Chapter 4 : Machines of War
Westchester, New York
"Can you believe it!" Logon slammed around his office. "Humans are actually supporting these Sentinals!" he continued when no one answered him. "I should slice 'em up like a tin can."
"Hank says that we should wait until we here from him in Washington." Storm said soothingly.
"Storm no offence but" Angel started. "You wasn't shot with the green Gunge and made too watch helplessly as the machine monster took apart the team effortlessly."
"Warren I can understand-"Storm tried to calm them all down.
"No you don't" He stood up now. "The prejudice is going to start again." He went to walk away "It's aright for some who can mix among with the humans." His wings moved sensitively then before he walked off.
Mount Prospect, Chicago
"This is a strange world." A metallic voice came from the newly awakened Exodus.
"Jesus Christ, he is a genius" Cortez laughed sarcastically to Magneto where they was trying to get Mastermind to impose half a century of knowledge into Exodus' mind.
"Please do not blaspheme" Exodus stated simply.
"Please your self, but Religion is dead" Fabian snorted.
"I don't know" Magneto smiled "Like Karl Marx said 'Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.' I rather like having religion around." Magneto turned to Exodus. "Who knows I might even believe in God." He teased
"I like that" Exodus did a slight smile back then turned to mastermind. "I would like to learn more about Karl Marx please"
Westchester, New York
"Did you hear what happened to Angel?" Kitty asked Bobby
"No what?" He became concerned as Angel was part of his team.
"He shouted at Ororo then stormed off" Bobby hugged the now upset Kitty, Rogue came round the corner to see the two in the middle of the hug.
"Rogue?" Bobby saw her but she just turned around and ran off.
Mount Prospect, Chicago
"Magneto what are we to do with this Sentinal problem?" Fabian asked Magneto as they entered Magneto's private tent. "The troops are fearing that you do not want to act because you are scared of exposing yourself to the X-men." Cortez asked almost threateningly.
"Fabian…think about what the government want us to do?" Magneto said as he put the portable kettle on for some tea. "They will expect us to attack back in force" he chuckled "but since 'the troops' are so eager, send Sabretooth and a few other muscle bound mutants to attack the next Sentinal." Magneto added hot water to the tea bag. "and my plan of sending Mystique, Toad and Nocturne to find out where they are constructing these monstrosities and what their weaknesses are." Fabian smiled bitterly.
"I'll go delegate the orders then shall I?" Cortez got up and left before Magneto could say any thing else.
"Pyro" Magneto whispered and John came out of the cloaked off second room of the tent. "You can be the pilot to take Mastermind and Exodus to the Louvre, make sure that if Fabian Cortez turns on me we have Exodus" he ordered as he did not trust Fabian's loyalty to him, Pyro ran out of the room to for fill the order.
Washington D.C.
"McCoy calm down" The President tried to tell Beast who was furious at the Sentinal program been approved with out his knowledge. "And who are you" the President asked the young man next to him.
"Petr Rasputin" Colossus replied as Beast lost his temper.
"Don't tell me to clam down." He growled which made the secret service pull there weapons. "Let me guess 'The Cure' pathetic" he sneered before he burst into a room followed by the human form of Petr. "TRASK" he roared as he leapt up and landed on the desk in front of the Director of homeland security.
"McCoy?" he asked unconcerned as several soldiers in the room produced cure firing weapons.
"How is the cure still about when Leech is in hiding?" Beast did a low dangerous growl.
"Meet Tony Stark...Head of Stark Enterprises" Trask gestured over the table to the billionaire and alter ego to the superhero IronMan. "He helped develop a synthetic duplicate of the original cure, With Major Talbot" he nodded to the other scientist in the room.
"But surely that is unstable" Beast pleaded to Stark.
"Dr McCoy I would never risk any one's life human or mutant." Stark stood up to speak. "That's why these Mutant terrorists need to be 'Cured' so we don't risk lives"
"And what of the sent –the way my associates and I got manhandled in." Beast asked turning back to Trask.
"That would be my fault" Fury jumped in "I decided to let X-men know that we are just as tough on vigil ante's like the x-men as we are on terrorist's like Magneto."
"Magneto was a revolutionary" Colossus piped up earning him glares from everyone in the room including beast. "he just wants to secure and protect his people"
"His people?" Fury raised his voice to the boy. "His people…Lemme tell you boy that his people are cold blooded killers and monsters let me show you.!" He switched on the nearest T.V. "This happened when you was on the plane down in California." It was news coverage. "A Sentinal picked up a mutant using there power to get into clubs underage to meet the Hollywood stars." He sat on the nearest chair back to front.
L.A. California
The T.V. showed a Were-Wolf like creature attack a Sentinal who had a young girl in custody.
"Sabretooth?" Wolverine growled at the telly screen.
Sabretooth was then followed by a mutant who turned into a dragon then attacked and then was aided by a yeti like creature with sharp claws. The Sentinal then turned around and fired his green gunge at the three of them but it was intercepted by sprout of napalm sizzling it to the ground. The Sentinal then gave out a concussive balst to the Napalm thrower, again it was blocked, this time it was from a green skinned man who was able to put plant life in the way to stop the attack.
Authorisation to use Cure Ammunition.
The metallic giant said as it's wrist revealed a multiple shell launcher preparing to fire. "How about you are authorised to meet the blob." A fat man said as he charged into the back of the senitnal sending the cure shell into a nearby club exploding hitting several humans and the little girl with power to get in to clubs to see the celebrities. Sabretooth, Scaleface, Blob and Fugue leatp upon the Sentinal causing superficial damage and eventually getting knocked into nearby buildings and other terrain in the battlefield. Black Tom and Vindaloo started a barrage of their own but was soon engulfed in green gunge.
"She was innocent, man" A hunched figure in trench coat with red glowing eyes whispered about the former mutant girl who has a few cure syringes in her. He then grabs a sewer cover and hammer throws it into the hand of the sentinal who catches it and looks to see it glowing. "Machines" The mutant spat as the robot's hand was blown off.
Lethal Ammunition: AUTHORISEDIt almost laughed but Sabretooth leapt straight into its face distracting it's sensors from locking in on the coated mutant. "Blob! Fugue! Get Tom and Vindie outta here, we'll handle this." The same mutant said thick in Cajin accent, two more mutants stood by him.
"The Three Mutants from before" Colossus said.
Scaleface had now joined Sabretooth to distract the sentinal as one of the new mutants moved in on the Senitnals foot and sort of made an earthquake go up the machines leg toppling the giant. The Cajin then started throwing bits of debris at the sentinal like grenades as the last mutant ran up to it's head and released a blast from his hands through it's head.
More Sentinals began to arrive causing the Mutants to retreat into a nearby building one of the nearer Sentinals ripped the roof off revealing four more mutants. "Astra, North Star get us out of here" Sabretooth growled.
"Sister, Tempo" Nodded the male newcomer with white hair. The girl called Tempo waved her hand slowing down a green gunge shot at the mutants and the Sentinal's moving arm. Astra then touched several of them and all of a sudden they shimmered out of existence. Tempo and The Cajin with the twins called North star and Aurora were still left. "Gambit come on" North star called before he super speeded the main leader away before Aurora super speeded Tempo away.
West Chester, New York
"They're getting more and more out of control" Logon said to Storm behind him.
"I don't know the Cajin one seemed to be holding back in fear of hurting the girl." Storm countered.
"Not the mutants the machine." He growled back.
"Not you as well I need all the help I can get with students reacting poorly to the Sentinal project." Ororo stood.
"Then you best call Hank back cause I'm not reacting to great either." He stormed off.
Washington D.C.
"They were protecting the girl for goodness sake" Colossus cried when Fury shut it off.
"Not what I saw" The Colonel replied. "I saw two buildings get condemned because of them."
"That was your machine?" Doctor McCoy interjected
"Because of the mutants." Nick faced beast.
"Because the Machine." Beast replied implying if the Sentinal hadn't of apprehended the girl none of it would of happened.
"Because of the girl."
"Because she was underage and stupid."
"Precisely"
"We can't make one rule for humans and another for mutants Henry" Trask said.
"But You Are!" Colossus transformed to intimidate him. Petr then felt a metallic hand on his own shoulder and when he turned he turned straight into a fist knocking him through the table.
"What on earth?" Beast looked upon the black and white metallic armour in front of him.
"This is War Machine colleague of Iron Man" Stark addressed him. "They are two are humans in suits willing to protect humanity with force if required.
"See not even you trust your own machines." Beast said dangerously quiet as he helped up the now fleshy form of Rasputin..