"Wait for it." Logan whispered, narrowing his eyes as the two guards
walked past the entrance to the secret passage. He sighed, gritting his
teeth as he formed a plan in his head. Nodding to himself, he turned to
Kurt.
"Kurt, you think you can pick 'em off without alerting any of their buddies?" he asked, cocking an eyebrow slightly. Kurt nodded and after Logan whispered the plan in his ear, he teleported and clung to the wall, his tail swinging slightly back and forth in anticipation.
Getting himself ready to pounce, Kurt smiled slowly as one of the guards started to walk by him. Grabbing him by the throat with his tail, he only needed to do a swift twist to snap it, lifting the body into the air and teleporting away with it. Leaving it with Logan, he teleported back to his position on the wall and waited for the other guard to show, doing the same exact thing to him with a slight flair to it. When he was finished, he teleported back and smiled, bowing to them with a fang-revealing smile.
"Und zhere you are, Logan. A clear vay to zhe passage from yours truly!" he said. Without much further ado about it, he and Rogue teleported everyone there, making sure someone kept watch as Raven slowly took out the loose brick and pushed a switch that was hidden behind it.
"Get back." She warned. As they did so, the bricks slowly started to slide to either side, surprisingly doing it quietly and easily. A tunnel was revealed to them, torches on the walls unlit and unused for years.
"I got dis." Remy said, charging a card lightly. Throwing it, it flew over each torch and lit it before blowing up with a soft pink bam. Raven sniffed, walking down the tunnel.
"Well, at least he's useful for something." She said, looking over her shoulder at Rogue.
"Mutter. . ." Kurt sighed, rolling his eyes. Rogue placed a hand on his arm, shaking her head slightly. As the last person walked through the passage, it closed up easily.
"So what's the plan when we get to the throne room?" Bobby asked.
"If Graydon's in there, then we kill him and go on from there." Raven answered with a shrug.
"Of course, because we all know how easy killing Graydon will be." Scott snorted. He nearly fell over when Raven stopped suddenly and looked at him with narrowed eyes.
"Do you have a better idea?" she asked, curling her lip dangerously at him.
"I was just saying. . ." In a spilt second, Raven was behind him and had his arm twisted behind his back, just inches from breaking it.
"When you open your mouth, try not to sound idiotic. Of course, you might have trouble with that!" Raven hissed softly.
"Mutter, don't break his arm." Kurt said seriously, knowing this situation could get worse in a hurry. "Zhink about zhe plan, mutter. Ve don't have time to deal vith broken limbs und you know zhat! Besides, you're touching a man!" Raven snorted.
"Man is too strong a word for this one!" she said.
"Mama, let 'im go or Ah'll make ya let 'im go." Rogue warned softly, taking off her gloves slowly. Raven looked up, her eyes dangerous slits.
"Oh are you now? Is that something you picked up from your boyfriend? Beating your own mother?" she demanded, letting go of Scott and walking slowly up to Rogue.
"Mama. . ."
"Don't mama me, Rogue. I took you in from the filthy streets and now you are threatening me? What kind of ungrateful beast are you?" she demanded, leaning into her face closely. Kurt's tail wrapped around her waist and pulled her back. Kurt stood in-between rogue and Raven, looking from one to the other sadly.
"Mutter, let it go." He said calmly. "Leave Rogue alone."
"Of course you defend your foster sister and not your own mother!" Raven hissed, baring her teeth. "You always were an ungrateful son to me, Kurt. You're both worthless ungrateful brats!" she nearly shouted.
"Naow y' 'old on dere one second!" Remy said, stepping beside rogue. "Rogue been nothin' but faithful ta y' fo' years naow! Y' can' jus' star' 'atin' 'er jus' cuz she fell in love wi' me! Y' should look at y'self when y' accuse people o' bein' selfish an' ungrateful!"
"What are you talking about?" Raven demanded.
"Rogue told me 'bout de time y' left 'er an' Kurt alone fo' four years!" Remy spat. "When y' came back, y' acted loik nothin' was differen'! Dey could 'ave easily lef' y' sorry ass in dose four years, or lef' y' when y' got back, but dey didn' naow did dey! Non, dey stayed wi' y' afterwards!
Y' don' 'ave de righ' tae 'urt Rogue de way y' ar', Raven. If y' don' loik de fac' dat she is wi' me, den y' can leave us righ' naow an' go back tae killin' people fo' money!"
It was as if someone had slapped Raven in the face with a stone fist. She reared back and looked at Remy with wide eyes, too stunned to say anything even though her mouth was open. Everyone looked at her in silence, no one daring to say anything and break the silence. Raven bowed her head, clenching her hands into tight trembling fists. When she looked back up at Remy, her yellow eyes were filled with tears.
"I think we need to get moving if we want to surprise Graydon." She said weakly, walking past him quietly. Everyone watched Raven walking a head of them, her head bowed and her shoulders trembling slightly in suppressed sorrow.
"Kurt, you think you can pick 'em off without alerting any of their buddies?" he asked, cocking an eyebrow slightly. Kurt nodded and after Logan whispered the plan in his ear, he teleported and clung to the wall, his tail swinging slightly back and forth in anticipation.
Getting himself ready to pounce, Kurt smiled slowly as one of the guards started to walk by him. Grabbing him by the throat with his tail, he only needed to do a swift twist to snap it, lifting the body into the air and teleporting away with it. Leaving it with Logan, he teleported back to his position on the wall and waited for the other guard to show, doing the same exact thing to him with a slight flair to it. When he was finished, he teleported back and smiled, bowing to them with a fang-revealing smile.
"Und zhere you are, Logan. A clear vay to zhe passage from yours truly!" he said. Without much further ado about it, he and Rogue teleported everyone there, making sure someone kept watch as Raven slowly took out the loose brick and pushed a switch that was hidden behind it.
"Get back." She warned. As they did so, the bricks slowly started to slide to either side, surprisingly doing it quietly and easily. A tunnel was revealed to them, torches on the walls unlit and unused for years.
"I got dis." Remy said, charging a card lightly. Throwing it, it flew over each torch and lit it before blowing up with a soft pink bam. Raven sniffed, walking down the tunnel.
"Well, at least he's useful for something." She said, looking over her shoulder at Rogue.
"Mutter. . ." Kurt sighed, rolling his eyes. Rogue placed a hand on his arm, shaking her head slightly. As the last person walked through the passage, it closed up easily.
"So what's the plan when we get to the throne room?" Bobby asked.
"If Graydon's in there, then we kill him and go on from there." Raven answered with a shrug.
"Of course, because we all know how easy killing Graydon will be." Scott snorted. He nearly fell over when Raven stopped suddenly and looked at him with narrowed eyes.
"Do you have a better idea?" she asked, curling her lip dangerously at him.
"I was just saying. . ." In a spilt second, Raven was behind him and had his arm twisted behind his back, just inches from breaking it.
"When you open your mouth, try not to sound idiotic. Of course, you might have trouble with that!" Raven hissed softly.
"Mutter, don't break his arm." Kurt said seriously, knowing this situation could get worse in a hurry. "Zhink about zhe plan, mutter. Ve don't have time to deal vith broken limbs und you know zhat! Besides, you're touching a man!" Raven snorted.
"Man is too strong a word for this one!" she said.
"Mama, let 'im go or Ah'll make ya let 'im go." Rogue warned softly, taking off her gloves slowly. Raven looked up, her eyes dangerous slits.
"Oh are you now? Is that something you picked up from your boyfriend? Beating your own mother?" she demanded, letting go of Scott and walking slowly up to Rogue.
"Mama. . ."
"Don't mama me, Rogue. I took you in from the filthy streets and now you are threatening me? What kind of ungrateful beast are you?" she demanded, leaning into her face closely. Kurt's tail wrapped around her waist and pulled her back. Kurt stood in-between rogue and Raven, looking from one to the other sadly.
"Mutter, let it go." He said calmly. "Leave Rogue alone."
"Of course you defend your foster sister and not your own mother!" Raven hissed, baring her teeth. "You always were an ungrateful son to me, Kurt. You're both worthless ungrateful brats!" she nearly shouted.
"Naow y' 'old on dere one second!" Remy said, stepping beside rogue. "Rogue been nothin' but faithful ta y' fo' years naow! Y' can' jus' star' 'atin' 'er jus' cuz she fell in love wi' me! Y' should look at y'self when y' accuse people o' bein' selfish an' ungrateful!"
"What are you talking about?" Raven demanded.
"Rogue told me 'bout de time y' left 'er an' Kurt alone fo' four years!" Remy spat. "When y' came back, y' acted loik nothin' was differen'! Dey could 'ave easily lef' y' sorry ass in dose four years, or lef' y' when y' got back, but dey didn' naow did dey! Non, dey stayed wi' y' afterwards!
Y' don' 'ave de righ' tae 'urt Rogue de way y' ar', Raven. If y' don' loik de fac' dat she is wi' me, den y' can leave us righ' naow an' go back tae killin' people fo' money!"
It was as if someone had slapped Raven in the face with a stone fist. She reared back and looked at Remy with wide eyes, too stunned to say anything even though her mouth was open. Everyone looked at her in silence, no one daring to say anything and break the silence. Raven bowed her head, clenching her hands into tight trembling fists. When she looked back up at Remy, her yellow eyes were filled with tears.
"I think we need to get moving if we want to surprise Graydon." She said weakly, walking past him quietly. Everyone watched Raven walking a head of them, her head bowed and her shoulders trembling slightly in suppressed sorrow.