Chapter Sixteen
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Night soon fell and Bobby, Rogue and John were setting up their camp for the night. Kurt however was sitting on the grass watching Magneto, Mystique, Storm, Logan, Jean, Mizu, Daisuke and Takato talking around a fire not far from the others but out of hearing range. Layla walked over to Kurt and she sat down and he looked at her. "Thanks for saving me," She told him.
"You are welcome little one," He replied before he looked over at the X-Men, Magneto and Mystique again.
"Can you hear what they are saying?" Layla asked him.
"I can take a closer look," Kurt told her and Layla nodded to him.
"His name is Colonel William Stryker," Magneto said sitting down as he looked at the X-Men. "And he invaded your mansion for one purpose: he wanted Cerebro, or at least enough of it to make one of his own,"
"Wait, that makes no sense. Can't Cerebro only be used by a telepath?" Daisuke asked.
"No; well yes a telepath can use it but not without a great deal of exertion. Only the Professor can use it safely," Jean said.
"Which I think is the only reason my old friend is still alive," Magneto said.
"Oh my God," Storm said.
"Excuse me, what're you all so afraid of?" Logan asked.
"While Cerebro is working, Charles's mind is connected to every single living person on the planet. If he were forced to concentrate hard enough on a particular group-let's say mutants, for example- he could kill us all," Magneto said.
"Wait a minute. How would Stryker even know where to find Cerebro in the first place?" Takato asked and Magneto sighed.
"Because I told him." He said and Daisuke face palmed. "I helped Charles built it, remember? Mr Stryker has powerful methods of persuasion, even against a mutant as strong as Charles,"
"So who is Stryker anyway? Apart from a genocidal madman bent on killing all mutants so humanity can reign supreme," Daisuke said.
"He's a military scientist. He's spent his whole life trying to solve the mutant problem. If you want a more intimate perspective, why don't you ask Wolverine?" Magneto asked looking at Logan as did everyone else. "You don't remember, do you? William Stryker- the only other man I know to be able to manipulate Adamantium- the metal on your bones- it carries his signature."
"But the professor…." Logan said.
"Charles trusted you were smart enough to figure that out on your own, but he gives you more credit than I do." Magneto said.
"Why do you need us?" Mizu asked.
"Mystique has discovered plans for a base that Stryker has been operating out of for decades. We know that's where he is building the second Cerebro, but we don't know where the base is." Magneto said.
"And you think one of us might?" Logan asked him and Magneto nodded.
"In fact, one of you has already been there before. Isn't that right Stardust?" Magneto asked Daisuke who raised an eyebrow but before she could answer Magneto looked up followed by everyone else.
"Kurt?" Daisuke asked looking at him hanging upside down on a branch.
"Oh. Hello," He said with a wave. "I didn't mean to snoop," He apologised.
"Get down here," Storm told him and Kurt dropped down.
"So where's Stryker?" Takato asked Daisuke who scratched her head trying to think before her eyes widened.
"He's at Alkali Lake," She said.
"That's where the Professor sent me, there's nothing there," Logan said.
"Not on the surface, the base is underground," Daisuke explained. Soon everyone was back at the camp with Daisuke standing by the ramp as Takato walked down.
"Hey," He greeted her.
"Hey," She replied.
"Are you alright?" Takato asked her.
"Yeah," She answered.
"You sure?"
"How it's looking?" Daisuke asked him and Takato sighed.
"Not good. It's gonna be another four or five hours before me and Jean can get it off the ground," He answered.
"How's Jean?" Daisuke asked.
"She's worried about Scott, she loves him," Takato said.
"What about you?" Daisuke asked him and Takato looked at her. "We kissed in the mansion when it was under attack, but I'm still confused about it. Did you mean it? Or was it just to snap me out of Stryker's control?"
"I love you Daisuke, and I mean that," Takato told her.
"Do you?" She asked him and Takato frowned before he grabbed Daisuke's hand and pulled her into him and kissed her passionately before Daisuke broke the kiss. "I'm going to bed," She said and she walked off and Takato groaned and held his head in his hands, before he then walked back into the jet. Unknown to Daisuke or Takato, Mystique was watching them.
"Excuse me," Kurt said walking up to her. "They say you can imitate anybody, even their voice,"
"Even their voice," Mystique mimicked in Kurt's voice.
"Then why not stay in disguise all the time, you know? Like everyone else?" Kurt asked her.
"Because we shouldn't have to," Mystique told him walked off and Kurt's tail spun around, Bobby attached a tube to a tent and it inflated up before he walked over to Rogue who was trying to start the fire while John sat there doing nothing.
"Hey, can you help?" Bobby asked him but John remained silent before the fire came to life and Bobby and Rogue put their hands up to the fire to warm up. Takato meanwhile was sitting in one of the chairs in the jet frustrated.
"Hey bro, what's up?" Takato turned to look at his sister walk into the jet.
"It's Daisuke, I think she doubts I love her. She thinks that kiss was nothing more than to snap her out of Stryker's control over her," He answered.
"Have you talked about it?" Mizu asked him.
"Yes, well kind of. Just now she asked me if I meant that kiss, so I kissed her again but I think I've blown it," Takato sighed only to yelp as Mizu whacked him in the back of the head. "Ow! What was that for?"
"You don't just kiss a girl Takato. You and Daisuke should really talk about this, before something bad happens," Mizu told her brother and he nodded.
"Can you help me think of what to say?" He asked and Mizu nodded and he smiled. Daisuke meanwhile was in her tent when she heard the front unzip and she saw Takato walk in.
"Look…" She tried to say but Takato stopped her and kissed her on the lips and she moaned returning the kiss and her hands roamed over Takato's body before she stopped and gasped as her fingers ran across three scars on his chest. "You…" She growled.
"No one's ever left a scar quite like you before," Takato whispered before turning into Mystique.
"What do you want bitch? An apology?" Daisuke asked angrily.
"You know what I want," Mystique said licking Daisuke's ear. "But what do you want?" She asked her before she turned into Ken, then TK before switching back into Takato. Daisuke growled and threw her off angrily and sat up. "What do you really want?" Mystique asked as she turned into Stryker.
"I want you to get out. Before I finish what I started on Liberty Island," Daisuke told Mystique who complied and left the tent. "My God," Daisuke said rubbing her forehead once she left.
The next day the X-Jet was flying towards Alkali Lake. Bobby and Rogue were looking at an X-Men uniform as Daisuke and Logan put theirs on. "Why don't we get uniforms?" Rogue asked.
"Yeah, where's ours?" Bobby asked them.
"They're on order. They should arrive in a few years," Daisuke answered them before she sat next to Takato, Bobby and Rogue heard Magneto and Mystique laughing and they looked at them.
"We love what you've done with your hair," Magneto said and Rogue took off one of her gloves.
"Whoa, hey easy. Come on let's go," Bobby told Rogue and both of them walked off. John looked over at Magneto and Mystique.
"So, they say you're the bad guy," John said.
"Is that what they say?" Magneto asked and John nodded before he saw Magneto's helmet.
"That's a dorky looking helmet. What's it for?" He asked Magneto.
"This dorky looking helmet is the only thing that'll protect me from the real bad guys," He answered before he pulled John's lighter into his hand. "What's your name?"
"John," John answered him.
"What's your real name John?" Magneto asked him, John held his hand out and the fire from the lighter jumped into his hand.
"Pyro," John said.
"Quite a talent you have there, Pyro," Magneto praised him.
"I can only control the fire, I can't create it," John explained as he snuffed out the fire in his hand.
"You are a god among insects. Never let anyone tell you different." Magneto told him as he handed the lighter to John who took the lighter.
At Alkali Lake, a soldier walked over to Stryker who was sitting in front of a computer. "Sir, the machine has been completed to all specifications," He said.
"Good," Stryker said as he watched one of the mutant children place his hand on the door to the cell before he got zapped and Stryker chuckled.
"If I may ask sir, why are we keeping the children here?" The soldier asked him.
"I am a scientist, Sergeant Lyman. When I build a machine, I want to make sure that it's working," Stryker answered him. Outside the base the X-Jet had landed in a clearing and everyone was looking at a hologram.
"All right, this is a topographic map of the dam. This is the spillway. See these density changes in the terrain? They're tyre tracks," Storm explained.
"The entrance," Logan said and Storm nodded.
"And this shows the depth of the ice covering the ground. And this is recent water activity," Storm said as a hologram of water coming out of the spillway appeared.
"We go in there, Stryker can flood the spillway," Jean said.
"Can you teleport inside?" Storm asked Kurt.
"No, I have to see where I am going. Otherwise I can wind up inside a wall," He answered.
"I'll go," Daisuke said making everyone look at her. "I can get inside there no problem,"
"Stardust. Whoever goes into the dam needs to be able to operate the spillway mechanism, how will you be able to do that?" Magneto asked walking up to her and Daisuke smirked at him before she turned into Logan.
"I have a hunch Stryker will want me alive," She said in Logan's voice before she left the jet and headed towards the spillway.
"Dai wait up," She turned to see Takato run up to her.
"Can this wait?" She asked him as she turned back to normal.
"Not really. Look, just be careful, I don't want anything bad to happen to you," Takato told her and she nodded before she walked off. "I love you Dai," He said and Daisuke turned and she walked back to him and pecked him on the cheek making him blush brightly.
"I love you too. Wish me luck," She said before she ran off and turned back into Logan.
"Good luck," Takato said before he headed back to the X-Jet.
The end of the chapter
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