A/N: *Does her chapter 5 dance* TA DA!! Okay, now time to give credit to my
lovely reviewers.
Nari: Thank you! My faithful friend and idol! I kind of see what you mean about Beast, so I had him change his mind in this one. I just thought he would be worried about the safety of the other students, ne? Zakorea: Look! see? More! Cajun: Thank you much! I will try to keep up with the variety in this chapter, too.
WARNING: This chapter contains some *almost* interaction between two characters. I didn't take it too far, though. Maybe when I get to writing my yaoi fic... hm... *evil grin* any suggestions??
Chapter 5, Revenge
"What's wrong, Logan? This isn't about Marian again, is it? I told you, she's staying. And Hank agrees with me. He was a little aprehensive at first, but I'm confidant that we can help her. Besides, it's been a month now and nothing has happened."
"No, Charles, it's not about the kid," said Logan a bit angrily.
"Well, then what is it?"
"I don't know," he said. "I just... don't know."
"Do you want me to try to read your mind again? Is that it Logan?" the Professor asked, rolling closer to the feral man.
"No. I'm through with that for a while. Something's gonna happen. I don't know what it is, but it's something."
"A feeling?"
"Something like that. It's on the edge of my senses! It's not quite a smell, not a noise, either. Just... something."
"Do you think it's the Brotherhood?"
"No." Logan was quick to dismiss the Brotherhood. They were too clumsy. Someone didn't want to be discovered. "What if they're comin' to get her again?"
"I'm sure she'll be safe here," said Xavier calmly. Why did he always have to be so calm? Couldn't he worry about anything? The Professor picked up on Logan's anger and sighed. "I'm sorry, friend. I am worried, but I also have faith in the students here. You should, too." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Who drank the last o' the milk?" demanded Rogue. It was a Saturday morning and the students had the day off from school and training. They were all getting up at their own leisure, but Rogue was the last. It wasn't that she slept late, she just took a while to put on the makeup.
"Oops," said Scott. Rogue glared.
"I could make some more if you like," said Marian. She was sitting next to Kurt, watching the weather on the small TV in the kitchen.
"Sure Mare. Thanks," said Jean, getting a bagel out of the fridge and putting it into the toaster. Marian went and refilled the empty jug of milk with water. She concentrated, then handed it to Rogue who poured it over her cereal.
"You know, we could start a business with you, Marian!" said Evan happily. "It would be great! Anything liquid, right?" Logan walked downstairs, smiling at the kids. He didn't want to let on that there was something wrong. No one seemed to notice his uneasiness.
"Looks like zere's a storm coming. Darn, I vanted to teach Marian how to play Mutant Ball," said Kurt.
"It's okay," she said politely. She was always very polite. "You can teach me some other time, Kurt."
"I guess so," he said. "How about ve go to ze mall? Iz zat okay Logan?"
"Yeah, whatever ya wan't," he said, sounding distracted. Then he realized what was being asked of him. "Actually, why don't you stay here with the rest of us?"
"Vhat? Vhy?" Kurt asked.
"Just do it, Elf," he demanded a bit angrily, leaving the room.
"Vell zat vas odd... Vas eet somsing I said? Come on, Marian, let's go. I can at least explain ze rules to you, okay?" Marian nodded and smiled, standing and taking Kurt's hand. He bamfed them away to his room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kurt and Marian had been in Kurt's room for a while. Mutant ball was forgotten and they had been laying on the bed pawing at eachother. It was a while ago when they realized that they wanted to be more than friends.
"Oh-!" Marian exclaimed in surprise as Kurt's tail traveled up the back of her shirt. It brushed against her bra strap and Kurt grinned. Marian looked hesitant and his grin faded.
"Vhat's ze matter?" asked Kurt, sounding concerned.
"It's nothing, I just- It," she bit her lip, unable to look him in the eyes. "It reminds me of... of Sabretooth."
It was Kurt's turn to be surprised as he let his tail slide back out of her shirt. She blushed, but Kurt smiled. "Hey, don't vorry about it. You're obviously not ready for zis. It's alright, I understand." He sat up and Marian did the same. They sat for a while in silence, then Kurt looked at her seriously. "Marian...?"
"Y-yes?" She was still a little hesitant when it came to people being serious. She had learned to be happy and joke around with everyone else, but when it came to anything serious like meetings or training, she fidgeted and clamed up.
"I vant you to make me a promise, okay?"
"Sure, Kurt, anything," she said, smiling now. She trusted Kurt with her life and would do anything for him.
"I vant you to promise me zat you vont cut yourself anymore, okay?" Marian jumped. He had not brought this up since the last time that they'd talked about it when Kurt found out about her depression. "Marian?"
"Okay, Kurt," she said, not looking at him. "I... I can't really promise I won't... but I will try. For you." He smiled and they leaned in to kiss. They were interrupted as the door was flung open.
"Quit gropin' and suit up, guys. Somethin's comin'." With that, Logan shut the door and went to alert everyone else. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The younger mutants were always the last to get up. Rhane preferred to sleep as a dog. She said it helped her sleep better when she knew if anything jumped out at her she could just bite it.
"Mr. Logan's been acting weird, don'tcha think?" asked Amara. Jamie nodded.
"Yeah. He won't let anyone leave," said Bobby.
"I don't care what he says, I can take care of myself. I'll just zap 'em if anyone tries to mess with me!" said Ray.
"What about those machines in the danger room? Didn't work too well when you tried 'just zap 'em,' did it?" teased Roberto.
"Hey, not like your 'sun strength' did much better," argued Ray. They all laughed, going downstairs.
"So what's for breakfast?" asked Samuel. They all went over to the cabinet and looked.
"Lucky Charms it is," said Ray. They all poured their breakfast and were about to devour it when the ground started to shake.
"Huh? What's going on?" asked Roberto, looking outside at the hazy sky. Not good. Without the sun, he wasn't of much use to the group if anything went wrong.
"Sorry, kids, breakfast's canceled!" said Logan. "Suit up. Somethin's comin' this way." With that, he went to go tell the others.
Within minutes, all the mutants of the X-mansion were outside and prepared to fight. Logan watched as they came, wondering why he couldn't detect them. Then he saw the large machine and snarled. It was sending out waves which scrambled his senses of smell and hearing. With Magneto and Sabretooth were the Brotherhood. The Professor had been right. They were still outnumbered.
"Get ready, guys!" said Scott, holding his hand to his visor.
"Half-Pint. You see that machine? Go shut it down," Logan ordered. Kitty nodded. She ran toward it, but Pietro zoomed in front of her.
"Uh-uh, little Kitty Cat," he said, holding his arms out to form a one-man barricade between her and the machine. Kitty was unperturbed, running right through him, then through the machine. Sparks flew and it shut down.
"Damn you!" growled Magneto. He threw some metal orbs at Kitty, but they phased right through her. She stuck her tongue out and ran back to the group. Thunder started to rumble and the sky grew black.
"Uh oh," said Todd, looking up at the sky. "This don' look too good, yo," he said, looking ready to hop away at any moment.
"Shut up, frog breath!" said Rogue angrily. Scott sent out an optic blast at him, but he jumped out of the way. It hit the Jeep instead.
"Hey! Watch the wheels!" said Lance complacently.
"Why must I be stuck with the irresponsible children?" complained Magneto. "Well don't just stand there! Throw rocks at them or something!" he demanded of Lance. Lance glared and the ground started to shake. The mutants were knocked off of their feet and Sabretooth took this moment to jump out of the vehicle and run at Marian. She saw him and clung to Kurt, near tears. Logan intercepted the confrontation.
Snikt! "Come on, Sabretooth, don't get the girl into this. This is about you an' me, bub." With that, Logan lunged at Sabretooth, knocking him back. The other mutants had regained their feet. Cannonball had knocked Lance off of his feet. Kitty had shut down the Jeep, much to Lance's horror. Jean had Pietro suspended in the air and Spyke was taking practice shots at him. Rhane had bitten Magneto's ankles and he had put a collar on her which was currently being held by Fred. The Blob smiled, but was taken by suprise when Beast tackled him. Rhane ran away to the rest of the group, having Bobby freeze the colar for her. It shattered.
Evan had given up trying to hit Pietro and let Magma take over. He set his sights on Magneto. He had knocked two of the metal balls off course, but another had caught him in the stomach, forcing him to his knees where the metal flattened out into cuffs. Luckily, Ororo zapped Magneto before they could clasp around his wrists. Magneto's scream gained everyone's attention as the lightning went through his entire body and all the metal around him. Fred, who had Ray in a bear hug, was also shocked. Ray shook it off quickly and ran back to the group, laughing and adding his own lightning bolts to the mix.
"Enough!" shouted Erik after deciding there was no way for them to win. "This isn't over, Charles. We'll come back for the girl, I garauntee it!" They were all surrounded in metal orbs which flew off. The students all stood around, looking at eachother in silence. Logan was glaring after the orb which contained Sabretooth, a few scratches healing on their own. Suddenly Kurt looked around.
"Hey! Vhere's Marian!?"
A/N: Ta da! I always say how much I suck and how much I hate doing battle scenes and I pertains to this one, too. I had to add in the younger mutants because you guys all seemed to like me having a variety of characters. Plus they're fun! I like Jamie! He's my friends! Hehehe. Yes, I know, if you've read my other X-Men story (which I suggest you do? Pweese?) then you know I'm really just a goofball. Sorry this one took so long. I went on vacation. But it's done now, right? I think that the next chapter will be the last. It's been funzies, but no one's reviewed enough and I already have the ending picked out, so I'm just gonna do it and get it over with so that I can finish my other story. If you like this one, read that one! It has nothing to do with Marian, though. It's a 'What if my friends and I had mutant powers and went to live at the mansion?' fic. Hehe. Be afraid... Be VERY afraid... MUAHAHAHAA...ha... ha.. okay. I'm done. Bai!
Nari: Thank you! My faithful friend and idol! I kind of see what you mean about Beast, so I had him change his mind in this one. I just thought he would be worried about the safety of the other students, ne? Zakorea: Look! see? More! Cajun: Thank you much! I will try to keep up with the variety in this chapter, too.
WARNING: This chapter contains some *almost* interaction between two characters. I didn't take it too far, though. Maybe when I get to writing my yaoi fic... hm... *evil grin* any suggestions??
Chapter 5, Revenge
"What's wrong, Logan? This isn't about Marian again, is it? I told you, she's staying. And Hank agrees with me. He was a little aprehensive at first, but I'm confidant that we can help her. Besides, it's been a month now and nothing has happened."
"No, Charles, it's not about the kid," said Logan a bit angrily.
"Well, then what is it?"
"I don't know," he said. "I just... don't know."
"Do you want me to try to read your mind again? Is that it Logan?" the Professor asked, rolling closer to the feral man.
"No. I'm through with that for a while. Something's gonna happen. I don't know what it is, but it's something."
"A feeling?"
"Something like that. It's on the edge of my senses! It's not quite a smell, not a noise, either. Just... something."
"Do you think it's the Brotherhood?"
"No." Logan was quick to dismiss the Brotherhood. They were too clumsy. Someone didn't want to be discovered. "What if they're comin' to get her again?"
"I'm sure she'll be safe here," said Xavier calmly. Why did he always have to be so calm? Couldn't he worry about anything? The Professor picked up on Logan's anger and sighed. "I'm sorry, friend. I am worried, but I also have faith in the students here. You should, too." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Who drank the last o' the milk?" demanded Rogue. It was a Saturday morning and the students had the day off from school and training. They were all getting up at their own leisure, but Rogue was the last. It wasn't that she slept late, she just took a while to put on the makeup.
"Oops," said Scott. Rogue glared.
"I could make some more if you like," said Marian. She was sitting next to Kurt, watching the weather on the small TV in the kitchen.
"Sure Mare. Thanks," said Jean, getting a bagel out of the fridge and putting it into the toaster. Marian went and refilled the empty jug of milk with water. She concentrated, then handed it to Rogue who poured it over her cereal.
"You know, we could start a business with you, Marian!" said Evan happily. "It would be great! Anything liquid, right?" Logan walked downstairs, smiling at the kids. He didn't want to let on that there was something wrong. No one seemed to notice his uneasiness.
"Looks like zere's a storm coming. Darn, I vanted to teach Marian how to play Mutant Ball," said Kurt.
"It's okay," she said politely. She was always very polite. "You can teach me some other time, Kurt."
"I guess so," he said. "How about ve go to ze mall? Iz zat okay Logan?"
"Yeah, whatever ya wan't," he said, sounding distracted. Then he realized what was being asked of him. "Actually, why don't you stay here with the rest of us?"
"Vhat? Vhy?" Kurt asked.
"Just do it, Elf," he demanded a bit angrily, leaving the room.
"Vell zat vas odd... Vas eet somsing I said? Come on, Marian, let's go. I can at least explain ze rules to you, okay?" Marian nodded and smiled, standing and taking Kurt's hand. He bamfed them away to his room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kurt and Marian had been in Kurt's room for a while. Mutant ball was forgotten and they had been laying on the bed pawing at eachother. It was a while ago when they realized that they wanted to be more than friends.
"Oh-!" Marian exclaimed in surprise as Kurt's tail traveled up the back of her shirt. It brushed against her bra strap and Kurt grinned. Marian looked hesitant and his grin faded.
"Vhat's ze matter?" asked Kurt, sounding concerned.
"It's nothing, I just- It," she bit her lip, unable to look him in the eyes. "It reminds me of... of Sabretooth."
It was Kurt's turn to be surprised as he let his tail slide back out of her shirt. She blushed, but Kurt smiled. "Hey, don't vorry about it. You're obviously not ready for zis. It's alright, I understand." He sat up and Marian did the same. They sat for a while in silence, then Kurt looked at her seriously. "Marian...?"
"Y-yes?" She was still a little hesitant when it came to people being serious. She had learned to be happy and joke around with everyone else, but when it came to anything serious like meetings or training, she fidgeted and clamed up.
"I vant you to make me a promise, okay?"
"Sure, Kurt, anything," she said, smiling now. She trusted Kurt with her life and would do anything for him.
"I vant you to promise me zat you vont cut yourself anymore, okay?" Marian jumped. He had not brought this up since the last time that they'd talked about it when Kurt found out about her depression. "Marian?"
"Okay, Kurt," she said, not looking at him. "I... I can't really promise I won't... but I will try. For you." He smiled and they leaned in to kiss. They were interrupted as the door was flung open.
"Quit gropin' and suit up, guys. Somethin's comin'." With that, Logan shut the door and went to alert everyone else. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The younger mutants were always the last to get up. Rhane preferred to sleep as a dog. She said it helped her sleep better when she knew if anything jumped out at her she could just bite it.
"Mr. Logan's been acting weird, don'tcha think?" asked Amara. Jamie nodded.
"Yeah. He won't let anyone leave," said Bobby.
"I don't care what he says, I can take care of myself. I'll just zap 'em if anyone tries to mess with me!" said Ray.
"What about those machines in the danger room? Didn't work too well when you tried 'just zap 'em,' did it?" teased Roberto.
"Hey, not like your 'sun strength' did much better," argued Ray. They all laughed, going downstairs.
"So what's for breakfast?" asked Samuel. They all went over to the cabinet and looked.
"Lucky Charms it is," said Ray. They all poured their breakfast and were about to devour it when the ground started to shake.
"Huh? What's going on?" asked Roberto, looking outside at the hazy sky. Not good. Without the sun, he wasn't of much use to the group if anything went wrong.
"Sorry, kids, breakfast's canceled!" said Logan. "Suit up. Somethin's comin' this way." With that, he went to go tell the others.
Within minutes, all the mutants of the X-mansion were outside and prepared to fight. Logan watched as they came, wondering why he couldn't detect them. Then he saw the large machine and snarled. It was sending out waves which scrambled his senses of smell and hearing. With Magneto and Sabretooth were the Brotherhood. The Professor had been right. They were still outnumbered.
"Get ready, guys!" said Scott, holding his hand to his visor.
"Half-Pint. You see that machine? Go shut it down," Logan ordered. Kitty nodded. She ran toward it, but Pietro zoomed in front of her.
"Uh-uh, little Kitty Cat," he said, holding his arms out to form a one-man barricade between her and the machine. Kitty was unperturbed, running right through him, then through the machine. Sparks flew and it shut down.
"Damn you!" growled Magneto. He threw some metal orbs at Kitty, but they phased right through her. She stuck her tongue out and ran back to the group. Thunder started to rumble and the sky grew black.
"Uh oh," said Todd, looking up at the sky. "This don' look too good, yo," he said, looking ready to hop away at any moment.
"Shut up, frog breath!" said Rogue angrily. Scott sent out an optic blast at him, but he jumped out of the way. It hit the Jeep instead.
"Hey! Watch the wheels!" said Lance complacently.
"Why must I be stuck with the irresponsible children?" complained Magneto. "Well don't just stand there! Throw rocks at them or something!" he demanded of Lance. Lance glared and the ground started to shake. The mutants were knocked off of their feet and Sabretooth took this moment to jump out of the vehicle and run at Marian. She saw him and clung to Kurt, near tears. Logan intercepted the confrontation.
Snikt! "Come on, Sabretooth, don't get the girl into this. This is about you an' me, bub." With that, Logan lunged at Sabretooth, knocking him back. The other mutants had regained their feet. Cannonball had knocked Lance off of his feet. Kitty had shut down the Jeep, much to Lance's horror. Jean had Pietro suspended in the air and Spyke was taking practice shots at him. Rhane had bitten Magneto's ankles and he had put a collar on her which was currently being held by Fred. The Blob smiled, but was taken by suprise when Beast tackled him. Rhane ran away to the rest of the group, having Bobby freeze the colar for her. It shattered.
Evan had given up trying to hit Pietro and let Magma take over. He set his sights on Magneto. He had knocked two of the metal balls off course, but another had caught him in the stomach, forcing him to his knees where the metal flattened out into cuffs. Luckily, Ororo zapped Magneto before they could clasp around his wrists. Magneto's scream gained everyone's attention as the lightning went through his entire body and all the metal around him. Fred, who had Ray in a bear hug, was also shocked. Ray shook it off quickly and ran back to the group, laughing and adding his own lightning bolts to the mix.
"Enough!" shouted Erik after deciding there was no way for them to win. "This isn't over, Charles. We'll come back for the girl, I garauntee it!" They were all surrounded in metal orbs which flew off. The students all stood around, looking at eachother in silence. Logan was glaring after the orb which contained Sabretooth, a few scratches healing on their own. Suddenly Kurt looked around.
"Hey! Vhere's Marian!?"
A/N: Ta da! I always say how much I suck and how much I hate doing battle scenes and I pertains to this one, too. I had to add in the younger mutants because you guys all seemed to like me having a variety of characters. Plus they're fun! I like Jamie! He's my friends! Hehehe. Yes, I know, if you've read my other X-Men story (which I suggest you do? Pweese?) then you know I'm really just a goofball. Sorry this one took so long. I went on vacation. But it's done now, right? I think that the next chapter will be the last. It's been funzies, but no one's reviewed enough and I already have the ending picked out, so I'm just gonna do it and get it over with so that I can finish my other story. If you like this one, read that one! It has nothing to do with Marian, though. It's a 'What if my friends and I had mutant powers and went to live at the mansion?' fic. Hehe. Be afraid... Be VERY afraid... MUAHAHAHAA...ha... ha.. okay. I'm done. Bai!