Notes: It's a snow day! My research paper was due today! Waahaha! Take that Mr. Johnson! (He was going to laugh at us because we wanted a snow day because most of us hadn't finished the papers. Mr. Johnson is evil that way. Some would even say he's a sadist. Not me of course.)
Disclaimer: See any characters you recognize? They're not mine. They belong to the very imaginative people who make up Marvel.
Shout out's: googlely bear- Thank you!
De-Femme- what a wonderful review! Thank you, I love nice long ones. Glad you liked the part with Pyro, you're right, he is a goofball. Okay, the Linkin Park song is track 9 on the CD Reanimation, and it's called H! VLTG3. It's a very weird song...
sis- thank you for reviewing!
Nightcrawler03- glad you liked ~Kurt's and ~Kitty's antics. :)
StormHeart- aren't they though? *sigh*.
Rogue151- Poem Anthology? Ugg, those sound horrible. Did you ever update your story?
shelly-you like the plot? Yay! I've been worried that I was losing it.
Auramistealia- is it progressing? Tis good. I'm not very good with plots, they are not my forte.
Chapter 16: Attack!
Ding dong. Scott jumped up from the sofa he had been tensely siting in, waiting to leap to the rescue as the backup team. "I'll get it!" he said, sprinting towards the door.
"Scott, wait-" said Evan, a little to late.
Scott opened the door. Standing on the doorstep was a girl with purple hair, with a backpack slung over one shoulder. For a split second, Scott couldn't remember who she was. Then he remembered, and said "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to reclaim the colonies from the usurpers." she said, laying on her British accent as thick as she could. When Scott just stared at her she continued, "What's with the costume?"
Scott be latently realized he was in uniform. "Umm, I...uh..."
"He's getting ready for Halloween." said Kurt, who came up behind Scott. He had turned his image inducer on, and the hologram hid his uniform along with his blue fur.
"Oookaaaay then. Hello Kurt, is Rogue here?" Risty asked, staring over Scott's shoulder to see Kurt.
"Actually, she's out." Scott got behind Kurt, making it easier for Risty to talk to him.
"Oh, well, do you know when she will be back?" Risty persisted.
"Oh, you know Rogue," said Kurt, laughing nervously, "she never tells anyone vhat she's up to."
"Yeah, well, could you ask her to call me when she gets back? I need to know what assignments I missed because I was late."
"I vill. Auf wiedersehen." Kurt started to close the door.
"Thanks, bye." said Risty, as she took one last peak at the uniform clad Scott.
After the door was closed, Kurt leaned against it in relief. "Daß war nah."
"What?" asked Scott.
"That vas close."
"Yes, it was. Thanks for rescuing me."
"Keine Probleme." said Kurt, as he and Scott walked back to the room the rest of the remaining X-Men were in.
"Who was it?" asked Rogue.
"It vas Risty, I told her you veren't here. After the machine is in our hands, you should call her."
"She saw you in your uniform?" asked Ororo.
"Yes, but Kurt convinced her it was just a Halloween costume."
Evan laughed. "Man, I tried to warn you, but you ran off to quickly."
Scott glowered at Evan. Just then the Professor looked up. He was remaining in contact with Jean, via physic link.
"They have breached the building." he said. Then he seemed to go back into his mind, like he was in a coma.
"Do you think they will need us?" asked Evan.
Ororo looked at her nephew, "I hope not. That would mean that something went wrong."
~*~x~*~
Jean quickly scanned the hallway they were in. She reported, "No immediate life signs."
Wolverine sniffed, trusting his scenes more then anyone else's. "He's here. On the other side of the building. Follow me."
"He who?" whispered Sprite.
"Sabertooth." Shadowcat whispered back.
Jean closed her eyes briefly, then opened them. "I just told the Professor."
Wolverine grunted in response. Suddenly he tensed, and stopped walking. "Someone's coming closer."
Something was odd about the scent. Wolverine couldn't put what was wrong down, and filed it away in his memory for later. Now there was more important things to worry about.
Nightcrawler scanned the hallway. With his ability to see well in the dark, he had the advantage, eye sight wise, over the others since the lights had dimmed considerably when the alarm had gone off. So far, he saw no one.
"I'll distract him," Wolverine said quietly, and turned to look at Nightcrawler, "when I do, can you teleport behind him and try to knock him out?"
Nightcrawler nodded his head. The only way Wolverine could tell he did was because Nightcrawler's yellow eyes bobbed up, then down. The rest of his head and face blended in with the shadows. Wolverine continued "The rest of you be ready-"
He cut himself short and gestured to the others to be still. A form could be made out at the end of the hallway. Everyone plastered themselves against the wall and waited for Sabertooth to come closer.
Sniffing could be heard. Sabertooth was testing the air for any new scent. Whether he detected them or not, he kept walking down the hallway towards the X-Men. Just then another door leading from a room opened and Quicksilver stepped out, looking up at one of the sources of the alarm in confusion.
With lightning speed Wolverine propelled himself off the wall and made a slash at Sabertooth's chest. Sabertooth dodged left, and his foot lashed out and hit Wolverine squarely in the stomach. Wolverine flew backwards into Jean who was behind him.
While Wolverine flew through the air, Nightcrawler teleported above Sabertooth. Materializing for one second, he brought his hands together and clasped his six fingers around each other. He then brought his fists down hard on Sabertooth's head. He teleported away again and reappeared a few feet away, ready to 'port again.
There was no need for Nightcrawler to repeat his attack. Sabertooth crumpled to the floor, and when he started to get up again Shadowcat kicked him in the head with the toe of her heavy plastic blue boot. It made a satisfying THUNK noise, and Sabertooth collapsed onto the floor and stayed there.
While that was going on Jean had grabbed Quicksilver with her telekinesis and was trying to keep him from running away. That's when Wolverine had slammed into her and she had dropped her hold on Quicksilver. But not before Sprite had grabbed his hand and phased both of them ten inches into the floor. He was about to wrench his hand out of her's when she said "Don't try to get away, if I let go of your hand your feet will mesh with the molecules in the floor. It won't be pretty."
Quicksilver stared at what he could see of his legs. He looked back at Sprite and glared. Then he did a double take. "Hey, wait, your not Shadowcat."
"Nope, call me Sprite."
So when Jean and Wolverine got off the floor and Shadowcat and Nightcrawler turned to look at them they saw Sprite and Quicksilver holding hands, and then noticed they seemed to have no lower legs. It made an interesting picture.
Quicksilver glowered at them all and Sprite asked "So, are you guys going to knock him out, or do I have to keep holding his hand?"
"I'll take care of it." said Shadowcat and she snatched his other hand before he could do anything about it. "Let go." she told Sprite.
Sprite let go, wondering what Shadowcat was doing. Then Shadowcat let go of his hand. While his feet were still in the ground.
Sprite's hands flew to her mouth and gasped "Oh my God!" She closed her eyes tight not wanting to see the grisly sight she thought was taking place.
"It's okay Kätzchen. Look." said Nightcralwer.
Sprite opened her eyes and stared at Quicksilver in amazement. He seemed rather put out, but not in any pain at all even though his lower legs were phased into the floor and the rest of him was not phasing.
"How did you do that?" she asked Shadowcat.
Shadowcat said "You can't?"
"No, when I let go of someone and they are still inside a solid object they would die from the shock."
"Well, that doesn't happen with me. They're fine when I let go, but they can't get out unless I phase them through."
"That's very interesting and all, but you're not going to get away with this."
Everyone turned to look at Quicksilver who was standing with his arms crossed over his chest looking disgruntled.
"I would keep my trap shut if I were you, bub." said Wolverine, as he leaned in threateningly. Quicksilver wobbled, and couldn't right himself because of his inability to move his feet. He would of fallen backwards, or as backwards as his lower legs would let him, if Shadowcat hadn't of grabbed his arm and pulled him to a standing position.
Jean closed her eyes and transmitted another message to the Professor. Then she asked "Should we split up to look for the machine?"
"I thought it was in Magneto's room." said Sprite.
"That's what Gambit said. We'll check there first. Shadowcat, take care of Sabertooth." said Wolverine.
Shadowcat walked over to the recumbent body of Sabertooth and knelt down by him. Taking his hand she phased her hand and his into the floor, and left his there. "When he wakes up he's going to have a nasty surprise."
Unnoticed by the X-Men, Sabertooth cracked open one eye and closed it quickly, but not before a flash of yellow could be seen before the eye turned brown again.
~*~x~*~
The three Acolytes and Magneto walked in silence towards their destination. Well, not quite in silence. Pyro was humming happily while he played with a tiny flame.
Gambit glanced uneasily at Magneto's back. Something had been bothering him. He had not thought of it until after they had already left the hideout, and he now realized he might have just sealed the X-Men's death warrant.
Usually whenever Magneto left the lair he left more then one person to guard it. It was just something he did, if he could spare two people. The job he wanted them for would have only required Colossus. Magneto combined with an armored Colossus was intimidating enough. Adding himself and a not very intimidating Pyro was just overkill. Magneto could have easily managed if he had left Gambit and Pyro behind on guard duty. So, this job required more manpower then Gambit had thought or....
"Magneto?" asked Gambit.
"Yes?" answered Magneto without turning around.
"Is Sabertooth de only one guarding our base?"
"Why do you want to know?" Was Gambit being paranoid, or did he catch a trace of suspicion in that question?
"No reason. Gambit just curious, dat's all."
Colossus gave Gambit an odd look, wondering what he was getting at. Pyro was oblivious to everything, still entranced by the flame.
"No, Sabertooth is not the only one guarding the base."
"Who is?" asked Colossus, realization finally dawning.
Then Magneto told them who it was.
"Merde." whispered Gambit to himself.
~*~x~*~
After the X-Men had gone off in search of the machine, Quicksilver began yelling at the still prostrate body of Sabertooth. "Wake up you imbecile! My father is going to have your hide if you let them steal anything!"
"You should have more respect for your former leader, Pietro."
Quicksilver stared down at the now shape shifting body, mouth agape. "Mystique?"
"In the flesh." she said, as she took on her own blue shape. Because of her shifting, she was able to withdraw her hand from the floor.
"Why are you here?"
"Now why should I tell you that?" asked Mystique.
Quicksilver had no answer for that.
"Your father knows I'm here, if your wondering, he thinks I'm trying to get back in his good graces." she laughed.
"Where is Sabertooth?"
"Good old Victor has probably attacked the X-Men by now. Thanks to me, they won't be expecting another attack."
"How long were you awake?"
"Before Shadowcat phased my hand into the ground. That other dimension Nightcrawler can hit hard. And Shadowcat didn't help matters." she rubbed the tender spot on the top of her head. A large bump was forming.
"Wait, what? Other dimension Nightcrawler?" Quicksilver sputtered.
"Oh, I guess Magneto didn't think you needed to know. Underlings are not confided in often. And who am I to undermine the authority of Magneto?" she asked sarcastically as she walked away.
"Wait! Come back! You can't leave me here!"
Apparently she could.
~~~~~~
Translations (German and French): Auf wiedersehen: Until I see you again.
Daß war nah: a lose translation of "that was close".
Keine Probleme: No problem.
Merde: Shit.
I think I should be proud of myself. Not only did I update a day before I said I would, I wrote down my first fighting scene rather successfully, I hope. What did you guys think? Who liked the Kitty and ~Kitty comparison with their powers? How did I write Mystique? Good? Badly? Out of character? Give me feedback people!
WANTED: A beta reader. I need one badly. If you would like to do this for me tell me in a review and leave your e-mail address. Thank you.
"I'm here to reclaim the colonies from the usurpers." , I am sorry to say, was not my idea. It came from a "Murder She Wrote" episode. I found it funny, and thought it was something Risty would say.
Guess what? roguehobbit is branching out! I have started an InuYasha fan fiction, but I don't know if I will post it or not. I'm not that confident in my InuYasha writing skills yet. We shall see. So keep an eye out for it, if you like InuYasha (who couldn't? lol).
~:b~
roguehobbit
Disclaimer: See any characters you recognize? They're not mine. They belong to the very imaginative people who make up Marvel.
Shout out's: googlely bear- Thank you!
De-Femme- what a wonderful review! Thank you, I love nice long ones. Glad you liked the part with Pyro, you're right, he is a goofball. Okay, the Linkin Park song is track 9 on the CD Reanimation, and it's called H! VLTG3. It's a very weird song...
sis- thank you for reviewing!
Nightcrawler03- glad you liked ~Kurt's and ~Kitty's antics. :)
StormHeart- aren't they though? *sigh*.
Rogue151- Poem Anthology? Ugg, those sound horrible. Did you ever update your story?
shelly-you like the plot? Yay! I've been worried that I was losing it.
Auramistealia- is it progressing? Tis good. I'm not very good with plots, they are not my forte.
Chapter 16: Attack!
Ding dong. Scott jumped up from the sofa he had been tensely siting in, waiting to leap to the rescue as the backup team. "I'll get it!" he said, sprinting towards the door.
"Scott, wait-" said Evan, a little to late.
Scott opened the door. Standing on the doorstep was a girl with purple hair, with a backpack slung over one shoulder. For a split second, Scott couldn't remember who she was. Then he remembered, and said "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to reclaim the colonies from the usurpers." she said, laying on her British accent as thick as she could. When Scott just stared at her she continued, "What's with the costume?"
Scott be latently realized he was in uniform. "Umm, I...uh..."
"He's getting ready for Halloween." said Kurt, who came up behind Scott. He had turned his image inducer on, and the hologram hid his uniform along with his blue fur.
"Oookaaaay then. Hello Kurt, is Rogue here?" Risty asked, staring over Scott's shoulder to see Kurt.
"Actually, she's out." Scott got behind Kurt, making it easier for Risty to talk to him.
"Oh, well, do you know when she will be back?" Risty persisted.
"Oh, you know Rogue," said Kurt, laughing nervously, "she never tells anyone vhat she's up to."
"Yeah, well, could you ask her to call me when she gets back? I need to know what assignments I missed because I was late."
"I vill. Auf wiedersehen." Kurt started to close the door.
"Thanks, bye." said Risty, as she took one last peak at the uniform clad Scott.
After the door was closed, Kurt leaned against it in relief. "Daß war nah."
"What?" asked Scott.
"That vas close."
"Yes, it was. Thanks for rescuing me."
"Keine Probleme." said Kurt, as he and Scott walked back to the room the rest of the remaining X-Men were in.
"Who was it?" asked Rogue.
"It vas Risty, I told her you veren't here. After the machine is in our hands, you should call her."
"She saw you in your uniform?" asked Ororo.
"Yes, but Kurt convinced her it was just a Halloween costume."
Evan laughed. "Man, I tried to warn you, but you ran off to quickly."
Scott glowered at Evan. Just then the Professor looked up. He was remaining in contact with Jean, via physic link.
"They have breached the building." he said. Then he seemed to go back into his mind, like he was in a coma.
"Do you think they will need us?" asked Evan.
Ororo looked at her nephew, "I hope not. That would mean that something went wrong."
~*~x~*~
Jean quickly scanned the hallway they were in. She reported, "No immediate life signs."
Wolverine sniffed, trusting his scenes more then anyone else's. "He's here. On the other side of the building. Follow me."
"He who?" whispered Sprite.
"Sabertooth." Shadowcat whispered back.
Jean closed her eyes briefly, then opened them. "I just told the Professor."
Wolverine grunted in response. Suddenly he tensed, and stopped walking. "Someone's coming closer."
Something was odd about the scent. Wolverine couldn't put what was wrong down, and filed it away in his memory for later. Now there was more important things to worry about.
Nightcrawler scanned the hallway. With his ability to see well in the dark, he had the advantage, eye sight wise, over the others since the lights had dimmed considerably when the alarm had gone off. So far, he saw no one.
"I'll distract him," Wolverine said quietly, and turned to look at Nightcrawler, "when I do, can you teleport behind him and try to knock him out?"
Nightcrawler nodded his head. The only way Wolverine could tell he did was because Nightcrawler's yellow eyes bobbed up, then down. The rest of his head and face blended in with the shadows. Wolverine continued "The rest of you be ready-"
He cut himself short and gestured to the others to be still. A form could be made out at the end of the hallway. Everyone plastered themselves against the wall and waited for Sabertooth to come closer.
Sniffing could be heard. Sabertooth was testing the air for any new scent. Whether he detected them or not, he kept walking down the hallway towards the X-Men. Just then another door leading from a room opened and Quicksilver stepped out, looking up at one of the sources of the alarm in confusion.
With lightning speed Wolverine propelled himself off the wall and made a slash at Sabertooth's chest. Sabertooth dodged left, and his foot lashed out and hit Wolverine squarely in the stomach. Wolverine flew backwards into Jean who was behind him.
While Wolverine flew through the air, Nightcrawler teleported above Sabertooth. Materializing for one second, he brought his hands together and clasped his six fingers around each other. He then brought his fists down hard on Sabertooth's head. He teleported away again and reappeared a few feet away, ready to 'port again.
There was no need for Nightcrawler to repeat his attack. Sabertooth crumpled to the floor, and when he started to get up again Shadowcat kicked him in the head with the toe of her heavy plastic blue boot. It made a satisfying THUNK noise, and Sabertooth collapsed onto the floor and stayed there.
While that was going on Jean had grabbed Quicksilver with her telekinesis and was trying to keep him from running away. That's when Wolverine had slammed into her and she had dropped her hold on Quicksilver. But not before Sprite had grabbed his hand and phased both of them ten inches into the floor. He was about to wrench his hand out of her's when she said "Don't try to get away, if I let go of your hand your feet will mesh with the molecules in the floor. It won't be pretty."
Quicksilver stared at what he could see of his legs. He looked back at Sprite and glared. Then he did a double take. "Hey, wait, your not Shadowcat."
"Nope, call me Sprite."
So when Jean and Wolverine got off the floor and Shadowcat and Nightcrawler turned to look at them they saw Sprite and Quicksilver holding hands, and then noticed they seemed to have no lower legs. It made an interesting picture.
Quicksilver glowered at them all and Sprite asked "So, are you guys going to knock him out, or do I have to keep holding his hand?"
"I'll take care of it." said Shadowcat and she snatched his other hand before he could do anything about it. "Let go." she told Sprite.
Sprite let go, wondering what Shadowcat was doing. Then Shadowcat let go of his hand. While his feet were still in the ground.
Sprite's hands flew to her mouth and gasped "Oh my God!" She closed her eyes tight not wanting to see the grisly sight she thought was taking place.
"It's okay Kätzchen. Look." said Nightcralwer.
Sprite opened her eyes and stared at Quicksilver in amazement. He seemed rather put out, but not in any pain at all even though his lower legs were phased into the floor and the rest of him was not phasing.
"How did you do that?" she asked Shadowcat.
Shadowcat said "You can't?"
"No, when I let go of someone and they are still inside a solid object they would die from the shock."
"Well, that doesn't happen with me. They're fine when I let go, but they can't get out unless I phase them through."
"That's very interesting and all, but you're not going to get away with this."
Everyone turned to look at Quicksilver who was standing with his arms crossed over his chest looking disgruntled.
"I would keep my trap shut if I were you, bub." said Wolverine, as he leaned in threateningly. Quicksilver wobbled, and couldn't right himself because of his inability to move his feet. He would of fallen backwards, or as backwards as his lower legs would let him, if Shadowcat hadn't of grabbed his arm and pulled him to a standing position.
Jean closed her eyes and transmitted another message to the Professor. Then she asked "Should we split up to look for the machine?"
"I thought it was in Magneto's room." said Sprite.
"That's what Gambit said. We'll check there first. Shadowcat, take care of Sabertooth." said Wolverine.
Shadowcat walked over to the recumbent body of Sabertooth and knelt down by him. Taking his hand she phased her hand and his into the floor, and left his there. "When he wakes up he's going to have a nasty surprise."
Unnoticed by the X-Men, Sabertooth cracked open one eye and closed it quickly, but not before a flash of yellow could be seen before the eye turned brown again.
~*~x~*~
The three Acolytes and Magneto walked in silence towards their destination. Well, not quite in silence. Pyro was humming happily while he played with a tiny flame.
Gambit glanced uneasily at Magneto's back. Something had been bothering him. He had not thought of it until after they had already left the hideout, and he now realized he might have just sealed the X-Men's death warrant.
Usually whenever Magneto left the lair he left more then one person to guard it. It was just something he did, if he could spare two people. The job he wanted them for would have only required Colossus. Magneto combined with an armored Colossus was intimidating enough. Adding himself and a not very intimidating Pyro was just overkill. Magneto could have easily managed if he had left Gambit and Pyro behind on guard duty. So, this job required more manpower then Gambit had thought or....
"Magneto?" asked Gambit.
"Yes?" answered Magneto without turning around.
"Is Sabertooth de only one guarding our base?"
"Why do you want to know?" Was Gambit being paranoid, or did he catch a trace of suspicion in that question?
"No reason. Gambit just curious, dat's all."
Colossus gave Gambit an odd look, wondering what he was getting at. Pyro was oblivious to everything, still entranced by the flame.
"No, Sabertooth is not the only one guarding the base."
"Who is?" asked Colossus, realization finally dawning.
Then Magneto told them who it was.
"Merde." whispered Gambit to himself.
~*~x~*~
After the X-Men had gone off in search of the machine, Quicksilver began yelling at the still prostrate body of Sabertooth. "Wake up you imbecile! My father is going to have your hide if you let them steal anything!"
"You should have more respect for your former leader, Pietro."
Quicksilver stared down at the now shape shifting body, mouth agape. "Mystique?"
"In the flesh." she said, as she took on her own blue shape. Because of her shifting, she was able to withdraw her hand from the floor.
"Why are you here?"
"Now why should I tell you that?" asked Mystique.
Quicksilver had no answer for that.
"Your father knows I'm here, if your wondering, he thinks I'm trying to get back in his good graces." she laughed.
"Where is Sabertooth?"
"Good old Victor has probably attacked the X-Men by now. Thanks to me, they won't be expecting another attack."
"How long were you awake?"
"Before Shadowcat phased my hand into the ground. That other dimension Nightcrawler can hit hard. And Shadowcat didn't help matters." she rubbed the tender spot on the top of her head. A large bump was forming.
"Wait, what? Other dimension Nightcrawler?" Quicksilver sputtered.
"Oh, I guess Magneto didn't think you needed to know. Underlings are not confided in often. And who am I to undermine the authority of Magneto?" she asked sarcastically as she walked away.
"Wait! Come back! You can't leave me here!"
Apparently she could.
~~~~~~
Translations (German and French): Auf wiedersehen: Until I see you again.
Daß war nah: a lose translation of "that was close".
Keine Probleme: No problem.
Merde: Shit.
I think I should be proud of myself. Not only did I update a day before I said I would, I wrote down my first fighting scene rather successfully, I hope. What did you guys think? Who liked the Kitty and ~Kitty comparison with their powers? How did I write Mystique? Good? Badly? Out of character? Give me feedback people!
WANTED: A beta reader. I need one badly. If you would like to do this for me tell me in a review and leave your e-mail address. Thank you.
"I'm here to reclaim the colonies from the usurpers." , I am sorry to say, was not my idea. It came from a "Murder She Wrote" episode. I found it funny, and thought it was something Risty would say.
Guess what? roguehobbit is branching out! I have started an InuYasha fan fiction, but I don't know if I will post it or not. I'm not that confident in my InuYasha writing skills yet. We shall see. So keep an eye out for it, if you like InuYasha (who couldn't? lol).
~:b~
roguehobbit