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A/N: While I will refer to the X-Treme X-Men, I have not been the biggest fan of either Chuck Austen or Grant Morrison's version of X-Men. (I know, "boo and hiss" right?) so don't expect their line-up and my line-up to coincide.
Not ten minutes after Cyclops was abducted from the grounds of the Xavier Estate, the full roster of X-Men had reported to the War Room.
"X-Men, we have an emergency. Scott is unfortunately not with us. In lieu of Scott, Hank will brief you all," explained the Professor.
"Lady and gents," began Beast ", sometime between yesterday and today, our own resident telepath disappeared. We don't know where she's gone, nor if she's hurt. The only evidence we have accumulated thus far is the faint odor of one Victor Creed, and enough DNA evidence to renew the O.J. trial."
SNIKT!
"Ahem!" the Beast nervously cleared his throat. "I meant no harm, Logan, I was only trying to make light of an otherwise egregious situation."
"Just stick to the facts, Hank," retorted Logan. "Every second you waste on a cheap laugh is TWO I could'a spent findin' Creed."
"And Jean," corrected Warren.
"And Scott," Xavier replied.
"Whoa," exclaimed Bobby ", Creed took Jean AND had the balls to come back for Scotty?"
"You said there was DNA," began Warren. "Was it Jean's blood?"
"Vas dere a struggle?" inquired Kurt.
"How was Sabretooth involved?" questioned Forge.
"Where's Scott and Jean now?" cried Bobby.
"Creed was here?" Jubilee lamented. "At the mansion?"
As the questions grew louder and louder, Henry McCoy lowered his head. "How does Scott keep this motley crew in check all the time," he thought to himself. As his other X-Men fought for control of the briefing, Hank glanced at Logan and nodded.
SNIKT!
"Alright, we tried doing it McCoy's way, now it's MY turn!" Logan roared. "I smelled Creed at the boathouse. Jean's blood is all over the fuckin' place." He paused, momentarily, to glance at Jubilee. "Summers was still there this morning, but after Chuck talked to him, Sinister showed up and took 'im. Raise yer hands if ya think it was a coincidence."
The remainder of the squad was decidedly silent.
"The truth is," interjected the professor ", we don't know what's going on. Yet. Whether Sinister and Sabretooth are working together or not is irrelevant. Two of your team are missing; two of my children are missing."
With that statement, Xavier reached up to massage his temples.
Jubilee, youngest of the X-Men, opted to take advantage of the elder man's silence. "I don't get it, Professor. Why don'cha just look Scott and Jean up in Cerebra?"
"It's not Yahoo," snickered Bobby.
"Eat me, Ice-dick, you know what I mean!" retorted Jubilation.
Warren put a hand over Bobby's mouth before he could return the argument. Wolverine gave Jubilee a silent stare, and she remained so.
"I have no way to know when, precisely, Jean disappeared," Xavier replied. "I was hoping Scott's psychic rapport with Jean would help us determine an approximate time, but to no avail."
"And now Scott is gone," cited Kurt.
"Yes," continued Xavier ", however, all is not lost. Cerebra does have a positive track on Sabre-"
"WHAT?!" growled Logan. "All this time we been fuckin' yappin', and we got a 20 on Creed?" He kicked out of his chair, and started for the door, all the while studying the vid-screen that tracked Sabretooth's whereabouts.
"Logan, what did I tell you?" Xavier stated. It wasn't a question, but a warning.
The Wolverine stood in the doorway, shoulders visibly heaving. He turned his head back towards the assemblage in the War Room. "Chuck," he began ", join me fer a sec."
"Logan, whatever you must say can be said in front of your teammates. I haven't the time for high school mentality."
This was all the down talk Logan could stand, as he sauntered back into the War Room, grabbed Xavier's hover chair by both sides, and pulled it close. "Creed has Adamantium," Logan said through gritted teeth.
Jubilee gasped, audibly.
Warren could only mouth the words: OH SHIT.
"He's stronger," Logan continued. "He's faster. He's more durable. I don't know if I can beat him. And I know ain't no one here that can, either."
Charles Xavier didn't budge throughout the entire confrontation. "And why is that, Logan?" he wondered aloud.
"'Cause they can't beat me."
"No offense, Logan," Warren interjected ", but why do we want to BEAT Creed right now? Wouldn't we be better suited following him back to Jean? Or Scott, for that matter?"
"Precisely Warren," answered Hank. "Which is why I've divided the team into two separate conflagrations. While I verify the authenticity of Jean's blood in the boathouse, Angel will take Nightcrawler and Iceman to monitor Creed. DO NOT ENGAGE HIM! I cannot fully stress how important it is that he does not see you! We will attempt to determine what Creed's role is from a distance. Logan, you'll be on stand-by, on the off-chance Creed senses their presence."
"I wanna go," cried Jubilee.
"NO, Jubilee," answered Hank, Logan and Xavier in unison.
"Jubilee, you'll be on a mission with Forge, attempting to bring Storm and her misfit crew of X-Men back to the mansion," Xavier explained.
"Charles," Forge began ", are you certain that's wise?"
"I understand your hesitation," Xavier apologized, placing his hand on the Indian's shoulder. "But the truth is, today was my breaking point. I've seen enough of my children disappear from my very doorstep." He then made for the door, leaving his X-Men with one final thought: "And if Ororo believes I'm talking about either Scott or Jean, she's only half right."
A/N: Sorry this was a short chapter. For those not in the know, Forge is a mutant that can build anything his imagination can come up with. He also has an on-again, off-again relationship with Storm (he once proposed to her, only to get shot down in a blaze a' glory).
A/N: While I will refer to the X-Treme X-Men, I have not been the biggest fan of either Chuck Austen or Grant Morrison's version of X-Men. (I know, "boo and hiss" right?) so don't expect their line-up and my line-up to coincide.
Not ten minutes after Cyclops was abducted from the grounds of the Xavier Estate, the full roster of X-Men had reported to the War Room.
"X-Men, we have an emergency. Scott is unfortunately not with us. In lieu of Scott, Hank will brief you all," explained the Professor.
"Lady and gents," began Beast ", sometime between yesterday and today, our own resident telepath disappeared. We don't know where she's gone, nor if she's hurt. The only evidence we have accumulated thus far is the faint odor of one Victor Creed, and enough DNA evidence to renew the O.J. trial."
SNIKT!
"Ahem!" the Beast nervously cleared his throat. "I meant no harm, Logan, I was only trying to make light of an otherwise egregious situation."
"Just stick to the facts, Hank," retorted Logan. "Every second you waste on a cheap laugh is TWO I could'a spent findin' Creed."
"And Jean," corrected Warren.
"And Scott," Xavier replied.
"Whoa," exclaimed Bobby ", Creed took Jean AND had the balls to come back for Scotty?"
"You said there was DNA," began Warren. "Was it Jean's blood?"
"Vas dere a struggle?" inquired Kurt.
"How was Sabretooth involved?" questioned Forge.
"Where's Scott and Jean now?" cried Bobby.
"Creed was here?" Jubilee lamented. "At the mansion?"
As the questions grew louder and louder, Henry McCoy lowered his head. "How does Scott keep this motley crew in check all the time," he thought to himself. As his other X-Men fought for control of the briefing, Hank glanced at Logan and nodded.
SNIKT!
"Alright, we tried doing it McCoy's way, now it's MY turn!" Logan roared. "I smelled Creed at the boathouse. Jean's blood is all over the fuckin' place." He paused, momentarily, to glance at Jubilee. "Summers was still there this morning, but after Chuck talked to him, Sinister showed up and took 'im. Raise yer hands if ya think it was a coincidence."
The remainder of the squad was decidedly silent.
"The truth is," interjected the professor ", we don't know what's going on. Yet. Whether Sinister and Sabretooth are working together or not is irrelevant. Two of your team are missing; two of my children are missing."
With that statement, Xavier reached up to massage his temples.
Jubilee, youngest of the X-Men, opted to take advantage of the elder man's silence. "I don't get it, Professor. Why don'cha just look Scott and Jean up in Cerebra?"
"It's not Yahoo," snickered Bobby.
"Eat me, Ice-dick, you know what I mean!" retorted Jubilation.
Warren put a hand over Bobby's mouth before he could return the argument. Wolverine gave Jubilee a silent stare, and she remained so.
"I have no way to know when, precisely, Jean disappeared," Xavier replied. "I was hoping Scott's psychic rapport with Jean would help us determine an approximate time, but to no avail."
"And now Scott is gone," cited Kurt.
"Yes," continued Xavier ", however, all is not lost. Cerebra does have a positive track on Sabre-"
"WHAT?!" growled Logan. "All this time we been fuckin' yappin', and we got a 20 on Creed?" He kicked out of his chair, and started for the door, all the while studying the vid-screen that tracked Sabretooth's whereabouts.
"Logan, what did I tell you?" Xavier stated. It wasn't a question, but a warning.
The Wolverine stood in the doorway, shoulders visibly heaving. He turned his head back towards the assemblage in the War Room. "Chuck," he began ", join me fer a sec."
"Logan, whatever you must say can be said in front of your teammates. I haven't the time for high school mentality."
This was all the down talk Logan could stand, as he sauntered back into the War Room, grabbed Xavier's hover chair by both sides, and pulled it close. "Creed has Adamantium," Logan said through gritted teeth.
Jubilee gasped, audibly.
Warren could only mouth the words: OH SHIT.
"He's stronger," Logan continued. "He's faster. He's more durable. I don't know if I can beat him. And I know ain't no one here that can, either."
Charles Xavier didn't budge throughout the entire confrontation. "And why is that, Logan?" he wondered aloud.
"'Cause they can't beat me."
"No offense, Logan," Warren interjected ", but why do we want to BEAT Creed right now? Wouldn't we be better suited following him back to Jean? Or Scott, for that matter?"
"Precisely Warren," answered Hank. "Which is why I've divided the team into two separate conflagrations. While I verify the authenticity of Jean's blood in the boathouse, Angel will take Nightcrawler and Iceman to monitor Creed. DO NOT ENGAGE HIM! I cannot fully stress how important it is that he does not see you! We will attempt to determine what Creed's role is from a distance. Logan, you'll be on stand-by, on the off-chance Creed senses their presence."
"I wanna go," cried Jubilee.
"NO, Jubilee," answered Hank, Logan and Xavier in unison.
"Jubilee, you'll be on a mission with Forge, attempting to bring Storm and her misfit crew of X-Men back to the mansion," Xavier explained.
"Charles," Forge began ", are you certain that's wise?"
"I understand your hesitation," Xavier apologized, placing his hand on the Indian's shoulder. "But the truth is, today was my breaking point. I've seen enough of my children disappear from my very doorstep." He then made for the door, leaving his X-Men with one final thought: "And if Ororo believes I'm talking about either Scott or Jean, she's only half right."
A/N: Sorry this was a short chapter. For those not in the know, Forge is a mutant that can build anything his imagination can come up with. He also has an on-again, off-again relationship with Storm (he once proposed to her, only to get shot down in a blaze a' glory).