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Colossus grabbed Logan and carried him out of the way, while the others kept staring at the sky and wondered how on Earth were they suppose
to win this time. Piotr had always been a big guy, even as a child back in Russia, and he had never felt so tiny and powerless before.
-"I have told you hundreds of times Charles, they will draw first blood"- Magneto shouted, he knew that if they were to survive this his
Brotherhood would have to work together with the X-men-"for them the only good mutant is the dead mutie"
-"Storm"- Charles Xavier started to give orders-"Try to create a diversion, I doubt a storm and some lighting will be enough but it could help"
-"If they are made of metal, they are mine"- Magneto tried concentrating.-"These homo sapiensare moreintelligent, most of the components are
plastic, I cannot control them"
-"You have always underestimated humans"- Said Cyclops, hand on his visor ready to protect his friends from the sentinels. He couldn´t help but
check with aquick glance at Wanda, making sure that shewas safe behind her father. From where she wasstanding she had a way to escape if
things got nasty. Relieved he looked at the Professor waiting for his instructions.
Logan started moving his limbs, the scars were almost disappearing from his face. He blinked still in pain.
-"This time it has come a bit close for comfort"- Logan said, when he saw that Rogue was really scared he smiled-"Don´t worry, darling, I am
fine as new, I will kick some sentinel´s asses for you in a minute"
-"Hank, Rogue, Kitty I need you to evacuate the school. The sentinels could destroy the building and the kids are sleeping. Try to make it quick
and take the kids to the safe place we have prepared for this situations"- Xavier tried to organize everything before the machine were too close.
-"I can help fighting"- Beast replied
-"Hank, I need and adult in charge of the students. Kitty and Rogue know the school better than anyone, they have a tendency to sneak around
the hallways at night that will prove to be useful right now"- Xavier was sure of that –"Colossus help Logan till he recovers from his injuries"
-"Juggernaut, join them"- Magneto decided it was time to help his old friend-"Pyro, it is time to shake hands with iceman and forget the past"
-"No way"- Pyro was not in the mood
-"They are aiming at mutants"-Magneto reminded him-"This is not the time for personal vendettas, now do as I say. Mystique, my dear, come
here."
Magneto saw how Wanda was freeing Pietro, he was scared for his children, he has found them after so many years and he couldn´t bear the
idea of losing them.
Xavier looked at his students, he was worried but he trusted his team, Cyclops was back, Logan side by side with Colossus, Beast and the girls
already waking up the sleepy students, Storm flying above him, creating a storm with fog and lighting, offering the children minutes so they could
escape from a certain death. Xavier had always feared that someday, some madman would lead humans against mutants in a war, but witnessing
the first battle of such war was worst than any of his psychic migraines. Xavier closed his eyes and said to himself and his students telepathically:
"This is the beginning of a new era, not the beginning of the end, we are strong and we are a team, we work and die together, as it has always
been, as it should always be. I lie down my life for each one of you, my students, my children, my friends. I have taught you to try to find a
peaceful solution before using the force, this is a sad moment, there are no peaceful solutions available, but do not let hate and anger control you,
that is what they want. We are family. We will always be family, we will bury our deads but they will live with us and never shall be forgotten, as
long as one of us is alive"
Pietro looked at his sister, she was crying. He hold her in his arms, trying to comfort her.
-"Can´t you do something?"- He asked her
-"I am so tired"- She replied-"It could all go wrong"
-"I saw how you cast a hex a minute ago"- Pietro whispered in her ear-"I saw your hands"
-"I tried to help Logan"- She explained-"It drained me, but it didn´t work"
-"He looks quite fine over there"-Pietro pointed to the place where Logan and Piotr were standing
-"I doubt that is because of my hex. I feel powerless. Pietro, we might die, all of us"- She was trembling so hard Pietro hugged her
-"Not you, that will never happen, you will live forever"- He said-"I can take us away from here in seconds"
-"No, we have been running for far too long, Pietro, this is where we have to stop and figt back, this is our future"- Wanda said-"We will fight for
it"
Logan felt Colossus´emotion, the Russian was a mountain-sized kid but a kid nonetheless. It was unfair to have such a burden of responsibility at
his age. He urged his healing power to work faster, he had to protect these persons. Logan looked at Scott, they have never been best pals but
he trusted his abilities and Scott gave him a reassuring look. For Jean, for the school, they were the X-men tonight more than ever.
Storm was tired and knew her diversion would not last much longer, she could feel the sentinels coming closer. She hoped the kids have
evacuated the school already.
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Warren was flying as fast as he could, crying inside. His mind full of dreadful images of burning buildings and corpses of kids lying on the floor.
He had never felt so bad, so guilty, he should have been there, sharing their luck, not safe and sound with his father, the person who had created
the executioners of mutantkind.
Warren saw the flames engulfing the main building from a distance. His heart ached for his friends. If anyone was dead he would kill his father
with his own hands. He saw Storm flying and attacking with lighting bolts a huge sentinel that was trying to hit her as she was a tiny fly. Magneto
was working with Xavier trying to control another robot.
Juggernaut, Colossus and Logan were destroying a third one. Iceman was icing up the head of another sentinel that had almost stamped on John,
who was lying unconscious on the floor.
I will continue soon...battle scenes are hard to write...