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HOLY SHIT, FORGET READING THIS NOTE JUST GO TO THE BOTTOM AND READ THAT NOTE INSTEAD OF THE TOP! SERIOUSLY, IT'S TIME WASTING AND YOU DON'T NEED TO READ THE TOP! JUST READ THE STORY AND BOTTOM NOTE PLEASE!


Witch's Familiar

Chapter 7

Lucifer scowled as Remy LeBeau made his sister laugh once again. He didn't like the Cajun going near his sister, but he made Lillith happy - well, as happy as she could get right now.

He could see the tell-tale signs of the spirits harassing her. Her eyes would twitch this way and that, making her jump at every foreign little sound - which was a lot by the way - and her eyes would sometimes fade out into another reality. Lucifer knew that Lillith could not necessarily control the spirits. They came out of nowhere and talked to her, demanding answers and wanting to use her for their own gain.

The mutant also hated how he could do nothing to help her. He couldn't see them, he couldn't hear them. What use was he against an invisible force?

"What's got you so sour?" Yellow eyes glanced over to see that Logan was standing next to him, giving him a strange look. Lucifer twitched as his sister's laugh carried over to his sharp ears, and started to glare at the red-and-black-eyed man making his sister laugh. Logan followed his gaze and chuckled. "Gumbo got you all riled up?"

Lucifer grumbled. "I don't like him near my sister, but I can not do anything that is against her wishes." Logan's lips twitched higher, but his eyes and ears kept a careful watch around them. Lucifer's wings twitched a bit, eyes narrowing a bit as her smile brightened. After watching a bit, the winged mutant scoffed and turned away, a dark blush of anger painting his face. "He makes her laugh." Logan glanced over again, an unlit cigar hanging out of his mouth. "She hasn't laughed in a while."

The feral mutant sighed and pocketed the cigar. Not like he could smoke it right now anyways. "Come on, kid, let me show you something." Lucifer's pointed ear twitched in interest. Logan started walking off, knowing that Lucifer was following in curiosity.

Nothing seemed to sate said curiosity, not since Lucifer permanently moved into this timeline, though sometimes Lillith worried about some timeline conundrum thing. Lucifer chalked it up to her watching too many Dr. Who episodes. She was addicted to the show.

Lucifer looked over at Logan, wondering what it was the feral was going to show him. They showed up to an elevator and went down - this surprised Lucifer, because he honestly had never been below the ground floor. There was no need for him to do so, with his wings and all. "What's down here?"

Logan only smirked and stayed silent, his aura exuding his smugness.

Bloody bastard, Lucifer thought, a smile twitching on his own face.

The doors opened up to a long metal hallway. There were a few doors that quartered off into other rooms, with a large, round door embossed with an X on it. Logan walked right past that door, so Lucifer paid no attention, though he had the feeling that the door was screaming at him to open up and look inside.

Lillith did say that 'curiosity killed the cat,' glaring pointedly at him all the while. His grin was bright against his darkened skin.

"Here we are." The doors opened up to a large, metal room. It was flat, then seemed to curve up like an egg. Lucifer could see some darkened windows far up, in which he assumed someone watched and recorded whatever went on in here.

"What is this?"

Logan chuckled. "Patient." Stepping in, he tossed aside a bag he had been carrying and turned with an almost fatherly look on his face. "This is the Danger Room. This is where I teach kids how to defend themselves and where the X-Men train each day in different environments against different enemies. It's used to build up 'team dynamic' and improve our powers." Lucifer nodded, now much more interested than before, but still slightly confused. "Now you, kid, get to use it for the first time since ya got here." He moved over to a door that opened up to some stairs and then closed abruptly.

Lucifer was now alone in the room. After a few minutes of that silence, a voice clicked overhead. "Alright, kid, let's see what you got." Whirs and clicks then filled up the metal room, which soon turned into a desolate desert with abandoned buildings and tumbleweeds going by. The sun beat down harshly on his back, even though Lucifer didn't really feel it.

The mutant flexed his hands, claws glinting in the fake light.

Things started to rumble, and then Lucifer grinned.


"Dude, you've got to see this!" Remy and Lillith turned to see that Kitty was dragging Bobby and Rogue down a hallway, an excited look on her face. Remy stopped Kurt and asked what was going on.

"Apparently, stone boy is in ze danger room!" Lillith tried to puzzle out who was stone boy, but decided that it didn't matter. She wanted to know what this danger room was. "Come on, you have to see!"

Everyone went down an elevator, excited chatter being exchanged between the teens. Even though Lillith was technically in their age range, she felt highly uncomfortable being around a lot of energy. Remy laid a hand on her shoulder, sending her a comforting smile her way. She laid her hand over his and smiled back, feeling just a little bit better. Kurt kept a tight hold of his cross, but smiled anyways, seeming to be just as excited as everyone around here.

Once the elevator opened to a floor that Lillith had never seen before, she was swept by the small excited crowd into what looked to be an observing area. Right in front of the windows was a long panel of flashing lights and buttons, with Logan sitting in front of them with his legs kicked up and smoking a cigar. He looked back at the crowd and grimaced, but gestured Lillith forward.

"Come see what your brother is doin'." Lillith walked forward, excitement now making her body move. She hadn't seen her brother do combat in a long while, and it would be great to see how he moves outside of sparring against each other. "He's doin' a damn fine job."

Below them, Lillith could see a sprawling desert, though she could see that the mirage ended at bright gleaming walls, with her brother flying around in the middle of it. He had a grin on his face, his black ponytail trailing behind him. Everyone was in awe as they saw Lucifer use his magnificent bat-like wings to propel himself through the air. They watched as he summoned rocks and metal out of seemingly nowhere and tossing it at creatures that Lillith could not clearly discern.

Lillith stood there, proud of her brother. "He has gotten better. I am proud of him."

Logan took out his cigar and huffed out a breath. "Why don't you go down there and fight him? I want to see how you work as well." Lillith stopped and thought about this. Maybe that was why she was so restless? There was so much pent up energy that needed to be let out...

Grinning, she dashed out of the room, ignoring the fact that she didn't know where to go. She let the whispering voices and spare memories lead her way.

Meanwhile, in the Danger Room observatory, Logan pressed a button and leaned forward into a microphone. "Hey, kid, someone's headed down there to join ya."

Lucifer looked up, his grin growing wider. "You're about to see something very interesting, Logan."


Wow... So I had trouble writing this to where I had to rewrite it, then had to leave it for a while. Suddenly, inspiration hit me and I finished it in a few minutes. So, here it is :D Sorry you guys had to wait forever for it :/

Thank you for your interest and patience so far!

I was in college and I'm sorry you guys had to wait a whole year for this next chapter :/ I've been on a bit of a spree, so please enjoy my sporadic updating xD

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