Yes, it's been two months since I updated. I'm very sorry but I hope that you enjoy this chapter. The true storyline starts in this chapter and I hope you like it. Well here you go:
Jack the Ripper Style
A month had passed since Blade had arrived at the institute and things really hadn't changed. He was constantly being sentenced to various chores for missing Danger Room sessions but he really didn't care. Wolverine hated his guts, but his relationship with Rogue seemed to have improved. He had helped her sneak out of the house a couple times so her opinion of him had heightened to the we-are-still-not-friends-but-I-can-tolerate-you level. As for Tabby, well that was confusing, very confusing. But Blade was really upset about what had happened with Lance, upset and pissed off. And to top it all off he had been suspended from school already for cutting classes or some crap like that. And the future was not looking bright.
Rogue was all set, Tonight's gunna be great, she though to herself. The adults had gone to a conference in Spain about the mutant "crisis" so the kids had the mansion all to themselves. Since Scott and Jean were in charge and a bit more cautious then last time so Rogue and the others had concocted a plan. She was in charge of slipping sleeping pills into Scott and Jean's drinks in order to knock them out for the night. Going onto the balcony she signaled to Kurt that she had been successful with her mission. She used the Small Soldiers technique, catapulting sleeping pills into their drinks as they watched a movie. Kurt signaled back and Rogue went inside to get ready for the party. She changed from her workout clothes into her regular black skirt, leggings, combat boots, halter-top and green see-through shirt and of course her ever present gloves. Looking in the mirror she applied her purple make-up to her face and stepped back to see how she looked. I don't look half bad, she thought to herself, nodding her head. This party should be interesting seeing as just about every kid in Bayville is coming, she thought as she walked downstairs to prepare for the party.
At 10:00 the party was in full swing at the Institute. The mansion was packed with drunk, high teenagers. Blade, who wasn't much of a party person, stood in a corner quietly sipping a bottle of beer. He watched as Jamie grabbed a beer while no one was looking. Blade's conscience got the best of him and he went over towards him. "Here, have a soda instead," said Blade as he grabbed the beer from Jamie and handed him a Coke. Jamie reluctantly took the soda and headed to the couch to sit down. Blade went upstairs to his room and sat on the railing on the balcony with his feet dangling over. Balancing himself so that he wouldn't fall Blade lit a cigarette and took a long drag. Just then someone came into his room and sat on the railing next to him. Blade looked over and saw that it was Lance. He lit up another cigarette and handed it to Lance. "Can you still do it?"
"Do what?" Lance asked.
"That thing where you would fall headfirst out of a window and then latch your feet on the windowsill at the last second."
"I dunno," said Lance, "lets find out!" Suddenly Lance fell off the railing but just like when he was a little kid he managed to hook his feet between the bars. Laughing Lance looked up at Blade, "I guess I still can!" Blade laughed and pulled Lance back up.
"I am sorry about what happened Lance," Blade said his look turning serious.
"Yeah...I know, come on man lets go back downstairs."
"What, you can't bear to be away from your beloved Kitty?"
"Shut-up"
Wanda was standing against a wall talking to Rogue. They had spent most of the night trying to get the DJ that Kurt had hired to play some decent rock music but the guy had basically laughed in their faces. So now they were forced to stand and listened to the crappy dance music that was playing. "Hey Sheila, wanna dance?" asked St. John walking up to Wanda. Wanda raised an eyebrow. "Come on, I won't burn anything, I promise!"
"Rogue, you mind?" asked Wanda. Rogue smiled and shook her head as she watched Wanda be led off to the dance floor. The house was really crowded so Rogue decided to take a walk outside. She walked outside and laid on the grass looking up at the moon.
"Beautiful ain it chere?" Rogue sat up and saw Remy sit next to her.
"Wadda you want Swamp Rat?"
"Chere, Remy is wounded, Remy come out here to sit wit you and you tink he wants sometin?" he said with a mock look of hurt on his face. Rogue scowled and stood up and walked back inside with Gambit following close behind.
Tabby was on the dance floor, well the living room floor that had been designated as the dance floor, with Pietro. He was the only one who could keep up with her and she with him. Soon the song ended and Tabby told Pietro that she was tired and taking a break. "Ok Tabs, see ya later," said Pietro. Just then a loud scream was heard from outside. Tabby ran to the front door and almost threw up at the sight. Lying on the front steps was a girl whom Tabby recognized as Alison Bell, a mutant listed on Xavier's files. She had a bullet hole in the middle of her forehead and was sliced up Jack the Ripper style. Blade came up behind her and knelt down next to the body. He picked up a Polaroid that was lying next to the body. It was a picture of Alison and scrawled across it was "I'M BAAAACK"
"Snapshot," Blade muttered under his breathe.
"Who?" asked Lance who had pushed his way through the crowd, Kitty following close behind.
"Snapshot, he's a hitman, real name James Spade. He used to be a good friend of mine but well obviously he's not any more.
"You mean Jimmy Spade from the orphanage?" Lance asked with a surprised look on his face, "but he was so...normal."
"Yeah well people change, he certainly did." By then everyone had gathered round the body all with sickened looks across their faces
"I'll go vake Scott and Jean and call zee police," Kurt said gravely and then ported out.
"Ah better clear out all these people," said Rogue.
An hour later the mansion was swarming with police. The Brotherhood had helped Remy clean out all the beer before the cops got there so that they couldn't be charged with drinking under age. "Do you have security cameras?" one of the cops asked.
"Yeah but when we went to go look at the tapes they were all static, no picture," Jean answered. She had called the professor and informed him of what happened. He unfortunately could not come home due to problems at the airport. He would be stuck in Spain for a couple weeks, as would everyone else. All the students were scared, thinking that they might be next. The police soon left saying that they would contact them as soon as they knew anything.
No one had slept that night and everyone was downstairs by 6:00, either eating breakfast or watching TV. The Brotherhood had slept over, not wanting to go to their house and find a dead body on their doorsteps. To calm their nerves they had all decided to go see a movie at the Bayville Theater. They were seeing Shrek 2, hoping that a comedy would lighten the mood.
Fred had walked outside to get the newspaper to check the movie showtimes he stood out their in shock. "Uhhh guys, you might wanna come outside." Everyone, curious to see what was happening walked outside and they too stood there in shock. Outside the gates of the mansion were a ton of news vans and reporters. The reporters, upon seeing the X-Men, went into a frenzy, trying to get all their hair and makeup done so that they would look good on camera.
"How 'bout we jus look up the showtimes online yo," suggested Toad.
"Good idea," said Scott, turning around and walking inside, the others close behind.
The movie was playing at 10:00 so at 9:30 everyone piled into various cars. The New Mutants had decided to stay home and play video games, along with Kurt and St. John who were both suffering from major hangovers. When they got to the theater they purchased the tickets and literally had to drag Fred away from the snack stand after he purchased two large popcorns and three bags of Twizlers and still wanted more. Everything seemed to be going just fine, until Duncan Matthews and Co. showed up.
Hey I hoped you enjoyed this chapter, remember to review. Come on just press that button that says submit review, you know you want to.
Jack the Ripper Style
A month had passed since Blade had arrived at the institute and things really hadn't changed. He was constantly being sentenced to various chores for missing Danger Room sessions but he really didn't care. Wolverine hated his guts, but his relationship with Rogue seemed to have improved. He had helped her sneak out of the house a couple times so her opinion of him had heightened to the we-are-still-not-friends-but-I-can-tolerate-you level. As for Tabby, well that was confusing, very confusing. But Blade was really upset about what had happened with Lance, upset and pissed off. And to top it all off he had been suspended from school already for cutting classes or some crap like that. And the future was not looking bright.
Rogue was all set, Tonight's gunna be great, she though to herself. The adults had gone to a conference in Spain about the mutant "crisis" so the kids had the mansion all to themselves. Since Scott and Jean were in charge and a bit more cautious then last time so Rogue and the others had concocted a plan. She was in charge of slipping sleeping pills into Scott and Jean's drinks in order to knock them out for the night. Going onto the balcony she signaled to Kurt that she had been successful with her mission. She used the Small Soldiers technique, catapulting sleeping pills into their drinks as they watched a movie. Kurt signaled back and Rogue went inside to get ready for the party. She changed from her workout clothes into her regular black skirt, leggings, combat boots, halter-top and green see-through shirt and of course her ever present gloves. Looking in the mirror she applied her purple make-up to her face and stepped back to see how she looked. I don't look half bad, she thought to herself, nodding her head. This party should be interesting seeing as just about every kid in Bayville is coming, she thought as she walked downstairs to prepare for the party.
At 10:00 the party was in full swing at the Institute. The mansion was packed with drunk, high teenagers. Blade, who wasn't much of a party person, stood in a corner quietly sipping a bottle of beer. He watched as Jamie grabbed a beer while no one was looking. Blade's conscience got the best of him and he went over towards him. "Here, have a soda instead," said Blade as he grabbed the beer from Jamie and handed him a Coke. Jamie reluctantly took the soda and headed to the couch to sit down. Blade went upstairs to his room and sat on the railing on the balcony with his feet dangling over. Balancing himself so that he wouldn't fall Blade lit a cigarette and took a long drag. Just then someone came into his room and sat on the railing next to him. Blade looked over and saw that it was Lance. He lit up another cigarette and handed it to Lance. "Can you still do it?"
"Do what?" Lance asked.
"That thing where you would fall headfirst out of a window and then latch your feet on the windowsill at the last second."
"I dunno," said Lance, "lets find out!" Suddenly Lance fell off the railing but just like when he was a little kid he managed to hook his feet between the bars. Laughing Lance looked up at Blade, "I guess I still can!" Blade laughed and pulled Lance back up.
"I am sorry about what happened Lance," Blade said his look turning serious.
"Yeah...I know, come on man lets go back downstairs."
"What, you can't bear to be away from your beloved Kitty?"
"Shut-up"
Wanda was standing against a wall talking to Rogue. They had spent most of the night trying to get the DJ that Kurt had hired to play some decent rock music but the guy had basically laughed in their faces. So now they were forced to stand and listened to the crappy dance music that was playing. "Hey Sheila, wanna dance?" asked St. John walking up to Wanda. Wanda raised an eyebrow. "Come on, I won't burn anything, I promise!"
"Rogue, you mind?" asked Wanda. Rogue smiled and shook her head as she watched Wanda be led off to the dance floor. The house was really crowded so Rogue decided to take a walk outside. She walked outside and laid on the grass looking up at the moon.
"Beautiful ain it chere?" Rogue sat up and saw Remy sit next to her.
"Wadda you want Swamp Rat?"
"Chere, Remy is wounded, Remy come out here to sit wit you and you tink he wants sometin?" he said with a mock look of hurt on his face. Rogue scowled and stood up and walked back inside with Gambit following close behind.
Tabby was on the dance floor, well the living room floor that had been designated as the dance floor, with Pietro. He was the only one who could keep up with her and she with him. Soon the song ended and Tabby told Pietro that she was tired and taking a break. "Ok Tabs, see ya later," said Pietro. Just then a loud scream was heard from outside. Tabby ran to the front door and almost threw up at the sight. Lying on the front steps was a girl whom Tabby recognized as Alison Bell, a mutant listed on Xavier's files. She had a bullet hole in the middle of her forehead and was sliced up Jack the Ripper style. Blade came up behind her and knelt down next to the body. He picked up a Polaroid that was lying next to the body. It was a picture of Alison and scrawled across it was "I'M BAAAACK"
"Snapshot," Blade muttered under his breathe.
"Who?" asked Lance who had pushed his way through the crowd, Kitty following close behind.
"Snapshot, he's a hitman, real name James Spade. He used to be a good friend of mine but well obviously he's not any more.
"You mean Jimmy Spade from the orphanage?" Lance asked with a surprised look on his face, "but he was so...normal."
"Yeah well people change, he certainly did." By then everyone had gathered round the body all with sickened looks across their faces
"I'll go vake Scott and Jean and call zee police," Kurt said gravely and then ported out.
"Ah better clear out all these people," said Rogue.
An hour later the mansion was swarming with police. The Brotherhood had helped Remy clean out all the beer before the cops got there so that they couldn't be charged with drinking under age. "Do you have security cameras?" one of the cops asked.
"Yeah but when we went to go look at the tapes they were all static, no picture," Jean answered. She had called the professor and informed him of what happened. He unfortunately could not come home due to problems at the airport. He would be stuck in Spain for a couple weeks, as would everyone else. All the students were scared, thinking that they might be next. The police soon left saying that they would contact them as soon as they knew anything.
No one had slept that night and everyone was downstairs by 6:00, either eating breakfast or watching TV. The Brotherhood had slept over, not wanting to go to their house and find a dead body on their doorsteps. To calm their nerves they had all decided to go see a movie at the Bayville Theater. They were seeing Shrek 2, hoping that a comedy would lighten the mood.
Fred had walked outside to get the newspaper to check the movie showtimes he stood out their in shock. "Uhhh guys, you might wanna come outside." Everyone, curious to see what was happening walked outside and they too stood there in shock. Outside the gates of the mansion were a ton of news vans and reporters. The reporters, upon seeing the X-Men, went into a frenzy, trying to get all their hair and makeup done so that they would look good on camera.
"How 'bout we jus look up the showtimes online yo," suggested Toad.
"Good idea," said Scott, turning around and walking inside, the others close behind.
The movie was playing at 10:00 so at 9:30 everyone piled into various cars. The New Mutants had decided to stay home and play video games, along with Kurt and St. John who were both suffering from major hangovers. When they got to the theater they purchased the tickets and literally had to drag Fred away from the snack stand after he purchased two large popcorns and three bags of Twizlers and still wanted more. Everything seemed to be going just fine, until Duncan Matthews and Co. showed up.
Hey I hoped you enjoyed this chapter, remember to review. Come on just press that button that says submit review, you know you want to.