This is the second last chapter. Just to warn you. Eeep. I can't believe it's nearly over! Also for the purpose of the story Loki can make himself and those near him immune to psychic contact, and do some sort of weird human GPS thing.
"I can't believe we're actually doing this." Jay muttered, as he and Nick headed towards the front gate.
"What else can we do? Miss Frost wouldn't do anything if we told her." Nick hissed back, although he was starting to wish that he'd agreed with Jay's earlier suggestion. They crept towards the gate, but were soon stopped by a sharp voice coming from behind them.
"And what do you two think you're doing?" Emma caught Nick and Jay as they were trying to sneak out.
"Don't bother answering. Just get back inside." Emma snapped.
Nick shuffled his feet. On second thoughts going after Gambit and Loki was a bad idea. Jay remained silent.
"Oh for heaven's sake!" Emma exclaimed. She'd skimmed the surface thoughts of both Nick and Jay, and had discovered what Gambit and Loki had done. "Does no one have any patience?" She spun on her heel and headed back inside. Nick and Jay looked at each other, then hurried after her.
Once inside she headed to find Scott and the others. "Scott! Gambit and Loki have run off to find Jari and Megan. I've tried contacting them but Loki must have put some sort of psychic shield around them, and I can't get through."
"Where've they gone?" Rogue asked.
"I don't know, that's what I'm trying to find out!" Emma frowned, fingers pressed to her temple.
"Well what are we supposed to do then?" Bobby was impatient.
"I don't know- aaargh!" Emma broke off with a cry, clutching her head in her hands, bent double. Scott immediately rushed over to her.
"Emma! Are you alright? What's happened?"
Emma gasped and straightened up. "Gambit…shouting in my head…he's found Jari and Megan."
"Well where are they then?" Rogue demanded.
"Down town…in trouble. It's Sinister. Sinister's got them. Sinister must have created Jari." She shook her head. "We need to go. I've warned him not to do anything stupid but I don't trust him." She looked up at the present X-Men. "What are you waiting for? Go!"
. . . . .
"The telepath's trying to contact you." Loki remarked, as he and Gambit searched for any sign of Jari and Pixie.
"How do you know that? I f she's trying to contact me shouldn't I be able to hear her?" Gambit frowned, staring at something on the street.
"I can sense her; but I'm blocking your mind from her. She wants us to come back." Loki noticed what Gambit was staring at. "Is that blood?" He knelt down.
"Mon dieu. But it doesn't lead anywhere; there isn't a trail or anything." Gambit looked around searching for more clues, but found nothing.
"Wait. I can try and search for him." Loki closed his eyes.
"What are you…?" Gambit started.
"Quiet." Loki said, eyes still closed.
"But…"
"Silence."
After a few minutes Loki's eyes snapped open. "We go east." He headed off, followed by Gambit.
"How'd you do that?" Gambit wanted to know. "Are you like a human GPS or something?"
Loki allowed himself a brief smile. "Asgardian, remember?"
. . . . .
They shortly arrived at the entrance to some sewers.
"You sure this is the place?" Gambit asked, his voice low.
"Yes. I would guess that there is a secret complex hidden underneath the sewers. I do love a good secret base; yours turned out to be quite unsatisfactory." Loki added, which earned him a sharp glare from Gambit.
"So you're saying there's something under the sewers?"
"Yes. You first, off you go."
He's enjoying himself too much. Gambit thought, as he ventured into the sewers. Jari's in danger and he's comparing secret bases?
. . . . .
As they reached what appeared to be a dead end, Loki held up his hand, silencing Gambit.
"This is it." He whispered. Jari's on the other side of this wall."
"What are we waiting for!" Gambit whispered back.
"The entrance isn't here." Loki replied. "It is doubtless that whoever's taken Jari will guard the entrance. I'm going to remove your mental block; I want you to contact Emma."
Gambit nodded. Emma! We've found Jari! There appears to be a secret base under the sewers downtown.
Almost immediately he got a reply.
That's Sinister's base! Don't do anything; wait for us to reach you. Then she was gone, out of his head.
Loki said nothing, but simply stared questioningly at Gambit.
"This is Sinister's base. Sinister must be the one who created Jari." Gambit reported, still coming to terms with this new information himself.
"Sinister?" Loki asked. "Who is he?"
. . . . .
"We'll take cars- there's nowhere to land the Blackbird downtown." Cyclops said, as he, Rogue, Iceman and Emma hurried to the garage. Reaching his car he turned round to find Nick and Jay still following them.
"What are you doing here?" He asked them.
"Well, you never really told us where we should go so we just…" Nick started.
Cyclops shook his head, but when he spoke his voice had lost its sharp edge. "I want you two to go and find Hank. Tell him what's happening, and don't tell the other students about this. Okay?"
"Yes Mr Cyclops sir!" Nick said, whereas Jay simply saluted. Then they ran off as the X-Men piled into Cyclops' car.
"Hey, why can't I sit in the front?" Bobby complained, while Rogue tried to get him to shut up.
"I'm driving, Emma's navigating. Grow up." Cyclops gruffly answered.
"Wait!" Rogue shouted. "Logan's just turned up."
Sure enough Wolverine wrenched opened the car door and slid in next to Bobby.
"Just ran into the kids. I'm not missing this."
"Thank you, Logan." Emma said, checking her hair in the mirror. "I'm sure the extra man-power will come in handy."
"Hey, why do I have to be in the middle?" Bobby started.
"Shut up!"
. . . . .
"I don't like waiting." Gambit muttered, as he paced up and down.
"Why wait then?" Loki asked, a mischievous glint in his eye.
"Emma said…"
"Come on, you don't actually listen to her do you?"
"Well…" Gambit wasn't sure how to reply.
"Besides, I have a plan."
"Okay, stand back." Gambit drew a pack of cards from his pocket, charged them, and then threw them at the wall. A section of the wall exploded in a flash of light, revealing a metallic corridor stretching away.
They made their way through the maze of passageways, relying only on Loki's inner GPS. Eventually they reached the room where Jari and Pixie were held. Despite Loki's warning Gambit made a run straight for Jari. Shaking his head, Loki followed. He was hit by a streak of lightning square in the chest, and fell to the floor.
Jari cried out in warning, but was too late. Soon Gambit joined Loki on the floor. Mr Sinister stepped out of the shadows.
"What did you do!" Jari yelled.
Sinister just laughed. "Don't worry, your 'parents' are merely unconscious. It was foolish of them to think they could rush in just like that, but I had anticipated they might try something like this. If this is the best your X-Men can do, I would give up all hope of a dashing rescue for you and your girlfriend."
Sinister walked over to Jari, now with a scalpel in his hand.
"Now- where were we?"
Slightly clichéd last sentence I know, but I couldn't resist. Anyway, last chapter up in the next couple of days, so stay tuned! Also, there will be a 'deleted scenes' chapter at the very end, made up of stupid drabbles with no real importance to the actual story.
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