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Chapter 13 (Rally's power finally revealed)
Rally slowly opened her eyes and found herself in a room she didn't recognize. The walls were completely metal, in fact, everything was metal. Where was she? Then she remembered the man with the helmet and…Sabretooth. They had kidnapped her, but why? Out of anxiety, the young teen rushed to the window. She had to get out of there somehow. As she glanced outside, her heart stopped. It was nothing but ocean for as far as she could see. There was no way of escaping, none at all.
"What's the matter?" An unsympathetic voice asked from the darkness.
A shiver ran up Rally's spine. It was Sabretooth. Not wanting to turn around and face her greatest fear, the teen closed her eyes, hoping she would wake up from this nightmare and be back at home, her real home.
"Poor little girl, weak and defenseless." Sabretooth said slowly with a chuckle.
Rally turned around and saw the grizzly of a man leaned up against the wall with a cruel smile. She was frightened by the very sight of him. The young girl began to tremble and recall what he had done to her father, he adopted father. Instinctively, she clutched her upper arms where his nails dug in and felt the searing pain he had caused her.
"Don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt you." He stated with an irritated tone.
Not feeling the least bit calmer, the teen watched Sabretooth and jerked at his slightest movement. The mutant stared back. So this was his niece, a scared little kitten. Oh how he hated kids. Sabretooth at least thought his brother knew better than to have a kid, but he was proven wrong.
Disturbing both Rally's and Sabretooth's train of thought, the metal wall slid open and in came the man with the metal helmet followed by three or four strange looking mutants. The metal door shut and everyone was locked in.
"Do not fear, he will not harm you." Magneto stated, referring to Sabretooth who growled under his breath. There was clearly tension between the two mutants. "I am Magneto."
"What do you want from me?" Rally asked shakily.
"You have an extraordinary gift, my dear, a gift that no human or mutant can stand in the way of. We could end human reign and begin a new era of mutant domination."
"I-I don't know what you're talking about." She replied.
Magneto chuckled. "Oh, I know. You have not received your gift, which is why I brought you here. I'm going to help you." Turning to the mutants who followed him in, he commanded, "Bring her."
Terror overwhelmed Rally as the mutants snickered and walked forward. The one with spikes coming out his head grabbed her first, and the others took a hold of her before she knew what was happening.
"Let me go!" She yelled as they began dragging and yanking her after Magneto.
When the mutants finally came to a halt, they threw Rally to the ground. Her hair was a mess and her shirt was torn. She glanced around the room to see where Magneto and his men had taken her. It was a relatively large room with walls that were solid metal and all kinds of small devices and switchboards everywhere. The one thing that stood out from all the rest was the much larger machine in the back.
"Put her in." Magneto said.
As the men began to pull Rally towards the large machine, she struggled more so than ever, "What are you going to do to me?" She screamed.
"I'm going to help you."
"No! Please, no!" The teen begged as the mutants shoved her body onto the metal table and strapped wires onto her. Sobbing, the teen glanced to her left and saw Sabretooth standing by the door, watching with an angry face. She knew he wouldn't help and would probably do more harm to her than these men were doing but she couldn't stop herself as she cried, "Please help me!"
Magneto lifted his arm and curled metal around Rally's wrists and ankles. "This is for the better of mutant-kind." He stated, and backed away with the rest of his cohorts. He flipped a switch and a hum from the machine acknowledged it's starting up. He rested his finger on a green button, ready to press it, when a familiar slicing sound of metal was heard. Charging in came Wolverine with bloodshot eyes and adamantium claws pointed.
"Let her go." He growled furiously.
"It's too late." Magneto answered with a sinister smile. "It's already begun."
Unable to control his fury, Logan shouted and made a mad dash for the mutant wearing the helmet. Magneto chuckled, "Foolish metal man." As the older man stretched out his arm, Logan froze dead in his tracks. He tried to fight the force exerted on him but it was too powerful.
Magneto raised Wolverine into the air and fastened him to the wall with metal bindings. "So predictable." With that, he faced the machine where Rally began twitching and the hum of the machine began to grow louder and more intensified. The older mutant pressed a few more buttons and turned nobs in satisfaction. "Your daughter is a great asset to all mutant-kind." Magneto stated calmly. "Her power is beyond magnificent."
Logan gritted his teeth. "What's it to you?"
"Everything, my friend. You don't know what your daughter's capable of, do you?" He paused, before continuing. "Seprah." He called to one of the mutants guarding the door. The young girl, covered in tattoos hustled to his side.
"Yes, Magneto?" She said in submission.
"Demonstrate your power detecting abilities on the girl." He ordered.
"No!" Logan yelled, but it was no use. Everyone turned to Rally who was now convulsing on the table and gasping for breath. The cries she let out told of her extreme agony.
Seprah stared at Rally with a straight face for only a few seconds, but then her face began to contort. "It's different from before. I-I'm detecting multiple forces from her, Magneto."
The old mutant grimaced. "Tell me exactly what you are reading."
"She's creating different, invisible forces…almost like men. There are two now and she is creating a third. Anything she thinks them to do will be followed exactly. The only way to destroy these forces is to destroy her," She replied. "But, they will protect her even if she does not command them to so it is nearly impossible to destroy the girl."
All heads turned in shocked silence towards Rally. The power she wielded was unstoppable. It made chills run down Magneto's spine as he ran the possibilities of what she could accomplish for him through his mind.
Magneto looked at Wolverine with a solemn face. "Do you understand now, Wolverine, why her powers must be activated immediately to full potential? She will write history with her endless capabilities and will change the course of this planet."
Logan growled. "She's just a kid."
"Yes, it is unfortunate I could not obtain such a powerful mutant at an older age, but she will do."
Wolverine gritted his teeth in fury. It frustrated him to know end that he was there, watching his daughter be tormented by a merciless creature, yet could do nothing to save her. He tried with all his might to break free from the metal holding him against the wall, but it was no use. He was about to try and see what his claws could do when a horrific scream of bloody murder pierced the ears of all in the room. It was Rally. As she continued to cry out in terror and pain, a sensation came over all the mutants as if they were being crushed.
"Magneto, stop the machine!" Wolverine roared over the commotion of the rumbling machinery.
The old mutant fell to the ground of the invisible crushing weight. Slowly turning his head against the force to look at Logan, he said in despair, "I can't." Magneto realized how foolish his plan was, but did not regret it. She would still be one of the most powerful beings and could give to mutants what he could never achieve. He dropped his head in failure.
As Rally's screams became more intense, so did the crushing, back breaking force.
"Rally, stop!" Logan yelled, hoping she could somehow stop herself and control the ability that had been forced upon her. The young girl turned her head towards her father and a tear ran down her cheek as one last scream burst from her lips with an intensity so great that the force she was exerting nearly crushed everyone to death in the room.
All became silent now as the machine died down to a hum and the screaming had ceased. Everyone lay bruised and hurting around the room from the severe crushing sensation. Logan struggled to move his head to see if Rally was alright. As he looked at his daughter, the mutant was filled with rage and pain. The young girl lay motionless on the table.
End Chapter
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