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YAY! It's chapter 6! Hope y'all are enjoying! I'm very happy 'cause people are being nice and reviewing. **************************************************************************** ***
"Fred?" the voice asked over the telephone.
"Yeah, I'm here" the mutant answered.
"Listen, I want you to break a window in the living room and clean up all the stuff in the kitchen, okay?"
"Why?"
"Because the doctor thinks that Pietro was trying to do a stunt and ran threw a window."
"Oh. Okay, bye." Fred hung up and did as he was told.
***
Mystique groaned as she drove to the hospital. They had called her: "Mr. Maximoff's legal guardian" about fifteen minutes ago telling her what had happened. Of course, she knew that the real cause of Pietro's injuries was Wanda's anger.
Mystique hoped that he was okay; she could not afford to loose a member. But she was not looking forward to putting on an act for the doctors and nurses, so that they would not be suspicious. The last thing she needed was a couple of social security workers showing up at her door.
The shape-shifter walked into the hospital's lobby and immediately spotted Lance and Todd, sitting on a long bench. She walked over.
"Lance?"
"Huh-? Oh- Mystique?" the boy asked.
"Yeah. Now tell me- what did you tell them happened?"
"Pietro wanted to do a stunt like on TV or something and ran through a window." Mystique almost burst out laughing.
"Okay. So, what did you tell them about the Brotherhood?"
"I said that you had adopted all of us- and that Pietro's parents were dead."
"Good." Then she turned to the secretary at the desk, gathering tears in her eyes for affect.
"Excuse me?" she asked.
"Yes?" the secretary said with a smile.
"I'm Raven Darkholme, my- Pietro...he's..."
"Oh yes! You're his legal guardian?" Mystique nodded.
"You adopted him, right? His parents are dead?"
"Yes"
"Okay, just follow me" the secretary said soothingly as she led "Ms. Darkholme" through the hospital. *Good* Mystique thought *It's working.* The shape-shifter felt a little stupid playing a loving mother, she never cried. Well, she hadn't cried in a very long time.
The secretary led her to a room in a hallway adjacent with the emergency room. Mystique waited outside the door while the woman got the doctor. Then, a tall brown-haired man came outside.
"Hello, Ms. Darkholme?"
"Yes" she said and shook his hand with the weak smile that people put on to give the impression that they were okay.
"I'm Doctor Greensfield. The boy is in pretty bad shape, cut and bruised everywhere, and a fractured arm, but he's going to be fine. He just came out of his little concussion. Would you like me to come in with you?"
"No. I'll be alright" she said and walked briskly into the room and closed the door.
"Pietro?" she asked and walked to his side, reverting back to her true form in the process. He did look bad. Very bad.
"Mystique?" Pietro asked weakly, surprised to see her.
"Hi" she said.
"Why are you here?"
"Because according to Mr. Alvers who drove you here, I'm your loving legal guardian"
"Loving?!"
"Shut up. If you don't like it, yell at Lance when you see him, for now just play along."
"Wanda..."
"I don't know where she is, but my guess is that she went to find Magneto"
"What happened with her?"
"Her memory fixed itself, so I suggest that you ready your apology for when she comes back." Pietro groaned.
"Ah crap. She's gonna kill me!"
"You're right, she will" at that, Mystique turned and walked briskly out of the room.
***
Mr. George Silverson led a boring life. He had graduated high school and community college with average grades, and had worked in an office building almost all his life. Eager to try something new, he had quit and now worked as a manager in a ski resort. Not very entertaining, but where he had previously worked there had not been as much snow.
But the most exciting thing that ever had ever happened in Silverson's life came that afternoon. He was standing behind his desk as usual when a teenager girl came into the lobby.
Well, barged in would be a better word. The girl marched up to the desk, fists clenched and eyes blazing. She slapped her hands on the desk and looked Silverson square in the eye.
"Is there a castle around near this place?" she asked, hatred in her voice, apparently for the castle or something in it.
"Y-yes" Silverson stammered "yes there is! It's, um, it's...let me get a map..."
"Hurry up!" the girl shouted. Silverson nodded and hurried to find the map. He fumbled through files and papers until he found it.
"H-here you go!" he said with a weak "happy-to-help-you" smile. The girl snatched the map.
"Thanks" she mumbled and stormed outside. **************************************************************************** *** nessie6- Although Pietro probably couldn't do anything, Wanda was driven completely insane, spending her childhood in an asylum, and the fact that Pietro was standing there with Magneto probably made her want to kill him too, since Wanda doesn't think very logically, 'cause she's completely insane. At least that's my opinion. I'm not sure if the BH is going to Xavier's or not, they might...
Di- Thanks! And yes, Mystique wants revenge (she's one to hold grudges)
zephyr- Pietro will be fine by the end of this fic, I assure you. I can't answer your other question though...I'm not allowed to give away too much plot ;)
Silver17- Mucho gracias! (HA! I studied for my Spanish midterm!)
YAY! It's chapter 6! Hope y'all are enjoying! I'm very happy 'cause people are being nice and reviewing. **************************************************************************** ***
"Fred?" the voice asked over the telephone.
"Yeah, I'm here" the mutant answered.
"Listen, I want you to break a window in the living room and clean up all the stuff in the kitchen, okay?"
"Why?"
"Because the doctor thinks that Pietro was trying to do a stunt and ran threw a window."
"Oh. Okay, bye." Fred hung up and did as he was told.
***
Mystique groaned as she drove to the hospital. They had called her: "Mr. Maximoff's legal guardian" about fifteen minutes ago telling her what had happened. Of course, she knew that the real cause of Pietro's injuries was Wanda's anger.
Mystique hoped that he was okay; she could not afford to loose a member. But she was not looking forward to putting on an act for the doctors and nurses, so that they would not be suspicious. The last thing she needed was a couple of social security workers showing up at her door.
The shape-shifter walked into the hospital's lobby and immediately spotted Lance and Todd, sitting on a long bench. She walked over.
"Lance?"
"Huh-? Oh- Mystique?" the boy asked.
"Yeah. Now tell me- what did you tell them happened?"
"Pietro wanted to do a stunt like on TV or something and ran through a window." Mystique almost burst out laughing.
"Okay. So, what did you tell them about the Brotherhood?"
"I said that you had adopted all of us- and that Pietro's parents were dead."
"Good." Then she turned to the secretary at the desk, gathering tears in her eyes for affect.
"Excuse me?" she asked.
"Yes?" the secretary said with a smile.
"I'm Raven Darkholme, my- Pietro...he's..."
"Oh yes! You're his legal guardian?" Mystique nodded.
"You adopted him, right? His parents are dead?"
"Yes"
"Okay, just follow me" the secretary said soothingly as she led "Ms. Darkholme" through the hospital. *Good* Mystique thought *It's working.* The shape-shifter felt a little stupid playing a loving mother, she never cried. Well, she hadn't cried in a very long time.
The secretary led her to a room in a hallway adjacent with the emergency room. Mystique waited outside the door while the woman got the doctor. Then, a tall brown-haired man came outside.
"Hello, Ms. Darkholme?"
"Yes" she said and shook his hand with the weak smile that people put on to give the impression that they were okay.
"I'm Doctor Greensfield. The boy is in pretty bad shape, cut and bruised everywhere, and a fractured arm, but he's going to be fine. He just came out of his little concussion. Would you like me to come in with you?"
"No. I'll be alright" she said and walked briskly into the room and closed the door.
"Pietro?" she asked and walked to his side, reverting back to her true form in the process. He did look bad. Very bad.
"Mystique?" Pietro asked weakly, surprised to see her.
"Hi" she said.
"Why are you here?"
"Because according to Mr. Alvers who drove you here, I'm your loving legal guardian"
"Loving?!"
"Shut up. If you don't like it, yell at Lance when you see him, for now just play along."
"Wanda..."
"I don't know where she is, but my guess is that she went to find Magneto"
"What happened with her?"
"Her memory fixed itself, so I suggest that you ready your apology for when she comes back." Pietro groaned.
"Ah crap. She's gonna kill me!"
"You're right, she will" at that, Mystique turned and walked briskly out of the room.
***
Mr. George Silverson led a boring life. He had graduated high school and community college with average grades, and had worked in an office building almost all his life. Eager to try something new, he had quit and now worked as a manager in a ski resort. Not very entertaining, but where he had previously worked there had not been as much snow.
But the most exciting thing that ever had ever happened in Silverson's life came that afternoon. He was standing behind his desk as usual when a teenager girl came into the lobby.
Well, barged in would be a better word. The girl marched up to the desk, fists clenched and eyes blazing. She slapped her hands on the desk and looked Silverson square in the eye.
"Is there a castle around near this place?" she asked, hatred in her voice, apparently for the castle or something in it.
"Y-yes" Silverson stammered "yes there is! It's, um, it's...let me get a map..."
"Hurry up!" the girl shouted. Silverson nodded and hurried to find the map. He fumbled through files and papers until he found it.
"H-here you go!" he said with a weak "happy-to-help-you" smile. The girl snatched the map.
"Thanks" she mumbled and stormed outside. **************************************************************************** *** nessie6- Although Pietro probably couldn't do anything, Wanda was driven completely insane, spending her childhood in an asylum, and the fact that Pietro was standing there with Magneto probably made her want to kill him too, since Wanda doesn't think very logically, 'cause she's completely insane. At least that's my opinion. I'm not sure if the BH is going to Xavier's or not, they might...
Di- Thanks! And yes, Mystique wants revenge (she's one to hold grudges)
zephyr- Pietro will be fine by the end of this fic, I assure you. I can't answer your other question though...I'm not allowed to give away too much plot ;)
Silver17- Mucho gracias! (HA! I studied for my Spanish midterm!)