Gritting his teeth, Kurt slammed his fist against their cell door,
hearing it thud faintly. Wincing, he pulled his hand back and shook it,
swearing softly in German. Turning around, he looked at Raven and sighed,
shaking his head.
"How could he have known ve vould try und get here by zhe secret passage?" he asked.
"Do I look like I know the answer to that?" Raven asked, walking up slowly. "I can't believe we fell for it."
"I can't believe Varren vas right!" Kurt countered, raising his eyebrows slightly. Leaning against the door, he sighed and crossed his arms across his chest. "Vhat do ve do now?" he asked.
"We wait here for his highness to get his sorry ass here." Raven sighed, resting her head against the bars.
"Verdammtr mist." Kurt muttered.
"Just kick the door harder!" Bobby suggested. With a loud thud, Warren collapsed to the ground, his head pounding from slamming himself against the door. Rubbing his head, he looked at Bobby with a frown.
"Easy for you to say! You're not the one doing it!" he shot back, standing up slowly. Smoothing out his feathers, he looked at the door and sighed, sitting down.
"We're not going to be able to get that thing open." He said.
"Maybe if I concentrate hard enough, I'll be able to get my ice powers to work." Bobby said, cracking his knuckles a bit.
"If you try that, you'll only hurt yourself badly. You might even put yourself into a coma if you put too much energy into it." Both Warren and Bobby whirled around, finding that a man was sitting in the corner of their cell.
"Where the hell did you come from!?" Bobby cried. "I didn't even see you there!" The man, his head bald and his eyes a piercing blue, shook his head a bit.
"That is because you were not paying attention to your surroundings. You just focused on that door and tried to find a way out of here." He said calmly. Thinking quickly, Warren pointed a wing at him.
"You must be one of those powerful Gifted people Graydon captured!" he said.
"Yes," the man nodded, smiling faintly. "My name is Charles Xavier."
"Hold still or I won't be able to get this bandage tight enough." Margali scolded Rogue softly, looking down at her broken wrist.
"So you're Amanda's mom?" Kitty asked, tilting her head to one side. Nodding, Margali finished up and weaved a small spell over the bandages.
"Yes, I'm her mother. You've seen her on your way here haven't you?" she asked, looking up at Rogue seriously.
"We did." Kitty nodded. "Kurt had her sent to a safe place while we went here to get you and the others out of here. Guess that didn't work like we planned huh?" Kitty laughed weakly.
"How badly hurt was she?" Margali asked.
"She wasn't that bad. . ." Kitty started. Margali narrowed her eyes.
"I want the truth. Don't spare me the details just because I'm her mother." She ordered calmly. Sighing, Kitty looked into her eyes.
"Her eyes were gouged out and she was really thin. She told Kurt that the men had raped her too." She answered. She and Rogue winced as stone cracked under Margali's rage.
"I knew they were going to do something like that too her!" she hissed, almost too herself. "I begged them to take me away to do it but no, Graydon had to do it to her instead!" More stones started to shatter before Margali suddenly cried out and stopped her magic outpouring.
"Wot was tha'?" Rogue asked, looking at the cracked rocks. Shaking her head a bit, Margali pulled on the collar around her neck.
"When my emotions get the better of me, my magic starts to pour out on their own. This collar is what stops me from tearing this damned place down stone by stone and stops you and your friends from using their own powers." She explained. "When you try it, you get a shock. The more you try to use your power, the higher the shock gets."
"What I want to know is what Graydon wants with you all." Logan said, crossing his arms across his chest and leaning against a stonewall. Erik sighed, closing his eyes for a moment before he opened them again.
"It seems that Graydon has discovered a way to make a device that could easily link all the minds of the Gifted together by using Charles Xavier; the world's most powerful telepath." He said.
"What kind of device?" Piotr asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Well, it's more of a crystal really, but what it needs to power it is two powerful witches and Charles to make it work in connecting all of the minds of the Gifted." Erik explained.
"What does he need you and Hank for then if his main focus is magic and telepathy?" Logan asked.
"He has all ready tried to use it without my help and Hank's and it has failed horribly, merely shattering a few ear drums and glass windows in the process. Apparently, the crystal Cerebro needs to be placed in some kind of metal holder. Since I don't know what kind to make, Hank will have to instruct him. Of course, that's assuming that we will actually cooperate with Graydon." He added with a sigh.
"How do you think he'll try to make you do it?" Piotr asked. Erik tilted his head to one side, his snow-white hair falling over his ice blue eyes.
"Something tells me that the fact that Raven and I were old allies will play into this somehow." He said.
"You mean he's gonna threaten you with Raven?"
"No, more like he's going to threaten her son to make her get to me." Erik answered with a stifled yawn. "It doesn't matter though. I'm not going to give in to this stupid bastard's demands because I know you and your colleagues are going to figure out a way out of here." He said.
"Well what if we don't?"
"Then I'm afraid your friend Kurt is going to die because I'm not going to give in to a human." Erik answered with a shrug, looking away quietly with his arms across his chest.
"How could he have known ve vould try und get here by zhe secret passage?" he asked.
"Do I look like I know the answer to that?" Raven asked, walking up slowly. "I can't believe we fell for it."
"I can't believe Varren vas right!" Kurt countered, raising his eyebrows slightly. Leaning against the door, he sighed and crossed his arms across his chest. "Vhat do ve do now?" he asked.
"We wait here for his highness to get his sorry ass here." Raven sighed, resting her head against the bars.
"Verdammtr mist." Kurt muttered.
"Just kick the door harder!" Bobby suggested. With a loud thud, Warren collapsed to the ground, his head pounding from slamming himself against the door. Rubbing his head, he looked at Bobby with a frown.
"Easy for you to say! You're not the one doing it!" he shot back, standing up slowly. Smoothing out his feathers, he looked at the door and sighed, sitting down.
"We're not going to be able to get that thing open." He said.
"Maybe if I concentrate hard enough, I'll be able to get my ice powers to work." Bobby said, cracking his knuckles a bit.
"If you try that, you'll only hurt yourself badly. You might even put yourself into a coma if you put too much energy into it." Both Warren and Bobby whirled around, finding that a man was sitting in the corner of their cell.
"Where the hell did you come from!?" Bobby cried. "I didn't even see you there!" The man, his head bald and his eyes a piercing blue, shook his head a bit.
"That is because you were not paying attention to your surroundings. You just focused on that door and tried to find a way out of here." He said calmly. Thinking quickly, Warren pointed a wing at him.
"You must be one of those powerful Gifted people Graydon captured!" he said.
"Yes," the man nodded, smiling faintly. "My name is Charles Xavier."
"Hold still or I won't be able to get this bandage tight enough." Margali scolded Rogue softly, looking down at her broken wrist.
"So you're Amanda's mom?" Kitty asked, tilting her head to one side. Nodding, Margali finished up and weaved a small spell over the bandages.
"Yes, I'm her mother. You've seen her on your way here haven't you?" she asked, looking up at Rogue seriously.
"We did." Kitty nodded. "Kurt had her sent to a safe place while we went here to get you and the others out of here. Guess that didn't work like we planned huh?" Kitty laughed weakly.
"How badly hurt was she?" Margali asked.
"She wasn't that bad. . ." Kitty started. Margali narrowed her eyes.
"I want the truth. Don't spare me the details just because I'm her mother." She ordered calmly. Sighing, Kitty looked into her eyes.
"Her eyes were gouged out and she was really thin. She told Kurt that the men had raped her too." She answered. She and Rogue winced as stone cracked under Margali's rage.
"I knew they were going to do something like that too her!" she hissed, almost too herself. "I begged them to take me away to do it but no, Graydon had to do it to her instead!" More stones started to shatter before Margali suddenly cried out and stopped her magic outpouring.
"Wot was tha'?" Rogue asked, looking at the cracked rocks. Shaking her head a bit, Margali pulled on the collar around her neck.
"When my emotions get the better of me, my magic starts to pour out on their own. This collar is what stops me from tearing this damned place down stone by stone and stops you and your friends from using their own powers." She explained. "When you try it, you get a shock. The more you try to use your power, the higher the shock gets."
"What I want to know is what Graydon wants with you all." Logan said, crossing his arms across his chest and leaning against a stonewall. Erik sighed, closing his eyes for a moment before he opened them again.
"It seems that Graydon has discovered a way to make a device that could easily link all the minds of the Gifted together by using Charles Xavier; the world's most powerful telepath." He said.
"What kind of device?" Piotr asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Well, it's more of a crystal really, but what it needs to power it is two powerful witches and Charles to make it work in connecting all of the minds of the Gifted." Erik explained.
"What does he need you and Hank for then if his main focus is magic and telepathy?" Logan asked.
"He has all ready tried to use it without my help and Hank's and it has failed horribly, merely shattering a few ear drums and glass windows in the process. Apparently, the crystal Cerebro needs to be placed in some kind of metal holder. Since I don't know what kind to make, Hank will have to instruct him. Of course, that's assuming that we will actually cooperate with Graydon." He added with a sigh.
"How do you think he'll try to make you do it?" Piotr asked. Erik tilted his head to one side, his snow-white hair falling over his ice blue eyes.
"Something tells me that the fact that Raven and I were old allies will play into this somehow." He said.
"You mean he's gonna threaten you with Raven?"
"No, more like he's going to threaten her son to make her get to me." Erik answered with a stifled yawn. "It doesn't matter though. I'm not going to give in to this stupid bastard's demands because I know you and your colleagues are going to figure out a way out of here." He said.
"Well what if we don't?"
"Then I'm afraid your friend Kurt is going to die because I'm not going to give in to a human." Erik answered with a shrug, looking away quietly with his arms across his chest.