The Big Blow Up

The chamber started to glow. Then sparks came out of it. "Uh," Sabertooth looked at it with a bit of apprehension. "That's not supposed to do that is it?"

"Something's wrong!" Magneto snapped as he fiddled with the controls. "It's overloading!"

The next thing he knew there was a huge explosion. "My machine!" Magneto wailed. "It's destroyed!" There was nothing but a huge hole filled with twisted metal.

"Toad!" Rogue called out, trying to fight her restraints.

Something tumbled out of it. It was Todd. His clothes were singed as well as his hair. He was covered in ash. "He's still alive?" Sabertooth's jaw dropped.

Todd looked around him. He looked at the destruction of the machine. He smirked. "Ha…Ha…" Todd made a raspberry at Magneto before passing out.

"HOW DID YOU DO THAT?" Magneto shouted. "HOW DID YOU DESTROY MY MACHINE YOU LITTLE…." He grabbed the unconscious mutant by the throat. Then he thought. "I don't know how you did that, but I am going to find out."

"I told you I should have went first," Sabertooth grumbled. "You know what I think? I think that kid is defective or something! Gotta be!"

"The only thing defective around here are your brains!" Rogue snapped.

"Typical," Magneto simply dropped Todd to the ground. "Well so much for that plan. Fortunately I have a back up." He went and picked up some kind of serum off of a table and prepared a shot.

"What are you going to do to Toad?" Rogue's eyes went wide.

"Oh this isn't for Toad," Magneto said. "This is for you. I suppose my dear, the old methods are the most reliable," He injected Rogue with the serum. "I found some interesting DNA. This might come in handy."

"What did you do to me you monster!" Rogue snapped. She immediately felt very hot and dizzy.

"I just want to make you stronger, my dear daughter," Magneto said.

"You…" Rogue started to say just before she passed out.

"Take them both to the cells," He instructed Sabertooth. "I'll study them later. Right now, I have to see if I can salvage anything from this!" He looked over the destruction of his machine. "Once I have finished that, then I am going to find out exactly how Toad did this!"

Claudius started crying even louder. "Don't worry little one," Magneto looked at him. "After I have finished with them, I'll pay some more attention to you."