Shifting Sands
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "You want to know what i want? I want alot of things! I want to be with the woman i love on valantines day. And i want her to love me back. And i want just one moment of relief from the gut wrenching pain of knowing that's never gonna happen" "...We have red bagles"
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The Son of Logan and Ororo: Ooooh a Dani fic? Very cool! I get most of my Cheyenne words from the Cheyenne Topical Word list. It even has sound waves for some things :D Nope, until i find out what Forge's real name is from the comics (which may yet still be never ever) i won't be giving him a name, he'll just be Forge, loved the joke though...Forge is less amused
Roguecajun: Yes, Remy WAS part of the Morlock Massacre, and you shall see him (or rather the escence of him) in this chapter. I'm trying to keep the Remy and Rogue appearances in this fic as small as possible, because people'll start asking for Romy which, i am afraid to say, i am so sick of seeing i can't bring myself to write it, not right now anyhoo. They will be alot more Remy in the next chronicles, i promise.
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Chapter 15 - Betrayal.
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"Mr Sinister?", questioned Sidney, arching a brow, "kinda corny, isn't it?"
"Not really", said Sinister, "i quite like it"
Sidney turned her head, still being pinned to the wall by Sabertooth.
"Why?", she asked, "why come down here and kill all these inocent people"
"The Morlocks are the scum of mutant kind", replied Sinister, "Darwin said there was a survival of the fittest for each race, evolution does have a few...throwbacks while it works, the Morlocks are them".
Sindey wrinkled her nose.
"Oh great, another fruit job"
"Quite", said Sinister with a pleasant smile, before turning to her Uncle, "Dispose of it, Sabertooth"
Sabertooth paused, glancing between Sidney and Sinster.
"Go ahead Sabertooth", said Sidney coldly, "put an end to this 'genetic throwback'".
Sabertooth closed his eyes with a sigh, moving his arm and letting his Niece drop to the ground.
"I can't".
"What?", said Sinster, spinning around, "what do you mean 'you can't?. You're a cold blooded killer, you've killed more people than you can fit into a small city"
"I. Don't. Kill. Family", said Sabertooth with a growl, then turned his head to Sidney, "run, now".
Sidney looked completely confused until she noticed other figures coming out of the shadows. They obviously weren't happy with Sabertooth's decison.
"That's too bad, Creed", said Sinister, shaking his head, "you were the best i had...oh well. Time to put the kitty-cat down".
The figures from the shadows started to close in.
"I can't leave you to face these guys alone", said Sidney, "they outnumber you ten to one!".
"Sidney, you are leavin' and you are leavin' NOW", growled Sabertooth, "I can handle this, GO!".
Sidney stood admantly for a few minutes, her tail flicking uncertainally.
"Sidney GO", pleaded her Uncle, "i got a healin' factor, you haven't!".
Sidney watched him for a moment long before sighing defeatedly, morphing into a small cat and runing off through the sewers. A couple of the gang moved to go after her, but Sinister put his hand up to stop them.
"Leave her, it's HIM i want gone", he said, pointing at Sabertooth, who was growling at his attackers, his hackles raised as they closed in.
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Sidney kept on running, slapshing through the tunnels before her ears perked. Coming the other way through the tunnel were the X-Men. She quickly morphed into her normal form, making them stop dead in front of her.
"Sidney?", said Kitty in suprise.
"What are you all doing here?", said Sidney.
"We got a message from Tabby saying that the Alley was in danger", replied Logan, "judging from the screaming and the running around...that's true.
Sidney nodded, glancing behind her.
"Some freak called Sinister has attacked us all", she said, "they...they have my Uncle there. They're gonna rip him to shreds!"
Logan shrugged.
"Ahh well, Que sera, sera", he said, turning to leave, only to have Sidney grab his arm.
"Please", she said, "i know you don't like him but....but he's the only family i have left"
He's also the family who came down here to hunt down a bunch of inocent people, she thought to herself.
"Then you go save him yourself", growled Logan, pulling his arm away and stalking off down the tunnels.
Sidney turned her pleading look on the rest of them. The X-Men shuffled uneasily from foot to foot, looking at the ground.
"Fine!", snapped Sidney, turning back the way she came, "i'll help him myself!"
Without another word, she morphed into a lioness and raced off. It didn't take her long to get back to the place she had elft her uncle. Even with his healing factor, it was obvious Sabertooth wasn't doing well in this fight. One woman with bizzare green hair was waving her hands at him, making him dizzy, causing his claw swipes to miss pretty much all the time. Another large man was crushing him from behind, while a young man with purple hair was spinning around like a human whirlwind, firing throwing stars at him. Sidney gave a roar of anger, jumping at the woman and knocking her to the ground. The other mutants stopped attacking Sabertooth to take in this new threat, letting him drop to the ground unconcious with a thud.
"You again?", said Sinister irritably, "you ARE anoying. What will it take for you to get lost?".
A sudden smirk crossed his face.
"Oh, i know", he said, "i'll ask one of my people who really knows you".
Sidney morphed into her normal form, standing, but keeping her foot on the woman, pinning her to the ground.
"What are you talking about?", she asked, frowning.
Sinister grinned, beconing something from the shadows beside him to come out. After what seemed a long time, Morph appeared, his head hung low. Sidney's eyes widened, and she backed away, confused.
"I...i don't understand", she said.
"It;s simple", grinned Sinister, "Morph here was working for me all along. He's my mole. I planted him here so he could feel out the strengths and weaknesses of the place. He did a good job of feighing that incident at the Power8 company too to get the stronger Morlock fighters out of the way".
Sidney looked at Morph in shock, who just kept his head low.
"No", whispered Sidney, shaking her head, "Kevin...it isn't true...please, it can't be"
Morph shut his eyes, not able to look up at her.
"I'm sorry, Sid"
Sidney narrowed her eyes at him.
"After everything we....you...you USED me!", she snapped, "everything you said was a lie? It was nothing but a ruse?!".
"No!", said Morph, looking up at her for the first time since he had come out of the shadows, "well....that was how it was at first but..that was before i..i fell in love with you".
"LIAR!", hissed Sidney, her tail thrashing angrilly, "you used me so you and Sinster could hunt down the Morlocks!".
"I had no choice", pleaded Morph, jumping in front of her and holding her hands, "please believe me. I...i really do lov.."
"Save it", said Sidney coldly, snatching her hands away.
"But...it's true", said Morph, "i swear to you it is".
"So...did you realise you loved me before or after we...", Sidney trailed off, a tear dripping down her cheek.
"Before", said Morph, "way way WAY before. I love you, Sid, above everything else in life"
"Awwww isn't this touching?", said Sinister with a chuckle, before frowning, "not having a change of heart are we, Morph?"
Morph turned to look at Sinister.
"Go to Hell", he replied.
"I take that as a no, shall i?", said Sinister with a smirk, "Well, if none of you imbicelles can finish her off, i'll have to do it myself, Scalphunter"
A man waiting on the side grabbed a small gun for his belt...then formed it into a rather big, nasty looking gun instead.
"Don't you just LOVE technomorphing?", chuckled Sinister, aiming the gun at her, "don't worry, this won't hurt....much".
"Sidney, look out!", shouted Morph, kocking her aside as Sinister fired, taking the blast himself.
Sidney lost the ability to speak, the words caught in her throat as Morph slumped to the ground.
"No", she finally chocked out, falling to her knees to cradle his head, "come on, Kevin, you can just morph through this, right?".
"The gun disupts mutant cells", replied Scalphunter, proud, even if it had struck a team mate, "he can't heal himself up".
Sidney gave a small sob, her old tears being joined by new ones.
"Hey, shhhh", said Morph, reaching a hand up and brushing the tears away, "i thought you were stronger than this, Beautifull".
Sidney closed her eyes, resting her face in his hand before looking at him.
"Don't leave me, please", she whispered.
"Sorry, Sidney", said Morph, taking in a breath, "you have no idea how much i wanna stay but i don't think i can".
Sidney shook her head.
"Don't talk like that", she said, "you can pull through this".
Morph leaned his head up, kissing her gently.
"Bye, Sid", he said, "keep your head up...Love you".
And with that, Morph lay his head back, closed his eyes and let out one, final breath. Sidney watched him in shock before resting her head on his chest, crying softly.
"Anybody else bored yet?", said Sinister, charging up the gun again and aiming it at Sidney, "bye bye, kitty-cat"
A red beam suddenly zapped the weapon out of his hand. Sidney looked up in suprise to see the X-Men were there.
"We're outnumbered Sinister", said the green haired woman in a sing song voice.
"I know that, Vertigo", hissed Sinister, "damn, we'll come back for you, another day, Miss Cat. Diversion now!"
From nowhere a small card flittered in between the X-Men and Sindey, exploding and cutting them off from the Maurauders. Once the dust had cleared, they were nowhere in sight.
"Sidney..are you okay?", asked Kurt, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"No, no i'm not", growled Sidney, looking at Morph's body before standing up, "take my Uncle to the Institute, please, take care of him....I'm going after Sinister".
Without waiting to hear any protests, Sidney morphed into a leopard and stalked off.
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Man, that was hard. I love Morph to pieces, i truely do, and i had to kill him off. Darn. All the Maurauders i used are cannon characters i scooped out of my little X-Men dictonary thingie. To you wild, crazy Remy fans, i know he wasn't seen, but there is a reason for it, which you won't see until later in the chronicles ;). Our next chapter will be the last. Do review. Until next time...
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "You want to know what i want? I want alot of things! I want to be with the woman i love on valantines day. And i want her to love me back. And i want just one moment of relief from the gut wrenching pain of knowing that's never gonna happen" "...We have red bagles"
***
The Son of Logan and Ororo: Ooooh a Dani fic? Very cool! I get most of my Cheyenne words from the Cheyenne Topical Word list. It even has sound waves for some things :D Nope, until i find out what Forge's real name is from the comics (which may yet still be never ever) i won't be giving him a name, he'll just be Forge, loved the joke though...Forge is less amused
Roguecajun: Yes, Remy WAS part of the Morlock Massacre, and you shall see him (or rather the escence of him) in this chapter. I'm trying to keep the Remy and Rogue appearances in this fic as small as possible, because people'll start asking for Romy which, i am afraid to say, i am so sick of seeing i can't bring myself to write it, not right now anyhoo. They will be alot more Remy in the next chronicles, i promise.
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Chapter 15 - Betrayal.
****
"Mr Sinister?", questioned Sidney, arching a brow, "kinda corny, isn't it?"
"Not really", said Sinister, "i quite like it"
Sidney turned her head, still being pinned to the wall by Sabertooth.
"Why?", she asked, "why come down here and kill all these inocent people"
"The Morlocks are the scum of mutant kind", replied Sinister, "Darwin said there was a survival of the fittest for each race, evolution does have a few...throwbacks while it works, the Morlocks are them".
Sindey wrinkled her nose.
"Oh great, another fruit job"
"Quite", said Sinister with a pleasant smile, before turning to her Uncle, "Dispose of it, Sabertooth"
Sabertooth paused, glancing between Sidney and Sinster.
"Go ahead Sabertooth", said Sidney coldly, "put an end to this 'genetic throwback'".
Sabertooth closed his eyes with a sigh, moving his arm and letting his Niece drop to the ground.
"I can't".
"What?", said Sinster, spinning around, "what do you mean 'you can't?. You're a cold blooded killer, you've killed more people than you can fit into a small city"
"I. Don't. Kill. Family", said Sabertooth with a growl, then turned his head to Sidney, "run, now".
Sidney looked completely confused until she noticed other figures coming out of the shadows. They obviously weren't happy with Sabertooth's decison.
"That's too bad, Creed", said Sinister, shaking his head, "you were the best i had...oh well. Time to put the kitty-cat down".
The figures from the shadows started to close in.
"I can't leave you to face these guys alone", said Sidney, "they outnumber you ten to one!".
"Sidney, you are leavin' and you are leavin' NOW", growled Sabertooth, "I can handle this, GO!".
Sidney stood admantly for a few minutes, her tail flicking uncertainally.
"Sidney GO", pleaded her Uncle, "i got a healin' factor, you haven't!".
Sidney watched him for a moment long before sighing defeatedly, morphing into a small cat and runing off through the sewers. A couple of the gang moved to go after her, but Sinister put his hand up to stop them.
"Leave her, it's HIM i want gone", he said, pointing at Sabertooth, who was growling at his attackers, his hackles raised as they closed in.
*****
Sidney kept on running, slapshing through the tunnels before her ears perked. Coming the other way through the tunnel were the X-Men. She quickly morphed into her normal form, making them stop dead in front of her.
"Sidney?", said Kitty in suprise.
"What are you all doing here?", said Sidney.
"We got a message from Tabby saying that the Alley was in danger", replied Logan, "judging from the screaming and the running around...that's true.
Sidney nodded, glancing behind her.
"Some freak called Sinister has attacked us all", she said, "they...they have my Uncle there. They're gonna rip him to shreds!"
Logan shrugged.
"Ahh well, Que sera, sera", he said, turning to leave, only to have Sidney grab his arm.
"Please", she said, "i know you don't like him but....but he's the only family i have left"
He's also the family who came down here to hunt down a bunch of inocent people, she thought to herself.
"Then you go save him yourself", growled Logan, pulling his arm away and stalking off down the tunnels.
Sidney turned her pleading look on the rest of them. The X-Men shuffled uneasily from foot to foot, looking at the ground.
"Fine!", snapped Sidney, turning back the way she came, "i'll help him myself!"
Without another word, she morphed into a lioness and raced off. It didn't take her long to get back to the place she had elft her uncle. Even with his healing factor, it was obvious Sabertooth wasn't doing well in this fight. One woman with bizzare green hair was waving her hands at him, making him dizzy, causing his claw swipes to miss pretty much all the time. Another large man was crushing him from behind, while a young man with purple hair was spinning around like a human whirlwind, firing throwing stars at him. Sidney gave a roar of anger, jumping at the woman and knocking her to the ground. The other mutants stopped attacking Sabertooth to take in this new threat, letting him drop to the ground unconcious with a thud.
"You again?", said Sinister irritably, "you ARE anoying. What will it take for you to get lost?".
A sudden smirk crossed his face.
"Oh, i know", he said, "i'll ask one of my people who really knows you".
Sidney morphed into her normal form, standing, but keeping her foot on the woman, pinning her to the ground.
"What are you talking about?", she asked, frowning.
Sinister grinned, beconing something from the shadows beside him to come out. After what seemed a long time, Morph appeared, his head hung low. Sidney's eyes widened, and she backed away, confused.
"I...i don't understand", she said.
"It;s simple", grinned Sinister, "Morph here was working for me all along. He's my mole. I planted him here so he could feel out the strengths and weaknesses of the place. He did a good job of feighing that incident at the Power8 company too to get the stronger Morlock fighters out of the way".
Sidney looked at Morph in shock, who just kept his head low.
"No", whispered Sidney, shaking her head, "Kevin...it isn't true...please, it can't be"
Morph shut his eyes, not able to look up at her.
"I'm sorry, Sid"
Sidney narrowed her eyes at him.
"After everything we....you...you USED me!", she snapped, "everything you said was a lie? It was nothing but a ruse?!".
"No!", said Morph, looking up at her for the first time since he had come out of the shadows, "well....that was how it was at first but..that was before i..i fell in love with you".
"LIAR!", hissed Sidney, her tail thrashing angrilly, "you used me so you and Sinster could hunt down the Morlocks!".
"I had no choice", pleaded Morph, jumping in front of her and holding her hands, "please believe me. I...i really do lov.."
"Save it", said Sidney coldly, snatching her hands away.
"But...it's true", said Morph, "i swear to you it is".
"So...did you realise you loved me before or after we...", Sidney trailed off, a tear dripping down her cheek.
"Before", said Morph, "way way WAY before. I love you, Sid, above everything else in life"
"Awwww isn't this touching?", said Sinister with a chuckle, before frowning, "not having a change of heart are we, Morph?"
Morph turned to look at Sinister.
"Go to Hell", he replied.
"I take that as a no, shall i?", said Sinister with a smirk, "Well, if none of you imbicelles can finish her off, i'll have to do it myself, Scalphunter"
A man waiting on the side grabbed a small gun for his belt...then formed it into a rather big, nasty looking gun instead.
"Don't you just LOVE technomorphing?", chuckled Sinister, aiming the gun at her, "don't worry, this won't hurt....much".
"Sidney, look out!", shouted Morph, kocking her aside as Sinister fired, taking the blast himself.
Sidney lost the ability to speak, the words caught in her throat as Morph slumped to the ground.
"No", she finally chocked out, falling to her knees to cradle his head, "come on, Kevin, you can just morph through this, right?".
"The gun disupts mutant cells", replied Scalphunter, proud, even if it had struck a team mate, "he can't heal himself up".
Sidney gave a small sob, her old tears being joined by new ones.
"Hey, shhhh", said Morph, reaching a hand up and brushing the tears away, "i thought you were stronger than this, Beautifull".
Sidney closed her eyes, resting her face in his hand before looking at him.
"Don't leave me, please", she whispered.
"Sorry, Sidney", said Morph, taking in a breath, "you have no idea how much i wanna stay but i don't think i can".
Sidney shook her head.
"Don't talk like that", she said, "you can pull through this".
Morph leaned his head up, kissing her gently.
"Bye, Sid", he said, "keep your head up...Love you".
And with that, Morph lay his head back, closed his eyes and let out one, final breath. Sidney watched him in shock before resting her head on his chest, crying softly.
"Anybody else bored yet?", said Sinister, charging up the gun again and aiming it at Sidney, "bye bye, kitty-cat"
A red beam suddenly zapped the weapon out of his hand. Sidney looked up in suprise to see the X-Men were there.
"We're outnumbered Sinister", said the green haired woman in a sing song voice.
"I know that, Vertigo", hissed Sinister, "damn, we'll come back for you, another day, Miss Cat. Diversion now!"
From nowhere a small card flittered in between the X-Men and Sindey, exploding and cutting them off from the Maurauders. Once the dust had cleared, they were nowhere in sight.
"Sidney..are you okay?", asked Kurt, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"No, no i'm not", growled Sidney, looking at Morph's body before standing up, "take my Uncle to the Institute, please, take care of him....I'm going after Sinister".
Without waiting to hear any protests, Sidney morphed into a leopard and stalked off.
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Man, that was hard. I love Morph to pieces, i truely do, and i had to kill him off. Darn. All the Maurauders i used are cannon characters i scooped out of my little X-Men dictonary thingie. To you wild, crazy Remy fans, i know he wasn't seen, but there is a reason for it, which you won't see until later in the chronicles ;). Our next chapter will be the last. Do review. Until next time...