Chapter Eight
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Chapter Eight
"Who is this guy?" Logan asked as he helped the man stand before he placed the man's arm around him and Daisuke did the same with the man's other arm. "How does he know Jean?"
"I don't know, but we should find her and fast," Daisuke told Logan and both of them walked off with the man over their arms. A few minutes the man was on a bed with machines hooked up to his body and Jean walked in followed the Professor.
"Senator Kelly, I'm Professor Charles Xavier," He greeted the man who was now known as a senator.
"Senator?" Daisuke asked.
"He's one of the more vocal supporters of the Mutant Registration Act," Jean said and Daisuke nodded as she looked at the Senator whose body was covered in sweat and his body had blue lines all over it.
"I was afraid if I went to a hospital…they would…" The Senator gasped out.
"Treat you like a mutant?" Professor Xavier said. "We're not what you think, not all of us,"
"Tell that to the ones who did this to me," Senator Kelly said as the Professor moved towards his head.
"Senator, I need you to stay calm. I'm not going to hurt you," He told the senator as he placed his hands on his temples and Kelly's eyes widened as the Professor closed his eyes. He then opened them to find himself in front of the senator who was tied down to a metal chair and behind him was Sabretooth, in front of him was Mystique and on his side was Toad, Senator Kelly heard a bird as did Toad and he turned to see Toad extend his tongue out to grab the bird and bring it back into Toad's mouth where he swallowed it.
"Blech!" The senator gagged in disgust.
"Toad has a wicked tongue senator, as do you," The Professor turned to see Magneto walk down to the senator and stand in front of him and Mystique stood beside him.
"Who are you people? Where's Henry?" The senator asked them.
"Mr Guyrich has been dead for some time senator, but I've had Mystique here keep you company, she takes so many shapes," Magneto told him.
"Whatever you do to me, you'll only be proving me right. Everything I said about you mutants will be true," Senator Kelly said to Magneto as Mystique walked past him.
"Are you a God fearing man senator?" Magneto asked him. "I always thought it was a strange phrase, I see God as a teacher, a bringer of light, wisdom and understanding. You see what I really think you are afraid of is me. Me and my kind. The brotherhood of mutants." He said before he turned and walked towards a strange machine and the senator's chair was being dragged along by Magneto's power. "It's not all that surprising really. Mankind always feared what it doesn't understand. Well, don't fear God, senator, and certainly don't fear me. Not anymore," Magneto said as he stepped into the machine and used his power to lift the platform up.
"What're you going to do to me?" Kelly asked him.
"Let us say that God works much too slowly," Magneto answered as the platform reached the top of the machine and he placed his hands on two hand grips as a ring started to spin around Magneto and he visibly showed pain on his face as a white sphere emanated from the machine and it enveloped the senator who screamed as it passed over him before it receded back into the machine. Magneto then lowered back down as Mystique removed his hands from the grips making him grunt in pain before she helped Magneto to his feet and they walked past Kelly. "Welcome to the future….brother," He whispered to Kelly. Professor Xavier lifted his head and removed his hands from Kelly's temples.
"What's wrong?" Daisuke asked him and he looked at her. Soon the X-Men were all in Professor Xavier's office.
"The machine emits radiation that triggers mutation in ordinary human beings," He explained.
"But the mutation is unnatural. Kelly's body is rejecting it. His cells began to break down immediately," Jean explained further.
"What effect does it have on mutants?" Mizu asked.
"There appears to be none. But I fear it will harm any normal person exposed to it," The Professor answered.
"So what does Magneto want with Rogue?" Takato asked.
"I don't know," Xavier said shaking his head and Logan went to walk out of the office.
"Wait, you said this machine draws its power from Magneto, and that it weakened him," Cyclops said.
"Yes. In fact, it nearly killed him," Xavier said.
"Oh my god," Storm said in realisation.
"He's going to transfer his power to Rogue and use her to power the machine," Logan said and everyone shared a worried look. Meanwhile back with Senator Kelly he was lying on the table breathing heavily.
"Is somebody there?" He asked.
"Yes, I'm here," Daisuke told him walking towards him as he lifted his hand up to her.
"Please don't leave me. I don't want to be alone," He told her as Daisuke held his hand.
"All right," She replied as she saw the senator's body start to liquefy.
"Do you hate normal people?" He asked her.
"Not all of them, some of my best friends are normal people. But there are some that I hate," Daisuke answered.
"Why?" He asked her.
"Because, maybe I am afraid of them. I mean my own parents tried to have me locked away when they discovered I was a mutant," Daisuke told him and he gave her a brief smile.
"Well, I think you have got one less person…to be afraid of," He told her before he choked and Daisuke saw his hand holding hers turn into water before his entire body started to liquefy and he gurgled before he turned completely into water and splashed everywhere. Daisuke's eyes were wide in shock before she ran out of the room.
"Cyclops, you and Storm ready the jet. I'm going to find Rogue. Takato find Logan a uniform," The Professor said.
"Whoa, Logan isn't coming with us is he?" Cyclops asked.
"Yes he is, he's proven himself already, you know this Scott," The Professor told him.
"And last time I checked I wasn't the one to give the station a new sunroof," Logan said.
"No, but you're the one who stabbed Rogue in the chest," Cyclops said.
"Hey why don't you take your mission and stick it up your…" Logan was cut off when Daisuke ran into the office.
"Senator Kelly….he's….gone," Daisuke said sadly and everyone looked at her.
"I'm going to find her," Xavier said as he left and headed to Cerebro, he then put on the helmet and he closed his eyes to focus but suddenly he felt an unbelievable pain in his head and he pulled the helmet off and he turned his wheelchair around and he fell out of the chair unconscious with the lights in Cerebro flashing indicating something was wrong. The door then opened and Cyclops and Jean ran inside and they carried the Professor to the infirmary where Sam was.
"What the hell happened?" he asked.
"We don't know, is he alright?" Cyclops asked him as the laid the Professor on a table and Sam attached several machines to the Professor.
"His pulse is stable, as is his blood pressure. But his brainwaves are scrambled, something happened in Cerebro that caused this to him, I don't know how long he's going to be out guys, it could be an hour, a day, a week or maybe never," Sam informed them as the other X-Men entered and saw the Professor on the bed.
"No," Takato said in disbelief.
"Professor," Daisuke said running over to him.
"He's fine, but he is going to be out for a while," Sam told her gently.
"How did this happen?" Mizu asked.
"Something went wrong with Cerebro," Cyclops answered.
"That's strange, it's never done anything like that," Takato said confused. Later that night Jean was in Cerebro looking over the machine when she opened a small draw on the side of the machine and she saw a small cylinder attached and the liquid inside it was dark murky green, she removed the cylinder and the liquid returned to its normal blue colour and the lights in Cerebro came back on.
"You can still hear me….can't you?" Takato asked the Professor with a small smile on his face while Cyclops was beside him. Meanwhile Jean was walking out of Cerebro just before Mizu snuck inside it. "You've taught me everything in my life that was ever worth knowing. And if anything happens…I'll take care of everyone," He told the Professor as he and Cyclops walked out of the room.
"I've fixed Cerebro," Jean said to him and Cyclops and Takato nodded before Takato saw Mizu in Cerebro and his eyes widened when he saw his sister move to put the helmet on.
"Mizu?" Takato asked as he ran towards his sister. "Mizu! No!" He shouted as the door slammed shut as Mizu's eyes shut and she took off the helmet and panted heavily as the door opened and Takato ran towards her with Jean and Cyclops behind him. "Mizu? Sis can you hear me? Answer me sis," He said.
"I know where Magneto's going with Rogue," She answered and her brother looked at Cyclops and Jean. Meanwhile in New York on the shore of Liberty Island a policeman waved to one of the boats and the captain waved back before Sabretooth snuck up on him and drove his claws into the man making him gasp before Sabretooth threw him away and walked off. The man driving the boat looked back to see a man looking just like him before he turned into Mystique, two officers were patrolling around the Statue of Liberty when Toad dropped down and crushed one of them before he jumped off and did the same to the second cop. Back on the boat Mystique walked into the back of the boat where Rogue was tied up and Magneto walked inside and looked at the Statue of Liberty.
"Magnificent isn't she?" He asked her.
"I've seen it," Rogue told him.
"I first saw her in 1949. America was going to be the land of tolerance. Of peace," Magneto said as Rogue looked at the dead man on the floor.
"Are you going to kill me?" She asked him.
"Yes," He answered turning to her.
"Why?" She asked.
"Because there is no land of tolerance. There is no peace, not here or anywhere else. Women and children, whole families destroyed because they were born different to those in power. Well, after tonight, the world's most powerful will be just like us. They will return home as brothers, as mutants. Our cause will be theirs, your sacrifice will mean our survival. If that comes across as small consolation I understand," Magneto told her as Sabretooth walked in. "Put her in the machine," He told him and Sabretooth grabbed Rogue. "I will raise it," He said looking back up at the Statue of Liberty.
"Magneto is here at Liberty Island," Cyclops said as he, Logan, Storm, Jean, Takato, Mizu and Daisuke stood over a table with a holographic display of Liberty Island. "Now presumably his objective is to mutate the world leaders at the UN summit on Ellis Island,"
"He doesn't know his machine kills, and by judging what the Professor saw, if he gave Rogue enough power…." Storm said.
"He could wipe out everyone in New York City," Jean added.
"We can insert at the Washington Bridge here. Come around the back, just off of Manhattan, and land on the far side of Liberty Island. Here." Cyclops said.
"What about Harbour Patrol? Radar? The security is going to be tight considering leaders from all over the world are on Ellis Island," Logan said.
"If they have anything that can pick up our jet, they deserve to catch us," Takato said.
"Alright guys, suit up. Time to save the day," Daisuke said. "For the Professor," Daisuke said holding her hand out and Takato and Mizu placed their hands on hers, followed by Logan, Jean, Storm and Cyclops. "On three. One, two, three!"
"X-Men!" They all shouted.
The end of the chapter
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