Authors note: Good lord, I am so so sorry that it has taken me so very long to update. I haven't forgotten this story, my laptop exploded and so I have been writing my story up by hand and then typing it into the computer, the good news is, I have tons of chapters, and i'll be updating a lot. I really hope you'll get back on track with this. Thanks you guys! xoxox
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Chapter 20
The door to the mansion blasted open and the team all got into defensive positions.
Logan; with a pretty blonde woman, collapsed onto the plush carpeting, both looked roughed up and on the verge of consciousness.
"Merde, James what de hell happened?" Remy asked in panicked concern and rushed over to help his friend.
"There's no time-enemies approaching couldn't shake 'em." Logan said on the verge of passing out.
"You were in a lab?" Jean screeched looking distraught.
"Jean he was right, now is not the time. X-men defend the mansion with all you have" Charles said his voice icy his demeanour stormy.
The team weren't in uniform, but they all rushed out to the lawns.
Ororo was dressed in her silken white pyjamas and white transparent robe; she ran to the lawns and commanded the winds to raise her in flight, her blue eyes clouding to pure white.
"You should not have come here, and you should not have toyed with my family." Ororo stated coldly and the clouds darkened and rolled above her.
Jean was next to run out, her eyes flashed with a strange pink light she floated off the ground, her hair blowing in the strong wind Ororo had created.
Protect the mansion with all we have Jean sent out telepathically.
Scott was next out, his ripped jeans and white shirt blowing around his torso-you couldn't see the grim determination in his eyes but you could see it in the set of his jaw.
Remy took another look at Logan and the pretty blonde woman and frowned, his hands glowed pink as energy rushed and he prepared himself for the biggest battle of his life to date.
Bobby stood looking terrified –his first battle and it was going to be against the people who messed Logan up.
Bobby took a deep breathe and downed a gallon of water before turning himself to his ice form.
Hank himself was scared, the government were behind this and they could do bad things to them all, if they were to save themselves then they would have to fight an epic battle, and Hank was also sure that they would need him as the medic of this battle, there were sure to be casualties, so Hank rushed to prepare the med-bay.
"I do believe they will need a hand." Charles head shot around and saw Eric standing flanked by his brotherhood.
"Eric I do not think that is wise." Charles said he didn't want to join forces with the Brotherhood, the X-men didn't murder but at the same time he knew that all of their lives were at risk in this battle.
"Charles you do not have to join with us-this is just a case of old friends helping one another." Eric said sincerely.
"Then I accept your offer old friend." Charles said happy to have his old friend on his side.
"Lets get out there already!" a striking woman with red and gold hair growled, her hair flickered and her emerald green eyes glowed amber and fire rushed over her, leaving her in a magma form.
"Be careful and stay in sight." A guy with longish swept up blonde hair stated protectively.
"Where's the fun in that?" She replied and laughed the guy leaned in and kissed her, Charles was shocked when her flaming skin did not burn him.
"Pyro, Magma, be careful!" The blue skinned woman said, looking at the two seriously.
"Always am Mystique" Pyro said and then he, Magma, Mystique, Sabretooth and Toad all rushed out to join the x-men, the choppy sounds of helicopter blades loud in the still, night sky.
"Good luck Erik." Charles said seriously, knowing that he would be no help in this battle.
"Thank you Charles." Erik said humbly and put a metal helmet over his head before rising into the night air.
3 Military helicopters arrived first.
Ororo's eyes glowed bright white and the wind roared.
"Wind - I command you to obey me – create a shield and push these machines away!" Ororo cried and the wind shrieked and obeyed the weather goddess, the wind pushed hard, so hard it blew one helicopter completely out of the sky. The explosion rocked the earth and shocked Ororo.
"By the Goddess" She whispered, appalled that she had just ended someone's life.
The wind died down completely and Ororo slumped to the ground horrified.
Amara and St. John had watched it all happen with matching maniacal grins.
"Awesome! I like her!" Amara said with her usual beautiful, twisted smile.
"Baby-doll now is so not the time!" St. John said with a humouring grin.
"Gonna make me fly?" Amara asked, her amber eyes glowing with hope.
"Whatever you want sweetheart." St. John said and spread his arms; Amara's arms were pulled outwards as St. John manipulated her fire.
Scott and Jean looked on, impressed.
The fire around Amara grew and spread and soon took on the shape of a dragon with Amara in the middle.
With one hand he kept Amara floating, with his other hand he clicked his flamethrower on and shot a stream of fire at Amara, when the fires combined, St. John let out a yell and fire shot off of Amara in a huge explosion. The fire around Amara evaporated and she fell from the sky.
"'Mara!" St. John screamed, horrified.
Jean gasped, and grabbed the girl, using her telekinesis; a faint purple light glowed around Amara as she was lowered safely, onto the ground.
St. John ran to her side and pulled her into his chest; it looked as though she had been hit by some shrapnel because there was a deep gash to her right temple that was still bleeding.
St. John immediately hoisted his girlfriend onto his shoulder and looked over at Jean, who still looked pale and shaken up.
"Thanks. I owe you one." He said sincerely and raced back to the safety of the mansion.
Gambit may now work for the good guys, but that had not always been the case and he had no qualms about taking out those who had hurt his friends or threatened his family.
Remy charged the playing cards that he always kept with him, they were light to carry and he could throw them accurately, he threw a handful of charged cards at the spinning blades of an overhead helicopter and was pleased to see he hit his mark, causing the helicopter to lose control and crash to the ground in a shower of sparks.
The remaining helicopter started to return fire in earnest.
Jean let out a surprised squeak as she was shot in the shoulder, the force of the shot enough to knock her off of her feet.
Magneto had seen Jean save Amara earlier, and he frowned and clenched his fist. The helicopter crumpled as if it were made from paper as Magneto manipulated the metal molecules.
Sparks rained over the battlefield as the ground units arrived.
Mystique was a skilled fighter and she quickly took out about ten soldiers.
Ororo had shaken herself out of her daze and quickly taken Jean to the med bay.
Remy brought out his bo-staff and fought valiantly, he too had been trained in the art of hand to hand combat, although it was not a strong point for him.
Scott was getting better at fighting, but this time he was using his optical blasts, he was furious because Jean had gotten hurt.
Bobby was freezing soldiers' feet to the ground and then hitting them until they lost consciousness, he wasn't a skilled fighter but he knew what worked and he stuck with it.
Toad, a small man with dark green hair, yellow green skin and reptilian features fought like a ninja, he had incredibly powerful legs and was a highly skilled fighter.
Sabretooth happily ripped into soldiers, an evil grin twisting his animalistic features.
St. John ran out of the mansion to re-join the battle a demented smile on his handsome face.
The battle continued. It was reaching a fever pitch when suddenly everything around the mutants froze.
A strange pink light surrounded the soldiers.
"What the hell is going on?" Amara asked as she walked out of the mansion and stumbled down the steep stone steps.
St. John immediately rushed forward and steadied her, pulling her into his side.
"No clue" he replied looking around with a frown on his face.
X-men and Brotherhood please all make your way inside Charles Xavier's voice rang through their heads.
"Why? These Assholes are at our mercy!" St. John scowled.
"John, we are outnumbered here and you yourself are injured so let us go into the mansion." Magneto stated and led everyone into the mansion.
"You're hurt?!" Amara asked in concern and dragged her boyfriend into the mansion.
Everyone obeyed Charles' order, everyone except Scott – he wasn't going to leave the Professor and Jean out here alone.
Suddenly a bright white light shot from the Professor's head and a bright pink light shot from Jean's head and joined the white light, then the lights were gone.
"Come, Scott, Jean, into the mansion." Charles said urgently and they all hastily made their way back inside.
"They are retreating!" Ororo said in surprised shock from her vantage point of the big bay window.
"The Professor and I wiped their memories." Jean explained looking drained and also wincing in pain.
"I also implanted a false memory that all they found here was an abandoned derelict mansion." Charles said, looking extremely tired himself.
"You see that, we do make a good team eh Charles?" Erik said with a wide smile.
"Yes we do Erik, and I am eternally grateful to you and your team, but nothing has changed." Charles said wearily.
"I am surprised and disappointed Charles. Come team; let us not outstay our welcome." Erik said coldly and walked from the mansion without a look back.
Mystique immediately followed without saying another word, Sabretooth quickly followed with Toad.
"Later X-geeks" Amara said coldly and haughtily tossed her red and blonde hair over her shoulder and narrowed her emerald green eyes mockingly.
"Later. And Red, whether I like it or not, I owe ya – you saved my girl." St. John said and followed his girlfriend out.
"Ok. What the hell just happened here?" Scott asked, shocked beyond all belief.
Ok that's another chapter. I hope that you enjoyed this, and I'm hoping to post way more often now. ;) xoxoxo