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"What have you done with Warren" Bobby demanded then Kitty tapped him on the shoulder.
"Uh Bobby he's right there" she pointed out to the knocked out Warren.
"Well alright then" Bobby shrugged. "So what do you want, I mean if Warren said something stupid and offended you I can understand why you would want to knock him out."
"Shut your trap Drake, we are in no mood for your mindless prattle" Monet sneered. "You know why we're here."
"Actually no, not really" Kitty shook her head. "If you haven't been keeping up with current events, we been kind of otherwise occupied and haven't really cared what the Hellions were up to" she rolled her eyes.
"Yeah we saw you on the TV attacking those people" Beef spoke up.
"Beef we keep telling you that those weren't them" Empath frowned.
"But they look just like them" Beef muttered and scratched his head.
"Wait how did you know it wasn't us" Bobby interrupted.
"Oh please he would never have the balls to do such acts" Monet rolled her eyes and then looked at Kitty. "And she is much too weak."
Monet's prissy and superior attitude was getting to Kitty who had enough. "That's it sister" she yelled and lunged at Monet, phasing them both through the floor of the plane.
Bobby and the Hellions rushed outside and saw Kitty and Monet wrestling each other. Monet was much stronger but Kitty used her hand-to-hand skills and phased.
"Go Monet" Bevatron shouted out as JetStream and Beef whistled
"Shut up idiots," Monet snapped.
"We don't have time for this you idiots, break it up now" Empath yelled at the three other boys.
"Don't you dare" Monet grunted as she struggled to get her head out of the tricky hold Kitty had applied to it. "I don't need any help, that's an order."
"What do we do?" Beef grunted as he and the other two boys looked confused at whom to listen to do.
"You can freeze" Bobby suggested before blasting the three of them into a block of ice, accidentally knocking out JetStream in the process. He turned over to Kitty. "Come on Kitty lets nab Warren and get out of here."
"In a minute honey" Kitty managed to say to him under the strain of trying to maintain her hold on the struggling, but much stronger, Monet.
"Oh for crying out loud" Bobby rolled his eyes. "You know this is really ruining my dramatic escape here" he muttered and took a look at his watch.
"No it's not" a voice said from behind him and before he could do anything he found himself tackled by Catseye in her cat form. She pinned him to the ground and raised one claw to go in for the kill when suddenly she found herself lifted off the ground."
"You know you should really cut your nails, you could hurt someone" Warren commented as he flew up then dropped Catseye on top Tarot as she began to summon her card figures.
"Great timing Wings, any later and I'd be all scratched up" Bobby quipped.
"Some gratitude" Warren frowned as he soared into the sky, just missing a heat blast. "Oh that was pretty close" he said looking down and seeing Firestar firing blast at him. "Little help Ice Cube."
"Sure give me a second" Bobby said as he attempted to slide out of the way as Beef charged at him.
Suddenly sirens rang out and Empath saw police cars coming from a distance. "Damn it Monet you've compromised our entire operation" he muttered as he ran off.
"Oh crap looks like we have company" Bobby frowned. "Come on Kit we need go now" he said as he ran over to her and Monet.
"Fine" she said as she released the scissor lock from Monet's head. "I think I proved my point" she shrugged as she began to walk away.
"Oh no you don't" Monet snarled and tackled her. "No one makes a fool of Monet St. Croix."
Meanwhile the police were closing in on to the jet strip. Warren was doing his best to deal with Beef and Firestar, while Bevatron started firing at Bobby. "I so don't need this" he frowned as he dived out of the way and fired back.
Roulette saw the oncoming squad cars and sent out a few of her psychic disks, causing the car tires to flatten. "That should slow them down" she smirked when she heard the engines of the jet turning on. "What's going on?"
"All of you hurry on the jet right now" Empath called out from the jet's loudspeaker. "That means all of you, including our guests, unless you rather stay here with the police."
"I don't like this" Warren frowned as he saw Firestar, Bevatron, and Roulette all run on to the plane.
"Like do we have any choice" Kitty asked as she phased out of Monet's grip again.
"No Empath I am not done here" Monet snarled as she tried to attack Kitty again.
"Beef handle her," Empath ordered after appearing on the Jet ramp.
"Sorry Monet but we're in a hurry, and it was Empath's idea" Beef said from behind before knocking her out and carrying her on to the jet. Bobby, Kitty and Warren followed.
"Hey what about your friends" Bobby asked as he indicated JetStream, Catseye, and Tarot, who had been knocked out during the battle and remained on the runway.
"No time" Empath said as the jet ramp closed.
"But…" Firestar began to plead.
"Don't worry we'll have them out on in less then 6 hours" he said confidently as the jet took flight into the air.
"Pathetic, Self Obsessive, Pointless, and worst of all Costly" a stern voice rang out. One Kitty found just the slight bit un-nerving as she listened from the back of a large, and well decorated chamber, crowded with people dressed in old-fashioned clothing, not to mention all the armed masked guards.
"Who is this guy?" Kitty whispered to Warren.
"He's Sebastian Shaw, the Black King of the Hellfire Club. He pretty much runs things around here, and trust me you don't want to get him angry."
"I think that's pretty obvious by the way he's berating Monet" Bobby whispered as they watched Monet stand before a panel of men and women, centered by Shaw.
"Silence" Empath snarled from nearby. "You should feel privileged to even be allowed in the secret chambers of the Inner Circle."
Shaw shook his head. "Do you have any idea how large the bill will be to clean up your little mess and exonerate your 3 fellow Hellions, the bribes, the legal bill, the P.R, it's going to be quite irritating, and you can expect that your family will be asked to provide much of the financial relief."
"Yes sir" Monet nodded.
"But quite frankly what upsets me the most is how much you've disappointed this organization, especially considering your potential" Shaw shook his head. "I'm not sure what's worse, the fact that you would lose control of your emotions over a little tassle with that other girl, or your lapse in judgment in letting Worthington's servants go, so they could turn around and inform the authorities of his situation, thus contributing to the police showing and compromising the situation. Just tell me why."
"I was trying to live up to the terms of the agreement I set up with Mr. Worthington" Monet frowned. "I thought at the time it was the best way to keep him cooperative and perhaps salvage him for the club."
Shaw shook his head. "Interesting reasoning, but you should of known Worthington was already a traitor and bringing him back into the fold was not an option."
"Very well" Monet nodded. "As for my little fight with Pryde, well I must say I don't know what happened, I became overcome with rage. It's like I didn't have control of my emotions…" she said then suddenly something hit her. "Wait a minute I understand now" she frowned and glared back at Empath.
"Something the matter Ms. St. Croix" another portly man with a red beard asked.
"Yes sir Mr. White Bishop, I think now I have an explanation for my actions, I believe Empath is responsible. He used his powers on me and caused my irregular actions."
"Is this true Mr. De La Rocha" a woman with black hair asked.
Empath stepped up and nodded. "Alas I must admit it is true my Black Queen" he said.
"You see" Monet frowned. "This all was an attempt of his to make me look bad so he could seize leadership of the Hellions. He jeopardized the entire operation for his own selfish desires, his actions cannot be ignored."
Shaw and the other members of the Inner Circle whispered to each other for several minutes, but finally Shaw spoke. "We have conferred and we agree that the actions of Mr. De La Rocha cannot be ignored," he said sternly as Monet smirked. "That is why we commend him, and award him with the leadership of the Hellions."
"What" Monet snapped? "But he compromised the operation"
"You disappoint us Ms. St. Croix, if you had been living up to your potential you would have been able to waive off his manipulations and completed the operation" Shaw said. "And besides we cannot ignore his ambition and determination, such skills got me where I am today, and they should be nurtured."
"Thank you Inner Circle, I am honored by your decision" Empath beamed and bowed.
"Respectful as well" Shaw smiled then turned to Monet. "And do you Ms. St. Croix respect our decision and continue to pledge your continuing loyalty."
Monet was silent for a moment but nodded. "Yes I pledge" she was able to get out and bowed. "Now if you excuse me."
"You are excused" Shaw said and Monet walked out, fists grasped as she attempted to maintain her composure and then exited.
"Now moving on to new business, we have our three guests here in our custody, now what to do with them" The Black Queen asked.
"After they infiltrated our society and caused such havoc, including abducting our dear White Queen, we have no other choice but to eliminate them as an example to others not to attack the Hellfire Club" the White Bishop said.
"You are right Leland that is the normal procedure," Shaw agreed. "Though I hate to just waste them."
"Wow that doesn't sound good" Bobby muttered as he, Kitty and Warren stood in the back.
"Yeah maybe it's time we make our exit" Kitty agreed.
"Won't work, the room is full of power dampeners" Warren whispered. "I knew we should have just made a break for it outside."
"We weren't exactly in a position to stroll out then either, and I bet Empath was making us a bit more agreeable to "negotiate with the Club" Kitty pointed out.
"Excuse me ladies and Gentlemen of the Inner Circle" Empath spoke up as the Inner Circle discussed among themselves what to do with the guests.
"Yes Mr. De La Rocha" Leland asked.
"I have no qualms with what you do with Worthington, but Drake and Pryde may have more value."
"We are listening" Shaw said.
"Well you see while we had Worthington at our mercy he explained why they wished to abduct our dear White Queen and where she is now. It seems that the new forces in charge of these "New X-Men" we keep hearing about have her in their custody."
"So you did find out what had happened to the White Queen, this is good young Empath, yet how can Drake and Pryde's continued existence tie in with this" Shaw asked.
"Well it seems that the X-Men would love to tie up two loose ends, which happen to be these two young mutants, and thus would love to get their hands on them. I suggest we offer to trade Pryde and Drake to them in exchange for the return of our White Queen."
"An excellent idea" Shaw agreed. "Leland take care of the necessary arrangements, and guards take our guests to a holding cell."
"Wait a minute you can't just barter us like meat" Bobby spoke up. "And don't we won't go quietly either."
"Oh I think you will Mr. Drake" Shaw smirked as his armed guards surrounded them.
"Great going Drake, maybe they'll just mow us down here" Warren frowned.
"Hardly Worthington" Shaw shook his head. "The carpet is much to expensive to allow it to be stained by blood. Fire the tranquilizers," he ordered and three shots rang out and each young mutant found themselves with a dart in their arm, but they passed out before they could feel any pain.
In a dark and cold room, Emma Frost lied sprawled across the floor. She had no idea how long she had been in there; it could have been hours or days for all she knew. No one to talk to, nothing to occupy her mind and she couldn't even use her powers. They only let her out to scan for those other mutants, and then it was straight back into this isolated hell. Suddenly something hit her. "I must look terrible" Emma thought, realizing she had been deprived the chance to bathe or even look at herself in a mirror.
Suddenly light poured into the room as the door opened. Emma covered her eyes, for the light made them sore. "Room service, I suppose" she asked sarcastically.
"Guess again" the stern voice of Essex said. "Your going on a little trip my dear, it seems your stay with us is at an end."
"It's about bloody time," Emma muttered as she struggled to get up.
"I must admit it's a shame to see you go, but I been given access to a trade that seems worth my while" Essex explained. "Colossus, Gambit, help transport her to the chopper" he explained then exited.
The two mutants nodded and each picked up an arm. "I have a bad feeling about this" Emma muttered to herself as they lifted her up.
"Don't worry things will be fine" Gambit whispered to her but then turned away quickly as they dragged her out of the room.
Kitty awoke to find herself in what looked like almost a dungeon, Bobby was passed out next to her and Warren was also asleep, curled up in his wings, and snoring. She attempted to phase but nothing happened and she looked to see several glowing devices on the walls. "Power dampeners, should have figured" she muttered. She nudged Bobby to wake him.
"5 more minutes" he muttered and turned over. She rolled her eyes and gave him a swift kick in the butt. "Oww, okay, okay" Bobby said groggily as he got up. "Was that really necessary?"
"Yep" she grinned then sighed. "Well looks like we've found ourselves in quite the dire situation once again."
"Yeah it's turning into routine" he frowned and looked around. "Let me guess we can't use our powers."
"Yeah, otherwise I would have gotten us out of here already" she explained.
"Well you got any other plans" Bobby asked
"Not really" she frowned then smirked at him. "Why do I have to do all the thinking?"
"You're the genius, I'm just the eye candy" he winked at her.
"Well I must admit you do fill that role well" she smiled and put her arms around him, kissing him on the lips.
"Your not all that bad yourself" he assured her. "But you know shouldn't we be depressed and despaired right now. We seem a bit too upbeat?"
"Like you said it's routine to have our lives threatened, scary isn't it" she shrugged. "But things are looking worse then usual" she sighed. "And you know what really stinks?"
"What's that?" Bobby asked.
"We have to share this cage with Warren" she frowned.
Bobby rose an eyebrow and grinned. "Pretty Kitty you surprise me, aren't I suppose to make the inappropriate comments" he joked and then sighed a bit at the reality of their situation.
"Don't mean to put you out of a job, but considering what's going to happen when Essex gets his hands on us, this might be our last time together, and I don't want to waste any of it" she explained and glared at Warren's sleeping form.
"Very true, very true" Bobby agreed. "But who says we have to wake him" he smirked and she rose an eyebrow.
"Oh a jailhouse romance, how very cliché" a sarcastic, but familiar voice said.
"Oh great it's Empath" Bobby frowned. "Hey man could you come back in like 20 minutes, and then we'd be happy to listen to your rants and egoistical ravings."
"Oh a last request" Empath smirked. "Though I would really like to, I just can oblige, we can't have your "friends" waiting now can we" he said then snapped his fingers as a group of armed guards entered. "These will be your escorts."
"Not the type I'm used to" Warren yawned as he got up.
"What no tuxedo's, I thought your little club was all style?" Kitty said mockingly.
"Sorry to disappoint you, yet speaking of style we do have something for you to fashion" Empath grinned. "Assistant get in here," he ordered and turned his head to the door.
Into the dungeon like area, appeared Monet, carrying three metallic, glowing rings of some sort. "You rang," she asked.
"Oh good I see you brought the collars" Empath said then turned to Kitty and Bobby. "You see since you've been such great guests I got you each a nice collar."
"That's real nice of you but really you shouldn't have" Bobby said.
"You should be grateful Drake, a collar suits you and might even keep the fleas away" Monet quipped.
"Now please don't try to resist, we'd hate to have to kill you before the exchange" Empath said and snapped his fingers. The guards immediately drew their weapons.
"Wow didn't know you cared" Bobby frowned while Monet collared Warren.
"You know it's a shame we have to kill off such a pretty face and healthy bank account" she said after collaring him and kissed him on the cheek.
"You know I think your making excited about my fate now" Warren glared at her.
Monet frowned. "Worthington you always were a fool, there are plenty of other men that would kill for a chance like the Hellfire Club gave you, not to mention a chance at this" she said as she showed off her gorgeous body. She turned to Bobby and put a collar around him as well. "How about you Drake" she smirked and glanced briefly at Kitty before kissing him on the cheek.
Bobby frowned. "Not interested" he frowned.
"Your loss, especially considering the alternative" she shrugged as she glared at a fuming Kitty, who had just about enough her.
"Why don't you just collar me and get your slutty butt out of here" Kitty frowned.
"How dare you" Monet snarled. "Seize her" she ordered two of the guards who immediately grabbed Kitty, one on each side.
"Hey let her go" Bobby demanded but he and Warren were quickly held back by the rest of the guards.
"Sorry but there is something I must make clear to Ms. Pryde before she leaves our custody" Monet said then glared at Pryde then slapped her. "First off you will watch your tongue. Secondly though you may have gotten the best of me back at the airport, it was because of my new superior Empath's interference in my mind, it distracted me. The truth is I am in every way your superior, in brains, in beauty, and in brawn" she said and grabbed Kitty's hand, squeezing it hard. "Understand."
Kitty felt the pain as Monet squeezed her hand, but also felt something else being placed in that hand at the same time. "I understand," she groaned.
"Good girl" Monet said then collared her. "Okay I've done what I needed to do" she said and walked out of the cell.
"Adequate work assistant" Empath nodded then turned to the guards. "Take them upstairs for our waiting guests" he signaled the guards, who immediately began to push the three prisoners along.
Kitty glanced down at her hand and saw a strange little piece of metal that looked almost like a key. She quickly hid it up her sleeve so no one would notice and tried her best to keep her mind clear.
Meanwhile on the roof of the very same building, the various Hellfire Club dignitaries, as well as the Hellions and a nice compliment of guards, were gathered as a large helicopter landed on the launch pad. A landing ramp opened up and out came Essex, flanked by Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Colossus, who were carrying the weary Emma Frost. "So this is the prestigious Hellfire Club" Essex asked.
"Yes, welcome to our New York Branch" Shaw said as he approached him. "I see you've returned our White Queen."
"Shaw get me down from this behemoth" Emma frowned.
"But of course, I brought her here just as I said I would, I assume you will live up to your part of the bargain as well" Essex said sternly.
"They are being brought up as we speak" Shaw assured him.
"Well hurry them up so we can get done with already" Emma snapped.
"Good" Essex responded then quickly looked around. "I see you have quite a bit of company up here, may I ask why."
"Quite frankly it's insurance to make sure you fulfill your side of the arrangement" Leland spoke up.
"Actually I've been thinking about our arrangement and I've decided I'd like to change it up just a bit" Essex said casually.
"What" Leland fumed.
"Relax old friend we can at least here the man out" Shaw said calmly and put a hand on Leland's shoulder, then looked at Essex. "Now good fellow what changes do you wish to make?"
"Whatever is just do it, I'm getting sick of this already" Emma frowned.
"Well first of all you hand over the children as we said before, but I also receive membership in your Inner Circle as the White King, and lastly Ms. Frost has become an asset to my organization, we wish to hold on to her, you need not fair we shall take good care of her" Essex smiled.
"What" Emma fumed.
Shaw began to laugh. "Oh I see you have quite the sense of humor" he smiled and the other members of the Inner Circle began to laugh as well.
"Yes quite humorous, why would we let you continue to hold our White Queen prisoner" Leland added.
"Why Harry never knew you cared" Emma smiled.
"Not to mention he acts as if anyone can be in the inner circle" another blond haired young man added.
Essex and his associates remained stone faced. "That wasn't a joke" Essex frowned. "We are serious."
"Then you are delusional" Shaw said as his face became very serious. "Like my associate Pierce said the Hellfire Club is quite exclusive, and besides that we shall be taking our White Queen back. Whether its through our deal, or by force" Shaw said and immediately the Hellions took battle ready formation and the guards drew their weapons.
"I suggest you let me go now" Emma Frost smirked.
"Impressive" Essex said. "But so are mine" he said and pressed a button on his watch. Immediately the Helicopter revealed several weapons retracted from it, Jean Grey used her telekinesis to remove the weapons from the hands of the guards, and another aircraft appeared above the building, from out of the sky. This jet opened up another ramp and out of it poured Sabretooth, Avalanche, Rogue, Havok, Boom Boom, Gambit, Nightcrawler, Blob, Toad, Pyro, and Quicksilver. They quickly surrounded the Inner Circle and the Hellions.
"This is a private party so it's time for you to leave" Avalanche quipped and sent a shockwave at the disarmed guards, scattering many. Havok, Boom Boom, and Gambit each fired at the guards as well, who then fled.
""As you can see I hold the upper hand" Essex explained. "Now I suggest you agree, but do not worry I won't leave you empty-handed. As head of the Inner Circle, I shall strengthen it with my growing organization; you all will maintain your positions under me, and I shall even use my resources to help you acquire Worthington Industries after you dispose of him. Think about it Shaw, together, think of what we could accomplish, in business, in politics, in everything" Essex said and offered his hand.
"Don't even think about it Shaw" Emma fumed.
Shaw was silent for a moment as he contemplated his options then looked at Emma. "I'm sorry…." He said as Essex began to smile only to be punched in the face. "But the Hellfire Club can not be forced to do anything."
"We'll see" Essex sneered. "Take care of them," he ordered his forces.
Jean immediately lifted Shaw off the ground and Cyclops blasted him into a wall. After that an all out battle broke out. Essex quickly took shelter near his helicopter to watch, while Colossus kept a strong grip of Emma Frost.
The Black Queen immediately kicked Cyclops knocking him across the roof. "Now that he's out of the way, shall we" she asked looking at Jean.
"Your funeral" the girl responded and knocked her down with her TK and the two women began to go at it.
Sabretooth charged at the Inner Circle, but Leland lifted out his hand and made the feral mutant bend his knees. "What are you doing?" he groaned.
"Increasing your mass" Leland said and pressed harder till Sabretooth collapsed through the roof and through several stories of the building, but snatched Leland's leg in the process, taking him down as well.
Meanwhile Beef and Blob had already begun grabbling. "This time your mine" Blob beamed with confidence.
Firestar and Pyro started a firefight. "Ooh a fire girl, your going to dance for me" Pyro grinned as he started to manipulate the fire around her as she tried to hit him.
Nightcrawler was chasing Catseye when Toad appeared in front of her and she just barely jumped out of the way as the chased after her.
Rogue quickly got behind JetStream and Bevatron and absorbed their powers. "Nap time boys" she said then took flight and fired at the White Bishop Pierce.
"You'll pay for that" the White Bishop sneered as he jumped into the air and grabbed her.
More guards came back and joined the fight but Avalanche continued send shockwaves to knock them down. Tarot sent some of her card characters to surround him but was then blasted from behind by Havok. Roulette did her best to stay out of the line of fire and when she could send one of her psychic beams to send misfortune to the intruders. Shaw had gotten up again and headed straight for Cyclops, with increased strength from the laser blast he absorbed.
Meanwhile right below the battle, Empath, Monet, their 3 prisoners and the escort of guards were just reaching the roof when they saw a few guards thrown through the doors. "What is going on out there" Empath demanded.
Monet used her telepathy. "Looks like there was a bit of a disagreement and now they are fighting, and we're on the loosing side" she said.
"Well what are you waiting for get out there" he told the guards just as two more guards came flying in and crashed into the guard escort.
Kitty saw her chance and took the little key like device and stuck in hole she found earlier in the collar and it turned off. "Well that was easy" she shrugged.
"Stop her she's escaping" Empath yelled while he watched her phase out of her hand bonds.
"Liked to see you try" Kitty rolled her eyes as several guards charged at her and casually extended her hand into Bobby's collar, shorting it out.
Bobby iced himself free of his bonds. "Hey how'd you do that?" he asked before he fired a blast of ice and encased the on coming guards, while Kitty freed Warren from his collar.
"That's a very good question" Empath frowned. "You can tell me as soon as I capture you again, Monet…" he began to say when Monet kicked him into a wall, knocking him out.
"Okay am I the only one who's confused here" Warren scratched his head.
"No for once your not alone" Kitty said then turned to Monet. "Now why did you give me that key" she asked.
"It's obviously cause she's bitter about being replaced" Bobby said. "But don't think this means we trust you."
"I admit being tricked is part of my motivations, but well can we explain later, time is of the essence" Monet said then noticed they weren't moving. "Look if you want to get out of here follow me, if you rather get captured by whoever wins this fight, by all means stay here" she said then ran off.
The three shrugged and followed after her.
Meanwhile the battle was not going well for the Hellfire Club; most of their forces had been neutralized. Catseye had been spit in the face by Toad then knocked out by a swift kick from Nightcrawler, Rogue had gotten a hold of Tarot and drained her then sent her Tarot characters on the guards who were already being terrorized by Boom Boom's bombs, Avalanche's shock waves, and the pestering of Toad and Nightcrawler, to an extent that most of the guards had either been knocked out or fled. Roulette was so preoccupied with avoiding blasts from all sides that she could not give good luck to anyone but herself. Blob and Pyro surprised Firestar and Beef by switching up, so Beef was had ran into a wall in an attempt to dodge a flying bird, while poor Firestar got a nice surprise punch in the stomach, knocking the wind out of her. This left the Inner Circles to be surrounded by the forces of Essex, calling themselves the X-Men
"Give up yet Shaw" Essex said as he came out from the safety of the jet.
"You'll have to do better then rough up a few children and humans," Shaw said firmly. "Come Inner Circle keep fighting."
The Black Bishop Leland had began to manipulate the masses of several of the X-Men when Quicksilver snuck up on him and created a world wind around the older man, propelling him into the air, so Cyclops could blast him and take him out.
The White Bishop Pierce who had been battling Rogue on off, jumped at her and snatched her by the throat before she could use any of her borrowed powers. "Looks like the end of the line" he sneered. "Any of you move and I'll snap her neck."
"Help me Daddy," she cried.
"Daddy" Pierce questioned but before he could figure out what she was talking about he was tackled by a very feral Sabretooth who ripped off one of his cybernetic arms, causing Pierce to flee, with his detached arm in his grasp.
The savage Black Rook Von Roehm was taken down when Toad blinded him, and Boom Boom bombarded him with time bombs.
Taking the distraction, Monet led Bobby, Kitty and Warren across the roof toward the jet, but Toad and Gambit spotted them. "They're getting away yo," Toad said.
"Not for long" Gambit said and prepared a few charged cards but they exploded for some reason, knocking both of them down and out. "Roulette" Gambit muttered before passing out.
The group of four was about to get to the jet when they found Colossus between them, still guarding Emma Frost. "Hey it's Colossus" Bobby pointed out.
"Something tells me he's not as happy to see us as the last time we saw him" Kitty sighed.
"Maybe we can reason with him" Warren suggested when suddenly the metal mutant grabbed his head and collapsed.
"Sorry but I couldn't wait all day for you to make a decision" Monet said and walked by them to the weakened Emma Frost. "Well White Queen I came through didn't I, what's our next move?"
Emma was quite tired but still somewhat aware. "Things are not going all that well for Shaw and the others, and I will not be imprisoned. We take Essex nice little aircraft and get the bloody heck out of here" she explained. She looked up at Warren, Bobby, and Kitty. "If you wish to escape as well, I suggest you come with, besides two of you know how to fly one of these" she said.
"But where are we going to go" Kitty asked.
"We'll figure that out when we're as far away possible from here" Warren said as they ran up the landing ramp and into the aircraft.
The Black Queen had put up a great fight. She was a very powerful mutant with many powers. She had knocked out Havok, Avalanche, Pyro, Blob, and Nightcrawler in attempts to fight her, when she suddenly stopped. "You know I grow tired of this little exercise" she said and began to walk away. "Let me know what happens when this whole trivial matter is sorted out, and just remember gentlemen whoever wins is no match for me" she said then exited.
"Damn her that arrogant goddess" Shaw frowned and saw he was licked and turned to the White Rook. "Lourdes transport us out of here" he said.
"Right away Black King" the White Rook Lourdes Chantel and was about create an energy matrix when she was psy-blasted by Jean Grey.
Shaw frowned. "Well it sees I am in quite the situation here aren't we, Tessa options."
His assistant, the woman known as Tessa stood behind him. "At this point you could still make a deal that will keep you alive and maybe even keep your standing" she whispered.
"I thought you were going to say that" he sighed and looked at Essex. "It looks like you've proven your worth… White King" Shaw frowned. "Now what do you wish to do with me."
Essex extended his hand. "Shaw you are a worthy enough adversary and worth more to me as an ally then a dead man, agree to my previous terms and we'll all be better off as I suggested before, though I knew it would come to this" he said confidently.
Shaw sighed and shook his hand. "Agreed."
"And remember do not dare cross me, for next time I will not be so generous" Essex said sternly. "Now where is dear Ms. Frost and the children" he asked.
But as soon as he asked he saw his large helicopter take off and fly off into the skies just as the sun began to rise for the new day.
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