Chapter Ten
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Chapter Ten
The X-Men all climbed up the stairs until they were all inside the head of the Statue of Liberty. Daisuke walked out in front when she heard a noise turned around but saw nothing. "You guys should get out of here," Logan said.
"Why? What is it?" Cyclops asked him.
"I can't move," He replied and Daisuke's eyes widened in realisation.
"Run!" She shouted but Logan flew into the air and was pressed against the wall and girders of metal shot out towards the X-Men, Cyclops shot optic blasts at them but one grabbed Storm and wrapped around her wrists and neck while another one grabbed Cyclops and pinned him on his side and another girder grabbed Jean and pulled her towards Cyclops and made her face him and pinned her as well, two girders grabbed Mizu and Takato and wrapped around their legs and pinned their arms to their sides and three girders grabbed Daisuke and wrapped around her ankles, legs, torso, wrists and arms. Magneto then floated down through a hole in the roof of the statue's head.
"Ah, my brothers and sisters, welcome," He said before he turned to Logan. "And you, why don't you put those claws in a safer direction," He said before he held his hand up and closed it slightly and Logan's arms moved until they pointed at his chest and two metal girders pinned them in place, Sabretooth jumped down and walked towards Cyclops. "You had best close your eyes," He said as Sabretooth removed his visor and Cyclops shut his eyes.
"Storm, fry him," Daisuke told her.
"Oh yes, a bolt of lightning into a huge copper conductor. I thought you lived at a school," Magneto said looking at her. "You should have joined me while you had the chance my dear," He told her but Daisuke just spat Toad slime at him but he leaned to the side and it hit the wall. "Well that won't do," He said as he lifted his hand and a piece of metal wrapped around Daisuke's mouth and she glared at him. Meanwhile at Ellis Island the dignitaries had all arrived and a man walked onto a small podium as the crowd applauded.
"For those of you not familiar with the historical significance…" He said as several translators repeated what he said.
"Mystique?" Magneto asked into his earpiece. "Mystique are you there?" He asked again.
"Ha, that bitch isn't coming to save you anytime soon," Magneto looked at Mizu who had a blank expression and Takato saw Daisuke's eyes closed in concentration and he figured she was communicating through Mizu as her mouth was covered. "I've seen Senator Kelly, Magneto," Mizu said again and Magneto walked towards her while looking at Daisuke.
"So, the good senator survived his fall. And the swim to shore. He's become more powerful than I could have imagined," Magneto said.
"He's dead. I saw him die, just like those people down there will die," Mizu told him.
"Are you sure you saw what you thought you saw?" Magneto asked looking at Daisuke.
"I would also like to thank the President of the United States of America for hosting this even under the lights of the great city of New York," The man on Ellis Island said as fireworks shot into the sky and exploded and the crowd applauded.
"Why do none of you understand what I'm trying to do?" Magneto asked the X-Men. "Those people down there control our fate and the fate of every other mutant! Well, soon our fate will be theirs," He said.
"Help! Please help me!" Rogue's cries for help were heard as Daisuke snarled.
"Access Magneto," She thought and she managed to remove the piece of metal from her mouth. "Hey!" She shouted at him making Magneto look at her. "You're so full of shit Magneto. If you were really so righteous, then it'd be you in that thing. Not some innocent girl who you sentenced to death because you're too much of a coward to do things yourself!" She shouted at him angrily.
"Help! Somebody help me!" Rogue shouted again as Magneto rose into the sky and landed on the torch. "Please! Somebody please help me! Anybody! Somebody! Help!" She shouted again as Daisuke growled and flexed her arms.
"Access Colossus!" She shouted and her body was covered in organic steel and she broke free and landed on the ground and Sabretooth growled and ran towards her.
"Stardust!" Storm shouted.
"Kid watch out!" Logan shouted at the same time and Daisuke turned around as her instincts kicked in.
"Quicksilver's super speed activated," The voice inside her head said and Daisuke sped out of the head and she stopped on the book the Statue of Liberty was holding.
"That was close," She said relieved. Magneto entered the torch and Rogue looked at him as he used his power to lift Rogue up and he removed his gloves. Meanwhile above the statue a new helicopter was hovering and was recording everything. Sabretooth jumped onto the head of the statue and roared at Daisuke. Meanwhile all the way back in Odaiba the DigiDestined were all watching TV when a news bulletin came on and they all saw Daisuke on the TV.
"Daisuke?" Ken asked from his home as he watched the TV with his parents.
"Dai," Jun said to herself as she watched the news as well.
"Okay, never tried this before. But worth a try, Double Access!" She exclaimed.
"Quicksilver's super speed and Wolverine's Adamantium Skeleton and Healing Factor Activated," The voice in her head told her.
"Okay kitty cat, time to shave you up good," Daisuke told Sabretooth as she sped onto the head and sliced Sabretooth across the chest making him roar and he grabbed her and threw her onto the crown of the statue and she held on to it before Sabretooth grabbed her and threw her back onto the head and she got to her feet and she growled at Sabretooth and she ran towards him but he delivered an uppercut and Daisuke flipped in mid-air.
"I am sorry, my dear," Magneto apologised to Rogue.
"Don't do this," Rogue said as Magneto put his hands on Rogue's face and she started to absorb his power and her hands clamped down onto the grips of the machine. Daisuke roared as she stabbed Sabretooth in the abdomen making him growl, Daisuke swung her claws at him again but he caught her wrist and kicked her back and she kneeled down where she saw dog tags with Logan's name on it.
"Hey, these are Logan's," She told him angrily taking the tags from him but this allowed Sabretooth to grab her by the throat and he dug his claws into her back and she screamed in pain, Sabretooth then picked her up and tossed her towards the crown and she used her claws to swing around and she landed on her feet part of the crown fell off. Daisuke then charged at Sabretooth and sunk her claws into his chest making him roar as he fell on his back, Daisuke went to finish him but she heard Rogue scream. "Rogue!" She shouted in worry and Sabretooth grabbed her by her throat and he tossed her off the statue but she managed to use her claws to stop her plummet. Sabretooth looked over the side before he turned and walked off. "Man, being the hero is not as easy as it once was," Daisuke said to herself as she climbed back up the statue. Sabretooth jumped through the hole and walked towards Storm.
"You owe me a scream," He whispered to her.
"Hey bub!" Sabretooth turned around to see Daisuke drop down and some cuts on her face healed up. "You and I aren't finished yet," She told him as Rogue screamed again and the top of the torch blew off as the machine activated. "Jean," Daisuke said.
"Scott, when I tell you, open your eyes," Jean told him.
"No!" He hissed.
"Trust me," She told him.
"You dropped something I think," Daisuke said holding up Cyclops's visor. Jean then used her powers to pick it up and bring it towards her and Cyclops.
"Now," Jean told Cyclops and he opened his eyes and fired a powerful optic blast through his visor towards Sabretooth and hit him in the chest and sent him flying out of the statue down into a boat below and he fell through it and the boat exploded, Magneto looked over the side of the torch down at the ruined boat. Daisuke panted in exhaustion before she cut Takato and Mizu free, then Storm, Cyclops and Jean and finally Logan.
"Thanks," Logan told her.
"Don't mention it," She replied.
"We have to get up there," Takato said looking up at Rogue.
"Cyclops can you hit it?" Logan asked him.
"No, the rings are moving too fast," He answered.
"Just shoot it," Daisuke said.
"I'll kill her," He told her. "Storm can you get me up there?" He asked her.
"I can't control it like that, you could fly right over the torch," She answered.
"Let me go," Daisuke said making everyone look at her. "If I don't make it, you can still blast the damn thing," She added.
"Okay. Jean, Takato use your powers try to steady her," Mizu told them both and they nodded.
"Hang onto something," Storm said and her eyes became cloudy and she spread her arms and the winds picked up around Daisuke who looked at Jean and Takato who nodded at her and as Daisuke started to fly into the air Takato and Jean held their hands out and steadied Daisuke and she grabbed hold of the radiation machine just as it started to create a sphere of energy.
"Hold on Rogue!" Daisuke shouted to her as she dropped down and her claws shot out and she went to free Rogue before he arm froze and she glared at Magneto who was holding his arm out keeping Daisuke from freeing Rogue.
"She's in trouble!" Takato shouted as Rogue's hair started to turn white. "That's it!" He shouted as his body was covered in flames.
"Takato!" Mizu shouted but her brother flew up out of the head and he slugged Magneto across the face making him stumble but he was undeterred and he pinned Takato to the floor as the sphere of radiation started to expanded and head towards Ellis Island where the crowd noticed and started to flee in panic.
"Scott!" Jean shouted.
"Not yet," He replied.
"Well hurry up before all of New York is a mutant metropolis!" Mizu shouted at him, Daisuke's claws started to move around before they started to bang off the fast moving rings sending sparks everywhere.
"I have a shot, I'm taking it!" Cyclops shouted as he fired an optic blast at Magneto hitting him in the shoulder blade and Daisuke roared as she swung her arm and destroyed the rings and the radiation sphere ceased before anyone could be killed, she then cut Rogue free and saw she wasn't responding nor breathing.
"Come on Rogue, wake up," She said as she used her teeth to remove her glove and she took a deep breath. "Please Rogue, absorb my powers…please," She said as she placed her hand on Rogue's forehead but nothing happened at first and Daisuke closed her eyes and held Rogue close to her before she heard a trickle and blood started to pour from her wounds on her back and the wounds on her face reopened and Daisuke gasped and Rogue gasped as she opened her eyes and Daisuke collapsed and fell into unconsciousness. The rest of the X-Men made their way up to the torch and they freed Takato and Logan picked up Daisuke and they all escaped onto the jet before the police showed up. A few hours later Professor Xavier opened his eyes to see Jean and Sam standing over him.
"Hey," Jean greeted him.
"Welcome back," Sam said.
"I had you both to guide me. How did we do?" He asked and they both looked over at Daisuke who was still unconscious and the Professor looked over as well.
"She's been like that since we got back," Jean said sadly.
"She'll be fine, I know it," Professor Xavier said. Several days later Layla was sitting beside Daisuke and held her hand when Daisuke squeezed it slightly making Layla gasp as she saw Daisuke's eyes flutter open slowly.
"Daisuke! You're okay!" She cheered happily hugging her tightly.
"Not so rough Layla," Daisuke told her and Layla nodded, the door then opened and Takato ran into the room and he walked up to Daisuke.
"Hey," He greeted her.
"Hey, what happened? Is Rogue okay?" She asked him.
"Oh she's fine, she took some of your more notable traits for a while but we managed," Takato told her and Daisuke chuckled. "She's grateful you saved her you know," He added. "It was a brave thing you did Dai,"
"Well I have a habit of doing brave things at the risk of my own life. It's how I am," She replied with a grin and Takato grinned back as he took her hand and kissed it.
"Aw," Layla said sweetly earing a glare from Daisuke.
"Better get running squirt," She told her before Layla ran off and Daisuke followed her slowly with Takato helping her.
"The abandoned base at Alkali Lake is not far from where we found you Logan, it's not much but it should provide some answers," Daisuke turned to see the Professor and Logan talking.
"Thank you," Logan answered before he noticed Daisuke was up and he smiled. "Alright kid?" He asked her.
"I'll survive," She replied as Professor Xavier moved his chair towards her. "Good to see you're back Charles," She said before she corrected herself. "Sorry Professor,"
"I believe you've earned the right to call me that Daisuke. Oh and your friends are here, apparently a news helicopter recorded the whole fight before it flew away," He told her and Daisuke smiled.
"Think you have time to meet some friends of mine?" She asked Logan.
"Why not, come on kid," He replied as they all headed back to the mansion where Daisuke saw the DigiDestined hanging around a television with Cyclops, Storm and Jean. Veemon who was chatting with Guilmon and Coronamon was the first to notice his partner was up.
"Dai!" He cheered alerting everyone who turned to see Daisuke wave to them and the DigiDestined all ran to greet their friend.
"Daisuke! You're okay," TK said relieved.
"Well what did you expect from me?" She asked before she noticed someone was missing. "Where's Ken?"
"With his brother, they've a lot of catching up to do," Takato answered her and she nodded.
"Son of a bitch," Cyclops said making everyone look at the television and they all saw Senator Kelly who walked through some reporters before holding his chest and his eyes turned yellow.
"Mystique. I knew I should have finished the job," Daisuke growled.
"Don't worry Dai, Magneto's in jail now. They caught him just after we left," Mizu told her friend and Daisuke grinned before she pulled out Logan's dog tags and handed them to him and he looked at them in thought.
"Hold onto these kid, I'll be back for them," He told Daisuke who took them and nodded and Logan walked out of the mansion and spotted Cyclops's motorbike and he decided to borrow it.
"Doesn't it ever wake you in the night my dear, the someday they will pass that foolish law, or one just like it and come for you?" Magneto asked Daisuke as she sat across from him in a plastic room at a table with a chess board between them.
"It does Magneto, it does indeed," She answered him moving a piece on the board.
"Well, what do you do when you wake up to that?" He asked her curiously as he moved his knight.
"I feel a greet swell of pity for the poor bastard who comes to that school looking for trouble," She answered moving a pawn on the board to take his knight.
"Why do you come here Daisuke?" Magneto asked her.
"As the Professor would say, why do you ask the questions to which you already know the answers Eric?" She asked back with a grin.
"Oh yes. Trying to see the good in me by which I might redeem myself," Eric said with a chuckle before he leaned in towards her. "You know this plastic prison will not hold me forever. The war is still coming, Daisuke, and I intend to fight it," he told her. "By any means necessary,"
"Well then, go ahead and fight. But know this, the X-Men and I will always be there," Daisuke told him before she stood up and whispered to Magneto as she knocked over his king. "Check and mate," She then left and Magneto watched her leave.
"For now my dear, for now," He said picking up his fallen king.
The end of the chapter
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