She heard the gun click, but nothing happened. No bullet whizzing through her throat, no sudden blackness then nothing. Just… nothing. Nothing but a curse, and Quinn took the time to step away from her attacker and draw her knife.
Then she realized who she was facing.
It was Mark.
He had a black eye on his right eye and his lip was split and bleeding slightly but it was Mark.
And Quinn had never felt so happy in her life.
All she wanted to do was hug him tightly, but instead she pulled off her mask and watch Mark's eyes widen in surprise. "Quinn-" She sprinted away before she could break down, and she now knew that Kitchie was in the other box of a room. She reached the open door just as Kitchie stepped out, smiling slightly. Quinn couldn't contain her horror and surprise at the sight of the smile, and both emotions blazed onto her face. "Kitchie what are you-" He laughed and hugged Quinn tightly. "Great job!" he cheered. Quinn fought to push away but her friend was taller and currently stronger than she was. She felt her knees buckle slightly as her legs began to give away.
"Kitchie what are you- what are you talking about? You've just been- we've all just been-" Kitchie laughed again and stepped back, releasing Quinn which made her stumble back until she hit something. Looking over her shoulder she realized it was Mark. He wrapped and arm around her waist to stop her from making them both fall over and Quinn leaned back into him. "Let's just go, Kitchie can explain on the way-"
Something started to hum and suddenly the world around them shivered and melted away. They were all of a sudden standing in a giant metal room. Both Quinn's and Mark's eyes widened as they took in the change, and Kitchie laughed yet again. "Wonderful job." Xavier's voice boomed through a set of speakers and the loud noise made Quinn cringe. "Wonderful job," he repeated. Quinn looked over as a hissing noise sounded from across the room and she watched as Xavier and Wolverine walked in. Quinn looked from Xavier to Wolverine and something about the older, rougher man caught her eye:
His eyes.
They were the same as on the person who attacked her.
She jumped at him, and Mark's arm tightened around her. "Let me go Mark!" she screamed, fighting against him. He had wrapped another arm around her, pinning her arms to her side. She noticed but didn't act on it, instead she continue to pull away. "Quinn, it's alright," Xavier said softly. "I know why you're-" Quinn didn't bother trying to reply, she just kept on fighting. Only when Kitchie stepped in front of her did she even pause. "Quinn, you need to calm down everything's fine. It was just a training exercise see? And Wolverine was the only one that we thought would be able to 'kidnap' you-" He made air quotes with his fingers. "-because you would kill anyone else that would try. It was just an exercise Quinn, everything's fine and no one's hurt." A slight frown appeared on his face. "Well, not severely, but no one was intended to get hurt. They didn't expect what you were going to do and-"
He stopped as Quinn dropped her head, her body sagging slightly doubling over. Her vision swam violently and she struggled to get a sentence out. "M-Mark," she managed to stammer. He knelt down and let Quinn rest against him. "Fuck. What's…" Her voice trailed off as she fought for consciousness. "… happening…" Mark brushed a piece of hair out of her face. "Everything's fine Quinn, you're body's just shutting down-"
"How… is everything…" Her eyes fluttered closed and she couldn't find the strength to open them again. It was like her two episodes in the training session but a hundred times worse. She barely heard Mark speaking until she forced herself to tune in. "-dehydrated and you haven't eaten and now-" His voice faded out again and Quinn felt warm hands run up and down her arms. The last thing she heard before she passed out was Mark saying: "It's going to be ok."
AN: Cheesy? I kinda thought so... *sigh* It wasn't as great an ending as I had hoped but I NEEDED to wrap it up. Next chapter will be down time for a part of it but then they're off and out to the mall! Heh XD Lots of explanation, but I'll probably do that while they're out walking and stuff.
Thanks peoples for reading :)