(Red Flags for Charrie mutilation, curses and blood...oogie oogie oogie!) *Muses do their little happy dances* No more writers block! Mutant War Part Eight Reinforcements
Samantha Creed sighed to herself as she jogged slighty into the local libary again to check her e-mail. The librairian smiled and called hello. Walking over to the computers, she logged on and almost immeadaitly reached into her backpack and pulled out a can of Coke. Popping the top with one hand, she logged on. Then a familar screename popped up. 'EarthShaker9012'. She smiled at her friends' screename. She knew that he was a mutant and all, like her. They had never met in person, but in a chat room talking about the Mutant War. She hadn't wanted to join in....yet. She was still getting over what had happened at her foster parents home a scarce nine months ago. The memory was still fresh in her mind....

*FLASHBACK*

"Thanks Anthony for the ride home! Bye Abby!"She called. The pungent smell of a fire was strong in her nose. Something was burning! Running to her house, to her horror, it was on fire! "Joan! Adam!"She screamed, calling out her foster parents name. A fire fighter looked to her and looked sad. He shook his head. Samantha Creed's face paled. Suddenly, through her rage, she heard snickering behind a few thick bushes next to Joan's flower bed. Walking over, she saw several school bullies. The ring leader was waving a box of kitchen matches and grinning wickedly. Her brown eyes narrowed, brimming with unshed tears. She looked to the cloudy sky and felt a strange power envolpe her. She was a mutant now, and she'd better put these powers to good use! She sent down a visious blast that nearly killed the boys, but she knew she couldn't kill. Not now at least. She fled.

*END FLASHBACK*

*Bling* The sudden sound of an Instant Message popping up jarred her from absently sipping her soda. It was from Jake. 'We've gotta problmem. Get here fast. There's someone you have to pick up on the way!', it read. She sighed as she read the directions to get there. 'Better get moving now. It's far.' She thought. Brushing away her red hair, she left.
*Beep. Beep.* The sound of his watch was enough to drive him nuts! Sitting up and running a hand through his hand through his brown hair, he groaned. Looking around the seedy hotel room, he heard a beeping from the phone by his bed. "Hello?"He asked into the reciever. "There is a message down stairs at the front desk for you sir."Came a voice. After hanging up, he got himself dressed and sighed. Clunking down to the elevator, he rubbed temples. He could feel another killer headache comming on. Walking to the front desk, he looked at the paper left for him. The only thing that ran through his mind was 'Oh shit oh shit oh shit....' Slapping down some money, he clutched the note and ran for the door. 'It's happened then! No wonder my powers had been ten fold recently!'He thought furiously. His boots clunked hevally on the walk as he made his way to the nearest train station. "I'm needed then..."He whispered as he ran on.
"Andy! Hey Andy man! It's time to wake up! There's some lady person here to find you!"Came a distant voice. "Whassat?"Andrew Walker muttered sleepily. "Theres some lady person that's here for you!"Came the five year olds' high pitched voice again. Standing sleepilly, he quickly climbed out of his pjamas, and stuffed them in a bag with some other belongings. When his powers started getting out of control, he knew that someone was going to come look for him, but when? So he had begun packing. Pulling on his shoes he slung on the back pack and stuffed all the money he had in his pocket. Thunking down the wooden steps of the old boarding house, he came face to face with a girl with deep red hair and brown eyes. "Ready to go?"She asked cheerily. He nodded sliently. Sighing in return, he looked at the headmaster of the open house. "Thanks for everything, Janet. You know about...it."He said. She nodded. Janet was the HeadMaster of the open house for orphans or runaways. She nodded and touched his shoulder. "You are needed out there. I know you will do well."She smiled. Samantha smiled, "we really have to get moving if we want to catch our ride.". Slinging his pack over his shoulder, he made sure his gloves were safely on his hands. Together, they left.

It was roughly an hour later, when Samantha, with Andy, and James, met at the train station. They each carried the subtle mark of wearing gloves, despite the weather, to identify themselves. Upon meeting, greetings and names were exchanged and they boarded the train. "So who got the mail first?"James asked first. Samantha shrugged, her red hair falling over her shoulders. "I think we all got it at the same time, and we just took our own time to get together. Each settled back into their seats, and waited.

Back at the base, it was the exact opposite of organized chaos. Weather it was bandaging wounds, checking on Anya, or scanning for Avery, it was what Anya would call a 'shittin mess'. Jake was still spitting blood by the mouthfull, and Kess had his hands full with Dalk. The bisexual male was slumped against the wall, his chest heaving deeply. He held a paper bag in on hand, half blown up, his face paled. "Tom...? Wheres the signal going?"Kess called softly across the room. The eldest of the men was leaning hevally against the main console, staring blankly at the screen. With out warning, a window popped up, and an email could be seen scrawled at the screen.

'We are comming.'

In his adrenaline/nicotine stupor, Tom raised his head, and looked at the screen with glassy eyes. 'What in Blue Hell.....?'His mind thought.

Soleil opened her eyes. What the hell happened......? Where the hell was she....? The fight! Shit! They had her! She tried to sit up, but a sharp pain lanced through her side. She hissed in pain and fell back onto the bed. "Your awake."Came a monotone voice from across the room. She turned her head to see..."Luke?". He nodded from his place on his desk chair. He was poking at the melted remains of a video camera, and wasn't doing a very good job at it. His gloved inhibited his ability to hold the tools correctly, so he had removed them. Everytime his fingertips brushed the plastic, it melted and made a horrible smell. "Look who came back from the land of the Dead."He said sarcastically. "Don't move or else you get a kick in the ass."He warned. The other only looked on, she knew that she could never get close to him with out him ever hurting her...she would just have to bear it.

Anya lay on her bed, pale and utterly motionless. The few moniters that were left after the battle gave dire warnings. The upsurp and evolution surge of her powers had drained her to the point. Jack was sitting near it, staring out to space again. Three days...three days since he'd lost Kiddo, three days that Dalk had been freaking out at every creak the base made, three days since Tom had dug into his cancer sticks. Three days since the blood of his friends had stained the floor. It haunted him. Three days since the marks on Kess' back had made into thick scars, three days since he'd been able to eat solid food. Now this. He was no doctor, he was no psycic, but they needed help, and fast. With out warning, there was a whoop of happiness. He jerked up and bolted to the control room.

Kess was laughing like there was no tomorrow, Tom was putting out his cig and saying, "they're comming...it's gonna be okay!", and Dalk was near crying for some reason. Kess turned to Jack. "We've got reinforcements! They should be here in about a half hour!"He exclaimed. He let out another whoop and spun around like a drunken fool. Dalk seemed to getting over what had happened over the past few days, and at this moment, was attempting to do some strange balancing act. He tried to stand on one hand, to fall flat on his face. "We'd better get ready for them!"Tom grinned. They looked like they hadn't bathed or even ran a comb through their hair in months, even thoug hit had only been three days. The four men parted ways for their rooms to meet the cleaning areas.

Samantha and the two boys exited the train, to see another group waiting for them. There was an exotic looking female, with wide ocean blue eyes, purple hair, and pink streaks. On her left side, was a tall girl with reddish blonde hair neatly pulled back, out of her sparkly grey eyes. And a very dark skinned girl with a beaded head band and mysterious blue eyes to her right. The group left, to meet in a thin alley to introduce themselves.

"Hey...your they gang that BullDozer called about?"The middle, and tallest girl with the purple hair asked. She noticed the small sidelong glance that one of the boys was giving her. "Well, names Dias Luvia, they call me Shocker. Nice to meet ya."She shook hands carefully with the others. She didn't know what kind of powers they had, so she too wore gloves. There was a soft laugh from her other side and the shortest of the girls grinned. "Call me Rae Sorrell.". She then gestured to the dark skinned teen next to her. "And this Lee Chida, codename Charmer. She's got this thing if she's nervous she speaks in her native language. We urm...don't get a word of it....(an: in other words Sahara, HELP!)"She trailed. Samantha nodded. "My names is Samantha Creed, and these two guys are---" "Andy Walker, AKA Midas." "James Orion, AKA Zorr. Intresting no?". There were several chuckles around the group. Dias nodded again. "Come on, our rides in the back!"She grinned. They walked down to the open end of the alley, revealing a large tour bus. James sniggered, "real sweet ride Dia.". Dias blushed, and reached into her pocket, and found nothing. "Uhh Rae...you got the keys?", there was nother shuffling of pockets. "Nope." "Lee?" "Uh-uh.". "We musta left them in the Burger King!". Samantha burst out laughing, James clutched his stomache and tears tricked from the corners of his eyes. Andy just stood there, incredilous and beginning to think about the female race and if there are as smart as men. Samantha took a step foreward. "Okay okay, show times over. Lemme take a crack at it.". She rubbed her hands to gether, and smirked, She took a step infront of the bus, and acttivated her powers. The sky became dark, and the air became quite humid. The then with out warning, a strong gust of wind blew, and her red hair flew up. "Stand back!"She cried out. Dias pulled her girls back as the guys followed them. A single bolt of lighning sprang from the sky, hitting the bus. Samanthas body jerked wildly, but she fought not to let her powers go haywire. She let go, and fell backwards. The bus' engine roared to life, the headlights flipping on and the door swinging open. Samantha stood up and took a bow. "Thank you very much!" she grinned. They others only sighed, and climbed onto the bus. "How did you manged to get the keys before you lost them Dias?" Samantha asked as they boarned the bus. The Spanish girl grinned widely, and played with the collar of her tee shirt. "Oh....nothing happened....Lee just....intimidated him a little bit.". The two boys looked at each other. This was going to be a loooong drive. "So....who's driving?" The females looked at eachother, and looked at Dias. "Your the oldest looking...."Rae trailed. "Yeah, but your the one with the liscence!" "It's says I'm a fucking mutant!" "Watch the language!" They settled it with Dias driving. Muttering all the way to the drivers seat, she spied the mike. "Welcome to Mutant Bus Tours! We're taking a trip into the Mutant Zone so those of you with weak constitutions...your screwed."

Kiddo blearily came to consiousness, and felt pain. There was a blurry figure infront of her. 'Erik....?'. Her mind was a swirling mess. She was back at the base, talking with Anya. No...she was watching her big brother destroy his life...no. He was pushing her into someones arms...TOM! He was shoving her into Toms arms, then finding somewhere else to be. "Erik?"She muttered questionly. She lost consisness again.

Kess stared at his reflection in the mirror again. He still had the burn marks on his body. Some were caused by the battle. But most of them were caused that night when they were playing cards...God Dammit...it was just this past Sunday! That Saturday everything was fine. The base was working perfectly, Anya was playing cards with Dalk, Jack was desiging some new buidling ideas to e mail to his father, he was thinking up someway to throw steak in with chicken noodle soup, and Tom was fooling around with Avery. No Hollow Kip...OH SHIT! He remembed back in the fight, Hollow had pulled herself away, right before S.M. had went bezerk! She was still in the base! "Oh my God....". He jerked his shirt on and bolted to Jacks room. "Jack! Jack open the damn door right now!". The shorter male opened his room door, and Kess grabbed him by the shoulders. "Hollow Kip is still in the base!"He exclaimed. His fingertips dug into Jacks shoulders, digging deep into the tee shirt. "Okay okay...don't die or anything. We'll get Tom to scan the damn area.". As if on cue, there was a scream from down the hall, regesting as Dalkny. The other two glanced at eachother, each running a mental list of what could've happened, and found it quite short. They bolted and found Dal staring with a paled face in a storage closet. "Dalk? Dal what is it? What the---HOLY SHIT!" Jack abruptly bent over with the heaves. Hollow Kip was there, very alive, and very gruesome looking. Her face was cut up, as with a few slashes over her legs and abdomen and kneck. Her left eye was slashed, swollen over. She was huddled up in a part of the closet, blood quite visible from behind the door and hall. He hadn't seen this much blood since that night in Soho....when his 'twinges' started and he started the God-Given liquid known as heroine....He bit his lip, and stepped back. "Please God no...."He whispered to himself. Kess noticed the smallers sudden shift in attitude, and set a thick hand on his shoulder. "Dal, go find Tom. Tell him we found onna Alabasters girls. Can you do that?"He asked slowly. Dal nodded, just as a screeching noise echoed though the base. Jake regognized a voice calling out:

"Hiya Boys!" He turned to Kess. "Get Kip in the med bay and clean her up for me. I've got to get out there and get the gang ready." He turned and darted for the control room.

Jakes face broke into a grin as he saw the group piling off of the large bus. He caught a flash of Dias's purple hair, the laugh gufaw of Samantha, and the distinct 'chink' of James boots. "Hey! Look its the Looser Crew!"He grinned. Samantha looked over, and her face split into a grin. "Hey!". The others looked up one by one, and slowly, names were introduced. Hands were shaken, and bonds were formed. It was the reinforcements.

AN:I'm really sorry this took so long to get out. And it constituted to these probems

1. Muses can be real asses if you piss them off 2. Sudden insanly uncurable addiction to Transformers (still havent cured it) 3. Lack of X-Men 4. Parents can be real pains

5. Younger siblings suck 6. Writers block sucks ass

Oh well, I'm gonna try and get the next chappie out soon. God...the last time I updated was the end of my Freshman year....Now its the end of my Sophmore year! Also, if this does get ripped off, I'll do what I can to make it work! when you review, give me and email and I'll just EMAIL the thingies to you!