The rights to the X-Men don't belong to me
They are happily owned by Stan 'The Man' Lee
They merely make an appearance in this little tale
So take that into account before you start to wail
And so! On with the next chapter
We'll see who Dysis is after
Maybe Touch will do something cool
And maybe Dinah will through Jack in the pool
*takes a bow* ^___^
A/N: This is the chapter where you may want to hide the kids. Lots of violence and bad language.
Simon smirked and walked backwards towards the bed. Ziska crossed her arms and glared at him.
"You're not authorized to be down here."
"Actually, I am."
"I don't have time for this crap…"
"And neither do I. Check your records, I'm a graduate just coming for a visit."
"Well isn't that just great for you. Get out of my medical lab."
"Your medical lab? That's cute, darlin'. Anyways, I'm running kinda late so I think I'm just gonna scoop this stiff up and head on out of here." He smiled and began to lift the body up. Without missing a beat Ziska hit Simon back against the wall with a telekinetic blast. She stood over him and continued her glare. Simon shook his head and to Ziska's surprise, began to laugh.
"You're a little slow aren't ya?"
His laugh grew into a horrific snarl as his body began to glow brightly. Ziska did not look away, partly to remain defiant, partly because she was afraid to. Simon's fingers fused together and elongated into three pointed claws. His entire body took on a steel-blue color as sharp, rock-like formations formed all over his body. Spikes that jutted out of his arms and skull accented this natural armor.
He waved his hands in the air, brandishing the claws.
"I sure hope you weren't planning something stupid." His smile grew.
Ziska never blinked. She put on her greatest look of disdain, and calmly reached her mind out to A.J.
A.J.? Please come down to the Med Lab. We have a slight situation.
Ziska's eyes came back into focus and she continued her glare at Fatalis.
"I will give you one more warning. My friend won't be so kind."
As if on cue, A.J. walked into the room. Within seconds she was growling and slowly changing into a large Siberian tiger. She stalked further into the room and snarled at Fatalis.
"Oh this is good." Fatalis laughed as he covered his face with his hand.
"Miss PMS and her jungle kitty. Lemme guess…you guys lead those little twerps? This is just fuckin' hysterical."
He continued laughing and went towards the body again. A.J. snarled and leapt at Fatalis, tackling him and pinning him to the ground hard. She tried to dig her claws into his shoulders but they were useless against his armor. He just laughed as he pushed the tiger back with incredible strength. Fatalis was able to push her up enough where he could kick her off. Fatalis got up, looking completely uninterested. The tiger pounced again, but this time Fatalis swung his claws forward, slashing the tiger across the face. Blood flew back and spattered on the wall. A.J. fell to the ground, snarling in surprise and pain.
Fatalis rolled his eyes and began to walk towards the hurt animal, but found himself on the ground again as he was hit by another psychic attack. Ziska then morphed her own body, into her Shi'ar physique. She now towered over Fatalis, and swiftly kicked him in the side. While she lost her telepathy in alien form, she was taller, faster, and stronger physically. He grunted and rolled across the floor a few feet before getting back up.
A.J. meanwhile, had recovered from the previous attack, though her fur was bloodied, and was slowly walking towards Fatalis again. He smiled calmly as he heard a roaring coming from above. Ziska and A.J. both turned just in time to see a tornado come crashing down into the med lab from the floors above. A bed, carts, supplies; anything in the lab was sucked into the whirlwind, and then thrown towards Ziska and A.J. with incredible force. They attempted to find cover, but everything happened too quickly. A cabinet door slammed into Ziska's head and she fell back against the wall, and onto the floor. An entire bed collided with A.J. and pinned her against the wall. The whirlwind died down, and the shape of a woman formed.
"Fatalis, I hope it wouldn't be too much trouble to ask you to get off the floor and actually do something?"
"I was working on it in case you hadn't noticed."
"Oh yeah." Dysis rolled her eyes. "Real good job. Just kill them already."
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"Dinah! There you are. Do you have any idea what the hell is going on?"
Liz ran down the hallway towards Dinah and her other friends.
"I wish…All the X-Men, including Xavier, ran off to NYC a while ago, and we haven't heard anything from them except for one radio message that was almost completely static." Dinah didn't bother to hide her worry.
"Uhm…that's definitely not good." Liz sighed and looked down at the ground. "No contact with the telepaths?"
"Not a peep outta them, and we cannae find Ziska." Pip leaned against the wall with his arms crossed.
"Yeah, just freakin' great, ain't it?" Jack snapped.
Rebecca glanced at him, and then put a hand on his shoulder. "Shouldn't we try and do somethin'? Why can't we go after 'em?"
"Not a smart move according to tall, dark, and creepy over there." Jack motioned towards Touch. He was standing very still, with his arms crossed behind his back, staring out the window.
"Look, Jack, he obviously knows who the X-Men are dealing with and if they are having problems, how much good can we be?"
"There ya go hesitatin' again, Dinah! God damn it can't you take some initiative?!" Jack began yelling.
"Unlike you, I'm more concerned with the safety of my team mates, then running off on some testosterone-crazed frenzy!" Dinah was starting to loose her cool and her voice rose.
"Oh that's real rich. Listen up, you wanna lead this team, you gotta know when to take action."
"Oh please, Jack. You couldn't lead your way down this hallway."
"Good one, Dinah. I'll remember that one next time I talk to a narrow-minded bitch."
"Jack!" Rebecca shoved him back against the wall and glared. "Don't you dare talk to my friend that way."
"Oh, so you're against me now too? You know what? Y'all can just go to hell, I don't care anymore!"
"Shit, Jack, just lighten up, will ya?" Liz stood between Jack and Dinah.
"Don't start with me, Liz."
"Or what?" The black slits in Liz's eyes narrowed.
"I am freakin' sick of this!" Jack half sighed, half yelled.
"WILL ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP?!"
Touch's voice boomed in the hallway. Everyone immediately stopped and stared at Touch, wide-eyed. He looked back out the window and sighed.
He narrowed his eyes as he continued to stare out the window as if waiting for something. Jack pushed Rebecca back and began to walk away. Liz grabbed his arm and quieted him. She walked towards the window and stood next to Touch. She turned her head slightly then looked up at him.
"That roaring sound doesn't sound like the blackbird."
"You hear a roaring sound?"
She nodded.
"Is it getting louder?"
She nodded again.
"Fucking hell…"
Liz looked at him with a questioning look.
"We don't have much time. She's coming."
Jack, beyond frustrated at this point, stood in front of Touch.
"Who's coming?"
"The woman who fought the X-Men."
"How do you know?"
"I just know alright? Now…"
"What the hell is going on?"
"We're about to be in deep shit if you don't listen to…"
"What? To you? That's a good one. How do we know you're not in on it?"
"Just trust me, alright now get down…"
"What are you talking about?"
"Jack!" Liz yelled. "Get the hell down on the ground!"
Everyone dropped, though Jack had to be tackled by Liz and Touch by Dinah, just as a whirlwind plowed through the front entrance of the mansion. Furniture swirled in all directions and slammed into walls. Splintered wood rained down on them. Touch hid his face as best he could under the collar of his coat. The whirlwind died down as it cut downwards into the lower levels of the school.
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The tiger growled from behind the sideways bed. Dysis held her hand in front of her, controlling a forceful wind that continued to push the bed against A.J. Fatalis stood up, a little shaky, but otherwise alright.
"Nice of you to show up."
"I'm touched that you missed me." She smirked.
He snorted and turned towards Ziska. She lay half-conscious on the ground, bleeding heavily from a deep head wound. He roughly picked her up by her hair and snarled at her.
"I don't really appreciate being blasted by some mental case. Besides, I was very polite till you attacked. Someone should teach you some manners."
He glanced behind him towards Dysis, who was busy intimidating the tiger. He turned back to Ziska who was looking up at him with defiant eyes.
"Hmm…feisty little critter, aren't ya?"
He slid one of his long fingers against her head gently, outlining her hairline. When he reached the deep gash, he hesitated for only a moment before raking his claw through the bloody mess. Ziska screamed out in pain and began to tremble. Fatalis laughed, licked his lips and snarled at her again. Ziska gritted her teeth as she tried to control the pain. With what little strength she had she kicked at his midsection and hit him with her fists. The attacks were useless. He held her up higher and snapped his jaw in her face. He drew back and in one swift motion, thrust his claws into her midsection. The only sound she made was a choked, gurgling noise. A line of blood oozed out between her tightly pursed lips. Her body began to tremble again. Fatalis smiled and forced his fingers apart, still inside her. She could feel the claws grabbing at her insides, but she refused to scream again. Life slipped away from her as he ripped his hand out of her abdomen, pulling out whatever he had grabbed onto. Her entrails spilled out onto the floor and blood pooled on the floor below her. He grinned, bloody fangs shinning in the light. He snapped his jaws once more and threw her lifeless body onto the ground. He squatted down in the bloody mess and grabbed a handful of entrails and bit into them. Blood was smeared all over his hands and face, and the meat was still warm. He loved it. His vision was red now and all of his actions were like that of an animal. He ate all that was spilled on the ground, and hungered for more. He began to gorge himself on the corpse.
A.J. had watched all of this, horrified. Even Dysis raised an eyebrow in Fatalis' direction. He was crouched on the ground, covered in blood, and burying his face in the exposed ribs and organs of Ziska. Animal fury burned through A.J. and she broke herself free and leapt at Fatalis with claws and teeth bearing. Dysis sighed, and calmly turned towards them. Her eyes changed from swirling gray, to fiery orangey-yellow. She thrust both arms forward and a massive fireball erupted from her, slamming into the tiger, but also hitting Fatalis and Ziska.
Finally getting his bearings, Touch had jumped down the hole that Dysis had made through the floors. He ran full tilt into the med lab, just as the ball erupted. The heat blasted him back and he was momentarily disoriented. That was all the time Dysis needed. She spotted him out of the corner of her eye, and as soon as her eyes swirled into an ice blue, frost flew from her hands and stuck to Touch, disorienting him further. Dysis picked him up in a gust of wind, and swirled into a whirlwind once again. She flew up the way she came and into the sky.
Weakened from burns, Fatalis snarled as he watched Dysis pick up the missing minion and make her escape. Though it caused incredible pain, Fatalis morphed back to his human form. At that moment, Liz jumped down from the ceiling, and signaled for the rest. She looked around the room, wide-eyed and in a complete state of shock. The room was nearly destroyed, A.J. still in her tiger form lay burning and smoldering, Simon was also burned and lay in a puddle of blood. Liz cautiously walked forward and gasped when she realized whose blood it was. Dinah came up behind her.
"Dinah…"
"Liz…what do we do?"
They are happily owned by Stan 'The Man' Lee
They merely make an appearance in this little tale
So take that into account before you start to wail
And so! On with the next chapter
We'll see who Dysis is after
Maybe Touch will do something cool
And maybe Dinah will through Jack in the pool
*takes a bow* ^___^
A/N: This is the chapter where you may want to hide the kids. Lots of violence and bad language.
Simon smirked and walked backwards towards the bed. Ziska crossed her arms and glared at him.
"You're not authorized to be down here."
"Actually, I am."
"I don't have time for this crap…"
"And neither do I. Check your records, I'm a graduate just coming for a visit."
"Well isn't that just great for you. Get out of my medical lab."
"Your medical lab? That's cute, darlin'. Anyways, I'm running kinda late so I think I'm just gonna scoop this stiff up and head on out of here." He smiled and began to lift the body up. Without missing a beat Ziska hit Simon back against the wall with a telekinetic blast. She stood over him and continued her glare. Simon shook his head and to Ziska's surprise, began to laugh.
"You're a little slow aren't ya?"
His laugh grew into a horrific snarl as his body began to glow brightly. Ziska did not look away, partly to remain defiant, partly because she was afraid to. Simon's fingers fused together and elongated into three pointed claws. His entire body took on a steel-blue color as sharp, rock-like formations formed all over his body. Spikes that jutted out of his arms and skull accented this natural armor.
He waved his hands in the air, brandishing the claws.
"I sure hope you weren't planning something stupid." His smile grew.
Ziska never blinked. She put on her greatest look of disdain, and calmly reached her mind out to A.J.
A.J.? Please come down to the Med Lab. We have a slight situation.
Ziska's eyes came back into focus and she continued her glare at Fatalis.
"I will give you one more warning. My friend won't be so kind."
As if on cue, A.J. walked into the room. Within seconds she was growling and slowly changing into a large Siberian tiger. She stalked further into the room and snarled at Fatalis.
"Oh this is good." Fatalis laughed as he covered his face with his hand.
"Miss PMS and her jungle kitty. Lemme guess…you guys lead those little twerps? This is just fuckin' hysterical."
He continued laughing and went towards the body again. A.J. snarled and leapt at Fatalis, tackling him and pinning him to the ground hard. She tried to dig her claws into his shoulders but they were useless against his armor. He just laughed as he pushed the tiger back with incredible strength. Fatalis was able to push her up enough where he could kick her off. Fatalis got up, looking completely uninterested. The tiger pounced again, but this time Fatalis swung his claws forward, slashing the tiger across the face. Blood flew back and spattered on the wall. A.J. fell to the ground, snarling in surprise and pain.
Fatalis rolled his eyes and began to walk towards the hurt animal, but found himself on the ground again as he was hit by another psychic attack. Ziska then morphed her own body, into her Shi'ar physique. She now towered over Fatalis, and swiftly kicked him in the side. While she lost her telepathy in alien form, she was taller, faster, and stronger physically. He grunted and rolled across the floor a few feet before getting back up.
A.J. meanwhile, had recovered from the previous attack, though her fur was bloodied, and was slowly walking towards Fatalis again. He smiled calmly as he heard a roaring coming from above. Ziska and A.J. both turned just in time to see a tornado come crashing down into the med lab from the floors above. A bed, carts, supplies; anything in the lab was sucked into the whirlwind, and then thrown towards Ziska and A.J. with incredible force. They attempted to find cover, but everything happened too quickly. A cabinet door slammed into Ziska's head and she fell back against the wall, and onto the floor. An entire bed collided with A.J. and pinned her against the wall. The whirlwind died down, and the shape of a woman formed.
"Fatalis, I hope it wouldn't be too much trouble to ask you to get off the floor and actually do something?"
"I was working on it in case you hadn't noticed."
"Oh yeah." Dysis rolled her eyes. "Real good job. Just kill them already."
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"Dinah! There you are. Do you have any idea what the hell is going on?"
Liz ran down the hallway towards Dinah and her other friends.
"I wish…All the X-Men, including Xavier, ran off to NYC a while ago, and we haven't heard anything from them except for one radio message that was almost completely static." Dinah didn't bother to hide her worry.
"Uhm…that's definitely not good." Liz sighed and looked down at the ground. "No contact with the telepaths?"
"Not a peep outta them, and we cannae find Ziska." Pip leaned against the wall with his arms crossed.
"Yeah, just freakin' great, ain't it?" Jack snapped.
Rebecca glanced at him, and then put a hand on his shoulder. "Shouldn't we try and do somethin'? Why can't we go after 'em?"
"Not a smart move according to tall, dark, and creepy over there." Jack motioned towards Touch. He was standing very still, with his arms crossed behind his back, staring out the window.
"Look, Jack, he obviously knows who the X-Men are dealing with and if they are having problems, how much good can we be?"
"There ya go hesitatin' again, Dinah! God damn it can't you take some initiative?!" Jack began yelling.
"Unlike you, I'm more concerned with the safety of my team mates, then running off on some testosterone-crazed frenzy!" Dinah was starting to loose her cool and her voice rose.
"Oh that's real rich. Listen up, you wanna lead this team, you gotta know when to take action."
"Oh please, Jack. You couldn't lead your way down this hallway."
"Good one, Dinah. I'll remember that one next time I talk to a narrow-minded bitch."
"Jack!" Rebecca shoved him back against the wall and glared. "Don't you dare talk to my friend that way."
"Oh, so you're against me now too? You know what? Y'all can just go to hell, I don't care anymore!"
"Shit, Jack, just lighten up, will ya?" Liz stood between Jack and Dinah.
"Don't start with me, Liz."
"Or what?" The black slits in Liz's eyes narrowed.
"I am freakin' sick of this!" Jack half sighed, half yelled.
"WILL ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP?!"
Touch's voice boomed in the hallway. Everyone immediately stopped and stared at Touch, wide-eyed. He looked back out the window and sighed.
He narrowed his eyes as he continued to stare out the window as if waiting for something. Jack pushed Rebecca back and began to walk away. Liz grabbed his arm and quieted him. She walked towards the window and stood next to Touch. She turned her head slightly then looked up at him.
"That roaring sound doesn't sound like the blackbird."
"You hear a roaring sound?"
She nodded.
"Is it getting louder?"
She nodded again.
"Fucking hell…"
Liz looked at him with a questioning look.
"We don't have much time. She's coming."
Jack, beyond frustrated at this point, stood in front of Touch.
"Who's coming?"
"The woman who fought the X-Men."
"How do you know?"
"I just know alright? Now…"
"What the hell is going on?"
"We're about to be in deep shit if you don't listen to…"
"What? To you? That's a good one. How do we know you're not in on it?"
"Just trust me, alright now get down…"
"What are you talking about?"
"Jack!" Liz yelled. "Get the hell down on the ground!"
Everyone dropped, though Jack had to be tackled by Liz and Touch by Dinah, just as a whirlwind plowed through the front entrance of the mansion. Furniture swirled in all directions and slammed into walls. Splintered wood rained down on them. Touch hid his face as best he could under the collar of his coat. The whirlwind died down as it cut downwards into the lower levels of the school.
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The tiger growled from behind the sideways bed. Dysis held her hand in front of her, controlling a forceful wind that continued to push the bed against A.J. Fatalis stood up, a little shaky, but otherwise alright.
"Nice of you to show up."
"I'm touched that you missed me." She smirked.
He snorted and turned towards Ziska. She lay half-conscious on the ground, bleeding heavily from a deep head wound. He roughly picked her up by her hair and snarled at her.
"I don't really appreciate being blasted by some mental case. Besides, I was very polite till you attacked. Someone should teach you some manners."
He glanced behind him towards Dysis, who was busy intimidating the tiger. He turned back to Ziska who was looking up at him with defiant eyes.
"Hmm…feisty little critter, aren't ya?"
He slid one of his long fingers against her head gently, outlining her hairline. When he reached the deep gash, he hesitated for only a moment before raking his claw through the bloody mess. Ziska screamed out in pain and began to tremble. Fatalis laughed, licked his lips and snarled at her again. Ziska gritted her teeth as she tried to control the pain. With what little strength she had she kicked at his midsection and hit him with her fists. The attacks were useless. He held her up higher and snapped his jaw in her face. He drew back and in one swift motion, thrust his claws into her midsection. The only sound she made was a choked, gurgling noise. A line of blood oozed out between her tightly pursed lips. Her body began to tremble again. Fatalis smiled and forced his fingers apart, still inside her. She could feel the claws grabbing at her insides, but she refused to scream again. Life slipped away from her as he ripped his hand out of her abdomen, pulling out whatever he had grabbed onto. Her entrails spilled out onto the floor and blood pooled on the floor below her. He grinned, bloody fangs shinning in the light. He snapped his jaws once more and threw her lifeless body onto the ground. He squatted down in the bloody mess and grabbed a handful of entrails and bit into them. Blood was smeared all over his hands and face, and the meat was still warm. He loved it. His vision was red now and all of his actions were like that of an animal. He ate all that was spilled on the ground, and hungered for more. He began to gorge himself on the corpse.
A.J. had watched all of this, horrified. Even Dysis raised an eyebrow in Fatalis' direction. He was crouched on the ground, covered in blood, and burying his face in the exposed ribs and organs of Ziska. Animal fury burned through A.J. and she broke herself free and leapt at Fatalis with claws and teeth bearing. Dysis sighed, and calmly turned towards them. Her eyes changed from swirling gray, to fiery orangey-yellow. She thrust both arms forward and a massive fireball erupted from her, slamming into the tiger, but also hitting Fatalis and Ziska.
Finally getting his bearings, Touch had jumped down the hole that Dysis had made through the floors. He ran full tilt into the med lab, just as the ball erupted. The heat blasted him back and he was momentarily disoriented. That was all the time Dysis needed. She spotted him out of the corner of her eye, and as soon as her eyes swirled into an ice blue, frost flew from her hands and stuck to Touch, disorienting him further. Dysis picked him up in a gust of wind, and swirled into a whirlwind once again. She flew up the way she came and into the sky.
Weakened from burns, Fatalis snarled as he watched Dysis pick up the missing minion and make her escape. Though it caused incredible pain, Fatalis morphed back to his human form. At that moment, Liz jumped down from the ceiling, and signaled for the rest. She looked around the room, wide-eyed and in a complete state of shock. The room was nearly destroyed, A.J. still in her tiger form lay burning and smoldering, Simon was also burned and lay in a puddle of blood. Liz cautiously walked forward and gasped when she realized whose blood it was. Dinah came up behind her.
"Dinah…"
"Liz…what do we do?"