Chapter Twenty Four
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After what had happened at the convoy, Hank stood in front of the President who was sitting at his desk in the Oval Office and was looking at a piece of paper. "Do you really think this will change things? Resigning won't influence anything. This is no way to change policies Hank," He told him.
"Policy is already being made without me Mr President. The decision to turn the cure into a weapon was made without me. What happened on that convoy was inexcusable, but your actions…" Hank said as the President stood up.
"Hank, that was an isolated incident, you have to understand. Those mutant were a real threat," He told Hank.
"Have you even begun to comprehend the slippery slope you're on?" Hank asked him.
"I have," The President answered as he walked around his desk towards Hank. "And I wonder how democracy will survive when a man can move cities with his mind." He said referring to Magneto.
"As have I," Hank said.
"You and I both know that this will only get worse, until it comes to head," The president said.
"All the more reason to be where I belong," Hank told the president before he left the Oval Office. Meanwhile back in the X-Mansion in the hidden part of the building, Kari was asleep and had a clear plastic helmet over her head and it had flashing lights on it. Daisuke was watching over her friend with concern.
"Kari," She thought as she started to walk away but Kari's hand snapped up and grabbed her wrist making her turn around and the helmet removed itself from her head and Kari opened her eyes. "Kari?" Daisuke asked and Kari looked over at her and she smiled.
"Hi Daisuke," She greeted.
"Welcome back," Daisuke replied smiling happily.
"What is this place?" Kari asked.
"This is the X-Mansion. It's where I live now, along with dozens of other mutants like us," Daisuke answered.
"Us?" Kari asked her and Daisuke nodded.
"Yeah, you're a mutant as well Kari. And a pretty powerful one at that," She said and Kari nodded slightly. "Are you alright?" Kari looked at her before she smiled.
"Yeah…I'm more than alright. I feel fantastic," She answered removing the monitors from her chest. She then looked at Daisuke who was looking at her and she grinned at the mahogany haired girl. "Don't you have a boyfriend? If so you shouldn't be thinking such things," She said and Daisuke rolled her eyes.
"Reading my thoughts now are you?" She asked.
"No. I can read you like a book Daisuke," Kari told her as her eyes glowed orange momentarily and the screens in the room started to malfunction, Daisuke looked at her friend worried before she saw Kari looking at her.
"Kari, calm down. Take it easy, your parents and Tai have been saying you've been acting really different," Daisuke said to her. "And the Professor has agreed with their conclusion," She said and Kari looked at Daisuke and her eyes were pitch black.
"They would know wouldn't they?" Kari said. "And the professor, that old fool. He tried to imprison me once before twenty years ago. But it didn't work, and it will not work this time. Look at you Stardust, you're the most powerful mutant in existence, and here you are fighting for him and his deluded ways. If you join me there will be nothing we cannot do," She said to Daisuke who frowned.
"Look here, Phoenix or whatever it is you call yourself. Leave Kari right now," She said to Kari who chuckled.
"Or what will you do about it?" She asked Daisuke as the objects in the room started to shake violently.
"Kari! Look at me Kari! Stay with me," Daisuke told her friend quickly, and Kari's eyes turned back to normal.
"Kill me," She begged Daisuke.
"What?" Daisuke asked her confused.
"Daisuke. Kill me….before I kill someone," Kari said as the objects in the room shook even more violently.
"Kari look at me. We can help you, trust me. We can fix what's wrong with you," Daisuke said to Kari.
"I don't want to fix it!" Kari shouted and Daisuke was thrown into the wall and was knocked out, Kari then stood and walked to the door with atomized instantly and she walked off.
"Voluntary? They've put the cure in a gun," Magneto said in his base as he held the gun he took from the guard at the convoy and looked at Juggernaut, Multiple Man and Pyro. "I told you they would draw first blood,"
"So what do we do now?" Pyro asked.
"What do we do? We use this as a lightning rod to bring countless others to our cause," Magneto answered him before he stood up. "Come we have an army to build," He said and the four of them walked to the stairs when Callisto came down the stairs.
"I've picked something up. An electromagnetic force, it's massive. It's a mutant, Class Five, more powerful than you. It's unlike anything I've ever felt before," She said to Magneto.
"Where is she?" Magneto asked. Back at the mansion Daisuke groaned as Storm and Xavier came into the room.
"Daisuke?" Storm asked her as she looked around quickly.
"Kari?" Daisuke asked.
"What have you done?" Xavier asked her and Daisuke glare at him.
"I think, Kari's nearly gone…the phoenix is taking over," She said.
"I warned you," Xavier said.
"Oh don't you dare start getting righteous with me you old man. This is more your fault than mine," Daisuke snapped angrily. "I'm going after her," Daisuke said and before anyone could stop her she sped off out of the mansion.
"She's gone," Xavier said, the rest of the X-Men entered the room just as he said that.
"What's happened?" Cyclops asked as Jean held her head.
"Daisuke's left the mansion. And so has Kari…she's trying to block me from reading her thoughts. She's so powerful now," She said.
"Where are they?" Logan asked her.
"At my old house," Jean said confused.
"Why would Kari go there?" Takato asked.
"It's where the Phoenix first escaped. It is most likely it has some sort of attachment to your home Jean," Xavier said.
"Well…we need to get there, and fast," Mizu said making the X-Men nod. Meanwhile at Jean's old house Magneto and his Brotherhood had arrived at Jean's old family home.
"She's in there," Callisto told him and Magneto nodded as he took a few steps towards the house.
"I remember this place," He said. "I haven't been here in twenty years,"
"Someone's coming. Another mutant, it's a Class Six, the most powerful mutant in the world most likely," Callisto said.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Magneto turned around to see Daisuke standing behind him.
"I am visiting an old friend," Magneto answered her.
"It's not who you think it is," Daisuke told him before she attempted to pass him and the others only for Juggernaut to stand in front of her. "Get out of my way. Or I'll crush you," She warned him.
"I think I'll be the one doing the crushing," He replied.
"Come now. No need for violence, if Jean is not in that house, who is?" Magneto asked Daisuke.
"My friend. I don't want to fight you today Eric," She told him.
"Neither do I Daisuke. So let's go inside together shall we?" He suggested and Daisuke looked at him before she sighed.
"Fine. One condition though: these guys stay outside," She told Magneto pointing to his Brotherhood and Magneto was hesitant before he complied with a nod of the head. Two cars then pulled up and Cyclops, Jean, Storm, Logan, Yuriko, Takato and Mizu all exited and ran up. "Hold back guys," Daisuke told them.
"Daisuke. Are you nuts? Magneto's right there," Takato said.
"Trust me," She told him and the X-Men all looked at Takato who groaned but nodded.
"Fine. But the first sign of trouble, we're coming in," He told Daisuke who nodded and she and Magneto headed to the house.
"Just like old times right?" Daisuke asked.
"In a way," Magneto answered her.
"Look. I am here to bring my friend back safe, don't get in my way," Daisuke told him.
"No promises my dear," He answered before he turned to Juggernaut. "No one gets inside," he ordered before following Daisuke and Juggernaut grinned. The door to the house was then opened by Magneto using his powers on the lock and Daisuke walked into the house slowly with him following. As the two walked through the house several objects were levitating and moving around.
"Did any of this happen where you were last here?" Daisuke asked Magneto.
"Not like this," He replied, the two entered the kitchen to see a tea kettle boiling and a water cooler bubbling violently. The two of them then saw Kari sitting in a chair and the two other chairs and the bookcase were floating before they violently hit the ground, Kari then glared at Daisuke and Magneto.
"Well, well. If it isn't Eric Lehnsherr and Stardust. I knew you would come," Kari said.
"You know who I am?" Magneto asked.
"She's being possessed by the Phoenix. The one that tried to kill you and the Professor when you visited Jean all those years ago," Daisuke answered him.
"I knew you'd come," Kari said.
"Of course I would. You're my friend Kari," Daisuke told her.
"I have no friends," Kari angrily replied.
"Yes you do. You have friends and a loving family," Daisuke said.
"You know that she thinks you're power is too great for you to control," Magneto said walking into the room.
"Eric…" Daisuke said.
"I don't think she will listen to you any more Daisuke," Magneto told her.
"So you want to control me?" Kari asked.
"Never!" Daisuke exclaimed.
"She does. Just like Charles tried to control you Phoenix," Magneto said.
"Control me? Ha that's a laugh. What's wrong with me as I am?" Kari asked.
"Nothing," Magneto said.
"Eric! Enough!" Daisuke shouted at him.
"No Daisuke not this time! I held my tongue twenty years ago! I will do no such thing now!" Magneto snapped as a lamp flew across the room. Outside the house the gate shut and things started to move around.
"I'm going in," Takato said.
"No. hold on. Daisuke said to trust her," Mizu told her brother. The doors to the room Magneto, Daisuke and Kari were in slammed shut and everything started to float.
"Kari! Look at me! You have to trust me. I can help you!" Daisuke shouted at Kari.
"Stop it!" Kari shouted and Daisuke was sent flying backwards but managed to stay upright.
"I think she's had enough of you Daisuke," Magneto said.
"Kari! Listen to me! You're a danger to everyone and yourself! I can help you!" Daisuke pleaded with Kari.
"I think you want to give her the cure," Magneto said.
"I would never!" Daisuke shouted at him.
"Enough!" Kari shouted and Daisuke was thrown into a wall and Magneto was sent flying through a door and he laid against the kitchen counter.
"That's it!" Takato shouted as he ran towards the house and Juggernaut put on his helmet and he ran at Takato and bowled him over.
"Cyclops, Yuriko. Let's help him out," Logan said with his claws coming out of his knuckles, Yuriko nodded and her Adamantium nails extended.
"We'll handled the other three," Mizu said as she, Jean and Storm headed towards Quill, Callisto and Arclight. Juggernaut grabbed Takato and threw him through the window to the house and he crashed into a table. Cyclops fired an optic blast at him but it only made Juggernaut stumble slightly.
"Don't you know who I am?" He asked Cyclops as Logan and Yuriko charged at him. "I'm the Juggernaut bitches!" he shouted before he ran at Logan and Yuriko and sent them flying before Cyclops was hit as well. Storm meanwhile had flown into the air before spinning around like a tornado and she knocked Quill and Arclight away before she sent a bolt of lightning at Calisto sending her through the front door. But Callisto sped away and smirked at Storm before speeding towards her and punching her in the face. She then threw Storm into a glass coffee table before Jean sent her flying through a wall just as Takato came flying through another wall followed by Juggernaut.
"Kari! Stop this!" Daisuke shouted at Kari trying to reach her friend before Kari stood and Daisuke was lifted into the air as everything in the hose started to float and atomize. Daisuke's body started to break down as well.
"No Kari! Kari!" Magneto shouted as Daisuke's body atomized slowly but healed up quickly thanks to her healing factor. The house soon lifted into the air taking the X-Men and Brotherhood with it. Takato then tried to pull his way to the room where Daisuke and Kari where and he opened the door and saw Kari's face became pale with her veins showing and her eyes were pitch black and her hair had turned fiery orange and a red aura surrounded her. Everything seemed to slow down at that moment.
"Don't let it control you Kari," Daisuke said to her friend before she smiled at Takato who screamed.
"Daisuke!" Magneto shouted as a massive explosion occurred and the house fell back to the ground and everyone was thrown outside it except Magneto, who stood up and walked towards Kari and he saw Daisuke's body beside her. He then kneeled down to Kari and looked at her. "My dear. Let's go. Come with me," He said and both of them left the house.
"Daisuke!" Takato shouted as he ran back inside the ruined house and he saw her body lying there. "No…no…no…please…no," He said kneeling beside her as the rest of the X-Men ran in and gasped.
"No….not her," Logan said in disbelief as Yuriko started to sob and hugged Logan for comfort and Jean did the same with Cyclops while Mizu and Storm started to sob. They all then heard ragged breathing and Takato saw Daisuke's eyes open slowly and her injuries which were numerous and extensive healed very slowly.
"You're alright," He said relieved.
"Y-yeah," She answered as Takato kissed her.
"We need to get you back to the mansion," He then said and Daisuke nodded slowly as Takato picked her up bridal style. "I got ya," He told her and the X-Men left the ruined house.
The end of the chapter
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