She's Alive?
The Velocity landed onto the flat roof of the large abandoned building in Valencia, where Vargas had once resided as his own headquarters. The blades eased, and the hatch opened, with Brian flying out, towards the roof door. "Brian wait!" Rogue called after him, as she flew towards him.
Logan, Wanda, Remy and Tabitha nervously followed. Brian pulled open the locked door with ease, and threw it aside. He flew into the stairway, the others quickly following him. "Split up! We'll find out things a lot easier!" Logan informed them.
Remy turned to him, "No. I know where the statue was left. Follow me!" He protested.
Logan glared at him, "No, Cajun! What if the statue was moved or confiscated? We have to split up!"
Remy attempted to protest again, but decided it useless. They each split up individually.
*~*~*~*
Remy looked into the room, where he knew the statue once stood; where he had come face to face with it. His eyes searched around the room, and saw the stand that held the statue; but broken shards of concrete lied around it. He gasped, as he rushed to it, his hope beginning to drain. "Find anything?" He heard Brian from the doorway.
Remy knelt in front of the concrete stand, and picked up a piece of the debris. Brian knelt next to him, examining the debris as well. "This was the statue", Remy lowly said.
Brian picked up a piece off of the ground, "But, look," He held the piece in front of Remy's eyes, "These pieces aren't blocked. They look to be a shell. See how thin they are?" He turned the piece inside out, and then easily cracked it within his fingers.
He was right. Remy stood up, looking around, "She's got to be around here somewhere."
Brian stood up as well, sighing heavily. His eyes searched the floor around them, noticing the pieces of the statue spread about the room. "They look as if they've been blown off!" He told Remy.
Remy grunted in agreement at Brian's analysis. He saw a door leading to a hallway on one side of the room, and on the other, a door leading to another room. "You take that door, mon ami," Remy pointed to the door leading to the dark room, "And I'll take this one." Remy pointed himself to the door leading to the hallway.
"Right."
*~*~*~*
Rogue, Wanda and Tabitha decided to team, splitting apart from the men. They walked down a long narrow hallway, carrying and pointing flashlights in front of them, lighting the way. "So, you think she could be alive?" Tabitha spoke up, breaking the long silence.
"Possibly." Wanda answered.
Rogue shook, and shivered at the thought. "I don't know, you guys. I'd rather not get my hopes up in case I'm disappointed." She told them.
"Understandable." Tabitha said.
They stopped suddenly, as they heard a slight sound in front of them at the turn of the hallway. They glared the flashlights towards that area, while Tabitha balled up her free fist, ready to throw her charged kinetic bombs. Wanda's free fist illuminated with her blue hex bolts, ready to fire. As soon as the quickest glimpse of the figure appeared at the end, they screamed, ready to charge, but stopped as they heard the familiar voice, "Relax, cheries! It's me!" Remy covered himself with his arms.
"Dammit Remy! Don't scare us like that!" Rogue hissed at him.
Wanda and Tabitha eased, dissolving their self-made weapons in their hands. "Find anything?" Wanda asked.
"No. But we did find the pieces of her statue blown to pieces in the room where it was left." Remy walked towards them, taking the flashlight from Rogue, attempting to take charge of the search, "But the pieces are so thin. They look like it was a shell instead of a statue. So, she's gotta be around here somewhere."
Rogue snatched the flashlight out of Remy's hand, offended at his chauvinist thinking, "I can hold my own, Remy!" She growled at him.
"Knock it off you two! Let's get searchin', okay?" Wanda snapped, as she walked past them.
*~*~*~*
Logan stood at the doorway of a dark room, cursing himself he didn't bring a flashlight. He sniffed the air repeatedly. Growling, his eyes widened in sudden disbelief. He sniffed again. His ears picked up a slight noise of breathing. "It can't be," He mumbled.
He turned his head, seeing Brian walk towards him, pointing a flashlight. "Logan, did you find anything yet?"
Logan immediately rushed to him, and grabbed the flashlight, and ran back to the room doorway. He pointed it into the room, searching around. Finally, in the corner, he saw it. "Oh my god." He breathed out.
"Betsy!" Brian gasped, pushing Logan aside, and rushing to the corner where the light pointed.
Brian rushed to Elizabeth's body, lying in a fetal position, back turned to him. He knelt beside her, and turned her to face him. Her eyes were closed, her body limp and nude. He immediately took his jacket off, "Oh god, oh god," He repeated in disbelief.
He wrapped her into his jacket, covering what he could, and placed his fingers to her neck. Logan backed up into the wall of the doorway, dropping the flashlight. Tears welled in Brian's eyes, as he hugged onto Elizabeth, beginning to sob, "She's alive!"
"Logan! Where are you?" Rogue's voice came over Logan's com link.
Logan pressed the com link in his ear, "We're in the west wing. Get over here… fast!" He demanded, still not moving.
*~*~*~*
Rogue looked at the others with her, and they rushed down the hallway. They saw a doorway, leading to a room that had the only light of what looked to be a spinning flashlight on the floor. They could hear sobbing from inside the room. They rushed to the room, gasping as they looked inside. Brian was knelt in the corner, his back turned to them, rocking back and forth, sobbing, and holding onto Elizabeth's body. Rogue's fingers loosened and went limp, dropping the flashlight onto the ground. Wanda and Remy rushed to Brian, "What happened?" Wanda gasped.
"She's alive!" Brian cried, as his face burrowed into Elizabeth's neck.
Behind them, Rogue fainted at the news, falling into Logan's arms. Wanda knelt on the other side of Elizabeth, taking off her red trench coat, covering the rest of her nude body. "Let's get her on the Velocity, and let's get her outta here!" Wanda told them.
Remy stared down at Brian, holding onto Elizabeth. She looked lifeless in Brian's arms. Her head flung back, her arms lying loose to the ground. Brian looked up, combing the hair from his twins face, "Don't worry, luv. We're here." He cried.
Wanda lifted up Elizabeth's eyelids, "She's unconscious. Come on, we have to move fast!" Wanda panicked.
Brian stood, scooping Elizabeth into his arms, and walked out of the room. Logan followed, carrying Rogue. Wanda stood in front of Remy, who continued to stare at where Brian had once knelt. She placed her hand onto his arm gently, "Remy, come on."
Tabitha stood behind him, placing her hand to his back softly, "Come on, hun." She placed her arm around his shoulder, urging him to turn around, "It's alright."
The agony his empathy had picked up from Elizabeth was almost too much for him to handle. He hadn't prepared himself for it. He was almost motionless; almost shocked. The link between him and Elizabeth had opened wide in his mind; screams of her agony soared through his mind. "Remy…" Wanda's voice echoed in his ears, bringing him back to reality.
Remy's eyes moved up to look at her. "Come on. Let's go." She gently urged him.
*~*~*~*
Remy sat against the padded bench in the cargo area, staring at Elizabeth's body that lied onto the flatbed in front of him. Brian sat next to him, staring at her as well. Wanda slowly waved a small broken pouch of ammonia under Rogue's nostrils, as she lied on the other flatbed. Rogue's nostrils lifted in disgust, as she shook her head, waking up from her blackout. She sat up, "Wha? Whoa!" She yelped.
Wanda pressed her hands to Rogue's shoulders, calming her. "Calm down." Wanda gently told her.
Rogue gulped, looking up at her, her eyes widened and alert. "Betsy…"
Wanda turned her head, looking at the flatbed behind her. Rogue's eyes followed, and she gasped, as she saw Elizabeth's body lying onto the flatbed, covered in the blankets provided by the closet. The blankets were tucked securely under her, keeping her warm. Rogue slowly got off of the flatbed, and walked to Elizabeth. She placed her hand onto her forehead, gently rubbing it. Her eyes watered, as she finally let out a sob, resting her face down into Elizabeth's chest. Brian reached over, grabbing onto Rogue's arm in comfort. "She's alive, Rogue. She's just unconscious at the moment." Brian gently told her.
"But….it's impossible." Rogue sobbed.
Rogue looked up, blinking through her tears, staring into Brian's eyes. "No. It's not impossible. I thought it was a cruel joke. But, it's her." Brian reassured her.
"We're taking her to the institute to see if Hank can help her. Her body was somewhat warm when we found her." Wanda told her.
Tabitha walked into the cargo area, rubbing up and down on her arms. She made her way to Brian, and sat onto his lap. Brian wrapped his arms around his fiancée, nestling his face into her chest. She hugged him tightly, "This is incredible." Brian whispered to her.
Tabitha kissed the top of his head, "I know, hun."
Wanda looked up at Remy, and sat next to him. She noticed his eyes locked onto Elizabeth, and he had not moved, or said a word since Elizabeth was found. "Remy? Are you alright?"
Remy blinked, and shook his head. "The agony." He grumbled.
Brian looked up, all of them turning their attention on him. Remy leaned forward, resting his elbows onto his knees, while burying his face into his hands. "She's in so much agony and pain!" He told them.
"Whatya mean?" Rogue asked.
Remy rubbed his face upward in his hands, as he looked up at Elizabeth, "I could hear her screaming in my head," He looked at Brian hesitantly continuing, "She and I had a link between us," He began nervously, "It's never stopped. That's why I felt all that energy from her statue. That's what caused me to believe she could be alive. But the reality hit me; and all the pain that was sent to me through our link…" Remy shook his head, hiding his face into his hands again, as he couldn't go on.
Wanda looked up at Rogue nervously. Rogue then looked at Brian, "You think Hank could help Betsy?" Rogue asked him.
Brian shrugged, "I hope so."
AN- Ahhh..okay, finally. Updated…..but yeah; what was the agony about? And why was Elizabeth's body unconscious when they found her, when she was purely conscious when she broke free from the statue? Hmmm? What's this that Remy is feeling from her? We'll have to wait and see, won't we? Thanks ya'all for sticking by this story!! (hands everyone lollipops and sodas to enjoy) WOOHOO!