Racetrack's Goil: It's true. These Sentinels are innocent mutants. Personally I can't decide between feeling pity for them or hating them for their attacks. It's cruel. And yes, you shall find out all about the secret documents. Problem is, Logan needs to get them!
Blix: Glad you liked the fight! Fights are fun to write, hehe.
Sakura5tar: Thank you! Here is the update.
Chapter 51There was no doubt that the Sentinels had probably managed to break down the door Logan had jammed shut. Their controlled determination and desperation for a fight had them literally clawing at the door with their bare fingernails. Like machines, they would have torn it down and marched on to find him. This was why he had to be quick. So many Sentinels were after him. If they found him, it'd be death. The room that held secret documents was a small well locked room a few corridors away. Even if he got there he'd have to somehow break in undetected and them try and get the hell out.
It was sounding more and more impossible.
But still Logan pressed on, sprinting down the brightly lit corridors. He passed numerous closed doors, all of which held no importance to him. He only wanted the documents. Due to the silence of the surrounding corridors, when there came an additional run of footsteps amongst Logan's own, it was obvious. Abruptly, Logan came to a halt, turning and hurried looking around for the sound. The steps were coming from a nearby corridor, but they were far from quiet. The slaps of rubber soles to the shining floor surface echoed sharply around the white walls - it was as if this person wanted to be heard.
Logan canted his head slowly, staring down the corridor to his right where the footsteps were coming from. They were coming closer, the run heavy and loud. And there, suddenly a woman stumbled into view, her head spinning as wide anxious eyes stared down at the Wolverine stood at the end of the corridor. Strands of soft blonde flew over her frightened gaze as she whirled round to face him. She made a loud gasp upon noticing him. But Logan wasn't looking at her; he was looking at the brown briefcase she held in her hand.
There was something suspicious about this. She was obviously running somewhere. That briefcase might hold the documents he need, and she was trying to get them away from him. He spread a dangerous smile as he watched her. The woman appeared to lose it completely, turning and running with a terrified scream. The scream fuelled his senses deliciously as he broke into a run after her.
The woman's fear intensified as he began to chase her. He could smell her calmness disappearing. He was a much more skilled athlete than her, and generally faster, and it took only a short number of long strides before he was right behinds her. His hand snapped out and grabbed the briefcase. He tugged tightly, halting her run as she stumbled. She clung on tightly for a moment, head spinning around as she cried out at him.
Wolverine made a low snarl as he glared vicious eyes at her. She released the briefcase almost instantly, the soft leather slipping from her clammy fingertips. As soon as Logan had a secure hold on it, she spun and ran from him, gasping as she heavily ran away. Logan glared as she disappeared, not too bothered about her departure now he had the briefcase.
"That was easy," he murmured to himself as he lowered down onto his knees slowly, dropping the briefcase on the floor. Better check it was the documents, last thing he needed was to leave with the wrong information. His hand ran slowly along the lips of the hard briefcase, noticing it was infact locked with a coded padlock. He spread a smirk to himself as he ejected the middle claw on his right hand. It shot promptly out of his knuckle with a few small flecks of blood. He raised the briefcase slightly off the floor and brought his knuckle down on the lock with a swift slice. The lock clattered and the case eased open. Hurrying, Logan moved to lift the lid up, leaning over as he looked inside.
The box was completely bare, except for a small undistinguishable box. Logan frowned, pushing the lid back a little further before he heard a click and before he could acknowledge the sound, the entire case erupted in a murderous frenzy of flames as an explosion engulfed him from the briefcase. With a scream he was thrown back at the horrendous force, the clouds of boiling flames swarming over the entire corridor. The material of the briefcase had been ripped apart in the blast, and the remains had disintegrated. Swarm of black smoke filled the corridor, walls alight and burning rapidly. Blood had smeared the four surfaces of the corridor, dripping slowly in the opaque air..
"What was that?" cried Storm as she froze to a halt; staring at the building they were about to enter the grounds of. She was straddling the wall that surrounded the building, narrowly avoiding the barbed wire. She had almost lost her balance as a furious explosion boomed through the misty humid air.
"Sounds like trouble," murmured Gambit from below. He had already climbed the wall and was on the Government side.
"It was a bomb!" said Aurora worriedly as she landed besides Gambit with a slight grunt. She straightened and stared at the building, which looked indifferent to the explosion inside.
Storm leapt down from the wall gently, landing with a gentle 'thud' besides Gambit whose arms softened her fall. "For Logan?"
"Well, it isn't Wolverine's style, throwing explosives around," reasoned Siren as she appeared at the top of the wall.
"Didn't think it was the Government's style either.."
"Perhaps they've learnt from last time.." muttered Scott sourly as he leapt off the wall, then turning to help Siren down.
Just then, the lone drone of an engine sounded and the X-Men glared skyward to see a dark grey helicopters flying towards them through the murky air. The rain clouds rumbled slightly above the noise, spitting a few occasional drops of rains. Aurora squinted her eyes, looking puzzled for a moment before her eyes darkened and a snarl formed, "I don't believe it," she whispered.
"What?" asked Gambit as he looked from the sky to her. A few of the other X-Men turned to watch her also. As the helicopter turned and lowered, Aurora narrowed her eyes at the man watching back from the opening door.
"Magneto."
The helicopter landed inside the grounds near the X-Men, who had stepped back shielding their faces to the turning of the blades. Magneto lowered himself out of the aircraft, casting a stern look over the group, "So, the X-Men and I meet once more," he said dryly. "And, some new additions?" His eyes flickered upon Gambit who glared resolutely back. "And I thought Logan and I had a deal," he sighed as he stepped back to the helicopter and dragged out a small figure. Madeline stumbled out onto the soft earth, being closely followed by Serpentine and Psylocke.
"Madeline!" cried Scott as she appeared, he moved forward but Siren's hand stopped him.
"Wise move," said Magneto with a sly smile, "So, how did he contact you?"
"He didn't," said Storm as she folded her arms, "Charles tracked him as he entered Oklahoma." She narrowed her eyes to Magneto, a flicker of electricity in her blue gaze, "Release the girl. She has no part in this."
"Oh, but she does," said Magneto with a grim expression. His arm coiled around her shoulders in an almost fatherly way. Madeline gave a quiet sob from behind her gag, weakly trying to push him away with her shackled hands. "You see, without Hellion, Logan would have never have come alone."
Scott turned his head suddenly. The building had just begun emitting an alarm. "Why have you sent Logan here anyway?"
Magneto regarded Scott with a solemn expression before he sighed, "Well, you'll find out soon enough regardless. There are Sentinels here, hundreds of them. All programmed to work for the Government."
"We know about – " began Gambit dismissively, but Aurora cut over him.
"Programmed?" she said in a tentative voice.
The same grim smile flickered across Magneto's lips as his dark cold eyes watched Aurora, "They are mutants. Mutants captured and tortured into submission. Mutants then killed and experimented upon. Brought to life as a robot. A killing machine. Personalities destroyed, only one urge inside them. To kill mutants." The reaction was unanimous. Disgusts cried from some whilst others held their faces stern with a bleak lower of their eyes. Siren had thrown her hand to her mouth as though she could be sick at the new information.
"But.." said Magneto, eyes casting a dark glare to the building, whose alarm was screeching louder than ever. He spoke faster, as if pressed for time, "the Sentinels are the least of our worries. Apocalypse is."
"Apocalypse?" said a puzzled Gambit before he snapped his head around with a quick gasp. The large metal door to the building rattled open, and from within a swarm of figures ran out. A mixture of Sentinels and human soldiers filed out through the humid air. Rain was now falling more heavily. The soldiers were shouting and bellowing orders through the misty air whilst the Sentinels walked slowly with a calm posture and an unhurried gait in absolute silence.
"Once more we align," said Magneto solemnly as he turned to watch the group heading towards them. He turned, quickly pushing Madeline back into the helicopter; she made a muffled scream, which was silenced as the door slammed shut and locked.
"For the last time," growled Scott as he raised his head to his visor ready. His hand was shaking slightly. "X-Men," he ordered, "Sentinels, long distance attacks! Ignore the others for now!"
Luckily for them, there was a small number of Sentinels in comparison to what had been following Logan earlier. There were eight Sentinels who had spread out amongst the other group, a mix of sexes, race and appearance. As the X-Men stood in wait alongside the Brotherhood, the opposition stood still and quiet. Both groups waiting for the other to go first
"Somebody move," whispered Siren as her hands rested on the handles of her holstered pistols, "Preferably, not me."
From inside the building there was a roar of pain, a thunderous shudder and the continuation of sounds that was evidently a battle. It was like a starting gun, for abruptly, bullets shot and the Sentinels burst into life. Instantly, the mutants retaliated amongst which were blasts of laser, the morphing of a body, the explosions of flying cards.
Scott's face tightened, as he looked pained to hear the battle from inside the building. As he ducked under a stream of bullets – to which he blasted down the soldier responsible - he edged towards the building. He was pinned back to the building wall as a roaring panther leapt by him to flatten a Sentinel, narrowing missing the team leader. His eyes worriedly travelled to the door of the building. He turned, promptly blasting away a Sentinel as it advanced on him before he turned, running to the door. Siren spotted him, screaming as she saw him disappear inside, "Scott! No!" She scrambled around a Sentinel, turning and shooting it in the face with both her pistol before she angrily cried out, stumbling over a fallen body of a dead soldier as she hurried after him. He was going to get killed, "SCOTT!"
There were hundreds of Sentinels somewhere in that building!
But Scott kept on running. He was not leaving an X-Man to die again.
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