The Brotherhood
"I'm seriously going to kick his ass!" Rogue snapped. "I still haven't thanked him for trying to kill me!" She started heading in the direction of the voices.
"No, wait!" Jean grabbed her arm. "We have to find Yuriko."
"Don't worry we will." Rogue waved the comment away. "Right after I beat the-"
"Rogue! This isn't like you!" Jean commented.
Rogue looked shocked for a moment and then calmed down. "Sorry, Logan kind of took over for a second" Rogue shook her head. "We should go find Yuriko. Is there another way to the room she's in? I really don't want to run into..." Rogue looked like she was about to say something before saying something else. "The Brotherhood."
Jean understood why she didn't want to run into the Brotherhood. It wasn't just because Magneto had tried to kill her. Her and Bobby's best friend John (Pyro) had left them and went off to join the Brotherhood. They must've been really surprised by that.
Jean snapped out of her thoughts. Jean nodded her head down the hallway to their left. "That way." They quietly made their way down the hallway. Not knowing if Magneto had recruited more members and, if so, if one of the, was a telepath.
After walking down the hall a few minutes they came to a huge room with a tank in the middle. There was a bunch of tables with different looking medical instruments on them.
Where is she? Rogue asked herself.
Rogue used Jean's telepathy to search for Yuriko. She then came across a presences behind them. She turned around to see someone lying down on a metal table. She looked Japanese and had long, straight, black hair. She seemed as if she was in her thirties, but with the healing factor, it was impossible to know her real age.
Rogue looked over at Jean who nodded. Rogue cautiously approached the woman. She appeared to be sleeping. She gently tapped her shoulder.
"Yuriko! Wake up!" Yuriko's eyes snapped open. She jumped up onto the table a look of fear on her face.
"Who are you?" She asked, her claw extending. Rogue took a step back. Jean walked forward confidently.
"My name is Jean Grey and this is my friend Rogue." Jean introduced. "We are X-Men. We discovered you here and know that you have been manipulated and used for quite some time. We came here to help you."
Yuriko relaxed visibly. She jumped off the table to stand before the two X-Women.
"My name is Yuriko Oyama. You can call me Lady Deathstryke if you want." Sticking out her hand. Jean grabbed it and they shook hands.
"Jean we should get out of here." Rogue said, beginning to look uneasy.
"What's the matter?" Yuriko asked, looking puzzled.
"The Brotherhood are here. They're are enemies. Anyways I can hear them coming down the hall. I would rather get out of her without them knowing were here." Rogue explained.
"Come on." Jean waved to them. She was about to open a door that was opposite to the doorway where the voices could be heard coming down the hall when the Brotherhood entered the room.
"What are you doing here?" The familiar voice of Mystique asked.
The women turned around to see Magneto, Mystique, Pyro, Sabretooth and five other people she didn't recognize. Two were male and the other three were female.
"We could ask you the same." Jean countered.
Magneto chuckled. "Where are your other team mates?" He asked, clearly realizing that if it came to a fight, it wouldn't be hard to defeat the X-Women.
They were horribly out numbered. Rogue didn't want it to come to a fight. Looking over at Jean, she saw she shared her thoughts.
"Their waiting outside on the Blackbird." Rogue quickly lied. "We just came to get Lady Deathstryke. If we got into trouble we could easily contact them and they'd be here in no time." She smirked trying to make it seem as though she was telling the truth.
"Care telling us who your new friends are?" Jean asked, playing for time, while the X-Women thought of a way out.
"Why should I tell you?" Magneto asked, while Pyro and Mystique chuckled.
"Why wouldn't you?" Yuriko asked, looking for a way out.
"Well, my dear..." Magneto rambled on.
Jean? Rogue called out telepathically to her friend.
What?
We don't really have a choice. We have to fight them.
Are you kidding? They'll destroy us.
No they won't. All we have to do is knock them down long enough so we can get outside. Once were outside we can hide in the forest. Rogue quickly told her.
Jean sighed in her mind. Alright. I'll tell Yuriko.
Rogue closed the link between them.
"So Rogue?" John sneered. "You still with Ice cube?"
"Nope." She smirked. "Why did you leave us, John? Afraid to stick around the mansion." She knew the battle was getting closer. "Afraid you might of gotten killed along with the rest of us."
"You little bitch!" Pyro yelled, opening up his lighter, and making a fireball in his hand. He was about to throw it when Magneto put a hand on his shoulder.
"Wait a minute Pyro." He smiled at the women. "It is so clear to me you guys are out-numbered. So how about we have some fun. Let's have a little tournament. We will go one by one. You have to beat all of us. If you loose" He smirked mischievously. "You'll never see your precious X-Men again."
Jean and Rogue shared a quick glance before smirking as well.
"Alright." They answered at the same time. "Let's go!" Rogue said.
"Not in here." Said Magneto. "It's much too crowded." He smiled. "Let's go outside." They all headed out side.
When they got outside, Magneto explained the rules.
"You will each go once, before you choose who fights a second or third time. Once a person gives up, or is knocked unconscious the round is over. You have to beat all of us. If one of you loose a round, you cannot compete in another fight. I will choose who will fight for my team and when." That bit was directed to The Brotherhood who nodded. "You three will get to have your own discussions as to who fights." The women nodded. "Five minute breaks between each fight. And no contacting back home for help. This is our own tournament. Are we agreed on the rules." He looked at everyone individually who all nodded their agreement. "Then let the tournament begin."