Ch. 18 – Surprise Endings
They got on Blackbird Gold, and Slash beat Cyclops to the
pilot's seat.
"My mission. I'M
flying." Cyclops scowled, and sat in
the co-pilot's seat. Cerebro fed the
coordinates into the Blackbird's computer, and Slash took the plane off. "Also, my orders are final Cyke, got
that?" Everyone could feel the tension
building between the two. Rogue broke
the tension.
"Let's just get the big Russian hunk and get outta
there." The plane then took on its own
course. Slash readied his MP-5 and
Wolvestopper. Cyclops just sulked to
the back of the plane. Rogue came and
talked to the sullen Cyclops. "I know
yer a bit upset. This is Slash's
mission. Xavier tapped him to lead this
mission, and he's done hisself proud by training us. You need to lighten up a bit Cyke. Maybe you could learn a thing or two from 'em." She gave him a hug, and moved up alongside
Gambit. Slash came and sat next to
Cyke.
"Look man, I'm sorry about this hostility that's
developed between us. I've been trained
one way to do something. My men have
always looked to me for leadership, and I've taken it and used it to make the
best damn SEAL Company in the teams. We
were the best! I've been
stepping on your toes ever since I came. I guess my pride got in the way of saying that…I was wrong. This is your team, not mine." Cyke was crying under the visor, but he
wasn't about to let Slash see that.
"Apology accepted. But if something should happen to me, I want you to lead the team. And take care of Jean for me." "And if I should die, I expect you to watch
out for Kitty's best interest." They
grasped hands. The plane began to slow. Slash hurried back up to the controls. "Alright people, let's go get Peter." The plane descended through the clouds.
Morph was the first one off, turned into a security guard
of the facility. He approached the
gates with the team not far behind him. Slash had his MP-5 to his shoulder ready to take out anyone who got in
Morph's way. Psylock was brandishing
her psyonic knives. Gambit had a hand
of cards ready and charged. Rogue was
next to Gambit, waiting for the order to move in. Wolverine had his claws drawn and ready to slash. Cyclops had his visor charged up. Beast had accompanied them, but would go no
further. They all were waiting for the
sign from Morph to move in. Suddenly a
guard came up to Morph.
"Halt! I don't
believe that I've ever seen you before. Identify yourself." Morph
flustered.
"I'm Bob Stokes from the north perimeter. I was coming on duty."
"This is the North Perimeter, and I don't go off duty for
another hour. Now, identify
yourself." He cocked his MP-5 that he
was carrying. Morph gave the signal and
went for the ground. Slash popped of a
three round burst and knocked down and killed the guard. But the guard on his way down fired off a
wild burst, and hit Morph in the head and chest.
"MORPH!" Screamed
Wolverine. Aside from Slash, Morph was
the X-Man he was closest to. He rushed
out, with Beast hot on his heels to Morph's side. The rest of the team came up, and Gambit flung a card at the
fence to get them a hole. Beast quickly
checked him over, and then closed his eyes.
"I'm sorry Wolverine. He's gone. I'll get him to the
plane to see if there is anything more I can do, but don't get your hopes
up." He gently picked Morph up and
carried him back to the plane. Guards
came out, and Slash began shooting, alongside Cyclops. Wolverine was now full of rage.
"YOU BASTARDS KILLED HIM! AAAAGH!" He flew through the air, and immediately the
guards were slashed to pieces. No one
had ever seen this side of Wolverine. Blood dripped off his claws, and he seemed to be returning to a primal
state.
"WOLVERINE! WE
HAVE A MISSION TO FULFILL! You can vent
your anger later. Right now, we have to
get Colossus out of there. Let's go get
him." They headed into the prison
compound. There they met a withering
fire from an entire security company. Wolverine rushed them too. Psylocke rushed them too, and together they began hacking a path through
the security detail. Gambit threw off a
spread of cards and knocked down many security personnel. Rogue began smacking them up. Cyke and Slash were picking them off one by
one until the entire security team was down for the count. The team reassembled in the center of the
room.
"Logan, where is he?" Wolverine began sniffing the air.
"Over this way." The team ran after him. They
encountered a door, and Cyke blasted it down. They found themselves in a hallway of prison doors. "Hmm. A bunch of familiar smells. Colossus is over there. I'm tryin' this one. " Gambit pulled out a card, and flung it at
the prison door. It exploded and Rogue
and Psylocke rushed in. They found
Colossus already dead. His wounds had
already caused him to pass away. Wolverine
ripped the door apart. He found a young
Asian girl with a scowl on his face. "I
always wondered what happened to Jubilee. Guess she got caught too." Cyclops blasted another door down. "Archangel!" It was Warren
Worthington. Gyrick too captured him. Cyclops took Archangel and gave him to
Rogue, and Wolverine took Jubilee. Slash looked around.
"Let's move." They ran out to where the security team still lay. They ran over them, and then outside. Suddenly machine guns opened up on the
team. Slash blasted the machine gun to
a million pieces, and killed the crew. They had just approached the gate. Slash was looking around and spotted a sniper on the roof. The sniper was aiming his rifle at the last
man out, Cyclops. Slash flew right at
him.
"CYCLOPSSSSSS………" The sniper fired. Both Slash and
Cyclops collapsed to the ground. Blood
began to flow around them.
Ah ah ah! You'll have to wait for chapter 19!