And now the story really begins, here's chapter 7, and the story does get a bit of a different twist with the other team coming in, to put it correctly, I'll just give a hint of what happens a bit further down
Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men
Devilish Mutation
"Vell zere vent ze surprise factor, zo much for sneaking up on zem in zere sleep and killing zem vith a wire after vaking zem up so zey could feel it" Takuo said.
"Well look at it this way. Now we can defeat them, hurting their pride then torture and kill them" Rio, their leader said.
The others heard that and smirked evilly in response before walking forward.
As the Apocalypse squad stepped forward, Hank saw this from the cameras and immediately activated the defenses, which were equivalent to level 20 danger room, with saws strong enough to cut through even the metal in Wolverines body and lasers that made Cyclops attacks seem weak, and yet the Apocalypse Squadron continued to walk forward in supposed foolishness.
As they came to where the weapons began attacking them it soon became apparent that the defenses were useless against them.
Takuo teleported around, blasting the lasers to bits all the while, while Naxolg, also known as Silent Death, ran forward at a speed even Quicksilver would have been hard pressed to match and destroyed saw after saw, literally jumping off the blades of the saw while still spinning in order to move faster than his body would usually allow.
In seconds the level 20 DR defense was completely destroyed and none of them had a scratch on them.
Everyone who had seen that watched open eyed.
That was when the X-Men made it out and saw the defenses destroyed.
"Like, what happened? I, like, thought Hank set the defenses to, like, level 20" Kitty said in surprise as she stared.
"Vell he did, vut I guess zat vasn't enough, even zo it vas ze highest level" Kurt said as he also stared.
"Ah come on, that your best? I expected more, even from our weakling counterparts but I guess that's too be expected since my side left the group" Sunoka said to them.
"Vat is going on here, Evan? Who are zese people,vhy are you vith zem?" Kurt said to Sunoka, under the impression it was really there Evan.
"... oh right, you don't know about us. Fine, no use giving introductions to someone you're going to kill, maybe this'll suffice. We're you from another dimension and we were sent by his dark side to capture you, though, excuse us if we get carried away and kill you instead " Rio said to them while pointing at Zeo when he said his dark side.
Everyone stared for a few seconds before they heard a scream of pain from behind them.
They all turned and saw Naxolg standing there with his claws going straight through Jeans stomach.
"Jean! I didn't even see him move" Scott said as he tried a blast but Naxolg dodged it.
He ran forward to where Jean was and made the mistake of kneeling down to help her.
"Jean are you, ugh!" Scott began to say before getting blasted away by a laser from Takuo's arm.
The second he went flying into the air a spike shot out and went through his body before another three came and pinned him to the wall.
That was the two most experienced X-men down in less than a minute.
"Vhat ze, vut how did zey. AHHHHHHHHH" Kurt yelled out as his mind felt like it was exploding.
All he could see was a black blinding flame and a devilish smile and then he fainted.
"Like, what hap, AHHH" Kitty began but she too was silenced as an arm came straight through her body and solidified.
She immediately fainted from the pain of it.
That left only Rogue, Logan and Zeo and all the others had been taken out in literally only a minute.
"Ah, don't know what ta do" Rogue said, scared as she looked for a way to stop them but all she could see was a bunch of blurs.
That was when a blast of energy went straight through her stomach and she slumped to the ground, unconscious.
"And then there were two losers" Sunoka said while staring at Logan and Zeo.
That was when Logan yelled out in pain and fell to the ground from a laser shot in the back. "Make zat vone" Takuo said while smirking.
The others stopped moving and they all stared at Zeo.
"They must be up to something right? Let's see, there's one, two... where's Rogue's other!" he began to think to himself before he felt something, or perhaps someone, grab him from behind.
"So you're his newest seed? He was right, I can feel the power, you look the same, you taste the same, now then" Raven said while licking his neck with a devilish smirk before actually grabbing his crotch.
"Do you feel the same?" she said to him. Zeo saw what was happening and immediately tried to break away but Raven just squeezed on tighter.
That was when Rio yelled out "Enough!"
"Oh but why, I'm only just beginning" Raven said with a very terrifying smile on her face.
"We can mess with them later, we need to get them to our master, we're already taking a while as it is" Rio said.
"Oh fine" Raven pouted before picking Zeo up and walking to where the others were.
Rena used her powers to bring the X-Men to where they were and Takuo teleported them back.
Hank and the others had watched all of this through the monitor room and had merely stared in shock at what had just transpired.
As soon as Hank got over it enough to think straight he sent a mental message to Xavier of what had just happened.
Neither wanted to believe it had but there was definitely no denying it.
Meanwhile in the Brimstone Dimension
As the Apocalypse Warriors entered the dimension, they found themselves in front of their lord Sefaros.
"So you captured them then? I suppose they were weaker than I presumed" Sefaros said.
"So what shall we do with them master?" Rio said while bowing.
"Hm, well the X-Men are yours, I will take Zeo however" Sefaros said as he snapped his fingers and Zeo appeared on the ground next to him.
The X-men were awake enough to hear what was going on and were terrified of what would happen next.
"Now then, you shall have a tournament to choose who gets who as their... pet" Sefaros said.
"I shall set up the tournament soon, until then, rest" Sefaros said as he sent his warriors away.
The next day he summoned them to a gigantic arena.
"Alright then, here is where the tournament shall take place, the pairings for the tournament have been posted on the wall" Sefaros said with a bloodlust look in his eyes, eager for the slaughter that was sure to come.
"And what if we kill each other, what of the team, I would like the bloody battle as much as you but we can't risk losing a single member of our team!" Rio said to Sefaros.
"Fear not, I already have a solution to this. We are in the Brimstone Dimension and thus we are connected to many worlds. Recently, I found a new world in which everyone is technically immortal, if killed they will reappear." Sefaros said
"I tested to see if we could use this ability while in our realm. I killed one of the beings that run around this world and he reappeared when we were close to the portal. Thus I built this arena here, if a fight takes place, the battle shall never end, same goes for torture. So fight as hard as you wish here, you will not be able to kill each other permanently. Now then, the board is there, look at it" Sefaros said as he pointed toward the board on the wall yet again.
The Apocalypse Warriors headed to the board and stared at it, the pairings were Rio vs Rena, Sunoka vs Satana, Raven vs Takuo and an unexpected match, Seth vs Naxolg.
"Silent against Psycho? That sounds interesting" Rio said while smirking at the pair ups.
"So Vhen do ve get to kill each ozer?" Takuo asked with a devilish grin n his face.
"The tournament shall start in three hours, do whatever you must until then" Sefaros said as his warriors left to go prepare.
Most got their costume and trained, but others merely rested or made up battle plans.
When the time was almost up, the warriors began to head towards the tournament grounds.
As the group arrived, they found a demon announcer standing in the middle of the arena.
"And the warriors have gathered, let the tournament begin. First match is Rio and Rena. Rio and Rena, please enter the ring!" the announcer said in an annoying voice.
"Fine, this'll be fun eh bitch?" Rio said to Rena, who was wearing nothing but a see through bra and some panties.
She just smiled like an idiot then used her powers to kill a few people.
"Alright, ready and begin" the announcer said.
Rio shot a blast of energy forward but the attack was stopped by a physic wave.
Rio pushed harder and the blast continued.
Rena used more energy and the blast began to be pushed back.
The struggle of energy continued for a few more minutes before Rena tried an underhanded technique, she flashed Rio.
He dropped his guard for split second and the attack came at him and went through his neck.
"And the winner is Rena" the announcer said as Rio reappeared with an angry look on his face.
"Damn you to hell there's no way you could have won if you hadn't done that you'd never have won" Rio said.
Rena just smirked and said, "Did you really expect me to play fair?" before laughing and walking off.
"Well... no, but how dare you go win against me!" Rio yelled at her as she just walked off.
"And now for the next match, Sunoka vs Satana!" the announcer said enthusiastically.
"Warriors of Apocalypse, please enter the ring" he said again as both fighters entered the ring.
"Ready and begin" he said and the battle began.
Sunoka started off with a spike attack, hoping to catch Satana off guard before she could phase out of the way.
Satana was barely able to dodge but in the end, she did phase through the attack and countered by rushing forward and trying to stick a hand through Sunoka.
Sunoka felt the wind rush towards him and waited until her hand was almost through before jumping back.
In this way she would expose herself and be wide open for an attack.
The plan worked perfectly.
Satana, believing she had made contact, began to solidify.
The second she did, a spike was shot forward, straight through her neck and the battle ended.
"The winner is Sunoka, and what an amazing battle it was" the announcer said as Satana reappeared.
"Huh, what happened?" Satana asked annoyed.
"And let's see that again" the announcer said before one of the walls split apart and revealed a gigantic TV, which immediately began playing the last few seconds of the battle.
"What? How dare you!" Satana yelled at Sunoka who just smirked.
"Well that's over, let's begin match number three, Raven vs Takuo, fighters, please enter the ring" the announcer said as he looked towards where they should have been but found both fighters already in the ring.
"... well okay then, match begin!" he yelled enthusiastically as the battle began. Raven used her copied powers to teleport, as did Takuo and both disappeared from site with a flash of flame and brimstone.
The power of the attack killed many surrounding, but they merely reappeared.
The two fighters had slowed down there teleportation to a form unexpected by all.
If the brimstone dimension is where teleporters ended up when usually slowed down, where did they go if they were already in that dimension.
The answer was a dimension similar to Oblivion.
It was pure black, unlike before though, the teleportation was completely different.
Instead of disappearing they would blur and then would be gone, only to appear in a different location.
There was no sound either.
Each warrior continued to attack.
Takuo used the laser and Raven used the power of Alex Masters counterpart.
A power nearly exactly the same as Rio's except it was directed through the hands.
The two attacks collided and both began to slowly explode due to even time being slowed down to a point where anyone could see what happened.
It was literally as if the world was being played in slow motion.
Before the attack could explode and damage the two fighters, they teleported yet again.
All that could be seen from the battle outside where a few flashes from their teleporting.
As the battle in the other dimension raged on, both fighters using much of their energy up, it soon became apparent that neither would win at the rate things were going.
That was when Raven decided to change the style of the battle.
She allowed her body to drop out of the dimension but used more of her copied powers to see into it.
She let loose a barrage of explosions at one spot when Takuo began to teleport.
The outcome was that Takuo was hit halfway through the teleportation and came flying out of it.
He hit the ground with a thud before getting blasted yet again with a barrage of attacks even more powerful than the one before.
Thus killing him and ending the battle.
"... well we might not know what happened but it seems as though the winner is Raven" the announcer said in slight surprise while Takuo reappeared to the side.
"Vhat jest happened, how did zou do zat?" Takuo said in surprise.
"Well ah don't really understand it completely but to put it simply. What's shown in there is a few seconds slower than what is really happening. Ah found that out when I teleported out here and saw what had already happened. So ah used one eye to see through this world and the other to see into that world, the outcome was that I saw you land in the place in one eye and I saw you teleporting there in the other.
I aimed for the spot that you were getting ready ta land in and ah blasted ya straight back ta hell" Raven said with a smirk on her face.
"Well either way, it's time for the last match of part one. And an interesting one at that Seth vs Naxolg" the announcer said before coughing out blood and falling to the ground.
The second he hit, his head came off.
A few more seconds and he reappeared.
"What just happened?" the announcer said while looking around.
That was when he saw that Naxolg was now in the arena.
"How did you...!" the announcer began "I'm not called Silent Death for nothing" Naxolg said without any emotion in his voice.
It took the announcer a few seconds to understand what had been said since he had merely noticed that Naxolg was now in the ring but he soon figured it out.
"You killed me!" he yelled out.
"Do you want me to kill you again, if not, I would recommend calling my opponent over and then shutting up" Naxolg said again.
"Yes right, Seth please..." the announcer began before he heard an incredibly loud thump behind him and his body was ripped in half by Seth.
A few more seconds and he reappeared, face to face with Seth who snorted out steam into his face, causing him to fall over and out of the ring.
"Um begin" he said before rushing off. Naxolg lunged forward so fast he could not be seen while Seth just stood there before all of a sudden spinning around and smashing into an unseen solid object with his fists.
The object was Naxolg, who was sent flying into a wall with a few cracked ribs that healed seconds later.
He then leapt back up, the usual nonexistent expression replaced by hatred.
"No one has hit me in years!" he yelled out angrily before lunging forward at an even faster pace.
Every time he got close, he would leap back and to the side then begin to run forward again.
Seth would try swing after swing but to no avail as 'Silent Death' dodged at speeds unparalleled.
Naxolg then leapt forward yet again, but this time he went straight forward without turning, catching his opponent off guard.
He sliced through Seth's neck and ended the battle.
"The winner is Naxolg" the announcer said, terrified of them killing him again.
"Round one is complete, the semi- finals will start in two days" the announcer said.
"It will be Rena vs Sunoka and Raven vs Naxolg. The fighters can now leave" he said as he also walked off.
"So we wait two days? Sounds fine to me" Rio said as he and the others walked off as well to rest and train.
Meanwhile in Sefaros castle
Zeo began to stir after being knocked out for the last day or so, and what he saw when he opened his eyes made him wish he was still asleep.
"So your finally awake?" Sefaros said with a dark smirk on his face.
"Why am I here?" Zeo said angrily, trying to hide his terror.
"Simple, because you hold a large piece of my power. I wish to absorb it, but first, I must control you long enough for it to be harnessed" Sefaros said before leaping forward in an attempt to latch on to Zeo.
At that, Zeo spun around and ran, he didn't know where he was going, or how he was getting there, all he knew is that if Sefaros caught him, it would be over for him.
He hid for two days before he noticed a large stir of... people?
They were all obviously mutant but they were a million times more organized than Magneto's city.
"Guess I'll follow them" he thought as he turned on his watch and slipped into the crowd.
They soon arrived at a stadium of some sort and he saw what looked to be a tournament line up.
"Guess they're having a tournament" he thought as he looked around before shrugging.
"Might as well watch" he thought as he entered and took his seat.
He looked down and saw who was fighting.
"That Sunoka guy and Rena? This looks... interesting I guess" he thought before the announcer yelled out.
"And now for the first match of the semifinals. Ready, begin!"
At that, the match took off.
Sunoka tried to shoot off his spikes but they were stopped in mid air and thrown back at him with triple the speed.
He dodged those and turned back, only to find the dark Phoenix in front of him.
He sighed before putting his arms up to block the attack that came at him.
But that failed and the first match was over.
"What a short match, can't say I expected things to come out differently though. Projectiles just don't do well against mental powers" the announcer said as Sunoka reappeared.
He growled a small bit before walking off.
"Time for the next match, Raven vs Naxolg. Fighters. Please report to the ring" he said, hoping neither of the two were angry enough to kill him.
Luckily, they weren't.
Both entered the ring and got ready to fight.
They leapt forward with all their energy but Naxolg had the advantage.
He had never allowed raven to obtain his powers of his memories.
He was too swift to be seen and his style seemed random to the normal eye.
Because of this, none could predict his next move.
Raven ran forward, using the claws of Lady Deathstrike as her weapons, as well as using Quicksilver's speed to match it.
But that was nowhere near enough. Naxolg's claws cut straight through her, hitting all the vital points she had in the area where the claw had struck.
She instantly fell, killed as if she were no more than an amateur.
A few seconds after and she reappeared.
She almost attacked Naxolg, but she knew it was useless, so she just growled and walked away. Her battle was over.
"Wow, they're really good" Zeo thought.
That was when the announcer yelled out.
"And now, the fight you've all been waiting for. Rena, the Dark Phoenix vs Naxolg, the Silent Death. Fighters, get ready to give it your all. Ready and begin!" he yelled out as both warriors jumped into the ring and ran forward.
The Phoenix tried to enter Naxolg's mind but was thrown out in pain.
Naxolg used this advantage and attacked with three slashes.
The Phoenix roared in pain, yet again, but was able to counter the attack by grabbing an incredibly large metal pipe with her mind and swinging it into Naxolg.
Naxolg crumpled under the force but before he even hit the ground, he regained control and attacked again.
This time aiming for the Phoenix heart.
He landed a blow and the Phoenix roared in pain.
It then lost it's form and became Rena again.
Rena growled out of frustration before using the metal around her to build a robot that she could pilot.
She immediately took control and punched Naxolg with all her strength, he flew into the wall and lay there for a few seconds before leaping back into the battle and slicing the robot up.
After the robot was merely the head and torso, he lunged forward and went straight through the stomach.
This also went straight through Rena and a yell of pain echoed from inside the robot before she reappeared to the side.
"I guess she got killed" the announcer said, blinking.
"Which means that... Naxolg AKA Silent Death, is the winner! He will choose what they do with the X-Men!" the announcer said as the wall behind him spun around, revealing the X-Men, captured and chained.
At that, Zeo finally understood the reason of the tournament.
"So it was too decide the fate of my friends then" Zeo thought as his fists tightened and his teeth clenched.
"I can't allow anything to happen to them" he thought before jumping down there.
Sure, it probably wasn't his brightest idea, but it was by far, his most noble.
As he touched the ground, he turned his watch off and a gasp escaped everyone in the stadium.
In seconds, he was surrounded.
"Perfect, just per... wait, it is perfect, now all I have to do is get over them." Then he noticed that fifty of them could fly
. At that, he sighed. "Never mind... Guess I have to fight!" He thought as he got in a battle position.
And thus, the battle began.
There ya go, chapter 7, sorry it took so long but my computer was messing up. I had an old email account that I forgot about and it stacked up on messages, outcome was that the processing speed of my computer fell to almost nothing and my story couldn't be opened. Well either way, things are finally beginning to kick off.