheshire cat.
Archie kept walking, ignoring the annoying teenager. He didn't like this guy.
"Are you looking for Kale? And Scott?"
The two turned around. "Where are they?"
"Around." He leaned against a tree. "You'd better find them fast, though. Lira isn't known for being lenient against intruders. Second thought." His eyes turned fully black, and dark lightning erupted from around him. "Neither am I."
*-xme-xme-xme-*
Lira stood on her tiptoes to look inside the room. It was dirty looking, with 12 old-looking hospital beds. Only four of the bed were occupied, though, by the annoying mutants that could pop out of nowhere or walk through the walls as if they didn't need to be here. Good thing they were indefinitely sedated.
"Lira? Love, are you here?"
The small girl turned around. "I'm here."
Maleo smiled at her, and dropped the unconscious bodies of Jean and Archie.
Lira laughed. "Brilliant!"
"Why are you a child?" Maleo's eyes were questioning, but he took her into his arms anyway. She buried her face into his chest and sighed.
"The first twin didn't seem to trust me, even if I were child."
In his arms, she reverted to her original state. She grew only a few inches taller, but her face went from a cherub-like child's, to a beautiful young adults. Her lips found Maleo's, and he kissed back just as roughly and passionately as she did.
"You are looking better already." A velvet voice pierced the silence.
The lovers looked up to see their employer. He regarded them with a cruel gaze, it made Lira want to recoil, but she stood her ground.
"I'm feeling..." She chose her words carefully. "Not quite a hundred percent yet. I need more. Their power isn't enough."
The man stepped closer, which intensified the feeling of worthlessness in the cold room. "I have given you what you have asked for. Now give me what need."
"Not yet." It was getting hard to stand up to him. And she was the Queen of Darkness! "I need them all. They'll be mine to use soon enough." She smirked.
Maleo joined in her triumphant attitude. "Soon it'll be just you and me, love."
"Just you and me..."
(WOW! MYSTERY! I'm back and ready to kick ass! Wow. Originally, Maleo and Lira were suppose to be siblings, but I thought lovers would be better. I've got a plotline though. The story may end in the next few chapters, but I'm hoping not. XD I'm enjoying writing this more than I think I've ever enjoyed writing any other fanfics. Whoo!)