Shellyluv34 - Thank You! Hope you like this chapter. :)
tx peppa - Haha! Yeah. Bobby and Evan are like that. :D She probably would treat Scott like dirt.
Scott saw Rebel walking towards him with a sad smile on her face. "Rebel." His voice croaked out as his emotions stirred up making his heart pound rapidly against his chest. For so long he wanted to run and hug her or wanted to shout at her for leaving him but he couldn't move. Instead, he was frozen in place while his mind was telling him to do something where as his body was not responding.
"Hi Scott. Long time no see." She spoke in a soft voice, trying to sound confident. Truth was, he knew her too well and she was hoping he didn't detect a nervous undertone. She let her eyes gaze at his form. From the time she had been with him, he had changed. No longer was he the thin, lanky, undernourished boy. Standing before her was a slim, athletic, well built and handsome young man. Although she harbored feelings towards him, she knew that's not why she asked him to meet her. Her purpose was far greater and less personal than he would have expected.
"Why?" He finally managed to ask her showing a stone cold expression.
"Which one do you want me to answer?" She asked him with a sad look.
Upon noticing her sadness, his expression softened for a minute until rage built up in him. He thought she had no right to be sad when she was the one who left him. "Every. Single. Goddamn. One." He replied gritting his teeth and clenching his fists.
Once she saw his expression change, hurt settled into her. She understood where his pain came from. He hadn't known what had truly happened and if she were in his shoes, she would have been angry too. She would have assumed just like he did...that she left him. She looked down with tears welling up in her eyes. Opening her mouth to speak, she gasped instead and cried. Immediately, she stopped and scolded herself for not being strong. They looked at each other as she lunged at him, wrapping him in a tight embrace. Shocked at the outburst, he managed to stay on his feet as he slowly wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry." She managed to speak as she burred her face in his neck. "It's okay." He choked out and continued to hug her tightly, not wanting to let go off her for the fear of her disappearing on him again. They sat on the grass as they looked at each other from the side of their eyes.
"I'm sorry." She said again and hid her face from him as she let a tear fall down her cheek.
"What happened?" He asked her as he cupped her face with his hand and wiped the tear with his thumb.
She let out a groan at his question and took his hand, entwining it with hers. "Everything." She said angrily. Scott gave her a confused look as she continued. "Scott. I...I didn't leave you. I was kidnapped." she tightened her grip on his hands.
For Scott, this was a wicked blow. It did cross his mind once when she left him that she must have been kidnapped. But, he never considered it. He always shrugged it off, thinking it was just his insecurity playing tricks on him. Shocked at the revelation he shouted out. "WHAT!"
"Rebel. Who kidnapped you?" He said, still shouting as his hands gripped hers tighter than it already was. He wanted to hurt whoever kidnapped her. He wanted to do more. To kill them. He was furious. Furious at the kidnappers. Furious at himself. Furious at everyone. She winced in pain as he held her hand a little too tightly. "Ow. Scott!" She said with a look of warning. Noticing how tightly he held her hands, he let go off it and began his apology. "Rebel. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you!"
"I understand." She sighed and continued. "Listen, we don't have much time. Some organization kidnapped me. I didn't know who they were at that time. But they were bad. They...experimented on me. I was waiting at the alley for you to show up when some men ambushed me and injected me with a sedative. The next thing i know, i am in a lab and some guy in a white coat told me i had powers. It was then that i came to know who he was. He was a bad man. He wanted me to be a part of his team. I denied but he threatened me and i had to join them. I did a lot of bad things at that time. Soon, i somehow escaped while on a mission and i found some people. The Hand. They tried to change me. They did partially succeed until a woman rescued me. I was afraid... So i ran away one night until Magneto and Mystique found me drinking to death in a bar. They then enrolled me into the brotherhood." She shuddered at the past she faced.
"Do you know their names?" The Cyclops in him took over and asked as he placed a hand on his shoulders, pulling her closer and trying his best to comfort her.
"Sinister. He's an evil Geneticist. He leads the Nasty Boys. They are very powerful and extremely dangerous." She spoke and furrowed her eyebrows. " The Hand is an order of evil mystical ninjas involved in organized crime. Assassination plots. The works. The woman who rescued me from them...Her name's Psylocke. She's a telpath and a telekinetic. She told me that they took her in when she had amnesia. They trained her just like they trained me but a man rescued her. Wolverine. He rescued her and she overcame her brain washing."
"Wait. Wolverine rescued this woman named Psylocke? Why'd you run away?" Cyclops asked inquisitively.
"I was scared that she would hurt me too. And yes. I hear he's an instructor at the Xavier Institute. The brotherhood guys told me he's harsh." She replied.
"Yes. He is. The guy can be an ass. But he isn't bad. He's a good person." Scott spoke, backing up for his fellow X-Man no matter how much he hated him sometimes he was still reliable when it came to helping the X-Men.
"So i hear." She sighed and looked down. "Scott. I have changed. I'm not the Rebel you once knew. I don't know who i am. Magneto and Mystique offered me a place to stay when i was on the streets again. I joined them. I don't fully support them but I understand their reasons. I'm not saying i want to be on their team. I know a war is brewing. He is involved. When i heard you were an X-Man, i knew you had chosen a justifiable cause. I have to know Magneto's plans in all this. If he is going to side with you or with Sinister. He's secretive and has had dealings with him in the past. I don't trust them. That's why i claimed to not know you when we met. I want to see sinister and his men destroyed. I'd kill them all if i could. I will make a move. Only when the time is right. There's one more thing." She trailed off and opened her backpack. Handing over the file she had to him labelled : Scott Summers a.k.a Cyclops.
"Rebel...what's this?" Scott continued afraid to open the file.
"Look at it when you get home. For now, i need to tell you to be quiet about this. Tell no one. Not even Xavier. Its..about your past and present... after the plane crash." She said with a scared look in her eyes.
Fear and despair fell over him as soon as she mentioned about the plane crash. He had lost his parents that day and entered an unforgiving cold world. Memories flashed in his mind. The bad ones struck him like fresh wound. He whimpered but soon he hears something or someone. They both turn their heads to the sound as reality goes wild.
Scott found himself as a child on the plane with his parents, being pushed out with Alex in the only parachutes. Soon the scene shifted to the orphanage. Someone was conducting experiments on him. Scott spent most of his childhood at the State Home for the Foundlings in Omaha, Nebraska and was subjected to batteries of tests and experiments by the orphanage's owner, Mr. Milbury, an alias for the geneticist who also placed mental blocks on Scott. They had perfected the Ruby Quartz glasses but didn't them to him after the tests, making their alibi even more solid.
"NO!" He screamed in pain. "MAKE IT STOP!" Clutching his head and falling on his knees while trying to get him. The prolonged amnesia and the mental blocks placed on Scott's mind were breaking. His past memories returned to him abruptly. Too much for a person to handle. Soon he found himself and Rogue on a cliff. Rogue fell from the cliff and cried out his name in distress. "NO! Rogue!" He shouted and tried to reach for her in his mind. The scene then changed to him and Rebel on the streets where she died from the gang who groped her. The scene too graphic and violent. "Rebel!" His voice came out weak and tired.
Rebel looked at the figure messing with Scott's head and charged at him but he skilfully avoided.
"I have enjoyed playing with your mind Scott Summers. Now i shall destroy it...with the irresistible power of D'Spayre." His voice boomed out in the quiet space.
Scott had known fear before. But this was different. As his demon foe reached through his mind to his soul and shriveled them both, he started running away in terror only to tumble and fall over a big rock, falling to the ground. He lied there for a long time. Coming to his senses, he saw Rebel being tortured by D'Spayre. Trying every tactic to hurt him but he had gripped her tightly. Shooting his Optic Blast at D'Spayre proved to be useless but the demon disappeared. But Cyclops recalled him by thinking of his past, and then grabbed hold of him. Cyclops had beaten his fear, and his resolve bolstered Rebel as she hurt him. They were then locked in a death grip. Soon everything faded as Cyclops and Rebel escaped from the place and left on his bike. The demon was gone but the entire place was destroyed.
Rebel Shivered as they reached a location. "What the hell was that!" She exclaimed. "I don't know. But if he shows up again i will kill him!" Cyclops commented harshly in anger. "He feeds on fear and despair. He called himself D'Spayre." He continued as he looked at Rebel. "He...He made me remember my past. I had amnesia. He brought back those memories. The experiments...Milbury. He...he was Nate. He placed mental blocks. Rebel. I don't know what's going on. The orphanage..." He said and looked at the file she gave him.
"Scott. I Know. Everything's in that file. All the experiments Sinister conducted on you under his alias Dr. Milbury. I don't know what he's planning but you're involved. He has an obsession with you. I don't know why or how. But you'll find everything in the file. Be careful. This is why i ignored you at the diner. This is why we haven't got much time. Whatever he is planning, involves you in a big way." She continued.
"But why? This is insane Rebel!" He shouted at her throwing the file on the floor.
She sighed and turned away. "I don't know. I wish I knew."
"Fuck! Fucking Hell! First I get attacked by a bloody demon and now i get to know that some creepy scientist has an obsession with me." He complained and covered his hands with his face. "Oh that's just the beginning. He somehow caught hold of me at the orphanage and conducted experiments on me? Why me? Why the fuck can't i get a moment of peace and happiness? He kidnapped you! Don't we deserve some happiness?" Scott asked now shouting at her. She knew his anger wasn't really directed at her but knowing that he had finally burst made her angry too.
"Get your act together Cyclops. I know we are in deep shit but i'm with you. So if you stop falling apart and actually decide to work with me, Maybe then we can finally get some fucking peace!" She spat out in anger.
"God. Rebel, i'm so sorry!" He spoke and hugged her. "I didn't mean to shout at you."
"Me neither. This is so hard Scott." Rebel sighed choking on her words.
"I know. But we will get through this together." He said and pulled her tighter. After a few minutes they leaned on his bike as she changed the subject.
"So...I hear you have a crush on some girl named Jean." She commented.
Scott scoffed upon hearing this. "Had. But not anymore."
"So i see. I noticed you were with the girl named Rogue at the diner. She seems nice." She spoke and smiled at him.
"She really is. I'm with her. It's new. I love her, Reb. You'd like her." He replied and smiled back at her.
"Well, if we come out of this unscathed, i'd love to meet her. I'm glad you've found someone." She spoke and sighed mentally.
"Deal. I missed you...you know. I loved you, but now... I love Rogue." He spoke feeling the way she had slumped her shoulders.
"I know. I missed you too. I still love you. But...i guess i was too late. I'm happy you're with her though. You and i wouldn't have worked." She looked at his eyes and then shifted her gaze to the sky.
"I still love you too. But i'm in love with Rogue. You still hold a special place in my heart. Why wouldn't we have worked?" He asked her.
"Because...we are too similar." She answered. Scott understood what she meant. They were both depressed and had a bad past. They were both used and thrown away. They needed someone to lift them up. Scott simply nodded and spoke up. " I see you are still wearing the star." He lifted the star from her neck and caressed it with his thumb.
"Why wouldn't I? My best friend gave it to me." She smiled and continued. "Where is yours? Don't tell me you threw it away!" She exclaimed.
"I would never do that. See. It's my key chain." He replied and dangled the keys with the star attached to it. They both smiled at this as he continued. "So what are your powers?"