A Poisoned Good-Bye

"Not yet anyway," She said looking over her shoulder at Koda.
Logan eyed the new stranger. "And what is that suppose to mean?"
Ghost shrugged. "Nothing, not yet."
Jak glared at her. "If you are planning on attacking us after this is over, then you've got something else coming."
"That's right." Satine chimed in.
Ghost shrugged again. "What does it matter now? The only thing that matters is Crystal and his killer attacks."
"Killer attacks?" Kurt asked. "What's that?"
"There is this attack Crystal uses, it is called the Warriors Black Touch, roughly what it is, is poison transferred from his DNA through his hands into tiny crystal needles and injected into the victim. His is the only DNA in the world that carried the poison, it was long though to have been destroyed, but an ancient warrior from Japan or somewhere like that, injected it in small doses in his body and the it became apart of his DNA and he had children who also carried the poison, it seems only to be in the male children. Crystal is the last of his bloodline; the poison resides in him alone. I need that poison; I need to get it examined by the people I work for."
"And who exactly do you work for?" Logan asked.
"I work for the-" she was cut off by a shouting threat that echoed down the hall. She spun around and saw Crystal speeding toward them, arms outstretched.
He slammed into Koda, his hand pressing hard on her chest at the base of her neck. She was stunned and fell back. Loki caught her and pulled her to the side.
Satine morphed into Logan again and lashed out at Crystal, he looked over at her just as she brought her claws down on the side of his neck. Kurt teleported to Crystal's back, sweeping his foot out in a drop kick and knocking Crystal off his feet. The real Logan threw a hard punch down on Crystal's chest, his claws extending, piercing straight through to the floorboards beneath him.
Ghost pulled a dagger out of her trench coat and held it ready to defend herself, but not to attack, her eyes settled on Koda.
Slowly Crystal forced himself up and pulled Logan's hand out of his chest. He punched Logan square in the jaw, and Logan stumbled back a few feet. Satine spun in a kick that landed on Crystal's right cheek twisting his head almost completely off, but it sprung back into place and he jumped up in a kick knocking Satine back into the wall.
Crystal clapped his hands; a large quartz crystal forced itself up from beneath the floorboards and trapped Jak and Satine in place. Satine tried to cut her way through but the quartz regenerated faster then it could be cut away. She swore and morphed back into herself. She looked over at Jak who was clueless as to what should be done.
Crystal turned his attention to Koda who was unconscious in Loki's arms. Kurt teleported behind him and threw a punch, Crystal ducked and grabbed Kurt's arms as it was over his head and threw Kurt over his shoulder and into Logan sending them both to the ground. He walked toward Loki but Ghost stepped in front of him and lashed out with her dagger slashing his cheek, the cut didn't faze him. He slapped the dagger from her hand and threw a punch; she instantly turned into a transparent apparition and his punch went right through her. She sunk into the ground and he continued on toward Loki. Suddenly Ghost came up behind him returned to physical form and pulled him into a headlock and up. She felt the bones in his neck snap; he crumbled to the ground, delayed but not dead.
Ghost spun on her heels and crouched down by Koda. Logan and Kurt appeared.
"Kurt," Ghost looked up at him. "Teleport in there and get Jak and Satine out of there before they die, the air supply is being sucked out of there."
He nodded and in a whim of blue smoke was gone.
"Logan go find some medical pressure bandages-"
"It'll be no good Ghost," Loki said. "It is too close to her neck, if the pressure bandages are applied she'll die of suffocation."
She slammed her fist into the ground then looked up, Kurt teleported back with Jak and Satine. She looked down at Koda; five red dots began to fade into appearance at the base of her neck.
"The poison is coming in quickly." She sighed. "Loki, we have to get the poison out of her."
"How?" Loki asked. "You need to apply as much pressure as possible to stop its flow then you have to cut it open and bleed it out. Crystal wasn't stupid! He knew if he got her where he did we wouldn't be able to." he trailed off as he looked up at Satine who was sobbing uncontrollably in Jak's arms.
"Save her." Ghost whispered. "Then, I'll do only what I must." She got up and grabbed Crystal by his collar and pulled him to the end of the hall. She threw him up against the wall so he sat there with his head dangling on his chest. She crouched down in front of him and watched as the bones in his neck reconnected into place and he opened his eyes and smiled at her.
"How do I cure her?" Ghost asked.
"You can't."
"That's bull!" Ghost hollered. "What's the antidote?"
Crystal smirked. "There isn't one." He jumped up and pushed her back onto her rump and rushed Satine and Jak who stood paralyzed.
Logan stepped in front of the rush and Crystal collided with him, arms out in the attack. Logan fell back and threw Crystal over his head and into the wall. His chest seized up then relaxed, blood seeped through five small wounds on his chest, and the poison was rejected from the body.
Crystal sat up and shook his head and looked at Logan. He gasped when he saw Logan was walking toward him.
"That stung bub," Logan said pulling Crystal up by the front of his collar. "You're little trick won't work on me." His claws shot out of his hands, piercing through Crystal's bottom jaw and into his mouth.
Crystal went to scream but blood poured out of him mouth instead. Logan retraced his claws and threw him on the ground where Satine attacked in a fury of rage as Uniquo, all five claws extended from her nails and she slashed and stabbed Crystal over and over and over again. Jak stood over him with Kurt and Logan as they watched the life wilt out of Crystal.
Loki watched as Ghost pulled Koda onto her lap.
"Koda, Koda, open your eyes, Koda we need to talk." Ghost whispered. Koda opened her eyes weakly. "Koda, the poison, can you feel it?"
"It's eating me." Koda said in a barely audible voice. "It's eating me, help me."
"I can't save you Koda," Ghost said with tears brimming her eyes. "I can't save you, there is no antidote, and even if there was, there is no time to get it."
"It hurts, it's fire eating me, save me Anne-Marie, save me." Koda's eyes fluttered.
"Ghost," Loki tapped her shoulder. "Kill her, you have to."
Ghost looked up. "But-"
"We need that poison Ghost, we need it back."
There was a brilliant flash of light. Loki had set another transporter; the Professor was back with Jean Grey, Scott Summers and Ororo Munroe.
"Kill her Ghost." Loki demanded.
"I'm sorry," she looked down at Koda. "I am so sorry Koda."
Koda nodded. "I see,"
Ghost pulled out a needle and retrieved Koda's blood and put it in herself. Then she took out another dagger and held it over Koda's heart.
"Jackson," Loki said. "Before he died, he said that he loved you Koda, that he always loved you, and he wished he could have told you earlier."
The X-Men rounded the corner just as Ghost thrusted the knife into Koda's body, rupturing the heart, killing her instantly.
Jak turned quickly. "NO!"
Satine stopped and jumped up, turning back into herself. She saw Ghost pull the dagger out. "KODA!"
Ghost dropped the knife. "I'm so sorry," she cried.
Loki grabbed her arm and tried to pull her off. They needed to escape, they needed to get out of there and get that poison to the lab before it killed Ghost.
Jean Grey grabbed them with her powers before they could get to far. She pulled them back and Scott used his powers and knocked them out.