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Post by Midnight on Jan 15, 2006 15:35:38 GMT -5
Midnight lifted her head, the brown hair falling down around her face. Her brown eyes looked into Chance's green ones. "You mean it?" she whispered. There was nothing that she wanted more than to be with him. Timidly, and with a small smile on her face, she took a step forward. And then analyzing his stance and condition, she moved to his side, swinging his arm around her shoulders. "Lean on me," she said softly. This was the way it was supposed to be. "I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on..." the words to the song were all that she could say. Emotion overwhelmed anything else.
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Post by Kerri on Jan 15, 2006 16:02:33 GMT -5
(Ooo good song. Especially club nouvo's version.)
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Post by Chance on Jan 16, 2006 12:00:48 GMT -5
Patrick laughed, hugging her closer.
"Your face us almost as red as my hair!" He smiled. "Of course I'll stay. Maybe I can get a job teaching kids with passive powers how to be aggressive." He looked out over the weckage of the Institute, over the crator and towards the horizon. Although so much seemed to be lost, there was still so much to gain. Taking X-T into a tighter embrace he knew that everything was going to be okay.
Eric counldn't help the emotions he had from overwhelming him. He tried not to show it, but it was all too much. Midnight was back...he was back! And the Darkness was finally gone, finally cealed away int he black dimension that it had come from.
"So now what?" He asked, staring into Marie's beautiful brown eyes. "Where do we go from here?"
"We start by cleaning up this mess. And returning these men to where they came from." Professor Xavier said as Mindwarp levitated him to his feet.
"I'm afriad all the men that Midnight had tried to kill are alive again. Which means that Weapon X isn't over." Professor Xavier moved out of the crator, via the telekinetic energies emmitting from Mindwarp, as Mike moved the bodies onto the lawn.
"I need to be alone, with my children, if none of you mind," Mindwarp said, as tears welled in his eyes. "Welcome back Marie."
With that, Mindwarp picked Chris up into his arms and grabbed hold of Tabitha's hand. "Come on you two. Daddy's got some explaining to do."
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Post by xt on Jan 16, 2006 18:14:31 GMT -5
X-T smiled, and laughed.
"Guess ya wouldn't be too far away from my classroom then," X-T said cheerfully. But then she heard what Mindwarp had said to Xavier. She sighed and laid her head on Fallback's chest.
"Nothin's gonna be th' same now, is it?" X-T said, wiping a tear that was developing in her eye.
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Post by Midnight on Jan 17, 2006 1:49:01 GMT -5
"Weapon X," Midnight said, no emotion in her voice. That was where it all started. She was used to violent tendencies take over her when her mind started on a point like that, but now the darkness was gone and she could think on her own. "I think they need to be stopped." This time, the emotion rang through her voice, a mixture of hate, fear, loathing, and pain.
And then pain shone in her brown eyes as Mindwarp walked past her, speaking to his children. She didn't deserve to be here, Caity did. "I'm sorry," she whispered too low for Mike to hear.
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Post by Radial on Jan 18, 2006 15:57:50 GMT -5
Radial calmed himself and gritted his teeth. As mike walked past him he felt even more saddened. Evan and Caity had always been off and on but it was now clear that her place was with Mike, even when they were at the institute. He took a large gulp and patted mikes back as he walked past. The children had a striking resemblance to the two of them. Evan wept inside, for he truly did love her always even if they had broken terms a few years past. Evan nodded over to professor faintly and flew off slowly.
Cammy was happy to see the large group of confused people that literally were brought back from the dead though she was still full of tears for Caity. She turned to see Evan float away and she went to go after him but the professor held her back and reassured her that he would be back. Cammy walked back to the group and sat down on the lawn tucking her legs in close to her body. Cammy placed her head on her knees only to be startled by the words that midnight spoke.
"This started with weapon X!" Cammy had been a puppet for the second weapon X project. She touched the dark line on the right side of her face and shook off her memories of the interrogations she went through back when she was recovered from the facility.
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Post by Chance on Jan 18, 2006 16:10:30 GMT -5
"Yeah, good 'ol Weapon X." Chance smirked as he rolled up his sleeve, revealing a red "X25" that had been tattooed onto his wrist so many years ago...
Mindwarp nodded at Maire. "Please," he said. "Caity did this for you. Don't let it have been done in vain." He turned then, a look of determination on his face, and walked towards the Institute, meeting Jubilee on the way. As he told her what happened she began to cry, picking up Tabitha and walking with Mike into the ravaged school.
"In time," Patrick said, "In time everything will be the same."
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Post by Midnight on Jan 19, 2006 1:08:49 GMT -5
"I don't things will ever be the same," Midnight said softly to the teleporter. Actually, she couldn't call herself Midnight anymore, for she had no darkness to go with it. Marie... Although others had used her real name for some time, she always referred to herself as Midnight and never Marie. Sighing, she attempted to alter her thinking. Pulling up a sleeve, she revealed the X-24 tattoo on her left wrist as well. Then she reached out and grabbed Chance's hand, holding it like a lifeline as everything overwhelmed her and the tears coursed down her cheeks.
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Post by Chance on Jan 19, 2006 15:10:21 GMT -5
"Come on Marie," Chance smiled, squeezing her hand. "Let's go home." He looked towards the Institute, but it just managed to bring more memories, and more tears. Maybe, now that Midnight had lost her mutation, they could leave, they could make a life for themselves. But then he stared down at the bodies of the Weapon X associates. He could see one of their fingers move, and he knew that, for the moment, they had other things to worry about.
Patrick stood, knowing that the girl was right. Nothing would be the same, for them. But for him, everything was just beginning. He had never felt important to the X-Men. He had never felt needed, like he belonged. But now, after all that had happened, he felt more at home than he ever had in his entire life.
"Come everyone," The Professor said, as he turned towards the Institute, his wheelchair presented to him by one of the younger students.
"Thank you Jetsam," he said to the fish-like boy, and then, with a look of understanding and compasion, he turned to the group of ragged X-Men.
"I know that all of you have been through a lot, more so than I ever hoped that any of you would have to be. But, like X-Men, you all took control of the situation and did what was necessary to save the day. For that I am proud.
Now, I know that one of you lost you're lives today. But, do not be sad. Syphon was a powerful X-Man, and a strong woman. To mour her death, would be an injustice to her character. Everyone knows that Caitlyn would have wanted you all to smile, and to know that what she did was the only way to save you all." Then, turning towards the destroyed school, with the red sun, low and melting over the horizon, a look of triumph crossed his face.
"We have lived through a great Chapter here my friends. you have all been called to duty, and you have all responded. The school may be destroyed, but because of your actions, the dream lives on. We will rebuild the school, and we will always be X-Men...no matter what."
This last comment was aimed at Midnight, and Professor Charles Francis Xavier sincerley hoped that she got the message.
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Post by xt on Jan 19, 2006 17:51:11 GMT -5
((are we still going to do chapters, or keep on going?))
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Post by Midnight on Jan 20, 2006 1:25:46 GMT -5
Midnight gave a sad smile at the Professor. What was he trying to say? She hadn't defeated them... or was he saying that she would still be an X-Man, for all her lack of power. Looking down at the people that had been freed from her mind, she wondered what kind of creature was she, that had tried to kill so many.
Chance hesitated, also looking into the crater. "What's the matter, hon?" she asked softly.
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Post by xt on Jan 20, 2006 22:43:58 GMT -5
X-T sighed. She couldn't stand all of the sadness that was upon them all. She looked up at Fallback and smiled.
"Better get th' mansion fixed so we can get ya a room, huh?" X-T said with a smiled. She turned around and started to walk toward the mansion. She stopped and looked up at it.
"Better get a good team, Charlest, er this'll take us a long time t'clean up," X-T said crossing her arms.
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Post by Chance on Jan 20, 2006 22:58:10 GMT -5
((I was thinking that we could end this thread and then start a Book Two))
"It's nothing really." Chance said as he turned to stare down at his future wife. "It's just that, after all this I thought we could settle down, start a family going...but with Weapon X still out there...well, it's still not safe. I was thinking maybe we could go on one last mission. Stop them once and for all." He looked down at Maire, noticing her sense of sadness.
"Don't worry about you not having powers anymore, because there's always a chance that they could come back."
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Post by xt on Jan 20, 2006 23:03:05 GMT -5
((sounds like a plan to me!))
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Post by Midnight on Jan 21, 2006 5:10:42 GMT -5
Marie shivered at that. "I hope for a chance of different powers, then. I don't think I want the dark back." It still struggled within her. She did want it back, the feel of power, the strength that went through her while she controlled it. But she did not want it to control her. She could not risk losing Chance again, not if he didn't come back.
"One final mission then." Fear and hatred battled in her. Trying to escape from Weapon X had been the day she first gave herself over to the darkness, a curse that tortured her until now. Weapon X needed to be destroyed, so no other mutants would be faced with choices like those, so no other mutants would be captured and enslaved, forced to do what they should not. She felt a pang: she was no longer a mutant. Interesting how something that she had not wanted as a child would now be a desire that could not be fulfilled.
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Post by Chance on Jan 23, 2006 23:02:25 GMT -5
Cahnce wrapped his arms around her. "Let's not worry about it now. For awhile, I just want to spend some time with you."
"Come on," Fallback motioned to X-T. "Let's get these kids out of here." He motioned to the little ones who were wondering around the crater.
((Okay, should we start chapter 2 soon?))
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Post by Midnight on Jan 24, 2006 2:56:25 GMT -5
((Sounds good to me, captain!))
Midnight melted into his arms, closing her eyes and trying to blot her memories. She was with Chance now...
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Post by xt on Jan 24, 2006 6:41:53 GMT -5
((*salutes*))
X-T smiled and walked towards the kids around the crater.
"Alright, kids. No need to doddle. Get inside what's left of th' mansion, and we'll explain from there," X-T said, motioning toward the mantion.
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Post by Radial on Jan 25, 2006 17:53:29 GMT -5
((OK so erm what are we going to do for chapter two... I could have sunspot come in as Reignfire (a baddie who became leader of the Mutant Liberation Front and isn't very nice lol. He was thought to be Sunspot but it turned out that it wasn't lol because Roberto was still on X-force and Reignfire only looked exactly like Roberto because he was made from Sunspots DNA.) But I could just pretend that it never happened and make Roberto the dude like he was originally thought to be... Or not if u guys got sum super cool thing planned.))
Cammy walked over to the Professor and placed her hand on his wheelchair. She gazed around at the broken mansion and gave a sigh of half dread and half relief that it was still standing... sort of.
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Post by Chance on Jan 25, 2006 20:30:43 GMT -5
((okay, so here is what's happening, but if anyone has another idea, just let me know!
1. The subplot will include Midnight and Chance finally defeating Weapon X, and Cammy might want to help out too since she was also a victim 2. Decimation-again: Mutants become a thing of the past as they start to randomly lose there powers across the globe. here, when mutants lose their powers, they do so in violent ways, much like when they first manifested them. At first nothing goes wrong, but then X-Men start to lose their abilities, and soonmutants are becoming an endangered species. 3. Sunspot, now Reignfire, heads an organization that is devoted to recruiting the remainding mutants and using them to wage war on the humans. Reignfire and his organization believe that a group of anti-mutant terrorists are causing mutants to lose their powers. 4. (May appear in book 3) Mindwarp goes crazy and tries to access his latent "Death" powers to bring Caity back from the dead. Maybe I'll have Syphon return...who knows!
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