I betcha wonderin' just what's about to happen. Alarm went off and that's
where it ended. Well, here's your chance to know.
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Blood Kin Chapter 5: Visiting Hours
(During the past 2 days....)
Rogue and Wolverine had accompanied Hank to the infirmary. There they had given samples of their DNA for Hank to test. He had taken several pints of blood to test possible cures and treatments. He had concocted an injection that stabilized the girls' rapid breathing. In the process, he had also temporarily stopped the process of suffocation.
It had been 26 hours since the sick girls had entered the infirmary. Only six hours had passed since Hank had administered a hopeful cure. They had each been placed in private rooms so that the occasional bump or cut could be taken care of with out worries for the girls.
Dodger and Quinn had sat in with them all night, never leaving. Their conditions had greatly improved since their departure of Boston.
In her private room, Morgana woke to an unfamiliar sight, but a familiar, and comforting presence. Looking around she noticed the sterilized, white walls, with no pictures to personalize the room. She looked at the chair next to her bedside, noting Quinn sleeping peacefully.
Slowly he turned his head towards her. "Mornin', sweet. Feeling better?" he asked, straightening in the chair.
"Where are we? How's the others?" she tried to sit up, but Quinn, standing, held her in place.
"None of that," he commanded softly. "We're in New York. At the Xavier mansion for Gifted Youngsters. Everybody is okay, except Shadow. She's been going through the same thing you have, but she's recovering nicely."
"What happened?" her voice sounded dry.
Quinn handed her his glass of cold water. "Here," he said, helping her lift it to her lips. "The gas caused some kind of blood disease that was designed for Shadow's DNA."
"Then why did it affect me?" she was confused.
"Morgana, Shadow's your sister."
"What?!"
"You and Shadow share the same DNA. There's a man here named Logan. Appears that he's your father."
"My father? I never knew who my father was." She began crying softly into her hands.
"Easy, love. It's going to be alright. It's fine." He took her easily into his arms, wrapping her in his warm embrace. She was still crying into his chest. "What can I say to make your heart hurt less?" He gently stroked her long, dark locks lovingly.
"Ah, the heart needs no words." she quietly breathed into his chest again. She looked up into his face, their green eyes locking. She had told herself time and time again that she didn't care for this mutant thief. That the reason she had let him escape was simply enough that she didn't want to see him caged up like an animal. Why, now of all times, was she starting to actually fall for this sophisticated cat burglar? 'Quit makin' a case for him!' she thought, scolding herself. 'What am I saying? Am I truly falling for him? Oh, well, we'll see. Right now...'
With that, she leaned into his embrace. Quinn noticing this, he met her half way. Finally accepting what their hearts had always known, Morgana and Alex succumb to the passion they felt and kissed, sealing their emotions for each other in the moment.
Back to present day
"Someone's trying to break in!" Hank yelled.
"He won't last long," Logan replied, pulling out his claws. Right at that moment, four evil mutants came through the doors. They broke apart, and while three of them held off the X-men, the other one went in search of his victim. He went to every door trying to find his target.
Meanwhile, Dodger sat next to Shadow, waiting for her to awaken. He felt, in a way, that it was his fault that she and Morgana had gotten hurt. If she hadn't gone after him, and had waited like Nature had said, they might have been aware of the vents and they could find another way in! 'Maybe if I hadn't have let my guard down...no, something distracted me.' He thought. When she finally stirred, he moved closer to her so that she could see him.
"Darian?! What in the world is going on?" she asked somewhat dazed and disoriented.
"Well, Sinister tried to kill you. We brought you to Dr. Hank McCoy at the Xavier Institute. He was able to save you and Nature." he explained in a soft toned voice, all the while gently brushing her hair out of her eyes.
Trying to bolt out of bed she said, "I've got to get out of here!" She ran to the door.
"Oh no you don't!" Dodger shouted and ran after her. He picked her up and carried her back to the bed. "What do you think you are doing?!" he asked sitting down beside her so she couldn't run again.
"I don't want to be here. Sinister is going to know where I'm at and he won't stop looking for me 'til I'm dead!" she screamed starting to panic a little, uncharacteristic tears threatening to fall.
Dodger, wrapping his arms about her shoulders, whispered assurances in her ear. "No worries, pet, I won't let him get you." Pushing away from the embrace, he reaffirmed this promise with a smile. Squeezing his strong hand lightly she was about to tell him something when the evil mutant that was looking for her appeared through the door. "Finally!" he shouted. The mutant, noticing Shadow's weakened state, jumped Dodger, temporarily knocking him unconscious. Turning to Shadow, he then proceeded to take her.
Coming back to his senses, Dodger grabbed Shadow's arm. "Let go of me!" Shadow yelled and yanked her arms back. He immediately attacked Sinister's assistant. Then, Nature appeared. She weakly raised her arms out, and sent branches to capture the evil mutant. Out of nowhere the other three mutants ran in, grabbed their friend, and captured Shadow. Even though she was weak, Shadow tried to use the mutants' powers against them. Taking the speed of the faster one, she out maneuvered the four mutants. Then she used the kinetic energy from one and started shooting at them. Unable to fight long, Shadow's energy slowly drained from her.
Just in time, the X-men with Hunter and Saber arrived. A large fight broke out in the once peaceful infirmary. The strongest defense came from Dodger, who was carefully watching Shadow, with the others helping as well. The Pack held off two of Sinister's men, while the X-men handled the other two.
After a long and tiring fight, Sinister's mutants were defeated. Now, with Shadow fully drained of energy, Dodger took her back into her room, where the last thing she heard was Hunter saying, "We'll need to tell her Morgana's her sister." The X-men and most of the Pack left, leaving Hank, the professor, and Dodger to take care of Shadow, while Quinn helped Morgana to her room, no mention of what had conspired between them earlier.
After a few hours rest, with Shadow and Nature being both cured of the disease and free to leave the infirmary, Professor Xavier called a meeting to which the Pack was asked to join.
"It's come to my attention that each of you," he said looking at the members of the Pack, "work well as individuals, and so far are a good team. What I and my students are trying to say is...how would you like to stay here and work as a team, training you abilities further."
"I don't know, professor, guys?" Quinn turned to the others, a questioning look on his strong face. Each turned and looked at each other. Shadow was the first to speak. "Why not? Free room and board, right? Don't have to go out every night skulking about."
"I thought you liked that, pet." Dodger teased, receiving an elbow to the ribs from the black haired woman beside him.
"I agree with Shadow." Morgana stated. "We've all trained out powers, but not as a team. I think this would by a good thing for us." The others, Saber, Hunter, Dodger, Shadow and Quinn shook their heads at that.
"Professor," Saber extended her paw to the man in the hover chair, "we're in."
"Jeez, I've gone from orphan, to having a father, a mother, a step-father, and two step-sisters in 2.5 seconds." Shadow said looking around the room. "Like I've said before. One big, messed up family."
The End? We love
doing this to ya!
Disclaimer: same as always
Blood Kin Chapter 5: Visiting Hours
(During the past 2 days....)
Rogue and Wolverine had accompanied Hank to the infirmary. There they had given samples of their DNA for Hank to test. He had taken several pints of blood to test possible cures and treatments. He had concocted an injection that stabilized the girls' rapid breathing. In the process, he had also temporarily stopped the process of suffocation.
It had been 26 hours since the sick girls had entered the infirmary. Only six hours had passed since Hank had administered a hopeful cure. They had each been placed in private rooms so that the occasional bump or cut could be taken care of with out worries for the girls.
Dodger and Quinn had sat in with them all night, never leaving. Their conditions had greatly improved since their departure of Boston.
In her private room, Morgana woke to an unfamiliar sight, but a familiar, and comforting presence. Looking around she noticed the sterilized, white walls, with no pictures to personalize the room. She looked at the chair next to her bedside, noting Quinn sleeping peacefully.
Slowly he turned his head towards her. "Mornin', sweet. Feeling better?" he asked, straightening in the chair.
"Where are we? How's the others?" she tried to sit up, but Quinn, standing, held her in place.
"None of that," he commanded softly. "We're in New York. At the Xavier mansion for Gifted Youngsters. Everybody is okay, except Shadow. She's been going through the same thing you have, but she's recovering nicely."
"What happened?" her voice sounded dry.
Quinn handed her his glass of cold water. "Here," he said, helping her lift it to her lips. "The gas caused some kind of blood disease that was designed for Shadow's DNA."
"Then why did it affect me?" she was confused.
"Morgana, Shadow's your sister."
"What?!"
"You and Shadow share the same DNA. There's a man here named Logan. Appears that he's your father."
"My father? I never knew who my father was." She began crying softly into her hands.
"Easy, love. It's going to be alright. It's fine." He took her easily into his arms, wrapping her in his warm embrace. She was still crying into his chest. "What can I say to make your heart hurt less?" He gently stroked her long, dark locks lovingly.
"Ah, the heart needs no words." she quietly breathed into his chest again. She looked up into his face, their green eyes locking. She had told herself time and time again that she didn't care for this mutant thief. That the reason she had let him escape was simply enough that she didn't want to see him caged up like an animal. Why, now of all times, was she starting to actually fall for this sophisticated cat burglar? 'Quit makin' a case for him!' she thought, scolding herself. 'What am I saying? Am I truly falling for him? Oh, well, we'll see. Right now...'
With that, she leaned into his embrace. Quinn noticing this, he met her half way. Finally accepting what their hearts had always known, Morgana and Alex succumb to the passion they felt and kissed, sealing their emotions for each other in the moment.
Back to present day
"Someone's trying to break in!" Hank yelled.
"He won't last long," Logan replied, pulling out his claws. Right at that moment, four evil mutants came through the doors. They broke apart, and while three of them held off the X-men, the other one went in search of his victim. He went to every door trying to find his target.
Meanwhile, Dodger sat next to Shadow, waiting for her to awaken. He felt, in a way, that it was his fault that she and Morgana had gotten hurt. If she hadn't gone after him, and had waited like Nature had said, they might have been aware of the vents and they could find another way in! 'Maybe if I hadn't have let my guard down...no, something distracted me.' He thought. When she finally stirred, he moved closer to her so that she could see him.
"Darian?! What in the world is going on?" she asked somewhat dazed and disoriented.
"Well, Sinister tried to kill you. We brought you to Dr. Hank McCoy at the Xavier Institute. He was able to save you and Nature." he explained in a soft toned voice, all the while gently brushing her hair out of her eyes.
Trying to bolt out of bed she said, "I've got to get out of here!" She ran to the door.
"Oh no you don't!" Dodger shouted and ran after her. He picked her up and carried her back to the bed. "What do you think you are doing?!" he asked sitting down beside her so she couldn't run again.
"I don't want to be here. Sinister is going to know where I'm at and he won't stop looking for me 'til I'm dead!" she screamed starting to panic a little, uncharacteristic tears threatening to fall.
Dodger, wrapping his arms about her shoulders, whispered assurances in her ear. "No worries, pet, I won't let him get you." Pushing away from the embrace, he reaffirmed this promise with a smile. Squeezing his strong hand lightly she was about to tell him something when the evil mutant that was looking for her appeared through the door. "Finally!" he shouted. The mutant, noticing Shadow's weakened state, jumped Dodger, temporarily knocking him unconscious. Turning to Shadow, he then proceeded to take her.
Coming back to his senses, Dodger grabbed Shadow's arm. "Let go of me!" Shadow yelled and yanked her arms back. He immediately attacked Sinister's assistant. Then, Nature appeared. She weakly raised her arms out, and sent branches to capture the evil mutant. Out of nowhere the other three mutants ran in, grabbed their friend, and captured Shadow. Even though she was weak, Shadow tried to use the mutants' powers against them. Taking the speed of the faster one, she out maneuvered the four mutants. Then she used the kinetic energy from one and started shooting at them. Unable to fight long, Shadow's energy slowly drained from her.
Just in time, the X-men with Hunter and Saber arrived. A large fight broke out in the once peaceful infirmary. The strongest defense came from Dodger, who was carefully watching Shadow, with the others helping as well. The Pack held off two of Sinister's men, while the X-men handled the other two.
After a long and tiring fight, Sinister's mutants were defeated. Now, with Shadow fully drained of energy, Dodger took her back into her room, where the last thing she heard was Hunter saying, "We'll need to tell her Morgana's her sister." The X-men and most of the Pack left, leaving Hank, the professor, and Dodger to take care of Shadow, while Quinn helped Morgana to her room, no mention of what had conspired between them earlier.
After a few hours rest, with Shadow and Nature being both cured of the disease and free to leave the infirmary, Professor Xavier called a meeting to which the Pack was asked to join.
"It's come to my attention that each of you," he said looking at the members of the Pack, "work well as individuals, and so far are a good team. What I and my students are trying to say is...how would you like to stay here and work as a team, training you abilities further."
"I don't know, professor, guys?" Quinn turned to the others, a questioning look on his strong face. Each turned and looked at each other. Shadow was the first to speak. "Why not? Free room and board, right? Don't have to go out every night skulking about."
"I thought you liked that, pet." Dodger teased, receiving an elbow to the ribs from the black haired woman beside him.
"I agree with Shadow." Morgana stated. "We've all trained out powers, but not as a team. I think this would by a good thing for us." The others, Saber, Hunter, Dodger, Shadow and Quinn shook their heads at that.
"Professor," Saber extended her paw to the man in the hover chair, "we're in."
"Jeez, I've gone from orphan, to having a father, a mother, a step-father, and two step-sisters in 2.5 seconds." Shadow said looking around the room. "Like I've said before. One big, messed up family."
The End? We love
doing this to ya!