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The Mission of Hellfire

Chapter 3: The Missions begin

In the darkness of the night Soldier searched the ruined grounds of the institute. He picked up a bolt, possibly from one of the Reavers. There was no serial number or markings to suggest it was from Donald Pierce, but there was only one man who would invest in cybernetically modified humans and that was Donald Pierce. An expert in the field of robotics and a man who Nick fury referred to as a "machine freak" mainly based on a psyche evaluation the man took when he was fifteen, he had suggested that androids were the future of the human race. Soldier then looked to a massive puddle of dried blood, he kneeled down and sniffed it, which means the mercenaries had gotten quite far. Tracing his finger along the wall he saw numerous claw marks, there were two kinds, the three blades of Wolverine's hand and scratches that were spread apart like they were connected to fingers.

'They've gotten quite far, and those claws were obviously Adamantium, there are some bone fragments on that puddle meaning whoever stabbed some body was strong enough to penetrate bone or it was the blade itself' Soldier hypothesised.

He put a hand to his chin, Adamantium was a very hard mineral to come by and if it was discovered it was very hard to shape it and bond it to certain objects, like bone for example. And there was only one expert on Adamantium that S.H.I.E.L.D. had recorded and he was dead since the fifties.

Soldier decided to leave forensics for the experts and the witness. He had been told that Wolverine was residing in one of the caves down by the beachhead. The masked man climbed down the cliff behind the mansion, ignoring the water spraying on his costume until he reached the bottom. He jumped from rock to rock, boulder to boulder, shimmying across ledges until he reached a cave. Soldier had no need for flares, he had night vision and infrared built into his masks eye lenses, but even without those the rising sun made it relatively easy to see in the cave. At the end of the tunnel sat Logan, his shirt had been torn and he was just beginning to awaken.

"Wolverine, if you can hear me then get up, its time we helped find your friends" Soldier said as he walked towards Wolverine.

Logan got up off the floor, growling as his claws slid out. Soldier stopped and put a hand to his sword hilt.

Elsewhere

Scott Summers got out of bed, reaching for his ruby quarts lenses the only thing that could hold back his optic blasts. He waited for a moment until he heard the voice of the man who had adopted him.

"Everyone up, its breakfast time and the new student will be here any moment"

Scott smiled to himself as he could hear the groans in the rooms beside him. He walked out just as the other first generation students of the institute groggily walked out. One a Native American boy with an Olympic build, his name was John Proudstar a mutant with super strength. Another was a dark skinned girl with black hair and her room mate a blue haired Japanese girl wearing metallic gauntlets on her arms, Monet St Croix and Noriko Ashida were their names respectively. Though Scott was the most eager he knew that there were two who would get to the table before him. He smiled as he felt the two Canadian twins run past him at super speeds.

"Come on you guys we've got a new student coming today" Scott said, giving his fellow students a pep talk that only boosted John's efforts.

"Damn right and we've got to be ready, especially if the girls cute right Scott?" John asked Scott, slapping his back so hard that his glasses fell off.

Xavier sighed as he heard the familiar sound of Scott's optic blasts. But since he was a telepath it was easy to keep the true reasons of the repairs he had to make secret. Yet one thing that puzzled him was why not even the explosion could wake up a certain other student.

"Shiro…Mr Yoshida get up this instant!" Xavier called telepathically.

"I'm up already!" An aggravated voice said.

The Japanese boy Shiro Yoshida showed no surprise as he walked past the hole that Scott had put in the roof. After a short breakfast everyone gathered at the school entrance as a taxi parked up near the gate. Noriko kept her hands in the pockets of her cargo trousers while Shiro leant his head on his arms; it was clearly him who wasn't in the mood to be here. But when the new student stepped out even Shiro took a moment to look.

Scott could only speak one word, "Wow!"

"Everyone meet Emma Frost!"

"NOOOO!!" Jean cried out, thrashing around as Emma made her watch.

Emma smiled in delight at Jean's suffering. Scott was still unconscious with Emma holding his head. He muttered a single word.

"Jean!"

While Jean sighed, thinking that there was some hope that the man she loved would never stop loving her. Emma merely growled in anger before reaching into his mind again.

Instead of Scott remembering the red haired, polite and modestly dressed girl he had fallen in love with at first sight, he remembered a charismatic, flirtatious blonde haired teen who dressed provocatively.

"Everyone meet Emma Frost!" Xavier had said.

"Thank you Charles, nice place you have, of course my fathers mansion is bigger" Emma said and Charles shook his head.

"Oh your bad, I'm liking the new girl already" Monet said while Jeanne-Marie giggled.

"Ah but I never did say the gardeners were nice!" Emma said winking at the boys.

'Great, she's cute but sluttish' Shiro thought, anti-social in his opinions as always.

"And a telepath Shiro darling, who can make Jeanne-Paul's dream come true without you even realising it"

"Now I'm afraid I have some builders to hire and an old friend to get in touch with, one of you can get out of a danger room session if Emma chooses you do take her on the tour" Xavier explained.

It was only Shiro and Scott who didn't look eager when Emma contemplated who would take her.

"I'll take…you!" Emma said, pointing her finger at Scott who blinked in surprise.

Originally Jean had chosen Monet to take her tour, but she still had connected with Scott. Emma was just making her job quicker and easier by having them share a moment on their first day. While the others left to carry out a danger room exercise, Scott walked Emma through the school showing her the sights.

"Shiro's a good guy he just has a temper, and he's not here at the moment but Mr Cassidy is a good instructor" Scott explained.

Scott blushed a bit as Emma looked at him with lustful eyes. When they reached her room Emma moved closer towards Scott.

"Thanks for the tour, I enjoyed the company!" she said.

"Your welcome, I enjoyed the company too" 'Oh my god I cant believe I just said that' Scott hit himself mentally.

Emma giggled "Don't worry darling first dates are always the hardest, but there is one thing you forgot to do" she said.

"And what's that?" Scott asked with a gulp.

"You want to kiss me, so do I!" Emma said and firmly pressed her lips against Scott's.

'Oh my god, is this really happening?' Scott asked himself as he laid his hands on Emma's waist.

"It is darling, it is!"

"Or at least it happened in your head" Emma smiled, rubbing Scott's bruised chest.

The White Queen smiled as she turned to the guards.

"Take her to another cell, we cant have her reminding her boyfriend…I mean my boyfriend what really happened can we?" She asked the guards who emotionlessly nodded their heads.

Meanwhile Shaw met with the private mercenaries he had hired to kidnap the X-men. He had already wired the reward to Pierce who was in charge of the Reavers but the Japanese woman known only by the name lady Deathstrike still stayed. She was a beautiful Japanese woman wearing a brown and white outfit which exposed quite a bit of cleavage and circuitry on her breasts and neck, red hair hung loosely at her shoulders and her finger nails were a silver colour. Beside her was another mercenary who Shaw didn't like but he always got good results, the man was clearly insane or just annoying on some levels, he wore a red and black costume with two swords strapped to his back and many guns clipped to his harness. Some called him the merc with the mouth Deadpool. One other mercenary was the man formerly hired by Hydra Gauntlet, he had survived the explosion caused by X-23 and had a score to settle which was shy he took the job.

The last of the mercenaries was the one who demanded the most money. He stood further away from the others, silver hair hanging loosely over his shoulders, he wore black gauntlets and military style boots as well as a black hockey mask.

"Thanks for the money Shawy, but could you take some pay off of the Voorhees Wannabe over there, he sliced my throat open" Deadpool said, rubbing his neck that had been healed by his healing factor.

The mercenary remained silent, ignoring Deadpool's insults. Shaw walked up the mercenary and handed him a credit card.

"As promised!" Shaw said with his usual charismatic smile.

"Cash!" The mercenary said simply.

Sebastian growled in anger, this particular mercenary was infamous for taking cash on his jobs; he got good results but demanded ridiculous sums on money. But Sebastian could still pay those sums.

"Do keep in mind that you did interfere a bit when you sliced open Deadpool's throat"

"I don't care, I got the job done and you have to pay me the money, or have you forgotten that I know your weakness" The Merc said.

Shaw growled as the Merc leant further back against the wall.

"Very well, cash it is then" Shaw said putting on a smile.

"What about my reward Shaw?" Gauntlet asked.

"Yes yes you can have your personal time with the clone, just be glad that that bitch Viper is now dead Gauntlet, I'm sure she never paid you as much as we do"

"Don't count Hydra out yet Shaw, its as they say cut the head off a Hydra and two more will take its place" The Merc said.

Shaw shook his head, he was familiar with the term but seriously doubted that Hydra was capable of being rebuilt after the damage that X-23 had done to the organisation. Speaking of the clone, Shaw decided that it was time he checked on the Cuckoos progress.

While the Hellfire club was already making progress Soldier wasn't as Wolverine had been driven feral by his time in a coma. The masked man had his sword drawn as Wolverine ran towards him. Thrusting his claws forward Wolverine cut the mans cheek. Soldier had luckily avoided a major wound by sidestepping at the last second, after this move he span his sword around and slashed Wolverine's right wrist. He then back flipped using the moves he had copied from a Yakuza hunting ninja. Soldier held his sword in a classic samurai style pose as Logan ran at him.

Upon seeing the mans stance an image flashed through the former weapons mind. He saw a Japanese man dressed in silver armour. As the masked man slashed his chest he received another image of the samurai performing the same move. It was then that Logan snapped back to reality, clutching his bleeding chest as his healing factor sealed the wound. Soldier sheathed his sword and crossed his arms as Logan got up off the floor panting.

"The mansion, Kurt!" Logan said widening his eyes in shock as he ran for the cave exit.

"Nightcrawler's body isn't there" Soldier said before Logan could make his exit.

"Did they take it?" Logan asked with a growl, they had already attacked their home now they had the guts and disrespect to take their bodies like trophies.

"Somehow I doubt he was dead to begin with"

"What are you talking about he was stabbed in the chest, I heard his heart stop beating"

"They wouldn't have had any reason to take the body otherwise they would have tried retrieving yours, that and I found a clue at your mansion"

"Just who the hell are you anyway, and how is it your using moves that only Maya and Harada could execute?" Logan asked, glaring at the masked man.

"Photographic reflexes, you don't need a mutation to have a lot of skills" Soldier said.

"Who are you with?"

"S.H.I.E.L.D.'s black ops division, I'm here to help you find the missing students, starting with this clue that has been left, Wagner managed to carve something onto the floor, it was the word of name Fole, now if it's a name then it would be Foley and if it was to be a term it be foul"

"Kurt's a prankster but he wouldn't write something like that at a time like this" Wolverine said.

"I'll call Fury and ask him to search Bayville databases for a Foley" Soldier said.

"You do that, I'll be looking for the punks who took the X-men!" Logan said, walking towards the exit with an aggressive stride.

"Logan wait…we have to work together on this, mindlessly looking around for information wont get us anywhere we have to follow clues that are placed out for us, now Wagner gave us this because he had faith that you would be able to follow these clues, are you going to waste that faith, the least we can do is buy some time looking for more clues while the colonel finds out if there are any Foley's in the area" Soldier explained and this seemed to calm the X-man down for a moment.

"Don't bother, a voice said from the entrance"

Soldier immediately drew his gunblades on instinct and aimed them at the figure standing at the doorway. Logan kept his claws out, looking at the figure and trying to figure out why he seemed familiar. The man standing at the entrance wore a blue suit which lacked one sleeve revealing a metallic arm with the hand covered by a brown glove, on his opposite hand was a blue glove with an X on it, he also wore military style boots and had a futuristic rifle strapped to his back and two pistols strapped to his thighs, around his waist and chest he wore a gold harness and hanging off of his neck was astonishingly enough a rusted grey version of Cyclops's visor. His face was youthful, showing that he was perhaps in his late twenties yet it was hardened as if he had experienced many battles; another astonishing fact was his white hair and the X-shaped scar on his cheek.

Soldier lowered his guns a little as he and Logan felt that they had possibly gained another ally.

Next Chapter 4: Tortured bodies, twisted minds

Yep the third character of this team up is Cable, the same Cable I introduced in my X-men: academy X fic

Next chapter features a bit more of the Hellfire Club and there plans as well as what they're getting up to with the X-men