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Drifters
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Chapter 24: Life or Death
: Logan sat in the back corner of his small cell. Trying for the life of him, to be patient. Needless to say, it wasn't working.
He had been waiting over three hours for Embers to break out. He should have been here by now. Logan growled.
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Last time Max checked they didn't securely strap down patients in the hospital wing. That had been a major set back for the boy. Embers shivered and wondered for the millionth time why the hell he was cold. He was never cold and he was never hot it was a bonus with his mutation but for some reason he was cold.
After about an hour and a half of trying brut strength to break threw the strap it had became clear to the former Acolyte, now X-Men that it was going to take brains and not bronze to get out of this pint size hospital slash jail cell.
So tossing out plan A, Embers set to work on a new plan. Getting out, without getting killed. This was not going to be easy.
Suddenly the doors opened and a flood of light seeped into the dark room. Max quickly closed his eyes for the bright light made them sting.
" Ah Mr....Copper. I see....your um awake..." Dr. Caprice said walking in as he closed and locked the door behind him.
Max blinked, he knew that voice anywhere. " Hey Cap." Max greeted him as if he were just seeing an old friend again and he wans't strapped down to a table.
" Max." Caprice acknoldged the man as he walked over to a counter full of vials with numerous amount of chemicals. " Feeling....be- better?" He asked.
" What do you think?" Max asked lightly a new plan forming in his head.
" I....thought as....much." Caprice said getting a syringe ready. Embers eyed the needle carefully; he had a thing about needles.
" So Cap, what's with the straps?" Max asked lightly tugging at them again.
" Oh." The doctor said as if he just remembered they were there. " I'm sorry... bu-but Pietro made sure... you were um...strapped down.... and sure."
Max rolled his eyes. " Figures, I'll thank Speedy Gonzales later." Max commented, still eyeing the needle closely.
Caprice walked towards Max the needle in his hands. " Now, I'm sorry about....this....but I have...my um...orders....no hard....feelings?" Caprice asked as he prepped the needled by squirting out the remaining air. Max eyed the needle and gulped.
" Nope." Max said a little uneasy, Caprice smiled. Max then began to feel warm again as Caprice got closer and closer to him with the needle and suddenly he felt his power returning to him. That's what the stuff was. Max suddenly figured out. And with a gust of power Max called up a swirling vortex of flames knocking Caprice to the ground.
" Shit." Caprice cried out, " I waited to- to...long." The good doctor said trying to get up from the floor.
Max was grinning like an idiot, as he stood tall and proud on the bed. " Sorry Cap." Max told the doctor as he hopped off the bed down to where the doctor was, " No hard feelings?"
Caprice didn't even get a chance to answer the question because a spilt second later Max's right hand was up over his head and was then sent sailing down, knocking his old friend out. once Caprice was down Max proceed to take his keys and clearance card off his person and stow them safely in his pocket.
" Didn't think so." Max said lightly to him self, his body still illuminated by a wave of dancing flames. Max looked around for a way out, but a loud knock on the door halted his movements.
" Doctor Caprice you okay in there?" A soldier asked from outside the door, Max froze.
" Shit."
" We heard a noise, you okay?" A second one asked.
" What to do? What to do?" Max whispered to himself, he did not just break out to go back in. His whole body was shaking, he had begun to annoyingly tap his foot on the floor as he looked up to the ceil as if the answer was up there, and it was. Max smiled.
" He's not answering; open the door." The first voice commanded.
" I can't." The second one stated.
" What to do you mean you can't." The first one growled out.
" The doors are locked so that he can't get out Markus." The second one informed him, Max smiled as he pulled a chair out from the desk on the other side of the room.
" Code Red. Get Captain Electra up here at once." Markus commanded in a panic. Suddenly there was a loud thud at the door, they were trying to break it down.
" Shit." Max muttered out as he climbed up on the chair. He looked up at the air vent he was trying to climb into and punched the grate lose, " I hope this works." Max muttered as he reached his hands up to climb in, the sound of running water through him off. Max looked to the door as an another thud hit. The floor was covered in water, " Shit, mutants with water powers. Not good." He said as he let his fire form fall and tried to jump up into the air ducks.
Max dangled there for a moment as he tried to pull himself up, " I always knew pull-ups would be the death of me." Max said lightly as he struggled to pull the rest of his body up.
Another thud at the door. More water poured into the room.
" You fools? Why didn't someone go in there with him?" A female voice demanded.
Max froze, shit, " Kim." Max whispered. " Oh shit, must go faster."
" Stand back, I'll handle this." He heard Kim say, he looked at the water in the room, water conducted electrify. Shit. Max looked down the unconsious form of Doctor Caprice drenched in water. He would be fried Max thought, he was face down in the water the charge would kill him. Max looked to the door, a small buzzing sound rang in his ears, she was charging up.
Max bit his lip, he looked up into the vent, then to Caprice, and then to the door. He gulped, and shifted his weight he was still hanging there, all he had to do was give a final pull and he was home free, he could go save Logan then they would go find Rogue and this would all be over. But his conscious would never let up, but what was one more death on his count? He had killed his father and that little girl and that young man what was one more?
The buzzing grew louder. " I said stand back." Electra demanded, Max could just see her now, her arms raising above her head and in less the five seconds she would strike.
Max gulped, Shit.
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" Rogue!" Remy called to her, chasing after the stubborn young woman into the house. " Rogue!"
She was a ways down the hall but she heard him, he looked like he had seen a ghost Rogue thought as she turned around. " Well at least ya called meh by mah name." Rogue said turning to face him, her arms crossed over her chest, she frown at him.
Remy was slightly panting, this house was bigger then it looked, literally. " Well spit it out already." He heard Rogue order him. Remy gulped and obligated.
" They're here." Remy told her, Rogue stared blankly at him.
" And, who are they?" Rogue asked completely clueless, and not in a patient mood. She didn't really want to see him at the moment.
" My team mates. They're here to take us back." Remy told her as he began to usher her towards the lab holding Wanda and Toad. " Come on." He told her.
" Wait, hold up. Ah ain't goin' back ta yar base." Rogue told him, trying to stop him.
" Never said we were going wit' dem." Remy informed her.
" Then wha-"
" Not now, talk later." Remy said to her as pushed her along a little faster.
" Oh hell no. Ah want answers and Ah want um now." Rogue informed him, compiling to his wish to move faster towards the room holding Toad and Wanda.
Remy didn't answer her, both were silent for a minute more until they reached the room. " Come on." Remy ordered her, dragging her over towards Wanda's bed. He looked down at the unconscious Scarlet Witch, then to Rogue.
" Well?" Rogue asked, not liking the silence.
" Take off your gloves and absorb her."
" Oh hell no." Rogue yelled out, she immediately backed away and attempted to dart out of the room.
" Yes." Remy said.
" No." Rogue argued.
" For her."
" How is this for her if Ah suck what little life is left in her?" Rogue asked angrily. Glaring at him, where the hell was his brain? Rogue wondered.
" She's the only one dat knows where de antidote is." Gambit explained to her, he then began to look about the room almost in a panicked state like he was uneasy.
" NO." Rogue yelled out her temper flaring.
" Do it or they'll die." Remy yelled out, it came out harsher then he had meant it to, but it got the point across.
" But-Ah she..." Rogue looked down to the unconsious girl. " She'll die if Ah touch her smarts." Rogue yelled out.
" They need your help. This isn't fo' Remy chere, it's for dem." Remy told her honestly, he glanced over to Toad then to Wanda. " Please chere, fo' dem. He helped save you, now help save him." Remy told her, his eyes begging her to do this for him.
Rogue felt very lost at the moment and very angry, and really wished that Logan was here. He would tell her what to do, what the right thing was.
" Rogue?" Remy whispered quietly, guiding her hand over Wanda's pale face.
Rogue gulped and pulled her hand away, " Ah still hate you." Rogue reminded Remy. She was pissed off at him, she couldn't believe he could turn this around like that. Absorb a girl to help them.
" Fine." Remy told her backing slightly away from Rogue.
Rogue eyed him for a moment then she carefully removed the glove that was protecting her deadly skin and lightly touched the other Goth's face, absorbing the information she needed.
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Electra kicked the door down after it had been fried to a crisp, so had a number of items about the room that had been touched by Markus water cannon attacks. She let out an angry sigh as she noticed that Embers was nowhere to be seen. " Damit." She cursed.
Kim Grainger was beyond pissed as she walked to the bed where she knew he had once been strapped down and ripped off the plastic sheet that was half hazard thrown on top. And to her surprise she found Doctor Caprice lying there unconsious oblivious to everything.
The soldiers poured into the room, " Check everything. I want to know how the hell he escaped." She ordered coldly, " And take him to a new hospital room." She commanded as she left the room he high heeled boots making a rhythmic clapping noise as she left.
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Author's Note: I live!!!
Sorry about going so long with no update. I had school and kind of wrote myself into a corner, but I think I've fixed the problem now. I would answer you reviews but I'm not really in the mood today so next time I promise I will. By the way spell check was being evil so I know a few words were miss spelled, mainly unconscious. So for those of you that really catch and dislike that know that my computer was being evil. Take care and Happy New Year!
Take Care, Rogue Star
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Drifters
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Chapter 24: Life or Death
: Logan sat in the back corner of his small cell. Trying for the life of him, to be patient. Needless to say, it wasn't working.
He had been waiting over three hours for Embers to break out. He should have been here by now. Logan growled.
* * *
Last time Max checked they didn't securely strap down patients in the hospital wing. That had been a major set back for the boy. Embers shivered and wondered for the millionth time why the hell he was cold. He was never cold and he was never hot it was a bonus with his mutation but for some reason he was cold.
After about an hour and a half of trying brut strength to break threw the strap it had became clear to the former Acolyte, now X-Men that it was going to take brains and not bronze to get out of this pint size hospital slash jail cell.
So tossing out plan A, Embers set to work on a new plan. Getting out, without getting killed. This was not going to be easy.
Suddenly the doors opened and a flood of light seeped into the dark room. Max quickly closed his eyes for the bright light made them sting.
" Ah Mr....Copper. I see....your um awake..." Dr. Caprice said walking in as he closed and locked the door behind him.
Max blinked, he knew that voice anywhere. " Hey Cap." Max greeted him as if he were just seeing an old friend again and he wans't strapped down to a table.
" Max." Caprice acknoldged the man as he walked over to a counter full of vials with numerous amount of chemicals. " Feeling....be- better?" He asked.
" What do you think?" Max asked lightly a new plan forming in his head.
" I....thought as....much." Caprice said getting a syringe ready. Embers eyed the needle carefully; he had a thing about needles.
" So Cap, what's with the straps?" Max asked lightly tugging at them again.
" Oh." The doctor said as if he just remembered they were there. " I'm sorry... bu-but Pietro made sure... you were um...strapped down.... and sure."
Max rolled his eyes. " Figures, I'll thank Speedy Gonzales later." Max commented, still eyeing the needle closely.
Caprice walked towards Max the needle in his hands. " Now, I'm sorry about....this....but I have...my um...orders....no hard....feelings?" Caprice asked as he prepped the needled by squirting out the remaining air. Max eyed the needle and gulped.
" Nope." Max said a little uneasy, Caprice smiled. Max then began to feel warm again as Caprice got closer and closer to him with the needle and suddenly he felt his power returning to him. That's what the stuff was. Max suddenly figured out. And with a gust of power Max called up a swirling vortex of flames knocking Caprice to the ground.
" Shit." Caprice cried out, " I waited to- to...long." The good doctor said trying to get up from the floor.
Max was grinning like an idiot, as he stood tall and proud on the bed. " Sorry Cap." Max told the doctor as he hopped off the bed down to where the doctor was, " No hard feelings?"
Caprice didn't even get a chance to answer the question because a spilt second later Max's right hand was up over his head and was then sent sailing down, knocking his old friend out. once Caprice was down Max proceed to take his keys and clearance card off his person and stow them safely in his pocket.
" Didn't think so." Max said lightly to him self, his body still illuminated by a wave of dancing flames. Max looked around for a way out, but a loud knock on the door halted his movements.
" Doctor Caprice you okay in there?" A soldier asked from outside the door, Max froze.
" Shit."
" We heard a noise, you okay?" A second one asked.
" What to do? What to do?" Max whispered to himself, he did not just break out to go back in. His whole body was shaking, he had begun to annoyingly tap his foot on the floor as he looked up to the ceil as if the answer was up there, and it was. Max smiled.
" He's not answering; open the door." The first voice commanded.
" I can't." The second one stated.
" What to do you mean you can't." The first one growled out.
" The doors are locked so that he can't get out Markus." The second one informed him, Max smiled as he pulled a chair out from the desk on the other side of the room.
" Code Red. Get Captain Electra up here at once." Markus commanded in a panic. Suddenly there was a loud thud at the door, they were trying to break it down.
" Shit." Max muttered out as he climbed up on the chair. He looked up at the air vent he was trying to climb into and punched the grate lose, " I hope this works." Max muttered as he reached his hands up to climb in, the sound of running water through him off. Max looked to the door as an another thud hit. The floor was covered in water, " Shit, mutants with water powers. Not good." He said as he let his fire form fall and tried to jump up into the air ducks.
Max dangled there for a moment as he tried to pull himself up, " I always knew pull-ups would be the death of me." Max said lightly as he struggled to pull the rest of his body up.
Another thud at the door. More water poured into the room.
" You fools? Why didn't someone go in there with him?" A female voice demanded.
Max froze, shit, " Kim." Max whispered. " Oh shit, must go faster."
" Stand back, I'll handle this." He heard Kim say, he looked at the water in the room, water conducted electrify. Shit. Max looked down the unconsious form of Doctor Caprice drenched in water. He would be fried Max thought, he was face down in the water the charge would kill him. Max looked to the door, a small buzzing sound rang in his ears, she was charging up.
Max bit his lip, he looked up into the vent, then to Caprice, and then to the door. He gulped, and shifted his weight he was still hanging there, all he had to do was give a final pull and he was home free, he could go save Logan then they would go find Rogue and this would all be over. But his conscious would never let up, but what was one more death on his count? He had killed his father and that little girl and that young man what was one more?
The buzzing grew louder. " I said stand back." Electra demanded, Max could just see her now, her arms raising above her head and in less the five seconds she would strike.
Max gulped, Shit.
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" Rogue!" Remy called to her, chasing after the stubborn young woman into the house. " Rogue!"
She was a ways down the hall but she heard him, he looked like he had seen a ghost Rogue thought as she turned around. " Well at least ya called meh by mah name." Rogue said turning to face him, her arms crossed over her chest, she frown at him.
Remy was slightly panting, this house was bigger then it looked, literally. " Well spit it out already." He heard Rogue order him. Remy gulped and obligated.
" They're here." Remy told her, Rogue stared blankly at him.
" And, who are they?" Rogue asked completely clueless, and not in a patient mood. She didn't really want to see him at the moment.
" My team mates. They're here to take us back." Remy told her as he began to usher her towards the lab holding Wanda and Toad. " Come on." He told her.
" Wait, hold up. Ah ain't goin' back ta yar base." Rogue told him, trying to stop him.
" Never said we were going wit' dem." Remy informed her.
" Then wha-"
" Not now, talk later." Remy said to her as pushed her along a little faster.
" Oh hell no. Ah want answers and Ah want um now." Rogue informed him, compiling to his wish to move faster towards the room holding Toad and Wanda.
Remy didn't answer her, both were silent for a minute more until they reached the room. " Come on." Remy ordered her, dragging her over towards Wanda's bed. He looked down at the unconscious Scarlet Witch, then to Rogue.
" Well?" Rogue asked, not liking the silence.
" Take off your gloves and absorb her."
" Oh hell no." Rogue yelled out, she immediately backed away and attempted to dart out of the room.
" Yes." Remy said.
" No." Rogue argued.
" For her."
" How is this for her if Ah suck what little life is left in her?" Rogue asked angrily. Glaring at him, where the hell was his brain? Rogue wondered.
" She's the only one dat knows where de antidote is." Gambit explained to her, he then began to look about the room almost in a panicked state like he was uneasy.
" NO." Rogue yelled out her temper flaring.
" Do it or they'll die." Remy yelled out, it came out harsher then he had meant it to, but it got the point across.
" But-Ah she..." Rogue looked down to the unconsious girl. " She'll die if Ah touch her smarts." Rogue yelled out.
" They need your help. This isn't fo' Remy chere, it's for dem." Remy told her honestly, he glanced over to Toad then to Wanda. " Please chere, fo' dem. He helped save you, now help save him." Remy told her, his eyes begging her to do this for him.
Rogue felt very lost at the moment and very angry, and really wished that Logan was here. He would tell her what to do, what the right thing was.
" Rogue?" Remy whispered quietly, guiding her hand over Wanda's pale face.
Rogue gulped and pulled her hand away, " Ah still hate you." Rogue reminded Remy. She was pissed off at him, she couldn't believe he could turn this around like that. Absorb a girl to help them.
" Fine." Remy told her backing slightly away from Rogue.
Rogue eyed him for a moment then she carefully removed the glove that was protecting her deadly skin and lightly touched the other Goth's face, absorbing the information she needed.
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Electra kicked the door down after it had been fried to a crisp, so had a number of items about the room that had been touched by Markus water cannon attacks. She let out an angry sigh as she noticed that Embers was nowhere to be seen. " Damit." She cursed.
Kim Grainger was beyond pissed as she walked to the bed where she knew he had once been strapped down and ripped off the plastic sheet that was half hazard thrown on top. And to her surprise she found Doctor Caprice lying there unconsious oblivious to everything.
The soldiers poured into the room, " Check everything. I want to know how the hell he escaped." She ordered coldly, " And take him to a new hospital room." She commanded as she left the room he high heeled boots making a rhythmic clapping noise as she left.
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Author's Note: I live!!!
Sorry about going so long with no update. I had school and kind of wrote myself into a corner, but I think I've fixed the problem now. I would answer you reviews but I'm not really in the mood today so next time I promise I will. By the way spell check was being evil so I know a few words were miss spelled, mainly unconscious. So for those of you that really catch and dislike that know that my computer was being evil. Take care and Happy New Year!
Take Care, Rogue Star