Sorry if this chapter stunk. I just found out my grandfather's dying, which really made it hard to write. Hope you enjoy the chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men or anything like that.

X-Mansion

Domino followed Cable down the stairs. "So, when are we leaving?" She asked him again. She had to admit, annoying him was one of her favorite hobbies. She didn't know why either. Maybe it was because he was serious all the time or because he got annoyed easily by her.

"In a few minutes." Cable replied to her and stopped in the hall.

"What's wrong?" She asked him. Suddenly, he took off through the front door leaving her confused. "Oh no you don't. No one ever gets away from me unless I decide." Domino said to herself as she chased after him.

They ran toward the back and found the door that sealed off the sub-basement had been ripped off. "What did that?" She asked him, but he ignored her.

Cable quickly went down the stairs and through the small hallway. He passed Kurt, Alison, Sam, Paige, and Sage, who were getting off the floor.

"What happened?" Domino asked as she helped Sage to her feet.

"One of Apocalypse's horsemen entered and threw us into the walls and pinned us there." She replied as she ran a hand over her neck.

"Which one?" Domino asked and folded her arms over her chest.

"Wanda." Alison whispered. She had a small cut on her forehead from being thrown into the wall. 'She is probably still mad at me for kissing John.' She thought to herself.

Domino looked over at the blond girl and then down the hallway caught her attention. The walls had huge dents in them. "We're supposed to go against someone who can do this?" She asked herself.

Cable walked down the hallway with a angry expression on his face. "Apparently, she released Death and they are both gone." He growled and slammed his fist into the wall.

"Whoa, calm down. I swear. You are so uptight. So, we have another person to go against when we fight this Poccy guy. It can't be that bad, can it?" She asked.

"Yes it is." Cable said to her. "I'm going to go get Scott and inform him we need to leave now."

Domino rolled her eyes as she watched him leave. 'What the hell do I have to do to unwind him.' She thought to herself.

"We have a little problem." Betsy said as she walked over to join them. "Apparently, that Sinister guy is gone." She informed them.

"I think that is considered good news instead of bad." Sage told the purple haired woman. "Now if only the other one would leave."

The jet was landing in a field nearby the giant black tower. Rogue continued to stare out the window at the grass. She felt John's hand on her shoulder and looked over at him. "Come on. Let's go." He told her and then backed away and went to the door.

Rogue stood up and followed behind them. Most of the flight she had been thinking about all the times she had with Remy, but out of all of them one she remembered as if it had just happened:

"Thanks." Rogue whispered to Remy. He looked down at her, confused.

"For what, chere?" He asked her as he leaned his head on top of hers.

"For makin meh feel like a normal person. When Ah was with Bobby, he never took meh to any place like this or treated meh this nicely." She told him.

"Like Remy said before, y' deserve de best, and he'll make sure y' get it. Je t' aime." He whispered back to her as he kissed the top of her head. He hadn't realized the last part he had just spoken.

She looked up at him. "What did ya say?" She asked him. 'He couldn't have said what Ah think he just did, did he?' She asked herself as she waited for him to answer.

Remy finally realized what he had said. 'What's dere to be ashamed of, it's true.' He thought to himself as he smiled down at her. "I love y', Rogue. No other women has ever stolen my heart de way y' have." He told her.

Rogue could feel tears of happiness in her eyes as she looked up at him. "Ah love ya too, Remy." She told him as he leaned down to kiss her lips. "Remy, ya know even the slightest physical contact means Ah'd absorb ya mind and powers." She said to him as she took a step back away from him.

He looked over at her. "Worse fates spring to mind, chere." He told her, once again taking her gloved hand in his.

Rogue smiled as she shook her head at him. "That's all Ah need–thoughts of you runnin' through mah head twenty-four hours a day." She teased him.

"How'd dat be any different from now?" He asked her with a grin across his face. She smacked

him playfully in the arm.

Rogue sighed as she exited the jet, followed by Pietro and Bobby. She still had doubts about the mission. Could they really stop one of the most powerful mutants that ever existed? 'Ah'm gonna kick his ass for puttin' meh and mah friends in pain.' She vowed to herself. She may have been a little scared about going, but there was no way she was going to let anyone know it. One of the things the Logan had taught her.

"The asshole should be at the door. If not, then we are better off." X-23 growled.

"You really don't like him, do you?" Bobby asked as he pushed away the long tan grass in front of him. X-23 glared back at him.

"Of course I don't. The man was hired to kill me and chased me around half of the world. Along with the other two rejects." She snarled at him.

"Remind me to punch him in the face." Pietro said as he sped up next to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.

"Not if I can get to him first." X-23 told him. She started slowing down and let the others pass them.

"Are you alright?" Pietro asked in a concern voice. Usually she would be up ahead on missions.

"Laura." She whispered to him. Pietro raised an eyebrow at her. "My real name is Laura. If you tell anyone, I'll kill you." She told him.

Pietro smiled at her and brought her closer to him and kissed her on her forehead. "Thanks for telling me." He said to her. "I love you, Laura." He whispered into her ear. She leaned her head on his shoulder as they continued to walk.

"I love you too, Pie." She whispered back.

"What's taking you guys so long?" John shouted at the couple. X-23 rolled her eyes as they finally made it over to the three teenagers.

"We're here. Now let's go kick this guys-" He was about to say when X-23 covered his mouth.

"What's wrong?" Rogue asked her and looked behind her to see what the other girl was staring at. A lone figure stood outside the door to the tower. Its back was to them. "That's Deadpool, right?" She asked.

X-23 removed her hand from Pietro's mouth and sniffed the air again to make sure she wasn't wrong. "No." She replied and took a step back. The figure dressed in Deadpool's red uniform turned around; his eyes were glowing orange. "We're been set up." She told the group.

"Nice to see you all." Proteus greeted them. "Apocalypse has been expecting you." He stated to them as the door swung open and Famine exited.

"Lorna." Bobby stared at his girlfriend, who didn't seem to recognize him. He took a step forward and was about to run over to her when John and Pietro grabbed him.

"She doesn't recognize you. You'll get yourself killed." John yelled at him. Iceman finally stopped struggling when he saw Famine raise her hand and the jet behind them was torn apart and metal rods and pipes were flung at them.

The group ducked so they wouldn't be hit by the parts of the jet. X-23 felt herself being lifted into the air and started cursing her adamantium skeleton. "X!" Rogue called as the brown haired girl was thrown into the tower.

Rogue got up from the ground and flew at Famine, only to have a piece of long metal wrapped around her body and flung next to X-23 by the tower.

Pyro took out his lighter and was about to open, while Bobby stayed on the ground shaking. He couldn't hurt Lorna. Pietro jumped up off the ground and raced at Famine, but an orange glow surrounded him and he was thrown up into the air and fell on the cement and was knocked unconscious.

"Sorry Lorna." Pyro said as he flicked his lighter open, until it was ripped out of his hands. 'This is not good.' He thought when the metal of the lighter expanded and wrapped itself around him and threw him over by Rogue and X-23.

"Lorna." Bobby whispered again as he finally got to his feet. Famine glanced over at him. Memories of all the times they shared raced through his mind as his hands formed into ice. "I love you, and always will." He said as he shot a beam of ice at her.

The ice never hit. A shield protected Famine before it hit and the horsemen used the opportunity to send a piece of the jet at him. Bobby blacked out as he was smacked in the head by it.

"Bring them." Proteus ordered to Famine. He turned his back to walk into the tower and noticed she was not following. He turned his head to see that Famine was still staring at Bobby's unconscious form. Finally, she lifted the X-Men into the air and carried them into the tower and up to Apocalypse.

"Everyone ready?" Cyclops asked as he boarded the jet. They had already gone over what was to be done during the fight. Cable, Pete Wisdom, ShadowCat, and Northstar would go against Apocalypse, but Cable demanded that he would be the one that would kill him.

Sage, Psylocke, Mystique and Storm would go after Death. Jean, Havok, Angel, and Domino would go against Famine. Nightcrawler, Magma, Chamber, and Rachel had Plague, while Colossus, Cyclops, Cannonball, and Jubilee went after War. As soon as they found the five missing teenagers, they would join them later. Of course, they were in big trouble for leaving in the first place and would be talked to by Cyclops and Storm about it after.

They all knew of the risks of going on the mission and everyone accepted. Beast had told the group he would stay at the mansion and monitor over Xavier's condition, which seemed to be getting worse each day.

"Everyone, strap in." Cyclops ordered as he walked to the front of the jet. Storm was sitting in the copilot seat and looked uneasy.

"Are you sure it is wise to bring all of them?" Ororo asked him.

"We don't have much of a choice." Scott replied to her. The jet lifted into the air and took off into the nights sky.

Apocalypse's Tower

John opened his eyes to find himself in a large bricked room. In the center was a large machine that he didn't really care to know what it did. The only thing he wanted to do was move, which was impossible. His hands and feet had metal strapped around them. He glanced over at his friends to find them the same.

"Nice to see you finally woke up." X-23 grumbled.

"What happened? Where the hell are we?" John asked.

"We got our ass's kicked by Famine and that freaky guy." Pietro growled. "And we are in Apocalypse's Tower. Most likely we are going to die." He sighed.

"That is not what I had in mind." Apocalypse said as he entered the room, followed by Stryfe, Death, War, Famine, and Plague. "I have other plans for you." He announced.

"And what would that be?" Rogue asked as she glared at him. Apocalypse only smirked and walked up to them.

"You are all going to join me." He stated confidently.

"Like hell we are." Bobby yelled at him. "After what you did to my girlfriend, I highly doubt that!"

Apocalypse shook his head in amusement. "Sacrifices need to be made for the greater good." He told them and turned to look at his horsemen. "Four lives mean nothing compared to how many that live in the world." He turned back to them. "Besides, at least they will live while those that are weaker parish. For instance, some of your teammates will. Along with the human race. Only the strong will survive and be lead to greatness."

"That sounds like a bunch of bull shit." John said to him.

"You sound close to Magneto and his plans always fail. Meaning you will fail." Pietro told him.

"Hardly. I've already won. The only thing I needed was this machine." Apocalypse said as he turned to examine the machine behind him. "It transfers one mutants powers into another." He explained to them.

"Wow. I'm so impressed." X-23 said sarcastically as she rolled her eyes and tried to break the restraints.

"But back to the manner at hand. I am willing to let you join me." Apocalypse told them and glanced over at each one of them. "I can offer you anything you could ever dream of. Such as control over your powers." He said and looked over at Rogue, who didn't look impressed.

"You got to be kidding me. You take control over our friends minds and ask us to join you. Here's my answer: hell no!" Bobby yelled.

Apocalypse smirked. "I am sorry I made myself unclear. I wasn't giving any of you a choice." He told them.

End of Chapter 17

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Next Chapter: there is a huge fight. . . some people may die. It's not a very nice chapter.