A Time Without Hope

Chapter 3: Training With a Magnet

I don't really remember all that much. Not how we got there at least. Let me recap a bit. When had ran into Magneto, it was the beginning of May. It's now the middle of winter. Close to Christmas. I'm not sure though, all I know is that it's winter.

After I had made our 'little deal' with him, we went back to the cabin. I told Magneto we need to grab some things and we would be back out. I told shock to grab anything that served as an importance to her, and to leave the rest, and to grab her clothes. I mostly grabbed food. I had no idea where we were going and for how long. I needed to be prepared. WE needed to be prepared.

When we came outside, I told him the only way we would come was on the bike. No other ways. I may have made a deal with this guy, but I wasn't about to trust him. We ended up following them way up into the Canadian mountains. It may have been early spring, but it was still cold up there.

I never would of thought up of a place like this one. He had took us to what appeared to be a very old, abandoned military compound. The part that surprised me was the underground secret compartment, or lair whatever you want to call it. It mostly looked like a giant well furnished cave. Actually that's exactly what it is.

It took us awhile to get used to the place. I remember it well. Shock waking up in the middle of the night not knowing where she was, wanting our dad, and mom. Then I would remind her of everything. I would hold her until she fell back asleep. It was hard then. I didn't let Shock or anyone know about it, but it was tearing me apart. So I did the only thing I knew to let that anger out. Either cry, or fight it out. I fought it out. After I would get Shock to go back to sleep, I would walk outside into to forest and just train. Punches, kicks, push-ups, crunches. Anything to let it all out. I'd scream too. About a month or two into doing this, I'd figured it was time to bring out the things that we had picked up in Sutton. My twin swords. They're about medium height, about half my height. I quickly learn how to wield them. I was pretty much unstoppable. Then one night it happened.

Shock was having a really rough night, and I had put her to sleep for a second time that night before I was able to get out. She hadn't stayed asleep long, and had saw me leaving.

She followed me out as I had expected.

"X? Cathy, where are you?"

"Shock, I thought I had told you to call me X. what's wrong?"

"You left. I was scared."

"Fine" I walked out from behind a tree.

"I have a gift for you. But you have to train your body first before you can use them." I didn't have much time left. I knew something was coming, but what, I had no idea.

It took a month, and she was ready. I had given her a special type of kunai. Assassination knives. Shocks favorite. A couple of days into my training her in them, someone interfered.

"So, you have been training her, hmmm X?"

"Magneto, what do you want?"

"My, my, my is anyway to treat someone who took you AND your younger sister in?"

"Sorry" I managed to say through gritted teeth.

"That's better. Now X, Shock, as you know has been under training of mind to help control her mutation. You both have been here over 4 months, and yet you still show no sign of any what so ever. So, what use are you to me, if you're not a mutant?"

"If you want to kick me out, go right ahead, but allow Shock to stay"

"What! But X, you promised we'd always be together"

"I did, didn't I?"

"Yes, you did"

"Well, find then. You want to see a mutation? I'll show a mutation." I didn't know what I was doing or what would happen, but I didn't care.

I had grabbed Shock, spun her around, and place my swords at her neck, like scissors.

"You want to see a mutation? You'll have to see hers first. Now let's see how well you trained her"

"Huh? What are you doing!"

'Getting her scared. What does it look like?' I thought to myself

"X… what are you doing? Your scaring me"

"Come on Magneto. This is one of YOUR trainee's isn't it? Order her to attack me, if you can that is"

"Shock, do it"

"What? NO!"

"Do it, or I'll kill you myself"

"No…. NO!" she panicked. Exactly what I pictured her doing. She sent electricity coursing through my swords, into my body, practically electrocuting me. I still feel and remember the shock. Just the fell of all that power, running through me. For a minute, I didn't think I would survive. Shock had stopped once she ha realized what she had done.

"Well, my dear, I guess your not a mutant after all"

"Guess again you old bastard."

Amazingly, at that point of anger, frustration, rage, one of my mutations had kicked in. I could heal at an amazing rate.

"X?"

"Shock, hold on" I grabbed her arm and literally transported us out of that hell hole. I never wanted to go back to that place or see any of those ugly faces again. What I got later on was far worse.

"Cathy, where are we?"

"ha…. ha… Plaistow"

"We're… we're home?"

"Yeah, but I'm not staying."

"What? Why?"

"I can't be here. We can't stay together"

"So, where am I gonna stay?"

"With us"

"Huh! Who are you?"

She turned around to come face to face with some people I hadn't seen in a long time.

"R.J…. Luke… Cole… Zack…"

"Holy Crap! Chris what the hell happen to you?"

"Let's just say I got a little 'shock'. I'm okay"

"Chris? Cathy why did they call you Chris?"

"It's a long story. Guys, this is my sister, Lindsey, aka Shock. Take good care of her"

"You got it Chris.. I mean Cathy"

"It's okay. Lindsey, I can't stay here but these are some good people. You can trust them. We will meet again, I promise. Luke, R.J., remember the plan."

"You got it Chris."

"I got to go, take good care of her"

"We will."

"Where are you going?"

"Not quite sure. Bye"

And I was gone. I had lied to them. I know exactly where I'm going. Where I had promised myself where I would never go back to. Back to Magneto's lair….