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~~ Fort Braddock ~~
"I'm afraid I have a bit of bad news for you." The General (his badge read Matthias) took a deep breath. "We've found only one other person in the tunnel."
"No." Jean whispered, the first move she'd made since they escaped the tunnel.
"Yes. The Professor was crushed in the rock fall. I'm sorry."
"Well, that makes it at least halfway even." Pietro muttered.
"That means that everyone else is safe, yo." Todd said, praying no one else had heard Pietro's uncalled for comment. "We're all fine, but we don't know about them. We should keep our cool and try to find them."
"Why bother? We're cursed." Pietro shot back.
"Then I propose we all go down together. I'm sick of not knowing what's going on. It seems to me that the only reason we're having problems now is because we're so scattered that no one really knows whats happening. Stop acting like a bunch of big babies and get a grip." Todd glared at Jean and Pietro. "The first place to look is the Institute. We know that at least three people are there. What we don't know is if they're bleeding to death or got jumped by a bunch of humans."
"Yeah, whatever. You seem to be the boss now."
"Someone has to. Let's go."
~~ Pheonix ~~
She stared at the thing rising from the ground and nearly cried. For some reason, her heart knew that it was over before it even shook the dirt off its back. Multiple limbs, all of them in constant motion, dragged the monster's bulk from the ground. Claws, pincers, hands... the thing looked like it even had a tentacle or two. The head had no face, no mouth, no teeth, nothing. In a way she was relieved. No mouth meant it couldn't eat her.
Then it broke free of the heavy earth it's lower body was buried in.
The damn monster's face was in the middle of its chest and it's teeth were horrible. The thing was definitely a carnivore, and with the way it was drooling, it was definitely hungry, too. It stood on powerful legs and fixed its dark, multifaceted eyes on the humans/mutants before it. Comparing it to them was like comparing a chimp to an elephant. If it didn't step on them first, it could easily stuff them into its mouth.
And that's exactly what the thing did.
One pincer grabbed three officers and tossed them into the mouth. Pheonix took a moment to notice how the teeth were arranged in rows, like a shark, but spun around instead of chomping down. Kinda like a sink garbage disposal thing, she abstractly thought, and then she was gone.
~~ Remy and Rogue ~~
They weren't really expecting anything in particular. Well, that wasn't precise, they were expecting something terrible, but everything was happening so quickly that their minds hadn't come up with the nasty little details that would have made things worse than they actually were.
Of course, not THAT much worse, since things had reached a climax.
It was as if a picture was taken at the same time as their hearts beat.
-Thump-
Pheonix frozen in front of them and the monster with about a dozen soldiers in its many appendages.
-Thump-
Pheonix and the surviving soldiers running. The monster peering intently at the two of them.
-Thump-
A man-like monster appeared out of nowhere and crashed into the big monster.
-Thump-
It looks surprised, but the little one is focused on Remy and Rogue now.
Suddenly the spell is broken and the two of them turn tail and run.
With a screeching roar, the big one throws the tiny monster away and charges at the two mutants.
Remy was knocked to the ground with Rogue and pulled he quickly out of the way just in time to avoid the two of them being cruched by the thing's claws.
"Rogue? Le's go." He panted and grabbed her hand and gave a slight tug.
She spasmed, and Remy leaned down to see how bad she was.
He gasped and ran away without her.
~~ Lucifer ~~
There was nothing like catching your enemy completely unaware esspecially if you came from overhead while they were distracted. Sure, there was always the danger that they'd move and you'd crash into the ground, and yeah, if you misjudged the distance to the ground you were doomed, but when it all came down to it, that was the point of such maneuvers. Even humans catch themselves running headfirst into something reckless, knowing there was an easier way.
There just was no fun in that.
As it was, Lucifer's dive was perfect. He hit Valzinameku right in his weak point. It should have been over.
It wasn't. The damn thing clamped down on Lucifer and then went after those kids as though it hadn't just been hit by a 150 pounds of muscle and claws and teeth that had more than a mile's advantage of gravity to give it more weight.
And Lucifer's dive -had- been perfect. So why was Valzinameku still moving?
It wasn't Valzinameku, Lucifer decided. It was something else. The question was, What?
There was no time to ponder the question as the creature redirected its attention to Lucifer. He willed his wings away and waited for an opportunity to escape again.
~~
A/N Death, Capture, Abandonment. I wish I could find more novel like this. I really refuse to give these guys a break. Todd fans, you might want to stick with me here, I need someone to protect me from all the people I've ticked off so far.
~~ Fort Braddock ~~
"I'm afraid I have a bit of bad news for you." The General (his badge read Matthias) took a deep breath. "We've found only one other person in the tunnel."
"No." Jean whispered, the first move she'd made since they escaped the tunnel.
"Yes. The Professor was crushed in the rock fall. I'm sorry."
"Well, that makes it at least halfway even." Pietro muttered.
"That means that everyone else is safe, yo." Todd said, praying no one else had heard Pietro's uncalled for comment. "We're all fine, but we don't know about them. We should keep our cool and try to find them."
"Why bother? We're cursed." Pietro shot back.
"Then I propose we all go down together. I'm sick of not knowing what's going on. It seems to me that the only reason we're having problems now is because we're so scattered that no one really knows whats happening. Stop acting like a bunch of big babies and get a grip." Todd glared at Jean and Pietro. "The first place to look is the Institute. We know that at least three people are there. What we don't know is if they're bleeding to death or got jumped by a bunch of humans."
"Yeah, whatever. You seem to be the boss now."
"Someone has to. Let's go."
~~ Pheonix ~~
She stared at the thing rising from the ground and nearly cried. For some reason, her heart knew that it was over before it even shook the dirt off its back. Multiple limbs, all of them in constant motion, dragged the monster's bulk from the ground. Claws, pincers, hands... the thing looked like it even had a tentacle or two. The head had no face, no mouth, no teeth, nothing. In a way she was relieved. No mouth meant it couldn't eat her.
Then it broke free of the heavy earth it's lower body was buried in.
The damn monster's face was in the middle of its chest and it's teeth were horrible. The thing was definitely a carnivore, and with the way it was drooling, it was definitely hungry, too. It stood on powerful legs and fixed its dark, multifaceted eyes on the humans/mutants before it. Comparing it to them was like comparing a chimp to an elephant. If it didn't step on them first, it could easily stuff them into its mouth.
And that's exactly what the thing did.
One pincer grabbed three officers and tossed them into the mouth. Pheonix took a moment to notice how the teeth were arranged in rows, like a shark, but spun around instead of chomping down. Kinda like a sink garbage disposal thing, she abstractly thought, and then she was gone.
~~ Remy and Rogue ~~
They weren't really expecting anything in particular. Well, that wasn't precise, they were expecting something terrible, but everything was happening so quickly that their minds hadn't come up with the nasty little details that would have made things worse than they actually were.
Of course, not THAT much worse, since things had reached a climax.
It was as if a picture was taken at the same time as their hearts beat.
-Thump-
Pheonix frozen in front of them and the monster with about a dozen soldiers in its many appendages.
-Thump-
Pheonix and the surviving soldiers running. The monster peering intently at the two of them.
-Thump-
A man-like monster appeared out of nowhere and crashed into the big monster.
-Thump-
It looks surprised, but the little one is focused on Remy and Rogue now.
Suddenly the spell is broken and the two of them turn tail and run.
With a screeching roar, the big one throws the tiny monster away and charges at the two mutants.
Remy was knocked to the ground with Rogue and pulled he quickly out of the way just in time to avoid the two of them being cruched by the thing's claws.
"Rogue? Le's go." He panted and grabbed her hand and gave a slight tug.
She spasmed, and Remy leaned down to see how bad she was.
He gasped and ran away without her.
~~ Lucifer ~~
There was nothing like catching your enemy completely unaware esspecially if you came from overhead while they were distracted. Sure, there was always the danger that they'd move and you'd crash into the ground, and yeah, if you misjudged the distance to the ground you were doomed, but when it all came down to it, that was the point of such maneuvers. Even humans catch themselves running headfirst into something reckless, knowing there was an easier way.
There just was no fun in that.
As it was, Lucifer's dive was perfect. He hit Valzinameku right in his weak point. It should have been over.
It wasn't. The damn thing clamped down on Lucifer and then went after those kids as though it hadn't just been hit by a 150 pounds of muscle and claws and teeth that had more than a mile's advantage of gravity to give it more weight.
And Lucifer's dive -had- been perfect. So why was Valzinameku still moving?
It wasn't Valzinameku, Lucifer decided. It was something else. The question was, What?
There was no time to ponder the question as the creature redirected its attention to Lucifer. He willed his wings away and waited for an opportunity to escape again.
~~
A/N Death, Capture, Abandonment. I wish I could find more novel like this. I really refuse to give these guys a break. Todd fans, you might want to stick with me here, I need someone to protect me from all the people I've ticked off so far.