Haha, bet you didn't expect TWO updates at once didya? Well, this chapter is sort of to make up for the lack of violence, with out guest star, the Juggernaut. Enjoy.
And trust me, Kale goes off the hook, then off the chain. I hope you think it's pretty cool.
The Unstoppable Juggernaut meets the Unbreakable Dragon
The sound of heels clacking down the metal hallway was the first thing Cain noticed; it was the same kind of sound the teachers at his old high school made. The massive mutant tightened his massive fists and tried to break the bonds, growling in frustration when it didn't work.
Cain Marko, more widely known as the unstoppable Juggernaut, had been taken out of his suspended paralysis and had been bounded in the largest handcuffs known to him. As the guards took him to the interrogation room, he was told by Cornel Fury that his lawyer had come to discuss the possibility of parole.
That had absolutely flabbergasted the massive man. He had the same chance of getting parole as Hell had of turning in a winter wonderland with penguins and Eskimos. He had been publicly seen fight the X-Men and had been delivered by his step brother, yet again. And his previous lawyer told him that he would most likely be in prison until time ends.
The large door opened slowly and Cain was taken back by the woman standing there. He had been expect some scrawny, bookworm woman with her hair in a tight bun and glasses pushed up her nose. The woman that was there was nothing like that.
"Is this some kind of fucking joke?" Cain asked in disbelief.
The woman had knee long green skirt with a slit running up half her thigh. Her blouse was a gold color and had the first two button undone, revealing detailed and almost realistic snake tattoos. Her shoulder length hair was pulled back in a ponytail and she was wearing glasses but hers had a slight tint to it, her eyes visible but nothing inside the eye
"No, this isn't a fucking joke." The woman said with a slightly amused look, but looked mostly bored. "Try and be a little grateful, you underclass piece of shit."
Cain was frozen, his weird shit meter shooting through the roof; he had to be at least twice the size of the woman and could crush her with a finger, but she was back tacking his backtalk.
"Lady,-" Cain began.
"Ms. Serpent, if your pintsize brain can comprehend that." She snapped pulling her chair out with a small slam. "Is that understood?"
Cain could only nod in shock and just stared at her as she barked at the guards to leave them, pressing further the rights of all citizens. The guard just bewildered, mumbling about young kids. Ms. Serpentine sat down elegantly and opened her briefcase.
"Um, Ms. Snake?"
"It's Serpent, but whatever." Ms. Serpentine said lazily looking at the papers, glancing at him. "What's wrong?"
"I was told I had no chance of parole; hell, a snowball in a desert has a better chance they said."
"Yes, under normal circumstances you would stuck in that green shit and locked deep in the earth fro eternity." Ms. Serpent spoke with a chilling convincement that Cain flinched. "I am, however, in need of some of your finer skills."
"Like what?" Cain asked cautiously, warily watching the woman as she smiled.
"How does a pulverizing a target sound?" She suggested. "Such a target at the Xavier Mansion."
Cain narrowed his eyes; Ms. Serpent wanted him to go after the same place he had been thrown in for attacking. There wasn't even the chance she could get him out, despite the fact she looked like a freaking snake.
"What makes you think you could get me out?" Cain asked, leaning forward.
Cain's jaw dropped as two teeth extended into fang and she took off her glasses, her slit like pupils flashing with wickedness. She flicked her tongue at him, the muscle split into a forked tongue and it flickered at him. Slowly, one of the tattoo's above her left breast shifted and it actually lifted off her skin and became real.
"I have ways, countless ways." Serpentina said silkily. "Interested?"
Kale breathed deeply as he held his katana in a reverse grip across his body, the edge of the blade hovering across his eyesight level. His clawed hand was a vice around the handle of the sword and the back of the blade rested against his bare arm, the silvery metal reflecting Kale's green scales and the little light made form his eyes. His left leg was bent down while his right leg was extended and his free hand was extended away from the handle, while his tail was curled in between his legs.
It had been three days since his date with Rahne and he was standing in the danger room, running a simulation that was personally programmed by the Professor for him. The hologram projection had created a Japanese dojo from the village Tattoo lived in and Kale stood in the centre dressed in the long Japanese robes with five men standing around him.
Three of them had single swords and the other two had double swords, all the swords held in a foreword grip position. While Kales robes were a deep red, almost black color with royal blue trimmings, the other people had plain white with black belts holding the robes closed.
Standing up slowly, Kale whipped the katana across the air in front of him while he looked at every one and he closed his eyes with the silver metal still dancing in front of him. The blade suddenly snapped out perfect horizontal to the side in a front grip and the rest of him just standing there, his eye shut as he focused on his enemies.
Spinning the katana into a reverse grip, Kale threw himself sideways in spiral spin and kicked one of the fighters in the chest. Kale had thrown all his weight and power into the kick, so the man was lifted off his feet and sent through the wall. Ducking under an attacking sword, Kale sliced the next samurai's thighs and while he was rising and the man was falling, Kale whirled around and sliced right through the man's neck.
The man he kicked through the wall charges at him and kicks up at Kale, but the draconic teen catches the man by his ankle. Kale responds by kicking the leg the samurai is standing on and smashing his knee into the other knee, breaking both legs in different spots. As the man's knees hit the floor, Kale smashes his elbow into his enemies head and turns around to meet another charging enemy.
Catching the sword hand, Kale spun under the man's arm and flung him to the ground while wrenching the sword into the air; catching the blade, Kale threw it through the man's throat and into the wood floor. Swinging his sword around to meet his next attacker's sword, Kale parried the blow and flipped over him.
Since the last two were the double sword wielders, Kale pulls the sword in the man's neck out and held the two blades in reverse grip. Kale was a blur as he met the four blades simultaneously, blocking up, down, left, right, centre and rolling on the ground to gain the advantage.
As Kale was crouched on the ground, he saw that the two were lined up and one moved before the other. Running at them, Kale blocked the first man and spun around them. As he spun, he extended a reverse gripped blade and sliced the second man's chest open.
Kale then swept the first man's feet and, when both swordsmen are on the ground, he slams both blades into their chests. As he pushes the blades through them, Kale roars ferociously like the creature he is.
Suddenly, the room changed back to its original state, leaving Kale in his X-Men uniform as the holographic robes faded and the holes in the metal floor. Cracking his neck, Kale pulls his sword from the floor and sheathed it in his scabbard as Wolverine came into the room.
"Not bad, Scales. Your skill in Iaido is progressing further each day and you incorporate your other fighting skills into your attacks; similar to the Keysi fighting techniques where you mix your attacks to form new ones." Logan compliment, his face proud but with a wry grin.
"But…you can still kick my ass from now to next Saturday in a heartbeat?" Kales asked, his dragon features being replaced by his human self.
"Oh yeah, with a doubt." Logan said, leading the teenager from the room. "Now, me and the Professor had a talk this morning about your request and we figure it would be good that you did train someone in your particular style of fighting."
"Really, you don't mind?" Kale didn't think that he would get Logan's permission.
"After the way I saw you and Frog-Boy fight the other night, I figure we needed more than one person that can beat you two." Logan said, the elevator sliding open and the two rode up.
"Okay, I understand." Kale said, leaning against the wall.
"Yeah and we think Rahne would be a good call too. Mainly because ya both metamorphic mutants and ya both have a relatively similar strength, so I understand yer reason's for pickin' her." Logan gave Kale a stern glare. "I expect you to not plaster yer selves on each other."
Kale normally would have ignored a barb like that, but this was a little uncalled for and he snarled at Logan, who merely walked out of the elevator. Sometimes the fact that Logan was just so good at surviving and fighting made him a little aggravating to Kale with his attitude.
Trudging out of the elevator, Kale went to the kitchen and pulled out a bottle of PowerAde. Kale flicked his wrist and the top was sliced off; tilting his head back, Kale let the drink run down his throat freely and empty the bottle easily. As he was leaned back, a faint scent caught his nose.
Kale plunked the bottle down and began to untie the straps of his katana as he walked to the front door, the scent like an itch. He passed Ray and Roberto; the Brazilian mutant scowled at Kale and stormed past him while Ray and Kale looked at each confused.
"What crawled up his arse and died, mate?" Kale asked.
"Dunno Kale, I'll for ya." Ray said jogging to catch up.
"Thanks." Kale said as he finally reached the door.
As soon as he opened the door, a massive fist slammed into his face. The blow lifted him clear off of his feet and sent him flying across the room to the other wall.
His ears ringing, Kale shook his head and looked at the door as an orange behemoth came charging into the room, through the door. He was at least seven feet if not more and had to be made purely of muscles, Kale's jarred mind thinking it was Dreadnaught for a moment. But instead of a bald head with a goatee, there was an orange dome.
"ARHH, NO ONE CAN STOP THE JUGGERNAUT." The man bellowed.
Kale staggered to his feet, feeling for his sword and cursed when he realized it wasn't there. Charging at this so called Juggernaut, Kale transformed back to his dragon state and tackled the massive man with a roar. The teenager caught the massive man around the waist and the two went crashing outside.
Kale knew this man was ridiculously strong, but he was definitely weaker than Dreadnaught and that gave Kale a heavy advantage. Landing on the ground, Kale hooked the man in the chest with all the speed and strength he possessed. Juggernaut swatted Kale off like a fly and as the two got up, punched the draconic mutant.
Normally people would go flying or be splattered by the punch. Kale was simply sent sprawling to the side, his scaled body sliding on the ground till he rolled up to his feet. Snarling, Kale ran at Juggernaut and, instead of punching him, Kale leaped into the air and spun in the air to give a flying rear kick to the domed helmet.
Juggernaut stumbled back and Kale didn't let up in his relentless attack; landing in a crouch, Kale sprung at him again and this time he tried to bury his knee in the Juggernaut's stomach. But not only did this move not work, it brought him to close and Kale let his guard down as he tried to strike his enemy.
Juggernaut clapped both hands together and caught Kale in the middle of his hands, the teenager's strength barely rising to the extreme of the unstoppable Juggernaut. Wrapping his arms closer, Juggernaut brought Kale in a bone crushing bear hug and Kale let out a painful scream as he felt his bones bending.
Kale's scream turned to a roar as he began to push against the Juggernaut, a feat someone would later claim to be impossible. Curling his legs up while his arms tried to push against Juggernaut's, Kale began to push against the near invincible mutant and tried to put distance between them.
"You aren't strong enough to break free, lizard boy." Juggernaut leered as he tightened his grip.
"Wasn't……trying…….to" Kale's strained voice said through clenched teeth, his eyes suddenly blazing with red light.
Opening his mouth so his jaw hyper extended, Kale unleashed a torrent of his Dragon Flame. The kinetic, plasma flame shot out in a large fire ball and the moment it touched the metal dome of the Juggernaut's helmet it exploded. The explosion was powerful enough to rip Kale from the Juggernaut's grip, but it sent him sprawling on the tarmac as a result.
The pain was like a flash back to what Kale had previously endured to gain his freedom and Kale cough as his lungs expanded to their proper size again. Kale rolled up to his knee and saw the Juggernaut running at him, fist rose to pummel him. His helmet was charred black and parts of his outfit were burned.
Kale rolled to the side as the massive fist smashed the ground and held his forearms to the side and blocked the side swipe from Juggernaut, the man's attack stopped for the first time.
The Juggernaut's eyes widen from behind his mask and he was shocked for a second, a second that Kale used. Grabbing the man's wrist under his arms, Kale placed one foot on his chest while he dug the claws of his other foot into the ground. Leaning back, Kale lifted the massive mutant in the air. When he was high enough, Kale let his leg on the ground drop into a kneel.
The sudden shift in balance and the momentum the Juggernaut had while rising threw him over Kale and smashed him on his back into the road. The moment the behemoth was on the ground, Kale dropped down onto all four and tried to slow his breathing and heartbeat, the strain to lift and then throw Juggernaut nearly blinding.
Suddenly, Kale felt a pair of furry arms around his waist, himself yanked up and he was suddenly sitting by the doors. Kale sent thanks out to who ever decided to have Kurt, the blue mutant bonding off with the rest of the X-Men and the New Mutants; Rahne rushed to Kale's side, cupping her hands around his face as she quickly looked for his wounds.
She was in her black uniform, the skin tight uniform a little too revealing in some opinions but not Kale's. Rahne tried to lift him up, but Kale grabbed her arms and pulled her close.
"Go; help them, I'll be fine; I've had much worse done to me." Kale said a little strained, his hand holding the back of her neck. He then gently pulled her in and kissed her, ignoring the fact that his gums were bleeding. "I'll be fine." He repeated.
"Kale-" Rahne began, but he cut her off.
"I swear I'm fine but the other need you more than I do right now." Kale said pointing to the X-Man. "I can wait until the end of the battle"
Rahne was torn; the others did need her like Kale said, but so did he. She looked at him, his draconic body was battered and beaten but Kale wasn't slowing down. She had to trust his word that he was fine and pray he would be there when she got back.
"I'll be back soon." Rahne said, before stealing one last kiss and bolted into the fray.
Kale pulled himself up and wiped blood from his mouth, his whole body sore. He could feel the bones bruised and strained to a near breaking limit, not to mention some of the torn muscles.
Kale grunted as he pulled his arm back into his socket and tried to shake the pain from his head, his vision restoring from its double vision. Kale looked at all the members of the X-Men as they fought Juggernaut. It was clear they were a team, Scott's leadership abilities extremely commendable. Kale's eyes widen as Juggernaut grabbed Scott and threw him.
Kale tried to move to help him, but his body screamed in protest and made him trip over the stairs. Kale didn't hesitate for a second. His wings tore through his vest and he flew along the ground. Turning slightly, Kale caught Cyclops and placed him on the ground when he landed.
"How the hell do we beat him, Cyclops?" Kale asked him.
"We need to get his helmet off, Dragon." Scott said, his tight voice only noticed by Kale's heightened hearing. "It shields him from psychics."
"Okay, sounds like a plan."
Kale spread his wings again and took to the air while Scott unleashed a blast of his optic lasers. The blast smashed against Juggernaut's chest, but it barely slowed him down and he just redirect himself to Cyclops.
Kale hovered about twelve feet above Juggernaut as the massive mutant turned around and the dive bombed him. Folding his wings in, Kale plummeted through the sky past Jean as a green blur and collided with the Juggernaut's back; the collision sent Juggernaut sliding back.
Kale grabbed hold of the back two latches and held on as the massive mutant swung around, trying to dislodge the draconic mutant. Finally, Juggernaut grabbed Kale by the tail and flung him into the ground.
"What the hell are you trying, you little bitch?" The Juggernaut's voice drew Kale's gaze and his body went numb.
Rahne was in her werewolf form and she had tried to punch the Juggernaut, her anger and protective nature getting the better of her; she was cradling her hand, the bones probably shocked from her attempt. Kale felt his eyes widen as Rahne was back handed, his mouth unable to scream. Then he saw the fist being raised.
A sudden energy exploded inside of Kale and he leaped to his feet and raced to Rahne, the Juggernaut in between the two lovers. Kale slid under the behemoth and raised his arms in an X block, the massive wrist caught in Dragon's arms. Kale groaned as Juggernaut pressed down, the joint of his knee cracking as the pressure was applied. Rahne gasped as his eyes began to darken until they were completely black, like pools of ink and oil.
Kale lashed out with his tail and wrapped it around Rahne, pulling her close to him. Kale flung the man's arm up and, wrapping his arms around Rahne, rolled on the ground out of the warpath. As the two got up, the Juggernaut lashed out with a punch and Kale shoved Rahne out of the way so only he was scooped up.
Kale twisted in the grip and grabbed the two latched, his nails bleeding and his teeth stained red. The Juggernaut then began to repeatedly hook him across the face, the pain racking through Kale's body unbearable to any other; the only reason he was able to hold on was because he had received worse two years ago and had since trained to be able to think through this kind of pain.
The Juggernaut finally threw Kale down and his body was imbedded in the tarmac and the Juggernaut raised his foot to stomp on Kale, not noticing that Kale had the two clamps in his hands.
As the massive limb came down, Kale barely crossed his arms over his face and chest in time to shield the blow. The Irish mutant was shoved further in the ground and some of his scales were torn from his forearms, but his managed to hold the foot off of him. Juggernaut bellowed and pressed further down, Kale screaming with the pain in his arms.
Suddenly everything went silent; the Juggernaut's bellowing, Kale's screaming, the grinding of the asphalt, the tearing of flesh and scales. Kale didn't hear anything; all that he could hear was a distant roar inside of him and one thought. This Juggernaut had trired to hurt, even kill Rahne.
Unknown to anyone, even Kale himself, the dragon warrior's scales slowly darkened from a forest green to black, solid glistening black, just like his eyes.
Suddenly, Kale grabbed Juggernaut's foot with both hands and twisted it to the side. The feat was impossible, but Kale did it as though he was against someone like Wolverine. Slowly, as though the pain wasn't an issue, Kale lifted the man's leg up and as he let out a thunderous roar, he shoved Juggernaut off his feet and on to the ground.
Kale leaped on top of the man's chest and began to hammer the domed helmet, his fists splattering blood over the metal as they dented the dome. The X-Men were jaw slack as Kale's scales finished going a sleek ebony color and small spike began to protrude from his skin, a line of larger spikes down his spine and on his shoulder blades were the most obvious. Kale's clawed hand pierced the helmet and tore it off, flinging it back into the house; as his hand was arched back, his black claws had turned a golden color and a set of spike shot out of his forearms and the ridge of spines continued down his tail.
Rearing his hand back, Kale sliced the Juggernaut face and, although he didn't draw blood, he left four red line across his face; Dragon's fists then blurred as he rapidly punched the massive mutant, the two behemoth's blood splattering on the lager's face.
Kale flipped out of the way when the massive mutant tried to hit him and once the two were on their feet, Kale began to treat him like a punching bag. Kale darted around the man, his sleek black arms and legs like blurs as his punched, elbowed, kneed and kicked the Juggernaut.
Juggernaut was sent stumbling after a head butt and as his back was to the draconic mutant, he clenched his fists together, his whole body shaking with anger. His mouth swam with blood and his head rang with an unruly pain.
"Nobody makes a fool of me. NOBODY!" Juggernaut roared as he swung around.
The Juggernaut smacked Kale with both hands with amazing speed and Dragon was sent flying.
Ooooooo...that was a deadly display of power, huh. You wanna know what happens next,why Kale has such a high level of power and where Serpentina is now?
Your gonna have to review to find out.
-Lin
