"Rachel?"
Standing next to Robbie was indeed Rachel Berry. She was in a normal long sleeve shirt and blue jeans, which in itself was weird because Jade knew her cousin to always wearing skirts and argyle sweaters. But what was more intriguing was the box attached to her neck. It was a box that had a black strap that kept it on her neck. The front of the box looked like a speaker with many holes in it, the back pressed firmly against Rachel's neck.
"What the hell did you do to her?!" Jade jumped up, her claws popping out.
"I didn't do anything. I just found her on the street. Had to give her this voice box here." Robbie tapped the box around her neck.
"What do you mean?"
Robbie grinned, stepping behind Rachel. "Rachel. Please demonstrate."
Wordlessly Rachel reached back and undid the strap, slipping the voice box off and putting it in Robbie's waiting hand, then she screamed. The girls cried out and quickly put their hands over their ears. After a moment the scream died down and the three heroines slowly pulled their hands away from ears.
Robbie looked at Jade, "Your dear cousin is a mutant too. Have you ever heard of the X-Man known as Banshee?"
Jade shook her head and Tori rolled her eyes, "He had sonic screams or something like that. I'm not sure how it worked."
"Well, Rachel has similar powers to his. Except, she can't even talk without blowing out her own windows. But I made this synthesizer for her so I don't feel like I'm talking to a wall."
"What'd you do to her?" Jade asked again. "You did something to her."
"Me? I didn't do anything at all." Robbie smirked.
"Liar!"
"Let me say this: the battle has just begun and you aren't going to win. I'm going to make you suffer. Rachel, take them out."
Rachel nodded and screamed, this time in a lower pitch that felt like a kick to Jade's chest. She and Tori dropped to the ground. Cat was somewhat protected by her armor but the processors shut down and she dropped to her knees as the scream hit her. She looked up to see Robbie standing over her, with his team flanking him, Ponnie right beside him with her visor up.
"You can have the house. Enjoy it while you can." Robbie grinned, then turned to kiss Ponnie. When they pulled back Ponnie gave the redhead a smirk before kicking her to the ground.
Beck and Andre made their way to the girls as soon as they heard the banshee scream, but Andre was suffering from a concussion and they were forced to take their time. They arrived just in time to see what was left of Robbie's team drive off.
The girls were barely sitting up when the guys made it over. Andre helped Cat up while Beck assisted Tori and Jade.
"What the hell just happened?" Beck asked.
"Robbie turned on us, Jade killed Ryder, oh and we got our asses kicked." Tori said.
Andre looked Cat over, "You okay?"
"Fine." Cat dismissed him.
"What're we going to do?" Andre asked.
"I'm going to find him, beat the snot out of his skinny ass, and get my cousin back." Jade said.
Tori sighed, "We don't even know where he went."
"I don't care!"
"Jade, calm down. Breath okay? We'll get her we just need some time. We don't know where they went or what they're planning."
"But she's-"
"She's family. I know. But you can't just follow your gut on this we need a plan."
Jade sighed, "Fine.."
"Let's go back to the house."
When they arrived back at Cat's place Roland had the displeasure of giving Cat the papers her husband left behind. She had mixed feelings about the divorce papers, but he had agreed to give her the house and all of her cars. He took what was his and there wasn't a trace of Robbie Shapiro in the house. She signed them, of course, and the divorce was final not long after. He must have rushed the paperwork or he had been planning this for awhile, though it could have been both.
Jade on the other hand was quite pissed. The following week she spent most of her time in the training room, it wasn't that odd to find her sleeping on the floor. Tori was doing all she could to try to cheer up the Goth but it wasn't working that well. She could see Jade was becoming distant again and she didn't like it.
The others assumed that since Cat wasn't married anymore that she and Andre would become official, but it seemed as though their relationship was going to an end. Andre had mentioned something about how the sneaking around made the relationship more interesting. Cat wouldn't even talk about either relationship if you mentioned it to her. Therefore Andre made himself scarce and Cat seemed depressed.
Beck and Tori realized that their unnamed teem was unraveling. Though talking to the others didn't seem to help and no one was sure if they'd have time to work through their issues before Robbie and his team made another appearance. Even though they had a few failed attempts Tori wasn't going to give up on her friends yet. When she saw Andre in the kitchen she quickly cornered him.
"Oh, hey chicka." He said.
"Andre, let's have a little chat. Just you and me." Tori said, sitting on the bar.
He raised an eyebrow at her, "I'm not getting out of this am I?"
"Not a chance."
Andre nodded and leaned against the bar. "What's up?"
"What's up with you and Cat lately? Shouldn't you be happy you can be with her?"
"Tori, come on-"
"No! Andre, you're not getting out of this. Talk to me."
Andre sighed, "I told you guys already."
"I don't believe that you were just sneaking around with her. There's more to it than that."
"Look, I didn't think they'd ever split. I thought they'd just work through their differences and Cat would call it off eventually."
"So, it was just sex?"
"I don't know. Cat's a great girl but I just can't see myself like marrying her and all that. Or anyone for that matter."
Tori shrugged, "Why not?"
"Well 1)I'm not the marrying type and 2) I really don't think she wants to get into that stuff right now. And she's not in the mood to work it out with me right now."
"Maybe it'd help her."
"I tried talking to her. She called it off. I think she really just needs some time."
"Or you just don't want to try and work it out."
"Whether or not we start something or we don't I'll still be her friend. I have been for awhile. Just give her a few more days and if she's still upset we'll go talk to her together okay?"
Tori nodded, seeing it was the best she could get right now. "Okay."
"You should really talk to your girl."
"She's not my girl...yet. But I've tried."
"You should try again." They heard the doorbell ring far off but didn't pay it any mind.
"I will. At some point. I just don't know what to say to her."
"I'm sure you'll figure it out."
Meanwhile Cat had gone to answer the door as she had given Roland some time off. He was reluctant but he did as she asked. She didn't particularly want visitors right now but it could've been Beck, he tends to forget the key she gave him. He's the one that stupidly locks it when he leaves anyway.
Cat opened the door and was surprised at what she saw. There was a girl at her door in a black outfit. Her eyeliner, eye shadow and lipstick were black, her cut off tank top and jeans were black, and she also had on gloves and boots, both black. She had black hair and very familiar blue-green eyes.
"Can I help you?" Cat questioned.
"Hello, my name is Laura Kinney. I am from the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning."
"Um. What does this have to do with me?"
"It is not you I wish to speak to. I have reason to believe that Jadelynn Lucille West is here with you. It was also brought to my attention you have a Victoria Marie Vega here as well. I should speak with her as well."
"And who exactly sent you."
"Logan. But you would probably know him better as Wolverine."
A/N I know this is kind of short. Sorry about that I didn't want to just fill it up with filler. This won't really follow much Marvel continuity. Cant read the comics as i'd like. There's a poll on my profile if you could vote on it I'd appreciate it.
