I'm back....I know it was a long wait, and believe me it wasn't my
fault. Isn't there supposed to be more time in the summer instead of less.
Thanks for all of the great reviews, they mean a lot. Now for chapter 21,
as always I do not own Smallville or X-Men. This is the Revised Version
because I got a heads up on something I wrote...this is why I need a beta
reader.
New York
Rogue sat in her room mulling over her homework that she did not want to do, and wondering about Clark, Bobby and everyone else that was gone. She had questioned Professor Xavier countless times but he would never give her an answer. All he would ever tell her was, 'everything is fine, there is nothing to worry about.' If nothing was wrong than why hadn't Clark or Bobby called her, and why had they left in such a hurry. Rogue yawned as she turned a page in her government textbook. What good was the government if all they wanted to do was to get rid of mutants, she thought quietly to her self. She quickly closed the book and headed over to the window and gazed up at the moon. It was a quiet night, none of the other children were out in the yard, all were either asleep, studying, or in the rec room. Rogue thought back to the moment when she had fist met Clark, it had been a night like this she missed him so much. If she knew where he was then she would have gone to see him. Sure she would probably get in trouble, but she didn't care. Sighing Rogue decided to go back to her studying, but with one last look at the moon she had a feeling in herself that Clark was out there somewhere looking up at the same moon. She laughed to herself; it sounded silly and utterly impossible. Rogue glanced at her clock it was 10:30. It was time to get back to work and see if she could learn something about the government.
Elsewhere in the building Professor Xavier was contemplating what to do next. The phone call earlier in the night had been a most unsetting to him, and he knew that now that Bobby and Clark had encountered the new mutant things would speed up quite fast. Which meant that a plan had to be made, and he didn't have the slightest clue what to do, everything was up to the X-Men. Letting his mind go through the building he found all of the children in a right state of mind, except one: Rogue. She was worried, and a bit sad to not know what was going on. Charles could understand her feelings; they were his too after all, except he did know what was going on. For a while he had thought about letting Rogue go to Smallville, but he knew that the other mutants cover could not be blown, it would be too risky. Charles had after all been watching the news too, and he had seen how more people were starting to speak out against mutants, they wanted new legislation. It was a critical time for the mutants; the Friends of Humanity were just starting to cause a stir in the world, holding protests and rallies. It was not a good time to be a mutant, but then again when had it been a good time to be one. Charles Xavier sighed, if this mission did not go well, things would get very bad very quickly in the mutant world, and he had worked too hard for their safety as it was. Perhaps he should go back to Cerebro to see if he could find out more, it was getting late, but things were moving too quickly for him to wait till morning.
Smallville
"You did what!" Yelled Mystique.
"I attacked a mutant, I would have killed him too but, another kid came out of no where and broke my concentration. I got away, and I wasn't caught. You should be happy, I'm a little surprised that you're not." Cory said a little surprised that she wasn't happy that he had found out who one of the mutants was. They would try and stop him and Mystique of course, but they would fail. He flopped onto the couch and turned on the TV.
"Why would I be happy, they're on to you now, you do know that the one mutant wasn't alone, no I happened to see the X-Men, and if they're here, then it's because of us. They are here to stop us of course, and they wouldn't have known who you were, but no, you had to go and break your cover." Mystique yelled at him going over to be in front of the TV so he would pay attention to her. "You do know that we have to be wary of them, they are like us, and know our secrets, as we know theirs."
"Yeah, whatever" he said casually ignoring her warnings as if she were just telling him to clean his room.
"This isn't some game that you play at your convenience, if they get you or the police find you, well not even Magneto could help you then. Not like he would help someone who was worth nothing." She said with disdain seething from her voice. She started to walk away to her own room in the apartment when Cory grabbed her from behind.
"I am not worth nothing, You'll pay for that." He growled at her, and tapped into his abilities. Mystique however had caught on and before he was able to use them to his full extent. She was able to grab a hold of a lounge chair swing herself around and hit Cory from behind throwing him to the couch.
"You will not do that again, if you do I will do more to you then just throw you across the room," She said angrily still in Jean's form. When Cory didn't make another move from the couch, Mystique left. She walked into the bathroom where she closed the door and changed into her true form once again. She then touched her stomach; it was full of pain from what the kid had done. His power was strong enough when not against a human or a mutant. When put on someone though for a long enough time it could kill, by tearing the human body apart. Mystique breathed slowly, she was fine, just a little weak on the inside, nothing sleep wouldn't cure. Unfortunately she couldn't sleep till the kid did, otherwise he might try and kill her. Mystique opened the bathroom door and looked out to see Cory watching a TV program. She could breathe freely for a while; on the other hand she had best contact Magneto. He would want to be kept informed on how things were going.
New York
Professor Xavier pulled off Cerebro and collected his thoughts. Mystique was in Smallville as well with the boy named Cory, and they knew about the X-Men's presence. He had seen what Cory was capable of, as well of heard of it. He knew that what was going on in Smallville could very well change the lives of everyone involved, and the citizens of Smallville, especially if they became aware of what happened or Magnetos plan went through. Too much thinking, he thought to himself. He needed to rest, and to sleep. First however he would call Ororo again, and let her know of what he had found out. Then there would be time for rest for an old man. Charles Xavier wheeled himself out and headed toward another phone call that would change everything.
Smallville-Kent Farm
Clark Kent slowly rolled out of bed, it had been a long night last night with the encounter with Chloe, and he had hardly gotten any studying done. Of course he should have known when he almost fell asleep in the loft that he wouldn't get anything done that night. Clark looked at his alarm clock, he had an hour and a half till school started, plenty of time to eat breakfast and do some studying, that is with super speed in use he could. Going down the stairs he saw everyone was at the table, and they did not look happy. His mother for one was nervously sipping coffee, and his dad was staring out the window, as if to expect some danger that he thought was coming.
"Hey what's going on every one?" He asked grabbing a muffin and some orange juice.
"Clark I got call last night from Professor Xavier, he's found out that the mutant were after name is Cory, he knows were here, and he's not alone. A very dangerous mutant named Mystique is with him; she can change into anyone she wants. We are going to keeping Scott in town for now. But were not sure if Bobby should go to school, Cory apparently knows about him, but he doesn't know about you. We don't think he got that good of a look at you to see who you were" Ororo told Clark, she seemed to be the calmest one of them all, having been through so much in her lifetime and yet scared of the events to come.
"I see, and is that what Bobby wants to do though?" Clark asked knowing that Bobby would want to be at school to see Chloe.
"If he attacks me again, and at school, I will probably have to use my ability, and that would endanger us all, and probably freak a lot of people out." Bobby told Clark with regret in his voice.
"Clark you can stay at school of course and if your willing we will let Bobby go if you are there to protect him as well." Ororo told him.
"Of course," Clark said with a smile. "Why wouldn't I?" No one answered that question however, and they all got down to eating.
"Thank You," Bobby whispered so none but Clark could hear him.
"Sure no problem." He whispered back. As everyone got down to there daily plans, Jonathan to the chores, Martha to the dishes. With Ororo and Logan getting down to plans to figure out what to do next. There wasn't much they could do or plan, Professor Xavier had given them information, but no plans to go on. All hinged now on what two teenagers would do at school.
Okay that is Chapter 21, Thank you for reading, the last scene was difficult to write, I wasn't sure about how the last scene went. Sorry again for such a long wait. Please review, they give me a lot of feed back. Also if anyone knows a lot about Smallville and the X-Men, I really need a beta reader. Thanks again, till next time.
New York
Rogue sat in her room mulling over her homework that she did not want to do, and wondering about Clark, Bobby and everyone else that was gone. She had questioned Professor Xavier countless times but he would never give her an answer. All he would ever tell her was, 'everything is fine, there is nothing to worry about.' If nothing was wrong than why hadn't Clark or Bobby called her, and why had they left in such a hurry. Rogue yawned as she turned a page in her government textbook. What good was the government if all they wanted to do was to get rid of mutants, she thought quietly to her self. She quickly closed the book and headed over to the window and gazed up at the moon. It was a quiet night, none of the other children were out in the yard, all were either asleep, studying, or in the rec room. Rogue thought back to the moment when she had fist met Clark, it had been a night like this she missed him so much. If she knew where he was then she would have gone to see him. Sure she would probably get in trouble, but she didn't care. Sighing Rogue decided to go back to her studying, but with one last look at the moon she had a feeling in herself that Clark was out there somewhere looking up at the same moon. She laughed to herself; it sounded silly and utterly impossible. Rogue glanced at her clock it was 10:30. It was time to get back to work and see if she could learn something about the government.
Elsewhere in the building Professor Xavier was contemplating what to do next. The phone call earlier in the night had been a most unsetting to him, and he knew that now that Bobby and Clark had encountered the new mutant things would speed up quite fast. Which meant that a plan had to be made, and he didn't have the slightest clue what to do, everything was up to the X-Men. Letting his mind go through the building he found all of the children in a right state of mind, except one: Rogue. She was worried, and a bit sad to not know what was going on. Charles could understand her feelings; they were his too after all, except he did know what was going on. For a while he had thought about letting Rogue go to Smallville, but he knew that the other mutants cover could not be blown, it would be too risky. Charles had after all been watching the news too, and he had seen how more people were starting to speak out against mutants, they wanted new legislation. It was a critical time for the mutants; the Friends of Humanity were just starting to cause a stir in the world, holding protests and rallies. It was not a good time to be a mutant, but then again when had it been a good time to be one. Charles Xavier sighed, if this mission did not go well, things would get very bad very quickly in the mutant world, and he had worked too hard for their safety as it was. Perhaps he should go back to Cerebro to see if he could find out more, it was getting late, but things were moving too quickly for him to wait till morning.
Smallville
"You did what!" Yelled Mystique.
"I attacked a mutant, I would have killed him too but, another kid came out of no where and broke my concentration. I got away, and I wasn't caught. You should be happy, I'm a little surprised that you're not." Cory said a little surprised that she wasn't happy that he had found out who one of the mutants was. They would try and stop him and Mystique of course, but they would fail. He flopped onto the couch and turned on the TV.
"Why would I be happy, they're on to you now, you do know that the one mutant wasn't alone, no I happened to see the X-Men, and if they're here, then it's because of us. They are here to stop us of course, and they wouldn't have known who you were, but no, you had to go and break your cover." Mystique yelled at him going over to be in front of the TV so he would pay attention to her. "You do know that we have to be wary of them, they are like us, and know our secrets, as we know theirs."
"Yeah, whatever" he said casually ignoring her warnings as if she were just telling him to clean his room.
"This isn't some game that you play at your convenience, if they get you or the police find you, well not even Magneto could help you then. Not like he would help someone who was worth nothing." She said with disdain seething from her voice. She started to walk away to her own room in the apartment when Cory grabbed her from behind.
"I am not worth nothing, You'll pay for that." He growled at her, and tapped into his abilities. Mystique however had caught on and before he was able to use them to his full extent. She was able to grab a hold of a lounge chair swing herself around and hit Cory from behind throwing him to the couch.
"You will not do that again, if you do I will do more to you then just throw you across the room," She said angrily still in Jean's form. When Cory didn't make another move from the couch, Mystique left. She walked into the bathroom where she closed the door and changed into her true form once again. She then touched her stomach; it was full of pain from what the kid had done. His power was strong enough when not against a human or a mutant. When put on someone though for a long enough time it could kill, by tearing the human body apart. Mystique breathed slowly, she was fine, just a little weak on the inside, nothing sleep wouldn't cure. Unfortunately she couldn't sleep till the kid did, otherwise he might try and kill her. Mystique opened the bathroom door and looked out to see Cory watching a TV program. She could breathe freely for a while; on the other hand she had best contact Magneto. He would want to be kept informed on how things were going.
New York
Professor Xavier pulled off Cerebro and collected his thoughts. Mystique was in Smallville as well with the boy named Cory, and they knew about the X-Men's presence. He had seen what Cory was capable of, as well of heard of it. He knew that what was going on in Smallville could very well change the lives of everyone involved, and the citizens of Smallville, especially if they became aware of what happened or Magnetos plan went through. Too much thinking, he thought to himself. He needed to rest, and to sleep. First however he would call Ororo again, and let her know of what he had found out. Then there would be time for rest for an old man. Charles Xavier wheeled himself out and headed toward another phone call that would change everything.
Smallville-Kent Farm
Clark Kent slowly rolled out of bed, it had been a long night last night with the encounter with Chloe, and he had hardly gotten any studying done. Of course he should have known when he almost fell asleep in the loft that he wouldn't get anything done that night. Clark looked at his alarm clock, he had an hour and a half till school started, plenty of time to eat breakfast and do some studying, that is with super speed in use he could. Going down the stairs he saw everyone was at the table, and they did not look happy. His mother for one was nervously sipping coffee, and his dad was staring out the window, as if to expect some danger that he thought was coming.
"Hey what's going on every one?" He asked grabbing a muffin and some orange juice.
"Clark I got call last night from Professor Xavier, he's found out that the mutant were after name is Cory, he knows were here, and he's not alone. A very dangerous mutant named Mystique is with him; she can change into anyone she wants. We are going to keeping Scott in town for now. But were not sure if Bobby should go to school, Cory apparently knows about him, but he doesn't know about you. We don't think he got that good of a look at you to see who you were" Ororo told Clark, she seemed to be the calmest one of them all, having been through so much in her lifetime and yet scared of the events to come.
"I see, and is that what Bobby wants to do though?" Clark asked knowing that Bobby would want to be at school to see Chloe.
"If he attacks me again, and at school, I will probably have to use my ability, and that would endanger us all, and probably freak a lot of people out." Bobby told Clark with regret in his voice.
"Clark you can stay at school of course and if your willing we will let Bobby go if you are there to protect him as well." Ororo told him.
"Of course," Clark said with a smile. "Why wouldn't I?" No one answered that question however, and they all got down to eating.
"Thank You," Bobby whispered so none but Clark could hear him.
"Sure no problem." He whispered back. As everyone got down to there daily plans, Jonathan to the chores, Martha to the dishes. With Ororo and Logan getting down to plans to figure out what to do next. There wasn't much they could do or plan, Professor Xavier had given them information, but no plans to go on. All hinged now on what two teenagers would do at school.
Okay that is Chapter 21, Thank you for reading, the last scene was difficult to write, I wasn't sure about how the last scene went. Sorry again for such a long wait. Please review, they give me a lot of feed back. Also if anyone knows a lot about Smallville and the X-Men, I really need a beta reader. Thanks again, till next time.