X4 Family Origins
Chapter Ten: Ororo Goes Missing
Sitting in a rented tinted car outside of the mansion, the same three men who took Rion are watching Ororo. They were waiting for the word on whether she'd take Odon up on his offer or not. If she did, she'd be given a location to go to so they could pick her up. If she didn't they'd take her by force. Their phone rang and the Japanese man in the passenger's seat answers the phone.
"Are you in position?" Odon asked.
"Yes. What do you want us to do?" the Japanese man asked.
"I extended the invite to my niece but that was merely a courtesy gesture. Take her." Odon said. "Do not hurt her."
"Yes sir." The Japanese man said hanging up the phone.
"She's on her way." Odon said to the mystery person who nods approvingly.
Ororo is heading towards the house. She wanted to check up on the boys before waiting for her uncle to call back so she could give him her answer. She hadn't noticed two figures behind her. The two figures behind her grabbed her from behind and quickly jammed a needle in her neck. Ororo found herself going to sleep. The two guys looked around making sure they were unseen. They quickly carried the sleeping weather goddess to their car and took off.
Professor Xavier's eyes go wide. He was still in his office waiting for Odon to call back but he never did. He sensed that something has happened to Ororo. Hank caught this and wonder what was going on.
"Charles what's wrong?" He asked. He had stayed with the professor talking while the two waited for the call. They were discussing the situation at hand trying to figure out what to do about saving Rion.
"Ororo is missing." Professor Xavier said. "Go alert Logan." He told him. Hank nods then leaves the office. Logan is standing out in the hall with Scott and Alex. The three men are talking about the plan to save Rion.
"Logan, Ororo is missing." Hank told him. Loan is shocked.
"What?" Scott asked shocked.
"Where is she?" Logan asked worried.
"I don't know. Charles said she's missing." Hank told him.
"Maybe she went to the house." Alex said.
"No the professor would've known that." Hank said.
"Logan go check your house. The rest of us will go check the grounds for any sign of her." Scott said. They all nodded. Logan raced out of the mansion running at full speed towards their house.
Jean, Emma and Megan are coming off the elevator and heading down the hall when they spot Hank. Remy, Kurt and Warren are coming from the computer lab. Warren thought it might be worth another look into Rion's past but came up empty.
"Hey guys listen we have another situation on our hands." Hank said.
"What's going on Hank?" Remy asked.
"Ororo is missing." Hank told them.
"Oh no." Jean said worried.
"Where could she have gone?" Emma asked.
"She was on her way back to her house to check on the children but somehow never made it. Charles sensed it." Hank said.
"I can sense it to." Jean said staring off straight ahead. She's using her telepathy to search for Ororo's brain activity but got nothing. "She's not here." Jean said frowning.
"Oh no. First Rion now Roh. God what is happening?" Megan asked frustrated.
"Remy, you, Warren, and Kurt search the grounds for Ororo." Hank said. "Emma try to see if you and Jean come focus your telepathy and search the nearby neighborhoods for Ororo." They nod.
"I need to sit down." Megan said.
"Come on. I'll take you to the Charles' office." He said helping Megan walk to the professor's office.
"ROH!" Logan called to her. "ROH!" No response. Lucy comes out of the kids' room.
"Logan what's going on?" Lucy asked.
"Did Roh come home?" Logan asked.
"No she didn't why what's going on?" Lucy asked.
"Because she's missing. God, I gotta find her." Logan said frantically looking around.
"I'm gonna take the boys to my house for the time being." Lucy told him. Logan barely heard what she said but nods. She goes into the room to get the boys.
"Shit." Logan exclaimed as he left the house and ran back to the mansion. John sees him and runs to catch up to him.
"Logan what's going on?" John asked. Logan took a deep breathe trying to catch his breathe. How could he tell John that his mother is missing? He decided to just tell him and be honest. He was going to need him in order to find both Ororo and Rion.
"Ororo is missing." Logan told him. John's face has a look of shock on it.
"No." John said.
"Yes." Logan said.
"Where is she?" John asked.
"I don't know." Logan told him.
"DAMN IT! Logan we have to find her. We have to find my mother." John said to him pulling on Logan's jacket.
"We will." Logan told him. John sobs. Logan pulls him into a hug. "I promise." He said as John's fear has come forward. His mother and uncle were both missing. What was he going to do?
Lucy had successfully got the boys loaded into her car and put their seatbelts on. She then got into the driver's seat, started the car and pulled off. She wanted to make sure she kept the boys safe.
Professor Xavier sits thinking about Ororo's disappearance. He had alerted Rogue to the new situation at hand. Rogue had been giving Oama a tour of the mansion grounds. When Rogue learned that Ororo was missing, she looked over at Oama. She told Oama, Bobby, Kitty, Peter, Jubilee, Evan, and Theresa what happened. Oama is now worried for both her niece and nephew. They all headed back to the mansion. Logan and John got back to the professor's study. He wasn't the only one. Jean, Emma, Hank and Megan are there. Rogue and the others followed them into the professor's. Kitty instinctively went over to comfort John. Scott, Alex, Remy, Warren and Kurt all followed. No one spoke for a moment everyone worried for two of their missing X-Men. Professor Xavier decide to speak.
"Now it appears that Ororo has gone missing." Professor Xavier said.
"Do you think she was taken like Rion was?" Alex asked.
"She wouldn't just leave the grounds without saying anything." Logan said.
"I agree. Ma told me where she was going every time she left the ground." John said. "She was kidnapped like uncle Rye was."
"How come the alarms didn't go off?" Scott asked.
"Because whoever got a hold of her came over the back wall. That's how they got in. I'd have to check the footage." Hank said.
"Shit." Scott said.
"This is a nightmare." Jubilee said.
"My cousins are missing. We gotta do something." Evan said angrily.
"We will as soon as we locate them." Hank said.
"If we wait too long they'll be dead." Evan said. John frowned hard.
"How are we supposed to find them without knowing where they are?" Bobby asked.
"The same way I can locate all of you." Professor Xavier said.
"Cerebro." Jean said.
"Yes. Cerebro doesn't just help me find mutants. It also gives me locations as well. I'm linked to everyone's minds here. I've been trying to locate Ororo's but I can't." Professor Xavier said.
"What does that mean?" Logan asked.
"It means that either Ororo was drugged or she's knocked out. I can't get a clear reading of where she is." Professor Xavier said.
"Great." Logan said standing up angrily.
"Logan calm down." Hank told him.
"Calm down?" Logan asked angrily. "The mother of my children, my wife is missing and you want me to calm down. How the hell am I supposed to calm the fuck down when she's out there someplace? God only knows what this Odon guy is doing to her. And I'm supposed to calm down?" Logan said clearly angered.
"Getting worked up isn't going to help find her and Rion faster now is it?" Hank asked. Logan glared at him angrily. "Now we want to find them as much as you do but we gotta figure this out. Ororo knows that she'll need to do something to help us find her and Rion. We have to pray that Odon doesn't hurt her or worse."
"He's not going to hurt her." Oama said. They turned to her. "Odon loves his niece. He will not hurt her. But she's there for a reason and that I don't know." She finished.
"That confirms what the professor said yesterday." Bobby said.
"So then he does want her there to watch Rion die." Jean said.
"No." Megan groans stifling a sob. Emma instinctively puts her hand on Megan's shoulders.
"In the meantime what do we do?" Logan asked.
"Hank, you, Scott and Alex check the footage to see if you spot anything. Also check the security wiring to see if it was tampered with." Professor Xavier said. "Emma, Jean and I will continue to monitor for Ororo's brain activities to see if we can spot her." He said. "Warren, you Remy, and Kurt go check the computers again. Check for any abandoned labs or camps. He could have then in a base of some sorts. We need to see if there's recent activities."
"On it." Warren said as he, Kurt and Remy left the office. John walked out of the office angrily.
"Bobby, you, Rogue, Kitty, Jubilee, Peter, Evan and Theresa, take care of John. He's going to need you." Professor Xavier said. Bobby nods as the others left his study. Logan paces back and forth. Xavier watches him. "Logan. Logan." He called to him. Logan turns to face him. "We'll find her and we'll find Rion. Ok." Professor Xavier asked. Logan nods. Logan sighs deeply praying his wife and brother in law survive.