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Authors Note: Thank you for all the wonderful reviews! They make me so happy! Keep them coming!
Ed's Tomato: I'm sorry I had stick-up-his-ass knock Toad out. But someone had to, and he was just conveniently placed. That and my mom wanted me to have Cyclops in it. Don't worry… he'll get his due eventually….
JuJuBe: Please don't hurt me with your wrath! Cowers in fear of wrath
Carmilla DeWinter: It does seem to be the thing here, isn't it? But I agree. It is just too much fun to quit. And I'm thinking about giving Emily a half-brother… insert evil grin here
BeastBoyBlitz: You say I'm the master of suspense? I can't possibly… We're all pretty good at it. What about your latest chapter of 'We Meet Again'? Huh? Can you say cliffy? UPDATE GODDAMMIT! WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!
Lady Em-Chan: takes cookies munch munch munch….. MY COOKIES!
And now onto the story!
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Toad groaned as he slowly woke up. He tried to remember what he had been doing. His eyes shot open as he remembered and he tried to sit up. He found that he wasn't able to though. He was somehow being restrained. He fought against the straps that were holding him down. They were too stiff and hard though. He couldn't fight them.
He heard voices and quickly pretended to be asleep. He heard them enter and walk over to him. They were talking quietly. But he could hear every word.
"She refuses to do anything." Toad recognized the voice as Storms.
"Anything?" Toad recognized this as Xavier's.
"Anything. Eat, Sleep, And Talk. All she does is sit in a corner and cry. We need Toad to wake up." Storm said. She sounded genuinely worried.
"I think he's already awake." Xavier smiled. Toad opened his eyes again. HE glared at the two standing above him.
"Lemmie go. I 'aven't done nuffin' to yeh to warrant bein' strapped to a bed." Toad said calmly. Xavier smiled at Toad, and Storm glared at him. Toad kept his face emotionless.
"We have no idea if you would attack us." Xavier said.
"I never went at yeh. You lot brought me an' my daughter 'ere on yer own accord. I'd 'ave every righ' to attack yeh." Toad said. Xavier seemed to be thinking about this statement.
"Please. I only wan' t'see Emily." Toad said. Storm laughed cruelly. Xavier looked sympathetic, but shook his head.
"I'm sorry but I cannot allow that. As it is you are here solely because of Nightcrawler's conscience." Xavier turned when Wolverine and Cyclops entered the room. "They will escort you to your cell. Do not resist or they will be forced to do you harm." Xavier said before leaving. Storm followed behind him.
Toad thought vaguely about struggling. But then he remembered Emily and the fact that the X-men still had her. So he did nothing and just let them lead him through the sub-basement.
They pushed him into a cell and immediately when he turned around a laser field appeared. Wolverine left but Cyclops stayed. HE was looking at Toad Curiously.
"I never would have figured you as a family man." Cyclops said quietly.
"Please, jus' lemmie see Emily. Ge' 'er t'eat." Toad pleaded. He touched the lasers and pulled his hand away sharply when his fingers got burnt. Cyclops looked at Toad sadly.
"I'll bring her down here so you can talk." Cyclops said quietly before he left. Toad sat down against a wall and allowed himself a few moments to cry to himself. He knew it was his fault for Emily being captured. If only he had of gone the other way, if only he had realized that Cyclops had been waiting around that corner.
He heard footsteps and quickly dried his eyes. He watched the door open and Cyclops enter leading Emily. Her beautiful blue eyes were red from the amount of crying she had been doing. She looked up and saw Toad, and her face immediately brightened up.
"Can I go in with him?" Emily asked Cyclops. Cyclops started shaking his head, but the look on Emily's face stopped him. He went over to the control panel and flicked a switch that allowed Emily to enter.
She ran in and enveloped Toad in a huge hug. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he knelt down and her tail wrapped around one of his arms. She started crying into his shirt. Toad saw Cyclops leave out of the corner of his eye.
"Daddy, I was so scared." Emily whispered. Toad nodded. He sat down against the wall and sat her down in his lap, similar to when they had been in the kitchen. Emily immediately started to calm down.
"You're gonna 'ave t'be a big girl now." Toad said to her quietly. Emily nodded her head.
"Is Grand-dad going to come save us?" Emily asked. Toad nodded.
"'es gonna try. But right now you need t'do somfin for me." Toad said. Emily looked excited. "You need to do the exact opposite of what people tell you. Unless it's to eat, or sleep. Don't tell them anythin' 'bout the island, or anyone on it. Okay?" Toad hoped she'd listen to him.
"Okay Daddy. What if Grand-dad comes? Do I listen to what he says?" Emily asked with a mischievous smile. Toad laughed.
"Yes, do wha' 'e says, and wha' I say, no one else." Toad laughed. He pulled Emily in closer to him and hugged her. She snuggled into him, getting comfortable. She closed her eyes and smiled happily.
"I love you Daddy." Emily whispered to him. Toad's heart jumped as he allowed a smile to creep onto his face.
"I love you too, Em." Toad whispered back. They both fell asleep like that, just happy to be together.
/Cyclops/
Cyclops walked into Professor Xavier's office. Xavier looked up at him from the physics paper he had been grading.
"Yes Scott?" Xavier asked.
"Professor I think we made a mistake." Cyclops said.
"Yes, I fear that we have." Xavier sighed.
"Has Magneto contacted you yet?" Cyclops asked.
"No, not yet. I don't think that he has realized that Toad is missing." Xavier said. He looked worriedly at Cyclops.
"Should we release him?" Cyclops asked.
"No. You know we wouldn't be able to leave the girl with Toad. And I fear that we wouldn't be able to control her if we released Toad and not her." Xavier said worriedly.
He didn't realize the irony of his words.
/Toad/
"Calm down squirt!" Wolverine yelled. He was trying to get Emily away from Toad. She refused to go without a fight though. Wolverine was having trouble holding her down.
"Lemmie go! I want to stay with my Daddy!" Emily screeched. Her arms and legs were fighting against Wolverine's arms. Her tail had made its way to Wolverine's neck and was slowly squeezing tighter. Toad was standing behind the lasers of his cell door. He had a smirk on his face as he watched Emily fight. He felt proud that she was such a good fighter. She was doing everything she could to stop Wolverine from taking her away. There was a shout when she bit Wolverine's arm, and revealed her sharp carnivorous teeth.
Wolverine snarled as he dropped Emily from surprise. She ran and flicked the switch to lower the beams and let Toad go. Toad grinned and ran to her, grabbing her as he ran past. Toad slimed Wolverine's face as an afterthought, to slow the big man down.
Toad ran down the hallway, stopping when he came up to three different hallways. He had no clue where to go. Emily tapped his shoulder – she had been shifted onto his back so that he could run easier – and pointed down one of the hallways.
"That way!" She whispered frantically. Toad ran in the direction she had said, figuring that that hallway was as good as any others. She told him to stop, so he did. She jumped down and ran over to a door. Emily reached up and pressed a button. A door opened to reveal an elevator, which he was quickly pulled into. He just let her lead him around quickly. She seemed to know where she was going.
They soon ended up outside, running down the drive towards the locked gate. Emily seemed dejected at finding the gate locked. Their escape had gone so well too! Toad grinned, however. He grabbed her around her waist and launched himself into the air with her in his arms. An alarm started going off as Toad ran down the street, with Emily piggybacking.
/Magneto/
Magneto smiled as he heard the stress in Xavier's voice. Apparently they had captured Toad and Emily, and then lost them because Wolverine couldn't handle the little girl.
"What do you propose I do? Magically teleport them back to my island? 1 It was your people that brought them there in the first place." Magneto said to the picture of Xavier on his videophone.
"Yes, but we realize now that it was a huge misunderstanding." Xavier said tiredly. Magneto grinned malevolently.
"You made a mistake? The great Charles Xavier made a mistake?" Magneto taunted. Mystique came in and placed a file on his desk quickly before leaving again.
"Yes. I made a mistake. I am only human after all." Xavier said.
"Fix your mistake then. I'm not here to fix them for you." Magneto said before hanging up.
Magneto smiled and picked the phone up. He dialed his group of recruits in the town near the Xavier Institute. At the very least he was going to warn them that Toad was going to be heading their way.
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1: In the game "X-Men, Next Dimension" and I'm pretty sure in some of the comics Magneto had a teleportation device that could send his people anywhere on the planet or bring them back.
Authors Note 2: Ha Ha Ha! No more! Not until I get at least five more reviews, anyways! So if you want to get the next chapter, then sooner you review the sooner you get the next chapter!
Insert evil laughter here
I got the idea of Wolverine being beaten by a little girl, and had to do it. I can't wait to post the next chapter, but I will hold out until the above mentioned number of reviews comes in! Toad gets to threaten someone that really needs to be told off! Yay!