Author's note: Been a while, non? Sorry 'bout that. I lost motivation with this story due to lack of reviews, but as long as I have some readers, I will continue this until the end. Which this story is near its ending anyway.

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Chapter XI: Confrontation

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One week later

That Saturday morning started out simple enough. That was until it showed up. Bastion. The superior android hell bent on destroying the mutants. The fight had been going on for the past hour. Two were already taken out of the battle and back inside. Bobby and Jubilee. And Remy barely missed other attacks. He was too distracted to be out there, but he did not care.

Just before the battle….

Remy was sitting by Rogue's beside holding her hand. He had been like this the entire week. She was not to awaken due to Mystique's mental hold on her mind. The professor tried and tried again to remove Mystique, but to no avail.

"Remy, you're making yourself sick," Beast said with concern. "You should go outside and get some fresh air."

"Non," Remy shook his head. "I will not leave her. Not until dat bitch be gone from her mind."

"Remy….." Beast replied.

"We've got a problem," Scott announced running into the room. His wounds had finally recovered and was outside exercising when he saw Bastion.

Remy was wildly throwing cards at the android. He put all of his pain, sadness, and grief into it. His attacks were making the most progress, but Bastion would not give up so easily.

Wanda hexed one of the benches that was in the yard and threw it at Bastion, but that only resulted in him destroying it before it could hit him and him shooting a powerful beam at her. Wolverine quickly jumped in front of her and took the hit. She screamed and knelt down beside him.

"Logan!" His wound slowly began to heal, but he was left unconscious. "Kurt, get him out of here!"

Nightcrawler nodded and teleported Wolverine out of the battle.

"Three of you down," Bastion laughed and looked around at the group in the yard. "Isn't it time to give up?"

"Never!" Scott replied blasting him with an optic beam.

It got Bastion's shoulder hard causing his wiring to spark violently. "That was impressive, mutant." He held his hand and shoot a beam at Scott.

"Look out!" Kitty grabbed him and the blast phased through them. "Like how did he get so strong?"

The days leading up to this point.

Trask and his members of SHIELD launched the program to create more powerful sentinels since they had all been destroyed. Bastion found out about the plan.

Two scientists awoke Bastion to do some tests on him. His eyes snapped opened and burned violently. "Inferior humans. I no longer work for you." He punched his fist through the male scientists chest. The female screamed at the violent sight and ran to the emergency button. 'I thought we got his violence under control after what happened last time.' Those were her last thoughts as her painful screams echoed.

Bastion after killing the scientists and guards made his way to the program room. Killing anyone in his way. He found files and programs that would make him all powerful and downloaded them.

"Stop!" Trask ordered with his gun pointed at Bastion head.

Bastion smirked and SHIELD was no more.

Pietro ran around Bastion creating a whirl wind. However the android was far to heavy to be effected. Bastion reversed the gale's force and Pietro was blown into Wanda and up against the brick wall.

"Bloody hell," Betsy sighed. "We're losing everyone."

"I've got an idea," Warren said.

Pyro viciously attacked Bastion with fire after seeing Wanda rendered unconscious, but that too did no good. It only resulted in his fire launcher being destroyed.

Angel lifted Psylocke into the sky and threw her at Bastion's back. She had her physic knife ready and stabbed him in the back. He cried out and was brought down by Betsy to the ground.

With his flying ability destroyed, maybe they now had a better chance against him. Gambit was the first to take this new advantage. He ran at Bastion with bo staff in hand. Bastion raised his hands to defend himself from the blow. Remy sneered at him and attacked like a wild animal letting his rage, anger, and hate out.

"He's gonna get himself killed," Wolverine growled joining the battle once again.

"What should we do, Kurt?" Kitty asked.

"I don't know," Nightcrawler shook his head. "I can't get close enough to get Gambit out."

"Then why don't we join in?" Scott suggested.

Kurt grinned and nodded. Kitty clinched her fist and she, along with everyone else, ran in for an attack.

Bastion saw the group advancing in. He used all his strength to push the Cajun back. He smirked at the mutants and put his hands together. He began charging his new power he obtained from SHIELD's computer.

"I can't move!" Kitty screamed.

"He's blocking our powers!" Scott yelled over the panicking group.

"That is quite enough."

A telekinetic dome surrounded Bastion and when he unleashed his power, it destroyed him.

"Holy shit," Wolverine stared at what used to be Bastion. "Did anyone do that?"

"I did, fool."

Everyone looked up and saw Dark Phoenix hovering in the sky. "I guess he did not realize it's wrong to go after someone else's prey," she smirked.

"Oh, mein Gott……" Kurt trailed.

"This will be the last time we see each other," Dark Phoenix announced. "For I am tired of playing this game and it beyond time for you all to die." She held out her hand and grinned.

"No!"

Remy jumped and turned around to see Rogue.

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Bastion's dead. Rogue's back in the game. Dark Phoenix is back for blood. It all comes down to this in "Final Confrontation." (And Rogue's return will be explained as well so hang tight.)