Chapter #6: Combat

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"The x-men are here! They are in the ray room!" I shouted.

Everyone in the control room rushed to the window. Indeed, the x-men were there. They just walked in through the same door we came in through. The mutant hunters had disappeared.

Suddenly, Luke put his fingers to the sides of his forehead. "That was Jean," he said, "She wanted to know where we were, I told her we were in the control room, and she told us to stay here."

"You just talked to Jean!" Carrie's eyes opened wide. After all, it was always her dream to meet the x-men. I was glad she was excited. "Told you they were gonna come! I told you!"

"I can't believe they are here," exclaimed Sal in fascination, "they are just a cartoon."

"No they aren't! I can't believe that you still don't think they are real!" screamed Carrie.

"Shhh, Carrie, it isn't worth fighting with him over," I said.

Just then, we heard a noise behind us. Sue turned around first and let out a blood-curling scream.

"I'm not zat bad am I?" asked Kurt, with his hands on his hips. Sue nearly fainted.

"Kurt! I am so happy to finally meet you!" Carrie pushed her way towards him. She put on her glove and held out her hand, "I'm Carrie."

"It iz a pleesure to meet you," he took Carrie's hand with his three blue fingers and shook it as well as a three fingered blue creature could.

"And this is Jodi, Sal, Luke, Sue, Chuck, and Lewie," Carrie gestured to each of us as she called us by name.

"Nize to meet you too," Kurt nodded his head.

Suddenly, the glass of the window shattered behind us followed by a red beam of light. We ducked down quickly.

"Kurt, what's taking so long?" Scott screamed up through the broken window into the ray room.

"Vaz zat necessary?" Kurt went to the window and screamed back at Scott, "you almost keeld us!"

"Sorry, hurry up," replied Scott.

"Ok, go downstairz," said Kurt. Then he disappeared with a poof from the control room and appeared next to Kitty downstairs.

Sue followed Kurt's example, disappearing with a poof from the control room and appearing next to Kurt downstairs.

Lewie tried to follow Sue and Kurt by running really fast out of the window and flapping his arms, only to plummet into the ray room and be caught by Jean's mind just before slamming into the floor.

Sal, Carrie, Chuck, and I almost died laughing while going downstairs by way of the staircase.

When we got to the bottom, Carrie asked me, "Where's Luke?"

"He is coming," I replied, "He said he wanted to try something he saw on an x-men show."

Suddenly, Luke floated out of the window and lowered himself down to the ground. "Yes!" he exclaimed.

"Very nice handling for a first timer," said Jean impressed.

"Show off," Sal whispered to Chuck.

"I heard that," both Luke and Jean said in unison.

"Whell, weh got them," said Rogue, "lets goh." She began walking towards the exit with us behind her, when the door slammed closed.

"Crap, not again," groaned Chuck looking around.

Commencing Mutification ray, the automated female voice sounded.

Wolverine yelled, "Jean, Kurt, Jodi, and Chuck, come with me. Scott, figure out to do with the rest of them." Wolverine held the broom closet door open while our group ran inside, went in after us, and shut the door just before the ray went off. From the inside of the broom closet I saw the red flash from under the door. "When you get out of the closet, pair up with one of the people outside," Wolverine explained. Then I realized what Wolverine was trying to do. Now, the half of us in the broom closet still were mutants and everyone outside were not, except Carrie who was now a mutant again.

We opened the door just as the ray stopped. Then we ran over and each grabbed someone to take with us. I grabbed Luke's hand and started for the stairway. Carrie and Sal headed back into the closet, unscrewed the vent, and began their way up to the control room as well. Chuck and Rogue followed Sal and Carrie up the vent.

Experiencing All System Melt Down, said the automated female voice.

Joy, I thought sarcastically, still running up the stairs with Luke. The room turned red again and I realized that I wasn't invisible anymore but Luke had his powers back. The room turned back white for an instant and then red again, causing Luke to loose his powers and for me to have my powers back. The x-men in the ray room were experiencing the same.

Then, some of the panels on the wall were removed and replaced by guns and other various deadly weapons. Scott looked around at Jean, Kurt, Sue, Wolverine, and Kitty and said, "Ok team, this is just like the danger room back at the institute. We can handle this."

"But I have never been in the danger room!" squealed Sue.

"Just follow Kurt," said Scott, "Everybody move!"

They all did and a machine lashed out at the spot where they had all been standing.

"Oh my gosh," stated Sue in disbelief.

"Fallow meee Sue," said Kurt, disappearing with a poof. Sue did the same, and followed Kurt around the room, running when the ray took their powers away from them.

In the mean time, Carrie, Sal, Rogue, and Chuck were crawling up the vent. They got to the top and stopped at the control room vent. Carrie looked inside. The man and the woman were there but she had never seen them up close before. To her surprise, the female was Mrs. Wilkins, the principal of the school and the male was Mr. Domini, the vice principal of their school. This is weird, she thought, and strangely familiar.

Luke and I finally made it to the top of the steps without getting ourselves killed. "Pick the lock!" I said to him, urgency in my voice.

"One step ahead of you," Luke replied, already searching his pockets.

"Look out!" I yelled causing him to duck. A laser of some sort hit the wall where Luke had just been standing.

"Thanks," he mumbled, unfolding a paperclip and putting it in the keyhole. He rummaged around for a minute and the door swung open.

Carrie, who was still in the vent, saw the door swing open and jumped out of the vent. She pulled Sal out of the vent and let him fall to the floor. Then she carefully helped Rogue and Chuck out of the vent allowing them both to "accidentally" step on Sal on their way. Smiling at her handy work, Carrie motioned for Rogue sneak up on Mr. Domini while she sneaked up behind Mrs. Wilkins who were both occupied by the presence of Luke and I. I had grabbed Luke's hand, thought really hard, and made us both invisible, which confused Mrs. Wilkins and Mr. Domini.

Sal stood up and threw some fire at Chuck for stepping on him. Chuck threw ice back at Sal who dodged it.

Suddenly, Mrs. Wilkins pulled out a gun and shot at Luke and I. I let go of his hand and we fell apart, dodging the bullet just as Carrie grabbed Mrs. Wilkins's bare ankle with her bare hand. Rogue snuck up behind Mr. Domini and grabbed his bare wrist with her bare hand. Both Mr. Domini and Mrs. Wilkins fell to the floor, knocked out from their power being taken away from them.

Luke ran for the computer and shut down the whole system. The guns hid themselves in the walls once again and the ray stopped going on and off. I opened the door and let Sal, Chuck, Rogue, Carrie, and Luke out of the door, and down the stairwell. We met the x-men and Sue. No one noticed that Lewie was missing until he carefully opened the closet door and went over to join the rest of us.

"So what happens now?" asked Sue.

Alright. There is the next chapter. Sorry if it was crappy. It was my first time writing combat. Please be harsh on your review and give me tips and suggestions for the ending. Thank you. Please R & R.