Teb smiled. Someone actually cared about what she did? Her parents never cared. The baby with two successful big brothers. Sixteen, still no job, a tom boy, bad grades...she was not good enough for her parents and so she was ignored. They gave her money and food and let her go it alone.
For a kid in NYC, it didn’t take long for Teb to start hanging with the bad boys. Though they weren’t bad boys really, society pegged them as the bad boys. She couldn’t help but feel sad as she remembered her friends, her family, in her graffiti crew. They made art together every night of the week. She hadn’t painted at all in this new world, but with Angelo here, it hadn’t been that bad.
She hadn’t talked about her life yet in the time she’d been here, maybe a bit with Angelo. She felt she had a second chance here. These people weren’t judgmental and they accepted her with open arms. Teb loved that chance to meet different people.
Teb was about to answer Ryan, but she was interrupted by Leilee.
"Cmon you guys! MARIA!!!" Leilee yelled.
TEB
Sammi put her hand on Jonas's shoulder and said," I don't know why she is here but I'm going to find out." She kissed him on the cheek and walked over to Cara and Amanda who were coming out of the house.
"You guys look great. Can I talk to Cara for a second? I need to ask her something."Sammi said.
Cara thinking it was about the plan said,"Sure. Amanda, Leilee is starting the contest so why don't you go and we'll catch up."
"Ok." Amanda said as she left.
When Sammi knew she was out of ear shot, said,"I have two questions to ask you. One, Is everything ready for the plan? And, two, Why is Ryan here?"
Cara was shocked by the second question, but then she thought about it and realized no one told her or Jonas about what Ryan did in the medlab.
"Yeah, the plans going great. The professor found out but everything’s going great now. As for Ryan, well, you didn't meet her at the club. She's really nice. What you also don't know is that in a way you owe her yours and Jonas's lives."
"What do you mean I owe her!" Sammi said in a harsh whisper. "She nearly killed Jonas, and her buddy nearly killed me!"
"She saved your lives. When Jonas brought you in, he passed out soon after and Hank had you both on the beds when Creed came in. He was about to kill you both and None of us could stop him. Ryan woke up and saw what he was going to do and stopped him. She saved you both. I think in a way that makes you even." Cara said trying to calm Sammi down she could see the fireworks in her eyes.
"We are not fully even but I can admit when I'm wrong so I'll give her a chance but its going to take alot to get us even." Sammi said as she headed over to the contest.
She looked at Jonas and telepathically told him what Cara just told her. She was watching the look on his face.
/I'm going to thank her for both of us, Ok?/She asked him telepathically.
He nodded his head. Sammi moved to stand next to Ryan, she could tell that everyone was starting to get nervous.
Sammi held out her hand and said, "I'm Sammi. Thanks for stopping Creed in the medlab." Ryan didn't know what to do. She just stared at Sammi's hand.
jubilee_79
As Amanda left Cara and Sammi to meet up with the others, she began to feel uneasy. After what happened in the garden with her new powers, she had avoided really using her powers. She wasn't sure what was going on, but she could sense through a shallow psy-scan that something was going down and it involved her.
(I could read their minds, but I don't want Charles hear me.) she thought.
Amanda felt her heart ache at the thought of him. She had a feeling that their time together was shorter than anyone thought. She wanted to tell him how happy he had made her and how much she loved him. Why had she said the things she said. She knew the comments about Onslaught would hurt him but she had said it any way. Why did she pushed people away all the time?
She glanced around trying to spot him. She was too unsure of her feeling and his to risk telepathic communication. She did know that she did have to talk to him tonight and apologize. She may never have his heart, but Amanda was not going to lose his friendship. If only she could find him.
A.C.
Athena started to join the others, but hesitated. She didn't feel well. She sat back down next to Bobby, and whispered, "Bobby I don't feel well at all."
She could see Sammi approaching Ryan, and was afraid of what might be happening. She couldn't hear them, and she started to feel worse.
"Bobby, I have a heart condition. I haven't had my medication since I got here. When I don't take it, my heart races uncontrollably anytime I get very upset. This whole Jonas, Sammi, Ryan thing has had me tied in knots. Bobby I don't feel well." She finally repeated.
She could see he was trying to say something to her, but she couldn't hear him. All she could hear was the sound of her own heart beat echoing in her ears. She felt herself being lowered to the floor. Bobby sat holding her in his lap on the ballroom floor. She thought how wonderful it felt to be held by him.
She looked into his very concerned eyes, and knew she really could stare into their depths forever. She knew no one had ever made her happier. She whispered, "I love you, Bobby." She was so tired. She closed her eyes, and never opened them again.
snowbaby
Ryan was about to shake Sammi’s hand and apologize for what she and Victor had done when she heard Bobby shout. She looked over to see him holding Athena’s body on the floor. A million things started racing through Ryan’s mind as she ran over to Athena. The only one that she could get out of her mouth was “What happened?”
Bobby was crying over Athena’s body screaming for Hank. “She needs Hank, he can fix this… He can fix anything! HANK! Get your furry butt over here now!” Bobby was frantic he couldn’t lose Athena just when he had found her, he would not let that happen.
Le Fae
Leilee turned when she heard Bobby shout. Seeing Athena slouched on the floor she ran over to see what was wrong. By the time she crossed the extraordinarily large ballroom, Bobby and Hank were performing CPR, without result.
Gently pushing Bobby's hands aside, she felt along her body, meanwhile asking, "Did she say anything was wrong?"
Bobby nodded, eyes wide. "She said she missed her heart medication. It's for her heartbeat."
Leilee nodded and gently traced her fingers over ribs, chest and sternum, pressing lightly. She gasped softly and sat back on her heels.
"There's nothing we can do. She's gone. Her heart's just too damaged to beat anymore."
Bobby stared at her eyes wild. "Do something! Fix it!" he shouted at her.
She stood up, face pale as a ghost as tears ran down her face. "Bobby....I'm so sorry. There was nothing I could do. I can heal, but I can't raise the dead."
He stared at her for a moment, and then walked out towards the garden.
Cyclops went to go after him, but Leilee whispered from Gambits arms, "Stop. He needs to be alone."
Leilee
"No!!!" Jonas yelled out in anger. "No one came here to die."
Leilee looked at him holding back the tears. "Please, it's over, her heart is too damage."
Jonas grabbed Ryan by the wrist. "Then give her a new one."
Ryan looked in to Jonas eyes, it was the same blue eyes that was on the dragon. But there was no anger, only a pleading.
"Ryan I know what you can do, you tried to do it to me didn't you? Back at the mall." Jonas held her wrist, hard but not painfully.
Ryan looked at him. "I don't know if I can... it.. I mean..."
Jonas locked eyes with her. "Please... Ryan, show me that I was wrong." there was desperation in his voice.
Ryan saw the tears in his eyes, she sat down and put her hand on Athena’s chest and concentrated, maybe it was possible...
Admiral
Cara ran up to where the others were gathered around Athena...she fell to her knees next to the fallen girl, tears were streaming down her face.
"NO! Athena, please, you can't be dead...Please Ryan...help her!!! I know you can!" Cara pleaded.
Ryan looked over at Maria, who had made herself visible..."I need to concentrate...please take care of Cara!" she mouthed at the girl.
Maria came over to where Cara sat shaking, and pulled her gently away...they both sat on the floor of the ballroom, and watched as Ryan worked. All was deathly quiet...the music had stopped, there wasn't anyone talking; even the wind outside seemed to be holding its breath, waiting to see if Athena would live again.
Rainfall
Ryan sat on the floor trying to concentrate. Her mind was frantic…she was Athena’s last hope. If she couldn’t do it then it would be her fault or if she did something wrong … well she didn’t want to think of that.
“I can only do so much, she needs to want to live” Ryan said trying to hide the tears in her eyes. “Come on Athena, I promise if you make it through this I will make you the best metropolitan you have ever had.” Ryan said remembering what Athena had said before she went outside with Bobby. “Hell I’ll make you an entire pitcher of the stuff…. just don’t die on me!”
“AHHH!” Athena screamed as her body came to life once more.
Everyone seemed to let out a breath they had been holding for what seemed like hours.
“Someone go get Bobby!” Leilee shouted in joy.
Le Fae
Athena thought her chest was going to explode, it hurt so bad. She was still so tired, and for some reason frightened. She opened her eyes and saw Ryan. She tried to smile but couldn't move. Ryan seemed so upset. If anyone had said or done anything else to hurt Ryan, Athena swore she would make them pay!
Where was Bobby? Athena couldn't understand why her body didn't seem to obey her commands. Was there another battle? Had she been injured? Oh no, was Bobby hurt? She couldn't stand that thought.
snowbaby
Leilee ran to kneel beside her. "Just relax. Everything is going to be fine. Cara and Maria are going to go get Bobby. Just relax while I stabilize your body and make sure there's no rejection of the new heart."
Gently, she lay Athena back down and ran her fingers over her chest and sternum. Thankfully, there was no damage to her body. Leilee slid an arm under Athena's slender body and assisted her into a sitting position.
At this point, Maria and Cara had come back in with Bobby in tow. When he saw Athena alive breathing and staring at him with a small smile, he lost it. He ran over to her and hugged her tightly, crying and whispering, "Don't ever do that ever again. I love you too much to lose you..."
Leilee
Xavier and the other Cara made it to the ballroom just as Ryan brought Athena back to life. Charles sighed in relief, closed his eyes and rubbed his temples with both hands.
He cleared his throat, and caught the attention of everyone in the room.
"Under the circumstances, I believe that the rest of the party should be canceled..." he said in a tired voice.
All of the occupants in the room looked at each other, and wordlessly began to exit the ballroom. It was a unanimous decision that they would leave the party cleanup until the next day.
Bobby picked up Athena, and started to take her to the medlab...he decided he would never leave her side again. Beast walked right beside them, keeping track of Athena's pulse as they went down the corridor. The wonder woman Cara, Ryan and Maria followed at a distance...they wanted to make sure Athena was alright, but they wanted to give them some privacy as well.
Amanda felt that she just couldn't take anymore...after she saw Athena come back to life, she walked out of the ballroom, and went outside. She was crying, and felt absolutely miserable.
Sammi watched as Amanda left, she nudged Jonas and Jamar...they followed her glance, and looked at each other. There was only one person that Amanda needed right now, and they were going to do their best to arrange it. Sammi caught the other Cara's eye; Cara understood. Cara placed her hand on Xavier's shoulder; he looked up at her for a moment, then nodded. Wordlessly, they went outside in a direction opposite the one Amanda had taken.
Sammi, Jonas and Jamar, all went outside, and caught up with Amanda. Amanda looked at them, then looked away...all she wanted right now was to be left alone. Why couldn't they just leave her alone?
Sammi looked at Jonas and Jamar, they held back while Sammi walked up to Amanda, and put her arm around her shoulder. Amanda sighed, and leaned her head on Sammi's shoulder, and they continued walking through the garden...unbeknownst to Amanda, they were now walking in the direction that Cara and Charles had taken.
As they rounded a corner in the garden, they came upon a little gazebo; Amanda straightened up and looked at it in surprise...for there was Charles!
"What is this? What is going on?" Amanda asked in surprise.
Cara stepped out of the shadows...she motioned at the table that was set up in the middle of the gazebo; it was round and had a pink table cloth, two long white candles in gold candle holders, and place settings for two people.
"We've been planning this for you two for quite a while...there just never seemed to be a right time to spring it on you though." Cara explained.
Rainfall
Jonas looked at Jamar. "I have to talk to someone... it’s important." his voice was low and sad.
Jamar nodded as Jonas lifted in to the air.
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Ryan sat to the steps to the house, for some reason she was exhausted. She was glad that Athena would live, she saved her... if it had not been for her, She would be dead. And that felt strange, Victor would flip about it.
"I'm sorry..." A voice said behind her, she turned around it was Jonas, he was holding out his hand.
"I'm sorry that I hurt you before... you came to warn us and I was too short sighted to realize that A person don't have to be all bad... you may have taken a wrong step or two, but I can see that the Others are right..."
Ryan looked at him after the speech, it was him, she didn't like him and they would probably never be friends, but she understood that her anger might have been misplaced.
Ryan took his hand and he helped her to her feet.
"Maybe we both did things we regret." She said and locked eye's with him.
"Perhaps, but thanks for saving her... only you could have done that." Jonas paused.
"I was wrong about you, I owe you one... big time." he continued and let her hand go.
He still hated her in a way, but he would be damned if he would not try and do something about it.
Admiral
“Well at least you where only wrong about one thing. I have been wrong about a few things since I got here. I’m sorry for what Victor and I did to you and Sammi.” Ryan said with complete sincerity. Things had changed so much since she came to this place. She had met new people and very typical of her she fell for the bad boy.
“Thanks, I don’t think Sabertooth and I will ever be friends but I think I can try to be your friend. At least we can be civil to each other.” Jonas said smiling at the laugh it brought from Ryan.
“I think I can manage that. It’s all I can really ask for after all I’ve done to you. Victor on the other hand… well I don’t think he is going to be shedding any tears about you two not being best buddies…but then again I don’t think your going to be crying over that one either.”
“I don’t understand what you see in him but maybe you can give him a little stability.”
Le Fae
Sammi saw Jonas leave and walked up to Jamar. He could tell by the look on her face that something was wrong. He hugged her and she lost it. As she was crying on his shoulder he kept stroking her hair and saying, "It’s alright. Everyone’s fine."
"Its not that." Sammi said in between sobs."I froze. I couldn't move after Bobby yelled. And then when Leilee said she was dead, I could only think of the accident."
"What happened? You never told me or anyone as far as I know." Jamar said as she held him tighter.
"The night my parents died I was in the car. I held my mother's hand as she died. When I woke up in the hospital I heard the cop that found me tell the nurse that he had to pry my hand away. Tonight I kept seeing my mother's face as she died. I kept thinking I can't lose someone else. I didn't even get the chance to get to know her."
"You can now." Jamar said. After a few moments her crying subsided. She pulled back and said,"You know I have cried more here that I have ever cried before."
Jamar started laughing and headed towards the house still holding Sammi. She stopped walking and said," I have to see Ryan." Jamar nodded and she left.
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She found Ryan and Jonas talking.
"Yeah, and maybe you can even bring back the old Creed." Sammi said standing next to Jonas.
"Old Creed?" Ryan asked.
"The man he was before he turned into the killing psychopath." Sammi said and she held out her hand, "We didn't get to finish this earlier."
Ryan took her hand and shook it,"I'm Ryan. I'm sorry about everything."
"Ok. I'm sick of crying, of being sorry, of fighting and everything else. I saw we get drunk. See if the X-men can handle us then. You up for it?" Sammi asked looking at Ryan.
"Sure. Its been one hell of a ride." Ryan said as she got up.
"And I don't think it’s over just yet." Jonas said putting his arms around Sammi's waist from the back.
"Yeah, We still have to figure out how we got here in the first place. I've been thinking, can't Gateway open dimensional portals? If he did this then he brought us all here for a reason, but what could that be?" Sammi said as the three walked back inside and straight to the bar.
jubilee_79
Leilee took a swig from the sambuca bottle as she sat at the bar. Remy had gone upstairs, after being assured she would join him there later.
"I can't take much more of this stress," she whispered.
Upon hearing Sammi come in and ask why Gateway might have brought them there, Leilee turned to them and said, "Maybe to change the future. We know what's gonna happen. Maybe we have to change it."
Leilee
Athena leaned back in the medlab bed and started to doze off. She felt so weak after everything that had happened. She felt horribly guilty for spoiling everyone's fun. She had been having so much fun. She was sorry it ended, she really wanted to spend more time with everyone. She decided there probably wouldn't be much chance of that now.
Hank said she wasn't one hundred percent, and would have to rest for quite some time. Bobby seemed to be moving in to the medlab, she had no idea what he needed all this stuff for. He just kept having people bring things down from his room. Athena smiled, she had been so happy when he told her he was going to stay with her.
She had never liked being alone in hospital rooms. She still missed her new friends though. She was almost asleep when suddenly she had an attack of the giggles. It was terrible, because it caused her chest to hurt worse. Bobby gave her a worried look, and Hank rushed over thinking she was choking.
After convincing them she was fine, she said, "I just got tickled. I had a funny thought. Since I died, and then came back, does that make me an honerary Summers?"
snowbaby
Amanda smiled at Charles as she took a seat across from him. She had noticed the others had discretely left as soon they had finished setting up. Amanda didn't know whether to be angry at the invasion of privacy or touched by their concern. She probably felt the latter.
The gazebo was beautifully decorated with lights and candles which caused her outfit to glitter. Charles had never seen a more beautiful sight. After what happened, Charles first thought had been to check up on Athena. When Cara had motioned for him he was about to refused when he picked up on Amanda's despair.
As leader, he could understand the feeling of helplessness that on feels in those situations. The feelings of uselessness. He wanted to comfort her so bad that he would have followed Cara anywhere if it would make Amanda smile again. What he felt for her he felt for no one else, ever. He understood what Sammi and Jonas felt. He just wanted to be in her company and hear her voice.
(Well, what do we do now?) Amanda asked.
Xavier smiled.
A.C.
The two Caras had long since merged back into one Cara...but she felt strange. Very strange. Something was not right. She paced back and forth in her room...up and down the narrow walkway between the two beds. She just felt so...out of control. Arac had awakened...
^Get dressed.^ the voice of Arac suddenly said in Cara's head.
Cara stopped pacing, and as if in a trance, she walked over to the dresser and took out some clothes. She took off her night shirt and put on a pair of black jeans and a grey t-shirt, and a pair of sneakers.
^Leave the room.^ was Arac's next order.
Cara walked over to the door, opened it, and stepped out into the corridor.
^Go to the Hanger.^ Arac ordered again.
Cara made her way silently down the corridors of the mansion, until she reached the Secret Hanger where the X-Men kept their aircraft. She stepped inside, and waited...still in a sort of trance.
^Get inside the cockpit of one of the aircraft...we're going for a little ride.^ Arac ordered.
Cara didn't move.
^Get inside the cockpit...NOW!^ Arac ordered again.
Cara still didn't move.
Inside Cara's mind, a terrible battle had begun...between Arac, and Cara's subconscious self...
Rainfall
Sammi was drinking straight Vodka and it was having no affect on her.
/Stupid healing factor./She thought as she heard Logan coming. She turned and faced the door.
Logan entered and didn't know what to expect. He smelt the booze and that Leilee, Ryan and Sammi and Jonas were all in there, but when he stepped in he found Leilee with her head on the bar and a bottle in her hand. And Sammi looking at the door with Jonas's arm around her waist. And he was talking to Ryan and Sammi about something. He saw Sammi wave and say,"Hey, pop. What's up?"
"What do you mean what's up? What do you guys think your doing?"Logan said as he got closer.
"Nothing much. Getting drunk and trying to figure out why we are here in the first place." Sammi said smiling.
He could tell that she was sober.
"By the way, How do you get drunk when you have a healing factor?"
"Ya, don't darlin'." Logan said smiling back at her.
"Shoot. That sucks." She said.
She was about to say something else when she heard it. It sounded like a plane starting up. She looked at Logan and could tell that he heard it too.
"The Blackbird." They both said together.
Jonas being not as drunk as Leilee or Ryan started to squeeze Sammi tighter.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Someone's taking the Blackbird." She said as used her telepathy to call Jean and tell her what she heard.
jubilee_79
Cara was lying unconscious on the floor of the hanger...she groaned, and opened her eyes, very carefully. The room was spinning...everything was blurry...there was a roaring sound in her ears.
No, it wasn't in her ears...it was in the hanger. The Blackbird...it was taking off!!!
"No, I've got to stop him!" Cara said frantically as she tried to stand up...she clutched her head with both hands and fell back to the ground; she took one hand away from her head and looked at it...it was bloody. She passed out cold.
Rainfall
Ryan once again cursed herself for being drunk. “ I really need to stop drinking. Bad stuff always seems to happen when I’m drunk,” She muttered to herself as she ran with Wolverine, Sammi, Jonas, and Leilee towards what she assumed was trouble.
Logan having heard what Ryan had said looked over to her and said “Darlin bad things happen here even when you’re sober. It’s just what happens in this place. No rest for the wicked.”
The group arrived in the hanger to see Victor Creed’s form standing over an unconscious and bleeding Cara. Everyone except Ryan immediately went into attack mode. Ryan went into protection mode; she knew Victor wouldn’t hurt Cara because of her. Ryan threw herself in between Victor and the rest of the group. “I know he didn’t hurt her, please don’t hurt him.”
As Ryan finished the last part the Blackbird began to move which caught everyone’s attention.
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~In the med lab..~
Athena began to stir in the bed. She looked over to Bobby’s sleeping form and began to have another giggle fit, which woke Bobby up.
“What’s so funny now?” He said smiling and glad to see that she was happy even in a hospital bed.
“Your drool when you sleep freezes into little droolcicles!” She said smiling at him.
Le Fae
~Hanger~
Jonas ripped of his warlock suit, removed the material he had used to mask his hockey stick and slapped it on his back.
"Coming?" he held out his hand to Sammi and Wolverine.
"I'll go Darlin’, ye get Rogue... tell her to follow us, she will need yer sense of smell, beside I have more expertise."
Sammi thought for a moment, then patted Logan on his back, kissed Jonas and yelled out "Go!" Jonas Grabbed Logan and was in the air, he pushed himself to the limit flying as fast as he could.
Logan was taken by surprise by the speed that Jonas accelerated to this quick and it felt like his heart was about to go down in to his stomach.
Jonas eye's focused on the rapidly accelerating blackbird, but he was coming up quick, too quick as it would be and he zoomed past it at top speed. He turned around and was met by two gleaming beams that hit him head on, and he lost his grip of Wolverine. It hurt like hell and a red glow surrounded him, disorienting him, he was forced to get away from it if he was to get hold of Wolverine again.
But unfortunately as he tried to get away from it, he was hit again, this time he was thrown of course and was even more disoriented and started to fly faster to an undetermined destination.
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Wolverine was going fast as Jonas lost his grip and continued on his course through the air on his own accord, but the black bird was coming up behind him, and at the precise moment he slammed his claws in to the back of the plane, and held on to it with all of his might.
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Jonas started to get out of his fogged mind, in time to see the FF. HQ building coming right at him.
"Yikes!!" was all he had time to say as he slammed right in to the side of it, and the next second he came out on the other side of the building, barely awake he tried to adjust his flight but it was no use. He saw another building this one not as big, but sufficient to knock him out.
Something lifted him up in the air, strong hand gripped his arm, and weak he opened his eyes and looked in to two blue eyes.
"Explain thyself, or thou shalt know the wrath of Thor!"
Jonas blinked... "Tor?" he asked doubting what he was seeing.
Thor looked at him strange, as his eyes fell on his silver chain around Jonas neck.
"Thou call me by the ancient name, and wear the worship of Mjolner round thy neck?"
Jonas decided to try something. "*I beg thy forgiveness, my actions was not one of attack*"
Thor looked at him surprised. "*Thou speak the forgotten tong, of those who ones worshiped us as god's*"
Admiral
~Hanger, X-Mansion~
Sammi watched Jonas and Wolverine go, then she turned and ran out of the hanger to search for Rogue. She met up with Jamar in the hallway and took him with her.
*****
Cara woke up...she groaned, and tried to sit up. Leilee helped her. Cara shook her head to try to clear it; when she did, she saw Leilee, Ryan and...Sabertooth!!!
"EEEP!!!" Cara yelped.
Sabertooth smirked.
"What happened...did this creep attack you?" Leilee asked; she glared at Sabertooth.
Cara sighed and shook her head...
"No, he didn't attack me. You're not going to believe who did though...well, maybe you will, considering all of the weird stuff that goes on around here." She said, tiredly.
Cara put a hand to her head...the blood was still sticky, but the wound seemed to have stopped bleeding, at least for the moment.
"Look...let's take her down to the medlab and get her checked out...she can tell us what happened then." Leilee said. She eyed Sabertooth warily. "Ryan, I think your 'friend' should probably leave right now..." Leilee was interrupted by the unsheathing of Sabertooth's claws. She gulped.
Ryan put a hand on Sabertooth's shoulder, and looked in his eyes for a long moment. He gradually relaxed, and pulled in his claws. He looked at Leilee.
"Sorry frail, but you're stuck with me...I ain't leavin' Ryan, and she's bent on staying here...so live with it." he growled.
To everyone's shock and amazement, Creed strode over to Cara, picked her up, threw her over his shoulder and began to walk out of the hanger carrying her fireman style.
Ryan and Leilee froze, and stared after him, their eyes wide with shock.
Creed stopped in the hanger doorway, and looked back at Ryan. "I'm taking her to the medlab so we ALL can get some answers...you coming?" he asked.
Ryan and Leilee looked at each other...then started walking after Creed...they almost had to run to keep up with him.
Rainfall
~Back at the Blackbird~
The mysterious figure in the cockpit smiled a cruel smile as he saw Jonas drop Wolverine and fly off disoriented...the smile quickly turned into a frown as he heard the sound of Wolverine's claws dig into the Blackbird.
"I don't think so, my fine friend...not this time. I'm afraid I'm going to have to shake you, if my plan is to succeed...I hope you can swim." the man in the cockpit said as he began to rock the Blackbird back and forth in a violent manner.
Wolverine was doing his best to hang on...but he was losing his grip fast...his heart was beating double time and he couldn't catch his breath...he didn't know how much more he could take.
/Get here quick, darlin'.../ he thought, trying to send a message to Sammi. She and the other telepaths of the new group seemed to be stronger than even Xavier, so he hoped that she could hear him.
Rainfall
