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Ch. 11: Who's your daddy!?
Sinister had finally entered the main laboratory. After reviewing some notes of his he had decided to conduct some tests on Jean. It wasn't what he had originally planned and he was anxious to work on Mr. LeBeau, but he did have all the time in the world now. Before, whenever he would kidnap an X-Man he always knew that his time would be limited, because the others would soon come to the rescue. This time they had no one to rescue them.
As Sinister strode into the room, he examined his daughter's progress. She had certainly done well. All of the X-Men were in their prospective holdings cells. Even Angel and Gambit were prepped and waiting on examination tables. Sandra was over by the computer and was getting final preparations together. He came up behind her and gently tapped her shoulder. "There's been a change of plans my dear."
"I swear to God I'll rip yer guts out if you hurt anybody you spineless bastard!"
Wolverine had noticed Sinister's entrance and had immediately begun pacing in his cell. Sinister gave him an evil glare and at the moment, Wolverine decided to keep quiet until he found out what had happened to Rogue and Jean.
Sandra was startled out of her concentration towards her work. She had already scanned Angel and was about to do the same to Mr. LeBeau. She jumped when her Father had spoken and spun around. Sandra clutched at her chest and gasped. "Oh! Father, you startled me."
"I'm sorry. I forgot how focused you can get. As I was saying, I have decided to work on Jean Summers first."
"Oh. Um..ok. I just finished with the internal scan for Angel. Should I just put him into a cell for now?"
Sinister strolled over to look at Warren. He had expected for the man to begin struggling but he did not. Sinister took another moment to study his face. Sandra must not have released him from the drug yet. "No. You may leave him where he is. He's not going anywhere. Sandra I'd like for you to give all of the subjects the release from the gas. Check all their vitals and make sure they are completely healthy. Then you may join me in Lab 4 with Mrs. Summers."
"Of course Father. I also gave Mr. LeBeau a sedative" Sinister's eyes widened he was about to scold her for doing that. Certain drugs had ill effects on him. "Don't worry Father. He had a very informative profile and so I used the first one on the list of drugs that were alright to use."
Sinister nodded. "Good, but do not give him anymore when he awakes."
"Ok. I'll come to help you shortly."
Sinister smiled at his beautiful daughter and then promptly left the room.
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Storm had been crouching on the control room floor for nearly twenty minutes. She hated feeling helpless, but right now that was exactly how she felt. She had to get herself together. Her team desperately needed. With new resolve, Ororo Monroe, weather witch, goddess, and member of the X-Men stood up. She finally began getting her thoughts together. She could very easily contact the professor and ask for help, but he was at an important conference. Ororo decided to wait until she was sure that there was no way for her to help her friends.
First off, she would have to determine when they were taken. Time meant everything. A thought came to her. Maybe the security cameras weren't knocked out. She doubted that they had been left on but it was still worth a shot. With great purpose, she rushed over to the computer console and began searching through the database.
She would find her friends.
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Sandra had just finished administering the drug to the man named Angel. Within a few minutes he would be as wide-awake as the other man had been. As she prepared another syringe, Sandra contemplated the names of the test subjects. Angel, Wolverine, Beast. Normally, the subjects just had normal names, but these ones were different somehow. None of them seemed very nasty either. Well, not all of them. That Wolverine hadn't shut up for almost an hour. And even that was stranger. As soon as her Father had appeared, he began screaming at him. It was almost as if Wolverine knew her Father.
But that couldn't be right. Her Father worked for the government. All of his subjects were randomly selected by his superiors. Then her father's team would go out and collect. She was even a part of that team. There had been many of time where she had gone with Victor and Fury to collect them, and never had they known who her Father was. Well, her Father was an accomplished scientist. Maybe this man had run into him before.
Sandra filled a syringe and walked over to the cell that was holding Beast. She noticed that Wolverine was intently watching her. "Don't worry. This will allow him to move again." He continued to stare at her. It was almost as if he were warning her. Like he was saying, that man's my friend, hurt him and I'll make you regret it. She didn't like being stared down like that. "He's not going to try and escape when I do this will he?"
"Why don'tcha find out for yerself."
Wolverine was standing right up against the bars of his cage. He didn't move an inch as he stared at Sandra. It was like he was a menacing statue. It was for a reason though. He wanted to make her nervous and get her a little jumpy. It was definitely working. Sandra's normally still hands were just slightly beginning to shake. She put in the code that would open the door and gingerly opened it. She then crept towards the large fury blue mass that was named Beast. With her eyes never leaving his she kneeled down and said, "Ok now listen Beast. This drug will release you from the hold of the gas. But I am warning you. Do not attempt to escape or I will have to stop you with whatever means necessary."
Sandra continued to stare at him as if waiting for some sign that he wouldn't run. Of course he didn't move an inch. She took a deep breath and gently inserted the needle into the side of his neck. Carefully, she pushed the green fluid out of the needle and then removed it from the large man. Almost immediately, Beast let out a large groan and began squirming. Sandra let out a small squeak of a sound and quickly jumped out of the cell and slammed it shut.
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Storm bowed her head in defeat. She had checked the entire computer and security systems. All of them had been wiped clean. Whoever attacked had been well organized. Now she had no idea of how she could find her friends. She felt so foolish. Another hour had passed since her friends' abduction. She had wasted another hour, all because she wanted to be the one to find them. They may be dead by now, because of her. She had to contact the professor.
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Henry McCoy stood and stretched his cramped limbs. Even though he knew he was in a disastrous situation he was joyous to be able to move again. Before he had felt like he had been imprisoned in his mind. "Hey Blue! You ok?"
He looked to his left and saw Logan standing in a cell. "Yes I'm fine. How is everyone else?"
"Well, Warren's over there on the table. I think he passed out though cause he ain't been too talkative. Uh, Cyclops is next to you" Henry turned to the right and noticed that Scott was unconscious. Other than that he looked alright. Wolverine continued, "Remy had some trouble breathing but that girl helped him out. But I'm worried about Rogue and Jean."
Hank noticed their absence. "Yes. Where are they?"
"Don't know. In some other lab I guess."
Hank scratched his head. They really were in a terrible situation. At least Sinister wasn't torturing them that. Then he noticed the girl over by the side of the room. She was cleaning some equipment but she had been paying attention to their conversation. Henry gave a slight cough. "Ma'am? Excuse ma'am, could I bother you for a glass of water?"
Her look turned tender, but oddly she left through a side door. Beast wondered if she had possibly scared her. But then she was back with a glass of water in her hand. She stepped towards him but stayed out of reach. She extended her arm out far enough for him to grasp it. "Here."
Hank gratefully took it. "Thank you miss….."
"Essex. My name is Sandra Essex. Mr. Sinister is my Father."
She hadn't expected him to know whom she was talking about, but both Wolverine and Beast stared at her in shock. Sinister somehow had a daughter.
No wonder her eyes looked like they were on fire. So many things ran through Henry's mind. I wonder if she is a mutant and if so, what is she capable of?
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Ch. 12: Hell fyred
Sandra had to release the final subject. His name was Cyclops. As she opened the door, she kind of felt bad for him. Actually she felt that way for every one of her Father's test subjects. He always told her that they were criminals, but still she felt sorrow for them. Her Father's lab was a horrible place to die. At least this one would have a few hours with his friends before that happened.
She was inside his cell and had crouched down to his prone form. Again she lifted the needle to his neck. Just as it was about to pierce his skin Scott whirled around and grabbed tightly onto her wrist. Sandra screamed.
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The gas hadn't affected Scott because Sinister had used some kind of dart on him. However, even once he had woken up he hadn't moved an inch. He had been hoping for this exact moment. She had obviously not known how he had been captured. Scott had wanted to wait until her back was turned but he had felt the needle in his neck and didn't know what it would do to him.
Using his quick reflexes he had turned himself around with his arm and then grabbed her. At first he was shocked at her appearance. She had fiery eyes and long deep red colored hair. But he didn't let his guard down. This would probably be his only chance for escape and he had to act quickly. He jumped to his feet and remained holding onto the girl. He then spun her around in the classic hostage position with his other arm across her neck. She was efficiently pinned. "Ok listen. I don't want to hurt you so do what I say and you'll be alright."
She didn't reply. Scott didn't have time for any games so he pushed her out of the cell with him following her closely behind. Wolverine and Beast were also standing by the door to their cells. Scott came up to Beast's cell and looked at the lock. He would need a code to open it. So he tightened his grip on the girl. "What's the code?" Still she was silent. "Tell me! What's the code?!"
Scott didn't like being rough with her but he had too. She wasn't helping the situation. He frowned and then threw her across the room. She fell against a wall near Wolverine and landed with a frightened cry. Scott felt terrible for hurting her, but his team's safety came first. He began to walk back over to her but suddenly the main doors opened to reveal Sabretooth. Things had just turned from bad to worse.
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Sandra remained crumpled on the floor and continued to act as if she was frightened. True, she had been quite startled when the man had grabbed her, but now she was thinking clearly. Her Father had trained her well and she knew how to take control of the situation. Victor was also here to help.
And speaking of Victor, he ran straight towards Cyclops and knocked him down to the ground. But the downed man quickly reacted by grabbing Sabretooth and then rolling on his back. He was then able to lift his leg and kick Sabretooth off. Sandra slowly crept up behind the man. She couldn't wait to find out what his power was. She within arms length now.
"Scott! Behind Ya!"
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Scott had heard Logan's warning and turned around only to find a hand right in his face. It had been the girl. With great skill, she latched her hand onto his face. Then for less than a second there was this great flash of white light inside his head. He was about to wonder what she had done, but it was too late because just then Sabretooth punched him in the gut.
He began to crumple but then something else hit him. Something familiar. It knocked him right off of his feet and into his cell. The force of it was so hard that it knocked him unconscious as he hit the back wall. The last thing that he had been aware of was the sound of his cell down slamming shut.
TBC
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Author's Note: Ok I am soooo bummed out right now. My birthday is tomorrow and I wanted to give you all some awesome chapters just because of the special occasion. But…….I'm stuck. I'm at a huge point where things start happening and ideas start coming together but I don't know how to do it. I'm still gonna try to have a birthday special, but I'll really need help!! So the next chapter is just gonna be an author's note with all the stuff I'm having issues with. So if you wanna help continue on! Thanky!