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Title: Eighteen
Minutes
Author:
Terri
Email: xgrrl26@yahoo.com
Rating:
PG
Summary:
Sequel to Eighteen Questions, Take Two. The X-men try to help out Logan and
Rogue as they battle Sabretooth. We listen in, thanks to mission recordings.
Series:
Eighteen #8
Disclaimer:
Nobody is mine.
Archive:
Ask, and ye shall receive.
Feedback:
Please! I promise more fic if you do.....
Comments:
This was kind of a weird way to conclude this little stretch, but I missed
the rest of the x-men.
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Mission
07x89
Date: October
23
Time: 14:22
Cyclops:
Commence recording. Let's go.
Storm: Jean?
Are you in contact with the Professor?
Jean: Yes.
He's monitoring on Cerebro. Logan is on his way. The Professor is asking
us to stand by.
Cyclops:
I'll ready the Blackbird. We'll need to plot an intercept immediately if
Sabretooth tries to move with her.
Storm: What
about Mystique?
Jean: She
appears to have moved out of the area. The Professor is focusing on Sabretooth
at the moment.
Cyclops:
She is no longer a threat?
Jean: Not
at the moment. Wait - Logan's there.
Storm: Is
Rogue all right?
Jean: I
can't - I can't tell. Wait.
Cyclops:
Blackbird's ready to go.
Jean: She's
OK. Logan told her to run, she's out of the cabin.
Storm: She
will not leave until it is finished.
Cyclops:
We should have never let her leave here with him.
Jean: She's
not running. She's waiting to see if Logan can take him. She's trying to
figure out a way to help him. She's not running. Damn.
Cyclops:
He's going to get her killed. We shouldn't have let her leave here.
Storm: Is
Sabretooth winning?
Jean: Hard
to tell they're both - oh!
Cyclops:
What is it?
Jean: Rogue
is down. She tried to distract Sabretooth and he took a swipe -
Cyclops:
We've got to go right now.
Storm: We
do not know if -
Jean: Wait,
Logan's got him. She's not hurt too badly, just got the wind knocked out
of her, I think.
Cyclops:
We've got to go, we can adjust en route if Sabretooth moves with her.
Jean: I
don't know if I can maintain contact with the Professor in -
Cyclops:
What if you stay here and relay to me?
Jean: I
don't know, we've never tried it that way and I could lose -
Cyclops:
I mean relay using the radio. Using the radio.
Jean: That
would work. I think that would work. But -
Cyclops:
Good, then Storm and I will -
Jean: But
the Professor is still saying to stand by.
Cyclops:
Tell him -
Jean: And,
Scott, you might need me, Sabretooth has been hard to -
Cyclops:
I know, but -
Jean: Wait
- He's, he's got him.
Storm: Who?
Who has who?
Jean: Logan,
I think he's got Sabretooth, he's - he's driving him to the edge of a cliff,
I think he's trying to -
Cyclops:
Is Rogue -
Jean: -
to back him over it. Wait.
Storm: Jean,
what about Rogue? Can you ascertain her condition?
Jean: She's
up, I think she's OK
Cyclops:
Storm, into the plane. Jean, use the comm.
Jean: OK.
I'll tell the Professor - oh! He's -wait, Scott, I think it's working, he's
- oh God!! No!
Storm: Jean!
What is it?
Jean: Wait,
wait -
Cyclops:
Jean!
Jean: Logan's
unconscious. Logan's unconscious. Sabretooth ripped his throat out, his windpipe,
and -oh God, no, Rogue, don't!
Cyclops:
No more waiting. We go right now.
Jean: She's
- she's holding her own, he's toying with her.
Cyclops:
Use the comm link, Jean. We're out of here.
..............................
Jean: Can
you read me?
Cyclops:
Loud and clear. Update?
Jean: Logan's
back up. Sabretooth.......he's busy with Rogue, he doesn't see him.
Storm: Is
Rogue injured?
Jean: Some
scratches, some bruises, no serious injury. She's doing a good job of dodging
him. He was - wait. Wait, hold your position.
Cyclops:
What?
Jean: Logan's
- he's coming up from behind and - hang on -
Cyclops:
Jean?
Jean: He
did it! Logan did it! Sabretooth is down. He's down.
Cyclops:
Are you sure?
Jean: Logan
threw him over the cliff. It's a four hundred foot drop. He's down. He's
down.
Cyclops:
And Rogue?
Jean: She's
OK, Logan's got her, she's OK.
Storm: Thank
the Bright Lady.
Cyclops:
We should still -
Jean: The
Professor says to stand down.
Cyclops:
But -
Jean: He
says to stand down.
Cyclops:
Powering down the Blackbird.
Jean: Scott,
they're OK. They're OK.
Cyclops:
For how long, Jean? We should never have let her leave with him.
Storm: They're
all right.
Jean: The
Professor will contact them.
Cyclops:
And then what? Logan won't bring her back. She's not safe out there, Jean.
You know it as well as I do.
Storm: She
was not exactly safe here, either, Scott.
Cyclops:
At least she had us. She had all of us looking out for her. What does she
have now?
Jean: She's
OK. They're both going to be all right. The Professor will talk to Logan.
I don't disagree with you, honey, but we can't force them to come back.
Cyclops:
Power down completed. Meet me in the Professor's office for debrief..
Jean: It
will all work out. The Professor is looking out for her too.
Cyclops:
I know. I'm just worried, Jean. She's like the little sister I didn't have.
She's only eighteen for God's sake.
Jean: I
know, dear. I know. I'm worried too. We just have to trust that it will work
out.
Cyclops:
See you in a few. Closing comm link, end recording.
Missionn
07x89
Date: October
23
Time: 14:40.
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