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A/N: My first fic, please be nice and let me know what you think? #?# means telepathic speech.
17 – Riots
"This is getting us nowhere, there's no scent here Ilehana, Jedda got a lift." Logan said thoroughly annoyed. They had been searching for two hours by the side of the I4 with no results.
#You don't know that,# Ilehana snapped back, equally annoyed, in her wolf form.
"No, but the longer we stay here the less likely we are going to find her," Storm said sympathetically. Just then the radio at her side began to buzz and she picked it up.
"Storm here. Hi Gambit, how are things… What? Riots at Sea World… The kids? OK we'll come a.s.a.p." Storm broke off looking seriously worried.
"Gambit says there's riots at Sea World and he needs back up. It's Sentinels. He says the kids are safe for the moment, but he doesn't know where Sam, Iona, Vertigo and Wolfsbane are. They took Iona to the toilets apparently to be sick after being on Kraken; he says they have a radio but he's still worried…" Storm broke off again as the radio buzzed again.
"Storm here. Sam! Where are you? What? Crystal's there? Right we are on our way, don't do anything…" Storm looked up again even more worried. "We've found Crystal, she's on the Kraken, only the station brakes are broken and it just keeps getting faster and faster and she's stuck. It seems Jedda still wants to kill her…"
#We've got to get there! I'll bring the X-Jet here and pick you up, it'll be quicker# Ilehana telepathically told them running off as fast as her wolf legs would carry her.
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"Where the hell are they?" Gambit shouted out loud as he launched another card at the Sentinels. There were three in all, slightly taller than an average man and very much unlike one. They had no face as such just two red glowing orbs that were supposed to be eyes. Their bodies were steel and adimantium, and they packed serious firepower. On each arm they supported in-built machine guns and their chests opened up to reveal rocket launchers.
Gambit had knocked one down for the moment, but the other two were now splitting up to go after the crowds of running people. This was getting too hard just for him. They should be here by now, unless they found Crystal, or Sam had radioed in. But this was really getting annoying with people hitting and climbing over each other to get away from the fight.
Suddenly a whirling sound echoed round the park and a shadow fell across the fight. The sentinels paused and gazed up with their red eyes at the Jet, which was now descending rapidly. Before it was five metres from the ground Storm flew out and went straight to the roller coaster. Logan and Ilehana-as-wolf leaped onto one of the Sentinels as the Jet landed.
"Finally!" Gambit shouted as he launched another card at the Sentinel. "It 'bout time mes Amies! Dis ain't goin' so good down here!"
When the rest of the X-Men joined in it seemed that the Sentinels had some tricks up their sleeves still. Even if they didn't have any sleeves…
"Incoming!" Scott shouted above the din. Too late as a laser beam ripped through the group of fighting X-Men and hit Blaze in the shoulder. The attack sent her flying up into the air, and landed her in a dolphin tank. Fortunately there were no dolphins in at the moment; unfortunately the water was seawater at about 70˚F. Very cold and very wet, Blaze's two least favourite sensations…
"No! Blaze!" A young voice shouted.
