Authors Note: Ok guys, another post tonight as the computer is often stolen from me on the weekends. I'm really struggling with writers block at the moment, I'm trying to just push my way through it, but it's really hard at the moment, I've kind of written myself into a corner. Anyhoo, please read and enjoy and give me feedback, a few words makes all the difference. I just hope that those few words are "You" and "Suck" lol.
Chapter 27
Rogue opened her eyes and saw that she was in her bedroom and she smiled – she remembered
Rogue opened her eyes and saw that she was in her bedroom and she smiled – she remembered!
Her name was Anna Marie and she was 17 years old, although she looked older, and she was home at Meridian Mississippi.
She jumped off of her bed and ran out of her room and down the stars and froze when she saw Professor Xavier standing in her living room.
"Professor?" Anna Marie asked bewildered.
"Hello Anna. I've been waiting for you." The Professor said with a kind smile.
Rogue and The Professor remained in their comas, it had been sixteen days and Jean was exhausted with worry, she had tried everything and she could get neither of her patients to respond. Rogue's body was healing nicely, but there was no response.
With a sad sigh Jean left Hank to his duty in the med lab and trudged up to her room to get some much needed sleep.
Jean got to her room and frowned when she saw her bedroom light was on.
She hesitantly pushed the door open and smiled when she saw Scott sitting on her bed.
"Hey Red, bout time you took a break." Scott said teasingly, but Jean smiled when she saw how his whole face had lit up when he saw her.
"I know Slim, I know." Jean said tiredly and pulled her long red hair out of its tidy bun and let it cascade down her back.
"I ran you a bath, so how about you go and relax?" Scott smiled and got to his feet; he walked to her side and tenderly ran his hands through her silky strands of hair.
"Thanks Slim." Jean said, genuinely appreciative of his thoughtfulness and kissed him softly. With a small coy wave she went to take that glorious bath.
Ororo meanwhile sat in her beautiful room and mourned. She mourned the death of Carol a kind woman with a good heart, but she also mourned for Rogue, she didn't understand why Rogue had done what she had done, and she knew that James Logan would not forgive her. He would put an end to that child's life and she knew that, that would also destroy a part of him.
Ororo just wanted, more than anything for peace to be returned to her home.
Logan was standing at the med lad, looking in through the unbreakable glass window at the prone figure of the girl. He had been locked out of the med lab, he couldn't believe that they had locked him out, couldn't believe that they were allowing the bitch to stay, couldn't believe that they were helping her.
It was only a matter of time, but that traitorous little bitch was dead, she just didn't know it yet.
Logan snarled once more and stomped back up to the higher levels.
Mystique had, had enough, she knew that Erik was worried about his friend, but there was nothing more that they could do, Charles and Rogue were both locked in the med lab. The only people allowed in were Hank or Jean and Mystique couldn't stand to be in this stuffy mansion a moment longer. She missed the fire-bugs and their incessant flirting, at least those two had guts and passion, here she had to watch Jean and Scott fawn all over each other and tip-toe around each other at the same time and it was far too sickening.
Another sad fact was that she missed Victor.
She had never before imagined her capable of love, she had only allowed herself the luxury of love twice before and both times it had gone horribly wrong. Then she had met Victor and he had taught her that it was ok to take chances sometimes.
He was tall, and muscular and handsome in a rugged sort of a way. He was vicious and sadistic but the few that he cared about, he would fight to the death for.
Mystique stood and stretched, she adjusted her long white dress, ran her fingers through her short red bob and went to find Erik – it was time to go home.
At the Brotherhood Castle Amara was in the Gym working on her agility, she swung her lithe body around the gymnastics bar and flipped elegantly, she was just about to grip onto another affixed metal bar when Victor got in her way, and she slammed into him and then slammed just as hard into the ground.
"Victor you great fucking ox!" Amara groused as she picked herself up.
"If you weren't prancing around like a fair it wouldn'ta happened." Victor said with a sarcastic grin.
"If you weren't lumbering around like some dumb oaf it wouldn'ta happened. Dumbass!" Amara snarled.
"You can't take knocks; you shouldn't be on the team." Victor growled.
"I'll show you knocks asshole!" Amara snapped and fired up.
"Oh you wanna go some sparky?" Victor mocked and flexed his considerable muscles.
Amara didn't raise to the bait, only jumped up and grabbed one of the metal bars, she flipped and flew over to another bar behind Victor, she kicked him in the back and watched him stumble and go down to one knee.
"Trick hip grandpa?" Amara mocked indolently.
"Oh it's on!" Victor roared, incensed.
"Victor, Amara, do you ever take a break?" Magneto asked from the doorway.
"Hey! Mags, Mysti and Toadmeister are back!" Amara cheered and powered down.
Victor looked at Mystique and smiled wolfishly.
"Miss me?" Mystique purred and sashayed her way over to Victor.
Victor didn't say anything, but as soon as she was arms length away he reached out and tangled his hands into her hair and pulled her head back roughly, and savagely kissed her.
"Oh good god, get a room!" Amara said and flounced out of the room, noticing that Magneto and Toad had already vacated the premises.
"Amara!" Magneto shouted as Amara was passing his office.
"Yeah?" Amara asked lazily leaning against the doorframe.
"Would you be so kind as to show our latest edition around?" Magneto asked cordially.
"When the hell did you have time to recruit someone?" Amara asked, shocked.
"She has been on my radar for some time." Magneto said cryptically.
"Oh-kay, so where is she?" Amara asked.
"In the dining room." Magneto said, in a clearly dismissive tone of voice.
"Alrighty." Amara said sarcastically and wandered off to find the latest recruit.
Amara walked into the dining room to find the newbie flirting – with her boyfriend!
"You; with your hands all over my boyfriend – move 'em or lose 'em" Amara said in an obviously threatening tone.
"Hey chill out ginger." The blonde said with a bitchy smile. Amara narrowed her green eyes.
"Who the hell are you?" Amara snarled.
"Names Tabitha or Boom Boom." The latter of that sentence was directed to a bewildered Pyro with a cheeky wink.
Amara took in the petite, yet curvy frame, the elfin beauty with cropped spiky blonde hair and cocky attitude.
Within three steps Amara was directly in front of Tabitha.
"I'm Amara. Or Magma." Amara smiled, then her hand flashed out and she punched Tabitha square on the jaw, knocking her down and out.
"Mara, what the hell?" John said with a bemused smile.
"You're my man Johnny." Amara said possessively. John laughed and wrapped his arm around Amara's waist leading her from the room, stepping over Tabitha's unconscious body as they did so. Amara stopped at the door and looked back at the fallen girl.
"Welcome to the Brotherhood."
I love writing the Brotherhood, I love it. They're so like the x-men, just you know, evil. I do realise that they aren't too diabolical at the moment, give it time. Things will get good and evil for them. :D
As always, any ideas, thoughts, feelings please share them.
Many thanks. xoxo