Chapter Eighteen

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Yuriko jumped into the air and spun around and she slashed Daisuke across the face leaving five long gashes on her face, Daisuke snarled before she tried to stab Yuriko who ducked and stabbed her arm before she rolled behind Daisuke and stabbed her in the leg making her shout in pain. "Hold still!" Daisuke shouted at her as she tried to stab Yuriko who caught her hand and kicked her in the gut and then stabbed her in the back, before she threw Daisuke into a stone pillar sending debris everywhere. Stryker meanwhile had walked up to a door and he pressed a few buttons and the door unlocked and he walked through it and down a long dark tunnel.

"Where's Daisuke?" Takato asked in worry as he and Mizu ran through the base.

"I don't know, but we have to find her before she gets hurt," Mizu said and Takato nodded his head agreeing with his sister.

"Whoa!" Daisuke shouted as she was thrown by Yuriko again into a wall and she looked at Yuriko crack her knuckles and Daisuke's injuries healed up and she cracked her neck. "Okay, I'll admit you got some moves," She said as Yuriko said nothing and ran towards her and jumped into the air to deliver another blow but Daisuke rolled out of the way and Yuriko left five gouges on the concrete wall. "Access Cyclops!" She shouted and she fired an optic blast at Yuriko sending her flying into a wall and Daisuke sighed in relief. She stood up and she went to walk off before she heard a yell and she turned to see Yuriko jump at her. "Oh come on!" Daisuke shouted as she back flipped out of the way.

Yuriko then ran towards Daisuke again and swung her claws wildly at the mahogany haired girl who ducked and blocked with her own claws. Yuriko then managed to stab Daisuke again and throw her away and she rolled across the floor, Yuriko then ran at her but Daisuke stabbed her in the gut making her cry out in pain. Daisuke then threw Yuriko into a wall and tried to slash her but she moved out of the way, Daisuke then sliced some pipes in half as she continued her assault on Yuriko who kicked her in the face making her stumble back before she leaned back to avoid Yuriko's claws and she slashed her across the face twice before she then stabbed Yuriko in the gut with her right claws. "Aaah!" Yuriko cried in pain as Daisuke stabbed her with her left claw as well.

"How do you like that?" Daisuke asked before she saw the cuts on Yuriko's face heal up. "Oh crap, she's just like Logan," She groaned as Yuriko wrapped her hands around Daisuke's arms and she climbed up before kicking Daisuke in the head making her drop to the floor. Yuriko then ran towards Daisuke and tackled her and both girls flew through the air and crashed into a glass case full of bladed weapons. Daisuke and Yuriko got up and Daisuke grabbed her opponent and threw her over her and onto a sharp piece of metal impaling her before Yuriko pulled herself off and kicked Daisuke in the face, she then ran behind Daisuke and stabbed her several times in the back making her shout in pain before she elbowed Yuriko in the face.

"Daisuke!" Takato shouted as he and Mizu ran into the room.

"Stay back! This is my fight!" She shouted at them, Yuriko lunged at Daisuke but she jumped into the air and landed onto a metal platform. "Come on, don't tell me you're afraid of a little girl like me?" She taunted and Yuriko glared at her before she ran towards Daisuke and jumped up and tackled her off the balcony and they landed on the ground hard. "Me and my big mouth," She thought.

"Should we help?" Mizu asked her brother worried.

"No, this is her fight as she said. I know she can handle her," Takato answered her and Mizu looked at Daisuke and Yuriko fighting before she nodded to her brother.

"Please stop this," Daisuke said but Yuriko continued to attack her. "I've had enough of fighting my own kind," She said but Yuriko ignored her. "Okay. You want to play it that way fine!" She exclaimed as Yuriko kicked her backwards and she crashed into a wall. "Activate Colossus!" She thought.

"Colossus's Organic Steel activated," The voice in her head and her body was covered in steel as Yuriko tried to slash her but her claws didn't leave a scratch. Daisuke then headbutted Yuriko in the head sending her down to the ground and Yuriko shook her head and held it.

"Where…where am I?" She asked looking around.

"Yuriko?" Daisuke asked and she looked at her. "You're at Alkali Lake, do you remember anything?"

"No…nothing but my name," She said and Daisuke, Mizu and Takato gave her looks of sympathy.

"Terrific. Where's Stryker? I'm going to rip him to shreds," Daisuke snarled.

"Stryker!" Yuriko exclaimed. "Him I do remember, I saw all the stuff he did but I couldn't stop him. It's like I was dreaming the whole time," She said.

"Don't worry. I know the feeling. Do you know where he might have gone?" Daisuke asked her.

"Yeah. There's a helicopter outside," She answered.

"Can you take me to it?" Daisuke asked and Yuriko nodded. "Good. Takato, Mizu. You two go and find the others," She told them before Mizu gasped.

"What?" Takato asked her.

"Cerebro…" Mizu answered in worry. Meanwhile back in the X-Jet John looked at Bobby and Rogue before he stood up.

"That's it. I'm sick of this kid shit, I'm going after them," He said as he lowered the ramp.

"John! They told us to stay here," Rogue told him.

"You always do what you're told?" John asked her but she and Bobby stayed silent. "That's what I thought," he said before he left the jet and walked towards the base.

"Well, he's moody," Veemon said and Layla nodded her head. Meanwhile in Cerebro Xavier was still being forced to find all the mutants with the girl whispering in his ear.

"Have you found them yet? All the mutants? Have you? Good. Kill them," The girl said, outside the machine the soldiers heard humming before they heard metal rattle and they all pointed their guns down the corridor. Suddenly the pins on their grenades were pulled out and they tried to remove them but they were too slow and they blew up killing all the guards and the pins dropped to the ground at Magneto's feet. He then walked towards Cerebro with Mystique behind him, he then put the helmet on his head. "Now, concentrate. Concentrate harder. Now find them all. Find all the mutants. Concentrate harder. Each and every one of them. Find all the mutants. Kill them all. Find them all. Kill them," The girl told Xavier.

"We're too late," Mizu said "Agh!" She screamed as she heard a high pitched whining in her head as did Yuriko, Takato and Daisuke.

"Agh! Agh!" Daisuke screamed holding her hands on her head, Storm, Kurt and the children all fell to the ground as they heard the noise in their heads as well. Logan, Jean and Cyclops also fell to the ground holding their heads. John collapsed in the forest his hands on his ears, while Bobby and Rogue held each other's hands. Layla cried in pain before to the digimon's shock her body became covered in crystal and she stopped hearing the noise.

"Eric! Hurry!" Mystique shouted at Magneto who held his arms out at the door to Cerebro. Stryker meanwhile was walking out of the dam to safety. Daisuke was screaming in pain before a voice in her head said.

"Crystal armour activated," It said and her body was covered in crystal like Layla's was and she stopped hearing the noise. Magneto pushed his arms forwards and Cerebro stopped working.

"That's strange," Xavier said as the girl started to cry, the door then slid open and Magneto walked inside and looked at Jason who looked at him but Magneto smirked and tapped his helmet.

"What happened?" Mizu asked as she and Takato helped each other up and Yuriko stood.

"Cerebro. Something must have happened to it," Takato said.

"You two find the others, we'll find Stryker," Daisuke said and the twins nodded before they ran off and Yuriko and Daisuke did the same.

"How's it look from there Charles? Still fighting the good fight?" Magneto asked Charles. "It does not seem they're playing by your rules. Maybe it is time we start playing by their rules," He said before he rose into the air and panels in Cerebro started to fly around and place themselves in other areas, Magneto dropped to the ground and he nodded. Mystique then walked inside and turned into Stryker before she leaned into Jason.

"There has been a change of plan," She told him before she started whispering and Magneto smirked.

"Goodbye, Charles," He said to Xavier as he and Mystique left and the doors shut.

"There's been a change of plans," The girl said to Xavier. "Now find them. Focus. Find them all. The humans. Find all of them. Every one of them," The girl said and Xavier started to locate all the humans in the world.

Stryker was walking towards a helicopter when he unchained it before Yuriko slugged him across the face. She then grabbed him and pushed him against the helicopter and her claws shot into Stryker's arm making him scream. "How does it feel?" She asked him.

"What are you doing?" Stryker asked her.

"You cut me open. You took my life!" She shouted angrily at him.

"You make it sound as if I stole something from you. As I recall, you were the one who volunteered for the procedure." Stryker said.

"Who am I?" Yuriko asked him angrily.

"You…are just another failed experiment, Deathstrike," Stryker said.

"I have a name. It's Yuriko," Yuriko hissed.

"It doesn't change anything. You were an animal then, and you're one now. I just sharpened your claws," Stryker said to Yuriko as an alarm blared.

"Oh no, what's that?" Daisuke asked.

"Answer her," Yuriko said making Stryker shout in pain.

"The dam. It's ruptured, it's going to flood water into the spillway. It's trying to relieve the pressure build up. It's too late. In a few minutes we'll all be underwater. Come with me and I'll tell you all you want to know. You can't help the X-Men, they're as good as dead Stardust." Stryker said to Daisuke. "You're both survivors, I know that." He told both Yuriko and Daisuke.

"And here I thought I was just an animal with claws," Yuriko said. "We die. You die," She told him as she grabbed the chain and tied up Stryker to the helicopter before she and Daisuke ran off.

"There are no answers that way!" He shouted to them as they ran back to the dam.

The end of the chapter

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