Angel by Face, Demon by Heart
Author: Illusen
Chapter 7: Supremacy
Rogue's eyes widened after hearing the word 'sister'. "How are you two sisters? Her parents said she is their only daughter."
"My parents never accepted my... problem. So they banished me. Mina, what are you doing here? Why are you living at Xavier Institute? They all are- you know what."
"I'm like them. Like you. Mother and father sent me here at Xavier Institute so that the professor could help me with harnessing my gift." the young girl explained. Rain felt her heart broken. They sent Mina in a place where she could live happily without being worried about what she is. But for her own person never bothered. She remembered the moment when her father yelled at her to get out of his house. She felt dizzy and started to breathe heavily. "I'm sorry. I don't feel so good..." she said and began to run.
Brotherhood House
Her room was a mess. Blankets and pillows thrown over the room, a broken mirror, pictures thrown on the bed. Rain lied on the floor, next to a wall, hugging her knees and crying. The moment that had changed her life was replaying over and over again on front of her eyes.
Flashback
"Annabelle, what have you done?" her father yelled.
"Daddy..." she muttered sobbing staying next to a wall hugging her knees.
"God, what have I raised into my own house?" he said again. In a corner a woman was crying also.
"Daddy..." she sobbed again.
"I want you out of my house immediately!!! You are a disgrace for my family, a menace! Get out!!!" the man yelled again. Rain looked desperately at her father. Was he really doing that? Was he throwing her out of the house?
"Father..." she whispered.
"Don't call me that. I'm not the father of a freak. My only daughter is Mina from now on. I don't know you!!! You were never born. Never!!!" he added as he stormed out of the room. More tears came out of her eyes. She just wanted that she had never been born.
Flashback
"I hate you!!!" Rain yelled. "I hate you..." she added more in a whisper. "I hate you for all I suffered in the last two months. I hate you for banishing me. I hate for accepting Mina how she is. I hate you for not loving me. I hate you. Do you hear me? I hate you..." In the next moment Mystique entered very nervously and began to yell: "You did it again!!! You skipped classes-" then she noticed the mess from the room "-Circe, where do you think we are? Clean up this mess immediately!!!" Rain got up and made few steps towards Mystique. "Get out of my room!!!" she replied bitterly as she pushed Mystique out and shut the door.
Next day
"What's up with Rain?" Lance Alvers asked as he took his jeep keys. "It's school time and no sign of her."
"Oh, I don't know. Yesterday she left school and Mystique went after her. They didn't argue like usual, Rain just shut the door in Mystique's face. You realize that she's very pissed off. I heard her talking with someone in the study. Pietro thinks that with Magneto. Right Pietro?" Todd explained.
"Oh, yes. Rain was locked in her room all the day. I heard that she was crying. No one knows exactly why." Pietro confirmed.
"What are you, bunch of morons, talking about? Do you think that school waits until you have finished your 'girl' talking?" Rain asked entering the living room. The boys noticed that something was changed at her. She always had a bad opinion about them but she never threw it in their faces.
"You okay? You look more depressed than usual? You saw your ex boyfriend with other girl? This things happen." Lance teased.
"Screw you, Lance. Go back to little Cherry and don't bother with my private life. None of your problem." she said then left.
"You're taking your bike?" Lance asked. "I hope you make an accident." Lance thought smiling at himself.
"Yes. And I won't make an accident either. Sorry if that ruins your day." Rain replied shutting the door behind her.
"Geez!!! Now she's a telepath or what?"
Bayville High,
Mystique sat at her desk reading some tests. A shadow appeared behind her. "You're here." Mystique noticed.
"The Sanctuary is ready. Now we have to see who's worthy to go there. Call your students Mystique. Leave Rain the last. I have a special task for her." Magneto said.
"Yes, sir."
Rain played absently with her pen. Math class wasn't one of her favorite classes. Finally the bell rang. She got up and headed for the door. She felt the looks that the X-Men were throwing to her. This day she haven't pissed them off, she haven't insulted them or treat them ironical. It wasn't her mood. She went straight to her locker and opened it. A piece of paper was hanging from the door. Rain took it and read it. 'Come in the back of the school, next to the big tree, as soon as you receive this note. Signed 'M''.
"Magneto or Mystique?" she wondered as she put her books and closed the locker.
"Alright, I'm here. What do you want?" Rain shouted as she contemplated the empty spot that she was in.
"To bring you news about Sanctuary."
"Oh, Almighty Magneto... Why did you sign the note with M? You should have signed A.M. It suits you."
"Are you finished? Mystique is informing the others who should they fight and I've come to announce you who's your adversary."
"So why haven't sent your servant, Mystique, to tell me."
"I wanted to say this to you personally." Rain raised her eyebrows. "How you well know, a new student had come to the Xavier Institute..." Rain's eyes widened.
"You bastard!!!"
"You can call me that if you want. Anyway, I want you to fight with Mina. And don't you even think of letting her win." Magneto added. The smile plastered on his face was evident.
"You're kidding, right? I'm not fighting with my own sister..."
"You have to. If you don't obey my orders, you know what happens. It's better to fight with her, I assure you."
"Son of a bitch." Rain clenched her teethes.
"A good fighter doesn't have this kind of weaknesses. I'm trying to get rid of yours."
"Fuck you!!!" Magneto simply ignored her insults.
"The fight will take place tomorrow at 4P.M. in front of the Institute. Her friends won't bother you."
"I hope you rot in hell, you heartless monster." Rain said full of anger.
"I've said what I had to say. I remind you: Her life depends on your decision. Have a good day." Magneto finished and took off in the air. Rain went back to the school. This day sucked.
Next day
A beautiful Saturday morning. The Sun was shining, little birds were singing. Apparently a perfect day. Not for Annabelle Kettler. Today she had to fight her own sister in order to protect her life. The plan of Magneto, one of the most powerful mutant in the world. The man that she hated with passion since the first day she met him. That cursed day, the day when her life became a living nightmare. A loud shout calling her codename interrupted these thoughts. Mystique, another well trained mutant but with a volcanic temper. And the most annoying person in the whole Universe. Rain went downstairs. The other members of the Brotherhood, a team of assholes, which she hated but she was obligated to be a member. Well, she wasn't a real member but when they fought she was on their side no matter who they fought.
"And we thought that you won't honor us with your presence..." Mystique teased her.
"Get a life." Rain replied as she passed them and went outside. Moments later she took off on her bike.
The Institute
Mina Reyes got down from the car then waved a hand to her friend.
"Bye Dotty. See you Monday. Thank you for the ride. Come on Dean." Mina said to her friend as a boy with brown hair and brown eyes got out of the car.
"Bye." the girl named Dotty said as she started her car.
"That was humiliating." the boy said. "Me with two girls in a car."
"If you preferred to walk home why didn't you said?" Mina answered laughing as she put her hand on the gate scanner.
"Welcome Gabrielle Reyes. Security deactivated." Cerebro's voice announced as the gate began to open. A shadow landed behind her. Mina and Dean turned around.
"Hello sister." Rain said as she formed a ball of energy. She threw it into Dean. He sailed trough the air for 5 feet then landed on the ground unconscious.
"Anna?!! What are you doing here?" Rain didn't answer. She raised her hands as she formed glowing blue circles. "Anna!!! What are you doing?" Mina asked panicked. Rain threw the circles that surrounded Mina's wrists. Rain waved her hand as Mina went backwards. When she reached the wall, the circles entered into the wall making impossible for Mina to move. "Anna!!!" Mina shouted desperately. Rain began to move towards her. "If it is about the fact that our parents haven't accepted you, we can talk. I'm not responsible of that. I tried to convince father about letting you to stay home. But he didn't want to listen. He said that it was the best for all of us. Anna, please. Let me go." Rain was now facing her. She formed in her hand a ball of electricity.
"I'm sorry, sister." she said then put her hand on her. Mina's eyes widened then she passed out. The circles disappeared and Mina fell down. Rain sighed. After this Mina will probably hate her. She only hoped that in one day Mina would understand that it was for her own good. A huge metal ball landed in front of her. What? Magneto couldn't afford better ways of transportation? The ball opened. Rain got into it. The doors or whatever those were closed and the sphere began to fly towards Asteroid M.
Asteroid M
Rain felt that the sphere had stopped. It opened quickly revealing a bad illuminated room made from metal. Rain jumped out. She saw the other spheres there which meant that the others have finished their battles. A huge door opened in front of her. She moved towards it. After she passed it the door closed with a hard thud. In front of her it was Magneto, the Brotherhood and a very changed Sabertooth.
"I knew you will do the right thing." Magneto said. Rain just threw a evil look at him. She noticed the tubes that contained the sleeping winners from the other team. Jean Grey, Rogue, and Storm. She also noticed Professor Xavier in another tube.
"Where is Mystique?" she asked.
"She lost her fight. She doesn't deserve to be here." Magneto answered.
"I'm glad you realized it. So what are we going to do?"
"We are going to evolve. Right now Scott and his brother are in the Genetic Enhancer." Rain raised an eyebrow. "Scott? How did the leader of the X-Men accepted to go there?"
"I never said that all the winners will accept this. Sometimes you have to force them." Magneto answered somehow smiling. "Now for the proper audience." he added as he waved a hand. Storm, Jean Grey, Rogue and Professor Xavier woke up. The huge door of the Genetic Enhancer opened. The remaining X-Men looked terrified at what the two teenagers, Scott Summers and Alex Masters had become. "Your hands won't hurt you anymore, Alex." Alex smiled. "Come on Scott; show us the color of your eyes." Magneto added as Scott removed his shades revealing his black eyes. "Another advantage of this evolution. Your emotions have been removed so you can fully concentrate at our purpose."
"You brainwashed them..." Rain said.
"Airplane." Sabertooth announced from the radar.
"Let's see our visitors." Magneto said as he opened a door in the ceiling. He waved his hand to bring down the plane but nothing happened. "No metal?" he asked turning to Professor Xavier. The professor raised his shoulders and smiled. "Scott, Alex, defend us." The boys went on one platform and shot a blast towards the plane. It hit it and the plane came down. Scott and Alex began to run. The plane stopped not far from the gathered mutants. Wolverine, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler, Spyke, Toad, Crystal (Mina) and Eclipse (Dean) jumped out of the plane. Mystique got out too. "Mystique, you never knew how to lose." Magneto said as he raised two metal pipes and attacked Mystique. Wolverine cut the wires that were holding the glass tubes and released the captive X-Men.
"Where is the jet?" he asked.
"On the deck." professor Xavier answered.
"Go there!" he yelled but before he could do something else Sabertooth attacked him.
"Heh, problems." Rain said as she watched how the X-Men and Brotherhood fought.
"You!!!" she heard behind her. She turned around to see Dean, the boy that she fought earlier. "I own you one." he added as he threw something black from his hands. Rain jumped to dodge it.
"You were in a bad place at a bad moment. Not my fault." Rain replied as she dodged another attack.
"It doesn't matter." he said as he walked forward. Rain then noticed a piece ceiling that was ready to fall on her opponent. Okay, she was evil but not that evil. She began to run towards and jumped on him. They landed few feet distance from the piece of ceiling that fell. The only problem was that it was blocking their way out and the asteroid was ready to fall apart. Dean opened his eyes which he had closed in the moment of the impact. She saw Rain that opened her eyes too and smiled at him. She got up and looked at the blockade then said. "You realize that this is your fault."
"What?"
"If you wouldn't have come with your revenge plans we wouldn't be here." Rain explained studying the rocks.
"Now it's my fault? It wasn't me who attacked first."
"But you attacked me here." Rain replied. "Stay back." she said as she made few steps back. Her eyes began to glow.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm saving your ass for the second time. First I wanted to charge up the rocks but the explosion would have killed us both. So I'm trying something else." Rain explained. Her hands began to glow as well and moments later she was throwing electricity bolts towards the rocks.
"By the way, what's your name?"
"Rain."
"Rain... Interesting... Well, Rain, it's just me or it's this a door?" Dean said ironically showing a huge metal door. Rain didn't turn, she continued her work.
"That door leads to the Sphere Room. The spheres are metal balls controlled only by magnetism. No use for us. Plus, the door is controlled by magnetism as well. It would take us ages to break it up. Satisfied?"
"Oh, sorry, all knowing, super powerful eighteen year girl." he replied annoyed.
"Sixteen."
"What?"
"I'm sixteen not eighteen. Actually, I'll be seventeen next month."
"You look much older than you are." Dean said as he looked at her.
"Thank you! Next you will tell me that I have one hundred years."
"Don't be offended. I only-"
"And here we go..." Rain said as a rock blew up leaving them enough space to get out. "Move! We don't have time to lose. The Asteroid will blow up." she added and got out. "Go to the others." she said as she noticed Magneto fighting with Mystique.
"What about you?" Dean asked.
"I have some unfinished business. Go!"
"Fine." Dean answered and began to run towards the exit. Rain looked at Magneto who was chasing Mystique with two flying pipes. Her eyes began to glow and she began to fly towards Magneto. She caught the pipes in her hands and charged them up then threw them into a wall. The wall exploded sending Mystique into the Genetic Enhancer. Magneto went after her. The room lit up as the structure of the Asteroid began to tremble. Rain felt the radiations from the Enhancer weakening her powers. She fell down not having the power to get up and run to save her life. But she smiled. Magneto and Mystique will die with her.
Meanwhile, on the deck
The X-Men and Brotherhood rushed to the Jet.
"All here?" Wolverine asked as he waited for the others to get on the plane.
"Excepting Rain. She said she has some unfinished business to take care of." Dean announced.
"Stupid kid." Wolverine said annoyed. "I'm going after her." he added and began to run to the main room of Asteroid M. Few pieces of ceiling fell behind him but not as big to block their way out. Wolverine knew that if he won't hurry, both of them will die. Finally he spotted her lying on the floor. He raised her from the ground.
"Kid!!!" he yelled. "Kid!!!" Rain opened slightly her eyes.
"Yeah." she murmured.
"You can walk?" he asked.
"No..."
"Shit!!!" Wolverine said and put her in his arms then began to run to the Jet. He finally reached it and put her down. "Storm!!! Take care of her and let's get the hell out of here." Logan said and started the X-Jet.
"What about Scott and Alex?" Jean asked staying at the door.
"It was their choice." professor Xavier answered.
"Wait. They're coming." Jean noticed happy. The platform began to collapse dragging the X-Jet with it. Wolverine made desperate maneuvers to establish the plane and bring Scott and Alex on board but he had to land down. Scott and Alex used their powers to jump from the Asteroid without being hurt then destroyed it.
So this was the end of the great plan of Magneto. And his end. He died in his own Sanctuary. The X-Men didn't know that before Asteroid M blew up two spheres flied away.
A.N.: So this is chapter 7. I'm sorry if the words aren't exactly like in 'The Cauldron' but I couldn't remember all. I'm not so good at describing fight scenes so this chapter might have some mistakes. I'm sorry for any mistakes once again. Well, this is a pretty long chapter and first I thought of dividing it in two chapters but I changed my mind. I worked a little more than usual on this chapter so please after you read review. Tell me if there are mistakes and what do you think about it. And keep an eye for the next chapter.
Illussen