Taking Over Me by Evanescence
Rogue came into the lobby to meet them. She was acting more serious than usual. Especially since she's just a kid, Logan thought. "The kids can go to the rooms. Angel can follow me." She spoke nonchalantly and then looked to Logan, lowering her voice but still quite calm. "The rest of the X-men are in there, too."
"I'll take the kids to their rooms," Kurt said, realizing how uncomfortable the moment could have been, for him anyway.
Rogue gave him the entry cards and led Logan and Requel into a small dining hall on the same floor as the lobby. It was a private room probably taken by Magneto's 'persuasion.' Only a part of the room was used by the throng of people waiting for her.
All of them looked at her as they came in. Most of the faces looked familiar. All their eyes held suspicion, Iceman's least of all but it was still there. It unnerved Requel considering Bobby had only looked at her with pity or confusion before. Now, this was something different. It was like he wasn't sure if he should suspect, if it was wrong or not.
There were three she had not seen before. Beside Magneto stood a boy the same age as Rogue with sleeked back hair, a high-class lady and a bum that seemed to be fighting off an addiction. His ticks and spasms became almost rhythmic to Requel.
"Speaking of the devil," the lady spoke into Magneto's ear as he smirked at the comment, which made Requel instantly feet like an annoying mosquito about to be squashed.
"Why don't we have her explain herself," Magneto mocked. "Oh, that's right. She has no memory." As he said this as the door closed behind her and the sophisticated woman became a blue one with scales instead of clothes, her yellow eyes looking at Requel mockingly. A slight nod by Magneto in the bum's direction made Requel take her attention away from Mystique.
"You remember me, now don't ya?" the bum asked. A name popped into Requel's head, Lapse, then their introduction. He had told her his name and asked to sit next to her on the bus. She had looked away in disgust because he was obviously on drugs; the signs were obvious.
Requel was brought back to the present. Lapse was smirking at her. "Ready for this?" He winked before she was plummeted into a nightmare. Sights and sounds of her entire life flashed in her mind. Pictures of her family showed them all traveling, and also this Magneto killing them while she escaped. Scenes explained why she was here and what she had been doing before Magneto decided to interrupt the plans. She had an entire other life that she had been away from and had not known about.
"What? No words?" Magneto was being cruel but no one else could see this because they had not the experience of their entire like being held from them and then given back like a blast of ice. Requel was sure Lapse was the one who was responsible, at least for the loss of memory. But it was Magneto who killed her family, and a big one, too. "Still afraid to speak? I would be, too if any sound could make a person's head blow up."
That had happened. She remembered her mom screaming, using a lot of effort, and the person in front of her had covered his ears. The pressure of the sound waves bouncing in his head was finally too much. Blood splattered the concrete followed by the body. It had to be done, he was in the way, trying to involve the family in affairs not their own and with its own risks. Her mother looked over to her, steel eyes with no mercy showing. Requel could have done it without struggling but she hadn't.
The pressure of the memories and the realizations of who she was took control. Requel's breathing became faster as she tried to keep control. It just wasn't fair, she thought. It shouldn't have been this way. Requel backed up and left the room, running up the stairs to get her own room in the hotel. Magneto's eyes followed her while the rest looked away.
"She is dangerous, Charles," Eric said once she had left. "How many people have to die before we fix this problem? Her entire family was the same. They wanted nothing to do with any of us, you, me or any of the groups within the anti-mutant epidemic occurring. They were going to kill all of us for the mistake of one, the rest after that was purely self-defense." Eric saw this wasn't moving Professor Xavier. "And she will find reasons to kill more. How many times did you find her eavesdropping? How many times didn't you catch her? Oh, yes, I know of all her powers," he said seeing Logan jerk his eyes to meet Magneto's gaze. "She demonstrated her balancing act and everything else when her and her family invaded our home."
"Lair is more like it," Logan muttered as Mystique took a glance at him.
Magneto ignored him. "When we attacked them, it was purely in self- defense."
"Enough, Eric." Professor Xavier looked down. He breathed deeply, still considering. "She may need to be watched, maybe led to paths away from violence but we cannot kill her because we simply think she may be dangerous to us."
"If that was our policy, this discussion wouldn't be happening," Logan said with a dangerous glint in his eyes toward Magneto and his followers. "Corpses can't speak." He wanted to make sure even the bum got the picture. The Professor was taken aback by Logan, along with Rogue and Bobby but the rest seemed used to it. As if it was just another factor to consider in the discussion.
Eric prepared his final statement. "She's too powerful. She will never gain control and you will pay for it." Eric got up, put his hat on and nodded to the others. Professor Xavier did not watch them leave.
Rogue came into the lobby to meet them. She was acting more serious than usual. Especially since she's just a kid, Logan thought. "The kids can go to the rooms. Angel can follow me." She spoke nonchalantly and then looked to Logan, lowering her voice but still quite calm. "The rest of the X-men are in there, too."
"I'll take the kids to their rooms," Kurt said, realizing how uncomfortable the moment could have been, for him anyway.
Rogue gave him the entry cards and led Logan and Requel into a small dining hall on the same floor as the lobby. It was a private room probably taken by Magneto's 'persuasion.' Only a part of the room was used by the throng of people waiting for her.
All of them looked at her as they came in. Most of the faces looked familiar. All their eyes held suspicion, Iceman's least of all but it was still there. It unnerved Requel considering Bobby had only looked at her with pity or confusion before. Now, this was something different. It was like he wasn't sure if he should suspect, if it was wrong or not.
There were three she had not seen before. Beside Magneto stood a boy the same age as Rogue with sleeked back hair, a high-class lady and a bum that seemed to be fighting off an addiction. His ticks and spasms became almost rhythmic to Requel.
"Speaking of the devil," the lady spoke into Magneto's ear as he smirked at the comment, which made Requel instantly feet like an annoying mosquito about to be squashed.
"Why don't we have her explain herself," Magneto mocked. "Oh, that's right. She has no memory." As he said this as the door closed behind her and the sophisticated woman became a blue one with scales instead of clothes, her yellow eyes looking at Requel mockingly. A slight nod by Magneto in the bum's direction made Requel take her attention away from Mystique.
"You remember me, now don't ya?" the bum asked. A name popped into Requel's head, Lapse, then their introduction. He had told her his name and asked to sit next to her on the bus. She had looked away in disgust because he was obviously on drugs; the signs were obvious.
Requel was brought back to the present. Lapse was smirking at her. "Ready for this?" He winked before she was plummeted into a nightmare. Sights and sounds of her entire life flashed in her mind. Pictures of her family showed them all traveling, and also this Magneto killing them while she escaped. Scenes explained why she was here and what she had been doing before Magneto decided to interrupt the plans. She had an entire other life that she had been away from and had not known about.
"What? No words?" Magneto was being cruel but no one else could see this because they had not the experience of their entire like being held from them and then given back like a blast of ice. Requel was sure Lapse was the one who was responsible, at least for the loss of memory. But it was Magneto who killed her family, and a big one, too. "Still afraid to speak? I would be, too if any sound could make a person's head blow up."
That had happened. She remembered her mom screaming, using a lot of effort, and the person in front of her had covered his ears. The pressure of the sound waves bouncing in his head was finally too much. Blood splattered the concrete followed by the body. It had to be done, he was in the way, trying to involve the family in affairs not their own and with its own risks. Her mother looked over to her, steel eyes with no mercy showing. Requel could have done it without struggling but she hadn't.
The pressure of the memories and the realizations of who she was took control. Requel's breathing became faster as she tried to keep control. It just wasn't fair, she thought. It shouldn't have been this way. Requel backed up and left the room, running up the stairs to get her own room in the hotel. Magneto's eyes followed her while the rest looked away.
"She is dangerous, Charles," Eric said once she had left. "How many people have to die before we fix this problem? Her entire family was the same. They wanted nothing to do with any of us, you, me or any of the groups within the anti-mutant epidemic occurring. They were going to kill all of us for the mistake of one, the rest after that was purely self-defense." Eric saw this wasn't moving Professor Xavier. "And she will find reasons to kill more. How many times did you find her eavesdropping? How many times didn't you catch her? Oh, yes, I know of all her powers," he said seeing Logan jerk his eyes to meet Magneto's gaze. "She demonstrated her balancing act and everything else when her and her family invaded our home."
"Lair is more like it," Logan muttered as Mystique took a glance at him.
Magneto ignored him. "When we attacked them, it was purely in self- defense."
"Enough, Eric." Professor Xavier looked down. He breathed deeply, still considering. "She may need to be watched, maybe led to paths away from violence but we cannot kill her because we simply think she may be dangerous to us."
"If that was our policy, this discussion wouldn't be happening," Logan said with a dangerous glint in his eyes toward Magneto and his followers. "Corpses can't speak." He wanted to make sure even the bum got the picture. The Professor was taken aback by Logan, along with Rogue and Bobby but the rest seemed used to it. As if it was just another factor to consider in the discussion.
Eric prepared his final statement. "She's too powerful. She will never gain control and you will pay for it." Eric got up, put his hat on and nodded to the others. Professor Xavier did not watch them leave.