Chapter 10 thanks you all for reviewing. I hope the story is going well for each of you. Now get ready the next couple of chapters are going to be hectic, not this one though. I plan on bringing in a few events and maybe small twists. Sorry this took so long but I had to get a hold of an author for one of the characters codenames and a few other hellish things. I really had to put this one up so forgive me for any mistakes you may find and I can always fix it around. 11 will be up tomorrow for those of you who can't wait.
Blix: Glad you like the sparring thing from the last chapter and the Zack and Bailey stuff more to come on both of those soon. Thanks for reviewing.
DarknessofDawn: You don't like pizza? What is wrong with you! I find the hardest thing with pyromaniacs and pizza is they try and light it on fire when I want to eat it. Good to know people think the stuffs funny, unless everyone wants seriousness but it isn't quite my strong suit. Maybe things will go right for Zack soon, unless he gets pregnant.
Shifter128: Good it is nice to hear that you like the way I portrayed Katie. The fact that she has the same name as another character and Shifter near Shift allows me some mild humor in the writing so that's a plus. She'll only have a small role in this one so hopefully you'll like it. I see you've finally updated your story can't wait to read it.
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Chapter 10
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I see dead people! No honest I do
Mutant ApartmentsThe sun was shining, birds were chirping and the many mutants of the F.O.M.E. were awake. Most accept two. Griffin was sitting in his room staring at the television set that wasn't on. After the teams most recent adventure to Australia he had blocked a bullet and had a near death experience, which he was still getting over. IT had only been a day but his mind hadn't coped all that well. He spent most of last night trying out blocking electric bullets from Paul which he had become quite good at, so it helped his mentality slightly.
St. John Allerdyce, the reformed mutant terrorist, had lit most everything he could on fire, without starting a large building fire, and had switched rooms. Luckily, for him, the room he burned was an empty one not the one he inhabited. Of course he had become extremely bored since his disappointment of no fighting last night. He'd only had half a battle in Australia since joining this group and it was starting to show.
Ceada stretched her arms out and gave a large yawn. She hung her feet over the bed and slowly allowed her body to wake up. She slid on some of her slippers she brought with her and made her way to the bathroom. This would be the first and possibly only time today she wouldn't feel overwhelmed or confused about the situation. Jack had tried his best to explain to her it just wasn't enough information for her to absorb. After finishing brushing her teeth she rummaged through some of her clothes.
Katie opened her eyes and sat up. "Ah another perfect day." She said in reference to the sun shining into her room. She got up and walked to the bathroom, on the way she stopped dead in her tracks after seeing something out of the corner of her eye. She turned to the living room where she thought she saw someone in dark clothing stand, but when she turned it was empty. As her heart rate slowed down she absentmindedly began to twist the ring on her finger around. She quickly made her way to the bathroom locking the door behind her.
Jack awoke from bed with a start; he had rolled off his bed to his hardwood floor below hitting his head on his nightstand. "Son of a bitch." He groaned from the pain in his head both from the night table and the fact he got into a drinking contest with Tony Stark last night down in the bar, "That heart failure reject sure can drink." He said aloud as his hangover began to pound. He stood up quickly and then fell back onto his bed. "Better have Chance bring me the cure."
Paul woke up differently today. Today all his clothes, sheets, blanket and pillowcases stuck to him with static cling. He groaned as he pulled everything off his body. Paul reluctantly stood up and jumped back a few feet at the sight of a blonde woman in her bikini stood before him. "Hi, I'm Sally." She said with a smile.
Inside the lab a beeping sounds echoing off the metallic walls. From the computer Chance hits a button all the while staring at the computer screen. "Lab." He says as he hits a few buttons and the screen zooms in on a girl. He had been watching her for the last few days; everyday she walked the same route, which he timed perfectly.
"Chance." Came a groan on the speaker. "I had an incident at the bar last night and I need some of that cure stuff you got."
Chance turned off the computer screen and took a look around the lab. "I told you Jack, its just tea. A certain tea." Chance said as he rolled his chair across the room to one of the cabinets and pulled out a tea packet. "I'm making you come get it."
There were a series of curses and crashing sounds from the other end, then the all-familiar sound of the elevator ding.
Bailey slowly opened her eyes and gave a few blinks as reality slipped back to her. She sat up, pulling the blanket over her body, and noticed her clothes on the floor. There was another pair of clothes next to hers and she felt herself panic. Oh no, she felt the panic creep up on her.
The bathroom door opened and Zack came out with a hand towel around his waist. "Your out of towels." He said stating the obvious.
"Zack…did we um you know?"
"No. You were kind of strange last night and then you got pretty naked. But I was a perfect gentlemen and only took pictures of you." He replied as he put his hand over his right side.
"Zack your heart's on the other side." The shape shifter quickly switched sides. "You going to turn around so I can get dressed or not?"
A screen came down from Bailey's ceiling and stopped a few feet above the foot of her bed as the head of Jack came on. He held a cup in his hands as he slowly sipped some and his eyes squinted. "Oh Bailey good morning. I trust you slept well? Now we have business to discuss. I know it hasn't been long but according to Kara we must move fast."
Zack on the other side of the screen began to panic as he tried to get his powers to make him some clothes, any kind but it wasn't working. As long as the screen doesn't turn, Zack thought to himself. As if in response the screen turned to face Zack. If there's a god, she hates me.
"Zack, though I usually like to see you in more clothes, I will not bother asking why you're here. I would like you two suited up and meet me in the meeting room as soon as possible. Oh an Zack I'm going to need you stop off at John's below you and make sure he stops lighting things on fire." With that the screen slowly slid back up into the ceiling.
"This place is really starting to creep me out."
"Why is it you were showering in my bathroom?" Bailey asked after Zack turned around. She began to find something to wear all the while holding the blanket against her body.
"Cause Sally scares the crap out of me. I swear she's going to kill me one day." Zack replied with a shiver. He picked up his shirt and sniffed it then put it on along with the rest of his clothes.
"You do know you can change her appearance right." Bailey replied as she looked at him. She smiled "I know something you don't! Bob!" After she called a lumberjack looking man walked in. "See."
"No competition huh?"
Atop one of the buildings of New York sits the brooding trainer of the members of the F.O.M.E., Hawk. His symbiote side was screaming at him to go somewhere to let it control him. All these years he had pushed it aside blocking it off from part of his mind, but today it was stronger. It had been growing stronger lately, he had lost control last night and nearly killed one of the thugs he found trying to mug a woman.
He inhaled the somewhat fresh air of New York. Do I give in and see where it takes me? Or do I continue to fight it? These were his thoughts for the day. Could it really be that bad to let the symbiote control him at least for a little time to find out where it was urging him to go. He gave a scream as his head felt so torn.
There was the sound of a door opening and approaching footsteps, but Hawk continued to stare at the skyline. Someone took a seat beside him and he turned to see Jessica with a six-pack. She took one and opened it. "Beer?"
"Intoxication isn't my thing." He replied as he grabbed the open beer from her. "It shouldn't be your thing either." He said in his monotone style.
"Why cause I'm a girl?" She asked as she opened another.
Hawk crumbled the can with his hand and let it fall on the ground below. "No because you're too young. You're not twenty-one." He answered in a near scolding way as he took the beer she had just opened. "And it's only the morning."
"Then why are you drinking if it's so early?" Jessica asked as she watched his second beer fall to the ground below and narrowly avoids a brown haired photographer.
"Because I swear that each of those kids lives to piss me off. Training them is hell." He lied as he grabbed two more cans.
"I have a hard time believing Katie could be so hard."
"That ones the worst! She just screams most of the time as the other try to attack her!" Hawk exclaimed, a small smile spreading on his face. "You know she's not really a fighter, it's a shame she was thrown into this world where humans hate the mutants."
Jessica fell silent, he was right and she knew that but she also knew she'd have her in no other place, especially since Xavier has started charging some of the students, not that she couldn't afford it. "Hey Hawk do you think you could keep an eye on Katie for the next couple of days?"
Hawk nodded as he continued to stare out at the sky. "I always take her with me on the missions what more do you want? I can't be her bodyguard constantly. I'll do my best." He answered then stood up. "Remember no alcohol for you. Now I need to do some good before the kids I trained are the ones who have to kill me." With that he sprouted a pair of black wings and flew off into the air.
Jessica watched him fly before she realized what he had said. "Wait what the hell does that mean!" She called out after him.
Jack walked into the lab and pushed the button that converted it into the meeting room. He took another sip of the tea. Three cups and I still don't feel any better. He continued to walk through the room setting down a file, which was his speech he'd give to the kids. It was something he didn't want to do, but he had no choice. He had to send in a few of them instead of all. Kara would be going so they'd be okay and he'd give each of them the chance.
Zack was the first one into the meeting room and gave a quick mock salute to Jack before taking a seat and spinning in it. "Boss man you have got to tell me where you got these chairs." Zack said between spins.
"I must say, nice shirt Zack." Jack commented at Zack's shirt that read 'Slut'. Zack replied with a large grin full of pride between spins.
St. John was the next to come in. Jack had spent a lot of time trying to acquire the pyrokinetic's former body suit, only to find he still had it with him. Jack however had upgraded his flamethrower tanks, making them lighter and sleeker; they still however held the same amount as Magneto's. Jack hid them from Pyro to make sure nothing else burned he also kept the boy's lighter.
"Can I have me lighter back now?" He asked in pout. Jack pulled the small device from his pocket and rested it on the table. "Yes!" Pyro cackled as he began to play with his fire.
Katie came in followed closely by Bailey. Katie kept her head down and sat in a chair in the back. Bailey took a seat next to Zack, who was still spinning, and was grinning from ear to ear. Jack took into account her leg, though covered, and appeared to have no tissue damage.
Lissa walked out of the infirmary room in her robe and gave a yawn and stretched. She stopped in her tracks at seeing the group assembled in front of her. "Err, hi." She quickly took a seat in the back and crouched down in her chair.
Chance took his seat in front, Griffin walked in and took his seat, Paul soon followed suit. "Just one more." Jack announced.
As if on cue Ceada walked in and looked around the room in awe, "Wow." Ceada said as she took in the sight of the large sterile room. She wasn't paying much attention to where she was looking as she abruptly walked into Jack. "Sorry."
Jack smiled in reply. "That's quite alright Ceada, it happens. Please take a seat." The young Australian nodded and took her seat in one of the empty chairs. "Now," Jack started and clicked a button, on the computer screen behind him a picture of a girl with black hair in double braids, her eyes lifeless and black.
"Hello." Pyro spoke up, before realizing what he had said and went back to playing with fire.
"Yes back onto the subject at hand. This is Holly Marco. She's in the rocky mountains of Colorado, in a crater of sorts. A town that was abandoned long ago remains in this crater. The snow piles on the mountain but for some reason never reach the town. Your job, if you're willing to accept it, is to get in there and see if she needs some of our assistance."
"Is it question time yet?" Zack asked as he finally stopped spinning in his chair.
"Yes." Jack answered with a sigh.
Zack wasn't the first to speak up however. "What does the Sheila do?" Pyro asked stopping his fire play for the moment.
"A very good question Mr. Allerdyce. As far as we could tell-" Jack was cut off by the newest person entering.
"I could tell. You weren't there." Kara interrupted and smiled. She turned her attention to the group of super powered humans. "She can sense ghosts and conjure up zombies." Kara answered matter of factly. "So she can make zombies. Now who's ready to kick some Shrieker ass?"
Zack jumped up. "ME! OOH PICK ME PLEASE! ME!" He continued to wave his hand around.
"Count me in." Pyro said standing up. "Can you light snow on fire?"
Kara looked over the group and for some reason not everyone was jumping at the opportunity to join. "Chance your coming." Kara informed and turned her head to the rest. "Anyone else?"
"What? Why me?" Chance asked as he felt his body begin to shake nervously.
"The Shriekers will undoubtedly be there. So we will need your eyes and a few binoculars." Kara answered. "Since Jason's gone maybe this can be a slightly grab and smash mission?"
Lissa stood up. "I'll go. If my little brother's going, someone's got to make sure he doesn't get beat up."
"Or raped." Zack added quietly. He turned his attention to Bailey. "Candy pants?"
Bailey sighed and stood up. "I'll go if I have to."
"That a girl." Zack put his hand around her neck. "Don't worry I'll protect you."
"Yeah my superhero." Bailey replied, rolling her eyes.
Jack looked at the remaining four. "Ceada you can go if you like." He said. The girl just shook her head with fear in her eyes. "Very well. Force your in charge." Jack said. "Kara will be there just in case."
"Really? Come bitches!" Lissa ordered as she ran to the elevator. The other followed closely behind her.
Jack and Kara stood at the table. "Griff, Paul, Katie, Ceada. Are each of you sure you do not want to go?"
The group nodded. "I don't feel much like a team player today." Paul said truthfully. "I wouldn't mind a mission though."
"I'll take that into consideration." Jack replied.
Griffin desperately wanted to go but just couldn't see himself doing it or speak up for a chance. Once the briefing was over he continued to stay in the lab. "Hey Jack…"
"Yes?" The older mutant asked as he flipped the switched and briefing area reverted to the med lab. "What do you need?"
"I need a day off…" He said simply. Jack just shrugged and nodded.
"We all need those some times. That's quite all right, I have another meeting with a …lets just pretend he's a friend. So if you don't mind I must be leaving."
The Shriekers had made their standpoint outside of the abandoned town where their target Holly Marco was reported living. The girls however hadn't seen heads or tails of the female mutant.
"Do you see anything?" Doolittle asked from her spot on the snow.
"No." Gaia answered. She passed her binoculars to the smaller girl. "Your turn."
"Tell me when you see her, I'm getting bored." Ghoul said with a sigh as she hovered in the air. "This is so degrading to sit and wait here like this."
"No one is forcing you to be here." Mirage spat, she was still upset about being abducted and forced to help them. "You can go."
"Wrong newbie. You've met Shriek nothing good can come from pissing her off. She fucking feeds off our negative emotions for fucks sake!" Ghoul recalled one such instance where she tried that and shivered.
"Then why don't you just ask Magneto for help? Or his kids? You talk about them enough." The newest addition, Katie Killingsworth said.
"See, she just got here yesterday and she's heard your stories enough." Doolittle said with a snicker. She continued to look through the binoculars but still spotted nothing.
"Listen 'Shifter'" Ghoul started with a mocking tone. "I'm the leader and at least my name doesn't match one of the goody two shoes'. So just sit back, shut up, and keep your nose up for the scent of anyone."
"You PMS ridden bitch." Katie grumbled. She made sure the newly adopted canine snout was prepared to catch anything.
Angela leaned into Ghoul. "You do know I could sniff them out just as easily as her don't you?" She asked. Ghoul nodded and gave a cocky smile.
"What's the big deal? It's just one girl why do we have to be on guard constantly for?" Danni Tollusky, Balefire, asked.
"Because miss 'I'm to afraid to use my powers.' If Jack's team show up we have to be ready to fight and sneak the girl away from them, though without Jason they don't pack much power." Ghoul answered.
Katie growled inwardly. "As long as I get my revenge." Her nose picked up the faint scent of jet fuel before it faded.
"Oh yes, getting your ass kicked by the shape shifter with the same name." Ghoul snickered.
Angela and Katie in unison replied "It's SHIFT not shifter!"
"Ooh touchy!" Ghoul responded with a smile. "Look I don't much care what his name is, or yours for that matter, let's just get this over with. I'm going down there!"
"Wait!" Prowl said. "Their here." She said as she got a familiar scent. "Two of the scents of the one from Katie last night. Zack and …the red head, there are a few more…four to be precise."
"We outnumber them? That's a first." Doolittle noted as her binoculars were ripped off her and given to Balefire. "Ouch."
"Damn." Balefire cursed. "Where is he?" she continued to look at the other team as they filed out of the Dark Rose.
The mutants, Shift, Bailey, Scope, Force, Pyro and Kara the Manipulator walked out single file and slowly climbed the mountain.
There were four binoculars as each mutant laid down in the snow they scanned the area. Pyro searched for the mutant his choice, Bailey and Force were to look for the enemy, Chance backed each up with his eye powers and Kara surveyed the scene to check for avalanche potential. Zack lay in the ground and changed his hand into a telescope and began to look through it.
"Argh Matey. All I be seeing is snow, Arg." Shift said, his skin changing to a pirate look. "Argh those costumes really chafe and bind."
"Where are you Sheila? Come to Pyro."
Scope checked the outer rim with his heat vision and made out a few fate heat signatures from across the ridge. "Shriekers twelve o clock."
Zack looked down at his wrist. "It's not twelve, its nearly time for supper." Shift said as he changed out of his pirate costume. "I hate not having a pair of binoculars."
"You'd just use them inappropriately anyway." Bailey responded as she adjusted her focus, only to have the binoculars zoom in on the enemy. "Cool…"
"I would no…yeah okay I would." Shift replied as he thought about how he'd use the binoculars and laughed to himself. "Hey! I never got to ask my questions to Jack."
"Then ask." Kara said taking a step further on the ridge. Come on show yourself…
"But I got nothing smart to say."
"Then don't say anything."
"Why does glue taste so good?"
City of New York
In the darkness of the city a baby cries. Far off distant music plays, people walk the streets coming home from a long days work, cars drive down the street to slow to actually harm anyone they hit. Down the road a ways stands the lowly figure of Lightning. His day off has so far consisted of sleeping and now he stands in the middle of the street.
The song gets louder and starts out slow and Lightning begins to run down the street between the cars. The music speeds up and he hops over a car and through a couple walking down the street into an alley. Not missing a beat he grabs onto one of the walls of the building and begins to climb his way up the wall in a matter of seconds.
He continues across the building top jumping rooftop to rooftop. The music winds down again and Lightning hops off the rooftop onto the streets below ending in a roll in the middle of the street, all the while no one notices him and no cars stop to get out of his way, his rolls sets him just out of harms way behind a car instead of in front.
The music speeds up again and in no time he's from the car, to the glass of an apartment to the top again. He jumps from the first rooftop to the second. As he jumps to the next rooftop New York fades leaving him momentarily in the air. He lands on his feet inside the dome.
"What gives?" He asks aloud and stands to his feet. He sees Hawk leaning against the wall his face emotionless. "Oh…"
"Jack says you wanted a mission?" Hawk asks rhetorically. He pushes himself off the wall, "Okay you come with me, you don't ask stupid questions and you don't get in the way. Got it?"
"Got it."
"Good lets go."
Kara had made her way around the mountainside with Force by her side. The two were going to lead an attack on the Shriekers. That was of course if they could get there before the female team noticed them coming up behind them.
She masked herself and Force hoping to give them the element of surprise. Only a telepath could discover their presence or possibly the young feral mutant. They would be moving fast enough to catch them by surprise hopefully.
The two female mutants slowly stalked their ways to the Shriekers. Force was the first up and quickly; using her agility she tackled Ghoul to the ground. "Hey bitch, how you doing?" She asked as she punched the Shrieker.
Gaia stood up and used her telekinesis to try and stop Force only she found herself holding back Prowl, then everything went dark.
Manipulator approached the group of girls in her red dress controlling the mind of Gaia. She used the mutant to stop each of the enemy group, holding each up with her telekinesis. She had Gaia begin to throw each girl down the hill to the abandoned town. First she threw Doolittle down, followed by Balefire.
"There's a reason we send each older mutant with our groups, so this doesn't happen." Manipulator said with a smirk as she continued to manipulate Gaia's mind.
Ghoul kicked Force off her and retaliated with a punch, but thanks to Force's super human abilities the older mutant didn't flinch. Force was beginning a charge at her, a perfect opportunity. "Sorry Force, but its over!" Ghoul opened a wormhole as an evil smile spread across her lips.
Force acted quickly, using her agility and flight she managed to grab a hold of Ghoul. "If I'm going you're coming with me." Ghoul was pulled into her own wormhole with her enemy.
Manipulator finished sending each girl tumbling then remained Gaia. This was an easy choice as she forced Gaia to throw herself. "That was too easy." Kara smirked. "Hey Force. Force?" Kara looked around but found no one.
"I got an idea. The Shriekers have to be down there. So Pyro you come with me, I got a plan." Shift said as his FOME costume disappeared and he was in his pink boxers and only those. "Damn its cold today." Shift quickly ran to the jet and came back with two cans of whip cream. "What? My stash was in there."
He quickly ran down the steep hill followed closely by Pyro who had learned that he could melt snow. They quietly approached the abandoned town and Shift ran into the middle of the road first.
"Hey ladies! Who wants to lick the whip cream off my body!" He called out as he sprayed the whip cream on his chest. "Ladies?" Shift looked around and found the place empty.
Shift and Pyro walked through the abandoned ghost town. "You know this looks flammable, I could just light it all on fire then the Sheila will be forced to run out." Pyro suggested "helpfully"
Zack thought about it for a moment then shook his head, "No, as much fun as that would be there are two problems with that. One you would try to play in the fire, second the boss man would probably kill us for it."
"Sheila!" Pyro called out. "SHEILA! YOU ALIVE?"
Shift and Pyro split up, the shape shifter went to check the buildings and the pyromaniac continued down the dirt road.
As Pyro approached a fire near the center of the town a voice spoke out. "What do you doing here? You back for more?" A very feminine voice asked. As the voice's owner stepped into the light a teen girl looking of the age 17 stepped into view. She appeared to be about 5'3; she wore long sleeve, shin length blood red dress, black leggings and black button boots.
"I asked you a question."
Pyro looked at her again. I wonder if her dress is flammable? He decided to speak up before she killed him. "Hello Sheila I'm St. John Allerdyce. I'm part of the mutant group the Friends of Mutants Everywhere. We thought maybe you could use some help and possibly join us in our fight."
"Are you aware you really ripped off the FOH's name?" she replied.
"Yes Sheila. It's a way to stick it to them don't you think? The bastards deserve it."
"Well St. John, you can call me Corpse, but I won't be going with you in your stupid crusade." The black haired girl replied as she stepped closer to the fire. "I'll stick right here…thank you very-very much." Corpse grabbed her hand and winced slightly before she began to teeter side to side before collapsing to the ground.
"Sheila? Shift! I found her!"
Shift followed the voice near a fire where the body of Holly Marco laid down, the fire out long ago. "Wow Pyro the ladies really fall for you don't they?"
Pyro picked her up into his arms and turned to Shift. "She didn't want to join us but we can't just leave her here."
Shift nodded. "Come on Johnny lets get the girl back to HQ, maybe Jack'll have some answers. Besides my boxers are not quite made for outdoor style." Shift took the lead and Pyro could see the name "Hunni Bunni" Written on the back.
"Hunni Bunni huh?" Pyro asked.
Shift quickly changed back into his battle suit. "Oh hey look snow!" Shift replied as he pointed all around.
Pyro looked down at the girl in his arms. The question once again crossed his mind, is her dress flammable?
The members of the FOME, Scope, Shift, Pyro, and Bailey stood watch in the Dark Rose sitting around checking on the injured girl Holly Marco. Chance had checked her vitals and said she was barely alive and lucky. Pyro continued to sit by her side.
Kara approached the Dark Rose in pretty good condition. Most of the girls she held back with the help of Gaia and she got out of there with only a slight mess of her hair. Force however had been sucked into that hole with Ghoul, she only hoped the girl was okay.
Kara walked up the ramp of Dark Rose only for her ears to be assaulted by an argument.
"No way She-Hulk is so much hotter!"
"Nuh huh Mate, Psylocke all the way."
"Ugh." Groaned Kara as she stepped further on board while the two mutants continued to argue. "Why are they arguing?" she asked as she looked down to Chance.
Chance was sitting in one of the chairs of the jet watching the fight. "I don't remember how it started but it's been like this for awhile now. They just wont shut up about it."
"Come on she's green, strong, her lips are green, her hair green, she's huge! I mean that is just HUBBA-HUBBA!" Shift argued
"No. Purple hair, English accent, nice chest, the suit I mean come on! She may be one of the X-Men but it doesn't deduct anything."
The pink haired mutant, Kara, made her way over to the unconscious body of Holly Marco. "Oh poor girl. You were fine when I last left what happened?" Kara asked as she brushed the hair out of the unconscious girl's face.
"SHE-HULK!"
"PSYLOCKE!"
The smell of fire filled the plane, Chance looked to Shift whose clothes were burned off his body. "I hate you." Shifter said as he dusted off some of the burnt remains of his clothes.
Kara laid Holly down on the floor of the Dark Rose, then place her left hand over Holly's temples and her right on her head.
The inside the FOME's jet was engulfed by the memory of Holly Marco as her last conscious moments played back for the inhabitants.
The sun rose like any other day and with it Holly forced herself out of bed. She checked her neck for her locket like she usually did. She made her way out of the building in her little ghost town that she made hers and threw another piece of wood onto the fire. She didn't quite know why but she always kept it going. The fire always seemed to dance and soothed her.
There was a sudden clicking sound and Holly spun around and found she staring down the barrel of a semi-automatic weapon. Damn it I forgot to check the area she mentally kicked herself after realizing that fact. She was about to conjure up some help when the sound of more clicking was heard from every part of her.
She was surrounded and slightly panicked. She didn't know who they were or what they wanted but there were many of them and only one of her. "W-w-who is you? What do you want?"
"Shut it you mutie bitch!" The leading man in camouflage fatigues said as he hit her in the stomach with his fist. "Your kind disgust me!" he said as he spit on the ground next to her.
Holly keeled onto the ground clenching her stomach. Just enough time to allow her to summon something to help her, with her calling two zombies quickly materialized and began to attack the men who began to open fire. The gunmen who had punched her continued to stand next to her, his gun still trained on her.
"The FOH will wipe your miserable, pathetic race one by one."
The zombies began to fall only for others to take their place. Suddenly the entire city was swallowed in an orange light, as one by one zombies, skeletons, and golems of the element of fire began to rain from the sky.
The men went down one by one, their bullets being rendered useless. The one FOH member who continually held his gun at Holly's head continued to remain unharmed while his fellow soldiers fell to the same fate. The summoning of the zombies began to take its toll on Holly and she felt herself began to grow weak, her consciousness was fading and she wasn't sure how long she would be able to keep it up.
The gunmen quickly brought the force of his weapon into the mutant girl. As she fell to the ground the scene around them disappeared. The monsters and the orange scenery disappeared including the dead FOH members. The lone FOH member pulled the trigger of his gun into the mutant girl only to have the bullets come out as blanks.
"Son of a bitch! They gave us blanks!" He bent over and checked the pulse of the mutant girl. "No pulse good. The bitch is dead." He kicked her body once more and radioed into his commanders.
As the scene of the memory around them faded the Friends of Mutants members stood in awe at the even that had just unfolded around them. Kara set Holly's body back onto one of the seats and made sure she wouldn't suffer from whiplash.
"Whoa…can you make those into movies?" Shift asked his charred suit began to fall apart with each movement he made. "Cause if you can I got some great ideas in my head for movies. "Naked." He added quietly.
"Chance make sure she stays between life and death." Kara ordered as she approached the pilot's chair of the Dark Rose. "We'll leave once Force returns."
A wormhole opened in the top of the jet and the body of Force fell flat onto the floor, her suit ripped and torn, and her hair a mess, and a bloody lip. "Yeah that's right bitch, I showed you!" she called into the wormhole. She looked around at her teammates who each were looking at her strangely. "What?"
Kara flipped the switches and buckled her self in and let the Dark Rose ascend. "Bloody hell Sheila!" Pyro yelled as he tumbled out of his chair hitting the back of the jet.
Shift pointed and forced a laugh. "That's what you get for burning my suit you asshole!" The Dark Rose tilted in the sky-causing Shift to fall from his seat tumbling into the back of the plane to smacking into Pyro. "Don't worry, someone broke my fall!"
SS
As the FOME jet, the Dark Rose, flew off back to New York a lone figure stood on the rooftop of the abandoned town formerly inhabited by Holly Marco. Using her magic she was invisible to the female team known as the Shriekers. To those that could see through her magic they would see a woman with flowing green hair falling to her back, her skin matching her hair, sprouting from her hair were two spiraling green horns.
"Soon young Corpse, soon you will meet your destiny." A teleportation disc appeared around the woman and as she stepped on it she was gone.
Back in New York
Paul had driven in the car with Hawk and the two pulled up to a small Mexican restaurant. "Follow me. Don't get in the way." Paul is told and he complies.
As they begin to walk towards the door Paul's phone rings. He fumbles for it and answers it. "Hello?" He hears Jack's voice on the other end telling him to do something. "Jack says to remember what he said, 'be nice. Go easy on them.'"
"Nice, easy." Hawk replies in a robotic voice as he opened the door and walks into the restaurant.
"Got to go Jack!" Paul hangs up the phone and walks into the restaurant. He takes a seat at a table after receiving a glare from hawk.
Hawk gets behind the counter, his clothes changing to a form fitting white tank top and a pair of jeans. Hawk leans over the counter and begins to chew on nonexistent gum. A man in a leatherjacket, black shirt, black pants, and black cowboy boots walks in. His muscular frame looks around the restaurant scanning it for something. He finds the man working at the counter and walks over with a smile.
"Hey you. Got my money? Protection ain't free." He asks as he pops his knuckles.
The man behind the counter looks at him with utter distaste. "Money, protection?" The man behind the counter scoffs.
Paul watches his mouth agape as Hawk takes the man's head and smashes it again and again with the counter hatch. Lifting it up and down, up and down again and again. "You understand? This is a family restaurant, if I see any of you and your people in here again your dead!" Hawk grabs the man's hair and tosses him to the ground.
"You'll pay for this! Mr. Fisk will make sure of that." The man says threateningly, Hawk however is unimpressed.
"I've dealt with hormonal mutants with more power than Fisk. You tell him Hawk is the one who did this to you." Hawk replies, arms folded across his chest.
The old woman who owns the restaurant approaches Hawk and shakes his hand smiling. "Oh thank you, thank you so much. We couldn't afford to pay them. Thank you." The old woman says on the verge of tears as she hugs Hawk.
Hawk puts the old woman's back. "No problem ma'am. It was my pleasure; remember if they come back here you come see me. I'll make sure they go away."
The woman smiles and nods, "Tell Jack I said hi won't you? And tell Griffin to come see me I'll make him something special."
Hawk walks out and stops by Paul, "You tell anyone what you saw of me being nice to that old lady and I'll make sure all they find of you is your skin."
Well I think that's plenty for now. The next chapter should be up within a day. I'll force it down onto this site by the end of Friday if its the last thing I do.
What did you think? Pyro a good member of the FOME since I forgot to ask last chapter? Any suggestions, problems, you think this story is the best ever and you want to have all 11193900981 of its babies? Too long of a chapters? Any mistakes? You get the idea.