Do you know who I am, punk? I'm the worst nightmare you ever had, kind that made you wake up screaming for your mother...
-The Dark Knight Triumph.
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Smoke, blood, and fear was thick in the air, crimson puddles of blood faded into streams of pink from the bodies of dead soldiers lying about the mansion grounds. Rain fell heavily making it difficult to see, making the ground soft and spongy and hard to walk on.
Logan scowled surveying the area, suddenly the flesh around his shoulder exploded outward in a mass of skin and blood. Screaming in pain, Logan grabbed his shoulder as he turned around receiving another bullet to the head. The wounds quickly healed over to the dismay of the soldier standing in front of him holding his gun up with shaky hands.
Logan bared his teeth angrily, "Bad move, bub."
"Oh God…" The man muttered shooting off another round of bullets only to watch the wounds they inflicted heal over in front of his very eyes.
Logan snarled out lunging for the young soldier and thrust his claws into the belly of the oncoming soldier, "Ya shouldn't have done that." He growled turning his hand slightly.
The soldier cried out, blood running out of his mouth as Logan pulled away swiftly letting the body hit the ground with a harsh thud.
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Elsewhere, Virginia watched from behind a tree as the red flashes of Scott's optic beams suddenly stopped. Frowning she turned her attention on the unfortunate soldier racing up to the mansion and concentrated. The soldier stopped dead in his tracks, she concentrated harder and the scream that filled the air made even her skin crawl.
'Virginia!'
She turned as a large wolfish dog ran up to her; his coat matted with blood and dirt, his yellow eyes sharper than ever.
"Luke!?" She hissed kneeling next to the wolf, "What are you doing out here? I thought-"
'He's with Lance, now shut-up and listen to me!' He barked flashing her his teeth.
Virginia winced, "Okay, sorry."
'There's an all-out attack on mutants at the moment, everywhere and not just here,' Virginia gasped silently, 'Xavier's ordering everyone into the underground tunnels right now. You come across anyone I haven't seen yet-'
"I'll tell them, don't worry." She cut in wiping the rainwater from her eyes.
Luke nodded then took off running into the woods; barking and screams of agony were heard only moments later. Virginia swallowed thickly and took off in search of the secret passage to the underground tunnels.
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"Please don't let me die here…" Scott sobbed weakly.
His right arm was completely gone leaving only a jagged bone jutting out from his shoulder.
Jean pulled his other arm over her shoulders, "We won't Scott, just hold tight." She glanced over at a stunned Rogue; just moments earlier Scott had been defending off three soldiers when one came out of nowhere and shot Scott's arm off with several well-aimed bullets.
"Snap out of it Rogue!" She shouted over the pounding rain and spray of bullets whizzing around them.
Rogue blinked then rushed to Scott's other side, quickly ripping off part of a dead soldier's shirt, she pressed the fabric to Scott's arm in hopes of stopping the blood. Scott howled out in pain and passed out.
"We need to get him into the tunnels." Rogue frowned helping Jean guide Scott's limp form towards the mansion.
Jean nodded, her eyes trailing over to the red blur racing for the mansion. The crack of a gun going off halted the blur and it tumbled to the ground into a heap.
"Oh my God, was that Virginia?" Rogue gasped pausing in step.
"Don't stop!" Jean shouted quickening her pace.
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Disarming a soldier and shooting him with his own gun, Batman was finding it harder and harder to keep the animalistic rage inside himself any longer. He shot off a couple more rounds into the corpse before tossing the empty gun to the ground. A blur of red caught his eye; it was Virginia running up to the mansion. A soldier suddenly jumped out of the bushes and fired his gun, Virginia tumbled to the ground mud spraying everywhere.
"NO!" Batman shouted pulling out a bat-shaped throwing star and chucked it at the soldier nailing him in the neck. The soldier let out a gargled scream and fell over, drowning in a pool of rain and blood.
Snorting, he turned and quickly made his way over to Virginia.
"Virginia?" He gasped kneeling down by her side and tried to move her.
Pain jolted through Virginia's back, "Wait!" She grabbed onto his arm, "Go…go to…tunnel." She whispered, blood running down her chin and washed away by the rain.
"You're going with me," Bruce frowned pulling his mask off, "You have to tell me where it is."
Virginia smiled weakly, "You have such pretty eyes, you know?" She whispered softly falling unconscious.
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