X-Men: Evolution
THE PRICE YOU PAY
a fanfic by JetNoir
CHAPTER THREE
THE INSTITUTE
Logan may have flicked his claws away, but the stranger made no move. His annoying smile had been dropped, but he just gazed wordlessly, and unemotionally.
"You said you had information 'bout Kitty. Well? I'm waiting."
"Of course…my apologies. I can see that you are concerned for your friend, and I'm afraid that it doesn't bode well. She has fallen, your friend, into a world…of hatred and lust, blackness, despair and death. Your friend has fallen into the world of shadows…em…it's extremely difficult to explain."
"Hang on a moment," said Logan, "how do you know about all this?"
"I am…a former employee of the individual behind these dark machinations. I'm here to help…but we don't have much time left." Logan sighed, and called for Professor Xavier.
AFRICA
Above the clouds, moving faster than any eye can see, Ororo Munroe soared – the true evocation of her namesake; Windrider – feeling the chill air on her face, flying over dry and dusty plains.
She loved it here – a place for solitude…a place to relax and recharge her weary soul. Free, away from the restraints of a responsible life. Freedom. It is perhaps the ultimate expression of the human soul.
KITTY
For Katherine 'Kitty' Pryde, the terror began five hours later. She had been exploring again – not much else to do – and she was getting cold again, this was a way of keeping warm.
A horrific screech sounded, and something flew at her from the shadows. She phased just in time, and as it went straight through her, she could see teeth, and claws, and…its eyes! Its eyes looked as if it had come straight out of the bowels of hell!
She ran to the side corridor, desperately thinking. What was that? What could she use against it? Another lunged at her, and she rolled, narrowly avoiding it. Seeing Cerebro ahead, she ran into it and locked the door securely behind her.
Safe…for now.
THE INSTITUTE
"Who are you?" was the first question Professor Charles Xavier asked the mysterious man, but he did not answer.
"I have been sent here."
"By whom?"
"Someone with your interests at heart."
"Why?"
"To help one you find most dear."
"Where is Kitty."
"Lost."
"How do we find her?" the Professors voice grew more and more frantic – a rare occurrence for the normally calm leader.
"That, Professor, is the right question."
EGYPT
The darkness was absolute in the large and airy chamber as The First One sat alone, waiting.
His voice intoned an old incantation – one taken from The Book of the Dead. And that was what it could mean, if what was meant to begin, was ever completed.
" ((Hail, Power of Heaven, Opener of the Disk, thou Beautiful Rudder
of the Northern Heaven.
Hail, Ra, Guide of the Two Lands, thou Beautiful Rudder of the
Western Heaven.
Hail, Khu, Dweller in the House of the Akhemu gods, thou Beautiful
Rudder of the Eastern Heaven.
Hail, Governor, Dweller in the House of the Tesheru Gods, thou
Beautiful Rudder of the Southern Heaven.)) "
The Addresses of the Four Rudders.
The words to begin the last days.
Note: Hope you enjoyed that. Words in double brackets are translated from Ancient Egyptian, and are from The Book of the Dead (although I'm sure you had that figured out:) Please review!
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for the character of Kitty Pryde, or any of the X-Men (put that down to Stan 'The Man' Lee, and everyone who have been involved with the X-Men!). The TV series 'X-Men Evolution is copyright to Warner Brothers and the story to me. This story has been written on the understanding that you may read it and print it out; but you may not pass it off as your own, hire it out, or sell it for money. You also may not put it on your own or any other web page without my express written permission. Thankyou!
JetNoir