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A/N: Hi, Everybody! I have the next chapter for you and my goodness was it ever tough. It's huh, something that you will all just gap at. Yeah…it's wicked good.
Gambit-14
The X-men took cover as they gawked at the facility before them. Intimidating wasn't going to cut it, it was dark and eerie the windows were thick with dirt others completely broken. No one in there right mind would even venture close to this building it screamed danger on very corner, Forge gulped.
"Huh, you all know it isn't too late to back out now?"
Everyone glared at him giving the technician their answer. "Right of course it's perfectly normal to sign your life away to a mad man."
"Dis is de prettier side. Wat' yo back cause I can't do it for y'all." Gambit warned as he ventured out from his hiding place.
Scott sighed. "Forge keep the jet cloaked we'll contact you when we need your help. Ok, you all know what to do. Let's move out."
Everyone followed the Cajun cautiously into the building. A row of hanging lights dotted the decaying ceiling some flickered under the strain of lighting the abandoned area.
"I don't like the smell of this place." Logan grumbled
"OH, how troubling." Magneto answered drawly.
Logan glared at the older mutant as the group continued their task. Rogue looked around crates and chains decorated the area over turned bins and wood boxes added to the disturbing atmosphere. Their footsteps echoed with every move, Kitty stared up at the vast ceiling unfortunately her foot hit a metal rod sending it clanging to the floor. Everyone jumped looking at the young mutant who sheepishly looked back at them.
"Sorry." she whispered
Gambit focused back on leading the inexperienced team through the building. Kitty came up beside Storm.
"I thought this place was supposed to be advanced."
"I too am surprised at the state this is in. Not at all what I expected.'
"Gambit don' lie 'bout dis type of ting. Sinister is known for mass manipulation. Wen I say dat dis place is advanced I mean it."
"What does this Sinister want with mutants powers besides the obvious? He must have alternative motive." Magneto asked
"Dat is wat's bothering me. All I know is…"
Everyone halted as the Cajun abruptly stopped holding up his hand. A hissing sound echoed ominously followed by a ticking sound, Gambit gripped his rod tightly scanning the area. Everyone prepared themselves as the hissing grew louder and the ticking became quicker.
"Watch your back!" Gambit ordered as the disfigured mutant launched at them from the darkness emitting an ear piercing shriek.
Another came at them sending Storm and Kitty into a pile of crates knocking them over with a clang. Gambit cursed under his breath as more scurried along the walls and the ceiling, Scott sent a red beam slamming into a row of mutants while Logan threw one over his shoulder as it latched on to him. Bobby created a sheet of ice on the floor causing the mutants to lose their balance and slide into the wall. Rogue dodged her enemy attacking it swiftly sending it into Wolverine who mercilessly sliced it in half crashing it into one who set it's sights on Jean. The red head gave an appreciative nod raising a crate and squished another into a pile of severed rods, impaling it; Gambit swung his rod in the air connecting with three mutants. One in the head, the other in the chest, and one in the back, when they collapsed on the ground he brought the rod down on the ground resorting them to a pile of ashes. Magneto sent miscellaneous metal scrapes flying in the air squashing a group to their death. Then it was quiet.
Kitty helped Storm to her feet. "You ok?"
"I'll be fine." she said giving a reassuring smile.
"What were those things?" Bobby asked the Cajun.
"An experiment gone wrong." he answered with slight tension in his voice. He faced the group. "We better move fast those mutants are sensitive, the smallest of vibrations sets them off."
The mutants hurriedly followed their guide as he lead them through rows of tainted chemicals and radioactive material. Everyone felt the tension grow thicker as he stopped in a narrow hallway five different entrances stood before them.
"Which way?" Storm asked
Gambit gripped his rod. "This is where we split up. Cy Jean take over. Little boy blue stay close to me."
Bobby opened his mouth but closed it as he ran after the Cajun down the middle. Gambit didn't let up until the mutant had to physically stop him, though annoyed, Gambit listened.
"What?"
"Don't you think we should take this slowly? Ya' know think this through before acting."
"Listen, I know this place like the back of my hand. I don't need to meditate on everything I do, you have your full proof objective and I have mine. Stick to it and this mission will be over before it even begins."
Bobby frowned lowering his arm from the Cajun's shoulder. He didn't know Gambit all that well it was a little hard to put his trust in him.
Logan grumbled. "He's a real class act. Not telling us which way went where."
"Relax Logan that's what Forge is for. The winged mutant tapped his ear piece. Looking down at his hand held device… "Hey, Forge this is Warren. Can you send us a blue print of the area?
"Sure thing." his voice came over his radio
"We don't have time for all this dilly dally nonsense." Magneto added
"It will only take a minute." Warren said as a blue print came up on his portable screen.
A faint hissing sound echoed in the hall. "We don't have a minuet." Mystique said.
"Alright, Scott, Jean take the first left entrance Logan and Rogue take the other, Kitty Storm take the first right and the rest off us take the other. Once inside the sentinels will detect us so be on your guard."
Everyone heeded the caution.
Scott lead the way down the corridor he stopped as the surroundings took on a different look the wood floors were metal. It was like stepping into another world as the technical facility lit up in front of them, he turned looking at Jean.
"Stay close."
She nodded as they crept along the wall both in shocked wonder as they came into an open area. The couple ducked behind a metal container taking in at what they saw, highly advanced soldiers marched passed them a transparent shield in cased around them.
"Scott, what are we going to do? A forward attack will alert everyone of our presence."
Scott looked around his eye caught an entrance on the floor. "Gambit was held under ground we can go there it's most likely where all the mutants are held. C'mon."
They darted from their cover Jean kept watched as Scott carefully lifted the lid. He beckoned her to go first then he jumped down in the tunnel, hurrying they ran down the tunnel they both let out a yelp as they ran into a force field.
"That's not good… Scott clicked on his ear piece… "Forge, Jean and I have a FF in front of us can you disarm it?"
"Hold on."
Forge honed in on their position. "K, yeah, I'll get it down in no time flat."
"Hurry."
A couple of minuets passed by then the green shield vanished. However they only made it a few feet when a small brigade blocked their way weapons raised.
"Halt! Intruder!"
Scott raised his hands slowly. "Easy."
In a flash sweep he activated his visor sending a blazing red glare to crash into the group. They all collapsed, Jean took the lead bolting down the corridor. Just as they thought they were out of the blue a red shield appeared in front of them Jean saw another entrance to her left, grabbing Scott's arm.
"This way."
They only made a few steps as another shield came up. They spun around heading back the way they came but another shield appeared. Jean looked at Scott in panic.
"We're trapped!"
Meanwhile, Wolverine dove to the ground sinking his claws into a soldier that caught both mutants by surprise.
"Where did they come from?" Rogue gasped out.
"I don't know but when they show up the welcome wagon is closed."
They resumed their task than froze as they heard faint cries in the distance. Sharing a look they picked up their pace they pressed themselves against the wall, a corridor in cased in white light stretched kilometres. Heavy footsteps sounded peeking around the corner two purple clad soldiers held an unconscious mutant between them. Her short purple hair hung just above her eyes while some pulled back from her left temple by a thin black clip, her bare feet drug lifelessly against the metal floor. The soldiers stopped in front of a wall and to the X-men surprise they stepped through it like it wasn't there.
Logan cautiously looked around than hurried over to the spot they disappeared. Rogue came up beside him placing her hand against the cool metal.
"Incredible."
"There must be a panel or console around here." Logan said as he fingered the wall for any sign of one.
A blast sounded rendering a primal scream from Wolverine as a burning pain hit him square in the back. Turning around he faced another pair of soldiers one holding a brunette mutant male, one of the soldiers stepped forward, weapon raised.
"Intruder alert! Intruder alert!"
Logan rolled his eyes (very original.) He ran at the soldier but was shocked as his attack never landed as he was sent flying across the corridor landing, skidding to a halt several feet away. Wide eyed Rogue tore her eyes from her friend to glare at the enemy.
"Your going to wish you hadn't done that."
She did a frontal attack hitting the soldier dead on but to her surprise it didn't effect it at all. Her foot was caught sending her flipping in the air landing with a thud on the hard floor.
"Rogue! You ok?" Logan asked as he came at her side.
She groaned. "Our attacks aren't effecting them."
"Intruder Alert!"
Both X-Men dove to the side as a ray blast shot between them. In a flash they were on there feet only to jump out of the way again.
"Logan, this isn't working!"
Wolverine tapped his ear piece. "Forge need a little help here."
Forge voice came over the ear piece. "Sorry Logan but Storm and Kitty need it more!"
"MUTANT DNA DETECTED! MUTANT DNA DETECTED!"
Kitty let out a screech as a laser burned a hole where she once stood she disappeared through a wall appearing on the other side.
"STORM!"
The white haired mutant brought up a fierce wind sending debris flying into the giant machines. Magneto suddenly appeared in front of Kitty raising a sheet of metal in front of her as another rain of lasers came at her.
"Thanks."
Mystique took the form of Cyclopes mimicking his beam of red light boring a hole right through the one sentinel but was shocked as it rematerialized. She was smacked high in the air, falling, she was caught by Warren as she retuned to her normal self.
Warren set his sights on Storm who was cornered swooping high he dove down snatching her in his grip as a sentinel brought it's massive fist down cratering the ground.
"We need to get to higher ground!" he said.
Storm gave an odd look. "Shouldn't we do the exact opposite?"
"Trust me Ororo."
She nodded as they swiftly made their way to the other mutants.
"MUTANT DNA DETECTED! MUTANT DNA DETECTED!"
A blue sentinel joined the red. Honing it's sights on the winged mutant it raised it's arm transforming it into a missile launcher it hit the wall in front of him bringing it to rubble Warren pulled back serving in and out of the falling debris . The blue sentinel flashed in front of him swinging it's arm it connected with him slamming him into the wall he fell to the ground unconscious.
"Warren!" Storm called.
Magneto joined the woman, picking him up. They ran for cover.
Outside the facility Forge's hands flew over the controls as his team mates called for his help. He couldn't understand it everything was going so smoothly than everything went up in flames. He took down one shield but it wasn't the same frequency pattern that trapped Scott and Jean now. The soldiers were way out of his league as they were all protected by some form of shielding that constantly changed that he couldn't tap into any frequency. He ran a hand over his brow as he concentrated on crashing the system, than to his horror his devices went on the fritz as one by one each console computer screen and electronic devices spasm out of control.
"NO! No, no, no, no. No don't do this!" he panicked as he fought to gain control but one by one each screen went black and every consol shut down.
He sat forward in his seat in shock as he desperately clicked on the buttons. Flipped switches hoping for a miracle.
"Great! How can it get any worse?" he exclaimed
Almost on cue he was thrown forward against the controls as the jet lurched sharply ahead. Panicked stricken he let out a scream as the slick bird lifted from the ground at an unnatural angle. He let out a round of screams as he clung to the chair as the jet was lurched back and forth and upside down, backwards and forwards. Then it stopped. Panting, he listened, waited. Than he let out one last scream as the bird was flung in the air and batted away like a baseball player hitting a curve ball at a hundred clicks per second.
Bobby had faithfully fought along side the Cajun many of the soldiers were easy to fight. Smirking he once more followed the Cajun.
"Man this is a piece of cake." he gloated.
"Don' get cocky there are many levels to these soldiers. It's plain luck that we haven't come across any yet." Gambit warned.
"So huh, where are we going?"
"It's a cell area where all the mutants are. There will be more security once we get closer as long as we don't get caught it will go smoothly."
"Something tells me that's easier said than done."
Gambit didn't answer. As he continued to walk memories flashed in his head as he passed the old holding cells. So many mutants died or had fallen victim to Sinister's manipulative deals and he helped him, he gritted his teeth at the thought when he finds Sinister there will be blood shed. He glanced over at Ice man who confidently strode behind him, the Cajun stopped.
"I'm sorry."
Bobby looked at Gambit. "For what?"
"This." he spun around swinging his rod he hit him in the chest, stomach than head. The blue mutant slumped to the ground unconscious. Gambit drug the mutant behind a pile of rusted pipes in one of the cells, he quickly ran out turning around he shut the cell door locking it. Without hesitating he spun around and ran down the corridor it was there he disappeared never to be seen again.
TO Be CONTINUED.
(Evil laugh)
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P.S: Sequel anyone?