X Men Evolution: Chapter 7

Chapter Seven: Multiple Targets

Jean stood in the danger room with her back against the wall; the guns had finally stopped firing at her but somehow that didn't quell her panic, because whatever was coming next was going to be far worse…


~ o o O o o ~

"This is dumb," Scott moaned as Kitty and Kurt guided him along the corridor, following the Jamies, "The kid's probably just messing around, alleviating the boredom."

Kurt shook his head and let go of Scott's wrist, "I'm telling you, he looked evil man!" He peered around the corner and watched as the crowd of Jamies descended the main staircase and made their way towards the group of kids sitting around the TV. Scott stepped forwards, tracing his hands along the wall. Something pushed at his chest, stopping him from going any further,

"What is that?" Scott grabbed the thing at his chest and it moved. It wriggled like a furry snake and suddenly shot out of his grasp, "Ew, Kurt! Was that your tail?!"

"I just didn't want them creepy clones to see you!" Kurt protested, "And I'll have you know it's a splendid tail mein freund!" The fuzzy dude peeked around the corner again but the Jamies had disappeared into the darkness, "Man, if the weather was better and the lights were okay we'd be able to see what they're doing down there!"

Scott's eyebrows pulled together, "What's wrong with the lights?"

"They went out," Kitty grabbed Scott's hand, which felt uncomfortable in his grasp and reminded him of his missing love. Where was she? Kitty pulled Kurt away from the top of the stairs, making sure not to let go of Scott, "Kurt, you go check the rooms, we'll go see who's in the kitchen and see if they know what the Jamies are up to."

"Okay," Kurt bamfed out of sight.

"Kitty," Scott stopped and made the blue-eyed teenager look at him, "We need to find Jean. It shouldn't have taken her this long to find my visor. She could be in trouble, she-"

"-Hey," Kitty placed a reassuring hand on his arm, "We'll find her. I'm sure she's fine. You know Jean, she's probably just being thorough."

~ o o O o o ~

BOOM!

Jean dodged as yet another rocket sped past and careened into the wall behind her. She levitated into the air and shouted over the sounds of lasers and explosions,

"Danger room off! Shut down!"

Nothing.

Suddenly a light, tinkling laugh began to echo around the huge metal room. Frantically Jean hovered higher and moved towards the suspended observation room to try and see if anyone was in there. Someone was. It was Jamie, or at least one of his clones. Since helping to train the youngsters at the mansion Jean had learned that the copies that Jamie made of himself didn't have the same thought patterns as everyone else, they were more erratic, more instinct-based, and if she was being honest, they freaked her out.

"Hey!" Jean floated to the glass room and put her hands against the window, "Hey you!" The clone looked at her with empty eyes, "Let me out of here!" Jean slammed her hands against the glass.

The Jamie-clone just smirked and pushed a button on the console in front of him. A huge suspended metal pendulum swung down from the ceiling and, before she could react, Jean was swatted out of the air like a tiny fly. She soared sideways and smacked against the wall before flopping limply to the ground. Her red hair spilled out beneath her head and her emerald eyes fluttered closed as everything went black…

~ o o O o o ~

Bamf.

Kurt met Kitty and Scott in the kitchen; Scott was sitting with his elbows on the table and his hands firmly pressed against his closed eyes. Kurt looked around the empty kitchen; a couple of chairs were overturned and a box of crackers had exploded all over the floor. The kettle was leaking water down the side of the cupboards and there was a huge hole in one of the walls. It looked like it had been melted.

"Vhat happened in here?" Kurt asked.

Kitty shrugged, "Not sure exactly. But I think Amara was here," she pointed to the still-smoking hole, "What about the rooms? Anyone up there?"

"Nope," Kurt looked out of the kitchen door, his yellow eyes glinting in the dim light momentarily, "And everyone's gone from the TV area too."

Kitty shuddered, "Man, this is so freaky."

"Yeah," Nightcrawler nodded, "I am seriously veirded out."

A flash of lightening briefly lit up the room, making everything look harsh and bleached for a split second. Kurt shrieked and leapt onto Kitty's back like a huge blue frog. Scott stood up quickly and started to lift his hands away from his eyes. Kitty could see the pulsing red energy struggling to break free behind his fingers and she grabbed his arm quickly,

"Whoa there! It was just lightening. Kurt's just being a baby."

The elf jumped down from the safety of Shadowcat's back and crossed his arms tightly across his chest, "I thought we were being attacked!"

Kitty giggled, "Well let's just hope you're never out last line of defence Nightcrawler."

Scott started to march out of the kitchen with his hands balled into fists at his sides. He was finding it harder and harder to keep his eyes closed what with Jean nowhere to be found and he needed to do something productive.

"Vhere are you going?" Kurt asked.

"I'm going to find Jean and the others," Cyclops strode in the direction of the door and walked face-first into the wall, "Ow…" he turned back to his companions, "I may need your help."


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