Title: Viral
Author: Viral
Disclaimer: I do not own the X-Men, Generation-X, or Blink.
Claimer: I do own Viral.
Disclaimer 2: I do not own Paul Harris. He is the created character of Jonothan [ncsuguy@hotmail.com].
Author's Note: Not as much focus on Viral this time. :) The other X-guys and Gen-X get the spotlight. Also, a character submitted into the story gets introduced.
The challenge: No more telepaths or TKs -- create a mutant whose powers are quite unique...
Note: The X-Men, Generation-X, and Blink from AoA are included.
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"One last chance, lad," Banshee said as he began to take in a deep breath. All at once his vocal chords became ear-piercingly loud and unbelievably strong as he released sonic sound waves from his mouth in Viral's direction.
Viral's body was propped into the air as the sound waves knocked the ground. As his body hopped and fell again, he yelled in pain as his spinal chord felt like it was breaking into two. Another grunt came as his body was hit by one of the powerful waves of sound and his body was tossed into a nearby tree.
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"Cajun, get Storm!" Wolverine commanded as he began to choke from the smoke that the forest fire was creating. Jean carelessly had let the sparks from the burning tree fall below and that entire section of the forest was now in flames and doomed for ruin.
Jean desperately began to flatten out a telekinetic shield that she had placed on the burning tree. Slowly, the flames began to smother. Soon, she realized how futile her attempts were as the rest of the forest lay in flames anyway. The tree suddenly dropped from the sky as the other X-members carried each other from the fiery furnace.
"Mon ami, dis is more trouble den Gambit t'ink it's worth," Gambit said as he carried Ororo's limp body in his arms, running from the direction of the fire.
Rogue carried Cyclops' body as she flew near Gambit, "Nobody asked you, swamp rat."
"Where's Logan?" Jean asked as she finally landed down on the ground from the sky, her mind straining from all the telekinetic use.
"He went back for Clarice," Gambit said as he choked from the overwhelming smoke.
"We can't leave both of them back there!" Jean said in frustration as she turned back towards the fire. Placing a telekinetic shield over her body, she grunted, feeling herself getting weaker from the excessive use of her abilities over such a long period of time. "I'm going to get them!"
"No need, red," Logan said with his usual smirk and scowl combined on his face. Blink was doing fine as well as they both ran from the hot fire. Jean seemed to stand still as a statue for a moment, as she finally gained momentum and began to run from the fire with the rest of them.
"What, under a coyote's moon, is that sound?" Rogue said as she stopped at a steady hover with Cyclops underarms pitched on her hands and looked towards the sky. Overhead was a helicopter with red-letters on their side as an emblem. As her green eyes focused closer she noticed the letters were a force not to be reckoned with at the time. FOH. "It's the Friend's of Humanity!"
"That doesn't sound too friendly to me," Blink said as she pointed to a black orb falling from the sky. Undoubtedly, it was not a black orb as it became visible.
"Don't worry!" Jean yelled as she turned to face the bomb and attempted to throw it off target. She was unable to as her mind strained and sweat began to fall from her forehead. Her abilities were strained out. "Ah! I can't move it!"
"Move your butts!" Rogue said frantically as they all began to run as quickly as possible: Gambit still limited to movement while holding Storm's body and Rogue flying as quickly and as nimble as possible through the trees with Cyclops' body.
"Why," pant, "Can't," pant, "Gambit just," pant, "Blow it up?" Gambit asked. His pants were frequent as his eyes stayed focused, being careful not to run into a tree or to fall over a fallen one, which were randomly scattered around.
"Those bombs could contain biological poisons inside of them," Jean said, her pace not as fast as Gambit's.
"It's gotta be safer than dealin with Viral, sugah," Rogue said in dark sarcasm.
"We can't outrun it!" Blink pointed out as her white eyes widened and she pointed as the bomb descended directly upon them.
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"What happened to me?" Everett asked. Inside his mind were both Professor Xavier and Emma Frost, using their telepathic abilities, combined, to get through the mental defenses Everett's subconscious held.
"You became in sync with Viral, the mutant you were chasing. Unbelievably, you were unable to control his abilities when you first received them and ended up infecting yourself with a virus. But, seeing as you are functioning normally, although in your mind, I do believe that you have cured yourself while sleeping," Xavier commented and allowed Emma to continue his words.
"Everett, there is a lot going on. Our entire team has fallen: Jubilee, M, Chamber, Artie, and Leech. Mr. Cassidy is out trying to calm the mutant now, but who knows how long he can last?" Emma began and sighed. "We need you to prepare yourself for a serum that Mr. McCoy will be implanting into your body."
"What do you mean? I don't understand." Everett said, as he quirked an eyebrow.
"It's pretty obvious that you have gained control," Professor Xavier interjected, "It's always been a fact about your abilities. You are far better apt to control the abilities of the person you have become in sync with than the original host, and even push them to another level. It is apart of your mutation. We believe, that by now, you are far more able to control those abilities and use them to assist us."
"Okay," Everett says and thinks for a moment, "Yeah, that makes a lot of sense."
"Dr. McCoy will be injecting the serum into your bloodstream as soon as we break off this telepathic conversation. When he does you will have to be ready to control the viral abilities and not allow them to contaminate the air. You will have to meet us on the Blackbird afterwards. We have a lot of people that need to be disinfected," Emma said as she and Xavier slowly began to fade out of Everett's mind.
"Alright," Everett said in submission as the two mentors disappeared.
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"Hank, he's ready," Xavier said with his complimentary sigh. The blue-furred mutant blinked his blue eyes and made his way off of the Blackbird. Silently, his strong and agile legs took him into a long leap that could have been mistaken for flight as he landed softly in front of the Generation-X jet.
He cleared his throat as the door to the jet opened and he looked around as his beastly eyes quickly adhered to the dimness of the jet. He could see sweat trickling down Everett's face in his deep sleep. Taking his medical pack off of his back, he opened it up and took out a sterile container with a needle in it.
After taking it out of the container, he combined it with a small, clear vile that held the serum in it. Slowly and carefully he pushed up on the handle as he removed any air bubbles that could have been inside. He inspected the needle and vile one last time as he took an alcohol pack from his medical pack and wiped it on Everett's bare arm.
Without further a due, Beast injected the serum into Everett's arms and quickly jumped back as he remained unaware of the effects it would have on the mutant. His blue eyes watched carefully with intent as Everett's body began to glow a rainbow color and his mutant aura picked up on all the nearby mutants. When he finally awakened, he had become in sync with Beast and the first thing he did when his eyes opened as jumped onto the jet's ceiling.
"That is not a pleasing sight," Beast said as he turned his eyes away from Everett, "Couldn't you have gotten unconscious without being naked?" Beast hopped off of the jet as Everett noticed this and quickly covered himself with the blanket he had been laying under.
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"Everett, it's nice of you to join us," Emma said, looking down to the watch on her wrist.
He gave a subtle look of annoyance to Emma, as he looked around at all the injured mutants, merely looking for one. "Jubilee..." he said in a whisper and almost a gasp as he saw her bandaged and bruised body laying still.
"Jubilee is alright," Xavier said in a commanding voice, "She has stabilized and is not infected with any virus. Leech and Artie are in the most terrible of situations right now. You must help them, Everett. I understand how much you want to comfort Jubilee, but this is not the time for it."
"You're right," Everett said as he turned his brown eyes away in sadness and then looked to Leech and Artie as they looked nearly dead, their chests rising quickly and falling deeply. He walked to their sides as they lay on the reclined chairs of the Blackbird, and bent down. Placing a hand on Leech and Artie's arms, his body began to show it's rainbow aura and his eyes shut closed.
"How long will it take?" interrupted a voice with a part southern accent. A Caucasian male stood inside the Blackbird at the entrance. His green eyes looked to Emma Frost for an answer as his brown hair remained still under the bright lights of the jet.
Xavier instinctively attempted to enter inside the boy's mind without being noticeable, trying to figure out who he was and whether or not he was a threat. But it was obvious the 19-year-old male was trained to resist probes. He lifted a hand towards Xavier as the blue-eyed leader was thrown out of his chair. "What do ya think yer doin', baldy?"
"Paul, please calm your temper," Emma said as she helped Xavier back into his wheelchair. Charles was still in shock at how fast everything had just happened. "Charles, there is no need to worry. Paul Harris is a possible recruit for Generation-X."
"My apologies Paul," Xavier said as he shook his head, which was accompanied by one of his sighs. "I am Professor Charles Xavier-."
Xavier's words were cut off by the temperamental college student, "I know that, already. Were you blonde when you used to have hair or somethin?" Xavier frowned at the mutant but before he could give his account of disapproval to Emma, he was interrupted.
"Paul, how long have you been watching the situation?" Emma said as she stepped towards him.
"For a while. You better be glad I was in New York for the weekend instead of in NC studyin my brains apart."
"Then I trust you're very aware of what's going on. Sean - Mr. Cassidy is out there fighting Viral with the others. They'll need your help. But be careful not to get to close to the mutant."
"UH!" Xavier grunted as his eyes flinched and his forehead went downward in wrinkles and stress. "The others... I can't sense them! The only two left are Banshee and Viral!"
"He couldn't have killed them all in the twinkling of an eye, Charles! Are you sure?" Emma said as she mentally searched for their brain patterns.
"I do not sense anything from them. Either they are dead or so close to death they cannot be sensed anymore! I told them not to go!"
"Paul, quickly go and help Banshee!" Emma said as her mind became just as boggled as Xavier's.
He rolled over to the jet's version of Cerebro and placed the metallic helmet on his head. "Perhaps Cerebro will help me to organize my thoughts and find them."
Emma's heart was beating harshly as she picked up the mental cheers of FOH members. She looked into their memories and saw the bomb drop and singe the entire area... and the silhouettes of all the X-Men that were there seemed to disappear under the capacity of the bomb. "This can't be true... they're all gone!" she whispers in unbelief as she bites down on her bottom lip.
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Author: Viral
Disclaimer: I do not own the X-Men, Generation-X, or Blink.
Claimer: I do own Viral.
Disclaimer 2: I do not own Paul Harris. He is the created character of Jonothan [ncsuguy@hotmail.com].
Author's Note: Not as much focus on Viral this time. :) The other X-guys and Gen-X get the spotlight. Also, a character submitted into the story gets introduced.
The challenge: No more telepaths or TKs -- create a mutant whose powers are quite unique...
Note: The X-Men, Generation-X, and Blink from AoA are included.
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"One last chance, lad," Banshee said as he began to take in a deep breath. All at once his vocal chords became ear-piercingly loud and unbelievably strong as he released sonic sound waves from his mouth in Viral's direction.
Viral's body was propped into the air as the sound waves knocked the ground. As his body hopped and fell again, he yelled in pain as his spinal chord felt like it was breaking into two. Another grunt came as his body was hit by one of the powerful waves of sound and his body was tossed into a nearby tree.
-=-=-
"Cajun, get Storm!" Wolverine commanded as he began to choke from the smoke that the forest fire was creating. Jean carelessly had let the sparks from the burning tree fall below and that entire section of the forest was now in flames and doomed for ruin.
Jean desperately began to flatten out a telekinetic shield that she had placed on the burning tree. Slowly, the flames began to smother. Soon, she realized how futile her attempts were as the rest of the forest lay in flames anyway. The tree suddenly dropped from the sky as the other X-members carried each other from the fiery furnace.
"Mon ami, dis is more trouble den Gambit t'ink it's worth," Gambit said as he carried Ororo's limp body in his arms, running from the direction of the fire.
Rogue carried Cyclops' body as she flew near Gambit, "Nobody asked you, swamp rat."
"Where's Logan?" Jean asked as she finally landed down on the ground from the sky, her mind straining from all the telekinetic use.
"He went back for Clarice," Gambit said as he choked from the overwhelming smoke.
"We can't leave both of them back there!" Jean said in frustration as she turned back towards the fire. Placing a telekinetic shield over her body, she grunted, feeling herself getting weaker from the excessive use of her abilities over such a long period of time. "I'm going to get them!"
"No need, red," Logan said with his usual smirk and scowl combined on his face. Blink was doing fine as well as they both ran from the hot fire. Jean seemed to stand still as a statue for a moment, as she finally gained momentum and began to run from the fire with the rest of them.
"What, under a coyote's moon, is that sound?" Rogue said as she stopped at a steady hover with Cyclops underarms pitched on her hands and looked towards the sky. Overhead was a helicopter with red-letters on their side as an emblem. As her green eyes focused closer she noticed the letters were a force not to be reckoned with at the time. FOH. "It's the Friend's of Humanity!"
"That doesn't sound too friendly to me," Blink said as she pointed to a black orb falling from the sky. Undoubtedly, it was not a black orb as it became visible.
"Don't worry!" Jean yelled as she turned to face the bomb and attempted to throw it off target. She was unable to as her mind strained and sweat began to fall from her forehead. Her abilities were strained out. "Ah! I can't move it!"
"Move your butts!" Rogue said frantically as they all began to run as quickly as possible: Gambit still limited to movement while holding Storm's body and Rogue flying as quickly and as nimble as possible through the trees with Cyclops' body.
"Why," pant, "Can't," pant, "Gambit just," pant, "Blow it up?" Gambit asked. His pants were frequent as his eyes stayed focused, being careful not to run into a tree or to fall over a fallen one, which were randomly scattered around.
"Those bombs could contain biological poisons inside of them," Jean said, her pace not as fast as Gambit's.
"It's gotta be safer than dealin with Viral, sugah," Rogue said in dark sarcasm.
"We can't outrun it!" Blink pointed out as her white eyes widened and she pointed as the bomb descended directly upon them.
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"What happened to me?" Everett asked. Inside his mind were both Professor Xavier and Emma Frost, using their telepathic abilities, combined, to get through the mental defenses Everett's subconscious held.
"You became in sync with Viral, the mutant you were chasing. Unbelievably, you were unable to control his abilities when you first received them and ended up infecting yourself with a virus. But, seeing as you are functioning normally, although in your mind, I do believe that you have cured yourself while sleeping," Xavier commented and allowed Emma to continue his words.
"Everett, there is a lot going on. Our entire team has fallen: Jubilee, M, Chamber, Artie, and Leech. Mr. Cassidy is out trying to calm the mutant now, but who knows how long he can last?" Emma began and sighed. "We need you to prepare yourself for a serum that Mr. McCoy will be implanting into your body."
"What do you mean? I don't understand." Everett said, as he quirked an eyebrow.
"It's pretty obvious that you have gained control," Professor Xavier interjected, "It's always been a fact about your abilities. You are far better apt to control the abilities of the person you have become in sync with than the original host, and even push them to another level. It is apart of your mutation. We believe, that by now, you are far more able to control those abilities and use them to assist us."
"Okay," Everett says and thinks for a moment, "Yeah, that makes a lot of sense."
"Dr. McCoy will be injecting the serum into your bloodstream as soon as we break off this telepathic conversation. When he does you will have to be ready to control the viral abilities and not allow them to contaminate the air. You will have to meet us on the Blackbird afterwards. We have a lot of people that need to be disinfected," Emma said as she and Xavier slowly began to fade out of Everett's mind.
"Alright," Everett said in submission as the two mentors disappeared.
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"Hank, he's ready," Xavier said with his complimentary sigh. The blue-furred mutant blinked his blue eyes and made his way off of the Blackbird. Silently, his strong and agile legs took him into a long leap that could have been mistaken for flight as he landed softly in front of the Generation-X jet.
He cleared his throat as the door to the jet opened and he looked around as his beastly eyes quickly adhered to the dimness of the jet. He could see sweat trickling down Everett's face in his deep sleep. Taking his medical pack off of his back, he opened it up and took out a sterile container with a needle in it.
After taking it out of the container, he combined it with a small, clear vile that held the serum in it. Slowly and carefully he pushed up on the handle as he removed any air bubbles that could have been inside. He inspected the needle and vile one last time as he took an alcohol pack from his medical pack and wiped it on Everett's bare arm.
Without further a due, Beast injected the serum into Everett's arms and quickly jumped back as he remained unaware of the effects it would have on the mutant. His blue eyes watched carefully with intent as Everett's body began to glow a rainbow color and his mutant aura picked up on all the nearby mutants. When he finally awakened, he had become in sync with Beast and the first thing he did when his eyes opened as jumped onto the jet's ceiling.
"That is not a pleasing sight," Beast said as he turned his eyes away from Everett, "Couldn't you have gotten unconscious without being naked?" Beast hopped off of the jet as Everett noticed this and quickly covered himself with the blanket he had been laying under.
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"Everett, it's nice of you to join us," Emma said, looking down to the watch on her wrist.
He gave a subtle look of annoyance to Emma, as he looked around at all the injured mutants, merely looking for one. "Jubilee..." he said in a whisper and almost a gasp as he saw her bandaged and bruised body laying still.
"Jubilee is alright," Xavier said in a commanding voice, "She has stabilized and is not infected with any virus. Leech and Artie are in the most terrible of situations right now. You must help them, Everett. I understand how much you want to comfort Jubilee, but this is not the time for it."
"You're right," Everett said as he turned his brown eyes away in sadness and then looked to Leech and Artie as they looked nearly dead, their chests rising quickly and falling deeply. He walked to their sides as they lay on the reclined chairs of the Blackbird, and bent down. Placing a hand on Leech and Artie's arms, his body began to show it's rainbow aura and his eyes shut closed.
"How long will it take?" interrupted a voice with a part southern accent. A Caucasian male stood inside the Blackbird at the entrance. His green eyes looked to Emma Frost for an answer as his brown hair remained still under the bright lights of the jet.
Xavier instinctively attempted to enter inside the boy's mind without being noticeable, trying to figure out who he was and whether or not he was a threat. But it was obvious the 19-year-old male was trained to resist probes. He lifted a hand towards Xavier as the blue-eyed leader was thrown out of his chair. "What do ya think yer doin', baldy?"
"Paul, please calm your temper," Emma said as she helped Xavier back into his wheelchair. Charles was still in shock at how fast everything had just happened. "Charles, there is no need to worry. Paul Harris is a possible recruit for Generation-X."
"My apologies Paul," Xavier said as he shook his head, which was accompanied by one of his sighs. "I am Professor Charles Xavier-."
Xavier's words were cut off by the temperamental college student, "I know that, already. Were you blonde when you used to have hair or somethin?" Xavier frowned at the mutant but before he could give his account of disapproval to Emma, he was interrupted.
"Paul, how long have you been watching the situation?" Emma said as she stepped towards him.
"For a while. You better be glad I was in New York for the weekend instead of in NC studyin my brains apart."
"Then I trust you're very aware of what's going on. Sean - Mr. Cassidy is out there fighting Viral with the others. They'll need your help. But be careful not to get to close to the mutant."
"UH!" Xavier grunted as his eyes flinched and his forehead went downward in wrinkles and stress. "The others... I can't sense them! The only two left are Banshee and Viral!"
"He couldn't have killed them all in the twinkling of an eye, Charles! Are you sure?" Emma said as she mentally searched for their brain patterns.
"I do not sense anything from them. Either they are dead or so close to death they cannot be sensed anymore! I told them not to go!"
"Paul, quickly go and help Banshee!" Emma said as her mind became just as boggled as Xavier's.
He rolled over to the jet's version of Cerebro and placed the metallic helmet on his head. "Perhaps Cerebro will help me to organize my thoughts and find them."
Emma's heart was beating harshly as she picked up the mental cheers of FOH members. She looked into their memories and saw the bomb drop and singe the entire area... and the silhouettes of all the X-Men that were there seemed to disappear under the capacity of the bomb. "This can't be true... they're all gone!" she whispers in unbelief as she bites down on her bottom lip.
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