Title: Chances
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Rating: PG-13
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Logan
happened to glance out one of the windows, or what used to be a window, and saw
lightning streak the air. But it wasn't
random like lightning always is. He
stopped walking, and stared out the window.
Then he realized it was Storm's call to arms. He halted everyone mid-step.
"Beast, climb out the window and see if you can see Storm or anyone
else." Beast nodded assent and
proceeded to climb out the stone wall.
He was the best bet for climbing because of his super-agility.
Beast
climbed up to the top of the roof and searched for Storm. He saw her mad flight towards the
castle. She was shouting something to
him that he couldn't make out. As she
drew nearer he realized what she was saying.
"Bomb." He whispered to
himself. He shouted to her, "How
long?" Storm dropped from the sky onto
the castle.
"The time
is set for three minutes. Probably now
two. We have to find everyone and get
them out of here now!"
"We have
Wolverine, Gambit and Shadowcat. I
don't know where Cyclops or Iceman are."
Beast said quickly.
"I'll go
find them. You warn the others." With that she flew to the other side of the
fortress. Beast fairly flew down the
side of the wall. He was doing a mental
count down from two minutes. They were
almost down to a minute.
* * *
Rogue's arms and legs were tied
up. They had stuffed a gag in her
mouth. Not that she had much energy to
struggle. Using Dreamseeker's talent
had drained most of her energy. As she
watched the fortress grow smaller from the window, she prayed for her friends'
safety. Tears rolled down her cheeks.
"In mourning already, are we?" Toad laughed cruelly. "Yup, I expect they will all be blown to
pieces shortly. So much for your X-men,
eh?" Rogue glared at him, wishing she
had Cyclops optical power to blow him away.
She settled for a muffled curse.
Toad looked at her. "What was
that darling? Don't tell me you've
resorted to foul language." He laughed
again. Rogue felt the anger build up
inside her. It boiled at the pit of her
stomach. White hot. She forgot about her exhaustion, all she
cared about was killing him. Using what
was left of her strength Rogue propelled herself at him, breaking through her
bonds as if they were made out of tissue paper. She screamed in anger.
Like a wild animal caught in a hunters trap. She tackled him to the ground.
Rogue punched him once in the face.
Then taking off one glove, she slapped him with her bare hand. Letting her poisoned skin touch his. Toad went into immediate shock. His face rippled. His toad-like tongue slipped out of his mouth. Rogue smiled through her pain.
Just as she was about to let go and
hunt the others, she felt a sharp piercing pain in the back of her head. Then all was dark, yet again.
* * *
Everyone was out of the fortress,
except Iceman and Cyclops. Wolverine
went back in to get them. Thirty
seconds. He ran down the halls, yelling
their names. Twenty-eight seconds. He heard a slight shuffling noise towards
his left. Twenty-five seconds. Then, "Wolverine?" He ran towards them shouting at them to get out of the
building. Twenty-two seconds. They all ran towards the exit. Sprinting and dodging objects. Eighteen seconds. Iceman tripped. Wolverine
and Cyclops went back and pulled him up.
Running all the while. Twelve
seconds. They reach the exit and
full-blown run. Eight seconds. They caught up with the others. Three, two, one.
The impact of the bomb threw them
all forward on the ground. Storm got
blasted out of the air and onto the ground as well. Debris fell all around them.
They got off the ground helping each other up, running away from the
blazing inferno.
* * *
As they neared the jet, Wolverine
turned back and looked at the building that Rogue had stayed in. As he thought about how close they had been
to her, he felt the familiar animal instinct.
The old anger came back full blown.
He roared his anger to the cold stars and uncaring moon. He howled like the animal he was always
thought as. Unsheathing his claws, he
started to rip apart the trees and anything else that was in his way. The wind carried his pain on it's back.
Storm turned away from Logan and
looked at Scott. She quietly told him
about the jet that she had seen. By
now, the jet would be too far to trace.
But Xavier might be able to get on Cerebro to find them. Storm went in the jet to call the base. Everyone quietly filed in, leaving Logan to
his anguish. When he was ready, he
would come.
