The shadowy figure moved quickly and quietly through the sewer system.
They had almost seen him. He sped down a few more tunnels and skidding to
a halt when he realized almost to late, that he was at his destination.
"You're in a hurry, where's the fire?" Another shadowy figure emerged from the darkness.
The first figure turned to the second.
"There were people in the sewers. I don't think they saw me, I couldn't make them out and I have great night vision." The first figure tossed his head in self admiration, his shoulder length black and blue hair whirling around in such away it reminded the second figure of all those corny shampoo ads he used to see.
"Yeah Nightcrawler, we all know you think you're great. So you gunna tell Mr. 'Thinks he runs our joint' about the sewer people?"
Kurt laughed. "Yes, I can just see it now. 'Gee Scott, ya know how you used to really dislike me and my careless ways, and were just looking for a reason to kick me out? Well guess what? I was almost spotted! Yes me, the guy who can teleport and move like a world class gymnast in the blink of an eye was almost discovered by three little girls in a tunnel.' Hmmm, ya know what, I don't think so. He'd really hate me then, and I know how much you enjoy being the only one who can get on his nerves that much." Kurt smirked at the other man.
"Three girls? They were three girls?" The other man asked disbelievingly. Kurt nodded. "Actual girls? I was starting to believe they were just a myth, but real girls! Wait, what were real girls doing in the sewer?"
Kurt shrugged. "I don't know. Hey wait," Kurt's face lit up. "You don't think they were from the camp too?" He couldn't remember being this excited in a long time. If they were from the camps, then that meant that the mysterious 'Outsiders' freed more people than just his group.
Once again, Kurt wished he knew more about the group everyone had dubbed the 'Outsiders', other than they were mysterious. Frankly, he was tired of thinking it. Lucky their groups resident genius was working on a way to find out more about their, here comes the word again, mysterious liberators.
The other man stared seemingly impassively at the blue mutant in front of him. Although inside he was being torn up by the conflicting hope that a certain someone was alive, and the despair of knowing they might still be on the inside.
"There's no way we could know for sure. We'll just have to wait till Forge finishes his whatever the heck he's making." Kurt took note of his associates expression and inwardly kicked himself, yet again he'd let his own desire to fool himself into thinking everything will be ok, hurt someone else.
"Oh, hey look, I'm sorry, I didn't think. I'm sure she's...."
"Just don't. It's alright really." A long pause passed, in which both men found the walls very interesting. It was finally broken by the other man laughing. Kurt raised an eyebrow.
"What's so funny?"
"Well, if the girls really were from the camps, then in all probability, their base is somewhere between here and our base. I was just picturing the look on Cyke's face if he found out that all his plans and assumptions were wrong." He laughed again, much harder, when the image of Cyclops' face connected with the image of a kid whose lollipop was taken away.
He knew Scott Summers pretty well, even though he knew Cyclops would have preferred that he not live under the same roof as him. They hated each other but there was nowhere else to go back then, who else other than Professor Xavier would open a home for mutants?
Both guys continued laughing until they were doubled over.
"Am I interrupting something?"
A third person splashed their way towards the two leaping from spot to spot. Kurt straightened up first.
"Oh hey Toad, It's about time you got here." Toad stuck his impressive tongue out at the annoying blue fuzzball.
"So if you two are ready?" Both nodded, "Alright, let's Rock and roll!" The third man stared at Toad.
"Ok, I don't care what you say, that time was deliberate."
"It wasn't, I swear, after the shaky ground I've been on..."
"Toad..." The floor and the walls of the tunnel rumbled.
"Whoa, talk about being between a rock and a hard place..."
"Toad!" Sounds from the street above alerted the group that their antics had been felt above ground.
"Yeah Toad, we're trying to be stealthy. And Avalanche did concede that they were very lame puns," Avalanche glared at Kurt, but nodded all the same, "And he can't help it if he rock's their world."
Toad grinned at Nightcrawler as they both inched away. Avalanche kept nodding for a bit, before he realized what the person supposedly on his side had said. He froze and then after a very amusing idea hit him, grinned evilly.
"Let's just get on with this, Forge can't finish his invention without more supplies, and the sooner we get out of here, the better." Avalanche smiled falsely.
"He's taking this too well," Nightcrawler whispered to Toad.
"Yeah, should we be worried?" Avalanche strolled past them casually.
"Not yet, but I'd sleep with one eye open if I were you two." He muttered, pushing past the stunned and slightly afraid pair, and heading off towards their destination.
AN:
Hello, Hello, Another update!! I can't believe I'm still writing this story since I was going to give it up after chapter 1!! Well, who guessed right about the shadowy figure? No one in the reviews did, but I bet some of you out there that don't review did. So you people only get half a cookie to share!
A huge thank you goes out to last chapter's reviewers:
Lyranfan: I'm glad that someone other than me liked the mutation I gave Kitty! I read something in the comics that gave me the idea. And oh, they'll mostly all be thinking of romance soon enough, you can be sure of that...I'm no good at it, but it'll be there!
Scarlet Witch: Your review was the reason I decided to put Avalanche in this chapter. Originally he was going to be Scott, and I was just gunna mention Lance as a background character, but you got me thinking (A dangerous thing to do) and now he's going to be in it a bit more!
Oh and incase it was unclear; yes Lance did used to live with the X-men. No Magneto leads to no brotherhood team, which leads to all the brotherhood living with the X-men...or does it? Mwhahahahaha! Stay tuned and find out!
"You're in a hurry, where's the fire?" Another shadowy figure emerged from the darkness.
The first figure turned to the second.
"There were people in the sewers. I don't think they saw me, I couldn't make them out and I have great night vision." The first figure tossed his head in self admiration, his shoulder length black and blue hair whirling around in such away it reminded the second figure of all those corny shampoo ads he used to see.
"Yeah Nightcrawler, we all know you think you're great. So you gunna tell Mr. 'Thinks he runs our joint' about the sewer people?"
Kurt laughed. "Yes, I can just see it now. 'Gee Scott, ya know how you used to really dislike me and my careless ways, and were just looking for a reason to kick me out? Well guess what? I was almost spotted! Yes me, the guy who can teleport and move like a world class gymnast in the blink of an eye was almost discovered by three little girls in a tunnel.' Hmmm, ya know what, I don't think so. He'd really hate me then, and I know how much you enjoy being the only one who can get on his nerves that much." Kurt smirked at the other man.
"Three girls? They were three girls?" The other man asked disbelievingly. Kurt nodded. "Actual girls? I was starting to believe they were just a myth, but real girls! Wait, what were real girls doing in the sewer?"
Kurt shrugged. "I don't know. Hey wait," Kurt's face lit up. "You don't think they were from the camp too?" He couldn't remember being this excited in a long time. If they were from the camps, then that meant that the mysterious 'Outsiders' freed more people than just his group.
Once again, Kurt wished he knew more about the group everyone had dubbed the 'Outsiders', other than they were mysterious. Frankly, he was tired of thinking it. Lucky their groups resident genius was working on a way to find out more about their, here comes the word again, mysterious liberators.
The other man stared seemingly impassively at the blue mutant in front of him. Although inside he was being torn up by the conflicting hope that a certain someone was alive, and the despair of knowing they might still be on the inside.
"There's no way we could know for sure. We'll just have to wait till Forge finishes his whatever the heck he's making." Kurt took note of his associates expression and inwardly kicked himself, yet again he'd let his own desire to fool himself into thinking everything will be ok, hurt someone else.
"Oh, hey look, I'm sorry, I didn't think. I'm sure she's...."
"Just don't. It's alright really." A long pause passed, in which both men found the walls very interesting. It was finally broken by the other man laughing. Kurt raised an eyebrow.
"What's so funny?"
"Well, if the girls really were from the camps, then in all probability, their base is somewhere between here and our base. I was just picturing the look on Cyke's face if he found out that all his plans and assumptions were wrong." He laughed again, much harder, when the image of Cyclops' face connected with the image of a kid whose lollipop was taken away.
He knew Scott Summers pretty well, even though he knew Cyclops would have preferred that he not live under the same roof as him. They hated each other but there was nowhere else to go back then, who else other than Professor Xavier would open a home for mutants?
Both guys continued laughing until they were doubled over.
"Am I interrupting something?"
A third person splashed their way towards the two leaping from spot to spot. Kurt straightened up first.
"Oh hey Toad, It's about time you got here." Toad stuck his impressive tongue out at the annoying blue fuzzball.
"So if you two are ready?" Both nodded, "Alright, let's Rock and roll!" The third man stared at Toad.
"Ok, I don't care what you say, that time was deliberate."
"It wasn't, I swear, after the shaky ground I've been on..."
"Toad..." The floor and the walls of the tunnel rumbled.
"Whoa, talk about being between a rock and a hard place..."
"Toad!" Sounds from the street above alerted the group that their antics had been felt above ground.
"Yeah Toad, we're trying to be stealthy. And Avalanche did concede that they were very lame puns," Avalanche glared at Kurt, but nodded all the same, "And he can't help it if he rock's their world."
Toad grinned at Nightcrawler as they both inched away. Avalanche kept nodding for a bit, before he realized what the person supposedly on his side had said. He froze and then after a very amusing idea hit him, grinned evilly.
"Let's just get on with this, Forge can't finish his invention without more supplies, and the sooner we get out of here, the better." Avalanche smiled falsely.
"He's taking this too well," Nightcrawler whispered to Toad.
"Yeah, should we be worried?" Avalanche strolled past them casually.
"Not yet, but I'd sleep with one eye open if I were you two." He muttered, pushing past the stunned and slightly afraid pair, and heading off towards their destination.
AN:
Hello, Hello, Another update!! I can't believe I'm still writing this story since I was going to give it up after chapter 1!! Well, who guessed right about the shadowy figure? No one in the reviews did, but I bet some of you out there that don't review did. So you people only get half a cookie to share!
A huge thank you goes out to last chapter's reviewers:
Lyranfan: I'm glad that someone other than me liked the mutation I gave Kitty! I read something in the comics that gave me the idea. And oh, they'll mostly all be thinking of romance soon enough, you can be sure of that...I'm no good at it, but it'll be there!
Scarlet Witch: Your review was the reason I decided to put Avalanche in this chapter. Originally he was going to be Scott, and I was just gunna mention Lance as a background character, but you got me thinking (A dangerous thing to do) and now he's going to be in it a bit more!
Oh and incase it was unclear; yes Lance did used to live with the X-men. No Magneto leads to no brotherhood team, which leads to all the brotherhood living with the X-men...or does it? Mwhahahahaha! Stay tuned and find out!