Hi again people! I'm a bit depressed coz school starts on Wednesday next
week, but tomorrow my friend's having a big girlie sleepover so that'll be
fun! When school starts, I'll try and write a lot but I have piano lessons,
violin lessons, orchestra, dancing, life saving courses and (of course)
school in my way - you understand! Ok then, here's chapter 4.
By the way, Sarah-Crysala - sorry for winding you up, I won't do that again. *hangs a sign round my neck that says 'MEANIE-HEAD'*
Chapter 4: At the Masterminds' hideout
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"Hey everyone!" said a voice behind a black hooded robe as it jumped through a window. It pulled down its hood to reveal a grinning Tabby. "It worked great!" she squealed excitedly. Magneto, Mystique and Sabretooth stood up to join her and they all gave each other high-fives.
"Yes! One point to the Masterminds!" Mystique squealed.
'Oh ma god these people ahre even cheesier thahn Scott!' Rogue thought, looking down at the odd group (literally). Magneto had a theory that the X- men might think of looking in the old gym just in case, so Sabretooth held her up to a low stable beam on the ceiling in the storeroom, and Magneto used some lead piping to keep her there. If you walked into the storeroom and didn't look up, you wouldn't see anyone on the ceiling at all. She felt a bit stupid; not only was she tied to the ceiling but she was wearing a weird-looking helmet thing and one rollerblade, plus her hands were tied together at the wrists, and her legs were tied together at the knees and the ankles.
They'd come up with 'Masterminds' as a team name. If you got their first initial, M, S, M and T thenn put them together you could make 'Masterminds.' The four had set up a few desks in the storeroom, so they could stay in there and amuse themselves while making sure that Rogue didn't escape. While Tabby was out giving the note to the X-men, the other three were just sat around on the metal chairs Magneto provided. Mystique and Sabretooth were playing linked up Pokemon on their Gameboys (Mystique was having a tantrum because her Golem was getting thrashed by Sabretooth's Blastoise) and Magneto was watching music channels. Annoyingly, Gareth Gates seemed to be on all the time, and Magneto claimed he liked that song, so Rogue was put through the torture.
'Lock me in a prison cell by any means,' she thought, 'but no more of that, please!'. Now though, they were all listening to Tabby tell them exactly what happened at the Institute.
"And then, I said "but you won't see darling Stripes again if you do that!" "
Sabretooth laughed. "If I knew Wolverine cared for her so much, I'd have kidnapped her everyday! So what did the - " he put on a sarcastic tone " - big, tough, Wolverine say when you said that?"
Tabby grinned, then replied "He went "Whadda you mean by that, punk?" but he'd gone all pale and wobbly!" They all laughed.
Rogue couldn't bear it any longer. She didn't care who they laughed at, apart from Wolverine. He always looked after her, whatever happened, which was more than Mystique had done for her or Kurt.
"Will y'all SHUT UP?!?" she yelled from the ceiling. Surprised, they all looked up at her scowling face, "Wolverine actuallah cares foah meh, he looks afta meh. He's a better dadda to meh as you ahre a momma, Mystique! You were nevah there foah me OR Kurt!" Mystique went a peculiar shade of indigo, and stared at her feet. But Rogue carried on.
"Yah nevah cared if we got hurt, Ah bet if Ah was dyin yah wouldn' care at ahll."
Mystique came back at her at this point. "You know that's not true! I do care!" Rogue wasn't sure if they were tears she could see brimming in Mystique's white eyes, but she didn't care now. She might as well continue her point.
"Ah can honestlah say yah're a lousah momma Mystique. An' yah're a lousah dadda Magneto. Yah lock up yah dahghter an' abandon yah son. Yah don't care about yah friends neither - "
But instead of getting hurt about Rogue's outburst, Magneto got angry. "I don't have to listen to this!" He yelled, and stuck out his hand in Rogue's direction. Suddenly, Rogue felt the most terrible pain she'd ever experienced in her life. It was equivalent to the pain when she absorbed someone, times a hundred at least. Fresh tears were streaming down her face; it felt as if she was going to explode if this carried on, she screamed in agony, the pain just got worse . . .
"Magneto! Stop it! STOP IT!" Rogue heard Mystique yell worriedly through the pain.
"Don't! What if you kill her?" Tabby's voice said frantically, concern for Rogue showing a little.
"Come off it, Magneto, she's only a kid." Even Sabretooth was sticking up for her! Suddenly, the pain stopped. She was still crying, growing weaker, she remembered Mystique looking up at her, saying "Rogue? Are you all right? Magneto! Get her down from there now!" before everything went black . . .
Rogue woke up again a few hours later. She sat up, rubbed her eyes, and looked about. She was in the remaining locker room, lying down on a bench. Mystique was watching her, concern written all over her face, and relief on it as Rogue sat up. Tabby was also watching over her, but choosing not to come towards her as Mystique was now, but stayed on the bench she was sat on, looking nervous and a bit embarrassed. Magneto was there too, reading a newspaper on a far away bench.
"Rogue? Are you alright?" Mystique asked again.
"Yeh, Ah'm fahne." Rogue lied; then she suddenly noticed she wasn't tied up anymore. "What just happened?"
"Maybe Magneto can tell you that," Mystique said, clearly annoyed, glancing over her shoulder in Magneto's direction and shooting him dark looks.
Magneto looked up just at that moment and found three people staring at him. One face was confused, one face looked as if they hated him a lot, and the other just looked interested. He blinked.
"Erm . . . " He said.
"Well, aren't you going to explain to poor Rogue what you did to her?" Mystique said coldly.
"Fine," said Magneto, and he walked over and stood behind Mystique, and carried on, "You got me mad, so I reversed your blood flow for a few seconds. Just don't get on my bad side again."
"Whatevah old man." Rogue replied. Magneto glared at her, than said "Tomorrow is Tuesday. I suggest we sleep for now, because we need to train tomorrow ready for our big day on Wednesday."And with that, he walked out the room, followed by Mystique. This left Tabby and Rogue, an awkward silence.
"Er . . . " said Rogue, trying to break the silence.
"Look Rogue, " Tabby finally said, just when Rogue was preparing to go, "We need to talk, and - "
"It can wait til tha mornin." Rogue said, turning her back on Tabby and folding her arms. She was still angry with Tabby for betraying her, and Rogue was getting grumpy from lack of sleep.
"Ok then," Tabby said, sounding dissapointed, "See you tomorrow." And she walked out, leaving Rogue all alone . . .
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There. Done! Chapter 5 will be Tabby's motive, and maybe what happens on Wednesday morning . . . please review!
Luv Thunderfox 150
By the way, Sarah-Crysala - sorry for winding you up, I won't do that again. *hangs a sign round my neck that says 'MEANIE-HEAD'*
Chapter 4: At the Masterminds' hideout
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hey everyone!" said a voice behind a black hooded robe as it jumped through a window. It pulled down its hood to reveal a grinning Tabby. "It worked great!" she squealed excitedly. Magneto, Mystique and Sabretooth stood up to join her and they all gave each other high-fives.
"Yes! One point to the Masterminds!" Mystique squealed.
'Oh ma god these people ahre even cheesier thahn Scott!' Rogue thought, looking down at the odd group (literally). Magneto had a theory that the X- men might think of looking in the old gym just in case, so Sabretooth held her up to a low stable beam on the ceiling in the storeroom, and Magneto used some lead piping to keep her there. If you walked into the storeroom and didn't look up, you wouldn't see anyone on the ceiling at all. She felt a bit stupid; not only was she tied to the ceiling but she was wearing a weird-looking helmet thing and one rollerblade, plus her hands were tied together at the wrists, and her legs were tied together at the knees and the ankles.
They'd come up with 'Masterminds' as a team name. If you got their first initial, M, S, M and T thenn put them together you could make 'Masterminds.' The four had set up a few desks in the storeroom, so they could stay in there and amuse themselves while making sure that Rogue didn't escape. While Tabby was out giving the note to the X-men, the other three were just sat around on the metal chairs Magneto provided. Mystique and Sabretooth were playing linked up Pokemon on their Gameboys (Mystique was having a tantrum because her Golem was getting thrashed by Sabretooth's Blastoise) and Magneto was watching music channels. Annoyingly, Gareth Gates seemed to be on all the time, and Magneto claimed he liked that song, so Rogue was put through the torture.
'Lock me in a prison cell by any means,' she thought, 'but no more of that, please!'. Now though, they were all listening to Tabby tell them exactly what happened at the Institute.
"And then, I said "but you won't see darling Stripes again if you do that!" "
Sabretooth laughed. "If I knew Wolverine cared for her so much, I'd have kidnapped her everyday! So what did the - " he put on a sarcastic tone " - big, tough, Wolverine say when you said that?"
Tabby grinned, then replied "He went "Whadda you mean by that, punk?" but he'd gone all pale and wobbly!" They all laughed.
Rogue couldn't bear it any longer. She didn't care who they laughed at, apart from Wolverine. He always looked after her, whatever happened, which was more than Mystique had done for her or Kurt.
"Will y'all SHUT UP?!?" she yelled from the ceiling. Surprised, they all looked up at her scowling face, "Wolverine actuallah cares foah meh, he looks afta meh. He's a better dadda to meh as you ahre a momma, Mystique! You were nevah there foah me OR Kurt!" Mystique went a peculiar shade of indigo, and stared at her feet. But Rogue carried on.
"Yah nevah cared if we got hurt, Ah bet if Ah was dyin yah wouldn' care at ahll."
Mystique came back at her at this point. "You know that's not true! I do care!" Rogue wasn't sure if they were tears she could see brimming in Mystique's white eyes, but she didn't care now. She might as well continue her point.
"Ah can honestlah say yah're a lousah momma Mystique. An' yah're a lousah dadda Magneto. Yah lock up yah dahghter an' abandon yah son. Yah don't care about yah friends neither - "
But instead of getting hurt about Rogue's outburst, Magneto got angry. "I don't have to listen to this!" He yelled, and stuck out his hand in Rogue's direction. Suddenly, Rogue felt the most terrible pain she'd ever experienced in her life. It was equivalent to the pain when she absorbed someone, times a hundred at least. Fresh tears were streaming down her face; it felt as if she was going to explode if this carried on, she screamed in agony, the pain just got worse . . .
"Magneto! Stop it! STOP IT!" Rogue heard Mystique yell worriedly through the pain.
"Don't! What if you kill her?" Tabby's voice said frantically, concern for Rogue showing a little.
"Come off it, Magneto, she's only a kid." Even Sabretooth was sticking up for her! Suddenly, the pain stopped. She was still crying, growing weaker, she remembered Mystique looking up at her, saying "Rogue? Are you all right? Magneto! Get her down from there now!" before everything went black . . .
Rogue woke up again a few hours later. She sat up, rubbed her eyes, and looked about. She was in the remaining locker room, lying down on a bench. Mystique was watching her, concern written all over her face, and relief on it as Rogue sat up. Tabby was also watching over her, but choosing not to come towards her as Mystique was now, but stayed on the bench she was sat on, looking nervous and a bit embarrassed. Magneto was there too, reading a newspaper on a far away bench.
"Rogue? Are you alright?" Mystique asked again.
"Yeh, Ah'm fahne." Rogue lied; then she suddenly noticed she wasn't tied up anymore. "What just happened?"
"Maybe Magneto can tell you that," Mystique said, clearly annoyed, glancing over her shoulder in Magneto's direction and shooting him dark looks.
Magneto looked up just at that moment and found three people staring at him. One face was confused, one face looked as if they hated him a lot, and the other just looked interested. He blinked.
"Erm . . . " He said.
"Well, aren't you going to explain to poor Rogue what you did to her?" Mystique said coldly.
"Fine," said Magneto, and he walked over and stood behind Mystique, and carried on, "You got me mad, so I reversed your blood flow for a few seconds. Just don't get on my bad side again."
"Whatevah old man." Rogue replied. Magneto glared at her, than said "Tomorrow is Tuesday. I suggest we sleep for now, because we need to train tomorrow ready for our big day on Wednesday."And with that, he walked out the room, followed by Mystique. This left Tabby and Rogue, an awkward silence.
"Er . . . " said Rogue, trying to break the silence.
"Look Rogue, " Tabby finally said, just when Rogue was preparing to go, "We need to talk, and - "
"It can wait til tha mornin." Rogue said, turning her back on Tabby and folding her arms. She was still angry with Tabby for betraying her, and Rogue was getting grumpy from lack of sleep.
"Ok then," Tabby said, sounding dissapointed, "See you tomorrow." And she walked out, leaving Rogue all alone . . .
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There. Done! Chapter 5 will be Tabby's motive, and maybe what happens on Wednesday morning . . . please review!
Luv Thunderfox 150