"What are you doing, Daniel?" asked Tom.
"Keep out of this, Tom," warned Daniel. "You'll be the first one to die if Tyran here accepts my offer. What do you say, Tyran? You get rid of Kaillah AND I'll become your most loyal servant. I'll help you get what you want. Yes, I can read your mind. You do remember what I was created for, don't you?"
"What's in it for you?" asked Tyran suspiciously.
"You help me. I want three things.
"1-- You'll stay away from these people. For some strange reason Kaillah cares a lot about them and I don't want her to get in the way.
"2-- I want you to get rid of these little ad-on chips I have spread throughout this body. This way I can get full access to all powers and enhancements that were given me.
"3-- You'll give me all the energy I can get my hands on. What do you say? Are they reasonable enough."
"Are ya atta o' yer mind????" cried Logan. "Ya can't hold on ta that much energy. Where do ya plan ta get it anyways?"
"The old fashioned way, my furry little friend," said Daniel and laughed as Logan winced at the cruel joke. "By killing people. Tyran will give me as many people as I can kill. I want the pleasure of hunting them down and tasting their fear as they die by my hand."
"Ye're nuts. Tom, get me the equalizer. I'll get rid o' him," said Logan, popping his claws out.
"Sure thing, Logan," answered Tom.
"Don't even think about it," said Daniel, coming down from the Destroyer and going toward Rogue. "You use that equalizer and the kids will be nothing more than little pieces. I'll cut them up so good you'll be able to fit them through a salt shaker."
"Right, ya and what army, bub?" said Logan reaching out his hand toward Daniel and asking the scythe to come to him. The scythe moved, but Daniel held on. It kicked and twisted, up until it finally came free and landed gently on Logan's calloused hands.
"Fine, take it. I can still use my powers," said Daniel as he changed his left hand. Daniel tried to move it in the direction of one of the two but couldn't. "Oh, for the love of....," he trailed off. "Gene 7205!!!! Leave me alone."
Beast, with the other commander subsided, moved toward Daniel but Logan stopped him. Storm took flight as Jean and Professor X. tried reaching into his mind.
"Don't do this people," warned Daniel again. "You don't know who you're messing with."
Storm conjured up a thunder that hit Daniel on his chest. Daniel winced a little at the pain but held his ground, as he released a wave of energy that hit Storm and got her unconscious. Spyke raced on his skateboard to save his aunt and tried getting Daniel as his back was turned but he moved out of the way at the last minute. Daniel made the ground move and Spyke tripped, falling right into a tree. While all that was going on, Professor X. and Jean tried reaching into his mind; Daniel noticed and without turning, reached back on their minds.
~*You really think you're going to get away with that?*~ said Daniel. ~*Well, let's see how well you can handle a little bit of the things I hold within me.*~
Daniel started showering their minds with the many images of his past. Things that no one would be able to handle. Hours and hours of inflicted pain and broken dreams. Professor X. and Jean screamed and cried as their sanity started slipping. Logan ran toward them and punched them on the back of their head to make them unconscious before any real damage could've been done. Daniel chuckled evilly while he watched the great X-men fall down like flies around him.
He turned to face Tyran once more. Tyran looked around him, very pleased.
"I'll take your deal, Daniel. I remember the matches you used to fight in and, as I can see, you haven't changed any."
Daniel's smile widened this time. What a rush it was to be back again. This pleased him as much as Sabertooth would love killing Wolverine. Unsuspecting of anyone, the floor around him started moving. It started changing and changing like a boiling water under a fire. Professor X. was soon awakened and looked around him.
"Uh.....Daniel?" tried Tyran, but couldn't get any more words out.
Daniel turned around just in time to see various forms shoot out of the ground. They started taking the shapes of people. The one in the middle was exactly like Raven, only she had a hood over her head this time. These started moving toward Daniel.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!" Daniel laughed hysterically. "Do you really think you can stop me like this???? I don't have a conscience, Genie dear, you do. I used to have one when I was created but we all know what happened to that, don't we?"
"What's going on?" asked Beast.
"Raven is still inside the body. She can control devices and powers as long as she is alive and with some kind of grasp on sanity. She created the faces of some of the people that Daniel once killed. She couldn't possibly make them all, there are too many of them. She's hoping that it'll make Daniel crack in some way," explained Logan.
"And will it work?" asked Professor X.
"I don't know. Maybe, maybe not. Let's be ready," said Logan.
Daniel started getting hysterical. He started shooting everything and everyone in his path. Waves of energy rolled from his body as the masses of matter splattered on the ground. Above Logan a portal opened and a little remote, much like that of a car, fell on the floor. Logan reached for it and recognized it as the equalizer, now all he needed was an opening. Slowly, the masses of people were dissipating, soon the only one that was standing was Raven. She held her hand up toward Daniel, and the floor beneath him started moving. With her head down, she moved aside. There was the opening Logan needed.
The floor engulfed Daniel's whole body, and started sinking him like quicksand. Once Daniel couldn't move, Logan pressed the button. The equalizer was done to make energy transfers between Daniel and Faye. It would take energy from Daniel, just enough to weaken him and have Faye empower him, and give it to Faye. Daniel screamed and cursed as the energy left him and the ground engulfed his whole body.
Logan watched carefully the ground where Daniel's body disappeared. A small mound moved around, but the scythe didn't move in his hand. When the mound placed itself in front of Tyran's Destroyer, Logan threw the scythe toward it. Raven burst out of ground, grabbed the scythe, and sliced right through it. This made the Destroyer release Rogue and Cyclops, who fell on the ground full of bruises and small cuts, but otherwise unscathed. She the pushed her body backwards and landed a small distance from the Destroyer; throwing her hand toward Tyran, a matter-tentacle shot up and grabbed him by the neck. She pulled the tentacle toward her again and looked closely into Tyran's eyes.
"No, how will I kill you now, Pherru? I can think of so many ways," she asked, her voice back to normal. She reached for his throat and squeezed.
"Raven!" said Xavier, wheeling his chair toward her.
"Stay outta this," she said.
"I have to ask you for something, even though you've already done enough. Spare him. I have experienced some of the things you hold inside yourself. I know very little about Daniel and you, but I do share the memories, the pains, the guilt. Spare him."
"Listen ta Chuck, hun. He ain't worth it. None o' them are," said Logan.
Raven looked at him, her eyes were merciless. Finally, she looked down.
"Portal," she said without turning.
A portal opened almost instantly, she released Tyran and watched as he walked through the portal. Beast came toward them carrying the other commander. Raven reached for him and threw him into the portal as it was closing.
"Well, that's done with," said Beast looking around at the fallen X-men. "Oh, dear, we do have to do something about them, don't we?"
"Take them inside. I'll heal them," Raven said.
"Keep out of this, Tom," warned Daniel. "You'll be the first one to die if Tyran here accepts my offer. What do you say, Tyran? You get rid of Kaillah AND I'll become your most loyal servant. I'll help you get what you want. Yes, I can read your mind. You do remember what I was created for, don't you?"
"What's in it for you?" asked Tyran suspiciously.
"You help me. I want three things.
"1-- You'll stay away from these people. For some strange reason Kaillah cares a lot about them and I don't want her to get in the way.
"2-- I want you to get rid of these little ad-on chips I have spread throughout this body. This way I can get full access to all powers and enhancements that were given me.
"3-- You'll give me all the energy I can get my hands on. What do you say? Are they reasonable enough."
"Are ya atta o' yer mind????" cried Logan. "Ya can't hold on ta that much energy. Where do ya plan ta get it anyways?"
"The old fashioned way, my furry little friend," said Daniel and laughed as Logan winced at the cruel joke. "By killing people. Tyran will give me as many people as I can kill. I want the pleasure of hunting them down and tasting their fear as they die by my hand."
"Ye're nuts. Tom, get me the equalizer. I'll get rid o' him," said Logan, popping his claws out.
"Sure thing, Logan," answered Tom.
"Don't even think about it," said Daniel, coming down from the Destroyer and going toward Rogue. "You use that equalizer and the kids will be nothing more than little pieces. I'll cut them up so good you'll be able to fit them through a salt shaker."
"Right, ya and what army, bub?" said Logan reaching out his hand toward Daniel and asking the scythe to come to him. The scythe moved, but Daniel held on. It kicked and twisted, up until it finally came free and landed gently on Logan's calloused hands.
"Fine, take it. I can still use my powers," said Daniel as he changed his left hand. Daniel tried to move it in the direction of one of the two but couldn't. "Oh, for the love of....," he trailed off. "Gene 7205!!!! Leave me alone."
Beast, with the other commander subsided, moved toward Daniel but Logan stopped him. Storm took flight as Jean and Professor X. tried reaching into his mind.
"Don't do this people," warned Daniel again. "You don't know who you're messing with."
Storm conjured up a thunder that hit Daniel on his chest. Daniel winced a little at the pain but held his ground, as he released a wave of energy that hit Storm and got her unconscious. Spyke raced on his skateboard to save his aunt and tried getting Daniel as his back was turned but he moved out of the way at the last minute. Daniel made the ground move and Spyke tripped, falling right into a tree. While all that was going on, Professor X. and Jean tried reaching into his mind; Daniel noticed and without turning, reached back on their minds.
~*You really think you're going to get away with that?*~ said Daniel. ~*Well, let's see how well you can handle a little bit of the things I hold within me.*~
Daniel started showering their minds with the many images of his past. Things that no one would be able to handle. Hours and hours of inflicted pain and broken dreams. Professor X. and Jean screamed and cried as their sanity started slipping. Logan ran toward them and punched them on the back of their head to make them unconscious before any real damage could've been done. Daniel chuckled evilly while he watched the great X-men fall down like flies around him.
He turned to face Tyran once more. Tyran looked around him, very pleased.
"I'll take your deal, Daniel. I remember the matches you used to fight in and, as I can see, you haven't changed any."
Daniel's smile widened this time. What a rush it was to be back again. This pleased him as much as Sabertooth would love killing Wolverine. Unsuspecting of anyone, the floor around him started moving. It started changing and changing like a boiling water under a fire. Professor X. was soon awakened and looked around him.
"Uh.....Daniel?" tried Tyran, but couldn't get any more words out.
Daniel turned around just in time to see various forms shoot out of the ground. They started taking the shapes of people. The one in the middle was exactly like Raven, only she had a hood over her head this time. These started moving toward Daniel.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!" Daniel laughed hysterically. "Do you really think you can stop me like this???? I don't have a conscience, Genie dear, you do. I used to have one when I was created but we all know what happened to that, don't we?"
"What's going on?" asked Beast.
"Raven is still inside the body. She can control devices and powers as long as she is alive and with some kind of grasp on sanity. She created the faces of some of the people that Daniel once killed. She couldn't possibly make them all, there are too many of them. She's hoping that it'll make Daniel crack in some way," explained Logan.
"And will it work?" asked Professor X.
"I don't know. Maybe, maybe not. Let's be ready," said Logan.
Daniel started getting hysterical. He started shooting everything and everyone in his path. Waves of energy rolled from his body as the masses of matter splattered on the ground. Above Logan a portal opened and a little remote, much like that of a car, fell on the floor. Logan reached for it and recognized it as the equalizer, now all he needed was an opening. Slowly, the masses of people were dissipating, soon the only one that was standing was Raven. She held her hand up toward Daniel, and the floor beneath him started moving. With her head down, she moved aside. There was the opening Logan needed.
The floor engulfed Daniel's whole body, and started sinking him like quicksand. Once Daniel couldn't move, Logan pressed the button. The equalizer was done to make energy transfers between Daniel and Faye. It would take energy from Daniel, just enough to weaken him and have Faye empower him, and give it to Faye. Daniel screamed and cursed as the energy left him and the ground engulfed his whole body.
Logan watched carefully the ground where Daniel's body disappeared. A small mound moved around, but the scythe didn't move in his hand. When the mound placed itself in front of Tyran's Destroyer, Logan threw the scythe toward it. Raven burst out of ground, grabbed the scythe, and sliced right through it. This made the Destroyer release Rogue and Cyclops, who fell on the ground full of bruises and small cuts, but otherwise unscathed. She the pushed her body backwards and landed a small distance from the Destroyer; throwing her hand toward Tyran, a matter-tentacle shot up and grabbed him by the neck. She pulled the tentacle toward her again and looked closely into Tyran's eyes.
"No, how will I kill you now, Pherru? I can think of so many ways," she asked, her voice back to normal. She reached for his throat and squeezed.
"Raven!" said Xavier, wheeling his chair toward her.
"Stay outta this," she said.
"I have to ask you for something, even though you've already done enough. Spare him. I have experienced some of the things you hold inside yourself. I know very little about Daniel and you, but I do share the memories, the pains, the guilt. Spare him."
"Listen ta Chuck, hun. He ain't worth it. None o' them are," said Logan.
Raven looked at him, her eyes were merciless. Finally, she looked down.
"Portal," she said without turning.
A portal opened almost instantly, she released Tyran and watched as he walked through the portal. Beast came toward them carrying the other commander. Raven reached for him and threw him into the portal as it was closing.
"Well, that's done with," said Beast looking around at the fallen X-men. "Oh, dear, we do have to do something about them, don't we?"
"Take them inside. I'll heal them," Raven said.