Chapter Nineteen
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"Come on! We have to warn the others, before we all drown!" Daisuke shouted to Yuriko as they both ran back towards the dam. "I just hope that they have saved the professor," She thought to herself as she and Yuriko neared the dam. Meanwhile in Cerebro the Professor was being forced to find all the humans in the world.
"Find all the humans. Each and every one. Find them. Find all the humans. Kill them." The girl said to Xavier. Outside Cerebro the children and Storm and Kurt ran up to the door.
"What is this?" Kurt asked Storm.
"Cerebro." Storm answered him, Logan, Cyclops and Jean came around the corner seconds later.
"Storm," Logan said as he and Cyclops helped Jean over to her.
"Jean, are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Jean answered her.
"What's happening?" Storm asked pointing at Cerebro which was humming.
"The professor is still in there….with another mutant. He's trapped in some kind of…illusion." Jean said before she gasped. "Oh my God. Magneto's reversed Cerebro it's not targeting mutants anymore,"
"Well who is it targeting?" Logan asked her.
"Everyone else," Jean answered, meanwhile outside with Stryker he had just managed to free his hand and as he unchained himself he screamed as he heard a high pitched whine in his head.
"Impossible," He said before he screamed again, around the world all the humans were holding their heads and screaming as they heard a high pitched whine in their heads. In the White House the President was in his chair looking up at the ceiling while another man was collapsed on the floor.
"Everyone stand back," Cyclops said.
"Scott no. His mind is connected to Cerebro. Opening the door could kill him and everyone his mind is linked to." Jean told him.
"Hey! What's going on?" Everyone turned to see Takato and Mizu running up to them.
"Magneto's reversed Cerebro. It's targeting everyone else now," Jean said.
"No. That means…." Takato trailed off.
"Our parents," Mizu said in horror.
"Kurt. I need you to take me inside," Storm said to Kurt.
"Storm, who is this guy? Who are you?" Cyclops asked Kurt.
"My name is Kurt Wagner, but in the Munich circus…" Kurt was cut off by Storm placing her fingers over his lips.
"He's a teleporter," Storm explained.
"I told you. If I cannot see where I am going…" Kurt said to her.
"I have faith in you," Storm said to him and he looked at her for a moment before he nodded.
"Don't believe anything you see in there," Jean told them.
"Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name." Kurt said as he wrapped his arms around Storm. "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth…." Both he and Storm vanished in a cloud of smoke and reappeared inside Cerebro. "As it is in heaven." He finished, both he and Storm looked to see the little girl stare at them.
"Hello. What are you looking for?" She asked them.
"Professor, can you hear me?" Storm asked her voice echoing. "You've got to stop Cerebro now!" She shouted.
"Who are you talking to?" The girl asked as Kurt went to walk forwards but Storm stopped him.
"Don't move," Storm said.
"But she's just a little girl," Kurt told her.
"No she isn't," Storm said.
"I've got my eyes on you," The girl said her different coloured eyes showing. Stryker meanwhile was chained up to the helicopter with his eyes rolled into the back of his head.
"Mr Stryker," Magneto said as he and Mystique walked towards him and Stryker looked over at them. "Funny how we keep running into each other. But mark my words, it will never happen again." He told Stryker as he held his hand out and the chain wrapped around Stryker's neck.
"Kurt, it's about to get very cold in here," Storm said to him.
"I am not going anywhere," Kurt replied, Storm nodded before her eyes became cloudy.
"What're you doing?" The girl asked as snow started to appear. Mystique meanwhile was firing up the helicopter when she noticed John standing in front of them and Magneto noticed as well, the door to the helicopter opened up and Joh walked towards the helicopter and inside and the door shut.
"Welcome to the Brotherhood." Magneto greeted him as the helicopter lifted off. Inside Cerebro the temperature started to drop as a blizzard appeared and Kurt dropped to his knees and shivered. Jason meanwhile started to shiver and his power over the professor started to slip.
"Stop it!" The girl shouted at Storm.
"Jason." Xavier said.
"He's going to be so angry at me," The girl said before she screamed and vanished and Xavier removed the helmet as the blizzard died down. Outside the dam started to crack and break.
"Daisuke, where are you?" Takato asked, Daisuke and Yuriko were running down the tunnels trying to find the others before the whole place flooded. Xavier turned to face Jason as the area around them started to collapse. The roof gave way and Kurt teleported Storm to safety before a steel girder crashed into them. He then reappeared and grabbed the Professor and teleported away just before a slab of concrete smashed his wheelchair.
"We have to get out through the spillway!" Storm shouted as everyone hurried back towards the spillway, at the same time Daisuke and Yuriko were running through the base towards the spillway.
"Please let's not be too late," Daisuke said as she and Yuriko ran up some stairs to see the others about to exit through the spillway. Yuriko extended her claws and stabbed a panel and the spillway doors slammed shut.
"You guys don't want to go that way, trust us," Yuriko told them as water burst through the still closing doors before they shut and stopped the incoming water.
"Come on guys, there's another way outta here," Daisuke said and everyone followed Yuriko and Daisuke outside the base where they chopper used to be. "What the hell!?" Daisuke shouted angrily.
"What's wrong?" Logan asked her.
"There was a helicopter right here!" Daisuke shouted angrily. "Son of a bitch! Magneto I should have known!" Daisuke shouted kicking the snow. Just then they all heard an engine rumbling.
"Does anyone hear that?" Takato asked.
"I do," Mizu said and everyone looked to see the X-Jet fly out of the forest.
"The jet!" Daisuke exclaimed.
"It's gonna crash!" Yuriko shouted but miraculously the jet landed in the snow and skidded shortly before stopping. The ramp the lowered and Kurt took the Professor from Storm.
"I will take him," He said.
"Okay," Storm said and Kurt whooshed inside the jet making Bobby, Rogue, Layla and the digimon gaps when Kurt put the professor in a chair. Everyone else ran towards the jet when Daisuke saw Stryker was chained up to a slab of stone. She then walked towards him and Yuriko followed her.
"Well Stryker, what do you have to say for yourself?" She asked him.
"You're just a little girl, what do you know of how this world works?" Stryker asked her.
"A lot more than you ever will. And I believe someone owes you some sweet revenge," Daisuke and Yuriko walked towards Stryker and punched him in the jaw.
"That was for brainwashing me, and making me your slave you bastard." She snarled angrily.
"Nice left hook," Daisuke praised.
"Thanks, maybe later I'll show you some moves I learned," Yuriko said.
"I'd like that," Daisuke said as she and Yuriko walked back to the jet.
"One day someone will finish what I've started, Stardust!" Stryker shouted at her. "One day! ONE DAY!"
"SHUT UP!" Daisuke and Yuriko shouted back at him, both of them then boarded the jet.
"What's wrong?" Yuriko asked the others when they noticed nothing was happening.
"The jet's damaged. The vertical thrusters are offline," Cyclops answered her.
"Then fix it," Daisuke said.
"We're trying," He told her.
"Has anyone seen John?" Rogue asked.
"Pyro? Where the hell is he?" Logan asked.
"He's with Magneto," Jean said.
"What? Why?" Daisuke asked.
"We can worry about that later. Right now we need to get this thing off the ground before the dam blows," Logan said.
"Any ideas? Bobby asked.
"Unless someone wants to push," Cyclops answered him.
"This hunk of junk? Even as Ex-Veemon I couldn't do it," Veemon said.
"Well we need something," Storm said just as the power cut out. "Oh no, we've lost the power,"
"Come on!" Logan shouted frustrated. Daisuke then looked around and sighed heavily, she then walked towards the ramp.
"Dai?" Mizu asked her.
"I'll be back," She replied.
"Where are you going?" Takato asked her.
"Outside," She answered.
"What?" Veemon asked as everyone looked over at her.
"Please don't go," Layla told her.
"Don't worry. I'll be fine," She comforted her before she walked down the ramp, Takato then ran after her. "Access Magneto," She said and the ramp shut behind her.
"No!" Takato shouted as Daisuke held her hands out and the jet's engines came online.
"We're not leaving! Lower the ramp!" Logan shouted, the dam suddenly collapsed and water started to surge towards the jet, it soon washed over Stryker and consumed him.
"The dam!" Coronamon shouted.
"Daisuke," Layla said in worry, the water fast approached Daisuke and she saw it coming.
"Access Iceman," She said and a beam of ice shot out of her other hand as she focused on the jet and the water.
"What's she doing!?" Bobby asked.
"She's controlling the jet, and freezing the water on contact," Storm answered, Takato looked out the window at Daisuke who was concentrating hard.
"Almost there, just a little more," She said as the jet started to lift out of the ground.
"You, get her, now!" Takato shouted at Kurt but he tried to teleport but stopped.
"I can't. She won't let me," He answered.
"Dammit!" Cyclops swore.
"I know what I am doing…" Mizu suddenly said.
"Dai….please don't do it like this," Takato said shaking his sister.
"Goodbye," Mizu said.
"No, no, no!" Veemon shouted as the jet started to lift into the air before it took flight and Daisuke lowered her arm before she looked at the oncoming water which overwhelmed her.
"Access Nightcrawler!" She thought.
"Nightcrawler's teleportation activated," The voice in her head said and she whooshed away.
"She's gone. She's gone," Logan said before Takato punched him sending him to the ground.
"Don't you say that!" He shouted angrily at him as Cyclops and Mizu pulled him back. "We have to go back!" He shouted before a whoosh was heard and coughing and gasping. Everyone turned to see Daisuke soaking wet but alive on the floor.
"Daisuke!" Layla cheered as Daisuke gave her a weak smile before coughing again.
"Oh. I'm never doing that again," She groaned as she managed to get to her feet only for Takato to hug her tightly.
"Don't you ever do something like that again," He said relieved and Daisuke smiled at him.
"No promises, after all…if I don't who is gonna save your ass?" She asked and the others chuckled.
"Nice work kid," Logan praised her and she nodded.
"That was awesome," Veemon said and hugged Daisuke as well.
"Nice work," Yuriko said with a nod and Daisuke nodded back.
"Thanks, now we need to get to Washington. This has gotten far beyond Alkali Lake," She said. "You're welcome to come Yuriko, if the Professor says it's okay of course,"
"It is her choice," Xavier said and Yuriko thought briefly.
"I'd be honoured to join you," She said and Daisuke smiled at her as the jet flew off to Washington.
"Today I have been given an opportunity to shed light on the recent occurrences from the attack that ended in this office. To the phenomenon that swept the Earth, nearly annihilating our way of life," The President read off a piece of paper as he walked towards his office. "Do we like this word annihilating?" He asked one of his advisors as they entered the Oval Office which was filled with cameras a reporters, the President then sat in his chair behind his desk.
"Mr President we're live in five, four, three, two…" A man said as the cameras rolled.
"My fellow Americans, in this time of adversity we are being offered a moment. A moment to recognise a growing threat in our own population and take a unique role in the shape of human events," The President said as the lights flickered and the cameras cut out and thunder rumbled. "Did we lose the feed are we still live?" He asked but the people surrounding him didn't respond, the sky outside darkened and lighting flashed revealing the X-Men standing in front of him.
"Good morning, Mr President," Xavier said to him and he noticed Kurt sitting on a dresser and he stood up in shock. "Please, don't be alarmed. We're not going to harm anyone."
"Who are you people?" The President asked them.
"We're mutants. My name is Charles Xavier," Xavier said. "Please, sit down,"
"I'd rather stand," The President said.
"Rogue," Xavier said and Rogue placed a folder on the President's desk. "These files were taken from the private offices of William Stryker," He said as the President picked up the folder and looked through it.
"How did you get this?" He asked.
"Let's just say I know a little girl who can walk through walls," Xavier said and Kurt smirked.
"I've never seen this information," The President said as he sat back down in his chair.
"I know." Xavier said.
"So you also know I don't respond to threats," The president said.
"This is not a threat. This is an opportunity. There are forces in this world, mutant and human alike, who believe a war is coming. You will see from those files that some have already tried to start one. And there have been casualties, losses on both sides. Mr President, what you are about to tell the world is true. This is a moment. A moment to repeat the mistakes of the past, or to work together for a better future. We're here to stay, Mr President. The next move is yours," Xavier told him.
"We'll be watching," Daisuke said as lighting flashed before the skies cleared up and the other people in the room unfroze and looked at the President concerned.
"Mr President," A man whispered to him and he looked down at the folder he had received, he then folded his hands onto his desk and looked at the camera.
Later that day the X-Men were back at the mansion with the students returning, much to everyone's happiness. "Man, I am glad that's over," Daisuke said as she looked out a window with the other X-Men and Yuriko.
"Is it?" Cyclops asked her. "Stryker was just one man, there are more like him out there, and Magneto's still out there as well," He said.
"You're right," Takato agreed with him.
"And when Magneto shows up, or anyone else does. We'll be there to stop him," Mizu said and the X-Men nodded.
"Because that's what the X-Men do," Daisuke said.
The end of the chapter
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