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Warning: towards the end of this chapter, it's kinda violent.
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Everyone raced to the side of room, trying to get into attack position. The flames around the woman began to die gradually and it revealed a woman with short red hair wearing green glasses. "Hi." Rachel said, only causing the others to continue to glare at her, thinking she is the Phoenix.
Cable, Domino, Scott, and a few others ran into the room after they heard a loud noise coming from the Danger Room. "Who's that?" Scott asked. At first he thought it was Jean, but this woman's hair was too short and looked slightly younger.
"She's from my time." Cable explained and walked over to her. "She's the Phoenix from my time."
"Yeah, I think you just confused them even more." Domino told him.
"The Phoenix is not evil. The reason it was born was to help people. It lost its way and started doing the opposite of its purpose." Rachel said. "I've come to help stop her from destroying and get Jean back."
"If Jean's the Phoenix of our time, then, like, how did you become the Phoenix of our future?" Kitty asked the red haired woman.
Thinking fast, she came up with an excuse. "The Phoenix wanted to make up for it's sins so it attached itself to my body." She lied. She couldn't tell them that she was Jean's daughter.
"What's with that bird and red heads?" John whispered to Bobby, who shrugged.
"If you will excuse us, I want to speak with her." Cable told the group and guided Rachel towards the hallway. After making sure no one was around he began talking to her. "I don't think it was a good idea for you to have come here." He said to her.
"Because it's not part of your strategy? Nathan, you have to defeat the Phoenix, Apocalypse, and other things before you can go home. Why not get some extra help? It's not like they know who I am." Rachel told him and smiled. "Besides the girl with the black spot over her eye."
"That is only because Domino annoyed me until I told her. I don't understand that girl. It's like she lives to annoy me." Cable grumbled.
"Sounds like someone has a crush." Rachel sang teasingly.
"I do NOT have a crush on her. That is ridiculous." He growled, only making Rachel laugh to herself.
"I was actually speaking about her." She told him with a grin. "Is there something you wish to share?" Rachel asked him. He didn't say anything, only turned his head the other way. 'You like her.' Racael sent him the telepathic message.
Muir Island
Moria was cleaning up her work area. Sean had some errands to run and once he got back they were going to sit down and have dinner.
She covered her mouth as she yawned. Over the past few days, she had hardly gotten any sleep. There had to be a way to cure the Professor before it was too late. She figured he would have less than a week left if he could not be cured.
"Interesting work you do here." A male voice said from behind her. Moria dropped the test tube in her hand and turned to see Stryfe standing behind her.
"Who are you and what do you want?" She demanded and silently cursing for dropping the tube with a sample of Xavier's blood. She had five others, but still needed all the samples she could get to see what reacts best against the virus.
"That is none of your concern woman." He sneered and knocked her out with a psyche blast. "I am not here to speak with you, only your son." Stryfe said to the unconscious woman and started walking towards the back.
He entered a room with two glass cells that had holes in them. Two young men sat in them. A blond man that sat in the right cell looked up and started shouting at Stryfe.
"Hey, get me out of here! I will make it worth your wild." Lucas shouted and stood up as Stryfe rolled his eyes at him.
"Please, I could kill you easily. As Legion, you could have defeated me but not anymore." Stryfe taunted the blond haired man and walked up to Kevin's cell.
"What do you want?" Kevin demanded and stood up.
"I am here to make a deal with you on behalf of Apocalypse." Stryfe announced to the younger man.
"What I am not good enough for him to come here himself?" Kevin asked sarcastically.
"He has other important business matters to attend to." Stryfe told him.
"Well, you can tell him I don't care about his little deal." Kevin growled and turned his back towards Stryfe.
'I can easily manipulate this puny mutant.' He thought to himself, but remembered Apocalypse wanted them with none of their minds wiped. "He offers you something that might make you reconsider." Stryfe smirked when Kevin turned around and wanted for the silver armored man to continue. "He can give you full control of your powers without hurting anyone. You wouldn't have to stay locked away until your mother finds a way to help you."
"I'll do it! Just let me out of here!" Lucas yelled at him.
"You were just a pawn for Apocalypse to get his first horseman." Stryfe shot at the blond haired man.
"I'm still not interested." Kevin told the other man.
"Really? It's a shame." Stryfe shook his head. "Your father is out there planning of ways of getting rid of mutants for good." He grinned when he saw Kevin's facial expressions darken. "You remember him, don't you? The man who would beat your mother for having a mutant. All those days you would spend in the hospital waiting for her to recover until she finally got away from him."
"Where do I sign up with this Apocalypse guy?" Kevin asked, sounding more interested in the deal than before.
X-Mansion-War Room
Jubilee and some of the other students had gone into the upper half of the mansion to help move in the furniture and rest of the things needed. While down in the War Room, Scott, Cable, Ororo, Kurt, Warren, Betsy, Rogue, X-23, Pietro, John, and Mystique sat waiting for Sinister to explain about Apocalypse.
"You better not be playing games, or you will pay." Scott warned at the red-eyed mutant sitting across from him.
"Now why would I want to do that?" An evil grin spread across Sinister's face as she looked down at the man.
"Just get on with it." Cable growled. He hated being in the same room as Sinister. As soon as he saw him, he was tempted on destroying him and ridding the world of both Sinister and Apocalypse.
"Very well. He used to be a slave in Egypt thousands of years ago. He is one of the oldest living mutants. Or he was until he was locked away. He killed millions of people during his time when his powers manifested. No one was able to destroy him, only lock him away. I am not sure if it is true, but his first horsemen were skeletons of his enemies he resurrected. He has been trying to escape ever since he was locked up. He even came to me through the Astral Plane for help." Sinister told them.
"Let me guess. You helped him?" Betsy asked.
"Not quite. He offered me immortality, power, and the most advanced science equipment of the time. I ,of course accepted. Then turned my back on him and left. Now that he is back, he is already ticked with me." Sinister said.
"He's not the only one." Rogue muttered and glared at the scientist. "Though, now Ah do got more of a reason ta wanna kill him."
"Is there anyway to kill him that you know of? Weakness?" Ororo asked.
"I've been looking for over a hundred years and nothing." He replied.
"Storm, call Wisdom, Colossus, and Rachael into Xavier's office." Scott told the white-haired woman before leaving the room.
"Well, we got a chance of defeating him, right?" John asked.
"I doubt it." Sage commented. The others looked at her and she shrugged. "Well let me put this in simple terms for everyone. Five of our teammates have turned evil, two turned traitor, one of the most oldest and powerful mutant has returned, parts of the world are being destroyed, and the Professor is in a coma. I'd say we are pretty much screwed." Sage responded as she leaned back in her chair as the phone began to ring.
"No one better answer that." X-23 warned the rest of the group.
"Actually, I hate to tell you this, but did you turn on the TV?." Bobby asked the group as he walked into the room.
"No, no one is allowed to look at the TV. If we don't see it, it is not there." Warren told the rest of the people. The answering machine picked up the phone call.
"Hello, I know you people are there. This is Emma Frost of the Hellfire Club, just so you know, we are sueing you for what one of your X-Men did to our beautiful home. We shall see you in court, Charles." The voice on the answering machine said.
"Was that what was on the news, Bobby?" Betsy asked the younger man, who scratched the back of his neck.
"Um, no, what was on the news was much worse." He answered softly. "They've reopened the Sentinel program." He told them.
"Well this is just great." X-23 growled.
X-Mansion- Xavier's Office
Pete Wisdom stood in the room waiting for the others. Scott had told him and a few others they would be going on a mission to stop the Phoenix. He didn't know how he planned on doing it. He exhaled the smoke from his cigarette into the room and sat down. No use standing when no one was even there yet.
He heard the door open and quickly put out the cigarette. He turned around to see Domino in the room with no adults. 'Bloody hell.' He cursed to himself. If he had known it was a student he wouldn't have put it out. "You made me throw away my cigarette. You must be punished." Pete got to his feet with one hand on his gun hiding behind his jacket.
"Aw, I'm so sorry." Domino rolled her eyes and stared at where he had his hand. A small smile came to her lips and she glared at him. "Drawl!" She yelled and pulled out her gun and aimed it at him, during the same time he did the same.
"Pete, Domino, no playing with guns in the school." Scott chided them both. They grumbled and placed their guns back in their proper places as Scott, Rachel, Colossus, and Storm entered.
"Are you sure we won't be needing more people?" Storm asked the young red haired woman.
"I believe Scott has the best chance at reaching Jean. The only reason we need more people is because the Phoenix at the moment is very dangerous." Rachel explained to them.
"One thing I don't get. If you are the Phoenix of the future, then why can't you go and stop this Phoenix now?" Domino asked her.
"Well for one, like Cable I am not supposed to be here. We are trying to prevent the future we live in now. If we can stop the Phoenix, it will give us another ally to defeating Apocalypse and ending all of this." Rachel explained.
'I don't care as long as I get Jean back.' Scott thought to himself. He felt Storm's hand on his shoulder and turned to look at the African goddess.
"We'll get her back and end all of this soon." She promised him.
"Alright, enough of this crap. Let's just go." Domino told them. "I can think of a ton of other things I could do than to stand around and talk." The others nodded and began walking out the door towards the jet.
"Why is she even coming?" Pete asked.. "Isn't she a student?"
"Let's just say, I always get my way." Domino told him and walked past him. 'And what I want to do is go beat the shit out of a bird and maybe later I'll go dancing.' She thought to herself.
War Room
"I think it is better if we go after Apocalypse first. He wants to rule the world, where the Sentinels do not." Cable told them.
"Yeah, plus we'll have everyone back by then." Rogue commented and sighed. "And Ah'll have Remy back."
"Rogue, you can do so much better than that trash." Mystique rolled her eyes. She had seen Gambit and hadn't liked him. The thought of him with her daughter made her blood boil. She didn't even noticed the angry glare she got from Sinister.
"Why don't ya mind ya own business. It's not like ya were there for meh in mah life, so shut it." Rogue growled.
"I am only looking out for your well being." Mystique told her.
"Kinda late, isn't it?" Rogue shot at the blue woman. Both women stopped when they heard Sinister laughing from his chair.
"What?" Rogue growled at the scientist.
"I don't know whether to find this amusing or idiotic. A woman giving advice on something she has nothing about." Sinister sneered. Mystique glared across at him.
"Like you would really know?" Mystique growled.
"I know far more than you, my dear. For instances, didn't you have a child with Sabertooth?" A evil grin came across Sinister's face as Mystique glared at him.
"My God, this woman isn't just sick and twisted; she is a nutcase. I mean who would sleep with THAT guy." John muttered.
"People, can we please get back on focus." Warren stood up and told them. "After this Apocalypse guy is defeated, then you can go back to arguing."
"I don't really see the problem here." X-23 said out loud. "All you have to do is kill Apocalypse. I mean, his horsemen can't be that hard. He can use his telekinesis to stop them." She pointed towards Cable.
"It is not that easy. He has their powers at their highest levels." Cable told them.
"So, all we got to do is fight anywhere where there is no metal and try to stop Lorna. With Wanda, just keep away from her. Maybe throw Logan into a hole and pray he can't climb out. And the last thing is just make sure Remy doesn't touch anything." Bobby suggested.
"That won't ever work." Sinister sneered at the younger man.
"Oh, I would like to hear some of your suggestions." Bobby growled at the older mutant. "And I swear, if you piss anyone else off, including me which you already are, I'll freeze your ass off." He threatened, only causing Sinister to laugh.
"Please child. I've killed more powerful mutants than you." Sinister told him. "And I am correct. You wouldn't be able to go with your little 'plan.' Do you even know the full extent of your teammates powers?" He asked.
"No, but we know more about them than ya would." Rogue growled at him.
"Really, then tell me how you would go against an empathy with unlimited power?" Sinister asked her.
Downtown New York
War watched as a parked red CRV exploded and parts of it fell onto the street. He did not pay attention to the two men approaching him with loaded guns, nor the sirens of police cars.
"Hey, freeze mutie!" One guy shouted at the horsemen. War turned his head and looked at him. "Yeah, you heard me. You and your kind are going to pay for what you have done to the world. It's not yours!" He shouted.
His friend nodded and then began to feel funny. Feelings of betrayal, fear, pain, and paranoia entered his head and he looked at his friend. "We got to get out of here." His friend told him and his hand began shaking.
"What the hell are you talking about. I'ma blow this freaks head off." The guy said and looked at his friend and lowered his gun. His friend was pointing the gun at him.
"You are going to abandon me here, aren't you!" His friend shouted.
"No, I'm not. What the hell is wrong with you?" The man asked. Suddenly, he began to feel the same emotions go into his mind and raised his gun at his friend. At the same time, they both pulled the trigger and killed one another.
War turned his head away from them and at the approaching police car that started to glow red. Before the car exploded, the officer jumped out and pointed his gun at War. "My name is Detective Lucas Bishop and you are under arrest sir!" Bishop yelled at him.
War charged the gun, but found the man was able to absorb the charge into his hand. "Your little tricks won't work on me." Bishop said and began to approach War slowly.
War waited until Bishop was close to a street light before blowing the light out and sending the bigger man back. Before Bishop could sit up, the ground below him was glowing red. He tried to put his hand down to absorb it, but it was too late. The ground below him exploded and killed him instantly.
X-Mansion- Hallway
"You are going to pay for not coming with me." Gayle told Jono as she picked up her bags and continued to look at him.
I'm not goin' ter continue ter beat meself up fer somethin' I had no control over. Jono told her. Gayle growled and turned around and walked towards the door.
"Don't let the door hit you on your way out." Jubilee growled as Gayle opened the door, but didn't move.
'Why isn't she leaving?' She thought and then noticed three knives sticking out of Gayle's back. Finally, the young girl fell backwards onto the carpet. Jono and Jubilee looked in horror as Death stepped forward. "Wolvie?
End of Chapter 14
Note: okay, so the two people that died weren't that important. Gayle got it, but she was mean so eh. The other person showed up for this chapter and got kiled: Bishop. I wouldn't mind the guy if he would only stop talking about being a cop.
Special thanks to: Loneraven, Chica De Los Ojos Café, AngelofMercy86, firestorm13, moonfirefairy, CW, and gatermage. Thank you guys so much for reviewing the last chapter (gives you all hugs and cake since it's my Birthday today)
Next Chapter: Bird Hunting - Part of the team goes and tracks down the Phoenix, while the others have a little problem with Death at the door, also Alex returns. And check in with good old Poccy