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A drop. A drop and his heart stopped. A single drop and he knew, he had to be more careful; he had to stop the plant or another poor soul could have been poisoned like him. He had no idea what his blood would do to another human being. In the best case scenario it would be radiation poisoning; in the worst…another him running around.
Relief washed through him when it was wiped off the bottling conveyor belt. He had cut himself on a simple piece of machinery; he had to be more careful. For himself, his happiness and everyone around; for their safety. He sealed the cut with superglue, keeping it closed the best he could.
But little did he know that wasn't the only splatter of blood; that a small dribble down the neck of a bottle would begin a chain of events that wouldn't just affect his life here; but his future altogether.
He went about his day oblivious; oblivious to the danger ahead; only seeing the positives in his future. He'd acquired an Amazonian plant; one he was convinced was the answer, the cure to the hulk and his ticket out of Brazil and into his old life.
Ellie's bobble snapped, causing her long blonde hair to cascade in front of her face. She rolled her eyes and pushed it behind her ears, plaiting it quickly to at least attempt to keep it out of her face. She felt the man clutched between her thighs start to slide to the ground and she twisted herself from his neck, running from his unconscious form to roundhouse kick another. The team were like a well-oiled machine; making quick work of the battle.
They were facing hypnotised goons, and she rolled behind a burning car as jubilee bombed the doors to the building. The explosion made the ground shake underneath them, and scattered debris around the road. They ran in, storm taking the lead to short circuit the drones ahead before they could fire their lasers. Ellie slid to the floor, feeling downwards for a familiar trace of emotion, which she would recognise as his. She looked up at kitty "five floors down; basement level. There's people in the corridors below us that don't feel hostile"
"can you feel for any guards?" this voice was Cajun; and she shook her head
"sorry gambit, I can't tell who's who unless I know them well, I just know there's people; happy, sad, angry, frightened. My guess is the bored but confident ones could be guards, but I have no way to know the truth…"
"s'alright Cherie, Kit, wanna take a look?"
The brunette nodded, and slid her head through the thick concrete below them. Muffled words became clearer as she came back through "coasts clear, I'll faze us down" this pattern continued until the third floor, when as she slid her torso through, it was pulled from them by an unseen force.
"Gambit, Jubilee, quick!" Ellie screamed, slamming her hands into the concrete and allowing herself to be pulled from the spot by a gentle but firm hand on her shoulder. 3 glowing playing cards sliced into the concrete of the floor, followed by a glowing ball; and the small group turned on the spot, crouching down with their hands over their ears as the ground glowed purple and the concrete crumbled.
They jumped through; landing crouched on the floor; before rising up into an attack stance. In the room was a huge man in a purple and yellow outfit, and a woman in a long purple cape, her white hair blowing behind her. Storm looked shocked "Stonewall? Why are you here…I thought you'd turned yourself in?"
His voice was gruff "I did…but I was taken out by Phantazia; and the brotherhood"
Phantazia looked the storm wielder in the eye; "he's mine now; and I think I'll have this one too" referring to Kitty; who struggled in her arms; unable to use her powers while in Phantazia's grip. Stonewall ran forward; and they leaped into action; firing explosives at his muscular body. "Stop!" called storm "your physical attacks won't damage him!". He smirked and ran at them; causing them to roll and dodge from his attacks. The ground cracked where he hit it, and started to calcify as he absorbed the elemental substance of the earth in the concrete. They turned on Phantazia, but were unable to attack while she used Kitty as a shield. They looked to Ellie, who in the field of battle was known as "psyche". Her eyes glowed; and the others cringed as they felt tendrils of fear branch out from her. The two ahead of her shuddered, and tears began to stream from Kitty's wise open eyes. Psyche couldn't control who the fear went to when they were in such close proximity; and hoped she could remove whatever horrors Kitty was feeling.
They fell to the ground. It had taken a while of training to be able to wrap her head around intentionally gripping fear into the hearts of others, but it was necessary for the use of her abilities in combat. She could be as good as she liked at martial arts and gymnastics, but unless she learnt to use her abilities in combat she felt she would never be as strong as the others; able to protect herself and her friends to the best of her abilities.
Kitty crawled towards them, sobs echoing. Ellie ran forwards and dragged her out, cutting off the fear and after pushing kitty behind her; changed it to a feeling of sleep. The two in front of them passed out; unable to resist the call of her emotional demands.
She turned to her friend, enveloping her in an embrace and filled her with happiness, draining the fear from her body as rapidly as she could without sending her into shock. They continued their travels downwards, and ran to the cages containing their friends. The explosive members of the group began blasting the locks. Speed was of the essence; as she couldn't lull them into sleep from here; so it was only a matter of time till they awoke.
They escaped; destroyed the blood and hair samples that had been taken before they could be used and fazed from the building to where the jet was waiting for them, Ellie carrying a shaking Kitty out on her arm; the soft skin of Nightcrawler brushing against her hands as he helped from the other side.
