Sorry this took me so long, I thought no on liked it any more. So sorry
that I accidentally changed Helen's name to Steph, I just forgot her name!
^_^
BTW, I have to tell you that my updates will be rare for the next few months because my friend has become involved with the police because she attacked one of my other friends. Said friend is now pressing charges including assault and Grievous bodily harm. My life has suddenly become very difficult. Ah well, at least I'm in year 11 now.
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"Evan! Are you honestly telling me that you played a prank on a girl in serious shock for a laugh?!" Ororo asked her nephew angrily
"I-I didn't know she was in shock" Evan defended himself shakily
"She nearly died, what reaction did you think she'd get?" Logan growled menacingly
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Mary opened her eyes slowly, funny clouds of colour were dancing in front of her eyes and she groaned. She looked around and realised that she was in the infirmary AGAIN!! Her eardrums were still ringing and Mary slowly remembered what had happened. Instantly she felt deeply ashamed.
"I fainted because of some flags and a little music, Granddad would be ashamed of me" she sighed
"Considering you'd nearly died, I doubt it" Jean smiled as she walked in
"The last time I fainted my temperature was 104 and I was hallucinating" Mary said grumpily
"When you're in shock everything seems brighter or louder. I guess Evan didn't realise" Jean sighed
Mary didn't move a muscle.
"When can I go home?!" she cried suddenly
"Mary, come on, it's okay" Jean comforted her but inside Mary's head she felt a deep sense of not belonging.
"I don't mean to sound ungrateful but I miss England so badly" Mary said sadly "I can't bare how hot it is here, I'm pining for another British accent and you don't have Blackadder here!"
"We don't have what?" Jean asked
"Blackadder, it's a comedy about these four guys who appear in four different times" Mary tried to explained
"That sounds weird" Jean said honestly
"The first one's in the middle ages and there's Blackadder who's the stupid prince who nothing goes right for, he's so bitter!" Mary laughed quietly "and then there's baldrick, he's the servant and he never ever baths and has a turnip fetish"
Jean watched and listened but didn't understand. British comedies were weird.
"Jean?" Scott stuck his head around the door "We gotta go"
"Thank you!" Jean mouthed at him "Well, I'll see you later Mary" and ran out
"Before you go!" Mary called after them "Could you tell me, is the Professor going to England with you?"
"No I don't think so" Jean replied "Why'd you ask?"
"Because that means I'll be getting a visit from him" Mary groaned and fell back down into her bed.
Jean smiled and closed the door behind her.
Mary instantly threw her covers back and jumped out of bed. She was still wearing her usual clothes so she didn't need to get changed. Carefully Mary opened the window and began climbing down the building. Admittedly, she was going slower than she'd usually go but she was still pretty good at this.
"These guys have no idea what I can do" she smiled to herself.
Mary landed gracefully on the floor and ran to wear she knew the X-jet was being held. Once there she realised that some idiot had left the door open and snuck in. Mary quickly found a loose panel that seemed to have been used before to hide someone (*cough* bobby *cough*). She slipped inside and settle down for a long trip.
Jean, Scott and all the other X-men got inside a few moments later. Mary waited for Jean to find her but the psychic must have had her mind on other things (most probably Scott's arse). However five minutes after they'd taken off she heard a sudden gasp and quick footsteps to her hiding place.
"Mary!!" Jean yelled angrily as she pulled back the panel
"Good morning" Mary replied cheerfully "Any news on what the weathers like in London?"
"You idiot" Logan growled "You're gonna put the whole mission at risk"
"No I won't!" Mary argued "Just because I'm "normal" doesn't mean that I'm useless!!"
"But Mary, this is dangerous" Kurt said calmly "You're putting yourself at risk"
"Helen's my friend, I refused to leave her. Besides, she won't trust you unless I'm there AND I have more uses than you think"
Logan snorted "Like what?"
"I am trained in three different arts of self defence and can shoot a bow and arrow with almost perfect aim." Mary explained
"That'd be useful if we HAD a bow and arrow!" Logan muttered
"You could use me as bait or a distraction and they'd all totally underestimate me" Mary continued
"No way!" Scott cried "I'm not endangering a helpless girl to...." He began to stop at Mary's glare
"I am NOT a helpless girl Scott" she said dangerously
"Your more helpless than us kid" Logan growled
"Look, you can either bring me along and use me as bait or turn around to send me back but waste precious time getting there" Mary said simply
"She's not going to back down" Jean sighed
There was a tens silence
"Shut up and get a seatbelt on" Logan said angrily
Mary smiled and bounced into a seat next to Kurt
"You're insane, you know that?" he sighed
"Yep, all part of the parcel of me being British" Mary giggled and began planning.
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"Okay, if I'm right, Logan should be able to point me in the right direction. I'll sneak in and make a distraction so that Kurt can teleport in and get Helen out" Mary said as they landed
"You don't make the plans short stuff" Logan muttered
"Short stuff? I'm taller than you!" Mary cried
"Besides it wouldn't work" Kurt sighed "It would still be a blind teleport unless I went with you, I might end up in a wall"
"But then they'd know you guys were with me" Mary groaned "Hmmmm, if I took a compass and a com link I could say where I was going. If you took into consideration the directions etcetera then it shouldn't be a blind port"
Scott opened his mouth to argue but thought for a minute
"You know it might work, but why don't you just take Kurt with you some of the way?" he asked
"Puh-lease, you guys aren't the only one's with a psychic" Mary sighed "They'll sense Kurt and know it's a trap, I just have to hope than a human doesn't interest them as much"
"I don't like this" Rogue shook her head
"It's the only way" Mary said simply "Now am I going to get a com link or not"
Logan cursed quietly and wondered what it was about this kid that made her able to wind him around her little finger.
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"Okay, this is the tunnel that leads to the main chamber" Kurt said pointing to his left. He was hanging upside down from a ladder that lead to a man hole cover "Be careful Mary okay?"
"When have I been anything else?" Mary grinned at him
Kurt sighed and watched her go before climbing back up the ladder.
Mary started walking and Checked her com link
"Okay Kurt," she whispered "I'm heading east and this tunnel is about....aw hell!! I don't know the imperial system!"
"Relax Mary!" she heard Kurt say on the other line "I'm European remember? I deal in metric too"
Mary almost collapsed with relief "Okay then, travelling east, tunnel is about twenty metres long"
"Got it"
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(Ten minutes later)
Kurt was sitting on the ladder below the man hole still concentrating on Mary's directions. It was very hard to make a map in his head but so far he wasn't doing so badly
"West, five" Mary said simply through the connection "You still getting this?"
"Yes, I can cut it down so that basically where you are is 25 metres south, south east" Kurt said slowly
"Good, Kurt I can hear people coming along the corridor to my left!" Mary hissed
"Shall I port in?" Kurt asked worriedly
"No, I'm good"
Kurt listened carefully to what he heard next.
"Hey luv!" he heard a man laugh there was also a woman laughing. Kurt then heard a punching sound and the laughter stopped "OI!!" The man yelled
"YA!!" Mary's voice cried and there was another sharp noise
"Mary! What's going on??" Kurt cried
"I punched the woman out the drop kicked the guy. This must be my lucky day because the girl was only carrying a whopping great sword!!" Mary replied joyfully
"So you're armed now?" Kurt asked hopefully
"indeed I am Mr Wagner" He could hear a smile play across her lips and felt comforted by that. "Which is good because the appearance of these two means that I have officially worn out my welcome"
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Mary walked silently through the shallow waters of the sewer, she was too involved to be disgusted and managed to ignore the gross smell too. She'd noticed a few minutes ago that she seemed to be approaching a thundering noise. It had been growing consistently since then.
Mary was getting worried
"Kurt, I'm going to have to go silent in a second" she whispered
"Why??" Kurt asked worriedly
"These chambers send echoes and I don't want to risk that they might echo right down into the main chamber" she replied simply "This tunnel is heading south and goes on for ten metres, there's a light at the end. If it's the chamber and I see Helen then I'll tap on my link twice. Teleport in and I'll tell you who Helen is and we can both get out of this dump"
"Aye, aye cap'n" Kurt joked
Mary made no effort to move faster towards the light, she knew it would cause her to make too much noise For now she was content at her current pace.
When she reached the opening she nearly gasped. It was a party! There were no electronics but a few of the mutants were doing something that looked very much life a 'stomp' rift. Metal plates were everywhere and people were stomping there feet to a savage and harsh beat. Others were hitting metal pipes along the walls in time while many simply clapped there hands.
There was a large wooden table near the wall furthest from Mary. She saw the same man who had nearly shot her sitting at the head of the table. It was who was sitting next to him that chilled Mary to the bone.
Helen, looking not too unhappy either. She seemed to be cuddling up to that man quite nicely and he responded to this by practically groping her. Mary couldn't speak as she saw Helen giggle flirtatiously with him before drinking what must have been beer.
Mary felt sick, Helen wasn't being kept forcefully! She wanted to be there! She was really enjoying herself! That party was no doubt to celebrate her recent initiation into the group.
"Mary?" Kurt asked "Is it safe for you to talk yet? Should I port in yet?"
"No Kurt, you don't need to port at all" she sighed
"What? Why?" Kurt exclaimed
"She's joined them by choice, she doesn't need rescuing" Mary said, surprising herself by getting a little tearful
"No, but you do sweetie" Mary spun around and saw seven people blocking her way, all looking very malicious.
"Kurt..." Mary started
"I'll take that!" a girl said suddenly and the com link was crushed while still attached to Mary's head. Mary screamed and threw it off in shock.
"You're coming with us" The people agreed and Mary was at a loss for what to do next.
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As if you won't find out!! ^_^
BTW, I have to tell you that my updates will be rare for the next few months because my friend has become involved with the police because she attacked one of my other friends. Said friend is now pressing charges including assault and Grievous bodily harm. My life has suddenly become very difficult. Ah well, at least I'm in year 11 now.
*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*
"Evan! Are you honestly telling me that you played a prank on a girl in serious shock for a laugh?!" Ororo asked her nephew angrily
"I-I didn't know she was in shock" Evan defended himself shakily
"She nearly died, what reaction did you think she'd get?" Logan growled menacingly
*_*_*_*_*_*_*
Mary opened her eyes slowly, funny clouds of colour were dancing in front of her eyes and she groaned. She looked around and realised that she was in the infirmary AGAIN!! Her eardrums were still ringing and Mary slowly remembered what had happened. Instantly she felt deeply ashamed.
"I fainted because of some flags and a little music, Granddad would be ashamed of me" she sighed
"Considering you'd nearly died, I doubt it" Jean smiled as she walked in
"The last time I fainted my temperature was 104 and I was hallucinating" Mary said grumpily
"When you're in shock everything seems brighter or louder. I guess Evan didn't realise" Jean sighed
Mary didn't move a muscle.
"When can I go home?!" she cried suddenly
"Mary, come on, it's okay" Jean comforted her but inside Mary's head she felt a deep sense of not belonging.
"I don't mean to sound ungrateful but I miss England so badly" Mary said sadly "I can't bare how hot it is here, I'm pining for another British accent and you don't have Blackadder here!"
"We don't have what?" Jean asked
"Blackadder, it's a comedy about these four guys who appear in four different times" Mary tried to explained
"That sounds weird" Jean said honestly
"The first one's in the middle ages and there's Blackadder who's the stupid prince who nothing goes right for, he's so bitter!" Mary laughed quietly "and then there's baldrick, he's the servant and he never ever baths and has a turnip fetish"
Jean watched and listened but didn't understand. British comedies were weird.
"Jean?" Scott stuck his head around the door "We gotta go"
"Thank you!" Jean mouthed at him "Well, I'll see you later Mary" and ran out
"Before you go!" Mary called after them "Could you tell me, is the Professor going to England with you?"
"No I don't think so" Jean replied "Why'd you ask?"
"Because that means I'll be getting a visit from him" Mary groaned and fell back down into her bed.
Jean smiled and closed the door behind her.
Mary instantly threw her covers back and jumped out of bed. She was still wearing her usual clothes so she didn't need to get changed. Carefully Mary opened the window and began climbing down the building. Admittedly, she was going slower than she'd usually go but she was still pretty good at this.
"These guys have no idea what I can do" she smiled to herself.
Mary landed gracefully on the floor and ran to wear she knew the X-jet was being held. Once there she realised that some idiot had left the door open and snuck in. Mary quickly found a loose panel that seemed to have been used before to hide someone (*cough* bobby *cough*). She slipped inside and settle down for a long trip.
Jean, Scott and all the other X-men got inside a few moments later. Mary waited for Jean to find her but the psychic must have had her mind on other things (most probably Scott's arse). However five minutes after they'd taken off she heard a sudden gasp and quick footsteps to her hiding place.
"Mary!!" Jean yelled angrily as she pulled back the panel
"Good morning" Mary replied cheerfully "Any news on what the weathers like in London?"
"You idiot" Logan growled "You're gonna put the whole mission at risk"
"No I won't!" Mary argued "Just because I'm "normal" doesn't mean that I'm useless!!"
"But Mary, this is dangerous" Kurt said calmly "You're putting yourself at risk"
"Helen's my friend, I refused to leave her. Besides, she won't trust you unless I'm there AND I have more uses than you think"
Logan snorted "Like what?"
"I am trained in three different arts of self defence and can shoot a bow and arrow with almost perfect aim." Mary explained
"That'd be useful if we HAD a bow and arrow!" Logan muttered
"You could use me as bait or a distraction and they'd all totally underestimate me" Mary continued
"No way!" Scott cried "I'm not endangering a helpless girl to...." He began to stop at Mary's glare
"I am NOT a helpless girl Scott" she said dangerously
"Your more helpless than us kid" Logan growled
"Look, you can either bring me along and use me as bait or turn around to send me back but waste precious time getting there" Mary said simply
"She's not going to back down" Jean sighed
There was a tens silence
"Shut up and get a seatbelt on" Logan said angrily
Mary smiled and bounced into a seat next to Kurt
"You're insane, you know that?" he sighed
"Yep, all part of the parcel of me being British" Mary giggled and began planning.
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"Okay, if I'm right, Logan should be able to point me in the right direction. I'll sneak in and make a distraction so that Kurt can teleport in and get Helen out" Mary said as they landed
"You don't make the plans short stuff" Logan muttered
"Short stuff? I'm taller than you!" Mary cried
"Besides it wouldn't work" Kurt sighed "It would still be a blind teleport unless I went with you, I might end up in a wall"
"But then they'd know you guys were with me" Mary groaned "Hmmmm, if I took a compass and a com link I could say where I was going. If you took into consideration the directions etcetera then it shouldn't be a blind port"
Scott opened his mouth to argue but thought for a minute
"You know it might work, but why don't you just take Kurt with you some of the way?" he asked
"Puh-lease, you guys aren't the only one's with a psychic" Mary sighed "They'll sense Kurt and know it's a trap, I just have to hope than a human doesn't interest them as much"
"I don't like this" Rogue shook her head
"It's the only way" Mary said simply "Now am I going to get a com link or not"
Logan cursed quietly and wondered what it was about this kid that made her able to wind him around her little finger.
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"Okay, this is the tunnel that leads to the main chamber" Kurt said pointing to his left. He was hanging upside down from a ladder that lead to a man hole cover "Be careful Mary okay?"
"When have I been anything else?" Mary grinned at him
Kurt sighed and watched her go before climbing back up the ladder.
Mary started walking and Checked her com link
"Okay Kurt," she whispered "I'm heading east and this tunnel is about....aw hell!! I don't know the imperial system!"
"Relax Mary!" she heard Kurt say on the other line "I'm European remember? I deal in metric too"
Mary almost collapsed with relief "Okay then, travelling east, tunnel is about twenty metres long"
"Got it"
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(Ten minutes later)
Kurt was sitting on the ladder below the man hole still concentrating on Mary's directions. It was very hard to make a map in his head but so far he wasn't doing so badly
"West, five" Mary said simply through the connection "You still getting this?"
"Yes, I can cut it down so that basically where you are is 25 metres south, south east" Kurt said slowly
"Good, Kurt I can hear people coming along the corridor to my left!" Mary hissed
"Shall I port in?" Kurt asked worriedly
"No, I'm good"
Kurt listened carefully to what he heard next.
"Hey luv!" he heard a man laugh there was also a woman laughing. Kurt then heard a punching sound and the laughter stopped "OI!!" The man yelled
"YA!!" Mary's voice cried and there was another sharp noise
"Mary! What's going on??" Kurt cried
"I punched the woman out the drop kicked the guy. This must be my lucky day because the girl was only carrying a whopping great sword!!" Mary replied joyfully
"So you're armed now?" Kurt asked hopefully
"indeed I am Mr Wagner" He could hear a smile play across her lips and felt comforted by that. "Which is good because the appearance of these two means that I have officially worn out my welcome"
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Mary walked silently through the shallow waters of the sewer, she was too involved to be disgusted and managed to ignore the gross smell too. She'd noticed a few minutes ago that she seemed to be approaching a thundering noise. It had been growing consistently since then.
Mary was getting worried
"Kurt, I'm going to have to go silent in a second" she whispered
"Why??" Kurt asked worriedly
"These chambers send echoes and I don't want to risk that they might echo right down into the main chamber" she replied simply "This tunnel is heading south and goes on for ten metres, there's a light at the end. If it's the chamber and I see Helen then I'll tap on my link twice. Teleport in and I'll tell you who Helen is and we can both get out of this dump"
"Aye, aye cap'n" Kurt joked
Mary made no effort to move faster towards the light, she knew it would cause her to make too much noise For now she was content at her current pace.
When she reached the opening she nearly gasped. It was a party! There were no electronics but a few of the mutants were doing something that looked very much life a 'stomp' rift. Metal plates were everywhere and people were stomping there feet to a savage and harsh beat. Others were hitting metal pipes along the walls in time while many simply clapped there hands.
There was a large wooden table near the wall furthest from Mary. She saw the same man who had nearly shot her sitting at the head of the table. It was who was sitting next to him that chilled Mary to the bone.
Helen, looking not too unhappy either. She seemed to be cuddling up to that man quite nicely and he responded to this by practically groping her. Mary couldn't speak as she saw Helen giggle flirtatiously with him before drinking what must have been beer.
Mary felt sick, Helen wasn't being kept forcefully! She wanted to be there! She was really enjoying herself! That party was no doubt to celebrate her recent initiation into the group.
"Mary?" Kurt asked "Is it safe for you to talk yet? Should I port in yet?"
"No Kurt, you don't need to port at all" she sighed
"What? Why?" Kurt exclaimed
"She's joined them by choice, she doesn't need rescuing" Mary said, surprising herself by getting a little tearful
"No, but you do sweetie" Mary spun around and saw seven people blocking her way, all looking very malicious.
"Kurt..." Mary started
"I'll take that!" a girl said suddenly and the com link was crushed while still attached to Mary's head. Mary screamed and threw it off in shock.
"You're coming with us" The people agreed and Mary was at a loss for what to do next.
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As if you won't find out!! ^_^