First I wanna give some much do credit, (though it was unbeknownst to me until it was brought to my attention (thanx) =) ) I wanna thank Kelly because she gave me the idea for Kurt being sick(I thought it was original…my bad (sorry =) ) It was in her AMAZING story "Tea with Honey, Flat Ginger Ale…" (read it if you haven't) It was one of the first fics from this category I read and uh, I dunno what happened in my brain, but I thought that what I was thinking was my thought (lol) but I guess not (damn…can't I EVER have an original thought? lol) Kelly~ Feel free to unknowingly be inspired by part of my story (although you'd just be unknowingly inspired by your own story, so it'd be kinda pointless lol) So anyway, thanks for the wonderful inspiration…even though I didn't know you were the one who inspired me =) hope you don't mind =).
Storm, Shadowcat, Spike, Rogue, Cyclops and Jean raced through the forest towards the sound of the scream. The only problem was, there was only the one scream. It was too far off to be pinpointed and to full of shear terror to be gender identified. After a good half an hour search, the team decided there was nothing more they could do. They were without a any real lead to run towards, plus they had no light with which to guide themselves.
"Oww!" Kitty tripped over something.
"Shadowcat? Are you alright?" Ororo heard Kitty's exclamation and questioned her condition.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I tripped over a root, stupid tree." She grumbled as she used the tree with the offending root to support herself as she got up.
"Oh my God!" Kitty cried out, yet again.
"What? Is the possessed ivy trying to drag you down into a muddy grave?" Evan snickered.
"No, seriously, guys come here." She was trying to see something on the tree trunk that she had used for support. "What is that?"
The others came and squinted at the tree. It was badly mauled and chunks of it were missing. Quite recently too, for the sap from the tree was still sticky.
"Could a bear have done it?" Rogue tried to find a logical, less psychopathic mutant theory.
"No, I don't think Wolverine could have made this deep and abrasion on a tree this size." Ororo shot down her less terrifying theory.
"Well, whatever it is who did this, they can't be too far off. The saps still sticky." Evan stated, as he touched the sap.
"Uhh guys…" Jean's voice shaking, "This, like, isn't sap, its blood!"
Storm lit up the sky with a lightning bolt, hoping to discard Jean's statement. Unfortunately, she only confirmed it.
"Oh my God, Oh my God!" Rogue screamed.
Kitty was retching, Evan was frantically trying to wipe the hand with which he had touched what he believed to be sap on the ground. Scott was trying to comfort Jean, who was staring in disbelief at the shadowed tree.
Ororo was the only one to fully keep her wits about her. "Quickly! Back to the jet!" She whispered these instructions, but her tone was urgent.
They turned to run, but were checked by a low growl. All froze, paralyzed with fear, not able to see their opponent.
"Nice puppy." Evan whimpered, in an attempt to calm himself as well as the others. No such luck, for when he said that, an enormous animal jumped out of the brush. It struck Shadowcat down cold and injured Cyclops' arm.
"AHHHH!!" Scott screamed.
"Cyclops!" Jean ran towards the sound of the scream, only to be knocked unconscious from a blow to the back of her neck by the unseen beast.
Storm was calling forth a great gust of wind when the animal charged her and knocked her into a tree that was some 30 feet behind her. She slumped to the ground, unconscious.
Rogue ran in the direction of the battle noises with the intention of draining the mutant, if it was a mutant, of its powers. The animal grabbed Evan who was trying to figure out a way to shoot his Spikes without hitting one of his teammates. He threw him at Rogue and he landed on top of her, knocking them both to the ground. Rogue's hands were bare and came into contact with Spike's arm. She screamed as she realized that it was her own teammate's powers she had just absorbed. While she sat in disbelief, the animal crept up behind her and knocked her out with a hit to the head.
Footsteps could be heard approaching the now ended battle.
"Are they alive?" the voice, a woman's, asked impatiently.
"Yes, they are," the animal replied.
"Good, bring them to the warehouse…still alive." She then left.
Cyclops knew that voice. He was lying on the ground, barely conscious from blood loss, but he knew that voice. The woman's. It was so cold, so cruel, uncaring. Mystique. Scott then joined the others in the painless world of the unconscious.
The next morning, Logan suffered a very agonizing task. Getting up. He found himself lying in a patch of bushes, not remembering exactly how he got there. He remembered picking up the scent of a new mutant, following it into the forest…He had found the creature, enormous, bear-like thing. They had fought and Logan had…lost. He had to tell Charles, warn the X-Men. Despite every muscle in his body fighting him, Logan got up and ran towards the mansion. He did not see the silver identification bracelet lying one the ground, bearing the name "Kitty."
What'd ya guys think? I thought it was pretty good, but my opinion doesn't count, yours does! So please R/R. Make me happy =) Its what I live for. That and chocolate (yum)
Hope you enjoyed more real soon ( I know how much I hate to wait for chapters =) )
