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"Have you seen what was out there?" Pyro asked, "Freaking giant robots!"
"Yeah and they're after us," Pietro said, "One of them chased me, but I quickly lost him. It kept saying 'destroy all mutants'"
"Sounds like something the government cooked up. That would be typical of them. Does Mystique know about them?"
"I already do," Mystique said, "I saw them as well, tearing up Manhattan"
"What do you think?" Pyro asked, "Government"
"Would have to be. They came up with the cure, surely they could do this"
"Sounds like they want to see us exterminated"
"And that doesn't surprise me. Well, I'll tell you what we're gonna do. We're going to strike back at them. This is genocide, what they're doing. We'll destroy them all"
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Logan raised his arm to block Daken's blow, but ended up with three deeps cuts in his flesh, as Daken followed up with a kick to his chest. Logan coughed, spitting up blood. His throat wound was nearly healed, but the loss of blood from the injury had taken a lot out of him and he was fighting a losing battle, as Daken kept up the assault, inflicting more damaging injuries by the minute. Finally, Logan fell back in the snow, which was stained heavily with his blood, as Daken stood over him, breathing heavily, his claws soaked in his father's blood
"Okay…you know…I think we're…way past…talking," Logan groaned
"No, you're right there," Daken said, "Time to end this"
"Sorry you turned out like this, son"
"Well, I wonder why that happened"
Daken raised his fist to strike, but was suddenly knocked unconscious. Logan saw a blur of dark blue before he too was knocked unconscious, joining his son
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"I wonder why we're even bothering with repairing the school," Scott said, "It's gonna get damaged again sometime soon"
"Tony Stark's technology will make sure that won't happen," Emma replied
"Well, at least we've got Hank checking out those robot remains so we can find out where they came from"
"I'm guessing Magneto built them, before he went all comatose"
"No, it doesn't seem like Magneto do something like this. On the other hand, you could be right"
Scott sighed, watching as Stark's company repaired the damage done to the school by the Sentinels. Emma was beside him, wearing a white corset over white pants and boots with white gloves and a small cape that was attached to her gloves. Scott found himself checking out her fine form and kept silently chastising himself for it, not knowing that Emma was enjoying the effect she was slowly having on him. She wanted him and loved the chase he was unwittingly giving her. She knew it would only be a matter of time before Scott was hers
"I'm gonna see if Hank's got anything," Scott said
"I'll come with. This building watching, not my thing"
Scott and Emma headed into the mansion, going to the professor's office where they found Hank giving Xavier a rundown of his findings
"I hate to say this, professor, but these robots seemed to be government-made," Hank said, "They are called Sentinels and were ordered by Bolivar Trask"
"How do you know that?" Xavier asked
"The computer chips are all signs government and Trask's signature has been engraved on the inside of the chest plate"
"So the government is trying to wipe us out?" Emma asked
"Not like that's not the first time," Scott added sarcastically
"In any case, we must be prepared for another attack," Xavier said
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Rogue was out in the garden, sitting on one of the park benches and staring at the sky. She was so lost in thought she didn't notice Gambit sitting next to her until he spoke
"What seems to be the problem, love?"
"Huh what? No problem, none at all"
"Can't lie to me. I know everything"
"Yeah, I'm sure you do"
"Cause I do"
"Where's Logan then?"
"Somewhere that's not here," Gambit replied with a cocky grin
Rogue gave him a small smile, but didn't reply, as Gambit looked around
"Where's your partner?"
"I'm avoiding him"
"Why? He cares about you so much, it's kinda sickening. That said"
"I can't touch him. We used to, but now we can't and…I think it's causing the same sort of problems as it was before"
"Ah yes, I think I heard about this. But Frosthead is looking to get you the cure again. Why avoid him?"
"It's complicated, Gambit. I don't think you would understand"
"I know of all things in regards to love. I'm quite an experienced man in that field"
"Yeah, I'm sure you are. I'm talking about a different kind of love to you"
"No, I know which love you are speaking of. When I said field, I mean all sections of the field"
"Riveting. But I'm sorry to say, this doesn't really concern you"
"You've told me this much so far. Allow me to help you out with Popsicle Boy"
Rogue was about to respond when an earthquake suddenly rumbled out
"Oh, that can't be good," Gambit said
There came a sudden loud crash, as the front gates were smashed off their hinges. Juggernaut came pounding into the schoolyards, closely followed by Pyro, who let off several jets of flames into the air, as Sabretooth and Omega Red walked in after him. They stepped aside when Mystique strode before them
"Take them all," she ordered
"Yep, definitely not good," Gambit said, reaching into his coat
He withdrew a few playing cards, charging them up with kinetic energy and throwing them. Sabretooth growled in anger when the cards exploded upon him and he charged at the pair. Avalanche, Blob and Toad soon arrived and entered the school with Omega Red. An angry red laser blasted the three mutants back out of the school, as Scott stepped outside and raised his sunglasses. Pyro countered with a fireball, setting off a small explosion, as Gambit dodged Sabretooth's swipe and pushed Rogue aside, before extending his metal staff and striking the large mutant with it
"Best get the others, love, we're gonna need them," he said
He was thrown into a large garden hedge, as Sabretooth turned to Rogue with a grin. However, he was stopped by a telekinetic blast from Jean. Bobby, Kitty, Laura and Peter soon joined in, as Omega Red lashed his tentacles at them. Laura sliced at them, as Peter assumed his metallic form and punched Blob in the stomach. The overweight mutant chuckled, sucking his gut in, then forcing it back out, shooting Peter through the school wall like a bullet. Sabretooth engaged Gambit in battle again, as Mystique took on Scott in hand-to-hand combat
Toad took down Bobby and Kitty with ease, as the former froze his legs to the ground. Toad frowned and spat a wad of mucus onto Bobby's face. Pyro sent forth a wave of fire, which was repelled by Jean's telekinesis. She forced it back at him, her own eyes turning fiery red, blasting him across the front yard
"What is the meaning of all this?" Xavier asked, coming outside with Hank and Emma
"You! It was you!" Mystique cried
She kicked Scott in the groin and knocked him down, before leaping at Xavier, only to be frozen in the air by Emma's telepathy. She lowered the blue mutant down and unfroze her mind
"Magneto. That's why you're here," Xavier said
"I'm gonna kill you for what you did to him"
"How about we save that for another day," Scott groaned, "We have company"
Three Sentinels stood outside the mansion fence, while a man stood before them. He had sleek white hair and a small goatee and was wearing a primarily black costume with a dark pink collar. But his eyes didn't seem like normal human eyes. They looked like the eyes of a robot
"There are the mutants," Bastion said, "Destroy them"
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