A/U: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, or if you prefer, HAPPY SINGLES AWARNESS DAY! This is my present to all you a little later than I expected but hey at least I didn't keep ya waiting that long. Hope ya all like this chapter.
Mia: Thanks for the reviews! I'm glad you like the story. Sorry for taking so long to update it. Well still not much for Jubilee in this chapter, but as a special sneak peek I'll tell you that she play's an important role in chapter 12 so stay tuned!
Lds_sunshine girl: Hey sister! Thanks for the review. I was very pleased with how Xavier's mind trick worked on Aragorn. BYW, can you send me your e-mail address again. Since my move up to Rexburg I haven't been able to have access to my files at home so I don't have it anymore. Thanks
Chapter 11
The Sum of all Fears
"LET ALL BE WARNED THAT THE LORDS OF GONDOR ARE HERE!" Boromir yelled as he blew into the Horn of Gondor.
"Here they come!" Wolverine growled as the orcs began to smash the windows in and force themselves over the barricade that they had constructed.
"Good!" Gimli hooted bringing his ax down on the first unlucky orc to enter the mansion. Group two began to attack with all the fury they could muster. The first wave of orcs didn't even make it through the windows as they were hewn down by the defenders. The second wave didn't stand much chance either, yet they still persisted
"We must contain the battle in here!" Aragorn yelled while fighting slashing at anything moving in a window. The orcs were pounding on the main door which was barricaded by furniture One of the windows was suddenly ripped apart as an steel-clad troll began to tear his way through. Orcs were at it's heels eagerly awaiting a larger entrance.
"Great another one of these!" Wolverine growled as he ran and leapt at the monster. The troll recoiled as Wolverine slashed at it. But he was in turn pulled outside of the mansion. The mutant barely noticed howling as he slashed through the beasts armor. It suddenly fell moaning in pain. The orcs swarmed around the mutant who was on top.
"Wolverine!" Gimli shouted running toward the window but was stopped by Psylocke.
"Don't worry love, he can handle himself." she said. Her words were confirmed by the pile of bodies that now surrounded the mutant who showed no signs of stopping.
"Curses!" Gimli cried "he'll have the largest count by far!"
Some orcs had managed to enter in larger numbers and each warrior now found that they had several opponents to deal with. Boromir brought his sword down on an orc which was sneaking up on Psylocke. She turned to look at him as the creature fell.
"Just protecting your back" he said
"Really? Because I thought that you were staring at it." she smirked as Boromir went dumbfounded. Her eyes narrowed she suddenly ran at Boromir and leapt over top of him. There was a flash of red light as her psychic knife fried the brain of an attacking orc behind him. Gambit and Legolas suddenly came running down the stairs. The Cajun threw a hail of kinetically charged stones he had collected from the rubble on the roof. Legolas began with his knife work. Spinning around and slaughtering any orcs unfortunate enough to get in his way.
"Legolas!" Aragorn yelled "Where are the others?"
"Rogue took them to the infirmary!." the elf replied amidst the battle. "Storm was hit by an arrow, Jean and Cyclops are both unconscious."
"We cannot hold them forever!" Aragorn said as he smashed into a group of orcs attempting to enter through a window.
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"What happened!?" Sam asked as Rogue suddenly flew into the infirmary holding Cyclops, Jean, and Storm. "We heard an explosion."
Rogue looked at the hobbits and Jubilee who was with them. They were gathered around Pippin who still lay unconscious on a bed. She quickly put Storm in a bed next to him. Jubilee gasped to see the arrow wound. "They got inside," Rogue finally said as she put Cyclops down next to Jean. The southern mutant went to a screen and activated it, Beast appeared, the hobbits and Jubilee gathered around.
"Hank we need you up here! Storm's hurt!" she said. The other mutant looked up with a face of indecision.
"Rogue we have two options at the present time. I can come up and aid Storm or I can stay here and finish unlocking the security system. How grievous is her wound?"
"Ah don' know?" Rogue replied "She got hit in the shoulder with an arrow."
Beast thought for a moment. "I'll be up right away!"
"No." Cyclops suddenly groaned as he struggled to get up "Beast get that security system up."
"But what about Storm?" Rogue asked.
"If those orcs succeed it won't matter." he said finally sitting up. "Now come on we have to go help."
"But you cant'…" she said but he wouldn't hear it. As he got up holding his head, but then turned toward the door.
"Lets go." he said as he walked out with Rogue at his tail protesting. Jubilee and the hobbits looked at Beast on the screen. They then turned back to see that the room had one less occupant than they had thought.
"PIPPIN!" Merry cried as they turned to see his empty bed. The hobbit had vanished.
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"They've broken through the front door!" Aragorn yelled "Quickly! We must stop them!" as he rushed to face the orcs now pouring in through the broken entryway. He was joined by Gimli and Nightcrawler. The main assault of the orcs had been moved from the windows which were well protected and next to impossible to get past, to the front wide door. Once it was broken down many orcs could enter the building at once. The three did their best to stem the tide but it was not going well. Orcs were beginning to pour into the mansion. It was only a matter of time before they overwhelmed the defenders. A troll made its way Aragorn rushed at the creature but didn't make it as it was suddenly blindsided by a one of Rouge's fists. Aragorn and Gimli took the opportunity and rushed the creature, stabbing and chopping. The creature tried to get up but was finally stopped as a some glowing debris was flung at it and exploded.
"We have to get a new barricade up" Cyclops' voice came, trying to organize the defense.
"There's too many!" Rogue yelled as she slammed her fists frantically against anything that moved.
"Gimli," Aragorn said looking to the dwarf, who met his gaze.
"Aye lad!" he said excitedly holding up his axe.
"Cyclops!" Aragorn yelled "We'll give you the time that you need." the ranger let out a yell as both him and Gimli charged at the entrance but stopped just short as the flow orcs was suddenly halted from before them. torn and slashed clothing Wolverine had also made his way to the front door. It suddenly became a battle not to get in the mansion but to get past him. He had gone into berserker fury and was almost a inhuman force of death. Any orcs that approached were quickly hewn down.
"Regroup!" Aragorn yelled to the rest of the defenders "Wolverine has given us a chance."
The others quickly assembled "Legolas, I want you to get down to Frodo. Keep him safe, Boromir, I want you with Gimli and me, we need to barricade the door. Once we've done that Nightcrawler will bring Wolverine inside."
"Don't worry about me bub!" Wolverine yelled amidst the pile of bodies and frenzied orcs outside. "I can handle anything these creeps can throw at m…" he never finished his sentence as a sword was suddenly plunged into his stomach. The Witch King wailed in triumph as he pulled the blade away. Wolverine fell to his knees. None of the orcs advanced all afraid to be in the way of their captain in his moment of triumph.
"Now filthy animal," he breathed. "You will die." he raised his sword to strike. It was met by Aragorn's barely above the fallen mutant's head.
"You will not harm him." the ranger said defiantly "and you will not enter into this place. Aragorn pushed the wraith back. He quickly struck causing the wraith to parry, and to take a step backward.
"Nightcrawler!" he yelled.
The fuzzy mutant appeared suddenly grabbed onto Wolverine and was gone. A makeshift barrier of furniture was almost up.
"Fool," the Witch King hissed "Now you are all alone. I will kill you and then my army will strew your body across this place. Until there is nothing left."
"That is where your wrong." Aragorn said charging. The Witch King swung his sword which Aragorn parried but was pushed back as well.
"You bested me on Weathertop but not tonight" the Wraith hissed, striking at Aragorn mercilessly "No element of surprise tonight and no fire." Aragorn cried out as he suddenly swung his blade and brought it down on the Witch King's sword knocking it from his hand. Wasting no time, he then plunged his blade into the creature's chest. The Lord of the Nazgul merely laughed hideously.
"No man can kill me." he bellowed.
"I wasn't trying." Aragorn replied in an instant Nightcrawler appeared and Aragorn was gone. The Witch King looked around to find him. His gaze moved to a window on the second floor there was a faint light that suddenly illuminated as a red glowing couch was pushed out on top of him by Gambit and Cyclops.
"goodbye friend," he said as the it exploded sending Witch King flying backward setting his robes on fire. The orcs now confused began to rush the mansion all at once with no clear strategy. It was then that metal barriers went crashing down over the windows and the doors. The orcs stammered around in confusion. Clueless as to what was happening. The ground underneath them opened up as gun turrets revealed themselves and began to open fire leveling the battlefield. The mansion security system had been activated. Bullets and Lasers sliced through armor. The remaining Ringwraith's were mown down. Chaos erupted as the army began a bewildered retreat.
"Beast you did it!" Cyclops yelled in his communicator.
"Your adulation is most appreciated o fearless leader." Beast replied. "All the security systems are now fully operational."
"Run a scan of the area." Cyclops said "We need to see how far they retreat and where they go."
"Running the scan now," Beast said there was a sudden pause Beast didn't say anything.
"Beast what's wrong!" Cyclops said
"Oh my stars and garters." the other mutant finally said. "We have to get Frodo away n…" the communicator suddenly shorted out.
"Beast! Beast!" Cyclops yelled.
He quickly ran down the stairs to see the Fellowship and the X-men gathered around the hobbits and Jubilee who looked very worried,
"Cyclops" Frodo said "Pippin's missing."
"Can any of you contact Beast?" the x-man said. Rogue pulled out her communicator but theree was only static.
"What's goen on?" she asked.
"I don't know but we have to get Frodo away. Beast was trying to tell me something. Quick we have to get to the hanger. There was a sudden sound coming from the door. They all turned to see it beginning to twist and bend.
"What sorcery is this?" Boromir gasped. Aragorn stepped in front of Frodo.
"Stay with me." he said to the hobbit. Legolas and Gimli also stepped in front.
"Oh no," Cyclops said as the door gave a deafening crash as it was torn away.
"Greetings, X-men!" the voice came as the master of magnetism as he floated through the now open doorway. "Would any of you happen to know anything about a magic ring?"
Next time: Magneto finally makes his bid to take the Ring, plus we find out what happened to Xavier. I'll try to have it done by the end of next week. So until then remember, plenty of reviews make the typing go faster!
Mia: Thanks for the reviews! I'm glad you like the story. Sorry for taking so long to update it. Well still not much for Jubilee in this chapter, but as a special sneak peek I'll tell you that she play's an important role in chapter 12 so stay tuned!
Lds_sunshine girl: Hey sister! Thanks for the review. I was very pleased with how Xavier's mind trick worked on Aragorn. BYW, can you send me your e-mail address again. Since my move up to Rexburg I haven't been able to have access to my files at home so I don't have it anymore. Thanks
Chapter 11
The Sum of all Fears
"LET ALL BE WARNED THAT THE LORDS OF GONDOR ARE HERE!" Boromir yelled as he blew into the Horn of Gondor.
"Here they come!" Wolverine growled as the orcs began to smash the windows in and force themselves over the barricade that they had constructed.
"Good!" Gimli hooted bringing his ax down on the first unlucky orc to enter the mansion. Group two began to attack with all the fury they could muster. The first wave of orcs didn't even make it through the windows as they were hewn down by the defenders. The second wave didn't stand much chance either, yet they still persisted
"We must contain the battle in here!" Aragorn yelled while fighting slashing at anything moving in a window. The orcs were pounding on the main door which was barricaded by furniture One of the windows was suddenly ripped apart as an steel-clad troll began to tear his way through. Orcs were at it's heels eagerly awaiting a larger entrance.
"Great another one of these!" Wolverine growled as he ran and leapt at the monster. The troll recoiled as Wolverine slashed at it. But he was in turn pulled outside of the mansion. The mutant barely noticed howling as he slashed through the beasts armor. It suddenly fell moaning in pain. The orcs swarmed around the mutant who was on top.
"Wolverine!" Gimli shouted running toward the window but was stopped by Psylocke.
"Don't worry love, he can handle himself." she said. Her words were confirmed by the pile of bodies that now surrounded the mutant who showed no signs of stopping.
"Curses!" Gimli cried "he'll have the largest count by far!"
Some orcs had managed to enter in larger numbers and each warrior now found that they had several opponents to deal with. Boromir brought his sword down on an orc which was sneaking up on Psylocke. She turned to look at him as the creature fell.
"Just protecting your back" he said
"Really? Because I thought that you were staring at it." she smirked as Boromir went dumbfounded. Her eyes narrowed she suddenly ran at Boromir and leapt over top of him. There was a flash of red light as her psychic knife fried the brain of an attacking orc behind him. Gambit and Legolas suddenly came running down the stairs. The Cajun threw a hail of kinetically charged stones he had collected from the rubble on the roof. Legolas began with his knife work. Spinning around and slaughtering any orcs unfortunate enough to get in his way.
"Legolas!" Aragorn yelled "Where are the others?"
"Rogue took them to the infirmary!." the elf replied amidst the battle. "Storm was hit by an arrow, Jean and Cyclops are both unconscious."
"We cannot hold them forever!" Aragorn said as he smashed into a group of orcs attempting to enter through a window.
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"What happened!?" Sam asked as Rogue suddenly flew into the infirmary holding Cyclops, Jean, and Storm. "We heard an explosion."
Rogue looked at the hobbits and Jubilee who was with them. They were gathered around Pippin who still lay unconscious on a bed. She quickly put Storm in a bed next to him. Jubilee gasped to see the arrow wound. "They got inside," Rogue finally said as she put Cyclops down next to Jean. The southern mutant went to a screen and activated it, Beast appeared, the hobbits and Jubilee gathered around.
"Hank we need you up here! Storm's hurt!" she said. The other mutant looked up with a face of indecision.
"Rogue we have two options at the present time. I can come up and aid Storm or I can stay here and finish unlocking the security system. How grievous is her wound?"
"Ah don' know?" Rogue replied "She got hit in the shoulder with an arrow."
Beast thought for a moment. "I'll be up right away!"
"No." Cyclops suddenly groaned as he struggled to get up "Beast get that security system up."
"But what about Storm?" Rogue asked.
"If those orcs succeed it won't matter." he said finally sitting up. "Now come on we have to go help."
"But you cant'…" she said but he wouldn't hear it. As he got up holding his head, but then turned toward the door.
"Lets go." he said as he walked out with Rogue at his tail protesting. Jubilee and the hobbits looked at Beast on the screen. They then turned back to see that the room had one less occupant than they had thought.
"PIPPIN!" Merry cried as they turned to see his empty bed. The hobbit had vanished.
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"They've broken through the front door!" Aragorn yelled "Quickly! We must stop them!" as he rushed to face the orcs now pouring in through the broken entryway. He was joined by Gimli and Nightcrawler. The main assault of the orcs had been moved from the windows which were well protected and next to impossible to get past, to the front wide door. Once it was broken down many orcs could enter the building at once. The three did their best to stem the tide but it was not going well. Orcs were beginning to pour into the mansion. It was only a matter of time before they overwhelmed the defenders. A troll made its way Aragorn rushed at the creature but didn't make it as it was suddenly blindsided by a one of Rouge's fists. Aragorn and Gimli took the opportunity and rushed the creature, stabbing and chopping. The creature tried to get up but was finally stopped as a some glowing debris was flung at it and exploded.
"We have to get a new barricade up" Cyclops' voice came, trying to organize the defense.
"There's too many!" Rogue yelled as she slammed her fists frantically against anything that moved.
"Gimli," Aragorn said looking to the dwarf, who met his gaze.
"Aye lad!" he said excitedly holding up his axe.
"Cyclops!" Aragorn yelled "We'll give you the time that you need." the ranger let out a yell as both him and Gimli charged at the entrance but stopped just short as the flow orcs was suddenly halted from before them. torn and slashed clothing Wolverine had also made his way to the front door. It suddenly became a battle not to get in the mansion but to get past him. He had gone into berserker fury and was almost a inhuman force of death. Any orcs that approached were quickly hewn down.
"Regroup!" Aragorn yelled to the rest of the defenders "Wolverine has given us a chance."
The others quickly assembled "Legolas, I want you to get down to Frodo. Keep him safe, Boromir, I want you with Gimli and me, we need to barricade the door. Once we've done that Nightcrawler will bring Wolverine inside."
"Don't worry about me bub!" Wolverine yelled amidst the pile of bodies and frenzied orcs outside. "I can handle anything these creeps can throw at m…" he never finished his sentence as a sword was suddenly plunged into his stomach. The Witch King wailed in triumph as he pulled the blade away. Wolverine fell to his knees. None of the orcs advanced all afraid to be in the way of their captain in his moment of triumph.
"Now filthy animal," he breathed. "You will die." he raised his sword to strike. It was met by Aragorn's barely above the fallen mutant's head.
"You will not harm him." the ranger said defiantly "and you will not enter into this place. Aragorn pushed the wraith back. He quickly struck causing the wraith to parry, and to take a step backward.
"Nightcrawler!" he yelled.
The fuzzy mutant appeared suddenly grabbed onto Wolverine and was gone. A makeshift barrier of furniture was almost up.
"Fool," the Witch King hissed "Now you are all alone. I will kill you and then my army will strew your body across this place. Until there is nothing left."
"That is where your wrong." Aragorn said charging. The Witch King swung his sword which Aragorn parried but was pushed back as well.
"You bested me on Weathertop but not tonight" the Wraith hissed, striking at Aragorn mercilessly "No element of surprise tonight and no fire." Aragorn cried out as he suddenly swung his blade and brought it down on the Witch King's sword knocking it from his hand. Wasting no time, he then plunged his blade into the creature's chest. The Lord of the Nazgul merely laughed hideously.
"No man can kill me." he bellowed.
"I wasn't trying." Aragorn replied in an instant Nightcrawler appeared and Aragorn was gone. The Witch King looked around to find him. His gaze moved to a window on the second floor there was a faint light that suddenly illuminated as a red glowing couch was pushed out on top of him by Gambit and Cyclops.
"goodbye friend," he said as the it exploded sending Witch King flying backward setting his robes on fire. The orcs now confused began to rush the mansion all at once with no clear strategy. It was then that metal barriers went crashing down over the windows and the doors. The orcs stammered around in confusion. Clueless as to what was happening. The ground underneath them opened up as gun turrets revealed themselves and began to open fire leveling the battlefield. The mansion security system had been activated. Bullets and Lasers sliced through armor. The remaining Ringwraith's were mown down. Chaos erupted as the army began a bewildered retreat.
"Beast you did it!" Cyclops yelled in his communicator.
"Your adulation is most appreciated o fearless leader." Beast replied. "All the security systems are now fully operational."
"Run a scan of the area." Cyclops said "We need to see how far they retreat and where they go."
"Running the scan now," Beast said there was a sudden pause Beast didn't say anything.
"Beast what's wrong!" Cyclops said
"Oh my stars and garters." the other mutant finally said. "We have to get Frodo away n…" the communicator suddenly shorted out.
"Beast! Beast!" Cyclops yelled.
He quickly ran down the stairs to see the Fellowship and the X-men gathered around the hobbits and Jubilee who looked very worried,
"Cyclops" Frodo said "Pippin's missing."
"Can any of you contact Beast?" the x-man said. Rogue pulled out her communicator but theree was only static.
"What's goen on?" she asked.
"I don't know but we have to get Frodo away. Beast was trying to tell me something. Quick we have to get to the hanger. There was a sudden sound coming from the door. They all turned to see it beginning to twist and bend.
"What sorcery is this?" Boromir gasped. Aragorn stepped in front of Frodo.
"Stay with me." he said to the hobbit. Legolas and Gimli also stepped in front.
"Oh no," Cyclops said as the door gave a deafening crash as it was torn away.
"Greetings, X-men!" the voice came as the master of magnetism as he floated through the now open doorway. "Would any of you happen to know anything about a magic ring?"
Next time: Magneto finally makes his bid to take the Ring, plus we find out what happened to Xavier. I'll try to have it done by the end of next week. So until then remember, plenty of reviews make the typing go faster!