Author's Notes:
Wow! just wow. I mean just Aaghk. I can't believe how amazing all of you are. I said the next one would be out the day after we hit 13 reviews and we hit 14 within a few hours of me posting the chapter. I guess that means we'll be releasing two chapters in two days! That's good for everyone. It means y'all have more to read and I have to write more to keep up. Thanks for that.
Elsa walked down the hidden stairwell. She asked the people behind her, "What's down here?"
Isabella answered as she pressed the section of wall back into place behind them, "It's our base of operations. We just haven't been able to use it yet since we've been waiting for the right opportunity. We really only started being ready about a month ago, which is why we didn't help at your coronation. Sorry about that."
Elsa looked back, "Ready for what?"
Rapunzel ran ahead, "Public relations!"
Isabella explained, "We thought it would help people accept magic if they saw the good it could do instead of just the bad. As X-Men we're going to go out and help humanity however we can by using our powers."
Elsa thought for a moment, "And you want me to be a part of this?"
Rapunzel spoke, "If you're worried about your reputation as queen, we all get codenames. You can stay anonymous if you want. Mine's Solaris."
Elsa turned to Isabella, "Codenames?"
She answered, "You don't have to use yours, but we all get them. I'm Sparkle. Xavier is Professor X."
They reached the bottom of the stairs and emerged into a long white hallway. On one end was a large circular metal door. There were glass cabinets built into the walls that contained leather suits of some kind.
Isabella pulled one of the suits out, "These are X-Men uniforms. If you join we'll have one made for you to wear on missions. We already have your measurements. One of the students helped us with that."
Elsa pointed at the round door, "What's that?"
Xavier wheeled off a nearby ramp, "That is Cerebro. I can use it to find new students. Unfortunately it doesn't work on everyone. If it did, I would have been able to help you much sooner."
Elsa held the bridge of her nose. She had a lot to consider. She heard something and looked up to see the large round door opening. She entered alongside the professor onto a narrow walkway in the center of a large metal sphere. The professor placed some kind of helmet with tubes of liquid coming out of it on his head.
A female voice echoed through the room, "Welcome, professor. I see your trip was successful."
Professor X spoke, "Hello Nancy, Elsa is here for a demonstration of Cerebro."
Elsa looked around the room, "Nancy? As in the queen of Andalasia?"
Nancy answered, "Yes, the very same. Now if you'll excuse me for a moment I need to concentrate on operating this demonic contraption the professor put together."
Xavier spoke out, "Isabella should be up to help you in a moment."
After several minutes of setup the machine finally turned on. Elsa watched as multicolored fluid started to flow through the array of tubes attached to Xavier's head. Entire sections of the sphere around them started to rotate. Eventually one of the rings spun until it revealed a gap in the shell. A torch visible through the hole flared up for a moment.
Xavier held the helmet firmly on his head. He spoke after almost a minute of silence, "There's someone new in Arendelle. It's a magic I haven't sensed in over a decade."
Elsa questioned, "In Arendelle? Do you know who it is?"
Xavier removed the helmet and began to roll towards the door, "It's your sister."
Author's Notes:
Oops, I guess I listed Nancy as a character a bit early. Ah well. I'd probably already mentioned her in some AN somewhere. She's kind of important to Volume 3. There I go with the teasing again. Love all you guys for sticking with me this long, especially you BlueAsh666.
Since y'all knocked it out of the park last time I'm gonna have to be a bit more ambitious with my stretch goals if I want to maintain my backlog. The next chapter will be out either by the end of the month or when we hit 18 reviews. If y'all meet that objective I'll probably explode with excitement and amazement. Like I said, y'all are awesome. ( =
