Chapter Seven
A few moments lafter the x-men had located Angel witht he tracer in Theressa's bike, Warren was with in view of the blackbird but then he did a u-turn and vanished from the jet's line of sight. This reminded Theressa of something about her bike so she asked Scott, "I still have those weapons on my bike don't I?"
Scott thought about the question for a moment and then said, "As far as I know why?"
"O-boy, Cyclops take the helm." Fox got out of her seat went to the back of the jet where there was a platform that could take someone on top of the jet if necessary.
Wolverine followed Theressa and when she was strapping herself in he asked her, "What the hell are you doing?"
"You remember the lasers on my bike; they forced the jet to crash last time we were here. If I can put a teke shield around the jet……"
"You've never done that before! You don't know what would happen if you tried."
"Dad, I have to do this and you know it!"
"Butwhy do you need to be on top of the jet?" Logan asked his daughter not understanding why she thought she had to do this. He was worried that she'd strain herself too far and end up falling off the jet or something like that.
"So I can see where Warren is firing from incase I have to stop the lasers themselves. Okay Beast take 'er up!" Theressa said not in the mood for arguing with her father. She knew he was worried about her but there wasn't anything she could do about that. Dhe wanted her husband back and if this was the only way to do it than she would
"Fine but at the first sign of trouble, I'm pulling out!" Wolverine said as he backed away. Beast hit a red button and Theressa rose to the roof of the jet which then opened so that she could get threw and closed once the platform was settled in.
T, can you here me? Came Wolverine's voice threw the new ring com-link.
"Yes Dad I can here you." Theressa said with a smile and adding, "Do me a favor."
Name it kid.
"Stop worrying about me. I'm a big girl and I can take care of myself. I know what I'm doing." Theressa said and then began searching the skies for Warren. It didn't take her long to find him but when he saw her he charged up the lasers on the bike. Theressa the said to the men in the jet, "I'm putting up the shield now."
I hope so, kiddo. Logan said with a heavy sigh. The raido fell silent for a moment until Scott broke the silence.
Be careful.
"Don't worry Scott. I'll be fine, hopefully." Theressa said now concentrating on placing a shield around the jet while watching Warren's every move. In the time that it took for her to make a complete shield Warren had all ready charged the lasers and fired one round of lasers, which hit the shield. Theressa managed to hold the shield against a few more blasts when Wolverine came back on the com-link and asked,
How you doing, kid?
I don't know how much longer I can hold this up. I may have to divert to telekinetically moving the lasers themselves rather than holding the shield up. Cyke, try and lose him. That'd make it easier on me.
"Cyke, you heard her." Wolverine said standing beside Beast.
"Okay, Fox, I'll try my best." Scott ignored Wolverine's comment because he was all ready working on it and had asked Beast to be his eyes.
"Bank left." Beast said telling Cyclops to go to the left to avoid another blow from Warren, which work for the moment. Suddenly the men heard a scream of pain from Theressa which sent a chill through all their backs, most of all, Wolverine's. He didn't know what was going on and hated not knowing.
"Kid are you all right?" Wolverine asked but when she didn't answer, he hit the blue button and lowered Theressa back into the jet.
When Wolverine looked into Theressa's face, she was staring off into the distance and he didn't know why. He guessed that the shield was still up but what had caused her to scream. He had hoped that he'd been worrying for nothing but with Theressa staring like she was, he didn't think that was true anymore.
"Theressa can you hear me?" Wolverine asked unstrapping his daughter. As he undid her waist, Theressa grabbed her father's arm and said, "Jasmine's trying to get inside my mind. She's grown powerful and with my mind on the jet I can't fight her as I should, with full power."
"Take the shield down then." Cyclops said, "We'll take care of Warren from here."
Theressa nodded her head as she sat in Wolverine's seat, who then sat in the co-pilots seat. Theressa lowered the shield and entered the astral plane.
Show yourself Jasmine! Fox said walking down a set of stairs that were there to greet all who entered the astral plane.
Why are you here? Came Jasmine's voice in a teasing manner.
At the moment Theressa was hiding how powerful she, herself, had grown in her telepathic abilities from her daughter since she wasn't ready to fight her.
You sure as hell know why I'm here Jasmine! Theressa 'screamed'. It angered her that Jasmine played these games with her but that was how evil did its job. What does Apocalypse want with Angel?
"Cyke we're loosing engine power!" Logan exclaimed. The jet had been hit three times since Theressa let the shield down and Cyclops didn't know how much more the jet could take before she crashed, or worse, blew up before they could get out.
"Cyclops what if you tried landing?" Beast suggested trying to help his friend and calm Wolverine down a bit, which didn't work.
"We can try but we'll probably be over run on the ground."
"Cyke, we're being over run in the air! Land the damn bird! Besides you should know that the best way to get inside is to get captured."
You don't know do you? Jasmine asked finally appearing to her mother. She wore a red tub top with black pants and her long blond hair had been cut to her ears. The way Jasmine 'walked' to Black Fox reminded her of how a snake crawls on its belly, moving from side to side.
Like your new look Jasmine. Theressa said still masking her power.
Don't call me that or Ultimate Fire either! I've chosen a new name. Viper!
Well Viper, what don't I know?
That your beloved Angel, congrats by the way, used to work for Apocalypse. An uncanny smile came upon Viper's face as a look of shock and disbelief appeared on Black Fox's.
You lie! Why the hell would he work for Apocalypse?
Because my husband can grow wings with a chemical he created long ago. This isn't the first time dear Angel has had his wings torn off. Viper said walking around her mother as she spoke, Oh no. It happened once before when Angel was younger. He had gotten into a fight with some other mutants, whose names escape me at the moment, and they had torn off his wings and left him for dead. My huby, being the good man that he is, took Angel in and regrew his wings in exchange for Angel working for him forever.
Scott had managed to land the jet safely but when Beast opened the door and walked outside, with Scott and Wolverine, who held Theressa in his arms, behind him, Warren, two men and a woman were waiting for them. Scott recognized the man and the woman as, Michael, Theressa son, Pyro and the woman was Renee.
Logan stood behind Scott and Beast saying, "Cyke, we can take 'em."
"No Logan!" Scott said putting up his left hand.
"What the hell do you mean no?"
"You said it yourself. The best way to get inside is to be captured." Scott answered as he and Beast threw up their hands and the three of them were escorted to their prison.
A/N: Let me know what you think.