Chapter Four: Diamond Shaft of Mirrors
Timber held onto Pyro as they continued to fall. As they fell deeper into the cold depths, they noticed the puck landed right on the hole they fell in, making it completely dark.
"Get a light!!" shouted Timber.
Pyro quickly dug around in his back pocket and felt his silver lighter. He picked it out and clicked it on, making his hand swirl around it to keep it alive. When they both looked down, there was a shining light, revealing that they were heading straight into a patch of spikes that probably were as tall as Magneto himself.
"Timber, use your powers to make us float!" demanded Pyro as the flame floated freely.
She nodded and moved her hands down as low as she could, releasing a blast of black energy. The blackness came from under their feet and traveled up, slowing down their fall until Timber managed to make them move to safer land.
When the dark shadows disappeared from underneath them, Timber immediately fell to the ground on her stomach since the wires went up quickly around her arms. The wires still continued on up, trying to consume her entire body.
"Pyro, get these things off of me!" she commanded.
He looked to her then remembered about the wires. ".Oh yeah!" he raced over to her and burned the rest of the dead wires off, killing the moving ones.
Timber got up and rubbed her eyes. Had she been down here before? It seemed way too familiar. A sudden sick feeling started in her stomach, like something was to happen. Pyro stood next to her with his lighter, their only source of light.
"Ya' alright?" he asked quietly.
Timber snapped out of her thoughts and nodded quickly. "Yeah, let's just. hurry up and get out of here."
Pyro agreed and waved a hand in front of the lighter. Suddenly, a stream of flames shot around the tunnel, lighting all of the torches. When Timber looked down, she jumped up a little. Covering the entire ground under their feet was a giant mirror that was obviously cracked several times. Pyro looked down and arched an eyebrow. He then pointed at something that reflected off of the roof and onto the mirror.
"Look. It says 'Diamond Shaft of Mirrors. Ahead, Experiment X26."
Timber blinked then shuddered. Even that name sounded familiar. What was going on? She followed the mirrored trail with Pyro, hoping to find a way out before something happens.
**********
"Timber! Timber, where are you!?" shouted Lance as he searched around the park.
Logan sniffed the air. "Avalanche's sister. her scent is familiar. Where have I smelt it before.?"
Lance glared at Logan skeptically. "Maybe in the mansion?"
"Why don't y' two just shut up and keep looking?" asked Remy irritatedly.
It's been an hour since Timber and Pyro's disappearance. The X-Men, Lance, and Remy separated into several groups to search. Team one included Kitty, Mr. McCoy, Jean, and Rogue. Team two had Bobby, Jubilee, and Scott, and team three had Logan, Lance, and Remy.
"Look Cajun, you said you saw them drop through the tunnel right?" asked Logan as he sniffed the area where they fell.
"I know I saw them fall through where y' are. Find a secret switch or sumthin'."
Lance searched around the area, hoping to find a way to get to his sister until he heard something from below him. He bent down and started scratching at the iced floor.
"Stop tryin' to be a dog and start lookin'!" said Remy searching the walls.
"Why don't you shut up and listen? Something's going on down below us."
Logan and Remy walked over to Lance's area, watching Lance move away from the ice. He stood up and turned to them.
"I'm gonna shake this place up!"
******
"Hey, here's a door." Said Pyro, placing his hand on a metal shining door.
Timber walked up next to him and gasped. (Could this be? No, it can't be. That never happened to me. Right?)
"Timber?"
She swiftly turned to the Aussie and smiled nervously. "Yeah?"
He looked at her for a moment. "Nah, neva mind. Let's go inside."
When Pyro pushed the door open, an earthquake started. Timber gasped again and looked up, knowing her brother was on the top floor.
"Pyro, we gotta tell Lance to stop! He's going to make the place collapse!" she cried as rocks from the roof began to fall.
He looked up and noticed a softened earth area that looked like mud. Pyro walked up to it and clicked on his lighter. Timber looked at him strangely and stepped back a little as a large rock fell in front of her.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
Pyro smirked. "Whoever's feet is on top of this area is gonna get a warning."
The lighter's flame grew higher every moment Pyro's fingers moved up. When it reached the top, the flames started to spread over to the sides. Suddenly, a loud yelp was heard with some foreign words.
"I never knew Lance spoke a different language." Said Timber while giggling.
Pyro laughed. "No, that's Remy."
Suddenly, the floor collapsed entirely. A curtain of smoke surrounded the area as the sounds settled. Everyone was coughing hard as the smoke made their eyes tear with the mixture of smoke, and ice. As the smoke became clearer, a shriek was heard followed by some other words in a different language. Finally, the smoke cleared revealing a pissed off Logan and Lance, and a cursing Remy LeBeau who was hopping around the tunnel holding his boot.
"Merde Pyro! Did y' havta use the fire on me?!"
Pyro glanced around the tunnel. There were rocks around the ground, which cracked the mirror even more but surprisingly didn't break it, Logan and Lance were still recovering from the fall, and Remy was finally calming down. But there was no sign of Timber. Pyro quickly turned to Lance and Logan, hoping they saw her.
"Hey, where's Timber?" he asked worriedly.
Remy shrugged and Lance stepped over a couple rocks over to Pyro, grabbing the collar of his black shirt.
"Now you're worried about her?! Why did you take her here in the first place?!"
Pyro smirked and held the lighter up to Lance's hands, making him release quickly. He backed up and shook his head, gritting his teeth furiously.
"Before you all start dukin' it out, how about we start lookin' for Timber?" said Logan as he walked past them.
Pyro looked over to the metal door he pushed earlier and noticed footprints that seemed disturbed. He followed Logan inside the darkness while Remy and Lance did the same.
*******
"Oh no." said Logan with a low whisper.
Pyro arched an eyebrow as Lance searched around. Remy just stood in place, looking for any sign of Timber.
"What? Ya' know this place?" he asked.
Logan nodded and sniffed the air then growled. "This is the second experiment hold where experiment X26 was born."
Remy walked up to Logan, showing interest in the new subject. "Experiment X26? Isn't that.?"
"Oh yeah. X26 started the meteor shower before Timber."
Lance stepped in. "You mean the one that destroyed that little town in Maryland?"
Logan nodded. "I felt so sorry for X26. Especially at the time when I first laid eyes on her."
Okay, expect a flashback on the next chapter since Logan's going to be telling the story about Experiment X26. I decided to change the genre to action/adventure/humor/romance! Yay! Reviews would be nice....
Timber held onto Pyro as they continued to fall. As they fell deeper into the cold depths, they noticed the puck landed right on the hole they fell in, making it completely dark.
"Get a light!!" shouted Timber.
Pyro quickly dug around in his back pocket and felt his silver lighter. He picked it out and clicked it on, making his hand swirl around it to keep it alive. When they both looked down, there was a shining light, revealing that they were heading straight into a patch of spikes that probably were as tall as Magneto himself.
"Timber, use your powers to make us float!" demanded Pyro as the flame floated freely.
She nodded and moved her hands down as low as she could, releasing a blast of black energy. The blackness came from under their feet and traveled up, slowing down their fall until Timber managed to make them move to safer land.
When the dark shadows disappeared from underneath them, Timber immediately fell to the ground on her stomach since the wires went up quickly around her arms. The wires still continued on up, trying to consume her entire body.
"Pyro, get these things off of me!" she commanded.
He looked to her then remembered about the wires. ".Oh yeah!" he raced over to her and burned the rest of the dead wires off, killing the moving ones.
Timber got up and rubbed her eyes. Had she been down here before? It seemed way too familiar. A sudden sick feeling started in her stomach, like something was to happen. Pyro stood next to her with his lighter, their only source of light.
"Ya' alright?" he asked quietly.
Timber snapped out of her thoughts and nodded quickly. "Yeah, let's just. hurry up and get out of here."
Pyro agreed and waved a hand in front of the lighter. Suddenly, a stream of flames shot around the tunnel, lighting all of the torches. When Timber looked down, she jumped up a little. Covering the entire ground under their feet was a giant mirror that was obviously cracked several times. Pyro looked down and arched an eyebrow. He then pointed at something that reflected off of the roof and onto the mirror.
"Look. It says 'Diamond Shaft of Mirrors. Ahead, Experiment X26."
Timber blinked then shuddered. Even that name sounded familiar. What was going on? She followed the mirrored trail with Pyro, hoping to find a way out before something happens.
**********
"Timber! Timber, where are you!?" shouted Lance as he searched around the park.
Logan sniffed the air. "Avalanche's sister. her scent is familiar. Where have I smelt it before.?"
Lance glared at Logan skeptically. "Maybe in the mansion?"
"Why don't y' two just shut up and keep looking?" asked Remy irritatedly.
It's been an hour since Timber and Pyro's disappearance. The X-Men, Lance, and Remy separated into several groups to search. Team one included Kitty, Mr. McCoy, Jean, and Rogue. Team two had Bobby, Jubilee, and Scott, and team three had Logan, Lance, and Remy.
"Look Cajun, you said you saw them drop through the tunnel right?" asked Logan as he sniffed the area where they fell.
"I know I saw them fall through where y' are. Find a secret switch or sumthin'."
Lance searched around the area, hoping to find a way to get to his sister until he heard something from below him. He bent down and started scratching at the iced floor.
"Stop tryin' to be a dog and start lookin'!" said Remy searching the walls.
"Why don't you shut up and listen? Something's going on down below us."
Logan and Remy walked over to Lance's area, watching Lance move away from the ice. He stood up and turned to them.
"I'm gonna shake this place up!"
******
"Hey, here's a door." Said Pyro, placing his hand on a metal shining door.
Timber walked up next to him and gasped. (Could this be? No, it can't be. That never happened to me. Right?)
"Timber?"
She swiftly turned to the Aussie and smiled nervously. "Yeah?"
He looked at her for a moment. "Nah, neva mind. Let's go inside."
When Pyro pushed the door open, an earthquake started. Timber gasped again and looked up, knowing her brother was on the top floor.
"Pyro, we gotta tell Lance to stop! He's going to make the place collapse!" she cried as rocks from the roof began to fall.
He looked up and noticed a softened earth area that looked like mud. Pyro walked up to it and clicked on his lighter. Timber looked at him strangely and stepped back a little as a large rock fell in front of her.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
Pyro smirked. "Whoever's feet is on top of this area is gonna get a warning."
The lighter's flame grew higher every moment Pyro's fingers moved up. When it reached the top, the flames started to spread over to the sides. Suddenly, a loud yelp was heard with some foreign words.
"I never knew Lance spoke a different language." Said Timber while giggling.
Pyro laughed. "No, that's Remy."
Suddenly, the floor collapsed entirely. A curtain of smoke surrounded the area as the sounds settled. Everyone was coughing hard as the smoke made their eyes tear with the mixture of smoke, and ice. As the smoke became clearer, a shriek was heard followed by some other words in a different language. Finally, the smoke cleared revealing a pissed off Logan and Lance, and a cursing Remy LeBeau who was hopping around the tunnel holding his boot.
"Merde Pyro! Did y' havta use the fire on me?!"
Pyro glanced around the tunnel. There were rocks around the ground, which cracked the mirror even more but surprisingly didn't break it, Logan and Lance were still recovering from the fall, and Remy was finally calming down. But there was no sign of Timber. Pyro quickly turned to Lance and Logan, hoping they saw her.
"Hey, where's Timber?" he asked worriedly.
Remy shrugged and Lance stepped over a couple rocks over to Pyro, grabbing the collar of his black shirt.
"Now you're worried about her?! Why did you take her here in the first place?!"
Pyro smirked and held the lighter up to Lance's hands, making him release quickly. He backed up and shook his head, gritting his teeth furiously.
"Before you all start dukin' it out, how about we start lookin' for Timber?" said Logan as he walked past them.
Pyro looked over to the metal door he pushed earlier and noticed footprints that seemed disturbed. He followed Logan inside the darkness while Remy and Lance did the same.
*******
"Oh no." said Logan with a low whisper.
Pyro arched an eyebrow as Lance searched around. Remy just stood in place, looking for any sign of Timber.
"What? Ya' know this place?" he asked.
Logan nodded and sniffed the air then growled. "This is the second experiment hold where experiment X26 was born."
Remy walked up to Logan, showing interest in the new subject. "Experiment X26? Isn't that.?"
"Oh yeah. X26 started the meteor shower before Timber."
Lance stepped in. "You mean the one that destroyed that little town in Maryland?"
Logan nodded. "I felt so sorry for X26. Especially at the time when I first laid eyes on her."
Okay, expect a flashback on the next chapter since Logan's going to be telling the story about Experiment X26. I decided to change the genre to action/adventure/humor/romance! Yay! Reviews would be nice....