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"Talking"

'Thinking'

«telepathic conversations»

Memoirs

On with the fanfic, here is chapter 2.

Chapter 2 – Days B. P. (before Proteus)

-Meanwhile at the institute -

The entire team was between a maze like structure, which was situated on the left and a canyon that was on the right.

"Ok...Rogue, Jean and Shadowcat, you take the right! Spike, Nightcrawler and I will take the left. Remember that we are not to engage combat unless it's necessary the elevator is our goal. Be careful! They said it would have a couple of surprises along the way," Cyclops said with conviction.

And so all the X-men started to run in their different directions.

-Rogue/Jean/Shadowcat -

About half an hour later after they had walked out of the elevator, they had just finished having a conversation with Cyclops.

'This has been way to easy' was the thought that went through all the girls minds.

«I'm going to lift us up so we can go a bit faster, ok?» Jean told them while looking at them, receiving a nod from both her team members.

Jean stretched her arms out and then raised them up along with her friends and herself. They floated for three meters quietly, but then a few boulders were thrown at them as well as some really strong winds. Jean stopped the boulders but in the process almost dropped them on her teammates. To say that this was too much for her to handle was an understatement.

«Jean drop us off heah, this is too much for ya» Rogue "told" her with concern.

Jean did as she was told, and set them down, but lost her power over the boulders that went right at her; luckily Shadowcat phased herself through them. Rogue dodged the ones that came her way. As the girls kept on going further more obstacles appeared. All of a sudden Jean started to feel light headed because of the over use of her telekinetic abilities.

«Jean, are you like alright?» Kitty asked, concerned for the red head.

«Fine, just a little headache.» Jean assured while "pushing" some boulders out of their way. Jean momentarily lost her balance.

Rogue caught her before she could hit the ground.

"Ah'm calling this off," Rogue said looking in Jean's eyes.

"There's no need for that. Really! It's just a headache. I'll be fine in a bit. Lets just get this over with," Jean said, putting on a brave face while she got on her feet.

A few moments later they reached the finish line and Rogue finally set Jean down. Rogue took a seat near her, while Shadowcat remained standing. The girls waited for the others to show up.

-Spike/Kurt/Cyclops -

They walked through a maze like structure as fast as they could. They were as careful as possible, when they reached a path that lead two ways.

"Well... what do we do now fearless leader?" Spike asked, looking around.

"Nightcrawler, port to the path on the right and see where it leads, then come back and tell us!" Cyclops said with confidence.

"Sir, yes sir." Kurt said with a mock salute. Kurt ported about twenty meters into the maze. He came across a dead end, as he was about to port away Wolverine "shot" him in the back.

"You're dead elf," Wolverine stated with a grin.

About 15 minutes later, the other two boys were getting very impatient.

"Man, where is he?" asked Spike, annoyed, while he paced back and forth.

"Ok let's go look for him," Scott said with a sigh.

As they walked they found Kurt sitting against a wall. He had an adorable pout on his face, along with some orange paint splattered all over his back. The three males failed to notice that Wolverine was approaching them. He took advantage of this and "shot" Spike in the back. Scott turned around quickly and blasted Wolverine.

"Oh crap..." Scott said out loud as he realized that he was going to have to carry both his teammates across the maze to the elevator.

Scott picked Kurt up and placed him over his shoulder. He then snaked his arm around Evan's waist.

"How many of those burgers do you eat anyways, Kurt?" Scott asked jokingly.

"Ha, ha, ha very funny Summers!" Kurt answered with fake amusement.

As the boys finally found the elevator, they saw Rogue and Shadowcat helping Jean up.

"Is everything ok?" Scott asked, worried for the welfare of his red haired friend.

"Fine." They all answered as the maze and the canyon disappeared and the danger room appeared.

"Good job! You exceeded my expectations, especially you girls, very good team work," The professor told them from the control room. "You can go to the showers, now."

-Brotherhood -

"Baby cakes! Wake up my queen," Toad whispered as he down looked at Wanda. 'Oh... I think I know how to wake you up my sleeping beauty.' He thought with a smile.

Wanda's eyes snapped open as she felt someone's breath on her. The sight before her horrified her: Toad's lips were only five centimetres away from hers. So she did the only thing that she could think off. She hexed him as hard as she could, and another dent appeared on the wall where Toad went flying.

"Toad!" She screamed angrily. "What the hell do you think you are doing?"

"Waking you up with a kiss snookomns," He replied with a smile.

"How many times do I have to tell you that if you come near me again I will kill you? I hate you!" she screamed at him, hoping that he would finely realize that she really didn't care for him.

"Love of my life, I know that you don't really mean that; you're just playing hard to get, but don't worry I will always love you, even when you are old and wrinkly," Toad said smiling warmly showing all of his yellow teeth.

Wanda groaned in desperation. 'Will he ever get a clue...' She looked at Toad who was presently batting his lashes at her and hexed him out of the room, closing the door behind him.

"He is an excellent way to blow a blood vessel," she said, absolutely frustrated.

-Downstairs -

Lance, Pietro and Fred were on the couch. Pietro was flipping through channels a mile a minute, bored out of his mind.

"Crap...sucks...bad...lame...crap..." he keep saying. "There's nothing good on! What am I going to do between now and my dates later?"

"How many girls are you taking out tonight?" asked Lance, looking at Pietro with a perked eyebrow.

"A few. You know its great to be great," Pietro said, grinning smugly.

"Someday you will find a girl that won't go for that 'I'm so great' crap and I'm going to enjoy watching you squirm."

"Oh...Please...like that will ever happen. Let's face it! I'm irresistible," Pietro said as he speeded to the mirror and winked at his reflection, passing his hands through his hair.

"Not all girls can act like you pretty Kitty," Pietro said imitating Lances voice, paying particular attention to the way he said that last word.

Lance got up and walked towards Pietro.

"What ever you say Pietro," he said as he walked towards the door and left.

Freddy just kept eating as he watched Oprah, oblivious to the scene before him.

'Like that will ever happen. No girl can resist me, I'm irresistible,' Pietro thought with a smirk.

-Meanwhile in Scotland -

Kevin had just reached the main land; he didn't know how he did it but he seemed to be able to make the ground move under his feet and move rather fast.

He was amazed at all the new things that he found out, nothing was as he remembered. Somehow the world seemed smaller and stranger to him, the shops seemed out of place, except for a thing or two. It had been so long since he actually saw another human being. He hadn't seen anyone but his mother for years and now people surrounded him. He saw kids hanging around their parents happy and laughing.

As he walked around he noticed something that captured his attention. A newsstand; it had several newspapers and magazines, but there was a specific one that made him groan. On the front page was a big picture of a bald man in a wheelchair, it read in big black letters, Riot over mutants. Kevin snatched a newspaper and started to read the article.

"Mutant rights under siege. A law is to be approved in the United States of America to make it mandatory for mutants to identify themselves and to let the government know what they can do, a registration act. Professor Charles Xavier is to speak on behalf of the mutant community in Bayville, New York. The proposition of this act is spreading like a virus and will soon reach Scotland."

Kevin had just finished reading the article and was upset.

"Hey...either you buy it, or leave it kid," The owner of the stand yelled at him.

Kevin turned to him very slowly and gave him a glare that literally made him lose control over his bladder, as the light post and televisions blew up.

" You slut! Xavier is the father isn't he? You always looked at him that way you tramp. He was the one that destroyed our marriage! "

Kevin recalled his father's words and all he could do was rip the newspaper to pieces as he thought, 'You will be sorry! It's all your fault! You destroyed my family! My life!'

With all that anger flames engulfed his form.

'Bayville...you won't know what hit you,' Kevin thought angrily, with his father words replaying once more in his head. And without even knowing how, the earth started to move once more, under his feet, moving towards revenge.

-Acolytes Base -

St. John Allerdyce was doing the only thing that he seemed to do lately. He was laying on his back in his bed thinking, thinking about the only thing that occupied his thought lately, the bosses daughter.

'Wanda...Wan...da... even her name is amazing, it just feels good to say it,' he thought amused. 'She is so beautiful. But how can one get near her and keep his physical integrity? That temper of hers...she is so...dangerous...sexy... and that isn't the only problem; there is also father dearest and that brother of hers... Why can't I keep my mind off her?'

Knock knock

"Johnny boy! Are you there, homme?" Remy LeBeau asked. He poked his end in the pyromaniacs room, only to find his friend in his own little world, lying on his bed with his eyes closed, his red head on his pillow, his arms crossed under it and a smile on his lips. 'Must be thinking about the bosses daughter.'

"John the boss man wants us!"

From his bed, still in the same position John asked, "Yeah...and what does he want?" He then sat up, opening his eyes lazily, noticing that his friend had his trademark smirk on his face. "What?" John asked annoyed.

"Thinking about something good? Or maybe a belle femme?" Remy asked, as his grin got wider.

John frowned and gave Remy a look that clearly said, "How the hell did you know that?"

"Let's go Johnny, Sabertooth and Piotr are already there and the last thing we want is for Magneto to get upset," Remy said smiling at the pyromaniac's confused look.

John reluctantly got up and walked to his friend, Remy gave him his arm and said "Shall we, mademoiselle?"

"Oh… fresh," John answered in a girlly voice and then gave one of his famous laughs as he took Remy's arm and they both walked off to the planning room.

As they reached the planning room opening the door, everyone inside looked at them and then at the screen in front of them. Remy and John took their seats and started to watch a montage.

"Man…I never saw something like that in my life," John said, his eyes wide.

"Yes comrade, that is some good fighting," Piotr said in his monotone voice.

"Who be that?" asked Remy with a perked eyebrow.

"This... is our new addition. We will retrieve this mutant and make an irrefutable offer. I'm sure that everyone will be pleased," Magneto said, with some happiness seeping into his voice.

"A good offer?" Piotr asked, knowing very well what Magneto's offers were.

"Let's just say...we both have unfinished business with a common friend," Magneto said with a grin.

'This time I will get my way! This time...I win Charles.'

That is it for chapter 2. I hope you like it and please review. Go easy on the flames and constructive criticism is always welcome. If anyone would tell me how, i will do the accents.

Here are the questions of the day:

Who is the mutant that the Acolytes were talking about?

And why would the mutant work with them?