She was roughly awaken by a startling slap on her consciousness. ~~ DIANE!
~~ She jerked awake, but, almost luckily, the still heavy pressure from
the telepath kept her from moving. She could feel Aubrey shielding her
from the purple eyed telepath. Aubrey was awake, though he couldn't move,
he was making sure the other mutant couldn't detect her talking to Alex.
~~ What happened? ~~ His voice was faintly panicky.
~* There's a telepath, put us all to sleep. Aubrey's protecting me, so she can't pick up me talking to you. I can't move or she'll know that I'm awake. *~
~~ Damn. ~~
:: Diane? ::
~* Jas, Alex, you can commence cussing this guy out, I need to talk to Aubrey. *~
~~ Wait a second, I resent that- ~~
~* Shut up, I'm trying to concentrate. *~
:: I can wake them, up, but we can't move. ::
((((( I believe I can take care of that problem for you. ))))) Said a strange voice, strong, more powerful than any Diane had ever heard in her life.except for once.the voice was hauntingly familiar. The rest of the team were freed, though not completely, they still couldn't move. The door that purple-eyed girl had been guarding swished open, and two men and a tall woman with blond hair walked into the hallway. One of the men was tall, had a lined face with great wisdom and sorrow behind it. He wore all black armor, with a helmet to match. The other was a short man, black in every way, eyes, hair.his skin was deathly pale, but there was something about him, a blackness, darkness, an evil aura that hung about him like a cloak.
"YOU?!?" Diane shrieked, her eyes wide. Everyone looked at her sharply. Even the man in the helmet, who she assumed was Magneto looked surprised.
((((( If it isn't the little blond brat. I thought I killed you. )))))
"That was my SISTER!" Diane snarled, forgetting that she was tiny, short and not all that strong. She forgot her power, forgot his, she wanted to throw herself at him, wanted to -kill- him, wanted to tear him limb.from.limb.with.her.bare.hands.
((((( I don't think you'll be doing that any time soon, little blond brat. )))))
"Yeah, I'll do something EVEN WORSE!"
He ignored her, his eyes sweeping over the assorted frozen mutants. ((((( I'd like to thank you all for joining us.))))) His eyes stopped on Cyrene, who's green eyes were glaring fierce defiance, then on Bruce, who's mouth was slightly open, staring at first Enigma, then at Diane, who was standing in front of the team, trembling slightly, glowing though she couldn't move. He could practically see the glaring red of her anger, hatred.
Finally the telepath's eyes rested on Johnny, the last in the line. ((((( Where are Kitty and Alexander? ))))) He asked suddenly sharp. ((((( The ditzy phaser I can do without, but WHERE IS HAVOK? Tell me you.))))) Diane felt an instant of the great mind on hers, and then he snorted faintly with amusement. ((((( How touching. Really. I'm sobbing. Little blond brat and Alex. ))))) He jerked his hand at her, she felt a fist close over her mind. ((((( I think this link will come in more useful than you ever will to your friends. Call Alexander. NOW. )))))
She wanted to do it. She wanted to reach out and tell him to come.why hadn't she thought of it before? He could help them.
But.no he couldn't, he was hurt, couldn't fight, the telepath wanted him here, so Alex couldn't.anything that Enigma wanted couldn't happen.
But.she needed Alex's help, couldn't do this by herself.
"NO! I. WILL. NOT!"
((((( You won't? )))))
The pain hit her, like every muscle, every nerve, every inch of her skin was on fire. She almost screamed, but she wouldn't, no, she wouldn't give him the pleasure of hearing her in agony. Everything intensified, something clamped over her lungs, like ice, like fire, she couldn't breathe. And it sopped just as suddenly.
((((( I can do that to you for as long as it takes. Tell Alex to come or it'll never stop. ))))) She shook her head, gasping for air. It took her again, the pain that was so intense that it blotted out thought, feeling of any kind, even her surroundings. She fell to her knees, still keeping herself from screaming somehow. Now it felt as though, moving from her legs up, he was making her bones come apart into splinters of white hot metal. Her nose exploded red, now it felt as though she'd just been dumped into a pot full of boiling lead, then thrown into ice water. Finally the pressure of the mind on hers, the pain, everything made her scream with her mind, so loud she felt Enigma flinch and Aubrey and the purple-eyed telepath scream.
~*~*~*~*~* ALEX! HELP ME! HE'S KILLING ME! ~*~*~*~*~*
The pain stopped, Diane toppled over, as the red in front of her eyes fought for dominance with the gray dots, she felt a flash of blind panic from Alex, then the gray won, and she blacked out.
~~ What happened? ~~ His voice was faintly panicky.
~* There's a telepath, put us all to sleep. Aubrey's protecting me, so she can't pick up me talking to you. I can't move or she'll know that I'm awake. *~
~~ Damn. ~~
:: Diane? ::
~* Jas, Alex, you can commence cussing this guy out, I need to talk to Aubrey. *~
~~ Wait a second, I resent that- ~~
~* Shut up, I'm trying to concentrate. *~
:: I can wake them, up, but we can't move. ::
((((( I believe I can take care of that problem for you. ))))) Said a strange voice, strong, more powerful than any Diane had ever heard in her life.except for once.the voice was hauntingly familiar. The rest of the team were freed, though not completely, they still couldn't move. The door that purple-eyed girl had been guarding swished open, and two men and a tall woman with blond hair walked into the hallway. One of the men was tall, had a lined face with great wisdom and sorrow behind it. He wore all black armor, with a helmet to match. The other was a short man, black in every way, eyes, hair.his skin was deathly pale, but there was something about him, a blackness, darkness, an evil aura that hung about him like a cloak.
"YOU?!?" Diane shrieked, her eyes wide. Everyone looked at her sharply. Even the man in the helmet, who she assumed was Magneto looked surprised.
((((( If it isn't the little blond brat. I thought I killed you. )))))
"That was my SISTER!" Diane snarled, forgetting that she was tiny, short and not all that strong. She forgot her power, forgot his, she wanted to throw herself at him, wanted to -kill- him, wanted to tear him limb.from.limb.with.her.bare.hands.
((((( I don't think you'll be doing that any time soon, little blond brat. )))))
"Yeah, I'll do something EVEN WORSE!"
He ignored her, his eyes sweeping over the assorted frozen mutants. ((((( I'd like to thank you all for joining us.))))) His eyes stopped on Cyrene, who's green eyes were glaring fierce defiance, then on Bruce, who's mouth was slightly open, staring at first Enigma, then at Diane, who was standing in front of the team, trembling slightly, glowing though she couldn't move. He could practically see the glaring red of her anger, hatred.
Finally the telepath's eyes rested on Johnny, the last in the line. ((((( Where are Kitty and Alexander? ))))) He asked suddenly sharp. ((((( The ditzy phaser I can do without, but WHERE IS HAVOK? Tell me you.))))) Diane felt an instant of the great mind on hers, and then he snorted faintly with amusement. ((((( How touching. Really. I'm sobbing. Little blond brat and Alex. ))))) He jerked his hand at her, she felt a fist close over her mind. ((((( I think this link will come in more useful than you ever will to your friends. Call Alexander. NOW. )))))
She wanted to do it. She wanted to reach out and tell him to come.why hadn't she thought of it before? He could help them.
But.no he couldn't, he was hurt, couldn't fight, the telepath wanted him here, so Alex couldn't.anything that Enigma wanted couldn't happen.
But.she needed Alex's help, couldn't do this by herself.
"NO! I. WILL. NOT!"
((((( You won't? )))))
The pain hit her, like every muscle, every nerve, every inch of her skin was on fire. She almost screamed, but she wouldn't, no, she wouldn't give him the pleasure of hearing her in agony. Everything intensified, something clamped over her lungs, like ice, like fire, she couldn't breathe. And it sopped just as suddenly.
((((( I can do that to you for as long as it takes. Tell Alex to come or it'll never stop. ))))) She shook her head, gasping for air. It took her again, the pain that was so intense that it blotted out thought, feeling of any kind, even her surroundings. She fell to her knees, still keeping herself from screaming somehow. Now it felt as though, moving from her legs up, he was making her bones come apart into splinters of white hot metal. Her nose exploded red, now it felt as though she'd just been dumped into a pot full of boiling lead, then thrown into ice water. Finally the pressure of the mind on hers, the pain, everything made her scream with her mind, so loud she felt Enigma flinch and Aubrey and the purple-eyed telepath scream.
~*~*~*~*~* ALEX! HELP ME! HE'S KILLING ME! ~*~*~*~*~*
The pain stopped, Diane toppled over, as the red in front of her eyes fought for dominance with the gray dots, she felt a flash of blind panic from Alex, then the gray won, and she blacked out.
