Hello everyone and welcome to my fic!
Anyways as I was saying that I need a name for my poor, poor fic!
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And I'm sorry for not updating earlier, school is a complete idiot that we need.
Oh well…
Disclaimer: None of the X – men belongs to me, only the Shadow team.
IF YOU STEAL, I WILL SUE.
A couple of hours later, Logan climbed the craggy rock, slowly moving up like he was an acrobat, learning a new trick. As he reached the top of one of the sharp, rugged hills a shadow passed over him and he looked up. The first thing he saw was a hawk, flying in the air. The hawk called out a greeting to him and swooped lower, doing a fancy dive as it came down. It landed on Logan's shoulder, its talons just sitting on the outside of his skin, but had punctured small holes into his shirt. The hawk blinked at him, and called out again. Logan winced, realizing that this was no ordinary hawk. He shook his head and looked back at the hawk sitting on his shoulder,
"Hello Hawk. Lookin' for her too I presume?"
The hawk responded with a large bob of its golden head. It took off in the skies again, crying out again. Logan got the message,
"So," he yelled, "Ya want me to follow ya huh? Seems reasonable to me. Lead the way and make sure that it's a way I can follow, no craziness now!"
Above he heard the hawk give a chuckle the best way it knew how. Logan chuckled quietly to himself, and then had a flash of genius,
"Wish to try that way do ya? Well I wouldn't…it means extra sessions in the Danger Room with only me as company…no one has lasted more than five sessions with me and that was only Cyclops. Do you think you're up for the challenge?" Hawk screamed an answer.
Logan ferally smiled. "Ya on kid. No trips now."
Hawk bobbed her head and flew low, leading Logan to where she lay. The small wind, watching NM saw the hawk first then the man that the hawk led. Zipping towards NM the wind woke her by tickling her inner ear. NM woke with a flash; twin daggers in hand. Then seeing the wind that danced frantically around her, she smiled at the little thing.
"What is it my friend?"
::A man comes…with a golden hawk…::
She looked, her pupils opening like cat's seeing the visitors that disturbed her slumber.
"They are friends little one, you may go now, your job is done."
The little wind gave a little bow and returned to the skies disappearing from her sight. She looked down at the grass that had covered her and gave it a small pat.
"Thanks." She whispered.
The grass receded going back to where ever it had come from. She stood up and the wind blew through her short hair, whispering to her, telling her of things that had occurred.
"The forest is well then? That is good. Then I will not visit tonight if you do not need me…"
::No Mother Nature. . . . come see us . . . tonight…..we have …missed you….::
She nodded. "Then I will. I have missed you all too."
By she finished Logan and Hawk had come up into the hill she sat upon. She gave them a smirk as Logan and Hawk came into view. Hawk was sitting on Logan's shoulder.
"Couldn't live without me could you?"
Logan gave a short grunt and looked to Hawk; she just rolled her eyes and gave a soft cry.
"Nope, sorry can't say we did. But I do have to ask you a question, how did you replicate my claws exactly?"
NM stood silent, not wishing to reveal her secret to him, knowing that he would wish to know more…then she would not be able to hide. So she decided to make up an excuse. Hawk saw the indecision in her eyes, and sighed inwardly,
'You know too much of pain, sorrow, and hurt mother…only few have seen your joy…because you never had any to begin with.'
Logan cocked his eyebrow seeing her make up her mind about something, and then decide on it. His eyebrow raised in question as she answered.
"Mystique's power will eventually enable her to do that." Even though it was somewhat the truth, it would have to do.
'Looks like Mystique is only going to become more dangerous than before. Things never seem to get better only worse.'
'For your sake only Logan I hope he never tells you.' NM wished fervently.
"Shall we go back? I have a feeling that Dr. McCoy wishes to examine me."
Logan gave a smirk, "Ya he does. C'mon."
Hawk lifted from off Logan's shoulder and into the air, catching a high wind and gliding in it as Logan and NM made there way back to the mansion.
Beast checked, and checked again,
"There is no possible way that this could occur, there has to be some logical explanation to describe this anomaly… I better go inform Charles about this he may wish to absolutely look at this."
Beast lumbered over to where his telephone was at his desk, outside the area of the lab.
"Yes Charles this is something you should really see…no it cannot wait, I do not wish to speak about my patient over the phone…why? Because I think we are in danger…believe me Charles she is not the young woman that you once knew…just come and see this…it would be better if you bring the others as well Charles…good see you all in a while. Goodbye."
Beast sat back down at his lab chair, his thoughts focused on this mysterious woman who had seemed to captivate everyone in her grip, even him. It was not like he did not mind it all that much; it was the fact of how she did it. Every time she would enter a room, she did so calmly like nothing could faze her…as if she knew everything there was in the world…but if you looked more carefully behind the closed doors of her eyes and the huge wall she had erected for herself, you saw the real her…the one how did not know who she really was…and it was that that had Beast extremely worried. 'Who knows about this woman's past?' he mused deep in though not hearing the silent whoosh of the door, 'What does she hide?'
"I wish we knew Dr. McCoy and I hope you can shed some light in where I have been lost for a very long time."
"I hope I can Professor. Come let me show you in the screen."
Behind Professor were Jean, Scott, Logan and Storm who were all interested in the young woman.
"This is normal human gene code," Beast began the image flickered into the screen showing the imamate details of the human gene, showing all the parts in different various colors.
"This," Beast clicked the button, "Is a mutant genetic code, our mutated DNA sequence outlined—"
"In rainbow colored light?" Logan gave Beast a raised eyebrow,
"Yes," Beast sighed realizing what Logan implied, "It is to show the different powers that can emerge from that one piece of DNA. Now I will let you at Mother Nature's DNA, be ready for this…"
"There should not be anything to be afraid of Dr. McCoy so let's get this show on the road." Scott interjected.
Storm gave him a dirty look. "Dr. McCoy if you would be so kind…" Her soft rich African voice carried much disgust at that moment, but it was not for Beast.
"Yes Aurora. Now as I was saying, this is Mother Nature's DNA."
At first the strands looked like a regular mutant code, then that is when it became bizarre. The mutant strands began to multiply and thicken forming a very tight but thick coil woven quite tightly around the original DNA. Everyone mouth, except for the Professor and Beast was slightly ajar at the sight they were seeing.
"Is this normal?" Asked Jean softly, walking up to the screen and studying it, taking in the intricate patterns of her DNA.
"On first note, I would tell you immediately no. That there is no possible way this could happen. But after seeing this, I'm not entirely sure I know anymore." Beast looked to the Professor who was strangely silent. "Professor? What's wrong?"
The Professor sighed heavily and spoke, "I knew about her genetic code already Dr. McCoy," Everyone turned to him their eyes wide, "She contains the DNA of every mutant on the planet, even the ones that don't even exist yet; hence all the rainbow color for each part of her DNA. You'll never be able to unravel it Dr. McCoy because it was never meant to be unraveled, you just cannot. It is too complex, even for you."
Beast inwardly sighed that fear had been relieved but another arose in its place.
'How much do others know about her?'
There was a long silence until Logan broke it, "So you're saying that she contains each and everyone DNA?"
"Precisely Logan"
"Then why did you bring her here?" Logan cut to the question that had been bugging him for the last few days.
"Because I had hoped to find out more about her, to study her and to help the others with there mutant powers especially—"
"—Rogue…" Storm cut him off, Professor only nodded.
"You mean she has Rogue's power as well?" Scott looked at the Professor in awe remembering how her fist connected with his face many times.
"But how—"
"That is what I wish to find out Scott and I wish to know who wants her so badly that she and her team must hide in secret just to avoid them."
"Professor, do you know what you are doing? Just bringing her here?"
"I'm willing to take that risk Logan—"
"But I'm not Charles," Logan snarled out feeling he had to defend the kids,
"Do you know how much Tomi's— I mean MN's head is worth?"
"What do you mean Logan?" Beast looked surprised his eyes flicked back and forth between Logan and the Professor.
"She is worth five million on the Black Market Beast, that's what I mean."
"WHAT!" The whole entire group looked at the Professor who heavily sighed again.
"That I did not know Logan. Thank you for informing me. Now if you'll excuse me I must be off." Professor wheeled himself out of the room; everyone looked at his retreating figure as he wheeled away.
"He's not happy," Jean softly spoke,
"We know." Logan responded.
Professor found NM in the garden, sitting among the flowers and silently interacting with the birds that flew around them. As soon as he wheeled into sight she patted right beside her, silently asking to him come and join her.
"How come you never told me?" Was how he started out his anger surfacing, few saw Professor Charles Xavier angry, but when it happened it was dangerous for whomever the anger was on. NM knew this. And by reading his mind she knew Logan had mentioned it.
"Because I was going to leave eventually Charles. I could not stay here and endanger all the lives here… I only endanger my own. My team follows me because they know I will take care of them…no matter what." Professor knew her also, and if she had to fight to the death she would.
"So why are you wanted?" At this her face hardened, her lips formed into a tight line.
"Because I am an assassin, one who kills human and mutant for money. I am wanted because I steal priceless artifacts from certain buyers and kept them as my own or I give them to different museums instead of being cooped up in someone's lavish home. I am wanted because I have killed many important people in the underground Charles and people want revenge."
"You've changed NM I hardly know you anymore."
"I know Charles, but so have you. And so has Eric."
At the mention of Eric's name Charles' eyes became sad and his lips pressed tightly together in a thin line. A student passed by them seeing the two talking and forgot about what he was going to ask the strange but beautiful woman sitting beside the Professor. He'd ask later and he hurried off, wanting to tell his friends that he had seen the blue eyed babe up close.
"Why have you killed them NM? What happened to the woman I knew?" Professor voice was full of concern and worry for his old friend.
"That woman Charles disappeared when she witnessed the rape and brutal murder of a cat mutant, one that did not belong in the world and one who did not need to die. I watched everything Charles as they did it to her, then I rescued her after killing all the men around her, and in my arms she died, thanking me for saving her."
NM raised her hands up, "These hands are what held her as her blood soaked my hands, my arms, and onto my body leaving me only with sorrow and a burning anger. It so happened that the man that raped her first was the son of a large mob." a single tear rolled down her face, the sunny sky began to cloud over and rain poured down matching NM's mood.
Storm looked outside, seeing the sky turn suddenly dark and began to call a wind. Then she stopped, and sensed through the storm feeling for its cause. She then realized that it was NM, letting go of something very painful to her. She settled the wind, knowing that the young woman needed consolation. Storm left the rain how it was and went back to what she was doing. NM put a telekinetic shield around the Professor but not herself feeling the rain wash over her body.
"NM?" She knew what the Professor was implying,
"I like the rain Professor, it is one of the only friends I have."
"But what about—"
"One day Professor you will leave me. All that I know and have grown to love will leave me. That is why at first I never wanted to make friends with you all those years ago, cause I knew you would leave me too…"
The rain poured down harder pelting NM, but she did not care. Professor sat in silence as she revealed this. He understood now why she did not want anyone to be near her. She was immortal and everyone else had a time to die… but not her. She would keep on living, and living until the day the earth died. Professor guessed that day would not come anytime soon. He finally had a look into his friend's mind, even though he could agree with her he would not. He could not. He sighed,
"I see." Suddenly the sun came back out in its glorious shine lighting every rain drop in a marvelous light. NM, drenched, soggy, and content rose pushing the clouds away and opened her arms wide to the sun. An extremely warm breeze blew, knocking back NM's clothes, drying them.
Professor looked at her wondering how she had become so alone in world full of people…but as she had said everyone would leave her and she would go on living, and never dying.
A black sedan pulled up to the side of the Xavier Mansion, a window rolled down and a camera lens poked out beginning to click away as Professor and NM moved back into the building. When it was finished, the window rolled back up again and the lens disappeared, and the car sped away from where it had come from.
As NM moved away from the Professor Xavier, Cyclops caught up to her and grabbed her arm,
"How dare you!" He hissed, his anger seething through him.
NM calmly looked up at him, "What are you talking about?"
"You! You're wanted on the Black Market and so are the rest of you're group…how dare you come here!"
"Did you forget that Professor is the one who invited me?"
Cyclops retorted, "You could have declined—"
"—and what miss the chance of seeing an old friend that I loved as a brother?" At that Cyclops was silent for a moment, then spoke,
"Yes. It would have spared us all the trouble."
"Then Scott you do not understand the bond between a brother and a sister…but that is too bad for you now isn't it?" With that she snatched her arm out of Scott's and walked away calmly as if nothing had affected her. Cyclops, on the other hand, stormed away, the anger coming off of him like waves. The tree that was the nearest to them shuddered and shrunk on itself forming into a body. That body belonged to Mystique, and she smiled at the womanly figure. "Hello mom, long time no see." And she turned into a raven and flew off the grounds to Headquarters.
As the raven landed it shifted back into Mystique which stretched and walked into the base. She did not meet anyone inside but she still knew that they were somewhere around. She walked straight into Eric's office and sat on the cold metal chair that was there and waited a small smile on her face. Eric had heard her walk in and sit down. He looked up from what he was doing.
"So how goes it at my old friend's mansion?"
"Quite well but today they had an old friend drop in."
"Who was this old friend?" Mystique small smile turned into a large smirk,
"Mother Nature."
The man pulled out the pictures that he had developed himself two hours later.
"This is where she is Eagle."
"The Xavier Institute? Hmmmm odd place to hide…" As he flipped through the pictures looking at her face carefully.
"What do you wish us to do?"
"We will attack tonight and take her as our own, then after she will pay for the death of my uncle. Prepare Yang and the rest of them."
"Yes Eagle. Status?"
"Alive, untouched except by a tranquilizer."
"Done." The camera man disappeared as Eagle was left alone with the pictures.
'And maybe more my blue eyed beauty…and maybe more…'
Eric laughed. "You cannot be serious; she disappeared about 20 years ago and was never seen again."
"Trust me she is very much alive, and has changed very much. You'd be surprised."
"Would I?"
"Yes."
"Fine then. Invite her here."
"As you wish." With that Mystique walked back out the door,
"Oh Mystique?" Mystique turned back around. "Give her this for me."
A round metal ball is what floated toward Mystique, and she nodded accepting it into her hands.
"What is it?"
"She will show you." Mystique nodded again and left going back to grab some food, clothes and blankets before she left.
Alright! Another Chapter finished!
Anyways since I haven't updated in such a long while I guess I owe you another update….but we shall see!
Mystery child