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Scarlet Sapphire - Yay u were my first reviewer so thanks a bunch ;D I noticed that something was wrong with too. Lol glad u like the first chap...that makes me happy lol. Hope u like this one. By the way i'm loving 'Screams in the darkness' and I thought "We're gonna be OK' was CUTE!!!!! You'll find both along with many of your other stories on my favorites. (By the way I noe u think what u write is bad and all i have to say is...I THINK YUR CRAZY...I love all the work I've read from u so yay lol) ;D
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AN: SRY for taking forever on posting this chap. I hope u guys like though. If anyone who's reading this read my other story "The thing's I'd do for you" and you reviewed the last chap...thanks a bunch and sry for almost giving some of you heart attacks lol. Sorry for any mistakes in the first chap...I was in a hurry to post it...which reminds me to thank siredsoul cause if it weren't for him I wouldn't have been able to post so thanks a bunch. Anyhoo enough talk from me...hope u like and review ;D By the way this chap is dedicated to Ishy, MsJade13 and Scarlet Sapphire for reviewing the first chap...thanks guys love ya lots ;D
Ps. I'm using Lexa as X-23's name cause i did for my last fic and now it's stuck lol hope u don't mind
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Chapter 2 - Changes
2 Yeas later
"I don't wanna move!" A girl with brown hair and a couple of blue streaks whined while in the kitchen.
"Well that's not really your decision to make," a Blonde lady said putting all the kitchen utensils in a brown cardboard box.
"I don't get it, Sinister recruits us makes move here and train for TWO years…and when we're actually beginning to like it, he decides to make us move across the country," the girl argued.
"Why are you complaining so much Lexa? If I remember correctly you're the one who hated this place the most when we got here. Did you forget about that long speech you made about 'I hate being trapped in places to long…blah blah blah…I need to move around…and so on and so on," Emma Frost asked the girl.
"I think it's a boy!" Elizabeth Braddock commented walking in with boxes floating in front of her.
"No that would be the reason your slutty ass wants to stay," Lexa countered.
"OUCH, that was harsh Lexxy," Betts said with a fake wound look. Before Lexa could reply Emma stepped in between them and scowled at them.
"Ughh when will you two grow up? Anyway where are Marie and Wanda?"
"Training" both girls, answered in Unison.
Why did I even bother asking Emma thought to herself and then told Lexa, "Go ask them if they're done packing."
"Fine," she answered and left the room but not before sticking her tongue out at Betsy.
"You two do really need to grow up, you're 18 for goodness sake," Emma stated before Elizabeth could reply to Lex's action.
"Aww it's too much fun. Anyway we're just playing and may I point out that I'm 19 luv," Betts answered smirking. Emma just rolled her eyes while thinking How did I get stuck babysitting these babies stuck in teenage bodies
"I heard that," Elizabeth said and after got hit by a sack of table napkins.
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Lexa walked into the girls training room. After they were recruited, Sinister had sent them to California for some major training from the White Queen and Lady Deathstrike. Now two years later he wanted them to move to Bayville New York, she didn't even know where that was. Anyway she'd gotten used to leaving there in LA, hot guys, tight close, and good food. What else could you want?
When she walked in she noticed the two people she was looking for were dripping with sweat.
"Don't you two ever get tired of trying to kick each other's Asses?" She asked smirking at them.
"No," The girl with shoulder length hair and red dyed tips answered.
"What's up?" asked Rogue, her hair was long enough to go below her shoulders by two or three inches but at the moment it was in a bun except for her two white streaks.
"Emma wants to know if you're packed," Lexa answered and walked towards the wall grabbing a Bo staff that was hanging on the wall.
"Depends…what's your definition of packed?" Wanda answered watching Lex play with the staff.
"Ah haven't packed either," Rogue chirped in before Lexa could answer.
"Well I guess she won't kill us if we pack on the day before we leave. So you guys wanna play?" She said in teasing voice while twisting the Bo staff around her body.
"If you think you can handle me," Wanda responded while grabbing another Bo staff.
"Puh-lease are you even suppose to be a challenge?" Lexa asked while Wanda scowled.
"Yah two do realizes it's gonna be yahr funeral," Rogue said as she got one too.
"Ready" Lexa said
"Set" Wanda continued
"Go" Rogue finished and the three run towards one another. There were a lot of poles hitting each other, people ducking and lots of curses being mumbled.
"Guys…" Elizabeth started but stopped when she saw the three in battle. I hope they actually plan to play fair this time she thought but as soon as she finished thinking that she heard 'Snikt'. Guess not she thought again and moved seeing as a blue light was throwing Lexa towards her. She hit the wall with her feet and did a cartwheel going back to the other two. Wanda's attention had now turned to Rogue who was flying in the air but soon fell down having Lexa grab her by the feet.
Ha and Emma thinks I'm childish Elizabeth thought before shouting, "It's dinner time hurry up and finish this," after she just walked away knowing there wouldn't be a winner.
A couple of minutes later the three 18 year olds were breathing heavily and arguing about who had won.
"I won I was most determined," Lexa said.
"No I won I was most powerful," Wanda yelled at her.
"Let's just say it was a tied game," Rogue said hoping they would shut-up.
"Fine," both answered and it was quiet until Lexa spoke up.
"So…um how do you guys feel about the moving thing?"
"I really don't care," Wanda answered. "I just hope I meet some fine ass guy," she said smirking.
"I don't want to," Rogue answered.
"Yes, Finally someone who's with me," Lexa said happily.
"Moving means I havta break up with Cody," Rogue said sadly.
"Uhh…I thought you wanted to dump him," Wanda said confused.
"I do but telling him ah'm moving is lame," Rogue answered.
"Then what would you like to do?" Lexa asked curiously.
"Yah know…ah wanted it to be more exciting like…him finding meh in bed with another guy or sumthing like that," Rogue said smirking.
"That would've been good," Lexa said cracking up.
Wanda sat up and gave Rogue a smirk, "You really are the evilest of us bitches huh? I don't think I'm even that heartless.
"Whatever, come on ah'm starved," Rogue said and walked out of the room. Lexa and Wanda got up and followed while Lex was still cracking up.
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"What's so funny?" Emma asked Lexa.
"Oh nothing," she lied.
"So you guy's packed yet?" She asked Wanda and Rogue.
"Nope" "Nuh uh"
"Great this means you two are going to be in a hurry because we leave the day after tomorrow," Emma told them acting like a mom.
"Why exactly are we moving?" Rogue asked before attacking her food.
Emma looked at the four girls in front of her, she was 24 when sinister asked her to train them and now she was 26. They had surpassed her and Deathstrike and now it was time to get the real plan in motion.
"Sinister thinks you're ready to go on real important missions. Play time's over," she said giving them all serious eye contact.
"Yay finally maybe soon he'll tell me what he promised me two years ago…Weapon X's location," Lexa said a little agitated.
You'll be closer than you know Emma thought while looking into Lexa's blue eyes. Actually you'll all be closer to something real familiar she added while looking at her food.
"So...where's Lady D?" Wanda asked.
"She went to see Sinister to make sure he wants this too happen."
"Why would she do that? I thought she'd gotten tired of this place?" Betsy asked confused while the White Queen just shrugged.
"So have you thought about codenames yet?" Emma asked.
"I'm sticking with Rogue," Rogue answered after taking a sip of her Diet Pepsi.
"Since Wanda likes red so much I think her name should have the word red in it like…the red witch," Elizabeth offered Wanda.
"Scarlet," She said.
"Huh?" Betts asked confused.
"Scarlet Witch," She answered.
"Yup that defiantly sounds better," Lexa said and gave an apology smile to Betts who didn't seem to care her idea wasn't liked.
"What about you Betts?" Rogue asked the oldest of the group (Emma isn't a member she's like a guide book…I guess)
"Psylocke," she answered quickly while the others looked at her surprised.
"What? I thought about since the day Emma took me with Sinister."
"Oh," the answered and went back to her food.
"I don't know what I want to be named," Lexa said looking confused and staring at a wall. "I guess I'll go with what they used to call me when I was still help captive…X-23."
"Mmm…ah don't know how bout something more original like…Deathclaw? Or something that has the word claw in it or sounds dangerous." Rogue said.
"No, not DeathClaw…sounds to much like Deathstrike and if I named myself that she'd probably hate me more than she already does," Lexa commented.
"She doesn't hate you…you just remind her of some one that really hurt her in the past. Here I'll let you in on a little secret…" Emma said leaning in towards her, "You're her favorite."
"Oh yeah I'm sure of it…if that's true she's a good actress," Lexa said while going over to put her dish in the sink. "I'm gonna go finish packing," she said and walked upstairs to where her bedroom was. Soon you'll have what you want Lexa…don't despair Emma sent her the message telepathically.
"Soooo…who's this person that hurt Lady D?" Elizabeth asked curiously.
"None ya…and it's your turn to do the dishes," The White Queen told Betts.
Wanda and Rogue snickered at that but shut-up when Emma asked if they'd like to help her.
"I'm gonna take a shower then go to bed," Wanda said as the walked upstairs.
"Ah'm gonna call Cody," Rogue said looking bored.
"So what are you gonna do?"
"Tell em to keep our relationship long distance," Rogue said with an evil smile.
"Aww you're gonna break up with him while you're thousands of miles a way?"
"Nope, I'm not gonna dump him." Wanda gave Rogue a confused look.
"Look ah know Cody, such a sweet little southern boy, he'll remain faithful to me not matter how far away ah am…to bad ah won't," Rogue said smiling.
"You really are horrible," Wanda responded.
"Hey ah've wasted years of mah life untouchable…now thanks to that operation by sinister ah can live mah life to the fullest and ah'm not gonna let a little boy ruin anything better that may come along. Anyway ah know yah…and yah would do the same who knows maybe something even worse," Rogue responded.
"That is…true," Wanda answered to the acquisition and smirked. "I'll see you in the morning" she said as she walked into the bathroom laughing.
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Next Morning
"Morning Lady Deathstrike," Rogue said walking into the Kitchen to find the Asian adult drinking coffee. The only think Rogue got back was a nod. She then went and served herself some cereal.
"Morning Marie, I'm sure you slept well," Emma said walking in. Rogue would have answered her with words if she didn't have a spoonful of Captain Crunch in her mouth, but she just nodded. "Is any one else up?" Rogue shrugged.
"Lexa is in the living room watching cartoons, Elizabeth is upstairs taking a bath and I told Wanda to start packing when she came to get something to eat," Yuriko answered adding more sugar to her coffee.
"That's a first…everybody's up before you," Emma said throwing a look at Rogue. "Are you packed yet?"
"Um…No," Rogue answered trying to make a break for it but was stopped by Deathstrike who had to stick her foot out at the same time she made a run for it.
"Marie you have to pack today…we leave tomorrow morning," The White Queen yelled at Rogue who was standing up.
"Fine Fine Fine…I'm going," she whined while walking out of the kitchen.
"What did Sinister say?" Emma asked once she was sure Rogue was gone.
"Not much…told me he wanted us to go see him once we get to Bayville and he also gave me some instructions to give the girls," Yuriko said.
"Wow two years here and now we're moving. I'm going to miss the old place," Emma said looking around the very empty kitchen.
"I'm not…it's about damn time we left."
"You know once we get there, you'll be closer to him than you've been in years. Are you gonna be ok?"
"I will get my revenge on him in due time, maybe not when we get there but I'll be a step closer."
"When are you going to tell her? Sinister left it to you to tell her where he was and you still haven't done it. It's been two years."
"I'm not going to tell her. Lexa has a good sense of smell she'll know it's him when she gets close."
"Do you think that wise? Not telling her and letting her find out instead."
"She's a strong girl…she'll be able to handle it," Deathstrike answered getting up and going over to put her cup in the sink.
"If you say so," Emma said uncertainly while walking to the living room.
The rest of the day everybody was to busy packing things.
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The next morning
"Everyone get up, we're going to miss our plane!" Emma Frost screamed at the top of her lungs waking five unhappy people.
An hour later everybody was dressed and waiting in line to get on the airplane. When they were on they sat in three seaters causing Wanda, Rogue, and Lexa to be sitting together and Elizabeth, Lady D, and Emma sitting behind them.
Each of them was listening to different music on their walkmans:
Rogue was listening to the words of the song while closing her eyes and hoping to get some missed sleep.
/ How can you see into my eyes like open doors
Leading you down into my core
where I've become so numb
Without a soul my spirit's
sleeping somewhere cold
until you find it there and lead it back home
Wake me up
Wake me up inside
I can't wake up
Wake me up inside
Save me
Call my name and save me from the dark
Wake me up
Bid my blood to run
I can't wake up
Before I come undone
Save me
Save me from the nothing I've become/
Wanda was next to her whispering the words to what she was listening to,
/Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming, confusing
This lack of self control I fear is never ending
Controlling I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
Without a sense of confidence
I'm convinced that it's too much pressure to take
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real/
Lexa was next to Rogue looking out the window and nodding to what she was listening to,
/I am the son,
I am the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth, how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does/
The three couldn't help but feel that something really big was going to be changing their lives in probably less than a week.
Elizabeth was the only one listening to something that wasn't blaring into her eardrums,
/I woke up this morning
Now I understand
What it means to give your life
To just one man
Afraid of feeling nothing
No bees or butterflies
My head is full of voices
And my house is full of lies
This is home
Home
And this is home
home
This is home/
As she was listing to the words she was think about how she was leaving what had become her home, but who knows maybe Bayville won't be that bad. Next to her were the two adults in charge of them, one telling the girls in front of them to make sure they had their seatbelts on and lower the music so they wouldn't go deaf, and the other putting her head phones on to enjoy the movie that was playing…'The lord of the Rings: Return of the King'. (couldn't think of anything else)
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Hours later
"Finally I though we would never get here," Lexa whined when they were on ground.
"So…what now?" Elizabeth asked looking around the airport.
"Now we go to our new home aren't you all excited?" Emma said trying her best to stay cheerful.
"Yeah," Wanda answered in a dull voice.
"Oh Joy," Rogue responded.
"You guys have no sense of adventure…live a little," Emma scolded.
"I'm sure there's lots of things for you guys to stay entertained," Deathstrike added.
"If you say so," Betts said not convinced.
"Yay we're here…so…when can we leave?" Lexa asked.
"You haven't even been here five minutes. Lets just give this place a chance ok?" Emma said while rolling her eyes.
"Fine," were the four uninterested answers she got.
"Well, lets go get our bags and head to our new house," Emma said with a smile while walking towards the baggage area and was followed by five people at a very slow pace.
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"Wow it's huge!" Emma said while running around their new mansion.
"We're the teenagers yet she's the one who's acting like one," Elizabeth said in a trying not to laugh tone.
"Actually we're all young adults now," Rogue corrected.
"Doesn't feel like it though," Lexa commented, the girls were interrupted of their little conversation by the White Queen.
"You guys even get your own room," Emma said going back to them.
"We've always had our own room," Rogue commented from her position by the door.
"Yeah well now if you wanted two you could have two."
"I want two rooms," Wanda said thinking she had offered.
"Well you can't have two rooms, we need offices, training rooms and you know important stuff. Anyway I was thinking the bedrooms will be upstairs and the offices and junk can go downstairs. What do you think?" Emma asked while looking at Yuriko.
"I guess that's good," She answered not really paying attention.
"Ok people time to unpack," Emma said very energetic while four other people groaned and started mumbling curses.
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A week later (cause I don't want to write about them unpacking and blah blah blah)
"We're finally done. I'm very proud of all of you," Emma told all the girls who just happened to be wearing blue overalls and a bandana of different colors.
"Gee thanks, can we go outside now?" Wanda asked.
"Yeah I think it's very unfair and uncool that we can't take a step outside until we were done,"
"Cry me a river. Life's unfair…I thought you all already knew that," Emma said walking into the kitchen.
"So can we go out now or what?" Lexa asked.
"Not before talking to Deathstrike, she has instructions to give you." Emma yelled back.
"Come on…guess we gotta look fohr Lady D," Rogue said getting up and walking away in search for the older female.
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"Sorry to interrupt you Deathstrike but umm White Queen said you had to talk to us about something before we leave," Elizabeth said while looking at Deathstrike who was on the roof.
She was looking down at the sunset but then moved her eyes to the young Asian girl and said, "Get the others."
A couple minutes later Deathstrike was on top of the roof with four young adults who had confused expressions on their faces.
"Emma and I have to go see Sinister tomorrow so it would be better if you decide to explore Bayville then. Also Sinister gave me instructions about going out. I'm sure Emma has told you we're here on a mission, anyway there's a group of mutants here that go by the name X-men. More about them later…anyway we don't want the X-men to know we're here or your identities. So sinister gave me this," She said giving them each a black watch with a button on the side, each watch having a different color.
"What do they do?" Lexa asked having Rogue tighten hers.
"Put them on and press that button," was the only thing she said and the girls did as they were told.
Rogue pushed the green button on hers and everybody started at her. "Why are all of you looking at me?" she asked then quickly covered her mouth.
"Oh Oh, bye bye makeup, Southern accent, white strips and green eyes," Elizabeth said in a shocked voice.
"What?" Rogue yelled.
"You don't want to look in a mirror…at least not yet," Lexa said eyeing Rogue's face.
"Yeeeaaah…why don't you wait till we all push the button and then we can all check out ourselves in the mirror," Wanda said staring at Rogue's face too.
"You guys are freaking me out. What's wrong?" Rogue asked.
"Nothing luv nothing, lets move on," Elizabeth said and quickly pressed and purple button. After a couple of only hearing crickets she asked, "Sooo?"
"I don't look like that right?" Rogue asked Wanda.
"No, I think you look worse."
"Ahhh what changed?" Elizabeth said turning to Lexa.
"Well your voice doesn't have the accent, your hair is shorter and it's black and your scar is gone too." Elizabeth was about to go downstairs to check in the mirror but was stopped by Rogue. "We all go together remember?"
"I'll go next," Lexa told Wanda and everybody watched as her dyed hair turned it to a dark brown, her hair grew about two inches and her eyes changed to brown too.
"That's not so bad. You know you and Rogue could definitely be considered sisters. If one of you wasn't so pale and the other wasn't so dark," Elizabeth commented. "Wanda your next." Wanda pushed the red button on her watch and everybody leaned into to get a good look.
"Well?" Wanda asked.
"Your hair's shorter," Lexa said wincing as if someone had stabbed her. Wanda's hands went to her head and slowly went down trying to find her hair, which no longer was to her shoulders.
"The dyes gone too," Rogue said in a monotone.
"Do I want to look?" Wanda asked.
"No" was the response they all gave her.
"Come on. Go look at yourselves even if you don't want," Deathstrike said nudging them all downstairs. The four went into the living room and made their way towards the big mirror over the couch. When they all saw their reflections…they screamed.
"Guess they don't like the changes, huh?" Emma asked Deathstrike as both adults watched their pupils scream their lungs out.
"Guess not," Deathstrike answered and both kept watching them, wondering if the mirror would break.
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AN: OOOOKKK lol how was that? Hmmm...lol I feel like they're gonna be a bunch of secret agents or something lol...Let me know what you think Hmm not much action in this one but hope it was still good ;D The girls meet a couple of interesting guys in the next chap (hint hint) so hope you'll guys stay tune. "Bring me to life" belongs to Evanescence, "Crawling" belongs to Linkin Park, "How Soon is Now? " belongs to Love Spit Love, and "Home" belongs to Sheryl Crow. Hope you guys liked and that's you'll review...love ya lots - UHW
Scarlet Sapphire - Yay u were my first reviewer so thanks a bunch ;D I noticed that something was wrong with too. Lol glad u like the first chap...that makes me happy lol. Hope u like this one. By the way i'm loving 'Screams in the darkness' and I thought "We're gonna be OK' was CUTE!!!!! You'll find both along with many of your other stories on my favorites. (By the way I noe u think what u write is bad and all i have to say is...I THINK YUR CRAZY...I love all the work I've read from u so yay lol) ;D
ishandahalf- lol glad yur intrigued ;D Hopefully you'll stay intrigued. Hope u think this chap is OK and thanks so much for Reviewing. I read chap 4 & 5 of 'Loved and lost or never at all' and i'm shocked lol. He's actually went through with it...that's so sad. Hope u update soon and Yay guess what? I wrote an e-mail to both e-mails so they won't split Romy up ;D ROMY EVER right!!!!! ;D and the only thing I have to say about the petition to keep ROMY 2gether is..."watch out petition here I come" lol.
MsJade13-lol glad you liked, hope yur ok with this chap ;D
AN: SRY for taking forever on posting this chap. I hope u guys like though. If anyone who's reading this read my other story "The thing's I'd do for you" and you reviewed the last chap...thanks a bunch and sry for almost giving some of you heart attacks lol. Sorry for any mistakes in the first chap...I was in a hurry to post it...which reminds me to thank siredsoul cause if it weren't for him I wouldn't have been able to post so thanks a bunch. Anyhoo enough talk from me...hope u like and review ;D By the way this chap is dedicated to Ishy, MsJade13 and Scarlet Sapphire for reviewing the first chap...thanks guys love ya lots ;D
Ps. I'm using Lexa as X-23's name cause i did for my last fic and now it's stuck lol hope u don't mind
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Chapter 2 - Changes
2 Yeas later
"I don't wanna move!" A girl with brown hair and a couple of blue streaks whined while in the kitchen.
"Well that's not really your decision to make," a Blonde lady said putting all the kitchen utensils in a brown cardboard box.
"I don't get it, Sinister recruits us makes move here and train for TWO years…and when we're actually beginning to like it, he decides to make us move across the country," the girl argued.
"Why are you complaining so much Lexa? If I remember correctly you're the one who hated this place the most when we got here. Did you forget about that long speech you made about 'I hate being trapped in places to long…blah blah blah…I need to move around…and so on and so on," Emma Frost asked the girl.
"I think it's a boy!" Elizabeth Braddock commented walking in with boxes floating in front of her.
"No that would be the reason your slutty ass wants to stay," Lexa countered.
"OUCH, that was harsh Lexxy," Betts said with a fake wound look. Before Lexa could reply Emma stepped in between them and scowled at them.
"Ughh when will you two grow up? Anyway where are Marie and Wanda?"
"Training" both girls, answered in Unison.
Why did I even bother asking Emma thought to herself and then told Lexa, "Go ask them if they're done packing."
"Fine," she answered and left the room but not before sticking her tongue out at Betsy.
"You two do really need to grow up, you're 18 for goodness sake," Emma stated before Elizabeth could reply to Lex's action.
"Aww it's too much fun. Anyway we're just playing and may I point out that I'm 19 luv," Betts answered smirking. Emma just rolled her eyes while thinking How did I get stuck babysitting these babies stuck in teenage bodies
"I heard that," Elizabeth said and after got hit by a sack of table napkins.
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Lexa walked into the girls training room. After they were recruited, Sinister had sent them to California for some major training from the White Queen and Lady Deathstrike. Now two years later he wanted them to move to Bayville New York, she didn't even know where that was. Anyway she'd gotten used to leaving there in LA, hot guys, tight close, and good food. What else could you want?
When she walked in she noticed the two people she was looking for were dripping with sweat.
"Don't you two ever get tired of trying to kick each other's Asses?" She asked smirking at them.
"No," The girl with shoulder length hair and red dyed tips answered.
"What's up?" asked Rogue, her hair was long enough to go below her shoulders by two or three inches but at the moment it was in a bun except for her two white streaks.
"Emma wants to know if you're packed," Lexa answered and walked towards the wall grabbing a Bo staff that was hanging on the wall.
"Depends…what's your definition of packed?" Wanda answered watching Lex play with the staff.
"Ah haven't packed either," Rogue chirped in before Lexa could answer.
"Well I guess she won't kill us if we pack on the day before we leave. So you guys wanna play?" She said in teasing voice while twisting the Bo staff around her body.
"If you think you can handle me," Wanda responded while grabbing another Bo staff.
"Puh-lease are you even suppose to be a challenge?" Lexa asked while Wanda scowled.
"Yah two do realizes it's gonna be yahr funeral," Rogue said as she got one too.
"Ready" Lexa said
"Set" Wanda continued
"Go" Rogue finished and the three run towards one another. There were a lot of poles hitting each other, people ducking and lots of curses being mumbled.
"Guys…" Elizabeth started but stopped when she saw the three in battle. I hope they actually plan to play fair this time she thought but as soon as she finished thinking that she heard 'Snikt'. Guess not she thought again and moved seeing as a blue light was throwing Lexa towards her. She hit the wall with her feet and did a cartwheel going back to the other two. Wanda's attention had now turned to Rogue who was flying in the air but soon fell down having Lexa grab her by the feet.
Ha and Emma thinks I'm childish Elizabeth thought before shouting, "It's dinner time hurry up and finish this," after she just walked away knowing there wouldn't be a winner.
A couple of minutes later the three 18 year olds were breathing heavily and arguing about who had won.
"I won I was most determined," Lexa said.
"No I won I was most powerful," Wanda yelled at her.
"Let's just say it was a tied game," Rogue said hoping they would shut-up.
"Fine," both answered and it was quiet until Lexa spoke up.
"So…um how do you guys feel about the moving thing?"
"I really don't care," Wanda answered. "I just hope I meet some fine ass guy," she said smirking.
"I don't want to," Rogue answered.
"Yes, Finally someone who's with me," Lexa said happily.
"Moving means I havta break up with Cody," Rogue said sadly.
"Uhh…I thought you wanted to dump him," Wanda said confused.
"I do but telling him ah'm moving is lame," Rogue answered.
"Then what would you like to do?" Lexa asked curiously.
"Yah know…ah wanted it to be more exciting like…him finding meh in bed with another guy or sumthing like that," Rogue said smirking.
"That would've been good," Lexa said cracking up.
Wanda sat up and gave Rogue a smirk, "You really are the evilest of us bitches huh? I don't think I'm even that heartless.
"Whatever, come on ah'm starved," Rogue said and walked out of the room. Lexa and Wanda got up and followed while Lex was still cracking up.
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"What's so funny?" Emma asked Lexa.
"Oh nothing," she lied.
"So you guy's packed yet?" She asked Wanda and Rogue.
"Nope" "Nuh uh"
"Great this means you two are going to be in a hurry because we leave the day after tomorrow," Emma told them acting like a mom.
"Why exactly are we moving?" Rogue asked before attacking her food.
Emma looked at the four girls in front of her, she was 24 when sinister asked her to train them and now she was 26. They had surpassed her and Deathstrike and now it was time to get the real plan in motion.
"Sinister thinks you're ready to go on real important missions. Play time's over," she said giving them all serious eye contact.
"Yay finally maybe soon he'll tell me what he promised me two years ago…Weapon X's location," Lexa said a little agitated.
You'll be closer than you know Emma thought while looking into Lexa's blue eyes. Actually you'll all be closer to something real familiar she added while looking at her food.
"So...where's Lady D?" Wanda asked.
"She went to see Sinister to make sure he wants this too happen."
"Why would she do that? I thought she'd gotten tired of this place?" Betsy asked confused while the White Queen just shrugged.
"So have you thought about codenames yet?" Emma asked.
"I'm sticking with Rogue," Rogue answered after taking a sip of her Diet Pepsi.
"Since Wanda likes red so much I think her name should have the word red in it like…the red witch," Elizabeth offered Wanda.
"Scarlet," She said.
"Huh?" Betts asked confused.
"Scarlet Witch," She answered.
"Yup that defiantly sounds better," Lexa said and gave an apology smile to Betts who didn't seem to care her idea wasn't liked.
"What about you Betts?" Rogue asked the oldest of the group (Emma isn't a member she's like a guide book…I guess)
"Psylocke," she answered quickly while the others looked at her surprised.
"What? I thought about since the day Emma took me with Sinister."
"Oh," the answered and went back to her food.
"I don't know what I want to be named," Lexa said looking confused and staring at a wall. "I guess I'll go with what they used to call me when I was still help captive…X-23."
"Mmm…ah don't know how bout something more original like…Deathclaw? Or something that has the word claw in it or sounds dangerous." Rogue said.
"No, not DeathClaw…sounds to much like Deathstrike and if I named myself that she'd probably hate me more than she already does," Lexa commented.
"She doesn't hate you…you just remind her of some one that really hurt her in the past. Here I'll let you in on a little secret…" Emma said leaning in towards her, "You're her favorite."
"Oh yeah I'm sure of it…if that's true she's a good actress," Lexa said while going over to put her dish in the sink. "I'm gonna go finish packing," she said and walked upstairs to where her bedroom was. Soon you'll have what you want Lexa…don't despair Emma sent her the message telepathically.
"Soooo…who's this person that hurt Lady D?" Elizabeth asked curiously.
"None ya…and it's your turn to do the dishes," The White Queen told Betts.
Wanda and Rogue snickered at that but shut-up when Emma asked if they'd like to help her.
"I'm gonna take a shower then go to bed," Wanda said as the walked upstairs.
"Ah'm gonna call Cody," Rogue said looking bored.
"So what are you gonna do?"
"Tell em to keep our relationship long distance," Rogue said with an evil smile.
"Aww you're gonna break up with him while you're thousands of miles a way?"
"Nope, I'm not gonna dump him." Wanda gave Rogue a confused look.
"Look ah know Cody, such a sweet little southern boy, he'll remain faithful to me not matter how far away ah am…to bad ah won't," Rogue said smiling.
"You really are horrible," Wanda responded.
"Hey ah've wasted years of mah life untouchable…now thanks to that operation by sinister ah can live mah life to the fullest and ah'm not gonna let a little boy ruin anything better that may come along. Anyway ah know yah…and yah would do the same who knows maybe something even worse," Rogue responded.
"That is…true," Wanda answered to the acquisition and smirked. "I'll see you in the morning" she said as she walked into the bathroom laughing.
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Next Morning
"Morning Lady Deathstrike," Rogue said walking into the Kitchen to find the Asian adult drinking coffee. The only think Rogue got back was a nod. She then went and served herself some cereal.
"Morning Marie, I'm sure you slept well," Emma said walking in. Rogue would have answered her with words if she didn't have a spoonful of Captain Crunch in her mouth, but she just nodded. "Is any one else up?" Rogue shrugged.
"Lexa is in the living room watching cartoons, Elizabeth is upstairs taking a bath and I told Wanda to start packing when she came to get something to eat," Yuriko answered adding more sugar to her coffee.
"That's a first…everybody's up before you," Emma said throwing a look at Rogue. "Are you packed yet?"
"Um…No," Rogue answered trying to make a break for it but was stopped by Deathstrike who had to stick her foot out at the same time she made a run for it.
"Marie you have to pack today…we leave tomorrow morning," The White Queen yelled at Rogue who was standing up.
"Fine Fine Fine…I'm going," she whined while walking out of the kitchen.
"What did Sinister say?" Emma asked once she was sure Rogue was gone.
"Not much…told me he wanted us to go see him once we get to Bayville and he also gave me some instructions to give the girls," Yuriko said.
"Wow two years here and now we're moving. I'm going to miss the old place," Emma said looking around the very empty kitchen.
"I'm not…it's about damn time we left."
"You know once we get there, you'll be closer to him than you've been in years. Are you gonna be ok?"
"I will get my revenge on him in due time, maybe not when we get there but I'll be a step closer."
"When are you going to tell her? Sinister left it to you to tell her where he was and you still haven't done it. It's been two years."
"I'm not going to tell her. Lexa has a good sense of smell she'll know it's him when she gets close."
"Do you think that wise? Not telling her and letting her find out instead."
"She's a strong girl…she'll be able to handle it," Deathstrike answered getting up and going over to put her cup in the sink.
"If you say so," Emma said uncertainly while walking to the living room.
The rest of the day everybody was to busy packing things.
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The next morning
"Everyone get up, we're going to miss our plane!" Emma Frost screamed at the top of her lungs waking five unhappy people.
An hour later everybody was dressed and waiting in line to get on the airplane. When they were on they sat in three seaters causing Wanda, Rogue, and Lexa to be sitting together and Elizabeth, Lady D, and Emma sitting behind them.
Each of them was listening to different music on their walkmans:
Rogue was listening to the words of the song while closing her eyes and hoping to get some missed sleep.
/ How can you see into my eyes like open doors
Leading you down into my core
where I've become so numb
Without a soul my spirit's
sleeping somewhere cold
until you find it there and lead it back home
Wake me up
Wake me up inside
I can't wake up
Wake me up inside
Save me
Call my name and save me from the dark
Wake me up
Bid my blood to run
I can't wake up
Before I come undone
Save me
Save me from the nothing I've become/
Wanda was next to her whispering the words to what she was listening to,
/Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming, confusing
This lack of self control I fear is never ending
Controlling I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
Without a sense of confidence
I'm convinced that it's too much pressure to take
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real/
Lexa was next to Rogue looking out the window and nodding to what she was listening to,
/I am the son,
I am the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth, how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does/
The three couldn't help but feel that something really big was going to be changing their lives in probably less than a week.
Elizabeth was the only one listening to something that wasn't blaring into her eardrums,
/I woke up this morning
Now I understand
What it means to give your life
To just one man
Afraid of feeling nothing
No bees or butterflies
My head is full of voices
And my house is full of lies
This is home
Home
And this is home
home
This is home/
As she was listing to the words she was think about how she was leaving what had become her home, but who knows maybe Bayville won't be that bad. Next to her were the two adults in charge of them, one telling the girls in front of them to make sure they had their seatbelts on and lower the music so they wouldn't go deaf, and the other putting her head phones on to enjoy the movie that was playing…'The lord of the Rings: Return of the King'. (couldn't think of anything else)
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Hours later
"Finally I though we would never get here," Lexa whined when they were on ground.
"So…what now?" Elizabeth asked looking around the airport.
"Now we go to our new home aren't you all excited?" Emma said trying her best to stay cheerful.
"Yeah," Wanda answered in a dull voice.
"Oh Joy," Rogue responded.
"You guys have no sense of adventure…live a little," Emma scolded.
"I'm sure there's lots of things for you guys to stay entertained," Deathstrike added.
"If you say so," Betts said not convinced.
"Yay we're here…so…when can we leave?" Lexa asked.
"You haven't even been here five minutes. Lets just give this place a chance ok?" Emma said while rolling her eyes.
"Fine," were the four uninterested answers she got.
"Well, lets go get our bags and head to our new house," Emma said with a smile while walking towards the baggage area and was followed by five people at a very slow pace.
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"Wow it's huge!" Emma said while running around their new mansion.
"We're the teenagers yet she's the one who's acting like one," Elizabeth said in a trying not to laugh tone.
"Actually we're all young adults now," Rogue corrected.
"Doesn't feel like it though," Lexa commented, the girls were interrupted of their little conversation by the White Queen.
"You guys even get your own room," Emma said going back to them.
"We've always had our own room," Rogue commented from her position by the door.
"Yeah well now if you wanted two you could have two."
"I want two rooms," Wanda said thinking she had offered.
"Well you can't have two rooms, we need offices, training rooms and you know important stuff. Anyway I was thinking the bedrooms will be upstairs and the offices and junk can go downstairs. What do you think?" Emma asked while looking at Yuriko.
"I guess that's good," She answered not really paying attention.
"Ok people time to unpack," Emma said very energetic while four other people groaned and started mumbling curses.
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A week later (cause I don't want to write about them unpacking and blah blah blah)
"We're finally done. I'm very proud of all of you," Emma told all the girls who just happened to be wearing blue overalls and a bandana of different colors.
"Gee thanks, can we go outside now?" Wanda asked.
"Yeah I think it's very unfair and uncool that we can't take a step outside until we were done,"
"Cry me a river. Life's unfair…I thought you all already knew that," Emma said walking into the kitchen.
"So can we go out now or what?" Lexa asked.
"Not before talking to Deathstrike, she has instructions to give you." Emma yelled back.
"Come on…guess we gotta look fohr Lady D," Rogue said getting up and walking away in search for the older female.
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"Sorry to interrupt you Deathstrike but umm White Queen said you had to talk to us about something before we leave," Elizabeth said while looking at Deathstrike who was on the roof.
She was looking down at the sunset but then moved her eyes to the young Asian girl and said, "Get the others."
A couple minutes later Deathstrike was on top of the roof with four young adults who had confused expressions on their faces.
"Emma and I have to go see Sinister tomorrow so it would be better if you decide to explore Bayville then. Also Sinister gave me instructions about going out. I'm sure Emma has told you we're here on a mission, anyway there's a group of mutants here that go by the name X-men. More about them later…anyway we don't want the X-men to know we're here or your identities. So sinister gave me this," She said giving them each a black watch with a button on the side, each watch having a different color.
"What do they do?" Lexa asked having Rogue tighten hers.
"Put them on and press that button," was the only thing she said and the girls did as they were told.
Rogue pushed the green button on hers and everybody started at her. "Why are all of you looking at me?" she asked then quickly covered her mouth.
"Oh Oh, bye bye makeup, Southern accent, white strips and green eyes," Elizabeth said in a shocked voice.
"What?" Rogue yelled.
"You don't want to look in a mirror…at least not yet," Lexa said eyeing Rogue's face.
"Yeeeaaah…why don't you wait till we all push the button and then we can all check out ourselves in the mirror," Wanda said staring at Rogue's face too.
"You guys are freaking me out. What's wrong?" Rogue asked.
"Nothing luv nothing, lets move on," Elizabeth said and quickly pressed and purple button. After a couple of only hearing crickets she asked, "Sooo?"
"I don't look like that right?" Rogue asked Wanda.
"No, I think you look worse."
"Ahhh what changed?" Elizabeth said turning to Lexa.
"Well your voice doesn't have the accent, your hair is shorter and it's black and your scar is gone too." Elizabeth was about to go downstairs to check in the mirror but was stopped by Rogue. "We all go together remember?"
"I'll go next," Lexa told Wanda and everybody watched as her dyed hair turned it to a dark brown, her hair grew about two inches and her eyes changed to brown too.
"That's not so bad. You know you and Rogue could definitely be considered sisters. If one of you wasn't so pale and the other wasn't so dark," Elizabeth commented. "Wanda your next." Wanda pushed the red button on her watch and everybody leaned into to get a good look.
"Well?" Wanda asked.
"Your hair's shorter," Lexa said wincing as if someone had stabbed her. Wanda's hands went to her head and slowly went down trying to find her hair, which no longer was to her shoulders.
"The dyes gone too," Rogue said in a monotone.
"Do I want to look?" Wanda asked.
"No" was the response they all gave her.
"Come on. Go look at yourselves even if you don't want," Deathstrike said nudging them all downstairs. The four went into the living room and made their way towards the big mirror over the couch. When they all saw their reflections…they screamed.
"Guess they don't like the changes, huh?" Emma asked Deathstrike as both adults watched their pupils scream their lungs out.
"Guess not," Deathstrike answered and both kept watching them, wondering if the mirror would break.
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AN: OOOOKKK lol how was that? Hmmm...lol I feel like they're gonna be a bunch of secret agents or something lol...Let me know what you think Hmm not much action in this one but hope it was still good ;D The girls meet a couple of interesting guys in the next chap (hint hint) so hope you'll guys stay tune. "Bring me to life" belongs to Evanescence, "Crawling" belongs to Linkin Park, "How Soon is Now? " belongs to Love Spit Love, and "Home" belongs to Sheryl Crow. Hope you guys liked and that's you'll review...love ya lots - UHW