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The Mission of Hellfire
Chapter 15: Against selfishness
Cable and Logan were already at the mansion, running down towards the subbasement. Logan threw off his wool top while Cable put on his mask. They ran to Xavier and Magneto's side. The latter was dressed in his armour and helmet while Xavier stood over a miniature version of the first Cerebro.
"We've found them all, they're at the exact same location" Charles said.
"That seems rather convenient for us" Wolverine muttered.
"Then we should naturally assume a trap" Cable added.
"I don't care, I must go and save my children" Magneto growled.
"Wait Magneto, once Xavier has a fix I think Wolverine and I should go in first, just to secure the area and determine whether it's a trap, we don't Selene getting her hands on anymore hostages" Cable explained, typing into his computer.
"NO! I wont stand by and wait while that witch does as she wishes to my children"
"Eric please" Charles said.
Magneto looked at his old friend, grinding his teeth together. Slowly, his heart rate slowed and after a deep breath he calmed himself.
"Very well, but you only get ten minutes to scan the area" Magneto said as calmly as he could.
Wolverine nodded his head before turning it to Cable. The former Weapon X widened his eyes as a box with an X symbol on it appeared in front of Cable. Opening the case, the son of Jean Grey and Scott Summers pulled out a pair of plasma pistols, a shotgun and a combat knife as well as a spare psimitar.
"All right, I'm ready when you all are" Cable said sharply.
Selene smiled as countless demons walked out of the dark dome she had created. They were nothing like what books portrayed them to be, their faces were elegant, young, but their wings were dead, devoid of life. Kurt looked at his tormentors, they weren't demons, they were fallen angels, those that had given into darkness. The darkness seeped through his eyes, snarling, Kurt did everything he could to fight the pain. But then he saw Amanda, pinned against the ground by male angels and countless demons that looked more like the devils seen in artworks.
"AMANDA!!!" Kurt yelled, trying to teleport forward.
He focused as hard as he could, but nothing happened, he remained completely still. The Fallen angels began to gather around Kurt, running their hands across his back. Kurt tried to push them away, but they merely redirected his hands to their breasts, brushing his cheeks with their fingers. He looked towards Amanda, but one of the angels stepped in front of him. She was so beautiful, his instinct cried out to him, telling him to touch her the way she wished to touch him. On the other side of the dome, Selene smiled.
'Give in child, give in to basic human desire, darkness is this worlds primary source of pleasure, it is darkness that will engulf this world…. the chaos I create will reed out the weak from the strong, just as his father wished' Selene thought as she looked towards the skull at her fireplace.
"Jean, I think its time you gave Magneto's son a taste of what I gave Wanda" Selene said.
"Yes mistress Selene"
"Wait mistress, please allow me the pleasure" Wanda said.
Selene smiled before waving for Wanda to go. The selfishness and hatred in human hearts, that was what would give Selene's weapon life.
"Very soon, I will release you, Holocaust" Selene smiled.
That was his enemy, the selfishness of the Hellfire Club. He flipped the control switches for his jet. The massive door to the bunker opened, revealing the light of the sky. Pulling his mask down, he ignited the jets rockets, leaning back in his seat as he was launched out of the hanger. Like the X-men, he threw aside any logic and decided to fight to preserve life.
"That's it, I can hear their thoughts, they're all alive and together, there isn't a moment to lose" Xavier said.
Wolverine had just finished putting on his black and yellow shirt when the Professor called. He slipped on his gloves and boots before running to Cable's side.
"You ready bub?" He asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be" The Reality hopper said, cocking his pistols.
Xavier and Magneto looked to the two men before nodding their heads.
"Godspeed X-men" Xavier said.
The two men then disappeared in a flash. In an instant the two men were transported to the location Xavier had given them. It was dark, perhaps a castle of some kind judging from the stonewalls. The stone was old, mossy with plants sticking out of the holes. But what caught Logan's eyes was the species of plants; they were all tropical jungle vines and flowers. Yet Cable recognised this place in many realities, he just needed to confirm his fears.
"Some thing in the air is interfering with my senses, do you feel anything?" Wolverine asked as the two X-men walked along the corridor.
"I feel…afraid" Cable said, clutching his pistols tightly.
The two X-men then saw the masked Hellfire club guards gathering at the end of the corridor, arming and aiming their rifles.
"Someone doesn't want us to see" Logan said.
"I'll try transporting myself deeper, you okay ploughing through?" Cable asked.
"More than okay" Logan said, before popping his claws and running at the guards.
He roared as the bullets bounced off his metal bones. As Cable body slid into the opposite room, Wolverine ran into the guards, easily slashing them apart with his claws. Cable looked around the room he was in. It was a sight he had seen in his own reality. Countless body parts had been jarred and put onto shelves.
"Selene isn't here" Cable said, lowering his head as Fitzroy approached him from behind.
Mojo Adams loved his job, providing entertainment for the people of the world. But the one thing he loved greater than entertainment was chaos. He never admitted it, but he liked Selene's way of thinking. They weren't interested in changing the world, just starting some fires and watching it burn. Mojo laughed as he ate a burger, the mayonnaise dripping down his top.
"Magnificent, this is what people will be watching after Selene's done her work, no heroes or villains, just pure chaos" Mojo cackled.
"Your wrong!"
The fat man turned towards the shadows, quivering at the glowing red eyes peering back at him.
"No, that's impossible, Selene killed you" Mojo trembled as the red eyes drew closer.
His heart skipped a beat as he heard the cocking of a gun.
"She can kill my body, but she'll never destroy what I stand for" The masked man said, pressing his pistol against Mojo's head.
"Impossible, there was no possible way you could have found my location"
"You should have treated your assistant better, she left the door open, that and your antenna for your TV's receives a signal, one that I can trace, a bunker in Egypt pretty much gives the game away, and with the data you've got stored on your computers I can find the rest of the X-men"
"Oh I see, your aiming to save the day, your just a sad and Naive fool, following the orders of pigs like Fury, unaware of what his orders do to others" Mojo said, spitting on the masked man. "You should give up on everything, nothing you do, no person you kill, no life you save makes the single bit of difference, your only saving the X-men to relieve your guilty conscience"
"You fat spineless coward, you don't even realise that you've pissed yourself"
Mojo looked down at his pants, gaping at the yellow stain.
"It's never been about changing the world, its never been about redemption or making up for lives I've taken, it isn't about order…I'm saving the X-men because it is what I perceive as right, and I'm putting an end to the Hellfire Club because I want to, I want to bring down their distorted view, first I'll punish you, then I'll punish Selene"
"WHAT BY KILLING US OR MAYBE YOU'LL LET US LIVE! THAT DOESN'T GET ANY THING DONE LITTLE MAN!!!"
But Mojo's words were silenced as the bullet flew straight through his skull. The masked man put his pistol back in its holster.
"I don't need to let you live to know that I'm better than you, you fat bastard" He said before he walked back to the jet.
The X-men and Brotherhood members were ready to launch on the jet S.H.I.E.L.D. had sent them. They waited outside for Rogue and Shadowcat to finish putting on their gear. The two girls ran out of the safe house, followed closely by Walter and Lauren.
"Good luck you guys, be careful out there okay" Laura said
"Thank you Laura, thank you too Walter" Beast said.
There was a moment of silence, when Lauren managed to smile at the X-men. Ororo and Beast looked at the woman before they walked onto the jet. The others were about to follow, but they didn't see it coming.
"ORORO! HANK GET OUT OF THE JET!!!!" Lauren yelled as a rocket flew towards the S.H.I.E.L.D aircraft.
The rocket struck the aircraft, splitting it in half and engulfing it in an explosion. The force of the explosion threw the X-men and Brotherhood back.
"AUNT ORORO!!!" Spike yelled.
He then turned to where the rocket had come from, glaring at the figures that stepped out of the trees. One wore a silver outfit, lacking a left sleeve; he had long black hair and numerous weapons strapped to his back, including a rocket launcher in his right hand. The others were a girl with white and pink hair; her short dress had numerous green and white colours on it. Standing next to her was what looked like a mix between a man and a pterodactyl, complete with ripped jeans and green skin. Next was a man whose skin was made of some kind of diamond material, and next to him was a brown haired man, carrying a quiver of spears on his back. But leading the group was much to their shock the still modified Warren.
Evan grinded his teeth together, but he wasn't the first to move. There was a sudden roar and the remaining teens looked towards Dr Langkowski. They widened his eyes as his muscles expanded, fur growing on his chest and arms. He began to grow taller, towering above Blob with clawed hands and sharpened canines.
'It's time those bastards learned that Bayville isn't the only town with mutants, give em hell Sasquatch' Lauren thought with a smirk as Walter ran forward like a madman.
Rogue and Gambit wasted no time, running after Sasquatch along with Spike, Roberto, Sam, Tabitha, Bobby and the Brotherhood charged at the mutants. Cyclops, Shadowcat and Lauren ran onto the jets wreckage. Kitty phased underneath the wreckage, anxiously searching for any survivors.
"Prism you go and deal with Summers, Sauron, Archangel, get rid of their power fullest" The man with the guns said.
"Yes Scalphunter" Warren said as he took to the sky alongside Sauron.
"Harpoon, Vertigo help me deal with the rest" Scalphunter said.
The girl known as Vertigo put her hands together, releasing a wave of energy that caused Walter to fall to the floor. Soon the other X-men felt the effects of the blast as their eyesight went dizzy and their hearing was partially blocked.
"Feral, Amphibious, Wild child, move in!" Scalphunter whispered.
Todd admitted he was froglike, but he was nothing compared to the froglike creature that ran out of the bushes. But upon closer inspection, Todd discovered that this creature was more like a dinosaur than a toad. Sauron grabbed Bobby by his arms, lifting him off the floor as he changed into his ice form.
"Look into my eyes Robert Drake, look into them and obey!" Sauron hissed.
Bobby didn't know why he felt the urge to do what this man told. By the time he figured it out his mind went blank. Sauron's eyes had hypnotic qualities.
"Shatter!" He said.
And with that single word, Bobby shattered himself to pieces, the chunks of his ice form falling right in front of the X-men's eyes.
"BOBBY NO!!" Rogue yelled.
"YES!" Warren screamed in delight as he flew at Rogue.
But suddenly, Cannonball slammed into his side, knocking him away from Rogue. Warren slashed Cannonball's chest with his steel wings, then punched him across the face. Mystique ran at Warren, attempting to kick him. But the Angel flew into the air, he fired seven steel feathers from his wings. The feathers stabbed Mystique in the knees, shoulders and Rogue gasped as the final three slammed into her chest. She fell to the floor, coughing a puddle of blood as Warren flew off laughing.
"TODD!!" Fred yelled as Amphibious bit Todd's shoulder.
Avalanche rolled his eyes and shook the very ground beneath him, knocking Vertigo off balance. Rogue removed her gloves, touching Roberto and Tabitha for just a few seconds. This gave her all the power she needed; alongside Tabitha she threw a flurry of miniature explosives at their attackers. One hit Scalphunters shoulder, while another struck Amphibious's head, knocking him off Toad. A woman with cat like claws and fur jumped at Spike, slashing his leg. He quickly backhanded the woman, then fired a flaming spike at Scalphunter.
"YOU KILLED MY AUNT!!!" He yelled.
"I kill a lot of aunts" Scalphunter said, intercepting the spike with a shot from his pistol.
Rogue and Roberto changed into their solar forms, punching both Harpoon and Feral across the head. Wild Child, a blonde haired man wearing a black bodysuit walked out of the forest. He smiled as his teeth sharpened, his eyes taking on a catlike appearance. With a growl he rushed forward, moving at incredible speed. He jumped, kicking Sam across the head, and then he grabbed the boy's foot, throwing him into Gambit. The Cajun thief grabbed a nearby stone, throwing it at the feral man. But Wild Child leapt into the air, landing behind Tabitha. He grabbed her hair, slamming her head into the ground.
"TABITHA!!!" Sam yelled.
Wild Child laughed hysterically as he ran on all fours, dodging a crushing punch thrown by Walter. Harpoon drew one of his spears, throwing it at Blob. The spears suddenly sparked with a fiery energy, slamming into Fred and burning his shirt. He yelled in pain as he felt the energy spears explode upon contact with his belly. Vertigo then fired a blast that turned Blob's world upside down. He rolled across the floor, imagining himself in midair. Avalanche slammed his feet into the ground, knocking Harpoon and Feral to the floor. Warren suddenly swooped down, throwing a pair of steel feathers at Lance. He rolled to the side, dodging one of the knives, but the second struck his shoulder. Kitty phased out of the rubble, holding both Hank and Ororo.
"Does anyone know first aid?" She asked.
Laura stepped forward, looking over the scrapes and burns on both mutants bodies. She grinded her teeth together, the two of them were in bad condition and needed help immediately. Reaching into her coat pocket she took out a radio. Kitty and Scott both looked at her in shock as she spoke into the radio.
"This is S.H.I.E.L.D agent Laura Reilly, situation as gone from Alpha to Omega, we need an immediate medivac and superhuman support" She said.
Harpoon threw two more spears, knocking Walter and Todd to the ground. Warren swooped downwards, punching the back of Lance's head.
"I'm going inside for a med kit, you two stay alert and protect them" Laura said as she ran towards the house.
Spike extended a pair of bone claws from his wrists and lunged at Scalphunter. The gunman slammed his foot into Evan's cheek, and then slashed him across the chest with his combat knife. But Evan swung his foot round, kicking Scalphunter across the head. Prism ran at Cyclops, laughing as he took the force of Scott's optic blast. Sauron swooped downwards, picking Kitty up by her the strands of her hair.
"KITTY!!" Lance yelled as Sauron flew Kitty into the air.
Warren threw a flurry of bladed feathers at Lance, who put his hands together, the pieces of his armour blocking the blades. Gambit rolled across the floor, picking up two pebbles, he charged them, and then threw them at Wild child. The stones blew up as soon as they hit the feral man, blowing pieces of his skin off. But much to the shock of the X-men, the pieces of his skin merely grew back. He grinned and ran forward, slashing Gambit across the belly with his claws. Rogue swung her head towards Gambit, gasping as the thief fell to the floor. Without hesitation she grabbed Feral's cheeks with her bare hands. As the girl's memories flashed through her mind, Rogue's teeth and nails sharpened whilst she grew brown fur and a tail. She roared before running at Wild Child. It wasn't only Gambit's wounding that angered her, it was Feral's memories. Mister Sinister had kidnapped her and mixed her X-gene with cat DNA then left her to be beaten and trained by Wild Child, a cruel and sadistic operative who had worked for the same people that started the Weapon X project.
Rogue leapt at Wild Child, knocking him to the floor and snapping at him. The madman merely laughed before throwing her off. Toad slammed his feet into Amphibious's chest, sending him flying into a tree. But Vertigo put her hands together, releasing a shock wave that scattered the X-men's senses. Prism smacked Cyclops across the head, knocking him onto the dirt. Scalphunter head butted Evan, and then stabbed his knife into his shoulder. Sauron threw Kitty to the ground beside Tabitha, who was holding a cut on her cheek given to her by Vertigo. Harpoon swung Sam round by his foot, throwing him straight into the forest.
"The Boss wanted you very badly Summers, he's already taken what he needed from your brother, now he wants you" Prism said, grabbing Scott by his hair. "But first he'll rip Wolverine and that white haired guy apart and steal their power"
Cyclops widened his eyes; Sinister was going to kill his son. No, he wouldn't let that happen. He grabbed his visor, lifting it up and unleashing the full force of his optic blast into the ground. The blast threw him and Prism backwards, and burnt away most of the dirt in front of them. Cyclops continued to fly through the air, until he closed his eyes. He landed right beside Evan; quickly putting his visor back on he fired a blast into Scalphunter's chest, throwing him into one of the trees.
"God damn it, HARPOON GET RID OF THE WEAK ONES!!" Warren yelled.
Harpoon grinned as he grabbed another spear. This time it shined with an even brighter light as he took aim at Tabitha. Warren launched another flurry of knives, this time aiming for Todd. But Blob stepped in the way, the blades bouncing off his skin. Warren dived towards Blob, slashing him across the arm with his wing.
"TABITHA LOOK OUT!!" Kitty yelled as Harpoon threw his spear.
She ran at Tabitha, grabbing her and focusing her powers. The spear slammed into Kitty's back, exploding on contact. Each shard on the spears tip pierced Kitty's skin. She rolled her eyes as the blood flowed down her legs before she fell to the floor.
"KITTY!!!!" Lance yelled.
"Ah what a noble sacrifice, Sinister was right, these kids wont fall to Hellfire" Wild child giggled.
Kurt had everything he wanted; someone was willing to accept him. He touched the fallen angels breast, and moaned as the demon girls rubbed themselves against his chest. Selene only watched, smiling as Kurt grew closer and closer towards falling into the darkness. The Black Queen walked into the dome, slipping her dress and cloak off and walking towards Kurt seductively. She wrapped her arms around his neck, licking his ear.
"Are you ready to fall Kurt? Fall into the darkness, the world of pleasure, where all your dreams will come true" Selene whispered into Kurt's ear before walking out of the dome.
This was his chance, to embrace the life he always wanted. But wait, what was he doing? This wasn't what he wanted at all. His dream was to live in a world where people accepted individuals. Selene didn't accept individuals; alls she wanted was to make others suffer. She didn't accept religion, she insisted that people fall into the darkness. Kurt already had everything he needed.
"AMANDA!!" Kurt yelled, slapping the Fallen angels aside and running for Amanda.
Selene growled in utter fury before the dome faded. She flew at Kurt, grabbing him by his cheeks and squeezing them tightly as her Hellfire club Clothing covered her body.
"YOU STUPID LITTLE BASTARD! WE'LL DO THIS THE HARD WAY THEN!!!" Selene yelled.
"KURT!!" Amanda screamed.
Black mist covered Selene's hands as she gripped Kurt's face tightly. The mist flew into his nose, changing hi eyes a black colour before he screamed in pain. Selene's hands crackled with dark energy as Kurt's fur began to take on a black colour. However, Selene's treatment of Kurt stopped as soon as a Hellfire guard walked into the room.
"Ma'am we have an intruder, he's tearing our men apart" he said.
Selene turned to the guard, fire in her eyes as she approached him. The man quivered in fear before Selene grabbed his neck. In one agonising second, Selene drained the man completely, reducing him to dust. She grabbed Amanda and Kurt by the hair, dragging them out of the ritual room.
"It's time for us to get rid of that insect once and for all" Selene said with a smile as the darkness appeared in her eyes.
The bodies of Hellfire club guards and unconscious strip models were laid out across every inch of the base. Five Hellfire club guards shivered as they walked in a circle, searching every inch of the dance hall. Bullets were scattered across the floor, but the gunfight hadn't lasted long. The guards moaned as they rolled across the floor, whoever was invading them was only killing them when necessary, and even then he was shooting them in the head.
"God damn it, who is this guy?" One of the guards asked.
Suddenly a wire shot out from the ceiling, stabbing into the guard's shoulder. He was suddenly lifted into the shadows, his comrades firing at the place he had been pulled to. They unloaded their clips and reached for their spare ammo. But a black shield flew out of the shadows, hitting one of the soldiers in the face. A black figure jumped out of the shadows, his eyes glowing red as he hit and threw the guards one by one. Selene opened the door to the hall and widened her eyes at the damage that had been done. The intruder had beaten every soldier under her influence without brutally killing him or her. She looked towards the intruder, grinding her teeth together as Amanda and Kurt's eyes lit up with hope.
It was Soldier, wearing a black suit with steel plates on his hands, knees and mouth; his longer hair was now slightly covering his red eye lenses. Sweat dripped onto the floor, whilst blood from several cuts he got from the fight stained the suit. Selene took note of the two pockets on the back of his harness and also the sweat. She smiled; he was an ordinary man, easily capable of falling into the darkness. Yet still Kurt and Amanda looked to this man as their last hope, even as the demons and fallen angels surrounded him.
'Save them! Save them! That is your mission!' Soldier thought as he prepared for battle.
Next Chapter 16: To defeat darkness
Hope everyone enjoyed the chapter, tell me what you thought of it. Next is a focus on Soldier as he faces Selene for the last time. Also Holocaust is another character from the comics but he's not the main villain, you'll just have to wait and see who is to find out.