Pilots Meet Mutants
Chapter 7
By: Princess Raye Fire
The next morning at 0300 hours (3 AM) Duo Maxwell reset the Shuttle's controls and Cyclopes sat down in the engine room to deliver the blast.
At 4 o'clock everyone was rudely awakened by being smashed into the walls. The only people that could actually move were the skeletally enhanced and the anti-gravitationally inclined.
Wolverine, Cat, Rogue, and Storm managed to get Scott and Duo back to their seats and everyone else strapped in to make-shift seats before blacking out.
Some time days later the ship began to slow at an amazing rate. By noon that day the Inertial Compensators were working well enough for every one to walk around without help.
Cat, Heero, and the Professor were in the make shift cockpit, discussing previous events.
"Cyclopes blast worked like we thought it would." Heero was saying. "Just the shock from the blast messed up the engines bad enough that if we do it again we will blow up."
"So where ever we stop we stay?" Cat asked, just to clear it up.
"Exact-whoa…"
The three were thrown into the wall as the ship was stopped. Cat jumped up and look out the windows to see what the problem was. A ship had some how pulled them to a dead stop. There were black ships firing at a bunch of gray ones. A black one held them and started pounding them.
Duo and Jubilee came running in.
"We're being held!" Duo screamed. "If we don't get away soon they'll make us into rubble!"
"We know, but what can we do about it?" Cat shouted back.
"Cat. That box Beasty fooled them into letting us have has your and Rogue's SpaceArmor."
"Then what are you waiting for?" Cat took off down the hall.
"Heero. I came to get you because the fools left our Gundam's with us." Duo snorted. "Probably some cheap attempt to kill two birds with one stone…"
"Why didn't you mention it earlier?" The 2 took off toward the Gundam's mini-hangar.
When the 5 of them got there they saw the female mutants helping Rogue and Wild Cat Clip armor into place over their body suits.
The women cleared out and Cat and Rogue we're pulling on their helmets, doing mic-checks, when the Gundam pilots were closing their hatches.
They all took off and listened to the Professor's instructions. "Boys, 3 of you need to take care of the ship that's holding us then escort us over to the gray ships. The other 2 will go after the little black ships, try letting the women chase them into your paths. But don't hit the girls, they might not survive that."
"Rodger." Heero acknowledged. "01 and 05 will play while 02 through 04 free the shuttle."
"Ah but, boys, we have to make these guys fear us before they'll run from us. You know?"
"Fine. Blow them up, ripe them up, then Chase them. We have our priorities." Wufei Said.
They all took off. DeathScythe HELL, HeavyArms Custom, and SandRock Custom turned as one and converged on the ship holding them. They then proceeded to hack away at it.
Duo sent his thermal cuff into the ship's Command tower. "Geez, you'd think these guys would use something more effective then paper."
Wufei activated his thermal trident and started swiping at the small fighters surrounding him. "This is like using a Nuclear detonator on ants."
"No joke." Wild Cat said as she grabbed one of the black ones that had been a gray one with wings shaped like an 'x'-and pulled it to a stop. "Hey, 01, batter up!"
Heero activated his sword and put his Gundam in a batting stance as Cat threw the 'ball' at him. He swung at it and it disintegrated.
"And its outta here!" Cat cried.
"Cat! Stop playing around and help me catch this fella." Rogus shouted from where she was chasing one of the 'bad' planes that was chasing one of the 'good' plane that was chasing a 'bad' plane.
"Lead them to 05!" Cat shouted as she got along side the 'good' one in the middle. She smiled and waved as the pilot gaped.
She heard him send out a message. "Control, control, the little new comers are women!" He cried.
She hooked her transmition to his. "Damn right I am!" She said. She could here other people snickering. "So…what do you call this shin-dig? Oap, hold on!"
The black 'ball' had run right into 'Fei's thermal blade. Cat pulled the 'good' guy out of the blades path and saw Rogue move, too, right after the other guy bit the dust.
"Well see you later…?" She asked.
"Rogue 7, but you can call me Gavin." He said as he pulled away from her to go join his wing mate.
"Come on Cat, no flirting. We got more fun to have." the two women re-joined the fight just as the other 3 Gundams were jumping in.
Quatre was swiping at the black 'chibi-fighters' when he was knocked from behind. He turned the Gundam abruptly while he looked at the damage.
"You scratched my paint! Die!" He made SandRock jump 'up' and came down with his Energy Sickles hot. He sliced of the front portion of the ship the hacked away at ship. It was one of the smaller ships but he was still very pleased when it 'boomed' nicely.
When he emerged from the explosion he could here Duo and more voices from farther away trying to smother laughter.
After the 'Paint' incident the little black ships started back to the big black ships. When the little ones were back the big ones disappeared.
Twelve of the 'x' shaped ships from earlier came toward the Gundams. (Rogue and Cat where perched on Wing and DeathScythe's shoulders.)
"This is Rogue 1, we have been ordered to escort you back to the Mon Ramona." Said a male voice. "That is were the rest of your party are awaiting you."
"Thanks Rogue 1, I'm Wild Cat." She floated off of DeathScythe's shoulder and approached them. "Lets go."
The 2 mutants, 5 Gundams, and 12 X-Wings went back to the main ship. The 'Rogues' escorted them under the ship and into the main hangar.
"This is only temporary." Rogue 1 said. "A private hangar is being prepared for all of you."
The hangar was filled with by-standers while the Gundams landed. When the pilots stepped out on their hatches they were greeted by cheers.
Cat picked up Heero under one arm, then Duo with the other. Rogue Picked up Trowa with one arm, had Quatre cling on to her waist, and picked up Wufei with her free arm.
The 2 women landed at the same time. They were all greeted like old friends by total strangers and creatures that didn't look human at all.
Cat and Rogue were asked all kinds of *crazy * questions like: 'how did you fly in the vacuum?', 'Can you teach me to do that?', and 'were you using Machines or something?"
The pilots were asked stuff like: 'What all can those do?', 'What's a batter?', and 'Where exactly are you from?'
Two men made their way to The boys and Mutants.
"Hello." One of them put his right hand out. Cat took it and gave him a firm hand shake. "I'm Rogue 1 but you can call me Wedge. And you've already meet Gavin." Wedge had brown hair and blue eyes. While Gavin had black hair and brown eyes. They were both a little on the short side, like all good pilots.
"Yes. I'm Wild Cat, This Is Rogue."
Rogue smiled. "Hiya, Suga. Can you tell us were are friends are?"
"Yes, right this way." They grabbed the Gundam Pilots and left.
