RPG X-men: Mixed Blood [M-VLS]

[Muad'Dib]

[COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]Danny ran for Steffanie, not even knowing what had just happened. He knelt down next to her and held her, trying to stop the pain she was feeling. He sent wave after wave of telepathic calming, trying desperately to break through the girl's much stronger barrier. Everything he sent seemd to rebound back, echoing whatever she was feeling.

'[i]Imric! Imric, we need you NOW![/i]' Danny couldn't think of anything else to do, so he yelled telepathically for Steffanies brother. He remembered what Imric had done back in the institute and rocked Steffanie gently, hoping that it would help in some way.

Jean seemed to come back to her senses and ran over to the two, then paused, remembering the state Soulin was in. She couldn't leave him there, but Steffanie needed help as well.

It seemed in just that one day, all hell was breaking loose.[/COLOR]

[Ezekiel]

[COLOR=SlateGray][I]Imric, Imric! We need you you NOW![/I]

Danny voice echoed in Imric?s head, jolting him from his sleep.

"Shit!" he jumped up and grabbed his pants, pulling them on as he ran out the door using his power to warp. He reached his two friends within a matter of seconds an fell to his knees next to them, trying to make Steff feel better.

"It's okay sis, I'm here now." he touched his sisters forehead and smiled, channelling good emotions through himself to her. Her mouth twitched into a slight smile and Imric sighed, almost exhausted.

"She needs...help." he gasped. Danny nodded and placed a hand on his friends shoulder keeping him steady.

"You know she'll get it here, Imric."

The older teen nodded and smiled slightly, still keeping a hand on his sister?s hair, straying to calm her down and ease the pain somehow.

"I need to...try something." he said calmly, looking at Danny.
His friend nodded and let Imric take Steffanie into his arms, Imric cradled her and placed a hand on her forehead.
He closed his eyes and concentrated, trying to channel her pain through his own body.

It worked and Imric had to hold back a cry as he felt only a portion of his sister?s emotional and physical pain flow through him.
Steffanie sighed and relaxed slightly as some of the pain left her body, Danny just stared as he watched Imric collapse to the floor next to her.[/COLOR]

[Shwa]

Jim was in the operating room faster than he though, Beast had taken some X-Rays of his body to see how much damage there was internaly, the outsid wounds were healed a bit by Sage but it still wasn't enough. Jim was just in a state of illusion as he couldn't respond to any of the doctors answers. Immediantl the Professor, Wolverine, and storm came into the infermary and were socked to what they had seen, the Professor was sitting next to Jim just his palm over Jim's head and his eyes closed trying to make contact with his mind.

"Jim...JIM??? Can you here me?" The professor sent psychic jolts into his mind, but none got through to him. The six wonds in his body were startng ot bleed again and Beast had to operate to get them fixed. Jim was in the operating room for about 2 and a half hours, by that time Xavier heard about what happend to Soulin and Jean and decided to Lock-down the school for good until they can get this matter settled.All f the student's parents were called to take them away quickly for a "vacation", except the ones who are involved in this situation. Imric, stefanie, and Danny were placed in a room next to Jim's, Rouge and Storm were in the air partoling the sky. Cyclopes, Wolverine, and Nightcrawler were searching all around the mansion...even the underground areas just in case, the Professor used ceribro to try and locate any of the attackers but to no avail he didn't find and so far. jean sent Soulin and Sage into the room witht he other three before she talked to the professor.

"Any luck?" Jean questioned as she stood by him.

"No, and one is to leave their rooms under no circumstance. i do not want to knock them out wih any Mind Jolts to make them cooperate" Xavier elied, Jean left the room right away to search the halls and empty rooms with the others, she but a barrier around the dorrs of the kida so they wouldn't get out for any reason. Jim finally woak up from his trance and realized where he was, he slowly got up and sat on the edge of his bed in a lot of pain in his shoulder and chest area.

"Thats right...that thing attacked me" Jim remmbered as he tried to stand up, but eventually fell due to the pain he felt, he cold see some of his wounds starting to open up again and bleed, but he didn't mind that. He had to protect the three who might be in danger, he heard their voices in the next room and decided to stay outside of their door. Their was a barrier when Jim touched it which hurt his back a little, so Jim phased under the ground until he popped inside the room from underneith. He was leaning against the door panting and grunting in pain and sweating a lot, he must have been getting a fever badly,, he tried to keep himself silent so the others wouldn't noice him in the shadows of the dorway. To his surprise Sage and Soulin were in the room as well, but Imric was asleep for some reason next to his sister.....something must have happened to them.

[Vash IDK]

Sage sat a few chairs away from Soulin. She sat there, gazing at the window. The rest of the kids had left. Their parents had come to pick them up, and they had all gone.

She remembered watching the kids as they went to their parents. The parents were smiling, and they showered their children with love. She remember longing for that connection again. She wanted it badly. But she came to her senses when the images of that night came flooding back into her mind.

[i]"You won't harm her!!" her father yelled as he tried to hold back the crowd.

"She's a mutant John, she's not human!!"

She remembered her father's eyes as he looked back at his daughter. They were soft, but determined at the same time. And suddenly they went white....

He stared at the crowds as he touched the poles next to him and they lit up with light. He used the current to attack anyone who came near his daughter.

"He's a FREAK!!" yelled a townsman.

"KILL HIM!!!" they said as they all charged at him. The last thing she saw was her father falling to the ground and hundreds of men with shovels beating him down.

"NOOOO!!!" she screamed as her mother picked her up and ran.

"Shh, it's alright Sarah, everything will be okay.."

"Daddy..." she had whimpered.

"Everything will be-"

Just then, a fire was heard and her mother fell to the ground. Sarah got up from the ground and touched her mothers wound.

Instinctively, her mothe started healing and coming back to life.

"Go..." her mother managed to say.

Sarah knelt there in front of her mother with a blank stare.

"GO NOW!!" she hollered. She pulled off her hand and pushed Sarah away. Sarah glanced back at her mother. She wanted to save her, but her mother had told her to go.

"Please... for Mommy..." she said quietly.

Sarah's eyes filled with tears as she ran into the grove and lost the crowds as she sprinted away.[/i]

Sage shook nervously as she came back to reality. Her life had ended that night, Everything that she held dear to her was taken away. Everything.. and only she remained.

Is this my punishment? she asked herself. Is this what I get for not saving my mother? For not helping her when I had the chance? Tears filled her eyes and she sat up from her seat and walked over to the window. She didn't want people to see her emotional. They'd ask questions... and she hated answering questions... but everything in her felt cold, and alone.. and she didn't want to deal with the pain anymore.. The pain of losing everything. She went through it once, she wasn't going to go through it again.

[Heero Darkangel]

Soulin sat in the corner, he remembered what had he had done to Jean...he had seen her past..her memories and he had stolen her ability but he he had supressed it just like other memories and abilities he had stolen to survive, that was one thing he could do with other peoples abilities was supress them so that he'd never beable to use them,

'Professor all doors are sealed,' said Jean standing next to the Professor

'Soulin...I want to see him...,' said The Professor

'Ok professor,' said Jean as she left again

Soulin tried to open the door but the barrier stopped him from opening it

'What are you doing!,' snapped Sage, Soulin glared at her but didn't say anything

At that moment the door opened

'Soulin, the professor wants to see you,' she smiled, Soulin looked at her and then walked out the door, she closed it and placed the barrier over it again and he followed her up the corridor, the professor awaited them in the upper student room since the bottom student room had been blown apart

Soulin sat down in a chair across from the Professor

'Jean please leave us for a moment,' smiled the professor

Jean nodded and walked out closing the doors behind her and the professor sat back in his chair and pressed his finger tips together

'I want to ask you if you saw any of those men who fired upon the institute,' said the professor

'No,' replied Soulin, 'all i saw were shadows, but something shiny caught my eye,'

'I want to use my telepathy on you...just to see what you saw...it's ok, I won't hurt you,' spoke the Professor assuringly

Soulin looked at him, and gave a slight nod, the professor hovered over to Soulin whos muslces tighten, the professor then placed his hands on the side of Soulins head but didn't touch him

'Now relax,' whispered The Professor, Soulin closed his eyes and as the Professor scanned his memories, he saw what Soulin had seen, there was something shinning in the bushes and suddenly gunfire rang out....Soulin lost control, bullets exploded, everything was thrown about windows smashed but before that the professor had seen three claws appear in Soulins Memory of what happened, the same claws that he had seen in Jims memory, Soulin then showed the professor of what had happened before when he saw Steffanie get hurt, again the three claws and this time, there were faces from when Soulin had run into them and when Soulin met Rogue.....at that moment he felt Soulins sudden fear as memories of the orphanages appeared

The Professor suddenly pulled away and looked at Soulin and rubbed his chin

At that moment Jean walked in to see if everything was ok

'We're ok,' smiled the Professor, 'and yes we have finished', Jean nodded as she walked over to Soulin

'Well lets get you back to the room,' smiled Jean, Soulins eyes widened

[I]'No Jean,' spoke the professor through telepathy, 'Leave him in here...he doesn't like confined spaces, because of his past experiences he's claustrophobic, putting him in the room with a barrier with the others may cause more harm...so leave him in here..it's ok he wont go anywhere,'[/I]

She nodded at the professor, 'Or would you rather be in here?' she asked

'Can I stay here?' he asked

'Yeah sure...but promise me you won't leave the room until we come and get you...I will leave the door unlocked,' said Jean, 'so don't give me any reason to put a barrier on it,'

'I won't Jean..I promise,' He replied, 'Thank you,' they smiled and left the room, Soulin looked around and saw alot of books covering the walls, he then walked over to the high ceiling shelves and using his telekinesis he pulled down some books from the top shelves and started going through them

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OOC: I forgot to mention in my sign-up that my character is claustrophobic...please excuse me for that

[Ezekiel]

[COLOR=SlateGray]Imric twitched his nose as he held his sister, a nightmare running through his mind as he tried to rest.

[I][B]Come here boy, I won't hurt you....I promise.[/B]

It was him, Imric's uncle. A red-hot skewer in his hand, a twisted, malicious grin planted on his face.

[B]I just want to test something, that?s all...

You're lying! [/B]

A young Imric cowered against a wall in the back garden of his house, he held up his small fists in an attempt to protect himself from the monster in front of him.

As Imric twisted in his sleep he moaned slightly, breaking into a cold sweat. Living through the experience once was enough for him, but having to suffer through this dream everyday, it was like torture.[/I]

Back in the dream, a small Imric cried, his eyes swollen and his cheeks flushed red as his uncle advanced on him, brandishing the weapon.

[I][B]Show me your powers, boy...

What are talking about!?

You know! Now show me![/B]

The man lunged forward, aiming the skewer right at the boy's chest. Imric cried and brought his arms up as a shield but in a split second, something clicked.
He opened his eyes and saw the sharp, deadly point coming at him and before he knew it...he was plunged into the most vicious pain he had ever known.[/I]

[I]His body felt as if it was ripped apart, splitting up and rushing through the air at an enormous speed. The young child had never experienced anything so frightening and as quickly as the whole thing had started, it span to a stop, except now, Imric was 2 foot off the ground behind his Uncle.

The middle-aged man turned around and sneered, glaring at the trembling child beneath him, just before Imric could catch what he was saying, he blacked out.[/I]

"Don't hurt me!" Imric shot up from the bed, a drop of sweat running down his face, dripping onto his bare chest. He gasped and clutched at his heart, feeling it pounding loudly in his rib cage. The darkness seemed to envelope him once again and the world began to spin. The same ending that the dream had every night, Imric passed out, falling out of bed.[/COLOR]

[Vash IDK]

Sage jumped at the sound of Imric's awakening. She grew fidgeted and irritated. "What am I doing here??" she thought to herself. She looked at Imric and he was holding that girl Steffanie. She remembered they were related somehow and grew bored with the waiting.

"I'm getting out of here." she said as she stood up. Just then, Jean walked in and called for Sage.

"It's about time. I've been waiting forever." she said as she walked into the room. She saw the Professor and walked straight up to him.

"I don't mean to be rude professor, but i really don't know why I'm here. I didn't see anything of importance. Why am I needed here?"

The Professor smiled. "Sage, I need to know what you saw when you saved Jim."

"I didn't [i]save[/i] Jim, I just brought him to the medical specialists. And I didn't see anything. I just heard him scream."

"Would you mind if I use my telepathy on you, just so I-"

"Yes, I would mind.."

Professor Xavier was a little surprised by the response. "I understand. May I ask though what Jim looked like when you found him?"

"I don't see how that could help."

"Sage," Jean said, "You healed some of the main wounds on his body. We can't trace the damage if it's not there to trace. What marks did you see if any?"

"There were a lot of marks. I don't know how I can explain them."

"Were they bullet wounds, or were they gashes?" asked the Professor.

"A little of both actually. But mostly gashes."

"Do you remember the marks and the appearance of these gashes?"

"No, not really. I do remember three pucture holes, if that helps at all."

"Anything else you can tell us?" Jean asked

"No. I'm afraid not."

The professor smiled. "You've been enough help already, Sage."

"Then can I leave? I'm not too keen on sitting out there or in here anymore."

"That's quite alright. You may go, Sage." Sage got up and walked out of the room.

The professor looked at Jean. "It's her past, isn't it?"

Jean looked at the professor. "She doesn't want people to know her."

He smiled. "I wouldn't have used my telepathy to pry into her personal business, but I think she was already aware of that."

"No doubt she was. But she's not too trusting. She doesn't let people get close to her."

"Do you know why?"

"No, she's never told anyone. Well, I think she may have told Logan, but a part from that, I don't think she talks to anyone long enough for the subject to even come up."

The professor nodded. "Well, I'll remember that so I can respect her wishes. In the mean time, I need you to check on Jim, see if he's well enough to have a chat. I need to ask him some more questions."

"Of course." Jean said as she left the room.

[Skye]

[color=orange][size=1][font=veranda]OOC: Sorry for the delay, guys! Thanks, Vash, for reviving the thread. ^_^

IC: Steffanie stirred as Sage went back in the room, leaving. She opened her eyes, and said, ?[b]Sage?[/b]?

The girl jumped, and whirled. Steffanie detangled herself from her brother, and repositioned him. ?[b]Sorry. I didn?t mean to startled you.[/b]? She stood slowly and shakily, and walked over. ?[b]Can I come with you?[/b]?

Sage looked cold. ?[b]I don?t see why? or why not.[/b]? She spun on her heel, and left. Steffanie followed.

The girls walked in silence, Sage pointedly ignoring her. ?[b]Sage, I felt it.[/b]? Sage looked at her. ?[b]I felt your powers. I? would never have woken up. I hadn?t felt Jim?s pain, or Soulin?s destruction ? your powers and confusion broke through the chaos in my mind.[/b]?

Sage looked startled. ?[b]You felt me?[/b]? Steffanie nodded. ?[b]I don?t know why. Something about the way you used them ? and the reason.[/b]? She looked directly at Sage.

?[b]We have something in common.[/b]?

Sage stood stock still. ?[b]What?[/b]?

Steffanie breathed deeply. ?[b]We both lost our parents.[/b]? Sage stepped back. ?[b]You looked in my mind![/b]? Steffanie shook her head. ?[b]I didn?t. I felt it.[/b]?[/color][/font][/size]

[Shwa]

Jim layed on hsi bed nxt to the monetors just looking up at the ceiling, he was getting a bit borned of looking at it for a while ever since he awakened from his deep sleep. His pains still hurt him much but thanks to the medicine iven to him by Beast and Jean he felt a little more relaxed than he is normally. After a while Jean came into the room:

"How's it going?" She asked looking at some of the charts at the end of the bed.

"Not too bad, but there's nothing to watch on tv now a days" Jim laughed a little before he felt some pain in his chest.

"Well, thanks to Sage's help your going to be aright after some rest" Jean comment as she helped Jim sit on the edge of his bed.

"It was her who helped me? Well when I see her I'll give her my gratitude to the max for saving my life." Jim replied with a smile on his face, Jean had a needle ready to give to Jim to help him sleep at night, it didn't work much the first time but a second try couldn't hurt much. Once she was finished she put the needle away and sat on a chair next to Jim who was now standing up.

"The Professor asked Sage some questions about you attacker, she gave us all the infor she could but we think its enough for him to find out who or what these things are that attacked you and the others. Right now the school is still on Lock-Down but we hope it wont last fo long." Jean sighed as she looked at the ground.

"Well, as long as the others are alright then there is nothing to worry about for now. So where is everyone at the moment?" Jim asked, Jean consentraited hard to see who was up.

"So far Sage and Steffanie are walking around, Imric is sleeping soundly, and I cannot find Soulin at the moment....he must be with Rouge somewhere" She responded before she got a message from the Prof. He needed her back into the lounge for a moment to talk with the senior staff for a while. "I'll check on you later Jim" She said and walked out the room. Jim walked around and phased his head into the next room where the kids were earlier, but now Imric was there alne sleping....and sweating a lot fo some reason. Jim fully phased into the rom which hurt a bit but he got over it, he put one hand on Imrics head and the other on his own.

[B](My...he seems to be burning up for some reason[/B]) Jim though to himself as he got a wet cloth from the bathroom and placed it on his forehead. [B](He must be so worried about his sister he didn't stop to get any sleep or anything to eat, at least he's a caring brother who loves her. Thats nice to see now a days)[/B] Jim thought as he stod by the window where the moonlight made everything visible in the courtyard.

"I'll wait until everyone gets back until I get some sleep"

[Vash IDK]

Sage stared at the girl. She didn't know what to say. She felt a coldness well up inside herself as she remembered her parents. The coldness took over once again, and she became hard.

"I don't see the difference. You either pried into my personal life by reading my thoughts, or feelling them. Regardless, their mine, and I'd like it to stay that way."

Steffanie nodded and stared at the floor. "I didn't do it on purpose..." she said quietly.

Sage was completely confused. She didn't know what to do. She knew she had been through a lot. Her face said it all. She didn't feel right brushing her off like the rest of them. It hurt her to know that she couldn't put her walls up against a girl like Steffanie.

"Come on. My room is this way." Sage said in a softer tone. Steffanie follwed and they reached her quarters.

"You can sleep on the bed. You need your rest." Sage turned around to get herself a cup of coffee.

"Sage.."

Sage stopped and turned around slowly.

"Did you see it?"

"See what?"

"Your parents. Did you see them die?"

Sage stared at her for a long time. She turned around and continued making her coffee. "I saw every moment of them being murdered. And not even my powers could save them."

"Is that why you stay away from people?" Steffanie asked sitting on the bed.

"Why do you ask these questions?" Sage asked turning around quickly, slamming her cup on the counter.

"Because I want to know what I feel." she said quietly.

Sage growled in frustration as she turned around and faced the counter. She closed her eyes as the tears fell.

"I'm sorry I'm hurting you.." Steffanie said.

"Stop..." Sage said through her tears.

"But it's not your parents death that hurts you each day, is it?"

Sage opened her eyes at that moment and gripped the end of the counter. "What are you talking about?" She spat out.

"You're hurting because you're not allowing people to get close to you. Because you blame yourself.. you blame yourself for your parents death... and they died because they loved you.."

"How are you doing this??" Sage screeched.

"I feel it.. I don't know why, but I feel it.. I know just by being around you."

"Then STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!!" Sage yelled as she was about to leave.

"Don't go Sarah.."

She stopped and stared at the door. "Don't call me that. She died a long time ago. She died when her parents died. She doesn't exist anymore." she turned around and saw Steffanie still sitting on the bed.

"She died because you killed her..." she whispered. She laid down on the pillow and closed her eyes.

Sage stared at her. She didn't understand what was going on.. she was confused, she was scared, she felt so alone, but at the same time, she felt as if Steffanie could really help her.

She shook her head. "No.. I don't want friends. I don't want anyone." she turned around and left the room. She stood against her door and slid down. She held her coffee in her hand and stared into it. Steffanie was right about everything. She bent her head and cried in the lonely hallways.

[Skye]

[color=orange][size=1][font=veranda]Steffanie closed her eyes, and felt Sage leave. For some reason, Sage?s presence didn?t hurt her raw channels. Steffanie felt tears run down her face as she remembered. She had always lived with Imric and his parents? but they weren?t hers. She had met her dad the day the train had flown off the rails.

She hadn?t known why. But she had known it was him. His eyes had seen into hers, and then he had gotten on the train ? the one that had flown off the rails five minutes later. There were no survivors.

Steffanie didn?t know that it was her mom stalking her. But she knew she had at least lost the trust and love of the one person who should have always been there. The tears flowed freely, and Steffanie felt Sage?s tears on her cheeks.

Steffanie had a link with Sage. She could feel it. As Sage wandered, she saw everything. And when she slipped into a pain-filled sleep, Steffanie felt Sage ?see? what nightmares haunted the girl?[/color][/font][/size]

[Vash IDK]

Sage was crying when something invaded her mind. Her eyes were closed, but she was seeing images. She saw and heard a young girl screaming as a train flew off the tracks. She saw a man in the rubble.

Sage put her fists to her eyes.. what was she seeing?? She saw Steffanie at that moment and she was kneeling over the man. She saw her lift his hand and put the hand on her face.

Sage started hitting herself. What was happening to her?? She watched as Steffanie cried and knelt her head agianst the man. Sage felt this overwhelming loss in her heart, as if it was her in the vision.

Sage cried out to nothing as the images faded. She was about to scream again, when she realized that she was screaming at the same time Steffanie was screaming. She ran back into the room and saw her laying in bed screaming. Sage knew then that she had seen her dreams..

Sage shook Steffanie and Steffanie wasn't waking up. Sage bit her lip. She had no clue how she wake up the girl. She remembered how Steffanie had said she felt everything she felt. Sage stood back and closed her eyes as she took energy from inside herself and sent a wave of electric energy through her body. Sage screamed and fell to the floor. Steffanie instantly woke up and stared at Sage. Sage had used an overwhelming use of power on herself, and she laid there shaking on the floor.

Steffanie was amazed that she was not affected, and realized that she had felt the pain, but was not in contact with the actual jolt. And the pain had awakened her. She jumped out of bed and kneeled in front of Sage.

"Sage?" she cried

Jean ran in at that moment, and bent down. She saw Sage twitching on the floor and quickly picked her up and ran to the emergency rooms. Steffanie followed, hoping that Sage would be okay.

[Ezekiel]

[COLOR=SlateGray]Imric groaned in his sleep and blinked slowly, his vision was blurry and he lazily looked around the room to adjust to the light.
The damp cloth on his forehead dropped off and landed on his chest, causing the boy to shiver.

"What the...?"

"I see you're awake, Imric." Jim smiled from where he stood at the window, turning around and looking at Imric.

"Oh, Jim. I didn't realise...." Imric trailed off as he felt a blush cross his cheeks, what if Jim had heard him crying in his dreams?

"I thought you had a fever or something, you were burning up."

"Oh, that..." Imric looked down, his fists shook at his sides and he pulled in another lungful of air before continuing, "That...that happens a lot to me..."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Jim looked slightly worried; he walked over to Imric's bed and sat on the end, bracing himself with his right arm as he steadied himself.

"You don't look so good Jim, you should be in bed."

"Don't try to change the subject," Jim smiled weakly and gave Imric a knowing look, "But you're right, I should rest."

Imric nodded and motioned to one of the empty beds in the room, Jim nodded and headed over to one, laying back and stretching.
At that point Imric turned over to his side, crying silently to himself. He didn't know if Jim ever got to sleep, all he wanted now was to be left alone.[/COLOR]

[Muad'Dib]

[COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]OOC: Everyone always forgets I'm here :(
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Danny walked blearilt down a hallway, not going anywhere in particular. He could hardly sleep with all that had been going on. Stress had always kept him awake. Now he simply tried to walk it off, turning a corner when he must and just looking straight ahead.

'[i]Nathaniel[/i],' he said in his mind, '[i]Nathaniel[/i]...' Steffanie had said she liked the name, so he said it over and over again, trying to see what she may see in it. To no avail. For now Danny, [i]Nathaniel[/i] he told himself, would settle for his unofficial name.

"Trouble sleeping Nathaniel?" The proffesor's voice made him jump, not expecting to see anyone. He turned to face Proffessor Xavier and smiled weakly, obviously not really happy.

"Yeah..." He remembered his last talk with Xavier and blushed automatically, though he didn't think the Proffessor could see it.

A scream resounded through the empty hallway. Xavier turned his chair around quickly and Danny ([i]Nathaniel[/i]!) was filled with sudden dread that soemthing might be happening to Steffanie again. He bit his lip and followed the Professor to the scource of the screaming.

Jean was already there. Danny was filled with horror for just a moment as he saw sTeffanie in teh room, but quickly realized she wasn't the one who screamed. He walked over to her "What... what happened?"[/COLOR]

[Shwa]

Jim layed on the spare bed next to Imric hoping that he was okay, he seemed to be reaally bummed out about something, Jim just looked at the ceiling again trying to think of something to say to the boy, but nothing came to mind at all. Once it got quiet in the room and the wind wasn't blowing outside making an eerie howling noise Jim could hear something. It was faint but he could hear someone sniffling a bit, and breathing for air. He turned over to see Imric facing the wall back turned towards Jim and his upper body was shaking a bit every time he sniffed.

(Is he..crying?) Jim though, he didn't know if he should tlak to the boy or just let him be by himself. He finally decided to leave the boy alone for a moment of rest and time to himself, Jim tried ot quietly get out of hte bed the best he could without making and sounds, but a couple of springs inside the matress popped a bit. Jim slowly walked out of the room but before he didn he was right about his asumption, Imric was sobbing a little while he layed in the bed. Jim slowly went out the door and closed it shut. Right when he did though there was an ear-peircing scream that ecoed through the hallway of the mansion, at the corner of his eye Jim saw Danny and Xavier at high sped going down the corridor as fast as they could..Danny was in front a little more than Xavier.

"I should go get Imric..." Jim said, before he knew it Imric was already in the doorway.

"What was that screaming?" Imric asked ees half shut trying to get use to the bright lights in the corridor.

"I dont know, lets follow the other and see" Jim replied, bother ran to where they heard the screaming to see the Professor and Danny outside of a rom shocked about something. Once they got there they saw as well, Sage was on the floor twitching like hell!

"What the Hell happened?" Soulin said as he suddenly appeared behind Imric and was rubbing his eyes, it loks like he had just awaken.

"Give me some room!!" Jean ordered the group so she could take Sage ot the Imfermary, Imric went to his sister's side, Danny did the same as well. The the three followed Jean, Xavier had a twitch in his eye like he senced something.

"Whats the matter Prof.?" Jim asked

"We're not alone in this corridor..." Xavier mentioned as Soulin and Jim got ready to fight. Wolverine and Cyclopes came up to them from a corner.

"Xavier, the barriers and protection systems have been diabled. Those things could be anywhere inside the mansion by now." Cyclopes spoke up, Jim and Soulin rushed down the corridor to warn the others while wolverine, Cyclopes, and Xavier thought of a plan.

(This isn't good: I'm in no possition to fight, Sage is down for the count, and weird basically outnumbered if there are more than one of those things that attacked Stefani and I. Lets just hope out luck holds out) Jim though as he and Soulin continued to run.

[Skye]

[color=orange][size=1][font=veranda]Steffanie folloed Jean with shaky steps, and when Danny came up, she snapped. ?[b]Just stop, okay?[/b]? The shock registered on Danny?s face was mixed with pain, but he shut his mouth. Steffanie scanned the group, and suddenly stopped. Imric ran into her.

Steffanie went pale as she felt something. ?[b]Take care of Sage.[/b]? As she took off running the opposite direction from Jim and Soulin and the others, she ?said? to Sage, [I]Don?t let them do[/I] anything[I] until I get back![/I]

The teen rounded a corner, and phased through someone. The clone whirled, and Steffanie threw up a shield without thinking. Pain shot through her as it hit her raw channels.

She searched its mind, and got ? nothing. It was blank. But it was better. Steffanie rolled as a knife slit the back of her shirt. She rolled to her feet, and started off again, sprinting. The clone ran after her, flinging razor like knives.

The girl slipped, and tumbled to the ground as she made it out of the school. She jammed her shoulder back, and gasped as she felt it crack.

[I]Stay away! I don?t want you all hurt, too![/I]

Her mind voice seared through her, and she screamed in pain. She lay at the edge of a forest, near the edge of the practice field. The clone was catching up fast. Someone stepped out of the cover over her. Steffanie looked up to see Pyro. Their eyes locked, and something lanced through the corrupted boy.

He shook it off, and grabbed her up. He jerked her to her feet, and quickly gagged her. The clone stopped, and Pyro picked up the girl. He was rough ? but little did she know. It was to assure himself that he didn?t have toc are about her. Steffanie felt her conciousness going as the gag stopped her air flow. Her head fell back, and Pyro stopped himself from freeing her.

They brought her to her mother ? who wanted to see her before she was killed. With her last energy, Steffanie reached for the link in her mind, she ?yelled?, [I]SAGE! SAGE! HELP![/I][/color][/font][/size]

OOC: Its your choice on what you do. ^_^ But no rescues just yet.

[Vash IDK]

Sage found herself in a hospital bed when she woke up. Something had jolted her awake, but she wasn't sure what it was.

She looked around and saw Jean with a stack of papers. "Jean?" she asked

Jean smiled. "I was wondering when you were going to wake up." she said warmingly as she stood up.

Sage put a hand on her chest. Her heart felt heavy. Something was wrong...

Jean sensed something was wrong as well. "Sage?"

"Where's Steffanie?"

Danny walked in with Imric at that point. "We were hoping you knew where she was going." Danny said rather seriously.

"What happened in there?" Imric said.

Sage looked at them. She didn't feel like explaining herself, but she looked at Jean, and she knew it was serious.

"I-- I don't know.. we have some sort of... connection.."

"What?" Imric said

"Are you making this up, Sage??" Danny said.

Sage looked at Danny angrily. "Why would I make up something so ridiculous?"

Danny looked at her suspiciously. He didn't believe her. Just then, Soulin and Jim came in. "We can't find her. She ran off." Jim said. He looked at Sage. "Are you okay?"

Sage nodded, but she was wanting to know more about Steffanie. At that moment, she felt something inside her head... "Don't let them do anything until I come back."

Sage looked up at that moment and Jean stared at her.

"Did you hear it too Jean?" Sage asked.

Jean shook her head. "What did you hear?"

"Steffanie, but she said not to do anything until she came back."

Danny looked at her again, not fully understanding what was going on. He was about to say something when Sage screamed.

"SAGE!" Jean yelled as she went over to her, Sage gripped the side of the bed in pain. She placed her hand on her back and felt a sharp pain through her body.

Jean looked but there was nothing. She looked at Sage. Sage did not have telepathic abilities, and yet she was feeling everything Steffanie felt.

Sage cried in pain as she started seeing images. She saw the forest and Pyro in her mind, but then her vision went blurry.

"She's in the forest..." Sage whispered despite the pain. She screamed again. her bones felt as if they were cracking...

Jean looked at her and tried to take her out of whatever she was seeing, but their connection was far too strong.

Suddenly, Sage felt nothing. The pain, everything had gone away. She heard a voice in her mind, Steffanie was crying for help. Sage started to cry.

"She's in trouble Jean!! I need to find her!!"

"Hold on, we don't know where she is yet, Sage. How can you possibly find her?"

"Don't you understand? She's in the forest, Pyro was there, and she's hurt. She called for help, Jean. She needs me to help her! I can't let her die!!!"

Danny was frustrated. There was no way he could help her. He looked at Imric, and he was equally upset.

"Sage, can you tell us anything else?" Jean asked.

"I don't have time for this." She said angrily as she got out of the bed and walked out of the room.

Danny looked and Imric and they both followed her. "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to look for her. I need answers. She's in my head, and I can't get her out."

Danny stared at her. "We're coming with you."

"All of you?" she said.

Danny looked in back of him and saw Jim and Soulin walking behind them all. He looked back at Sage and Sage was using her speed to the forest. She was teleporting to the last spot she had been.

"Damn it.." he said as he started running after her.

[Ezekiel]

[COLOR=SlateGray]Imric watched Sage and growled, instantly slipping into his warp mode, feeling his body being ripped apart as he shot through the air again. He had soon caught up with Sage and she stared at him, shocked.

"I...you? What?"

"It's a gift." Imric said sarcastically, wiping the sweat from his brow.

"So this is where you last came, hm?"

Sage nodded in mute reply and walked forward slowly, Imric followed close behind. He didn't know whether to believe this girl or not, could Steffanie really have formed some kind of link with her?

"I suppose it's possible...,? he muttered to himself, unaware that Sage had heard him.

"So you don't believe me either?" she said, stopping. Imric looked up and frowned,

"There are a lot of things I don't understand..."

Sage sighed and nodded, she knew all of these things must have been a shock to Imric, especially since his sister was in danger.

[I]Imric? Can you hear me?[/I]

"What?!" Imric jumped and whirled around but sage just chuckled,

"Is Jean talking to you?"

Imric looked stunned and was still staring around the forest when the voice in his head started again.

[I]You must wait for us.[/I]

The boy gulped and spoke out loud, "But what about Steff...?"

Sage shook her head, "Use your mind, Imric."

"Use my what? Damn...I really don't get any of this."[/COLOR]

[B]OOC Imric's sleepy, leave him alone :p[/B]

[Shwa]

Everyone scatterd a bit in the forest, but it wasn't wise for them to go seperate ways without no one to go with. Since Imric went with Sage then Danny came along with Jim, Soulin was with Jean as they loked in the forest for the girl.

"Where could she have gone to?" Jim asked Danny, but he didn't get a responce, he was stil a little shakn of what Stefanie had said to him.

[I] ?Just stop, okay?[/I] Stefanie said with such anger.

"What did I do to make her made?" Danny though as he looked out into the distance but only saw some darkness.

"I dont know.....but I'm still a little ticked that she had to go out by herself. She know's that the grounds are not safe now and she went out anyways" Jim stated as he leaned against a tree to get some rest for a moment and catch his breath, he wasn't any better before they started to search the forest. "She could be hurt or even captured by those things...even.."

"STOP IT....YOU DONT KNOW THAT!!!" Danny roared with anger as he heard Jim mention the kinds of things that could have happened to her. AS soon as he said that Jim was socked, Danny started to walk away to a different area, Jim quicky cought up to him.

"We have to stay together here.." Jim was cut off when Danny punched Jim on his chest wound hard. The pain rushed throught Jim like fire and he fell to his knees and was gasping for air and grunting a lot. He looked up at Danny who just turned around and walked away somewhere in the darkness of the forest. "Dammit...this isn't good at all" Jim wispered to himself, he slowly got up and followed Danny to make sure he wont be in danger.

[Heero Darkangel]

Soulin looked around, Jean walked not far from him

'Where could she be?' questioned Soulin as they stopped

'I don't know,' said Jean, 'I can't pick up on the telepathic link between them,'

Jean could feel Soulins anger as he got restless,

'But your telepathy is strong...can't you do anything?' growled Soulin as he crossed his arms

'No apparently Steffanie's telepathy is stronger than mine,' she said looking at the fustrated teen

Soulin raised an eyebrow and carried on his way even more fustrated at what was going on and his patients was growing thin very fast

at that moment a scream echoed throughtout the woods and Jean and Soulin took off in the direction it came from, as they went along Soulin uprooted every tree around them creating a clear path

[Skye]

[color=orange][size=1][font=veranda]Steffanie slowly opened her eyes. The darkness was hard to adjust to ? but two glowing orbs caught her eye.

The orbs were fixed on her, and a purring sound came to her ears. ?[b]Well, daughter, it seems I have found you.[/b]? Steffanie attempted to sit up, but Pyro held her to the ground. There was a way his posture told her that he wasn?t happy.

?[b]Daughter? My parents are dead.[/b]? A small bubble-like laugh. ?[b]Oh, yes, your father is dead. But I?m not.[/b]? The woman moved into Steffanie?s sight. Steffanie gasped ?

?[b]You![/b]?

The woman chuckled. ?[b]Yes, me. Have you seen what I have become because of you?[/b]? She turned, and Steffanie could see her features clearly ? her profile, so much like a cats; as was the grace she moved with; as were her teeth, her eyes, everything.

Steffanie was afraid, suddenly. ?[b]No? No![/b]? She struggled to get up, and she and Pyro wrestled. She screamed in pain as her cracked shoulder blade thumped against the ground. Pyro?s brown eyes flashed with regret, then steeled against her.

[I]Sage! Oh, Sage! Imric, Danny, Sage![/I]

Her mother whirled, and snarled, ?[b]Don?t you dare! I will kill them to![/b]? Furious tears flooded Steffanie?s eyes. ?[b]You will never![/b]?[/color][/font][/size]

[Muad'Dib]

[COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]Danny ran for who knows how long, until he was sure Jim couldn't find him. He slumped down next to a tree and hugged his kness to his chest. He cried silently, letting everything flow out. Losing Steffanie wasn't just losing a friend... she meant than that to him.

After his eyes seemed to run out of tears, he looked up. Nothing had changed in his view. The same forest, with darkness just beyond his vision. It was ratehr serene, with the small sounds of animals all around him. He closed his eyes for a moment, listening.

Something echoed, but not in the trees. He opened his eyes and blinked. It was familiar, but hard to recognize, like distant voices. His first thought was Steffanie. But what direction had it come from?

'[i]Steff...?[/i]' He called as far as he could. There was no answer, even if she did pick it up. Something told him she did hear it though... like a ping on sonar, he could sense that someone had picked up the message. Someone very familiar and close.

Without hesitatiing, he called out to Jim, wherever he was. "Jim! I... I think I found her!" He gulped hard and prayed he was right.[/COLOR]

[Heero Darkangel]

Soulin and Jean ran as fast as they could, stopping in a clearing to find, Danny and Jim emerge from the other side aswell as Imric and Sage. In the middle was where they saw two orbs and Pyro holding down Steffanie, suddenly as they stood there shadows emerged from the shrubs

'Steffanie!,' exclaimed Danny as he ran towards Pyro, at that moment he was thrown back by clones that that stormed out of the woods

'Dammit!!,' Danny roared, 'THATS IT I"VE HAD ENOUGH!!,'

Soulin and jean ran in to help Danny and Jim, Pyro had knocked out Steffanie and she lay unconcious in the middle. The clones had long sharp claws as they ran towards them, Rogue, Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Beast and Banshee had joined them

'So this is where the party is,' smiled Wolverine as his claws tore out from his knackles and he ran at one of the Clones, Pyro then caused a fire ring around Steffanie so the noone could get to her

'Soulin!! we need you to stop the fire ring! we need you to put it out!!,' exclaimed Imric as he ran over to him, but Soulin just looked at it, Imric grabbed Soulin by the shoulders and shook him

'I can't...I can't control my abilities properly...I could kill her,' said Soulin pulling away from Imric

'Please Heero...we can't get through that fire...we need to get her out of here fast!,' begged Imric

'Ok...but you all need to get the hell out of here...as soon as you have get the hell out of here and don't wait up, fire is one of the hardest abilities to control for me...that and obsorbing...if you are still around if I suddenly loose control...I wont beable to stop it...so you need to be gone,' spoke Soulin seriously looking at Imric

'Thank you Soulin,' said Imric sincerely,

'It's alright,' smiled Soulin as he then focussed on the fire trying to keep his other abilities supressed, his heart raced and Pyro looked at Soulin

'NO!,' screamed Pyro as he began throwing Fireballs towards Soulin who stopped them in midair and turned them to Ice while still focussed on the flames, his breathing began to get heavy, suddenly the fire ring turned to Ice but in the process he was fightning against Pyro who was trying to start the ring back up

Imric had quickly ran around to everyone and told them what was going on, and they were ready

'IMRIC NOW!,' roared Soulin as the Ice smashed

'NOOO!,' roared Pyro as he tried to create another fire ring but soulin used his telekensis and Ice to kepp Pyro from doing so

'IMRIC!! HURRY...I'M LOSING IT!!!,' roared Soulin as the ground around Soulin turned to Fire and Ice and began to unroot themsleves as his heart raced and Pyro became inraged

[Ezekiel]

[SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=DarkSlateGray]Imric had given the signal for everyone to run, and they were doing their best to get the hell out of there.
Just as Imric was about to use his warp, a thought occurred to him. He turned to see Soulin struggling and knew that he had to do something.

"No more running..." he whispered, slipping into warp and appearing next to Soulin.

"What the hell are you doing?" Soulin growled as he tried to hold out against Pyro.
"Get out of here!"

Imric shook his head and smiled, "You concentrate on the flames to your right, I'll handle these."

Imric focussed on the flames that Pyro had just launched, he readied himself and then ran as fast as he had ever done before, circling the flames.
Two things that he had planned worked perfectly,
1: Sand and dust was blow into the flames, causing them to die out and
2: the flames became more concentrated, meaning that they would burn out faster.

After the huge pillar of flames had died out Imric stopped and panted, he looked at Soulin who also had the situation under control.

"I told you I knew what I was doing..."

Soulin nodded sternly and blasted the frozen fireballs back at Pyro, making him (if possible) even angrier than he had been before.

Imric took his place next to Soulin as the two fighters readied themselves for the worst.
'Don't worry, Danny,' Imric thought, 'I'll get Steffanie back...'[/COLOR]

[B]OOC I'm leaving it there because I don't know if Steff actually wants us to rescue her just yet.
Ya see, with Imric?s powers I could easily do it...*head expands* :p[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]

[Skye]

[color=orange][size=1][font=veranda]OOC: LOL I know.

IC: Steffanie moaned on the ground, unconscious. Pyro looked over, a look of rage on his face. He suddenly whirled, grabbed Steffanie, and darted away. Imric was in front of him in a minute. Unfortunatley for him, so was Steffanie?s mother. She took the girl, and, faster than Imric, was gone.

Pyro took Imric?s stunned silence and vamoosed.

Steffanie felt herself in liquid silence. She felt like she was in a bubble. She slowly opened her eyes ? she was in a bubble. It was an odd mechanism, too.

It was perfectly round, and as tall as Steffanie. It was filled with a blue gel, and the gel was cool and relaxing on Steffanie?s skin. She could see the rest of the room, with a blue tint.

Pyro rested on a bench not far from her. He lay still, his even breathing giving the fact away that he was asleep. His tousled brown hair fell over his eyes, and his lips parted slightly as he slept. Steffanie shifted her gaze from him, and saw the rest of the room. Pyro and she were the only occupants. For now, at least.[/color][/font][/size]