Disclaimer: Never have nor will I ever own the X-Men. They belong to Marvel…blah, blah, blah.
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~A Walk in the Park, part 3~
The Brotherhood, a couple of Acolytes and all of the main X-Men occupied the war room inside the X-Mansion. While Xavier was using Cerebro to locate Rogue, the tension between the usual rivalry teams began to grow.
An invisible triangle was formed amongst the three teams. With Avalanche, Toad and the Blob standing together at one end. Gambit and Colossus stood at another end and finalizing the triangle were Wolverine, Storm, Beast, Cyclops, Jean, ShadowCat and NightCrawler. Each team eyeing the other suspiciously, as if they were re-enacting the game clue.
Fortunately, Xavier wasn't long. "I have found Rogue," he said, wheeling into the room, "she's being held hostage by a group of anti-mutant people that call themselves 'the Friends of Humanity.' Though there is something remarkable about one of her captives…his family ties."
"Where is she?" Wolverine asked, claws popping out of his knuckles caused by his impatience.
"They're in an old abandoned building in Manhattan. I'll give you the coordinates once you're in the Blackbird."
"Okay teams, let's move out!" Storm declared.
The three teams headed towards the Blackbird.
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'Where am Ah,' Rogue thought. Her head fogging up a little. 'This being an unconscious damsel is getting old, real fast.' The bitter thoughts of being gassed and then her black out in the park seemed to surface to her mind, mockingly.
"Did you sleep well?" someone asked.
Rogue immediately took in her surroundings. She was tied to a chair in a small, dark room. Someone stepped out of the shadows and Rogue quickly recognized him from the mall encounter. "Why am Ah here?" she asked.
"Good question. Why are any mutants here? Your existence alone threatens every normal person you come across. As the founder and leader of 'the Friends of Humanity' it is my goal to expose you mutants as the threats you are.
Of course, where are my manners. My name is Graydon Creed and you are the infamous Rogue from the band of mutants that call themselves the X-Men."
"How did ya know that?" Rogue asked. For the first time fear welling up inside her. The knowledge he possessed and wonders of his plans for her and mutant kind itself causing that fear.
"I have my sources," he said, circling his immobile captive. "When you were captured by that Sentinel Trask created, your teammates came to your rescue. So, with you being held as bait, the others will fall into my trap quite easily. Then with your 'attacking' us the government will be forced to put all of you freaks away."
"Ya, somehow my kidnapping will be kept off of the news," Rogue taunted.
"That's how it works," he checked his watched, then smiled at Rogue. "I'll leave you here for a moment while I attend some business matters and don't get any bright ideas of escaping because one of the guards will be here to supervise you."
Just as Creed left another man came in, holding a gun in his hand, he sat down across from Rogue and waited for the young mutant to try to escape.
Rogue closed her eyes and concentrated on making telepathic contract with the Professor.
/Rogue! Thank goodness. How are you holding up, dear?/ the Professor asked, linked to her mind.
/Ah'm fine. Ah'm being held by a man named Graydon Creed. He runs this lil' group of rednecks that call themselves the Friends of Humanity. Ah've been kidnapped so ya'll would come and rescue me. If ya come after me, ya'll be steppin' into a trap and he intends ta make your rescue seem like an attack on them, so the government will see mutants as freaks./ Rogue said.
It was silent for a moment while the Professor thought of a way to rescue his X-Man without making it seem like an attack. Then an idea hit him.
/Rogue, I have an idea. Sit back and behave, I'll get you out of there in no time./ the Professor said.
Rogue did as instructed and waited to be rescued.
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"X-Men, call of the attack and return to the mansion at once." Xavier said through the Blackbird's radio.
"Why?" Wolverine demanded.
"Because her kidnapping was a set up. I have a more one on one tactic in mind," he answered.
Curious, Storm returned the Blackbird to the mansion.
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The front door of Creed's building was smashed down. "FBI! Everyone drop your weapons and get down on the floor!" a loud voice demanded.
Stunned, some of the men inside the building did as they were told while the rest continued to hold their weapons, standing.
A large group of FBI agents swarmed the building, handcuffing FoH members. With the building surrounded the rest of the FoH had no choice but to surrender their weapons and be placed under arrest.
"What is the meaning of this!" Creed demanded, as he was being cuffed and dragged to a car.
"We got a tip off you kidnapped a minor girl," one of the agents answered.
As if on cue, two agents had just untied Rogue and were assisting her through the building to the front door where Xavier awaited her.
"How did ya manage this, Professor?" Rogue asked, looking around at the situation at hand, rather surprised.
"I have my connections in the government. All thanks to a newly pro-mutant senator, Senator Kelly. The X-Men helped him a few years ago before even Kurt was recruited. Now come, you have a lot of people at the mansion that will be pleased to see that you are all right." Xavier said.
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~Back at the mansion
After receiving many happy returns from her concerned teammates, ex-teammates and Acolytes, Rogue was glad when it was all over.
Having Rogue home, safe and sound, left the Brotherhood content and they left the mansion's premises, vowing at another rematch against the X-Men, another day of course.
The Acolytes stayed behind to talk with the Professor.
~Inside the War Room
"I am glad to hear that you will be leaving the Acolytes and returning to Russia to take care of your sister, but why the reform?" Xavier asked.
Piotr looked across the room at Kitty, then meet Xavier's gaze once again. "I have my reasons. But for now I must help my family, since Magneto will no longer give them any more aid. When the day comes, I shall return to America as an X-Man."
"If you ever need any help, don't hesitate to ask," Xavier offered.
Piotr nodded and waved his goodbyes. Then left the mansion for the airport.
Kitty left the room to give a private goodbye to the Russian.
"Now Remy, are you sure you want to stay as an X-Man?" Xavier asked.
"Seein' as how Remy hates fighting against, chere's such as des. Remy has his reasons for staying," he said, winking at Rogue, who blushed.
"Then welcome to the X-Men, Remy LeBeau," Xavier said. "Rogue, would you see him to his room?"
"Sure," she said, taking the Cajun to a spare bedroom. The rest of the students left Xavier, Logan and Ororo alone in the War Room.
"What did you do with Creed?" Ororo asked, only her, the Professor and Logan knew of his family ties.
"I requested that the FBI see if his father would like to see to a suitable punishment," Xavier said, smiling.
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Creed sat in the back of a police car. His plan had failed and now he was going to be punished for kidnapping and many other crimes. The Friends of Humanity would be ruined if word of this got out.
Just then the car stopped and the policeman opened his door. "Where are we?" Graydon asked, looking around at his surroundings.
"Home," he said, taking the Graydon up to the door.
A man, nearly seven feet tall answered the door. Graydon shuddered as he recognized the man before him.
The policeman pulled out a piece of paper. "Victor Creed, is this your son?"
Creed smiled. "Yes," he answered, signing a release form for the policeman.
"Have a good night, sir" he said, un-cuffing Graydon, then left.
"Well, well, son, it's been a while hasn't it. I hear you've been running a gang of mutant haters. Now I know you didn't mean anything against your father since he's a mutant, so how about I teach you a lesson in manners," Sabretooth said, dragging his on inside the house.
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Okay, I totally could have done the rescue thing with the X-Men rescuing Rogue, but that's been done. So I got the idea of the FBI getting into it. Works out either way so…I hoped you liked it and let me know what you thought.
Oh yes, I do not plan on writing a sequel for this, unless I get inspired, which I doubt.
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~A Walk in the Park, part 3~
The Brotherhood, a couple of Acolytes and all of the main X-Men occupied the war room inside the X-Mansion. While Xavier was using Cerebro to locate Rogue, the tension between the usual rivalry teams began to grow.
An invisible triangle was formed amongst the three teams. With Avalanche, Toad and the Blob standing together at one end. Gambit and Colossus stood at another end and finalizing the triangle were Wolverine, Storm, Beast, Cyclops, Jean, ShadowCat and NightCrawler. Each team eyeing the other suspiciously, as if they were re-enacting the game clue.
Fortunately, Xavier wasn't long. "I have found Rogue," he said, wheeling into the room, "she's being held hostage by a group of anti-mutant people that call themselves 'the Friends of Humanity.' Though there is something remarkable about one of her captives…his family ties."
"Where is she?" Wolverine asked, claws popping out of his knuckles caused by his impatience.
"They're in an old abandoned building in Manhattan. I'll give you the coordinates once you're in the Blackbird."
"Okay teams, let's move out!" Storm declared.
The three teams headed towards the Blackbird.
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'Where am Ah,' Rogue thought. Her head fogging up a little. 'This being an unconscious damsel is getting old, real fast.' The bitter thoughts of being gassed and then her black out in the park seemed to surface to her mind, mockingly.
"Did you sleep well?" someone asked.
Rogue immediately took in her surroundings. She was tied to a chair in a small, dark room. Someone stepped out of the shadows and Rogue quickly recognized him from the mall encounter. "Why am Ah here?" she asked.
"Good question. Why are any mutants here? Your existence alone threatens every normal person you come across. As the founder and leader of 'the Friends of Humanity' it is my goal to expose you mutants as the threats you are.
Of course, where are my manners. My name is Graydon Creed and you are the infamous Rogue from the band of mutants that call themselves the X-Men."
"How did ya know that?" Rogue asked. For the first time fear welling up inside her. The knowledge he possessed and wonders of his plans for her and mutant kind itself causing that fear.
"I have my sources," he said, circling his immobile captive. "When you were captured by that Sentinel Trask created, your teammates came to your rescue. So, with you being held as bait, the others will fall into my trap quite easily. Then with your 'attacking' us the government will be forced to put all of you freaks away."
"Ya, somehow my kidnapping will be kept off of the news," Rogue taunted.
"That's how it works," he checked his watched, then smiled at Rogue. "I'll leave you here for a moment while I attend some business matters and don't get any bright ideas of escaping because one of the guards will be here to supervise you."
Just as Creed left another man came in, holding a gun in his hand, he sat down across from Rogue and waited for the young mutant to try to escape.
Rogue closed her eyes and concentrated on making telepathic contract with the Professor.
/Rogue! Thank goodness. How are you holding up, dear?/ the Professor asked, linked to her mind.
/Ah'm fine. Ah'm being held by a man named Graydon Creed. He runs this lil' group of rednecks that call themselves the Friends of Humanity. Ah've been kidnapped so ya'll would come and rescue me. If ya come after me, ya'll be steppin' into a trap and he intends ta make your rescue seem like an attack on them, so the government will see mutants as freaks./ Rogue said.
It was silent for a moment while the Professor thought of a way to rescue his X-Man without making it seem like an attack. Then an idea hit him.
/Rogue, I have an idea. Sit back and behave, I'll get you out of there in no time./ the Professor said.
Rogue did as instructed and waited to be rescued.
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"X-Men, call of the attack and return to the mansion at once." Xavier said through the Blackbird's radio.
"Why?" Wolverine demanded.
"Because her kidnapping was a set up. I have a more one on one tactic in mind," he answered.
Curious, Storm returned the Blackbird to the mansion.
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The front door of Creed's building was smashed down. "FBI! Everyone drop your weapons and get down on the floor!" a loud voice demanded.
Stunned, some of the men inside the building did as they were told while the rest continued to hold their weapons, standing.
A large group of FBI agents swarmed the building, handcuffing FoH members. With the building surrounded the rest of the FoH had no choice but to surrender their weapons and be placed under arrest.
"What is the meaning of this!" Creed demanded, as he was being cuffed and dragged to a car.
"We got a tip off you kidnapped a minor girl," one of the agents answered.
As if on cue, two agents had just untied Rogue and were assisting her through the building to the front door where Xavier awaited her.
"How did ya manage this, Professor?" Rogue asked, looking around at the situation at hand, rather surprised.
"I have my connections in the government. All thanks to a newly pro-mutant senator, Senator Kelly. The X-Men helped him a few years ago before even Kurt was recruited. Now come, you have a lot of people at the mansion that will be pleased to see that you are all right." Xavier said.
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~Back at the mansion
After receiving many happy returns from her concerned teammates, ex-teammates and Acolytes, Rogue was glad when it was all over.
Having Rogue home, safe and sound, left the Brotherhood content and they left the mansion's premises, vowing at another rematch against the X-Men, another day of course.
The Acolytes stayed behind to talk with the Professor.
~Inside the War Room
"I am glad to hear that you will be leaving the Acolytes and returning to Russia to take care of your sister, but why the reform?" Xavier asked.
Piotr looked across the room at Kitty, then meet Xavier's gaze once again. "I have my reasons. But for now I must help my family, since Magneto will no longer give them any more aid. When the day comes, I shall return to America as an X-Man."
"If you ever need any help, don't hesitate to ask," Xavier offered.
Piotr nodded and waved his goodbyes. Then left the mansion for the airport.
Kitty left the room to give a private goodbye to the Russian.
"Now Remy, are you sure you want to stay as an X-Man?" Xavier asked.
"Seein' as how Remy hates fighting against, chere's such as des. Remy has his reasons for staying," he said, winking at Rogue, who blushed.
"Then welcome to the X-Men, Remy LeBeau," Xavier said. "Rogue, would you see him to his room?"
"Sure," she said, taking the Cajun to a spare bedroom. The rest of the students left Xavier, Logan and Ororo alone in the War Room.
"What did you do with Creed?" Ororo asked, only her, the Professor and Logan knew of his family ties.
"I requested that the FBI see if his father would like to see to a suitable punishment," Xavier said, smiling.
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Creed sat in the back of a police car. His plan had failed and now he was going to be punished for kidnapping and many other crimes. The Friends of Humanity would be ruined if word of this got out.
Just then the car stopped and the policeman opened his door. "Where are we?" Graydon asked, looking around at his surroundings.
"Home," he said, taking the Graydon up to the door.
A man, nearly seven feet tall answered the door. Graydon shuddered as he recognized the man before him.
The policeman pulled out a piece of paper. "Victor Creed, is this your son?"
Creed smiled. "Yes," he answered, signing a release form for the policeman.
"Have a good night, sir" he said, un-cuffing Graydon, then left.
"Well, well, son, it's been a while hasn't it. I hear you've been running a gang of mutant haters. Now I know you didn't mean anything against your father since he's a mutant, so how about I teach you a lesson in manners," Sabretooth said, dragging his on inside the house.
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Okay, I totally could have done the rescue thing with the X-Men rescuing Rogue, but that's been done. So I got the idea of the FBI getting into it. Works out either way so…I hoped you liked it and let me know what you thought.
Oh yes, I do not plan on writing a sequel for this, unless I get inspired, which I doubt.