Title: X-Men: Minority Within a Minority
Author: Felidae Silvestris
Disclaimer: The X-Men are property of Marvel, I own Sorano Himeko/Maneru, H-chan owns Shiyama Hogosha/Drills … don't really know why I tell you that every time, but hey, I do
Author's Note: Please keep in mind that I've only seen the X-Men movies and read the "Ultimate X-Men" book (hard-cover) so most of the characters are probably OOC, sorry. But then again, there are so many X-Men universes, that the OOC-ness doesn't really matter … thank you to (add name here) who was the ONLY person who reviewed! (I do take anonymous review, you know). Hope you like this installment and I hope people don't kill me. Flames, as usual, are used to fuel my Mom's car…
Chapter: Anger
"This is so screwed up!" Himeko slammed her lunch-tray onto the table, sending little drops of mashed potatoes flying in various directions.
"What's screwed up?" Hogosha asked patiently.
"Mrs. Voght thinks I need counseling!"
"She does have a point," Fixx said.
Himeko fixed her with an icy glare. "I do not need counseling. All I need is for people like her to stop butting into my life."
Hogosha set a hand on Himeko's shoulder. "Let Fixx alone. Eat."
Himeko grudgingly obeyed. "I don't need counseling," she muttered.
"Good afternoon, Miss Sorano," Amelia Voght greeted as Himeko sat down. Himeko stayed silent, glaring at the older woman. "So, how are you feeling today?"
"None of your business," Himeko retorted.
"Now, Miss Sorano, we won't get anywhere with that attitude."
"So?"
"Miss Sorano, really -"
"What's your mutation?" Himeko asked, thoroughly bored with this whole situation.
"Pardon me?" Amelia asked, surprised.
"You're a mutant, right? What's you mutation?"
"I'm sure I have no idea what you are talking about."
"Yes, you do. I remember Professor Xavier saying something about you." The room was silent for a moment as Himeko thought. "Oh, yeah … you're a teleporter, I remember now. 'Transubstantiation', I think it was."
Amelia stood abruptly, slamming her fists onto the desk. "Miss Sorano, I believe it is time for you to -"
"Leave? Oh, what a good idea." Himeko's body was suddenly gone, replaced by an intangible mist. The mist disappeared and Himeko reappeared outside Amelia's office. Himeko adjusted her trench coat, smiling to herself. "Unsuspecting adults are so much fun."
Back inside the office, Amelia dialed a number into her cell-phone. "Sir," she said, "I've found the girl."
Himeko suddenly awoke, sitting rigid in her dark room. A chill ran down her spine as she gazed around the room. Throwing back the blankets, Himeko leapt out of bed and grabbed her sword. She rushed silently into Hogosha's room after dressing quickly.
"Hogosha, wake up," Himeko hissed, shaking her girlfriend. "Wake up, dammit!"
"Un … Nani?" Hogosha groaned.
"Shh! Something's wrong. Get dressed, quickly." Himeko slid out of the room and moved, virtually silent, towards the door. A dark shadow fell across the floor and Himeko drew her sword. The shadow disappeared, but Himeko knew whoever had cast it was still there. Fixx! She thought, hoping the psychic would hear her mental call. Damn it!
Hogosha emerged from her room, only to hit a soft, but solid barrier. "Himeko!"
Himeko spun and ran towards Hogosha. She too, hit the barrier. Sensing a mutant presence, Himeko, too, made herself invisible. "Nice try, but you picked the wrong house," she said, lunging at the mutant. Her sword plunged into … nothing. "Damn it!"
A laugh echoed in the hallway. "Nice try, Little Mimic."
"Damn it!" Himeko shouted, reappearing in Hogosha's sight.
"What happened?" Hogosha asked, confused.
"Not only does she have an invisibility mutation, but she's intangible, too. I can't use both powers at the same time." Himeko grabbed Hogosha's arm and dragged her into the living room. Out of the windows, they could see several other mutants outside.
"Fixx and the others," Hogosha whispered. "What about them?"
"They'll get out," Himeko replied. "Watch out for that girl with the short brown hair, she'll touch you and your powers will be gone for a while." Himeko moved to go out the door, but Hogosha grabbed her arm.
"Where are you going?"
"To get to the main house. We're going to need help."
Hogosha nodded, letting her arm fall. "Be careful, at least."
Himeko nodded and slid into the shadows. Her sword slid into its sheath silently, it's metal gleaming slightly in the moonlight. Her sharp ears caught the sounds of soft conversation.
"Did you get her?" asked a deep male voice.
"She tried to jab me with a sword!" said the voice of Himeko's attacker. "No, I didn't!"
"She exited the building," reported another voice.
"Where did she go?" asked the first voice.
"I don't know," said the last voice. "I lost track of her in the shadows."
And it'll stay that way, Himeko thought, slipping away.
Pietro shot awake, his blue eyes wide and gazing around his room. He jumped out of bed and was at the window a second later. "Holy shit!" Pietro ran into Rahne's room and shook the lycanthropic mutant. "Wake up!"
Rahne groaned, peering at Pietro. "What?"
"Shh," Pietro hissed. "We're kind of under siege or something."
"Are you serious?" Rahne asked skeptically.
"Look out the window."
Rahne pulled herself up and over to the window. Her green eyes widened as she saw the mutants in the backyard. "I'll go find Himeko." Before Pietro had a chance to answer, Rahne had shifted to her wolf-form and slipped out the door.
Himeko glanced around, keeping herself hidden in the shadows. She felt something nudge her legs and looked down. Staring up at her was a pair of green eyes. Himeko nodded and concentrated on shifting to her own wolf-form. Her bones and muscles shortened, sending her falling to the ground. Her mouth and nose moved forward, creating a new snout. Some ear shifting and fur-growing later, Himeko was all wolf.
The pair loped slowly towards Rahne's dog-door, trying not to call attention to themselves. Himeko stopped suddenly and growled at the mutant barring their path. She looked rather like a demon, what with horns, pointed ears, and bat-like wings. She smiled evilly down at them.
"Ladies," she said before lunging at them.
Rahne dove away from the mutant's out-stretched hand while Himeko clamped her jaws on the woman's hand. Rahne pounced on the woman's back, snapping at her wings and clawing her back. The woman's anguished cry brought attention from her companions who rushed to her aid.
The first mutants to reach the scene were mutants Himeko recognized as Spoor and Static. She dropped the woman's hand and growled at Rahne, indicating that they had to leave. Static lunged, her hand clamping around Rahne's tail. Rahne howled in pain as her body was forced back to human. Himeko was suddenly standing, her eyes locked on the other mutants. Spoor lunged at her but she was out of reach, using his power against him.
"Let go of her, Static," Himeko spat, drawing her sword as she dodged away from Spoor. She slashed at the mutant, drawing a thin line of blood through his fur.
"You'll pay for that," he growled, lunging at her again.
"Somehow, I seriously doubt that." She parried his blow with the edge of her katana, slicing a gash in his arm. She felt fingers lightly touch her back, and scowled. "It seems you've gotten me, Acolytes."
"Drop your sword," Static spat.
Himeko did as she was told and dropped her arms to her sides. Her mind raced as her senses took in the tense forms of her enemies. She triggered the spring-sheathes that held her wrist knives. Her arms flew out, forward and back, as she stabbed her opponents. Blood gushed from their throats as they collapsed.
Himeko grimaced as she cleaned her weapons and put them in their places. She knelt next to Rahne, checking the girl over. "Are you okay?"
Rahne nodded, her jaw not working due to Static's paralysis powers. Suddenly, Pietro was there, panting and pale.
"They … got … Fixx and … Evan," he panted. "I … couldn't … stop them…"
"Shit!" Himeko exclaimed. "Tell me what their attackers looked like."
"One was an African-American chick, and the other one was a big white guy with black hair."
"Joanna Cargill and the Kleinstocks, I bet."
"You've met them before?"
"No, but Xavier made me study every single 'evil' mutant, incase they came after me. What was that?"
A scream reached their ears, followed by a singsong male voice. "Come out, Little Mimic, unless you'd like me to dispose of this lovely lady, here."
"I think he means Hogosha," Rahne pointed out, her jaw now un-glued.
"Damn it! Pietro, stay here with Rahne, I'll take care of the Acolytes," Himeko said.
"Can you do that? Alone?" Pietro asked.
Himeko sighed. "I'm going to have to try." Without another word, the young mutant sprinted off.
"Ah, there you are, Little Mimic," crooned the black-haired leader of the Acolytes, Exodus.
"The name is 'Maneru', get it right, dung-head," Himeko spat. "Where's Drills?"
"Why, she's right here." Exodus moved aside, revealing Hogosha, unconscious, in the arms of a mutant called Rem-Ram.
"Let her go."
"Oh, but I think she'd make a rather valuable addition to the Acolytes, don't you agree?"
"No, I don't. Let Drills go. I'm here, and I'm the one you wanted, so if you let her go, I won't make a fuss about going with you." Himeko stepped forward, in range of Exodus and the mutants surrounding him.
Exodus grinned and motioned to Rem-Ram. "Drop the girl."
Himeko watched as Rem-Ram lowered Hogosha to the ground. As he stepped back into place, Himeko used Exodus' power to teleport behind him. The knife she had planned to use on the Acolyte flew from her hand and back into its sheath as the scene froze suddenly.
Himeko's head whipped around and spotted Charles Xavier and Jean Grey. "What the hell did you do that for!"
"It's not his time," Xavier said. "Leave him and the other Acolytes. There has been enough killing here tonight."
"Professor X?" Pietro's eyes widened as he and Rahne emerged from the bushes.
"We'll be leaving for the school immediately," Jean said, levitating Hogosha towards her.
"Now, Maneru," Xavier commanded.
Himeko gave Exodus and the other Acolytes a parting glare as she followed Xavier and the rest to the waiting van.
Mutants This Chapter: Himeko Sorano/Maneru, Hogosha Shiyama/Drills, Fixx, Amelia Voght, Charles Xavier/Professor X, Scanner (Invisible/Intangible attacker), Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver, Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane, Gargouille (demonic attacker), Andrew Hamish Graves/Spoor, Static, Rem-Ram, Exodus, Jean Grey/Phoenix
Author's Note: Okay, I hope I did okay with that … seeing as I've only seen the movies and read the first book of "Ultimate X-Men" (hard-backed copy). And I'm also not very good at battle scenes … anyways … for those of you who are wondering, the death-toll of named Mutants in the series so far is 18 … there are actually more than that seeing as I did blow up the Massachusetts Academy XD I'm evil. Oh, and one more thing … REVIEW! I've only gotten reviews from two people for goodness sake!
And another thing: I'm looking for a beta reader … if you want the job, email me. Also, I'm going to be randomly selecting, out of a hat, one of my reviewers to have a cameo in Minority Within Minority. On reviews please give me the name, gender, appearance, and personality of your OC mutant. I'll be adding the cameo in the next couple of chapters … and who knows, the OC may become one of Himeko's little crew … you never know … so REVIEW!