Thicker than Water
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "No, I don't think I can be happy for a whole hour".
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Love my reviewrs..graunted, i didn't get many last time but, hey, i write to get stuff out of my head, and this baby has been in my head for a bit :D
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Chapter 17 - Storm hits
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Magneto had watched Xavier go sadly. Handing the Acolytes, he could deal with, the Brotherhood, a piece of cake, but put them together, then add the X-Men and a few allies to the mix...and we have a problem. Angel and Sabertooth were still having 'Kitty issues' and were thus spending alot of time in their rooms, only venturing out to grab food from the kitchen and run back to their sanctuaries before 'she saw them'. Magneto was now sitting in the kitchen, Forge, Remy, Mystique and Pyro sitting at the table too, trying to figure out how they would handle this 'party'.
"Hey i have time for just one more driving lesson before the party!", came Kitty's voice.
"Mon Deu! She is coming dis way!", said Remy.
"Hi guys!", said Kitty chirpily, entering the kitchen with a grin.
"Remy gotta go...do..something", said Remy, giving Kitty a wave before running out of the room like his life depended on it.
Kitty blinked before smiling at the rest of the assembled group.
"Hey, does anyone here want to take me driving?", she asked.
Magneto blinked...she was looking at him. It couldn't be him. No, he wouldn't take it. No no no!. He looked around at the others, each realising Kitty was closing in on Magneto and calming down a little. Magneto almost whimpered. He had to get out of this fast. He suddenly had an idea, it was a new low for him, but he couldn't go in a car with that...demon spawn. He flicked a finger casually across the table. There was a metalic humm and suddenly Forge's prosthetic hand rose in the air. Forge looked at it wide eyed and tried to force it down before Kitty notic...
"Oh Forge! Thank you!", she said, "yey, you get to see how well i do my handbrake turns! I can almost do it without hitting anything now".
Forge gave a squeak of terror as Kitty grabbed his arm and dragged him off. Once they were gone Magneto sighed.
"I'm going to burn in hell, aren't i?".
*******
Todd sighed from his more than precarious position of being tied upside down from the ceiling. He really hoped that the others would realise his message was a phoney..but, it didn't look that way. It amzaed him how easily he always ended up being captured...maybe he was getting rusty with his powers. He glanced towards Vivian, who was leaning back on a chair, feet up on a desk, filing her nails.
"I know ya don't like me, but is this really nesercary?", he asked her.
Vivian chuckled.
"It's not just me, Tender-Foot", she said, "my new assoiciate wants a piece of you too".
Todd blinked, then glanced into the shadows, his eyesight picking up a shadow. She moved into the light, if Todd wasn't hanging upside down...he would have fallen over in shock.
"J....Jen?".
"The one and the same, though your little friends have known me as 'Dagger'", she said, walking over him and running a finger along his chin, "how've you been lover?".
"Fer a guy ya tried ta kill, pretty darn good!", said Todd.
"I couldn't help it if you were on my hit list", said Dagger, "besides, you survived. You're a survivior Todd, that's what i've always liked about you".
She suddenly leaned forward and kissed him breathlessly. If he could have, Todd would have pulled his head away. He had to settle for giving her a dangerous glare as she pulled away.
"How about you and me reconsile, huh?", she said, running a finger along his chest.
"Drop dead", said Todd.
"Fine, have it your way", said Dagger angrily, "before long you, and your beloved 'gift' will be no more".
*****
"What was that about?".
Mystique glanced at Magneto as he put the phone down.
"Charles wants us to go and meet him in New York", he said, "he's picked up on Toad...he seems more than a little distressed. We can't tell the other children where we're going....in case they worry".
Mystique sighed.
"Like i care", she said, rolling her eyes, then grinned, "hey, we got outta party duty!".
"And no Forge wanting to kill me when he gets back!", said Magneto, "lets leave..lets leave right now!".
"Agreed", said Mystique.
It tok them very little time (with the aid of the Velocity at full tilt) to get to New York, both stepped out, walking over to the assembeled group of mutants.
"You made good time, Magnus", said Xavier.
"Who's watchin; the kids party an' Angel an' Creed?", asked Logan.
"Pyro, Forge and Gambit", said Mystique.
"You mean to tell me you left a manic Autrailian, a gambling thief and a thirty-odd year old teenager in charge of a high-schoolers party?", asked Beast, rubbing his temple.
Magneto shuffled his feet.
"Gee...when you say it like that....".
****
Forge had been staring at the coffee table for about an hour now....he never ever EVER wanted to go into another vehicle as long as he lived.
"Well, i now offically have an experience worse than being locked in a pocket dimension in complete solitude for twenty years AND losing an arm", said Forge, "that girl's driving is worse than both of them PUT TOGETHER!".
"Qui, Mon Ami", said Remy, "Gambit glad he escaped".
"She'll get us all eventually", said Pyro nervously, "we're all doomed, mate!".
"Let's go check on this party", said Remy, "maybe dey all killed each other, non?".
The three stood up and walked out into the common room. All the kids were sitting idly around, looking bored out of their skulls.Pyro put his hands on his hips, looking around at the dull gathering of kids.
"What the bloody hell?", he stated, "i thought we were SUPPOSED to be watching a teenagers party here?".
"So did i", said Forge, "this isn't a party, this is a gathering of depressed young adults".
"Yeah, well Mr Logan said no alchohol, no noise, no fun", said Roberto with a sigh.
"Well GAMBIT not going to sit and watch this", said Remy, "Gambit only interested in watching a REAL party. Lets liven things up a bit!".
"Yeah", said Pyro, "i have been to parties, this is not one".
Ray grinned.
"You three just may be the coolest adults i know", he said.
"Yeah, yeah", said Forge, "come on, i'll show you how to make a volleyball court out of hairnets and breadsticks".
*****
Logan entred the werehouse cautiously, this was where Xavier said he could sense both Dagger and Todd. He also added, worriedly, he had picked up on, even for just a brief second, Vivian. Xavier and Beast were waiting in both aircraft , ready to move when necessary. He sniffed the air.
"They're in here", he said, Mastermind, Storm, Magneto, Mystique, and Colossus behind him, "keep your guard up".
The group walked silently along, Logan following his ever-sensitive nose. He suddenly jerked his head sensing something. He gave a low growl silently stalking over to a wall. Before he had chance to pop out his claws, Vivian appeared on the wall, knocking him to the ground. She hissed at the others before taking off down a coridor.
"Get her!", yelled Logan, pulling himself up and taking chase, the others following behind him.
Vivian chuckled to herself, turning her head, yup she was well ahead of them. She turned her head back to find a brick wall in her way. She skidded to a stop. That wasn't there before! She turned her head back to her persuers to find them gone...like they had vanished into thin air. She blinked, confused and disorientated, she stepped back, suddenly feeling something pick her up, hugging her arms to her sides. Suddenly, the brick wall vanished, and she noticed she was in the corridor. Colossus, now in his metalic form was bear-hugging her from behind so she couldn't move. Logan chuckled and turned to Mastermind.
"That's a helpfull little trick", he said, then walked over to Vivian.
"Hello again", he said, "what ya up to this time, dirtbag?".
Vivian hissed at him, wishing she could free her arms.
"None of your buisness!".
"I'm makin' it my buisness", said Logan, "where's Toad..and the device?".
"Right here".
The group turned around to see Dagger holding the dampener device, an unconcious Todd at her feet. Logan growled at her.
"Those belong ta us", he said, "hand 'em over".
"You want 'em?", said Dagger, "here, take 'em".
She suddenly fired the gun at the group. Logan blinked, realising where she was aiming too late.
"Storm, look out!".
Storm turned in time to see a beam of light shoot across towards her. She reacted too late, and gave a scream of pain as the ray hit her, pain scouring through her body. With seconds, the Weather Witch dropped on the floor. Vivian took this oportunity to make herself invisible, causing Piotr to glance down, giving her enough leyway to shoot out a tenticle, wrapping it around his arm. He gave a shout of pain as the organic steel was burned by the acid, dropping his captive. Vivian raced over to Dagger.
"Lets move!".
"What about Toad?", said Dagger, pointing to him.
"Forget him!", said Vivian, "we'll get them again later. We need to know how well the device works first!".
Dagger nodded and the two girls ran off. Logan snarled and was about to run after them...but decided to go for his better judgement, a member of his team needed his help. He just hopped they weren't too late.
****
Jamie glanced nervously across the room. There she was, they had the room to themselves. Well, it was now or never, right?. He took a deep breath, summoning all his courage and strode over to her.
"Hi Gina", he said, then added hastily, "enjoying the party?".
"Yeah", said Gina with a nod, "those guys really know how to get a party going. I just saw Ray and Freddy see who could get a pretzel stuck on Scott's shades from the furthest away".
Jamie chuckled and cleared his throat.
"So, Gina...we've...we've been friends for a long time, right?", yeah..that didn't sound too bad.
"Ages", she replyed with a smile, "think it comes with being the only younger mutants in New York State".
"Yeah", said Jamie, rubbing the back of his neck, "anyway...err.. we were getting along real well, and we talk to each other real good..i was kinda wondering if, oh i don't know, maybe you'd li....".
He was cut off by Scott running in, a ptrezel stuck to the side of his face...despite the fact his expression was grim.
"We have to get the med lab prepped", he said, "somethigs happened to Storm!".
"I'll get some herbs growing", said Gina, running off to the med lab.
Jamie frowned at Scott.
"You have really lousy timing, Summers", he muttered, stalking off.
Scott blinked. Now Jamie was calling him 'Summers', what had he done to deserve that?!.
****
There you go, what did you think? Yes, i KNOW the whole 'Storm losing her powers' thing has already been done in the comics. In fact, the few comics i have are about that, they inspired me. And now i'm buying more, whoahahhahahha!. Just so you know, only STORM had had the power dampener turned on her, it hasn't been used on Todd. Until next time..
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "No, I don't think I can be happy for a whole hour".
***
Love my reviewrs..graunted, i didn't get many last time but, hey, i write to get stuff out of my head, and this baby has been in my head for a bit :D
***
Chapter 17 - Storm hits
****
Magneto had watched Xavier go sadly. Handing the Acolytes, he could deal with, the Brotherhood, a piece of cake, but put them together, then add the X-Men and a few allies to the mix...and we have a problem. Angel and Sabertooth were still having 'Kitty issues' and were thus spending alot of time in their rooms, only venturing out to grab food from the kitchen and run back to their sanctuaries before 'she saw them'. Magneto was now sitting in the kitchen, Forge, Remy, Mystique and Pyro sitting at the table too, trying to figure out how they would handle this 'party'.
"Hey i have time for just one more driving lesson before the party!", came Kitty's voice.
"Mon Deu! She is coming dis way!", said Remy.
"Hi guys!", said Kitty chirpily, entering the kitchen with a grin.
"Remy gotta go...do..something", said Remy, giving Kitty a wave before running out of the room like his life depended on it.
Kitty blinked before smiling at the rest of the assembled group.
"Hey, does anyone here want to take me driving?", she asked.
Magneto blinked...she was looking at him. It couldn't be him. No, he wouldn't take it. No no no!. He looked around at the others, each realising Kitty was closing in on Magneto and calming down a little. Magneto almost whimpered. He had to get out of this fast. He suddenly had an idea, it was a new low for him, but he couldn't go in a car with that...demon spawn. He flicked a finger casually across the table. There was a metalic humm and suddenly Forge's prosthetic hand rose in the air. Forge looked at it wide eyed and tried to force it down before Kitty notic...
"Oh Forge! Thank you!", she said, "yey, you get to see how well i do my handbrake turns! I can almost do it without hitting anything now".
Forge gave a squeak of terror as Kitty grabbed his arm and dragged him off. Once they were gone Magneto sighed.
"I'm going to burn in hell, aren't i?".
*******
Todd sighed from his more than precarious position of being tied upside down from the ceiling. He really hoped that the others would realise his message was a phoney..but, it didn't look that way. It amzaed him how easily he always ended up being captured...maybe he was getting rusty with his powers. He glanced towards Vivian, who was leaning back on a chair, feet up on a desk, filing her nails.
"I know ya don't like me, but is this really nesercary?", he asked her.
Vivian chuckled.
"It's not just me, Tender-Foot", she said, "my new assoiciate wants a piece of you too".
Todd blinked, then glanced into the shadows, his eyesight picking up a shadow. She moved into the light, if Todd wasn't hanging upside down...he would have fallen over in shock.
"J....Jen?".
"The one and the same, though your little friends have known me as 'Dagger'", she said, walking over him and running a finger along his chin, "how've you been lover?".
"Fer a guy ya tried ta kill, pretty darn good!", said Todd.
"I couldn't help it if you were on my hit list", said Dagger, "besides, you survived. You're a survivior Todd, that's what i've always liked about you".
She suddenly leaned forward and kissed him breathlessly. If he could have, Todd would have pulled his head away. He had to settle for giving her a dangerous glare as she pulled away.
"How about you and me reconsile, huh?", she said, running a finger along his chest.
"Drop dead", said Todd.
"Fine, have it your way", said Dagger angrily, "before long you, and your beloved 'gift' will be no more".
*****
"What was that about?".
Mystique glanced at Magneto as he put the phone down.
"Charles wants us to go and meet him in New York", he said, "he's picked up on Toad...he seems more than a little distressed. We can't tell the other children where we're going....in case they worry".
Mystique sighed.
"Like i care", she said, rolling her eyes, then grinned, "hey, we got outta party duty!".
"And no Forge wanting to kill me when he gets back!", said Magneto, "lets leave..lets leave right now!".
"Agreed", said Mystique.
It tok them very little time (with the aid of the Velocity at full tilt) to get to New York, both stepped out, walking over to the assembeled group of mutants.
"You made good time, Magnus", said Xavier.
"Who's watchin; the kids party an' Angel an' Creed?", asked Logan.
"Pyro, Forge and Gambit", said Mystique.
"You mean to tell me you left a manic Autrailian, a gambling thief and a thirty-odd year old teenager in charge of a high-schoolers party?", asked Beast, rubbing his temple.
Magneto shuffled his feet.
"Gee...when you say it like that....".
****
Forge had been staring at the coffee table for about an hour now....he never ever EVER wanted to go into another vehicle as long as he lived.
"Well, i now offically have an experience worse than being locked in a pocket dimension in complete solitude for twenty years AND losing an arm", said Forge, "that girl's driving is worse than both of them PUT TOGETHER!".
"Qui, Mon Ami", said Remy, "Gambit glad he escaped".
"She'll get us all eventually", said Pyro nervously, "we're all doomed, mate!".
"Let's go check on this party", said Remy, "maybe dey all killed each other, non?".
The three stood up and walked out into the common room. All the kids were sitting idly around, looking bored out of their skulls.Pyro put his hands on his hips, looking around at the dull gathering of kids.
"What the bloody hell?", he stated, "i thought we were SUPPOSED to be watching a teenagers party here?".
"So did i", said Forge, "this isn't a party, this is a gathering of depressed young adults".
"Yeah, well Mr Logan said no alchohol, no noise, no fun", said Roberto with a sigh.
"Well GAMBIT not going to sit and watch this", said Remy, "Gambit only interested in watching a REAL party. Lets liven things up a bit!".
"Yeah", said Pyro, "i have been to parties, this is not one".
Ray grinned.
"You three just may be the coolest adults i know", he said.
"Yeah, yeah", said Forge, "come on, i'll show you how to make a volleyball court out of hairnets and breadsticks".
*****
Logan entred the werehouse cautiously, this was where Xavier said he could sense both Dagger and Todd. He also added, worriedly, he had picked up on, even for just a brief second, Vivian. Xavier and Beast were waiting in both aircraft , ready to move when necessary. He sniffed the air.
"They're in here", he said, Mastermind, Storm, Magneto, Mystique, and Colossus behind him, "keep your guard up".
The group walked silently along, Logan following his ever-sensitive nose. He suddenly jerked his head sensing something. He gave a low growl silently stalking over to a wall. Before he had chance to pop out his claws, Vivian appeared on the wall, knocking him to the ground. She hissed at the others before taking off down a coridor.
"Get her!", yelled Logan, pulling himself up and taking chase, the others following behind him.
Vivian chuckled to herself, turning her head, yup she was well ahead of them. She turned her head back to find a brick wall in her way. She skidded to a stop. That wasn't there before! She turned her head back to her persuers to find them gone...like they had vanished into thin air. She blinked, confused and disorientated, she stepped back, suddenly feeling something pick her up, hugging her arms to her sides. Suddenly, the brick wall vanished, and she noticed she was in the corridor. Colossus, now in his metalic form was bear-hugging her from behind so she couldn't move. Logan chuckled and turned to Mastermind.
"That's a helpfull little trick", he said, then walked over to Vivian.
"Hello again", he said, "what ya up to this time, dirtbag?".
Vivian hissed at him, wishing she could free her arms.
"None of your buisness!".
"I'm makin' it my buisness", said Logan, "where's Toad..and the device?".
"Right here".
The group turned around to see Dagger holding the dampener device, an unconcious Todd at her feet. Logan growled at her.
"Those belong ta us", he said, "hand 'em over".
"You want 'em?", said Dagger, "here, take 'em".
She suddenly fired the gun at the group. Logan blinked, realising where she was aiming too late.
"Storm, look out!".
Storm turned in time to see a beam of light shoot across towards her. She reacted too late, and gave a scream of pain as the ray hit her, pain scouring through her body. With seconds, the Weather Witch dropped on the floor. Vivian took this oportunity to make herself invisible, causing Piotr to glance down, giving her enough leyway to shoot out a tenticle, wrapping it around his arm. He gave a shout of pain as the organic steel was burned by the acid, dropping his captive. Vivian raced over to Dagger.
"Lets move!".
"What about Toad?", said Dagger, pointing to him.
"Forget him!", said Vivian, "we'll get them again later. We need to know how well the device works first!".
Dagger nodded and the two girls ran off. Logan snarled and was about to run after them...but decided to go for his better judgement, a member of his team needed his help. He just hopped they weren't too late.
****
Jamie glanced nervously across the room. There she was, they had the room to themselves. Well, it was now or never, right?. He took a deep breath, summoning all his courage and strode over to her.
"Hi Gina", he said, then added hastily, "enjoying the party?".
"Yeah", said Gina with a nod, "those guys really know how to get a party going. I just saw Ray and Freddy see who could get a pretzel stuck on Scott's shades from the furthest away".
Jamie chuckled and cleared his throat.
"So, Gina...we've...we've been friends for a long time, right?", yeah..that didn't sound too bad.
"Ages", she replyed with a smile, "think it comes with being the only younger mutants in New York State".
"Yeah", said Jamie, rubbing the back of his neck, "anyway...err.. we were getting along real well, and we talk to each other real good..i was kinda wondering if, oh i don't know, maybe you'd li....".
He was cut off by Scott running in, a ptrezel stuck to the side of his face...despite the fact his expression was grim.
"We have to get the med lab prepped", he said, "somethigs happened to Storm!".
"I'll get some herbs growing", said Gina, running off to the med lab.
Jamie frowned at Scott.
"You have really lousy timing, Summers", he muttered, stalking off.
Scott blinked. Now Jamie was calling him 'Summers', what had he done to deserve that?!.
****
There you go, what did you think? Yes, i KNOW the whole 'Storm losing her powers' thing has already been done in the comics. In fact, the few comics i have are about that, they inspired me. And now i'm buying more, whoahahhahahha!. Just so you know, only STORM had had the power dampener turned on her, it hasn't been used on Todd. Until next time..