Part Four
Turning away from Bobby's 'Shaw', Emma started to run. Even though she was more than a match for him mentally, Shaw could crush her in the time it would take to break through his mental defenses. Suddenly, Emma was pulled back by Shaw's large hand.
"Going somewhere, White Queen? I though that you would have liked to see me after so long... We could discuss old times in the inner circle...Couldn't we?"
Turning slowly to Shaw, Emma noticed that they were not alone. Along with Shaw were the other members of the original Inner Circle--Harry Leland, a mutant who could control the mass of an object, and the man who'd introduced Emma to the Inner Circle, now dead because of a heart attack. Jason Wyngarde, the Mastermind, killed by the legacy virus. Donald Pierce, a cyborg--half man, half machine, Emma didn't know, or care what happened to him...and finally Jean Grey, the Black Queen and the Phoenix--one of the most powerful telepaths in the world.
"Well, look what we have here...Shall we dispose of her, Shaw?" asked Leland with a cold sneer forming on his face. "Or try to bring her back into the fold?"
"One telepath is enough. the Black Queen can easily take her place."
"Very good then, shall we proceed, my love? You can have first crack at it."
"Thank you, Jason, but I believe that I will wait until the end, for the Coup D' Grace."
Emma didn't wait for anyone else to speak. With the speed of thought, she entered Donald Pierce's head and literally 'turned off' his mind. Then using his body, she began to attack the remaining Inner Circle members. Harry Leland was the closest to Pierce, and logically the first to be stopped. Emma was sorry to kill even a mental version of Leland--he was truly her friend, besides her associate. But as she kept reminding herself, these people are not real, only images in Bobby's mind.
Pierce swung his metallic arm at Leland's chest, the force of the impact shattering Leland's ribcage, and crushing his already weakened heart. Before Emma could turn Pierce on Wyngarde, Shaw grabbed the cyborg and ripped his arms from his body, causing him to disappear, just like Leland.
"Being a little hard on Pierce, Emma? Just because he led Sentinels to the Hellfire Club and was responsible for the death of your students is no reason to lose your head." With these words, Shaw was across the aisle and had Emma by the neck. "Now, leave here and don't return...or it will be the boy's funeral."
"For all of your knowledge of the Inner Circle, Drake," Emma choked out, "you still don't know them like I did." With that, a bolt of pure mental energy erupted from Emma's head and struck Shaw, causing him to scream out in pain as he slowly vanished. "Shaw never did like mental attacks...Well, it looks like it's now just the three of us, how cozy," Emma said as she stood up and turned to face both Wyngarde and the Black Queen. "Who will be..." Emma couldn't finish the sentence because as she turned, she saw the remaining members of the Inner Circle standing on either side of a large guillotine, with Bobby in it.
I really don't know what happened to Pierce, is he dead or alive? if anyone knows, could you please write me--I'd love to find out...
I have the flu, so if the story doesn't make any sense, just write to tell me, and I'll gladly fix it.....:) Hope you all liked this chapter, it took me forever to decide what to write....alas.
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Next and probably final chapter: Emma cries, Bobby screams, the major final enemy, and (drum role please) BOBBY DRESSES IN DRAG!!!!!