A Best Friend's Love
Wanda rushed out of the house, with a wet towel in her hand. She rushed to Brian, and knelt next to him, placing the towel onto Elizabeth's forehead. Nathan turned his head, and glared at Duncan. Thoughts were rolling through his mind; he wanted to kill Duncan; slowly. His concentration was broken, as Brian grabbed onto his arm, "Hey!" Brian snapped.
Nathan turned to him, "Can't you help her?" Brian asked him.
Nathan glanced down to Elizabeth, and saw her turned into a fetal position on her side, grasping onto her head. "Just until we can get her back to the institute so Mr. McCoy can give her something!" Rogue added.
Nathan sighed, "I'm gonna have to give her a psy blast in order to render her unconscious. That'll be the only thing to stop the crap she's havin' to deal with." Nathan warned.
Brian glared at him. "Please! Make it stop!" Elizabeth cried out.
Wanda pressed the towel against Elizabeth's forehead, "Don't worry sweetie, we're going to help you." Wanda sighed.
Nathan sighed heavily, and closed his eyes. Elizabeth grabbed onto her head harder, feeling the burning pain in her mind from Nathan's psychic blast. Almost immediately, she passed out. Brian slid his arms underneath her, and carried him to her silver BMW. "Tabby! My keys are in my jacket pocket in Lance's room. Drive everyone else home!" Brian called behind him.
Tabitha nodded hesitantly. Rogue hurriedly followed Brian and Elizabeth, opening the passenger door for Brian. "Rogue, I'll be fine, you go ahead and stay here." Brian told her, as he closed the door after he placed Elizabeth into the seat.
Rogue sighed, "You sure, hun?"
Brian nodded, "Yeah, Mr. McCoy will take care of her." He said, as he slipped into the drivers' seat.
Wanda rushed to the car, giving Brian Elizabeth's keys. Nathan turned to Duncan, contemplating whether he should go with Brian to make sure Elizabeth was all right, or to deal with Duncan. Duncan looked up at him, "What?!" He snapped at Nathan.
Nathan's left eye glowed, as he glared down at the hose near Duncan's feet. The hose lifted up, and wrapped around Duncan's throat. "Nathan, you coming?" Brian called from Elizabeth's car.
Duncan grabbed onto the hose that was around his throat, "I'll deal with you later!" Nathan growled.
The hose let loose, falling plainly to the ground. Nathan turned, and rushed to Elizabeth's car. Remy stood next to Rogue, on the cement driveway, as Brian pulled out, and sped down the street to make his way to the Institute. "What was that about, chere?" Remy asked, wrapping his arm around her shoulders.
Rogue shook her head, "Whatya talkin' about, hun?"
"What Nate boy did to Duncan; did you see that?" Remy asked.
Rogue looked up at him, "What?"
Remy looked down at her, "The hose. The hose just wrapped around Duncan's throat!"
Rogue pulled her head back, looking at Remy with a look of question, "Remy, what are you talking about?"
Remy sighed, "Nathan; his eye glowed when he looked at Duncan, and the hose just wrapped around Duncan's throat." Remy raised his eyebrow, "Did you happen to see Duncan do anything to Betts, Rogue?"
Rogue turned, to look at Duncan, and saw him backing his truck out of the driveway. She watched him speed off. "Remy, do you know the forms of how acid is taken, by the way?" She asked him.
Remy looked up in thought, "Well, tabs and liquid I think."
Rogue clenched her fists, and turned to march back into the house, "That son of a bitch!" She growled.
Remy turned to her, following after her. "Chere! What happened?"
Wanda dodged out of Rogue's path, "Rogue? What?" She asked, following her friend into the house.
Rogue walked into the kitchen, searching the guests. She saw the guests Duncan had come with, standing against the counter, drinking their beers. She marched towards them, pushing the others in the crowd out of her way. She pulled off a glove, and grabbed onto the nearest one; Kenny; one of Duncan's friends. She grabbed him by the short brown hair on his head, and pulled his head back. She held her bare hand to his face, "You got three fucking seconds to tell me where to find Duncan, or I'll lay you out permanently until I find him myself! One...two—", She was stopped by Kenny.
"Okay! Okay! What's your deal!" Kenny gasped.
"Tell me!" Rogue growled.
"He just called telling us he's headin' to the liquor store, and he said he would be back!" Kenny told her.
"If my best friend dies, because of your asses, I'll kill you! And, I ain't jokin'!" Rogue threatened.
She let him go, and kicked his back with her steel-toed boots. Kenny fell forward onto his friends. Rogue put her glove back onto her hand, and walked out of the kitchen. Wanda stared at her, "Rogue, what's going on?" She asked.
Rogue ran her gloved hands up her forehead, and combed her hair back. "Duncan spiked Betsy's drink, dammit!" Rogue snapped.
Wanda's eyes opened wide with shock, "What?!" She gasped.
Rogue clenched her fists, "I'm gonna kill him!" Rogue growled.
Wanda placed her hand on Rogue's sleeved arm. "Hun, just calm yourself down. We can't have cops over here trying to break up an attempted murder." She calmly told her.
*~*~*~*
Brian carried his twin in his arms, as Nathan opened the door leading to the mansion. He rushed to the elevator leading to the infirmary. "Get Mr. McCoy. He's probably in his office, or in his room." Brian told him.
Nathan nodded, and rushed down the hallway, towards Hank's office.
*~*~*~*
Brian placed Elizabeth on the infirmary bed. He looked up, and saw Hank rush into the infirmary, followed by Nathan. "What happened?" Hank asked, putting on his glasses.
"Someone put Acid in her beer, Mr. McCoy." Nathan told him.
"She started freaking out; I really think her telepathy and her telekinesis started going haywire." Brian added.
Hank grabbed a syringe, and rushed to the cabinet. He opened it, pulling out a small bottle. He shoved the needle into the top, and filled the syringe with the chemical. "This will start detoxifying her system at a faster rate. However, she will be out until probably late tomorrow." Hank told them.
Hank rushed to Elizabeth's body, pulling the small metal rolling tray with him. He began rubbing iodine on the crease of her elbow, onto a vein. "Mr. McCoy, why would that happen?" Brian asked.
Hank inserted the needle into Elizabeth's vein, "Well, a hallucinogenic obviously hits the spinal cord, reaching to the brain at a faster rate, and goes throughout the body. So, given to a mutant with gifts of the mind, it magnifies their gifts at an accelerated rate, causing the telepathy or the telekinesis to be uncontrollable." He took the needle out of Elizabeth's vein, after the chemical was emptied from the syringe. "These types of drugs are extremely dangerous to mutants with these gifts. You're lucky you got her here in time."
"What would have happened?" Brian asked, with a twinge of anger in his voice.
Hank pulled the EKG monitor to Elizabeth's bedside, and attached electrodes to her temples. He switched on the monitor, as it scanned her brainwaves. "Well, let's just say the headache would have been too much for our Lady Elizabeth to handle." Hank sighed.
"Damn! Who the hell did this to her?!" Brian snapped.
Nathan looked at him, "Do you know a Duncan?"
Brian glared at him. "Duncan?! He did this?!" Brian growled.
Nathan nodded. "Boys, calm down. Why don't you two stay here, and monitor Elizabeth for me?" Hank asked.
Brian looked at Hank, "Yeah, sure." He sighed, as he pulled a chair to Elizabeth's bedside.
Hank smiled, "She should be fine by tomorrow." He told them, as he left.
Hank wanted to keep them at the institute; he knew what they would have both done. Nathan could sense that was the reason for Hank's request. He sighed heavily, trying to calm himself, and pulled a chair next to Brian.
AN- Hey, author here; okay, now, don't worry, I'm just trying to build everything up. Things will get better; I promise. Now that the party's basically over, and everyone will be back at the mansion; what will Jean pull with Nathan to irk Betsy? What will happen to Duncan come the following school day? Hmm....and smut will be coming; I've got the GREATEST ideas for how they will come to play....*evil grin* so, stay tuned! Now, I have a Rogue/Betsy mural that's a lil too much to put onto my profile; if you wanna copy of it, go ahead and email me; my email addy's on the profile; just address it as Rogue/Betsy mural, and I'll be more than happy to send you a copy of it. It's a bunch of pictures of Rogue and Elizabeth together, and is kind of touching; *sigh* anyways, or if you'd like the copy of the Elizabeth and Nathan mural, go ahead and send me an email; I'm working on a Gambit/Rogue mural too...so, send me your requests, and I'll be more than happy to send them out for you! Enjoy ya'all! The murals are just a personal thanks for you all reviewing my stories and being sooooo patient with me! *Blows kisses to everyone and takes a bow, and proceeds to hand everyone lollipops and sodas for their enjoyment* I LOVE YOU ALL! *MUAH!*
