Hard To Be An X-Men | Chapter 17 B
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WRITER'S NOTES I hope everyone had a good holiday season. Due to personal matters, I have had to take extra time in writing. But this part of my story is by far the longest chapter yet! Due to the recent DVD and VHS releases of X-2. I have got plenty of e-mails with readers wanting movie facts written into my story. Well it wasn't easy, but I did my best. I hope everyone who wanted this enjoys. Anyway have had so much feedback and the readers make me so proud to write this story. It's fun! Well enjoy ;)
As Logan and Seth slept, Drake was busy outside studying Sabertooth's unconsignce body. There was something that was assisting Magneto and his men to travel very quickly. All Drake had to do was find it. After shifting through Sabertooth's pocket's, Drake came across a odd looking watch that was on his wrist. It was a high silver color with what looked like two clasps to stay on the wrist. It looked as if it was painted on. The device gave off a low bluish light. Drake looked for a way to get it off and then noticed the three small buttons on the left of the device. The first button was pressed by Drake and the watch seemed to melt off of Sabertooth's wrist and fall right into Drake's hand. Drake placed the object around his wrist and as if by already knowing, the device closed and locked around his wrist. Drake played with the second button. Small text came upon the screen, with each push of the button a new location showed on the screen. Drake flipped through the locations until the option "Base" appeared on the screen. Drake pressed the final button and instantly he was gone.
A couple of hours later the Jet landed in a field a few blocks away from Seth's house. Jean, Storm and Scott exited the jet and began looking for any signs of danger. As they came closer, Storm noticed the large holes in the side of the house as Jean and Scott noticed Sabertooth's body.
"What do you think happened?" Storm asked.
"Looks like another attack on Seth" Jean answered.
"You guys take care of him while I check on Seth" Scott said as Jean gave him a piercing look.
Scott walked into the house. He could tell a massive struggle went on here. There was broken items scattered all over the room. Scott made his way to Seth's room. A cold look overcame his face when he saw Logan and Seth in the same bed. Scott had no idea that Logan had even left the Mansion, let alone be at Seth's house. Logan had his arm around Seth in a protecting manner, as the two quietly slept. Scott took a seat in a nearby chair as he temper grew stronger. A few minutes later, Logan's eyes open and he saw Scott.
"Hey" Logan grumbled as he slowly sat up.
"What are you doing here?" Scott asked, jealousy hinting in his voice.
I needed to see the kid" Logan said as he made his way to the bathroom to splash some water on his face.
"Yea. Anyway, what happened here tonight?" Scott asked still sounding like an asshole.
"Magneto attacked. Sabertooth had Seth an inch away from death tonight. I wasn't doing so good against Magneto myself" Logan said as he walked back into the room.
"Are you okay?" Scott asked.
"I'm peachy. It's tha kid who needs help" Logan said sitting down on the bed.
"What's happened to Seth?" Jean asked as she walked into the room, Storm not far behind her.
"Something happened while he was fighting with Sabertooth. He's got a twin running around here" Logan said.
"Twin? I don't understand" Jean said as she examined Seth.
"I'll explain on the way. Let's just get back home" Logan said as he threw back the covers and picked up Seth.
When everyone was aboard, Scott and Storm started the flight sequence. Sabertooth was still out cold but this time he was restrained. Seth was still sleeping upon Logan's shoulder as the jet made it's way back to New York. Logan told of how he found Seth's house and how Drake raised holy hell on Sabertooth and Magneto. Everyone listened closely to Logan's story as the jet made it's way closer home.
"So Seth just divided into another person?" Jean asked as she assisted Storm in flying the jet.
"Yea, and the kid looks just like Seth. Except he has full black hair, and one hell of an attitude" Logan said as he cracked his knuckles.
"Great, another problem with this kid" Scott said as he looked over at Seth's sleeping body.
"Don't start" Logan said with a cocked eyebrow.
"I wonder if the Professor can track this double of Seth's" Jean said aloud.
"The guy just disappeared from the room" replied Logan as he shot a look at Scott.
Jean started punching in security codes to open the jet hanger as Storm started to descend. Once inside, Jean lifted Sabertooth up and with the help of Scott and Storm carried him for retainment. Logan carried Seth to his room and laid him in bed. After covering Seth up, Logan walked over to the window to look out at the full moon. Memories flooded Logan's head of the night Seth has ran away deep into the woods. With nothing but a pair of sweats and tee, Seth had made his way deep into the cold and harsh forest. Logan could remember how he felt to have Seth in his arms, how it felt to protect him and keep him close to him. Why did things have to be so complicated now? Logan asked himself. Everything that had happened with Seth and Scott had just really took Logan's simple life and threw it into a spin. If only Seth knew the entire story, maybe things wouldn't be so hard and Seth and Jean would understand. Just then, there was a knock on the door. Logan got up to answer. It was Scott.
"Hey" Scott whispered as he walked into the room.
"Hey" Logan replied as he went back over to the window.
"How's the kid doing" Scott asked as he walked over to Seth's bedside.
"Do ya really care bub?" Logan asked in a spiteful tone.
"I'm not as heartless as everyone makes me out to be" Scott replied as he took a seat.
"I used to believe that at one time" Logan said.
Hundreds of miles away in an old army base stood Drake. For the last couple of hours Drake had been checking the grounds. Seeing how many guards Magneto had, where the students where being kept. Finally, after much research Drake was ready to make his move. Drake walked up to the large hanger doors of the building and placed both of his hands high in the air. Drake took a deep breath and focused on the door. Huge flames grew around Drake's hands until they couldn't get any bigger. The flames raced out to meet the doors. Instantly the hanger doors exploded being thrown back several hundred feet. Magneto's henchmen were shocked at this attack. The students who were caged yelled out in fear as the smoke settled.
"Howdy boys" Drake said in a mocking tone as he walked into the base.
Immediately two of the guards charged at Drake. One of them turning into a tiger as he ran, the other blasted away in a small beam of light. Drake threw out his hand and the tiger was slung straight into the wall leaving an impression. The other guard reappeared behind Drake and was about to strike when Drake caught his hand without turning around. Drake's eyes turned black as the guard's hand turned flame red from Drake's touch. The guard dropped to the floor howling in pain. Drake turned around and kicked the guard right in the face nearly sending him flying across the floor.
"I never said I was gonna play nice" Drake laughed out as he walked up to the large cage holding all of the students.
Drake threw back his left arm and the entire steel door flew off the cage. The students started running out of the small opening. Drake looked around the large hanger expecting more trouble any minute. As the students gathered around Drake one of them screamed out. Drake jerked around to see a young girl soaring into the air. The girl was clawing at her neck trying to get free. Drake looked harder to see the girl wearing a large necklace with several charms. Some of the students pointed up to a catwalk. Mystique, Magneto and Lady Deathstrike stood with dark smiles on their faces as Magneto brought the girl higher to his grasp.
"You look awfully familiar, but I don't think I know you" Magneto said with a laugh.
"I'm Drake, and I shall be your pain in the ass this evening" Drake said as he sent flames hurling towards the bottom of the catwalk.
Magneto lost control and the young girl started to drop towards the ground. Drake shimmered underneath the girl catching her instantly. Once she was safe, Drake ripped the necklace off tossing it to the floor.
"If any of you fucks have metal on you better take it off, or we're gonna be here for awhile" said Drake in a fierce tone as he looked up at Magneto and the others.
With excellent grace, Mystique drove off the catwalk landing right on top of Drake. Immediately the two went down to the floor. Mystique started punching and clawing, as Drake wrapped his arms around her blue body. Drake clocked Mystique in the forehead as he connected the watch around her wrist. With a few clicks of a button, Mystique vanished into thin air. Drake got off the floor and dusted off his leather trench.
"Oh look, I'm blue and I can do backflips" Drake said with a smirk.
"I don't believe you know who your messing with boy" Magneto said anger mixing with his voice.
"Anyway" Drake said as he shimmered away.
Drake reappeared on the catwalk. This time Drake moved faster then ever. First, he managed to grab both of the telaport watches from Deathstrike and Magneto. Drake dropped to the ground and placing both of his hands on Magneto and Lady Deathstrike sent them flying back into another room. Drake jumped up to the entrance of the door and pulled it shut. Flames chased from Drake's hand to the door latch. Within a few minutes the entire door was melted shut. Drake jumped off the catwalk landing right in front of the students. With a final movement of the hand, Drake wiped all the sweat from his face.
"Okay we have got to get outta here" Drake said as he devised a plan.
"Did you bring a plane?" asked a little girl.
"No. But I have something better" Drake replied as he grabbed one of the girl's hands.
Drake pulled one of the telaport watches from his pocket and placed it around the young girl's wrist. With the push of a button the girl was gone. Some of the students gasped as they saw this. Drake put another watch on a young boy and pushed the button. Instantly the boy vanished. Drake grabbed two students hands and shimmered away to the mansion. The students and Drake reappeared in the lobby. Storm and Jean came rushing down the staircase to meet the children. The two women eyed Drake as he winked and disappeared again. A few moments later Drake returned with even more students. Leaving them with Storm and Jean, he shimmered off again. Drake shimmered into the hanger. Only a few more students were left. The remaining students grabbed Drake's hands and were ready to go when the melted door flew off it's hinges falling towards Drake and the others. Quickly, Drake closed his eyes and they shimmered away near inches away from the impact of the falling door. They finally appeared in the lobby out from harm's way. By now, other X-Men had gathered around checking the students for any signs of harm. Drake walked over to a bare spot in the lobby and looked around at everyone. The students and the other X-Men looked back. No one knew who Drake was or why he helped save all of the students. Drake could feel the shift of emotion towards him. Some of it was fear, some of it was gratitude. Some of it was anger. Drake couldn't place all of these emotions, they were overpowering him. This was something Drake wasn't used to. All of a sudden Drake fell out into the floor. Rooms away, while Scott and Logan attempted to talk. Seth sprang forward waking instantly.
"Kid you okay?" Logan asked walking over to Seth's side.
"Relax Seth" Scott said not moving from his chair.
"Something's not right" Seth said he got up and ran from the room.
Logan and Scott followed as Seth ran down the hall. As Seth grew closer, he could hear the mixed voices growing louder. Jean checked Drake's pulse, there was nothing. Seth came running down the stairs stopping at Drake's body. A wave of voices moved across the room as people saw Seth and Drake. Seth gasped when he saw Drake. Logan and Scott walked up behind Seth, Logan placing his hand on Seth's shoulder.
"Drake" Seth said in a voice so low that only Logan's keen hearing could pick up.
"You know who this is?" Logan asked.
"How can that be? You said he didn't know this person" Storm said to Logan.
"I know exactly who he is" Seth replied in a cold voice that sent shivers down everyone's spine.
No one was expecting what happened next. With the rise of a hand, Drake was sent hurling through the staircase. Seth ran up the stairs to continue his fight with Drake. But little did Seth know, Drake had reawaken. As soon as Seth touched the top step, Drake sent massive amounts of fire knocking Seth right back down. Storm and the other X-Men rushed to get the students away from harm as Seth sent even more flames back at Drake. Logan ran up and grabbed Seth from behind to stop any further attacks. Jean projected a energy wall to block out any further flames as Logan fought to restrain Seth.
"He's dangerous! He hurt those people, he killed two of them!" Seth screamed out as tears started to run down his face.
Everyone looked up at Drake. Was Drake a killer? Could he be much darker then he said he was? No one knew the answer. Before anyone could confront Drake he had already shimmered away. An hour passed and everyone had seemed to had made their way to the Professor's office yet again. Countless hours of discussion and debate had gone on in this very room, and now another discussion would take place. Seth sat on the couch farthest from the Professor's desk. Logan joined him, Seth knew this was Logan's way of showing that he cared. Even if Logan wasn't one for much affection. Storm, Jean and Scott waited silently for Seth to begin. Although, Seth didn't want to divulge any details of what had happened so many years ago. This was something private, something he didn't want to share. He took a deep breath and gathered his thoughts. Weather Seth liked it or not, they needed to know.
"A few years ago something awful happened to me" Seth began then stopping to clear his throat.
"Go on Seth. You can do it" Jean said in an encouraging voice.
"I was attacked. For being a mutant and other things. When I passed out, I guess Drake had enough energy to project himself out of me. He attacked everyone, he did some horible things. Five people had to be sent to the hospital, two of them died" Seth said as he wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve.
"Oh god" Storm said as she tightened her fists.
"But they deserved it kid" Logan said in a low voice.
"That's not the point! It's hard enough to control my power without another part of me running off and hurting people. I'm not a killer" Seth said as he placed his head in his palms.
Logan sighed as he thought of what Seth had just said. He wasn't a killer, Seth was so young, so vital to the world. He was only eighteen years old, and to have the power to take a human life. Logan was starting to realize, Seth had a right to be emotional. Logan rubbed Seth on the back but Seth didn't move. It was like he was frozen, head still in his hands.
"It's alright Logan. I simply stopped Seth so we can speak" said Professor Xaiver.
"Professor, how is it possible for Drake to appear?" Jean asked.
"The only answer I can receive is that Seth is powerful enough that another personality has taken life" replied the Professor.