Fourteenth Century Man
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "Brave Sir Robin ran away, bravely ran away, away"
&&&&
ACT 15 – With the pigs
&&&&
We open later on, with Wanda fitting on Forge's armour, tas he rambled on about Xavier.
"Alive", he says, "Can you imagine? And I thought he was dead"
"That's nice", mutters Xavier backstage.
"Which is mad", adds Forge, "'Cause he was always so strong. Very strong. I remember…"
He trailed off as Kurt and Storm arrive.
"Kurt, Ororo!", he grins, "This day just gets better and better"
He pauses, noticing Kurt looking very serious…which is never considered a 'good thing'.
"Somebody die?", asks Freddy
"Sir Forgeich von Lichtenstein", says Kurt.
Forge arches a brow.
"…What?"
"Logan followed you last night", says Storm, "to Bayville. He says he saw your father"
Forge as a 'oh crap' moment.
"Forge, they asked me for your patents", says Kurt, "They're vaiting for you in the lists. They're gonna arrest you. A dozen royal guards. They'll put you in the stocks"
"But I face Logan in five minutes' time!", protests Forge
"No, you forfeit", says Kurt, "They've already marked it down"
"Saddle the horses", says Freddy, "They can arrest your baggage, not you"
Forge blinks at Storm.
"Halt", he says, stopping everyone, then holds his arms out to either side, looking at Storm, "So, what do you think? Now that you know what I am"
"Oh, to know what you are, Forge, would take a lifetime", sighs Storm.
"Amen", mutters Hank.
"One I am willing to give", says Storm, "But right now, you've got to run. There is nothing else to do. Run, and I will run with you"
"Ororo, I cannot run", says Forge stubbornly, "I'm a knight, and I will put myself to the hazard"
"A knight in your heart", says Freddy, "but not on paper, and paper's all that matters to them"
"Forge, I love you", says Storm, "..I love you: You."
"Awwww", says Hank
"And I'm sorry, but I won't see you led away bound for the stocks", she says, equally stubbornly.
"Oh, but you will see me run?", asks Forge, "No1"
"…I wonder what it's like having a relationship based on the fact neither party will back down for anything?", murmurs Hank
"Damn your pride, Forge", says Storm, "It is you and only you that will not see you run"
"My pride is the only thing they can't take from me!", says Forge.
"But they can take it from you!", argues Storm, "They can and they will. Oh, they will. But love they cannot take"
"And where will we live?", asks Forge, "In my hovel? With the pigs in winter so they won't freeze?"
"Yes, Forge, with the pigs", sighs Storm, "With the pigs"
"…….You two have a very strange….", Hank shakes his head, "I'm not sure what to call it exactly.."
"The poor can marry for love", says Storm.
"Oh, Ororo, you speak of what you do not know!", says Forge.
"Forge, I beg you", says Storm, "Please. Run. Do it for love"
Forge does his muttering thing, then looks at Freddy.
"Freddy, you would see me run?"
"Why pick on me?", asks Freddy, then looks away, nodding.
Forge blinks, then looks at Kurt.
"And you, Kurt?"
"Yes, I wish it too", says Kurt, "vith all the pieces of my heart"
Forge is getting desperate.
"Todd?", he tries, "You and I, we aren't runners"
Todd chuckles, then sighs.
"Yes", he says, "Forge, today, we are"
Forge glances over at Wanda, who frowns.
"Run, Forge"
"Everyone's ganging up on me!", says Forge, "No! I will not run!. I'm a knight"
"No one ask our opinion then", sniffs Jean.
"But we would have told him the same thing", points out Scott.
"It's the principle, Scott!", snaps Jean.
"….Yes, Dear"
There is that ominous silence for a moment or two.
"Well, boys", sighs Freddy, "all good things must come to an end. Let's end 'em together"
We change scene, to where Forge and the rest are entering the jousting field.
Evan walks over, followed by a bunch of guards.
"…I figured it'd be him to get me", mutters Forge.
"You will remove yourself form this position of honour", says Evan
"I'm here to compete", says Forge
"You are here to be arrested", says Evan
The guards go off after Forge, while Jott has a spazz.
"You should have run, you stupid hippie!", shouts Scott.
Logan watches this with a smirk, as Kelly frowns.
We move later in the prison, where Forge's arms are tied behind his back to a wooden pole on his shoulders.
"This is incredibly uncomfortable", says Forge.
Logan steps into the cell, ready for his evil moment.
"He that strives to touch a star", he says, "oft stumbles at a simple straw"
Logan holds up a straw and crumbles it. Forge, maintaining his dignity, keeps silent.
"You have been weighed", says Logan, then launches a punch at Forge's gut.
"Oww!", says Forge, "Geez, not so hard!"
"Sorry", says Logan, "I'm used to punching for real, not fake ones. You have been measured"
Another punch.
"And you have been found wanting", Logan adds, giving another punch.
"I'll 'fix' your motorbike later for that one", mutters Forge.
"It's one loss or another, Forge", says Logan, "In what would could you have beaten me?"
"In that Exiles one where I was the leader of the world?", asks Forge. (1)
Logan smirks, giving Forge one more punch in the guy before stalking out, leaving Forge in his cell.
"Medic", gasps Forge.
&&&&&&&
(1) – Exiles: Legacy world. Forge was the leader of the Vi-loxs, and had control of the planet….He was very evil.