Family Feud Was Nothing Like This

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE NOT COMING?" Creed's angry voice was the first thing Kurt heard as he awoke. His hands and feet were tied up and he felt woozy. He was in some kind of cabin on the floor and his image inducer was missing.

Creed was ranting to his men. "Don't they realize that I am giving them an order?"

"Yeah uh…about that," One of his men gulped. "Uh some of them…Not us mind you…Some of them are kind of uh…"

"What he's trying to say boss is that a few of the guys are kinda shocked you know?" Another said. "I mean what happened in the courtroom kinda took us all by surprise."

"Not that any of it is your fault by the way," Another man said. "Not that I was implying it. But those mutants are sneaky. Well you would know cause…"

"I GET THE MESSAGE!" Creed snarled as he grabbed one of his follower's neck.

"Come on boss I mean it ain't your fault you got freaks in the family," His follower pleaded. "I mean it can happen to anybody right?"

"SHUT UP!" Creed shoved him aside.

"Hey boss, it's awake," One of his men noticed Kurt was conscious. "Want me to gut it for ya? Make a real nice rug."

"No," Creed snorted. "We need this…creature alive as bait. Leave me."

"Alone with that?" One of his men asked.

"We shot enough stuff into him to keep a herd of lions docile," Creed huffed. "Go! Now!"

The men left. Creed sneered at Kurt as he tried to sit up. "Don't bother trying to use your powers. We found some interesting drugs that inhibit mutant abilities temporarily, courtesy of some generous suppliers."

"Like Cobra…" Kurt's mouth was dry. "Is it true? Are you really my…"

"Don't say it! Of all the affronts I've put up with," Creed snarled. "Of all the indignities I had to bear, the fact that Mystique is my mother and Sabertooth my father…I think the fact that I am related to you and that skunk haired witch is the worst!"

Pure hate was in Creed's face. "And now…Now that whore has another demon spawn in her belly! Another freak she can inflict on the world! Well that's not gonna happen! I'm gonna use you for bait and when she comes…"

"Creed, I can only imagine what Mystique has done to you," Kurt said. "She's hurt everyone she has come across. But this… This is not the way."

"Let me guess," Creed snarled as his eyes darkened. "This is the part where you try and cozy up to me with the 'we're brothers' routine."

"Like it or not, we are family."

"WE ARE NOT FAMILY!" Creed hissed as he grabbed him by the collar. "Get that fact through your limited intelligence! The fact that we share similar genetic material is merely an accident by birth! Nothing more! So save your breath!"

"What did she do to you that makes you hate us so much?" Kurt asked.

"Simple, I was born human. Not an abomination like you and the rest of your diseased species. I learned long ago that creatures such as you are a threat to people like myself. And don't say it doesn't have to be this way because we know different. There's only room for one dominant species to stay at the top of the food chain on this planet. Humans rule this world because we are stronger, smarter and more powerful than all other dumb animals. Your very existence is a threat to the natural order of things! The more of you, the fewer of us until there are none left! But we won't be extinguished that easily. We're smart enough to fight back while we have the chance. While we are greater in numbers and can capture, sterilize and exterminate your kind until you are nothing but a distant memory! A bad dream to frighten little children."

"God help you," Kurt breathed out. "You are mad."

"GOD! YOU DARE SPEAK THAT NAME!" Creed's hands tightened around his throat. "A MONSTER SUCH AS YOU SHOULD NOT EVEN SAY THE NAME OF OUR CREATOR!"

"But…we both…came from the same source…" Kurt gasped.

"I didn't claw my way out of the gutter our dear mother abandoned me in only to be slapped in the face that my only brother is nothing more than a smear on the face of humanity!" Creed tightened the grip on his throat. "DIE MONSTER!"

Suddenly the door opened and two FOH members burst in. "Hey boss!"

"I said I didn't want to be disturbed!" Creed shouted. Just then a laser blast from one of the FOH members knocked him down. Kurt fell to the floor. "AGGH!"

"Nice shot," Mystique morphed into her original form.

The FOH member who shot Creed pulled away his mask. "I thought so," Zartan preened.

"Mystique?" Kurt coughed. "Zartan? What are you doing here?"

"I dunno we thought the two of us might do a little fishing," Zartan quipped as Mystique untied Kurt's bonds. "Have some family bonding in the mountains get away from it all. What do you think you idiot? Although I admit this wasn't my idea!"

"You actually expect me to believe you came after me?" Kurt looked at her as he rubbed his wrists.

"Is it really that hard for you to conceive that?" Mystique asked.

"Considering that comes from someone who has an easy time conceiving anything," Zartan said as he swiftly kicked Creed down again. "And I do mean anything."

"She never wanted either of us," Creed hissed. "She's a selfish monster!"

"Takes one to know one," Mystique said. She pulled out another pistol and aimed it at Creed. "Now where were we before we got interrupted? Oh yes, I was going to kill you."

"And don't count on your friends, what there are left of them coming to your rescue," Zartan said. An explosion could be heard outside. "They're a little busy…"

"Mystique no!" Kurt pleaded. He still felt weak and woozy from the drugs. "You can't…."

"This is between me and this worthless arrogant fool," Mystique snarled. "Who sent others to do a job he wasn't man enough to do himself!"

"Gee I wonder which side of the family he gets that from," Zartan scoffed.

"You have a point," Mystique said as she pointed her weapon at Creed. "I should have drowned you at birth you little…"

"Like you did with my brother?" Creed asked.

"That was an accident!" Mystique shouted. "It was Magneto's fault!"

"And yet you stayed with him," Kurt said. "I can't understand why."

"The truth is…I had nowhere else to go," Mystique sighed. "And I didn't want to lose Rogue. Even though she was part of an experiment, I just couldn't lose her."

Just then the door shattered open as Rogue flew in. "CREED!" She shouted.

"Looks like you can't lose her even if you tried," Zartan snorted.

"Well isn't this a cozy gathering of the clan," Creed hissed. "All we need now is my psychotic father."

"Who do you think is outside tearing into your men?" Zartan said. "But you Rogue are a surprise."

"I take it you found us by absorbing one of Creed's minion's memories?" Mystique asked.

"Yeah I'm gonna need a shower after this," Rogue snapped. "Leave Kurt alone!"

"What do you think we're here for?" Zartan asked. "And I thought my family was paranoid!"

"I'll tell you why! To kill me!" Creed snapped. "The freak here is merely a bonus! Face it Rogue, out of all of us the only one she even remotely cared about was you!"

"Why? What makes me so special?" Rogue asked.

"Because you are the closest thing to me I have ever known," Mystique told her. "In a way I can't be touched either. I've been so many people…had so many lives in so many shapes that I never really found myself. I have echoes of other people's memories too and they haunt me in ways even you can't imagine."

"That and you're female," Creed hissed.

"Shut up!" Mystique clicked the gun.

"You can't kill your own son!" Kurt gasped as Rogue helped him up. "Rogue we have to stop her!"

"Trust me Rogue, this is for everyone's own good," Mystique snapped.

"Mystique remember what happened when Spears was killed," Rogue said.

"Yes, but Spears wasn't related to a group of mutants," Zartan said. "Already most of his people have abandoned him. If he dies the impact won't be that great now that he's been disgraced."

"Which is what you and Daniels planned all along!" Creed shouted. "You're all in this together!"

"No actually this was all a coincidence," Mystique said. "One that suits me perfectly."

Just then the cabin shook. "I think Sabertooth is overdoing it…" Zartan grunted.

"That's not Sabertooth," Creed grinned maniacally.

"I think we should get out of here!" Rogue said as the ground shook violently. The sound of choppers could be heard outside.

"I can't port," Kurt grunted as they herded Creed outside. "Creed drugged me…"

Outside the cabin there were fires everywhere. The cabin was centered in a compound near a large cliff in the mountains and currently it was under attack by helicopters. "ATTENTION MUTANTS! RELEASE CREED NOW!" The loudspeaker from one of the helicopters blared.

"DAMN IT SHOOT US ALL IF YOU HAVE TOO!" Creed screamed. "JUST TAKE OUT THE MUTANTS! DO IT NOW!"

"Are you nuts?" Zartan shouted.

"I've waited too long for this day…" Creed had an insane grin on his face. "You're all going to pay for what you did to me…Even if I have to drag you down to hell with me!" He broke away from them. "GO ON! SHOOT! SHOOT US ALL DOWN! THAT'S AN ORDER!"

The mutants sprang for cover as the helicopters obeyed. "Where the hell is Sabertooth when you need him?" Mystique shouted as she ran.

"Turned tail I expect and we should do the same!" Zartan snapped. He flipped on his communicator. "Dreadnoks! Pick us up now!"

"THAT'S IT! THAT'S IT! BLOW 'EM AWAY!" Creed laughed maniacally as bullets flew all around.

"THAT'S IT!" Rogue flew up and used her strength to attack one of the helicopters. "BUTT OUT! THIS IS A FAMILY THING!"

Creed was still laughing. "SHOOT THEM! SHOOT THEM DOWN!"

One of the mortar fire blasted apart part of the cliff base not far where Creed was standing. The ground crumbled and Creed started to fall. "NO!" Kurt shouted. Using all his strength he teleported to where Creed was, grabbed him and teleported to a safer location. He collapsed on the ground weakly.

"DIE MONSTER!" Creed hissed as he pulled out a knife. But Mystique kicked the weapon out of his hand. She gave him another punch as he fell unconscious to the ground.

"You shouldn't be fighting in your condition!" Zartan admonished her.

"Please, this is nothing compared to what I went through with Kurt," Mystique grunted.

By now several other army helicopters were in the air taking on the FOH choppers. Rogue flew down to Kurt. "Are you okay?" She asked.

"Ya fine…" Kurt gasped. "Here comes the Calvary."

"Not a moment too soon. I could understand some of his backers turning on him," Rogue asked. "But why his most loyal men?"

"Must have given his hired hands a 'suicide order'," Zartan grunted. "To take us out even at the cost of his own life. Besides, better to die a martyr for the cause than live and stain it."

"I have to admit I didn't think he had it in him," Mystique shook her head as she looked over Creed. "He's not as weak as I assumed he was. The one thing that would make me proud of him."

"You admire him for that?" Kurt gasped. "You truly are a sick woman Mystique!"

"You're just realizing this now?" Zartan asked him. "Come on Mystique we've done what we came to do."

"You ain't goin…" Rogue began to stop them when Zartan threw out a smoke bomb. "Dang it! I can't see!"

Before they realized it they had disappeared. Soon the army and the police had come and had taken control of the situation. The X-Men and Misfits arrived and Rogue explained the whole thing to them.

"The good news is that whatever they put in your body appears to be wearing off," Lina said to Kurt as she took a blood sample. "I'm going to have the lab analyze this."

"Plus I think Creed's gonna be on ice for a while," Logan grunted.

"THIS ISN'T OVER DEMON!" Creed screamed as he was led away. "I'LL GET YOU AND THAT WITCH OF A MOTHER IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO! NOT TO MENTION YOU TOO SIS! YOU'RE ALL GONNA PAY! YOU HEAR ME! YOU'RE GONNA PAY!"

"I know Creed's your bro and all," Todd grumbled. "But next time let him fall off the cliff okay? We'd all be better off."

"I hate to admit this but you may be right," Kurt sighed.

Next: More legal fun and Duncan torture! How can you go wrong with that?