(A/N: Oh, hey everybody (ducks into bomb shelter) wait ...No hate reviews,
that's good because I am sorry for the wait. Here's the next chapter)
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Wanda woke up with a pounding headache. Her vision was blurry and her body felt like it was under a ton of bricks. She groaned and rolled over right onto the floor with a slight thud, the sound woke Kitty and Rogue up.
"What the hell!" Rogue said, being the first to come to her senses, she was promptly hexed to the ceiling and dropped again, "Don't yell" Wanda moaned, "And while you're at it: don't move, don't talk, and don't breath, I've got a headache the size of Texas"
"Where are we?" Kitty asked, "The last thing I remember was Peter coming into the room and.." the Valley girl trailed off, her cheeks turning bright red and she giggled into her hand.
Rogue chose to ignore this adolescent display and answered the girl's question, "We're back at Irene's, looks like Mystique didn't approve of us going on that road trip. When Remy and I got back to the hotel and found ya'll missing, she somehow managed to tranquilize us. Kitty, hate to break it to you, Hon, but that wasn't Peter who kissed you"
Kitty frowned, then the realization hit her and she abruptly raced for the bathroom chanting "GROSS!" the whole way.
Wanda's headache soon receded and she asked Rogue how Mystique had knocked the rest of them out, "It's a trick she calls 'dead-lock', one of her least lethal. A clear, thin, plastic device with adhesive on one side, so you can stick it to your lips or other body parts, and a coating of liquid knock- out poison on the other. The reason she didn't use it on Remy or me is because we were both together at the time"
Wanda grunted, "I swear, if that woman used it on me I will-" "Don't worry" Rogue cut in, "If she had you would have remembered what happened before you passed out. Ah think she used a tranquilizer on you, probably because you are more defensive about physical space than the other three"
Wanda nodded and then said, "Lets go find out what the boss wants before we decide how to get rid of her"
They headed downstairs to find Pietro, Lance, Todd, and Fred in the living room, "How was your trip?" Pietro asked solemnly, Wanda and Rogue exchanged worried glances, the lost spark in Pietro's attitude was unnerving at best.
"It was good" Rogue replied, taking a seat beside him, "How are you doing?" she asked, he shrugged and that was all the answer she got. Pietro's depression seemed to reflect onto the rest of the boys, Rogue began regretting the fact that she hadn't taken them along, of all the people to reject the rejected she was the last one who should have agreed to leave them behind.
Todd didn't even try to make an advance on Wanda, this was a very bad sign indeed. Just then, the former Acolytes came practically tumbling down the stairs, groggy and irritated at what had happened to them.
Remy took a place beside Rogue on the couch, he was about to lean in closer to her when Pietro, using his power, quickly filled the gap between the couple and glared at Gambit. Everyone seemed surprised at this, "What do you think you're doing?" Remy exclaimed, he got ready to start a fight for the right to sit next to the girl he loved, thinking Pietro was just jealous, but Rogue warned him telepathically not to.
*He just wants my attention, Remy* she explained, *He needs a guardian right now, nothing more*
Gambit mumbled something and sat on the floor as Kitty came downstairs with a toothbrush in her mouth. She was brushing so furiously that Wanda thought her teeth would crack under the pressure of the bristles.
Kitty stormed towards the kitchen and spit into the sink, rinsed her mouth, then came back into the living room. She grabbed Peter by the shirt and kissed him, catching the Russian by surprise.
Then she pulled back just as quickly and nodded in satisfaction, "That's, like, so totally better" Peter's eyes were wide with disbelief, Kitty explained, "I had a bad taste in my mouth" St. John laughed, then turned to Wanda, "Why don't we-" Wanda hit him upside the head before saying "No" very clearly.
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"You have lost them, Raven" Destiny said calmly as the shape-shifter paced before her in the make shift office on the third level of the house, "Your plan can no longer come to pass"
Mystique paused in front of the wall and pounded her fist into it with spontaneous rage, "Everything fails!" She shouted, then, her face fell with silent admittance of defeat.
She knew, from Destiny's predictions, that it would be impossible for her to continue here, which meant she would have to start traveling again, looking for some form of work to keep her occupied before finding another way to defeat Xavier.
Raven really could care less about the X-men or the difference between mutants and humans, sometimes she wondered if anything in life was worth doing, hence her chosen profession of relieving other people of the burden that came with having to continue on in this world.
All, she decided, she really wanted, was to get through this life and have her children get through it, so maybe this was not a total loss.
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Latter that afternoon, after Irene came downstairs and told them the unexpected news of Mystique's departure, Rogue figured now was the best time to inform the old Brotherhood of their plans for a new X-men faction.
When that was finished, it was followed by the predicted results, Pietro and Todd said they would join, Lance refused the offer, and Blob just shrugged.
"Okay" Rogue announced, "Ah'll call the Professor and tell him what we want to do"
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When the phone rang at the X-mansion, Ororo beat the rush of teenagers to answer it, "Hello?" she said, "Storm?" Rogue's welcome voice replied, "Tell the Professor Ah have a proposition for him"
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(A/N: I know it's short but I should be finishing the entire thing up soon, so I hope you enjoyed it. If Mystique seems a little OOC then I'm sorry, but I needed some way to get her out of the picture. Bye)
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Wanda woke up with a pounding headache. Her vision was blurry and her body felt like it was under a ton of bricks. She groaned and rolled over right onto the floor with a slight thud, the sound woke Kitty and Rogue up.
"What the hell!" Rogue said, being the first to come to her senses, she was promptly hexed to the ceiling and dropped again, "Don't yell" Wanda moaned, "And while you're at it: don't move, don't talk, and don't breath, I've got a headache the size of Texas"
"Where are we?" Kitty asked, "The last thing I remember was Peter coming into the room and.." the Valley girl trailed off, her cheeks turning bright red and she giggled into her hand.
Rogue chose to ignore this adolescent display and answered the girl's question, "We're back at Irene's, looks like Mystique didn't approve of us going on that road trip. When Remy and I got back to the hotel and found ya'll missing, she somehow managed to tranquilize us. Kitty, hate to break it to you, Hon, but that wasn't Peter who kissed you"
Kitty frowned, then the realization hit her and she abruptly raced for the bathroom chanting "GROSS!" the whole way.
Wanda's headache soon receded and she asked Rogue how Mystique had knocked the rest of them out, "It's a trick she calls 'dead-lock', one of her least lethal. A clear, thin, plastic device with adhesive on one side, so you can stick it to your lips or other body parts, and a coating of liquid knock- out poison on the other. The reason she didn't use it on Remy or me is because we were both together at the time"
Wanda grunted, "I swear, if that woman used it on me I will-" "Don't worry" Rogue cut in, "If she had you would have remembered what happened before you passed out. Ah think she used a tranquilizer on you, probably because you are more defensive about physical space than the other three"
Wanda nodded and then said, "Lets go find out what the boss wants before we decide how to get rid of her"
They headed downstairs to find Pietro, Lance, Todd, and Fred in the living room, "How was your trip?" Pietro asked solemnly, Wanda and Rogue exchanged worried glances, the lost spark in Pietro's attitude was unnerving at best.
"It was good" Rogue replied, taking a seat beside him, "How are you doing?" she asked, he shrugged and that was all the answer she got. Pietro's depression seemed to reflect onto the rest of the boys, Rogue began regretting the fact that she hadn't taken them along, of all the people to reject the rejected she was the last one who should have agreed to leave them behind.
Todd didn't even try to make an advance on Wanda, this was a very bad sign indeed. Just then, the former Acolytes came practically tumbling down the stairs, groggy and irritated at what had happened to them.
Remy took a place beside Rogue on the couch, he was about to lean in closer to her when Pietro, using his power, quickly filled the gap between the couple and glared at Gambit. Everyone seemed surprised at this, "What do you think you're doing?" Remy exclaimed, he got ready to start a fight for the right to sit next to the girl he loved, thinking Pietro was just jealous, but Rogue warned him telepathically not to.
*He just wants my attention, Remy* she explained, *He needs a guardian right now, nothing more*
Gambit mumbled something and sat on the floor as Kitty came downstairs with a toothbrush in her mouth. She was brushing so furiously that Wanda thought her teeth would crack under the pressure of the bristles.
Kitty stormed towards the kitchen and spit into the sink, rinsed her mouth, then came back into the living room. She grabbed Peter by the shirt and kissed him, catching the Russian by surprise.
Then she pulled back just as quickly and nodded in satisfaction, "That's, like, so totally better" Peter's eyes were wide with disbelief, Kitty explained, "I had a bad taste in my mouth" St. John laughed, then turned to Wanda, "Why don't we-" Wanda hit him upside the head before saying "No" very clearly.
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"You have lost them, Raven" Destiny said calmly as the shape-shifter paced before her in the make shift office on the third level of the house, "Your plan can no longer come to pass"
Mystique paused in front of the wall and pounded her fist into it with spontaneous rage, "Everything fails!" She shouted, then, her face fell with silent admittance of defeat.
She knew, from Destiny's predictions, that it would be impossible for her to continue here, which meant she would have to start traveling again, looking for some form of work to keep her occupied before finding another way to defeat Xavier.
Raven really could care less about the X-men or the difference between mutants and humans, sometimes she wondered if anything in life was worth doing, hence her chosen profession of relieving other people of the burden that came with having to continue on in this world.
All, she decided, she really wanted, was to get through this life and have her children get through it, so maybe this was not a total loss.
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Latter that afternoon, after Irene came downstairs and told them the unexpected news of Mystique's departure, Rogue figured now was the best time to inform the old Brotherhood of their plans for a new X-men faction.
When that was finished, it was followed by the predicted results, Pietro and Todd said they would join, Lance refused the offer, and Blob just shrugged.
"Okay" Rogue announced, "Ah'll call the Professor and tell him what we want to do"
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When the phone rang at the X-mansion, Ororo beat the rush of teenagers to answer it, "Hello?" she said, "Storm?" Rogue's welcome voice replied, "Tell the Professor Ah have a proposition for him"
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(A/N: I know it's short but I should be finishing the entire thing up soon, so I hope you enjoyed it. If Mystique seems a little OOC then I'm sorry, but I needed some way to get her out of the picture. Bye)