A/N: Hey guys! No I am not dead or anything. I finished mourning over my dear hamster so I'm back. This chapter is a bit sketchy and bad I admit. I just forced myself today to finish like 3/4 of it. Anyways, it's going to be really confusing because the C.I.A. has so many FREAKING WINDOWS. So anyways, I hope you like it. Feel free to leave reviews and PM and everything. :) Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men or anything of it. I only own my OC Emilia. :D
I panted as I reached the U.S.A finally. Everything was blurry and I felt so dizzy. I never had once used that much fire power at once. The temperature felt so hot to the point of boiling. The only thing I could really make out was that I was somewhere outside of the facility and that the sky was getting dark. I stumbled into the building and a blast of cold air hit me. I closed my eyes and felt better as I sighed. I heard a hissing sound and looked around me. The entire room was filled with hot steam. I looked at my skin in surprise. It was glowing a bright red and I was sweating buckets. I ignored my exhaustion and pain and quickly ran through the hallways. I kicked down the door to see the kids sitting around in the recreation room, completely unharmed. They all looked at me in surprise and I quickly backed out.
"Give me a moment," I chuckled nervously as I turned around and started mentally yelling at myself. What just HAPPENED? Did I just fly all the way here using fire and almost killing myself just to see the kids sitting there perfectly fine? I popped my head back into the room, "So uh, what's up?"
"Well, nothing since we're banned from radios and electronics. But…umm weren't you in Russian?"Darwinasked as he got up. "And you're sweating all over," he said as he brought me a fluffy towel.
"Thank you," I accepted it and started wiping off my skin. "Yes I was atRussia, but while I was there I had a strange feeling. A feeling like I had to come back here to see you guys," I answered him.
"You mean to see me right?" Sean winked.
I rolled my eyes and laughed, "Yes of course. Because that's why I rushed over here in less than 5 hours to theU.S. to see you," I stated sarcastically as I messed his hair up.
"Hey, hey! Don't touch the hair, the girls dig it," he joked as everyone laughed.
"Alright, well seeing as nothing's wrong…and I just ditched Charles and Erik in Russia, I think I'm going to take a shower," I walked through the doorway and into my room. I took some clean clothes and walked into the bathroom. I turned on the water and waited for it to heat up. When it was at the right temperature, I undressed and stepped in. I sighed contently as I felt all the dirt and grime wash away. I washed my hair and body and relaxed in the bathtub. Minutes ticked away as I lay there, kicking my feet and swatting at the bubbles from the soap. I got up a few minutes later and felt the water drip down from my hair. I shook myself, feeling like a dog, and dried the remaining water with a towel. I wrapped my hair up with a red towel and started to put on my clothes. First, the necessities called undergarments, then a loose black T. I pulled on some pajama pants that were white with black paw-prints. I put on a pair of Sylvester[1] slippers and let my hair fall down from its previous encasement. I sighed, what happened in that place? What was that weird feeling? I gripped my hands together in front of my heart and looked at my reflection. The blurry shape in the mirror stared back at me. I sighed and stepped out of the bathroom. I walked into the recreation room to see the mutants sitting there and absolutely bored. Darwin and Alex were playing the pinball machine in the corner. "So, you guys hungry?" I sat down next to Sean and leaned back.
"Ya but the C.I.A. people won't give us any food. You have to wait till the proper eating time, blah, blah, blah," Sean answered as he mocked an agent with a high pitched voice.
I laughed and looked around. "So…how'd you feel when Charles killed your party," I lulled my head toward Raven. She looked at the floor sadly but answered quietly.
"He said…he was disappointed in us," she whispered. I got up and sat next to the empty seat next to her.
"Hey, hey, it's okay. He was just surprised and all, I mean, I'm sure Charles goes to parties all the time. I think you should have had some fun, too," I rubbed her shoulder comfortably.
"Ya you're right," she smiled up at me.
"Yep, that's the spirit," I gave her a gently pat on her back.
I watched as a two men outside walked by the giant glass window. They both stopped as one of them started speaking. "Oh, I didn't know the circus was in town," he smirked as he held his arms wide open at us. "Hey come on honey, give us a little-," he made flapping motions with his hands as he mocked Angel. She rolled her eyes and the man turned towards Hank who started walking towards the window. "C'mon let's see the foot," the man patted his foot when he bent it up. "There it is, Big foot, let's go," the man smiled. "Hey, hey!" Hank gave a little wave as he pushed a button. "C'mon!" Yellow curtains covered the men from our view. Hank came back and sat back down.
"They're just guys being stupid," Raven said as she looked at Angel.
"Guys being stupid I can handle," Angel retorted as she gave a swift nod at the glass window. "Okay? I've handled that my whole life. But I rather have a bunch of guys stare at me with my clothes off, then the way these ones stare at me," she stared at Raven.
"At us," I corrected her as I leaned forward a bit. She gave me an angry look before staring at the floor. There was silence as everyone looked around. Thump. I furrowed my eyebrows as my eyes flickered around. I watched asDarwin's smile dropped as his face turned from the game to the rest of us.
"What was that?" he asked as he looked at each of us. There was another thump andDarwin quickly left the pinball machine. "No, something doesn't feel right." I got up and located the sound. It was coming from outside, through the glass. I held my hands out to block the kids and pushed the button on the wall. The curtains pulled back and I peered outside. There was no one; the yard was completely empty. Suddenly, I noticed something moving in the sky.
I looked up and whispered, "What is that?" Everyone looked up as well, following the direction I was pointing at. I heard screaming as it started dropping from the sky. The thing landed in front of us and the girls screamed. I gasped as I pressed my face to the glass, taking a closer look. It was indeed, Agent Black, the man who Charles, Erik, and I argued with over a machine. Lights turned on, showcasing men and women of the C.I.A. falling from the sky, screaming until their deaths. One of the men fell and hit a glass door cover and hung limply from the remaining metal supports.
"Get back!" I yelled as I pushed everyone into a covered them with his back towards the glass.
"Get back, get back, do not leave that room! We're under attack," and man screamed at us as he whacked the glass. A man, seemingly red, materialized in the middle of the circle of men and we quickly pointed him out. The agents started shooting at him but the figure disappeared. "Shoot him! Shoot him!" Some stray bullets hit the glass window and it shattered. We quickly dived behind the couches to take cover. On the opposite side of the room, through another glass window, we witnessed a giant tornado take out the golf-ball-like transmitter machine in one swirl. We all whipped our heads towards the previous window, to see the devil man slice some of the men's necks. Angel gave a small scream and we watched in horror.
"Stay here my ass!" Darwinscreamed. "Let's go!" he rushed towards the door. I ushered the teenage mutants to the door, and before I closed it I sent a wave of fire into the room. Everything caught fire as the room started filling up with smoke. Like hell I would give him an easy entrance! I rushed behind the mutants as they ran down a hallway. At the end, a few agents equipped with weapons yelled at us to get back. "We can help!"Darwin yelled as he tried pushing his way through the men. There were flashes of lights, sounds of explosions, and the floor shook as we all fell onto the ground. We ran the opposite direction and slid into a room with some sort of bar table. There were two glass windows on opposite sides. One showing the rampaging red man, and the other revealing a giant tornado. We watched as one gigantic tornado destroyed many rooms of the base. There were still screaming as the red man kept on killing the agents. Raven started crying as she watched an agent accidentally shoot another fellow agent because the red man was using him as a moving shield. The tornado threw a man at us, completely shattering the window as he fell into the room. The boys quickly started surrounding the girls, making sure they were safe. I quickly covered them, facing the red man as he went on with his killing spree. Tornadoes I can't do anything about. But when it comes to a devil man who can teleport on a killing spree, I can. Suddenly I heard some glass crunch as I swiveled my head towards a man coming through the window. He wore a grey suit and he had basically a poker face on. I quickly moved to the side, until I was facing him. They both entered the room and suddenly, loud shooting emitted from behind double doors.
"You want the mutants? They're through that door. Just let us normal people go!" I heard a man's voice. I growled under my breath. I heard a stabbing sound as another man entered the room. He was wearing a stupid helmet, might I include. There was an awkward moment as we all posed either to defend or to attack.
"Where's the telepath?" the silly man asked. He looked slightly familiar.
"Not here," the red man replied, as he growled at us.
"Too bad. Well at least I can take this silly thing off," he bent forward and took it off. He brushed through his hair before looking up at us. My eyes widened as I started shaking.
His partner while working in the concentration camps was Klaus Schmidt (whose current location is unknown.)
"I was locating Shaw…or as I knew him, Dr. Schmidt," he looked off in the distance.
I gulped, Schmidt. "Erik, does that mean th-."
"That he was the guy who killed my mother? Yes," he cut me off.
I growled angrily, so this was who my torturer's partner was.
"You!" I growled as I glared at him.
"Do I know you?" he raised and eyebrow and stepped forward.
"Don't step ANY further," I yelled.
"And why can't I? Well…you're a pretty little thing. People like you shouldn't say those harsh things," he tsk-ed as he wagged his fingers.
"People like you shouldn't be alive," I squeezed my hand into a ball.
"Now, now what have I done to make you angry at me?" he laughed darkly as he stared at me.
"Not you, per say. More like, your partner. Dieter Fleischer. Dr. Fleischer." I narrowed my eyes.
He suddenly smiled and laughed a whole-hearted laugh. "Aha! So you were one of his patients were you? Could you possibly be Claudia? Heide? Or maybe…Emilia?" He smirked at the names.
"Ho-how does he know you?" Raven whispered.
"I knew it! I knew you were working for him!" Angel glared at me.
I seethed with anger. "I would never work for this man. The man who destroyed ERIK'S LIFE!" I screamed as I lit my arms on fire. I charged at Shaw, shooting giant fireballs. He dodged them and tried to touch one of them but he couldn't.
"Surprised?" I smirked as I slid to a stop a few feet in front of him. "Like I would send real fire at you. I wouldn't know what you would do if you consumed that power. That's just compressed hot air that caught the lighting. That's why it looked like a flame but let me tell you a little secret," I laughed evilly. "It has the same destructive power but it's more like an illusion with real pain," I stepped back, content as I looked at his blistered hand.
"Tsk, tsk. You should not have done that. I wasn't going to harm you at all…I was just going to make a proposal," he held his arms wide open. "My name is Sebastian Shaw, and I am not here to hurt you," he took a few steps forward as I moved back.
"Freeze!" an agent screamed as he posed to shoot from outside the window.
"Azazel," Shaw looked at the red man. He teleported out in flames and killed the agent instantly. Shaw looked back at us and handed his helmet to the guy in the grey suit. "My friends. There is a revolution coming; when man kind discovers who we are…what we can do. Each of us will face a choice," he looked at every one of us. "Be enslaved," he looked at Darwin. "Or rise up to rule. Choose freely but if you are not with us, then by definition you are against us," he whispered the last part as he stared at Raven. She tilted her head up slightly, defying him. I smirked at his wavering gaze. "So," he smiled. "You can stay and fight for the people who hate and fear you," Sean glared at him, his teeth almost bared. "Or you can join me," he stared directly at me. "And live like kings and queens." He gripped my hand harshly as I winced in pain. Everyone looked at me as I stood there staring at the floor. Live like…queens… There was a moment of silence as I stared back up at him. "I could give you everything you want. We could rule together, Emilia. With your power, you could…be my queen," he stared intently at me. I gulped and looked to the side.
"Q-Queens?" I whispered. I heard Raven gasp behind me as she tried and tug me back into the group.
"No Emilia, you can't," Raven whispered.
"Queens," Shaw confirmed.
I looked at everyone and then back at Shaw.
"I…I," I started.
[1] Hehe if you don't know who Sylvester is YOU SHOULD. It's the adorable cat from Looney Tunes. :)
