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Since I'm in such a good mood, I decided to give you guys another chapter. Enjoy.
Previously...
Sam watched as Cassie tore apart one robot after another. She smiled proudly at the teen. "She's good," Logan commented. "And I recognize some of her moves," he added, glancing at Sam.
"Professor…you should take a look at these readings," Scott said.
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"Oh my god…" Jean whispered. "These are very close to the same readings as… as…" she said softly.
"Phoenix," Xavier finished, folding his hands together. "End the program Jean." She nodded and shut down the program. Cassie came up, sweating and panting, but a huge grin on her face.
"How'd I do?" she asked.
"It wasn't a test, but you performed exceedingly well," Xavier told her. "Scott, could you show her to the showers?" The younger man nodded and led Cassie out of the room. Xavier turned to the other three.
"Mystique'll wanna get her hands on the kid," Logan said.
"She'll have to go through quite a few people though," Sam returned. "And she'll have a hard time in getting through Cassie's protectors."
"What do you mean?" Jean asked.
Sam allowed herself a small smile. "What I mean is she has three very protective friends who've become uncles to her, not to mention myself and her mother." And the government, Sam added silently to herself.
"Mystique is not foolish enough to attempt to take Cassandra. What's more, we don't even know if Mystique knows about Cassandra," Xavier said. The three nodded and drifted out of the room, leaving the Professor alone with his thoughts.
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Cassie silently watched as Alex stood on the back lawn wearing black baggy pants, black boots, and had no shirt on and was doing a kata in spite of the snow. After several long minutes he finished and headed up the steps when he finally noticed her.
"Enjoy the show?" he asked, a grin on his face.
Her face reddened. "I didn't mean to…"
"It's all right Cass. I was just teasing. So what brings you out on this fine cloudy and cold morning?" he asked.
She shrugged. "Bored," she replied.
He smiled. "Give it an hour and the students will be swarming out here for snowball fights."
"Sounds like you've had experience in that," she replied, a grin on her face.
He chuckled. "Guilty. Usually it's student against student but…" he trailed off.
"But what?" she demanded.
"When Sam came to the school a month after I did, we hit it off and became great friends. I made the suggestion that we team up for snowball fights and we were unbeatable. She'd make the snowballs and I'd throw them," he answered. "When Beast finally took a teaching position here, he showed everyone he was better at snowball throwing," he smiled.
"What did Sam and you do?" Cassie demanded.
"Well, she thought it'd be a good idea to make a thin layer of ice on the snowball before I threw it at him," he replied with a grin, not realizing Sam was behind him.
"My good idea?" she demanded, causing him to spin around in shock. "It was your idea! You made me go along with it."
Alex grinned innocently. "I cannot recall as to what you are talking about…" he began. His face suddenly grew serious as did Sam's. "See ya kiddo," he told Cassie, dashing into the mansion.
"Professor Xavier calling the X-Men?" Cassie asked.
Sam nodded. "He wants me there as well. I'll be back later," she told the teenager and hurried after Alex. She walked into the War Room and stood next to Alex, her arms folded over her chest.
"We have a situation," Xavier said without preamble.
"What's wrong Professor?" Ororo asked.
He pressed a button and a hologram of Earth appeared in the middle of the room. "About five minutes ago, an unidentified ship landed in a part of Egypt's desert. Nothing seemed to be out there, but since the ship landed we have picked up a strange energy reading," Xavier began. "Since then, global communications have slowly become disrupted, appearing as if glitches were in the systems."
"So what's the plan?" Logan demanded.
"I'd like for you to go investigate to what the ship is doing there and where it came from if possible," the Professor replied. "You leave immediately."
Sam joined the other X-Men and got suited up in her new X-Man outfit. It was slightly more modest than the one Cassie had worn two months earlier when she had been tested in the Danger Room. Once finished she walked to the hanger and boarded the X-Jet. She sat down in one of the back seats.
"Just like old times," Alex grinned, sitting next to her. He wore baggy black pants, oversized black boots, and a loose fitting black tank top. A pair of large gloves rested on his lap as he buckled himself in.
"That it does Talos," she said, using his code name.
He grinned. "Watch it Magma," he returned, using her code name. She smiled and the rest of the team boarded the plane. They shot out of the hanger and rose into the air. Cyclops, a.k.a. Scott, hit the accelerator and they blasted eastward, heading for Egypt at maximum speed.
"We should try and not be conspicuous," Storm, a.k.a. Ororo, suggested.
"Would never have thought of that," Logan retorted.
"We should be there in about forty-five minutes," Cyclops announced.
Sam looked at the people who had been chosen to come. There was herself, Cyclops, Logan, Storm, and Talos. She glanced out of the front window and wondered briefly if her teammates were en route to Egypt as well. It was a very likely assumption.
Forty minutes passed and Cyclops announced their descent. They landed three miles south of the alien craft and covered the ship with camouflage so it couldn't be seen. They then set out for the ship, Storm keeping a cool breeze around them so they wouldn't overheat or grow sweaty. After two hours or so of walking, they hunched down near the ship behind a dune.
Sam immediately recognized the ship as belonging to a Goa'uld. She couldn't tell which Goa'uld it belonged to, but she didn't care all that much. All she wanted to do was stop the Goa'uld and blow the ship.
"So…how're we gonna get inside?" Talos asked when Sam recognized the distinctive sound of a staff weapon being armed. They turned and Sam held up her hands. They were surrounded by three dozen heavily armed Jaffa.
"Kree!" the leader shouted.
"We don't speak Egyptian," Logan replied, clenching his fists.
"Don't," Sam warned, recognizing the symbol on the foreheads of the Jaffa. It was a contingent belonging to Ba'al. The lead Jaffa smiled when he saw her.
"My master will be most pleased," he said. "Jaffa! Kree!" The Jaffa encircled them and led them to the ship. They halted in the main corridor. "She will see our master. Take the rest to the cells." The Jaffa nodded and split the X-Men up.
The four X-Men soon found themselves hurled into a cell already occupied by three people, two men and a woman. One of the men wore glasses and the other had a gold symbol on his forehead.
"Hello," the man with glasses greeted slowly. "Who're you?"
"That's none of yer concern four eyes," Logan snapped.
"Zip it Wolverine," Cyclops ordered. He turned to the three. "I'm Cyclops, leader of the X-Men. This is Storm, Wolverine, and Talos."
"Talos? He was the giant protector of Minos," the man said. He turned to his companions. "It was an island in ancient Greece…" he began.
"Doctor Jackson, now is not the time," the small woman said. "I'm Captain Hailey. This is Dr. Daniel Jackson and…"
"I am Teal'c," the large man said.
"Hey…I recognize you two from that barbecue Sam had at her house a few months ago," Talos said.
"You are Alex Titus, are you not?" Teal'c asked.
"Yeah. I thought you were Murray," he replied. A scream reached their ears suddenly and Storm ran to the wall, looking up.
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