Who's In Charge Here?
Meanwhile back in the castle Cobra Commander had finally gotten around to gloating to his captives. Magneto and Destro were giving each other looks that signified they were more than a little tired of his pompous behavior. "Finally you shall all bow before my greatness!" He laughed.
"The only thing great about you is your body odor," Althea snapped.
"Watch your tongue you brat!" Cobra Commander hissed. "Nobody makes a fool out of me!"
"They don't have to," Althea said. "You do that so well all by yourself!"
"Why you little freak!" Cobra Commander hissed. "When I get through with you…"
Magneto and the other mutants glared at him. "You'll be able to see the wisdom of mutants ruling the world," Cobra Commander covered quickly.
"Since when are you interested in mutants ruling the world?" Roadblock snapped. "What, you decided that the competition was too tough?"
"Cobra Commander just happens to be a mutant fool!" Magneto grinned.
However this announcement had an opposite effect on the Joes. All of them started to laugh. Even Althea. "Uh…what's so funny?" Bobby asked.
"You got me," Logan shrugged.
"Oh man that explains everything!" Low Light laughed.
"No wonder Cobra Commander's got it made!" Roadblock snickered. "Maggie boy you've just been played!"
"So that's how old Snake Face was able to snow you!" Hawk laughed.
"Explain," Magneto hissed.
"Uh ignore him," Cobra Commander waved. "Anything he says are nothing but lies! Just stuff in order to confuse you!"
"Cobra Commander's no more a mutant than I am!" Hawk shouted. "He's not even a human on any level! He's actually from an ancient race that was the predecessors of humankind. They're still sore because humans evolved and took the planet away from them!"
"What an imaginative story!" Cobra Commander said. "You're not gonna believe that tissue of lies are you?"
"He may not but I do," Mastermind growled. He looked at Magneto. "He's telling the truth."
"I should have known," Magneto growled.
"Uh…oh," Destro started to quietly move away.
"You lying little worm…" Magneto snarled.
"Lying is such a harsh word," Cobra Commander gulped. "I actually am slightly mutated due to a lab accident. I merely left out a few minor details about my genetic background."
Magneto grabbed him. "Now wait a minute let's talk about this!" Cobra Commander gulped. "I mean let's face it, we both have a common agenda. We both hate humans! We both want to see them stomped flat! I mean surely we can work with that? What's the difference?"
"The difference Cobra Commander," Magneto said. "Is evolution. The time for your species is past. Mine is the future."
"Don't you just hate it when he goes on and on about that subject?"
They turned to the voice behind them. Emma Frost stood there. "Emma Frost!" Destro said.
"That's my name, don't wear it out," She smiled.
"Hello Emma," Magneto said. "Good to see you again."
"Sorry I wasn't here to greet you sooner," Emma told him. "But I had some business to attend to."
"Indeed," Magneto growled, dropping Cobra Commander.
"Yeah I had to pick up a few things," She grinned. "Oh by the way Cobra Commander, I have a proposition for you. I know Mystique is gone now but I am perfectly willing to work with you. I'll take care of Magneto if you agree to work with the Circle and myself on ruling the world."
"That is the most laughable proposal I have ever heard!" Magneto shouted. "Considering your current situation!"
"Oh really?" Emma pushed a small button. Then the ground began to shake. "Maybe you should step back and take a better look at yours!"
Bursting through the wall were two huge Sentinels. "Didn't we just go through this?" Roadblock groaned.
"These things pop up more often than crabgrass," Scott muttered.
"Did you really think I wouldn't be prepared for you breaking out of your little prison?" Emma told him. "Or that I wouldn't know when you did get out?"
"And did you really believe that you could stop me with these toys of Trask's!" Magneto stretched out his arms to use his powers. However nothing happened. "What?"
"I always preferred plastic myself," Emma grinned. "Don't bother calling for Sabertooth or the others. They're taking a little nap right about now. Sentinels…get him!"
Magneto still put up a fight. He flew around using various metal objects to attack the Sentinels. Cobra Commander, Zanya and Destro watched from the sidelines. "This is interesting," Cobra Commander rubbed his hands. "If I let Magneto get clobbered I only have to worry about Frost. On the other hand if I prove my loyalty to Magneto I can take over Frost's position and use her for my experiments. On the other hand…"
"You can't make up your mind who to screw first can you?" Zanya told him.
"Not really no," Cobra commander admitted.
"Let me make this easier for you," Destro told him. "Magneto: self obsessed dictator who wants to rule the world alone and kill us all, or Emma, a self obsessed vixen who will pay us to help her rule the world?"
"When you put it like that…" Cobra Commander said.
"Let me handle this!" Zanya snapped as she pulled out Destro's Sonic Incapacitator and aimed it at Magneto.
"Zanya…?" Magneto growled as he fell to his knees. "Why…?"
"For cash Magneto," Zanya told him. "I am a Dreadnok you know."
"Besides who do you think told me about you breaking out?" Emma grinned. "Money well spent I believe."
Magneto passed out in pain. "Well that's that," Cobra Commander dusted off his hands. "I take it you can give Cobra more Sentinels?"
"Not yet but I can give you something just as good," She snapped her fingers. Two henchmen dragged Trask into the ruined lab. "Put him in the cells and take him to the lab! Make sure he's kept sedated!"
"I can't believe I've been double crossed again!" Trask wailed as they threw him into one of the cells.
"I can," Alpine said.
"And now I'm stuck in a cell with a group of traitors and stinking mutants!" Trask snarled.
Logan sheathed his claws at Trask. "We ain't exactly thrilled about this situation either bub!"
"Now that we have all that out of the way," Emma casually tossed her hair back. "Let's start working on giving the world some more mutants, as well as a tan shall we?"