We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Back in the cell things were not looking well. "I can barely move," Fred moaned. "This thing they've got on me is draining my strength, literally."
"Of all the times for a Cobra gadget to work…" Destro muttered.
"Okay we need a plan!" Cobra Commander said. "Anybody got one?"
"I think we've hung around here long enough," Althea said.
"That is not very funny," Cobra Commander growled.
"Well it looks like it's up to us ninjas to save the day!" Todd said.
"Oh for crying out loud Toad not is not the time to…" Lance was about to snap some more at Todd but then he noticed that Todd easily slid out of his chains. "How did you do that?"
"You mean this?" Althea slid out of her chains. "Let's get the others loose Toad!"
"How?" Lance gasped.
"An old ninja trick," Todd grinned as he started freeing the others.
"I don't believe it," Lance blinked. "He really is a ninja!"
"Told ya," Todd said as he managed to remove Fred's restraining collar. "Feel better pal?"
"Thanks buddy," Fred flexed his muscles and rubbed his neck. "That was really starting to chafe!"
"So how do we unlock the door?" Lance asked as he was let loose.
"Who needs a door?" Fred asked as he simply punched a hole in the wall. The Misfits fled to find their missing friends.
"Uh hello…?" Cobra Commander called out.
"Excuse me?" Destro snapped. "There are two upside down prisoners in here!"
"Well then it's time we had a talk," Zanya walked in with her father, aunt and uncle.
"Where have you been?" Cobra Commander snapped. "Get us down from here!"
"I think we should first negotiate a pay raise first," Zartan snickered.
"Later Dad," Zanya said freeing them. "First we take back Cobra then we'll talk about a pay hike!"
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"Hey Cortez," Pyro asked as he dragged Xi down to the lab. "When do you think we'll get paid?"
"Shut up you moron," Cortez snapped. "Its payment enough to work for a leader as glorious as Magneto!"
"Oh stop being such a boot licking jackass and help me here!" Pyro snapped.
"How about this?" Todd appeared and knocked him out with one kick. Lance had snuck up behind Cortez and knocked him out with a single punch.
"You okay Xi?" Fred used his strength to free Xi.
"Yes, but Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch are prisoners still," Xi told them. "I was trying to free them when I got captured!"
"Do you know the way back?" Althea asked.
"Follow me," Xi led the way.
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"So how do you propose we take back Cobra from Magneto?" Destro asked as they walked on a long catwalk overlooking several strange engines.
"Mindbender's got a little surprise cooked up in his lab," Zarana told him. "He and the Baroness are getting it ready!"
"The Twins are rallying the Crimson Guard as we speak," Zartan said.
"Excellent," Cobra Commander said. "Maybe something will go right for a change!"
Just then Mystique ran onto the catwalk. She was carrying some thing wrapped in a bundle. She nearly bumped into Zartan. "Out of my way!" She spat.
"Mystique? Where are ya you witch?" Sabertooth's voice could be heard. "Bring back that rock right now!"
"She's right here!" Zartan wrestled the stone away from her.
"You lousy…" Mystique grabbed it back. They both tugged on it until it slipped from both of their grasps. It fell into one of the generators causing an explosion. They hung on the railing for dear life.
"Look what you did!" They shouted at each other.
"There you are!" Sabertooth snarled.
"You'll all pay for this!" Mystique snapped just before she shapeshifted into a bird and flew off.
"She got away," Sabertooth snarled. "So I guess I'll just have to take it out on you clowns!"
"Not so fast!" The Baroness appeared with the Crimson Twins and several Cobra squads. They started firing at Sabertooth.
"This is not good," Sabertooth turned and ran.
"Cobra forces!" Cobra Commander shouted. "Exterminate any mutant you find!"
"Ahem!" Zanya coughed loudly.
"Let me rephrase that," Cobra Commander said. "Exterminate any mutant you find that's not currently working for Cobra!"
"That's better," Zanya said as they headed for the control room.
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Meanwhile Magneto had just discovered that there were Cobras running around loose. While he was distracted, The Misfits found the twins and secretly set them free. Unfortunately Magneto wasn't distracted for long. "YOU?" He shouted.
"Scatter!" Althea shouted. The Misfits ran down the corridors until they ran smack into a huge room with a very familiar object. "The Pulsar Cannon!"
"We found it yo!" Todd said.
"Yes and thank you very much for doing so," Destro said as he and the other Cobras ran in with their weapons drawn. "We'll take control of that!"
"I don't think a man with your choice of headgear is in a position to control anything!" Magneto thundered as he came in with a full force of mutants behind him. He used his powers to knock Destro into the wall. The Cobra soldiers (Who had the foresight to use plastic weapons) shot at the mutants. Soon the Misfits found themselves in the middle of a battle, fighting both Cobras and mutants.
"Some easy mission this turned out to be!" Todd grumbled as he slimed a Cobra.
"Oh this is getting better," Lance grumbled. "Cobra on one side, Magneto and his goons on the other. This can't get any worse!"
"NERRRRRROOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWWW!"
"Uh…what was that?" Todd gulped. Everyone in the room stopped fighting at the exact same time. A terrible slurping noise was heard. Oozing into the room was a huge gray blob with several eyes. Eyes that started shooting out red optic beams at everything in its path.
"Uh…I think it just got worse," Fred gulped.
"What the heck is that thing?" Pietro yelled. The mindless beast started tearing into the battle.
"I don't know and I don't care!" Wanda shouted. "Let's get out of here!"
"No!" Althea grabbed a weapon from a fallen Cobra. "We have a mission to complete! We have to destroy the Pulsar Cannon!"
"If we don't get destroyed first!" Todd yelled as he narrowly dodged a spike thrown at him. "What the heck? This thing's got the X-Geek's powers too!"
"Oh wonderful!" Lance said sarcastically as he watched several Cobras and other mutants being thrown telekinetically all over the place. "It's gotta be another stupid synthoid!"
"Looks like the mother of all synthoids!" Althea shouted.
"Mindbender you fool!" Cobra Commander snarled as he was dodging the eye beams. "It's supposed to attack only the mutants! Not us!"
"Sorry Commander!" Mindbender groveled. "I'm having difficulties controlling it!"
"No kidding!" Baroness said sarcastically as she fired at it. "The lasers have no effect!"
"The mutants don't seem to be having much luck as well," Destro observed.
"I have an idea," Althea said. "Xi you take the Scarlet Witch and call for back up! We're gonna need it! Toad and I are gonna overload the Pulsar Cannon!"
"We are?" Todd gulped.
"Yes!" Althea said. "We also need you two to stop any Cobras or Magneto's goons from calling for reinforcements!"
"I know where their communications center is," Xi nodded. "It's a standard operating design."
"But I can…" Wanda said.
"Just trust me," Althea told her. "Go!" They managed to escape. "Avalanche, Blob, Quicksilver…cover us!"
"With what?" Fred asked.
"Just do it!" Althea snapped. "Toad get me over there!"
"You got it babe," Todd grabbed her and hopped through the melee. "Excuse me! Coming through! Watch it! Yikes!"
"Well this is a complete disaster," Destro grumbled as the creature was firing on the Cobras. This was because now most of the mutants had decided to run away.
"Well excuuuuuusssseeee me!" Mindbender snapped. "You try creating a super monster in a hurry sometime and see how easy it is!"
"As much as I'd love to listen to your sophisticated repartee here," Cobra Commander snapped. "Might I remind you fools that we have a battle to win?"
"Well it least it drove off most of the mutants," Xamot muttered.
"Not all of them brother!" Tomax shouted. "Duck!" They dodged a huge metal beam that was thrown at them.
"You idiots will all pay for this!" Magneto thundered. Then he found himself caught in a telekinetic grasp of the creature. He sent several metal objects at it. It blasted the metal objects with its laser eyes.
"HEY TALL GRAY AND UGLY!" Althea shouted as she and Todd were by the cannon. "OVER HERE! COME AND GET US!"
With a roar the thing let go of Magneto and advanced towards them. "That's right! Come a little closer!" Althea waved.
"Uh Porkchop," Todd gulped as he worked the controls of the cannon. "It's not doing nothing!"
"Try this!" Althea handed Todd a rifle.
"That'll work," Todd nodded before he fired at the cannon's controls. It started to overload. He dropped it and grabbed Althea. He barely hopped out of range before it exploded. The explosion destroyed the creature as well, splattering gray goop all over the place.
"Bleach!" Cobra Commander grimaced. "And I just had this uniform dry cleaned!"
"Commander I think we'd better leave now," Destro said as he saw Magneto try to remove the gunk from his cape.
"Why?" Cobra Commander asked. That's when more metal objects flew around the room. "Uh…you have a point! Cobra retreat!" They ran out of what was left of the cannon room.
"Okay," Todd gasped to the others who were covered in rubble and goop. "Are we still alive?"
"Not for long," Magneto growled. "You fools have ruined my plans for the last time!"
"Some gratitude," Todd muttered as he hopped around dodging Magneto's attack. "We save his life and he wants to kill us!"
Magneto used his powers to knock down Lance and Fred and finally Pietro. Then he took a metal beam and viciously thwacked Todd so hard it knocked him unconscious. He fell through a large hole in the floor.
"TODD!" Althea shouted. She saw he had landed unconscious on a ledge below. "You'll pay for that Slimeball!"
"Althea no!" Pietro shouted as he watched as she attacked him.
Although Althea got in a few kicks Magneto was able to use his powers to knock her down. He grabbed her by the throat and started to strangle her. "You ill bred piece of trash!" He snarled. "You take after that mongrel of a father of yours. When I'm finished here the first thing I am going to do is tear apart that precious Pit of yours and kill every single Joe I can find! Starting with your father!"
"N…no!" Althea gasped for breath as she clawed at him. But she couldn't escape and passed out.
That's when Magneto heard it. It was a sound unlike anything he had ever heard before. It was a cross between a banshee's scream and the roar of a dragon. As he turned his head to see what was happening, he barely had time to shield his face before the blast of fire hit him.