Interestingly (or not) the reason Cyclops and Wolverine arrived back at the same time was that they were at the same place. At the same time Jean, Miss Frost, and Illyana jumped awake. Illyana started crying and Collosus moved to comfort her. Cyclops and Wolverine entered the room just as Jean and Miss Frost gained their senses. It was interesting how it took Bobby, Jubilee and I had to be the ones to gain order. After everyone calmed down Bobby asked Wolverine what happened at the Weapon X facility.
Logan said, "Landed outside, found Cyke and his brother engaged in a round of fisticuffs. I swear looked to me like years of repression getting purged."
Jean asked why and Cyclops said, "Alex has joined the brotherhood. Tried to get me to join. I didn't respond to that very well."
Wolverine said, "Yeah, as soon as I got the Summers boys calmed down I convinced the boys to put the hate toward the jokers who got the Weapon X facility started again. Havok reluctantly agreed and we busted up the place. Freed a bunch of Morlocks who were experimented on. Confiscated a bunch of the experiments. Morlocks told us Kincaid's behind it."
I turned to Jean and said, "Your turn now. Why didn't the professor wake with you?"
Jean got up and started hooking the professor in the same life support system Illyanna was in. She said, "It was a trap by Shadow King!"
Bobby didn't give me a chance to ask who that was. He said to me, "Mental parasite. One of the Professor's old enemies."
Emma continued, "Charles spent a lot of energy opening a portal to help us escape. He then turned to engage Shadow King. We didn't see what happened after that."
I asked if there was anything we could do for him, and Miss Frost said, "Not likely, probably going to need a lot more astral energy than Jean and I are capable of without Jean awakening her split personality."
At that the institutes PA came on and we heard Storm saying, "X-men report to the brig, to help with Toad." Apparently the professor earlier agreed to turn Toad over to Sheild custody. A few moments later we stood outside escorting Toad into a Sheild transport.
Suddenly the sheild agents guns flew out of their hands and turned around in midair to face them. We turned around to and I came face to face with Magneto at last. He said, "Hello children, again betraying your own kind by turning him over to the homo sapiens?" With a wave of Magneto's hands, Toad's restraints flew off. Toad cheered jumped away and joined the other Brotherhood members who were just arriving.
Storm said, "We don't consider Toad like us, Magneto."
A sheild agent said, "Now look here," but was stopped when the gun in front of him had its hammer suddenly pull back."
Magneto said, "Please, don't talk human. Where is Xavier?"
Cyclops told Magneto that the professor was indisposed, and he replied, "Well, Summers, you saw what these humans were doing up in Canada, to those Morlocks. Doesn't that convince you how humans see us?"
Wolverine replied, "Bub, I known for years better than anyone what an evil place that was. That little trip didn't tell me anything I didn't allready know."
Magneto yelled in frustration, "What will it take to convince you people?"
Toad said, "Hey boss, maybe those hundred sentinels heading strait for us will convince them." With that the battle was on. Cyclops ordered the X-men to defend the mansion. The sentinels kept their one-track mind in check repeating an staid order to "Cease all Mutant activities." I had a horible feeling that means just die. The X-mansion instantly became a mess of X-men Vs. Sentinels Vs. Brotherhood. Not to mention the Sheild agents desperatly trying to get out of the way.
The most interesting part of the battle came when I tried a new technique. I turned to my lava form and using an volcanic burst launched myself like a cannon at a nearby sentinel. It worked like a charm. The sentinel was nearly ripped apart by the heat. When a got my bearings I found I had landed right in front of Magneto. He said, "That was very impressive, Lady Magma. Shame you've fallen for Xavier's rhetoric." It was almost scary how casual he was in dealing with the sentinels, using those powers of his to implode one after another.
I replied still throwning fireballs at nearby sentinels, "I haven't fallen for anything, pal. Even if the X-men were never a factor, I still wouldn't join your little fun club."
Magneto asked why, and as Toad jumped by I said, "Hey Toad, tell your boss why I won't join your group."
Toad said, "This girl is really devoted to her parents, boss. I tried speaking low of her parents, and she looked at me as she was about to set me on fire."
I continued, "I don't espect you to understand why I consider that important. You don't remember ever having parents right?"
Magneto replied, "You've done your homework on me I suppose. Pity, your drive to fulfill the desires of the humans limits you."
I replied, "I am willing to take those limits in order to get their love."
A few moments later I heard a strange whistling sound and all faded to black. I woke up in the institutes medical bed with Bobby sitting at my side. I asked what happened and he said, "A few Sentinels far away fired a long-range heavy sonic pulse at Magneto. You got hit in its wake. Allison, the sentinels took Magneto, and flew off at once. The Brotherhood members left to give chase."
Jean who was walking nearby said, "Bobby hasn't left your side."
Bobby said slightly blushing. "Well, you know it's the least I can do, and I don't want to be known as less caring than Gambit, who hasn't left the side of Rogues bed." Sure enough, I noticed that several bed's down. Rogue seemed to have been badly hit with a heavy sentinel laser burst, and sure enough, Gambit sat next to her holding her hand.
Bobby continued, "I mean I know we hardly have the relationship those two have but still..." Bobby was inturrupted as I grabbed his head and pulled him into a kiss.
Anyway I have to wrap this entry up. I'm meeting Bobby for dinner tonight. I hope it will alleviate my feelings that the situation is going to escalate. We are Professor-less. By the way, Ilyanna told us that Shadow king had been contacted by someone in the real world and conpired with Shadow king to lure Professor Xavier into a trap. Magneto was asking for the Professor today so I don't think it's him. Magneto is probably in the hands of General Kincaid, and might soon be the target of retribution by the Brotherhood.
Yeah, things are going to get worse before they get better.
Later.
Allison "Magma" Crestmere.