yae yang: I know what you mean, but here's a little hint, some Acolytes
will join the X-Men and others will stay, but that's all you're getting.
Supergirlhv: No he really is, it was in the comics during this Drago story line.
DemonRogue13: Thanks.
Red Witch: Really? Cool. Well trust me it isn't over yet, there a lot more action coming up soon.
The Uncanny R-Man: Yeah it happens. Thanks for the two reviews, and the Darth Vader moment I did do I thought was kind of a nice touch. And yes that was the plan, so that they would think of Mag's a the hero of the hour and so they would have nowhere else to go or turn to.
Ruby: No I didn't know about that, is that OC going to be in a story you're making? Oh and thanks for reviewing the other chapters, and yes I did, I had nothing to do the entire day so I wanted to see if I could make a whole chapter which of course I did.
celtcath74: Glad you really liked the last chapter, and for the Star Wars lines. Someone once made a comment about that in an earlier chapter and it was too good not to do.
FAMILY AFFAIRS
CHAPTER 17: RESCUE PLANS AND ACTION
Charles had been trying to find Kurt and had detected the Brotherhood using their powers, then soon after Magneto was there too. He had no idea what was going on but he detected Kurt using his powers, so he immediately focused on Kurt but would look into what was going on later.
He sensed Kurt teleporting several times and with each one he got closer and closer to his location, when he had the town and had narrowed it to a few city blocks, Kurt seemed to suddenly stop. This worried Charles deeply
It meant that Kurt either had to stop using his powers, or couldn't. Neither answer was good for him, but since he had the location he decided to exit the chamber and see if Ororo or Scott had returned yet.
NEYAPHEM BASE
Kurt who had been eventually captured was placed in the same cell as Mystique and was on the bed sitting there. He would have tried to escape again but there was a four eyed, reptile skinned mutant guarding them who for some reason could nullify the powers of mutants in his sphere of influence.
He had been contemplating something to ask his mother but wasn't sure he wanted the answer, or that he even wanted to speak with her after everything. He kept giving looks like he wanted to but stopped.
Mystique had noticed this and for over an hour she waited until she couldn't anymore. "If you want to know something then just ask it."
Kurt sighed. He might as well get this over with. "How?" Was all he said, but Mystique knew what he meant.
"Well first off I was taking the form of a maid in a rich and powerful duke of a country in Europe. I was trying to catch his eye, which of course I did. He fell for me and we became lovers." At that Kurt winced since the image of his mother in that kind of position was too disturbing for him to picture.
"I met Azazel one day and well, one thing led to another. I didn't love the count, but as for your father, well he was different like me and I thought he cared for me. One day I found myself pregnant with you, and went to the Duke claiming it was his." Mystique paused at the memory. "It turns out he couldn't bare children and knew it wasn't his. So he cast me out."
"I went to Azazel but he was gone from where we usually met, before I went to the Duke I went to him and told him I had to end it. I didn't think you were his. Then I was alone and on my own with you. That was when Magneto found me and you know the rest of the story."
Kurt was silent. He didn't know what to say after hearing that, he just needed to think, and apparently he had plenty of time.
ACOLYTE BASE
Wanda was looking around while the majority of everyone was either away or asleep. She had this feeling that everything was wrong. And for some reason the Brotherhood was not to go to a certain part of the base. He told them it was dangerous and that was that.
So while the others were sleeping she creped out and decided to see for herself what was going on here. She snuck into the off limits area and was making her way down the halls and quietly as she could.
"You're not supposed to be here chere." She heard a distinct accented voice. She turned and saw Gambit leaning against of the door she passed. She figured that he would tell her father about her being here so she charged up her hands for a hex bolt.
To her surprise he held up his hands in defense. "Now, now, let's not do something that we might regret, especially Gambit."
"What do you want?" She growled out.
"Remy doesn't like workin' for your father, and from Gambit heard neither do you or this other guy. Remy was going to leave but my friend says dat your father can find his sister, now Remy been lookin' in every file and there's no mention of her, so Remy think he laying."
"Is there a point to this?" Wanda said impatiently.
Gambit smiled at her. "Well de point is dat there are a group here dat need to be rescued first."
Wanda was surprised at this, she knew there was something going on here. "Show me." She said. Gambit was about to disagree but the look she was giving him made him think twice. He nodded and led her down the halls to the security station.
Once inside Gambit shut the door and activated the monitor for the cell. Wanda looked inside and was shocked to see the five people in there, especially since she recognized Jamie and Alex. "Does this have audio?"
Remy moved to the controls and pressed a button.
While in the cell, Alex was flipping through the channels for something to watch. They had already tried to get through the clear material protecting the set in the wall. He was on one of the beds, Illyana was on another, while X23 took the third and was laying on her back looking up at the ceiling.
"You know I really wish something would happen already, the waiting is killing me." Alex said. "How did you stand being in this room for so long Illyana?"
She shrugged. "It wasn't easy, I just kept hoping that I would see my brother again."
"Yeah what was his name again?" Alex asked.
"Piotr." She said smiling. While in the control room Gambit who never bothered to use the audio since she never really talked was shocked at this. The girl had a Russian accent and knew Colossus name, and even though he rarely talked about his sister he knew her name was Illyana.
"Merde." He muttered to himself. Now he knew why Piotr was never in this particular base.
Meanwhile Alex had turned the set off and laid down on his bed. He looked over at the last bed and had to smile. So far Jamie and Paige had voted on sharing the bed since they were the smallest. And both could fit on one.
It was kind of funny. Alex said that Illyana being here the longest should get one and no one wanted to ask X23 for hers. Then when Jamie offered to take the floor Paige had asked why him, and he said because she should have the bed.
Well she had said "Why because I'm a girl?" Now even Alex could tell Jamie had no personal experience with girls, but the kid knew enough not to say yes to a question like that, especially after she threatened to deck him if he was.
They had ended up sharing it since there were only four beds so everyone had one now. Alex looking at them now couldn't help but smile. They were currently back-to-back but he could see that they were fast asleep.
He decided to take their example, since there was no clock, but since the late show was on, he knew it was late, so he better get some sleep. He only wished the damn lights went off, because it was hard enough sleeping in a prison cell as it was, and with the perpetual light was pissing him off a little.
He would have blasted it but most likely they were being protected by whatever Magneto was using.
Back in the security room, Wanda was not liking any of this. She knew this was wrong, and her father must be stopped. "Can we get them out of there?" She asked Gambit.
He scratched his chin. "Not likely. Even if we could get them out, Magneto an de others wouldn't let us walk out of here non?"
Wanda bounded the control board in frustration and the lights flicker. Remy moved a little away from her since he knew about her tempter and what it could do. Then Wanda looked at Gambit. "You know where Colossus is?" He nodded. "Good I think we might need him and to get some more help...I just hope they believe us."
XAVIER'S SCHOOL
It was near midnight when Ororo came back and even a few hours after that until Scott also returned he decided to give everyone the chance to sleep the night before they prepared for tomorrow. He knew Kurt was in trouble but when he touched his mind even briefly he knew he was safe, at least for the time being.
It was a hard decision but they all needed to be fully rested for the chance to get Kurt back. While waiting he had done research into the area and only found one place where Kurt could have been hidden. In an abandoned church, and knowing what he knew about Azazel it sounded like something he might do.
He just hoped he could get some sleep himself before the next day.
While Xavier was working Amada was up in her room awake and worried Blink was sitting next to her talking to her and trying to help her through all of this. She was so worried for Kurt and what would happen.
"Amanda, trust me. When we were captured by Trask you and the other kept saying the other would come for us, and they did, you said we would be safe and we are. And I'm telling you that we will get Kurt back and he will be safe." Blink said to her holding her hand.
Amanda let out a small smile for the support her friend was giving her. "Thanks Clarice, I really meant it." She said wiping a few small tears from her eyes.
Blink gave a reassuring smile. "Hey you've been there for me, so I should repay the favor."
"Thanks, I just hope I can get some sleep." She said sadly.
In Scott's room we find both Scott on his bed still dressed in his normal clothes over the cover. Jean is there laying next to him her arm around his torso and her head on his shoulder. "Scott we'll find Alex, we'll get him back." She says to him.
He looks at her and smiles slightly he hugs her closely to him. "Thanks Jean, it's just that I don't want to lose him again, not after all this time of thinking I had lost him before."
"I know." She says quietly to him and they lay there in each others arms, and through their bond they feel each other's pain and comfort. In this Scott finds a small amount of serenity and peace and falls to sleep in her arms.
Jean after awhile looks down at his sleeping form, and is worried about him. 'If he loses Alex a second time it would be horrible.' She thinks. She contemplates leaving but he seems so peaceful to her she decides to stay.
While in another room in Rogue's she is currently pacing back and forth while Vincent worriedly watches from her bed. 'She's been like this all day, even after the DR she still wanted to tear something up.' He thinks. He's never had any 'real' family so he can't say he knows exactly what she's going through, but he does know she's worried about her brother.
"Rogue you're going to wear a hole in the floor like that." He says to her.
She stopped and glared at him. "How can ya make jokes at a time lahke this?" She demanded.
He held up his hands in defense and got up off the bed. "Hey sorry, I'm just worried like you are, and you've been running yourself ragged all day." He said calmly and went up to her. He placed his hands on her arms and she left out a breath and leaned into him, resting her head on his shoulder.
"Ah'm just so worried about him." She said to him. "Ah want him back here safe."
"I know." He said to her. "Tell you what let me show you a place where I go when I get down or worried or something like this."
"Where?" She asked slightly confused. He only smiled and took her hand and gently led her to the door to the outside and he slowly floated up and she followed. They continued to the sky and after awhile she was wondering what he was doing.
Then they reached the clouds and went through one and they stopped after waist high in clouds. She looked around and her breath was taken away. Above the clouds the moon sawn down on them and she could feel the clouds around them.
It was a beautiful sight. "Wow." She whispered.
Vincent smiled. "Yeah I know, the sky looks a whole lot different from here, that's why I like it up here, especially with the clouds. It's peaceful and quiet and no one can get to you up here."
She floated back into him and he wrapped his arms around her as she saw the clouds slowly move around them and the stars seemed a little more brighter to her. "We'll get him back." She heard him whisper.
"Ah know." She said back. She didn't know how long they were up there but after awhile they made their way back and Vincent kissed her no her forehead and whished her goodnight. It took awhile but she did fall asleep and was grateful for what he had shown her. It was a peaceful moment and something she had needed.
ACOLYTE BASE
Wanda and Gambit made their way back to the area that Wanda should be at. "I still don't see why we can't just do this now." She grumbled.
"It's like Gambit said, if de boss finds you and me gone, he'll now somethin' is up non? Well in de morning we can both slip away since he's supposed to be gone for a while. So you need to get back to your room."
She gave a few choice curses that he was slightly surprised she would know but then the sound of feet down the hall caught their attention. Gambit opened the nearest door and grabbed Wanda's arm and put her in it, then he went in and closed the door until only a slight opening was there.
Wanda knew better to object and stayed silent. Soon the voice of Magneto and Mastermind could be heard.
"Do you think you can change the minds of those we have?" Magneto asked the ugly little telepathic man.
"Of course, and I don't need the help of those others either." He said with obvious scorn in his voice, most likely due to the fact that there were now other telepaths in the group, which no longer made him unique. "If I can fix your daughter's memories then I can do it with the others too."
Wanda didn't pay any more attention to the conversation. She knew something was wrong with her and with what Mastermind said it was all beginning to make sense. The dreams she had been having were real, they were of her real memories. She sat on the ground and suddenly clutched her skull.
She bit her lip to stop from crying out in pain. She remembered Mastermind now, she remembered the chair she had been strapped down in. She remembered her past and being so alone and always in the dark. She also remembered how Toad was there and knew about it.
The others must have known too. Now the pain in her head was gone, and all that was left was the pain of betrayal of her so called 'friends', her family. But mostly there was the rage, at them and with everything that had happened to her.
She noticed Gambit was over her asking something, when her head cleared she found out he was asking if she was okay. She felt like laughing then, on the one hand she felt like her mind was ripping itself apart any more, on the other for months her whole life was based on a lie.
"I'll be fine...after we get them out of here." She said but then silently added to herself. 'And when I get him for all of this.'
XAVIER SCHOOL
After breakfast the next morning everyone was being gathered together. "Where exactly are we going?" Gale asked Sam next to her.
"Oh most likely the war room." He said. He had rings under his eyes from lack of sleep and Tabitha was on the other side of him hold his arm.
"War Room?" She said shocked. "Look I want to help people not hurt them, I mean I thought Xavier was peaceful and stuff."
"It's not what you think." Tabitha said to her. "We just call it that, because 'Planning Room' sounds so lame. It's basically this room the Prof. uses to plan out major missions for us. That's all."
"Oh." Gale said blushing slightly. She was always one for not fighting, in fact she had had told the professor she wasn't much of a fighter and even though she would do the DR training but she didn't want to fight. She never liked to hurt others, and with her new powers, she didn't want to feel what the others she harmed.
The room itself to her surprised was all metallic and there was a large table with a lot of advanced technology running through and in it. There were several screens on the walls and a computer terminal in one area.
They gathered together and took their seats. Xavier went into explaining that he had found the place where Kurt was being kept, he showed them the images of the abandoned church that was supposed to be used for Azazel and he pulled up any and all blueprints he had found. In fact Logan was already getting the jet ready for the team.
"For this I want the senior X-Men for this." Xavier said to them.
"Professor, I want to go." Amanda said sternly. Xavier knew she would want to go in fact other members already were voicing their concerns and also wanted to go as well.
"I know everyone wants to go, but I need some of you to stay here. Forge, Dani, and Gale are too new for this and Sam I can see that you're not up for this as well. But Amanda, I know you want to go." Then he paused. "But I also know that if I try to stop you you'd find some why of coming with us, so you may join us."
Then he turned to the rest of them. "But for the rest of you, you all must remain here, we already have Jamie and Paige and Alex missing and are most likely with Magneto. Hank will be here along with Forge who will try and locate any locations that might hold one of Magneto's bases."
The others didn't like being left behind, but they accepted it. "Good, now I want all those going to suit up and meet in the hanger in the minutes, oh and we'll be having someone special along with us for this mission, he's had dealings with Azazel before so I thought I should call him."
Before anyone asked who it was, the door opend and Dr. Strange stepped through.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 18: TO GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUES
Smack-down time for Azazel and his group.
Supergirlhv: No he really is, it was in the comics during this Drago story line.
DemonRogue13: Thanks.
Red Witch: Really? Cool. Well trust me it isn't over yet, there a lot more action coming up soon.
The Uncanny R-Man: Yeah it happens. Thanks for the two reviews, and the Darth Vader moment I did do I thought was kind of a nice touch. And yes that was the plan, so that they would think of Mag's a the hero of the hour and so they would have nowhere else to go or turn to.
Ruby: No I didn't know about that, is that OC going to be in a story you're making? Oh and thanks for reviewing the other chapters, and yes I did, I had nothing to do the entire day so I wanted to see if I could make a whole chapter which of course I did.
celtcath74: Glad you really liked the last chapter, and for the Star Wars lines. Someone once made a comment about that in an earlier chapter and it was too good not to do.
FAMILY AFFAIRS
CHAPTER 17: RESCUE PLANS AND ACTION
Charles had been trying to find Kurt and had detected the Brotherhood using their powers, then soon after Magneto was there too. He had no idea what was going on but he detected Kurt using his powers, so he immediately focused on Kurt but would look into what was going on later.
He sensed Kurt teleporting several times and with each one he got closer and closer to his location, when he had the town and had narrowed it to a few city blocks, Kurt seemed to suddenly stop. This worried Charles deeply
It meant that Kurt either had to stop using his powers, or couldn't. Neither answer was good for him, but since he had the location he decided to exit the chamber and see if Ororo or Scott had returned yet.
NEYAPHEM BASE
Kurt who had been eventually captured was placed in the same cell as Mystique and was on the bed sitting there. He would have tried to escape again but there was a four eyed, reptile skinned mutant guarding them who for some reason could nullify the powers of mutants in his sphere of influence.
He had been contemplating something to ask his mother but wasn't sure he wanted the answer, or that he even wanted to speak with her after everything. He kept giving looks like he wanted to but stopped.
Mystique had noticed this and for over an hour she waited until she couldn't anymore. "If you want to know something then just ask it."
Kurt sighed. He might as well get this over with. "How?" Was all he said, but Mystique knew what he meant.
"Well first off I was taking the form of a maid in a rich and powerful duke of a country in Europe. I was trying to catch his eye, which of course I did. He fell for me and we became lovers." At that Kurt winced since the image of his mother in that kind of position was too disturbing for him to picture.
"I met Azazel one day and well, one thing led to another. I didn't love the count, but as for your father, well he was different like me and I thought he cared for me. One day I found myself pregnant with you, and went to the Duke claiming it was his." Mystique paused at the memory. "It turns out he couldn't bare children and knew it wasn't his. So he cast me out."
"I went to Azazel but he was gone from where we usually met, before I went to the Duke I went to him and told him I had to end it. I didn't think you were his. Then I was alone and on my own with you. That was when Magneto found me and you know the rest of the story."
Kurt was silent. He didn't know what to say after hearing that, he just needed to think, and apparently he had plenty of time.
ACOLYTE BASE
Wanda was looking around while the majority of everyone was either away or asleep. She had this feeling that everything was wrong. And for some reason the Brotherhood was not to go to a certain part of the base. He told them it was dangerous and that was that.
So while the others were sleeping she creped out and decided to see for herself what was going on here. She snuck into the off limits area and was making her way down the halls and quietly as she could.
"You're not supposed to be here chere." She heard a distinct accented voice. She turned and saw Gambit leaning against of the door she passed. She figured that he would tell her father about her being here so she charged up her hands for a hex bolt.
To her surprise he held up his hands in defense. "Now, now, let's not do something that we might regret, especially Gambit."
"What do you want?" She growled out.
"Remy doesn't like workin' for your father, and from Gambit heard neither do you or this other guy. Remy was going to leave but my friend says dat your father can find his sister, now Remy been lookin' in every file and there's no mention of her, so Remy think he laying."
"Is there a point to this?" Wanda said impatiently.
Gambit smiled at her. "Well de point is dat there are a group here dat need to be rescued first."
Wanda was surprised at this, she knew there was something going on here. "Show me." She said. Gambit was about to disagree but the look she was giving him made him think twice. He nodded and led her down the halls to the security station.
Once inside Gambit shut the door and activated the monitor for the cell. Wanda looked inside and was shocked to see the five people in there, especially since she recognized Jamie and Alex. "Does this have audio?"
Remy moved to the controls and pressed a button.
While in the cell, Alex was flipping through the channels for something to watch. They had already tried to get through the clear material protecting the set in the wall. He was on one of the beds, Illyana was on another, while X23 took the third and was laying on her back looking up at the ceiling.
"You know I really wish something would happen already, the waiting is killing me." Alex said. "How did you stand being in this room for so long Illyana?"
She shrugged. "It wasn't easy, I just kept hoping that I would see my brother again."
"Yeah what was his name again?" Alex asked.
"Piotr." She said smiling. While in the control room Gambit who never bothered to use the audio since she never really talked was shocked at this. The girl had a Russian accent and knew Colossus name, and even though he rarely talked about his sister he knew her name was Illyana.
"Merde." He muttered to himself. Now he knew why Piotr was never in this particular base.
Meanwhile Alex had turned the set off and laid down on his bed. He looked over at the last bed and had to smile. So far Jamie and Paige had voted on sharing the bed since they were the smallest. And both could fit on one.
It was kind of funny. Alex said that Illyana being here the longest should get one and no one wanted to ask X23 for hers. Then when Jamie offered to take the floor Paige had asked why him, and he said because she should have the bed.
Well she had said "Why because I'm a girl?" Now even Alex could tell Jamie had no personal experience with girls, but the kid knew enough not to say yes to a question like that, especially after she threatened to deck him if he was.
They had ended up sharing it since there were only four beds so everyone had one now. Alex looking at them now couldn't help but smile. They were currently back-to-back but he could see that they were fast asleep.
He decided to take their example, since there was no clock, but since the late show was on, he knew it was late, so he better get some sleep. He only wished the damn lights went off, because it was hard enough sleeping in a prison cell as it was, and with the perpetual light was pissing him off a little.
He would have blasted it but most likely they were being protected by whatever Magneto was using.
Back in the security room, Wanda was not liking any of this. She knew this was wrong, and her father must be stopped. "Can we get them out of there?" She asked Gambit.
He scratched his chin. "Not likely. Even if we could get them out, Magneto an de others wouldn't let us walk out of here non?"
Wanda bounded the control board in frustration and the lights flicker. Remy moved a little away from her since he knew about her tempter and what it could do. Then Wanda looked at Gambit. "You know where Colossus is?" He nodded. "Good I think we might need him and to get some more help...I just hope they believe us."
XAVIER'S SCHOOL
It was near midnight when Ororo came back and even a few hours after that until Scott also returned he decided to give everyone the chance to sleep the night before they prepared for tomorrow. He knew Kurt was in trouble but when he touched his mind even briefly he knew he was safe, at least for the time being.
It was a hard decision but they all needed to be fully rested for the chance to get Kurt back. While waiting he had done research into the area and only found one place where Kurt could have been hidden. In an abandoned church, and knowing what he knew about Azazel it sounded like something he might do.
He just hoped he could get some sleep himself before the next day.
While Xavier was working Amada was up in her room awake and worried Blink was sitting next to her talking to her and trying to help her through all of this. She was so worried for Kurt and what would happen.
"Amanda, trust me. When we were captured by Trask you and the other kept saying the other would come for us, and they did, you said we would be safe and we are. And I'm telling you that we will get Kurt back and he will be safe." Blink said to her holding her hand.
Amanda let out a small smile for the support her friend was giving her. "Thanks Clarice, I really meant it." She said wiping a few small tears from her eyes.
Blink gave a reassuring smile. "Hey you've been there for me, so I should repay the favor."
"Thanks, I just hope I can get some sleep." She said sadly.
In Scott's room we find both Scott on his bed still dressed in his normal clothes over the cover. Jean is there laying next to him her arm around his torso and her head on his shoulder. "Scott we'll find Alex, we'll get him back." She says to him.
He looks at her and smiles slightly he hugs her closely to him. "Thanks Jean, it's just that I don't want to lose him again, not after all this time of thinking I had lost him before."
"I know." She says quietly to him and they lay there in each others arms, and through their bond they feel each other's pain and comfort. In this Scott finds a small amount of serenity and peace and falls to sleep in her arms.
Jean after awhile looks down at his sleeping form, and is worried about him. 'If he loses Alex a second time it would be horrible.' She thinks. She contemplates leaving but he seems so peaceful to her she decides to stay.
While in another room in Rogue's she is currently pacing back and forth while Vincent worriedly watches from her bed. 'She's been like this all day, even after the DR she still wanted to tear something up.' He thinks. He's never had any 'real' family so he can't say he knows exactly what she's going through, but he does know she's worried about her brother.
"Rogue you're going to wear a hole in the floor like that." He says to her.
She stopped and glared at him. "How can ya make jokes at a time lahke this?" She demanded.
He held up his hands in defense and got up off the bed. "Hey sorry, I'm just worried like you are, and you've been running yourself ragged all day." He said calmly and went up to her. He placed his hands on her arms and she left out a breath and leaned into him, resting her head on his shoulder.
"Ah'm just so worried about him." She said to him. "Ah want him back here safe."
"I know." He said to her. "Tell you what let me show you a place where I go when I get down or worried or something like this."
"Where?" She asked slightly confused. He only smiled and took her hand and gently led her to the door to the outside and he slowly floated up and she followed. They continued to the sky and after awhile she was wondering what he was doing.
Then they reached the clouds and went through one and they stopped after waist high in clouds. She looked around and her breath was taken away. Above the clouds the moon sawn down on them and she could feel the clouds around them.
It was a beautiful sight. "Wow." She whispered.
Vincent smiled. "Yeah I know, the sky looks a whole lot different from here, that's why I like it up here, especially with the clouds. It's peaceful and quiet and no one can get to you up here."
She floated back into him and he wrapped his arms around her as she saw the clouds slowly move around them and the stars seemed a little more brighter to her. "We'll get him back." She heard him whisper.
"Ah know." She said back. She didn't know how long they were up there but after awhile they made their way back and Vincent kissed her no her forehead and whished her goodnight. It took awhile but she did fall asleep and was grateful for what he had shown her. It was a peaceful moment and something she had needed.
ACOLYTE BASE
Wanda and Gambit made their way back to the area that Wanda should be at. "I still don't see why we can't just do this now." She grumbled.
"It's like Gambit said, if de boss finds you and me gone, he'll now somethin' is up non? Well in de morning we can both slip away since he's supposed to be gone for a while. So you need to get back to your room."
She gave a few choice curses that he was slightly surprised she would know but then the sound of feet down the hall caught their attention. Gambit opened the nearest door and grabbed Wanda's arm and put her in it, then he went in and closed the door until only a slight opening was there.
Wanda knew better to object and stayed silent. Soon the voice of Magneto and Mastermind could be heard.
"Do you think you can change the minds of those we have?" Magneto asked the ugly little telepathic man.
"Of course, and I don't need the help of those others either." He said with obvious scorn in his voice, most likely due to the fact that there were now other telepaths in the group, which no longer made him unique. "If I can fix your daughter's memories then I can do it with the others too."
Wanda didn't pay any more attention to the conversation. She knew something was wrong with her and with what Mastermind said it was all beginning to make sense. The dreams she had been having were real, they were of her real memories. She sat on the ground and suddenly clutched her skull.
She bit her lip to stop from crying out in pain. She remembered Mastermind now, she remembered the chair she had been strapped down in. She remembered her past and being so alone and always in the dark. She also remembered how Toad was there and knew about it.
The others must have known too. Now the pain in her head was gone, and all that was left was the pain of betrayal of her so called 'friends', her family. But mostly there was the rage, at them and with everything that had happened to her.
She noticed Gambit was over her asking something, when her head cleared she found out he was asking if she was okay. She felt like laughing then, on the one hand she felt like her mind was ripping itself apart any more, on the other for months her whole life was based on a lie.
"I'll be fine...after we get them out of here." She said but then silently added to herself. 'And when I get him for all of this.'
XAVIER SCHOOL
After breakfast the next morning everyone was being gathered together. "Where exactly are we going?" Gale asked Sam next to her.
"Oh most likely the war room." He said. He had rings under his eyes from lack of sleep and Tabitha was on the other side of him hold his arm.
"War Room?" She said shocked. "Look I want to help people not hurt them, I mean I thought Xavier was peaceful and stuff."
"It's not what you think." Tabitha said to her. "We just call it that, because 'Planning Room' sounds so lame. It's basically this room the Prof. uses to plan out major missions for us. That's all."
"Oh." Gale said blushing slightly. She was always one for not fighting, in fact she had had told the professor she wasn't much of a fighter and even though she would do the DR training but she didn't want to fight. She never liked to hurt others, and with her new powers, she didn't want to feel what the others she harmed.
The room itself to her surprised was all metallic and there was a large table with a lot of advanced technology running through and in it. There were several screens on the walls and a computer terminal in one area.
They gathered together and took their seats. Xavier went into explaining that he had found the place where Kurt was being kept, he showed them the images of the abandoned church that was supposed to be used for Azazel and he pulled up any and all blueprints he had found. In fact Logan was already getting the jet ready for the team.
"For this I want the senior X-Men for this." Xavier said to them.
"Professor, I want to go." Amanda said sternly. Xavier knew she would want to go in fact other members already were voicing their concerns and also wanted to go as well.
"I know everyone wants to go, but I need some of you to stay here. Forge, Dani, and Gale are too new for this and Sam I can see that you're not up for this as well. But Amanda, I know you want to go." Then he paused. "But I also know that if I try to stop you you'd find some why of coming with us, so you may join us."
Then he turned to the rest of them. "But for the rest of you, you all must remain here, we already have Jamie and Paige and Alex missing and are most likely with Magneto. Hank will be here along with Forge who will try and locate any locations that might hold one of Magneto's bases."
The others didn't like being left behind, but they accepted it. "Good, now I want all those going to suit up and meet in the hanger in the minutes, oh and we'll be having someone special along with us for this mission, he's had dealings with Azazel before so I thought I should call him."
Before anyone asked who it was, the door opend and Dr. Strange stepped through.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 18: TO GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUES
Smack-down time for Azazel and his group.