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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 26
Innocent... But Proven Guilty
Lara Hanikt sat in her rubber cell somewhere underground. Special Forces surrounded the area, heavily armed... as if she was some kind of weapon of mass destruction...
"Let me out of here!" She yelled. "I didn't do anything!"
"Yeah, yeah," said one of the men sarcastically. "I'm sure it was all just an 'accident', huh?"
Several of the men started to laugh... laugh... laugh? Why laugh? It was if that just because she was different it all-of-a-sudden didn't matter if she died. She was like a bug to these people... a mere insect worth squashing to set an example for the rest.
"LET ME OUT!" She screamed, more out of terror than rage.
Her finger-tips sparked as her power of lightning started to rise from her emotions... But she had tried this before. The thickly rubber coated bars wouldn't give no matter how strong her power surges. She wiggled her hands, making the sparks go out. Then she broke down...
A clock was shining right in front of the cell. It was a digital clock with the time 3:26:42 glowing crimson red into her eyes. That the hours, minutes, and seconds she had to live... her time was short.
Sixteen... so young. She didn't even make it to her senior year. Hell... she didn't even get her first kiss. Or a car... or a...
"I didn't even get my driver's license yet...," she whispered... falling into a deep denial of her death.
She flashed back...
Inside her house. She had woke up and had the smell of breakfast eggs and bacon floating in the air. Her mom always knew how to cook... her Dad on the other hand never knew the difference from a salt and pepper shaker...
Lara laughed... It had been a while.
She wondered what her parents were doing now... Were they fighting for her? Trying to save her?
Or were they denying anything to do with her... pretending that they had nothing to do with her?
It's things like this where you find out that you really don't know your friends or family as well as you thought you did. She had no idea what they were thinking right now... and in 3 hours, 24 minutes, and 14 seconds it wouldn't matter anymore... to either of them.
All she knew is that she didn't do anything wrong... but soon she will be on the platform with the noose tied around her small neck... and she will fall down into the next world...
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) Xavier Mansion
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"How tragic...," the Professor said to Cyclops and Storm.
"So are we going to stand aside and let them hang this girl?" Cyclops demanded from the Professor.
"There is nothing we can do," Xavier told him. "We can not get involved with this. We have already been revealed to the public. We can not risk bringing more attention to ourselves, especially by saving a young girl they insist on hanging."
"So we let this innocent girl hang?" Storm asked.
"That is all we can do," Xavier told her. "I can't be responsible for any of the people outside of this institute. It would be unwise and risk everything."
"We can do it anonymously," Cyclops replied. "We can hide our identities."
"It is to risky, Scott," Xavier told him.
"Fine," Scott told him, and stormed out.
Storm quickly followed behind him into the hall, closing Xavier's office door behind her. She was stopped when Cyclops turned suddenly and looked at her through his red lenses.
"Can you believe him?" Scott yelled in question.
"Scott," Storm told him, putting her hands on his shoulder. "Calm down."
"How can I calm down when this girl is go-," he yelled, his face turning red, but Storm interrupted him.
"I have a plan," she told him. "We won't be involved... but I know someone who owes me a favor..."
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 26
Innocent... But Proven Guilty
Lara Hanikt sat in her rubber cell somewhere underground. Special Forces surrounded the area, heavily armed... as if she was some kind of weapon of mass destruction...
"Let me out of here!" She yelled. "I didn't do anything!"
"Yeah, yeah," said one of the men sarcastically. "I'm sure it was all just an 'accident', huh?"
Several of the men started to laugh... laugh... laugh? Why laugh? It was if that just because she was different it all-of-a-sudden didn't matter if she died. She was like a bug to these people... a mere insect worth squashing to set an example for the rest.
"LET ME OUT!" She screamed, more out of terror than rage.
Her finger-tips sparked as her power of lightning started to rise from her emotions... But she had tried this before. The thickly rubber coated bars wouldn't give no matter how strong her power surges. She wiggled her hands, making the sparks go out. Then she broke down...
A clock was shining right in front of the cell. It was a digital clock with the time 3:26:42 glowing crimson red into her eyes. That the hours, minutes, and seconds she had to live... her time was short.
Sixteen... so young. She didn't even make it to her senior year. Hell... she didn't even get her first kiss. Or a car... or a...
"I didn't even get my driver's license yet...," she whispered... falling into a deep denial of her death.
She flashed back...
Inside her house. She had woke up and had the smell of breakfast eggs and bacon floating in the air. Her mom always knew how to cook... her Dad on the other hand never knew the difference from a salt and pepper shaker...
Lara laughed... It had been a while.
She wondered what her parents were doing now... Were they fighting for her? Trying to save her?
Or were they denying anything to do with her... pretending that they had nothing to do with her?
It's things like this where you find out that you really don't know your friends or family as well as you thought you did. She had no idea what they were thinking right now... and in 3 hours, 24 minutes, and 14 seconds it wouldn't matter anymore... to either of them.
All she knew is that she didn't do anything wrong... but soon she will be on the platform with the noose tied around her small neck... and she will fall down into the next world...
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) Xavier Mansion
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"How tragic...," the Professor said to Cyclops and Storm.
"So are we going to stand aside and let them hang this girl?" Cyclops demanded from the Professor.
"There is nothing we can do," Xavier told him. "We can not get involved with this. We have already been revealed to the public. We can not risk bringing more attention to ourselves, especially by saving a young girl they insist on hanging."
"So we let this innocent girl hang?" Storm asked.
"That is all we can do," Xavier told her. "I can't be responsible for any of the people outside of this institute. It would be unwise and risk everything."
"We can do it anonymously," Cyclops replied. "We can hide our identities."
"It is to risky, Scott," Xavier told him.
"Fine," Scott told him, and stormed out.
Storm quickly followed behind him into the hall, closing Xavier's office door behind her. She was stopped when Cyclops turned suddenly and looked at her through his red lenses.
"Can you believe him?" Scott yelled in question.
"Scott," Storm told him, putting her hands on his shoulder. "Calm down."
"How can I calm down when this girl is go-," he yelled, his face turning red, but Storm interrupted him.
"I have a plan," she told him. "We won't be involved... but I know someone who owes me a favor..."