Disclaimer: If you have gotten this far I am sure you know I don't have
any affiliation with Marvel or the movie people. Maybe one day, but not
now
Oh and sorry for the short chapter, it kind of got cut off!
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Logan walked through the south part of the warehouse. Though he had checked this section when the group had first came to this place, he felt something wasn't right. As soon as he finished the section he had gone through before, he headed towards the section that Jean had gone over. As he walked strange smell drifted to him. Just to be sure, Logan released his claws, taking a few more steps into what seemed to be the loading deck, he recognized the smell, "Ororo." He whispered.
**
Ororo ran down the stairs that led to her and Victor's apartment, smacking right into her father.
"Oh, watch it there, Ororo,"
"Oh, I'm sorry Papa," Ororo smiled at the older man she had come to love and trust, "Have you seen Earthling?"
"Yes, she just arrived a little bit ago, Might I ask, how are those earrings working out for you?" Magneto asked, gesturing to the pieces in question.
"Well, I haven't been found by Xavier yet. So apparently they are working just fine.", Earthling, A.K.A. Lici. Had designed a pair of earrings that worked just like Magneto's helmet, blocking out any chances of Xavier finding her.
Suddenly Lici came around the corner, "Ororo! There you are, I have been here for the past hour, while you sit up there doing who knows what with Victor up there….(sigh) what am I going to do with you?"
"Like you promised, take me shopping",
"Whatever, come on, we gotta go Express isn't open all-", A loud buzzer went off, interrupting Earthling., "What the hell is going on?"
Speaking into a transmitter Magneto yelled, "What is going on?"
A muffled voice came over the transmitter, "It's Wolverine. He's in the the old Tin Can warehouse. And he's headed through the secret entrance."
"Damn!……Well I'll send Sabretooth and Earthling down there to handle him. Where exactly is he at?"
"Well he just triggered the alarm, and he seems to be staying at the entrance."
"Papa? Who is Wolverine?"
"He's one of the X-men…Earthling, get Ororo upstairs and keep her hidden. Send Victor-"
"No," Ororo said.
Surprised, Magneto and Earthling turned to Ororo, "What?" Earthling asked.
"I'm not going to let them hurt us again. I'm going to go and help you and Victor"
"But, Ororo, you haven't had any training since The Accident-"
"Some things you can't forget, I still know how to drive and I know what certain things are."
Magneto nodded," She's right, Let her go".
Earthling shook her head and watched as her new friend went to get her husband.
**
"It's a small world after all, It's all small wor-"
"NO!", Hank yelled, "I handled "Nobody knows". I bit my lip when you began to sing about things around the room. But I will not listen to that song…it's-its'-"
"Evil?" supplied a smiling Mystique.
"yes!" hank pointed at her, "Exactly."
All of a sudden Jean's voice crackled over the transmitter. "Hank?" .
Grabbing the transmitter, "Yes Jean?"
"Logan seems to have found something at that old warehouse we had checked out. We need you to come upstairs and keep an eye out here. Alright?"
"Yes Jean, I'm on my way.", as soon as the word "way" was spoken, hank was out of the room.
"Mystique?"
"Yeah Toad?"
"Anything within reach? A scalpel? Or a pen? Or even a paper clip?"
"Yeah, but I can't reach it."
"What if you make your hair really long, and use it as a lasso?"
"No that wouldn't……HEY!!"
"What?"
"You actually thought of something, Toad!"
"um…Thank you."
**
Logan finished telling Scott of the location he had found.
"Anything else you see? Me, Jean and The Professor are on our way."
"Alright, but hurry your asses up" with that, Logan clicked off the receiver.
He had been pacing for about 15 minutes in darkness, waiting for the others to arrive Suddenly the smell of flowers filled his nostrils. A metal picture of the plant girl at the apartment building, flickered in his head. With out warning, a rope like material wrapped around his neck choking him. Hurriedly he slashed at the vines but he was soon failing in hitting all of the vines that were headed at him. With one last surge of energy he leaped swiping with his claws, every which way. A scream pierced the air as he contacted with something. Cutting and pulling the vines off of his throat. He grabbed the now still body and pulled it close to get a better look. It was the woman who had attacked him and the others at the other building. Pulling his claws from her abdomen, he pushed the body off of him.
**
Victor marched toward the side entrance, "Are you sure she went ahead?" Ororo asked from behind him.
"I smell her scent in this direction she had to of."
"I thought she was going to wait for me to get back but as I came back she was gone."
"Shh. Wait here." Victor headed into the dark underground tunnel.
Ororo paced the room nervously waiting for Sabretooth to return.
**
"Scott? What else did he say?"
"to hurry our asses up."
With a weak smile Jean shook her head. "Do you think she's still okay?"
Scott shrugged, "I want to believe she's okay Jean. I really do, but she's been in custody of Magneto and…" he stopped noticing the fresh tears covering Jean's cheeks. Reaching a hand over he grabbed Jean's hand and squeezed. "We'll have her back, I promise."
#Don't make promises you can't keep Scott#, Jean thought to herself.
As if he had read her thoughts, Still facing the windshield, Scott whispered, "I don't Jean."
**
Ororo was worried. She hadn't heard any noises from the tunnel in about ten minutes. Looking away from the tunnel she tried to busy herself with a small picture. Suddenly, Ororo saw something out of the corner of her eye, she saw Victor emerge from the tunnel, "Did you find….", Ororo's words were lost as Victor carried in an almost dead body, "NO!" Ororo ran over to Victor, who somberly lowered Earthling to the floor. He ran off to get some help. Ororo began to try and wake up her friend, while at the same time, trying to cover the bloody wound. "Lici? Wake up Come on Please? We gotta go shopping, who's gonna take me?" You promised me we were going to go see David Bowie in concert….that new movie! You said we were gonna go see another movie….and "
Suddenly a soft whisper came from Earthling's mouth. "Ororo?" struggling to open her eyes, "It hurts…really bad..I don't know"
Now openly crying, Ororo asked, "Shut up, Okay? You are fine, Victor went to get someone to help.-"
"Why?…..every…one knows…I'm the….only doctor…"
"Lici, Come on, WILL SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME?", Ororo turned away from her friend. Victor entered the room with Magneto, Victor went to help Ororo but Magneto held him, knowing that the amount of blood Earthling had sustained was massive and that there was no hope.. the two men stayed to the outer part of the room, watching the two
Struggling to breathe, Earthling muttered, "Ororo?….Don't… hate me…Okay?"
"Why? I don't understand."
"You…..will…someday…" Lici choked in one last breath, her eyes opening wide. Her body now completely still.
"Lici?", Ororo reached over and began to shake her friend. When there was no response, Ororo ignored the large puddle of blood around Earthling, and wrapped her arms around her friend. Magneto grabbed one of the towels and went to help Ororo. Pulling her from Lici, he helped her to her feet. As soon as she was standing, she pushed him away. She turned her face up to the skylight., her eyes now flashing white. A bright light filled the room, followed by a deafening roar of thunder.
Oh and sorry for the short chapter, it kind of got cut off!
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Logan walked through the south part of the warehouse. Though he had checked this section when the group had first came to this place, he felt something wasn't right. As soon as he finished the section he had gone through before, he headed towards the section that Jean had gone over. As he walked strange smell drifted to him. Just to be sure, Logan released his claws, taking a few more steps into what seemed to be the loading deck, he recognized the smell, "Ororo." He whispered.
**
Ororo ran down the stairs that led to her and Victor's apartment, smacking right into her father.
"Oh, watch it there, Ororo,"
"Oh, I'm sorry Papa," Ororo smiled at the older man she had come to love and trust, "Have you seen Earthling?"
"Yes, she just arrived a little bit ago, Might I ask, how are those earrings working out for you?" Magneto asked, gesturing to the pieces in question.
"Well, I haven't been found by Xavier yet. So apparently they are working just fine.", Earthling, A.K.A. Lici. Had designed a pair of earrings that worked just like Magneto's helmet, blocking out any chances of Xavier finding her.
Suddenly Lici came around the corner, "Ororo! There you are, I have been here for the past hour, while you sit up there doing who knows what with Victor up there….(sigh) what am I going to do with you?"
"Like you promised, take me shopping",
"Whatever, come on, we gotta go Express isn't open all-", A loud buzzer went off, interrupting Earthling., "What the hell is going on?"
Speaking into a transmitter Magneto yelled, "What is going on?"
A muffled voice came over the transmitter, "It's Wolverine. He's in the the old Tin Can warehouse. And he's headed through the secret entrance."
"Damn!……Well I'll send Sabretooth and Earthling down there to handle him. Where exactly is he at?"
"Well he just triggered the alarm, and he seems to be staying at the entrance."
"Papa? Who is Wolverine?"
"He's one of the X-men…Earthling, get Ororo upstairs and keep her hidden. Send Victor-"
"No," Ororo said.
Surprised, Magneto and Earthling turned to Ororo, "What?" Earthling asked.
"I'm not going to let them hurt us again. I'm going to go and help you and Victor"
"But, Ororo, you haven't had any training since The Accident-"
"Some things you can't forget, I still know how to drive and I know what certain things are."
Magneto nodded," She's right, Let her go".
Earthling shook her head and watched as her new friend went to get her husband.
**
"It's a small world after all, It's all small wor-"
"NO!", Hank yelled, "I handled "Nobody knows". I bit my lip when you began to sing about things around the room. But I will not listen to that song…it's-its'-"
"Evil?" supplied a smiling Mystique.
"yes!" hank pointed at her, "Exactly."
All of a sudden Jean's voice crackled over the transmitter. "Hank?" .
Grabbing the transmitter, "Yes Jean?"
"Logan seems to have found something at that old warehouse we had checked out. We need you to come upstairs and keep an eye out here. Alright?"
"Yes Jean, I'm on my way.", as soon as the word "way" was spoken, hank was out of the room.
"Mystique?"
"Yeah Toad?"
"Anything within reach? A scalpel? Or a pen? Or even a paper clip?"
"Yeah, but I can't reach it."
"What if you make your hair really long, and use it as a lasso?"
"No that wouldn't……HEY!!"
"What?"
"You actually thought of something, Toad!"
"um…Thank you."
**
Logan finished telling Scott of the location he had found.
"Anything else you see? Me, Jean and The Professor are on our way."
"Alright, but hurry your asses up" with that, Logan clicked off the receiver.
He had been pacing for about 15 minutes in darkness, waiting for the others to arrive Suddenly the smell of flowers filled his nostrils. A metal picture of the plant girl at the apartment building, flickered in his head. With out warning, a rope like material wrapped around his neck choking him. Hurriedly he slashed at the vines but he was soon failing in hitting all of the vines that were headed at him. With one last surge of energy he leaped swiping with his claws, every which way. A scream pierced the air as he contacted with something. Cutting and pulling the vines off of his throat. He grabbed the now still body and pulled it close to get a better look. It was the woman who had attacked him and the others at the other building. Pulling his claws from her abdomen, he pushed the body off of him.
**
Victor marched toward the side entrance, "Are you sure she went ahead?" Ororo asked from behind him.
"I smell her scent in this direction she had to of."
"I thought she was going to wait for me to get back but as I came back she was gone."
"Shh. Wait here." Victor headed into the dark underground tunnel.
Ororo paced the room nervously waiting for Sabretooth to return.
**
"Scott? What else did he say?"
"to hurry our asses up."
With a weak smile Jean shook her head. "Do you think she's still okay?"
Scott shrugged, "I want to believe she's okay Jean. I really do, but she's been in custody of Magneto and…" he stopped noticing the fresh tears covering Jean's cheeks. Reaching a hand over he grabbed Jean's hand and squeezed. "We'll have her back, I promise."
#Don't make promises you can't keep Scott#, Jean thought to herself.
As if he had read her thoughts, Still facing the windshield, Scott whispered, "I don't Jean."
**
Ororo was worried. She hadn't heard any noises from the tunnel in about ten minutes. Looking away from the tunnel she tried to busy herself with a small picture. Suddenly, Ororo saw something out of the corner of her eye, she saw Victor emerge from the tunnel, "Did you find….", Ororo's words were lost as Victor carried in an almost dead body, "NO!" Ororo ran over to Victor, who somberly lowered Earthling to the floor. He ran off to get some help. Ororo began to try and wake up her friend, while at the same time, trying to cover the bloody wound. "Lici? Wake up Come on Please? We gotta go shopping, who's gonna take me?" You promised me we were going to go see David Bowie in concert….that new movie! You said we were gonna go see another movie….and "
Suddenly a soft whisper came from Earthling's mouth. "Ororo?" struggling to open her eyes, "It hurts…really bad..I don't know"
Now openly crying, Ororo asked, "Shut up, Okay? You are fine, Victor went to get someone to help.-"
"Why?…..every…one knows…I'm the….only doctor…"
"Lici, Come on, WILL SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME?", Ororo turned away from her friend. Victor entered the room with Magneto, Victor went to help Ororo but Magneto held him, knowing that the amount of blood Earthling had sustained was massive and that there was no hope.. the two men stayed to the outer part of the room, watching the two
Struggling to breathe, Earthling muttered, "Ororo?….Don't… hate me…Okay?"
"Why? I don't understand."
"You…..will…someday…" Lici choked in one last breath, her eyes opening wide. Her body now completely still.
"Lici?", Ororo reached over and began to shake her friend. When there was no response, Ororo ignored the large puddle of blood around Earthling, and wrapped her arms around her friend. Magneto grabbed one of the towels and went to help Ororo. Pulling her from Lici, he helped her to her feet. As soon as she was standing, she pushed him away. She turned her face up to the skylight., her eyes now flashing white. A bright light filled the room, followed by a deafening roar of thunder.