Repo Stands For …
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Leaving Bobby outside the other five entered through the spill way when they heard running water.
"They are trying to flood the spill way!" Storm exclaimed as they ran, "We must hurry!"
The group ran as fast as they could until they reached the end of the corridor.
"X23," Storm ordered, "Open the door." She nodded as she began to cut through the steel door like butter.
"Psyocke I need you to help me hold back the water." Storm ordered. Psylocke instantly formed a purple telekinetic shield to hold some of the encroaching water back. Sensing her strain Storms eyes became sapphires, "I summon the arctic winds!" extending her hands before her. As the water began to freeze X23 had managed to cut a hole in the wall and lunged inside like the man she owed her creation to.
Gambit came in throwing four cards hitting the same number of guards directly in their chest. To the right Rogue disarmed a guard, took his gun, and stated aiming for kneecaps. Storm used her elemental powers to push some of the water at the men before the security door closed locking them all inside the establishment.
Psylocke leap forged over the man Rogue had knocked down to hit the guy with a jackknife kick before pulling out her psychic knife to block the attacks from the encroaching guard. In a matter of moments they had cleared that room.
"Do you think we should split up?" Psylocke asked combine ever nearer towards Gambit before Rogue forcefully stepped in between the two.
"I have far more experience in tis place than yall combined," Rogue stated keeping an eye on the door, "We should stay together. If we are separated we get picked off one by one jus like in a scary movie."
"I agree with Rogue."X23 stated.
Storm nodded, "So do I. Let's go."
As they ran into the unoccupied hallway Rogue called over her shoulder, "Psy I want you to take out all cameras you see. As for everyone else keep your eyes open. They have a hell of a lot weapons in here so we can't afford ta go save our own skins before we free the rest of us. And make sure that when an enemy is down they stay down," she saw X23 smile, "And no I don't want ya ta kill 'em." Her smile went away.
They continued until Rogue signaled for them to stop again. The corridor broke into a forward, left, and right exit. All three being halls however the sound came from the horizontal passages on both sides. Rogue pressed her ear closer to the wall, "Hear that?" she whispered.
"No." Gambit told her.
"The sparking noise?" X23 asked.
"Yeah they got electrical sticks ta our right. Ta te left," she leaned a little that way, "Are the doctors. Their shoes always squeak a bit when they walk. They may look unarmed, but they always carry a shot of stuff that can knock you out quicker than you can flick a light switch."
X23, always looking for a challenge, went after the electrastick wielders. Gambit went to back her up. Storm knocked the doctors over with a gust of wind so that Psylocke could disarm them. Rogue also turned to the right since more people were coming.
"826!" a man yelled. He pulled his pistol a little shakily to aim at her, but missed. X23 managed to cut the arm off an aggressor. Before he fell over Rogue used him as a body shield to get closer to the man with the pistol. When in range she hit him hard against the throat causing his air passage to close. She put the man in a stranglehold, "Where are the others?" she asked.
"I won't tell you anything bitch!" he shouted.
Gambit punched him in the gut, "Don't call my femme a bitch!"
Seeing he had no option, "There in your cell 826. But you want make it there you b …" he stopped as she held him tight enough so that the air loss sent him into a temporary slumber.
"Which way?" Storm asked.
Releasing the man she pointed, "That way."
This time they ran into Sabertooth backed by five kneeling gunman with three standing above them.
"You smell like Logan runt." He growled. X23 growled back in response. He smirked at her before looking at Gambit, "Stryker says the next time I see you I'm aloud to kill you. It's the least you disserve for killing Zero."
Rogue shook her head, "Fe rte tenth thousandth time. I. KILLED. ZERO. He didn't even see it coming till it was too late. And after I killed him I buried him in that lake. He disserved what he got for trying to kill Gambit."
He looked at her wide eyed," So you really did do it."
Rogue rolled her eyes at her boyfriend, "That's what I said."
"I don't care who did it! I'll kill you all," Sabertooth shouted, "Fire!"
Psylocke bought a shield up. Storm electrocuted the men easily. No one got hurt just yet. X23 charged at Sabertooth. The two went at it, her taking the pace of Logan, but faster. When Sabertooth was finally subdued they made their way to her old cell.
"That was far too easy." Rogue said as they made their way there.
"Just what I was thankin." Gambit told her.
Finally they were at the cell. Scott made sure to be in front. Next to him was Jean who was shaking violently with unshed tears. Next to her Tabatha and Amanda were sitting on each other to save space. On their side was Beast, sleeping uneasily. Furthest back the Professor laid crumpled on the floor with Kitty and Kurt on either side of him. And standing in the corner was Logan, "Took you long enough."
X23 glared at him, "You shouldn't had gotten captured in the first place."
"And leave them alone?" Logan motioned to the rest. Storm sent a sprinkle of rain over them to wake them all up.
"What are you doing here?" Logan asked Rogue, "You know we're just bait for you right kid."
"I aint stupid Logan." Rogue glared at him before helping him out of his collar. When the rest of the XMEN were free they filed out of the small containment cell.
"Rogue," Scott placed a hand on her shoulder which she instantly brushed off, "I'm sorry."
Pretending she didn't hear him, "Getting in here was far too easy so getting out ain't gonna be a picnic. Yall ready?"
They nodded. They left the hall her old cell was located in to another when they heard a locking noise. All the passageways but one was blocked by thick metal doors.
"They are trying to trap us. They are leading us straight to Deadpool." The Professor said who was at present being supported by both Kurt and Kitty.
"Then we have no choice." Storm said.
Seeing X23 and Logan's ears twitch, "What's happening?" Psylocke asked.
"They're coming to us and Sabertooth's leading the charge." Logan said.
"He must be mad that I kicked him in the balls." X23 smirked.
Rogue inclined her head as well, "They might put the turrets on. Let's go before they do that."
"Ok, let's go."Scott said taking the lead before he was pulled back by Rogue.
"Do ya know where ya going Scott?"
Shaking his head, "You lead then."
They did come to a few turrets, but they were running wrong. Not necessarily aiming correctly quickly losing power after that started probably caused by Bobby blocking the dam.
"Watch out!" X23 called. Psylocke and Jean instantly through up a barrier, but not fast enough to block all the bullets. Rogue was shot in the arm.
Sabertooth naturally went after Logan, but Logan was not in the mood to play today. He stabbed him in the gut muttering something about him needing rest and hoisted the brute over his shoulder. Scott blasted the soldiers backwards. Tabatha flung her energy bombs while Aimara melted the guns clear out the armed men's hands.
Kurt leaned the Professor on Kitty before poofing and reappearing atop a soldier. As the man stabbed Kurt in his shoulder he bit the man's neck before stabbing him with his tail and leaping for the next guy. X23 kept cutting off peoples knee caps as they made their way down the haphazard corridors.
Psylocke jumped on the wall around a corner, ran up, came down and kicked a guy before sitting down to be a brace to help X23 jump in the air with her claws to attach her to the ceiling while grabbing a guy with her legs to knock him unconscious.
With everyone behind him Gambit lunged forward to punch the ground causing his powers to spread and bust a hole in the damn. With the newly create whole they had to go to the upper corridor this time running into mutants. Kitty phased one to the lower levels while Rogue broke a mans nose, jumped over him, and used the heel of her shoe to stab threw the tip of the other advisary's boot. Causing him to stay still why she kicked him in the face.
Beast held two of the weaker mutants with each of his fist before flinging them into the wall. Logan was busy fighting with Flair who reminded him of Jubilee but better. Every time he tried to lunge her body would become blindingly bright. Luckily Rogue touched the girl from behind to use her powers to aid the others. That was when Logan noticed her bleeding.
Finally they made it back to the control room where Stryker was waiting for them, "Evening." He smiled.
"You've lost Stryker." Logan warned.
"Oh I don't think so Logan and I see you were kind enough to bring your brother (Sabertooth) with you and Mr. LeBeau I believe I owe you an untimely death." He chided over the rim of his glasses.
"You owe me notin." Gambit said pulling Rogue protectively to him when his hand touched something wet. Taking a quick look he realized she was bleeding.
"Know what this is?" he asked holding up a pistol that looked a mix between a tazzer and a needler? Everyone had blank expressions except for Rogue. She knew what it was and looked horrified. Stryker aimed the gun at Gambit, but Rogue jumped in the way. The moment it hit her she fell to the floor writhing in agony. Her body flopping like a fish out of water the others could do nothing but watch.
"This," Stryker pointed to the weapon, "Is a tazzer of sorts. It is engineered to attack your X-genome that mutants have and when the contents of this gun hits you DNA it begins to electrify it from the inside out. Attacking one precious cell after the other. I was told the pain is near unbearable."
"Rogue!" Gambit called trying to sooth her, but couldn't. He didn't know what to do.
"Don't worry Mr. LeBeau I want kill her. It is you who should be concerned." Stryker said pushing a button on the gun causing her to instantly go limp.
"Anna you ok?"
"Damn that hurt like a mother," she saw the younger ones, "Does it look like I'm ok?"
"Not really."
"Then why'd ya ask?"
"Thought it appropriate at te time." He said helping her up. Stryker and the men surrounding him had similar guns. There was no way they could all escape at this rate.
"That's more than enough Stryker," The Professor said concentrating enough to make all the men drop their weapons, "They are under my control now. Let's move."
With that said they opened the doors to a flood of water. Scott blasted some back added by the elementress, Jean, and Psylocke. Amara used her powers to add extra holes to send the excess water elsewhere.
Making their way through the spillway the Professor used his powers to vacate everyone else before the water flooded them out. He also made Stryker and his men knock themselves out.
"That is enough Bobby." Storm said flying to him when she noticed he wasn't alone, "Deadpool!"
"I'll kill the boy," Deadpool said gently running his blade across Bobby's cheek, "Unless you give me him," points to Gambit, "To fight and no one else."
"If yer fightin Remy, yer fighting me too!" Rogue growled at him.
"Patience love. You're next." Deadpool told her while looking at Gambit.
Gambit stepped forward accepting the challenge. Deadpool let Bobby go. Both men circled each other. A circle of ice between them. Gambit firmly grasped his staff, twirling it in between his fingers. Deadpool extended his blades from the back of his palm, brown eyes meeting red ones.
The sound of snow crunching under their feet was deafening. Rogue felt her lungs constrict. She knew Deadpool had no reserves about any of their lives save hers. She was willing to bet her life that he wanted Gambit dead more than the rest of them. This was not going to be pretty.
She felt her arm being tugged on. Looking over her shoulder she saw Kurt tie a piece of fabric around her wound that she had all but forgotten. Her injury seemed so trivial compared to the events about to take place. Rogue knew Kurt was just trying to comfort her when she saw them pause their circling.
Deadpool tensed his legs. Gambit charged his staff.
They surged forward. The sound of metal hitting metal reverberated through the night. They held each other's gaze before pulling off. Stryker had given him swords the same material as Logan's forcing Gambit to charge his staff so it wouldn't get sliced threw.
The first two clashes were a tie. The third, Deadpool managed to counter gambit's hit sending him stumbling backwards allowing him to strike Gambit with his other blade. Gambit ground his footing quick enough to reduce the gash to a long scratch.
Upset that he missed Deadpool yanked his right arm back surging his left arm forward. Gambit dodged by bending his back looking like Neo in that one scene. Gambit placed his weight on his hands to back flip and kick Deadpool in the face at the same time.
Deadpool hit the ice hard. While down Gambit flung cards at him. Before they made contact Deadpool teleported away to the edge of the circle they made. Upset he shot his eye lasers at Gambit who had to flip very fast to avoid contact. And since he was so caught up in dodging he didn't see Deadpool in front of him till it was nearly too late.
Gambit slid between his legs, but Deadpool stopped him by stabbing his trench coat. Removing his arms he grabbed his staff again to charge at the deranged mutant. Tired of the standoffs that followed the clash, Deadpool aimed a blast at Kitty.
Without thinking he jumped in the way to take the blast. The pain to his back rendered him to the floor. Deadpool bent down, sending a blade threw his thigh. While Gambit tried not to yelp in pain Deadpool began to scratch at Gambit's back. Each slash no deeper than a paper cut but just as painful.
"Gambit!" Rogue cried stepping forward.
"Step back or I will kill him rather quickly," Deadpool looked at her as he slashed away, "And I would hate for this game to be over."
Rogue did as instructed … for now. Gambit on the other hand had more than enough. Placing his hand on the ice he broke it from beneath them sending them into the breathtakingly cold water. Gambit managed to free himself during the plunge. The cold numbing the pain.
Gambit began to swim upwards when he saw his opponent coming to him full speed. He made it up for a quick breath of air before being pulled under yet again. Deadpool tried to choke that breath of air out of him. Tightening his grip he smiled evilly as bubbles began to escape his mouth.
Gambit, naturally, didn't plan on dying tonight. He gripped the man's arm. Knowing what he was about to do Deadpool pulled back, yet Gambit wasn't ready for him to escape yet so he did something he had never done before and charged the water they were submerged in hoping he wouldn't hurt himself.
"What's happening down there?" Rogue asked as the water turned red and splashed from beneath.
"I can't hear anything," Logan complained, "You X?"
X23 inclined her head, "No. The water is dulling my hearing too. Sorry."
A moment or two later Gambit pulled himself out. He didn't hurt himself, but the new usage of his powers had drained him. He was tired with lungs aching for air.
Shortly after him a very injured Deadpool came out. His face was muddled beyond recognition as if it were both pulled off and burned. The rest of his body was in similar fashion although his face made a real impact.
You could tell by the look on Deadpool's face that he was done with his 'game'. He lunged forward, pouncing on top of the Cajun. He had both his blades extended. One on either side of his head, "This ends here," Deadpool whispered in Gambit's ear sending tremors of discuss through his body, "She is MINE."
Gambit knew he was stuck. His staff was long forgotten. He couldn't reach no cards and even if he could he knew his powers were too low to make much of a difference. A part of him wished he was facing Rogue, that he could see her face one last time. Another part of him thought of his son and a future that he could never have. He saw Rogue in a wedding dress dancing with their son. One last blink later he thought that it was better not facing Rogue. He didn't want her having nightmares of his death to haunt her life.
He closed his eyes. Resigned to his fate. He heard the blades drag across the ice then stop. All he could think was that didn't hurt that much when he heard Deadpool screech in pain. He opened his eyes in time to see Rogue pulling Deadpool off of him with her ungloved hands firmly attached to his person.
Rogue had drained many a person, but Deadpool was different. She didn't know what they did to him, but draining him was like draining six or so mutants at once. Different memories plus his own danced in her head at once along with his powers.
Her original plan was to kill the man. But as she held him all she wanted to do was let go. It hurt ALOT. Deadpool tried to reach around to stop her, but it was futile. Gam,bit seeing something was wrong with Anna he tried to pull her off, but it was as if she were stuck.
"Anna let go." Gambit tried talking calmly to her.
Grunting, "I… I … I cant. It … hurts so much!"
Kitty tried phasing her off. That didn't work. Kurt tried teleporting her off. That didn't work. Gambit tried using what was left of his power. That didn't work. Even the telepaths tried. Logan, who couldn't bare to hear Rogue wail in agony cut off Deadpool's head with his claws. That worked. Rogue fell backwards unconscious.
"Let's get outta here." Logan said.
Gambit carried Rogue to the jet where he too fell asleep holding her.
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They decided to go to Gambit's home for now. It took forever to wake the young couple up. When they did they went inside. Got everyone rooms and Gambit had his son be bought back home. He really needed to have his whole family under one roof.
"Did ya find mommy Gumbo?" he asked. Eyes widening when he saw who was there, "Auntie Jean, Kitty! Uncle Kurt! Granpa Logan! Boldie! Icicle! Storm! And Gumbo who is the hot lady in the purple?"
After he was properly introduced to Psylocke he ran to his mom. "I missed you mommy. Gumbo was mean to me." He crossed his arms over his chest, "You should punish him."
"I'd love fer ya ta punish me." Gambit smirked sleepily sitting next to her. He reached his hands to Rogue without even thinking about it. Rogue let him hold her hand before she slowly pulled back. Her eyes open she placed her son on the floor before going to Logan and touching him. When that didn't work she went to Scott, poking him all over.
"Wat happened ta me?" Rogue asked sadly.
The Professor spoke up, "I believe you exhausted your powers. Both you and Gambit have. I suggest you get plenty of rest. Tomorrow the rest of us will rescuer the mansion."
"Sounds good ta me."
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A few days later and they still were out of it power wise. At the moment their son was on a field trip.
"Remember when ya asked me what Scott and Jean were doing that made so much noise?"
Placing her book down, "Yeah. That was years ago though."
He smiled, "So do you know what they were doing yet?"
"No. Why?"
"I'm gonna show you." He said pulling her onto his lap.
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