Disclaimer: For the last freaking time, I own zip, zero, nota, zilch! All right, I own Kat/Acidwash, but that's it…for now.
-Alrighty now, this is the last chapter. Or the second to last chapter, but it has a second part. Yep, let's get confusing for the finale. There is NO excuse for why this chapter took me SO long to complete, so I'll just say the real reason. I'm lazy. But here it is. I hope you enjoy it and the last chapter will be on here in a couple days. I doubt there will be a sequel, but you will probably see Kat around again. I know allot of people thought this story would turn out one-way or another, but I had a plan for it all along. I also especially love the title of this chapter. A friend needed a title for a song that their band was doing and this is what I came up with for him. I want all the reviews I can get for this story so PLEASE tell me what you think. Enjoy…
-Chapter 7: Kamikaze Love Song: Part 1
"COME ON PICK IT UP ON THE LEFT SIDE!" shouted Scott as he rolled to out of the way of laser fire. The Danger Room was in full gear. Optic blasts, bony spikes and laser beams were going off all around Kat as she ran and dove her way around the numerous obstacles that filled the lethal room. The full team of X-Men with the exception of Strom and Beast who were away on a field trip with the younger students, were working their hardest at defending themselves and their teammates.
"LOOK OUT!" shouted Rogue as Kat looked up to see another canon ready to fire at her. She quickly thrust out her hands shooting a sizzling stream of bright green acid at the looming weapon. The acid instantly began to eat through the metal holding the canon to the wall and it came crashing to the ground. "Nice work." Said Scott as he ran past her. She smiled to herself at the complement and then quickly turned her attention back to the action around her.
Pietro leaned up against one of the brick pillars that supported the gates to the Xavier Institute, surveying the area. There were cameras undoubtedly set up with an assortment of weapons ready to fire at any uninvited guests who entered the grounds. It wouldn't take much for Pietro to fly right past them, and once inside he had a fairly good idea where he was going. He had seen the X-Jet fly out of several places and suspected that the back entrance would be better than trying to pound his way through the basketball court, and it would be a more discreet too.
The challenge was set. His time to move was now. Zipping around to the back of the Institute he saw the cliff with a waterfall and knew that some where behind the waterfall, lay the entrance to their underground battle area. That was where the control room would be, and that was where Pietro knew he needed to be.
"Here goes," he said as he ran to the bottom of the cliff, looked up at the waterfall, and then ran straight up against the flow of the water. A second later he was standing at the mouth of the entrance. A large metal door blocked his way in. Seeing a control panel, he silently laughed to him self. Putting his hand on the panel, his fingers began to fly over every button. It was only a matter of time before he hit the correct sequence and the door would open. Five minutes later the metal door flew open to reveal a large hanger equipped with different controls and vehicles. Pietro snickered at the assorted motor vehicles, to him wheels were worthless and he couldn't understand how any one could satisfy a "need for speed" with them. Quickly zooming through the room, Pietro hit a long metal hallway. "Magneto would love this place," he said quietly to himself as he flew down the hallway to avoid being caught by any sensors that might have been active. Seeing the main control room, he jerked to a stop and readily turned into the room as the door slid shut behind him. Running against the wall under the camera, Pietro grabbed hold and ripped the camera off the wall, throwing it to the ground.
"Now to get rid of the X-Geeks." He said to himself as he walked over to the largest monitor, producing a picture of the combating X-Men live in action. Scanning the controls he gentelly ran his fingers over the computer keys. "This could be fun." He said to himself with a smile. Once more his fingers flew over the controls as he bugged and locked the computer and defense system. There would be no going in, or getting out of the Xavier Institute now.
"Sequence initiated. Lock down complete. Self Destruct mode in twenty minutes." Echoed a monotone voice over a loud speak mounted some where on the wall. Pietro smiled deviously to himself. Twenty minutes was the lowest amount of time he could set for the destruction process but he figured no one would notice anything wrong until it was to late. Plus with the lock-down systems activated, he figured they would have too hard a time getting out of the Institute to make it out in time. "Nice knowing ya." Pietro said as he zoomed out of the building. He was very proud of himself, and he hoped his father would be too.
"What the?" questioned Wolverine starring down at the little red light that was now blinking at him from the control panel in the overhead control room in the Danger Room. "That can't be good. Professor, you might want to come look at this." He said to the other side of the room where the professor was sitting, watching his students down below.
"What is it Logan?" he said as he rolled forward to where Wolverine stood, mesmerized by the flashing warning. "No that is defiantly not good indeed. Something is very wrong" Fast paced clacking could be heard as the Professor worked away at finding the problem. "It looks as if our computers have been hacked, and who ever it was they placed the Institute under self destruction! We have to get the students out of here…and NOW!" he said severely, tuning to Logan.
"Stop the training program!" shouted Wolverine. Professor Xavier typed some more on the panel, "It won't shut off. They'll just have to work around it. You get them out of here and I'll see if I can stop the program."
"No Chuck, I won't let you stay here!" yelled Logan once more at the Professor.
"Don't argue with me. It may be the only shot we've got. Now go. HURRY!" he replied as Wolverine reluctantly began to claw at the glass that looked out at to the room below. Bursting through it, he landed on the ground with a roll.
"Jean, try to block some of the attacks for a moment!" shouted Logan above the roar. Jean did as she was told and every one else gathered around her and Logan. "The Institute is in self-destruct mode. We have to get out of here!" a slight gasp rolled through the small group as the shock hit them.
"What about the Professor?" asked Scott.
"He's trying to stop the program while we get out." Scott started to protest. "Look kid, I already tried, but he's not leaving, so we might as well fallow orders. We have to find a way to bust open those doors!" He yelled.
"I don't know how much longer I can hold this up!" moaned Jean.
"Evan, Rogue, Kurt, Jean, you hold off the attacks, the rest of you, help me break down the doors!" The students separated into their separate groups and went to work.
"I can try and phase people through!" offered Kitty.
"We don't have that kind of time!" answered Wolverine.
"Then let me blast it!" Scott said firing a strong beam at the door. It dented in but still didn't break down.
"Here…try this!" Yelled Kat as she ran to the door. She placed her hands on the large piece of metal and pushed into the door. Her hands began to sink in and eat away at the door. She made a large circle into the door and then turned to Scott. "Now try and blast it!" Scott gave it a strong shot and it blew out.
"That will work!" said Logan as he called the rest of the students through the opening in the door. "Now for the next twelve sets of doors."
Slowly the group made there way through the sets of thick heavy doors. Each section contained an assortment of weaponry that continued to assault the students as they burned and blasted their way to the exit. Kat began to feel light headed around the eighth door. She had used much of her body's acid, and it was taking affect on her. The tremendous noise that had once been the blasting of lasers had slowly dulled to a hum beneath the terrible ringing in her ears.
"We're not going to make it!" yelled a voice from behind her. The room spun faster and faster making it hard for her to even see straight.
"Kitty! Start phasing them through! We have to HURRY!!" Shouted another voice. Her vision became clouded and she felt her hold on consciousness slip. The room closed in darkness and it was becoming hard to breathe.
"Sorry," she muttered as she fell to the ground.