You know what they say about the rule of three well here we are with the last chapter of the arc with Katie and MRD as always everyone thanks for all the support you've given let's get started

Stay Safe everyone

Here we go

After Many Dates Danny and Kitty


"But when I catch you you'll finally be mine"

Katie snarled like some kind of animal leaping up she punched Danny breaking through his shield knocking through the air like a cannonball being shot out of a cannon Danny flew through the air crashing into a tree breaking it in half

Katie ran fast getting bigger becoming more monstrous she threw a punch Danny phased through the ground Katie snarled looking around for Danny "Danny honey come out come out wherever you are"

Danny phased out of the ground behind Katie throwing a kick at the back of her head trying to knock her out 'I'm really sorry about this Katie' Danny thought Katie turned grabbing Danny's foot "nice try sweetheart but Logan taught Katie all about hand to hand combat" Katie squeezed on Danny's ankle slamming him into the ground hard

Danny tried to get up but Evil Katie punched him in the stomach knocking him out


Henry was running through the obstacle course in the Danger Room Henry leapt up flying over a wall charging his hands up with green energy he fired destroying a target on the other side Henry landed on the ground in a crouch rising up to his feet Henry powered down to his human form wiping the sweat from his brow

"You've been in here a lot" Shiro said Henry turned to see the Japanese mutant looking at Henry with barely veiled contempt

Henry would have thought that Shiro's contempt with him had to do with his time as Mr. Hyde but Henry didn't remember doing anything to anyone in the school other then Dr. McCoy and Kitty

Shiro stepped farther into the danger room closer to Henry "is there something you need" Henry asked cautiously

Shiros demeanor changed "yes I would like to offer my congratulations on your engagement" he said with a smile "I'm sure you and Rogue will be very happy with each other"

Henry was surprised he wasn't aware Shiro knew of his and Rogues engagement "thank you Shiro" Henry said politely

"I'm here for another reason" Shiro said sighing rubbing his temples "I was roped in by Kurt to take you to a surprise engagement party Rogue is already there"

Well that would explain what Kurt was talking about in hushed tones to Molly and Sooraya this morning

Henry should have expected his roommate to do something like that for him even if he wasn't the biggest on parties Kurt went to the trouble of putting together

Plus Marie would be there

What other reason did he need to go

"Lead the way" Henry said following Shiro out of the danger room through the institute as they went a few students would wave to the two Henry would wave back after what he did rescuing Marie and fighting against the evil him from the other timeline his popularity among the students had gone up

It was nice

A trio of kids laughed as they ran through the halls a little crashing into Henry falling over Henry bent down helping the little girl to her feet "careful now" Henry said

The girl blushed before running off with her friends

"I think that girl has a crush on you" Shiro said after a while "should Rogue be worried about the competition"

Henry laughed "I'm flattered but I'm taken" Henry said

The two left the institute and walked out onto the grounds Henry looked around this was a very far out place for a surprise party did Kurt do something that he was afraid the Professor wouldn't be happy with

Something wasn't right here

"How much farther are we going" Henry asked cautiously his eyes glowing faintly the power filling his body charging his muscles

Shiro stopped "this is far enough" Shiro turned unleashing a torrent of flames at Henry

"Goodbye and good riddance Mr. Hyde" Shiro said coldly

Henry phased up out of the ground punching Shiro in the face "the treacherous liar thinks I'd die in his bright fire" Henry said powering up "he shall now see the depths of my vengeful ire" Henry charged his fist with green ecto energy bringing his fist back

"So says Mr. Hyde" Henry shouted swinging his fist Shiro brought up a fist covered in fire the impact created a powerful explosion with Henry and Shiro at the center


"I can see where you're coming from Professor Xavier" the President said standing up he walked over to his desk looking at the smiling face of his daughter looking up at him from the picture frame he kept on his desk the president picks up the picture looking at it for a moment before looking back to Professor Xavier

"But I'm afraid there's little I can do about the MRD"

The President's guest frowned for a moment "can't or won't Mr. President" he asked

"Professor Xavier I can see where you're coming from" the President said "I do not believe the mutant people are inherently a threat anymore then any other group in America"

"That is true" Professor Xavier agreed "but the MRD's secrecy is suspicious"

"A security precaution designed by the director of the MRD you are not the only telepath in the world Professor and not all of them are as moral as you are"

"And who is the director of the MRD" the Professor asked

"I'm sorry Professor I can't disclose that information to civilians" the president said before he sighed "Professor I do not believe the majority of mutants are a threat to the American people but there is also Cain Marko Erik Lenscher and the recently escaped Mystique we're both old enough to remember what she did the last time she was free in the world"

Professor Xavier nodded "I remember"

The President had just hoped that Mystique was captured again before she did something worse then what she did ten years ago to get her locked in Maximum Security in Belle Reve

The New Orleans sting was a bust but how Mystique had been one step ahead of them using a decoy in New Orleans before disappearing to god knows where "I'm sorry Professor but I can't do anything about the MRD without just cause" he said "I swore an oath to protect all citizens of my country"

The Professor let out a breath "I understand Mr. President and I will endeavor to do the same"

The Professor and the President shook hands before the Professor wheeled himself out of the office once the man was gone the President sat behind his desk lacing his fingers together he rested his head on his hands

Well as far as first meetings that could have gone better the President just hoped he hadn't alienated the most powerful telepath in the world

The President had no issues with the mutant community but he had wanted his duty to protect everyone in the country from threats both foreign and domestic

He just hoped he was doing the right thing by putting his faith in the MRD


Danny woke up with a start he didn't know where he was or how he got here Danny found himself tied with his arms against his back in a chair

Danny tried to phase out of it and got shocked Danny grit his teeth looking down at his waist he figured out what shocked him

A specter deflector

"Great just what I need" Danny said "no powers and I don't know where I am"

Danny really needed to remember that override code his parents put in their ghost hunting equipment in case his enemies tried to use their gear against him or his siblings

How did he get here

Danny groaned now he remembered Katie went crazy and knocked him into the ground

'Has she always been this strong' Danny thought he didn't remember her punches hurting so much on their blind date

Danny looked around speaking of Katie where was she

What was going on with her why was half her body green why did she ask him to knock him out

"Miss me honey" Katie asked

Danny turned his eyes widened his old nightmare having come to life there was Katie wearing a white strapless wedding dress more of her her body were green than it was before

Only a quarter of Katies face wasn't the color of green beans her hair was black and her eyes were glowing brighter then before she stood in front of Danny posing seductively

"What do you think I saw this dress in a cute little boutique on the way here it just screamed me" Katie asked making Danny freak out on the inside

"I wish we could have found you a suit but what you have on now will have to do"

Danny didn't like the sound of that "have to do for what"

Katie giggled which sounded less like the girl he'd known for years and more like something out of a horror movie "for our wedding silly"

"OUR WHAT" Danny exclaimed really wishing he'd heard her wrong there was no way Katie actually thought that he was going to marry her did she

Was she really that nuts

"Katie I can't marry you" Danny protested

Katie didn't listen instead straddling him sitting on top of him "of course you can we just have to track down priest of course it'd be more meaningful if we had the Professor apparently he married Scott and Jean" Katie thought out loud "too bad that he's in DC"

Has Katie seriously lost her mind "that's not what I meant" Danny shouted getting frustrated he would have used his ghost powers if not for the fact every time he did he got shocked by this specter deflector where did she even get this thing anyways

"What I meant was I'm not going to marry you" Danny shouted he wasn't going to act afraid of her

"Of course you will" Katie shouted pushing Danny's chair to the ground Danny got a good look at the ceiling Katie pacing over him "you're going to marry me" Katie's eyes glowed harshly before she grabbed her temples

"N-no he won't" Katie said her eyes glowing less brightly for a second before it came back at full force "yes he will"

"N-o" Katie said

"Yes"

"N-o" Katie said sweat pouring from her forehead Danny frowned ok this was new one for him Danny frowned looking concerned this was a new one what was going on with her "uh Katie is there something wrong"

Katie's eyes glowed bright again she picked Danny up by the collar "nothings wrong sweetheart just a little argument with my lesser half"

Ok Danny was really confused what did she mean lesser half

Wait wasn't Katie's X-Gene was activated by exposure to gamma rays when she was born and weren't Bruce and the Hulk two personalities in the same head

How did he not figure out sooner "you've got a split personality" Danny said out loud

Katie or maybe evil Katie giggled more green spreading across her skin "not exactly see back when Stryker stuck that moodulator on me I was born poor Katie was all alone and depressed she wanted to let you go and move on from someone who couldn't accept all of her" Katie said mockingly before she grinned

"But I didn't want to let go I wanted what was mine so anytime she tried to move on with a guy I reminded her how worthless she was how Danny Fenton was the only guy who could ever love a monster like us" more green spread over Evil Katie's skin soon the only thing not green was her eyelid

Danny got mad "so you've been messing with Katies feelings all because you couldn't take no for an answer" Danny demanded Katie nodded

"All for you all so we could be together" she said holding him close "it's taken me two years to get strong enough to overshadow Katie's mind soon I'll be the only thing left and we can be together forever and ever" Evil Katie smirked at at Danny a weird look on her face creeping Danny out

"Katie I will never ever marry you" Evil Katie growled "you'll see things my way soon sweetheart" it might have been romantic if not for the whole Katie was totally terrifying

Evil Katie threatened "or else your family will pay for it"

"Wow that's real attractive" Danny said sarcastically

Evil Katies attitude took a one eighty "speaking of our wedding do you want chicken or fish at the wedding"

'I'm a clueless idiot' Danny thought as he remembered the password "HAM" Danny shouted

The Specter Deflector clicked off dropping to his waist Danny turned intangible 'I hope this works' Danny thought phasing into Katie her eyes began to glow green


Danny floated around it was like being in the ghost zone "ok this is a weird one even for him"

Danny's been to a lot of places but he's never been inside of someones head before

"I really wish the Professor wasn't in DC right now" Danny said floating around inside of Katie's head or was it a mind scape he'd never done anything like this before the Professors expertise would be really helpful right now

He just hoped that his being here didn't break Katies head even more then it already was

'You called me a stalker' Danny heard Katie's voice in his head talking about the time he called her a stalker while he was on his blind date with Daria

But Danny had never told Katie that

Danny looked around "Katie" Danny said

'You thought I was a monster' Katie's voice said 'ever since the night we met'

Could she hear his thoughts was being in here connecting their thoughts

"Bingo" Katie said or Evil Katie said appearing this time in Katie's Timebomb uniform her skin all green and her face was all mean she flew at him throwing a punch Danny tried to block it but Katie was too strong and sent him flying Danny's whole body hurt

Man and I thought Kara hit hard

'You never even considered me I was just as bad as Cree or Vicky' Katie's voice said depressed 'just another kid hitting monster'

"That's not true" Danny tried to deny

Evil Katie just laughed "don't bother trying to deny it honey it's all there inside your mind" Katie said flying at him she threw a couple of punches at his chest then one at his face "you're so helpful in getting rid of that weakling for me"

Oh that was going to leave a mark

Danny groaned his body phasing in and out of existence he was losing his grip on Katies mind

Evil Katie flew over him "soon weak little Katie will be gone then we'll be together forever" Evil Katie had a weird smile on her face "and when she's gone we'll get married and get started on our daughters"

"Daughters" Danny asked freaking out realizing what she was talking about pretty quick

That nightmare he had at the carnival

Evil Katie giggled "yes our daughters Callie Candy Kelly Kari Chrissy Kimmy Carly and Kylie oh Danny you picked such lovely names for our girls"

'Katie please snap out of it' Danny begged

'Crazy Dangerous spending the rest of your life as that blonde time bombs love slave' the real Katie thought 'no wonder you'd never look at me no wonder no boy would ever look at me I'm a monster I deserve to disappear'

No

Katie's voice was getting quieter and quieter every time she deprecated herself and if she disappeared that meant she'd be gone forever leaving him alone with the real monster he had created

"Katie I'm sorry" Danny shouted "I should have never thought any of that stuff I shouldn't have been treating you like you were one of my enemies I should have just talked to you that night instead of being afraid of you"

'You don't mean that' Katie thought sadly 'no one wants to be with a monster'

Evil Katie laughed "that's right no one wants to be with a monster" Katie said "no one loves you Katie you should just disappear"

No that wasn't true Katie might not be the girl for Danny but that didn't mean he hated her that didn't mean there weren't people who didn't want her to be safe Danny just needed to remind her of that

But how

Danny shook his head 'duh mind meld' Danny thought

Danny concentrated on every good memory he had involving Katie every time she made someone smile every time she was someones friend sister daughter student every time she was a hero


Azari dressed in a black panther his dad not the animal onesie cheered as Katie held up high in the air the little prince wiggling his feet in the air laughing while Katie smiled "oh you're so cute aren't you little panther cub" Katie cooed bouncing him up and down getting laughs from the baby

"Yes you are yes you are such a cute baby panther" Katie said bringing Azari in close she nuzzled her nose against his


"Ok so if you put the decimal here then carry the one" Katie instructed to Jubilee helping her with her math homework Jubilee listened to Katie filling out the problem she showed Katie her paper "is this right" she asked

Katie smiled "perfect"

Jubilee grinned "thanks Katie" Jubilee surprised Katie by hugging her Katie was stunned for a moment before she hugged back

"Hey no problem"

Jubilee smiled back letting go of Katie "now that my homeworks done wanna celebrate with a bacon and cheesepuff smoothie" she asked

Katie looked like she was going to say no but then Jubilee started doing the puppy dog pout

Danny still wasn't sure where Jubilee had learned that but he blamed Kim babysitting

Katie tried to resist but quickly gave in "oh all right I guess it can't hurt to try"

Jubilee cheered dragging Katie off the couch towards the kitchen


"And this is the rec room" Katie said giving a tour of the institute to a new student a girl maybe thirteen with skin that looked like living metal "you'll find anything you want to relax after school games movies music we even got a popcorn machine" Katie said

The student looked nervous Katie smiled "hey I know this place can be a little intimidating" Katie said kneeling down "I've been right where you are but I promise pretty soon this place will feel like a home away from home ok"

The girl still looked nervous but Katies words seemed to have an effect on her "ok"

Katie smiled "great why don't we meet up with your parents and the Professor ok"

The girl nodded again holding Katies hand they walked out of the rec room


Katie leapt out of a burning building holding a baby in her arms she transformed slowly careful of the baby in her arms ignoring the cheering crowd she walked over handing the baby to it's mother

"Thank you" the mother said hugging the baby and Katie "thank you so much"

Katie smiled "I'm just doing my job" Katie turned away from the mother to see Sooraya using her powers to put out the fire she reformed flying over to Katie

"Nice work Dust" Katie complimented

Sooraya smiled back "I think the hero of the day here is you Timebomb you cleared the building of survivors"

Katie shrugged "I'm the only one qualified Sunfire was a no show and Nightcrawler's fur isn't exactly fireproof" she said looking to their two other squad mates Sooraya shook her head

"You have to stop putting yourself down you're Katie Kaboom are a hero now enjoy this" Sooraya poked Katie in the chest "captains orders"

Katie laughed "fine but I'm only following orders under protest" Katie said turning to the cheering crowd


"Thank you for doing this Danny" Katie said gratefully Danny smiled they were in Katies backyard by the fence

Danny nodded "it's fine Katie believe me I get asked this a lot"

Katie just smiled softly before Danny transformed flying up above the backyard he landed dramatically in a superhero pose in front of Tinker Kaboom and a whole picnic table of kids

Danny blinked he could have sworn that one of the party guests was a big brown squirrel

'Acmeville' Danny thought just going with it if he asked questions he'd just end up having a headache

A chocolate cake on the table and other birthday decorations Danny stood up while the kids all cheered "happy birthday Tinker" Danny said with a big grin

Tinker leapt up from his seat hugging Katie "you are the best big sister ever" he shouted happily

Katie smiled hugging Tinker back "you're welcome baby bro" she said kissing Tinker on the cheek Tinker let out a sound of disgust

"Eww sister cooties" he called out the sound of disgust was echoed by the other party guests

Katie laughed giving Danny a grateful look "thank you" she mouthed

Danny smiled back mouthing "you're welcome"

Danny looked to the other party guests "ok who wants to go flying" he asked the kids all of them cheering wanting to go first


"Katie I'm sorry I treated you badly you aren't alone there are plenty of people who love you who care for you" Danny said

Evil Katie growled "he's lying what does he know" her form fading away and the real Katie beginning to come into view

"No she's a monster" Evil Katie protested "a monster"

"No I'm not" the real Katie said "I'm not the monster you are"

Evil Katie growled as she began to become more transparent the real Katie

Real Katie got in close to Evil Katie "you wanted me to feel depressed and miserable you wanted me gone just so you could have a guy whose happy with Kitty I'm not his perfect match Kitty is"

"Your wrong he's mine ALL MINE" Monster Katie tried throwing a punch at Real Katie but her fist phased right Katie didn't even flinch "he's the only man for me I'm the only girl for him"

"You're wrong" Katie said punching

Evil Katie growled weakly like a car running out of gas "witho-t me you'll be nothing" Evil Katie said stammering over her words

"You're wrong I'm Katie Kaboom" Katie said absolutely " and you're just a bad dream"

Evil Katie let out one last dying yell looking to Danny before she faded away into nothing leaving Real Katie and Danny alone in her mind

"Katie" Danny said sadly "I'm so sorry"

Katie shook her head "you don't have to apologize to me Danny"

No he did he really did "no I do if I had just talked to you about your powers that night then you could have gone to the institute sooner your brother would have never gotten hurt and that Monster in your head would have never happened"

Katie shook her head "Danny stop it's fine we were both in the wrong I should have asked if you wanted to spend your day at the carnival with me and I shouldn't have tried flirting with you all those times you and Kitty broke up"

Katie gave Danny an apologetic look "I know you're sorry you're standing in my head" Katie pointed to her temple "literally"

"Uh right" Danny said he should probably get out of here

Danny was about to ask if Katie had any ideas how to end this he began to fade "I think whatever is letting me stay in here is wearing off

Katie nodded "good cause you have a girl to talk to"

Danny smiled before he faded away


Danny woke up looking around Katie groaned "man I've got a headache" she said holding her temples Katie looked down at herself in the wedding dress

"Oh my parents and the Professor are going to kill me for this" she muttered "I she it that other me stole this" Katie said fumbling over her pronouns trying to talk about her evil half

"I'll pay for it" Danny told her Katie looked like she wanted to protest but Danny waved her off "between the merchandizing and my parents ghost hunting sales I can pay for a dress"

How much could a wedding dress cost anyways

Danny looked down at the Specter Deflector "where did you even get this" he asked picking it up Katie didn't have an answer

"I think the institutes ghost hunting supplies" Katie said "I think that she took it so you wouldn't run away" Katie looked apologetic

"I'm really sorry about well everything" Katie said

"It's fine not the first time I dealt with a friend being overshadowed by an evil monster" Danny told Katie

"After everything you think we're friends" Katie asked

Danny felt like a grade A jerk he could have handled things better if he had Danny would have prevented a whole lot of grief for both him and Katie

Katie walked off saying something about finding her clothes while Danny looked around for his phone finding it stashed in the corner there was a dozen missed calls from Henry

Danny was about to call his brother but he got interuppted

"Hey I'm back" Katie said Danny frowned that's weird where were her clothes was she not able to find them did Monster Katie rip them apart or something "are you ready to go"

'Go' Danny thought comfused

"Where are your clothes" Danny asked Katie looked at him weirdly before shrugging "Oh don't worry honey they're in the changing room" Katie looked confused "how come you're not changed yet we've got to meet the priest soon"

'Priest' Danny thought worried that the wrong personality might have gotten erased

This didn't make sense what was going on

Everything had been so weird since WHOOP waned him about Mystique everything had gone downhill from there from getting attacked by Monster Katie to Kitty breaking up with him

Danny realized what was going on 'I am such an idiot'

How did he not figure it out sooner that this was Mystique

It had to be Mystique or some other shapeshifter

But there was only one way to check

"I'll get changed when we get there pretty soon it'll just be you and me on our honeymoon" Danny said lying through his teeth "Hawaii is real romantic this time of year and no paparazzi to bug us"

Katie smiled

"That sounds perfect honey" Katie said

'Bingo' Danny thought going ghost he rammed into 'Katie' holding her against the wall "nice try Mystique"

'Katie' frowned changing before his eyes turning into a blue woman wearing a white jumpsuit "you're brighter then I give you credit for" Mystique said changing into Kitty "but not too bright"

Danny's eyes glowed furiously green "so that was you too" he asked before thinking of something "but why do the whole blushing bride act"

Mystique shrugged "saw you two come in here with her in a wedding dress figured you and the green girl were seeing each other on the side" she explained

Ok eww

"I'm not that kind of guy" Danny said pushing Mystique further into the wall "now where is the real Kitty Pryde" he demanded wanting to know exactly where his girlfriend was

"Hey Danny I'm back" Katie said having changed back to her regular clothes Katie looked over to Danny holding Mystique

"Uh did I miss something" she asked confused

"She kidnapped Kitty" Danny explained holding Mystique holding up a hand filling it with green energy "where is she" Danny demanded

Mystique laughed "don't make me laugh I've read your file you're no killer" she told him "and you won't go all out against someone who can't handle it"

Danny growled throwing a punch hitting the wall next to Mystiques head she was right even for Kitty he couldn't bring himself to hurt someone

Not even scum like Mystique

Katie put a hand on Danny's shoulder "why don't you let me handle this" she said

Katie looked at Mystique transforming "did you read my file" Mystique didn't say anything Danny guessed she didn't have a file on Katie

"Let me give you a summary I was trained by Wolverine" Katie said it was only a split second but Danny saw Mystique get nervous

"Now then" Katie said putting a giant fist around Mystique she began to squeeze "where is Kitty Pryde"

Mystique groaned "I'm not saying anything to you"

"Too bad" Katie said as she began to put pressure on Mystique Danny wanted to say something but Katie gave him a wink before looking back to Mystique "cause that's not what I want to hear" Mystique grit her teeth

"Where is she" Katie asked again applying more pressure to Mystique "I wonder if I squeeze you hard enough will you turn purple"

Mystique grit her teeth "I don't know where she is it's a prison somewhere with green and black skies" she said "that's all I know I swear"

Danny knew where that was he should have known an egomaniac like him would be involved in this

"That's all we need to know" Katie said punching Mystique knocking her out "we're going to need to make some phone calls"

Danny nodded it was time for a rescue mission


Henry watched Shiro groan as he came back to consciousness Shiro looked around seeing he was in the Professors office and he was up to his neck in ice with Henry were the X-Men

"You have ten seconds to explain your actions Shiro" Scott ordered sternly his shades were glowing

Shiro didn't say anything at first "we're waiting Shiro" Dr. McCoy said uncharacteristically furious "why did you attack young Henry"

Shiro looked to Henry "because of his kind" Henry hissed hatefully "unnatural abominations that are putting us in constant danger"

Henry frowned how did he put mutants in danger

"Elaborate" Dr. McCoy said crossing his arms Logan growled "what do you mean his kind"

"Ghost powered monstrosities him and his entire family constantly putting mutant kind in danger exposing us making us serve those pathetic humans"

Logan growled "so that's it huh you're one of Magnetos flunkies then"

Shiro shook his head "I do not serve Magneto I acted with my own allies" Shiro said "the MRD"

Did Henry hear that right he wasn't too sure "you what" Sooraya shouted

The rest of Shiros squad looked just as furious "how could you work with those people" Kurt asked

"I don't work with them they're allies of necessity" Shiro stated "as soon as I had disposed of the freak I would have betrayed them"

Sooraya stepped forward "how long"

"How long what" Shiro asked

"You know what how long have you've been working with the MRD" Sooraya hissed Shiro was silent for a moment

"Do you remember that burning building last August" Shiro said "while you were saving those useless humans I was meeting with them"

SLAP

Henry winced at how loud that slap was "how could you" Sooraya asked her hand still out even with a red handprint on his face Shiro didn't care

"How could I" Shiro asked "how could you lower ourselves to fighting human crime bowing down before people who hate us for our very existence" Shiro spat in Sooraya's face "the better question captain is how come none of you joined me"

Ok so Henry did hear him right good to know the rest of the X-Men looked horrified or furious at Shiros words and his actions towards Sooraya and everyone else

Logan especially looked ready to rip into Sunfire Henry was sure the only reason he hadn't was the hand on his shoulder from Dr. McCoy holding him back

"What the heck do a bunch of mutant cops got to do with this" Rogue asked sounding as confused as her fiance Shiro smirked

"Isn't it obvious they plan to destroy us all of us" Shiro said "they planned it all the the attack on the institute Juggernaut the Iron Phantom Sabertooths attack on Ororos wedding Mystiques release from prison Kitty's abduction"

Kitty's what

"Kitty's what" a number of people including Henry yelled furiously

"Why would they go after Kitty" Henry demanded ready to punch this traitor again Logan grabbed him pulling him back

"Easy kid we need him alive" Logan said though he sounded just as ticked

"Explain now" Scott said coldly

Shiro shrugged or shrugged as much as he could frozen in ice

"After she was taken out of Belle Reve I was Mystiques handler I briefed her on who she should go after to keep the original abomination away from the others than after I disposed of Hyde I was going to destroy him the MRD rescue their prisoners and leave evidence saying it was a conspiracy by the original abomination and Kaboom to destroy us"

"Katie" Bobby asked worried it was no secret that he had a crush on the blonde "what does she have to do with this"

"Everyone knows she's obsessed with the original abomination it wouldn't take much for people to think she went after Kitty" Shiro smirked to Henry making him feel like he needed a shower

"She'd be the obvious suspect well her and Mr. Hyde" Henry looked to Rogue "you and Kaboom disgust me kissing those unnatural abominations the living shouldn't have the power of the dead"

Henry growled his eyes glowing green he brought a hand up "where are the MRD prisoners"

Shiro smirked "go ahead and hit me all you want you disgusting abomination I won't say anything"

Henry hesitated for a moment but that was long enough for someone else to punch him Rogue dusted off her hand

'Wow that was hot' Henry thought

"I got the info" she said coldly before kissing Henry on the cheek "you are not an abomination understood"

Henry nodded "I know" Henry told her

"Good now call your brother" Rogue said "he deserves to know what's going on"

Henry nodded Bobby pulled out his phone too trying to get in contact with Katie "come on Katie please pick up"

After almost a dozen times Henry finally got through to Danny

"Henry listen I need all hands on deck we're going to rip the MRD apart" Danny said

"Funny we were just talking about that" Henry said "did you know Shiro wants to destroy us unnatural abominations"

"I'm not surprised the guy's a jerk" Danny said "get as many X-Men as you can into the Blackbird we're going to the Ghost Zone"

Henry looked around "we'll be ready" Henry said knowing the X-Men were ready for a fight


Alarms blared as Kitty ran through the halls being chased by ghostly guards she had to get out of here

Her and who knows how many other prisoners were being kept here in the ghost zone

Ghost guards surrounded her pointing their nightsticks at Kitty they glowed green ready to fire

Kitty phased through the ground dropping onto a catwalk in some kind of laboratory ducking into a corner as an armed guard passed by Kitty poked her head out to see scientists working around some kind of machine

"What's the progress of the machine" she heard Walker ask

"The charge is at 60 percent and rising" a scientist reported

"Good" another voice said one that Kitty knew Colonel Stryker the creep who had attacked the students how was he part of the MRD instead of being the proud owner of a cell in Belle Reve

And what kind of machine were they talking about

Kitty looked at the machine Walker and Stryker were looking at it looked like a big metal skateboard wheel with an antenna sticking out the top red energy sparked on the antenna

Kitty was pretty smart when it came to tech but she'd never seen any machine that looked like this not at the institute Fenton works or Avengers Tower 'maybe it's alien' Kitty thought

One thing was certain whatever that machine was it probably wasn't any good

'I've got to take that machine down' Kitty thought

"Hey it's the prisoner" an MRD guard said "take her down"

The security all pulled out their weapons and began to fire Kitty phased through the catwalk punching out one guard dodging the blasts of others she made a beeline for the machine if she could get close to it she could rip out something important

"Oh no you don't punk" Walker said getting between her and the machine an energy blast that hit her point blank knocking her into a computer console Kitty groaned in pain

"Careful Walker that costs money" Stryker chided caring more about the computer then Kitty's well being

"You can get another one" Walker said walking over he grabbed Kitty by her ponytail Walker pulled Kitty up higher into the air

"You know I wanted to wait until the punk got here to waste you but you've become too much of a bother to keep alive" Walker held up his hand filling it with purple fire "And I just love playing executioner"

Kitty didn't say anything she didn't shout she wouldn't give him the pleasure of hearing her beg

"Hey Walker" Sam shouted a green vine lashed out hitting Walker in the face Walker shouted in pain dropping Kitty to the ground a vine reached down grabbing Kitty pulling her up onto the catwalk

Kitty looked gratefully to Sam "thanks Sam" she said

"Don't mention it" Sam said looking at the machine "any idea what that thing is"

Kitty shook her head "nothing good"

Looking around Kitty saw Scott firing blasts from his visor Dr. McCoy tossing guards around Logan fighting with his claws ghost guards began to form up and fight back

Walker had recovered flying at Kitty and Sam she saw her squad Peter tried to punch the machine but a energy field kept it safe from his blows Bobby was watching his back firing ice blast after ice blast leaving ghosts frozen in blocks of ice

She saw Rogue flying around firing ecto blasts she must have copied Henrys powers or something

"You punks are going to pay for that" he shouted his fists glowing with purple fire he launched a blast at them Kitty tackled Sam knocking her out of the way of the blast

"Where's Danny when you need him" Kitty asked

"Getting the prisoners out" Sam explained "there were alot more then just mutants being held here"

Kitty got Sam up to her feet just Walker leapt up onto the cat walk looking at them furiously "I'm not waiting for the pulse generator to go off I'm going to tear you two apart"

Pulse generator oh no Kitty knew what those were

Danny had told her about it relics from the High Breed invasion it was a machine designed to wipe out anything without a specific dna signature

And since it was here in the MRD's secret prison she could figure out just what they were going to wipe out

"Sam we've got to take that machine down fast if it goes off" Kitty didn't want to think about what was going to happen "if we don't it could wipe out every mutant on earth"

"Not just muties" Walker said apparently happy to think about what was going to happen next "Supers Monsters Aliens Mutates Metahumans anything that isn't one hundred percent human will get wiped off the face of the earth as soon as that machine gets a full charge"

Walker smirked "and whatever ghosts are left I get to be the judge executioner jury executioner and if necessary executioner of their ghosts if they end up here"

Kitty and Sam had matching glares at how sick that was

"You're disgusting" Kitty hissed Walker just fired a blast at them knocking them back

Sam got in between them whipping out her vines Walker phased through the catwalk coming out from the wall he uppercutted Sam knocking her into the railing

"Kitty" Bobby and Rogue called out rushing to help their friend Walker turned and blasted them away turning to Kitty he smiled

"Any last words Mrs. Punk"

"WALKER" Danny shouted flying through the wall he punched Walker again and again

Danny grabbed Walker by the collar of his flak jacket throwing him into the pulse generator

He bounced against the shield Danny's eyes glowed green "how dare you even think about hurting the woman I love" Danny shouted furiously unleashing a massive beam that ripped through the lab

Leaving only the Pulse Generator standing

"Danny" Kitty called out "that machine it's a High breed pulse generator"

Danny nodded before he unleashed the ghostly wail the shield began to crack and break but it wasn't enough Scott fired a full power blast Bobby and Rogue did the same they put everything they had into the blast the shield just couldn't hold out against it shattering leaving the Pulse Generator unprotected and vulnerable to things that went boom

The combined attack ripped through the Pulse Generator like it was a knife through butter

"No my plan all those years the Iron Phantom the Juggernaut all of my pawns wasted" Stryker yelled his plans ruined Danny turned to Stryker the man pulled out a ghost weapon about to fire "face justice you mutie loving monstrosity" when Peter knocked him out from behind


"My fellow Americans" the President said from his desk to the television camera "today a great injustice was stopped as hundreds of our people were allowed to go home released from an unlawful imprisonment their only crime was not what some would consider normal" the president looked upset at that

"The MRD were behind this they were also responsible for the Iron Phantom incidents in Amity Psrk the attack on the Wakandan royal wedding and the release of two super criminals Mystique and Cain Marko more commonly known as the Juggernaut this is not the worst of their crimes no" the President paused "they had planned to use a weapon of mass destruction to wipe out anyone who they did not consider normal"

A picture of Stryker appeared on the screen "the head of the MRD Colonel William Stryker has been brought into custody as are all other members of the MRD these men who swore to uphold justice instead took the law into their own hands to create not a better role for the people they swore to protect but for them"

The President stood up bowing his head "I'm so sorry for what happened to you all I'm sorry that I was so blind and ignorant" the President wiped the tears from his eyes "this tragedy was prevented by the actions of Danny Phantom Blackthorn and the X-Men thank you for your brave service and dedication to true justice"

The President sat back down "thank you and good night" the President said


Kitty turned off the TV taking the moment to admire the class ring shining on her finger 'back where it belongs' Kitty thought as she continued to get ready for her date with Danny the two were celebrating the disbanding of the MRD

Kitty continued to get ready putting on a blue dress that showed a bit of skin Kitty couldn't wait for Danny would be speechless for half the night

Kitty looked at herself in the mirror putting her hair into it's usual ponytail showing off the gold hoops in her ears Kitty smiled "perfect" she said with a grin taking a moment to be vain and admire herself

A moment that ended when she saw Katie Kaboom behind her "Kitty can we talk"

Kitty had a good idea what this conversation was about

"Sure Katie" Kitty said turning around the gamma powered mutant walked into the room sitting down on Rogues bed

Kitty sat down next to her Katie wasn't silent for a minute before she spoke "look Kitty I'm sorry for how I've treated you over the years"

Kitty waved her off having heard all about the split personality from Danny the Professor had cut his meetings in DC short to come home and check Katies mind finding no lingering remains of Monster Katie though she was going to need a lot of therapy "Katie it's fine you weren't yourself"

"Just all the times I flirted with Danny were here" Katie said "but the stuff before I got kidnapped the times I yelled at you attacked you just treated you like dirt no that was all genuine Katie Kaboom" Katie looked down at her shoes

"I liked Danny he was the only guy in that dating service who treated me politely who even after he saw me go kaboom he stayed for the whole date"

Kitty frowned how many of her dates had set her off

"Uh how many times did you lose control" Kitty asked

Katie shook her head "besides with Danny none I mean there was this one creep from Canada named Jonesy who spent more time checking out our waitress then he did looking at me" Katie said "I dumped my water cup on his head and stormed out"

Kitty giggled she would have done the same thing "I would have done the same thing" Kitty said

Katie smiled for a moment before her frown came back "we could have been friends all these years" Katie said "if I hadn't jumped to the conclusion you two were laughing at me behind my back"

"I'm real sorry about that" Kitty said "I honestly didn't know you and Danny went out in the service neither of you told me"

"Yeah I kinda scared him for a while" Katie admitted "not that I can't blame him that other me did enough to give me a lifetime of nightmares"

The two girls giggled for a moment Katie looked at Kitty "Kitty I'm really really sorry about everything" Katie said "could we uh maybe start over"

"That depends are you going to try to take my boyfriend to Vegas" Kitty asked "you do have a wedding dress"

Katie groaned embarrassed hiding her face with her hands "I promise Kitty I am over Danny Fenton" Katie swore looking back up "so uh if it's possible could we start over" Katie asked hopefully

"Yeah we can" Kitty said sincerely

The two mutant heroines hugged each other before Katie stood up

"Good cause you're not the only one with a date tonight" Katie said

Kitty smiled happy for Katie "is it Bobby" Kitty asked teasingly knowing that for all the girls Iceman dated Bobby Drake's had a not so secret crush on Katie for years

"Yes it is" Katie admitted a smile on her face "we're going to watch a movie in the rec room"

"Well you two have fun" Kitty said standing up "I've got a halfa waiting for me downstairs"

Kitty and Katie walked out of the dorm together Danny was waiting at the end of the hall talking to the Professor he stopped when he saw Kitty his jaw dropped Kitty smiled she'd been hoping for that reaction

The Professor smiled saying goodbye before wheeling away Kitty smiled to Danny "you ready to go" she asked using her finger she closed his mouth Danny snapped back to normal "yeah" he said

"Have fun you two" Katie said waving goodbye before walking down the hall

Danny watched her go for a moment a sad look on his face "are you all right Danny" she asked

"I really messed up with her" he admitted guiltily "if I had done things differently she could have avoided a lot of pain"

Kitty stood up on her toes kissing Danny on the cheek "I think she'll be fine Katies a tough girl"

Danny winced rubbing his chest "yeah I know" Kitty laughed at Danny

Danny and Kitty kissed each other before walking through the halls planning to enjoy their date


Shiro sat in his cell a power dampening collar around his neck "I failed you master the X-Men still lay outside of your control forgive me" Shiro bowed his head

"Fear not my servant" Shiro looked up a pair of red eyes floating in the air in front of Shiro looked down at him "the time of reckoning will soon be at hand and the world shall know peace"

Shiro smiled like he had told that abomination Henry Hyde he was no servant of Magneto

No he served a greater master

"Yes Lord Apocalypse" Shiro said


And here's the end of one monster of a chapter in hindsight I probably could have split this chapter into two but I didn't

And now we get into the final villain of the story the strongest mutant the X-Men have ever faced

Apocalypse

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