The gang was out shopping and it was towards the end of the trip. Now was the time when the guys were dropping and even the girls were having to feign being interested in the next shop, because by then it was just way too dang many steps down the mall from where they were.
Scott and Jean had driven the van and car and brought a whole gang with them, including Kitty, Rogue, Kurt, Amara, Warren, Bobby, Piotr, Illyana, Gene, and Ellen. It had been a long day, but a pleasant one, Scott and Jean had stolen several momentary breaks to cuddle and kiss, and, with the exception of the glass on the toy store window, there had been no casualties, and no mishaps. Yet. That was about to change.
They were all trooping down the escalator towards the carpark when Amara gave a shriek, and was suddenly gone, accompanied by a horrible gurgling sound...The group all stared. Scott and Kurt almost bumped heads as they rushed to examine the exact spot where Amara had vanished. Jean came over too jostling them a lil as she reached out to push gently on a step...
There was another horrible gugrling sound and Jean, Kurt, and Scott were gone too.
The others stared at each other for a moment, then stared back at the spot. Roghue gulped and spoke quietly
"I guess we should really try tio see where they went." her cvoivce had a pleading quality to it as if she reallly wanted someone to convince her otherwise. unfortunately, the others were all feeling the same sort of ideas she was and as one they crowded round the spot. Warren gulped slowly then reached out and hesitating briefly, pushed the spot.
There was a louder, almost complaining gurgling sound and then there was noone there.
* * *
Warren opened his eyes and found himself standing facing a wall. He blinked, started guiltily and belatedly turned around and promptly gasped. There before them were the others... and a ... welll, a... what looked like, for the lack of better words... and he thought desperately that somewhere there absolutely had to be better words...a room full or socializing escalators. Socializing escalators which, if his ears werent playing tricks on him, and he was beginning to wonder if this whole thing wasnt a nightmare, were plotting to take over the world and kill all the humans starting with the kids...He blinked and considered turning back around and ignoring it.
But, just as he was giving it serious thought, Kurt accidentally kicked a piece of debris. There was sudden silence in the room as all of the escalators turned, and well, even with no eyes, it was obvious they were looking at the kids. A dreadful groaning scream, started and they rushed at the kids.
Faced at last with something he understood Scott broke his silence and orders began flowing out of his mouth.
"Angel, take the high ground. Use that fancy new bat you got and hit them high!"
"Colossus, Iceman, and Dis, take the point and clear us a path."
"Kurt, get Amara, Rogue and Ellen out of here! Take them to the car!"
"Jean, You're with Me!"
The teams moved as he had ordered Rogue dissapearign midprotest and the others immediately dealing serious damage
There followed several long minutes of serious Smashing, crashing, Zatting, and lots of thuds and booms, before the X-Men were finally on the outside of the door, and running for the car. They arrived back at the car, and van, piled in and peeled out so fast, that they left black marks halfway down the street.
They arrived back at the mansion and all piled out and stopped for just a moment at the entrance.Scott spoke, his voice low in warning, menace and something like childlike annoyance...
"I'm only going to say this once. I am not gonna talk about it. I wont ever acknowledge it. and you cant make me."
With that he turned on his feet and stalked inside, seriously considering never going to the mall again.
Scott and Jean had driven the van and car and brought a whole gang with them, including Kitty, Rogue, Kurt, Amara, Warren, Bobby, Piotr, Illyana, Gene, and Ellen. It had been a long day, but a pleasant one, Scott and Jean had stolen several momentary breaks to cuddle and kiss, and, with the exception of the glass on the toy store window, there had been no casualties, and no mishaps. Yet. That was about to change.
They were all trooping down the escalator towards the carpark when Amara gave a shriek, and was suddenly gone, accompanied by a horrible gurgling sound...The group all stared. Scott and Kurt almost bumped heads as they rushed to examine the exact spot where Amara had vanished. Jean came over too jostling them a lil as she reached out to push gently on a step...
There was another horrible gugrling sound and Jean, Kurt, and Scott were gone too.
The others stared at each other for a moment, then stared back at the spot. Roghue gulped and spoke quietly
"I guess we should really try tio see where they went." her cvoivce had a pleading quality to it as if she reallly wanted someone to convince her otherwise. unfortunately, the others were all feeling the same sort of ideas she was and as one they crowded round the spot. Warren gulped slowly then reached out and hesitating briefly, pushed the spot.
There was a louder, almost complaining gurgling sound and then there was noone there.
* * *
Warren opened his eyes and found himself standing facing a wall. He blinked, started guiltily and belatedly turned around and promptly gasped. There before them were the others... and a ... welll, a... what looked like, for the lack of better words... and he thought desperately that somewhere there absolutely had to be better words...a room full or socializing escalators. Socializing escalators which, if his ears werent playing tricks on him, and he was beginning to wonder if this whole thing wasnt a nightmare, were plotting to take over the world and kill all the humans starting with the kids...He blinked and considered turning back around and ignoring it.
But, just as he was giving it serious thought, Kurt accidentally kicked a piece of debris. There was sudden silence in the room as all of the escalators turned, and well, even with no eyes, it was obvious they were looking at the kids. A dreadful groaning scream, started and they rushed at the kids.
Faced at last with something he understood Scott broke his silence and orders began flowing out of his mouth.
"Angel, take the high ground. Use that fancy new bat you got and hit them high!"
"Colossus, Iceman, and Dis, take the point and clear us a path."
"Kurt, get Amara, Rogue and Ellen out of here! Take them to the car!"
"Jean, You're with Me!"
The teams moved as he had ordered Rogue dissapearign midprotest and the others immediately dealing serious damage
There followed several long minutes of serious Smashing, crashing, Zatting, and lots of thuds and booms, before the X-Men were finally on the outside of the door, and running for the car. They arrived back at the car, and van, piled in and peeled out so fast, that they left black marks halfway down the street.
They arrived back at the mansion and all piled out and stopped for just a moment at the entrance.Scott spoke, his voice low in warning, menace and something like childlike annoyance...
"I'm only going to say this once. I am not gonna talk about it. I wont ever acknowledge it. and you cant make me."
With that he turned on his feet and stalked inside, seriously considering never going to the mall again.