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The Ultimate Saviours
Chapter 10: The ultimate mutant
The mutant prisoners looked at Ultimaton, the MRD's newest anti mutant weapon. Smoke had now replaced where Sasuke and Naruto once stood. Johnny grit his teeth together, flames rising from his shoulders. His anger reached its peak and he finally transformed. Flames consumed his body, glowing and growing in intensity. Storm and the other mutants stepped away from Johnny as his old red form took on a blue colour.
"YOU BASTARD!" Johnny yelled.
He suddenly flew into the air and threw flurries of fireballs at Ultimaton. The blue orbs exploded as they slammed into the machine, pushing it backwards in mere steps. Ultimaton raised its hand, firing a blast of ice at the fiery man. But the Human Torch now lived up to his name, melting the ice and evaporating the water. He flew directly at Ultimaton and slammed his fist into the machine's helmet. The surface of the helmet glowed from the heat of Johnny's punch. Johnny then bought his hand around and fired a point blank blast, throwing Ultimaton backwards. The former member of the Fantastic Four landed on the stage, setting the wood underneath him alight as he stared at the crater Ultimaton had landed through.
"Johnny Storm, please calm down," Storm said.
Her eyes became white and water began to pelt down on Johnny. But not even the rainstorm of a flood could extinguish the flames; they only served to calm them.
"Its not over," Johnny growled.
"STORM!" John yelled.
Ororo turned to the soldier, recognising the determined expression on his face.
"I know how to get us out of here," he said.
Ultimaton suddenly flew out of the crater, grabbing Johnny by his neck. It swung its arm around, throwing the teenager through the wall of the camp. Johnny fired another blast, only for Ultimaton to block it with a barrier. The machine then raised its hand, releasing blasts of energy and electricity. Johnny flew out of the way of the blasts, moving like a jet evading missiles. He flew around Ultimaton at astonishing speeds, creating a vortex of blue flame. Suddenly, Ultimaton spread its arms out and unleashed a shockwave that threw Johnny into one of the watchtowers.
"Guido, I need you to throw me at that thing," Peter said, pointing at Ultimaton.
A giant of a mutant stepped out of the crowd; he possessed muscles far bigger than even the Hulk and wore goggles around his eyes.
"Sure thing Colossus, and its Strong Guy," Guido corrected.
"Don't tell me your one of those 'slave name' types?"
"Colossus suits you much better than Piotr," Guido grinned.
Strong Guy picked Peter up and threw him towards Ultimaton. Peter changed into his armoured form and punched Ultimaton across the head. The pair slammed into the ground, with Colossus continually striking Ultimaton. He dented its helmet, battered its armour and crushed some of its skin. Blood began to spread across Peter's hands as he battered the machine, until it ceased moving. Colossus breathed heavily, stepping off of Ultimaton's crushed formed.
"Its ovmmmf…" Ultimaton's hand suddenly shot out, grabbing Colossus by his mouth.
Ultimaton's wounds, and even its armour suddenly began to regenerate. The healing effect was instant, faster than Peter had ever seen. Then the machine fired a blast into Peter's mouth, throwing him back like a ragdoll. Strong Guy stampeded towards Ultimaton, pulling his fist back. They slammed their fists together, releasing a shockwave that threw the people around them back.
"Ororo, we need to get out of here now, gather the kids quickly," John said.
"He's right Ororo, we cant afford to surrender," Lake said.
Storm hesitantly nodded her head, calling for the child or teenage mutants to come to her side. Strong Guy swung his arm at Ultimaton, only for the machine to phase through him. Ultimaton passed through Strong Guy's body, then grabbed the back of his head. Electricity passed through Guido's body, but it merely made him laugh.
"Idiot, I absorb kinetic energy and force, it makes me strong," Strong Guy growled.
His muscles began to expand, until he towered above Ultimaton. Strong Guy backhanded his opponent, sending him flying through Guido's fellow mutants, even crushing some.
"Oh no, I…I didn't mean to do that," Guido gasped.
"GUIDO WATCH OUT!" Stacy X yelled.
But the young woman's warning came too late. Guido turned around, shocked to see Ultimaton standing before him. Ultimaton grabbed Guido's head and in one moment and very little concentration, the mutant powerhouse's eyes rolled into the back of his head. Blood oozed out of his nostrils and ears and foam gushed from his mouth. Suddenly, two blurs flew into Ultimaton, slamming their attacks into its shoulders.
"CHIDORI!"
"RASENGAN!"
The two ninjas cut through Ultimaton's shoulders, ripping off its arms. They slid across the floor, stopping at Ororo's feet. The two young men were both in a mess, dirt covered their skin and most of their clothes were torn. Naruto clutched the forehead guard of his burnt headband and Sasuke leant on his sword for support.
"You two survived," John said in astonishment.
"Barely, we're near exhausted, is the big guy okay?" Naruto asked.
"He might as well be dead," Sasuke said.
Naruto looked to where Guido now lay, his goggles were cracked and foam now leaked from his mouth.
"He lobotomised him," Ororo said.
Naruto slammed his fist into the ground and let out a yell. He turned around and ran straight towards Ultimaton, launching himself towards the machine. The ninja slammed his fist into Ultimaton's head, but a surge of electricity knocked Naruto back. Ultimaton then teleported in a cloud of yellow smoke, appearing where Naruto would land. It kicked Naruto into the air, then repeated the process of teleport and kick, knocking Naruto around like a pinball. Finally Ultimaton stopped and fired a red optic blast, ripping through Naruto's chest.
"You will burn for that," Colossus growled.
Wires suddenly began to shoot out of Ulimaton's stumps, reattaching its severed arms. Naruto coughed out puddles of blood, with many mutants surrounding him. They stopped and looked up as the Sentinels and flying MRD troopers aimed their lights at them.
"You are all under arrest, surrender peacefully," one of the troopers announced over his speakerphone.
Sasuke stood up and brushed Gargouille off of him. He charged his sword with electricity and ran towards Ultimaton. The young Uchiha dragged his sword across Ultimaton's armour, and then jumped off of its shoulder. Sasuke threw his sword into the air, cycling through various hand signs. Johnny flew at Ultimaton and fired a blast at the machine, just as Sasuke spat a fireball from his mouth. The Uchiha flames formed a dragon shape, merging with Johnny's blue flames as they slammed into Ultimaton.
"Did that do it?" Johnny asked.
The flames separated, revealing an untouched Ultimaton. Sasuke grabbed his sword and swung it down at Ultimaton, the sword made contact with Ultimaton's armour, sending a cut across the machine's shoulder. Ultimaton thrust its hand forward, releasing a gust of wind that threw Sasuke back. Gargouille flew to intercept the Uchiha, grabbing him in midair.
"Now might be a good time to take that escape the soldier offered," she said.
"EVERYONE INTO THE TUNNEL!" John yelled.
"DO NOT MOVE!" the Sentinel yelled back.
A dark skinned mutant fired a pink blast from his hand, blowing off the Sentinel's head.
"Go, all of you get going now," the young man said.
"Thank you Bishop," A blonde haired girl said.
"No problem Petra, just get yourself and the others out of here," Bishop said.
Petra and the other mutants with her were ready to run. But they suddenly fell to the floor, covered in bruises. Bishop turned, just in time to receive a punch across the face. He looked to his attacker, seeing a young woman dressed in a black suit. She had white streaks running through her black hair and held a look of amusement.
"Forty renegade mutants down Miss Cooper," she said, before knocking Bishop unconscious.
"Well done Aurora, Radius proceed with the capture of the other targets," Cooper said.
One of the Sentinels opened their chest panels, revealing a brown haired man in a suit like Aurora's. He raised his hand, creating a force field around Johnny. Radius then redirected Johnny's flight path, sending him slamming into Colossus's back.
"Johnny, are you all right?" Peter asked.
Naruto clutched his chest as he forced himself off of the floor. The mutants around him watched in astonishment. His expression made his intent clear, only death would keep him down. He held out his hand, chakra swirling around his palm. John, Storm, Colossus and even Ultimaton watched as the young blonde prepared his signature attack.
"He's fighting on through sheer force of will," John said.
He opened the hatch, ushering the mutant children to climb into the sewers. Some of his men helped them down the ladder, whilst others kept watch. Storm slid down the ladder, followed closely by John. Lake looked down into the sewers and at the sentinels and MRD troopers gathering up the mutants. Sasuke and Gargouille landed beside him, both shooting him a glare.
"Colonel what are you waiting for?" John asked.
"Go, get out of here now," Lake said.
"But what about you and the others?"
"I'll do what I can for them, John, expect a call as soon as I find out where they're being taken," Lake explained.
Sasuke and Gargouille climbed down into the sewers, leaving Lake to shut the hatch. Ultimaton fired another blast at Naruto, knocking him through the wall of the camp. Naruto slowly rose to his feet, the Rasengan still swirling in his hand.
"I wont give up, I'll never give up," he growled.
Ultimaton phased through the walls of the camp, looking down at the ninja still fighting on. Naruto ran at the machine again, only for it to fire a blast of compressed air, throwing the young ninja across the desert. Again Naruto got up and again he was knocked down, this time by an energy blast. Ultimaton looked Naruto in the eyes as the young man's eyes conveyed his determination. The machine bought a hand to its head before letting out a bestial roar. It dived towards Naruto, punching him in the gut. Naruto felt his vision blur, but his hearing remained clear as he heard a sound he had heard once before.
SNIKT!
Naruto coughed as Ultimaton pulled its hand away, revealing three holes in the ninja's chest. The young man fell to his knees, clutching his chest as blood dripped onto the sand. Ultimaton growled as it backed away from Naruto. Valerie Cooper looked at the screen monitoring Ultimaton's systems.
"Shut Ultimaton down," she ordered the technical experts.
"But we may need his assistance in cleaning up the rest of the mutants," one of them said.
"It…that thing is no longer human, its no longer even an animal, shut it down and bring it and the target onto the ship," Cooper explained.
The men nodded their heads and began typing at their consoles. Ultimaton suddenly stopped moving as sentinels landed around it. They picked both Ultimaton and Naruto up, flying towards the carrier. The surviving mutants were fitted with power dampening collars. Valerie walked around the camp, nodding to the staff that saluted her. She looked down at the body of Strong Guy in disdain.
"Send this one to the lab, we'll need to analyse his mutation, try to fit it to Ultimaton," she told one of the scientists.
"I thought Ultimaton could use any mutant power, considering he was…"
"It's body can absorb any mutation into its body, its body and cells heal at an accelerated rate, allowing it to repair the damage caused by the grafts, the armour also allows it to accept the mutations we force onto it," Valerie explained.
"Director Cooper!"
"Ah Colonel Lake, perhaps you could explain to me what happened here," she turned to the colonel with a frown on her face.
"You know what happened, you announced mutants weren't the next step in evolution, then you deliberately waited for them to take over the camp," Lake explained.
"That's a rather serious accusation Colonel, I have the best interests of these mutants and your men in mind," Valerie said.
Lake gestured to the destruction and the dead mutants around him, needing no words to prove his point. Valerie lowered her head for but a moment before she turned to the stretcher carrying Naruto. It had various electronic devices attached to it, included a helmet on Naruto's head that kept his mind in stasis.
"Where are the other mutants, and your right hand man John Walker?" Valerie asked.
"Colonel William Lake, serial number 378904," the man said, crossing his arms as he looked at Valerie with an empty expression.
"Colonel as the leading authority in mutant containment I am ordering you to tell me what you know," Cooper growled.
"Colonel William Lake, serial number 378904!"
Cooper huffed before walking away. She gestured to the MRD troopers, who grabbed Lake's arms and bound them in cuffs. Valerie climbed into her transport, taking a final look at the camp before she looked away. The MRD left the remains of Camp Angel behind, along with its hundreds of inhabitants.
"YOU DID WHAT!"
It turned out that John's escape route led to the same system of sewers linked to the Morlock tunnels. Of course Kitty was less than pleased to meet Ororo, and even less pleased to see that Sasuke had returned without Naruto. She stared the Uchiha in the eyes, chastising him like a commanding officer.
"While Naruto and Johnny were risking their lives you ran away and left them for god knows what the MRD plans to do to them," Kitty explained.
"Your one to talk about running away," Sasuke retorted.
"Easy Kitty," Bobby said, gripping Kitty's shoulders lightly.
"I don't care what kind of tactics you had in mind, we don't leave a man behind," Kitty said.
"The fate of Peter Parker speaks otherwise!"
Suddenly, Kitty punched Sasuke across the face, sending him flying into the wall. Gargouille and Puck were already rushing to help their leader, while Domino pointed her knife at Kitty's throat.
"Are you crazy girl?" she asked.
"I was simply speaking the truth," Sasuke brushed Puck and Gargouille off as he walked to the centre of the Morlock settlement. "But if you're so angry, why don't you turn that anger on those that have wronged you? I do not speak of the soldiers, but those at the top, Valerie Cooper and Nicholas Fury, these are the ones with authority and power, the ones that could end your suffering. Then there are those that think they are greater then them, this 'congress' you all whisper of. These are the ones responsible for your suffering!"
The mutants looked amongst themselves, unsure of whether to believe the Uchiha's words. Kitty lowered her head slightly as Ororo walked to her side.
"I'm glad your safe Kitty, but Sasuke is right in at least one thing, we need to take the fight to Cooper, we need to save Peter," Storm explained.
Upon hearing the name Kitty didn't think of the giant Russian, but the skinny Queens boy she had fallen in love with. She walked to her room and came out wearing her Shroud outfit.
"Anyone who wants to rescue their friends come with me," Kitty said.
"I'm going," Sasuke said.
"To rescue Naruto, or for something else?" Kitty asked.
"It doesn't matter," the Uchiha crossed his arms and turned to find some new clothes.
"I'm going too, I can at least keep Cooper occupied," John said.
"This isn't your fight Major, why would you help us?" Ororo asked.
"Its not for you, its for the colonel, he thought this could actually work, us humans and mutants living together peacefully," the man explained.
"Yes, if we can end the cycle of hatred then there might just be a way," Ororo sighed.
"Cycle of hatred, what does that mean?" Bobby asked.
"Its something Naruto spoke of, he seems to be wise for his age," Ororo said.
"Naruto's an idiot, but he's also a nice guy," Kitty sighed.
"If you guys are going to rescue Naruto, then I want to come too," Nils said.
"Me too," Santo slammed his fists together.
"We'll need stealth more than power, you can come Nils but…I'm going to regret this, we need Sasuke and his people," Kitty turned to Sasuke's room as the Uchiha walked out.
Sasuke now wore black cargo trousers with a black shirt and boots. He had kept his armbands and now sheathed his sword on his back. His 'followers' all walked beside him as he nodded to Kitty.
"What did you have in mind?" he asked.
Colonel Lake had been sitting in the interrogation room for the better part of an hour. Valerie Cooper had yet to see him. He began thinking she was too busy questioning Naruto, a task he guessed wouldn't be easy. The door opened and Lake widened his eyes at who entered. General Fury threw a file onto the table and sat in front of the colonel.
"Good to see you again colonel, I'm glad you survived the angel incident," Fury said.
"It was Stacy X sir, she used her powers to invoke violence amongst the populace, if not for that boy none of us would be alive," Lake sighed.
"By that boy I assume you mean Naruto Uzumaki?" Fury asked.
"So that's his name, yes he saved our lives, and I suppose you could say opened them," Lake lowered his head as he smiled.
Fury leant back and sighed. He suspected Kabuto was manipulating him in some way.
"So what did he do exactly? What did he say?" the general asked.
"He told me about a cycle of hatred that had consumed humanity and if that cycled continued, we'd all inevitably kill one another. It had flaws true, but it was a compelling argument, overcoming your hatred and making the world a better place. Naruto convinced Colossus to put down his hatred, even though my men had been torturing him, and I had done nothing to stop it," Lake explained.
"It seems I've been wrong about Naruto," Fury sighed.
"General before you go, let me ask you something, is it true that Cooper delayed the reinforcements?" Lake asked.
"I don't know, but I intend to find out," Fury said as he walked out of the room.
Naruto shook his head as he awoke from unconsciousness. His vision cleared and he looked at his surroundings. Glass walls of some kind gave him a view of the armed guards surrounding him. He got off the floor; looking at the overalls he had been dressed in.
'Well at least they're orange,' he thought.
The young man looked at the woman standing in the centre of the guards. His eyes narrowed into a frown, every instinct told him not to trust this woman. She pulled a clipboard off of one of the soldiers and looked at it for a moment before turning her eyes to Naruto.
"Hello Naruto Uzumaki, welcome to your new home, Camp Neverland!"
Next Chapter 11: Breakout
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