Chapter Nine
They began to make a plan. Kathy was hardly paying any attention to anything.
"We'll lock the place down,'' Charles said,'' We'll hide in the- Kathy are you paying attention?"
"No,'' Kathy said, then realized what she just said.'' I'm listening, sorry.''
"You need to pay attention,'' Charles said,'' Now we'll go through the danger room. We'll do almost the same thing as what we did with Kathy.''
"Great,'' Logan said.
Just then the alarms went off and the bars went down.
"Time to go,'' Charles said.
Some people came into the room and they quickly ran out. The people followed. They ran through the danger room. They did the same thing with the people, but didn't turn on the machine.
"What is this?" Emily yelled.
"The danger room,'' Logan said on the microphone.
"What should we do now?" Storm asked,'' Should we turn on the machine?"
"Level 5,'' Charles said turning it on.
They heard some people scream. They watched as the people began to fight.
"Should we help?" Kathy asked as she watched half the people hit a wall.
"Maybe,'' Logan said as Emily screamed.
"Kathy,'' Charles said,'' Go help them, before they get themselves killed.''
Kathy nodded and teleported down there. It didn't take long to beat the robots. The people went to the other side of the room. Charles turned the machine offf.
"You could of killed us,'' Emily yelled.
"That's why it's called the danger room,'' Kathy said.
"Well,'' Emily said,'' Now that that's over lets get down to business. We want you or Logan.''
"Kathy,'' Charles said in the microphone,'' Something is wrong with the machine.''
Just then the room changed.
"What's wrong with it?" Logan asked.
"I don't know,'' Charles said, then looked at Forge.'' Did you mess with the machine?"
"I wanted to upsate it,'' Forge said,'' I had a new program. I wanted to see if it worked.''
"Level 50,'' The machine said.
"But there is no level 50,'' Charles said.
"That's the new program,'' Forge said.
"What is it?" Charles asked.
Everyone looked down to see lava coming out of the ground. Kathy was flying the people to the top of a cliff. The lava started forming people.
"lava men,'' Forge said.
"Is that it?" Scott asked.
"No,'' Forge said.
One of the lava men started throwing lava at Kathy, who dodged everyone.
"We should go down and help,'' Logan said.
"The doors are locked,'' Scott said pulling on the door.
"I can't teleport,'' Kurt said.
"Forge,'' Jean yelled,'' Fix the machine.''
"I can't,'' Forge said,'' The lava men are not the worst part. It's coming up.''
Just then lava shot everywhere. Kathy flew up to the others and tried to teleport, but couldn't. She looked over at the others.
"What's wrong?" Kathy yelled.
"We can't stop it,'' Charles said in the microphone.
Kathy flew up to the window and phased through it. Luckily that stil worked.
"Turn it off,'' Kathy said,'' You almost set my hair on fire.''
"We can't,'' Forge said,'' Go back out and phase the people in here.''
Kathy phased back through the wall. She phased two at a time. She phased Emily and doctor Smith first. There was one person left. Kathy flew as fast as she could, but something grabed her leg and pulled her down.
"What just happened?" Logan asked.
"She was pulled down,'' Forge said,'' By a lava man.''
"You must do something,'' Emily said and everyone stared at her.
Emily pulled out a gun and shot the machine.
"Level 1,'' The machine said, before turning off.
The one person jumped off the cliff and knocked himself out when he hit the ground. The others quickly ran into the room. Kathy stood up.
"Stupid machine,'' Kathy muttered.
"You okay?" Kurt asked.
"Ja,'' Kathy said,'' What level was that?"
"Level 50,'' Forge said,'' A new program that I was inventing. It wasn't done.''
"It don't matter,'' Charles said,'' The machine is broken.''
"Great,'' Kathy said,'' You burnt the ends of my hair.''
"Ve'll need to trim it,'' Kurt said.
"What about them?" Logan asked.
"We'll just leave and come back later,'' Emily said.
"Pathetic,'' Kathy muttered.
"What did you say?" Emily demanded.
"Nothing,'' Kathy smirked.
"That's it,'' Emily said,'' ATTACK.''
No one moved. Emily looked at her men.
"I said attack,'' Emily said.
"I'm sorry,'' Doctor Smith said,'' But we don't want to fight anymore and besides she just saved your life.''
"But,'' Emily said,'' You work for me. You do what I say.''
No one noticed that Gambit had called the police. The cops came in and hand cuffed Emily. Kathy and Kurt hid.
"I didn't do anything,'' Emily yelled,'' They did it.''
"She tried to kill us,'' Kitty said.
They took Emily out of the room. The other people left the mansion. They went into the living room.
"That was odd,'' Logan said.
"Ja,'' Kurt said.
"Well,'' Charles said,'' Now she is gone. What are you going to do Kathy?"
"I'm going to stay here,'' Kathy said,'' There is no where else to go.''
Katie and Jr came out from the other room and sat on Kathys lap. Kurt took Jr off Kathys lap and put him on his lap.
"Good,'' Logan said,'' It would of been stupid to leave.''
"It is almost our birthday,'' Katie yelled.
"In three more days,'' Kurt said.
"We need to go buy some presents,'' Jean said.
"I'll watch the kids,'' Charles said,'' While you go buy some presents.''
Katie and Jr ran over and jumped on Charles lap.
"I guess we'll go home,'' Lance said.
"What home?'' Pietro asked.
"Oh,'' Lance said,'' We have no where to go.''
"You can stay here until your house is rebuilt,'' Charles said.
Kathy, Kurt, Jean, Scott, Kitty, Logan, and Storm went to the store and bought some stuff. It didn't take long to find the stuff. Kathy told them what Katie and Jr wanted. Then they went back to the mansion.