MUTANT BATTLE ROYALE
CHAPTER ONE
Yep. It's exactly what you think it is; battle royale – mutant style.
X-Men belongs to MARVEL.
Battle Royale belongs to Koushun Takami.
Whereas this lovely story belongs to me.
Rated PG-13 for violence. Major, major violence. Only 3 minor OCs in this fanfic because of lack of female characters in X-Men: Evolution.
And now… let the story begin!
As Sam entered the bus he knew something was fishy. Why would the professor send him on a trip with a bunch of magneto's gang, the morlocks and that weirdo he called his son? What was his name… Lucas?
Roberto slung his arm around his nervous friend's shoulder and prodded him in the stomach with his finger while grinning, "Loosen up, Cannonball! The professor's finally gone hip and you can't relax to enjoy at least a second of it?" Sam shook his head, "It's just not right! Why would he do something irresponsible? Does he actually trust these people?"
Sam wearily eyed the people on the bus again as he slumped to the back where all his friends were. Calliope nudged Sam in the guts as he passed by her chair. She mirrored Roberto's grin and tried to cheer up the tall shy boy she had a crush on for ages. "Aw, c'mon Sam, sit over here and have some of Rahne's cookies, you'll feel much better!"
Sam smiled meekly and sat down next to Roberto opposite from Rahne and Calliope. Behind them, Jasmine and Rena were whispering and giggling evilly by themselves. The rest of the New Mutants were beside them, including Logan, Storm, Taryn, Amanda, Risty and that guy who calls himself Arcade. The Morlocks, Brotherhood, and Emma Frost sat up in the front. Some guy with a dorky hat was driving the bus. Sam felt nauseous every time he turned back to grin slimily at the passengers on the bus. It was like in the beginning of Nightmare On Elm Street II.
It was half an hour into the bus ride and everything was going as smoothly as 40 something mutants in a bus could go. Roberto groaned as he saw that they were nearing a tunnel. "Lack of sunlight for a whole 10 seconds! Oh the horror!" He mock-fainted on Rahne who blushed and giggled. He smirked and pretended to fall asleep on her.
Suddenly Sam woke up. Roberto was still asleep on Rahne's lap. But Rahne was asleep as well. And Calliope. And the two girls next to her. He looked around in a panic. Everyone was asleep! He checked his watch. It was only 8:47 PM. How could everyone fall asleep at the same time? He got up and started to stagger towards the front of his bus. Auuughh. Why weren't his legs working properly? In fact, he was feeling kind of drowsy. He looked up to see a strange lady in a gas mask walking towards him with something large in her hands. He opened his mouth to say something but whatever was in her hands swung towards him and everything went black…
"Sam… Sam… Sam! SAMUEL GUTHRIE WAKE UP, DAMNIT!!!" Sam was being violently shaken awake. He woke up face to face with a freaked out Roberto. "Sam… I don't know where we are… but they've… I don't know what they've done but we all have this really strange red mark on our necks… right here…" He showed Sam a huge red scar which looked fresh on the side of his neck. Sam felt his own neck. A piece of skin was swollen on his neck as well. "Wh-what's going on?" He said aloud. He wasn't the only one panicking. Everyone in the room was panicking except for Magneto, Logan and Lucas.
Sam sneered at Magneto. Figures. He's probably the mastermind behind this. Whatever 'this' is. Magneto sat on a table at the front of the class with his arms neatly crossed over his thighs. When everyone had settled down he spoke.
"You are probably wondering why exactly I have brought you here" Roberto gasped, "So you did this!" Sam rolled his eyes and nudged his best friend to shut up. Magneto ignored this and continued. "Therefore I have set up a video for you to watch to answer all your questions" He turned to the TV next to him and snapped his fingers. It immediately turned on and a video with little metal stick figures started to play.
"Hello" A metal figure said in a robotic voice, "Welcome – to – Mutant – Battle – Royale!" A few guys in the Brotherhood whistled at this. "We – will – now – explain – to – you – what – the – rules – are" A female metal figure came on and in a less monotonic voice explained the rules. "We will call you off in alphabetical order. You will walk up to almighty Magneto, receive your bag and leave the premises. As soon as you have left you are on your own. You may use your powers as freely as you like. However, there are restrictions. Your powers do not work beyond a force field set up around this island. There are also specific areas around the island which make you lose control of your powers while you are inhabiting those areas and other areas where you will notice a loss of your power" The figure stepped off the screen and another metal figure with the features of a little boy came on. "So now get ready, y'all! As soon as ol' Magsy over there calls your name… you're off!" He grinned and waved the peace sign at the students before the TV turned off.
Magneto turned to the crowd. "Now… do you have any questions?" A couple of hands raised but Roberto stood up and shouted, "Yeah! What the hell are we doing here and who says we have to play your stupid game?" Magneto grinned. "I was hoping you would ask that, Mr Da Costa, now I have someone to demonstrate with" He waved his hand towards Roberto who immediately flew over. Roberto's powers were to absorb energy from the sun, not fly… which means…
"Roberto has metal in him!" Forge cried out. Magneto smirked. "You may have noticed the red spot on the back of your necks" Hands immediately flew towards necks. "We have injected every one of you with tiny balls of metal which automatically attach to your blood cells. However, they only have a lifespan of three days!" He mock-frowned. Ray glared at him. "That's sick, Magneto, what're you going to do? Use us as your puppets for your own sick pleasure?"
Magneto raised his eyebrow. "That would be very untasteful of me, Mr Crisp! Of course I planned something much more appetizing. You see… not only are you my puppets" With a flick of his hand Roberto was hanging limply in the air like a life-sized marionette. "But with what I'm about to make you pawns do will provide me and the world with mutant-filled entertainment for the next three days! But of course…" He clenched his fist and Roberto cried out. It sounded like a hundred things were cracking inside of him. He was struggling in the air to try and free from an unseen grip. The students were cowering together in terror but the fear only grew when he stopped moving. "Roberto!!!" Sam cried out. A drip of blood ran down Roberto's nose and over his lips before dripping onto the floor. "This is all just a game"