Hey
everyone, I'm only going to write one more chapter after this one. I feel its time to close this story
down. Time to focus on my other story
and maybe a new one involving Prowler, Firestorm and Generation X…
DISCLAIMER: WWF owns Undertaker and The Rock and all that stuff. Gettysburg belongs to Turner Films,
please Mr. Turner, don't sue a poor, lowly college student. ::Whimpers and begs on his knees:: Oh, and Oceania is SailorRyokoKitana's
character (or soon to be character). Don't use her without consulting SailorRyokoKitana first. Also, if you don't like what I've done with
Logan and Oceania, then get at SailorRyokoKitana. She threated to make me watch the Storm scene over and over from
the movie if I didn't comply with her wishes. PHEW! Enough of the legal
crap. Onto the story!
CH.
34 – New Surprises…New Methods
"My name is Samuel Madison. A mysterious note sent me here. Do you happen to know a Nathaniel
Wessex? And I know nothing of this
Scott Summers you refer to." Madison
was seated in the Ready Room and the entire team, save Slash and Shadowcat were
in the room interrogating Madison. Xavier looked puzzled. The team
looked the same.
"I sense nothing like Scott, yet he
is nearly identical to him." He paused
over his next move. "Take off your
glasses."
"I'm sorry Mr. Xavier, I can't do
that. My eyes…I can't explain it…"
Xavier absorbed this information.
"How do you control this problem?"
"Other than the sunglasses, I don't
know of another way…"
"Who gave them to you?"
"I don't know." Wolverine got up and slammed his fist on the
table.
"Don't you see it??? This is a
damned Scott impersonator! In
practically every way, he IS Slim!!!! Even his scent!" He scowled and
walked out of the room. Xavier watched
as Logan left.
"Well Mr. Madison, we'll see what we
can do to help you out. Why don't you
use one of the guest rooms?"
Meanwhile, Slash was busy in using
Cerebro's database. Specifically, he
was searching through US Navy magazines looking at new innovations planned to
be used by the SEAL teams. Shadowcat
had just finished her shower, and came in with Slash. He had just found an article on a new technology that was ready
to be used with the teams. Shadowcat
leaned over his shoulder as he read about the use of a heavy metal used by the
US Army as a tank-busting weapon. Depleted uranium is one of the most heavy metals found on the planet,
and can rip apart any armor on a tank. The SEAL teams had been searching for a round that would give the SEAL's
firepower if they encountered a tank. But the bad news about depleted uranium is that it is still radioactive,
even if at low levels. Some A-10
"Warthog" pilots from the Gulf War are now beginning to show signs of radiation
burns. The article went on to tell how
Slash's old SEAL platoon was assigned the testing of this shell on old Army
tanks in combination with a M-88 McMillan .50 caliber sniper rifle, the exact
same type as Slash.
"Hmm." A grin spread across Slash's face. "'Perhaps we should move more swiftly…there may be an opportunity
here.' Robert E. Lee, Gettysburg. 'Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of
war!' I may have my vengeance…"
That night, Rogue was sitting at her
mirror, looking out the window and brushing her hair. She was thinking of how she would never get married, but wished
for a marriage like Slash and Shadowcat's. This depressed her a little bit, until she heard a knock on the door.
"Come in." The door slowly creaked open to reveal Gambit, holding something
behind his back. "Howdy Cajun. Whatcha
tryin ta hide?"
"Oh nuttin chere." He had the typical Gambit smirk on his
face. "Nuttin 'cept dis." He pulled out a small box from behind him. Remy LeBeau got down on one knee and
presented Rogue with the box. "For you
chere, Gambit's one and only chere…" In
surprise, Rogue opened the box and found in it a small diamond ring, just
Rogue's size.
"REMY!?!" in half shock and surprise.
"Gambit be honored to have you marry
him chere. Please say yes…" Tears poured down her face.
"Ah…ah…say yes Remy!" They immediately embraced. He took the ring out of the box, and put it
on her finger.
"Now Gambit have all he ever wanted
out of life."
"But Remy, what about us havin' sex
an' kids an'…" He put a gloved finger
to her mouth.
"Shh chere. Gambit say dis; do we need to worry bout de
future? All dat matters is de here and
now…"
Logan was up watching wrestling all
decked out in his Undertaker shirts and downing beers. Logan was hooting all through
Smackdown. The Undertaker was wrestling
the Rock for the Intercontinental Championship. Suddenly a loud roaring noise
was heard at the front of the mansion.
"What the hell is that?" He walked to the front door. Outside sat a navy blue Harley Davidson with
the word "OCEANIA" painted in sky blue on the side of the fuel tank. The still helmeted driver revealed her long
flowing brown hair. She turned and
looked at Logan. He let off a low feral
growl of pleasure at her sight.
"I'm looking for the Xavier
Institute. Is this the place?"
"Yeah hot thing. You got a name darlin'?"
"The name's Amanda Borden. You can call me Oceania. Can I meet with Professor Xavier?"
"Nope, sorry. Chuck's gone to
bed. He doesn't want to be
disturbed. However, you can sleep in my
room…" He took her things, and they headed inside. He closed the outside door. Logan glanced at her as they walked up the stairs.
"Is there a problem Mr…?"
"Oh, sorry. The name's Logan."
"Well now. Is there a problem Mr. Logan?"
"No, not at all. Just struck by your
beauty and you look so vibrant. Damn,
you look even better than Jeannie."
"Who's that?"
"You'll meet her in the morning…Just
don't mind these." SNIKT!
"Impressive,
but they don't scare me at all." With
that, he opened the door to his room, and quickly shut it.
In another part of the mansion,
Slash is donning his old SEAL uniform, complete with insignias and all of
it. He even dusted off his old SEAL
Team 3 hat. Slash wanted that bullet,
and he wanted it bad. He readied his
Glock sidearm and decided to "buy" a car and get Little Creek stickers to get
on base. He had a Navy Blue 1967 Ford
Mustang in the cargo hold of the Blackbird that he bought recently off some kid
and Slash had restored it. He set the
plane down in Pungo, a small backwater farmland of Virginia Beach, and headed
off to the base. He arrived at 11. The MP stopped him.
"I'm sorry sir. Base is locked down. I'm gonna have to see some ID." Slash whipped out his ID and the MP let him
in. He was off and blazing to the SEAL
"bullpen." He arrived at Team 3, hoping
someone he knew would be on duty that night. He walked in, and saw that his old chief, Hank Kozlowski, was manning
the Quarterdeck. "Koz" got right up in
shock and surprise.
"Damn sir! Didn't think I'd ever see you again Slash!"
"I didn't think so either Koz. How are ya?"
"Straight sir. Same cock and balls
bullshit we always put up with. Now, I
know you didn't come here for some pleasure visit. What's up sir?"
"Well Koz, I read in the Navy Times
how you guys are testing a new weapon for the teams. An anti-tank round made of depleted uranium. I'd like to inspect it."
"Why sir?"
"Another guy on the west coast,
where I was transferred, got sick from this. I need to see it."
"Ok sir." He lead Slash back to the weapons hold. He opened the door, and unlocked a case in the back. It opened, revealing two bullets. Koz pulled them both out. "Here they are sir…wait a minute. Sir, we're the first SEAL unit to test these
weapons. How…" Slash immediately put a knockout move on
Koz.
"I'm sorry Koz, but this is revenge
for my wife." As soon as he got in his
car, he peeled out of the base, and flew out of the base, headed back to the
Blackbird and the mansion.
Madison was sound asleep when he was
hastened awake, and soon looked like a robot. He got up, and walked down the hall. He entered Jean Grey's room and within seconds, he was carrying her out
of the room, and out the driveway. Outside, a car met them, and soon sped away.
The next morning, Xavier met with
Oceania and Logan. Logan sponsored her
admission into the school. Xavier then
made a bio listing on Cerebro's central computer.
NAME: Amanda Borden
CODENAME: Oceania
AGE: Unknown
HAIR: Brown
EYES: Hazel
MUTANT
POWERS: Control of anything related to
water
Xavier quizzically looked at
Logan. "You just ran into her last
night. Why do you think she should be
admitted?"
"She's got needs our help
Charles. She's got a tough power to
control."
"Professor, remember that tidal wave
that wiped out half the Solomon Islands?"
"Vaguely, yes I do."
"Well, I was very angry with my
boyfriend. He had just dumped me. As my anger increased, water from a nearby
lake engulfed him, and he drowned. The
next day, I learned of that unexplained tidal wave. It was me professor. I
killed all them…" She fought with all of her being to fight back the tears, but
was unsuccessful. Logan began to
comfort her. Xavier nodded.
"Welcome to the school." Suddenly Nightcrawler appeared in the
office.
"Professor, Jean is vamoush! She disappeared into das night. And Herr Madison is gone too." Suddenly, Slash busted down the door.
"Xavier, I want you to find Sinister
Now. I want that man dead…"
One
more chapter to go…