"Excuse me, but what are Carriers and Seeker?" asked Spyke.
"Carriers are giant robots. They can make themselves invisible to the normal person; not me, however. Perhaps Wolverine can see them too," explained Raven as Wolverine nodded in approval again. "They have only a body and legs to transport them. In the middle of their bodies, there is a white gem. It guards all their main circuits; if anyone can destroy it, they won't function anymore and the Seekers won't be able to come out.
"Seekers are smaller in size and shape, but awfully quick. They can fight very well, so watch out for them. They look like very thin people, with legs, arms and a head. They aren't very smart because they only have one task programmed: to seek my energy. But they do have authority to destroy everything else that is not me. Your job is to keep them away from the team leaders and get them away from the jewel; they'll be needing a clean shot of them. You sould be able to destroy Seekers without too much trouble, they're too thin and break quite easily."
"And the Destroyers are....?" asked Beast.
"Exactly what their name suggest," said Raven. "They're just like Seekers but bigger and more deadlier. They have more disk space, and a commander within them."
"A commander...?" said Cyclops.
"One of Zhar's agents. They're highly trained and ruthless. I don't want you to take any of them. I will take care of them. Hopefully, I'll be out of here by the time they reach the city limits."
"Whatcha gonna do?" asked Wolverine.
"What I must," Raven said without feeling. "The Carriers are almost here, I can see them now. Get ready."
They spread out in teams. Storm's team had Spyke, Rogue, and Nightcrawler. Scott's team had Beast, Jean, and Shadowcat. Since they seek Raven's energy, Xavier couldn't do much other than help the teams with Cerebro's defenses. Raven and Wolverine went to the left.
"There are two coming that way," she shouted out as she pointed East. "Another one is coming this way. Wolverine and I will take it out, don't worry."
"Question: If they're invisible, how are we going to see them?" asked Nightcrawler.
"I'll make them visible again. Don't worry," said Raven moving to the middle of the road. "It's time. I'll call them over here."
They all wondered what she meant by "call them," however, they weren't too sure if they wanted to know.
She stood in the middle of road looking straight ahead. Her long, dark hair blew in the wind. Raven concentrated hard on her own energy, after all she had taken enough from the Technarcs. They watched in awe as she made her energy move from the tips of her toes through her body and finally up on her head. She glowed golden and silver, dark and light at the same time. Inside the mansion, Xavier watched Raven.
*She has a great power within her,* he thought. *Very evil and very powerful too.*
When she couldn't get anymore, she released it all through her jewel, which expanded it ten times, toward the sky. The bright light lit up the already bright morning sky. Raven screamed painfully as the energy left her body and exploded in the sky, when she was done she collapsed. Wolverine went to her rescue but she was already picking herself up. He knew that she wouldn't want him to do anything, and that she would be too embarrassed if he tried helping her.
She came up with difficulty and asked Tom for an energy reading: 78, 49. Those were very high readings, considering the amount she had already released. Raven wasn't very pleased with that. If this kept up, she wouldn't be able to be much help during the fight and would be having a hard time just holding Daniel. She looked up and saw the Carriers approaching.
*Time to get rid of their invisibility field,* she thought.
Again she gathered more energy; her goal was to release enough of her energy to have the dial reach 55 and then gather some from Daniel. It was a crazy plan but she had to try something. Raven put all the energy on her hands and released Shot 1. It landed on air and something started short-circuiting.
"Energy reading: 70," said Tom.
It was starting to get more difficult than she thought. She was ready for Shot 2. She released it and another short-circuit could be heard. She gathered energy again, and released Shot 3, this time on the side she and Wolverine were standing. A third short-circuit sound was heard.
They waited for something, anything, to appear.
"Energy reading: 45. You released more than you thought you would," warned Tom.
"I know," she answered. "How's Daniel?"
"At forty percent," answered Tom.
"Oh, boy, that's no good," said Wolverine.
Raven nodded. The others didn't understand what they were talking about, but, before they could ask them anything, three huge machines appeared. The Carriers were just like Raven had described them: a square body standing on two legs, which looked more like stools.
Storm's team got ready and she took flight. Cyclops' team was also ready, Cyclops prepared his eye beam to full power and Shadowcat concentrated on short-circuiting as many robots as she could. Cerebro was also ready with most of its weapon enabled and at Professor X's control. Raven and Wolverine weren't worried, their Carrier was the one that was closest to the mansion and they weren't even looking at it; they just talked like nothing was going on.
"Can you hold him?" asked Wolverine.
"I'm going to try. He shouldn't be a problem, I just needed a little more time to concentrate on the energy transfer. You know it's harder when I'm not touching anyone."
"I know. I'll hold them off for ya."
"Nah, I'm ok. I'll do what I can. That's what I was created for, after all."
"Ya know I hate when ya talk like that!"
"I know that. But it's the truth."
"It's not who ya are."
"Just drop it, Logan. You, more than anyone, know you can't change the past."
"Maybe. Although, there are some things I wish I could've changed."
"Yeah? Like what?"
"Like when ya left."
She looked at him awkwardly. He looked back at her, deeply, tenderly; she hated it but now she wanted it. She welcomed that look--it made her feel truly loved. They could've looked into each others' eyes all day, but something cut their gaze. It was Rogue and Jean's screams.
"Carriers are giant robots. They can make themselves invisible to the normal person; not me, however. Perhaps Wolverine can see them too," explained Raven as Wolverine nodded in approval again. "They have only a body and legs to transport them. In the middle of their bodies, there is a white gem. It guards all their main circuits; if anyone can destroy it, they won't function anymore and the Seekers won't be able to come out.
"Seekers are smaller in size and shape, but awfully quick. They can fight very well, so watch out for them. They look like very thin people, with legs, arms and a head. They aren't very smart because they only have one task programmed: to seek my energy. But they do have authority to destroy everything else that is not me. Your job is to keep them away from the team leaders and get them away from the jewel; they'll be needing a clean shot of them. You sould be able to destroy Seekers without too much trouble, they're too thin and break quite easily."
"And the Destroyers are....?" asked Beast.
"Exactly what their name suggest," said Raven. "They're just like Seekers but bigger and more deadlier. They have more disk space, and a commander within them."
"A commander...?" said Cyclops.
"One of Zhar's agents. They're highly trained and ruthless. I don't want you to take any of them. I will take care of them. Hopefully, I'll be out of here by the time they reach the city limits."
"Whatcha gonna do?" asked Wolverine.
"What I must," Raven said without feeling. "The Carriers are almost here, I can see them now. Get ready."
They spread out in teams. Storm's team had Spyke, Rogue, and Nightcrawler. Scott's team had Beast, Jean, and Shadowcat. Since they seek Raven's energy, Xavier couldn't do much other than help the teams with Cerebro's defenses. Raven and Wolverine went to the left.
"There are two coming that way," she shouted out as she pointed East. "Another one is coming this way. Wolverine and I will take it out, don't worry."
"Question: If they're invisible, how are we going to see them?" asked Nightcrawler.
"I'll make them visible again. Don't worry," said Raven moving to the middle of the road. "It's time. I'll call them over here."
They all wondered what she meant by "call them," however, they weren't too sure if they wanted to know.
She stood in the middle of road looking straight ahead. Her long, dark hair blew in the wind. Raven concentrated hard on her own energy, after all she had taken enough from the Technarcs. They watched in awe as she made her energy move from the tips of her toes through her body and finally up on her head. She glowed golden and silver, dark and light at the same time. Inside the mansion, Xavier watched Raven.
*She has a great power within her,* he thought. *Very evil and very powerful too.*
When she couldn't get anymore, she released it all through her jewel, which expanded it ten times, toward the sky. The bright light lit up the already bright morning sky. Raven screamed painfully as the energy left her body and exploded in the sky, when she was done she collapsed. Wolverine went to her rescue but she was already picking herself up. He knew that she wouldn't want him to do anything, and that she would be too embarrassed if he tried helping her.
She came up with difficulty and asked Tom for an energy reading: 78, 49. Those were very high readings, considering the amount she had already released. Raven wasn't very pleased with that. If this kept up, she wouldn't be able to be much help during the fight and would be having a hard time just holding Daniel. She looked up and saw the Carriers approaching.
*Time to get rid of their invisibility field,* she thought.
Again she gathered more energy; her goal was to release enough of her energy to have the dial reach 55 and then gather some from Daniel. It was a crazy plan but she had to try something. Raven put all the energy on her hands and released Shot 1. It landed on air and something started short-circuiting.
"Energy reading: 70," said Tom.
It was starting to get more difficult than she thought. She was ready for Shot 2. She released it and another short-circuit could be heard. She gathered energy again, and released Shot 3, this time on the side she and Wolverine were standing. A third short-circuit sound was heard.
They waited for something, anything, to appear.
"Energy reading: 45. You released more than you thought you would," warned Tom.
"I know," she answered. "How's Daniel?"
"At forty percent," answered Tom.
"Oh, boy, that's no good," said Wolverine.
Raven nodded. The others didn't understand what they were talking about, but, before they could ask them anything, three huge machines appeared. The Carriers were just like Raven had described them: a square body standing on two legs, which looked more like stools.
Storm's team got ready and she took flight. Cyclops' team was also ready, Cyclops prepared his eye beam to full power and Shadowcat concentrated on short-circuiting as many robots as she could. Cerebro was also ready with most of its weapon enabled and at Professor X's control. Raven and Wolverine weren't worried, their Carrier was the one that was closest to the mansion and they weren't even looking at it; they just talked like nothing was going on.
"Can you hold him?" asked Wolverine.
"I'm going to try. He shouldn't be a problem, I just needed a little more time to concentrate on the energy transfer. You know it's harder when I'm not touching anyone."
"I know. I'll hold them off for ya."
"Nah, I'm ok. I'll do what I can. That's what I was created for, after all."
"Ya know I hate when ya talk like that!"
"I know that. But it's the truth."
"It's not who ya are."
"Just drop it, Logan. You, more than anyone, know you can't change the past."
"Maybe. Although, there are some things I wish I could've changed."
"Yeah? Like what?"
"Like when ya left."
She looked at him awkwardly. He looked back at her, deeply, tenderly; she hated it but now she wanted it. She welcomed that look--it made her feel truly loved. They could've looked into each others' eyes all day, but something cut their gaze. It was Rogue and Jean's screams.