"She has failed her mission. We will extract her healing ability and eject
it into Kori." Magneto informed Mystique.
Mystique asked him, "You won't kill her, will you?"
"That'll be up to you and her father." Magneto said coolly.
She wasn't quite sure what to make of that answer, but she helped him strap the sleeping Rachel down onto a bed. Mystique proceeded with some injections to gather the power into one place, then another to make it into a solid liquid. Finally, she ejected the healing power into a small needle. Kori lay strapped to another bed. Mystique changed the needle and then released the healing ability into Kori.
Magneto gave a small laugh of success. Everything was going fine.
Soon Kori woke up and so did Rachel. Rachel had come back to her senses, leaving her child behavior in her memory.
"What?! Where am I? Mom!" she yelled. Mystique walked to her and began to unstrap her from the bed.
"Shush. It's all alright, Sweetheart." Mystique comforted her daughter, hugging her.
Rachel hugged her back then pulled away asking, "I can't. I know the truth. I met my dad. And I love him just as I love you. Please don't hurt him, mom."
Mystique stared into her daughter's eyes, feeling the guilt that she had let her child be used in such a way.
"Magneto has her." Logan told Scott as they and Storm got into a car. Scott drove as Storm rode in the passenger seat, with Logan in the back.
"How do you know?" Storm asked. Logan thought then he answered, "Just go there."
"Bobby, they left without us!" Rogue yelled as she reached Bobby.
Bobby smirked at her and said, "Then I guess we'll have to get going fast!"
John entered into Rachel's private room at Magneto's lair. "Rachel, I'm sorry that I had to leave." He said as he approached her. Her back was to him.
"John, we're through." She said to him.
John furrowed his brow and asked, "Why? Who?"
She turned to him with a smile, "I just, don't want to be with you."
John was enraged. He made a fist, but the quickly punched the door and stormed off.
Mystique was at the monitors, just keeping look out, while Magneto discussed new plans with Kori. Suddenly she glanced to one of the screens and saw Wolverine, Cyclops, and Storm.
This was her time to make a decision. But not for Magneto; not for Pyro; not for herself, but this time, for her daughter. This time, she will make a choice for Rachel. And she did. She let them into the lair. Let them come in to take Rachel away from this place. And maybe they could save her as well. For her love of Logan was burning deep within her heart and so does her love for their child.
"Looks like you were right." Scott said to Logan as they entered. There they were greeted by Mystique. Immediately, Scott prepared to fry her and Wolverine unleashed his claws. She held out her hands and said, "Wait!"
They hesitated, waiting for an explanation. Logan growled and asked, "Where's Rachel?"
Mystique wanted to smile at his love for Rachel. She wanted to hug him. She wanted to be with him, but she didn't think he would really accept her. Instead, she thought again of Rachel and said, "I can take you to her!"
Scott glanced at Storm and Wolverine. They nodded. Then they were following Mystique down hallways.
"Why are you helping us?" Storm asked her.
Mystique replied, "Rachel is safer with you. It may be hard for you to believe, but I love her and I want her to be happy."
Rogue hopped off the back of the motorcycle that Bobby had parked next to the familiar car.
"I had no idea that you could really drive one of those, Bobby!" Rogue laughed a little from the excitement.
Bobby smiled and the two entered the lair.
Kori leaped out at Wolverine with two daggers. She teleported around the group, as they tried to see where she was. Scott kept blasting, but missed every time. Wolverine released his claws.
Mystique ordered, "Leave us alone, Kori!"
Suddenly Kori stopped blinking and tilted her head, not knowing why this change had occurred.
"Kori!" Storm gasped.
Logan growled at the blue girl and said, "You're the one who made those attacks! You framed Rachel!"
Kori teleported away.
"We don't have long before Magneto and Pyro find us. Kori will surely tell him." Mystique informed as she led them farther into the lair.
Rachel was beginning to walk out of her room and down the hall. It was dark, there were only a feet spots of light in the hall. The quiet hall irks her a bit. She had gotten used to people talking and walking around that now she was all alone. She noticed the bandages on her hands have fresh blood on them. Her recent wounds have opened up. What happened?! She ran to find her mother.
As she turned a corner, she bumped into Magneto.
Mystique asked him, "You won't kill her, will you?"
"That'll be up to you and her father." Magneto said coolly.
She wasn't quite sure what to make of that answer, but she helped him strap the sleeping Rachel down onto a bed. Mystique proceeded with some injections to gather the power into one place, then another to make it into a solid liquid. Finally, she ejected the healing power into a small needle. Kori lay strapped to another bed. Mystique changed the needle and then released the healing ability into Kori.
Magneto gave a small laugh of success. Everything was going fine.
Soon Kori woke up and so did Rachel. Rachel had come back to her senses, leaving her child behavior in her memory.
"What?! Where am I? Mom!" she yelled. Mystique walked to her and began to unstrap her from the bed.
"Shush. It's all alright, Sweetheart." Mystique comforted her daughter, hugging her.
Rachel hugged her back then pulled away asking, "I can't. I know the truth. I met my dad. And I love him just as I love you. Please don't hurt him, mom."
Mystique stared into her daughter's eyes, feeling the guilt that she had let her child be used in such a way.
"Magneto has her." Logan told Scott as they and Storm got into a car. Scott drove as Storm rode in the passenger seat, with Logan in the back.
"How do you know?" Storm asked. Logan thought then he answered, "Just go there."
"Bobby, they left without us!" Rogue yelled as she reached Bobby.
Bobby smirked at her and said, "Then I guess we'll have to get going fast!"
John entered into Rachel's private room at Magneto's lair. "Rachel, I'm sorry that I had to leave." He said as he approached her. Her back was to him.
"John, we're through." She said to him.
John furrowed his brow and asked, "Why? Who?"
She turned to him with a smile, "I just, don't want to be with you."
John was enraged. He made a fist, but the quickly punched the door and stormed off.
Mystique was at the monitors, just keeping look out, while Magneto discussed new plans with Kori. Suddenly she glanced to one of the screens and saw Wolverine, Cyclops, and Storm.
This was her time to make a decision. But not for Magneto; not for Pyro; not for herself, but this time, for her daughter. This time, she will make a choice for Rachel. And she did. She let them into the lair. Let them come in to take Rachel away from this place. And maybe they could save her as well. For her love of Logan was burning deep within her heart and so does her love for their child.
"Looks like you were right." Scott said to Logan as they entered. There they were greeted by Mystique. Immediately, Scott prepared to fry her and Wolverine unleashed his claws. She held out her hands and said, "Wait!"
They hesitated, waiting for an explanation. Logan growled and asked, "Where's Rachel?"
Mystique wanted to smile at his love for Rachel. She wanted to hug him. She wanted to be with him, but she didn't think he would really accept her. Instead, she thought again of Rachel and said, "I can take you to her!"
Scott glanced at Storm and Wolverine. They nodded. Then they were following Mystique down hallways.
"Why are you helping us?" Storm asked her.
Mystique replied, "Rachel is safer with you. It may be hard for you to believe, but I love her and I want her to be happy."
Rogue hopped off the back of the motorcycle that Bobby had parked next to the familiar car.
"I had no idea that you could really drive one of those, Bobby!" Rogue laughed a little from the excitement.
Bobby smiled and the two entered the lair.
Kori leaped out at Wolverine with two daggers. She teleported around the group, as they tried to see where she was. Scott kept blasting, but missed every time. Wolverine released his claws.
Mystique ordered, "Leave us alone, Kori!"
Suddenly Kori stopped blinking and tilted her head, not knowing why this change had occurred.
"Kori!" Storm gasped.
Logan growled at the blue girl and said, "You're the one who made those attacks! You framed Rachel!"
Kori teleported away.
"We don't have long before Magneto and Pyro find us. Kori will surely tell him." Mystique informed as she led them farther into the lair.
Rachel was beginning to walk out of her room and down the hall. It was dark, there were only a feet spots of light in the hall. The quiet hall irks her a bit. She had gotten used to people talking and walking around that now she was all alone. She noticed the bandages on her hands have fresh blood on them. Her recent wounds have opened up. What happened?! She ran to find her mother.
As she turned a corner, she bumped into Magneto.
