Chapter 29: Break In

Hey I guess I can't really say I have an excuse cause I don't but here is you next chapter. But I decided until I update I can't read anymore fan fiction, its torture

No I don't own it, I'm getting annoyed with you people……..

The plans were made, the layout to the base had been found and the guilds had equipped the would be heroes as well as they could.

They had spent almost three days planning and tonight was the eve of the break in.

Julian was going to drive them to an air hanger where they would board a helicopter, then while Belladonna piloted they would jump from the copter in a very mission impossible fashion.

Phylocke and Legion would levitate them above a prison of trapped and tortured mutants and then the real plan would start

Soon they all awoke and anxiously readied themselves, they came down clad in their Kevlar and whatever weapons or devices the guilds had supplied them with.

They met in the living room apprehensively staring at each other

Tante Mattie bustled into the room ignoring the tension and started to herd them into the kitchen

"No chil' who's slept in this house is going on a mission like yo's on an empty stomach"

Soon all of them were sitting were around the table.

Jean Luc stumbled into the kitchen, still rubbing the sleep from his eyes. He woke quickly when he saw the children sitting around the table being forced to eat

"Now Mattie don't stuff 'em up too much, wouldn't do t'have them throwin it all back up in the middle of a mission all over the guards"

Mattie frowned and set down another plate of waffles.

Even John looked nervous; Pete speared a pancake with one of his hotknives, again and again until all that was left was the charred remains of something that resembled mashed potatoes.

Tante frowned and gave him a quick smack on the heard with her wooden spoon and set down another plate, To the surprise of everyone Pete did nothing but poke the pancake again with another blade, he was too caught up in his thoughts to have even felt the whack.

It wasn't really surprising, they all were like that, and eating whatever was put in front of them not tasting anything.

Rogue took another bite of her food not realizing that she had dipped her eggs in syrup, she continued to eat this way until Remy saw what she was doing and moved away her plate, she didn't do anything but stare into space.

Silence filled the air, the tension rose each minute, all of this was suddenly broken when the door was flung open to reveal Julian and Belladonna, Julian brushed by Remy without a thought and went to talk to Rogue, Belladonna stopped for a short nod and then went to join her brother.

They gave each other quick looks, Rogue stood silently and the others followed wordlessly they made their ways over to Julian's car.

They squeezed in and looked out of the window; They drove off, the only thing that could be heard were the crickets chirping and Tante Mattie

"Be safe, I want all of you chill'in to come , y' hear!"

Her words were lost to the engines grunt and soon the small black car was nothing more than a memory.

In front of them, driving on they could see the first light streak across the ebony night.

An hour later they got out and marched to the copter, Julian saluted them when they had all boarded

"Watch y'rselfs now, don't go dyin tryin to save someone who don't have chance"

Rogue smiled weakly and nodded, a comforting hand on her shoulder reminded her that she wasn't alone,

She turned around and saw the easy going face of Remy Lebeau, He gave her a small grin that she hesitantly returned.

Lucas growled lightly at the exchange but let it go knowing that his striped sister needed it.

He himself had reached into his pocket and was clutching a small stuffed wolf. He had seen the little red toy a couple of days ago in a store and bought, he dint know why but it comforted him.

Wanda was leaning into John side

Pete was thinking of a young valley girl.

Laura and Pietro were still pretending to ignore each other

Phylocke was meditating.

Julian shut the door of the copter with a slam, and soon Belle had them in the air,

They sat in silence, quickly checking over the plans and their equipment. Rogue reloaded one of her guns and inhaled deeply

"We can do this"

The words were spoken softly but the graveness and the self assured way she spoke almost convinced them, they smiled at her optimism still not believing it when Belledona spoke up from in front of them her musical voice cut through the silence like a hot knife through butter

"She's right, you've all been trained to be the best, if you haven't then you have power to spare, either way you'll be fine. The thing is for all of you, your worried about each other right?"

The looks that they gave each other confirmed her thoughts

She smiled softly at the bond they had developed

"Trust each other, you all have the ability to save each other, and that means you can save yourselves, don't let fear cloud your judgment, you can do it, and I know you will"

Her accent was milder and the confidence that she spoke with helped them.

So with the thoughts of the ones they cared for and the trust in each other the copter flew through the night, seemingly invisible in the night none from the land could see it, nor could they feel the pure unbreakable determination that resonated from the metal machine.

Belladonna soon turned to them, it was time

"I'll circle round here, jump in the next minute and you should be fine, but any later than that and they'll know we're here, this cloaker won't work for long"

Pete was the first to get up, he opened the door quickly, wind tore through the copter, and they all pulled masks over their faces to hide themselves better, Rogue clutched the locket Irene had given her only a little while ago and then tucked it away after making sure it couldn't come loose.

They turned to each other the small smiles that had adorned their face only moments ago were gone now, replace by fierce passion and protectiveness,

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Their hearts were pounding and adrenaline was shooting through their veins, the apprehension was replaced by a cool determination.

A that moment they all made a silent pact, they refused to fail, Rogue positioned herself before the door,

Yelling to be heard over the copters fierce rumbling she turned to her friends

"Belle was right trust is the key here, but listen to meh now, if something happens and ah tell you to leave, then you do it"

She jumped, not waiting to hear a reply from any of them, they followed behind her

The copter left immediately, a signal was sent out to the guilds, phase one had started.

A fleet of copters from the guild would come when a second signal was sent out.

Ten meters before they fell to the ceiling of the main building Betsy and Lucas caught them, cobalt energy mixed with violet and they crackling orb that held them jumped with energy,

They gave each other nods and the plan began, the orb split into three smaller spheres,

Laura, Rogue, and Remy were in one, Pietro, John and Wanda were in the second, the last held Lucas, Pete, and Betsy.

Rogue sphere disappeared and its three occupants fell to gravities clutches in a triangle, tightly clutching each other's hands.

Lucas' group came to the front of the complex and broke into the guards outer base, slowly destroying those who would be a minor annoyance,

Pietro John and Wanda followed them and went after the guards in the inner complex, destroying it from within.

The attacks were silent and subtle, anyone who thought to cry out was silenced immediately,

Rogue, Remy and Laura fell from the heavens, holding together, a building was zooming past them,

Rogue jerked quickly and let go of Laura to grab Remy in the firmest way she could, Laura did the same, soon they were falling both clutching to Remy,

Then Rogue's arms thrust out at the same time as Laura's there claws tore out of their skin like arrows

Had you watched from a distance you would have seen a large fenced complex suddenly growing giant scrapes after two trails of bright sparks flying, seeing the trio would have been impossible.

Their kevlar outfits blended with the night, and the thermal adjusters and tech scramblers in the suits made it so that even technology wouldn't detect them.

They were confident that they would not be detected. They all took pride in their intelligence, thinking of these could make them get in quicker and get out safely.

There is a saying that goes, Pride comes before fall"

In the bowels of the terrifying building stirred a creature who had scented its prey.

Laura and Rogue finally stopped and the last of the sparks caused by the friction of their claws against the cement of the building fell down lightly,

The two girls took a moment to search for their entrance; it was Remy however who found it

"Filles, Remy sees a way in, 'dat window s'got a basic lock, Remy could get in with his eyes closed,

The window was a little while away so in an almost crablike way they managed to shift about 12 feet to the left and under a window.

The building had no sill to grab onto and Rogue noticed that there was a rather thick slit on the inner side of the window, obviously that should the need arise the building could easily cover any windows with what would probably be a giant sheet of steel.

Remy was struggling to open the window; he was in the end working while one of his hands was clinging to Laura and rough had him around the waist.

Being that they were hundreds of feet in the air, clinging to the side of a building only but the claws in a couple of girls arms and legs Laura noticed this and soon after some near catastrophic falls they readjusted into a position that allowed them to open the window.

When it was open Remy crouched on the sill while the girls stayed outside still attached to the outside of the building,

Remy pressed a small button on the side of his glasses and saw just how many lasers were rigged up on the place; no amount of acrobatic skill could get them through this.

Rouge felt his worry, and started to stab her way up the building to see the problem, her foot claw made the building crunch a little, Laura used the holes that Rogue left rather that beat up her own claws anymore and when she presses her own glasses she swore silently.

Remy stared for a while before a mischievous smile crossed his face.

He took out his expandable bo staff and aimed it in the direction of the door, Rogue looked at him curiously Remy smirked some more

"The way t'turn them off is probly' outside this door no? Well then we just gotta go outside the room"

Seeing her confusion he turned back to the door and resumed her task, she was about to understand. He aimed the bo towards a blank spot on the other wall.

His demeanor gave away nothing, he seemed oblivious to the fact that if he missed every alarm in the building would go off, but he was aware, thank god for acting.

He pressed a button and the top of the bo released and shot foreword like a missile, it lodged itself into the wall and the rope that followed retracted a little while back into the bo making it taut, Rogue still looked curious and Laura looked skeptical.

He took another thing from his pocket, a small black cube this time.

He pulled ay it and it came apart, one side looked like a joystick the minute they had been pulled apart the second one started to change shape, it now looked like a spider, it was about the size of a tarantula and was made of shiny metal,

He placed it on the rope and pressed a button on the joystick, a small monitor appeared, it flickered to life and you could see the room from the spider's perspective,

Remy controlled it and made it scuttle across the rope, basking in the admiration from Rogue, he made it open the door and check the security check,

Rouge cursed when she saw that the only way to turn off the lasers would be to use a card key and a retina scan, Remy smirked again.

The spider came back and Remy gave it a glossy black plastic card decorated with the golden guild logo.

He then took out another card, this was green with silver etching, small numbers covered it completely, the spider returned to the door with both cards in its grasp.

The first card inserted was the black one, the machine gave off a small beep and an LCD glowed green and then a retina scan was revealed in a another panel, the spider ignored it and thrust in the green card, this time all the LCD pulsed a few times and then transmitted another beep and glowed green again.

The lasers faded and Remy jumped into the room gracefully.

The girls followed him watching out for anything that could attack. Laura had all of her claws out while Rogue had three back spikes both arms and legs and one in each forearm, her palms were glowing with magnetic energy.

Remy had a handful of cards ready and barely charged so as not to alert anyone to their presence by their glow.

They found an elevator shaft and Laura slashed it open easily, Remy jumped in first his words echoed

"Beat ya dere, cherie!"

Rogue huffed and dived after him head first while Laura jumped in spread eagle.

Remy caught a small shaft and for a moment dangled before pulling himself in, Rogue fond him and pulled herself in when Laura also was there Rogue turned to Remy

"Why this shaft swamprat?"

"De blueprints show dat this be the floor closest to de basement, and since the elevator don't go down to the basement this was as far down as we could go before we went splat"

Rogue and Laura nodded and they crawled through the shafts, Remy had been in charge of knowing the layout for their team.

Soon they came upon a panel on the floor, Remy pulled it up and peered in he fell down gracefully.

Standing up again he turned up to the two girls who were staring form the ceiling, he gave a sharp nod and they jumped in as quickly.

They walked through the halls hugging the walls and padding stealthily through the complex.

They soon found a small office, it didn't look like more than a simple office but when Remy pushed the desk aside and lifted up the carpet he found a small slot, thrusting his black keycard into it he waited while a panel in the wall fell in and revealed a doorway.

The creature had risen now and was pacing slowly through its habitat

Hungry

Ahhh clifie well I won't give any guarantee for when I update next but rest assured I will never abandon a story. High school is the same as always I joined the anime club though! So I promise next chapter won't be so late

Dear Readers,

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