Title: Project: Rapunzel
Chapter: 7
By: Web Spinner
Notes: Long time no see, huh? Don't worry I didn't forget, I've just been battling the flu and am quarantined in my dorm room lol.
~ Scott~
When you're waiting for something, time creeps by at a snail's pace. I consider myself to be very patient but this was Jean. Kitty and Tabby had arrived this morning and are waiting in my hotel room. Neither of them looked too happy to have gotten here at five A.M. I leaned over the railing and glanced at the tower. Jean was sitting by the window and staring at everyone working.
"You're in love with her, the mutant." I spun around to see Cal.
"You know how to sneak up on a person. You almost gave me a heart attack," I said clutching my chest dramatically. He gave me a half smile.
"Well?"
"Well what?" I asked innocently. He looked completely annoyed at me. It was almost amusing.
"Her name is Jean," I commented.
"The bulldog said her name was Rapunzel," Cal said. I stuck my hands in my pocket.
"Does this conversation have a point?" I asked.
"Do you love her?" he asked me again. I gritted my teeth.
"Yes," I finally answered.
"She's a mutant."
"And?"
"Joe, it's just not normal for you to fall in love with some one who's not human," Cal said with a frown. I stared at him. Was this conversation going somewhere?
"She can't help it that she was born with an extra gene like you didn't have any control over being born white or blonde," I said with a shrug. Cal said nothing but turned and left.
* 2:00 AM *
~Kitty~
"Do I get to blow something up?" Tabby asked for the millionth time. I swear if she asks it one more time I am going to strangle her with my bare hands. Scott looked ready to kill her to as he switched from his glasses to his visor, which completed his x-man uniform.
"You will. I'm going to get Jean who is in the tower. Tabby, I need you to distract the guards and Kitty you need to take out as many security cameras as possible. Once I have Jean, you two need to destroy the computers one way or the other. No firepower until then, understand Boom Boom? We don't need the fire alarms going off just yet," he instructed. Tabby nodded but looked disappointed. Why did such a pyromaniac have to get firepowers anyway?
"Ready Shadow Cat?" Scott asked. I nodded and the two took my hands and we faded through the chain link fence that surrounded the compound. I took mental note of the cameras around me and frowned. It amazed me that Scott was able to sneak in at all the previous nights. After running across the dark yard we faded into the compound. It reminded me of a hospital and my stomach immediately reacted.
"You ok?" Scott asked. I nodded and waited for my stomach to settle down. "Like, let's go," I said. Scott and Tabby nodded and went down opposite hallways. This really was romantic. Scott was going to rescue his princess that was locked away in a tower. `I bet he sweeps her off her feet too,' I mumbled and sighed dreamily. It sounded something straight out of a romance novel.
~Tabby~
Cyclops is just one big stick in the mud. He is always following the rules and doesn't have a life. In my opinion, he's just a big bore anyway. I rounded the corner to see two guards walking my way.
"Hey boys, can you tell me the way to the little girl's room?" I asked with sugary sweetness that even outdid Kitty.
"Hey how did you get in here, missy?" one asked. Neither of them looked very threatened by me. If I didn't know I could kick their butts I wouldn't be threatened by me either. My eyes started to water up.
"Well you see, my car broke down just outside. I don't suppose one of you big strong men could help fix it could you?" I asked. They looked at each other. They were actually considering it. How stupid are these guys? I should defiantly get an Oscar for this wonderful performance.
"My my, it's sure hot in this building," I said fanning myself dramatically and my hand moved to the zipper under my throat. I unzipped my uniform just enough so they could get the top edge of my lacy black bra.
"So will you help me?" I asked and started to walk away. They followed of course. I knew they would. Once we reached the outside of the building I knocked them unconscious with a hit on the back of the neck and Logan thinks I never pay attention in martial arts training.
~Scott~
She was waiting for me. Her rope of hair was already down waiting for me to climb up. In my pocket I had a pair of scissors to cut her hair and use it as a rope to climb down together. Soon we'll be together and soon you'll be free, I told Jean mentally.
~ Jean~
`Soon we'll be together and soon you'll be free,' Tears streamed down my face soaking the duct tape that covered my mouth. I wanted to scream at him telling him to leave. It was a trap and he was walking right into it. I was tied to a chair preventing me from moving. At my side were to armed guards. Ida was in a corner waiting with a small silver gun that looked like something out of a science fiction movie. Ida had cut my long braid and tied it to the hook. Somebody must have seen one of Scott's nightly visits and told. I moaned as I saw one hand grip the window ledge. One of the guards lifted a hand to hit me making me cringe. He grinned and lowered it. Sadist. Scott lifted himself to the window ledge.
"Jean!" he said in shock and raised his hand to the corner of a visor that had replaced his usual glasses. A blast of red light from his eyes hit one guard who flew back and hit the wall with a thud. With a second beam the second guard joined his unconscious buddy. A blast of blue light hit Scott squarely in the chest. It was as I had feared; he hadn't seen Ida and she had hit him. She walked coyly up to him. Scott appeared dazed and his face was distorted with pain.
"While the cat's away the mice will play. To imagine we had another mutant here and didn't even know it. I am sure you'd have made a lovely test subject but I guess we'll never know will we?" she asked and pushed Scott out the window. I moaned for the duct tape prevented me from screaming.
~Kitty~
I had just finished with the last camera when Tabby appeared.
"You get the guards?" I asked.
"Yup, all twenty of them are unconscious and tied up in a couple of different storage closets," she said smugly. I noticed her uniform; she quickly zipped it back up again.
"You can't believe what perverts guys are," Tabby said with an innocent expression. I laughed out loud.
"Whatever works for you, Tab. Now to the fun part, I'll go see if Scott's got his damsel in distress and you can start with the fire works," I said and phased through the wall but not before I heard Tabby's squeal of delight. I came to the foot of the tower just to see Cyclops plummeting rapidly to the ground. Something had gone very wrong. I screamed as I felt one of the bones in my arm break as I caught him and phased through the floor. I stuck my head through the floor to see a bridge activated to the tower and two females run across it. The red head being dragged was probably Jean. The fire alarms started to sound. I quickly checked Scott's heartbeat, it was weak but he was still alive. He was unconscious and looked to be in pain as well. We needed to get out of here. We had failed our mission.
Chapter: 7
By: Web Spinner
Notes: Long time no see, huh? Don't worry I didn't forget, I've just been battling the flu and am quarantined in my dorm room lol.
~ Scott~
When you're waiting for something, time creeps by at a snail's pace. I consider myself to be very patient but this was Jean. Kitty and Tabby had arrived this morning and are waiting in my hotel room. Neither of them looked too happy to have gotten here at five A.M. I leaned over the railing and glanced at the tower. Jean was sitting by the window and staring at everyone working.
"You're in love with her, the mutant." I spun around to see Cal.
"You know how to sneak up on a person. You almost gave me a heart attack," I said clutching my chest dramatically. He gave me a half smile.
"Well?"
"Well what?" I asked innocently. He looked completely annoyed at me. It was almost amusing.
"Her name is Jean," I commented.
"The bulldog said her name was Rapunzel," Cal said. I stuck my hands in my pocket.
"Does this conversation have a point?" I asked.
"Do you love her?" he asked me again. I gritted my teeth.
"Yes," I finally answered.
"She's a mutant."
"And?"
"Joe, it's just not normal for you to fall in love with some one who's not human," Cal said with a frown. I stared at him. Was this conversation going somewhere?
"She can't help it that she was born with an extra gene like you didn't have any control over being born white or blonde," I said with a shrug. Cal said nothing but turned and left.
* 2:00 AM *
~Kitty~
"Do I get to blow something up?" Tabby asked for the millionth time. I swear if she asks it one more time I am going to strangle her with my bare hands. Scott looked ready to kill her to as he switched from his glasses to his visor, which completed his x-man uniform.
"You will. I'm going to get Jean who is in the tower. Tabby, I need you to distract the guards and Kitty you need to take out as many security cameras as possible. Once I have Jean, you two need to destroy the computers one way or the other. No firepower until then, understand Boom Boom? We don't need the fire alarms going off just yet," he instructed. Tabby nodded but looked disappointed. Why did such a pyromaniac have to get firepowers anyway?
"Ready Shadow Cat?" Scott asked. I nodded and the two took my hands and we faded through the chain link fence that surrounded the compound. I took mental note of the cameras around me and frowned. It amazed me that Scott was able to sneak in at all the previous nights. After running across the dark yard we faded into the compound. It reminded me of a hospital and my stomach immediately reacted.
"You ok?" Scott asked. I nodded and waited for my stomach to settle down. "Like, let's go," I said. Scott and Tabby nodded and went down opposite hallways. This really was romantic. Scott was going to rescue his princess that was locked away in a tower. `I bet he sweeps her off her feet too,' I mumbled and sighed dreamily. It sounded something straight out of a romance novel.
~Tabby~
Cyclops is just one big stick in the mud. He is always following the rules and doesn't have a life. In my opinion, he's just a big bore anyway. I rounded the corner to see two guards walking my way.
"Hey boys, can you tell me the way to the little girl's room?" I asked with sugary sweetness that even outdid Kitty.
"Hey how did you get in here, missy?" one asked. Neither of them looked very threatened by me. If I didn't know I could kick their butts I wouldn't be threatened by me either. My eyes started to water up.
"Well you see, my car broke down just outside. I don't suppose one of you big strong men could help fix it could you?" I asked. They looked at each other. They were actually considering it. How stupid are these guys? I should defiantly get an Oscar for this wonderful performance.
"My my, it's sure hot in this building," I said fanning myself dramatically and my hand moved to the zipper under my throat. I unzipped my uniform just enough so they could get the top edge of my lacy black bra.
"So will you help me?" I asked and started to walk away. They followed of course. I knew they would. Once we reached the outside of the building I knocked them unconscious with a hit on the back of the neck and Logan thinks I never pay attention in martial arts training.
~Scott~
She was waiting for me. Her rope of hair was already down waiting for me to climb up. In my pocket I had a pair of scissors to cut her hair and use it as a rope to climb down together. Soon we'll be together and soon you'll be free, I told Jean mentally.
~ Jean~
`Soon we'll be together and soon you'll be free,' Tears streamed down my face soaking the duct tape that covered my mouth. I wanted to scream at him telling him to leave. It was a trap and he was walking right into it. I was tied to a chair preventing me from moving. At my side were to armed guards. Ida was in a corner waiting with a small silver gun that looked like something out of a science fiction movie. Ida had cut my long braid and tied it to the hook. Somebody must have seen one of Scott's nightly visits and told. I moaned as I saw one hand grip the window ledge. One of the guards lifted a hand to hit me making me cringe. He grinned and lowered it. Sadist. Scott lifted himself to the window ledge.
"Jean!" he said in shock and raised his hand to the corner of a visor that had replaced his usual glasses. A blast of red light from his eyes hit one guard who flew back and hit the wall with a thud. With a second beam the second guard joined his unconscious buddy. A blast of blue light hit Scott squarely in the chest. It was as I had feared; he hadn't seen Ida and she had hit him. She walked coyly up to him. Scott appeared dazed and his face was distorted with pain.
"While the cat's away the mice will play. To imagine we had another mutant here and didn't even know it. I am sure you'd have made a lovely test subject but I guess we'll never know will we?" she asked and pushed Scott out the window. I moaned for the duct tape prevented me from screaming.
~Kitty~
I had just finished with the last camera when Tabby appeared.
"You get the guards?" I asked.
"Yup, all twenty of them are unconscious and tied up in a couple of different storage closets," she said smugly. I noticed her uniform; she quickly zipped it back up again.
"You can't believe what perverts guys are," Tabby said with an innocent expression. I laughed out loud.
"Whatever works for you, Tab. Now to the fun part, I'll go see if Scott's got his damsel in distress and you can start with the fire works," I said and phased through the wall but not before I heard Tabby's squeal of delight. I came to the foot of the tower just to see Cyclops plummeting rapidly to the ground. Something had gone very wrong. I screamed as I felt one of the bones in my arm break as I caught him and phased through the floor. I stuck my head through the floor to see a bridge activated to the tower and two females run across it. The red head being dragged was probably Jean. The fire alarms started to sound. I quickly checked Scott's heartbeat, it was weak but he was still alive. He was unconscious and looked to be in pain as well. We needed to get out of here. We had failed our mission.