Disclaimer: Hey when have I ever owned it? I don't and if I did own X-men I
would of given Remy a bigger part in the X2 movie. Which I saw and it was
good.
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Drifters
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Chapter 10: You Want Something Done Right; You Have To Do It Yourself
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'It's like dat saying.' Rogue thought as she charged at her last two opponents. ' Ya want somethin' done right; ya gotta do it yar self.' Rogue thought as she flung her right-clawed hand into the man's shoulder blade, like she had seen Logan do many times before. Knowing that he would survive the blow but be rendered useless the rest of the night. Sending the man down instantly, Rogue stood above him. A big mistake on Rogue's part was forgetting about her second opponent.
*BAM*
Like a thousand knifes stabbing her at once, the one she let out of her sites shot her right in the back above her right lung. She fell to her knees in pain. Retracting her nails instantly Rogue clenched her wound with her left hand, and curled her right hand up into a fist digging her nails into her skin to try and channel away the pain, which didn't work to well. She could feel it. The bullet inside of her, it hadn't gone threw her all the way. At the moment she couldn't detreme if that was a good or bad thing. She felt like she was losing touch with reality she suddenly felt very tired.
*Cha Chink*
The man reloaded his gun; he stood before her with cold eyes. His gun aimed right at her head. Rogue was still on her knees, out of breath and panting. Her right arm was going numb and the bleeding wasn't slowing down. She tried to stand but couldn't, her legs were too weak. The bullet had hit just above her shoulder blade right next to her lung. And now she wished that the bullet had gone threw all the way. Then at least she wouldn't feel it in her body blocking her blood flow.
In the back of her mind she could hear Alex telling her to get up and move, but everything was so hazy her vision was being to fade. What was wrong with her? Again Rogue heard Alex call her, but she didn't respond. She didn't have the strength to.
Rogue saw him itching to pull the trigger he was about to, too. When a small piece of paper, about the size of a card, landed at his feet, blowing up instantly. The man cried out in pain as Rogue regretfully saw him lose his left leg. Slowly Rogue looked over to Remy, only to see him trying to hold him self up giving her a small tired smirk. Rogue gave him a faint smile and shook her head trying to look at him straight but couldn't focus.
Rogue tried as hard as she could to push away the pain in her shoulder. She had to get the bullet out of her shoulder, slowly removing her left hand from the wound she stared at it. Her hand was covered with a mix of her own blood and the other mans. The blood was warm and thick, to the touch, as it slowly descended down the front and back of her hand down to her wrist and the rest of her arm. She took a deep breath and reached into the wound trying to remove the bullet, at the same time practically biting her lip off trying not to scream out in pain. Her fingers fished threw the open flesh wound. She could fell the bone, hard and coarse to the touch slippery with blood. Her blood squished in between her fingers along with clumps of broken tissue under her nails. Rogue could taste the blood run down from her lips and down her throat. She wanted more than anything for the pain to go away, but she couldn't find the bullet for the life of her. She couldn't relax her back, it kept tensing up and in the process of trying to push away the pain she triggered something to retract her wings. Rogue's back tensed up even more causing her bullet wound to gush out even more blood forcing her to pull her hand from the wound with out the bullet and try not to focus on the added pain from her now retracting wings.
Alex tried to comfort her, now Rogue could hear Alex clearly. She didn't know if she was just being quite or if she was in too much pain to listen to her.
Rogue yelled out both mentally and physically. Small tears made there way to the corners of Rogue's eyes as she clenched her teeth, rather then biting down on her bottom lip which was almost raw from biting down so hard on it, trying stop screaming.
Alex tried again. Rogue didn't answer though. She just grabbed whatever she could find, which happened to be a pop can. To try and transfer the pain, anything to make the pain go away.
There was a high pitch screaming siren noise ringing in her ears. She felt like she was going to pass out. Some one was calling her. Some one was trying to talk to her other then Alex. But who?
" Chere, get rid of it. Toss de pop can." Remy tried as best he could to tell to throw the pop can she had accidentally charged. Remy was still pretty weak, but wasn't willing to see her get killed.
Finally the pain eased up as he wings finally fully retracted. She was panting and was trying to figure out what Remy was saying to her. Can? What can? Rogue thought. She opened her eyes and saw a glowing red light being emitted from the pop can she was squeezing the life out of.
Coming to grips with reality quickly Rogue threw the pop can as far as she could out of the alley before she collapsed to the ground. Still conscious just tired beyond belief. She had no idea how much energy it took out of her when she ran two and a half blocks, drained a little bit of Remy, drained all of Alex. Fought a weird looking cop, getting a bullet wound right about her lung, trying to pull it out, and failing, along with accidentally retracting her wings. That should leave her this out of it though.
Rogue projected weakly to Alex.
Alex answered back; Rogue could tell she was relived. Rogue nodded and tensed when she heard weak footsteps coming closer it didn't occur to her she wasn't alone in the alley.
Rogue was lying on her left side with her bare hand covering her wound. In the process of trying to remove the bullet she managed to only make it worse, it went form being about an inch in diameter to about four inches. Her hands and shoulder were dripping with raw thick blood. Rogue was having a great deal of trouble with trying to breath, and found herself gasping for air every few seconds.
She could feel the person bend down next to her and put a hand on her shoulder. She cringed at a bit in pain; the pain lasted a moment then blended in with the other pain coursing through her body. The hand then left her shoulder. She was so out it. She had lost too much blood; she could barely make out things in front of her. She strained her eyes to see straight. After closing them for a short time slowly, she opened her eyes and there squatting down before her with his hands resting lazily on his knees, was Remy, giving her a tired smile, and looking at her with glowing red on black eyes.
The little girl in pigtails turned round to see the little boy in the brown coat and sunglasses run up to her. " Yah?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
" I just wanted t' say good bye chere." Remy said as he took her semi gloved hand in his semi gloved hand and brought it up to his lips softly kissing the leather cloth of her gloves. He smiled at the small blush that slowly spread to her cheeks. ' Pa was right dey do blush.' Remy thought slyly. He heard a low growl and looked to see a rather tall, muscular man glaring at him.
The boy backed up slowly, releasing Rogue's hand he smiled his usual smile. Then tipped his sunglasses to reveal a pair of red on black pair of demon eyes. Then quickly turned and walked away...
Rogue all of a sudden was hit with a memory about ten years old of a little boy with demon eyes. It calmed her to see those eyes; they looked so kind and gentle. She saw this memory not as her own but as Remy's. Rogue felt darkness surround her as she lay there staring at Remy. And finally broke the silence, giving him a tired smile, " Hey, it was you." She said as she the darkness fully surrounded her.
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" Hey Claws wait up." Embers yelled as he lagged behind.
" Can't keep up then leave." Logan yelled back. Right ahead of him he saw three figures. " There they are." Logan yelled unsheathing his claws as he speed up. " Creed." Logan called out.
Sabertooth was about to get into his orb and take off with out a second thought, until he heard Wolverine call him. He turned to see Logan stand before him. " So Logan, you're alive." Creed growled with a smirk as well as a playful glint made its way to his eyes. Logan then landed gracefully onto the roof before Creed smiling, which should have been Creeds first sign of trouble.
" Leavin' so soon Creed?" Logan asked with sarcasm.
" Couldn't help it I'm a eat and run kind of guy." Creed shot back smirking and getting into a fighting stance. By now Embers was standing behind Logan, while Pyro and Colossus stood behind Sabertooth.
" You'll be a dead kind of guy when I'm done with you." Logan growled, as Creed laughed.
" Where's Rogue?" Embers asked in a deadly tone, stepping in front of Logan.
" Well Embers long time no see. Ya don't write or drop us line, and now ya come to us wanting something. Not a good way to treat an old friend mate." John teased as he stood behind Sabertooth. Logan gave Max a well talk later look, then growled.
" Where is she, Victor?" Embers asked he knew how much Creed hated his first name. Creed growled then let it go smirking.
" Don't really know?" Creed said idly.
" She's here, I can smell her near bye." Logan growled again, making John a little uneasy.
" You want her? Then fight me." Creed growled as he charged at Logan.
" Fine." Logan yelled shoving Max out of the way.
" Logan." Embers yelled about to interfere but a string of fire flying in front of his face stopped him. Embers looked to Pyro and Colossus. Colossus just stood there in his metal form, but Pyro had a playful glint in his eyes, and he tossed a fireball in his left hand up and down like a man aimlessly flipping a coin.
" Max a million just couldn't stay away could ya?" Pyro said to him with a tint of hatred and sadness, as he casually tugged on his earring.
" Oh you know me Johnny, I'm always up for another chance ta kick your ass." Embers said back charging up.
" Maybe mate, but things are a little different this time." Pyro answered as the two began to circle each other as Peter watched arms folded over his chest.
" Really how so, mate?" Embers said mocking John's accent. John frowned and glared at him absently.
" See, you may be able to produce fire. But I can control it." Pyro said as he motioned his hands to control the fire surrounding Max to ignite and become even stronger around him. Embers began to panic a bit, he could with stand the heat for only a short time, his small regeneration power only would heal his skin fast enough to keep it form completely burning off. But this was hotter then it had ever been for him.
" Wow, Johnny you've gotten much stronger I'm impressed I admit this is hotter then I'm used to. But you see Johnny Boy, if you would have been smart like me." Embers said as he focused his energy and the raging flames began to slowly calm. " Then you would have gotten stronger, like me." Embers said with an evil glint in his eyes and a smirk on his lips. As the flames ceased, Embers sent them right back at Pyro stronger then ever as they raged around him. Unlike Max, John's skin couldn't recover from the harsh heat of the flames.
Pyro let out a faint but still understandable " Oh shit." As he pulled his hands up to try and stop the raging flames from getting to close to him. His plan only succeeded in the sense he was slowing it down. It was at this time that Colossus decided to interfere with the fight, by yanking Pyro behind him, having himself take the majority of the blow. With his metal armor it wasn't that bad but it still left Colossus a bit weaker then he expected, it would seem that Max had gotten much stronger then the last time they met. The fire only managed to hit John's right shoulder rendering it useless for the rest of the night, John's shoulder now looked black, with small gashes of pealed skin along with small trails of blood making its way down his arm.
Colossus crouched beside his wounded friends as he looked over the wound. Embers was shocked, he didn't think he had it in him. John and him had been like brothers at one point yet he just attacked him like there was nothing between them. Just then a crackling sound in his ear shook him of his thoughts.
* Embers Come in Embers. *
" Ya Jeanie?" Embers replied keeping a close eye on Peter and John as he talked in the two-way radio earpiece in his ear.
* We can't get any closer to the city. There is some sort of barrier. * Jean answered back. * We can't even get through on foot. *
" WHAT?" Embers questioned rather loudly. Colossus and Pyro were now looking at him, Colossus looked like he was about to attack him; Embers gulped and decided to rap this up.
* It's like some magnetic field. * Jean said a little panicky. * How are you guys doing over there? *
" Uh listen Jeanie." Taking a deep breath then said very quickly. " Look everything is fine here, no need to panic take your time, and I'll see ya back at de institute, adiós mi amor." And Embers closed the lines before Jean had a chance to reply. Embers looked around for any sign of him. He knew he was here, he just didn't really know where. Embers then felt a small but still noticeable pull at the metal on his clothing and tensed up, just then Colossus charged at Embers catching him off guard a bit but quickly recovered the upper hand.
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Logan and Creed's fight went like any other fight. Logan would punch Creed and Creed would hit back. Both skilled fighters managed to predict the others movements quite easily, which Logan was counting on. Logan saw Creeds fist in slow motion come at him, as he fought all instincts to doge or block it. The punch hit him square in the jaw as Logan fell to his back.
The punch hit him harder then he expected it to be, never the less, Logan waited for Creed to be in the right position. Logan lay on his back till Creed stood over before him, he used his right leg to sweep under him and knock him down. Like Logan predicted Creed jumped to avoid his legs knocking him down. Whipping out his claws in a blinding speed Logan jumped at Creed in mid air lunging his clawed fist right at him.
Creed hit the ground hard with Logan sitting on him, his two outside claws out trapping his neck with the center claw dangerously closely to slitting his throat. Creed gulped. " Now I'm gonna ask you one more time. Where's Rogue?" Wolverine growled dangerously low, with his claws itching to dig into Sabertooth's flesh. Creed then spit on Logan's face. Logan just blinked and gave Creed a discussed look and growled deep in his throat. " Wrong answer." Logan then in a rage of furry pulled back his right clawed hand holding Creed at bay, back in lineament with his face, then pushed his clawed hand right down into Creed's throat. At least it was suppose to. All of a sudden an inch before Logan's claws reached Creed's throat, Logan could no longer move. ' What the hell? I can't move.' Logan thought as he tried with all his might to move his claws the last inch into Creed's throat, as he growled furiously. Sabertooth then gave a semi triumphant smirk.
The same happened over near Embers, Pyro and Colossus. (Who were losing by the way.) They all stopped as they felt a strong magnetic field brush past them, all three of them looked to the sky, Embers frowned. ' He's here.' He thought as a dark figure with a long cape and a mask shielding his face made his way slowly down to the roof before them.
" I ask of you four a simple task. Bring me the girl. But you can't even handle that." The dark figure said coldly as he landed on the roof near the metal orbs and Embers. All five of then all ceased fighting and stared at the tall man before them. " Well, well. Mr. Cooper, we meet again." He said looking at Embers. " To bad are meeting is to be short lived." He pulled his cape back and from his belt flew two small metal needles flying right into both Embers ad Logan's necks. Neither one of them had any time to react and were down before they knew what hit them. " You want something done right you have to do it yourself." He muttered.
" Look Mags we could of handled it." Pyro said snapping out of his frightened daze. Magneto just shook his head.
" Where is Gambit?" He asked his voice echoing off his helmet as he surveyed the roof. Creed stood alone glaring at Wolverine's unconscious form at his feet. Pyro was holding his shoulder in pain as he looked at Magneto. Colossus was taking down his steal form as he looked down at Max with sorrow filled eyes.
" He should have her. Somewhere. He has yet to check in. He could of left, knowing him." Peter answered letting the last part slip.
" I see." Magneto pondered. " Load them up." Magneto ordered looking at Max and Logan.
" Why?" The outspoken Aussie questioned.
" If Gambit does not return with her, or not return at all we shall use them to bring her to us. I did not waist two years of my life for it to all go down hill because of a pathetic Cajun. NOW LOAD THEM UP!" Magneto yelled out coldly. Sabertooth carried Logan on one shoulder over to the fourth orb and while Colossus carried Embers over and dropped him in the same orb as Logan. The rest of them entered their own orbs and took off with out Gambit.
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Authors Note: Oh YEAH I'M DONE!!!!!! Thank God I finished. I was trying so hard to finish typing it up, but decided to take my time trying to finish it up, cause the last chapter I rushed and wasn't to happy with it. But here we go, I'm done and I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I will try and be on time next week, but knowing me I won't. So sorry in advanced.
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Take Care, Rogue Star
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Drifters
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Chapter 10: You Want Something Done Right; You Have To Do It Yourself
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'It's like dat saying.' Rogue thought as she charged at her last two opponents. ' Ya want somethin' done right; ya gotta do it yar self.' Rogue thought as she flung her right-clawed hand into the man's shoulder blade, like she had seen Logan do many times before. Knowing that he would survive the blow but be rendered useless the rest of the night. Sending the man down instantly, Rogue stood above him. A big mistake on Rogue's part was forgetting about her second opponent.
*BAM*
Like a thousand knifes stabbing her at once, the one she let out of her sites shot her right in the back above her right lung. She fell to her knees in pain. Retracting her nails instantly Rogue clenched her wound with her left hand, and curled her right hand up into a fist digging her nails into her skin to try and channel away the pain, which didn't work to well. She could feel it. The bullet inside of her, it hadn't gone threw her all the way. At the moment she couldn't detreme if that was a good or bad thing. She felt like she was losing touch with reality she suddenly felt very tired.
*Cha Chink*
The man reloaded his gun; he stood before her with cold eyes. His gun aimed right at her head. Rogue was still on her knees, out of breath and panting. Her right arm was going numb and the bleeding wasn't slowing down. She tried to stand but couldn't, her legs were too weak. The bullet had hit just above her shoulder blade right next to her lung. And now she wished that the bullet had gone threw all the way. Then at least she wouldn't feel it in her body blocking her blood flow.
In the back of her mind she could hear Alex telling her to get up and move, but everything was so hazy her vision was being to fade. What was wrong with her? Again Rogue heard Alex call her, but she didn't respond. She didn't have the strength to.
Rogue saw him itching to pull the trigger he was about to, too. When a small piece of paper, about the size of a card, landed at his feet, blowing up instantly. The man cried out in pain as Rogue regretfully saw him lose his left leg. Slowly Rogue looked over to Remy, only to see him trying to hold him self up giving her a small tired smirk. Rogue gave him a faint smile and shook her head trying to look at him straight but couldn't focus.
Rogue tried as hard as she could to push away the pain in her shoulder. She had to get the bullet out of her shoulder, slowly removing her left hand from the wound she stared at it. Her hand was covered with a mix of her own blood and the other mans. The blood was warm and thick, to the touch, as it slowly descended down the front and back of her hand down to her wrist and the rest of her arm. She took a deep breath and reached into the wound trying to remove the bullet, at the same time practically biting her lip off trying not to scream out in pain. Her fingers fished threw the open flesh wound. She could fell the bone, hard and coarse to the touch slippery with blood. Her blood squished in between her fingers along with clumps of broken tissue under her nails. Rogue could taste the blood run down from her lips and down her throat. She wanted more than anything for the pain to go away, but she couldn't find the bullet for the life of her. She couldn't relax her back, it kept tensing up and in the process of trying to push away the pain she triggered something to retract her wings. Rogue's back tensed up even more causing her bullet wound to gush out even more blood forcing her to pull her hand from the wound with out the bullet and try not to focus on the added pain from her now retracting wings.
Alex tried to comfort her, now Rogue could hear Alex clearly. She didn't know if she was just being quite or if she was in too much pain to listen to her.
Rogue yelled out both mentally and physically. Small tears made there way to the corners of Rogue's eyes as she clenched her teeth, rather then biting down on her bottom lip which was almost raw from biting down so hard on it, trying stop screaming.
Alex tried again. Rogue didn't answer though. She just grabbed whatever she could find, which happened to be a pop can. To try and transfer the pain, anything to make the pain go away.
There was a high pitch screaming siren noise ringing in her ears. She felt like she was going to pass out. Some one was calling her. Some one was trying to talk to her other then Alex. But who?
" Chere, get rid of it. Toss de pop can." Remy tried as best he could to tell to throw the pop can she had accidentally charged. Remy was still pretty weak, but wasn't willing to see her get killed.
Finally the pain eased up as he wings finally fully retracted. She was panting and was trying to figure out what Remy was saying to her. Can? What can? Rogue thought. She opened her eyes and saw a glowing red light being emitted from the pop can she was squeezing the life out of.
Coming to grips with reality quickly Rogue threw the pop can as far as she could out of the alley before she collapsed to the ground. Still conscious just tired beyond belief. She had no idea how much energy it took out of her when she ran two and a half blocks, drained a little bit of Remy, drained all of Alex. Fought a weird looking cop, getting a bullet wound right about her lung, trying to pull it out, and failing, along with accidentally retracting her wings. That should leave her this out of it though.
Rogue projected weakly to Alex.
Alex answered back; Rogue could tell she was relived. Rogue nodded and tensed when she heard weak footsteps coming closer it didn't occur to her she wasn't alone in the alley.
Rogue was lying on her left side with her bare hand covering her wound. In the process of trying to remove the bullet she managed to only make it worse, it went form being about an inch in diameter to about four inches. Her hands and shoulder were dripping with raw thick blood. Rogue was having a great deal of trouble with trying to breath, and found herself gasping for air every few seconds.
She could feel the person bend down next to her and put a hand on her shoulder. She cringed at a bit in pain; the pain lasted a moment then blended in with the other pain coursing through her body. The hand then left her shoulder. She was so out it. She had lost too much blood; she could barely make out things in front of her. She strained her eyes to see straight. After closing them for a short time slowly, she opened her eyes and there squatting down before her with his hands resting lazily on his knees, was Remy, giving her a tired smile, and looking at her with glowing red on black eyes.
The little girl in pigtails turned round to see the little boy in the brown coat and sunglasses run up to her. " Yah?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
" I just wanted t' say good bye chere." Remy said as he took her semi gloved hand in his semi gloved hand and brought it up to his lips softly kissing the leather cloth of her gloves. He smiled at the small blush that slowly spread to her cheeks. ' Pa was right dey do blush.' Remy thought slyly. He heard a low growl and looked to see a rather tall, muscular man glaring at him.
The boy backed up slowly, releasing Rogue's hand he smiled his usual smile. Then tipped his sunglasses to reveal a pair of red on black pair of demon eyes. Then quickly turned and walked away...
Rogue all of a sudden was hit with a memory about ten years old of a little boy with demon eyes. It calmed her to see those eyes; they looked so kind and gentle. She saw this memory not as her own but as Remy's. Rogue felt darkness surround her as she lay there staring at Remy. And finally broke the silence, giving him a tired smile, " Hey, it was you." She said as she the darkness fully surrounded her.
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" Hey Claws wait up." Embers yelled as he lagged behind.
" Can't keep up then leave." Logan yelled back. Right ahead of him he saw three figures. " There they are." Logan yelled unsheathing his claws as he speed up. " Creed." Logan called out.
Sabertooth was about to get into his orb and take off with out a second thought, until he heard Wolverine call him. He turned to see Logan stand before him. " So Logan, you're alive." Creed growled with a smirk as well as a playful glint made its way to his eyes. Logan then landed gracefully onto the roof before Creed smiling, which should have been Creeds first sign of trouble.
" Leavin' so soon Creed?" Logan asked with sarcasm.
" Couldn't help it I'm a eat and run kind of guy." Creed shot back smirking and getting into a fighting stance. By now Embers was standing behind Logan, while Pyro and Colossus stood behind Sabertooth.
" You'll be a dead kind of guy when I'm done with you." Logan growled, as Creed laughed.
" Where's Rogue?" Embers asked in a deadly tone, stepping in front of Logan.
" Well Embers long time no see. Ya don't write or drop us line, and now ya come to us wanting something. Not a good way to treat an old friend mate." John teased as he stood behind Sabertooth. Logan gave Max a well talk later look, then growled.
" Where is she, Victor?" Embers asked he knew how much Creed hated his first name. Creed growled then let it go smirking.
" Don't really know?" Creed said idly.
" She's here, I can smell her near bye." Logan growled again, making John a little uneasy.
" You want her? Then fight me." Creed growled as he charged at Logan.
" Fine." Logan yelled shoving Max out of the way.
" Logan." Embers yelled about to interfere but a string of fire flying in front of his face stopped him. Embers looked to Pyro and Colossus. Colossus just stood there in his metal form, but Pyro had a playful glint in his eyes, and he tossed a fireball in his left hand up and down like a man aimlessly flipping a coin.
" Max a million just couldn't stay away could ya?" Pyro said to him with a tint of hatred and sadness, as he casually tugged on his earring.
" Oh you know me Johnny, I'm always up for another chance ta kick your ass." Embers said back charging up.
" Maybe mate, but things are a little different this time." Pyro answered as the two began to circle each other as Peter watched arms folded over his chest.
" Really how so, mate?" Embers said mocking John's accent. John frowned and glared at him absently.
" See, you may be able to produce fire. But I can control it." Pyro said as he motioned his hands to control the fire surrounding Max to ignite and become even stronger around him. Embers began to panic a bit, he could with stand the heat for only a short time, his small regeneration power only would heal his skin fast enough to keep it form completely burning off. But this was hotter then it had ever been for him.
" Wow, Johnny you've gotten much stronger I'm impressed I admit this is hotter then I'm used to. But you see Johnny Boy, if you would have been smart like me." Embers said as he focused his energy and the raging flames began to slowly calm. " Then you would have gotten stronger, like me." Embers said with an evil glint in his eyes and a smirk on his lips. As the flames ceased, Embers sent them right back at Pyro stronger then ever as they raged around him. Unlike Max, John's skin couldn't recover from the harsh heat of the flames.
Pyro let out a faint but still understandable " Oh shit." As he pulled his hands up to try and stop the raging flames from getting to close to him. His plan only succeeded in the sense he was slowing it down. It was at this time that Colossus decided to interfere with the fight, by yanking Pyro behind him, having himself take the majority of the blow. With his metal armor it wasn't that bad but it still left Colossus a bit weaker then he expected, it would seem that Max had gotten much stronger then the last time they met. The fire only managed to hit John's right shoulder rendering it useless for the rest of the night, John's shoulder now looked black, with small gashes of pealed skin along with small trails of blood making its way down his arm.
Colossus crouched beside his wounded friends as he looked over the wound. Embers was shocked, he didn't think he had it in him. John and him had been like brothers at one point yet he just attacked him like there was nothing between them. Just then a crackling sound in his ear shook him of his thoughts.
* Embers Come in Embers. *
" Ya Jeanie?" Embers replied keeping a close eye on Peter and John as he talked in the two-way radio earpiece in his ear.
* We can't get any closer to the city. There is some sort of barrier. * Jean answered back. * We can't even get through on foot. *
" WHAT?" Embers questioned rather loudly. Colossus and Pyro were now looking at him, Colossus looked like he was about to attack him; Embers gulped and decided to rap this up.
* It's like some magnetic field. * Jean said a little panicky. * How are you guys doing over there? *
" Uh listen Jeanie." Taking a deep breath then said very quickly. " Look everything is fine here, no need to panic take your time, and I'll see ya back at de institute, adiós mi amor." And Embers closed the lines before Jean had a chance to reply. Embers looked around for any sign of him. He knew he was here, he just didn't really know where. Embers then felt a small but still noticeable pull at the metal on his clothing and tensed up, just then Colossus charged at Embers catching him off guard a bit but quickly recovered the upper hand.
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Logan and Creed's fight went like any other fight. Logan would punch Creed and Creed would hit back. Both skilled fighters managed to predict the others movements quite easily, which Logan was counting on. Logan saw Creeds fist in slow motion come at him, as he fought all instincts to doge or block it. The punch hit him square in the jaw as Logan fell to his back.
The punch hit him harder then he expected it to be, never the less, Logan waited for Creed to be in the right position. Logan lay on his back till Creed stood over before him, he used his right leg to sweep under him and knock him down. Like Logan predicted Creed jumped to avoid his legs knocking him down. Whipping out his claws in a blinding speed Logan jumped at Creed in mid air lunging his clawed fist right at him.
Creed hit the ground hard with Logan sitting on him, his two outside claws out trapping his neck with the center claw dangerously closely to slitting his throat. Creed gulped. " Now I'm gonna ask you one more time. Where's Rogue?" Wolverine growled dangerously low, with his claws itching to dig into Sabertooth's flesh. Creed then spit on Logan's face. Logan just blinked and gave Creed a discussed look and growled deep in his throat. " Wrong answer." Logan then in a rage of furry pulled back his right clawed hand holding Creed at bay, back in lineament with his face, then pushed his clawed hand right down into Creed's throat. At least it was suppose to. All of a sudden an inch before Logan's claws reached Creed's throat, Logan could no longer move. ' What the hell? I can't move.' Logan thought as he tried with all his might to move his claws the last inch into Creed's throat, as he growled furiously. Sabertooth then gave a semi triumphant smirk.
The same happened over near Embers, Pyro and Colossus. (Who were losing by the way.) They all stopped as they felt a strong magnetic field brush past them, all three of them looked to the sky, Embers frowned. ' He's here.' He thought as a dark figure with a long cape and a mask shielding his face made his way slowly down to the roof before them.
" I ask of you four a simple task. Bring me the girl. But you can't even handle that." The dark figure said coldly as he landed on the roof near the metal orbs and Embers. All five of then all ceased fighting and stared at the tall man before them. " Well, well. Mr. Cooper, we meet again." He said looking at Embers. " To bad are meeting is to be short lived." He pulled his cape back and from his belt flew two small metal needles flying right into both Embers ad Logan's necks. Neither one of them had any time to react and were down before they knew what hit them. " You want something done right you have to do it yourself." He muttered.
" Look Mags we could of handled it." Pyro said snapping out of his frightened daze. Magneto just shook his head.
" Where is Gambit?" He asked his voice echoing off his helmet as he surveyed the roof. Creed stood alone glaring at Wolverine's unconscious form at his feet. Pyro was holding his shoulder in pain as he looked at Magneto. Colossus was taking down his steal form as he looked down at Max with sorrow filled eyes.
" He should have her. Somewhere. He has yet to check in. He could of left, knowing him." Peter answered letting the last part slip.
" I see." Magneto pondered. " Load them up." Magneto ordered looking at Max and Logan.
" Why?" The outspoken Aussie questioned.
" If Gambit does not return with her, or not return at all we shall use them to bring her to us. I did not waist two years of my life for it to all go down hill because of a pathetic Cajun. NOW LOAD THEM UP!" Magneto yelled out coldly. Sabertooth carried Logan on one shoulder over to the fourth orb and while Colossus carried Embers over and dropped him in the same orb as Logan. The rest of them entered their own orbs and took off with out Gambit.
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Authors Note: Oh YEAH I'M DONE!!!!!! Thank God I finished. I was trying so hard to finish typing it up, but decided to take my time trying to finish it up, cause the last chapter I rushed and wasn't to happy with it. But here we go, I'm done and I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I will try and be on time next week, but knowing me I won't. So sorry in advanced.
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Take Care, Rogue Star