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Enemies
The X-Men were all waiting for Kitty to return. She was sent to negotiate with X-Calibur. She was the only one that could negotiate with them. The leader of X-Calibur, Nightcrawler, trusted none of the X-Men. Kitty was the only exception.
Apocalypse was going to split his forces. He was sending Storm and Mystique to the east over the Atlantic Ocean. Apocalypse had finished conquering North and South America and had his sights set on conquering Europe and Africa next. Cyclops saw this as the perfect opportunity to attack. Apocalypse was letting the horsemen leave his side. Mystique and Storm were leaving. Magneto had already been sent to govern South America. The only horseman they would have to worry about was Death. Apocalypse knew that terrorist organizations like the X-Men, X-Calibur, and the psychotic Outcasts saw Death as there hero, Charles Xavier; and Cyclops knew that Apocalypse left Death by his side to cause them problems. He could only hope that X-Calibur would agree to help him attack Apocalypse. Then Kitty walked in.
"What happened?" asked Scott.
"They said no," answered Kitty. There was a long silence after that.
"That's it!" yelled Scott.
Kitty nodded and sat down on the couch.
"Damn it!" Scott punched the wall.
"Calm down kid," said Wolverine.
"We knew that he would probably say no, Scott," Jean grabbed his shoulder trying to calm him down.
"How the hell could he say no?" Scott asked Kitty. "Did he tell you what he was planning to do?"
"He said that they were going to Europe to help the humans fight," said Kitty.
"He doesn't even know where they're going to attack, but he's going there anyway." Scott was pissed. He needed X-Calibur's help.
"They're attacking England," said Kitty correcting Scott's last comment. "He said he got his information from a reliable source.
Scott walked away from Jean and up to Kitty. "Tell me where he is Kitty." Scott's words worried everyone.
"Why do you want to know?" asked Kitty.
Scott was growing impatient. He knew what everyone was thinking. Cyclops and Nightcrawler might have been friends in the past, but now they were enemies. If wasn't for the fact that they had the same goals, they would have killed each other years ago.
"Kitty," said Scott trying to hold himself back from yelling at her, "Tell me where he is, now. Where did Angel take you when he came to pick you up?"
Wolverine stepped in between them and looked at Scott, "You're making a mistake."
"You going to stop me," asked Scott.
"No, I'm going with you," answered Wolverine.
"You're an idiot," said Iceman. "That would just make things worse since Sabretooth is going to be there."
"He's right." Colossus was quick to agree with Iceman.
"I'm going alone!" yelled Scott. "Tell me where he is!"
"He's in the old high school," answered Kitty.
Scott walked towards the door and saw Jean's worried face. "I'll be fine," said Scott as he walked through the door.
Cyclops got on his motorcycle and left the mansion. Apocalypse had forgotten about the mansion after the Battle of Mexico. Most of it was destroyed, but the first floor and basement was still intact. Now he was heading towards the high school. It was probably the biggest building in Bayville that was still standing.
Cyclops reached the school and walked towards the entrance. He only had taken one step inside before Angel's sword was at his neck. "What are you doing here?" asked Angel.
"I'm here to speak to Nightcrawler." Scott had his right hand on his visor ready to attack.
"You know the rules, Cyclops, but you're still here. Only Shadowcat is allowed to speak to us. We already gave you our answer so leave before he sees that you're here." Angel started pushing the blade of his sword into Cyclops's neck almost cutting the skin.
"Who are you talking about Angel?" asked Nightcrawler. He was leaning against the wall but was facing straight ahead instead of look at them.
"He's leaving," said Angel.
Nightcrawler turned around to face the two mutants. "He came to speak to me, so let him speak." Angel immediately dropped his sword and let Cyclops through. "What do you have to say to me?" asked Nightcrawler.
"I want to speak to you in private," said Cyclops.
"We'll talk in here." Nightcrawler walked through a door. Cyclops followed Nightcawler into the classroom.
"Tell me what you want and then leave," said Nightcrawler.
"You know why I'm here," said Cyclops.
"Get out, Cyclops, if you're going to repeat what Kitty said, then just leave before I get annoyed." Nightcrawler was already reaching for his sword.
"This is probably the only chance that we'll get to stop Apocalypse," said Cyclops as seriously as he could.
"Have the Outcasts help you, I won't," said Nightcrawler.
"Do you know where they are?" asked Cyclops, "No one knows where they are. They wander from city to city. You are the only one that can help me."
"It's true that if we fought together we might be able to win, but we both know what happened last time in Mexico," Nightcrawler seemed to be in another world.
"It'd be different," said Cyclops who seemed to be in the same world as Nightcrawler. A world filled with memories they could only hope would leave them one day.
"It was a massacre, Cyclops," Nightcrawler rubbed his eyes as if he was trying to wake up. "I trusted you. My team helped you."
Scott tried speaking, "It wasn't our."
"It was…your fault," interrupted Nightcrawler. "You're team was too weak to kill him, he isn't Charles Xavier anymore. He is Death. You want us to help you fight Apocalypse when you're not even willing to kill his guardian."
"There is a way to save the professor," said Scott.
"You need to wake up Cyclops. Charles Xavier is dead. If you had realized that in Mexico, many lives would have been spared." Nightcrawler gripped his sword tighter.
"Then I'll leave the professor to you, just help us," Cyclops was getting angry.
"No, nothing you say we'll be able to convince me. You still try to live by those morals." Nightcrawler chuckled. "No one should have to die, right." Nightcrawler's face then filled with anger. "You disgust me; you hypocrite. How many lives have you taken in this war? You were even willing to take mine, and you still say that no one should have to die?"
"Of course," answered Cyclops with no doubt in his voice.
"Get out of my sight. Until you drop those idiotic morals, you won't be able to stop this war." Nightcrawler was ready to kill him.
Cyclops turned around and started walking towards the door but then froze, "The professor would have fought this war with these morals, and you know that's true." Cyclops wouldn't accept the fact that professor was dead.
Nightcrawler shook his head. "The professor isn't fighting this war. I doubt there's anything left of him in that shell, and you are not the professor. Even the professor would have realized what he needed to do. He would have taken his own life if it meant that this world could be saved, but you," Nightcrawler paused, "you're too weak. Your team had their chance attack, but you told them to stand down. You even let Havok go; of course he showed his gratitude by giving you that scar over your eye."
Cyclops had heard enough. He snapped and turned around ready to fire. Nightcrawler teleported before Cyclops could fire. Cyclops reached his hand out as if he knew where Nightcrawler would appear. He was right and as soon as Nightcrawler appeared, he grabbed his shirt and pulled him so that his face was in front of his visor. It only took a second for Cyclops to realize that he hadn't won. Nightcrawler had his two swords crossed at Cyclops neck ready to sever his head. It was a stalemate. A second later the wall had exploded and X-Calibur was standing there ready to attack.
"Do you want to die here Cyclops?" asked Nightcrawler.
Cyclops's face was filled with anger. "As soon as were done with this war, we're going to finish this."
"I would rather kill you now," said Nightcrawler as his blades started to scratch Cyclops's neck, "Once this war is over, I will kill you."
Cyclops pushed Nightcrawler back. He walked pass X-Calibur without even looking at them. He got on his motorcycle and left. Nightcrawler was once Cyclops's best friend, but things had changed. The people who should've been his allies were now enemies, and nothing could change their fate. They would not die in this war, because both of them knew that one was destined to kill the other.
This is what happened to the world when the X-Men failed to stop Apocalypse. The world was filled with death, with chaos. This is the way the world is during The War of Apocalypse.
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