Pilots Meet Mutants

Chapter 6

By: Princess Raye Fire

"Now that you're all awake." Some guns cocked. "We get to kill you."

They all turned around and saw men with guns holding the Pilots prisoner.

"Miss Romefeller, how nice to see you again! Or is it? Take that thing off." said the one that was obviously in-charge

"George, what are you doing here?" Asked the one called Wild Cat as she unzipped a hidden zipper then pulled of her mask. She stood there in a black body suit with a wide red stripe down the middle. Her hair was ebony except her bangs and fore-locks which where a shocking red.

"We have orders from Duke Dermail to kill you." George said like it was old news.

"You can't kill us."

"And why not?"

"Oh, let's see. Saber-tooth, Wolverine, and I have healing factors. So you can get us to the edge of death but not really dead. Rogue has impenetrable skin. No kill there. Plus, Wolvie and I have heavy as hell, indestructible skeletons. Lord, you know this and you also know that if you did kill the others we'd come back and kill you."

"Hmmm. You're right I guess the only way to get rid of you is to really get rid of you. Boys, new plan." He turned back to his men. "Alright, you two," He pointed to two of his men. "Go get chains, ropes, and sheet metal from the transport and bring them here. You two go with them."

"Yes, sir." They said as they took of back threw the cave.

"Now the 6 of you. Get the naked 11 dressed and ready to be chained. Take all their personal belongings we'll send them with the Muties on the transport. And you last two, radio in and ask for a transport and tell them we're sending these bastards to the sun."

George turned to the Mutants. "We hope you will be enjoying a one way trip in outer space. Please stay inside and cooperate at all times thank you." He said doing a bad impression of a stewardess.

He looked at his men. "Take them, too. We can't have any witnesses." He pointed to the Pilots.

One of the six in charge of the prisoners pointed a gun at the pilots and had them-and the Mutants- kneel with their hands–fingers laced-behind their heads.

Two guards stood watch with high power machine guns and the other four went to some locker like mini-closets.

They busted open the first one and inside they found LOTS of cards, cigarettes, and Gambits clothes. The next one had red sunglasses, a large yellow jacket, raggedy, brown teddy bear and Jubilee's clothes. They had all the mutants dressed and their stuff sorted when they came to a big black trunk.

They guards tied to get it open. They tried everything, even small explosives and couldn't get it open.

"Your not going to get it open." Said Beast. "It's made special so that only I can open it, but if I'm tied up fight how could I get to it?"

"Fine." George said to his command. "We'll leave it with him. Chain them all up and knock 'em out. The transports almost here and we done want any heroics."

They hand cuffed the Professor, Mystic, Storm, Cyclopes and Jean and put manacles on all of them. They put small bucket-like cuffs over the hands and wrists of Jubilee, Gambit, Saber-tooth, Wolverine, and Wild Cat. The guards connected Wolverine and Cat's fists to collars around their necks. They chained The Pilots together chain-gang style and rolled Rogue and Beast into sheet metal.

The guard marched them into the transport and connected their manacles to the walls of the transport. All the guards knocked out their captive when he or she was chained in place.

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A moan ran threw the transport. Wild Cat opened her eyes and realized it was she that moaned.

She looked around the cabin and saw only she and Heero were awake.

"Are you alright?" She asked in a dry voice.

"Yes. How do we awaken the others?"

"Um, like anyone else I think." She said as she spread her legs and popped the ankle shackles. Heero's eyes widened "You start with Beast. I'll get Logan."

They turned on their victims. Heero was gentle and talked, Yes talked, Beast awake while Cat took the direct approach with Logan. She kicked him.

Wolverine and cat struggled and helped each other to get their hands free then pulled Beast out of the sheet metal and awoke the others.

"What are we going to do Professor?" Asked Cyclopes. "There are no real controls. There's a small Computer that only takes directions, no courses, only one at a time and it looks difficult to reset, and a small reactor with only enough power for a trip to the sun. And we don't know which way home is.

"What if we set in one direction and take off away from the sun?" Asked Quatre.

"We could do that, but what about power? How are we going to get it enough power to get us anywhere?" Asked Wufei.

"Trowa and I looked the Reactor over. It looks like an odd laser-powered contraption." Said Hank McCoy- also known as the Beast.

"That's Correct." Continued Trowa. "You said that Cyclopes shoots lasers from his eyes, correct?" He asked Wild Cat.

"Yes."

"We think his lasers should power the reactor."

"But what if they don't?" Asked Cyclopes.

"Theoretically, Your lasers are the right item to use. If they are too focused we'll either blow-up or speed-up. If their not focused enough the reactor will reject them and we die."

"So 2 out of 3 chances we die." Said Cyclopes. "Not good."

"I say we vote. Decide what to do." Said Wild Cat. "I say we do it."

"I second that."

"Same here."

"Me, too."

They spread out and spoke quietly with the other passengers. They all agreed, it was all they could do, besides lay down and die, which really was not an option.