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Chapter Nineteen

Why Are We In Cages?

Timothy's head hurt. What had just happened? Oh yeah, he had turned into a horse and was trying to get the other kids out of the mansion. Then he had gotten shot. Everything after that was a little blurry.

He opened his eyes and got a good look at his surroundings. He was in a cage, in a laboratory of some sorts.

Bobby, Rogue, Jubilee, Jennifer, and Kitty were there too. All in their own separate cages. Like animals in a zoo.

"Where are we?" Jubilee moaned as she sat up and rubbed her head.

"I think we're in a laboratory," Timothy told her.

"A what?" she groaned. Then she looked around. "Hey! Why am I in a cage?"

"So you're awake, good," a man in a white coat stepped up to the cages. "My name is Doctor North. You are in the observation room of the Friends Of Humanity headquarters. I hope you like your rooms."

Jubilee glared at the man as he snickered at them.

"Shut your dumb mouth and let us go!" Jubilee shouted.

"What's all the yellin' for?" Rogue moaned as she was awoken by Jubilee's outrage. Bobby and Jennifer were awake now too.

"Where are we?" Jennifer mumbled. "Ooooh my head!"

"The effects of the drugs will wear off soon," Doctor North told them. "Until then you will have minor headaches and slight dizziness."

"Why are you doing this to us?" Bobby asked, holding his head.

"Because you are mutants," the doctor smirked. "And because you can be useful mutants. But if you refuse to be part of our force you will be terminated."

Jennifer gasped.

"You big jerk!" Jubilee shouted, causing Bobby to moan from the noise.

"Not so loud," he groaned.

Jubilee glared at the man and tried to summon an energy ball in her hand. "Hey!" she yelled when she found that she couldn't use her powers. "What the big idea!"

The doctor smirked again.

"Those bars make you unable to use your powers, wonderful aren't they?"

"You!" Jubilee broke off into a stream of curses, and banged her hands against the bars.

"I'll leave you five with your guards now," Doctor North waved to them as he strode out of the room.

"Guards?" Timothy repeated.

Three leopards stalked into the room, snarling and glaring at the imprisoned children.

The next chapters are coming up real soon...