Chapter 11: A New Proposal
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Later that night Ororo had an earth shattering nightmare. The triplets were born and there was a mob of protesters and news crews trying to storm (hehe) the Institute's gates.
It was her fault everyone was in danger.
The students were frantically running up and down the halls. Their backpacks, papers, and pens were strewn all over. Scott and Wolverine had gone down to the lower levels to suit up.
The media had broken through the gate and were running up to the front door.
Victor went to kill them off-she watched as he was cut down in the doorway-
Before she could get to him Scott and Logan grabbed her, while Kurt transported the triplets down to the hanger.
Storm woke up screaming as Victor gently shook her, "Ro, wake up!"
"NO, RELEASE-Vic?" Storm finally came to, "You're alive!"
She hugged and kissed him.
"You alright?" asked Vic a little concerned. He could hear her heart racing.
"Yes, I'm fine now." she said panting, "I think I'm going to go to the kitchen."
"Do you want me to come?" asked Vic with anticipation.
"No, that's alright," said Storm still a bit shaken as she headed for the door.
By the time Storm got to the commons room it was safe to say she was definitely having second, third and fourth thoughts about the whole situation. She started to pace the room. She didn't know what to do. She needed time to think, but not here.
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KRAK-BOOM!
A clap of thunder woke both Magneto and Mystique with a start.
"Ugh, don't tell me she went off again!" groaned Mystique.
"You take Storm, I'll handle everyone else," sighed Magneto.
"I think I'm getting the short end of the stick, but alright," agreed Mystique, "but I want backup!"
"Back up?!" asked Magneto, "What do you mean an AK-47?"
"No, I meant Rogue," said Mystique.
"She'll be waiting the commons room when you bring Storm back from the beach." said Magneto.
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When Mystique reached the beach it was pouring. It didn't take the shape shifter long to find Storm who was sitting on a rock by only a few feet from the shore.
"Waiting for a bus?" asked Mystique sarcastically as approached carrying an umbrella.
"What difference does it make?" Ororo sniffled.
"None I suppose other than you're going to be waiting quite a while," said Mystique.
"That's fine by me," said Ororo starting to shiver.
"This is insane," said Mystique, "come back inside and dry off."
"They're never going to have normal lives you know." said Storm, "I'm beginning to think it would have been easier to take Toad up on his offer, that way we all could have gone on like none of this happened."
"Firstly I don't believe you and secondly, Toad, is an absolute jackass. He just wants to go to Vegas with Victor and he knows he'll never be able to tear Vic away from you once the kids are born. I'll beat him up if you want-" offered Mystique.
"That's alright," said Storm miserably, "I can't stay here."
"Where are you planning to go?!" asked Mystique a little surprised.
"Far away from this war-I refuse to raise children in an environment where they have to be on guard 24 hours a day and in a constant state of turmoil!" sobbed Storm.
It started to rain harder.
"You're soaked! Let's go back inside and dry you off." Mystique offered.
It took the shape shifter good 10 more minutes before she was able to coax Ororo to follow her back to the complex.
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While Mystique was working with Ororo, Magneto was having some unforeseen difficulties. I'm sure everyone is aware that teenagers like to spend time together-not to mention in close quarters, that's what Magneto was having trouble with.
All three teens had fallen asleep on Pyro's single bed. John had fallen asleep sitting up with his back against the headboard on one side of the bed, while Bobby had fallen asleep on the other side of the bed lying down with his arm around Rogue's waist who had of fallen a sleep between the boys.
This was obviously a two mutant job, so the Master of Magnetism enlisted Toad's aid.
The object of the mission was to wake Rogue and get her out of the room without waking the boys.
Toad started by lifting Py off the bed as Magneto carefully moved Bobby's hand from Rouge's waist and then carefully reached over Bobby and lifted her off the bed. Toad placed John back on the bed. Then they headed out of the room closing the door behind them.
In the hall Magneto handed Rogue to Toad, put a grey, cloth glove on, and then covered Rogue's mouth.
She jolted awake in Toad's arms, "MMMmmmpf."
"Don't scream," warned Magneto.
Toad stood her on her feet.
"What the hell is wrong with you two?!" hissed Marie, "Ah mean really who wakes someone up in the middle of the niahght fer noth-"
KRAK-BOOM!
"Oh," said Marie a little sheepishly, "Storm's on the warpath again. What do you want me to do?"
"Go to the commons room and wait for her and Mystique," said Magneto.
"I meant what do you want me to do that I stand a chance of returning from?" asked Rogue.
Toad attempted to hide a smirk.
"Just go," order Magneto.
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Rogue barely made it into the commons room before Mystique came in with Storm who was still crying a little.
"Rogue, go get some towels and some dry clothes-" Mystique began.
"Wait, you mean from her room?!" asked Rogue unaware of the fear in her voice.
"Where else?" asked Mystique as she sat Storm down on the couch.
Rogue sighed, "What is it with you people an' suicide missions?!"
Mystique glared at her.
"Ah'm goin', Ah' goin'!" groaned Marie.
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Finding the room wasn't hard; it was getting in and out that was!
Luckily for Rogue she knew where Bobby kept an extra black. So using the blanket as cover to blend in with the darkened surroundings of the room, She knelt down and slowly pushed the door open just enough and started to cross the floor towards what she thought was a closet.
"Please, don't let Sabertooth wake up-Please, don't let Sabertooth wake up," thought Rogue as she crawled across the floor.
Rogue had made it just past the foot of the bed, when-
"I can see in the dark, ya know," came Sabertooth's voice from somewhere in the room, "an' besides yer heading toward the bathroom.
Rogue froze
*CLICK*-Victor turned on the nightstand lamp.
Rogue sat up on her knees and tossed the blanket behind her, "Ah swear this look a hell of a lot better on paper."
"Why don't you start with why yer in here?" Victor began attempting not to scare her, but at the extremely amused at her ridiculous tactics.
"Mystique sent me for some towels and a change of dry clothes," explained Rogue.
"Why? What happened?! Is Ro alright?!" said Vic quickly jumping out of bed.
"Ya, she just freaked out a little on the beach-" Rogue started.
"I'm coming with you," said Victor as he ran into the bathroom and the bureau returning with dry clothes and about five towels.
Rogue was sure this wasn't what Mystique wanted, but then again she was sure her chances of surviving standing up to Sabertooth were somewhere around 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 out of 100.
As she opened the door and cross the threshold back into the hall, Rogue nearly walked into Toad and Magneto.
"CHIAHST! Ya scared the hell out of meh!" Rogue jumped.
"Ya, well you deserved it!" argued Toad.
"Whay because yer a jerk?!" asked Rogue.
"One word-BLANKET!" said Toad.
"Alriahght, Ah admit it wasn't a great plan, but at least Ah was thinking ahead!"
"Like the night we captured you?" asked Toad.
"IT'S ON!" yelled Rogue.
Magneto rolled his eyes, "That's enough children!"
"Let's go," said Creed.
"No, no," said Magneto, "Not us, just Rogue."
Victor started to growl.
"She needs to calm down!" said Magneto.
"And whenever she gets like this you only seem to make it worse." Toad ventured.
"Fine," sighed Victor handing Rogue the towels and clothes.
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It took the combine efforts of both Mystique and Rogue two hours to get Storm to calm down completely. By the time Ororo headed back to her room Rogue and Mystique had fallen asleep on the couch.
Storm entered the room sheepishly.
Victor was in bed going over some documents with really small print.
He looked up, "Everything alright?"
"Yes, just hormones," Storm attempted to shrug it off.
"Are you sure this didn't have anything to do with your dream earlier?" asked Victor.
Storm sighed, "I can't hide anything from you, can I?"
"No," he said with a smirk.
"I'm just concerned about raising three children in the middle of a war zone," said Storm as climbed into bed.
"Do you always put a huge burden on yourself?!" asked Victor rather concerned.
"I suppose, why?" asked Storm.
"I think it's time you started sharing it with someone," said Victor.
"Who?" asked Ororo.
"Me," said Vic handing her a piece of paper and a pen.
"A marriage license?!" gasped Storm.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Later that night Ororo had an earth shattering nightmare. The triplets were born and there was a mob of protesters and news crews trying to storm (hehe) the Institute's gates.
It was her fault everyone was in danger.
The students were frantically running up and down the halls. Their backpacks, papers, and pens were strewn all over. Scott and Wolverine had gone down to the lower levels to suit up.
The media had broken through the gate and were running up to the front door.
Victor went to kill them off-she watched as he was cut down in the doorway-
Before she could get to him Scott and Logan grabbed her, while Kurt transported the triplets down to the hanger.
Storm woke up screaming as Victor gently shook her, "Ro, wake up!"
"NO, RELEASE-Vic?" Storm finally came to, "You're alive!"
She hugged and kissed him.
"You alright?" asked Vic a little concerned. He could hear her heart racing.
"Yes, I'm fine now." she said panting, "I think I'm going to go to the kitchen."
"Do you want me to come?" asked Vic with anticipation.
"No, that's alright," said Storm still a bit shaken as she headed for the door.
By the time Storm got to the commons room it was safe to say she was definitely having second, third and fourth thoughts about the whole situation. She started to pace the room. She didn't know what to do. She needed time to think, but not here.
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KRAK-BOOM!
A clap of thunder woke both Magneto and Mystique with a start.
"Ugh, don't tell me she went off again!" groaned Mystique.
"You take Storm, I'll handle everyone else," sighed Magneto.
"I think I'm getting the short end of the stick, but alright," agreed Mystique, "but I want backup!"
"Back up?!" asked Magneto, "What do you mean an AK-47?"
"No, I meant Rogue," said Mystique.
"She'll be waiting the commons room when you bring Storm back from the beach." said Magneto.
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When Mystique reached the beach it was pouring. It didn't take the shape shifter long to find Storm who was sitting on a rock by only a few feet from the shore.
"Waiting for a bus?" asked Mystique sarcastically as approached carrying an umbrella.
"What difference does it make?" Ororo sniffled.
"None I suppose other than you're going to be waiting quite a while," said Mystique.
"That's fine by me," said Ororo starting to shiver.
"This is insane," said Mystique, "come back inside and dry off."
"They're never going to have normal lives you know." said Storm, "I'm beginning to think it would have been easier to take Toad up on his offer, that way we all could have gone on like none of this happened."
"Firstly I don't believe you and secondly, Toad, is an absolute jackass. He just wants to go to Vegas with Victor and he knows he'll never be able to tear Vic away from you once the kids are born. I'll beat him up if you want-" offered Mystique.
"That's alright," said Storm miserably, "I can't stay here."
"Where are you planning to go?!" asked Mystique a little surprised.
"Far away from this war-I refuse to raise children in an environment where they have to be on guard 24 hours a day and in a constant state of turmoil!" sobbed Storm.
It started to rain harder.
"You're soaked! Let's go back inside and dry you off." Mystique offered.
It took the shape shifter good 10 more minutes before she was able to coax Ororo to follow her back to the complex.
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While Mystique was working with Ororo, Magneto was having some unforeseen difficulties. I'm sure everyone is aware that teenagers like to spend time together-not to mention in close quarters, that's what Magneto was having trouble with.
All three teens had fallen asleep on Pyro's single bed. John had fallen asleep sitting up with his back against the headboard on one side of the bed, while Bobby had fallen asleep on the other side of the bed lying down with his arm around Rogue's waist who had of fallen a sleep between the boys.
This was obviously a two mutant job, so the Master of Magnetism enlisted Toad's aid.
The object of the mission was to wake Rogue and get her out of the room without waking the boys.
Toad started by lifting Py off the bed as Magneto carefully moved Bobby's hand from Rouge's waist and then carefully reached over Bobby and lifted her off the bed. Toad placed John back on the bed. Then they headed out of the room closing the door behind them.
In the hall Magneto handed Rogue to Toad, put a grey, cloth glove on, and then covered Rogue's mouth.
She jolted awake in Toad's arms, "MMMmmmpf."
"Don't scream," warned Magneto.
Toad stood her on her feet.
"What the hell is wrong with you two?!" hissed Marie, "Ah mean really who wakes someone up in the middle of the niahght fer noth-"
KRAK-BOOM!
"Oh," said Marie a little sheepishly, "Storm's on the warpath again. What do you want me to do?"
"Go to the commons room and wait for her and Mystique," said Magneto.
"I meant what do you want me to do that I stand a chance of returning from?" asked Rogue.
Toad attempted to hide a smirk.
"Just go," order Magneto.
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Rogue barely made it into the commons room before Mystique came in with Storm who was still crying a little.
"Rogue, go get some towels and some dry clothes-" Mystique began.
"Wait, you mean from her room?!" asked Rogue unaware of the fear in her voice.
"Where else?" asked Mystique as she sat Storm down on the couch.
Rogue sighed, "What is it with you people an' suicide missions?!"
Mystique glared at her.
"Ah'm goin', Ah' goin'!" groaned Marie.
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Finding the room wasn't hard; it was getting in and out that was!
Luckily for Rogue she knew where Bobby kept an extra black. So using the blanket as cover to blend in with the darkened surroundings of the room, She knelt down and slowly pushed the door open just enough and started to cross the floor towards what she thought was a closet.
"Please, don't let Sabertooth wake up-Please, don't let Sabertooth wake up," thought Rogue as she crawled across the floor.
Rogue had made it just past the foot of the bed, when-
"I can see in the dark, ya know," came Sabertooth's voice from somewhere in the room, "an' besides yer heading toward the bathroom.
Rogue froze
*CLICK*-Victor turned on the nightstand lamp.
Rogue sat up on her knees and tossed the blanket behind her, "Ah swear this look a hell of a lot better on paper."
"Why don't you start with why yer in here?" Victor began attempting not to scare her, but at the extremely amused at her ridiculous tactics.
"Mystique sent me for some towels and a change of dry clothes," explained Rogue.
"Why? What happened?! Is Ro alright?!" said Vic quickly jumping out of bed.
"Ya, she just freaked out a little on the beach-" Rogue started.
"I'm coming with you," said Victor as he ran into the bathroom and the bureau returning with dry clothes and about five towels.
Rogue was sure this wasn't what Mystique wanted, but then again she was sure her chances of surviving standing up to Sabertooth were somewhere around 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 out of 100.
As she opened the door and cross the threshold back into the hall, Rogue nearly walked into Toad and Magneto.
"CHIAHST! Ya scared the hell out of meh!" Rogue jumped.
"Ya, well you deserved it!" argued Toad.
"Whay because yer a jerk?!" asked Rogue.
"One word-BLANKET!" said Toad.
"Alriahght, Ah admit it wasn't a great plan, but at least Ah was thinking ahead!"
"Like the night we captured you?" asked Toad.
"IT'S ON!" yelled Rogue.
Magneto rolled his eyes, "That's enough children!"
"Let's go," said Creed.
"No, no," said Magneto, "Not us, just Rogue."
Victor started to growl.
"She needs to calm down!" said Magneto.
"And whenever she gets like this you only seem to make it worse." Toad ventured.
"Fine," sighed Victor handing Rogue the towels and clothes.
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It took the combine efforts of both Mystique and Rogue two hours to get Storm to calm down completely. By the time Ororo headed back to her room Rogue and Mystique had fallen asleep on the couch.
Storm entered the room sheepishly.
Victor was in bed going over some documents with really small print.
He looked up, "Everything alright?"
"Yes, just hormones," Storm attempted to shrug it off.
"Are you sure this didn't have anything to do with your dream earlier?" asked Victor.
Storm sighed, "I can't hide anything from you, can I?"
"No," he said with a smirk.
"I'm just concerned about raising three children in the middle of a war zone," said Storm as climbed into bed.
"Do you always put a huge burden on yourself?!" asked Victor rather concerned.
"I suppose, why?" asked Storm.
"I think it's time you started sharing it with someone," said Victor.
"Who?" asked Ororo.
"Me," said Vic handing her a piece of paper and a pen.
"A marriage license?!" gasped Storm.