X-treme circumstances part 14
Pyro sat lazily on a sofa, playing with a fireball that he made.
Looking up as his boss made his way in the room, he extinguished the fireball and looked at Sinister.
"Something wrong, boss?," he asked.
Sinister glared at Pyro, "No."
Pyro looked away from Sinister, "Sheesh... Sor-ry."
Sinister said nothing.
Feeling nervous at the silence, Pyro decided to change the subject, "So... What are your plans for that guy?"
Sinister was about to yell at Pyro but instead smiled at the thought of his plans.
"Well Pyro," Sinister started," Have you ever wondered what would happen if mutant DNA was combined with Fae DNA?"
Pyro rolled his eyes, "I can truthfully say that I have gone through life never asking that question. Let me guess.... We're going to find out soon."
Sinister nodded, "Exactly."
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James studied a monitor that showed what the jet was flying over and sighed.
Sarah walked up to James, "So, how do you know how to find Jareth?"
"I found out through the amulet," James explained, not taking his eyes away from the screen, "After accidentally activating it somehow, it showed be a birds eye view of some landscape flying by and eventualy it led to a building."
"So you're trying to recreate that path by watching the monitor?"
"Yeah."
Sarah walked off, leaving James to his task and came up to Jubilee.
Jubilee looked at Sarah, "So how does James know where Jareth is?"
"I think the amulet showed him what Jareth saw when he was flying. Right now he's trying to recreate that journey."
Jubilee nodded, 'I see.... Well at least we'll be able to help him."
"Yeah," Sarah replied, "If it works... and we get there on time."
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Mystique sat on a chair with her head tilted back counting the tiles on the ceiling. She was so BORED! The only interesting thing that happened was Sinister leaving the makeshift lab in a huff but that was about an hour ago. she couldn't even talk to Magneto because he had to run some errands.
She looked at the closed door and grinned. Perhaps she could check up on their guest right now. He seemed interesting and she wouldn't mind a conversation with him.
Opening the door, she peeked in to see Jareth staring at something over on the counter.
"Can I help you?," Mystique asked, her voice betraying a hint of curiousity
Jareth looked away from the counter and looked towards Mystique, "Errrr... yeah, you could hand me my amulet," Jareth replied.
Mystique grinned and walked over to the counter. Picking up the amulet, she studied the design of it. "Oh how cute." She walked towards Jareth and dangled the amulet in front of Jareth, "Such a simple little thing, why do you want it so badly?"
Jareth sighed, "Frankly its because my powers are focused through that thing and I need it to leave this place. Now are you going to give it back or not?"
Mystique laughed, "Now why would I do something so dumb as that? Maybe I like your company. I'm not about to help you leave."
She looked at his face and was disappointed that her words didn't seem to have produced any type of reaction.
Jareth's face seemed expressionless, "Well, that just put a damper on our relationship now didn't it?"
"What relationship?"
"Good point."
Wanting to get some type of reaction, Mystique smiled as another idea came to mind.
She waived the amulet back and forth and watched as Jareth's eyes followed its every move.
"So Jareth," Mystique asked, "What is it that you see in this Sarah girl? I'm sure that with your looks and abilities, it wouldn't be hard to find a more suitable woman. you don't have to settle for that infant."
Jareth arched an eyebrow at Mystique. Did she just hit on him?, "And I suppose that more suitable woman is you?"
"well, yeah."
"I hate to bust your bubble missy, but I'd prefer that 'infant' over you in any situation.
Mystique frowned at Jareth's statement, "I don't get it... What does she have that I don't?"
"Don't get me wrong," Jareth replied, "I'm sure you're a blast with the Goth people with that skull thing happening with your belt but.... I just don't do the Smurf thing."
Mystique walked up closer, "You better be glad that you can serve a purpose to my employers. Otherwise, I wouldn't think twice about dispatching you right here without your amulet to help you. No one insults me!"
"First time for everything," Jareth commented bitterly, "And it won't be the last."
"why are you acting like a jerk to me?," Mystique asked.
"Gee let me thing about that," Jareth said sarcastically, "Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't you the one who SHOT me?!"
Mystique was about to say something else in response to that comment when the door opened.
"What the hell are you talking about?!"
Mystique turned to the voice and smiled, "Ummm nothing Magneto."
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James smiled as he recognized the building from his little vision and tapped Logan on the shoulder.
"Land there," he said as he pointed to a clearing, "Jareth's in the a building near it."
Gambit looked at the building and shook his head, "Why is it that every villain and criminal seem to hang out in warehouses?"
Sarah smiled, "That's not always true... They sometimes work in city hall."
"Oh."
Logan sighed and shook his head, "Ok people, are we going to kick butt or have political commentary?"
"Political commentary!"
"Hoggle!"
"Sorry....*sigh* kick butt I guess."
As the group got off of the jet, Jubilee stopped Sarah, "Are you sure you want to come? You have no powers or any means of defense."
"Jubilee I'm going... Nothing more to say other than that."
"Ok...."
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Pyro watched as Sinister made his way back to the lab door but stopped watching after the door closed.
Suffering from boredom, Pyro decided to check up on some of the other mutant guards.
Opening the door, he was surprised not to hear the guards talking. Holding a fireball in hand, he cautiously stepped out to investigate. Turning a corner, he stepped back as he saw 8 figures coming his direction.
Extinguishing the fireball, he hid in some bushes so that he would go unnoticed. Whoever this group consisted of, if they could handle the other guards, they could probe a challenge. best size them up first.
As the group walked by, Pyro recognized only three of them as members of the X-men. Of the others, two looked human, one looked like a fox and the others well... he didn't know what they were.
He reached for his communicator to contact Sinister.
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Sinister eyed Mystic as Magneto stepped aside, "Looks like more than nothing..."
He smirked, "Doesn't matter though...," he looked at Jareth, "So Jareth, how are you finding your stay here?"
Jareth shrugged, "Could be better."
"I see, "Sinister commented as he noticed the impartial look on the Fae's face."
"Oh by the way, are you at all curious to why we even bothered detaining you?"
Jareth smiled, "I asuume you're going to tell me no matter what my answer is."
"But of course... I'm going to combind your DNA with that of a mutant."
"I see," Jareth replied, "Ok, now I have a question to ask you."
"What?"
"Do you guys really do this for fun?," Jareth asked, "I mean, I figured at least one of you guys would have a life. By the way, who are you going to get to provide for the mutant half of this experiment?"
sinister gave an amused look, "Well I'm sure Mystique would be happy to oblige me on that matter."
Mystique looked at Sinister, "Excuse me? Oh no... I have enough kids already!"
"Well that isn't MY fault! If you didn't get around so much that wouldn't be a problem now would it?"
"You think I was going to be part of this experiment of yours?," Mystique asked seethingly as she swung her free hand towards Sinister's face as if to slap him only to have Sinister grab her wrist in mid swing.
"You'll regret doing that," Sinister said, his voice showing the anger that had built up inside him, "If I didn't think that --"
His statement was interrupted by a communicator going off.
Letting go of Mystique's wrist, he reached for a communicator and spoke into it, "This better be important Pyro, I'm in the middle of something here."
*It is Sinister. There are eight people coming your way. I believe they have already taken care of the other guards.*
Sinister frowned, "Do you recognize any of them?"
*Yeah. There are three X-men , two humans, a dog riding fox, and two I-don't -know-whats.*
"Well take care of it!"
*Yes Sir.*
Sinister finished the communication and looked at Jareth, "Well, it seems like some friends of yours showed up."
He noticed a smile on Jareth's face, "Oh don't be deceived into thinking that they will rescue you. They willb e taken care of shortly."
Still, the grin was on Jareth's face.
Sinister grew impatient, "Dammit! What could possibly put you in a good mood?!"
Jareth continued to smile, "I know something you don't know..."
"Oh?... and what would that be?"
Mystique suddenly shrieked as Jareth grabbed the amulet from her hands quickly.
"I've been out of those restraints since you came in the room," Jareth answered.
Jareth smirked as he used the amulet to float to the ceiling, "Thanks Mystique couldn't have done it without you."
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Pyro watched as the group got closer. There was no way he'd be able to take them all. sinister and the others would have to deal with some of them.
Looking at the three that were in the back of the group, he smiled, he could handle them quite easily.
As the group started to enter the building he made a wall of fire that surrounded the last three.
Jubilee stopped as she heard Sarqah shriek in surprise. Turning around, her eyes widened as she saw the wall of fire surrounding Sarah, Ludo, and Hoggle.
"Sarah!," Jubille exclaimed as she walked towards the fire.
"No Jubilee! Get Jareth! We're fine right now."
Jubilee considered what to do but finally decided to listen to Sarah, "Ok, be careful."
Jubilee followed the others into the building, leaving the three surrounded by the fire.
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Mystique looked at Magneto and Sinister, "Hey... how was I supposed to know that he could do that?!"
Sinister growled, "Just shut up and go help Pyro fight those intruders."
"I'll go as well," Magneto volunteered, "That way you can get that guy down from the ceiling."
"You do that. Jareth's not about to do anything real powerful. The strong spells take time which is something I'm sure not to give him."
"How nice, you read my biography, "Jareth quipped, "I'm flattered... really I am."
"That's IT! Forget the experiment!You're dead!"
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Mystique and Magneto ran into the room in time to greet the remaining friends.
"Mystique, you take care of the human, the fox and the dog. I'll take care of the others."
Mystique nodded and ran towards James and Sir Dydimus.
Magneto looked at wolverine and made a slight gesture with his hand, sending Wolverine flying. He chuckled as he saw Logan crash through the door. People with metal laced skeletons could be so much fun.
He turned his attention to Gambit and Jubilee. Soon, he flung two giant metal containers at Gambit and Jubilee .
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Sinister was about to attack when he heard a crashing sound.
"Dammit Magneto! You're supposed to keep them from me... Not send them to me!"
Jareth saw Wolverine and landed next to him, "Hey Wolfie... you ok?"
Logan just looked at him, "Yeah... just peachy."
He then looked at Sinister, "Gee... if it ain't Sinister. If I'd known about you being here, I would have brought visor boy."
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Pyro smirked at the three as he walked through the wall of flame, unaffected.
Sarah looked at Pyro to size him up... ugly costume... bad hair....must be a mutant.
"well well.... uninvited guests," Pyro commented as he brought his hands close together, "Guess you missed the signs about the attack dogs."
At that, he produced to balls of flame that took the shape of pit bulls.
Sarah jumped back as one lashed out at her.
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Mystique gave an evil grin as she looked over James and Sir Dydimus, "well well, Looks like work is cut out for me.
She saw Ambrosious start to quiver and turned to face him. she morphed her head to the most hideous face she could.
"Boo!"
Ambrosious boroke into a run, with Sir Dydimus on top
"I say Ambrosious! Stop this instance!," sir Dydimus yelled at the dog, "You're embarassing me!"
Ambrosious ignored his order.
Mystique laughed and looked at James, "Well, that just leaves you..."
She landed a mean kick to his gut.
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Jareth looked at Wolverine questionably, "Visor boy?.... Oh... that cyclops guy.... Why would you want him here?"
Wolverine got up and bared his claws, getting ready to fight, "Because Cyclops's power apparently is very useful against this guy!"
Jareth and Wolverine dodged a blast from Sinister.
"Oh really?," Jareth asked, "Hmmm... I got an idea but it'll take some time. Can you distract him for a little while."
Wolverine looked at Jareth, yeah sure.... what are you going to do?"
Jareth smirked, "You'll see..."
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"Sarah! you ok?," Hoggle said only to turn tail and run the other direction as one of the dogs chased him.
"I'm fine right now Hoggle!," Sarah yelled to her friend.
Oh what she wouldn't do for some water right now....
Ludo picked up Sarah and held her out of the reach of the dog as he tried to get away from the dog. But his large frame couldn't move that fast. He let out a howl of pain as the fire dog bit into him.
"Ludo!," Sarah exclaimed as she could feel the monster's pain. She then noticed something happening. As Ludo yelled, some rocks started moving. He was calling the rocks.
Pyro was surprised when a large rock rolled through his wall of flame, smothering the flames that were over there. So surprised that he didn't realize that Hoggle had run through the opening with one of his fire dogs following him.
"Hoggle!," Sarah exclaimed, "You're not leaving us are ya?!"
"No! I'm trying not to turn crispy thank you very much!!!," Hoggle answered as he ran alongside the parameter of the building looking for something.
Smiling as he spotted what he was looking for, Hoggle made a sharp turn and stopped after running a few feet in the new direction. The fire dog soon turned as well and made a flying leap at the dwarf with it's jaws wide open.
The creature soon disappeared as a steady stream of water it it's firey being.
"Way to go Hoggle!," Sarah exclaimed as Hoggle came back with a fire hose and began to spray the wall, the other fire dog, and finally Pyro.
Drenched, Pyro looked up to see some rocks start to pile on him, not enough to crush him but enough to prevent him from causing anymore trouble.
"Well, that was interesting," Sarah commented as Ludo lowered her. She began to examine the burns on Ludo and frowned, "Come on Ludo, let's get you to the jet so we can take care of that."
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James groaned as he lay on the floor. Damn! That hurt!
Mystique smiled at the guy as she pulled out a gun, "Much as I'd hate to use this on you, I won't think twice about it if I need to. I recommend that you lie on the floor."
She then noticed the amulet that James wore and recognized it as a similar design to Jareth's, "So you're a Fae as well?"
"Actually half breed," James commented as Mystique reached down and took his amulet, "And I see that you're a thief."
Mystique smiled, "Not quite."
"Woah Ambrosious!"
Mystique stood up quickly as she heard Sir Dydimus say that and turned around to see what was going on. Before she could turn around, she was knocked down as the dog crashed into her.
Picking up the gun that Mystique dropped, James aimed it at Mystique, "Now, much as I'd hate to use this on you, I won't think about it if I need to." He smiled as he repeated the exact words Mystique had said to him.
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Jubilee and Gambit jumped out of the way of the trash containers as they came crashing into a wall.
"Damn! this place is full of metal!," Gambit commented as he dodged another metallic object, "How the hell are we supposed to fight him?"
"How should I know?!," Jubilee yelled back, "Just keep him busy and try not to get hit by anything. Maybe he'll get tired."
Gambit sighed and threw a charged card at Magneto only to watch him block it with a magnetic force field.
"Aw crap!," Jubilee commented as she saw the card having no effect, "Where's a plastic prison when you need one?"
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Wolverine jumped around the room, just dodging the blasts from Sinister, occasionally getting close enough to cut Sinister. It had no effect rather than get Sinister angrier at Wolverine.
Whatever Jareth's plan was, it better work.
Jareth watched the fight with great intrest and wanted to jump in to help. But if he did that, then all this time spent building up energy would be wasted.
"Keep it up," Jareth thought, "I need just a bit more time...
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After Sarah made sure that Ludo's wounds were properly cared for, she started to leave the jet.
"Sarah? Where are you going?", Hoggle asked.
Sarah paused to look at him, "I'm going to see if I can help... that's what. You stay here and take care of Ludo, understood?"
"Yeah, yeah.... Sarah?".... Do be careful."
Sarah nodded and ran towards the building again. Passing the pile of rocks that still had a struggling Pyro pinned in underneath them.
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James looked over to the person who just ran in and smiled, "Sarah! Glad you could make it!"
Sarah nodded and looked around, "Where are the others?"
As if on cue, a wall of aluminum siding ripped away, revealing the room that Gambit and Jubilee were facing Magneto in.
James gestured over to the room, "Guess."
Sarah nodded and started to run off towards the door before James yelled out to her again.
"Wait Sarah! I need you to watch over the Gothic smurfette here I'll go help them."
Mystique growled at this new nickname and glared as James handed the gun to Sarah and then run off to the next room.
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James stepped through the framework of the building where the now missing aluminum siding was.
Dodging flying metal, he made his way over to where Jubilee and Gambit were, "Need any help?"
Gambit threw another card at Magneto only to watch this one deflected as well, "Dur! Any suggestions?"
"Right now I'd opt for the dodging the flying objects method," Jubilee added, "It's working so far.."
The group ducked another barrage of flying metal.
"That sounds like a good plan for now," James replied.
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Wolverine looked at Jareth, "You ready yet?!"
Jareth shook his head, "Patience is a virtue......."
"Not when you're going to get yourself killed because of it!"
Jareth felt himself gain the right amount of energy. "Oh fine," he said in a joking tone, "if you're going to be that way...." He raised his hand and concentrated.
Sinister stopped attacking Wolverine when he noticed Jareth raising his hand, "What now?!"
He was shocked as a red beam came out of Jareth's hands.
Wolverine stepped back as he saw what Jareth had done. Did he just recreate Cyclops's energy blast? He noticed the grin on Jareth's face and new that it was true.
Sinister felt a searing pain on his chest and groaned in pain as Jareth continued his assault on him. But just as he felt as if he were going to die from the blast, Jareth stopped. Curiously, Sinister looked at Jareth's face in time to see an amused expression on his face.
"Want more?," Jareth asked, not really expecting an answer.
Sinister didn't say anything.
Jareth looked at Wolverine, "Let's go."
The two walked into the room that Magneto was in which just caused Jareth to sigh.
"Hey Magneto!," Jareth called out.
Magneto stopped fighting and looked at Jareth , "Yeah... what?"
"Couldn't we just call it a night? I'm sure you had better things planned than to get into a little skirmish. Besides, there isn't really a reason for you to continue fighting now. "
Magneto nodded, "You've got a point there Jareth.... There will be plenty of chances to fight these X-men...."
Magneto made a hole in ceiling and began to levitate himself up. Before he left the building, he looked down at Jareth and smirked, "Call me.. we'll do lunch."
"Uhh... yeah."
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Sarah watched Jareth's confrontation with Magneto thanks to there being no wall between the two at the moment.
Forgetting about Mystique, she made her way over to the other room.
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As the group watched Magneto leave, Jareth turned to see Sarah walking towards the room.
He met Sarah where the two rooms joined and took her hand, kissing it tenderly, "That's twice you have helped me my dear, now how am I going to find a way to reward you?"
Sarah didn't say a word. She just wrapped her arms around Jareth in a loving embrace.
Jareth smiled and returned the hug.
"Ok people," Wolverine commented, "Lets save the sappy stuff for later. First order of business is getting back to the compound."
The group made their way to the jet.
Pyro sat lazily on a sofa, playing with a fireball that he made.
Looking up as his boss made his way in the room, he extinguished the fireball and looked at Sinister.
"Something wrong, boss?," he asked.
Sinister glared at Pyro, "No."
Pyro looked away from Sinister, "Sheesh... Sor-ry."
Sinister said nothing.
Feeling nervous at the silence, Pyro decided to change the subject, "So... What are your plans for that guy?"
Sinister was about to yell at Pyro but instead smiled at the thought of his plans.
"Well Pyro," Sinister started," Have you ever wondered what would happen if mutant DNA was combined with Fae DNA?"
Pyro rolled his eyes, "I can truthfully say that I have gone through life never asking that question. Let me guess.... We're going to find out soon."
Sinister nodded, "Exactly."
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James studied a monitor that showed what the jet was flying over and sighed.
Sarah walked up to James, "So, how do you know how to find Jareth?"
"I found out through the amulet," James explained, not taking his eyes away from the screen, "After accidentally activating it somehow, it showed be a birds eye view of some landscape flying by and eventualy it led to a building."
"So you're trying to recreate that path by watching the monitor?"
"Yeah."
Sarah walked off, leaving James to his task and came up to Jubilee.
Jubilee looked at Sarah, "So how does James know where Jareth is?"
"I think the amulet showed him what Jareth saw when he was flying. Right now he's trying to recreate that journey."
Jubilee nodded, 'I see.... Well at least we'll be able to help him."
"Yeah," Sarah replied, "If it works... and we get there on time."
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Mystique sat on a chair with her head tilted back counting the tiles on the ceiling. She was so BORED! The only interesting thing that happened was Sinister leaving the makeshift lab in a huff but that was about an hour ago. she couldn't even talk to Magneto because he had to run some errands.
She looked at the closed door and grinned. Perhaps she could check up on their guest right now. He seemed interesting and she wouldn't mind a conversation with him.
Opening the door, she peeked in to see Jareth staring at something over on the counter.
"Can I help you?," Mystique asked, her voice betraying a hint of curiousity
Jareth looked away from the counter and looked towards Mystique, "Errrr... yeah, you could hand me my amulet," Jareth replied.
Mystique grinned and walked over to the counter. Picking up the amulet, she studied the design of it. "Oh how cute." She walked towards Jareth and dangled the amulet in front of Jareth, "Such a simple little thing, why do you want it so badly?"
Jareth sighed, "Frankly its because my powers are focused through that thing and I need it to leave this place. Now are you going to give it back or not?"
Mystique laughed, "Now why would I do something so dumb as that? Maybe I like your company. I'm not about to help you leave."
She looked at his face and was disappointed that her words didn't seem to have produced any type of reaction.
Jareth's face seemed expressionless, "Well, that just put a damper on our relationship now didn't it?"
"What relationship?"
"Good point."
Wanting to get some type of reaction, Mystique smiled as another idea came to mind.
She waived the amulet back and forth and watched as Jareth's eyes followed its every move.
"So Jareth," Mystique asked, "What is it that you see in this Sarah girl? I'm sure that with your looks and abilities, it wouldn't be hard to find a more suitable woman. you don't have to settle for that infant."
Jareth arched an eyebrow at Mystique. Did she just hit on him?, "And I suppose that more suitable woman is you?"
"well, yeah."
"I hate to bust your bubble missy, but I'd prefer that 'infant' over you in any situation.
Mystique frowned at Jareth's statement, "I don't get it... What does she have that I don't?"
"Don't get me wrong," Jareth replied, "I'm sure you're a blast with the Goth people with that skull thing happening with your belt but.... I just don't do the Smurf thing."
Mystique walked up closer, "You better be glad that you can serve a purpose to my employers. Otherwise, I wouldn't think twice about dispatching you right here without your amulet to help you. No one insults me!"
"First time for everything," Jareth commented bitterly, "And it won't be the last."
"why are you acting like a jerk to me?," Mystique asked.
"Gee let me thing about that," Jareth said sarcastically, "Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't you the one who SHOT me?!"
Mystique was about to say something else in response to that comment when the door opened.
"What the hell are you talking about?!"
Mystique turned to the voice and smiled, "Ummm nothing Magneto."
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James smiled as he recognized the building from his little vision and tapped Logan on the shoulder.
"Land there," he said as he pointed to a clearing, "Jareth's in the a building near it."
Gambit looked at the building and shook his head, "Why is it that every villain and criminal seem to hang out in warehouses?"
Sarah smiled, "That's not always true... They sometimes work in city hall."
"Oh."
Logan sighed and shook his head, "Ok people, are we going to kick butt or have political commentary?"
"Political commentary!"
"Hoggle!"
"Sorry....*sigh* kick butt I guess."
As the group got off of the jet, Jubilee stopped Sarah, "Are you sure you want to come? You have no powers or any means of defense."
"Jubilee I'm going... Nothing more to say other than that."
"Ok...."
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Pyro watched as Sinister made his way back to the lab door but stopped watching after the door closed.
Suffering from boredom, Pyro decided to check up on some of the other mutant guards.
Opening the door, he was surprised not to hear the guards talking. Holding a fireball in hand, he cautiously stepped out to investigate. Turning a corner, he stepped back as he saw 8 figures coming his direction.
Extinguishing the fireball, he hid in some bushes so that he would go unnoticed. Whoever this group consisted of, if they could handle the other guards, they could probe a challenge. best size them up first.
As the group walked by, Pyro recognized only three of them as members of the X-men. Of the others, two looked human, one looked like a fox and the others well... he didn't know what they were.
He reached for his communicator to contact Sinister.
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Sinister eyed Mystic as Magneto stepped aside, "Looks like more than nothing..."
He smirked, "Doesn't matter though...," he looked at Jareth, "So Jareth, how are you finding your stay here?"
Jareth shrugged, "Could be better."
"I see, "Sinister commented as he noticed the impartial look on the Fae's face."
"Oh by the way, are you at all curious to why we even bothered detaining you?"
Jareth smiled, "I asuume you're going to tell me no matter what my answer is."
"But of course... I'm going to combind your DNA with that of a mutant."
"I see," Jareth replied, "Ok, now I have a question to ask you."
"What?"
"Do you guys really do this for fun?," Jareth asked, "I mean, I figured at least one of you guys would have a life. By the way, who are you going to get to provide for the mutant half of this experiment?"
sinister gave an amused look, "Well I'm sure Mystique would be happy to oblige me on that matter."
Mystique looked at Sinister, "Excuse me? Oh no... I have enough kids already!"
"Well that isn't MY fault! If you didn't get around so much that wouldn't be a problem now would it?"
"You think I was going to be part of this experiment of yours?," Mystique asked seethingly as she swung her free hand towards Sinister's face as if to slap him only to have Sinister grab her wrist in mid swing.
"You'll regret doing that," Sinister said, his voice showing the anger that had built up inside him, "If I didn't think that --"
His statement was interrupted by a communicator going off.
Letting go of Mystique's wrist, he reached for a communicator and spoke into it, "This better be important Pyro, I'm in the middle of something here."
*It is Sinister. There are eight people coming your way. I believe they have already taken care of the other guards.*
Sinister frowned, "Do you recognize any of them?"
*Yeah. There are three X-men , two humans, a dog riding fox, and two I-don't -know-whats.*
"Well take care of it!"
*Yes Sir.*
Sinister finished the communication and looked at Jareth, "Well, it seems like some friends of yours showed up."
He noticed a smile on Jareth's face, "Oh don't be deceived into thinking that they will rescue you. They willb e taken care of shortly."
Still, the grin was on Jareth's face.
Sinister grew impatient, "Dammit! What could possibly put you in a good mood?!"
Jareth continued to smile, "I know something you don't know..."
"Oh?... and what would that be?"
Mystique suddenly shrieked as Jareth grabbed the amulet from her hands quickly.
"I've been out of those restraints since you came in the room," Jareth answered.
Jareth smirked as he used the amulet to float to the ceiling, "Thanks Mystique couldn't have done it without you."
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Pyro watched as the group got closer. There was no way he'd be able to take them all. sinister and the others would have to deal with some of them.
Looking at the three that were in the back of the group, he smiled, he could handle them quite easily.
As the group started to enter the building he made a wall of fire that surrounded the last three.
Jubilee stopped as she heard Sarqah shriek in surprise. Turning around, her eyes widened as she saw the wall of fire surrounding Sarah, Ludo, and Hoggle.
"Sarah!," Jubille exclaimed as she walked towards the fire.
"No Jubilee! Get Jareth! We're fine right now."
Jubilee considered what to do but finally decided to listen to Sarah, "Ok, be careful."
Jubilee followed the others into the building, leaving the three surrounded by the fire.
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Mystique looked at Magneto and Sinister, "Hey... how was I supposed to know that he could do that?!"
Sinister growled, "Just shut up and go help Pyro fight those intruders."
"I'll go as well," Magneto volunteered, "That way you can get that guy down from the ceiling."
"You do that. Jareth's not about to do anything real powerful. The strong spells take time which is something I'm sure not to give him."
"How nice, you read my biography, "Jareth quipped, "I'm flattered... really I am."
"That's IT! Forget the experiment!You're dead!"
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Mystique and Magneto ran into the room in time to greet the remaining friends.
"Mystique, you take care of the human, the fox and the dog. I'll take care of the others."
Mystique nodded and ran towards James and Sir Dydimus.
Magneto looked at wolverine and made a slight gesture with his hand, sending Wolverine flying. He chuckled as he saw Logan crash through the door. People with metal laced skeletons could be so much fun.
He turned his attention to Gambit and Jubilee. Soon, he flung two giant metal containers at Gambit and Jubilee .
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Sinister was about to attack when he heard a crashing sound.
"Dammit Magneto! You're supposed to keep them from me... Not send them to me!"
Jareth saw Wolverine and landed next to him, "Hey Wolfie... you ok?"
Logan just looked at him, "Yeah... just peachy."
He then looked at Sinister, "Gee... if it ain't Sinister. If I'd known about you being here, I would have brought visor boy."
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Pyro smirked at the three as he walked through the wall of flame, unaffected.
Sarah looked at Pyro to size him up... ugly costume... bad hair....must be a mutant.
"well well.... uninvited guests," Pyro commented as he brought his hands close together, "Guess you missed the signs about the attack dogs."
At that, he produced to balls of flame that took the shape of pit bulls.
Sarah jumped back as one lashed out at her.
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Mystique gave an evil grin as she looked over James and Sir Dydimus, "well well, Looks like work is cut out for me.
She saw Ambrosious start to quiver and turned to face him. she morphed her head to the most hideous face she could.
"Boo!"
Ambrosious boroke into a run, with Sir Dydimus on top
"I say Ambrosious! Stop this instance!," sir Dydimus yelled at the dog, "You're embarassing me!"
Ambrosious ignored his order.
Mystique laughed and looked at James, "Well, that just leaves you..."
She landed a mean kick to his gut.
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Jareth looked at Wolverine questionably, "Visor boy?.... Oh... that cyclops guy.... Why would you want him here?"
Wolverine got up and bared his claws, getting ready to fight, "Because Cyclops's power apparently is very useful against this guy!"
Jareth and Wolverine dodged a blast from Sinister.
"Oh really?," Jareth asked, "Hmmm... I got an idea but it'll take some time. Can you distract him for a little while."
Wolverine looked at Jareth, yeah sure.... what are you going to do?"
Jareth smirked, "You'll see..."
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"Sarah! you ok?," Hoggle said only to turn tail and run the other direction as one of the dogs chased him.
"I'm fine right now Hoggle!," Sarah yelled to her friend.
Oh what she wouldn't do for some water right now....
Ludo picked up Sarah and held her out of the reach of the dog as he tried to get away from the dog. But his large frame couldn't move that fast. He let out a howl of pain as the fire dog bit into him.
"Ludo!," Sarah exclaimed as she could feel the monster's pain. She then noticed something happening. As Ludo yelled, some rocks started moving. He was calling the rocks.
Pyro was surprised when a large rock rolled through his wall of flame, smothering the flames that were over there. So surprised that he didn't realize that Hoggle had run through the opening with one of his fire dogs following him.
"Hoggle!," Sarah exclaimed, "You're not leaving us are ya?!"
"No! I'm trying not to turn crispy thank you very much!!!," Hoggle answered as he ran alongside the parameter of the building looking for something.
Smiling as he spotted what he was looking for, Hoggle made a sharp turn and stopped after running a few feet in the new direction. The fire dog soon turned as well and made a flying leap at the dwarf with it's jaws wide open.
The creature soon disappeared as a steady stream of water it it's firey being.
"Way to go Hoggle!," Sarah exclaimed as Hoggle came back with a fire hose and began to spray the wall, the other fire dog, and finally Pyro.
Drenched, Pyro looked up to see some rocks start to pile on him, not enough to crush him but enough to prevent him from causing anymore trouble.
"Well, that was interesting," Sarah commented as Ludo lowered her. She began to examine the burns on Ludo and frowned, "Come on Ludo, let's get you to the jet so we can take care of that."
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James groaned as he lay on the floor. Damn! That hurt!
Mystique smiled at the guy as she pulled out a gun, "Much as I'd hate to use this on you, I won't think twice about it if I need to. I recommend that you lie on the floor."
She then noticed the amulet that James wore and recognized it as a similar design to Jareth's, "So you're a Fae as well?"
"Actually half breed," James commented as Mystique reached down and took his amulet, "And I see that you're a thief."
Mystique smiled, "Not quite."
"Woah Ambrosious!"
Mystique stood up quickly as she heard Sir Dydimus say that and turned around to see what was going on. Before she could turn around, she was knocked down as the dog crashed into her.
Picking up the gun that Mystique dropped, James aimed it at Mystique, "Now, much as I'd hate to use this on you, I won't think about it if I need to." He smiled as he repeated the exact words Mystique had said to him.
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Jubilee and Gambit jumped out of the way of the trash containers as they came crashing into a wall.
"Damn! this place is full of metal!," Gambit commented as he dodged another metallic object, "How the hell are we supposed to fight him?"
"How should I know?!," Jubilee yelled back, "Just keep him busy and try not to get hit by anything. Maybe he'll get tired."
Gambit sighed and threw a charged card at Magneto only to watch him block it with a magnetic force field.
"Aw crap!," Jubilee commented as she saw the card having no effect, "Where's a plastic prison when you need one?"
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Wolverine jumped around the room, just dodging the blasts from Sinister, occasionally getting close enough to cut Sinister. It had no effect rather than get Sinister angrier at Wolverine.
Whatever Jareth's plan was, it better work.
Jareth watched the fight with great intrest and wanted to jump in to help. But if he did that, then all this time spent building up energy would be wasted.
"Keep it up," Jareth thought, "I need just a bit more time...
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After Sarah made sure that Ludo's wounds were properly cared for, she started to leave the jet.
"Sarah? Where are you going?", Hoggle asked.
Sarah paused to look at him, "I'm going to see if I can help... that's what. You stay here and take care of Ludo, understood?"
"Yeah, yeah.... Sarah?".... Do be careful."
Sarah nodded and ran towards the building again. Passing the pile of rocks that still had a struggling Pyro pinned in underneath them.
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James looked over to the person who just ran in and smiled, "Sarah! Glad you could make it!"
Sarah nodded and looked around, "Where are the others?"
As if on cue, a wall of aluminum siding ripped away, revealing the room that Gambit and Jubilee were facing Magneto in.
James gestured over to the room, "Guess."
Sarah nodded and started to run off towards the door before James yelled out to her again.
"Wait Sarah! I need you to watch over the Gothic smurfette here I'll go help them."
Mystique growled at this new nickname and glared as James handed the gun to Sarah and then run off to the next room.
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James stepped through the framework of the building where the now missing aluminum siding was.
Dodging flying metal, he made his way over to where Jubilee and Gambit were, "Need any help?"
Gambit threw another card at Magneto only to watch this one deflected as well, "Dur! Any suggestions?"
"Right now I'd opt for the dodging the flying objects method," Jubilee added, "It's working so far.."
The group ducked another barrage of flying metal.
"That sounds like a good plan for now," James replied.
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Wolverine looked at Jareth, "You ready yet?!"
Jareth shook his head, "Patience is a virtue......."
"Not when you're going to get yourself killed because of it!"
Jareth felt himself gain the right amount of energy. "Oh fine," he said in a joking tone, "if you're going to be that way...." He raised his hand and concentrated.
Sinister stopped attacking Wolverine when he noticed Jareth raising his hand, "What now?!"
He was shocked as a red beam came out of Jareth's hands.
Wolverine stepped back as he saw what Jareth had done. Did he just recreate Cyclops's energy blast? He noticed the grin on Jareth's face and new that it was true.
Sinister felt a searing pain on his chest and groaned in pain as Jareth continued his assault on him. But just as he felt as if he were going to die from the blast, Jareth stopped. Curiously, Sinister looked at Jareth's face in time to see an amused expression on his face.
"Want more?," Jareth asked, not really expecting an answer.
Sinister didn't say anything.
Jareth looked at Wolverine, "Let's go."
The two walked into the room that Magneto was in which just caused Jareth to sigh.
"Hey Magneto!," Jareth called out.
Magneto stopped fighting and looked at Jareth , "Yeah... what?"
"Couldn't we just call it a night? I'm sure you had better things planned than to get into a little skirmish. Besides, there isn't really a reason for you to continue fighting now. "
Magneto nodded, "You've got a point there Jareth.... There will be plenty of chances to fight these X-men...."
Magneto made a hole in ceiling and began to levitate himself up. Before he left the building, he looked down at Jareth and smirked, "Call me.. we'll do lunch."
"Uhh... yeah."
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Sarah watched Jareth's confrontation with Magneto thanks to there being no wall between the two at the moment.
Forgetting about Mystique, she made her way over to the other room.
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As the group watched Magneto leave, Jareth turned to see Sarah walking towards the room.
He met Sarah where the two rooms joined and took her hand, kissing it tenderly, "That's twice you have helped me my dear, now how am I going to find a way to reward you?"
Sarah didn't say a word. She just wrapped her arms around Jareth in a loving embrace.
Jareth smiled and returned the hug.
"Ok people," Wolverine commented, "Lets save the sappy stuff for later. First order of business is getting back to the compound."
The group made their way to the jet.