Karma
Chapter Eleven: Why Risk It?
Author: Icy Flame
Disclaimer: Don't own them never will
Icy: I know what took so long?
W: We've been kinda busy!
Icy: Yep so we kinda got some extra help!
SJ: That'd be me!
W: *doe eyes* The newest member of our team, St. John Allerdyce!
SJ: G'day mates!
Icy: Finally we have this chapter up! I was gonna split it into two chapter but I figured you guys have suffered enough! Don't worry the next one will be out MUCH MUCH sooner! Promise!
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Rogue grunted in annoyance as she woke, a bright light searing her eyes. She closed her eyes and a few minutes later squinted at the light.
"This one's awake sir!" announced a voice, which in Rogue's opinion was way to loud. She turned her head to tell whoever was shouting to stop but her vision was bleary. It didn't help when someone came up to her and stuck a needle in her arm. The world got dark as she promptly passed out.
She awoke a few hours later, inside a room with a large clear side and three normal ones. Blinking to adjust her eye went over to the clear wall. Looking around she saw a few men scurry past. Directly in front of her was a large examination table. There was someone laying on it. Rogue began to feel tired again. Trying to fight against it she squinted at the figure on the table. He looked familiar from somewhere. Her school maybe? Was he her teacher? Naw he didn't seem to be a kid type. Man was she tired, sleep sounded really idea right now, oh maybe it would get rid of this headache. Who in the hell was playing that damn drum? She'd get them…as soon as she woke up from a quick nap. But Rogue got the idea that this man had trained her…if only she wasn't so tired she might be able to recall in what… Rogue passed out once more.
Xavier nodded his bald little head. Smiling at the other two women he rolled his wheelchair back and waited for them to exit the room.
"That sounds like a lovely plan ladies, now all we need to do is gather the children and start out." They reluctantly nodded and left the meeting room. Walking down the hallways they peered outside, seeing the kids doing various actives. Charles sent out a telepathic message that they all needed to return to the building. Within five minutes all of them were waiting for the message, hopeful looks one each face.
"We have completed a plan to evacuate our teammates." Xavier explained, smiling.
Ororo continued, " Bobby, Kitty, Kurt, Lance and Jean will come. That is all, the rest of you shall remain here." Those not chosen looked like they were about to disagree but the look the professor sent them shut everyone up.
"Let's get going." Mystique roared, turning towards the jet.
Bobby grinned and waved to the other new recruits. He received the thumbs up as he scurried off with the others. Lance walked over looking annoyed but it slipped off his face when he noticed Kitty pouting at him. Jean sent an apologetic look at Scott but continued, Kurt teleporting on board already. Within a few moments the jet roared into life and took off.
"So what do you guys want to do?" Jamie asked, looking at the remaining students. Ororo put a motherly hand on his shoulder. She was the only adult that had stayed behind. He looked up at her and a smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.
Scott suggested, "Why don't we all see who can build the best sand castle hm? Who wants to be on my team?"
Ororo shot him a thankful look and he just nodded. Todd noticed this and it made him wonder, was this what it was like at the mansion? Did they really stick this close together during stuff like this? Of course the brotherhood was close too but getting along wasn't exactly something they did well, not even during battle. Most of the time they found themselves duking it out at home more than when with the X-Men. I wonder what it's like being an X-Man?
Jamie shook him out of his contemplation as he asked if he'd be his partner in the sand castle-making contest. The winning team got to pick dinner.
Evan looked around his surroundings and frowned there was no way that he was gonna be stuck in here. Spiking up his body he shot them at the walls randomly, hoping that he could find a weak spot and work from there. All of his spikes bounced right off the container besides one. The ground was littered with the random bone protrusions, there was one in the back wall. Going over there we produced another, larger spike and began to dig his way out; only to be find a metal grate leading to the air vent.
"Are you sure, I mean dis wasn't what the boss man said…" Peter asked skeptically.
"Listenheremetalmanhesaidwecouldfindourownwaybackandtodowhateverwewantedtilhecalledonusagain!I'mmerelyprovidingusiwthsomethingtodo,besideshewon'tmindwhenwebringbackallthesemutants! So just shut up and do it." Pietro ordered, tapping his foot impatiently. The rest of the team had been easier to win over but Peter was very hard to assure.
"Alright if you say so."
That done with the team powered up, Pietro making sure his way was clear, Remy shuffling a deck of cards, St. John flipping his tanks open and close and Peter shifting into metal form. On the count of three they charged, busting into the building where the captured mutants were being withheld. Running down a corridor they pasted a few guards, each being taken care of differently, depending on which guy's turn it was. Remy would simply toss a card and they would run like hell. Pyro would create a dragon of fire and chase them. Pietro would create a whirlwind around them and knock them out. Peter would pick them up and slam them into a wall. Making their way to a counter with the monitors.
Pietro ran up to the screens and quickly scanned over them. From the looks of it most of them had escaped. His hopes dropped but he halted when he saw her. 'YES!' Running over to one of the prisons he stood back and looked at the clear wall. There sleeping was Rogue, the first brotherhood girl. Standing right in front of the glass Pietro punched a fist into the wall. Now normally this wouldn't work as Pietro had no mutant power of super strength but since his fist was going at over a hundred miles per hours his hand went through the glass like a knife through butter. Grinning at his own cunning he zipped into the prison scooped her up and zipped right back out. Smiling at her he shifted his precious bundle before shooting a warily eye around. There was still one more mutant being held captive. The speedster gulped, he was afraid of this. 'At least it's not Evan. Surprisingly he got out by himself.'
Noting the presence of his 'teammates' he motioned them over. Pointing to the table he motioned for them to release the mutant.
"Are you sure mon ami? He looks none too friendly." Remy drawled, charging up a card at Quicksilver's curt nod. "Alright den." Shooting the paper square directly at the restraints they blew up on contact.
Peter took a step in and scooped up the mutant. Throwing the man over his back he turned to their 'leader'. His gaze was fixed on Rogue, still in her X-Men uniform the Acolytes looked confused. 'Why would he risk all this for X-men?' Deciding against asking they simply followed him out of the building.
"So where to now?" Pyro asked, flicking his lighter on and off, forming little penguins and other such animals. He missed Pietro's fleeting glance, the speedster looked down at the body in his arms. There was no way he could risk Rogue to some stupid plan, but it seemed as he just had. Tapping his foot he went over the possibilities, he realty didn't want to have Rogue involved with his father but there didn't seem to be away out of it. Searching for any other way to keep her safe he sighed in defeat.
"It seems we'll be cutting our little vacation short." Pietro held up a hand for silence as they moaned at this. "Shut it, we're going back to Magneto's NOW!"
Before they could possibly stop him Quicksilver had out his cell phone. Punching speed dial number two he waited for his father to pick up. *Briiiing*
"What is it now?"
"Think you could send six of your metal balls to my location?"
There was a pause.
"Six?"
"Did I stutter?"
The line went dead. Within minutes several of the balls fell from the sky, opening up a fraction. Each mutant got into one. Besides the two who were knocked out, they of course were placed in a silver metal ball separately. A few seconds later the hatches closed and Magneto's transporters took off into the sky once more, whizzing by at amazing speeds.
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"You all understand that this rescue could mean live of death for both use and our teammates."
"Yes professor." They chorused quietly, awaiting their orders. The X-Jet had just landed outside the base and the team was prepared to be sent into the base and retrieve their friends and comrades.
Bobby iced his body up, grinning madly as he did so. The rest of them just crept closer to the building, trying to listen for any sounds indicating their presence was known. When they reached the base undisturbed Bobby seemed a little sad but everyone gasped as they walked inside to see the scorch marks on the floor and walls. There were even large dents in to walls.
Charles halted, scanning for any of the captured mutants. First he tried for his team, being most familiar with Logan, Evan, Hank and Rogue. Then he sent out for Fred. He tapped his chin lightly while he pondered the meaning of this.
Mystique noticed his lack of movement and turned around to see what he was puttering with now. It was probably some stupid rat or something that he found amusing. Scowling she glared at him as he continued to tap his chin.
"What are you doing?" She all but growled, eyes taking a dangerous gleam to them.
Xavier explained, "I was trying to locate them."
Kitty walked forward. "And? Did you find them?" She asked in a pleading manner, hoping his answer wouldn't be a negative.
"I was able to locate Blob, Beast and Spyke." The others looked on expectantly for the other names to come tumbling out of his mouth but they never came.
"Do you mean that Logan and Rogue aren't here?"
"I'm afraid so Bobby. But this doesn't mean that we should give up, let's gather our teammates up and exit. We should be able to come up with something back at our base."
Raven looked about to protest but thought better of it. Groaning, now she'd be stuck with these goody-two-shoes longer. Rogue was worth it though; there would be nothing in the world that would stop her from gathering her family back together and defiantly not some homo sapien bucket of bolts. Setting up teams she sent Lance and Bobby along with the professor. Taking Kitty, Kurt and Jean with herself. She smiled fondly at Kurt, happy to spend some time with him but now there were more intermediate things at hand. Sighing she directed them down the hall where Xavier had said Fred awaited them.
Xavier wheeled his chair down the crater ridden hallway. 'What were they up to?' Shaking his head in puzzlement he followed as Lance and Bobby jogged forward, trying not to go faster than Charles' chair would go. 'Damn I knew I should have installed that motor' Pushing on the wheels faster he breathed heavily from the effort of keeping up with the two youth. He jerked to a stop as Hank dropped down from the ceiling beam, scaring Lance and Bobby who jumped and the professor who flinched.
"So sorry for bolting from the blue but you appeared to be in necessitate of assistance Charles, if I may?" Hank offered, gesturing towards the wheel chair. Giving him a grateful smile he nodded and Beast plucked Xavier from it and they began to rush through the halls in search of Evan.
'Professor what does this mean?' Jean asked him telepathically, following Mystique's lead.
'As of now there is nothing we can do, simply follow our original plan Jean. We shall arrive shortly.'
"The Professor said to follow the original evacuation plan, nothing special. Let's go!" Jean explained as the group surged forward from the base. Raven was in lead followed by Kitty and then Kurt. Fred was lumbering behind with Jean bringing up the rear incase she had to use her telekinetic powers to deflect any firepower thrown their way.
Evan shivered; it was cold in the air vent. 'Yeah not quite original but those spy movies finally paid off. You'd of thought for super smart brainy guys they'd have all these sealed off or something.' Yawning loudly Spyke shifted his muscles. He'd never imagined it'd be so simple to escape from his prison but he reminded himself that it wasn't over until the Blob sang. Taking another deep breath he crawled further into the chilly metal tunnel. As he inched onward he started to hear a rattling thud sound coming.
~ The Blackbird/X-Jet ~
Everyone had gathered onto the aircraft, prepared for take off. The jet shot through the air at a fascinating speed, spewing reddish lights from the exhaust system. Bobby looked semi pleased with himself along with Kitty and Kurt. Jean and Lance had a face of deep concentration on. Xavier wore a mask of indifference matching Hank and Raven's. Evan and Fred looked happy to be free. It was basically very peaceful.
Kitty went over to Lance and sat down in the seat next to him, fiddling with her thumbs for a few moments, working up the nerve to ask Lance something. Gazing over at him she grinned. He was so handsome, his long brown hair and deep brown eyes. She could get lost in those eyes; they haunted her at night while she dreamt. She let out a contented sigh as she placed her hand over his. He jerked his eyes over to her.
"I uh Kitty are you-" he started, trying to warn her that the others could see. She shushed him by placing a finger on his lips.
"Shush, it's ok Lance." He gave her a small smile, giving Kitty's hand a squeeze. Shadowcat blushed and leaned her head on his shoulder.
~ Back at the base ~
"Come one Scott! Hurry up with the water!" Roberto ordered, digging a deeper moat. Scott collapsed next to him as the water sloshed into the pit. The sand began to collect it at once but not before Ororo came over to look at it, nodding she smiled at them before walking over to Sam and Ray's. Finally she came to Todd's and Jamie's.
They had constructed a neat little mid-evil castle, with the details and all. It had a small moat with seat weed floating around like crocodiles. Shells decorated the foot high sand walls, giving it a realistic look. There was even a little drawl bridge constructed out of waft wood they'd found in the water. How it was connected was a mystery in it's self but the whole thing looked absolutely adorable.
Ororo praised, "Very well done boys, I believe everyone will agree with me on your castle winning." Cheers ran out along with some groans. Multiple and Toad high fived one another, grinning like the cat who ate the canary.
"Dang it, would've won if One-eye hadn't taken so dang long with the water." Grumbled Roberto before Tabitha rose an eyebrow at him. Waving her off he sat down and began fixing up the castle more, adding a few seashells and sticks.
"What would you boys like for dinner?" Storm asked warily, these two could come up with something quite strange. They looked at each other and grinned before saying what they wanted at the same time.
"Oreo ice cream!"
The thrusters cooled off as the X-Jet touched down on the beach, blowing some sand around. A few moments later the hatch popped open and everyone aboard got off. Walking back into the base they were startled to find everyone pigging out on Oreo ice cream along with a few other types. Scott ran over to them, looking for the other X-Men.
"Professor where are Rogue and Logan?"
"I am sorry to say that we were unable to locate them, but we will discuss this after you finish your meal. Everyone after you have completed your dinner please join my in the briefing room."
That said he wheeled himself out of the room, leaving not for the first time a room full of confused teenagers. Kitty's eyes grew wide when she saw all the ice cream and she dashed over to some cookie dough, yanking Avalanche along. Not that he minded much; in fact he seemed to be rather happy about it.
~~~ Else Where ~~~
Six metal balls dropped from the sky to land on a pad. They jerked to a stop and the hatched slinked open. Four forms popped up from them and one sped over to one of the other ones. Sabertooth growled as he picked up a familiar scent.
"You brought ~him~?" There was no question to who he was, especially since it came out as a cruse word and was growled dangerously.
"Yeah well I couldn't just leave a mutant in need."
"Or your girlfriend just might get mad."
"Back off! You know Rogue's status with Magneto." That shut him up pretty quick.
"Remy tink dat we oughta bring dem inside."
"For once I must agree with him comrade."
"Yeah get him and let's go."
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Icy: That's it, so was it worth the wait?
W: Do you really want to know?
SJ: I barely said anything!
Icy: Shush that's because uh you have a big part next chapter!
W: Pft or because you can't do his accent!
Icy: Like I can do any of the accents!
SJ: What? The Sheila aint right is she?
Icy: Ummm hey how bout we get some ice cream?
SJ: Ice cream?
W: Yum! Later yo
