X3 Last Stand

Chapter Twenty-Five: Xavier's Toughest Choice

The battle wages on. The Xmen team continue taking out one baddie after another. Magneto watched shocked that his team was losing badly. He didn't even care that his son was hurt. All he cared about was winning this war. He had to take the battle up a notch.

"It's time you did your part." Magneto said as Quill, Archlight and Psyloche headed for the building. Rogue sees them and goes to the edge of the building.

"Angel." Rogue calls out to him. He flies over to her. "Get me to the building. Hurry!" He said as he lifts her and carries her flying to the roof of the second building. Both land and quickly make their way down the stairs.

"Go in there and kill that boy." Magneto said. Juggernaut smirks and runs towards the building bulldozing his way pass other mutants. Colossus sticks his hand out and knocks Juggernaut down.

"Siren, Spyke follow me." Shadow Cat said as the three take off for the building.

In the labs, Worthington and Kavita walk briskly through the hall looking for a way out. As they turn a corner, Quil and Archlight appear. Worthington and Kavita promptly turn the other way and come face to face with Psyloche.

"Going somewhere she says." Psyloche asked blocking their path. Worthington and Rao are trapped.

"You're the guy who invented the cure right?" Quill asked.

"I am. What bearing that has on what's going in now is lost on me." Worthington told him.

"Sure." Quill said. He signals for Psyloche and Archlight to drag Worthington away.

"Stop right there." Rogue said. "Let them go." Shadow Cat, Siren and Spyke appear next to Rogue. They spin around to see the Xmen tweens standing there.

"Well, well if ain't the goodie goods." Quil said holding Kavita.

"I said let them go!" Rogue shouts.

"Or what? Huh? What are you gonna do?" Quill asked. He smirks and pulls Kavita into him.

"NNNOOO!" Spyke yells. Quil spikes up. Kavita's eyes go wide. He smiles evilly. Quill retracts and pushes Kavita off of him.

"Son of a bitch!" Spyke said.

"Rogue go find the boy. We'll handle these three" Siren said. She nods and takes off to find the boy.

"Take him outside up the stairs. I'll handle this one." Quill said as he and Spyke circle each other.

Siren and Shadow Cat take after Psyloche and Archlight.

Juggernaut gets to his feet to see who knocked him down. Colossus smirks when suddenly the ground shakes beneath them. They fall to the cracked ground. Colossus turns to find Avalanche getting ready to hit them with another sizemic quake and gets to his feet. Juggernaut goes to attack Colossus but is stopped by Beast.

"Care to take me on big boy?" Beast said to him.

"You know who I am?" Juggernaut asked.

"Let me guess. You're a can opener." Beast said joking.

"I'm the juggernaut you asshole." Juggernaut said then charging at Beast who stands his ground.

Rogue found the room where the boy Jimmy is being kept. Rogue enters the room. She looks around the white room. She spots him hiding behind the table.

"Its ok. Im not gonna hurt you. Im here to reacue you." She told him.

"Your powers won't work in here." Rgoue said figuring out that the cure comes from him. She pulls her glove off and touches the boy. Nothing happens. She smiles at this. "See." He said to her. "It doesnt work."

"Im getting you out if here." She said putting her glove back on as they exit the room.

Psyloche and Archlight hold Worthington pulling him up a stairwell.

"Please don't kill me." Worthington said.

"You mean the way you killed those mutants?" Archlight asked.

"No one's died because of the cure! And I never met for it to come to this. The cure was met for those who wanted it." Worthington told them.

"Yeah...their called the weak ones." Psyloche said to him. They walk along the edge. "We've had quite enough of you Mr. Worthington."

"No please!" Worthington shouts as he's shoved over the railing. At the last second Angel scoops him and carries him to safety.

"Thanks son." Worthington said. He was glad that his son's ability saved his life.

"No problem dad." Angel said.

"I love you." Worthington told him.

"I love you to dad." Angel said smiling.

Siren and Shadow Cat see this smile. She looks over at Siren who screams and at the last second Archlight clasps her hands together sending a wave towards Siren. Siren screams again. This time a stronger wave is sent Archlight's way and she's knocked over the railing falling to her death.

"No!" Psyloche screams.

"Your turn." Shadow Cat said as sidekicks Psyloche off the railing. She falls to her death. She hadn't even seen Shadow cat come up behind her. "Let's go." She said as they headed back downstairs into the building.

Quill and Spyke fight had to hand spike to spike with Quill getting in some good shots. Spyke pulls two wooden sharp spikes from his body. He breathes heavily thinking of a way he can get close enough to kill him. Then he sees it. He smirks and goes for the kill. Quill waits for the attack spikes up and all. To guard against being killed, he spikes up as well. He goes in and stabs Quill in the stomach. Quill was so focused on his head and face that he forgot his stomach. Spyke pushed the sharp spike into his stomach further. Quill coughs up blood dying. Spyke stares down at Quill's body.

Rogue came around the corner with Jimmy while Shadow Cat and Siren round the corner to meet them.

"You got him." Siren said smiling.

"Yes." Rogue said.

"Let's get out of here." Rogue said as all five of them ran out of the building.

"Rogue, get Jimmy to the jet. We'll help the others." Shadow Cat said. Rogue nods. Pulling Jimmy towards the other building were the jet sits. She looks up wondering how they were going to get up there.

"How are we getting up there?" Jimmy asks. Rogue sees the make shift ladder and smirks.

"This. Come on." She said getting the ladder and pulls Jimmy up the ladder with her. They climb up to the roof and into the jet.

Pixie and Cyclone trade blows in the air. Mystro sees this and goes to help her. He uses his flight to get close to Cyclone. Pixie punches Cyclone in the jaw sending to the ground. Mystro swoops down and grabs him holds him Pixie snaps his neck. Both wink at each other before going to join the others.

Colossus uses Avalanche's ability against him knocking him out cold.

Beast and Juggernaut trade blows but its beast who gets the better of him knocking him down. Cyclops and Havok blast Juggernaut's helmet off. Jean and Frost causes Juggernaut's brain to explode on his head. He collapses to the ground dead.

Jubilee and Scarlet Witch fight hand to hand. Jubilee beats her every step of the way. Scarlet Witch uses her chaos magic to stop Jubilee but Jubilee uses her own stronger magic on Scarlet Witch. The blast sends her flying back and she lands two feet from Magneto. She groans in pain. He looks down disapproving of her.

"You fail me daughter." Magneto says to her. She frowns hurt at his words.

Madrox is the only one left standing of the brotherhood. The Xmen team surrounded him. Nightcrawler takes out a few more mutants with help from Storm, Gambit and Spyke.

"What you all are gonna take me down at once? Bring it." Madrox says cockily.

"I got this one." Mystro said. He moves towards Madrox. Madrox smirks snd begins to make ten copies of himself. "You're little trick won't stop me." Mystro said to him.

"Oh yeah then make your move." Madrox said. Mystro smirks as his eyes start to glow white. He's summoning electricity. Electricity moves within his fingers. Madrox's smirk disappears as Mystro shoots a volt of electricity from his finger tips and at all ten of Madrox's copies electrocuting him. The real Madrox feels the jolt of through his body. Mystro pulls his hands back and watches as Madrox's body falls backwards. He's dead. The last brotherhood member left is Magneto. The Xmen team turns to him.

"Guys, leave him to me." Professor said connected with all of their heads. They all stare at Magneto who is shocked. He stares at the faces of the Xmen team members. Cyclops, Jean, Wolverine, Storm, Havok, Frost, Gambit, Beast, Mystro, Pixie, Iceman, Shadow Cat, Pyro, Siren, Spyke, Jubilee, Colossus and Nightcrawler all stared back at him knowing that he has lost this battle.

Scarlet Witch gets to her feet. She stands behind her father. She pulls his helmet off. She wasn't in control of her actions. It was Professor Xavier the whole time. She falls back down to the ground. She shakes her coming not realizing what has happened. Magneto knows his head is exposed to Xavier.

"You're going to kill me Charles! Kill me!" Magneto shouts. Suddenly he begins to scream in pain. Professor Xavier focuses his mind on Magneto's brain. He's causing Magneto's brain to convulse in his skull. Magneto's eyes roll up in the back of his head. Everyone watches including the soldiers who still have their guns trained in Magneto. Magneto falls backwards. Mystro listens for a heartbeat but there is none. He looks over at Jean and shakes his head. The others are shocked. Professor Xavier did the unthinkable. He killed his friend turned arch enemy. Professor cries in the jet. Rogue puts a comforting hand on his shoulder feeling bad for him.

"Is it over professor?" Rogue asked in the jet.

"Yes it is." Professor Xavier said to her Composing himself. He didn't want his Jean, Cyclops and Storm to see him crying.

"Can you guys handle it from here?" Cyclops asked.

"Yes sir." A soldier said.

"Good we're gone." Cycles said as the Xmen team headed for the jet.

"How are we getting up there?" Gambit asked.

"Nightcrawler, can you teleport multiple people?" Storm asked.

"Yes." Nightcrawler said.

"Good, you teleport Spyke, Siren, Colossus, Jubilee and Shadow Cat up into the jet. Mystro you take Iceman, Pyro, Jean, Frost, myself and Havok. Storm you got Beast, and Wolverine. Pixie can you handle Gambit." Cyclops said. They nod.

Nightcrawler took Siren's hand. She links her hand to Spyke's. He takes Shadow Cat's hand, she takes Colossus's hand and Jubilee grabs his hand. BAMF! They disappear and reappear in the jet.

Storm summons the wind and it carries her Wolverine and Beast onto the roof top. Pixie gets a hold of Gambit and lifts him up to the roof top. Using his telepathy, Mystro levitates Iceman, Pyro, Jean, Frost, Havok, Cyclops and himself up to the roof top. Mystro and Pixie take flight. Cyclops and Jean get into the pilot seats. Everyone took their seats and strap in. The jet goes into invisible mode and takes off.

"Thank you Xmen." One soldier says watching the X jet as much as his eyes will allow.

The soldiers all rounded up the mutants that were still alive. They were injected with the cure and taken to prison. The mutants who were dead were taken to the morgue where they'd be examined.

The president and Trask wanted to see Magneto's body and got the chance to view it. Raven was there as well. Apart of her felt bad that he was dead but the other part wasn't because he tried to create a war and ultimately got himself killed. She spoke to the president about pardoning Pietro and Wanda Maximoff. The president agreed if they were given the cure. Both were given the cure and returned to their aunt. The war was over. It was time to rest. Thanks to the Xmen.

The president sent Professor Xavier a letter thanking him and his team for what they did that night. He also agreed to keep his facility a secret. As token his appreciation, the president sent professor extra funding for his school. Yeah the war was over but he wouldn't stop watching and making sure mutants got out of line. If they did the Xmen would handle them.