Disclaimer: I do not own, nor am I making any money from the X-Men
characters. Thank you to Corrinth for the use of her character Dr. Ilehana
Xavier. I do own Blaze, and appreciate authors not using her without
asking.
A/N: Reviews always welcome!
Scene 09
"Nice work, Rem. You scared the pants off that looser!" Blaze smiled, glancing over at her friend as she drove.
"Should 'ave blown his head off." Gambit muttered.
"What, and get yourself locked up again?" Replied Blaze.
For a moment there was silence in the car. Then Gambit spoke again.
"I sorry, Chere. It just not the release day Gambit was hopin' for."
"I know." Blaze checked her mirror again, frowning. "Here," She tossed Remy his trench coat. "Your stick-thing is in the inside breast pocket, and there's cards in all the other pockets too."
"Merci Amie. You look fantastique though. An' the car is somethin' else."
Blaze smiled. "Yeah, its Xavier's. I think he has it just to look at, I found it in the back of the garage doing nothing. Just listen to that engine..." She revved the car slightly, but eyed the mirrors carefully as she did.
"Somethin' wrong, Amie?"
"Looks like we're not going to get to drink the champagne I brought just yet, Remy. I think we are being followed..."
"Laura," Blaze flinched as he used her real name. "Jus' stay calm. It gonna be okay." Gambit adjusted the passenger side mirror so that he could see the driver of the car behind. "You recognise either of 'em?" He asked as the woman driver said something to her younger male passenger.
"No." Blaze shook her head. "I can try loosing them."
"Okay Laura, but carefully."
She swerved to take a late exit off the highway, at the same time glad of the powerful car under her and hoping that their followers had got too close to react to the turning. It didn't pay off, the blue Lotus Elise behind swung into view again.
"They're still with us, Gambit." Panic started to creep into Blaze's voice.
"It okay, you doin' fine." Checking his mirror again Gambit wished he were driving.
**You want me to stop so you can take over? **
**Sorry, Chere. **
The car behind maintained its distance even as Blaze started to put her foot down.
"Just relax Laura, don't take risks. Here take the next left an' we try loose 'em again."
Again Blaze turned late into the corner, before accelerating through the back street and turning into an industrial estate rear entrance.
"Oh great! Now I'll never loose them, I hate these places!" She exclaimed. Glancing over at Gambit she saw a wicked glint come into his unusual eyes.
"Pull over."
"What, are you totally insane? You want to looking for trouble?"
"One woman an' one lil' boy. We can take 'em Chere. Just stop the car."
"Alright, but I think you are loosing your marbles Remy." The car started to slow, but suddenly Blaze swore vehemently. "There's another one!"
From nowhere a black BMW M5 appeared, tires screeching, driven by a hairy fanged mutant who somewhat resembled Wolverine. There were other people in the back of the vehicle too, but Blaze couldn't make them out as the new car pulled in behind the blue Lotus. They raced out across an open stretch of concrete, engines roaring. In front of the three cars, now edging side by side, the industrial buildings formed an unnatural funnel. Entering between them it was like the sun had been eclipsed, darkness loomed in and Blaze was blinded by the sudden difference in the light. She could only hope that the drivers in the cars either side of her were equally blinded as she raced on.
The funnel created by the buildings ended in a wire mesh fence. The speedometer touched ninety-five as Blaze crashed Xavier's beloved car through the wire. Next to her, Gambit said nothing, but Blaze heard his intake of breath, felt his adrenaline pumping along with her own. She broke hard for the next corner, not even looking back to see if the other cars had made it. Turning right and right again, she was through the main gate of the industrial complex, chimneys pumping out noxious smoke high above them, security guards waving their arms and shouting as Blaze and Gambit sped by. If they could, they would keep this chase away from the streets as long as possible. Let the security guards call the police; they would deal with them later.
"There!" Shouted Gambit, pointing to an open warehouse door. "Go to ground Blaze!"
She obeyed, swinging the car round. There was no sign of the chasing cars in the mirror; perhaps they had lost them? A blue streak came into view. Reacting automatically Blaze abandoned the idea of hiding and pulled a swift handbrake turn on the asphalt. Now facing the blue Elise she revved the engine. Blaze intended to wait until the Lotus was nearly on them, before accelerating back the way they had come, out the gates and towards the freeway. With any luck the setting sun that was beginning to blind Blaze now would affect the Lotus driver, give them the cover they needed to escape back to Xavier's. With a free hand she pulled on her designer sunglasses, smiling thinly.
With no warning, the Aston Martin's engine cut out, it just died under her. Blaze cried out wordlessly in disappointment. Then, bizarrely the car lifted into the air, slowly at first, then faster. Gambit and Blaze looked at each other, sharing each other's confusion.
"A telekinetic?" Blaze asked as the car began to slowly spin about ten feet above the ground.
"Maybe, don't explain the engine though." Was Remy's reply as he braced himself with his hands on the dash. The car span faster and faster, jerking up and down. Blaze found herself clutching the wheel harder and harder. "You think they want us out, Chere?"
"Could be." Blaze couldn't see anymore, things were moving to quickly. The world span about them in a myriad of pretty colours and blurred shapes. "Its like being drunk without the fun part! I've had enough of this ride, you getting off too Rem?"
His answer was the passenger door opening and the Cajun disappearing to the ground. Blaze did the same, dropping cat-like to land on her feet, one palm to the ground that had been twelve feet below.
"Well, well." The strange woman who had been driving the first car said sarcastically, walking towards Blaze and Gambit with her young companion. "I never expected you to give up so easily. Very intelligent of you both."
"Who are you?" Gambit challenged. "Why you followin' us?" Already a card was in his hand, the static of his brewing power making the hairs on the back of Blaze's neck stand on end. In answer the woman started to change, skin and clothes rippling and turning blue. "Mystique!"
Behind them a growl rumbled low, whilst the blond young man flicked a lighter in his fingers, smiling at Blaze. Way above, the Aston Martin flew majestically to sit on a warehouse roof.
"We only want to buy some information, Blaze. Information only you have."
"You can't buy me, Mystique, you've nothing I want." Blaze tensed, palms closed ready for the imminent attack.
"Oh no?" Mystique asked in her rich choir of voices. "How about your lives in our hands?"
A/N: Reviews always welcome!
Scene 09
"Nice work, Rem. You scared the pants off that looser!" Blaze smiled, glancing over at her friend as she drove.
"Should 'ave blown his head off." Gambit muttered.
"What, and get yourself locked up again?" Replied Blaze.
For a moment there was silence in the car. Then Gambit spoke again.
"I sorry, Chere. It just not the release day Gambit was hopin' for."
"I know." Blaze checked her mirror again, frowning. "Here," She tossed Remy his trench coat. "Your stick-thing is in the inside breast pocket, and there's cards in all the other pockets too."
"Merci Amie. You look fantastique though. An' the car is somethin' else."
Blaze smiled. "Yeah, its Xavier's. I think he has it just to look at, I found it in the back of the garage doing nothing. Just listen to that engine..." She revved the car slightly, but eyed the mirrors carefully as she did.
"Somethin' wrong, Amie?"
"Looks like we're not going to get to drink the champagne I brought just yet, Remy. I think we are being followed..."
"Laura," Blaze flinched as he used her real name. "Jus' stay calm. It gonna be okay." Gambit adjusted the passenger side mirror so that he could see the driver of the car behind. "You recognise either of 'em?" He asked as the woman driver said something to her younger male passenger.
"No." Blaze shook her head. "I can try loosing them."
"Okay Laura, but carefully."
She swerved to take a late exit off the highway, at the same time glad of the powerful car under her and hoping that their followers had got too close to react to the turning. It didn't pay off, the blue Lotus Elise behind swung into view again.
"They're still with us, Gambit." Panic started to creep into Blaze's voice.
"It okay, you doin' fine." Checking his mirror again Gambit wished he were driving.
**You want me to stop so you can take over? **
**Sorry, Chere. **
The car behind maintained its distance even as Blaze started to put her foot down.
"Just relax Laura, don't take risks. Here take the next left an' we try loose 'em again."
Again Blaze turned late into the corner, before accelerating through the back street and turning into an industrial estate rear entrance.
"Oh great! Now I'll never loose them, I hate these places!" She exclaimed. Glancing over at Gambit she saw a wicked glint come into his unusual eyes.
"Pull over."
"What, are you totally insane? You want to looking for trouble?"
"One woman an' one lil' boy. We can take 'em Chere. Just stop the car."
"Alright, but I think you are loosing your marbles Remy." The car started to slow, but suddenly Blaze swore vehemently. "There's another one!"
From nowhere a black BMW M5 appeared, tires screeching, driven by a hairy fanged mutant who somewhat resembled Wolverine. There were other people in the back of the vehicle too, but Blaze couldn't make them out as the new car pulled in behind the blue Lotus. They raced out across an open stretch of concrete, engines roaring. In front of the three cars, now edging side by side, the industrial buildings formed an unnatural funnel. Entering between them it was like the sun had been eclipsed, darkness loomed in and Blaze was blinded by the sudden difference in the light. She could only hope that the drivers in the cars either side of her were equally blinded as she raced on.
The funnel created by the buildings ended in a wire mesh fence. The speedometer touched ninety-five as Blaze crashed Xavier's beloved car through the wire. Next to her, Gambit said nothing, but Blaze heard his intake of breath, felt his adrenaline pumping along with her own. She broke hard for the next corner, not even looking back to see if the other cars had made it. Turning right and right again, she was through the main gate of the industrial complex, chimneys pumping out noxious smoke high above them, security guards waving their arms and shouting as Blaze and Gambit sped by. If they could, they would keep this chase away from the streets as long as possible. Let the security guards call the police; they would deal with them later.
"There!" Shouted Gambit, pointing to an open warehouse door. "Go to ground Blaze!"
She obeyed, swinging the car round. There was no sign of the chasing cars in the mirror; perhaps they had lost them? A blue streak came into view. Reacting automatically Blaze abandoned the idea of hiding and pulled a swift handbrake turn on the asphalt. Now facing the blue Elise she revved the engine. Blaze intended to wait until the Lotus was nearly on them, before accelerating back the way they had come, out the gates and towards the freeway. With any luck the setting sun that was beginning to blind Blaze now would affect the Lotus driver, give them the cover they needed to escape back to Xavier's. With a free hand she pulled on her designer sunglasses, smiling thinly.
With no warning, the Aston Martin's engine cut out, it just died under her. Blaze cried out wordlessly in disappointment. Then, bizarrely the car lifted into the air, slowly at first, then faster. Gambit and Blaze looked at each other, sharing each other's confusion.
"A telekinetic?" Blaze asked as the car began to slowly spin about ten feet above the ground.
"Maybe, don't explain the engine though." Was Remy's reply as he braced himself with his hands on the dash. The car span faster and faster, jerking up and down. Blaze found herself clutching the wheel harder and harder. "You think they want us out, Chere?"
"Could be." Blaze couldn't see anymore, things were moving to quickly. The world span about them in a myriad of pretty colours and blurred shapes. "Its like being drunk without the fun part! I've had enough of this ride, you getting off too Rem?"
His answer was the passenger door opening and the Cajun disappearing to the ground. Blaze did the same, dropping cat-like to land on her feet, one palm to the ground that had been twelve feet below.
"Well, well." The strange woman who had been driving the first car said sarcastically, walking towards Blaze and Gambit with her young companion. "I never expected you to give up so easily. Very intelligent of you both."
"Who are you?" Gambit challenged. "Why you followin' us?" Already a card was in his hand, the static of his brewing power making the hairs on the back of Blaze's neck stand on end. In answer the woman started to change, skin and clothes rippling and turning blue. "Mystique!"
Behind them a growl rumbled low, whilst the blond young man flicked a lighter in his fingers, smiling at Blaze. Way above, the Aston Martin flew majestically to sit on a warehouse roof.
"We only want to buy some information, Blaze. Information only you have."
"You can't buy me, Mystique, you've nothing I want." Blaze tensed, palms closed ready for the imminent attack.
"Oh no?" Mystique asked in her rich choir of voices. "How about your lives in our hands?"