Chaotic Boredom:  NOOOOO!!! My primary reviewer might not be able to do so??? THE HORROR. *COUGHHACKCHOOCOUGH*  I'm Done.  Seriously, for once, have fun at your gramps house.

Chapter 14: The Breakout!

The group of young mutants stared after the form of their comrade, and not a one of them had pleasant thoughts for the departing boy.  The team began climbing up the stairs, and all to soon, they had caught up to Berserker, whom they proceeded to ignore.  They reached the top of the stairs, where a steel door was located.  Opening the door cautiously, they found that the room contained many video screens, and a massive computer.

"Alright!" Said Bobby, "This must be it."  He began to move towards the computer, intending to hack in.

Jubilee placed an arm across his chest. "Remember what happened when you tried to program the lights?"  (AN: Yes, I know that happened AFTER Mainstream, but, since the construction was finished early in my fic, all of that happened before the episode it originally did.)

Banshee walked forward, "I know how ta' be usin' this equipment.  Th' only reason I nevar been usin' it ta find me sistar is that Mystique nevar let me inta 'ere."  He then sat down in front of the computer, and the perspective of several screens changed abruptly.

One: An image of Cyclops and Jean fighting against a boy whose mutation seemed to have given him the ability to transform into a crocodile.  Presently he was half transformed to one, so that he looked like a crocodile given human legs and arms.

Two:  An image of Shadowcat and Rogue fighting against Avalanche.

Three:  Storm, Spyke and Nightcrawler against Pyro

Four: The Hostages

Five:  A twelve year old girl

Six: A eleven year old boy

Rahne's eyes bulged out of her head upon seeing that the room on screen four contained not just Dr. McCoy, Alex, and Sensei, but Amanda Sefton, Forge, and…

"Doctar MacTaggert." She breathed, shocked.

Banshee turned to look at Rahne,  "Aye, she, me sistar, and Lockjaw's brothar are bein' 'eld in the middle Narth tower.  But the secura'ty th're 's tough, so it bein the best idea ta' turn it off."

He then put word to deed, and shut down the traps.  However, the shackles and can-like devices remained active.

"We goin' ta have ta' free 'em th' old fasion'd way."

Sunspot grinned, "Jail Break!"

Conner nodded, and the team began to head towards the North wall.

With the security system down, they made good time.  In twenty minutes they had reached the north wall, and had entered the middle tower.

The team of mutants progressed quickly up the stairs.  This tower was much larger than the one for the Security room, and there appeared to be actual floors to the tower.

About half way up the tower, the Blue team found out where the largest member of the Brotherhood was located, as the found him blocking their path.  As the team wondered how to take care of him, he answered the question for them, as he came at them, his fists swinging.

Magma quickly sent a blast of the lava that her power let her create (AN: Yes, that is what her power is, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to melt through the rocks/steel walls in the Day of Reckoning part 2) and melted a huge hole in the ground in front of him. Unable to stop himself in time, the Blob fell through the hole, which Bobby then filled in with ice.  The team quickly crossed, and Magma melted the ice, making following them difficult for the Blob.

Quickly ascending the stairs, Banshee stopped at the top of the tower.  In the room, there were three doors.  He pointed to the door in the center, "That one is your friends.  The doors are locked, and so well built that I can't blast them down."

Magma smiled, "I can fix that problem. Tell them to back from the doors."

Banshee walked quickly to the door on the right, and said through it, "Sarah, it's Conner. Ye' need ta be backin' up from the door, lass.  We' goin' ta get ya' out o' 'ere."

Moving over to the door across the hall, he again spoke, "Jose, me boy, ye be backin' up from the door now, 'nd then ye 'nd ye brothar can be leaven 'ere."

Magma then made good her promise, and melted the two doors.  She then turned to the third.

"Here we go." Said Magma, who then raised her arms to the door, and sent a blast of lava from her hands.  Her teammates backed up, more than a little bit shocked.  Amara had never let rip with that much lava before.  After a minute, Amara managed to struggle her powers back into control, and she cut the flow.  Instead of a neat hole like the other two, the door was melted to nothing on the third room.

From his place on the wall, Dr. McCoy chuckled, "My dear Amara, that was a little bit excessive."

"But I didn't mean to use that much." She said, as she and the rest of the team walked through the door to the room, the two youngsters following them.

Rahne's eyes immediately began to tear up.  Dr. MacTaggert was alive.  She hadn't been able to believe it, deep down, until now.  Banshee walked over to a peg on the wall, and took the keys off of the peg.  He then released the locks holding Amanda, Sensei, and Moira to the walls.  He then quickly released the Beast, Alex, and Forge.

As the six of them watched him warily, Wolverine spoke up.  "Mystique was holdin' Loudmouth here's sister hostage, along with another guy's little brother."

The six former prisoners nodded.  As they started to leave, Kyle realized something.

"Wolverine, how are we going to get them out of here?"

The team turned to look at Kyle, as he continued.

"The Velocity is a nine hour walk from here, and the X-Jet is a full day's hike. Unless we get them the right clothing, they'll all die of hypothermia long before we get them out."

The team realized that he was, indeed right.

Banshee, however, had an answer for part of the question. "Mystique 'as a private jet she be keepen 'ere. We cauld fly some o' em out wit' it.  Mystique been keepin' snow gear for us all here, in case we ever be needin' it. She donna wan ta' kill off 'er lackeys. So me an' Lockjaw and the other Brotherhood members be alright in that."

The team turned to look at their newfound friend, and Wolverine nodded, "Let's go."

As the much expanded group walked down the stairwell, Wolverine informed the other X-Men that the hostages were recovered."

Upon hearing that from Cyclops's Communicator, Lockjaw stopped dead in his tracks.

"Ask if he recovered a little boy," he said for the first time, his R's rolling off of his tongue.

Relaying the question, Wolverine responded affirmative.

Lockjaw smiled, "Then I guess I have no reason to fight anymore."

Jean and Scott looked at each other, then at him.

"The boy they recovered is mi hermanito (1)."  Lockjaw said, as way of explanation.

The two X-men nodded, and the three of them headed towards the location of Blue Team.

The three of them arrived just about the time that they had finished up with Blob, indicated by a wave of sound sending him through a wall, and knocking him out.

The Blue team came down the stairs. "Whew," said Kyle, "Conner, can you launch those at a higher pitch. Every time you attack with one, you mess my hearing up."

The one boy that the two senior X-Men didn't recognize smiled, "Sorry, Kyle, I gone 'nd forgot th't ye have ta' find ye way by ye hearin'."

Lockjaw's eyes found those of a little boy in the midst of the crowd, and he quickly rushed over to him.  The two of them began speaking rapid fire Spanish, and not a single person could follow it.

The other X-Men arrived at about this point in time, and they were quickly brought up to speed.

The X-Men quickly held a meeting, joined by the two former Brotherhood members, and decided that Amanda, Moira, Forge, Sensei, Jose, and Sarah would take Mystique's jet, which Beast would pilot, and head for the X-Mansion.  It took quite a bit of convincing to Conner and Lockjaw, whose real name turned out to be Ramon, that their siblings wouldn't be hurt, but they finally relented, when Sensei told them that anyone who wanted to hurt the two would have to pass him.  A six foot two man whose built like a barrel, swearing that anyone who wanted to hurt them would have to pass him was a strong argument.

With that out of the way, the X-men escorted the group of hostages to the jet, and watched as they departed.

They then turned to the central tower, which Kyle and Ramon had informed them, was Mystique's stomping grounds.

They entered the tower, watching for traps, since the main tower might have it's own security.  They encountered no fight, and, halfway up the tower, they came across a huge room, which might have been a dormitory at one point, but now was empty, except for the blue skinned woman at the far end of the room.

"Step into my parlor. Said the Spider to the Fly."

~Now that the hostages are on their way from the Monastery, the X-Men have turned their sights upon the Monastery's owner, Mystique.  However, will they be able to defeat the metamorph…~ *Shows you an image of Mystique, who watches the assembled foes before her without any trace of worry.  She laughs, as the narrator continues ~Who seems completely unconcerned about her foes.  Why does she seem so confident? What does she have up her sleeve, and what does she have in store for the X-Men.~

~Find out in part four of Mystique's Monastery Saga: The Battle Begins.~