Beyond the Mask
Author: Illussen
Chapter 9: Monsters and Revenge
Emma left in the moment of the X-Men awakening leaving Anna to explain the situation.
"Where am I?" Mina asked looking at Anna.
"Some kind of laboratory." Dean answered.
"Who thinks that they can hold us with this stupid hand cuffs?' Cyclops asked.
"Don't try to use your powers." Anna spoke.
"And why's that?"
"That thing on your head. M.P.A.S. Mutant Powers Annihilation System. You can figure what it can do." Anna said.
"And why are we having these? Why are we captured?" Logan asked.
"To be used for an experiment." Anna answered mechanically.
"Right. And how do we get out of here?" Logan asked again.
"That, I still have to find out." Anna replied.
"This is all your fault." Cyclops said in a loud voice.
"Shut up, Summers. I'm not in the mood to listen your insults." Anna retorted.
"For one time in your life face the responsibilities. You brought us here, now figure out how to get us out."
"Shut the fuck up, Summers. You stay bad with your hearing, too? I haven't asked you in particularly to come. Where is the fearless leader you think you are? Got scared and hid behind the blaming character Scott Summers? Where are your brilliant ideas to save the team? Where is the respect for your team mates? Hidden in the back of your head, waiting for another to save the team and you to be hailed for its efforts? Where are all this things?" Scott didn't say a thing. "Don't worry, Summers. I face my responsibilities. I'm the guilty one in this story. Are you satisfied now?"
"Touchy..." Emma Frost said entering in the room again. "Hmmm... The mighty X-Men. Finally I meet you. Such a pity we won't know each other better." she said and pressed a button on a remote control. A sudden gasp made them turn to see Kitty with her eyes widened. A tear rolled on her cheek then she screamed.
"What are you doing to her?" Rogue demanded.
"Extracting DNA. Very painful. But it won't kill her. I'll do it later." Emma answered with a smile. Anna's eyes filled with tears as she let her head down. Kitty fainted. The next one was Dean then Rogue. Anna opened her eyes and watched her friend suffering. She clenched her fists then turned her eyes to one of the hand cuffs. She concentrated on her powers. In the first moment the pain was simply impossible to handle. She stopped but then she used her powers again. More tears appeared on her face but she continued. One of her hand cuffs began to melt away. Emma looked at her.
"Stop it!" she yelled at her panicked.
"Anna, stop it! You're killing yourself!" Mina shouted at her adopted sister.
"Child, don't make this kind of sacrifices." Storm added. But she didn't care. Tears ran across her face as the hand cuff melted completely. At an incredible speed she threw off the ring shaped device on her head and used her power to melt the other hand cuff. With a look full of hatred she turned to Emma not hesitating to send a lightning at her that slammed her into the wall. A group of men rushed in but Anna reacted quickly. She had noticed before some little metal balls. She took them in her hand and they began to glow blue then began to rise up and float in a circle. Then she turned her palm quickly to the confused enemies and the balls went in their fronts. They exploded blinding the men. Anna sent other lightings that knocked them unconscious. She rushed to her captive friends and melted their hand cuffs helped by the ones that had already been released. When they were about to leave she heard a moan. She turned instantly and went to the waking Emma Frost. The White Queen didn't have the chance to realize what happened because she felt a hand in her neck and she felt raised against the wall.
"Project Serena 2 is failed." Anna said coldly as she clenched her fingers around Emma's neck. The X-Men looked terrified at her almost killing a person.
"Anna, you can't destroy your life killing her." Logan said approaching.
"Stay out, Logan. Just stay the fuckin' out Logan." she cried as she felt Emma trying to breath. "My life is already destroyed. By this selfish bitch!" she spat out. "I'm ashamed that I once considered her my mother. A heartless and selfish bitch! Did y'hear me? Y're just a full of herself bitch, a murderer. Y'didn't think twice when y'wanted to kill me and them."
"If you kill her you'll become like her." Storm tried to calm her down.
"A monster." Logan added. Anna looked at them then back at Emma.
"Y're right. I'm not a monster." Anna said. Electricity came down her hand and gave a shock to Emma. Powerful enough to make her faint. Anna released her. She went to a control panel and pressed few buttons.
"Self Destruction Sequence Initiated. Count down started. T minus 10 minutes." a voice announced trough the speakers.
"Let's go." Anna said as she walked over the unconscious bodies of the ones she fought.
I've been thinking for a nice ending to this chapter and it took me some time and I still don't know if it's good enough. I guess that's up to you, principally Eleanor, she's the only one reviewing the story, to tell me. Well the speech and grammar aren't one of my best from all the chapters but I'm making a big effort to continue (don't get me wrong I enjoy writing it) it with the school and this kind of things. I never thought high school would make me so tired. So excuse any mistake or whatever, I'm also sleepy (1:36 a.m), because you know, I have inspiration only at night and at night my parents sleep and don't see the nice language I use and the pretty things I think. Soo, read and review!