Fight For Freedom Part I
"What the hell was that idiot thinking?" Gyrich slammed his fist on the desk. "I could kill Kincaid for this!"
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING GIVING HIM THOSE SENINELS FROM PROJECT WIDEAWAKE IN THE FIRST PLACE?" Eddington shouted back at him. "I told you to send Kincaid some support but not…"
"For Christ's sake Eddington, how was I supposed to know he would use them so recklessly?" Gyrich screamed. "I told him to use them only around Neverland and only in an emergency!"
"Apparently Kincaid has a different definition of the word 'emergency'," Eddington said sarcastically.
"I am not the one who put him in charge of Project Neverland," Gyrich reminded him.
"No, but you are the one who gave him a few Sentinels without telling me about it!" Eddington snarled.
"You said and I quote, 'Give General Kincaid whatever assistance he asks for no matter what'," Gyrich told him. "Three guesses what the first thing he asked for was?"
"For crying out…" Eddington winced and rubbed his nose.
"Let's look at the positive on this," Gyrich said. "At least no one can track the Sentinels to us."
"Wrong," Eddington glared at him. "Thanks to General Hawk and public outcry the Misfits have been given full clearance to track down these Sentinels!"
"WHAT? HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN?" Gyrich shouted.
"ONE OF THE DAMN THINGS TRASHED A HOSPITAL AND AN ENTIRE CITY BLOCK! IT WAS FILMED ON NATIONAL TELEVISION, REMEMBER?" Eddington shouted. "HOW COULD THAT NOT HAPPEN?"
"What do we know about the mutant that was terminated in that instance?" Gyrich thought hard. "We could say he was a terrorist."
"Pretty much of a stretch considering she was a six year old with Muscular Dystrophy," Eddington sneered. "According to the Sentinel records she was a low level empath, not fully developed."
"I take it some of this information is already out there?" Gyrich sighed.
"Oh yes, those X-Snoops managed to retreive it from one of the Sentinels they blew up and the Misfit Morons gave it to the press. But wait, it gets better," Eddington told him. "Her human roommate that wasseriouslyinjured in the blast was the daughter of a very well respected, and very wealthy newspaper publisher!"
"Christ…" Gyrich took of his glasses and rubbed his nose.
"And on top of that a nurse was in the room as well as she was also killed instantly!" Eddington threw up his hands. "They're already calling it the Sentinel Slaughter! Even the FOH is condemning this attack because humans got caught in the crossfire and you know that's a bad sign!"
"What does this mean for Project Wideawake?" Gyrich asked.
"If we don't get Kincaid soon there won't be a Project Wideawake!" Eddington told him. "Years of careful planning down the drain because a trigger happy General couldn't wait a few days!"
"One thing in our favor there's no paperwork connecting Kincaid to us," Gyrich said. "I made sure of that."
"Are you sure?" Eddington asked in tone that implied he did not fully believe him.
"Yes I'm sure!" Gyrich snapped. "The only thing connecting us to Kincaid and the Sentinels is Kincaid himself! We just have to get him before anyone else does!"
"I'd hate to lose him," Eddington sighed. "Yes, he's a trigger happy moron but he's a dedicated trigger happy moron. He has skills and experience that would be hard to replace."
"First they have to find Project Neverland," Gyrich told him. "Which they never will thanks to the sensors in place."
"Famous last words," Eddington told him. "For some reason that does not comfort me! No we need to take more drastic measures." He started to punch in some numbers on his cell phone. He spoke into the phone. "Eddington here. I need you to bring someone to me right away…"
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In a bar somewhere…
"So where exactly is this General Kincaid hiding out?" Deadpool, the mercenary for hire spoke into the phone. "Really? You gotta be kidding me. Does Michael Jackson know you stole the name of his playhouse? Not that he's gonna use it much anymore but still…Fine. Okay fine. Yeah I got it. Pick him up and go. Are you sure you want him alive? Okay! Okay! No need to get testy. You know my price. Two million straight into the Swiss Bank Account. One now and the rest when I bring you Kincaid."
Deadpool opened up a portable laptop. "I'm looking at my bank statement now. Looking. Looking. Still looking…I'm still looking here! I will sing the theme from that game show with Alex Trebek until I get the money. You know the words. Dah, dah dah dah, da dah da!...Ah there we go. I'll get right on that as soon as I book a flight with my travel agent. You know you really need to develop a sense of humor General. Fine. I'm off."
He shut the phone off then dialed in another number. "Hello it's me," Deadpool spoke into the phone. "Remember that little thing you wanted me to find. Well I think I just found it. You'll never guess what they're calling it. Go on guess! Geeze don't burst a blood vessel or anything! You should relax more. Fine I'll tell you already, stop screaming!It's called Neverland. I'm sending you the coordinates as I speak."
He typed on the laptop and sent the co-ordinates. "You've got mail," Deadpool said cheerfully. "Now I gotta pick up this general and transport him to…Yeah they want me to take this General Kincaid guy to 'em so they can save their butts. Oh? That's gonna cost you extra. Okay tell me something, why are Masters of Magnetism so freaking stingy with their money? Hey things are tough all over! I've got bills and hookers to pay so…Fine! I'll do it! Geeze! I swear you should learn to relax. Go to a spa or something."
Deadpool listened for a while. "Of course this information is legit. I know, you would think that these military geniuses would be smart enough not to trust information like this to a guy who was a former lab rat! Hey! I resemble that remark! I called you didn't I? That would kind of indicate who's side I'm really on! Okay I'm on my own side but still you gotta give me some credit! I could have just given this to Xavier you know? Who am I kidding? He's an even bigger tightwad than you are!"
Deadpool stopped and listened. "So what's this detour you want me to do? You're kidding? I thought you hated…Oh I see. Well nice to hear that the two of you have kissed and made up but…Fine! I'll do it! But I still want to be paid! Don't worry Magneto. What I'm giving you will be worth the four million dollars easy. Actually it's worth five million but…Fine! I'll take it! Deadpool out."
He closed the cell phone. "Cheapskate."
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The guards often enjoyed tormenting the new prisoners. They figured that mutants without their powers would be easy to beat into submission.
However these guards didn't realize that Solitaire had plenty of experience in dealing with guards without powers.
"Oh my god!" One guard shouted as Solitaire managed to break the neck of the guard who had tackled him. "He killed Kenny!"
"YOU BASTARD!" Another guard shouted. They rushed him only to be swiftly beaten and have their necks broken.
"I've always said those guys watched too much South Park," Another guard groaned.
"Who's next?" Solitaire hissed at the remaining five guards.
"This will take the fight out of you," One guard lifted his taser rod to strike Solitaire. Only to be hit from behind. "WHAT?" He was hit again and knocked down.
"What in the hell?" Another guard gasped as the taser the guard was holding floated away. "GHOST!"
"Ghost my AAAHHHHH!" One guard snapped before he was hit by the taser. The remaining guards were hit with the weapon and knocked out.
Xi reappeared and used his keys to remove the collar from Solitaire. "Come on! We need to free the others!"
"You still think humans such as these could be our allies?" Solitaire hissed.
"Well not these humans, obviously," Xi remarked. Soon they freed not only the Morlocks that had been captured but also 34 other mutants that were held prisoner.
"We're free!" Patch whooped.
"The hell we are," Litterbug snapped. "We're still stuck here!"
"Listen we have to rescue Dorian Leech. They are attempting to use his powers in order to shut down all the powers of the mutants so that they will not need the collars. The problem is that it will not work," Xi told them.
"That's a bad thing?" One mutant with scales asked.
"Considering the fact that it will blow up the entire state with us in it yes," Xi told him. "Long story…But trust me, they will fail. We have to work together!"
Solitaire narrowed his eyes. "I will rescue the boy," He said. He looked at the group of mutants. "Who knows where the main lab is?"
"I do," A thin scarred mutant held up his hand. "They took me there for experiments a few times. My blood turns to metal when exposed to air. Don't ask how I survived this long."
"I assume you wish for revenge?" Solitaire asked.
"Why the hell not?" He grinned.
"There are other mutants in smaller labs all over the compound," Another dog like mutant female spoke. "Your friends might be in one of them."
"Along with Leech's mother," Solitaire said.
A green male mutant picked up one of the guard's weapons. "Now that we've got our powers back and some weapons I say we trash this place! Who's with me?" A roar of agreement went up from the captives.
Several heavily armed guards ran towards them with guns drawn. "GET BACK IN YOUR CAGES FREAKS!" One shouted.
"Try and make us," Solitaire hissed. He used his powers to destroy several weapons. "ATTACK!"
And the Battle of Neverland began.
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"Okay, it's ready," Forge made the final adjustments to Cerebro. Scott sat in the seat. The others were in Cerebro waiting.
"So what do I do?" Scott asked.
"Just concentrate on Jean," Xavier instructed. "Think about her. Use your bond to reach out to her."
"Okay," Scott sighed and began to concentrate. Jean…Jean…Jean…
Deep in the cell at Neverland…
Jean felt something. "Scott?"
"JEAN!" Scott shot up. Cerebro began to spark and fizzle.
"SHUT IT DOWN!" Xavier ordered. Scott barely got the Cerebro helmet off before it completely fizzled.
"Aw man it's fried!" Forge groaned.
"But it worked," Scott said. "I felt her!"
"And we got a reading," Hank looked at the coordinates. "It's in Canada."
"Canada?" Logan growled. "Why do I have the feeling Department H knows something about this?"
"We'll debate about conspiracy theories later," Pietro said. "We gotta get there before they hook that kid up to something that'll start World War Three and a Half!"
"We gotta use our teleportation watches," Althea punched in the coordinates. "It's the fastest way there."
"Hey we want in on this party too!" Tim walked in with several of the other New Mutant recruits.
"Normally I would say no," Xavier sighed. "But something tells me we need all the firepower we can get."
"All right!" Jamie jumped up. "Mission time!"
"You stay with Boom Boom," Rogue ordered. "You two made quite a team during Apocalypse."
"We did it before, we'll do it again," Tabitha grinned. "Come on! Let's go kick the bad guys' butts and bring our friends home!"
"Hold on Jean, we're coming," Scott said just before they teleported out.