DISCLAIMER: See last chapter.
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Rac thought about what had happened that night. Earlier (or was it yesterday?) when everyone was asleep, Rac had got out of her bed, walked to her desk, got out her sketching gear, and started to draw. Under her skilled pencil a person was born, it was substandard, compared to her normal ones. Once it was finished, she wrote underneath it, with the handwriting of a five-year-old. She then picked it up, and regarded it with lifeless, unfocussed eyes. Slowly she tore it in half.
She was preparing to tear it in half again, when a noise disturbed her. Her eyes refocused, and she stared at what she was doing. She crumpled the paper into a ball, and threw it in the bin. She looked at the clock, it was about 11 o'clock, in the evening.
She got back into bed, but couldn't sleep. So she got up, and set to work, creating clothing. Once it was nearly completely finished, she stitched the last few parts together by hand.
Soon she was finished, and started to get to work on her science project. She was just about to start, when the door opened. She turned towards the door. And saw a figure silhouetted in the door, the figure rushed towards her.
"What do you wa." Rac started to ask, but the figure placed a cloth pad over Rac's nose and mouth, and a firm hand behind Rac's head. "Mummp!" Rac yelled. She tried to not breath in the sticky, smelly gas. So she struggled, to pull the pad away from her face. But drowsiness over came her. Her last conscious thought was * Why? Why? *
*(*(*
When Rac came to, she could feel movement. Her hands were tied together, loosely, as were her feet. She was being carried; she could feel strong, big, gentle arms, supporting her legs, by the knees, and by her shoulders. Her head was resting against some one.
Slowly she opened her eyes,
"She's awake." A gentle, quiet voice announced.
"Boom?" Rac asked, her voice barely audible.
"Yeah, its me." Tabitha said
"Boys?"
"We're all here." Lance whispered, as Todd stroked Rac's hair
"We didn't want to do this!" Pietro whispered
"But, he'd kill us!" Todd said
"He said he'd turn us over to social services!"
"They'd split us up!"
"Who?" Rac asked
"Social services." Freddy repeated
"That's not who she meant. She meant 'who', as in Magneto." Tabby scolded
"Magneto?" Rac said
"Yeah, my father."
"I don't like what he's doing."
"None of us do."
"What?" Rac asked
"Kidnapping you."
"Your twin was the traitor."
"She used chloroform."
"On everyone!"
"You only got a mild dose."
"But you've been out for hours."
"We're sorry!"
"Can you forgive us?"
"Yes." Rac said, weakly
"Will you?"
Rac nodded, she was slowly reviewing what she had read about Magneto. The information wasn't meant to be available to her, it wasn't given to New Recruits, but she and Henry had hacked into Cerebro and downloaded all the files. She hadn't read them all yet. And although she'd read Magneto's files, she hadn't looked at his picture, yet.
All the info, she'd read, so far about him, wasn't good. And she didn't like the sound of him. So she decided to yell, mentally.
* Prof! * no answer * Professor! * still no answer * Jean! * silence.
Rac floundered, she needed help. NOW!
* Henry! Jamie! * a slight murmur replied * Wake the prof! * another murmur * WAKE UP! *
The mental exhaustion sent her back to unconsciousness.
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Rac thought about what had happened that night. Earlier (or was it yesterday?) when everyone was asleep, Rac had got out of her bed, walked to her desk, got out her sketching gear, and started to draw. Under her skilled pencil a person was born, it was substandard, compared to her normal ones. Once it was finished, she wrote underneath it, with the handwriting of a five-year-old. She then picked it up, and regarded it with lifeless, unfocussed eyes. Slowly she tore it in half.
She was preparing to tear it in half again, when a noise disturbed her. Her eyes refocused, and she stared at what she was doing. She crumpled the paper into a ball, and threw it in the bin. She looked at the clock, it was about 11 o'clock, in the evening.
She got back into bed, but couldn't sleep. So she got up, and set to work, creating clothing. Once it was nearly completely finished, she stitched the last few parts together by hand.
Soon she was finished, and started to get to work on her science project. She was just about to start, when the door opened. She turned towards the door. And saw a figure silhouetted in the door, the figure rushed towards her.
"What do you wa." Rac started to ask, but the figure placed a cloth pad over Rac's nose and mouth, and a firm hand behind Rac's head. "Mummp!" Rac yelled. She tried to not breath in the sticky, smelly gas. So she struggled, to pull the pad away from her face. But drowsiness over came her. Her last conscious thought was * Why? Why? *
*(*(*
When Rac came to, she could feel movement. Her hands were tied together, loosely, as were her feet. She was being carried; she could feel strong, big, gentle arms, supporting her legs, by the knees, and by her shoulders. Her head was resting against some one.
Slowly she opened her eyes,
"She's awake." A gentle, quiet voice announced.
"Boom?" Rac asked, her voice barely audible.
"Yeah, its me." Tabitha said
"Boys?"
"We're all here." Lance whispered, as Todd stroked Rac's hair
"We didn't want to do this!" Pietro whispered
"But, he'd kill us!" Todd said
"He said he'd turn us over to social services!"
"They'd split us up!"
"Who?" Rac asked
"Social services." Freddy repeated
"That's not who she meant. She meant 'who', as in Magneto." Tabby scolded
"Magneto?" Rac said
"Yeah, my father."
"I don't like what he's doing."
"None of us do."
"What?" Rac asked
"Kidnapping you."
"Your twin was the traitor."
"She used chloroform."
"On everyone!"
"You only got a mild dose."
"But you've been out for hours."
"We're sorry!"
"Can you forgive us?"
"Yes." Rac said, weakly
"Will you?"
Rac nodded, she was slowly reviewing what she had read about Magneto. The information wasn't meant to be available to her, it wasn't given to New Recruits, but she and Henry had hacked into Cerebro and downloaded all the files. She hadn't read them all yet. And although she'd read Magneto's files, she hadn't looked at his picture, yet.
All the info, she'd read, so far about him, wasn't good. And she didn't like the sound of him. So she decided to yell, mentally.
* Prof! * no answer * Professor! * still no answer * Jean! * silence.
Rac floundered, she needed help. NOW!
* Henry! Jamie! * a slight murmur replied * Wake the prof! * another murmur * WAKE UP! *
The mental exhaustion sent her back to unconsciousness.
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