Brotherhood Evolution: Through Hell-Fire, Part III: Comming out to Play
Disclaimer: If you don't know it by now than you need help. And I got three words for ya… ARE YOU READY!??!
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The Hell-Fire Club Mansion
~ Miss me? ~ Chamber projected at the Inner Circle.
"Not really." Shaw stated as he walked up to the taller teenager. "So what brings you back Jonothan? Did you miss the rush or is it because you want something?"
~ I... want those gem's… ~ Chamber stated.
"We don't have them... Yet." Shaw answered.
~ I don't care. I'm telling you to stay... away from them. They're mine. ~
"Still think that they can fix you're wounded body." Shaw sniffed. "You haven't a prayer Jonothan. Remember, you volunteered to have your power amplified by the gems in the first place. It's not our fault that you lost your precious looks as a result of it."
~ Actually, it is. ~ Jonothan Starsmore projected. His eyes then glowed with energy as his chest blew outward, expelling Bio-Nuclear Psychokinetic energy from the gapping hole in his chest and lower half of his face. The energy flooded around him, almost like a cape as he walked forward, the energy trailing in front of and behind him.
"This is bad." Betsy said as she stumbled over to Pietro and helped him up.
"At least no-face has the Inner Circle busy…" Pietro said as he tried his com-link back to X-Factor. "Lance, we got problems…"
"Mike, X, Wanda, Lance, and Forge are on their way. E.T.A three minutes." Blob's voice crackled over the com-link.
"He knows what E.T.A means?" Pietro asked Betsy, who just shook her head. Suddenly THE EMOTIONALLY CHALLENGED X-MEN!!! burst through the ceiling in full battle attire.
"Damn it. We do have a door you know." Shaw snapped at the X-Men.
"Sorry." Nightcrawler muttered as the X-men struck a dramatic entrance pose.
"What are you doing here?" Kitty asked as she saw Betsy and Pietro.
"Government business luv." Betsy said as she focused and a katana made of purple energy formed in her hands.
"Thats new." Rogue said in shock.
"What?" Alex said as Pietro got up.
"We work for the government. Duh." Betsy said simply
"A three way." Pietro muttered. "X-Factor Vs X-Men Vs Hell-Fire Club. Great. The only good three way involves me, and two lovely ladies." Pietro said simply as he rushed Allison.
"God he's a pervert…" Betsy thought as X-Factor broke through one of the walls.
"Good God. Doesn't anybody use the door anymore?" Emma Frost demanded.
"Nope." Omega said simply.
"Lance?" Kitty asked as she saw the Brotherhood's new outfits.
"Hey Pretty Kitty." Lance said with a smirk. "Miss me?"
"Forge?" Kurt asked as Forges hand morphed into a gun.
"Told you, you wouldn't believe me." Forge said with a smirk.
"Kid?" Logan asked as X-23 smiled at him. "What are you doing?"
"Hey pops." X-23 said. "I work for the government now."
"Following in the old mans foot steps. Wonderful. Great." Logan muttered. Soon it was a free for all as the three teams plus Chamber were battling it out. Monet flew into the air and slammed Jean into the wall, as her brother gathered the stolen life energy of Cyclops and channeled it into a solar blast that sent Havok into the third floor. Shaw wrestled with Omega as LeGrand took care of Forge and Nightcrawler. Rogue was busy dealing with Emma and Betsy fought with Shadow Cat. Poloris was using X as a Yo-yo as Mike went flying by.
"This is getting no where." Lance muttered to himself as he saw Chamber standing away from the battle, deep in concentration. "Ah crap…" Lance thought when he realized Chamber was drawing in massive amounts of psychokinetic energy. "X-Factor, fall back!" Lance shouted as the Brotherhood took off through the hole in the wall. Chamber then released his energy in one destructive bio-blast that leveled the mansion. Thankfully, Jean's telekinesis and some quick thinking on the half of Psylocke, Shadow Cat, and Nightcrawler made sure that none of the humans were hurt. Well all except for Duncan who had a very large rock land on him. (Ain't I a stinker?) When Chamber emerged from the ruble, the three groups where gone.
~ Damn it... I was so close ~ Chamber muttered. ~ Without those Gems I have... no chance of regaining my body. ~ Chamber thought as he walked off to try and find the Hell-Fire Club.
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Sleazy Motel
"We really screwed the pooch on this one…" Lance stated as he looked at the battered and bruised X-Factor. Betsy and Pietro had changed into their costumes and Toad was holding an ice pack to his head. The X-Men were also gathered around as Betsy had shadow walked them all to the Motel.
"What are you doing here?" Kitty asked as she sat near Lance.
"And what did you mean you work for the government?" Jean asked.
"We were recruited by an elite part of the Special Forces Unit in order to deal with mutant threats that threaten our Nations security." Forge said simply. "I was chosen first, given my abilities and talents. The Brotherhood where then recruited given the nature of their powers as well as the fact that they had much more contact with other mutants."
"That and we're just that lovable." Pietro said simply.
"But where did you come in Kid?' Logan asked X.
"I was looking for a thrill, and so far these guys haven't failed to disappoint." X-23 said as she sipped a soda.
"Man this is a huge mess." Forge moaned.
"If you hadn't interfered, this wouldn't have happened." Scott scolded.
"Summers, if we hadn't interfered, you'd be a meal for our friend, mister mouth-hands." Betsy stated. "And besides, we're the government, we had first dibs on the situation."
"She's got a point Bro." Alex stated as he held a bag of frozen peas to his noggin.
"Val is gonna moue pissed." Toad stated. "We were supposed to get Intel, but instead we ended up destroying a mansion and nearly killing half of Bayville."
"Can't we do anything anymore without almost killing half of Bayville?" Mike asked simply.
"No. No we can't." Lance stated simply. "Its in the Brotherhood Charter." Lance said as he handed a scroll to Omega.
"Let me see that… Whenever the Brotherhood goes out as a team on a mission or for fun, so long as all members are present, exactly one half of Bayville's population needs to be put into mortal jeopardy…Hmp, I'll be damned. It does say that." Mike said as he handed the charter back to Lance.
"You guys still follow that thing?" Rogue asked in disgust.
"Hey, we may be X-Factor, but we're still 'Hoods." Toad replied simply.
"X-Factor?" The X-men asked.
"Wasn't our idea." Blob said simply. "So boss, what do we do know." Blob turned to Forge
"First thing's first, the 64 thousand dollar question is; "Who the hell was the energy bar"?" Forge asked aloud.
"His name's Jonothan Starsmore." Mike replied.
"How do you know?" Blob asked.
"I went to School with him during my brief stint in England, away from my Father." Mike said simply. "He was my best fried for the longest time, but then we just eventually lost contact with each other when I moved back to Florida."
"So you know him?" Jean asked simply.
"Yea. Well before he turned into the energizer bunny that is." Mike said simply. "There was something else as well. His eyes, they were hollow, no emotion in them. He isn't the same. Something happened to him." Mike said as he scratched his chin.
"Maybe becoming a living battery?" Toad asked dryly.
"Great. So what do we do next?" Kitty asked as she sat next to Lance.
"I'm going to contact Valerie. We screwed up magorly on this one. She may want to come down and try to do damage control on this one." Pietro said as he picked up a phone and dialed a number.
"Any excuse to get her down here, right Petey?" Mike taunted. Until Betsy smacked him in the back of the skull. "Ow..."
"Until we get word from the boss lady, I want the rest of my team to take it easy." Forge said as he walked into his room.
"I'll contact the Professor, he'll want to know what's going on." Scott said as he took out his cell phone.
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The Inner Circles Secret Base
"This was unexpected." Shaw snapped at the rest of the circle. "The X-Men and this new group could be dealt with, but not the return of Chamber."
"Calm down Sebastian." Emma said, as she lay nude on a silk bed. "We knew we would have to deal with Jonothan before hand. This is just dandy, as we no longer have to find him, he's right here where we can use him to our advantage." Emma said with a smile.
"You really are devious. You know that don't you." Shaw said as he approached Emma, taking off his shirt.
"Yummy." Emma said with a smile.
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Xavier's
"TOAD! YOU'RE A DEAD MAN!" Bobby shouted as he shot a blast of ice at Toad, who jumped away snickering at a green Iceman.
"This was a really, really, really, REALLY bad idea." Scott whined as he began to pound his head against the wall.
"You're telling me. This is your house they're trashing." Lance muttered.
"Again." Nightcrawler muttered.
"You missed us, didn't you?" Lance asked with a smile as he walked away.
"AHHHHHHH!!!" Rogue screamed as she ran downstairs panting. "Its horrible…the most disturbing thing I've ever seen…" Rogue gasped.
"What?" Blob asked.
"I went to go to the bathroom, and…Mike… Betsy…" Rogue gasped as Mike came downstairs wearing a towel.
"You know, you really need to knock." Mike scolded as he walked back upstairs handcuffs jingling all the way up.
"Wow." Jean stated simply. "I honestly did not expect that." Jean said dryly.
"There's a reason we call those two Rabbits." Toad quipped.
"So what did Xavier have to say about this?" Forge asked.
"He muttered something about why life sucks and locked himself in his study with Storm, Beast, Wolverine, and Angel." Nightcrawler said simply as a loud crashed rocked the mansion.
"What a day…" Scott muttered a she buried his head in his hands.
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Outside
"What a day..." Lance thought as he stared at the night sky in the open field. He held his hand out and the ground began to rise up, following the movements of his hand. "Who would have thought that my powers were actually geological-based telekinesis and the ability to control and manipulate seismic energy?" Lance thought with a smile as his eyes began to glow a light blue as he moved his hands, fluctuating the ground in a strange symphony.
"Impressive." Lance turned to see Kitty standing behind him.
"This is nothing." Lance said with a smile as he made another motion with his hand and the two of them found them whisked up into the air on a wave of earth.
"LANCE!" Kitty laughed as the earth swirled them around through the air.
"Come on Kitty. You never felt the need to let loose." Lance said as the earthen platform he was on drifted closer to hers. His eyes trailed light blue energy as he faced her.
"Yea. I have." Kitty said as she gazed up at him. "Only when I'm around you though…" Kitty said as Lance smiled. "I missed you…"
"Same here Pretty Kitty…" Lance said as he bent down and kissed her.
"I can tell." Kitty said as she kissed him back.
"I knew it." Mike stated with a smile as he watched the two from a window.
"Get over here you pervert." Betsy muttered as she grabbed his ear and dragged him away.
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Next Time on Brotherhood Evolution: Through Hellfire, Part IV. X-Factor and the X-men team up to defend the Cyytorak gems from the hellfire club, but what is Chamber really after?
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See you all next time,
Descendent
Disclaimer: If you don't know it by now than you need help. And I got three words for ya… ARE YOU READY!??!
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The Hell-Fire Club Mansion
~ Miss me? ~ Chamber projected at the Inner Circle.
"Not really." Shaw stated as he walked up to the taller teenager. "So what brings you back Jonothan? Did you miss the rush or is it because you want something?"
~ I... want those gem's… ~ Chamber stated.
"We don't have them... Yet." Shaw answered.
~ I don't care. I'm telling you to stay... away from them. They're mine. ~
"Still think that they can fix you're wounded body." Shaw sniffed. "You haven't a prayer Jonothan. Remember, you volunteered to have your power amplified by the gems in the first place. It's not our fault that you lost your precious looks as a result of it."
~ Actually, it is. ~ Jonothan Starsmore projected. His eyes then glowed with energy as his chest blew outward, expelling Bio-Nuclear Psychokinetic energy from the gapping hole in his chest and lower half of his face. The energy flooded around him, almost like a cape as he walked forward, the energy trailing in front of and behind him.
"This is bad." Betsy said as she stumbled over to Pietro and helped him up.
"At least no-face has the Inner Circle busy…" Pietro said as he tried his com-link back to X-Factor. "Lance, we got problems…"
"Mike, X, Wanda, Lance, and Forge are on their way. E.T.A three minutes." Blob's voice crackled over the com-link.
"He knows what E.T.A means?" Pietro asked Betsy, who just shook her head. Suddenly THE EMOTIONALLY CHALLENGED X-MEN!!! burst through the ceiling in full battle attire.
"Damn it. We do have a door you know." Shaw snapped at the X-Men.
"Sorry." Nightcrawler muttered as the X-men struck a dramatic entrance pose.
"What are you doing here?" Kitty asked as she saw Betsy and Pietro.
"Government business luv." Betsy said as she focused and a katana made of purple energy formed in her hands.
"Thats new." Rogue said in shock.
"What?" Alex said as Pietro got up.
"We work for the government. Duh." Betsy said simply
"A three way." Pietro muttered. "X-Factor Vs X-Men Vs Hell-Fire Club. Great. The only good three way involves me, and two lovely ladies." Pietro said simply as he rushed Allison.
"God he's a pervert…" Betsy thought as X-Factor broke through one of the walls.
"Good God. Doesn't anybody use the door anymore?" Emma Frost demanded.
"Nope." Omega said simply.
"Lance?" Kitty asked as she saw the Brotherhood's new outfits.
"Hey Pretty Kitty." Lance said with a smirk. "Miss me?"
"Forge?" Kurt asked as Forges hand morphed into a gun.
"Told you, you wouldn't believe me." Forge said with a smirk.
"Kid?" Logan asked as X-23 smiled at him. "What are you doing?"
"Hey pops." X-23 said. "I work for the government now."
"Following in the old mans foot steps. Wonderful. Great." Logan muttered. Soon it was a free for all as the three teams plus Chamber were battling it out. Monet flew into the air and slammed Jean into the wall, as her brother gathered the stolen life energy of Cyclops and channeled it into a solar blast that sent Havok into the third floor. Shaw wrestled with Omega as LeGrand took care of Forge and Nightcrawler. Rogue was busy dealing with Emma and Betsy fought with Shadow Cat. Poloris was using X as a Yo-yo as Mike went flying by.
"This is getting no where." Lance muttered to himself as he saw Chamber standing away from the battle, deep in concentration. "Ah crap…" Lance thought when he realized Chamber was drawing in massive amounts of psychokinetic energy. "X-Factor, fall back!" Lance shouted as the Brotherhood took off through the hole in the wall. Chamber then released his energy in one destructive bio-blast that leveled the mansion. Thankfully, Jean's telekinesis and some quick thinking on the half of Psylocke, Shadow Cat, and Nightcrawler made sure that none of the humans were hurt. Well all except for Duncan who had a very large rock land on him. (Ain't I a stinker?) When Chamber emerged from the ruble, the three groups where gone.
~ Damn it... I was so close ~ Chamber muttered. ~ Without those Gems I have... no chance of regaining my body. ~ Chamber thought as he walked off to try and find the Hell-Fire Club.
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Sleazy Motel
"We really screwed the pooch on this one…" Lance stated as he looked at the battered and bruised X-Factor. Betsy and Pietro had changed into their costumes and Toad was holding an ice pack to his head. The X-Men were also gathered around as Betsy had shadow walked them all to the Motel.
"What are you doing here?" Kitty asked as she sat near Lance.
"And what did you mean you work for the government?" Jean asked.
"We were recruited by an elite part of the Special Forces Unit in order to deal with mutant threats that threaten our Nations security." Forge said simply. "I was chosen first, given my abilities and talents. The Brotherhood where then recruited given the nature of their powers as well as the fact that they had much more contact with other mutants."
"That and we're just that lovable." Pietro said simply.
"But where did you come in Kid?' Logan asked X.
"I was looking for a thrill, and so far these guys haven't failed to disappoint." X-23 said as she sipped a soda.
"Man this is a huge mess." Forge moaned.
"If you hadn't interfered, this wouldn't have happened." Scott scolded.
"Summers, if we hadn't interfered, you'd be a meal for our friend, mister mouth-hands." Betsy stated. "And besides, we're the government, we had first dibs on the situation."
"She's got a point Bro." Alex stated as he held a bag of frozen peas to his noggin.
"Val is gonna moue pissed." Toad stated. "We were supposed to get Intel, but instead we ended up destroying a mansion and nearly killing half of Bayville."
"Can't we do anything anymore without almost killing half of Bayville?" Mike asked simply.
"No. No we can't." Lance stated simply. "Its in the Brotherhood Charter." Lance said as he handed a scroll to Omega.
"Let me see that… Whenever the Brotherhood goes out as a team on a mission or for fun, so long as all members are present, exactly one half of Bayville's population needs to be put into mortal jeopardy…Hmp, I'll be damned. It does say that." Mike said as he handed the charter back to Lance.
"You guys still follow that thing?" Rogue asked in disgust.
"Hey, we may be X-Factor, but we're still 'Hoods." Toad replied simply.
"X-Factor?" The X-men asked.
"Wasn't our idea." Blob said simply. "So boss, what do we do know." Blob turned to Forge
"First thing's first, the 64 thousand dollar question is; "Who the hell was the energy bar"?" Forge asked aloud.
"His name's Jonothan Starsmore." Mike replied.
"How do you know?" Blob asked.
"I went to School with him during my brief stint in England, away from my Father." Mike said simply. "He was my best fried for the longest time, but then we just eventually lost contact with each other when I moved back to Florida."
"So you know him?" Jean asked simply.
"Yea. Well before he turned into the energizer bunny that is." Mike said simply. "There was something else as well. His eyes, they were hollow, no emotion in them. He isn't the same. Something happened to him." Mike said as he scratched his chin.
"Maybe becoming a living battery?" Toad asked dryly.
"Great. So what do we do next?" Kitty asked as she sat next to Lance.
"I'm going to contact Valerie. We screwed up magorly on this one. She may want to come down and try to do damage control on this one." Pietro said as he picked up a phone and dialed a number.
"Any excuse to get her down here, right Petey?" Mike taunted. Until Betsy smacked him in the back of the skull. "Ow..."
"Until we get word from the boss lady, I want the rest of my team to take it easy." Forge said as he walked into his room.
"I'll contact the Professor, he'll want to know what's going on." Scott said as he took out his cell phone.
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The Inner Circles Secret Base
"This was unexpected." Shaw snapped at the rest of the circle. "The X-Men and this new group could be dealt with, but not the return of Chamber."
"Calm down Sebastian." Emma said, as she lay nude on a silk bed. "We knew we would have to deal with Jonothan before hand. This is just dandy, as we no longer have to find him, he's right here where we can use him to our advantage." Emma said with a smile.
"You really are devious. You know that don't you." Shaw said as he approached Emma, taking off his shirt.
"Yummy." Emma said with a smile.
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Xavier's
"TOAD! YOU'RE A DEAD MAN!" Bobby shouted as he shot a blast of ice at Toad, who jumped away snickering at a green Iceman.
"This was a really, really, really, REALLY bad idea." Scott whined as he began to pound his head against the wall.
"You're telling me. This is your house they're trashing." Lance muttered.
"Again." Nightcrawler muttered.
"You missed us, didn't you?" Lance asked with a smile as he walked away.
"AHHHHHHH!!!" Rogue screamed as she ran downstairs panting. "Its horrible…the most disturbing thing I've ever seen…" Rogue gasped.
"What?" Blob asked.
"I went to go to the bathroom, and…Mike… Betsy…" Rogue gasped as Mike came downstairs wearing a towel.
"You know, you really need to knock." Mike scolded as he walked back upstairs handcuffs jingling all the way up.
"Wow." Jean stated simply. "I honestly did not expect that." Jean said dryly.
"There's a reason we call those two Rabbits." Toad quipped.
"So what did Xavier have to say about this?" Forge asked.
"He muttered something about why life sucks and locked himself in his study with Storm, Beast, Wolverine, and Angel." Nightcrawler said simply as a loud crashed rocked the mansion.
"What a day…" Scott muttered a she buried his head in his hands.
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Outside
"What a day..." Lance thought as he stared at the night sky in the open field. He held his hand out and the ground began to rise up, following the movements of his hand. "Who would have thought that my powers were actually geological-based telekinesis and the ability to control and manipulate seismic energy?" Lance thought with a smile as his eyes began to glow a light blue as he moved his hands, fluctuating the ground in a strange symphony.
"Impressive." Lance turned to see Kitty standing behind him.
"This is nothing." Lance said with a smile as he made another motion with his hand and the two of them found them whisked up into the air on a wave of earth.
"LANCE!" Kitty laughed as the earth swirled them around through the air.
"Come on Kitty. You never felt the need to let loose." Lance said as the earthen platform he was on drifted closer to hers. His eyes trailed light blue energy as he faced her.
"Yea. I have." Kitty said as she gazed up at him. "Only when I'm around you though…" Kitty said as Lance smiled. "I missed you…"
"Same here Pretty Kitty…" Lance said as he bent down and kissed her.
"I can tell." Kitty said as she kissed him back.
"I knew it." Mike stated with a smile as he watched the two from a window.
"Get over here you pervert." Betsy muttered as she grabbed his ear and dragged him away.
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Next Time on Brotherhood Evolution: Through Hellfire, Part IV. X-Factor and the X-men team up to defend the Cyytorak gems from the hellfire club, but what is Chamber really after?
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See you all next time,
Descendent