Runaway Home - Part 2 ~ Chapter 23

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Deep in the heart of the dam the humming of Cerebro changes pitch and its deadly purpose comes to light. A psychic wave flows from Xavier boosted by Cerebro and encompasses the earth. Every mutant around the world feels their heads split open.
Storm, Nightcrawler, Jean, Scott and all the children fall to the ground in agony.
In a secretive base in the heart of a small country called Sokovia are two young mutants in glass cells. Both scream in agony at the sudden mental intrusion.
Kitty falls to the ground with a scream. Skye's unaffected and rushes to her side, "what is it, what's wrong?"
"M... My head."
"It must be a psychic attack," she didn't realise she'd said it aloud till she got a response.
"That's my thought too," said Leo from behind her.
"Holly... Leo stop doing that. Hey why aren't we affected too."
"I'm guessing its only directed at mutants so your safe and I've got this," he said pointing to his cowl, "it's got a neural blocker in it."
"But that means..."
"Yeah we need to stop it."
"I'm staying with Kitty," interrupted Skye. Leo could see that she wasn't looking good so relented. "Save the day for us all speedster," she said kissing him, only for him to vanish in a flash.

As soon as Yuriko was defeated Logan takes of after Stryker using his mutation he accelerates his leg muscles as far as they'd go to catch up. Sure enough Logan makes it out the tunnel in time to see Stryker walking towards a helicopter.
"STRYKER!" He shouted, charging down the slope at the helicopter.
He never made it, half way down the slope there was a stabbing pain through his skull making him stagger and fall down the slope.
"What's wrong wolverine, got something in your head," says Stryker kicking Logan across the face. "How does it feel to realise your own mortality."

Magneto stood round the corner from Cerebro's entrance, he knew there were guards he could sense the metal of their guns. Without a second thought he wrenches their guns from their hands and shoots them not giving them a chance to defend themselves.
"Did you have to do that?" Says a voice from behind him.
Turning he sees Leo stood behind him.
"I've read their files these really are the worst of the worst mutant haters." He turns round the corner walking to the door, "come on we need to shut this down."
Bringing his hands up Magneto concentrates, trembling Cerebro comes to a screeching stop. All noise stops.

Slowly Kitty comes around, laying with her head in Skye's lap.
"Are you ok," asks Skye.
"Yeah, what..."
"We think it was a psychic attack, Leo shut it down."
"That's my speedster," mumbled Kitty before she fell unconscious.
"Our speedster," corrected Skye.

When the rotation stops Magneto is able to open the door and step into the Cerebro replica. Stepping past Xavier Magneto raises into the air floating the tiles round the room, reconfiguring their layout. Leo stays back near the door confused by what Magneto is doing.
Magneto floats back down to land in front of Charles, he kneels to speak to Charles at eye level. "How does it look from there Charles, still fighting the good fight? They don't appear to be playing by your rules."
Magneto leans forwards to whisper in his ear, "It's time to play by theirs."

Suddenly as though struck by lightning Leo understands what Magneto intends to do.
"NO," he shouts launching himself at Magneto.
Hearing Leo's shout Magneto stands, in time to receive only a glancing blow to his temple. He stands to confront Leo, "why, why would you protect those who attack us daily?"
"Because they don't, your trying to hold all humans accountable for the heinous acts of the few."
"You've not been at the sharp end of their blade, boy," says Magneto scathingly.
"No but I've lived my life under their scrutiny knowing that one slip up and I'd be revealed as a mutant and experimented on. Nowhere does that give you a reason to slaughter millions."
"How about the millions of mutants Stryker would slaughter?"
"How about the millions of children, innocent human children that your going to murder. How many of them would grow up to advocate mutant rights. Never give up on the future it's all yet to happen, all those possibilities that you'd shatter. Give them a chance they may just surprise you."

Magneto staggers back to lean on the control panel.
"For a child you speak with a worldly experience," he said lowering his head. "Maybe it's time I became a guardian for the mutants not their enemy."
"It's never too late to change, turn over a new leaf, come with us to the mansion."
"I have some atoning to do before I show my face back there, but I will come in my own time," with that Magneto left the room, after patting Leo on the shoulder. "Keep that attitude it will serve you well in the future, but don't loose a realistic outlook to that idealism"

Stryker is opening the helicopter's door when he hears the SNIKT of Logan's claws being released. He wheels round pulling out a dart gun, he manages to bring it to his shoulder before Logan cuts it in half. Logan then forces his claws through Stryker's shoulder pinning him to the helicopter, "you were saying."
There's a boom and the ground beneath them shakes.

Hearing the explosion Logan turned to Stryker with a look of horror on his face, "what have you done?"
He grabs a chain and uses it to tie Stryker to the helicopters skid. He turns and starts to run back into the tunnel. Halfway down the tunnel his headset sparks into life, "get the jet in the air I'll get the girls to the Aston."
That means they must all be in the jet ready to take off, Logan turns and starts to run back up the tunnel. Logan doesn't spare a second glance at Stryker as he runs past him as he shouts for mercy. Logan arrives at the jet to hear jean say, "Leo are you there? We can't get the jet in the air, can you help?"

Coming out of Cerebro Leo shot of sprinting down the corridors, phasing them through the doors that got in the way. When he makes it outside he rushes to the jet Charles bouncing wildly in his chair. Leo slows to a stop at the ramp to the jet only to find the wheels of Charles' chair were on fire.
"Oh shit sorry professor," he picks up the professor and carefully puts him in one of the jet's seats.
"Language Leo," says Ororo indignantly.
There's a boom and the ground shakes.
"Skye, Kitty," says Leo sprinting out the ramp towards the base.
"Get the jet in the air I'll get the girls to the Aston," he shouted into his headset.

BOOM
"Skye, that didn't sound good."
"No it didn't, I think it's time we left."
The two didn't hang around, straight away taking off for the exit, each time they came to a door either Skye blasts it apart or Kitty phases them through. They find themselves in the spillway, just in time to see a huge wave coming towards them. The ground shakes and the air roars as the wave bares down on them, coming ever closer.

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