The cold ground was littered with decapitated, blood filled in pools on the ground; the Sentinel attack had been brutal. The New Recruits had died defending the ones they love and their home. They had cut off the sentinels more than halfway from the mansion and though the sentinels had been successfully stopped, eight mutants had lost their lives in the gory battle.
Earlier that day…
The New Mutants, now young adults with the exception of an adolescent Jamie, were in their various locker rooms suiting up for battle as the alarms went berserk. They rushed into the living room of the Xavier Institute where Professor Xavier awaited them, a disturbed look written across his features.
"Now that we're all here, there is a matter of great urgency at hand. Sentinels are near approaching the institute and I fear that if they are not stopped then the lives of everyone here will be in jeopardy, especially the lives of the children." Professor Xavier said
"Then let's get a move on then!" Amara said standing up from her perch against a wall.
The New Recruits were about to exit the room when said children were herded into the room followed be a weary looking Storm. The X Men were still on a mission to recruit more mutants, leaving Storm, Logan, Beast and the New Recruits behind. Shianne ran up to her mother who in turn picked her up and planted a kiss on her forehead.
"Where are you going mommy?" Shianne asked
"On a mission to save the world, same old same old." Amara replied placing Shianne on the floor and running out of the room yelling a quick 'Love you' to her only child.
The New Mutants piled out of the room one by one avoiding the tiny children on the floor and calling out their various 'I love you's'. But if only they had known those would have been the last words that their children would ever hear them say.
Sam was grasped in the arms of a sentinel and struggling with all his might to break free, only to be crushed and his lifeless body dropped to the ground.
"Sam!" Amara screamed
She flamed up and literally smashed the sentinel's head clean off its body, but was eventually exhausted and knocked clean out of the sky, her body falling and hitting the ground with a thud. The battle raged on for what seemed like forever. Mutants being smashed or impaled and sentinels being mashed to pieces. When the dust cleared there was no winner of the battle only smashed parts and lifeless bodies. Now only one question really remained, who would be the one to tell the children that their parents weren't coming home?
Author's note:R&R please