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Author's note: Um. nothing to note ^_^
Moonlight Reflections Chapter Twelve Rescue By: NightElfCrawler
Rogue glanced around the snowy mountain and let out a huge sigh. "How in the hell are we supposed to FIND anything here?" she grumbled aloud.
Magma snorted beside her. "Don't ask me.. this is WAY too cold...brr." she shivered and threw an angry glance at the sky. "Don't the Gods and Goddesses KNOW such places are not for royal feet to set foot on!?"
Rogue put a hand to her head. "Spare me."
"Come on you two, stop chit chatting and lets' find the entrance." Beast lumbered up behind them and gently prodded the two x-men along. "Now look hard, it could be buried in snow."
"Tha Professor said it was SOMEWHERE around here." Rogue growled. "But then wha don't we see it?" She gestured. "There's nuthin here but rock n snow n trees.."
Beast folded his hairy arms. "Would you rather our companions stay contained?"
She scowled. "No, Ah'm just sayin."
"Then I suggest we get going. It will be getting light soon, and skiers wont' want to run into us, I wager."
"You mean you." Magma said haughtily. "You're something that would frighten the wits out of anyone."
Beast sighed softly. "True enough, but the point remains. back to work." He turned and eyed the rock formation they were standing in front of. "The source of metal Charles was able to track came from behind that rock formation.therefore there must be a concealed entrance."
"Pretty well concealed, Ah'd say." Rogue stomped up through the snow and smacked her hand against the wall a few times.
Magma lit up a ball of fire in her hand, having some difficulty. This incredibly cold weather made her powers harder to manifest. "I shall just blast it."
"I'm not sure that's such a prudent." Beast began to say and blinked as Magma launched a fireball at the rock, with Rogue throwing herself aside. The whole rock face seemed to shudder and explode, and as they dove for cover and looked up, they saw a gaping hole, with a corridor visible in it. "Er..I suppose that works..but they must know we're here now." Beast said, picking himself up from the snow. "Let us move quickly and find them."
The three climbed up into the hole, and found a metal corridor, littered with debris, lights flickering due to Magma's actions. Beast felt the rock just outside the hole thoughtfully. "Hmmm as I suspected. This is not Granite..it is plastic."
"Plastic?" Rogue blinked, looking like she wanted to laugh. "Thay made a mountain outta plastic?"
"Well otherwise, I doubt that Magma's fireball would have caused such a devastating effect." Beast explained turning back to the girls. "After all, rock is fairly immune to fire, unless she were to melt it with incredibly high heat, and given the cold climate she cannot do that."
Inside the storage closet, a very still Kurt and Jimaine listened to the conversation outside. It took some listening, for it to finally kick into Kurt's brain who was out there. "Come on!" He helped her up, and then pushed on the door. After some shoving, it finally broke open, some of the metal having warped from the explosion. They staggered into the flickering corridor, and coughed a bit from the residual smoke.
"Kurt!" Rogue ran forward seeing him and glanced back and forth, to see if anyone was coming yet. "You ok? Where's Amanda?"
Kurt looked up and glanced briefly down at Jimaine, and sighed. "It's a long story, but this is Amanda. or.rather, Amanda was her." He read the confusion on the three X-men's faces, and shook his head. "I'll explain later, let's get out of here now." He handed Jimaine over to Beast, who was offering to hold the girl, and together they leapt out of the hole, just as shouts and voices began to sound from either side of the corridor. Kurt winced as his feet hit the cold snow. He had ditched his boots back in the cell, for obvious reasons. He got down on all fours, and began running down the mountain, with the others. His thoughts were still mussed together in confusion. He wanted to just find a quiet place to curl up and think, but he knew he couldn't afford that, and wouldn't be given it, if Margali had anything to do with it.
Rogue trotted up beside him. "So. you ok?" She asked, concern in her voice.
He threw a tight grin back at her. "Ja.they ignored me..."
Rogue blinked in surprise. "Ignored ya?"
"Ja." He answered as they headed towards the jet that was concealed not far ahead in a glade. "I wasn't the one they wanted."
Rogue seemed to consider that. "But wha would they want Amanda? Ah mean, she's just a normal girl!"
Kurt glanced at her and looked away, suddenly having guilt flood through him. "No. she's not."
Rogue gave him an odd look, but didn't press it. They all boarded into the jet, and just as the door closed, the sounds of bullets ricocheting off other hull pinged loudly. But, the jet was made soundly, and it lifted off without a hitch, and they were headed back down the mountain.
Rogue and Kurt were tending to Jimaine, who had passed out. Neither of them was quite sure what had been done to her, and why she was out cold.
Rogue glanced over at Kurt, noticing that he seemed rather subdued. "Hey gloomy.ya sure you're not hurt at all?"
He nodded and sat down in the seat beside Jimaine. "Ja..They didn't touch me."
Rogue put a damp cloth to the girl's head. "So. this is Amanda? Ya sure?" She looked doubtful. "Thay don't look anything alike."
He sighed quietly. "It's a long story.." He glanced up at her, eyes glazed over a bit. "And a .painful one."
Rogue frowned, and sat down beside him. "Ya wanna talk about it?"
He shook his head. "I'm not sure..how much time do we have..."
She sighed. "Not much, we're probably gonna go pick up the rest at the hotel then head back.." She saw his flinch. "Wha?"
He shuddered faintly then looked up at her. "Promise me something?" She looked confused but nodded. He gulped. "Make sure Margali doesn't kill me."
"Kill you?" Rogue looked stunned. "Wha would she wanna kill ya?"
His gaze switched to studying the floor. "Long story..but she would try..especially if she thought I hurt her daughter.."
Rogue scratched her head a bit but nodded. "No one will hurt ya, the proff wouldn't let em.."
He smiled tightly but didn't look reassured.
The jet set down, and Beast stood up. "All right, stay here while Amara goes and gets Charles and Amanda's parents... move her to the medical bed in the back now." He directed of Kurt and Rogue. Kurt nodded, and took Jimaine's shoulders and Rogue grabbed her booted feet, and together they lifted her to the bed. Beast then set about hooking up an IV and monitors. The two watched in silence beside him as he worked, and finally glanced back up. "Well, she's very weak..It seems whatever was done to her I cannot determine, but it did weaken her quite a bit." He glanced up at Kurt, a quizzical look. "Why does she look like this again?"
Kurt was about to answer, when footsteps sounded behind them and a hysterical voice. "My darling!? Where is she!?" They all turned as Margali shoved past any in her way and knelt down at the bedside. She stroked her daughters' hand for a moment, then suddenly stood up, and power suddenly seemed to crackle around her.
Everyone backed up instinctively, and Rogue glanced at Kurt suddenly understanding why he was so alarmed. Kurt was keeping his ground, a look on his face that showed he knew what was about to happen.
Margali turned, and it was then that everyone realized there was much more to her than they had thought. As she turned, her eyes were glowing intensely, and her face seemed to twist in intense rage and anger. With a sudden 'boom' everyone was thrown back against the hull of the jet, except for Kurt, who remained standing, quaking, in front of her. She reached out and grabbed him by the throat, her hair flaring out around her wildly. He didn't struggle, but just stood there immobile as she threatened to cut off his air.
She finally spoke, her voice dark and dangerous. "I have put up with you long enough..if only my daughter had allowed me to dispose of you when your treachery was first known, I would not have her in this situation now...I will take care of what should have been done before now."
Kurt hadn't made a move to escape, despite his teleporting skills. He just was motionless as she towered over him. The others were trying to move to stop her, but the massive power she wielded was keeping them held against the walls immobile.
"Mother..stop." Came a soft quiet voice from behind Margali, causing her to glance back. Jimaine was sitting up, weakly, but firmly. "Let him go."
Margali seemed to become more angry at that. "Why do you continue to defend him!?" She hissed. "You KNOW what he did!!"
Jimaine stood up, seeming to regain some of her strength. "NO!" she paused, taking a breath. "No..If he did it, he had a good reason. I've learned so much from him.We were captured by the Hunters mother." She watched her mother's frightened expression for a moment then continued. "They didn't know about him..they ignored him..he could have escaped at any time using his power. but he came for me. even after finding out who I really was. he still came for me, and saved me.He must have known what would happen once we got back here and faced you. but still he came." Her voice hardened. "He is a good person. I won't let you kill him."
Margali seemed shaken by her daughter's statement, and glanced down at the silent Kurt, who was just standing there, trying his best to breath with her tight grip, not saying a word in his defense. "You." She finally hissed, with half the lethal intent in her voice. "Explain."
Kurt just raised his eyes up, then down. "I can't."
"Why." He said nothing. "Why!?" She yelled louder. "You have not ever denied my accusations!? Tell me the truth now! We shall end this! Did you kill my son!!??"
Everyone in the jet seemed to draw a breath together hearing that accusation. They wanted to ask questions, they wanted to deny it. Kurt wasn't that kind of person, he was incapable of killing anyone..wasn't he? The tension was too high for comment, however, and the jet remained deathly silent as the confrontation between the two continued.
Kurt didn't seem to want to meet her eyes, and they could see darkening spots on his fur, tears. Finally he lifted his head, and met her eyes, tears spilling down. "Yes.." His voice was barely louder than a whisper. "I killed him."
The silence that echoed in the jet was even more dense than before.
Margali's rage, seemed to amplify, then dwindle a bit, and extreme sadness overcame her wild features. "Why...why did you kill him."
Kurt remained silent, and didn't look back up.
Professor Xavier, finally came forward, since the pressure keeping them away had vanished. He held a hand up. "Please Mrs. Sefton." He said in that quiet calm way he had. "Allow me to help with this..."
Margali glanced at the telepath then nodded once, and released her grip on Kurt, who fell a good five feet after being released, and landed rather unsteadily on his feet.
Xavier didn't wait for him to get up, but put a cool hand to the boy's head, and concentrated, expanding the field to a visual spectrum, portraying Kurt's memories for all to see....
Violating his mind..
Author's note: Um. nothing to note ^_^
Moonlight Reflections Chapter Twelve Rescue By: NightElfCrawler
Rogue glanced around the snowy mountain and let out a huge sigh. "How in the hell are we supposed to FIND anything here?" she grumbled aloud.
Magma snorted beside her. "Don't ask me.. this is WAY too cold...brr." she shivered and threw an angry glance at the sky. "Don't the Gods and Goddesses KNOW such places are not for royal feet to set foot on!?"
Rogue put a hand to her head. "Spare me."
"Come on you two, stop chit chatting and lets' find the entrance." Beast lumbered up behind them and gently prodded the two x-men along. "Now look hard, it could be buried in snow."
"Tha Professor said it was SOMEWHERE around here." Rogue growled. "But then wha don't we see it?" She gestured. "There's nuthin here but rock n snow n trees.."
Beast folded his hairy arms. "Would you rather our companions stay contained?"
She scowled. "No, Ah'm just sayin."
"Then I suggest we get going. It will be getting light soon, and skiers wont' want to run into us, I wager."
"You mean you." Magma said haughtily. "You're something that would frighten the wits out of anyone."
Beast sighed softly. "True enough, but the point remains. back to work." He turned and eyed the rock formation they were standing in front of. "The source of metal Charles was able to track came from behind that rock formation.therefore there must be a concealed entrance."
"Pretty well concealed, Ah'd say." Rogue stomped up through the snow and smacked her hand against the wall a few times.
Magma lit up a ball of fire in her hand, having some difficulty. This incredibly cold weather made her powers harder to manifest. "I shall just blast it."
"I'm not sure that's such a prudent." Beast began to say and blinked as Magma launched a fireball at the rock, with Rogue throwing herself aside. The whole rock face seemed to shudder and explode, and as they dove for cover and looked up, they saw a gaping hole, with a corridor visible in it. "Er..I suppose that works..but they must know we're here now." Beast said, picking himself up from the snow. "Let us move quickly and find them."
The three climbed up into the hole, and found a metal corridor, littered with debris, lights flickering due to Magma's actions. Beast felt the rock just outside the hole thoughtfully. "Hmmm as I suspected. This is not Granite..it is plastic."
"Plastic?" Rogue blinked, looking like she wanted to laugh. "Thay made a mountain outta plastic?"
"Well otherwise, I doubt that Magma's fireball would have caused such a devastating effect." Beast explained turning back to the girls. "After all, rock is fairly immune to fire, unless she were to melt it with incredibly high heat, and given the cold climate she cannot do that."
Inside the storage closet, a very still Kurt and Jimaine listened to the conversation outside. It took some listening, for it to finally kick into Kurt's brain who was out there. "Come on!" He helped her up, and then pushed on the door. After some shoving, it finally broke open, some of the metal having warped from the explosion. They staggered into the flickering corridor, and coughed a bit from the residual smoke.
"Kurt!" Rogue ran forward seeing him and glanced back and forth, to see if anyone was coming yet. "You ok? Where's Amanda?"
Kurt looked up and glanced briefly down at Jimaine, and sighed. "It's a long story, but this is Amanda. or.rather, Amanda was her." He read the confusion on the three X-men's faces, and shook his head. "I'll explain later, let's get out of here now." He handed Jimaine over to Beast, who was offering to hold the girl, and together they leapt out of the hole, just as shouts and voices began to sound from either side of the corridor. Kurt winced as his feet hit the cold snow. He had ditched his boots back in the cell, for obvious reasons. He got down on all fours, and began running down the mountain, with the others. His thoughts were still mussed together in confusion. He wanted to just find a quiet place to curl up and think, but he knew he couldn't afford that, and wouldn't be given it, if Margali had anything to do with it.
Rogue trotted up beside him. "So. you ok?" She asked, concern in her voice.
He threw a tight grin back at her. "Ja.they ignored me..."
Rogue blinked in surprise. "Ignored ya?"
"Ja." He answered as they headed towards the jet that was concealed not far ahead in a glade. "I wasn't the one they wanted."
Rogue seemed to consider that. "But wha would they want Amanda? Ah mean, she's just a normal girl!"
Kurt glanced at her and looked away, suddenly having guilt flood through him. "No. she's not."
Rogue gave him an odd look, but didn't press it. They all boarded into the jet, and just as the door closed, the sounds of bullets ricocheting off other hull pinged loudly. But, the jet was made soundly, and it lifted off without a hitch, and they were headed back down the mountain.
Rogue and Kurt were tending to Jimaine, who had passed out. Neither of them was quite sure what had been done to her, and why she was out cold.
Rogue glanced over at Kurt, noticing that he seemed rather subdued. "Hey gloomy.ya sure you're not hurt at all?"
He nodded and sat down in the seat beside Jimaine. "Ja..They didn't touch me."
Rogue put a damp cloth to the girl's head. "So. this is Amanda? Ya sure?" She looked doubtful. "Thay don't look anything alike."
He sighed quietly. "It's a long story.." He glanced up at her, eyes glazed over a bit. "And a .painful one."
Rogue frowned, and sat down beside him. "Ya wanna talk about it?"
He shook his head. "I'm not sure..how much time do we have..."
She sighed. "Not much, we're probably gonna go pick up the rest at the hotel then head back.." She saw his flinch. "Wha?"
He shuddered faintly then looked up at her. "Promise me something?" She looked confused but nodded. He gulped. "Make sure Margali doesn't kill me."
"Kill you?" Rogue looked stunned. "Wha would she wanna kill ya?"
His gaze switched to studying the floor. "Long story..but she would try..especially if she thought I hurt her daughter.."
Rogue scratched her head a bit but nodded. "No one will hurt ya, the proff wouldn't let em.."
He smiled tightly but didn't look reassured.
The jet set down, and Beast stood up. "All right, stay here while Amara goes and gets Charles and Amanda's parents... move her to the medical bed in the back now." He directed of Kurt and Rogue. Kurt nodded, and took Jimaine's shoulders and Rogue grabbed her booted feet, and together they lifted her to the bed. Beast then set about hooking up an IV and monitors. The two watched in silence beside him as he worked, and finally glanced back up. "Well, she's very weak..It seems whatever was done to her I cannot determine, but it did weaken her quite a bit." He glanced up at Kurt, a quizzical look. "Why does she look like this again?"
Kurt was about to answer, when footsteps sounded behind them and a hysterical voice. "My darling!? Where is she!?" They all turned as Margali shoved past any in her way and knelt down at the bedside. She stroked her daughters' hand for a moment, then suddenly stood up, and power suddenly seemed to crackle around her.
Everyone backed up instinctively, and Rogue glanced at Kurt suddenly understanding why he was so alarmed. Kurt was keeping his ground, a look on his face that showed he knew what was about to happen.
Margali turned, and it was then that everyone realized there was much more to her than they had thought. As she turned, her eyes were glowing intensely, and her face seemed to twist in intense rage and anger. With a sudden 'boom' everyone was thrown back against the hull of the jet, except for Kurt, who remained standing, quaking, in front of her. She reached out and grabbed him by the throat, her hair flaring out around her wildly. He didn't struggle, but just stood there immobile as she threatened to cut off his air.
She finally spoke, her voice dark and dangerous. "I have put up with you long enough..if only my daughter had allowed me to dispose of you when your treachery was first known, I would not have her in this situation now...I will take care of what should have been done before now."
Kurt hadn't made a move to escape, despite his teleporting skills. He just was motionless as she towered over him. The others were trying to move to stop her, but the massive power she wielded was keeping them held against the walls immobile.
"Mother..stop." Came a soft quiet voice from behind Margali, causing her to glance back. Jimaine was sitting up, weakly, but firmly. "Let him go."
Margali seemed to become more angry at that. "Why do you continue to defend him!?" She hissed. "You KNOW what he did!!"
Jimaine stood up, seeming to regain some of her strength. "NO!" she paused, taking a breath. "No..If he did it, he had a good reason. I've learned so much from him.We were captured by the Hunters mother." She watched her mother's frightened expression for a moment then continued. "They didn't know about him..they ignored him..he could have escaped at any time using his power. but he came for me. even after finding out who I really was. he still came for me, and saved me.He must have known what would happen once we got back here and faced you. but still he came." Her voice hardened. "He is a good person. I won't let you kill him."
Margali seemed shaken by her daughter's statement, and glanced down at the silent Kurt, who was just standing there, trying his best to breath with her tight grip, not saying a word in his defense. "You." She finally hissed, with half the lethal intent in her voice. "Explain."
Kurt just raised his eyes up, then down. "I can't."
"Why." He said nothing. "Why!?" She yelled louder. "You have not ever denied my accusations!? Tell me the truth now! We shall end this! Did you kill my son!!??"
Everyone in the jet seemed to draw a breath together hearing that accusation. They wanted to ask questions, they wanted to deny it. Kurt wasn't that kind of person, he was incapable of killing anyone..wasn't he? The tension was too high for comment, however, and the jet remained deathly silent as the confrontation between the two continued.
Kurt didn't seem to want to meet her eyes, and they could see darkening spots on his fur, tears. Finally he lifted his head, and met her eyes, tears spilling down. "Yes.." His voice was barely louder than a whisper. "I killed him."
The silence that echoed in the jet was even more dense than before.
Margali's rage, seemed to amplify, then dwindle a bit, and extreme sadness overcame her wild features. "Why...why did you kill him."
Kurt remained silent, and didn't look back up.
Professor Xavier, finally came forward, since the pressure keeping them away had vanished. He held a hand up. "Please Mrs. Sefton." He said in that quiet calm way he had. "Allow me to help with this..."
Margali glanced at the telepath then nodded once, and released her grip on Kurt, who fell a good five feet after being released, and landed rather unsteadily on his feet.
Xavier didn't wait for him to get up, but put a cool hand to the boy's head, and concentrated, expanding the field to a visual spectrum, portraying Kurt's memories for all to see....
Violating his mind..