First Mutant
By David D. Amaya
Chapter 21
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Outside The District Building, Pennsylvania Ave., Downtown 1234 EST. Day 21
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"Goddess!" Storm exclaimed over the phone. "Wolverine, Gambit and Cyclops just left to get you!"
"Don't worry, Storm," the President's son assured her. "Any one coming up Penn Ave will pass here. They'll see us. Where's Lariat?"
"He called a few minutes ago. The Director of the Secret Service is with him. He said he was stuck in traffic on 14th Street."
"That's great, Storm. 14th crosses her, too. We'll just sit tight until …"
"LOOK OUT, LAD!" Shouted Banshee.
Spinning around inside the phone booth, Cyrus saw eight men, all dressed in black wearing masks and carrying energy weapons.
Weapons which were pointed at him.
As Cyrus leaped out of the booth, the men blasted the phone.
"We don't want to kill you all," said their leader. "All we want is the little mutie."
"Who y'all callin' 'little'!" Rogue flew towards the men.
They in turn started to fire at the X-Woman stunning her then turning towards the others.
"Cyrus, Jubilee, Run!" Banshee called out, then he used his sonic scream to cover their escape.
"Let's move Jubes!" Cyrus called out as he grabbed her arm and started running down Pennsylvania Ave.
As the assailants were in a fire fight with the Generation X Headmaster, the leader called for reinforcements.
"Voodoo One to Bad Karma, Parasite fleeing West on Penn. Repeat, Parasite fleeing, headed West bound on Penn. Taking mutie fire. Over."
"Roger Voodoo One. Bad Karma in pursuit of Parasite. Eliminate mutant threat. Repeat, eliminate mutant threat."
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Inside the Secret Service Director's Lexus 400,
Northbound on 14th Street, near Pennsylvania Ave., 1237 EST.
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"Storm," Agent Nichols said into the Director's car phone. "Please tell me you have good news."
"Cyrus just called. He said they had to leave the National Place. They are at Freedom Plaza, but the call was cut off. I thought I heard gunfire."
Just then Kordel and the Director saw six armed men in front of a blue van that had parked on the sidewalk. Before them were two teenagers, one in an emerald green baseball jacket and the other in a yellow trenchcoat both with their hands in the air.
"That's Kilowatt!" Yelled the Director as the two Secret Service agents jumped out and ran towards the van, weapons drawn.
Cyrus and Jubilee stopped in their tracks as a blue van jumped the sidewalk and six men hoped out pointing big guns at them.
"Don't move or someone's gonna get hurt!" One of them called out. "Now hands in the air!"
The two young mutants raised their hands.
"Both of you, on your knees!"
They knelt.
"Now, face down with your hands out in front of you!"
" 'Watt," whispered Jubilee as they leaned to the ground. "This section of sidewalk breaks up. Use your powers and charge the sidewalk. When I give the signal, run for it."
Cyrus concentrated as hard as he could and quickly, the whole section of concrete was aglow with kinetic energy.
"NOW!"
Jubilee suddenly leaped to her feet and threw sparks at the men, then she and the President's son started to run back the way they came.
"STOP!" One of them shouted as he ran after them.
The moment he stepped on the charged portion of sidewalk, it exploded, killing him instantly and sending debris in to the air.
"Kill them you idiots!" Another shouted as they leveled their guns at them.
"SECRET SERVICE! DROP YOUR WEAPONS!"
As they spun around towards the voice, both agents fired, the expert maksmen fatally wounding the remaining five scumbags with single headshots.
Cyrus and Jubilee stopped running at the sound of the two agents weapons.
"Lariat! Come quick, Rogue and Banshee need help! Follow us!"
"Come on, sir," Agent Nichols dashed after then. "Time to earn our pay!" Then the four ran to aid the two X-Men.
Banshee had dragged Rogue out of harms way, but they were now pinned down behind a parked car as he continued to return fire with the black market, S.H.I.E.L.D.-issued stun weapon Agent Nichols gave him at the hotel that morning, as the eight Voodoo Company agents continued to fire on them.
As he paused to allow the gun to recharge, he saw Cyrus and Jubilee duck behind the car behind him as Agent Nichols and another man started shooting at the black ops unit.
"Banshee!" Agent Nichols called out. "How is Rogue holding up!?"
"She's unconscious," he shouted back, "I'm pinned down and this blasted Buck Rogers reject just wore out!
"He's not packing what I think he is, is he Kordel?" the Director Called asked as he continued to return fire.
"Yes sir, he is," he replied, also returning fire. "Do not worry, sir. I bought all the rest of them."
"Then I guess that explains all the dropouts on the surveillance tapes Tuesday then. Well, Kordel, since you're the brains of this outfit do you have any more bright ideas?"
Looking around Agent Nichols saw an old baseball in the gutter and the plan began to form itself.
"Cyrus," he said as he handed it to the President's son. "Do you think you can hit them from here?"
"I think so, Lariat," he said figuring out his part in the plan. "But I was a pitcher, not an outfielder."
"You said it yourself 'Watt. 'Ya wanna throw strikes ya gotta risk balls!'"
"Jubilee," said Kordel. "Are you wearing the Vest I gave you?"
"Yea."
"Good, when I pop up, you jump behind me and nail them with those fireworks of yours!"
"Got it!"
"What are you planning, Kordel?"
"One 'bright' idea coming up, sir. They are wearing full body armor, so when you hear the signal, hit high and hard."
"What's the signal?"
"Fourth of July in September!" replied the young pyrotechnic.
"Everyone ready?"
"Ready, Secret Agent, Dude."
"NOW!"
Cyrus charged the ball and threw a high arching toss over to Voodoo Company.
As the flying kinetic grenade made its downward decent, Agent Nichols leaped out into the open and flashed his badge.
"SECRET SERVICE! LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS!"
As the men straightened their aim to gun down the agent, Jubilee jumped behind Nichols.
"Eat hot plasmoids ya broke-ass Rainbow Six!" She let loose her mutant ability with full force, blinding the men just before the charged baseball landed, exploding behind Voodoo Company.
The Director then jumped up and with Agent Nichols and Banshee began to take out the eight men before them, until reinforcements arrived ….
For Voodoo Company.
"Damn," spat the Director. "I'm out of rounds, Kordel."
"Here, sir," he handed him three of his Sig Sower clips.
"Do they have Rhinos in them?"
"Do you got any objections, sir?"
"NOPE," the Director loading the Cop Killers in his gun and continued to return fire.
"This stuff is getting real old, real fast," Cyrus. "I wish the X-Men would get here closer to now than never!"
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"Ask and you shall receive!" Jubilee shouted she pointed to Cyclops, Gambit and Wolverine as they took out the Voodoo Company troops.
"I thought the report on them said that they are against killing," said the Director as they went over towards the fallen troops.
"Not when they are rescuing the President's son, sir."
End of Chapter twenty-one
© David D. Amaya 2007