Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men:Evolution, or Avengers, or either of it's characters. Just my OC, Molly Callum/Creature and any original characters/background characters that may pop up from time to time.


Remy:

Remy wasn't sick with worry, but he wasn't calm either. Logan had reassured him that the agency probably wouldn't do anything to harm Molly directly, only lock her up. It didn't make Remy feel better, but it was something. At least they knew where Molly was and that nothing would happen to her. Things could have been much, much worse.

He thought about all this as the team sat in the planning room, discussing what they were going to do next. The device was just sitting on the table, looking harmless. It was hard to believe something so harmless looking could possibly unleash deadly forces out to take over the world-or at least that was the theory.

"We need to give them an ultimatum of some kind," Jean said, "We're going to have to stop this eventually. We can't keep Black Widow here forever."

"An ultimatum?" Rogue said, "We're not killers. What are we going to say-'Let our friend go or will give your teammate dinner and no dessert?'"

"At least we showed them we're serious," Kitty said, "They probably think we're just kids who can't do anything."

"Maybe we don't need an ultimatum," Remy said, "We just have to lure them out. I'll sneak in and get Molly, then we just have to prepare for them fighting to get the device back-which they're going to do regardless."

"It sounds risky," Scott rubbed the back of his hair.

"We don't have a lot of options," Kurt said, "I'm sure they'd expect it if Kitty or I went in. It's worth a shot."

Hank and Bobby came into the room looking mostly confused. "The Black Widow got away," Bobby said.

"We don't know how she managed it, but she didn't trigger any alarms," Hank said.

"Great," Remy grit his teeth, crossing his arms and slumping in his chair, "She'll probably go back to her base."

"No!" Kitty said, "She knows we have the device. She'll stay here and look for it. We have to get it out of here now!"

"I'll do it," Both Kurt and Remy went to grab it at the same time.

"I can get it out of here faster," Kurt said.

"I know where we can hide it," Remy said.

"Just go together before she figures out where it is!" Scott ordered.

Remy grabbed the device from the table and Kurt teleported them out of the room. They ended up in the garage.
The X-Van still had the keys inside, so Remy got in.

"Where are we going?" Kurt asked in a panicked tone.

"The last place they'd look for it," Remy said.


"Shield?! Are you insane?!" Kurt's voice cracked as the two sat in the car as it came to a stop in front of the ordinary looking building ahead of them.

"As insane as they come," Remy grinned, getting out of the car and putting the device in the inner pocket of his trench coat, "Can you teleport us in?"

"I can try, but just brace yourself. We're probably going to have a lot of lasers pointed at us, or worse!" Kurt said worriedly.

"BAMF!"

They ended up just behind the front door. The mild-mannered looking female secretary behind a large desk pushed a button underneath it. "Security! The X-Men are b-!"

SWFFT!
Gambit sent an uncharged card her way, flinging it so that it cut across her right cheek, drawing blood.
"Oww!" The woman clutched her face.

"Delay that," Gambit ordered, "We're not here to start a fight. Just cooperate and nothing _really_ bad will happen to you."
It was an empty threat, but Gambit had had enough experience to make it sound convincing to anyone else.

The woman hesitated for a few seconds. The minutes counted in a time like this. Gambit nodded to Nightcrawler.
Nightcrawler teleported again, getting the woman out of the building to parts unknown.

Gambit listened. Hard footfalls coming from the far right corridor. They would be on him very soon. "Exit stage left," Gambit muttered to himself.

He ran down the left corridor. There hadn't been enough time to memorize the place's blue prints, but logic told him they would keep prisoners below the building for safety reasons. Plus it had been the X-Men's best guess when they'd talked after taking Black Widow Earlier. "Where are you?" Nightcrawler's voice crackled on Gambit's communicator.

"Heading down to the basement. Teleport to the left hallway and meet me there," Gambit said, taking the nearest staircase.

Gambit didn't question why the guards hadn't followed him yet. It was odd, but there had to be a reason.
Gambit soon made it down to the basement where Nightcrawler was waiting.

"Did you find a secret passage somewhere?" Gambit asked.

"I tried, but I didn't come up with anything," Nightcrawler answered.

"Well thankfully for us, I come prepared," Gambit reached into one pouch on his belt and pulled out a small circular device, throwing it up into the air.

The device floated, attatching itself to a wall, blinking red for several moments before the wall opened to a set of steps.

The two went down the steps to see row after row of clear cells, like large boxes framed by concrete. No doubt Molly was in here somewhere. They ran down the row, checking each one before Nightcrawler came upon Molly's cell.
She was sound asleep on her cot, predictably.

"Molly! Molly we're here to rescue you!" Nightcrawler banged repeatedly on the glass.

"I think these things are sound proof," Gambit said, "'Port over there and cover your eyes."

Nightcrawler did as he was told, while Gambit charged up the five inch thick glass. It shattered, falling straight down and noisily making a loud crashing sound. Molly jerked awake, looking around for the disturbance. When she spotted Remy jumping a few feet down into the cell from the upper level, her face lit up like a million light bulbs.

"Remy! You came to rescue me! I knew you'd come!" Molly bolted up, running forward and into Remys arms.
Nightcrawler quickly teleported in beside them.

"What, no hug for me?" Nightcrawler feigned being hurt.

"There's no time for chatting, we have to get out of here," Gambit said, "They're going to be back any-"

From out of nowhere, tazer strings latched on to Remy, electrocuting him. He fell to the ground in a heap as Molly let out a gasp, quickly crouching at his side.

"We know you have the device," Agent Coulson said, holding the tazer in one hand, then holding out his empty palm of his free hand, "Just give it to us and all this can be water under the bridge."

The Avengers and Fury were behind and beside him, ready to do what was necessary if the X-Men didn't cooperate.

"No," Molly glared, starting to look furious. Once again, someone had hurt Remy. So, once again, Molly was going to have to teach them a lesson.

Except that wasn't going to happen.

There was a very loud beeping sound. Everyone turned to see the device in Mollys hands.
Remy had quickly dropped it there while getting tazed.

Molly looked at it with wide eyes. Panicked, she threw it far away from her, lest it explode.

The small group watched as the box opened up at its center, revealing a blue light shooting up into the sky and through the roof.

"What is it?" Remy was slowly recovering, holding himself up by his arm around Mollys shoulders while looking over at the glowing blue object.

From up above, a rumbling could be heard. Granite fell from the ceiling as the walls and floor around them shook violently.
It was like an immense earthquake, but whatever was coming once the place stopped shaking was bound to be worse than some falling rubble, cuts and bruises. Everyone else ran upstairs while The three X-Men teleported back to the main lobby.

What everyone saw shouldn't have happened or been possible. Half of shield had been ripped apart, chunks of the building lay around the parking lot and outside it. That wasn't the cause for alarm however. It was the enemy up in the sky. Immense grey creatures, floating around, tearing up the city to shreds, coming out of a big dark wormhole, like someone tore a whole in the beautiful blue sky that led to a dimension in outer space. Worse still, aliens on hovercraft were blasting buildings, cars and anything that wasn't nailed to the ground.

All of this was just the tip of the iceberg however. Walking on top of a stairway of dark clouds to the ground below was a tall, blonde male figure with someone trailing behind him. Upon looking closer, Molly could see the second man was the infamous Loki, decked out in his usual shades of green and gold, like his profile picture from the Shield database. He looked so pleased with himself, he was practically dancing with glee.

"We're going to take this miserable speck of dust called planet earth and turn it into something more pleasing," The blonde man said.

"Not if we can help it. What's your name anyway?" Molly stood up, "Something silly, like 'Stormageddon, dark lord of all'?"

"No," The man smiled cruelly, "It's Lucas, but you may call me Legion."


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