More Than Us
Chapter Two
The four young mutants known as Terra, Charm, Inferna and Psysage walked carefully through a tunnel underground.
"Do you think this is part of the X-Mansion? Xavier and Warren were pretty extensive when building it…" commented Charm.
"I doubt it, it'd be connected to the subbasement if it was." Replied Inferna.
"Maybe it's a trick from Summers. Y'know, trying to scare us off or something?" suggested Charm.
"No way, he's too busy for something like that. But what's with all these vintage sentinels lying around?" said Terra.
"Beats me, but clearly there's been some mutant activity down here at some point in time." Replied Psysage. Suddenly they noticed a computer that was humming softly. Terra went towards it.
"Maybe we can learn about what was down here…if I only had a little more light." She mumbled as she tried to work the computer...
"Why didn't you just ask?" said Inferna as her hand, engulfed in flames, came forward, lighting the keyboard.
"Thanks…password, eh? Let's try this one." Said Terra, typing in X-A-V-I-E-R. Suddenly, an alarm went off loudly.
"Error. Wrong Password." Came over the loudspeaker. Terra glanced at the other three, before fiercely kicking in the computer, silencing the alarm.
"We should probably pick up the pace." Suggested Charm as the four continued on their way, practically running.
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Sarah sat in the dark room, the only light coming from a computer screen. She put her hand through her blue hair as she looked at the error message. She spoke into her headset.
"Splinter, Siryn, it looks like we have a guest."
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"Psyke, can you sense any activity going on down here? There's no way that computer would be active if this place was deserted."
"Sorry Terra, but there's nothing down here but us…"replied Psysage. Suddenly there was a noise behind them, and they turned around. Thirty guards were approaching the group.
"Nothing but us, eh buddy?" said Terra with a smirk.
"RUN!" yelled Inferna, and they bolted down the tunnel.
"We should be fighting them!" said Charm.
"We can't handle them! Our best bet is to alert Summers and Frost," replied Terra as they ran. Up ahead, they could see where the tunnel came to a dead end, but there was a hole in the roof, much like where they originally came from. Terra slow down her pace a bit, a vague plan forming.
"Guys, we need to get back to the surface. I'll use my powers to push us all up; you just have to trust me. " she said. The others nodded, concentrating on running too much to question. Psysage, however, slowed down, as he didn't need to use his power to see what Terra was about to pull. As the approached the wall, Terra brought her arms back and then forward, pushing them upwards. Unbeknownst to her, Psysage did the exact same thing, but used his Telekinesis to carry them well outside the tunnel. As they stopped in front of the wall, Terra glanced over and saw Psysage there.
"What are you doing!" she exclaimed.
"You didn't think I'd let you play hero all by yourself, did you?" he said with a confident smile as the guards approached them.
"You complicate things." She said with a sigh.
"Kinda like your face, really." Replied Psysage. Terra was fuming but tried not to show it. As she turned around, there were two scantily clad women staring at them, surrounded by soldiers. One had long green hair while the other had short vibrant blue hair. They both had deep purple eyes. The one with blue hair pulled out a device and flung it right at Psysage, who screamed out in pain before hitting the floor. Terra kneeled beside him.
"What did you do to him!" she screamed out in anger.
"You really can't take chances with psychics, you know. Unlike you. Yes, we could have a fair fight, I'd wager." Said the one with green hair.
"Who are you?" she asked, standing up.
"They call me Siryn, and she is Razz." Said the girl with the green hair, who then lunged at Terra. Terra blocked a few of her attacks, and managed to get a good kick to Siryn's gut before Terra fell to the ground, barely breathing. She could hear the sound of someone walking towards them, and saw glimpses of a man. The last things she heard before passing out were,
"Ah, the X-men. Always so pathetic."
