And The Battle Rages On

"BROTHER?" Todd's jaw dropped.

"Did he just say brother?" Scott was also surprised.

"Technically we have no gender but I suppose that is what he is to me," Xi explained.

"Well your brother and his friends killed my men!" Kincaid snarled.

"Gee I wonder why?" Lance growled.

"Listen mutant," Kincaid said the last word as if it was poison. "I was sent to control the mutant situation in Chicago and that is what I intend to do. My orders come from high up and since I am your superior officer I am ordering you and the rest of your freak squad out of here! Unless you want to face a court martial. And as for you X-Mutants, interfere with this and you'll find yourselves in a mutant detention center! Am I clear?"

"You can't…" Angelica began, Roadblock held up a hand to stop her.

"We were under General Hawk's orders to investigate a possible riot," Roadblock spoke. "The blackout caused suspicions and the X-Men were called in to assist by Cooper herself. I have to report to him on this situation."

"Fine," Kincaid snapped. "But don't interfere!" He went back inside the van. The sight of his dead soldiers, loyal men one and all infuriated him. He made his way to the communications center. "Kincaid to base! Kincaid to base! Do you copy?"

"General," A soldier's voice crackled. "We copy General what's your status?"

"Alpha team is down, and all my men are dead," Kincaid told him. "Listen to me I need you to send all of Team Beta and…Activate Code Seven."

"Code Seven sir?"

"That's what I said soldier!"

"But sir, we were told never to use them unless…" The soldier's voice crackled through the loudspeaker.

"NOW! SEND THEM HERE NOW!" Kincaid screamed. "THAT'S AN ORDER!"

"Yes sir," The Solider obeyed. "Code Seven is now activated. ETA will be 30 minutes."

"Faster! I need them now! And transfer controls to this unit."

"But sir the only way I can increase speed is by overloading the backup control unit! We were warned that if that happens we might not be able to fully control…"

"Just shut up and do it solider! That's an order!"

"Understood, backup controls at maximum power…On my mark…"

Meanwhile back outside…

"That was a bluff right?" Fred asked Roadblock.

"Yes," Roadblock sighed. "I'll still call Hawk but it might not do that much good to squawk. Kincaid's covered his rear. We don't have any jurisdiction here."

"You mean Kincaid can just keep attacking these mutants and there's nothing we can do about it?" Kitty was shocked.

"Pretty much yes," Althea sighed. "The Misfits are part of the Army, remember? We have to follow orders."

"Maybe you can follow orders…" Logan growled.

"Hold on Wolverine, don't make a scene," Roadblock took out his communicator. "Not until I get a hold of Hawk."

"Yeah if you do go after them with our luck we may end up fighting you guys," Pietro said. "And not for fun like we usually do."

"You mean if we tried to help the Morlocks you'd try and stop us?" Kitty glared at them.

"I don't like it either," Lance told her.

"But you'd still do it wouldn't you?" Kitty glared at him.

"Kitty…" Lance began. Kitty huffed and turned away.

"Oh for crying out loud Kitty!" Wanda snapped. "You can't blame Lance for this!"

"Actually we blame all of you for this," Tabitha grumbled. Several of the New Mutants had been recruited for the mission as well.

"Now you guys are really off the deep end!" Todd threw up his hands. "It's not like we planned this you know?"

"Yeah," Pietro said. "We like to fight with you guys for fun! Not on a work related thing!"

"Who are you kidding?" Bobby snapped. "You just live for this!"

"Oh no…" Logan groaned. "Not again!"

"Will you guys shut up? I'm trying to talk on the phone here!" Roadblock shouted. "General Hawk? Can you hear me now?"

While the X-Men and Misfits were squabbling, Kitty then noticed Xi staring at the nearest sewer opening. "Xi…" Kitty went up to him.

"Kitty, I need your help," Xi said.

"Oh no," Kitty groaned. "If you're thinking of what I think you're thinking of…"

"I thought he was dead," Xi looked at her. "He's my brother…I have to…"

"Okay," Kitty looked at the others. "I know I am totally going to regret this." They both slipped away while the others were arguing down to the sewers.

"But we have to do something!" Roberto shouted after a few minutes more of arguing. "Xi's bro is down there! Right Xi? Xi?"

"Where'd he go?" Scott looked around. He saw a manhole to the sewers. "You don't think…?"

"Where's Kitty?" Jean looked around. " I don't sense her here!"

"Xi must have slipped down there," Lance said. "Kitty must have gone with him!"

"We shouldn't have been fighting like that," Kurt groaned.

"Yeah we were really being jerks," Wanda sighed.

"Some more than others," Pietro looked at Tabitha.

"Are you looking to start something again you little…?" Tabitha snapped.

"Guys! Head's up! Something's coming," Arcade looked at his scanner laptop. "Hard and fast from the Northwest at….HOLY CRAP!"

"What?" Scott asked.

"I'm using satellite tracking to magnify," Arcade punched in the numbers. "Look! Five of them headed this way!"

"That can't be…?" Althea gasped. "How?"

"Sentinels…" Jean was chilled to the bone. "He's sending Sentinels after them!"

Oh boy, things are not good are they? Keep reading for more developments as things go from really bad to really worse!