Neb: Ricky lost in a forest without any idea of where he is. He's got his powers working again just fine, so hopefully he won't be forced to over use them like during his fights with the X Men and Brotherhood. I do not own X Men Evolution.

Vibrant carved his way through the thick vines that formed within the forest. He had no idea where he was, but he figured if he kept moving forward, he would find civilization again. Ricky kept turning his head to every animal he passed by expecting it to transform to Mystique despite him knowing the Brotherhood probably thinks he's dead. "This sucks," he grunted. Ricky kept his eyes peeled as he continued forward, that was until he heard a voice.

"Ricky.."

"What was that, who's there," Ricky yelled.

"Left." Ricky started moving left, unsure why. It was as if his body was being controlled. "Right.." Now he was moving right. What was happening to him. "Right, right, left, forward."

"Stop it, who ever you are, stop controlling me!" He fell to his knees and grunted. "What was that?" He felt his body lifting up and moving towards a cave. "Wait stop, stop!"

He stopped in front of a set of metal double doors. Several men started surrounding him with guns pointed out. "We got the mutant boss," one of them spoke up pressing on an ear piece. His hair was blonde and he had several scars across his face. "Thank you sir, hail Hydra." Ricky had no idea what that was even suppose to mean, but he was zapped with a stick sending him to the ground, before being dragged by the men through the double doors." As he was pulled in he could hear chanting.

"We captured a mutant, hail Hydra!"

Vibrant was strung up by chains into a cage where he grunted in anger at the humans who had captured him. He turned his head to see a woman with black long hair and fangs strapped up within a different cage. She had a steel circlet strapped around her head. "Well that explains who was controlling me," he grinned as a man entered who he assumed was the leader of this base.

"Don't smile like that mutant, you are under the control of Hydra," the man yelled as he slammed the bottom end of his gun into Ricky's face.

"No healing sir, confirmed he is not like Project X," a man yelled.

"Useless," the man growled before turning his head back to the girl with fangs. "At least we know she's capable of controlling mutants now, with this mutant we will drag the little girl back here." Ricky thought little girl for a second, and remembered his sister.

"Oh, if you touch the girl, it will be the last thing you ever do," Vibrant grinned and the man grunted as he was about to hit Vibrant again.

"Hold on there a second Major," a familiar voice spoke up. Vibrant saw a blonde girl walk through the doors having him flash back to his old life before the Brotherhood.

"Lilly, what are you doing here," Ricky grunted.

"Hunting mutants cutie," she grinned.

"Hail Hydra," the men shouted and she rubbed her head like she just got a migraine.

"Leave me to talk to him."

"Ma'am," the Major spoke up. "That seems unwise, we don't know his powers."

"I know his powers," she laughed. "They helped me get out of my boring life after all."

"So you joined some group of mutant kidnappers," Ricky yelled. "What the hell, I helped you escape your life and this is how you repay me!"

"Where's that smile," she smirked. "I'm the one who gave you the nickname Vibrant after all."

"What, are you trying to capture my family to," he yelled. She looked at him in confusion and then looked back at the woman who was chained up.

"Is she your family," Lilly asked. Ricky grunted at that. Lilly wasn't after his sister, witch means he probably just gave them a new target. "I named her as well," Lilly grinned. "She helped me rob banks when I was out of school for a while. I called her Lady Vampress after her ability. She can take the minds of people and drag them into dark places where she feeds on them. The more blood she got, the more power she got. Simple right."

"The Major was disappointed I couldn't heal fast, is that what she can do."

"Yea, but that wasn't what he was referring to," Lilly smiled. "Another Hydra base lost control of a valuable weapon. When that happened they had been searching the globe for a way to get it back."

"Then you back stabbed me," Lady Vampress yelled and Lilly's grin grew even wider.

"I was bored of stealing stuff, that chick made the game too easy."

"So you turned her in as a weapon to capture your other weapon," Vibrant grinned back. "Pretty lame that you wound up getting me instead."

"Are you kidding, you can be a valuable asset to Hydra," Lilly laughed. "I'm giving you one last shot to join me and we can have more fun again."

"And chase around a little girl, no way," Vibrant chuckled.

"Don't act like a saint now Vibrant!" Lights around the area started flashing red. "She's here." Lilly looked around and then grunted. "Your joining me whether you like it or not. She grabbed a metal circlet like the one around Lady Vampress's head and moved towards Ricky. "Your all mine Vibrant!" Ricky caught her hands and grinned at her as Vibrant took control once more. "Shit, how'd you escape those chains, that's not your ability."

"Oh, but I've grown stronger," Vibrant laughed. "I can phase my particles through solid objects now, and on my best days I can do that to other people also." He vibrated his hands fast enough to crumble the steel circlet and walked past her as she stood in fear. The former Cheerleader growled before pressing a button releasing Lady Vampress.

"Teach him a lesson Trisha," she yelled. The woman charged at Vibrant and he fell back in fear as she transformed into a bat like creature. Worst of all, she started growing metal claws like Wolverine. Lady Vampress was ready to claw him to death until he froze her in front of him with his ability.

"Dammit, I didn't want to use this power so quickly," Ricky growled. He turned his head to see Lilly point a shotgun at him. He grunted as he flashed back to his first father pointing an older model at him. He used his power on her next keeping her from pulling the trigger. Ricky coughed as he fell to his knees. The Vampress was attacking his mind in order to break his hold. "I won't lose like this!" He gritted his teeth as he felt Lady Vampress close in on him. Then an explosion occurred nearby knocking the three of them back. Vibrant turned his head to see a girl with black long hair and tanned skin reform her body from the explosion. Claws emerged from her hands and feet as she stepped towards the two members of Hydra.

"X-23," Lilly spoke up. "Lady Vampress get her!" X- 23 was already on the vampire mutant in an instant clawing at her. Vibrant had never seen such violence from one mutant. Pure rage just filled in this single girl. Well at least not sense he seen Magneto fight his baby sister. He referred to his sister as an animal who had no training or something like that. Was this girl any different... No she was much different. The precision of each strike, the power within her fighting like she was some sort of living weapon. He saw Lilly shooting at her with the Shotgun and he grunted as he froze Lilly in the stasis form again. It was easier focusing on one person anyways. However, he felt his power growing once more to the uncontrollable form. He could feel every Hydra soldier heading towards them with heavy weaponry.

"H-hey, they are coming," Ricky smiled at the girl, but she didn't smile back. Her nose twitched a little bit and she growled.

"I know," she responded. "This place will blow in a bit anyways."

"Killing everyone inside," Ricky spoke up slightly in fear and a little bit of relief. "I guess I had this coming. It sucks having your only options alive ending with you being used either way." X-23 moved her claw to him and held it at his throat. He felt his pull over Lilly disappear as she hit the ground hard.

"What do you know about being used," she yelled. "You weren't turned into a killing machine!" Ricky felt a strong amount of fear go through him. Had he finally come across a single mutant who had it worse then him. He's been called freak, he's been turned into a thief by his parents, not a murderer, then again...

"I know that a single mutant wanted me to fight for his cause, he mind controlled me with a machine telling me it will keep my powers from killing myself." He felt the blade closer against his skin. Ricky wished fast healing was one of his powers, but unfortunately running his mouth was going to be his special power today. "I thought I was with a group of people I could rely on... but they were evil, they only wanted me for my powers. How special am I. I can't faze things as good as other mutants, or levitate them as good. I can barely make fireballs and yet that one man thought I would be an excellent tool for him to use! I know what it is like to be forced into a single path with no alternative roads!" He saw her hand shaking, not like his own, but in a sense that she was unsure if she wanted to kill him. Ricky smiled at her and then sighed. "As long as you pretend to be happy though, maybe it won't be so bad, maybe you can convince yourself your more important." A bullet flung through his arm and he roared in pain as he hit the ground. The Major was back with several Hydra agents. He squinted his eyes at them and froze them in place. "Too many," he yelled before falling on his side. He felt his body shaking again as the soldiers charged into the room. That was when it happened. He moved his eyes towards Lady Vampress and fazed her out of the circlet like he fazed his sister out of Magneto's metal ball. The girl's eyes widened and a grin formed on her face as she charged at the Hydra agents. They opened fire on her and X-23 ran over to Vibrant.

"Come on," she yelled as she helped him up and started pulling him away.

"I guess she's on my side," Ricky thought as he was pulled away.

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When he got far away from the base she pulled out a trigger and pressed it. He heard a loud explosion over the hillside. "S-so," he gritted through his teeth as he felt his body shake from the over use of his powers. "I-I'm R-Ricky, what are you k-called?"