"It's still cold down here! And your cooking sucks!"
"Shut up!" Gambit looked up as Mystique slithered in.
"Ah, so you must be the hostess.... remind me to never come to any of your parties again."
She scoffed.
"Unfortunately for you," Pyro walked in behind her. "This particular party is in my favor. In honor of my soon to be triumph over all of man-kind." She gave a slight nod to Pyro. The Australian started towards Gambit.
"Fantastic, now you're an angry feminist. Did I mention I collect Susan B. Anthony coins?" He mumbled sarcastically as Pyro roughly stood him up. "She's using you, Smokey, you know that right? She's just making use of your powers until she takes over and turns the world into-"
"Enough!" She reached out and gave him a powerful backhand. He glared at her with his fire red eyes.
"Now, listen. We can do this the easy way,"
"Without violence," Pyro added helpfully.
"Or the hard way."
"With violence."
"Do what?" Gambit sighed, giving up on trying to break free of Pyro's grip.
"Well, there's this missile-" Pyro started but was silenced as Mystique raised her hand.
"I need you to ignite it for me."
"Yeah right! No way!" Gambit began laughing. "Like I'd ever do anything for you!" Pyro smacked him in the back of the head. "Hey! Why do I have to do it anyway? Why can't you do it?"
"Because it normally would use a remote, which we don't have. And it needs to be detonated from the inside out."
"Let me repeat: yeah right. No way."
"Hmm, I figured as much, so, I worked up a little surprise for you." She gave him a nasty grin, and left the room. "Fred, take 'em on in."
"Could you loosen up a bit?" Gambit whined, struggling against Pyro's grip again.
"Sure thing, boss." Gambit and Pyro looked up as the Blob kicked somebody in.
"Kurt!" The surprised Gambit yelped as Kurt, without his image inducer, stumbled in. Gambit began to laugh.
"Nice try, Mystique. I know that's you.."
"Very clever," Mystique chuckled as she walked into the room. "Wrong, but clever." Gambit's eyes grew wide, then he squinted in anger at her.
"You let him go." She shoved Kurt forward, causing him to fall to his knees. He looked up at Gambit. His wrists and ankles were chained up, and his eyes were wide with fear and determination.
"Don't do it Gambit! I-" Mystique gave him a hard back hand. Gambit growled, braced himself, and lurched forward.
"Aaaahhhh!" Pyro was thrown over Gambit's shoulders and hit the ground with a sickening crack. "My arm!" He cried out as his voice cracked. Mystique reached out and heaved Gambit into the wall as he ran at her. He flew back into the wall with a crack much like Pyro's.
"Remy!" Kurt yelped.
"Blob,"
"Yes, boss?" The Blob, who'd been guarding the door, looked up. Mystique had lifted Pyro off the floor, and was now supporting him as she shifted into Raven Darkholme.
"Make our two guests, comfortable, while I help Pyro." She paused at the door. "Oh, and Gambit? You either do this for me, or, Kurt, dies." She left with a slight chuckle.
Kurt looked up at Gambit as he slid to the floor, clutching his right shoulder and making small noises.
Fred walked over, smiled evilly, and relocated Gambit's shoulder.
"Aaahhhh!"
"Shut up!" Gambit looked up as Mystique slithered in.
"Ah, so you must be the hostess.... remind me to never come to any of your parties again."
She scoffed.
"Unfortunately for you," Pyro walked in behind her. "This particular party is in my favor. In honor of my soon to be triumph over all of man-kind." She gave a slight nod to Pyro. The Australian started towards Gambit.
"Fantastic, now you're an angry feminist. Did I mention I collect Susan B. Anthony coins?" He mumbled sarcastically as Pyro roughly stood him up. "She's using you, Smokey, you know that right? She's just making use of your powers until she takes over and turns the world into-"
"Enough!" She reached out and gave him a powerful backhand. He glared at her with his fire red eyes.
"Now, listen. We can do this the easy way,"
"Without violence," Pyro added helpfully.
"Or the hard way."
"With violence."
"Do what?" Gambit sighed, giving up on trying to break free of Pyro's grip.
"Well, there's this missile-" Pyro started but was silenced as Mystique raised her hand.
"I need you to ignite it for me."
"Yeah right! No way!" Gambit began laughing. "Like I'd ever do anything for you!" Pyro smacked him in the back of the head. "Hey! Why do I have to do it anyway? Why can't you do it?"
"Because it normally would use a remote, which we don't have. And it needs to be detonated from the inside out."
"Let me repeat: yeah right. No way."
"Hmm, I figured as much, so, I worked up a little surprise for you." She gave him a nasty grin, and left the room. "Fred, take 'em on in."
"Could you loosen up a bit?" Gambit whined, struggling against Pyro's grip again.
"Sure thing, boss." Gambit and Pyro looked up as the Blob kicked somebody in.
"Kurt!" The surprised Gambit yelped as Kurt, without his image inducer, stumbled in. Gambit began to laugh.
"Nice try, Mystique. I know that's you.."
"Very clever," Mystique chuckled as she walked into the room. "Wrong, but clever." Gambit's eyes grew wide, then he squinted in anger at her.
"You let him go." She shoved Kurt forward, causing him to fall to his knees. He looked up at Gambit. His wrists and ankles were chained up, and his eyes were wide with fear and determination.
"Don't do it Gambit! I-" Mystique gave him a hard back hand. Gambit growled, braced himself, and lurched forward.
"Aaaahhhh!" Pyro was thrown over Gambit's shoulders and hit the ground with a sickening crack. "My arm!" He cried out as his voice cracked. Mystique reached out and heaved Gambit into the wall as he ran at her. He flew back into the wall with a crack much like Pyro's.
"Remy!" Kurt yelped.
"Blob,"
"Yes, boss?" The Blob, who'd been guarding the door, looked up. Mystique had lifted Pyro off the floor, and was now supporting him as she shifted into Raven Darkholme.
"Make our two guests, comfortable, while I help Pyro." She paused at the door. "Oh, and Gambit? You either do this for me, or, Kurt, dies." She left with a slight chuckle.
Kurt looked up at Gambit as he slid to the floor, clutching his right shoulder and making small noises.
Fred walked over, smiled evilly, and relocated Gambit's shoulder.
"Aaahhhh!"