Kurt and Xavier appeared in the vault containing the Spear of T'la Beth.
The spear was resting in a glass case with numerous other artifacts that
were waiting to go out on display.
"Are you sure you don't want me to stay with you, Professor?" Kurt asked.
"I'll be alright, Kurt," said Xavier. "Go and find Logan and Kitty and help them search the lower floors,"
"Yes, Professor," said Kurt and teleported out again, leaving Xavier alone by himself with the spear.
Xavier wheeled up beside the case and stared at the spear. It looked like just any other ancient weapon, but Xavier knew of its fatal potential and was determined not to let anybody get near it. He took a small box out of his pocket and opened it. Inside was one of Logan's custom-made explosives. Xavier affixed it to the bottom of the case and wheeled away. Then he concealed the trigger in his hand and waited.
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Kurt reappeared a little ways away from Logan and Kitty. "Have you seen anything yet?" he asked Logan.
"Nothing that we're looking for," he replied. "Did the Professor use that bomb I gave him?"
"I think so," said Kurt.
"Good," said Logan. "Rule number one: always have a backup plan,"
They spread out and began to search the first floor.
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In the other wing on the first floor, Lance and Fred were looking at the medieval exhibits. Lance picked up a large axe and admired it. "Cool," he said. "I could have a lot of fun with one of these,"
Fred was examining several suits of armor nearby. "So what are you gonna do after we squash Magneto?" he asked Lance.
"Whatever I feel like," replied Lance. "I figure with him and Pietro out of our way our lives will be a whole lot easier. We'll just have regular people to worry about,"
"Yeah," said Fred. "Just the ones that hate us and think we're monsters,"
"Well, if any of 'em try and mess with us," said Lance, and swung the axe in a wide circle around his head, demonstrating what he would do.
"Heh heh, good one," said Fred. "And once word gets out that we took down Magneto, nobody's gonna want to try anything with us anyway," Then something caught his eye. One of the suits of armor looked different somehow. Its red and gold colors looked out of place compared to the other black pieces in the row.
"Hey, Lance, take a look at this," said Fred, leaning closer.
Just then, the suit of armor came to life as Colossus grabbed Fred, hoisted the huge mutant up above his head, and threw him into a large display case. The case collapsed under Fred's weight and shards of glass went flying everywhere. Fred sat dazed among the wreckage, unable to move.
Colossus laughed at him. "Ha ha! Who is strongest mutant now, eh?!"
Lance growled and charged at Colossus. He swung his axe but Colossus dodged the blow and the axe-head embedded itself into the floor. Colossus drove his foot through the handle, shattering it, and then punched Lance hard in the stomach. Lance was knocked back a few feet.
"Ok, steely, take this!" he shouted, and used his powers. The room began to shake as bits of plaster began to fall from the ceiling, but Colossus kept his footing and charged towards Lance.
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At the far end of the hall, Logan, Kurt and Kitty heard the sounds of combat.
"It's Lance!" shouted Kitty, as she recognized him.
"C'mon!" shouted Logan, and they dashed into the wing.
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Lance barely dove out of the way, avoiding the Russian mutant's grasp. He looked around desperately for something he could use and found a large ball and chain. He struggled to lift if out of its case. He looked up to see Colossus charging again, and swung the weapon with all of his strength.
The spiked ball his Colossus in the side of the head. Colossus nearly fell over, but quickly recovered.
"Hah! Not even a scratch!" he gloated, and then grabbed Lance and tossed him across the room. Lance landed next to Fred and lay on the ground, the wind knocked out of him.
"All to easy," Colossus gloated as Logan ran into the room.
"Stick around, and we'll give ya a real challenge, bub!" he shouted, and ran towards Colossus, claws out.
Metal met metal as Colossus' fist and Logan's claws collided and sent sparks flying. Kitty ran over to Lance and tried to help him up. Logan and Colossus continued to fight. Wolverine slashed at Colossus, missing and slashing through a table. He kicked the mutant in the stomach, but the only result was a loud clang.
Kurt watched the two mutants fight each other. With their abilities, they were at a stalemate with Colossus unable to hit Logan while Logan was unable to inflict any damage his opponent. He decided to help out. He charged at Colossus and jumped onto his back. Colossus yelled angrily as he tried to grab Kurt, who began raining blows down on his metal head. These attacks might as well have been like mosquito bites. Finally Colossus grabbed Kurt's arm and cast him aside, then turned his attention back to Logan.
Colossus picked up a table and hurled it at Logan, but he hopped out of the way and landed on a tall case. He leapt down on Colossus, knocking him over, but Colossus rolled with the impact and flipped Logan off of him. Logan hit the wall and slumped down to the floor. He groaned as he sat up.
Colossus did not give his foe any time to recover. He picked Logan up by the throat, slammed him against the wall, and began to choke him.
"Kurt!" Logan yelled. "You still got that package I gave you?"
"Yeah!"
"Then use it!" Logan gasped, his lungs starting to burn from lack of air.
Kurt opened the small pouch Logan had given him back at the castle and found a small device that said "C4" on it. He ran up behind Colossus and attached the bomb to his back.
"You're it!" he shouted as he pulled the pin and dove for cover.
Colossus looked behind him to see what had just happened, but before he could take action the bomb exploded. When the smoke cleared, Colossus was lying face down on the floor with a large hole in the back of his armor. He was still breathing but his armor was now little more than useless scrap.
Logan stood up. "Guess you're not so tough without your shell, are ya bub," he said, then walked over to Kitty.
"They alright?" he asked.
"Yeah," she said as Lance and Fred sat up.
"Woah, what happened?" Fred asked. "Did I miss anything?"
"Just a little run-in with the human sardine can over there," Kurt said.
"Kitty, go back and check on the Professor," said Logan. "You two come with us. And try not to wreck any more exhibits, ok?"
Lance scowled at Logan, but stood up, and he and Fred accompanied Kurt and Logan as they searched the rest of the floor.
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Upstairs, Wanda and Toad were still searching the Western exhibit. They walked past a mock-up of a saloon, complete with a player piano and several cowboys sitting at a table, playing cards.
"Hey, check it out!" said Toad as he examined one of the player's hands. "This guy's got 5 aces! So much for playin' by the rules!"
Wanda leaned up against the exhibit's bar. As she tried to figure out where Magneto could be, she noticed one of the players reach out and touch the deck of cards on the table.
"Toad, look out!" she yelled as the cards began to glow. She ran up and shoved him away from the table. Gambit jumped up from the table and dove for cover as the deck exploded, shattering the exhibit to pieces.
Wanda took the brunt of the explosion and flew back across the room. She landed on the floor and felt a burning in her chest. She touched the spot and saw that her hands were covered with blood from where the explosion had ripped her chest open.
Gambit walked up to her. "Time to say goodbye, cheri," he said and pulled his staff out to finish her off.
Wanda looked up at Gambit standing above her as her world began to go black. The last thing she saw was Gambit's staff rushing down towards her face.
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"Are you sure you don't want me to stay with you, Professor?" Kurt asked.
"I'll be alright, Kurt," said Xavier. "Go and find Logan and Kitty and help them search the lower floors,"
"Yes, Professor," said Kurt and teleported out again, leaving Xavier alone by himself with the spear.
Xavier wheeled up beside the case and stared at the spear. It looked like just any other ancient weapon, but Xavier knew of its fatal potential and was determined not to let anybody get near it. He took a small box out of his pocket and opened it. Inside was one of Logan's custom-made explosives. Xavier affixed it to the bottom of the case and wheeled away. Then he concealed the trigger in his hand and waited.
X
Kurt reappeared a little ways away from Logan and Kitty. "Have you seen anything yet?" he asked Logan.
"Nothing that we're looking for," he replied. "Did the Professor use that bomb I gave him?"
"I think so," said Kurt.
"Good," said Logan. "Rule number one: always have a backup plan,"
They spread out and began to search the first floor.
X
In the other wing on the first floor, Lance and Fred were looking at the medieval exhibits. Lance picked up a large axe and admired it. "Cool," he said. "I could have a lot of fun with one of these,"
Fred was examining several suits of armor nearby. "So what are you gonna do after we squash Magneto?" he asked Lance.
"Whatever I feel like," replied Lance. "I figure with him and Pietro out of our way our lives will be a whole lot easier. We'll just have regular people to worry about,"
"Yeah," said Fred. "Just the ones that hate us and think we're monsters,"
"Well, if any of 'em try and mess with us," said Lance, and swung the axe in a wide circle around his head, demonstrating what he would do.
"Heh heh, good one," said Fred. "And once word gets out that we took down Magneto, nobody's gonna want to try anything with us anyway," Then something caught his eye. One of the suits of armor looked different somehow. Its red and gold colors looked out of place compared to the other black pieces in the row.
"Hey, Lance, take a look at this," said Fred, leaning closer.
Just then, the suit of armor came to life as Colossus grabbed Fred, hoisted the huge mutant up above his head, and threw him into a large display case. The case collapsed under Fred's weight and shards of glass went flying everywhere. Fred sat dazed among the wreckage, unable to move.
Colossus laughed at him. "Ha ha! Who is strongest mutant now, eh?!"
Lance growled and charged at Colossus. He swung his axe but Colossus dodged the blow and the axe-head embedded itself into the floor. Colossus drove his foot through the handle, shattering it, and then punched Lance hard in the stomach. Lance was knocked back a few feet.
"Ok, steely, take this!" he shouted, and used his powers. The room began to shake as bits of plaster began to fall from the ceiling, but Colossus kept his footing and charged towards Lance.
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At the far end of the hall, Logan, Kurt and Kitty heard the sounds of combat.
"It's Lance!" shouted Kitty, as she recognized him.
"C'mon!" shouted Logan, and they dashed into the wing.
X
Lance barely dove out of the way, avoiding the Russian mutant's grasp. He looked around desperately for something he could use and found a large ball and chain. He struggled to lift if out of its case. He looked up to see Colossus charging again, and swung the weapon with all of his strength.
The spiked ball his Colossus in the side of the head. Colossus nearly fell over, but quickly recovered.
"Hah! Not even a scratch!" he gloated, and then grabbed Lance and tossed him across the room. Lance landed next to Fred and lay on the ground, the wind knocked out of him.
"All to easy," Colossus gloated as Logan ran into the room.
"Stick around, and we'll give ya a real challenge, bub!" he shouted, and ran towards Colossus, claws out.
Metal met metal as Colossus' fist and Logan's claws collided and sent sparks flying. Kitty ran over to Lance and tried to help him up. Logan and Colossus continued to fight. Wolverine slashed at Colossus, missing and slashing through a table. He kicked the mutant in the stomach, but the only result was a loud clang.
Kurt watched the two mutants fight each other. With their abilities, they were at a stalemate with Colossus unable to hit Logan while Logan was unable to inflict any damage his opponent. He decided to help out. He charged at Colossus and jumped onto his back. Colossus yelled angrily as he tried to grab Kurt, who began raining blows down on his metal head. These attacks might as well have been like mosquito bites. Finally Colossus grabbed Kurt's arm and cast him aside, then turned his attention back to Logan.
Colossus picked up a table and hurled it at Logan, but he hopped out of the way and landed on a tall case. He leapt down on Colossus, knocking him over, but Colossus rolled with the impact and flipped Logan off of him. Logan hit the wall and slumped down to the floor. He groaned as he sat up.
Colossus did not give his foe any time to recover. He picked Logan up by the throat, slammed him against the wall, and began to choke him.
"Kurt!" Logan yelled. "You still got that package I gave you?"
"Yeah!"
"Then use it!" Logan gasped, his lungs starting to burn from lack of air.
Kurt opened the small pouch Logan had given him back at the castle and found a small device that said "C4" on it. He ran up behind Colossus and attached the bomb to his back.
"You're it!" he shouted as he pulled the pin and dove for cover.
Colossus looked behind him to see what had just happened, but before he could take action the bomb exploded. When the smoke cleared, Colossus was lying face down on the floor with a large hole in the back of his armor. He was still breathing but his armor was now little more than useless scrap.
Logan stood up. "Guess you're not so tough without your shell, are ya bub," he said, then walked over to Kitty.
"They alright?" he asked.
"Yeah," she said as Lance and Fred sat up.
"Woah, what happened?" Fred asked. "Did I miss anything?"
"Just a little run-in with the human sardine can over there," Kurt said.
"Kitty, go back and check on the Professor," said Logan. "You two come with us. And try not to wreck any more exhibits, ok?"
Lance scowled at Logan, but stood up, and he and Fred accompanied Kurt and Logan as they searched the rest of the floor.
X
Upstairs, Wanda and Toad were still searching the Western exhibit. They walked past a mock-up of a saloon, complete with a player piano and several cowboys sitting at a table, playing cards.
"Hey, check it out!" said Toad as he examined one of the player's hands. "This guy's got 5 aces! So much for playin' by the rules!"
Wanda leaned up against the exhibit's bar. As she tried to figure out where Magneto could be, she noticed one of the players reach out and touch the deck of cards on the table.
"Toad, look out!" she yelled as the cards began to glow. She ran up and shoved him away from the table. Gambit jumped up from the table and dove for cover as the deck exploded, shattering the exhibit to pieces.
Wanda took the brunt of the explosion and flew back across the room. She landed on the floor and felt a burning in her chest. She touched the spot and saw that her hands were covered with blood from where the explosion had ripped her chest open.
Gambit walked up to her. "Time to say goodbye, cheri," he said and pulled his staff out to finish her off.
Wanda looked up at Gambit standing above her as her world began to go black. The last thing she saw was Gambit's staff rushing down towards her face.
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