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Of Fire and Ice
Author: Flame
Archive: Yes
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Now that John has left with Magneto, Bobby is determined to make him come back. But attacks on the mansion and gangs of mutants are obstacles in his path.
(NOT a romance)(Incomplete)
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Chapter 18
Morlocks
Bobby was lying on the ground because the girl had dropped him. He looked up to see her holding a knife. Her eyes were not glowing white anymore, but the marks on her face remained. She walked towards him and held the knife above her head. Bobby squinted... expecting the worse when the knife came slicing down. But to his suprise, she was only cutting loose his bonds.
"Get up," she told him.
He did so and looked around him. They were in a sewer tunnel...
"Follow me," she told him and started walking down it.
"Where are we going?" He asked.
"To my home," she replied to him, still having her gaze fixed ahead of her.
"And that would be... in the sewer?" Bobby asked her, walking faster and trying to look into her face.
"Is there a problem with that?" She asked, stopping and look him right in the eye.
"Um... no," Bobby replied, deciding he shouldn't ask anymore questions.
"Good," she told him.
They continued walking down the tunnel, taking turns and twists. Bobby was on the right side of the tunnel, meaning he was right next to the sewage water. He peered into the green liquid and saw things floating in it he didn't care to know about. He noticed that the girl would occasionally look at him and then quickly turn back.
"So... what's your name?" Bobby asked her.
"Blink," she told him. "And yours?"
"Bobby," he told her.
"No... what is your 'real' name?" She asked him.
"I... I guess it's Iceman. People back at the mansion called me Iceman," he told her.
"Mansion?" She asked, looking at him. "Xavier's mansion?"
"Yeah!" Bobby told her, hoping she would know something. "Do you know about it?"
"No," she replied, causing him to frown. "But stop and listen to me. Before we go into my home, you most promise me for now you wont say that you are from there. Okay?"
"Why not?" He asked her.
"Let's just say we have a low tolerance for Xavier's people," she told him, and they continued walking.
"Your people?" Bobby asked.
"Yes. My people. The Morlocks," she replied as they came to a dead end.
"Wrong turn?" He asked her, glancing at the wall.
"No, I'm going to blink us through," she told him.
"Oh...," Bobby said as he came to realization. "So you can teleport? Is that how I escaped?"
"Yes," Blink told him and held out her hand. "Grab on and don't let go."
"How come we didn't just Blink to the city in the first place?" Bobby asked her skeptically.
"I didn't know if I could trust you until now," she told him.
Bobby put his hand into hers and her eyes glowed a perfect white. Bobby blinked his eyes, and when they reopened, they weren't at the dead end anymore. They were in a huge underground city. Blink let go of his hand and walked forward. She turned to look at his awe-struck face.
"Welcome to home," she told him. "You must come see out leader for permission to stay for as long as you need."
"Leader?" Bobby asked. "You mean it's like a community down here?"
She nodded and walked forward. This seemed to be a new pattern, so Bobby just followed. The walked up the huge tunnel and to a large door protected by two other mutants. One was huge and had body more like a pig than anything else. He held a large spear and grunted when he saw Bobby. The other was cloaked and Bobby couldn't tell what they looked like.
"We're here to see Callisto," she told them.
The opened the doors with their huge hands, and Blink and Bobby walked in. Inside the door was a long and narrow room. It was lit by torches and at the end sat a woman in a chair made of metal. Blink and Bobby made their way to the woman.
"Have you brought another member?" The woman asked with a deep voice. She had a black eye-patch over her right eye.
"No," Blink told her. "I have brought a mutant who was under attack. He is here to ask permission to stay as long as he requires it."
"Move aside," she told Blink. "Let him speak for himself. Step forward. What's your name?"
Bobby opened his mouth and was about to say Bobby, when Blink narrowed her eyes as a signal... he wasn't Bobby here. "Iceman."
"Iceman...," she said under her breath. "Iceman, why were you being attacked?"
"They wanted to capture me and... take me to their leader," Bobby replied, frantically trying to come up with a story to avoid the topic of Xavier and the mansion.
"Why?" She asked him in her rough voice that demanded more than asked.
"I don't know," Bobby replied.
"Liar," she told him. "Now tell me why."
"Because..." Bobby mumbled, his brain not cooperating with his mouth. "Because..."
"NOW!" She yelled.
"Because... Magneto...," he told her.
"What does Magneto want with you?" She demanded.
"My... my powers," he told her.
She laughed. "Boy... what would Magneto need with 'your' powers? Maybe there is a hidden meaning in your name?"
"No... I can make ice," he told her.
"And what use is that to Magneto? Hmmm?" She asked, obviously humored.
"I don't know...," he told her. "All I know is that his goons are out to get me."
In a quick flash Callisto stood up and drew her spear. She quickly moved it to Bobby's throat.
"Never... child... never," she growled. "Say goon again, or it will cost you your life. Now take him away Blink. He may stay until tomorrow night."
"Yes ma'am," she replied, and roughly grabbed Bobby's arm.
She leaned forward and whispered in his ear. "Goon is what she was called on the streets. It's banned here."
They were about to leave, when the doors ahead of them were opened for another set of people. A girl with glowing yellow ropes that bound her hands behind her back walked in. She was medium height, ragged clothes, and... two long white streaks as bangs. It was Rogue.
Behind her was the boy who had lashed out at Samira back at the bus stop. Apparently his power was to release those kind of ropes from his body that bound Rogue.
"We found her roaming the sewers. She is one of Xavier's brats," the boy yold her.
"Good work Whipslash," Callisto told him and walked forward to Rogue. "Take her to the prison. Lock her up. We'll deal with her later."
"Bobby!" Rogue yelled at him and Callisto quickly turned to look at him with a sly grin.
"Ohh," she said to him. "So you would be another one of Xavier's brats. Take him away!"
Whipslash lashed out another one of his whips from his hand and the yellow stream wrapped around Bobby's wrists and bound them together.
"I can't believe I let that scum trick me into thinking he was a normal mutant," she said out loud and walked off to her throne again.
Rogue's eyes met with Bobby's and she said, "Sorry, Bobby."
They were then led out the narrow room and walked down flights of stairs that sent them further underground. They soon reached an empty jail-like structure, and Whipslash opened one of the doors and pushed both Rogue and Bobby in. He shut the door and locked it using a huge iron lock.
"Later brats," he said and left.
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Back at John's Mansion
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Natura walked into the house where John was waiting.
"Where is he?" John asked.
"With the Morlocks," Natura replied. "They stole him when Samira arrived."
"The Morlocks?" John asked her. "He's going to get himself killed."
"Bethany was once a Morlock, right?" She asked.
"Yes," John replied. "I almost was to. Before Xavier found me."
"Samira is out patrolling for him," she told John. "She's thinking he might escape."
"We're gonna have to go in and save his tail," John told her. "...again."
"Yeah," she replied with a sigh. "This is getting old. Next time let's just lock him in the basement."
Of Fire and Ice
Author: Flame
Archive: Yes
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Now that John has left with Magneto, Bobby is determined to make him come back. But attacks on the mansion and gangs of mutants are obstacles in his path.
(NOT a romance)(Incomplete)
)-()()()()()()()()()()()-(
Chapter 18
Morlocks
Bobby was lying on the ground because the girl had dropped him. He looked up to see her holding a knife. Her eyes were not glowing white anymore, but the marks on her face remained. She walked towards him and held the knife above her head. Bobby squinted... expecting the worse when the knife came slicing down. But to his suprise, she was only cutting loose his bonds.
"Get up," she told him.
He did so and looked around him. They were in a sewer tunnel...
"Follow me," she told him and started walking down it.
"Where are we going?" He asked.
"To my home," she replied to him, still having her gaze fixed ahead of her.
"And that would be... in the sewer?" Bobby asked her, walking faster and trying to look into her face.
"Is there a problem with that?" She asked, stopping and look him right in the eye.
"Um... no," Bobby replied, deciding he shouldn't ask anymore questions.
"Good," she told him.
They continued walking down the tunnel, taking turns and twists. Bobby was on the right side of the tunnel, meaning he was right next to the sewage water. He peered into the green liquid and saw things floating in it he didn't care to know about. He noticed that the girl would occasionally look at him and then quickly turn back.
"So... what's your name?" Bobby asked her.
"Blink," she told him. "And yours?"
"Bobby," he told her.
"No... what is your 'real' name?" She asked him.
"I... I guess it's Iceman. People back at the mansion called me Iceman," he told her.
"Mansion?" She asked, looking at him. "Xavier's mansion?"
"Yeah!" Bobby told her, hoping she would know something. "Do you know about it?"
"No," she replied, causing him to frown. "But stop and listen to me. Before we go into my home, you most promise me for now you wont say that you are from there. Okay?"
"Why not?" He asked her.
"Let's just say we have a low tolerance for Xavier's people," she told him, and they continued walking.
"Your people?" Bobby asked.
"Yes. My people. The Morlocks," she replied as they came to a dead end.
"Wrong turn?" He asked her, glancing at the wall.
"No, I'm going to blink us through," she told him.
"Oh...," Bobby said as he came to realization. "So you can teleport? Is that how I escaped?"
"Yes," Blink told him and held out her hand. "Grab on and don't let go."
"How come we didn't just Blink to the city in the first place?" Bobby asked her skeptically.
"I didn't know if I could trust you until now," she told him.
Bobby put his hand into hers and her eyes glowed a perfect white. Bobby blinked his eyes, and when they reopened, they weren't at the dead end anymore. They were in a huge underground city. Blink let go of his hand and walked forward. She turned to look at his awe-struck face.
"Welcome to home," she told him. "You must come see out leader for permission to stay for as long as you need."
"Leader?" Bobby asked. "You mean it's like a community down here?"
She nodded and walked forward. This seemed to be a new pattern, so Bobby just followed. The walked up the huge tunnel and to a large door protected by two other mutants. One was huge and had body more like a pig than anything else. He held a large spear and grunted when he saw Bobby. The other was cloaked and Bobby couldn't tell what they looked like.
"We're here to see Callisto," she told them.
The opened the doors with their huge hands, and Blink and Bobby walked in. Inside the door was a long and narrow room. It was lit by torches and at the end sat a woman in a chair made of metal. Blink and Bobby made their way to the woman.
"Have you brought another member?" The woman asked with a deep voice. She had a black eye-patch over her right eye.
"No," Blink told her. "I have brought a mutant who was under attack. He is here to ask permission to stay as long as he requires it."
"Move aside," she told Blink. "Let him speak for himself. Step forward. What's your name?"
Bobby opened his mouth and was about to say Bobby, when Blink narrowed her eyes as a signal... he wasn't Bobby here. "Iceman."
"Iceman...," she said under her breath. "Iceman, why were you being attacked?"
"They wanted to capture me and... take me to their leader," Bobby replied, frantically trying to come up with a story to avoid the topic of Xavier and the mansion.
"Why?" She asked him in her rough voice that demanded more than asked.
"I don't know," Bobby replied.
"Liar," she told him. "Now tell me why."
"Because..." Bobby mumbled, his brain not cooperating with his mouth. "Because..."
"NOW!" She yelled.
"Because... Magneto...," he told her.
"What does Magneto want with you?" She demanded.
"My... my powers," he told her.
She laughed. "Boy... what would Magneto need with 'your' powers? Maybe there is a hidden meaning in your name?"
"No... I can make ice," he told her.
"And what use is that to Magneto? Hmmm?" She asked, obviously humored.
"I don't know...," he told her. "All I know is that his goons are out to get me."
In a quick flash Callisto stood up and drew her spear. She quickly moved it to Bobby's throat.
"Never... child... never," she growled. "Say goon again, or it will cost you your life. Now take him away Blink. He may stay until tomorrow night."
"Yes ma'am," she replied, and roughly grabbed Bobby's arm.
She leaned forward and whispered in his ear. "Goon is what she was called on the streets. It's banned here."
They were about to leave, when the doors ahead of them were opened for another set of people. A girl with glowing yellow ropes that bound her hands behind her back walked in. She was medium height, ragged clothes, and... two long white streaks as bangs. It was Rogue.
Behind her was the boy who had lashed out at Samira back at the bus stop. Apparently his power was to release those kind of ropes from his body that bound Rogue.
"We found her roaming the sewers. She is one of Xavier's brats," the boy yold her.
"Good work Whipslash," Callisto told him and walked forward to Rogue. "Take her to the prison. Lock her up. We'll deal with her later."
"Bobby!" Rogue yelled at him and Callisto quickly turned to look at him with a sly grin.
"Ohh," she said to him. "So you would be another one of Xavier's brats. Take him away!"
Whipslash lashed out another one of his whips from his hand and the yellow stream wrapped around Bobby's wrists and bound them together.
"I can't believe I let that scum trick me into thinking he was a normal mutant," she said out loud and walked off to her throne again.
Rogue's eyes met with Bobby's and she said, "Sorry, Bobby."
They were then led out the narrow room and walked down flights of stairs that sent them further underground. They soon reached an empty jail-like structure, and Whipslash opened one of the doors and pushed both Rogue and Bobby in. He shut the door and locked it using a huge iron lock.
"Later brats," he said and left.
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Back at John's Mansion
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Natura walked into the house where John was waiting.
"Where is he?" John asked.
"With the Morlocks," Natura replied. "They stole him when Samira arrived."
"The Morlocks?" John asked her. "He's going to get himself killed."
"Bethany was once a Morlock, right?" She asked.
"Yes," John replied. "I almost was to. Before Xavier found me."
"Samira is out patrolling for him," she told John. "She's thinking he might escape."
"We're gonna have to go in and save his tail," John told her. "...again."
"Yeah," she replied with a sigh. "This is getting old. Next time let's just lock him in the basement."