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======================================================================X23 stared into the man's eyes. The only family she had. Or at least what she knew of. But this was not the Logan that she had beaten up on the first time they had met. He was not the same gruff but nice man that she had been cloned after. No, something had happened to him. He was nowhere near any way she could have imagined him.
She could handle him. The others couldn't. He had no regrets, and he was wild. The others could help, but X23 would have to be his match.The stab wounds in her shoulders were already healing as Wolverine was howling. Kitty had fainted, which would only be a burden until she awoke. X23 did not worry though, because the girl had Lance. He would watch her until she awoke.But there were other smells. There were more enemies coming.X23 hopped into the hair, and brought her heels down onto Wolverine's face. He growled and sank under it, but it only slowed him. The DNA sharing mutants clashed adamantium claws in a fury of flips and lunges. The others would have to fend for themselves, as X23 could smell the enemies even closer. Soon, the battle would just get more brutal.===================================================================
Scott kept noticing X23 sniff the air cautiously every now and then when she got a chance. Something's coming, he thought. She must smell something.
Scott Summers watched in horror as a man he thought he knew pretty well defied all of his expectations, as he lashed out in a berserker rage. The X-men leader knew this wasn't the same Logan. Something must have been done to him.
The optic blasting mutant spun in a circle, searching for oncoming danger. Something crashed and something shattered. Scott turned to the direction of the sound, and found something flying at him.It was moving to fast for him to dodge. A small spinning chunk of debris smacked his face, and also separated his visor from his eyes.The X-men leader cursed angrily as he hit the ground. The battle would be extremely though without his visor. Once before, he had been in a fight with his eyes closed, against the shape shifter Mystique. But now, he didn't know what to expect.=====================================================================
The phasing mutant broke away from Lance, and grabbed Scott's wrist from the ground, just as someone lunged at him. The attacker passed harmlessly through Scott, thanks to Kitty's aid.Scott quickly got to his feet, and Kitty held his wrist. Since he couldn't tell what was happening, at least she could help him be able to phase through any attackers. But then she saw who had just tried to injure the X-men leader.The familiar mutant jumped to his feet, towering over Kitty. He snarled angrily, and lashed out with his claws.Sabertooth passed right through Kitty, ending up behind her. Scott could hear the snarls, so he looked directly at the mutant attacker, and opened his eyes. An optic blast tore into Sabertooth, and sent him smashing into a deserted building across the street.Kitty made a conscious note to keep her focus on Sabertooth. When she had faced him along time ago, when she had first joined the X-men, which had been her mistake. The guy was quick, and when she had taken one look away from him, he'd sent her spinning through the air and into a tree. But now she knew better."Kitty, get behind me!!" Lance ordered. Kitty turned to look at him. She nodded, and moved behind her boyfriend. But then she saw Scott's visor scattered on the road. She pulled Scott over to it, and handed it to him.Lance suddenly flew past her, and slid along the ground. Kitty worriedly glanced at him, noticing the front of his shirt shredded, but there were no claw marks.But she had looked to long.Sabertooth growled as he landed right in front of her as she turned around. He quickly flattened her onto her back with a backhand strike.She had made the same mistake twice with him.
"Scott!!!" Kitty Pryde screamed as she awoke from her short faint to find something lunging at him. She also saw that he was at a disadvantage without his visor. Of course he could open his eyes, but he would never want to accidentally blast his friends.=====================================================================
The feral mutant got ready to tear his claws against Lance, when Roberto slammed into him from behind, hard. Both mutants sailed to the ground, as Lance moved out of the way. But without his enhanced strength from the Sun, Sabertooth was stronger.He shoved Roberto off him, and kicked Lance onto his back. Then he leapt on top of Roberto. The mutant's claws tore down Roberto's side, shredding through his jacket and muscle shirt beneath. He grunted in pain as Sabertooth smiled, looking over his work. Long slashes along Roberto's sides were evident through the ripped clothing.But before Sabertooth could injure him anymore, a scarlet beam pounded Sabertooth, sending him through the air, where he smashed through a building and then skidded along the ground."Thanks Cyclops."
Roberto DaCosta rushed into a tackled as he saw Kitty batted to the ground by Sabertooth. Scott tried to help, but the wild mutant grabbed him by the waist, and flung him into a wall across the street. Lance was already charging at Sabertooth, thus diverting his attention.
But Roberto noticed the X-men leader in his tattered uniform lying on the ground.If it didn't come from him, then whom did it come from?=========================================================
Of course, he had no idea if it was really him. All he knew was that he had seen himself. Or something like that.Getting over the initial reaction of disbelief, he had chased himself. So Ray found himself inside an abandoned warehouse. He needed answers, and maybe some help.Suddenly, a shriek filled the air, followed by a woman gracefully landing only a few feet away.She wore a black and dark purple uniform with a belt, boots, and gloves. Her bright red hair caught Ray's attention immediately.But that wasn't what made him stare.Slowly, dark violet colored fingernails protruded from the gloves, extending a good ten inches. The woman smirked evilly, and clicked her long and dangerous fingernails together. Then she was lunging.Before Ray could even defend himself, he felt the fingernails tear through his already tattered X-men uniform, slashing along his skin. The woman did not let up, as she slashed across Ray's broad chest, and then tore down his arms and back.The woman easily maneuvered around Ray's blasts of electricity, giving a slash for every missed electrical blast from him.But then a more powerful electrical blast cascaded through the room, slamming the woman into a large crate.Ray dropped to his knees, the upper half of his uniform only in mere tatters and small shreds. That left his upper body bare, showing the slashes that covered him. They weren't bleeding very fast, but Ray still cringed in pain."Need a hand?" A male voice asked. Ray lifted his head to see his reflection.But not quite.The man had the same height and muscular build as Ray, as well as the same hair colors. Although, the orange and blonde locks were slightly longer, and they were spiky instead of slicked back.The Ray Crisp in front of him wore a different uniform. It was black and pale blue. The uniform was mostly black, but there was blue along the lightning bolt-shaped outlines on the shirt. They bared some of his chest and abs beneath it. His uniform was also sleeveless, baring muscular arms, and he also wore pale gray gloves that reached past his wrists. His pants were also black and baggy, with pale gray boots over his feet."So I still look great in the future. I like the uniform." Ray joked, hoping he could lighten up his future self.But the Ray Crisp in front of his cracked no smile. He did though grab Ray by the throat, as his fist charged with the glow of electricity."Let me help you up asshole!" He replied sarcastically. "I don't know who the hell you are or if this is some kinda game, but I want answers now!!!"Behind him, the woman was getting up. Ray glanced behind his future self at her, and then stared into the eyes of himself in front of him. He didn't know what to do. He did know that he was in trouble. And things were not looking good.
Ray Crisp moved along the streets, trailing someone. Even though he knew venturing by himself was a disadvantage, the electrical mutant did so anyways. He was only a few streets away, and he had a good reason to chase.
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