Disclaimer: X-men ain't mine.
Renee LeBeau: Hezibah really liked that steak!
Akai Kah'ghe: Wow, I feel so happy that someone should say that!
HoneyBug17: Wait no longer!
Rogue77: You were right!
Azzandra: Prepare to move back into your seat.
Chrissy: Hmmm…Well, vehicles in all that does make three.
Flamingo1: Hmmm…Well, I can guarantee no one gets killed. I think.
Kar-chan:…That's an interesting way to put it.
Asteria: Yeah, I thought that was funny.
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Smoke. Fear. Rage. Boy, was this a birthday to beat all birthdays. I lost everybody else when this robot scattered us. I didn't even know where Hezibah and Doggy were. But that wasn't going to stop me from causing my own brand of trouble.
It's funny how those robot things seem to be getting orders from the little flashy buttons on their chests. And I discovered if you throw a rock hard enough at the little glowing light, it bust and the robot starts getting confused. I also discovered that confused robots destroy everything in sight, including their own and an empathic kid that was too stupid to realize that might happen.
Luckily I saw it coming and ran. Yeah, I don't think I'll win prizes for bravery. Then again, throwing rocks at something that's almost three times taller than I was might be construed as bravery.
Nah. That was just stupidity.
"IgonnadiediediediediedieDieDieDIE!" I chanted as a slipped between two robots and ran towards a green walled armyish looking building. As I reached the door, I heard banging.
"Let us out, Let us out!"
A loud explosion caused me to glance over my shoulder. There was a robot charging me.
"Oh my—Let me in, LET ME IN!"
I stepped back a couple steps and hit the door with my shoulder.
Oww.
THAT HURT.
The robot was getting closer. I backed up and tried again. But to my surprise, this time it flew open by itself.
"AHHHHH—OOOOPH!"
I ran head first into somebody else. I dimly stepped back, trying to clear my head. Somebody roughly shoved me out of the way. I hit what sounded like barrels and flipped over on my back.
"Ugggghhhhh…..I hate my life." I sat up. Nobody was in the room with me. Figures I'd get hit and nobody'd stay around to say sorry. Now I really am used to it. I stumbled back up and peeked out the open door. The machine monstrosity was dead. As dead as a machine can be, anyway.
I ducked back out of the building and ran around the side. I don't think I want to mess with whatever put that one out of commission.
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"Kitty! Phase through those things!"
"I'm trying, I—AMARA LOOK OUT!"
Amara barely had time to see the robot swing an arm and knock her into a wall. I t stood over her, ready to place the final blow. Her friends couldn't help her. Nobody could help her now…
"Another Roby on the barby is it? Well, the more the merrier." A huge burst of flame engulfed the robot, burning through the armor.
"No bloody machine is gonna take out a mutant shielah while I'm around."
Amara looked up. There was Pyro. Pyro, that was one of the ones lost for so many weeks. The Acolyte who's powers were so similar to her own…
He didn't look so good. He kept his arm close to his body, and he looked pale and tired. But it didn't stop him from frying every single circuit in that robot's back. It fell heavily beside her. He grinned at her.
"Alrigh' Sheilah? Look like you've seen a ghost, eh?"
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Rogue struggled to get past two tight-knit robos. So far they hadn't given her any slack.
"Per'aps you allow Remy to help de chere."
She whirled around to see Remy throw a charged up rock at one of the robots. The robot wasn't smart enough to move. The kinetic energy blew a hole in it's chest, setting off a chain reaction in it's circuits.
Rogue saw the snapping circuits and tried to get away, but the robot exploded, taking the other with it. She was thrown back wards and landed on something soft.
"Ooph! Be careful wid Gambit, chere. He ain't indestructible. Cherie al'right?"
"Ah will be once Ah get away from you!"
"Chere wound Remy. Remy just saved yo' life. What Gambit do to deserve dat?"
"Ah guess…NO! You're usin' your powahs again!" She got up and ran off in a huff. Gambit followed hurriedly.
"But Chere!"
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"There they are! The brotherhood!"
"Let's go!"
The earth started trembling as Lance and Wanda tore forward to get to the brotherhood, who had been hemmed in by robots. Fred saw them coming and tackled two of the nearest robots. Toad jumped up and landed on the head of the third one, causing it to careen wildly into a fourth. The last two tried to get at the others, but were knocked off their feet by a tremor and incapacitated by a whirlwind and some well-placed hex bolts.
"Hey cuddlebumps, yo. I missed you."
"Whatever."
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what is it really when they're falling over, *****
everything that you thought was denied
i'm gonna be the one that's takin over,
now this is what it's like when worlds collide
"Don't mind us, just passing through." Ray sent out another electric bolt, frying some robot limb that had been unlucky enough to be reaching for him. Arcane and Tabby flanked him, throwing out bombs and a few well-aimed shots when necessary. Between the three of them they were carving a path of destruction through the destruction already caused by the robots.
"RAY!!!!" He looked up to see Rahne and Jubilee and a couple of the other new recruits running up.
"You guys ready to party?" He grinned as Arcane blew the head off another robot. The others immediately got into the group.
are you ready to go - cause i'm ready to go - what you
gonna do baby - baby
are you going with me - cause i'm going with you - it's the end of all time
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I looked around. By the sounds of it, the floor was getting wiped by robots. Ha. Serves em right. But right now those weren't my problem. My problem was the helicopters with the very human people inside, carrying guns and basically asking for trouble.
Danny. Ny. Are you there?
(About time. Where are you guys?)
We went to get reinforcements. Forcements. Doggy and Hezibah went to a place with many animals. Mals. Kally and I went elsewhere.
(…..Did I know you guys could do that?….No, wait, I don't want to feel like an idiot. So what's gonna happen?)
The tornado planes are starting to land. We are at your command. Mand.
I reached my mind out. And boy, was I surprised.
Not only had Kally and Herman raided the pet store and gotten out a whole bunch of lizards and mice and rats and some sunspiders, Doggy and Hezibah managed to get into the pound and freed cats and dogs and oddly enough, a couple rabbits. And not to mention the pigeon and dove flock and a colony of bats were hanging out as well.
(You guys want to help? Why don't you just take off? I can't order you to stay.)
A hundred voices rose up against me. They all said different things. But I got the gist.
NO.
(Why?)
Nobody had an answer. At least, not one that I could understand. Then one voice piped up.
Because you are different. You don't try to change us, you understand. That makes you and you alone special.
I couldn't pinpoint the voice, but the others agreed. I grinned.
(Let's get those guys.)
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Screams cut the joyful reunion of the mutant groups with their lost members short. They rushed to the source, fearing the worst.
And watching in amazement as the entire animal kingdom descended upon some very surprised commandos. Lizards and rodents joined forces to crawl up pants as Sunspiders caught rides on the backs of bird and bat alike to fall on the heads of guards desperately trying to free themselves of ratty things. Birds and bats also dive bombed heads, causing commandos to drop their weapons of swat them away. Only to realize that while they had been doing so, their guns had been taken away by dogs and one very smug hyena. Some men were relieved to find out their adversaries were rabbits, only to find themselves clawed and bit and kicked in the face.
"Viva la Resistance!" Somebody yelled. The mutants turned to see Danny cheering them on, and socking an occasional commando that got too close. The commandos swiftly gave up.
"To hell with this! We aren't paid enough to deal with this!"
They took off, shaking rodents out f their pants and shielding their head from pigeons.
"Come back if you ever want to see how it's done again!" Danny crowed and turned around.
And saw the rest of the mutants. She turned back around quickly, a blush rising to her cheeks. The animals faded into the night, stray dogs and cats wandering off to roam the city, rats and mice running off towards the country with the lizards and spiders, the flocks of birds winging off into the night, and the colony of bats sweeping off back to their cave. Danny's own bat left with them. But two dogs, one Doggy and another soon to be identified as Hezibah, stayed with her along with Kally, Ray's rat.
Scott walked up to her. She sheepishly turned to face him.
"Uhh….Hi Scott."
"Where have you all been?! We were worried sick about you!"
"Can this wait until we get back to the institute?"
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*****I thought this song really fit!
Stay tuned, for the next chapter we come to the conclusion!
Herman and his colony shall take the reviews today, with Sunny, because this is her last chapter to take them. That's right, give Sunny the best of luck, she is going to be employed by none other than Flamingo1! So stay tuned—next chapter we have explanations, a little spider wrangling, and some goodbyes.
