Chiara pulled her covers around her in the golden glow of the bedside lamp.
Yuako's bed creaked as she tossed and turned on the verge of sleep. Chiara
gave a final smile, raised a hand and turned out the light.
For a while, those were the only sounds she heard. The night seemed peaceful. Just silent...
Suddenly Yuako sat up in bed. The noise of her ruffling duvet made Chiara jump. Yuako had got stiff. She was dead still for a moment and then she bamfed out of the room.
Confused, and a little frightened, Chiara got out of bed. She pulled up her low pajama pants and opened the door. She seemed to have just missed Yuako, a purple poof was still disintegrating somewhere down the corridor.
"Yuako?" she called, cautiously stepping out of her dorm room. "Yuako?" She heard a creak somewhere in the house. The hairs on her arms stood on end.
Somewhere behind her a door shuddered open. She turned in shock, seeing an eye in the dark crack that had appear. The eye changed quickly, becoming lavender and Streak stepped out.
"Did you feel it?" she whispered. Chiara shook her head. She hadn't felt anything except a slight sense of suspicion.
"Yuako's gone. She just... bamfed off." She whispered back. Another door opened.
"What the fuck is going on!" Twist said. Streak made a hushing noise immediately.
"There's someone in the house." Streak said, looking about warily. "Someone who's forbidden." Chiara felt her breath catch. More doors were opening now at random points down the corridor.
"Suit up." Twist said defiantly. Chiara looked at her, her eyes were red.
Silence appeared, coming down towards them.
"Someone's here." He said, immediately going to Twist and taking her hand.
"Yuako's gone." Chiara said, presenting another problem. Immediately the Chinese girl appeared next to her, making Chiara jump again.
"They're everywhere!" she hissed. "Men. They've got some kind of tracker device." She said. The other four looked at her confused. "They don't look... 'natural'." Yuako said.
"What the fuck does that mean?!" Twist exclaimed again, this time in a whisper.
Yuako covered her mouth with a hand and nodded. Chiara got the implication that they had no mouths. She shuddered again. Yuako closed her eyes again. Chiara gripped her arm.
"Don't!" she said. "If you bamf off again I'm going to have a heart attack."
"No!" Yuako said, "They-"Immediately something shot into their circle. They shrieked, splitting in different directions.
Silence pointed towards the stairs.
"There!" he shouted. A dim figure was standing there. Silence's eyes flared. "Get out!" he shouted. Yuako grabbed the other three, tugging them.
"Silence!" Twist shouted back, getting free from Yuako's grip.
"Feannan! GO!" he shouted back. Yuako finally got a hold of her, bamfing the two of them round the corner.
"No! SILENCE!" Twist shouted, struggling to get free. A wind was picking up. A group of more projectiles landed in front of them. Chiara guessed they'd missed Silence.
"The south staircase." Streak said, pushing the rest of them. They went the way they were being forced and were joined by another group of students at a corridor intersection. Chiara noticed Add and Simon in the crowd.
They poured down the staircase, right into a group of other intruders. They were all identical. Black dressed with goggles and repeating guns. None of them shot. The younger students screamed and separated from the crowd.
Chiara, Yuako, Twist, Streak, Add, Simon and a few older students were left at the base of the stairs. It was a beat before they snapped into action.
Simon bamfed behind one, twisting his head. Chiara looked away at the last moment, not wanting to see the outcome.
There was a roaring wind now. Furniture was being blown against the walls. She glanced at Twist, her eyes were red and frightening. Chiara didn't know what to do. So far all she could do was turn out a lightbulb and make a few sparks here and there. She closed her eyes, hoping Twist's wind would defend her. She pointed her arms towards one intruder and tried to let her power loose.
She opened her eyes. A beam of red light hit the man and she fell back. Chiara grinned, but then there was a shout.
"Cyclops!" from down the corridor. Simon and Add had already moved down there, showing off their excessive strength.
No one, unless some psychics had read her mind, except Yuako and Chiara knew why were here, and she couldn't exactly tell them. Streak was shouting something, beckoning them all to follow.
Chiara grabbed Twist hard and yanked her out of concentration. Twist glared at her, and then, eyes becoming black again, nodded. The two of them followed the hurried procession.
Chiara glanced back. Cyclops had rushed down the stairs to help Add and Simon. Nightcrawler was nowhere to be seen, the same with Silence. Yuako was busy tackling an intruder, pounding him over and over with perfected martial arts moved.
"Yuako!" she shouted. Twist and she both stopped. The intruder grabbed Yuako somehow, pinning her arms to her sides.
"YUAKO!" Twist repeated, the wind picking up again. Yuako bamfed a few feet, but the man grabbed her again, this time sinking a medical needle into her arm. She screamed in anguish and then fell silent.
"Yuako!" Chiara shouted again. The man dropped her and looked at the two of them. Twist grabbed Chiara's hand.
"We have to run!" she said, already doing so. Chiara allowed herself to be dragged, and then, turned into a hard run.
"Subjects Five and Seven ahead." Came a radio voice from behind them. "Heading for the South Wing."
Twist landed against a wall, pulling Chiara around.
"There's a secret passage way which leads out into the water ways." She said, trying to catch the breath at the same time. Chiara nodded, remembering Xavier mentioning it. "We need to get there. There's an entrance two corridors down." She said. Chiara nodded again. The footsteps were closing on them.
"Ready?" she asked Twist pulling her straight. Twist nodded this time. The two of them ran. This time the intruder was shooting. Chiara felt things graze her arms, but they weren't solid and they didn't seem to hurt.
"There!" Twist yelled, tugging her around a corner. Another girl was already at the entrance, trying to open it. "Alyx!" Twist said, grabbing the girl as soon as they were there.
Chiara slammed hard on the wood with her elbow and it jutted open.
"Go!" Alyx shouted. Chiara pushed through, Twist and Alyx following quickly.
"Alyx, where's Cat?" Twist said, one it was closed. Alyx was about to answer when A few bullets hit the wall and they jumped.
They ran down one way, tripping over wooden beams and loose screws. They hit a wide tunnel and sunk down against the damp wall to catch their breath.
"Where's Cat?" Twist asked again, her breathing shallow.
"I don't know." Alyx said. "Mein gott, we were running together and then she let go of my hand... and then when I looked back she was gone!"
"We should get moving." Chiara interrupted. "Catch up with Streak and the rest." The other two nodded and stood.
"Lucea's gone too." Alyx said, she was close to tears. "And I can't find Gaudi, I think he went to look for her." Twist took her arm. She seemed confident, but her voice shook.
"Just follow the tunnel and-"there was a loud sound of an explosion and the ground seemed to shake momentarily. Without waiting for Twist to finish the sentence, they continued into the dark.
For a while, those were the only sounds she heard. The night seemed peaceful. Just silent...
Suddenly Yuako sat up in bed. The noise of her ruffling duvet made Chiara jump. Yuako had got stiff. She was dead still for a moment and then she bamfed out of the room.
Confused, and a little frightened, Chiara got out of bed. She pulled up her low pajama pants and opened the door. She seemed to have just missed Yuako, a purple poof was still disintegrating somewhere down the corridor.
"Yuako?" she called, cautiously stepping out of her dorm room. "Yuako?" She heard a creak somewhere in the house. The hairs on her arms stood on end.
Somewhere behind her a door shuddered open. She turned in shock, seeing an eye in the dark crack that had appear. The eye changed quickly, becoming lavender and Streak stepped out.
"Did you feel it?" she whispered. Chiara shook her head. She hadn't felt anything except a slight sense of suspicion.
"Yuako's gone. She just... bamfed off." She whispered back. Another door opened.
"What the fuck is going on!" Twist said. Streak made a hushing noise immediately.
"There's someone in the house." Streak said, looking about warily. "Someone who's forbidden." Chiara felt her breath catch. More doors were opening now at random points down the corridor.
"Suit up." Twist said defiantly. Chiara looked at her, her eyes were red.
Silence appeared, coming down towards them.
"Someone's here." He said, immediately going to Twist and taking her hand.
"Yuako's gone." Chiara said, presenting another problem. Immediately the Chinese girl appeared next to her, making Chiara jump again.
"They're everywhere!" she hissed. "Men. They've got some kind of tracker device." She said. The other four looked at her confused. "They don't look... 'natural'." Yuako said.
"What the fuck does that mean?!" Twist exclaimed again, this time in a whisper.
Yuako covered her mouth with a hand and nodded. Chiara got the implication that they had no mouths. She shuddered again. Yuako closed her eyes again. Chiara gripped her arm.
"Don't!" she said. "If you bamf off again I'm going to have a heart attack."
"No!" Yuako said, "They-"Immediately something shot into their circle. They shrieked, splitting in different directions.
Silence pointed towards the stairs.
"There!" he shouted. A dim figure was standing there. Silence's eyes flared. "Get out!" he shouted. Yuako grabbed the other three, tugging them.
"Silence!" Twist shouted back, getting free from Yuako's grip.
"Feannan! GO!" he shouted back. Yuako finally got a hold of her, bamfing the two of them round the corner.
"No! SILENCE!" Twist shouted, struggling to get free. A wind was picking up. A group of more projectiles landed in front of them. Chiara guessed they'd missed Silence.
"The south staircase." Streak said, pushing the rest of them. They went the way they were being forced and were joined by another group of students at a corridor intersection. Chiara noticed Add and Simon in the crowd.
They poured down the staircase, right into a group of other intruders. They were all identical. Black dressed with goggles and repeating guns. None of them shot. The younger students screamed and separated from the crowd.
Chiara, Yuako, Twist, Streak, Add, Simon and a few older students were left at the base of the stairs. It was a beat before they snapped into action.
Simon bamfed behind one, twisting his head. Chiara looked away at the last moment, not wanting to see the outcome.
There was a roaring wind now. Furniture was being blown against the walls. She glanced at Twist, her eyes were red and frightening. Chiara didn't know what to do. So far all she could do was turn out a lightbulb and make a few sparks here and there. She closed her eyes, hoping Twist's wind would defend her. She pointed her arms towards one intruder and tried to let her power loose.
She opened her eyes. A beam of red light hit the man and she fell back. Chiara grinned, but then there was a shout.
"Cyclops!" from down the corridor. Simon and Add had already moved down there, showing off their excessive strength.
No one, unless some psychics had read her mind, except Yuako and Chiara knew why were here, and she couldn't exactly tell them. Streak was shouting something, beckoning them all to follow.
Chiara grabbed Twist hard and yanked her out of concentration. Twist glared at her, and then, eyes becoming black again, nodded. The two of them followed the hurried procession.
Chiara glanced back. Cyclops had rushed down the stairs to help Add and Simon. Nightcrawler was nowhere to be seen, the same with Silence. Yuako was busy tackling an intruder, pounding him over and over with perfected martial arts moved.
"Yuako!" she shouted. Twist and she both stopped. The intruder grabbed Yuako somehow, pinning her arms to her sides.
"YUAKO!" Twist repeated, the wind picking up again. Yuako bamfed a few feet, but the man grabbed her again, this time sinking a medical needle into her arm. She screamed in anguish and then fell silent.
"Yuako!" Chiara shouted again. The man dropped her and looked at the two of them. Twist grabbed Chiara's hand.
"We have to run!" she said, already doing so. Chiara allowed herself to be dragged, and then, turned into a hard run.
"Subjects Five and Seven ahead." Came a radio voice from behind them. "Heading for the South Wing."
Twist landed against a wall, pulling Chiara around.
"There's a secret passage way which leads out into the water ways." She said, trying to catch the breath at the same time. Chiara nodded, remembering Xavier mentioning it. "We need to get there. There's an entrance two corridors down." She said. Chiara nodded again. The footsteps were closing on them.
"Ready?" she asked Twist pulling her straight. Twist nodded this time. The two of them ran. This time the intruder was shooting. Chiara felt things graze her arms, but they weren't solid and they didn't seem to hurt.
"There!" Twist yelled, tugging her around a corner. Another girl was already at the entrance, trying to open it. "Alyx!" Twist said, grabbing the girl as soon as they were there.
Chiara slammed hard on the wood with her elbow and it jutted open.
"Go!" Alyx shouted. Chiara pushed through, Twist and Alyx following quickly.
"Alyx, where's Cat?" Twist said, one it was closed. Alyx was about to answer when A few bullets hit the wall and they jumped.
They ran down one way, tripping over wooden beams and loose screws. They hit a wide tunnel and sunk down against the damp wall to catch their breath.
"Where's Cat?" Twist asked again, her breathing shallow.
"I don't know." Alyx said. "Mein gott, we were running together and then she let go of my hand... and then when I looked back she was gone!"
"We should get moving." Chiara interrupted. "Catch up with Streak and the rest." The other two nodded and stood.
"Lucea's gone too." Alyx said, she was close to tears. "And I can't find Gaudi, I think he went to look for her." Twist took her arm. She seemed confident, but her voice shook.
"Just follow the tunnel and-"there was a loud sound of an explosion and the ground seemed to shake momentarily. Without waiting for Twist to finish the sentence, they continued into the dark.