Raven eyed the Destroyers without any hints of emotions, only Logan knew the immense amount of fear she was really feeling. Two of the three commanders in the Destroyers weren't too sure of what to do next. The other kept on looking at Raven.
The X-men figured that the one in the middle was the leader. He was dressed in a red uniform, his eyes were very light blue and his hair was black. He looked merciless and, for some reason unknown to everyone but Logan, very angry. The Destroyer to their right looked too scared and lost to know anything; she was skinny and dorky looking. She wore big glasses and an equally big uniform. She looked very nervous and her big, puffy, light brown hair didn't help her look any better. Meanwhile, the one on their left looked too ready, as if he'd pounce at the first command. He was a very big guy, one of those all-muscle-no-brains-Arnold Schwarzenegger-loving type of guys.
Logan knew that Raven would go for the newbie first; it was the obvious thing to do. He saw her foot move slightly; so did the Top Commander. He knew she was going to attack; so did the Top Commander. Logan wondered how she was going to attack the Destroyer since he was still holding her scythe and still had the two knives that she'd buried on his bike.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The Top Commander could warn the newbie that Raven was going to attack her first, but that would throw her off too much; plus, he knew she was going to go for him, if her first attack failed. Like in chess, if he sacrificed a mere pawn, the bishop could be saved. And he (the bishop) needed to be saved in order for the whole plan to work out. So he stayed quiet, which meant to him one less loser to screw things up.
"Surrender," T. C. said again.
"Commander?" asked the newbie. "Do you really think it's such a good idea to get her with so many people around her?"
"Idiot!!!!" cried T. C. on the intercom. "I know her well enough to be certain that she'd give herself up instead of allowing the people around her to die"
"B-But....but...." tried the newbie.
"No buts! I don't care if we have to kill everybody. We're taking her with us."
"Sir, yes, sir!!!" shouted both of them at once.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Give yourself up and no harm will come to those around you, Kaillah," said T. C. to Raven.
*Bad move, Bub,* thought Logan. *Ya really don't wanna make'er mad.*
~*What do you mean, Logan?*~ asked Professor X.
~*She hates that name. It reminds her of bad times in her life.*~
~*But what does it mean?*~
~*It means she's mad and now they're gonna pay,*~ said Logan and quieted himself.
He wasn't about to say anything else and Professor X. knew that. Xavier turned his attention to Raven. He wondered how many secrets she actually held. He hadn't seen her face, but her voice sounded young; however, she acted like she had had a lot of experiences--bad experiences, but experiences nonetheless.
Quickly, Raven ran towards the newbie. Being two steps ahead of anyone, T. C. stopped the other Destroyer from doing anything. They all watched her closely as she performed the exact movements they had anticipated. However, she did something that surprised them all.
Raven leaped in the air and twisted her body to face T. C.. She pulled her sai from the back of her belt and threw them at him. He quickly moved out of their way and allowed them to land on the left Destroyer. Wildly, the commander looked around for Raven's form. He couldn't find anything, she had changed herself and was now hiding. She could be anywhere, on the ground, hiding in the walls, on the trees...
Logan felt the scythe move in his hands. He scanned the area and saw a mound move quietly toward his left side. Unbeknownst to anyone there, Logan dropped the scythe, and watched, as the ground closed in around it. He looked at the people around him, and saw that, luckily, no one had noticed anything.
The mound moved cautiously toward the hurt Destroyer. T. C. was still searching around him for Raven; he spotted the mound and pointed--but it was too late. As T. C. pointed, Raven came out of the ground scythe ready and in hand. She used her powers to create a pillar underneath her feet; this way, she'd be able to reach the Destroyer without much work.
With her powers she melted a hole in the protective dome that one of the commander had been sitting under and reached for his collar. With all the strength she could find, she yanked the big guy out of the dome. As he hit the floor with great impact, she sliced the Destroyer down to bits, leaving nothing but bits and pieces to tell the story.
The big guy growled and pulled out a ray gun. Rogue saw it and tried to warn Raven, but T. C. grabbed her with the Destroyer. The big guy shot Raven and, as she fell to the floor, Logan ran to catch her.
Cyclops blasted the big guy but he was too strong for them. He then tried to free Rogue but couldn't blast through the Destroyer.
"They're made with adamantium!" shouted Logan, halting on his tracks when he saw Raven turn her body into one big, brown mass. "Don't go near them. Let Raven take care of it. Stay away!!!!"
His warnings went unnoticed. Beast was already fighting with the big guy and Shadowcat was trying to help Cyclops and Jean release Rogue. T. C. used his Destroyer knock Shadowcat, Jean and Spyke out of the way and pick up Cyclops.
"Don't just stand there," T. C. screamed in the intercom. "Help me find, Kaillah."
"I can't see her, sir," she answered and nervously turned on the sound on the outside of her Destroyer. "Kaillah, give yourself up! O-Or...w-we will kill your friends."
The girl looked around trying to desperately find Raven before she could attack again. The radar showed her energy coming close but it couldn't exactly pinpoint the location.
"Tom is probably assisting her, you dimwit. Scramble your signals," said T. C.
"Yes, sir," she answered as she punched a bunch of buttons to scramble Tom's signals.
The radar now showed Raven's energy perfectly. The location was....behind her.
The girls tried to turn around but Raven leaped from the ground and caught a hold on the Destroyer's back. She quickly climbed up and reached the dome. Nervously, the girl looked at Raven; she was deathly afraid of what Raven could do. The smell of fear didn't help Raven any--Daniel was trying desperately to go loose. Raven couldn't fight him anymore, she actually needed his help. She let go of the small grasp of conscience she so badly held on to and Daniel took over.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Daniel growled hungrily at the girl's energy. He wanted to take it. He changed his hand and reached for the girl. She screamed as all the energy she had left her body. Her screams pierced through the mid-morning air and send chills down everyone's spines. They watched in horror as a changed Raven showed no mercy toward the girl's pain, and, in no time, she was dead.
"Portal," he growled on the communicator.
"And what's the magic word?" asked Tom trying to stall.
"Hocus Pocus. Now open it!" Daniel growled again.
Tom couldn't do anything other than open the portal. Daniel picked up the girl's lifeless body and threw it in the portal. The others winced at Raven's change of attitude. She was now deadlier and crazier. Her voice didn't change, but somehow it did have something different about it, like a different pitch or something.
Daniel jumped in the Destroyer and started controlling it.
"Drop them, T. C.," he said.
"I don't think so. I know it's not the girl anymore, she let the animal loose now."
"Yea, well, the animal is now ready to rip you apart. Now let the kids go, or she won't let me use all my powers."
"Make me," T. C. said with a sly smile on his face.
"Ya don't wanna her mad, bub," said Logan to T. C.
"Stay out of this, Logan! You're no longer on the payroll," T. C. shouted.
"And thank God fer that! Or ya think that, if Raven wasn't there, I'd ever work fer the likes o' ya?"
"Well, we never really wanted to hire you anyway."
"Alright, T. C.. Cut the small talk. Let the kids go and I'll cut you a deal," Daniel grinned toothily.
"I know better than to make deals with maniacs," said T. C.. "And don't call me T. C., you know my name."
"Well, I'm sorry Lieutenant Tyran S. Pherru. I'm sure you'll be very interested in this deal," Daniel said as he stepped out of the Destroyer.
Daniel sat down at the edge and faced Pherru. He looked him up and down, eyeing him from his head to his waist, which was exactly where the Destroyer started. Daniel searched for a weakness, some kind of edge that would give him the advantage. After about half a minute, he found it right under his right eye. Pherru had a little twitch in his eye, like he was nervous of what Daniel might do.
"Nervous, Tyran?" Daniel asked him.
"Don't talk to me like you're my equal!!!" Pherru screamed. "I am not going to go down your level."
"But you will hear me out. I do have a deal to arrange with you. She can hold my powers but she can't hold my mouth or my brain."
"Keep talking."
"I knew you'd like to hear that. You won't lose in this deal AND, the best of all, we can get rid of Kaillah/Gene/Oracle/Raven/whatever-other-name-she-likes-being-called-as together. What do you say?? Huh??? Do we have a deal???"
The X-men figured that the one in the middle was the leader. He was dressed in a red uniform, his eyes were very light blue and his hair was black. He looked merciless and, for some reason unknown to everyone but Logan, very angry. The Destroyer to their right looked too scared and lost to know anything; she was skinny and dorky looking. She wore big glasses and an equally big uniform. She looked very nervous and her big, puffy, light brown hair didn't help her look any better. Meanwhile, the one on their left looked too ready, as if he'd pounce at the first command. He was a very big guy, one of those all-muscle-no-brains-Arnold Schwarzenegger-loving type of guys.
Logan knew that Raven would go for the newbie first; it was the obvious thing to do. He saw her foot move slightly; so did the Top Commander. He knew she was going to attack; so did the Top Commander. Logan wondered how she was going to attack the Destroyer since he was still holding her scythe and still had the two knives that she'd buried on his bike.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The Top Commander could warn the newbie that Raven was going to attack her first, but that would throw her off too much; plus, he knew she was going to go for him, if her first attack failed. Like in chess, if he sacrificed a mere pawn, the bishop could be saved. And he (the bishop) needed to be saved in order for the whole plan to work out. So he stayed quiet, which meant to him one less loser to screw things up.
"Surrender," T. C. said again.
"Commander?" asked the newbie. "Do you really think it's such a good idea to get her with so many people around her?"
"Idiot!!!!" cried T. C. on the intercom. "I know her well enough to be certain that she'd give herself up instead of allowing the people around her to die"
"B-But....but...." tried the newbie.
"No buts! I don't care if we have to kill everybody. We're taking her with us."
"Sir, yes, sir!!!" shouted both of them at once.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Give yourself up and no harm will come to those around you, Kaillah," said T. C. to Raven.
*Bad move, Bub,* thought Logan. *Ya really don't wanna make'er mad.*
~*What do you mean, Logan?*~ asked Professor X.
~*She hates that name. It reminds her of bad times in her life.*~
~*But what does it mean?*~
~*It means she's mad and now they're gonna pay,*~ said Logan and quieted himself.
He wasn't about to say anything else and Professor X. knew that. Xavier turned his attention to Raven. He wondered how many secrets she actually held. He hadn't seen her face, but her voice sounded young; however, she acted like she had had a lot of experiences--bad experiences, but experiences nonetheless.
Quickly, Raven ran towards the newbie. Being two steps ahead of anyone, T. C. stopped the other Destroyer from doing anything. They all watched her closely as she performed the exact movements they had anticipated. However, she did something that surprised them all.
Raven leaped in the air and twisted her body to face T. C.. She pulled her sai from the back of her belt and threw them at him. He quickly moved out of their way and allowed them to land on the left Destroyer. Wildly, the commander looked around for Raven's form. He couldn't find anything, she had changed herself and was now hiding. She could be anywhere, on the ground, hiding in the walls, on the trees...
Logan felt the scythe move in his hands. He scanned the area and saw a mound move quietly toward his left side. Unbeknownst to anyone there, Logan dropped the scythe, and watched, as the ground closed in around it. He looked at the people around him, and saw that, luckily, no one had noticed anything.
The mound moved cautiously toward the hurt Destroyer. T. C. was still searching around him for Raven; he spotted the mound and pointed--but it was too late. As T. C. pointed, Raven came out of the ground scythe ready and in hand. She used her powers to create a pillar underneath her feet; this way, she'd be able to reach the Destroyer without much work.
With her powers she melted a hole in the protective dome that one of the commander had been sitting under and reached for his collar. With all the strength she could find, she yanked the big guy out of the dome. As he hit the floor with great impact, she sliced the Destroyer down to bits, leaving nothing but bits and pieces to tell the story.
The big guy growled and pulled out a ray gun. Rogue saw it and tried to warn Raven, but T. C. grabbed her with the Destroyer. The big guy shot Raven and, as she fell to the floor, Logan ran to catch her.
Cyclops blasted the big guy but he was too strong for them. He then tried to free Rogue but couldn't blast through the Destroyer.
"They're made with adamantium!" shouted Logan, halting on his tracks when he saw Raven turn her body into one big, brown mass. "Don't go near them. Let Raven take care of it. Stay away!!!!"
His warnings went unnoticed. Beast was already fighting with the big guy and Shadowcat was trying to help Cyclops and Jean release Rogue. T. C. used his Destroyer knock Shadowcat, Jean and Spyke out of the way and pick up Cyclops.
"Don't just stand there," T. C. screamed in the intercom. "Help me find, Kaillah."
"I can't see her, sir," she answered and nervously turned on the sound on the outside of her Destroyer. "Kaillah, give yourself up! O-Or...w-we will kill your friends."
The girl looked around trying to desperately find Raven before she could attack again. The radar showed her energy coming close but it couldn't exactly pinpoint the location.
"Tom is probably assisting her, you dimwit. Scramble your signals," said T. C.
"Yes, sir," she answered as she punched a bunch of buttons to scramble Tom's signals.
The radar now showed Raven's energy perfectly. The location was....behind her.
The girls tried to turn around but Raven leaped from the ground and caught a hold on the Destroyer's back. She quickly climbed up and reached the dome. Nervously, the girl looked at Raven; she was deathly afraid of what Raven could do. The smell of fear didn't help Raven any--Daniel was trying desperately to go loose. Raven couldn't fight him anymore, she actually needed his help. She let go of the small grasp of conscience she so badly held on to and Daniel took over.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Daniel growled hungrily at the girl's energy. He wanted to take it. He changed his hand and reached for the girl. She screamed as all the energy she had left her body. Her screams pierced through the mid-morning air and send chills down everyone's spines. They watched in horror as a changed Raven showed no mercy toward the girl's pain, and, in no time, she was dead.
"Portal," he growled on the communicator.
"And what's the magic word?" asked Tom trying to stall.
"Hocus Pocus. Now open it!" Daniel growled again.
Tom couldn't do anything other than open the portal. Daniel picked up the girl's lifeless body and threw it in the portal. The others winced at Raven's change of attitude. She was now deadlier and crazier. Her voice didn't change, but somehow it did have something different about it, like a different pitch or something.
Daniel jumped in the Destroyer and started controlling it.
"Drop them, T. C.," he said.
"I don't think so. I know it's not the girl anymore, she let the animal loose now."
"Yea, well, the animal is now ready to rip you apart. Now let the kids go, or she won't let me use all my powers."
"Make me," T. C. said with a sly smile on his face.
"Ya don't wanna her mad, bub," said Logan to T. C.
"Stay out of this, Logan! You're no longer on the payroll," T. C. shouted.
"And thank God fer that! Or ya think that, if Raven wasn't there, I'd ever work fer the likes o' ya?"
"Well, we never really wanted to hire you anyway."
"Alright, T. C.. Cut the small talk. Let the kids go and I'll cut you a deal," Daniel grinned toothily.
"I know better than to make deals with maniacs," said T. C.. "And don't call me T. C., you know my name."
"Well, I'm sorry Lieutenant Tyran S. Pherru. I'm sure you'll be very interested in this deal," Daniel said as he stepped out of the Destroyer.
Daniel sat down at the edge and faced Pherru. He looked him up and down, eyeing him from his head to his waist, which was exactly where the Destroyer started. Daniel searched for a weakness, some kind of edge that would give him the advantage. After about half a minute, he found it right under his right eye. Pherru had a little twitch in his eye, like he was nervous of what Daniel might do.
"Nervous, Tyran?" Daniel asked him.
"Don't talk to me like you're my equal!!!" Pherru screamed. "I am not going to go down your level."
"But you will hear me out. I do have a deal to arrange with you. She can hold my powers but she can't hold my mouth or my brain."
"Keep talking."
"I knew you'd like to hear that. You won't lose in this deal AND, the best of all, we can get rid of Kaillah/Gene/Oracle/Raven/whatever-other-name-she-likes-being-called-as together. What do you say?? Huh??? Do we have a deal???"