Experts said there was no way Lance could have survived. Even the
body could have been subject to blows that tore it apart. So it was to no
ones surprise that for the next three hours the only living thing seen
there was a rat. The rat seemed to look around to confirm that no one else
was there, then a change went over it.
It grew taller, and its fur seemed to turn blue, then shrunk back into the body. The tail disappeared. In a few moments Mystique stood there.
"So, Lance, it seems you too have found a way out from under my thumb."
* * *
Meanwhile, at school, Kitty was weeping quietly in the hallway. Kurt came up behind her. Kitty I heard about what happened. There was nothing you could have done."
"I shouldn't have phased, I should have just let myself hit the wall. He wouldn't have done it if I was there."
"You didn't know what he was planning."
"I should have! I should have been there."
She broke down into uncontrollable sobs. Kurt comforted her, the best he could.
* * *
The Brotherhood wasn't faring much better. "I take back what I said to Lance." Said Toad, "It's not Kitty's fault. It's Mystique's."
"I don't think so." Said Wanda, "I think that it is Kitty's fault, and I say we get her back!"
'No," said Toad, he was red-eyed, but this time it was from crying. "In Lance's memory we leave her alone."
Wanda calmed down. "You're right. It's just, I need a focus for my anger."
"So focus again on Magneto." Blob spoke up for the first time. "Focus on how he let Mystique walk all over us like that."
"Thanks guys. Trust me Magneto will pay for this."
"I'm with you on that one." Said Blob.
"Yo, no one does this to us."
"But," said Blob, how do we find him?"
"We don't have to find him. After the incident with Mystique, he'll probably head here in person, or at least send one of the new and improved Brotherhood." Said Toad.
"You have a point. But how can we beat them on our own?" Asked Wanda
Once again Toad supplied the answer. "We don't have to. The X-men aren't exactly happy with them."
"So we get them to help us?"
"I'll talk to Kitty," Said Toad. "I knew Lance best."
* * *
So it was that when a metal sphere landed in an old construction site, The X-men, the remnants of the Brotherhood, and the New Mutants, were waiting.
It opened, and Gambit jumped out.
"Bonjour." He bowed deeply, then in the second it took them to recover from this surprise, charged a card and hurled it into their midst.
Armara was knocked unconscious. Hank was hurled into a wall.
Gambit began to charge another card, but before he threw it, Toad covered his hand in slime. Bobby quickly froze it.
The card exploded, shattering the frozen slime, and knocking Gambit unconscious.
"It can't be that easy." Muttered Scott.
It wasn't. Coleuses, already in his metal form, strode into the center of the construction site.
Blob charged him. "I did this before, I can do it again!"
Coleuses smiled, and stood his ground. Then at the last moment, he stepped out of the way. Using Blob's own momentum against him, he hurled him into a cement mixer. Then he threw the switch that turned it on. A few minutes later Blob came out, covered with wet cement.
"One thing you didn't count on for that trick," said Toad smiling, "It takes quite a while for it to dry."
Pyro leaped over a half built wall, "Unless it's subjected to extreme heat!" He turned on his flame throwers, then made the fire surround Blob, quickly hardening his cement.
Scott quickly went into action, having Jean telepathically relay his commands.
Jubilee, Berserker, metal conducts electricity, so Coleuses is yours. Toad, go for Pyro's flamethrowers, Iceman, you too. Wolfsbain, Multiple, directly attack him. But Multiple, have a few of your clones keep a look out for Sabretooth and Magneto.
Toad spit slime at Pyro's flame throwers. He burned it before it got to him. Iceman tried, but Pyro melted his ice.
Then a wolf leapt on him from behind, knocking him down, and burying his flamethrowers in the dirt. The fire that had hardened the cement around Blob, which had remained surrounding him, flew at Wolfsbain, and imprisoned her in a cage of fire.
Then the fire he had used to counter Toad and Iceman's attacks flew to him, and surrounded him with a dome of flame.
Meanwhile Berserker, and Jubilee were faring much better against Coleuses.
He had dodged several of their attacks, and blocked several more, but finally Jubilee had managed to nail him. True to Scott's theory, the electricity had knocked him out.
Kurt had devised a way to get Pyro. He teleported inside of the dome, grabed Pyro, and teleported him out.
Scott acted quickly, knocking him out with his optic blast before he could counter-attack.
Then Iceman used the fire to melt some ice, thus extinguishing the fire.
* * *
Hank, shortly after being knocked against the wall, had been attacked by Sabretooth. Sabretooth had leapt down from the top of the wall, and his feet had solidly connected with Hank's skull, knocking him out.
Then Sabretooth had been attacked by Wolverine. There battle was still raging. Wolverine cut a cable, and a reinforced steel beam crashed down on top of Sabretooth, pinning him to the ground.
"Game set, and match Creed."
Suddenly the beam flew off of Sabretooth and wrapped itself around Wolverine. Magneto floated into view.
"I beg to differ, Wolverine. The games have only just begun.
* * *
Miles away, at the Brotherhood house, a sudden violent tremor occurred. Pieces of rubble flew of the pile, and Lance emerged, looking much worse for the wear.
So, what is Mystique doing now? Will the X-men be able to beat Magneto? Where is Quicksilver? Will Lance be able to survive his injuries? Find out next chapter.
It grew taller, and its fur seemed to turn blue, then shrunk back into the body. The tail disappeared. In a few moments Mystique stood there.
"So, Lance, it seems you too have found a way out from under my thumb."
* * *
Meanwhile, at school, Kitty was weeping quietly in the hallway. Kurt came up behind her. Kitty I heard about what happened. There was nothing you could have done."
"I shouldn't have phased, I should have just let myself hit the wall. He wouldn't have done it if I was there."
"You didn't know what he was planning."
"I should have! I should have been there."
She broke down into uncontrollable sobs. Kurt comforted her, the best he could.
* * *
The Brotherhood wasn't faring much better. "I take back what I said to Lance." Said Toad, "It's not Kitty's fault. It's Mystique's."
"I don't think so." Said Wanda, "I think that it is Kitty's fault, and I say we get her back!"
'No," said Toad, he was red-eyed, but this time it was from crying. "In Lance's memory we leave her alone."
Wanda calmed down. "You're right. It's just, I need a focus for my anger."
"So focus again on Magneto." Blob spoke up for the first time. "Focus on how he let Mystique walk all over us like that."
"Thanks guys. Trust me Magneto will pay for this."
"I'm with you on that one." Said Blob.
"Yo, no one does this to us."
"But," said Blob, how do we find him?"
"We don't have to find him. After the incident with Mystique, he'll probably head here in person, or at least send one of the new and improved Brotherhood." Said Toad.
"You have a point. But how can we beat them on our own?" Asked Wanda
Once again Toad supplied the answer. "We don't have to. The X-men aren't exactly happy with them."
"So we get them to help us?"
"I'll talk to Kitty," Said Toad. "I knew Lance best."
* * *
So it was that when a metal sphere landed in an old construction site, The X-men, the remnants of the Brotherhood, and the New Mutants, were waiting.
It opened, and Gambit jumped out.
"Bonjour." He bowed deeply, then in the second it took them to recover from this surprise, charged a card and hurled it into their midst.
Armara was knocked unconscious. Hank was hurled into a wall.
Gambit began to charge another card, but before he threw it, Toad covered his hand in slime. Bobby quickly froze it.
The card exploded, shattering the frozen slime, and knocking Gambit unconscious.
"It can't be that easy." Muttered Scott.
It wasn't. Coleuses, already in his metal form, strode into the center of the construction site.
Blob charged him. "I did this before, I can do it again!"
Coleuses smiled, and stood his ground. Then at the last moment, he stepped out of the way. Using Blob's own momentum against him, he hurled him into a cement mixer. Then he threw the switch that turned it on. A few minutes later Blob came out, covered with wet cement.
"One thing you didn't count on for that trick," said Toad smiling, "It takes quite a while for it to dry."
Pyro leaped over a half built wall, "Unless it's subjected to extreme heat!" He turned on his flame throwers, then made the fire surround Blob, quickly hardening his cement.
Scott quickly went into action, having Jean telepathically relay his commands.
Jubilee, Berserker, metal conducts electricity, so Coleuses is yours. Toad, go for Pyro's flamethrowers, Iceman, you too. Wolfsbain, Multiple, directly attack him. But Multiple, have a few of your clones keep a look out for Sabretooth and Magneto.
Toad spit slime at Pyro's flame throwers. He burned it before it got to him. Iceman tried, but Pyro melted his ice.
Then a wolf leapt on him from behind, knocking him down, and burying his flamethrowers in the dirt. The fire that had hardened the cement around Blob, which had remained surrounding him, flew at Wolfsbain, and imprisoned her in a cage of fire.
Then the fire he had used to counter Toad and Iceman's attacks flew to him, and surrounded him with a dome of flame.
Meanwhile Berserker, and Jubilee were faring much better against Coleuses.
He had dodged several of their attacks, and blocked several more, but finally Jubilee had managed to nail him. True to Scott's theory, the electricity had knocked him out.
Kurt had devised a way to get Pyro. He teleported inside of the dome, grabed Pyro, and teleported him out.
Scott acted quickly, knocking him out with his optic blast before he could counter-attack.
Then Iceman used the fire to melt some ice, thus extinguishing the fire.
* * *
Hank, shortly after being knocked against the wall, had been attacked by Sabretooth. Sabretooth had leapt down from the top of the wall, and his feet had solidly connected with Hank's skull, knocking him out.
Then Sabretooth had been attacked by Wolverine. There battle was still raging. Wolverine cut a cable, and a reinforced steel beam crashed down on top of Sabretooth, pinning him to the ground.
"Game set, and match Creed."
Suddenly the beam flew off of Sabretooth and wrapped itself around Wolverine. Magneto floated into view.
"I beg to differ, Wolverine. The games have only just begun.
* * *
Miles away, at the Brotherhood house, a sudden violent tremor occurred. Pieces of rubble flew of the pile, and Lance emerged, looking much worse for the wear.
So, what is Mystique doing now? Will the X-men be able to beat Magneto? Where is Quicksilver? Will Lance be able to survive his injuries? Find out next chapter.