"This is so dull!" Steph said, sitting down next to Remy and checking her watch. "We've been here an hour and all we know is that Hank can talk a lot and that woman never says a word. I wonder if she even knows he's really blue and furry? I mean, that's who he is, that orange haired dude that image inducer brings back is so not him anymore!"
"Yeah, n' I know it been n' hour petite," Remy grumbled, looking down at his playing cards as he played another game of solitaire. "I ben waitin' here de whole time."
"Hey, uh, Rem?"
"Yeah?"
"What did the girl who attacked you look like?" Steph asked. Remy didn't look up from his cards as he scowled.
"Wearin' loads a silver n' black, n' yellow hair wit big yellow eyes, a big claw on one hand, why?" Steph didn't answer, instead used her hand to push Remy's head up. Remy froze when he saw what Steph had noticed before him; Hype was sitting on a bench across the street, twirling Remy's staff in the air. It was clear she hadn't noticed either of the two teens yet, but Remy was ready to jump up and charge her, if Steph hadn't been holding him back for knowing her friend.
"Dat's her," he spat.
"Quiet," Steph hissed, "She ain't alone!" and Steph, of course, was right.
From down the street came a whole band of about five of what were obviously mutants, one of them being bigger than Hank. All of them were dressed in the same basic clothing, black leather vests, pants, and black boots, but every one of them had their own special addition to their uniforms. As Hype's claw and metal jewelry were obviously for her, the others had accessories that were specialized for each of them. One blue haired girl had aqua gloves that reached up past her elbows and a necklace with an aqua gem on it hanging on her chest. The only other girl in the group had a wild, savage look about her, bearing fangs and claws out in the open, metal bands clasped around her wrists, ankles, and neck and her bushy brown and blonde hair hung to past her shoulders, tangled and greasy.
The boys were also rag tag even in uniform, the large one had brown strips all over his suit and a heavy construction chain hung loosely around his neck. Another had short brown hair but two long green bangs that reached his chin. A silver gun and a dagger with a green gem set in the hilt hung at his waist as his green eyes swept over the landscape sharply. The third boy what closer to being described as a man, with long white hair with turquoise streaks in it that was pulled into a ponytail, standing tall with broad shoulders and a tough face. At his side was a mace, long and black with silver spikes at the end, glinting in the dying light.
"Whoa, there's a ton of them!" Steph said, her jaw hanging open. "Ya didn't tell me she had friends!"
"I didn't know," Remy whispered as the two tried to discretely slink behind the bushes nearby as the group came up to Hype, who immediately stood up and lowered the Bo staff.
"Where have you been?" the white and turquoise haired man demanded, then noticed the Bo staff. "Where did you get that?"
"The guy you sent me after was already finished off by some other mutant when I got there," Hype said. "So I hit him and took his stuff, I might've killed him, I don't know."
"You tried to kill someone else?" the green and brown haired boy said. "Without asking Ken first?" he nodded at the guy who had spoken first and Hype made a face at him.
"Not helping, Ink!" she growled. Ken crossed his arms.
"Well?" he demanded. Hype shrugged.
"He attacked first, and I had to borrow some power to stop him, he was gonna kill me."
"I was not!" Remy said, outraged before Steph clasped a hand over his mouth again.
"Shut-" she started too late, the whole group turned and looked directly at them. Hype straightened when she saw Remy.
"Hey, that's him!" she said, looking delighted. "So I didn't kill him! I must be getting better at this!"
"You hit him and he's up the next day?" the savage looking girl said, snorting. "You're such a joke Hype."
"You can do better?" Hype challenged.
"Hell yeah!" the teen replied, looking sideways at Ken, who sighed.
"Let Mattel take care of it," he said, and the big guy straightened up. Immediately Steph and Remy jumped to their feet.
"Aw, common, please?" the girl pleaded, but Ken shook his head.
"Go on Mattel," was all he said, and immediately the large boy charged forward.
"Oh great!" Steph said, as Remy whipped out a card and charged it, throwing it swiftly at the boy, who was surprisingly fast and dodged, the card hitting a lamp post and blowing it into smithereens. Steph tried to pull Remy out of the side but it was too late, and the boy's huge fist caught Remy in the chest as the teen tried to dodge, sending him flying backwards through the window he and Steph had been looking through earlier.
With a huge crash Remy hit back first, breaking the glass into a million pieces and demolishing the table and chairs he plowed through.
"Ugh!" Remy groaned as a few of the people inside screamed and stood, looking horrified. A few ran to the door, but stopped when they saw the mutants outside.
"Remy?!" Hank said, jumping up and rushing over. "What-"
"Ya hit him ya big ass!" Steph screamed outside, in a complete rage. Hank slowly helped Remy into a sitting up position when he heard the yell.
"Stephanie is here also?" he said. "What's going on?"
"Go- help, ugh, de big guy'll kill 'er!" Remy said grabbing another chair and pulling himself up. Hank's face paled and he whirled around, looking out the window and seeing Steph zipping around in the air, dodging the enormous boy's fists and screaming at him.
Immediately Hank jumped out of the window as Remy followed through the front door, unable to get through the window and having to shove people out of his way before they saw his eyes and ran away from him as well.
"Stop!" Hank bellowed. The now-laughing teens across the street and Steph and the teen trying to kill her froze and turned.
"Stop?" Ken repeated, his eyes narrowing as he pulled out his mace, testing its weight menacingly. "And we should listen to a human why?"
"Stephanie, get down here," Hank growled.
"Uh, Hank- I wouldn't-" Steph said as Mattel turned angrily and charged at Hank, who was caught almost completely off guard and only had time to throw up his hands and block Mattel's fists, but was plowed backwards. Remy threw another card, which exploded on Mattel's back and sent him flying backwards off of Hank as Steph, totally furious zipped after him, hitting the teen and knocking him over as he tried to get up.
"You damn freaks!" she screamed, just as the wild brown haired girl flew through the air and knocked her over, landing on her feet in a cat-like manner and whirling, glaring at Steph as she hit the ground and rolled. Hank, who had been forgotten for the moment was lying right behind the attacker and grabbed her ankle as he sprung up, swinging her around and releasing her, sending the teen flying into a lawn a couple houses down while Remy ran as fast as he could over to Steph, who had remained on the ground.
"Steph!" he said, bending down and rolling her over to face the sky. Steph groaned.
"That absolute bi-" she started, then froze as she looked beyond Remy's head at Mattel, who managed to get to his feet again. But as the teen tried to slam down on the much smaller mutants on the ground Hank appeared, catching him and gritting his teeth as Mattel yelled out angrily and locked hands with Hank, each attempting to push the each other over as Remy and Steph scrambled out from beneath them.
Although Hank was slightly smaller than Mattel for a moment it looked like he would win in the challenge he had met, but suddenly Mattel swung out a leg, knocking Hank flat on his back when the blue haired girl threw out her hands and twin aqua jets of light shot out of them, hitting Steph and Hank, who had tried to get up, in the chest. Both toppled over immediately.
"No!" Remy said, as a third shot hit him and exploded on his breast.
"Wake up, Rem, come on!" Steph's voice was distant, and to Remy it didn't matter that much, he felt calm right now, peaceful It lasted for awhile but suddenly a very painful sensation leapt up in the middle of his chest and spread all over, which snapped him out of the peaceful realm.
"Ah!" he cried, bolting upright and then wincing as his bruised sides started to ache. Then he saw Steph, who looked very pale and worried as he got up, but smiled softly, a glimmer of her mischievous nature in her eyes.
"Knew I could snap ya out of it," she joked, then got serious. "Where does it hurt?"
"Ach," Remy groaned. "What happen' petite? Where's Doc, he'd get me up wit'out killin me!" Steph looked down and shuddered.
"Chere?" Remy said, sensing something was very wrong and putting his hand on her shoulder. "What happened?"
"The mutant gang that attacked you took Dr. McCoy," said a familiar voice. Remy's head jerked as he turned and saw Danial looking very somber and kneeling next to him.
"Where did you come from?" Remy demanded.
"I followed you guys after you left the mansion," Danial said. "I wanted to see where you were going, and by the time I got here I saw those people carrying Hank away. Did you know they were mutants before you tried to fight them?"
"Yes," Remy growled. "An' why didn't you try'n stop'em?" Danial looked down, ashamed.
"Because I wouldn't be able to do anything to them, and because you two were in trouble as well, I thought you were dead." Remy suddenly got a guilty knot in his stomach and he looked down.
"'Pologies," he muttered. "So which way did dey take de Doc?" Danial pointed in one direction, down the road the gang had come from.
"That way," he said. "But we need to go call our parents, they can go find Hank and rescue him." Remy looked back at Steph, who's head had dropped and hair hid her face, though she was still shuddering. Then Remy looked back at the road and twisted around to see the window he had been thrown through.
"Chere?" he said, turning back to Steph and putting his hand on her shoulder. Steph jerked away.
"It's out fault!" she said, looking up, a tear sliding down her cheek. "They came and we could've jus' run, but we got Hank involved and now he's who-knows-where and possibly dead and it's all because we decided to tag along for a date we weren't supposed to even know about!" Remy looked away, ashamed. He knew she was right, but Danial seemed to not notice, standing up and offering his hand to Remy.
"We need to go tell the X Men," he repeated. "We're just kids, we can't take on those guys by ourselves." Remy growled and got to his feet, then turning and pulling Steph up.
"Maybe you can't," he snarled. "But a LeBeau ne'er leave 'is friend wit de enemy, an' neither does a Wagner, an' I'm both. We'll start now, dere's no time t' loose." Danial jerked and Steph stared at him.
"You're going after them?" Danial said. "You can't take those guys on! They completely demolished you!" Remy gave him an unfriendly look.
"Den you stay here," he said. "I'm gettin' Doc back."
"And I'm coming with ya!" Steph said, following Remy as he marched back to the garage and took out his bike. Danial followed behind.
"You're not going without me," he said.
"Sorry, dere's only room fer two," Remy said, getting on and Steph behind him. But to his and Steph's shock Danial went over to a red motorcycle and got on it, pulling out a helmet.
"You're not the only guys who know how to ride a motorcycle," he said. Remy and Steph exchanged looks and then sighed, and Danial gave them disapproving looks. "If you don't let me come, I'll tell your fathers and they'll get you back before you can do anything," he threatened.
"He could," Steph sighed.
"It'll be dangerous," Remy warned. Danial snorted.
"It's not stopping you," Danial replied. Remy sighed and brought his bike to life as Danial pulled on his helmet and did the same, and Steph wrapped her arms around Remy's middle as he gunned it and shot off, followed by Danial.