Brotherhood Evolution: X This!

Well, I take it all of you like the little twist I threw in. The people demanded that X-23 make an appearance, and so I granted. Anyhow, this is just a silly idea that popped into my head.

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The Hive

"She's insane…" Blob said simply as he watched X-23 take out a battle simulation.

"You're telling me. She's moving as fast as wolverine. An she's just as vicious." Forge said as he monitored her stats.

"I think she'll make a fine addition." Lance said with a smile. "She's got a animal streak that we need."

"If you say so." Pietro said simply as he winced as machinery went flying by.

"That is impressive." Mike said as X-23 walked out of the training center dusting her hands.

"Whatever." X said with a smile as she walked down the hall towards her room.

"Hey. At least we don't have to deal with Pyro." Toad said simply.

"Oh yea." Betsy added.

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The Acolytes secret base

"BURN!!!" Pyro shouted as he set things on fire.

"I miss magneto." Banshee said simply.

"Hey. At least it not X-23." Gambit replied simply.

"Point." Mastermind said simply. "Where the hell is Xorn?"

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Bayville

"Well Emma. This looks like a nice place to open up shop." Monet St. Croix said as she walked out of the limo. The dark skinned teenager took a deep breath of air as a young blond emerged from the limo.

"Yes. I think we will do well here in Bayville. Summon the rest of the Inner circle. We'll stay here for now. Or at least until we can get rid of that fool in leather."

"Don't underestimate him. He's extremely powerful and my throw a wrench in our plans. We're here to finish the plan, remember that." Monet said as she pulled out her cell phone.

"I have no worries about him. I for one am looking forward to executing the final stage of our plan." The teenage Emma Frost said with a smile. "This promises to be very interesting excursion indeed…"

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The Hive

"Forge, have you taken a look at the schematics for the new ion ray we're developing?" Valerie said as she walked into Forges lab.

"Yea. I found thirty-three mechanical flaws, and twelve base thermo-dynamic flaws. And that was on the first page." Forge said simply as he tinkered with another one of his toys.

"And the rest?' Valerie asked as she picked up the packet of papers.

"Fire your design team." Forge said simply as he pulled a wielders mask down and began wielding two-piece of metal together.

"That bad?" Valerie shouted over the noise.

"Yep. I still managed to build the thing in my spare time though." Forge said nonchalantly. "Its over there." Forge said as he pointed as a ray gun sitting on a table.

"This one?" Valerie asked as she picked up the dimensional warp gun and pushed a button on it.

"NO VAL! NOT THAT ONE!" Forge shouted as the machine buzzed to life and shot out a beam. The beam hit the wall and opened up a gateway. A giant red lizard jumped out and snarled at Valerie and Forge.

"That's my cross dimensional space warp…" Forge muttered, as several others of the large reptiles leapt from the hole the device had created.

"I think we should run." Valerie gulped as she and forge bolted out of the lab, avoiding the large reptiles. "CODE BLUE!" Valerie shouted into her com-link as she and Forge ran down a hallway.

"Giant red lizards are taking over the world?' Came the confused reply over the radio.

"NO! Just the base!' Valerie shouted. "Shut this place down and get X-Factor on-line."

"Hey guys." Mike said as he walked by with a can of Mutant-aid™ in his hands.

"OMEGA! RUN!" Valerie shouted as she and Forge ran by. Mike looked behind them and saw the giant red dragons.

"Great. The lizards are back. Guess this means Betsy's going to hit me some more." Mike said as he tossed his soda away and bolted after Forge and Valerie, the beasts hot on his heels. "Forge. I thought these things were trapped in their dimension?" Mike asked as he avoided getting chomped on.

"Wait. You've faced them before?" Valerie asked as she ducked under a tail swing.

"Back in Bayville." Forge answered. "And Mike per your question, ask Val."' Forge said simply.

"Val? Mike asked simply as he punched one of the demons that got to close. "You got something to say?"

"RUN!" Val shouted as they bolted down a side junction, seeing more the red demons.

"I knew this was going to be a bad day." Mike said simply as he ran.

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The other side of the Hive

What is there for Grub around here?' X-23 said as she rummaged through the fridge.

"I love you." Blob said simply. "Allow me to show you." Blob said as he opened the walk in freezer, to reveal hundreds of pounds of food.

"It's like being before God himself…" X said as she gazed in wonderment at the food.

"Behold, for this is my domain. And you shall feast a feast of ages!' Blob proclaimed as X knelt on one knee.

"I am truly not worthy…" X-23 said as she bowed low.

"I don't friggin believe it." Toad said to Wanda. "Someone who matches Freddy's appetite…"

"I thought God broke the mold when they made Blob." Betsy said simply as X and Blob began to stuff their faces.

"He did. And then he murdered the mold-maker and put his head on a pike." Wanda said simply.

"It's like watching a nature documentary about lions in the savannah…" Pietro said as he ducked under a piece of flying food.

"RUN!" Omega shouted as he Val, forge, and a bunch of solder's ran by, being chased by the red demons.

"Not this again…" Betsy said as she shadow walked away.

"BOLT!" Toad shouted as he ran away with the others. Blob and x-23 however, defended the food.

"You shall not pass!' Blob shouted as he smacked on of the demons away with a meat log.

"BLOB ARE YOU CRAZY!" Valerie shouted. "LEAVE THE FOOD!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Blob shouted.

"Obviously you don't know Blob…" Wanda said as she hexed one of the demons away. "What the hell are these things?"

"Inter-dimensional demons that have a home reality where Nightcrawler teleports, released from their dimension into ours by means of a portal generator that I created in order to study the effects of Nightcrawler teleportation abilities a few months ago." Forge explained as Pietro grabbed Valerie and bolted away.

"Traitor!" Toad shouted after Pietro.

"So how do we get rid of them?" Wanda asked.

"We have to get back to my lab and close the rift." Forge said simply, "Otherwise, the base will be overrun by these things."

"Easier said than done." Mike muttered as X-Factor fought in the kitchen. "These things are coming out of the wood work…" Mike growled.

"Wuss." X-23 said as she slashed art the demons, turning several inside out.

"I think I lost my appetite…" Blob muttered as he was splashed with demon Blood.

"My god…" Toad gasped. He then took a deep breath, increasing his size threefold, he then blew out the breath, and sent hurricane winds at two the demons, blowing them away.

"Good breath control." X said with an arched eyebrow.

"Hello…" Toad crowed as he ducked under a flying demon.

"HI-HO SILVER!" Lance shouted as he ran into the room, riding one of the demons. "AWWWWAAAAYYYYYY!!!"

"I don't believe it." Toad said as Lance jumped off the demon and blasted it into a bunch of others.

"Where are Pietro and Betsy?" Lance asked.

"Betsy doesn't have full control over her new powers yet." Mike said as he knocked another demon back. "She's too much of a risk to have in the fight. And as for Pietro, he ran off with Valerie." Mike explained.

"Cowards." Lance muttered. "So fearless leader, what's the plan?" Lance asked Forge.

"Push them back. I have to get to my lab and get to the dimensional warp that these things are coming through.' Forge said as his hand morphed into a huge blaster and shot another demon.

"That's new." Blob stated.

"I figured that I would need some form of defense when I was in the field, so I made some adjustments to my arm." Forge said as he blasted another demon.

"So lets push'em back…" Pietro shouted as he sped into the room and created a whirlwind that sucked a few more demons up and threw them into a wall.

"YEE-HAW!" Betsy shouted as she emerged from the shadow on the wall with a pair of small katana's in her hands. The blades started to glow purple as she fought the demons.

"BETS!" Mike shouted to his girlfriend, but she ignored him. "Damn…" Mike muttered.

"Where were you?" Lance asked as Pietro sped up to the rest of the Brotherhood…I mean X-Factor.

"Had to make sure Val was safe." Pietro said simply s he ran ahead of the Brotherhood into Forges Lab and returned with the Dimensional-warp doohickey. "I believe this is what you need?" Pietro said as he tossed it to Forge.

"Righteous." Forge stated. "Now to make a few adjustments…" Forge said as he tinkered with the toy a little more. "Gotcha." Forge said as he blasted one of the demons with the ray. The creature was sucked back into its dimension.

"Lets go exterminating." Lance said as X-Factor went throughout the entire Hive, cleaning it up of all the demons.

"Ew." Mike stated as Forge blasted the remains of one of the demons into oblivion. "X, you gotta control that temper…"

"WHAT!?!" X-23 demanded as she popped her claws out.

"Nothing." Mike said simply.

"Well this was a fun day." Valerie said as she walked over to X-factor. "I guess you all deserve a good rest."

"After I destroy this little device to make sure these things don't pop out again." Forge said simply as he walked into his lab. "Then I'm going to destroy the blue prints to make sure no one else can get them."

"Good idea." Mike said as X-Factor followed him to the lab. They didn't notice one of the demons watching them in an air-duck. The beast snorted as it ran away.

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Next time on Brotherhood Evolution: Through Hell-fire, Part I: The Brotherhood goes back to Bayville in order to learn more about this mysterious Hellfire Club that has made it's appearance.

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Well, I hope you all liked it. I just found the image of Blob bating on of those red demons away with a meat log to funny not to write. Anyhow, join us next time when X-Factor gores back to Bayville.

Until next time true believers,

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