The moment the Blackbird landed, and the X-Men and Brotherhood stepped out of the jet, except for the Professor and Rogue who remained on the jet, and roamed the streets of New York. Logan's senses immediately kicked into high gear, noticing that the air smelled all wrong. It was a strange mixture of blood, smoke and fear. Nothing seemed right in the city and when he turned to Jean and saw her expression and the look in her eyes, he was even more uneasy; not only was Wolverine disturbed…but so was Phoenix.
"I don't like this, Jeannie," Logan muttered, sniffing the air.
"What's to like?" Emma scoffed.
Logan shot Emma a dirty look and extended his metal claws until Scott stepped in between them. "Come on guys."
Retracting his weapons and walking up to Jean, Logan only shook his head in disgust. "It was a bad idea lettin' her tag along."
"We need her," Jean said simply.
"Where do you think they'll be?" Kitty asked.
"Over dare," Remy answered, pointing to the cloud of smoke off in the distance hovering over the city.
"I meant, where do you think they control the Sentinels at?" Kitty told them.
"It can't be too far from Apocalypse," Jean answered. She stopped and turned around to the group. "Okay," she breathed. "Remy, Scott, Kitty, Mystique, Forge and Magneto will go and release the cure and shut down the Sentinels while the rest is with me."
"Alright," Scott nodded. "Be safe, Jean."
Jean offered Scott and weak smile and he and the other turned to carry out their mission, unsure if they will see each other again.
"Well," Emma began, following Scott and the others. "I'll just go and be some use to the others-." Jean reached out and grabbed Emma by the hair pulling her back. "Ow!" Emma screeched.
"I'm not letting you out of my sight."
Emma flashed Jean a smile. "I'm flattered, dear."
Jean rolled her eyes. "Don't be. I need a shield."
Jean turned and walked further into the city with Emma scowling behind her and Logan chuckling.
It didn't take Scott and the others that long to find the building where the scientist was who was keeping the Sentinels running. It took even less time to find a way inside and find trouble. They were immediately meant by a swarm of mutants. Fighting alongside each other as one though, they took care of the threat.
"What now?" Kitty asked as she looked at the unconscious mutants scattered about.
"Mystique and Forge need to get to the top of this building and release the cure," Scott said. He turned to Forge. "You did make it so it can be airborne, right?"
Forge raised his eyebrows. "This far and you're asking me this now?!?"
Mystique grabbed Forge forcefully by his shirt and dragged him down the corridor. "Let's go," she ordered.
Magneto slipped on his helmet and muttered, "This will be interesting."
Jean and the others found a quick and safe way to get inside the city undetected. Just as they reached the battle zone, they took a quickly peek at the dozens of Sentinels that were rounding up the mutants and humans, keeping them apart. As Emma took a quick glance as well, she suddenly gasped and leaned up against the wall.
Jean raised her eyebrow at the blonde haired woman. "What is it?"
"There's too many," Emma breathed. "They have an army!"
Logan stepped forward. "Well, we beat those odds before," he said while looking at Jean. She held his gaze for a few seconds, and then looked away. "And under worse conditions," Logan added.
"You better not be backing down," Ororo warned Emma.
Emma raised her chin. "And if I am," she asked, cocky.
Jean walked up to Emma so they were face to face. "You back out and turn against us and I swear to you, the hell that you see right now will be nothing compared to what I do to you. Do you understand?"
Emma's eyes flashed in rage, but she bit her tongue and nodded slowly. Jean backed away and turned to the rest of the X-Men. "We have to fend them off long enough for Scott and the others to disable all the machines. Once we do that, Apocalypse is open game." The other X-Men nodded and got into formation. Jean turned towards Ororo. "Storm, you're up."
Ororo stepped forward as her eyes turned white and the sky darkened. Logan extended his claws and Peter formed up as all the X-Men came out of hiding and walked in the middle of the street facing Apocalypse and the Sentinels.
