Part 2 and the end of season 1 everyone. I hope you guys enjoy it, and I own nothing in this story.
Toad was sitting on a rock groaning that he lost again. "I don't get it." He noticed a fly come near him. "I'm strong. I'm agile." He shot his tongue out and caught the fly and ate it. "I got this killer tongue. How could I be left behind?" He saw another fly come up to him. He shot his tongue at the fly only for the tongue to get grabbed by Evan.
"All right, spill it Toad. What just happened?" Evan asked pulling Toad's tongue a little hard. "Where did the others go, man?"
Toad put his hands up. "Ok, ok!" Evan released Toad's tongue making Toad fling onto his back. Toad got up half way rubbing his chin. "Yeah, I don't owe that crummy Magneto nothing no more, that's for sure."
Everyone raised an eyebrow. "Who?" Kitty asked.
"Magneto, one major mega mutant." Toad got on all four and hopped over to Jean, Evan, and Kitty. "He's picking out the best from the worst, and we lost." He got onto his feet. "Guess what that makes us. Losers!" Toad said putting his hand up as a L.
Jean picked Toad up with her telekinesis and asked, "What happens to the winners?"
"They get sent to sanctuary also known as Asteroid M, and if I had to say anything Phantom and that pink haired girl will already be there as well." Toad told them trying to keep his cool despite being in the air.
Jean released Toad and muttered, "This cannot be happening."
"You better believe it." Toad wiped some of the sand off his shoulders and looked around. "I'm more surprised you lost to Avalanche."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Jean asked putting her hands on her hips and glaring at Toad.
Toad shrieked a bit. "I meant you have two mutant powers, and they happen to include your telekinesis. I always thought you were stronger than him."
"I blame it on terrain." Evan said then walked over to their vehicle.
"We'll worry about it later. Right now we need to find this Asteroid M and figure out what happened to the others. We don't know who has won and lost, but Cerebro should help us find them." Jean told everyone.
Toad rubbed his chin and groaned a bit in pain. "She left a mark." He muttered referring to Rogue having him slam right into the vehicle.
Danny held onto the handle bars on Xavier's wheelchair and turned it for Xavier to face Scott. "Scott, I-I don't understand." Xavier said shocked.
"Professor, wait!" Scott said walking up to Charles. "We're just here to listen, that's all."
Danny rolled his eyes. "I already heard what he said, and I don't like it, Scott. What about them?" Danny asked pointing at Kurt, Dawn, Rogue, and Storm. "Are they here to listen as well? Man, he wanted to see if he could convince me! My girlfriend is one of those people, Scott."
Scott looked at the containers surprised and turned to Magneto. "Hey, what is this?"
"Simply a precaution, Scott." Magneto said taking a couple steps forward. "Not everyone has the maturity to accept the need for change as you do, not yet."
Scott walked up to Magneto a little angry. "Let them out! Now!"
Avalanche walked in front of Magneto rubbing his hands together while smirking. "I will." Magneto put a hand on Avalanche's shoulder and pushed him out of the way. "We just need to proceed cautiously. Trust me." Magneto walked up to Charles while Scott ran right behind him. "They are perfectly safe."
'Are they safe, Scott?' The Professor asked Scott telepathically. 'Are any of us safe? I know the man well.' Scott turned his attention to Xavier and Danny. 'His motives cannot be trusted. He's bitter...' Magneto moved the chair making Danny fly off of it. Xavier was put into one of the chambers. 'Logan! Logan, lose the battle! Magneto is...'
The gas was let into the chamber making Xavier pass out. "No!" Scott said making his eyes glow with his hands on his glasses.
"Do that, and he'll not survive the decompression." Magneto said then turned to Danny. "The same goes with her." He points at Rogue.
Scott turned to Magneto not removing his hand. "Yeah? Well, odds aren't that great for you, either."
"I can agree with you there." Aelita said as her hands glowed with her energy fields.
Danny stared at Rogue in the containment unit then turned to Kurt and Dawn. 'Rogue…guys, we'll get out of this.'
"Hey, hey, hey, Scott, come on, man." Alex said walking up to his brother. "This is no good. They're having a little time-out. So what? Look, I don't get it either, but no one should be getting hurt here." Alex looked at Danny. "You guys can't blame Magneto for being careful." Alex turned his attention to Magneto. "And all I know is he just wants to help, and I need his help." Alex rubbed his hand then grabbed Scott's hand away from his glasses. "So, come on, holster that thing, would you?"
Scott sighed, "I don't like it."
"But your brother is right, Scott." Magneto said walking up to the three. "I'm not your enemy," he remover his helmet, "nor am I Charles. Very soon, you will see the truth."
Logan slid across the ground and hit a mountain of dirt. "Lose the battle? I don't get it, Charles." Logan got up and ran at Sabertooth. Sabertooth jumped onto Logan and made them roll down the mountain. Sabertooth landed on his back with Logan above him. Sabertooth held onto Logan's wrists and flipped them over then got kicked in the stomach. Sabertooth flew back and broke a tree while going through the air. Sabertooth hit the ground on his back then flipped and hit his stomach. Logan brought his claws out while Sabertooth was getting up. "I know about Magneto."
"Huh! Then you know I'm the one who belongs at his side, not you." Sabertooth said getting to his feet.
"You're right. Not me." Wolverine put his claws back in his hands then got punched in the face by Sabertooth. Logan went over the edge and hit the rock near the bottom of the island. Sabertooth walked to the edge and saw Logan unconscious. Sabertooth laughed for victory and heard the giant metal ball come. Sabertooth smiled as the ball floated in front of him and opened up. Sabertooth walked into the ball and had it take off. Logan opened his eyes and watched it fly off then turned his attention to the helicopter nearby.
Danny stood out on the porch looking out at the view. 'I know that I told them to win.' He thought then slammed his hands on the railing. 'Was it really worth it?'
"You need to relax." Aelita said as she walked out onto the balcony where Danny was.
"How can I relax when my girlfriend is held inside a containment unit?" Danny asked sarcastically putting his elbow on the balcony with his head on his hand.
Aelita sighed, "We'll free them Danny."
He turned around and threw his hands up in the air. "How are we going to free them Aelita? The only metal on this asteroid is being controlled by Magneto."
"He's using technology that I can hack into. Plus, I can finally use one of towers." She reminded him wiggling her eyebrows a bit hoping Danny got the message.
Danny raised an eyebrow, "What do you…Oh…" He rubbed the back of his neck and asked, "Well, what are you waiting for?"
"I already hacked both machines on this asteroid and got the containment units to release our friends and professors in an hour."
"Wait, you said both machines. What's the second machine?" Danny asked feeling a little uneasy.
Aelita looked out at the view and sighed, "It's some kind of mutant amplifier, but there are complications."
"What kind of complications?" Scott asked as he and his brother walked out onto the balcony.
"This machine is designed to alter our thinking, and if I'm right, Magneto designed it to change us into what he wants." She answered making her holo-screen appear in front of all of them showing the schematics of the machine.
"Scott, what is she talking about?" Alex asked his brother not understanding the situation.
"It means Magneto has plans to alter our minds without us knowing about it, and he did a pretty good job if you ask me." Scott answered with a sigh. "What should we do Aelita?"
"I don't know." Aelita told him as the holo-screen disappeared.
"You said it will alter our mind, right?" Alex asked making them look at him.
"Yes, but none of us has a mind that can resist our minds being messed around except…" Aelita and Scott widened their eyes and looked at Danny.
Danny looked between Scott and Aelita and asked, "Why are you guys looking at me like that?"
"It makes sense." Scott said smiling at his friend.
"What are you guys talking about?" Alex asked raising an eyebrow in confusion.
"Danny, how's that mental block you have in your mind?" Aelita asked.
Danny gave Aelita a confused look and scratched his head. "Uh, I guess its fine, but what are you guys…" He trailed off and widened his eyes in realization. "Wait, you guys can't seriously be thinking of volunteering me."
"If Aelita's right about this, your mind might be the only one able to resist being altered by Magneto's machine." Scott told Danny. "It's the only thing we have, and if it works then we can stop Magneto's plans before they officially begin."
"Look, I don't know what's going on, but my brother's right." Alex added making everyone look at him. "If this device can change our way of thinking, my brother believes that you're the only one who can resist it and trick Magneto into thinking it made you want to work with him or whatever he wants to use it for."
"I'll think about it, but in the mean time we need to prepare for the others to arrive. If I'm right about this, Wolverine and the others will come to save us, and I have a feeling Mystique is not happy about losing to Storm." Danny said
Scott nodded, "Agreed."
Jean, Kitty, and Evan came into the Institute and saw it was in a mess. "What happened here?" Jean muttered looking around the area carefully.
"Oh my word." Kitty said.
"This place is trashed." Evan said with Toad hopping in behind them.
Toad looked at the mess and said, "Aw, man! You guys live like slobs."
Kitty kept on walking forward while the other guys walked in other directions. "Storm! Storm!" Kitty called out. "Hey are you in here?" Mystique transformed herself from being a statue and got on the ledge. "Storm? Storm!"
Mystique jumped over everyone and landed in front of them. "She's out. Can I take a message?" She asked them while walking up to them with her arms crossed.
"Hey, if you're still here, then that means you're a loser, too!" Toad said laughing.
Mystique grabbed Toad by the shirt and angrily said, "Don't ever call me that!"
"What are you doing here Mystique?" Jean asked glaring at the blue woman.
"Simple truth. Nobody discards me," she threw Toad away from her, "especially not Magneto. After all I've done for him. So, I'm paying him a visit. We can go together or I can go alone."
"Oh, you won't be alone." Logan said walking through the front of the Institute. "If Magneto got our friends," he moved the broken galls door away, "then we're going after him." He finished while walking towards the group.
"Good." Mystique said crossing her arms. "But I know the man, so I'm calling the shots."
Logan glared at her and got close. "Then get your own ride." He looked at his team. "X-men lets go!" He walked away with Jean, Evan, and Kitty following him. Toad stood next to Mystique and watched the X-men walk away.
"Oh, all right, fine!" Mystique pushed Toad to follow the others. "I expect to be consulted."
"Now, you can't be expecting to leave us behind." Johnny said as he and Kat walked into the building.
"What about Penelope?" Mystique asked cautiously.
"She decided it wasn't worth it since she never wanted to be a apart of Magneto's group anyway." Kat said rolling her eyes. "I wouldn't be surprised if she ulterior motives behind all of this anyway."
"I'm pissed about losing to that blue demon. I swear when I get my hands on him; I'll…OOF!" Johnny felt a foot his face making him fall back onto the ground with a groan of pain.
"You'll do nothing of the sort."
Johnny got up messaging his jaw then growled, "Why would you care what I want to do? He cost me my win and embarrassed me in the forest. He deserves to pay."
"Then you're not welcome to come along with us." Logan said making his claws come out to scare the teen.
Johnny took a couple steps back and growled, "Fine, I didn't want to work for that loser Magneto anyway!" He turned around and walked away saying, "Let's go Kat! I have some things to take care of, but I can drive you back home."
"Sorry Johnny, but I'm going." Kat told him making him groan.
"Fine, see if I care!" Johnny left the building growling angrily. He got on his bike muttering, "I try to do something nice for her, and she always blows me off." He drove his bike off the property and went to his next destination that he needed to go.
A few minutes later, everyone boarded the helicopter and strapped themselves in with Wolverine and Mystique in the pilot seats. Wolverine opened the ceiling, which happened to be their tennis court, and pulled the helicopter up into the air. "Welcome to the first flight test of the X-men Velocity." Logan said flying it to their destination as the tennis court closed up leaving no sign it was even there.
Scott was outside looking over the ledge and remembering the plane accident when he was with his brother and parents. The plane got struck by lightning making it turn off balance. The side door slid open revealing two young boys with parachutes on and two adults behind them. The kids went back to hug their parents. Scott pulled themselves away from their parents and jumped out the plane with Alex. Alex came walking up to him and said, "Scott..." Scott got out of remembering his memory and looked at his brother. "Are you ok?" Alex asked him.
"I'm just...I don't know, remembering." Scott replied then looked at the sky when Alex was next to him.
The boys were flying to the ground being scared. Scott grabbed Alex's hand then pulled the cord for the parachute. Scott pulled his chord then heard a small crash with the plane. A small spark hit Scott's parachute and made it catch on fire.
"I hit the ground pretty hard. The hospital said that I was the only one who made it." Scott looked at Alex. "I wanted to be there for you Alex. Really I did. I'm sorry."
"Hey, don't sweat it, you know? I got along alright." He looked at his brother and smiled then looked down. "My foster parents are pretty nice."
Alex started to rub his hands. "What's wrong?"
"My joints are on fire. I've been to a bunch of doctors, but nobody could tell me what it was." Alex looked at his hand then at his brother. "When I met Magneto, he explained everything about what I am. I didn't expect…"
"We'll worry about it later, Alex." Scott interrupted making Alex smile at his brother sadly. "Right now I'm just worried about the others."
"The others will join us, Scott, but it will take some time before they fully understand as you three do. In the meantime I planned on something that will help not just both of you but for everyone." Magneto said walking up to them. "I plan on helping everyone that needs it. Together we should embark upon a wondrous renaissance. I invite you two to be a part of it." He motioned for them to follow which they did. They walked back into the room where everyone was and saw Sabertooth there as well. "I built it right into the asteroid. Behold the next step in mutant evolution." He showed the closed round door in the wall.
"What is it?" Scott asked.
"A genetic enhancer. Perhaps you've heard of the legendary gems of Cyttorak." He pulled out a giant gem from his pocket and held it up. "Well, they do exist. Once, believe to possess mystical properties, these stones actually emit a very distinctive radiation."
Danny shrugged when Alex said, "Hey, wait a minute! You mean you're gonna nuke us?"
"I'm going to evolve you!" Magneto said smiling at them. Danny turned around and walked over to Rogue's containment unit in worry. "To finish your growth. No more pain, Alex, and no more hiding behind that visor, Scott. Danny," Danny stopped walking and turned his head slightly, "you will be able to get more powers that are hiding inside your body right now. All those powers that are dormant. There must be at least fifteen that are dormant. Aelita, your powers could be used like a push of a button. Your powers will be fully realized, giving you complete control."
Danny kept on walking and stopped in front of Rogue. "All that power inside of me is not worth it." He whispered to himself.
Scott put his hand near his glasses then asks, "What about them? I want them released."
Magneto turned away and crossed his arms. "They will be, but after you've gone through the transformation. I wanted you to see what I am offering, and it is an offer, Scott, Aelita, and Danny. I won't force you guys to go through it." Magneto looks at Scott and Alex smiling.
"We're supposed to trust this thing works?" Scott asked. "You go through it then." He pointed at Magneto.
"I have." Magneto put his hands on his sides. "I'm fully advanced. But why don't I provide you with a real first hand demonstration." He turned his head and said, "Sabertooth." Sabertooth sighed then walked into the machine. "In a few moments he'll be merged. Reborn."
The helicopter/jet was flying through the air. It sped over the ground and made the ice crack a bit. "Oh, yeah! This thing cooks!" Wolverine said.
Toad heard a noise and said, "Hear that metal straining?" He closed his eyes. "We're breaking up, I know it!"
"Couldn't be." Toad opened his left eye slightly. "This crate's built without an ounce of metal." Toad's eyes widen in surprise.
"None? That means we're flying in what, cheap plastic? I need an air sick bag." Toad covered his eyes in fear.
"I've got something huge on scanners. Asteroid M...436 miles and closing." Mystique said to them.
The door opened up and revealed Sabertooth with bigger muscles. He was now wearing no cape and shirt to cover his top. Magneto turned to the guys when Sabertooth roared. "Boys...it's time to reach your full potential." Magneto said pointing to the door.
Scott rubbed his neck nervously, "I'm still not too sure."
"I'll do it." Danny volunteered walking up to the machine with hesitation.
"Ah, Daniel, I'm glad you volunteered." Magneto said making a small evil smile appear on his face.
"I only have one condition." Danny stopped a few feet away from the machine.
"Your friends will be awakened the moment you come out of the enhancer." Magneto replied knowing that was what Danny was going to say.
Danny nodded and continued towards the door. Aelita watched worryingly as Danny got close to the machine. 'Danny, I don't want to lose you to this machine's main purpose. Please stay safe.' She thought worryingly.
"Now, it's time for the appreciative audience." Magneto said deactivating the containment unit's sleeping gas.
Everyone in the containment units started to regain consciousness to hear a creaking noise. By the time everyone got bearings of their surroundings they saw Danny about to walk into the machine. "Danny, stop!" Rogue yelled in fear as she banged the glass.
Kurt watched in fear as the door closed behind Danny. "I'll get him out of zere." Kurt said narrowing his eyebrows.
No Kurt, that machine will alter your mind if you go after Danny. Charles told Kurt telepathically.
Kurt teleported out of his containment unit and appeared a few feet away from Magneto narrowing his eyebrows. "What have you done to my friend?" He asked angrily.
"He's being evolved Nightcrawler, and you'll be able to see what I mean really soon." Magneto said smiling in anticipation.
Rogue looked at the machine in fear before turning her attention to Aelita who was standing there watching the machine. "Yah could have stopped him." Rogue told her.
Aelita glanced at Rogue from the corner of her eye and replied, "Rogue…"
"Why didn't yah stop my boyfriend?!" Rogue yelled at Aelita angrily.
Magneto looked at the two amusingly. "Hm, it seems there's some friction between a couple of your students Charles." He said finding the situation intriguing.
"You don't understand." Aelita told her feeling a little annoyed that Rogue was getting angry.
"No, you don't understand! That machine is altering my boyfriend's mind, and you did nothing to change it from happening!"
Suddenly they heard the door open and turn their attention to the white haired teen coming out of the machine. Everyone noticed how Danny looked more serious than before but saw that he looked stronger and wiser. Magneto raised an eyebrow as he noticed that Danny had no other changes to his body. Magneto walked up to the boy and asked, "How does it feel Daniel?"
"I feel like I've been electrocuted with a million volts again." Danny replied sarcastically. "I also feel like freezing everything on this stupid asteroid and making sure everyone is safely off this death trap you call sanctuary."
Magneto stopped in his step and asked, "What about human kind?"
"I feel like protecting them from people who abuse their power and from those with evil intentions in life." Danny answered as his hands glowed blue. "I only got one thing to thank you for though. Thanks for unlocking my mutant powers which will most likely go back down to normal strength when I'm done with this place…"
"Did Danny's intelligence increase?" Pietro asked raising an eyebrow.
"I think it did." Fred said feeling a bit uneasy.
"…which is why I'm not going to inflict Mutant Judgement on you." Danny finished confusing everyone in the room.
"Mutant Judgement…" Magneto muttered not liking the sound of it.
"Mutant Judgement, one of my three special abilities handed down to me through the main X-gene that created our mutant powers." Danny explained making everyone gasp in surprise. "Too bad though…" the ground started to get covered in ice making Magneto back up a bit in fear, "I wanted to punish you for all the things you've done against humanity. The sad part is that you've barely done anything physically, but your mind is full of ideas for revenge to protect our kind. It's sad when I think about it."
"Telepathy, you can read my mind even with this helmet on." Magneto deduced making the teen chuckle.
"Yep, since my powers are more focused on the ghost origin, my telepathy can go right into your mind no matter what protection you're wearing." Danny said as the containment units opened up surprising Magneto. "Huh, that took a bit longer than expected."
"I call it a delayment with the program." Aelita remarked with a small grin.
'I see. They planned it all out.' Magneto thought glaring at the pink haired teen.
"It's over Magneto." Scott said as he and his brother gave the man stern looks. "You lost."
"It isn't over yet Scott. I still have the advantage." Magneto brought his hand up ready to attack them as Scott brought his hand up to his shades and Alex made his hands glow.
An alarm went off making Sabertooth look at the situation. "Air craft!" Sabertooth yelled.
"Really?" Magneto turned around. "Let's see who it is." He opens the metal doors above and stuck his hand out. He tried to bring the aircraft in and felt it not move at all. "No metal." He turned to Charles who just shrugged in response.
"It seems the cavalry has arrived." Danny taunted as his eyes glowed an icy blue.
"Maybe they have arrived, but I can still stop them." Magneto said lifting some metal chunks up and throwing them out the opening.
"Alex!" Scott yelled at his brother.
"I'm on it, bro!" Alex yelled back as they ran outside.
"Storm, Dawn, Rogue, prepare the X-jet. I'll make sure Danny doesn't lose control." Charles told them before they went their separate ways.
"Well, would you look at that?" Avalanche asked as he, Quicksilver, and Blob walked out in front of Kurt and Aelita. "It seems we get blue boy and nerd girl all to ourselves."
"I'm going to enjoy this." Pietro said rubbing his hands together.
Alex fired his blasters from his hands and tried to hit every moving target he saw while his brother waved his team down while blasting certain things he saw going at the Velocity. He saw a giant piece of metal head towards the propellers and tried to destroy it with his blaster only for it to miss completely. "No!" Scott yelled trying to hit the metal and watched as it hit the Velocity making him growl. "Alex, we need to get inside now!"
Alex heard his brother and ran alongside his brother into the asteroid. The two heard the machine land on the pad but kept running when they heard it screeching. They jumped to the side as the Velocity slid into the asteroid stopping a few feet inside the asteroid. "Oh man, I'm glad we didn't stay around for that to hit us." Alex muttered.
"No kidding."
Everyone watched as Kitty phased through the aircraft with Jean and Evan by her side. The three got into a battle stance while Toad punched the door open. Toad jumped out onto the aircraft as Wolverine jumped out in front of the aircraft growling. Mystique popped her head out and said, "Knock knock."
"Mystique, you never could 'no' for an answer." Magneto said as he floated into the air. He didn't react as Mystique came out of the aircraft jumping right towards him. 'I should have prepared to counter this.' He thought as Mystique kicked his chest then his stomach.
Logan heard a large growl and turned his head just in time for Sabertooth to tackle him into the ground. Wolverine kicked Sabertooth away and muttered, "I should have seen that coming." He got up onto his feet and charged at Sabertooth with his claws out ready to slice up his rival.
Pietro rubbed his hands when he saw Evan smirked, "You know what. I got another bone to pick with Evan."
"Worry about him later." Lance said glaring at Kurt and Aelita. "We got a couple already needed to be taken down."
"Let's just make this quick then." Pietro said with a small sigh.
"I'll take care of blue boy. You guys take care of her." Blob said running at Kurt who teleported in another position near a wall. Blob changed the direction he was running and yelled, "I'm going to crush you!"
Kurt waited a couple seconds then teleported once Blob was near his position. "A body in motion…" he reappears behind Blob and kicks him in the back, "stay in motion." He watches Blob smack his head into a pipe making the man fall onto his back in pain. "Another win, I'm starting to feel lucky." He heard the door open to the mutant enhancer and muttered, "Better stay away from that."
Lance smashed his foot on the ground and watched as his tremors went right for Aelita. Aelita stood there as the ground her trembled. She heard some rocks falling behind her then looked up asking, "Did you plan on making this asteroid fall apart?"
Lance stopped his tremors and looked up in surprise. "Oh man, I have to be careful." He muttered in distaste. He looked back at Aelita just in time to see a foot smack him right in his face. Lance fell back and hit the ground losing consciousness.
Evan lowered hit foot and smirked, "That felt good."
Pietro and Aelita stood in front of each other with smirks on their faces. "What are you going to do pinky? What kind of power are you going to create to defeat me, because I can't come up with any?" Pietro taunted her.
Aelita made her feet glow yellow and asked, "How fast can you go Pietro, because I can go just as fast as you can?"
"I like to see you try." The two take off down the center with Pietro taking a small lead. Pietro turned around and asked, "Are you certain you keep up?"
Aelita watched as Pietro smashed right into the wall and stopped a few feet behind him. "If you keep crashing into walls, then I'll have to say that I can." She crossed her arms as Pietro fell onto his back losing consciousness.
Mystique jumps back and dodges to metal bars coming at her. She turns around and sees the metal bars coming back. She jumps out of the way making the metal bars destroy a column. Magneto swing his foot at her making her jump back a bit. Magneto brings the metal bars to him and shot them at Mystique. Mystique tries to block it but see Toad grab one of the bars with his hand and the other bar with his tongue. Mystique jumps and swings her feet at Magneto, but she was stopped she got hit by a big metal thing making her fly back into the enhancer. Magneto's eyes widen in panic. "No! My enhancer. Get out of there." Magneto said and flew in after her.
Sabertooth kicks Logan in the gut. Wolverine flies back and hits the ground a little hard. Logan get up and dodges Sabertooth's foot from stomping on him. Logan punches Sabertooth making Sabertooth near the wall. Toad smiles evilly and throws a metal rod at an electrical panel. Sabertooth saw the rod and jumped out of the way when the panel exploded. Evan looks at Pietro and chuckled at the unconscious teen. "You seriously got to pay attention to your surroundings." Evan looked up and saw Danny floating there.
"Dawn, Rogue, and Storm should have the Blackbird ready soon. Take Pietro and get over there immediately. The Asteroid is starting to become unstable, and we're not leaving anyone behind." Danny told Evan. "I'll try to get the others out of here as well."
Evan nodded and picked Pietro up over his should. "You got it man." He ran off towards the exit only to find it blocked by a bunch of rocks. "Oh man…"
Blob and Avalanche got up from the ground and felt the ground shake. "Enough with the tremors, man." Fred said having no time to worry about his head hurting.
"That ain't me. This rock's cracking up!" Lance said. The guys look up and saw the pipes were cracking.
Toad jumped from his spot to avoid a rock crashing on him. He lands in front of Avalanche and Blob and said, "Now let's make like a Toad and hop to it."
"Hey, which side are you on, Toad?" Avalanche asked a little angry.
"The side that wants to live. Now come on." Toad hopped to where the blocked exit was.
Blob and Avalanche start running to the exit. "Coming through!" Blob yelled making Evan step aside. Blob crashed with the blocked wall and made a path for everyone to get out.
"Well, that's not something you'll see every day." Kitty muttered before going out the exit with Kurt, Evan, and the Brotherhood.
Sabertooth grabbed Wolverine by the neck and slammed him into a column. Sabertooth growled angrily then found himself covered completely in ice. Danny popped down in front of Sabertooth and asked, "Did you really believe you were going to have a one on one fight with Wolverine like you always do?"
Wolverine rubbed his sore mouth and got up off the ground. "When could you do that?" He asked curiously.
"We'll worry about it later." Charles said as he came up to the two while the rest of the X-men ran down the hall to the Blackbird. "Right now we got to move."
"Then I guess I better get us there quickly." Danny grabbed Wolverine and the wheelchair Xavier was sitting on and flew through the walls straight towards the Blackbird. Danny phased into the hanger and released the two just in time for the others to run into the hanger. "Jean, help Professor Xavier into the Blackbird."
Jean grabbed the handlebars on the wheel chair and kept running with Charles looking back at Danny confusingly, 'What are you up to Daniel?'
Scott, Alex, Aelita, there's something we need to do. The three stop to look at Danny as Wolverine entered the Blackbird with Jean and Charles right behind him.
Wolverine sat down in the co-pilot seat and glanced over to see Kurt sitting in the pilot seat. "You have got to be kidding me." He muttered giving Kurt a small glare.
"Danny told me to fly us out of here." Kurt replied as he started up the engines of the Blackbird.
Rogue stood near the door staring at the four as they stood in the hanger. "Come on you guys. We need to get out of here."
You know what to do Kurt. Danny told Kurt telepathically.
Kurt nodded and closed the door to the Blackbird making Rogue gasp in surprise. Everyone turned their attention to Kurt as Kurt made the Blackbird move towards the exit. "Kurt what are you doing?" Kitty asked.
"We can't leave them behind, man!" Evan told him.
"Kurt, Daniel and the others need to board the Blackbird." Charles told the blue furred teen.
"I'm sorry Professor, but Danny has a different plan, and he wants us out of da way when he puts it into action." Kurt told Charles as he flew the Blackbird out of the hanger.
Scott removed his ruby glasses and closed his eyes, "I sure hope you know what you're doing Danny."
"This better work!" Alex yelled as his hands started to glow.
"It will." Danny told them as he turned intangible and made all four of them through the ground.
The four go through the asteroid and start falling towards the ground. Danny and Aelita catch the brothers and land on the ground safely. All four of them, except Scott, look up at the asteroid to see it starting to fall down towards them. "Well, I'm ready when you guys are." Aelita said.
"Well bro, I'm ready when you are." Scott said giving his brother a smile.
"I feel the same." Alex replied back.
Scott and Alex fired their blaster up at the asteroid hitting it with everything they got. Aelita made her hands glow pink and mutters, "My power always did need a small upgrade." She fires her energy fields up at the asteroid and keep firing them up at the asteroid in different directions. Danny made his hands and eyes glow green and fired them up at the asteroid destroying anything his blasts would hit.
Everyone watched from the windows as the four started to destroy the asteroid. They saw two metal pods shoot out from the asteroid going the opposite direction from their location. "This is what he planned, huh?" Evan asked Kurt.
Kurt nodded and turned the Blackbird a bit heading for a place to land the Blackbird. "Yes, he told me he wanted to destroy da asteroid vid da others." Kurt answered.
Rogue just stared at Danny worryingly and muttered, "Are we even connected anymore?" She watched as the asteroid started to blow up in different sections of the whole thing and noticed Danny was breathing in deeply.
Suddenly there was a loud wail making everyone nearly lose their concentration by the force of the sound. Kurt landed the Blackbird then turned his head to see Danny letting out a large wail at the asteroid. "That's one loud wail." Kurt mutters.
"No kidding." Logan grunts in agreement.
Everyone watched as the asteroid blows up into many pieces and exited the Blackbird. The X-men walked over to the four while the Brotherhood stayed near the Blackbird. "Well, that whole ordeal is over." Toad muttered spitting a small gunk from his mouth onto the ground. "I wonder what will happen to us."
"Two metal spheres shot out of that asteroid before it blew." Avalanche said as he looked up at the sky with Blob and Toad joining him looking at the sky. "Mystique is out there. Believe it, and she'll be back."
"I am so glad that's over." Scott said as he put his glasses back on.
Everyone looked at Danny as his muscles disappeared completely making him return back to what he was before getting enhanced. Aelita, Scott, and Alex helped Danny stay up as he almost fell in exhaustion. "Oh man, my brain feels like its about to fry going through all that." Danny said in pain.
"Danny…"
Danny held his hand up before Charles could say anything. "Professor, when I went into the enhancer I was worried something bad was going to happen to me. I looked at all the worst case scenarios in my mind as it grew smarter." Danny told Charles. "Before I went into the enhancer Aelita and Scott pointed out my mental block could protect me from having my mind becoming altered by the machine."
"It was a huge risk, and I shouldn't have suggested it." Scott said with a sigh. "I just didn't want to make Alex and I do something we would regret the rest of our lives." He ran his hand through his hair and groaned, "I'm sorry Professor."
"It's okay Scott." Charles said. "To be honest I might have made the same suggestion."
"Well, it worked out in the end right?" Alex asked trying to see lighten the mood.
Scott put his arm over his brother's shoulder and chuckled, "You could say that."
Danny made Aelita let him go and stretched his limbs out a bit with a groan. "Oh man, I seriously do not want to go through that again." He said accidentally shooting an icicle up into the air. He looked up to the icicle fly up then fall down at his feet. "Huh, I guess I'm keeping my ice powers."
"It seems you got to retain a couple of your powers from the enhancer." Dawn said as she studied his aura. "Your last attack on the asteroid has decided to stay unlocked as well."
"What about my telepathy?" Danny asked hoping he was lucky.
"I'm not seeing it in your aura."
Danny frowned, "Oh man, I was hoping it would have stayed as well."
Rogue walked up to Aelita and asked, "Why couldn't yah tell me what was going on?"
Aelita sighed, "Rogue, the plan was made last minute." She looked over at the small chunks of what remained. "We knew that it was risky, but we needed to do it."
"So risking your lives was something yah needed to do?" Rogue asked feeling a little angry. "We're teenagers Aelita. You guys could have gotten aboard the Blackbird and let the asteroid destroy itself."
Aelita gave Rogue a stern glare. "Why are you so sudden to be angry with me when it comes to Danny? He can take care of himself, and he knows what he's doing!"
Everyone turned their attention to the two when Aelita yelled back. "Ah know he can take care of himself, but what Ah don't like is that you guys never tell anything going on anymore."
"Are we seriously going back to the project again?" Aelita asked feeling agitated with this subject being brought up multiple times.
"Ah'm not talking about the project. Ah'm talking about your conversation with Danny when you told me he was comforting you!"
Aelita's eyes soften up a bit from that. "I was upset because you brought up my painful memories about my past!"
"What's so wrong that you can't even talk to us about this project?"
"Because I lost my mom!" Aelita yelled glaring at Rogue who gasped in shock along with everybody else. "My mom was captured by the same group of people who were building this project. My father and I barely escaped, and now, he's somewhere in the digital sea in millions of piece while I'm stuck here trying to bring him back! Does that answer your question?"
Rogue took a few steps in surprise. "Ah forgot yah mention yah lost people to this project." Rogue admitted sadly. She grabbed her left arm nervously and asked, "Is it worth losing us because you never told us?"
Aelita sighed to calm herself down and replied, "I think about it every day. I think it would be a good idea to tell you guys, but I remember what I lost to be where I'm at today. The project was meant to intercept radio signals from around the world, but my father stopped the plans and took everything. That's how I lost my mom."
Danny pulled Aelita into a hug and felt his jumpsuit starting to get wet. "We'll help you get through this Aelita." He whispered to her.
Alex and Scott look at each other then back at Aelita. "We got lucky. Didn't we Scott?" Alex asked his brother.
Scott ran his hand through his hair and sighed, "Yeah, we did."
"I want to join you guys and see what it's like to be out here and everything, but my foster parents wouldn't allow it." Alex told his brother looking away sadly.
Scott put his hand on Alex's shoulder and asked, "How about just for the summer? That way we get to hang out a bit and get to know each other again like brothers should."
"I like that." The two brothers fist bump then hug each other.
"Charles, what do you think is going to happen with Rogue and Aelita?" Ororo asked her friend.
"This project…it brought Aelita so much pain in her past that she doesn't want to get us involved." Charles summed up with a sigh. "That worries me."
"Chuck, I've seen some of the project, and trust me when I say that it's better that you don't know anything about it." Wolverine told his friend.
"Yes, well I might as well leave it at that then." Charles said turning his chair towards the Blackbird.
Rogue stares at her boyfriend as he holds Aelita close to him. 'Ah caused this.' She thought looking at them sadly. She hugged herself and turned around sadly. She walked away muttering, "Ah'm sorry."
Danny watches his girlfriend walking away and whispers, "So am I." The two glance at each other in the eyes knowing what each other meant from their apologies.
Oh man, I was actually not going to expect that to happen, and you know what. Just tell me what you think, and we'll see what happens in the next chapter. R&R