Dark History
By Todd fan
Disclaimer: "What, no armoured car?" "That would be in my other dress".
Thank you reviewers, thank you so very very much..Sidney thanks you too.
Chapter 15 - A uneasy truce
In New York, Todd was waiting rather impaticently outside his father's office. The guy was in a meeting and his secretary wouldn't let Todd through. Just as the amphibian-like mutant was about to barge in, a few people walked out of the office, followed by Daniel. He stopped in surprise to see his son.
"I thought you weren't going to see me again", he said with a sligh smirk.
Todd narrowed his eyes and shoved the newspaper in his hands at Daniel's chest.
"What's this about?", he asked coldy.
"Oh, that!", said Daniel with a smile, "yes, great company Power8. It will make this firm most profitable".
"Do ya know what it does ta mutants?", asked Todd.
"Of course i do", said Daniel, "that's why it is so valuable. Now if you don't mind, leave....unless of course you want to volunteer to be their guinnie pig...they need someone to test their product on".
"Excuse me a minute", said Todd.
He calmly walked into Daniel's office. There was a loud crash, and Todd walked out with a smile.
"Bye pops", he said with a smile.
He stopped at the door, narrowing his eyes at his father.
"Oh, by the way. When the angry mutants of the world come screamin' fer ya blood, don't be too surprised if ya find out i'm leadin' the charge", he said, then walked away.
As Todd walked through the street outside his father's building, he heard the shout of terror from Daniel's office.
"How in the name of all things holy am i going to get THAT out of my desk?!", came Daniel's voice, "oh my God, that's an Amarny Jacket!".
Todd chuckled and walked away, shaking his head in amusment, when he felt someone knock him to the ground. He looked up to see Vivian.
"Ya just don't give up, do ya?", he asked her, narrowing his eyes.
Vivian smirked.
"Nope", she said, "i want my freedom, and the only way i can get it is if i take you in. Come on tenderfoot, we're both coldblooded, why don't you just come along nicely, then i don't have to hurt you".
"Your...freedom?", asked Todd, blinking, "but, you're already free. I mean, ya outside, on yer own..that's freedom ta me".
Vivian looked in thought for a second.
"You know, you may be right", she said, "i mean, i could let you go and we'd both be happy. I would be free and everything would be hunkey dorey".
"You're being sarcastic..'aint ya?", said Todd crossing his arms.
"Yep", said Vivian, kocking him out.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?".
Vivian paused to see a young girl running over to her.
"Get lost kid", she said with a snarl.
"What do you think you're doing to my cousin?!", said Gina, narrowing her eyes, "you put him down right now, or i'll.....".
"You'll what?", sneered Vivian, bending down to meet the twelve year old's gaze, "hit me with your Barbie doll?".
"Now you've ask for it", said Gina, her eyes starting to turn a very strange glowing green colour.
Vivan blinked when she felt something tugging at her leg. She looked down to see a few vines twisting themselves around her ankle. She hissed in surprise as the vines doubled in size and started to circle her waist and arms.
"I'll ask you again", said Gina calmly, "let my cousin go. NOW!".
Vivan narrowed her eyes and vanished, camoflaging herself against her surroundings. Gina blinked in surprise, dropping her hold on the plant life around her. She was then knocked to the ground by an invisible force. In seconds, Vivian was standing over her again, a tenticle wrapped around the girl's neck. Gina started to gasp for air, she tried using her mutant power, but she was already pretty drained. Vivian gave a evil grin.
"One less kid in the world is no problem", she said, "pitty, you've got spunk".
She started to tighten her grip on Gina's throat when she was smacked in the side. She turned her head to see a boy of twelve..or rather 4 boys who looked identical.
"Drop her", said one.
Vivan rolled her eyes and swatted at one of the boys, knocking him to the ground. To her surprise, three more appeared.
"What the....", she said, blinking.
"I'm a one man army", said Jamie, "even if i have the tiniest tap, i can make more of me. So why don't you just put the lady down, huh?".
Vivian dropped Gina, who started to cough and take in deep breaths of air. Vivian smirked and grabbed Todd, slinging the unconsious mutant over her shoulder.
"If kids like you are the future for mutants, it can't be that bleak", she said, tilting her head to the side, "toodles".
With that, she became invisible, as did Todd, and she ran off. Jamie absorbed his multiples and knelt down to where Gina sat, and put an arm around her shoulder.
"Hey, are you okay?", he asked her, his voice concerned.
"Yeah, i'm good", Gina said, still a little wheezy, "but she got Todd!. We have to get help, come on!".
She stood up and grabbed Jamie's hand she only knew of one place she could go.
"For the last time, 'Milleu' IS a word!".
Wanda and Sidney were staring each other out from either side of a scrabble board. Pietro, Lance and Fred had made the great judgment call to leave the house for a while. Just in case it collapsed while the game raged on. Apparently, it was not only Pietro who had a competitive streak, it seemed to be part of the Lenshir bloodline.
"Wanda, 'Milleu' is not a word, i'm sorry", said Sidney, shaking her head.
"Fine, we'll get a dictionary shall we?", said Wanda, grabbing a tattered book.
She flicked through it and gave a laugh of triumph.
"There!", she said, pointing to a word in the dictonary, "'Milleu, environment'!. Ha!. Read it and weep cat-girl! I'm number one, you hear me?. Number one!".
"And i thought Pietro was a bad winner", muttered Sidney, crossing her arms.
"Are you comparing me to my twin?", asked Wanda, narrowing her eyes.
"What if i am?", said Sidney with a growl, "the only differnce i've seen yet is that you won't admit you're feelings, at least Pietro can do that!".
"No he can't!", said Wanda, then blinked, "and will you quit it already. I don't like the Toad!".
"I didn't say you did, you just brought him up, again", said Sidney with a chuckle.
The lights started to flash quickly. Wanda was at breaking point, she was about to make the scrabble pieces attack Sidney when Gina and Jamie burst through the door.
"Gina?", said Sidney, looking up, "what's wrong?".
"Sidney?. Wow, i wasn't expecting to see you for a bit", said Gina, "it's Todd. This snake-lady took him. I..i tried to stop her but she was too powerfull".
"Vivian", said Wanda, narrowing her eyes, "which direction did she go in?".
"We don't know", said Jamie, "she went invisible".
Sidney looked over to Wanda.
"Well i'm going, are you?", she asked.
Wanda narrowed her eyes.
"Fine", she said, "but this doesn't mean i care".
"Good, lets go!", said Gina.
"You two are staying here", said Sidney.
"No way!", said Jamie, "you guys need all the help you can get".
"Oh let the kids come", said Wanda, rolling her eyes, "we haven't got the time to mess around".
With that, they all headed out of the house, with no idea where they were going, while fighting against the clock. A typical rescue for a resident of Bayville.
Another one!. Man, i'm feeling espesically evil at the moment. See, i brought back Jamie and Gina!. By accident too. Oh well, please review, until next time...
By Todd fan
Disclaimer: "What, no armoured car?" "That would be in my other dress".
Thank you reviewers, thank you so very very much..Sidney thanks you too.
Chapter 15 - A uneasy truce
In New York, Todd was waiting rather impaticently outside his father's office. The guy was in a meeting and his secretary wouldn't let Todd through. Just as the amphibian-like mutant was about to barge in, a few people walked out of the office, followed by Daniel. He stopped in surprise to see his son.
"I thought you weren't going to see me again", he said with a sligh smirk.
Todd narrowed his eyes and shoved the newspaper in his hands at Daniel's chest.
"What's this about?", he asked coldy.
"Oh, that!", said Daniel with a smile, "yes, great company Power8. It will make this firm most profitable".
"Do ya know what it does ta mutants?", asked Todd.
"Of course i do", said Daniel, "that's why it is so valuable. Now if you don't mind, leave....unless of course you want to volunteer to be their guinnie pig...they need someone to test their product on".
"Excuse me a minute", said Todd.
He calmly walked into Daniel's office. There was a loud crash, and Todd walked out with a smile.
"Bye pops", he said with a smile.
He stopped at the door, narrowing his eyes at his father.
"Oh, by the way. When the angry mutants of the world come screamin' fer ya blood, don't be too surprised if ya find out i'm leadin' the charge", he said, then walked away.
As Todd walked through the street outside his father's building, he heard the shout of terror from Daniel's office.
"How in the name of all things holy am i going to get THAT out of my desk?!", came Daniel's voice, "oh my God, that's an Amarny Jacket!".
Todd chuckled and walked away, shaking his head in amusment, when he felt someone knock him to the ground. He looked up to see Vivian.
"Ya just don't give up, do ya?", he asked her, narrowing his eyes.
Vivian smirked.
"Nope", she said, "i want my freedom, and the only way i can get it is if i take you in. Come on tenderfoot, we're both coldblooded, why don't you just come along nicely, then i don't have to hurt you".
"Your...freedom?", asked Todd, blinking, "but, you're already free. I mean, ya outside, on yer own..that's freedom ta me".
Vivian looked in thought for a second.
"You know, you may be right", she said, "i mean, i could let you go and we'd both be happy. I would be free and everything would be hunkey dorey".
"You're being sarcastic..'aint ya?", said Todd crossing his arms.
"Yep", said Vivian, kocking him out.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?".
Vivian paused to see a young girl running over to her.
"Get lost kid", she said with a snarl.
"What do you think you're doing to my cousin?!", said Gina, narrowing her eyes, "you put him down right now, or i'll.....".
"You'll what?", sneered Vivian, bending down to meet the twelve year old's gaze, "hit me with your Barbie doll?".
"Now you've ask for it", said Gina, her eyes starting to turn a very strange glowing green colour.
Vivan blinked when she felt something tugging at her leg. She looked down to see a few vines twisting themselves around her ankle. She hissed in surprise as the vines doubled in size and started to circle her waist and arms.
"I'll ask you again", said Gina calmly, "let my cousin go. NOW!".
Vivan narrowed her eyes and vanished, camoflaging herself against her surroundings. Gina blinked in surprise, dropping her hold on the plant life around her. She was then knocked to the ground by an invisible force. In seconds, Vivian was standing over her again, a tenticle wrapped around the girl's neck. Gina started to gasp for air, she tried using her mutant power, but she was already pretty drained. Vivian gave a evil grin.
"One less kid in the world is no problem", she said, "pitty, you've got spunk".
She started to tighten her grip on Gina's throat when she was smacked in the side. She turned her head to see a boy of twelve..or rather 4 boys who looked identical.
"Drop her", said one.
Vivan rolled her eyes and swatted at one of the boys, knocking him to the ground. To her surprise, three more appeared.
"What the....", she said, blinking.
"I'm a one man army", said Jamie, "even if i have the tiniest tap, i can make more of me. So why don't you just put the lady down, huh?".
Vivian dropped Gina, who started to cough and take in deep breaths of air. Vivian smirked and grabbed Todd, slinging the unconsious mutant over her shoulder.
"If kids like you are the future for mutants, it can't be that bleak", she said, tilting her head to the side, "toodles".
With that, she became invisible, as did Todd, and she ran off. Jamie absorbed his multiples and knelt down to where Gina sat, and put an arm around her shoulder.
"Hey, are you okay?", he asked her, his voice concerned.
"Yeah, i'm good", Gina said, still a little wheezy, "but she got Todd!. We have to get help, come on!".
She stood up and grabbed Jamie's hand she only knew of one place she could go.
"For the last time, 'Milleu' IS a word!".
Wanda and Sidney were staring each other out from either side of a scrabble board. Pietro, Lance and Fred had made the great judgment call to leave the house for a while. Just in case it collapsed while the game raged on. Apparently, it was not only Pietro who had a competitive streak, it seemed to be part of the Lenshir bloodline.
"Wanda, 'Milleu' is not a word, i'm sorry", said Sidney, shaking her head.
"Fine, we'll get a dictionary shall we?", said Wanda, grabbing a tattered book.
She flicked through it and gave a laugh of triumph.
"There!", she said, pointing to a word in the dictonary, "'Milleu, environment'!. Ha!. Read it and weep cat-girl! I'm number one, you hear me?. Number one!".
"And i thought Pietro was a bad winner", muttered Sidney, crossing her arms.
"Are you comparing me to my twin?", asked Wanda, narrowing her eyes.
"What if i am?", said Sidney with a growl, "the only differnce i've seen yet is that you won't admit you're feelings, at least Pietro can do that!".
"No he can't!", said Wanda, then blinked, "and will you quit it already. I don't like the Toad!".
"I didn't say you did, you just brought him up, again", said Sidney with a chuckle.
The lights started to flash quickly. Wanda was at breaking point, she was about to make the scrabble pieces attack Sidney when Gina and Jamie burst through the door.
"Gina?", said Sidney, looking up, "what's wrong?".
"Sidney?. Wow, i wasn't expecting to see you for a bit", said Gina, "it's Todd. This snake-lady took him. I..i tried to stop her but she was too powerfull".
"Vivian", said Wanda, narrowing her eyes, "which direction did she go in?".
"We don't know", said Jamie, "she went invisible".
Sidney looked over to Wanda.
"Well i'm going, are you?", she asked.
Wanda narrowed her eyes.
"Fine", she said, "but this doesn't mean i care".
"Good, lets go!", said Gina.
"You two are staying here", said Sidney.
"No way!", said Jamie, "you guys need all the help you can get".
"Oh let the kids come", said Wanda, rolling her eyes, "we haven't got the time to mess around".
With that, they all headed out of the house, with no idea where they were going, while fighting against the clock. A typical rescue for a resident of Bayville.
Another one!. Man, i'm feeling espesically evil at the moment. See, i brought back Jamie and Gina!. By accident too. Oh well, please review, until next time...