Chapter Four
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Chapter Four
The next morning Daisuke woke up early as the sun was still rising into the sky and she yawned. "I sure slept well," She said and she smiled down at Veemon who was snoring as was Guilmon and Coronamon, she then looked below her to look at Takato and Mizu who were both peacefully asleep. She quietly climbed down from the top bunk and she walked out of her room and she decided to explore the mansion some more, she found that the mansion had several rooms designed for teaching the younger mutants, and there was a garage filled with several vintage cars and a motorcycle. "Cool," She said looking at the black motorbike, when she went to place her hand on it another hand grabbed hers and pulled it away.
"Easy there, that's my bike you're looking at," Daisuke turned and she glared at Cyclops. "Sleep alright?" He asked her.
"Yeah fine," She told him shaking her arm from his grip. "I thought this was a cool bike, but now I know it's your bike I'm not so sure," She told him.
"Still upset about yesterday?" Cyclops asked her.
"Yes I am! Did you forget you blasted me when I wasn't expecting it? I could have been seriously hurt had Logan's power not kicked in," Daisuke told him.
"Hey outside the mansion, when you run into people who want to kill or capture you, they will not give you a warning when they are about to attack…so you have to be ready for everything," Cyclops told her.
"Right, okay, sure…later Cyclops," Daisuke said as she walked off and back into the mansion, she then headed down to the basement and saw the Professor sitting in Cerebro and she walked towards him.
"Good morning Daisuke," He said without looking.
"How did you-? She asked.
"Did you already forget I am psychic, as some would call it," He answered. "Welcome to Cerebro," He told her.
"This is….one big round room Professor," Daisuke said in awe.
"Indeed it is, the brainwaves of mutants are different to ordinary humans. That is how I was able to find you, and all the other mutants at this school. This device amplifies my power, allowing me to locate mutants across great distances," Xavier explained.
"What else do you use it for?" Daisuke asked.
"I have been using it to try and track down Magneto," He answered.
"What's a Magneto?" Daisuke asked confused.
"Not a what, a mutant, and a powerful one at that," Xavier said.
"If you don't mind me asking, how did you get your powers?" Daisuke asked him and Xavier turned his wheelchair around to look at her.
"I don't mind. When I was a young boy I discovered I had the power to control people's minds, I could make them think or do whatever I wanted," He explained. "When I was seventeen I met another young man named Eric Lensherr. He, too, had an unusual power. He could create magnetic fields and control metal. Believing that humanity would never accept us, he grew angry and vengeful. He became Magneto, and has tried for many years to gain superiority for mutants over humans," Xavier said.
"Wow, he sounds like a real asshole," Daisuke mumbled.
"It would seem that way," Xavier said as he turned back around and Daisuke saw him place a strange helmet on his head. "Don't move Daisuke," He told her and Daisuke nodded as Xavier focused and the entire room lit up with white lights on what Daisuke saw were the continents of the world. "These lights represent every living person on the planet Daisuke, the white lights are humans." Xavier explained as Daisuke saw red lights appear replacing the white lights. "And these are the mutants. Through Cerebro I am connected to them, and they to me," Xavier said as Daisuke was looking around in surprise. "You see Daisuke, we are not as alone as you would first believe," He told Daisuke who smiled happily before she noticed one light was flashing.
"What's the deal with that flashing light?" She asked and Xavier focused and a voice became audible.
"Help me! Someone help me!" A voice begged and Daisuke gasped as she and the Professor saw a young girl no older than ten years old curled up in a foetal position.
"No!" Daisuke exclaimed as Professor Xavier closed his eyes and the room returned to normal. "Professor where is she?" She asked frantically as the elderly mutant turned to look at her.
"She appears to be in a warehouse on the waterfront of New York City," He answered and Daisuke turned and went to walk off. "Daisuke, where are you going?" He asked her.
"To save her, she seems in danger I just know it," She said to him, Professor Xavier nodded making her smile.
"You're not going alone," He told her before Daisuke could walk off. "Not without some help, I'll tell Logan, Mizu and Takato to meet you at the jet," He said as he moved past Daisuke and the mahogany haired mutant smiled, she then walked off towards another room in the basement and saw the massive jet that had taken her to the mansion. She then heard footsteps behind her and she turned to see Takato and Logan walking up to her, Takato was wearing his own X-Men suit that had black gloves, boots, pants and a sleeveless shirt that left his arms exposed, Mizu meanwhile wore a black suit with white highlights in it and her hands were exposed possibly allowing her to better use her ice powers.
"Daisuke what's wrong? The Professor said we needed to go somewhere," Takato said.
"We do, can you fly this thing?" She asked him pointing to the jet with her thumb.
"Of course I can," He answered her as Professor Xavier entered the room behind the three of them.
"Good," he said making everyone look at him. "You three will be together on a retrieval/rescue mission," He told them.
"Where are we going?" Logan asked seriously.
"New York City, a warehouse on the waterfront. Another mutant is being held there," Xavier explained and Takato and Logan frowned.
"Let's go," Mizu said and her brother, Daisuke and Logan nodded.
"The coordinates are already entered into the navigation system, good luck," The Professor told them as the four of them boarded the jet and Takato sat in the front of the jet and he pressed a few buttons and the jet's dashboard lit up as the engines warmed up.
"So how does this thing get out of here?" Daisuke asked sitting next to Takato who smiled at her and he flipped a switch and both she and Logan felt the jet rise up on a lift, meanwhile above ground everyone in the mansion saw the basketball court open up and the jet rise up before it took off and shot into the air and headed towards New York.
"So who is this mutant we're looking for?" Logan asked as he lit a cigar and took a puff of it.
"It's a girl, and she's only ten years old," Daisuke growled making Logan and Takato look at her in surprise before they too frowned.
"What?" Logan asked. "Who the hell captures a ten year old girl, mutant or otherwise?"
"I don't know, but when we find her and the people who have her locked up…I'll kill them," Daisuke growled angrily before he felt a hand on hers and she saw Takato looking at her.
"We will rescue this mutant Daisuke, trust me on that," He told her, he then looked out the front of the jet. "Okay, we're coming up on New York City now you two," He told them and both Logan and Daisuke looked out the window to see the skyline of New York. "Going into stealth mode," Takato said flipping a switch.
"Stealth mode? Nice," Daisuke said.
"It hides our heat emissions from radar, and if anyone looks up they'll see nothing but blue sky," Mizu explained.
"Not bad, so how much longer?" Logan asked him who looked at his instruments as they neared the waterfront.
"It's there!" Takato exclaimed pointing to a rundown warehouse.
"You sure?" Daisuke asked him.
"Trust me, that's where the Professor found the mutant we're looking for. Taking her down," Takato said as he piloted the jet down and it landed beside the warehouse with a soft thud. "Piece of cake,"
"Nice flying, come on," Daisuke said as she got out of her seat and left the jet followed by Logan, Mizu and Takato, they soon headed to the warehouse with Takato in front with his hand on his temple.
"Anything?" Logan asked him.
"Yeah, this way," He said running off down an alleyway and Daisuke, Mizu and Logan followed him until they saw a steel door with a keypad beside it.
"The hell is this?" Logan asked looking at it.
"I know, there shouldn't be something this advanced on something this old," Takato said as he pressed four numbers and nothing happened. "Stand back," He told Logan, Mizu and Daisuke before he focused and his body was covered in fire shocking Daisuke and Logan. Takato then grunted in effort as he punched the door and the door started to slowly melt away, soon the door was nothing but molten metal and Takato returned to normal.
"Impressive work kid, come on," Logan said and Mizu, Daisuke and Takato nodded and the four walked through the melted door.
"Who puts a door like that on a place like this?" Daisuke whispered.
"I have no idea," Logan said.
"Could it be HYPNOS?" Daisuke asked.
"What?" Logan asked her back.
"When Takato and the Professor found me some agents from some place called HYPNOS showed up at my apartment, apparently they're a task force to capture mutants," Daisuke explained.
"No…I don't think it is HYPNOS. They wouldn't use a place like this at all," Mizu said as they heard something ahead.
"Shush," Logan said before he sniffed a few times. "They're ahead, and I smell blood as well," He whispered as the four of them slowly moved to a corner where they saw several men three wearing lab coats and the rest carried firearms, and in a cage was a young girl wearing baggy clothing stained with dirt, grime and blood.
"There she is," Daisuke whispered.
"Experiments on Mutant 0001 are proceeding as planned…however subjects mutation refuses to activate with current stimulation," One of the men wearing the lab coats said into a recorder.
"Let's just kill her and be done with it, it's obvious her powers aren't going to work," One of the armed men said.
"No! Our orders were to make this girl use her powers by any means necessary," Another scientist said.
"Maybe some torture," Another armed man said as he cocked his gun.
"What do we do?" Logan asked before he saw something was wrong. "Where's the kid?" He asked and Takato and Mizu looked behind them and then in front of them.
"Dai!" He whisper shouted as Daisuke approached one of the armed men.
"Access Wolverine," She thought.
"Wolverine's Adamantium Skeleton and Healing factor activated," The voice in her head said and three Adamantium claws came out of her right hand and she stabbed the man making him gasp and fall to the ground, the other armed men turned around to see Daisuke standing there.
"Another freak, blast her!" One shouted and the armed men fired at Daisuke and hit her making her stumble back and she hunched over before she groaned.
"Damn it," She said as the men stared at her in horror as Daisuke's bleeding stopped. "Big mistake," She told them and three Adamantium claws came out of her left hand and she ran at another one of the men and she stabbed him and he fell to the ground, another man held his gun up but Daisuke turned to see him get stabbed and he fell down and Logan was behind him.
"Stop them!" One of the scientists shouted, Takato threw a fireball at another one of the armed men sending him backwards before he held his hand out and two of the scientists were thrown backwards into the wall all the while the blonde haired girl was watching in awe. Mizu fired an ice blast at the other scientist encasing him in ice. Logan stabbed the last of the armed men and Daisuke walked towards the cage and looked at the girl.
"Don't worry, we're here to help you," She told the girl as she went to open the cage but electricity arched through it and zapped Daisuke.
"Electrified cage, typical, in case she tried to escape," Mizu said.
"We take every precaution when it comes to your kind," One of the scientists who was encased in ice said. Daisuke picked him up and three Adamantium claws shot out of her knuckles and she held it against the man's throat.
"You listen to me, tell us who your boss is, and I might let you live," She threatened him.
"I won't speak to freaks like you," He replied and Daisuke growled.
"Daisuke calm down," Mizu told her calmly before she placed her hand on the scientist's head and concentrated. "There's a switch to turn the power off over there," She said pointing to a switch and Logan walked over and flipped it to the off position. "And these guys are a small cell, working for a bigger corporation, but not HYPNOS," Mizu added and Daisuke frowned before she punched the scientist and knocked him out.
"Freak am I?" She mumbled before she opened the cage to the girl who backed up in fright. "Don't worry, I'm not here to hurt you, I'm Daisuke, who are you?" She asked kneeling to look the girl in the eye.
"Layla," The girl timidly answered.
"Layla. That's a pretty name," Daisuke said with a warm smile and the girl now known as Layla smiled at Daisuke.
"You're like me," Layla said and Daisuke nodded.
"Come with me, I'll keep you safe," She said smiling to Layla who smiled back and Daisuke stood up and helped Layla to her feet before Layla gasped and Daisuke turned around to see one of the scientists hold a gun and he fired it at Daisuke but before the bullet hit her a wall made of crystal rose up in front of Daisuke and the bullet bounced off it shocking the scientist before some of the crystal wall broke off and sped towards him and hit him in the leg making him scream in pain, Daisuke looked to see Layla's hands were covered in crystal before they returned to normal when the wall of crystal broke apart.
"Whoa," Logan said his jaw dropped.
"I'll say, to control her power like that; and at ten years old no less is amazing," Takato agreed.
"Come on guys, we need to tell the Professor about this," Daisuke said as Layla climbed onto Daisuke's back with a giggle and Daisuke smiled as she headed to the exit and Logan, Mizu and Takato followed her out of the warehouse, unknown to them a security camera had watched the entire fight.
"Interesting," A man who was watching the camera's recording, he then zoomed in on Daisuke and looked at her. "She would make an interesting test subject," He mumbled.
"Whoa!" Layla exclaimed in awe as she saw the jet.
"It is impressive isn't it," Daisuke said to her and she nodded.
"It gets better on the inside," Takato told Layla and the small group entered the jet and Layla looked around in amazement.
"So awesome!" She cheered happily running around the jet making Daisuke giggle while Logan rolled his eyes and Takato laughed as did Mizu.
"Alright, let's get back to the mansion and fast," Logan grumbled as he went to light a cigar but Daisuke frowned at him. "What?" He asked.
"No smoking while Layla's around," She told him pointing to Layla who held her hand, Logan grumbled before he put the cigar away and sat down and Daisuke sat down with Layla on her lap.
"Okay hold on tight," Takato said as he fired the jet's engines up and it slowly took off and flew through the sky back towards the mansion, it soon arrived back at the mansion and Takato flipped a switch and it slowly descended down towards the basketball court which opened up and closed once the land was back in the hanger. Takato, Mizu, Daisuke and Logan walked down the ramp with Layla holding Daisuke's hand and Professor Xavier, Jean, Storm and Cyclops were waiting for them. Layla hid behind Daisuke's leg and held onto it tightly.
"Don't worry, they won't hurt you…well most of them won't," Daisuke told her gently and Layla looked at her and she nodded slowly making Daisuke smile.
"I take it your rescue mission was a success," The Professor asked them.
"Yeah it was," Daisuke said as Professor Xavier looked at Layla and leaned in slightly. "Her name is Layla," Daisuke told him.
"Hello Layla, my name is Professor Charles Xavier. You're safe here," He told Layla who looked at him from behind Daisuke's leg.
"Hi," She said quietly.
"Do you know what here power is?" Cyclops asked making Daisuke glare at him.
"Yeah we did, show them Layla," Takato told her and Layla looked at him and then at Daisuke.
"It's alright, go ahead," She gently told her and Layla nodded before at Daisuke before she held her hand out and pillar of crystal rose out of the ground behind Cyclops surprising him, Layla giggled before a crystal flower was formed in her hand and she handed it to Daisuke with a smile. "Thank you," She said.
"Incredible," Jean said.
"That's what Takato said, she's ten years old but she is able to control her powers," Mizu said.
"Layla, what do you remember about the men who had you?" Daisuke asked her and Layla shook her head. "You can't remember?" Layla nodded. "That's unfortunate, I would have liked to make those guys to pay some more for what they did to you," Daisuke growled slightly as she brushed some hair off of Layla's face before she heard a voice.
"Professor Xavier's Telepathy activated," Daisuke's eyes widened as images raced through her mind as she saw an abandoned base underground, several scientists and it was all from Layla's point of view. Daisuke removed her hand from Layla and gasped.
"Daisuke what's wrong?" Storm asked her.
"Nothing, it's nothing," She answered. "I need some air," She then ran off out of the basement.
"What just happened?" Takato asked. "I better go check on her, Jean do you think you can take care of Layla for a while?" He asked and Jean nodded before Takato ran after Daisuke who was outside the mansion slashing at a tree with her Adamantium claws, she then roared and slashed one more time and the tree fell down. Daisuke panted heavily before she heard a twig snap and she turned around.
"Who's there?" She asked but she got no reply instead she felt something hit her neck and she pulled out three darts and she groaned before she collapsed and two men wearing camouflage and camouflage face paint picked her up and dragged her away.
"Hey Bobby, you seen Daisuke?" Takato asked as he and Mizu walked through the mansion.
"She went outside," He answered and Takato nodded as did Mizu.
"Takatomon, Daisuke is in trouble!" He heard Guilmon shout as his partner ran to him.
"What?" He asked and Veemon and Coronamon ran up to him and Mizu.
"Follow me," Guilmon said as he ran out of the mansion followed by Takato, Mizu, Coronamon and Veemon where they saw the two men throw Daisuke in the back of a truck.
"Daisuke!" Takato shouted as he ran towards the two men who climbed into the van and drove off. "No!" He shouted as he threw a fireball at the van but it missed.
"Dai!" Veemon shouted in worry.
The end of the chapter
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