Disclaimers on chapter 1
Chapter 12
The six elite HYDRA soldiers braced themselves when they saw two sets of three claws pierce through the lock of the main door of the Warrior's Dojo. As the doors opened one of the soldiers quickly activated the force field leading further into the castle. Once fully open the intruder, Wolverine, strode forward towards them claws still unsheathed.
"This room is to be your tomb, intruder" One of the soldiers said as he raised a pair of lethal katanas.
Wolverine just scoffed. "You six and a big ugly door? I like them odds"
The Katana wielder charged towards Wolverine bringing both katanas down simultaneously in a lethal double chop only to freeze up after Wolverine had cut straight through the blades leaving him with just the hilts. Before he could react he was then relieved of both his duty and his head. The remaining soldiers charged in pretending they did not see their comrade fall so easily to the intruder. Pretty soon all but one was defeated.
"E-even if you kill me you won't get passed the force field" The last soldier said as he charged forward and impaled Wolverine with his spear.
Wolverine looked down at the spear that protruded from his stomach and out his back. Instead of removing it out he pulled it through him bringing the soldier as well until they were inches apart.
"You think a little force field is going to stop me?" He asked before stabbing the soldier in the chest with one set of claws whilst he sheathed his other set so he could remove his new body piercing.
Walking over to the shielded door Wolverine embedded his claws into the framework in which the shield was being generated from causing it to overload and short out leaving a defenceless door and a tingling Wolverine due to the shock. As he made his way deeper into the castle he noticed that Deathstrike's scent was becoming stronger and he could hear voices up ahead.
"Do you remember any of it?" Asked an unfamiliar voice.
"Only bits and pieces" Answered a more familiar one.
'Deathstrike' Wolverine thought as he peered round the corner to see a large room in which two people currently inhabited. He could see Deathstrike kneeling on the floor in front of someone wearing authentic looking samurai armour.
"I'm disappointed Stryker's dead, I would have liked to kill him myself" The samurai said as one of his hands clutched the sheathed katana bound to his side. Wolverine smirked as he realised he had beaten someone to the punch although technically Stryker drowned, untouched by his claws.
"I failed you Samurai" Deathstrike continued looking ashamed of herself. "I allowed myself to become his pawn"
Two things we have in common Wolverine mused as he looked on. The person Deathstrike called Samurai walked towards her and gently raised her chin to eye level.
"You were captured and fought valiantly, all is forgiven" He said as Deathstrike rose and placed her hands on his chest. "Tell me what happened at Alkali Lake"
Deathstrike took a moment to compose herself before continuing. "The Master Mold...It's loose"
Samurai took a moment to digest the information as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"It will go for the inhibitor in Hong Kong" He mused before the sound of a breaking vase interrupted them. Turning to where the sound emanated from he saw a familiar face staring down at the broken crockery at his feet.
"Whoops" Wolverine said although he sounded far from being sorry. He was actually getting tired of the talk and was eager to find out about his past and get back to the rest of the team back in the US.
"Logan!" The Samurai growled enforcing his beliefs that his past was connected with them somehow.
"Am I interrupting something?" He asked in a teasing voice. He had secretly wanted to say that after witnessing the elf say it to a couple who were doing something other than studying in the library.
"Go!" Said Deathstrike as she stepped forward unsheathing her claws in the process whilst talking to the samurai. "I'll meet you in Hong Kong when I finish with him"
The samurai looked like he wanted to argue against it but thought better of it. He quickly disappeared through a secret door whilst Wolverine unsheathed his own claws.
"Let's find out who has the sharper claws!" He said before charging forwards.
It became immediately apparent that both of them were evenly matched if it were not for being of different sexes it would seem as if they were one and the same. As their fight brought them up to the first floor balcony Wolverine grabbed Deathstrike and threw her as hard as he could down to the centre of the ground floor.
"It will take more than that to kill me" She smirked as he wounds began to heal themselves.
Wolverine said nothing. Instead he cut the rope that anchored the massive lantern that hung over head to the ceiling. It collapsed on top of Deathstrike and sent both through the floor to the lower levels.
"Try that one on for size darlin'" He called over his shoulder as he made his way towards the runaway samurai.
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Iceman urged himself to go faster as he made his way to the exit of the reactor. He had managed to subdue all the firebirds by turning one of the main chambers near the reactor into a giant freezer effectively wiping them out but at the same time causing the bulkhead to automatically close hence his urgency to escape. He went shooting out of the tunnel like a cork seconds before the bulkhead sealed itself.
"This is crazy" He said as he turned to where a drenched Pyro was attempting to hit Storm with his fire birds only for them to evaporate into mist as they tried to bear the rain Storm was sending in their direction. "You'll kill thousands of people if this reactor blows John"
Pyro turned to glare at his rival. He had wasted most of his energy due to Storm's taunts and was now force to reveal his trump card.
"So? Magneto says its either us or them!" He said before raising his arms up and manipulating the flames of the blast furnace in one of the cooling towers into a giant fire serpent which then coiled itself round the outer wall of the tower. "No more playing around Bobby! This place is gonna go up with the help of my new friend!"
"That thing is going to burn down the entire plant!" Iceman said as he passed by Storm on his ice slide.
"If it destroys enough of those containers it will kill minions" Storm agreed as she eyed the many toxic containers scattered around the plant.
"I'll deal with his friend you make sure those containers don't get destroyed" Iceman ordered currently forgetting the chain of command for a moment as he sped off towards the giant serpent.
Whether Storm was perturbed about being bossed about or not she focused the bulk of the heavy shower into a wide ring around the serpent effectively stopping any and all firebirds from reaching a single toxic container.
Iceman meanwhile attacked the serpent with a combination of his ice-beam and ice-grenades until the serpent finally collapsed crumbled to ashes. He then turned his ice-beam onto Pyro forcing him to create a shield of fire.
"John, why don't you just give yourself up?" Iceman asked sounding tired as he continued to fire his ice-beam. "Maybe I'll put in a good word for you"
"Surrender?!" Pyro snorted. "I know how the government treats mutants! They either want to cure you or kill you!"
He launched a massive fireball at the other coolant tower creating a big explosion.
"Not a chance!" He yelled before hi tailing it out of there whilst Iceman and Storm tackled the blaze with their powers. By the time they had finished Pyro was long gone.
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From his vantage point, the Multiple Clone had a clear shot at the girl who had finished disarming the bombs and was now helping the teleporter finish off his brethren. He would have preferred to shoot the teleporter first but it was too difficult to predict where it would reappear next. The girl however would only phase when she was about to get hit but there was no way she could activate her power before she was shot through the head.
As his finger began to put pressure on the trigger as he centred the guns crosshairs at the back of the girl's head the gun suddenly disappeared. Before he could comprehend what had happened something struck him hard on the back of the head.
"Stop this before I really have to hurt you" Nightcrawler growled to the original who was standing not far from his position. He had been fortunate enough to see the moons reflection of the scope of the gun and went to investigate before it was too late.
"The only thing you're hurting is our feelings!" Multiple said as he aimed a pistol at Nightcrawler's head and fired only to shoot bluish black smoke.
Nightcrawler reappeared above Multiple and attempted to strike him upside the head with his fists only to miss as Multiple split into several copies and had now surrounded Nightcrawler between them. Multiple and his clones then tried to hit at the same time only to once again hit a cloud of smoke. Whilst Multiple and the Clones were coughing and spluttering Nightcrawler took the chance to disarm the original and throw the gun over the edge.
Seeing that the situation was looking bleak, Multiple ordered his Clones to keep Nightcrawler occupied whilst he ran over to where the last of his bombs were stashed only to stop in his tracks as he saw only the handles of the bag that contained his bombs sticking out of the ground. At that moment Shadowcat, who had been hiding in a crate beside the bag after making her way up to Nightcrawler's location and taking care of the remaining bombs, suddenly came out of hiding and kicked Multiple square in the jaw before he could react.
Before Shadowcat could press her advantage a Clone had grabbed her roughly from behind and pushed her towards the fence at the edge of the construction site expecting her to phase through and fall to her death or not phase and get knocked out then knocked up. What he was not expecting was Shadowcat to run up the fence, flip then kick him into the fence knocking him out instead whilst she landed in Nightcrawler's arms.
Quickly teleporting Nightcrawler then used the momentum Shadowcat had gained to launch her feet first at Multiple. Before impact Multiple split himself in two and both he and his Clone grabbed Shadowcat by the arms as she flew between them. They realised too late that they had been tricked as the moment they grabbed her Shadowcat phased them ankle deep into the concrete before going solid again and landing on her feet whilst Nightcrawler dealt the knockout blow to the shocked Multiple.
"I did varn you" Nightcrawler said after regaining his breath as he looked down at the unconscious mutant whilst Shadowcat phased him out of the ground.
It was only when they had handed Multiple over to the police and was currently sitting near the back of the Blackbird did Kurt lose his composure as he looked back over what he had done. He sat there head in his hands shaking uncontrollably as he felt himself turning into the monster that many assumed he was at first sight. Not even Kitty's attempts to calm him down seemed to work when she placed herself in his lap and placed his head against her chest in a comforting embrace.
"We only knocked him out" Kitty whispered as she ran one of her hands through his hair in a soothing way. "It could have been worse if we did nothing at all and let him live"
"I know liebchen" Kurt whispered. "But it doesn't make this pain any easier to bear"
Kitty sighed as she continued to hug him. Deep in her heart a feeling of dread started to form as she realised that, if things kept going the way they were, Kurt might be leaving the X-men and her for good.
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But that is for you to decide. A poll is up for what you think what should happen. There are several choices but you only get one vote so use wisely. Voting ends...when I get to the part where the game ends (when that'll be I've got no idea)
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