Acid & Base
Chapter Nine: Moon and Sun
Author: Icy Flame
Disclaimer: Don't own them never will!
Icy: I REDID THE OTHER CHAPTER! I would suggest re-reading it before reading this!
W: Enjoy, review, and tell us what you think!
Wanda and Rogue were 'escorted' into the building by fifty guards with large rifles pointed directly at the girls. As they passed a guard at his post he looked up and saluted, running over to a number pad he typed in some digits allowing the air pressure open the gap in between the door. Rushing back to his post he saluted once more as his superiors rushed past. The doors closed with a whoosh of air and the group continued forward. The lights were dim and the air cold.
Wanda looked around and noted that this wasn't the actual lab. One man went forward to a wall and tapped on it several times. The barrier swung open to reveal a brightly lit corridor. Florescent lights lined the ceiling every three yards, the white tile floor glared with the reflection of the lights. Basically it was your basic lab hallway, not until they reached the end of it would anyone think differently.
The end of the corridor is exactly what Wanda and Rogue were afraid of reaching. When they entered the next door at the hallway's end each of them took a deep breath. This time another man did not go to open the door but someone from the other side opened it. An even brighter light burst through the gap, blinding them for a few seconds. As their vision cleared the guards nudged them onward with the guns.
"Ah girls, I'm so glad that you could join us." Cackled an older man, he had white hair and was about five foot seven. He had a gray mustache and beard that connected with one another. He had an aura of darkness and evil about him. His features were that of a sly person, sharp and gnarled. He nose was long and bent, overly large also, matching his oversized ears perfectly. He strode from his desk over to the mutants.
"It's such a pity we had to met over such sad situations. Accommodations will be provided for your retraining once we extract some 'information' from you." Turning to the fifty odd guards that had followed the girls he singled for two of them to come to him.
"Take them to their cells until we have prepped the machine." With that final order he turned and went back to his experiments, scribbling in his notebook every now and then. Without another word the men took hold of both agents and dragged them to their cells.
A guard warned, "Don't you muties give us no trouble ya here!" He pushed Wanda into a room, followed by Rogue. Taking out a card key he slashed it through a card keypad. It made whirling sounds and beeped, locking them into the unit.
Looking at their 'room' the girls noticed that they were supplied with one bed, a blanket and two pillows. The teens glanced at each other and sighed, both looked worn out. Wearily they slipped into the bed getting under the cover and snuggling up against on another. Looking at her watch one last time Rogue began to nod off. Wanda gripped the cover until her knuckles turned white but began to let sleep wash over her.
"We'll get'em back *yawn*" Wanda grumbled wearily.
Rogue approved, "Yeah *yawn* Ah'm just gonna *yawn* rest my eyes"
First Rogue let her eyelids settle down for a few seconds, after all she wasn't going to fall asleep. Wanda followed suit both of them loosing control ever few seconds. Within the next couple minutes both Acid and Base were resting, completely out of it. Their faces easing back into neutral stages, no longer baring the pain and anguish but smiles slipped in their stead.
~~~ In the Mansion ~~~
"Come on! We have to go!" Both Evan and Pietro urged, glancing at the other oddly. They hadn't been on the same side of anything since before Evan's mutant powers began to manifest. Quicksilver and Spyke smirked at that and moved to stand side by side. Joining X-men and Brotherhood once more.
"We can't let them get away with this! Evan's right! So it Pietro!" Jean look to the others, Kitty followed quickly trailed by Avalanche. Kurt ported over to where everyone was gathering Tabitha smirking went over too. Bobby ran over, the other new recruits trusting his judgment also joined in. The rest of the brotherhood lumbered over to them. Mystique and Storm walked over to the growing youngsters.
"After all we can't just let them go unsupervised." Ororo excused, smiling on the inside of how Evan and Pietro were able to depend on one another after everything that they had been through over the year.
Only Charles, Magnus and Scott hung back. Cyclops looked at Jean and then Charles. He was unable to decide whom he should follow. His mentor, the man who had saved him from a life of eternal blindness, who was a second father to him. Or the girl no women that danced through his dreams and was always supporting him, his soul mate. He looked down and then up and sidled over to where Jean was standing. She flashed him a winning smile that made his hear melt and he knew that he had made the correct decision.
"It seems fate has decided for us to unite as one once more old friend." Xavier said, grinning like a Cheshire cat, looking up from his wheelchair to his pal and rival. Magnus made no response but the corners of his mouth turned up. Pietro almost fainted in shock when his father and Charles began to laugh with one another, ending in a hug. He wobbled for a second before Evan put a hand on his shoulder. Looking over at the blonde haired boy he grinned and he looked at the other mutants.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's track them down and go collect'em in the X-Jet." Fred suggested, getting odd looks from his now fellow teammates who hadn't realized that he knew that much about the X-men technology.
Fred glared at them, "You didn't think I ONLY knew about food did you?" With that he left, walking down the hallways towards the elevator. Everyone stood there dumbstruck at this revelation.
Xavier interjected, "It seems we underestimated Mister Duke's potential."
"Yes well ~we~ will have all the time in the worlds to discover it once we return with the girls." Lehnsherr assured, removing his helmet for once. His bushy eyebrows and hair looked mused from the protective gear but non-the less Charles smiled widely. Realizing exactly what he was implying. The rest of them started for the elevator to locate Rogue and Wanda and return them safely.
~~~ Cerebro ~~~
Charles slowed to a stop in front of the doors. A laser came out at his height scanning his retinas. They had to replace and upgrade the security after the Arcade incident. Doors swished apart, revealing Cerebro in all its glory. Rolling into the large room Xavier booted up the system. He set out to find the girls. His fingers flew across the keyboards, typing at over two hundred words a minute. Information flashed across the screen at a break neck pace. Numbers and letters whizzed by too fast for most to read, well everyone but Pietro and he wasn't even paying attention to it. His mind was solely focused on Rogue and his sister.
After a few minutes the screen froze on a particular section of the United States, automatically zooming in on the mutant signatures of Rogue and Scarlet Witch. They weren't very strong but that could be for many variables. Pressing his lips together the Professor clicked the machine off and turned towards the others.
"Logan prep the X-Jet" Wolverine stalked off with Bobby and Scott. The remaining mutants were still staring at Xavier.
"It seems we are heading to Ohio, children." With that said the others walked in the direction of the jet.
Amara turned to Jubilee, "Isn't it cold up in Ohio?" She rolled her eyes and kept marching to the strip.
On upon arrival they found that the jet was started but that they were surrounded. Men from C.A.I.N. had Cyclops, Wolverine, and Iceman.
"What is the meaning of this?" Charles boomed, annoyed that he hadn't been able to pick up on all these people. There were around seventy of them, all with large guns or odd-looking sticks that crackled with electricity.
One of the men stepped forward. He leered at them all, including the men in the suits. They looked at him oddly but he just stared. Finally he looked up at them and smirked.
"We have strict orders to keep you under house arrest gentlemen and ladies. So I suggest you all just put your hands up."
Jean smirked, "Alright." With that the telekinetic teen raised her hands up, along with several groups of the men. Scott shot his eye beams at whatever weapon he uh laid eyes on… melting it into a lava state. Fred simply charged at two men, causing them to run in fear when their weapons had no affect on him. Evan pinned them down with some spikes and Jubilee blinded people with her bright fireworks.
Magnus shot out his hand and twisted guns into pretzel figures. Lance threw a wave of seismic power under the feet of twenty of the men. Todd spat out green globs of slimy goo at them as they attempted to escape. Leaping on the backs of them he spun in the air aiming at more of them.
Kitty ran over to a guy sneaking up on Nightcrawler and punched him. He turned around and tried to return the favor, only to find that his hand flew straight through the girl. He turned to run away, screaming like a baby. Kurt spotted him and teleported him in of the path of the Blob. Charles was trying to confuse some men by tossing a telepathic voice around in their skulls. They fell to the ground clutching their heads in pain.
Pietro spun around thirty soldiers, picking up speed as they shot at him. All the bullets missed their target as he started creating a whirlwind. They had no chance at catching him, especially without the telekinetic Jean Grey hampering his abilities. Bobby created large ice fences around the prisoners captured already. Wolverine went one slashing guns and fighting men one on one.
A rather large man spotted Jamie and began chasing the youngster. For a man his size he was surprisingly fast and swiped at Multiples shirt, yanking him backwards. This caused eight other Jamies to appear. They turned around and glared at the man. He let out a shriek as each one of the Jamies punch another one in the arm causing forty of him to appear. In turn they all chased after the obese man, who at his point was blubbering like a baby as he tried to escape the literal mob behind him.
Rhane growled and turned into a wolf, biting one man in the leg only to receive a kick in the ribs. Yelping Sam came over and charged at the man, literally. Ray stuck out his arms and let out a large electric shock run throughout a mass of the men. They shook and fainted. Ray turned into his mutant form and jumped into the fight also.
Within the next twenty minutes the X-Men and Brotherhood had defeated the C.A.I.N. thugs, all of them tied up and imprisoned outside of the local Bayville police station a note pasted on the leaders mouth.
Above the X-Jet took off once again as Kurt reappeared in his seat. Buckling in once more they flew southwest towards the Ohio base of C.A.I.N.
Icy: And that's all for now.
W: Yeah we know nothing really big happened but it's Sunday and we just started this from scratch!
Icy: SHH! We were suppose to have some done already!
W: Oops, well anyways. I'm sure the Jean/Scott fans like the bit above…of there are any of those fans reading this.
Icy: Plus the hints at other couples.
W: HAHA I wonder if anyone caught the slight hint about Bucket head and Cue ball?
Icy: Ok that WAS A JOKE! I always thought there would be tons of people hinting at that relationship but I have only found a slight hint in someone's story at a mention of an old relationship between them like that.
W: Sorry too tempting!
Icy: Now for the other stories….
W: Slaver driver.
Icy: *rolls eyes* whatever. Later yo!