I've mentioned this before and I thought I'd do it again. I suck at
battles. That's why it's taking me so long to get to it. This chapter isn't
SO important, but it does set things up so that the battle can take place
in the next couple of chapters.
Phoenix flew above her armies with a feeling of triumph. There was nothing those puny little Gods could do to stop her. Look how easy she had taken out that weakling Pyro. The rest of them would fall just as easily as he had. Her thunderous laugh echoed over the ethereal planes.
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Domino shuddered when she heard the sound of her mother's laugh. She knew, intellectually that the laugh did not come from her mother. It was a harsh and evil laugh; there was none of the joy that was so much a part of her mother's usual laugh.
The Goddess of Life looked at those assembled in the shambles of Jean's old rooms. Their faces were all tense, and the frowns on their faces seemed unnatural. They all thought they were doomed. Iceman, God of the Sky, and her husband were the only ones to see her leave.
Walking quickly out of the room, Domino headed down the hall to the rooms of her last sibling left, Cable, the God of War. When she came to his room she lifted her hand and was about to knock when her husband Nightcrawler grabbed her wrist. "What do you think you're doing?"
Domino sighed, and turned to face her love, "I'm trying to save our lives. The Pantheon is so afraid they can hardly think. We need help, and I am not going to shut my entire generation out of this conflict just to make the Pantheon happy. I'm getting us help!"
Nightcrawler pulled Domino into his arms. "I agree that we need help," he said into her midnight black hair. "I just don't know if Cable is the one we should be going to."
Domino pulled back a little and smiled, "If the God of War can't help us, who can?"
Nightcrawler shook his head, "When you're right you're right. Go on then, knock. Just remember that I was the voice of reason here."
Domino shook her head and knocked on her brother's door. Nothing happened, so Domino started pounding on the door and yelling, "Cable! I know you're in there! You can't hide from a Goddess! I can feel life energies! Open the door. NOW!"
Finally Domino heard the click of a door being unlocked and a haggard looking Cable opened the door. "Brother, you look like shit!"
Cable grimaced, "Thanks sis, love you too. Nightcrawler, good to see you." Cable extended his hand and Nightcrawler shook it. "So, what do you guys want?"
Domino turned to her husband, "It's kinda a long story."
Cable looked between the two of them, "I got time, come on in."
Domino took one look around the room and grimaced in distaste. "Were is Meltdown?" she asked quickly, not wanting to voice her opinions on his hygiene.
"Out wreaking havoc I suppose. There's an army coming this way so she's trying her best to slow them down."
Domino's mouth dropped. She sputtered, "Wha? Huh? 'Scuse me?"
Cable laughed at the expression on his sister's face, "She was at the meeting of the Pantheon remember? She came right back here as soon as the rest of you went to Jean's room and told me everything."
Nightcrawler chuckled, "Well then, the story isn't as long as I thought it would be."
Domino glared at her husband and brother. "We have to help the Pantheon."
"Did they ask for it?" Cable asked seriously.
Domino was puzzled, "No.why?"
Cable sighed wearily, "I guess it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission. All right, if we want to help, we have to get everyone involved. Our generation and that of our children have to be involved."
"You want me to get my daughters involved in this?" Domino demanded angrily.
Cable laughed, "One of your daughters is the Goddess of the Hunt, sis. I'm not really asking for a lot."
Nightcrawler grinned, "And Nocturne is as good a warrior as Blink is." Seeing his wife's expression he lost his grin. "Hon, I know that you're afraid for them, but we need all the help we can get. You said so yourself."
"Go ahead, throw words back in my face," Domino growled, but didn't make a move to refute him.
Cable nodded, "Alright, let's gather together our generation, and our children's. Let's go."
Domino and Nightcrawler went first to their two children, Blink and Nocturne, who were chasing Mortals out of the Sacred Wood, the forest that Blink had claimed for her own. Blink was the first to spot them walking towards them. She ran for them and leapt into Domino's arms while Nocturne did a flying leap into her father's. When each daughter let go, they jumped into the arms of their other parent. Standing back from their children, Domino and Nightcrawler lost their smiles. "We have some bad news."
Blink and Nocturne were the first of the Fourth Generation to hear the news of Jean's insanity. After their parents left them they went and informed their mates; Blink spoke to her lover Mimic, and Nocturne went to her lover Skin.
This went on all day, Cable and Meltdown and Nightcrawler and Domino together told all the generations of Jean's condition. The meeting of these generations was much more to the point than that of their elders. All that had to be decided was when to join the fight. And that was easy.
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Iceman, God of the Sky, had watched Domino and Nightcrawler leave. He was glad that they had gone. He knew that they were not leaving to avoid the fighting; they left to get help. Of all of the Ruling Pantheon he and his brother Gambit were the most open-minded and as such did not mind getting help from their "inferiors," especially if the help came from their children. Iceman did not have his own children, but he did love the Goddess of the Stars, a "Lesser God" in the minds of his generation.
Iceman smiled, and hoped that the Goddess of Life and her husband would be able to get the other generations to cooperate. Little did he know that that was not really an issue.at all.
He spent the day lost in his own thoughts and he turned back to the window only when his other love, Jubilee's mother Psylocke tightened her grip on his arm. "They're coming faster now."
Colossus turned an unbelieving look on the Goddess of the Moon, and she could swear he wanted to say, "duh," but kept his mouth shut. All he said was, "We can see that."
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Phoenix moved her troops faster and faster; her anticipation of destroying those pesky, interfering Gods was wearing away at her already fragile patience. She could almost taste the victory. She goaded her troops to run faster.
Soon enough she could see the spiraled towers of the Palace of the Gods. She started screaming "ATTACK!!!"
Phoenix flew above her armies with a feeling of triumph. There was nothing those puny little Gods could do to stop her. Look how easy she had taken out that weakling Pyro. The rest of them would fall just as easily as he had. Her thunderous laugh echoed over the ethereal planes.
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Domino shuddered when she heard the sound of her mother's laugh. She knew, intellectually that the laugh did not come from her mother. It was a harsh and evil laugh; there was none of the joy that was so much a part of her mother's usual laugh.
The Goddess of Life looked at those assembled in the shambles of Jean's old rooms. Their faces were all tense, and the frowns on their faces seemed unnatural. They all thought they were doomed. Iceman, God of the Sky, and her husband were the only ones to see her leave.
Walking quickly out of the room, Domino headed down the hall to the rooms of her last sibling left, Cable, the God of War. When she came to his room she lifted her hand and was about to knock when her husband Nightcrawler grabbed her wrist. "What do you think you're doing?"
Domino sighed, and turned to face her love, "I'm trying to save our lives. The Pantheon is so afraid they can hardly think. We need help, and I am not going to shut my entire generation out of this conflict just to make the Pantheon happy. I'm getting us help!"
Nightcrawler pulled Domino into his arms. "I agree that we need help," he said into her midnight black hair. "I just don't know if Cable is the one we should be going to."
Domino pulled back a little and smiled, "If the God of War can't help us, who can?"
Nightcrawler shook his head, "When you're right you're right. Go on then, knock. Just remember that I was the voice of reason here."
Domino shook her head and knocked on her brother's door. Nothing happened, so Domino started pounding on the door and yelling, "Cable! I know you're in there! You can't hide from a Goddess! I can feel life energies! Open the door. NOW!"
Finally Domino heard the click of a door being unlocked and a haggard looking Cable opened the door. "Brother, you look like shit!"
Cable grimaced, "Thanks sis, love you too. Nightcrawler, good to see you." Cable extended his hand and Nightcrawler shook it. "So, what do you guys want?"
Domino turned to her husband, "It's kinda a long story."
Cable looked between the two of them, "I got time, come on in."
Domino took one look around the room and grimaced in distaste. "Were is Meltdown?" she asked quickly, not wanting to voice her opinions on his hygiene.
"Out wreaking havoc I suppose. There's an army coming this way so she's trying her best to slow them down."
Domino's mouth dropped. She sputtered, "Wha? Huh? 'Scuse me?"
Cable laughed at the expression on his sister's face, "She was at the meeting of the Pantheon remember? She came right back here as soon as the rest of you went to Jean's room and told me everything."
Nightcrawler chuckled, "Well then, the story isn't as long as I thought it would be."
Domino glared at her husband and brother. "We have to help the Pantheon."
"Did they ask for it?" Cable asked seriously.
Domino was puzzled, "No.why?"
Cable sighed wearily, "I guess it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission. All right, if we want to help, we have to get everyone involved. Our generation and that of our children have to be involved."
"You want me to get my daughters involved in this?" Domino demanded angrily.
Cable laughed, "One of your daughters is the Goddess of the Hunt, sis. I'm not really asking for a lot."
Nightcrawler grinned, "And Nocturne is as good a warrior as Blink is." Seeing his wife's expression he lost his grin. "Hon, I know that you're afraid for them, but we need all the help we can get. You said so yourself."
"Go ahead, throw words back in my face," Domino growled, but didn't make a move to refute him.
Cable nodded, "Alright, let's gather together our generation, and our children's. Let's go."
Domino and Nightcrawler went first to their two children, Blink and Nocturne, who were chasing Mortals out of the Sacred Wood, the forest that Blink had claimed for her own. Blink was the first to spot them walking towards them. She ran for them and leapt into Domino's arms while Nocturne did a flying leap into her father's. When each daughter let go, they jumped into the arms of their other parent. Standing back from their children, Domino and Nightcrawler lost their smiles. "We have some bad news."
Blink and Nocturne were the first of the Fourth Generation to hear the news of Jean's insanity. After their parents left them they went and informed their mates; Blink spoke to her lover Mimic, and Nocturne went to her lover Skin.
This went on all day, Cable and Meltdown and Nightcrawler and Domino together told all the generations of Jean's condition. The meeting of these generations was much more to the point than that of their elders. All that had to be decided was when to join the fight. And that was easy.
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Iceman, God of the Sky, had watched Domino and Nightcrawler leave. He was glad that they had gone. He knew that they were not leaving to avoid the fighting; they left to get help. Of all of the Ruling Pantheon he and his brother Gambit were the most open-minded and as such did not mind getting help from their "inferiors," especially if the help came from their children. Iceman did not have his own children, but he did love the Goddess of the Stars, a "Lesser God" in the minds of his generation.
Iceman smiled, and hoped that the Goddess of Life and her husband would be able to get the other generations to cooperate. Little did he know that that was not really an issue.at all.
He spent the day lost in his own thoughts and he turned back to the window only when his other love, Jubilee's mother Psylocke tightened her grip on his arm. "They're coming faster now."
Colossus turned an unbelieving look on the Goddess of the Moon, and she could swear he wanted to say, "duh," but kept his mouth shut. All he said was, "We can see that."
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Phoenix moved her troops faster and faster; her anticipation of destroying those pesky, interfering Gods was wearing away at her already fragile patience. She could almost taste the victory. She goaded her troops to run faster.
Soon enough she could see the spiraled towers of the Palace of the Gods. She started screaming "ATTACK!!!"