Disciple AN: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED! HAPPY 2020
SOTM: *nothing relevant or of worth*
Before Cable could respond to the blue-haired man he was calling Hack, he was punched in the back of the head by a metal fist. The force slammed him face-first into the wall and to the ground. Causing Hack to laugh. "That hurt, huh? Welcome to the human condition. Dumb ass."
"Fuck you, Hack," Cable replied.
Then a deep voice came from behind him. "Talking to your imaginary friends has made this easier than expected." He grabbed Cable by the hair on the back of his head, lifted him up, and punched him in the side of the head. "That's for shooting an innocent woman you piece of shit!"
While that was going on, Deadpool watched them and looked back at Mina's unconscious body. He watched the wound fix everything inside and close up "Neat," he said, amused and then heard the second punch. "Time to make like a tree and get out of here," he said to no one as Hack had disappeared. He leaned next to Mina and whispered. "I know you can't hear me, but I promise I am NOT going to molest you," he said and then looked back down. "This time."
He scooped her up like a bride and ran off with her. At that moment, Cable was pulling himself up to his feet. He didn't foresee the next shot coming at him and was kicked in the side of the face from a roundhouse kick from Winter Soldier. After face planting into the ground, Cable looked up to see Hack lying on his stomach, looking at him with a smirk,
"Didn't stop to think about ALL of the consequences of your decision, did you? You wanted to be healed by the Savior? You're being healed. Did you really think you're a natural Psychic, Nathan? You want the virus gone? You lose everything that comes with it. I'll be nice though, move."
Cable rolled to his left and narrowly avoided a stomp from the other man. He grabbed his opponent's foot and punched him in the back of the knee. The other man crumpled, and cable used him to get up.
"Let's see what happens when you can't sucker punch me, Barnes," he growled and swung with his, now partially, robotic arm. Barnes blocked the punch with his robotic arm but didn't block the kick that Cable threw to his gut. Barnes doubled over, and Cable connected with an uppercut that shattered the mask and knocked Barnes to the ground. Cable stood up at the same time Barnes rolled up and took off what was left of his mask.
"I knew it! Bucky Barnes," Cable sneered.
The other man looked up through the hair that covered his face. "That's Winter Soldier to you!" he growled and pulled his pistol.
Cable kicked the pistol of out Barne's hand and punched him with his robotic arm. Barnes spun around and punched him back with his own robotic arm. Cable never realized just how much that could hurt someone human as his vision blurred. Barnes speared him into the wall behind them but Cable made sure to wrap and lock his arms around Barnes' neck and wrapped his legs around his midsection. Choking barns with a partially robotic arm. Just as it seemed Barnes was going to pass out, Cable felt something metallic rip into his leg. Causing him to release the chokehold.
Barnes stood holding the bloody knife. He was breathing hard as he raised the midsection back up only to feel three rapid pinches in the side of his neck that were a few seconds apart each. He pulled out three darts. His vision quickly blurred and disorientation set in. He stumbled and turned to see what looked like a woman with dark hair but couldn't tell much else. Who was sure it was a woman by the cleavage he saw. Next thing he knew, something hard and made of steel collided with his face and he was out.
Deadpool had Mina thrown over his shoulder, running into the front doors of Disciple's casino. He nearly fell on his ass and dropped Mina. After a few seconds, they slid open, "Some racist ass doors! It's because my suit is black, isn't it?!"
He quickly climbed the steps to the main Casino floor and ran through the crowd of people, "Move it, Ethel, I'm in a hurry!"
He spun around several times, Mina's arms and legs swinging aimlessly as her head bobbed with each movement, "God, it's so big in here!" He held his hand up to a stranger, "That's what I said to your mom! Oh! Up top! No? Okay."
Lekan was sitting at the security desk when he saw him, He jumped up and grabbed the walkie, "CODE WADE! WE GOT A CODE WADE!"
The armed guards followed Lekan down the stairs and out to the main casino floor. The other casino security was already on him, chasing him around the slots and through the crowds. Deadpool ran around aimlessly in a panic and making small screeching noises under his breath. He was pretending to drift in a car with each sharp turn he made.
When he got to the bar, he threw Mina in an empty stool and propped her up, "Best I can do, for now, Savior. The Goony forgot I'm not allowed in here. Sorry, Mutant Theresa, I gotta pull a weekend at Bernie's. DP exit stage left!"
Deadpool continued to run some laps around the main floor before kicking open a fire exit and escaping. As soon as the door opened, the fire alarm went off, and people started to look around in a panic.
Lekan pushed some of the men out the door, "Follow him!" Then he holstered his gun and started crowd control, "People, it's alright. False alarm! You can all go back to spending your money in this fine establishment!"
Mina was propped in the stool, leaning against the bar with her head resting on her crossed arms. Her eyes cracked open something cold touched her arm. She was groggy, and she had a migraine. She blinked a few times and groaned something about 2007 Britney.
"You look like you could use some water." The tall woman behind the bar said.
"Mmm…" Mina hummed as she pushed it away.
"Hair of the dog it is then," she laughed and set a whiskey glass down and poured two fingers worth. "What's your name, honey?"
"Mina." her eyes were closed, it was her nose that led her to the smell of whiskey. Which she drank as if it were water, "Sweet angel of mercy."
"Rough night, hon?"
Mina nodded and finally looked around, "Oh god, where am I now?"
"Wow… really rough night then." She laughed and poured her another drink, "You're in Hayward's."
Mina was slow on the take, "Oh wait, I know that guy, don't I?"
"Probably not, he doesn't generally deal with the public."
Mina waved a hand, "Nah, I know that guy. I need to find my mom, though."
Jennica paused in pouring her the third drink, "Wait- you ain't underage, are you? I could lose my job."
"Flattered, but I'm in my forties." Mina downed the whiskey again, "And I ain't no snitch. Thanks for the wisdom and whiskey, but I need to find my mom. She's probably in here somewhere with that Hayward guy."
Jennica nodded her head when she took the $20 Mina slapped on the bar before walking away. Once Mina was out of earshot, she pulled out her cell and sent a text, 'SAVIOR IS HERE.'
Ulysses was in his office, watching the people dancing below. In truth, he was looking for the girl who stole his heart and his car two weeks ago. His phone chimed, prompting him to pull it from his pocket. The facial recognition software he installed to the casino's cameras was notifying him of a hit.
"She's back." He whispered in awe. "She's back," he said more firmly before bursting out in celebratory laughter, "She's back!"
The armed guards standing around him shifted uneasily, the laughter more maniacal than cheerful. "Sir?"
Ulysses looked at the closest one, "How do I look? Good, yeh?"
"Uh…"
BANG
"What about you?" Ulysses pointed his pistol at the man next to him, "What you think?"
"Handsome, ruggedly so." The next man said quickly, after watching the other man get shot in the head.
"Thought so," Ulysses laughed as he looked at himself in the mirror, running his fingers through his hair to give it a messy look, "She's not getting away this time."
He rushed out of the office and down the stairs, fully intent on finishing what was started in the club two weeks ago.
Mina's appearance in Haywards was noticed by more than one person. The fire alarm going off in the main casino set off the alarms in the main security office and their cellphones. Which meant it popped up right on Frank's screen while he was trying to work.
"Oh, thank fuck," he cursed as he watched her walk around the blackjack tables aimlessly lost.
He saw Ulysses appear on the corner of another screen; he was heading right for her. "You gotta be fucking kidding me!"
He rushed out of the office so fast, he left his chair spinning.
"Hey! Did you hear? We had a Code Wade." Lekan called when he saw him.
"We're about to have a Code Punisher if you don't get out of my way." Shoving Lekan out of the way when they met in the stairwell.
"Why is everyone so mean lately?!" Lekan called out as he ran out the doors to the casino floor, "Fuck this, I'm taking lunch."
Mina was lost and didn't know where to start looking for Domino. That was until she saw a sign that pointed to the hotel part of the place. Thinking she could find her in a directory, she started heading that way.
When she rounded the bar near the video poker, she stopped in her tracks. The man standing in her way, staring at her intently. A slow gold-toothed smile formed on his face, licking his lips as he looked at her up and down.
It was her turn to smile, "I've been waiting for you to find me."
Ulysses chuckled and held his arms out to his side, "Here I am."
Mina began walking towards him, he held a hand for her to take.
"You have any idea how much of a pain in my ass you've been?" a rough voice said from behind Ulysses.
Mina walked right past him and into the arms of Frank Fucking Castle. She didn't even make eye contact with Ulysses. He watched the two interact with stunned silence. Both Frank and Mina ignored Ulysses' existence entirely. He was standing within a few feet of their embrace with his arms open, still expecting Mina.
She fell into Frank's arms, throwing her own around his neck and kissing his cheek, "Oh my god, I've missed you!"
Frank was unaware of his boss's furious face, looking down at the girl who he had his hands on, "Where the hell have you been? I've been looking for you for weeks!"
"Frank, you are the most consistent thing in my life right now. I need that kind of stability." She sighed and put her head on his chest. "I'm sorry."
Sensing something was wrong, Frank wrapped his arms around her, "Hey kid, tell me what's wrong. You okay?"
Everything came flooding back to her. When she sniffled and shrugged, he knew he had to get her out of there and take care of her. "Come on, kid, let's get you cleaned up and some food in your belly, huh? Then you can tell me all about it."
Ulysses just stared in awe with his jaw dropped and arms still expecting her to hug HIM.
Watching them leave, Jennica walked around to his side of the bar. She gave a low whistle, "Damn, that's gotta sting."
Ulysses looked at her up and down, not remembering her, "Who are you?"
"See, that's what it feels like." She said sarcastically with a scowl and set a drink on the bar. "Here, on the house. You need it."
"I drink for free anyway!" Ulysses said angrily.
"Yeah, but it makes people feel better when I say it out loud. Trust me, I'm a bartender."