Brotherhood Evolution: Through Hell-Fire, Part I
Disclaimer: I own only the character of Michael Nagrite and the storyline behind this saga.
Summary: X-Factor goes back to Bayville in order to discover more about the mysterious Hell-fire club.
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The Hive
"What's going on now Boss lady?" Toad asked as he hopped into the room.
"We're going back to Bayville." Forge said simply.
"WHAT!" Toad shouted. "What did we do? I promise I'll be good! JUST DON'T SEND ME BACK TO THAT HELL HOLE!" Toad cried as he hung onto Valerie's shoulders. "PLEEEAAASSSEEE!!!"
"Get off of me." Val said dryly. "Your going on a mission. I'm not kicking you out." Val said as Toad blinked a couple of times.
"Really?" Toad said as the rest of X-Factor stated at him dryly.
"Sad." Blob said simply.
"Idiot." Wanda added.
"Moron." X said under her breath.
"So why are we going back to Bayville?" Toad asked.
"We've detected a sudden surge in the mutant population in Bayville. There are more mutants entering Bayville, and the government wants to make sure that nothing bad happens." Valerie explained.
"Wait, Maybe Xavier got some more students in?" Lance asked as he faced Valerie.
"No. Warren Worthington the Third, and Alex Masters are the two newest additions to the X-Men."
"Angel and Havok joined?" Pietro said simply. "Good to know."
"We've detected several new mutant signatures, and Xavier hasn't registered anymore students, so we can only assume that a new group of mutants has moved in." Valerie explained.
"Or the acolytes moved into the former 'Hood House™." Wanda said simply.
"No the acolytes are still in Germany." Valerie stated.
"So what do you want us to do?" X-23 said as she looked over some paper work. "I mean where do we start?"
"There are rumors that a group of kids are starting a younger version of the "Hellfire Club". We believe that this is the most likely place to find the new mutants, as the Club will most likely cater to some people with lots of connections." Valerie explained. "Infiltrate the club, and find the new mutants. If they are a threats, then capture them and we'll send in a containment team to do clean up."
"Sounds like a barrel of monkeys." Betsy said simply.
"No. This is what a barrel of Monkeys sounds like." Blob said as he lifted a barrel full of simians over his head. There shouted echoed throughout the hive.
"I don't want to know how you got those." Valerie said as she buried her head in her hands.
"Back to Bayville we go." Mike said with a smirk. "Right Lance?" Mike asked as he elbowed Avalanche in the ribs a couple of times. "Huh? Huh?"
"I'm not going to see Kitty." Lance said dryly.
"Sure you aren't." Mike jabbed with a smirk.
"Get over here." Betsy said as she grabbed Mikes ear and dragged him away.
"Hey! Hey! That hurts! Ow! Leggo!" Mike moaned as Betsy dragged him away.
"Pathetic." Wanda, X, and Toad all said at the same time.
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Bayville Town Line
~ I've got you now, you SOB's ~ A figure in black leather thought to himself as he walked into Bayville. His eyes glowed white with energy as he walked around Bayville. ~ After tomorrow, you'll all know the meaning of pain ~
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Bayville High
"Hello there." Jean Grey looked up to see a young blond girl dressed in all white. She had on a tight belly shirt that showed off her curves and a pair of white leather pants. She had a diamond studs in her belly button and ears. "My name is Emma Frost." Emma said as she held out her hand.
"Jean. Jean Grey." Jean said as she shook Emma's hand.
"I thought you looked familiar." Emma said in mock surprise. "Your father is a member of the Hellfire Club, is he not?"
"Yes. He's one of the charter members of the Club." Jean said with a smile.
"Well dear, in that case you have got to come to our party tomorrow night." Emma said with a smile.
"Party?" Jean asked.
"More like a ball, actually. It's being held at the mansion on Hillton Street. You see my associates and I have started a more younger version of the Hellfire Club."
"And we would love to have you join our little association." A black boy with long dark dreadlocks said as he walked up. He was wearing a black suit. "My name is Marius St. Croix." He said as he extended his hand. Jean noticed that he was wearing gloves as she shook it.
"I'd love to come." Jean said with a smile.
"Excellent." Marius said. "You may bring one guest of your choice."
"It's a formal event, and it starts at nine promptly." Emma said. "We will see you there." Emma said as she and Marcus walked away.
"The professor was right, they did approach me." Jean thought as she walked into the cafeteria to talk with the other X-Men.
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Random Bayville Hotel
"Nice to see the Government sprung for lavish quarters." Pietro said dryly as Toad ate a fly.
"Pietro, we're under cover. We're supposed to be keeping a low profile, remember?" X-23 said as she watched a couple of computers that Forge had set up. There were camera's stationed throughout Bayville, at various locations for viewing.
"Where is the nerd?" Mike asked as he lugged the last of the Brotherhood, I mean X-Factors luggage up the stairs.
"He swung by the X-Geeks, to pick up a few things." Toad said as he typed away at a computer.
"They don't know he joined up with us and the government?" Mike asked.
"Nope." Lance said as he lounged on the bed. "In fact, I think he's wearing one of the telepathic disrupters too, so Xavier can't read his mind."
"Those things are like football helmets!" Wanda exclaimed. "I think the X-Geeks will notice."
"I don't know, they did ignore that triangle thing on Shadowcats head for awhile." Toad said with a snicker.
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Xavier's
"Vas! Forge its good to see you again muin friend!' Kurt said as he shook hand with Forge. "Vhere have you been?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Forge said as he walked into the mansion wearing a football helmet like device with lots of lights on his head.
"So how have you been?" Nightcrawler asked as he and Forge walked around the mansion, no one noticing the d\strange device of Forges head.
"Great. I got a new Lab set up and some cool new partners." Forge said. "Hey Kurt, I don't want to cut this short, but I just swung by to pick up a few things. I gotta get back to work soon."
"No problemo." Kurt said as he led Forge to the lab. On the way, the walked pass Xavier's study.
"Professor, are you sure the "Hellfire Club is composed of mutants?" Jean's voice stated.
"From what Cerebro can tell, yes." Xavier said as Forge and Kurt walked by.
"Interesting…" forge said as he and Nightcrawler walked into the lab.
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Random Bayville Hotel
"Yo, I got in." Toad called from the computer where he was sitting. Forge and Lance walked over and studied the screen. "Bayville High always had the weakest security systems…"
"Yea." Mike said with a smirk as he and Blob slapped hands.
"Okay, out of the new students at Bayville, we got Emma Frost, Sebastian Shaw, Marius St. Croix, and his sister Monet Yvette Teresa Maria St. Croix," Lance said.
"Jeez, she's got more names than most Hispanic people." Toad commented.
"Moving on." Forge said irately as he turned back to the screen. "We also have Lorna Dane, Allison Blare, and James LeGrand." Forge said as he continued reading off of the list.
"Check this out." Mike said as he pointed on the screen. "The only connection that they share is that all of their parents belong to the Hellfire Club.
"What the hell is this Hellfire Club that keeps coming up?" Blob asked.
"Its an exclusive playground for the rich. A members only type place." Betsy said simply as she walked into the room. "My father's a member of the London chapter."
"And mine used to belong to the Florida Chapter." Mike said simply. "You see, membership passes on to the children, thus both Betsy and I can go into meetings and gatherings even without becoming official members. Just because our parents are members."
"Still, I doubt that they're here to start a Bayville Chapter." Wanda said.
"He's got a point, other than the fact that they're rich prudes Mike, I don't think there's a real problem here. Val sent us on a wild goose chase" Lance said as Pietro walked in with X-23.
"What about what I over heard at the mansion?" Forge said.
"Circumstantial." Lance pointed out.
"We got work people." Pietro said. "Val just called. Apparently Miss Frost has several Interpol warrants as well as the others. Val wants us to keep tabs on them and make sure they don't cause trouble."
"You were saying?" Betsy quipped as Lance slapped his face.
"Standard capture routine?" Forge asked Pietro.
"Yea. Except they've all been conformed as Mutants." X said with a smirk. "So there's not going to be anything standard about it."
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"Okay. So what do we know about the Hellfire Club?" Lance asked as he stood in front of the gathered mutants
"All of its members are rich, or have wealthy backgrounds. Members as usually wealthy socialites looking for a good time." Toad said as he lounged on the couch, reading over a printed report. "There are tons of promiscuous sexual practices going on at meeting that are behind closed doors." Toad said. "Hey Wanda, maybe we should join?"
"I don't think so." Wanda said with a smile.
"Moving on…" Blob said, changing them back onto topic.
"There's that, and all the chapters have an Inner Circle, who govern the direction that particular chapter takes, whether it be political or social." Betsy said as she pushed a pair of black-rimmed glasses up on her nose.
"Give me more about this Inner Circle." Forge said.
"Traditionally consists of six to ten people, who take names after chess pieces." Mike began. "Each name has a different position. The Rook works the financial angle, the Bishop the social areas, the Knight takes care of legal issues, while the King and Queen oversee the entire process. The colors reflect the nature of how the said things are taken care of. Black is honestly and open, basically legitimately; while white is dirty and secretively, or illegally."
"There's a contrast or two." Blob pointed out.
"Most of the time, the Inner Circle concerns itself with increasing the wealth of its members, using the name as a front for many illegal activities." Pietro said.
"Yea. Interpol has been after the London branches Inner Circle for awhile." Mike said. "They were close to making some arrests but their headquarters 'mysteriously' blew up, destroying all of the evidence against the Inner Circle. These guys play hard ball, and they don't joke around."
"Okay, so we've got seven new kids, presumably all members of the Hellfire Club themselves. They're all mutants. And they're regal, all dressing in only one color each, black or white." Forge said.
"That means they're probably here to start another branch of the Hellfire Club here in Bayville. They'll probably be the Inner Circle." Wanda pointed out.
"Good." Forge said as he pointed at Wanda. "Pietro, you said that these guys are most likely going to trying to increase their own wealth or standing, correct?"
"I didn't say that directly, but it is the most logical possibility based on what we know about them. And that isn't much I might add." Pietro said.
"Did Pietro just say Logical, and 'I' in the same sentence?" Mike asked Betsy, who just shrugged.
"Still it's all we got. Now what is it about Bayville that would draw in the wealthy?" Forge asked.
"Absolutely nothing." Todd quipped. "Face facts, Bayville is a pimple on the earth's ass."
"That's why we left." Lance said.
"Exactly." Forge said. "They're not here to raise their standings, that's not their primary motive at least. There is something else here that had to draw them in." Forge stated. "What?"
"Damn." Blob muttered. "What about the Bayville Museum."
"What?" Toad asked in disbelief.
"You know what a museum is?" Pietro asked in shock.
"In a week they're going to have an exhibit. "The Mystical Gems of Cyttorak"." Blob said. "Those are the same stones that gave Juggernaut his powers, they might be after those."
"Right. Father used them to power his advanced mutation device." Pietro added.
"Good work." Forge said. "Toad, get on the web and see what you can find out about those stones. If they can do what Blob says they can, then that's going to be our primary target." Forge said as Toad hopped away. "We got the ball on this one and I don't want to drop it people." Forge said sternly. "I want to know why they're here, and make sure that whatever they're up to doesn't work."
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Next Time on Brotherhood Evolution: Through Hell Fire, Part II. Toad, Quicksilver and Psylocke infiltrate the Inner Circle, but have they bitten off more than they can chew? And just who the hell is this figure in Black Leather? Find out next time on Brotherhood Evolution!
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There you all go. I hope you liked it.
Until next time true believers, please review and peace out,
Descendent
Disclaimer: I own only the character of Michael Nagrite and the storyline behind this saga.
Summary: X-Factor goes back to Bayville in order to discover more about the mysterious Hell-fire club.
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The Hive
"What's going on now Boss lady?" Toad asked as he hopped into the room.
"We're going back to Bayville." Forge said simply.
"WHAT!" Toad shouted. "What did we do? I promise I'll be good! JUST DON'T SEND ME BACK TO THAT HELL HOLE!" Toad cried as he hung onto Valerie's shoulders. "PLEEEAAASSSEEE!!!"
"Get off of me." Val said dryly. "Your going on a mission. I'm not kicking you out." Val said as Toad blinked a couple of times.
"Really?" Toad said as the rest of X-Factor stated at him dryly.
"Sad." Blob said simply.
"Idiot." Wanda added.
"Moron." X said under her breath.
"So why are we going back to Bayville?" Toad asked.
"We've detected a sudden surge in the mutant population in Bayville. There are more mutants entering Bayville, and the government wants to make sure that nothing bad happens." Valerie explained.
"Wait, Maybe Xavier got some more students in?" Lance asked as he faced Valerie.
"No. Warren Worthington the Third, and Alex Masters are the two newest additions to the X-Men."
"Angel and Havok joined?" Pietro said simply. "Good to know."
"We've detected several new mutant signatures, and Xavier hasn't registered anymore students, so we can only assume that a new group of mutants has moved in." Valerie explained.
"Or the acolytes moved into the former 'Hood House™." Wanda said simply.
"No the acolytes are still in Germany." Valerie stated.
"So what do you want us to do?" X-23 said as she looked over some paper work. "I mean where do we start?"
"There are rumors that a group of kids are starting a younger version of the "Hellfire Club". We believe that this is the most likely place to find the new mutants, as the Club will most likely cater to some people with lots of connections." Valerie explained. "Infiltrate the club, and find the new mutants. If they are a threats, then capture them and we'll send in a containment team to do clean up."
"Sounds like a barrel of monkeys." Betsy said simply.
"No. This is what a barrel of Monkeys sounds like." Blob said as he lifted a barrel full of simians over his head. There shouted echoed throughout the hive.
"I don't want to know how you got those." Valerie said as she buried her head in her hands.
"Back to Bayville we go." Mike said with a smirk. "Right Lance?" Mike asked as he elbowed Avalanche in the ribs a couple of times. "Huh? Huh?"
"I'm not going to see Kitty." Lance said dryly.
"Sure you aren't." Mike jabbed with a smirk.
"Get over here." Betsy said as she grabbed Mikes ear and dragged him away.
"Hey! Hey! That hurts! Ow! Leggo!" Mike moaned as Betsy dragged him away.
"Pathetic." Wanda, X, and Toad all said at the same time.
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Bayville Town Line
~ I've got you now, you SOB's ~ A figure in black leather thought to himself as he walked into Bayville. His eyes glowed white with energy as he walked around Bayville. ~ After tomorrow, you'll all know the meaning of pain ~
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Bayville High
"Hello there." Jean Grey looked up to see a young blond girl dressed in all white. She had on a tight belly shirt that showed off her curves and a pair of white leather pants. She had a diamond studs in her belly button and ears. "My name is Emma Frost." Emma said as she held out her hand.
"Jean. Jean Grey." Jean said as she shook Emma's hand.
"I thought you looked familiar." Emma said in mock surprise. "Your father is a member of the Hellfire Club, is he not?"
"Yes. He's one of the charter members of the Club." Jean said with a smile.
"Well dear, in that case you have got to come to our party tomorrow night." Emma said with a smile.
"Party?" Jean asked.
"More like a ball, actually. It's being held at the mansion on Hillton Street. You see my associates and I have started a more younger version of the Hellfire Club."
"And we would love to have you join our little association." A black boy with long dark dreadlocks said as he walked up. He was wearing a black suit. "My name is Marius St. Croix." He said as he extended his hand. Jean noticed that he was wearing gloves as she shook it.
"I'd love to come." Jean said with a smile.
"Excellent." Marius said. "You may bring one guest of your choice."
"It's a formal event, and it starts at nine promptly." Emma said. "We will see you there." Emma said as she and Marcus walked away.
"The professor was right, they did approach me." Jean thought as she walked into the cafeteria to talk with the other X-Men.
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Random Bayville Hotel
"Nice to see the Government sprung for lavish quarters." Pietro said dryly as Toad ate a fly.
"Pietro, we're under cover. We're supposed to be keeping a low profile, remember?" X-23 said as she watched a couple of computers that Forge had set up. There were camera's stationed throughout Bayville, at various locations for viewing.
"Where is the nerd?" Mike asked as he lugged the last of the Brotherhood, I mean X-Factors luggage up the stairs.
"He swung by the X-Geeks, to pick up a few things." Toad said as he typed away at a computer.
"They don't know he joined up with us and the government?" Mike asked.
"Nope." Lance said as he lounged on the bed. "In fact, I think he's wearing one of the telepathic disrupters too, so Xavier can't read his mind."
"Those things are like football helmets!" Wanda exclaimed. "I think the X-Geeks will notice."
"I don't know, they did ignore that triangle thing on Shadowcats head for awhile." Toad said with a snicker.
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Xavier's
"Vas! Forge its good to see you again muin friend!' Kurt said as he shook hand with Forge. "Vhere have you been?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Forge said as he walked into the mansion wearing a football helmet like device with lots of lights on his head.
"So how have you been?" Nightcrawler asked as he and Forge walked around the mansion, no one noticing the d\strange device of Forges head.
"Great. I got a new Lab set up and some cool new partners." Forge said. "Hey Kurt, I don't want to cut this short, but I just swung by to pick up a few things. I gotta get back to work soon."
"No problemo." Kurt said as he led Forge to the lab. On the way, the walked pass Xavier's study.
"Professor, are you sure the "Hellfire Club is composed of mutants?" Jean's voice stated.
"From what Cerebro can tell, yes." Xavier said as Forge and Kurt walked by.
"Interesting…" forge said as he and Nightcrawler walked into the lab.
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Random Bayville Hotel
"Yo, I got in." Toad called from the computer where he was sitting. Forge and Lance walked over and studied the screen. "Bayville High always had the weakest security systems…"
"Yea." Mike said with a smirk as he and Blob slapped hands.
"Okay, out of the new students at Bayville, we got Emma Frost, Sebastian Shaw, Marius St. Croix, and his sister Monet Yvette Teresa Maria St. Croix," Lance said.
"Jeez, she's got more names than most Hispanic people." Toad commented.
"Moving on." Forge said irately as he turned back to the screen. "We also have Lorna Dane, Allison Blare, and James LeGrand." Forge said as he continued reading off of the list.
"Check this out." Mike said as he pointed on the screen. "The only connection that they share is that all of their parents belong to the Hellfire Club.
"What the hell is this Hellfire Club that keeps coming up?" Blob asked.
"Its an exclusive playground for the rich. A members only type place." Betsy said simply as she walked into the room. "My father's a member of the London chapter."
"And mine used to belong to the Florida Chapter." Mike said simply. "You see, membership passes on to the children, thus both Betsy and I can go into meetings and gatherings even without becoming official members. Just because our parents are members."
"Still, I doubt that they're here to start a Bayville Chapter." Wanda said.
"He's got a point, other than the fact that they're rich prudes Mike, I don't think there's a real problem here. Val sent us on a wild goose chase" Lance said as Pietro walked in with X-23.
"What about what I over heard at the mansion?" Forge said.
"Circumstantial." Lance pointed out.
"We got work people." Pietro said. "Val just called. Apparently Miss Frost has several Interpol warrants as well as the others. Val wants us to keep tabs on them and make sure they don't cause trouble."
"You were saying?" Betsy quipped as Lance slapped his face.
"Standard capture routine?" Forge asked Pietro.
"Yea. Except they've all been conformed as Mutants." X said with a smirk. "So there's not going to be anything standard about it."
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"Okay. So what do we know about the Hellfire Club?" Lance asked as he stood in front of the gathered mutants
"All of its members are rich, or have wealthy backgrounds. Members as usually wealthy socialites looking for a good time." Toad said as he lounged on the couch, reading over a printed report. "There are tons of promiscuous sexual practices going on at meeting that are behind closed doors." Toad said. "Hey Wanda, maybe we should join?"
"I don't think so." Wanda said with a smile.
"Moving on…" Blob said, changing them back onto topic.
"There's that, and all the chapters have an Inner Circle, who govern the direction that particular chapter takes, whether it be political or social." Betsy said as she pushed a pair of black-rimmed glasses up on her nose.
"Give me more about this Inner Circle." Forge said.
"Traditionally consists of six to ten people, who take names after chess pieces." Mike began. "Each name has a different position. The Rook works the financial angle, the Bishop the social areas, the Knight takes care of legal issues, while the King and Queen oversee the entire process. The colors reflect the nature of how the said things are taken care of. Black is honestly and open, basically legitimately; while white is dirty and secretively, or illegally."
"There's a contrast or two." Blob pointed out.
"Most of the time, the Inner Circle concerns itself with increasing the wealth of its members, using the name as a front for many illegal activities." Pietro said.
"Yea. Interpol has been after the London branches Inner Circle for awhile." Mike said. "They were close to making some arrests but their headquarters 'mysteriously' blew up, destroying all of the evidence against the Inner Circle. These guys play hard ball, and they don't joke around."
"Okay, so we've got seven new kids, presumably all members of the Hellfire Club themselves. They're all mutants. And they're regal, all dressing in only one color each, black or white." Forge said.
"That means they're probably here to start another branch of the Hellfire Club here in Bayville. They'll probably be the Inner Circle." Wanda pointed out.
"Good." Forge said as he pointed at Wanda. "Pietro, you said that these guys are most likely going to trying to increase their own wealth or standing, correct?"
"I didn't say that directly, but it is the most logical possibility based on what we know about them. And that isn't much I might add." Pietro said.
"Did Pietro just say Logical, and 'I' in the same sentence?" Mike asked Betsy, who just shrugged.
"Still it's all we got. Now what is it about Bayville that would draw in the wealthy?" Forge asked.
"Absolutely nothing." Todd quipped. "Face facts, Bayville is a pimple on the earth's ass."
"That's why we left." Lance said.
"Exactly." Forge said. "They're not here to raise their standings, that's not their primary motive at least. There is something else here that had to draw them in." Forge stated. "What?"
"Damn." Blob muttered. "What about the Bayville Museum."
"What?" Toad asked in disbelief.
"You know what a museum is?" Pietro asked in shock.
"In a week they're going to have an exhibit. "The Mystical Gems of Cyttorak"." Blob said. "Those are the same stones that gave Juggernaut his powers, they might be after those."
"Right. Father used them to power his advanced mutation device." Pietro added.
"Good work." Forge said. "Toad, get on the web and see what you can find out about those stones. If they can do what Blob says they can, then that's going to be our primary target." Forge said as Toad hopped away. "We got the ball on this one and I don't want to drop it people." Forge said sternly. "I want to know why they're here, and make sure that whatever they're up to doesn't work."
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Next Time on Brotherhood Evolution: Through Hell Fire, Part II. Toad, Quicksilver and Psylocke infiltrate the Inner Circle, but have they bitten off more than they can chew? And just who the hell is this figure in Black Leather? Find out next time on Brotherhood Evolution!
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There you all go. I hope you liked it.
Until next time true believers, please review and peace out,
Descendent