Wow it has been a really long time since I updated sorry about that, I can't get onto the internet at home so I have to do it at university. Then came the holidays so I didn't have a chance to do it then recently my computer basically died meaning I lost all my files including the two or three chapters I had written for each of my stories so I had to wait till I got to uni to save them from the internet so I knew where I was at. It really has been bad but anyway how have you been?
Weapon X
A winged mutant swept over their heads connecting with a foot to the face of Storm sending her reeling back, A large feral creature who was instantly recognisable as the mutant who had been with Wolverine during their attack on the mansion leapt through the hole slashing at the smaller man who dodged his attacks before countering with his own as the two were locked in a stalemate.
'Chuck…nice to see ya' laughed Juggernaut as he rushed at Xavier only to meet with Colossus who clasped his hands around the giants waist and suplexed him into the ground causing quite a crater. Juggernaut overpowered the tin teenager Cain then began to slam Pitor's head hard into the floor repeatedly gouging out a huge hole in the floor.
Bobby blasted ice at the winged mutant who was coming in for a swoop at the professor, the ice formed in mid air as it missed the angel causing a large chunk to fall to the ground colliding with Xavier knocking him unconscious.
Scott began to blast at Juggernaut who merely laughed at the mutant before nearly taking his head off with the unconscious body of Colossus.
Hank hurled himself at the big mutant whom he saw as the biggest threat only to get caught and thrown at Jean who had been trying to shake part of the ceiling loose to bury the giant.
Kurt grabbed Kitty and Bobby before teleporting to the top of the stairs where he thought they would be safe, this was when they noticed the two girls whom had just been standing quietly at the side of the carnage. One was a little girl who couldn't have been more then eight the other was a teenager who had pale skin and a streak of white in her brown hair. They both stepped forward touching each of the fallen teens in turn before grabbing hold of Logan who was still wrestling with his 'friend'. The mutant just collapsed and the invaders stood victorious over the X-men, The three young recruits could only stare in horror.
'Ve better go' whispered Kurt as he grabbed hold of the other two, The teenage 'goth' glanced their way and nodded her head which sent all three flying backwards into the wall, she motioned with her hands as they all flew forwards towards her, she merely touched the three of them and they passed into unconsciousness.
…
'Where am I?' asked Kitty as she groggily sat up holding her head, she looked at her surroundings it was a sterile white room with two beds a TV screen a table two chairs and a harsh strip light above her head.
'Sorry about that your in Weapon X' said the teenage 'Goth' whose skin now seemed whiter then ever under the harsh lights. Kitty moved back away from the girl till she was pressed hard up against the wall.
'It's okay Kitty' said Storm from across the corridor, Kitty looked through the large glass wall of her cell noticing for the first time several others just like it all with the intruders or the X-men in them. 'They mean us no harm, they're prisoners just like us'.
'I'm Rogue, We don't want to hurt anyone' said the girl as she offered her hand to Kitty.
'Speak for yourself' growled the large feral mutant who across the way was sharing a cell with the one known as Juggernaut.
'Yeah little girl me and Sabertooth would love nothing more then to break every bone in your body and drag your screaming body through a field of broken glass' laughed Cain as he sat tensing his knuckles.
'And that would just be for a start' growled Sabertooth.
'Leave her alone' growled Wolverine as he slammed his body against the glass of his cell.
'or what?' asked Sabertooth mockingly.
'Or I'll tare you a new throat hole fur bag' yelled Wolverine who was struggling with his restraints.
When Kitty saw this she suddenly felt the cold ring around her neck, she grabbed for it and felt its thick bar round her neck, a little red light illuminated the palm of her hand.
'Don't pull on it you'll get a shock' said Bobby as he flinched obviously remembering when he tried, he sat in another cell with Colossus watching Kitty.
'They stop our powers from working' said the winged mutant who was sharing a cell with Kurt, it was rather strange to see an angel and a demon sitting playing cards but no one mentioned it because they knew Kurt was sensitive.
Kitty looked around noticing all of the mutants were wearing the same collars, Wolverine had extra restraints which stopped him bending his arms, after all his claws weren't part of his mutation and if he could move the right way he could cut his collar off.
'Where's the professor? Where's doctor McCoy?' asked Kitty noticing they were the only two mutants missing.
'We don't know, they took Dr McCoy a while ago and we haven't seen the professor since Iceman knocked him out' said Scott as he shot a quick look at Bobby.
'Have I mentioned I'm very grateful for that, Chuck is the only one who could have caused some problems' grinned Juggernaut. Bobby could feel himself shrinking till he felt only an inch or two high.
The door at the end of the corridor swung open and soldiers rushed in lining the corridor as two more walked down it dragging a large blue furred mutant with them, they hurled him into the cell with Storm before slamming the door again and standing to attention as a mysterious figure entered the corridor.
'Ah I see your all finally awake' said the man who removed his sunglasses, he was of average height and had the classic military style haircut indeed he could look like any high ranking officer in the military that is except for his hideously scarred face.
'Welcome to Weapon X, you have been drafted by the world's military to take part in the salvation of the world, tomorrow some of you will be sent on your first mission with the more experienced members of the team, your powers will be activated when needed and your progress monitored, you will do exactly as ordered or…' the man pressed the button on his wrist and the mutants crippled over in pain holding their necks.
'We will never do what you say, we wont betray our principles, we will escape' yelled Jean when suddenly the pain stopped.
'I'm so glad you said that, time for a little demonstration.'
Jean's cell slid open and her collar stopped flashing as Soldiers forced the little girl who had invaded the mansion away from Jean as she was forced into the corridor. Two soldiers walked down the corridor dragging a man in a white lab coat and dropping him in front of Jean.
'This is Dr Moore, he has been leaking secrets to certain people who he shouldn't be speaking with…Kill him!' ordered the man in charge.
'Never' said Jean simply as she stalled for a way to escape. Several soldiers took this as a sign and placed their guns to her head.
'Never' said Jean again adamant.
'I thought you might say that' said the man which caused the soldiers nearest Scott to point their guns at him, the little red dots from their sights all focused on the centre of his forehead.
'Don't do it Jean' yelled Scott, the leader nodded which sent a single bullet flying from a gun which then connected with Scott's leg sending him crashing to the floor as blood splattered against the walls of his cell, the sights quickly resumed their place on his forehead.
'We are serious, the next will kill him unless you…KILL HIM!!!' yelled the man again.
Jean took one look at Scott before looking at the scientist a single tear rolled down her cheek as she mouthed to the scientist 'I'm sorry' a loud crack echoed down the corridor as the scientist keeled over with a broken neck and jean fell to her knees sobbing uncontrollably.
'Just for your information only three have ever escaped Weapon X and as you can see we have recaptured two of them and were working on the third' informed the man as he motioned at Wolverine and Sabertooth.
'Oh no…Remy' gasped Rogue.
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Jean finally stopped sobbing hours later once Scott had been healed, despite everyone's words and Torpid's hugs she was inconsolable. Jean stopped just in time to see the beast who was in the cell with Storm slowly wake up. Storm was apprehensive and scared but she figured the best thing to do would to be friendly.
'Hello friend…I'm Ororo' said Storm as she kneeled putting a hand on the stirring creature's back.
'That's all well and good but I think I recognise you Ororo' laughed the creature as he held his head.
'Hank?' asked Storm as her eyes welled up once she recognised the voice.
'Of course its me…' Hank trailed off when he saw his reflection in the glass, he looked at his hands as he could feel tears welling up in his eyes '…isn't it?' He then let out a roar causing many to cover their ears.
…
The weeks passed and the mutants were sent on many missions, assassinations, espionage, theft, recognisance and kidnappings mainly. There missions varied greatly, Hank who was now known as Beast to the guards was dropped from a helicopter onto a moving train to kidnap the president of a weapons company which he did without ever touching the floor in the car, he lowered himself via his hands and grabbed the man using the hands where his feet had once been. Jean was sent to kill a boat full of people which she accomplished in seconds by blowing up the fuel tank.
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The mist rolled in as Storm hid in the bushes urging her companions forward, she was to cover their entrance and escape from the heavily guarded facility. Nightcrawler easily leapt over the wire fence and was quickly followed by Wolverine once Angel had dropped him and returned to the bushes to hide. Wolverine and Nightcrawler dashed quickly across the yard towards the main building. Kurt was invisible in the shadows and quickly teleported whenever a spotlight passed near him leaving only a wisp of smoke behind him, Wolverine too had no problem getting through the yard because of his years of training which he still couldn't remember but he knew what he knew and that was enough.
Once Kurt got close enough to the door he could see the inside through one of the small windows he quickly ported inside and crouched in a corner awaiting his companion.
'Got a light bub?' asked Wolverine causing the two soldiers who were guarding the door to look up surprised the figure dressed all in black had seemed to appear from no where. They never managed to raise the alarm as a claw was shoved through each of their chests.
Wolverine and Nightcrawler ran down the corridor following the schematics they had been given.
'The door up ahead is the last room before the computer ve need' said Kurt as he galloped towards the door, Wolverine slashed at the door bursting it open as the two burst into the room there were a lot of guards all ready and armed to take the intruders down.
'You get the information, I'll have fun for a while' growled Wolverine which caused Kurt to port into the next room, he didn't like 'bamfing' if he didn't know exactly where he was going but he didn't have a choice. He appeared in an empty room as the noise of gunfire and screams could be heard in the previous room, he inserted a disk into the supercomputer, the disc had a programme which found the info they wanted downloaded it then erased the computer now all he had to do was wait. The time passed slowly but gave Kurt a chance to think about whether things would have been better in the circus…he never got to the conclusion as the computer beeped signalling it had finished its programme. Kurt extracted the disc and walked towards the door which opened automatically revealing Wolverine sitting on top of a pile of around twenty guard's bodies he was smoking a cigarette which he had swiped from one of the guards.
'Lets go kid' said Wolverine simply as he made his way to leave the room, the doors opened to reveal even more guards 'This is going to be fun' growled Logan as he popped out his claws with a 'Snikt'. Kurt placed his hand on Logan's back and instantly the two were outside the boundaries of the fence, Wolverine coughed as he had inhaled some brimstone before he stepped towards Storm and Warren he turned and spoke to Nightcrawler 'Spoilsport and I thought you were supposed to be the fun one'.
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Slowly the weeks turned into months and the X-men sunk slowly into depression especially Hank he sat day and night looking at his body and at his reflection.
'Are you all right' whispered Storm to her friend.
'I used to be human…I used to be a man…I had feet…I wasn't this hairy…I was normal' Hank caught a glimpse of his reflection with his animal face and pointed fangs causing tears to form in his eyes once again 'I used to have lips you could kiss…lips women would want to kiss' said Hank again lowering his head.
Storm slowly moved towards her friend holding his hand and sliding her other hand across his furry face 'you still do' said Storm imply as she leaned forward kissing the man she had grown to love on the lips even if they were covered in fur. He kissed her back as Scott leaned on the glass of his cell watching his friends he looked across at Wolverine who also stood watching over all the other mutants as they slept.
'We have to get out of here'…
End
A/N: not to point it out but just before they recruited Kurt Hank made a comment about how he would hate to be blue and furry he he isn't irony fun lol.