Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
Alice Walker
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~ They're running a slave network. They torture mutants until they snap, then retrain them to be killing machines. Programmed to kill mutants and obey commands explicitly~ Rogue transferred the information she was hearing to Jean with a tinge of horror in her voice.
~That's horrible~ Jean thought back.
~ I know, the problem is, how are we going to catch the Senator funding them?~
~Monitor his assets? ~ Logan suggested. ~We got the contacts to do it.~
~Yeah, we do, but it would be hard to organise~
~Listen, we'll talk about it after you're out. We need all the info we can get from that conversation Rogue, focus~ Logan commanded.
~ Yes sir~ She turned her attention back to the floor behind her, where the people were standing. The girl and the brown haired man standing behind the Senator were obviously products of the procedure. Throughout the entire discussion, they hadn't moved a muscle. It was unnatural.
From what she had gathered, the boy standing behind the Senator was the Senator's first taste of what the called "Project Assassin". Apparently he was so pleased with it, that he had requested another prototype, this time a female with the ability to shoot small pieces of organic metal from her fingers.
A large sum of money was handed over, and the girl went and stood next to the other man, behind the Senator. The senator turned to the two "Assassins" and gave the man an instruction she didn't quite catch. But it was obvious that he was instructed to leave, as almost instantly the man walked towards the door he had entered through, the girl following very closely.
The Senator watched them leave, and then headed towards the door that the other two men in the bad business suits had entered. The men also walked through.
~ Everyone's leaving. Two out your door Todd, neither the Senator, both victims of the "Project Assassin". Three leaving out your door Jubes, Senator is with their group.~
~Acknowledged~ Jubilee replied, Toad saying the same thing seconds after.
~Angel. Follow the Volvo, Rogue, you stay on the one with the Assassins~ Logan instructed.
~Wait,~ Jean said, stopping people in their tracks. ~Multiple is saying they need backup~
~Always knew Gumbo couldn't do a god damn thing~ Logan sniffed.
~Logan, what did Remy ever do to you?~ Rogue shot back angrily.
~No, It's serious, they've been over powered.~ Jean said worriedly, the fear carrying through the link, sending a chill down Rogue's spine, making her realise the significance of the situation.
~Ok, let's get there as quickly as possible then~ She teleported away to on top of the building, and waited for Angel to come and lift her away. Jubilee and Toad were far enough away from the public eye that they could easily get to the blackbird without them or the jet being seen.
It didn't take long before he swooped down and grabbed her underneath the arms, and carried her up into the freezing clouds. The Blackbird was hovering just above the clouds, out of site, about half a mile away.
Angel flew towards the jet, and a panel on the roof slid away, so that Angel could land safely within the Jet. As soon as they were inside, the panel slid closed again, and the Jet started speeding towards the Senator's offices.
Logan switched on the onboard communicator. Jamie's hurried voice came through instantly.
"Guys, I've got to go in. Avalanche and Pyro were caught starting the distraction. Kurt had to go help, but he's exhausted himself from teleporting to much and too far. Shadowcat and Gambit have to go in and help get them out, but they have no way of getting back to the helicopter. You need to get here quick."
"Did Kitty and Remy get the information?" Logan asked.
"Yeah, from what I gathered, they also got some extra things that you'd be interested in. But they won't get the info back unless you hurry up and get here."
"Understood. We should be about 10 minutes. Do you think you can hold out that long?"
"I don't know, but hurry up just the same."
The communicator switched off, and everyone in the Jet was silent, until Bobby spoke up.
"What if we don't make it in time?"
"We don't want to think about that. Gambit is a good leader, he'll keep everything under control. Everything will turn out fine." Rogue said determinedly, as to assure everyone that everything was going to be fine, however everyone heard the slight unease in her voice.
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"Oh dis is not good," Gambit mumbled as he felt the whole building rumble under his feet as if an earthquake had hit, followed by a loud explosion that he heard over the top of the fire alarms. He began walking in the direction of the kitchens, where they could hear the explosions coming from.
He clicked on his communicator, "Multiple, what de fuck is goin' on?" Kitty struggled to keep up with his fast pace, and eventually had to start lightly jogging to keep up.
"Get over there now, they were noticed hiding in the bushes by some policemen. They're out numbered about twenty to one. There are a lot of very angry employees there." Multiple replied immediately.
"What happened to Kurt?" Gambit asked, now beginning to jog, then gathered his pace and began to sprint. Kitty sprinting right along behind him.
"He teleported to far in too little space of time. He collapsed, and he's on a stretcher recovering."
"Merde," Gambit swore again. Kitty didn't know what that meant, but she got the general idea from his tone of voice. He clicked of his communicator and turned around to face her.
"Let's go down." He said. He grabbed her hand and she pulled him downwards through the floor. As soon as they hit the floor again, the started sprinting again. This time, they could see the fire. Well, they could see the smoke. And the saying "Where there's smoke there's fire," was definitely true in this particular situation.
The smoke became thicker as they headed into it, and Kitty coughed uncontrollable as she inhaled a lungful. She ducked her head down lower, where more fresh air was, and continued running stooped over. Gambit was doing the same next to her, but she could see the fire right up ahead.
"This is going to be really hot," She yelled to him, as she grabbed his hand again. He yelled back a reply, but she didn't hear it as they ran through the fire.
To be honest, she wasn't really sure if that would work. She'd never done it before, and was counting on the fact that she would still be able to phase through it. She was right. She could phase, but it was extremely hot. Almost unbearable. Occasionally they would run through a piece of fallen wood, or a chair. She could feel the difference in the density. But that didn't bother her. It was the lack of Oxygen that would be her and Remy's demise. Fortunately, just as she was beginning to feel light-headed, a rush of relatively fresh air hit her, and she realised they were outside, where a different type of fire was raging.
She could see Avalanche struggling to stay out of range of the fifteen odd security guards, policemen and angry employees that were after him. He looked ragged. His uniform (a fully leather outfit, with a gold X on the front) was torn to shreds. His face had many cuts, and he looked like he was about to collapse.
Pyro, who was about fifty yards away from Avalanche didn't look like he was faring much better. His uniform with the fire pack looked broken. And he was relying on the fire from the house to be his weapon, which was why he was standing dangerously close to the quickly burning house. He had about ten guards shooting at him from a distance, plus a fireman was aiming their hose at him, gushing water onto him at an alarming rate, in an attempt to put out the fire around him. He looked like he was struggling to stand up under the enormous pressure the water was putting on him.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Gambit head off in Avalanche's direction, so she ran towards the Fireman with the hose. She wasn't noticed by any of the attackers so she crept around behind them, and grabbed the thick hose, and phased her hand through it, successfully splitting it in half, and immediately cutting off the water supply. The ground around her began to flood, so she ran away, careful not to slip in the mud.
She then worked her way over to the police officers who were, hiding behind the doors of their cars, and firing occasionally. There were about four cars. The closest one was about 5 meters away, so she crept up behind the two men who were using the passenger side door for protection. Before they knew it, she had disabled their guns, by splitting them in half, then she used a quick roundhouse kick as they turned around, which hit them both in the head on the way around, and knocked them unconscious. For someone very small, she could pack a mean punch… well kick. And she thanked Logan everyday for those mean Danger room lessons she had been getting.
She dived through the car, and landed in a roll on the other side. The two police officers on this side had heard the commotion, and began firing at her as soon as she hit the ground, but not one of the bullets hit her as she phased through every one of them. As soon as they had run out of bullets, she did a high kick and kicked the revolver out of the first guard's hand. He dropped it, then as he lunged at her, she phased, causing him to land hard on the ground. He groaned as the nausea of going through someone rolled over him. The second guard dropped his gun at the shock of seeing his partner jump right through her, and before he knew it, a quick punch to the stomach had him rolling on the ground, winded.
She turned to the next car, and was just about to make a break for it, until she heard a cry of pain come from Pyro's direction. She turned in time to see him fall to the ground. She watched on of the officers volt over his car door and head towards where Pyro was lying, and she knew she had to get there before him. She sprinted as fast as she could towards Pyro, the flames around him becoming larger and more dangerous the closer she got.
She got there about 2 seconds before the security guard, and that was just in time. He turned the gun on her, as she was standing over Pyro, who had his hand clutched to his stomach, in an attempt to stop the blood flow. He fired one shot which didn't hit its target before he felt the gun kicked out of his hand and up into the air, and a sharp pain between his legs. Kitty caught the gun and immediately aimed it at the guard closest to her, but not the one on the ground and pulled the trigger.
She hit her target, and she watched as the glass of the car door shattered, and one of the police officers fell to the ground, with a shoulder bleeding profusely. She looked at the next one, took aim and fired. Again, another hit. This time it was a foot that was sticking out underneath the door.
She fired until she had no bullets left. Then she turned and looked at Pyro. His red hair was wet and plastered on his face, which was death white. His eyes were wide open in shock, and the blood from the gunshot wound was pouring over his hands.
She heard a bullet whiz by her ear, and she grabbed Pyro's hand and turned herself and Pyro intangible, so that the bullets could do no more damage.
"John," She called him by his real name. He blinked and turned his head so that he could see her. "John it's me, I'm gonna get you out of here, okay?"
His eyes went unfocused for a while, and his mouth moved up and down, a squeaking sound coming from his lips, as he tried to say something, but nothing came out. The effort made him cough harshly, and he winced.
"Don't talk, I'm gonna get you out of here I promise," Kitty squeezed the hand she held, and she felt him squeeze it gently back. She gently moved the hand that was still over the wound away, and saw where the bullet had entered. The hole wasn't big, but it was still bleeding a lot.
"I'm gonna remove the bullet ok?" She whispered to him as she felt a small tear fall down her cheek, "It won't hurt, only feel weird."
He blinked and began to try and say something, this time she heard her name "Kitty,"
The tears multiplied as she plunged her hand into his stomach. She tried not to retch as she felt the metal and grabbed it out. Pyro jolted as the bullet left his body, and Kitty immediately wondered if it was a good idea to remove it, but it was too late now. It wasn't like she could stick it back in the wound and hope that it all fixed itself.
She grabbed his hand and placed it back on the wound as she heard footsteps running towards her. It was more of the officers. Heaps more. It looked like the backup had arrived. Gambit and Avalanche were too busy with the people they were dealing with, so it looked like it was only her.
She prepared herself for them, as many started shooting at her. None of them hit their target, but once they physically reached her, she was going to have problems.
The first ones reached her, and began to try immobilise her, however they found that every time they grabbed her arm, or made contact with any part of her body, it was instantly out of their grip.
However Kitty knew she couldn't do this forever and John needed serious medical attention. Quickly. She struggled to find an answer to her problem, when an invisible force blew half of the officers away. Three huge metal balls flew from the sky and landed on the ground in front of her. The first one opened and out stepped Magneto, who flicked his wrist and the other 2 balls opened. From the first stepped a tall Asian with purple hair. And from the other stepped Storm.
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Disclaimer: I don't own them unfortunately. Those damned people at Warner Brothers own these guys, I'm just using them to do my dirty work.
A/N: There. Well, Sorry to leave you on a cliff hanger, and sorry for updating so late, but I've had lots of school work lately, and the chapter woulda been too long If I hadn't stopped it here. Don't worry; the next chapter should be out by Wednesday at the latest!! Thanks to all the people who reviewed, I promise I'll do shout outs next chapter…