Ch. 27 – Operation Infiltrate
"We
haven't much time Charles. The Shi'ar
are calling upon their allies the X-Men to assist us in stopping the invasion
of the Kree. We need your team to use
your spaceship. It is something only
you can do Xavier. Without your
support, we lose the war." Xavier was
stunned speechless.
"What
can our small ship do that your mighty imperial battleships cannot do?"
"The
Kree have a impenetrable defense shield.
It is set up on one of their planets that is barely defended because of
the strength of the shield. This
generator emits enough power to engulf their entire battle fleet. Our scientists have designed a Phase
Variance Generator. In the most basic
terminology, it is designed to get a ship through a forcefield, or make it
undetectable to sensors, or make it visually impossible to see."
"Why
don't you install this on your battleships or fighters? Or even ask Corsair? He has more interstellar warfare experience
than we do."
"She
did. We're coming with you." Turning around, he saw Corsair enter the War
Room. "If you go, we'll be helping give
you cover. We just don't have the
manpower to land and eliminate the generator.
You do. Plus, you have the
experience of covert operations. I know
my son has trained for missions like this all his life." The X-Men present, Slash, Storm, and Xavier
all looked at each other. "What? Did I say something wrong?"
"No
Corsair."
"Speaking
of which, where is that scrappy boy of mine?"
"He's
away Corsair. He'll be waiting for you
when you get back." Xavier didn't
exactly lie to Corsair. He just misled
him. This was not the time to tell
Captain Christopher Summers that his oldest son was dead.
"Anyway,
Charles, we cannot fit the device to our battleships and battle cruisers for
the simple reason that the device cannot generate a field that big. And as for the fighters, I stated before
that a fighter cannot do the job. There
must be a team on the ground to destroy the generators. Your ship, I believe you call it the Eagle,
is perfect for the job. We can install
it, as your team gets ready for action.
Half hour tops. We can even show
your flight engineer how to work it. We
need your help Charles. Once you
eliminate the generator, you return to our space, and your job is done." Xavier looked at Slash.
"Are
you ready to handle the Eagle?"
"We
can call in Forge correct?"
"Yes,
I have summoned him. He will be here
any time now."
"Good. I want a veteran pilot at the helm. Yeah, I think we can do it. I'll need the entire team save Jubilee. This mission is to damn delicate to have a kid
come along. Nothing against her, but
there can be no screw ups on this mission or we all, including Corsair's
people, die." Xavier nodded, and Slash
and Storm headed out. Slash quickly
made up a list of which X-Man would be manning which section of the ship. The arrived in the Rec Room and called
everyone around.
"Alright
everyone. We are on a life or death
mission to save essentially, the universe.
The Shi'ar need our help to disable some shield generator. They are fixing the Eagle for
flight." Forge entered. "Ah, Forge, welcome. You're our pilot. I'll be in Combat Defense Control and be co-pilot if the
situation arises. Psylocke will assist
me in CDC. Gambit and Wolverine will
man the gun mounts themselves. Iceman
will be in engineering. Beast, let's hope we never need your medical services
because you'll be manning sickbay.
Jean, you'll be in sensor control.
Use your mental telepathy to assist you. Shadowcat will be co-pilot on the bridge. Archangel, Storm and Rogue will be our ground
force. Jubilee, you are staying
here. We can't afford for you to
accidentally blow up a sensitive piece of vital equipment like the Phase
Variance Generator. We lose that we're
all dead. No hard feelings Jubes?" She huffed.
"Nope. I'm just tired of being left behind." She left the room. Wolverine eyed Slash.
"That
was a bit harsh, but I'm behind ya Squid.
We can't afford a screw up on this mission."
"Alright
everyone, let's go." They slowly headed
out to the Eagle. Forge fired up
the engines and headed out to join the Shi'ar fleet and the Starjammers.
"Shi'ar
flag this is Eagle. Engaging
Phase Variance Generator to pass through an energy field. Starjammer, comply." Said Slash on the radio.
"Shi'ar
flag acknowledged."
"Starjammer
acknowledged. You know Scott would have
loved to have been on this mission."
"Yeah,
but he couldn't make it." It was
killing them all not to tell Corsair.
"Alright
Starjammer, radio silence from here on out."
"Acknowledged." Slash turned on the 1MC (or ship wide
intercom).
"Everyone,
I'm not going to tell you how important this mission is. I expect you all to do your best. Let's get in, out and back to Earth, before
they know what the hell hit them. Let's
all report to your stations." They
scurried off and manned their station.
Slash and Psylocke took communication control of internal controls.
"Sensors. We're approaching the shield."
"Acknowledged
Jean. Forge, standby."
"Aye captain."
"Bobby, is the generator set to what we need it to?"
"Yeah
boss."
"Good."
"Quit
the chatter Squid and lets get this done and over with." Scowled Wolverine. Forge piloted the plane carefully through the shield.
"Slash,
I've scanned their minds on the Starjammer, and they are through too."
"Forge,
course to this generator planet.
Wolverine, Gambit, stay sharp.
Jean, anything on sensors?"
"Main
fleet ahead. They don't appear to be
tracking us."
"Good. Iceman, can we max out the throttle?"
"Oh
yeah."
"Then
hit it." Iceman increased throttle to
full power. The Starjammer did the
same, and they poured it on headed to disable the generator. In the meantime, the three raiders of Storm,
Rogue and Archangel readied themselves to make the strike.
It
took about a half hour to reach the generator planet. According to plan, the Starjammers maintained orbit. Iceman brought them back into visual phase
to allow the three fliers to find their way back to the ship. Beast opened the cargo ramp at the back of
the ship. Storm, Rogue and Archangel
were off. St
"Gambit,
Logan, stay sharp. If you see any Kree
soldiers, notify me. If they open fire
on you, SMOKE THEM. We can't afford to
take any hits."
"You
got it Mon ami." They paid a close eye
to anything that moved on the ground.
Wolverine was looking around.
"Yeah
Cajun. Keep your eye out…" He spotted a soldier coming near them and
blasted the soldier.
"Hey
Squid, we got company. I just smoked a
Kree. I don't doubt there's gonna be
more of them coming." Suddenly a blast
rocked the ship. "WHAT THE HELL WAS
THAT?" As Wolverine and Gambit scanned
the tree line. Gambit saw a Kree
reloading and blasted him.
"Yeah,
Chere, Stormy and Angelboy better hurry up.
Gambit smoked one too." Slash
was frantically trying to see what had happened.
"DAMAGE
REPORT!?!?!?!" He began punching on the
computer.
"Hey
Slash man, we…uh have a slight problem."
"Don't
tell me…don't tell me…"
"Yeah. The Phase Variance is disabled. We're gonna have fun getting out of here."
"SHIT!" Suddenly Storm came on the radio.
"Warren
has been shot! Beast, prepare the
infirmary."
"Did
you disable the generator?"
"Affirmative." The raiders quickly boarded the plane. "We're here. Let's get out of here!" Slash adjusted his seatbelts and focused
on weapons control. He toggled the
radio.
"Jean,
raise the Starjammer and inform them of the damage we've received. Everybody else better fasten all seatbelts,
return your tray table to the full upright position. This is gonna be one hell of a ride."
This is going to be an interesting
running of the gauntlet. And I'm sorry
about the weird font changes and stuff.
IT'S NOT ME!! IT'S FANFICTION.
