Chapter Seven
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Chapter Seven
Later that night as everyone was sleeping Daisuke, Takato, Mizu, Coronamon, Guilmon and Veemon heard a scream from the room across from them.
"Help me, somebody help!" Daisuke was out of her bunk and out of the room in a flash and she saw a brown haired girl wearing a nightgown and Logan in the same room and the girl had three holes in her chest.
"What happened?" She asked but she just saw the brown haired girl place her hand on Logan's face and he gasped and Daisuke saw three holes in the girl's body slowly heal themselves, several more kids including Cyclops and Jean entered the room to see what was happening. "Hey stop, you're gonna kill him," Daisuke told the girl running up to her and she separated the two of them as Logan collapsed and started to have a seizure on the floor. "Logan!"
"Scott grab a pillow," Jean told Scott urgently and he complied grabbing the pillow from the bed and placing it under Logan's head while the brown haired girl turned to Storm who had made her way into the room.
"It was an accident," She said, Daisuke frowned and she looked at her angrily.
"Accident!?" She shouted at her. "You damn near killed Logan!"
"Daisuke! Enough!" Jean told her as the girl ran out with the students giving her a wide berth while Logan blacked out.
"Is he alright?" Daisuke asked concerned.
"He'll be fine, but he's going to be drained for a while," Jean answered her.
"What happened?" Cyclops asked.
"I don't know I heard a scream and then when I ran into the room I saw Logan had stabbed the girl accidently and then she placed her hand on Logan's head and her wound closed up," Daisuke explained as the other students all headed back to bed while Takato and Storm stood by the door. "How did she do that?" Daisuke asked worried.
"It's her mutation," Everyone turned to see Professor Xavier wearing a robe wheel his chair into the room. "Whenever Rogue touches someone she takes their life force, in the case of mutants she borrows their gifts for a while, in Logan's case his ability to heal," He explained.
"It felt like she nearly killed me," Logan groaned as he managed to sit up.
"Logan, you're okay," Daisuke said relieved.
"If Rogue had held on any longer she could have," Xavier said.
"Will she be okay?" Logan asked.
"She's fine, she borrowed your healing ability," Jean told him.
"Oh terrific," Logan groaned.
"How did you stab anyway Logan?" Takato asked him.
"Uh…I was having a bad dream and then I just saw someone standing over me and I reacted I guess," Logan said.
"O…kay," Daisuke said confused as she looked at Takato and Mizu for help.
"Later," Takato mouthed to her and she nodded.
"I think it's time everyone goes back to bed for now," Storm said and everyone nodded as Jean and Scott helped Logan back into his bed and everyone left his room.
"Daisuke, what was that outburst about?" Jean asked her once they left the room and Daisuke looked at her.
"I guess I was just upset that Logan was nearly killed and Rogue or whatever her name is simply said it was an accident is all, and I got angry," She said with her head hung. "I didn't like seeing one of my friends nearly killed in front of me," Jean smiled and placed her hand on Daisuke's shoulder making her look up at her.
"It's okay Daisuke, but you still overreacted, she was obviously traumatised by what had happened. You may need to apologise to her when you can tomorrow okay?" Jean asked her and Daisuke nodded hesitantly.
"Yeah I understand, night Jean," She said as she walked off to her room and Jean walked towards her room, when Daisuke closed her bedroom door she saw Takato and Mizu standing there along with Veemon, Coronamon and Guilmon. "Are you gonna scold me too?" She asked them.
"No, but about Logan when he said he had a nightmare. When we found him he had no memory of what his life was before we found him. He was basically wandering from place to place with no memory for fifteen years, and he doesn't know who gave him his Adamantium skeleton," Takato explained.
"What? You mean he doesn't know if he has a family?" Daisuke asked him.
"Yes, the Professor struck a deal with him, if he could find out what Magneto wants with Logan he would try his best to help Logan piece his life back together," Mizu explained.
"Magneto wants Logan? Why though? I mean aren't there more powerful mutants out there?" Daisuke asked.
"Yeah there are, I think Logan isn't the mutant he is after, but the Professor thinks so," Takato said.
"Weird, well in wouldn't put it past Magneto, I mean when I went on my mission I ran into Mystique, Toad and Sabretooth. They told me that Magneto was interested in me joining him," Daisuke said.
"What?" Veemon asked his partner. "Are you serious?" He asked.
"I said no of course, I may be a hothead at times but I'm not an idiot," She replied.
"Well that's good, but I can see why he might have wanted to recruit you. I mean I don't think there are any mutants that can copy any mutant power and use them as their own," Mizu said.
"Yeah, I'm unique alright," Daisuke chirped just then they saw Guilmon walk over to the closet and sniff.
"Guilmon?" Takato asked his partner.
"Someone's inside the closet," He said as Daisuke walked towards it and opened the door and Layla tumbled out.
"Layla!?" She asked as Layla looked up at her and she giggled.
"Found me," She chirped.
"Huh?" Was Takato, Mizu and Daisuke's reply.
"Me and some of the other kids were playing hide and seek, I won because no one found me," She explained.
"Wait, how long have you been in the closet?" Daisuke asked her.
"Well it was after lunch we started," Layla said.
"You've been in the closet all day?" Veemon asked her shocked and Layla looked at Veemon, Coronamon and Guilmon who blinked at her and she blinked back before she jumped into Daisuke's arms.
"Monsters!" She cried.
"No Layla, they're not monsters." Daisuke told her calmly.
"Right, they're digimon," Takato said.
"Digi what?" Layla asked confused.
"Digimon," Daisuke told her patiently before she pointed to Veemon. "This is my partner Veemon," She then pointed to Guilmon. "And this is Takato's partner Guilmon," She then pointed to Coronamon. "And this is Mizu's partner Coronamon, don't worry they won't hurt you," She said as she put Layla back on the ground.
"Hi," Veemon greeted her holding his hand out and Layla smiled.
"Hi," She replied shaking his hand.
"So Layla you're a mutant right?" Veemon asked her and Layla nodded.
"Yup, want to see?" She asked the two digimon who nodded and Layla held her hand out and a flower made of crystal was created in her hand.
"Wow," Veemon and Guilmon said in amazement.
"Tell me about it, I was amazed as well," Takato said and Mizu nodded her head agreeing with her brother.
"That makes two of us," Daisuke said before she looked down at Layla. "Now Layla off to bed with you," She told the girl.
"Aw, can I sleep with you tonight?" Layla asked with puppy eyes and her lower lip stuck out in a pout and Daisuke and Takato looked at one another.
"No," Both of them said and Layla whined before Daisuke giggled.
"We're just kidding Layla, you can sleep in the room tonight, we just need to find a spot for you to sleep," She said and Takato elbowed the wall and a bed dropped down. "Show-off," Daisuke mumbled.
"I aim to please," He replied cheekily and Layla jumped onto the bed and started to jump up and down happily.
"Now look what you've done Takato," Daisuke told him before Layla stopped bouncing and she fell asleep. "Wow, that was fast,"
"Good, now let's finally get some sleep, hopefully no one else screams and wakes the whole mansion tonight," Takato said as everyone else in the room fell asleep. The next morning Daisuke was outside the mansion and she saw Rogue sitting on a bench when she noticed Bobby walking up to her, Daisuke hid behind a tree just as Bobby sat down beside Rogue.
"Bobby," Rogue said.
"Rogue, what did you do?" He asked her. "Some of the kids are saying you're stealing other mutant's powers now," He told her looking at her.
"What? No one has been saying that, granted some have been freaked out by what happened," Daisuke thought. "Something's up,"
"It's not like that," Rogue tried to tell him. "I borrowed his power,"
"You never use your power against another mutant," Bobby said.
"No, you have to understand…." Rogue said.
"If I were you I'd get myself outta here," Bobby told her.
"What do you mean?" Rogue asked.
"Look the students are freaked. Professor Xavier's furious. I don't know what he'll do to you, I think it'll be easier on your own, you should go," Bobby said and Rogue stood up and she walked off, she turned to look at Bobby before she continued walking off and Bobby smirked before Daisuke noticed his eyes turned yellow for a second.
"Mystique," Daisuke growled before she ran off.
"What are you looking for Eric? It's strange there are more powerful mutants than Logan out there, so why go after him?" The Professor asked down in the basement looking over some X-rays of Logan.
"Maybe it's his way with people," Cyclops suggested.
"You don't like him?" Xavier asked him.
"How could you tell?" He asked.
"Well I am psychic you know," Xavier replied as the door opened and Logan, Storm, Daisuke, Takato and Mizu walked in.
"Where is she?" Logan asked.
"Who?" Cyclops asked.
"Rogue. She's left the school," Professor Xavier said.
"How do we find her then?" Logan asked.
"Cerebro obviously," Mizu said.
"Who?" Logan asked confused.
"It's a long story," Daisuke told him. Everyone soon was in front of the door to Cerebro and the door opened after scanning the Professor's eyes.
"Welcome Professor," A voice greeted and he headed into Cerebro with Logan behind him.
"Whoa, this is one big round room," He said and Daisuke snorted.
"Daisuke said the same thing," Professor Xavier told him as he put on the helmet. "Now if you don't mind," He told Logan who walked back outside as the door to Cerebro closed and the Professor focused as he searched for Rogue.
"Have you ever?" Logan asked looking at Jean.
"Used Cerebro?" She asked and Logan nodded. "No, it takes a certain degree of control, and for someone like me it's…"
"Dangerous," Cyclops said.
"What about you Takato and Mizu," Daisuke asked them.
"Same as Jean, we don't have the control," Takato told her as the door opened and the Professor exited.
"She's at the train station a few miles west of here," He said suddenly the wind picked up momentarily and Daisuke disappeared.
"Where did she go?" Storm asked.
"Looks like she's gone after her," Mizu said, and sure enough Daisuke was speeding down the road towards the station using Quicksilver's super speed, she soon arrived and boarded a train and saw Rogue looking out the window. She sat in the chair besides her making the brown haired girl look at her surprised.
"Hey," Daisuke said.
"What're you doing here?" Rogue asked her.
"Look, I'm sorry about the way I snapped at you last night," Daisuke told her.
"I'm sorry too," Rogue said.
"So are you running away because of what Mystique said to you?" Daisuke asked her.
"Who? Bobby was the one who-," Rogue said confused.
"No it wasn't Bobby, it was another mutant who can become anybody she wants. I ran into her yesterday, along with the rest of Magneto's goons," Daisuke explained.
"Do you think I should go back?" Rogue asked her.
"I think you should follow your instincts at least Rogue," Daisuke answered.
"The first boy I kissed ended up in a coma for three weeks, I can still feel him inside my head. And it's the same with Logan," Rogue told Daisuke who looked at her in sympathy as Rogue started to cry and Daisuke put her arm around her.
"You know, I may not understand what it's like to not be able to physically touch someone. But when I first came to the academy I was alone. My only friend was Veemon, but then Logan, Jean, Storm, Mizu, Takato, Coronamon, Guilmon, Cyclops and the Professor all looked after me and helped me learn how to control my powers. You can even say they are like a family to me after my parents tried to have me locked up," Daisuke told her comfortingly as the train started to move. "So what do you say? Give these guys one more chance, I'll be there to help you,"
"Promise?" Rogue asked her and Daisuke nodded. Meanwhile inside the train station, Cyclops, Storm, Takato, Mizu and Logan were looking around.
"I don't see them," Mizu said.
"I'll check the ticket booth, you guys look around," Storm told them as she walked off and the others all looked around.
"Smell anything Logan?" Takato asked him.
"There are too many people here, the scents are overlapping one another," He replied as Cyclops looked around before his eyes fell on a young kid who smiled and he smiled back only for the boy's mother to drag him away.
"Come on, I told you not to look," She scolded the boy.
"She's about seventeen, about my height, has brown hair and she-," Storm said to a man at the ticket booth until he looked behind her and she turned to see Sabretooth who grabbed her by the throat and lifted her off the ground.
"Scream for me," He whispered as he pushed Storm into the glass making the others look over and Cyclops walked towards them before Logan perked up as he sniffed around.
"Cyclops above you!" He shouted and Cyclops turned around just as Toad's tongue shot down and took his visor off and Cyclops fired a massive optic blast into the ceiling of the station and tore a hole through the roof.
"It's Toad!" Mizu exclaimed, Storm looked into the sky as her eyes changed colour and Sabretooth's hair stood on end and he looked into the sky and he roared as a lightning bolt shot down and hit Sabretooth and sent him flying through a wall, Toad jumped down and then through the hole and he looked at Sabretooth.
"Quit fooling around," He said and Sabretooth snarled at him before Toad jumped off. Daisuke and Rogue were still in the train just as it suddenly stopped, Daisuke looked around to see several metal objects in the train moving around as the front of the train car groaned and creaked before the front and roof peeled open making the passengers scream in fear as Daisuke looked at Rogue who was worried. Both girls then saw a man wearing red and purple armour along with a red helmet floated into the car.
"Magneto," Daisuke said as the old man looked at her.
"You must be Charles's newest student and part of his little elite group Daisuke Motomiya, or as some call you Stardust," Magneto said to her.
"What are you doing here? Logan isn't here," Daisuke told him but Magneto chuckled.
"My dear, whoever said I wanted him?" He asked as Daisuke followed his gaze to look at Rogue.
"Well you're not taking her either!" She shouted. "Access Cyclops," She thought.
"Cyclops's Optic Blasts activated," The voice in her head said and Daisuke fired an optic blast at Magneto hitting him in the chest and sending him out of the train and he landed on the tracks. Daisuke stood up and ran towards him.
"Access Wolverine," She said.
"Wolverine's Adamantium Skeleton and Healing Factor activated," The voice in her head said and three Adamantium claws shot out of her knuckles and she ran towards Magneto and she jumped out only to be suspended in mid-air. "Magneto's Magnetism recorded and stored into memory bank,"
"What's going on?" Daisuke asked as Magneto got to his feet with his hand held out in front of Daisuke.
"Mystique was right, you're power does allow you to use any mutant power you wish. But you made a grave mistake choosing Wolverine's power. Didn't Charles tell you I control all things metal?" Magneto asked her as he waved his hand and Daisuke flew back into the train car towards the other end and she banged her head and blacked out, Rogue ran towards her only for Magneto to use his power to send a dart at Rogue and she blacked out as well. "Young people," He said to himself before Sabretooth and Toad walked up and grabbed Rogue and they all headed out of the station only to see several police officers standing in front of the entrance to the station.
"Freeze! Put your hands in the air!" One of them shouted to Magneto who chuckled and lifted his arms into the air and two police cars flew into the air shocking the police as the two cars crashed down onto the other police cars. The guns the all flew out of the police officer's hands and they rose into the air and pointed at the cops.
"You homo-sapiens and your guns," Magneto said shaking his head as Sabretooth's hand grabbed his neck.
"That's enough Eric," He said.
"Let them go," Toad said turning to him.
"Why don't you come out where I can see you, Charles?" Magneto shouted to the Professor who was in a car with Jean.
"What do you want with her?" Sabretooth asked.
"Can't you read my mind?" Magneto asked tapping his helmet. "So what now, save the girl? You'll have to kill me Charles and what would that accomplish? Let them pass that law and they'll have you in chains with a number burned into your forehead,"
"It won't be that way," Sabretooth said.
"Then kill me, and find out. No? Then release me," Magneto said as Toad who had Rogue in a body bag over his shoulder started to walk away. "Fine," He said as the pistols and shotguns all cocked and one fired but the bullet stopped just before it killed one of the policemen. "Care to press you luck, Charles? I don't think I can stop them all," Magneto said but Sabretooth did not let go. "Very well, these men's deaths are on your head," The guns then all fired but the bullets all stopped in mid-air and the guns all turned to aim at Magneto, Sabretooth and Toad. Magneto turned his head slightly to see Daisuke leaning against a wall with her hands out and sweat dripping down her face in concentration.
"Care to press your luck!?" She shouted at him as Sabretooth released his grip and Toad shook his head and walked back to Magneto.
"Always unwilling to make sacrifices, that is what makes you weak," Magneto said to Professor Xavier as a helicopter with Mystique flying it appeared and it landed in front of him, Sabretooth and Toad. "Goodbye Charles," Magneto said as he walked towards the helicopter and he held his hand out and the door opened and the three of them climbed into the helicopter and Daisuke lowered her hands and the guns and bullets dropped to the ground and she collapsed in exhaustion.
"Hey kid you alright?" She looked up at Logan who ran up to her and she gave him an exhausted smile.
"Yeah….just a little tired is all," She answered.
"Good, come on before people try to stop us," He said and Daisuke nodded as Logan helped her up and they ran off just as the helicopter flew away.
"Daisuke, you alright?" Mizu asked her.
"I'll live, but my head is spinning," She said and sure enough she could see stars spinning around her head.
"Come on, we need to get back to the mansion," Cyclops said and the X-Men all headed off towards the mansion. Once they got back Daisuke was sitting on a table with Jean and Sam looking over her.
"It's official, you've got a concussion, and a nasty bruise where you hit your head," Sam told her.
"Terrific," Daisuke mumbled holding an ice pack on the back of her head. "That's the last time I use Logan's power against Magneto," She then got off the table with Sam's help and headed back to her room where she saw Logan walking towards the door of the mansion. "Logan, what's wrong?" She asked him.
"I'm going after Rogue, what does it look like?" He asked her.
"And do what? Magneto has her Logan, he can control metal so that means he can easily get rid of you before you do anything," Daisuke said.
"I'll take that chance, who else is gonna help?" Logan asked and Daisuke frowned at him. "Don't give me that look," He told her.
"Logan, we have a better chance at saving her if we work together, we've done it before," Daisuke said.
"This is different Daisuke," Logan said as he opened the door before he and Daisuke saw a blonde haired man with sweat pouring down his face and he was panting heavily.
"I need to see Doctor Jean Grey," He said before he collapsed into Logan's arms.
The End of the chapter
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