Kitty Pryde struggles with the manacles binding Charles Xavier once again,
but to no avail. The thick metal bindings and the psychic dampener wrapped
around him hold him securely, not budging from any amount of punishment.
Kitty steps back, kicking the thick metal in frustration, but succeeding
only in hurting her foot.
"What are we gonna do!? We can't get him out!" Kitty screeches, grabbing Chamber by shoulders, panic stricken.
4.75 miles from the camp. Tom Savant stands atop the RV, eyes turned towards the camp without actually seeing. Part of Tom Savant's power is a radar sense of sorts, allowing him to 'see' everything in a 5 mile radius. He 'watches' as the mutants still inside the camp struggle with the bindings around Charles Xavier. Power Scramblers make it impossible to simply teleport Charles out, making it that much harder to release him.
In the distance, Tom Savant hears the roar of jet engines. Grabbing the binoculars once again, he peers through them, scanning the horizon. Then, tearing through the clouds, comes a group of three bombers. Immediately grabbing his communicator, he switches it on, yelling into it.
"Jono, Kitty, get out now! We've got bombers en route, too far for me to warp. Hurry!" he barks, mentally scanning the surrounding area for any mutants remaining in the camp. One is still inside, and moving towards Xavier's cell.
"Bloody hell! Kitty, Mystique step back! I'm gonna try one more time!" Jono's voice reverberates loudly through their minds, sounding distinctly panicked. He releases an immense blast of psionic energy, channeling as much energy as possible into a solid flow of raw psionic energy. The manacles glow slightly, but still don't give.
"Perhaps I can be of assistance," says a calm, quiet voice from behind them. All three of them whirl around, to find a young man standing in the doorway, tall, with a shaved head and watery blue eyes.
He steps forward, holding out a heavily scarred hand. The metal encasing the professor bends easily from around him, deposing the Professor's frail body on the cold cement floor. The boy keeps his hand outstretched, and Xavier rises into the air, held aloft by an invisible force. Tom Savant's urgent voice squawks from Chamber's communicator.
"You guys need to get out of there now! The bombers are almost on top of you!"
"There's no need to worry about them. Take him back to your friends. I'll deal with the bombers," the mysterious young man says calmly, depositing Xavier's limp body in Jono's arms. The man rises into the air as the three Vigilantes rush out of the prison block, bending the ceiling above him as he soars into the air. He stops in front of the bombers, floating in midair before them.
"Uh.guys? Who's that?" asks one of the pilots quizzically.
"Who cares. Take him out." The pilots open fire with their machine guns, filling the air with lead. However, the man doesn't flinch. The bullets stop cold, hovering in front of him before falling back to Earth. The man extends a hand, and suddenly the wings of the bombers are sheared off, sending the chassis of the bomber's plummeting to Earth. But then, they are caught and lifted into the air, floating serenely in midair.
"And so the war against humanity begins." he mutters, balling his hand into a fist. The military warplanes crumple like tin cans under a truck, their explosive payloads detonating and ripping the wreckage apart. The man releases his grip, watching for a moment as the wreckage falls to Earth before turning and flying back towards the RV, where the rescued mutants are gathered.
He lands silently at the back of the group, only nodding silently towards Jono, Kitty, and Mystique, so as not to interrupt Warp, who was currently speaking.
"It ought to be here any minute." Warp mutters distractedly, glancing down at his watch, "Ah hah, and here it comes now."
Over the horizon comes a massive ship, big enough to carry several jet liners easily. The SHIELD helicarrier, formerly the mobile base of operations for the world's most elite special forces, now captured by the Vigilantes and used as a staging grounds for the Vigilantes' rescue missions. Manned entirely by Jamie Madrox's, it is the single largest earth- made airborne craft ever built.
"Alright, women, children, and miscellaneous first," says Warp jovially, turning back to the gathered group before teleporting them all to the helipad atop the massive ship. Sol carries him up shortly after. The team gratefully heads back into the corridors of the helicarrier, while Jamie Madrox loses his lunch over the railing.
"What are we gonna do!? We can't get him out!" Kitty screeches, grabbing Chamber by shoulders, panic stricken.
4.75 miles from the camp. Tom Savant stands atop the RV, eyes turned towards the camp without actually seeing. Part of Tom Savant's power is a radar sense of sorts, allowing him to 'see' everything in a 5 mile radius. He 'watches' as the mutants still inside the camp struggle with the bindings around Charles Xavier. Power Scramblers make it impossible to simply teleport Charles out, making it that much harder to release him.
In the distance, Tom Savant hears the roar of jet engines. Grabbing the binoculars once again, he peers through them, scanning the horizon. Then, tearing through the clouds, comes a group of three bombers. Immediately grabbing his communicator, he switches it on, yelling into it.
"Jono, Kitty, get out now! We've got bombers en route, too far for me to warp. Hurry!" he barks, mentally scanning the surrounding area for any mutants remaining in the camp. One is still inside, and moving towards Xavier's cell.
"Bloody hell! Kitty, Mystique step back! I'm gonna try one more time!" Jono's voice reverberates loudly through their minds, sounding distinctly panicked. He releases an immense blast of psionic energy, channeling as much energy as possible into a solid flow of raw psionic energy. The manacles glow slightly, but still don't give.
"Perhaps I can be of assistance," says a calm, quiet voice from behind them. All three of them whirl around, to find a young man standing in the doorway, tall, with a shaved head and watery blue eyes.
He steps forward, holding out a heavily scarred hand. The metal encasing the professor bends easily from around him, deposing the Professor's frail body on the cold cement floor. The boy keeps his hand outstretched, and Xavier rises into the air, held aloft by an invisible force. Tom Savant's urgent voice squawks from Chamber's communicator.
"You guys need to get out of there now! The bombers are almost on top of you!"
"There's no need to worry about them. Take him back to your friends. I'll deal with the bombers," the mysterious young man says calmly, depositing Xavier's limp body in Jono's arms. The man rises into the air as the three Vigilantes rush out of the prison block, bending the ceiling above him as he soars into the air. He stops in front of the bombers, floating in midair before them.
"Uh.guys? Who's that?" asks one of the pilots quizzically.
"Who cares. Take him out." The pilots open fire with their machine guns, filling the air with lead. However, the man doesn't flinch. The bullets stop cold, hovering in front of him before falling back to Earth. The man extends a hand, and suddenly the wings of the bombers are sheared off, sending the chassis of the bomber's plummeting to Earth. But then, they are caught and lifted into the air, floating serenely in midair.
"And so the war against humanity begins." he mutters, balling his hand into a fist. The military warplanes crumple like tin cans under a truck, their explosive payloads detonating and ripping the wreckage apart. The man releases his grip, watching for a moment as the wreckage falls to Earth before turning and flying back towards the RV, where the rescued mutants are gathered.
He lands silently at the back of the group, only nodding silently towards Jono, Kitty, and Mystique, so as not to interrupt Warp, who was currently speaking.
"It ought to be here any minute." Warp mutters distractedly, glancing down at his watch, "Ah hah, and here it comes now."
Over the horizon comes a massive ship, big enough to carry several jet liners easily. The SHIELD helicarrier, formerly the mobile base of operations for the world's most elite special forces, now captured by the Vigilantes and used as a staging grounds for the Vigilantes' rescue missions. Manned entirely by Jamie Madrox's, it is the single largest earth- made airborne craft ever built.
"Alright, women, children, and miscellaneous first," says Warp jovially, turning back to the gathered group before teleporting them all to the helipad atop the massive ship. Sol carries him up shortly after. The team gratefully heads back into the corridors of the helicarrier, while Jamie Madrox loses his lunch over the railing.