(I never meant for this fic to get put on the backburner but it has. But now it's back with a brand new chapter. I basically blew through this one because I wanted to start writing the next one but I hope you all still enjoy it. Please review.)
"I must say it's an honor to meet you Dr. Banner. Your work in Gamma-related medical treatments is sheer brilliance." said Beast. Banner was just caught up to speed on what was going on and introduced to everyone. What surprised everyone was how calm he was when seeing Kurt and Hank, then again he turns into a giant green monster whenever he's angry.
"Unfortunately, those same experiments is what created the Hulk." replied Banner. "How did you find out about us?" asked Summers. "I was contacted by a friend in the military who told me about this place and I assumed that you could help me track down whoever was causing all this destruction. I didn't realize he was already with you." said Banner.
"The military has locked down the entire city and is searching through every building room by room. It won't take them long before they decide to search here." said Xavier.
"Which is why we need to move Mr. Tolensky now before Blonsky gets here." said Banner. Everyone agreed except the Brotherhood who demanded one thing, they wanted to be with Toad.
"It's not that I like him but he stuck his neck for me once and I'm going to return the favor." said Wanda. "Yeah, the Brotherhood sticks together." said Fred. Then an alarm went off overhead.
"Oh great, now what?" groaned Bobby. Xavier checked a nearby terminal and accessed the security cameras. Outside, military jeeps and tanks had smashed their way through the front gates. Transport helicopters were landing and Special Forces troops began securing the area.
"They're here. We need to get you and the wartfarm out of here." Logan said to Bruce. "Take the underground tunnels, they'll lead you to a mining shaft a few klicks east of the city." said Xavier.
Xavier and the X-Men all stepped outside to meet with Blonsky and Sterns who both just arrived. "Good evening Professor. My name is Emil Blonsky, I've heard much about you." Blonsky said formally. "What do you want?" demanded Xavier, not happy about seeing armed soldiers on his property. "I'm looking for a certain mutant named Todd Tolensky. Despite whatever your previous encounters led you to believe, he has become an extremely dangerous mutant." said Blonsky.
"Get to the point." growled Logan. "Ah, Weapon X. It surprises me that Mr. Xavier has you training his youngsters after all the things you've done." smirked Blonsky. Logan's claws popped out of his hands. Nearby soldiers all aimed their weapons at him.
"Logan, calm down." ordered Xavier. Logan grudgingly complied and retracted his claws. "Glad to see that you've house broken that animal. As of this moment, there are four UAVs flying overhead. The remote operators are under orders to deliver a payload that will destroy the entire mansion and subbasement levels should you make any hostile act." said Blonsky.
"What do you want?" asked Xavier. "I want you to use Cerebro and locate Mr. Tolensky." said Blonsky with his usual smile.
Toad woke up suddenly when someone shook him. He opened his eyes to see Fred standing over him. "Wake up buddy. We need to get out of here." said Fred. "Ah man, is everybody…?" Toad asked as he leaped to his feet. He saw the rest of the Brotherhood minus Pietro around him.
"Did I…eat Pietro?" asked a nervous Toad. "No Toad, you didn't eat my worthless brother. Although I wished you did." said Wanda. "Sweetums!" Toad said happily. He gave her a hug and Wanda was about to hit him when Lance stopped her.
"Don't make him mad remember." whispered Lance. "I will not kill him. I will not kill him." Wanda mumbled underneath her breath. Toad let go of her and finally realized he was in the X-Geek's mansion.
"Hey, why are we in Loserville?" asked Toad. "We'll explain later, right now we need to get out of here." said a man that Toad never saw before. "Don't tell me the X-Geeks got another member." grumbled Toad.
"Actually my name is Bruce Banner and I'm the Hulk." said the man. Toad's eyes went wide in disbelief. What the heck was the Hulk doing here? Unless…he knew how this all started. The Brotherhood followed Banner into an elevator which took them in an underground tunnel.
"Did you have something to do with what's going on with me?" demanded Toad. "I don't know. When did the transformations start to occur?" asked Banner as they ran down the tunnel. "Right after I drank a bottle of gerana soda." answered Toad.
"I worked in a soda factory in Rocinha, Brazil. While I was there, I cut myself and some of my blood spilled into a conveyor belt. I only found my blood in a bottle but obviously I missed one." said Banner. "So you're saying that because Toad drank some of your blood, he can go Hulk on anyone?" asked Lance.
"I can't explain it. Truthfully, drinking my blood should have killed you." said Banner. They rounded a corner and found a dozen armed Special Forces soldiers aiming their weapons right at them. "Move through!" yelled Wanda who sent hex bolts that knocked the soldiers all aside.
The Brotherhood and Banner took off running by the fallen soldiers who quickly got back to their feet. "Target is on the move in underground tunnel. Release the gas, I repeat, release the gas." one of them said into his radio.
The escaping mutants and Banner continued running and all started to slow down. All of them started feeling tired and weak. "What's…happening?" groaned Lance as he fell to the floor. "Gas." Wanda said before slumping to the ground. Fred also fell unconscious.
But Toad and Bruce weren't getting tired. In fact, their adrenaline was pumping faster then ever before. They could both feel it, the change was approaching. Toad's clothes began to rip as his body began to grow. He accidentally backhands Bruce which knocks him into the wall. Several soldiers in gas masks approach and quickly realize coming there was a big mistake.
Emil was about to follow Xavier inside when a soldier approached him. "Sir, Bravo team has located the target. Moving through an underground tunnel underneath. As requested, they are flooding the tunnel with sleeping gas." reported the soldier.
Emil smiled as Xavier's reaction. "You didn't think we'd know about your little escape tunnel did you? SHIELD knows everything about you and your school Professor." smirked Blonsky.
The soldier reacted to something from his ear radio. "Sir, we're getting reports of gunfire…We've lost contact with Bravo team." he reported. Suddenly, Bane bursted out of the ground beneath the fountain. Everyone gasped as he leaped into the air and came crashing down on a tank, crushing it like paper.
"OH LOOK, MORE PLAYTHINGS." laughed Bane. He lifted up the remains of the tank and tossed it into a helicopter that was attempting to escape. The chopper exploded upon impact.
"Everyone pull back." ordered Blonsky, knowing that attacking this thing was suicide. The X-Men remembered the last time they fought Bane and they weren't eager to go at him again. The ground shook and a green monster leaped out of the ground with a monstrous roar.
The Hulk landed and glared at Bane. "Ugly thing hurt Hulk. HULK SMASH!" roared Hulk. Bane smirked. "FINALLY, A REAL FIGHT." said Bane. "Oh boy, this is not good." gulped Kurt.
(Like I said, I just wanted to get through this chapter so I could start writing the big Hulk vs. Bane fight. And this fic is not going to end with this superhuman smackdown, I've got something else in mind.)
