Post by Weird Rob 87 on Sept 4, 2007 18:33:58 GMT -5
X-Force Horizons
Chapter 11
Problems for Prophet and Famine,
Virus' Healing,
and Lance's Fiance
The disclaimer is I own nothing except for the Prophet and the Vicky character. Sheesh this has been a challenge to write.
Apocalypse's Base: Sinister's Lab
Deep within the hidden base of Apocalypse was the lab of one Mr. Sinister. A pale man with red eyes and razor sharp teeth. His choice of clothing was a purple suit that had a diamond in his chest. Despite the fact he had been wearing different variations of it for nearly a century and a half he never got tired of wearing them. Course living a long life it took him awhile to get tired of anything. He cared for no one but himself and his only passion in life was the advancement of science through any means necessary. And thanks to Apocalypse he was able to live such a long life and make his inhumane advancements. His eyes were laid upon his Master's pet Prophet who was in need of one of the chambers that was used to change any chosen mutant into something more. Gesturing for him to step inside after he had placed Famine in another of the Chambers and put Virus in a healing tank. Prophet quickly stepped inside. Ready to end his wondering thoughts of what he felt was disloyalty.
Typing in commands to start up part of the process that would make any mutant swear complete loyalty to Apocalypse. He noticed in the viewing screen of the chamber Famine was in that he was waking up and quickly realizing yet again what was going on. “No! I won't be taken over again! I am an X-Man! AN X-MAN!!” His cries were in vain as no one but Sinister and Prophet heard him, and neither were in a position to care about what he wanted.
Turning away from the Chambers and ignoring Famine's cries for help, he walked towards the healing tank that held Virus. His hatred shall be molded to fit the Master's wishes. And then he shall truly be DEATH.. In a lot of ways, it only seemed fitting that Virus became the Horseman of Death. But first he needed to be healed. Mr. Sinister, after finishing his thoughts typed in the sequence that started the Techno Mutant's road to recovery and into a Horseman of Apocalypse. Now that he no longer had to deal with those three, he turned his attention to his experiments, knowing it would be awhile before the Tank and the Chambers would finish with the Chosen ones of Apocalypse.
Joe Base
A week after the events of the Virus/Toad battle that finally ended a madman's lust and desire for all things Althea as well as making the World more machine like. Things were relatively quiet, and for a lot of folks, it was a rarity indeed. Todd while still not completely recovered from his fight and killing his opponent with a bomb, was making a steadying recovery back to normalcy. Or well as close to normalcy as he ever got. He had recently taken to wearing darker clothes, as he felt it was paying last respects to what he believed was now a dead man. He was making his way towards the Rec. Room and along side him was his Fiance: Althea Delgado, aka Wavedancer. Since his battle, Althea had been at his side helping his fragile state of mind. Of course she wasn't the only one but it seemed like the only person that was able to do much of anything was Althea herself. Her theory was that it was the power of their love that had done it but she wasn't about to share that one with anyone anytime soon. As some things were just personal.
The reason for why they were going to the Rec. Room was that Lance was finally gonna spill the beans on how he had met Vicky, and what exactly he did to get an obviously smart girl to fall for him. As they finally made it to the Rec. Room they saw Rina and Xi discussing battle tactics that they could improvise on or teach to those willing to learn. Her friendship with Xi was the best thing anyone could have hoped for as it had calmed her down considerably, as they both felt they understood one another seeing as how they were both created in a lab. While Rina had gained a strong liking for old country songs and learned the various country dancing styles, Xi on the other hand preferred the intricate art of Tap dancing to Disco music. Thanks to them, karaoke and dance competitions were banned at both Xavier's and the Pit. Also gave Xavier even bigger head aches and even a few more law suits due to Rina's temper when it came to public dance offs.
Rina's choice in clothing veered toward wearing cowboy country clothing, but she would only wear the hat during a competition. She also kept her hair in a ponytail and kept in very good shape. Even though she looked very pleasant to the naked eye of the male race, many of them were afraid of asking her out for fear of gaining the ire of her temper. Some felt that only Xi, were he fully a male could handle dating her and be able to deal with her temper and wanting to get into fights. Althea and Todd silently as they could sat down. Or well Todd sat down and Althea sat on him. Xi looked towards them and smiled. “It is good to see you are doing well Todd.”
Rina then looked towards them as well. “Indeed it is, morale sunk even lower with out you around.”
Todd smiled happily at them and could only think of one thing to say. “Thanks guys, I appreciate that a lot.” Althea giggled and then started to kiss him.
Xi and Rina turned their attention away and went back to discussing battle tactics again. And attempting to ignore the two love birds. To Xi and Rina, both were fascinated that the two were still together after all these years. They rarely had any fights and when they did, things would often be random between them as no one knew if an explosion would be caused or out right blame games would be held. But at the end of it all, they always made up and it usually resulted in them having long make out sessions in their shared room. As the minutes passed on, others began to come into the room but it never really stopped Althea and Todd from making out. Eventually, the one they had all been waiting for had finally came in to the room along with his girlfriend Vicki. Lance looked around the room at everyone with a smile and headed to the only chair still available that everyone pretty much agreed to was for Lance. After he sat down, Vicki sat on his lap with a smile. “Soo... who wants to go first?” Lance asked smiling again.
“I'll go! How did you two meet!?” It was Kitty who first spoke and a few of the others in the room chuckled. Lockheed only puffed out smoke as he lazily sat on her lap.
“Well, during the second year of my trip, I was leaving a reservation I had been staying at for a few days. Good people, interesting customs, and they preferred to be called Kopeli. They are fiercely protective. Even learned a few things from the local Shamans that resided there. Anyways, here I was happily minding my own business when I felt a weight suddenly pressing into me. After I caught my breath, the weight got off me and offered me her hand. When I looked up, it felt like I was looking at an Angel, albeit a sad one, but nevertheless an angel.” Vicki at that point was blushing while a majority of the girls were sighing over it. Although Dani had chosen to stay at the mansion in her room as she really wasn't wanting to join in on anything unless it had to deal with getting back Roberto.
Vicki then decided to take over. “Well, after I fell on him and helped him up. We introduced ourselves and taking a chance, I told him I came from another dimension. At first I was worried but when he took it seriously I wasn't worried anymore.”
Lance went on from there. “I had decided to return to the Kopeli Reservation as they were the only signs of life in the area. The medical shaman there declared she wasn't hurt or anything and being such a nice guy I am, I asked her if she wanted to tag along with me to find a way back to her own dimension. So after staying for a few days with the Kopeli, we left and I had felt it was best to use the the mass device watch and get out of South America and come back to North America.”
“As time went on, I started to lose hope that I wouldn't find a way back to my own dimension and to my boyfriend who was also a mutant. Although he's similar to the Hulk in a way as his other half has its own personality. And well more time went on and after six months of traveling with Lance, I came to realize I was here to stay and even started to have some feelings for him.” She blushed a little at the memory of their first kiss, which coincidentally enough had help from the Coyote. She often found it amusing when the Coyote would bug Lance and never really hid it either.
Lance gave her a soft squeeze on her hand that he had been holding while smiling. “And well yeah, I had started to fall for her hard a few months before we had gotten together and I even felt guilty about it. But when she told me how she felt I was both relieved and guilty about it and even told her that much. Course she replied that it was something I was going to have to deal with and that Robert would have wanted it that way if the roles were reversed.” Vicki was looking at him with a very loving look in her eyes.
“His proposal to me actually happened during a fight that was mildly amusing as the Coyote had managed to get free for awhile and did some pretty shocking things to the F.O.H chapter that was in a small little town in Alabama. Coincidentally, it also started up a new cult like following in Lance and the Coyote's honor. I'm not going to go into details as it is a little weird. But anyway, my darling love here got it into his head to propose to me while fighting with several F.O.H members and trying to keep himself from strangling Coyote who was singing Broadway tunes.” Lance only scowled at the memory but it quickly left as she gave him a quick peck on the lips.
“Although some of you may think I'm being selfish, I'm happy that things happened the way they did. Otherwise, I'd still be a single Shaman in Training with an annoying spirit guide who sounds like Pietro in my head.” He chuckled at that while his father Spirit laughed.
“I am happy for you my son that you found someone on your journies, I do hope that meeting some of the tribes out there has helped in your Shaman training.”
Lance smiled at him. “It has dad, it has helped a lot. When the time comes I feel I will be more then ready to pick up the mantle of Shaman.” Spirit smiled proudly at him while the others nodded in a respective manner.
“The Kopeli tribe? A truly remarkable find you found Lance, I would love to either learn more about them from you or visit them myself.” Beast was obviously excited and Lance smirked.
“Well Mr. McCoy, they may see you as a spirit of some kind but I'm sure they'll be happy to welcome you to their homes.” Lance was completely honest with the blue furred man. As in fact some of the Tribesmen even had referred to Lance as a god of the Earth. Something he tried to deny a lot.
“I too am happy things happened the way they did.” Vicki had been waiting for a chance to get that in and she got it. Then she proceeded to kiss Lance again but with more passion and much more longer.
After a minute or two of them making out, Lance pulled away and then looked at everyone else. "So.. anymore questions?” He knew he had trapped his own self in that one but didn't really care.
For the rest of the night, he proceeded to answer questions, along with the help of Vicki. He once again gave a silent thanks to Lifeline for giving him a large amount of the pills he needed and a way to make them on his own if it was needed. He also felt that with him having returned things would get better but only with time.
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I know that felt long winded and probably not as fulfilling as some might have hoped but hey I tried. Anyway, please leave a review and let me know what ya think. And coming up soon hopefully. She's conceited, she's annoying. Who is she you ask? Its the return of Starla! As well as angry green goliath!
Chapter 11
Problems for Prophet and Famine,
Virus' Healing,
and Lance's Fiance
The disclaimer is I own nothing except for the Prophet and the Vicky character. Sheesh this has been a challenge to write.
Apocalypse's Base: Sinister's Lab
Deep within the hidden base of Apocalypse was the lab of one Mr. Sinister. A pale man with red eyes and razor sharp teeth. His choice of clothing was a purple suit that had a diamond in his chest. Despite the fact he had been wearing different variations of it for nearly a century and a half he never got tired of wearing them. Course living a long life it took him awhile to get tired of anything. He cared for no one but himself and his only passion in life was the advancement of science through any means necessary. And thanks to Apocalypse he was able to live such a long life and make his inhumane advancements. His eyes were laid upon his Master's pet Prophet who was in need of one of the chambers that was used to change any chosen mutant into something more. Gesturing for him to step inside after he had placed Famine in another of the Chambers and put Virus in a healing tank. Prophet quickly stepped inside. Ready to end his wondering thoughts of what he felt was disloyalty.
Typing in commands to start up part of the process that would make any mutant swear complete loyalty to Apocalypse. He noticed in the viewing screen of the chamber Famine was in that he was waking up and quickly realizing yet again what was going on. “No! I won't be taken over again! I am an X-Man! AN X-MAN!!” His cries were in vain as no one but Sinister and Prophet heard him, and neither were in a position to care about what he wanted.
Turning away from the Chambers and ignoring Famine's cries for help, he walked towards the healing tank that held Virus. His hatred shall be molded to fit the Master's wishes. And then he shall truly be DEATH.. In a lot of ways, it only seemed fitting that Virus became the Horseman of Death. But first he needed to be healed. Mr. Sinister, after finishing his thoughts typed in the sequence that started the Techno Mutant's road to recovery and into a Horseman of Apocalypse. Now that he no longer had to deal with those three, he turned his attention to his experiments, knowing it would be awhile before the Tank and the Chambers would finish with the Chosen ones of Apocalypse.
Joe Base
A week after the events of the Virus/Toad battle that finally ended a madman's lust and desire for all things Althea as well as making the World more machine like. Things were relatively quiet, and for a lot of folks, it was a rarity indeed. Todd while still not completely recovered from his fight and killing his opponent with a bomb, was making a steadying recovery back to normalcy. Or well as close to normalcy as he ever got. He had recently taken to wearing darker clothes, as he felt it was paying last respects to what he believed was now a dead man. He was making his way towards the Rec. Room and along side him was his Fiance: Althea Delgado, aka Wavedancer. Since his battle, Althea had been at his side helping his fragile state of mind. Of course she wasn't the only one but it seemed like the only person that was able to do much of anything was Althea herself. Her theory was that it was the power of their love that had done it but she wasn't about to share that one with anyone anytime soon. As some things were just personal.
The reason for why they were going to the Rec. Room was that Lance was finally gonna spill the beans on how he had met Vicky, and what exactly he did to get an obviously smart girl to fall for him. As they finally made it to the Rec. Room they saw Rina and Xi discussing battle tactics that they could improvise on or teach to those willing to learn. Her friendship with Xi was the best thing anyone could have hoped for as it had calmed her down considerably, as they both felt they understood one another seeing as how they were both created in a lab. While Rina had gained a strong liking for old country songs and learned the various country dancing styles, Xi on the other hand preferred the intricate art of Tap dancing to Disco music. Thanks to them, karaoke and dance competitions were banned at both Xavier's and the Pit. Also gave Xavier even bigger head aches and even a few more law suits due to Rina's temper when it came to public dance offs.
Rina's choice in clothing veered toward wearing cowboy country clothing, but she would only wear the hat during a competition. She also kept her hair in a ponytail and kept in very good shape. Even though she looked very pleasant to the naked eye of the male race, many of them were afraid of asking her out for fear of gaining the ire of her temper. Some felt that only Xi, were he fully a male could handle dating her and be able to deal with her temper and wanting to get into fights. Althea and Todd silently as they could sat down. Or well Todd sat down and Althea sat on him. Xi looked towards them and smiled. “It is good to see you are doing well Todd.”
Rina then looked towards them as well. “Indeed it is, morale sunk even lower with out you around.”
Todd smiled happily at them and could only think of one thing to say. “Thanks guys, I appreciate that a lot.” Althea giggled and then started to kiss him.
Xi and Rina turned their attention away and went back to discussing battle tactics again. And attempting to ignore the two love birds. To Xi and Rina, both were fascinated that the two were still together after all these years. They rarely had any fights and when they did, things would often be random between them as no one knew if an explosion would be caused or out right blame games would be held. But at the end of it all, they always made up and it usually resulted in them having long make out sessions in their shared room. As the minutes passed on, others began to come into the room but it never really stopped Althea and Todd from making out. Eventually, the one they had all been waiting for had finally came in to the room along with his girlfriend Vicki. Lance looked around the room at everyone with a smile and headed to the only chair still available that everyone pretty much agreed to was for Lance. After he sat down, Vicki sat on his lap with a smile. “Soo... who wants to go first?” Lance asked smiling again.
“I'll go! How did you two meet!?” It was Kitty who first spoke and a few of the others in the room chuckled. Lockheed only puffed out smoke as he lazily sat on her lap.
“Well, during the second year of my trip, I was leaving a reservation I had been staying at for a few days. Good people, interesting customs, and they preferred to be called Kopeli. They are fiercely protective. Even learned a few things from the local Shamans that resided there. Anyways, here I was happily minding my own business when I felt a weight suddenly pressing into me. After I caught my breath, the weight got off me and offered me her hand. When I looked up, it felt like I was looking at an Angel, albeit a sad one, but nevertheless an angel.” Vicki at that point was blushing while a majority of the girls were sighing over it. Although Dani had chosen to stay at the mansion in her room as she really wasn't wanting to join in on anything unless it had to deal with getting back Roberto.
Vicki then decided to take over. “Well, after I fell on him and helped him up. We introduced ourselves and taking a chance, I told him I came from another dimension. At first I was worried but when he took it seriously I wasn't worried anymore.”
Lance went on from there. “I had decided to return to the Kopeli Reservation as they were the only signs of life in the area. The medical shaman there declared she wasn't hurt or anything and being such a nice guy I am, I asked her if she wanted to tag along with me to find a way back to her own dimension. So after staying for a few days with the Kopeli, we left and I had felt it was best to use the the mass device watch and get out of South America and come back to North America.”
“As time went on, I started to lose hope that I wouldn't find a way back to my own dimension and to my boyfriend who was also a mutant. Although he's similar to the Hulk in a way as his other half has its own personality. And well more time went on and after six months of traveling with Lance, I came to realize I was here to stay and even started to have some feelings for him.” She blushed a little at the memory of their first kiss, which coincidentally enough had help from the Coyote. She often found it amusing when the Coyote would bug Lance and never really hid it either.
Lance gave her a soft squeeze on her hand that he had been holding while smiling. “And well yeah, I had started to fall for her hard a few months before we had gotten together and I even felt guilty about it. But when she told me how she felt I was both relieved and guilty about it and even told her that much. Course she replied that it was something I was going to have to deal with and that Robert would have wanted it that way if the roles were reversed.” Vicki was looking at him with a very loving look in her eyes.
“His proposal to me actually happened during a fight that was mildly amusing as the Coyote had managed to get free for awhile and did some pretty shocking things to the F.O.H chapter that was in a small little town in Alabama. Coincidentally, it also started up a new cult like following in Lance and the Coyote's honor. I'm not going to go into details as it is a little weird. But anyway, my darling love here got it into his head to propose to me while fighting with several F.O.H members and trying to keep himself from strangling Coyote who was singing Broadway tunes.” Lance only scowled at the memory but it quickly left as she gave him a quick peck on the lips.
“Although some of you may think I'm being selfish, I'm happy that things happened the way they did. Otherwise, I'd still be a single Shaman in Training with an annoying spirit guide who sounds like Pietro in my head.” He chuckled at that while his father Spirit laughed.
“I am happy for you my son that you found someone on your journies, I do hope that meeting some of the tribes out there has helped in your Shaman training.”
Lance smiled at him. “It has dad, it has helped a lot. When the time comes I feel I will be more then ready to pick up the mantle of Shaman.” Spirit smiled proudly at him while the others nodded in a respective manner.
“The Kopeli tribe? A truly remarkable find you found Lance, I would love to either learn more about them from you or visit them myself.” Beast was obviously excited and Lance smirked.
“Well Mr. McCoy, they may see you as a spirit of some kind but I'm sure they'll be happy to welcome you to their homes.” Lance was completely honest with the blue furred man. As in fact some of the Tribesmen even had referred to Lance as a god of the Earth. Something he tried to deny a lot.
“I too am happy things happened the way they did.” Vicki had been waiting for a chance to get that in and she got it. Then she proceeded to kiss Lance again but with more passion and much more longer.
After a minute or two of them making out, Lance pulled away and then looked at everyone else. "So.. anymore questions?” He knew he had trapped his own self in that one but didn't really care.
For the rest of the night, he proceeded to answer questions, along with the help of Vicki. He once again gave a silent thanks to Lifeline for giving him a large amount of the pills he needed and a way to make them on his own if it was needed. He also felt that with him having returned things would get better but only with time.
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I know that felt long winded and probably not as fulfilling as some might have hoped but hey I tried. Anyway, please leave a review and let me know what ya think. And coming up soon hopefully. She's conceited, she's annoying. Who is she you ask? Its the return of Starla! As well as angry green goliath!