Chapter 15: The Best of the Worst
"Go away!" I screamed, throwing the nearest pillow I could find at Max.
The little brat simply dodged it and stuck his tongue out at me.
"Come on, sis. Do it again," Max said.
"No."
"Please."
"Fine!"
Taking a deep breath, I raised my hand in front of Max. Suddenly a bright light popped out and hovered above the palm of my hand. Slowly it began shrinking tinier and tinier until it became invisible.
"Do something else," Max urged.
"No!" I barked.
Ever since he found out what I was and what I could do, he would not leave me alone. It was nice that he wasn't invading my privacy anymore but now he wouldn't leave me alone. He was following me around everywhere and the fear of him exposing my little secret was becoming bigger and bigger.
Luckily Max didn't freak out when he found out about me but still, who knows what Mom and Dad's reaction would be? And plus, I wasn't exactly ready for the whole world to know. Not just yet.
"Look. I have to go to Angie's house so stop bugging me," I sighed. Angie, Natalie, and I had made plans to go to the beach.
"Fine," Max grumbled.
With that he walked off.
When I arrived outside of Angie's house in my mom's car, I scurried out of the car, not before kissing my mother goodbye. I ran up to the front door and pressed the doorbell. A few seconds later Angie's mother opened the door and let me inside.
I admired the artwork around the house as I walked upstairs to Angie's room. Whenever I came inside I felt like I walked into a museum. Angie's grandfather used to own a museum and the artwork mainly was derived from there. The family liked to boast their Chinese heritage and to be honest, I would too if I were them.
"Hey," I greeted.
Natalie was sprawled on the bed reading a magazine and listening to Angie talk.
"Hey," my two friends greeted me.
"We thought about going to the beach instead," Angie said.
"Oh?" I asked.
"Dad gave me Duncan's old car so I could drive us all there," Natalie shrugged.
I recalled the used, but still nice car parked on the curb that I had seen on my way into the house. Natalie had gotten her license a long time ago but after getting her first car totaled, she had to wait for her brother Duncan to pass his car on to her. Apparently today was that day.
"I didn't bring my bathing suit," I said robotically. I had always been seasick, ever since I was little.
"So? We could just hang out by the shore. And they have this really cool seafood restaurant," Natalie said.
I made a face at the mention of seafood. "Fine, but you guys owe me."
Angie and Natalie smiled, looking at each other.
We all went downstairs and the outside after Angie informed her parents about where she was going. I managed to get the seat next to Natalie before Angie so she was stuck sitting in the back. Natalie started the engine and so we were off to the beach.
The ride seemed longer than it was. The smell of the ocean was making me slightly queasy and I had to beg Angie to close the window up where she was sitting. I sighed when she finally did but that didn't put my mind at ease.
Up ahead was the X-Jeep with Kurt, Evan, Kitty, and Rogue and behind was the Brotherhood Jeep with Lance, Pietro, and Todd. Either Fred was too big to fit in or he decided not to come. I contemplated the only reason why the Brotherhood would be at the beach coincidentally at the same time as their enemy.
"Um, Natalie?" I asked.
"Hmm?" Natalie asked.
"Maybe we should go back," I suggested, knowing that Brotherhood + X-men: TROUBLE. Kind of moronic, but true.
"Relax Hales. Maybe if you hold your breath you'll feel better," Natalie said nonchalantly.
"It's not that-" I began. How was I supposed to tell them that the Brotherhood and X-men were going to go into an all out mutant war?
"Is that Kurt?" Angie asked, her face turning pink. She looked up ahead at the back of Kurt's head. In the last couple of days, it had become apparent she had developed an attraction to the blue haired teen.
"Guys, please," I pleaded in vain.
I looked behind me at the Brotherhood. From their expression I knew that their plan didn't include us being there.
Suddenly the ground began to shake and the rocks on the top of the cliff began to give way. They hurtled down the cliff, barely missing the X-Jeep. Natalie stopped the car.
"What the-" she began.
"Natalie!" Angie screamed, shaking the teen girl. Natalie looked up, horrified to see more rocks hurtling towards us.
The next thing I knew a puff of smoke appeared, a blue hand touched Natalie's car and we were now meters away from the road. Angie opened the door and stepped into the sand.
"What just happened?" she asked wide-eyed.
"A miracle?" Natalie asked.
I looked up ahead to see tiny figures in the distance as small as ants. I knew the person who had saved us must've been Kurt. I quickly told Natalie and Angie to stay put while I ran to the figures up ahead. I didn't stop running until I reached the battle going on between the X-men and the Brotherhood.
"Come to save your X-buddies?" a voice asked.
I recognized the voice as Pietro but he was too fast for me to pinpoint in one place. The sand he kicked up was beginning to turn into a sandstorm and I was forced to close my eyes.
"Stop it," I growled.
Through the sand I could vaguely make out Fred plop on top of Kitty's frail body. I gasped and in doing so inhaled some sand in my mouth. Stupid me.
Growling I put my hand forward and gave off a blast of light. The first time I missed but the second time I hit right on target and Pietro was sent blasting away from me. I coughed in disgust of the sand. I probably had sand in my underwear by now.
Kitty came phasing through the Blob, the expression on her face identifying a queasy feel. "Yuck! Blob-ola. I like totally need a shower now."
With that she fainted and I ran over to her side. I wasn't sure what to do but I managed to drag her away from the fighting. I looked on and found Pietro had covered Evan completely in sand, only leaving his head on the surface. Kurt was covered in rocks and Rogue had managed to beat up Todd, not that he was worth much.
I backed away slightly as Rogue looked ready to pound the remaining Brotherhood boys after seeing what they had done. I wasn't happy about it as much as Rogue was, but I didn't want to get beat up either.
Pietro raced behind me and lifted me up off the ground. He raced back to where everyone else was and put me back on the ground.
Lance put a hand on Rogue's shoulder. "Relax Rogue, it's over."
"And here comes your reward," Fred said, looking up.
I raised my eyebrow in confusion when suddenly spherical pod like things appeared from the sky. There were five for each of us, or so it seemed. I was in one of those classic scenarios. My mind was telling me to run but my feet would listen.
The pods opened up and claw like things grabbed Rogue. Another pair of claw like things came out of a different one and latched onto my waist. I screamed and began pounding on the metal things but they kept pulling me inside the pods. Forming a ball of light in my hands, I threw it at the metal claws. Although a managed little sparks from the claws, I was still trapped. Suddenly a green gas sprayed out at my face and I felt my head getting lighter. I closed my eyes. Darkness.
Violet: I am so sorry about the delayed update but I've been really busy. School is being really hectic and I was on a long vacation during the summer. Again, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting and I hope this chapter was worth the wait. R/R.
