Part 7; Detention Level
A small weedy officer ran up to Darth Magneto; Dark Lord of the Electromagnetic Fire.
"My lord, we have captured a ship in the area. Its markings match a ship that blasted its way out of New York this morning," said the officer.
"They must be trying to return the stolen plans to the princess. She may be of some use yet," said Magneto stormed out of the room heading to hangar bay three where the ship was being kept.
A second officer came up to Darth Magneto and said, "There's nobody on board. The logs say that the escape pods were jettisoned shortly after take off."
"Did you find any mutants onboard?" asked Magneto.
"No sir. If they were onboard they must also have escaped," replied the officer.
"Send a scanning crew aboard," said Magneto.
"Yes sir."
"I can feel a presence that I haven't felt since." began Magneto who then strode out of the hangar and headed to where his superior resided.
Inside the Blackbird six very sneaky mutants climb out of two hidden compartments in the bowels of the ship.
"Its lucky you had these compartments," said Scott.
"I use dem for smuggling stuff. I never thought I would ave t' smuggle myself in dem," said Gambit. "Dis is stupid. Even if we could take off. We'd never get past de telekinetic dat's holding us here."
"I'll take care of that," said Xavier. Beast raises his head out of the dark compartment and gives off a small roar of enthusiasm.
"Ok, Beast let's get out o' here."
Outside of the ship two men approach the vessel carrying a handheld computer each.
"If the hand held mutant detector's 'Cerebro' pick up anything report it to me," said an Acolyte swelled up with self-importance. The officer's nod to the Acolyte and walked up the boarding ramp of the Blackbird. After a few seconds a loud bang sounds from inside the ship.
"Hey down dere. Could you give us a hand wit dis," shouted a voice from inside the ship, which had a familiar accent. The two Acolytes nodded to each other and ran up the ramp. An explosion goes up from inside the ship with an energy ring to it.
Above the hangar was a small room, which was used as a communications room. Two officers were inside.
"TK 421 why aren't at your post. TK421 answer me," said one of the officers. Out of the window the officer saw the Acolyte he was calling walk down the ramp of the Blackbird. The Acolyte shrugged his shoulders signalling he couldn't understand what the officer was saying. The officer raced to the door to check the controls of the transmitter. When the officer opened the door the sight of a large blue furred animal met his eyes. The animal picked the officer up by his neck and choked off his air supply. When the officer sagged, Beast threw him against a wall. The second officer rose to his feet but quickly fell back down because Gambit hit him with a charged card. Gambit removed his helmet and took a long deep breath and said, "Aaaah, nothin' like recycled air. De smell from dat helmet is disgustin'."
A second Acolyte ran through the open door and also followed Gambit's suit and took his helmet off to reveal Scott's young face.
"I'm surprised that between his yelling and your card tricks I'm surprised the whole station hasn't heard us," said Scott.
"Bring em on, I prefer a straight fight," replied Gambit.
Jube2 approached a computer console and began to type on the keyboard.
"Where is the telekinetic mutant who is keeping us here?" asked Xavier.
"I'll try and make the location appear on the screen," said Jube2.
Xavier glanced at the screen and then headed to the door before he pressed the opening mechanism he said, "I don't think any of you can help. I must go alone."
"I want to go with you," said Scott.
"No Scott. You must watch over the others. Your destiny lies along a different path from mine. Remember, your power will be with you always," said Xavier. Xavier then pressed the pad on the wall and the door slid open, Xavier looked down the hallway and then nodded to Gambit and strode out of the doorway. The door slid closed behind him.
Beast growled silently to Gambit. Gambit nodded and said, "You said it Beastie. Where did you dig up dat old fossil?"
"Charles is a great man," replied Scott.
"Yeah great at gettin' us into trouble," said Gambit.
Jube2 then shouted out loudly to everyone, "Found it."
"Found what?" asked Scott.
"She's here," said Warlock.
"Who?"
"Princess Rogue!" said Jube2.
"The princess, she's here. Where?" asked Scott.
"Princess? What are you talkin' about?" asked Gambit.
"Detention level three. Cell eighty eight," said Jube2. "She's scheduled for execution."
"We've gotta save her," said Scott.
"What are you talkin' about?" asked Gambit again.
"She's the one in the message, the mutants belong to her. We've got to help her?" said Scott.
"Baldy told us to say here," said Gambit.
"He didn't know she was here. If you help her you'll probably be given a reward," said Scott slyly.
"What kind o' reward?" asked Gambit.
"Lots and lots of money probably. As much as you can imagine," said Scott grinning.
"I can imagine quite a bit."
"You'll get it," said Scott.
Scott and Gambit both put on their helmets.
"Alright let's go," said Gambit. Gambit swaggered over to the door, almost opening it but Warlock distracted his attention.
"Sir, Sir. Should Jube and I stay here?"
"Yeah. I think that would be best," said Scott.
"What should we do if we're discovered here?" asked Warlock.
"Lock de doors and 'ope dey don't have no powers," said the smuggler. With those last few words Gambit, Scott and Beast left the room.
Xavier crept through the steel corridors trying to be inconspicuous. If any officers cam close to him Xavier distracted them using his mind powers. He then gradually became more confident and just started striding through the middle of the corridor, while all those in the corridors eyes just slid past him.
Gambit and Scott's faces were hidden behind the helmets of a dead Acolyte. In the middle of the odd pair was the muscular figure called Beast. The trio was keeping up the image that two Acolytes were transporting a prisoner. The three got into an elevator that would take them to the prison deck.
They got out into a dark, dreary room were six officers stood in front of a group of consoles. At the back of the room was a long corridor with doors leading from it.
"Where are you taking this.freak?" said the commanding officer.
"Prisoner transfer from Detention level seven," replied Scott in a flat emotionless voice, which sounded exactly like an Acolyte.
"I wasn't notified. Let me check," said the officer heading back to his console to check the prisoner files.
Gambit's hand slips unnoticed behind Beast's back and silently charges up the handcuffs with his bioelectric energy. The handcuffs blew and Beast jumped straight at the nearest officer and punched.
"Watch out he's loose!" yelled Gambit with fake concern. Scott and Gambit use the guards and officers distraction to their advantage. Scott blasts several officers with his optic blasts before the others even know what's going on. Gambit pulls several cards out from inside his armour and throws them at three of the Brotherhood officers. Within minutes the fight draws to a close. Gambit runs quickly to one of the console and presses one of the buttons.
Gambit then presses his mouth against the microphone and said, "Umm. Situation under control."
"What happened?" asked a voice on the other side.
"We had a slight weapons malfunction. But everythin' is fine now. We're all fine. Umm. How are you?" asked Gambit who then groaned.
"Who is this? We're sending a squad up," said the voice on the other end of the communications line.
"Negative. We have a computer malfunction now. Large sparks, jumpin' high in the air. Several officers have been electrocuted. I could lose you at any moment now," said Gambit who then pressed his palm against the console, which then briefly glowed with blue energy before exploded. Gambit then ran to another console and glanced at the screen.
"Scott the princess is in cell number twenty-six. Hurry we're about to have company," shouted Gambit.
Scott then ran down the corridor glancing briefly at the numbers above the door. When he reached number twenty-six he slapped the release. The door slid upwards. Scott walked into the room to see.
A small weedy officer ran up to Darth Magneto; Dark Lord of the Electromagnetic Fire.
"My lord, we have captured a ship in the area. Its markings match a ship that blasted its way out of New York this morning," said the officer.
"They must be trying to return the stolen plans to the princess. She may be of some use yet," said Magneto stormed out of the room heading to hangar bay three where the ship was being kept.
A second officer came up to Darth Magneto and said, "There's nobody on board. The logs say that the escape pods were jettisoned shortly after take off."
"Did you find any mutants onboard?" asked Magneto.
"No sir. If they were onboard they must also have escaped," replied the officer.
"Send a scanning crew aboard," said Magneto.
"Yes sir."
"I can feel a presence that I haven't felt since." began Magneto who then strode out of the hangar and headed to where his superior resided.
Inside the Blackbird six very sneaky mutants climb out of two hidden compartments in the bowels of the ship.
"Its lucky you had these compartments," said Scott.
"I use dem for smuggling stuff. I never thought I would ave t' smuggle myself in dem," said Gambit. "Dis is stupid. Even if we could take off. We'd never get past de telekinetic dat's holding us here."
"I'll take care of that," said Xavier. Beast raises his head out of the dark compartment and gives off a small roar of enthusiasm.
"Ok, Beast let's get out o' here."
Outside of the ship two men approach the vessel carrying a handheld computer each.
"If the hand held mutant detector's 'Cerebro' pick up anything report it to me," said an Acolyte swelled up with self-importance. The officer's nod to the Acolyte and walked up the boarding ramp of the Blackbird. After a few seconds a loud bang sounds from inside the ship.
"Hey down dere. Could you give us a hand wit dis," shouted a voice from inside the ship, which had a familiar accent. The two Acolytes nodded to each other and ran up the ramp. An explosion goes up from inside the ship with an energy ring to it.
Above the hangar was a small room, which was used as a communications room. Two officers were inside.
"TK 421 why aren't at your post. TK421 answer me," said one of the officers. Out of the window the officer saw the Acolyte he was calling walk down the ramp of the Blackbird. The Acolyte shrugged his shoulders signalling he couldn't understand what the officer was saying. The officer raced to the door to check the controls of the transmitter. When the officer opened the door the sight of a large blue furred animal met his eyes. The animal picked the officer up by his neck and choked off his air supply. When the officer sagged, Beast threw him against a wall. The second officer rose to his feet but quickly fell back down because Gambit hit him with a charged card. Gambit removed his helmet and took a long deep breath and said, "Aaaah, nothin' like recycled air. De smell from dat helmet is disgustin'."
A second Acolyte ran through the open door and also followed Gambit's suit and took his helmet off to reveal Scott's young face.
"I'm surprised that between his yelling and your card tricks I'm surprised the whole station hasn't heard us," said Scott.
"Bring em on, I prefer a straight fight," replied Gambit.
Jube2 approached a computer console and began to type on the keyboard.
"Where is the telekinetic mutant who is keeping us here?" asked Xavier.
"I'll try and make the location appear on the screen," said Jube2.
Xavier glanced at the screen and then headed to the door before he pressed the opening mechanism he said, "I don't think any of you can help. I must go alone."
"I want to go with you," said Scott.
"No Scott. You must watch over the others. Your destiny lies along a different path from mine. Remember, your power will be with you always," said Xavier. Xavier then pressed the pad on the wall and the door slid open, Xavier looked down the hallway and then nodded to Gambit and strode out of the doorway. The door slid closed behind him.
Beast growled silently to Gambit. Gambit nodded and said, "You said it Beastie. Where did you dig up dat old fossil?"
"Charles is a great man," replied Scott.
"Yeah great at gettin' us into trouble," said Gambit.
Jube2 then shouted out loudly to everyone, "Found it."
"Found what?" asked Scott.
"She's here," said Warlock.
"Who?"
"Princess Rogue!" said Jube2.
"The princess, she's here. Where?" asked Scott.
"Princess? What are you talkin' about?" asked Gambit.
"Detention level three. Cell eighty eight," said Jube2. "She's scheduled for execution."
"We've gotta save her," said Scott.
"What are you talkin' about?" asked Gambit again.
"She's the one in the message, the mutants belong to her. We've got to help her?" said Scott.
"Baldy told us to say here," said Gambit.
"He didn't know she was here. If you help her you'll probably be given a reward," said Scott slyly.
"What kind o' reward?" asked Gambit.
"Lots and lots of money probably. As much as you can imagine," said Scott grinning.
"I can imagine quite a bit."
"You'll get it," said Scott.
Scott and Gambit both put on their helmets.
"Alright let's go," said Gambit. Gambit swaggered over to the door, almost opening it but Warlock distracted his attention.
"Sir, Sir. Should Jube and I stay here?"
"Yeah. I think that would be best," said Scott.
"What should we do if we're discovered here?" asked Warlock.
"Lock de doors and 'ope dey don't have no powers," said the smuggler. With those last few words Gambit, Scott and Beast left the room.
Xavier crept through the steel corridors trying to be inconspicuous. If any officers cam close to him Xavier distracted them using his mind powers. He then gradually became more confident and just started striding through the middle of the corridor, while all those in the corridors eyes just slid past him.
Gambit and Scott's faces were hidden behind the helmets of a dead Acolyte. In the middle of the odd pair was the muscular figure called Beast. The trio was keeping up the image that two Acolytes were transporting a prisoner. The three got into an elevator that would take them to the prison deck.
They got out into a dark, dreary room were six officers stood in front of a group of consoles. At the back of the room was a long corridor with doors leading from it.
"Where are you taking this.freak?" said the commanding officer.
"Prisoner transfer from Detention level seven," replied Scott in a flat emotionless voice, which sounded exactly like an Acolyte.
"I wasn't notified. Let me check," said the officer heading back to his console to check the prisoner files.
Gambit's hand slips unnoticed behind Beast's back and silently charges up the handcuffs with his bioelectric energy. The handcuffs blew and Beast jumped straight at the nearest officer and punched.
"Watch out he's loose!" yelled Gambit with fake concern. Scott and Gambit use the guards and officers distraction to their advantage. Scott blasts several officers with his optic blasts before the others even know what's going on. Gambit pulls several cards out from inside his armour and throws them at three of the Brotherhood officers. Within minutes the fight draws to a close. Gambit runs quickly to one of the console and presses one of the buttons.
Gambit then presses his mouth against the microphone and said, "Umm. Situation under control."
"What happened?" asked a voice on the other side.
"We had a slight weapons malfunction. But everythin' is fine now. We're all fine. Umm. How are you?" asked Gambit who then groaned.
"Who is this? We're sending a squad up," said the voice on the other end of the communications line.
"Negative. We have a computer malfunction now. Large sparks, jumpin' high in the air. Several officers have been electrocuted. I could lose you at any moment now," said Gambit who then pressed his palm against the console, which then briefly glowed with blue energy before exploded. Gambit then ran to another console and glanced at the screen.
"Scott the princess is in cell number twenty-six. Hurry we're about to have company," shouted Gambit.
Scott then ran down the corridor glancing briefly at the numbers above the door. When he reached number twenty-six he slapped the release. The door slid upwards. Scott walked into the room to see.
