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This chapter is very different. It's about Allie! I have been waiting to write this chapter in a very long time. I have been holding off on Allie because she is such an awesome character…also she is at The Institution. WELL, all the characters are awesome. I love writing each and every chapter. I will definitely draw some characters if I can get around to it. Maybe, spring break?
PLEASE READ my side story- X-Men: Restoration presents the X Spector. It's about a ghost who takes over the mansion. It will comprise of three or five chapters depending on how far I want to go with this project. If you guys like them I will definitely write more.
X-Men: Restoration
Chapter Twenty: Allison 'Allie' Daily
She heard the sirens as they came. The doors open and shut. She saw the flash of lights, the flash of red. She heard voices that were so far away. She awoke in a cold sweat as she rose from her cot. It was just a dream. Just a mental image of what had happened so long ago. She breathed deeply through her nostrils, trying to catch all the air there was in this vacuum like space. She lifted her arms as she readjusted her weight. The Institution had made her put on steel gloves. She was chained into them. She was monitored all the time since she was one of the dangerous mutants. The Institution didn't want her using her gifts on them, now would they ?
She gazed out to see the others. She looked out the glass to see her sad and hostile neighbor. Everyone knew her as The Nurse. She went by Rogue. She had one of the nicer cells but it was because they wanted to relax her as much as possible. The Institution had implanted some type of virus in her system so they could control her. It was terrifying. She had practically killed the runaway who had apparently escaped from the future. However, farfetched it sounded; she knew that The Institution had the resources and the power to make all things possible. The girl was dragged through the aisle, screaming. Allie covered her ears trying to drown out the noise. The girl glanced over at her with tears in her odd colored eyes…one purple, another gray. Allie knew the girl's fate was sealed…you don't escape from The Institution.
Rogue was sitting in her chair as her hands were balled up in fists. Her red hair covered her face so Allie couldn't see her expression. She heard someone mumble meaningless words under their breath down the hall. She heard a distant cough. But most of all she heard the buzz of the new security that they installed. The glass on their cells was now electrified. Must have gotten a mutant with electricity under his belt. Allie concentrated hard on her surrounding as she tried to control the gravity in the room. Her hands were too heavy and the food she was given was of course weakening her so she couldn't build up strength. She closed her eyes and thought of the days of old. How she used to dance freely, have fun with her friends; go to school without any judgment. Her friends…she squinted her eyes closed as she ceased to remember the memory. Anne. She bit her lip as her hands in their metal restraints trembled.
She listened to the buzz. She concentrated on it. She heard a banging as The Reaper slowly approached the door at the end of the aisle. She stopped breathing as he passed. No one messes with The Reaper.
She was alarmed as she heard the door bang to the floor with a huge thud and the metal echoing through the aisle. What was going on? Had someone broken into The Institution! People wanted out and not in…
"I have been waiting for you." The Reaper said as Allie recognized his awful voice.
"I should have known it was you." A gruff voice yelled as Allie heard metal clicks. What was that? "Where is SHE!" He yelled. Allie couldn't see anything but Rogue rose alerted by the voice. She was attempting to say something but the virus had taken over her body and she could only speak if The Institution wanted her to.
"Who do you mean?" The Reaper said scoffing at the man.
"You know exactly who I mean." The voice of the man was hostile. The Reaper laughed.
"Put your claws away or else you really will find out why these children fear me so much." The Reaper continued. Guards ran down the hallway as many as ten or twenty. Allie saw them wielding restraints of all kinds. "Stand back. He is fine. I'll deal with him if he doesn't cooperate."
"I'm NOT FINE AND NOW TELL ME WHERE SHE IS OR I WILL…" He screamed as his rough voice echoed off the walls.
"Rip me to shreds? It will never get to that point. I am much powerful than you. You are on MY territory. How will it feel to be a lab rat?" Allie heard a struggle as The Reaper let out a hiss of pain. The guards dragged the huge man through the aisle as Rogue cried and cried bearing not to look. The Reaper passed by with bloodshot eyes and three long parallel scratched across his chest. He scrutinized Rogue and let out a deep bilious laugh.
"Say goodbye to all your friends…" He snickered. Rogue fell to the ground as she banged the white laminate tiles. There was a person next to him ready to take down orders. "Find out how he got in here. Are you finished with the arrangements of Specimen 322 yet?" The man nodded his head as he grinned. Allie grimaced. The man showed of his purple colored teeth. It made Allie's stomach turn as she debated on whether to run to the toilet or not. She glanced over near her cot as she looked at the old sorry thing. No. "Bring her out then."
She heard the open and shut of the laboratory door. She heard a chinking of something as a figure approached. She gasped as she saw the form. It was the escapee! Though she did not hold the same demeanor. Her long hair neatly brushed back. She was dressed in jeans and a worn leather jacket. Her cowboy boots had metal rings that made chinking sound when she moved. She approached The Reaper and embraced him. Allie was shocked but she wouldn't dare move. She wanted to hide under her cot at the sight. The Reaper let out a snicker.
"Welcome home, dear. You are finally back to your original state." The Reaper said as he broke the hug.
"Oh, yes. I am." She laughed. Allie was chilled to the bone. The laugh was pretty but it had a sinister ring. How could anyone hug THAT man? The girl glanced at her and smiled…and Allie's heart dropped. She had two gray eyes that were dark with evil. They didn't kill her, they used her.
Allie started to pace frantically around the cell as Rogue was in the same state. They were scared. They heard voices so many voices coming from where the man was.
"Looks like Logan definitely came through here…" A woman's voice said. "Did you defeat those guards?"
"Yeah…Eric kind of added too much spark but they will be fine." A girl said. "We have to get these mutants out of these cells."
"Move quickly. We have to get to the main core like the Professor said." The woman said.
"Over here! Get me out first, I'm a technopath." Allie heard from down the hall. "I can disable all the locks within seconds." Rogue looked extremely alarmed as she approached the glass wall still trying to speak. A huge group went by of all mutants like them. One of the girls stopped and she went through the glass as if it were nothing and grabbed Rogue. Rogue pushed her away
"Rogue, what are you doing?" The girl with the ponytail hissed. Allie then realized something…it was Rogue's teammates. She was standing in the presence of the X-Men.
The glass door made a swoosh sound as it was opened. Allison stepped out along with the other confided mutants. The confined mutants did not know what to do. She knew The Institution would bring them down.
"Don't touch her. She isn't in control of her body anymore. The Institution is." Allie pointed out the star like birthmark on Rogue's little exposed skin on her arm. "She can't even talk." A guy with shaggy blond hair came forward.
"Hurry we need to get out of here before they come. We have a minute and 35 seconds to move." The guy with shaggy blond hair and grabbed Allie's metal gloves as they dropped to the ground with a heavy metal clunk. He smiled at her. "Electronic locks." Allie gripped her hands as she began to feel the gravity around her. She breathed in the light, crisp air. She was free. She smiled for the first time in a long time as stayed towards the back of the crowd. She would watch their backs. She the guards come as she made the metal door gravitate towards them with all the force she had. The bodies were unconscious before they could hit the ground. She turned and ran with the crowd as she gazed at the confided mutants. They were strong…why would The Institution have them if they were not strong? The group stopped as they entered a huge gymnasium like facility. Allie hadn't remembered life outside that miserable cell. Allie saw five people stand before them.
"Marcos, Sean!" One of the X-Men said shocked. Another one whispered "Abby".
"I guess we need no introduction!" The girl in the fedora hat said. "I'm Natalie Foster, and you will never forget it after I am done with you." She grinned as she flipped back her pretty brown hair. Allie gulped. She appeared to be the leader of the group of five. There was a little girl there grinning evilly as she banged together her fists, her red highlights fiery through her dark hair. The guy turned to electric man. Another guy had his hood up but his hands spit out acid around him as the laminate tiles began to dissolve. There was the escapee standing there as she stared at the crowd with a blank face of indifference.
"Ella?" One of the X-Men said as he realized he was staring at the escapee. One of the girl X-Men sniffed at the air.
"It's her…" She said as her voice shook. The guy went crazy as he ran forward but several X-Men held him back. Another person joined them…it was Rogue. The Institution had taken control of her body once again. These six mutants were no one to be messed with; they had their powers enhanced by The Institution for their own use. How many more mutants were like this?
"Your future doesn't look so bright…" The escapee said as if she didn't care about them. She must have had an encounter with them because the X-Men were taken back.
"You don't remember us?" He said as he gasped at her composure.
"I don't know any of you." She said in a tired voice. Allie gripped her fists together. They were stopping her from her freedom. She thought of Anne. Anne. Her best friend who was killed by a drunk driver before her eyes maybe the drunk driver was a nice guy but he had no control because of the alcohol. Just like these five had no control over their own bodies. She would have to knock them over, make them pay. She remembered the good feeling that surged through her veins as her powers manifested the day of the accident. She made the drunk driver's car fly into a tree. It simply looked like an accident as Anne took her last breaths. Allie held Anne's body close as she cried. She realized she had this great power yet it couldn't have come a second before the car hit Anne. She could have stopped the car. The driver would still be alive and Anne would too. It was a cruel twist of fate.
She felt the objects lose gravity around her as the laminate tiles went flying at them. The guy in the hood stepped out and threw acid at the tiles and they melted in the air. Some of the acid flew on the X-Men who let out gasps of agony. She saw sprays of water, electricity flying, purple force fields and she saw people fly across the huge space. One of the X-Men, a girl with dark hair threw water in a whip like form towards the electric man as it hit him. He flew backwards as he turned into his original form. He, however, got back up and instantly turned into the electric man once again as he bolted the girl. She fell to the ground convulsing as a tough looking girl came forward. Her gloved hands created a force field around him. She held him there as another transformed into a dinosaur. She saw huge trees rise out of the ground as they twisted around the four. The six however easily broke through when Abby took control of the girl's movements and made the trees into sprouts again. Rogue came forward and touched one of them with her hand as she mechanically took off her glove. It was the girl with the ponytail from earlier. Rogue had tears in her eyes though…She was knocked out by a nearby mutant but sprung back to life a few moments later. No doubt The Institution at work. They were laughing at them.
Allie smiled as she pinpointed a person out of the crowd. That girl called Abby. She was small and looked sweet but she had sinister motives. She was flailing a person from the X team around in the air. She began to concentrate on her as she breathed in the crisp air. Abby began to scream as she fell to the ground, the gravity crushing her. She was knocked out within minutes. Natalie, the leader turned around as a force field came in front of her. Natalie angry closed her eyes and nodded to Ella as she did the same. She heard a mesmerizing voice say stop. Ella raised her hands in the air as Allie struggled with moving. She had been possessed. She then dropped them to the ground and the whole entire floor shook with tremors. She felt like she was going backwards. Suddenly, she was back where she was holding Abby down with her gravity. Ella had taken them back in time. Natalie grabbed an X-men that standing close to her and kissed him. What?
The guy came over to her as he lifted his electrified hands. She screamed as she made him fly up in the air as she cancelled the gravity from around him. He was knocked unconscious as she brought him back down from the rapid elevation change. One of the X-Men yelled something as her short blond hair bobbed side to side.
"Coralie she is on their side." She said as her identical twin was attempting to hold off other mutants that were possessed by Natalie's voice. Allie ran out the nearest door she could. She had to escape. She saw guards fly at her from all directions as she crushed them by weighing them down with gravity. It took forever fighting off the guards and going down mysterious hallways. She finally had reached the doors leading out. She breathed in the fresh air and noticed that other confined mutants had followed her. There was the guy with shaggy blond hair, a girl she had never seen before and another older mutant. They were out of breath. There was a jet outside. The guards were all knocked out, sprawled around the jet.
"Guys! Come on get in!" A huge enormous guy said. Allie hesitated but she wanted to get as far away from this place as possible. She took the first steps onto the jet as they sat in the comfortable seats. Allie nervous about it also felt a thrill of freedom. The X-Men came running out of the place with many angry people following them carrying other confined mutants. As soon as all of them were on the landing platform running in. The guy closed the door and took off.
Allie noticed that one of them was carrying the big guy who had broken in earlier. There was a loud chatter of voices as the guy took off. There was silence on the plane.
"We need to figure out why the Brotherhood joined The Institution's side." Someone piped up.
"No, we need to find out what they did to Ella and Rogue. How many more mutants are there that we know about? What about them?" Some other person said. They pointed at Allie and the other confined mutants gazed at each other.
"Please tell us what you know…" They begged as they tried to find a way out.
"You mutants are all so pathetic." They heard from somewhere within the cabin. It was from a television screen. It was The Reaper.
"Dr. Bamback!" One of them shouted. The Reaper rolled his eyes.
"I suppose you can't even put two plus two together…Never mind. I'll make a deal with you. I'll give you back the one you call Rogue if you give me back my son. I won't come after the mutants who escaped either since they were going to be disposed of anyways. You have twenty four hours to turn him over."
"We don't have Trent. Who would ever want him?" One of the girls grunted with displeasure. Allie shook with discomfort. She wasn't garbage.
"What about Ella?" One of the younger mutants piped up. The Reaper grinned.
"She was never yours to begin with. Twenty four hours." The screen flashed off as they stared at it in disbelief. Allie couldn't help but feel a little happy even if a dark aura took over the ship as the mutants began yelling at each other pointing fingers as the confined mutants raised their eyebrows. The lot of them silently smiled at each other as they realized they had freedom. Freedom. Allie even started to bob her head as she heard Anne's favorite song ringing in her ears.
A new day will come…the pain will be washed away…by the sunshine…
She felt the sunshine radiate from outside the jet's windows. She was safe and free if only for a moment, but she would savor this moment forever.
Happy! Yay! I loved this chapter. I love Allie's demeanor she is transformed by her spirit of freedom back to her bubbly, happy self. The Institution angle isn't over yet. We still have a few chapters left in this crazy story! :D Can't wait to update The X-Spector!Which is going to be next of course. Give me three days to write!
