Battlegroundby Skye Notes: There are several mutant cameos in this story. Most of them are morlocks. With an exception of Lightwave, Cecelia Reyes and Dazzler(sort of) P.S.Lilith was going to help write this but something came up. She didn't tell me what it was though. Oh well, the whole thing was my idea anyway. I didn't use accents because when I use them people get confused.
X-Men © Marvel.
Clarice rolled over and her eyes fluttered open. The air in the tunnel was filled with the smell of gas. Immediately she began coughing violently. She looked up to see a lit match get thrown down in the tunnel. The wall of fire came at her before she had a chance to teleport out. * * * Callisto sat on the curb outside of where the tunnel had been. She stared at the entrance. "Cali," Sarah said softly. "This is the fifth death," she said to herself just as much as she was saying it to them. She sighed. "You know who did it," Maria taunted. "Don`t even suggest-" "All I`m saying is that he`s the only one who knows where we are all the time, because of that Cerebro thing," Maria said cutting Callisto off. "Unless it`s an inside job," Sarah said. Maria glared at her. "No. As much as I hate to admit it Maria is right. It was Xaiver. That`s the only explanation. I know one of you wouldn`t betray me me," Callisto said, sadly. "Of course we wouldn`t," Maria said. "Gather the others. Tell them we start fighting back soon," Callisto told them. * * * Bobby thought that once he joined the X-men that he always be on some kind of mission. Instead he was stuck baby-sitting his little sister, Aurora Dante. "Mommy loves me more than you," Aurora said, out of the blue. "Say what?" "It`s true. Grandmommy said that I was her lovechild." Bobby almost laughed. "That`s not the same thing," he told her. She shrugged. Someone grabbed Bobby`s arm all of a sudden. He turned to see who it was. An old woman stood there. "Could you spare a little change," she asked him. "Sorry. I`m broke," he told her. She moved on. "I hate that," he said. * * * Tabbi threw a bomb at the catlike mutant chasing her. It didn`t even slow her down. Tabbi panicked, and started throwing bombs everywhere. Suddenly somebody threw her to the side. She hit her head on something and was knocked unconcious. Sometime later she came to. She looked up to see some guy with pale brown hair leaning over her. "What happened," she asked slightly dazed. "You were attacked by another mutant. I saved you," he told her. "Oh yeah. Thanks." "Are you having a concussion," he asked her. "Huh?" "Where do you live?" "The Xavier Institute," she replied. "That`s good. That`s where I was heading." "Cool. We can live together," she said. Twenty minutes later Tabbi was walking in to the lounge of the Institute with the guy, she had found out on the way that his name was Prescott. Logan came in then froze. "Who the hell is he?!" "Prescott. He`s my friend. He saved my life," she told Logan. "You can`t just let anyone in here Tabitha." "Oh no, don`t worry. I`m a mutant. And besides I`ve been trying to find this place for months," Prescott said. "Who told you about it," Logan asked, growing even more cautious. "Some girl that I ran into in Brooklyn. All I know about her is that her name is Al. But I don`t know what that`s short for, though." "I don`t like Brooklynites," Logan said, menacingly. "Oh. Um, I`m actually from California." "That`s even worse." Storm came in, saving Prescott from Logan. "Why are you trying to scare him off? You know Charles welcomes anyone who is willing." "I`m not trying to scare him off, I`m just giving the boy a proper intiatition," he replied. She glared at him. "Come on, Prescott," Storm said. "How do you know my name," he asked her. "The Professer told me." "How does he know," he asked, as they left the room. Logan looked at Tabbi. She smiled, cheerfully back at him. "I think he`s cute." Logan sat down next to Tabbi. "Who were you attacked by?" She shrugged. "I don`t know. Some mutant that looked like a big cat." "Sabretooth," Logan growled. "Whatever. All I know is that Pres did something to her that made her go away," she told him. "Her? The mutant was a her?" "I may be a little ditzy but I can tell the difference between a guy and a girl," she said. "Well that changes everything. Instead of one mutant to worry about, we have a whole team. And we`re probably outnumbered." "Which team is that? I thought it was just us and the Brotherhood," she said. "No, we never mentioned the other team because they posed no threat." She looked at him. "But now they do," he finished. "This is not good," she said. * * * Amelia sighed. She and several other mutants were sitting at a picnic table in Bayville`s city park. "Well I got half of you to come here. I suppose that`s better than nothing," she told them. "What`s happening is wrong. Callisto is being misled. Feral was awful quick to blame Xavier for this. What were going to do is help the X-men until this whole thing blows over," she said. Jono`s psi speech asked the question that was on everyone`s mind,"How do we convince them to trust us when other memebers of our team are wiping them out." Amelia smiled. "I can be very persuasive. Especially when it comes to Charles." With that she faded into mist. * * * Jubilee ran her brush through her hair. "Ninety-eight....ninety-nine....one hundred." She looked in the mirror to see a woman form behind her. She gasped. The woman put her hand over Jubilee`s mouth. " I`m not going to hurt you. I just want to talk. You won`t scream will you?" Jubilee shook her head. The woman took her hand off Jubilee`s mouth. Jubilee shrieked. Everyone came running into Jubilee`s room. It was empty except for her. "What is it?" "There was a woman in here with me." Storm folded her arms. "Really? Where is she now," Storm asked her. "She disappeared." They all left disapointed. The woman reformed. "See it doesn`t work," she told Jubilee. Logan burst back into the room. "Nice try, Voght," he said. * * * Amelia sat in the mansion`s den talking to the Professer. "But several of the morlocks have already died. Somehow, Feral has Callisto convinced that you are to blame. I never believed you would. Some of the other morlocks believe the same." She found herself staring into his eyes. She quickly looked away "I`m sorry. I just..." He nodded. "I understand. I feel the same." She shook her head."It can`t happen." * * * Rogue looked out the window and saw Scott and Jean kissing. She sighed. "That should be me," she mumbled. "Hmmm," Kitty said looking up from her magazine. "Nothin`" Rogue layed down on her bed. "I`m tired." Kitty looked at her. "You`re gonna sleep this early?" "Yeah. So?" Kitty shrugged. "Whatever." When Rogue opened her eyes again the room was dark and empty. The door was opened slightly. She slid out of bed and went into the hallway. Someone stood near the stairs with their back turned to her. "Hey," she yelled. They turned. It was Cody. She stood there a moment, too shocked to speak. Finally she found her voice. "Oh my god, Cody. I`m so sorry." "You`re sorry," he laughed, bitterly. "That means nothing to me." "I know. I mean, why should it," she said. He was suddenly next to her. "You will be sorry. You know why?" She shook her head. "Because I`m gonna make you pay for what you did to me." He grabbed her and started stabbing her. * * * Kitty looked up from her magazine and over at Rogue. Her roommate`s face was twisted in terror. "Oh my god." Kitty looked closer to see that Rogue`s shirt was soaked in blood. She screamed. Again everyone came running. Logan went over to Rogue`s bed and shook her hard. "Wake up," he yelled. He put a hand on her face. There was no response to his touch. He pulled it back in shock. "No, Charles is not gonna lose one of you like this." He touched her again. It felt like millions of razors were being ripped from his body. That was soon replaced by an icy darkness. Logan collapsed just as Rogue gasped for air. In shock, she looked at his body on the floor. She looked at the others still trying to catch her breath. * * * Voght came back with news that Callisto was planning a battle the next day. The Professor told her to stay out of the fights, that he didn`t want her to make an enemy out of Callisto. She agreed and said that the other morlocks would lay low until this was over. "I wonder if they were an item," Tabbi said. "Shhh," the three other girls hissed at her. Jean said, "If you don`t want them to know that we`re eavesdropping don`t talk." "Sorry," Tabbi said. They watched Voght leaving. "Ah man, I guess the show`s over," Jubilee complained. "Yeah," Kitty said. "I know you were listening," they heard the Professor say. Everyone glared at Tabbi. "Sorry," she said. They all went downstairs. "I want all of you to go into the Danger Room for practice. I want you to be prepared for tomorrow," he told them. "Wait, we`re really doing this," Jubilee asked him. "I`m afraid we have no choice," he answered. * * * Bobby had just came back from baby-sitting when he was rushed into the Danger Room. He knew he wasn`t ready for this. His skin felt like it was on fire and he felt too tired to do anything but crawl into his bed and sleep for days. But he went anyway. Bobby sent ice spikes in Jean`s direction. She reacted by throwing them towards Kurt. Kitty and Amara rose up from behind him and Amara started throwing flames at Bobby. When it one of them hit him, his exhaustion and illness got the best of him. Everything started shifting back and forth. He felt his legs give out and as soon as he hit the ground he was unconscious. * * * "Well one of them has found away to get out of the fight," Logan said. He had just recovered from Rogue`s touch and found out about Bobby. "Well, it seems that one of them already got to him," Storm said. "Let me guess, Plague?" She nodded. "Does Charles know," he asked her. "Yes. He spoke with Bobby`s sister. Acording to her plague pretended she was a homeless woman just asking for change. Instead she was infecting him," she replied. "How is he?" She shook her head. "Not well. His fever is way too high which can be all the more dangerous considering his temperature is usually lower than that of a normal person. And he still has not waken up. Charles thinks it is best that we keep him here instead of the hospital so Callisto can`t harm him anymore," she told him. "But," he continued for her. "He arranged for Cecelia to come and take care of him. "Cecelia! She`s as bad as Mystique!" "In what way," Storm asked, glaring at him. "I don`t know but it`s the same. Don`t you remember how she left the team high and dry all of sudden," he asked her. "She went to Medical School and it was not all of a sudden. We knew about it for almost a year before she left." "Fine. But don`t expect me to be all chummy with her," he said bitterly. * * * Cecelia came out of Bobby`s room after a checkup. "It`s nothing. Just a minor infection. However, he was extremely exhausted so he`ll be asleep for quite a while," she told the Professor. She handed him a bottle of pills. "This should lessen his fever. And even when he has waken up he should still rest until his strength is back which means no Danger Room for a few weeks." "Of course not," he agreed. "Alright, now I should really be getting back to the hospital." Logan came up to them. "Old habits die hard, huh Cecelia," he asked her. "Excuse me?" "Logan," the Professor warned. "I mean, you always were in such a hurry to leave this place," he growled. "I should go," she said. "Good idea," he told her. * * * Sarah headed back to the Bayville tunnels. She was all jazzed for the big fight in the morning. Those X-men were gonna pay for killing her best friend. She heard something move behind her. She glanced back but didn`t stop. The sound came again. She started going a little faster. Lucia jumped out in front of her. She froze. "Oh it`s just you." She breathed a sigh of relief. Lucia growled at her. Sarah took a step back. She felt bones push through her skin. She shot a few of them at Lucia. Lucia jumped out of the way and seemed to disapear. "Well that was easy," Sarah said. A wild panther scream split through the silence. Maria attacked Sarah and ripped out her heart before she could react. * * * Morning. Both teams were gathered and ready to fight. Rogue was in front of some guy with blonde hair. "You do know that we`re gonna win, don`t you," she taunted him. "In your dreams. Oh wait, I`ve already been there." "That was you," she asked, angrily. "Yeah. That was me," he laughed. Her eyes narrowed. The fighting began. Fur, flames and bones were going everywhere, until someone could be heard screaming for them to stop. They did. Callisto looked to see Sarah coming towards them, covered in blood. Maria and Lucia looked at each other in shock and started trying to get away. "I`m alive but I don`t how because my heart was ripped from my chest. It wasn`t Xavier that killed Clarice and the others. It was Maria and Lucia. They attacked me last night," Sarah said, trying to catch her breath.Callisto whirled around. Maria and Lucia were gone. "Looks like you messed up Callisto," Logan said. "I`m sorry," she said, staring at the ground. "Alright, party`s over,everyone go home," Logan told everyone. Everyone slowly left until it was just Callisto, Sarah and the Professor. "You only did what you thought you had to do. I mean, we were being killed off," Sarah told Callisto after a long silence. She finally looked at the Professor. "Well?" "I was going to say the same thing. You know, to avoid other misunderstandings like this maybe we should work together more often," he suggested. Callisto nodded. "Sounds fair." * * * Several weeks had gone by and everything had gone back to normal. Scott, Jean and Prescott were in a music store. Sarah suddenly appeared next to Scott. "Hey," she said, a little awkwardly. "Hi." "About a few weeks ago-" He stopped her . "Don`t worry about it. It`s water under the bridge now," he told her. "Oh, okay. Cool." A few minutes went by and she still stood there. "Do you want something," he asked her. "Well, I was thinking that maybe you and I could work something out. You know together," she said. "I don`t think so, Fempine," they heard Jean say. Sarah shrugged and then left. Jean glared at Scott. How can you stand there and let her hit on you like that when just a few weeks ago she wanted to kill you? When I`m your girlfriend?" Prescott smiled as Jean and Scott began to argue. He browsed through the CDs. One in particular caught his eye. He picked up. The girl on the cover looked exactly like Al. "Disco Dazzler," he read from the label. "Huh. Wierd." He put it back. * * * The End.