Chapter 2

The thunder rumbled violently in the dark sky as the rain, which showed no signs of stopping,

came pouring down. Inside of a cardboard box in a dark alleyway, a soft whimper could be heard.

Rope girl, still in her costume, was huddled inside the cardboard box, having run away too far to

recognize where she was. "What am I?" she said to herself as her tears mixed with the rain water

on her suit. She couldn't believe it, a few short hours ago she was a normal girl like any other kid

in the city, and now she was a freak, a monster, an outcast. She recounted the events in her mind:

She and her teammates had just finished tying up the henchman of the insidious Mr. Large, who

was robbing the state bank, when all of a sudden Mr. Large had a gun trained on them, when he

was suddenly thrown back by a large electric blast which seemed to come from her hands, scared

by what had happened, she ran away so as not to hurt anyone else and now here she is.

"I can't go back, I will just hurt someone" she said as she sat in the darkness "the only way

everyone will be safe is if I don't come back".

Meanwhile...

A few blocks from the alleyway, a long black van pulled up. The doors opened up and two figures

stepped out. One of the figures was female, and had blue skin, red hair, and bright yellow eyes

and was wearing a white suit with white shoes. The other person was male, and had ruffled brown

hair and long arms and legs, he was wearing a crimson t-shirt with jeans and tennis shoes and his

skin had a greenish tint to it. "Geez, Mystique" the male person said "it's raining cats and dogs

out here, can we please hurry this up?".

"Quit your complaining Toad" Mystique snapped "once we find this new mutant, I promise we

will go". "Well" Toad said "if she is even here, how do you know she will accept and join up?".

"Don't worry" she said "she will join..." just then her body started to morph, growing shorter, her

nose elongating, her head and body changing shape. When she was finished, she had morphed into

a perfect likeness of Crandall "...when given the right incentive" she finished, this time in a perfect

imitation of Crandall's voice. Toad just looked on in stunned silence.

A few minutes later...

Rope girl was inside the box thinking of all the fun she had before all this, when all of a sudden

she herd a voice calling out to her. "Brenda! Where are you?" the voice said. "Crandall?" Rope

girl said meekly as she peeked out of the box. "Brenda!" Crandall/Mystique said happily "I've

been looking all over for you!". "Well, then you wasted your time" Rope girl said darkly "cause

Im not going back with you". "Oh come on Brenda, if you follow me, I think I've got something

that will change your mind". "Well, okay" Rope girl said as she followed Crandall deeper into the

alley. "By the way" Rope girl said 'what is it you want to show me?". "Well just THIS!"he said as

he threw a small pellet down. Soon, a green smoke filled the alley as rope girl started coughing.

Soon she passed out as Crandall, now wearing a gas mask snickered as Toad, who was also

wearing a gas mask, stepped out of the shadows. "Come on" he said "let's get her into the van

while she's still under". "All right" Crandall said, his voice changing back into Mystique's voice.

Meanwhile...

In the top secret base known as level 7, Captain Crandall and Skate lad, now back to their other

identities as Crandall and Hector, were telling the governor and Mr. Paulsen what happened with

Brenda.. "So" Paulsen said "the electricity came right out of her hands?" "That's right" Hector

said. "Well, I do know one person who can help us" Paulsen said "an old friend of mine,

Professor Charles Xavier".

Meanwhile...

Rope started to slowly open her eyes and her vision focused to see Crandall standing over her and

Toad behind the wheel of the van. "Crandall?" she said groggily, "why would you do this to me?".

"Well" Crandall said "like I always say, never judge a book..." just then he changed back into

Mystique "..by its cover" she finished in her real voice. Rope girl gasped "you're a- a-a...".

"A mutant" Mystique finished "yes, just like you". "Hey!" Toad said "what am I, chopped liver!".

"BE QUIET!" Mystique snapped at Toad, who immediately shut up. "Anyways, You should join

us, Brenda, our leader Magneto could help you to hone your powers, so what do you say?".

"Well" Rope girl said " I suppose I could try it". "Good" Mystique said as their van drove up a

ramp and into a large black ship, which took of into the air and flew north.

Hours later...

The ship touched down in front of a place that looked like a huge metal dome. The ships ramp

then lowered, as Rope girl, who had changed back to Brenda, her other identity, Mystique, and

Toad exited the ship and went into the base. "Where are we?" Brenda asked. "Welcome" Toad

said "to asteroid M". As they entered, a man jumped in front of them. This man had long blond

hair, pointed fangs, a thick muscular body, and was now growling ferociously at Brenda. "It's

okay Sabertooth" Mystique said "she's with us". Sabertooth took one last look at Brenda, than

walked off. Just then, another man hovered in front of them, only this man had on red armor, a

flowing red cape and a red helmet. "Welcome child" he said "my name is Magneto, and this is a

place where mutants who are hated like you are trained to master their powers". Just then a blue

and white blur raced up to them and stopped. The blur was actually a teenage boy with white hair

wearing a blue jumpsuit with silver shoulder and chest pads. "And this is Quicksilver" Magneto

said "he is one of our more hyperactive members, but enough about him, are you prepared to

undergo the training?". "you bet!" Brenda said happily. "Good" Magneto said as he led her away

"now lets get started, we've got a world of work ahead of us".

A few weeks later...

The huge black jet zoomed across the sky once again. Inside were Magneto along with Mystique,

Toad, Sabertooth, Quicksilver, a man called Gambit, who had messy brown hair, a brown leather

jacket, and was holding a glowing playing card in his right hand. Also there was Brenda, only she

was now wearing a black jumpsuit with a gold belt and purple gloves. "So Brenda" Magneto said

"are you ready for your first mission?". "Oh yeah" Brenda said as she smiled menacingly.

To be continued...