Disclaimer and Such: Yeah, I continued this story. It was just shouting at me for more! But, nonetheless,I still don't own any of the characters. Marvel still does.
Also, I didn't read through this as many times as I normally do so there's a good chance for a mistake. I apologize in advance.
The lines in between paragraphs indicate that I'm switching POV.
Odd Situation Chapter Two
The little girl gasped when she recognized me and recoiled a bit. "You!" She yelled, "You like, tried to kill me!"
"Kitty? Is that you? Where are you?" Another girl, her friend perhaps, answered in a Southern drawl. She was somewhere up and to my left. "Kitty?" she asked again, "I'm stuck, phase me out of here!"
The other girl, seemed unaware of my presence. I kept quiet and hoped I'd be able to explain everything to them soon. Maybe they'd listen…
Nope, the phaser, Kitty, broke my cover.
"Rogue, Juggernaut's here! Don't like, move!" Kitty's voice was young; she was maybe sixteen at the most. It was obvious she wasn't the team leader but was not being forced into that position. She sounded scared but was trying not to show it; putting on a brave face for her friend.
Instead of keeping quiet like they should've, Rogue started asking rapid fire questions. What surprised me was that another girl with a Scottish accent also joined in. They were interested in general knowledge, was anyone hurt, where I was, if I was going to kill them…
I'd just about enough of their meaningless chatter. If I'd wanted them dead, they'd be dead by now. Didn't they know that from our last encounter? I wasn't here to kill them, not today. Today I was here to try to turn over a new leaf, maybe make some thing out of this life.
Which would never happen if I couldn't convey that message to them.
I was about ready to tell them to shut up when one of them, the Scottish girl, called for a fourth girl, Jubilee, or something. No one responded.
"Jubilee? Jubes, come on, answer me!" Kitty shouted. Still no response.
I heard Kitty move from her spot and come closer to me. I remained standing and unmoving as she got within three feet of where I was. She stopped and stared up at me, our eye levels nearly two feet apart.
"Umm, Juggernaut, Mr. Marko, or like whoever, since you're not like, you know, pummeling us, could you maybe help us?" Kitty said, sounding extremely unsure of how to communicate with me. I couldn't say that I really blamed her.
She took my silence as a no and took a step back, saying in barley a whisper, "Please?"
Kitty tripped along to where her friend was stuck with a heavy heart. She knew she'd never be able to get out of here without Juggernaut's help. From his silence, she thought that was a long shot.
She reached Rogue in short order and started pulling on the twisted metal. Kitty tried to phase Rogue out of her trap but still couldn't. She momentarily wondered if Rogue's powers were also off when she felt the ground shake slightly.
Something, someone heavy, was moving towards the two of them. Juggernaut came to stand next to Kitty. His head was close to hitting the top of the rubble and he barley fit into the tight space where Rogue was stuck. Silently, he took hold of the metal encasement and easily untwisted it. Rogue fell several feet to the ground as a result with a small clatter.
Rogue sat on the ground, massaging her back, and said angrily, "You could've at least attempted to catch me."
Kitty gasped at Rogue's rude remark and hoped her friend wouldn't be turned into a pancake. She silently waited for Juggernaut's response, praying that somewhere he had a sense of humor.
"Sorry kid," he said with a chuckle, "But what're you complaining about? You're untangled." He extended a giant hand to Rogue. She looked at it, weighing the options, then took it.
"Thanks," she said without looking at him. "Rahne, where're you?"
The trio waited for a response that came from across the cave-like structure they were in. That was were the least amount of light was filtering in, actually there was no light. From where they were, they couldn't see the small girl at all.
"Rahne, like keep talking. We're trying to find you," Kitty said. She hoped that they could still find her, even in the pitch darkness.
The two girls started to stumble towards where they thought the voice had come from. Neither was positive where the Scottish girl was and even with Rahne shouting their names, they were having a great amount of difficulty finding her.
Kitty and Rogue had reached the darkest spot and were both staggering around. Easily hearing their shuffling, Juggernaut came up behind them and lightly but firmly grabbed each of their shoulders, bringing them to a complete stop.
"Hey, what…?" Rogue began but Juggernaut said, "I'm going to break a hole in the top of this, let a little light in. Stay here unless you want to be stuck under rubble again."
The two took his advice and stayed put. Juggernaut took about four paces backwards and reached up. He found the top of the rubble and punched it. Remnants of a filing cabinet flew off, allowing the sunlight to float in.
With the addition of light, Rogue and Kitty now saw that Juggernaut was not in his normal apparel. Instead of the reddish suit they'd become accustomed to, he was wearing jeans, a white tee-shirt, and a brown coat. He looked almost…normal. Well, save the fact that he could get into a fight with a semi-truck and win.
The two girls looked away when Juggernaut looked back at them, looking back to where they'd last heard Rahne. Giving their eyes a moment to adjust to the dusty haze, they soon found two familiar red pigtails sandwiched in some debris.
Rahne was trapped under part of a wall, pinned against something that looked like a safe. Kitty and Rogue each took one of her hands and pulled but she was firmly stuck. Kitty looked back at Juggernaut, trying to convey that they needed his help again.
Reading her expression Juggernaut came to stand next to the girls. He placed each of his mammoth hands on the wall on either side of Rahne. Juggernaut pushed it up with ease and let the other two girls help her out. When the three girls were clear, he dropped the wall back to its resting place atop the safe. It cracked and broke in half.
When he turned back around, Juggernaut saw that there was a distinct dividing line between the two sexes. The girls were huddled together a good ten feet from where he stood. They looked scared, but basically safe. A few bruises here and there, but they would be fine.
There was complete silence until Rogue asked, "Where's Jubilee?"
The Scottish girl said, "She was right beside me when the building collapsed… Jubilee! Where are you?"
Cain listened for any sort of movement but heard none. He looked around the rubble but saw no one. He turned his attention back to the girls who were staring at him, obviously in search of some guidance. Like he had any! Juggernaut wasn't exactly the hero type, like Kitty had said he'd tried to kill them last encounter.
But this was different. This wasn't about Charles; this was about four young girls who'd been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
And now he had to do something about that.
Rahne may have missed the team's last meeting with Juggernaut but even she knew it was crazy she was still alive. From the X-Men's stories, she should've been flattened as soon as he'd seen her. And yet she wasn't. She was actually feeling pretty okay, all things considered.
Well she had been until the collapsed building shook and threatened to seal them in forever. Every tiny piece of rubble quaked and shifted as something big, a bus maybe, drove by them. Her eyes widened and flew to Kitty and Rogue but they weren't looking at her, they were still staring at Juggernaut.
"We have to get out of here," he said simply in a deep voice. He walked toward them, covering the distance in a few steps and began to look for an easy exit.
"We like, can't!" Kitty exclaimed.
Juggernaut looked down to her, eyebrows arched slightly as the wreckage shook again. "Why not? If we stay any longer this will cave on us."
"We can't just leave Jubilee! She's our friend! X-Men have to stay together!"
Rogue took a step sideways and put an arm around Kitty in a comforting way. "She's right. Jubes is our friend; I refuse to leave until we find her."
"Same for me," Rahne said as boldly as possible. The three of them looked at Juggernaut in anticipation for his answer. They all knew the odds of him staying to help them were slim to none and yet they hoped.
Cain then sighed loudly and said, "I shoulda known that Charlie would teach you something like that. Okay, any ideas?"
Rogue did, in fact, have an idea. But it was a risky one that she knew Juggernaut wouldn't agree to. Then again, it might be worth a try.
"Well, I kinda had a little idea…" she said quietly trailing off. Rogue looked at her shoes as everyone turned to her.
Kitty was first to become impatient, "Like, what's your idea?"
Rogue looked up at Kitty and said almost silently, "Well, maybe I could borrow some of…," she stumbled over his codename, "Juggernaut's powers and help look for Jubilee."
Complete silence followed this statement. Kitty just stared at Rogue for a long while before looking up into the Juggernaut's face. She took a few scuffling steps toward the giant before saying, "What do you think? Will you lend some of you power to Rogue?"
All eyes flew to Cain's face for his reaction. His blue eyes were slightly wider than they'd been but they didn't appear angry, rather intrigued. Ever so slowly, he extended a massive hand towards Rogue. She looked up, brown eyes shocked that he'd even consider her proposal, let along agree to it.
"Just try to stay out of my mind okay kid?"
Rogue only nodded in reply, too shocked to speak. She lifted her pale hand and with the other removed the black glove that constantly encased it. Rogue flexed her fingers a little before barley touching the tips of Cain's thick fingers.
Her touch was like an electric shock to both of them as Rogue suddenly felt the power of the Juggernaut flowing through her veins. She felt invincible, unbeatable, unstoppable…
Rogue was lost with the power in her that she barley remembered to remove her hand from his. She quickly pulled her arm back to her, close to her body. Cain put a hand to his head and opened and closed his eyes several times. He seemed tired, but that shouldn't last long, Rogue thought.
"Thank you," Rogue said quietly as she went in search of Jubilee. She began using her new powers almost immediately, afraid they would wear off before she could do anything productive. Rogue moved huge filing cabinets with great ease, checking under everyone of them for Jubilee.
It only took Cain a moment to begin to do like Rogue was. The two of them were soon lifting large debris pieces as Kitty and Rahne looked on.
"Shouldn't we do something?" Rahne whispered to Kitty. Kitty shrugged her shoulders and stiffened as Juggernaut closed in on them. He stopped a good distance away from them so he wouldn't be too intimidating.
"You can go through walls and stuff, right?" Cain asked Kitty. She looked back at him before nodding then saying,
"Well I usually can but earlier I like, couldn't."
"Try again," he said, "Maybe you'll find her if you look that way. And you," he said turning on Rahne, "What can you do?"
Rahne stuttered for a moment, unable to find words, and then said, "Well, I can turn into a wolf."
Without missing a beat Cain said, "Can you find her by scent?"
"I can try." Rahne changed to her wolf form quickly and was immediately hit by smells. Two were familiar, Rogue and Kitty, but a third was completely new. Juggernaut didn't smell good or bad, just different. Rahne didn't dwell on his scent though; she couldn't waste any time.
She began searching for a scent as Kitty dove into a desk. Rogue and Juggernaut continued to lift debris. Rahne had almost lost hope when a vaguely familiar smell crossed her path. Tangy, citrusy and with a hint of pear, the scent was Jubilee!
Rahne barked loudly in the small space, the noise reverberating all around the chamber. The others moved to her side as she tore off through the debris. She could smell Jubilee's scent stronger now, she was getting closer.
"Jubilee!" Kitty called, "Jubilee we're coming!"
Rahne stopped dead in front of the same safe she'd been trapped on top of. She pointed towards it but changed back to human form to tell the others greater detail.
"Jubilee is somewhere behind the safe. Kitty, I think you should go first; we don't want the whole thing collapsing."
Kitty, the girl who'd hated him so much was now diving head first into the safe. Cain was amazed as she quickly disappeared into seemingly solid metal. He momentarily wondered how it felt; then remembered that she'd phased him into a solid piece of concrete on a dam. However he didn't have long to think about this as he heard something very solid hit the inside of the safe.
Pounding from two sets of fists began as Kitty said, "I'm stuck! Me and Jubilee are stuck! I can't phase!" Her voice was muffled even though Cain knew she was shouting.
Rouge quickly moved to the safe and grabbed hold of the handle. She pulled lightly, and then put a little more effort into it. She groaned a little as Juggernaut saw she was having absolutely no luck ripping the door off.
She turned, shocked, and asked, "Rahne, can you still transform?"
Cain looked to the tiny red head beside him and saw her face twist in frustration. She let out a long sigh and said, "No! Rogue…Rogue what's happening?"
The girls looked at each other in shock as Kitty and Jubilee continued to pound on the door. Juggernaut walked over the safe and literally single handedly pulled the door off. The metal bent under his massive hand, molding like putty between his fingers. He twisted the door until it was wide enough for the two girls to get out.
They all ran to each other, exclaiming names and hugging. Cain took a few steps backwards and watched them with amusement. He was shocked to find that he too had a smile on his face and was relieved to have Jubilee back safe.
The joy stopped suddenly as the debris shook the most violently and pieces fell out of their places. The four girls clung to each other and stared up at Cain silently.
"Come on!" he said loudly and sprinted over to the hole he'd created earlier. His hands flew out to two girls at a time as he pushed them through to safety. He finally put his hands on either side of the opening and pulled himself up. The rubble under his hands protested loudly under his immense weight and started to give.
Cain barely made it up and out as the debris started to collapse under him. "Go go go!" he said urgently to the girls in front of him.
Kitty was in the first group out with Rahne. Barley waiting for the other two girls and figuring Juggernaut could catch up, they raced down the pile of rubble. Police and firemen tried to get a hold of the girls but they all easily dodged them. Seeing the 6'10" Juggernaut barreling down behind them got the rest of the rescue squad out of the way.
To avoid any chance in an ambulance, the quintet ran down a side alley and hoped they hadn't been followed. Waiting quietly for a few minutes clinging to the alley walls reveled that they had lost any personnel trying to find them.
Finally, after five minutes and still with no sign of anyone, Kitty shuffled to be in front of the Juggernaut. She looked up at him with her chocolate eyes wide and mouth hung slightly open. Trying several times to say something and failing, Juggernaut asked what was wrong.
"Nothing," she replied, a smile exposing the cute dimples in her cheeks. "It's just that, it's so weird," she said with a sigh, "That the four of us like, owe you our lives."
Author's Note: Yep, if Chapter Three of this ever gets to be more than three sentences, it'll explain why Cain's powers worked while all of the girls didn't. Until then, keep writing [like I haven't] and keep on top of your homework [unlike me] because now I'm really behind and it's kicking my butt!