The Reunion of Four

"This isn't gonna work again!" Duke shouted as he saw another sentinel come out. "There's too many of them!"

"We can't fight them all!" Jubilee cried.

"We don't need to!" Duke said. "Everybody get back so we can be transported out of here! We got the kids anyway! Move it!"

"I ain't leaving until I get a piece of Magneto's hide!" Lance ran off. Fred followed him along with Pietro. They managed to sneak through the Sentinel's line of defense, thanks partially because the sentinels' were too busy attacking the X-Men.

"Come on Joes!" Roadblock shouted. "Let's go!"

"What about the Brotherhood?" Todd cried out. "I can't leave them Roadblock!" Todd hopped after them. "I gotta help them!"

"Oh great!" Roadblock ran after him. "I guess our rescue will have to wait!"

"Roadblock!" Scott called out.

"I'm the only one of them who has a ticket to the transporter!" Roadblock shouted. "Get out of here! That's an order!"

"Give him cover fire!" Duke ordered. Roadblock managed to make it though. "Keep his comm system open so we can listen in! I hope we can transport them all in time! Everyone! Fall back! Breaker beam us out of here!"

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"I told you we had nothing to worry about," Magneto triumphed as he entered the smaller chamber. "They're already retreating."

"Yeah well I'm just glad you have this section of the asteroid just in case," John grumbled.

"Why don't we just self destruct the whole damn thing?" Sabertooth snapped. "We're safe here!"

"NO!" Magneto snarled. "I will not lose another Asteroid M! Especially to a group of humans!"

"That's good to know," Pietro ran up. Fred and Lance were behind him.

"Give it up Magneto you're finished!" Lance shouted.

"You boys really don't learn your lessons very well now do you?" Magneto sneered.

"I'll take care of these traitors boss!" John used his powers to attack them in flame.

"Pyro!" Lance cried out. "Don't do this! Can't you see he's crazy?"

"He's a genius!" John shouted. "He's the future! And I'm going to stand beside him!" He shot out flames towards them.

The three mutants dodged the flames. "That's right you traitors! Run! Run! R-AAAAHHGH!" John screamed as he was covered in slime.

"Toad!" Lance cried out.

"Hey you didn't think I'd actually leave my best buds now did ya?" Todd smirked.

"Wonderful," Sabertooth groaned. "Now we have all the losers in here!"

"Which is precisely where I wanted them," Magneto grinned. "Get them! Show no mercy! Sabertooth hit Programs 45 and 17 on the computer!"

"What?" He shouted. "Oh I get it! Hey you're the boss!" He went to work as Magneto and Mystique and the others attacked the four.

Fred easily knocked out Shiva with his massive strength. Lance used his powers to shake up the ground beneath John and Todd and Pietro took on the twins. That was when Magneto sent out several sharp metal blades from hidden panels to attack them. Fred could easily deflect them. Todd and Pietro dodged them. Lance could not move as fast however.

"Move it kid!" Roadblock grabbed Lance and rolled him out of the way of the shrapnel.

"You…saved me?" Lance blinked, incredulous that a human would do such a thing.

"Don't thank me yet," Roadblock told him. "We're not out of the woods, I bet!"

"No you're not!" Mystique changed into a bear and tackled Roadblock.

"Get off me you ugly…" Roadblock swore as they wrestled.

Todd hit her back with an acid stream. She screamed and changed form as she went down. Magneto used his powers to take a piece of metal and knock Todd out from behind. Pietro tried to help him. But as he knelt down to see if he was all right, Magneto used his powers to tendril a metal chain on his leg. He yanked Pietro up and started tossing him around like a rag doll. A horrifying snap was heard as he slammed Pietro into the ground.

"Pietro!" Fred cried out.

"My leg," Pietro whined. "I think it's broken!"

"That's not all that will be broken!" Magneto shouted as he used his powers to work on the iron in their bodies. They started screaming in agony as he moved it around inside them, torturing them.

"It's ready!" Sabertooth said. "Let's get out of here!" He ran out. Shiva, Pyro and the Ram brothers were not far behind.

Magneto stopped his torture. "I think that's enough fun for now." He floated out the door. "Time to go," Magneto shut the doors on them.

"Hey don't leave me behind you jerk!" Mystique got up and started pounding on the doors. There was a huge rumbling sound. "Oh no! You bastard! Magneto you're going to pay for this!"

"What the heck is going on?" Roadblock shouted.

"I forgot," Pietro gulped. "This part of the asteroid is detachable!"

"What?" Roadblock shouted.

"It was supposed to separate in case of emergencies," Pietro told them.

"And we've got a big one!" Roadblock ran to the computer. He pointed at a countdown. "They set this place to blow! That's why they were so eager to go!"

"What do we do?" Fred asked.

"We'll just have to make a…" Roadblock looked around on his jacket. "My transporter chip!"

"Looking for this?" Mystique held Roadblock's transporter chip. She morphed into Roadblock. "One to beam up!"

"Why you…" Roadblock fumed.

"Good bye," Mystique tapped the communicator and transported away.

Right in the middle of several angry Joes holding some very big guns. "Drop the disguise Mystique! Now why did I have the feeling you'd pull something like this?" Falcon sneered. "Good thing we kept the communication lines on the whole time huh?"

Back at the separated section of the asteroid things were not going according to plan.

"Can't you stop it?" Fred asked.

"No! I can't!" Roadblock shouted.

"We're trapped in here!" Pietro whined.

"We're toast!" Lance cried.

None of them noticed Todd getting to his knees, dazed. He lifted his head. As the last number clicked on the countdown his eyes glowed. "Don't worry…" He whispered. "I'll save you…"