Emerald Knight1: for one of my most loyal reviewers, I am more than willing
to forgive.
GothVampireWitch: thank you, but aren't you a little perky for a goth? Hmm... I think I need to see your proof of angst card. ;)
Luis: you will be happy to know that eventually I will be brining in a couple of shadows from DD's past including one that I'm sure you've mentioned.
Marvel High
Chapter IV
"Wait," Rogue said. She was beginning to, for the first time, be over come with giddieness. But before the joy brought about by her wounderous serendipity, she had to get her important questions out. "How do you know the Professor? And whah are ya'll here?"
Dr. Strange nodded and thought to Charles, 'you were right, she is smart.' "I know Charles young lady," he said to Rogue, "Because we are being bankrolled by the same person."
"Bankrolled?" Rogue repeated in confusion. "You mean someone is payin' the Professor to do this?"
"Not at all Rogue," the Professor said, "They are simply helping me do what I would have more difficulty otherwise. I would still teach and take in young mutants, but it would not be as easy."
"Where did you think all the interesting toys came from?" smirked Dr. Strange. "we picked this town for several reasons, namely that it was so close to our sister organization,"
"The X-men," Rogue supplied.
"Yes, and two; because there was some business here that I need to address, something relating to my other official capacity."
"What's that mean?"
"It means, young lady, that I have another job aside from caring for and instructing my pupils. It just so happens that I have business here in Bayville." He turned to Xavier and said, "Speaking of which, Charles, I really must dash. I'm glad we could see each other again. It was wonderful to meet you young lady."
"Wait, what's yer other job?" asked Rouge
"Well, frankly I am the Sorcerer Supreme of the planet Earth."
Well what exactly can you say to that? Rogue just stared as Dr. Strange moved his hands about and spoke some old sounding words and vanished in a brilliant swirl of light. Professor Xavier turned to him when Dr. Strange had finally gone and said, "A good deal less odious than your brother's method, wouldn't you agree?"
She simply turned to him, and actually let her jaw drop. Professor Xavier smiled and said, "Why don't you take the rest of the day off and visit young Miss Bowen this afternoon. I'll send Scott back to school."
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Back at school, Peter found Kurt before he found Felicia. "Hey Peter!" Kurt called. Peter gladly walked over, still searching with half his mind. Kurt put an arm around Peter and said, "Peter I vant you to meet de most beautiful Fraulein in de vorld. She is also de most understanding and accepting. Meet Amanda Sefton"
Peter shook hands with Kurt's girlfriend who was blushing badly from Kurt's compliments. "Nice to meet you." He said. "Well damn if I'm not always to late for a date," he said on auto pilot. Unfortunately his auto pilot was set to Spidey-mode. She looked at him funny. He explained, "Well you see, I the only other girl I know around here is Tandy who lives with us and . . . . Well let's just say she plays for the other team." Amanda laughed and Kurt slapped him on the back.
"Lives with you?" asked Amanda. Kurt now realized what Peter had said, and gave him a questioning look.
"Yeah, I live at the Pendragon Manor, on the other side of town. I am with the Underprivileged Youth program that Dr. Strange runs."
"D . . . Dr. Stephan S . . . Strange?" Amanda asked in a nervous tone.
"Yeah," Peter said in a wary tone, "how have you heard about him?"
"I have to go!" she said as she bolted toward a door. Kurt glared at Peter who only shrugged his shoulders, as if to say, "What did I do?"
it was then that the Kurt and Peter, along with every other male in the hall, were distracted as a beautiful leggy blond in a tasteful skirt, billowy white blouse, and pastel pink vest came walking up to them, one hip at a time. She stopped in front of Peter and said, as if she were a really bad actress (which she might well have been), "Peter Parker is that you?"
Peter caught on to the act and said, equally as badly, "Well Felicia Hardy, I haven't seen you since you left the city. How have you been?"
"Oh Peter," she said, "I have missed yo. . . you know what, screw this," she dropped all pretense grabbed Peter and kissed him better than he had ever known was possible. When she released Peter he had the kind of stupid grin on his face that only came from a kiss from a girl like Felicia.
"Ahem," Kurt said, awakening both from their stupor.
"Oh, sorry Kurt," Peter said as he composed himself, "This is my ex . . . er . . . . Felicia are we dating again?"
"You had better believe it Parker."
"My girlfriend, Felicia Hardy.
She held her hand out to Kurt, but Kurt had long since stopped shaking hands, it let people feel only two fingers. For this reason he bowed deeply and said, "Velcomen to our school Fraulein. It is an honor to meet you." Then he looked to Peter, "And you vere complaining about not being in time for girlfreunds vhen you already haf a knockout ready to come up and deep tongue you."
The laughed and joked the rest of the day away, in and out of classes.
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Emma was sitting staring at Scott, making sure to wink every so often, and to let her face look seductive. She knew this would ensure he would not come anywhere near her. she looked for all intents and purposes like she was flirting across the room. What she was actually doing was what she called "Massaging memories." She was adjusting memories so that Scott found his life less appealing than he actually did. She was only doing a little at the moment, changing the way he thought he had felt at the time. Changing happy to annoyed. It would make recruiting him so much easier.
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Meanwhile back on the ridge Chi had managed to get Lance doing some kata. Lance had to admit, it really focused his mind. He also started to tell Chi things. He told Chi about his situation at the boarding house, about how he was worried for Wanda, and how he felt so wrong being the bad guy. He even told Chi that he thought he might be developing a crush on Wanda. It was a real load off of Lance's chest.
"My friend," Chi said as Lance finished, "It seems to me that you need to remove yourself from the boarding house, and take Ms. Maximoff with you."
"But where would we go Chi?" Lance stumbled and fell. He pounded the ground with his fist, and it gave a slight buck.
Chi helped him up, but remained silent. He remembered his assignment; recruit strong mutants. Lance was strong, but Chi knew that Lance would never, or at least, should never join the Hellfire Club's assassin team. The exact same went for Wanda. At that very moment, Chi promised himself that he would never let the others take these two.
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Matt and Natalia walked down the street that afternoon laughing and talking. "So . . . Can I ask how it happen?" she said.
"How what happened," Matt asked in an annoyed tone.
"Your eyes. How did you become blind?" Almost everyone asked Matt that question.
"There was this blind guy in the street one day. This truck was bearing down on him, but he just stood there. I shoved him out of the way just in time, but the truck was carrying some bio-hazardous chemicals and some spilled out into my eyes. Just like that, the lights went out."
"Some vorld," she said. "You save a man's life, and you loose sight in return. Dis is vhy I don't believe in god. I take it you don't either?"
Matt chuckled, "I know he's there, but he and I have issues." He chuckled at his very odd life.
"You mean about your eyes, yes?"
"No," Matt said, shaking his head. "about my mother. A few years after I was born, my mother ran off to join a convent and be a nun. Left me with my dad, who was a washed up boxer."
Natalia seemed taken aback. "Vell dere you go," she said. "Some people just don't know vhat de vant." The both chuckled as they continued approaching the Pendragon Manor. Natalia had insited on walking Matt home for two reasons. One was that she lived just a little farther in the same direction, and the second was that he was blind.
"Do you wanna come in?" Matt asked Natalia.
"Vould that be alright vit your house mates?"
"They can deal with it," he said. He slowly leaned in to her, she mimicked his motion, but pulled back at the last moment.
"Matthew, I can't." She said. "I . . . I have done things that . . . I just can't do this. I shouldn't be able to."
"What are you talking about Natalia?"
"I must go." With that she ran off. Matt struck his can on the ground and listened to the echoes, but she was nowhere to be heard.
He opened the door. As soon as he saw it was fully opened, Tandy nearly knocked him down as she rushed to the door. "oh," she said dejectedly. "I thought Rogue was here."
"Rogue?" he asked.
"She's this girl I met at school. She is terrific. And she and I are . . . well I think we're . . . . Well I want to date her I know that."
"Sorry I asked," he said as he made his way up to his room. He turned and faced Tandy and asked, "Would a disability turn you off?"
"No, why?" she responded.
"Nothing." He said. He proceeded the rest of the way upstairs to ponder his situation. He passed a very grouchy "looking" Tyrone, but Matt didn't want to get into it right now. He heard strange noises coming out of the Doc's room, but again, he didn't feel like getting into it.
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"Shaw!" Emma called as she entered the Hell House.
"Yeah?" said Sebastian Shaw as he entered the room. He swore if the girl weren't so damn attractive, he would throttle her.
"We have a slight problem. I have been keeping tabs on our team mates . . ." she tapped the side of her head, "And it seems not one of them is interested in staying faithful to us."
"That's fine, we have a back up plan." Shaw smiled widely. "Lets just say that what we have living with us is the third and fourth best non- super-human assassins in the world, and a wannabe from New York City."
"So I take it the back up plan is having numbers one and two on retainer, and what about out insubordinate super-human wannabe?"
Shaw looked at her in a superior way, "Well I thought you were recruiting new members. If that fails we do have a small army also on retainer."
Evil laughter filled the room until one of the other housemates returned.
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GothVampireWitch: thank you, but aren't you a little perky for a goth? Hmm... I think I need to see your proof of angst card. ;)
Luis: you will be happy to know that eventually I will be brining in a couple of shadows from DD's past including one that I'm sure you've mentioned.
Marvel High
Chapter IV
"Wait," Rogue said. She was beginning to, for the first time, be over come with giddieness. But before the joy brought about by her wounderous serendipity, she had to get her important questions out. "How do you know the Professor? And whah are ya'll here?"
Dr. Strange nodded and thought to Charles, 'you were right, she is smart.' "I know Charles young lady," he said to Rogue, "Because we are being bankrolled by the same person."
"Bankrolled?" Rogue repeated in confusion. "You mean someone is payin' the Professor to do this?"
"Not at all Rogue," the Professor said, "They are simply helping me do what I would have more difficulty otherwise. I would still teach and take in young mutants, but it would not be as easy."
"Where did you think all the interesting toys came from?" smirked Dr. Strange. "we picked this town for several reasons, namely that it was so close to our sister organization,"
"The X-men," Rogue supplied.
"Yes, and two; because there was some business here that I need to address, something relating to my other official capacity."
"What's that mean?"
"It means, young lady, that I have another job aside from caring for and instructing my pupils. It just so happens that I have business here in Bayville." He turned to Xavier and said, "Speaking of which, Charles, I really must dash. I'm glad we could see each other again. It was wonderful to meet you young lady."
"Wait, what's yer other job?" asked Rouge
"Well, frankly I am the Sorcerer Supreme of the planet Earth."
Well what exactly can you say to that? Rogue just stared as Dr. Strange moved his hands about and spoke some old sounding words and vanished in a brilliant swirl of light. Professor Xavier turned to him when Dr. Strange had finally gone and said, "A good deal less odious than your brother's method, wouldn't you agree?"
She simply turned to him, and actually let her jaw drop. Professor Xavier smiled and said, "Why don't you take the rest of the day off and visit young Miss Bowen this afternoon. I'll send Scott back to school."
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Back at school, Peter found Kurt before he found Felicia. "Hey Peter!" Kurt called. Peter gladly walked over, still searching with half his mind. Kurt put an arm around Peter and said, "Peter I vant you to meet de most beautiful Fraulein in de vorld. She is also de most understanding and accepting. Meet Amanda Sefton"
Peter shook hands with Kurt's girlfriend who was blushing badly from Kurt's compliments. "Nice to meet you." He said. "Well damn if I'm not always to late for a date," he said on auto pilot. Unfortunately his auto pilot was set to Spidey-mode. She looked at him funny. He explained, "Well you see, I the only other girl I know around here is Tandy who lives with us and . . . . Well let's just say she plays for the other team." Amanda laughed and Kurt slapped him on the back.
"Lives with you?" asked Amanda. Kurt now realized what Peter had said, and gave him a questioning look.
"Yeah, I live at the Pendragon Manor, on the other side of town. I am with the Underprivileged Youth program that Dr. Strange runs."
"D . . . Dr. Stephan S . . . Strange?" Amanda asked in a nervous tone.
"Yeah," Peter said in a wary tone, "how have you heard about him?"
"I have to go!" she said as she bolted toward a door. Kurt glared at Peter who only shrugged his shoulders, as if to say, "What did I do?"
it was then that the Kurt and Peter, along with every other male in the hall, were distracted as a beautiful leggy blond in a tasteful skirt, billowy white blouse, and pastel pink vest came walking up to them, one hip at a time. She stopped in front of Peter and said, as if she were a really bad actress (which she might well have been), "Peter Parker is that you?"
Peter caught on to the act and said, equally as badly, "Well Felicia Hardy, I haven't seen you since you left the city. How have you been?"
"Oh Peter," she said, "I have missed yo. . . you know what, screw this," she dropped all pretense grabbed Peter and kissed him better than he had ever known was possible. When she released Peter he had the kind of stupid grin on his face that only came from a kiss from a girl like Felicia.
"Ahem," Kurt said, awakening both from their stupor.
"Oh, sorry Kurt," Peter said as he composed himself, "This is my ex . . . er . . . . Felicia are we dating again?"
"You had better believe it Parker."
"My girlfriend, Felicia Hardy.
She held her hand out to Kurt, but Kurt had long since stopped shaking hands, it let people feel only two fingers. For this reason he bowed deeply and said, "Velcomen to our school Fraulein. It is an honor to meet you." Then he looked to Peter, "And you vere complaining about not being in time for girlfreunds vhen you already haf a knockout ready to come up and deep tongue you."
The laughed and joked the rest of the day away, in and out of classes.
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Emma was sitting staring at Scott, making sure to wink every so often, and to let her face look seductive. She knew this would ensure he would not come anywhere near her. she looked for all intents and purposes like she was flirting across the room. What she was actually doing was what she called "Massaging memories." She was adjusting memories so that Scott found his life less appealing than he actually did. She was only doing a little at the moment, changing the way he thought he had felt at the time. Changing happy to annoyed. It would make recruiting him so much easier.
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Meanwhile back on the ridge Chi had managed to get Lance doing some kata. Lance had to admit, it really focused his mind. He also started to tell Chi things. He told Chi about his situation at the boarding house, about how he was worried for Wanda, and how he felt so wrong being the bad guy. He even told Chi that he thought he might be developing a crush on Wanda. It was a real load off of Lance's chest.
"My friend," Chi said as Lance finished, "It seems to me that you need to remove yourself from the boarding house, and take Ms. Maximoff with you."
"But where would we go Chi?" Lance stumbled and fell. He pounded the ground with his fist, and it gave a slight buck.
Chi helped him up, but remained silent. He remembered his assignment; recruit strong mutants. Lance was strong, but Chi knew that Lance would never, or at least, should never join the Hellfire Club's assassin team. The exact same went for Wanda. At that very moment, Chi promised himself that he would never let the others take these two.
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Matt and Natalia walked down the street that afternoon laughing and talking. "So . . . Can I ask how it happen?" she said.
"How what happened," Matt asked in an annoyed tone.
"Your eyes. How did you become blind?" Almost everyone asked Matt that question.
"There was this blind guy in the street one day. This truck was bearing down on him, but he just stood there. I shoved him out of the way just in time, but the truck was carrying some bio-hazardous chemicals and some spilled out into my eyes. Just like that, the lights went out."
"Some vorld," she said. "You save a man's life, and you loose sight in return. Dis is vhy I don't believe in god. I take it you don't either?"
Matt chuckled, "I know he's there, but he and I have issues." He chuckled at his very odd life.
"You mean about your eyes, yes?"
"No," Matt said, shaking his head. "about my mother. A few years after I was born, my mother ran off to join a convent and be a nun. Left me with my dad, who was a washed up boxer."
Natalia seemed taken aback. "Vell dere you go," she said. "Some people just don't know vhat de vant." The both chuckled as they continued approaching the Pendragon Manor. Natalia had insited on walking Matt home for two reasons. One was that she lived just a little farther in the same direction, and the second was that he was blind.
"Do you wanna come in?" Matt asked Natalia.
"Vould that be alright vit your house mates?"
"They can deal with it," he said. He slowly leaned in to her, she mimicked his motion, but pulled back at the last moment.
"Matthew, I can't." She said. "I . . . I have done things that . . . I just can't do this. I shouldn't be able to."
"What are you talking about Natalia?"
"I must go." With that she ran off. Matt struck his can on the ground and listened to the echoes, but she was nowhere to be heard.
He opened the door. As soon as he saw it was fully opened, Tandy nearly knocked him down as she rushed to the door. "oh," she said dejectedly. "I thought Rogue was here."
"Rogue?" he asked.
"She's this girl I met at school. She is terrific. And she and I are . . . well I think we're . . . . Well I want to date her I know that."
"Sorry I asked," he said as he made his way up to his room. He turned and faced Tandy and asked, "Would a disability turn you off?"
"No, why?" she responded.
"Nothing." He said. He proceeded the rest of the way upstairs to ponder his situation. He passed a very grouchy "looking" Tyrone, but Matt didn't want to get into it right now. He heard strange noises coming out of the Doc's room, but again, he didn't feel like getting into it.
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"Shaw!" Emma called as she entered the Hell House.
"Yeah?" said Sebastian Shaw as he entered the room. He swore if the girl weren't so damn attractive, he would throttle her.
"We have a slight problem. I have been keeping tabs on our team mates . . ." she tapped the side of her head, "And it seems not one of them is interested in staying faithful to us."
"That's fine, we have a back up plan." Shaw smiled widely. "Lets just say that what we have living with us is the third and fourth best non- super-human assassins in the world, and a wannabe from New York City."
"So I take it the back up plan is having numbers one and two on retainer, and what about out insubordinate super-human wannabe?"
Shaw looked at her in a superior way, "Well I thought you were recruiting new members. If that fails we do have a small army also on retainer."
Evil laughter filled the room until one of the other housemates returned.
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