-----Disclaimer: I don't own X-men eve, I only own Ada. Notes:
^^Thoughts^^, Telepathic speaking (German Translation), and ~Prayer~ -----
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Chapter Nine: Answer To A Prayer
It had been a week so far, and Magneto was beginning to trust Sprite. He still had his doubts about her, but she had proved her loyalty by each test she passed. She had passed them all with no look of regret at the deed she had just preformed. It looked to the untrained eye that she didn't care, but if you looked closer you would see that her heart broke with each test she preformed. Sprite was thankful that she was almost done with her tests.
The X-Men were furious; all except for their founder who knew what was going on. Every curse that flew from one of his students' mouths hit Ada straight in the heart and he knew it. He wished he could tell them to hold their tongue. He had thought his students would know the girl better, especially those who were her friends. He assumed that they would have known of the girl's loyalty and see the hidden gestures that showed her sorrow and pain. But it is hard to trust your friend when you watch them go against all they once stood for.
Both Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch knew what she was up too. Pietro knew because she had told him herself about what she was willing to do to set her team free, and Wanda knew because she knew her friend and knew her well enough to see that it hurt her to watch as her team suffered. They had no idea as to the moment when Sprite would carry out her plan, or as to how she would accomplish it. Little did they know that it would be the day of her last test.
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Sprite had been called down to witness the experiments done on human DNA, along with the other members of Magneto's team. To Sprite's horror it was Hans, a boy older than her that she often played with when she was young. They had also had a short romance going on but it was ended because they hadn't wanted to ruin their friendship.
Quicksilver looked over the boy. He was rather tall, with dirty brown hair and green eyes, and sculpted features. He followed the boys gaze to Ada, and saw that the two were exchanging a look; his one of hatred and betrayal, and hers of apology and sorrow. It hit Pietro that the two somehow knew the other, and he felt sorry for her.
Magneto had known that Hans and Ada were connected in some way or the other. That was the reason he had brought to boy here, to test her once and for all. This time he could see the emotion in her eyes, the pain and distress.
Ada knew that if she caved know it would be the end of her team mates. But how do you way life? Is one life more important than the others? Is one less important than the other fifteen? By letting her friend die at the hands of a madman just to save the people who swore to protect someone like him justified? Her mind swam with questions, and she felt the tears roll down her cheeks. She looked at her friend and saw his eyes saying 'help', and she was at a loss. She was at a fork in the road, and it was too much for her to take. So she did what her grandmother had always said to do. She prayed.
~Dear God, Please help me figure out what I should do. I'm at a loss and could use the help. I am so confused. Please help me to save my friends. Amen~
The prayer was answered.
As Wanda watched the interaction between her friend and the human, all those memories of long ago came back into the correct manner. Instead of the picnic in the park she saw the tray of food pushed through her cell. All the memories that had been changed by Mesmero were broken, causing her to burst out in a horrifying cry.
Sprite watched her friend in shock. ^^What the hell?^^ she thought. Then slowly what was happening to her friend didn't matter. This was her chance, and she used it. Swiftly she called a scalpel that the doctor held in his hand, which was going to be used on Hans, toward her. She grasped it and brought it down upon the heavy straps that held her friend to the metal table. She broke the straps and quickly grabbed Hans into her arms.
While the Scarlet Witch continued to scream, Magneto's attention was on his daughter, as well as most of the team. Three paid no head to the girl and their attention was brought to Sprite who was currently hovering in the air with their prisoner. Sabertooth ran at the girl but was stopped as Hexes were thrown this way and that catching him in one, putting him to a halt. Mystique on the other hand dodged them as best she could until three where thrown her way and was unable to escape; while Quicksilver just ran after her easily escaping the hexes. But unlike his other team members he wasn't going after her to stop her, he was aiming to help.
When Sprite made it up the stairs she sent Hans free. She gazed into his eyes and told him firmly. "Verlassen Sie hier und fasten Sie." (Get out of here and fast.)
He nodded, and smiled weakly. "Danke Ada." (Thanks Ada.) and he turned and ran in the direction of the exit of the castle.
After she saw him out of sight, she turned and bumped into a masculine figure. On instinct she threw a punch but it was dodged by the speed of someone she knew; Pietro. She shook her head at him in confusion. "What are you-?"
"No time." He said, "Don't know how long Wanda's scene will last."
"You're going to help me?" Again she was confused.
He looked at her with seriousness. His eyes bore into her, and the space between them closed as his lips pressed against hers. When he finished his affectionate gesture he told her. "Just can't help myself."
Ada smiled, and a tint of red flashed her cheeks. But the moment was soon out lived when he carried her to where her team members were. As soon as he set her down she looked around the room for the keys, ignoring the questions coming from the X-team.
"Damn it!" She screamed, "Where are the keys?"
A flash of green and silver crossed her vision, and before she could ask what had happened the doors to the cells had opened and each member stepped out.
"What are you doing?" the red haired telepath asked.
Sprite glared at her. "What the hell do you think?"
"You're like helping us?" Shadowcat questioned with her hands on her hips and a face painted with distain.
"No I'm going to give you a beating." She replied sarcastically and turned tow Pietro. "How do we get the bracelets off?"
"They have a code." Pietro replied as he walked over to Nightcrawler.
"Well?" Sprite asked him as she looked at the bracelet on her friend's furry blue arm.
Pietro's brow furrowed in thought then in a flash the bracelet unfastened and was taken off of Kurt's arm. "There." Quicksliver replied satisfied with his memory.
Kurt gave Ada a look of confusion. "So war dieses Ihr Plan aller entlang?" (So this was your plan all along?)
Sprite nodded, tears falling from her eyes. "Wie konnten Sie gedachtes unterschiedliches haben?" (How could you have thought different?) It hurt Ada deeply that even her friends had thought she was betraying them. She could understand the others, especially Wolverine sense at the first sign of distrust he goes psychotic, but Kurt and Rogue. That pained her more than she could explain.
Rogue at that moment had felt a feeling of stupidity come over her. Her friend had gone through all of that just to save them. How dumb was she? The loner couldn't believe that she doubted the girl, the girl who had, before even knowing of her powers had offered a hand to touch. No one at the institute had never even attempted such a thing, and even after finding out about the untouchable Rogue had continued to show kindness and befriend her. Tears began to roll down her eyes and she ran toward Sprite, engulfing her in a hug. "Ah so sorry Ah doubted ya sugah. Please forgive me."
Sprite gave a tear stained smile and nodded. "Of course but never do it again."
Rogue smiled "Ah swear."
Many team members where shocked at the show of emotion that Rogue had just exposed. Rogue, the loner, had just shown affection toward someone who they all thought had betrayed them. Now the same feeling Rogue had felt came upon the others as their powers were restored.
Unfortunately Magneto had grown tired of Wanda's tantrum and had been informed of Sprite's disobedience. "Well I see that I shouldn't have turned my back on you." Magneto said causing the attention to turn toward him.
Sprite walked from where she stood, toward the man who she had just betrayed. "I give you points for your gullibility." She felt no fear for the man now, all she felt was pure hatred. He had attempted to hurt her childhood friend, captured her team mates, and caused her to have to bring them pain just to save them.
"You will not live to regret this." He sneered. He too was angry. He liked the girl; she could have proved to be a very valuable ally. But he didn't want her as an enemy so he chose to make sure that he wouldn't be bothered by her again.
Sprite sighed confidently; she was surprised at her new found confidence but went along with it. "The bad guys always say that, and then the good guys kick there ass."
Magneto chuckled at the girl's remark, and raised his hands summoning his men in motion. The X-men got ready for a fight but were surprised to see the Scarlet Witch enter the room, with unbound furry in her eyes.
Suddenly full powered Hexes went to each of Magneto's men, causing them to be knocked down. The X-men took that as their cue, and began to hit the enemy with all they were worth.
Magneto glared at his daughter "NOT NOW WANDA!"
She ignored him, and walked straight toward him. Sprite decided to take advantage to her friend's rage for the second time that day. She hovered over to Nightcrawler.
"Kurt I need you." She told him matter of factly.
He turned and looked at her, "Vat?" He asked.
"Teleport me over to Rogue." She told him.
He didn't question her but did as she said. When they got to the Southerner, Sprite grounded Colossus to the ground so she wouldn't be interrupted while she spoke to her team mate.
"Hey sugah." Rogue greeted.
"I have a plan, and I need you." Sprite stated simply.
"No problem, shoot." Rogue replied and gave Ada her undivided attention.
"Teleport us outside Kurt." Sprite told the blue furry elf as he was known to Logan and a few others.
Again Nightcrawler did as he was told and the three landed outside of the castle on the green grass surrounding it.
"Okay here's the plan," Ada began to tell the two her idea of how to get them out of this place.
-----Okay, hope ya'll like this chapter. Don't worry there will be more romance and as I always do a fight scene. Please don't get made if I don't update that quickly. I'm slow because I get more then one idea and I'll write out one idea, then I'll get a better one and then another one that's even better until I find what I like. Just think of it as getting the best of my minds imagery (if that makes any sense ^_^;;). Anyway, I will be back. Thanks again to those who have reviewed. Ya'll are so sweet, awesome, cool, great, tremendous, and etc. ~Alana------
Chapter Nine: Answer To A Prayer
It had been a week so far, and Magneto was beginning to trust Sprite. He still had his doubts about her, but she had proved her loyalty by each test she passed. She had passed them all with no look of regret at the deed she had just preformed. It looked to the untrained eye that she didn't care, but if you looked closer you would see that her heart broke with each test she preformed. Sprite was thankful that she was almost done with her tests.
The X-Men were furious; all except for their founder who knew what was going on. Every curse that flew from one of his students' mouths hit Ada straight in the heart and he knew it. He wished he could tell them to hold their tongue. He had thought his students would know the girl better, especially those who were her friends. He assumed that they would have known of the girl's loyalty and see the hidden gestures that showed her sorrow and pain. But it is hard to trust your friend when you watch them go against all they once stood for.
Both Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch knew what she was up too. Pietro knew because she had told him herself about what she was willing to do to set her team free, and Wanda knew because she knew her friend and knew her well enough to see that it hurt her to watch as her team suffered. They had no idea as to the moment when Sprite would carry out her plan, or as to how she would accomplish it. Little did they know that it would be the day of her last test.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Sprite had been called down to witness the experiments done on human DNA, along with the other members of Magneto's team. To Sprite's horror it was Hans, a boy older than her that she often played with when she was young. They had also had a short romance going on but it was ended because they hadn't wanted to ruin their friendship.
Quicksilver looked over the boy. He was rather tall, with dirty brown hair and green eyes, and sculpted features. He followed the boys gaze to Ada, and saw that the two were exchanging a look; his one of hatred and betrayal, and hers of apology and sorrow. It hit Pietro that the two somehow knew the other, and he felt sorry for her.
Magneto had known that Hans and Ada were connected in some way or the other. That was the reason he had brought to boy here, to test her once and for all. This time he could see the emotion in her eyes, the pain and distress.
Ada knew that if she caved know it would be the end of her team mates. But how do you way life? Is one life more important than the others? Is one less important than the other fifteen? By letting her friend die at the hands of a madman just to save the people who swore to protect someone like him justified? Her mind swam with questions, and she felt the tears roll down her cheeks. She looked at her friend and saw his eyes saying 'help', and she was at a loss. She was at a fork in the road, and it was too much for her to take. So she did what her grandmother had always said to do. She prayed.
~Dear God, Please help me figure out what I should do. I'm at a loss and could use the help. I am so confused. Please help me to save my friends. Amen~
The prayer was answered.
As Wanda watched the interaction between her friend and the human, all those memories of long ago came back into the correct manner. Instead of the picnic in the park she saw the tray of food pushed through her cell. All the memories that had been changed by Mesmero were broken, causing her to burst out in a horrifying cry.
Sprite watched her friend in shock. ^^What the hell?^^ she thought. Then slowly what was happening to her friend didn't matter. This was her chance, and she used it. Swiftly she called a scalpel that the doctor held in his hand, which was going to be used on Hans, toward her. She grasped it and brought it down upon the heavy straps that held her friend to the metal table. She broke the straps and quickly grabbed Hans into her arms.
While the Scarlet Witch continued to scream, Magneto's attention was on his daughter, as well as most of the team. Three paid no head to the girl and their attention was brought to Sprite who was currently hovering in the air with their prisoner. Sabertooth ran at the girl but was stopped as Hexes were thrown this way and that catching him in one, putting him to a halt. Mystique on the other hand dodged them as best she could until three where thrown her way and was unable to escape; while Quicksilver just ran after her easily escaping the hexes. But unlike his other team members he wasn't going after her to stop her, he was aiming to help.
When Sprite made it up the stairs she sent Hans free. She gazed into his eyes and told him firmly. "Verlassen Sie hier und fasten Sie." (Get out of here and fast.)
He nodded, and smiled weakly. "Danke Ada." (Thanks Ada.) and he turned and ran in the direction of the exit of the castle.
After she saw him out of sight, she turned and bumped into a masculine figure. On instinct she threw a punch but it was dodged by the speed of someone she knew; Pietro. She shook her head at him in confusion. "What are you-?"
"No time." He said, "Don't know how long Wanda's scene will last."
"You're going to help me?" Again she was confused.
He looked at her with seriousness. His eyes bore into her, and the space between them closed as his lips pressed against hers. When he finished his affectionate gesture he told her. "Just can't help myself."
Ada smiled, and a tint of red flashed her cheeks. But the moment was soon out lived when he carried her to where her team members were. As soon as he set her down she looked around the room for the keys, ignoring the questions coming from the X-team.
"Damn it!" She screamed, "Where are the keys?"
A flash of green and silver crossed her vision, and before she could ask what had happened the doors to the cells had opened and each member stepped out.
"What are you doing?" the red haired telepath asked.
Sprite glared at her. "What the hell do you think?"
"You're like helping us?" Shadowcat questioned with her hands on her hips and a face painted with distain.
"No I'm going to give you a beating." She replied sarcastically and turned tow Pietro. "How do we get the bracelets off?"
"They have a code." Pietro replied as he walked over to Nightcrawler.
"Well?" Sprite asked him as she looked at the bracelet on her friend's furry blue arm.
Pietro's brow furrowed in thought then in a flash the bracelet unfastened and was taken off of Kurt's arm. "There." Quicksliver replied satisfied with his memory.
Kurt gave Ada a look of confusion. "So war dieses Ihr Plan aller entlang?" (So this was your plan all along?)
Sprite nodded, tears falling from her eyes. "Wie konnten Sie gedachtes unterschiedliches haben?" (How could you have thought different?) It hurt Ada deeply that even her friends had thought she was betraying them. She could understand the others, especially Wolverine sense at the first sign of distrust he goes psychotic, but Kurt and Rogue. That pained her more than she could explain.
Rogue at that moment had felt a feeling of stupidity come over her. Her friend had gone through all of that just to save them. How dumb was she? The loner couldn't believe that she doubted the girl, the girl who had, before even knowing of her powers had offered a hand to touch. No one at the institute had never even attempted such a thing, and even after finding out about the untouchable Rogue had continued to show kindness and befriend her. Tears began to roll down her eyes and she ran toward Sprite, engulfing her in a hug. "Ah so sorry Ah doubted ya sugah. Please forgive me."
Sprite gave a tear stained smile and nodded. "Of course but never do it again."
Rogue smiled "Ah swear."
Many team members where shocked at the show of emotion that Rogue had just exposed. Rogue, the loner, had just shown affection toward someone who they all thought had betrayed them. Now the same feeling Rogue had felt came upon the others as their powers were restored.
Unfortunately Magneto had grown tired of Wanda's tantrum and had been informed of Sprite's disobedience. "Well I see that I shouldn't have turned my back on you." Magneto said causing the attention to turn toward him.
Sprite walked from where she stood, toward the man who she had just betrayed. "I give you points for your gullibility." She felt no fear for the man now, all she felt was pure hatred. He had attempted to hurt her childhood friend, captured her team mates, and caused her to have to bring them pain just to save them.
"You will not live to regret this." He sneered. He too was angry. He liked the girl; she could have proved to be a very valuable ally. But he didn't want her as an enemy so he chose to make sure that he wouldn't be bothered by her again.
Sprite sighed confidently; she was surprised at her new found confidence but went along with it. "The bad guys always say that, and then the good guys kick there ass."
Magneto chuckled at the girl's remark, and raised his hands summoning his men in motion. The X-men got ready for a fight but were surprised to see the Scarlet Witch enter the room, with unbound furry in her eyes.
Suddenly full powered Hexes went to each of Magneto's men, causing them to be knocked down. The X-men took that as their cue, and began to hit the enemy with all they were worth.
Magneto glared at his daughter "NOT NOW WANDA!"
She ignored him, and walked straight toward him. Sprite decided to take advantage to her friend's rage for the second time that day. She hovered over to Nightcrawler.
"Kurt I need you." She told him matter of factly.
He turned and looked at her, "Vat?" He asked.
"Teleport me over to Rogue." She told him.
He didn't question her but did as she said. When they got to the Southerner, Sprite grounded Colossus to the ground so she wouldn't be interrupted while she spoke to her team mate.
"Hey sugah." Rogue greeted.
"I have a plan, and I need you." Sprite stated simply.
"No problem, shoot." Rogue replied and gave Ada her undivided attention.
"Teleport us outside Kurt." Sprite told the blue furry elf as he was known to Logan and a few others.
Again Nightcrawler did as he was told and the three landed outside of the castle on the green grass surrounding it.
"Okay here's the plan," Ada began to tell the two her idea of how to get them out of this place.
-----Okay, hope ya'll like this chapter. Don't worry there will be more romance and as I always do a fight scene. Please don't get made if I don't update that quickly. I'm slow because I get more then one idea and I'll write out one idea, then I'll get a better one and then another one that's even better until I find what I like. Just think of it as getting the best of my minds imagery (if that makes any sense ^_^;;). Anyway, I will be back. Thanks again to those who have reviewed. Ya'll are so sweet, awesome, cool, great, tremendous, and etc. ~Alana------