...Usually Warrant Introductions

Mystique, could feel that something was wrong, something had disrupted the link that she could feel with the others. A part of her was extremely glad, she hated the outside world, it was violent, completely unpredictable and it hurt her head. She tried to calm her turbulent thoughts, but she couldn't stop the feelings. She started at a knock on her door, who would find her here. Slowly she walked to the door. She stepped back startled as she saw the person on the other side of the door.

"What are you doing here?" She asked trying to remain calm.

"We need to talk," the stranger at the door replied.

The telepath had not been shocked in a long time, but that exact person standing at her door, at that exact moment in time had completely caught her completely off guard.

"How did you find me and what do you want?" The immortal sighed as she sat down on her meditation mat and practically glared up at the irritating teenager. Even though they had never actually met before, she knew the half-breed well.

"It was actually amazingly simple finding you, especially for someone who is desperately trying to hide and also I just seemed to know where to look, and as to what I want!" The girl paused and composed herself, realizing that she had been shouting, this woman unnerved her more then she cared to admit. "I want to know why you have been sending these dreams." She stepped into the room, jumping back startled when she heard a loud squeak under her foot.

"Do not worry Aquial. It is only my cat's white squeaky mouse." Mystique said calmly. "As for these dreams," here she paused, obviously quite annoyed, "not only am I not send them but I have been receiving them as well. I have no clue how or why they are occurring, and it vexes me."

"Wow," Aquial said, her voice dripping with sarcasm, "The great Mystique doesn't know something! Now that's gotta be a first." She was a tough individual and she really had no time for telepath's, especially this telepath, who claimed to be such a pacifist, and so she shunned any kind of contact, even with people she had made promises to.

"Well, now that you have your answer child, go, please." The emotions swarming Mystique from young Aquial were practically destroying her mind.

"Nuh uh, you and I are going to go, try to find out what's what." The Atlantian halfling said, trying not to look smug at the look of shock on the other women's face. "What? You didn't see or feel or whatever, that coming?" She was tying not to gloat but it felt so good.

"I see, running to the battle call like a good little soldier are you!" The telepath shot back, though she had to admit that her resolve was failing. "I'm not interested, now get out of my home!" She ordered the redhead.

"Fine," said the girl, "I will, but you can't say that I didn't tell you what you have to do to stop the dreams." With that she stalked out of the mental sorceress's home.

Mystique rarely let things get to her but somehow the passion of that girl affected her deeply. The more she tried to push it out of her mind the more she remembered of it.

Her seven cats, Tele, Misty, Aura, Memory, Peace, Cheatachu and Empath, came running up to her and nuzzling her the moment they realized that she was in distress. Tele, being the most playful one, brought her the mouse that had been stepped on by Aquial a second ago. A friend had bought it for them because, like Mystique it had purple eyes. She sat trying to meditate but, unlike usual the seven cats refused to let her concentrate. Tele bated the mouse around her seated form, Misty "serenaded" her, Aura laid in her lap, while the others just generally made nuisances of themselves.

"What is it you seven want?" Mystique demanded of her cats, extremely annoyed. "I have already fed you and I am trying to meditate right now, so knock it off!"

Her cat's were not known for being obedient but they had never been this bad before. They ran about yowling and they kept scratching at the door, then running away when she came to let them out and some of her annoying felines even tried pushed at her feet and encouraging her to go through the door.

"Oh no, I will not follow her, I am staying right here!" She glared down at her cats trying to let them know that she had figured out there little game. Then she continued much calmer. "I will not go to save this world of anger and pain. This mad, mad world." Her steam of anger was now entirely spent and her cats were not the least bit impressed.

She was now pacing her space and the cats were following her every move with their eyes. It was getting quite disconcerting, even for a stoic, cat loving, being gifted in all the mental arts, such as herself.

"What," she finally asked, "Why do you all care." She had been alone with them for so long that it didn't feel the least bit strange to be having an argument with seven cats.

The headache that had started even before the Atlantian had showed up had now become a full blown migraine. For the first time in her entire life, she was uncertain of what to do. On thee one hand she wanted to keep her peace and security on the other she was not cold hearted, she knew that millions could die. She finally locked all seven cats in their room, and sat down to meditate on all the confusing thoughts filtering through her being.

AQUIAL

The girl had stormed into the Shezret's home in a very bad mood, which had got worse as the conversation went on. That had slowly changed as she had walked down the road, she had started to feel lighter, as if she knew everything would be alright. She was practically skipping when she got to town. She then felt a wave of heat hit her and she fainted, thinking of how she really had found Mystique.

The dreams had hit Aquial every night, varying in intensely. The only thing that had truly struck her, though, was that she knew one of the faces. The more she thought, the more thought of her parents old papers and photos. Her mother had kept her small house in Ashern, Manitoba, "just in case," as she had always said, well now it looked like that just might help this beautiful ex-soldier solve a mystery. She swam from her cove, where she had been plotting and planing her next move, beginning her three day journey to her mothers old home, where she hoped she would find anser's to her many questions.

The redheaded halfling woke up cursing at being caught off guard by whoever just knocked her unconscious, she grew even madder when she saw Mystique crouching beside her and what seemed to be the two brothers from the dreams. The younger man had a suspiciously sheepish look on his face.

"Sorry," he quietly muttered, after being elbowed in the ribs by his older brother.

"What are you doing here Shezret," she said coldly to Mystique, "and what in the name of the great ocean happened to me?" She stood up, shaking off any help that was attempted. Then attempting to regain her shredded pride, she glared at the others.

"I had changed of mind," Mystique replied cooly, ignoring the barb, "and your lucky I did. It seems that one of our allies almost burned you to death." She tried to not sound smug, but it was very hard.

Justin finally spoke up in his defense, "Sorry, I thought you were a Maco." His brother swatted him in the back of the head and muttered, "way to go, almost killing someone who could actually help us."

"So what now?" Aquial finally, reluctantly asked, she hated to do it but she was lost.

"We have to find the other two." Mystique calmly replied, then in a little more worried voice she added, "I sense something may have happened to them. With that the little gang started off.

AUTHORS NOTES

I would like to request that everyone read my authors notes, even if you've already read them, a lot of your questions will be answered. Chapters may slow down as I am now in school. Alright on to your reviews.

cheatachu82- hey wow new blood. Welcome to my wonderful story hope you stay. Hope you liked this chapter and your little tribute.

Lady Lilrin-I'm glad you still like Raven, and think I rock, and yes you are still a town. Wow I must have unconsciously used your brother as a model, as for the tech-void thing read my notes. The cats and I thank you for the mouse.

Krisian Rose- yes a cliffi, now calm down and breath. I ended half of the cliffi in this chapter, the rest will end soon. I know how you feel I just started school yesterday, what a drag.

Well another chapter went out, happy! Well onto the next chapter.