Switched Loyalties Chapter 10
Dairou stares as Darius jumps to a higher rooftop and challenges him to pursue him. He stands valiantly until he's forced to dodge from almost being impaled by a spear that seemed almost alive.
"Please tell me I wasn't the only one who saw that?" asks Hank in wonder "I see it but I can't believe it" said Peter looking as the situation unfolded.
Dairou clashes his swords with Darius' double-bladed scythe, neither intending to give up anytime soon as he glances at his friends. Dairou sends a telepathic message to all present X-Men.
"Beast, Kurt." The professor sends out telepathically gaining the named mutants' attention "Do you think you can get the Wolverine up and running again?"he continues in their minds as the two nod "I'm not well-equipped but I'll see what I can do" Hank answers out loud. He then contacts all other mutants, except Jean, Nightcrawler and Beast "Everyone else, separate those two!" the others nod in reply. "What am I to do professor?" asks Jean still standing at his side. "We, Jean, must try to stop Dairou from up here" he says to the redhead as he taps his temple lightly. Jean nods as the two concentrate.
Suddenly Kurt hears a familiar voice and another he'd never heard before. He looks to a nearby rooftop to see Blade and Bloodshot walking in their direction. Beast is cautious as Blade approaches Logan and Bloodshot joins the fight.
"Looks like you're in a bit of a tight situation there, Nightcrawler." Blade says in the calmest voice Kurt has ever heard. He turns to the two "Vhat are you two doing here?" the blue elf asks in surprise. "Oh, we were just in the area" Bloodshot smirks as she takes aim at Darius. Beast looks at the two with a raised eyebrow then to Kurt "You know these two, Kurt?" Beast asks as Blade crouches near the two and looks at Logan. "Well, they kinda attacked me and Dai last time we met, so…" Kurt says with a unsure smile "I'd like you to accept my apologies, Kurt. My partner's …a bit impulsive sometimes" says Blade only to hear "I heard that!" from Bloodshot in the distance.
Meanwhile, with the others…
"Hey, Cajun. I got an idea" Sabretooth smiles mischievously "And what would dat be, Mon ami?" Gambit is almost too afraid to ask. "This!" Sabretooth smirks as he grabs hold of Remy and throws him; he lands safely on the rooftop before throwing charged cards at Darius before he could evade and is almost impaled as a bladed spear falls inches from his head, he glares down at the others "Hey! You tryna take Gambit's damn head off or somethin'?!" Remy yells angrily at the others. "Sorry!" Bloodshot says back then turns back to Sabretooth, as red as a strawberry "Does he always throw a hissy fit like that?" she asks as Sabretooth is on the brink of laughing "Yeah, he does"
Dairou turns his attention to Remy "Let's do this" Remy nods in agreement and the two attack Darius.
Meanwhile, with Hank, Kurt and Blade…
Blade rubs his chin, while passing his other hand passes over Logan's body, when suddenly he strikes three spots in the middle of his chest and the side of his neck, it looked painful. A while later, Logan awakens to see Blade's hand still over his face, he shoots up "I'm fine, bub" he looks at Blade with a distrusting look, then he turns to Hank with a sly grin "What were you thinkin' o' doin' to me while I was asleep, McCoy?" he asks as he gets uncomfortably close to the nervous blue genius "Wha- No, nothing. I was making sure you were okay, that's all" Hank sputters nervously "Let's just go". They join the others as Logan gives Hank a "I've got my eye on you" look and arrive just in time to see Dairou severely injure his brother.
Darius jumps off the edge before Dairou could finish him, but when Dairou looks over the edge, he's gone but his voice is heard "Next time, brother, there won't be a next time…" Darius says. Dairou faints.
Dairou doesn't wake up until 3 days later at the mansion, either because his mind and body was tired or he'd been fighting too long. He awakens alone in his room, with only Kurt, who has fallen asleep himself on the edge of the bed.
"Kurt, wake up" Dairou says tiredly as he shakes Kurt. "Huh?" Kurt awakens to see Dairou looking at him worriedly "Finally awake, huh?" Kurt yawns. Dairou nods as he hears cheering and commotion downstairs "How long was I out for, Kurt-san, some minutes maybe?" Dairou asks and Kurt only laughs, which Dairou finds somewhat soothing "No way, you've been out for 3 whole days, nobody even knows you're awake yet" Kurt says.
Dairou stops in his tracks and glares weakly at Kurt "Don't joke like that, blue-boy" Kurt only smiles "No, I wish I was, but it's true" then there's a knock at the door, I was Kitty and Rouge, who enter to find Kurt, pretending to be sad about Dairou's 'death' and Dairou pretending to still be unconscious.
Rogue get close to Dai's sleeping face, suddenly with a small "boo!" his eyes spring open, scaring the girls half to death. The girls swat at Dairou's arm playfully "Don't do that! You almost killed us!" Rogue glares at the two as Kitty pouts and Dairou laughs "Sorry, but that's punishment for sneaking up on me so much."
"Well, somebody's slept well" came Victor's voice as he peeks in. "He's not dead, is he?" Dairou says as Victor shakes his head "Injured, but alive."
The X-Men enjoy the time-off while they have, but whatever happened to Darius. A scarred Omega Red appears at the scene of Darius' defeat. He seems to have been under Darius' power the entire time.
"Well well, boss. You've gone and got yourself fucked up, huh?" Omega Red laughs as he drags the barely alive body of Darius away "We'll take care of that".
This guy is still alive after such a beating by Dairou and the X-Men? See what happens next time, Dairou/Sabretooth/Wolverine VS Darius/Omega Red.
Warrior-of-Darkness015 out.