"This isn't you Bobby" Lorna pointed out as he now had a cameo-like choker around his neck and a strange feel to his presence, in addition to his suspicious actions.
"You're right." He smirked in success "This is" He slammed his lips onto the girl's in front of him and left her there to wonder as he took off towards the dungeon.
"Hey!" He tapped one of the mutant guards on the shoulder, and got a good punch at him when he turned his face. A second later he froze the rest over before releasing the captive mutants. "Blockbuster... Get up you worthless piece of shit" He looked down at the mutant on the floor.
"Took your time..." He looked up and studied the boy in front of him "An X-Man... Nice choice Malice" he struggled up and looked back at Archangel.
"Leave him" The possessed Bobby ordered. "He's no used to us like that" He pointed at his wings trapped within the solid metal. Blockbuster studied the unconsciously beaten Archangel and turned to pick up the green Dragon like mutant off the ground. He threw him over his shoulder and followed the blonde teen.
"What is this supposed to be?" The blonde looked down at the little purple Dragon that stood in their way, growling ferociously.
"Careful, he breathes fire Malice" Blockbuster warned, but the mutant merely kicked the Dragon out of its way and froze him to the wall.
"Let him get out of that" He smirked and continued on.
"Peter, we have to wait... Logan will be able to track them much better if he gets a good scent" Kitty explained to Peter once again as why he had to wait.
"I'm sorry" He apologized to the girl as he moved her to one side before leaving the X-Jet.
"Peter..." She studied him as he walked out. "No, you have to wait. Sinister, he's stronger than you. At least with Logan we might have a chance to get your sister back" She tried again
"Stop! You don't understand. Leave me be Kitty" He ordered as he began to walk on. She followed close by, making no attempts to speak. "Do not follow me" She ignored his request and walked on. He stopped and looked down contemplating his next choice of words. "I do not want any harm to come to you..." He spoke weakly and awaited her response.
"Tough" She responded, crossing her arms in front of her chest before continuing "I love you Peter." She waited for him, but he did nothing, and remained in his stance facing the direction he intended to walk. "I won't let you go alone, no matter what. Even if it means it's walking straight into a trap. If he wants you then he has to go through me too, one package deal..." she trailed off as she noticed him begin to move. He turned to her and looked at her with a gaze she's never seen Peter give before.
"I do not love you Kitty" He spoke harshly. "So do not follow me" He made a quick dash as he left the girl shocked at his words and tone.
"Are you sure this is wise Scott?" Storm asked as they each got into their own vehicle.
"It's our latest lead. We can't wait for Logan, it could be too late" He explained and got into the X-Van with Storm, Beast, and Jean, as Rogue went for the motorcycle, and Gambit jumped behind her for company.
"Remy will join you Chère" He said as he held her around the waist.
"Just don't fall off" She handed him a spare helmet and started the engine.
"Forge, keep an eye on Tildie" Jean instructed the mechanic before they left. Who responded with a salute and watched them leave the mansion.
"What's happening to me?" Illyana asked aloud. She tried to move her hands and legs, but realized she was held to a table. She moved her neck and saw a few medical computers surrounding her, also at looking down at herself noticed that she's not the little girl she was.
"You're being helped…" A purple haired mutant responded, with mechanical limbs. "Don't worry little girl." He looked her over and smiled at her melancholically expressed face "You've grown a lot since we collected you, so maybe I shouldn't be saying the little part" He joked harmlessly to calm her down
"Don't frighten the girl Arclight" A blonde woman stepped out from the shadows.
"Maybe you shouldn't be using your powers to fuck her up" Arclight argued back at the blonde
"Am I… a monster now?" Illyana asked, interrupting the two.
"No, that was an Illusion" Arclight explained as he looked her over. "You can thank Lady Mastermind for that" He pointed at the blonde woman
"One day, I'm wiping that mind of yours clear of the ability to talk" the blonde woman threatened Arclight and began to walk away. "And she was asking if she was a mutant you idiot… so is she?" She demanded for the answer and turned to him as he looked over the sample.
"I can't seem to find a mutant gene, but she has powers" He continued typing onto his computer, still baffled by the concept Sinister has debriefed them of.
"This little girl does seem to know 'things'. But she doesn't even realize it herself. A few more mental budging sessions might do that trick" Lady mastermind said as she rubbed her hands together in anticipation before placing them on the girl's head. Illyana struggled but Lady mastermind's hold kept her still enough to infiltrate mentally.
"Just don't budge anything that'll make her even older. Sinister wants her as young as possible" Arclight reminded the other mutant before he turned back to his work. "Some weird pedophilic need" he breathed out in disagreement.
"Jean I think I found Somethin'" Rogue thought out loud as she approached a warehouse where two identical men stood guard.
"Scott, Rogue seemed to have spotted Multiple-Man" Jean spoke and Scott made the turn.
"Remy will check the situation" Gambit got off the bike and started to walk towards the men.
"Wait, the others aren't here yet" She whispered as he continued walking
"Bonsoir Gentlemen. Care to pick a card" Gambit revealed a hand of cards and offered it for them to pick.
"Get lost David Blaine, I'm busy" they responded in unison
"How about you take all of them then" He charged up the hand and threw it at them. They exploded in front of the two just as the X-van drove to with Jean and Storm already out.
"X-Men!" Multiple-Man smiled before he duplicated a few more copies of himself. "And here I thought I was going to have a boring night" He smiled as over twenty of him stood to face them.
"Kitten" Logan nudged the girl awake. "Wake up, where's Peter?" He asked. She opened her eyes and saw Wolverine there. She stretched from her warm cuddled position on one of the chairs and looked at the darkness outside.
"Took your time" She turned to the Jet's watch and thought of the time difference
"It's hard flying a helicopter across an ocean" He stated as he watched her leave for the bathroom to wash her face.
"Peter's left. He went after his sister, and... Wow its cold" She shivered at the cold breeze that came from the open door.
"Let's go. We have to find him, fast" He walked out and she followed shortly after.
"It's just great being an X-Man" she commented sarcastically as she followed him out. "So fulfilling" She grabbed a jacket on her way out "and the drama never ends" she added as she took her steps on air, phasing through the falling snow, and hugging herself as they followed Colossus's path. "So, you got any scents?"
"The snow's making it hard. we'll have to go by air" Wolverine spoke as he took in a few more sniffs
"Any gas in the helicopter?" Kitty asked, knowing the X-Jet isn't a favourite to tracking down in small areas, and at Colossus's pace.
"Not enough" He responded with a shake of his head in disappointment
"Enough to, maybe, make it easy to cargo it into the X-Jet. Seeing our best luck now is going back ASAP and getting Jean to located Peter" Kitty thought of their next move without much trouble, having had the time to think through possibilities while waiting for Wolverine.
"You're probably right" Wolverine started to walk to the helicopter and Kitty took charge of opening the cargo's door.
"It's too much to carry Malice." Blockbuster pointed out; as he looked at the ocean view they had to cross. "You think you can switch bodies and make it by wing" He jerked a thumb at the still unconscious Sauron
"Or ditch you" a still possessed Bobby responded before thinking of their next move. "I'll just make us a path" And with that the teen built a bridge of ice from one end of Genosha to continue on their way back. "This boy has quite a few tricks up his sleeve" Malice complimented "Apart from all these hormones, I think I might keep him for a while."
"Just as long as I don't have to keep an eye on him when you decide to change bodies" Blockbuster admitted as he took a few steps on the ice. "Hey this is pretty good" he praised before he walked on.
"Told you, moron" Bobby ridiculed the much larger mutant
"Bitch" Blockbuster spat under his breath and continued on his way.
"Just stay close by" Bobby instructed as he took the opportunity to begin gliding across the ice, as Blockbuster slid along close by.
"Oh no" Kitty breathed out at the sight of damaged grounds, and a few walls of the institute. She continued studying the building in hopes of noticing some movement before they landed on the back lawn instead of the hanger. Kitty didn't wait, grabbing a hold of Wolverine; she phased the two of them to the ground and rushed into the institute.
"Beast. Storm. JEAN!" Wolverine called as they made their way deeper into the mansion.
"Forge!" Kitty called at the sight of the mutant struggling to get out from under a pile of rubble. She quickly rushed to his side and phased him out. "What happened?"
"Th-They took Tildie." He tried to speak, coughing with his words.
"Who took Tildie?" Wolverine demanded as he stood behind Kitty.
"Harpoon" he ended before he fainted into unconsciousness.
"Damn it!" Wolverine punched a wall.
"Where are the others?" Kitty asked as she helped move Forge's unconscious self onto a couch nearby.
"There not here" Wolverine snarled as he couldn't get a scent on them having been in this fight, but a few other scents were definitely with Harpoon.
"Thanks for the back-up" Multiple-Man said to Harpoon, Vertigo, and a few others as they towered over the X-men that laid on the ground defeated.
"You two, take the girl in before she wakes up." Harpoon instructed two of the mutants, one of which who already had been carrying Tildie on his back."What do we do with them Multiple?" He asked dumbfounded by their accomplishment.
"Take them in. Make sure they aren't able to use their powers." He looked down at them once more and nudged Cyclops with his foot. "I'm sure Sinister will want to play with them." He smiled sadistically at their victory.
"What about him?" Harpoon pointed at the still standing Gambit.
"He had a sudden change of heart" Multiple-Man smiled at recalling his abrupt change of sides half way into the fight.
"He did take out the telepath from behind" Harpoon recalled, thinking of how Gambit looked at him straight in the face with a hand full of explosive cards, but turned and directly shot them over at Jean, knocking her out. "But why?" He asked suspiciously.
"Let's just say that Remy wants to be on the winning team" Gambit answered as he played with his cards, looking down at a very knocked out Rogue.
"Who's Remy?" Harpoon asked Multiple-Man in a whisper.
"Him you Idiot" He nudged him in the stomach before they noted the presence of an even greater evil.
"You've chosen well Gambit" Sinister placed a supporting hand on his shoulder "Harpoon. Make sure the X-Men are located in a favourable prison cell" He grinned callously at the sight of their victory.
"Looks like we missed one party" Bobby, carried by Sauron, landed in front of Gambit and Sinister.
"Where's Blockbuster? Did you leave him in Genosha, Malice... cause if you did" Harpoon threatened by grabbing hold of the Blonde teen.
"Relax numbskull..." Just as Bobby got himself out of Harpoon's hold a few cars flew in the air as Blockbuster made his grand entrance.
"Who's this?" Multiple-Man surrounded the newcomer.
"Sauron" The green Dragon man responded as he stood strong. Vertigo traced her finger across his beak and smiled.
"Green Dragons, X-men, and whatever that blonde girl is... plans going alright for once" Vertigo admitted as she walked into the warehouse with Sauron close behind, followed by a few other mutants, each having picked up their own X-Man to carry in. At entrance it was far more complex than the outer perimeter perceived it to be, and much busier as mutants stood on elevating platforms on the ground which either ascended or descended them to different levels and sectors.
Sinister remained standing outside and laughed successfully to himself.
"There are still a few more" a voice came from the shadows behind him.
"Don't worry my liege" Sinister began to walk into the complex before continuing "Wolverine is as frightful as a kitten"
"Shit!" Kitty cursed as she continued punching a wall.
"Calm down Kitty" Wolverine ordered as he attempted to contact Genosha
"I. Can't. Calm. Down." She punched at each word "Mansion's. Fucked. Peter's. Gone. And. Genosha. Won't. Pick. Up-" She phased through her last punch at loss of concentration as her mind wandered through the endless list of bad that's been happening.
"Kurt!" Wolverine stood up as he got a picture on the screen.
"Logan. The prisoners escaped" Kurt reported professionally
"What?!" Kitty ran to stand by Logan facing the screen.
"That's not our biggest concern." Kurt looked away ashamed before finishing "Bobby helped them"
"No" Kitty gasped as she covered her mouth and looked away "That can't be true... what if it's that psycho that transforms to people" She denied Kurt's words
"We cannot find Bobby, and their means of escape was through his use of powers. We found traces of a bridge of ice that has been headed towards the main land." Kurt stated the facts, but Kitty shook her head in denial.
"Anything else?" Wolverine asked to request a change of topic.
"Archangel was left behind, and is unaware of the escape" Kurt responded.
"Keep it that way." Wolverine stood up to leave.
"What are you planning Logan?" Kurt asked before he was out the door
"I need to see what the professor knows." He exited the room.
"Kitty" Lorna now spoke. "It wasn't Bobby. He wasn't himself" Lorna defended the blonde
"Sinister could have gotten to him" Kitty thought aloud before shaking her head. "Kurt. I should sign off. I have to go check on Forge." She reached for the off button and the screen went black.
-To Be Continued-
