Disclaimer: I don't own X-men… and this disclaimer is starting to annoy me. This is the last chapter it will be here. Cause I will have killed it. Muwahahaha! ^_^
A/N: Major spoilers in the chapter. Especially for episodes that haven't been shown here yet but I have found summaries for here at this website- Check it out, it's an awesome site. ^_^
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"Why are you here?"
The Professor's words rattled around in my head, "I don't know," I replied truthfully suddenly feeling the floor start to spin beneath me, "I don't know." I heard the Professor mutter something that sounded like, 'Think about it.' followed by the 'click' of the door signaling his departure. Logan turned to me and that's when the floor came rushing towards me and the lights turned off.
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I'm drawing something…someone is talking in the background but I'm not listening… Don't feel like it, I just want to concentrate on my drawing. I stop and glance up at the board, right I'm in school in… in History class and I'm supposed to be taking notes. I look back down at the comic book I've been copying the picture from and continue…
Suddenly it's dark again but I can hear someone talking… to me… saying something…
'Please…so sorry… wake…'
Then it's quiet again.
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I felt something prick my arm and slap it due to reflexes. There is a sudden startled scream and then muffled laughter. I open my eyes spotting Hank McCoy glaring at a smirking Logan.
"What's going on?" I ask softly still feeling slightly dizzy.
Hank walked back over to me, "I'm not quite sure what happened," He furrowed his eyebrows in thought, "But according to Logan after you lost consciousness you began to fade, as in disappear, but it stopped as soon as it started. My guess is that your powers are, for lack of a better word, waking up."
"Then why did I pass out?" I rubbed my eyes trying to stop the room from tilting.
"I believe it's from the amount of energy your power must need, I'm sure over time with the proper training…"
"I get it." I interrupted feeling my eyelids growing heavy again.
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(Logan's P.O.V)
Hank sighed scratching the back of his head as he looked over Ripley once more before turning to me, "Did Charles really say that to her?"
"I doubt that is what made her faint, Hank." I said raising an eyebrow then walked over to Ripley's side, something had caught my eye…
"Oh no, no, that's not what I meant. I just never heard the Professor… talk like that."
"You mean reject a mutant 'cause she thinks she's from 'nother dimension?" I furrowed my eyebrows examining the necklace around Ripley's neck; it had two things on it, a cross and a… green dog tag. Not the kind I have hidden in a drawer somewhere, but the kind you buy for a dog. A license.
"What?" I turned looked over my shoulder at Hank realizing that I had tuned him out… somehow…
"I was just saying that maybe she really is from another dimension. It could be possible really, I mean look at Kurt he goes through that dimension every time he teleports."
I nodded, "Yea maybe. She did know that stuff 'bout me."
Hank nodded picking up some papers, "Well Logan, I must be off." Hank smiled and walked off disappearing out the door.
"Logan…?"
I turned back to Ripley, "Hey kid."
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(Ripley's P.O.V)
I had been dreaming again, dreaming that I was back at home talking on the phone with my best friend about wishes we had that could never happen. Wishing that there was some way we could just leave our dimension behind and go somewhere else… As I woke up I had convinced myself that I was back at home in my own bed waiting for my alarm clock to go off, until I heard Hank say goodbye to Logan.
"Logan…?" I whispered opening my eyes halfway giving them a chance to get used to the light again.
"Hey kid."
I heard Logan take a step towards me and then felt his hand on my shoulder. I looked up at him and for the first time since I had arrived I felt as though someone understood what I was going through. Logan tilted his head to the side staring me in the eye, "You feelin' better?" His voice was gruff but also soft at the same time.
I nodded, "Just a little confused…" I sighed sitting up.
"Don't worry about it kid," I looked up at him and he smiled sadly, "I don't know what's goin' on here, but I have a feelin' that maybe yer tellin' the truth."
"Thanks." I smiled and he offered me hand up, which I took.
I dusted off my pants deciding what I should do next, 'Wasn' it Kitty who went back in time in the comics to stop the era of Apocalypse? Is that why I'm here?'
I rubbed the back of my neck, "Sorry for making you so mad," I frowned slightly, "I didn't mean too."
He stared at me and nodded folding his arms over his chest, "I know ya didn't." He replied softly.
I smiled made my decision and looked Logan in the eye, "I know why Mesmero wanted the rings-"
"As do I." The Professor cut me off as he entered the room with Hank, "The three rings put together makes some sort of key opening the first of three doors."
"Three doors… three doors to what?" Logan asked glancing over at me then back to the Professor.
"To what is believed to have been the first mutant ever." Hank answered looking over several papers he was holding in his hands.
"En Sabah Nur," Logan and the rest look at me, "Apocalypse." I whispered.
Beast nodded, "So far only one door has been opened, that we know of, but I can't figure out what the other two keys are and where they are."
"A spider, Rogue, and Mystique."
Beast turned to me questioningly, "What?"
"A spider, Rogue, and Mystique those are the keys," I sighed at the blank look I received from everyone, "There's this spider amulet that's cut in half and when the pieces are put together and destroyed the second door opens. Rogue and Mystique are the third key, Mystique has to turn herself into a snake and go through this hole at the bottom of the door where there's a pillar with Apocalypse' sign on it. She has to put her hand on it to open the third door."
"Then what's Rogue have to do with anything?" Logan interrupted trying not to look confused.
"Apocalypse uses her to absorb all her energy… and becomes extremely powerful."
Hank flipped through the papers and with a sigh crumpled them all up, "So what do we do?"
I shrugged my shoulders, "I don't know."
The Professor suddenly turned around to leave, "There has to be a way to stop that from happening." He said over his shoulder as he left the room.
Hanks scratched the top of his head, "Well it looks like I have more research to do." He sighed leaving the room.
Logan sighed shaking his head, "I think… I need a beer."
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A/N: I've just fallen in a pit full of horrible inhuman… things… that cause writers block. -_- Sad isn' it? Lol. Well please review and tell me what you think so far. Any advice is also… helpful. ^_^
