"What's goin' on, Chuck?" asked Logan, as they once more entered Xavier's private study.
"Sit down, I'll explain everything in the best way possible," said Xavier, looking at Logan. "I don't understand it much myself, but there is a different presence inside her. It's part of her and it's part of Daniel, but it's different from them both."
"What?"
"Well, here's what I understand of it. Daniel's consciousness lives inside of her. She also has her own conscious apart from Daniel. However, I detected another presence, made up of a part of Daniel and a part of her. Sometimes it takes over and controls her with her knowing it; sometimes it controls Daniel's actions and powers."
"Ok, then how come Tom don't know nothin' 'bout this?"
"That's what I'd like to know. Maybe it's because it shows up like Daniel's energy and her energy, instead of another entity."
"That could be a reason."
"Nevertheless, it is just a theory. It is essential that we contact Tom and find out if we're correct in our assumptions. If we are, maybe we might be able to help her control it."
"Right," said Logan, as he moved to the window and looked outside, thinking of a way out of this situation.
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"Dusk is at hand," reported Tom, as he watched Faye mumble and pace around.
"Damn traitor, he'll pay for what he did to me. I can't believe he just told everybody like that."
"Well, technically, just Xavier knows."
"He had no right to stick his nose in my business the way he did. He could've wrecked all my plans. Magneto will sure think up something different, and we'll be stuck in the middle of it all."
"It might be just fine that he changes his plans. We might not need to get involved at all."
"Damn traitor. Oh, but he'll pay, he'll sure pay for this. He won't get away without a payback from me."
"Faye! I'm sorry to interrupt your ranting but I'm detecting Juggernaut's energy closing in on the X-mansion."
"What? It's too early. Magneto shouldn't be attacking now. Are the kids inside?"
"Well, no, not all of them. Rogue is still out with Risty...uh...I mean, Mystique."
"Where are they?"
"Heading towards the X-mansion."
"Are there others with Magneto and Juggernaut?"
"Yes, there are others, but for some reason Magneto is preventing their energies to be detected. They're 1000+ feet away from the Institute."
"1000???? They're flying?!?!?"
"Apparently."
"Open a portal to the roof of the Institute. Make sure you get all my readings correctly, one thing that is slightly off and I could crumble and lose the battle."
"Alright, you don't have to tell me twice, you know."
"Yeah, I know."
She crossed the portal and made on top of the Institute. The sky was tinted red and pink, so many tones that made the evening so beautiful.
*Kind of ironic,* she thought. *Such a beautiful evening for such a grim day.*
She looked over the horizon and tried to spot Rogue's energy. She saw it sitting next to Mystique's on a car. She transformed her body and headed toward the Institute's gates. Once she got there, she waited for the car to show up over the corner. It wasn't long before it did.
"Thanks for the rahde, Risty," said Rogue.
"No problem, are you sure you don't want to go somewhere else."
"Nah, Ah got this stupid curfew that Ah better follow. All because of that killah that's goin' around."
"Oh, well. I'll see you later then."
"Yeah, see ya."
Risty started driving away as Rogue entered the big iron gates. The car picked up speed as it drove down the street. Suddenly, a form showed up in front of her car. Risty hit the brakes and the car screeched loudly.
"You're late!" said Raven.
"Uh...it wasn't my fault. She told me that she wanted to go out," Risty said transforming into Mystique
"You were supposed to get her here before dark. What do you know about Magneto's attack?"
"Nothing! And that's all I'm telling!" Mystique screamed, defying Raven. "Now, back off."
"You will not defy me!!!!" she screamed back, releasing her scythe. "You will do as you are told. Now, get out of here!! Magneto will be here soon."
"Magneto? Now?"
"You owe me one."
Mystique growled, started up the car and drove away. Raven looked over at Rogue, who was walking peacefully up the driveway. She sighed, transformed her body and raced towards Rogue.
As Rogue walked a form showed up in front of her.
"You? What are you doin' here?"
"Get inside."
"Forget it. You ain't pushing me around."
"Do as I say," said Raven, reaching for Rogue's arm.
Rogue jumped back and took her glove off. Raven sighed and caught her arm before she could do anything.
"Stop this none sense and come with me!" she commanded.
"Ah ain't goin' nowhere 'till ya 'splain wha's goin' on," Rogue screamed, as she tried to pull her arm free.
"Listen to me! There's too much going on to explain everything. I'm telling you the truth," she said, taking her mask off.
Her eyes proved the same, they looked sad and lonely, but also full of hope.
"Y-ya...ya're alive! Jade....how...."
"No, time. Now let's go," she said slipping her mask back on.
She put her scythe away and pulled Rogue's arms across her chest. Then, she held on from behind her.
"Wha's goin' on?" Rogue asked, as Raven's body changed into a thick substance.
"I suggest you close your eyes and your mouth. Just breathe normally and you'll be fine," Raven reassured her as the thick substance embalmed Rogue's body.
They changed and started traveling through the ground toward the Institute. Halfway through, the alarm sounded and Raven sped up. Traveling with another person slowed Raven down significantly. She couldn't go too fast or her energy would run out, and she couldn't go too slow lest something happen to Rogue. Either way, she couldn't risk anything. They traveled another quarter and stopped. They got out of the ground slowly and waited. The lights inside the X-mansion were coming on, as the alarms continued to sound.
Suddenly, everything went quiet. Raven started tugging Rogue along as every weapon on the Institute's grounds turned and pointed at them. They ran as fast as they could, dodging every now and then the blasts coming from the weapons. As they went through, the machines short-circuited and fizzled. About eight feet away from the stairs they stopped. Raven looked around curiously, as Rogue gasped for breath. All the weapons had stopped, and Raven found that very strange. Rogue looked at her inquisitively.
"I ain't doin' this," she replied, still searching, and released her scythe and arrowhead.
The students were just about to reach the door when all the weapons pointed to the same spot.
"Watch out!!" Raven screamed and pushed Rogue back.
The weapons fired at once and all the blasts hit Raven's chest. She groaned and knelt down, gasping and groaning. She pushed herself up and got into fighting position.
"Run," she grunted to Rogue as the weapons continued firing. Rogue started running toward the group and Raven conjured up a bundle of matter tentacles that destroyed the weapons.
"What's going on?" asked Cyclops.
"We're under attack! She's helpin' us!" cried Rogue.
Once all the weapons were out, Raven ran towards the Institute, but stopped at the stairs.
"Get ready!" she said.
"Listen, Raven...Oracle...whatever your name is. If this is your doing," started Cyclops.
"If this were my doing, I would've been in and out of here by now. You wouldn't even know what hit you until it was too late."
"Ya better 'splain everythin' to them now, darlin'," said Wolverine, walking towards her.
"Don't you 'darlin' me. I ain't forgotten what ya have done to me."
"I ain't done nothin'. Chuck knew everythin'."
"Whatever. He knew everythin' 'cause ya told him everythin'."
Back at the entrance, a large pick-up truck was parked with its lights on; right behind it was a Jeep, both full of people. They climbed out of their cars and waited. From the sky, three large figures descended, two of them placed themselves among the other groups, the other raised his hands towards the gates. The hinges groaned and twisted, as the mutant pulled them off the walls. He moved his hand back and the gate came with it, then, he threw them forward and the gate flew toward the mansion.
Wolverine and Raven were still arguing, as the sharp ends of the gates came to them.
"Heads up!" screamed Jean.
They looked and ducked, as Jean used her telekinesis to make the gates fly up and jam on the wall.
"Chuck, I think ya better call for reinforcements," said Wolverine, getting up.
"Get the other students," said Raven.
"They're just kids," said Cyclops. "They're not prepared to fight."
"I could say the same thin' 'bout some o' ya," Wolverine remarked.
"I don't care. Just get them. Tell Beast to come as well," said Raven, losing her patience.
"Hey, who died and made you leader?" asked Spyke, spiking up.
"Bad move, bub."
"Just do as she says," said Professor X, as Raven started up the stairs toward Spyke. "She's right. We're gonna need their help."
"I'll hold them off; the rest of you get ready. Make the new students take the left field, you guys take the right," said Raven. "Professor, Wolverine, stay in the middle, I'm gonna drive Juggernaut and Sabertooth this way."
They nodded and took their places. Raven transformed and went to the entrance.
"Rogue, do you know anything about this?" asked Shadowcat.
"She's...Jade," Rogue said.
"What?!?" they all said at once.
"Ah don't understand much of it either, but she better have a good 'splanation."
"We'll see. Get ready, I think she's bringing the Brotherhood this way," said Cyclops, putting his hand on his visor.
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About three quarters of the way, she found Magneto in the air; right below him, Sabertooth and Juggernaut lead the way; behind them stood the Brotherhood and the Circus Troupe.
"So...fancy seeing you guys here," Raven said.
"Sit down, I'll explain everything in the best way possible," said Xavier, looking at Logan. "I don't understand it much myself, but there is a different presence inside her. It's part of her and it's part of Daniel, but it's different from them both."
"What?"
"Well, here's what I understand of it. Daniel's consciousness lives inside of her. She also has her own conscious apart from Daniel. However, I detected another presence, made up of a part of Daniel and a part of her. Sometimes it takes over and controls her with her knowing it; sometimes it controls Daniel's actions and powers."
"Ok, then how come Tom don't know nothin' 'bout this?"
"That's what I'd like to know. Maybe it's because it shows up like Daniel's energy and her energy, instead of another entity."
"That could be a reason."
"Nevertheless, it is just a theory. It is essential that we contact Tom and find out if we're correct in our assumptions. If we are, maybe we might be able to help her control it."
"Right," said Logan, as he moved to the window and looked outside, thinking of a way out of this situation.
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"Dusk is at hand," reported Tom, as he watched Faye mumble and pace around.
"Damn traitor, he'll pay for what he did to me. I can't believe he just told everybody like that."
"Well, technically, just Xavier knows."
"He had no right to stick his nose in my business the way he did. He could've wrecked all my plans. Magneto will sure think up something different, and we'll be stuck in the middle of it all."
"It might be just fine that he changes his plans. We might not need to get involved at all."
"Damn traitor. Oh, but he'll pay, he'll sure pay for this. He won't get away without a payback from me."
"Faye! I'm sorry to interrupt your ranting but I'm detecting Juggernaut's energy closing in on the X-mansion."
"What? It's too early. Magneto shouldn't be attacking now. Are the kids inside?"
"Well, no, not all of them. Rogue is still out with Risty...uh...I mean, Mystique."
"Where are they?"
"Heading towards the X-mansion."
"Are there others with Magneto and Juggernaut?"
"Yes, there are others, but for some reason Magneto is preventing their energies to be detected. They're 1000+ feet away from the Institute."
"1000???? They're flying?!?!?"
"Apparently."
"Open a portal to the roof of the Institute. Make sure you get all my readings correctly, one thing that is slightly off and I could crumble and lose the battle."
"Alright, you don't have to tell me twice, you know."
"Yeah, I know."
She crossed the portal and made on top of the Institute. The sky was tinted red and pink, so many tones that made the evening so beautiful.
*Kind of ironic,* she thought. *Such a beautiful evening for such a grim day.*
She looked over the horizon and tried to spot Rogue's energy. She saw it sitting next to Mystique's on a car. She transformed her body and headed toward the Institute's gates. Once she got there, she waited for the car to show up over the corner. It wasn't long before it did.
"Thanks for the rahde, Risty," said Rogue.
"No problem, are you sure you don't want to go somewhere else."
"Nah, Ah got this stupid curfew that Ah better follow. All because of that killah that's goin' around."
"Oh, well. I'll see you later then."
"Yeah, see ya."
Risty started driving away as Rogue entered the big iron gates. The car picked up speed as it drove down the street. Suddenly, a form showed up in front of her car. Risty hit the brakes and the car screeched loudly.
"You're late!" said Raven.
"Uh...it wasn't my fault. She told me that she wanted to go out," Risty said transforming into Mystique
"You were supposed to get her here before dark. What do you know about Magneto's attack?"
"Nothing! And that's all I'm telling!" Mystique screamed, defying Raven. "Now, back off."
"You will not defy me!!!!" she screamed back, releasing her scythe. "You will do as you are told. Now, get out of here!! Magneto will be here soon."
"Magneto? Now?"
"You owe me one."
Mystique growled, started up the car and drove away. Raven looked over at Rogue, who was walking peacefully up the driveway. She sighed, transformed her body and raced towards Rogue.
As Rogue walked a form showed up in front of her.
"You? What are you doin' here?"
"Get inside."
"Forget it. You ain't pushing me around."
"Do as I say," said Raven, reaching for Rogue's arm.
Rogue jumped back and took her glove off. Raven sighed and caught her arm before she could do anything.
"Stop this none sense and come with me!" she commanded.
"Ah ain't goin' nowhere 'till ya 'splain wha's goin' on," Rogue screamed, as she tried to pull her arm free.
"Listen to me! There's too much going on to explain everything. I'm telling you the truth," she said, taking her mask off.
Her eyes proved the same, they looked sad and lonely, but also full of hope.
"Y-ya...ya're alive! Jade....how...."
"No, time. Now let's go," she said slipping her mask back on.
She put her scythe away and pulled Rogue's arms across her chest. Then, she held on from behind her.
"Wha's goin' on?" Rogue asked, as Raven's body changed into a thick substance.
"I suggest you close your eyes and your mouth. Just breathe normally and you'll be fine," Raven reassured her as the thick substance embalmed Rogue's body.
They changed and started traveling through the ground toward the Institute. Halfway through, the alarm sounded and Raven sped up. Traveling with another person slowed Raven down significantly. She couldn't go too fast or her energy would run out, and she couldn't go too slow lest something happen to Rogue. Either way, she couldn't risk anything. They traveled another quarter and stopped. They got out of the ground slowly and waited. The lights inside the X-mansion were coming on, as the alarms continued to sound.
Suddenly, everything went quiet. Raven started tugging Rogue along as every weapon on the Institute's grounds turned and pointed at them. They ran as fast as they could, dodging every now and then the blasts coming from the weapons. As they went through, the machines short-circuited and fizzled. About eight feet away from the stairs they stopped. Raven looked around curiously, as Rogue gasped for breath. All the weapons had stopped, and Raven found that very strange. Rogue looked at her inquisitively.
"I ain't doin' this," she replied, still searching, and released her scythe and arrowhead.
The students were just about to reach the door when all the weapons pointed to the same spot.
"Watch out!!" Raven screamed and pushed Rogue back.
The weapons fired at once and all the blasts hit Raven's chest. She groaned and knelt down, gasping and groaning. She pushed herself up and got into fighting position.
"Run," she grunted to Rogue as the weapons continued firing. Rogue started running toward the group and Raven conjured up a bundle of matter tentacles that destroyed the weapons.
"What's going on?" asked Cyclops.
"We're under attack! She's helpin' us!" cried Rogue.
Once all the weapons were out, Raven ran towards the Institute, but stopped at the stairs.
"Get ready!" she said.
"Listen, Raven...Oracle...whatever your name is. If this is your doing," started Cyclops.
"If this were my doing, I would've been in and out of here by now. You wouldn't even know what hit you until it was too late."
"Ya better 'splain everythin' to them now, darlin'," said Wolverine, walking towards her.
"Don't you 'darlin' me. I ain't forgotten what ya have done to me."
"I ain't done nothin'. Chuck knew everythin'."
"Whatever. He knew everythin' 'cause ya told him everythin'."
Back at the entrance, a large pick-up truck was parked with its lights on; right behind it was a Jeep, both full of people. They climbed out of their cars and waited. From the sky, three large figures descended, two of them placed themselves among the other groups, the other raised his hands towards the gates. The hinges groaned and twisted, as the mutant pulled them off the walls. He moved his hand back and the gate came with it, then, he threw them forward and the gate flew toward the mansion.
Wolverine and Raven were still arguing, as the sharp ends of the gates came to them.
"Heads up!" screamed Jean.
They looked and ducked, as Jean used her telekinesis to make the gates fly up and jam on the wall.
"Chuck, I think ya better call for reinforcements," said Wolverine, getting up.
"Get the other students," said Raven.
"They're just kids," said Cyclops. "They're not prepared to fight."
"I could say the same thin' 'bout some o' ya," Wolverine remarked.
"I don't care. Just get them. Tell Beast to come as well," said Raven, losing her patience.
"Hey, who died and made you leader?" asked Spyke, spiking up.
"Bad move, bub."
"Just do as she says," said Professor X, as Raven started up the stairs toward Spyke. "She's right. We're gonna need their help."
"I'll hold them off; the rest of you get ready. Make the new students take the left field, you guys take the right," said Raven. "Professor, Wolverine, stay in the middle, I'm gonna drive Juggernaut and Sabertooth this way."
They nodded and took their places. Raven transformed and went to the entrance.
"Rogue, do you know anything about this?" asked Shadowcat.
"She's...Jade," Rogue said.
"What?!?" they all said at once.
"Ah don't understand much of it either, but she better have a good 'splanation."
"We'll see. Get ready, I think she's bringing the Brotherhood this way," said Cyclops, putting his hand on his visor.
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About three quarters of the way, she found Magneto in the air; right below him, Sabertooth and Juggernaut lead the way; behind them stood the Brotherhood and the Circus Troupe.
"So...fancy seeing you guys here," Raven said.