Hey fella's. You must be getting sick of hearing me jack my jaw at the beggining of each chapter...X-men+not mine= sad face. Rhett on the other hand is mine, so hands of ladies, lol. Please R&R. I'm ignored by you slacker's over there. (Not you Jeaniebird, you're figgin' amazing and are thus exempt from my criticism. Thanks for the cake!)
Now, on with the story!
It took the x-men less than two minutes to get to the warehouse. Not surprisingly, Kurt was the first to get there. They surveyed the layout of the warehouse, with Trisha telling them were the security measures were.
Hank pulled up a blue print of the warehouse on a laptop from the jet. "Which room are you and the other children being held captive in?" he asked.
I can't point at it… She grumbled. …the basement grid…three rooms in from the left side…six rooms up.
Hank counted aloud, tapping the screen with his finger. "This one?"
Yes.
Hank looked up at the others. "Storm."
She came closer to see the screen. Hank pointed to a hallway, tracing the length of it with his finger. "There's a door at the end of the hall. If Kitty opened the door, could you get the flashflood waters that far into the building?"
Storm nodded. "Yes. I can do it. I would suggest we hurry. We are not certain of Auger's whereabouts, and there is no way to know for certain how long the children will be alone."
Cyclops dipped his head. "Then let's move." He motioned toward the warehouse. "Your go Kitty. Think you can get the door open?"
Kitty nodded. "Yeah. The trick'll be finding the right one in the dark!"
I'll show her the right one. Hurry!
"Ok, I'm coming!" Kitty took off toward the warehouse, running full tilt.
Left. Trisha murmured as Kitty neared the warehouse.
The com link on Cyclops shoulder beeped. He reached up to touch it. "Cyclops."
"Shadow Cat here. Door's open!"
"Good job." He looked at the others. "Storm. You're up."
Storm nodded. She stepped away from the others and threw her head back to gaze up at the night sky. Thunder rolled overhead as clouds began to cover the clear night sky. As the peals of thunder became louder, more aggressive, Cyclops touched his com again.
"Kitty…you might want to get out of the way…."
Jonny could hear the water, could sense the roaring wave coming their way. He grabbed Trisha's hand in his right, and reached for Jeremy and Ericka with his left. He grabbed Jeremy's hand and leaned forward to make sure Jeremy had hold of Ericka.
"Hang on to her!" he yelled, just as the water slammed into the door, breaking the hinges and sending it crashing to the floor.
The water washed over them, and he flung himself forward and into it, dragging them after him. He felt the familiar sense of freedom as he melded with the water.
It was exhilarating.
Just like the first time.
Just like every time.
If he could have screamed and shouted for joy, he would have. It was the same kind of exhilaration you got when you were on a roller coaster.
He shook his head and turned into the current. Bulling his way through the water, he found he had to work even harder than usual to haul his passengers through the water. It was always hard carrying someone, but this was the first time he had tried carrying three.
Come on! You told Rhett you'd get them out! He thought harshly to himself. He threw himself against the current even more strongly than before. And he began to make headway. There. There was the source of the current.
His head broke the surface of the water and he yelled happily. He felt a hand grab the back of his shirt and haul him up out of the water, lifting the others still dangling from his hands.
"I have them!" Hank called as he lifted Jonny higher. "Hey, he's got two others with him! Bobby, Kurt, give me a hand."
The water froze in a ring around Jonny and the two mutants moved out on the icy shelf to lift his passengers from the water. Hank lifted Jonny higher and set him on the pavement. Jonny looked back at the others and his eyes widened.
Jean was tending to an apparently unconscious Trisha, and Kurt was wrapping a blanket around a shivering Jeremy.
"Where's Ericka!"
"And then...and then you have to wait for the next chapter, which (if all goes well), will be up sometime tonight around nine." lol, tell me what you think will happen, your thoughts on the situation in general...your shoe size? give me somethin' fella's you're the highpoint of my day.