"About twenty minutes," he answered.
"Good, thanks. Please, get rid of these pieces," she said, on her voice there was a noticeable dose of strain and pain. She pressed her finger to the sensor on her scythe and an arrowhead popped out at the end of it. She jammed it into the ground and held herself up.
"Are ya alright?" asked Wolverine, taking his mask off.
She nodded, but knew that he'd sense her lie. The old psychic link worked a little too well for them; it had since she was little, why would it be any different now. Ever since she could remember, they had been able to tell what the other was feeling or whether they had a problem. Daniel was hurting her from the inside, but she held on. He hated when she started getting all melodramatic about Logan.
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~*Keep yer head up,*~ he screamed inside her.
~*Shut up, bub. I ain't letting you take over this time.*~
~*Oh, and what makes you think you can stop me? No one can stop me. I was created to destroy, and destroy I will.*~
~*Ha ha ha...I wanna see you try, bub. I was also created you know. I ain't letting you destroy anything. I can take you on.*~
~*You and what army, Genie, dear? Maybe your dearest Logan will help you, or maybe not. Do you really think that he's going to come to your rescue every time you need help?*~
~*Shut up, Daniel. And don't call me Gene, I hate that name.*~
~*It's the name you were given!! I was given the same one when I was created, you remember that.*~
~*No I don't, because of you I don't remember anything anymore. You had to walk into Weapon X.*~
~*You were looking for Logan and I led you right into him. I didn't know he wasn't there anymore.*~
~*You're an animal and you know it, Daniel. Don't try to act all innocent now. It's not working. You led me to Weapon X because you wanted to have more than one way of destroying things. And you're _not_ taking over.*~
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"Fa-uh...Raven!" shouted Logan. She was kneeling down, still holding onto the scythe, but shaking with anger and pain. "Look at me!!"
"I'm fine, help me get up," she said.
"And Daniel?"
"I'm not letting him take over. I'm taking him in even if it kills me."
"Let me help ya. Please, let me help. Ya don't have ta do everything by yerself," he asked her.
"NO!" she shouted. "I was assigned to take care of Daniel and to use him only when I was told."
"I was assigned the same thing. Or ya think that Zhar recruited me because he wanted ta, eh? I asked to be recruited with ya. Now, let me help, the others are coming here."
Logan grabbed her left hand and closed her fingers around his skin. Quickly, she grabbed a large amount of energy from him. He grunted but held on and, when he knew that she was strong enough he let go. His head felt light and he was suddenly very tired; however, he wanted to show Faye he was strong enough to take care of her.
"Raven, are you alright?" asked Rogue.
"Yes, I'm fine now. Thanks for all the help you've given me," she said. "I still have to take care of the Destroyers that are coming."
"Mr. McCoy!" called Nightcrawler. "Kitty is hurt really, really bad."
"What happened?" asked Raven.
"She's hurt. I believe she has worked too hard phasing through all those robots at once," Beast explained.
"Tom, get this junk outta here," Raven screamed in her communicator, walking toward Shadowcat, who groaned in pain.
"I'm getting to it. Christ! I had to re-route some trackers that were released on my systems. I'll get to the junk in a second," replied Tom.
"Ow..." cried Shadowcat. She had been hiding an enormous piece of metal that was stuck to her side.
"Can you phase through?" asked Raven.
"Ouch...No, I can't," she answered, crying.
Raven put her right hand over the metal and concentrated on making it thinner. When it was good enough, she yanked it from Shadowcat's side. Shadowcat howled in pain and started crying even harder. Raven, then, moved her left hand toward the cut. The X-men were alarmed--they remembered what her hand had done to the Technarch. However, when Kitty looked at what Raven was about to do, she started shrieking and ranting.
"NO!!! Don't let her touch me!!! OHMYGAWD!!!!! She's, like, going to kill me!!!!" cried her.
The others tried calming her down, but she kept on screaming and backing away from Raven. Darkly, Raven pulled out her scythe and released it right on Shadowcat's nose. Shadowcat whimpered and pushed her body toward the ground. This startled everyone, but it was Jean who thought fast and used her telekinesis to take the weapon away from Raven's hand. As soon as Jean touched the screen panel on the handle, the scythe popped back in and wouldn't come out. Wolverine looked at her reproachfully, and raised his hand. The scythe flew from Jean's hand and landed on Wolverine's; as he touched the sensor, the blade flung open.
"Nice. It still works," he grunted to himself.
"Don't move," said Raven, not paying attention to all that nonsense.
Shadowcat whimpered as Raven moved her hand on the bleeding cut again. With her right, she pulled the coat away from her hidden left, revealing a normal hand. She placed it gently on the cut and concentrated. A green light started surrounding them and Shadowcat groaned lightly. As Raven pulled away from Kitty, they saw that she wasn't hurt anymore.
"You healed her," said Storm, thunderstruck.
"It's my curse. The same hand that kills, heals. Ironic, isn't it?" Raven said, walking away from the group.
"Sorry to interrupt the beautiful moment, but I am ready to take the junk away," said Tom.
"Ok, we're clearing the way," she said.
She told them all to move away and took a small device out of her purse. She pushed a button on the side and threw it on the middle of the heap. Suddenly, a huge blast imploded into the heaps, and a purple light surrounded every piece of metal on the mansion grounds. In a second, all the junk was nowhere to be seen.
"Amazing," said Beast.
"Yes, it is a rather nifty device," said Raven. "Tom, how much time?"
"Five minutes. They're almost there. Get ready," answered Tom.
"Thanks," she answered and turned to the others. "Don't stay close. And try not to get in the way."
"Whatcha gonna do?" asked Logan.
"Don't worry about it. They're coming, I can feel it."
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Raven walked up to the middle of the walkway and waited. From behind the walls, jumped three Destroyers. They looked exactly like the Seekers, but much bigger and their heads were domes, which had control panels and a person controlling the machine. Each dome held a Zhar agent. They were ruthless, but they feared her either way.
She looked at them with disdain; however, Logan sensed her fear, which was understandable, those were the things that took her away from him when she was young, then took her back when they both ran away from Zhar. Logan hated them with a passion; nevertheless, he wasn't going to get involved--after all, she had asked him not to.
"Surrender!" screamed what seemed to be the leader of the group.
"Never!" Raven screamed back.
"Good, thanks. Please, get rid of these pieces," she said, on her voice there was a noticeable dose of strain and pain. She pressed her finger to the sensor on her scythe and an arrowhead popped out at the end of it. She jammed it into the ground and held herself up.
"Are ya alright?" asked Wolverine, taking his mask off.
She nodded, but knew that he'd sense her lie. The old psychic link worked a little too well for them; it had since she was little, why would it be any different now. Ever since she could remember, they had been able to tell what the other was feeling or whether they had a problem. Daniel was hurting her from the inside, but she held on. He hated when she started getting all melodramatic about Logan.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~*Keep yer head up,*~ he screamed inside her.
~*Shut up, bub. I ain't letting you take over this time.*~
~*Oh, and what makes you think you can stop me? No one can stop me. I was created to destroy, and destroy I will.*~
~*Ha ha ha...I wanna see you try, bub. I was also created you know. I ain't letting you destroy anything. I can take you on.*~
~*You and what army, Genie, dear? Maybe your dearest Logan will help you, or maybe not. Do you really think that he's going to come to your rescue every time you need help?*~
~*Shut up, Daniel. And don't call me Gene, I hate that name.*~
~*It's the name you were given!! I was given the same one when I was created, you remember that.*~
~*No I don't, because of you I don't remember anything anymore. You had to walk into Weapon X.*~
~*You were looking for Logan and I led you right into him. I didn't know he wasn't there anymore.*~
~*You're an animal and you know it, Daniel. Don't try to act all innocent now. It's not working. You led me to Weapon X because you wanted to have more than one way of destroying things. And you're _not_ taking over.*~
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"Fa-uh...Raven!" shouted Logan. She was kneeling down, still holding onto the scythe, but shaking with anger and pain. "Look at me!!"
"I'm fine, help me get up," she said.
"And Daniel?"
"I'm not letting him take over. I'm taking him in even if it kills me."
"Let me help ya. Please, let me help. Ya don't have ta do everything by yerself," he asked her.
"NO!" she shouted. "I was assigned to take care of Daniel and to use him only when I was told."
"I was assigned the same thing. Or ya think that Zhar recruited me because he wanted ta, eh? I asked to be recruited with ya. Now, let me help, the others are coming here."
Logan grabbed her left hand and closed her fingers around his skin. Quickly, she grabbed a large amount of energy from him. He grunted but held on and, when he knew that she was strong enough he let go. His head felt light and he was suddenly very tired; however, he wanted to show Faye he was strong enough to take care of her.
"Raven, are you alright?" asked Rogue.
"Yes, I'm fine now. Thanks for all the help you've given me," she said. "I still have to take care of the Destroyers that are coming."
"Mr. McCoy!" called Nightcrawler. "Kitty is hurt really, really bad."
"What happened?" asked Raven.
"She's hurt. I believe she has worked too hard phasing through all those robots at once," Beast explained.
"Tom, get this junk outta here," Raven screamed in her communicator, walking toward Shadowcat, who groaned in pain.
"I'm getting to it. Christ! I had to re-route some trackers that were released on my systems. I'll get to the junk in a second," replied Tom.
"Ow..." cried Shadowcat. She had been hiding an enormous piece of metal that was stuck to her side.
"Can you phase through?" asked Raven.
"Ouch...No, I can't," she answered, crying.
Raven put her right hand over the metal and concentrated on making it thinner. When it was good enough, she yanked it from Shadowcat's side. Shadowcat howled in pain and started crying even harder. Raven, then, moved her left hand toward the cut. The X-men were alarmed--they remembered what her hand had done to the Technarch. However, when Kitty looked at what Raven was about to do, she started shrieking and ranting.
"NO!!! Don't let her touch me!!! OHMYGAWD!!!!! She's, like, going to kill me!!!!" cried her.
The others tried calming her down, but she kept on screaming and backing away from Raven. Darkly, Raven pulled out her scythe and released it right on Shadowcat's nose. Shadowcat whimpered and pushed her body toward the ground. This startled everyone, but it was Jean who thought fast and used her telekinesis to take the weapon away from Raven's hand. As soon as Jean touched the screen panel on the handle, the scythe popped back in and wouldn't come out. Wolverine looked at her reproachfully, and raised his hand. The scythe flew from Jean's hand and landed on Wolverine's; as he touched the sensor, the blade flung open.
"Nice. It still works," he grunted to himself.
"Don't move," said Raven, not paying attention to all that nonsense.
Shadowcat whimpered as Raven moved her hand on the bleeding cut again. With her right, she pulled the coat away from her hidden left, revealing a normal hand. She placed it gently on the cut and concentrated. A green light started surrounding them and Shadowcat groaned lightly. As Raven pulled away from Kitty, they saw that she wasn't hurt anymore.
"You healed her," said Storm, thunderstruck.
"It's my curse. The same hand that kills, heals. Ironic, isn't it?" Raven said, walking away from the group.
"Sorry to interrupt the beautiful moment, but I am ready to take the junk away," said Tom.
"Ok, we're clearing the way," she said.
She told them all to move away and took a small device out of her purse. She pushed a button on the side and threw it on the middle of the heap. Suddenly, a huge blast imploded into the heaps, and a purple light surrounded every piece of metal on the mansion grounds. In a second, all the junk was nowhere to be seen.
"Amazing," said Beast.
"Yes, it is a rather nifty device," said Raven. "Tom, how much time?"
"Five minutes. They're almost there. Get ready," answered Tom.
"Thanks," she answered and turned to the others. "Don't stay close. And try not to get in the way."
"Whatcha gonna do?" asked Logan.
"Don't worry about it. They're coming, I can feel it."
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Raven walked up to the middle of the walkway and waited. From behind the walls, jumped three Destroyers. They looked exactly like the Seekers, but much bigger and their heads were domes, which had control panels and a person controlling the machine. Each dome held a Zhar agent. They were ruthless, but they feared her either way.
She looked at them with disdain; however, Logan sensed her fear, which was understandable, those were the things that took her away from him when she was young, then took her back when they both ran away from Zhar. Logan hated them with a passion; nevertheless, he wasn't going to get involved--after all, she had asked him not to.
"Surrender!" screamed what seemed to be the leader of the group.
"Never!" Raven screamed back.