Goofn1: Expect to find Lance and the Brotherhood soon. They have big roles in this story as well.
DemonRogue13: Thanks.
DK: Thanks.
Rurouni Tyriel: Thank you very much for you wonderful advice. It is much appreciated. I hope this chapter shows a little more insight during the battles. Also, great guess on who stuck Scott and nabbed Jean as well. I don't want to say if it's him or not, but Sinister, not Mr. Sinister, will show up in this story. Also, on Viper, I think she does have some hand to hand combat, buy her main reason she is facing X23 is that she has something that can take down her weapon. But X23 does break her confidence.
Onto Logan, you'll see that it only seemed he left her. Plus, he's trying to accept the fact that even though she's way, way younger than him, she can almost handle herself as well as Logan. And X23 did recognized Beast from his picture with the SHIELD files, but she did not read up on him, thus she did not know much about him. Also, her utmost concern was finding all about Wolverine.
About the ambush, I'm glad you like it, and I apologize for springing it to suddenly. When it comes up again in an upcoming chapter, it'll hopefully be explained a little more. And on your last piece of advice, I'll try not to put in too many plots at one time, that way it won't get too confusing.
It's too bad you're almost done with your saga, but I have been reading a lot. I have about two chapters left of Nullification, I've finished Annihilation, I'm about halfway through Infection, and I'll try to start Weapon X24 soon. I'll just try to leave really big reviews through out the stories.
And with that said, I'm not a huge JL fan, but it is a cool show. If you do start stories there, I will try to read and review them, because I'm sure they'll be great, knowing that your EVO stories have been awesome.
So, I hope you enjoy this chapter and review, and I hope an update for Graduation will be coming soon. And thanks again for your advice.
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X23 had met only few who could actually rival her skills. Logan was one of them, but he was an ally, not an adversary. To X23, Madame Hydra was not a threat.
The elder woman seemed to be more confident, probably because of her recent training in hand to hand combat, the large energy cannon she held closely, and more than likely, X23 guessed that there was someone ready to aid her if the Supreme Hydra needed it.
But now, it took all X23 had to not tear into the woman who had ruined her life. Because right now, she needed answers.
"I know why you're here, but why take on all of the X-men?" X23 questioned, trying to keep her rage in check, as she stared down the woman in front of her.
"That is none of your business, X23. Besides, seeing how much you've grown, especially the rebellious will of yours, I think it is time you were changed into the weapon you were meant to be. All you need to know is that this time I'm taking you back and wiping your mind of free will. I made you, so I shall control you." Viper answered briskly.
"You and what army?" X23 scoffed, but she did know of the woman's connections. Currently, she seemed alone and by herself, as X23 could sense no one else in the room besides her and the other woman.
"Something on your mind? That's the problem. If you were what I designed you to be, you would have already attacked me. But alas, I see that your conscious shall only be a disadvantage to you."
X23 stared the woman wide-eyed; amazed she'd even attempted to speak like that.
"Soon though, that will all be gone. You shall once again be the wild, deadly, and cunning agent of Hydra!"
That set her off like a firecracker.
"I don't want anything to do with Hydra!!! You're a monster, and I'm going to destroy you!!!" X23 screamed in a rage, gearing up her claws. They aimed straight at Madame Hydra, whose false confidence finally broke. She gave a fearful glance, but then aimed her gun.
"I guess I'll have to kill you if you try to resist." Madame Hydra stated menacingly. "We can always make another Weapon X clone."
X23 gasped as tortured memories flooded in, almost overwhelming her. The pain, the emotional scars, and the fits of rage that had taken their toll on her.
"I will not let you put someone else through the hellish experiment that you put me through!!!!!"
X23 shot forward at speeds that would cause most people to do a double take. Only a tiny bit of conscious she developed thanks to Logan stopped her from slicing Viper's arm right off her body. Instead, she was satisfied with a deep slash to the arm.
Viper cried out, clutching her bleeding wound. She fired off a misguided energy shot, which missed X23 by yards. A swift kick knocked her weapon into the air, as well as almost shattered her wrist. Viper screamed again, this time backing away in fear. X23 lunged forward and settled with a sidekick to her chest with less strength, but enough to send the woman reeling and knocking into a chair.
X23 watched gleefully as she wanted to see Viper run fear and beg for mercy. But she didn't move from her position. She had slowly moved up onto her knees, but her back was turned toward X23.
The young mutant waited with anticipation.
Madame Hydra suddenly sprung back into action as she threw a needle threw the air. X23 was too close to Viper to block it, so the syringe slid into her shoulder, with a slight jab of pain. An unknown liquid drained into her before she could bat the needle out of her skin and to the floor.
Viper watched with a smile while still clutching her arm, as X23's vision blurred. She groaned and started to lose balance.
Logan was immediately behind her as she fell backwards, catching her in his arms.
"Were you…standing outside the door?" X23 asked weakly, already knowing the answer.
"You know I couldn't leave you. I just wanted to give you some quality slice and dice time with Madame Hydra." Logan answered gruffly.
X23 was partly glad he had still been there before, and sometimes she regretted telling him off whenever he tried to help her. But it irked her that he didn't think she could handle herself. Or at least he didn't want to think that.
Logan's gaze was shifted fully on X23, ignoring Viper who was using this time to rest.
"Hang in there, kid."
"I'm not a kid!" X23 blurted, not remembering how many times she had said that. But then she sensed Viper. There was movement, as well as concentration and a little tension. She was about to do something.
X23 shot upwards with the remaining strength she had left, knocking down Logan. But the needle like that of the first one Viper had shot jabbed into her back. She had saved Logan, so now he could fight on.
The gruff mutant gave X23 a sorrowful and angry look, but she gave back a flimsy and spunky smile, before fainting in his arms.
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After carefully laying the younger mutant on the ground, Logan glared at Viper with hatred evident. He sensed the woman's pleasure in taking down her own weapon, but her fear was greater. The fear of the other weapon in front of her.
Logan growled and extended his adamantium claws, preparing to take on Viper, whom he regarded as not even a challenge.
He lunged for her, just wanting to knock her out, but something slammed him from the side. Logan reeled through the air, and slammed into a wall. There was little pain as he crashed onto a table below. Pain had become so natural to him that he accepted it. The hardest pain of all, in his opinion, was that of betrayal.
Logan's senses told him who the new arrival was. The powerful super soldier with vengeance in mind, Omega Red.
"I hope you did not think jail cells could hold me, Weapon X!" The tall mutant bellowed in his Russian accent. The ivory tentacles from his wrist slid out like snakes, almost making a hissing sound.
"Are you sure they didn't let you out for good behavior, bub?!" Logan sarcastically retorted, a mock smile forming on his lips.
Omega Red growled, and sent his twin weapons straightforward at deadly speeds. Logan leapt into the air, flipped, and landed on his feet closer to Omega Red.
"So tell me Big Red, why are you working for Hydra again?" Logan asked, dodging another swipe from a powerful tentacle.
"Just like before! They promise me a reward for my services! But this time, I shall get my revenge! This time, Hydra does not care if I kill you! In fact, they want me to do it in front of the girl like you!" Omega Red shouted, as he quickened his attacks with his weapons.
The twin ivory tentacles shot out after than Logan could dodge. They slash both of his arms, causing him to howl in pain. Then without letting up, the tentacles swept to the floor and coiled around his feet. Logan was suddenly hung upside down, and then slammed into a wall.
He dropped like a heavy sack of potatoes.
"Good work, Omega Red. Get him and X23 into the jet." Viper ordered with authority strong in her tone. A jet dropped down to the balcony just outside, as if on cue.
Omega Red growled in reply, and with his weapons already coiled around Logan, he flung the man straight towards the jet.
Madame Hydra gasped as the Weapon X mutant flew past her, smashed through the glass doors of the balcony, and slammed inside the jet just as the cabin door opened. The jet shuddered a bit, and Logan's impact left a dent.
Omega Red then coiled his tentacles around X23's arms behind her back, and lifted her into the jet, having no need to smash her in their like his previous capture.
Viper followed the large mutant into the jet, and looked down at the unconscious X23 as she closed the door behind her. She gave the younger girl a swift kick to the side, as it satisfied her greatly.
Then she made her way up to the controls, to order the rest of her soldiers to retreat.
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Inside the foyer, which was the room with the most destruction, sat three shaken mutants.
Rogue, Kitty, and Kurt had never experienced such a quick and strange invasion,
especially inside the place they called home.
But the presence of Charles Xavier and Hank McCoy made them relax.
"Charles, who else is in the mansion?" Hank asked, concerned for all of the students. He of course had his favorites, and then their were the students who testes him, but nonetheless, he was their teacher. The mutant known as Beast was very concerned.
After a moment of telepathically searching, Charles opened his eyes and answered.
"The New Mutants have already left in the X-jet, as I told them." Charles started, glad that they had done what he had said. But then their presence started to fade. It would've seemed that they were just getting out of Charles' telepathic range, but the most powerful telepath's range was the entire Earth. At least when he only focused on a few selective individuals.
"Charles, what is the matter?" Hank asked upon seeing his friend as well as mentor give a befuddled look.
"I lost contact with their minds." Charles replied in a low tone, trying to grasp the fact himself.
"They're not…" Hank trailed off, giving a look of fear that Charles did not see very often in his eyes.
"No Hank, they're alive. But there's something else." Charles replied quickly, alleviating Hank's fears. By now, Kurt, Kitty, and Rogue had come over to them, upon hearing the conversation.
"Are they strong enough to tune out or whatever?" Kitty asked as she rest her hands on the back of her mentor's wheelchair.
"I don't think so, plus I doubt they would do that intentionally, Kitty. No, I think someone else's is blocking me."
"Does that mean they're captured?" Rogue gasped, trying to comprehend.
"No, it's possible that a strong telepath is trying to block any telepathic connections with them." Charles answered.
"But that must mean there is danger close by!" Kurt added, quickly trying to figure out everything himself. "Professor, can you break the block?"
"No Kurt, I don't want to do too much to their heads. We'll just have to try later. It might possibly be just an unintentional telepathic block."
"Does someone ever do that?" Rogue blurted, having her doubts. "Who else is missing, Professor?"
Charles searched through the rest of the mansion.
"Oh no." He muttered, double-checking his search. Before any of the others could ask, Charles answered. "Logan's gone."
"But he could have like, took off on his regularly rides, you know?" Kitty suggested, not wanting to believe he had been kidnapped of injured.
"No, I know Logan was in the thick of the battle. The young girl, X23 I believe, came here to warn him. But it seems she is missing as well."
"And those two are usually always together, whether they want to be or not." Hank added, having talked to Logan about the young girl at one point or another.
"What about Scott and Jean, and Mrs. Munroe?" Kurt suddenly piped up.
"Ororo is off on a visit with Evan." Charles answered simply.
"In the sewers?" Kitty blurted, giving a slight look of disgust.
"Yes, Kitty. You know how Ororo is. She's there to see Evan, and that's all."
"And Scott and Jean?" Rogue stated, giving a worried look. Charles gave her the same look back, confirming her worries.
"They're missing as well."
"Well then we have to find them!!" Kurt blurted out quickly.
"But what about the New Mutants! Something must be wrong!!" Kitty objected.
"And Logan and X23!!" Rogue added sternly.
Both Charles and Hank gave deep sighs.
"What shall we do Charles?" Hank asked in a whisper, giving him a concerned look.
"I'll see what I can do with Cerebro, and after that, we'll have to make it up as we go." Charles stated, wheeling out of the foyer.
Hank turned toward the three teens next to him. There were mutants in danger, and Hank was sure of one thing. Whatever was being planned, they needed to act fast, because all of them could be in danger.
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A/N: So those will be the three main events for now. Scott and Jean, Logan and X23, and the New Mutants. Expect the Brotherhood and some Acolytes to pop up soon, because many, many characters are involved. Tips and questions welcomed. Please review.
DemonRogue13: Thanks.
DK: Thanks.
Rurouni Tyriel: Thank you very much for you wonderful advice. It is much appreciated. I hope this chapter shows a little more insight during the battles. Also, great guess on who stuck Scott and nabbed Jean as well. I don't want to say if it's him or not, but Sinister, not Mr. Sinister, will show up in this story. Also, on Viper, I think she does have some hand to hand combat, buy her main reason she is facing X23 is that she has something that can take down her weapon. But X23 does break her confidence.
Onto Logan, you'll see that it only seemed he left her. Plus, he's trying to accept the fact that even though she's way, way younger than him, she can almost handle herself as well as Logan. And X23 did recognized Beast from his picture with the SHIELD files, but she did not read up on him, thus she did not know much about him. Also, her utmost concern was finding all about Wolverine.
About the ambush, I'm glad you like it, and I apologize for springing it to suddenly. When it comes up again in an upcoming chapter, it'll hopefully be explained a little more. And on your last piece of advice, I'll try not to put in too many plots at one time, that way it won't get too confusing.
It's too bad you're almost done with your saga, but I have been reading a lot. I have about two chapters left of Nullification, I've finished Annihilation, I'm about halfway through Infection, and I'll try to start Weapon X24 soon. I'll just try to leave really big reviews through out the stories.
And with that said, I'm not a huge JL fan, but it is a cool show. If you do start stories there, I will try to read and review them, because I'm sure they'll be great, knowing that your EVO stories have been awesome.
So, I hope you enjoy this chapter and review, and I hope an update for Graduation will be coming soon. And thanks again for your advice.
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X23 had met only few who could actually rival her skills. Logan was one of them, but he was an ally, not an adversary. To X23, Madame Hydra was not a threat.
The elder woman seemed to be more confident, probably because of her recent training in hand to hand combat, the large energy cannon she held closely, and more than likely, X23 guessed that there was someone ready to aid her if the Supreme Hydra needed it.
But now, it took all X23 had to not tear into the woman who had ruined her life. Because right now, she needed answers.
"I know why you're here, but why take on all of the X-men?" X23 questioned, trying to keep her rage in check, as she stared down the woman in front of her.
"That is none of your business, X23. Besides, seeing how much you've grown, especially the rebellious will of yours, I think it is time you were changed into the weapon you were meant to be. All you need to know is that this time I'm taking you back and wiping your mind of free will. I made you, so I shall control you." Viper answered briskly.
"You and what army?" X23 scoffed, but she did know of the woman's connections. Currently, she seemed alone and by herself, as X23 could sense no one else in the room besides her and the other woman.
"Something on your mind? That's the problem. If you were what I designed you to be, you would have already attacked me. But alas, I see that your conscious shall only be a disadvantage to you."
X23 stared the woman wide-eyed; amazed she'd even attempted to speak like that.
"Soon though, that will all be gone. You shall once again be the wild, deadly, and cunning agent of Hydra!"
That set her off like a firecracker.
"I don't want anything to do with Hydra!!! You're a monster, and I'm going to destroy you!!!" X23 screamed in a rage, gearing up her claws. They aimed straight at Madame Hydra, whose false confidence finally broke. She gave a fearful glance, but then aimed her gun.
"I guess I'll have to kill you if you try to resist." Madame Hydra stated menacingly. "We can always make another Weapon X clone."
X23 gasped as tortured memories flooded in, almost overwhelming her. The pain, the emotional scars, and the fits of rage that had taken their toll on her.
"I will not let you put someone else through the hellish experiment that you put me through!!!!!"
X23 shot forward at speeds that would cause most people to do a double take. Only a tiny bit of conscious she developed thanks to Logan stopped her from slicing Viper's arm right off her body. Instead, she was satisfied with a deep slash to the arm.
Viper cried out, clutching her bleeding wound. She fired off a misguided energy shot, which missed X23 by yards. A swift kick knocked her weapon into the air, as well as almost shattered her wrist. Viper screamed again, this time backing away in fear. X23 lunged forward and settled with a sidekick to her chest with less strength, but enough to send the woman reeling and knocking into a chair.
X23 watched gleefully as she wanted to see Viper run fear and beg for mercy. But she didn't move from her position. She had slowly moved up onto her knees, but her back was turned toward X23.
The young mutant waited with anticipation.
Madame Hydra suddenly sprung back into action as she threw a needle threw the air. X23 was too close to Viper to block it, so the syringe slid into her shoulder, with a slight jab of pain. An unknown liquid drained into her before she could bat the needle out of her skin and to the floor.
Viper watched with a smile while still clutching her arm, as X23's vision blurred. She groaned and started to lose balance.
Logan was immediately behind her as she fell backwards, catching her in his arms.
"Were you…standing outside the door?" X23 asked weakly, already knowing the answer.
"You know I couldn't leave you. I just wanted to give you some quality slice and dice time with Madame Hydra." Logan answered gruffly.
X23 was partly glad he had still been there before, and sometimes she regretted telling him off whenever he tried to help her. But it irked her that he didn't think she could handle herself. Or at least he didn't want to think that.
Logan's gaze was shifted fully on X23, ignoring Viper who was using this time to rest.
"Hang in there, kid."
"I'm not a kid!" X23 blurted, not remembering how many times she had said that. But then she sensed Viper. There was movement, as well as concentration and a little tension. She was about to do something.
X23 shot upwards with the remaining strength she had left, knocking down Logan. But the needle like that of the first one Viper had shot jabbed into her back. She had saved Logan, so now he could fight on.
The gruff mutant gave X23 a sorrowful and angry look, but she gave back a flimsy and spunky smile, before fainting in his arms.
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After carefully laying the younger mutant on the ground, Logan glared at Viper with hatred evident. He sensed the woman's pleasure in taking down her own weapon, but her fear was greater. The fear of the other weapon in front of her.
Logan growled and extended his adamantium claws, preparing to take on Viper, whom he regarded as not even a challenge.
He lunged for her, just wanting to knock her out, but something slammed him from the side. Logan reeled through the air, and slammed into a wall. There was little pain as he crashed onto a table below. Pain had become so natural to him that he accepted it. The hardest pain of all, in his opinion, was that of betrayal.
Logan's senses told him who the new arrival was. The powerful super soldier with vengeance in mind, Omega Red.
"I hope you did not think jail cells could hold me, Weapon X!" The tall mutant bellowed in his Russian accent. The ivory tentacles from his wrist slid out like snakes, almost making a hissing sound.
"Are you sure they didn't let you out for good behavior, bub?!" Logan sarcastically retorted, a mock smile forming on his lips.
Omega Red growled, and sent his twin weapons straightforward at deadly speeds. Logan leapt into the air, flipped, and landed on his feet closer to Omega Red.
"So tell me Big Red, why are you working for Hydra again?" Logan asked, dodging another swipe from a powerful tentacle.
"Just like before! They promise me a reward for my services! But this time, I shall get my revenge! This time, Hydra does not care if I kill you! In fact, they want me to do it in front of the girl like you!" Omega Red shouted, as he quickened his attacks with his weapons.
The twin ivory tentacles shot out after than Logan could dodge. They slash both of his arms, causing him to howl in pain. Then without letting up, the tentacles swept to the floor and coiled around his feet. Logan was suddenly hung upside down, and then slammed into a wall.
He dropped like a heavy sack of potatoes.
"Good work, Omega Red. Get him and X23 into the jet." Viper ordered with authority strong in her tone. A jet dropped down to the balcony just outside, as if on cue.
Omega Red growled in reply, and with his weapons already coiled around Logan, he flung the man straight towards the jet.
Madame Hydra gasped as the Weapon X mutant flew past her, smashed through the glass doors of the balcony, and slammed inside the jet just as the cabin door opened. The jet shuddered a bit, and Logan's impact left a dent.
Omega Red then coiled his tentacles around X23's arms behind her back, and lifted her into the jet, having no need to smash her in their like his previous capture.
Viper followed the large mutant into the jet, and looked down at the unconscious X23 as she closed the door behind her. She gave the younger girl a swift kick to the side, as it satisfied her greatly.
Then she made her way up to the controls, to order the rest of her soldiers to retreat.
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Inside the foyer, which was the room with the most destruction, sat three shaken mutants.
Rogue, Kitty, and Kurt had never experienced such a quick and strange invasion,
especially inside the place they called home.
But the presence of Charles Xavier and Hank McCoy made them relax.
"Charles, who else is in the mansion?" Hank asked, concerned for all of the students. He of course had his favorites, and then their were the students who testes him, but nonetheless, he was their teacher. The mutant known as Beast was very concerned.
After a moment of telepathically searching, Charles opened his eyes and answered.
"The New Mutants have already left in the X-jet, as I told them." Charles started, glad that they had done what he had said. But then their presence started to fade. It would've seemed that they were just getting out of Charles' telepathic range, but the most powerful telepath's range was the entire Earth. At least when he only focused on a few selective individuals.
"Charles, what is the matter?" Hank asked upon seeing his friend as well as mentor give a befuddled look.
"I lost contact with their minds." Charles replied in a low tone, trying to grasp the fact himself.
"They're not…" Hank trailed off, giving a look of fear that Charles did not see very often in his eyes.
"No Hank, they're alive. But there's something else." Charles replied quickly, alleviating Hank's fears. By now, Kurt, Kitty, and Rogue had come over to them, upon hearing the conversation.
"Are they strong enough to tune out or whatever?" Kitty asked as she rest her hands on the back of her mentor's wheelchair.
"I don't think so, plus I doubt they would do that intentionally, Kitty. No, I think someone else's is blocking me."
"Does that mean they're captured?" Rogue gasped, trying to comprehend.
"No, it's possible that a strong telepath is trying to block any telepathic connections with them." Charles answered.
"But that must mean there is danger close by!" Kurt added, quickly trying to figure out everything himself. "Professor, can you break the block?"
"No Kurt, I don't want to do too much to their heads. We'll just have to try later. It might possibly be just an unintentional telepathic block."
"Does someone ever do that?" Rogue blurted, having her doubts. "Who else is missing, Professor?"
Charles searched through the rest of the mansion.
"Oh no." He muttered, double-checking his search. Before any of the others could ask, Charles answered. "Logan's gone."
"But he could have like, took off on his regularly rides, you know?" Kitty suggested, not wanting to believe he had been kidnapped of injured.
"No, I know Logan was in the thick of the battle. The young girl, X23 I believe, came here to warn him. But it seems she is missing as well."
"And those two are usually always together, whether they want to be or not." Hank added, having talked to Logan about the young girl at one point or another.
"What about Scott and Jean, and Mrs. Munroe?" Kurt suddenly piped up.
"Ororo is off on a visit with Evan." Charles answered simply.
"In the sewers?" Kitty blurted, giving a slight look of disgust.
"Yes, Kitty. You know how Ororo is. She's there to see Evan, and that's all."
"And Scott and Jean?" Rogue stated, giving a worried look. Charles gave her the same look back, confirming her worries.
"They're missing as well."
"Well then we have to find them!!" Kurt blurted out quickly.
"But what about the New Mutants! Something must be wrong!!" Kitty objected.
"And Logan and X23!!" Rogue added sternly.
Both Charles and Hank gave deep sighs.
"What shall we do Charles?" Hank asked in a whisper, giving him a concerned look.
"I'll see what I can do with Cerebro, and after that, we'll have to make it up as we go." Charles stated, wheeling out of the foyer.
Hank turned toward the three teens next to him. There were mutants in danger, and Hank was sure of one thing. Whatever was being planned, they needed to act fast, because all of them could be in danger.
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A/N: So those will be the three main events for now. Scott and Jean, Logan and X23, and the New Mutants. Expect the Brotherhood and some Acolytes to pop up soon, because many, many characters are involved. Tips and questions welcomed. Please review.