I took a vacation for a month, so that I rest from a very difficult semester of college. I am deeply sorry if you all were anticipating weekly updates over break. I am trying to do weekly updates but more than likely it will be biweekly. Enjoy reading!
Other new OC creators: A bunch of OCs will be presented in the next chapter. They may not play a vital role yet but there will be great dialogue and wit behind each and every one of them! (ie. a character may be lurking in the background for a chapter)
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X-Men: Retaliation
Chapter Five: Interventions and Hooligans
-Genosha Rehabilitation Center-
"She is a wild one, Dr. Joshua." The officer said as he handed off a girl in restraints from the helicopter. Dr. Joshua frowned sincerely at the state the girl was in. She was strapped down to a wheelchair even with a mouth guard. He shook his head sadly.
"LET ME GO! I will make all of you suffer!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. Dr. Joshua stuffed her into a transport pod and sent her down to the hospital so she could get her blood work and medical records in order. Thank goodness she had a mouth guard because he seriously thought she was going to bite him. He watched her go down the tube.
"She is apparently Anne Murrow. But she goes by Fray. She has multiple charges against her for theft, battery, and serious mayhem charges. No one in the attacks were permanently scarred or disfigured but those skin whips of hers have nasty spikes that can do some damage. Since there was no permanent damage done to the persons involved other than a traumatic experience the judge was lenient and let her come here. He also said that she was young and needed to get her priorities straighten out. For a mutant like her though, I dunno if that is going to be done." The officer commented, handing the copied police reports to Dr. Joshua for filing away in the patient's record.
"Thanks. We hopefully will be able to rehabilitate her. Do you know of any mutants that she hung around? We have had quite a few Morlocks, Tunnelers, and Brotherhood members in here. They tend to be happier with friends and get through rehabilitation much faster." Dr. Joshua asked inspecting the reports. He adjusted his spectacles, the papers shaking a tiny bit from his wavering hands.
"All we know is that she was a lone wolf. She was found alone at every crime we caught her at." The officer said his goodbyes and entered the helicopter again to fly away and catch more misunderstood, troubled mutants for them to help. Dr. Joshua sighed; this job was tough but rewarding. Every life was touching here. He went downstairs and filed away the reports and did his rounds checking in on the different rooms in his area.
"Hey, Doc." Dr. Joshua recognized the voice and turned around, letting out a low chuckle. He saw RJ Peters standing before him, his body no longer stretched out like it was when he first arrived on site. RJ had been released several years ago but he wanted to stay as a mutant counselor for troubled mutants. RJ was a piece of work when he arrived but several of the women staff said he had cleaned up real nice. His blond hair had even grown in the last year and his skin pigmentation was still a bit gray and pale but nicer than it was originally.
"How you doing, buddy?" Dr. Joshua said. "You ready to go check on her?" RJ nodded. Dr. Joshua and RJ walked side by side who were joined by another team of doctors and nurses behind them. They scanned their ID cards, were searched for weapons, and then sanitized.
They entered into the maximum security part of the Genosha Rehabilitation Center passing other high security patient's rooms. They came to the room. RJ opened the door slowly.
There in the room was a woman lying on a bed. Her husband was seated next to her distressed and worried. The woman was calm but very pale.
"Alright, Jean. What is the problem today?" RJ said approaching the bed slowly.
"The headaches, the voices…" she whispered.
"They won't go away!" Her husband whispered, tearing up. Scott Summers was not a man to be messed with when his wife was involved. Dr. Joshua approached the bed, laying his brown leathery hands on the sides of Jean's head. He released a calming sleep over her.
"Mr. Summers, she will get some rest now. We have to call Charles. He is the only one that can really understand what the matter is." Dr. Joshua commanded in a respectable tone. Scott hissed through his teeth.
"I really don't know. The Professor probed inside Jean's mind last time and it traumatized her. It made her scared for her life; she suddenly had more nightmares and started to have panic attacks. Xavier sent us here to find out what was the matter. Jean can't even spend time with our child. Doctor, you have to do something else." Scott begged looking through his red sunglasses.
Dr. Joshua turned away. He had healed so many mutant's troubles even his own. The African American doctor had come from a bad and abusive home. He was eventually put in foster care system and adopted by a doctor and her husband. They taught him compassion, love, and kindness. He developed his mutation at a young age and wasn't even aware of it until he was in medical school when he stopped a man's seizure. He had a gift of making people calm and happy. He could put their troubles away just by talking to them. Yet, he felt like he could do nothing for Jean. No matter how calm, or happy he made her, the euphoria disappeared in a few days and the horrific nightmares and voices came back to haunt her.
They heard marching from outside the maximum security doors. The doors opened automatically and there were two young ladies before them, dressed in SHIELD uniforms accompanied by a Genosha worker.
"You are not allowed to be in here." Dr. Joshua said, still amazed at how they got in. RJ blinked. Scott protectively covered Jean with his arm as she slept soundly.
"Doc, hold your horses. We are here under the Director's orders. We don't want to cause a panic. I'm Natalie Foster, this is…Laura." Natalie said staring at the other girl. The girl flipped her black hair back and turned away from Natalie, her arms crossed. "SHIELD requires that Jean Grey is to be held at another SHIELD facility. It is the safety of the people and mutants in this center." The doctor was alarmed but Natalie handed them the papers from Director Fury himself.
"You are not taking my wife, anywhere!" Scott ordered. Laura snarled and Natalie saw her grip her fists tightly, trying to hold her anger back. Dr. Joshua tried to calm Scott down. RJ stood next to Scott protecting the patient.
"We are only looking out for the safety of everyone. Jean Grey's telepathic and telekinesis abilities have increased fourfold within the last year alone. Dr. Joshua has done a successful job with his staff but now it is time for another intervention. SHIELD is trying to protect her from harming others. We understand your concern for Jean, Mr. Summers but we cannot allow Jean to be around other civilians. It is a flight risk." Natalie replied.
"My wife is not a flight risk! She was kept away from The Institution who said the same exact thing under MY watch, and she will be kept away from you people. We can't trust anyone." Scott yelled at them Natalie took a step back while Laura held her ground.
"You can come to the SHIELD facility with us. We have already contacted Charles Xavier and other highly skilled mutants to help us solve Jean's troubles. We are only trying to help." Natalie begged. She really didn't want to use her mutation on them. She whispered the words under her breath. They all froze in place under her spell. She tapped Laura out of it and they called in reinforcements to take care of Jean. Natalie breathed a heavy sigh. "Awaken everyone," once they were done. Scott went ballistic. RJ grabbed him and wrapped his elastic arms around him.
"What did you do?!" He screamed at her coming closer every second. Laura pulled out her claws. Natalie stopped breathing, closing her eyes.
"You can visit her whenever you want but you should take some time for your child. She has been missing her father." Laura mumbled retracting her claws. Natalie breathed again.
"Fine, but I would like to speak to Charles when he arrives" Scott said staring at them with his burning eyes from behind his shades.
Scott left the rehabilitation center, angry with how SHIELD had taken her. He loved her. He went home to see his five year old playing with her dolls quietly. The sitter left. Scott walked into his daughter's room.
"Hiya, Hope!" He exclaimed trying to put on a smile for the child.
"Daddy!" she wailed running into his arms. There was still another hope.
-Mutant Academy Dorms –
"Hey, hey. QUIET DOWN!" Abby shouted, glaring at Mark who was fooling around with the popcorn with Sakura and Sarah. The lights were dimmed in the room.
"Turn the tele up." Lyra chimed, stealing the popcorn bowl away from Mark.
"Sorry, sorry." Mark snarled throwing popcorn at Abby. The girl was really touchy. She also used to be crazy and power hungry but she was a lot better now.
"The match is about to start!" Abby chimed, in a better mood than before. They watched the television intently as Rainier Turow appeared. Everyone in the lounge cheered enthusiastically. There was a knock at the door and everyone turned to see what it was except for Abby and Sarah whose eyes were glued to screen looking horrifyingly at the size of Rainier's opponent. It was the Professor Ororo with the new girl, Hope.
"I presume you all have met the newest student, Hope Dawson?" Storm said gesturing for Hope to take a seat. A resounding hi was sounded through the crowd of students gathering. Hope sat down next to Fred and Sakura.
"Hi, the others are being sucked into the television as we speak." Fred whispered. Hope nodded. Sakura was however unresponsive due to the breathing exercises she was doing.
"Oh, is tha match on already?" Rogue said walking in behind them.
"Hey, Rogue." Danielle said with her mouth full of chips. She was surrounded by chips, popcorn, salsa, cupcakes, an assorted tray of vegetables, and spray cheese. She sprayed cheesed the cupcake, stuffing into her mouth. Rogue lifted an eyebrow.
"How can you eat that? Where does it go? I mean, you are practically a rail." Allie said.
"Shadow power mojo takes a lot of energy. The shadow realm is big but the more stuff I put in there, the more energy I burn. It is a complicated process. SHIELD even did a whole set of tests on it. I had to eat a lot when that was…" Danielle commented. Abby looked as if she was going to pull her face off.
"SHHH! It's starting Rainier going against the champ mutant Geronimo." Sarah uttered very softly. Her voice was so ghostlike that it made the hair prickle up on everybody's necks. They watched intently as they paced around each other. Rainier with his boxing gloves smacking together, doing the shuffle that Levi and him had perfected while training in the new academy gymnasium. Shiloh put up a pillow in front of her face as Vince gave her a comforting tap on the back. Rainier hit him in the chin. They screamed out in excitement. They heard yells from upstairs. Hope glanced up terrified.
"It's Logan. He was banned from watching it here with us because he yells way too much. And he also punched a hole in the television set. Rainier lost that match." Fred murmured very softly. She watched intently now as Rainier weaved to and fro between the swings. He got another punch in to the chest. It was exciting to watch.
Suddenly, there was a high pitched scream. People panicking glanced at each other wondering what it could be. Burglars, Sentinels, or the ghost of Dr. Bamback himself?!
Suddenly a figure floated down from the ceiling in front of the television and in the dark space, people jumped. Sarah screamed. Someone flicked on the lights. Once they saw who the figure was they all screamed in unison.
It was Kitty with hot pink hair that was still wet. A silence followed as she stared them down with those eyes that could look into your soul.
"WHO PUT HAIR DYE IN MY SHAMPOO!?" She screamed. Her head bobbed around to the people in the crowd, suspecting a select few of them. They all stared back terrified of the Kitty that stood before them. They all erupted in laughter. Danielle rolled on the floor laughing, wiping tears out of her eyes.
"That's…*chuckle* quite a *snicker* look for you!" Rogue said through her tears. Kitty smugly turned and marched out of room not even bothering to open or close the door on her way out, she just phased through it. They heard more yells from upstairs and all of them except Coralie and Camlin returned their attention to the television screen.
"We have to get this on video!" Coralie and Camlin exclaimed in unison. They ran out of the room quickly, with a tired Eric following behind them.
"Oh, what a day," Hope thought.
LOVED writing this chapter. So there are three Hopes officially. (If I haven't already made that clear...) But the bigger mystery is who dyed Kitty's hair? (Because who would really ask about Jean and Scott when a prankster is running arounf the Academy?) yeah, but seriously...more fun to come.
-Sincerely Anonymous
Reviewers:
Paperman0- I am great at coming up with twists so thank you for not expecting it. :D
RogueRecruit- More fun and plot twists. The story arc with the three Hopes is long but it will be stretched out over adventurous minute story arcs!