Sorry this chapter took so long and it ended up being short. :( I hope you enjoy the chapter :)
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Danger Room
X-23 walked into the Danger Room and found Pietro sitting Indian style on his bed. He did not look up at her when she stood in front of him, nor when she sat down on the bed. "Pie?" She looked at him in question.
"She was all I had left." Pietro whispered. "We had thought our father had cared about us, but found out later he only cares about his little dream of mutants overpowering normal humans. And our mother had died when we were young." He said.
X-23 tilted her head as she looked at him. She had never seen him like this. Usually he was talking non-stop and no one could shut him up. She didn't want to admit it, but seeing him in this state of mind scared her. "I'm sorry." She told him.
"I don't know what I am going to do without her. The longest we have ever been separated was a day, now it's going to be a lifetime." Pietro said in a sad voice. X-23 wrapped an arm around his shoulder and brought him closer to her. He rested his head on her shoulder.
"It may not mean anything to you, but I'll never leave you. Wanda was a good person who didn't deserve to die that young." X-23 told him. 'Same with Wolverine. He was the closest thing I had to a family member and he was taken away from me too.' She thought to herself.
"Promise me you won't." Pietro told her as he looked up at her. "I can't bare to lose another person." He told her.
"I promise I won't as long as you are alive." X-23 vowed.
Hallway
Rogue walked down the hallway looking for Remy. She had just talked to Joseph some more and found out that her boyfriend had been rude to the other man. She found the Cajun coming out of the Danger Room and stopped in front of him.
"Bonjour, chere." Remy said with a small grin. "How have y' been?" He asked her.
"Ah just talked ta Joseph and he said ya were mean ta him. That ya considered him ya enemy." Rogue rested a hand on her hip and looked straight into his red on black eyes.
"I don't trust dat kid. He is up to somethin' no good." Remy told her.
"He's new ta the school and doesn't have any friends. So far, Ah'm the only one that is nice ta him. Heck, Ah even told him when he visited the mansion that people were nice here. Now it looks like Ah was lyin'." She said to Remy.
"Dat cause he is weird. Gambit don't trust dat guy. My empathy says he has somethin' else planned. Not to mention I had talked to Wanda two days ago. She said dat she saw a picture of her father and mother when dey was younger and Joseph looks identical to him." Remy stated.
"Really, Ah'ma go ask Wanda if it is true." Rogue told him. Remy raised an eyebrow at her.
"Y' didn't hear?" He asked her. His voice had a hint of sadness to it.
"Hear what?" Rogue asked.
"Wanda was killed last night." Remy responded and bowed his head.
"What? Oh mah god." Rogue covered her mouth with her hand and leaned into the wall next to her. "How did it happen?" She asked him.
"Dis thing came out of no where and struck her with dis light thingy. She ended up disappearing and de creature started laughin'." Remy replied as he replayed the night before in his head. "John ended up settin' de thing on fire and Pete finally took de thing out."
Rogue shook her head. 'Ah can't believe it.' She thought to herself. "How is Pietro?" She asked him instantly.
"Just went to see how he was, but X was with him. He is in bad shape." Remy answered. "Though, I think John is worse."
"What happened ta him?" Rogue asked.
"Dey think he might attack and is dangerous at de moment. Warren and Cyke had him placed in a cell until he is fine again." Remy replied and looked down at her. "Can' blame him. I'd be de same way if dat ever happened to y'." He told her.
A tear slid down Rogue's face as she stepped closer to Remy and wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her head in his chest. In return, Remy brought his arms around Rogue and kept her close. "Why can't things be like how they were before? Where everyone was happy and alive. Ah don't even feel safe anymore."
Remy kissed the top of her head before whispering to her. "In my arms, chere, y'll always be."
A small smile formed on Rogue's lips as she broke away from Remy and looked him in the eyes. "Ah love ya so much, sugah. Ah never felt this way about any other man before, not David, nor Bobby." She told him.
"Same for moi. I could never love another femme as much as I love you. You mean more to moi dan anythin' in de world. Y' are my life." He responded to her.
"Can ya do meh one thing, Remy?" Rogue asked him.
"Anythin'." He responded as he stroked her hair.
"Can ya try ta get along with Joseph, even if ya don't like or trust him." She asked him.
"D'accord, I'll try." Remy told her.
Cells
John stared at the silver wall across from him. They had sedated him the night before and when he woke up he found himself in this cell. 'They didn't care about Wanda and never did. Why else would they take sides with that creature. It deserved worse than what I did to it." He thought bitterly to himself.
The side door opened and two people walked in. "What do you want?" John snarled at Jubilee and Jono, who were standing behind the energized bars that kept him locked in.
We heard what happened, mate. We're really sorry about what happen ter Wanda. Jono told him telepathically. John only rolled his eyes at the other man.
"Like I'm really going to believe that. You didn't care about Wanda, none of you did! Xavier and the rest of the adults only used her to help with his dream. He is using the rest of us also." John growled.
"Trying to make the world safer? John, I didn't know Wanda as long as you did and I don't really have the right to tell you anything. Wanda chose to be here. She could have left at any time." Jubilee told him.
"No, her idiot of a father was out there. All he wanted to do was use her, like Xavier did." John glared at her. "No wonder the two of them were once friends, they have that one thing in common." He mused to himself.
We know yer hurt and it's gonna take time fer yer ter be better. We wanted ter let yer know yer not a lone. Everyone here is mourning for the loss of Wanda. Not just because she was our teammate, but because she was our friend. Jono told him.
"Leave me alone." John whispered to them and turned around to face the wall. When he didn't hear footsteps walk away from the cell, he shouted. "LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!" He screamed.
"Come on, let's go." Jubilee pulled Jono's arm. "He needs his time alone. We'll come back later to check on him." The two young mutants left the cell area and closed the door behind them.
John closed his eyes and leaned his head forward onto the wall. A small tear ran down his cheek. "I'm so sorry Wanda. I failed to protect you." He cried to himself.
Outside the mansion
"Hey Lorna, how are you?" Alex Summers asked as he walked up to the green haired girl sitting on the bench. She turned to see him and gave him a small smile.
"I'm fine I guess." Lorna responded with a sigh. "I just can't believe Wanda is gone. We've been roommates since she came to the mansion. Out of all the people, besides Bobby, I knew her the best." She told the blond haired teen who took a seat next to her.
"Yeah, its sad. So, are we still going out tonight?" He asked her.
"Yeah, I guess." Lorna responded with a shrug.
"Could you do me a favor though?" Alex asked her. She looked at and raised an eyebrow. "I know Bobby loves you and all, but yesterday he threatened to beat me up if I talked to you. He even said if I tried talking to Scott about this, he'll make sure I never see the light of day." He told her.
"That doesn't sound like Bobby." Lorna told him.
"Lorna, I know you love him and I only like you as a friend. He keeps thinking that I like you more than that." Alex told her, secretly crossing his fingers to his side.
"I'll have a talk with him. Maybe you misheard him or something."Lorna said to him.
"I hope I did." Alex told her innocently. They both noticed a girl walking up to the mansion and looking around.
"Can I help you?" Lorna asked as she got up off the bench and walked over to the girl.
"Yeah, I'm looking fer Jonothan Starsmore. I heard he is stayin' here." The girl answered.
"Yes, he is downstairs. Do you want me to take you to him or bring him up here?" Lorna questioned the new arrival.
"I want ter see him." The girl ordered.
"Um, alright. This way." Lorna turned around and started walking towards the stairs that lead to the lower level. "So, what's your name and how do you know Jono?" She asked the other girl.
"My name is Gayle Edgerton. I'm Jono's girlfriend." The girl answered.
Professor's New Office
Xavier looked over the files that Pete had given him on the Phoenix. A small smile appeared on his face. "This is it. This is how I can help Jean." Charles whispered pleasantly. He was finally able to help one of his students. Though he still tried to find a way to control Rogue's and Scott's powers, it didn't seem like they would be able to gain control anytime soon.
"I must contact Jean." He said as he began to wheel out of his new office when a white portal opened in the back of the room and a tall man wearing a silver mask and uniform walked through. The man's left eye was glowing yellow, while his right eye was a normal blue.
"Why, hello there." The man smirked at Charles.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Xavier demanded as he stared wearyingly at the intruder.
"Of course, I forgot to introduce myself." He chuckled. "Daddy always taught me you always introduce yourself before you kill your victim. I am the Chaos-Bringer, Stryfe."
Charles had always asked for permission went entering a person's said, but it was a different story if the person was going to try and kill him or his X-Men. "I wouldn't try that if I were you, Charles." Stryfe warned as he raised his hand and used his telekinesis to lift Xavier into the air and strangle him.
Xavier brought his hands up to his head and tried to focus on Stryfe's mind before he ended up dead. When he tried to read the other man's mind, he found himself knocked away by powerful shield's only a powerful telepath could have.
"Good-bye." Stryfe smirked, until a flick of electricity appeared in the air. 'What?' He thought to himself before he was hit by a telekinetic wave. Stryfe's hold on Xavier broke and the old man fell to the floor unconscious. As for Stryfe, he hit the side wall and fell to the ground over a chair. "Who the hell dares to-" He began to mutter. When he looked up he saw a large gun pointed at his face.
"I wouldn't move if I were you." A male voice growled at him. A man with short white hair and wearing a black uniform was standing in front of him. Like Stryfe, the man had one eye that was glowing yellow, except it was the right while the left was blue.
"Long time no see, Cable." Stryfe sneered. "How did you survive? Last I heard, you and your pathetic group were killed by War." Stryfe snapped as flung the gun out of Cable's hand.
"I don't think so!" The white haired man yelled and sent a telekinetic wave at Stryfe, but the other man sent one back at him. The side door opened and Storm, Bobby, Kitty, and Domino ran in.
"Professor!" Kitty yelled and ran over to her mentor. The others stayed and watched the two strangers fight.
"Um, who are we supposed to help?" Bobby asked, looking from Cable to Stryfe.
"Be on guard. We may not be able to trust either one of them." Ororo ordered the young man.
"Dang, if I knew hot guys dropped in from no where, I would have joined this place a long time ago." Domino smirked as she watched the two.
Cable finally got the upper hand on Stryfe and was able to throw him to the side of the room. "This is far from over." Stryfe snarled before he disappeared in a flash of light.
Cable turned around to see the three mutants looking at him. "Who are you and what do you want?" Storm demanded, her eyes were glowing white.
"I am not here to harm any of you. My name is Cable, I was sent here from the future to help you." Cable told her.
"So, you're like the terminator?" Bobby asked in a mused voice. Cable rolled his eye at the younger man and turned his attention to Xavier. Kitty was at the Professor's side and checking to see if the older man was alright.
"Let me check him." Cable requested to the brown haired girl, who looked uncertain. Scott had heard racket from down the hall and decided to see what was going on.
"What is going on here?" The leader of the X-Men demanded.
"These two guys were fighting. One took off and the other is checking on the Professor." Domino answered him.
"He says he came from the future to help us." Ororo added.
"He is only unconscious. He will be fine. I would get him to a bed to rest on." Cable ordered.
"Bobby, Domino, and Kitty, take the Professor to Hank. I want to speak with our guest." Scott told the two younger mutants, who did what he requested. Once the younger students were out of the room, Scott started to question Cable. "If you are from the future as you say, why did you return here?" Scott asked him. Before Cable could reply, a loud scream was heard from down the hall.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Scott turned to Storm with a worried expression.
"That was Jean!" He turned again to Cable, giving the other man an uncertain look. "Keep an eye on him. I have to go see Jean!" Scott instructed Storm before he took off out the door and down the hallway towards his wife. He prayed that he would be able to get to her in time.
Nevada- Sinister's Base
Sinister glared down at the screen and turned to one of his test tubes. For more than a hundred years he had been trying to find a weapon that would destroy Apocalypse if he ever was set free. His time was running out and he knew he had to work fast.
"Boss, we're back." Scalphunter called as the Marauders and the Nasty Boys returned.
"What did you find out?" Sinister demanded.
"This Apocalypse guy needs only two more horsemen until he is set free. A guy named Mesmero is staying guard in the pyramid." Ruckus stated to his boss.
"Also, two of the horsemen are of the X-Men." Vertigo added.
"Yes, I know that." Sinister told the female Marauder. "I need to keep a better eye on the X-Men. I need to know who else Apocalypse wants." He said to himself. "Bring me the reports of all the X-Men and their weaknesses. Then I want you to go back to the pyramid and stay there until you find out something new." He ordered.
"We left Morph there to keep watch, sir." Gorgeous George said. "Are there any other missions you want us to do?" He asked.
"Yes, there are a few things I need for my weapon. There is a facility in Britain that contains a certain type of virus that I want. Kill anyone that gets in your way." Sinister told the two groups before turning back to them.
End of Chapter 4
Note: sorry, this chapter seemed a bit eh. I don't know why, but the Cable part didn't turn out how I liked. I'm probably goign to go back and change it later. And Cable's explantion will be coming up soon!
Special thanks to: Loneraven, Chica De Los Ojos Café, Roguechere (lol), Princess Myra (Pete is kinda interesting when researching him. The only thing I knew before was his name. In a way with his personality it reminds me of Gambit) , firestorm13, Ashandarei (I plan on going back and changing parts with Joe in them. There is another reason I had brought him in here, not just to mess with Remy and Rogue's relationship, it's a part that I think I need to make more clearer. And I think it was around the 300's where Joseph came in, or somewhere near there), enchantedlight, AngelofMercy86, and sakura5tar (Joe and Rogue are able to touch, skin on skin, which is not good for the romy later on). Thank you guys so much for taking your time to tell me what you thought about the last chapter. I apologize for not writing out all the responses. I promise to write them next chapter.
Next Chapter: Flight of the Phoenix: Bobby and Alex have a little argue (sorry it was supposed to be this chapter, but I had decided to add the conversation between Alex and Lorna first), the voice in Jean's head is freed, Remy and Joseph try get along, and some other stuff