Title: A Caress of Flame Part II
Author: Courtney, although the original 'A Caress of Flame' was by none other than Aslyin.
~Chapter Sixteen~
~*~The Next morning~*~
*John, Betsy, and bits of Emma*
Amara was at a mutant testing facility that was amazingly close. It was about an hour drive away.without speeding.
John had been anxious all night and all morning. To him people were going around to normally. No one was rushing around trying to get to Amara as fast as they could. In his mind they should be out of there like a bat out of hell.
Amara could've gotten hurt by now he thought to himself. She could be dead for all we know.
"Can we get going already?!" he yelled at everyone. "Thank God," Betsy said as she rushed out of the house, quickly followed by Pyro.
They had reached the testing facility after half an hour due to John's driving. Gambit had gone over the layout of the facility in the car and knew where all the alarm systems were..or lack thereof.
There was little to no security in the place, a few guards here and there but nothing else.
John rushed into the building with Betsy at his side. She seemed to be the only other person taking this ordeal seriously. All the others were simply walking through the door like it was their local library or something.
The walls were all made of black tile instead of white as he had imagined. In fact everything seemed to be black or some shade of gray. No one seemed to find this odd. They were just casually walking about. Except for Psylocke and Pyro, they found it all kinds of disturbing.
They got to the end of the hallway and looked down the hall that went to the left. According to Gambit this was the hall where they would find Amara.
'Let's recap shall we?' John thought to Betsy. 'So far there have been no guards or anything else that even remotely resembles security, everything is with black or some shade of gray, we were able to walk into this place like it was some store, and everyone's being disturbingly calm.that doesn't sound to good,' he thought to her.
'No, it certainly doesn't, but we have to get Amara,' she projected. 'That we do,' he responded.
That was the end of their conversation as they walked slowly down the hallway. There were several rooms. Oddly enough though, they were all empty.
Despite how much his instincts were warning him to get away from here as soon as possible, he refused to leave behind the girl he loved.
"She should be down the hall, the last room on the left," Emma said with her always cultured accent.
They were approaching said room quite quickly. Some part of him was afraid of what he would find in that room. All he wanted to do was runaway and let the others get her out. He absolutely did not want to go into that room. "I have to," he whispered to himself.
He felt someone take his hand and looked up to see Betsy looking at him with a look of understanding. 'She's just as afraid as me,' he thought. And she was. She was petrified. Her telepathy was going all kinds of crazy when she tried to sense what was in that room.
No matter how many times she tried to sense who or what was in there, she would simply get a blinding pain all over her body. She knew that that was always a bad sign, but she had to, not only for Amara, but for John.
"We're gonna be fine, Luv, and so is she," Betsy whispered to him. "I don't think you're right. And I don't think you think you are either," he responded never letting his eyes turn to the purple haired Asian girl beside him.
They had reached the room. Now all that was left was to turn the door knob and walk through the door. After those two simple tasks he would know that fate of what had happened to his girlfriend.
"Would you like to do the honor?" Emma asked form behind them. John nodded slowly and reached for the knob. He turned it slowly and pushed the door open.
His breath caught in his throat when he saw inside the room.
She was fine; she was simply lying on the hospital like bed sleeping. Her breathing was even and she looked like the very definition of the term 'perfect health'.
He smiled widely and rushed into the room. Betsy quickly followed along with the rest of the mutants. All save for one.
Emma stood at the door and let a tear slide down her cheek. She wished that she didn't have to do this. Amara was an incredibly nice girl after all. And poor John would be heartbroken. I have to, she thought to herself. It's not a matter of feelings.it's a matter of her reign beginning. All she had to do was complete this task and she would be the White Queen. That was all she had dreamed of since she became familiar with the Hellfire Club.
All she had to do was get rid of the bitch that stood in her way, and to accomplish that, she had to sacrifice Amara's life. This was to be the beginning of Emma Frost, the White Queen of the Inner Circle.
She sent out a projection to the other people located all over the building that they had entered the room. In a matter of minutes the joyful event of finding Amara alive was crushed. People swarmed into the room, but as one person walked into the room, everyone parted to make a part.
That was her objective walking through the path of followers. Selene, the Black Queen, the woman that could stay young forever by sucking the life out of innocent people. And that was exactly what she planned to do the "princess" lying in the hospital like bed.
However, Emma was to kill the Queen before she got to her victim, and then kill Amara and take her as her first victim as the White Queen.
Selene was now at the foot of the bed looking down at the sleeping girl. All of the former X-Men, Acolytes, and Brotherhood were being held back by an invisible force a.k.a her telekinesis.
Oh how she hated the look that Betsy was giving her. She hated the fact that he best friend absolutely despised her now. And then she realized that she could not hold Betsy back for long. That she would manage to break through with her own telekinetic powers.
She would have to kill her as well. The thought sickened her, but if she had to then so be it.
Selene was about to start the process to which she would suck the life out of Amara when she sent out a powerful psychic blast, knocking the Queen back. Selene looked up at the person who challenged her and her eyes met with Emma's. Emma smile, now was time for the fun to start.
TBC.
A/N: Yep, that was pretty long compared to the other chapters..i think that there's only gonna be two more chapters.then it'll all be done. Please after the last chapter, don't ask for a sequel, I wouldn't be able to start and finish a sequel.I don't like doing the same thing over and over again. And well, that'd probably be what it was. I might do a fic on one of the other characters and what went on with them afterwards.which could be a considered a sequel.but it wouldn't be focused on John or Amara. Well I'm gonna upload this on ff.net and go to sleep cause it's 12:30. Luv ya'll lots, Courtney
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Author: Courtney, although the original 'A Caress of Flame' was by none other than Aslyin.
~Chapter Sixteen~
~*~The Next morning~*~
*John, Betsy, and bits of Emma*
Amara was at a mutant testing facility that was amazingly close. It was about an hour drive away.without speeding.
John had been anxious all night and all morning. To him people were going around to normally. No one was rushing around trying to get to Amara as fast as they could. In his mind they should be out of there like a bat out of hell.
Amara could've gotten hurt by now he thought to himself. She could be dead for all we know.
"Can we get going already?!" he yelled at everyone. "Thank God," Betsy said as she rushed out of the house, quickly followed by Pyro.
They had reached the testing facility after half an hour due to John's driving. Gambit had gone over the layout of the facility in the car and knew where all the alarm systems were..or lack thereof.
There was little to no security in the place, a few guards here and there but nothing else.
John rushed into the building with Betsy at his side. She seemed to be the only other person taking this ordeal seriously. All the others were simply walking through the door like it was their local library or something.
The walls were all made of black tile instead of white as he had imagined. In fact everything seemed to be black or some shade of gray. No one seemed to find this odd. They were just casually walking about. Except for Psylocke and Pyro, they found it all kinds of disturbing.
They got to the end of the hallway and looked down the hall that went to the left. According to Gambit this was the hall where they would find Amara.
'Let's recap shall we?' John thought to Betsy. 'So far there have been no guards or anything else that even remotely resembles security, everything is with black or some shade of gray, we were able to walk into this place like it was some store, and everyone's being disturbingly calm.that doesn't sound to good,' he thought to her.
'No, it certainly doesn't, but we have to get Amara,' she projected. 'That we do,' he responded.
That was the end of their conversation as they walked slowly down the hallway. There were several rooms. Oddly enough though, they were all empty.
Despite how much his instincts were warning him to get away from here as soon as possible, he refused to leave behind the girl he loved.
"She should be down the hall, the last room on the left," Emma said with her always cultured accent.
They were approaching said room quite quickly. Some part of him was afraid of what he would find in that room. All he wanted to do was runaway and let the others get her out. He absolutely did not want to go into that room. "I have to," he whispered to himself.
He felt someone take his hand and looked up to see Betsy looking at him with a look of understanding. 'She's just as afraid as me,' he thought. And she was. She was petrified. Her telepathy was going all kinds of crazy when she tried to sense what was in that room.
No matter how many times she tried to sense who or what was in there, she would simply get a blinding pain all over her body. She knew that that was always a bad sign, but she had to, not only for Amara, but for John.
"We're gonna be fine, Luv, and so is she," Betsy whispered to him. "I don't think you're right. And I don't think you think you are either," he responded never letting his eyes turn to the purple haired Asian girl beside him.
They had reached the room. Now all that was left was to turn the door knob and walk through the door. After those two simple tasks he would know that fate of what had happened to his girlfriend.
"Would you like to do the honor?" Emma asked form behind them. John nodded slowly and reached for the knob. He turned it slowly and pushed the door open.
His breath caught in his throat when he saw inside the room.
She was fine; she was simply lying on the hospital like bed sleeping. Her breathing was even and she looked like the very definition of the term 'perfect health'.
He smiled widely and rushed into the room. Betsy quickly followed along with the rest of the mutants. All save for one.
Emma stood at the door and let a tear slide down her cheek. She wished that she didn't have to do this. Amara was an incredibly nice girl after all. And poor John would be heartbroken. I have to, she thought to herself. It's not a matter of feelings.it's a matter of her reign beginning. All she had to do was complete this task and she would be the White Queen. That was all she had dreamed of since she became familiar with the Hellfire Club.
All she had to do was get rid of the bitch that stood in her way, and to accomplish that, she had to sacrifice Amara's life. This was to be the beginning of Emma Frost, the White Queen of the Inner Circle.
She sent out a projection to the other people located all over the building that they had entered the room. In a matter of minutes the joyful event of finding Amara alive was crushed. People swarmed into the room, but as one person walked into the room, everyone parted to make a part.
That was her objective walking through the path of followers. Selene, the Black Queen, the woman that could stay young forever by sucking the life out of innocent people. And that was exactly what she planned to do the "princess" lying in the hospital like bed.
However, Emma was to kill the Queen before she got to her victim, and then kill Amara and take her as her first victim as the White Queen.
Selene was now at the foot of the bed looking down at the sleeping girl. All of the former X-Men, Acolytes, and Brotherhood were being held back by an invisible force a.k.a her telekinesis.
Oh how she hated the look that Betsy was giving her. She hated the fact that he best friend absolutely despised her now. And then she realized that she could not hold Betsy back for long. That she would manage to break through with her own telekinetic powers.
She would have to kill her as well. The thought sickened her, but if she had to then so be it.
Selene was about to start the process to which she would suck the life out of Amara when she sent out a powerful psychic blast, knocking the Queen back. Selene looked up at the person who challenged her and her eyes met with Emma's. Emma smile, now was time for the fun to start.
TBC.
A/N: Yep, that was pretty long compared to the other chapters..i think that there's only gonna be two more chapters.then it'll all be done. Please after the last chapter, don't ask for a sequel, I wouldn't be able to start and finish a sequel.I don't like doing the same thing over and over again. And well, that'd probably be what it was. I might do a fic on one of the other characters and what went on with them afterwards.which could be a considered a sequel.but it wouldn't be focused on John or Amara. Well I'm gonna upload this on ff.net and go to sleep cause it's 12:30. Luv ya'll lots, Courtney
PLZ PLZ PLZ REVIEW!!!!!!!!