YAY!! Daydream finally came through with a new chapter! so, Yay, her!
Chapter 2: Mission
Disclaimer: I don't own the Ninja Turtles and neither does Mily. We are turtleless. It is sad, but we will get over it. Oh, we are also X-menless too. It is a sad, sad world. ^_^
[[ ]]= Xavier telepathy
:: ::= Meira telepathy
^^ ^^= Animalia telepathy
;; ;;= Tricity telepathy
= Raphaella telepathy
~~ ~~= Dynamite telepathy
{{ }}= Dec telepathy
~~~~~~~A few hours later~~~~~
"Okay, patrol time." Leo announced to the other three turtles who groaned loudly.
"But we just ate, we should wait for like an hour or 24, right Donny?" said Mikey trying to think up an excuse. Donny nodded.
"Yeah, something like that." He agreed. Donatello had a new project he was working on and he didn't want to leave it. Leo sighed.
"That's for water." Leo stated. This wasn't going to be easy. Raphael, who had arrived around the same time as the pizza did, wasn't in the mood for patrol and he was making it known by blankly ignoring anything Leo said.
"Come on guys, it's only for a few hours. And Sensei said we need to keep up our skills." Leonardo half-begged, half-ordered.
Mikey pulled out the PlayStation 2 controls, dead-set on beating his newest game, Shinobi(A/N: go figure, it's a real game! ^_^).Donny edged out of the main room towards his work station. Raph had already disappeared to his own room. Leo gave another sigh and sat down on the couch. Well, he didn't really feel like it tonight either, he decided as he turned on one of the many TV's. The only thing on worth watching was Monster Garage on TLC. This brought Raph and Donny back into the living room. Monster Garage was a very popular show in the turtle family. The episode that was on tonight was about a group of people turning a Mac truck into a helicopter pad. Donny watched with excited eyes. 'That'd be so cool.' He thought, his mind whirling with ideas.
After Monster Garage went off, American Choppers, Raph's personal favorite show, came on. They sat there munching popcorn, every once in a while laughing at something stupid that happened or making comments about the design of a particularly nice motorcycle. When the digital clock on the TV buzzed that it was two in
the morning, all four turtles jumped up and raced towards their rooms. If Master Splinter found out that they had shirked their responsibilities and not gone on patrol, they were going to be in for a rough day. Slipping into
bed, each wondered what would be their punishment.
In the dismal black of the sewers, a single man leaned against the wall. There was a sinister air about him, curling around him as if a death shroud. He stood there, waiting like a panther to pounce on its prey. His clothing
consisted only of a black shirt and a pair of black jeans. Limp black hair framed his eerily white face, as if he had not seen sunlight in ages. Turning his head, it was suddenly easy to tell that he was probably in his late teens or early twenties. As the lights in the turtle lair finally blinked out, his thin lips curled into a smirk. He erected himself from the wall and headed towards the lair.
Smiling to himself, he noted that there was no real defense on the place, as these mutants thought that no one could find them, that no one knew where they where. He crossed the lair and looked around. His gaze pierced the wall of the train cars, seeing the sleeping forms within them. Sneering at their naïve behavior, he sat down upon the couch and went over his mental instructions once again. First, find the lair of the Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles. Done, and rather easily too. Second, kill the five mutants that lived there and leave their bodies. About to be accomplished. Third, tell a news station about the mutants. Will do. Forth, go to Xavier's school, tell them about the murders, and then threaten them with the same fate if they do not join The Cause. Looking forward to that one. He rose from the couch in a one fluid motion. Licking his pointed teeth, he advanced towards the first
room, the one with the most power coming from it. Within it was a mutant rat. Not usually his preferred taste, but that didn't matter. It was still blood. The door before him slid open with a touch from his mind. His body wanted the blood, he had to have it. He needed it… Crossing the floor, the vampire mutant was drawn to the place the old rat slept…
~~~~~ Earlier at Xavier's~~~~~
"WATCH OUT!!" screamed Animalia as a fire ball went flying towards Raphaella. The girl shrieked and flung an energy ball at it. Both of the orbs exploded, showering the group of young mutants below with sparks and
embers.
They were back outside, trying to improve their skills. A seventeen year old mutant with fire abilities named Kevin was trying to help by pretending to be the villain. Ani was supervising along with Dynamite. The two older mutants exchanged worried looks. The shots kept getting closer and the younger girls didn't seem to be getting much better. Meira jumped out of the way of a stream of fire.
"Gosh Kevin, try to kill us, why don't you?!" she yelled. Kevin shrugged.
"That's exactly what other people will try to do, Meira." He answered in a knowing tone. Kevin had been in a few fights himself and wanted them to be prepared. Meanwhile, Tricity was trying a sneak attack, coming up behind him while preparing to launch a stunner energy orb at him. The object of the battle game was to neutralize your opponent so he or she could no longer fight. It was a tactic used to capture enemy mutants and humans or to control a new mutant who was endangering others. Tricity was about five feet away when Kevin whirled around, flinging a fire ball at her. The electric mutant was forced to leap away, her energy orb completely missing its
target. It went flying across the field, almost striking an innocent Nightcrawler who was making his way over to them quickly. He teleported out of the way and appeared next to Animalia who sighed.
"Sorry about that, Kurt." She sighed, throwing a disapproving look at Tric who glared at Kevin who, in turn, shrugged. Kurt shook his head.
Meira's face lit up as she saw the furry blue elf approach them. "Eeee!! Hi Kurt!!" she said and gave him a quick hug.
He gave a slight blush and greeted everyone. "Hi Meira, Hi everyone, Don't be sorry. I'm fine."
"I swear, one of these days SOMEONE is going to get fried to a crisp." said Dyna in a dissapproving tone.
Kurt suddenly remembered proceeded with his message"Ah! Dhere is trouble, the Provesser needs you right avay." He said in a rushed, well-accented voice.
"What does he need her for?" asked Dyna, raising an eyebrow. Kurt shook his head.
"No, he needs all of you except Kevin. He can go back to his room." He answered, nodding towards the battle group. Kevin sighed.
"Later girls." He headed back to the mansion towards his room. The fire mutant had been grounded the previous week for staying out past curfew and this was his first time out except for classes since then.
The girls stared at each other, eyes huge. What had they done now? Dec and Raphaella glanced at each other, remembering a prank involving Krazy Glue they had pulled last night. Had he found out? The six girls followed Nightcrawler back up to the mansion and into the Professor's office. Xavier was sitting in his wheelchair behind his desk with a worried look in his usually calm eyes. The some of the young mutants sat down in the provided chairs while a couple of them leaned against the bookcases. Kurt stayed where he was near the door with Meria beside him.
"Girls, I have called you here because there is a threat to a small group of mutants in the city," Xavier said bluntly, catching the girls offguard. "We need the six of you to go and intercept the threat before it reaches its target. Do you understand?" Six very confused faces met his.
"But we ain't X-men!" blurted Dec, relieved that this wasn't about last night, but worried about what this might mean.
"Yes, Diana, I know. You see, the X-men have left on their own private mission. I cannot contact them for some reason and you and your friends have some of the most promising powers in the school." Xavier stated calmly. He was going to be putting six of his students in harms way. Not what a headmaster of a school normally did, but this was necessary. He had to trust them to rely on their training and use their powers wisely.
Dec blushed at her real name but was too surprised to care. "Not happening! this is SO not happening!" she said.
"But, they are only children!" Nightcrawler exclaimed, a slight bit of disbelief in his voice. Charles Xavier couldn't, wouldn't, send children into a battle, would he? Dynamite, Animalia, and Tricity raised themselves
slightly and glared at him.
"We are not! We are young women and three of us are legal adults, thank you!" Tricity replied sharply.
"And the rest of us are just as capable as them!" Raphaella added. Meira and Dec nodded in accordance.
"Hey! Plus, I'm the same age as you Kurt!" said Meira and stuck her tongue out at him.
"And besides, I'm twenty-two, old enough to be part of the real X-team." Dyna said and then looked over at Xavier who was giving the group a sad look.
"Some of them are young, Kurt, but their abilities are numerous. They deserve a chance to show their potential, all of my students do." Xavier told the blue-skinned mutant and then looked directly into Dynamite's eyes.
"As the oldest, you are in charge. They," he motioned to her five friends, "will listen to you." He said it as if it was a simple statement.
A sudden realization struck Dyna. As leader, it would be up to her to make decisions, to be the deciding factor. Everything would be on her shoulders; if they failed, everyone would blame her. If someone was injured, it would be her responsibility to take care of them. As she went over her duties as leader, five warm, reassuring minds connected with hers. All five minds began worry, wondering what was going on. A calm, soothing voice entered
into each of the girls thoughts.
[[I have connected you to each other. I hope you don't mind, but this makes it easier during a battle to give out orders and alert one another to on coming attacks. It might take some getting used to, but whenever you want
some quiet time you can virtually build a telepathic wall around yourselves. These connections will last as long as each of you are alive. I do not think you will find it a hindrance, but maybe it will give you six a even deeper
friendship.]] Xavier's mind voice told them. Right after his voice stopped talking, a happy, extremely loud mental voice broke everyone's concentration.
{{DUDE! MIND TALK!}} Dec exclaimed in her naturally perky way.
::OW! Dec, that HURT!:: yelped Meira, clutching her ears. Xavier shook his head at Dec.
[[You do not need to shout, they can hear you.]] he told her. She nodded, blushing slightly.
{{Sorry y'all.}}
~~It's okay, we forgive you.~~ Dynamite said.
;;Speak for yourself!;; Tricity growled. Raphaella laughed, her mental voice happy.
Oh come on, Tric. You know you don't care.
;;I do too!;; Tric stated, though it didn't sound sincere.
Do not.
;;Do too!;;
^^No fighting! Especially in our own heads!^^ Animalia ordered, a scowl on her face. Xavier, who could hear everything, sighed. Maybe that hadn't been such a good idea. Well, there was no going back now. Nightcrawler was very confused since he couldn't hear any of their mental conversation. All he could see was the looks that appeared on their faces.
"I'm going to send the coordinates of where the mutant group lives to the computer in the van." All six girls groaned.
"But Professor, can't we take the Blackbird?" Meira asked, wanting to take the stealthy, black jet for a spin. Xavier shook his head.
"No, the X-Men are using it at the moment, plus I've seen your latest driving routines." He replied. Meira stuck a disappointed look on her face.
"Do we –have- to take the van? Can't we take something a little cooler?" Raphaella half-complained. The van was so…so ugh. Xavier, once again, shook his head.
"No, you are taking the van because you are picking up five extra passengers." He told her, almost exasperated with the girls. Did they have to ask so many questions?
"Professor? What exactly do these mutants look like?" Animalia asked. She had been quiet for most of the briefing, mainly to formulate some questions of her own.
"Yeah, and where do they live?" asked Tricity. She had been doing the same thing.
"Are they guys?" Meira asked, a grin on her face. Her companions looked at her strangely.
::What, it's a good question!!::
~~Sure…~~
::It is!!::
"This is what the mutants look like." Xavier said, closing his eyes and sending each girl a mental picture of four humanoid turtles. They were tall and muscular, each with a different bandanna on. Beside them stood an elderly looking rat holding a walking stick.
I think that answers your question, Ani.
^^So, THAT'S what they look like?^^
[[Yes, Animalia. They are different then most at this school. They live here.]] Another very detailed picture entered into the girls mind eyes. An old subway station it seemed, but it had been renovated. A bunch of stacked TV's sat in one corner, a couch and a couple of floor pillows were placed in front of it. A wooden table piled with mechanical objects was placed in a secluded area.
::They live in the sewers? Ick…::
;;Do you see all those TV's?! How can they watch that many channels at one time?;;
~~I only see one entrance, the one leading to the sewers.~~
^^No, there's two, I think. The other one's those doors in the corner. I think it might be a way out.^^
{{Looks like a couple of doors ta me…}}
Me too, nothing special about them.
[[They are the entrance to an elevator that leads into the turtles' garage.]] Xavier's level voice stated. Ani gave what might have been a mental told-you-so feeling to the other girls. Sighing, Xavier looked at each of them in turn.
"This is your first mission as X-Men. Your uniforms are in the armor room. The mission is simple enough and I don't believe you will have that much trouble. Do be careful, the mutant you are dealing with is dangerous." At
this, he sent them another picture of a tall, lanky boy with zombie white skin and eyes as black as the depths of the sea. He had no pupils; both eyes were completely black.
Dec cringed. "he's really freaky... is he some sort of... Vampire?"
"Yes, He is a vampire, a telekinetic one to be exact. Once you have stopped him, bring the turtle mutants and the rat mutant back here please. I don't believe they will resist after you tell them about the school." Xavier told them.
The girls nodded solemnly. This wasn't the Danger Room or a controlled mission. This was real.
"Is Kurt going with us?" Tricity asked, glancing at the blue-skinned mutant who was standing by the door.
"No, I need him to stay here." Xavier replied sullenly. Tricity nodded. So they would be alone.
~~Not alone, we'll all be together.~~ Dyna's quiet mental voice reassured her.
;;No, I meant…hey wait, I didn't say anything!;; Tricity looked over to the older girl who shrugged.
~~You think too loud.~~ Dynamite's voice had a tinge of amusement to it. Tricity crossed her arms and brought a wall up around her thoughts. 'Try to get through that.' She thought to herself. Dyna didn't say anything, but smiled to herself. It seemed that the Professor had given her a telepathic edge on the others. Her telepathy was stronger and she could hear almost everything they thought about.
"You may leave now. Be careful." He looked into each pair of eyes, sending them a bit of his strength. The girls left, each a little apprehensive about what they were about to do.
"Bye Kurt... bye Professor." said Meira a little nervously. Some of the other girls murmered goodbyes as well.
"I have faith in you girls, you'll be alright." said Xavier calmly.
They headed down the hallway to the armor room. There they suited up into their individual uniforms. Tricity's was black with dark purple stripes up the sides. Meira's was the same black with white/silver stripes with a white cloak like Storm's. Raphaella's uniform was the black with blue stripes. Dynamite's uniform was yet again, black,
this one with red stripes. Dec's was black with yellow stripes. Animalia's uniform was the regular black with green stripes up the sides. Each had the well-known X symbol on the chest.
"Wow, this is nice." Animalia stated, stretching around, trying to get the feel of the uniform.
"No kidding, is this leather?" Raphaella asked, picking at one of her stripes.
"Maybe it's PVC!" said Meira happily swishing her cape around. But Tricity shook her head.
"I heard Jean say that the uniforms are made out of a special material. They feel and look like leather, but they're stronger than Kevlar." She relayed the facts off like a computer. Raph nodded and went back to inspecting her form-fitting uniform.
After everyone was suited up, the new team of X-men, or in their case, X-girls, raced over to the garage. Running past the line of sport cars, Cyclop's favorites, they came to a stop at a large, black van. Giving each other exasperated looks, the six piled in, Animalia at the driver's seat. Meira, Dec, and Raphaella sat in the back, chatting about what they would do to stop the vampire mutant.
"Maybe we could blow his head off!" Raphaella put in, a sideways grin on her face. They didn't really want to face the facts that they were going to be fighting another mutant, one that was probably trained to kill. As the van
lurched to a start and headed out of the garage, Dec and Meira sent up a chorus of a much beloved and hated song.
"The wheels on the van go round and round, round and round, round and round! The wheels on the van go round and round all through the city!" They sang, Meira's soprano voice coming across much better than Dec's alto.
"NO! Not that! ANYTHING but that!" Dynamite shouted, turning around and giving the girls a look. Both grinned back, but kept quiet. A few minutes later, though…
{:The mutants in the van go light, power, beams, light, power, beams! The mutants on the bus go light, power, beams, all through the city!:} Both girls sang in unison through their minds. A sudden angry force traveled down
the line.
^^BE QUIET! I'm trying to concentrate and you two are making it very HARD!^^ Both girls sat back in their seats and were quiet for the rest of the trip.
Chapter 2: Mission
Disclaimer: I don't own the Ninja Turtles and neither does Mily. We are turtleless. It is sad, but we will get over it. Oh, we are also X-menless too. It is a sad, sad world. ^_^
[[ ]]= Xavier telepathy
:: ::= Meira telepathy
^^ ^^= Animalia telepathy
;; ;;= Tricity telepathy
= Raphaella telepathy
~~ ~~= Dynamite telepathy
{{ }}= Dec telepathy
~~~~~~~A few hours later~~~~~
"Okay, patrol time." Leo announced to the other three turtles who groaned loudly.
"But we just ate, we should wait for like an hour or 24, right Donny?" said Mikey trying to think up an excuse. Donny nodded.
"Yeah, something like that." He agreed. Donatello had a new project he was working on and he didn't want to leave it. Leo sighed.
"That's for water." Leo stated. This wasn't going to be easy. Raphael, who had arrived around the same time as the pizza did, wasn't in the mood for patrol and he was making it known by blankly ignoring anything Leo said.
"Come on guys, it's only for a few hours. And Sensei said we need to keep up our skills." Leonardo half-begged, half-ordered.
Mikey pulled out the PlayStation 2 controls, dead-set on beating his newest game, Shinobi(A/N: go figure, it's a real game! ^_^).Donny edged out of the main room towards his work station. Raph had already disappeared to his own room. Leo gave another sigh and sat down on the couch. Well, he didn't really feel like it tonight either, he decided as he turned on one of the many TV's. The only thing on worth watching was Monster Garage on TLC. This brought Raph and Donny back into the living room. Monster Garage was a very popular show in the turtle family. The episode that was on tonight was about a group of people turning a Mac truck into a helicopter pad. Donny watched with excited eyes. 'That'd be so cool.' He thought, his mind whirling with ideas.
After Monster Garage went off, American Choppers, Raph's personal favorite show, came on. They sat there munching popcorn, every once in a while laughing at something stupid that happened or making comments about the design of a particularly nice motorcycle. When the digital clock on the TV buzzed that it was two in
the morning, all four turtles jumped up and raced towards their rooms. If Master Splinter found out that they had shirked their responsibilities and not gone on patrol, they were going to be in for a rough day. Slipping into
bed, each wondered what would be their punishment.
In the dismal black of the sewers, a single man leaned against the wall. There was a sinister air about him, curling around him as if a death shroud. He stood there, waiting like a panther to pounce on its prey. His clothing
consisted only of a black shirt and a pair of black jeans. Limp black hair framed his eerily white face, as if he had not seen sunlight in ages. Turning his head, it was suddenly easy to tell that he was probably in his late teens or early twenties. As the lights in the turtle lair finally blinked out, his thin lips curled into a smirk. He erected himself from the wall and headed towards the lair.
Smiling to himself, he noted that there was no real defense on the place, as these mutants thought that no one could find them, that no one knew where they where. He crossed the lair and looked around. His gaze pierced the wall of the train cars, seeing the sleeping forms within them. Sneering at their naïve behavior, he sat down upon the couch and went over his mental instructions once again. First, find the lair of the Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles. Done, and rather easily too. Second, kill the five mutants that lived there and leave their bodies. About to be accomplished. Third, tell a news station about the mutants. Will do. Forth, go to Xavier's school, tell them about the murders, and then threaten them with the same fate if they do not join The Cause. Looking forward to that one. He rose from the couch in a one fluid motion. Licking his pointed teeth, he advanced towards the first
room, the one with the most power coming from it. Within it was a mutant rat. Not usually his preferred taste, but that didn't matter. It was still blood. The door before him slid open with a touch from his mind. His body wanted the blood, he had to have it. He needed it… Crossing the floor, the vampire mutant was drawn to the place the old rat slept…
~~~~~ Earlier at Xavier's~~~~~
"WATCH OUT!!" screamed Animalia as a fire ball went flying towards Raphaella. The girl shrieked and flung an energy ball at it. Both of the orbs exploded, showering the group of young mutants below with sparks and
embers.
They were back outside, trying to improve their skills. A seventeen year old mutant with fire abilities named Kevin was trying to help by pretending to be the villain. Ani was supervising along with Dynamite. The two older mutants exchanged worried looks. The shots kept getting closer and the younger girls didn't seem to be getting much better. Meira jumped out of the way of a stream of fire.
"Gosh Kevin, try to kill us, why don't you?!" she yelled. Kevin shrugged.
"That's exactly what other people will try to do, Meira." He answered in a knowing tone. Kevin had been in a few fights himself and wanted them to be prepared. Meanwhile, Tricity was trying a sneak attack, coming up behind him while preparing to launch a stunner energy orb at him. The object of the battle game was to neutralize your opponent so he or she could no longer fight. It was a tactic used to capture enemy mutants and humans or to control a new mutant who was endangering others. Tricity was about five feet away when Kevin whirled around, flinging a fire ball at her. The electric mutant was forced to leap away, her energy orb completely missing its
target. It went flying across the field, almost striking an innocent Nightcrawler who was making his way over to them quickly. He teleported out of the way and appeared next to Animalia who sighed.
"Sorry about that, Kurt." She sighed, throwing a disapproving look at Tric who glared at Kevin who, in turn, shrugged. Kurt shook his head.
Meira's face lit up as she saw the furry blue elf approach them. "Eeee!! Hi Kurt!!" she said and gave him a quick hug.
He gave a slight blush and greeted everyone. "Hi Meira, Hi everyone, Don't be sorry. I'm fine."
"I swear, one of these days SOMEONE is going to get fried to a crisp." said Dyna in a dissapproving tone.
Kurt suddenly remembered proceeded with his message"Ah! Dhere is trouble, the Provesser needs you right avay." He said in a rushed, well-accented voice.
"What does he need her for?" asked Dyna, raising an eyebrow. Kurt shook his head.
"No, he needs all of you except Kevin. He can go back to his room." He answered, nodding towards the battle group. Kevin sighed.
"Later girls." He headed back to the mansion towards his room. The fire mutant had been grounded the previous week for staying out past curfew and this was his first time out except for classes since then.
The girls stared at each other, eyes huge. What had they done now? Dec and Raphaella glanced at each other, remembering a prank involving Krazy Glue they had pulled last night. Had he found out? The six girls followed Nightcrawler back up to the mansion and into the Professor's office. Xavier was sitting in his wheelchair behind his desk with a worried look in his usually calm eyes. The some of the young mutants sat down in the provided chairs while a couple of them leaned against the bookcases. Kurt stayed where he was near the door with Meria beside him.
"Girls, I have called you here because there is a threat to a small group of mutants in the city," Xavier said bluntly, catching the girls offguard. "We need the six of you to go and intercept the threat before it reaches its target. Do you understand?" Six very confused faces met his.
"But we ain't X-men!" blurted Dec, relieved that this wasn't about last night, but worried about what this might mean.
"Yes, Diana, I know. You see, the X-men have left on their own private mission. I cannot contact them for some reason and you and your friends have some of the most promising powers in the school." Xavier stated calmly. He was going to be putting six of his students in harms way. Not what a headmaster of a school normally did, but this was necessary. He had to trust them to rely on their training and use their powers wisely.
Dec blushed at her real name but was too surprised to care. "Not happening! this is SO not happening!" she said.
"But, they are only children!" Nightcrawler exclaimed, a slight bit of disbelief in his voice. Charles Xavier couldn't, wouldn't, send children into a battle, would he? Dynamite, Animalia, and Tricity raised themselves
slightly and glared at him.
"We are not! We are young women and three of us are legal adults, thank you!" Tricity replied sharply.
"And the rest of us are just as capable as them!" Raphaella added. Meira and Dec nodded in accordance.
"Hey! Plus, I'm the same age as you Kurt!" said Meira and stuck her tongue out at him.
"And besides, I'm twenty-two, old enough to be part of the real X-team." Dyna said and then looked over at Xavier who was giving the group a sad look.
"Some of them are young, Kurt, but their abilities are numerous. They deserve a chance to show their potential, all of my students do." Xavier told the blue-skinned mutant and then looked directly into Dynamite's eyes.
"As the oldest, you are in charge. They," he motioned to her five friends, "will listen to you." He said it as if it was a simple statement.
A sudden realization struck Dyna. As leader, it would be up to her to make decisions, to be the deciding factor. Everything would be on her shoulders; if they failed, everyone would blame her. If someone was injured, it would be her responsibility to take care of them. As she went over her duties as leader, five warm, reassuring minds connected with hers. All five minds began worry, wondering what was going on. A calm, soothing voice entered
into each of the girls thoughts.
[[I have connected you to each other. I hope you don't mind, but this makes it easier during a battle to give out orders and alert one another to on coming attacks. It might take some getting used to, but whenever you want
some quiet time you can virtually build a telepathic wall around yourselves. These connections will last as long as each of you are alive. I do not think you will find it a hindrance, but maybe it will give you six a even deeper
friendship.]] Xavier's mind voice told them. Right after his voice stopped talking, a happy, extremely loud mental voice broke everyone's concentration.
{{DUDE! MIND TALK!}} Dec exclaimed in her naturally perky way.
::OW! Dec, that HURT!:: yelped Meira, clutching her ears. Xavier shook his head at Dec.
[[You do not need to shout, they can hear you.]] he told her. She nodded, blushing slightly.
{{Sorry y'all.}}
~~It's okay, we forgive you.~~ Dynamite said.
;;Speak for yourself!;; Tricity growled. Raphaella laughed, her mental voice happy.
Oh come on, Tric. You know you don't care.
;;I do too!;; Tric stated, though it didn't sound sincere.
Do not.
;;Do too!;;
^^No fighting! Especially in our own heads!^^ Animalia ordered, a scowl on her face. Xavier, who could hear everything, sighed. Maybe that hadn't been such a good idea. Well, there was no going back now. Nightcrawler was very confused since he couldn't hear any of their mental conversation. All he could see was the looks that appeared on their faces.
"I'm going to send the coordinates of where the mutant group lives to the computer in the van." All six girls groaned.
"But Professor, can't we take the Blackbird?" Meira asked, wanting to take the stealthy, black jet for a spin. Xavier shook his head.
"No, the X-Men are using it at the moment, plus I've seen your latest driving routines." He replied. Meira stuck a disappointed look on her face.
"Do we –have- to take the van? Can't we take something a little cooler?" Raphaella half-complained. The van was so…so ugh. Xavier, once again, shook his head.
"No, you are taking the van because you are picking up five extra passengers." He told her, almost exasperated with the girls. Did they have to ask so many questions?
"Professor? What exactly do these mutants look like?" Animalia asked. She had been quiet for most of the briefing, mainly to formulate some questions of her own.
"Yeah, and where do they live?" asked Tricity. She had been doing the same thing.
"Are they guys?" Meira asked, a grin on her face. Her companions looked at her strangely.
::What, it's a good question!!::
~~Sure…~~
::It is!!::
"This is what the mutants look like." Xavier said, closing his eyes and sending each girl a mental picture of four humanoid turtles. They were tall and muscular, each with a different bandanna on. Beside them stood an elderly looking rat holding a walking stick.
I think that answers your question, Ani.
^^So, THAT'S what they look like?^^
[[Yes, Animalia. They are different then most at this school. They live here.]] Another very detailed picture entered into the girls mind eyes. An old subway station it seemed, but it had been renovated. A bunch of stacked TV's sat in one corner, a couch and a couple of floor pillows were placed in front of it. A wooden table piled with mechanical objects was placed in a secluded area.
::They live in the sewers? Ick…::
;;Do you see all those TV's?! How can they watch that many channels at one time?;;
~~I only see one entrance, the one leading to the sewers.~~
^^No, there's two, I think. The other one's those doors in the corner. I think it might be a way out.^^
{{Looks like a couple of doors ta me…}}
Me too, nothing special about them.
[[They are the entrance to an elevator that leads into the turtles' garage.]] Xavier's level voice stated. Ani gave what might have been a mental told-you-so feeling to the other girls. Sighing, Xavier looked at each of them in turn.
"This is your first mission as X-Men. Your uniforms are in the armor room. The mission is simple enough and I don't believe you will have that much trouble. Do be careful, the mutant you are dealing with is dangerous." At
this, he sent them another picture of a tall, lanky boy with zombie white skin and eyes as black as the depths of the sea. He had no pupils; both eyes were completely black.
Dec cringed. "he's really freaky... is he some sort of... Vampire?"
"Yes, He is a vampire, a telekinetic one to be exact. Once you have stopped him, bring the turtle mutants and the rat mutant back here please. I don't believe they will resist after you tell them about the school." Xavier told them.
The girls nodded solemnly. This wasn't the Danger Room or a controlled mission. This was real.
"Is Kurt going with us?" Tricity asked, glancing at the blue-skinned mutant who was standing by the door.
"No, I need him to stay here." Xavier replied sullenly. Tricity nodded. So they would be alone.
~~Not alone, we'll all be together.~~ Dyna's quiet mental voice reassured her.
;;No, I meant…hey wait, I didn't say anything!;; Tricity looked over to the older girl who shrugged.
~~You think too loud.~~ Dynamite's voice had a tinge of amusement to it. Tricity crossed her arms and brought a wall up around her thoughts. 'Try to get through that.' She thought to herself. Dyna didn't say anything, but smiled to herself. It seemed that the Professor had given her a telepathic edge on the others. Her telepathy was stronger and she could hear almost everything they thought about.
"You may leave now. Be careful." He looked into each pair of eyes, sending them a bit of his strength. The girls left, each a little apprehensive about what they were about to do.
"Bye Kurt... bye Professor." said Meira a little nervously. Some of the other girls murmered goodbyes as well.
"I have faith in you girls, you'll be alright." said Xavier calmly.
They headed down the hallway to the armor room. There they suited up into their individual uniforms. Tricity's was black with dark purple stripes up the sides. Meira's was the same black with white/silver stripes with a white cloak like Storm's. Raphaella's uniform was the black with blue stripes. Dynamite's uniform was yet again, black,
this one with red stripes. Dec's was black with yellow stripes. Animalia's uniform was the regular black with green stripes up the sides. Each had the well-known X symbol on the chest.
"Wow, this is nice." Animalia stated, stretching around, trying to get the feel of the uniform.
"No kidding, is this leather?" Raphaella asked, picking at one of her stripes.
"Maybe it's PVC!" said Meira happily swishing her cape around. But Tricity shook her head.
"I heard Jean say that the uniforms are made out of a special material. They feel and look like leather, but they're stronger than Kevlar." She relayed the facts off like a computer. Raph nodded and went back to inspecting her form-fitting uniform.
After everyone was suited up, the new team of X-men, or in their case, X-girls, raced over to the garage. Running past the line of sport cars, Cyclop's favorites, they came to a stop at a large, black van. Giving each other exasperated looks, the six piled in, Animalia at the driver's seat. Meira, Dec, and Raphaella sat in the back, chatting about what they would do to stop the vampire mutant.
"Maybe we could blow his head off!" Raphaella put in, a sideways grin on her face. They didn't really want to face the facts that they were going to be fighting another mutant, one that was probably trained to kill. As the van
lurched to a start and headed out of the garage, Dec and Meira sent up a chorus of a much beloved and hated song.
"The wheels on the van go round and round, round and round, round and round! The wheels on the van go round and round all through the city!" They sang, Meira's soprano voice coming across much better than Dec's alto.
"NO! Not that! ANYTHING but that!" Dynamite shouted, turning around and giving the girls a look. Both grinned back, but kept quiet. A few minutes later, though…
{:The mutants in the van go light, power, beams, light, power, beams! The mutants on the bus go light, power, beams, all through the city!:} Both girls sang in unison through their minds. A sudden angry force traveled down
the line.
^^BE QUIET! I'm trying to concentrate and you two are making it very HARD!^^ Both girls sat back in their seats and were quiet for the rest of the trip.
