Just a Girl – Shadow?!?
"I adore my brother, I love his girlfriend but if I ever get mixed up again in one of their silly fights, I will kill them both! Slowly!" Marianne stomped into the mansion, it was near christmass, and her stay at the Institute had done her a lot of good. She was slowly learning to control her power. Hank was happy to have someone who liked to help him out in the med-lab. Her inability to fight, she made up for with her ability to learn what Hank taught her about how to take care of injuries.
"What was it about now?" Jean looked up at the girl.
"She wants Devon to come with her to Canada to visit her family. He doesn't wanna go because he doesn't wanna leave me here. And I really want him to go. He's such an idiot!" Marianne threw her coat over a chair and fell into the same chair.
"You, like, told him this?" Kitty looked up from the game.
"I did. I'm betting I'm gonna get a phone call this evening with him telling how sorry he is, but that he made up with Bridget and is going with her. So I'll be spending christmass here. Dad's stuck in England, negotiations aren't going to well," Marianne frowned slightly at that thought, "it'll give me some time to read those books I borrowed from mister McCoy."
"It's getting serious?" Jean asked, Marianne wondered what she meant: her brother's relationship with Bridget, or her wanting to become a doctor.
"He thinks she's the one. One with a capital O. She thinks the same. It's sickening to see them, I'm honestly glad I moved out. And yes, I really want to become a doctor," Marianne gagged as she thought of just how her brother would make up with Bridget, "Bridget knows I'm a mutant, and she thinks it's adorable how overprotective he is of me. Honestly, I'm doubting she has all her marbles."
"But you'll, like, be okay here? I mean, only Rogue, Scott, the professor and mister McCoy are staying," Kitty asked the girl, "you could, like, come with me. I'm totally sure my parents wouldn't mind."
"You're sweet, Kitty, but I'm staying. And I promise, I'll be fine. It'll give me a chance to catch up on my reading. Just go and don't worry about me, have a great time with your parents. Hey, I know you're Jewish and all, but I still got ya something for christmass, just wait here," Marianne remembered the gifts she had got everyone and quickly hurried upstairs. Tomrrow, they would all leave, well, except Hank, professor Xavier, Rogue and Scott.
~*Next day*~
"Goodbye Kurt, have fun with your parents," Marianne waved the last of her friends goobye.
"Zee you after chirstmass, later mein zister," Kurt grinned with his usual, mischevious grin on his face. Marianne was seriously doubting the wiseness in her choice of her gift for Kurt, a large box filled with prank pulling stuff.
"Kurt! Ah'm not yer sister!" Rogue objected to his misinterpretation to their relationship.
As he too disappeared out of view, Marianne's hand dropped to hang next to her side. Devon had indeed left for Canada and her father was still stuck in London. It stunk, big time. She looked aside and saw Scott, Rogue, the professor and Hank standing there.
"I'm going out. I'll be back for dinner," she announced, feeling an urge to get away for a short amount of time.
"I'll give you a lift, I have to go to Bayville anyway," Scott offered, Marianne sighed: Scott had developed into another over protective brother. She didn't decline an offered ride, though, and soon he dropped her of in Bayville, telling her he would be at the library.
She usually felt at ease, walking through the mall, but not today. She felt as if someone was watching her every move. And that scared the living daylights out of her. She had always gone to the mall with Kitty, sometimes also with Jean and Amara. It didn't feel save, and her mind screamed for her to go to Scott and get her out of Bayville and back to the Institute. Her heart almost jumped in her throat as she made it to the library.
Scott saw her coming towards the library through the window. She looked distressed, he cursed silently at whomever got her upset. He cared for her like a little sister. He paled as he saw a black haired boy coming up behind her on an old motorcycle. Scott quickly ran to the library exit.
"Let me go!" Marianne yelled as she felt two arms wrap themselves around her waist and pull her onto the bike. She saw Scott come out of the library and yelled for help.
"He can't help ya, doll, I told ya I would find ya fer christmass," she heard a familiar voice tell at her. She stiffened.
"Shadow?! You let me go this instant! You idiot! Jerk!" Marianne's mood changed from afraid to very, very mad as they sped of on his bike.
Scott cursed again: he wasn't fast enough. He quickly weighed his options: get into his car and try to find them, which would be nearly impossible. That boy knew what he was doing and he had just kidnapped Marianne. Scott quickly jumped into his car and rushed back to the mansion.
"Professor! It's Marianne, some boy just kidnapped her!" Scott rushed into the professor's office.
"What?!" it was only then, that Scott noticed the Hank was there too.
"She was walking towards the library, she looked afraid of something. Then I saw a boy coming up behind her on his motorcycle. I rushed outside, but I wasn't fast enough. He pulled her with him," Scott was now gasping, he had run the way from his car to the professor's office.
"I'll go look for her with Cerebro, you go and find Rogue," professor Xavier quickly took charge. Scott and the professor left the room, Hank rose from his chair, casting a last glance at the game he had been playing with Charles, he had almost won. Check, he had been about to say it when Scott had come bursting in. Somehow, the small victory seemed unimportant now, as the worry over Marianne overtook him. Her cheerful nature was a welcome change to the solitude in the med-lab. Her curiosity was heart warming, and that she could now, very well, be in grave danger tore at his heart.
"I adore my brother, I love his girlfriend but if I ever get mixed up again in one of their silly fights, I will kill them both! Slowly!" Marianne stomped into the mansion, it was near christmass, and her stay at the Institute had done her a lot of good. She was slowly learning to control her power. Hank was happy to have someone who liked to help him out in the med-lab. Her inability to fight, she made up for with her ability to learn what Hank taught her about how to take care of injuries.
"What was it about now?" Jean looked up at the girl.
"She wants Devon to come with her to Canada to visit her family. He doesn't wanna go because he doesn't wanna leave me here. And I really want him to go. He's such an idiot!" Marianne threw her coat over a chair and fell into the same chair.
"You, like, told him this?" Kitty looked up from the game.
"I did. I'm betting I'm gonna get a phone call this evening with him telling how sorry he is, but that he made up with Bridget and is going with her. So I'll be spending christmass here. Dad's stuck in England, negotiations aren't going to well," Marianne frowned slightly at that thought, "it'll give me some time to read those books I borrowed from mister McCoy."
"It's getting serious?" Jean asked, Marianne wondered what she meant: her brother's relationship with Bridget, or her wanting to become a doctor.
"He thinks she's the one. One with a capital O. She thinks the same. It's sickening to see them, I'm honestly glad I moved out. And yes, I really want to become a doctor," Marianne gagged as she thought of just how her brother would make up with Bridget, "Bridget knows I'm a mutant, and she thinks it's adorable how overprotective he is of me. Honestly, I'm doubting she has all her marbles."
"But you'll, like, be okay here? I mean, only Rogue, Scott, the professor and mister McCoy are staying," Kitty asked the girl, "you could, like, come with me. I'm totally sure my parents wouldn't mind."
"You're sweet, Kitty, but I'm staying. And I promise, I'll be fine. It'll give me a chance to catch up on my reading. Just go and don't worry about me, have a great time with your parents. Hey, I know you're Jewish and all, but I still got ya something for christmass, just wait here," Marianne remembered the gifts she had got everyone and quickly hurried upstairs. Tomrrow, they would all leave, well, except Hank, professor Xavier, Rogue and Scott.
~*Next day*~
"Goodbye Kurt, have fun with your parents," Marianne waved the last of her friends goobye.
"Zee you after chirstmass, later mein zister," Kurt grinned with his usual, mischevious grin on his face. Marianne was seriously doubting the wiseness in her choice of her gift for Kurt, a large box filled with prank pulling stuff.
"Kurt! Ah'm not yer sister!" Rogue objected to his misinterpretation to their relationship.
As he too disappeared out of view, Marianne's hand dropped to hang next to her side. Devon had indeed left for Canada and her father was still stuck in London. It stunk, big time. She looked aside and saw Scott, Rogue, the professor and Hank standing there.
"I'm going out. I'll be back for dinner," she announced, feeling an urge to get away for a short amount of time.
"I'll give you a lift, I have to go to Bayville anyway," Scott offered, Marianne sighed: Scott had developed into another over protective brother. She didn't decline an offered ride, though, and soon he dropped her of in Bayville, telling her he would be at the library.
She usually felt at ease, walking through the mall, but not today. She felt as if someone was watching her every move. And that scared the living daylights out of her. She had always gone to the mall with Kitty, sometimes also with Jean and Amara. It didn't feel save, and her mind screamed for her to go to Scott and get her out of Bayville and back to the Institute. Her heart almost jumped in her throat as she made it to the library.
Scott saw her coming towards the library through the window. She looked distressed, he cursed silently at whomever got her upset. He cared for her like a little sister. He paled as he saw a black haired boy coming up behind her on an old motorcycle. Scott quickly ran to the library exit.
"Let me go!" Marianne yelled as she felt two arms wrap themselves around her waist and pull her onto the bike. She saw Scott come out of the library and yelled for help.
"He can't help ya, doll, I told ya I would find ya fer christmass," she heard a familiar voice tell at her. She stiffened.
"Shadow?! You let me go this instant! You idiot! Jerk!" Marianne's mood changed from afraid to very, very mad as they sped of on his bike.
Scott cursed again: he wasn't fast enough. He quickly weighed his options: get into his car and try to find them, which would be nearly impossible. That boy knew what he was doing and he had just kidnapped Marianne. Scott quickly jumped into his car and rushed back to the mansion.
"Professor! It's Marianne, some boy just kidnapped her!" Scott rushed into the professor's office.
"What?!" it was only then, that Scott noticed the Hank was there too.
"She was walking towards the library, she looked afraid of something. Then I saw a boy coming up behind her on his motorcycle. I rushed outside, but I wasn't fast enough. He pulled her with him," Scott was now gasping, he had run the way from his car to the professor's office.
"I'll go look for her with Cerebro, you go and find Rogue," professor Xavier quickly took charge. Scott and the professor left the room, Hank rose from his chair, casting a last glance at the game he had been playing with Charles, he had almost won. Check, he had been about to say it when Scott had come bursting in. Somehow, the small victory seemed unimportant now, as the worry over Marianne overtook him. Her cheerful nature was a welcome change to the solitude in the med-lab. Her curiosity was heart warming, and that she could now, very well, be in grave danger tore at his heart.