Disclaimer: I do not own x-men first class. If i did...well, there would be a LOT more slash. Just sayin'.
A/N: Shortest chapter. Sorry 'bout that. I just felt the need to upload this separately from the upcoming chapter. :)
It was pure chaos in the simple time span of ten seconds.
0:10
There was a storm of mutants. They rushed the streets, the subways, walls, and buildings; there was no getting away.
0:09
Somewhere underneath the labs a wire had been cut, sparks flying as the lawn and space occupying the facility went up in flames. Red-hot tongues licked at the afternoon air, and the police sirens were heard blaring from miles away.
0:08
The National Guard had pulled in, government officials and news reporters catching any mutant they could on the streets. The wall that had hid the lab from the public's view had disappeared, like blood pulsing through a cut.
0:07
There were no warnings for the first murders. Some mutants fell as soon as the first bullet tore through their papery thin flesh. When others saw the guards firing, the police letting loose with no restraint, they rushed in like a wave.
0:06
Shaw was nowhere to be found. The halls were overflowing with mutants, guards, civilians who had wandered to close. The man was gone.
0:05
Half the lab had vanished, its remains scorched rubble and cement, breaking pipes and reaping flames. Chicago, the city that had once had so much control, was being reduced to nothing more than a raging riot filled mob.
0:04
To many casualties to count. No one could even if they wanted to. The sky had been churned black by smoke. Many passed out from suffocation.
0:03
Alarms to stay inside ran off. Helicopters poured in. Cameras caught everything. It was a wild house and the government was finally slipping.
0:02
The rain mingled with blood and the streets were dyed red.
0:01
The sirens were overrun by screams.
0:00
They all regretted everything.
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