Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men. I own Julia and Matt.
Where's Xavier?
Yuriko was walking down the streets of Rome. She could scent Xavier was nearby, but what she couldn't understand, was why he wasn't with the other X-Men.
She turned a corner and came face to face with Ms. Marvel.
Ms. Marvel jumped about a foot in the air, but instantly calmed down. "Oh. It's just you." She sneered. "Thought it was-"
Yuriko raised an eyebrow at her. "What? Apocalypse?" She rolled her eyes. "What are doing here?"
Ms. Marvel gave her a sarcastic look. "I'm here to fight Apocalypse and his petty horsemen unlike you."
Yuriko growled deep in her throat. "I don't mean Rome. I mean here! Why aren't you with the others?"
Ms. Marvel pretended to be surprised. "Oh!" She tapped her forehead, as though it was the dumbest mistake she could make. "How foolish of me. I, my dear, am looking to see if I can find the horsemen."
Yuriko didn't believe Ms. Marvel. Not for an instant. She was the least trustworthy of the entire Brotherhood. She remembered the battle at Alkali Lake like it was yesterday. Ms. Marvel had tried to kill Rogue, even though she wasn't supposed to. Magneto had been furious, and Yuriko didn't understand why he kept her around.
"I wasn't born yesterday!" Yuriko snapped at the blonde. "Apocalypse doesn't keep his headquarters here."
Ms. Marvel pointed her nose in the air. "You don't know that for a fact."
Yuriko shook her head. "How stupid are you? Apocalypse wouldn't have a war here, where his headquarters are!"
Ms. Marvel looked around, mocking Yuriko. "Well then, where is it, Ms. Know it all?"
Yuriko resisted the urge to pop her claws out and stab Carol. "I don't know. Nobody knows! All I know, is that his tomb is in Tibet. Which is more than you know." Yuriko than realized she'd challenged the older woman. And Carol took challenges very seriously.
Carol snapped her eyes to Yuriko. "Oh yah? Well I hate to break it to you, but the tomb and headquarters are two very different things. But I guess I should act civil towards you. Your brain is too small to function."
That was it. SNIKT. Deathstryke popped her claws out and was about to lunge at Ms. Marvel when a voice behind her stopped her in her tracks. "Wait, Yuriko!"
She spun around to see Charles sitting in his wheel chair, a look of determination etched on his face.
Yuriko sheathed her claws and walked over to Xavier. "Professor? What happened to all the X-Men? And why aren't you with them?" She asked, walking towards him, ignoring Carol Danvers growl of annoyance.
Xavier looked confused before shaking his head. "No reason. But Deathstryke, do tell me how you got here..."
Yuriko nodded and walked alongside the wheel chair as they made their way back to the group. "I flew the Seahawk with Colossus. We brought Shadowcat and the new recruits with us. We began to think we'd have to fight when we got here, but we assumed wrong."
Xavier shook his head sadly. "No. No more fights for the time being. Right now, we must tend to the needs of our friends." With that said, they turned the corner to the street the X-Men had passed out on. Others were awake, some stirring, and others showing no signs of moving anytime soon.
Colossus looked up and saw Deathstryke and Yuriko. "Professor!"
Shadowcat looked up when she heard Peter yell. Jean was checking on Storm, who had a rather large lump on her head. Jean gave Xavier a weird look. "Professor? Where have you been?"
"Nowhere of importance." Xavier answered.
Yuriko shrugged to Jean, who returned the gesture. Pietro was sitting up, rubbing his forehead. "Damn! I feel like I have a hangover or something..."
Wanda was standing up with the assistance of John. "Then do us all a favour and go back to sleep!" She bit out.
X-23 rolled her eyes and grabbed Pietro's upper arm. "Come on! Get up!" She helped him up, with a sigh of exsasperation. "Can't boys do anything on their own?" She said, with annoyance dripping in her voice.
Pietro shrugged. "Hell if I know. Thanks for the help!"
X-23 waved her hand around. "Yah, yah! Shut up or I will flay you." She stormed away.
Julia sat up slowly, rubbing the back of her head. "Ah! My head!" She moaned. Her eyes snapped open and she looked around. "Hey guys? Where are we again?"
Tabitha was sitting up next to her. "Ugh! We're in Rome...Duh!"
Julia waved a hand at Tabitha, motioning for her to shut up. "Right... Hey! Where's Lance?" She looked around wildly.
"Behind you..." Lance was sitting up behind the two girls, rubbing his forehead, where an ugly bruise was forming.
Julia jumped up and ran over to Lance, wrapping her arms around him in a tight hug. Lance made a choking noise and Tabitha smirked as she resisted the urge to laugh. "Julia? Maybe you should try not squeezing the living daylights out of him?"
Julia let go of him, and ruffled the hair on his head. Lance lowered his head. "Ouch! Julia!"
Julia laughed at him along with Tabitha. Lance scowled. "Don't mess with my hair." He mumbled irritably. Julia ruffled his hair again, just to tease him. Lance made a pouting face, but didn't say anything more.
A/N: Reviews please -blinks innocently-