Yes, I am back. Still can't write my others stories, got writers block and a bit of anger issues. Anyways, I'll stop yappin so you can get onto the story.
Warning: Marauders are mean.
Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men or any of the characters in it. If I did, believe, the comics would not be how they are at the moment.
It had been months since her team had been attacked by Northstar and Aurora, but still the X-Men didn't understand what had came over the two siblings to attack Sabertooth. When they had been questioned, they couldn't recall the events that had been taken place in the past two months. Emma had done a scan on them and said that they were being controlled by someone else, most likely a telepath. With so few mutants in the world it shouldn't have been that hard to find the one that was controlling them, but it was if no use. Emma tried using Cerebro, however the telepath was covering him or herself up.
Saberooth sat in front of Cable as they tried to get some information out of him. They suspected that the feral mutant knew why they twins were after him, but refused to say. "I told ya already, I got better things ta do than ta go after them." He snarled at the white haired man.
"They wouldn't go afta ya for no reason. Ya had ta do somethin' to them." Sam stated to the bigger mutant.
"Why don'tcha get yer ears cleaned out, I just said I didn't do nothin' to them." Sabertooth growled as he stood up and glared at Sam.
"Whoa, down boy." Iceman said when the door was slammed open and Mercury and Elixir rushed inside holding up a wounded mutant. The small team instantly rushed to them and took the wounded mutant off the students hands.
"Is he going to be okay?" Mercury asked as she looked down at the blood on her hands.
"We'll take care of him. Go wash up and keep the others away from here." Cable instructed to the two students. He turned his attention back to the disfigured mutant who grabbed him to bring him closer.
"You got to help them." The mutant began coughing up blood. Bobby and Sam took the mutant by the arms and tried to pick him up, but he refused.
"Help who?" Rogue asked as she enter the room with Mystique right behind her. As she observed the mutant, she noticed a gun shot wound on his chest and shards stuck out of his side and down his left leg as well as a cut on his forehead. "Tell us what happened."
"They came. . .my. . . parents. . . told me. . . about them." He stopped for a moment to cough up more blood.
"We need ta get him ta Hank immediately." Sam told the others with concern. The mutant shook his head and began to try to swat away the other two.
"You need to go!" The mutant shouted.
"Lay him down on the couch." Cable told his teammates. The mutant began looking paler by the minute. It didn't help he was refusing to go to the med lab, but there had to be something very important if he was willing to risk his life. "Now who were you talking about?"
"The Morlocks." He breathed. "They are killing them again." Cable turned to look at the rest of the team. They looked horrified by the news. The Morlocks had gone back to the underground after there was no longer a restriction for mutants to stay at the mansion. No one had heard from them since or bothered to check.
"Who?" Iceman asked, though he had a small idea who it was, but prayed he was wrong. During the Morlock Massacre, one of his best friend's life was forever changed and many were injured and hundreds killed.
"Marauders." The mutant whispered before he stopped breathing.
"We need to go now!" Rogue ordered her team, no one objected, except one.
"Like I'm gonna go." Sabertooth snorted. "If those guys can't defend themselves, it's their own fault."
Rogue glared at him and marched right up to him. "Ya are goin' whether ya like or not. And if Ah see ya tryin' ta kill anyone, Ah'll make sure ya never leave there." She threatened. Sabertooth growled and looked into her eyes to see she was not joking. He turned his head away from her. "Now let's go."
Morlock Tunnels
A mutant woman ran through the tunnels trying to escape them. They had already gotten to her friends. She turned the corner and knew she was only a few yards until she reached the exit. 'Please, don't let them catch me.' She thought to herself. She had been only five years old when the Morlock Massacre happened. It had claimed the lives of the rest of her family. She couldn't let these monsters kill her too.
"Almost there." A small smile appeared on her face. That was until she began to feel dizzy and lost her footing causing her to crash into the sewer waters.
"Well, well. What do we have here?" A woman with green hair appeared in front of her by the name of Vertigo. Beside her a man with white hair, called Riptide, walked forward and bent down next to the Morlock woman.
"Looks like she was trying to run. Now that is not nice. Leaving your friends to die while you get to live. Tsk tsk." Riptide shook his head and grabbed the Morlock by the hair. "You need to be punished for that." He said with a smile before looking back at Vertigo. "What should we do with her?" He asked.
"Please." The Morlock cried. "Let me go."
"Hm, maybe." Vertigo said amused.
"How about" Riptide smirked as he swung his arm back and before the woman could blink, he swung it forward with great speed and struck her with three shuriken's. "Maybe not."
"Well that was fun for two seconds." Vertigo yawned. "Let's go back before the others take the rest of them." She grinned as they turned around to see the X-Men standing there. "Oh, or maybe we can have a real fight."
"Except you won't be leaving." Mystique had her hand close the a gun she kept near her at all times.
"Creed, I can't believe your with the X-Men. How pathetic. Especially when you could be having more fun with us." Riptide stated when he saw Sabertooth come into view.
"I will be in a moment when I get ta shred every last part of ya." Sabertooth snarled. They got into attack position, except for Mystique who heard someone run behind the group. She snuck back as the X-Men charged the two Marauders. The red headed woman ran down the tunnels and took a right.
She stopped for a moment, until she heard splashing coming from ahead of her. She continued running until she came to a dead end. It had looked as if someone had blown a hole through the side of the wall that led into a small room. Mystique grabbed her gun and walked into it the room. It was fairly dark except for a small dimming light from the ceiling.
"Show yourself." Mystique demanded as she searched the room.
"I guess Rogue misunderstood me de last time." Mystique heard a fairly familiar male voice say from behind her. She whirled around to find the speaker in the shadows, only his piercing glowing red eyes in sight. He stepped forward to reveal himself as Gambit.
"So the coward finally shows himself. I was wondering when you would show up again." She smiled and aimed her gun at him. "Now I can personally make sure you are never near my daughter again." The shape shifter then fired three bullets at the ex-X-Man, but none hit. Before they came anywhere near the Cajun, they exploded in midair.
"That ain't gonna save you this time." Gambit said in a cold manner. She threw down the gun knowing it was no longer any use to her.
"Doesn't matter, I can still beat you in combat. I'm sure Rogue will be happy to know that your dead. She won't have to suffer from your constant betrayals again." Mystique shot at him as she tried to punch him.
Gambit caught her fist and pulled her arm behind her back. "I've moved on, why can't she?" He twisted her arm further back. Mystique held back a tear that was trying to escape from her eye. She then morphed into a snake and escaped his grasp. Once she got further away and morphed back into herself.
"There was one thing dat never made sense to me." Gambit mused to himself out loud. "You claim you care for Rogue, yet all you ever do is use, betray, and manipulate her into doing what you want." He placed his hands behind his back. "Never understood it." He smirked before he swung and cut her throat with a charged playing card. "Nor do I care anymore."
Mystique's hand went to her throat before she fell to the group in shock. Gambit didn't bother watching her fall. He turned around to get what he came for. A small patch was cemented in the wall behind him. He walked over and drew a square with his hand and the wall exploded. Inside was a glowing red ball floating in the air. It tried to escape, but he caught it in time.
He looked at the ball for a moment before a glowing white portal opened. He turned toward the portal and walked through it.
The X-Men had no clue of what happened to Mystique. The rest of the Marauders had joined in the fight. Rogue was fighting against Arclight, while Cable took on Blockbuster and Harpoon. They instructed Cannonball to try to find any survivors and get them out immediately. Iceman had frozen Vertigo in place and was currently occupied with Riptide
Sabertooth was attacking Scalphunter, who would shoot his ex-teammate, but it didn't seem to work. As soon as he was hit, Sabertooth was keep coming at Scalphunter and swing at him. "What the hell are ya doin' down here anyways. Thought Essex was done with them?" Sabertooth growled.
"He is." Scalphunter replied with a smirk. "We were just having a little fun until you guys arrived. Like we hoped."
Cable turned when he heard what the Marauder said. "This is a trap!" He called to Rogue and the others.
"No, not really." Harpoon smirked as he dodged Cable's attack, which ended up hitting Blockbuster. "More like drawing the bait out."
Sabertooth was so occupied with Scalphunter, he didn't notice Scrambler come up behind him until he got caught the scent. Scrambler grabbed a hold of Creed, rendering his powers useless. At that moment, Scalphunter shot Sabertooth near the heart. "We just needed to draw you out. Sinister has no more use for you and wants you gone." Scalphunter said before he shot the larger mutant int the head. Scrambler continued to hold onto Sabertooth to make sure his healing factor didn't kick in again. He finally let go when he felt Sabertooth's pulse stop.
"We're done here." Scalphunter called to the Marauders. A tesserect appeared and the group of mercenaries that were left alive escaped.
"Let's find Mystique and go." Rogue turned away from everyone. She didn't want them to see the hurt expression on her face. She had failed a teammate. True Sabertooth caused more trouble than he was worth, but Cyclops had left her in charge with confidence she could lead a team. 'Ah can't believe we fell for that.' She thought to herself.
"Hey." Iceman rested a hand on her shoulder. "It's not your fault. You didn't know it was a trap to lure him out. We came here because they were slaughtering the Morlocks."
"And how many of them are left?" Rogue whispered before she walked past him to search for Mystique.
"Give her time." Cable told Bobby. Iceman looked at Cable for a moment and shook his head.
"I swear, everything bad happens to her. One of these times she isn't going to be okay." Iceman responded before Cannonball entered the room with a panic written across his face.
"Ya gotta come quick!" Sam told the group. "It's Mystique." The team rushed as Sam and Rogue flew threw the air towards Rogue's foster-mother. Once they landed, Rogue got down on her knees. Her left hand covered her mouth as she looked at the cut across the blue woman's throat. She used her other hand to brace herself, only to come into contact with something beneath her.
By the time Cable and Iceman arrived, they saw Cannonball trying to comfort a vomiting Rogue. "Who did this to her?" Cable mused to himself as he looked at Mystique.
"I think I know the answer." Iceman responded as he pointed at a playing cards with the Ace of Spades.
Before you go on and say, "Remy didn't want any part of the Morlock Massacre" or "Remy doesn't believe in killing." I know. Everything will be explained later. I actually wasn't planning on having Sabertooth killed in this chapter, but then I realized that with his sense of smell, he would have given away who killed Mystique, and that's no fun. I'd rather Gambit leave presents.
Thank you very much to: BJ2 (ha, wasn't flamed! For now), Loneraven, piccolaiules, cleverfox, Le Diablo Blanc2, and Enthrill. Thank you for taking the time to review and telling me your opinions :) See ya whenever I get another chance to write.