Crisis Conundrum

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Chapter 5: The Rescue Continues!

A large, hideous looking creature hovered in a control room of some kind, looking at the screens. His name is MODOK. Originally a military experiment simply designed for computing strategic movements and scientific equations, MODOK eventually overrode its own programming and dedicated itself to the same ruthless scientific pursuit as AIM. He said,
"Get those X-men! The process we need from our prisoner has not been completed!"

A female voice said,

"So, I'm guessing he's still alive."

MODOK turned and saw Persiana and Nightcrawler perched on top of a steel beam. The white-haired feline continued,

"And, judging from all the sweat that's dropping in your chair, you're really close."

MODOK snapped,

"You shall not interfere with my plans!"

Nightcrawler pulled out a handful of wires,

"Would zhis count?"

The head of AIM looked on in aghast,

"What have you fools done?!"

He fired a blast from his chair, and the two acrobatic heroes separated, somersaulting out of the way. Persiana landed on her feet and kicked one of the AIM agents in the head. Two more were lining aiming their weapons on, but Nightcrawler appeared behind one of them and slammed the back of his head. Then, teleporting in a pillar of smoke, he kicked the second one agent away.

It was around this time that Crisis and the X-men were fighting through the thick of AIM agents. Many of them had been grabbing as many scientific devices as possible in an attempt to slow down the X-men. Cyclops shouted,

"How many of these guys are there?"

Crisis pulled out his sword and sliced a device in half,

"Fury says there's a ton of AIM agents that work in places like this. Honestly, he says the Hydra ones are worse."

Logan grunted,

"And your doing all this to let Fury put in a good word for you and the furball."

Leon shrugged,

"Wouldn't you?"

Gambit launched his energized playing cards at several AIM agents, laughing,

"And this is how it's done!"

Just then, MODOK came barreling through the wall,

"AAAHH! YOU FOOLS!"

The yellow-uniformed AIM agents turned and saw several blue-uniformed agents attacking MODOK. Disengaging, the yellow agents and the blue agents clashed. Leon blinked,

"What the? What's going on?"

Nightcrawler teleported with Jaime and Persiana and the teleporter looked at the chaos,

"Wow, I can't believed it work?"

Rogue asked,

"Kurt, what did you do?"

Jaime answered,

"Easy. The yellow AIM agents were the ones that were being programmed with my replication ability. There aren't that many, but, they would be programmed to serve MODOK. Instead, Nightcrawler crossed a few wires and well…"

Persiana finished,

"Basically, the blue ones are going to purify AIM, and by that, that means eliminating every yellow shirt on the base, and MODOK himself."

Nightcrawler added,

"And, that means that they would destroy this base."

Cyclops and the others blinked at the statements and then asked,

"Uh, not that I don't want to sound stupid-."

Multiple interrupted,

"No more than usual."
There were a few snickers at that, but Scott continued,

"So, the blue AIM guys are going to destroy the yellow AIM guys, and this base."

Multiple, Farrah, and Kurt all nodded. Cyclops asked,

"And, we're in the base, and they could destroy us, too, right?"

Again, the three nodded. Cyclops said,

"So, it stands to reason that we should not be here when the base blows up. Right?"

Again the three nodded. The optic blasting mutant nodded,

"OK, I think I got it. It's time we leave."

Farrah asked,
"Should we leave in an orderly fashion, or panic for the exits?"
Cyclops said,
"I think panicking for the exits sounds like a good strategy, how about you?"

Then, at the top of his lungs, Scott screamed girlishly,

"WE'RE GOING TO DIE!"
In the next few seconds, it was mass panic. Between the yellow and blue clad AIM agents killing each other, and the X-men trying to run for their lives, it was all pretty hectic. But, the X-men did manage to get out.

Logan looked at the destruction from a hill side,

"I gotta admit, Crisis. It's a beautiful sight."

"It certainly is."

The X-men turned and saw Nick Fury, with several SHIELD units, as well as more SHIELD platoons, looking over the base. Carol Danvers, the Avenger Ms. Marvel, was also in attendance. Of course, Persiana immediately hissed and glared,

"Get away from my boyfriend, bitch!"

Carol was about to say something when Leon got between them,

"Ladies, I know you two have differences, but can it wait until I talk to Fury about something?"

The blonde Air Force major folded her arms,
"Fine. It gives a list of things to say to that walking stuffed animal on why she shouldn't join the Avengers!"

Persiana hissed and was about to pounce, but one look from her boyfriend kept her temper in check, barely.

As Leon and Fury went somewhere else to talk, Cyclops looked on at the other X-men,

"What do you think is going to happen?"

Wolverine grunted,

"If I know Fury, he's probably going to have Multiple arrested again."

Before Multiple could say anything, Fury's voice echoed throughout town,

"WHAT? YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!"
Crisis shrugged,

"Hey, that's what I found out. I mean, I can sort of believe it myself."

Fury glared with his one eye,
"You're telling me we got the wrong guy!"

Crisis shook his head,

"Oh, come on. We both know the agreement; if I looked into this for you, you would get me and my girlfriend on the Avengers."

Carol heard this,
"Excuse me? Look, I don't have a problem with you on the team-."

Farrah interrupted,

"Only so you put the moves on my man!"

Nightcrawler whispered to Rogue,

"Territorial, isn't she?"

Rogue nodded. Ms. Marvel continued,

"But there is no way in hell I'm letting that hairball anywhere near the mansion!"

Leon said,

"Well, Tigra likes having her around."

Carol folded her arms,

"Only because those two constantly gossip about everything."

Fury said,

"Like you do when you, She-Hulk, Wasp, and Black Widow get together?"

At that, the blonde blushed hotly and Rogue rolled her eyes,

"It's hard to believe ah got her powers from her."

Carol whirled around and glared,

"I'll deal with you later."

Farrah snarled and Fury finally said,

"Enough!"

He then looked at Crisis and said,

"He's still coming with us while I check this out. But, he's your responsibility. Got it?"
Leon noticed the look he was getting and, though he was nervous that this would almost certainly not work, he was still willing to give it a try,

"Done."

Jaime asked,

"What's going on?"

Leon explained,
"Well, I told Fury that, when they discovered you were the one on the camera blowing up those Sentinel bases, it really was just one of AIM's test projects. The information I found was that MODOK was using the clone process Multiple had and was conducting raids on all the Sentinel bases."

Multiple remained silent as Cyclops was about to say,

"Do you expect-?"

Wolverine stomped on his foot, telling him to keep quiet. Multiple said,

"So, there's information that proves I'm innocent."

Leon nodded,

"There is, but we'll have to go with Fury and get debriefed. But, I'll advocate for you personally for this."

Multiple thought for a moment and said,

"Done."

There was a silent sigh of relief from the X-men. This seemed to be a turning point in the hope of getting Jaime out of the predicament he was in.

However, the moment of respite as short-lived as Persiana tackled Ms. Marvel,

"Die, Barbie!"

A cat-fight had broken out, and Fury groaned,

"Now all we have to do is break them up."

Leon shook his head,

"No thanks. I'd much live with the X-men."

Cyclops said,
"I should be insulted, but, somehow, I'm not."

End of Crisis Conundrum

AN: For those that do not understand how there were blue clad AIM agents, in the comics, MODOK was creating a unit within AIM as a way of usurping control. The blue AIM agents are AIM renegades, while the yellow AIM agents are the regular troops.