Who's That Terrorist?

"I really hate it when I get captured by Cobra," Todd groaned as he woke up. "Don't you?"

"I must admit it does put a cramp in my schedule," Recondo grunted as he looked around. The Joes were locked in one cell and all the mutants were locked in a larger cell. The mutants' cell was covered by a weird energy. "Gambit, did you try and break the lock?"

"No, I thought I'd just stand here and wait for the midnight show," Remy glared at him. "Of course Gambit's tried! I can barely make a spark!"

"Damn forcefield won't budge," Fred sighed. "I tried to push my way out, but nothing..."

"I can't teleport out," Kurt admitted.

"That's because they built that one cell especially for you," Cobra Commander hissed in a nearby cell. "One with a power dampener."

"Hey guys, look who we've run into," Fred drawled. "Why am I not surprised?"

"This is starting to become some kind of running gag," Althea quipped. "Every time we get caught we find you here too!"

"Don't you hate it when she has a point?" The Baroness could be seen in Cobra Commander's cell.

"Sharing a cell with you has not exactly been the high point of my life either!" Cobra Commander snapped. "And keep your hands off me while I'm sleeping!"

"If you shared that power bar you have hidden in your jacket I would!" The Baroness snapped.

"The Baroness is in here too?" Remy gasped. "What the heck is going on here? I thought Destro was sweet on her?"

"He is," Baroness looked at him. "Isn't it obvious? The man impersonating Destro locked me up in here."

"Impersonating Destro?" Recondo shouted.

"Wait if that ain't Destro running the show…" Althea puzzled. "The who the hell is in charge?"

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"After all these years of plotting everything is going according to plan," The man in the gold Destro mask looked out at the rain. "Once the nano-mites are activated the United States will fall into total anarchy. Picture it, power outages in every city, computers will fail worldwide, the Pentagon will be in shambles and just to add to the drama a few hundred or so people will die. But since most of them will be either Joes or mutants that won't bother me. Soon other nations will make their move to take advantage of a weakened US. Or to prevent the same fate from happening to them. And they will pay any price to achieve that goal. My price."

He looked at the figure on the hospital bed, hooked up to several machines, wearing only a hospital gown and a silver mask. "Of course we will control the nanites and will turn on our own customers once we have the income. The world will be ours. You'll be so proud of me…Father."

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"HIS WHAT?" Kurt shouted.

"Son," Baroness sighed. "Destro has an illegitimate son."

"Well this is a new one on me," Althea remarked. "Didn't think Destro had it in him to cheat on you."

"It was during a period, which we had broken up," Baroness glared at her. "Not that it's any of your business!"

"So let me take a wild guess," Scarlet sighed. "This whole thing is Sonny Boy's pathetic attempt to win Daddy's love. Am I right?"

"Got it in one," Cobra Commander snarled.

"And obviously he's not exactly thrilled about you huh?" Recondo asked the Baroness.

"Alexander has always blamed me for Destro leaving his mother," The Baroness huffed. "It's not like Destro completely abandoned them. He paid for the boy's upbringing and schooling. He even gave his mother a house in Jamaica in their home town! And he did manage to visit the brat and give him 'Quality Time', grooming him to take over the family business."

"So that explains why a Scottish Lord has a Jamaican accent," Remy shrugged. "Remy always wondered about that."

"You're one to talk," Lance pointed out. "The way you slip in and out of that New Orleans accent like it was a jacket."

"So how's Destro Junior planning to take over the planet?" Peter asked.

"Simple," Lillian waltzed into the detention area. "He's going to use the nanites to infect everyone."

"Nanites?" Fred asked. "What's that?"

"Tiny little computers," Cobra Commander snapped. "About the size of your brain."

"Don't tell them anything you fools!" The Baroness snarled.

"Oh please it ain't like you all are going anywhere," Lillian sniffed. "You two are deader than doornails once Daddy's up and about. And they're nothing but glorified lab rats. In case you haven't figured it out, those cells are specially made to contain mutants."

"We noticed," Kurt said sarcastically. "But what's your stake in all this?"

"She's Alexander's girlfriend," The Baroness said snidely. "Hanging onto his coattails to gain power."

"Yeah like you didn't do the same thing with the old man," Lillian smirked.

"I earned my position in Cobra you little…" Baroness snarled.

"Position! The only position you know is lying flat on your back!" Lillian snapped.

"Come in here and say that you hussy!" The Baroness snarled.

"At least I'm not road kill," Lillian sniffed. "This place smells like a loo anyway. You'll all be dead soon. Try not to lose any sleep over it. Ta…" She sauntered away.

"What a repulsive young woman," The Baroness snarled.

"Yeah she's nothing like you," Althea said sarcastically.

"Wait a minute," Todd scratched his head. "If Destro's kid is running the show, where's his old man?"

"After the incident back in Washington where you all burned down the bar," The Baroness told him. "Destro succumbed to a virus as well as third degree burns. We believe it's a mutated strain of that Mutant Pox you all spread around."

"Oh yeah that," Fred shrugged. &

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"Can't you see I'm doing this for you Father? I'm doing this for us!" Alexander pleaded. " If only mother were here to see this. We could have been a family if it wasn't for Cobra and her! But we will triumph father. You'll see. I will do the unthinkable! I will conquer America and nothing can stop me! I'll make you proud of me Father! This I swear!" He stormed out of the room.

He didn't notice Destro's hand twitching.

&: Back in the fic 'Sleepover of Doom'. Now appearing on Callistolexx's website because it was too 'dangerous' for FF Net! Visit it! Next, more excitement, drama and explosions!