Chapter Three: Crime and Punishment
Disclaimer: I own nothing. But, Chu, Chi and Dil are still OC's. Oh well.
It has come to my attention that I have made a few minor errors in the last few chapters. Call them "typos", and accept my apology. I'll try to be more careful.
One more thing... Thank you to the person who sent "Chu" a review! ^_^ I happened to be peeking over her shoulder when she read it... Thank you for the support! Yay! I'll work hard!
And thus, the story continues...
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Three hours later, we woke up on the private Xavier bus that we had ridden there. It was a rather fancy bus, with nice a cushy seats...
"HE KNOCKED US OUT AGAIN!" I exclaimed, sitting up. I actually felt a lot better then I had before, much to my surprise. Chu was still unconscious, and Dil was sitting across the aisle from us. "Did he knock you out too?"
"No, I was told to keep an eye on you two." He shrugged.
"Oh." I said. "I'm going back to sleep now."
And I did.
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When we got back to the mansion, I knew we were in trouble. Xavier had informed us that he wished to speak with us in his office once we arrived, so that was naturally the last place we wanted to be, but the first place we went when we got back.
"I can understand why we're in trouble, but why is Dil here?" I asked Xavier once the door closed behind us.
"Yeah! Dil didn't do anything!" Chu agreed.
"That could be the problem you know." I commented to Chu in a low voice.
"But it's true!" Chu protested. I shrugged. Physically, I felt a lot better, but I realized that I had probably thrown away my chance to go visit Magneto-sama, so of course, I was in a lot of self-inflicted mental anguish. So much, in fact, that I didn't even hear any of Xavier's long and forgettable lecture about how we shouldn't be using our powers against others, not humans and especially not teammates.
"...Dil and Chu, you may proceed to your rooms to consider what I have said. Chi, stay here." I finally heard him say.
"Huh? But that's not fair!" I whimpered as Chu and Dil left the room with sympathetic looking expressions on their faces. The door closed behind them, and I turned back to the professor.
"Look, if I'm in trouble, fine, but are you not going to take me to see Magneto-sama now?" I asked, bracing for an "are you out of your mind?! Of course not!"-type reaction.
"Yes." He said simply.
"Huh?" I blinked at him in confusion. "Yes what? Yes you won't?"
"Yes, you will be allowed to visit Magneto." He clarified.
"Really?" I blinked again. "Why?" He sighed heavily.
"Chi, there is something regarding your power that he knows and I do not. I must discover what it is if you are to live a normal life." He explained slowly. I suspected that he didn't really want to let me in on his plan, lest I ruin it.
"Okay. Bye." I turned around, not pressing any of the arguments against letting me go. There were really a lot of reasons why I shouldn't be allowed to go, and I knew them, but if he was willing to ignore them, I wasn't about to bring them up.
"Chi, I wasn't finished yet." He stated, causing me to freeze in place.
"Is that so?" I asked, turning around slowly. "What were you forgetting?"
"Your punishment for inflicting damage upon your teammates." He looked at me wryly. "You didn't think I had forgotten about that, did you?"
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SO, there I was, on such a lovely day.
"Scrubbing floors. Bleah." I complained, carrying a bucket of water and mop to the entryway. For some reason, those marble entryways were just to good at picking up dirt, dust and otherwise yucky things, and I was told to clean it off.
"On such a nice day too..." I set down the bucket and stuck the business end of the mop in it with a heavy sigh. "But, at least I can still go see Magneto-sama..."
"In the land of twilight, under the moon... We dance for the idiots..." I sang, sloshing the mop around in the bucket then sloshing it around on the floor. "Ring around the roses under the moon, we sing with the castanets..." I had the vague feeling that I was getting my lyrics wrong...
Suddenly, the door burst open, knocking me in to the wall. I was still holding the mop, and the sudden movement of me banging in to the wall caused the end of the mop to fly up where I heard it impact with something, causing a SPLOOCH noise.
"Ouch..." I groaned, moving the mop so I could escape from behind the door. "Sorry 'bout that..." I mumbled apologetically, then I got a good look at who I had just thwacked with a wet mop.
"WOLVERINE!!" I shrieked in horror, dropping the mop.
"Thanks a lot, kid." He said sarcastically, wiping mop water from his eyes.
"Uh, uh, uh... BYE!" I stammered, then turned to run down the hall. I passed Rogue, who gave me a disdainful glance as she ran to Wolverine. I also passed Bobby, who seemed to be following Rogue.
Either way, I was very, very gone.
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At least, until I thought Wolverine was out of the vicinity. Then I came back, finished mopping and disposed of the wash water down somebody's bathtub.
Chi, will you come to the garage? It is time to leave. I heard Xavier's thoughts.
"ALLLLL RIIIIIIIGHT!" I shouted, chucking the empty bucket and mop in to the janitorial closet and rushing down the hallway. "I get to see Magneto-sama!"
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When I reached the garage, I was surprised to find Scott with Xavier.
"What, aren't I going to drive?" I asked, while climbing in the passengers seat.
"You remember the car you 'borrowed'?" Scott asked, shooting me a dark glare. "That's why."
"Picky, picky..." I muttered, strapping my seat belt on. "LET'S GOOO~!"
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Yay! Go go go! ^_^ I hit Wolvie with a wet mop! Ew! Don't worry, I don't hate him and please don't flame me over it... O_o; Should be interesting to see what boils out from here on...
