The "Ultimate Marvel" RPG Seasson II Game Thread

[Spider-Man9X17]

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The "Ultimate Marvel" RPG

GameMaster: Spider-Man9x17
Deputy Mod: Venom160
Deputy Mod: Sparta*

This game is similar to the Marvel RPG, only based off of Ultimate continuity.

RULES:

-Players can choose any hero in the Ultimate Marvel Universe. Players who have proved themselves as good RPer's will also have the option to Ultimize a character, and/or take up a second character. No God-Like characters.

-Everyone exists in the Ultimate Marvel Timeline. No 616 or other alternate items may be used.

-No Killing. Unnamed faceless NPC's may be killed, but not comic characters. Someone else may want to take up the character, or they may be important to another story.

-You can go anywhere on Earth, or travel off planet, but do so within your characters means.

-You are your character, so act like it. Talk like them, use there dialouge. Do not exaggerate your powers, or pop-up here and there without explination.

-Several stories can be going at once, and you have the freedom to interact with other characters.

-No Time Travel.

-You must post at least once every two weeks, though it is preferred that you post more. If you go two weeks without a post without prior notice, your character is up for grabs.

-You must have at least 50 posts on the Hype boards to be eligible to play

-And of course, all regular rules of the Hype apply.

-Have fun.

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ULTIMATE MARVEL RPG SIGN-UP FORM

Screen Name:

Character you would like to play:

Powers and a brief description of the character in proper English:

Three reasons why you have chosen that character:

1.

2.

3.

What can you bring to this game?



How many times do you intend on posting a DAY IN the RPG:

Do you know how to post pictures on the hype boards:



ROSTER

COMING SOON...




Bios and References
http://www.ultimatemarveluniverse.com/

http://www.marveldirectory.com/ultimatebios.htm

http://www.mutanthigh.com/alternate...index.html#bios

[Spider-Man9X17]

"I hate this place. For the last thirteen years, this is all I've known. Cold beds, neglective social workers, lousy food, and little cry baby piss ants crying about not having a family. I don't have a family either, but I don't sit in a corner bawling all day. I don't even remember my family, don't know what happened, or why I'm here. I was only three when I was put in this hell hole. They say, somewhere, I have a brother. But I don't care. And obviously, neither does he. Never made much of an effort to find me. Family, loved ones, make you weak any way. Only the strong will survive. And right now, I'm the strongest one of all. Tonight...tonight I make my move. Tonight....freedom."

[Batman]

My country needs me.

A man stands in the gym of SHIELD Headquarters, located in New York. He's sweating, but far from tired, as he finishes his rounds with the punching bag.

Every single day, me and my troops go out there to fight some kind of Global threat. We've been lucky, so far.

The man finally stops, grabs his towel from a nearby rack, and throws it over his shoulder. Picking up a water bottle that was next to it, He lifts it, and drinks, taking in the cold liquid after hours of brutal self-training.

But I can't help but feel that one day, we may not be able to catch a break. One day... We may fail America. And that possibility is not... and will not... be accepted by any of us. Especially me.

The man walks to the locker rooms, located just across the hall from the gym of the highly technologically advanced base. As he enters, he looks to his left, seeing the names on each individual locker. The names of solidiers... Not unlike the one's he fought, back in WWII.

Lucky... So far....

The man stops at one locker. On it, reads the name of one of America's greatest, if not the greatest, warriors of all time. At least... That's what everyone else thinks. He doesn't have time to make that kind of judgement of himself. He simply knows there's a job to be done. The name on the locker reads...

ROGERS, STEVE

He opens it, revealing the blue attire inside. One thing, above all, is noticeable within it. The Stars. Two of them. One on the torso area of a bodysuit... And one on a shield, sitting at the bottom of the locker.

Am I just being paranoid?

Steve takes the bodysuit, and immediatley stuffs his muscular legs into the bottom half. He then places his feet in the tall, crimson boots, before beginning to tie the laces of them.

Or... Should that be my job, as a leader for this team? To be paranoid? Is there anything wrong with it?

As Steve finishes with the boots, He throws the shirt over his head, and pulls it down to where the top of the pants end. He then takes out a brown leather belt, and wraps it around his waist, fastening it as it comes to the front. A red and white pattern can now be seen stretching across his abdominal area.

No matter. If I'm going to be paranoid, I'll keep it to myself, for now. One rule in war... Focus on the mission. Nothing, except the mission. And being paranoid is not the objective of any mission I've ever been apart of.

Crimson gloves with pouches attatched to the wrist areas go over Steve's hands, fitting perfectly, along with the rest of the suit. Steve then looks into the locker, seeing the final two pieces. He grabs the one at the bottom, and looks at it, for a long moment. The large Red, White, and Blue shield. It reminds him of why he does this. Not that he needs to be reminded... It's his life, now.

I only know one thing...

Steve grabs the final piece of the outfit. The mask, with the large 'A' adorned on it's forehead. He pulls it over his head, as his ears pop out of it. The mask fits snugly over his face, and becomes one with the rest of the suit, as He gets up, and walks out.

I'm not giving up on my team just yet.

Steve Rogers doesn't exist, anymore. He died in WWII. He died a hero. Now, there was a new hero. One that served a newer America that he was still getting used to. And it wasn't Steve Rogers that he went by...

"Time to go to work.", He says to himself, as He walks out to the main part of SHIELD Headquarters, ready to start the day.

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...It was Captain America.

[Watchman]

Osborn looked over the city through the window of his new office, a large dimly lit room with his desk, a computer, a various hidden security measures. He looked over the city that took him back in and put on a pedestal. He was New York's new friend...what fools. He lit up a cigar and looked over his construction crew working on a building that was damaged during a supervillain attack. This time it was the Shocker. He blew up a police car sending it crashing into the building. Although there was Norman picking up the pieces helping his fellow New Yorkers. Although Herman will be out soon. Some how Herman would end up with the best lawyers in the city and would be out in public again. He pressed a button on his intercom.

"Any calls for me?"

"Nothing Mr. Osborn but you do have a 12 o'clock with a Mr. Marko"

"Ah yes thank you"

He sat down on his desk and looked over various files. Flint Marko, Sandman yes he would be good for a job but he needed someone with intelligence to carry off this final mission. Scrolling down list he thinks he has found his man but that will for later. He opens a drawer and pulls out a mask. He holds it up to the computer screen. The rest of the OZ formulas may have been destroyed but the Green Goblin will always be around.

[Mr.Valentine]

Well.. to reasons unknown to me, i wasto be set free from jail and even though i had been there for a month if that, alot had changed. I had met people in prison who could see what i could do, and i was offered the job of protecting the Triad boss, which would be a good paying job, but i wouldnt be happy knowing i was helping the triads to kill people.
So, all i can expect is that someone has plans for me, i dont know who and i do not know why. I thought about the city, of who could possibly know enough about me to get me out of a life sentence, yet all i knew that would come out of it would be death. there had been one already, and if the person who freed me had enough sway to get me out of prison, im sure they will want me to repay the favour; CIA? DEA? no... i have nothing to with them... this comes from higher up.
The Prison gates opened, and i took a few steps out... A man stood waiting for me, he stared at me dead in the eyes and beckoned me to get in the van. I got in and sat down, he smiled and looked at me.
"So, Young man...I think i may have a job for you"
I gulped loudly... damn, that didnt take long.

[Venom160]

<Carnage>

"This is the place."

The cab stops in front of Parker's house.

Cabbie - "Ok kid that'll be eighty."

I form eighty bucks in my hand and give it to the cabbie and than get out of the car. I head toward the back of the house making sure not to walk past any windows just incase Parker's aunt is home. I look up and almost laugh out load when I see that Parker left his attic window open.

"Hm how stupid can you get kid, your making this so easy."

I crawl up to the attic window and crawl in. I have to admit, the kid has a nice set up here. Too bad he isnt going to live long enough to enjoy it. I plop down on a couch and wait for Parker to get home.

[Venom160]

[Angle]

The last five minutes has passed in silence, with me and Ali sitting in the Professor's office with Professor Xavier sitting behind his desk staring at us. Im usually really patient but when your covered in dried up blood and your body feels like it wants to just lay down and die you tend to run out of patience really quick.

"You did want to talk to us right?"

[Sachsmachine]

Deep within a maximum security cell of the Triskelion sits a solitary figure, recovered from the damage sustained by people he had considered allies. He could not blame them though, Loki was after all a devious trickster by Asguardian standards. To decieve as many as he had done was no small feat, but how could Odin allow such a thing?

"FATHER!!!!!!"

Thor dropped to his knees and pleaded towoards the ceiling. It would not matter, his father had punished him. So long as he remained on Midgard to help the mortal his godly power, once his by birthright would only be granted to him so long as he wielded Mjolnir and even then he had to wear the belt of strength so that he could once again be strong enough to lift it and be imbued with it's mystical enchantments.

Of course SHIELD and everyone else involved were under the sway of his brother Loki. They believed him to be just a madman with powerful stolen technology, interrogated almost daily they tried everything to get their version of the truth out of Thor. After a while they stopped asking, no amount of sodium pentethol would work and soon the only company Thor had as he healed from his wounds was the mocking laughter and scheming look that no one could see of hear but him.

How long had he been locked up here... what had happened since his capture... so many things were uncertain. Except one thing, Loki would pay for this, no matter how long it took.

[Spider-Man9X17]

The first thing he noticed was the light.

The bright, unending light flooding his immediate vision.

"Oh god, I really am dead."

Spider-Man sat up. All around him was light. He tried to rub the haze out of his eyes so he could get some sense of where he was. The room began to come into view. The lights were from several large lamps hanging from the ceiling. The room itself was cold and uninviting. Everything was made of stainless steel.

It took Spider-Man a second to realize his wasn't dead, though he didn't find his current situation any more soothing.

He had been taken to the medical wing of the Triskelion.

[Watchman]

It was a quiet night for Norman. He look down at his watch and smiled. One minute later and an explosion was heard in his office. He looked bacj down at his watch.

"Right on time" he said to himself. He press a button on the intercom.

"Did you hear that?!" he pretended to sound worried

"Yes Mr. Osborn are you alright?" said his secertary

"I'm fine but I don't think those people prepare my ride I must go there at once"

"Yes sir Mr. Osborn"

A few minutes later Norman made his way to his limo. He got in and the limo drove to the scene of the accident. The limo pulled up the destruction and Osborn got out with a swarm of press around him.

"Mr. Osborn!"

"Norman!"

"Ben Urich Daily Bugle!"

Osborn pushed through the press and made his way closer. A police officer stopped him from going any closer.

"Let me through" he demanded

"Sorry Mr. Osborn can't let you through". He pushed his way through and the cop was surprised at the strength of Osborn. As he walks through he notice all the white sheets covering the bodies his man did too good of a job. A little girl was crying and screaming for her mother. Time to win an oscar he thought. He knelt down by the girl and hugged.

"Shh its going to be ok don't worry" Camera flashed getting pictures of him. Tomorrow's headlines would cover him providing the victims with money. If only Fury or Parker could see him now.

[taskmaster]

Jonesy's Casino, a place of hopes and broken dreams. People either make it at the tables or they lose everything. Both sides believe in fate, it was their fate to win big or it was fate that they lost the rent money and have to live in a shelter for a couple of weeks. Enough time to rebuild their lives and go back to trying to make them better, never realizing the possibility that it could all crumble down again.

I do not believe in fate.

I choose how my life is going to go. Jonesy agrees, he just doesn't want the people who come into his casino to agree with me. Jonesy and I have been friends since grade school, ever since I saw him getting his ass kicked because of his glasses. I fixed those kids really quick, used some things I picked up from Bruce Lee. All of the people I've ever met have wondered how I can do the things I can do. How I got straight A's in school, even though I never studied. How I could throw the football like a pro. Guess you could call me a fast learner.

I could have gone pro, but football wasn't what I really enjoyed. Football was just something to pass the time. It wasn't a challenge and what I really enjoy is a challenge. Even what I'm doing right now isn't what I really want to do. Sure helping out Jonesy with security is great, but it's just for the time being. I've been with Jonesy since the beginning and I'm going to be here to make sure he'll be okay on his own. It was funny to see what Jonesy did after he got his first profits from the casino. The first thing he had done was laser eye surgery, then he personally went to every house of the kids who had made fun of them and asked them to apologize. If they didn't he punched them square in the jaw, he had learned some things from me.


I don't know what I want to do after this. What's the next big challenge. People have been paying me for my services for a while now. Not all of my jobs have been legal but it helps pay the bills. Plus all of the illegal jobs are more of a challenge. I know I don't want to be doing illegal jobs for much longer, even though I know I won't be caught. Not many people know me by my real name, most people call me Taskmaster. A name Jonesy gave me while we were friends, that really stuck when it's was used as my nickname while I was on the football team.

After being lost in my own thoughts I almost don't here the gunshots. You'd think that this kind of thing would stop, considering the success rates but you can't stop some people from being dumb. I run up to Jonesy's office, to get a better look at what's going on and to ask what's happened.

"Hey Jonesy, what going on?"

"This isn't the time to be casual and you know it. Some guy got caught cheating, the other security officers tried to take him in until the cops showed up. The guy takes out a pistol and here we are."

"Don't sound so angry you know how this is going to end. I'll make an example out of him. You just make sure you start checking for weapons at the door, so I don't have to go though this crap every week."

"Thought you liked the challenge?"

"This isn't a challenge, this is a nuisance."

I kick the glass out of Jonesy's window, overlooking the casino and jump though it. The man aims the gun at me. In the next ten seconds the man recieves four broken fingers on his right hand, a compound fracture on his right arm, a broken left femur and a cracked skull. I throw his gun down after hitting him in the head once more with it. The cops finally rush in.

"You should have waited for us."

"Obviously not." I say as I point to the thug.

"Don't get cocky, you just got lucky, that's all."

"It's got nothing to do with luck."

I hear something as I walk back up to Jonesy's office, that'll change my life forever. A cop said something like "Lucky Newyork cops, get Spider-man or one of those other vigilantes to do their job for them and LVPD still gets called in for crap like this." Superheroes, I had never thought of that.

Maybe it was fate.

[Noon]

[Angle]

The last five minutes has passed in silence, with me and Ali sitting in the Professor's office with Professor Xavier sitting behind his desk staring at us. Im usually really patient but when your covered in dried up blood and your body feels like it wants to just lay down and die you tend to run out of patience really quick.

"You did want to talk to us right?"

"I have scanned both your minds and am assured all of Apocalypse's influence has gone, but I imagine both of you must be quite...upset, over these events. It would be healthy for your mental states if you would talk to me about your feelings"

"Aw crap, we don't need the after school special, prof, we just need to shower. Look at us...look at Warren! Mostly Warren though" I give him a sly wink, although I'm pretty sure the professor catches it as he frowns in that tired kinda way. I'm trying to be lighthearted, but I can tell War's got Jean on his mind.

"Look prof, we're tired, we need time to rest and lick our wounds....and bury our friend. I think we're gonna be ok though." I take War's hand and give it a reassuring squeeze, I just hope he knows I'll stay by his side.

[Venom160]

"I have scanned both your minds and am assured all of Apocalypse's influence has gone, but I imagine both of you must be quite...upset, over these events. It would be healthy for your mental states if you would talk to me about your feelings"

"Aw crap, we don't need the after school special, prof, we just need to shower. Look at us...look at Warren! Mostly Warren though" I give him a sly wink, although I'm pretty sure the professor catches it as he frowns in that tired kinda way. I'm trying to be lighthearted, but I can tell War's got Jean on his mind.

"Look prof, we're tired, we need time to rest and lick our wounds....and bury our friend. I think we're gonna be ok though." I take War's hand and give it a reassuring squeeze, I just hope he knows I'll stay by his side.[Angel]

I smile slightly at Ali but don't say anything, it just feels wrong to smile when one of our own is gone.

"Ok I'll leave you two be for now but I still want us to sit down and discuss this, Its not healthy to keep all this bottled up ok."

I node my head and slowly get out of the chair and walk out of the Professor's office with Ali following not far behind me.

"Um you can have the shower first if ya want, I can wait."

[Noon]

[Angel]

I smile slightly at Ali but don't say anything, it just feels wrong to smile when one of our own is gone.

"Ok I'll leave you two be for now but I still want us to sit down and discuss this, Its not healthy to keep all this bottled up ok."

I node my head and slowly get out of the chair and walk out of the Professor's office with Ali following not far behind me.

"Um you can have the shower first if ya want, I can wait."

"Sure, yeah. Ugh, I feel like I three inches of blood coating me...a lot of it not mine..." I grimace at the dark dry substance that stains my skin and swallow down the sick that rises in my throat.

"Uh, yeah. Need to shower. You could use Cyke's bathroom....you know he isn't here so..." I regret the words before they're even out of my mouth.

[Venom160]

"Sure, yeah. Ugh, I feel like I three inches of blood coating me...a lot of it not mine..." I grimace at the dark dry substance that stains my skin and swallow down the sick that rises in my throat.

"Uh, yeah. Need to shower. You could use Cyke's bathroom....you know he isn't here so..." I regret the words before they're even out of my mouth.[Angel]

"No its ok I'll wait."

I walk up the stairs and head to my room, I collapes on my bed and stare at the ceiling. I don't know why im feeling like this, nothing ever happened between me and Jean but I still feel like a chunck of me died with her.

[Logan Howlett]

WOLVERINE




(The lower levels of the Xavier institute. Wolverine lies on a bed in the infirmary. All is quiet in the room. His body lays still.....unmoving.....barely with a noticable amount of life. His mind is no longer what it was, he has no actual thought at this moment, but instead something closer to a dark haze in his mind. A slight twitch comes to his left hand..........his mind is begining to reopen itself.)



.................................................. ......................dark..................... .......................dark..............where.... ..am.....I................I....... ...not........under.....stand..................

(Flash images rush through his mind. First of all a field, then a middle aged woman, proceded by a middle aged man with a large smile...........the smile turns to a frown..........blood pours from his mouth.................another image of the woman..........without her head...........................both dead on the floor..............a pair of red animal eyes in the corner of the room..................looking down at shards of bone protruding from hands......................now a yound redheaded girl........crying.......laughing.......crying.... ...and dead............................now mountains, forest, and men..........fighting............now with guns...............now on a beach.................now bombs..................... now killing men with bare hands...........now metal.........pain...........more metal...........a man in glasses........a woman and another man.....................now they are dead.........glass spread across the floor.............mountains and forest again..............now a man in a helmet........pointing.........yelling............ now impaled........................................... ......................................more images, THOUSANDS more, to many. He cant concentrate...................his mind breaks...............)


"ARRARARAAAAAGAGAHGAGGAGHAHGAGHAGGAARRARAARRRRRRRRR RRRRRARRAR!"

(He rails against the bed restaints, but only in vein.........he is magneticaly sealed to the bed.......his adimantium skeleton restrained, making him unable to move.............)

"RRARARRRARRARRARARRRRRRARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHGhgg gghghg..........."

(His mind gives up........lets go.......he cant take it........and once again lies comatose......)

[Mr.Valentine]

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[Mr.Valentine]

So, The fantastic four had liberated my people... my free state was being ravaged by the danes, i was put into the highest security prison in all of Denmark. But still, my plan had worked, even though the fantastic four had removed the tatoos tha helped me to control my people, they were still dependent on me; they had no other way of living without me. So valiantly they sprung me from prison and helped me to escape. I will definetly reward them, those who freed me will be my elite; the few mutants in the free state strong enough to fight the governments in my time of need.
But now as i sat in the Helicopter my mind waned onto other things, now i had to decide how i was going to reclaim my home. There were many powerful men in this world, of which i was unconscerned before... but now they could be great allies and even potentially bitter enemies. Men like Magneto, Doctor Octopus, Namor and even Norman Osborn; these men are potentially the most influencial in their own area... there were many roads i could take, and i am sure everyone will lead me to confrontation.
Hmm.. and yes i must deal with the Fantastic Four, despite the fact that i was the one that gifted them with their powers they still defy me and wreck my country. I will get my revenge on them one way or another... Who are they to intefere with my plans.
I leant my head against the window, which it hit with a clunk; This armour was a blessing, it gave me these special talents and skills of which my genius can control. My hooves make me stick out, i have yet to see the purpose of them... i am like a mettalic centaur without back legs, i geuss i can run quite fast. But these things that make me special and different are also a curse, a burden.
I see the looks of the small children, they are scared of my appearance at first. If they think the armour and hooves are disgusting, i dare not take off my armour, my baldness and scarred face would revolt them. Yet i will soon become an icon for people to respect and fear. and i knew of one man who could help me.

"Magneto"
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[Noon]

I stand in the shower and let the hot water run over my skin, washing little red swirls towards the drain. I watch them, hypnotised, and images of death, murder, shimmer through my mind, making my spine tingle and the backs of my hands itch.

But those people I alive, I haven't killed anyone.

I did though, I can't deny it, not even to myself. I can still remember the feeling of flesh and bone tearing in apart, the splatter of blood.

I sit down on the shower floor, suddenly too hot and breathless. I rest my head on my knees and let the heat wash over me, washing away the blood, but not my memories.

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After I've washed and dried, I look through my drawers for something to wear. Clothes seem sparse though, I'll need to make a trip to the mall soon. I wonder if the prof will let me borow his gold card...

I throw on a pair of jeans and a red vest tee and set off to find War to tell him the shower's free. He's probably brooding in his room, so I go and knock gently on his door. I push it open a bit and see a darkened room, he's on his bed.

"Hey.."

[Venom160]

I stand in the shower and let the hot water run over my skin, washing little red swirls towards the drain. I watch them, hypnotised, and images of death, murder, shimmer through my mind, making my spine tingle and the backs of my hands itch.

But those people I alive, I haven't killed anyone.

I did though, I can't deny it, not even to myself. I can still remember the feeling of flesh and bone tearing in apart, the splatter of blood.

I sit down on the shower floor, suddenly too hot and breathless. I rest my head on my knees and let the heat wash over me, washing away the blood, but not my memories.

__________________________________________________ _______

After I've washed and dried, I look through my drawers for something to wear. Clothes seem sparse though, I'll need to make a trip to the mall soon. I wonder if the prof will let me borow his gold card...

I throw on a pair of jeans and a red vest tee and set off to find War to tell him the shower's free. He's probably brooding in his room, so I go and knock gently on his door. I push it open a bit and see a darkened room, he's on his bed.

"Hey.."[Angel]

"Hey."

"The showers free."

With a groan I pull myself off the bed and grab a pair of pants and a shirt from my drawers and head to the door. I lean forward and kiss Ali soflty on the lips.

"I'll be out in a few minutes."
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I walk into the bathroom and peel off the jump suit Apocalypse's scientist put on me and throw it aside. I climb into the shower and turn it on letting the water pour over me. As I watch the blood mix with the water I start to see what the monster that controlled my body made me do, I try to blot the images out but they kept coming. After a few minutes I climb out and start drying myself and dry my wings the best I can and throw on the clean clothes, I stop before walking out of the bathroom when I remember the blood soaked jumpsuit laying on ground. I bend down and pick it up balling it up in my hand and than leave the room. As I head back to my room I hear someone sobbing, I follow it until I come across Nightcrawler croached down against the wall in one of the side hallways with his face in his hands, I start to walk toward him. He looks up when I get close to him.

"Kurt do you want to talk or somth......"

With a burst of smoke hes' gone.

"I guess not."

I throw the jumpsuit into a bag and throw it back into my room and go look for Ali.

[Purple Man]

The medical wing was made of sterile, cold steel. That sanitary smell was soiled by the stench of a lit stoagie. Trails of smoke stretched across one of the hospital style rooms.

Nick Fury was leaning forward in a metal chair at the bed side of a young mister Peter Parker. A plasma screen television was built into the wall; playing a live broadcast of Osborns' rescue of a little girl conventiently infront of the lenses of the press.

"How does this make you feel?" Nick pointed a dark finger at the t.v.

[Noon]

[Angel]

"Hey."

"The showers free."

With a groan I pull myself off the bed and grab a pair of pants and a shirt from my drawers and head to the door. I lean forward and kiss Ali soflty on the lips.

"I'll be out in a few minutes."
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I walk into the bathroom and peel off the jump suit Apocalypse's scientist put on me and throw it aside. I climb into the shower and turn it on letting the water pour over me. As I watch the blood mix with the water I start to see what the monster that controlled my body made me do, I try to blot the images out but they kept coming. After a few minutes I climb out and start drying myself and dry my wings the best I can and throw on the clean clothes, I stop before walking out of the bathroom when I remember the blood soaked jumpsuit laying on ground. I bend down and pick it up balling it up in my hand and than leave the room. As I head back to my room I hear someone sobbing, I follow it until I come across Nightcrawler croached down against the wall in one of the side hallways with his face in his hands, I start to walk toward him. He looks up when I get close to him.

"Kurt do you want to talk or somth......"

With a burst of smoke hes' gone.

"I guess not."

I throw the jumpsuit into a bag and throw it back into my room and go look for Ali.

I gaze around the dark room, all his possessions arranged so neatly. Not like me, my things stay wherever they land. I pull open the curtains and flood the room with light. Outside I see the still scarred tree, probably be a long reminder of discovering claws.

I fall down on the bed, dust pillowing up in the light. Looking around warily first, I bury my face in his sheets, just to be intoxicated by his scent.

"I'm back"

I jump up at the sound of his voice, surprised at his quick return.

"Oh, hi. I was just, um...yeah. So, you clean up pretty good" I smile and put my arms around his neck. "What now?" I ask with a slightly raised eyebrow.

[Venom160]

I gaze around the dark room, all his possessions arranged so neatly. Not like me, my things stay wherever they land. I pull open the curtains and flood the room with light. Outside I see the still scarred tree, probably be a long reminder of discovering claws.

I fall down on the bed, dust pillowing up in the light. Looking around warily first, I bury my face in his sheets, just to be intoxicated by his scent.

"I'm back"

I jump up at the sound of his voice, surprised at his quick return.

"Oh, hi. I was just, um...yeah. So, you clean up pretty good" I smile and put my arms around his neck. "What now?" I ask with a slightly raised eyebrow.[Angel]

I wrap my arms around her waist and wrap my wings around us.

"What now?"

I look out my window and notice what a beutiful day it is outside.

"Want to go flying?"

[Noon]

[Angel]

I wrap my arms around her waist and wrap my wings around us.

"What now?"

I look out my window and notice what a beutiful day it is outside.

"Want to go flying?"

"It's so cool that my boyfriend can fly" I grin, as I look at him all the painful memories of the last few weeks simply fade away in his blue eyes. Man, Ali, you are getting too soft. Note to self, stop being such a pussy.

He's looking at me waiting for an answer.

"For those of us not getting the message, that was a 'hell's yes!'"

[Venom160]

"It's so cool that my boyfriend can fly" I grin, as I look at him all the painful memories of the last few weeks simply fade away in his blue eyes. Man, Ali, you are getting too soft. Note to self, stop being such a pussy.

He's looking at me waiting for an answer.

"For those of us not getting the message, that was a 'hell's yes!'"[Angel]

I smile at her and walk over to the window and open it. Ali walks over to me and wraps her arms around my neck again.

"Hold on."

I wrap an arm around her waist and jump out the window, I open my wings and take flight seconds before hitting the ground.

[Noon]

[Angel]

I smile at her and walk over to the window and open it. Ali walks over to me and wraps her arms around my neck again.

"Hold on."

I wrap an arm around her waist and jump out the window, I open my wings and take flight seconds before hitting the ground.

"Holymarymotherofchrist!" Suddenly my arms have a vice grip on Warren. After a few moments though I summon up the courage to look out. I gasp at what I am greeted with.

"Warren, this is...beautiful"

[Venom160]

"Holymarymotherofchrist!" Suddenly my arms have a vice grip on Warren. After a few moments though I summon up the courage to look out. I gasp at what I am greeted with.

"Warren, this is...beautiful"[Angel]

Her arms had a choke hold around my neck but I didnt care.

"Warren, this is...beautiful"

"Yeah it is."

I didnt notice where I was heading until the smell of salt water hit my nose, the cliff overlooking the ocean. It felt like an eternity since I was here last, I land a few feet from the cliff edge and set Ali down on her feet.

[Noon]

[Angel]

Her arms had a choke hold around my neck but I didnt care.

"Warren, this is...beautiful"

"Yeah it is."

I didnt notice where I was heading until the smell of salt water hit my nose, the cliff overlooking the ocean. It felt like an eternity since I was here last, I land a few feet from the cliff edge and set Ali down on her feet.

Although flying was a great experience, it feels good to have solid ground beneath my feet again. I look around and realise where we are. The sight of the ocean brings back memories, the last time I was at the shore. It was that memory I saw when I tried to destroy myself.

I gaze out at the waves and think of Apocalypse and the animal that overtook me. It all seems so distant now. I also remember Magneto, I don't know whether to thank him for taking away the adamantium Apocalypse put there or hate him for the pain he put me through and his disregard for my survival. In either case, I hope to see him again soon. I'll make up my mind then.

I turn to Warren and take his hand.

"You know, no one else know's what we went through. You and I both had Apocalypse in our heads, under our skin. I suppose in a twisted kind of way that brings us closer, huh?" I smile a little at the weird way my mind works.

"So, why'd you bring me all the way out here? It's a little further than I 'spected"

[Watchman]

In one of Osborn's bunkers a very special meeting is being held. In a dark room lite only by a few dark green lights. The ten men sit in a circle around a round table. Each of the men are wearing a mask covering their faces.

"Where are we?" one ask

"I have no idea?" another one says in a British accent, "I just got this invitation telling me to get to this location today"

"Yes I also got that invitation telling me to put on the mask when I got here" says another whose accent sounds like he is from somewhere from the Middle East. They keeping on talking until a door opens up. A man walks through wearing a much different mask. A mask that looks like a monster. He sits down at the head of the table. He takes off the mask revealing none other than Norman Osborn.

"Gentlemen thank you for coming you can now remove your mask" all the men take off their masks.

"What's this all about Osborn?" says a man with a deep southern accent "We don't want to be seen with the likes of you"

"I will get to the why I have invited you here but first let me talk about something that has been bothering me...heroes"

"What about them?"

"These metahumans as they are called seem to be coming out of the woodwork this day and age. You are the most powerful men in the world what happens when somebody come along and challanges your power. Take for example the Hulk. The giant rampages through New York tearing up anything in his path what happens when he destroys something of yours?"

"He's right during the last Hulk attack I lost some offices here"

"And then there are the mutants. The ones in Xaiver's school. Did you know the house some the world's greatest telepaths in the world. These people can read your mind and even control it. Even a mutant assassin works for them. Their base I mean school has a jet plane. What kind of school has a jet plane?"

"Flithy mutants" comes from one of the men. Osborn walks over and gets onto to a weird shaped platform and begins to hover.

"And then there is the biggest problem we face...Fury and his men" he hovers over the table bending his nice and staring everyone in the face. "The Ultimates are the greatest threat to mankind. They police the world without anybody to stand up to them. I say it's time for somebody to police the metahumans and that somebody is all of us" one of the men get up.

"You're mad Osborn always have always well be"

"Do you have a problem?'

"Yes I have a problem I'm leaving and all of you are going down"

"Very well then leave" the rest of the group protests but Osborn just smiles "Go ahead leave". The man runs to the door and opens it. He tries to run through but he is knock down.

[Watchman]

The man looks up and begins to back up.

"NO! You stay away from me!" The lights in the room begin to flicker as this person lights up.

"You should had stayed in the room"

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A burst of electricity knocks the man across the room. He smacks into a wall barely breathing. He face is one of terror.

"Gentlemen meet the metahuman known as Electro. I always believed that one must fire with fire and thats exactly what we're going to do"

"Boss what should I do about him?" Electro pointed to the man against the wall

"Fry him"

"Gotcha" Electro begins to power up

"NO! Osborn you can't I beg you"

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Osborn looks at the wall all that is left is a charred skeleton.

"Gentlemen as you can see Electro has recieved a power upgrade and so has many of his kind. We will build and army and teach the heroes that they can't push us around" he hovers over to the wall and pulls a sheet revealing a symbol. The symbol looks like a serpent with multiple heads. "Cut off one of our heads and we continue to grow we are Hydra"

[Venom160]

Although flying was a great experience, it feels good to have solid ground beneath my feet again. I look around and realise where we are. The sight of the ocean brings back memories, the last time I was at the shore. It was that memory I saw when I tried to destroy myself.

I gaze out at the waves and think of Apocalypse and the animal that overtook me. It all seems so distant now. I also remember Magneto, I don't know whether to thank him for taking away the adamantium Apocalypse put there or hate him for the pain he put me through and his disregard for my survival. In either case, I hope to see him again soon. I'll make up my mind then.

I turn to Warren and take his hand.

"You know, no one else know's what we went through. You and I both had Apocalypse in our heads, under our skin. I suppose in a twisted kind of way that brings us closer, huh?" I smile a little at the weird way my mind works.

"So, why'd you bring me all the way out here? It's a little further than I 'spected"[Angel]

"When we were being brainwashed by Apocalypse I made a promise to myself that if we were able to get out of this I would do the thing Iv been wanting to do."

Ali looks at me like I lost my mind.

"I...I brought you here because I wanted to ask you...........Ali will you marry me?"

[Noon]

[Angel]

"When we were being brainwashed by Apocalypse I made a promise to myself that if we were able to get out of this I would do the thing Iv been wanting to do."

Ali looks at me like I lost my mind.

"I...I brought you here because I wanted to ask you...........Ali will you marry me?"

I stare blankly at him for a moment. Did he just say what I thought he said...

I can't speak. I can't move. My jaw hangs slack and my eyes go wide. I regain enough thought to straighten out my face.

"I....uh.....wow." I place my hand on the side of his face.

"War, you know I love you, but...I wasn't expecting this. Like, ever." I look down at myself, my scruffy jeans and tatty vest, my punk hair....all my tattoos gone now.

have to get them redone, damn

I'm just not the sort of girl who gets asked these kind of thing. I've never even considered getting married.

"War, please, I just need some time to think about this. I mean... this is big. The rest of our lives big. You understand, right?"

[Venom160]

I stare blankly at him for a moment. Did he just say what I thought he said...

I can't speak. I can't move. My jaw hangs slack and my eyes go wide. I regain enough thought to straighten out my face.

"I....uh.....wow." I place my hand on the side of his face.

"War, you know I love you, but...I wasn't expecting this. Like, ever." I look down at myself, my scruffy jeans and tatty vest, my punk hair....all my tattoos gone now.

have to get them redone, damn

I'm just not the sort of girl who gets asked these kind of thing. I've never even considered getting married.

"War, please, I just need some time to think about this. I mean... this is big. The rest of our lives big. You understand, right?"[Angel]

I could easily tell that she was in shock, hell I was shocked too, I couldnt believe I actually got up the nerve to ask her.

"War, please, I just need some time to think about this. I mean... this is big. The rest of our lives big. You understand, right?"

"Yeah I understand."

I smile at her and than walk to the cliff edge and sit down. As I stare out at ocean somthing in my head kept saying I shouldnt have asked.

[Noon]

[Angel]

I could easily tell that she was in shock, hell I was shocked too, I couldnt believe I actually got up the nerve to ask her.

"War, please, I just need some time to think about this. I mean... this is big. The rest of our lives big. You understand, right?"

"Yeah I understand."

I smile at her and than walk to the cliff edge and sit down. As I stare out at ocean somthing in my head kept saying I shouldnt have asked.

I feel a twinge in my chest as he walks to the edge of the cliff. I feel guilty for casting any doubt into his heart, but I can't just get married without a thought. After everything that has happened, I need some time, I need someone to talk to. I wish Logan wasn't unconcious.

I walk up behind Warren and trail my hand along the soft feathers of his wing. I crouch beside him and kiss him.

"I love you, don't ever believe I don't, 'kay?"

I look into his piercing blue eyes as I speak, never wavering from his gaze. Once I'm certain he understands how series I am I smile softly and stand up.

"We should probably get back to the mansion, they'll be wondering where we are."

[taskmaster]

The past week I've been soing nothing but reading and watching. Reading books on stealth, weapons and tools. Watching fights on martial arts, actual competitions, not action movies. I must have watched that fight with The Ultimates fighting The Hulk fifty times. I've also been looking up S.H.I.E.L.D technology. I'm very good with computers, watch a show on the history of them, then looked up everything I could. I was especially interested in hacking, it seemed useful and now I'm finding out that it is. Breaking into the Triskelion and taking the tech would be a different set of challenges but for now it was good to have the information on it.

I got bored after reading all the words in the Japanese dictionary and their meanings in english, speed reading, another one of my many talents. I had already read a book on their culture, so I wouldn't do anything rude there. If I'm going to go through with this I better start learning a lot more about of countries, cause I'm going to be doing a lot of travelling.

I decide to come up with a name for my abilites. Saying you're a fast learner might not be the best way to explain what you do to clients with a higher intelligence. I've decided to call it photographic reflexes. Some people can remember everything they've ever seen. I can do that but I take it one step further. I can do everything I've ever seen before as long as it's possibly for a human to do it.

I board the airplane to Japan, while thinking of another thing regarding my new occupation, which side will I be on? The superheroes help the people who need them most, without asking for anything in return. But there is a lot of money to be made on the other side. I guess I'll just stay in the middle ground for now. Wait for a while to decide if I'll be the knight in shining armor or the monster in the shadows.

After a long flight I get off the plane, a tall japanese man waiting for me.

"Hello are you the man who wishes to speak with Kenuichio Harada."

"It's Taskmaster and yes I am. He knows why I'm here right."

"Yes, you'll be staying here for a week. Trying to learn all of the Silver Samurai's moves. Good luck with that."

"No luck involved. Just take my to him, I have to be right on schedule, I meeting someone in New York in exactly a week. I don't have time for delays."

We get to the Silver Samurai's place in about an hour. I try to keep my clam look but on the inside I'm going nuts. I'm about to be trained by a superhuman swordsman, it's hard to believe. I see a man in blinding silver armor greet me with a slash of his sword. I react quickly enough to get a small cut on my cheek instead of being decapitated. I duck under his arm and grab his other sword for it's sheath. I slash downward, holding my sword against his, keeping it down. I hit him with the side of my fist. He sidesteps my next attack. Then he puts his hand up, signaling me to stop. He speaks.

"Good. Now I know that I won't be wasting my time with you." He say as he puts his sword back. I throw mine to him.

"You would have stopped if I wasn't able to defend my self, then sent me away, right."

"No, your head would be rolling on the ground. Now gather your things and come with me, we're going to begin your training."

[Venom160]

I feel a twinge in my chest as he walks to the edge of the cliff. I feel guilty for casting any doubt into his heart, but I can't just get married without a thought. After everything that has happened, I need some time, I need someone to talk to. I wish Logan wasn't unconcious.

I walk up behind Warren and trail my hand along the soft feathers of his wing. I crouch beside him and kiss him.

"I love you, don't ever believe I don't, 'kay?"

I look into his piercing blue eyes as I speak, never wavering from his gaze. Once I'm certain he understands how series I am I smile softly and stand up.

"We should probably get back to the mansion, they'll be wondering where we are."[Angel]

"I love you, don't ever believe I don't, 'kay?"

"I love you to, more than life itself."

She smiles at me than stands back up.

"We should probably get back to the mansion, they'll be wondering where we are."

"Yeah your right we should be getting back, we shouldnt give the professor a reason to be pissed at us."

I get up and walk over to her and pick her up in my arms. I turn and walk over to the edge of the cliff.

"Hang on."

I feel her arms wrap around my neck again as I jump off the cliff. I pull myself out of the fall and head back to the mansion.

[Noon]

[Angel]

"I love you, don't ever believe I don't, 'kay?"

"I love you to, more than life itself."

She smiles at me than stands back up.

"We should probably get back to the mansion, they'll be wondering where we are."

"Yeah your right we should be getting back, we shouldnt give the professor a reason to be pissed at us."

I get up and walk over to her and pick her up in my arms. I turn and walk over to the edge of the cliff.

"Hang on."

I feel her arms wrap around my neck again as I jump off the cliff. I pull myself out of the fall and head back to the mansion.

When we get to the mansion War sets me back down on the ground. I dust myself off and turn back to face him.

"I think I should go check on Logan. I'll come and find you after, 'kay?"

I kiss his cheek and go back inside. I make my way into the sub-levels of the mansion. I always thought it was creepy and sterile down here, especially so since I got a bit of Logan in my head. I wander the metal-lined corridors until I come to the round x door that leads to the med lab.

As I enter I see Logan still unconscious on the bed. Part of me was hoping I would come in and he would be awake and already complaining about waking up in the med lab.

I pull up a seat next to his prone figure.

"Hey old man, still taking a nap?"

Only his soft breathing replies.

"I need you to wake up soon, lotta stuff goin on, we need you Logan. Need you because of Jean. Crawler aint doin so good." I look at his face for any reaction, but still he gazes serenely at the insides of his eyelids. "And Warren asked me to marry him...I do love him, I want to marry him, but its just so sudden, it's a big thing...........what should I do, old man? I need to talk to you, your the closest thing I ever had to a real pop...Please wake up, Logan..."

[Venom160]

[Angel]

As Ali heads into the mansion I start to walk around the grounds, I stop at a tree with deep claw marks in it. I sit down at the base of the tree and stare up at the clouds, I close my eyes and just lay there. I jerk away when I hear leafs russteling, I look up and see Nightcrawler above me in the branches of the tree. I guess a doesnt see me because he dosent port.

"Hey Kurt."

I look up and see him jerk his head toward me.

"Don't port man, come on lets talk."

"I don't vant to talk Vareen."

"I know your hurting man, and its not healthy to keep these emotions bottled up."

He remains quiet.

"Come on Kurt, we have to talk about this try to get everyone together again. I mean look at the others, Scotts' locked himself into his room, Peter hasent left the gym sence we got back, Logans' unconcious in the med lab, the Professor hasent talked to any of us sence we got back, and I don't know where the hell Ororo is!"

I hear a bamf, I thought he teleported somwhere else untill I turn and see him leaning against the same tree next to me.

"I just don't understand vhy Jean did it."

"Because she cared about all of us, she saw a way to take out Apocalypse and she took it."

Tears start to stream down Kurt's face.

"I miss her so much."

I put my arm on his shoulders.

"I do too."

[Sachsmachine]

Thor continues to sit in a high level security deep within the confines of the Triskelion. He is bound in a straight jacket and slumped forward, his face covered by his unkempt dirty blonde hair. Outside, agents of SHIELD watch him on closed circuit security cameras in shifts around the clock. Though his belt and hammer were five levels up and locked down in a secure wing of the armoury, the agents kept on their guard at all times.

Inside the cell Thor rouses as he feels something coil around his leg. Opening his eyes he sees a large serpent locking his eyes on Thor as it hisses.

"Ah Thor, you have healed up quite well despite the neglect you have recieved. But your fortitude will not help you this time. Your friends have all betrayed you, and now there is nothing you can do to stop me. Asgard is mine and soon your prescious Midgard will be subjugated, and I will see you and your puny mortals brought low before me."

"You will not succeed Loki!!! I will see you pay!!! Odin will not stand for this!!!"

"Odin sleeps and his power will be mine, even now Baldur and the warriors three fight in vain to protect the sleeping Allfather."

"More lies and deception!!!"

"Keep it down in there you lunatic."

The voice of the SHIELD agent watching on the monitor cracks in over the speaker, all he sees is Thor screaming to himself. Thor lets out a frusterated scream as he fights to no avail against his bonds. Loki hisses a triumphant laugh.

"Look at the mighty Thor... now just a traitor and a madman. Where are your friends now?"

Thor hangs his head low once more as Loki laughs begin to fade and dissappear completely. He is defeated and alone once more.

[Logan Howlett]

When we get to the mansion War sets me back down on the ground. I dust myself off and turn back to face him.

"I think I should go check on Logan. I'll come and find you after, 'kay?"

I kiss his cheek and go back inside. I make my way into the sub-levels of the mansion. I always thought it was creepy and sterile down here, especially so since I got a bit of Logan in my head. I wander the metal-lined corridors until I come to the round x door that leads to the med lab.

As I enter I see Logan still unconscious on the bed. Part of me was hoping I would come in and he would be awake and already complaining about waking up in the med lab.

I pull up a seat next to his prone figure.

"Hey old man, still taking a nap?"

Only his soft breathing replies.

"I need you to wake up soon, lotta stuff goin on, we need you Logan. Need you because of Jean. Crawler aint doin so good." I look at his face for any reaction, but still he gazes serenely at the insides of his eyelids. "And Warren asked me to marry him...I do love him, I want to marry him, but its just so sudden, it's a big thing...........what should I do, old man? I need to talk to you, your the closest thing I ever had to a real pop...Please wake up, Logan..."




(Inside the quiet room, Ali look on at Logan, but he can not respond to her.....his mind is to explosive......Memories of the past flood his mind in a jumbled order.......nothing is clear....nothing.....except........PAIN! The memories flood again, his mind tries to cope, but in all of the fury of his mind......a small amount begins to protrude to the surface.....)

"...........rrrrrr............I......rrrrr........I ......rrrrr.........jeeeeeeaaann... .........rrrrrrrrrooooooose..............x.....x.. ......X....X.....XX..XXXXXXXRARRARARRARARARARARARR ARARARARRARRRARRARARRARARRAR!!!!!"

(Logan fights against the restraints furiously, justing his head only inches away from Ali's faces, causing her to jump back several feet. His eyes wide open, but focusing on no particular thing, as if he were a blind man, seeing only the images in his head......but to him.....they are right in front of him. Weapon X, Jeans death, the torture he went through, the X-men, memories of a long forgotten past, images of Japan, All the pains and tribulations of a lifetime all at once, and they are all the same. He feels like a scared trapped animal.......yurning to be free.)

"YoU....HuRT mE..........YOu....tRY To...kIlL meEEEEEee......yOU...kiiiIILLLIlll jjjeeeeEEAN!!!! I.......I.......KILL YOU!!......KILL YOU!............RRRARAAAAAAHAAHGAHGHAAARARAAGHGHAG HAHAGAGRR!"

(he rages on for 15 minutes in anger as Ali watches on, and suddenly falls on the bed alomost lifeless..........but now with tears of pain, and failure stream down his face........all he can say is.......)

"Let me .......Let ME....GO!.......LET ME GO! LET MEEEEEE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Noon]

(Inside the quiet room, Ali look on at Logan, but he can not respond to her.....his mind is to explosive......Memories of the past flood his mind in a jumbled order.......nothing is clear....nothing.....except........PAIN! The memories flood again, his mind tries to cope, but in all of the fury of his mind......a small amount begins to protrude to the surface.....)

"...........rrrrrr............I......rrrrr........I ......rrrrr.........jeeeeeeaaann... .........rrrrrrrrrooooooose..............x.....x.. ......X....X.....XX..XXXXXXXRARRARARRARARARARARARR ARARARARRARRRARRARARRARARRAR!!!!!"

(Logan fights against the restraints furiously, justing his head only inches away from Ali's faces, causing her to jump back several feet. His eyes wide open, but focusing on no particular thing, as if he were a blind man, seeing only the images in his head......but to him.....they are right in front of him. Weapon X, Jeans death, the torture he went through, the X-men, memories of a long forgotten past, images of Japan, All the pains and tribulations of a lifetime all at once, and they are all the same. He feels like a scared trapped animal.......yurning to be free.)

"YoU....HuRT mE..........YOu....tRY To...kIlL meEEEEEee......yOU...kiiiIILLLIlll jjjeeeeEEAN!!!! I.......I.......KILL YOU!!......KILL YOU!............RRRARAAAAAAHAAHGAHGHAAARARAAGHGHAG HAHAGAGRR!"

(he rages on for 15 minutes in anger as Ali watches on, and suddenly falls on the bed alomost lifeless..........but now with tears of pain, and failure stream down his face........all he can say is.......)

"Let me .......Let ME....GO!.......LET ME GO! LET MEEEEEE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Ohmygodohmygod Logan!" I waver at the edges of his reach, I can't bear to leave him but I'm too scared to get any closer. I reach out a hand shakily towards his face, but jump back as he jerks his head with growl.

"Professor! PROFESSOR!" If I yell his name hopefully he'll hear telepathically. I turn back to Logan, his pleading makes me my heart twinge and my throat tightens with oncoming tears.

The doors swish open and the professor wheels in.

"I came as fast as I could, Alison" He sees Logan on the bed "Oh my, I should have detected this earlier" He rolls towards the bed and reaches out one hand toward Logan's temple, a few inches from the skin.

His forehead creases in concentration and all is silent for a moment save for the muttered pleading still spilling in endless streams from Logan's lips.

"AUGH!" The Professor reels back suddenly, pain marking his features and his breath laboured.

"His mind...it's so broken up. I couldn't do much, but before I was forced out I think I managed to at least numb his mind to the onslaught of images." I notice his pleading has stopped and he lies still. "But, I was not able to actually repair the damage. I don't know how long my block will last." He sighs deeply and gazes at the man now silent on the bed "Ah, Logan, so much pain for one man to carry...I suppose it was only a matter of time before something pushed him over the edge. Jeans death was that something..."

"Is there anything we can do for him, prof?"

"No...no I'm afraid not, he must heal his mind on his own. I am afraid he may not be able to this time...we can only hope"

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Hey, son, what are you doing. Lights out was forty-five minutes ago."

The guard walked up tp the AWOL orphan.

"You need to get inside right now, Alex."

The boy turned.

"What do you care, you still get the same big, fat paycheck regardless of how many children are here. I'd figure you uncaring slobs would jump at the chance for a lighter workload."

Alex's eyes flickered a brilliant sky blue. His hands began to glow the same color, the balls of energy growing each second.

"What the hell? You're a f@$%ing mutan..."

The guard was knocked off his feet by the discharge of energy. It wasn't a lethal blow, but he was going to sleep for quite a while. Alex turned, and the wall of the courtyard met the same fate. He stepped out onto the sidewalk. Freedom. No more abusive guards, no more taunting, no more dejection at the hands of social workers.

Sirens began to wail in the distance. Alex looked up. No moon, perfect cover. He turned and began walking down the street to a new life.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Bite me, Fury. I'm not one of your pawns. I'm not gonna jump just because you tell me too."

Peter walked around the medical room. There were no doors that he could see. Any exits were adequatley cloaked.

"Jackass" he mummbled.

He looked at the mirror on the wall. Maybe, just maybe, it was one of those two way deals.

"I hope you have insurance."

Peter picked up a nearby chair and, using all his strength, threw it at the mirror. It shattered, revealing the busy hallway outside. Medical attendents and soldiers stopped to stare.

"What?"

[Spider-Man9X17]

Alex Summers sat in the back of a small cafe just outside of Baltimore. He had been nursing a hamburger for the last 45 minutes, taking a few moments here and there to glance up at the television. Right now the news was on. He was paying a little more attention, trying to soak up all the information he could. TV was something not afforded to him in the orphanage. Right now he was listening intently to a story about some mutant attack in New York.

"...mayor announced today that rebuilding efforts are to begin immediately. S.H.I.E.L.D. has activated thousands of reservists to help in the clean-up and rescue operation. Little is still known about this Apocolypse, or what his motives were. Professor Charles Xavier, head of the Westchester based Xavier Institute for the Gifted and mutants rights activist had no comment for the press, student representitive and 'X-Men' leader Scott Summers told reporters."

Alex cocked an eyebrow. He waited for more information, but the broadcast quickly cut to sports.

"Summers..." he whispered to himself. Was it just a coincidence? He began to brood. What if it wasn't? What if this was his brother? This Scott had been living some high life in upstate New York, part of some high class group, all while alex rotted in some orphanage. Didn't he know he had a brother. He had to. Alex knew. If this was his brother, why had he never come looking for him? Why?

Alex stood up and headed for the door.

"Hey, you gotta pay for that burger," The waiter yelled.

"Get bent," Alex extended a hand toward the gawky teen, and let loose with another blast of energy. Plates flew across the room and food spilled to floor among scattered scream. Alex quickly slipped out of the diner and headed for the bus terminal down the street. He had about $150 on him, courtesy of some old lady who didn't keep a close enough eye on her purse.

"Where to?" the clerk asked as Alex approached the window.

"You have anything near Westchester?"

"New York City is the closest stop."

"That's fine. I'll take a one way."

[Watchman]

Osborn stepped out of his limo and into one of the hangers of Trask Industries. It was dark inside and Osborn couldn't really make out anything. He spotted three men walking toward him, Trask and two his guards.

"What did you want to talk about Trask?" ask Norman

"Why I wanted to show you something special something my company has been working on for quite some time"

"What's that"

"Turn on the lights" Trask called out. The lights in the hangers turned on revealing rows of robotic suits. "Robotism Heuristic Intelligence Navigable Operative or R.H.I.N.O for short thought it could be some use to our little group"

"Very" Osborn said with evil grin.

[Sachsmachine]

Triskelion: Armoury - Omega Level Weapons Storage Division

A unknown man approaches the security station dressed in the uniform of a S.H.I.E.L.D. field agent. He had managed to incapacitate one of the agents and slip into the Triskelion unnoticed. The guard at the security station checks the agent's clearance.

"I'm sorry you must be in the wrong place, you don't have the clearance to get in here."

The man looks at the guard somewhat dissapointed.

"Well, I trust you have the proper security access?"

"Of course I do. What kind of question is that?"

"Just something to keep your mind off the impending headache."

"Wha.. HNGK!!"

The guard toppled to the ground in a heap before he even realized what happened. The man strips the guard of his security card and enters the vault. Moments later the vault opens once more and the man is wheeling a large metal crate on a motorized lift cart. He heads for one of the lifts and enters, he presses the button and the lift begins to decend towards the High Security Detainment Cells. The man gets the drop on the guard watching Thor when the Triskelion's alarms go off, agents having found the unconscious guard and the missing ordinance. He opens the door and wheeling in the crate to a rather suprised looking Thor.

"What is the meaning of this?" Thor asked then the man's face came into view, he looked somewhat framiliar but Thor could not be sure.

"Shh, there is very little time. It is I, Baldur. Loki has nearly taken control of all of Asgard, Odin will not wake from his slumber. Hiemdall bought me the time needed to cross the Rainbow Bridge to Midgard and find you."

Baldur opens the crate he brought into the room, inside lay Thor's belt and hammer. He then goes to free Thor from his bonds quickly.

"I must return to Asgard and rally what little forces we have left. We will await your return."

Baldur puts his fists together and concentrates, there is a blinding light and then he is gone. Thor puts on his belt as a squad of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents bust into the room guns drawn. Thor grips the hilt of Mjolnir and he feels his godly powers return to him.

[Purple Man]

Triskelion: Armoury - Omega Level Weapons Storage Division

A unknown man approaches the security station dressed in the uniform of a S.H.I.E.L.D. field agent. He had managed to incapacitate one of the agents and slip into the Triskelion unnoticed. The guard at the security station checks the agent's clearance.

"I'm sorry you must be in the wrong place, you don't have the clearance to get in here."

The man looks at the guard somewhat dissapointed.

"Well, I trust you have the proper security access?"

"Of course I do. What kind of question is that?"

"Just something to keep your mind off the impending headache."

"Wha.. HNGK!!"

The guard toppled to the ground in a heap before he even realized what happened. The man strips the guard of his security card and enters the vault. Moments later the vault opens once more and the man is wheeling a large metal crate on a motorized lift cart. He heads for one of the lifts and enters, he presses the button and the lift begins to decend towards the High Security Detainment Cells. The man gets the drop on the guard watching Thor when the Triskelion's alarms go off, agents having found the unconscious guard and the missing ordinance. He opens the door and wheeling in the crate to a rather suprised looking Thor.

"What is the meaning of this?" Thor asked then the man's face came into view, he looked somewhat framiliar but Thor could not be sure.

"Shh, there is very little time. It is I, Baldur. Loki has nearly taken control of all of Asgard, Odin will not wake from his slumber. Hiemdall bought me the time needed to cross the Rainbow Bridge to Midgard and find you."

Baldur opens the crate he brought into the room, inside lay Thor's belt and hammer. He then goes to free Thor from his bonds quickly.

"I must return to Asgard and rally what little forces we have left. We will await your return."

Baldur puts his fists together and concentrates, there is a blinding light and then he is gone. Thor puts on his belt as a squad of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents bust into the room guns drawn. Thor grips the hilt of Mjolnir and he feels his godly powers return to him.

"I don't know how you got your old gear back, but I'm going to make sure you don't get anywhere with it."

The squad of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents broke rank to let one of the Ultimates take point in the front of the group. It was the archer known as Hawkeye, one hand holding his bow, the other fingering through the different arrows in his quiver. After a moment, he had the arrow he wanted, but wouldn't draw it until he waited to see what Thor was going to say or do next.

"Stand down, Thor."

The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents had nerves of steel, their stance never shifting in the presence of a lightning throwing lunatic.

[bkhedr]

He had been swimming through the oceans for months now.

Exploring

Wandering

Reminiscing

Sadly the seas had changed little during his incarceration

They were still boring

Like they often did, his thoughts turned to Susan Storm, and he grinned to himself. Now there was some entertainment at least. The primates which had somehow managed to become the dominant species on this planet were, for the most part, repulsive and backwards. To be honest he could think of nothing worse than spending time around them

Nothing worse than swimming in an empty ocean with nothing to do and no one to talk to.

"Maybe its time I reintroduced New York to Namor" he said to himself as he altered his course and sped towards the surface world's greatest city. He had taken to talking to himself. He still hadnt decided what he would do when he got there. Maybe he would see Sue again, maybe he would meet a new monkey girl.

The thought should have disgusted him, but instead it made him laugh. The world had gone crazy and he was stuck on it with a bunch of semi-evolved chimps.

"Heh...hehah.hahaha!!" the last atlantean's laughter echoed through the otherwise silent depths of the south atlantic
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[Sachsmachine]

"I don't know how you got your old gear back, but I'm going to make sure you don't get anywhere with it."

The squad of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents broke rank to let one of the Ultimates take point in the front of the group. It was the archer known as Hawkeye, one hand holding his bow, the other fingering through the different arrows in his quiver. After a moment, he had the arrow he wanted, but wouldn't draw it until he waited to see what Thor was going to say or do next.

"Stand down, Thor."

The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents had nerves of steel, their stance never shifting in the presence of a lightning throwing lunatic.Thor looked up from his hammer as Hawkeye stepped to the front of the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. He didn't seem deterred in the slightest that his path was blocked.

"I do not wish to fight you Hawkeye, but Asgard is in danger. You still believe the reality that my half-brother Loki has constructed for you all, to turn you against me and keep me detained here while he usurps my father's power. Soon Asgard will be fully under his control and he will turn his attention to Midgard and no one will be able to stop him. Can you really take that risk? Think of your family, your wife Laura, your sons Callum and Lewis, your daughter Nicole. Are you willing to risk them?"

Thor picks up the hammer in a completely unthreatening manner and rests it on his shoulder as he pleads with Clint.

[Venom160]

[Angel]

Nightcrawler leaves a few minutes later mumbling somthing about being tired and going to bed. I get up and head into the mansion, I intended to head to my room and relax but as I passed Scott's room I stopped and knocked on the door.

"Hey Scott its Warren, can I come in man?"

I knock on the door again.

"Leave me alone Warren."

"Come on man, you need to talk about it."

"Warren I swear if you don't walk away from this door Im going to blow a hole through it and you!"

I was surprised, Iv never heard Scott go off on anyone before.

"Alright Scott have it your way, I just want to say before I go that It wasent your fault."

I walk away from the door and head to my room, I stop before opening the door.

"Nevermind."

I turn and wander the mansion until I find myself in the mansion's lower levels, I stop at the danger room for a minute and than head inside. I stand in the middle of the danger room.

"Danger room active."

[Danger room online, please activate training program.]

I havent got a chance to try out how strong Apocalypse made me yet, I guess its time to find out.

"Activate Wolverine training program."

[Code Name Wolverine training mode activating.]

The danger room changes to look like a battle zone. I turn and see small army of armed human shock troops, I take to the air just as they start firing. I land in the middle of them and start punching anything that got near me, I grab two troops and smash they're heads together with a sickening crunch. I don't stop until a single trooper is standing in front of me, he lunges at me which I dodge out of the way and get him into a head lock. I gently apply pressure until I hear his neck snap, I throw him aside.

"Activate "Nemesis" program."

[Nemesis program activating.]

About ten feet away appears Sabretooth, just as I fought him before in the last danger room session I was in.

"Bring it!"

He runs at me and than lunges at me, duck out of the way and trip him. I jump on his back and wrap my arms around his neck.

"Give up?"

He lets out a low growl.

"Fine than be that way."

I twist his head to the side and rip it clean off his shoulders, I get up and toss the head aside.

"Danger room deactivate."

Sabretooth's headless body fades away and the danger room revertes back to its regular state. I walk out of the danger room feeling alot more relaxed, I look down the hall at the door to the med lab.

"I wonder how Logans' doing."

I start to walk down the hallway to the Med Lab.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Hello?! Anybody here."

"Can I help you sir?" One of the guards asked Spider-Man.

"Ummm, no, probably not. I'm looking for someone important."

Spider-Man continued his search as the guard muttered something that would make a sailor blush.

"Hello?!"

Spider-Man came to a stairwell with a flashing red light. Written above the door was "KEEP OUT! AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY! LETHAL FORCE IN USE!"

Spidey stood at the top of the stairs, studying the sign.

"This looks like a good place to start."

He headed down the steps. Surprisingly, he didn't encounter a single guard, and all the doors were open. He could hear voices up ahead.

"Hey, what's up. I was looking for the little boys room and....."

Spidey stopped. The room was filled with a few dozen guards and a large plastic cell. In the middle of the room, the Hawkeye dude was facing off with the psycopathic alcoholic who played god.

"Ummm, yeah.....ummmm, I'm not interuppting, am I?"

[Noon]

Slowly I approach Logan, still wary after his last outburst. Gently I place my hands on either side of his face, his skin is clammy with sweat.

"C'mon Old Man, you can snap outta this, you gotta..."

His heartbeat is slow but regular and occasionally he twitches or grunts. I figure whatever's going on inside his head, it aint nice, and that's just from what I got of his mind....who knows what other skeletons he's got buried in there...

[Venom160]

Slowly I approach Logan, still wary after his last outburst. Gently I place my hands on either side of his face, his skin is clammy with sweat.

"C'mon Old Man, you can snap outta this, you gotta..."

His heartbeat is slow but regular and occasionally he twitches or grunts. I figure whatever's going on inside his head, it aint nice, and that's just from what I got of his mind....who knows what other skeletons he's got buried in there...[Angel]

I walk into the Med Lab and see Ali standing beside Logan with her hand on the sides of his face, I walk up behind her and put my arm around her waist.

"Hows he doing?"

[Noon]

[Angel]

I walk into the Med Lab and see Ali standing beside Logan with her hand on the sides of his face, I walk up behind her and put my arm around her waist.

"Hows he doing?"

"Not good. He...freaked out or something, just went crazy, like berserk crazy. The Professor managed to calm him for the moment, but he says he doesn't know how long it'll last." I turn to face Warren and place my hands on his waist.

"I'm scared, War. What if he never wakes up. Or worse, what if he wakes up, and he isn't him..."

[Venom160]

"Not good. He...freaked out or something, just went crazy, like berserk crazy. The Professor managed to calm him for the moment, but he says he doesn't know how long it'll last." I turn to face Warren and place my hands on his waist.

"I'm scared, War. What if he never wakes up. Or worse, what if he wakes up, and he isn't him..."[Angel]

"We just have to hope he'll be ok. He's strong, a hell of alot stronger than any of us, and look at all the things he's been through and thats only what we know. I seriously doubt a little nap like this is going to be the end of him.

".......or worse, what if he wakes up, and he isn't him..."

"If thats the case we'll have to keep an eye on him, and if we spot anything odd we go to the Professor."

I could tell what I said did help ease her fear, I wipe away a tear that was falling down her cheek.

"Hes' going to be ok."

[Venom160]

<Carnage>

I was getting bored waiting around for Parker to come back so I start to shift through his stuff until I find his spare Spidey suit and web shooters.

"Aw looky what I found his spare suit."

With one pull I rip the suit half.

"Oops look what I did, what a crappy suit pulls apart at the slightest tug."

I throw the torn suit aside and pick up one of the web shooters. I press the trigger and watch a strand of webbing shoot out and hit the ceiling.

"Cool, pitty these things are so fragile."

I crush the web shooter in my hand.

"hehe see."

I throw the torn suit and smashed web shooters back where I found them and plop back on the couch.

"That was fun, but now im bored again."

I look down and see the tv remote sitting on the floor, I bend down and pick it up and switch the tv on start channel surfing.

"This'll due, problem is there isnt crap on. Oh bikini girl that'll due."

[Venom160]

[Angel]

"We just have to hope he'll be ok. He's strong, a hell of alot stronger than any of us, and look at all the things he's been through and thats only what we know. I seriously doubt a little nap like this is going to be the end of him.

".......or worse, what if he wakes up, and he isn't him..."

"If thats the case we'll have to keep an eye on him, and if we spot anything odd we go to the Professor."

I could tell what I said did help ease her fear, I wipe away a tear that was falling down her cheek.

"Hes' going to be ok."[Angel]

Ali turns away from me and sits down on the chair next to Logan's bed. I went to grab an extra chair when I heard the Professor in my head.

<Warren Id like to talk to you in my office.>

<Ok im on my way Professor.>

I look over at Ali.

"The Professor wants to have a talk with me, I'll come back afterwards ok?"

[Noon]

[Angel]

Ali turns away from me and sits down on the chair next to Logan's bed. I went to grab an extra chair when I heard the Professor in my head.

<Warren Id like to talk to you in my office.>

<Ok im on my way Professor.>

I look over at Ali.

"The Professor wants to have a talk with me, I'll come back afterwards ok?"

"OK, I'll just stay and watch him, I don't want him to wake up to an empty room"

[Sachsmachine]

Pietro and Wanda were enjoying the quaintness of tiny little bistro is Paris when the call came. Pietro picked up the cellular phone and answered.

"Yes... yes... of course... not particularly... alright"

Wanda looked at him curiously.

"What is it now, can we not get a moments peace?"

"It would seem the lunatic has escaped from his cage and he managed to get his toys back."

Wanda covers her mouth with her hand, she's somewhat shocked as she speaks.

"You cannot be serious, after all the trouble you went through to get his belt the first time?"

Pietro nodded looking quite dissapointed.

"Yes, I'm not about to rush over there either after this blunder on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s part. They do want us on the next flight back to New York though, I'm sorry but it looks like we'll have to cut this vacation short."

Wanda caresses Pietro's cheek tenderly.

"Oh my dear sweet brother, you can always make it up to me."

[Venom160]

"OK, I'll just stay and watch him, I don't want him to wake up to an empty room"[Angel]

"I'll be back as soon as I can."

I head up to the Professor's office and knock on the door.

"Come in."

I walk in and see the Professor sitting at his desk like before.

"Have a seat Warren."

I take a seat infront of his desk.

"Id like to talk to you about what happened with Apocalypse, I know that you were under mind control and Im concerned that there still might be traces of the mind control still in your mind."

"But it did'nt feel like Apocalypse was making do those things, It felt like somthing deep inside me was released, somthing that was always there but was kept bottled up and all Apocalypse did was set it free."

"Do you think its still inside of you?"

"I honestly don't know."

"Well if its ok with you id like to telepathicly scan your mind to see if anything is out of the ordinary. But I won't do it unless its ok with you."

"Go ahead."

The Professor wheels himself out from behind his desk and over to me, he reaches out and puts his hands just inches above my head.

"Just clear your mind, try not to think of anything."

I node my head and sit there quietly for almost an hour until he finally draws his hands back and wheels himself back behind the desk.

"Well I could'nt find anything unusual, but im still concerned about what you said. If you start to feel that the entity that had control of your body is returning please tell me and I will try everything in my power to help you get rid of it."

"Its not me you should be worried about, you should seriously talk to Scott. I tried to talk to him earlier and he threatened to blow a hole through me."

"Don't worry Warren, I have been talking to him through telepathy and he says that he is truly sorry for what he said. He wouldnt say it but I think he blames himself for what happened to Jean."

A few minutes pass in silence.

"You can go Warren, let me know if theres any change in Logan."

"Ok Professor."

I get up and head for the door.

[Purple Man]

Thor looked up from his hammer as Hawkeye stepped to the front of the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. He didn't seem deterred in the slightest that his path was blocked.

"I do not wish to fight you Hawkeye, but Asgard is in danger. You still believe the reality that my half-brother Loki has constructed for you all, to turn you against me and keep me detained here while he usurps my father's power. Soon Asgard will be fully under his control and he will turn his attention to Midgard and no one will be able to stop him. Can you really take that risk? Think of your family, your wife Laura, your sons Callum and Lewis, your daughter Nicole. Are you willing to risk them?"

Thor picks up the hammer in a completely unthreatening manner and rests it on his shoulder as he pleads with Clint.

Hawkeye was preparing an arrow during Thors' speech. Under those goggles the eyes of a hawk stared down the supposed thunder god.

"For a crazy guy, you have a point. I can't risk my family. I can't take the risk of letting you go free."

Clint was pulling back the arrow now, ready to fire.

"If you are really a god you won't have a problem getting past me. But if not, well, I guess you can kiss my Asgard."

Slowly his fingers drifted from the bowstring, sending the arrow flying at the super powered escapee. Explosive arrow, aimed at Thors' harness.

[bkhedr]

He had been swimming through the oceans for months now.

Exploring

Wandering

Reminiscing

Sadly the seas had changed little during his incarceration

They were still boring

Like they often did, his thoughts turned to Susan Storm, and he grinned to himself. Now there was some entertainment at least. The primates which had somehow managed to become the dominant species on this planet were, for the most part, repulsive and backwards. To be honest he could think of nothing worse than spending time around them

Nothing worse than swimming in an empty ocean with nothing to do and no one to talk to.

"Maybe its time I reintroduced New York to Namor" he said to himself as he altered his course and sped towards the surface world's greatest city. He had taken to talking to himself. He still hadnt decided what he would do when he got there. Maybe he would see Sue again, maybe he would meet a new monkey girl.

The thought should have disgusted him, but instead it made him laugh. The world had gone crazy and he was stuck on it with a bunch of semi-evolved chimps.

"Heh...hehah.hahaha!!" the last atlantean's laughter echoed through the otherwise silent depths of the south atlantic
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Some time later Namor walked out of the Atlantic and on to the shores of Liberty Island. A few people took notice of him and some of them panicked and ran. But for the most part he invoked little reaction from the throngs of tourists. Some people even began to snap pictures. Namor grinned, at least these few had enough common sense to realize that they were in the presence of greatness.

Standing with his hands oh his hips he looked at the statue of liberty.

"You there!" he gestured towards a man in uniform "What is this statue supposed to symbolize?"

"Uh.." The security guard hesitated, unsure of what to do. This guy whoever he was, was clearly a wacko, but he hadnt acctually done anything and New York was full of wackos

"Its the Statue of Liberty mac. It represents freedom and democracy"

"Really? How very droll..." Namor replied as he eyed the statue again. This time with noticabely less curiousty and heaps more cynism.

"Uh listen pal, how did you get here? You know you have to pay to come see the statue." The guard paused for a full second

"You're not an illegal immigrant are you? Or a terrorist?" He said as his hand drifted towards his holstered sidearm.

"HAHAHAHAHAH!!!" Namor suddenly laughed out loud. It was a dry and humourless laugh.

"Liberty indeed." he said as he reached out far too quickly for the hapless guard to react and snapped his neck like a twig.

Now the crowd began to panic. People screamed and fled in terror as more guards approached.

Namor grinned ear to ear as he saw them advance

"Now this is what I was hoping for!" he yelled as he rushed towards them.

[Sachsmachine]

Hawkeye was preparing an arrow during Thors' speech. Under those goggles the eyes of a hawk stared down the supposed thunder god.

"For a crazy guy, you have a point. I can't risk my family. I can't take the risk of letting you go free."

Clint was pulling back the arrow now, ready to fire.

"If you are really a god you won't have a problem getting past me. But if not, well, I guess you can kiss my Asgard."

Slowly his fingers drifted from the bowstring, sending the arrow flying at the super powered escapee. Explosive arrow, aimed at Thors' harness.Thor shook his head as Hawkeye pulled back the bowstring.

"I am sorry you cannot see past the lies."

As Hawkeye loosed his arrow, Thor slid the hammer off his shoulder and let it strike the ground with a heavy clang. A shockwave of electricity surged outward from the strike expolding the arrow between Thor and Hawkeye. Arcs of electricity leaped arcoss the computer consoles and electrical devices and overloads every one in it's wake. When the smoke cleared Thor stood unscathed. He didn't look angry or even crazy, he seemed saddened.

"I only hope one day you will be able to forgive yourselves when realize the truth."

Thor lofted Mjolnir high above his head with both hands. He stared at Hawkeye and Spider-Man through the smoke and sparks before looking up at the hammer and flying up through the ceiling, smashing effortlessly through floor after floor of the Triskelion untill finnaly streaking up into the clouds high above. Lightning began to blanket the sky and the deafening cracks of thunder echoed for miles.

[Watchman]

Norman sat at his desk with two people in front of it. He had heard of this group. Rumors from the underground of what these men did were horrific. He could use these people for Hydra.

"And what's in it for you?" asked Norman

"We have are plans for the one we mentioned earlier"

"Ah yes if that is all you want you can use our resources. Take some of the R.H.I.N.O suits with you we need a test run with them see how they match up with them. Also I want one of my men on this job"

"Who is that?"

"Electro"

*******

"Ok do you understand the plan" a man in a military uniform said

"Yeah" said Electro. Both of them were standing in a hanger filed with R.H.I.N.O suits. They were loading a few of them into the back of a trailer.

"Neutrilze the target but do not kill it. Everyone else is expendable"

"Yeah I heard you the first time" he jumped into a hummer "Now come on lets get this started I want to fry some muties"

[taskmaster]

I kneel before the Silver Samurai and hold my hands out. He places a Katana in my hands. I take the blade out of it's blue steath. The sunlight shines off of the blade.

"You have completed your training with me. I took me a lifetime to prefect my technique and you've learned it in a week. What do you plan to do with your skills?"

"Nothing yet. I'm going to get better. Taskmaster isn't going to be just a nickname for me anymore. It's easier to be prepared for anything, before I start my work."

"Well this blade will aid you along the way. It's made of the same material as my blade is, it's nearly indestructible. I'll have my pilot take you to your next destination."

"I'm going to New York. Thank you for everything."

I board the plane, katana in hand. I think of what else I have to learn. Before I met with the Silver Samurai I learned as many things I could. I have knowledge of all types of weapons but I decided that I would need more hands on training for certain things, mostly combat. Any academic things that I had to learn I learned on my own. School was always easy for me. I was in college by the time I was sixteen. I learn as much as I could. I could have had any job I wanted, but none of my options I gained from being a genius gave me a real challenge. Jonesy also needed someone to help him out when he was starting his casino, so at 21 I left my college and came back to Las Vegas.

I reach my destination and look from my second trainer. He was a well known mercenary, possibly the best in the business. I get into a cab at the airport and ask the man behind the wheel to take me to Hell's Kitchen.

"You sure? The Kitchen is a rough place."

"I'll be fine."

<"Your funeral"> The cabbie says in his first language.

<"I don't plan on dying anytime soon, friend.">

The man looks in to the rear-view mirror and smiles. He starts the engine and takes off. As we drive I take a look out of my window. This place has some beautiful architecture. I see some gargoyles on a tall building. One of them moves. Close my eyes and look back, nothing there, must be more nervous than I thought.

[Venom160]

[Angel]

I think about what the Professor told me on my way back to the med lab. I mean I feel fine most of the time its just every once in a while it feels like there is somthing just under the surface, waiting for the right moment to let itself be known. I cringe at the thought of Archangel coming back and taking control of my body again, Id rather die than let that happen. I walk into the med lab and see Ali sitting next to a unconcious Logan.

"What did the Professor want to talk to you about?"

I sit down on a spare chair next to Ali.

"Just wanted to do a pcychic cat scan on my mind and make sure there isnt any traces of the mind control Apocalypse gave us, I wouldnt be surprised if he doesnt do the same to you to make sure your ok."

[bkhedr]

Thor shook his head as Hawkeye pulled back the bowstring.

"I am sorry you cannot see past the lies."

As Hawkeye loosed his arrow, Thor slid the hammer off his shoulder and let it strike the ground with a heavy clang. A shockwave of electricity surged outward from the strike expolding the arrow between Thor and Hawkeye. Arcs of electricity leaped arcoss the computer consoles and electrical devices and overloads every one in it's wake. When the smoke cleared Thor stood unscathed. He didn't look angry or even crazy, he seemed saddened.

"I only hope one day you will be able to forgive yourselves when realize the truth."

Thor lofted Mjolnir high above his head with both hands. He stared at Hawkeye and Spider-Man through the smoke and sparks before looking up at the hammer and flying up through the ceiling, smashing effortlessly through floor after floor of the Triskelion untill finnaly streaking up into the clouds high above. Lightning began to blanket the sky and the deafening cracks of thunder echoed for miles.

Namor had just thrown a police officer into the harbour when he heard the explosions and the sky began to crackle with thunder and lighting.

"What was?" the atlantean said to no one in particular as he squinted into the sky.

Could it be?!!

"It looks like something more interesting has come up boys" Namor said as he took to the air ignoring the bullets which whizzed past him.

A few of the shots connected but simply bounced off his skin. It didnt matter, the police were beneath his notice, he had to get to the man in the sky.

"Odinson!" he yelled as he approached the Mighty Thor

"Is it really you?" he said as he extended an open blood soaked hand

[Sachsmachine]

Namor had just thrown a police officer into the harbour when he heard the explosions and the sky began to crackle with thunder and lighting.

"What was?" the atlantean said to no one in particular as he squinted into the sky.

Could it be?!!

"It looks like something more interesting has come up boys" Namor said as he took to the air ignoring the bullets which whizzed past him.

A few of the shots connected but simply bounced off his skin. It didnt matter, the police were beneath his notice, he had to get to the man in the sky.

"Odinson!" he yelled as he approached the Mighty Thor

"Is it really you?" he said as he extended an open blood soaked handThor looked down at the approaching man, lightning bolts flashed all around the two marvels but did not strike either of them. Thor seems taken aback but only for a brief moment.

"Namor..." Thor uttered with slight agitation. He looked at the blood on Namor's hand, it was human, and fresh.

"Why am I not suprised that several millenia of incarceration has done nothing to sate your bloodlust."

The lightning seemed to subside around the two, though the entire sky was still filled with myriad of different types of lightning, some rarely ever seen. Thor still held Mjolnir high above his head as he eyes the Atlantean cautiously.

"The children of Midgard are under the protection of Thor. I will only give you this warning once Namor. I will forget your current transgressions just this time, for the mortals though a simple people. To you and I, they may at first look undeserving of earth they have inherited, but they have the potential to do great things."

[Watchman]

The hummer had been driving for quite sometime when it stop on top of a hill overlooking the mansion. Electro and one of the military guys were at the front of the hummer. There were blueprints of the mansion ontop of the hood of the car.

"Here is were you have to go to kill the power of the mansion" the military guy said pointing to a spot on the blueprint. "After that send up a signal and the rest of us will move in"

"Yeah I got ya" Electro said as he powered up.

"Remember do not kill the target. Neutrilize and retrieve to the exit point. The rest of the scum you can do what you want with them" the guy shouted at him. Electro ignored him and flew down the mountain. He flies right into mansion grounds and wondered if the grounds had any secruity and if they spotted him but it wouldn't matter in a few seconds. He walks up to where the military guy showed him and placed his hand on the power source. Energy surges through his entrie body. He feels himself getting stronger and stronger. He prys his hands away and looks at the windows. Every room was in darkness.

He lifts his hand up and fires a bolt up into the air. He spots another military guy doing some hand signal. Two black helicopters begin to head toward the mansion. They begin to hover on opposite sides of the mansion and men crash through the windows. In the distance Electro spots a few of those R.H.I.N.O suits charging the base. Electro heads for the front door. He brings his fist back and it begins to glow. He punches the door which goes shooting in front of him.

"Knock knock anybody home?" Electro floats into the air surrounding himself with electricity.

[Venom160]

[Angel]

The power goes out as I sit in the med lab with Ali.

<Professor can you hear me?>

<Yes.>

<Whats with the power? I thought you said there is no way this place could lose power?>

<The backup generators should start up any minute.>

The power come back on as the professor was talking.

<Thats better.>

Thats when two large explosions shake the entire mansion.

<Thats not good.>

<Intruders are entering the mansion, get up there and see whats going on. Im already contacting the others and telling them to meet you there.>

<Alright Professor.>

A few minutes later me and Ali get to the front door in time to see door be blown open and some guy levitate in with electricity sorrounding him.

"Knock knock anybody home?"

"Who the hell are you and what do you want?"

[Logan Howlett]

(The security of the mansion had been breeched. The Xavier institute was now under attack. The power surge caused by Electro had taken every electrical unit offline. The power was regenerated by the mansion back up generator, yet all computer systems were automaticaly set to default settings, thus releaving Wolverine from his magnetic restraints. Gunfire and explosions rang out through the hallways. Inside Logan's mind, this awoke powerfull memories. With only a moments hesitation his eyelids threw themselves open, as Logan violently hurled himself off of the table. His claws instintly sprung from his hand as he hit the floor hard. He darted out of the room, down the coridors of the basment, into the elevator, of which he then tore threw the cealing of to reach the smells of gunfire upstairs. In an animalistic way, he darted threw the halls, even jumping off walls and furniture, all at incredible speed and then burst through the front door. As he looked up Allison, Warren, and Electro stood before him, yet he could not clearly distinguish who or what they were. His mind was to broken, to strained from trauma, as he look upon them he saw nothing....nothing but.....enemies! The feral beast inside of him began to panic, not in a fearfull way, but a way of not understanding, and a lust to attack. He survied the room, and growled as gazed upon them one by one. While the true threat to himself and those he cared for was Electro, he could not aknoledge that at this time. A few flash images flew through his mind, pain, anger, Apocalypse, and then finaly Archangel standing at Apocalyps' side......his anger grew and grew.......until finaly he rushed Warren head on.)


"RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHGGGAGHGHA!!!!"

(He ran towards the unpropared X-Man with full force, with the animal rage completly unlashed. He grabed hold of Angels head, thrusting his own adimantium skull into it, then he tore through his shoulders deep with his claws, finaly to deliver a kick to his chest that would send him into a near by metal wall, and put a lage indentation inside of it. He now posesed a strength that only the fuel of his anger could unleash, something for years he has remained checked. The last time he felt such a pure expression of hatred and violence was his first escape from Weapon X, and as he sniffed the air, he recognised the familar scent of gunpowder and armorments used specificaly by the blck ops unit. This only helped fule the rage inside of him. He looked back at Ali.....and when he did, he could not help but see no more than a reflection of himself.....he stoped....almost whimpering, but then turnig his attention to Electro. He groweled harshly and with the slight bit of human instinct he had left within him he said,

"YoU.....dIE........nOw......DIE! You...DIeeeee......I.....KILL....YOU....KILL....ME .....HuRt...Me...uS....I....kIlL...HurT...YOU!!!!! ...ARRRARARRARARARRARAAGAGHAGAHAARARARARRARAR!"

[Watchman]

"Who the hell are you and what do you want?"

"That's none of your business Micheal" he was about to fry his wings off when suddenly Wolverine bursted in. He faces Electro with his claws out.

"YoU.....dIE........nOw......DIE! You...DIeeeee......I.....KILL....YOU....KILL....ME .....HuRt...Me...uS....I....kIlL...HurT...YOU!!!!! ...ARRRARARRARARARRARAAGAGHAGAHAARARARARRARAR!"

He sounds like an animal and he charges at Electro.

"That has to be the worst idea that somebody with a metal skeleton could have done" he charges up and fires electricity at Wolverine.

[Venom160]

[Angel]

It all happens so fast, I turn in time to see Logan lunge at me. He grabs my head and smashs his forehead into mine causing my vision to blur. A sharp pain in my shoulders causes my eyes to focus to see Logan pull his claws out of my shoulders and than kick me square in the chest. The kick sends me slamming into a metal wall, I fall to the ground trying to draw in a breath but I only cough up blood. I see Logan ignore Ali and lunge at the intruder, Ali runs up to me and makes me lay down on my back. I try to talk to but no words came, just a gurgling sound. My vision clouds over and all I see is darkness.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Nice house," Alex thought smuggly as he walked up to the iron gate leading to Xavier's mansion. He buzzed the intercom on the pillar beside it.

"Time to meet the family."

[Noon]

[Angel]

It all happens so fast, I turn in time to see Logan lunge at me. He grabs my head and smashs his forehead into mine causing my vision to blur. A sharp pain in my shoulders causes my eyes to focus to see Logan pull his claws out of my shoulders and than kick me square in the chest. The kick sends me slamming into a metal wall, I fall to the ground trying to draw in a breath but I only cough up blood. I see Logan ignore Ali and lunge at the intruder, Ali runs up to me and makes me lay down on my back. I try to talk to but no words came, just a gurgling sound. My vision clouds over and all I see is darkness.

I run over to Warren, blood is everywhere and he looks like he's about to pass out.

"No no no no no no, not again, not again, I won't let this happen again!"

I put pressure on his wounds and turn him on his side, letting the blood flow out from his mouth instead out choking him. His eyes are fluttering closed so I let off some small sparks near his face to keep him awake.

"Stay with me babes, you gotta stay with me......Hold on Warren." I press my face against his and whisper in his ear, tears rolling down my cheeks. "You aint allowed to die, you're gonna live and we're gonna get married. I'm gonna marry you Warren, Y'hear! God damnit you have to stay alive!"

Wolverine is fighting that electric powered guy, he's gone schitzo on him too, but that doesn't matter right now. I wish kurt were here, I need some way to get Warren out of the battle field, gotta get him to the medlab.

Professor! I need Kurt to teleport Angel, NOW!


I'm contacting him telepathically now Alison, stay calm, everything will be alright

[Watchman]

Electro continues to shock Wolverine when a voice from upstairs stops him.

"Electro will handle Wolverine go after the target!" a few military men came down the stairs and surround Wolverine.

"That's right Logan your not going anywhere. This time we're not here for you but we wouldn't miss a chance to shoot you into pieces"

Electro headed towards Dazzler. After she was out of here Osborn gave him another target to bring back to him.

"Don't worry honey your're heading somewhere fun" he was about to fire but there was a large crash. There was now a giant hole in the wall and a giant steel being seperated Electro and Dazzler.

"Target found. Initiating retrieval procedure"

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[Venom160]

I run over to Warren, blood is everywhere and he looks like he's about to pass out.

"No no no no no no, not again, not again, I won't let this happen again!"

I put pressure on his wounds and turn him on his side, letting the blood flow out from his mouth instead out choking him. His eyes are fluttering closed so I let off some small sparks near his face to keep him awake.

"Stay with me babes, you gotta stay with me......Hold on Warren." I press my face against his and whisper in his ear, tears rolling down my cheeks. "You aint allowed to die, you're gonna live and we're gonna get married. I'm gonna marry you Warren, Y'hear! God damnit you have to stay alive!"

Wolverine is fighting that electric powered guy, he's gone schitzo on him too, but that doesn't matter right now. I wish kurt were here, I need some way to get Warren out of the battle field, gotta get him to the medlab.

Professor! I need Kurt to teleport Angel, NOW!


I'm contacting him telepathically now Alison, stay calm, everything will be alright[Angel]

Bright flashs near my face clears the darkness that started to cloud my vision, I try to take in a breath and was able to bring in a short one before a sharp pain shoots through my chest. I feel Ali's face pressed against mine but I can't hear what she was whispering, my hear seems muffled.

"Don't worry honey your're heading somewhere fun"

Out of the corner of my eye I see armed soldiers sorround Logan and the electric guy walking up the main staircase towards me and Ali, out of nowhere Colossus crashes through the wall beside us. He looks down at me and than gets between us and the electirc guy.

"Ali get Warren down to the med lab!"

"The Professor said Kurts' on his way here to port us down there."

With a burst of blackish blue smoke Kurt appears behind Ali, Kurt and Ali pulls me to my feet and with a bamf and a burst of smoke we end up in the med lab, Ali and Kurt help me get onto one of the beds as Professor X starts to hook me up to a respirator and a EKG machine.

<Warren can you hear me?>

<Barely Professor, everythings fuzzy, I can barely keep my eyes open.>

<Just hold on Warren, the healing factor Apocalypse gave you should repair your injuries but its going to take time. Stay here and heal while we deal with the intruders.>

The Professor go over to Kurt.

"Lets go we need to get back and help the others."

The Professor looks over at Ali whos standing next to my bed.

"Hes' going to be ok Ali, but the the others won't unless we get back up there and help them."

She hasitantly walks over to Kurt and the Professor and with another burst of smoke they were gone.

[Noon]

[Angel]

Bright flashs near my face clears the darkness that started to cloud my vision, I try to take in a breath and was able to bring in a short one before a sharp pain shoots through my chest. I feel Ali's face pressed against mine but I can't hear what she was whispering, my hear seems muffled.

"Don't worry honey your're heading somewhere fun"

Out of the corner of my eye I see armed soldiers sorround Logan and the electric guy walking up the main staircase towards me and Ali, out of nowhere Colossus crashes through the wall beside us. He looks down at me and than gets between us and the electirc guy.

"Ali get Warren down to the med lab!"

"The Professor said Kurts' on his way here to port us down there."

With a burst of blackish blue smoke Kurt appears behind Ali, Kurt and Ali pulls me to my feet and with a bamf and a burst of smoke we end up in the med lab, Ali and Kurt help me get onto one of the beds as Professor X starts to hook me up to a respirator and a EKG machine.

<Warren can you hear me?>

<Barely Professor, everythings fuzzy, I can barely keep my eyes open.>

<Just hold on Warren, the healing factor Apocalypse gave you should repair your injuries but its going to take time. Stay here and heal while we deal with the intruders.>

The Professor go over to Kurt.

"Lets go we need to get back and help the others."

The Professor looks over at Ali whos standing next to my bed.

"Hes' going to be ok Ali, but the the others won't unless we get back up there and help them."

She hasitantly walks over to Kurt and the Professor and with another burst of smoke they were gone.

We reappear back in the midst of the fight. Wolverine's still going nuts and there are soldiers everywhere. Already the mansion is looking a little worse for wear, to say the least. Some big guy in what looks like a robot suit made up like a rhino has crashed through the wall, and there are more like him on the way I can see behind him.

"Target in the vicintity, Rhino's close in"

They all turn towards me, I can see the intent in their eyes.

"Oh f$$k..."

They fire out a net that spreads in the air, hurtling down at me. I let out a spread of hot sparks that disintegrate the net and duck round a soldier coming up behind me, giving him a kick in the stomach as I do so. I gotta get to Wolvie.

I dodge a few more soldiers with an array of sparks and end up beside Logan. His eyes are wild he's already covered with gore, a dead soldier lies at his feet. Maybe sidling up to the crazy guy wasn't the best idea, but i'll try to pull him out of it.

"Logan, Logan listen to me, it's Ali. I'm on your side Logan, snap the hell outta this, we need you to lead us! Logan!" I hope saying his name will help him remember who he is. He's not an animal, he's man, an X-man.

[Watchman]

We reappear back in the midst of the fight. Wolverine's still going nuts and there are soldiers everywhere. Already the mansion is looking a little worse for wear, to say the least. Some big guy in what looks like a robot suit made up like a rhino has crashed through the wall, and there are more like him on the way I can see behind him.

"Target in the vicintity, Rhino's close in"

They all turn towards me, I can see the intent in their eyes.

"Oh f$$k..."

They fire out a net that spreads in the air, hurtling down at me. I let out a spread of hot sparks that disintegrate the net and duck round a soldier coming up behind me, giving him a kick in the stomach as I do so. I gotta get to Wolvie.

I dodge a few more soldiers with an array of sparks and end up beside Logan. His eyes are wild he's already covered with gore, a dead soldier lies at his feet. Maybe sidling up to the crazy guy wasn't the best idea, but i'll try to pull him out of it.

"Logan, Logan listen to me, it's Ali. I'm on your side Logan, snap the hell outta this, we need you to lead us! Logan!" I hope saying his name will help him remember who he is. He's not an animal, he's man, an X-man.

A R.H.I.N.O unit slams into Colossus knocking him into a wall. Electro looks up at him.

"Take care of the tin man" he shouts at him. He floats down towards Dazzler and Wolverine.

"How sweet too bad I'm going to have to cut this reunion short" he powers up and blasts them with electricity

[Venom160]

[Angel]

The first thing I notice when I come too is that its a hell of alot easier to breath, I slowly sit up and look down at my chest to see the six punctures from Logan's claws close up. I disconnect the respirator and EKG machine and get to my feet, A series of explosions shake the floor beneath me.

"Oh my god Ali!"

I run out of the med lab and into five armed soldiers.

"Don't move a muscle mutie or we shoot."

I look at them with a grin.

"You've got to be kidding."

I reach break the arm of the closest soldier and grab his gun. I fire at the other soldiers killing three and seriously injuring the other, I walk over to him and pick him up and slam him against the wall.

"What are you doing here?"

He spits in my face.

"F**k you."

I grab his arm and break it.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!!!"

"Ah f**k! we..we came here for somone."

"Who!!"

"I don't know her name but she has some kind of light powers."

"Ali."

The soldier starts laughing.

"Aww she your girlfriend? Well you can kiss her goodbye because Electro and the R.H.I.N.O.S probably already captured her."

"Maybe, but you won't be there to celebrate with them."

I reach out and break his neck and throw him aside, I run into the elevator praying that Im not too late.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Yeah, that's right, nobody answer the door. You've left me out in the cold this long...."

Alex's thoughts were interuppted by a serious of explosions from the mansion. He peered through the bars, trying to get a better look. He could see the lights inside flickering, almost like a power surge.

"Playtime."

Alex let loose with an energy blast, blowing the gate clear off its hinges. He hurried up the driveway toward the masnion as the blasts from inside continued.

[bkhedr]

Thor looked down at the approaching man, lightning bolts flashed all around the two marvels but did not strike either of them. Thor seems taken aback but only for a brief moment.

"Namor..." Thor uttered with slight agitation. He looked at the blood on Namor's hand, it was human, and fresh.

"Why am I not suprised that several millenia of incarceration has done nothing to sate your bloodlust."

The lightning seemed to subside around the two, though the entire sky was still filled with myriad of different types of lightning, some rarely ever seen. Thor still held Mjolnir high above his head as he eyes the Atlantean cautiously.

"The children of Midgard are under the protection of Thor. I will only give you this warning once Namor. I will forget your current transgressions just this time, for the mortals though a simple people. To you and I, they may at first look undeserving of earth they have inherited, but they have the potential to do great things."

Namor looked genuinely hurt. He used the rain to wash the blood from his hands as he drifted closer to Thor

"Thor...I am the last of my kind...I...was...attacked....how...long has it been?"

Namor reached out to Thor as if pleading for help

Just as it seemed like Thor's expression had softened, Namor landed a collosal left hook which sent Thor crashing into the Ocean below them. He hit the water hard and sank a good 50 yards before he knew what was going on.

Namor grinned from ear to ear as he shot after his enemy.

Thor was just getting his bearings when Namor crashed into him with both fists and sent him plummeting even deeper into the water.

As Thor sank he lost his grip on his hammer and Namor began to choke him with both hands while continuing to drive deeper.

A second passed and the two combatants hit the ocean floor hard, causing mud and rock to drift about.

"YOU THINK YOU CAN GIVE ME WARNINGS!!!!??" Namor shouted at the drowning Asgardian as his grip tightened on his throat.

"Those primitives on the surface and their monkey anscestors may have worshipped you people as gods Thor, but we atlanteans always knew better...you tell me they have potential....I spit upon them as I do you."

Namor began to pound on Thor with one hand while keeping the other locked on his throat.

"You cant beat me here! Maybe in the sky, but not here! I am Namor you puny godling, and once I kill you we'll see how much potential the land slugs acctually have!"

[Noon]

A R.H.I.N.O unit slams into Colossus knocking him into a wall. Electro looks up at him.

"Take care of the tin man" he shouts at him. He floats down towards Dazzler and Wolverine.

"How sweet too bad I'm going to have to cut this reunion short" he powers up and blasts them with electricity

My whole body shudders with electricity as I am blasted into the wall. Logan suffers more from it as the power surges through his metal skeleton. The smell of burnt flesh fills the air.

"OH you are so fu**in' dead!"

I scramble to my feet and spread my palms out towards him.

"FOOOOOOOXXXXXXYYY FOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXY!"

I let loose a roar of sound, Rob Zombie's new song, and with it light shoots out, searing the air with intense heat towards sparky.

[Venom160]

[Angel]

The elevator doors open in time to see one of those R.H.I.N.O.S. fly past it and crash into a wall, I stick my head out of the elevator and see Colossus running down the hallway after the fallen R.H.I.N.O..

"I got this, go help Ali and Logan. They're still fighting infront of the main staircase."

I node my head and take off for the hall, I get there in time to see Ali shoot a blast at Electro which sends crash into the next room.

"Damn nice shot baby."

[Watchman]

Electro crashed into the wall. He shook his head and placed his hand on his head throbbing. He looks to his side and sees some exposed wires.

"That's it kiddies no more playing around" he stands up and grabs the wires. Power surges through him as the lights in the whole mansion begin to flicker. Suddenly all the lights go out. A new blue light appears in front of the X-Men. Electro now powered to full capacity glares at them.

"No more games the chick is coming with us and so is the professor" he rushes Dazzler and grabs her hand. He starts to send surges of electricity through her body.

[Sachsmachine]

Namor looked genuinely hurt. He used the rain to wash the blood from his hands as he drifted closer to Thor

"Thor...I am the last of my kind...I...was...attacked....how...long has it been?"

Namor reached out to Thor as if pleading for help

Just as it seemed like Thor's expression had softened, Namor landed a collosal left hook which sent Thor crashing into the Ocean below them. He hit the water hard and sank a good 50 yards before he knew what was going on.

Namor grinned from ear to ear as he shot after his enemy.

Thor was just getting his bearings when Namor crashed into him with both fists and sent him plummeting even deeper into the water.

As Thor sank he lost his grip on his hammer and Namor began to choke him with both hands while continuing to drive deeper.

A second passed and the two combatants hit the ocean floor hard, causing mud and rock to drift about.

"YOU THINK YOU CAN GIVE ME WARNINGS!!!!??" Namor shouted at the drowning Asgardian as his grip tightened on his throat.

"Those primitives on the surface and their monkey anscestors may have worshipped you people as gods Thor, but we atlanteans always knew better...you tell me they have potential....I spit upon them as I do you."

Namor began to pound on Thor with one hand while keeping the other locked on his throat.

"You cant beat me here! Maybe in the sky, but not here! I am Namor you puny godling, and once I kill you we'll see how much potential the land slugs acctually have!"Thor struggled between each blow, with the belt he was easily as strong as Namor, but the lack of oxygen took it's toll. Thor would surely drown at the hands of Namor and there was no hope for salvation.

But salvation was indeed on it's way. As Thor struggled for his life he caught the glimpse of something sinking towards them. Namor was comepletely unaware of the sinking object being too focused on finishing off Thor once and for all. The object glinted at first, then it became perfectly clear to Thor that salvation had indeed arrived. For the object that was sinking towards him was Thor's very own hammer Mjolnir.

As the hammer sank it hit the ocean floor with an inaudible thud when compared with the thunderous blows that Namor was landing again and again. Thor reached out but the hammer was just out of his grasp. He reached with every fibre of his being...

Thor used his last ounce of strength to reach one last time. As he did the current tipped the hammer sending the handle toppeling down towards his outstreched hand like a tree would come crashing to the ground after being cut. Thor grasped the hammer and looked up at Namor as he still swung away.

Meanwhile high above the water where the two marvels fought, the sky began to darken overhead almost immediatly as Thor touched the hammer. A large black cloud grew bigger and bigger over the spot contrasting the now clear sky all around after Thor's initial storms had cleared with the momentary loss of Mjolnir.

Namor scowled as Thor looked up at him. The Asgardian had the odacity to smile at him while he was being killed. But just as he thought that his focus returned and he glanced over to the hammer clutched tightly in his hand.

"Please Thor you barely have the strength to brea..."

That was all that Namor was able to say before a massive lightning bolt at least ten feet in diameter struck down from the collosal black cloud. The bolt continued into the water vaporizing 15 feet of water all around the Marvels and up to the surface, leaving Namor stunned by the blast.

Thor grabbed Namor by the throat and flew straight up as the water rushed in below them. As Thor climbed he caught his breath and spoke.

"Do not judge Atlantean, your kind was never ready for the responsibility of godhood. What do you think destroyed them?"

With that Thor launched Namor above him into black cloud. As the disoriented Atlantean emerged from the top of the cloud he only had time to register Thor's silouette against the bright sun, hammer held high.

Thor struck Namor which such force the sound of thunder echoed for miles. Namor is sent rocketing back to earth directly at Manhattan island crashing through the glass safety windows of the 110th floor of an skyscraper and out the other side on the 84th floor, then another and another building until finnaly making a swimming pool sized crater in the middle of time square sending cars and taxi cabs end over end from the impact.

Thor touched down lightly on the rim of the crater and watched Namor slowly rise to his feet.

[Venom160]

Electro crashed into the wall. He shook his head and placed his hand on his head throbbing. He looks to his side and sees some exposed wires.

"That's it kiddies no more playing around" he stands up and grabs the wires. Power surges through him as the lights in the whole mansion begin to flicker. Suddenly all the lights go out. A new blue light appears in front of the X-Men. Electro now powered to full capacity glares at them.

"No more games the chick is coming with us and so is the professor" he rushes Dazzler and grabs her hand. He starts to send surges of electricity through her body.[Angel]

I pick up a large chunk of wood from the smashed wall.

"No more games the chick is coming with us and so is the professor"

"Over my dead body you braindead son of a bi*ch!"

I swing the chuck of wood with all my newly acquired strength, shattering the chunk of wood and sending Electro crashing into the TV room. I run into the tv room and see Electro stumbling to his feet, I hit him with an uppercut sending him a few feet in the air and then crashing back to the ground. I walk over to Electro to finish him of when a wall a few feet away from us explodes, I look over thinking it was a R.H.I.N.O.. The smoke clears to reveal a kid around my age with blonde hair.

"Knock Knock."

"Who the hell are you?"

[Watchman]

[Angel]

I pick up a large chunk of wood from the smashed wall.

"No more games the chick is coming with us and so is the professor"

"Over my dead body you braindead son of a bi*ch!"

I swing the chuck of wood with all my newly acquired strength, shattering the chunk of wood and sending Electro crashing into the TV room. I run into the tv room and see Electro stumbling to his feet, I hit him with an uppercut sending him a few feet in the air and then crashing back to the ground. I walk over to Electro to finish him of when a wall a few feet away from us explodes, I look over thinking it was a R.H.I.N.O.. The smoke clears to reveal a kid around my age with blonde hair.

"Knock Knock."

"Who the hell are you?"

Electro gets up from the blow. He was too powerful to be taken down by a block of wood. He notice his attacker's back was turn. Bad move. He jumps onto the guys back and wraps his arms around him. He begins to pour a huge amount of enery into him.

"You're going to ****ing fry mutie"

[Noon]

Electro crashed into the wall. He shook his head and placed his hand on his head throbbing. He looks to his side and sees some exposed wires.



"That's it kiddies no more playing around" he stands up and grabs the wires. Power surges through him as the lights in the whole mansion begin to flicker. Suddenly all the lights go out. A new blue light appears in front of the X-Men. Electro now powered to full capacity glares at them.



"No more games the chick is coming with us and so is the professor" he rushes Dazzler and grabs her hand. He starts to send surges of electricity through her body.


As sparky grabs my hand I feel a surge of electricity ten times more painful than the first. I can't breath from the pain, my whole body starts to convulse and I fall to the ground as darkness overtakes me.

[Logan Howlett]

(Electro's atacks had not done nearly as much damage to Logan as he had thought. Logan was now purely instinctual, all of his abilities greatly strengthend. The elictrical burns Wolverine suffered healed in mere moments as he sprung from the ground. Allison had been incipacitated, he felt sorrow from a place that h did not understand. Every instinct in him told him to fight, to kill, yet strangly, something quieter......told him to protect, that these people were worth defending. He sprung from the ground claws at the ready, and lunged forward at Electro.)

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

(He cut down the sides of Electro's arms, in turn creating a surge of electricity where blood would have usualy poured. Electo's body was in such a energy flux state that even his blood had become bio-electrical. They were both blown against seperate walls, leaving large indentations. Logan emeidately shruged off the pain, looked at his oponent whom he belived to be dead, and in a moment of confusion......began to run away, through the mansion doors, out to the long distant feilds, and out of an X-Man's sight.)

[Venom160]

[Angel]

Electro releases his grip on me once he sees Logan coming at him, I limp my way back into the hall and see Colossus trying to hold off two R.H.I.N.O.S at the same time.

"I could use some help here!"

I notice that a panel on the back of one of the RHINOS was peeled up with somthing glowing under it. I run and jump onto the back of the RHINO and start to rip away at the loose panel. The RHINO, realizing what I was doing draws his attention away from Colossus and starts thrashing around. I pull the panel the rest of the way off and see a glowing orb with glowing wires connected to it. I grab the orb and rip it out, the RHINO stops thrashing at once and steam starts shooting out of it's joints, I jump off seconds before it crashes into a wall and lays motionless on the ground. Nightcrawler, seeing what I did, grabs a piece of concrete and teleports onto the back of the other RHINO and starts pounding on the back panel while Colossus keeps the RHINO accupied. Thats when I notice Ali on the ground, I run over and check her pulse.

"Ali wake up, please baby wake up."

[Watchman]

(Electro's atacks had not done nearly as much damage to Logan as he had thought. Logan was now purely instinctual, all of his abilities greatly strengthend. The elictrical burns Wolverine suffered healed in mere moments as he sprung from the ground. Allison had been incipacitated, he felt sorrow from a place that h did not understand. Every instinct in him told him to fight, to kill, yet strangly, something quieter......told him to protect, that these people were worth defending. He sprung from the ground claws at the ready, and lunged forward at Electro.)

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

(He cut down the sides of Electro's arms, in turn creating a surge of electricity where blood would have usualy poured. Electo's body was in such a energy flux state that even his blood had become bio-electrical. They were both blown against seperate walls, leaving large indentations. Logan emeidately shruged off the pain, looked at his oponent whom he belived to be dead, and in a moment of confusion......began to run away, through the mansion doors, out to the long distant feilds, and out of an X-Man's sight.)

Electro holds his wounds and drops to his knees. That freak runs off from the fight leaving him behind. The R.H.I.N.Os are fighting the metal man and the winged guy accept for one of them. This one approaches him.

"Kill...them you piece of..."[/spoiler]

"I don't take orders from you Dillion" a familar voice came from the machine.

"Osborn?" he said quietly

"That's right I'm piloting this one from a remote control. I paid you to finish a job and you can't just finish it. Pick up the girl and I'll get Xaiver" Osborn turned around and charged through the wall and down a hole. Electro slowly gets up his power slowly fading.

"Ali wake up, please baby wake up." Military men surround the two

[spoiler]"How sweet" Electro fires a bolt at Angel

[Venom160]

Electro holds his wounds and drops to his knees. That freak runs off from the fight leaving him behind. The R.H.I.N.Os are fighting the metal man and the winged guy accept for one of them. This one approaches him.

"Kill...them you piece of..."[/spoiler]

"I don't take orders from you Dillion" a familar voice came from the machine.

"Osborn?" he said quietly

"That's right I'm piloting this one from a remote control. I paid you to finish a job and you can't just finish it. Pick up the girl and I'll get Xaiver" Osborn turned around and charged through the wall and down a hole. Electro slowly gets up his power slowly fading.

"Ali wake up, please baby wake up." Military men surround the two

[spoiler]"How sweet" Electro fires a bolt at Angel[Angel]

The bolt hit me and travels through my body, it hurt like hell but it was nowhere near as strong as the shock he gave me earlier. Logan's attack on him must of weakened him. The soldiers start to close in getting closer to me and Ali, I slowly get to my feet look Electro straight in the eye.

"If you want Ali your going to have to go through me."

[Noon]

The rough feel of carpet against my face is all i'm aware of at first, my body feels strange, tingly. Healing perhaps? Suddenly sounds flood my sensations too, loud sounds, crashing and tearing, and quiet sounds.....footsteps...and voices.

"If you want Ali your going to have to go through me."

I shift slightly, moving so I can see more than just then thick pile of the carpet in my face. Sparky is coming towards me, but Warren is standing in his way. He looks pretty beat up.

SHINK

I realease the claws on one hand and lunge from my prone position, stabbing the sharp bone into sparky's foot.

[Spider-Man9X17]

Alex watched as the sparky guy hit the dude with wings, and tried to kidnap the hot chick.

"Hey pal, leave the lady alone."

Alex fired a concentrated beam at the electric guy as the winged mutant got back to his feet.

"Looks like I showed up just in time."

-

"Hate Nick Fury," Spider-Man grummbled. He had finally made it out of the Triskelion, and was sitting on top of its tower. "Whose he think he is, showing me that stuff, thinking I'm just gonna bow down and crack."

Spider-Man fired a webline at a passing news helicopter for a one way trip back to the city.

"And I don't buy Osborn's crap for a second either. First gotta get Mary Jane home, think of some grand lie to tell Aunt May, and then I got a Goblin to beat."

[Watchman]

The rough feel of carpet against my face is all i'm aware of at first, my body feels strange, tingly. Healing perhaps? Suddenly sounds flood my sensations too, loud sounds, crashing and tearing, and quiet sounds.....footsteps...and voices.

"If you want Ali your going to have to go through me."

I shift slightly, moving so I can see more than just then thick pile of the carpet in my face. Sparky is coming towards me, but Warren is standing in his way. He looks pretty beat up.

SHINK

I realease the claws on one hand and lunge from my prone position, stabbing the sharp bone into sparky's foot.

Electro screams in pain as the blade goes into his foot.

"You..you... piece of"

"Hey pal, leave the lady alone." Electro is then thrown back by some kind of blast. He feels his powers are fading. There was one last thing he could do. He gathers his remaining energy for one more giant blast.

"Time to die you ****ing muties!" he eyes light up and energy comes off his body wehich seemed very unstable.

"Oh... get down everyone get down!" one of the military men yelled. A giantr burst of electricity explodes from Electro

[Venom160]

[Angel]

The shock wave hits me with enough force to send me flying across the room and slam against a nearby wall, I slide down the wall into a heap on the ground. My vision starts to blur as a I see Electro walk over to where Ali landed and pick her up and threw her over his shoulder.

"Get your f**king hands off of her!"

I try to get to my feet but a nearby soldier sees me and slams the butt of his gun upside my head, thats when it all went black.

[Noon]

Dazed from yet another electric shock I am unable to fight back as that Sparky dude chucks me over his shoulder. Suddenly I'm feeling very angry, Some army tools and this electrified maniac barge in here, hurt the people I care for and try to kidnap me though I have no idea why (since when does the military need punk-singers-turned-misunderstood hero's?). The anger seems to bring back my energy, and I'm not going out without a fight.

I thrash in Electro's grip, hammering my fists against his back and trying to twist out of his grasp, but he's got me tight.

"Put me down you glorified battery! I swear you're gonna get an adamantium colonic when Logan gets to you!"

I release the claws from both hands but I can't get at him from this angle, so I turn my head round as far as I can and sink my teeth into his ear. I taste blood in my mouth as he howls in pain. His scream gives me something to work with and conjure up a spread of light in front of his eyes, hot and bright.

[Batman]

(IC: Johnny Blaze)

Okay. Alright, John. You can do this. No time to stress out now... Just swallow your pride, and hope to hell you don't end up a human hotcake...


He had heard the loudspeakers blazing moments before. He had heard them tell the crowd about the daring feet he was about to try and pull off like the damned fool that he was. "It would be the biggest leap in history!", they said. "No one had ever succeeded!", they said. All he could respond to that was with one thought...

Gee. Thanks for reminding me. Appreciate it.


And then the moment came. Johnny Blaze watched as he was given direction to ride up and assume his position on the ramp. Which, he did. Johnny looked down at his handlebars, revving up the engine to his trademark bike. As the crowd on both sides of the stadium cheered, Johnny simply prayed he'd get through this.

He wasn't afraid of the bike. He had been riding since before he could even spell. It was the jump. 300 feet, field goal to field goal. Statistics were against it being even remotely possible for a bike Johnny's size. Best case sceneario, He lived. Worse case...

Johnny looked at the ramp. There was no way in hell he was going to even consider that possibility. Otherwise, he'd be out of a job.

As he began his third or fourth prayer, He looked over at the stands, where the media was filming it. And there she was. Roxanne Simpson. It had been years since they had seen eachother, but Johnny knew the face instantly. They... well, as he would describe it, 'had a thing' awhile back... Before Johnny's dad died. Infact, everything went downhill then. But now definatley wasn't the time to worry about that...

"You ready?!"

Johnny looked over at one of his crew members. Due to the engine being too loud, if he tried to say anything, it wouldn't be heard. So, instead, he simply nodded, as he pulled the visor of his helmet down over his face, masking away any fear he had. The side of Johnny's helmet sported the trademark 'Blaze' logo... A flaming skeletal hand, holding the Earth in it's palm. A weird design, even Johnny admitted, but he kept it out of respect for his father, Barton 'Demon Rider' Blaze.

Saying one last prayer to himself, Johnny revved up the bike once more, kicking the kickstand up. It was time.

...I don't get any last requests, do I?

And with that, he was off. Heading down the ramp, Johnny braced himself as the wind met his face, and the momentum built. In the final moments, leading up to the ramp dismount, All that he could fathom was a blur of motion. There was no time to think. No time to pull out. If he was going to die, it was now.

...And then, it was over. Johnny stopped the bike, astonished at how fast that had went. He was on the other side. Everyone in the stands were cheering even louder. He had... done it. He got off his bike, taking in the surrealness of the moment, as his crew members ran up to him and began hugging him.

"You did it, man!"

"What do you mean he did it? Of course he did! He's a Blaze!"

Johnny didn't know how to react. He was still shocked at how fast it had all went. He honestly didn't even remember being up in the air.

"And dude, Johnny, that split move? That was classic!"

"You're the man!"

Johnny raised an eyebrow under his helmet. Split move? Him? He didn't remember that at all. Infact, he began questioning how he could've thought to do one at his panicked state...

But after a few more cheers from the crowd, Johnny lost care. All that mattered was that he had done it. He had done the impossible. And it wasn't a surprise... He was a Blaze, after all. Johnny grinned. He was unstoppable. Ontop of the world.

If only the old man could've seen this...

Hours went by as Johnny finished signing autographs, Taking pictures, and talking with the fans as he normally did after events like this. The surrealness of the moment when he got off the ramp had all but vanished, as he threw his trademark leather jacket over his shoulder, and walked towards his dressing room.

"Hey, Blaze. Can I get a statement?"

Johnny didn't even look back at the reporter.

"Sorry, but I've given plenty of interviews for a lifetime tonight. Maybe at my next event..."

"Well, this might be one you would want to reconsider... John John."

Johnny immediatley paused. That nickname... Only one person called him by that...

Immediatley, he turned around, with a nervous grin.

"...Roxy. Long time no see."

Roxanne smiled, seeing his look.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were surprised to see me."

"Well, it has been a few. You look good."

"So do you. For a guy who just set an all time new record."

Johnny smirked.

"Hey, you know me. I never let that kinda stuff go to my head."

Roxanne gave him a joking look.

"Not even a little bit?"

"Well, maybe a little..."

They both shared a quick laugh, before Roxanne decided to ask the question...

"So... how about that interview?"

"For you? Anything. How about... Over dinner?"

Roxanne was obviously surprised by this. So was Johnny, to an extent. But it was about damned time. Roxanne smirked.

"As long as your idea of 'dinner' isn't some drive thru joint... I'm willing to give it consideration."

"Aww... Now that was a low-blow. No, not a drive-thru. I feel like celebrating all... high class, like."

"...You do realise that's the most sophisticated sentance you've ever said."

Johnny mocked pain.

"My pride."

Roxanne smiled.

"Sounds nice. You're paying, right?"

Johnny laughed.

"Now that's funny."

Roxanne gave him a look.

"...I... mean... of course, I am. Just let me put away so stuff in my dressing room, and we'll be off, K?"

"Alright. Just don't get distracted in the mirror again."

Johnny stuck out his tongue, playfully, before heading down the hall, and into his dressing room.

The night was going perfectly for him. He set a record, He was going on a date... And he was still standing. It couldn't get any better. However, as Johnny layed his jacket over the small couch inside the room, He couldn't help but feel that he was being watched.

"Most likely, you could've gone farther, had you not been so cowardice."

Johnny whipped around, hearing the voice. Infront of him stood somewhat of an elderly man, in black clothing. Johnny raised an eyebrow.

"And just who the hell said you could come in here, mister?"

"Oh, so you've figured out the point. 'Who the hell' indeed..."

"...You're the janitor, aren't ya?"

The man chuckled. But not in a friendly sort of way. In a way that creeped the hell out of Johnny.

"Oh my, no. I am not here for a janitorial duty. Not even here for a mere autograph. I'm here because of fate... And to hold up my end of the bargain, Johnathan."

Even though his name was widely known, Johnny was still disturbed at the fact that this person knew it. Who was this guy?

"Who are you?"

The man held his hand forward, for a handshake.

"Oh, we've met before, Mr. Blaze. I'm sure you can't remember, but.."

The man smiled, evilly. It made the hair on Johnny's head stand.

" I am Mephistophilies."

[Watchman]

Dazed from yet another electric shock I am unable to fight back as that Sparky dude chucks me over his shoulder. Suddenly I'm feeling very angry, Some army tools and this electrified maniac barge in here, hurt the people I care for and try to kidnap me though I have no idea why (since when does the military need punk-singers-turned-misunderstood hero's?). The anger seems to bring back my energy, and I'm not going out without a fight.

I thrash in Electro's grip, hammering my fists against his back and trying to twist out of his grasp, but he's got me tight.

"Put me down you glorified battery! I swear you're gonna get an adamantium colonic when Logan gets to you!"

I release the claws from both hands but I can't get at him from this angle, so I turn my head round as far as I can and sink my teeth into his ear. I taste blood in my mouth as he howls in pain. His scream gives me something to work with and conjure up a spread of light in front of his eyes, hot and bright.

Electro drops Dazzler and grabs his eyes. He vision is blurred and can't really make out anything except for a kick to the face and then hearing the feet running away. He fires a bolt but misses. One of the military steps forword and holds up his gun.

"Should have done this awhile ago" he fired three darts into Dazzler. "Get her and round up the rest of the R.H.I.N.Os"

A R.H.I.N.O came up from the basement carrying the unconscious body of Charles Xaiver.

*****

Norman made his way through the X-Men basement using the remote controlled R.H.I.N.O. He finally made his way to a room with a man in a wheelchair in it.

"Charles..." there was a flash before the R.H.I.N.O 's eyes and then a kick to the head of the R.H.I.N.O. It appear again and landed another kick. The third time Norman connected with a punch that sent Nightcrawler flying into the wall.

"I guess a man like you can never change isn't that right Norman"

"Oh you're quite wrong Xaiver the public loves me and when we get back to my place I have a special little project just for you. Now put this on it's what they call a Psychic Disruptor" a small tentacle came out with a helmet attached. "Do it Xaiver or Ratboy gets his skull turned into dust" Xaiver goes over and places the helmet on his head. Something shoots out form the R.H.I.N.O and hits Xaiver shocking him until he falls unconcious. Norman picks him up and brings him to the surface.

[Venom160]

Electro drops Dazzler and grabs his eyes. He vision is blurred and can't really make out anything except for a kick to the face and then hearing the feet running away. He fires a bolt but misses. One of the military steps forword and holds up his gun.

"Should have done this awhile ago" he fired three darts into Dazzler. "Get her and round up the rest of the R.H.I.N.Os"

A R.H.I.N.O came up from the basement carrying the unconscious body of Charles Xaiver.

*****

Norman made his way through the X-Men basement using the remote controlled R.H.I.N.O. He finally made his way to a room with a man in a wheelchair in it.

"Charles..." there was a flash before the R.H.I.N.O 's eyes and then a kick to the head of the R.H.I.N.O. It appear again and landed another kick. The third time Norman connected with a punch that sent Nightcrawler flying into the wall.

"I guess a man like you can never change isn't that right Norman"

"Oh you're quite wrong Xaiver the public loves me and when we get back to my place I have a special little project just for you. Now put this on it's what they call a Psychic Disruptor" a small tentacle came out with a helmet attached. "Do it Xaiver or Ratboy gets his skull turned into dust" Xaiver goes over and places the helmet on his head. Something shoots out form the R.H.I.N.O and hits Xaiver shocking him until he falls unconcious. Norman picks him up and brings him to the surface.[Angel]

"Should have done this awhile ago"

I open my eyes in time to see a soldier shoot Ali three times in the back.

"Get her and round up the rest of the R.H.I.N.Os"

I bolt to my feet and have him in a headlock before he knows what was going on.

"You definatly shouldnt have done that."

I twist his head with all my strength breaking his neck and almost ripping his head clean off, I turn expecting to run into the other soldiers only to see a R.H.I.N.O. carrying the Professor. Before I could make a move the R.H.I.N.O. rears his hand up and smacks me into a wall, I don't remember anything after that.

[Noon]

My little light show seems to have worked as Sparky-boy drops me and wobbles around, seeming dazed and blind. I give him a dose of my boot to his face and turn to run before he can recover and bring back more sparks.

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I feel three sharp jabs of pain in my neck and stop short. Slowly I reach up and touch three little darts lodged in my neck. I feel as if I'm moving through soup, every movement taking what seems like ages, heavy and slow. The edges of my vision go blurry and my head seems full of cotton wool. I reach out a hand and stumble against the wood paneled wall, suddenly nauseous and hot, my breathing is slow. I can feel my healing fighting back against it though, making me shake. A voice comes through the groggy mist, cold and militant.

"Authorize triple dose to compensate...Fire!"

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My arm burns with pain as six more darts hammer into my skin. I fall heavily to the floor, no longer able to support my own weight. The last thing I see are chunky army boots swarming around me, then it goes black.

[bkhedr]

Thor struggled between each blow, with the belt he was easily as strong as Namor, but the lack of oxygen took it's toll. Thor would surely drown at the hands of Namor and there was no hope for salvation.

But salvation was indeed on it's way. As Thor struggled for his life he caught the glimpse of something sinking towards them. Namor was comepletely unaware of the sinking object being too focused on finishing off Thor once and for all. The object glinted at first, then it became perfectly clear to Thor that salvation had indeed arrived. For the object that was sinking towards him was Thor's very own hammer Mjolnir.

As the hammer sank it hit the ocean floor with an inaudible thud when compared with the thunderous blows that Namor was landing again and again. Thor reached out but the hammer was just out of his grasp. He reached with every fibre of his being...

Thor used his last ounce of strength to reach one last time. As he did the current tipped the hammer sending the handle toppeling down towards his outstreched hand like a tree would come crashing to the ground after being cut. Thor grasped the hammer and looked up at Namor as he still swung away.

Meanwhile high above the water where the two marvels fought, the sky began to darken overhead almost immediatly as Thor touched the hammer. A large black cloud grew bigger and bigger over the spot contrasting the now clear sky all around after Thor's initial storms had cleared with the momentary loss of Mjolnir.

Namor scowled as Thor looked up at him. The Asgardian had the odacity to smile at him while he was being killed. But just as he thought that his focus returned and he glanced over to the hammer clutched tightly in his hand.

"Please Thor you barely have the strength to brea..."

That was all that Namor was able to say before a massive lightning bolt at least ten feet in diameter struck down from the collosal black cloud. The bolt continued into the water vaporizing 15 feet of water all around the Marvels and up to the surface, leaving Namor stunned by the blast.

Thor grabbed Namor by the throat and flew straight up as the water rushed in below them. As Thor climbed he caught his breath and spoke.

"Do not judge Atlantean, your kind was never ready for the responsibility of godhood. What do you think destroyed them?"

With that Thor launched Namor above him into black cloud. As the disoriented Atlantean emerged from the top of the cloud he only had time to register Thor's silouette against the bright sun, hammer held high.

Thor struck Namor which such force the sound of thunder echoed for miles. Namor is sent rocketing back to earth directly at Manhattan island crashing through the glass safety windows of the 110th floor of an skyscraper and out the other side on the 84th floor, then another and another building until finnaly making a swimming pool sized crater in the middle of time square sending cars and taxi cabs end over end from the impact.

Thor touched down lightly on the rim of the crater and watched Namor slowly rise to his feet.

Namor rubbed his chin and looked up at the Thunder god with disdain. Anger burned inside him. Thor should be dead, not standing there smugly.

"NYARGH!" he yelled as he leapt at Thor, closing the gap between them in seconds.

The atlantean gripped Thor's wrist tightly in one hand, denying him the use of Mjolnir. With his free hand he punched Thor hard in the face while letting go of his wrist

The thunder god tumbled backwards churning up concrete as he went, while Namor gave chase without ever touching the ground.

Thor was just begining to rise when a large shadow blocked out the sun.

It was Namor high in the air with a car held vertically above his head. He had grabbed it as he flew down the street and now he sent it hurtling towards Thor

[Batman]

(IC: Johnny Blaze)



" I am Mephistophilies."



Johnny looked at the hand, then looked at the man with an arched eyebrow. This guy had broken into his dressing room, uninvited, and now everything was social? Johnny wasn't playing that game, regardless if this guy was Mephi... Mephit...

"Sorry, pal. I've never heard of you. Or your weird name."

Mephistophilies withdrew the hand, as Johnny crossed his arms.

"Not a fan of biblical lore, are you? Well, if it's all the same to you, Johnathan... Let's just say I am a very powerful man."

Johnny suddenly thought he was beginning to get the picture.

"Look, I don't know what you've heard, but I already have an agent, so if you'll-"

"Well, I can clearly see this is getting nowhere. Perhaps if we had a change of sceneary..."

Before Johnny could respond to that, Something strange happened. Suddenly, Johnny and Mephisto were in a dark alleyway. Johnny looked around, eyes widened.

"What the hell...?"

"There you go, getting the point again."

Johnny looked at Mephisto, shocked.

"You're one of those mutants, aren't you? Like that Spider-Guy they keep talking about..."

"A mutant? Don't insult me. I am far more than a mere 'mutant'. But that is beyond the point. You made a deal, years ago, with me. I have come to collect."

"Deal? What are you talking about? I've never even met-"

"Oh, you have, actually. You just do not remember because I blocked it from your subconcious. I've been watching you, Johnathan... Waiting for this day... The day that I would find use for your soul."

Johnny was speechless. This man was off his rocker.

"Sorry, But I'd like to keep my soul where it is now, thank you."

Mephisto laughed, once more.

"Johnathan, that is the point. You don't have your soul. I do."

Johnny didn't know what to say. Of course he didn't believe the man. Not for a second. But something about the way he said it...

Now he's really full of it.

"Look, Me... Meph... Whatever your name is. I don't know what you want. I don't know what I can give you. But whatever you're looking for, I don't think I have it. I'm sorry."

"You still do not believe me. I guess it is time I reminded you of the terms of our arrangement..."

Johnny watched in both horror and astonishment as something appeared infront of him. An object... A familiar one. The gravestone of Barton Blaze, his father. Johnny looked at Mephisto, angered and confused.

"What does he have to do with-"

"Many years ago, when you were but a teenager, far from your prime, the individual known as Barton Blaze was put into, what you humans refer to as a 'cardiac arrest'. He was mere hours from death when you said, as follows, 'I'd give anything to save him'."

"How did... I... So what if I did?"

"What you don't remember is what happened afterwards. I came to you. You were scared, naturally, but desperate. I offered you a choice. Your soul, or your father's life. You chose your father, and I took your soul. In order to keep my prescence discreet and unknown from this world of mortality, I had it blocked from your memory after the deal occurred."

Johnny was speechless. How could he have known all of this? It was almost impossible. No... It was impossible.

"That's ...impossible. You'd have to be the Devil, or something, to-"

That's when Johnny noticed the look on Mephisto's face. It was... almost as if he were reassuring that fact. Johnny shook his head in disbelief.

"...No. No, that... You can't be. Mutants, I can believe. Monsters, I can believe. But that?"

"Should I prove my existance further? Very well. When you were eight, you crashed and nearly fractured your skull despite being told not to ride your father's motorcycle. When you were seventeen, You fully accepted your feelings for the female named Roxanne Simpson. You still keep in contact with your long lost brother, Daniel Ketch, despite keeping his existance from the public due to his insocialbility. Mark my words, Johnathan, you are standing before a being who has controlled much of the 'evil' you have seen on this Planet."

"So you're a telepath. Big deal. Those X-Men guys have them. Doesn't prove your the Devil by any means."

"Would a telepath be able to bring you here? Look around. This place holds no familiararity to you. Why? Because we are many miles from the arena you were located not many moments ago."

Johnny stood, silent. There was no arguing with this guy. He decided, eventually, in order to spare them both alot of time, to play along.

"...Alright, so let's say you're telling the truth. Why come back for me? You have my soul, apparentally."

"Because, Johnathan, I have finally found use for you. You have been chosen for a mission, and a new deal. Should you choose to accept it."

"What deal?"

Mephisto smiled. Nothing about what this man did made Johnny feel any better. Just worse.

"I have your soul. Naturally, due to you not knowing it was missing in the first place, you would want it back. So I offer it back. However... There is one catch. If you're to have your soul back, You will become my bounty hunter. You see, Johnathan, My sanctuaray of Hades is home to many demons. Evil beings. They have escaped from my ruling, and manifisted themselves on this planet, causing various forms of chaos. If you accept, it will be your job to hunt down each and every one of them, and bring them back."

Everything the man said made sense, and yet, it was the craziest thing Johnny had ever heard. A bounty hunter for Hell? All he was hearing was insanity.

"And what if I refused? What would happen to me? I've been doing pretty well for myself without a soul... Would I even really need it?"

"I have kept your soul intact for all of these years. Due to this, you've been able to escape many injuries and life threatening situations whereas normal mortal beings would not. If you refuse my offer, which... I would advise not to, I will destroy your soul, making you the polar opposite of what you are now. Instead of being invulnerable, you would be the most vulnerable being on Earth. Essentially, Your death would be very soon."

"Huh. So... All I've got to do is hunt down all the demons for you, and you'll leave me and my soul alone?"

Mephisto smiled.

"Indeed."

Johnny was becoming impatient. He was going to be late for his date with Roxy. Johnny looked right at Mephisto, deciding to end this.

"You got it.", He said, still playing along. Mephisto, however... wasn't.

"Excellent. Your transformation shall indeed be worth the trip alone."

Johnny raised an eyebrow.

"-Transformation?"

All of the sudden, Johnny heard something. Not only that, but he felt something. And smelled something, even. Johnny looked down at his feet, only to see them rising with steam.

"What in god's name..."

It was at that point that Johnny's boots blew off, in a firey blaze. Johnny didn't know what to say. He looked back and forth at Mephisto, and at his burning feet, completely and utterly astonished.

Then, he began grunting in pain, as the fire rushed up his body.

"Having second thoughts, Johnathan? Well, I'm afraid I cannot help you, there.", Mephisto uttered, with an evil smile across his face as Johnny exploded with fire and screams.

Moments later, the fire cleared. Johnny Blaze was no longer infront of Mephisto. Instead, a skeletel being had taken his place. With Johnny's clothes burned off, the skeletel being was just that... A skeleton, surrounded by thick flames. Mephisto looked the being up and down, as it's eye sockets glew crimson.

"Well, we certainly cannot have you running around so... bare, can we?"

The being watched as a black cloud formed across his body. As the cloud cleared, something had covered the skeletal features, aside from the head, with still flamed with fury. Black Leather. Gloves, boots, pants, a jacket, and even a belt was now adorned on the being. Not only that, but tiny metal spikes were now located on the shoulder, wrist, and boot areas. Lastly, a large metal chain was wrapped around it's chest, completing it's transformation.

Mephisto looked on with glee. Johnny Blaze was now his Demonic servant.

"You truly are a work of the devil. Now to give you a little something in aide...", Mephisto said, with a cackle, as the being looked at it's new 'clothes'.

In an instant, the being found himself on a new motorcycle. It's wheeled ablaze, spikes adorned the back of it, as a skull adorned the front. It didn't look man-made by any means. The being revved the engine, as the engine itself cackled with a beastly roar.

"Yes! Go forth, my Rider! Bring vengeance to those who would go against ye!"

The Rider looked at Mephisto, before nodding it's ghostly head, and riding off into the night in a trail of fire. As it left it's master, it only uttered one thing, in it's demonic barritone...

"Vengeance Shall Be Mine. Oh Yes, It Shall Be Mine."

The Ghost Rider was born.

[Noon]

"Ugghh..."

I groan as consciousness assaults me suddenly, chasing away the wispy memories of feverish dreams. First I am aware only pain, a lot of pain. My head throbs, a pulsing pain behind my eyes. My arms ache and I realise they are twisted round behind my back, cuffed tightly. Aside from these areas of intense discomfort, my whole body twinges with an overall hurt.

What's going on? I can't remember how....oh wait, the mansion...soldiers...Oh god Warren! What happened to him, is he OK? Where am I, and why am I tied up? Sounds like I'm in a car or something...

Cautiously I open my eyes, they're dry and I want to rub them, but with my hands clamped behind me that's impossible. I blink as my vision blurs for a moment, then clears up. A wave of nausea fills me at what I see.
To my left and right are soldiers. I'm sitting on the floor of some kind of van or something, facing the doors, the benches that line either side each holding four soldiers, decked out in black uniforms with some nasty looking weaponry. They don't seem to have noticed that I'm awake yet, but what the hell am I supposed to do, one move and they'll know.

I stay as still as I can, trying to move with the jolts of the vehicle as if I were still unconscious, and half closing my eyes. I experiment with the cuffs, trying to get a feel of them. It's not the first time I've been in cuffs but cop cuffs got nothing on these. They don't have a chain, they're joined by a solid link, and positioned in such a way that if I released my claws I'd impale myself.

"Sir, the subject is conscious!"

"Crap..."

"What the hell do you mean conscious?? That dosage would have kept an elephant down for two days!" The voice comes through some kind of radio "Take care of it, out"

The soldier that spoke stands in front of me, looking down at me with some look of disgust in his eyes. He raised his rifle, butt first, and slammed it down in my face.

I reel from the hit and taste blood in my mouth. My head swirls on the edge of consciousness then pulls back, my healing not allowing me to be knocked out. I turn back to the soldier, fury in my eyes.

"That's it, now I'm gonna f**k you up!"

I open my lungs and let out a piercing scream. Turning the sound energy into light, I let loose a blast of massive, hot light. He screams as his clothes singe and he is thrown back against the door, his flesh burning.

All the soldiers jolt up and pull out these sticks, they look like cattle prods. and point them at me.

"What the f**k do you think...argghhhhh"

I spasm and jolt as every prod is jammed against me, sending thousands of volts through me. They stop and I think I might start to heal, but one of them leans in and sticks a needle in my neck, and I slip back into my feverish dreams.

[Venom160]

[Angel]

I slowly open my eyes to find myself in the medlab with the other X-men, they're all alittle banged up but seem to be fine. And standing in the corner with his arms crossed over his chest is the blonde haired kid that help me out earlier.

"Cyclops what happened? What happened after I got knocked out?"

"We don't know, we were all at differant parts of the mansion. I heard over one of the dead soldier's radio that they got what they came for and to fall back."

Thats when it dawns on me whos missing.

"Wheres Ali and the Professor?"

"I guess they were what the soldiers were after."

I jump off of the hospital bed and head for the door out of the medlab.

"Where are you going?"

"Where the hell do you think im going!? Im goint to find Ali!"

"Warren you don't even know where they took her."

"I don't care."

"Warren don't be stupid! We need to plan."

"You can do what you want but im not going to sit by while those f**kers have Ali!"

I walk out of the med lab and head for the elevator to the upper levels.

"Warren."

"What!"

I turn around in time to see Scott fire an optic blast right at my chest sending me into a wall.

"Im sorry Warren.........."

[Watchman]

"Wake up...." Two eyes open up in a dark room they stare at the man who is right in front of him.

"Wake up professor" the professor's eyes came into focus revealing Norman Osborn. "I wouldn't try any of that mutant tricks you see that helmet on your head disrupts any pyschic activity. You must be asking yourself why have I brought you here away from your mansion and X-Men. Well I thought it's time to make a few changes to this hero crowd and you're going help"

[Batman]

(IC: GHOST RIDER)

The engine of the skeletal bike roared as the being simply known as The Rider flew into the city, high flames trailing it's speeding charge onto the streets. As The Rider approached some of the skyscapers, Something extraordinary happened.

Around The Rider, everything exploded. Cars flew into the air, windows shattered, trees caught flame, and the few humans in the area screamed as they ran from the oncoming demon who rode a motorcycle of anarky.

None of this phased The Rider, seeing as how any glass shards or sharp objects that came at him merely melted into his flaming skull, As he went on his way. Even without try, it was obvious to everyone, and to him, that his power was virtually unmatched, As he screeched to a halt, slamming his leather booted foot onto the pavement.

Something was wrong. He could feel it. The feeling was unfamiliar to him in a sense, but at the same time... He realised exactly what it was. He was sensing the souls of demons. His prey. And they were scattered amongst the city.

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"Vengeance..."

With a wheelie of his inhumanly vehicle, The Rider sped forward, as the flame on his head glowed brighter with every passing moment.

Heading right for a rising bridge, The Rider tilted his head towards it. As The Rider's bike leaped over the now risen bridge, the chain across The Rider's chain sprung forward on it's own, digging it's spiked ends into the bridge. The Rider was pulled forward, and onto the other side within an instant, heading deeper into the city.

Virtually unmatched power was beginning to look like an understatement.

Sensing a nearby soul, The Rider looked over at the street to his left. It was bombarded with traffic. Seeing this as something he didn't want to bother with, though he could easily smash right through the cars with ease, The Rider looked up at a tall skyscraper. Even though his powers were new... His next action seemed to come instinctively...

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It was incredible. Impossible, even. His cycle was sailing up the building as if it were a road. None of it phased him, though it definatley caught a few eyes across the city.

The only matter that he was concerned with was seeking vengeance.

[Venom160]

[Angel]

I slowly open my eyes and find myself laying on a bed in a grimy little room

"Oh!"

I look over intime to see Kitty phase through the doorway, a few minutes later Cyclops walks into the room and sits on a chair against the wall.

"Where are we?"

"A safe house in New York, one of many that the Professor set up for situations like this."

I slowly sit up, I see Cyclops raise his hand up to his visor.

"Are we going to have to go through this again Warren?"

"Im not going to sit by and...."

"We're not going to sit by!"

"I can't lose her Scott."

"Your not, thats why we're in New York. We're getting some backup."

"Wait you don't mean....."

"Yeah Nick Fury and hopefully the Ultimates."

I look away from him and not say anything.

"So are you going to sit here and be an ass or are you going to get up and help your teammates get your girl and our mentor back?"

I look over to him and smile.

"Do you have to ask?"

[Noon]

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Voices

"Pupils still responsive, increasing dose to 20cc's"

"I thought I told you not to use the tasers, the residual current could interfere with the memory implants"

"It woke up, what did you expect us to do, let it hack us up? You do your job and I'll do mine, ok Doctor? Anyway, it managed to kill Bateman before we knocked it out again"

"Heart rate normal"

Kill?

"Yes, this one is indeed powerful, I hope the director will be satisfied with his weapon this time."

"Just don't make this a repeat of the Weapon X fiasco"

"No, of course sir. Well, no need to dither about, lets get started shall we?"

What's going on? Where? What do they mean weapons? All this is starting to sound horribly familiar, isn't Weapon X what they called Logan...

I try to move, but my limbs are just dead weight. Not numb though, an unbearable itch tingles all across my skin. I hear a mechanical sound and whatever I am lying on starts to move. Slowly I am enveloped in cold liquid, mirroring my inherited nightmares. Panic races in my brain but there's nothing I can do to get away, can't move, can't even cry out.

"Beginning first progression of adamantium bonding, subject codename: X23"

[Venom160]

[Angel]

I get up and follow Scott out of the room and down a small hallway leading to an almost identical version of the TV room at the x-mansion.

"Where in New York are we anyway?"

"Under an abandoned warehouse in Harlem. One of the better safehouses, this place has almost everything the X-mansion had hell it even has a mini danger room."

"Cool."

I lean up against the wall as Scott touch the X on his suit.

"Alright guys Warrens' up lets meet up at the x-jet and head to the Triskilion."

I follow him to the x-jet and meet up with everyone, thats when I notice someone else is missing aside from Ali and the Professor.

"What happaned to Logan?"

"Peter said that he took off after he attacked Electro."

"We'll have to find him too."

"I know but we have no way to contain him even if we did find him, you saw how he acted hell you'd be dead right now if it wasent for that healing factor. Like you said the Professor and Ali are our top priority right now, we'll find Logan after we get them back. Lets go X-men."

[Logan Howlett]

(Logan had been running at full pace for hours. He ran through woods, trees, bushes, and eventualy into the road. He stood at the edge of the road and a parking lot across the street. He sniffed the air as a familar scent crossed his nostrils.........fear. Thats when he heard it, a woman screaming, and then a mans voice.)

"SHUT UP *****!"

"STOP! STOOOOOP! Leav me alone!"

"Your gona do what I say, and when I say it! Now bend over!"

"Please, stop! PLEASE! SOMBODY HELP MEEEE!"

(Logan's mind could barely understand the words, but the actions were made clear. Instinctively he lunged forward running at full pace. The man had the woman pinned inside the car with the door open. Aprently he thought they were to far away from society for himt o be caught. But as Logan came closer he jumped on the top of the truck, the woman screamed. The man jumped back at the noise, his pants hanging at his knees. He looked up at Logan perching on the top of his truck, snarling and growling as slober poured from his mouth like an angry dog.)

"W-w-w-what t-the hel are you?"

"KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHGHG!"

"OH GOD! OH GOOOOOOD!"

(Logan jumped off of the trucks hook, his claws drawn, and sank them into the mans chest. He didn't stop there, he hacked, and slashed, tearing the man apart from the inside out, covering himself in blood. The mans intrails covered the pavement and the truck. After he finished he turned behind him to see the woman in the truck. She was speachless, and half covered in the mans blood herself. She began to mutter the words....)


"Oh g-god......thanks....I mean.....I mean....please don't...I mean....you only wanted.....I mean.....oh god....."

(Logan look at the woman, he was confused but something instinctualy told him that he was done here, that the woman was safe, that he did good in saving her. He darted off again into the darkness and continued to keep running. As he ran all that stood before him........was the island of Manhaten......New York City.)

[Spider-Man9X17]

Peter stood outside of his house. His whole body was trembling. He had been gone for months. Disappeared, without a word or trace. He knew he couldn't just walk in and resume life as normal. No, he had to tell Aunt May the truth. He had to tell her he was Spider-Man. But what about MJ's mom? She couldn't be too happy either, especially since MJ hadn;t come back home yet. No point putting it off any longer. Peter took a deep breath, and opened the door.

"Aunt May, I'm home...."

[Venom160]

Peter stood outside of his house. His whole body was trembling. He had been gone for months. Disappeared, without a word or trace. He knew he couldn't just walk in and resume life as normal. No, he had to tell Aunt May the truth. He had to tell her he was Spider-Man. But what about MJ's mom? She couldn't be too happy either, especially since MJ hadn;t come back home yet. No point putting it off any longer. Peter took a deep breath, and opened the door.

"Aunt May, I'm home...."<Carnage>

I turn off the TV and throw the remote aside.

"Damn where the f**k is Parker!"

"Aunt May, I'm home...."

I turn into my "Ben Reilly" form and smile.

"Show time."

[Logan Howlett]

(Wolverine was on a path of instinct. He did not know where he was going, he only followed what nature told him. His anger and rage growing as flash memories of his past came forth. He tore and scratched at his head, as if trying to tear the memories out. He continued running, faster and faster. He neared the edge of a line of train tracks. He heard the whistle blow and saw the light growing closer. As it came closer to him he waited. The whistle blew louder, and louder. At the last moment, with the train only a few feet away, Logan jumped into th air cathing hold of the train and pulling himself to the top. He perched at the front end with a snarl on his face. He sat waiting, waiting until instinct would tell him to move. The train took him all the way into the island. As it began to ride over a bridge, the train came closer to the skyscrapers Logan spoted one that held some familiarity. He jumped from the train onto the edge of the building, sinking his claws into the side and pulling himself to the top. He carefully examined the building, sniffed the air. He could find nothing out of the ordinary. He walked to the edge and sat in the corner of the roof, layed himself down and began to close his eyes. Now he would sleep. His dream would be that of jumbled nightmare. He heard voices of the past longing to be understood. He muttered words in his sleep that he would never remeber....."

"I.........love you........Jean..."

[Noon]

I wake to the most intense, aching pain i've felt since Magneto pulled the metal from my bones, but this pain is constant not momentary.

I am spread eagle on a floor, face down on the cold, rough concrete. My hands and feet are chained down in metal restraints with no give. I can feel a wet, sticky substance against my cheek and as I crack open my eyes into the bright light of the cell I am confronted with the dark red stains of my own blood seeping across the floor.

My head movement is severly limited but I can just see my right arm stretched out next to me. Even as I look at it I can see half burnt, slashed wounds knitting themselves up. The flesh is puckered and puss oozes in places. Dotted black lines, faded and half washed away, still remain around the uncut flesh.

I take all this in with some surreal detachment, shock I suppose a doctor would say.

You're in shock, you need to be calm, be calm, everything will be ok. This is not happening, not real, just another nightmare, his nightmares...

Despite trying to comfort myself the horror of what is happening oversomes me and I feel bile rising in my throat. I desparately try to hold it down, not wanting to be lying in my own blood and vomit.

I hear a clank of a door bolt and the heavy boots of soldiers. In silence two of them come in and unbolt my restraints from the floor. I think this might be a good chance to escape, but my brain is too muddled with drugs and pain to think of a remotely coherent plan. One soldier hauls me to my feet, hooking his arms into my underarms. This is too much for my queasy stomach and I vomit suddenly, burning my throat and leaving my mouth sour. I look up and see that the second soldier has become the victem of my sickness, the vomit landed over the front of his shirt and trousers. The one holding me laughs at him, but the other's face turns red with rage.

"You little *****!" He rears back his rifle and smacks it into my face, whiping my head round with a crack.

"Take it easy, Private, Doc wants it in good condition this time. We better chuck it in the showers before we go down to the lab."

"Yes sir" The reply is formal but his voice is laced with anger and violence.

They strap me to a gurney and trundle me down flourescant lit hallways, making twists and turns that make my head swirl. We stop in a tiled room, the walls are lined with shower heads and the grotty tiles slope down to a central drain. They unstrap me and shove me roughly to my feet. One of them reaches to untie the surgical gown that I wear, but I punch away his arm and glower.

He raises his gun toward me with a superior smirk on his face.

"Fighting is only gonna make this more painful for you, cooperate or it gets worse."

He lowers the gun and steps back to pull of the gown. One shower is turned on and they push me in, stepping back and raising the gun again.

"Wash!" Puke shirt barks at me.

I pour my fury out through my eyes at them, but they just stare back coldly. I turn into the stream of water, it is freezing cold but the feeling of water washing away the caked on blood still feels good. I take the opportunity to rinse out my mouth to get rid of the taste of vomit and take a long drink. The water tastes metallic and bitter, but it's all I've had for what seems like ages.

"Keep your eye on it, I'm gonna go let the Professor know to prep the machines."

“Yessir”

The water starts to heat up and I close my eyes, pretending for a moment that none of this is happening and I’m showering in my room at the mansion. My delusion is shattered though when I feel the cold muzzle of a rifle against my ear.

“Don’t make a sound and get on your knees, b***h”

A surge of adrenaline comes with the horrible realisation of what is about to happen, but I refuse to kneel. My mind clouds with sudden anger. No, this is not how this happens; I am not some weak little girl that can be pushed around. They want a weapon, an animal, then that’s what they get.

I turn slowly and face him unashamedly, a menacing glare on my face. He sneers and barks the order again, jerking the gun threateningly. I feel an intense itch in the back of my hands, so intense it’s painful. In one smooth movement I release my claws and spin round, my arms extended. I come to a stop, water dripping in my eyes. There is a wet thump as his head hits the shower floor, blood gushing and being diluted pink as it runs down the drain.

I pant as the surge of power fades from me and my mind returns to reality. I look down at my hands, my claws still extended. My face crinkles in puzzlement as I stare in shock. No longer do three jagged bone claws extend menacingly from my knuckles. The central one is missing, and the two that remain…

“No…no, not again”

The shimmering adamantium glistens with fresh blood and droplets of water.

[Venom160]

[Angel]

I stare out the window of the X-jet and just simmer, I can't believe this has happened. I close my eyes and wish that this was nothing more than a dream, I open my eyes hoping to see the the roof of my bedroom instead seeing the interior of the jet and my friends around me.

"So is Fury expecting us or not?"

Scott looks over at me.

"I had Storm contact him before we left so he should be waiting for us when we land."

Sure enough Fury was standing by the landing pad ontop of the Triskilion when we landed, he didnt look to happy as we came walking out of the jet.

"So what happened now?"

[Noon]

“Holy ****!”

I whip around as the other soldier returns, shocked to see the decapitated body of his comrade. I raise my claws as a warning to stay back, but he swings his rifle round off his shoulder and fires. Three large darts land in my shoulder and emit a huge electrical surge into my body.

I hit the floor, the last thing I see before I black out are the staring eyes of the decapitated head, wide and lifeless.

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“Two claws you say, an odd development, but it can probably be explained by the semi-permanent nature of her borrowed powers, the claws had begun to disappear. Luckily the healing is reinforced by our treatments, so it should remain permanent.”

“We were just in the nick of time, then Professor”

“Indeed. I wish those imbeciles would listen to me, that electrical surge could hinder the memory implants. The machine is ready, yes?”

“Yes sir”

“Good”

I am restrained once again, but I am upright. I can feel many wires going into my skin and a helmet encasing my head. Wires also enter the skin on my temples, the idea of things inserted into my brain makes my skin crawl.

“Beginning memory wipe”

No! I want to struggle, to thrash my way out, but my limbs won’t move. I hear voices of scientists around me saying things I don’t understand, then suddenly I am somewhere else. All my memories seem to be playing at once, I can see them all, know them all, simultaneously.

Then there is nothing.

[Logan Howlett]

Blade


What I do, what I am, if I told you you'd call me crazy. But then again, if I told you, I would be crazy. My name is Blade. I'm the day walker, and maybe.....just maybe....I am a little bit crazy. Wouldn't you be? The product of a mother bitten by a vampire shortly before his birth. Given all of the strengths of their kind, and none of their weaknesses.......except one, and technicaly thats a matter of opinion. I have their thirst.

The only family I have ever know is Whistler. He took me in, told me what I was....that is once he firgured it out. You see he had been huntin me for days, thought I was one of them. Tracked me down, thought he could just drag me into the day light, fry me like egg. The moment he saw the sun shining on my face he knew something was differnt. Took me in, cleaned me up. Trained me. Vampires had killed his family, took his life away like they had taken mine. He had been hunting them since that day. Taught me all that he knew, and when I learned all I could from him he took me to people that knew more. He raised me like a son, and I have always veiwed him as my father. I have trained all my life, to hunt, to kill these monsters, to avenge us both.

Tonight I sit on top of a New York sky scraper, looking down at the club below. Watching, waiting. I have my infared googles to spot the heat patterns, look for a body temp blow 70 degrees, and thats when I know I have 'em. Two at the door, obviosly vampires, 43 and 46 degrees. Humans being led into the club, they read fine. Wow, wow, whats this? A limo, the passengers coming out........all read blue.....all between 40 and 55. Time to say hello.

I drop off of the building and land hard on the ground, breaking apart the concrete. I stand and look at the bewildered Vampires guarding the door.

Hey fellas, this a private party? I'd hate to crash.

They still stand there bewildered. One get up the courage to speak,

"Who....w-who the hell are you?"

"Me? You wana know my name, ok well come here." I motion with my fingers, "I don't want this to get out to alot of people."

As they lean in I jump up and kick one in the head, and with the oposite foot I kick the other in the stomach.

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When they hit the ground I grab two steaks off my leg and thow them into their chests. They burn quikly to ash. I walk up to the door and kick it open. I smell Vamipers everwhere, and blood. Looks like they have already started feeling on the humans.

Alright, I don't like to draw things out, so.....

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[Spider-Man9X17]

"Peter! Oh my lord, I didn't think you'd be home so soon!"

"Listen, Aunt May, I know I....wait....what?"

"Those nice military men told me all about putting you under protection from that awful Osborn man until he was captured, and I just saw him on the TV today. I didn't think they'd let you out so soon."

"Fury," Peter growled to himself. "Doesn't want to have his newest 'toy' grounded forever."

"Yeah, well, ummm, they think that he may be turning over a new leaf, but they have constant survelliance on him, soooo...."

Peter's eye twitched. Spider-sense. Something outside.

"...Sooo, ummm, I'm gonna go upstairs, get unpacked, maybe, ummmmm, change clothes..."

[Purple Man]

[Angel]

I stare out the window of the X-jet and just simmer, I can't believe this has happened. I close my eyes and wish that this was nothing more than a dream, I open my eyes hoping to see the the roof of my bedroom instead seeing the interior of the jet and my friends around me.

"So is Fury expecting us or not?"

Scott looks over at me.

"I had Storm contact him before we left so he should be waiting for us when we land."

Sure enough Fury was standing by the landing pad ontop of the Triskilion when we landed, he didnt look to happy as we came walking out of the jet.

"So what happened now?"

"I'm up to my ears in super powered bull$^@* right now. You want to tell me why I'm taking the time to greet you?" Fury didn't give them time to answer, he was already on his way back into the Triskelion. The nod of a soldier was all the approval the mutants needed to follow Nick.

[Venom160]

"I'm up to my ears in super powered bull$^@* right now. You want to tell me why I'm taking the time to greet you?" Fury didn't give them time to answer, he was already on his way back into the Triskelion. The nod of a soldier was all the approval the mutants needed to follow Nick.[Angel]

We follow Fury into the triskilion and down to a command center of somekind.

"Spit it out already I don't have all fricken day!"

Scott stepped forward and stood almost at attention infront of Fury.

"The mansion was attack by over two dozen armed soldier and these giant rhino robots and were lead by some guy with electric powers."

"I heard one of the soldiers call him Electro."

"They kidnapped Professor Xavier and and another member of our team."

[Logan Howlett]

WOLVERINE



(Logan slept for hours. His dreams where half seen images, the confusion of a scared mind. His eyes began to flutter, but then, ssuddenly, out of the still cool winds of the night came a voice.....)

"........Logan.........Logan........Wake up Logan.......Wake up....WAKE UP!"

"HUH!....Raaaa.......craaaa.....CRARAAAAAARARARAJEE EEEEEEAAAAAANAARARARRA!"

(Paniced and anilmalistic he thrashed around, looking for the source of the voice.....only to find nothing....he crawled to the edge of the building and below him he heard screams, panic.....His urges told him to go, to find whatver was the cause of this panic.....so he lept. He hit the ground hard, rolling onto his side. The impact riped his chest and hand open, they healed quickly. He stood up, his adimantium laced body had helped to make a large crater in the ground.......but his was not the only one.....he looked close by and saw another large crater like indention next to it.....someone else had done the same. In front of him lye two piles of ash next to a large door, and inside the door he heard screams, and gunfire. Instinctualy he ran through the door. In front of him stood a man with a shotgun, he was fireing upon the people inside, and the people were turning to ash! His first though, in the animalistic language of his brain, was perhaps the gun he was using was causing this, but when he saw the man toss a large silver object into their chest his animalistic logic told him this was not the case. He sniffed the air, he knew something was wrong but could not place it......at first, but now he knew that in the air he smelled life coming from only one direction, the man with the gun, the rest were only moving corpses! He let out a long growl, and the man with the gun turned around.)

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Blade

I start offin these vamps with little problem, dust blowin about the room. they try to attack me, jumping from their well rested positions, angry because I interupted their meal......I kill them all, every one of them that makes a foolish attack. I'm stronger than them all. I not only have their vampire strength, but I've trained it. Imagine if you will a normal human being in comparison a championship body builder and martial artist, and then put that into terms of a regular vamp....to me. I fire off silver shells, pull of my pistol, cap a few with it, and turn to steak the rest. but as the ash falls, I hear something behind me. A roar.......i turn around,

"RAAAAAArArARRARARARARgAAARRRRRRRRR!"

Well hi there.......now who the f**k are you?

He doesn't answer me. Just stands there drooling. Not like any Vampire I've ever seen, seems angrier, more feral.......its ok, silver shuts their mouths either way...

Alright then, lets skip the intoductions, good night Cujo!

*BANG BANG!*

Nothin happend......he's still standin......he's still there........

"RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHAHGHAG!!"

What the f**k?

I pull out a steak and toss it into his chest, it doesn't even stick! It made a small hole and bounces off with a metalic cling. Then I see under his skin, his bones are metal! But that wouldn't stop the allergic reaction to silver........is he a daywalker too? But how?

Easy boy......easy....nice doggy.....good doggy......gota find a way to kill you doggy......

"RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACKKGHGAAK!"

I was just kiddin.....easy boy.....

I start to reach for the stun gun on the back of my belt, if his bones are metal than this'll give him a nasty shock! But he roars again,

"CRRRAAAAAA!.........RAAAAAAAAOOAARRARGGHHG!"

Before I can say much to that he raises his hands and somethin I realy didn't expect happens, claws! Big, bright, shinin, claws! Metal like his bones, three on each hand pop out like he was a toaster oven!

Holy s**t!

He lunges at me, I start pullin on the stun gun....but its stuck!.....Whistler always said "Son, one day you could be killing twenty Vamps, and pattin yerself on the back, while the next step you take is out a window! You can die just as easily from stupidity as you can from someone elses skill! So don't go praisin yerslf for how easy it was until its done!".......guess i shoulda listened.....I'm about to bite it!...........WAIT! the guy jumps straight over me! But why?.......He lands on the other side behind me, a vamp had been creepin up, I was to stupid to check! he swings those claws of his at its head, the head pops off and the vamp falls to dust!.......He looks back at me, and in a tone that I can only describe as what a talking dog would sound like, he says,

"......raraaggh........Dead....man.....hURt....yOU. ...I....KiLl....him.......huh..ya...kill....dEAd.. ..man!"


You have got to be f**kin kiddin me!

[Purple Man]

[Angel]

We follow Fury into the triskilion and down to a command center of somekind.

"Spit it out already I don't have all fricken day!"

Scott stepped forward and stood almost at attention infront of Fury.

"The mansion was attack by over two dozen armed soldier and these giant rhino robots and were lead by some guy with electric powers."

"I heard one of the soldiers call him Electro."

"They kidnapped Professor Xavier and and another member of our team."

"Someone could do a lot of damage if they got inside that bald head of his." Fury put a earpiece in, putting him in touch with his subordinates.

"I need all extra-human operatives on stand by, and patch me in with the Baxter building. I want Richards wrapping his head around this. Where the hell is Parker! If he thinks he is going to sit this one out!" Nick was barking orders into the earpiece before turning his attention back to Scott, staring down his visor. "Where is Logan?"

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Someone could do a lot of damage if they got inside that bald head of his." Fury put a earpiece in, putting him in touch with his subordinates.

"I need all extra-human operatives on stand by, and patch me in with the Baxter building. I want Richards wrapping his head around this. Where the hell is Parker! If he thinks he is going to sit this one out!" Nick was barking orders into the earpiece before turning his attention back to Scott, staring down his visor. "Where is Logan?"

"Look, I don't know who the hell all you people are, or what is going on here, and I don't care. I'm not up to be part of some little superhero brigrade. I'm here for one thing, and I want some answers now."

Alex walked up and stood nose to nose with Cyclops.

"I'm here for you."

[Venom160]

"Someone could do a lot of damage if they got inside that bald head of his." Fury put a earpiece in, putting him in touch with his subordinates.

"I need all extra-human operatives on stand by, and patch me in with the Baxter building. I want Richards wrapping his head around this. Where the hell is Parker! If he thinks he is going to sit this one out!" Nick was barking orders into the earpiece before turning his attention back to Scott, staring down his visor. "Where is Logan?"[Angel]

I look at Fury.

"Somthing happened to him during the whole Apocalypse battle, he doesnt know who he is. Hell he attacked me while we were under attack by those soldiers and RHINOS."

"Well where is he?"

"He escaped during the attack on the mansion."

I look over intime to see this kid that help us earlier get into Scott's face.

"I'm here for you."

I walk and get between them.

"Listen man whatever beef you have with Scott at the moment is going to have to wait until we find the Professor and Ali."

[Spider-Man9X17]

[Angel]

I look at Fury.

"Somthing happened to him during the whole Apocalypse battle, he doesnt know who he is. Hell he attacked me while we were under attack by those soldiers and RHINOS."

"Well where is he?"

"He escaped during the attack on the mansion."

I look over intime to see this kid that help us earlier get into Scott's face.

"I'm here for you."

I walk and get between them.

"Listen man whatever beef you have with Scott at the moment is going to have to wait until we find the Professor and Ali."

"No, you people have no idea. No idea who I am, what I've been through,....and him..."

Alex got back in Scott's face.

"You didn't care then, and you don't care now. You don't even recognize me, you selfish son of a b**ch. I'm your baby brother, Scotty Boy."

[Venom160]

"No, you people have no idea. No idea who I am, what I've been through,....and him..."

Alex got back in Scott's face.

"You didn't care then, and you don't care now. You don't even recognize me, you selfish son of a b**ch. I'm your baby brother, Scotty Boy."[Angel]

It wasent hard to see the look of surprise on Scott's face.

"That was a surpise, but like I said this little family fued is going to have to wait."

[Spider-Man9X17]

"F*** you bird boy."

Alex's fists glowed with energy.

"I just saved your life back there when I could have let those soldiers fry you, so mind your own business before I decide to finsh what they started."

-

"Peter, would you like something to eat?"

"No thanks, Aunt May. I'm just gonna, umm, lie down for a little bit."

Peter was perched on his bedroom windowsill in full costume, sans mask, which he held in his hand.

"Someone, or something out there set off my spider-sense, but,....what."

The streets below were empty, the neighbors had all gone in for the night. Everything was quite, peaceful. Which only unnerved Peter even more.

[Venom160]

"F*** you bird boy."

Alex's fists glowed with energy.

"I just saved your life back there when I could have let those soldiers fry you, so mind your own business before I decide to finsh what they started."

-

"Peter, would you like something to eat?"

"No thanks, Aunt May. I'm just gonna, umm, lie down for a little bit."

Peter was perched on his bedroom windowsill in full costume, sans mask, which he held in his hand.

"Someone, or something out there set off my spider-sense, but,....what."

The streets below were empty, the neighbors had all gone in for the night. Everything was quite, peaceful. Which only unnerved Peter even more.[Angel]

I completely lost it, I grabbed the guy by the front of his shirt and pick him up and slam him against the wall.

"This IS my buisness you scrawny little F**k! My fiancee is out there and the only thing thats preventing us from finding her is you! So im telling you one last time, this crap between you and Scott is going to wait or so help me im going to shove your head so far up your f**king ass your going to be using yourself as a hat!"
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<Carnage>

"Peter, would you like something to eat?"

"No thanks, Aunt May. I'm just gonna, umm, lie down for a little bit."

I hearing him walking up the stairs and than into the room right below me, I walk over the the attic window and see him perched outside the window in his spidey outfit. Still in my Ben Reilly form I quietly crawl out the attic window sit on the corner of the roof and look down at him.

"Hello Petey, waiting for someone?"

[Spider-Man9X17]

Alex eyed Angel. He could have blasted him through the next wall in a heartbeat. But...there was something in his eyes, his voice. Compasion, love, worry. All the things he wished somebody had shown him as a child.

"Fine, but I'm sticking around until we get a chance to talk. So, looks like you have a new X-Man on your hands."

[Venom160]

Alex eyed Angel. He could have blasted him through the next wall in a heartbeat. But...there was something in his eyes, his voice. Compasion, love, worry. All the things he wished somebody had shown him as a child.

"Fine, but I'm sticking around until we get a chance to talk. So, looks like you have a new X-Man on your hands."[Angel]

I lower him back to his feet and see a small dent in the wall, I can't believe I forgot about my new strength. This kid must be strong, or too damn stubborn to admit that it hurt.

"We don't have time to think up a cool codename for you so you'll have to make one up yourself."

I look over at Scott who was still staring at the new guy with a shocked look on his face, Fury on the other hand looked like he wanted to shot us. I was about to say somthing when I felt someone tap my shoulder, I turn and see Kitty with a big grin on her face.

"When did you and Ali get engaged?"

"Shh!"

I turn back and look at Fury.

"Im sorry General."

[Spider-Man9X17]

"You can call me Havok, b**ches, because that's what lies in my wake after I'm done kicking @$$."

[Venom160]

"You can call me Havok, b**ches, because that's what lies in my wake after I'm done kicking @$$."[Angel]

I just shake my head and lower my voice so only Kitty and Kurt who was standing behind me could hear.

"Oh my god I think we just found Logan's twin brother."

[Spider-Man9X17]

"You!" Spidey growled, leaping out onto the side of his house. "What do you want here? Why are you doing this to me? Why can't you people leave me alone?!"

[Venom160]

"You!" Spidey growled, leaping out onto the side of his house. "What do you want here? Why are you doing this to me? Why can't you people leave me alone?!"<Carnage>

"Leave you alone? Leave you alone?! All iv wanted to do is talk to you, try and figure out why I have your memories! I came to you for help and you turned your back on me, just like you did to Uncle Ben! If you just would've talked to me I would of left you alone and try and find a life for myself!"

[Spider-Man9X17]

"You...you're just a sick, twisted man's failure. You shouldn't even...Conner's never should have...you killed an innocent girl. Don' tyou realize that? Does that mean nothing to you. You killed one of my best friends, and now you just wanna talk?"

[Venom160]

"You...you're just a sick, twisted man's failure. You shouldn't even...Conner's never should have...you killed an innocent girl. Don' tyou realize that? Does that mean nothing to you. You killed one of my best friends, and now you just wanna talk?"<Carnage>

"I didn't kill Gwen! That wasent me, you killed that one remember! And Dr. Conners did make me, someone else did, and if memory serves arnt you always complaining about how everyone is so quick to fight instead of talking it out? And the one time some one does want to talk it out you turn your back on him."

[Spider-Man9X17]

<Carnage>

"I didn't kill Gwen! That wasent me, you killed that one remember! And Dr. Conners did make me, someone else did, and if memory serves arnt you always complaining about how everyone is so quick to fight instead of talking it out? And the one time some one does want to talk it out you turn your back on him."


"I...ME?! I wasn't even...You showed back up that night, I dumped you in that furnace after you killed her, and you want to blame it on me?!"

-

"So, are we gonna get to some action, or are we gonna stand around all night shootin' the s**t with ol' Samuel L. over there?"

[Venom160]

"I...ME?! I wasn't even...You showed back up that night, I dumped you in that furnace after you killed her, and you want to blame it on me?!"

-

"So, are we gonna get to some action, or are we gonna stand around all night shootin' the s**t with ol' Samuel L. over there?"<Carnage>

"Oh my god your dumber than I thought you were, read my lips. I DIDNT KILL GWEN!. The one you threw into the furnace was a completely differant one, the reason I am not like the original was because the person that created me didnt use any of Dr. Conner's damaged DNA. I am a perfect combination of your DNA and your father's "Venom" project, so in some really f**cked up way im your brother."
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[Angel]

I look over at Havok.

"We're not shootin the s**t Havok, we're dicussing with General Fury on what to do."

I look over at Scott who looks like he really wants to pull Havok aside and talk to him. I look over at Fury who now looks like he would want nothing more than to shoot us all.

"Im sorry General."

[Spider-Man9X17]

Spider-Man grabbed at his temples. He wouldn't...couldn't, listen to anymore. With a primal howl, he leapt off the side of his house and took off toward the city.

[Venom160]

Spider-Man grabbed at his temples. He wouldn't...couldn't, listen to anymore. With a primal howl, he leapt off the side of his house and took off toward the city.<Carnage>

"Im not letting you run away, we're going to settle this!"

I fire a tenticle/web line out of my finger and swing after him.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Fury...cool name....kinda like Havok..."

Havok leaned back against the wall, and looked around, as if contemplating something.

"So, where's your other eye?"

[Venom160]

"Fury...cool name....kinda like Havok..."

Havok leaned back against the wall, and looked around, as if contemplating something.

"So, where's your other eye?"[Angel]

I rub the bridge of my nose and whisper over to Cyclops.

"Scott this guy may very well be your brother but I think im going to have to kill him."

[Purple Man]

"Fury...cool name....kinda like Havok..."

Havok leaned back against the wall, and looked around, as if contemplating something.

"So, where's your other eye?"

"My other eye is the guy aiming an arrow at your right...no your left temple." Fury nodded while rolling up his right sleeve as Clint Barton stepped out of the shadows his bow trained on the cocky Summers brother. "I'm going to keep my Hawkeye on you." Quickly turning around to face Alex, Nick sent a right hook to Alexs' jaw. "Now listen up. Weapon X is still in business, they are working on something called X23. This might be another mutant to join your club or a potential threat. You're bright kids for the most part so I think you know what needs to be done. Mr.Barton will go with you even though he isn't a card carrying mutant."

[Venom160]

"My other eye is the guy aiming an arrow at your right...no your left temple." Fury nodded while rolling up his right sleeve as Clint Barton stepped out of the shadows his bow trained on the cocky Summers brother. "I'm going to keep my Hawkeye on you." Quickly turning around to face Alex, Nick sent a right hook to Alexs' jaw. "Now listen up. Weapon X is still in business, they are working on something called X23. This might be another mutant to join your club or a potential threat. You're bright kids for the most part so I think you know what needs to be done. Mr.Barton will go with you even though he isn't a card carrying mutant." [Angel]

I open my mouth to say something but Scott finally broke his silence.

"But General we were kinda hoping for more than one member of the Ultimates."

[Purple Man]

"Let me just tell Captain America and Iron Man to drop everything they're doing and go help you hunt down this mystery mutant. I don't know how well you can see with those red shades, but my one eye can see that the world is about to go to hell around us." With everything going on Fury was in a rather sour mood. Worse than usual.

"Where the %#&* is that #%#&@ Parker kid? And get me on the phone with Matt Murdock, I need to talk to him about more than just legal advice." Nick shouted at a passing officer.

"What the hell are you doing still here! If I could find Quicksilver he could have already done your job for you!" Now he was yelling at the assembled mutants.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"What a d**k," Havok smirked, exiting the room. The guard on duty gave him a sour look as he passed.

"What? You heard what I said jarhead. Now I'd back off if I were you. X-Men comin' through."

[Venom160]

[Angel]

I look over at Scott as we board the x-jet.

"So what the next move?"

"We head for Canada."

"Why Canada?"

"Because a few weeks ago I overheard Logan telling the Professor about an abandoned weapon x facility that he hasent checked out yet, said he was planning on leaving and checking it out but then the s**t with Apocalypse started."

"Do you think they could be holding Ali there?"

"Its the best place to start looking."

2 hours later......

I look out one of the side windows at the facility below us.

"Ok Warren remember what I said, recon only."

"Yeah yeah I got ya."

I fit the ear piece into my ear and head for the exit ramp.

"Ok open it."

Scott presses a button and the ramp slowly opens, I tuck my wings close to my back and take a running leap out of the jet.

[Venom160]

<Carnage>

I follow Pete out of Queens and into Manhatten.

"Thats it no more follow the leader!"

I fire a tenticle from my finger and wrap it around Pete, I pull on the tenticle causing Pete to slingshot towards me. I catch him in my arm and swing down into a alley, I slam him against the wall.

"Listen! I could of killed Aunt May at any time but I didnt. Osbourns' planning something somthing big, and we got to stop him."

[Sparta*]

<Cyclops>

Cyclops sat in the X-jet as Angel went out to search the area. He told Warren to be quiet and stealthy...no point in starting the party until we are all ready to. Scott's thoughts turned to his apparent brother over in the other section of the X-jet

"Could that rogue mutant really be my brother? It's been years...there is no way i'd be able to recognize if he was my sibling...but I get a strange feeling from him...we must speak..." Cyclops thought as he got up and walked to the area of the jet where Havok was sitting.

"so...Havok..." Cyclops said in a leaderly tone...unsure of this mutants overzealous codename "you think you have problems...? You know nothing of what life is like as an X-man"

[Purple Man]

<Cyclops>

Cyclops sat in the X-jet as Angel went out to search the area. He told Warren to be quiet and stealthy...no point in starting the party until we are all ready to. Scott's thoughts turned to his apparent brother over in the other section of the X-jet

"Could that rogue mutant really be my brother? It's been years...there is no way i'd be able to recognize if he was my sibling...but I get a strange feeling from him...we must speak..." Cyclops thought as he got up and walked to the area of the jet where Havok was sitting.

"so...Havok..." Cyclops said in a leaderly tone...unsure of this mutants overzealous codename "you think you have problems...? You know nothing of what life is like as an X-man"

Hawkeye sat quietly in the blackbird, listening to his MP3 player as they traveled to look for this mystery mutant. Clint Barton was ready to take charge of the situation if Mr. Summers were unable to. He might not have had mutant powers, but to him a full quiver was much more dangerous than anything god could have cursed those kids with.

[Venom160]

[Angel]

As I plummet towards the ground I close my eyes and let the wind rush past. I open my wings slowly start to pull myself out of the dive. The muscles in my wings scream in pain from the strain but I don't care, If anything the pain makes me stronger. I slowly start to circle two hundred feet above the facility using my hawk-like vision to start scanning for any sign of life, I see movement it was very slight but it was there. I go lower for a better look and see guards in small makeshift stations in the trees, I raise my hand up to my ear and press the button on my earpiece.

"Cyclops, there is some serious activity here."

[Sparta*]

[Angel]

As I plummet towards the ground I close my eyes and let the wind rush past. I open my wings slowly start to pull myself out of the dive. The muscles in my wings scream in pain from the strain but I don't care, If anything the pain makes me stronger. I slowly start to circle two hundred feet above the facility using my hawk-like vision to start scanning for any sign of life, I see movement it was very slight but it was there. I go lower for a better look and see guards in small makeshift stations in the trees, I raise my hand up to my ear and press the button on my earpiece.

"Cyclops, there is some serious activity here."

<Cyclops>

Cyclops got the message from Warren and turned away from Havok momentarily.

"I figured as much..." Cyclops said into his communicator back to Angel "Do one final circle around, scope the area out and try to find out how many guards there are and what they are armed with. Stay high to avoid being detected, and hurry back, you've been out there alone long enough. We need to formulate a plan because we can't risk the Professor and Ali's lives by rushing in their guns blazing. Cyclops out."

Cyclops turned his attention back to Havok

"I don't know where you're from...but I can guarantee that wherever it is, it was safer then this place is about to be..."

[Venom160]

<Cyclops>

Cyclops got the message from Warren and turned away from Havok momentarily.

"I figured as much..." Cyclops said into his communicator back to Angel "Do one final circle around, scope the area out and try to find out how many guards there are and what they are armed with. Stay high to avoid being detected, and hurry back, you've been out there alone long enough. We need to formulate a plan because we can't risk the Professor and Ali's lives by rushing in their guns blazing. Cyclops out."

Cyclops turned his attention back to Havok

"I don't know where you're from...but I can guarantee that wherever it is, it was safer then this place is about to be..."[Angel]

"You got it."

I count maybe twenty five to thirty guard staitions positioned around the facility with only one way in or out.

"Ok Scott, open the ramp Im coming back."

As soon as I finish that sentence I hear a gunshot and feel a sharp pain in my shoulder, I look over and see blood start oozing out of the wound.

"Scott have the first aid kit ready when I get there."

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Yeah, you've lived in this nice big mansion for how long, huh? You have people around that care about you, and look out for you. A family, people to love, who love you back. Yeah, you had it hard. Me, all I had to do was get bumped around orphanage after orphanage. Getting beat, pfft, that's easy. Kicked out of foster homes by unwanting b@$t@rds just trying to get a buck off the governement....you otta try that, it's fun."

"Did you ever even look for me, mention me, think about me. Did you tell them about your baby brother, ask them to try and find me. Or did you settle in, take over as 'fearless leader', and push your past away. Don't talk to me about not knowing what it's like to be an X-Man, about your problems. Is that how selfish you are. I come back, and your afraid I'll take the spotlight? Yuo have to be the sob story? You wanna talk about how hard it is to be an X-Man, your problems. Just...sit down if that's all you have to say, jackass."

[Sparta*]

"Yeah, you've lived in this nice big mansion for how long, huh? You have people around that care about you, and look out for you. A family, people to love, who love you back. Yeah, you had it hard. Me, all I had to do was get bumped around orphanage after orphanage. Getting beat, pfft, that's easy. Kicked out of foster homes by unwanting b@$t@rds just trying to get a buck off the governement....you otta try that, it's fun."

"Did you ever even look for me, mention me, think about me. Did you tell them about your baby brother, ask them to try and find me. Or did you settle in, take over as 'fearless leader', and push your past away. Don't talk to me about not knowing what it's like to be an X-Man, about your problems. Is that how selfish you are. I come back, and your afraid I'll take the spotlight? Yuo have to be the sob story? You wanna talk about how hard it is to be an X-Man, your problems. Just...sit down if that's all you have to say, jackass."

<Cyclops>

"The next time you get brainwashed into thinking you are Apocalypse's servant while your pregnant lover sacrifices herself to save the world and you can't do anything but sit by, watch, and get torn apart inside, you can talk to me about pain...until then, I am in charge of the X-men, and if you want to stay with us you better learn to follow the plan like everyone else...little brother...otherwise you will only be a detrimant to the team and I won't have that"

Just then Cyclops got a message from Warren saying he's hurt and needed to come onboard

"This has to wait...I have a team to lead" Cyclops said walking over to the entrance and opening the hatch so Warren could enter

"Are you alright Warren?" Cyclops said sternly "Hawkeye, I hear you are a great field medic, can you quickly look after Angel's wounds? It looks like the luxury of a formulated plan is out the window now, we have to prepare to move out. We will only get one shot at this..."

[Venom160]

<Cyclops>

"The next time you get brainwashed into thinking you are Apocalypse's servant while your pregnant lover sacrifices herself to save the world and you can't do anything but sit by, watch, and get torn apart inside, you can talk to me about pain...until then, I am in charge of the X-men, and if you want to stay with us you better learn to follow the plan like everyone else...little brother...otherwise you will only be a detrimant to the team and I won't have that"

Just then Cyclops got a message from Warren saying he's hurt and needed to come onboard

"This has to wait...I have a team to lead" Cyclops said walking over to the entrance and opening the hatch so Warren could enter

"Are you alright Warren?" Cyclops said sternly "Hawkeye, I hear you are a great field medic, can you quickly look after Angel's wounds? It looks like the luxury of a formulated plan is out the window now, we have to prepare to move out. We will only get one shot at this..."[Angel]

The hatch to the x-jet opens and I half fly/half crash into the jet, I slowly stumble to my feet.

"Are you alright Warren?""Hawkeye, I hear you are a great field medic, can you quickly look after Angel's wounds? It looks like the luxury of a formulated plan is out the window now, we have to prepare to move out. We will only get one shot at this..."

I check my shoulder which is already healed but I can feel the bullet in my shoulder.

"Im fine Ijust need a knife and pair of twizers."

Hawkeye takes a pocketknife out of one of his pockets and hands it to me while Kitty grabs a pair of twizers from the first aid kit.

"Iv seen Logan do this before."

I jab the knife into my shoulder and cut a good hole into it and than stuck the twizers in and dig around until I come across the bullet and pull it out, the hole slowly scabs over and than disappears as if it was never there. I wipe the blood off of the pocketknife and hand it back to Hawkeye.

"Thanks."

I turn and look over at Scott.

"They have at least thirty makeshift guardposts set up in trees around the compound with one way in and out, it wont be hard getting in but it's going to be hell getting back out."

[Purple Man]

"You Summers boys concentrate on the property damage. I can do the precise work once you send the guards scattering. We can't take any chances of them trying to airlift the mutant out of there."

Clint Barton was smiling as he put away his pocket knife, a hand reaching back to feel his quiver, silently reminding himself where each specialty arrow rested.

[Noon]

An animal sits in a cage, quivering with fear...or is that rage. Hard to tell when you look in its dead eyes, blank and empty like bottomless pits.

The cell is metal, dulled and dirty, only a few metres each way. In the corner the animal crouches, long jet black hair hanging scraggily over its face, dark stains on its skin. Blood?

It seems at first to be in a daze, looking out at nothing, hands loosely trailing on the floor, mouth slightly open. But this creature has never been so aware, painfully so, of everything. The taste of the air, the sounds of gentle movement outside the door, the stench of burnt flesh and electricity, the sharp colours stinging at its vision. Everything seems too clear, too intense.

But the mind is blank. No memory, no id, self or emotion. Troubled at the lack of input, searching for purpose and finding emptiness, quite distresses the creature, but it knows nothing else, so it must accept that this is the way things are. It waits.

Deep inside the recess of the mind, buried beneath layers of electrical pulses, hidden away from consciousness, from all awareness, lays a little girl. She cries in pain and fear, but no one will ever hear her.

[Spider-Man9X17]

<Cyclops>

"The next time you get brainwashed into thinking you are Apocalypse's servant while your pregnant lover sacrifices herself to save the world and you can't do anything but sit by, watch, and get torn apart inside, you can talk to me about pain...until then, I am in charge of the X-men, and if you want to stay with us you better learn to follow the plan like everyone else...little brother...otherwise you will only be a detrimant to the team and I won't have that"

Just then Cyclops got a message from Warren saying he's hurt and needed to come onboard

"This has to wait...I have a team to lead" Cyclops said walking over to the entrance and opening the hatch so Warren could enter

"Are you alright Warren?" Cyclops said sternly "Hawkeye, I hear you are a great field medic, can you quickly look after Angel's wounds? It looks like the luxury of a formulated plan is out the window now, we have to prepare to move out. We will only get one shot at this..."

Alex wouldn't let this rest.

"You just don't get it, do you? Yeah, I can imagine what you've been through. I sympathize with that. Do you even know what sympathy is? I know about loss. I'm sorry about your loss. I really am. Maybe if you'd explained it first, you'd have gotten the right reaction. But you're one of these people who has to be the best at everything and suffer the worst losses. I lost a mom and dad. Do you even remember them? Think about them? Listen to yourself. You can't say 'I'm sorry, I know what it's like, yadda yadda.' No. Your some tough guy, huh? Sob story. Ohhh, my pain is worse than yours. Pity me. Yeah, maybe I wanted pity too, but I just wanted to know if you even cared. Looks like I got my answer."

Alex looked into Scott's eyes, or visor, or whatever, cocked his head back, and spit square in his face. He then turned and stepped off the jet.

[Sparta*]

Alex wouldn't let this rest.

"You just don't get it, do you? Yeah, I can imagine what you've been through. I sympathize with that. Do you even know what sympathy is? I know about loss. I'm sorry about your loss. I really am. Maybe if you'd explained it first, you'd have gotten the right reaction. But you're one of these people who has to be the best at everything and suffer the worst losses. I lost a mom and dad. Do you even remember them? Think about them? Listen to yourself. You can't say 'I'm sorry, I know what it's like, yadda yadda.' No. Your some tough guy, huh? Sob story. Ohhh, my pain is worse than yours. Pity me. Yeah, maybe I wanted pity too, but I just wanted to know if you even cared. Looks like I got my answer."

Alex looked into Scott's eyes, or visor, or whatever, cocked his head back, and spit square in his face. He then turned and stepped off the jet.

<Cyclops>

"I do care Alex...I miss Mom and Dad too...but now is neither the time or place to discuss this...there are bigger things happening" Cyclops said as Havok walked away. Alex paused for a moment but then proceeded to exit the jet. Cyclops wiped the spit off his face with his sleeve, but he wasn't surprised by Alex's actions...he knew how painful the feeling of abandonment was. Scott just wished he had more time to explain himself to his brother...and to have a conversation that isn't moments before a rescue mission. Scott thought about going after Havok...they were brothers and that is all Scott had left of a family...but his leadership had to take priority. If only Alex knew that Scott would have tracked him down...if he had any memory of a brother.....

Scott snapped out of his thoughts and back into the present situation

"Don't worry about Havok...I don't think we've seen the last of him" Cyclops said "But now we have to move out, we've wasted enough time. When we get out there the first thing we have to do is take out the guard towers so we can get into the facility. Angel and I will make short work of them while you figure out a way in Hawkeye. When Angel attacks from the air, and I from the ground, and the guard stations are destroyed we will rendezvous inside. Everyone clear?"

[Venom160]

<Cyclops>

"I do care Alex...I miss Mom and Dad too...but now is neither the time or place to discuss this...there are bigger things happening" Cyclops said as Havok walked away. Alex paused for a moment but then proceeded to exit the jet. Cyclops wiped the spit off his face with his sleeve, but he wasn't surprised by Alex's actions...he knew how painful the feeling of abandonment was. Scott just wished he had more time to explain himself to his brother...and to have a conversation that isn't moments before a rescue mission. Scott thought about going after Havok...they were brothers and that is all Scott had left of a family...but his leadership had to take priority. If only Alex knew that Scott would have tracked him down...if he had any memory of a brother.....

Scott snapped out of his thoughts and back into the present situation

"Don't worry about Havok...I don't think we've seen the last of him" Cyclops said "But now we have to move out, we've wasted enough time. When we get out there the first thing we have to do is take out the guard towers so we can get into the facility. Angel and I will make short work of them while you figure out a way in Hawkeye. When Angel attacks from the air, and I from the ground, and the guard stations are destroyed we will rendezvous inside. Everyone clear?"[Angel]

"Crystal."

I open my wings and take to the air, I skim the treetops gaining altitude as I go. I stop at hundred feet and start to circle the facility again.

"Im in position Cyclops, ready to attack on your mark."

[Spider-Man9X17]

Spider-Man swung to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge. He fell down to his knees, ripping his mask off to reveal the tears streaming down his face. He closed his eyes and screamed into the sky.

"WHAT! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? I CAN'T WIN! IN OR OUT OF COSTUME, MY LIFE IS HELL. I DIDN'T WANT THIS!"

He clenched the mask in his fist, and offered it in mock sacrifice.

"Take it. Take me, take my life, whatever. You got your jollies, you've had your laughs. You took my mother, my father, my uncle, my best friend, her father. Take me now. KILL ME DAMN YOU!"

[Venom160]

Spider-Man swung to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge. He fell down to his knees, ripping his mask off to reveal the tears streaming down his face. He closed his eyes and screamed into the sky.

"WHAT! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? I CAN'T WIN! IN OR OUT OF COSTUME, MY LIFE IS HELL. I DIDN'T WANT THIS!"

He clenched the mask in his fist, and offered it in mock sacrifice.

"Take it. Take me, take my life, whatever. You got your jollies, you've had your laughs. You took my mother, my father, my uncle, my best friend, her father. Take me now. KILL ME DAMN YOU!"<Carnage>

I land ontop of the bridge not far from Pete.

"Take it. Take me, take my life, whatever. You got your jollies, you've had your laughs. You took my mother, my father, my uncle, my best friend, her father. Take me now. KILL ME DAMN YOU!"

"Look im not going to bother you anymore, I just want to say that Osbourn is planning somthing major, somthing big. And I know you feel like your alone but your not, you may not believe it but everything your feeling right now im feeling the same way. And rather you want it or not I'll be here to help you if you need it."

[Spider-Man9X17]

"You don't really want that."

Spider-Man looked up. Nobody was around.

"Who..."

"All answers in due time. But first...first, we have to heal you, to fix your problems."

"You have no idea about my problems."

"But I do. I have watched you for sometime now. There was a time where you felt free, felt renewed, reborn. In many ways, you were."

Spider-Man stood up. He should have been scared out of his mind. He was talking to nothingness. But the voice felt so...calming.

"When..." Spider-Man barely was able to finish the sentence when he was gone from the bridge. It happened in less than the blink of an eye. He was inside, in some kind of medical room or....

...a laboratory.

"No, not this...."

"Yes. You know it is true. You touched perfection, godliness. You found renewal. You found your father."

Spider-Man turned to look at the lab table. It was clear, save for one beaker, filled to the brim with a churning, bubbling, viscous substance. It gleaned black under the dull lighting.

"Take it. The suit shares your pain, feels your pain, and in time, will heal your pain. The suit will become you, will take all your problems and fix them, without you ever having to worry again."

"No, it's wrong, this thing, its a parasite...it feeds off of you, it tries to take over..." Spider-Man could hear himself saying these words, yet moving ever closer to the beaker.

"No, you never gave it the proper chance. Let yourself go. Live your life the way you want to live it."

"I shouldn't..." Spider-Man reached out...

..and the suit jumped, taking hold. The cold overcame him swiftly, his world went black, he felt the suit calling, felt the power surge through him. He let himself go to the suits will.

He liked it.

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[Venom160]

<Carnage>

I land ontop of the bridge not far from Pete.

"Take it. Take me, take my life, whatever. You got your jollies, you've had your laughs. You took my mother, my father, my uncle, my best friend, her father. Take me now. KILL ME DAMN YOU!"

"Look im not going to bother you anymore, I just want to say that Osbourn is planning somthing major, somthing big. And I know you feel like your alone but your not, you may not believe it but everything your feeling right now im feeling the same way. And rather you want it or not I'll be here to help you if you need it."<Carnage>

Pete doesnt say anything so I jump off of the bridge and fire a webline seconds before I hit the water. I was so stupid to side with Osborn, now I have to fix my mistake.

[Watchman]

The room was in complete darkness. Xaiver could hear voices but he couldn't read their minds. He knew they have worked on his mind and they were wearing devices that didn't allow him to read their minds. He then heard a door open and footsteps coming closer.

"Good morning Charles, I have a very special present for you". Another scientist in the room gives Norman a syringe filled with a green liquid.

"See this is what's going to happen. I will fill up five bombs up with an altered OZ formula. Placing this around key parts of the city will turn everyone into mindless drones. Using you, who also had made the transformation, as a hive mind controlling every single one of them" he shoved the needle into Xaiver's arm.

[Sparta*]

[Angel]

"Crystal."

I open my wings and take to the air, I skim the treetops gaining altitude as I go. I stop at hundred feet and start to circle the facility again.

"Im in position Cyclops, ready to attack on your mark."

<Cyclops>

"Go now!" Cyclops said as he charged towards the guard towers

"Hit and run until we are clear to find an entrance into the facility!" Cyclops said focusing his eye beam into a thin focused laser as he sliced 3 trees down with it. The guard towers that were in the trees crashed to the ground. Cyclops looked up to see Archangel making short work of some more guard towers while Hawkeye tried to secure a way in to the facility.

Cyclops rolled to the left to avoid some guard fire. He instantly looked up after he recovered and blasted two guards in the chest. One fell over the edge of the guard tower and crashed to the ground while the other fell back in the tower.

"Keep pushing forward, we're almost through" Cyclops shouted as he blasted the base of a tree, sending it falling over onto another guard tower. The doors to the facility opened as guards poured out. Cyclops talked into his communicator

"Hawkeye, now is your chance to get into the facility! Archangel and I will take care of the remaining troops, you just be ready to let us in when we ask"

[Spider-Man9X17]

The old metal gate came easily off it's hinges, thanks in part to the years of rust and corrosion.

"Piece of cake."

Havok slipped into the compound. A good two feet of snow covered the ground, with more still falling, except for the obviously shoveled walkways.

"Kind of odd for an abandoned post."

He quickly scanned the area. No security mesaures, no cameras, no guards. All the buildings were collapsed and rotted. Powerlines and utility poles lay strewn around the complex.

"Nobody in there right mind would ever think of setting up a base of operations here....which, ironically, makes it the perfect location."

-

"I feel so...alive."
Spider-Man hung upside down from a Times Square billboard. Even in his suit, he could feel the light breeze blow through his hair. There was a new cheerfulness about him. Not a care in the world. No guilt, no inhibitions. He could take on anyone right now. But he had one specific person in mind. Norman Osborn.

"You wanted me to be a monster. You wanted me to play by your rules. And why not. Nobody plays by my rules. I try to be the nice guy. I don't kill, I don't hurt people needlessly. But everybody hates me. You...your a god now. Your a patron saint. The Punisher. People love him. Wolverine. Rock stars don't have it that good. So why not me? I'm the best. I;m the original. I put the tights on first. Maybe it's time I finally catch up to you new guys."

He felt a power surge through him. What should have been hate, agner, despite for Osborn and all he stood for, it was a rush now. The suit loved it. He loved it. The strength was welcome to him. He pushed off the billboard and fired a webline, setting course for Oscorp.

"Oh Norman, my friend, I hope you have no regrets in life. Because it's too late now."

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[Venom160]

[Angel]

I grab a couple of grenades off a dead guard and fly above the group of guards that just came storming out of the entrance of the facility. I pull the pins and drop the grenades, dentonating on impact and blowing up the entire group. I land among the burning body parts and see my friends emerge from the smoke caused by the grenades, some of them look shocked by how visiously I took out the guards.

"Lets go."

I turn and head into the facility.

[Watchman]

"I feel so...alive."
Spider-Man hung upside down from a Times Square billboard. Even in his suit, he could feel the light breeze blow through his hair. There was a new cheerfulness about him. Not a care in the world. No guilt, no inhibitions. He could take on anyone right now. But he had one specific person in mind. Norman Osborn.

"You wanted me to be a monster. You wanted me to play by your rules. And why not. Nobody plays by my rules. I try to be the nice guy. I don't kill, I don't hurt people needlessly. But everybody hates me. You...your a god now. Your a patron saint. The Punisher. People love him. Wolverine. Rock stars don't have it that good. So why not me? I'm the best. I;m the original. I put the tights on first. Maybe it's time I finally catch up to you new guys."

He felt a power surge through him. What should have been hate, agner, despite for Osborn and all he stood for, it was a rush now. The suit loved it. He loved it. The strength was welcome to him. He pushed off the billboard and fired a webline, setting course for Oscorp.

"Oh Norman, my friend, I hope you have no regrets in life. Because it's too late now."

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Xaiver screams could be heard through out the building as Norman walked through the halls of Oscorp. His life's work that Fury and Parker once took away was now his again. Suddenly his cellphone goes off, it's one of the men from security.

"Yes"

"Um..Mr. Osborn we have a problem"

"What's the matter" Osborn said getting angry

"It's Spider-Man...." Osborn crushed the phone in his hand. He went into his office and presses a button on his desk and the wall opens up. He placed all his equipment on. He climbed up a ladder and opened a hatch which lead to the roof. He looked to the sky and saw Parker coming closer. The sky thundered and the rain started.

"PARKER!" he shouted "I see you changed your look as you can see so have I. Oh and you're trespassing on private property I'm going to have to ask you to leave" he took a bomb out of his pouch and threw it"

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[Purple Man]

<Cyclops>

"Go now!" Cyclops said as he charged towards the guard towers

"Hit and run until we are clear to find an entrance into the facility!" Cyclops said focusing his eye beam into a thin focused laser as he sliced 3 trees down with it. The guard towers that were in the trees crashed to the ground. Cyclops looked up to see Archangel making short work of some more guard towers while Hawkeye tried to secure a way in to the facility.

Cyclops rolled to the left to avoid some guard fire. He instantly looked up after he recovered and blasted two guards in the chest. One fell over the edge of the guard tower and crashed to the ground while the other fell back in the tower.

"Keep pushing forward, we're almost through" Cyclops shouted as he blasted the base of a tree, sending it falling over onto another guard tower. The doors to the facility opened as guards poured out. Cyclops talked into his communicator

"Hawkeye, now is your chance to get into the facility! Archangel and I will take care of the remaining troops, you just be ready to let us in when we ask"

Scott Summers was a good leader that gave good orders. Too bad the one directed towards Clint Barton was never heard. Hawkeye was already in the base, crouched low in a dark room, night vision goggles making him see his surroundings in a deep green. His bow was at the ready with an arrow for the first thing that dared get in his way.

[Spider-Man9X17]

Spider-Man didn't even try to move out of the way, didn't try to protect himself. He let the bomb go off right in his face. He felt the shock wave ripple through the suit, felt himself pushed backwards ever so slightly, but that was all. No pain, no injuries. He'd almost forgotten how strong the suit was.

"Mmmm, that was tasty. Please sir, I'd like some more."

[Watchman]

The Green Goblin was shocked at Parker's reaction. The bomb should have destroyed his face. He unsheathed a knife and held it up. Lightning reflected off of it.

"I have no idea what has happen to you but I'm not going allow you to intervene in my plans" he raised the knife and leapt at Parker.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Norman, Norman, Norman," Spider-Man chuckled, shaking his head jokingly. The knife came down upon his shoulder, sinking deeply into the suit. Nothing. In a matter a seconds, it was as if the knife was never even there.

"Norman, this thing will stop a bullet, cure diseases, grant unlimited power, make its own webbing, It does whatever it's told to do, and you can't hurt it. And you know what? It belongs to me."

Spider-Man lashed out, grabbing the Green Goblin by the face. Instantly, his hand was a mass of symbiotic plasma, engulfing Osborn in a black mask of sorts. Tendrils reached out from where the fingers should have been, probing inside of the mask and seeping into Osborn's skull through the pores of his skin, attacking his brain.

"I don't plan on intervening in your plans. No, it's much more than that. Much bigger, much more brilliant. Right now, this suit is intruding on your central nervous system, disrupting synapses and creating a barrier between the hemispheres of your brain. Do you undertsand what I'm saying? Of course you do, your a brilliant man. But I'm going to say it anyway, because it rolls off the tongue so well. It has such a nice ring to it. It excites me. Norman, I'm not just going to stop your plans, I'm going to kill you."

[Sparta*]

[Angel]

I grab a couple of grenades off a dead guard and fly above the group of guards that just came storming out of the entrance of the facility. I pull the pins and drop the grenades, dentonating on impact and blowing up the entire group. I land among the burning body parts and see my friends emerge from the smoke caused by the grenades, some of them look shocked by how visiously I took out the guards.

"Lets go."

I turn and head into the facility.

<Cyclops>

Archangel began to walk into the facility, but Cyclops grabbed his shoulder and turned him around

"What the hell is the matter with you?!" Cyclops shouted at his teammate

"I told you to subdue the guards and find a way in, not murder them all! You know the X-men only use killing as an absolute last resort, if there is no other possible way! We will never achieve the Professor's dream of mutant and human co-existance if we turn into the murderers and terrorists we are trying to fight! When we get back to the mansion you will clock 100 hours in the Danger room...it seems you need a little practise playing safe" Cyclops said.

He stared at Warren for a moment and then turned to walk into the facility. Warren was one of Scott's best friends...and he didn't like going all leaderly on him because Scott considered him the next best person to lead the team in his stead...but he seemed to be getting more and more aggressive as of late, and this worried Cyclops. They entered the facility and looked around. They needed to get deeper into the facility, but their were guards everywhere...they were going to have to fight their way through.

[Watchman]

"Norman, Norman, Norman," Spider-Man chuckled, shaking his head jokingly. The knife came down upon his shoulder, sinking deeply into the suit. Nothing. In a matter a seconds, it was as if the knife was never even there.

"Norman, this thing will stop a bullet, cure diseases, grant unlimited power, make its own webbing, It does whatever it's told to do, and you can't hurt it. And you know what? It belongs to me."

Spider-Man lashed out, grabbing the Green Goblin by the face. Instantly, his hand was a mass of symbiotic plasma, engulfing Osborn in a black mask of sorts. Tendrils reached out from where the fingers should have been, probing inside of the mask and seeping into Osborn's skull through the pores of his skin, attacking his brain.

"I don't plan on intervening in your plans. No, it's much more than that. Much bigger, much more brilliant. Right now, this suit is intruding on your central nervous system, disrupting synapses and creating a barrier between the hemispheres of your brain. Do you undertsand what I'm saying? Of course you do, your a brilliant man. But I'm going to say it anyway, because it rolls off the tongue so well. It has such a nice ring to it. It excites me. Norman, I'm not just going to stop your plans, I'm going to kill you."

Pain exploded through out Osborn's head. His screams were muffled by the black ooze. He fealt the black ooze all inside of him and he could feel his body going limp. He reached to his side, grabbing all over his side. He finally grabbed a device and pressed a button. Something begun to hover and started to race toward them. The glider smashed into both of them, detaching Norman from the ooze. He stood up and jumped on the glider which shot up into the air.

"You're insane! Since it looks like I can't kill you looks like I'm going to have to kill your girlfriend" he leaned forword on his glider "and your aunt to" he begun to speak into his device in his mask.

"Release Xaiver"

"Are you sure Mr. Osborn"

"Do it!" a gate opened up and a large green creature leapt toward the streets.

"Parker, meet Charles Xaiver of the world famous X-Men who now is a giant rampaging creature also the greatest telepath in the world I let you do the math I have people to visit HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA" the glider took off into the air.

[Venom160]

<Cyclops>

Archangel began to walk into the facility, but Cyclops grabbed his shoulder and turned him around

"What the hell is the matter with you?!" Cyclops shouted at his teammate

"I told you to subdue the guards and find a way in, not murder them all! You know the X-men only use killing as an absolute last resort, if there is no other possible way! We will never achieve the Professor's dream of mutant and human co-existance if we turn into the murderers and terrorists we are trying to fight! When we get back to the mansion you will clock 100 hours in the Danger room...it seems you need a little practise playing safe" Cyclops said.

He stared at Warren for a moment and then turned to walk into the facility. Warren was one of Scott's best friends...and he didn't like going all leaderly on him because Scott considered him the next best person to lead the team in his stead...but he seemed to be getting more and more aggressive as of late, and this worried Cyclops. They entered the facility and looked around. They needed to get deeper into the facility, but their were guards everywhere...they were going to have to fight their way through.[Angel]

I stand there and watch Cyclops walk into the facility, I don't know whats wrong with me. I know what I just did was wrong but at the time somthing inside of me said it was right, I look down and see my hands balled so tight into fists that my fingernails were digging into my hands causing blood to trickle onto the snow. I open my hands and see the cut heal up instantly as I follow Scott into the facility.

[Spider-Man9X17]

The suit retracted slightly around the large white eyes to reveal Peter's eyes below. He looked at the telepath callously.

"Try it chrome dome. Like I said, this suit is invinsilbe. No mind control here. By the way, the X-Men suck. Especially Kitty, if ya know what I mean. Now those were good times."

The mask reformed. Spider-Man had no time for geriatric cripples. Osborn was his prey, his prize. With one powerful leap, he caught up tp the glider. Firing a black webline, he snagged the flying surfboard, using his momentum to swing forward over the front and catch Osborn in the face with a brutal kick.

"Pansy @$$ freak. Why you runnin' away? Can't handle a real fight. Gotta get your jollies off with defenseless old women? Actually, if the rumors are true, I guess that is more your speed, huh? They're just so desperate by that age range, and the criticism is probably nil."

[Venom160]

Pain exploded through out Osborn's head. His screams were muffled by the black ooze. He fealt the black ooze all inside of him and he could feel his body going limp. He reached to his side, grabbing all over his side. He finally grabbed a device and pressed a button. Something begun to hover and started to race toward them. The glider smashed into both of them, detaching Norman from the ooze. He stood up and jumped on the glider which shot up into the air.

"You're insane! Since it looks like I can't kill you looks like I'm going to have to kill your girlfriend" he leaned forword on his glider "and your aunt to" he begun to speak into his device in his mask.

"Release Xaiver"

"Are you sure Mr. Osborn"

"Do it!" a gate opened up and a large green creature leapt toward the streets.

"Parker, meet Charles Xaiver of the world famous X-Men who now is a giant rampaging creature also the greatest telepath in the world I let you do the math I have people to visit HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA" the glider took off into the air.<Carnage>

As I swing towards Osbourn's bulding I see him on somekind of glider hovering above it. I look on the rooftop and see a of shadowy figure, atfirst I thought it was Venom until I got closer and saw that the build was nowhere near Venom's.

"Parker, meet Charles Xaiver of the world famous X-Men who now is a giant rampaging creature also the greatest telepath in the world I let you do the math I have people to visit HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA"

Peter! Thats Peter! What the hell happened to him? I land on the rooftop and look over at Pete.

"Listen man im not here to fight, I was here to tell osbourn to go to hell that im not helping him. So please don't kick me in the face or anything."

[Spider-Man9X17]

"OK, let's see," Havok had begun follwing a set of tire prints he discovered in the snow several minutes ago. The led to the end of the complex, and then just stopped, about 15 feet from the complex wall.

"Which means, if my hunches are right, and they always are," Havok pointed his arms downs, and let loose with a wave of energy. The snow below heated to near supernova heat instantly and shattered.

"Snow shouldn't shatter," he said mockingly to himself, watching the steam clear. What was left was a hole about 20 feet wide and just as long, revealing a maintence road under ground.

"And I found it all by myself," he said as he began to walk down the gentle slope.

[Sparta*]

[Angel]

I stand there and watch Cyclops walk into the facility, I don't know whats wrong with me. I know what I just did was wrong but at the time somthing inside of me said it was right, I look down and see my hands balled so tight into fists that my fingernails were digging into my hands causing blood to trickle onto the snow. I open my hands and see the cut heal up instantly as I follow Scott into the facility.

<Cyclops>

I turn a corner in the facility to see a long hallway. There are barrels and crates everywhere, and guards behind them along the walls preparing to defend anyone who tried to cross it. Unfortunatley for them, the X-men had a mission to accomplish and they wouldn't be able to stop them.

Cyclops jumped forward and blasted a barrel with his optic beam, it then slammed straight into the chest of a guard knocking him out. Cyclops then took cover behind some crates. He lifted his head up, narrowly missing shots that were being fired at him.

He blasted 3 guards at one time with a wide beam. The guards toppled over onto some more guards. Cyclops then blasted a pile of crates sending pieces of wood flying everywhere.

The wood pieces took out a couple more guards and filled the air with debris which was good for additional cover. Cyclops looked back to see Archangel coming up behind him...he was relieved to see Warren there.

"Come on Warren! We're almost through" Cyclops said as he shot a ricochet beam that blasted of the side of the walls until it took out another two guards.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Wow, high tech."

Havok walked slowly through the corridor and into a large warehouse like room. Old crates and busted down military trucks lined the walls, with different types of computer equipment and more well maintained vehicles fillig out the rest of the room. On the other side was the entrance to another corridor. Puddles of water spotted the floor. Someone had been through here recently, and had exited quickly down the other corridor.

"Ahh, brother dearest and his merry men must have arrived."

He ran a hand along one of the computers, which wasn't really a computer at all. It was morelike a storgae locker, some kind of medical holding bin. The computer built in to it was measuring internal temperature and centerfuge speed. One word on the processor stood out among the rest, mainly because he didn't recognize it."

"Adamantium. Sounds like a bad Saturday morning cartoon," he noted as he continued on.

-

Spider-Man blanaced himself on the edge of the glider to address Carnage.

"You? You don't matter anymore. You preyed on my emotions, but I don;y need emotions anymore. They drove me nuts, made me weak. If I don't care about anyone, how can I beat myself up when the get hurt? You've done your business with Osborn, so your done here. Now swing away. Osborn's fate is mine and mine alone to determine."

[Venom160]

<Cyclops>

I turn a corner in the facility to see a long hallway. There are barrels and crates everywhere, and guards behind them along the walls preparing to defend anyone who tried to cross it. Unfortunatley for them, the X-men had a mission to accomplish and they wouldn't be able to stop them.

Cyclops jumped forward and blasted a barrel with his optic beam, it then slammed straight into the chest of a guard knocking him out. Cyclops then took cover behind some crates. He lifted his head up, narrowly missing shots that were being fired at him.

He blasted 3 guards at one time with a wide beam. The guards toppled over onto some more guards. Cyclops then blasted a pile of crates sending pieces of wood flying everywhere.

The wood pieces took out a couple more guards and filled the air with debris which was good for additional cover. Cyclops looked back to see Archangel coming up behind him...he was relieved to see Warren there.

"Come on Warren! We're almost through" Cyclops said as he shot a ricochet beam that blasted of the side of the walls until it took out another two guards.[Angel]

We walk down the long hallway knocking out any guards we come across until we see a large metal door with a card reader built into it.

"One of the guards must have a keycard for."

Scott starts to check the pockets of one of the guards.

"Don't worry Scott I got this."

Kitty playfully pushes me away from the door and phases her hand through the cardreader, sparks start to fly out of it and the door pops up. Kitty backs away as me and Scott causiously walk into the room. There huddle in the corner was Ali, her hair laying her face. Scott starts to walk over to her but I hold him back.

"Somthings not right."

I push Scott back out the door and slam the door shut, I hear the door beep and lock back up. I turn and walk over to Ali and kneel down beside her.

"Ali are you ok?"

[Venom160]

Spider-Man blanaced himself on the edge of the glider to address Carnage.

"You? You don't matter anymore. You preyed on my emotions, but I don;y need emotions anymore. They drove me nuts, made me weak. If I don't care about anyone, how can I beat myself up when the get hurt? You've done your business with Osborn, so your done here. Now swing away. Osborn's fate is mine and mine alone to determine."<Carnage>

"I was never truly working with Osbourn, I only teamed up with him to find out whats going on! Im just like you and would you ever team up with Osbourn?"

Before I could her his response the creature that was Professor Xavier lunges at me.

[Watchman]

The Goblin holds onto the edge of the glider. He pulls himself up and balances back on it. Parker turns around only to be pushed off the glider.

"Something's different about you Parker...and I like it" the glider goes flies backwards and two missiles come out of the glider.

"Alas you won't be here long enough for me to enjoy it. Now DIE!" the two missile launch and head straight toward Spider-Man.

[Watchman]

[Angel]

We walk down the long hallway knocking out any guards we come across until we see a large metal door with a card reader built into it.

"One of the guards must have a keycard for."

Scott starts to check the pockets of one of the guards.

"Don't worry Scott I got this."

Kitty playfully pushes me away from the door and phases her hand through the cardreader, sparks start to fly out of it and the door pops up. Kitty backs away as me and Scott causiously walk into the room. There huddle in the corner was Ali, her hair laying her face. Scott starts to walk over to her but I hold him back.

"Somthings not right."

I push Scott back out the door and slam the door shut, I hear the door beep and lock back up. I turn and walk over to Ali and kneel down beside her.

"Ali are you ok?"

"Wilson?! Where are you?" the headset was shouting on the ground. A foot came down stomping the headset to pieces. The man loaded all his weapons, handgun, sawed-off shotgun, assault rifle, many grenades and extra ammo, and a sword.

"Alright boys cut the lights" one of the metallic figures messes with a control panel turning the lights off."Reavers let's move in"the door opens up and the team goes in.

"Warriors come out to playa! Warriors!" Deadpool said as he knocked his sword on the ground making a loud clang in the silence. The group of mutants looked at the group of cyborgs.

"You freaks have stuck your freaky noses into something that is none of your business. Now we have to teach you a lesson" he reached for his handgun and opened fired.

[Noon]

[Angel]

We walk down the long hallway knocking out any guards we come across until we see a large metal door with a card reader built into it.

"One of the guards must have a keycard for."

Scott starts to check the pockets of one of the guards.

"Don't worry Scott I got this."

Kitty playfully pushes me away from the door and phases her hand through the cardreader, sparks start to fly out of it and the door pops up. Kitty backs away as me and Scott causiously walk into the room. There huddle in the corner was Ali, her hair laying her face. Scott starts to walk over to her but I hold him back.

"Somthings not right."

I push Scott back out the door and slam the door shut, I hear the door beep and lock back up. I turn and walk over to Ali and kneel down beside her.

"Ali are you ok?"

The animal tenses as the sounds beyond the cage change. A sizzling noise and the smell of burnt copper drift to its senses. Every muscle in its body is coiled; it acts on pure instinct, as it has nothing else to go on.

Two males enter the room; it reads their scents immediately and does not need to even look at them. Letting out a low growl from the back of its throat as a warning, an almost silent rumble, its fingers twitch and the tips of metal claws pierce its flesh, tiny drops of blood escaping.

"Ali are you ok?"

It looks up slowly, scraggly strands of black hair falling away from her face revealing her eyes. Kneeling before her is a man; something hesitates in its mind as it notes the long, feathered wings that stretch from his back. Not right.

His piercing blue eyes meet hers, searching for her mind, for a sign, but are greeted by rage and blackness. Stunned by what he sees they hold the gaze for what seems like an eternity.

SNIKT

In a blur of motion four metal shards erupt from its knuckles and plunge into the winged ones abdomen. Fury and rage on her face she pulls herself closer and growls into his face.

The claws are ripped out and drops of blood spatter all over the walls.

She stands ready for the next opponent, adrenaline pumping furiously round her system.

"Wilson?! Where are you?" the headset was shouting on the ground. A foot came down stomping the headset to pieces. The man loaded all his weapons, handgun, sawed-off shotgun, assault rifle, many grenades and extra ammo, and a sword.



"Alright boys cut the lights" one of the metallic figures messes with a control panel turning the lights off."Reavers let's move in"the door opens up and the team goes in.



"Warriors come out to playa! Warriors!" Deadpool said as he knocked his sword on the ground making a loud clang in the silence. The group of mutants looked at the group of cyborgs.



"You freaks have stuck your freaky noses into something that is none of your business. Now we have to teach you a lesson" he reached for his handgun and opened fired.

Suddenly more people swarm the room and shards of pain stick into its flesh with loud bangs. The pain only enrages it more and it jumps into the air, claws outstretched and glinting deadly.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"You like it? You really don;t get it yet, do you?" Spider-Man webbed up the missles, and swung them harmlessly upwards.

"You can't kill me. I can't die. You can throw all your tricks at me, and I'll just keep comin' until your pushin' up daisies and dancin' with Satan himself."

Spider-Man grabbed the underside of the glider and punch right up through the middle.

[Venom160]

The animal tenses as the sounds beyond the cage change. A sizzling noise and the smell of burnt copper drift to its senses. Every muscle in its body is coiled; it acts on pure instinct, as it has nothing else to go on.

Two males enter the room; it reads their scents immediately and does not need to even look at them. Letting out a low growl from the back of its throat as a warning, an almost silent rumble, its fingers twitch and the tips of metal claws pierce its flesh, tiny drops of blood escaping.

"Ali are you ok?"

It looks up slowly, scraggly strands of black hair falling away from her face revealing her eyes. Kneeling before her is a man; something hesitates in its mind as it notes the long, feathered wings that stretch from his back. Not right.

His piercing blue eyes meet hers, searching for her mind, for a sign, but are greeted by rage and blackness. Stunned by what he sees they hold the gaze for what seems like an eternity.

SNIKT

In a blur of motion four metal shards erupt from its knuckles and plunge into the winged ones abdomen. Fury and rage on her face she pulls herself closer and growls into his face.

The claws are ripped out and drops of blood spatter all over the walls.

She stands ready for the next opponent, adrenaline pumping furiously round her system.



Suddenly more people swarm the room and shards of pain stick into its flesh with loud bangs. The pain only enrages it more and it jumps into the air, claws outstretched and glinting deadly.[Angel]

I could tell something was wrong as soon as I saw her eyes, they looked like a wild animal's eyes.

SNIKT

The claws are embedded into my chest before I could even react, I hear a low growl as she gets almost into my face.

"Ali........please......"

She rippes the claws out of my chest and stands ready for her next victim, I collapse onto the ground holding my chest. My vision start to cloud, I know my healing factor could fix this but not fast enough. As darkness overtakes me I hear deep down inside of me someone laughing.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"...there are mutants in the complex."

"Let 'em come. I've always wanted to break a mutie neck or two."

Havok snuck around a ben in the corridor, coming up unseen behind two guards. Apparently, they had orders to protect that length of corridor, since the news of the attack didn't move them. No bother, that worked better for Alex anyway. In one swift move, he had slammed the two guards' heads together. Both slumped instantly to the floor. Alive, but barely. Probably wake up with one hell of a headache.

"OK, let's see where all the fun is," he said, picking up a walkie-talkie.

[Sparta*]

<Cyclops>

"DAMNIT WARREN!!!" Cyclops shouted as he was pushed away from the door. A metal slab came down and seperated them. Cyclops pounded on the door

"What the hell was he thinking?!" Cyclops said to himself. Suddenly Cyclops heard screams from inside

"That's it, i'm getting into that room" Cyclops said as he unleashed an optic blast that blew the metal door right through the wall and into the room. Scott entered and saw Warren bleeding with serious wounds on the ground. He then saw the mishapen figure of what he thought to be Ali...or at least was Ali.

Scott saw what she did to Warren and didn't hesitate. He blasted her in the chest with a powerful optic blast, sending her flying hard into the solid metal wall of the room.

Suddenly the lights went out and Cyclops turned back towards the entrance of the room and saw a group of what appeared to be cyborgs standing behind them. They opened fire, and Scott jumped away from the doorway, to the side of the room.

"Warren? ...WARREN?! ...are you alright?" Scott said shaking him violently, but he wasn't getting any kind of response

"I could really use your help right about now" Cyclops said as the blasts continued to be fired. He looked over at what used to be Ali, and wondered how they were going to get out of this situation in one piece.

[Spider-Man9X17]

Edit: Double post

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Yea, fight," Havok muttered off handedly as he entered the next large room.

"You're doin' a great job, Scotty!" he called out, non-chalantly taking a seat on a nearby crate. Warren was down, and Cyclops was greatly outnumbered by a band of....were they cyborgs?

"Cool, cyborgs," he said, scratching his ear. The one took notice and settled his gun on Alex.

"Hey now, I'm not with them. That's my deadbeat brother, who abandoned me as a kid so he could be some big shot. If you weren;t kicking his a$$, I would be. Oh, and, I'm a human. I hate mutants. See," Alex swung a leg out, kicking Warren right across the face. The cyborg hesitated, and then turned away, focusing on Cyclops again. It was about that time that Havok noticed the female sitting in the corner. The very hot, very desirable female.

"Hey baby, you doin' anything tonight?"

[Venom160]

[Angel]

"Warren? ...WARREN?! ...are you alright?"

My wounds must almost be healed because the numbing pain is nothing more than a dull pain now, I keep hearing gun fire and explosions not far off. I open my eyes the tiniest bit and see Scott trying to hold off cyborgs with Havok sitting a few inches away from me laughing it up.

"Hey now, I'm not with them. That's my deadbeat brother, who abandoned me as a kid so he could be some big shot. If you weren;t kicking his a$$, I would be. Oh, and, I'm a human. I hate mutants. See,"

I feel a wave of pain rush through my face as Havok kicks me in the face.

"Hey baby, you doin' anything tonight?"

I jerk awake and grab him by the front of his shirt.

"Not in this lifetime you little f**king punk! And this is for kicking me in the face!"

I punch him in the face hopfully knocking out a few of his teeth, I turn on the nearest cyborg and rip it's head clean off of it's shoulders. I drop his head and attack the next one with the same savageness.

[Spider-Man9X17]

Havok shook the punch off and grabbed the walkie-talkie from his belt.

"Attention all units. The mutants have reached sector G-6," he radioed, looking at the room designation painted on the wall. "The are being detained by cyborg units. I have vital information that also may be helpful in detaining the scum. Over."

"Dude, this is so fun," Havok said to himself, sitting back down and propping his feet up. "This is gonna be like fish in a barrel."

[Venom160]

Havok shook the punch off and grabbed the walkie-talkie from his belt.

"Attention all units. The mutants have reached sector G-6," he radioed, looking at the room designation painted on the wall. "The are being detained by cyborg units. I have vital information that also may be helpful in detaining the scum. Over."

"Dude, this is so fun," Havok said to himself, sitting back down and propping his feet up. "This is gonna be like fish in a barrel."[Angel]

As I trade blows with one of the cyborgs I overhear what Havok said over the walkie talkie, I turn and yell over to Scott.

"Scott I don't care what you say, if we survive this im am going to kill your brother!"

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Geez, you people are so impatient. Always jumping to conclusions," Havok was barely able to finish his sentence before the room was swarming with guards.

"That's them!" he called out, pointing to Warren and Scott.

"And who are you," one of the soldiers asked as the other guards took aim at Cyclops and Angel.

"Someone with some valuable info. Commander sent me," Havok stood up and turned to the control panel as the soldier turned away. He flipped the switched, bringing all the doors down, and then smashed the panel. No one was getting in or out.

"We have to be careful though. There's another one sneaking around here."

"Where?"

"Here."

Havok let loose with his powers on the first few guards. They fell to the floor in agony, grabbing their heads in pain and vomiting uncontrollably. Another group turned to open fire, but were buried in a pile of falling concrete as Havok targeted the ceiling.

"He may have left me to rot in those God forsaken orphanages, but that man is still my brother, and he's the only family I have left. I ain't just gonna stand by and let a bunch of rascist *********s fry him up like some cheap dollar store steak."

"Havok took out another guard or two as he addressed Scott and Warren.

"See, now you two geniuses just barrled right in the front door, setting off ever alarm in sight. And then, you were gonna try to fight your way through a facility that these guys not only know like a book, but they would have also had ample time to set up counter sefenses and take tactical positions..."

Another guards face met Havok's fist.

"But now through my brillance, not only is the rest of the facility clear, we also have the drop on them now. This also buys us some extra time, because it'll be a good long while before anyone on the outside realizes what's happening. It's cool if you want to wait till we get home to thank me properly. Strippers and alcohol would be nice."

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[Venom160]

"Geez, you people are so impatient. Always jumping to conclusions," Havok was barely able to finish his sentence before the room was swarming with guards.

"That's them!" he called out, pointing to Warren and Scott.

"And who are you," one of the soldiers asked as the other guards took aim at Cyclops and Angel.

"Someone with some valuable info. Commander sent me," Havok stood up and turned to the control panel as the soldier turned away. He flipped the switched, bringing all the doors down, and then smashed the panel. No one was getting in or out.

"We have to be careful though. There's another one sneaking around here."

"Where?"

"Here."

Havok let loose with his powers on the first few guards. They fell to the floor in agony, grabbing their heads in pain and vomiting uncontrollably. Another group turned to open fire, but were buried in a pile of falling concrete as Havok targeted the ceiling.

"He may have left me to rot in those God forsaken orphanages, but that man is still my brother, and he's the only family I have left. I ain't just gonna stand by and let a bunch of rascist *********s fry him up like some cheap dollar store steak."

"Havok took out another guard or two as he addressed Scott and Warren.

"See, now you two geniuses just barrled right in the front door, setting off ever alarm in sight. And then, you were gonna try to fight your way through a facility that these guys not only know like a book, but they would have also had ample time to set up counter sefenses and take tactical positions..."

Another guards face met Havok's fist.

"But now through my brillance, not only is the rest of the facility clear, we also have the drop on them now. This also buys us some extra time, because it'll be a good long while before anyone on the outside realizes what's happening. It's cool if you want to wait till we get home to thank me properly. Strippers and alcohol would be nice."

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/Spider-Man9x17/Havok5.jpg[Angel]

I could'nt help but let out a laugh.

"I have to admit, that was a smart move. But did you really have to kick me in the face?"

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Yes, and we'll leave it at that."

[Sparta*]

<Cyclops>

"I never thought anyone could be so wreckless Alex!" Cyclops shouted at Havok as he sliced through a cyborgs cybernetic legs with his laser optic blast.

"...but it was just wreckless enough to work" Scott said with a slight grin

"Now lets get what we came for and get the hell out of here" Cyclops said blasting another cyborg in the chest. The cyborg flew back and hit another two cyborgs, knocking them both to the ground.

"Hawkeye...Hawkeye" Scott shouted into his communicator "Meet us back at the jet, mission has been accomplished!"

[Watchman]

<Cyclops>

"I never thought anyone could be so wreckless Alex!" Cyclops shouted at Havok as he sliced through a cyborgs cybernetic legs with his laser optic blast.

"...but it was just wreckless enough to work" Scott said with a slight grin

"Now lets get what we came for and get the hell out of here" Cyclops said blasting another cyborg in the chest. The cyborg flew back and hit another two cyborgs, knocking them both to the ground.

"Hawkeye...Hawkeye" Scott shouted into his communicator "Meet us back at the jet, mission has been accomplished!"

Deadpool couldn't believe that the group of freaks sliced through the Reavers so easily. He wasn't going to allow the freaks to leave. He picked up one of the weapons one of his men dropped, a rocket launcher. Deadpool pops up from behind a crate holding the weapon straight at the mutant crowd.

"Now wait one moment, we are all going to stay here and let uncle Deadpool blow you all away"

He press the trigger letting the rockert fire.

[Noon]

Flung against the wall with a bright red flash, weapon x23 screams out in pain with a primal roar. Stumbling to its feet it spins round searching for a target.

The lights blink out, but in a second its eyes have adapted, seeing everything as clear as day. Too many in here, it wants to escape, it feels cornered, and you should never corner an animal.

As the others are engaged with the metallic ones it moves stealthily round, unnoticed, and cuts itself an exit. It runs, out into the maze of corridors

[Watchman]

"You like it? You really don;t get it yet, do you?" Spider-Man webbed up the missles, and swung them harmlessly upwards.

"You can't kill me. I can't die. You can throw all your tricks at me, and I'll just keep comin' until your pushin' up daisies and dancin' with Satan himself."

Spider-Man grabbed the underside of the glider and punch right up through the middle.

The glider spun out of control Norman could barely hang on to it. It was time to retreat. He moved the glider over facing a few buildings. Missiles begun to fire from the glider.

"Now Parker you have to make a choice follow me or save the people HAHAHAHA"

[Venom160]

Deadpool couldn't believe that the group of freaks sliced through the Reavers so easily. He wasn't going to allow the freaks to leave. He picked up one of the weapons one of his men dropped, a rocket launcher. Deadpool pops up from behind a crate holding the weapon straight at the mutant crowd.

"Now wait one moment, we are all going to stay here and let uncle Deadpool blow you all away"

He press the trigger letting the rockert fire.[Angel]

I take flight dodgeing the rocket and hit Deadpool as hard as my wings would let me. I smash him into one of the metal walls with all my strength sending him straight through it.

"You know Spider-man should sue your ass for stealing his costume."
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<Carnage>

I dodge the Xavier Goblin and hear an explosion, I turn and see the Goblin lauch several more rockets at a building and fly away laughing. And Pete is just standing there staring at him.

"What the hell man get over there and help people get out of that building!"

[Spider-Man9X17]

Spider-Man fired two huge nets of black webbing from his hand, trapping the missles. He tossed the bundles over his shoulder towards the river. In the confusion, Osborn managed to get away.

"Damn it Parker. You let him get to you. So what are a few casualties. Wrong place, wrong time. It happens. Osborn is the big picture, and you let him get away."

Spider-Man turned to Carnage.

"This is all your fault, you stupid son of a b**ch. I had him, and you had to worry about a few bums freeloading in some tenement building."

Spider-Man fired a webline and swung off.

"Have fun with Xavier. He's all yours."


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[Sparta*]

<Cyclops>

The rocket headed straight for them...Archangel dodged the rocket and flew after Deadpool. The rocket hit the wall and the explosion blasted Cyclops against into the air as light filled the room. Suddenly the roof began to crumble and fall apart, and in an instant it collapsed. Cyclops blasted the rubble with a wide beam before it could crush him and his brother.

"I'm sure you could have got that, right?" Cyclops said with a smirk as he grabbed his brothers hand and helped him up.

"Where is Ali?" Scott said as he blasted the ground with a low power beam to luminate the room. He looked over and saw a hole dug into the wall

"She had to have gone that way, i'm going after her...she is the only reason we came this far and i'm not leaving without her" Cyclops said as he crouched through the hole and out the other side. He saw Ali running down the long corridor

"Stop! ..........Ali!!" Scott shouted as he ran after her.

[Venom160]

Spider-Man fired two huge nets of black webbing from his hand, trapping the missles. He tossed the bundles over his shoulder towards the river. In the confusion, Osborn managed to get away.

"Damn it Parker. You let him get to you. So what are a few casualties. Wrong place, wrong time. It happens. Osborn is the big picture, and you let him get away."

Spider-Man turned to Carnage.

"This is all your fault, you stupid son of a b**ch. I had him, and you had to worry about a few bums freeloading in some tenement building."

Spider-Man fired a webline and swung off.

"Have fun with Xavier. He's all yours."


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/Spider-Man9x17/UltimateSybiote.jpg<Carnage>

"Oh yea it was my fault! You were fighting him, you let him get away and somehow its my fault! Oh and another thing your black costume sucks!"

I turn intime to see Goblin Xavier lunge at me, I duck under him and web him to a wall.

"How am I going to beat this thing how am I....."

I search through Pete's mind for what he knows of the Oz compound, it was a super soldier serum. If the serum was removed from the subjects body the subject sould revert back to his normal form.

"But how will I get it out of his system?"

I look down at my hands and remembers what happened when I attacked Toomes in his lab, how I drained the life out of him. Maybe there could be a way to drain just the Oz out of his system leaving his lifeform alone.

"Well only one way to find out."

I reinforce the webbing that was holding Goblin Xavier to the wall. I turn my hands back into my regular claws and dig them into his chest, I close my eyes and concentrate. I feel myself start to get stronger, I open my eyes and see Xavier begin to revert back to his normal form. I notice that im changing back to my regular form and starting to get a green tint to my red skin, I look up and see that Xavier is back to normal so I pull my claws from his chest. I back away and start to concentrate, forcing the Oz into a large bubble I created from my hands. The bubble turns bright green and starts to pulsate, once is sure that all the Oz is out of my system I rip the bubble off of me and throw it into the burning building.

"Oh my god the building!"

I turn into my Scarlet Spider form and swing down to ground level where the firefighter have already shown up.

"Get the paramedics ready I'll swing up there and start bring down survivors."

Firefighter - "Don't worry Spidey, this was an empty office complex, there was noone in there."

I let out a sigh of relief, I swing back up to where Xavier was still webbed to the wall.

"You alright Professor?"

"Yes but listen to me uh whats your name?"

"Scarlet Spider."

"OK whatever get me to the Triskilion, I have to talk to Fury."

"You got it sir."

I rip the webbing off of him and strap him to my back with some webbing and head toward the Triskilion.

[Watchman]

[Angel]

I take flight dodgeing the rocket and hit Deadpool as hard as my wings would let me. I smash him into one of the metal walls with all my strength sending him straight through it.

"You know Spider-man should sue your ass for stealing his costume."

He grabs hold of the wall and pulls himself back up. He looks at Angel with a confused look.

"Ah man am I in heaven" he looks around the room and takes out his sawn-of shotgun "Nope I guess not" he pulls the trigger

[Purple Man]

Flung against the wall with a bright red flash, weapon x23 screams out in pain with a primal roar. Stumbling to its feet it spins round searching for a target.

The lights blink out, but in a second its eyes have adapted, seeing everything as clear as day. Too many in here, it wants to escape, it feels cornered, and you should never corner an animal.

As the others are engaged with the metallic ones it moves stealthily round, unnoticed, and cuts itself an exit. It runs, out into the maze of corridors

Fury had told him that there would be other parties involved in the capture of this girl, and to let the mutants hold them off while the former secret service agent tracked the living weapon, code named X23.

Keeping a safe distance and an arrow at the ready, Hawkeye tailed X23 through the corridor maze.

[Venom160]

He grabs hold of the wall and pulls himself back up. He looks at Angel with a confused look.

"Ah man am I in heaven" he looks around the room and takes out his sawn-of shotgun "Nope I guess not" he pulls the trigger[Angel]

I try to dodge but take the shotgun blast into the shoulder, I hit the gun from Deadpool's hand and grab him by the throat.

"Trust me you mutant hating bastard, Heaven isnt where this Angel is going to be sending you!"

[Watchman]

[Angel]

I try to dodge but take the shotgun blast into the shoulder, I hit the gun from Deadpool's hand and grab him by the throat.

"Trust me you mutant hating bastard, Heaven isnt where this Angel is going to be sending you!"

Deadpool kicked him in the crotch. Angel dropped to his knees and Deadpool slammed his knee against Angel's face. He fell backwards blood covering his face. He brought his sword to Angel's throat.

"You are out of league you genetic freak"

[Venom160]

Deadpool kicked him in the crotch. Angel dropped to his knees and Deadpool slammed his knee against Angel's face. He fell backwards blood covering his face. He brought his sword to Angel's throat.

"You are out of league you genetic freak"[Angel]

I start laughing.

"Whats so funny mutie!?"

"Im just glade that im not in the league that hits someone below the belt just to gain an advantage in a fight. Right Colossus?"

"Right comrade."

Deadpool turns around intime for Colossus to land an uppercut that send him into a wall.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Scott! Wait up....."

Havok stepped through the whole and stopped. Scott had been in such a hurry, he hadn't taken notice to his surroundings. This area was a detention unit. Small cells were built deep into each wall, running up and down the corridor.

"This is where the test subjects must have lived."

Alex's stomach began to churn, not only from the sick realization, but also from the smell of rotting flesh. He walked down the middle of the hallway. Most of the cells were filled with old bones and rats. Some, however, had frsh bodies in the, some not even having enough time to start decompossing. He made it to the end of the hall. The last cell on the left made his heart sink A young girl lay on the ground, not older than 18 or 19 years old. A full head of green hair cascaded down over a young, beautiful face. Havok knelt down. No one was safe from the hate mutants felt every day. Even someone so young.

The girl coughed and stirred slightly. Alex jumped back. She was still alive. Not wasting a second, he grabbed onto the bars and let the cosmic radiation he emitted weaken the hinges before he pulled it clean off. He leaned down and gently picked the young woman up.

"Hey, you awake? Hello?"

No answer. But she was breathing, lightly but steadily.

"OK, well, the good guys are here now. We're gonna get you outta here."

-

Spider-Man landed on his windowsill and stepped inside his bedroom as the suit began to retract. He had just thrown on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt when he heard a knock at his door.

"Peter, dear, can you come downstairs. Someone is here to see you."

His heart jumped, and he felt the anger swell. Had Osborn really come here? Was he really going to get that personal. Did he really want to die that badly.

Peter hurried down the stairs, his fists balled. He turned into the living room and froze.

"Hi tiger."

"MJ, you...you're..."

"They, uh, let me out of S.H.I.E.L.D. custody today," she fibbed, not sounding entirely convincing. She stole a quick glance at Aunt May. She seemed to buy the bluff completely as she headed for the kitchen.

Peter took MJ in his arms and pulled her close.

"God, I'm so sorry I drug you into all this," he whispered. "But it's going to be ok. Ive found a solution to all this madness."

"I saw the news, Peter. Why did you put that other costume on. I thought it bad things to you. Made you hurt people"

"No, MJ. I never gave it a chance before. I wasn't ready for what it had to offer. But now, now I control it. I live with it. It's part of me."

"Are you sure. It looked like you weren't trying to hold back..."

"Why should I. They don't hold back. They tried to kill us how many times. They step on whoever they want to get there way. So what if I use a little extreme force. They're bad guys. I'm still saving the good people."

"OK," was the only response MJ could come up with. Peter pulled her in again and began rubbing her back.

"It'll all be OK, I promise."

His hand slipped down between the waistband of her jeans, and kept going.

"Peter!" MJ gasped, jumping back.

"Sorry, I just, I was so happy to see you. I got caught in the moment."

MJ gave a half smile.

"OK, Romeo. C'mon, I came to see if you wanted to go see a movie. My treat."

[Venom160]

"Scott! Wait up....."

Havok stepped through the whole and stopped. Scott had been in such a hurry, he hadn't taken notice to his surroundings. This area was a detention unit. Small cells were built deep into each wall, running up and down the corridor.

"This is where the test subjects must have lived."

Alex's stomach began to churn, not only from the sick realization, but also from the smell of rotting flesh. He walked down the middle of the hallway. Most of the cells were filled with old bones and rats. Some, however, had frsh bodies in the, some not even having enough time to start decompossing. He made it to the end of the hall. The last cell on the left made his heart sink A young girl lay on the ground, not older than 18 or 19 years old. A full head of green hair cascaded down over a young, beautiful face. Havok knelt down. No one was safe from the hate mutants felt every day. Even someone so young.

The girl coughed and stirred slightly. Alex jumped back. She was still alive. Not wasting a second, he grabbed onto the bars and let the cosmic radiation he emitted weaken the hinges before he pulled it clean off. He leaned down and gently picked the young woman up.

"Hey, you awake? Hello?"

No answer. But she was breathing, lightly but steadily.

"OK, well, the good guys are here now. We're gonna get you outta here."[Angel]

Colossus wraps a large piece of metal around Deadpool.

"Warren did you find Ali or the Professor?"

Oh my god! I forgot about Ali!

"Come on we got to find Scott and Alex!"

"Why? What happened?"

"I'll explain on the way lets go!"

I explain what happened as we head back to Ali's cell, we turn the corner and almost run over Alex.

"Whoa! Sorry, wheres Ali and Scott?"

I look down at the green haired girl in his arms.

"And who the hell is this?"

[Watchman]

[Angel]

I start laughing.

"Whats so funny mutie!?"

"Im just glade that im not in the league that hits someone below the belt just to gain an advantage in a fight. Right Colossus?"

"Right comrade."

Deadpool turns around intime for Colossus to land an uppercut that send him into a wall.

"Oh this is going to hurt in the morning" the fist connects and Deadpool goes flying across the the room into the wall. Pieces of ceiling and wall fall on top of him.

[Sparta*]

<Cyclops>

"Damnit Ali, why won't you wait?!" Scott shouted as he ran down the long corridors. He tried to ignore the smell of rotting flesh as he ran through the long halls...but it was hard. He pushed down the urge to vomit a few times...all he could think about was catching up to Ali, and completing the mission. She wouldn't stop, so finally Scott decided to stop her himself.

"This is for your own good Ali" Scott said as he blasted the roof infront of Ali. The roof caved in and formed a barricade of rocks infront of the girl. She was trapped and she knew it. Scott slowly approached her...

"Ali...come with me...Warren can help you...we can all help you...you just have to let us..." Cyclops said slowly stepping towards the girl.

[Noon]

<Cyclops>

"Damnit Ali, why won't you wait?!" Scott shouted as he ran down the long corridors. He tried to ignore the smell of rotting flesh as he ran through the long halls...but it was hard. He pushed down the urge to vomit a few times...all he could think about was catching up to Ali, and completing the mission. She wouldn't stop, so finally Scott decided to stop her himself.

"This is for your own good Ali" Scott said as he blasted the roof infront of Ali. The roof caved in and formed a barricade of rocks infront of the girl. She was trapped and she knew it. Scott slowly approached her...

"Ali...come with me...Warren can help you...we can all help you...you just have to let us..." Cyclops said slowly stepping towards the girl.

Cornered again, the weapon turned slowly, each muscle tense and poised. There was only one exit left, and blocking it was the male with the visor. There was a slow sound of tearing flesh as it's four claws slip out between her knuckles, tinged with blood and glinting in the low light.

"RRRRRrrrrrrrrrr"

White pointed canines bared, it lets out a low growl and takes a step into the hallway. The male seems unsure, a sign of weakness that X23 doesn't miss. Her dark eyes are fixed on her target, unwavering with a predatory glint.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"I don't know who she is. I found her in a holding pen. She's in a bad way. We gotta get ger outta her and get her some help. You guys don't have a magic teleporting genie or something, do you?"

[Sparta*]

Cornered again, the weapon turned slowly, each muscle tense and poised. There was only one exit left, and blocking it was the male with the visor. There was a slow sound of tearing flesh as it's four claws slip out between her knuckles, tinged with blood and glinting in the low light.

"RRRRRrrrrrrrrrr"

White pointed canines bared, it lets out a low growl and takes a step into the hallway. The male seems unsure, a sign of weakness that X23 doesn't miss. Her dark eyes are fixed on her target, unwavering with a predatory glint.

<Cyclops>

Cyclops stared at the creature infront of him...could this really be the Ali he once knew? She looked twisted and deformed...not even a shred of her former self showing through the madness.

Scott couldn't help but wonder if this was all his fault...if he was more of a leader before the Apocalypse ordeal maybe this wouldn't have happened to her. Scott pushed those feelings down...what was done was done, and he couldn't change it, all he could do now was try to be the leader he always should have been.

"Ali...it's me Scott...don't you recognize me?" Scott said. The creature only growled in return.

"Is there not even a portion of your former self in there Ali?" again there was no response.

"Can you even speak? You need our help Alison...you can be the way you were...but you need to let us help you. Once we find Professor X..." Scott paused for a moment after he said that last part...without Xavier and Jean he felt so lost. "....once we find Professor X, he can help you work out your inner demons. Come with me and I will take you to Warren, and the rest of your friends" Cyclops said unsure if the creature was even human enough anymore to feel his concern.

[Noon]

<Cyclops>

Cyclops stared at the creature infront of him...could this really be the Ali he once knew? She looked twisted and deformed...not even a shred of her former self showing through the madness.

Scott couldn't help but wonder if this was all his fault...if he was more of a leader before the Apocalypse ordeal maybe this wouldn't have happened to her. Scott pushed those feelings down...what was done was done, and he couldn't change it, all he could do now was try to be the leader he always should have been.

"Ali...it's me Scott...don't you recognize me?" Scott said. The creature only growled in return.

"Is there not even a portion of your former self in there Ali?" again there was no response.

"Can you even speak? You need our help Alison...you can be the way you were...but you need to let us help you. Once we find Professor X..." Scott paused for a moment after he said that last part...without Xavier and Jean he felt so lost. "....once we find Professor X, he can help you work out your inner demons. Come with me and I will take you to Warren, and the rest of your friends" Cyclops said unsure if the creature was even human enough anymore to feel his concern.

The strings of sound mean nothing to the creature. The panic of being trapped has only ignited its rage and it readies for attack.

With a roar of fury it charges, claws held up ready to hack it's way out through whatever would stand in its way.

[Venom160]

"I don't know who she is. I found her in a holding pen. She's in a bad way. We gotta get ger outta her and get her some help. You guys don't have a magic teleporting genie or something, do you?"[Angel]

"No but we got a blue teleporting elf with a heart of gold."

I press the X on my costume.

"Kurt buddy we need your help could you port here?"

"Sure."

With a burst of smoke and brimestone Kurt appears beside Alex.

"Kurt I need you to port this woman to the x-jet and hook her up to emergency medical equipment."

"You got it Varren."

Kurt reaches for the girl but Alex takes a step back.

"Alex shes' going to be fine."

[Spider-Man9X17]

"That's not an elf, that's a freaking demon," Alex choked out, unnerved by the glowing yellow eyes.

Alex held the girl tighter, feeling an unknown need to protect her.

[Venom160]

"That's not an elf, that's a freaking demon," Alex choked out, unnerved by the glowing yellow eyes.

Alex held the girl tighter, feeling an unknown need to protect her.[Angel]

I look over and see that Kurt has a hurt look on his face, hes' trying to hide it but doing a bad job of it. I rub the bridge of my nose, Im starting to get a major headache.

"Kurt is not a demon, he is a human being like you and me. And right now Kurt is the only person that can get her to the jet in the blink of an eye. We don't know how much time she has left, so if you want her to survive give her to Kurt so he can save her!"

[Purple Man]

The strings of sound mean nothing to the creature. The panic of being trapped has only ignited its rage and it readies for attack.

With a roar of fury it charges, claws held up ready to hack it's way out through whatever would stand in its way.

Clint kicked open a door just in time to see the creature from behind, charging the Summers kid. Half a second later, Hawkeye fired his first arrow that was more like a flying syringe filled with an experimental muscle relaxer, aimed straight at her right thigh. "Down girl!"

[Noon]

With a resounding thwap something sharp sticks deep into the weapons leg. Starteled, it stops mid-charge and bats away the dart, it falls to the ground with a clink.

She turns to the new opponent, becoming more enraged with panic and more dangerous. She starts towards him but stumbles a little. A confused look passes across her face as she falls to one knee, as if her leg has lost all feeling. Angrily she swipes out with bher claws, the deadly tips just inches from the one who shot her.

She may be down but she will let no one any closer if she has her way.

[Spider-Man9X17]

Alex hesitated. The sight of this new mutant actually....scared him. Finally, though, he handed over the girl with a weak, hesitant smile.

-

Peter sat with his arm around Mary Jane, but wasn't paying a bit of attention to the movie. His eyes had been on her the whole time, and for the last 10 minutes or so, a little less south than her face.

"Popcorn," MJ offered suddenly, turning to face Peter. He looked up at her briefly, his smile unnerving her for some reason. He took some popcorn, and MJ resumed watching the movie as Peter resumed his previous viewing.

[Purple Man]

With a resounding thwap something sharp sticks deep into the weapons leg. Starteled, it stops mid-charge and bats away the dart, it falls to the ground with a clink.

She turns to the new opponent, becoming more enraged with panic and more dangerous. She starts towards him but stumbles a little. A confused look passes across her face as she falls to one knee, as if her leg has lost all feeling. Angrily she swipes out with bher claws, the deadly tips just inches from the one who shot her.

She may be down but she will let no one any closer if she has her way.

Clint stumbled backwards as the new weapon swung its claws at him, slicing his once sturdy bow in half.

Gripping each severed end he swung them at either side of X23s head. "I said; down!"

[Noon]

Clint stumbled backwards as the new weapon swung its claws at him, slicing his once sturdy bow in half.

Gripping each severed end he swung them at either side of X23s head. "I said; down!"

X23 shakes it's head as the impact vibrates through her metal skull, but the effect wears off in seconds.

"RRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrr"

Her healing factor starts to kick in to combat the numbing effects of the dart and she gets shakily to her feet. Staring down the one with arrows with a violent look, she cracks her neck.

With a pounce she knocks him down and is on top of him, her razor like claws bearing down towards his neck, but he blocks her with what's left of his bow, holding the adamantium at bay.

[Sparta*]

<Cyclops>

"There is only one way out of this facility Ali, and that's with us" Cyclops said as he blasted Ali off Hawkeye.

"I don't want to hurt you but you aren't leaving me a choice" Cyke said blasting her again. She was hurled against a pile of rubble, hitting it back first. Cyclops didn't want to give up on her...but she was proving to be a great threat.

[Noon]

There is a resounding crack as the weapon hits the rubble. Not of bone breaking, but of rock smashing against metal. X23 lets out a whimper as shards of stone dig into her flesh and she lies motionless for a while, waiting to heal.

[Sparta*]

<Cyclops>

It was clear that Ali was too far-gone to come back with them peacefully. The last optic blast knocked her against the rock wall...and it was successful in slowing her down. She sat there motionless against the foot of the rock wall

"Now is my chance" Cyclops said as he approached her. He knew that she was going to heal soon, and that he only had once chance to do this. He opened a pouch on his uniform and took out a small metal diamond shaped device. He crouched down to attach the device to the girl, but before he could she swiped at him with his claws with what strength she currently had left. Scott quickly leaned back, narrowly avoiding two adamantium claws to the face. He grabbed her arm and quickly attached the device to the back of her neck. The device emitted large amounts of electricity into whomever it was attached too...unfortunatley for Ali, she realized that as her body began to rock violently with electricity.

"She'll be unconscious soon Clint, then we can take her back to the mansion and try to figure out a way to reverse what was done to her" The electricity soon stopped, and Ali steaming body lay motionless on the floor.....

[Noon]

<Cyclops>

It was clear that Ali was too far-gone to come back with them peacefully. The last optic blast knocked her against the rock wall...and it was successful in slowing her down. She sat there motionless against the foot of the rock wall

"Now is my chance" Cyclops said as he approached her. He knew that she was going to heal soon, and that he only had once chance to do this. He opened a pouch on his uniform and took out a small metal diamond shaped device. He crouched down to attach the device to the girl, but before he could she swiped at him with his claws with what strength she currently had left. Scott quickly leaned back, narrowly avoiding two adamantium claws to the face. He grabbed her arm and quickly attached the device to the back of her neck. The device emitted large amounts of electricity into whomever it was attached too...unfortunatley for Ali, she realized that as her body began to rock violently with electricity.

"She'll be unconscious soon Clint, then we can take her back to the mansion and try to figure out a way to reverse what was done to her" The electricity soon stopped, and Ali steaming body lay motionless on the floor.....

The electricity spun round the metal bones implanted in X23, blistering the flesh around it. The blue shards of heat raced up her spine and into her head. The sudden shock of energy jolts a part of her brain that had been blocked off: speech. Basic and almost unintelligible, but still one word manages to break through the haze.

"rrrrr...please..."

[Venom160]

Alex hesitated. The sight of this new mutant actually....scared him. Finally, though, he handed over the girl with a weak, hesitant smile.[Angel]

Alex hands the girl to Kurt who disappears in a burst of smoke and brimstone. Before he handed her to Kurt I could of sworn that I saw genuine concern on his face, hes' more like Scott than he wants to let on.

"Ok now where is Ali and Scott?"

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Wow, that movie really sucked," MJ said as her and Peter stepped onto the bus.

"Yeah. You know doesn'r suck though? Your shirt."

"Ummmm, this old thing? Peter, I've had this shirt since forever now."

"Yeah, but that neckline is great. It really shows off your better assets."

Mary Jane coughed, obviously taken back by the comment.

"Peter, what is your deal? Is that new costume part basset hound or something?"

"What? We've been together for over a year now. I was thinking we need to take that next step. C'mon, we're probably the only people at school who haven't. I mean, Liz Allen, jeez, you know she has some miles under the belt..."

"Peter! For God's Sake, what is wrong with you?"

"I....I...."

Peter shook his head, rubbing his eyes.

"I...don't know. Tired, I guess. So much crap going on lately, I've been under a lot of stress."

"Uh huh. Maybe you should go home and get some rest, sweety. Give Spider-Man a vacation and Peter Parker a little time to get his head straight."

"Yeah, a good night's sleep and a few days rest sounds like heaven right now."

-

"So, your buddy, I didn't mean to insult him, but damn man, that is not something you wanna see appearing outta nowhere without warning."

Havok crawled through a hole in the wall, kicking some rubble out of the way as he passed through.

"Looks like the came this way."

[Venom160]

"So, your buddy, I didn't mean to insult him, but damn man, that is not something you wanna see appearing outta nowhere without warning."

Havok crawled through a hole in the wall, kicking some rubble out of the way as he passed through.

"Looks like the came this way."[Angel]

"Hey man its not me you should be saying that to, we've all been grieveing over Jean and thats the last thing Kurt needed to hear."

We follow Havok through a hole cut into Ali's cell.

"Looks like the came this way."

"Lets hurry up then."

[Venom160]

<Carnage>

"Im sorry Professor but Im going to just drop you off on the roof, the way my lucks been going Fury and the Ultimates will think I was the one to kidnap you."

"Do not worry my friend Iv already contacted Fury telepathically told him what happened so you have nothing to fear. He told us to come in through the roof top entrance and meet him in the command center."

"Ok no prob Professor."

I climb to the top of the Triskilion and walk in.

[Watchman]

The glider lands in a hanger at Oscorp. The goblin takes of the helmet and jumps of the glider.

"I want they fixed and ready to go by tonight" a man starts running toward him.

"What the hell were you doing out there. You could have jeopardize this whole operation!"Osborn garbs him by the collar and slams him against the wall.

"I'm in charge here. Spider-Man will mess everything up. Consider what I did outside a test run" a light turned on revealing more gliders and suits. "The suits provide the wearer with enhanced abilities and also a multitude of weapons. Combining these with the R.H.I.N.Os we will be unstoppable" the man nodded and then pointed at Osborn's head.

"Wh...what's that" Osborn fealt some sort of ooze and held it up to his face. He gave a smile and walked away.

[Sparta*]

The electricity spun round the metal bones implanted in X23, blistering the flesh around it. The blue shards of heat raced up her spine and into her head. The sudden shock of energy jolts a part of her brain that had been blocked off: speech. Basic and almost unintelligible, but still one word manages to break through the haze.

"rrrrr...please..."

<Cyclops>

"Ali?!" Cyclops shouted as he leaned down beside the girl

"Is that really you?" Cyclops said looking at the mishapen creature.

"Say something else...anything else!" Cyclops said, staring at her intently

"Warren, get over here NOW" Cyke shouted into his communicator. Ali still didn't say anything more in response to Scott. Cyclops saw some loose metal wire on the ground of the facility. He picked it up and tied Ali's hand's together

"Sorry Ali, but I can't risk you harming anyone else..." the girl snarled with discontent at being tied up like an animal...but she didn't leave Scott any choice in the matter.

"Do you remember who you are?" Scott said, trying to get some more words out of the girl

[Noon]

<Cyclops>

"Ali?!" Cyclops shouted as he leaned down beside the girl

"Is that really you?" Cyclops said looking at the mishapen creature.

"Say something else...anything else!" Cyclops said, staring at her intently

"Warren, get over here NOW" Cyke shouted into his communicator. Ali still didn't say anything more in response to Scott. Cyclops saw some loose metal wire on the ground of the facility. He picked it up and tied Ali's hand's together

"Sorry Ali, but I can't risk you harming anyone else..." the girl snarled with discontent at being tied up like an animal...but she didn't leave Scott any choice in the matter.

"Do you remember who you are?" Scott said, trying to get some more words out of the girl

"RRRRRRRRrrrrrrr"

It snarled viciously at being captured, the conscious part of her brain receding back beneath the animal psyche.

X23 struggled against her bindings but the wire only cut into her flesh causeing more pain.

She continued to growl and snarl like a beast.

[Purple Man]

"RRRRRRRRrrrrrrr"

It snarled viciously at being captured, the conscious part of her brain receding back beneath the animal psyche.

X23 struggled against her bindings but the wire only cut into her flesh causeing more pain.

She continued to growl and snarl like a beast.

"I really liked that bow." Hawkeye bent down, retrieving a gun that was holstered near his ankle.

Checking the single shot, antique pistol, Clint sighed, aiming the gun at the girls temple. "I know you X-Men want to save the mutants an' all, but if she moves I kill her."

[Venom160]

"I really liked that bow." Hawkeye bent down, retrieving a gun that was holstered near his ankle.

Checking the single shot, antique pistol, Clint sighed, aiming the gun at the girls temple. "I know you X-Men want to save the mutants an' all, but if she moves I kill her."[Angel]

"Warren, get over here NOW"

I push past Alex and run the rest of the way down the tunnel until I find Scott, Ali, and Hawkeye.

"I know you X-Men want to save the mutants an' all, but if she moves I kill her."

"You do and I'll kill you before you could freakin blink."

I push past him and kneel down infront of Ali and lower my voice almost down to a whisper so none of the others could hear me.

"Come on baby please I know your in there somewhere, please for me show me that you can hear me please."

[Watchman]

Deadpool struggled trying to free himself from the piece of metal but is was no use. The steel peice of crap tied the knot pretty tight. Deadpoo heard footsteps coming closer. It was a mix of Reavers and Weapon X troops.

"Sergent Wilson? What happened?"

"Oh we were you know hanging out watching some tv...how about getting my the hell out of here" one of the bigger Reavers went over and ripped the piece of metal apart. Deadpool got up from the pile of rubble.

" Reavers drive the mutants out of here and the rest of you follow me" the Reavers went down the hall were the mutants went and the troops followed Deadpool.

"Ok here's the plan: we cut them off with all those helicopters out there"

[Noon]

[Angel]

"Warren, get over here NOW"

I push past Alex and run the rest of the way down the tunnel until I find Scott, Ali, and Hawkeye.

"I know you X-Men want to save the mutants an' all, but if she moves I kill her."

"You do and I'll kill you before you could freakin blink."

I push past him and kneel down infront of Ali and lower my voice almost down to a whisper so none of the others could hear me.

"Come on baby please I know your in there somewhere, please for me show me that you can hear me please."

X23 snaps her teeth out at the male, not understanding any speech anymore.

She struggles against her bindings, the wire cutting into her flesh and drawing blood.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Acted like such a tool with MJ today," Peter fumed, throwing on a pair of basketball shorts as he got ready for bed. "It's a wonder she didn't walk right out."

"But, I do love her, right. I just wanted to show her. we've been together so long now, how long do I have to wait? The first date is long gone."

"Dude, I sound like friggin' Flash Thompson now. Just sleep on it, see how things go in the morning."

Peter clicked off his lamp and crawled into bed and fell off into a much needed sleep.

...

...

...

...

"Peter...Peter...PETER!"

"Wha...Aunt May?"

"You're still trying to fight it. The solution to all your problems, in your control, and you;re still letting the guilt consume you."

Peter rubbed his eyes and sat up in bed.

"Who..."

"You're letting everyone else tell you who you are. You need to grab control, final control. Be who you want to be, not what you think everyone else wants you to be."

Peter's hands felt cold. He looked down to see the costume snaking up his arms.

"What...no...how are you doing this. Who are you?"

"You still don't know? You aren't as smart as everyone thinks, are you?"

The costume wrapped up around his head, but no eyes formed. He was wrapped in complete darkness.

"Embrace it, Peter. Control yourself, be yourself, before they destroy you."

"No. Lemme go....can't breathe....nnnnnnNNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"

...

...

...

Peter's eyes snapped open, a gasp of breath filling hsi lungs. He looked at his clock. 6:45 a.m. No use going back to sleep, he had to be up in 15 minutes anyway.

He slowly pulled himself up into a sitting position on the edge of the mattress. Had that all been a nightmare....had to be...but, it didn't feel like a nightmare. It was fading already, he hardly remembered a thing. But he did feel...better. Much better. Better than he had the day before. He didn't feel bad about what had happened between him and MJ. Her loss. Another day also meant another chance at Osborn. And nobodyt was going to stop him this time. He didn;t care how many civilians had to be sacrificed, he would have his reward.

Yes, it was going to be a truly glorious day.

[Venom160]

X23 snaps her teeth out at the male, not understanding any speech anymore.

She struggles against her bindings, the wire cutting into her flesh and drawing blood.[Angel]

Tears start to well up in my eyes when she responds exactly as I feared. I grab her head, not hard to hurt but firm enough to keep her from shaking loose and bitting me.

"Please Ali don't let this thing control you, please come back."

[Purple Man]

[Angel]

Tears start to well up in my eyes when she responds exactly as I feared. I grab her head, not hard to hurt but firm enough to keep her from shaking loose and bitting me.

"Please Ali don't let this thing control you, please come back."

"Where's your miracle, Angel? I'm authorized to put the animal down if you kids can't handle her." Clint sat down on a near by desk, adjusting the goggles resting on top of his head.

[Venom160]

"Where's your miracle, Angel? I'm authorized to put the animal down if you kids can't handle her." Clint sat down on a near by desk, adjusting the goggles resting on top of his head. [Angel]

I look it Hawkeye with a look of absolute rage.

"Nodody is putting down anybody! And if thats what Fury sent you here for YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE F**KIN JET!"

I turn away from Hawkeye and my startled team mates and press the X on my suit.

"Hey Ro and you guys come across a central computor or something like that?"

"Yeah we have, why? Did you find Ali or the professor?"

"Ro just please go to it and get everything you can find on X23."

I remove my hand from the X and say to no one in perticular.

"We got to find out what these bastards did to her."

I lower my head to hers and pray for a miracle.

[OOC: Your up for Fury Purple cause Carnage just showed up at the Triskilion with Professor X.]

[Sparta*]

<CYCLOPS>

"Nobody is killing anyone...everybody needs to calm down" Cyclops said sternly. He raised his hand to his communicator

"Storm...back up all the files you can on X-23, and do it fast" Cyclops said. "Those Reavers are still out there, and are probably looking for us" Scott continued turning to Archangel

"I'm sorry Warren, but we need to get out of here. We can examine the files Storm extracts back at the mansion where it's safe, and we'll have Hank give Ali some medical attention"

Scott turned to Hawkeye "Thank you for your assistance my friend. You can tell your superiors the rescue mission was a success" Cyclops said. He pressed a button on his belt, sending a signal to the jet to come to his location. He removed his visor and blasted a giant chunk of the building away.

"Everyone get to the Blackbird!" he said, catching his breath, and closing his eyes. He then raised the visor back to his face. The visor illuminated to a familiar red when he opened his eyes beneath the ruby quartz shield.

Cyclops turned to Havok "There is a spot on the jet, and on the team for you if you want it Alex" Cyclops said, he paused for a moment then began to walk over the rubble towards the jet.