Well I hope you aren't too mad at me for an extra-short cliffie. To make it
up to you this chapter will be a long one. if it doesn't kill my computer.
Lol.
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"What?" Logan sat up straight. He couldn't believe what he had just heard. Of course, maybe he had heard wrong. But Ket didn't look up. She flicked her blade open and shut, open and shut. She had her blade, she could pull through.
"Those attacks, the people being shot and then burned, the people who did that were the same ones who killed my family." She repeated. "It happened when I was fifteen. I was at m best friends house when I told her I was a mutant. She kicked me out, so I went home, feeling pissed off with the world, and I see cars outside my house. Then I heard gunshots from inside, and I jumped behind a tree. Several guys came out and laughed, dumping some liquid inside. Then they set fire to my house. I ran into my house, past the men, who shot at me. Inside I found my parents and sister dead.
"I wanted to die, to burn alive right then. But I couldn't. I went outside, and saw the men. I killed two of them, but the third got scared, and ran away. Then the fire reached the gas stove in my house, and it blew up. The police came, arrested me for murder. I went to jail, the man who ran was never caught. My parents and sister's bodies were never found. They burned in the house." Ket fell silent, and refused to speak or look up. Storm sat on the other side of Ket, looking at the girl. Kurt and Logan just stared. The Professor broke the silence.
"We need to be on alert," he said. "This school would be a target for these people. We need to tell the students, and then-" suddenly they heard a crash come from downstairs, like a window being broken. Everyone jumped. The professor closed his eyes, then they shot open.
"They're here!" He cried. Ket's head shot up, her eyes filled with anger and hatred. She jumped up and ran out of the room, her knife open.
"No! Ket!" Scott yelled, running after her. Logan's claws extended as he looked out the window. He saw more figures running through the trees in back, and more crashing sounds came from downstairs.
"Logan, go down stairs and help if you can. Storm, you get the jet ready. Kurt, go wake the children and get them to the lower levels, to the jet. We must hurry now." The adults nodded and rushed off. The professor looked around at his school, then left.
Downstairs Ket waited behind a doorway. A man rushed in, a normal human with a gun. Ket brought her knife down, swiftly killing him. 'Bastard,' she thought. Three men ran past in the hallway, not seeing their comrade lying on the floor. Ket started to after them when someone grabbed her shoulder. Ket spun around, her knife raised.
Scott looked t her. "You've got to come back." he said. Ket glared at him and pushed away his hand.
"I may come back." She said. "But I owe them something." Scott began to speak when the two heard a roar and several guns fire. Scott stared at the wall that was between them and the sounds, then he looked back for Ket. She was gone. The man cursed and started to chase her, but instead ran straight into Logan, whose shirt was stained with blood. He carried the young boy Ket watched TV with. The kid was unconscious, and Logan grunted as a bullet fell out of his shoulder. The wound healed at once, though it was still sore.
"Where is Ket?" He asked. Scott looked around.
"I don't know, she ran off just before you ran into me."
"Hey!" Logan said angrily, "You ran into me."
"Whatever," Scott said, not feeling like arguing at the moment. Just then they both heard a voice in their heads.
"Scott, Logan, Ket, get to the jet immediately." It was the Professor, using telepathy. The men looked at each other, then Scott looked down the hall Ket had run. Logan saw his worried expression and put his hand on Scott's shoulder.
"Come on, Ket will be fine. That girl is stronger then both of us. Besides, she's probably at the jet already."
"I hope so," Scott said, then he followed Logan down the hall.
But at the jet, where all the children were boarding, Ket was nowhere to be found. The professor knew she was no longer on school property, he hoped she was hiding from the men.
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Rogue and Bobbie found each other in the crowded plane, and then Justin caught up with them. Rogue looked around.
"Where is Ket?" She asked.
"I don't know." Bobbie replied, looking around anxiously. The three teens looked at eachother in silent agreement, and quietly slipped off the plane.
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The jet's engine flared as Logan boarded to find Kurt and Storm seating all of the students. The Professor looked at Scott, who was still hanging back.
"Ket is off school grounds, she's fine." He said. "Scott, you need to get on the jet now." Scott nodded and reluctantly boarded. The ceiling opened up, and a basketball dropped on the jet as it rose. Out the front window men were seen running and shooting at the plane. The bullets bounced off harmlessly, and as the jet rose higher and higher they stopped coming. Scott looked out the window anxiously, searching for any sign of Ket, which there wasn't. The jet turned around and fired its engines, moving away from the school quickly.
Rogue and Bobbie found each other in the crowded plane, and then Justin caught up with them. Rogue looked around.
"Where is Ket?" She asked.
Down below, in the woods, Ket watched the plane leave, breathing a sigh of relief. She didn't want her friends in any danger, she hoped Scott and Logan were on the plane. She didn't want them following her, she needed to do this alone.
Jumping from the tree Ket crouched, and after a moment a couple of men ran by. She followed them silently, her heavy black boots crossing the forest floor silently. Then she heard voices ahead. Ducking behind a tree Ket looked further into the woods.
In a small clearing what was left of the men who had attacked the school where gathered, some wounded with deep gashes or burns. Ket knew these were from Logan and Scott, because she didn't let anyone she attacked live. They were talking, but fell silent as one man stepped out of the woods.
Ket froze. It was the man that had run from her house as she killed his friends. Somewhere in her memory a name came up. Jet. That was his name. He had attacked her, found out she was a mutant, and then killed her family.
She looked down into the clearing, the night making her a shadow in the dark, undetected. 'These people love to piss me off,' she thought, and took out a small knife. It wasn't the turquoise handled knife, though she had that one also. This one was a silver four inch blade with no handle. The only way to pick it up was to grab the flat of the blade and hold it with two fingers.
Ket looked at her target, then she looked back at her knife, which was ideal for throwing. She took a deep breath, wanting to do this for all the world, but then not wanting to ever even think about doing this. But she had to, no choice. It wasn't about he anymore. She looked back into the darkness, towards the school, then aimed.
But as she was about to throw, she heard another couple of men coming in from behind her. The teen ducked, hoping they hadn't seen her. They didn't appear to, seemingly distracted by something else. Then Ket saw what the men were distracted by. Into the clearing they dragged a limp figure, dropping it in front of Jet. He kicked the person so their face was exposed, and Ket had to stop herself from gasping aloud.
The men laughed and bent over Rogue's limp body.
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well that was definetly longer. Hope you liked the twists, next chapter will come soon, I hope.
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"What?" Logan sat up straight. He couldn't believe what he had just heard. Of course, maybe he had heard wrong. But Ket didn't look up. She flicked her blade open and shut, open and shut. She had her blade, she could pull through.
"Those attacks, the people being shot and then burned, the people who did that were the same ones who killed my family." She repeated. "It happened when I was fifteen. I was at m best friends house when I told her I was a mutant. She kicked me out, so I went home, feeling pissed off with the world, and I see cars outside my house. Then I heard gunshots from inside, and I jumped behind a tree. Several guys came out and laughed, dumping some liquid inside. Then they set fire to my house. I ran into my house, past the men, who shot at me. Inside I found my parents and sister dead.
"I wanted to die, to burn alive right then. But I couldn't. I went outside, and saw the men. I killed two of them, but the third got scared, and ran away. Then the fire reached the gas stove in my house, and it blew up. The police came, arrested me for murder. I went to jail, the man who ran was never caught. My parents and sister's bodies were never found. They burned in the house." Ket fell silent, and refused to speak or look up. Storm sat on the other side of Ket, looking at the girl. Kurt and Logan just stared. The Professor broke the silence.
"We need to be on alert," he said. "This school would be a target for these people. We need to tell the students, and then-" suddenly they heard a crash come from downstairs, like a window being broken. Everyone jumped. The professor closed his eyes, then they shot open.
"They're here!" He cried. Ket's head shot up, her eyes filled with anger and hatred. She jumped up and ran out of the room, her knife open.
"No! Ket!" Scott yelled, running after her. Logan's claws extended as he looked out the window. He saw more figures running through the trees in back, and more crashing sounds came from downstairs.
"Logan, go down stairs and help if you can. Storm, you get the jet ready. Kurt, go wake the children and get them to the lower levels, to the jet. We must hurry now." The adults nodded and rushed off. The professor looked around at his school, then left.
Downstairs Ket waited behind a doorway. A man rushed in, a normal human with a gun. Ket brought her knife down, swiftly killing him. 'Bastard,' she thought. Three men ran past in the hallway, not seeing their comrade lying on the floor. Ket started to after them when someone grabbed her shoulder. Ket spun around, her knife raised.
Scott looked t her. "You've got to come back." he said. Ket glared at him and pushed away his hand.
"I may come back." She said. "But I owe them something." Scott began to speak when the two heard a roar and several guns fire. Scott stared at the wall that was between them and the sounds, then he looked back for Ket. She was gone. The man cursed and started to chase her, but instead ran straight into Logan, whose shirt was stained with blood. He carried the young boy Ket watched TV with. The kid was unconscious, and Logan grunted as a bullet fell out of his shoulder. The wound healed at once, though it was still sore.
"Where is Ket?" He asked. Scott looked around.
"I don't know, she ran off just before you ran into me."
"Hey!" Logan said angrily, "You ran into me."
"Whatever," Scott said, not feeling like arguing at the moment. Just then they both heard a voice in their heads.
"Scott, Logan, Ket, get to the jet immediately." It was the Professor, using telepathy. The men looked at each other, then Scott looked down the hall Ket had run. Logan saw his worried expression and put his hand on Scott's shoulder.
"Come on, Ket will be fine. That girl is stronger then both of us. Besides, she's probably at the jet already."
"I hope so," Scott said, then he followed Logan down the hall.
But at the jet, where all the children were boarding, Ket was nowhere to be found. The professor knew she was no longer on school property, he hoped she was hiding from the men.
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Rogue and Bobbie found each other in the crowded plane, and then Justin caught up with them. Rogue looked around.
"Where is Ket?" She asked.
"I don't know." Bobbie replied, looking around anxiously. The three teens looked at eachother in silent agreement, and quietly slipped off the plane.
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The jet's engine flared as Logan boarded to find Kurt and Storm seating all of the students. The Professor looked at Scott, who was still hanging back.
"Ket is off school grounds, she's fine." He said. "Scott, you need to get on the jet now." Scott nodded and reluctantly boarded. The ceiling opened up, and a basketball dropped on the jet as it rose. Out the front window men were seen running and shooting at the plane. The bullets bounced off harmlessly, and as the jet rose higher and higher they stopped coming. Scott looked out the window anxiously, searching for any sign of Ket, which there wasn't. The jet turned around and fired its engines, moving away from the school quickly.
Rogue and Bobbie found each other in the crowded plane, and then Justin caught up with them. Rogue looked around.
"Where is Ket?" She asked.
Down below, in the woods, Ket watched the plane leave, breathing a sigh of relief. She didn't want her friends in any danger, she hoped Scott and Logan were on the plane. She didn't want them following her, she needed to do this alone.
Jumping from the tree Ket crouched, and after a moment a couple of men ran by. She followed them silently, her heavy black boots crossing the forest floor silently. Then she heard voices ahead. Ducking behind a tree Ket looked further into the woods.
In a small clearing what was left of the men who had attacked the school where gathered, some wounded with deep gashes or burns. Ket knew these were from Logan and Scott, because she didn't let anyone she attacked live. They were talking, but fell silent as one man stepped out of the woods.
Ket froze. It was the man that had run from her house as she killed his friends. Somewhere in her memory a name came up. Jet. That was his name. He had attacked her, found out she was a mutant, and then killed her family.
She looked down into the clearing, the night making her a shadow in the dark, undetected. 'These people love to piss me off,' she thought, and took out a small knife. It wasn't the turquoise handled knife, though she had that one also. This one was a silver four inch blade with no handle. The only way to pick it up was to grab the flat of the blade and hold it with two fingers.
Ket looked at her target, then she looked back at her knife, which was ideal for throwing. She took a deep breath, wanting to do this for all the world, but then not wanting to ever even think about doing this. But she had to, no choice. It wasn't about he anymore. She looked back into the darkness, towards the school, then aimed.
But as she was about to throw, she heard another couple of men coming in from behind her. The teen ducked, hoping they hadn't seen her. They didn't appear to, seemingly distracted by something else. Then Ket saw what the men were distracted by. Into the clearing they dragged a limp figure, dropping it in front of Jet. He kicked the person so their face was exposed, and Ket had to stop herself from gasping aloud.
The men laughed and bent over Rogue's limp body.
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well that was definetly longer. Hope you liked the twists, next chapter will come soon, I hope.