A/N: Sorry for the delay! Next chapter is up and a big hand to Red Witch and RogueFan for their recent--and superb--chapters!
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"Roast them!" The Snark Commander bellowed as his troops surrounded the Mighty Ducks. "Roast those ducks!"
"Man that is getting so old…" Nosedive groaned as he fired his puck launcher at the Snarks.
"We could use a little help about now." Duke grunted as he swung his sword, disarming another Snark. "Where are those kids?"
"Waiting for the perfect set-up line!" Pietro responded as he ran into the room and stopped right in front of the Snarks. "Oh look! Premade leather hand bags on display!"
"Get him!" The Snark Commander bellowed. As the Snarks readied their weapons they suddenly found them slashed as Xi had taken the opportunity to tear them apart with his claws as they were distracted. "Uh-oh."
"Grrr." Rahne growled as she turned into a wolf and ran for the Snark Commander. Her jaws opened wide she leapt and…
"YEEOOOWWW!" The Snark Commander shouted as he grabbed at his backside. "My tail!" Sure enough, Rahne sat there on the floor gnawing on the Snark Commander's severed, twitching tail.
"Todd, you're up!" Althea shouted.
"Oh no, no the slimy amphibian!" The Commander groaned as Todd hopped up.
"Death by snicker-snack!" Toad let loose with a volley of slime that knocked the Snarks over.
"Beat it everyone! Back to the ship!" Althea shouted as the Mighty Ducks and Misfits scrambled back. "Tabby with me!"
"Gotcha!" Tabby said as she prepped some time bombs. Althea generated a wave of water that knocked the Snarks down another corridor and Tabby tossed her bombs into the wave. "Now what?"
"Now we run!" Althea shouted as they ran back for the others at the Aerowing.
"Nice of you to join us." Wildwing commented as the two girls clambered aboard. "Now let's go!"
"Oh man that was too fun!" Nosedive laughed as the Aerowing sped away for Earth. "Saurians or Snarks, no lizards can stop the Mighty Ducks!"
"You do remember that the data we risked our lives for was to help another lizard race, right?" Mallory asked with a quirked brow.
"Technically dinosaurs aren't lizarsds. Reptiles yes, but—" Tanya started.
"Speaking of the data." Wildwing interrupted, not really interested in hearing an overlong explanation. "What did you find Althea? Althea?" He asked again when he didn't get an answer. He spun around in his seat and found Althea staring at a console with the data with an expression of pure dread. Her face was pale and clammy, her breathing choked.
"Althea?" Rahne asked her, tapping her shoulder. "What did you find?"
"A nightmare," Althea whispered in horror. "Wildwing, call a meeting."
"Of who?" He asked in confusion.
"Everyone." Althea clarified. "Contact the Men In Black have them gather representatives of every extraterrestrial group on Earth and I mean all of them. You, the Dinosaucers, the Gobots, the Transformers, and Justice Leaguers from space…all of them! Anyone with any connections off-world, get them. Now."
"Is it that bad?" Wildwing asked softly in the dead silence that emerged
"No." Althea said flatly. "It's worse."
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The two gigantic robots charged towards each other like a pair of trains on a collision course. Devastator idly stepped on one of the last remaining Sentinels, crushing down on its head and flattening the entire robot down like a beer can on a frat boy's head.
"Mazeltov!" Gilaad called out. When Devastator and Mastermold finally collided with an explosive CLANG! It jarred the ground beneath the feet of the X-Men.
The two monstrous machines pummeled each other with as much force as they could muster. Devastator slugged Mastermold in the stomach and Mastermold brought his clenched hands down on Devastator's head.
"Well," Remy said as the titans duked it out. "If Jamie were here he'd start a betting pool."
"I'd put my money on the super-Sentinel there." Kurt pointed.
"After the way the Decepticons tore through the normal Sentinels?" Rogue snorted. "Not a chance. I'm with Devastator all the way."
"You do realize that no matter which one of them wins, they'll turn on us next?" Lina asked. "Mastermold is programmed to destroy mutants and the Decepticons hate all humans on principle."
"Yeah, this is kind of a lose-lose scenario isn't it?" Gilaad mused.
"At least we get to watch a great show," Bobby pointed out. "And make some money on the side. I've got ten on Mastermold."
"You're on!" Rina accepted.
"Unbelievable." Scott shook his head. Then he spied the remains of Trask's lab. "We might as well hold up in there until the fighting stops. And bring Trask!"
As the X-Men scurried into the lab, Devastator gained the upper hand. Literally. With a grunt and a pull, Devastator succeeded in tearing off Mastermold's left arm.
"Assessing damage: Damage is minor." Mastermold intoned.
"Minor damage?" Devastator sounded incredulous. "Your arm's off! Look!" He said waving Mastermold's severed arm as evidence.
"That damage will prove no hindrance in this battle." Mastermold claimed.
"You liar." Devastator retorted as he smacked Mastermold with his own detached arm. Mastermold slugged Devastator in the gut and followed with an uppercut to the jaw.
"This fight…is not over."
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"This is a problem." Peter observed as the X-Men (plus Trask) took shelter in the remains of Trask's lab. "They are too big and causing too much damage. If we try to leave…"
"We become mutant pancakes." Kurt gulped.
"Start looking around for any other exits, especially concealed and hidden ones." Scott ordered. "Trask probably has a secret escape route or some such."
"Ugh, how clichéd can one man get?" Rogue shook her head.
"How do you know?" Jean asked Scott.
"Because Trask is a coward." Scott said bluntly. "He wouldn't build a base without a rathole big enough for him to scurry out of."
"Instead of wasting time tearing what's left of this place apart, I've got a better—if more disgusting—idea." Rogue pointed out as she removed her glove and not too gently flicked the bigoted dolts head with her finger. "Yuck." Rogue winced as she absorbed his memories. "I hate absorbing the memories of creeps."
"Anything useful, cher?" Remy asked. Rogue grinned in a way that made her whole face light up.
"Oh yeah…" She grinned. "Follow me!" The others followed her as she dashed down a corridor to a locked room. Of course, with her superstrength, it didn't stay locked for long. Inside was a pair of capsules, each one was large enough to hold a person in.
"What is this place?" Lina wondered as she looked around. Rogue didn't answer, she just used her borrowed memories to press some buttons on a control console next to the capsules. The glass slid down, revealing two figures one in red armor and the other in blue.
"This was Trask's next experiment, humanoid robots to act as the next generation of Sentinels." Rogue explained as her fingers flew over the controls. "He called them reploids, complete with human faces as a sign of who was in charge. They were programmed to destroy mutants. But now…" Rogue grinned as she finished. "They're programmed to help mutants…and all humankind."
The two humanoid robots opened their eyes and stepped out of the capsules. The red one stepped out first. He was built with long, flowing gold hair and green spheres embedded in his chest. A large triangular blue gem was embedded in the center of his helmet. With a flick of his fingers, he activated a glowing lightsaber.
The blue one stepped out next. His right arm ended in a large particle cannon. He gave a mischievous grin to the X-Men.
"X and Zero, reporting for duty."
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