A Clockwork Before the End Chapter 6: Five Minutes Until the End, a x-men: the movie fanfic

A Clockwork Before the End

Five Minutes Until the End

I think that the ideal space for must contain the elements for magic, serenity, sorcery, and mystery.

-Luis Barragan

"Hmm? An alliance?" Resonance- or Reo to the people of the mansion- said lowering her tea cup and placing it back onto the small plate that had held it before with a soft clink.

"Yes, an alliance! In this Sibling War that has two survivors from the previous War, we, as the youngest children in this battle, must gather and combine our forces and annihilate our older siblings! I actually have come across some information on how you were able to get Poseidon and his clan of fish mutants to swear their allegiance to you as well as you becoming something of a new benefactor of the X-Men." Princess Serenity, the third princess fighting for the throne, snapped her fingers together and Alexandra moved forward with the teapot and poured her another cup.

"...On the surface it seems to be fine but are you really content to live peacefully under my patronage? Or are simply saying that to gain my trust and lower my guard so you can stab me in the back?" Resonance asked as she leaned back in her chair, pushing her hair back and folding her arms over her chest.

Earlier in the Day

"...and because of these events Dylan will now be living in the mansion with us..." Resonance said while holding out her hands like she was one of the beauties on a game show.

Now that they weren't being threatened by other mutants and Dylan wasn't trying to run away, everyone got a better look at him.

The teen was tanned to perfection with sparkling sea green eyes that reflected the sea around his birthplace and black hair with dark green highlights that was natural. A normal everyday person would mistake him as a male tropical surfer because of his wetsuit and perfectly muscled body but if you were to look closely at his skin then you would see that it was ever so slightly tinted green and if he was to be submerged in water then he would probably look like he had slightly scaled skin and gills on the sides of his face. Of course no passersby would know that this teen was a fish-like mutant/ocean prince that liked to tease the second princess of the mutant country, Lataiva.

"Nice to meet you! I'm Dylan, my mutation is that I have fish like qualities! I can breathe underwater, I have a very basic control over water and I can swim as fast as an American submarine! My hobbies are swimming, flirting with cute girls like Ice and Rouge here and teasing my sweet little water lily here~!" He sang then saluted Charles Xavier who glanced at Resonance with a dangerous glint in his eye telling everyone he already had a plan to find Shaw that required Dylan using his mutations. Sean burst into laughter while Storm only said kindly, "My name is Storm. Or Ororo Monroe if that fits your preference more."

"I think that I'm going to get along with this guy!" He jumped to his feet and moved to pat the fish like teen's back but the teen had already did something that only Andy was able to do so without getting slapped. He had hugged Resonance from the back and rested his head on top of hers. He smiled at Sean, obviously oblivious of the shocked looks he was getting but Resonance only sighed and said thickly, "I told you to stop calling me your water lily, Dylan."

"Ah! But my little water lily~! I thought you liked my little pet name for you!" he whined as he buried his face in her neck. She only stiffened at that and pushed his face away from her neck and said, "Last you called me 'your little water lily' I broke your nose. And we were only eight then. Do you want a repeat?" He let go of her immediately and with a loose grin he said, "I hope we all get along!"

RING!

A voice flowed in the room from the open window, "Big Sister Resonance! It's me, Serenity!" Ice stiffened and jumped to her feet while crying, "A royal!"

She darted to the foyer where Alexandra was opening the door for a small girl with light brown hair that was pulled in a ponytail on the side of her head. She wore a small crown that had little diamonds and purple alexandraite gemstones embedded onto it. She looked up and the smile on her face only got wider as Ice jumped from the stairs into the air above her while shouting, "My name is Ice Swan! I'm the daughter of the great knight, Blaze Swan! On my sister's honor I'm going to kill you!" She pulled her fist back and swung it with all her might. The dark haired woman who came with Serenity stepped in front of the little princess and she raised her hand as if she was going to stop the girl.

"Ha! Your maid is no match for me!"

The maid in question only grabbed Ice's fist. She twisted it and swung the blonde teen to the side. Ice slammed against the wall and let out a hiss of pain while Reo walked down the stairs with Rouge, Dylan and Storm trailing behind her.

"Ice. It wasn't her." Reo smirked slightly as she walked past the small princess who took her cue and curtseyed to the other mutants while saying, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Princess Serenity, the third princess of the kingdom of Latavia, a daughter of Rae Marino and Alison Silvia."

She then turned and said while following the older princess, "My maid is Amanda...but I suspect that the blonde one over there already has guessed that Amanda is Alexandra's older sister."

She smiled and sat down at one end of the table while Resonance sat at her usual seat and took a drink of the tea that was set in front of her.

"I know you are aware of the struggle of surviving in this cruel game so I will be blunt about this. I know that this is not a social visit and that you are here for a reason. So tell me." Resonance said before taking another sip of her tea.

"Big sister you really do have the best insight of all our siblings so I have a proposition to make." Serenity said before gulping down her tea with less elegance and grace than Reo.

"I'm all ears right now." Was the only response she got.

"I propose we form an alliance."

"Hmm? An alliance?" Resonance- or Reo to the people of the mansion- said lowering her tea cup and placing it back onto the small plate that had held it before with a soft clink.

The small princess giggled as she put her tea cup onto the tray Alexandra was holding out in front of her.

"...It doesn't matter. Either way my answer will be the same. No. Now leave quickly."

"Big sister! Will you really forsake your little sister and throw her to the wolves?" Serenity stood and slammed her hands onto the table.

"Oh? Your acting skills have gotten a bit rusty, Serenity...You are lying to me. You wouldn't easily lose your temper like that. Why don't you tell me and my vassals the real reason you are here."The lady of the mansion twirled a strand of her hair with a small smirk on her face. Her head rested on her other hand and her eyes never left Serenity's face who only clapped and said, "...I'm impressed, Resonance."

"But unfortunately for you, I have brought myself more than enough time." she released her hands and the far wall collapsed and in came what looked like rose vines. Serenity reached out towards Amanda who picked her up and held her bridal style. Resonance was already on her feet staring at the plants as they rapidly grew and entangled the other mutants.

"These are...!" she gasped out as a vine grabbed her leg and started to squeeze it.

"Yes. These are my specially grown rose vines...These vines were grown for assassination missions...they kill whatever or whoever I tell them to. I didn't get the mutant name 'Persephone' for nothing. Plants are my specialty~!"

Amanda had gone over to the broken window and was clambering out with Serenity still in her arms.

"Goodbye, big sister! Take good care of yourself." At that everyone was encased in their own cocoon made of vies and were getting suffocated The sound of a chainsaw started and someone cut opened the cocoons The princess was wielding the chainsaw and was looking panicked. She darted out into the hall while yelling, "This is bad! If don't leave now we're all going to die right here and now!"

She swung the chainsaw from side to side tearing through the vines that made moves to grab her. Ice tore through the vines and placed her back against the princess and the two of them tore/ripped the vines.

Suddenly flames burned the ones that had made a grab at Ice. Andy stood with his back to Dylan down the hall. In his hands was a flamethrower and in Dylan's hand was a water bottle with it uncapped. Streams of water floated in the air around them putting out the fire before it got out of hand.

"Your not bad, mutt." Dylan said as Andy successfully put fire to vines that were attacking Resonance. Dylan waved his right hand and water pulled itself out of the plants leaving them dried and shriveled.

"Tch! I guess that's the last of them, fish boy." Andy said as the princess tore through the last vine with her chainsaw. Said princess only spared a glance at them before brushing past them. She swung the doors to the front lawn open and walked towards her little sister with a loose smile on her face. Everyone who had seen the princess in action shivered as that was the same smile Resonance wore before she would cut down her enemies.

"Ha! I would've thought that you'd have left by now! You really are more foolish than I give you credit for." She took another step towards Serenity as her smile grew wider. Serenity only smirked before raising her hands.

"I wont give up on my victory that easily!" And a vine grabbed the older princess by her ankle before suspending her in air. Resonance dropped the chainsaw and grabbed the skirt of the dress she was wearing and held it up.

A dozen or so more vines burst from the ground.

"Oh! I see...before coming to my mansion you planted your vines all over the hill!" She said glancing around.

Alexandra tore the vine that held her master from the root as the older princess said, "Storm, Havok, Banshee! Use your mutations to take out as many vines as you can, anyway you can!"

"Okay!"

"With pleasure!"

"Whatever." Were the responses she got as Andy caught her from her free fall.

"Ice! Come with me!" She yelled running to the other side of the lawn.

"Don't order me around!" Ice growled as she followed the elder princess.

"Haha! Run all you like, Resonance! You can never escape my vines." Serenity said in a haughty tone as she grabbed and stepped onto the nearest vine as it grew even bigger.

"Oh?" The sound of a speeding motorcycle filled everyone's ears. Ice zoomed straight pasted Rouge, Andy and Dylan as the group tore, burned, or dried out the vines that got too close to them. Standing on the back of the motorcycle was Resonance and the two of them sped straight towards where Serenity was.

"Stupid sister! I have Amanda to take care of all physical attacks against myself." Amanda stepped in front of the motorcycle only she was tackled by Alexandra who appeared out of nowhere.

"There is one place that is 'safe' that you overlooked." And with that being said Resonance jumped off the motorcycle and at Serenity with her arms outstretched.

"I've got you...the only safe place...that is where you are Serenity!" Resonance wrapped her arms around said princess who was frozen with shock.

The vines wrapped around the two as the older princess said, "However, now that I am here, this place is no longer 'safe'."

"Big sister...!"

"So choose...die here with me...or..."

"Resonance it hurts!" tears were running down Serenity's face as the vines tightened their hold on the princesses.

"Hmm...dying with my sister...I've had worst days, unfortunately." She added while smiling.

"I've got it, big sister! I've lost! I've lost!"

The vines let the two go and everything went calm. The only thing that was heard was thunder, the sound of tearing plants, flames burning bright and Banshee's screams.

"My adorable little sister..." Resonance wiped the smaller girl's tears before continuing, "Let's form an alliance."

"What...?"

"You don't stand a chance against our elder siblings because of your merciful nature and I believe you were being truthful about making an alliance in the first place so-" Resonance was cut off by sad laughter as Serenity took several steps higher on the vine.

"...kind...My foolish kind sister...despite your age difference from the last time I saw you...you haven't changed one bit." Serenity smiled softly and continued.

"Those words you gave to me...I'll give them right back. Someone like you may hope to achieve the throne but someone as soft as you will never be able to stand against our siblings and win." Serenity let the vine go and fell backwards as a soft bang! could be heard and a red man appeared in midair, grabbed Serenity before vanishing in smoke with another bang!

Serenity reappeared in the arms of the red man on the ground next to the group of four teen mutants. Rouge jerked back and glared at the man before hissing, "Azazel!"

And all hell broke loose.

First he dropped Serenity to the floor and vanished again. He reappeared a few feet away from the four mutants.

This time he had a group of mutants with him.

The Hellfire Club the name of the group seemed to echo within every mind present who knew the situation they were in was going to get even uglier. Silently Rouge was thanking whatever reason that had made Reo send Serena out.

Somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, on a fishing boat, Poseidon sneezed before smiling at the dark haired woman, who normally would be working as a maid, who was sun bathing on a lawn chair in her bikini.

As soon as Andy had seen the Hellfire club he hissed and passed the flamethrower to Rouge and took off his shirt. He fell onto his hands as fur shot out of every pore. A pure black wolf the size of a horse ran towards Serenity and stood in front of her barring it's fangs at the Hellfire Club showing them that he wasn't going to let them touch any princess.

"Haha. I may not know who you guys are but if the mutt here hates you and is willing to leave Resonance to me to go to another princess' side then you gotta be an enemy." Dylan laughed out as pulled Reo behind him.

That was when the sound of something shattered and water shot out of the ground and shot at the Hellfire Club like water spears. Bobby only stepped forward and waved his hand. The water began to freeze over and Dylan scratched his head and laughed out again, "Oh...you have someone who has Cyrokinesis(1) on your side..."

He only continued to smile and said, "But you forgot to protect your other team members." Bobby looked back and let his jaw drop. Northstar, Colossus, and Angel were suspended in midair with streams of water griping their waist. Their hands pass through the water as they attempted to escape. Dylan waved his hand and the three were thrown towards the older group of mutants that had stopped destroying the vines to come and help them.

"I'll leave these guys to you...My opponent is the little Iceman here." He chuckled darkly as he ran at Bobby for what it was worth. Banshee's screams became higher and higher before it became almost silent. You can hear the thunder that rained down on the winged woman. Vines shot out of the ground under the Hellfire club and wrapped themselves around Emma Frost. She hissed and reached out towards Azazel who teleported the blonde out of the tightening grip of the vines.

"Serenity...!" Resonance almost screamed but caught herself before she actually did. The girl in question had a fan in her hand and was pointing it at the Hellfire club.

"Look closer at that woman Big Sister." Serenity's voice was harsh as her hair shadowed her eyes. Riptide twirled his fingers and two whirlwinds appeared in his hands. He looked like he was about to throw them until Serenity cried, "Amanda! Ignore your little sister and show that mutant with Areokinesis(2) his place!"

"You...! Your supposed to be in Russia! What are you doing here in Latavia!" Resonance said as she moved to where her chainsaw laid forgotten.

"Alexandra! Your knew target is the man they call Azazel!" Resonance picked up her fallen chainsaw and turned it on again and gave a small laugh.

"I'll watch your back if you watch mine!" With that being said she ran at Sebastian Shaw and Emma Frost. Serenity laughed and pointed her fan at Emma and the vines darted at them once again. Only this time Shaw was prepared and threw some energy at the vines, disintegrating them.

Rouge hissed in pain when she realized she hadn't been paying any attention to Kitty. Kitty had just delivered a kick to her side forcing Rouge to drop and roll to the side.

"Hey! You mess with Rouge you mess with me!" Ice yelled before punching Kitty. She only fell through and her fist slammed against the ground creating another crater.

She hissed before jumping to her feet and turning. By that time Kitty had thrown another kick that sent back to the ground. The two of them stood and Ice asked while she kicked Kitty and threw even more punches, "Is she even good when it comes to a real fight?"

Rouge gritted her teeth and shook her head as she took her gloves off and ran at Kitty.

"AHHHHHH!" A scream rang out and all fighting slowed down so they could see what had happened. Shaw was throwing energy at a group of bats. He had blood pouring down his face as he tried to wipe it out of his eyes without giving the older princess an advantage in the battle.

"Azazel we're leaving!" He called but Azazel either didn't hear or was too busy teleporting away from the small maid as she would throw him to the trees or the ground every time he was in arm's reach.

The bats gathered at a point on the floor and vanished in the sky as they left a teenage boy in the midst of the battle.

The teenager laughed and jumped at Shaw while saying, "You know of all the times I have come to your mansion, Princess, this has to be one of the oddest situations I've seen you in!" He elbowed Shaw in the nose and pulled the strange helmet off of the guy.

"Oh? Even odder than the time you came while I was trying to force Andy to eat carrots, Dracul?" She asked the teen as she swung the chainsaw she was holding at Shaw. It only took part of the suit he was wearing off before the

Dracul laughed and said, "Now that was a funny situation, not a odd one in the very least. I presume your time without me by your side has been okay?" He grabbed her chainsaw and threw it in the air where it exploded from all the energy that was inserted into it by Shaw.

"Not in particular. My sister tried to kill me, I almost got eaten by a bunch of fish mutants, I became a member of the X-Men, Andy's friends are living with me now, and I have to a daily damage patrol of the house now." Resonance shrugged as she dodged the energy blasts. It amazed everyone watching them how easily they kept up a everyday conversation in the middle of a fight without giving the enemy a chance to even hit them.

"Just an average time with Resonance Marino then? Why don't you tell your telepathic friend that's inside to take this guy out?" The guy chuckled just as Shaw fell to the ground unconscious. The two exchanged smiles and nods before they took off in different directions. Resonance went towards her sister and Dracul went over where Dylan was fighting Bobby.

"Ha ha ha! You think that the two of you can fight me and win!" Emma let out a little laugh and dodged another vine. Her outfit seemed unfit for battle, a white miniskirt with a tank top and white boots to match the outfit, but she seemed mentally prepared for fighting the two princesses, one which wielded a fan that directed deadly vines and one which seemed the most alive in the midst of a battle than anywhere else.

"I will show you true power!" Then the vines burst into flames. The flame were a shimmering blue like rain drops. It was dazzling and dangerous as the vines that crumpled to nothing but ash proved. She let out a little laugh and the wind picked up.

A helicopter landed near her and she stepped onto the interior of it. As it took off again she called down with a soft smile, "My weak hearted little sisters...I will give you the same words you gave to me twelve years back... Whether it be through helping the enemy or through destroying the very things we swore to protect...everything I do is for the safety of our family..." And with that the helicopter flew off into the distance.

Serenity swore on the top of her lungs before turning and pointing her fan at the three mutant enemies that were fighting Storm, Banshee and Havok. The vines wrapped themselves around the waists, dragging them down to the earth and more vines shot out and made sure that they were properly captured. Serenity tightened her grip on her fan and the vines tightened their hold on the mutants necks cutting off their air supply. She made them stay like that before they lost conscious.

While she was doing that, Reo turned and walked over to kitty with a wide smile on her face that made Rouge and Ice shiver and back up. She raised her hand and caught the punch that Kitty threw. Her smile stiffened and she released the shocked mutant. The princess reached out and grabbed the small girl by the front of her outfit and pulled her closer as she raised her fist. She clenched her hand even tighter as she delivered the punch with a a sadistic looking smile.

Bobby once again froze the water that was thrown at him again while yawning. Giving a taunting smile he threw a spear like icicle at the

"You leave your side completely open!" Dracul yelled gleefully and kicked Bobby on the waist and dove to the side when he threw an icy spear like thing at him. However it made him temporarily forget about Dylan who made a water mask over the kids face. Bobby tried to grab the water that was cutting off his air supply and fell unconscious when he didn't get the desperately needed air.

Silence filled the air as everyone realized they had all taken their enemies out simultaneously.

"Hmph! Alexandra! Take these people to the basement!" Alexandra nodded and grabbed Azazel by the collar of his suit and grabbed Shaw's collar as she passed and dragged them into the house.

"Amanda, help your sister out!" Amanda saluted the small princess and then grabbed Riptide and Bobby by their collars and dragged them along.

The princess only walked in after the group and said, "Dracul, help them out and clean up the mess in dinning room when you are finished."

Dracul, a paled skin eye-candy like guy as everyone really noticed now, nodded and grabbed Northstar and Angel by their collars and pulled them towards the house.

Review! I need your opinion on how this should end. I only have a vague ending for this story...heck! Please review with ideas! I got the whole story outlined and it only needs to be filled with details. I can change some events to make it so that it fits. Also if you are interested in submitting an OC character then please PM me. I wont accept an OC that is submitted through a review regardless of if its a good character or not. This is also two chapters together because they were so short and i for some reason despise short chapters...