Author's Notes: Oh man has it been a really long time since I've actually posted an update. I guess I'm really busy with things lately. Any way enjoy the new chapter; hope it lives up to expectations. Considering how many times I've rewritten, I think this is the best I can do for the time being. Well take it easy and enjoy.

Magma took a deep breath as the group she was with finally stopped moving, ahead of her was Odin and Alan scouting ahead. Motioning them to move forward, the group easily evaded another group of guards making routine patrols. Stopping momentarily to check their position, the group had finally found the place that they were going to use as their entrance so to speak. On the corner a security camera scanned by as the group looked at the grey colored building. It was a massive building as Alan made a small comment about it being built by the same guys that build all military bases.

"Security here is absolutely pathetic Odin; I could have easily made it in here alone. This is a joke; I expected so much more from these jackasses. If this is all we are going to have to deal with, I might have well snuck in here with an entire division of marines with me. " Alan commented as he looked down towards the end of the group.

"Yeah this is just a little too easy, but let's not place a damn hex on the whole operation." Odin started as he pulled out a palm pilot and looked at the information on it. "Our entrance is right there and the operation center for this place is about half a click down the hallway."

Cutter coughed slightly before speaking, "Ah don't mean to disturb ya, but we have ta get movin. Ah don't want ta get busted commentin on crap ass security while those guards run their routes."

Nodding slightly the two started moving the group slowly making their way to their first goal. They had been lucky to begin with since the Master and his group seemed to be preparing for a major operation and the area was filled with trucks and other objects to use for cover. Moving behind a large transport used to carry troops, Alan pulled out a pair of binoculars searching the area ahead of them for any trouble.

"All clear," Alan whispered as the group started moving again, they were moving incredibly fast without taking very many breaks.

'I never knew how athletic and in shape they are, and they are even carrying all of that gear. I'm tired and they barely look like they are breaking a sweat, even Brandon looks like he has barely done a thing. Not to mention they all look like they are wearing such heavy gear.' Magma thought panting some as the others looked over towards her.

"You okay princess?" Alan asked softly as she merely nodded in response.

Magma looked at Alan carefully, the man was wearing a set of armor a lot like their own except it was a grayish camouflage color. The only unusual thing about his armor was the fact he was wearing grenades and other items on a belt across his chest. He was also wearing a small helmet with a visor pulled down across his eyes and almost every other marine member with the exception of Hammer was wearing the same thing. Even with what appeared to be heavy armor and a pack that definitely weighed a lot, the group of marines managed to continually stay on the move.

"Ah know your tired princess, and the little general is pushin us hard. Ya can rest some once we get to the operations center." Cutter replied as Odin sighed for a moment.

"Sorry Magma, but we have to move again. Okay plan 2 Alpha, begin infiltration." Odin commanded as the group merely nodded and the four marines fanning out to carry out their orders.

'Here we go, if we can pull this off then things will be a lot easier later on in the mission.' Odin thought as Alan and Hammer ran up to the loading docks doors and pulled up the manual override levers to open the door.

"Cutter, Leah move into position." Odin stated as the two took up positions facing the door readying their weapons.

Alan and Hammer opened the door slowly, first just a crack so Leah and Cutter could peak into the area. They opened the door further when the two gave the all clear sign, opening it far enough to the point where the group could slide into the room. Taking off their packs, Odin slid in first with Alan not to far behind him. Magma and Leah entered last as Hammer slowly pushed the loading dock door back down to its closed position.

'Great we're in, now here comes the fun part. Infiltration and hopefully elimination or…' Alan thought as he scanned the room quickly with his weapon.

"Security camera northwest corner," Leah commented softly as Cutter pulled out an unusual looking weapon.

"That's mae cue, Ah brought the perfect item to deal with somethin like this." Cutter started as he loaded the weapon, placing a large arrow like weapon on it. "Standby, this should definitely be a nice surprise for the guys watchin on the monitors."

Aiming carefully, Cutter fired the arrow into the wall to the left of the camera and out of its line of sight. Pressing a button carefully, the arrow sent a pulse of electricity through the wall causing the camera to short circuit as sparks flew from the camera. Waving his hand out in front of the camera, Cutter merely smiled as he motioned for them to continue moving.

"That was easy; we have one narrow hallway followed by a larger unmarked room before arriving in our destination." Odin stated as he motioned for everyone to follow him to the door that lead into the hallway.

Alan grunted softly before speaking, "Maybe, but this has been way too easy this far. Let's keep moving, now isn't the time to worry about anything."

"Wait, I smell something familiar to me in this room." X-23 started as she sniffed the room slightly. "Gauntlet and Omega Red are here."

"What are you sure?" Odin asked as his eyes flashed slightly in surprise.

"I wouldn't have said so if I wasn't sure. They are definitely here somewhere close by, I can't wait to…" X-23 started as Hammer placed his large gloved hand on her shoulder.

"Hold your anger and desire for revenge, the mission comes first young one." Hammer spoke as the others nodded in agreement.

"Fine." X-23 mouthed a little upset with the response as Alan opened the door and used his newest toy so to speak.

"My new helmet is linked to my new rifle's scope; I can see whatever my scope sees on the HUD in my helmet. The boys at R and D have really been working their asses off on this new tech." Alan muttered as he moved his rifle around, checking to make sure the entire hallway was clear of enemy units. "Nothing there, we're clear to move on Odin. These little bastards couldn't guard a Quickie Mart."

"Good after the hallway we search the room and then head straight for the objective. Keep your eyes open people; we don't know what will be between here and there." Odin replied as the others nodded in agreement with the statement.

Moving into the hallway, Alan went first leading the way as the others followed behind him. They quickly went through the area, not noticing one guard or even automated opposition. Stopping at the door that lead to the next area, Alan motioned for Cutter again as he pointed towards a simple security system that required you to enter the proper number sequence to open the door. Cutter merely smiled before going to work his eyes going wide before just pushing the door open.

"Ah've got to say this is bad, Ah think they are expectin us little general with the lights off this is a good place to put a trap or maybe a surprise blanket party." Cutter whispered as Odin nodded in agreement.

"Keep your eyes open, something is definitely up." Odin replied as he walked into the room, the others slowly following him.

Leah's eyes narrowed as she pulled her weapon closer and started to scan the room before speaking, "Clear so far, no movement detected."

"Hmm, my side is clear as well. No movement or enemy units detected." Hammer succinctly spoke as he looked around the room.

"I… get down." Alan bellowed as he grabbed Magma and pulled them both out of the way of a sword slash.

The lights flashed on as Alan pulled Magma behind him and grinned upon seeing someone he had literally been itching to fight. Standing there along with a squad or two of guards was Deadpool, and he had clearly not been expecting company. Brandishing his sword with no wasted movement Alan pushed Magma out of the way blocking the attack with his tranquilizer gun.

"Well if it isn't the devil puppy, what do I owe the pleasure of your visit? Hope it isn't poker games or chow because these guys lost all their money to me. Food sucks to now that I think about it." Deadpool taunted as he and Alan jockeyed for position.

"I was hoping to run into you, I was hoping for later but hell; guess it's too late for that now." Alan started as he quickly pushed the sword up and kicked Deadpool away. "First though time to deal with your numerical advantage."

Deadpool slashed vertically with his sword while Alan just dove under it and fired his tranquilizer gun knocking out two men quickly. Hammer, Cutter, and Leah took advantage of the distraction opening fire on the other guards until only one man remained. Deadpool stood there slashing at Alan as he continued to dodge his attacks.

Alan blocked another attack before speaking, "I've been looking forward to this, hell it's been the reason I've actually pushed my training to an entire new level."

"Come on little devil doggy, you could never be on the same level as I am. I mean hell you're just human, what could you possibly do to someone like me." Deadpool taunted as he attacked again, this time the tranquilizer gun began to crack from the pressure from the sword.

Sparks flew as Alan pushed his weapon forward and drove the butt of the weapon right into Deadpool's gut. A gasp could be heard as all of the air was knocked out of his lungs, but it was only momentary as he nailed Alan with his left fist. Falling back slightly, Alan tossed the weapon away and reached down to the pockets on his uniform pulling out two oddly colored KABAR knives.

Deadpool merely charged forward while sarcastically yelling, "Ooh knives, I'm so scared oh please don't stab me. I'm so fragile and hurt so easily."

'Only human huh, guess its time to show what a lowly human can do. Fragile and weak is one thing I'm definitely not and I can hang with the best of them. Now its time to show what I can really do, I hope your watching Brandon, this is my true strength. This is why I'll always be able to follow you no matter where you go.' Alan thought as he started to run towards Deadpool.

"Sure you are, I'm tired of talking with you though. I'll let my skills do my talking for me." Alan replied as he carefully dodged the slashing of the sword.

Alan took his opening that Deadpool left quickly stabbing the man repeatedly with the two knives before the man whipped around attempting to cut him in half. The wide sweeping motion of the sword left Deadpool open again or so Alan thought as he went to stab again only to receive a hard hook to his jaw.

Alan stepped back rubbing his jaw before speaking, "Odin no matter what happens, no one interferes unless I tell them to understand. This is personal and we aren't going any where until this is taken care of and I intend to finish this."

"Sure," Odin replied as Magma looked at him with concern on her face.

"Do you think that letting him do this is the best move?" Magma asked as Alan slashed at Deadpool methodically; the two were literally trading turns slashing at each other.

Odin watched as Deadpool thrust his sword forward and grazing Alan's left shoulder before answering, "This is his fight, we don't have a right to intervene. Besides I'm kind of interested to see what he can really do, I've never seen Alan go all out on anyone. We can't go anywhere any way because if we try to leave we would either have to fight Deadpool or have to worry about him sounding the alarm. This is inevitable, but definitely slowing us down a lot."

The two fighters seemed to back down away from each other as Alan pulled at two straps on his pack causing it to fall to the ground. Stretching slightly Alan tilted his head and merely grabbed his new weapon and slung it across his back. Taking off his helmet, Alan tossed it on the ground beside his pack and his final move was taking off the belt with his grenades attached to it.

"What's the matter devil doggy, too much weight for you? Maybe your out of shape and need Slim fast or something." Deadpool taunted as Alan merely shook his head no.

Alan grunted as he took a basic fighting stance before answering, "Actually I'm getting serious. I just dropped about 100 pounds of equipment, you do the math."

X-23 was slightly surprised when Alan took off; he was much faster then he had been before dropping the weight. He easily dodged attacks and retaliated with his own quick stabbing motions. The wounds were small, but he was moving much faster then Deadpool could keep up. The wounds began to heal however as Alan stopped to take a breath and to recover his strength.

'He's tired, but I wonder why he's using knives. That's normally not his style, he's up to something. I just don't know what it is and he's left himself at a distinct disadvantage now. I might have to step in even if he doesn't want me too.' Odin thought as almost all of the wounds had been healed.

"Man you should be an acupuncturist or some shit like that, I didn't feel a damn thing other then an annoying guy stinging me." Deadpool spoke as he decided to launch his counter attacks.

Deadpool brought his sword down aiming to cut off Alan's left arm only to have the knife in Alan's left arm block him. Sparks flew as the knife held back the sword as Deadpool attempted to force the sword down. The two stood there grappling with each other when Deadpool jumped back right when he was starting to force the knife in Alan's left hand down. The merc with a mouth just looked down at something and shrugged before sheathing his sword.

"Hey devil doggy, this has been real fun but I got to run. Nothing personal, but I don't waste time when it comes to making money and women. I barely won enough money off these guys to pay my bar tab. We'll play again later." Deadpool commented as he pulled out his teleportation unit and disappeared.

'This doesn't make sense he was winning and then he just backed off. What the hell is going on?' Alan thought as he put away his knives and walked slowly over to his equipment.

Strapping his equipment back on Alan merely glared unsatisfied with the situation. The others looked at him slightly concerned as he rejoined the others. Leah walked over to him slowly, checking his left shoulder and slapping a bandage over it when she noticed a little blood. Moving over to check his friend, Alan merely shook his head no and put his right hand up in the form of a stop sign.

"I'm fine; it's just a little flesh wound. Nothing more then that, so lets move on this has taken up enough time." Alan stated an angry disappointed tone apparent in his voice.

"Right let's go, this detour is over." Odin barked as everyone started to move in formation again across the room and towards the correct door.

Acting in the same manner as before, Alan scanned the area before giving the signal and moving into the hallway. The group moved fast, passing a few doors before finally arriving at a dimly lit hallway. Directly in front of them was the operations center and to the left the armory. On the right was the unmarked room that had been noted earlier. Motioning to X-23, she merely smiled as her claws slid out. Slicing through the door as if it was butter, the group quickly moved inside the room. A few small pops were heard as Hammer, Cutter and Leah fired tranquilizer darts into three of the men while Alan knocked his out with the butt of his rifle.

"Whoa, you guys move so fast." Magma commented as she watched the four marines moving into various positions.

"That's how they do things, Leah get to work on the computer. Hammer, Cutter, Alan, and X-23 secure the perimeter. Magma, watch Leah's back so no one targets her." Odin ordered as everyone started to carry out his orders.

Leah ran over to the computer, tossing a slumped over guard off of the rather large keyboard. It was an awe aspiring system to say the least made up of at least 20 security monitors and one large Cray super computer. Amara watched with interest as Leah started typing pulling up one program after another before letting out a celebratory oorah. The system had been unsecured and that meant she wouldn't have to test her computer skills by hacking the system.

"Well the good news is that they didn't have time to lock down the system. I'm going to try and disable the security now." Leah spoke as she typed a few key commands into the computer. "External and internal security disabled, looping camera footage so if there are any other monitors they wont think anything is wrong."

"Not bad, bring up all barrack locations on the computer." Odin commanded as Leah typed in a few commands bringing up a map with a few locations highlighted.

Alan smiled knowing where he was going speaking, "Bring up those barracks on the main monitor, I want to know how many people are there right now."

"Right, I think I know where you are going." Leah started as she brought up the image on the monitor. "Hmm, seems a lot of the guards are inside them right now."

"Seems we still have the element of surprise, but I don't know how long that will last. I don't know how long Deadpool since I have no idea where he is right now. Leah, can you unlock the doors that are in the way of the other teams from here?" Odin asked as Leah put more information into the computer.

"I could do that in about two or three minutes if things go smoothly." Leah stated as she waited patiently for the order.

"Okay, unlock all doors in regards to Cyclops and Wolverine teams' way. After that I'll inform the Professor that the security was disabled. In the meantime after you've cleared them a path, move ahead into stage 2. You know what I expect from this, but keep a close eye on the monitors in case someone might get in our teammates way." Odin barked as Leah nodded pulling out an external hard drive.

Alan grunted softly as he pushed a man out of his chair and took a seat before speaking, "Hurry up Leah and get that stuff done. I want to move onto stage two of our little field trip before the Master figures out our little plan."

Magma looked confused upon seeing the device before asking, "What are you planning on doing exactly? It won't hurt the mission will it?"

"Oh that's right we didn't tell you two about our little secret mission. Professor Xavier wanted us to only do this; we're just efficiently spending our free time by stealing some data from the enemy. Never know where that important key piece of information will come from, and we got something else for this Master guy as well. Hmm, well since this is going well, I'm moving on to the part of the mission that is more my style if that's okay with you." Alan commented as he yawned in boredom.

Odin let out a soft chuckle before speaking, "Fine, but are you up for this, considering who just finished fighting. If you are make sure to keep it simple."

"Yeah I'm fine; I'll be back before you know it. I'm just going to make a few donations around the place. Also just in case Mystique is here, I injected myself with an isotope that can be seen by Cutter or Leah using their HUD." Alan stated as a small smirk appeared on his face as Magma and X-23 both looked at him with confused looks.

Magma watched him leave carefully before speaking, "Do you think he'll be okay by himself?"

"Believe mae darlin, Alan is one man ya don't have ta worrae about, he's a lot tougher than he appears. He's just not satisfied with how that fight ended, not that Ah can blame him. Leah, how's that hackin comin? Ah bet your lookin at some porn." Cutter replied as Odin looked at the other monitors.

"You stupid pervert, is that all you ever think about. Just leave me alone so I can get this done. There I've unlocked the doors, and now I'm going to start downloading all of the data we can get. I'll download as much as I can for 5 minutes before uploading the virus." Leah replied as she continued to work furiously typing at the keyboard.

"Sounds good to me, a good place to start would be financial records. However, that might not be feasible, so I'll let you direct the information download as you want Leah. Speaking of missions its time." Odin started as he pulled out one of the X-men's communication devices. "This is Odin, mission complete, the door's open. Contact me if you need directions."

Cyclops Team

Cyclops looked over the area one last time before having everyone move. Odin had just sent the okay through their communication gear, and that meant things were ready. He had to admit it had been easier and quicker than he expected as they made their way covertly through the area. When they finally made their way to the perimeter fence it was easy for Jean to lift them all over it without any trouble. Making their way inside was going to be a top priority, and so far things were going really well.

"Odin, this is Cyclops, do you read." Cyclops spoke into the communicator as a little hissing was heard.

"Roger that, what do you need?" Odin asked as his voice came over the radio softly.

"Which door should we use?" Cyclops asked as they were moving closer and closer to the main building.

There was a silent pause for a moment until the answer came, "There is a door labeled maintenance, should be a click east of your position. It's the best path for you to take and with security disabled it will place you close to your objectives."

"Thanks, I'll take if from here." Cyclops spoke as the communicator went silent once more.

"We know where to go and what we have to do. It might be hard comrade but we understand." Colossus spoke as he remained in his human form for the time being.

"Let's move guys, we got some time before they figure out that some uninvited company has shown up." Cyclops stated as he started to run, mentally thanking Odin and his team for disabling all of the security.

Cyclops and his team finally smiled as they made it to the door, they couldn't believe their luck when they opened it and not a single alarm sounded. Entering through there, Cyclops watched the area closely as Jubilee was the final person to enter and shut the door. Looking down the hallway to the left, Cyclops motioned for everyone to follow him into the base.

"According to the blueprints, there are two holding cells in this direction. If its right then two members of the Brotherhood should be there waiting for us." Cyclops commented as they ran through the dimly lit hallway.

"Da, I have faith in Odin and his comrades, they definitely will be right." Colossus spoke as he shifted into his large metallic form.

Two guards stumbled in their way only to be quickly iced up by Iceman followed by Jean using her telepathic capabilities to force them to go to sleep. Walking past the opposition, Cyclops searched the area carefully before pulling out his own palm pilot. Looking at the map, he pointed to three doors that could be trouble since it was possible for guards to be in those particular rooms. The group proceeded slowly making it past the first door only to have Cyclops stop them at the second.

'This door is propped open, someone is in there. I had better check this out or could be trouble when we go to get the Brotherhood out of here.' Cyclops thought as he slowly pushed the door open, his eyes glowing as he prepared to fire an optic blast.

"Hey there soldier boy, how's the mission going?" Alan asked as Cyclops lowered his guard and decided not to fire.

"Alan what are you doing here?" Jubilee asked as she watched the man stand up from his crouching position.

Alan merely shrugged his shoulders before responding, "Taking care of a few things firecracker that's all. It will make things easier down the road for us when we are making our departure."

"How are you doing that exactly?" Cyclops asked curious as to what the man was up to.

"Well that's simple soldier boy, I knocked out a few guards and then well I decided to make sure your way was clear. You'll find only a few guards in between you and your objective and I suggest you hurry. I've got a few other errands to run before its time to go." Alan stated as he walked away from the group and left the room.

"Okay let's move on back to the original assignment." Cyclops replied as he lead his group out and looked towards the area he came from seeing Alan's form moving that way.

'It shouldn't be much farther to the Brotherhood now; if we can make it there then this should go quickly enough. I just hope things are going this well for everyone else.' Jean thought as the group started to move again slowly.

Cyclops and his team made their way quickly through the next room, so far the men guarding it had been easy to handle. Jean pushed two men away with her telekinesis knocking them out by tossing them into a wall. Colossus rumbled forward pulling off a door so the others could look inside of the hallway. A couple of guards looked surprised upon seeing the man, open fire as soon as the shock subsided. Bullets bounced off Colossus' metal exterior, as he rumbled forward knocking two of the men out with his large metal fist.

"My apologies comrades, I got a little excited and went ahead of you." Colossus spoke softly as Cyclops shook his head.

"Don't worry about it unless someone hears the gunshots all of the alarms have been disabled. Let's go, all we have to do is get down this hallway and we will arrive at the first two holding cells." Cyclops stated as he motioned for the others to follow him.

"I can't believe so far all we've had to face are some guards how boring?" Iceman started as he thought of an idea. "Maybe we'll run into some real action here soon, or we could always go help Odin or Wolverine's team."

Jubilee thought about the situation replying carefully, "Come on lets go, we might be able to go back and help if we get this done quickly."

"It's not much further; I still can't detect their minds though. The Brotherhood's minds are still being blocked, I don't know what to expect when we get to them." Jean said as she let Cyclops know she couldn't target their minds at least for now.

"That's okay, we expected it. I only hope that Wolverine's team is already on their way down." Cyclops stated as the small group made their way down the hallway.

Meanwhile with Alan, the red haired marine stopped for a moment taking in his surroundings. He was in some kind of lab after moving past the entrance that Cyclops and his team had taken. Reaching in his pack for some C-4, Alan set the explosive carefully before walking over to a set of lab computers. Moving the mouse carefully, Alan smiled as he looked at the latest reports from the lab. His smile quickly disappeared as he memorized the words and destroyed the monitors by pushing them off the table. Reaching down to the computers he quickly ripped the computers apart and took the hard drives from them before standing back up.

'Of all the stupid…why in the hell would this stupid son of a bitch do that here? I got to inform Brandon about this before something happens; he has to know what they've been working on here. I got to make sure that Leah focuses on something in particular as well now. I have to stop this at all cost or everything we have done at this point will be for nothing. Damn and I haven't even made it to the armory or that other place yet.' Alan thought as he looked down at the sparks from the computer monitors.

Alan activated his communicator before speaking, "Odin, this is Alan, I'll be there in about 10 minutes. I've got two places left before I can come back, I want you to tell Hammer and Cutter to get their asses back to the Blackbird and assemble the ASWS. They'll know what to do. We've got a big problem that has to be dealt with ASAP. Tell Leah to download every fucking lab report that she can from this place. Dr. McCoy needs to see those reports because if I understood them right then well, we can talk about it as soon as I get there."

"Understood, we'll be waiting and I'll have Leah begin downloading those lab files right now." Odin replied as the man ran off returning to the operation center.

In the operation center Leah just chuckled as she moved the lab report files to the list of things to copy. So far in the time that she had been copying which had been about 8 minutes she had retrieved financial documents and maps of various location. The computer monitor flashed a bit as it was waiting for her to activate the virus she had uploaded a few minutes ago. Magma and the others stood there around the room carefully observing either the monitor or the hallway.

"Any idea about where Wolverine and his team are yet? I'm kinda of worried about the fact we haven't heard from them, but what about Cyclops team have they secured their objectives yet?" Odin asked as Hammer and Cutter stood guard at the door way.

"No communications from Wolverine's team yet, but they did receive the confirmation and I'm sure they have already entered the base. Last communication from Cyclops had his team entering the hallway leading to the objectives. I'm more concerned with why Alan is focusing on the lab files, he must have found something big. " Leah retorted as Odin merely sighed before letting her get back to work.

"I'll worry about that when he gets here, I'll contact the Professor and see if Wolverine's team has made any progress." Odin stated as he closed his eyes to focus his thoughts.

Wolverine's Team

Wolverine roared as he tossed another set of guards to the side, so far his team had gone through about 12 guards. Shadowcat merely shook her head as Forge and Multiple entered the room, Wolverine was a one man army and so far he had taken care of all opposition. The room they had just entered seemed to be a kitchen that served food to the base, but it seemed all but abandoned after the fight. Wolverine took a sniff of the stale base air before Nightcrawler teleported into the room.

"Wolverine, zo far I have seen not much in the form of security. All of the cameras zeem to be out of order and very few guards are out on patrol." Nightcrawler spoke as Wolverine motioned for everyone to move forward.

Wolverine took a few steps further before speaking, "What about you half pint, you find anything?"

"Nope like I scouted ahead but I didn't see anyone that might cause a problem. I was careful to not draw attention to myself just like you instructed." Shadowcat answered as she phased through a table and continued the conversation.

"Good, we are behind schedule so let's go. Cannonball, you watch Forge and make sure he gets there in one piece." Wolverine growled as he shook his thinking about the situation.

"Right dontcha worry Forge, I'll watch your back." Cannonball spoke as Wolverine raised his hand halting the conversation while he sniffed the air.

'I smell that unnatural son of a bitch Reaper close by, but I also smell some cheap cologne. Wilson's here, its kind of curious as to why that…forget I don't have time for this.' Wolverine thought as he opened the door and walked into the hallway.

"We should keep moving before someone finds us here." Forge reiterated as the group started moving again as Logan kept his thoughts to himself.

Wolverine and his team moved quickly as they traveled down the hallway, they only had a few rooms between them and the goal. The group was making good progress until a wall exploded and out of the debris stepped a man that with the exception of Logan everyone feared. A deep bellicose laugh echoed through the hallways as a scythe landed in the ground in front of them.

"Welcome insects to my home, it seems that the Master was correct in the fact we have uninvited company. I have been waiting so patiently for you to come here, so all of you insects can die in one place." Reaper spoke as a twisted smile developed on his face.

"Oh crap this isn't good, Wolverine what do we do?" Cannonball asked as he took a step back, he remembered his last fight with Reaper very well.

"I hate to say this but get a hold of Odin for reinforcements. I'll deal with this bastard for now." Wolverine growled as his claws came out of his fist.

"Right…" Shadowcat started before Reaper interrupted her.

"Yes little insect contact Odin, bring him here before me so that I might finally finish that fool. I have been waiting so long to finish off Odin, so long have I waited. In fact, I will do you insects a favor and wait five minutes for the man to show up provided none of you move until his arrival." Reaper boasted as his thoughts focused solely on one man.

'Killing Odin would be such a pleasure, much more pleasure than killing these pathetic insects. Why kill the weakest when I can eliminate the one that has caused me such delicious pain and destruction from our last fight. Of course I can always use these insects for a warm up if he doesn't show up. Besides Master gave no general orders in regards to these intruders just to keep them occupied.' Reaper thought as he walked slowly to the ground and picked up his scythe from the ground.

"Odin this is Shadowcat, Reaper has found us in the hallway leading to our goal. We need reinforcements." Shadowcat spoke into a microphone as she waited for a response.

Back in the control Odin stood there silent as he heard the transmission. Closing his eyes as he tried to make a decision about the situation, he ran the situation over and over in his head. Looking over at Magma, he sighed slightly before pressing a few buttons on the monitor and showing the picture of Reaper. Everyone in the room heard him take a deep breath as he finally made his decision.

"Okay, I've got to go but well I don't know which one of you to leave in charge. I definitely can't take you with me. Normally officers don't leave their post, but I'm no…" Odin started as his statement was interrupted by Alan.

"But you are no officer and your duty is to your friends, I've heard you say that before. I'll handle things here and keep the princess safe, now go and show me what you can really do. I want to see the full extent of your power now, show me the truth." Alan spoke as he entered the room slightly out of breath from running the whole way there.

"Thanks Alan, take care of things here. I'm counting on you and don't worry Magma, I'll be careful." Odin replied as Magma looked at him carefully.

Magma moved closer giving him a kiss on the cheek before speaking, "Be careful and come back to me, remember your promise."

"Don't worry it will be fine, I wont go back on my word." Odin stated as he left the room to fight Reaper.

Heroic Resolve part 2

Odin arrives just in time to fight with Reaper while Wolverine moves on to retrieve two members of the Brotherhood. While they fight Cyclops team manages to retrieve their members only to find the Master himself waiting for them at the exit.