Logan disemboweled the first soldier he met, ripping his guts out
easily and throwing them to the side as he went for the next one with a
snarl. As Warren fought, he saw the look of desperation in his enemy's eyes
and he was surprised, wondering why the hell they were so desperate to
fight when they knew they had no chance of winning. Warren didn't have the
time to think about this however as he nearly lost a wing to a swipe of the
sword.
Backing up slowly, Scott closed his eyes tightly and he concentrated, sparks starting to show from under his eyelids. His whole body started to tremble from the effort of holding back the blast and he finally got ready to let it go.
"Everyone! Step aside now!" he shouted. Everyone threw themselves to the ground as Scott opened his eyes, a wide eyebeam streaming forward, incinerating the soldiers closest to him and throwing back the others.
"Nice work." Logan said, patting his shoulder as he ran up the stairs swiftly. "That little stunt will have saved us some time when it comes to getting the hell out of here!"
"Yeah, I know; but now my head hurts like hell!" Scott cried, following after him. Logan had his sense of smell raised to its extent following it swiftly as he ran down the hallway, moving very fast for a man his size and stature. It looked like he was about to run past a door when he suddenly stopped, sliding a few feet before he finally stopped.
"This one." He said, pointing to it. He tried to open the door but it was locked. Looking over at Remy, he stepped back and motioned for him to charge the knob. Remy did so easily, the knob bursting apart with a pink explosion.
"Mon Dieu!" he whispered, raising his eyebrows slowly. "Dat is one big diamond!"
Cerebro rested on a velvet cushion, light from a torch behind it making it look like it was glowing bright yellow. It was shaped almost like a heart, its surface smooth and polished often. Looking at it closer, Logan saw that there were tiny veins of silver and gold running through it.
"Do you think we should bring this with us?" Warren asked. "It looks too big to simply run out of a burning castle with it!" Logan thought about it, before Charles and his group showed up.
"We need to destroy it." He said, walking up to the crystal slowly. He ran a hand down it and narrowed his eyes slightly, his blue eyes glowing slightly as he narrowed them.
"I'm going to need help with this." He said. "Erik? Margali? I need you to concentrate your powers on this crystal as hard as you can to try and tear it apart."
"What about you?" Erik asked, arching an eyebrow. "Surely, you won't be just standing there letting us do all the work?"
"I will use my telepathy to assist in the process." Charles answered.
"If you do that, you're mind will be connected with the crystal. You may be killed when it shatters." Margali pointed out.
"It's a risk we need to take right now." Charles said, closing his eyes. "Get ready!"
Graydon stumbled down the stairs to the underground exit from the castle, shoving away the few servants who had reached it. Opening a large steel door, he slammed it shut on them, locking it so that they were trapped in the castle.
"Fools!" he hissed, running down the hall. "No one is going to make it out of there but me! When I do, I'll get Cerebro and figure out another way to kill the Gifted! No one is going to ruin my plans!" he said to himself.
He screamed and jumped back when a cloud of purple erupted in front of him. He shook his head slowly.
"You should be dead by now!" he shouted at Kurt and Raven, clenching his hands tightly.
"Not vithout you!" Kurt snarled, narrowing his eyes. "Ve are one big happy family now, brother. Und you know vhat zhey say about family? Blood is zhicker zhan vater!" Turning his head to Raven he smiled and tilted his head to one side towards Graydon. "Mutter?" Raising her hand, Raven showed Graydon that she was holding a loaded crossbow.
Everyone watched anxiously as the three powerful Gifted focused all of their powers and energy into tearing the crystal apart. Margali's hair was raised slightly, as if there was a strong breeze blowing by that only affected her. Erik's eyes were wide open and glowing bright blue as he gritted his teeth a bit. They were both fine, it was Charles that everyone was worried about.
The telepath was not looking good at all. He was breaking out into a heavy sweat and the veins on his head were starting to stick up and looking very purple at the moment. His body was trembling as he entered the mind of every Gifted person alive, trying to ignore everything in there as he focused on Cerebro.
Very slowly, a crack started to appear on the side of the crystal. The crack seemed to dance it swerved and moved all over its surface, looping around and turning in awkward angles a bit. When it finally stopped, everyone clapped their hands to their ears as they heard a loud piercing screech in their minds.
All over the world, Gifted fell to their knees as a loud screeching noise rang out in their heads, the sound slowly getting louder and louder. No one knew what was going on and some thought they were dying at that moment.
The crystal was starting to glow on its own, the colors going from gold to silver swiftly. The flashes of colors kept going faster and faster until they both shone together, making Warren's ears start to bleed badly. With the loud sound like glass shattering, Cerebro broke into pieces. Charles collapsed to the ground with a moan, his ears and nose bleeding badly.
"Is he dead?" Scott asked as Logan scooped him up.
"That's not our problem right now." Logan said, leaving the room at a run. "We need to get out of here!" The fire had spread wildly by now, the stars starting to catch fire next. Narrowing his eyes, Logan backed up and tried to figure out how they were going to get out of here.
Logan's answer teleported beside him with his pointed ears bleeding slightly. Grabbing Logan quickly, Kurt teleported outside and left him and Raven near a tree far from the fire. Teleporting wildly back and forth, Kurt got everyone out before he passed out, both from the exertion from the rapid teleports and the wounds he had suffered from before.
They watched the fire envelope the entire castle, taking everyone inside with it; including the body of Graydon, an arrow in his throat. Looking down at Charles and Kurt, Logan had Piotr pick Charles up as he picked Kurt up and they headed back to their hideout.
Backing up slowly, Scott closed his eyes tightly and he concentrated, sparks starting to show from under his eyelids. His whole body started to tremble from the effort of holding back the blast and he finally got ready to let it go.
"Everyone! Step aside now!" he shouted. Everyone threw themselves to the ground as Scott opened his eyes, a wide eyebeam streaming forward, incinerating the soldiers closest to him and throwing back the others.
"Nice work." Logan said, patting his shoulder as he ran up the stairs swiftly. "That little stunt will have saved us some time when it comes to getting the hell out of here!"
"Yeah, I know; but now my head hurts like hell!" Scott cried, following after him. Logan had his sense of smell raised to its extent following it swiftly as he ran down the hallway, moving very fast for a man his size and stature. It looked like he was about to run past a door when he suddenly stopped, sliding a few feet before he finally stopped.
"This one." He said, pointing to it. He tried to open the door but it was locked. Looking over at Remy, he stepped back and motioned for him to charge the knob. Remy did so easily, the knob bursting apart with a pink explosion.
"Mon Dieu!" he whispered, raising his eyebrows slowly. "Dat is one big diamond!"
Cerebro rested on a velvet cushion, light from a torch behind it making it look like it was glowing bright yellow. It was shaped almost like a heart, its surface smooth and polished often. Looking at it closer, Logan saw that there were tiny veins of silver and gold running through it.
"Do you think we should bring this with us?" Warren asked. "It looks too big to simply run out of a burning castle with it!" Logan thought about it, before Charles and his group showed up.
"We need to destroy it." He said, walking up to the crystal slowly. He ran a hand down it and narrowed his eyes slightly, his blue eyes glowing slightly as he narrowed them.
"I'm going to need help with this." He said. "Erik? Margali? I need you to concentrate your powers on this crystal as hard as you can to try and tear it apart."
"What about you?" Erik asked, arching an eyebrow. "Surely, you won't be just standing there letting us do all the work?"
"I will use my telepathy to assist in the process." Charles answered.
"If you do that, you're mind will be connected with the crystal. You may be killed when it shatters." Margali pointed out.
"It's a risk we need to take right now." Charles said, closing his eyes. "Get ready!"
Graydon stumbled down the stairs to the underground exit from the castle, shoving away the few servants who had reached it. Opening a large steel door, he slammed it shut on them, locking it so that they were trapped in the castle.
"Fools!" he hissed, running down the hall. "No one is going to make it out of there but me! When I do, I'll get Cerebro and figure out another way to kill the Gifted! No one is going to ruin my plans!" he said to himself.
He screamed and jumped back when a cloud of purple erupted in front of him. He shook his head slowly.
"You should be dead by now!" he shouted at Kurt and Raven, clenching his hands tightly.
"Not vithout you!" Kurt snarled, narrowing his eyes. "Ve are one big happy family now, brother. Und you know vhat zhey say about family? Blood is zhicker zhan vater!" Turning his head to Raven he smiled and tilted his head to one side towards Graydon. "Mutter?" Raising her hand, Raven showed Graydon that she was holding a loaded crossbow.
Everyone watched anxiously as the three powerful Gifted focused all of their powers and energy into tearing the crystal apart. Margali's hair was raised slightly, as if there was a strong breeze blowing by that only affected her. Erik's eyes were wide open and glowing bright blue as he gritted his teeth a bit. They were both fine, it was Charles that everyone was worried about.
The telepath was not looking good at all. He was breaking out into a heavy sweat and the veins on his head were starting to stick up and looking very purple at the moment. His body was trembling as he entered the mind of every Gifted person alive, trying to ignore everything in there as he focused on Cerebro.
Very slowly, a crack started to appear on the side of the crystal. The crack seemed to dance it swerved and moved all over its surface, looping around and turning in awkward angles a bit. When it finally stopped, everyone clapped their hands to their ears as they heard a loud piercing screech in their minds.
All over the world, Gifted fell to their knees as a loud screeching noise rang out in their heads, the sound slowly getting louder and louder. No one knew what was going on and some thought they were dying at that moment.
The crystal was starting to glow on its own, the colors going from gold to silver swiftly. The flashes of colors kept going faster and faster until they both shone together, making Warren's ears start to bleed badly. With the loud sound like glass shattering, Cerebro broke into pieces. Charles collapsed to the ground with a moan, his ears and nose bleeding badly.
"Is he dead?" Scott asked as Logan scooped him up.
"That's not our problem right now." Logan said, leaving the room at a run. "We need to get out of here!" The fire had spread wildly by now, the stars starting to catch fire next. Narrowing his eyes, Logan backed up and tried to figure out how they were going to get out of here.
Logan's answer teleported beside him with his pointed ears bleeding slightly. Grabbing Logan quickly, Kurt teleported outside and left him and Raven near a tree far from the fire. Teleporting wildly back and forth, Kurt got everyone out before he passed out, both from the exertion from the rapid teleports and the wounds he had suffered from before.
They watched the fire envelope the entire castle, taking everyone inside with it; including the body of Graydon, an arrow in his throat. Looking down at Charles and Kurt, Logan had Piotr pick Charles up as he picked Kurt up and they headed back to their hideout.