Chapter 3
Disclaimer: Time to find out how going to Xavier's works out! Oh boy! If I am thinking rightly, the Xavier Institute would still be at the re-building stage at this point.
Xavier Institute
Chaos was a good way to describe the scene at the front yard of the Xavier Institute For The Gifted. As the Brotherhood hadn't waited for the gate to open and instead, crashed right through it in their haste to try and get some help. Leading to the few defense systems in place to be smashed by both Fred and Wanda and getting the X-Men to come out in their regular everyday clothes and start fighting with the Brotherhood. Thinking that their enemies were simply showing up to cause problems. "Hey! Would ya cut it out!? We're here for help!" Hollered Fred unhappily as he was assaulted by the optic beams of Scott 'Cyclops' Summers.
Wanda had already managed to take out Kitty and was attempting to do the same with Kurt while also fighting off Rogue at the same time as Todd dodged Evan's spike attacks. "And we're supposed to believe you? Forgive me if I don't buy that." Scott 'Cyclops' Summers told him bluntly as he kept on the pressure.
Fred scowled. "Considerin' Lance is sicker then the time my Aunt Ed Smith dranked 30 year old Moonshine and ended up in the hospital for three years, I'd say that yeah, you are supposed to believe that!"
"Did he just say-"
"Don't, Evan, just don't go there." Moaned Rogue as she remembered all too well the stories about Blob's various family members!
"Look, we ain't came to fight, yo, alright? We just came here to get he-HEY! LET ME GO, RED!"
"No, I don't think I will." Jean told him as she kept him suspended in the air as Arcade watched on in a nervous fashion.
"N-NO! NOT THE KEROSENE BUTTER!" Moaned Lance in between heavy, gasping breaths.
Which distracted Kurt long enough for Wanda to get a Hex hit on him much to his dismay. "AUGH!"
"KURT!"
Todd continued to try and plead his case to Jean and the others but they refused to listen, thinking it was nothing more than a trap. The Redhead was keeping him suspended in the air as Rogue and even Amara kept Wanda occupied. At least until Tabitha got involved by sending a Time Bomb to distract Jean's concentration. And for good measure, got a wrench directly to her head courtesy of Arcade after he came across it in Lance's jeep in the hopes of finding something he could use to help out. Protesters could easily be heard by the gate and surprisingly, it wasn't anti-Mutant protests, but protests against how the X-Men were handling things. Scott's friend Paul and Jean's friend Taryn were even checking on Lance to see how he was considering that they'd noticed how bad off he seemed to be looking.
"What the Hell are you two doing!? Its a trick of some kind!"
Wanda scowled in annoyance at Scott. "This is NOT a trick you idiot!"
Her addressing of him gave Rogue the in she needed to get a good hit on the other girl, causing an errant Hex Bolt to hit Amara. "She's right! Alvers is looking really sick!"
"I always thought tha-AUGH!" Shouted Scott as Fred had had enough and rushed him despite the constant stream of Optic Blasts and slugged him hard.
"YA WANNA LISTEN NOW!? HUH!? WE JUST CAME FOR HELP 'CAUSE LANCE IS REALLY SICK! GOD, I HATE YOU STUCK UP SNOBS!" Bellowed the large boy as his eyes grew watery and his face went red in anger.
His rage beginning to get to him as Todd tried to dodge Evan's attacks once again. "Can one of you New Mutants stop starin' at us and join in!?" Asked Rogue irately and got a Time Bomb for her troubles.
"Tabitha!"
"I'm not even sorry!" Declared the girl as she went to go and check on Lance for herself while asking the two Humans why they were bothering. Completely missing that Fred had knocked Rogue to the ground and was getting an ice treatment from Bobby Drake. Which was only angering Fred even more.
Tabby soon learned that the two Humans didn't hate Mutants, but that they were just really pissed with their two supposed friends, or in Taryn's case, ex-boyfriend, for never being willing enough to trust them with their secret. "STOP THIS AT ONCE!" Bellowed Hank 'The Beast' McCoy as he arrived from the lower levels of the Institute with Jamie Madrox and Sam Guthrie with him.
And the man did NOT look happy that this whole thing had happened while he'd been looking into a project of his. "But Mr. McCoy! They attacked first!" Protested Bobby as he iced up Fred to his neck.
"THIS WON'T KEEP ME STUCK FOR LONG! YOU HEAR ME!? I'M GETTIN' FREE!"
"No, you guys attacked first instead of giving the group a chance to explain!" Yelled out Arcade in defense of the Brotherhood.
"And Mr. Torque would be right. I can sense it from him myself. Perhaps I have failed in teaching you all the necessity of asking questions first." Added the disappointed voice of Professor Charles Xavier as he rolled up to the two groups with Ororo and Logan on opposite sides of him from a nearby Limousine.
Not wasting any more time, Xavier told Hank to quickly get Lance to the lower levels. "What!? Professor, are you sure this is a good idea!? This could be a trap of some kind!" Protested Evan as Hank did as told with Arcade, Taryn, Tabitha, and Paul following along.
"Daniels! Even you have to see this isn't a trick! Did you not see the blood trailing from Lance's mouth!? Not to mention the crazed screaming from him!?" Asked Paul in disbelief as Xavier looked on at his students with disappointment.
"Amara, get Mr. Dukes out of that ice and be careful in doing so. Everyone else, help those who are injured down to the lower levels."
No protests were made but a few pained groans were heard.
Author's Notes: So I had a completely different chapter wrote up and may still have somewhere, but in the end, I decided to go for a more actiony/drama filled one instead.