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Two chapters in one week! This is because I feel terrible about being so late.
Want to make more OCs to be featured for the sequel? You guys get dibs on making sons and daughters of your OCs. XD (So don't get too crazy.) Some can be mutant and some human (PREFERRED, humans are pretty sweet. Humans can still kick butt.). Humans are cool. Just send me your OCs in PM or review this story if you don't have a FF account. I can only accept 3-4. They won't be a regular due to there also being 10 new characters. I am basically attempting to write out the original cast from X-Men: Evolution with some exceptions of my favorites.
SEQUEL TITLE: X-Men: Retaliation.
The count down to the finale… Noah Beech, Natalie Foster, Lyra Bell, Zenith Franklin and a surprise character chapter! And several original cast chappies too.
X-Men: Restoration
Chapter Thirty One: Sarah Goldman
Sarah breathed out a nervous sigh as she patted Hope's head with a wet rag. Hope smacked her watching the tablet computer with full attention watching the blue dots move around. She had a communicator in her ear and tapped into several video feeds to see what was going on. Sarah gazed at the screen that Hope was holding.
"Go away, squirt. I have some real business to attend to" Hope said. Sarah sighed walking away disgruntled. Hope was a handful. She closed her eyes and became mist. She floated through the halls watching the mutants left behind spend their time in complete boredom. She saw Vince watching television with Shiloh and her new squirrel friends, they giggled in delight at the show. Sakura was watering the flowers with Grace tending to them. The Professor hadn't been seen all day since he had been using Cerebro to see if he could track more mutants that had been experimented on.
Sarah went into the control room and saw that Trent and Forge were working away at the computer. Forge was updating defenses around the mansion. Trent typed in the computer the codes Forge was telling him.
"Oh, these new laser beam grids are going to be rad!" he exclaimed. Suddenly, the ground rumbled. Trent and Forge looked at each other strangely. Alarms started to go off inside the room and all over the mansion. Sarah was startled and fell to the ground coming out of her misty form. She let out a yelp. The boys didn't even notice her tumble over the sound of the alarms.
"The mansion's 1st line of defenses has been breached. There is an army approaching fast. T patch me through to the Prof" Forge spit out quickly. Trent turned touching some touch screens and expanding the panel views of the outside while pulling to the side the Prof's connection.
"Forge, I know we must prepare for a great battle. I have gotten through to Logan, Rogue and the others. They are on their way. The other group has extracted the cure for the disease. Kurt and Ororo are here with the vial for Hope and to hold off the army til all of the students arrive" He said. Trent turned to see her on the floor. Sarah breathed in a slight breath before she let it out. She was still so intimidated by him. He brought his hand down and she winced. When she opened her eyes a hand was there for her. His eyes expressed that he hurt. She hesitated and grabbed it. Quickly, Trent nodded at her and ran out of the room.
"Hey, T! Where are you going at a time like this?" Forge frantically yelled over the alarms. He then noticed Sarah. He cocked his head sideways and continued his business. Sarah ran down the hall to the hospital wing to see Hope had received the cure. She was literally beaming; no sooner was she out of bed and running towards the meeting location. However, Richard was struggling to get up out of bed trying to make an attempt to get up and join the fight but he was battered badly.
"D-d-don't move Rex!" She pleaded as Kurt held him down.
"They need me! How will we show them…" Richard said but was interrupted by a piercing screech that reverberated throughout the mansion. Sarah felt the familiarity of the screech and suddenly it dawned on her it was Trent.
"Come on Sarah, I think vat is our cue" Kurt said as he grabbed her by her arm and bamfed her into the lobby. Richard knew the consequences of his actions so hopefully he wouldn't do anything stupid or overly heroic. She felt her heart skip a beat and she breathed out the breath she was grasping so tightly to. Sakura was flooding the lobby with water from the pipes running through the mansion. Sakura was humming a happy tune not even the slighted bit bothered or worried from what was going on outside. There was no sign of Trent.
"Vhere are the others?" Kurt asked as Sakura dumped another load of water out of a a pipe sticking out of the ceiling. They stepped onto the stairs, trying not to drown in water.
"Battle stations. Trent and Grace are outside. Storm is creating a whirlwind of fun. Shiloh and Vince are with the Professor. Evan is guarding Cerebro. Wolvie and a bunch of others are coming." Sakura beamed a smile up at them. Sarah, horrified, started to hyperventilate. Sakura turned her head towards her, "Sarah, do not be afraid, we will make it through." Sarah continued to breathe heavily wanting to cry. Kurt looked at her and kneeled down to her height.
"Go find the Professor and protect them." Kurt said. She nodded her head, pursing her lips together. She closed her eyes and turned into a mist and elevated high above the mansion ceilings. Another screech came from outside and she gazed out the mansion window to see what she feared most. An entire army marching towards her home, their home with experimented mutants and the ugly Sentinel machines but there was something else in the crowd that made her heart skip yet another beat. It was the infamous Magneto. Trent was trying to hold them off by amplifying one of Shiloh's bird pet's call. The hawk was perched up over his shoulder and he amplified the noise since he could no longer make any sound of his own. Grace was building forests as her hands rose and dropped down like a furious piano player trying to hit every note. Trent and Grace looked terrified but they both stood their ground as the Sentinels crushed their defenses. Forge's lasers hit them but it seemed to do minimal damage. Sarah quickly turned and went inside a vent, moving through swiftly as she tried to reach Cerebro where the Professor was located. She had to tell him who was behind this or had a something to do with this in the least.
She floated into Cerebro's space and saw the Professor and the two youngsters that were younger than her. Vince sat in a muddy puddle, his complexion now mud brown and Shiloh was surrounded by animals. She filtered down landing in front of the Professor as she slowly faded into her real form.
"Hello, Sarah." The Professor said, already knowing what she was about to tell him. The Professor and she had a link to each other since she hated speaking because of her terrible stutter. She was silent by choice not forced to silence like Trent was. "I already know, Sarah. I know the full story and it is terrible what he has done. We can only stop it." The Professor suddenly was overcome in pain as he clenched his fists and furrowed his brows.
"Sarah, go to Trent and Grace. Go, before…" The Professor stopped as she snapped into her living mist form. She knew what Trent and Grace were faced against. She had to help them. She came out of drain pipe and was hovering over the battle scene. Trent was standing in front of the mansion with Grace behind him. She saw Storm off in the distance wreaking havoc among the Sentinels by forming massive tornadoes. She maneuvered closer to Trent and Grace, hesitating. She was scared, shy, and she meant nothing. She was nothing. She closed her eyes to the battle, crying. How could she help them? She had a useless power that was for hiding rather than protecting. She thought of her childhood.
You mean something. The words resonated in her mind and suddenly she was transported to her family's home and she saw all four of her brothers and sisters playing with each other as she cowered off on the stoop. She never even heard the door open but her mother was soon beside her with her arm wrapped around her daughter.
"You know, you mean something. You really do mean something to your brothers and sisters. You are there for them, when you need to be and you will do anything to protect them." Her mother said as the words softly floated through her mind. Sarah was brought back to the battle and she mustered all the strength she could and flew down at a speedy rate flying in front of Trent. She meant something.
"A-a-are you ready?" she whispered in his ear, still in her misty form. He turned alarmed then relaxed a little after he found out who it was. He waved her away, trying to point at the mansion as her let out an amplified screech in another direction. "One. T-t-two. Three." She let out the highest pitch scream she could muster as it dawned on Trent to amplify the sound. The sound amplified across the first row of Sentinels who were a few feet away and they fell to the ground, unable to move. It seemed like they had jammed the signal. Trent stepped back a few feet as the other Sentinels approached. He quickly turned around to see where Grace was at.
Grace was being cornered by a mutant who had broken from the ranks. Sarah stared wide eyed, dumbfounded after she realized who it was. It was Ella with a metal device attached to her arm.
"Ella…" Grace said fearfully as she was backed up to the mansion stairs. Ella smiled down at her, her grey eyes menacing as she pointed the device directly at Grace. Grace snapped. Grace raised her hand and an ivy like plant swung around Ella and squeezed her within its grip. Grace then turned towards the Sentinels. She looked furious.
"I hear it. I hear it all. Nature crying in agony as you step across the ground!" Grace bellowed as she took control of the trees she planted and started to bash Sentinels right and left. Sarah never knew that quiet, meek Grace had so much power in her grip. Sarah knew that Grace had problems ever since she had been in the closet with her. She had no control over her powers and the plants seemed to possess her in a way.
"Ahh, I see that you have a powerful friend, Trenton" Dr. Bamback laughed as he stepped forward out of the Sentinel debris that Grace was causing. Trent stumbled backwards.
"Cat got your tongue, boy?" He laughed again which sent shivers down Sarah's spine. Trent looked intimidated. "Well, before I blast this place off the face of the earth…I might as will blast you too. After all, you killed the only person I ever loved. You weren't my son, you were hers and you killed her with your damned amplification. Now I will make you suffer by watching each one of your friends die." Dr. Bamback sputtered as he stepped forward. Trent looked stunned as he stood there in complete silence consumed by the words of his so called father. Trent snapped his fingers and the bird let out a squawk. Trent amplified the bird's screech but it did nothing to Dr. Bamback. Trent glanced back at Grace.
Sarah didn't even notice that Ella had managed to get up until she had heard the sound of the device loading up. It buzzed to life and suddenly there was a beam of bright light coming from it. She saw the flash of something and saw Trent running for Grace. Trent pushed her and they fell onto the steps as the light enveloped them. For a moment, Grace and Trent's eyes met. They both looked scared but there was a hint of solace there being together. They hugged each other closely as if that embrace would save them. Trent had a single tear drop from his eye before they both disappeared. The noise in the battle ceased as Sarah heard silence. Her friends had just disappeared. She felt light headed and she suddenly hit the ground. She had come out of her misty form and was vulnerable. Ella turned towards her, evilly smiling at her like a painted doll. Sarah heard the battle noises come back as she wobbled upright and stood her ground. She could feel the heat from the marching robots now. Sarah started to cry through her anger. Ella had killed them. KILLED them.
Dr. Bamback laughed a good, long, evil laugh but even the noise from his laughter seemed silent. Sarah became living mist and darted directly at Ella who was gone, long gone from the person Sarah knew before as clueless and innocent. Ella was guilty. Sarah began to go in and out of her misty gauze and punch and beat Ella from every direction.
Before she knew it, there was Storm next to her pulling her off of Ella as she held back the Sentinel line up with a huge gust of powerful wind. Sarah fainted into her arms.
Later.
Sarah awoke next to Richard who was unconscious. He had a newly formed bruise across his head probably caused by the skillet lying next to him. Sarah laid there deep in thought as tears rolled down her face, the dark, empty void growing inside. Trent and Grace had….they were gone. She heard the mansion vibrate with the battle noises outside. She saw flashes of lightning out of the windows of the infirmary. She saw a purple glow. She knew the reinforcements had arrived. She turned to her other side and saw Coralie and Reagan with bad burns across their skin. Coralie had her face and hair burned. Sakura was pacing the room, impatiently. Sarah was still crying as she leaned back on her pillows and covered her face with her blankets.
No matter who won this battle Trent and Grace weren't coming back. They were never coming back. She wished she would have forgiven Trent and actually talked to him. She wished she would have spent more time with Grace and gotten to know her. She wished she weren't the shy little weakling that feared everything. She had seen it and now all her fears were true. They were strong mutants, and yet they had perished. Who was going to protect them? Who was going to create peace when her friends were dying around her? There really was no hope. There was just fear. Sarah let the blankets consume her as she laid in the fetal position waiting for her to wake up from this nightmare.
I know. I know. I am a terrible person. (NOTE: I got permission from the creator of Grace. And I am the creator of Trent...so there are casualities. So no intentionally killing OCs.) I cried while writing this chapter though because Grace has such potential. I liked Trent (conflict and confused). Awww, crap. I feel so mean. Until next time.
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