A change in the air
By Todd fan
Disclaimer: "Goodbye, you fruit-drying physcopath".
Thanks to all my reviewers, it's you guys that keep this fic going. I have no idea of how time goes round in DOR, at the start its all dark, then its day, then it's sunset. So i guess it starts in early morning. I only have screen snaps to go on here, so bear with me :) Oh and thanks to Humergrey for the writing the DOR transcripts, without which i'd never know what was going on.
A note to Dracar. She was at work, read chapter 6 and you'll see :) One last thing. The only way i can get the next chapter out is if i find a very curical piece of info. As i don't see season three, i need you people to anwser me these two questions. 1- What the heck happened with Duncan? 2 - Where are the X-men living now?
If you can anwser me them, i can sort out the next chapter properly, thanks, enjoy this one. I'm very porud of this one :D
Chapter 10 - Family ties
In the Brotherhood boarding house, things were as they always were in the mornings. Todd and Fred were fighting over breakfast, Pietro was spending hours in the bathroom, and Lance was mulling over a cup of coffee. The only difference was that there were now two extra females at the table. Mystique was muttering to herself, saying that she should have stayed away.Agatha had left that morning, saying that she couldn't cope wihtout being payed and that she's rather drag an atomic bomb across a rickety bridge than stay there. Wanda was sitting alone in the corner, glaring at Sidney.
"Errr.....Mystique?", said Sidney, tapping the blue-skinned woman on the shoulder.
"What is it?", asked Mystique, with a groan.
"I'm going to New York today to get my dress for the dance".
"On your own?".
"Well i WAS going to go with Tabby, but someone drove her out", said Sidney, crossing her arms.
"Fine", said Mystique, waving her arms, "just.....go. Just be carefull you don't get mugged or anything".
"I can take care fo myself", muttered Sidney as she went upstairs to get her jacket.
"Every bit like him", Mystique said to herself, shaking her head.
A few hours later, Mystique was enjoying a VERY rare quiet moment. She had sent the boys out to get groceries and Sidney had already left for New York. The only teenager in the house was Wanda, and she was up in her room. Mystique sighed and slouched in her chair.
"Bliss", said said happily to herself.
Her happiness was shattered by the sound of a familiar motorbike pulling up outside.
"Oh no", groaned Mystique, "why now?. Why me?".
The door opened and Sabertooth came in, his his hand a box of some kind.
"Hey Sid, i'm back", he shouted, "i got the......."
Sabertooth trailed off, noticing Mystique sitting in the chair.
"Hello Victor", she said, crossing her arms.
"Raven?", said Sabertooth, blinking, "since when did you come back here?".
"Since yesterday", said Mystique, "what do you want?".
"I came ta see my neice", said Sabertooth, frowning.
"She's not in, so it's a wasted journey", said Mystique with a smirk, "oh well. I'll tell her you called. Bye bye now".
"Where is she?", asked Sabertooth.
"She's in New York, shopping for some dress", said Mystique.
"By herself?!", said Sabertooth, putting the box down.
"Yeah", said Mystique, "i think she's pefectly capable of.....".
"You think a fifteen year old girl is capapble of going to New York by herself?", said Sabertooth, "what if she gets mugged, or worse!".
"She seems pretty stong willed to me", muttered Mystique, "i pitty the mugger that goes near her".
"I can't belive you let her go without talking to me about it", said Sabertooth, pacing, "she's my responisilibty, Raven, not yours. She's my neice dammit".
He shook his head and walked towards the door.
"She's MY neice too Victor" snapped Mystique.
Sabertooth stopped and growled.
"Correction Raven", he said, turning around and looking at Mystique with narrowed eyes, "she WOULD have been your neice. If ya hadn't decided ta go galavanting with that German count!".
"Oh we're back to this again", said Mystique, crossing her arms, "your still bitter and jealous, i can't belive you".
"Hey, you left me, not the other way around", snarled Sabertooth.
"Yeah, i wonder why", said Mystique, "and she IS my responsibility as long as she lives under this roof. Heck, if you care so much, where are you?. You're never here for her. You're always off on that damm bike of yours. Its like watching a replay of an old movie".
Saberooth growled.
"I didn't come here to get this lecture again", she said, heading for the door, only to be grabbed by Mystique.
"Oh no. Your gonna listen buddy, and your gonna listen good", she said, "you want the same thing to happen to your neice as it did to your son?. Huh?. 'Cause unless you pay more attention to her, it's gonna".
"Don't bring that good-fer-nothing scumbag into this", said Saberooth, "Graydon sold us both out".
"Yeah, well what did you expect?. You can't exactly say he had a 'normal' upbringing", said Mystique, "do you even know where he is now?".
"I don't know and i don't care", said Sabertooth, "now let me leave".
"Fine", said Mystique, letting go of his arm, "but don't say i didn't warn you".
"Who are you to give ME parenting advice?", said Sabertooth with a growl, "in case you haven't noticed, one of your children is a mutant hating phsycopath, and the other two are with the enemy. Yeah, ya did a great job there Raven".
"Why you", said Mystique.
She lashed out her hand to slap him, but her grabbed her wrist before she could.
"Just like old times huh?", said Saberooth coldly, "see you around Raven".
He let go of her arm and walked out of the house, slamming the door behind him. Mystique gave a shout of rage and kicked over a table. She then dropped onto her chair and started to sob.
"Mystique?".
Mystique gave a sniffle and wiped her eyes, turning around to see Wanda.
"Oh...hi Wanda", she said, forcing a small smile, "i...i didn't hear you come down".
"Are you...okay?", asked Wanda, "i heard shouting".
"I'm fine", said Mystique with a sigh, "just..... fine".
"Who was that guy?", asked Wanda, a slight tint of concern in her normaly cold eyes.
"It doesn't matter", said Mystique, "go back to your room. I'm fine, i just need some time alone".
"Okay", said Wanda with a shrug, walking back upstairs.
Mystique sighed and put her head in her hands.
A few hours later, Sidney arrived, a bag in her hand.
"Hey boss-lady", she said to Mystique, "i found the dress i wanted".
"Thats..good", said Mystique with a sigh.
"Hey, are you okay, you look....down", said Sidney.
Mystique closed her eyes for a moment. She wanted to tell this girl the truth, she wanted to tell her everything, just pour her heart out. She quickly shooker herself out of it. No, not yet.
"Yeah, i'm just tired", said Mystique with a smile, "i'm just....going out".
With that she picked up her coat and left. Sidney shrugged and walked up to her and Wanda's room. Wanda was sitting on her bed, listening to music.
"Hey Wanda", said Sidney as she came in.
Her greeting was answered by the usual disinterested grunt from her roomate. Then Wanda sat up.
"Sidney?".
Sidney blinked, this was the first time since she arrived that Wanda actually STARTED a conversation between them.
"Yeah?", said the feline mutant, turning to her roomate.
"Did Mystique seem a little....upset to you?".
"Yeah. She said she was tired".
"There was this guy that came by ealier", said Wanda, "there was alot of shouting. I think he was looking for you".
"A guy?", said Sidney, blinking.
"Yeah", said Wanda, "i didn't see him, i only heard him. He drove a motor bike".
"Oh, that would be uncle Vic", said Sidney with a sigh of relief, the narrowed her eyes, "but why would him and Mystique be shouting?".
"I don't know", said wanda, "but they really didn't seem to like each other. After he had gone, i caught Mystique crying".
"I think i'd better have a talk with the boss when she gets back", said Sidney thoughfully.
Mystique didn't show up again until early the next morning. Lance was lazing on the couch, while Pietro and Fred were playing a card game. Pietro, as always, was cheating. Todd was flicking through the tv channels, dissmisng each one as he passed it. Wanda was skulking around and Sidney, Sidney was trying to read. Mystique walked into the room, making each mutant look up in a half-hearted manner.
"Well, I see you're all hard at work building a brighter tomorrow", she said.
"Ya get rigor mortis sitting around here", said Todd from his beanbag, "There's nothing going on".
"On the contrary, it appears our friend Magneto is up to something quite significant", said Msytqiue, upon hearing her father's name, Wanda walked into the room, "That's right Wanda. Your loving father had made a bold move. He's abducted Wolverine".
The whole group looked up in shock.
"Wolverine? That's crazy. Why would he want to do that?", said Lance.
"Why indeed? Pietro. He's your father too. Perhaps you can enlighten us", said Mystique.
"Hey, don't ask me", said Pietro defensively, raising both his hands, "I don't know where he is or what's he doing".
Mystique walked over to the window and looked out.
"He actually snatched one of the X-Men", she said, "Why? There is a larger strategy at work here. I can feel it. Now I'm forced to make my move".
"What do you want us to do?", asked Lance.
"You'll see", said Mystique with a smile.
"Don't go all secretive on us", said Sidney, "which reminds me, what was up with Sabertooth?".
"I'll tell you later", said Mystique with a frown, "everyone, get into uniform".
She turned to Sidney.
"I have a special mission for you", she said, with a smile.
By Todd fan
Disclaimer: "Goodbye, you fruit-drying physcopath".
Thanks to all my reviewers, it's you guys that keep this fic going. I have no idea of how time goes round in DOR, at the start its all dark, then its day, then it's sunset. So i guess it starts in early morning. I only have screen snaps to go on here, so bear with me :) Oh and thanks to Humergrey for the writing the DOR transcripts, without which i'd never know what was going on.
A note to Dracar. She was at work, read chapter 6 and you'll see :) One last thing. The only way i can get the next chapter out is if i find a very curical piece of info. As i don't see season three, i need you people to anwser me these two questions. 1- What the heck happened with Duncan? 2 - Where are the X-men living now?
If you can anwser me them, i can sort out the next chapter properly, thanks, enjoy this one. I'm very porud of this one :D
Chapter 10 - Family ties
In the Brotherhood boarding house, things were as they always were in the mornings. Todd and Fred were fighting over breakfast, Pietro was spending hours in the bathroom, and Lance was mulling over a cup of coffee. The only difference was that there were now two extra females at the table. Mystique was muttering to herself, saying that she should have stayed away.Agatha had left that morning, saying that she couldn't cope wihtout being payed and that she's rather drag an atomic bomb across a rickety bridge than stay there. Wanda was sitting alone in the corner, glaring at Sidney.
"Errr.....Mystique?", said Sidney, tapping the blue-skinned woman on the shoulder.
"What is it?", asked Mystique, with a groan.
"I'm going to New York today to get my dress for the dance".
"On your own?".
"Well i WAS going to go with Tabby, but someone drove her out", said Sidney, crossing her arms.
"Fine", said Mystique, waving her arms, "just.....go. Just be carefull you don't get mugged or anything".
"I can take care fo myself", muttered Sidney as she went upstairs to get her jacket.
"Every bit like him", Mystique said to herself, shaking her head.
A few hours later, Mystique was enjoying a VERY rare quiet moment. She had sent the boys out to get groceries and Sidney had already left for New York. The only teenager in the house was Wanda, and she was up in her room. Mystique sighed and slouched in her chair.
"Bliss", said said happily to herself.
Her happiness was shattered by the sound of a familiar motorbike pulling up outside.
"Oh no", groaned Mystique, "why now?. Why me?".
The door opened and Sabertooth came in, his his hand a box of some kind.
"Hey Sid, i'm back", he shouted, "i got the......."
Sabertooth trailed off, noticing Mystique sitting in the chair.
"Hello Victor", she said, crossing her arms.
"Raven?", said Sabertooth, blinking, "since when did you come back here?".
"Since yesterday", said Mystique, "what do you want?".
"I came ta see my neice", said Sabertooth, frowning.
"She's not in, so it's a wasted journey", said Mystique with a smirk, "oh well. I'll tell her you called. Bye bye now".
"Where is she?", asked Sabertooth.
"She's in New York, shopping for some dress", said Mystique.
"By herself?!", said Sabertooth, putting the box down.
"Yeah", said Mystique, "i think she's pefectly capable of.....".
"You think a fifteen year old girl is capapble of going to New York by herself?", said Sabertooth, "what if she gets mugged, or worse!".
"She seems pretty stong willed to me", muttered Mystique, "i pitty the mugger that goes near her".
"I can't belive you let her go without talking to me about it", said Sabertooth, pacing, "she's my responisilibty, Raven, not yours. She's my neice dammit".
He shook his head and walked towards the door.
"She's MY neice too Victor" snapped Mystique.
Sabertooth stopped and growled.
"Correction Raven", he said, turning around and looking at Mystique with narrowed eyes, "she WOULD have been your neice. If ya hadn't decided ta go galavanting with that German count!".
"Oh we're back to this again", said Mystique, crossing her arms, "your still bitter and jealous, i can't belive you".
"Hey, you left me, not the other way around", snarled Sabertooth.
"Yeah, i wonder why", said Mystique, "and she IS my responsibility as long as she lives under this roof. Heck, if you care so much, where are you?. You're never here for her. You're always off on that damm bike of yours. Its like watching a replay of an old movie".
Saberooth growled.
"I didn't come here to get this lecture again", she said, heading for the door, only to be grabbed by Mystique.
"Oh no. Your gonna listen buddy, and your gonna listen good", she said, "you want the same thing to happen to your neice as it did to your son?. Huh?. 'Cause unless you pay more attention to her, it's gonna".
"Don't bring that good-fer-nothing scumbag into this", said Saberooth, "Graydon sold us both out".
"Yeah, well what did you expect?. You can't exactly say he had a 'normal' upbringing", said Mystique, "do you even know where he is now?".
"I don't know and i don't care", said Sabertooth, "now let me leave".
"Fine", said Mystique, letting go of his arm, "but don't say i didn't warn you".
"Who are you to give ME parenting advice?", said Sabertooth with a growl, "in case you haven't noticed, one of your children is a mutant hating phsycopath, and the other two are with the enemy. Yeah, ya did a great job there Raven".
"Why you", said Mystique.
She lashed out her hand to slap him, but her grabbed her wrist before she could.
"Just like old times huh?", said Saberooth coldly, "see you around Raven".
He let go of her arm and walked out of the house, slamming the door behind him. Mystique gave a shout of rage and kicked over a table. She then dropped onto her chair and started to sob.
"Mystique?".
Mystique gave a sniffle and wiped her eyes, turning around to see Wanda.
"Oh...hi Wanda", she said, forcing a small smile, "i...i didn't hear you come down".
"Are you...okay?", asked Wanda, "i heard shouting".
"I'm fine", said Mystique with a sigh, "just..... fine".
"Who was that guy?", asked Wanda, a slight tint of concern in her normaly cold eyes.
"It doesn't matter", said Mystique, "go back to your room. I'm fine, i just need some time alone".
"Okay", said Wanda with a shrug, walking back upstairs.
Mystique sighed and put her head in her hands.
A few hours later, Sidney arrived, a bag in her hand.
"Hey boss-lady", she said to Mystique, "i found the dress i wanted".
"Thats..good", said Mystique with a sigh.
"Hey, are you okay, you look....down", said Sidney.
Mystique closed her eyes for a moment. She wanted to tell this girl the truth, she wanted to tell her everything, just pour her heart out. She quickly shooker herself out of it. No, not yet.
"Yeah, i'm just tired", said Mystique with a smile, "i'm just....going out".
With that she picked up her coat and left. Sidney shrugged and walked up to her and Wanda's room. Wanda was sitting on her bed, listening to music.
"Hey Wanda", said Sidney as she came in.
Her greeting was answered by the usual disinterested grunt from her roomate. Then Wanda sat up.
"Sidney?".
Sidney blinked, this was the first time since she arrived that Wanda actually STARTED a conversation between them.
"Yeah?", said the feline mutant, turning to her roomate.
"Did Mystique seem a little....upset to you?".
"Yeah. She said she was tired".
"There was this guy that came by ealier", said Wanda, "there was alot of shouting. I think he was looking for you".
"A guy?", said Sidney, blinking.
"Yeah", said Wanda, "i didn't see him, i only heard him. He drove a motor bike".
"Oh, that would be uncle Vic", said Sidney with a sigh of relief, the narrowed her eyes, "but why would him and Mystique be shouting?".
"I don't know", said wanda, "but they really didn't seem to like each other. After he had gone, i caught Mystique crying".
"I think i'd better have a talk with the boss when she gets back", said Sidney thoughfully.
Mystique didn't show up again until early the next morning. Lance was lazing on the couch, while Pietro and Fred were playing a card game. Pietro, as always, was cheating. Todd was flicking through the tv channels, dissmisng each one as he passed it. Wanda was skulking around and Sidney, Sidney was trying to read. Mystique walked into the room, making each mutant look up in a half-hearted manner.
"Well, I see you're all hard at work building a brighter tomorrow", she said.
"Ya get rigor mortis sitting around here", said Todd from his beanbag, "There's nothing going on".
"On the contrary, it appears our friend Magneto is up to something quite significant", said Msytqiue, upon hearing her father's name, Wanda walked into the room, "That's right Wanda. Your loving father had made a bold move. He's abducted Wolverine".
The whole group looked up in shock.
"Wolverine? That's crazy. Why would he want to do that?", said Lance.
"Why indeed? Pietro. He's your father too. Perhaps you can enlighten us", said Mystique.
"Hey, don't ask me", said Pietro defensively, raising both his hands, "I don't know where he is or what's he doing".
Mystique walked over to the window and looked out.
"He actually snatched one of the X-Men", she said, "Why? There is a larger strategy at work here. I can feel it. Now I'm forced to make my move".
"What do you want us to do?", asked Lance.
"You'll see", said Mystique with a smile.
"Don't go all secretive on us", said Sidney, "which reminds me, what was up with Sabertooth?".
"I'll tell you later", said Mystique with a frown, "everyone, get into uniform".
She turned to Sidney.
"I have a special mission for you", she said, with a smile.