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tillallareone - Call me the fisherman, because I'm going to reel you back in with this. The freaky turns of events have only begun!
Chapter 7: History Lesson
A few days passed, and everyone was still getting back to normal. Still in dissary from the attack, everyone was huddled in front of either a television or a computer screen, desparately searching for answers. Even the Brotherhood was lending a hand! But every time one question was answered, a thousand more took its place.
"This doesn't make any sense. It's like a mystery wrapped in an enigma," said Jean.
"Hey guys! Check it out, the institute's on TV," Kurt shouted.
Everyone rushed over to a 60" television and saw an overhead view of the bombed-out Xavier Institute.
"This mansion once was the home to approximately fifteen mutants, according to a recent report. However, every one of the mutants escaped. Now we take you to our correspondent on the ground, Chris Chambers," said a random reporter.
"Thanks, Mike. This is a rather shocking event for Bayville, due to the surprise that so many mutants were living among them, and from the attack on the mansion behind me, which was apparently a mutant training ground. What they were training for is unknown at the moment. Were they training to control their powers? Or were they planning to eradicate humanity? Only time will tell. This is Chris Chambers, CNTV, in Bayville," said the news reporter.
"Damn it! They don't know anything," said Scott.
"Scott, cool it. Getting angry isn't going to get us anywhere," said J.T.
"You're right. We need to keep digging up information," said Scott.
But before they could get back to anything, Jean found something very shocking.
"Guys! Check this out. These orders were sent from a high office," said Jean.
"How high are we talking? Secretary of Defense? Vice President?" Rouge asked.
"The President of the United States," said Jean in shock.
The news was like a punch in the face to everyone, that the one holding the highest office in the free world would warrant such an attack. Just then, the asteroid started shaking uncontrollably!
"Magneto, keep this thing stable," Scott shouted.
"This is not me! Someone or something is attacking Asteroid X," Magneto shouted back.
J.T. ran out to a balcony and saw that there were fighter jets attacking Asteroid X!
"Guys, the military's found us! Let's get the hell out of here," J.T. exclaimed.
Everyone started to run for the Blackbird again, but soldiers were everywhere! However instead of guns, they were trying to capture the mutants in nets.
"What's with the nets?" J.T. asked.
"They must be specially designed to block our powers," Professor Xavier replied. "We must get out of here."
Soldiers started blowing holes in the asteroid and dropping in near the mutants. Along the way, Kitty tripped. J.T., being himself, stopped to help her.
"Come on, let's go," said J.T.
"J.T., go! Chivalry is dead," said Kitty.
A soldier came up behind them and fired a net at them. The net landed directly over J.T. and Kitty.
"What's the deal with this thing! I can't phaze through," said Kitty.
"I can't cut this! What's going on?" J.T. shouted.
Just then, a man with black hair, glasses and wearinga suit walked up to the mutants.
"What's going on is that you've been captured and we're going to take you to a government facility for study. And dissection," said the man.
"DISSECTION! No way, get me out of here," Kitty exclaimed!
"Save your energy. There's no escape," said the man.
Two soldiers came up to the man in the suit, grabbed the net and dragged them back to a helicopter. Elsewhere, Scott and Kurt were just noticing that J.T. and Kitty had gone missing.
"Guys, wait! J.T. and Kitty are gone," said Scott.
"We have no time. We must escape," said Magneto.
"No! We need to go back and find them," Kurt exclaimed.
"We must concentrate on getting ourselves out, then we'll find J.T. and Kitty," said Professor Xavier.
"Kurt, he's right. J.T. and Kitty will be all right," said Scott.
"I hope you're right, Scott," Kurt whimpered.
Back in the other side of the base, J.T. and Kitty were not all right. They had already been loaded onto a helicopter and were on their way to a government lab.
"J.T., why'd you have to try and save me?" Kitty asked.
"Because I just wanted to help," J.T. replied.
"Hey, shut up you two! You can talk all you want when we get to the lab," the pilot shouted.
"J.T., I'm sorry you got involved in this," said Kitty.
"Better both of us than just you. At least now I can get you out of this mess," said J.T.
Just then, J.T. crawled himself and Kitty over to a window to see where they were. Then he got an idea. He pulled out his communicator and called the others.
"Guys, this is J.T.! Do you read?" said J.T.
"J.T.? What happened? Where are you?" Kurt asked with some static.
"First of all, Kitty and I are fine. Second, we got captured. And finally we're in a helicopter heading for..." said J.T.
"Come again? I didn't hear the last part," said Kurt.
"You're not going to believe this, but we're heading towards Area 51," J.T. exclaimed!
"Area 51! Quit joking around! Where are you going?" Scott shouted.
"I'm not kidding! We're going to Area 51! And if you guys don't hurry up, Kitty and I are going to get dissected," J.T. exclaimed.
"All right, we're on our way," said Scott reluctantly.
Speaking of Scott and the others, they had just reached the Blackbird. Magneto immediately started the engine and Wolverine and Sabertooth started fighting off the soldiers so their allies could get the Blackbird started.
"Logan, Sabertooth, come on! We're ready to go," said Professor Xavier.
The two got on board (fighting over who should go on first) and the Blackbird took off quickly. On board, Scott was still trying to determine whether J.T. was being serious about being taken to Area 51.
"Do you think J.T. and Kitty are going to be all right?" Jean asked.
"Not if we don't help them," Scott replied. "Question is, are they really at Area 51?"
"Think for a moment. How many government facilities are there in the immediate area?" Magneto asked. "And which of them are so covered in controversy that they would simply say they found aliens or something with their abilities?"
"Hmm, you've got a point," said Scott.
"But still, Area 51? It sounds like a pretty tall tale," said Jean.
"I have seen Area 51. They do experiments on mutants there," said Magneto.
"You've seen Area 51?" Kurt asked.
"It was a long time ago," said Magneto.
"All right, we'll have to believe you," said Jean.
"I still don't trust you," said Scott.
"I do not intend for you to trust me. Merely to rely on one another to survive," said Magneto.
Back to Kitty and J.T., they were still in the net, being dragged into a cell.
"This is so wierd," said J.T.
"What?" Kitty asked.
"I feel like I know this place," J.T. replied.
"How can that be?" Kitty asked.
"I truly have no on-earthly idea. Maybe I was an alien in a past life," J.T. replied.
"Come on, do you really believe in that stuff?" Kitty asked.
"Hey, there's gotta be something after this life. I think it's reincarnation," J.T. replied.
Just then, the guards picked them up and took them out of the net.
"Okay, scumbag, in you go," one guard grunted as he tossed J.T. into the cell.
"And here's your girlfriend," said a second guard as he tossed Kitty in.
"I'm not his girlfriend," Kitty shouted.
"Much as I wish she was," J.T. thought.
The guards slammed the door in Kitty's face. She tried to phaze through, but she couldn't.
"Here, let me try to cut the bars. I can use my powers," said J.T.
J.T. turned his hand into an ax and struck the bar. Not even a dent!
"YEOW! What's that stuff made out of? Titanium?" J.T. asked.
"It's adimantium. Strongest metal around," said a nearby guard.
J.T. continued to attack the bars, still having no effect.
"J.T., stop! There's no way to break it," said Kitty.
"No! If there's a way to get out of here, we're finding it," said J.T.
J.T. continued to try and break the bars, but only ended up hurting his hand.
"J.T., face it, there's no escape," said Kitty.
"Wait a minute, I've got an idea," said J.T. "Can you sound like you're throwing up?"
"Uh, I can try, why?" Kitty asked.
"Bend over the toilet and sound like you're throwing up. I'll get a guard to open the door, knock him flat and we'll lock him in," J.T. replied.
"Not a bad plan! Okay, you're on. Let's go," said Kitty.
Kitty leaned over the toilet on her knees and sounded like she was going to puke.
"Guard! Guard, come here! We have a sick prisoner in here," said J.T.
"All right, hold on, I'm coming," said the guard.
The guard unlocked the door, walked in and checked on Kitty.
"Okay, what's wrong with you?" the guard asked.
J.T. turned his hand into a sledgehammer and slammed it over the guard's head!
"Nothing's wrong with her. However, you seem to have a large wound on your head," said J.T. "Great acting, Kitty. Ever consider going to Hollywood?"
"Yeah, but I don't want to be famous," said Kitty.
"Well, let's get out of here," said J.T.
J.T. took the guard's card keys and headed back where they came from. However, after getting past three doors, they came into a large room. In the room, there was a great number of surgical equipment and devices for god knows what.
"I don't like being here," said Kitty.
"You and me both. Let's get the hell outta here," said J.T.
They slowly made their way through the room, scared out of their wits at the equipment. There were large vials with brains and eyeballs and other body parts in them. There were small test tubes of blood simply labelled "mutant DNA" on them.
"This place is really creepy," said J.T.
"Creepy? This place is like a horror movie," said Kitty.
They safely got to the other side of the room, despite the intense fear. J.T. opened the door and the man in the suit and approximately ten soldiers surrounded them.
"Heh heh heh. You really thought you could escape, didn't you?" the man in the suit asked.
"I thought we were doing pretty good," J.T. replied.
"Witty. I like that in an experiment," said the suit man.
"Why do you want us! Aren't humans good enough for you to dissect?" Kitty asked.
"The public hates mutants, and so do I. I'm simply finding a purpose for them," the suit man replied.
"You're a monster. Mutants are living, breathing creatures, just like you," said Kitty spitefully.
"I'm simply protecting my country," said the suit man.
"Oh? And what would be the name of the country's defender?" J.T. asked sarcastically.
"I'm going to ignore the sarcasm. You may call me anything. Just don't call me 'often'," said the suit man.
"Cute. Now what can we really call you? I was thinking 'demon', but that would only insult real demons," said J.T.
"Hmph. The more I listen to you, the more I love this job. Just call me Smith. Or soon enough, Grim Reaper," said the suit man.
"Whatever, Smith," said J.T.
"You mutants are an abomination. You are savages, who are not meant to roam this earth," said Smith.
"You disgust me, Smith," said J.T.
"Yeah! I mean, racisim much?" said Kitty.
"Hmm. Such a pretty face. It's a shame I'm going to have to rip it off," said Smith as he got within a breath of Kitty.
"Get away from her," J.T. exclaimed.
Then Smith turned his attention to J.T.
"Ah yes. Now I remember the face. Experimenting on you was fun once, but twice in the same lifetime? This will be fun," said Smith.
"What the hell are you talking about! I've never seen your face in my life. Not that I'd want to," said J.T.
"I'm not surprised you don't remember me. You were a mere infant when I first got my hands on you," said Smith. "Yes. I saw your mutation when you were only three years old. A weapon of mass destruction, to say the least."
"A WMD? What are you talking about?" Kitty asked.
"Your birthparents saw it in your sleep. Your hands would become swords as you slept. That's when we heard of your powers. We took you from your parents," said Smith.
"My...parents? My real parents?" J.T. asked.
"None other," Smith replied. "Anyway, after we had them...taken care of...that's when the fun began. The government ordered me to genetically alter you to become angry at the slightest provocation. It was great fun."
"You...you're sick. You're a demented monster," said Kitty.
"Ah, but the true fun was only just beginning. We showed you how to control your powers, if only for a little while. We tested you out, and at the smallest hint of anger, you killed a small platoon of soldiers in a mere five minutes. I then knew how Dr. Frankenstein felt after he created his monster. I had given birth to something incredible; a true, unbeatable killing machine."
"That's just wrong. Like, nobody should ever dream of doing that," said Kitty.
Smith just chuckled. "Ah, but it's not just a dream. It's quite a reality. Your 'friend' J.T. is a living, breathing weapon. He has only one purpose: to kill," he said. "But he was flawed. He started to gain emotions other than rage and hatred. He started to gain love and companionship from a lab assistant. We had to rid ourselves of her. We erased J.T.'s memory, knowing we would see him again. We placed him with actors, who would act out the part of abusive parents to intensify his rage and strengthen his powers. Nobody would ever know that you were nothing but a prototype weapon."
"You disgust me. Experimenting on mutants? That's just sick and wrong," said Kitty.
"Heh heh, so wrong, yet so much fun. And now that I've found you again, I can finally finish my work. I can make you an omnipowerful, indestructable weapon. But not after I take your brain apart and see what went wrong last time so I can correct the problem," said Smith. "And as for your little friend, J.T., I'll just take her apart and see if there are any definate causes to the X-Gene. I've compiled some statistics so far, but with your information, I can finish my studies."
A few guards took Kitty and J.T. and strapped them to a large metal sheet.
"The only question is, should I simply take your head off of your body, or take out your heart, young girl? I think I'll go with the most painful. I'll just take out your heart," said Smith.
The guards put breathing masks over J.T. and Kitty's mouths and started to pump sleeping gas into their lungs!
"It's a pity. You may not live through me simply touching your heart. But rest assured, your death will be very, VERY painful," said Smith.
Just then, J.T. snapped. He freed his rightarm and started ripping the straps and oxygen masks off him and Kitty. He forrmed a katana with his right hand and a claymore with his left and started killing the soldiers in a frenzy! Smith stood in awe as he killed the soldiers one by one. He picked up a knife and walked over to the sleeping Kitty and laughed menacingly.
"Nothing will interrupt my fun," said Smith.
Just then, J.T.'s katana-arm sliced him right across the right hand, cutting the knife out of Smith's hand! It fell to the ground and sparks started to come out of his hand! Little did anyone know that the hand was mechanical! What was left of his right hand hollowed out and seemed to turn into a laser cannon!
"You will not harm her," J.T. shouted in a deep, intimidating voice.
"Well, it seems my genetic alteration was a success. You just seem to react to your other emotions of love and dedication. I was merely going to take you apart and study you, but now I guess I'll just have to settle for killing you," said Smith.
Smith flew at J.T. with his left hand and missed a punch. J.T. countered with a horizontal slash, forcing Smith to jump back and fire his laser cannon-arm at J.T. J.T. dodged it barely and Smith ran into another part of the labratory surrounded in what appeared to be clones of humans.
"Face it, I did it. I created the ultimate weapon," Smith shouted.
"You created the instrument of your destruction," said J.T. angrily.
"What I created was the instrument of world conquest," said Smith.
J.T. seemed to get larger and more muscular moment after moment. His eyes turned red and his voice deepened. Just then, J.T. jumped over the clones and flew at Smith, slashing him across the chest!
"You...struck me? I haven't met anyone to hit me twice in one fight in a good long time," said Smith.
Smith's wound just seemed to heal automatically!
"What are you!" J.T.shouted.
"What am I? I am invincible," Smith replied.
Smith and J.T. started to fight harder and harder, breaking the containment cases for the clones as the fought. After a thirty-minute fight, Kitty finally started to come around. She looked over a metal banister and saw J.T. and Smith fighting to the death! And the harder the two men fought, the more enraged J.T. became!
"My weapon. I can see that my weapon is truly more powerful than anything that has come before it," said Smith.
"Who told you to do this?" J.T. shouted.
"Who else? The president," Smith replied.
Smith went in for a left-hand punch, but J.T. sidestepped him. He took his katana-arm and cut Smith right across the neck!
"I...I...I lose," said Smith's decapitated head. They would be the last words he would ever say.
J.T. roared angrily as he continued to thrash the lab! He destroyed the clones, slashed the electrical wires and set fires to everything! Then, Kitty tried to intervene.
"J.T.! Stop, please," Kitty shouted.
J.T. only roared.
"J.T.! I know you're in there somewhere! I know you're not like this! You're not a heartless killing machine! Please, please hear me," said Kitty.
J.T. stared at Kitty.
"J.T.?" Kitty asked.
"Kitty," J.T. said in a very intimidating voice.
J.T. began to return return to normal, his eyes became blue again and his voice returned to normal. J.T. leaned over to Kitty and gave her a hug.
"Thank you, Kitty," said J.T. in his normal voice.
"You saved me, I saved you. We're even," said Kitty.
A tear started to run down J.T.'s cheek. Just then, Scott, Magneto and Lance and their respective crews ran into the room.
"J.T., Kitty, what happened here?" Scott asked.
"A very bad memory," said J.T. "Let's just get out of here."
So, everyone headed back to the Blackbird, and nobody was dissected. Back on the Blackbird, J.T. was looking down on his deeds.
"I can't believe I am no more than a weapon," said J.T.
J.T. stood up.
"I cannot afford to live," said J.T. as he turned his right hand into a small, jagged sword.
"J.T., what are you doing?" Scott asked.
"I finally learned of my past. I was taken from my parents and genetically altered to be a weapon. As soon as I got angry, I lost all control of myself and became an uncontrollable killing machine. I will only stay on this earth for one more brief moment. My whole life was organized to make me more of a weapon. Now that lie will be made truth," J.T. shouted.
J.T. raised his hand to his neck.
"J.T., stop," Scott exclaimed.
"Goodbye," said J.T.
Just as he was about to slit his throat, Kitty's hands were pulling him back!
"Kitty? What are you doing?" J.T. asked.
"If you weren't here, I'd be in about 100 pieces. I can't call myself your friend by preventing you from, like, doing something I could prevent," Kitty replied.
"You...want to be around a dangerous weapon?" J.T. asked.
"J.T., even around all the lies the government put you in, you've overcome them and become not a weapon, but a human," said Kitty.
"I would rather keep myself far away from you and protect you in such a way rather than risk hurting you," said J.T.
Just then, someone's bare hands came onto J.T.'s face and sapped him of his power! J.T.'s hand returned to normal and he fell to his face. Rouge was behind J.T., and she had sapped J.T.'s strength and prevented his suicide attempt.
"Rouge?" Kitty asked.
"Look, I only did it 'cause I didn't want him to kill 'imself. I didn't do it for you or anyone else," said Rouge.
"Well, thanks anyway," said Kitty.
"Whatever," Rouge snarled.
Rouge walked into the back of the plane. Just then, someone called out to her.
"Saw what you did out there, cherie," said the voice.
Gambit walked out from behind her.
"That was nice of you," said Gambit.
"Look Swamp Rat, I only did that because suicide is wrong. An' I don't want to hear about that any more," said Rouge.
"Relax. I won't mention it," said Gambit.
Gambit walked a little closer.
"Hey, back offa me, Sewer Rat," Rouge snarled. "'Less I havta to you what I did to J.T."
A light pink aura surrounded Gambit. This threw Rouge off guard, because normally something blew up when that happened. Gambit moved in slowly and planted a kiss on Rouge. Rouge immediately thought "what the hell is this?" But soon after, she simply closed her eyes and enjoyed the ride. When she opened her eyes, Gambit was gone, but a rose was taped to the wall. She took the rose, put it in a jar and put it in the back of the freezer. Hours later, J.T. woke up from Rouge's energy-sapping ability.
"Rouge?" said J.T.
"What do you want?" Rouge asked.
"Thanks. I owe you one," J.T. replied.
"Yeah, well, don't try that stuff again. Cain't be savin' yer butt all the time," said Rouge.
Rouge walked out.
"Geez, you try to thank someone and they chew your head off. That's gratitude for you," said J.T.
"Don't mind her. She's like that until you get to know her," said Kitty.