Sorry I've been inactive for a little while. I've been working on 3 fanfictions at one time but they'll be here soon. So for now, enjoy my new story.
"It's terrorizing downtown!" Cyclops called to his team as he and Storm landed the X-Jet.
"Where did it come from?" Rogue asked but got nothing but a stiff shrug in response.
The jet landed on top of a building carefully, barely making a sound. Ink black smoke was sinister and rising all around.
"So, Scott?" Kitty called as they opened the jet door. "What exactly is the "it" we're talking about?"
Suddenly a swift cold breeze followed by a dark wailed came from a few blocks away. People ran screaming from its direction.
Scott waved his team over. "You're about to find out."
...
"What is that?" Jean took a step back at the sight of the creature.
It was a mass body of smoke, dark and as cold as the middle of the ocean on a starless night. The only sign of it behind alive were its eyes, blank and burning red with madness. It took up almost an entire street. It was spitting out a black goo that was coating over anything it touched. It was as tall as the skyscrapers around it and horribly vicious.
"We've got ourselves a big one," Wolverine told the kids.
"How do we destroy it if it isn't solid?" Shadowcat yelled over the screams.
"It doesn't get bigger unless fed Kitty. We might have to collect it bit by bit. I don't think we could contain it all at once," Cyclops informed her.
"So what are we waiting for?" Kurt jumped up and ran towards to monster.
Jean and Storm short behind and followed by the rest. Each X-Man held a capsule created by Forge to contain anything no matter how strong.
Nightcrawler was first and teleported himself to the ledge of a building. Inside a woman and her child screamed at the sight of him. But they instantly calmed down when he opened a white box and the darkness began to clear.
Rogue was below him, she grabbed her box from her belt and opened it towards the beast, it's smoky figure began to suck inside. She got a good chunk of it.
The creature was beginning to see it was being weakened and it didn't take it long to realize what was doing it. It howled in a raspy way like a strong wind. With a growl the creature opened its mouth, red as his eyes, and screamed. The wind blew back a number of X-Men as well as cars and street lamps.
"Hold on!" Wolverine yelled digging his claws into the ground, but he didn't find balance and ended up just scraping the pavement.
Kitty was able to avoid the wind by sinking under the ground. Rising back up she found her self face to face with the monster, now a few feet smaller. She smiled a little at the fact that it was becoming easier than she thought.
"Take this you big stink bomb," she grabbed her box and took in another good chunk of the creature.
It howled again. As the other X-Men were running back already, it noticed it wouldn't last much longer. It felt another suction from its back, Nightcrawler reappeared and took some more from it. The beast hissed and tried to spit on him but he was too fast and teleported out of the way. The goo hitting nothing but a street light.
"Kurt!" Rogue shouted to him as the dark beast took another spit, barely missing him this time.
"Hurry X-Men," Scott yelled "It's getting angrier!"
Kitty ran to get another bit but wast fast enough. This time the creature did something new. Out of its mouth it blew black smoke, it forcefully hit her straight on.
"Kitty!" Several people called for her.
When the smoke disappeared Shadowcat was out cold. Nightcrawler teleported in and out, picking her up and putting her back in the jet a block away. Oddly enough, the beast was even smaller after its attack, towering at only 10 feet or so. As if the strike at Kitty took out a third of its power.
"Come on everyone," Cyclops shouted "Lets finish this."
He ran towards the creature from behind and opened the box. But the darkness was ready and waiting. It turned around to face him with steering scarlet eyes. It hissed and spat the same smoke at him.
"Scott!" Jean flew towards him to ind him knocked out the same. She carefully levitated him to the jet.
The dark beast was only about the size of Blob now, but angrier with each decrease. The beast began a scream again, sending them all back half a block. It began to grow even darker and the air turned a freezing temperature. It didn't stop screaming and continued the gust of cold wind. As the smoke thrashed in anger it started spiting out everywhere, it was becoming uncontrollable, even to itself.
Storm tried to stop the wind but nothing worked. Jean quickly noticed someone was missing, the X-Men looked around for Rogue.
"There she is!" Wolverine yelled over the roaring wind and shrieking smoke.
The group looking where his eyes were. Rogue was gripping on for her life to a street light that was slowly coming out of it's place. She was surprisingly close to the creature and looked like she wanted to get closer.
"What is she doing?" Jean asked worried.
The X-Men looked on, some trying to call her over. But she didn't even look at them. Rogue was able to pull against the wind from the lamppost to a pay phone box, just as the post flew away. The phone booth wasn't doing much better. Rogue was about an arms length from the shadow monster now. By the time any of them realized what she was doing, they were too late.
"Rogue! Stop!" Storm tried to call to her just as the child's gloveless hand plunged into the beast.
The two began to flicker as anyone does when touching Rogue. The beast and the girl both screamed horribly. Rogue grabbed her wrist, trying to pull away. The beast had stopped the wind however, and the X-Men were coming to her rescue. All she needed to Kurt to push her away in order for everything to stop.
The street went silent. The smoke lingered on the spot, Rogue lay un ominous on the ground. The creature seemed to have regained it's sanity and Jean began to suck more of it into her box. As she did, it jerked awake. It looked down at itself, smaller than most of them now.
"Is it okay?" Nightcrawler asked for it seemed a little vague, like a lost child.
Suddenly the creature howled again and spat the last of its energy on Rogue. As the smoke surrounded and cleared her already unconscious body, the beast evaporated.
...
The X-Men arrived home in a heap. Cyclops, Kitty and Rogue were still out cold. Wolverine offered to carry Cyclops but Jean knew he'd be embarrassed about that when he woke up so he levitated him and Wolverine carried Rogue. Kitty, being to lightest, could be carried by Nightcrawler.
"How'd it go?" Bobby Drake asked the group as they arrived on the lawn.
"Did you contain the monster?" Hank questioned them.
"Was my invention awesome?" Forge grinned.
The Professor arrived at the top of the stairs with greetings and a smile.
Scott began to stir and Jean lay him down on the grass as the X-Men stared down at him. Scott's eyes shot open, but instead of his normal beams, the lens of his visor shattered outwards and the beams from his eyes were black. Black and cold as the middle of the ocean on a starless night.
