I'm back for another! I finished homework, and the TV with the HBO and stuff is taken. My dad is watching a show that I find B-O-R-I-N-G. So, here I am typing the people that like my story, or read it, another chapter! Hope you like!

Madison/Maddy/Mads is my character. Mine. I made her up. But the X-Men aren't. Nope. Not mine. What a dream though.

After laying in bed all day, I was tense and needed to stretch out. So I decided to leave the captivity of my room and explore this mansion. I fixed my hair and makeup first, then grabbed my walkman to bring for support. I put the headphones on and stuck the CD player in my huge pants pocket. Then I left the room.

The entire hallway was bedrooms until the last door. I pulled the heavy door open and peered in. It was a library. Hmm…Mr. Magneto is a reader. Or somebody to have all of these books. It was a large circular room with rows upon rows of shelves, stocked full of books. Every shape, size and genre of book was here it looked. Everywhere you turned in this spectacle there were books. I like it in here. Walking up and down the rows of novels, I still thought of why Mags wasn't this benevolent on Earth for the Brotherhood. He must not like them all that much. Than again, Pietro was left in charge, he must be trustworthy with work. Guess not with money or valuables.

I found a good book in the last aisle, which was weird because there were thousands of them in here. It was called The Once Future King. By G.H. White. I picked it up and read the first page, found it interesting, and took it to a table. I sat down then to read it. As I did, my music blared loudly into my head. I sang along: "I'm born to lose yah yah yah yah, god must hate me just before eternity, god must hate me, maybe you should pray for me, I'm breaking down, and you cant save me, I'm stuck in hell and I wanna go home, I wanna go home…I wanna go home, you cant save me, god must hate me now…" It wasn't hard rock or anything, I like it though. And that's all that matters when it comes to music. If I like it, I'll listen to it.

After reading to page two fifty, I stopped and stretched. My CD had stopped too. So I took the book and walked back to my room. I looked at my clock, which read 9:56 p.m. I didn't know it was that late. I shrugged though, I didn't care, and headed back down the hallway. What else to explore? I found and elevator eventually, and got in. There were four rows of buttons. Though only six were for floors. They all went down. I pushed the bottom most floor, and leaned against the wall as it whooshed downward. It moved surprisingly fast, and I felt woozy as I stepped off. I shook it off though, and began down the hallway. It was decorated with old art and antiques which was surprising, because when I peeked in each door, there were labs, cold and white. Each looked almost the same, the walls lined with charts of either X-rays, photos, or sketches of people, then there was the tables of instruments and tools. I shuddered to think what may have gone on in here. The three rooms before the last room were machinery intended. That's seemed more like Mags. I couldn't help think though, what if he's some kind of mad scientist? Who knows? I shook my head at the farcical thought. Don't be stupid. At the last door, I reached out to the knob slowly, maybe feeling the stillness. But I touched the knob, and as I did, something hard hit my shoulder. And then a cloth was put over my face as I cried out.

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Sabretooth stared down at me with a grin on his face. I was scared out of my mind. Where was I?! He could tell I was scared too. He kept licking his lips and pacing. I looked around and saw that we were in an office. More likely than not, it was Mags' office. And I was simply slouched down in a chair. I sat up and glared at Sabretooth, who chuckled in a growly, throaty tone. I shuddered and tried to get up, but he growled and pushed me down.

"You're staying here girly," he rumbled, "Magneto will be here to talk to you."

"About what?" I sneered. "About something. I am not informed of this."

"Ooh…Mr. Big Shot doesn't even know what's goin' on around here." I followed it up with a laugh as he left the room. I'm not staying here. I got up and headed for the door, but unfortunately, Mags came in. I sighed and sat down where I was before. "Well," he said in a deep voice, "Sabretooth said you struggled in the basement and had to sedate you."

"Um…no. He sedated me by surprise. I didn't even see him coming."

"That's beside the point," he said quickly to change the subject so he didn't sound like an uninformed ass, "I need to discuss some things with you though. About life up here. And your responsibilities." I shrugged and crossed my legs all polite like and listened. "You are living here to hide from the X-Men I understand. So, that means that you are on our side. You will be an Acolyte. As Pietro will soon be. You will need an alias. And you will be required to work as hard as the others do."

"Okay. I'm not going to assassinate the president though. That was a stupid ass idea."

"Off the subject. You will work in the labs, and on Earth too. You will do my work, I will be your boss. This will be your home, your base, you shelter." I nodded in response to his corny lecture, and he continued. "You will be under my and Pietro's word. If you disobey, you will be punished. Is all of this clear?"

"Sure Mr. Mags. Loud and clear."

"And you will refer to me as Magneto. Not Mags. And I will be taken seriously."

"Oh-yes sir. I-yes sir. Mr. Magneto sir." I said sarcastically, trying not to laugh. I stalked out of his office and looked for the elevator. Inside, I laughed at his ignorant attitude, and pressed the button for the regular part of the mansion. I stepped off, and headed for the kitchen. Food……

"I heard you had a talk with Magneto," Wanda said as I entered the kitchen. "Um…yeah. I did. How did you hear though?"

"Sabretooth. He likes it when people get in trouble. So, what did he say?"

"First, Sabretooth is an ass. And second, I wasn't in trouble. He just wanted to tell me about becoming an Acolyte."

"You're going to be an Acolyte!?"

"Yeah. And Pietro too. I need an alias now…" Wanda was getting all pissy now, I could sense it. Then all of a sudden, the house shook and dishes clattered. "Whoa, what's that?!"

"That's me," Wanda said through gritted teeth, then stomping from the room, her hands glowing the faintest blue. "Oh."

I fixed myself some soup and a sandwich as I listened for any noise from Wanda. I doubt I would hear anything in this huge place though. As soon as my food was done, I ported up to my room and set it on my table. At that moment, the computer beeped, and I ran to it. "Mads! I have something to tell you!" Pietro called to the camera. "What?! What's wrong!?"

"The X-Men are coming! They've been to all of the other hideouts and they've narrowed it down to that one! I just saw them take off!" Shit! They knew where I was! "Ok. I'll tell Mags. Thanks Pietro." He nodded and logged off.

I ported back to Magneto's office, but he was gone. I ran into the hallway, and found him gliding toward the end. "Magneto! Sir!" I called running to him. "What now? I'm a busy man."

"I'm sorry sir, but the X-Men are on their way here. I was just informed by Pietro." Hey, I could do all of this professional talk. Would you shut your damn mouth? He stood there contemplating, then looked down at me. "Find and inform Sabretooth. I won't let them get far, but if they somehow do, he needs to be ready. You and Wanda too."

"Yes sir!" I said porting to the living room. I looked, and found no sign of Sabretooth, so I checked the library, labs, rooms, kitchen. He wasn't anywhere to be found. I sighed and ran up to the hallway of bedrooms and banged on Wanda's door. "Go away!" she called from inside. "Wanda, we need to be ready, the X-Men are coming!" I didn't hear anything, so I ran off, then bumped into Sabretooth. "Where have you been!? I've been looking everywhere for you!"

"I was in the bathroom."

"Ugh…But get serious, the X-Men are on their way here, and Magneto told me to inform you and have you ready if they somehow get past his forces."

"Right," he said in a gruff voice. Then he stalked down the stairs, and I went back to my room to prepare for anything.

Sorry, I'm really tired, and all of this homework has tired me out with the writing and typing ya know? So, this took me awhile. My head is drained. So, if you don't like it, tell me. I have to go…sorry…I'll update sometime…when I get the chance…bye.