Hey everyone! Thanks to SOME people for reviewing NICELY - one reviewer (no
names mentioned) should go live in a toilet. (You know who you are - at
least I can be bothered to write stuff :p)
Anyway, now that's over, I'll get on with the fic. I've decided to have this chapter just as Tabby's motive- whatever antics happen on Wednesday will be in the next chapter.
Oh yeah, I just remembered. Quite a lot of you Truly Excellent Absolutely Brilliant Reviewers were wondering how Magneto reverses blood flows. Well, to b honest I don't quite know! My daddy got me an Uncanny X-men comic-book- thing with about 3 comics in it if you get me. Well in one bit (Uncanny X- men #418) this nurse person is looking after Alex (Scott's bruv) coz he's in a coma, then that Lorna person with green hair comes along (coz she's Alex's girlfriend or something) and she has the power of magnetism. So for some reason Lorna reversed the nurse's blood flow. Well, if it's sick, Magneto does it. (Hey, good phrase! I'll have to remember that)
Ok then! Chapter 5: (or is it 6? Or 7? I can't remember!) Tabby's motive
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Kurt awoke on Tuesday morning, sunlight streaming through his window, shining on his fur and making it gleam. Kurt himself felt anything but gleaming though. His sister, his only real relative who actually liked him, was gone. She could die at any minute. If only he knew where she was - he would have happily faced Magneto and his acolytes single-handedly - he would be fighting a losing battle (literally) but it would be worth it. With a sigh, he teleported downstairs to get some breakfast.
*
Rogue also woke on Tuesday morning with sunlight also flowing through the minuscule gap in the ceiling. Like Kurt, she was anything but happy. (AN well you wouldn't be if you were kidnapped would ya?) She had awoken from a nightmare, to find that she was still in one. She'd awoken in the night, and, as she was in the locker room, totally untied, figured there might be a chance to escape. She had tried the door - it was open! But things weren't meant to be that easy. Sabretooth was guarding her door, and yelled for Magneto instantly. So, now she was in her usual spot on the beam in the roof, with lead piping round her waist, shoulders and knees to hold her there. Then a thought struck her.
'I haven't eaten for two days! These people haven't even noticed! Good job I've managed this when I was on the streets. Kurt would've died by now!' Rogue smiled slightly at the thought of Kurt. 'If only he knew what was happening . . . '
Suddenly, Rogue's mood changed. She went from a bit sad to very angry.
'How dare they just sleep now, while tomorrow they're gonna kill everyone important in my life!' she thought, fury flaming up in her green eyes as she stared down at the four sleeping people below her. Then, with a sly smirk spreading across her face as she had an idea. Now, what had her drama teacher said before? Oh yes. "If you want to heard, that's great. Just make sure it's loud."
"AH KNOW A SONG THAT GETS ON YAH NERVES, GETS ON YAH NERVES, GETS ON YAH NERVES. AH KNOW A SONG THAT GETS ON YAH NERVES, AHND IT GOES A BIT LAHKE THIS: AH KNOW A SONG THAT GETS ON YAH NERVES, GETS ON YAH NERVES . . . "
"AAARRRRGGGHHHH!" Mystique screamed, as she fell off her chair. "AAARRRRGGGHHHH!" Tabby shrieked as she sat up straight where she was sleeping on the floor and banged her head on the metal desk.
"AAARRRRGGGHHHH!" Magneto yelled, and the metal objects (e.g. chairs, tables etc) levitated a foot in the air.
"AAARRRRGGGHHHH!" Sabretooth shouted as he splatted of a chair that was levitating.
Rogue grinned at the four Masterminds ("Masterminds, whatevah!") but still kept on at the very-loud-very-annoying-song that she picked up from some kids when she was 7. " . . . AND IT GOES A BIT LAHKE THIS: AH KNOW A SONG THAT . . . "
"HOW DO WE SHUT HER UP?!" Sabretooth tried to yell to no one in particular over the singing, his hands covering his ears.
"PLEASE TRY, I'M GETTING A HEADACHE!" Tabby yelled to the same no one in particular, covering her ears too.
"YOU'RE HER MOM, YOU TRY!" Magneto yelled to Mystique.
"ME? SHE HATES ME! YOU'RE THE SCARY EVIL GUY!" Mystique yelled back.
"WELL, YOU'RE THE SCARY BLUE-SKINNED MUM!"
"THAT IS SOOOOOOOOO RACIST!"
"ALRIGHT ALREADY! I'LL TALK TO HER! JUST GET HER DOWN!" Tabby finally gave in. Magneto pointed his hand in the direction of the still-singing Rogue, and undid the lead piping holding her up. Rogue stopped singing then, but then she started yelling too. She was going to fall right onto the metal desk underneath her! She closed her eyes when she fell, but then she hit something quite soft. She opened an eye. She was sitting in Sabretooth's arms!
"Honestly, Magneto, the plan was not to kill her!" Sabretooth grunted, shifting Rogue out of his arms so she landed on her feet.
Rogue sent a glare in Magneto's direction, then asked "Uh - whah am Ah down here?"
"Tabby is going to talk with you. Any questions you wish to ask she will answer." Magneto replied. "Go in the locker room again. The two of you can talk in private there. Go." He gestured lazily towards the locker room. Rogue looked at Tabby. She was staring at her feet, looking nervous. Confidently, Rogue strode into the locker room. Tabby shuffled in behind her. Mystique rolled her eyes and Sabretooth grinned (but not with slaver all over his teeth like in the cartoon coz that's just gross).
"So . . . " Tabby started.
"Ok then," Rogue said sharply, "Question numbah one: Whah'd yah betray the X-men? Whay'd yah betray me?"
*
At the X-men mansion, Logan was getting tired of waiting for tomorrow morning. Every time he asked the Professor about it he just replied, "In time, Logan. In time." Well, Logan was sick of 'in time' so he decided to do a little exploring himself. Sneaking out, he grabbed his motorbike and sped off into the town. Luckily as it was 5 'o' clock in the morning there wasn't many people to spot him. Logan sniffed the air. No scent of her here. But he knew a place he could check . . .
* BANG BANG BANG
"Toad, get the door." Lance mumbled, still half asleep.
"Why me, yo? Make Pietro get it."
"Just get the door Toad." Lance replied, and the ground began the shake just a little.
"Alright alright, I'll get it." Toad grumbled, hopping out of bed and down the stairs. "Why does it always have to be me yo?"
Toad swung open the door. Staring right back at him was a snarling, scowling Wolverine.
"AAARRRRGGGHHHH!" Toad screamed and slammed the door again. Lance, Pietro and Fred all lumbered down the stairs, yawning and rubbing their eyes.
"Who's at the door?" Fred asked Toad.
But before Toad could answer, three claws scraped through the wooden door, and the door fell off. Wolverine grabbed the nearest guy (Toad) and hauled him up in the air.
"Where is she?" he growled at Toad.
"Who?" Toad asked back, his voice trembling.
"You know who I mean!"
"M-M-Mystique? We haven't seen her in days, we - "
"Not Mystique! ROGUE!"
"I've no idea!"
"Don't lie to me, you stinking little - "
"Hey!" Lance stepped forward, "Don't hurt him or else!"
"Wehaven'tseenRogueyhasshegonebyebyes?" Pietro asked, "Iknewthatinstitutewascrap."
"Search here all you want, you won't be able to find her!" Lance said.
"That's because we haven't got her." Fred added. Toad, still in Wolverine's clutch, was nodding furiously. Wolverine threw him down, sniffed the air again and growled "She isn't here." He turned, got on his bike outside and rode away.
"You know, I don't like that guy." Toad said, rubbing his head.
*
"Rogue, I didn't really betray you. I - "
"Whatevah."
"No, really. Just listen. I never fitted in. At home, at the institute, at the brotherhood. My powers aren't the most powerful, so I wasn't important to Mystique. I hated being a 'new recruit' at the Institute. I was bullied at home for being a mutant. I was just out on my own when I had an idea. If the most powerful mutants got together, and formed a team, we would be unstoppable. We could make sure that mutants weren't bullied as I was, as many still are. It would be brilliant."
"And yah kidnapped me because . . .?"
"Because not only are you powerful, you can lure the other powerful X-men here. Not long after I left the Institute, I had a power surge. It enables me to make not only energy balls, but bombs too. I can make mist bombs, knockout bombs, all sorts. That's what I used on you. Don't look at me like that!" Tabby protested, catching Rogue's hatred look, "I'm still your friend!"
"Ah didn't know friends kidnapped, knocked out, kicked, laughed at and criticised each other. Ah'll have tah remember to kidnap Kitty sometahme."
Tabby uttered a small laugh, then continued, "I do care about you though, honestly."
Rogue stood up and whirled round to face her. "NO YAH DON'T!"
"What?" Tabby said, shocked. She hadn't been expecting that.
"YAH CAME OUT WITH MEH, JEAN AHND KITTY THE DAY YAH NABBED MEH!"
"Yeah . . ."
"SO YEH WERE HANGIN OUT WITH TWO PEOPLE YAH WERE GONNA KILL AHND ONE YAH WAS GONNA KIDNAP! HOW FRIENDLY IS THAT!"
Hearing all the shouting, Mystique burst in, making them both jump. "Rogue! Stop it right now. Tabby, go with Magneto, you have to train."
"Humph. Yah not mah momma, yah can't tell meh what to do."
Mystique blinked.
"Oh well, fahne, yah are, but yah sure don't act lahke one."
Mystique frowned, and angrily grabbed Rogue's arm and pulled her back into the storeroom. When Tabby came out, Rogue was tied to a beam with a gag on. Mystique, Sabretooth and Tabby were just in the storeroom about to come out when Magneto burst in looking sinister.
"Look everyone!" he said. Everyone turned their heads in his direction as he finished, "We have a visitor."
He waved his hand through the door and for a minute there was the sound of something really heavy being dragged. Soon, a face appeared at the door. Sabretooth roared with glee. Rogue's eyes widened. It was . . . Wolverine.
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That's the end of this chapter! And remember: the more reviews, the sooner I write! ^_^
Bye
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Anyway, now that's over, I'll get on with the fic. I've decided to have this chapter just as Tabby's motive- whatever antics happen on Wednesday will be in the next chapter.
Oh yeah, I just remembered. Quite a lot of you Truly Excellent Absolutely Brilliant Reviewers were wondering how Magneto reverses blood flows. Well, to b honest I don't quite know! My daddy got me an Uncanny X-men comic-book- thing with about 3 comics in it if you get me. Well in one bit (Uncanny X- men #418) this nurse person is looking after Alex (Scott's bruv) coz he's in a coma, then that Lorna person with green hair comes along (coz she's Alex's girlfriend or something) and she has the power of magnetism. So for some reason Lorna reversed the nurse's blood flow. Well, if it's sick, Magneto does it. (Hey, good phrase! I'll have to remember that)
Ok then! Chapter 5: (or is it 6? Or 7? I can't remember!) Tabby's motive
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Kurt awoke on Tuesday morning, sunlight streaming through his window, shining on his fur and making it gleam. Kurt himself felt anything but gleaming though. His sister, his only real relative who actually liked him, was gone. She could die at any minute. If only he knew where she was - he would have happily faced Magneto and his acolytes single-handedly - he would be fighting a losing battle (literally) but it would be worth it. With a sigh, he teleported downstairs to get some breakfast.
*
Rogue also woke on Tuesday morning with sunlight also flowing through the minuscule gap in the ceiling. Like Kurt, she was anything but happy. (AN well you wouldn't be if you were kidnapped would ya?) She had awoken from a nightmare, to find that she was still in one. She'd awoken in the night, and, as she was in the locker room, totally untied, figured there might be a chance to escape. She had tried the door - it was open! But things weren't meant to be that easy. Sabretooth was guarding her door, and yelled for Magneto instantly. So, now she was in her usual spot on the beam in the roof, with lead piping round her waist, shoulders and knees to hold her there. Then a thought struck her.
'I haven't eaten for two days! These people haven't even noticed! Good job I've managed this when I was on the streets. Kurt would've died by now!' Rogue smiled slightly at the thought of Kurt. 'If only he knew what was happening . . . '
Suddenly, Rogue's mood changed. She went from a bit sad to very angry.
'How dare they just sleep now, while tomorrow they're gonna kill everyone important in my life!' she thought, fury flaming up in her green eyes as she stared down at the four sleeping people below her. Then, with a sly smirk spreading across her face as she had an idea. Now, what had her drama teacher said before? Oh yes. "If you want to heard, that's great. Just make sure it's loud."
"AH KNOW A SONG THAT GETS ON YAH NERVES, GETS ON YAH NERVES, GETS ON YAH NERVES. AH KNOW A SONG THAT GETS ON YAH NERVES, AHND IT GOES A BIT LAHKE THIS: AH KNOW A SONG THAT GETS ON YAH NERVES, GETS ON YAH NERVES . . . "
"AAARRRRGGGHHHH!" Mystique screamed, as she fell off her chair. "AAARRRRGGGHHHH!" Tabby shrieked as she sat up straight where she was sleeping on the floor and banged her head on the metal desk.
"AAARRRRGGGHHHH!" Magneto yelled, and the metal objects (e.g. chairs, tables etc) levitated a foot in the air.
"AAARRRRGGGHHHH!" Sabretooth shouted as he splatted of a chair that was levitating.
Rogue grinned at the four Masterminds ("Masterminds, whatevah!") but still kept on at the very-loud-very-annoying-song that she picked up from some kids when she was 7. " . . . AND IT GOES A BIT LAHKE THIS: AH KNOW A SONG THAT . . . "
"HOW DO WE SHUT HER UP?!" Sabretooth tried to yell to no one in particular over the singing, his hands covering his ears.
"PLEASE TRY, I'M GETTING A HEADACHE!" Tabby yelled to the same no one in particular, covering her ears too.
"YOU'RE HER MOM, YOU TRY!" Magneto yelled to Mystique.
"ME? SHE HATES ME! YOU'RE THE SCARY EVIL GUY!" Mystique yelled back.
"WELL, YOU'RE THE SCARY BLUE-SKINNED MUM!"
"THAT IS SOOOOOOOOO RACIST!"
"ALRIGHT ALREADY! I'LL TALK TO HER! JUST GET HER DOWN!" Tabby finally gave in. Magneto pointed his hand in the direction of the still-singing Rogue, and undid the lead piping holding her up. Rogue stopped singing then, but then she started yelling too. She was going to fall right onto the metal desk underneath her! She closed her eyes when she fell, but then she hit something quite soft. She opened an eye. She was sitting in Sabretooth's arms!
"Honestly, Magneto, the plan was not to kill her!" Sabretooth grunted, shifting Rogue out of his arms so she landed on her feet.
Rogue sent a glare in Magneto's direction, then asked "Uh - whah am Ah down here?"
"Tabby is going to talk with you. Any questions you wish to ask she will answer." Magneto replied. "Go in the locker room again. The two of you can talk in private there. Go." He gestured lazily towards the locker room. Rogue looked at Tabby. She was staring at her feet, looking nervous. Confidently, Rogue strode into the locker room. Tabby shuffled in behind her. Mystique rolled her eyes and Sabretooth grinned (but not with slaver all over his teeth like in the cartoon coz that's just gross).
"So . . . " Tabby started.
"Ok then," Rogue said sharply, "Question numbah one: Whah'd yah betray the X-men? Whay'd yah betray me?"
*
At the X-men mansion, Logan was getting tired of waiting for tomorrow morning. Every time he asked the Professor about it he just replied, "In time, Logan. In time." Well, Logan was sick of 'in time' so he decided to do a little exploring himself. Sneaking out, he grabbed his motorbike and sped off into the town. Luckily as it was 5 'o' clock in the morning there wasn't many people to spot him. Logan sniffed the air. No scent of her here. But he knew a place he could check . . .
* BANG BANG BANG
"Toad, get the door." Lance mumbled, still half asleep.
"Why me, yo? Make Pietro get it."
"Just get the door Toad." Lance replied, and the ground began the shake just a little.
"Alright alright, I'll get it." Toad grumbled, hopping out of bed and down the stairs. "Why does it always have to be me yo?"
Toad swung open the door. Staring right back at him was a snarling, scowling Wolverine.
"AAARRRRGGGHHHH!" Toad screamed and slammed the door again. Lance, Pietro and Fred all lumbered down the stairs, yawning and rubbing their eyes.
"Who's at the door?" Fred asked Toad.
But before Toad could answer, three claws scraped through the wooden door, and the door fell off. Wolverine grabbed the nearest guy (Toad) and hauled him up in the air.
"Where is she?" he growled at Toad.
"Who?" Toad asked back, his voice trembling.
"You know who I mean!"
"M-M-Mystique? We haven't seen her in days, we - "
"Not Mystique! ROGUE!"
"I've no idea!"
"Don't lie to me, you stinking little - "
"Hey!" Lance stepped forward, "Don't hurt him or else!"
"Wehaven'tseenRogueyhasshegonebyebyes?" Pietro asked, "Iknewthatinstitutewascrap."
"Search here all you want, you won't be able to find her!" Lance said.
"That's because we haven't got her." Fred added. Toad, still in Wolverine's clutch, was nodding furiously. Wolverine threw him down, sniffed the air again and growled "She isn't here." He turned, got on his bike outside and rode away.
"You know, I don't like that guy." Toad said, rubbing his head.
*
"Rogue, I didn't really betray you. I - "
"Whatevah."
"No, really. Just listen. I never fitted in. At home, at the institute, at the brotherhood. My powers aren't the most powerful, so I wasn't important to Mystique. I hated being a 'new recruit' at the Institute. I was bullied at home for being a mutant. I was just out on my own when I had an idea. If the most powerful mutants got together, and formed a team, we would be unstoppable. We could make sure that mutants weren't bullied as I was, as many still are. It would be brilliant."
"And yah kidnapped me because . . .?"
"Because not only are you powerful, you can lure the other powerful X-men here. Not long after I left the Institute, I had a power surge. It enables me to make not only energy balls, but bombs too. I can make mist bombs, knockout bombs, all sorts. That's what I used on you. Don't look at me like that!" Tabby protested, catching Rogue's hatred look, "I'm still your friend!"
"Ah didn't know friends kidnapped, knocked out, kicked, laughed at and criticised each other. Ah'll have tah remember to kidnap Kitty sometahme."
Tabby uttered a small laugh, then continued, "I do care about you though, honestly."
Rogue stood up and whirled round to face her. "NO YAH DON'T!"
"What?" Tabby said, shocked. She hadn't been expecting that.
"YAH CAME OUT WITH MEH, JEAN AHND KITTY THE DAY YAH NABBED MEH!"
"Yeah . . ."
"SO YEH WERE HANGIN OUT WITH TWO PEOPLE YAH WERE GONNA KILL AHND ONE YAH WAS GONNA KIDNAP! HOW FRIENDLY IS THAT!"
Hearing all the shouting, Mystique burst in, making them both jump. "Rogue! Stop it right now. Tabby, go with Magneto, you have to train."
"Humph. Yah not mah momma, yah can't tell meh what to do."
Mystique blinked.
"Oh well, fahne, yah are, but yah sure don't act lahke one."
Mystique frowned, and angrily grabbed Rogue's arm and pulled her back into the storeroom. When Tabby came out, Rogue was tied to a beam with a gag on. Mystique, Sabretooth and Tabby were just in the storeroom about to come out when Magneto burst in looking sinister.
"Look everyone!" he said. Everyone turned their heads in his direction as he finished, "We have a visitor."
He waved his hand through the door and for a minute there was the sound of something really heavy being dragged. Soon, a face appeared at the door. Sabretooth roared with glee. Rogue's eyes widened. It was . . . Wolverine.
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That's the end of this chapter! And remember: the more reviews, the sooner I write! ^_^
Bye
Luv Thunderfox 150