Logan turned to Deadpool, still hanging from the chandelier. "Wilson, how much is Otoko paying you?" He asked. "What's it to you?" Deadpool asked back. "Because I want to pay you more if you'll help us." Logan said back. "Pay?" Nick asked. "Deadpool is a mercenary. He'd kill his best friend for the right price." Kitty responded. "How about double?" Logan asked. "Forget it, you crappy!" Deadpool said loudly. "Triple?" Logan asked. Deadpool whimpered. "Quadruple?" "FINE!" Deadpool finally said.
In about two hours, more mutants than Nick thought existed had gathered near the mansion. Nick hardly knew anything about what was happening, except that he was threatened by becoming a gladiator. Because he barely knew anything, he started asking around. "I walk through walls." "I have claws." "I have hand-feet." "I can fly." "I'm the Juggernaut." "I control the weather." "I can control metal." "I can turn potential energy into kinetic energy." "I'm the Juggernaut." "I can steal peoples' powers." "I adapt to survive." "I'm the Juggernaut." "I can create lasers from my eyes." "I'm telepathic." "I'm-" "The Juggernaut?" Nick interrupted. "Smart boy." The Juggernaut said. By the time Nick was done inquiring, he knew just about everybody's mutation who were there. He knew everybody's nicknames…and everybody's real names.
"Alright, people," Wolverine said, "We have to be prepared. The Sekhems could attack us at any moment. We will divide into protective groups…"
Wolverine got a map of the mansion and set up team positions. "We will, first of all, have a decoy team that leads the Sekhems into an ambush. That team will consist of Polaris, Juggernaut, Colossus, Iceman, and Cyclops." Cyclops cut in: "Probably because you know that everybody in that group will die." Wolverine sighed. "Colossus, cover Summers' neck, will you?" Colossus (I can see why they call him that. He's like eight feet tall) nodded. "Kitty, Nightcrawler, Jean, Darwin, and I will stay in the basement with the real Variable." Wolverine said. Cyclops scoffed. "You have a problem with that, Summers?" Wolverine asked. Cyclops approached him, but a woman with short, red hair intervened. "Guys, please. Scott, if it's any consolation, we can trade me for Cain." She said. "Juggernaut!" Said a voice from the back. "Fine," Wolverine said, "Tin-man, forget Summers and protect Jean. If she dies, you die. Just a little incentive." Colossus nodded again. "Logan-" Kitty started. Logan cut her off; "Now, Angel, Storm, Banshee…"
By the time Logan was finished, there had been so much arguing that Nick fancied his ears would fall off. Also, a lot of changes had been made to the protecters of Nick. Now they were Kitty, Nightcrawler, Pixie, Rouge, and Iceman. As Wolverine walked Nick and the others into the basement, Nick asked him, "Logan…Why does everyone want to keep me so badly? Why am I so special?" Logan hesitated, sighed, and then answered, "You have a special molasses-like fluid mixed with your blood. It was used in ancient times to power a machine called Thanos' Sword, so called because the villain Thanos discovered it. When they found out that the weapon was too powerful for anyone to handle, they buried it and the power fluid was mixed into the blood of one of the first ever mutants. That was your ancestor." Nick stopped. He never even thought he would be anything more than a freak.
Suddenly, gunshots filled the air. The group then started to sprint to the basement. At the door were Pixie and Iceman, followed by Rouge. Nightcrawler and Shadowcat (Kitty) stayed by Nick to protect him as a last line of defense. Wolverine dashed away to the line of scrimmage. For the longest time, gunfire filled the air.
Meanwhile…
The decoy team ran from the Sekhems toward the ambush team. They were in a valley with stone cliffs on both sides. On each side, some Sekhems ran beside, firing guns. None of the X-Men fell. Sekhmet yelled to Emma Frost on the other side, "Kill Colossus! Get the sulfur dart!" Emma sneered and took out a blowdart gun. She blew it and it sped toward Colossus, but Jean telekinetically sent it back where it came from at twice the speed. Emma turned into diamond and the dart hit her forehead, but didn't even scratch the surface. From behind the X-Men, dozens more Sekhems sped toward them. Suddenly, BAMF! A sort of a red version of Nightcrawler that had facial hair trapped them from the front. "Good day, my friends." Said the demon. "A-a-Azazel." Colossus stuttered. The X-Men closed in toward each other, getting tighter and tighter. The group behind them of about twenty mutants was led by Avalanche and Quicksilver. The right ledge was stood upon by Sekhmet, Domino, about seven Madrox…s…s. On the other ledge stood Emma, Sebastian Shaw, and Blob, but Blob, after standing there for a while, fell off, screaming. SHRING! SHRING! Polaris had been stabbed by Azazel. Polaris had not quite died yet, her heart missed by the blade. She used her magnet kinesis to pick Azazel up by his sword. Azazel simply laughed. Behind, the others had jumped down from the ledges. The Madrox…s…s were supressing Jean as Sekhmet came with a gun and fired. Colossus jumped in front, turned to metal, and deflected the bullets. "Frost!" Sekhmet yelled. Emma shot another dart, which hit Colossus in the neck. He started coughing, and then went down on one knee. He continued coughing until he fell over and stopped living completely. BANG! Jean and a Madrox were killed by Sekhmet. Cyclops, in anger, took off his pimp shades and looked around frantically, screaming. The Madrox…s…s went flying, Azazel went flying, even Juggernaut went flying. Emma, Shaw, Sekhmet, and Polaris avoided it. Cyclops recoiled with pain. Shaw took out pistols and started shooting, but a glance from Cyclops and he hadn't killed anybody. Juggernaut, unfazed by the bullets shot at him, bulldozed Sekhmet and Emma, neither of which could telepathically restrain him. Cyclops blasted away the guns in Domino's hands and then blasted her into the cliff behind. The twenty or so mutants from behind Avalanche and Quicksilver charged, but Avalanche and Quicksilver stayed behind. Polaris sent a dagger at the army, and Cyclops also had at it. In a few seconds, they all fell, and the dagger was at Avalanche's throat. But where was Quicksilver? Cyclops was down in a click. The dagger downed Avalanche, but then Polaris was on the ground. "Is that the best you got, Lorna?" Quicksilver asked. While he was standing there gloating, Juggernaut came up behind him and sent him flying. He hit the ground and was knocked out. Suddenly, Juggernaut was bending over, covering his head while groaning. He fainted. Sekhmet approached Polaris. "I'll let you go with a slap on the wrist." Sekhmet said. The wind started blowing and Polaris was sent flying back to the mansion. Sekhmet went to Azazel and woke him up. "The boy escaped. He went down this pass." Sekhmet said. Cyclops got up slowly behind them. BAMF! CRICK! Azazel appeared behind Cyclops and impaled him with his sharp tail. "The famous X-Men defeated by my humble group." Sekhmet teased. Azazel grabbed his sword from the ground and followed Sekhmet.
They approached the shoreline where the fake Variable stood. Azazel teleported over and rapped his tail around the neck of what he thought was Variable. Sekhmet got there. "SON OF A-" Azazel suddenly disappeared and Sekhmet turned around. A hundred X-Men and associates lined the split cove cliffs, ready for battle. Ten of them jumped down and ran toward Sekhmet. Gambit was the first to go to battle with Sekhmet. Gambit threw a card, which Sekhmet did a somersault over. Gambit swung his bo-staff, which Sekhmet ducked and came back up, tackling Gambit from right under his nose. Gambit went down. Sekhmet saw Storm in the sky, who was sending down thunderbolts, which he absorbed with air orbs. He sent them back at her and they exploded on contact, sending her flying. Suddenly, Sekhmet was surrounded by X-Men. About five flew above his head. "Let's DANCE!" He yelled. He created an air orb and chucked it.
Meanwhile…
Nick was quite scared of all the gunfire going on outside. Suddenly, there were a series of BAMFs followed by groans. Eventually, a single BAMF was heard outside of the basement door. A sharp tail stabbed off the fringes and the door fell, exposing Azazel, who spoke, saying, "You, my friends, are geschraubt." He made a beeline for Iceman, drawing his blade and screaming. He leapt and thrusted his sword toward Iceman, who uselessly tried to freeze him.