Disclaimer: I own nothing except for my OC Silverstream and any alterations to the originals storyline plot her presence creates to various readers amusement everywhere across the globe.
Mutant Heart And Mutant Soul Chapter 11
Three months has passes and my friends and my dear Logan still didn't know about the baby. So far I had hidden my pregnancy well. I had been wearing some clothes a little loose lately so no one would notice the slight swell of my belly growing. Also whenever I was in the danger room practicing I made sure I was in there alone. That's because I would be wearing my x-men suit and the bulge in my belly would show somewhat through its material. I was now practicing in the danger room on the easiest level I could get; I didn't want to hurt my baby. Although I did have a close call after two months into my pregnancy.
You see I was talking on the phone with the doctor at the hospital, he was checking in on me and Logan came walking into our room. I covered my end of the phone with one of my hands when he came in.
"Who's that, Silverstream," he said.
I said "Oh it's someone from the city dear it's nothing for you to worry about."
Logan only raised an eyebrow at what I said and turned away. Taking this I spoke back into the phone, but this time in a whisper.
I said "I have to go, call me on my cell phone for now on I can't have anyone finding out about this just yet."
He agreed so he went to only calling me on my cell phone.
Right now I was in the city doing some shopping. I was wearing my shirt a little bit loose right now so no one I ran into would suspect I was carrying. My clothes weren't fitting around my belly now so I needed to by some maternity clothes but not ones that would instantly give me away to the others. I was in Macys one of my favorite store's. They had the best clothes there. I was in the spot where they had pregnancy clothes I saw things that weren't really my style but they would have to do. As I was finished picking some of them out I heard two voices that I didn't expect to hear there.
One of them said "Oh what do you think of this, Dear?"
"I don't know it doesn't really seem like you to me, Jean." I
turned on the spot and saw Jean and Scott standing not too far away from me.
"Oh shit," I said, ducking down behind some shirts so the two of them wouldn't see me.
Scott and Jean heard my voice and turned on the spot in its direction. Fortunately I had ducked behind some clothes before they'd be able to see me.
"Did you hear that," said Scott.
"It sounded like, Silverstream," Jean said.
Scott now moved away from Jean and toward the spot where he thought I would be. Scott looked around in that area for a few seconds by he could find nothing but clothes. That's because I had moved over to the cash registers ready to buy my new clothes once they were gone. Scott went back over to Jean once his search was complete. J
ean said "Well?"
Scott shook his head at her.
He said "So she wasn't there must've just been our imagination."
The two of them now went back to their shopping. They walked away from that area to look at something else. Once they were gone I got out from my hiding place and over to the cash registers to buy my new clothes.
Before leaving the mall I went into one of the bookstores to see if it had any new books. While I was looking at the merchandise my guard was down and I didn't notice the two of them passing by the store in time. Jean was the one that spotted me in the store. She was very surprised to see me there since I told them I wasn't supposed to be in this part of the city, seeing me made Jean stop in her tracks.
She said "Huh what's she doing here?"
Scott turned to Jean when he heard what she said.
"What is it, Jean," he said.
She pointed through the glass to where I was standing. Scott was just as surprised as Jean when he saw me in the store.
"What's she doing here," he said.
"I don't know," said Jean.
A moment later they had to find a place to hide because I had turned to the front of the bookstore walking to the exit. The two of them hid behind some flowers so they wouldn't be seen when I came out.
Next thing they knew I was looking for the exit of the mall. Right when I was far enough they came out of their hiding place and followed me as close as they could without me spotting them. S
Scott said "I don't believe this. Silverstream's supposed to be back at the mansion. She didn't tell us that she was going out today."
"Something's up. Silverstreams never lied to us before," said Jean.
A few minutes later their feet had brought them back outside the building and into its parking lot. They saw me enter one of our cars and they went into one of their own. Next thing that happened was that they were following me down my path once again. It eventually brought them to one of the cities hospitals. This surprised them even more.
The two of them parked on the other side of the streets waiting for me to come out again.
"What could she be doing here? Is she sick again," said Jean.
"I don't know but I have a feeling we're gonna find out," said Scott.
An hour later they were still waiting and I hadn't come out yet.
"Whatever she's doing it has to be important," Scott said.
Then a second later they saw me walking out from the front of the hospital.
"Finally there she is," Jean said.
I now got back into the jeep and started driving away again. Same as before Jean and Scott weren't far behind. Unfortunately for them they made a very obvious mistake on their part. They were driving too close to the jeep behind me. I was able to see them through the rearview mirror when I came to a stop sign. My eyes narrowed when I saw their image inside of it but me quickly though of a plan to get them busted. I only hope that Jean and Scott haven't seen too much. I made the turn and picked up speed a little bit in order to put some more distance between us putting a little plan of mind into action. Scott had to stop his convertible at the stop sign before he made the same turn with Jean. But when he did they were faced with the unexpected. As they made the turn the two of them came face to face with me.
I was sitting on the back of the jeep waiting for them to come around that corner. When they did I was looking at them with narrowed eyes. Clearly I wasn't happy with them following me around like this. My feelings could clearly be seen on my face. Scott stopped the car where it was and with Jean they were looking at me with dumbfounded expressions on their faces.
"Oh boy I think we're busted," said Scot, bleakly.
Scott's words were justified when I made a gesture with one of my hands telling them to get out of the car.
"You think," Jean said, teeth gritted.
Scott and Jean now got out of the convertible and moved toward me. I didn't say anything during their approach I only sat there with my head bowed. When they reached me I got back up onto my feet and stood in front of them not saying a word.
Jean was the first one to speak out of the three of us.
She said "You've been busy today, Silverstream."
I raised my head from its bowed position and looked at her straight in the eyes. The look I had on my face never wavered. I wasn't going to give these two any ideas about what was going on with me. I responded to her words with a steady voice like it usually was.
I said "There was no need for you two to follow me down here you have no right to do so."
"You lied to us, Silverstream. You told us that you were staying at the mansion today," said Scott.
"I was, but then I remembered that I had a doctor's appointment today," I said.
"Why didn't you tell us," Scott said.
I said "I don't have to tell you guys everything you know."
Scott now asked the question I was hoping he wouldn't ask.
He said "You were in Macys today weren't you?"
I was hoping he wouldn't ask this but now that he did I had no choice but to answer. I said "Yeah I was what's it to you?"
Their eyes narrowed when I said this. Scott was about to speak again when Jean interrupted him.
She said "We heard you somewhere behind us but we didn't see you. Were you trying to avoid us?"
It took me a little longer to think of an answer for this one. I did my best to make it sound convincing when I said it.
"I was in a rush Jean I couldn't stop and say hi to either of you," I said.
"Really? Now it didn't seem like that when we saw you in the bookstore," said Jean.
That caught me by surprise I didn't know they had seen me in there.
My eyes widened for about a second but it wasn't long before they went back to the way I already had them. The two of them noticed my mistake and went to take care of it.
Scott said "What have you been up to?"
I refused to answer his question. The three of us stood there staring at each other. Finally after what seemed like an eternity I made the first move. Instead of arguing with them I got back into the jeep.
Scott said "Hold it. Where do you think you're going?"
I turned my head toward them and said "Home."
I drove away not turning back. The two of them watched me drive away not doing anything.
Jean said "There's something she's not telling us." She then turned to her husband. "What do you think Scott?"
"I don't know, Jean. I just don't know," said Scott.
Scott got back into their car and Jean followed him.
On my way home I had a lot of thinking to do. Scott and Jean had gotten a glimpse of me at Macys I knew they would eventually find out what I was doing there. I was going to have to tell them soon, very soon. When I got home I picked up my shopping back and went straight to the room I had with Logan. I put my maternity clothes in the dresser and put my new book on top of it. Just as I finished putting them away the Professors voice went through the entire mansion.
"Silverstream, Cyclopes, Jean please report to my study immediately," said the Professor.
I raised my eyebrows when I heard his voice. I went out of the bedroom and bumped straight into Logan as I walked out the door.
"Oh sorry, Logan, didn't see you there," I said.
Logan chuckled and got more serious.
He said "Better hurry or you're going to be late."
I gave Logan a kiss and went on my way. I ran as fast as I could to the Professors study. Logan was right I didn't want to be late for what the Professor had to say. When I got there I found that Cyclopes and Jean had already gotten there before me. They must've come back home not long after I did. The three of us just stared at each other for a moment. I nodded to them and went to my place in front of the Professor. Charles smiled to me as I took my seat and a second later she started speaking to us.
He said "I have a mission for the three of you."
The Professor now had our immediate attention.
"What's our mission," I said.
He said "Cerebro has finally given us the whereabouts of our friend Morph I need you three to go get him."
"Where is he," said Jean.
"I believe he's with a fair at the moment using his powers for the entertainment of others. You're going to have to move quickly I don't know when he's going to move again. Once you get there Jean will use her mind powers to find Morph in the crowd just in case he's wearing a disguise," said the Professor.
Jean nodded her head at these words.
"Understood, Professor," she said.
Charles now turned to Scott.
He said "Cyclopes, you will lead this mission. Jean and Silverstream you will follow his orders the entire time." The two of us didn't say anything to that we knew what had to be done for this assignment. "Suit up and report to the blackbird you'll be leaving immediately."
"Yes sir."
The three of us now left the room to get on our x-men suits.
As I entered my room to put on my suit and mask Silverwings flew in through the open window and onto her perch. She let out a little peep to let me know she was there. I smiled at her as I was starting to change my clothes.
"Hey, girl," I said.
She let out another peep and flew over onto my shoulder. I stroked the feathers on her back as she was rubbing against my neck. I could almost sense what she was thinking and it made me chuckle when I figured it out.
"Yes, Silverwings you can come along, too," I permit.
Silverwings peeped and flew back up onto her perch waiting for me to finish what I was doing. I only had my mask to put on so there wasn't much left to do. So I picked up my mask and put it on my face to cover my eyes. The rest of my face was completely visible only my eyes were covered by it. I now walked over to the perch and Silverwings flew back up onto my shoulder. With no time to waste I left the room with Silverwings and headed for the hanger bay underground.
I got there at the same time as Scott and Jean. Like me they were wearing their x-men suits. The three of us went over to the blackbird. Scott pressed a button on its side and the three of us started walking up its steps. Jean was about to close the door when someone else ran into the hanger bay and moved toward the blackbird. Jean identified him as Logan and he was dressed in his costume ready to go on the mission with us.
He said "You didn't think I was going to let you go without me now did you?"
Scott met him at the bottom of the steps before Wolverine could even take step up them.
He said "You can't come, Wolverine. The Professor only wants us to go on this mission."
"So," said Logan.
"So you're supposed to stay here until called for ,Wolverine," Scott said.
Wolverine said "You think that'll stop me from coming along I promised myself I'd find Morph and that's what I'm gonna do."
Scott was going to protest against this but Jean put a hand on his arm and stopped him in his tracks. Jean shook her head telling Scott to just let it go. Scott took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. Scott still wasn't happy, but he finally agreed.
"This had better be a good idea," he said.
A second later he walked back up into the blackbird with Wolverine following behind him. Once inside Wolverine took the seat next to me and wrapped me in his arm. Scott and Jean were preparing the blackbird for takeoff. A few moments later we were out of the hanger bay and flying in the sky. It took a while before we got to the place where Morph was hiding but we eventually got there.
Our destination was a fair with plenty of rides and tents inside of it. We used the jets cloaking device to pass over the fair while looking for a good place to land. We found a spot about a mile away from the place. It was a clearing but with plenty of trees to cover it up and keep it out of sight. Cyclopes turned off the cloaking device as soon as we touched down with a bit of a thump. The four of us undid our seat belts and got out of the blackbird. It was lucky for me that we landed at that moment because I had now gotten a very bad case of motion sickness from the flight over here. As soon as we landed I immediately ran off of the jet and threw up everything I had for breakfast and what I had for a midmorning snack that day. Logan was patting my back as I was getting a hold of myself again.
"Are you all right Silver," he said.
I said "Yes, dear, I'm all right. It must've been something I ate this morning."
I lifted myself back up and fixed my hair so it wouldn't seem like a mess.
In the mean time Scott and Jean were getting off the blackbird behind us.
Jean said "Is she all right?"
I was taking in some deep breathes to steady my stomach so Wolverine had to answer for me.
"She's all right just an upset stomach," said Logan.
I took in one more deep breath and let it out slowly. A moment later I had turned to them with a steady expression.
"Ok I'm ready to go," I said.
Scott and Jean nodded their heads and the four of us were on our way to find Morph. But not before Scott activated the cloaking device again so nobody would be able to find and take it away from us.
We had already passes the fair on our way to the landing site we knew which way to go. Jean used her powers to guide us as well so we wouldn't be able to get lost. Right when we got there we noticed that the place was crawling with people and to make things worse they were all dressed in costumes. This was going to make things harder to find him. Wolverine was the first one to notice this dilemma.
"Oh boy," Wolverine said.
Without saying anything the four of us moved for the entrance of the fair. Fortunately for us people weren't being charged for going inside the place.
Wolverine said "Things have gotten a lot more complicated."
"How are we going to find him now," I said.
"We're going to have to split up. It'll be easier to find him that way," Scott said.
Jean dug into one of her pockets and took out a few small ear communicators. Jean gave one to each of us.
She said "Here we'll use these to contact each other in case one of us should find him." We each took them and put one in our ears. "Good luck everyone."
The four of us spit up and went in our own directions to find Morph. Some of the other people that were there commented on our x-men uniforms as we passed them. Luckily no one seemed to recognize us from any news channels or anything else like that.
The four of us seemed to search the whole fair grounds and we couldn't find any trace of Morph. After a while Scott activated his earpiece and contacted the rest of us.
He said "Find anything?"
"Nothing on my end."
"Same here."
"Sorry, but I couldn't find anything either."
Scott thought for a moment and directed his next words at Jean.
He said "Jean, can you sense anything?"
"I've been trying, but I can't find any trace of him anywhere in here," said Jean.
"Keep looking he has to be here somewhere," Scott said.
We all then went back to our search. In less than half an hour of our little talk I finally got a lead of where to find our lost friend and it was just what we needed to finish it. Little did I know that finding Morph would get me into very deep trouble.
I was passing by a group of girls when I heard them talking about something that interested me.
"That was the best show ever."
"I know those transformations of his almost seem real."
This caught my attention it definitely had to be Morph. Turning in the direction they came from I saw a tent at the end of the place. As I drew closer I could hear people laughing and cheering inside of it. I looked in and saw a large stage with someone acting on top of it. As soon as I looked in he transformed into a three headed monster right in front of my eyes. Members of the audience screamed at first but after a few seconds they all started applauding the man on the stage.
I said "What do you think, Silverwings? Have we found our man?" Silverwings peeped on my shoulder as if to say that she didn't know. Just then the person on stage let out a laugh that I instantly recognized and changed back to the form he had before. "Yeah that's our guy."
Morph was leaving the stage so the next act could come up. Some people were leaving and I used that cover to follow Morph unseen through the crowd.
Morph entered another tent outside of this one where he could prepare for his next show.
Smiling, he said "Another perfect show." Letting out a cackle he changed back into his original form wearing his x-man uniform. He then started to prepare for his next performance. Just as he was starting to prepare himself for it I stepped in and spoke up. "Couldn't have said it better myself."
Morph jumped and spun around as soon as he heard my voice. His eyes went wide and I realized that he still remembered me from the last time we met. Morph got up onto his feet I suspected that he thought I was here to fight.
I immediately went to make things clear to him. I held up my hand palms out stopping him in his tracks.
"I'm not here to fight I just want to talk," I said, gently. He didn't seem quite convinced just yet so I tried to speak to him further to try to get him to calm himself down before he did anything stupid. "You might not remember me, but we met sometime last year you know when you came to us at the mansion. My name is, Silverstream."
He still looked confused for a second but he eventually figured out who I was. A small smile appeared on his face and he seemed to have to calm down a bit after that.
"Yes I remember you," he said.
I smiled at him and said "Good."
I now took a chance and stepped toward me. He didn't back away from me this time which seemed to me that he was beginning to trust me. I stopped where I was when I was about six feet away from him.
I said "If you remember me then you must know why I'm here."
"Yes, I do," said Morph.
I took another step toward him, beseechingly, I said "Please Morph we just want you home we all miss you." Right on cue Silverwings flew onto my shoulder and onto Morphs head. She actually tried to make a nest up there. Morph swatted her away and Silverwings came back to me. The smile on my face grew even bigger. "See Silverwings likes you."
The two of us managed to laugh a little but the atmosphere soon went back to being uncomfortable. Morph was the first one to speak but when he did it wasn't the answer I was hoping for.
"I'm sorry but I can't," he said.
My face turned serious and the smile I had on before was now gone.
"Morph, please," I said.
Then suddenly something strange happened. Morph got a very strange look on his face as if something had finally made him come to something. He seemed very frightened and scared.
He said "You shouldn't have come here. You're in great danger." His mood had changed and I didn't like it one bit. Immediately I went to see what had caused him to change his mood so quickly.
"Morph what is it? What's wrong," I said, worriedly.
Morph was looking at me with an expression of horror on his face.
"He's been watching me waiting for this moment. He knew you would be coming," he said ominously.
All right now things were starting to get weird.
"Who's been watching you, Morph," I said.
But before he could answer me we were interrupted by Silverwings. She was peeping madly while jumping on my shoulder. I put my hand on her trying to get her to calm down.
"What's gotten into you?" I said.
My question was answered as soon as it was said.
Suddenly without warning the back of the tent was ripped open. The sun shot right into the tent and I was partly blinded by the intensity of it. In the sunlight I saw four new people come into view. Their faces couldn't be seen because they were opposite of the sun.
One of them said "So he was right she did come."
A moment later another of the four incredibly stretched his arm and expanded the size of his hand. He used it to grab me and pull me outside of the tent.
"Hey let go," I said.
Silverwings didn't like this at all. He was flapping his wings trying to stay in position on my shoulder. When I was out of the tent I was able to see better which let me see who my attackers were.
As I said before there were four of them. Two of them were females and the other two were males. Later I would find out that the females were called Ink and Ace while the males were known as Screech and Kong. The one holding me was Kong. He was looking at me with a sneer on his face.
Kong said "So this is the one called Silverstream. I wondered what she looked like."
Kong now turned his attention over to Morph who had just come out of the tent. "You've done well, Morph. She's just what our master wanted," said Kong.
I wouldn't know what he meant by that until later when I would see who was really behind this assault.
I said "You won't take me away so easily."
With that I now activated my power. Light shines bright from my mark. I directed it into the eyes of Kong. With a yell he let me go and I landed back onto the ground.
Kong shouted "Get her!"
His comrades leapt right for me. Before they could even touch me I jumped out of the way and they all smacked right into each other. I landed on one of their backs and then jumped away from them. Screech turned in my direction and used his powers on me. Silverwings managed to fly clear of it but I didn't. I took the full force of the attack head on. The sound waves coming from his throat was extremely loud. I was lucky they didn't damage my ears. I screamed when it reached me and covered my ears. I felt like I couldn't move from that spot but I could still speak.
Silverwings was flouting in the air outside of the range of this attack.
"Silverwings, go find the others don't worry about me I'll be fine," ordered Silverstream.
As if he could understand he Silverwings flew off to find our three companions. Ink was going to stop him when surprisingly Kong intervened.
He said "Let it go. There's nothing she can do."
He was so wrong about that. Screech was starting to wear me down I was now on my knees. Screech called off his attack and let someone else take over for him. Ink used her power to wrap herself around me to keep me from going anywhere. I was going to use my own power to blink Ink when Ace revealed what hers was. Ace made eye contact with me and she seemed to have a hypnotic gaze. She held me in that position as she moved closer to me.
"Do it, Ace," Kong said.
Before I could react Ace put her hands to my head and activated one of her others powers. As soon as he hands made contact with my skin she drained my powers from my body. She took my strength from me as well.
I tried very hard to keep my eyes opened but that hypnotizing gaze of hers along with the draining of the strength made me pass out. I fell limp in Inks grasp as I went unconscious. Ink set me down on the ground once she knew that I wouldn't run away.
"Set her down gently the boss wants her in one piece," Screech said. He then turned to Kong and gave him his instructions. "Kong, you'll be the one to carry her."
Kong nodded his head showing that he understood. A moment later Kong turned to Morph and gave him a slight nod.
"Do it," he said.
Morph took something out of one of his pockets. He was about to press a button when something unexpected happened.
Out of nowhere shot a laser and it knocked the button right out of Morphs hand. Morph yelped in shock and pain when the laser hit his hand. All five of them turned toward its source with looks of anger on their faces. Not too far away stood Scott, Jean, Logan with Silverwings and they didn't look happy not one bit. Logan let out a snarl when he saw me unconscious on the ground.
"Touch her and you're dead," he growled.
Logan brought out his claws trying to intimidate the enemy. It didn't work. The five of them only laughed at his outburst.
Screech said "Try and stop us."
Screech made a signal to Kong and as soon as he did Kong went toward me in a move to pick me up. That did it for Logan he didn't want that ape to touch me. Logan let out a bull like roar and charged claws outstretched. Ink went to confront him as he headed for Kong. Logan was too focused on Kong to notice her coming. Fortunately for Logan Scott and Jean did. Scott activated his power and shot a laser straight at Ink. She made a whole in her liquidized body so that it would go right through. Now instead of Logan Ink now went for them. Logan was free to attack Kong without any interference from anyone else.
Just as Kong was about to pick me up Logan tackled him. Kong was knocked over and pushed to the ground with Logan on top of him.
"Don't you dare touch her," he said through gritted teeth.
Screech and Morph went to help their fallen friend but they were intercepted before they could get to him. Silverwings attacked Morph with everything she had while Jean had left Scott to attack Screech. Screech used his attack on her but Jean used her shield to block it. During this entire fighting Ace was staring at everybody standing in the exact spot where she was before. She hadn't moved a muscle during this entire thing. Then suddenly out of nowhere she activated her powers. She spread out of her arms in front of her pointing them at my beloved and my friends. She shot something out of her hands and wrapped them around my companions. Right when they made contact with their skin it drained all of their powers. It also made them pass out just as it did to me. Silverwings knew that he wasn't going to be of any help to us anymore flown away and hid himself in some trees so that he wouldn't be seen especially in the shadows of the branches.
Kong knocked Logan off of him and picked himself up from where he was on the ground.
Kong looked at Ace and said "Took you long enough, Ace."
Ace turned her body and focused those hypnotizing eyes than him. Kong flinched when he looked into them and shut his mouth. Screech took a communicator out of his pocket and punched in a number.
"I'm calling the master. He has to know about this," he said.
A moment later Screech was talking to someone on the other side of the communicator.
"Yes sir we got here, but we ran into a little complication," said Screech. He then explained the situation to his master. "So what do you want us to do?" He listened to his master's answer and nodded his head in understanding. "All right sir it will be done." Next moment he took off his communicator and put it back in his pocket. He now turned to his comrades. "We're taking them with us."
Ink frowned at what was said.
She said "Are you sure that's wise?"
"It's the master's orders," said Screech.
So they each picked up one of us and went into a portal that had just appeared in front of them. Every one of our captors was looking satisfied except for one person, Morph. He was starting to have some second thoughts about the choice he just made.
Up in the trees Silverwings watched everything in silence as we were all carried off. There was nothing he could do to stop them from taking us away. He was completely helpless.
Authors Note:
Hope you all like this one! I certainly did while writing it for your vast enjoyment! ;D
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