Skip the formalities! Straight to the story!
"Well that's it." Logan said, landing the copter near the run down buildings out in the middle of nowhere. The copter blades stirred up a mini dust devil before they stopped spinning. He, Kurt, Evan, and Jean pile out. Evan looked at the surrounding desolate dusty landscape and remarked, "Man, what a dust bowl!"
"C'mon, we don't have time to waste. Stay alert." Logan ordered, as he approached the dilapidated door to the main building. After Logan transformed the door into a piece of shredded metal, the quarto headed inside the dark building.
Aside from some laser trouble and a few flying razor blades, they had no trouble getting to the lowest floor, 5 stories below ground. Logan ripped open another shiny door, and the horrendous stench hit them all like a sack of bricks.
"Vat da Hell?!" Kurt exclaimed, slapping his hands over his nose.
"Kurt!" Jean scolded, holding her own nose.
"What is that stench?!" Evan said, waving his hand infront of his face. Logan, with his enhanced senses, looked like he was trying very hard not to vomit. Jean brushed past him and went through the claw created entrance. The room was dark but felt very big, she groped around for a lightswitch, found one, and clicked it on. Only one overhead light turned on, It was very dim but it was enough.
"Oh my god." Jean said, forgetting the smell.
"Ok, here's the plan. Remy, Hydra, you go around front and cause a distraction." Lance and co were hiding right outside the base where Optic had said the time machine builder was being held. He pointed at the map they had hacked from the military data bases.
"No problem boss." Remy gave a loose salute. Hydra just nodded.
Lance continued, "Kitty will phase me and Toad through the fence. Us three will go through that door-" he pointed "-Toad you go in front and take care of anyone that might give us trouble."
"Gotcha."
"Ill go with Kitty, she'll phase through the cell, grab this guy, and we'll scram."
"Sounds like a good plan to me!" Kitty approved.
Lance smiled fondly at her, "Alright everyone, good luck"
Remy and Hydra ran off while Kitty phased Lance through the high, barb wire ridden fence. Toad simply jumped over. He muttered something about being a decoy before taking a giant leap. Lance watched him arc through the air towards his carefully selected landing area. The guard at the door fell with an "OOF!" as Toad's weight crashed onto him, and was knocked unconscious instantly. Toad beckoned to them, and they ducked and zigzagged across the barren ground, avoiding the searchlights.
Without a word, Kitty pulled them both through the metal door and Toad lept down the hall, taking out the guards in his way with a series of kicks, leaps, carefully aimed slimeballs, and impressive kickboxing moves. Several gunshots were heard but Lance seemed to be unconcerned, he checked the map to see if they were going the right direction as he and kitty sprinted down the hall, running past the fallen soldiers.
"Lance watch out!" Kitty screamed, grabbing Lance's arm, phasing them through the swarm of bullets that were coming from the two men taking cover around a corner. A glob of green slime flew from above and blocked the barrel to one of the men's automatic weapons. The next time the guard tried to fire the gun it exploded in his face, knocking him backwards into a wall, his head making contact with a dull thud. The other man saw a long green thing wrapping around his gun and yanking it out of his hands, he saw the dark haired man and the girl run past, he saw a foot flying at his face from the ceiling, then everything went black.
Lance and Kitty skidded around the corner to see a whole score of soldiers running down the hall towards them. Lance wasted no time in causing a sharp tremor under their feet which sent them all sprawling to the ground. Kitty phased them through the few bullets from the ones that managed to recover fast enough as she and Lance ran by.
"two floors down!" Lance yelled to kitty over the noise. The guards watched as their targets sank through the floor. Two stories later, Lance landed hard on the metal ground. They were in a deserted hallway with heavy metal doors, each with a number above it.
"Here it is! 27!"
They screeched to a halt, and Kitty went to step through the door. The electric shock hit her, and she stumbled backwards into the startled Lance's arms. Her head spun and everything was starting to go all fuzzy.
"Like, Ow!"
"Kitty! Are you OK?" Lance's face was the only thing that seemed to be in focus.
"Yeah….ill be fine" she managed a wobbly smile, "Just an electric shock."
The clicking of guard's boots went past in a nearby hallway. Lance gently laid Kitty down on the ground, she tried to get up but fell back down.
"No, stay there and recover, Ill take care of the door." He gave her a confident, reassuring smile. He stretched out his fingers at the door, and concentrated hard. The tremor was all concentrated just around the doorframe, so that it buckled and then shook out of place, causing the lock and any other security to snap.
"Wow, you're like, really controlled!" Kitty remarked, holding her head.
"Its been a while, and I've had lots of practice." He said as he yanked the door open, and cautiously ducked inside.
"Lance be carefull!" Kitty stood up, she was already mostly recovered from her shock.
Lance looked around inside the small metal cell with confusion, there was no person here, no body! All there was was a small black laptop, sitting obscurely in a corner. He grabbed the laptop and stepped back into the hall.
"All there was was this!" He explained.
"Maybe we got the wrong cell?"
"Well even if we did we can't hang around here long enough to find out. It wont be very long before they figure out what's going on, and Hydra and Remy might be having trouble." He pushed a button on his watch, which all of the team had identical copies of on their own wrists, and said, "Mission abort, back to the base."
"Well that's it." Logan said, landing the copter near the run down buildings out in the middle of nowhere. The copter blades stirred up a mini dust devil before they stopped spinning. He, Kurt, Evan, and Jean pile out. Evan looked at the surrounding desolate dusty landscape and remarked, "Man, what a dust bowl!"
"C'mon, we don't have time to waste. Stay alert." Logan ordered, as he approached the dilapidated door to the main building. After Logan transformed the door into a piece of shredded metal, the quarto headed inside the dark building.
Aside from some laser trouble and a few flying razor blades, they had no trouble getting to the lowest floor, 5 stories below ground. Logan ripped open another shiny door, and the horrendous stench hit them all like a sack of bricks.
"Vat da Hell?!" Kurt exclaimed, slapping his hands over his nose.
"Kurt!" Jean scolded, holding her own nose.
"What is that stench?!" Evan said, waving his hand infront of his face. Logan, with his enhanced senses, looked like he was trying very hard not to vomit. Jean brushed past him and went through the claw created entrance. The room was dark but felt very big, she groped around for a lightswitch, found one, and clicked it on. Only one overhead light turned on, It was very dim but it was enough.
"Oh my god." Jean said, forgetting the smell.
"Ok, here's the plan. Remy, Hydra, you go around front and cause a distraction." Lance and co were hiding right outside the base where Optic had said the time machine builder was being held. He pointed at the map they had hacked from the military data bases.
"No problem boss." Remy gave a loose salute. Hydra just nodded.
Lance continued, "Kitty will phase me and Toad through the fence. Us three will go through that door-" he pointed "-Toad you go in front and take care of anyone that might give us trouble."
"Gotcha."
"Ill go with Kitty, she'll phase through the cell, grab this guy, and we'll scram."
"Sounds like a good plan to me!" Kitty approved.
Lance smiled fondly at her, "Alright everyone, good luck"
Remy and Hydra ran off while Kitty phased Lance through the high, barb wire ridden fence. Toad simply jumped over. He muttered something about being a decoy before taking a giant leap. Lance watched him arc through the air towards his carefully selected landing area. The guard at the door fell with an "OOF!" as Toad's weight crashed onto him, and was knocked unconscious instantly. Toad beckoned to them, and they ducked and zigzagged across the barren ground, avoiding the searchlights.
Without a word, Kitty pulled them both through the metal door and Toad lept down the hall, taking out the guards in his way with a series of kicks, leaps, carefully aimed slimeballs, and impressive kickboxing moves. Several gunshots were heard but Lance seemed to be unconcerned, he checked the map to see if they were going the right direction as he and kitty sprinted down the hall, running past the fallen soldiers.
"Lance watch out!" Kitty screamed, grabbing Lance's arm, phasing them through the swarm of bullets that were coming from the two men taking cover around a corner. A glob of green slime flew from above and blocked the barrel to one of the men's automatic weapons. The next time the guard tried to fire the gun it exploded in his face, knocking him backwards into a wall, his head making contact with a dull thud. The other man saw a long green thing wrapping around his gun and yanking it out of his hands, he saw the dark haired man and the girl run past, he saw a foot flying at his face from the ceiling, then everything went black.
Lance and Kitty skidded around the corner to see a whole score of soldiers running down the hall towards them. Lance wasted no time in causing a sharp tremor under their feet which sent them all sprawling to the ground. Kitty phased them through the few bullets from the ones that managed to recover fast enough as she and Lance ran by.
"two floors down!" Lance yelled to kitty over the noise. The guards watched as their targets sank through the floor. Two stories later, Lance landed hard on the metal ground. They were in a deserted hallway with heavy metal doors, each with a number above it.
"Here it is! 27!"
They screeched to a halt, and Kitty went to step through the door. The electric shock hit her, and she stumbled backwards into the startled Lance's arms. Her head spun and everything was starting to go all fuzzy.
"Like, Ow!"
"Kitty! Are you OK?" Lance's face was the only thing that seemed to be in focus.
"Yeah….ill be fine" she managed a wobbly smile, "Just an electric shock."
The clicking of guard's boots went past in a nearby hallway. Lance gently laid Kitty down on the ground, she tried to get up but fell back down.
"No, stay there and recover, Ill take care of the door." He gave her a confident, reassuring smile. He stretched out his fingers at the door, and concentrated hard. The tremor was all concentrated just around the doorframe, so that it buckled and then shook out of place, causing the lock and any other security to snap.
"Wow, you're like, really controlled!" Kitty remarked, holding her head.
"Its been a while, and I've had lots of practice." He said as he yanked the door open, and cautiously ducked inside.
"Lance be carefull!" Kitty stood up, she was already mostly recovered from her shock.
Lance looked around inside the small metal cell with confusion, there was no person here, no body! All there was was a small black laptop, sitting obscurely in a corner. He grabbed the laptop and stepped back into the hall.
"All there was was this!" He explained.
"Maybe we got the wrong cell?"
"Well even if we did we can't hang around here long enough to find out. It wont be very long before they figure out what's going on, and Hydra and Remy might be having trouble." He pushed a button on his watch, which all of the team had identical copies of on their own wrists, and said, "Mission abort, back to the base."