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Ripped from the Comics...
#1: House of Malice- Part
Ripped from the Comics...
Classic X-Men
#1: House of Malice- Part I
Ther is a city in New York, not far from New York City, named Westchester, in
The Salem Center. There is a school, named the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters.
However, this is no ordinary school. Here, they teach a new species of human, mutants,
people with extraordinary gifts, to use their power and handle the indignities of an unjust
world.
But this school also harbors another groups of mutants. They are the X-Men.
These are a group of Mutants who have a dream of world peace between mutants and
humans. They are Cyclops, the field commander who harnesses the raw energies of the
sun itself. Storm, a calm wind-rider who controls and manipulates the weather. Phoenix,
who's telepathy and telekinesis are unbounded. Wolverine, whose fearce anger and
adimantium claws make him a formidable foe. Rouge, whose beauty and strength can steal
a man's energy from his skin. Cannonball, who soars with great intensity. Beast, who
possesses intelligence and strength. Gambit, who's cards will close all bets. Iceman, who
controls all cold and ice. Psylock, whose martial-arts and psychic knives paralyze any
living thing.
These are the people who are chosen to liberate all Mutant-kind from the injustices
and indignities the human world inflicts. And that's where out story begins...
"Hey Wolvie, wait up!" shouted the southern belle Rouge, as she flew to catch up
with Wolverine. "We're supposed to fight these guys together."
"When you're being chased down by the all the uglies here, no time to wait up."
said Wolverine.
Then, out of nowhere, a huge towering sentinel loomed behind them. It fires a
shot, and hits Wolverine down for a moment. Rouge then flies to the Sentinel's face, and
rips its steel skin from its face. Wolverine regains his equilibrium, and slices the monsters
feet off. A huge crash is heard.
"Did you hear that?" asked Storm flying beside Beast.
"It came from the are where Rouge and Wolverine are." said Beast. "Perhaps we
should go and assist."
"No. The order is to stay with your pairs and help no one." she pronounced.
They continued walking for a moment, when Mr. Sinister appeared from behind
some trees. He began firing just as Storm summoned a great wind to knock him off his
feet. Beast then, using his agility, leaped forward and crushed Sinister. Sinister's yell was
heard loud and revealing.
"Well, Sinister's down." said Cyclops, walking with Jean.
"Good. On less to worry about. Where are we?" asked Jean.
"We're near the end of the compound."
Then, Juggernaut cam crashing from nowhere. He punched Jean and knocked the
wind out of her. Cyclops then blasted Juggernaut's helmet off, and Jean psychically
attacked Juggernaut, reducing him to a sunder. Then, all around the three teams, Sentinels
enclosed them. Storm used her lightning and violent tornadoes. Rouge and Wolverine
savagely shredded sentinels one by one. Beast leaped and bounded, forcing Sentinels to
run into each other. Jean held one in place while Cyclops blasted it. Eventually, all the
mechanical beasts became to powerful to defeat, and just as the X-Men were about to be
defeated, all the villains faded away.
"That was better than last time." said Professor Xavier from the intercom in the
control room, of the Danger Room. "But there maybe more Sentinels if they are alerted to
us."
At the end of the session, group one of training exited, letting Psyclock, Iceman,
Gambit, and Cannonball enter. After all of the X-Men had finished their training, the day
was theirs. Ororo, Jean, Sam, Bobby, and Elizabeth were watching t.v., Beast was in his
lab, Rouge and Gambit were exercising, and Logan and Scott were showering.
"...In other news, President Kelly signed into law today, that there shall be no
segregation of mutants and humans in public places and schools; one huge battle won for all Mutants and Pro-Mutant activists everywhere..." said the Reporter on the television.
"Well finally, some good news for us." said Sam.
"Yes, but there is still much that needs to be done for total mutant rights. After all,
Afro-Americans didn't gain total freedom for over a century." said Ororo.
"Since he's been elected, he's changed a lot." said Elizabeth.
"Indeed." said Ororo.
"...Also, regarding mutant issues, the organization known as the Brotherhood of
Mutants leveled a major Sentinel production factory in Detroit, in order to wipe out
almost a third of this country's Sentinels. Senator Abbey, of the Mutant Affairs
Committee, says 'Although not all Mutants are bad, the Brotherhood must be stopped.'"
"There's something I here everyday." said Bobby sarcastically.
"Now, now, Bobby." said Jean, "He's practically family."
"Yeah, the one no one talks to or likes, Like my uncle William." said Elizabeth.
Rouge and Gambit entered; Remi was complaining of pain.
"Now Ah told you, mah yoga exercises were gunna dog yah out." said Rouge.
"And I already told you, mes a mi, Gambit can take anythi-*'ouch'*," he said
while gasping, "Well, almost anything."
When all was said and done, the day was gone. All of the X-Men retired after a
curiously quiet evening. However, their peace was not to last long. A few hours after all
went to sleep, Cerebro alarm went off, sending all X-Men to the war room.
"Eight hours, is that so much ta ask. All ah want is eight hours." said Sam.
"Quiet, Sam. Cerebro is picking up a disturbance." said Cyclops pointing to a map.
"That's the Old Hellfire Club building. I thought they were destroyed." said Beast.
"Everyone suit up, we're going in." said Cyclops, and all did as they were told. A
few moments later, they all boarded the X-Jet and departed."
At the Hellfire Club...
"Perfect, they're all coming, just as expected. Your false attack proved correct,
Shaw." said Master Mind.
"I told you, I know the X-Men all to well." said Sebastion. "now we shall have
revenge. They will pay for taking our precious Phoenix from us."
"And ever since Emma went soft and joined Generation X, we were left incredibly
weak." said Master mind.
A dark, shrouded figure entered through the rear. She was tall, and a dark purple
uniform beneath her shroud and cloak.
"Until I came along and rescued you." said the female figure.
"I'm sorry, my Lady, I...I...I...I wasn't-"
"Thinking? You never are." she said. "Sebastion, are all the new improvements to
this building ready?"
"Yes, my Lady. The X-Men won't know what hit them." said Sebastion.
"Good. Once the Phoenix is ours again, so is the world!" she exclaimed.
At the top of the building, the X-Jet just landed, and all the X-Men were Filing out
onto the roof.
"I have a great sense of unease." said Beast.
"Yeah, Ah'm nervous too, Beast." said Rouge.
Cyclops turned his attention to a door at the end of the roof. It was locked, but
easily picked.
"Step aside, pretty boy." said Wolverine.
With one slash of his adimantium claws, the lock fell, and the door swung open.
All the X-Men went in.
"Cyclops, I must protest. There is something wrong." said Storm
"Yeah Scott, something not right." said Jean.
And she was right. After the door was closed behind them, the stairs changed into
a long, steel slide. The X-Men plummeted, until a divisor divided them into three parts.
Each third landed in a different area of the mansion. Cyclops, Gambit, and Psylock were at
the middle (twentieth floor); Storm, Cannonball, Rouge, and Iceman were at the
sub-basement, and Jean, Beast, and Wolverine were at the ground floor.
"Did it work?" said the woman figure, behind Master Mind.
"Yes, my Lady, it worked. All of the X-Men are scattered all over the compound."
he replied.
"Good. Since we are at the fifth floor Control Room, I want Mrs. Grey-Summers
up here as fast as possible. Sebastion, go down and invite Mrs. Summers and her friends
to some dinner."
"Yes, my Lady." replied Sebastion
On the ground floor...
"How did we get here?" asked Jean.
"We sled down a extensive, narrow shoot, and landed at the ground the floor."
said Beast.
"How can you tell we're at the ground floor?"
"Those doors." said Beast, pointing to a pair of English-oak doors.
"*sniff--sniff*---We're not alone." said Wolverine, ejecting his claws.
"I see that nose of yours never fails, old friend." said Sebastion Shaw, coming
down stairs.
"Shaw! But How?!" said Jean.
"Who cares. He's mine!" said Wolverine, lunging at Shaw. But suddenly, he hit an
invisible field, feet in front of Shaw.
"Oh dear. A forcefield has encased us." said Beast, aiding Wolverine.
"As usual, Beast, your wit is astounding. But now, the Lady of the house wishes to
have a word." said Shaw.
"Lady of the House? But Frost has join--are you doing this to get Emma back?"
asked Jean.
"No, but you're on the right track; we do want a former comrade back." said
Shaw.
Suddenly, a gas appeared above the three X-Men. Jean tried to use her powers to
keep the gas away, but their powers no longer functioned.
"As you can see, we are never unprepared to greet guests of the House of Malice."
said Shaw, as the X-Men were knocked out. Then, one by one, Shaw took them to the
fifth floor, a.k.a., the Control Room.
_______________
At the Twentieth floor...
"Great, Where are we?" said Psylock.
"I don't know, but where getting out of here." said Cyclops.
Using is optic blast, he shot at a nearby wall. The beam bounced right off the wall
and hit a window, shattering it.
"Great. Now if we could fly, dis be no problem." said Gambit, looking down at the
rood through the window.
"How could that happen?" said Psylock, examining the wall which Cyclops hit.
"I don't know, we should be in the next room." Cyclops replied.
"Eighteen, nineteen, twenty. We at the twentieth floor, mes a mi." said Gambit,
bringing his head in from the window.
"Great." said Psylock.
The trio began to search for a way out from the large, what appeared to be, ball
room. They exited to find an empty, wide corridor. There were no doors, no windows.
Only an elevator at the end.
"This place only gets weirder and weirder." said Psylock. "I'm going to try and
psychically find the others." Psylock, then, became engulfed in pink psychic energy. She saw a tall, shrouded woman. The woman turned, and psychically blasted Psylock. Psyclock, then, fell to the ground, yelling in pain.
"What's de matter with her?" asked Gambit to Cyclops.
"I don't know but--AHHH!" Cyclops was hit by the same thing that hit Psylock.
Then, the elevator at the end of the corridor opened, Gambit took Cyclops and
Psylock, and pushed the button to take them to the Ground Floor.
_______________
In the Sub-Basement of the Mansion...
"How did we end up here?" asked Iceman.
"It was one gigantic slide." replied Storm, looking at the door on the ceiling which
they entered.
"Well ah for one do not intend to stay here." said Cannonball.
With tremendous force, Cannonball shoots himself skyward. He hits the ceiling, a
large clang is heard and falls down in pain.
"YOW!! That never happened before." said Cannonball, recovering his balance.
"There's something really creepy about this place." said Iceman.
"Ah agree with Bobby. Somthin's not right." said Rouge.
"Well, come, we must find a way out." said Storm.
They set out in search of a way out. After hours of wondering, they reach two tall
doors. Steel, and unmarked.
"Ah wonder what's behind this?" said Rouge, examining the door.
"Well, we just can't go through. Who knows what's back there." said Iceman.
"It has to be better than all this wandering." said Cannonball.
"Cannonball, you're the only one of us that is invulnerable when using our powers.
Try to blast through there and then rocket back out. We will be waiting here. If you are in
danger, we shall attack." said Storm, and all did as told.
Cannonball thrusted himself forward, and the steel doors flung open. He, then,
immediately flew out. All stood, breathless. Nothing happened. All that was in that huge,
circular room, was a black cube, about six inches by six inches.
"What is that thing?" said Iceman.
"Well," started Rouge, "What do we do next? Go in?"
"Look, there's a door at the other end. That's our only way out." said Storm.
All of them proceeded in, and the steel doors slammed shut. All were a trifle
frightened, but pressed on. Then the cube began to glow a brilliant white. The door that
the X-Men were going to faded away.
"Ah don't like this." said Rouge.
"Doors aren't supposed ta' do that." said Cannonball.
"No, the walls.....they're closing in! NOOOOOO! Stop Them!" shouted Storm.
She was shooting lightning at the walls, trying to stop them.
"What is she doing. She'll bring the place down." said Iceman.
Then, Storm stopped......because she passed out.
"No! Get outa mah head! AHHHHH!" shouted Rouge. She fell, grasping her head.
"Rouge! Snap out of it." said Iceman, aiding her, but he was too late, she, too, had
been knocked out.
"Let's get out of here. Sam, blast through those doors." said Iceman.
"Fine bah me." said Cannonball. He ignited himself, and flew toward the doors.
Then, a huge, towering Sentinel materialized in front of him. Cannonball swerved, but got knocked down by the monster. After Sam fell, the metallic beast faded away.
"It's you. Your doing this." said Iceman, turning to the Cube. "I think you've done
all you're gonna." said Iceman, lifting the cube, preparing to smash it. The Cube, then,
electrocuted Bobby, and he fell to the ground.
After all the X-Men in that room were down. The doors opened, and Master Mind
stepped in, along with four robotic soldiers.
"Take them to my Lady, and be careful. It appears my illusions have worked." said
Master Mind, as the four X-Men were taken away.
_______________
The Control Room. Jean is on a table, strapped down by steel buckles at her neck,
wrists and ankles. Wolverine and Beast are contained much the same way, except they are
shackled on the wall. All of them are wearing Genoshan Collars.
"How was the Journey, Mrs. Summers? Comfortable I trust." said the Lady.
"Who...what...where am I?" asked Jean in a groggy, soft voice.
"Oh that doesn't matter."
"Where's Wolverine and Beast?"
"Mr. Logan and Mr. McCoy are, at present, indisposed."
"Who are you?"
"I am the Lady of the House." She removed the shroud over her head, revealing
two red eyes, light purple skin, black tattoo marks on her left cheek. Her eyes began to
glow, as did Jean's. "You may call me Malice."
End of Part I
************************************************************************
Next Issue: The Mystery of Malice revealed and her hostile intentions. Plus: What is to
become of Phoenix and the Hellfire Club? ************************************************************************
(c) 2000 wawwtbsweet16@yahoo.com
Disclamer: I did'n write this my friend Leo did but I'll pass on the comments. Marvel owns the X-souls we make like no money and I am a VERY disgruntled McD's worker so NUFF Said!!!
Ripped from the Comics...
#1: House of Malice- Part
Ripped from the Comics...
Classic X-Men
#1: House of Malice- Part I
Ther is a city in New York, not far from New York City, named Westchester, in
The Salem Center. There is a school, named the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters.
However, this is no ordinary school. Here, they teach a new species of human, mutants,
people with extraordinary gifts, to use their power and handle the indignities of an unjust
world.
But this school also harbors another groups of mutants. They are the X-Men.
These are a group of Mutants who have a dream of world peace between mutants and
humans. They are Cyclops, the field commander who harnesses the raw energies of the
sun itself. Storm, a calm wind-rider who controls and manipulates the weather. Phoenix,
who's telepathy and telekinesis are unbounded. Wolverine, whose fearce anger and
adimantium claws make him a formidable foe. Rouge, whose beauty and strength can steal
a man's energy from his skin. Cannonball, who soars with great intensity. Beast, who
possesses intelligence and strength. Gambit, who's cards will close all bets. Iceman, who
controls all cold and ice. Psylock, whose martial-arts and psychic knives paralyze any
living thing.
These are the people who are chosen to liberate all Mutant-kind from the injustices
and indignities the human world inflicts. And that's where out story begins...
"Hey Wolvie, wait up!" shouted the southern belle Rouge, as she flew to catch up
with Wolverine. "We're supposed to fight these guys together."
"When you're being chased down by the all the uglies here, no time to wait up."
said Wolverine.
Then, out of nowhere, a huge towering sentinel loomed behind them. It fires a
shot, and hits Wolverine down for a moment. Rouge then flies to the Sentinel's face, and
rips its steel skin from its face. Wolverine regains his equilibrium, and slices the monsters
feet off. A huge crash is heard.
"Did you hear that?" asked Storm flying beside Beast.
"It came from the are where Rouge and Wolverine are." said Beast. "Perhaps we
should go and assist."
"No. The order is to stay with your pairs and help no one." she pronounced.
They continued walking for a moment, when Mr. Sinister appeared from behind
some trees. He began firing just as Storm summoned a great wind to knock him off his
feet. Beast then, using his agility, leaped forward and crushed Sinister. Sinister's yell was
heard loud and revealing.
"Well, Sinister's down." said Cyclops, walking with Jean.
"Good. On less to worry about. Where are we?" asked Jean.
"We're near the end of the compound."
Then, Juggernaut cam crashing from nowhere. He punched Jean and knocked the
wind out of her. Cyclops then blasted Juggernaut's helmet off, and Jean psychically
attacked Juggernaut, reducing him to a sunder. Then, all around the three teams, Sentinels
enclosed them. Storm used her lightning and violent tornadoes. Rouge and Wolverine
savagely shredded sentinels one by one. Beast leaped and bounded, forcing Sentinels to
run into each other. Jean held one in place while Cyclops blasted it. Eventually, all the
mechanical beasts became to powerful to defeat, and just as the X-Men were about to be
defeated, all the villains faded away.
"That was better than last time." said Professor Xavier from the intercom in the
control room, of the Danger Room. "But there maybe more Sentinels if they are alerted to
us."
At the end of the session, group one of training exited, letting Psyclock, Iceman,
Gambit, and Cannonball enter. After all of the X-Men had finished their training, the day
was theirs. Ororo, Jean, Sam, Bobby, and Elizabeth were watching t.v., Beast was in his
lab, Rouge and Gambit were exercising, and Logan and Scott were showering.
"...In other news, President Kelly signed into law today, that there shall be no
segregation of mutants and humans in public places and schools; one huge battle won for all Mutants and Pro-Mutant activists everywhere..." said the Reporter on the television.
"Well finally, some good news for us." said Sam.
"Yes, but there is still much that needs to be done for total mutant rights. After all,
Afro-Americans didn't gain total freedom for over a century." said Ororo.
"Since he's been elected, he's changed a lot." said Elizabeth.
"Indeed." said Ororo.
"...Also, regarding mutant issues, the organization known as the Brotherhood of
Mutants leveled a major Sentinel production factory in Detroit, in order to wipe out
almost a third of this country's Sentinels. Senator Abbey, of the Mutant Affairs
Committee, says 'Although not all Mutants are bad, the Brotherhood must be stopped.'"
"There's something I here everyday." said Bobby sarcastically.
"Now, now, Bobby." said Jean, "He's practically family."
"Yeah, the one no one talks to or likes, Like my uncle William." said Elizabeth.
Rouge and Gambit entered; Remi was complaining of pain.
"Now Ah told you, mah yoga exercises were gunna dog yah out." said Rouge.
"And I already told you, mes a mi, Gambit can take anythi-*'ouch'*," he said
while gasping, "Well, almost anything."
When all was said and done, the day was gone. All of the X-Men retired after a
curiously quiet evening. However, their peace was not to last long. A few hours after all
went to sleep, Cerebro alarm went off, sending all X-Men to the war room.
"Eight hours, is that so much ta ask. All ah want is eight hours." said Sam.
"Quiet, Sam. Cerebro is picking up a disturbance." said Cyclops pointing to a map.
"That's the Old Hellfire Club building. I thought they were destroyed." said Beast.
"Everyone suit up, we're going in." said Cyclops, and all did as they were told. A
few moments later, they all boarded the X-Jet and departed."
At the Hellfire Club...
"Perfect, they're all coming, just as expected. Your false attack proved correct,
Shaw." said Master Mind.
"I told you, I know the X-Men all to well." said Sebastion. "now we shall have
revenge. They will pay for taking our precious Phoenix from us."
"And ever since Emma went soft and joined Generation X, we were left incredibly
weak." said Master mind.
A dark, shrouded figure entered through the rear. She was tall, and a dark purple
uniform beneath her shroud and cloak.
"Until I came along and rescued you." said the female figure.
"I'm sorry, my Lady, I...I...I...I wasn't-"
"Thinking? You never are." she said. "Sebastion, are all the new improvements to
this building ready?"
"Yes, my Lady. The X-Men won't know what hit them." said Sebastion.
"Good. Once the Phoenix is ours again, so is the world!" she exclaimed.
At the top of the building, the X-Jet just landed, and all the X-Men were Filing out
onto the roof.
"I have a great sense of unease." said Beast.
"Yeah, Ah'm nervous too, Beast." said Rouge.
Cyclops turned his attention to a door at the end of the roof. It was locked, but
easily picked.
"Step aside, pretty boy." said Wolverine.
With one slash of his adimantium claws, the lock fell, and the door swung open.
All the X-Men went in.
"Cyclops, I must protest. There is something wrong." said Storm
"Yeah Scott, something not right." said Jean.
And she was right. After the door was closed behind them, the stairs changed into
a long, steel slide. The X-Men plummeted, until a divisor divided them into three parts.
Each third landed in a different area of the mansion. Cyclops, Gambit, and Psylock were at
the middle (twentieth floor); Storm, Cannonball, Rouge, and Iceman were at the
sub-basement, and Jean, Beast, and Wolverine were at the ground floor.
"Did it work?" said the woman figure, behind Master Mind.
"Yes, my Lady, it worked. All of the X-Men are scattered all over the compound."
he replied.
"Good. Since we are at the fifth floor Control Room, I want Mrs. Grey-Summers
up here as fast as possible. Sebastion, go down and invite Mrs. Summers and her friends
to some dinner."
"Yes, my Lady." replied Sebastion
On the ground floor...
"How did we get here?" asked Jean.
"We sled down a extensive, narrow shoot, and landed at the ground the floor."
said Beast.
"How can you tell we're at the ground floor?"
"Those doors." said Beast, pointing to a pair of English-oak doors.
"*sniff--sniff*---We're not alone." said Wolverine, ejecting his claws.
"I see that nose of yours never fails, old friend." said Sebastion Shaw, coming
down stairs.
"Shaw! But How?!" said Jean.
"Who cares. He's mine!" said Wolverine, lunging at Shaw. But suddenly, he hit an
invisible field, feet in front of Shaw.
"Oh dear. A forcefield has encased us." said Beast, aiding Wolverine.
"As usual, Beast, your wit is astounding. But now, the Lady of the house wishes to
have a word." said Shaw.
"Lady of the House? But Frost has join--are you doing this to get Emma back?"
asked Jean.
"No, but you're on the right track; we do want a former comrade back." said
Shaw.
Suddenly, a gas appeared above the three X-Men. Jean tried to use her powers to
keep the gas away, but their powers no longer functioned.
"As you can see, we are never unprepared to greet guests of the House of Malice."
said Shaw, as the X-Men were knocked out. Then, one by one, Shaw took them to the
fifth floor, a.k.a., the Control Room.
_______________
At the Twentieth floor...
"Great, Where are we?" said Psylock.
"I don't know, but where getting out of here." said Cyclops.
Using is optic blast, he shot at a nearby wall. The beam bounced right off the wall
and hit a window, shattering it.
"Great. Now if we could fly, dis be no problem." said Gambit, looking down at the
rood through the window.
"How could that happen?" said Psylock, examining the wall which Cyclops hit.
"I don't know, we should be in the next room." Cyclops replied.
"Eighteen, nineteen, twenty. We at the twentieth floor, mes a mi." said Gambit,
bringing his head in from the window.
"Great." said Psylock.
The trio began to search for a way out from the large, what appeared to be, ball
room. They exited to find an empty, wide corridor. There were no doors, no windows.
Only an elevator at the end.
"This place only gets weirder and weirder." said Psylock. "I'm going to try and
psychically find the others." Psylock, then, became engulfed in pink psychic energy. She saw a tall, shrouded woman. The woman turned, and psychically blasted Psylock. Psyclock, then, fell to the ground, yelling in pain.
"What's de matter with her?" asked Gambit to Cyclops.
"I don't know but--AHHH!" Cyclops was hit by the same thing that hit Psylock.
Then, the elevator at the end of the corridor opened, Gambit took Cyclops and
Psylock, and pushed the button to take them to the Ground Floor.
_______________
In the Sub-Basement of the Mansion...
"How did we end up here?" asked Iceman.
"It was one gigantic slide." replied Storm, looking at the door on the ceiling which
they entered.
"Well ah for one do not intend to stay here." said Cannonball.
With tremendous force, Cannonball shoots himself skyward. He hits the ceiling, a
large clang is heard and falls down in pain.
"YOW!! That never happened before." said Cannonball, recovering his balance.
"There's something really creepy about this place." said Iceman.
"Ah agree with Bobby. Somthin's not right." said Rouge.
"Well, come, we must find a way out." said Storm.
They set out in search of a way out. After hours of wondering, they reach two tall
doors. Steel, and unmarked.
"Ah wonder what's behind this?" said Rouge, examining the door.
"Well, we just can't go through. Who knows what's back there." said Iceman.
"It has to be better than all this wandering." said Cannonball.
"Cannonball, you're the only one of us that is invulnerable when using our powers.
Try to blast through there and then rocket back out. We will be waiting here. If you are in
danger, we shall attack." said Storm, and all did as told.
Cannonball thrusted himself forward, and the steel doors flung open. He, then,
immediately flew out. All stood, breathless. Nothing happened. All that was in that huge,
circular room, was a black cube, about six inches by six inches.
"What is that thing?" said Iceman.
"Well," started Rouge, "What do we do next? Go in?"
"Look, there's a door at the other end. That's our only way out." said Storm.
All of them proceeded in, and the steel doors slammed shut. All were a trifle
frightened, but pressed on. Then the cube began to glow a brilliant white. The door that
the X-Men were going to faded away.
"Ah don't like this." said Rouge.
"Doors aren't supposed ta' do that." said Cannonball.
"No, the walls.....they're closing in! NOOOOOO! Stop Them!" shouted Storm.
She was shooting lightning at the walls, trying to stop them.
"What is she doing. She'll bring the place down." said Iceman.
Then, Storm stopped......because she passed out.
"No! Get outa mah head! AHHHHH!" shouted Rouge. She fell, grasping her head.
"Rouge! Snap out of it." said Iceman, aiding her, but he was too late, she, too, had
been knocked out.
"Let's get out of here. Sam, blast through those doors." said Iceman.
"Fine bah me." said Cannonball. He ignited himself, and flew toward the doors.
Then, a huge, towering Sentinel materialized in front of him. Cannonball swerved, but got knocked down by the monster. After Sam fell, the metallic beast faded away.
"It's you. Your doing this." said Iceman, turning to the Cube. "I think you've done
all you're gonna." said Iceman, lifting the cube, preparing to smash it. The Cube, then,
electrocuted Bobby, and he fell to the ground.
After all the X-Men in that room were down. The doors opened, and Master Mind
stepped in, along with four robotic soldiers.
"Take them to my Lady, and be careful. It appears my illusions have worked." said
Master Mind, as the four X-Men were taken away.
_______________
The Control Room. Jean is on a table, strapped down by steel buckles at her neck,
wrists and ankles. Wolverine and Beast are contained much the same way, except they are
shackled on the wall. All of them are wearing Genoshan Collars.
"How was the Journey, Mrs. Summers? Comfortable I trust." said the Lady.
"Who...what...where am I?" asked Jean in a groggy, soft voice.
"Oh that doesn't matter."
"Where's Wolverine and Beast?"
"Mr. Logan and Mr. McCoy are, at present, indisposed."
"Who are you?"
"I am the Lady of the House." She removed the shroud over her head, revealing
two red eyes, light purple skin, black tattoo marks on her left cheek. Her eyes began to
glow, as did Jean's. "You may call me Malice."
End of Part I
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Next Issue: The Mystery of Malice revealed and her hostile intentions. Plus: What is to
become of Phoenix and the Hellfire Club? ************************************************************************
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