Ok
people, this is my sad, pathetic attempt at my first X-Men fight scene. Please
forgive me if it wasn't up to your standards. I did my best, hope that's worth
something. It's supposed to be more centered on Marrow and Dark Beast, and their
parting as friends, rather than the fight between them. Hope I cleared that up.
I have one more chapter to post before I'm done. So stay tuned!
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Remy
grabbed my wrist, giving me whiplash, and practically made me choke on a chunk
of pizza that was still in my mouth.
"Where
dey be Cyc?" Gambit asked, still running along side Cyclops.
"One
of the students saw them coming through the woods from a distance. But that was
about 5 minutes ago, they should be on the property by now."
Me,
Gambit, Cyclops, and Wolv met up with the rest of the team in the main lobby.
To my surprise Kurt, Kitty, and Jubilee were with them, in full costume. But
now, of course, everyone was calling everyone else by their code-name, or
whatever. If ya ask me, it was really cheesy idea.
Right
from the get-go Cyclops started doling out commands, "Storm and Rogue, you two
get in the air. Wolverine and the three kids, attack from behind."
Wolverine
began to walk away, grumbling, "Sure, stick me with the little half pints."
"We,
like aren't kids Cyc!" Kitty, or as she was now, Shadow Cat, protested.
"Gambit,
Jean, and I will take them head-on. Lets go." He turned around.
I
stood there, in downright shock. What? Now I wasn't part of the team? I didn't
get to participate in their little fist fight? Yeah, we'll see if he forgets me
next time, "Hey you fuckin dumb ass!" I ran up to Cyclops from behind, grabbing
his shirt and spinning him around, "You forget someone?"
He
let on a long sigh, "You're with us."
"Gee,
ya say it like you're disappointed." I threw him outta my way, placed my hands
on the doorknobs, and opened them saying, "Lets kick some ass…shall we?"
We
walked out, discovering Storm and Rogue already engaged in an aerial dogfight
with some of Darky's accomplices, some whom I actually recognized.
I
glanced to my side, noticing the same guy who had dropped off Dark's letter to
me, rushing at me. I grinned and violently broke off two huge 5-foot blades
from my back. As the guy hurdled himself at me, I ducked, causing him to
plummet to the ground face first.
I
drove my foot into his back, holding him where he was. I lowered myself down,
"Believe me buddy, you don't wanna mess with me. I've been cooped up in this
fuckin nuthouse with a bunch of bitches that really start to get on your nerves
awhile." I grabbed a handful of his sickening greasy hair, and brought him up,
face to face with me, "And guess what. You're the one who I get to take all
that out on." I swung my knee into his ribcage, dropping him to the ground, "Do
ya like that? Huh? Do ya want some more?"
He staggered up to his feet, "Fuck you, you double
crossin' bitch." He threw a blow at my jaw, knocking me to the ground.
I
glared at him as I wiped the blood dripping from my mouth, "Not too smart." I
jumped up and shoved one of the 5 foot bladed bones through his thigh.
As
I turned away, to find some more unlucky victims of my anger that had been
caged up for so long, I heard someone land behind me, "So I see you have made
your decision."
I
spun around, seeing Dark Beast standing behind me, with rage, and fury in his
eyes.
He
sighed, "Now you are one of them my dear, so you see, you must be treated as
one of them." He leapt in the air, his foot colliding with my chest. He stood
above me and threw his fist at my face. I quickly swung my hand in front of my
face. My fist, with razor-sharp bones jutting out, smashed into his face as I
dodged his blow.
I scrambled to my feet, not wanting to get
involved in a fight with him, "You don't understand Dark." I said in a pleading
voice.
He
turned his face, looking up at me from the ground, "I understand perfectly.
You're nothing but a two-timing, selfish traitor." Dark Beast stood to his
feet, "I was the one who defended your name from all of those who dared say you
were a traitor, and this is what I get for it." He grabbed my shoulders, and
drove me back into a tree, "I loved you as if you were my own sister
Sarah. But now," His face contorted with a disgusted expression, "Now I don't
know what you've turned into."
I
stared at him, my eyes misty with tears, as I noticed the hurt in his own eyes,
that was somewhat hidden by his wrath.
"I'm
sorry I have to do this." He smiled, it was clear he wasn't. A sharp pain
filled my body that started in my abdomen. I looked up and saw Dark Beast pull
his fist back. I sank to the ground holding my stomach.
I
sat there, and closed my eyes as I realized everything that had happened in the
past two months. All the friends I had lost, all the friends I had gained, the
lessons I learned, and the lessons I had yet to learn.
"LET
GO OF ME!" I heard Jubilee scream, in a frantic, muffled voice.
I looked up and saw Dark Beast holding Shadow Cat, and
one of his assistants holding Jubilee, making away with them.
I growled under my breath, "Now you've gone too far you
son of a bitch." I clambered to my feet, holding my sore stomach. As I followed
the sound of the two girls' screams, I forgot all the sympathy I ever had for
him. We had come to a fork in the roads of life, and we chose two completely
different paths. Now he would have to pay. I turned around, hearing the all to
familiar * BAMF*, "Get outta here elf, this is my battle."
"I don't zink zo, Kitty and Jubilee are mein friends
too." He crossed his arms stubbornly.
I sighed, not having the patience to argue, "Fine then,
lets go."
He nodded, "V'at are ve goin to do?"
I kept my eyes on Dark Beast from a bush, and growled, "Get
in there, and kick the bastard's ass." I grimaced as I tore out a blade, and
stumbled toward Dark Beast from behind. I swiftly wrapped my arms around his
neck; holding the razor-sharp bone a few inches from his neck, "You better not
move a fuckin inch."
I watched him as he dropped Shadowcat, and bring his arms
up toward me, "Oh, Marrow, honestly child. Do you really think you can defeat
me?" He grabbed under my arms, and flipped my forward, landing me on my back.
He kneeled down, and whispered in my ear, "Give up Sarah,
you've lost your fight."
My eyes flamed with rage. I reached for my blade that I
had dropped from the impact, and in a flash, the bone was shoved through Dark
Beast's chest, just missing his heart, allowing him to hang onto life by a
thread, "No, you're wrong. YOU have lost the fight." I spit in his face,
and stared at me, and I could see the agony and pain in his eyes. Not just from
the gash in his chest, but also from the friend that he had lost, and the realization
that I wasn't what he was anymore. I had changed, so much, that no friendship between
us would ever be possible.
As I was walking away, I noticed a roll of
paper stuck in the back pocket of his pants. I grabbed it, in case it could
come in handy, and turned away. I headed toward Kurt, Kitty, and Jubes, "How ya
doin Elf?"
"I just teleported zee guy off zat cliff, he's pretty
much taken of." He put his arms around the two girls, comfortingly, "Kitty and
Jubilee are ok, just a little frightened by zee whole zing."
I walked over to the two girls, "How you two doin'?"
Both of them had their arms wrapped around themselves,
"We're o, o, ok." Kitty managed to mumble in a shaky voice.
"Lets get you two
back to the mansion." I was suddenly aware of the compassionate tone in my
voice. One that I'd only heard myself used with the Morlocks. Was I really getting
to feel that content here? I looked at the two girls, who I had grown to
love like little sisters.
Jubilee looked up at me, and whispered, "Thanks Sarah, thank
you so much."
It was then that I knew, I would fit in here, it WOULD work out. I belonged at the mansion.
