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A/N: HI!!!!! Every one! Finally I have posted up the next chapter! Sorry I took so long, but I haven't been able to go online for a while. You know school, and shit. BUT! Here it is now! Hehehe. There's some action, no romance unfortunately (Saving that for later! Hehehe) And the end part is kind of a bridge for the next chapter. Anyway, PLEASE post more reviews! Hugs and kisses to those of you that have! And are you all happy? I am trying to make the chapters longer!!! This one is now the longest yet! Or at least I think it is, but anyway here you go my lovies! Oh quick reminder, Kary = Raven, Raven = Kary! Lastly. REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW.(Deep breath) . REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!

Now et iz time for ze next chaptoor. (Evil voice) HAHAHA (Evil laugh) (Audience throws stinkbombs in the direction of the voice.) (Evil voice)HA! You missed! (Audience groans)

Chapter 10

Frozen frogsickles

Jean mentally screamed at herself for her stupidity. "How could I have let myself get into this damn position?"

"Because you were trying to protect the president's ass!" she retorted to herself. "Like that's done me any good."

It had infact separated her from her students, when Mystique, Sabertooth, Pyro and Pietro had rushed at the tour group. They had heard screams from all around them as several guards went down. Mystique and Sabertooth had then presently disappeared undoubtedly looking for the president. The two teenagers that were part of the brotherhood had then ushered all the hostages into a big room, but the captive mutants had rebelled. The students, Kitty, Jubilee, Rogue, Steven, Kurt and Bobby had resisted the other two and had begun their own attack.

Jean had believed they could manage and had made a very hasty decision, grabbing Jubilee and Rogue with her, and had snuck away to find the president and help. For Jean was sure that that was where Mystique and Sabertooth were headed.

Pyro clicked his lighter and grabbed the flame. He smiled grimly at those damn punk X-Men and unleashed his fire. Kitty who had been the closest was unaffected as she had made herself ethereal. (A/N: means ghostly, as in you can put your hand through it and yatta yatta yatta.) Bobby had quickly cast up a wall of ice for him and Steven who didn't have Kitty's skill to ghost out of the situation. Kurt had simply *Phamfed* to a safer place out of the fire's reach.

Pietro had sped past the ice shield that Bobby had created and punched him hard. Steven reacted and unleashed Spikes and fired them towards Pietro, who had run past laughing menacingly. Pietro slammed into Steven, slashing him across his cheek. Pyro meanwhile, had continued to throw flames, which were gradually melting down the ice. Bobby immediately defrosted it and shouted to Kurt.

Kurt nodded and appeared behind Pyro.

*Phamf, Nightcrawler disappeared with Pyro.

*Phamf, Nightcrawler appeared with Pyro high up in the air, his head bumping the ceiling.

*Phamf, Nightcrawler disappeared out of the air, leaving Pyro to drop down to earth like a stone.

*Thud*

The fall had conveniently knocked out Pyro and that had extinguished all the flames. Steven fired Spikes at Pyro holding him down, making sure he didn't go anywhere if he did regain consciousness. That was a pretty big if since Kurt had dropped him from as high up as the ceiling which happened to be very high.

Kitty ran to Pyro, disarming him of his Lighter, hence his fuel.

Now they had Pietro to deal with. This was tricky since he never stayed in one place and happened to move like the wind.

Bobby, who had taken charge of the situation and sent out his power cutting off Pietro's exit. Though they had him cornered it was still a difficult task, with Bobby and the others being on the outside of the wall. All except Steven who was furiously firing away. Kitty ghosted through the ice wall to Steven. The iceman sent in more of his power making the floor incredibly slippery hoping this would slow the speed mutant down.

His idea worked but also made it slippery for his fellow X-Men. Kitty squealed as she slid towards what was Pietro who was unable to now control his movements. She quickly ghosted and found herself out of the room.

"Man, like that was to close" She sighed and ghosted back into the room. She turned while going through the wall, because there right next to her pinned up with hundreds of spikes was Pietro. He was so finely captured that he couldn't even move his head, which had been held down with spikes and hair. He reminded Kitty of a pin cushion.

"Good thing that's over" said Bobby defrosting the wall.

Kitty nodded in agreement and they all headed towards the doors.

*BANG!

The door exploded in front of them as toad flew through what was left of the door right at them.

"Aaghhhhh!" Kitty screamed as The Toad's tongue flew out towards her, his face in an evil grin.

She threw up her hands in-front of her face as a reflex and waited for the gooey toxic lash of his tongue to touch her. But nothing happened. She slowly opened one eye at a time to find her face inched away from the Toad's own. Only his was frozen in Ice. Infact Toad was entirely frozen in a block of ice.

"Eww, frozen frogsickle!" she cried in disgust.

Bobby laughed, accompanied by Kurt and Steven. Count on Kitty's bizarre humor to come through. But just then.

*BANG!

There was another band as the wall in front of them exploded. In burst Wolverine claws unsheathed ready to rip apart the first baddy he saw.

Kurt snorted in laughter. "Vell, you vere a leetle late."

Raven jogged in through the splintered door and shook her head at Logan.

"As you can see he likes big entrances."

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Jean raced past the frightened tourists with jubilee and Rogue. They were following the path of unconscious and unmoving guards and government personnel. She rushed to her left and stopped dead in her tracks. In front of her was a group of men, in black suits with guns. They were obviously part of the security team and thought that Jean and the girls were the attackers.

"Hey you! Come back here!" He shouted directing the rest of the men's attention to the mutants.

"Run" squealed Rogue, hurtling in the opposite direction. Jean obeyed and was making an exit when she whipped around. Jubilee hadn't followed them.

The Asian girl was blocking the way of the men, her power raging all around her. Electricity was scattering in every direction and most of the men were down. "Go" she shouted, "Before you guys get electrified too! I'll be fine, I can handle this! I'll catch up with you later!"

Jean nodded and dragged Rogue along.

"No, wait we hav to go back! Jubes." struggled Rogue.

"She'll be fine, you heard her, we have to stop Mystique and Sabertooth though! Before.before it's too late."

Rogue silently nodded and the two women ran to where they had last seen the president, surrounded by secret service and bodyguards. They heard guns go off near by and ran into a room to their left.

It was a fairly large and well decorated room. One of many in the white house. But currently there were bullet holes in the wall and Mystique was eventually fighting her way to the president. Her plan was simple, assassinate him, and leave the message from Magneto.

(Note read)

You have been here on this earth long enough, now it is our turn. You were the past, but we are the future. In the end we will be the surviving species, for the war has begun. I have made my move, now it is your turn.

Signed
Magneto
The Brotherhood of Mutants

(End of note)

Just at that moment however Jean and Rogue burst into the room.

Mystique swore inwardly, damn those X-Men they always had a way of ruining her plans. But not this time. Not again. Mystique felt a presence in her mind that was Jeans and the next moment she felt herself fly across the air crashing into the wall.

Cabertooth who had been having a ripe old time playing "Whack the human Head" and "See how far it goes" growled angrily. He had been playing a game with himself to see how many he could whack in five minutes before those damn women had made him lose count. He dropped the leg that he had been holding in the air, which was attached to a very battered body and lunged towards Jean.

Jean stopped the overgrown feline from advancing and Rogue ran towards Mystique who was still lying on the floor, removing one of her gloves. She placed her hand on Mystique draining her but stopped when she felt the shape shifter kick her hard in the ribs.

Mystique groaned and ran out of the room, stumbling and tripping.

Jean was finding it hard to hold off Cabertooth who was beginning to throw things at Jean in order to break her concentration. These things just so happened to be whatever was close to him which so happened to be a bunch of knocked out humans.

Jean ducked her head avoiding the man that sailed above her and slammed into the wall with a sickening crunch. That would hurt the next day. The door behind her opened and she heard the familiar growl of Wolverine. Sighing gratefully she released her hold on Cabertooth which had been warring off anyway.

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Logan, Kary and the students ran out of the room that had previously held the hostages and down the corridor that Jean, Rogue and Jubilee had formerly run down.

"She said that she was going to help the president" Supplied Bobby.

Logan nodded and turned to face Kary.

"Get them out of here. They've taken care of the others and Mystique, and Saber tooth I can handle, plus there'll be Jean, Rogue and Jubilee. Besides we don't want to be around when the Military or Government personal arrive or in some cases wake up. Things may get messy. He said

Kary was about to blatantly refuse, but thought to herself "After all Jean, Logan, Rogue and Jubilee could handle two mutants couldn't they? And besides some of the guards were beginning to regain consciousness and they might not be happy to discover a bunch of mutants' right after the President of the United States was attacked. Even if they had helped save him." She sighed and said, "Ok if you don't need me, I'll get them out."

Wolverine looked at Kary with a glint in his eyes and a sly smile across his lips. "Oh I need you alright, but after this little episode is over, we still have some unfinished business"

Kary gasped. Logan smirked. She looked at him, annoyed by his cockiness and nodded. "See you."

Wolverine turned away from Kary and the students, now all business, and bounded down the corridor his sensitive nose picking up the scent of Jean.

Raven turned around and faced the four teenagers. "Ok guys, we're done here, lets get out of here before the authorities realize what just happened."

They all moved towards the nearest exit when Raven heard something. She stopped the fine hairs on her neck prickling. Then they all felt it, an electrical jolt, a very small one, but one all the same. Raven ran in the direction and found Jubilee lying slumped against the wall, surrounded by lifeless armed men.

She stirred slightly and another tiny charge went out tingling their senses. Kary rushed to Jubilee's aid.

"Hey can you hear me? Wow kiddo, you really kicked their ass."

The girl smiled slightly and said "Of course no one messes with Jubes." And drifted back to sleep.

"Steven, Bobby here give me a hand with her, she knocked herself out and them by the looks of it" Said Kary indicating the unconscious men. "We have to get her back to the manor, now."

The boys nodded and lifted up Jubilee. They all headed back the way they had been going before when Raven froze for the second time. She felt the hairs on the back of her neck go up again. Only this time it was for a familiar and unpleasant reason.

"Hey you guys get out of here, I have some business to take care of"

"Vat? But Volverine said zat ve had to.."

"Hey I know what he said, and I'm telling you to go! Now!"

The students looked at her. Bobby caught her eye and nodded, realizing she had things to sort out. Kitty was about to argue when he stopped her. "Ok, let's go"

Making sure that they really were heading towards the exit Raven turned to her right. She had an old score to settle with a certain Blue shape shifter.

"Mystique, ready or not here I come"

A/N: HAHAHA! How did you all like that?????? I hope those of you that complained about there not being enough Iceman are happy??? If we have anymore requests or suggestions, send in your reviews now or forever hold your peace! You may now kiss the brid.Sorry got a bit side tracked there. Where was I? Oh yeah! REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW! I hope you're all getting the message I'm trying to get across! If not. then. REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!!! Anyway luvs ya all!