I have been gone from this story way too long! I did start typing it up again like twice but things happened and when you lose a twenty page document twice you get disheartened you know? Well this was my baby and I hope to get back into it. Brotherhood fanfics have just about dried up. I cant be doing OC meets the boys or the boys get the girls etc etc. I like the family angst dynamic. So this might be lame but hey I am trying to get back into it. Reviews and ideas are totally welcomed and wanted! Anyway enjoy peeps.
Disclaimer: I don't own this in any way
CHAPTER 9The Brotherhood froze as the door was unlocked with a click. Wolverine and beast walked in and looked down at the teenagers who were sitting on the floor, looking really tired.
"Sorry we took so long. We were just getting the hospital section ready." Said Beast.
Silence.
"Lets get going kids. Don't try anything." Growled Wolverine.
Lance nodded wearily and indicated his team to get up; they followed his lead as he rose slowly to his feet. They shuffled towards the door in a single file and exited, Wolverine in front and Beast behind them.
Tabitha gave a yawn and looked at Toad. "You okay?" she asked him.
"I don't want to go." Said Toad in a small voice.
Lance sighed. "I know. I know buddy. We don't have a choice though. All we can do is … KICK ASS!" he yelled and grabbed at Wolverine's back.
The whole teams demeanor immediately changed, they snapped to attention. Pietro zoomed at Beast and knocked him off his feet. Tom slimed at his foot and managed to stick it to the carpet.
"What's the plan oh fearless leader?" asked Pietro.
Lance had his arm hooked around Logan's neck and was holding on. Logan turned his back to the wall and slammed Lance into it. Lance looked winded for a second but just held on tighter.
"Get Tabitha and Todd out of here!" he yelled.
"What about you and Pietro?" asked Tabitha.
"Leave us. We can make a plan." Said Lance as Logan slammed him into the wall again.
"No!" cried Tabitha rushing towards him.
"No arguments." Said Lance between clenched teeth.
"Logan! Stop! He is just a child!" called out Beast, just about to pull free from the slime.
Lance brought his fist down on Logan's head with a hard thump.
"He doesn't hit like a kid!" yelled Logan, then threw his body forward, causing Lance to fly over his head.
"Pietro get these two out of here!" yelled Lance.
Pietro nodded and grabbed an arguing Tabitha's arm and the back of Todd's top.
"What about you?" asked Pietro as he prepared to speed off.
"I'm bringing this place down." He said, eyes rolling to the back of his head.
Then Pietro was gone. Lance had just managed to get a rumble going when Logan and Beast tackled him.
He yelled and struggled, trying to punch at the Xmen. "You're friends aren't going to get far." Said Logan. "You might as well listen to what the Professor has to say."
….
Pietro was racing down the staircase when he felt something pull at his leg. Kitty smiled at him as his leg disappeared into the staircase and with a yelp he released Tabitha and Todd. The momentum sent the two crashing down the last few stairs. Tabitha was the first to get up, slightly disorientated. She gave a gasp as some force picked her up and slammed her into the wall.
"Ms. Perfect." She growled.
"Ms. Delinquent." Sneered Jean.
"Hey there's no need for that." Said Rogue as she bent down to check on the unconscious Todd.
Or not.
"Surprise!" yelled Todd and spat slime at her. Rogue gave a shriek. "You slime ball!"
Todd made a move towards Jean who had a struggling Tabitha pinned to the wall with her telekinesis.
"Not so fast bug boy." Said Evan as Todd was cut off by a spike.
Todd grabbed the spike and pulled it free from the carpet. He held it like a club.
"Hey Todd." Gasped Tabitha. "Home run."
A small ball of energy made a crackling sound as it bounced towards Todd. Todd smiled and gave it a whack with the spike and it hit the stairway with a huge explosion. Jean lost her concentration on Tabitha as she used her concentration to make shields around herself.
Todd grabbed Tabitha and pulled her along. "We got to get Pietro!" he yelled.
"No." she said shaking her head. "We have to get you out of here."
Tabitha gave a small yell as Rogue tackled her from behind. Tabitha managed to get on her back and used her legs to keep Rogue's hands away from her bare skin.
Todd looked up and saw Kurt had Pietro suspended over the railing. He turned to see Beast dragging Lance down the hallway.
Todd then did something he often didn't have a chance to do.
He made a choice.
"Enough!" he yelled.
Everyone stopped to look at him.
"Enough." Said Toad again, a little quieter. He looked to Logan. "Please show me the way to the Professor's office."
"Todd no!" yelled Tabitha.
Todd turned to her. "Rogue get off her. Kurt get Pietro on his feet. Beast let go of Lance."
"If we let them go, you guys are going to run!" shouted Evan.
Todd walked towards the stairs and began to hop up them. "These are my teammates. They aren't going to leave me behind. They will go where I go and I'm going to stop you guys kill each other and see what the Prof has to say."
Logan nodded and the remaining Brotherhood members were released. Tabitha struggled to her feet and Rogue offered a gloved hand to help her up.
"Change of heart much." Hissed Tabitha, ignoring it.
"We aren't fighting anymore." Said Jean.
"Like you ever need a reason to fight." Said Tabitha making her way up the stairs with a slight limp.
"You were like the ones destroying our home." Said Kitty, looking pointedly at the destroyed part of the staircase."
"Your precious Xmen are the ones who dragged us from our home." Said Pietro joining Lance and Tabitha and Todd at the top of the staircase.
"You call that place a home?" said Scott sarcastically, appearing from one of the corridors, Professor X in tow.
Tabitha winced and Lance grabbed her and turned her around, examining her shoulder and then lifting up a small portion of her shirt exposing an obviously broken rib and touched the top of her head were there was blood.
"You call yourselves the good guys?" he asked.
Jean at least had the decency to blush. "I was just trying to keep her pinned. I didn't mean to use so much force."
"Guess Ms. Perfect isn't so perfect." Said Tabitha.
Xavier held up his hands. "Before this turns into a fight, lets stop now. Lets get you four to the medical ward. Doctor McCoy will lead the way."
Kurt teleported next to Tabitha. "You can lean on my shoulder." He offered.
"No thanks blue. Any more of the 'good guy's' help and I might end up dead."
Kurt looked hurt but kept quiet.
Lance put a reassuring arm on Toad's shoulder. "That was a big step you made there." He whispered.
Toad nodded. "You guys were hurt, I just wanted it to stop."
They all move towards the medical ward, "I hope it was the right choice." Said Todd as they came to the medical ward, the smell of medicine in the air and lots of shiny, possibly painful things in plain view.
"Hey for a hood, you trying to do the right thing is breaking the mold." Said Lance with a small smile.
"Whatever happens," said Pietro, "you did it to help us. That makes it right no matter what the outcome."
"Thanks guys."
For once Todd didn't slouch; he walked through the door with his head held high.