The new X-Men Apocalypse trailer has worn me down to a Psylocke fangirl all over again so...yeah all I wanted to say. Just read.

When they got to the grounds, they found Shao at the throne. He had Maven with him. But they were not alone. There was also an unfamiliar female with them. She was tall with dark skin and dark hair. The woman, dressed only in green, barely glanced at the newcomers, she did stare at Jade, though. "Do you know that woman staring at you?" Bobbi whispered to Jade.

Jade glanced up at Shao's throne and frowned. "Well. This just complicated things a lot more," Jade muttered. "I take it you know her," Hunter said. Jade glanced at the throne again and shook her head, but not a 'no'. "I'll explain later," she muttered. Hunter and the others frowned at her, but didn't push the subject. Shao smirked when he saw the heroes approaching.

He turned his head towards Maven. "Seems like your friends are here. Like I suspected they would be," Shao sneered. Maven glared at him. "No matter. They will lose," the woman next to Shao said. "Kaya?" Kaya looked towards the source of the voice. Kaya narrowed her eyes at the heroes. She scanned them, searching for anyone familiar.

There was one familiar to her. Kaya narrowed her eyes. She didn't like the look of the heroes. Meanwhile, the heroes were staring back at her. They had all heard what Jade had said. They had all heard her call the woman 'Kaya'. As in the same name of her dead friend. "I thought Kaya was dead," Hunter whispered. Jade glared at him, "She is...was..."

Jade glanced back up at the throne. Sure enough, Kaya was up there. It confused Jade. For that matter, it confused all of them. "This is bloody confusing," Hunter grumbled. "You're telling me," Mack said. Hunter frowned as Shao stepped down from his throne. "Shao. You said we could leave!" Takeda said. Shao just stared at him.

Takeda took an angry step forward. Jade grabbed her brother's arm, holding him back. Takeda glared at Shao but didn't approach him. "I propose a new tournament" "Just give us back Maven and we will leave," Pietro snarled. "No," Shao said calmly, "Not unless you win this tournament." "No!" Pietro snarled. Shao stepped over to Maven. "You want him, you do this tournament!" Shao shouted.

Pietro growled. "Fine," Coulson said. Coulson looked at Shao, "We will do this tournament. But if we win, you give us Maven and leave us the hell alone." Shao contemplated that. "If you can win I will think about it," Shao said. He walked back to his throne and sat down. Shao stared at the heroes and at his contemplated on who the first fight should be.

Shao looked from the heroes to his people and back. "The first battle will be sundown tonight!" He announced. Shao teleported off, taking Maven with him. Jade started towards Kaya, anger on her face. The SHIELD agents all looked at each other. Then they looked at Jade's retreating form. All at once, the SHIELD agents followed her.

She didn't even notice them behind her. "Kaya!" Jade shouted. Kaya turned to her old friend. "What do you want?" She asked. "Why the hell are you with Shao?" Jade demanded. "He's the master," Kaya replied. "Master of lying maybe," Jade muttered. Kaya glared at her. Jade stared back, unfazed. She wasn't afraid of her friend. Kaya had always been Jade's friend. Her newfound loyalty to Shao wouldn't change anything.


"So that was Kaya," Bobbi said, sliding her hand into Jade's. "That was Kaya," Jade said with a sigh. "How is she alive?" Bobbi wondered. "I have no clue," Jade sighed. She was confused and freaked out. But Jade didn't, and wouldn't, show it. She wouldn't until she was alone. Or rather, alone with only Bobbi. "So...what do we do?" Hunter asked.

"Win this tournament," Jade replied. "Yes. But how?" Hunter asked. "I don't know," Jade snapped. "So we're just going into this blind?" "No!" "Then what the bloody hell are we going to do?!" "I don't know!" Hunter glared at her. "We'll figure it out. Okay?" Jade said frustrated. "If you say so," Hunter mumbled. "We don't know what we're walking into," Daisy clarified. "And?" Jade asked. "We need to know you are on our side and will stay on our side, even facing Kaya," Hunter said.

"Do you really think I would turn on you guys?" Jade asked incredulously. "We just need to make sure," May said calmly. Jade opened her mouth to speak but someone else did before her. "Jade won't betray you guys," Takeda said. They all looked at him. "My sister won't turn on you. On us," he said firmly.


At sundown, the team met back up for the first fight. They were nervous about the fight. Nervous about who they would fight. Shao appeared on his throne, Maven chained up at his side. Maven struggled briefly against the chains. He didn't get anywhere with it. Shao smirked at the fruitless attempt. He wouldn't get free. Shao would make sure of it.

He turned back to the heroes. He waved Kaya forward. Kaya stepped forward. The first fighter. "Who dares to challenge her!" Shao shouted. After a long moment, Jade stepped up. "I'll fight her," she said quietly. Shao smirked and waved at them, allowing the fight to begin. The fight between the two was a hard one.

Even though Jade had more training experience, she didn't want to hurt Kaya. And that proved to be a real crutch in the fight. And a bad one. Kaya knocked Jade down, again. "Kaya don't do this," Jade said, "This isn't you." Kaya simply kicked her down. Jade rolled over, dodging another hit. She went to punch Jade again, but Jade blocked it. So Kaya kicked her, sending Jade sprawling.

"Kaya don't do this," Jade repeated. Kaya went to finish her. But she stopped before she could. Kaya took a step back, the memories suddenly flooding in. Kaya dropped the staff she was using and extended her hand to Jade. Jade accepted the hand and Kaya helped her up. Kaya then turned to Shao. "I can't believe you tried to turn me against my best friend," Kaya said in disgust.

She turned away from Shao and walked over to the heroes side. Jade looked at Shao, "Well...you f*cked with the wrong people." She then followed Kaya back to the heroes, trying to ignore the pain radiating through her body.


Hunter just wandered the grounds bored. Jade's dead yet not-so-dead best friend magically got her memories back after kicking Jade's a** so everybody else was at the med bay. Hunter heard whimpering. He headed in that direction. He saw white-blond hair peeking out from a shivering form. "Maven?" Maven looked up. "H-Hunter?"

Hunter said" What did he do to you?" Maven looked down. He didn't want to say what had happened. Maven was too ashamed to tell. "Maven. What did he do to you?" Hunter asked gently. "..." Maven mumbled. "I'm taking you to Pietro" Hunter said and picked Maven up in his arms. Maven whimpered and curled close.

Hunter held him close. He burst into the medical tent, where he knew the others still were. "Pietro!" Hunter cried. Pietro looked up. "Maven! What happened to him?" Maven whimpered and reached for his brother. Pietro took Maven from Hunter and held him. Maven whimpered again. "It's okay Maven, I'm here now" Pietro whispered.

Maven shakes his head. "What did Shao do?" Pietro asked gently. "He tortured me," Maven whimpered. Pietro swore. "Isn't that against the rules?" Hunter asked. Jade nodded with barely contained anger. Agent Morr said" What if we give Shao back the HYDRA freak? Maybe he'll stop the tournament" Before anyone could react, Jade grabbed him by the collar and slammed him against the nearest hard surface. "What the f**k did you just say?!" She hissed furiously.

Agent Morr's eyes widened in surprise and fear. "You never insult Maven. Am I clear?" Jade hissed. "And...and what if I do?" Agent Morr challenged. "Agent Morr, remember that she took down an entire HYDRA base that Director Coulson sent an entire team to take down. She took them down. By herself," Bobbi said.

"Why can't we just kill the clone. He's HYDRA" Maven burst into tears at that. He didn't want to die! "Good idea...except you'd have to kill me to him," Hunter said. "For once...I second what Hunter said," Jade said, "and while you might be able to kill him, emphasis on might, you won't kill me."
Agent Morr raised his gun at Maven only to have a metal hand grab his neck.

Bucky lifted him clear off the ground. "I'll snap your neck if you touch him," Bucky said. "Understood?" Agent Morr let out a gurgled choking type noise. Bucky squeezed slightly. Agent Morr rushedly nodded. Bucky dropped him. Agent Morr landed hard and swore. He slowly stood up. Agent Morr glared at Maven. Agent Morr looked at Coulson. "You can't let this just happen!"

"Why not?"'Coulson asked. "Maybe Calderon was right, maybe Gifteds are too dangerous" Agent Morr said. Before anyone could react, Jade shifted into her cat form and pounced on him, hissing madly. Agent Morr shrieked and began trying to whack her away. Jade latched onto his hand, digging her teeth into it. Agent Morr shrieked again and began shaking his hand, trying to dislodge her from him. Jade eventually dropped down from it, shaking her head to clear the dizziness.

"Why the hell do we have a cat-person...thing working for us?!" Agent Morr demanded, placing emphasis on the word 'thing'. "That "thing" can kill you in your sleep" Jade said. "You can go ahead and kill him now," Bobbi suggested. Agent Morr glared at her. "Why are you defending some freak who shape shifts!" Jade had to restrain Bobbi from attacking Agent Morr.

"Let me go! Let me kill him for f*cking insulting you!" Bobbi struggled in Jade's grasp. "Babe. Relax," Jade said, "You don't have to kill him." "He called you a freak, you ain't a damn freak!" "I know that. You know that. The others know that, I don't give a f**k about what he says, though." Bobbi sighed and glared at Agent Morr. "Back off Jade, or else."

Agent Morr glared right back at her. "F*cking freaks," he muttered. Everyone glared at him. He walked out of the room. Maven was still whimpering. He still hurt. Shao had tortured him. Maven was afraid Agent Morr would kill him. Pietro held Maven in his arms. "Pietro," Maven whimpered. "Shh, it's okay" Pietro whispered. "He's gonna kill me." "Who is?"

Maven just whimpered and motioned to the doorway of the tent. "Agent Morr or Shao?" "Both" Maven whimpered. "Agent Morr won't touch you," Coulson vowed. Maven sniffled and nodded.