Ch. 11 – Teammates in Trouble
Xavier had been monitoring the
progress of Gold Team. He had been
reading the minds of each team member as they were pinned behind the wall. He felt their pain as they were made
Sinister's prisoner. He looked around
behind him. Oh, that's right remembered
Xavier. He ordered them to go to the
Danger Room and get to bond as a team there. Xavier was glad that he had kept a good reserve behind here at the
X-Mansion.
"Slash. Get your team up here. On
the double."
"Yes SIR!" came the enthusiastic
reply. It took mere minutes for the
five X-Men of Blue Team to arrive.
"We have a problem. Sinister has captured all of Gold Team. It
will be up to you five to get them out. And try not to get yourselves captured." Slash spoke up.
"I have some old toys from my Navy
days that I think are in my closet. They may be of use here." He
pulled out a small object that looked like a grenade.
"I sure hope you're not blowin' up
our people with Sinister bub."
"Oh no. I'll explain what this is on the way. We have no time. Let's go
get em folks." As they all walked out,
Xavier stopped Slash. "What is it
Professor?"
"I have read Sinister's mind. I feared that Jean and Scott were the ones
he wanted out of all of this, but now I see who he truly sought." Slash looked puzzled. "He wants you Slash. Be careful in there." He paused and drew a deep breath. "Go slash em up."
"Aye sir!" Slash saluted and hurried off to gather his things.
Slash had Blackbird Blue up and gone
within minutes. He eased the plane to
full throttle and took it low to avoid radar cover. The plane left water flying up from the turbulent Atlantic as
Slash kept the plane on the deck. Radar
showed a pair of Tomcats from a nearby carrier battlegroup, but he was moving to fast for the Toms to even
pursue him. While he was flying, he
handed the controls over to Wolverine. Slash went to the back and broke out five Motorola radios and
headsets. He took them out and gave on
to all of Blue Team.
"Here. I don't know if Gold Team used theirs, but these radios were our
lives in the SEAL teams. And it will
help protect you from this baby." He
pulled out the grenade again. He retook
control of the plane, and put the grenade back in his pocket.
"Now. Would you PLEASE tell me, why we have to use that little
firecracker?" demanded Wolverine.
"It's not exactly a firecracker, but
I'll tell you why we are going to use it." He proceed to tell them as they approached the base. He opted to use the experimental floatation
devices that Beast had installed recently. He anchored the plane and made sure that it was secure. Slash carried
his venerable MP-5, had Wolvestopper on his back, and carried three of the
grenades. While Slash and Rogue flew
in, Gambit, Wolverine, and Shadowcat took the raft in. On the way out, Slash was hoping to get out
of there first, fire up the plane and pick everyone up from Blue Team.
Rogue and Slash quickly secured a
"perimeter" next to Blackbird Gold. Gambit, Shadowcat, and Wolverine quickly destroyed the raft. Wolverine was about to take them down the
same hallway as Gold Team, but Slash stopped him.
"There's a sensor down there. I can see it…barely. Probably how they got caught by
Sinister." Wolverine looked around. He didn't see another door.
"So how are we going in squid?" Slash too was busy looking around. He spied something.
"There." He pointed to a ventilation shaft that was big enough for him (he
was the biggest member of the team). "Gambit, would you have the honor?" Gambit reached out his hands and charged the grating up. Then he stepped back and charged a card and
flung it at the charged grating. They
both exploded. Slash walked over, and
crawled in. It was plenty big enough
for him. He crawled back out.
"Wolverine, lead us to the others."
"Hmph. Figured it was gonna be me going first." Wolverine crawled in,
followed by Slash, Shadowcat and Rogue. Gambit had the rear guard. After
crawling for what seemed like hours, Wolverine ended up next to a grating.
"The smell is strongest here. Looks like we'll be on some kind of
balcony."
"Good. Carefully remove the grating. Try to keep it quiet. We have
the element of surprise on our side."
"Yes mommy." Wolverine drew one of his claws and slowly
(but quietly) cut open the grating. After it was safe, he stuck his head out. "No bad guys, I'm goin' out." He climbed out, and kept himself tight to the floor. Everyone else followed him. Slash risked a peek over the railing. There he saw Sinister looking at a monitor;
he had a huge scowl on his face.
"The outer alarm has not been
tripped. Yet I sense that they are
here. Maybe I am wrong." He saw all the X-Men strapped in along the wall
below them. He immediately ducked down,
and crawled over to Shadowcat.
"Can you phase for a long time? I
mean, as you walk?" She nodded her
head. "Good. First, go disable the alarm system for the prison block. Then, go find Shaman, Strong Guy, Multiple
Man, and Banshee. Take them out to
Blackbird Gold, and tell them to wait here. We don't move until you return." She was gone through the floor.
After about thirty minutes, she
reappeared through the floor.
"Mission accomplished. They are all waiting for us there."
"Good. Now onto your second part. Go down, phase into each X-Man, and tell them what this little
'firecracker' is going to do. I want
them to be warned." Again, she was off
carrying out Slash's orders. She
returned again about ten minutes later.
"Done sir."
"Good, cause its time to go
boom." Slash pulled one of the grenades
off his belt. "Rogue, remember, it'll
be your job to free em. I'll provide a
quick covering fire, and bug out. Wolverine,
you've got rearguard. You two,"
motioning to Gambit and Shadowcat, "help anyone who cannot make it. I'll have the plane ready and I'll perform a
hot pick up. Any questions?" There were none. He pulled the pin. "Alright little buddy. Do your
stuff." He stood up and chucked the
grenade straight at Sinister. He didn't
have much time to react.
"What the…" and it exploded.
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