First of none of this is mine don't own the charters witch's belong to Marvel and the crow belongs to the move/comic book writers, only the idea for this story is mine nothing else.
The song is by disturbed and calleddown with thesickness
Toad: The Crow: Salvation lost.
Pulling himself to his feet and looking at the house, he then started to run into the house. Running up to the door, Toad pulled his leg up high and kicked the door open with a hammering a blow.
Pushing him self in through the destroyed door, Toad, with a heart tearing cry, let out a heart breaking cry.
"Where are you?"
Storming into the hallway, he froze as a memory hit him.
Pietro was staring at them both; he couldn't believe what he saw. Sitting on the sofa was Toad and he was making out with Betsy, the new X-geek who was dating that wings guy. Bursting into the room, Pietro rips Toad off of the sofa and slams him into a wall.
"You-stupid-little-fuck". Pietro blurted out at high speed. "You-remember-what-happened-when-Lance-kept-seeing-Kitty-bitchs-after-Magneto-said-no." Pietro's face was turning red in anger. "That right Magnus nearly killed him."
Toad paled at this memory and shock his head defiantly, finding his voice with a powerful strength. "Don't care, yo, I love her. Bet's was the only one who saw Todd and not Toad."
Pietro slammed his fist into the wall "Yeah, well, you better start praying because after Avalanche, he going to make sure he dose the job right this time."
Then the super quick mutant sped out of the room, knocking Betsy over. Hopping over to her, Toad pulled her up into a deep hug.
The crow squawked, bringing Toad back to here and now. Flapping it wings rapidly, the crow moved into the dinning room and beckoned Toad to follow him. As soon as he walked into the dinning room, a power memory flashed into his mind.
The memory of his death.
Toad was just standing there, staring into the centre of the room. He was bloody and heavily injured, supporting loads of small cuts and burses from a fight. Not bothering to turn around, Toad knew who was behind him.
"Yo let finish this toothy"
Quickly, he spun round but not quick enough as Sabertooth grabbed him by the throat and slammed him on the ground. The larger feral mutant lifted Toad up and threw the out side, sending him souring out the window into the garden.
Toads jumped and twisted in the air, throwing him self through the broken window and to the grounds outside.
Toad hit the ground hard and rolled to his feet, only to be met with a grinning Pyro. Pyro gave him a crazed look smile before shooting out a load of flame at Toad. Seeing the fire come to him, Toad moved on instinct and flung himself into the air. Hit the ground, he propelled himself up onto the roof of the 'Hood house to dodge a seconded blast of fire, just to be knocked down by a giant flying bird.
Toad landed on the roof in two jumps and as he hit the roof, he kicked off again. Sending himself flying to the ground, Toad screamed as the memory of the pain continued.
Toad lay on the ground and groaned in pain. As Toad slow sat up, a metal poll smashed into him and pinned him to the ground.
"Did you think I let you go this easily Toad" As the red armor monster Magneto floated above him, he raved down to the helpless mutant. "I saved you, Toad, taking you into my brotherhood and this how you repay me? By betraying me with my enemies?"
Magneto face was red with anger. With a hand gesture, the metal poll lifted into the air and floated above Toad with the metal point at his heart.
"Good bye, Toad; you were the weakness among us and only the strong deserve the right to live."
As Magneto raised his hand to spear Toad, there was a cry; out of the shadows walked Angel.
"Stop!"
Walking up to Magneto, he spoke harshly and darkly "You said he was mine to kill if I joined you."
With a nod from the master of magnetism, the poll drop to the floor. Angel walked over and picked up the pool and smiled. Taking a long back swing, he smacked Toad brutally across the head with it.
Looking down at the broken Toad, he pulled back the metal poll again and speared Toad throw the gut. Leaning down he whispered into the dying Toad's ear, twisting the metal to make Toad scream with pain.
"You were never good enough for Betsy and this for taking her form me."
As Angel got up, he spat on in Toad face. The last thought to drift through his mind as he bleed out, was "I Love you, Betsy".
Toad lay there with a glassy look in his eyes, like he was dead. The crow came up to and pecked him, squawking. This caused Toad sitting up straight and looked at the crow, nodding. He started to run again, with the crow following him as he ran until he came to the Xavier School for the Gifted.
Moving quickly like a shadow, Toad slipped past the security measures. Coming to the balcony that lead into Betsy room, Toad hopped up into the air and used his tongue to pull him self onto the balcony.
He slowly walked into Betsy's room, a swelling feeling of terror mounting in his heart. Looking around the room, he saw old stains on floor and at the biding of the crow, He touched them. Touching the stains, the crow's power of psychometric kicked in and the memories of the stains flood into his mind.
Betsy was laying on her bed, crying her eyes out; the tears running downer her faces smudging her makeup. The memories of how they found Toad body flooded her mind and the pain in her heart wouldn't go away without Toad in her life. Going to her dresser, she pulled out the dagger Toad got her for her birthday.
Looking at the dagger and marveled at its detail. The end of the dagger was a bronze skull and the hilt was well carved to look like snakes. Taking the blade, Betsy put the blade to her wrist and with a sharp pull, she opened her wrist. Betsy let out a soul breaking cry as her blood spilled against the floor.
Down the hall, Jean herded the cry and came running. Storming into Betsy room while she ripped the door of the hinges with her TK, Jean ran up to Betsy and looked down at one of her closet friend. Reaching down, she gently picked Betsy with her TK.
"Don't worry, Betsy; I get you to Beast, your going to be ok."
Betsy looked at Jean and smiled "No, this I want; I want to be with Todd. Please they took away the only thing worth living for in my life. Todd was my salvation and I can't live wit …"
As her voices drifted away, Jean stopped and looked down at Betsy. Betsy tried to speak again, but her life had all ready dripped away into a scarlet pool on the floor. Reaching out with her mind, Jean tried to save Betsy but the psychic feed back off Betsy's death pushed her into a coma, trapping her between life and death.
Toad let out a cry as he turned the bed over and smashed the lamp off the shelf. He turned over the dresser, spelling it contest to the floor. Then hearing the cry of the crow, Toad turned around in a flurry and saw on the wall above the dress the mask Betsy had got.
(Can you feel that?)
(Oh shit)
Ooh ah ah ah ah!
Ooh ah ah ah ah!
Drowning deep in my sea of loathing
Broken your servant I kneel
(Will you give in to me?)
It seems what's left of my human side
Is slowly changing ... in me
(Will you give in to me?)
Like he was hearing a voice in side of his skull, Toad picked up his spare clothes that he had left in her dresser that had spilled on to the floor and slipped them on. Then, sitting down in front of the dresser, Toad slow started to paint his faces.
Looking at my own reflection
When suddenly it changes
Violently it changes
Oh no, There is no turning back now
You've woken up the demon ... in me
First he covered it in white faces paint like a mime and then he slow reached out for the black, but stopped at this the crow let a cry. Looking down, he could here the crow crying for him to finish his mask, but he couldn't when Toad saw it.
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Open up your hate, and let it flow into me
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
You mother get up
Come on get down with the sickness
You fucker get up
Come on get down with the sickness
Madness is the gift, that has been given to me
Reaching out, Toad took the purple faces paint and drawled two lines that went down and round his eyes stopping in line with his nose. He then painted a smile around his lips (The classic crow face). At the sight of him self he let out a crazed filled laugh. The crow looked on at first at this unusual event and let out a squawk of agreement.
I can see inside you, the sickness is rising
Don't try to deny what you feel
(Will you give in to me?)
It seems that all that was good has died
And is decaying in me
(Will you give in to me?)
Getting up, Toad saw on the floor the dagger he had given to Betsy. Picking it up, he smiled at seeing how clean it was and offered a pray up to for the X-men who cleaned it up before slipping it into his belt. Moving to leave, he heard the crow cry again and turned to look at the jet-black bird.
It seems you're having some trouble
In dealing with these changes
Living with these changes
Oh no, the world is a scary place
Now that you've woken up the demon ... in me
The crow flew off it perch and flew to Betsy wardrobe, knocking it open. Hanging on the door was Betsy's long purple leather coat. Nodding in agreement, Toad smiled as he grabbed and swung it round, letting it slip onto him. Toad looked in the mirror, smiling at how well it fit him.
The crow, sprit of vengeances and the herald of death; pray for those he has come for.
Redgobling-x
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