BlackRoseApocalyps: Yeah they actually do. And I hope you like the final
part of the story
CHAPTER 10: FLIGHT
Mary was nursing a bruise on her cheek, she was gathered in the living room with most of the others. C was hiding in her room hopefully but the others hadn't been so lucky. One moment it was all peaceful, and they were just finishing packing up, the van was ready to go and they were about to move Benny when they came.
It was over so fast and they didn't have a chance to really do anything. Mary tried to attack them and managed to get two down before one of men in black combat gear hit her across the face with his weapon. He had gone down hard and now the soldiers had gathered them all.
"Sir I've tried to reach the base to inform them of our progress but I'm not getting anything." One of them said to what Mary figured as his superior officer.
The man who wore a mask looked at the other man. "Might be a communication problem then. Alright gather the mutants together and eliminate the humans, we don't need them and we don't want any witnesses."
Mary's heart nearly stopped. She never thought that she could die like this, the only things she could thing of was how to save the kids, and where were Shadow and Vincent?
"I don't think so." Said a cold and angry voice. Mary actually smiled.
"You guys are so going to get your asses kicked now." She told them as they turned to face the new comer.
Vincent had heard what they had said and no one tried to hurt his friends. The soldiers tried in vain to stop Vincent but he was too fast and powerful. One kick sent one man through a wall and one more punch sent another down a hall and he used an energy blast on another, the last few didn't last long either.
He looked and counted off everyone. "Where's C?" He asked worried.
Mary shook her head. "I think she's still in her room."
"I'll get her you get the others out of here." He told her. Mary nodded slightly and the others tried to get up and carry Benny to the van. Vince ran up the stairs he would have used his super speed but after the base he was getting close to drained and was too tired to use it.
He ran into C's room and found two soldiers trying to pick the little girl up. "Don't even think about it." He warned them. They turned and he could see little C more clearly. She was so scared and had tears falling from her eyes.
One of the troopers pulled a handgun and actually aimed it at C. "Don't move or the I will shot."
Vince just stared angrily at them. "You come into this home, attack no one that means you no harm, you try and take these children for something I know exactly what they will go through and now...you point a gun at a child." His voice went cold and emotionless.
"C...close your eyes and don't open them until I say so." He told her. She nodded and quickly closed her eyes. Vince saw the confused expressions on their face. "What I'm about to do should never been seen by the eyes of a child."
The two troopers knew at that point that pointing a gun at the kid was a big and their last mistake. C kept her eyes closed, but she heard the ring of his sword being drawn and heard the men shout out then there were two thumps and all was quiet. She heard the sword being put back in its holder and then being picked up. "Don't worry it's me." Vince whispered to her. His voice was once again warm and friendly. She hugged him closed tears falling. "Keep your eyes closed C."
She couldn't respond put she nodded. She felt them move and then heard the door closed. "Alright it's okay now, open your eyes." She did and looked up at Vince's sad face.
"Did...did you get Rick back from the bad men?" She asked him.
Vince nodded. "Yes but he's very sick. We're all going to leave now before more bad people come." She hugged him closer and started to sniffle too.
"Get away!" Mary's voice rang out then gunshots. Vince moved down the stairs and saw two more men by the door one on the floor with a bullet wound in the face. He saw Mary with a hand gun, mostly one of the weapons dropped by the assault team. Vince wasted no action and blasted the front door.
It exploded in shards and the two men went flying. "Close your eyes again C until you've in the car." She did as she was told. He didn't want her to see the body in the floor. He handed her to Lisa. "Get everyone to the van now." He said. She nodded and the others followed her.
He looked at Mary her hands shaking with the weapon tears falling down her face. "I-I had no choice they-they were going to..." She trailed off. Vincent took the weapon from her and put it on the ground then held his friend.
"I know you did. There was no other way, Mary we need you now can you help Liz carry Benny to the van?" She nodded and she went up and to help Liz. Vincent went to the computer room and tapped in a special code. A timer started to appear on the digital readout and in thirty seconds the entire room would become an inferno destroying all the data inside, then soon the rest of the house would follow.
He went outside and saw the van pull out he didn't take one last look at their home for over a year. They were running against the clock and all the commotion would bring the attention of the police and they didn't need that. He got on his bike and followed them down the street. Shadow followed them and they headed for outside of town at a meeting spot.
It was a little out of the way place. It was basically just a gas station and a few buildings, even an old church. As they stopped Shadow put Rick who was running a fever in the van with Benny. Mary went right up to Shadow and hugged him close and he did the same.
Vincent went off on his own. He went to the back of the station and then he allowed himself to think. He remembered everything he had just done, all the damage, all the killing. Then he fell to his knees and started to throw up. He emptied his entire stomach and for a few minutes it was just dry heaving.
"Vincent?" HE turned and saw Liz coming towards him. "I think you should know Rick is stable but he needs help...are...are you okay?"
Vince couldn't look at her. "I just did something I never wanted to do again...I feel like Hell." She said. His voice was shaky and weak. Liz had never seen him so distraught in the year she had known him. She didn't need to touch him to see how much he was hurting. you give me a moment...I...I just want to be alone right now." Tears were coming down his face and she turned without a word feeling so sad for her friend's pain.
Vincent didn't know how long he was there, but he eventually got off the ground and walked off to the other side of the station. He saw the church and felt compelled to go. Maybe it was his Catholic upbringing and his life under Father Michaels or maybe he just wanted to be alone from the others.
He walked in and saw no one was in but there were candles lighting the building with a soft light. He walked up to the altar and saw the crucifix behind it. He knelt down and pulled the sword still attached to his belt off and placed the end on the floor and rested his head on the hilt. Then he prayed. He used every one he had learned and said them out loud.
He lost track of time, and he was lost in his praying, he just wanted to pain to go away, and to be forgiven for what he had done...but he knew he would never be able to forgive himself completely for what he had done.
"What troubles you my son?" Came an elderly voice.
Vince whipped around and nearly drew his sword. The priest flinched at the man. He looked ragged and his clothing were in shards and he saw drying blood on him in a few places and the sword was something unusual. But when he looked into the face all he was a young man in great pain, and had no malice towards him.
"I-I'm sorry...I leave you." Vince said and walked off, but the priest touched his arm gently.
"What troubles you?" He asked concerned.
"You don't want to know." He told him.
"Please, there is much pain in you, if would help to unburden the cross you bear." He didn't know why but he started to tell him. He told him that he was a mutant and what had happened that day, he told him of his own experience in a lab and everything.
"Why...why must there be so much hate, pain and suffering in this world?" He asked the priest nearly desperate for an answer.
"I wish I knew." Said the elderly man, he sighed and took off his glasses. "I may not sound like it, but I had lost my accent over the years. But as a boy my family was in Germany. I remember little of my homeland but I do remember they day in my town when the American troops came and took everyone in the town.
"They took us to a place I didn't know existed." Vince could see tears coming from the old man. "It was one of the camps where they kept the Jews in the war...and they had us bury all the bodies. It was horrible the smell and the bodies...they didn't even look human anymore, they had been starved and beaten so badly. My father actually cried himself to sleep after that day, it was the first time I remember him ever doing that."
"Not long we left Germany and emigrated to here. I supposed they were ashamed of what our fellow countrymen had done...so I know full well the evils in men. I guess I became a priest to help people to stay into the light I guess."
"After what you said I...I can't blame you for your actions. You did what you did for the love of a child under your care and unlike the men you fought you feel horrible and feel the pain of your actions. Do you think they would feel the same?"
"Not likely." Vincent said to him.
"You did what you thought you had to do, and I can see the pain it caused you. I know you didn't like what you had to do, and I know God can forgive you if you want it."
"I'm not sure I do." Vince said to himself.
The priest put a hand on his shoulder. "It is a difficult thing you had to do and I know you may never get over it completely, you seem the type to keep the wound and scars of your life." Vince thought about all the scars on his body and how they must match the ones inside.
"But know this...A young boy is alive and well and you saved others and may have prevented who know what horrors. I'm not saying what you did was good or that it should be done all the time. But in this instance did you really have any other choice in the matter?"
"I couldn't let him die...to let him go through all of that...I couldn't live with myself after it." Vince said quietly.
"Then take that knowledge with you, and may you find peace." He said to him.
Later that night.
Everyone had gathered around the van. The twins were holding hands and with the free hand holding their medallions under their shirts. Liz was holding C and Lisa had her arms around her little sister Kate.
Benny awake and was on the edge of the sliding door leaning against the frame. Vincent who had cleaned up in the station's bathroom and put on a new shirt, Shadow and Mary were outside standing. "So what now? I mean if the Underground is under attack and if there's a leak then where can we go? Who can we trust?" Liz asked them.
"I know of a place that's a fortress and can take care of everyone, and they're not really part of the Underground either." Shadow said to them.
"Xavier's." Vincent said to him.
Shadow looked a little disappointed that he didn't get to surprise everyone with that, but shrugged it off. "Yeah, I still drop by there from time to time and I know the code to get us past the gates and into the mansion without the defenses going on-line and trying to toast us."
The others looked at each other trying to read each other's expressions. "Well I know a guy who can get us across the boarder without too much trouble." Mary said to them. "He wasn't in the Underground files, so they wouldn't know about them."
"Then I guess it's settled." Vince said to them all. "We need to get Rick some medical treatment and they got the equipment needed and it's a safe place...I just hope someone is home by the time we get there."
"Hey why would Xavier or the X-Men leave? It's their home I doubt they would just pick up and leave, and if they did, where to?" Shadow offered. "Besides what are the odds of the entire mansion being empty when we get there, the place is full of mutants."
THE END...?
CHAPTER 10: FLIGHT
Mary was nursing a bruise on her cheek, she was gathered in the living room with most of the others. C was hiding in her room hopefully but the others hadn't been so lucky. One moment it was all peaceful, and they were just finishing packing up, the van was ready to go and they were about to move Benny when they came.
It was over so fast and they didn't have a chance to really do anything. Mary tried to attack them and managed to get two down before one of men in black combat gear hit her across the face with his weapon. He had gone down hard and now the soldiers had gathered them all.
"Sir I've tried to reach the base to inform them of our progress but I'm not getting anything." One of them said to what Mary figured as his superior officer.
The man who wore a mask looked at the other man. "Might be a communication problem then. Alright gather the mutants together and eliminate the humans, we don't need them and we don't want any witnesses."
Mary's heart nearly stopped. She never thought that she could die like this, the only things she could thing of was how to save the kids, and where were Shadow and Vincent?
"I don't think so." Said a cold and angry voice. Mary actually smiled.
"You guys are so going to get your asses kicked now." She told them as they turned to face the new comer.
Vincent had heard what they had said and no one tried to hurt his friends. The soldiers tried in vain to stop Vincent but he was too fast and powerful. One kick sent one man through a wall and one more punch sent another down a hall and he used an energy blast on another, the last few didn't last long either.
He looked and counted off everyone. "Where's C?" He asked worried.
Mary shook her head. "I think she's still in her room."
"I'll get her you get the others out of here." He told her. Mary nodded slightly and the others tried to get up and carry Benny to the van. Vince ran up the stairs he would have used his super speed but after the base he was getting close to drained and was too tired to use it.
He ran into C's room and found two soldiers trying to pick the little girl up. "Don't even think about it." He warned them. They turned and he could see little C more clearly. She was so scared and had tears falling from her eyes.
One of the troopers pulled a handgun and actually aimed it at C. "Don't move or the I will shot."
Vince just stared angrily at them. "You come into this home, attack no one that means you no harm, you try and take these children for something I know exactly what they will go through and now...you point a gun at a child." His voice went cold and emotionless.
"C...close your eyes and don't open them until I say so." He told her. She nodded and quickly closed her eyes. Vince saw the confused expressions on their face. "What I'm about to do should never been seen by the eyes of a child."
The two troopers knew at that point that pointing a gun at the kid was a big and their last mistake. C kept her eyes closed, but she heard the ring of his sword being drawn and heard the men shout out then there were two thumps and all was quiet. She heard the sword being put back in its holder and then being picked up. "Don't worry it's me." Vince whispered to her. His voice was once again warm and friendly. She hugged him closed tears falling. "Keep your eyes closed C."
She couldn't respond put she nodded. She felt them move and then heard the door closed. "Alright it's okay now, open your eyes." She did and looked up at Vince's sad face.
"Did...did you get Rick back from the bad men?" She asked him.
Vince nodded. "Yes but he's very sick. We're all going to leave now before more bad people come." She hugged him closer and started to sniffle too.
"Get away!" Mary's voice rang out then gunshots. Vince moved down the stairs and saw two more men by the door one on the floor with a bullet wound in the face. He saw Mary with a hand gun, mostly one of the weapons dropped by the assault team. Vince wasted no action and blasted the front door.
It exploded in shards and the two men went flying. "Close your eyes again C until you've in the car." She did as she was told. He didn't want her to see the body in the floor. He handed her to Lisa. "Get everyone to the van now." He said. She nodded and the others followed her.
He looked at Mary her hands shaking with the weapon tears falling down her face. "I-I had no choice they-they were going to..." She trailed off. Vincent took the weapon from her and put it on the ground then held his friend.
"I know you did. There was no other way, Mary we need you now can you help Liz carry Benny to the van?" She nodded and she went up and to help Liz. Vincent went to the computer room and tapped in a special code. A timer started to appear on the digital readout and in thirty seconds the entire room would become an inferno destroying all the data inside, then soon the rest of the house would follow.
He went outside and saw the van pull out he didn't take one last look at their home for over a year. They were running against the clock and all the commotion would bring the attention of the police and they didn't need that. He got on his bike and followed them down the street. Shadow followed them and they headed for outside of town at a meeting spot.
It was a little out of the way place. It was basically just a gas station and a few buildings, even an old church. As they stopped Shadow put Rick who was running a fever in the van with Benny. Mary went right up to Shadow and hugged him close and he did the same.
Vincent went off on his own. He went to the back of the station and then he allowed himself to think. He remembered everything he had just done, all the damage, all the killing. Then he fell to his knees and started to throw up. He emptied his entire stomach and for a few minutes it was just dry heaving.
"Vincent?" HE turned and saw Liz coming towards him. "I think you should know Rick is stable but he needs help...are...are you okay?"
Vince couldn't look at her. "I just did something I never wanted to do again...I feel like Hell." She said. His voice was shaky and weak. Liz had never seen him so distraught in the year she had known him. She didn't need to touch him to see how much he was hurting. you give me a moment...I...I just want to be alone right now." Tears were coming down his face and she turned without a word feeling so sad for her friend's pain.
Vincent didn't know how long he was there, but he eventually got off the ground and walked off to the other side of the station. He saw the church and felt compelled to go. Maybe it was his Catholic upbringing and his life under Father Michaels or maybe he just wanted to be alone from the others.
He walked in and saw no one was in but there were candles lighting the building with a soft light. He walked up to the altar and saw the crucifix behind it. He knelt down and pulled the sword still attached to his belt off and placed the end on the floor and rested his head on the hilt. Then he prayed. He used every one he had learned and said them out loud.
He lost track of time, and he was lost in his praying, he just wanted to pain to go away, and to be forgiven for what he had done...but he knew he would never be able to forgive himself completely for what he had done.
"What troubles you my son?" Came an elderly voice.
Vince whipped around and nearly drew his sword. The priest flinched at the man. He looked ragged and his clothing were in shards and he saw drying blood on him in a few places and the sword was something unusual. But when he looked into the face all he was a young man in great pain, and had no malice towards him.
"I-I'm sorry...I leave you." Vince said and walked off, but the priest touched his arm gently.
"What troubles you?" He asked concerned.
"You don't want to know." He told him.
"Please, there is much pain in you, if would help to unburden the cross you bear." He didn't know why but he started to tell him. He told him that he was a mutant and what had happened that day, he told him of his own experience in a lab and everything.
"Why...why must there be so much hate, pain and suffering in this world?" He asked the priest nearly desperate for an answer.
"I wish I knew." Said the elderly man, he sighed and took off his glasses. "I may not sound like it, but I had lost my accent over the years. But as a boy my family was in Germany. I remember little of my homeland but I do remember they day in my town when the American troops came and took everyone in the town.
"They took us to a place I didn't know existed." Vince could see tears coming from the old man. "It was one of the camps where they kept the Jews in the war...and they had us bury all the bodies. It was horrible the smell and the bodies...they didn't even look human anymore, they had been starved and beaten so badly. My father actually cried himself to sleep after that day, it was the first time I remember him ever doing that."
"Not long we left Germany and emigrated to here. I supposed they were ashamed of what our fellow countrymen had done...so I know full well the evils in men. I guess I became a priest to help people to stay into the light I guess."
"After what you said I...I can't blame you for your actions. You did what you did for the love of a child under your care and unlike the men you fought you feel horrible and feel the pain of your actions. Do you think they would feel the same?"
"Not likely." Vincent said to him.
"You did what you thought you had to do, and I can see the pain it caused you. I know you didn't like what you had to do, and I know God can forgive you if you want it."
"I'm not sure I do." Vince said to himself.
The priest put a hand on his shoulder. "It is a difficult thing you had to do and I know you may never get over it completely, you seem the type to keep the wound and scars of your life." Vince thought about all the scars on his body and how they must match the ones inside.
"But know this...A young boy is alive and well and you saved others and may have prevented who know what horrors. I'm not saying what you did was good or that it should be done all the time. But in this instance did you really have any other choice in the matter?"
"I couldn't let him die...to let him go through all of that...I couldn't live with myself after it." Vince said quietly.
"Then take that knowledge with you, and may you find peace." He said to him.
Later that night.
Everyone had gathered around the van. The twins were holding hands and with the free hand holding their medallions under their shirts. Liz was holding C and Lisa had her arms around her little sister Kate.
Benny awake and was on the edge of the sliding door leaning against the frame. Vincent who had cleaned up in the station's bathroom and put on a new shirt, Shadow and Mary were outside standing. "So what now? I mean if the Underground is under attack and if there's a leak then where can we go? Who can we trust?" Liz asked them.
"I know of a place that's a fortress and can take care of everyone, and they're not really part of the Underground either." Shadow said to them.
"Xavier's." Vincent said to him.
Shadow looked a little disappointed that he didn't get to surprise everyone with that, but shrugged it off. "Yeah, I still drop by there from time to time and I know the code to get us past the gates and into the mansion without the defenses going on-line and trying to toast us."
The others looked at each other trying to read each other's expressions. "Well I know a guy who can get us across the boarder without too much trouble." Mary said to them. "He wasn't in the Underground files, so they wouldn't know about them."
"Then I guess it's settled." Vince said to them all. "We need to get Rick some medical treatment and they got the equipment needed and it's a safe place...I just hope someone is home by the time we get there."
"Hey why would Xavier or the X-Men leave? It's their home I doubt they would just pick up and leave, and if they did, where to?" Shadow offered. "Besides what are the odds of the entire mansion being empty when we get there, the place is full of mutants."
THE END...?