**Chapter Twenty-Five**
(five hours later)
Lyric woke up with a fuzzy mind. She didn't know what happened to her or where she was. But she had this feeling that her feet weren't touching the ground. She fully opened her eyes and looking down she saw nothing but black and her feet dangeling. From her waist to her shoulders she was tightly bound to some sort of wall with a hard green substance.
She didn't want to look at the plumiting drop anymore so she turned to her right where she saw Rogue looking down, her scarf flying in the air.
"Rogue," Lyric whispered. Rogue was no more than two feet away.
"Yeah?"
"Where are we?"
"Ah don't know. Ah've only been awake for a few minutes,"
"Who's next to you?"
"Jubilee,"
"Is she awake?"
"Yeah, but she's covered with this stuff from her hands to her shoulders. She can't use her power,"
"What is this stuff?"
"Ah don't know,"
"Oawh," Lyric looked ot her left and saw Kurt almost completly covered in the green substance.
"Kurt, Kurt are you alright?"
"Yeah, I think so. Vhere are ve?"
"We don't know. Can you teleport?"
"I don't think so. I'm packed in too tightly," he turned to his left. "Kitty are you avake?"
"Yeah. But I can't move. I don't think I can phase threw this stuff,"
"Remy," Bobby said. he too like his other friends was bound to the stone wall. But Remy was a different story. His body was upside down. From his hands to his elbows he was bound and from his feet to his knees. "Remy are you okay?"
"Yeah. Terrific. All the blood is rushing to my head. I'm sure my kids won't notice until their about ten or twelve,"
"Morning children,"
All seven looked up at a metal plateform ten feet from them where Mystique, Toad and Pryo stood.
"Mystique?" Rogue questioned. She was the only one out of them who could reconize her.
"Correct. That means Toad didn't hit you too hard,"
"What do you want with us?" Lyric asked trying to break free.
"You'll see,"
***
(the school)
Scott sat on his bed looking out the window at the sun setting. Every few minutes tear drops would make their way past the red lenses and roll down his face.
KNOCK KNOCK
"Come in," his voice was quiet and he didn't even bother getting up.
"Scott," Ororo walked in. "can I sit down?"
"Sure," she sat at the edge of the bed "Jean told me about you and Lyric."
"I should've been watching them,"
"What?"
"In the danger room. I was talking to Jean and my ear phone was off," he finally looked at Ororo and she saw his tear stained face. "If I was doing my job, they'd still be here."
"That's not true. And Charles is doing his best,"
"I know but it doesn't excuse what I did,"
Ororo just weakly smiled placing her hand on his shoulder like any good friend would do. "I'll leave you alone."
"Let me know if he finds anything,"
"I will," she left closing the door and Scott looked out the window.
***
Pryo was told to watch the prisoners while Mystique and Toad set up.
"Why are you doing this John?" Bobby asked.
"John doesn't exsist anymore," he said. "And I'm doing this because I want to." his blue eyes scanned to the end where he saw Remy's upside down body struggling to get free. He walked over. "So Remy, I over heard you saying that you're gonna be a daddy. So out of these lovely ladies which one did you knock up?"
Remy could feel his blood boil. His eyes glowed as he tried to charge the restraints but his hands were in fists so his figers couldn't touch.
"Lets see last time I was at school you were dating the lovely Miss Lee," he walked to Jubilee. "So how many future LeBeau's are we expecting?"
"Leave her alone!" Remy yelled. Pryo smiled sitting down.
"Is Pryo keeping you company?" Mystique and Toad came out. "Toad, bring our guest inside." Mystique stood there as Toad approched Lyric. His long toung whiped out breaking the hard substance and then grabbed her ankel before she fell. THe toung then transfered from her ankel to her wrists binding them together. Him and Mystique roughly took her down the metal walk way into what looked like a cave and to a lab room. Lyric was put on a table and then Toad spit out a green gooey substance to her hands holding her in place. It soon hardened.
"What do you want with me?"
They didn't answer her but went to a tray next to her and placed a chip on her forehead.
"What is that?" Mystique secured Lyric's shoulders. Once again Toad spit at her on the chip. When he did the chip pinched her skin and she felt something. Something was taking over her mind. "Stop..." she couldn't fight it anymore. Images and thoughts filled her mind. She had a mission. She had to destroy the X-Men.
**Chapter Twenty-Six**
(School)
KNOCK KNOCK
"Come in," Scott said he was now standing.
Jean carefully made her way in. When she did she flet so many emotions hit her from the room. The first was saddness and pain. The second was love. Scott's love for Lyric. When she walked by the bed towards Scott a sheet touched her knee and a vison of Scott and Lyric making love a ppeared for an instand. Jean took a moment to put up her block. "Scott." she said gently. He turned to her. "I came to tell you I'm moving out."
"Of the school?"
"No, the room. I"ll be staying with Ororo for awhile. I'll get my things tomorrow,"
"Don't hate Lyric just because I fell in love with her,"
"I don't hate her,"
"Guys," Ororo brust threw the door. "Charles found them."
***
(outside the Cerebro)
Professor Charles Xaiver whelled himself out of the Cerebro. "I managed to get a hold of Bobby. He doesn't know it, but they're on an island about 40 miles east of Liberty Island. All seven of them are being held captive by Mystique and it seems Toad is alive. Also by John who goes by Pyro. Thats how they got threw security." he concluded. "Scott you Ororo, Jean and Logan can take the X-Jet." Scott and Ororo headed off to find Logan and get ready but the Professor stopped Jean.
"What is it Charles?"
"I didn't want to tell Scott this but they did something to Lyric,"
"How do you know?"
"I had a link on her but then it disappeared,"
"Do you want me to tell him?"
"No, that may distract him,"
"Okay," she headed off.
"Good luck,"
***
After the chip was planted itno Lyric, she passed out but now she was waking.
"How are you feeling?" Mystique asked.
"Different," Lyric replied. She tried to get up but her hands were still bound to the table. "I'm stuck."
"Toad will be back in a second,"
"No, I need to get out now," she felt pressure build up in her head and released it through her temples. A high pitched sound came out and broke the solid slime. She sat up. "I feel different. Powerful."
"You should, you have more power than you were using,"
"Like what?"
"We don't know the extent of you powers yet. What is it that you remeber and know?"
"I know one thing, I have to destroy the X-Men,"
"That's correct,"
Lyric stood up. "Some are here. The younger ones." her feet melted into water and she moved down the metal walk-way to the metal platform. Mystique followed.
"Lyric, are you alright?" Rogue asked.
"Perfect," she turned to Mystique. "When will the others get here?"
"Soon if the professor gets brain waves,"
"I want the one that goes by Cyclops,"
"What?" Why does she want Scott? What did they do to her?
"I'll tell you what they did to me,"
"You can read mah thoughts?"
"I guess I can. They gave me site, I now know I have to help destroy your friends and unless you can get out of that, there's nothing you can do about it," she went back to Mystique. "I need to get ready."
(five hours later)
Lyric woke up with a fuzzy mind. She didn't know what happened to her or where she was. But she had this feeling that her feet weren't touching the ground. She fully opened her eyes and looking down she saw nothing but black and her feet dangeling. From her waist to her shoulders she was tightly bound to some sort of wall with a hard green substance.
She didn't want to look at the plumiting drop anymore so she turned to her right where she saw Rogue looking down, her scarf flying in the air.
"Rogue," Lyric whispered. Rogue was no more than two feet away.
"Yeah?"
"Where are we?"
"Ah don't know. Ah've only been awake for a few minutes,"
"Who's next to you?"
"Jubilee,"
"Is she awake?"
"Yeah, but she's covered with this stuff from her hands to her shoulders. She can't use her power,"
"What is this stuff?"
"Ah don't know,"
"Oawh," Lyric looked ot her left and saw Kurt almost completly covered in the green substance.
"Kurt, Kurt are you alright?"
"Yeah, I think so. Vhere are ve?"
"We don't know. Can you teleport?"
"I don't think so. I'm packed in too tightly," he turned to his left. "Kitty are you avake?"
"Yeah. But I can't move. I don't think I can phase threw this stuff,"
"Remy," Bobby said. he too like his other friends was bound to the stone wall. But Remy was a different story. His body was upside down. From his hands to his elbows he was bound and from his feet to his knees. "Remy are you okay?"
"Yeah. Terrific. All the blood is rushing to my head. I'm sure my kids won't notice until their about ten or twelve,"
"Morning children,"
All seven looked up at a metal plateform ten feet from them where Mystique, Toad and Pryo stood.
"Mystique?" Rogue questioned. She was the only one out of them who could reconize her.
"Correct. That means Toad didn't hit you too hard,"
"What do you want with us?" Lyric asked trying to break free.
"You'll see,"
***
(the school)
Scott sat on his bed looking out the window at the sun setting. Every few minutes tear drops would make their way past the red lenses and roll down his face.
KNOCK KNOCK
"Come in," his voice was quiet and he didn't even bother getting up.
"Scott," Ororo walked in. "can I sit down?"
"Sure," she sat at the edge of the bed "Jean told me about you and Lyric."
"I should've been watching them,"
"What?"
"In the danger room. I was talking to Jean and my ear phone was off," he finally looked at Ororo and she saw his tear stained face. "If I was doing my job, they'd still be here."
"That's not true. And Charles is doing his best,"
"I know but it doesn't excuse what I did,"
Ororo just weakly smiled placing her hand on his shoulder like any good friend would do. "I'll leave you alone."
"Let me know if he finds anything,"
"I will," she left closing the door and Scott looked out the window.
***
Pryo was told to watch the prisoners while Mystique and Toad set up.
"Why are you doing this John?" Bobby asked.
"John doesn't exsist anymore," he said. "And I'm doing this because I want to." his blue eyes scanned to the end where he saw Remy's upside down body struggling to get free. He walked over. "So Remy, I over heard you saying that you're gonna be a daddy. So out of these lovely ladies which one did you knock up?"
Remy could feel his blood boil. His eyes glowed as he tried to charge the restraints but his hands were in fists so his figers couldn't touch.
"Lets see last time I was at school you were dating the lovely Miss Lee," he walked to Jubilee. "So how many future LeBeau's are we expecting?"
"Leave her alone!" Remy yelled. Pryo smiled sitting down.
"Is Pryo keeping you company?" Mystique and Toad came out. "Toad, bring our guest inside." Mystique stood there as Toad approched Lyric. His long toung whiped out breaking the hard substance and then grabbed her ankel before she fell. THe toung then transfered from her ankel to her wrists binding them together. Him and Mystique roughly took her down the metal walk way into what looked like a cave and to a lab room. Lyric was put on a table and then Toad spit out a green gooey substance to her hands holding her in place. It soon hardened.
"What do you want with me?"
They didn't answer her but went to a tray next to her and placed a chip on her forehead.
"What is that?" Mystique secured Lyric's shoulders. Once again Toad spit at her on the chip. When he did the chip pinched her skin and she felt something. Something was taking over her mind. "Stop..." she couldn't fight it anymore. Images and thoughts filled her mind. She had a mission. She had to destroy the X-Men.
**Chapter Twenty-Six**
(School)
KNOCK KNOCK
"Come in," Scott said he was now standing.
Jean carefully made her way in. When she did she flet so many emotions hit her from the room. The first was saddness and pain. The second was love. Scott's love for Lyric. When she walked by the bed towards Scott a sheet touched her knee and a vison of Scott and Lyric making love a ppeared for an instand. Jean took a moment to put up her block. "Scott." she said gently. He turned to her. "I came to tell you I'm moving out."
"Of the school?"
"No, the room. I"ll be staying with Ororo for awhile. I'll get my things tomorrow,"
"Don't hate Lyric just because I fell in love with her,"
"I don't hate her,"
"Guys," Ororo brust threw the door. "Charles found them."
***
(outside the Cerebro)
Professor Charles Xaiver whelled himself out of the Cerebro. "I managed to get a hold of Bobby. He doesn't know it, but they're on an island about 40 miles east of Liberty Island. All seven of them are being held captive by Mystique and it seems Toad is alive. Also by John who goes by Pyro. Thats how they got threw security." he concluded. "Scott you Ororo, Jean and Logan can take the X-Jet." Scott and Ororo headed off to find Logan and get ready but the Professor stopped Jean.
"What is it Charles?"
"I didn't want to tell Scott this but they did something to Lyric,"
"How do you know?"
"I had a link on her but then it disappeared,"
"Do you want me to tell him?"
"No, that may distract him,"
"Okay," she headed off.
"Good luck,"
***
After the chip was planted itno Lyric, she passed out but now she was waking.
"How are you feeling?" Mystique asked.
"Different," Lyric replied. She tried to get up but her hands were still bound to the table. "I'm stuck."
"Toad will be back in a second,"
"No, I need to get out now," she felt pressure build up in her head and released it through her temples. A high pitched sound came out and broke the solid slime. She sat up. "I feel different. Powerful."
"You should, you have more power than you were using,"
"Like what?"
"We don't know the extent of you powers yet. What is it that you remeber and know?"
"I know one thing, I have to destroy the X-Men,"
"That's correct,"
Lyric stood up. "Some are here. The younger ones." her feet melted into water and she moved down the metal walk-way to the metal platform. Mystique followed.
"Lyric, are you alright?" Rogue asked.
"Perfect," she turned to Mystique. "When will the others get here?"
"Soon if the professor gets brain waves,"
"I want the one that goes by Cyclops,"
"What?" Why does she want Scott? What did they do to her?
"I'll tell you what they did to me,"
"You can read mah thoughts?"
"I guess I can. They gave me site, I now know I have to help destroy your friends and unless you can get out of that, there's nothing you can do about it," she went back to Mystique. "I need to get ready."