Sorry about not updating for awhile! Dad had the internet cut for a week! I had to go down to his office to use the internet and it didn't have any of my files! So, sorry for the long wait! Oh, I so did not see the ending for Implied! I mean, wow, that threw me.



Chicago's Mysteries



Dixie sighed as she stood outside of Blade's room. She shook her head as she turned and left for her room. She sat on her bed and stared at a picture fame. It held a faded picture of her and Blade. They were smiling and making peace signs at the camera. They had taken the picture at the mall. The two found a photo booth and hopped in there to spend the last few bucks they had.

"Is it still bothering you?" Dixie's head snapped up as she looked at her roommate, Amara. Dixie nodded.

"The two of us . . . we weren't close but . . . still . . ." She trailed off.



Blade sat up for the first in days. No one else was in the room. Blade moved her hand so it covered on eye and leaned forward alittle.

"It's not fair . . ." She whispered. New tears soared her already tear stained face. With that she fell back into her sheets and once more was over come with grief.



Frank put down his keys as he entered his apartment. He stared out the window.

"Isn't it legal to break in?"

"Your point?" Lady Hawk asked as she stepped out of the shadows. Frank sighed and looked at her.

"No." Lady Hawk glared.

"What?"

"I know why you are here. I will not tell you where Smokescreen is."

"Toxin* is a member of my team!"

"Toxin died along with Faye Ma'at and Apocalypse." Lady Hawk glared at him.

"She is a Fury." Lady Hawk hissed. "It is her job to-"

"To what? Her contract is over. She is no longer obligated to be a Fury. And my vision tells me that she will carry out some of her Fury duties at her new home."

"Her duty is to follow my orders! We can not afford to-" Frank cut her off once more.

"Lady Hawk! You led them in what was best to prepare for Faye Ma'at and her father! Because you spent the most time with her and she entrusted you with the last key! But now, you are as lost in this subject as the others. And Crystal deserves this chance at happiness!"

"No!" Lady Hawk yelled as she stepped closer to Frank.

"Why not?!" He stepped closer.

"Because it's not suppose to be like that!"

"Like what?!"

"Because it's not fair!"

"What's not fair?!"

"She gets to be with the one she loves!" Lady Hawk covered her mouth in shock. After a moment she looked away.

"What do you mean?"

"Frank . . . I . . . I . . ." Frank looked at her.

"What?" He asked.



Rogue ran out of the door. She was changed. Now she wore a pair of tennis shoes, ripped jeans, a white T-shirt with a green shirt over it. She didn't bother to button up her green shirt. She paused only for a moment to look both ways and take off in the one she thought Remy would have taken. Rogue ran as fast as her legs would carry her.

'Ah need ta see him! Ta make sure it's real!' The thought raced through her mind as she ran. She didn't want this to be a dream. Rogue didn't want to wake up and find herself in her bed. She wanted to him to hold her. To kiss her. To touch her. She had fallen head over heals for him. She was run pass the woods when she tripped over a root that seemed to come out of nowhere. Rogue hit the ground with a loud thud and a searing pain in her ankle. Rogue cried out as she gripped her ankle. The pain shot up her leg once more. A sweet smell filtered through the air. It overpowered her senses. Her eyes began to water and she couldn't smell anything. Rogue passed out after a few minutes.



Professor looked up. There seemed to be a sweet smell that seemed to come from somewhere in his study. He was becoming dizzy. He looked around the room and saw that his window had a vine come through it and a strange pink flower was on the end. He couldn't think of anything more as he slouched over, unconscious.



Ororo was talking to Logan with the same thing happened to the two of them. The two had been in the green house when it happened. Logan had passed out first because of his enhanced sense of smell. A few minutes later Ororo fell to the ground. She had been holding a rose. It rolled out of her hand and onto the floor.



Dixie stared at the clock. Amara had left awhile ago to go to the mall with Kitty. Dixie shook her head to try to clear her thoughts. She walked over to her closet and pulled out her backpack. She put a change of clothes in there along with some books and went through her draws. Her money had been spread out all over her room so it wouldn't be stolen all at once. She counted it. 427 dollars. Enough to buy a round trip plane ticket. ((Is that enough money? If it isn't then in this world it is.)) Dixie reached into her drawers and pulled out some jeans and a white shirt. She went over to her closet and pulled out some old brown hiking boots and her black leather jacket that had a yellow orange stripe in the middle and a thin white stripe on each side. Dixie pulled out her hair ribbon and let her hair fall down.



Dixie stepped up to the the counter to buy a ticket.

"One round trip to Chicago please."



Logan opened his eyes. He sat up, trying to figure out what happened. Then it hit him. A smell. A strong smell. Ororo! He looked over and saw the weather goddess sleeping peacefully.



Dixie opened a book she had shoved into her bag and began to read. She had just boarded the airplane. She reached the second chapter by the time she felt the plane start to move. She felt the pressure weigh down on her body as the loud roar of the jets hummed in her ears. The she was pushed back in her seat as the plane took off. Within a few minutes the plane leveled out. Dixie stared out the window and watched the ground become further away from her. Soon, details were hard to make out. Dixie sighed and opened her book back up. She wanted to get to Chicago and get back before there was too much of a fuss. She had a several hours so she would be fine. Her mind soon became absorbed in the book she was reading.



"I'm telling ya, we need to put a tracer on that girl!!!" Logan yelled. "Every ten minutes she's gone!!!!!" Hank sighed and nodded. Xavier was trying to find Dixie and Rogue. Everyone had been awake for nearly an hour.

"Yes, it does seem that Rogue has a habit for disappearing." Ororo shook her head with a sad look in her eyes.

"This is almost too much. Smokescreen shows up with a strange message, Blade becomes depressed and doesn't eat or leave her room, Magneto is missing, the Acolytes are now X-men, Rogue disappears, and so does Dixie. Things have a tendency to happen all at once, don't they?" Charles Xavier came in at that moment.

"I have not located Dixie or Rogue."



Dixie stepped out of the airport and breathed in the air. She exhaled and looked around, trying to figure out how she was going to get to the hospital.

"Hey." Dixie looked over and saw Michelle leaning against a red Chrysler 300. Michelle smiled at her friend.

"How did you know?"

"Frank gave me a call." Dixie nodded and walked over to her.

"So . . . how's it been?" Michelle shrugged as she walked to the back and popped the trunk.

"Same old city. Ms. Heart said that I've proven myself to be a Fury. No more tests or being told that I need to leave. Got the same rights as the others." Dixie nodded as she threw her bag into the trunk.

"So, how is Ms. Heart?"

"Been going crazy 'cause Smokescreen is going to live in New York with some guy she met." Dixie slid into the passenger seat as Michelle got in and started the car.

"Angelic Demon?"

"Same old mutant. Still angry as ever. Hasn't ever mentioned a modern day name yet. Still don't know what to call her in public." Dixie smirked alittle at this. A strange silence filled the car. Dixie looked out the window and watched the city go by. She had missed the city more than she thought. "Why are you doing this?"

"Pardon?"

"It won't change things, you know this."

"What do you mean?"

"if he lives, he'll either forget everything or revert back after a few weeks. The chances are changed once more."

"I have to Michelle." Michelle stopped for a stoplight.

"No you don't. Doing this will cost too much. For everyone. You can still turn back." Dixie shook her head.

"No, I can't. It will be a slap in the face to her."

"You were taught the begins of being a Fury. You know that the first rule is to never let all of your secrets out. You will." Dixie looked straight ahead.

"I know that rule better than anyone else. And what makes you think that will happen? You don't know all of my secrets. I don't think even I do."

"What the hell is that suppose to mean?" Michelle glared at her quickly.

"It means that not everything is easy to see. You know that. We live in Chicago! This city is the reason for that rule! It has more twists and turns than you can count! We haven't even seen all of Chicago's sides!" Michelle glared at the road in front of her.

"I'm a Fury! I've seen them!"

"You've seen the night! Michelle, you have been sheltered! Lady Hawk gives you the ideas that things are black and white! They aren't! Not every person is either good or evil! Faye Ma'at is a perfect example! She was driven insane by her father and would do anything for revenge! She would walk over the line without a second thought! And then she would come back again! Michelle, all you have seen is criminals!"

"I have seen people's darkest sides! I know what people are like!"

"No you don't! Do you even know what Blade's last name is?! Do you even know who Smokescreen is staying with?! Do you even know that Angelic Demon is a lesbian?!" Michelle slammed on her brakes. Luckily there was no one behind them.

"WHAT?!" Dixie raised an eyebrow. "She isn't!" Michelle started the car again.

"Yes, she is. She said so herself."

"When?!"

"Almost a year ago!"

"Are you sure you understood her right?!"

"Michelle, I came by to see you, no one was there but Angelic Demon. I asked where everyone was and she just shrugged and asked why I wanted to know. I said, 'I was just gonna see if someone would go out looking for some guys with me. You wanna come?' Then she said, 'No, that's not my type.' Then I said, 'I didn't say what type of guy.' She goes, 'I know.' Then I go, 'Wait . . . if that's not your type then . . . you're not . . . are you?!' She rolled her eyes and said, 'Yeah, I am. Guys just aren't my type, period.' So, yeah, I'm sure that I understood her right." Michelle stared ahead with wide eyes.

"But . . . but . . . this is . . . this is Angelic Demon! She . . . . she . . . she's . . ."

"A lesbian. So what?" Dixie asked.

"But Angelic Demon . . ."

"Is the same as when you first met her. Just now you know alittle more about her." Michelle shook her head.

"But . . . that doesn't make any sense!"

"Why not? Angelic Demon has never thought a guy was hot. She never mentions anything about crushes. If she accidentally walks in on you if your not fully clothed she automatically turns her back to you and says that she didn't mean to and tells ya whatever it was she was going to say if she was going say something."

"Angelic Demon . . . she's . . ."

"Is there a problem with her being homosexual? I don't see one. What, do you have something against homosexuals?" Michelle shook her head.

"No . . . it's just . . . well . . . I'm shocked. I never really . . . I never thought about it, that's all." Dixie rolled her eyes and sighed.

"So, do you see my point? There's more to someone than you will ever know." Michelle nodded weakly.

"I still can't believe that I never figured it out. She doesn't . . . you know?" Dixie looked at Michelle.

"Like one of the Furies? Asked her about it when I found out. She said that none of ya were her type. I think she might have a girlfriend . . . a musician of some sort . . . you'll have to ask her."

"Wait . . . won't she be mad that I found out?" Dixie raised an eyebrow.

"Why? She didn't care that I found out. When I did she said that as long as I don't treat it like it belong on the front page of the newspaper I could tell someone. And if they had a problem with it than it would be their fault for being so narrow minded."





Wow! Bet you guys didn't see that one come, huh? Well, I hope I didn't offend anyone by having Angelic Demon guy, but if it did, you need to back off! 'sides, if you love someone then it doesn't matter what gender they are! And if you think I'm wrong then nuts to you! If I can be fine with the last three guys I liked being gay (**weeps in corner for a moment**) , then you you can be fine with Angelic Demon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just for all of you who didn't read Curse of Life:

Angelic Demon, Lady Hawk, and Smokescreen are the three original Furies and are as old as Apocalypse. They changed their names. Here are their old names, their code names, and their everyday names.

Old = code names = everyday

Toxin* = Smokescreen = Crystal

Hellwing = Angelic Demon = ????

Iris = Lady Hawk = Alana Heart