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Oh, hi… This is chapter 6 (sigh) of a story that has no reviews. No reviews, people. I'm reaching the point where I already deleted the first time I tried writing this thing. Don't abandon me! Anyway, to recap last episode (since I'm starting to regret this story and don't know if it was very clear) Vy is left behind in the institute while the rest of the X-Men leave. Bobby acts like a total idiot and gets his skinny white ass kicked all over the Danger Room. Magneto tries to mentally clear his conscience (IMPORTANT DETAIL!) and Matt's being "blah" (depressed). The last thing we found out was that Pyro was invading the institute by way of giant robot army. Enjoy…
Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men: Evolution. If you can't tell the difference between me and the real owners, the real owners of X-Men: Evolution probably get more reviews.
Chapter 6:
Danger Room
5:15 p.m., Monday, September 17, 2007
"Crap." The Danger Room shut off abruptly and all the students looked up at the sound of Vy's voice. They could just barely see her running (you know what I mean) around the control room and shouting orders into the computer.
"I need all the students to come into the control room." She yelled into the microphone, "Now, Bobby!"
Everyone ran into the room but Vivian was already focusing on the computers, typing as fast as you can with finger splints. She quickly put a password into the last computer and a cylinder-shaped block of metal rose from the center of the Danger Room. Seeing that something had come up into the Danger Room, Vy finally turned around and explained. Sort of.
"The block-thingy is an elevator. The elevator goes underneath the institute. 'Underneath the institute' constitutes as a sewer maze. I'm counting on Ray," she said pausing to look at the spiky-haired teen, "to get everyone to a safe position. If worst comes to worst, look up Spyke. Everything clear?"
"Why are we evacuating the institute?" Sam asked hurriedly.
"Why are all the computers sounding the alarms?" Roberto shouted out (he just noticed?).
"Did you say I was supposed to navigate?" Ray asked, bewildered.
"Why the sewers?" Amara said in disgust.
"Where the hell is Matt?!?!?" Vy realized with worry. "Okay, okay, one: Pyro is coming with and army of robots. This is not a good sign. Two: Hmm… I don't know, does it have something to do with question one? Three: I'm going to ignore that and hope it's a rhetorical question. Four: We have connections there. Five: Duh, in his room sulking… GET INTO THE DAMN ELEVATOR!!"
She followed them into the Danger Room and made sure all the students were inside while trying to quickly solve the 'Matt – From point A to point B' problem. "No time to reach the PA system and he probably cranked up his music so that he wouldn't be able to hear anyone anyway, and he's definitely not going to be able to run here in the time we have left. Okay."
"You're not leaving him! You can't!" Jamie yelled when he heard what Vy had been saying.
"No." She replied shortly. And then she closed her eyes and started concentrating.
"Um, sorry to disrupt your moment of meditation and all but if you haven't noti-" Bobby began.
"I have shape shift into Kurt. From there I can 'port into Matt's room and 'port back in practically no time at all. But I need to concentrate. The pressure, all the injuries, the annoying alarms, and you especially, are not helping me concentrate." Vivian snapped without opening her eyes.
"Vy!" Jubilee yelled, shocked, "You aren't allowed to shape shift while injured! Logan said we weren't supposed to let you in case you turn out missing organs or bones or even chunks of skin. He said-"
"Does it look like I can walk there? Professor Xavier could make it there faster in a wheel chair." Vy replied flatly.
With a yell of triumph, Vy finally achieved Kurt's appearance and disappeared in a sulfuric poof.
Matt's Room
5:17 p.m., Monday, September 17, 2007
Matt lay face-down on top of his pillow with his headphones on full-blast. That's why he didn't notice his sister's presence until he was picked up and shaken by his legs.
"AHHHHHHHHH!" Matt's headphones dropped and he stood staring at the big block of red, yellow, and orange heat that he saw holding him. He shook his head quickly and thought he saw Vy's skeleton. With a blink of his eyes everything turned dark green. He tried to shake his head again -
"MATT! MATT, SNAP OUT OF IT!!!"
- but was distracted by the yelling. There was also an extreme burst of pain behind his eyes, but the yelling got to him first.
"What?" He asked, dazed from being held up-side down and still feeling a bit deaf from the blasting music he'd been listening to less than thirty seconds ago.
Vy sighed, shape-shifted into Nightcrawler and teleported them both back into the Danger Room.
Danger Room
5:17 p.m., Monday, September 17, 2007
Vy successfully 'ported back into the Danger Room and promptly let go of Kurt's appearance. She thrust Matt (still dazed) into the elevator and ignored the protests of "X-Men don't run from fights!", pushing a key on a computer and letting the elevator sink out of sight. As soon as the elevator shaft had been concealed, Vy collapsed from the effort of the last two minutes.
"I am so screwed."
The Forest
5:30 p.m., Monday, September 17, 2007
Pyro sighed tiredly as he trekked silently through the forest, his robots hovering noiselessly behind him. If only he could create a fire creature to ride into the grounds of the institute. But of course not because, duh, that would be a fire-hazard. Not that Pyro minded a forest fire (where do you think the name came from?), but there was always that nagging fear hidden deep inside of him that knew one day he would lose control… again. Pyro made a face at the thought and tried focusing on the plan. A good idea because he had just made it to a path that would lead directly to the institute's doors.
One Floor above the Danger Room
5:35 p.m., Monday, September 17, 2007
Vy had deactivated all the alarms. Why? Interesting question. Vy had been entrusted with an elaborate plan. Shut off everything important that should never get in Magneto's hands. Transfer all information to Cerebro. Set the trap. If it can't be prevented, destroy the information and Cerebro by activating the school's self-destruct mode. It would be preferable if you made it out alive.
So far, so good. The institute looked like a ghost town and Pyro was slowly crashing his way towards the trap. But first the bait. Vy was ready to lead Pyro and his damn robots straight to hell.
She 'shifted and leaned against the wall, trying to ease the weight off her injured legs.
"Hi, bub. What're you doin' here?" Wolverine asked levelly.
"Hullo, sheila."
…?
Pyro smiled and shot a flame at Wolverine's legs.
"F you, Pyro!" Vivian said hopping up and down on one foot trying to blow out the flames catching on her cast. "What, it's not enough for you people that I turn into guys? DO YOU KNOW HOW NASTY THAT FEELS?!?!?!"
"Now, that's more like Wolvie. He would've gone all ballistic. You're more of a 'wait-until-you-think-you-know-what's-going-on' type of person." Pyro said, trying to keep the smirk off his face.
"Great, I've got powers that never seem to fool anyone." Vy muttered, "So how's the plan going? Found any information that'll get you props from Magneto?"
"Info? I thought you were the smart twin! Magneto doesn't need anything you and your professor have. He wants the kids." Pyro said laughing.
"The New Recruits…" Vivian breathed. I guess it's a good thing I sent them out, then, she thought.
"So why don't you take me to the kids, Vy. Be compliant and I might not have you killed. I'm sure Magneto wouldn't mind having you back that badly." Pyro said taking a hold of Vy's arm and thrusting her into the elevator leading to the Danger Room.
Underneath the Institute
5:35 p.m., Monday, September 17, 2007
Matt rubbed his eyes groggily. Everything looked normal.
"What just happened?"
Nobody seemed to be meeting his eyes.
"Pyro came over with some robots, so Vy sent us here for our own safety." Ray said.
"And?"
"And I saw her setting self-destruct." Rahne told the ten year-old boy.
"Okay." Now everyone seemed to be looking at him. Matt calmly took a screwdriver out of his pocket and pried off a sheet of metal in the elevator wall, exposing the wiring inside. Matt looked up at the older students. "Does this mean you want to hear my plan?"
Danger Room
5:36 p.m., Monday, September 17, 2007
Pyro whistled. "Wow, you X-Men sure do come prepared."
After a minute of cramped space and bad elevator music, they (Vy, Pyro, and, of course, the robot army) had opened the doors to the Danger Room and found the institute's complete arsenal of weapons pointed at them.
"Danger Room: FIRE!!" Vy yelled and jumped into action.
Lasers were being fired and giant discs with slicing edges were flying everywhere, cutting holes in the robots. And the walls seemed to be shooting knives into things. While Vy set the Danger Room on Pyro's forces, she would take on Pyro herself. She knew that she could only hold him off for so long and after that he would easily find the students. So it was probably a good thing the school would be blowing up soon. In like four minutes, soon.
"HEY, PYRO! Be compliant and we might just let you live." She said kicking him in the stomach.
"Yeah, real funny." He snarled as he melted a disc and let the liquid metal drip onto Vy's skin and burn.
"Seriously, John. Until the day I left Magneto's dome, I considered you one of my best friends. Why are you doing this? You're not exactly a horrible person and I couldn't see you killing someone. Especially me." Vy said through gritted teeth, as she somersaulted over his head and pulling his feet out from under him (this is like one of her trademark moves).
"I thought you were just friends with me because Sabertooth was gross, Colossus was too old, and Gambit was a pretty-boy. And come on, you know I'm evil. Definitely the worst of the worst." Pyro managed to grab hold of a disabled laser hanging from the wall in mid-fall and swung back to kick Vy.
"Touchy subject," Vy noted as Pyro frowned (seriously this time, not mockingly). "What'd you do; kill someone?" she asked, adjusting into a fighting stance.
The room seemed to freeze for a moment.
"Oh my God." She said slumping all of a sudden. "Who was it?" Neither teen was moving.
"Magneto brought me. I couldn't control the fire. It was eight years ago, the day before your birthday. He told me that the doctors would make me take the cure if they ever succeeded in making it. Magneto knew what I would do." Pyro looked up at Vy and his eyes were dark.
"My parents were the top geneticists in the country. And eight years ago they worked on finding a cure for the X-gene… You killed them, didn't you…" It seemed as if both had forgotten they were in the midst of a battle. "But… we were friends…"
"I didn't know," Pyro said trying to cover the damage, "it was an accident."
But Vy was already on the verge of tears. She backed away from him slowly, forgetting everything. Forgetting that the spot she was backing into would be shooting a knife into her chest in three, two, one…
She fell silently, without a scream and Pyro ran over without thinking.
"Danger Room: STOP!" Matt yelled as the elevator re-emerged. Several students went to work on the remaining robots, others running into the control center to halt the self-destruct. Matt stood there and took in the scene: Pyro sitting in a pile of blood with Vy in his arms, the blood spilling from a hole in her chest.
Author's Note:
I am currently refusing to ramble on and on during my Author's Notes since, if you haven't figured it out already, NOBODY'S READING IT!!! I'm going to go sulk…
JaxWin
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