The X-men didn't expect anything like the robots that came out of the Carriers. They were very thin in shape, but equally agile and strong. Kitty, who managed to phase through a bunch of them, was the best thing they had against those things.
Raven and Wolverine were ready for anything. Raven had put her scythe away and took out a sai, which she held familiarly in her right hand; she changed her left hand. This time Wolverine saw what it had become--he never thought it would change that much. It was just like a weapon on its own; she now had to deal with adamantium and newly put extendable nails, which she used as claws, surely a dangerous combination.
Raven looked at no one while preparing herself and, once she was done, she pulled her coat over her hand. She hated when people looked at her hand weirdly. It already bothered her enough as it was.
They waited. The Seekers were coming closer and closer, and still they waited. Cyclops and Storm were already trying to get their shots in place, and Wolverine and Raven hadn't moved a muscle still.
Inside the mansion, Xavier watched in awe. He managed to take a couple of the robots out of the way in order to leave more space for the others to blast the Carriers, but still more Seekers kept on coming. He looked over at Wolverine, who was still not attacking. Suddenly, on the monitor, he saw them get in position. With extraordinary velocity and easiness, they started attacking the Seekers. Raven attacked with her sai and her hand, while Wolverine attacked with kicks and his claws. Xavier was dumbfounded--it was like they knew each other's moves perfectly.
Without missing a beat, Raven and Wolverine attacked. Raven knew she needed more time to get Daniel under control but she wasn't going to let the Seekers hurt anyone. The Seekers surrounded them, ten all around, however, their moves were synchronized perfectly. Claw, kick, sai, nails, kick, kick, punch, sai, claw, duck, defend, kick, dodge, punch, elbow, knee, nails, sai, claws. The Seekers just kept on falling like flies. With her sai, she had managed to take out fifteen at once. Wolverine wasn't that much behind, he had already gotten to get thirty down. Raven was ruthless, and Wolverine was just plain crazy, so they made a good team--always had and always would.
Storm conjured up a thunderstorm the size of the mansion. She used her thunderbolts to electrocute half of the Seekers coming out of her team's Carrier. Those Seekers were fairly easy to take down, what she really needed to do was take on the Carrier.
"Spyke, cover me. I need to charge onto the Carrier," Storm shouted hovering above the ground.
"Gotcha, Auntie O," Spyke called back, forgetting that Raven wasn't a familiar among them.
Storm charged up to the Carrier, high above the Seekers, who were jumping up trying to keep her from getting any further. Spyke took advantage of that and spiked-up any Seeker that jumped to get his aunt. Storm got to the Carrier and conjured up an enormous ball of thunder, which she readily jammed into the Carrier's chest. The gem exploded and the Carrier fell over. One down, there was another one to go. The Seekers, who were being sort of "beamed down" through the Carrier's bottom, stopped coming. Storm's team was almost done. She wanted to help Wolverine, but she knew better than that; he would be very mad at her for trying anything. And if Raven was anything like him, she would be even madder. She looked over at them--they still continued their Dance of Destruction. It was so perfect it was almost beautiful. She shook her head and settled on helping Cyclops get his Seekers out of the way.
Beast helped Shadowcat, who was exhausted from phasing through so many Seekers, and went back to punching and kicking as many as he could. Rogue took advantage of the tired Shadowcat and took some of her powers to help. They were half way through with the Seekers, but more was still coming out. The pile of debris left from the destroyed robots was getting bigger and bigger, making it hard for them to move around.
"Jean, can you lift me up? I can't get a clear shot from here and I can't get any closer," said Cyclops, destroying ten Seekers with one blast.
"I'll try," said Jean.
Jean concentrated on Cyclops and he began levitating. She held onto him and pushed him towards the Carrier. The others had to be extra careful now, as to not let anyone break Jean's concentration. Cyclops had an excellent shot now, so he wasted no time. With one very powerful blast, he ripped the Carrier's insides. Much like the other one, the Carrier fell over, stopping the influx of Seekers. They all cheered, but looked over at Wolverine, who was still busy with his Seekers. They had to do something to help them.
~*Don't do anything,*~ said Xavier on their minds. ~*Let them take care of it*~.
~*But Professor, they're just two, we could do something, couldn't we?*~ Kurt answered back.
~*Not this time, Kurt. Look at them, they're amazing,*~ said Jean.
~*Yes, they're very good, indeed,*~ said Professor X.
~*I do believe they have fought before,*~ said Beast. ~*There's more to them than we thought, huh, Professor?*~
Xavier was quiet. Their movements mesmerized them. With nothing more than a couple of kicks and slices, ten Seekers were reduced to nothing but pieces. They advanced further and further; Rogue thought that Raven was going to use her powers but she saw nothing.
"Whah isn't she usin' her powahs?" she asked the Professor, as he stepped outside.
"Ah, but she is," he answered.
"But Ah thought her powahs wer tha energy thang tha she used."
"Yes, you are right. That is one of her powers. Remember the day she attacked? She used more than one of her powers to attack us. Who knows how many powers she actually has," Beast answered before the Professor could. But Xavier didn't want to answer, he was studying their moves.
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In one swift movement, they both jumped back about eighteen feet and waited. The Seekers were getting closer. Cyclops moved in to blast them out of their way but Xavier stopped him; he saw that Raven had put her sai away and was now concentrating. She stood up and unleashed another wave of energy from her jewel--this time bigger than before. It blasted an open path to the Carrier and left a pile of broken Seekers on at the end, forming some sort of step. When she was done, she held onto Wolverine. This time Xavier saw her eyes were tired but she was still struggling with something. He really wished to know what, though.
Raven pushed herself from Wolverine and held her ground. Wolverine knew what it meant: they had to finish what they had started. He looked up and wondered how much time had passed. He was worried about the Destroyers, but he was more worried about Daniel. He shook his head, trying to push those thoughts out of the way; sometime later, he would think about that, not now. They looked forward and waited until a Seeker appeared.
Immediately, two Seekers jumped from behind the pile and charged toward them. They started running toward the Seekers, Raven holding her right hand out. More and more Seekers jumped from behind the pile. Raven gathered energy on her hand and released a blast that went through six Seekers; then, using the step, they both jumped up. Wolverine, with his right claw, and Raven, with her left hand ready to attack, flew toward the Carrier. As their bodies connected with the gem, so did their claws.
The gem exploded, thrusting them off. About twenty Seekers were still left. Raven calmly took out her scythe. She ran away from where the others were standing and the Seekers moved with her. She, abruptly, turned around, scythe in hand. With a quick move, she sliced five. The other Seekers started mounting on top of her, but Raven took them out with her matter-tentacles. When she was done, she knelt down.
"Tom, how much time left?" she asked, tiredly.
Raven and Wolverine were ready for anything. Raven had put her scythe away and took out a sai, which she held familiarly in her right hand; she changed her left hand. This time Wolverine saw what it had become--he never thought it would change that much. It was just like a weapon on its own; she now had to deal with adamantium and newly put extendable nails, which she used as claws, surely a dangerous combination.
Raven looked at no one while preparing herself and, once she was done, she pulled her coat over her hand. She hated when people looked at her hand weirdly. It already bothered her enough as it was.
They waited. The Seekers were coming closer and closer, and still they waited. Cyclops and Storm were already trying to get their shots in place, and Wolverine and Raven hadn't moved a muscle still.
Inside the mansion, Xavier watched in awe. He managed to take a couple of the robots out of the way in order to leave more space for the others to blast the Carriers, but still more Seekers kept on coming. He looked over at Wolverine, who was still not attacking. Suddenly, on the monitor, he saw them get in position. With extraordinary velocity and easiness, they started attacking the Seekers. Raven attacked with her sai and her hand, while Wolverine attacked with kicks and his claws. Xavier was dumbfounded--it was like they knew each other's moves perfectly.
Without missing a beat, Raven and Wolverine attacked. Raven knew she needed more time to get Daniel under control but she wasn't going to let the Seekers hurt anyone. The Seekers surrounded them, ten all around, however, their moves were synchronized perfectly. Claw, kick, sai, nails, kick, kick, punch, sai, claw, duck, defend, kick, dodge, punch, elbow, knee, nails, sai, claws. The Seekers just kept on falling like flies. With her sai, she had managed to take out fifteen at once. Wolverine wasn't that much behind, he had already gotten to get thirty down. Raven was ruthless, and Wolverine was just plain crazy, so they made a good team--always had and always would.
Storm conjured up a thunderstorm the size of the mansion. She used her thunderbolts to electrocute half of the Seekers coming out of her team's Carrier. Those Seekers were fairly easy to take down, what she really needed to do was take on the Carrier.
"Spyke, cover me. I need to charge onto the Carrier," Storm shouted hovering above the ground.
"Gotcha, Auntie O," Spyke called back, forgetting that Raven wasn't a familiar among them.
Storm charged up to the Carrier, high above the Seekers, who were jumping up trying to keep her from getting any further. Spyke took advantage of that and spiked-up any Seeker that jumped to get his aunt. Storm got to the Carrier and conjured up an enormous ball of thunder, which she readily jammed into the Carrier's chest. The gem exploded and the Carrier fell over. One down, there was another one to go. The Seekers, who were being sort of "beamed down" through the Carrier's bottom, stopped coming. Storm's team was almost done. She wanted to help Wolverine, but she knew better than that; he would be very mad at her for trying anything. And if Raven was anything like him, she would be even madder. She looked over at them--they still continued their Dance of Destruction. It was so perfect it was almost beautiful. She shook her head and settled on helping Cyclops get his Seekers out of the way.
Beast helped Shadowcat, who was exhausted from phasing through so many Seekers, and went back to punching and kicking as many as he could. Rogue took advantage of the tired Shadowcat and took some of her powers to help. They were half way through with the Seekers, but more was still coming out. The pile of debris left from the destroyed robots was getting bigger and bigger, making it hard for them to move around.
"Jean, can you lift me up? I can't get a clear shot from here and I can't get any closer," said Cyclops, destroying ten Seekers with one blast.
"I'll try," said Jean.
Jean concentrated on Cyclops and he began levitating. She held onto him and pushed him towards the Carrier. The others had to be extra careful now, as to not let anyone break Jean's concentration. Cyclops had an excellent shot now, so he wasted no time. With one very powerful blast, he ripped the Carrier's insides. Much like the other one, the Carrier fell over, stopping the influx of Seekers. They all cheered, but looked over at Wolverine, who was still busy with his Seekers. They had to do something to help them.
~*Don't do anything,*~ said Xavier on their minds. ~*Let them take care of it*~.
~*But Professor, they're just two, we could do something, couldn't we?*~ Kurt answered back.
~*Not this time, Kurt. Look at them, they're amazing,*~ said Jean.
~*Yes, they're very good, indeed,*~ said Professor X.
~*I do believe they have fought before,*~ said Beast. ~*There's more to them than we thought, huh, Professor?*~
Xavier was quiet. Their movements mesmerized them. With nothing more than a couple of kicks and slices, ten Seekers were reduced to nothing but pieces. They advanced further and further; Rogue thought that Raven was going to use her powers but she saw nothing.
"Whah isn't she usin' her powahs?" she asked the Professor, as he stepped outside.
"Ah, but she is," he answered.
"But Ah thought her powahs wer tha energy thang tha she used."
"Yes, you are right. That is one of her powers. Remember the day she attacked? She used more than one of her powers to attack us. Who knows how many powers she actually has," Beast answered before the Professor could. But Xavier didn't want to answer, he was studying their moves.
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In one swift movement, they both jumped back about eighteen feet and waited. The Seekers were getting closer. Cyclops moved in to blast them out of their way but Xavier stopped him; he saw that Raven had put her sai away and was now concentrating. She stood up and unleashed another wave of energy from her jewel--this time bigger than before. It blasted an open path to the Carrier and left a pile of broken Seekers on at the end, forming some sort of step. When she was done, she held onto Wolverine. This time Xavier saw her eyes were tired but she was still struggling with something. He really wished to know what, though.
Raven pushed herself from Wolverine and held her ground. Wolverine knew what it meant: they had to finish what they had started. He looked up and wondered how much time had passed. He was worried about the Destroyers, but he was more worried about Daniel. He shook his head, trying to push those thoughts out of the way; sometime later, he would think about that, not now. They looked forward and waited until a Seeker appeared.
Immediately, two Seekers jumped from behind the pile and charged toward them. They started running toward the Seekers, Raven holding her right hand out. More and more Seekers jumped from behind the pile. Raven gathered energy on her hand and released a blast that went through six Seekers; then, using the step, they both jumped up. Wolverine, with his right claw, and Raven, with her left hand ready to attack, flew toward the Carrier. As their bodies connected with the gem, so did their claws.
The gem exploded, thrusting them off. About twenty Seekers were still left. Raven calmly took out her scythe. She ran away from where the others were standing and the Seekers moved with her. She, abruptly, turned around, scythe in hand. With a quick move, she sliced five. The other Seekers started mounting on top of her, but Raven took them out with her matter-tentacles. When she was done, she knelt down.
"Tom, how much time left?" she asked, tiredly.