A/N: Ok, I think this chapter is one of my best yet! What do you think???
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Chapter 5: Week One Part 2
~*~ -Danger Room- ~*~
Up in the observation deck the Professor was viewing the young X-Men's progress. With him were Storm, Beast, and Angie. All eyes were fixed on all the dangerous weaponry being unleashed at the X-Men: lasers, flying blade disks, the works. Angie was entranced. She had only seen these kinds of things in movies and now they were right there in front of her. This all seemed like some kind of dream.
"Ok! So when's my turn!?" Angie blurted out.
Everyone in the room stared at her for a couple of seconds. Finally Storm broke the silence and said, "Angelica, the session we are viewing right now is at a very advanced level. When your time comes, your session will be nothing like this, at first."
Angelica pouted, "Well, as long as I don't have to go through any baby levels, then I GUESS I can live with that."
Beast suppressed a chuckle, then made a plea to Storm, "Well if the girl thinks she is ready to take on the dangers of our 'Chamber of Doom', I believe we should give her a chance to prove herself. Don't you?" Beast had a wide grin on his face.
Storm thought it over, and with that huge smile on Beast's face, she couldn't refuse the offer. "Only if Charles thinks it is wise." Storm looked towards the Prof.
"Well, let's ask the subject of this topic," the Prof looked at Angie, he already knew she wasn't about to say no. "Angelica, do you think you'd be up to running a session?"
Angie was bursting with excitement, "DUDE! I could run like five sessions, right now!"
All three senior members of the team looked at Angie with wide eyes, she had called the Professor... Dude.
With a big grin on his face, the Prof simply said, "Storm, go show our new recruit where the uniforms are located."
"Follow me my dear." Storm and Angie started for the door.
"Oh! If you're going to be participating in these Danger Room sessions, you're going to need a codename. Have you thought of any?" the Prof questioned.
Angie turned around, "Actually, yeah. How about...."
~*~ -15 minutes later- ~*~
"DEADLY NIGHTSHADE."
"So that's yer codename kid?"
"Well it's way better than WOLFerine."
"That's Wolverine, darlin'. Get it right, or pay the price."
Angie and Logan were standing next to each other in the massive Danger Room, waiting for the session to begin.
"Oooooooh, and what price would that be?" Nightshade playfully teased Wolverine.
Wolverine couldn't help it, he had to tease back, "Let's just say, I'll break that promise I made to Kitty about you."
*SNIKT!*
Wolverine casually scratched his cheek with one pair of his adamantium claws, making sure Nightshade got a full view.
Nightshade was wide-eyed.
Wolverine had a big grin on his face.
Nightshade caught on, "Well, that's funny. I thought it would be to spend an eternity in one of these damn spandex uniforms." She bend over to stretch.
Wolverine looked over to give her another piece of his mind when, *Un-SNIKT* ~Damn! How far can that girl bend!? Think happy thoughts! Think COLD happy thoughts! Canada! COLD Canada! In winter! A VERY, VERY COLD winter!~
Nightshade was stretching when she noticed she was hearing a fast heart beat, ~Whoa, am I that nervous?...Wait, that's not my heart beat. Is it...Logan's?....hehe.~ Nightshade bent down just ever more slightly...
~Arctic snow land, the bottom of the Atlantic ocean, NORWAY!~ Wolverine had to stay focused!
"Ok you two, settle down," the Prof's voice cried out from the speaker system. "The objective of this session is simple, retrieve the box at the end of the obstacle. Nightshade, this will test your agility, strength, and above all, teamwork. Without the latter, the X-Men would not be where they are today. Wolverine, you protect her if she falters. Do you two understand?" Wolverine and Nightshade both nodded, "Alright, computer, begin session 352."
In just seconds the Danger Room was alive with activity. Grid-like walls started springing up from the ground, the entire Danger Room went dark, the only light came from the neon green grids on the walls around Nightshade and Wolverine.
Nightshade got a hold of what was going on, "This is a maze! What are we? Lab rats or something?" Nightshade was a little upset, she expected to be blasted at by laser cannons or something much more intense.
"Just go with it kid," Wolverine murmured. "Not everything is what it seems." He was already checking out his surroundings, being cautious.
Nightshade followed suit. They made their way to the end of one "hall", Nightshade was about to turn the corner when Wolverine stopped her. "What is it?"
"Can't ya hear it?" Wolverine lightly tugged on Nightshade's ear lobe.
She didn't get it at first but slowly started noticing a very low buzzing noise. She looked up at Wolverine, "What's that buzzing?"
"High sensitivity security lasers. You almost gave away our position." Wolverine reached into one of his belt's compartments and pulled out a small sprayer. He sprayed the area in front of them, slowly but surely thin red lasers could be seen in intricate patterns. "Now you see the control panel at the other end of the hall?" Nightshade nodded, "You have to disable the lasers from there."
"Me? But I know nothing of disabling security! Besides! I'm no gymnast, do you really expect me to make it through those things without setting them off?"
"Listen, Beast analyzed your mutation, and trust me, you can do this." Wolverine reached into another compartment of his trusty belt and pulled out two mini headsets. He wrapped one around his ear and gave the other to Nightshade, "Put this on. I'll be telling you what wires to pull."
Nightshade did as she was told, but before she left she asked jokingly, "So, when do I get a cool little belt like yours?"
"When you get older than me, now go!"
Nightshade gazed at the red beams, getting a sense of where each one was located. She put her arms up, ~Well, here goes nothin'~
Nightshade did a series of unbelievable cartwheels, back flips, and ridiculously high jumps, and surely she got to the other end of the hall. ~WHOA! I can't believe I just did that!~ "Ok Wolf Boy, what do I do now?" Nightshade heard a slight sigh of dissatisfaction through her communicator. She giggled.
#Do you see the control panel?# Wolverine asked.
"Yeah. What should I do?"
#Open the case.#
"Ok. It's opened."
#See the blue wire?#
"Yeah."
#Pull it.#
Nightshade did as she was told.
Then the lights went out.
"Ok, this may be just a guess, but I think that was the wrong wire Wolverine." Nightshade got no answer. "Wolverine? Are you there?" Still no answer. A rush of adrenalin went straight through her, ~Ok? What do I do now?~ She felt the side of a wall and balanced herself in the dark, ~Ok, concentrate....but on what?! There's nothing in here!~ Nightshade calmed herself down. ~Panic is never good, just stay calm....if only I could just see a little...~ she started making out a figure in the darkness, slowly but surely Nightshade could make out her surroundings, she could see in the dark! ~Wow! I guess I can do more than just pop out claws and fangs.~ She felt slightly better, and made her way towards the figure she saw in the darkness. ~I'll have to talk to Beast about those test results of mine.~ When she was about 3 yards away from the figure she thought was Wolverine, she came to a sudden halt. This was NOT Wolverine. This person didn't have that faint smell of cigar smoke and beer. ~Oh, shit.~
There was a familiar sound of a laser canon loading, Nightshade only had seconds to react. Immediately she took to the air landing on top of the droid, her claws ripping into its hull. At the sudden intrusion, the bot split into three separate droids, Nightshade jumped off, facing her three opponents. Two bots shot at her, one shot missed but the other got a hit on her shoulder, it sent her onto the ground. ~Damn it!~ Nightshade thought. She sprung up with her arms and took a swing at the closest bot, she managed to take that one out with a couple of slashes and kicks. She made her way to the other two, where she managed to place both across from each other, with her in the middle; when she heard both laser cannons loading at once she jumped up in the air and let the two blasts take each other out. All the droids were now scrap metal. Nightshade was clinging onto the side of a wall, looking down at the mess, when the neon green lights came back on. Suddenly a door appeared at the other side of the "hall". She went towards it.
Once she got inside the next "room" she was greeted by a grinning Wolverine. She gave him a cool/calm look as she walked in.
"Nice work" Wolverine commended her.
"Uh-huh. And just where were you if I needed you?" Nightshade inquired.
"I was right behind ya darlin'" he said with a grin.
"Sure you were." she said under her breath.
"Besides, I knew you could take those droids out easy" he added.
"Yeah, yeah. Now where's that box thing the Prof said we had to get?" Nightshade wanted to move things along.
Wolverine pointed up to the top of the rock wall behind him. There was a black box at the top of the wall.
~Wonderful~ Nightshade "pleasantly" thought. With a sigh, "Ok. Let's go." And in a couple of seconds the two partners were on their way up to the top.
Halfway up, Nightshade got a fun idea, "I bet I can beat cha up to the top." She had a devilish smile on her face.
Wolverine looked at her, ~Is she serious?~
Nightshade could tell he was unsure, "Loser buys Winner a 24-pack of Heinekens."
Wolverine had only one thing to say: "You're on."
Immediately both mutants quickened their pace.
"Good, cause you owe me a couple, remember?" Nightshade said in a huff as she started passing Wolverine by a little.
Reaching the top, Nightshade grabbed the box; instantly, everything began to shake.
"Opps" was all Nightshade could whisper. She looked over at Wolverine, he didn't look too happy.
"We've gotta get down. NOW!" Wolverine barked. At once, he popped his claws and dug them into the rock, he let go of his footing and he slid down the side of the rock.
Nightshade would have done the same thing but she had the box in her hand, instead she decided to take a chance, "Aw, what the hell." And she let go of the wall completely. The fall sent a rush through her, she loved the danger of it all. And just as she expected, she landed on her feet with a slight spring in her step. AND she made it down faster than her partner.
When Wolverine got down to the ground he was greeted by a, "I want that 24- pack in my room by tonight...'darlin'" and with that Angie tossed the black box to Logan and walked away. The Danger Room turned into its normal metal looking self. The session had been completed.
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Chapter 5: Week One Part 2
~*~ -Danger Room- ~*~
Up in the observation deck the Professor was viewing the young X-Men's progress. With him were Storm, Beast, and Angie. All eyes were fixed on all the dangerous weaponry being unleashed at the X-Men: lasers, flying blade disks, the works. Angie was entranced. She had only seen these kinds of things in movies and now they were right there in front of her. This all seemed like some kind of dream.
"Ok! So when's my turn!?" Angie blurted out.
Everyone in the room stared at her for a couple of seconds. Finally Storm broke the silence and said, "Angelica, the session we are viewing right now is at a very advanced level. When your time comes, your session will be nothing like this, at first."
Angelica pouted, "Well, as long as I don't have to go through any baby levels, then I GUESS I can live with that."
Beast suppressed a chuckle, then made a plea to Storm, "Well if the girl thinks she is ready to take on the dangers of our 'Chamber of Doom', I believe we should give her a chance to prove herself. Don't you?" Beast had a wide grin on his face.
Storm thought it over, and with that huge smile on Beast's face, she couldn't refuse the offer. "Only if Charles thinks it is wise." Storm looked towards the Prof.
"Well, let's ask the subject of this topic," the Prof looked at Angie, he already knew she wasn't about to say no. "Angelica, do you think you'd be up to running a session?"
Angie was bursting with excitement, "DUDE! I could run like five sessions, right now!"
All three senior members of the team looked at Angie with wide eyes, she had called the Professor... Dude.
With a big grin on his face, the Prof simply said, "Storm, go show our new recruit where the uniforms are located."
"Follow me my dear." Storm and Angie started for the door.
"Oh! If you're going to be participating in these Danger Room sessions, you're going to need a codename. Have you thought of any?" the Prof questioned.
Angie turned around, "Actually, yeah. How about...."
~*~ -15 minutes later- ~*~
"DEADLY NIGHTSHADE."
"So that's yer codename kid?"
"Well it's way better than WOLFerine."
"That's Wolverine, darlin'. Get it right, or pay the price."
Angie and Logan were standing next to each other in the massive Danger Room, waiting for the session to begin.
"Oooooooh, and what price would that be?" Nightshade playfully teased Wolverine.
Wolverine couldn't help it, he had to tease back, "Let's just say, I'll break that promise I made to Kitty about you."
*SNIKT!*
Wolverine casually scratched his cheek with one pair of his adamantium claws, making sure Nightshade got a full view.
Nightshade was wide-eyed.
Wolverine had a big grin on his face.
Nightshade caught on, "Well, that's funny. I thought it would be to spend an eternity in one of these damn spandex uniforms." She bend over to stretch.
Wolverine looked over to give her another piece of his mind when, *Un-SNIKT* ~Damn! How far can that girl bend!? Think happy thoughts! Think COLD happy thoughts! Canada! COLD Canada! In winter! A VERY, VERY COLD winter!~
Nightshade was stretching when she noticed she was hearing a fast heart beat, ~Whoa, am I that nervous?...Wait, that's not my heart beat. Is it...Logan's?....hehe.~ Nightshade bent down just ever more slightly...
~Arctic snow land, the bottom of the Atlantic ocean, NORWAY!~ Wolverine had to stay focused!
"Ok you two, settle down," the Prof's voice cried out from the speaker system. "The objective of this session is simple, retrieve the box at the end of the obstacle. Nightshade, this will test your agility, strength, and above all, teamwork. Without the latter, the X-Men would not be where they are today. Wolverine, you protect her if she falters. Do you two understand?" Wolverine and Nightshade both nodded, "Alright, computer, begin session 352."
In just seconds the Danger Room was alive with activity. Grid-like walls started springing up from the ground, the entire Danger Room went dark, the only light came from the neon green grids on the walls around Nightshade and Wolverine.
Nightshade got a hold of what was going on, "This is a maze! What are we? Lab rats or something?" Nightshade was a little upset, she expected to be blasted at by laser cannons or something much more intense.
"Just go with it kid," Wolverine murmured. "Not everything is what it seems." He was already checking out his surroundings, being cautious.
Nightshade followed suit. They made their way to the end of one "hall", Nightshade was about to turn the corner when Wolverine stopped her. "What is it?"
"Can't ya hear it?" Wolverine lightly tugged on Nightshade's ear lobe.
She didn't get it at first but slowly started noticing a very low buzzing noise. She looked up at Wolverine, "What's that buzzing?"
"High sensitivity security lasers. You almost gave away our position." Wolverine reached into one of his belt's compartments and pulled out a small sprayer. He sprayed the area in front of them, slowly but surely thin red lasers could be seen in intricate patterns. "Now you see the control panel at the other end of the hall?" Nightshade nodded, "You have to disable the lasers from there."
"Me? But I know nothing of disabling security! Besides! I'm no gymnast, do you really expect me to make it through those things without setting them off?"
"Listen, Beast analyzed your mutation, and trust me, you can do this." Wolverine reached into another compartment of his trusty belt and pulled out two mini headsets. He wrapped one around his ear and gave the other to Nightshade, "Put this on. I'll be telling you what wires to pull."
Nightshade did as she was told, but before she left she asked jokingly, "So, when do I get a cool little belt like yours?"
"When you get older than me, now go!"
Nightshade gazed at the red beams, getting a sense of where each one was located. She put her arms up, ~Well, here goes nothin'~
Nightshade did a series of unbelievable cartwheels, back flips, and ridiculously high jumps, and surely she got to the other end of the hall. ~WHOA! I can't believe I just did that!~ "Ok Wolf Boy, what do I do now?" Nightshade heard a slight sigh of dissatisfaction through her communicator. She giggled.
#Do you see the control panel?# Wolverine asked.
"Yeah. What should I do?"
#Open the case.#
"Ok. It's opened."
#See the blue wire?#
"Yeah."
#Pull it.#
Nightshade did as she was told.
Then the lights went out.
"Ok, this may be just a guess, but I think that was the wrong wire Wolverine." Nightshade got no answer. "Wolverine? Are you there?" Still no answer. A rush of adrenalin went straight through her, ~Ok? What do I do now?~ She felt the side of a wall and balanced herself in the dark, ~Ok, concentrate....but on what?! There's nothing in here!~ Nightshade calmed herself down. ~Panic is never good, just stay calm....if only I could just see a little...~ she started making out a figure in the darkness, slowly but surely Nightshade could make out her surroundings, she could see in the dark! ~Wow! I guess I can do more than just pop out claws and fangs.~ She felt slightly better, and made her way towards the figure she saw in the darkness. ~I'll have to talk to Beast about those test results of mine.~ When she was about 3 yards away from the figure she thought was Wolverine, she came to a sudden halt. This was NOT Wolverine. This person didn't have that faint smell of cigar smoke and beer. ~Oh, shit.~
There was a familiar sound of a laser canon loading, Nightshade only had seconds to react. Immediately she took to the air landing on top of the droid, her claws ripping into its hull. At the sudden intrusion, the bot split into three separate droids, Nightshade jumped off, facing her three opponents. Two bots shot at her, one shot missed but the other got a hit on her shoulder, it sent her onto the ground. ~Damn it!~ Nightshade thought. She sprung up with her arms and took a swing at the closest bot, she managed to take that one out with a couple of slashes and kicks. She made her way to the other two, where she managed to place both across from each other, with her in the middle; when she heard both laser cannons loading at once she jumped up in the air and let the two blasts take each other out. All the droids were now scrap metal. Nightshade was clinging onto the side of a wall, looking down at the mess, when the neon green lights came back on. Suddenly a door appeared at the other side of the "hall". She went towards it.
Once she got inside the next "room" she was greeted by a grinning Wolverine. She gave him a cool/calm look as she walked in.
"Nice work" Wolverine commended her.
"Uh-huh. And just where were you if I needed you?" Nightshade inquired.
"I was right behind ya darlin'" he said with a grin.
"Sure you were." she said under her breath.
"Besides, I knew you could take those droids out easy" he added.
"Yeah, yeah. Now where's that box thing the Prof said we had to get?" Nightshade wanted to move things along.
Wolverine pointed up to the top of the rock wall behind him. There was a black box at the top of the wall.
~Wonderful~ Nightshade "pleasantly" thought. With a sigh, "Ok. Let's go." And in a couple of seconds the two partners were on their way up to the top.
Halfway up, Nightshade got a fun idea, "I bet I can beat cha up to the top." She had a devilish smile on her face.
Wolverine looked at her, ~Is she serious?~
Nightshade could tell he was unsure, "Loser buys Winner a 24-pack of Heinekens."
Wolverine had only one thing to say: "You're on."
Immediately both mutants quickened their pace.
"Good, cause you owe me a couple, remember?" Nightshade said in a huff as she started passing Wolverine by a little.
Reaching the top, Nightshade grabbed the box; instantly, everything began to shake.
"Opps" was all Nightshade could whisper. She looked over at Wolverine, he didn't look too happy.
"We've gotta get down. NOW!" Wolverine barked. At once, he popped his claws and dug them into the rock, he let go of his footing and he slid down the side of the rock.
Nightshade would have done the same thing but she had the box in her hand, instead she decided to take a chance, "Aw, what the hell." And she let go of the wall completely. The fall sent a rush through her, she loved the danger of it all. And just as she expected, she landed on her feet with a slight spring in her step. AND she made it down faster than her partner.
When Wolverine got down to the ground he was greeted by a, "I want that 24- pack in my room by tonight...'darlin'" and with that Angie tossed the black box to Logan and walked away. The Danger Room turned into its normal metal looking self. The session had been completed.
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