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Post by bobby on Dec 16, 2010 13:58:58 GMT -5
The snow had just started coming down, but that didn't affect Bobby at all. It was cold outside, but to him it was an average day for a t-shirt and blue jeans. What bothered him though was the fact that he couldn't find anybody around.
Sure the usual people were there, but he couldn't find Tim, David or even Ian. It was as if the three of them just disappeared off the map. He heard that Tim and David saw something on the news and just took off, and Anya had told him that Ian decided to stay outside for a bit when her and Alex came back.
Which was fine with him, it didn't bother him until now. Tim and David have been gone for over a month, and Ian had been gone for a full day. Something in his gut told him that things weren't right. Especially now that Xavier was in the infirmary with God knows how many injuries. Cain had attacked, leaving the professor injured and taking what looked like a young girl with him. Things were getting bad, and he couldn't help but worry that it was just the beginning.
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Post by Alexandra Kavi on Dec 16, 2010 14:24:12 GMT -5
Alex had a light jacket on why did it have to be so nice the day before and then snow the next day, but that didn’t stop Alex from wanting to go outside she may of hated the snow but it was better then being inside where everyone was worried aobut Xavier.
Alex was worried but…she didn’t want to amit to anyone she was far more worried about Tim, he’d been gone for what seemed like forever and she hadn’t seen Ian after they went out yesterday. Maybe he had slipped off somewhere but she didn’t think he wouldn’t come back, and Tim she hoped that he’d come back she wanted to have Christmas with him.
Alex looked up at the sky and tried to catch a snow flack in her mouth but after awile of doing this, it wasn’t fun anymore she was to worried about what was going on, Alex tried to spin around and makes fun for her self but it was no use without knowing where her friends where she chouldn’t be as happy as she wanted.
A horrible taught came to him mind right then…what if they left her what if they didn’t care, what if she just bugged them and they just portended to be her friend and this lockdown drove them away.
Alex look at the school and around the field trying to convince her self that it couldn’t be true. her eyes caught sight of somebody else out side she didn’t care who it wasn’t anyone she wanted to see she only wanted to see Tim or Ian.
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Post by bobby on Dec 16, 2010 14:31:46 GMT -5
Bobby sighed as he walked around, giving up really searching for anybody. He hadn't even seen Rogue in a long time, which made things more troubled for him. It was as if the lockdown was causing everyone to find some way to escape, but could that've really been the case? He walked to a nearby tree and leaned back against, it, staring at the snow as he did. He held his hand out and used his power to make what looked like and ice sculpture.
At first he wasn't sure what to make of the sculpture, but finally decided to make a little reminder of what use to be. He used both hands then, letting the ice rise up and mold around itself until a decent picture of the X-Men could be made out. He even made an ice replica of Xavier sitting in front, completing the sculpture. He smiled at his work, but slowly began to worry about whether or not everything would be the same again. He sighed and pushed off the tree, not even noticing that Alex was outside with him. He put his hands into his pockets and kept walking in a certain direction.
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Post by Rose North on Dec 16, 2010 14:49:43 GMT -5
It had been hours since Ian was taken by that strange man with white hair. And the more time that passed, the worse Lily started to feel. Her head hurt, far worse then any migraine she'd ever had. It felt like her head was being split open. The strangest thing though, the worse it hurt, the more 'random' information she remembered. Like a school... One of the first things she'd remembered was the location of a school, and for some reason she felt a strange urgency to get there... So, feeling stupid and in a lot of pain, Lily paid the first Cab driver she found to take her there, dropping her off a few blocks away. She didn't want to pull up in front of it.
The walk wasn't bad, and it was obviously a nice neighborhood, but the closer she got, the more her head pounded. It wasn't just information she didn't recall previously that she was remembering now. Other things, voices, faces, quick snippets of memories were coming now. None of it made any sense though! Lily braced herself against the wall of the school that blocked the grounds from the rest of the world, taking deep breaths. Her skin was pale, almost white, her breaths shallow as she stared up at the clouded sky. It was snowing...
The world started spinning like a top, before finally Lily collapsed on the sidewalk, only a few feet from the gate.
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Post by bobby on Dec 16, 2010 15:02:50 GMT -5
Bobby was passing by the gate when something caught his eye. It looked like a young wandering and stumbling as if she had a bit too much to drink. His curiosity got the better of him as he walked up towards the gate to get a look at her. He reached the gate as soon as the collapsed onto the sidewalk. He immediately broke into a run and opened the gate, heading over and kneeling next to her, lifting her head up slowly.
"Hey, you ok? Wake up."
His words didn't do anything, but something told him to get her inside and to safety. So against his better judgment, he picked her up and carried her inside, heading to the infirmary as he did. Nobody was in the hospital wing at this time, but Xavier still rested peacefully on his bed. He laid the on the bed next to Xavier, looking to his teacher with a worried smile.
"You got some company professor. I'll see if I can find somebody who can help."
He then turned and left the two alone, looking for Hazel or Jean. What he didn't know, was Xavier could feel a strong mind, and even though he wasn't awake, his mind was still active.
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Post by Alexandra Kavi on Dec 16, 2010 15:03:23 GMT -5
Alex looked up at the sky, the snow falling on to her face, her face was bright red form the cold, and wet to but it wasn’t only the snow she was crying, small tears rolling down her cheeks, so was even somewhat thankful for the snow because it was hiding her tears and just making it look like melted snow.
she was all alone now how could she be so stupid to get so close to someone didn’t she know that if she lost them then it hurt afterwards. She just wanted to know why they left her, the school was hell with out them hear, it wasn’t her home with out them anymore. Yea she was at the school before she met the two, she put up with the classes and stuff but she really didn’t love the place she said the Xmen where her family but it wasn’t that way, she just put up with school and run off and do her own thing for the longest time until she got what she thought was a real friend and family, it wasn’t much but to her those two boys met the world to her but it looks like she didn’t mean anything to them.
Alex started walking her face facing the ground she drew her hood up, she didn’t see where she was going she was just going to walk and walk if the school wasn’t on lock down she’d walk in the city and keep going until her feet hurt or she have to turn back, when she first showed up at the school she’d walk like that for hours getting lost finding some new place but now she was locked in the school she couldn’t walk for miles, but she could still walk around the school and that have to be close enough for now.
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Post by xavier on Dec 16, 2010 15:36:14 GMT -5
Xavier was laying peacefully on the bed, the heart monitor continuing it's constant beeping, even as Bobby brought the in. As soon as he set her onto the bed, it was as if Xavier's mind became active enough to form a link to the . He entered her mind, though making sure to make her seem like she was dreaming. He chose a memory of a place she was in (I'll let you make that one up) that made her feel the most at home.
He waited until the right moment in her "dream" to make his appearance, casually walking up to her in a brown two piece suit and a small wide brimmed hat. He continued to walk up to her, stopping a few feet so he was sure they would see each other. He kept a safe distance so she wouldn't be frightened, knowing that too much would cause her mind to melt down and destroy the link between them.
"Hello, Lillian." he said, giving her a gentle smile, "Please, don't be afraid. My name is Charles Xavier, and I'm here to help you, but I'll need you to trust me."
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Post by Rose North on Dec 16, 2010 16:04:14 GMT -5
Lily didn't know what happened after she passed out, just that her headache got ten times worse, to a point where she wanted to scream from the pain. And then... She was dreaming? It was a steel room, a huge steel room, that must have been used for training of some sort. And Lily lay curled up on the floor, her hands clamped on each side of her head. She could still feel the pain, like something had broken free and was running rampart.
She heard a voice.... One that she recognized from the voices before. Forcing her eyes open, she squinted at him, gritting her teeth through the pain. "Help me..?" Who was this familiar man? It was like she knew him... But couldn't remember why. Why did he want to help her? Or.... how could he even help her? The pain sky rocketed, Lily letting out a whimper as she curled up even tighter on the floor, holding back another cry of pain. "What's happening to me..?"
Suddenly, she remembered him. Professor Charles Xavier. He was the headmaster of the school, the school that she'd been compelled to go to but collapsed right outside...
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Post by xavier on Dec 17, 2010 0:13:41 GMT -5
"Yes, I'm here to help you. I'm a friend."
He continued his kind smile, feeling the pain in her mind that she felt from whatever was going on. The more he felt it, the more he could sense another presence inside of her. It was rare for one body to have two consciences and survive, let alone remain sane. He focused on her mind, dulling the pain away so she would be able to focus and listen to him.
"You won't feel the pain anymore, but I must suggest you listen. You are changing, remembering something that Lily didn't even know before the ."
He looked towards the side of the room, and two chairs came towards them. One went behind Lily and the other behind him. He sat down in his chair, and as he did his form began to change. Instead of a brown suit and hat, it was a black suit with his bald features showing. The chair itself changed into a mobile wheelchair with X on both the wheels.
"Sit down, child, there is much we need to discuss, and I'm afraid there isn't much time to discuss it. Will you listen?"
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Post by Rose North on Dec 17, 2010 0:39:05 GMT -5
It wasn't that two different beings resided in the body, it was more like one soul, but it had been tricked into believing it was the original owner, burying her real self deep within her. And now that part of her was waking up, which was causing the 'tricked' part of her mind to come crashing down. What was interesting though... Was Xavier not recognizing the soul in the body... Perhaps he couldn't see the buried self yet, and only the surface, which would explain why he thought two souls were in the body.
When the pain dulled, Lily lay on the ground, gasping. To say she was relieved was an understatement. She was completely thrilled that they pain was gone. Slowly, she sat up, rolling to her feet to sit in the chair he'd created. He was changing, to a more familiar age, why it was familiar... She couldn't tell you. "Why did I come here? I've never even heard about this place, but I knew where it was, and that you were the only one that could help... Why?" She stared down.
"Why isn't there much time? What's happening?" Her eyes widened a bit, lifting back to stare at him in confusion. She had no idea what any of this was! Finally though... she nodded. "I'll listen..."
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Post by xavier on Dec 17, 2010 0:55:24 GMT -5
"My dear the reason you remember is not because of you, but because of Rose. Rose felt this place was her home, her sanctuary. She knew I could help, because I've helped her be in control of her powers. You're remembering what she remembered, though why I'm not sure."
The more he talked about Rose, the more he felt her. It was as if bringing her up by name also brought her up in memory to. He stared at Lily, continuing his kind smile as he did. He turned and looked at a wall nearby them, the wall began to shift and change, showing a landscape that only Rose would know. The landscape shifted and changed, as did the people inside of it.
"What you're seeing are the memories of Rose I could gather at this point. The reason you remember all this when you have never met the woman is because it seems that, the day she died, a part of her was transferred into you, perhaps all of her. Though being a telepath, I'm unclear as to how or why this happened, and before you ask, why it was you."
When she asked what was happening, his smile changed to a look of sadness. The wall shifted into the normal wall, and in it's place stood two figures: Ian Snyder and Cain Milena. Another form was behind the two, standing between them, yet shadowed.
"The man with the silver hair is Cain. I'm sure you've met Ian already. Ian has been a target for Cain ever since Ian destroyed. Cain has attacked this mansion more then once, recently taking a young and leaving me...well...you'll see when you awaken, and he's attacked the brotherhood as well. His recent target now has been focused on Ian alone, but not for his own pleasure."
The form behind them began to gain color, as if coming out of the shadow. This form was that of a woman, looking remarkably like Rose, though older.
"When Rose died, a bounty was placed on Ian's head by Sky Nightshade. Cain has been hunting Ian who Sky blamed for Rose's , and now she has him."
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Post by Rose North on Dec 17, 2010 1:14:44 GMT -5
It was that girl's name again... Rose. Why did people keep bringing her up? She had only come here because of her? But how was that possible? Ian said he thought she was Rose, but how could she be someone and not know it? "You're the second person today to mention her..." Whoever the girl was... She must have been important, or that's how they made it sound.
Seeing the landscape, Lily's eyes widened a little. She recognized it. Again, she couldn't explain why. It was just... familiar. As he explained, for some reason she felt she should believe him, because the day Rose died... So had Lily! "Yeah... He told me that... That same day I was hit by a car. They said I was dead for six minutes..." Was that what happened? Was that why she'd come back? Or... Had it really been her? She was so confused now, not knowing what to think. Was she Rose? Or were small parts of her there? It made no sense!
She watched the wall changed again, recognizing both men instantly. As he explained, she just listened, waiting until he finished. "The man with white hair... He's the one who took Ian outside my dorm. He came right out of the ground..." Then... that last person came into focus and her eyes widened even more. Before he even spoke again, something had slipped through her lips. "Sky..." She knew the woman. The longer she gazed at Sky's image, the more came to her. It was as if the dame had broken and everything was completely drowning her. Lily didn't feel the pain like she had before, but that didn't mean she wasn't affected by it all. It felt like she was suffocating, her breath locking in her chest and refusing to release as everything came at her at once.
In the real world, Lily's heart monitor had started to go off the charts, her throat closing off, cutting off all oxygen and sending Hazel racing back into the room. And in the dream world, Lily seemed to be fading...
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Post by xavier on Dec 17, 2010 10:25:38 GMT -5
"And it's true, though I'm not sure how both you and Rose could be in the same body."
He could tell by the way she was reacting that the things Rose was remembering was overpowering her. He rolled the wheelchair forward and placed his hands on the side of her head, closing his eyes for a moment to explore further. He could see the wall of memories flooding through, and he once again used his powers to ease the flow of memories through. She wasn't remembering things all at once now, just one at a time in a steady flow.
"There, that should help you breath more easily."
Once again he smiled at her, rolling back to where he was. Though outside his body was still weak, the monitor for his brain could tell that something was going on. Inside the room seemed to shift and change into another kind of room. This room had a window that looked out over the school grounds. On the bed sat a with long dark hair, looking like a younger version of Sky. It was Rose, and this was her room.
"Lily, I believe it's time you got acquainted with your new self. I will stay with you through this." He looked over to Rose, "Rose, I'm sure you can take it from here."
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Post by Rose North on Dec 17, 2010 14:07:51 GMT -5
“Not both…!” Lily’s eyes were wide as if she were finally realizing what was happening… Even though the Professor hadn’t quite figured it out yet. She remembered what happened that night… To both her and Rose. Rose had killed herself… So she wouldn’t hurt anymore of her friends. But when she was slipping, it had felt like someone had pulled her back down to Earth, wrapping her in a blanket to keep her safe. She heard everything. The woman who had saved her was named Pitsha. She’d told Rose that it was a pity to die so young, so she was giving Rose a second chance.
And Lily? Lily was dead..! She’d died only a minute before Pitsha found the body.. Pitsha had warned Rose that the memories of the former soul might overpower her, make her believe she was Lily… And that was exactly what happened.
In the dream world, Lily was still fading, and in reality Hazel had managed to return her heartbeats to a normal pace. Why Lily was fading… It wasn’t hard to figure out. Lily was only a tricked part of Rose. And when Rose remembered everything, Lily would cease to exist… The one who spoke next wasn’t Lily, but Rose. “Professor Xavier…” What she sad next might not be what he was expecting though. “What am I doing back at the school?” For some reason all her memories from Ian being taken to now were completely gone, fading with Lily.
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Post by xavier on Dec 17, 2010 14:19:33 GMT -5
"It's time for you to rest now, Lily. Rose and I will take it from here."
Charles smiled at Lily who continued to fade. Even though she was fading, Xavier could've sworn that she gave him a sad smile before she completely vanished. Rose was now Lily, though it saddened Xavier to see her go. He looked back to Rose as she addressed him, giving a smile to see that she was back.
"Ian will be glad to see you, but we haven't much time. He's in danger and needs your help."
Once again the room began to shift around them, this time changing to the computer room of the X-Mansion. The link with Lily and Xavier had allowed him to make his own "copy" of Lily's memories, though with her fading he only was able to get it from her point of view. As the screen came on, it was as if they were seeing Ian through the computer screen.
"The school is on lockdown, but Ian had decided to take it upon himself to look for you. When he found you, you didn't recognize him at first. Unfortunately, he did." he paused as the screen played out Cain's arrival, his attack on Ian, and her running away. Xavier turned his chair to Rose, worry in his eyes, "I'm afraid both he and a child named Crystal have been kidnapped, and I'm sure you know where they were taken to."
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