Crossover Battle Royale: Chapter 5- Intruder Alert!

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In the rural area of New York, near some of the larger mansions, a storm was also brewing. A thunderclap echoed across the Xavier Estate and rain started to fall, slowly at first, but soon escalating into a full down pour. Gambit had fallen asleep in front of the television, a tiny stream of drool rolled down his chin. Rogue was only half-interested in watching the late night news. The weatherman was droning on about a bunch of freak storms popping up around the world, though he was occasionally drowned out by the rumbling thunder outside. An electric purple flash that cast dark shadows on the walls briefly illuminated the large TV room. The crack of thunder that followed rattled the windows and shook the house. Rogue started in surprise, then turned to Gambit. She sighed. He was still asleep.

Outside the mansion, a cloaked form stood in front of the massive gates and looked up at the dark house. The rain cascaded down the front of his military style hat and spattered on his face. He smiled an evil smirk, then he threw his head back and let out a booming laughter. "HAHAHAHAHA! So this is the place I'm supposed to destroy. This will be even easier then I thought." Bison said. He pulled his fist back and purple energy encompassed his hand. "Grrrr, Psycho Fist!" he yelled and smashed the gates. The heavy adamantium blew off it hinges and twisted under the horrible power. With a chuckle, he entered the grounds.

The alarms blaring throughout the mansion brought everyone out of their slumbers in a hurry. Rogue grabbed Gambit, who was groggily getting to his feet, and dashed to the nearest elevator. She lean him against a wall and mashed the button for the control level. Red, flashing strobes painted the corridor and klaxons deafened them as they got off. They entered the control room and saw the other X-men filing in slowly, no one quite sure what was going on. Aside from herself and Gambit, there was Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Beast, Jean Grey, and, of course, Professor Xavier. The professor turned on the huge monitor to reveal a shadow crossing the grounds, being attacked by the mansion's extensive security systems. Explosions surrounded the figure, but didn't seem to be doing much to stop it.

"This is the intruder, ladies and gentlemen." Xavier started," So far he has broken through the gates and the psyonic mines, static laser defenses, and capture drones have failed to even slow it down."

"Could it be the Juggernaught?" Cyclops asked.

"No," responded Xavier," it doesn't have nearly as much mass as Cain. Plus we had defenses against the Juggernaught as well, and those have also failed to have any effect."

"Well it didn't knock, so I'm guessin' it ain't friendly," Wolverine added.

"Two groups!" Cyclops shouted. "Storm, take Rogue, Wolverine, and Beast and see if you can't identify who this is and stop him. Nightcrawler, you and Gambit come with me. We'll form a second line of defense in case they get pushed back."

We ain't getting' pushed back," Wolverine snorted. SHLINK! His claws popped out, as if to prove his point.

Cyclops just ignored him. "Jean, you and the Professor should prepare to evacuate the students in the Blackbird." Jean smiled and nodded. Professor Xavier also nodded, and the two headed off to round up the students. "Well, our intruder isn't waiting people, let's move!"

Bison just chuckled at the weak defenses that were being pitted against his Psycho Power. "This place will fall quite easily, so why would Apocalypse send me here with a warning against the power that will be brought against me? This place is a joke." Just as he finished that thought, a green and yellow blur smashed into him and he went plowing into the ground. "What tha.?" He stood up and regally brushed himself off. "Who dares!?" he shouted. The blur once again shot by, but Bison was ready this time. He shifted to the side and it streaked past him. It stopped in the air, revealing a striking woman with a white strip shooting through her dark hair, who yelled back, "Who cares, is more like it!" He grunted, then grinned. This must be what Apocalypse was referring to. As a blue furred creature leapt to attack, Bison smiled. This was going to be fun.

He backhanded the attacking creature, flinging him into another attacker dressed in a blue and yellow costume. They both went tumbling across the turf in a spray of dirt. The woman shot in again and buried her fist into Bison's stomach, doubling him over and dropping him to his knees. Coughing and gasping, he spit out bile and a little blood before standing up again. The smirk returned to his face and he glanced around at his opponents. The blue one was down, sprawled over the lawn, blood running from his nose and the corner of his open mouth. The yellow one was getting up and shaking the dirt off himself. Then he noticed a silver form in the sky. It swirled within tornado winds, but seemed unaffected by them. White lightning sizzled around her and danced across the sky. The figure pointed at him and nature's fury was unleashed upon him. Lightning screamed down on him, clenching his body with pain-racked spasms and throwing him to the ground. Hailed sprayed him like a sandstorm, shredding his cloak and ripping into his skin. Hurricane winds tore into him, keeping him from regaining his ground. His screams of rage and pain roared across the Xavier Estate. Until they slowly transformed into a chuckle, then a full blown laugh. A purple shock wave exploded from him and threw everyone to the earth.

By the time Storm had recovered from the blast and looked around for the intruder, he was gone. She flew up even higher, but there was no sign of him. She had given up and was about to call Cyclops, when she heard a voice behind her yell, "Psycho Fist!" Pain exploded in her neck and she lost her control of the winds, dropping her out of the sky. Below, Wolverine watched as Storm was hit and started to fall. "Nooo!" he yelled. With inhuman speeds, he raced to her, praying he could get there in time. After Storm had fallen halfway to the drenched earth, Bison teleported just above her unconscious, plummeting body. "Psycho Crusher!" he screamed. Her already limp body folded around Bison's ultimate attack and they both streaked towards the ground like a flaming meteorite. The impact was so strong it blasted a crater that destroyed most of the mansions front lawn and blew out the windows of the school. All of the X- men were thrown across the estate and the only one to stand right back up was a horrified Wolverine. He crawled to the hole and peered over the lip. He saw Storm's battered and broken body at the center of the massive crater, the intruder standing above her. The dark man looked up and noticed Wolverine watching him. He started chuckling to himself and lifted Storm up by her hair. "Pathetic!" he shouted. Then her grabbed her head with both hands and twisted sharply. "NOOOOOOOO!" screamed Wolverine. There was a sickening pop and then a crack. He tossed her dead body to the dirt and started walking towards the institute again.