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The Mission of Hellfire
Chapter 4: Tortured bodies, twisted minds
Wolverine stood his ground while Soldier remained motionless but with the mask he wore it was unclear whether or not he was suspicious of this silver haired X-man. Neither of them recognised the young man who had to be twenty-nine at the most. Logan's eyes remained fixed on the X symbol on his harness while Soldier mainly studied his weapons underneath his eye lenses.
"So, what are we waiting for?" The man asked.
"Who the hell are you?" Logan asked.
"Call me Cable, I don't really have time to explain but I was in the area and thought you could use some help considering the forces you were dealing with"
"Soldier, though I was given orders to work with Logan I suppose an extra wont be too troublesome, I hope you know how to use that rifle" Soldier said.
Cable's eye glowed a gold colour as the box Soldier carried floated towards him.
"Among other things, having a psychic on your side gives you an edge in finding them" Cable said and Soldier nodded his head.
"Hold up, first explain how it is you have an X-man uniform" Logan said, stepping up to Cable aggressively.
"I could explain but we'd only be wasting time, besides you still need to suit up"
Logan growled as he took the case and opened it. Upon seeing the red sword images flashed inside his mind, of a place in Japan, a pregnant woman, the barrel of a gun and a glowing red star. Logan stumbled across the floor, panting heavily at the intense images; he had felt great rage in one moment where something precious to him was lost.
"What does Fury know about the Muramasa blade?" Logan asked Soldier.
"Only that it is capable of disrupting a healing factor, though I am a little curious how that is possible considering it isn't made of vibranium" he said.
"Its made from a part of Logan's soul" Cable said.
"How the fuck do you know that?" Logan asked in utter shock.
"Get your gear on and we'll get going" Soldier said sternly.
Once Logan was dressed in his costume the three-man squad walked through the woods. Logan kept his senses on high alert in case there were any Reaver's still at the mansion. Soldier meanwhile kept his eyes fixed on the lights in the town of Bayville.
"Joshua Foley lives just a few blocks south of the school in the residential area Worthington road, something's preventing me from reading deep into his memories but his surface thoughts indicate…" Cable stopped to shake his head with a small grin on his face.
Soldier showed no interest in what the teenager was thinking, nor did he show any recognition of the information. The three just kept on walking, neither in front, side by side as they walked with Soldier in the middle, Wolverine at the left and Cable at the right.
"We need to get there quicker…I can only imagine what the others are going through" Wolverine said and with those words Soldier was the first to break off into a run.
Wolverine and Cable followed, outstanded by the base line human's speed. He ran with out flaw, never stumbling over roots or logs at times even swinging off of branches.
'Well what he lacks in mutant power he more than makes up for with skill…and of course some big guns' Logan thought with a smirk as he ran mere feet away from Soldier, seriously being unable to keep up with the man.
At the Hellfire Club Shaw hosted yet another party, though there was considerably less attending considering Emma was at work. But there were still a large amount of America's finest, even Tony Stark was there albeit being carried out by his bodyguards. While Shaw smiled for the press the rest of the club was getting to work on the Xavier students.
Selene stood in front of a line of the New Mutants, holding in her hand a leather whip, strutting down the line staring at the bare chests and breasts of the young students. Each one of them wore a mutant control collar, something that had been developed by a Scottish scientist, though Selene herself had modified it to instead of blow up, to shock at the push of a button or whenever it was touched. The Black Queen smiled as looks of fear crossed the faces of the younger students Amara, Jamie and Rahne.
"There is a very simple method for hypnosis" Selene began, tracing the whip across the cheeks of each mutant "First the victim must be broken, give up all hope, happiness and dreams, only then would I be able to control each of you, but there have been times when I've been too rough and they've died, lets just hope your that tiny bit stronger, then again there are some of you who we'll have no use of anyway" Selene said, looking to Rahne as she spoke.
Each of the new mutants braced themselves as Selene extended her whip. With one lash red marks appeared on all the children's cheeks. Jamie grinded his teeth together in pain, doing his best to be brave while Amara had tears running down her cheeks. Ray raised his head and outright glared at the woman.
"You bitch, when we get out of here you'll fucking get what's coming to you" The former Morlock growled.
"Oh really, a tough guy?"
"Get me out of these fucking chains and I'll show you" Ray said.
"All right then, boys!" Selene said and with a click of her fingers the two guards left the wall, one of them giving her the control for the chains.
Selene pressed a button and the chains restraining Ray opened. He nodded his head to Bobby and Roberto who nodded and winked respectively. The two guards approached Ray, one of them tried to punch him across the face but though Ray hadn't enjoyed it he remembered his combat training with Logan. He ducked under the swing, punching the man in the stomach, but the other guard smacked him across the head. Ray barged into the second guard, pushing him towards Roberto. Roberto lunged is head forward, head butting the man. Ray then pushed the other towards Bobby, who like Roberto head butted the guard.
"Impressive, breaking you three will certainly be fun" Selene said licking her lips.
"BITCH!!" Ray yelled as he ran at Selene.
He attempted to punch the casual and un concerned Black Queen. But with one surprising move Selene grabbed his arm and with one simple movement of her hand, bent it until it disgustingly hung off its socket. Ray looked at his floppy and broken arm before he cried out in utter agony. Looks of pure concern crossed the faces of the New Mutants while Bobby and Tabitha glared at Selene with a look that could kill.
"Bitch, of course I'm a bitch" Selene said as she walked around Ray's screaming form.
"I'M!" She delivered a hard kick to his stomach, causing him to vomit out blood.
"THE BITCH!" She lifted him off the ground by his hair and drew her arm the back.
"WHOSE IN CHARGE!!" Then she slapped him multiple times across the face as hard as she could, blood splattered across the floor as Ray's head reeled from side to side with every fast and hard slap.
"REMEMBER IT!!" She screamed before throwing Ray's broken form over her head.
Ray slammed into the space next to the door as it opened. Leland walked into the room, looking at Ray's body with a shake of his head.
"Your always so eager Selene, already your giving us bodies that require some attention" Leland tutted.
"He'll need some help, and have the telepaths work on him while he recovers, and tell Phoebe that young Mr Drake is ready for her" Selene said.
The two guards jumped to there feet, each one giving Roberto and Bobby a punch to the chest. They both took Bobby off the wall and dragged him towards a separate room.
"I trust you enjoyed your time with Emma's toy boy girls" Leland said to three girls baring a small resemblance to Emma.
"He wasn't as good as the first time, still at least I get to work with the cute one" Phoebe's sisters Mindee and Celeste nodded with a creepy smile as their eyes glowed a blue colour.
Leland himself could honestly say he was scared by the triplets who shared a hive mind which meant they shared the same view with no sense of individuality and they were just as devious as Emma, after all they were her students. Each of them separated to work on those that they had been given.
Scott was in heaven, and its was red…no wait white. He didn't know why he was thinking of red when he was with Emma. The two of them had grown close especially when they had entered Bayville high. With Emma's beauty she instantly earned free access into the in crowd, the jocks and plastics. But Emma chose to stay with the friends she made at the institute, including Scott. They were the best of friends and could talk to one another, although they were quickly becoming more than friends with benefits now.
"Our own private heaven in the astral plane, hope you like it" Emma said, her hair was pure white and she wore a white X shape around her breasts like a bikini along with armbands, boots and pantyhose.
Scott himself wore his visor and a simple shirt. The area they stayed in was a place in their mind, which looked like one of the many bedrooms at the Hellfire club.
"I still don't know why we aren't going to the concert with the others, Kurt will probably get in trouble and Rogue hasn't been herself lately" Scott said as Emma approached him.
"A band that no one heard of until they actually came, I have better tastes darling, besides thoughts can be very quick you know, time works differently here" Emma explained as she took Scott's shirt off.
"Weird I would have thought you'd be imagining Matthews muscle" Scott said with a sheepish laugh.
"Girls flirt with the bad guy, it's the smart ones who marry the good guy" Emma said and Scott gulped at the marriage word.
Emma laid her hands on Scott's chest and pushed him onto the bed. The two of them passionately kissed one another, rolling across the bed as they moaned in pleasure.
"Miss Frost, Mr Summers, as I recall I asked you two to supervise the others at the concert" Xavier's voice echoed in the plane as the bedroom suddenly disappeared.
Scott snapped awake in his room while Emma merely smiled in hers.
"Ok Professor, we'll get there!" Scott said.
The young man walked down to his car where Emma was already waiting, wearing a white coat over her provocative silver X-men uniform. He climbed onto the drivers seat and put his seat belt on, then started the engine and drove off.
"It's too bad the Professor can spoil our fun so much, I was actually looking forward to a night in" Emma said.
Scott merely kept his eyes fixed on the road ahead; he wasn't really in the mood for small talk right now. But still he felt that he should at least answer her back.
"I actually prefer this, an empty mansion at night kind of reminds me of the time I was a kid in that hospital room, it killed me having to wait for news on my parents, especially with those bandages covering my eyes" he explained.
"You know you don't have to always look at red, park here" Emma said.
"But this is the side of the highway"
"Don't worry, everyone else will just be looking at some deer, park and we'll go over to those trees"
"What for?" Scott asked as he stopped the car.
"I want you to see something" Emma smiled as she got out of the car.
She led him to the deserted forest, where he gasped in astonishment as Emma stripped off, showing him her magnificent body. Emma moved her hands towards Scott's visor, without hesitation he grabbed her wrists.
"Emma stop please, I don't want to hurt you" Scott said in a panic.
Emma hushed as her skin changed into a white diamond material, she slipped off the glasses and Scott's beams struck her. But unlike so many others she still stood, the lights of the beams reflecting off her diamond skin. She smiled as she wrapped her arms around Scott's neck.
"Don't worry darling, you can look at me without harming me, I'm the only one you can look at with your true eyes" Emma whispered.
A smile spread across Scott's face before he tackled Emma to the ground and kissed her. It was cold, but the eldest Summers had never felt happier to be able to look at someone without hurting them.
Emma smiled to herself as she walked out of the room. She liked sex and toying with men's minds but Cyclops was different, he wasn't a natural born one but he became a leader of men. He was dedicated to Xavier's dream and his friends and Emma admired his Naiveté and strong mind, it was actually taking all her concentration to keep him in the telepathy induced coma as well as altering his memories, she even had to get help from Tessa. All the hard work was giving her a headache, but Emma smiled at the possibility of the end result, a man completely devoted to her as well as taking something away from the Grey girl.
The trio leant against the trees, hidden from view as Soldier used the binoculars on his lenses to spy on the Foley household. He nodded his head to Wolverine and Cable, a sign that he had spotted Joshua. Joshua Foley was a Fifteen-year-old boy with blonde hair and what Wolverine would describe as "pretty boy features". He was the last person anyone would suspect to be part of a PMC, which was precisely why Soldier suspected him.
"Are you sure about this kid, he's scrawny and I don't smell any cybernetics on him" Wolverine whispered.
"Wagner left him as a clue, right now we need to follow every possible lead, besides something about his body language says that he recently did something questionable" Soldier explained.
Wolverine looked out with his own binoculars and nodded in agreement. Indeed the boy seemed lost in thought, he moved slower than usual and was at the moment just prodding his food at the dinner table while his two parents ate as if everything was normal.
"I agree with Soldier, I know that Foley's a part of that group" Cable said.
"And how would you know that?" Wolverine asked.
"It helps when your well informed" Cable said, tapping his head.
Wolverine shook his head at the telepath while Soldier paid no heed. Though he was a little suspicious about how well informed Cable was, he didn't dwell on it. If he did turn out to be some kind of spy then Soldier would shoot him in the head.
"Ok, lets go, Cable though I don't approve could you use your telepathy to keep his parents from seeing us?" Wolverine asked.
"No…I can only read their surface thoughts, they must be part of that group too" Cable said.
Soldier nodded his head as he began walking to the house.
"Knock them down, but don't kill them!" Soldier said and his two allies nodded as they followed.
The three military trained men rolled across the dirt and crept towards the back door. Soldier removed a lock pick from his belt and after a few seconds of picking opened the door. The three men crept through the corridors of the house. When they reached the corner of the hall Soldier motioned with his finger and Cable and Wolverine ran into the living room. Foley's parents barely had time to squeak as Cable chopped the woman's neck while Wolverine smacked the boys father round the back of the head. Soldier swung his arm, pinning the blonde haired boy against the wall.
"Remember me bub?" Wolverine asked with a grin as he popped his claws.
Josh struggled to get out of Soldier's grip.
"Joshua Foley, several records of time spent in a juvenile hall, cleared of drug dealing charges as well as possession of an unlicensed firearm with intent on armed robbery, you have quite a big track record, almost as big as your fathers gambling debts" Soldier explained, frowning at the boy from beneath his mask.
"I needed the money, for my fathers debts" Josh said in a panic as he kicked his legs around.
"I don't really care about that, what I do care about is who hired you and your friends"
"Tell us and I probably wont force it out of your head, last person I did it to ended up brain dead" Cable said and that cause Josh to tremble even more.
"I don't know who hired us, I'm not that high up in the hierarchy"
"Then who would?" Wolverine asked aggressively.
"Definitely the head of the Private Military Company, Donald Pierce!" Josh said without hesitation.
"Pierce, of course he's the man who recently made a break through in cybernetics" Soldier said, looking down at the floor in realisation but keeping his grip on Josh firm.
"One more question, what were the X-men like when they were captured?" Wolverine asked.
"Most of the others had been bound but some were in bad shape, particularly Beast and that Storm lady, but the other blue buy was close to death after what that claws bitch did to him"
"His name is Kurt!" Wolverine growled, just itching to stab the boy.
"But he was alive and well enough for them to take wasn't he?" Soldier presumed.
"Yes he was, I made sure of that" Josh said, lowering his head.
"What! What did you do?" Wolverine asked.
"He healed him, that is his mutant power after all" Cable said with a grin.
"How the fuck…" though Wolverine stopped once Cable tapped his head.
"I felt guilty and so I decided to use my powers to heal Kurt, though I only healed him to the point where traditional treatments could help him" Josh explained.
Soldier let Josh go, but instead of running the boy just stood there. The masked man looked at him, intimidating the boy with a firm expression underneath his mask.
"You get the hell out of that shit, and you help us" Wolverine said, saying the words that Soldier was no doubt going to say.
"Come on, let's go!" Soldier said as the three men moved towards the kitchen.
Josh looked at the floor, thinking for a moment before he followed. Soldier and Wolverine's eyes widened as they heard a clicking sound. Suddenly a beam tore through the wall, cutting through Josh's chest.
"YOU TWO DEAL WITH THEM I'LL GET JOSH OUT OF HERE!!" Soldier yelled.
"NO I'LL DEAL WITH THE BOY!!" Cable yelled as he ran to Josh's side.
Another beam tore through the wall, but was deflected by Cable's metallic arm. Soldier drew his pistols while Wolverine popped his claws. A snake like metallic blur rushed out of the living room while another beam tore through the wall. This beam slammed into Wolverine, burning his skin and throwing him through the kitchen window. Soldier's ears twitched as he heard the sound of a tail. A metal tail sliced through the wall and Soldier rolled across the ground, dodging the blade like tail. He aimed his guns in the living room and paid no heed to the figure standing before him. It was Josh's father, only now veins were popping on his head while his eyes glowed a red colour. Replacing his left arm was a massive metal cannon while his right arm was expanding and the skin tore to reveal a metal hand with a square shaped shield covering exposed wires and circuitry.
Cable picked up Josh and jumped out of the window. A square slid out of his robotic arm and numerous text and numbers ran across it.
"Computer, body slide to the nearest hospital immediately" Cable said.
In an instant numerous metallic rings ran over Cable's form and in a flash he disappeared. Mere seconds later he reappeared again inside a hospital reception. He laid Josh down on the nearest stretcher.
"Hey, got shot by a giant laser in the chest, just keep his heart beating and he'll be fine, bye now!" Cable said before teleporting back to the house.
Josh's father fired at Soldier, who leant back and fired his pistols. The bullets hit the man in the chest, revealing cybernetics on his lungs and around his heart,
"WE SACRIFICED EVERYTHING! AND NOW THAT BOY…NO THAT MONSTER HAS FUCKED EVERYTHING UP!!" The man yelled.
"HE'S YOUR SON!!" Soldier yelled back.
"HE'S JUST ANOTHER FREAK! AN ABOMINATION OF CELLS!!" Josh's mother yelled.
The metallic tail sliced through the wall again and Soldier put his hands to his head. He was thrown out of the house along with the door, landing just beside Cable who had just arrived.
"You ok Soldier?" Cable asked.
The masked man ignored the question and got up off the floor. Blood dripped onto the floor and Cable stared at the cuts on Soldier's wrists. As Josh's mother slivered outside, revealing a metal tail replacing her legs and twin Gatling guns replacing her hands.
"An image inducer!" Cable presumed.
"No, Nanotech and artificial skin, S.H.I.E.L.D. uses similar technology" Soldier said before he ran forward.
He activated the device on his wrist, creating a blue shield of pure energy. Like a solid Adamantium shield it blocked the bullets that were sent flying at Soldier. Cable rolled across the floor, using his TK to shield himself as best he could. The enigma quickly took out his rifle and fired. A massive beam flew out of the futuristic weapon, but the snake like cyborg slid out of the way. She then lashed out at Soldier, who blocked with his shield and fired a bullet at her head. More skin ripped off, revealing the left side of her face had been converted into a cyborg scope.
"You people make me sick, your son has a beautiful gift and you try killing him, and to top it all off you turn something which is supposed to be used to help people into a weapon" Cable growled as he fired again, this time straight through the house window, blowing off Mr Foley's leg.
"WE SACRIFICED EVERYTHING FOR THAT ORGANISATION IN ORDER TO GET THEM WHAT THEY WANTED AND NOW THE BOYS FUCKED EVERYTHING UP! HE DESERVES TO DIE!!" Mrs Foley yelled.
"Deserves…DESERVES! THEN YOU DESERVE THIS!!" Soldier yelled.
Cable looked in astonishment as Soldier ran at the snake like cyborg. Like Captain America he slammed his shield into her face, then stabbed his gun blade into her chest. He fired not once but ten times into her belly, sending her stumbling back.
"SOLDIER WATCH OUT!!" Cable yelled.
But his warning was too late as the woman's tail slashed Soldier across the back. But that didn't stop him as he stomped the woman into the ground then back flipper back.
Cable looked at the vicious cut on Soldier's back then used his TK to protect himself and the masked man from the cannon and Gatling fire. Soldier shook his head as if he had been in a daze. He fell to the floor, clutching his head before he looked back up.
"BASTARD IF I DIE I'LL TAKE YOU DISGUSTING RACE TRAITORS WITH ME!!" The woman yelled.
"WE'LL DO IT TOGETHER!!" Mr Foley yelled as he hopped out of the window.
"As anyone told you YOU YELL LIKE A FAG!!" The cyborgs looked up as soon as they heard Wolverine roar.
His mask had been burned and singe marks were on his skin and costume. He had climbed up the roof of the house and landed in front of Mrs Foley. The woman screamed as Wolverine sliced her arms off. A mixture of oil, blood and circuitry ran across the earth as Mrs Foley slithered back. She lashed out with her tail, cutting Wolverine across the chest. The X-man grabbed her tail, which cut into his gloves and flesh but not his steel bones. He swung her around and around until he released his grip, hammer throwing him straight into Mr Foley.
"NOW CABLE!!" Logan yelled.
Cable aimed his rifle and with precise and accurate aim fired, blasting straight through the two Cyborg's heads. Wolverine knelt on the floor, letting his healing factor get to work on the bruises and the cuts. Cable offered his hand to help Soldier up, but he ignored it and got up by himself, deactivating his shield and reloading his empty pistols.
"Are you going to be ok Soldier, you got some vicious wounds in that fight" Cable said,
"I just need a minute alone, so I can dress and bandage the wounds" Soldier said as he walked towards the house. "Oh wait, what's going to happen to the Foley boy?"
"If his heart beat reaches a certain point he'll be able to heal himself, but as for his parents trying to kill him there's only one group that can help him get over it" Cable said and both Soldier and Wolverine nodded their heads before the former retreated into the house.
He removed his shirt and removed the medical kit from his belt. Reaching into the pack he removed some disinfectant and some bandages. He rubbed the oil into the cuts on his back and arms, then began bandaging his wrists and wrapping another bandage across his body. After putting his shirt back on Solider walked towards the mirror set above the fireplace. His hands crept towards the edge of his mask; he slipped the mask off and held onto it tight. Whenever he was alone he would look at himself like this in the mirror, whenever he had acted like he had with the Foley boys parents he would look at his true face. It's believed that everyone wears mask, Soldier's was both literal and metaphorical. He smashed his fist into the mirror before slipping the mask back on and walking out of the house.
Next Chapter 5: Those who break and those who wont
Hope you all enjoyed the chapter, Josh/Elixir will probably have a role later on in the story. Next chapter we'll see more of the Hellfire club than the trio, which means some more of Emma's manipulation, the Cuckoos beginning their manipulation of some of the X-men and Selene breaking the rest. I'll try to make things even more brutal next chapters just to show how ruthless the Hellfire club are as well as the punishment that the X-men and especially Soldier can endure