Chapter 13: United they Stand.
A/N: Here's another chapter. Hope ya enjoy.
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Dedication: To everyone who reviewed. Thanks a million.
Summary: AoA in the Evolution universe. 'Nuff said.
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Australia, 4 hours before present time.
"Those Mother Fuckers!" Mike Nagrite screamed as he put his hand through a steel plate. The Brotherhood was gathered in the basement of their former abode. They were all sullen from the recent death of their teammate. Omega was taking it the worst.
"Calm down Omega." Lance said as he and Gambit tried to calm down their teammate.
"I was there. I was should have stopped him. It's my fault damn it." Mike said as he sat down.
"We all miss John, but he made his choice, just like we'll eventually make our own." Gambit said as he rubbed Mike's back. "Its not your fault, homme. The question is what do we do now."
"I say we take this one to the big A himself!" Todd stated as he sat in a corner. "It's high time we show that dick exactly what we're made of."
"Yea. And after he eviscerates us, he will see what we're made of." Gambit said as Lance walked toward the computer and began to type a few buttons
"I hate to say it, but Toad's right." Kitty said from where she was comforting Tabitha. "Mike, you want vengeance against Mesmero, and the rest of us all have our own little beef's that we need to solve. If we don't deal with them, then we're going to go nuts. Therefore I say we take the big A and his remaining horsemen down, and we take them down hard and we put the fear of God into them" Everyone stared at her for what was a solid twenty seconds of silence.
"What?" Kitty said as she stared at them.
"I second the motion." Tabitha said suddenly, wiping tears from her eyes as she got up. "John was the only person I ever loved. I want to see Apocalypse die a slow death by my hands. I owe John this much." Everyone looked at each other and then nodded.
"Let's do it." Todd said with a smile.
"Is the tracker online?" Mike asked. Lance glanced at the computer in front of them.
"You were right Katherine. She is on the other team." Lance stated as he smiled at the others. He got a familiar glint in his eye that the others immediately recognized.
"I hate when he does this..." Toad whispered to Remy. Gambit nodded in agreement.
"LET'S ROCK!!!" He shouted as his eyes rolled into the back of his head and the earth under the influence of seismic energy swallowed them all up.
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Germany, the dead zones, Present time.
"Mother?" Kurt said weakly as Mystique pointed her gun at him.
"Raven! What are you doing?!?" Rogue shouted as she flew into her. Mystique rolled with the blow and unleashed a pulse from her gun. The blast slammed into her daughter and sent her flying through a wall.
"Rogue!!!" Kurt shouted as he telported to where she fell. When he arrived a blast of magnetic energy slammed into him. The rest of the X-Men saw that Mystique wasn't alone.
"Now, now Fuzz-ball. We don't do that, do we?" Polaris asked with a wicked smile. Behind her, Wolfsbane had taken down Wolverine and Dazzler held Magma, Pietro, Gateway, Iceman, and Forge inside of a laser cage she had created. Mystique had already knocked out Wanda and Evan with similar blasts. The only person left was Magneto.
"Well Raven, I thought you might return. But not with this company." He stated as he unleashed a magnetic wave that tore through the air and knocked down Dazzler. Her laser cage faded as she lost consciousness, freeing Forge, and the others. Wolverine went into a Beserker rage as he tossed Wolfsbane off of him and tore into her. She gave back as much as she got, though, and neither gained the upper hand. Forge activated his Bio-Armor and took down Mystique's gun. As Iceman began to freeze her in place, she pushed a button on her wrist. Before the X-Men knew what hit them, A blast of concussion force leveled the hotel that they called home.
"What the fuck was that?" Magma spat as she and the others emerged from the ruble relatively unscathed. Thankfully, they had been on the first floor and Magneto managed to get them out unharmed through the use of a magnetic shield.
"That would be me." They turned to see Mystique helping up Dazzler and Polaris. Behind them Wolfsbane was at the foot of the speaker. What, no witty comebacks? How sad." Holocaust said as he raised his hand and sent out another blast of energy.
"Ahhh, shit." Logan said as the X-Men scrambled from the blast.
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Apocalypse Island.
"There must be someone looking out for me." McCoy crowed as he continued his testing. "Don't you think so, my favorite Guinea Pig?" Beast crowed as he got into the face of Jean Grey. She gritted her teeth from the pain, trying not to give him the satisfaction of hearing her scream.
"Back off McCoy!!!" Beast turned to see Cyclops fuming from his position in a similar device.
"Sorry "Prelate". But I have work to do and you no longer have any power over me. So HA!" Beast said as he continued to torture Grey.
"Focus through the pain Jean." Jean though to herself. "Remember what Logan taught you." Slowly she used her telekinetic powers on the ruby quartz visor that kept Cyclops from firing his optic blasts.
"What in sins name?" Scott Summers though as he felt his visor moving. He glanced over and saw Jean grinding her teeth. "She using her powers! Damn she's good." Cyclops though as he acknowledged what she was doing by turning his face so that it pointed to Beast's back. Jean saw what he did and made her move. Before Beast had a chance to continue he was struck in the back by Cyclops's blasts.
"ARRRRGGGHHH!" Beast shouted as he was sent into a wall and lost consciousness.
"Smart move." Scott said as he kept his eye closed as he heard Jean Grey freeing herself.
"Thanks." Jean said as she held onto his visor. "Any reason why I should trust you?" She said as she walked over to him.
"No." Scott said grimly. "Trust your instinct's. That's what I was taught."
"Same her." Jean said as she let him go. "But I always had the feeling that you were different from the others."
"You're asking me to openly rebel against Apocalypse?" He asked as he put his visor on.
"Yes." She replied as she got a little closer to him.
"I've been doing that since I first met you." He said as he smiled at her. He grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the way as he blew the door off of its hinges. "So lets go."
"You know something," She said as she held his hand as they ran down the hall. "I think that in another reality things would be much different for us."
"Maybe so, but we have to live with the cards we've been dealt." Scott said grimly as they continued running hand in hand.
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Germany, the dead zones
"Come on Magnus, put up more of a fight than this!" Holocaust whined as he continued firing upon the X-Men. His band of Infinites with the help of Mystique, Polaris, Wolfsbane, and Dazzler, all had the X-Men on the ropes. Wolverine was already taking more punishment than his healing factor could deal with. And that was the best case scenario. In short, the X-Men were in trouble. "Man this is way to easy." Holocaust crowed. He spoke to soon as a small ball of energy rolled under his feet. He looked down and stared at the little thing. "Crap…" He said as she was blown into the air.
"Eat this, Homme!" Came a cry as a barrage of energy blasts slammed into Holocausts air born form. The X-Men looked up to see the Brotherhood wrecking house. Lance unleashed seismic pulses that slammed Wolfsbane into a pile of ruble. Todd was distracting Infinites while Shadowcat and Gambit destroyed them. Tabitha took Mystique down and the two began bitch slapping one another and Omega was giving Logan lessons in mass destruction of Infinites.
"There is a god, Kurt." Magneto said to his brother-in-law. Then he flew off to join the battle.
"We shall see Erik. We shall see." Kurt Darkholme said as he telported into the melee. Within moments the combined forces of the X-Men, Wolverine and Gateway, and the Brotherhood took out the Infinites and sent Holocaust and his bitches packing.
"Nice to see you've returned Lance." Magneto said as he watched Holocaust's jet flyaway.
"Thanks. But We have work to do." Lance said with a smirk as he held out his hand.
"Yes, we do." Magnus said as he took the hand. Everyone who was present at that moment got the fleeting feeling of one thing. Even though it was soon replaced with self-doubt and fear, it was strong none the less. That the Age of Apocalypse was drawing to a close, and that they would be the reason.
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Ok. SO not as dramatic as a cliffhanger, but I still think it's pretty damn good. If you think so, then review. If you don't, Review. If you don't care, Review. (god I'm evil J)
Peace out
Descendent.
A/N: Here's another chapter. Hope ya enjoy.
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Dedication: To everyone who reviewed. Thanks a million.
Summary: AoA in the Evolution universe. 'Nuff said.
*************
Australia, 4 hours before present time.
"Those Mother Fuckers!" Mike Nagrite screamed as he put his hand through a steel plate. The Brotherhood was gathered in the basement of their former abode. They were all sullen from the recent death of their teammate. Omega was taking it the worst.
"Calm down Omega." Lance said as he and Gambit tried to calm down their teammate.
"I was there. I was should have stopped him. It's my fault damn it." Mike said as he sat down.
"We all miss John, but he made his choice, just like we'll eventually make our own." Gambit said as he rubbed Mike's back. "Its not your fault, homme. The question is what do we do now."
"I say we take this one to the big A himself!" Todd stated as he sat in a corner. "It's high time we show that dick exactly what we're made of."
"Yea. And after he eviscerates us, he will see what we're made of." Gambit said as Lance walked toward the computer and began to type a few buttons
"I hate to say it, but Toad's right." Kitty said from where she was comforting Tabitha. "Mike, you want vengeance against Mesmero, and the rest of us all have our own little beef's that we need to solve. If we don't deal with them, then we're going to go nuts. Therefore I say we take the big A and his remaining horsemen down, and we take them down hard and we put the fear of God into them" Everyone stared at her for what was a solid twenty seconds of silence.
"What?" Kitty said as she stared at them.
"I second the motion." Tabitha said suddenly, wiping tears from her eyes as she got up. "John was the only person I ever loved. I want to see Apocalypse die a slow death by my hands. I owe John this much." Everyone looked at each other and then nodded.
"Let's do it." Todd said with a smile.
"Is the tracker online?" Mike asked. Lance glanced at the computer in front of them.
"You were right Katherine. She is on the other team." Lance stated as he smiled at the others. He got a familiar glint in his eye that the others immediately recognized.
"I hate when he does this..." Toad whispered to Remy. Gambit nodded in agreement.
"LET'S ROCK!!!" He shouted as his eyes rolled into the back of his head and the earth under the influence of seismic energy swallowed them all up.
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Germany, the dead zones, Present time.
"Mother?" Kurt said weakly as Mystique pointed her gun at him.
"Raven! What are you doing?!?" Rogue shouted as she flew into her. Mystique rolled with the blow and unleashed a pulse from her gun. The blast slammed into her daughter and sent her flying through a wall.
"Rogue!!!" Kurt shouted as he telported to where she fell. When he arrived a blast of magnetic energy slammed into him. The rest of the X-Men saw that Mystique wasn't alone.
"Now, now Fuzz-ball. We don't do that, do we?" Polaris asked with a wicked smile. Behind her, Wolfsbane had taken down Wolverine and Dazzler held Magma, Pietro, Gateway, Iceman, and Forge inside of a laser cage she had created. Mystique had already knocked out Wanda and Evan with similar blasts. The only person left was Magneto.
"Well Raven, I thought you might return. But not with this company." He stated as he unleashed a magnetic wave that tore through the air and knocked down Dazzler. Her laser cage faded as she lost consciousness, freeing Forge, and the others. Wolverine went into a Beserker rage as he tossed Wolfsbane off of him and tore into her. She gave back as much as she got, though, and neither gained the upper hand. Forge activated his Bio-Armor and took down Mystique's gun. As Iceman began to freeze her in place, she pushed a button on her wrist. Before the X-Men knew what hit them, A blast of concussion force leveled the hotel that they called home.
"What the fuck was that?" Magma spat as she and the others emerged from the ruble relatively unscathed. Thankfully, they had been on the first floor and Magneto managed to get them out unharmed through the use of a magnetic shield.
"That would be me." They turned to see Mystique helping up Dazzler and Polaris. Behind them Wolfsbane was at the foot of the speaker. What, no witty comebacks? How sad." Holocaust said as he raised his hand and sent out another blast of energy.
"Ahhh, shit." Logan said as the X-Men scrambled from the blast.
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Apocalypse Island.
"There must be someone looking out for me." McCoy crowed as he continued his testing. "Don't you think so, my favorite Guinea Pig?" Beast crowed as he got into the face of Jean Grey. She gritted her teeth from the pain, trying not to give him the satisfaction of hearing her scream.
"Back off McCoy!!!" Beast turned to see Cyclops fuming from his position in a similar device.
"Sorry "Prelate". But I have work to do and you no longer have any power over me. So HA!" Beast said as he continued to torture Grey.
"Focus through the pain Jean." Jean though to herself. "Remember what Logan taught you." Slowly she used her telekinetic powers on the ruby quartz visor that kept Cyclops from firing his optic blasts.
"What in sins name?" Scott Summers though as he felt his visor moving. He glanced over and saw Jean grinding her teeth. "She using her powers! Damn she's good." Cyclops though as he acknowledged what she was doing by turning his face so that it pointed to Beast's back. Jean saw what he did and made her move. Before Beast had a chance to continue he was struck in the back by Cyclops's blasts.
"ARRRRGGGHHH!" Beast shouted as he was sent into a wall and lost consciousness.
"Smart move." Scott said as he kept his eye closed as he heard Jean Grey freeing herself.
"Thanks." Jean said as she held onto his visor. "Any reason why I should trust you?" She said as she walked over to him.
"No." Scott said grimly. "Trust your instinct's. That's what I was taught."
"Same her." Jean said as she let him go. "But I always had the feeling that you were different from the others."
"You're asking me to openly rebel against Apocalypse?" He asked as he put his visor on.
"Yes." She replied as she got a little closer to him.
"I've been doing that since I first met you." He said as he smiled at her. He grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the way as he blew the door off of its hinges. "So lets go."
"You know something," She said as she held his hand as they ran down the hall. "I think that in another reality things would be much different for us."
"Maybe so, but we have to live with the cards we've been dealt." Scott said grimly as they continued running hand in hand.
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Germany, the dead zones
"Come on Magnus, put up more of a fight than this!" Holocaust whined as he continued firing upon the X-Men. His band of Infinites with the help of Mystique, Polaris, Wolfsbane, and Dazzler, all had the X-Men on the ropes. Wolverine was already taking more punishment than his healing factor could deal with. And that was the best case scenario. In short, the X-Men were in trouble. "Man this is way to easy." Holocaust crowed. He spoke to soon as a small ball of energy rolled under his feet. He looked down and stared at the little thing. "Crap…" He said as she was blown into the air.
"Eat this, Homme!" Came a cry as a barrage of energy blasts slammed into Holocausts air born form. The X-Men looked up to see the Brotherhood wrecking house. Lance unleashed seismic pulses that slammed Wolfsbane into a pile of ruble. Todd was distracting Infinites while Shadowcat and Gambit destroyed them. Tabitha took Mystique down and the two began bitch slapping one another and Omega was giving Logan lessons in mass destruction of Infinites.
"There is a god, Kurt." Magneto said to his brother-in-law. Then he flew off to join the battle.
"We shall see Erik. We shall see." Kurt Darkholme said as he telported into the melee. Within moments the combined forces of the X-Men, Wolverine and Gateway, and the Brotherhood took out the Infinites and sent Holocaust and his bitches packing.
"Nice to see you've returned Lance." Magneto said as he watched Holocaust's jet flyaway.
"Thanks. But We have work to do." Lance said with a smirk as he held out his hand.
"Yes, we do." Magnus said as he took the hand. Everyone who was present at that moment got the fleeting feeling of one thing. Even though it was soon replaced with self-doubt and fear, it was strong none the less. That the Age of Apocalypse was drawing to a close, and that they would be the reason.
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Ok. SO not as dramatic as a cliffhanger, but I still think it's pretty damn good. If you think so, then review. If you don't, Review. If you don't care, Review. (god I'm evil J)
Peace out
Descendent.