Sorry about this one being the shortest chapter yet. I wasn't sure how
finish this 'meeting,' so this is kinda filler for now. No worries though,
the next chapter should be much better.
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Meltdown, still standing behind the Fates started laughing. "The look on your faces was priceless!"
Mystique gave a wry smile. "Not a very trusting group are they?"
Colossus whirled to face Mystique, "Why would we be trusting? You stay with that BEAST even though you know all of the horrible things he's done!"
The sudden outburst caught Mystique off guard. She turned to glare at the assembled Gods, knowing that they all, at least in part, believed that Colossus was right. "Imagine how much worse it could become if I didn't stay with Archangel, trying to hold him to some semblance of sanity!" she snarled.
"Enough!" Sage yelled. "Arguing about this will not change the decision."
"Your decision!" Domino yelled. "What if some of us don't agree with having Mystique in such a position of power over us?"
All those gathered fell silent. No one had ever challenged a decision that the Fates had made, especially when they all agreed.
Silently the Fates aligned themselves. Sage stood to the left, Destiny to the right, and Meggan in the middle. "Together we have seen all that has happened in our past," Sage intoned.
"Together we see all that is happening in our present," Meggan continued.
"Together we see all that will happen in our future," Destiny finished.
"Our decisions are sound and made for the prosperity of all," they said together.
Domino frowned, "So you know more than we do. But how do we know you don't have some hidden agenda up your sleeves?"
Meggan laughed, "We require a balance in the universe. We are a neutral force and we can't have a 'hidden agenda' in anything except as a way of restoring the Balance."
Destiny was more serious than her sister; "The scales are tipped toward evil now. That can only bring more violence and destruction in the future." Destiny wished she could tell them why the Balance was so far off. Phoenix was a source of ultimate good, and with her corruption things could never be balanced. Destiny sighed; it was just too bad that they didn't believe in Phoenix.
Sage was following her sister's train of thought. But she knew things even her sister did not. The old woman in the village where Mystique spent some of her time was a follower of Sage's. She tried to pass on stories of the past with unvarnished truth, but there was so much closed-mindedness in the world today that anything that was considered a change in old ways was immediately laughed off as fiction.
Meggan smiled as she listened to the thoughts of her sisters. They were distracted, so they didn't notice her inside their heads. Meggan wished that she could sneak around in everyone's thoughts. She didn't give a hoot about everyone knowing about Phoenix.
No one, not God, not Mortal, even remembered the other side of the Balance. Meggan was thinking about Apocalypse. If Phoenix was now evil, would she attempt to bring him back into this world? She sighed; she couldn't see the future. All she knew about Phoenix was that she was now talking to Archangel.
Meggan's head snapped up sharply, "Oh shit!!"
Destiny and Sage turned to their sisters in shock. Meggan hardly ever swore. "What is it?" Sage asked.
Meggan pitched her voice for all to hear, "Jean is talking with Archangel."
Cries of anger and fear reached back at Meggan. Sage's eyes lost focus, "He saw her kill Pyro, and then he followed her. That's all I can see."
Meggan continued, knowing that neither of her sisters would be able to See anything until the conversation was over, "He's offering her his services."
"What kind ah' services?" Rogue asked.
"He is God of Death, and a demon ruler of a realm of Hell, so basically he can give her whatever demon, or undead help she wants," Meggan answered ruefully.
"Oh shit!"
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A/N: next chapter should be the meeting of Archangel and Jean itself.Told you it would be a good next chapter - at least idea-wise.
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Meltdown, still standing behind the Fates started laughing. "The look on your faces was priceless!"
Mystique gave a wry smile. "Not a very trusting group are they?"
Colossus whirled to face Mystique, "Why would we be trusting? You stay with that BEAST even though you know all of the horrible things he's done!"
The sudden outburst caught Mystique off guard. She turned to glare at the assembled Gods, knowing that they all, at least in part, believed that Colossus was right. "Imagine how much worse it could become if I didn't stay with Archangel, trying to hold him to some semblance of sanity!" she snarled.
"Enough!" Sage yelled. "Arguing about this will not change the decision."
"Your decision!" Domino yelled. "What if some of us don't agree with having Mystique in such a position of power over us?"
All those gathered fell silent. No one had ever challenged a decision that the Fates had made, especially when they all agreed.
Silently the Fates aligned themselves. Sage stood to the left, Destiny to the right, and Meggan in the middle. "Together we have seen all that has happened in our past," Sage intoned.
"Together we see all that is happening in our present," Meggan continued.
"Together we see all that will happen in our future," Destiny finished.
"Our decisions are sound and made for the prosperity of all," they said together.
Domino frowned, "So you know more than we do. But how do we know you don't have some hidden agenda up your sleeves?"
Meggan laughed, "We require a balance in the universe. We are a neutral force and we can't have a 'hidden agenda' in anything except as a way of restoring the Balance."
Destiny was more serious than her sister; "The scales are tipped toward evil now. That can only bring more violence and destruction in the future." Destiny wished she could tell them why the Balance was so far off. Phoenix was a source of ultimate good, and with her corruption things could never be balanced. Destiny sighed; it was just too bad that they didn't believe in Phoenix.
Sage was following her sister's train of thought. But she knew things even her sister did not. The old woman in the village where Mystique spent some of her time was a follower of Sage's. She tried to pass on stories of the past with unvarnished truth, but there was so much closed-mindedness in the world today that anything that was considered a change in old ways was immediately laughed off as fiction.
Meggan smiled as she listened to the thoughts of her sisters. They were distracted, so they didn't notice her inside their heads. Meggan wished that she could sneak around in everyone's thoughts. She didn't give a hoot about everyone knowing about Phoenix.
No one, not God, not Mortal, even remembered the other side of the Balance. Meggan was thinking about Apocalypse. If Phoenix was now evil, would she attempt to bring him back into this world? She sighed; she couldn't see the future. All she knew about Phoenix was that she was now talking to Archangel.
Meggan's head snapped up sharply, "Oh shit!!"
Destiny and Sage turned to their sisters in shock. Meggan hardly ever swore. "What is it?" Sage asked.
Meggan pitched her voice for all to hear, "Jean is talking with Archangel."
Cries of anger and fear reached back at Meggan. Sage's eyes lost focus, "He saw her kill Pyro, and then he followed her. That's all I can see."
Meggan continued, knowing that neither of her sisters would be able to See anything until the conversation was over, "He's offering her his services."
"What kind ah' services?" Rogue asked.
"He is God of Death, and a demon ruler of a realm of Hell, so basically he can give her whatever demon, or undead help she wants," Meggan answered ruefully.
"Oh shit!"
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A/N: next chapter should be the meeting of Archangel and Jean itself.Told you it would be a good next chapter - at least idea-wise.