Authors NOTE: Hey Rogue151, thanks for always reviewing. Any idea how to attract more readers to this fic? Should I rewrite the summary (personally I think I wrote it poorly).
A moment of silence existed that seemed to last forever as every second the tension rose between the teams having, what seemed, a stare down. Both sides were ready for battle. Storm and Jean were hovering high above and below them were Sunfire, with a flame on each hand, and Siryn, all four ready for and to attack. Multiple, after a hard nudge in the ribs from Lifeguard, had split himself into six Jamies. Lifeguard was coated in plates of gold metal and her eyes were glowing as a few numerous abilities were taking place within her. Those who had started the fight were facing off as well, sided with the X-men of course. Iceman was iced up, a couple fireworks crackled in Jubilee's palms, Betsy held her arms at her sides and both hands balled into fists as the right hand had a glowing pink knife surrounding it. Now that Storm had arrived, a small opening was present in the clouds as Sunspot powered up.
The Brotherhood and Acolytes were just as ready, with the exception of the currently unconscious Avalanche. Gambit held a glowing card in each hand, Colossus was still coated in metal, Pyro was wielding twisters of fire straight into the air, and Wanda's hands glowed, ready to fire hex bolts. An orb that was a magnetic field surrounded Magneto, and Boom Boom now had a handful of time bombs. The others, Toad, Blob, Quicksilver and the White Queen were already ready.
Rogue, again, took the initiative and stretched her arms forward. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head as the ground beneath the opposing side rumbled. Wanda, not wanting that to start again, attacked her with a hex bolt. It only lasted for a second as Siryn began to scream once more. Unfortunately for her, a couple others were ready for this particular assault and Toad slimed her; that made her unable to even open her mouth. This was only the start.
Iceman and Jean took on Pyro and Colossus, going back and forth. If Iceman froze one then the other would break them out in a matter of seconds. Jean was able to protect herself and Iceman as every now and then she would throw them backward.
Cyclops was attempting to subdue Blob but wasn't very successful, even with help from Cannonball. Sunfire was going back and forth between that fight and the one going on against Magneto. This was the most focused part of the attack with Storm, Lifeguard, Sunfire, Shadowcat, and Nightcrawler against him. Shadowcat and Nightcrawler were more of the defensive side and were either phasing or teleporting people or objects away. Storm was careful not to cause any downpours because otherwise Sunfire's attack would be useless. She was using winds and icy temperatures to subdue him, Sunfire was hurling huge fireballs, and Lifeguard was generating sparks of electricity that she had just developed. Even with five against one, Magneto was doing quite well. Everyone had to dodge flying metal debris that was spinning around them.
Not too far off the Wolverine was tangling with the Cajun. Whenever he got a chance, Gambit would charge up a card and throw it into Logan's face to distract him. This did not put Wolverine out of the game; he was just getting warmed up.
Quicksilver, Boom Boom and a slightly distracted Toad were facing off with those who were left, Multiple, Jubilee and a currently power-deprived Sunspot. Quicksilver danced circles around the six Multiples who were trying to tackle him but failing sorely. Boom Boom was generating one time bomb at a time and tossing one at Jubilee then another and another, keeping her on her toes. Jubilee was only able to throw spurts of fireworks, which was no more affective than a light show because they didn't have enough force.
"I grow weary of this!" Emma shouted, "It ends… now!" She let loose a mental bolt of psionic energies, and hit Betsy head-on. Betsy closed her eyes and gritted her teeth as she used her mind to hold back the attack, but she was fading fast. There was some sort of automatic rivalry between the White Queen and Betsy, almost instinctual. They had resumed their battle after the others had arrived, and the inexperienced recruit was still losing. "It is impossible to resist, small one! My powers are too far advanced for your trivial ones. All you are doing is delaying the inevitable." She smiled as she said this with most certain confidence, for it was true that Emma was a powerful psionic.
"Fine then. If you play to your strengths…" Betsy said with difficulty "then, I'll play to MINE!!" At that she leapt forward to lay on some of her moves she learned when training with Logan, starting with a kick in the gut. That was the only move that worked though because the next moves Betsy performed, a remarkable set of jabs and kicks, were ineffective. The White Queen's skin had a different air about it, almost as if it had crystallized. This was the other of her powers, turning her skin into a diamond hard substance at will. Betsy could only stare, overwhelmed by the fact that her attack could not affect her opponent. Frost returned to normal and hit Betsy with another psychic bolt.
Up in the Blackbird, Xavier watched his students battling against Magneto's troops. He did not want it to come to this, a fight instead of peace, but he had no choice. Some of them he knew had the power to protect themselves, and just couldn't or wouldn't tap into it for their own reasons. He saw Betsy down there fighting against the teenaged White Queen and knew it was quite an equal fight, but Betsy just hadn't used her full power yet. Wolverine was doing quite fine, his usual; he was impressed with Rogue taking the initiative to level out the playing field. Lifeguard was struggling, Xavier knew that she had the potential except she did not have the best handle on her abilities yet, especially in stressful situations. He never expected that his New Recruits would have to go into battle so soon.
Rogue was running around, dodging Wanda's powers as much as she could while trying to get to Siryn.
"Ah've got to get that slime off her face." Rogue thought to herself. Just that one thought was enough to distract her and once again Wanda held her with a hex bolt. Very slowly Rogue walked forward and got closer and closer to the Scarlet Witch. She reached out her hands, inches from her face when a whip of wind hit her and she found herself about a hundred feet away, but that was not a gust of wind, it was none other than Quicksilver. Knowing his sister's power he did NOT want them to be used against him and his teammates. Regrettably, he realized a little too late that his bare hand had brushed against the back of her hand where her gloves did not cover. Needless to say that the skin contact lasted long enough to knock him unconscious. Now ignoring Wanda, Rogue began running in a tight circle around Pyro, causing him to be suspended in the air by a twister that she made.
This battle went back and forth, Magneto, X-men, Magneto, X-men, the upper hand being tossed about. Every now and then the others could not help but look upon the fight between Betsy and the White Queen, and Betsy was definitely not the one who was winning. Quite bruised, she still put up a fight, never giving into the psionic blasts that bombarded her. For the third time Emma hardened herself to defend from physical attack. Then she returned to her normal state and fired another psionic blast.
"Wait a minute…" Betsy whispered under her breath. She realized something but didn't form it into coherent thoughts so that her opponent would not pick them up. With a look of determination Betsy lunged, once again, for the White Queen. She hardened and Betsy felt like she hit was hitting a boulder. While she kept her physical attacks going and sustaining the toll it took on her hands, she than shot out her own psionic blast. Emma screamed in agony and gripped her head in pain, as her body automatically returned to its normal state. Betsy had realized that while in her rock solid state she could not use her psychic abilities, putting her at a vulnerable state. "Take that, 'your highness'." She replied as she gave Emma a kick in the side, making her roll over onto her back.
Suddenly, Betsy felt some sort of foreign prick in her mind, a presence of something or someone that had not been in the vicinity before. She was not the only to feel it. Jean had placed her telekinesis on pause as she focused on this… sensation. The Professor also felt it, as did the pained White Queen. To the psychics, what seemed like long hours was only mere moments and before they knew it…
"Alright, everybody freeze!" A dictating voice shouted as the sound of dozens of guns cocking filled the air. All of those in battle looked around to see that many police squads, swat teams, and more and surrounded them and carried heavy artillery. "Now, all you mutants come quietly and nobody will die!"