Sacrifice
"So X-Men! And of course the Great Captain Britain! And Mr. Sparkly over there…How do you like my new body?" Kevin shouted triumphantly as he stood atop the road in the sky with Moira and Amelia hostage. "Gives new meaning to the words 'Family Reunion'"
"What did you do to my husband you monster?" Amelia was screaming.
"Monster? Oh my dear Amelia you don't know the half of it," Kevin leered. "Did you know me Dad was cheating on you with his campaign manager? Or that he fleeced your account as well as the local treasury and there's nearly nothing left? Not to mention what he did to me poor mum here all those years ago…"
"Kevin no…" Moira pleaded.
"Don't worry Mother I'm making amends for all the bad things I've believed about you," Kevin said. "Even though you don't want to admit it part of you is glad the bastard's body I'm inhabiting will rot away pretty soon. Although I'm still pretty ticked off at you locking me in a stasis chamber all these years…"
Kevin said."You know I had no choice!" Moira shouted. "You're going to die if you don't stop this…"
"He's gonna die period lady!" John snapped. Jean, Scott, Xavier, Peter, Bobby, Kurt, Logan and Rina were with him with the others back at Muir Island.
"But we just can't…" Jean began.
"Look if we don't stop him now," John snapped "A lot more people are going to get killed."
"Yeah go ahead," Kevin grunted. "Knock yourselves out. Most of you don't have the stomach for it and the only two that do…" He waved to Logan and Rina. "Are about a heartbeat away from pissing in their spandex or whatever the hell those stupid uniform they're wearing are made of. Who designed those stupid things? Like I was saying, I just wrung the neck of my bratty little brother without a thought so…"
"Oh my god you didn't…" Moira gasped. "You couldn't…"
"COLIN!" Amelia struggled to free herself. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SON?"
"Hello? I just said I killed him! Doesn't anyone pay attention anymore?" Kevin grunted in annoyance as he turned to her. "Not like you're not going to join him anyway…"
"NO!" Scott shouted hitting Kevin in the back with his optic beams.
"You know that actually hurt?" Kevin snarled. "Well fair is fair…" He started sending out waves of rock and fire at Scott and the others. "I guess I could just turn you all to dust with a snap of my fingers, but to tell you the truth, it wouldn't feel nearly as satisfying!"
While Kevin hurled projectiles at the X-Men and made a building come to life to attack them, Kitty saw her chance and phased Moira and Amelia out of their bonds. "Come on…" Kitty panted. "While he's distracted."
"Keep away from me you freak!" Amelia screamed before she ran away.
"What?" Kevin looked behind him. "Well that's a bit sneaky isn't it? Oh well not that it matters much anyway. I can take care of me step-mum later. As for you…"
"What the…?" Kitty gasped as her uniform fell off her, leaving her in her underwear.
"I see London I see France…" Kevin snickered. Then felt a huge punch from Peter. "OW!"
"STAY AWAY FROM HER!" Peter shouted in his armored form.
"Well if it isn't Lover Boy," Kevin rose up. "Tell me something, how loyal do you think your precious Kitty cat is huh? I've seen her thoughts about both of you. She really likes you boyo but it ain't you she's been dreaming about at night lately…"
"I don't really care what you say because I am going to pound you!" Peter shouted then the living building collapsed on him.
"Gotta touch me first…" Kevin grinned as he continued his assault. More stones arose and attacked the mutants.
"Are you all right Moira?" Xavier asked as Moira ran over to him.
"None of us will be all right if he's not stopped soon," Moira gasped. "Colossus…"
"Is alive and well…" Xavier pointed out. "He's pretty much invulnerable in his armored form."
"Yeah not like a building hasn't fallen on him before," Bobby said as the X-Men regrouped.
"We have to stop Proteus," Scott said.
"Do what you have to do…" Moira choked. "Just stop him before he kills someone else!"
"We'll try not to kill him Doctor MacTaggert," Jean told her. "That's what X-Men are trained to do."
"Yeah well maybe somebody should tell Proteus that!" Bobby snapped as he shot out ice daggers at Proteus. Who responded by turning the entire village into the middle of a volcano.
"Fire in the hole!" Kevin laughed. "AGGGHHH! GET OUT OF MY HEAD OLD MAN!"
The volcano faded as both Xavier and Jean continued their mental assault. Brian provided cover with his mystical barrier for them and Moira. "One good thing about mystical barriers," Brian grunted. "Most times they provide useful breaks from reality, or un-reality."
"JONO! NOW!" Scott shouted.
"Burn baby burn!" Jono screamed as he poured a massive amount of energy at Kevin, setting his host body ablaze.
"YEARRGGGHH!" Kevin screamed as he used a massive amount of energy to knock Jono unconscious. He then sent a telepathic blast at Jean and Xavier that knocked them down.
"Kevin please give it up!" Moira shouted. "That body you're in will disintegrate at any moment. Without a body your energy wouldn't last a minute! You'll be destroyed!"
"One thing this world ain't short of Mother is bodies," Kevin grunted as he staggered to his feet. "Rather like tissues, actually. Soft, strong and disposable…" He leered as he saw Rina nearby. "And come in a variety of styles…"
"KID MOVE IT!" Logan roared. He tried to run to her aid but his feet became lodged in cement.
"She can't…" Kevin leered as he came closer to her. Rina couldn't move. "She's having a walk down memory lane…"
"No…No…" Rina shook in terror at the onslaught of memories. "NOT AGAIN!"
"Come to papa…" Kevin grinned as the body he inhabited literally started to fall apart.
"Get out of the way!" John shoved Rina aside just as Kevin lunged at her. He grabbed onto him instead. "AGGGHH!"
"THUNDERBIRD!" Scott shouted.
"Wrong mutant…" Kevin grunted as he resided in John's body. "Oh well this will have to do for now…Now I'll…I'll…"
"YOU'LL SHUT UP!" John screamed. "YOU WON'T TAKE THIS WARRIOR SO EASILY!"
"Thunderbird is fighting him off with sheer will," Xavier explained as he used his powers to assist him. "But he can't hold him off forever…"
"Listen…you have to kill me now!" John shouted. "If you don't he'll be unstoppable!"
"Thunderbird no!" Xavier shouted. "I can try and shut him down with enough time…"
"There ain't enough time!" John gasped. "I'm losing it! Slice my head off; give me a heart attack! Whatever it takes!"
"We can't do that!" Kitty shouted.
"And how else are you gonna stop him?" John shouted. "He's stuck in my head and I can't get him out! It's the only way!"
Scott saw something that none of the others did. "Do it…" He growled.
"Scott no! We have to try…We have to…" Jean gasped. But then she sensed Kevin taking over.
"FORGET IT SWEETHEART! HE'S MINE NOW! AND YOU'RE ALL DEAD!" Kevin screamed.
"I THINK NOT!" Peter shouted as he slammed the car down creating a huge explosion when it came into contact with Proteus. He had crawled out of the building and his uniform was torn.
BOOOOOM!
"PETER!" Kitty screamed.
"THUNDERBIRD!" Xavier screamed. "NOOOOOOO!"
Next: Why weren't the Misfits involved in this? Find out next chapter! Sorry to leave you on a cliffhanger. But if you've read any of the comics I think you can all figure out what's happened. Sad isn't it? Sob!
Todd: You've been kinda bloodthirsty lately haven't ya? Sheesh.