Hey guys before you read this chapter you might want to go back and reread the previous chapter. One of my readers pointed out a major flaw in it so I decided to replace the scene she was talking about with something totally different and I think it actually turned out better than before. Just an option though.
All done ok then let's continue.
Act 1: scene eight. At the mansion.
After finishing watching her show, Elsa went to the kitchen to fix her some lunch. She fixed a BLT and grabbed a Root Beer out of the fridge and sat down to eat it. About a minute later however, Rogue walked into the kitchen and sat down in front of her.
"Hey Elsa, what's your plans for the rest of the day?"
"I don't know, probably read some of Catching Fire then binge watch Sons of Anarchy on Netflix until one AM or into my eyes give out." Elsa responded.
"Well cancel those plans because I and the others were discussing a way to help you keep your powers calm and we decided to take you to a relaxing trip to the beach."
"I don't know." Elsa said not really wanting to go.
"Oh come on it will be fun. Me and Remy go all the time, you get to lie on a beach towel in the sun and get a nice tan, or go swimming in the ocean."
"Oh all right." Elsa said getting up.
"Great I even got you a swimsuit." Rogue said tossing Elsa a skimpy blue two piece bikini. Elsa looked at it for a minute before saying in disgust.
"You want me to go out in this? I'll get arrested for indecent exposure!"
"Oh it's not that bad. Now hurry up and get changed, we're burning daylight."
Elsa growled but went to her room and changed into the swimsuit, when she stepped out she looked embarrassed by how much skin she was showing.
"I feel like I'm naked." She whined
"You look great, now come on, the rest of the guys are already there. I'll drive." Rogue said and they hurried of and hopped in Rogue's convertible.
What they didn't know was that Mystique and Sabretooth where watching from another car close by and they were planning to follow them.
"Follow them Victor dear, but not to close. We don't want them to expect anything." Mystique said.
"Yes Raven." Saber-tooth said as he followed them.
They arrived at the beach ten minutes later to see the rest of the team playing a game of beach volleyball.
"Sorry we're late; I had a little trouble getting Elsa in this suit."
"Damn Elsa you look like a Sports Illustrated model." Gambit said bursting out laughing. Elsa replied by giving him the bird.
"Hey we're supposed to get Elsa to not blow up again so why don't we let Rogue do her job with Elsa and we get back to our game." Jean said
"If ya say so." Gambit said throwing his hands in the air.
Rogue took Elsa to a spot of sand on the beach real close to the ocean and put down to beach towels. She then had Elsa lay on the one on the left as she lay on the one on the right.
"Now the secret to controlling your powers is to remain calm and relaxed." Rogue said "Don't get so stressed or scared. Now just lie down on the towel, close your eyes and just empty your mind." Elsa obeyed and as she lay down and took a deep breath she had to admit she was feeling calm.
"How you feeling?" Rogue asked as she was doing the same thing Elsa was doing.
"I do feel calmer" Elsa said "In fact this is probably the most calm I've felt all week.
"That's my gal" Rouge said. "Now listen to me Elsa, you need to remain calm like this even during the heat of battle. There will be times when you will feel like blowing up but if you just close your eyes and take a deep breath before you act, and then your powers will flow smoothly like a dove in the sky. Promise me that Elsa."
"I'll try" Elsa said.
Elsa opened her eyes and sat up when she heard Iceman yell out to Wolverine.
"Come on Logan, I'll teach you how to surf."
"Do I look like somebody who is interested in surfing Bobby? I grew up in Canada for God's sake." Logan shot back.
"Oh come on its easy just bend your knees, keep your back straight and keep your balance." Bobby said dragging him out to the ocean.
"This is going to end so badly." Logan moaned.
Elsa couldn't help but giggle at Logan's expense as Jean Grey came over.
"Glad to see you're enjoying yourself." Jean said
"Yeah, this isn't too bad I guess."
"If you want, later on in the week we can all go to a Broadway play. Wicked is playing this week."
"I don't know." Elsa hesitated.
"Come on, Logan is going."
"Logan is going to a Broadway play? No way?"
"Sure he is, deep down in that tough guy body of his is a Broadway star, looking to come out." Jean said as the two of them watched Logan wipe out on his surf board and release a wave of swear words.
"You're kidding right?" Elsa said
"No I'm serious, he's expressed interest more than once about playing Jean Valjean in the musical Les Miserables if they ever did a casting change." Jean said
"Oh so that is why I've kept hearing him sing "Who am I?" in the shower each mourning." Elsa laughed
"Exactly" Jean laughed. Just then a guy with shoulder length blonde hair, a scraggly beard and a beer can came jogging up to Elsa and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Hey their pretty lady, how about you and I go back to my car and have some fun."
"How about you go back to your apartment and make out with your bed sheets." Elsa shot back
"Oh come on gorgeous when's the last time you had a hunk like me by your side."
"Listen man, why don't you go flirt with the female lifeguard. Or the male lifeguard whatever you're into."
"Back off her man she said no" Rogue said trying to step in.
"Come on dear, I won't take no for an answer." The guy said grabbing Elsa's arm and started dragging her away "I'll give the ride of your life."
"I SAID NO!" Elsa screamed as she lost control and shot some ice at his feet causing the guy to fall down. The whole beach screamed in fear as they saw Elsa unleash her magic. Elsa looked at her hands knowing what she just done.
"A mutant?!" The guy said scared "A mutant, this mutant attacked me!"
"No wait it was an accident." Elsa said. But just then the police started showing up as people was running away scared.
"I don't think they are going to listen." Wolverine said
"Freeze mutant!" The police said stepping out of their car drawing their guns.
"Please stand back." Elsa said scared as she accidently shot some ice at them. The police scattered as the ice blasted one of their cars. The police then responded by opening fire. Elsa created a wall of ice to block the gun fire as she started running for her life.
"Get Elsa out of here!" Scott said as he tried to hold off the cops. Rogue, Storm, Nightcrawler and Wolverine ran with Elsa as the rest held off the police. The guy that was flirting with Elsa walked away quietly with a smile on his face, his eyes then turned yellow and he morphed back into Mystique and walked back to her car. She planned the whole thing to make Elsa lose control of her powers again, and it worked like a charm.
"Get us out of here Victor dear." Mystique said as Sabretooth drove them off.
When Elsa had some distance from the cops, Scott and the others decided that it was safe for them to make a break for it. They stopped fighting and ran in the direction that Elsa and the other half of the team did, however; the cops where not ready to give up the chase quite yet.
"After them!" The lead cop yelled to the crew as they got into the cars.
"Did you take care of them?" Logan asked once Scott and his half showed up. But before Scott could answer the question, several police cars arrived and circled Elsa and the X-men.
"I'll take that as a no." Rogue said
"What now?" Nightcrawler asked.
"Get Elsa out of here." Scott said as one of the cops pointed his gun at Elsa. Wolverine could tell that he was about to shoot and stepped right in front of Elsa taking the bullets he fired to the chest. Nightcrawler used that as an opportunity to grab Elsa and Teleport her to a safe distance away from any cops.
"Run for the mansion and don't look back," Nightcrawler said.
"What about you?" Elsa asked
"I got to go help out my team." Nightcrawler said as he teleported back to the team as Elsa obeyed his orders and ran back to the mansion.
The cops stared at Wolverine as the bullets wounds healed almost immediately. Wolverine then extended his claws and charged at the officers. He sliced the gun that was fired at him in half and stabbed the officer in the back with his claws. Another two cops fired at Wolverine but Wolverine easily sliced the guns in half and stabbed the two of them in the chest with his claws. Storm, in an attempt to end this caused a thick fog to cover the area making it near impossible for the cops to see.
"Where'd they go? I can't see!" One cop said. Rogue crept up behind that guy and touched his neck with her hand draining his energy and making him fall unconsiance.
"Where are you mutant scum?" another cop said. Wolverine came from behind and stabbed the guy in the back.
"Right here buddy." Wolverine said as the guy screamed in pain.
A cop stared into the fog and saw Gambit who obviously didn't see him.
"There you are," The cop said with a smile. But right before he fired Nightcrawler grabbed him and teleported out of there. Rogue also came from behind and drained his energy.
"Sorry, babe nothing personal." Rogue said. Nightcrawler then teleported the rest out of there before the rest of the cops found them and them all headed back to the mansion.
"None of your ideas are working!" Elsa screamed at the team once they had all made it back to the mansion.
"Calm down gal." Rogue said trying to keep her from blowing up again.
"No I won't calm down!" Elsa screamed back "Your idea didn't work Rogue! I thought the beach trip was supposed to help me not expose my powers to the whole city!"
"Well maybe none of that would have happened if you followed Rogue's advice like you were supposed to instead of blowing your top like a hothead!" Wolverine cut in.
"Oh look who's talking asshole." Elsa said.
"What did you say to me!?" Wolverine yelled.
"You heard me" Elsa said getting in front of Wolverine's face. "You are the shortest tempered person on this whole team, how dare you lecture me about my temper. And maybe I would have my powers under control by now if I had better teachers, cause quite frankly all your ideas haven't done shit!"
"Don't you use that type of language with me!" Wolverine yelled slapping Elsa in the face causing her to fall to the ground. "Didn't your parents teach you anything about manners!?" Jean Grey gasped when Wolverine slapped Elsa and mentioned about her parents in that way. She knew this was not going to end well.
Elsa got up to her feet with pure anger in her eyes. And in a fit of rage she shot Wolverine with ice sending him flying several feet back. As he hit the floor hard ice came up from the floor trapping his feet and hands so he couldn't move. Elsa then walked up to him and formed to giant ice spikes in her hands, but before she could pierce Wolverine with them Xavier came rolling in.
"ELSA STOP!" Xavier yelled.
Elsa turned around and stared the professor in the face. She saw the expression on his face was not of anger but of sadness and disappointment. Snapping back into her right mind she looked down at Wolverine and for the first time in her life actually saw fear in him. Tears forming in her eyes at what she almost did she turned to the rest of the team and saw looks of shock in their faces. Dropping her spikes she ran to her room and locked the door, tears streaming from her face.
"What's wrong with me?" She cried. "What am I becoming?" Out of anger of herself she shot ice all over her room, on the walls, at her mirror, all over the place.
"I HATE THESE POWERS! I HATE MY LIFE!" She cried before crouching into the fetal position and crying. She then saw the bible that Nightcrawler had given her laying on the ground. "IF there is a God in heaven then why, why did you do this to me? Why?" She then got on her bed and cried for the rest of the night at the thought of what she was becoming, a monster."
Sorry no song this chapter, I couldn't find a way to fit one in. I promise though there will be one next chapter, maybe even two, no promises. Till then leave a review and I'll see you next chapter.