Chapter 3
"Storm, I really think you should slow the jet down a little!" Wolverine snapped, "Nightcrawler might lose a limb if he doesn't stop making the sign of the cross!"
Storm turned around to see Kurt make another sign of the cross quickly, then another and another. She turned around and kept going at her pace, ignoring the men.
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"Oh Susanna, don't you cry for me," Gambit sang in a soft voice as he watched the children play. Julius was sitting next to Gambit colouring in a big jumbo colour-me-in book. Gambit sighed and picked up another book and opened it to a page, one side of the page had an uncoloured elephant, and the other a coloured monkey swinging off a tree branch. It was coloured very beautifully. "Did you colour this?"
Julius nodded, frowning. Gambit looked at the boy oddly. "It's ugly, isn't it?"
"No, Gambit thinks it is very wonderful," Gambit said surprised. "Why do you think it was ugly, this is brilliant. Gambit don't think you are five."
"I am," the boy said, timidly. Very unsure of himself.
"Well Gambit thinks you are a very smart five years old." Gambit laughed as the boy went red. Remy looked up to see eagle Anima staring at him from behind beady eagle eyes. Very protective of her brothers it seems.
"You like your sister?" The boy nodded his head very quickly causing Gambit to laugh. He rubbed his broken arm in annoyance, the cast was itchy and irritating him. Julius moved his hand over and placed it over Gambit's wrist. Gambit looked at the boy with a raised brow, as a tingling sensation filled him arm. The sensation carried out for a minute before Gambit felt stabbing pains running through out his arm. He tried to pull his arm away, but Raphael grabbed it.
"The pain lasts only for a few seconds, your bones are just mending," Raphael said as he let go. Gambit began to rub his arm, the pain was getting worse. Gambit bit his lips wincing in pain. The pain slowly died down. It return to the tingling sensation.
"Mercy, little one," Gambit smiled ruffling the boy's hair. Julius once more went red and again Gambit laughed.
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Magneto, Mystique and Pyro sat in their metallic lair playing a game of poker. From the looks of things you'd think it was a game of strip poker as Mystique had no clothes on. The three jumped as a door slammed.
"What on earth?" Magneto wondered, nobody knew of their secret lair not even Charles Xavier.
"Maggie, Misky, we're home!" a familiar voice said. Mystique and Magneto looked at each other in shock, Pyro raised a brow.
"It can't be," Mystique said. "But who else calls me by that ridiculous nickname?"
"Shut up," another voice growled.
"Or it can," Magneto said standing up. He headed to the entrance, Mystique and Pyro followed. They heard a thud and a groan of pain. "It seems Sabertooth and Toad are back, but Sabertooth just killed Toad."
"Nope, just the sound of Sabes dropping the kiddo over there," Toad said grinning at his old colleagues, Magneto and Mystique looked at the young boy laying unconscious, on the couch. "Aren't ya gonna welcome us back!?"
Mystique laughed and ran into Toad's welcoming arms. Sabertooth just nodded a hello as Toad hugged Magneto; Magneto pushed the amphibian away in annoyance. Toad turned to see Pyro walk in. "Who's the kid?"
"Pyro," John said, offering a hand, Toad took it and shook it. "You're Toad right?"
"Yeah," Toad grinned as Pyro walked over to Sabertooth, his hand extended. Sabertooth merely looked at him so John pulled away. "Don't mind him, Pyro. He's just a grouch."
Sabertooth growled, in which Toad exclaimed, "You see?"
THUD!
"Ouch, I'll shut up know." Toad said rubbing his head. The brotherhood laughed.
"So what's the deal with Sunspot?" Pyro asked.
"Hostage," Sabertooth growled.
"Well ya might wanna keep him out of the sun, when its out at least" Pyro said referring to the dark of the night.
"Why?" Toad asked.
"He gets his powers from the sun, without it he's pretty weak," Pyro said, "Surprised you caught him."
"How did you catch him?" Mystique asked.
"The kid was trying run away, so me and Sabes knocked him out."
"What are you gonna do with him?"
"Get Storm," Toad snarled, uncharacteristically.
"Oh," Mystique said, moving back a few steps.
"May I ask were exactly have you two been?" Magneto asked
"This stupid frog was hibernating." Sabertooth growled.
"I was not hibernating, I was healing," Toad snapped, "You would to if you got electrocuted by a stupid bitch."
"I got fried by her too!" Sabertooth growled, "You didn't see me take a freaking cat nap!"
"Yeah, well you have a stinking healing factor, you stupid hairball!" Toad's mouth suddenly shut. "Oh crap!"
"Damn right about that," Sabertooth snapped, stalking after a terrified Toad.
"Here we go again," Magneto sighed, "Mystique, Pyro, get that sun tan boy into a cell; make sure no sunlight reaches in."
"Ok Eric," Mystique said, lifting Roberto from under his left arm, Pyro took him from the right, and together they dragged him to the cell.
"Yo, Mystique?" Pyro asked, as they placed Sunspot on the hard bed.
"What?"
"They won't kill him will they?" Pyro said concern in his voice.
"No, just use him as a hostage, as Toad put it, they won't hurt him." Mystique said.
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"Storm, we have arrived," Scott said, as Storm landed the jet on the roof of the MEAC building.
"Okay, let's make this quick, get in get the thief and the kids and go," Wolverine said. The four x-men ran out of the jet and into the building.
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"So how exactly did you lot get here?" Gambit asked. Sitting with him were Julius, Matthew, Joshua, Helen, Stacy, Lolita and Tobias. Tobias had not spoken one entire word, since he joined his brothers and friends, and his twin was still up on her perch.
"We were born here, well most of us, Lolita was brought here as a child," Matthew said, "Test tube babies, and surrogate mothers all of us."
"You know who your real parents are?"
"No but Nina does, she found the files," Matthew said, "she refused to tell us who they are but says once we escape she will."
"She only really found her own parent names," Lolita said, "which is why she calls herself Nina Creed, their fathers last name"
"I wish we could get out of here," Joshua said, "This place is slowly eating Nina up."
"Tell me about it," Matthew said, "she needs to be out in the open, in natural places."
"Why?" Gambit asked.
"She has animal qualities, and one of them is the love of open spaces and natural areas." Matthew said. They heard the sound of wings swooping down. All looked up to see Nina flying down and morphing at the same time.
"What's wrong?" Stacy asked.
"We've got company," Nina said.
"Who?" Gambit asked.
"Four mutants, together," Nina said, "coming down to the room."
"What powers do you sense from them?" Helen asked.
"One can teleport, another has laser beams that come from his eyes, the next can control the weather, and I look forward to meeting her,"
"Why?" Julius asked.
"Never mind, the last can heal himself, and had claws that come from his knuckles."
"That sounds just like the person Gambit met today, Ororo and that Wolf man guy."
"Ororo what?"
"Munroe," Gambit answered, Nina nodded smiling for the first time in front of Gambit, and it seemed to shock the other children too though.
"What's wrong?" Matthew asked.
"Nothing, but when Ororo Munroe walks through that door we will see our mother for the first time." She smiled before morphing back to the eagle. She flew up to her perch.
"Mattie! We are going to leave!" Julius said happily, "Momma will get us out of here!"
"If she don't then Wolf man will," Gambit said.
"Maybe we should pack?" Meta suggested, the group laughed, but Tobias, who only smiled. Gambit raised a brow; he hadn't heard a noise from him at all since he arrived.
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"Which way now?" Kurt asked as they walked up the end of one hall and to the start of the next.
"Elf, Storm, go right, Cyko and I will go left," Logan said. The four split into two. Storm and Nightcrawler began to walk until they reached the end of the hall. They turned left as Storm read the sign.
"Royal Room," Storm read out loud, "I wonder what that is?"
"We will soon find out," Kurt said, as they turned right, right into two men.
"How may we help you?" Bill asked eying the two mutants; Kurt had an image inducer on.
"We are looking for our friend," Storm said, "Remy Lebeau, he was brought her earlier, and we came to take him home."
"I'm sorry Madam, but Mr LeBeau left earlier today after his cast was put on." William said. Storm glared at the man.
"Don't you lie to me!" Storm snapped, thunder rolling in the distance. "I now he is here!"
"Madam, with all due respect he truly isn't here."
"Out of my way," Storm said pushing past the two men angrily; she flinched when she felt a sharp jabbing in her arm. She looked over to see a white syringe sticking out of her arm. "What the hell?"
She began to feel drowsy, Kurt grabbed her before she fell to the floor, William pulled out another needle and attempted to jab Kurt.
BAMF!
Kurt teleported behind them and screamed for Wolverine and Cyclops.
BAMF!
Kurt teleported to the next corridor. However, he teleported right into a needle held by Katherine. Moments later he and Storm both fell unconscious. They were dragged into the Royal Room. William and Bill walked out of the room and Katherine looked it.
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"So much, for being saved." Meta sighed. Gambit walked over to Kurt and Ororo, knelt besides them and began to nudge them attempting to awake them. Julius walked over sadly, and knelt beside him and placed his hands over both Kurt and Ororo. A minute later both awoke, trying to sit up groggily.
"What happened?" Storm asked, she turned and saw Remy looking at her in concern, "Remy! Thank God you are alright!"
"Gambit is fine, are you okay?"
"Yeah, a little dim." Storm sighed.
"Where are we?" Kurt asked.
"The Royal Room," Remy said. "Where be Wolf man and the other mutant that was meant to come?"
"Safe hopefully," Storm said. She looked up at the door. "Maybe we should move before Cyclops shoots the door open?"
The small group moved away from the door.
"Remy? How did you know that Scott was going to be with us?" Kurt asked.
"Nina told us you be coming," Gambit said, "Oh by the way; this is Julius, Tobias, Matthew, Stacy, Lolita, Flexy, and Helen."
"Where's Nina?" Kurt asked. Storm, meanwhile, looked in shock at Tobias, he looked exactly like her, same skin, hair-only shorter, and eyes. Kurt didn't notice this. Gambit looked up and pointed to an eagle, "Nina is a bird?"
"No, she is a shape shifter," Matthew said. "Are you gonna come down, sis?"
The eagle stared down at the before morphing back into her human form. "No, the view is fine up here."
This time Kurt did notice the resemblance to Storm. "Storm, that girl looks exactly like you!"
"So does Tobias," Storm said faintly.
"Of course they do, you are our mother!" Matthew said.
"What?" Storm gasped. "All of you!"
"No just I, Tobias, Nina, and Julius," he smiled cheerfully. Storm nodded.
"Um okay," she said before promptly fainting.
"That time she didn't need a drug!" Nina laughed.
"You are joking right?" Nightcrawler said, smoothing Storm's hair.
"Nope," Nina said, "If you want proof I can take you to the file room, and show you, once we get out."
The door open and Wolverine, who was struggling against five men and an unconscious Cyclops, were thrown into the room.
"How on earth did you get caught?" Nightcrawler said in shock to Wolverine.
"They drugged Scott and surprised me by putting this stupid chain on my leg," Wolverine snapped, "I can't get my claws out."
"Oh great," Nina said, "First, explosive boy over there, and now you lot. I'll do it myself."
"And how are you gonna do that!?" Matthew asked, "Get Spot to scratch the door down."
Nina looked at the leopard and shocked her head, "Nope but I've got an idea."
"What?" Stacy asked.
"Wait and see," Nina said, "Julius heal them both, rest of you pack up and stand away from the door."
Julius knelt down and healed the two x-men, both stirred and sat up. Julius smiled lovingly at his mother; she only stared back with two wide eyes. Wolverine and Nightcrawler pulled Storm and Cyclops up and lead them away from the door.
"Stallion, if worst comes to worst, use your powers," Nina said. Tobias nodded. "Are you all ready?"
The group of children walked back with small suitcases in which they kept their small amount of belongings.
"Okay Einstein, show us what your idea is," Meta said. Nina looked at her and smirked.
"Wait a minute!" Storm said. Nina turned around to face her mother, "Who is your father?"
"Victor Creed," Nina said plainly, Storm laughed a nervous laughed and fainted once more. Logan and Scott stood in shock while Kurt wondered who he was. "Oh honestly, you can only faint so many times a day."
Julius knelt besides Storm and healed her once more. She sat up dazed, tired of fainting, Logan helped her up, still shocked.
"How, the hell is he your father!?" Storm asked.
"He donated semen," Nina said simply, moving away from the door, "Everyone out of the way, alright the first thing we do is go to rec room, steal everything on us, and unchain the chains, and then we leave. Toby be ready, and do whatever you must."
He nodded, as everyone watched in anticipation to what she was going to do. She stood silently, concentrating on what she had to do.
"Gabriel, give me strength," She said as she began to morph, her skin began to turn darker to a grey. She arched over as her legs turn to tree-trunk like feet. Her nose grew in size until it was almost two metres long, and her tailbone stretch to a small grey tail. The mutants stood in wonder. She let out a thunderous elephant cry before charging at the door at full speed. A loud crash was heard as the door and all the brick around the door fell. Nina morphed back down, before falling to the floor exhausted. Logan scooped her up into his arms and began to lead the way out. A siren suddenly went off, signalling the mutants had escaped. Nina made Wolverine drop her as she led them to the rec room. Once inside she grabbed a key to the chain and through it to Logan. He freed himself, Kurt, Ororo, Scott and Meta. Nina by then had emptied the computers from their information.
"Let's go." Nina said leading the way out of the room.
"We need to get to the jet," Scott said as they turned into the corner. Right into three guards all carrying guns. "Uh oh."
"Toby!" Nina cried as Cyclops, Meta, and Raphael collapsed from the drugged filled needles that were shot out from the guns. The guards began to fill the guns again. Toby pushed his sister out of the way and lifted his arms into the air, just like Storm would when conjuring a storm. Ororo stood next to her son and watched as his browns eyes turned all black including the white and red background. They looked just like Storms white eyes in black.
The three guards fell to the floor screaming, in fear or pain, Storm couldn't tell which, but she began to notice how small the hall was. She wasn't the only one feeling the effect; Kurt could hear people calling him a monster; Cyclops saw himself losing yet another friend. The others had similar responses to them, but Nina looked unfazed as she ran up to the guards and kicked each one hard in the head, knocking them unconscious.
"Toby stop," Nina aid, instantly Tobias stopped, his eyes went back to brown. Storm straitened up and ran a hand through her hair, Kurt gasped in horror.
"What was that?" He cried.
"Your worst nightmares," Nina said. "Let's go."
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Roberto De Costa stirred slightly. He opened his eyes slowly. The room was extremely dark, not a single light at all, not even a shadow in the room. He felt very cold. He sat up on the hard bed, wondering where he was. He whimpered as the darkness brought back memories of him as a child.
He was only nine when it happened. He had run away from his home, after suffering a harsh, brutal beating from his father. It was extremely dark and cold. He ran deep into a forest, crying, tripping over roots, when suddenly he ran straight into a tall dark looming figure. Roberto tried to run and get away from the man but was thrown to the ground. It wasn't long before the child was screaming in pain as he was raped over and over again.
Roberto began to softly cry just as the door open and shut quickly; someone was walking over to him. "P-please don't hurt me," he whimpered, tears falling freely down his face. "Please don't r-rape me."
Toad's eyes bulged at the boys words. Uneasily he said "Why would I do that?"
"Everyone else does," Roberto cried. Toad breathed in deeply. The poor boy was terrified. He moved over to the bed and sat next to him, he pulled the boy into his arms.
"I'm not everyone else, kid," he said gently, smoothing Roberto's hair down "I know what its like to be raped at such a young age, so I won't do that."
Roberto whimpered a thank you.
"S'ok" Toad said. He began to think about his past, living in an orphanage, where he was beaten up each day by the other orphans and raped by his guardian. "S'ok, I'll keep you safe."
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Nina sat the jet watching the landscape as they flew closer to the Mansion. She had a huge grinned plastered on her face. She was finally free, the first thing she planned was going a beach, then to a forest and then to a shop. She turned face her mother and youngest brother.
Julius sat asleep on his mothers lap. Ororo looked at the boy. The same looks a Sabertooth, but softer, more innocent. Julius looked more like a kitten, but Storm noticed he had the exact same wacky eyebrows as his father.
Kurt looked over smiling at Storm. He was proud of her in a way. The moment they got onto the jet she had taken the mothering role towards her children. Gambit sighed.
"What's wrong?" Kurt asked.
"Gambit's friend is probably worried sick about Gambit," Gambit muttered, "Remy hasn't spoken to him in a week."
"You can call him as soon as we get to the Mansion," Cyclops said, as Gambit scratched his arm. Almost an hour past since Raphael healed him, but he still hadn't taken the cast off.
"Thank you," Remy said, "Hey wolf man can you take this cast off."
"It's Wolverine, and shouldn't you wait until that heals?"
"Julius already healed it." Gambit said. Wolverine nodded.
SKINT!
He sliced the cast off, Remy pulled it right off and looked at his arm, "Good, it didn't mess Gambit's tan, thank you Wolfie."
"It's Wolverine,"
SKINT!
The claws retracted.
"What time is it?" Meta asked.
"Two in the morning," Storm answered.
"Thanks,"
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Okay I lied……..no one noticed that Sunspot was missing. Oh this story may turn slashy on you so don't read if you don't like, its male slash between Gambit and someone, I'd don't like my card dealer with Rogue! (Get it card dealer, drug dealer….heh heh, that's the bad joke for the week!)
Next Chapter: Storm thinks about what the hell is going on and how she has four children, Nina explains how they were born. Gambit calls his friend; ya all should know him, and Bezerker and Cannonball notice Sunspot is missing.
Any who, I've got to go
Afro
Peace and Chicken grease!
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Review….or else, Gambit won't be ur dru- card dealers!