Eloi | By : Nemain Category: X-Men - Animated Series (all) > Slash - Male/Male Views: 5007 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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A/N Goddess Foxfeather, Queen of Mad Plotbunnies, BUSIEST WOMAN ALIVE ™, Prophetic Muse, Hamster Witch and Uberbeta… *glomp * Muuuuuuuuuuuch better today… InterNutter, TC, Maxwell Pink, Dracena and Greywolf are loverly and wondermous for archiving/hosting. J ProPhile: Check your mail. Morgan: *bows * Readers/Reviewers: Yes, I know. Lots of loose ends. All part of the whole “continuing in the next story” schtick. ;) Thanks SO much for reading/reviewing as you can! J
Cecilia closed her eyes and held her breath. She was sure it was the end of things when Caliban stood, his face a mask of anger and sadness. Instead, the Morlock had reached out and touched her face, heeding some call she could not hear, before turning and walking slowly through the darkness of the empty store, disappearing silently through the side door through which they had entered. “Paige,” she whispered after a long moment. “Paige…”
The blonde teenager remained silent but her breathing, to Cecilia’s eyes, seemed to quicken.
“Paige, I’ll be right back. I’m going to call 911 and get you back to a hospital, okay?” Cecilia stood and dusted the knees of her nightclothes off. “What am I doing?” she sighed, reluctantly moving towards the door. “I never wanted to get involved like this…”
Jono sat up straight as the car rolled to a halt. Emma did not even wait for the engine to be shut off before she had the door open and her long legs were swinging out of the car. Essex frowned at Jono in the rearview mirror and opened the driver’s side door. “Get out.”
The British youth did not argue. He slid from the backseat and stood on the side of the road, the rich smell of pine trees from the woods around them entirely lost on him. Is this your version of a mob hit then?
Essex made a face as if he tasted something foul. “No, you twit. You are, surprisingly, of little use to us. Your cells are dead. Your blood is dead. Nothing about you is viable. The only thing useful about you is your curiosity factor.” The doctor motioned to Emma, who turned away from Jono and walked several feet down the road. She was leaving them alone, the teenager realized. Giving them privacy.
You must not know much about me then, Jono replied. I’m quite useful to the right people.
“Yes, yes… the energy blasts. Pure, living energy you are. How…handy.” Essex smiled thinly. “This is the end of the journey for you now.”
Jono leaned forward as if sharing a secret with Essex. You shanghai me from town to dump me out here? Is this just an exercise in futility for you or am I supposed to be afraid of early morning upstate New York? God save me from yuppies on vacation!
Essex snorted. “Emma, see to our guest. Put him in with Forge.” He returned his attention to Jono and his smile became more fixed. “I’m getting quite a collection of Institute members these days. When all is said and done, I may well have the whole set.”
Magneto stood inside the shell of his ruined home. The fire had ravaged the private living area, the section he considered his personal sanctuary. He had fond memories of the room he stood in, now blackened by soot and flames. Once, he thought, it had been beautiful. It had bespoke advantages, privileges afforded him by his standing and wealth. Now, he thought, walking slowly through the ash and debris, it bespoke anger and self righteousness. My world is ashes, he thought coldly, shutting off all emotion threatening to bubble to the surface. It’s around me and in me. Ashes of my life… He turned a full circle, watering eyes lighting on the outline of charred mementos and favorite furniture. The Friends of Humanity, he thought, had made a mockery of his life. It had made all he had worked for seem foolish and destroyed the web of influence he had created through his own blood and effort. A tiny ray of hot anger blossomed in his heart, filling him with red rage. “Now this,” he smiled mostly to himself, his expression without humor, “will be painful.”
A/N Next story will pick up where this left off. Send in the Clones, maybe? ;)
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