Sore Losers

"I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS!" Magneto roared.

"You lost Magneto!" Hawk told him. "Now hand over the components as you promised!"

"Forget it GI Jokers!" Cobra Commander snapped. "You may have made a deal with Magneto, but not with me!"

"Why am I not surprised?" Remy growled as he prepared to get his deck out.

"Let's just kick their butts and go home already!" Bobby shouted.

"I don't think so!" Destro pulled out a device and aimed it at the Joes and X-Men. Immediately sound waves started to emit from it, causing them to drop to their knees. Instinctively Kurt grabbed the person closest to him, which in this case was Todd and teleported away. Pietro grabbed Wanda and ran off while Kitty grabbed Lance and phased him through the rock wall. All the others couldn't move fast enough and were knocked out.

"What was that?" Magneto asked Destro.

"I call it a Sonic Incapacitator," Destro explained. "A little device I cooked up in my spare time. I had a feeling we would need this."

"Excellent Destro," Cobra Commander nodded. "At least there is one person on this team we can count on!" He glared at Magneto's henchmen.

"I'm not so sure we should have done that," Magneto frowned. "We did have a deal after all."

"Oh I see, and you want the word to get out that your supreme mutant troops were beaten in a simple contest by a group of humans?" Cobra Commander said. "No, not just beaten, totally humiliated!"

"When you put it like that…" Magneto sighed. "Take them all to the cells. Except for Rogue."

"Why her?" Destro asked.

"She is…of interest to me," Magneto said. "Take her to my lab and make sure she's kept sedated. As well as the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver."

"They're not here," Pyro said. "Just like 'em to turn tail and run!"

"Neither is a few of the others," Magneto noticed. "No matter. They are unimportant. Besides, they will come to us soon enough and when they do we will be ready."

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"Will someone please stop that horrible ringing?" Althea groaned. "It's interrupting my hangover."

"It's not a hangover kid," Logan groaned as he got up. They noticed that they were in cells with force fields in them.

"Oh goody," Althea groaned. "That makes me feel so much better!"

"Did they get all of us?" Scott looked around.

"I don't see Kurt or Lance," Jean said. "Rogue and Kitty's not here either."

"Toad's gone too," Fred sat up. "And I don't see the Twins. Maybe they got away?"

"For now," Zanya told them as she stepped forward. "Rogue is upstairs. Magneto thought it would be best to keep her sedated for now. The others we'll get soon enough."

"Zanya," Althea hissed. "I should have known you'd be around here you swamp rat."

"Nice to see you too…Wavedancer," Zanya sneered. "Sorry I missed you back when the Dreadnoks were entertaining you a while back."

"Not half as sorry as you're gonna be when I get out of here you lilly livered…" Althea growled as she took a step forward.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Zanya casually kicked a stray piece of trash towards the forcefield. It disintegrated instantly. "Might be a bit painful."

"Well I see our guests are awake," Magneto arrived with Mastermind.

"All present and accounted for," Zanya snickered.

"Where's Rogue, Magneto?" Xavier demanded.

"Safe," He waved. "For now. I want you all awake to witness the dawn of a new era. The beginning of the end of humankind. I only wish that dear Emma were here when I arrived. I wanted to pay her back for her hospitality."

"Nobody here knows where she went," Mastermind informed him. "At least that's what I've gotten from those thoughts I can read."

"Magneto I know what you're planning," Xavier said. "Don't you realize what you're doing can harm mutants as well as humans?"

"Save your breath Professor," Hawk told him. "He experimented on his own kids. He doesn't give a damn about anyone but himself."

"I enhanced them," Magneto told him. "In order to make them stronger."

"You mean to make them your own personal soldiers," Hawk snapped.

"Oh yeah that's much different than what you Joes are doing," Zanya quipped.

"The difference is that we don't hurt the kids unlike this slime!" Low Light snapped.

"Do not tempt my patience you insignificant hairless ape," Magneto growled. "The only reason you humans remain my guests is at the insistence of Cobra Commander."

"Oh I'll bet," Roadblock grumbled.

"Magnus you have to stop this," Xavier pleaded. "You can't seriously trust Cobra Commander!"

"I don't, but at least he has the wisdom to recognize the necessity for my plans," Magneto said. "In time, so will you."