Marvelous
Chapter 4
By: iamdaemon
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in X-Men Evolution. This was written for fun.
Author's Note: I wrote this with my brother. The fic takes place in the future during those images that Xavier glimpsed from Apocalypse's mind.
Chapter 4:
The side of the cliff behind the Xavier estate shimmered for a second and then changed into a metal panel. This panel opened up to reveal a landing strip. Suddenly, a sleek black jet flew out of the opening in the side of the cliff. The landing strip then became a sheer cliff wall again.
Storm sat in the pilot's seat with Scott beside of her in the co-pilot's seat. "T-minus six minutes to the harbor," Scott said reading from a control panel.
X-23 sat behind Cyclops flexing her fingers into fists. It had been a while since she had been sent on a mission. She had been practicing in the Danger Room but that didn't satisfy her urge to fight. She had been working with the Professor on controlling her rage and thirst for battle. She always thought it felt good to fight.
Nightcrawler sat beside of X-23. He was feeling a little afraid. He was wondering what was on the ship to warrant an attack. He felt that there was something going on beneath the surface.
Behind Nightcrawler was Colossus. He was in his human form. He wouldn't change into his stronger more resistant organic steel form until he got to the battle. He looked over to Rogue. Rogue turned her head to face him. He gave a weak smile. She returned the favor with a cute half-smile that Colossus had begun to draw in his sketch.
Iceman sat in the very back by himself. He hadn't gone to his ice form yet. He noticed the exchange between Colossus and Rogue. He just thought that they were sharing a moment because they were scared to go into battle. It's just the Brotherhood. It's no big deal, he thought.
"We're coming around the ship," Storm said not much later.
"Looks like the military hasn't done to well," Nightcrawler said.
It was true, there were soldiers lying around the deck and wreckage was strewn everywhere. "Okay, everyone this may be harder than we thought. Colossus, Nightcrawler, Cyclops and X-23 will go in the first wave. Iceman, Rogue and I will follow," Storm instructed.
"Anything you say," Cyclops said flatly.
"Cyclops, I'm sorry your pride is hurt, but now is not the time," Storm said. "Let's go X-Men!"
With that Storm opened the door on the side of the jet. Colossus leaped from the door. He changed to his metal form in mid-air and landed with a heavy thud. In a cloud of brimstone and sulfur, Nightcrawler appeared with Cyclops and X-23. They looked around, the Brotherhood was no where to be seen. Behind them, the jet was landing. The rush of air as the jet began to land was very strong. Suddenly, a stream of fire shot between them. "Lookie, 'ere! It's the X-Men!" Pyro called out with a cackle as he stood up on a jeep.
Cyclops fired an optic beam at Pyro but he dodged down. Pyro returned the attack with a blast of fire that twisted into the shape of a dragon. "I'll take care of him," Colossus said.
Colossus lowered his head and charged through the dragon. He burst through on the other side and slammed into the jeep that Pyro was standing on. Pyro jumped off in the nick of time and the jeep skidded backward and then rolled over.
"Long time no see, Colossus old chum," Pyro laughed. "It warms my heart ta see you ag'in. Let me return the fayvah!"
Pyro shot a plume of fire that engulfed Colossus.
Storm landed the jet. Once it touched down, Rogue burst from the door. Iceman was right behind her riding on a sheet of ice. Storm flew from the door and rose into the air.
Pyro had emerged and was fighting with Colossus. The other members of the Brotherhood emerged from hiding and began to fight. In Rogue's earpiece, she heard Storm order, "Rogue, Avalanche is heading below deck. See if you can follow him."
"Sure thang," Rogue replied as she dashed across the deck after Avalanche.
"Hey, Furball. Bet'chu can't catch me," Toad challenged to Nightcrawler.
"I can beat you any day of the week, Toad," replied Nightcrawler.
Toad leaped over some wreckage. He looked over his shoulder and when Toad turned around, Nightcrawler was right in front of him. Nightcrawler swung a punch that Toad ducked. Toad dropped onto his back and kicked his legs like a bicycle. Nightcrawler began tumbling in the air. "I've learned some tricks since the last time we fought," Toad boasted.
Suddenly, Nightcrawler ported away. "Huh?" Toad gasped.
Nightcrawler appeared behind Toad. "Here I am, Slimey," Nightcrawler called out.
"Not for long," thundered a voice behind Nightcrawler.
Nightcrawler looked up as a shadow fell across him. Blob was looming over him. Blob punched at Nightcrawler. Kurt ported away and Blob pounded the tarmac of the deck. "Thanks for the save," Toad said with a salute. Toad then saw Nightcrawler appear and then he hopped away to chase him.
Blob turned around to find another X-Man to fight when he was blasted with ice. "Hold it right there!" Iceman shouted.
"Do you think that ice will stop me?" Blob roared as he blocked his face with both hands.
Iceman stopped momentarily to see what kind of damage he had done. Both of Blob's hands were sheathed in ice. Blob chuckled and smashed his hands together. The ice smashed away and Blob flexed his fists and grinned. Iceman frowned. Blob was then hit from the opposite direction by a fierce wind. Blob braced himself and growled, "That little breeze is not gonna move me!"
"Iceman, make things a little slick," Storm suggested from the air above Blob.
Iceman made an ice skiff beneath Blob's feet. Blob lost his footing and slipped and fell. The skiff of ice was wide and he landed on his stomach. Storm's wind sent Blob sliding across the deck.
On the other side of the deck it appeared that Cyclops was firing his blasts wildly. Really, he was trying to hit Quicksilver. "What's wrong Summers? Can't catch me? Your honey isn't here to pick me off the ground?" Quicksilver taunted.
"You shut your mouth about Jean!" Scott spat.
Scott took his time and aimed. He anticipated where Quicksilver was going to move to and fired. Cyclops' blast struck Quicksilver in the chest, knocking him backward.
Cyclops turned as he heard X-23 roar in rage. He was suddenly knocked off his feet. Quicksilver had recovered and punched Cyclops in the blink of an eye.
X-23 was raging because the deck beneath her had suddenly turned molten. With her quick reflexes, X-23 jumped away. "You gotta try harder than that Scarlet Witch!" X-23 sneered.
Scarlet Witch waved her hands and the wreckage of a jet came hurtling toward X-23. X-23 extended her claws and jumped over the shrapnel that was flying toward her. She jumped into the air and sliced through a broken piece of fuselage. "You don't want to fight me," Scarlet Witch warned.
"You don't know how much I want to fight you," replied X-23 as she growled again and leaped forward.
A good distance from the battle, Rogue had caught up to Avalanche. "Too bad ya powers ain't no good on the high seas," Rogue taunted.
"I don't need my powers to beat your ass," Avalanche sneered.
"Hit me with ya best shot," Rogue said with a grin.
Avalanche feint an attack at Rogue. She tensed and dropped into a fight stance while Avalanche darted to the side and scooped up a metal bar. He gripped it and swung at Rogue's face. Rogue gasped and ducked, covering her head. The rod connected with her hand. Rogue jumped back and shook her hand in pain. "Damn it!" Rogue swore.
"I've got plenty more where that came from," Avalanche threatened.
"No more kidding around," Rogue said backing up and sliding off her gloves. "The kid gloves are off."
Rogue advanced toward Avalanche. Avalanche tensed up, ready to swing the twisted metal. Before Rogue could swing a single punch, there came several shouts from their teammates. "You're friends are gettin' beat," Avalanche said with a grin as he backed away from Rogue.
Rogue didn't know what to do. Avalanche was going to get away. Rogue could either chase after him or go help her friends. Rogue turned and ran to go help her teammates.
Storm was still fighting Blob with Iceman. "You can hit me with all you got, and I'll keep coming at you," Blob boasted.
"Iceman, we are going to have to change our tactics," Storm advised.
"I'm taking over now," a voice said from behind Storm.
Storm whirled around. Another woman was floating in the air right behind her. She was blonde and very attractive. She was wearing a black suit with a yellow splash across the front. He was also wearing a black mask over her face, most likely to protect her identity. Storm had never seen this woman before. "Who are you?" asked Storm cautiously.
"I'm the solution to this country's problems," the lady said.
"You'll never stop the Brotherhood!" Blob yelled as he picked up a large metal drum.
"Brotherhood, X-Men, I'm here to stop you all," she said stopping the fighting and gaining the attention from both groups.
The woman held her fists in front of her and dove out of the air. She drove right into Blob's stomach. "Ooomph!" Blob grunted.
Blob's eyes widened in shock as this woman knocked him off his feet and sent him flying through the air and demolishing an airplane. The woman floated up from Blob and said with a flip of her hair, "By the way, you can call me Ms. Marvel."
Everyone was silent and some gasped at what she had just done to Blob. "What do you want, Ms. Marvel?" Cyclops demanded.
"I'm here to put a stop to you vigilante and terrorist mutants. It's you that give other mutants a bad image; your lawbreaking and life threatening has to end," she said with a wicked smile.
"Lady, you need to chill out," said Iceman stretching out is arm and firing an ice beam at her.
Ms. Marvel turned and flew straight at him with her fist drawn back for a punch. She didn't bother to dodge his ice beam. Instead she raised her other arm to block it and flew straight through it. Iceman's eyes widened as he gasped. He managed to take a step back, but it was useless. She punched him square in the ribs and sent him flying across the flight deck and skidding to a halt facedown. Iceman fell unconscious and reverted back to his human form.
"Iceman!" Shouted Storm calling lightning to her hands.
"Where I come from it is not customary to hit a woman, but an enemy is an enemy," Colossus said running drawing a back.
He swung to punch her but she flew to the side and dodged. Colossus looked to the side as his fist hit only air. Ms. Marvel flew up to reach his head and punch him in the face. Colossus stumbled a few steps back and Ms. Marvel punched him in the stomach sending him over the side of the deck, plummeting into the water.
"Nightcrawler! Find Colossus!" Storm ordered.
"Gotcha," Nightcrawler said just before he disappeared.
Ms. Marvel turned to her next closest target which was Quicksilver. He gulped as she flew for him. He ran to the side and Ms. Marvel pursued. She quickly stopped in mid air as a lightning bolt crashed in front of her.
"You will not hurt anyone else!" commanded Storm.
Without a word, Ms. Marvel surged toward Storm. Storm let loose a barrage of lightning. Ms. Marvel crossed her arms in front of herself and powered through the lightning. Ms. Marvel backhanded Storm and Storm faltered for a second. Ms. Marvel grabbed Storm's wrists. She swung Storm around for a moment. Ms. Marvel released her, sending the X-Man flying into Quicksilver who was now beside Blob.
"You guys don't put up much of a fight," Ms. Marvel said with air of disappointment.
"'ey, she-bitch! Come and get some ah this," Pyro challenged.
Pyro cranked up his flamethrower and released a giant plume of fire. The fire hit Ms. Marvel right in the face. Pyro laughed as he continued to release his flames. "Huh?" he asked as his opponent emerged from the fire right in front of him.
She grabbed his wrists in her hands, crushing his flame releasing nozzles. "My hands! You bitch! You crushed my hands!" Pyro screamed.
Ms. Marvel suddenly stumbled forward. She had been taken by surprise. She whirled around. X-23 sliced at Ms. Marvel's back once again. "Sorry, kitten. I don't cut easy," Ms. Marvel teased.
X-23 sliced again but she was grabbed up by the throat before she could do anything else. A shadow fell across Ms. Marvel and the struggling X-23. A jet was plummeting toward them. Scarlet Witch stood over to the side waving her hands. Ms. Marvel turned her head and watched the jet descend as a frantic X-23 tried to free herself.
The jet crashed into the two of them resulting in an explosion. An unconscious X-23 flew to the side and landed in a heap. Scarlet Witch started at the center of the fire. "I believe you're looking for me?" Ms. Marvel said from above the fire.
Scarlet Witch's eyes widened. "My turn," she said rapidly flying at Scarlet Witch with both fists in front of her. She hit her in the stomach sending her flying against a wall; she fell to the ground unconscious.
Ms. Marvel turned around to see Toad jumping around advancing toward her. He jumped to one spot and spit a wad of slime. Ms. Marvel saw it coming for her stepped to the side. Toad released another slime ball and Ms. Marvel dodged again. This time she flew at Toad with a fist drawn back. She was about a foot away from Toad and she released her punch. Toad jumped to the side and lashed out his tongue; it wrapped around her wrist. Toad jerked his tongue and flung Ms. Marvel into a wall. The impact didn't faze her; however there was a deep dent shaped like Ms. Marvel in the wall. She stood up and charged Toad once more.
Rogue ran out of a door way and stopped to look for her friends. She saw that their numbers had dwindled considerably. Only Cyclops remained standing and he just seemed to be watching Ms. Marvel's fight with the Brotherhood. Rogue ran up to him and asked, "What's goin' on?"
"I don't know," he mumbled.
"Where is everyone?" Rogue asked worried.
"Down," he continued to mumble. "She took them all down without a scratch."
"Listen. With Toad distractin' her Am gonna try to touch her. Once I break contact you blast her."
"Quit jumping around so I can hit you," Ms. Marvel said.
"Why should I do that? I'm having too much fun," Toad mocked continuing to jump around.
Toad jumped a couple more times and unknowingly landed on a piece of debris causing him to stumble. "Uh oh," was all he could manage before getting punched by Ms. Marvel.
Ms. Marvel turned her head just in time to see Rogue five feet away from her with her hands bare. She swung her arm widely connecting with Rogue's chest sending her flying backward into some stacked barrels. Cyclops's optic blast never came.
Ms. Marvel started to charge at Cyclops but stopped when she saw several SHIELD helicopters approaching. Nightcrawler had teleported back onto the flight deck with a waterlogged Colossus.
Ms. Marvel turned around behind her to see Avalanche approach Pyro from a doorway. "Let's get outta 'ere while we can, Avalanche!" Pyro exclaimed.
"I think you two should stay," Ms. Marvel said flying to them and grabbing them.
She dragged them away from the doorway and more into the open. Nightcrawler and Colossus snapped Cyclops out of his daze and began to gather the other X-Men and take them to the jet. Colossus ran over and carefully picked up an unconscious Storm and ran back over to Cyclops. Kurt teleported over to X-23 and teleported back over Cyclops.
"Vhere are Rogue and Iceman?" Nightcrawler asked.
Colossus and Cyclops quickly turned scanning the flight deck. "I do not see them," Colossus said.
Iceman slowly regained consciousness. He pushed himself up onto his elbows and noticed pain course through his ribs causing him to hiss through is teeth. He looked up and saw Rogue close by laying unconscious under some barrels. Ignoring the pain he quickly rushed to her. He quickly pushed the barrels off of her gritting his teeth through the pain.
He bent down and rolled her over onto her back and gasped when he noticed she wasn't breathing. He placed his ear on her chest and heard that her heart was still beating. He placed his hand behind her neck and tilted her head back. His gloves protected him from Rogue's powers. Here goes, Bobby thought before placing his mouth over Rogue's and exhaled.
He immediately felt the affects of Rogue's powers. What he didn't expect was that he couldn't break the connection. He tried to move his arms to push away but he couldn't. He tried to move his legs, but like his arms they would not budge. It was like he was in some type of paralysis that would only go away when Rogue broke the connection between them.
His eyes widened and his heart beat more rapid as he filled with panic. He panicked because not being able to break the connection was unexpected. If this is how I'm going to go at least she'll make it, he thought. After thinking that his panic ceased; even though Rouge was draining him of his life energy.
His eyes grew heavy as he could feel his life and energy slipping away. His heartbeat slowed a little and he could feel himself get a little lightheaded from lack of energy. How he managed to stay conscious this far he didn't know either. He could feel his muscles relax and go limp and his eyes becoming heavier by the second. He had no idea how long he had been making contact with her but he guessed it had been quite a while now. All of the sudden he saw Rogue's eyes snap open just as he fell unconscious.
Rogue shoved Iceman away. "Ya fool, what'd ya do that for!" Rogue shouted.
Suddenly, there was a crackling noise. Rogue didn't know what the sound was until she looked at her hands. They were as clear as ice. Her whole body was made of ice.