RUDE AWAKENINGS

Disclaimer: The X-Men characters belong to Marvel Comics, and not me.Adam Berman and Ginny Mahoney are characters belonging to Marvel Comics. To fully understand their part in this story check out X-Men Unlimited # 16. The only chacter belonging to me is Zachary Taylor. Please don't use this character without my permission.

Author's Notes: I'm a dreamer. I love sappy love stories. Please let me know if this is too sappy. I also meant for Chapter Three to be a short chapter. I wanted to give a small sample of the things to come.
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Charles Xavier always had a dream. A dream where humans and mutants could co-exist peacefully together. He had a dream that not many others shared. It was the same dream that Martin Luthor King Junior had before him. He believed in that dream, and wanted the exact same thing as Martin Luthor King.
Unity.

That dream became an reality for him, when he founded the X-Men. A group of mutants that protects the very ones that fears and hates them. They risked their lives everyday for peace and unity, regardless of the hatred that they had always faced.

Today was not the first time that he spoke in front of a group of people. He wanted to get as many mutants to register into his school for gifted mutants. He wanted to train them and teach them how to control their powers

Times were changing for mutants, but only for the worse.As of late the amount of Friends of Humanity members were steadily increasing in numbers. Therefore the threat of violence against mutantkind was even greater than before. He knew that there were many unskilled mutants that could be very dangerous, especially if they were threaten. He didn't have to be a mind reader to see that there was indeed a war going on. It was for this very reason that he wanted to train as many mutants to become X-Men.

In the last few months the number of X-Men were decreasing. With the death of Piotr Rasputin, and Kitty Pride's departure, the Xmen were in need for a few new recruits. They had Jubilee and Bishop back, but Cecilia Reyes wanted nothing to do with the X-Men. Bobby Drake was still away settling personal matters

Scott was now back from the unyielding grasps of Apocalypse.
It was good to have Cyclops back, but Xavier couldn't shake the feeling that something just wasn't right. He'd made an mental note to keep an watchful eye on Scott Summers.

As he finished his speech up, he rolled his wheelchair down the small ramp. He went to the small table, and joined Hank Mccoy at the sign up desk. He was glad to have such a great turnout.As he was helping Hank pass out fliers, he receieved an urgent psi-message from Jean.

*Professor?*

*Jean, what's wrong?*

* I don't have much time to tell you everything, so just bear with me.*

*I understand. Go on.*

*Magneto has kidnapped everyone in the mansion, with the exception of Jubilee. We are held up in New Zealand. Unfortunately I don't have the exact coordinates, but with Cerebro you should be able to find us. Magneto also plans on killing some little kid named Zachary Taylor, and extracting his powers for his own use.*

*Erik has lost his mind. I'll gather up another team to get everyone out of there. This madness has to end!*

*Professor wait, that's not all. I recieved an warning that Zachary is more powerful than all the X-men put together, and that he will destroy us if given the chance. I'll try to reach Jubilee, and have her contact Emma. We can use all the help we can get.*

*No, I'll contact her. I want you to think of a way to get out of there, try talking to Magnus. See if you can talk some sense into him. Hank and I are on our way. Jean please be careful.*

*I will professor, and please hurry.*
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As the night began to fall, the small cavern was becoming even more darker than it previously had been. If it wasn't for the small torches that was lined up against the walls, then Wolverine and Creed would basically have to feel around in the dark.
Regardless of the fact that he could barely see anything, Victor was determined to make this sentinel functional again. He seemed to know exactly where everything was located on the sentinel. As a matter of fact, it took him no time at all to find her main circuits. Victor was almost an expert when it came to reprogramming an sentinel.

He had begun moving around chip pieces, and putting them in different places. There were strange noises that came from the machine, and in no time at all the strange beeping noise came to an halt. Victor turned her over, and could see that she was returning back to normal. He had to admit it though. This was one of the cutest sentinel's he's ever seen before. It was jus too bad that she was mostly made out of computer parts, and that kind of chick just wasn't his style at all.

Wolverine scratched the top of his head, and looked on as Victor closed the circuit board on the sentinel.
"Did you do it yet?"

"Don't give me any ideas will ya, she's not even human."

With that Sabretooth slung the young girl over his shoulder. It always struck him as strange that women could weigh next to nothing, and yet men always seemed to weigh more than a ton. It also struck him as strange that an sentinel could smell so good, especially after being locked up in an dirty cell for as long as she has.

"Listen bub get your mind out tha gutter, and let's get moving!"

"Well you started it... Wolvie."

"Do you want to die Creed!"

"By whom.... You? Please."

"Call me that again, and you'll be the one begging for mercy."

"Men don't beg."

"Well you aint no man, so there you go."

"At least I ain't short."

"Will you two knock it off, you're both giving me an headache."

Both Wolverine and Victor stopped dead in their tracks. They both stood with their backs turned to each other, looking for the voice of the unknown assailant. They both scanned the entire room only to find no one. After waiting for awhile, they both stood face to face, and could do nothing but shrug their shoulders.

"Creed, I must be going crazy."

"Figured that one all on your own didn't you."

"You just don't give up, do you?"

"No way shrimp."

"KNOCK IT OFF PLEASE!!"

The small figure that was slung across Sabretooth's shoulder wriggled and pounded on his back to no avail.
Wolverine grabbed an handful of the sentinel's hair and looked straight into her beautiful brown eyes.

"I guess you have something to say?"

"Actually two things. First, tell this big gorilla to put me down. Second, if I have to listen to you two again, I'll end my misery by killing you both. Is that clear enough for you to understand?"

"Creed you heard the lady."

"Thank you Mr.?"

" Creed..... Victor Creed."

"Logan.....Just Logan."

"Cute. Where am I?"

The petite brunette looked all around her not remembering anything. She couldn't recall ever being in this place before. Most of all she couldn't even remeber when she was brought
"We've been captured by a man named Magneto."

"I've never heard of him before. What's so special about me?"

"Ya mean you don't know?"

"Wolverine I just reprogrammed her, she knows nothing."

"Reprogramed. What the hell are you talking about!"

"Will ya calm down. You're an sentinel. Half human half machine. You kill mutants. Newsflash The runt and I are mutants, so I reprogrammed ya."

"I don't understand any of this."

"Look, Creed is right, but we don't have time to discuss it right now. If and when we escape, I'll let you in on the whole story. However, right now there are some others that need rescuing."

"You mean there are others? Just how powerful is this Magneto?"

"Frail you really don't want to know."

"Yea look Victor is right, you really don't want to know."

"Then just humor me."

"Alright then, you asked for it. Let's see......Where can I start?"

"Hey you two can we walk and talk. I did'nt come this far to be captured again,"

"Sure Creed. Look Magneto is definately an madman. He'll kill anyone that gets in his way. Magneto can control metal, which means he can bend, break, and even liquify metal. Ironically, my entire skeleton is laced with a rare metal known as adamantium. One day Magneto and I had it out, and he ripped the adamantium out of my body through my pores. It was very painful, and I rarely made it back at all. However I had the adamantium placed back in my body, which means that I have to be very careful around Magneto, and so does Creed. It's funy but his skeleton has the same metal as mine. As I was saying, Magneto is a very determined man. He's determined and he will stop at nothing until he gets what he wants."

"So what is it that he wants?"

"To rule the world."

"Your're kidding right?"

"Listen frail Wolverine and I are always at each others throats, so let me reassure you that tha runt never kids around."

"Ya got that right bub. Anyway as I was saying Magneto believes that Mutants should be the the only ones ruling the planet, and that humans should cease to exist."

"That's insane. Wait a minute, Creed didn't you say that both you and Wolverine were mutants?"

"Yea."

"I don't get it. If you're mutants , if we're mutants then why has Magneto locked us up like dogs?"

"It's because we don't share his beliefs, at least not all of us."

"He wants to destroy anybody, mutants included, that gets in his way?"

"Yea that's right."

"Then we must do everything in our power to stop him.

"That's the smartest thing you said all night frail. Let's go kick ass."
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Blob had an hard time walking down the dark corridors, without tripping over his own two feet. He had never wanted to be one of Magneto's lackey, but the pay was great. To top it all off, there were tons of bugs that were constantly biting him. There were many things that the Blob wanted, but most of all going back to the states was on the top of his list.

He came to a small corner, that made a sharp turn. He couldn't see what was on the other side of the wall, but he stopped short when he heard three voices ring out. He instantly recognized the two, but there was a female voice that he did'nt recognize. He hid behind the wall as quietly as he could, and waited for the three unsuspecting victims to come around the corner.

**Maybe I'll get a special bonus if I catch all of them.**
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As Wolverine, Victor and the Prime Sentinel walked further along the corridor, both Logan And Victor stopped dead in their tracks. The Sentinel was still walking, when she noticed that the two men were both sniffing the air.

"Guys, what's wrong?"

"Look frail get back here."Sabretooth whispered.

"What's up?"

"Look lady just get yer scrawny ass back over here will ya! We aint alone, and I'm not about to get killed because of some skirt."

"Calm down Logan, I'm coming already."

Before she could walk back to where Logan and Creed stood, a big massive arm was suddenly wrapped around her neck. She grasped and struggled, but to no avail. This man was strong and no matter what she did, she couldn't get him to let her go.

Logan and Creed couldn't do anything but stare. They both wanted to help the girl, but didn't know how. She was beginning to turn purple in the face. Which meant that the Blob was trying to kill her. Sure she was an sentinel, but she was also human, and Creed was not about to let this pig kill her. He looked over at Logan, who returned the gaze. They both nodded in silent agreement, and then they both charged at the Blob.

Wolverine ran off to his left in order to get behind the massive Blob, while Victor ran off to his right and stood in front of him. Blob instinctively dropped the girl, who landed with a heavy thud on her head. Victor looked down to see that she was still alive, and grateful that she was still breathing. He then quickly kicked her off to the side, and resumed the fight with the smelly Blob.

While Logan and Victor savagely tore their claws into the Blob, nothing it seemed could slow him down. Victor had to contain laughing at Logan, whom seemed to be in a very compromising position. Logan had one hand of claws stuck in the Blob's back, Logan was getting thrown against the fat blobs of fat, because his hand was stuck and the Blob was trying to shake him off. He almost looked like one of those cowboys riding an bull.

Victor couldn't contain it, and burst out into a roar of laughter. That was the only advantage that the Blob needed. He took his right arm and slammed it into Victor's chest. Then he took his left hand and pulled Wolverine out of his back, and threw him right into Sabretooth. They were both on their feet in no time, standing face to face with the Blob.

What they didn't notice was that the sentinel was back on her feet, and was standing right behind them. Logan sniffed the air and began to smile. It seemed like the sentinel was now fully awake from her sleep.

"Well Blob, now it's three on one. We're taking you down."

"Are you sure about that Wolverine?"

"Yea I'm sure."

"Then I'd suggest that you turn around and look again."

Wolverine did just as he was told, only to be hit in his chest with that same familar pink energy. The blast knocked him out, and the hole in his chest started to rapidly heal. Victor knew that Logan would be down for some time.

Victor stood amused at what he saw.

"How did you become a sentinel, I reprogrammed you."

"Looks like you did'nt do a good job. As a matter of fact Creed, stick to what you do best."

"Yea and what's that."

"It's getting captured. Sentinel help me carry these two to their cages. They can keep the others company. With that the sentinel shot her energy blast at Victor, and he was down for the count just as well. Blob had took the inhibortor collars out from behind the wall, and placed them around their necks. He grabbed Sabretooth , and the sentinel grabbed Wolverine. Once they came to the cell, the sentinel primed up waiting for someone to try and escape. Then the Blob threw in Sabretooth then Logan, and closed and locked the door.
**Yea maybe I will get that bonous after all.**
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