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X-Terminators Issue 17 May 1st, 2001
Along Came a Juggernaut
"HOW THE HELL DID THEY GET IN!" Alex slammed his fist into the wall of the med-center. Reaper had been put into a stasis chamber and Forge had been studying him thoroughly, his prognosis was expected shortly. The team stood outside the center, waiting.
"Fitzroy was there and I had him down, but he used his powers to teleport some kind of ray into my back. I assume he took off after that. He said something about how Reaper's mind was taken from him. It didn't say in the files that he had any kind of mind powers."
Alex paced while Lorna watched, uneasy. "Fitzroy is only capable of generating portals into the past and present and to other destinations by draining life-force from mutants. He can store that energy and use it at will. He doesn't have any mind powers, however he is an Upstart. The Upstarts are lead by a man called the Gamesmaster who has an extreme mental power. He is constantly in contact with every conscious mind on the planet at all times. He would have been able to inflict this damage to Reaper. Was Sienna there when you arrived?"
"No, she was nowhere to be found. Fitzroy said something about her being home now."
Alex stopped pacing, "That makes sense, she used to be a member of the Upstarts back in the day. She probably rejoined them and Reaper caught her in the act. She played him for a full and all of us for fools. She has integral information about us that they can use to their advantage. I want the security system completely redone and completely reconfigured. Have Forge work on it as soon as he can."
Just then Forge walked out of the med-lab and began to speak "Reaper has suffered total mental loss. He has no mental activity what so ever. I have him in stasis and on life support so he will live for now. The only way to get him back to his old self is to get a telepath over here and look at him and see if they can get past any blocks the person responsible for this has put in place. Restoring his mind will be a task in itself Alex, I am not really trained in this and would like to bring in some outside help."
"Do what has to be done Forge. I trust your judgement in this issue. In the meantime we need to find out what exactly Sienna was doing her whole time here and what she has on us. I want a report on my desk by the end of the day!"
The team new better than to argue when he was like this. They slowly got up and almost left the room when the doorbell rang. "What now?" Alex motioned for everyone to be quit and turned on the camera and monitor.
Standing outside Valhalla's front door was none other than Cain Marko, the Juggernaut. "Alex? I didn't no if you guys would be home or not. I came to visit with some old friends."
"I didn't know you were good pals with anyone here Marko, who are you here to see?"
"Come on, I don't deserve that attitude, I have made my peace with your brother already, I have no intention of getting into anything with you. I just want to see some old teammates, Reaper and Sienna."
Alex looked back, a little shocked at the others. Lorna stepped up. "We will be right down Cain."
"Guido, contact Beast and see what Cain is talking about. Lorna and me are going to go talk to Cain. The rest of you stay on alert."
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"So where are they? I have not seen them since our old eXiles days, I am kinda anxious."
Lorna and Alex look at each other. "Well, Guido confirmed that you helped the X-men out a few months back and you have proven yourself set in new ways so I will hear you out. I am going to tell you now this couldn't have come at a worse time."
"Why" Cain Marko began to get edgy.
Lorna started "Well, this morning the Upstarts reclaimed Sienna Blaze. We think she willingly participated in almost killing Reaper, but instead he is only in a coma. She has rejoined the Upstarts and her whereabouts are unknown."
"This morning? Just this morning?"
"Why"
"I contacted Sienna a few weeks back telling her I was gonna visit and she said that she was having a great time with the X-terminators. You guys were the family she never had. This doesn't make sense. I know for a fact she wouldn't do anything to hurt Reaper. Something is going on."
"Well whether something is or isn't going on, now isn't the best time for a visit, if we find anything out we will of course contact you."
Juggernaut paused "I don't think so. If Sienna is missing and maybe back to her old ways I am going to help. I don't want to hear another word about it either."
Havok looked a little shocked "Are you saying your joining the X-Terminators?"
"For as long as it takes."
Alex looks at Lorna and Lorna just nods. "Well, the team is pretty large right now and I was going to propose a splitting up of the team shortly, now is as good a time as any. I just got word yesterday that Sunfire is coming tomorrow and will be joining the team. So that makes the roster a bit heavy. I am going to convene with Forge and determine the main team and the reserve team. Until then, welcome aboard Cain, I hope you know what your getting into."
X-Terminators Issue 17 May 1st, 2001
Along Came a Juggernaut
"HOW THE HELL DID THEY GET IN!" Alex slammed his fist into the wall of the med-center. Reaper had been put into a stasis chamber and Forge had been studying him thoroughly, his prognosis was expected shortly. The team stood outside the center, waiting.
"Fitzroy was there and I had him down, but he used his powers to teleport some kind of ray into my back. I assume he took off after that. He said something about how Reaper's mind was taken from him. It didn't say in the files that he had any kind of mind powers."
Alex paced while Lorna watched, uneasy. "Fitzroy is only capable of generating portals into the past and present and to other destinations by draining life-force from mutants. He can store that energy and use it at will. He doesn't have any mind powers, however he is an Upstart. The Upstarts are lead by a man called the Gamesmaster who has an extreme mental power. He is constantly in contact with every conscious mind on the planet at all times. He would have been able to inflict this damage to Reaper. Was Sienna there when you arrived?"
"No, she was nowhere to be found. Fitzroy said something about her being home now."
Alex stopped pacing, "That makes sense, she used to be a member of the Upstarts back in the day. She probably rejoined them and Reaper caught her in the act. She played him for a full and all of us for fools. She has integral information about us that they can use to their advantage. I want the security system completely redone and completely reconfigured. Have Forge work on it as soon as he can."
Just then Forge walked out of the med-lab and began to speak "Reaper has suffered total mental loss. He has no mental activity what so ever. I have him in stasis and on life support so he will live for now. The only way to get him back to his old self is to get a telepath over here and look at him and see if they can get past any blocks the person responsible for this has put in place. Restoring his mind will be a task in itself Alex, I am not really trained in this and would like to bring in some outside help."
"Do what has to be done Forge. I trust your judgement in this issue. In the meantime we need to find out what exactly Sienna was doing her whole time here and what she has on us. I want a report on my desk by the end of the day!"
The team new better than to argue when he was like this. They slowly got up and almost left the room when the doorbell rang. "What now?" Alex motioned for everyone to be quit and turned on the camera and monitor.
Standing outside Valhalla's front door was none other than Cain Marko, the Juggernaut. "Alex? I didn't no if you guys would be home or not. I came to visit with some old friends."
"I didn't know you were good pals with anyone here Marko, who are you here to see?"
"Come on, I don't deserve that attitude, I have made my peace with your brother already, I have no intention of getting into anything with you. I just want to see some old teammates, Reaper and Sienna."
Alex looked back, a little shocked at the others. Lorna stepped up. "We will be right down Cain."
"Guido, contact Beast and see what Cain is talking about. Lorna and me are going to go talk to Cain. The rest of you stay on alert."
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"So where are they? I have not seen them since our old eXiles days, I am kinda anxious."
Lorna and Alex look at each other. "Well, Guido confirmed that you helped the X-men out a few months back and you have proven yourself set in new ways so I will hear you out. I am going to tell you now this couldn't have come at a worse time."
"Why" Cain Marko began to get edgy.
Lorna started "Well, this morning the Upstarts reclaimed Sienna Blaze. We think she willingly participated in almost killing Reaper, but instead he is only in a coma. She has rejoined the Upstarts and her whereabouts are unknown."
"This morning? Just this morning?"
"Why"
"I contacted Sienna a few weeks back telling her I was gonna visit and she said that she was having a great time with the X-terminators. You guys were the family she never had. This doesn't make sense. I know for a fact she wouldn't do anything to hurt Reaper. Something is going on."
"Well whether something is or isn't going on, now isn't the best time for a visit, if we find anything out we will of course contact you."
Juggernaut paused "I don't think so. If Sienna is missing and maybe back to her old ways I am going to help. I don't want to hear another word about it either."
Havok looked a little shocked "Are you saying your joining the X-Terminators?"
"For as long as it takes."
Alex looks at Lorna and Lorna just nods. "Well, the team is pretty large right now and I was going to propose a splitting up of the team shortly, now is as good a time as any. I just got word yesterday that Sunfire is coming tomorrow and will be joining the team. So that makes the roster a bit heavy. I am going to convene with Forge and determine the main team and the reserve team. Until then, welcome aboard Cain, I hope you know what your getting into."