A/N: I was able to get this chapter up quicker than I thought I would.
rampageplaya98:
Thanks for the reviews and please keep them coming. For your next chapter maybe you could have your character, Jean and Pyro walking threw the mansion explaining everything to him and then maybe in ch. 4 someone from Magneto's team comes to try and capture your character and burns down half of the mansion in the process. I would have told you earlier but I don't have e-mail so I could get a hold of you. i hope this helps. Enjoy the story!
Chapter twelve
Theressa finally caught up with the rest of her team and saw Wolverine pulling up the rear. He must have smelled her behind him cause he turned around and said, "'Bout time you joined us. I was 'bout to head back and find yah."
"I was talking with Angel. Look what he gave me, dad." Theressa said handing her father her left hand and showing him the diamond ring that Warren gave her. Logan smiled slightly as he hugged his daughter and said, "I'm happy for you, baby but if Birdbrain does somethin' out of line, even for bein' married, I'll go after him."
"Dad!"
"That is only if you want me to, of course. We can tell everyone later, right now lets get up the mountain."
The x-men followed the trail for awhile and so many times Theressa was tempted to us her powers but then she thought of Michael and the fact that if she just flew up there and got it then Michael wouldn't get the cure and he's die as well as Theressa and everyone else in the world. The road wrapped around the mountain side and occasionally it was only a ledge that would barely hold one foot on each person. Finally they came to the mouth of a cave that led inside the mountain.
Taking charge once more, Black Fox went into the cave first followed by Wolverine, Scott and Knole but then as soon as Knole came threw and before Storm and Banshee could come threw a stone wall fell, closing the mouth of the cave and trapping Black Fox and the others inside.
"This ain't good." Theressa said in the complete darkness. She wanted to pull out her psi knife and use it for light but that would be against the rules. Just then there was a beeping sound coming from the area where Wolverine stood and at first it scared Theressa but then she realized that it was Wolverine's com-link that Beast had given to everyone in the form of rings.
"Hello." Wolverine said answering the link.
Logan we can't get threw . Came Storm's voice threw the link.
"Tell us somethin we don't know Storm." Knole said sarcastically. Theressa knew that the boy was hurting inside and hopefully she'd be able to talk to him later but her fear was that he'd take his hurt, turn it into anger and then turn on everyone.
"Storm is there another way around?" Scott asked trying to help his friends.
Lad the only way into the mountain is blocked off! There is way around, unless Storm or I fly to the top and get the cure.
"No Sean!" Theressa screamed into the com-link on Wolverine's hand. "Madam Tulia gave us strict instructions not to use our powers! She never said what would happen if we did but I don't want to find out because my son's life is on the line. You two head back to the house and wait with Warren, Jubilee and Sync. We'll meet you there when we're done."
Very well Theressa
Good luck Lass
"Okay, their taken care of but what about us?" Scott asked, "I mean I still can't see."
Just then torches were lit all along the walls of the cave, enabling the four X-men to see.
"Cyke, did you do that?" Wolverine asked as he took point instead of Theressa.
"Logan when was the last time I ever mentally light torches? Theressa it couldn't have been you but Knole your power resides in your staff, did you do it?"
"No, man, I left my staff with Warren. Feels weird not having it with me." Knole said as Theressa pushed him in front of her so that she could take up the rear and pulled out her hand knife that Wolverine had given to her a few years ago.
"Theressa, nothings going to come threw that door." Scott said, "It's solid rock."
"Maybe but when was the last time torches just lit by themselves? I don't care what you say, I' watching our six."
"T, you may want to come up here instead." Wolverine said and Theressa moved to his side and found a stone table with stone letters and numbers laid out on the table.
"What do you thin these are for?" Knole asked as he was about to pick up one but then Scott stopped him.
"Don't tough anything!" Scott said with the emphisis on anything.
"Why not?" Knole asked not happy that he was told no.
"Because if we do something wrong there could be a booby trap and it could kill us all." Theressa aid. She knew they were suppose to do something but didn't know what and was afraid to do anything until she knew it was right. Theressa studied the table the guys looked around for another way out. Then Logan said, "T, this wall a number on it."
Theressa thought this was odd so she went to her father and looked at the wall. There on the wall was the number one etched into the wall. Something next to the wall caught Theressa's eye so she moved away some dust and found the letter J next to the one.
"1 J?" Theressa said to her, "That makes no sense what so ever."
"What if you put it with the ones over here?" Knole asked as Theressa and Wolverine walked over to him and Cyclops. They looked at the wall and there were the numbers 6 and 4 and the letters O, N, and H.
"That still doesn't make any sense." Logan said very confused by now.
"What Dad what if these letters and numbers are suppose to be put in some kind of order?"
"You mean like a bible verse?" Scott asked and Theresa face lit up as she exclaimed, "That's it, Scott. This is supposed to be a bible verse. 1, 6, 4, J, O, N, H. What bible verse is that?"
"Well, J, O, N, H could spell John if put in the right order." Knole said trying to help as much as he could.
"Okay, we'll say that the letters spell John but the numbers could be anything. 1:46, 4:16, 14:6….." Theressa's sentence trailed off as she figured the puzzle out. Theressa ran over to the table and began to move the stones around.
"Hey, how come she's allowed to tough things?" Knole asked in a whining tone.
"'Cause she's on to soemthin'." Wolverine replied.
Theressa moved all the stones but there was something missing from the bible verse. Suddenly the numbers and letters on the wall came out as if they were to be pushed back into the wall as some sort of lock. Theressa went over to the wall with the one and the J and then said, "Guys, I think I've got it but these numbers and letters need to be pushed into the wall, probably as a lock. Now I'll say the verse and when I get to the refernce, Cyclops you push the 4 and 6 when I say then and Wolveirne and Knole you two spell John but not before I say it and I'll push one."
Everyone placed a hand on there designated stones and then Theressa began. " Jesus answered 'I am the way the truth and the life no one gets to the Father except threw me. John.." Theressa looked at Knole and Wolverine who hit the stones.
"14:6" Almost in perfect harmony, did Theressa and Scott push the stones into the wall but much to their disbelief nothing happened.
"Nothings happening." Knole said what everyone all ready knew but that was fine since the boy thought he had to talk.
"Maybe we did it wrong." Wolverine said but Theressa shock her head no I don't think so maybe……"
Suddenly there was a loud noise the scared the hell out of everyone, including Wolverine. Scott looked up at the ceiling and said, "Does that ceiling look closer to anyone else, or am I getting taller?"
"You still think we did it right?" Wolverine yelled at his daughter across the room .
"Okay I'll try again. Jesus answered, 'I Am the way, truth and the life no one gets to the father except threw me! John 14:6 hit the J, O, H, N the 1 4 and 6 in that order."
"John's spelled with the O before the H?" Knole asked and then Theressa knew what the problem was. The ceiling was too low for Theressa to walk over to the others so she rolled and hit the letters in the correct order, rolled back and hit the one and then said, "Cyke hit the 4 and the 6 in that order now!"
Cyclops did and when he did the ceiling stopped falling and moved upwards where it belonged. Then the torches went out and a door was opened in the upper left had corner of the cave which revealed stairs with the sun light that was poring in.
Slowly Theressa went to pick up her hand knife that she had dropped when she rolled and then walked over to her father, who asked, "How'd you know what to do?"
"John 14:6 says, I am the way, the truth and the life. No one gets to the father except threw me. Now with the markings on the wall and what we had to do I figured it out. The table represents Jesus and the moving of the stones and the numbers represents coming to know Jesus as your personal Savior and the opening of the door represents going to the Father, or God, who is the lamp unto our feet and the light unto our path." Theressa said smiling and then walked up the steps and outside with Logan, Scott and Knole right behind her.
When Theressa got out side, she was suddenly hit with this feeling of nausea. Her hands began to shake and her head began to throb. It felt like some one had put a spear threw her head and twisted it.
Logan noticed that she had stopped and was holding her stomach so he asked, "T you okay?"
Before Theressa could answer, she went to the side of the road where there was some grass and threw up. Logan, being her father went over to her and pulled her hair badk so it would get messed up. When she was finished she whipped her mouth off and Logan helped her stand up and walk back to Scott and Knole.
"You think you should tell them?" Scott asked and then Knole said, "Tell us what?"
Theressa sighed as she tried to calm her hands but to no success and then said, "I've got the legacy viruse."
"Why did Cyke know and not me?" Wolverine asked not some much angry with Theressa but concerned.
"Scott asked me why I wouldn't fly the plane and I told him because I didn't want to but he didn't by it. then my hands began to shake and he knew because he knew the signs of the virus since Jean is taking care of Michael and told Scott what to look for. I didn't tell you, dad, because I knew you would worry about me and I didn't want that."
"Does Warren know?" Wolverine asked.
"Yes, I told him when I was leaving and then he proposed to me."
"You're getting married?" Scott and Knole said in unison.
"She ain't if the cures only for one person." Wolverine said and Theressa knew why he said that. Theresa and Wolverine had grown so close of the years and it wouldn't seem right for Theressa to die from this virus. In Logan's mind, if the good Lord wants to take Theressa home then let him do it in some big battle not in away that is slow like this virus. Wolverine also knew that if the cure was for one person then Michael would get it and Theressa would die and she wouldn't want it any other way.
"Logan, why would the cure be fore just one person?" Scott said, "When the whole world is sick with this virus. No, I think it's going to be something that we have to release into the air, somehow. "
"Well, we won't know unless we press forward." Wolverine said as he picked Theressa up in his arms. At first she resisted and wanted to be put down but then she thought about it and welcomed the ride, so she allowed her father to carry her the rest of the way.
A/N: I hope I didn't offened anyone with me useing the bible for the test of wisdom but it was the only thing i could think of and I thought it was pretty clever to use John 14:6 like that. I went to camp at the begining of July and that was our bible verse for the week and when I was typing it just poped into my head. Um...Something you need to remember is what Scott said about the cure. i hope this isn't too long but I couldn't find any other way to shorten it. Please Review