Chapter 14

Batman and I were busy tossing smoke pellets/ knock out gas into the large army heading our way to really count how many we were getting in all honesty. I groaned when I reached into my pouch and found the smoke and gas empty,"Crap. I'm out."

Batman nodded,"So am I."

I pulled out my staff,"You ready?"

Batman smirked and retracted his claws,"Of course."

We jumped into the fray. The X-men currently under fire with us. Storm flew up into the air and caused a thunder storm, the rain pouring down on us. I saw flashes of red out of the corner of my eye- meaning cyclops. Shadowcat was easily running through the robotic men- those that were there- and shorting them out. Nightcrawler and Spike were working together. I managed to see Wolverine too, he was doing pretty good. But they just kept coming, and coming, and-

I noticed Spike go down, Tigress stood over him...I jumped up into the air knocked Tigress over and stood protectively over Spike,"TIGRESS," I hissed.

Tigress growled and ran back into the fray instead of attacking me. I was about to go after her when Spike and I were surrounded! I turned to Spike and helped him off the ground,"You okay?"

Spike nodded,"Yeah I'm fine," he grew a spike and used it like a staff- just like mine! I smiled and we both stood back to back before we were rushed and we fought back. I manage to get a glance at The portal- it was still going strong,"Batman? How are you holding up?"

"Not very well," He reported breathing hard he let out a groan of pain.

"Where are you," I barked into my comm unit.

"About fifty feet from the portal. Wolverine and Cyclops are with me."

I nodded ,"On my way," I turned to Spyke,"You good?"

He took down the last Splicer and turned to me,"Yea, What did they do anyway? Turn all of Gotham into Splicers?"

"No," I muttered,"They probably grabbed gangs all over the country and turned them before they realized what was going on."

I flew up into the air and spotted Wolverine and Cyclops protecting Batman as he leaned against a near-by tree holding his side. Wolverine was barking at him,"Stay with me soldier! You 'ear me! Ya gotta stay awake!"

I dove and pulled out my first aide kit,"What happened?" I gasped when Terry move his hand and it came away bloody.

"A robot... pulled a knife ... The suit was able to stop it from killing me," he was in pain, more pain than he ever has been in. That and he was fading in and out of comatose as I pulled out some gauze, cotton bandages and medical tape.

"Let me see," I whispered to him. I turned my head back to the two guys fighting,"Cover us!"

"Working' on it kit," Wolverine barked.

I kneeled next to Terry, he had clutched his hands back over it to try and stop the bleeding,"I know you don't want to," I whispered to him,"But you need to move so I can see it," Terry moaned in pain as I helped him pull his hands away from the deep cut into his side,"It did go deep enough to nick anything important..." but it was long and bleeding badly. I put as much pressure on it as I could.

"Ow," Terry hissed, shifting his wieght.

"Whimp," I smirked putting more gauze on the cut and putting more pressure on it.

Terry chuckled,"I guess now would be a bad time to tell you I saw that photo album," he gave a yelp of pain as I pressed a little too hard.

"You what-"

Batman interrupted my screech,"Watch out!" I turned to see a robot -one that had managed to slip past Cyclops and Wolverine- comming at us. I didn't have time to get any weapon. I couldn't move. I just had to hope that I could stop it-

Was that a knife? Before I had time to register how to block it- the robot stopped. It was frozen in place. A young woman with brown hair and blue eyes, in these dark clothes landed next to me,"Don't worry Aristocat I got it."

"T-Trinity," I gasped finishing up Batman's bandaged after the bleeding had stopped.

Trinity winked at me,"The very same."

Fang Paw landed next to me with a thump,"Ouchy," her ears perked at me,"I see we're not to late."

Next Batman-Bruce! Young Bruce!- landed ,"Why are you just standing here?"

Trinity crushed the robot in her shield and flew away silently, Fang Paw turned into a wolf and started helping Rouge. I raised an eyebrow,"Where's the old man?"

Batman tossed a gas pelt into a group of Splicers about to charge at us,"Back at the cave."

"Bruce," I tried to contact him with my comm.

"Hello Dunbar," Bruce replied,"Benn a while. I see Terry somehow upgraded your suit."

I looked down to see my belt had been tampered with.. Terry... He must have done it while I was putting the bandages on!

I smiled,"It's good to hear you Old Man."

I flew up into the air, scanning the area,"Alpha, oh, Alpha," If I could get him, I could end this. Before anyone else got hurt. Terry was already back and fighting alongside the original Batman. I spotted Nightcrawler, Fang Paw, Spyke, and Shadowcat fighting below helping each other. Trinity and Storm were above us, helping where-ever they could. I spotted Cyclops, Jean and Wolvirene fighting near the mouth of the portal. I knew what I had to do, there weren't anymore robots or Splicers coming out of the portal,"Dunbar don't even think about it," Bruce's voice came over my comm unit.

"How'd ya know," I asked him.

"Because I was your age once," Bruce replied,"So don't think about it,"To bad I was, But I had no idea what was on the other side. So I took a chance.

"No," Bruce yowled as I folded in my wings and dove- directing where I went with my boots. I dropped through the portal.

I saw Alpha immediately, he was barking orders at a small group of scientists,"Aw, Alpha! Aren't you glad to see me?"

Bruce wasn't yelling in my ear so he had to be yelling in Terry's. I didn't have a lot of time.

I glanced around, Alpha was running at me. But I just leapt up into the air. I saw the portal becoming wider... The realization snapped in my head. The portal was expanding around the machine. They were bringing it to the X-men world.

"Get her," Alpha yowled pointing a clawed finger at me.

I pulled out my staff and started knocking out scientist after scientist. Alpha was firing a plasma gun at me. But I was able to dodge them all.

I landed when it was only Alpha and I,"This has to end."

I was pushed to the side when Terry showed up,"But you're not ending it. Shut the generator down. Now."

I hissed at him and ran towards the generator. (They'd changed it. Not it was a large tower about four stories tall, with multiple controls at the base.) Of course this would happen. I was the one who got here first but I wasn't the one who got to fight. Typical. Just like Terry to be the glory hound.

Bruce's voice came on the Comm. unit as I began to check out the computer,"You're not gonna be able to shut it down that way. You'll need to place the explosives on the machine. Including the tower."

I sighed and started placing the bombs on the machine's on troll panel,"I know what you're thinking,"Bruce said,"Terry isn't being a glory hound."

"If you say so," I started scaling the sides. Placing a catbomb after every two meters. I jumped when a bullet lodged itself in the metal of the tower two inches from my head,"HEY," I turned back to see Alpha's gun on the ground and Terry and Alpha dukeing it out below. I bit my lip.

"Don't worry about Terry," Brice stated calmly,"He has a score to settle with Alpha. You need to finish your own job.

I started placing the bombs again,"What do you mean score to settle? Terry doesn't even know Alpha that well."

Bruce chuckled,"Listen I may be old. But I know how to tell when someone really cares about a girl. His little performance when you disappeared, and sticking up for you with Dana, was enough for me to accurately say- he hated Alpha for taking you away from him. So much so that Terry's been harassing him enough while you were gone that Alpha would hate him more than you when they had this little confrontation. Just so Alpha would focus more on him and not attack you. To take you away again."

I paused for a moment,"You know. You're really annoying when you make sense."

I was almost finished when I realized I wasn't hearing any battle noises. I turned to see Terry struggling with Alpha and the portal was almost finished!

"Why can't I hear anything," I screeched at Bruce. I didn't get anything but static. I was on my own.

Oh boy.

The portal was almost finished. Storm had started up another storm, I could feel the rain starting to drift into the portal. The battle had to be over soon. I was going to end it.

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