I've been excited for this chapter. By the way, Mimic's meeting with Magneto will be explained in this chapter, I forgot to mention that last time, sorry.
Quick note: I got Final Fantasy VII Remake, and holy fuck nuts it is amazing! By the time I started writing this chapter (April 19) I've just fallen into the Sector 5 Church and officially met Aerith, and let me say, the future games are gonna hurt. Aaand now I might just make a self-insert FF7R fanfic. We'll see.
That's all from me up here, on with the story!
Summers Vacation
Cyclops ducks, avoiding Havok's flying body. Once the Brotherhood mutant lands he whips around and shoots Cyclops in the back with a concussive blast, sending the leader of the X-Men only stumbling forward, mainly because he expected the blast.
'Hitting each other with our blasts gets us nowhere, need to be more creative,' Cyclops thinks as he tilts his head to avoid another blast. Cyclops then decides to go on the defensive, avoiding Havok's blasts and using the terrain as cover to continue making his plan.
Havok growls in annoyance as Cyclops avoids another attack. "Dammit, stop running and stand your ground!" He fires a continuous beam, following Cyclops as he runs ahead of the beam.
Out of the corner of his eye Cyclops notices that the ground beneath Havok is damaged, and some panels are curled upwards. Perfect. Cyclops drops low and braces for the impact from Havok's attack, only being pushed back a little before grabbing hold of the floor, the metal digging into his fingers. Gritting his teeth, Cyclops fires a burst of energy at the floor beneath Havok, upending it and sending the mutant flying in the air. Cyclops then pushes the attack and hits Havok while he is in the air, sending the mutant flying into the wall next to the now repaired hangar bay doors.
A Multiple Man clone is thrown in front of Cyclops. The two make eye contact for a moment before Cyclops blasts him into one of the wheels of the Blackbird, knocking him out.
While still on the ground Havok shakes his head to regain his bearings. A high-pitched noise then fills his ears, looking up he sees a pink card coming his way. He raises an arm to defend himself, but thankfully Polaris uses the metal floor beneath him to create a shield, blocking the powerful explosion form colliding with him.
Havok smirks in thanks but Polaris' eyes widen as she looks behind him. "Look out!" She shouts. One of Gambit's cards collides with her side, sending her sprawling towards the ground.
"Lorna!" Havok shouts. He is then hit with a blast from Cyclops in the back, his front slamming into the metal panel from Polaris, causing his head to explode in pain.
Cyclops then rushes forward and pins one of Havok's arms behind him and wraps his other arm around his neck. Cyclops continues by kicking out Havok's right leg and falling backwards with his Brotherhood counterpart, sending Havok down headfirst to the ground.
Havok's head slams into the ground, causing his vision to explode in light and sound. He then feels Cyclops pull back his other arm, bringing the two together. Havok then feels a handcuff over his left wrist. 'Where the hell'd he get handcuffs!?' Havok attempts to fire energy from his chest into the ground, but he feels his energy sap away. 'Dammit, power dampeners.'
Cyclops flips Havok on his back and keeps a knee on his chest. "Look, just stay here until this is all over, okay? I have some questions for you," Cyclops says.
Havok stares up at him, shocked at the request. "Seriously? You're gonna handcuff me here and ask me to just wait!? The hell do you think I am?"
'My brother,' Cyclops thinks. "A defeated terrorist," He says aloud.
Havok scoffs. "Magneto was right about you guys, you only see us as "terrorist" 'cause it makes you feel so sure about your crusade, doesn't it?"
Although he couldn't tell, Cyclops looks at Havok with furrowed eyebrows. "You do know Magneto's killed countless people, right?"
"Do you know the type of people Magneto's killed?" Havok counters. "You know what type of humans the Brotherhood goes after?"
Cyclops narrows his eyes, interested to see what Havok has to say. "No, go on."
"Those who deserve it! The humans that go out of their way to make mutant lives hell, the people who do nothing to help us, that's who!" Havok shouts.
Cyclops gets up and looks down at Havok, his arms crossed and his beam ready for any sudden movements. "Okay, we've known that already. Magneto's always sure to kill specific people. I mean, when we first fought him some soldiers ended up dead while others were spared, we later found out those soldiers were racist. But that leads me to my next question, what about the innocent humans that'll be killed because of your plan?"
"Gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet, Cyke."
Havok's handcuffs break, courtesy of Scarlet Witch. Feeling the immediate power surge Havok fires a blast up, Cyclops responds in kind. The sudden impact creates an explosion that sends Cyclops flying in the air, and before he falls on a sharp piece of metal fully capable of killing him Beast jumps over and saves him, much to Marvel Girl's relief.
"Even without the Blackbird you are still capable of flying high, my friend," Beast jokes.
Cyclops rubs his head as Beast sets him down. "Yeah, just don't tell Angel, I think he'd be jealous."
"I would!"
Beast then pushes Cyclops out of the way and leaps back from a metal sheet slamming into where they just were. Looking up they see Polaris looking down at them, her eyes giving off a faint green glow. Gambit attempts to hit the back of her head with his staff but Havok hits him with a blast, sending him falling into the ground, slamming headfirst and knocking him out.
Polaris then uses the same panel that almost crushed two of the original X-Men to lift Havok up beside her, giving him aerial superiority. Polaris then creates a multitude of sharp metal shards and aims them at the two, the circle on Havok's chest glows blue.
"It has been some time since we fought together, hasn't it?" Beast says casually.
Cyclops nods. "Yeah, it has. Let's remedy that."
The two roll opposite directions as Havok's blast and Polaris' metal shards slam into where they were just standing. Beast then leaps off one of the Brotherhood jets and uses the metal currently held by Polaris to reach her, getting in a scratch before a metal hammer slams into his side, bringing him down.
Cyclops continuously avoids Havok's attacks, all while slowly getting closer. Eventually the leader of the X-Men is under the panel, but just as he begins his attack the floor beneath him shifts, causing his beam to hit some of Multiple Man's clones instead. "Thanks!" Thunderbird shouts.
The ground beneath Cyclops begins to act up, trapping him in a metal tornado that slowly closes in on him. 'Damn, this isn't looking good. What to do, what to do,' He thinks. As the metal tornado nears Cyclops notices a gap, quickly charging up his energy he hits that section of the tornado with a powerful blast, blowing half of it away. He leaps out just as the metal shards collide, a sharp shrill noise invading his ears as metal scratches against metal.
From the corner of his sight Cyclops notices a metal fist flying at him, so at the last second, he hits it with a blast that sends it towards Beast. The blue furred mutant sees the fist coming and backflip kicks it upwards, hitting the underside of Havok's metal panel and sending him falling.
While he tumbles through the air Havok corrects himself and fires his beam downwards, using it to slow his descent. Watching this causes Cyclops to stop and stare, memories of his parent's death coming back full force.
Once he lands Havok notices Cyclops staring at him. "What?"
"N-nothing, just-" Cyclops begins but is interrupted by Polaris sending multiple metal pieces the size of baseballs at him and Beast, keeping them pinned down. "Dammit! We need to take her out, she has too much power in here."
The two attempt to get closer, Cyclops would fire concussive blasts, but Polaris' storm of metal works in keeping them pinned down.
Out of the corner his eye Thunderbird notices their struggle, and he can hear Cyclops' shout through the battle in the hangar. He grabs two of the clones by the front of their shirts and throws them at Polaris, Colossus sees this and throws two more clones as well. The four Multiple Men crash into Polaris, sending her falling down and stopping the metal storm.
Beast quickly uses his enhanced agility to flip towards Polaris and the clones, he swipes the four aside and pinches a pressure point on Polaris' neck, immobilizing the girl. "I really am sorry, but your father is attempting genocide on a mass scale. Surely you must see why we want to stop you."
Polaris looks up at him and glares. "The hell did you do to me. Why can't I move?"
"Oh, it's just a pressure point that stops you from using your body from the neck down, a rather useful point to know about, wouldn't you say," Beast looks up, nods, before looking back down at Polaris, an apologetic frown on his face. "I really am sorry for this, but you are far too dangerous to be left unchecked."
Polaris isn't confused for long. Feeling a hand touch her cheek she immediately feels drained, quickly, everything fades to black as she fades to unconsciousness.
Havok's attention is drawn by her screams. Looking over he sees Beast and Rogue standing over Polaris, where Rogue's hand touches her cheek black lines stem from it on Polaris' face. "LORNA!" He shouts.
Using the distraction to his advantage Cyclops rolls out of the beam struggle and hits the side of Havok's face with a blast, sending him staggering back.
Seeing what happened Colossus immediately enters his metal form, the combined power from him and Thunderbird pushing back the Multiple Man clones at an accelerated rate. Storm gets in a good hit on Pyro, Banshee then pushes the attack, Angel would then swoop down and hit Pyro with bombing runs, eventually taking the fire powered mutant down. Marvel Girl and Scarlet Witch are still fighting, their abilities tearing up the hangar around them. After defeating Pyro, Angel would then keep Toad on his toes, giving the amphibian mutant no time to breath before Angel swoops down and kicks both legs into Toad's chest, sending him out of the hangar.
Havok then recovers and looking around doesn't like what he's seeing. It seems as though the Brotherhood's losing the fight. Havok growls before firing a blast into the ground at an angle, sending him flying towards Cyclops. During his flight Rogue would bring up metal panels but Havok would shoot more blasts, expertly avoiding the panels. Increasing his speed Havok would then tackle Cyclops, sending the two out of the hangar and flying past Toad's unconscious form.
Out of the corner of his eye Cyclops notices Sunfire and Jubilee.
The two eventually hit the floor and begin rolling down the hallway into another room, punching and kicking each other as they do. Havok even tries to bite Cyclops' ear. Once the two stop Cyclops rears his head back before hitting Havok with a headbutt, he then throws him off of him and hits the ground beneath Havok at an angle, causing the metal to shoot up, sending Havok flying.
"You said you wanted to find your brother," Cyclops begins.
Havok growls as he plants his hands and feet down, ready to fire an extra powerful blast. "Yeah, what's it to you?"
"I've got one really important question for you: what if he's a human?" Cyclops asks.
He smirks upon seeing Havok's determined face falter. 'Guess he didn't think about that.'
"I mean you joined to find him, right? But Magneto's plan involves killing the entire human race, what if your brother's a human?" Cyclops continues. "Oh well, gotta break a few eggs, right?"
"SHUT UP!" Havok roars as he raises his fists off the ground, firing his powerful beam towards Cyclops. The leader of the X-Men barely avoids the attack. After rolling away from it he feels the heat from the beam on the left side of his body.
Taking a chance, Cyclops slowly reaches out and puts his hand in the beam. 'Would you look at that, it's a little hot, but I'm not losing my hand,' He then brings his hand out of the beam and walks towards Havok, who is currently unaware that Cyclops is walking towards him calmly.
The beam begins to die down, and Havok pants deeply as he uses his hands and knees to keep himself steady. Opening his eyes, he sees Cyclops' feet, following the trail he finds Cyclops standing over him. Havok closes his eyes, fully expecting an attack, but after a moment of nothing he looks back up to see Cyclops still studying him. "What?" Havok demands.
"What's your name?" Is Cyclops' simple question. "Because my name's Sc-"
A gunshot interrupts Cyclops. He reflexively reaches towards his back, feeling the sting of the bullet but grateful that it didn't pierce his armor. 'Gotta thank Nolan for letting us copy his armor, that could've been bad.'
Turning around the two find Mystique waiting at the doorway, her gun smoking and her eyes slightly wide, fully expecting Cyclops to drop after being shot. She then shoots again, emptying her clip into Cyclops' chest, the bullets do nothing but sting slightly as they impact with his armor.
Mystique growls in annoyance as she reloads her gun. "What kind of armor are you wearing?"
Havok slowly gets up, his eyes on Mystique the entire time. "What the hell, Raven? I thought we were supposed to capture, not kill."
Mystique glares at Havok before looking back at Cyclops. "Havok, that is Cyclops, the field leader of the X-Men, if we can take him down the others will follow suit, gaining us an easy win. Besides, what's that saying you always use? Ah, right, gotta break a few eggs."
Cyclops turns, hoping to quickly tell Havok his name but the blond mutant just punches his cheek, sending Cyclops stumbling back. The two Brotherhood mutants then circle in on Cyclops. The leader of the X-Men sighs as he charges up his beam. 'Go for Mystique first, once she's out of the way I can talk to Ha-Alex. I can talk to Alex.'
Havok then gets ready to fire at Cyclops, beginning the two versus one match.
Earlier
Shit. Shit. Shitshitshitshitshit!
Oh, flying eight-balled unicorn shit.
Why couldn't it be Mastermind? I've already fought him before, dammit universe.
Standing in the doorway, staring me down is the leader of the Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy, Magneto, the Master of Magnetism. Is my heart beating? Let me check…Yeah, it's beating.
Magneto folds his arms before floating towards us, his eyes still on me. "I would say you must be the newest soldier for Charles' crusade, but current circumstances would say otherwise."
I gulp as I take a step back, ready to use my speed to get out of here at a moment's notice. "Y-yeah, you're right. Technically."
Magneto hums as his eyes continue to study me with a laser focus, making me feel small. "You are Mimic, yes? Avalanche has told us some severely biased opinions of you, what did happen between the two of you, I wonder."
"Oh, Mimic just stole his girlfriend, that's all," Quicksilver quips.
I feel a blush grow on my face as I glare at him. "No one, steals Kitty. Besides, they were already broken up when we recruited her."
Magneto chuckles slightly. "Ah, "Kitty" what a…cute name. And which one is she? The one who can absorb powers, or maybe the one with the yellow trench coat. Ah, but the one fighting Mr. Rankin alongside the teleporter is another possibility."
Wait, who's Rankin?
"Who's Rankin? What're his powers?" I ask.
"I won't answer that question, but you should know he's excited to fight you," Quicksilver answers.
I begin to head towards the door, but Magneto stops me. "A moment, Mimic."
Strange, he easily could've made the floor wrap around me, Asteroid M's entirely metal on the inside, he has full control over everything. And yet, he's only talked to me for the moment, may as well listen.
"Why do you fight for Charles?" Is his simple question. "I was able to hear the end of your encounter with my son, you claim to understand my actions, and yet, here you are, fighting for a man who would rather roll over and accept what's given to him instead of fight for what you truly deserve. Why?"
"Because it's right," Is my answer.
Magneto shakes his head and chuckles as Quicksilver scoffs. "Sounding just like Cyclops," The younger one mutters.
"The term "because it is right" is all based on perspective," Magneto begins. "What is right to you may not be right to other mutants. Like you said, there are some "good" humans among the planet, but have they done anything to help? No. Anytime a human is on the news regarding mutants it is always about how we must be wiped out, with no chance to explain ourselves."
"W-well, that's 'cause all the asshole humans are the one with the power, if anyone goes against them then they'll have practically everyone on their case," I counter, but I can tell it's weak, especially if Magneto's reaction is any indication.
"What's the saying again? "The only way for evil men to win is if good men do nothing"? What is one person's reputation compared to a species of people, a species who will, might I remind you, one day take over the Earth?" Magneto argues.
"Are your parents human?" Quicksilver asks suddenly.
"Um, yeah, well, my Dad for sure, not one hundred percent sure about Mom," I answer.
"Why's that?" The speedster asks.
"Well, I'm Mister Sinister's grandkid from her side of the family," I actually see slight surprise on Magneto's face. "I mean, she hasn't shown any powers, but I think it's possible."
"Hm, interesting," Magneto hums. "Have they done anything to help mutants?"
"Well, yeah. After your people attacked the school, we had the students go home, those who's families abandoned them are staying at my place, even if my neighbors are against it," I answer. "What, you gonna spare them?"
"No. But they will be remembered," Magneto answers. He then sighs deeply. "I will ask again, why do you fight for Charles?"
I think it over this time. They are, well, right about one thing, the phrase "because it's right" is basic, nothing to it. Dammit, he's also right about the mutant perspective thing too. After the fight with Sinister I remember Angel and Forge talking about some mutants they rescued, but these guys said they didn't want our help 'cause we don't do enough, that really stuck with me. And then there was Vanessa's reaction to my recruitment, she wasn't exactly happy that Beast wasn't there.
"Yeah, I'll admit it, the Professor's dream is hard, fighting for people that hate and fear us, hoping that one day they'll accept us, it seems a little like a pipe dream. And yours does seem like we'd get quicker results, wipe the humans out, boom, Earth is now ours," I begin. I notice a small smirk on Magneto's face and a slight look of regret on Quicksilver's. "But that's only a short-term idea. Think about it, eventually mutants will start fighting each other again, this time on a large scale, what with their being no MCU or Sentinel Services to hide from. I'm honestly not sure if I'll get to see peace between humans and mutants in my time, but I'll still do this for the future generations. That is what Xavier's dream is about, and that's why I fight for it."
Magneto stares me down, a frown set on his face before he sighs and shakes his head. "You are the first, and so far, only X-Man to hold a conversation with me, and might I say, I am rather disappointed in your response," He steps aside, creating an opening between me and the exit. "Go now, before I change my mind."
With one quick nod I speed out of the room, intent on finding Shadowcat and this Rankin guy. While running my thoughts go back to the confrontation, and holy shit I actually survived that. I deserve a medal. But seriously though, I never really thought Magneto would be so convincing, if I weren't so sure of my stance, he probably would've convinced me. That's a scary thought.
I stop once I realize something important, how am I supposed to find this Rankin, Nightcrawler, and Shadowcat?
The walls around me shift, arrows pointing me presumably to the fight. Stopping to look around I eventually find a camera pointing at me, the arrow on the wall moves back and forth, urging me to go. Well, if he wanted me dead, he'd have killed me during our talk, wouldn't he?
Once I reach the room, I find Nightcrawler knocked out on the ground, and this Rankin guy strangling Shadowcat and lifting her in the air. Yeah, I'm not having any of that.
He looks like a dude in his late twenties to early thirties. He's blond with blue eyes and he wears a blue and white suit, a cowl similar to the one Angel, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, and Gambit have.
After the door opens the two look at me, Shadowcat has a look of relief on her face while Rankin glares at me, he then drops her, letting her go and grab Nightcrawler.
Looking at him I notice that he has the same fine coat of fur as Nightcrawler, but when he turns to look at me instead of bumping into the table, he phases through it. Interesting.
I just look at my friends before glaring at him. I crack my knuckles. "Yup. Gonna kick your ass."
He growls and crouches low, his tail poised for a strike. "I'm going to kick your ass, impostor."
I arch an eyebrow, confused at his meaning. I turn to look at Shadowcat. "The hell's he talking about?"
"He can copy multiple powers at once," She answers. Shadowcat then notices my eyes widening. "Don't worry though, he can only copy the powers of the people nearby, so don't expect Cyclops beams or Wolverine claws."
I nod as he slams his fists together and rotates his neck. "Well, that makes him less dangerous immediately. But I should still be careful. Get Nightcrawler to a safe place, join in later, if you want to, of course."
Shadowcat gives a thumbs up before picking up Nightcrawler and phasing through some walls to get away from the fight.
Once gone I bounce in place and stare down B-Mimic. 'What to do, what to do. I could just take him out telepathically. Nah, that'd be too easy,' I continue to mull over my strategy as B-Mimic shouts at me, about what? I don't care. Eventually, I come to a decision. 'Oooh baby,' I swap to my Polaris powers. 'This is gonna be one hell of a test ride.'
I'm gonna beat this dude up.
Wolverine
Currently the fight between Wolverine and Sabretooth is reaching new levels. With their feral states the physical capabilities of the two has increased, healing factors included. Wolverine stabs his claws into Sabretooth's head, the tips sticking out of the top, and throws Sabretooth into a boulder. He then runs forward and stabs his claws into Sabretooth's shoulders repeatedly, blood flying from the wounds.
Sabretooth then lifts his knee and slams it into Wolverine's abdomen, winding the mutant. The wounds in his shoulders heal over then he lashes out and grabs Wolverine by the sides of his head, the claws of his thumbs digging into the feral X-Man's eyes. Sabretooth then walks forward, pushing Wolverine back and headbutts twice before slamming Wolverine's head into the ground.
Sabretooth goes for a head stomp, but Wolverine's claws lash out and cut off Sabretooth's right foot, causing him to stumble and fall over. Before falling over, Sabretooth kicks Wolverine's side with his other foot, rolling Wolverine a distance away.
Before getting up Wolverine's hand happens to land on a rather large, but still small enough to hold, rock. Once Sabretooth gets close enough, he lashes out and slams the rock into the side of the Brotherhood feral mutant's head, blood spurting out of his mouth and nose. Wolverine then stabs his claws into Sabretooth's abdomen and lifts him up before slamming him down.
Wolverine lifts his claws and stabs them down constantly, eventually the sounds of slamming becomes wet as blood from Sabretooth begins to pool down.
With his other arm, Sabretooth stabs his claws into Wolverine's left arm and manages to scratch down, creating five large gashes running down his arm. He then rears his arm back and slashes what he can of Wolverine's face, the hit dislodging Wolverine's claws from his body. Sabretooth then gets up and wraps an arm around Wolverine's neck, cutting off his air and he then bends Wolverine's upper body back, all while removing Wolverine's cowl and slashing at his face.
Wolverine slowly reaches his arm up, he then quickly stabs his claws backwards, the outermost one stabbing into Sabretooth's eye. He then bucks his back out, knocking Sabretooth off of him. Wolverine then stabs his claws into Sabretooth's left hand, keeping him pinned down, he then stabs his other claws into Sabretooth's neck, causing the Brotherhood mutant to choke on his blood.
Sabretooth lashes out with his unpinned claw, but Wolverine manages to dodge it. After his leg finally regenerates Sabretooth kicks Wolverine in the back, getting him off of Sabretooth but causing the claws to slice more of his neck and arm as Wolverine tumbles away.
Sabretooth slowly gets up, his damaged hand holding his neck as they both regenerate. He and Wolverine glare at each other as they crouch low and circle each other again. Another moment of silence. Once a pebble tumbles down the two of them roar as they leap at each other.
Round two is a go.
Psylocke
'Where the hell are you? Now that I think about it, how will I know which one's them? Eh, their mental signature's have to be different from the Brotherhood's,' Psylocke thinks.
While searching for Professor X and Forge, Psylocke hears the battles throughout Asteroid M. Loud footsteps and smashing noises followed by the asteroid shaking, feral growls and skin being torn by blades, and two blurs, one blue and silver the other black and orange running by her.
'Damn, this place is becoming a warzone,' Psylocke thinks. 'I'm kind of happy I joined the X-Men,' Her thoughts then go to Angel, a sly smirk growing on her face. 'Scratch that, more than happy.'
Psylocke then becomes serious as she doubles down on her hunt. While scanning she finds a problem, some of the rooms in Asteroid M are blocked from her powers, causing problems. If one room were blocked then she'd know to go there, where else would the two be? But multiple rooms are blocked, causing problems for her. 'I'd say most of them must be their personal rooms, which would be about…sixteen rooms? But I feel seventeen dead zones. That last one must be where they are. But which one's the last one?'
As she contemplates this, she reaches an elevator, another scan reveals that the dead zones are two floors up. While going up, Psylocke hides in the corner that hides her from the opening doors, a psionic sword ready as she anticipates an attack.
The doors open, Psylocke does a mental scan and finds no one waiting for her, but she still dashes out of the elevator, a purple blur running through the hallway before it stops behind another potted plant. She peeks her head out to find the hallway still empty, but she's still cautious.
Slowly she gets out of her cover and heads towards the first dead zone which happens to be the first door to her left. Opening the door, she finds a bedroom, this one's spartan, but there is a treadmill in it. "Quicksilver's room," She mutters aloud.
Right next to it is another room, this one more personal. The bed has scarlet red blankets and there is a black and red carpet in the center of the room. The open closet shows some clothes, most of the shirts being scarlet red with some green here and there. "Scarlet Witch," She mutters again.
The rest of the dead zones are all spread out, so she can't exactly check room after room, running through her list. Another scan has the same result, no one in range and the other fifteen dead zones still there. While walking Psylocke notices a camera, it isn't aimed at her, but she takes advantage of her position and goes for the camera. She leaps up and runs along the wall, upon reaching the camera she grabs it and uses gravity to bring it down with her.
The camera slams into the floor, exploding in a flash of sparks and metal shards. Psylocke smirks at her small victory. As soon as she looks up, she realizes that there is someone else here.
Immediately she feels another presence attempt to enter her mind. She quickly puts up her mental defenses, but the invader has already caused some damage and she feels a headache already starting. 'Dammit, I was careless.'
"I agree with you on that one," A haughty voice replies.
Entering her mental landscape, she finds Mastermind standing a distance away, an insufferable smirk she'd do anything to punch off of him on his face. "You're Mastermind? A lot less impressive than I thought you'd be. Shorter too," Psylocke begins.
Mastermind's smirk disappears, much to Psylocke's amusement. "Ah, yes, simple playground insults. I should have expected more from a member of the X-Men."
"Oooh, look at me, I'm Mastermind, and I'm so much smarter than everyone," Psylocke mocks. "Whatever, lets just get this over with so I can save my teammates."
Mastermind sighs before his presence increases. "Fine. Let's."
Cyclops
Cyclops barely avoids a gunshot aimed for his exposed face from Mystique, but while he's crouched low Havok hits him with a concussive blast, sending him off his feet.
Mystique shoots at Cyclops more, thankfully his armor stops the bullets. Cyclops is double thankful that she seems to only use pistols, anything bigger and he'd be having problems.
Cyclops ducks under a swing from Havok, he then grabs his outstretched arm and hits him with a weaker optic blast, avoiding anything too strong to hinder future negotiations. And speaking of negotiations, any time Cyclops tries to talk to him Mystique's attacks intensify, further confirming Cyclops' theory.
Havok is his little brother, Alexander Summers.
'She's gotta be my top priority, but I've gotta avoid Havok's attacks,' He looks around. 'And where Mystique is Destiny usually isn't far away. Where is she?'
Havok gets in a punch on the left side of Cyclops' face, then Mystique kicks the right side of his face. Havok then goes in for a headbutt, but he recoils due to impacting with Cyclops' visor, causing pain to flash around his forehead. The two shake their heads as Mystique goes for an uppercut, hitting Cyclops in the chin.
She then places her hands on his head and flips over, hitting his back with her knees. Havok then tackles Cyclops who stumbles towards him. They slam into the giant fish tank on the other side of the room, shattering the glass and causing water and fish to cover the floor.
After some struggling, and avoiding two punches from Havok, Cyclops pushes him back. He opens his mouth to speak but a smoke bomb erupts at his feet, the smoke entering his mouth and causing him to cough.
Looking around Cyclops is still blind, but he can see Havok's energy building up. He barely rolls out of the way. 'Mimic was right, I should get an infrared option for my visor,' He thinks.
He barely avoids a gunshot before lashing out, getting a hit in on Mystique. She then retaliates with a kick to his side. Cyclops then wraps an arm around her leg, keeping it pinned between his side and arm. He then spins around, swinging Mystique before letting go just as the smoke begins to dissipate, slamming her into Havok.
"Hey, Havok! My n-"
Another gunshot rings out, this one hitting his neck. Cyclops chokes before grasping at his neck, looking up he finds Destiny waiting at the door, her gun barrel smoking. Cyclops growls as Mystique and Havok get up, the three then begin to circle him.
One moment of silence, then Cyclops aims down and fires a powerful blast, causing the metal of the ground to explode outwards, sending the three falling. Cyclops then fires a beam at Mystique, keeping her pinned down. Destiny also stays down, her injury from earlier throbbing, causing her to regret her decision to help fight Cyclops.
"Hey, Havok! One more time! My name is S-"
A bullet hits his leg, causing him to cry out in pain and hop around on one foot. 'Dammit, dammit. DAMMIT!' Cyclops thinks in anger. Looking up he studies the two, while Mystique is more dangerous, Destiny's less skilled, and her injury makes her an easier target. But Mystique will defend Destiny with everything she has, making taking her out more difficult.
He could focus on Mystique; Destiny would do the same Mystique would for her but less effectively. But there's Havok, he can make it hard. Doesn't help that Mystique's one of the most dangerous fighters he's ever come across.
Of course, Cyclops can just go the direct route and tackle Havok, that way they'd be too close for Mystique and Destiny to get a good shot in, he can tell him then. Decisions, decisions.
Destiny and Mystique start shooting at Cyclops, Havok shooting quick bolts as well. Cyclops would then dodge the bullets, some hit him, but they didn't do much damage, and he'd stay low, giving Havok's attacks less concussive power behind them.
Cyclops would then leap forward, rolling midair as bullets and energy would whiz by him. While spinning he hits Mystique with a powerful blast, cracking two of her ribs and sending her slamming into the wall behind her.
Cyclops hides behind turned over metal bench, the bullets ricocheting off of it, Havok's blasts being the only things causing any damage. Cyclops then quickly peeks out and fires a blast that hits Destiny in the chest, sending her sliding towards Mystique.
Cyclops hides behind the desk again, silent for a moment, waiting for another interruption. Nothing. "Havok! Listen to me, dammit!"
Havok's attacks stop, giving Cyclops some hope. "Be quick about it, once Mystique gets back up, she's gonna give you holy hell for hurting Destiny," He warns.
"What's your name? Mine's Sc-"
A small pellet rolls next to Cyclops.
It explodes, revealing itself to be a flashbang.
'OH, COME ON!' Cyclops mentally shouts in rage as everything becomes bright and his ears begin to ring.
While blind, Cyclops feels a body slam into him, two fists punching his face. Once his eyes clear he finds Mystique sitting on top of him, her being the one punching him. He tries to hit her with an optic blast but as soon as his visor glows brighter she slams her fists on it, causing it to slightly dig into his face. 'Need to make the edges of this thing rounder, too,' He thinks.
After some struggling Mystique rolls of, just in time for Havok to pin Cyclops down with a concussive blast, the force of the attack causing his ribs to hurt. After what feels like forever the attack stops, and Mystique places her foot on Cyclops injured ribs, smirking while casually aiming one of her guns at his face. "Hm, you were a lot tougher last time we fought."
Cyclops just lets out a chuckle, but he immediately regrets it. "Last time we fought you didn't have a three-on-one against me, maybe we can fix that."
Mystique tilts her head in confusion.
"Scott Summers!" Cyclops shouts out.
Havok feels his heart stop once Cyclops screams his brother's name. "W-what? Why the hell did you say that name?" He demands.
Mystique turns to him with a glare. "Don't listen to him, Havok, he's just trying to get into your head."
Havok glares back. "I'll be the judge of that," He looks down at Cyclops. "Why'd you say that name?"
"Because I'm him."
Havok feels like the world, well, asteroid, was pulled out from under him. He shakes his head to clear his mind before glaring at Cyclops. "If that's supposed to be a joke, it isn't funny," The circle on his chest begins to glow. "Explain, shit stain."
"Havok, he's clearly just trying to buy time, let's just deal with him now," Mystique interjects. "Wouldn't you agree, Destiny?"
The precog is silent for a moment. "Let him speak."
Mystique glares at her, shocked at her response.
Cyclops uses that moment to continue. "Your name is Alexander Summers, your older brother's name is Scott Summers, your father was Major Christopher Summers of the U.S. Air Force, and your mother's name was Katherine Ann Summers."
"That could be in your records, anyone could learn that," Mystique says, trying to plant seeds of doubt.
Havok tilts his head, taking Mystique's words into consideration. "She's right," He mutters. Cyclops feels some fear spike as Mystique grins. "What's something only Scott would know?"
Cyclops goes through his memories, trying to find something that could convince Havok, but nothing comes to mind. Eventually he comes across a memory, one he doesn't like but will definitely convince his brother. "Ten years ago, I was nine, you were six, we were coming back from our vacation in Hawaii, Dad would make jokes calling it a Summers Vacation, in his private plane during a storm."
Havok's glare is quickly replaced with shock as he takes a step back. Mystique attempts to punch Cyclops in the face, but Destiny grabs her arm, stopping her. "The hell are you doing?" Mystique demands.
Even through her golden mask Mystique can tell that Destiny is giving her a knowing look.
"The jet suddenly hit something, causing it to begin crashing, and there was only one parachute. Mom gave it to me and attached you to the front of it, one more kiss goodbye and she pushed us out just before an explosion destroyed the jet," Cyclops continues.
"The debris damaged the parachute," Havok whispers. "Before we hit the ground a red beam came from out of nowhere, slowing us down but not by enough. That was you. As we got closer my chest began to burn, a blue beam then came from me, slowing us down more but it was too late, we hit the ground hard."
Cyclops nods from his place on the floor. "After that I woke up a month later in a hospital, the doctors told me you were in an orphanage. The next day I destroyed the roof of the hospital and fell into a one-year coma. That was fun."
"S-Scott?" Havok whispers.
Cyclops lets out another chuckle, which he regrets again. "Hey, Alex. You've gotten big."
Havok feels a multitude of emotions, joy, relief, satisfaction. But he also feels negative emotions. Anger at the Brotherhood for manipulating him and Lorna, but mostly disgust at his part in a genocidal plan to kill mankind. Nodding in determination Havok glares at Mystique and Destiny, and before they can react, he hits them with a blast, sending them flying out of the room.
He then reaches down and helps Cyclops up. Once standing the two brothers hug. Havok begins to tear up and plants his face into Cyclops' shoulder. "T-ten years, man, a whole decade of hell! Goddammit!"
Cyclops tightens his grip, worried that letting go would cause him to lose Alex again. "I know, I know," He takes a deep breath before stepping back, keeping a hand on Havok's shoulder. Havok can also see a tear sliding down Cyclops' face, alongside a massive smile. "We can reunite later, we've got some terrorists to beat, Alex."
Havok gains an almost exact copy of Cyclops' smile. "You got that right, Scott."
The door opens, and in marches an indifferent Destiny and a furious Mystique. "You're going to regret that, kid," The latter threatens.
Havok scoffs as he rolls his shoulder, wincing slightly at the pain that comes from that action. "Yeah, I doubt that. If anything, I regret joining you guys," He brings two fingers close together. "I was this close to helping you commit genocide."
Mystique spits to the side before she and Destiny aim their guns at the reunited Summers brothers. "You really think one change of heart will wipe out months of planning? You were with us since we brought you in one hundred percent."
Cyclops and Havok build up their energy. The younger steps forward, his fist raised. "Please, I only joined you guys 'cause you promised to help me find my brother, lo and behold you knew who he was the entire time and said nothing," He then smirks as something else comes to mind. "Makes me wonder what Lorna'll say once I tell her."
The female mutants put their fingers on the triggers of their guns. Mystique's eyes narrow. "We can't have that."
Cyclops tilts his head towards Havok. "Why will Magneto's daughter listen to you instead of him?"
"We've known each other since we were kids, been dating for a year too, Magneto barely came into her life a couple of months ago. She only joined 'cause I wanted to, once I leave, she does too," Havok answers.
Three gunshots ring out. The two brothers react and fire their powers at the two mutants. The bullets are hurled back as Mystique and Destiny barely dodge from the dual beams. Destiny and Mystique then run circles around the two, firing their guns the entire time. The powers of the brothers proves to be too much as they stand back-to-back and cover each other's backs, their powers keeping the bullets away.
Cyclops then aims low, hitting Mystique's legs out from under her. While Destiny is distracted Havok hits her in the center with a powerful blast, sending her flying back. She then lands on her injured leg, blood spurting out and crying in pain. Mystique growls before shifting into Shadowcat, her smaller size helping her dodge the attacks.
Reaching Cyclops, she jumps up and tucks her feet in, she then quickly lashes out and slams both feet into his chest, sending Cyclops stumbling over his brother. She then shifts into Wolverine and unsheathes bone claws, stabbing down attempting to skewer the two. They roll out of the way just as her claws break against the floor.
As she recoils in pain the two hit her with a combined blast, breaking some ribs and sending her through a wall, breaking her spine as well.
The two take deep breaths, Cyclops flinches as he reaches for his ribs, gingerly feeling at them. "Yeah, you broke some of my ribs."
Havok helps him stay standing as he chuckles guiltily. "Sorry about that."
Cyclops waves his apology off. "It's no big deal, they'll heal in due time, no permanent damage done. Besides, some broken ribs are worth it if I get my little bro back."
Before Havok can reply a gunshot rings out from behind them. Havok feels pain explode from his side as he falls over, blood pooling within his suit. Everything seems to slow down as Cyclops watches his brother fall over due to the bullet wound in his back. Turning around he sees Destiny with her gun raised, the barrel smoking.
Cyclops' face contorts into a deep frown before he roars in rage, hitting Destiny with an extremely powerful optic blast, sending her flying through the wall behind her, breaking most of her ribs and causing damage to her spine.
He hears another roar of rage as Mystique comes running at him, claws out ready to slice him up. But Cyclops doesn't humor her, instead he just hits her with a more powerful blast, knowing her shapeshifting gives her a healing factor that'll let her survive the impact.
Mystique is blasted through multiple walls before she slams her head on the ground, knocking her out.
Cyclops keeps an eye on her, breathing heavily. Once he's sure she won't move he hurries down and carefully lifts the top half of Havok's suit, his brother groans in protest. "I know, I know. Sorry, Alex, but I have to do this, I just got you back, I can't lose you now."
From his utility belt Cyclops grabs his medical pouch, from it he pulls out a small bottle of alcohol, some cotton balls, some tweezers, and some bandages. With one hand Cyclops applies pressure on the wound, the other grabs the tweezers and gets ready to pull out the bullet. "Again, sorry."
"Don't be sorry, just fucking do it," Havok mutters.
Despite himself Cyclops lets out a weak chuckle as he puts the tweezers into Havok's wound, ignoring his groans of pain. After some searching Cyclops finds the bullet and pulls it out, he then puts some of the alcohol on the cotton balls and cleans around the wound, causing more pain for Havok. Finally, Cyclops bandages up the wound and puts away his medical supplies.
"And Bobby always asked why I had this," He mutters victoriously. He reaches down and carefully puts Havok's arm over his shoulder. "C'mon, lets get you to a safe place."
Havok weakly shakes his head. "No, we gotta go to the hangar."
"What? Alex, no-"
"Scott," Havok interrupts. "Lorna's there, and she can really change the tide of the fight if she's on our side. When she's on our side."
"What makes you so sure she'll help us?" Cyclops questions.
"Like I said, she only joined the Brotherhood because I did, while she may want to know more about Magneto and her siblings, she would reassure that I was the main reason she was here. If she knows I joined you guys then she'll join as well," Havok explains. "And besides, once she finds out Destiny shot me, she'll definitely want some revenge."
Cyclops grimaces as the two walk past Destiny, already on their way to the hangar. "Don't think she'll get the chance."
"Yeah, she might not," Havok agrees. "Now let's go turn the tide of battle!" Havok shouts, his arm above the wound raised up high, finger pointed upward. He immediately grimaces and clutches at his side. "Shouldn't have done that."
Cyclops chuckles, also grimacing due to his injured ribs. "No. You shouldn't have," He then has a fond smile on his face as the two injured brothers limp towards the main battle, using each other as crutches. "Let's go turn the tide of battle."
Next time: Mirror Match
Havok's identity has been revealed! But c'mon, who didn't see that one coming? Gotta admit, this chapter was a little hard to write at first, but as time went on it got easier and easier, but then I realized something: Polaris is about a year younger than Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, and in this universe Magda died when the twins were about seven years old, meaning Polaris would be an affair baby. And my Magneto isn't that kind of guy, he really did love Magda, so in this story the three are full-blooded siblings, I just never considered that until now. Polaris' story will be that during the chaos when Magda was killed and Wanda was almost killed a sympathetic neighbor escaped with a young Lorna, sending the baby to some friends in America named the Danes. Good? Good.
On another note, remember that Final Fantasy VII Remake fanfic I was talking about? Already started the first chapter. When I eventually upload it, I'll just upload it randomly. While I do find a schedule helpful in some regards, such as spurring me on to write the chapters, I do find it to mainly be limiting at time, such as writing a lot of the chapter the day of uploading, you see? So, yeah, when it's uploaded, I'll tell you.
That's all from me! Please leave a constructive review and remember to stay awesome! See you next Thursday!