Professor Charles Xavier's Story

Charles greeted Ryan, “Good morning Ryan. Well we could allow you to join in on the last of the session. Miss Fuyumi do you mind phasing him in to the Danger Room?”

Ryan was estactic! "Oh boy! Thank you Professor Xavier! This is gonna be great!" Fuyumi turned toward Ryan and extended her hand. “Sure. Are you ready?” Ryan reached out to take her hand, then he pulled back. Something was out there. There were car noises, footsteps, and the smell of a large number of men. "Professor?... Something's weird..." Just then a large rumble was heard from outside of the mansion. The alarms suddenly went off there was a breach in security. “What’s happening?” Fuyumi said as she turned to the professor.

The professor quickly did a mental probe. “It seems we are under attack! We must end the session!” the professor asked Aaliyah to cut the Danger Room simulation off. He then did communicated with everyone telepathically.

“Listen well all of you. This is an emergency situation. The school is under attack by a source unknown as of yet. The aggressors are currently outside in the mansion and have breached the front gates. I want the instructors specifically, Scott, Cara, Logan, Aaliyah, Vila, and Ace to accompany Magneto and I to protect the school from the outside threat. I want Vincent and Fuyumi to remain inside the mansion and Barricade then yourselves and the students inside the Danger Room for protection. It is the safest place to hide. Be ready for anything.” Charles’ thought ran clear through the minds of all present in the mansion.

Vincent quickly asked, “Father why won’t you allow me to help you out there? I can handle myself.”

Charles cut Vincent off before he could finish. “I know you can handle yourself and protect others just fine. However I need you on the inside for that very reason, to protect the students. You and Fuyumi can do this important task. Please Vincent, try to understand.” Charles explained.

“Alright father, I understand. But do look after Father Erik please. He can get a little reckless as you know.” Vincent added with a smile.

“I know Erik well. You please look after Philip. He’s much like your father Erik.” Charles replied with a smile.

“I know. Well, off with you now. We don’t want them getting any closer now do we?” Vincent replied in an upbeat manner.

Charles nodded, “Indeed.” He turned to the group . “X-men let’s move out.”

Ryan flicked his tongue out, tasting the air. He could feel something. Ryan tilted his head up, then he sniffed hard. There it was. That weird smell again. It was the smell of a predator. But something was weird. There were more of them now. One... three... four. Exactly four. They weren't human. They were mutants. Ryan ran out into the hallway and shouted towards the X-men. They had to know what they were up against.

"Professor Xavier! Some of them smell funny, there's something strong out there. One smells like ozone, like lightning. One smells like an animal, like a predator... Besides them, there are two others that smell funny. They don't have a specific smell, but they do smell... they smell... well, they smell like us. Mutants. The rest are just men, but there's a lot of them. Please be careful." Not waiting for a response, Ryan ran back into the control booth.

"I've just told the professor, but you should know as well. There are four mutants coming in. One of them smells strong, like a predator. Another smells like lightning. I don't know what their powers are, but they definitely smell different from regular men. Other than that, the rest are just men. Foot Soldiers. They brought some cars, but I don't smell any heavy deposits of gunpowder." Ryan directed this information at Professors Fuyumi and Aaiyah. Not knowing what to do, and not wanting to panic. Ryan sat down. He was scared. This was so different from school, even from danger room sessions. He had no idea what to do. For the first time in a long time, Ryan sat down quietly and said nothing. He waited for orders.

Memory breathed a sigh of relief as her feet touched down with a gentle click onto the floor below. Her powers being useless against robots, Memory was helpless in that situation. Completely and utterly helpless which infuriated her to no end. Not the fact that she had needed saving by the strongest mutant in the room, or help at all in fact, but more that she had not been able to handle it herself. Being quite independent and stubborn about these kind of things, M just couldn't handle the thought of not being able to defend herself when it came down to it.

Her chocolate brown eyes found Magneto's quickly, an appreciative but playful smile on her face as she finally answered him.
"I am now, Erik, thanks to you. I didn't expect to make it out of that."

J closed his eyes hard as the light danced off of the descending blade, the memories of his life years before resurfacing and playing out in his mind in a hopeless attempt to distract him from his impending death.

'This is really how I'm gonna go? A danger room simulation!'

More times of his past with Memory and his mother and his father and Archie and his puppy, Boomer. All these little snippets of his past pleasures replaying in a loop to keep his mind off of the descending guillotine which was to remove the one thing he had always been good at keeping in these sort of situations.

'This is sure taking a while...'

Cautiously he opened his eyes expecting to see an army of violent and aggressive mechanical men marching on the cold, hard floor which he was sprawled out on after being clotheslined by a metal arm while the students battled to reclaim order in the simulation with one solitary executioner above his vulnerable body. This was not the case. Not at all in fact, at least for his executioner. Instead of the 6' foot demon of death, there was a simply pile of sparking metal.

"Well that was anti-climactic..."

The hand of his rescuer extended to him and he reached for, almost happily taking it, before seeing sense and thinking better of this foolish action. Pulling back his bare hand, J grimaced apologetically and lifted himself painfully from the ground. Removing the black leather gloves from the back pocket of his jeans he slipped his long fingered hands inside and wiggled the fingers slowly while pulling the open end to get them as tight on his hand as he could manage. Nodding to himself, Jonathan turned to his sister and protector.

"Thank you, Mr. Lehnsherr. Sorry about the inconvenience." He spoke quickly with a pleasant smile to which Memory rolled her eyes and turned on her heels and began walking back to the fight slowly.

A sudden voice invading her mind, along with everyone else's, stopped M dead in her tracks. As the voice of Charles Xavier began to echo within her mind her gaze snapped to Jonathan's, the half-siblings sharing a concerned look.

“Listen well all of you."

Memory stepped closer to Jonathan just as the warning started, her eyes wide while J's were half-closed in concentration.

"This is an emergency situation. The school is under attack by a source unknown as of yet."

A hand clasped Jonathan's hard and he jumped at the contact before giving it a reassuring squeeze then pulling her close into a tight hug, soothingly stroking the back of her head whispering "it's alright, it'll be ok" over and over into her ear. She was a brave girl and could handle a lot, but she had quite literally just escaped death's clutches, along with Jonathan, and this new information had just taken it's toll on her emotional side.

"The aggressors are currently outside in the mansion and have breached the front gates. I want the instructors specifically, Scott, Cara, Logan, Aaliyah, Vila, and Ace to accompany Magneto and I to protect the school from the outside threat. I want Vincent and Fuyumi to remain inside the mansion and Barricade then yourselves and the students inside the Danger Room for protection. It is the safest place to hide. Be ready for anything.”

The message stopped and Jonathan reopened his eyes.

A silence fell on the siblings as they pulled away and looked each other in the eyes, both thinking the exact same thing.

Memory knew that what she was suggesting her brother might need to do was more than should have been asked of him but there was no other choice. Her power just wasn't offensive enough to use in a fight. He stepped back from her and gripped the end of the black leather glove, hesitating for only a moment, then removing it.

"Not trying to be funny here or anything..." His husky voice rang out, echoing slightly into the now silver interior of the danger room as he removed the other glove. "...but you're all going to have to keep your distance from me. I don't want anyone getting hurt." With this, he threw the gloves to the ground and turned his body to the danger room door, Memory just behind him at his side.

'This is what I never wanted to happen...'

Cara Black

Cara raised an eyebrow at Aayiah's little stand. "You know for a drop-out you really are big for your boots." She answered the young girl coldly "And in case you hadn't noticed, I have stubbed the cigarette out anyway." She waved the ashtray theatrically, before leaning back against the windowsill. The teenager didn't scare Cara, she'd fought much worse then a socially awkward technocrat, especially since Aayiah had little power over Cara's, machines are all well and good but when you can remove your physical form your pretty safe.

It was the professors message that ended the confrontation. "Well, at least we've all had a warm up. Now for the main event." She smiled over towards the rest of the teachers.

“X-men let’s move out.”

Cara felt a shudder. "Oh that's still very strange to hear that as a good thing." she laughed before hurrying out of the door with the other teachers deciding to wait until they were outside to pull herself into the shadows. She stopped to turn back when she heard Ryan's voice calling after them, her eyes flashing with anger when he mentioned smelling mutants. "Traitors!" She growled to herself before hurrying back after the others, fire burning in her eyes. She could stand the X-men ideology even if it was wrong but it was when mutants betrayed mutants to the government that her blood boiled.

"They have mutants!" she echoed Ryan, catching up with the others. Even without looking at her it was obvious she wasn't impressed by the idea of their attackers. She eyed the collection of X-men, hurrying with her, she had to admit she'd always admired their collective stand even if it was usually against her.

She had to take a step back as they reached the front doors to mansion, stepping out into the afternoon sun only to be confronted by a small armies worth of soldiers. "Sh*t." she exclaimed before pulling herself into the shadows to surprise her enemies.

[Government Weapon-X Military Base of Operations]

Bolivar Trask stood in a secure interrogation room, not much between him and Pietro Maximoff a mutant known as Quicksilver. Pietro had been apprehended by the Weapon-X program for his connection to Magneto. Pietro the son of Magneto held an alt against his father and Trask knew that enough to exploit that.

“So we want something that you would be interested in delivering to us Pietro.” Trask said slyly.

Pietro smirked then flashed an annoyed look at trask as he sat in the dark room, “So you mean to tell me that you kidnapped me an brought me here so I could be a delivery boy? Gosh I know I’m fast and all but USPS should suite your needs just fine. Can I go now?” Pietro replied. He stood up and turned toward the closed door.

“You should really hear me out.” Trask added

“Then you should talk fast. I’m an impatient man you know. Meet me at least halfway old man.” Pietro replied in a snarky tone.

“We want our weapon your ‘brother’, if you can call him that, returned to his rightful place within weapon-x. He was stolen from us and we want him back.” Trask said with a hint of anger in his voice.

“Why would I sell out Vincent? Sure he’s not my favorite relative but he isn’t all that bad either. Besides I don’t hate him enough to ruin his life by delivering him over to you. So the answer is no. Goodbye.” Pietro replied and turned around again, however Trask spoke just before Pietro choose to speed away.

“But you hate your father enough to use Vincent as the dagger to Magneto’s heart. I know Vincent earned a special place with Magneto and Charles Xavier the moment the saw him, the product of two best friends at war with one another over ideals for years. The bond of peace between them, is the key to their undoing, the key to your freedom.” Trask grinned. He had Pietro hooked now.

“My… freedom…? Explain.” Pietro replied shortly.

“Well, my accomplice, delivering Vincent to us will strike a blow to your father harder than most others. One you’ve been yearning to deal to him for a very long time I imagine. By ruining him, your conscience can be free from the one who never accepted you and gave you the proper love you deserved. Relief in revenge.” Trask added.

“I’m tempted… but once again, I don’t need to harm Vincent to hurt my father. I’d prefer to hurt him with my fists over such underhanded tactics. I still acknowledge your little experiment as my little brother. So as long as I am given an option, the answer is still no. I’ll be leaving now.” Pietro replied with an arrogant smile. He felt a little proud of himself for sticking up for his little brother even if he was partly jealous of him.

“Oh but you misunderstood Pietro. You never had an option. But now I’ll give you one. You either help me willingly under the satisfaction that you took revenge upon your father, or I’ll experiment on your brain and turn you into such the puppet you won’t even know what an option was if it punched you in the nose. Your choice” Trask finished with a sinister laugh.

Pietro cringed. He knew there was no escape from this place without a serious struggle. He had better play along for now. “Well, since you asked so politely how can I refuse your kinder of offers? Of course I’ll help bring baby bro here. No biggie.” Pietro was compliant.

[Elsewhere in the facility]

David and Victor were speaking to one another as they prepared for the assault that would take place. David stood by a long table prepping and loading specially crafted pistols and other weapons that he was to carry. Placing a gun into one of his holsters he said, “So our secrete operative reported that Logan will be there. Won’t it be great to pay our dear Wolverine a visit?” David smiled sarcastically. He didn’t really have any qualms with Logan but he did consider Logan the black sheep of Weapon X, the one that got away.

“I’d like to tear him a new one for old time’s sake. He’d better pray I don’t run into him. I’ve been waiting to get at him, strike fear once again in his foolish Adamantium coated skull.” Sabertooth commented.

Stinger sat a chair away painting her fingernails. “Can anyone tell me when we’re getting this show on the road? I’m getting bored and if we don’t move soon I’ll redo my nails for the3rd time…” She was quite the valley girl. One would consider her a mall rat if it was the 80’s and the term was still popular.

Frenzy finished buckling her boots. “Show some form of restraint please Stinger.” She said as she shook her head.

Stinger, while applying nail varnish to her fingernails, commented, “Well I hope this ‘weapon…’ has more personality that X-23 over there. She always looks so angry. Such a waist of a pretty face and good figure.”

“And it’s attitudes like this that helps me to understand why Alexander has such low opinions of women. Stinger you’re so fickle…”, Frenzy rebutted.

Trask walked into the room with Pietro. Weapon-X team you have a new member. His name is Quicksilver. He is the son of Magneto.

Sabertooth smirked, “Humph just what we need, someone to show us how to run away. What else can you do speedy Gonzales?” Sabertooth chuckled.

“I could punch you in the nose 1000 times in less than a minute. Among many other things that would annoy you fang face.” Pietro responded. Sabertooth snarled and glared at Pietro.

The team soon after headed out. They approached the X-mansion with what seemed like legions of soldiers. These soldiers were trained and dangerous. Their target was ultimately Vincent and they were to snag any hostages that they could. There was inside intelligence in the Mansion as well. Their informant told them of a sewer passage into the sublevel of the mansion. This was where a portion of the invading infiltrated the mansion. Leading the infiltrating soldiers was Sabertooth and X-23. They waded through the waterway passage and then breached through the floor of the sub-basement.

Trask marched the primary assault team into the front lawn of the mansion after the soldiers destroyed the gate. They marched forward. Taking out the front lawn’s defense blasters. There were many soldiers armed with stun rifles approaching the front of the building.

“Be careful about who you engage. Remember the targets are mutants and are capable of anything!” Trask warned the soldiers. “One of your adversaries is the mutant known as Magneto. He is one of high ranking and is considered most dangerous. You all carry plastic weapons so that his powers won’t work on them. He may be at a slight disadvantage but that does not mean the others are to be taken lightly. Shoot first, and don't even think about asking questions." Trask commanded.

David rolled his eyes and smiled in a cool and collected manner. Frenzy glanced at David with a look of annoyance, “As a mutant, this whole thing actually offends me a bit. David, please remind me again why I work for this pig?” She asked while looking forward.

David replied in a slightly upbeat manner, “Because it’s better to be an ally of this fucked up governmental system than to oppose it and risk being eliminated.”

Stinger chimed in, “Oh… I thought it was because the pay is flipping amazing… or was that just my train of thought? Whatever.”

Pietro was not happy about being seen with Weapon-X. He didn’t want his father to getr the wrong idea. He was supposed to be an ally of the x-men and here he was attacking them. “Great…. Pietro! Look what a fine mess your into now! I’ll have to explain things to father if I can. And try to look out for Vincent. If he makes it out of here, he’ll owe me big time.”

[Inside the Mansion]

Philip was not pleased to hear that there was an attack on the mansion. He was ready to go into protection mode. It reminded him of a time back in Germany when a group of local men attacked his and his mother’s home because he was discovered to be a mutant. He fought hard to expel the intruders from his from his home. The X-mansion was his home now and the X-men were his family, he was prepared to le nothing endanger them. He then was disappointed to hear from the professor that he and the other students were to stay in the danger room. “But I must help…” Philip said quietly.

Hideki and Kyle were annoyed as well. They were ready to jump in on the action. Little did they know that the action was bringing itself to the danger room. When Fuyumi was about to head to the danger room to join Vincent and Vila, the student Ryan informed her of the scents he picked up on.

"I've just told the professor, but you should know as well. There are four mutants coming in. One of them smells strong, like a predator. Another smells like lightning. I don't know what their powers are, but they definitely smell different from regular men. Other than that, the rest are just men. Foot Soldiers. They brought some cars, but I don't smell any heavy deposits of gunpowder." Ryan directed this information at Professors Fuyumi and Aaiyah.

Vila snipped at Ryan, "Aaiyah said to stay here and not leave, and you are going to do as told. I wont let any one or anything thing happen to any one here. If you want to keep your finger dont touch the computer in the control room again. Am I clear"

Fuyumi frowned a bit. She didn’t feel Vila needed to be so hard of Ryan. He seemed pretty distraught and was probably beating himself up about the situation. She kneeled down beside him and placed a hand on his shoulder. “Thank you for being brave and resourceful. The professor and we instructors are grateful for the much needed information.” She spoke calmly and gently.

Villa addressed the group. "I will say this once and only once, This is not a game people can and will get hurt you are to stay back and out of the way. If Vincent and I go down you are to get out of here and to safty... However knowing that you are young and want to take part you will fallow my rules. You will stay in teams of three YOU will not rush in to things, study before you do or it may be the last thing you do. If I or Vincent tell you to run you better do so"

Fuyumi stood to her feet and addressed Vila. “It seems you’ve forgotten about me Miss Vila. I know I am pretty quiet and plain so I can see how you’d miss me.” She giggled a little. “I suppose I’ll take third wave then. I ultimately hope that the fight never reaches us.” Fuyumi added as she folded her arms.

Vincent rejoined Philip. He hugged Philip briefly whispering into his ear. “You did really well out there in the simulation. I wish I could have been down here with you then.” He really should have been paying more attention to the others but he was focused on his lover.

Philip smiled, “Thanks Vince. No worries okay. You’re with me right now and that’s all I need.” He wanted to reassure Vincent and ease his worrying.

Adria walked back over to where the others were, giving a few confused glances. "What do you suppose is going on out there?" she asked, to no one in particular, raising her hand and placing it against the sealed Danger room doors.

Hideki responded, “I’m not sure but I feel like waiting around here is more nerve wrecking than actually being in battle.” He twiddled his index fingers producing tiny multicolored sparklers, his way of nervous fidgeting.

Jonathan began to take off his gloves. "Not trying to be funny here or anything..." His husky voice rang out, echoing slightly into the now silver interior of the danger room as he removed the other glove. "...but you're all going to have to keep your distance from me. I don't want anyone getting hurt." With this, he threw the gloves to the ground and turned his body to the danger room door, Memory just behind him at his side.

'This is what I never wanted to happen...'

Kyle looked at Jonathan in concern. He knew what it felt like to have your body repel and hurt other via touch. He wondered if the professor could help Jonathan like he once help him. Kyle also wondered if he touched Johnathan, would his absorption ability and J’s Nightmare inducing touch cancel one another out. Kyle was curious. However now was not the time to test it out.

Kyle walked over to Jonathan and with his gloved hand he placed his hand innocently, as if he were a child, in J’s briefly and said, “It’ll be okay Mon Amour. You won’t have to hurt anyone that didn’t bring it on themselves by threatening this place of peace. I used to not be able to touch people without hurting them too. One day I went to a priest distraught because there were people in France that wanted me dead for being, what they called, a beautiful demon. I said I don’t deserve to live father, I plan to let them take me from this world. He told me, the Bible says touché not my anointed and do my prophet no harm. He told me I was blessed, and no less than any other child of God. I have a right to life and those that threaten my right to life invite God’s wrath upon themselves being out of God’s order. You may not be Catholic like I, but believe that you should not feel bad today if you must use your strength to protect those that desire to live properly and those that you love.” Kyle looked at Memory with a smile. He placed his other hand on her shoulder and edged the siblings closer to each other.

Vincent could pick up on activity seemingly coming from the area beneath the ground just outside of the Danger room area. Vincent spoke to everyone in the danger room, “There’s someone, no… there are many people armed and ready to hurt. They’re not only outside the mansion but inside as well! Not all of them are human. Students be ready to defend yourselves. Try to remain as calm and as clear minded as possible. You will be fine. Their numbers are too great for Vila, Fuyumi and I alone to handle without your aid. There are two Mutants as well. They are strong and highly dangerous. Do not attempt to fight them. Leave them to Vila, Fuyumi and I. Remember only if one of us is seriously in danger do you come to our rescue. Understood?” Vincent spoke calmly. He used his empathic powers to somewhat settle their nerves. This would help them to fend off attack better. “They are attempting to blow the doors down. And I’m sure they will succeed.”

Just as Vincent predicted the danger room doors moments later blew down after the sound of about 7 explosions. It took a lot to blow down the heavily secure danger room door. In rushed what seemed like 40 swat like soldiers followed by Sabortooth and X-23. The men stood weapons pointed at the students. Sabortooth spoke first, “Well if our little Weapon is right here. This was easier than I thought.” He smirked. “Come quietly and I won’t kill anyone I promise, you can read my mind if you like.” Sabertooth stood smiling directly at Vincent. It was then That Vincent realized their purpose for being here.

“They’re after me…” He said quietly halfway in disbelief. Philip looked at Vincent in confusion.

[At the mansion doors]

Scott opened the double doors and the teachers stepped outside of the building. Scott, Cara, Logan, Magneto, Charles, Ace, and Aaliyah proceeded outside. The afternoon sun was beaming bright. They were seriously facing off against at least 70 soldiers and 5 mutant generals.

Stinger was positioned to the right side of the mansion. Frenzy stood to the left side of the mansion. Quicksilver stood front and center. Alexander and David North held up the rear guard. Each mutant was assisted by a large group of soldiers ready for attack.

Magneto was shocked to see Quicksilver. “Pietro? Why are you here? Have you turned on your father?!” Magneto inquired with wide eyes. He was purely concerned and astonished that Pietro would trade on him this way.

“Dad I just wanna say that I don’t have much of a choice in the matter so forgive me if possible.” Pietro explained.

Trask gave the command and the soldier rushed in for the attack. They all shouted as the invasion began.

[OOC: I just want to first apologize for the horribly long post and how long it took me to post. Secondly I need to re-state that the Characters Stinger, Frenzy, and Pietro for this battle are slightly NPC. More specifically, You are allowed to control them in fighting during this event. However they must remain in the area I placed them (ex: if Stinger is outside in the front of the mansion then you cannot move her inside the mansion. If you want to move a character like that PM me and check with me first.) Alexander, X-23,David North and Sabertooth are NOT NPC. I know originally I said David and Sabertooth were but I’ve changed my mind due to various factors and plot threads. Alexander and X-23 are controlled by Lady Inali. Next, NO KILLING OR SERIOUSLY/ Fatally injuring/ wounding my NPC’s I want them to stick around for more than this battle. Soldiers are fair game. So if you want to get kick ass crazy, demonstrate on the soldiers. Please try to keep the character personalities I’ve established for the NPC’s intact if you choose to hve them say things during the fights. If you have any questions at all PM or OOC message me. Thanks for bearing with me everyone! I hope you enjoy this chapter!!]

X-23

X-23 was raised with little to no human contact. Never given any form of love or kindness always pushed, beaten and trained. Even in child hood there was no loving mother or father like person who came to save her. Even more so when she went throw the huge surgery she went throw at such a young age they are not human after all so why should it matter. Who would care about someone grown in a test tube even more so when they are not human but a mutant? They were nothing more than a tool to be used, a pawn to be played with. All X-23 knew and would ever know is how to fight. They were a weapon and nothing more. Something that could be snuffed out and trade for something new, something better and stronger at any given point in time and X-23 was fine with that. All good weapons and fighters had to be put out of their misery at some point or another. When her time would come she did not care as long as she got to fight the better model was that really mattered to her. There were 22 before her and that did not bug her in any way.

X-23 showed no care in what the others thought or what they had to say. She was more focused on their mission at hand than anything else. There petty fights in truth where pointless and boring. She never under stood how Sting could sit in front of the TV and preen herself like a bird when there was better thing to be wasting your time with, like training or spearing. X-23 finished suiting up checking everything to make sure it was clipped, buttoned and tied properly. The only thing she had not put on yet was the helmet that always came with the car ride. Her gear was set up to take hits, and be light so she could still move around with great easy. X-23 slid two guns in to a holster. She was ready for a fight and to get to the target. She hated being kept behind walls always feeling like a caged animal always feeling trapped. She moved to wait where the vans would be picking them up to get them to the next point. Being able to get away from the sound of the TV let her clear her mind and go over everything in her mind again.

Alexander

He snorted not liking the fact they were going to have to do this with Quicksilver and even more so women fighting as well. They all knew how he felt about women it was fair from being any kind of secret. If he had to pick he would pick Quicksilver of a female any day of the week. He worked on pressing his uniform getting everything perfect. Every line just right every button polished. As much as he disliked women he disliked his uniform not being perfect. Even his boot looked brand new with the shine he gave them the other night. They even got new laces so he could look his best when going in to battle. The main reason for all if it was he found out that his dear old “friend” Aaiyah was going to be at their target and he had a huge to put it lightly score to settle with her. He smirked at the idea of going toe to toe with her again and this time he would be the victor ending there little war. This was going to fun and he longed for another good fight where he could put a girl in her place.

Alexander was in truth a pig when it came to working women. He bragged about how his bloodline worked for Hitler and how high of a rank they had in Hitler’s inner circle. He was overly argent when it came to this and did not care how much of a turn of it may be for people or a touchy subject. He fully believed Hitler had the right idea about killing off the trash and letting the better, stronger race rule over everything. Who or what he thought the better race was, well that was hard to say. That is one reason he joined Trask willingly they had power and he wanted power. It made it a win, win for both of them. He liked being on the winning side as well and to him that was going to be Trask. He gave his team prediction of the outcome of the battle with the information that there mole got for them. It all looked good and in the favor. The only real calculation that was not in there was Vila….she was the wild card. But how could they have information on her when there was none to be had but only gained with a battle.

~Vila~

Vila looked at Fuyumi "I have a different task for you. I want you to get any one of ours that is hurt out of here. They will become easy targets and be distractions for the others, and we cannot have that….or something happen to them" Something in Vila had fully changed that doll like feel and look she had was no longer there. She looked so much older but still 16 and the way she stood at the front line gave her that feel of someone that has been in many battles and fights. "If it comes down to it, get them all out of here and somewhere safe so they can live and be free to fight another day. " Vila was not going to let anything happen to anyone in this room she was going to protect them with everything she had even if it meant making a trade and using herself as the bragging chip. This was meant to be a safe place for people that where different, this was meant to be a home filled with love, joy, happiness and make you feel safe. However people would always be filled with fear and hate for anything that was different of they had envy for that had never changed, it would never change.

Vila knew this not going to be an easy fight, and to think that was foolish. She had to be ready for anything and everything. She also knew she would have to be willing to do whatever it took to protect the students…..as much as she hated fighting and harming other she had no choice. Vila knew this was going to be no time to hold human form it took energy. Not only energy but dulled her senses and that could be energy used to protect the student, senses that could make the difference between life and death. Slowly and with great care Vila lifted parts of her glamor but keep her wings hidden. Slowly her ears became longer and more pointed her fingers changed as well becoming a little longer. She looked like an elf at this point, not a toy making elf but something that you would see in The Hobbit, or The Lord of The Rings trilogy. There was one other thing Vila could think of she could to give herself a little bit more of an edge in this battle however it had been so long from the last time she put it on or even seen it.

Vila pulled her hair up then pulled it in to a tight bun, her pointed ears showing much more. Her finger tips move up a bracelet that she never took off. Her right hand gripped it some thinking if it was the right thing to do. She had told Vincent stories about it but told him they were nothing more than fairy tales….he never bought it though. She chuckled some well if there was any good time to use it, it was now. Vila started to move moving parts around on the bracelet. Not being human or the bracelet being of this earth the parts where hard to see, but not for her. Each part she moved seemed to react as if waking up from a very, very long sleep. Her fingers moved swiftly with great speed to reach the end goal she wanted to get to. She could feel her heart pounding harder and harder the closer she got. Part of her was scared the other part longed for what she had not worn for so long. Her timing could not have been more perfect when Vila pushed on the last piece looking up the doors where blown up.

Vila pulled a heavy dust cloud around her and around the solders. Leaving only shadow like figures trying to figure out what was going on. The bracelet went to work at this point, forming armor around Vila’s slender body. When the dust cleared and fell to lay on the ground Vila stood there in white armor with gold ascents that sightless mask still covering her face. A spear was held in her left hand standing taller than her with her right hand resting at her side. She made no movement but stood stone still the sight of this was a little off putting and could send shivers down even the bravest of men’s spines. Vila was going to let them make the first move she was going to wait for them to attack than she would spring her trap of vines and fight back. One could tell that the men were unsure of what to do or how to react to this. However that did not last long and some made their move only to have vine take hold of them and hoist them up to the celling out of sight out of mind. When Vila heard they wanted Vincent her hand grew a little tighter on that staff of hers. So that was there target bad move to bring that up right off the bat.

There was no way in hell she was going to let them get last her now knowing the fact they were after her brother….her family. Vila keep herself dead center and in front. The students even knew who the target was and it gave them a common goal. That was to protect Vincent. Now if it came down to it how well could they work as a team to do this? From the looks of it they seemed to have no issues stepping up to the plate on this matter. The big thing that bugged Vila was how they got to the danger room without setting anything off…. There would be no way for them to do this what out someone on the inside. That could only mean one thing and one thing alone. That meant there was a mole somewhere in the manor. Someone who sold out their own kind to get something out of it in return for doing it. Vila could not phantom doing something like that and she planned on finding that mole. What would happen when she found it was hard to say but it would not end overly well for whoever the mole is.

(the armor)


~Aaiyah~

Aaiyah was nowhere to be seen. She was getting her mech ready for the fight its first fight. She wanted to make a big show out of it for the first time but that was not going to happen. Right now the big guns where what was need. Anything to gain any kind of upper hand to keep this place safe and fight off who was unwanted came first along with protecting the students. Aaiyan did an outer weapons check before she got in to the mech and hit the button that would close her in to the mech. She opened and closed both hands making sure everything work along with taking a few steps. Everything seemed to be in working order and that was a good thing. All systems where on line and ready to go and running at one-hundred percent. Aaiyah moved to the way getting ready for a fight. In truth she was on edge about this. A few flash back hit her from the time before she came to work here. “Never again” She whispered to herself. She would not go back nor was she going to let people be taken and go throw what she did.

Aaiyah hated the flash backs they always put her in a bad place. Along with bring nightmares that never seemed to end only to haunt the back of her mind. She remembered the first time she meet the ethnocentric ego fill Alexander. A man who always had to be number one at any cost, a man who had to have everything he wanted when he wanted. She shut her eyes and smirked. “I always found a way to outdo what you could do” There were times she wounded what happened to the pig but more times than not did not She did not care or what to know. That was in the past and that was where it was going to stay in the past. Aaiyah knew what she would do if she ever saw him again and it would not end well for him. She popped her neck he was the reason she left the school and in ways become a drop out. She still got her GED and went throw college and not many people knew she had her doctorate in computer sciences and mathematics. In truth Aaiyah liked to keep it that way. The less people knew the better.

Aaiyah was going to wait for the right time to make her grand entrees and really do some heavy kick ass fighting. Enter too soon and they see your big guns, enter too late and your team is dead. Timing at this point was everything. Keeping ones cool was the other part, not reacting without thinking was never really easy. She watched the video feed from the mech looking for the right time to enter. The right time to start cracking skulls. She was fully ready to take it out for its first test run in a fight. She knew it worked she built it but fighting was another story of how well it would hold up. The mech was stronger than she was there was a plus. It was faster another good thing. It could take multiple hits without being harmed. Even with the fact of what one of her abilities allowed her to do she rather have mech take the hits. This gave her an advantage that she hoped would last longer than 10 minutes….whatever the outcome was if need be she would hit the eject button and let the mech blow up to take out more people.


Alexander and X-23
Alexander moved watching them fight the smell of battle never got old to him. He in truth rather enjoyed the feel of it. Using one of his abilities to take out any unprotected electronics would disarm some of the security Aaiyah set up but not all of. They did not need to have any unwanted attacks coming at them. They wanted to be ready to win this and take down the X-men. Show the world they had someone to protect them from unwanted mutants that scared them. Show the world that Trask would not let harm come to them or their children. Alexander wanted to have glory in all of this. He smirked…”Aaiyah come out, come out where ever you are” his smirk seemed to grow. He knew she would be watching. He knew that she would have some things his powers would not be able to take out. She was fair too smart to make it that easy. If it where that easy it would be no fun now would it. Alexander being the good solider he was waited unwilling for an order. As much as he wanted to nock Aaiyah in to next wait there were things that had to be done first.

Thanks to training from Sabertooth and David she knew what to look for and to keep her ears open for. Anything could happen when it came to hunting pray down. Getting to team up with David she rather enjoyed. Sabertooth not so much, he always seemed to be a little bit more aggressive with her than the others. She never really knew why or cared it just meant she got someone to fight that healed as fast as she did. When she and Sabertooth broke off from the rest using the underground system to get to the danger room the rest of the team they were on. She would let him go in first and keep back a ways. The guy was bigger than her and liked to be alpha with things like this. It was no big deal to her who was alpha as long as she got to bust some skulls. X-23 moved back as the men got ready to blow the door to the danger room down watching what they did to make sure they did not mess up. Her hand moved up to turn the voice changer on to make it hard to tell if she was male or female.

Cara Black

Cara glowered at the small army swarming before them, even more so at the mutants leading them. They had, however picked a wonderful time of day to attack as although Cara's abilities were best at night time, the afternoon shadows the soldiers themselves were casting were still long enough to give her an easy hold on them. She flared her fingers out in rapid succession readying her powers, testing the shadows around her, eyeing up their opponents, looking for her point of entry into their ranks, anywhere she could cause problems. After a few moments she found her query in a gap in the grouping made by some of the foliage, when they came they would never even see her.

As the first crunches on ground underfoot started to come, Cara gave a quick look up to the leading commanders. She recognised them of course having fought alongside nearly all of them in the past, albeit back then they were fighting AGAINST humans for mutant rights. Once they'd been caught she was going to punch seven bells of crap out of each and every one of them. Cara had very low opinions of anyone who would stand against their own kind.

She turned her attention back to the now charging army and poised herself ready to attack along with the other X-men. She dived down the steps towards the nearest group of soldiers as soon as they were near enough, rolling back onto her feet and punching the nearest one with all the force she could muster, grabbing his rifle as he fell before pulling herself down into her shadow, reappearing moments later firing wildly into the three soldiers that had been left with their mouths agape, dropping them quickly. She didn't stop firing until the gun started clicking, she swung the weapon around her head and down onto the guns previous wielder, whose nose gave a satisfying crunch beneath it. "This is why you should use Russian guns!" she raised the gun again for another swing. "They just don't stop!" the mess that Cara made with just one extra swing knocked the man unconcious but she kept swinging anyway, despite being in the midst of battle. If anything it probably did her a favour, any soldiers who would otherwise have shot her was now staring in almost disbelief at the amount of force the slim built Russian woman was exerting in using a gun like a club.

Apparently regaining the moment before Cara, a soldier drove the stock of a rifle butt into her back, dropping her down to her knees where she once again pulled into her own shadow, grabbing the soldiers foot and swinging him upside down via his. "What the hell have we done now?! What warrants a small army of sodding soldiers?!" she shouted as she pulled herself back into being, bringing her foot up and resting it on the shoulder of the soldier who had decided to try and get too close to the flexible mutant, before swinging her whole body round and letting herself fall into the shadow beneath her bringing the soldier crashing face first into the paved driveway. She brought herself back into being alongside where Logan was currently taking his own stand against the onset of soldiers. She felt a sharp pain in her shoulder, the sound of guns now echoing all around the area it made it impossible to tell which belonged to the gun that had delivered the blow. "Aghh! I'm hit!" She yelled out, grabbing her bleeding shoulder and dropping to one knee behind a wall, sending the pots that adorned it flying towards the nearby soldiers.

[Inside the danger room]
Kyle was glad to see Jonathan smile even if it was slightly. He was glad to be able to alleviate even a faction of the worry that accumulates when you know your skin contact with others is deadly. Vincent’s warnings came and Kyle prepared himself. Hideki cringed at the sound of the explosions that slowly loosened the Danger Room’s doors. “Danger in the Danger Room. Classic!” Hideki snarked as his eyes remained fixed on the door.

Ryan, after Fuyumi thanked him, smiled his big goofy smile at her, showing all of his sharp, white teeth. "Thanks Professor, we've all gotta help each other out as much as we can. I just do the best I can with what I've got." Fuyumi’s gentle smile grew brighter when she saw Ryan’s brightly smiling face. He was indeed a charming young man.

After Fuyumi addressed Villa, Vila looked at her saying, "I have a different task for you. I want you to get any one of ours that is hurt out of here. They will become easy targets and be distractions for the others, and we cannot have that….or something happen to them"

Fuyumi nodded in compliance however she was passively put off at Vila’s sudden rise to authority. To Fuyumi’s understanding Vila was simply the school nurse and seemingly young looking. Perhaps she wasn’t as young as she looked. Fuyumi didn’t quite recall the professor asking Vila to tend to things in the danger room. However her assistance would be needed. What was seemingly the safer place to be was quickly becoming a trap.

The danger room doors blew down finally, revealing many soldiers and another man of intense distinction. After Sabertooth’s initial request Vincent looked a slight bit worried. Sabertooth smiled sadistically. Jonathan and Ryan shifted to form a barricade for Vincent once they realized who the target was. Philip’s eyes widened and his heart raced. It was as if Sabertooth had said they were after his life instead of another. He’d die doing everything in his power to protect Vincent. He, holding Vincent’s hand, shifted Vincent behind him.

Vincent was touched to see his students and boyfriend instinctively move in to protect him. However he didn’t want anyone getting hurt on his behalf. He was almost ready to accept Sabertooth’s offer and go quietly until Jonathan addressed the intensely dangerous mutant. "What do you want with Vincent?" Ryan, in his feral animal like defensive posture added, "Yeah," Ryan growled, "Vincent isn't a weapon, he's family. You aren't allowed to have him." Vincent’s eyes shifted in surprise to Jonathan and Ryan whom bravely confronted Sabertooth.
Sabertooth Snickered and stepped forward a couple of paces. “hahaha… Family. You have no clue that the man you stand in front of in protection is actually the most dangerous person here. Have you ever wondered why the child of the master of magnetism and the greatest telepath on the planet doesn’t showcase more power than he does? Xavier has restraints placed on him. Strooong restraints. He could kill on a global level with a thought and the proper power augmentation. He should also exhibit waaaay more of Magneto than he does right now. And we all know how dangerous Magneto is. Hell, he would even look more like Magneto physically if the professor hadn’t locked away all of the raw KILLING potential your little family member has. You see, it was my boss who created him, Vincent, the weapon of mass destruction. He wants the weapon back. So I’ll ask only ONCE more… Are you coming quietly or must I rip out someone’s throat in front of you before you see that I’m not to be trifled with?”

Vincent knew that this so called offer to spare the students was a false promise. Sabertooth might actually walk away and withdraw if Vincent left. However, Vincent in the hands of the Weapon-X program meant that no one was safe anywhere, especially if they knew how to undo the locks on Vincent’s true strength. Just then Vila went on the attack using vines to lift some soldiers off of the ground.

Adria Snapping her hand open with fingers stretched out, the water balls attacked the soldiers, putting holes in their guns, tripping them and smacking their skin with a sting, with a few going through the arms and legs. Lifting her Staff over her head, she twirled it, before slamming it down on the ground, much like Vila had done earlier in the simulation. Ice formed in a straight line from where she stood to the nearest wall, before building up to form an Ice wall, separating Vincent, Philip, Jonathan, Memory, Kyle and herself from the soldiers. "Quick! Blow the wall and get him out of here!" She yelled at Philip. "If he stays, we're doomed!" Adria warned.

Philip nodded and began to hurl large time bombs at the opposite wall in an attempt to blow the wall. They exploded with massive impact however the walls of the danger room were so heavily reinforced that Philip alone could not breach them in time before the ice wall could be deconstructed.

Hideki and Fuyumi were left on the other side of the ice wall as they were slightly further away from the others. “Hey! what about us!?”, Hideki shouted. He turned to face the soldiers that rushed in on the two of them. Hideki flipped his 90’s style pink sunglasses over his eyes. [The same type that his favorite Manga character wore. ] Hedeki blasted several soldiers with his plasmatic light energy.



Fuyumi would have phased the two through the wall of ice immediately but the enemy had already engaged them. Fuyumi rushed a soldier, phasing through him, and once behind him she swiftly delivered a strong kick to his head. She then grabbed the vest of another soldier and began to place him into a phased state, making him as light as air and easy enough to lift above her head and throw. The man flew at three other approaching soldiers and struck them [having become solid again] knocking them down.

Sabertooth quickly rushed at Hideki and grabbed him into his arms tightly reverse bear hugging him. Hideki couldn’t react fast enough. He struggled in Sabertooths painfully tight embrace. Sabertooth squeezed hideki’s arms and body almost crushingly as Hideki attempted to use his power. Hideki could only manage to produce tiny flashes of multi-colored light that quickly extinguished before actually doing any harm. “Ahhh…. Eh, let me go you twat!” Hideki protested.

Sabertooth snickered sadistically. “Oh… so cute you are… Ya know, your powers ain’t so hot if you can’t use your hands.” Sabertooth began to whisper almost sensually in Hideki’s ear. “A little bird told me that you call yourself Logan’s unofficial sidekick. Well word from the wise kiddo, people that get close to old Logan get killed prematurely. Seeing how you and Logan are so chummy, I’m going to seriously enjoy crushing you in my arms… Heh heh heh heh….!!” Sabertooh then further taunted Hideki by sadistically licking his cheek. He then tightened his grip on Hideki causing him to gasp almost breathlessly.

Fuyumi after dealing with several soldiers immediately ran over to the two and dashed through Sabertooth phasing Hideki out of the sadistic man’s grasp. “Are you alright?! Oh my god I’m so sorry I couldn’t get to you quicker!!” She said frantically. Hideki trying to catch his breath and deal with his throbbing arms nodded affirmatively that he was alright for now. “Let make a run for it. I’ll phase us through that wall of ice.” Fuyumi then took the two bolting through the ice wall in a phased state.

[Outside of the Mansion.]

The fighting had begun. Magneto tried to pull the weapons out of the soldier’s hands but they would not move. The weapons were made of a non-metal alloy. “They’ve gotten smart suddenly.” He commented in irritation to Charles who stood beside him. He then ripped metal from the gates breaking them down into many metal bullets. He fired them at the soldiers.

Pietro thought this was the time to strike at his father. He quickly ran up to magneto in a flash and punched him across the face hard. He quickly delivered several blows to his father. “See pops, you reap what you sew. And you’ve been planting this ass whopping for quite some time.” Magneto fell to the ground. He wiped the small amount of blood on his lip off. Pietro stood over Magneto and spoke quietly enough so that other besides magneto couldn’t hear. “Sorry father, but I gotta put on a convincing show for them. They’re after Vincent, you can’t let them have him.”



Logan pounced several soldiers slashing at them fatally. They attempted to tackle him unsuccessfully and he took out men left and right fighting viciously. Cara seemed to be holding her own against them as well. She may have once been a villain and an enemy but she was damn awesome as an ally. Stinger watched Logan with a smirk. “He’s hot! Quite the animal. I wonder if the hunk can handle my electrifying womanly wiles…” She said as she sauntered toward the area that Logan did battle in. She blasted him with a serious jolt of electricity and he yelled in pain. “Ohhh so that’s how a man with an adamantium coated skeleton reacts to being shocked… much worse than a normal person. Metal is a beautiful conductor for electricity!” Stinger giggled. She was wise enough not to get any closer to Wolverine having heard many a story about how dangerous he was.

Logan recovered and stood to his feet glaring at stinger, his skin red and slowly returning to its far less flushed state. “You’ve got some nerve lady.” He grunted. He saw Cara in need of assistance and rushed to her disregarding Stinger. Cara rejoined Logan closer to the mansion,

Shots were fired. "Aghh! I'm hit!" She yelled out, grabbing her bleeding shoulder and dropping to one knee behind a wall, sending the pots that adorned it flying towards the nearby soldiers.

Logan tried to safeguard Cara. “Hang in there Cara!” He encouraged as he helped her up. The professor rushed over and helped Cara to make it to a more neutral area.

David North left his position at the rear guard and approached Cyclops who was blasting back soldier after soldier. After sneaking up on Scott’s side he delivered a roundhouse kick to Scott’s head. Scott was caught completely off guard and staggered backward. He hated to be bested. “Scott Summers… A pleasure to finally meet you. Although, looking at you, you make me feel old.” David said smoothly as he watch Scott regain himself. David was much older than he looked. His aging processes were drastically slowed after the weapon-X program artificially gave him a mutant healing factor similar to Logan and Victor Creed’s. So he looked to be Scott’s age but he was more like Magneto’s age.

Scott cringed, “Feel THIS!” He yelled as he shot an optic blast at David. Knocking him backward. David got up with a smile and his arms glowed with a dull red. He had absorbed Scott’s optic blast and was prepared to fire it back at him. David simply fired the energy back at Scott launching him backwards a distance.

“I wish I could actually feel that like you did, Commando.” David said sarcastically and ran towards the mansion doors and entering. He wanted to find the Danger room and help Sabertooth. He knew Victor sometimes needed help keeping on task rather than succumbing to a predatory bloodlust.

Logan spotted David and knew that if David North was present, Victor Creed wouldn’t be far away given that this was a Weapon-X operation. Logan said to himself, “The students… Shit!” He ran after David in an attempt to reach the Danger Room.

Ace

it was dark and cold the skies were red the ground was made up of blackened rocks that seemed to float in mid air.Every now and then you would hear the silence broken by crumbling rocks or the screeches and howls of the creatures of the night. A foreboding hung heavy in the air.A normal person would have gone crazy had they spent even a little time in this strange world that was the complete opposite of earth.at first glance you would never think to find another living being in such a cold and desolate place.but dont be surprised.
this was Aces placr os solitude to get away from earthly woes if just for a little while.Especially when it invovled Alice.with what little control Ace had over her body she made Alice move towards the closest shadow transporting them herself into the Dark dimension.Ace stood on one of the floating rocks it was quite large to.each landong of blackened rock had a forever crumbling bridge of rock. she glared at herself or rather at Alice who glared back.
Ace:give it back now!
Alice:what this body oh no you see i very much like this body besiide i put it too much more use than you do.she snorted.
Ace:fine if you wont give it back ill just take it then by force.
Alice:you and what army you know what happended last time you destroyed everything just trying to get back this useless hunck of flesh.
Ace:i wont matter why do you think i brought my body here.its so i wont destroy anything that matters.im surprised you didnt even notice what i did.
Alice:Aahh so you think you have a better chance here than out there tch.in your dreams little sister.i was always stronger than you why cant tou just accept it your weak and without me your nothing.

Ace ignored Alices words despite the fact that they were partially true.without alice she would have no power.Without her she woould be nothing.but it didnt mean she would let her be the dominant one. and with that resolve they attacked each other.to outside eyes it looked like they were dancing with black silk scarfs in their hands.of course in the real world,the real earth thier shared body was moving within the shadows towards salvation.to someone who could possibly help stop the other personality.but that would all depend on who won this battle within the dark dimension,it was all within the mind so whoever won will be forever the dominant personality.and Ace knew she had to make sure it wasnt Alice.



Note:when Ace is in the shadows time flows diffrently there.what was an hour there would only be a few minutes in the real world.

Cara Black

Cara shrugged off the Professor's aid. "No!" she growled at him pulling herself back, extending her fingers as her eyes turned black, calling the darkness inside her. The wound stopped bleeding after a few seconds as an insanely dark shadow filled the wound, pushing the bullet back out of the wound and onto the floor. "That'll do for now!" it was temporary and although it stopped the bleeding it was only temporary and would also stop her body being able to heal as long as the shadow was holding everything in.

She took a running jump up onto the wall, kicking off of it to fire herself onto one of the soldiers pulling him to the ground with her. Sitting across his chest she wasted no time in smashing him across the face with a nearby brick that had broken off during Magneto's removal of the gate. Once she was satisfied he was down she grabbed his pistol and began to empty the clip into any soldier nearby her. "Bring it on!" her Russian accent only adding to her intimidating stance.

Cara felt another blunt attack, this one on the side of her head. Her vision started going dark but one she couldn't see through, she was losing conciousness and had begun to sink to her knees her hold of the shadows in her shoulder blanking out of existence, the pain and the blood coming back in full swing. She desperately tried to hold onto it, willing herself to stay conciousness. She would rather die then be taken by the government officials, she would never be used as a weapon against her own kind.

Everything went black for a moment and when Cara awoke she was looking up at the sky, there was no sound other then the ringing in her ears. The battle was still going on and from where she had fallen she could see Logan running back into the mansion. Pulling herself slowly up she could see the offending soldier still standing above her, now pointing his gun at her, he was shouting but she couldn't hear him, just the ringing in her ears. He wasn't happy that much she could tell. Another soldier joined him from her left, giving her a swift kick in her side, this brought back the pain in her shoulder and the throbbing in her head, dragging all sounds with it. "Stay on the fucking ground!" He shouted again, the two men raising the guns back up.

This time Cara obliged, getting on her knees and putting her hands behind her head, one of the soldiers pulled his radio towards his mouth. "Sir, we have Shadowdancer detained. We are still working on the others, the weapon is not out here."

"Is she concious!? Don't leave her concious if there are shadows!" Cara heard the desperate reply and when the soldiers looked back at her she was giving her sexy smile. "Don't worry Malʹchiki. Everyone makes that mistake." being unconscious had apparently settled her rampage but she still had that menacing look in her eye as her shadow shifted out beneath her and joined with the soldiers forcing them to drop their guns before her and turn towards each other, banging their heads together they fell to the floor.

Standing up Cara turned to the mansion where a few soldiers were attempting to follow after Wolverine. She ran up towards them placing her hands on the railing and flipping herself over on top of the front soldier. She quickly got to her feet in order to block the others entrance to the mansion. "Mutants only!" she taunted at them keeping her hands low ready to turn their shadows against them.

~Vila~

Vila moved with Sabertooth trying to put togather what happened she took this time to hit him and hit him hard. Energy built up around Vila and the ice wall worked like a pirsum with light making it see able. It moved and danced around her body dispersing in waves up to three feet around her. That energy could be felt. Vila was much more than she let on. She slid her foot back balancing the base of the point of her staff on her right hand as if she was going to play pool. That staff started to glow and pulse as if it were living and without warning something came out of the tip of the staff, right at Sabertooth blasting him with some kind of elemental energy wave, and hard. That wave would send him flying back in to a wall giving a ripple effect of vibrations. She looked at the others men that where not welcome here pointing the staff right at them a few dropped their weapons and ran. Other clumped together in hopes of standing there ground. Vila thought so Vincent could hear her. “ I can take down the ice wall so if the other want to fight they can….or I can give you a way out and hold them off so you the others can get away…..but I need to know soon baby brother”

Where Vila scratched the floor earlier when she was setting her trap she took a deep breath only to force large rock like walls to rip throw the floor to give cover and more protection. Pushing the enemy back some as well. The rock was where staggered and angled. Vila was going to do what it took to protect the others even if it meant fully letting go over what control she had, she would do it. Vila hoped after this they would not ask things about her but if they did she would answer them as best as she could. She would for now hold off anyone that got close while she waited for Vincent to give her an answer. She hoped he would pick the last part of the offer, but knowing him he would not run he would want to stay and fight, and Vila would not fight that. Vila moved to watch X-23 who seemed to be keeping back watching how the others moved and where fighting as if gathering information. Learning how they moved and what they could do. This made Vila uneasy and she made sure to keep her guard up. This was more than just to try and get there weapon back…….much more.

Aaiyah & Alexander

Now as the perfect time to come and play. Her timing was spot on they would never see this coming nor would they be ready for it. The mech moved picking up speed as Aaiyah opened the hidden bay door to get out in to the open. No sound came from the mech as it moved taking a man out he screamed but that was all that came. The Mech seemed to come out of no were to join the fight taking out anything and everything in its path. This drew attention to her and let the others use this to get back on their feet so to speak. The mech took hit after hit it shock some but held up. “Sorry I am late had to pick something up on the way” Aaiyah smirked from inside the mech. She was ready to take it out on a test spin and see how well it did. There was nothing better than getting to break something in when it was new. Aaiyah used everything she had pushing the mech hard. It was a lovely piece of work there was no way around it. For as big as it was it was rather light on its feet. Aaiyah would try not to kill anyone but used nets and stun based bullets to take people out. Some of it may have been a little old school but none the less it did the job.

When Aaiyah spotted Alexander she could feel her heart race and anger build up. She knew what he could do and she knew he need to be taken down and fast, or he need to be keep busy so he could not use his powers. Aaiyah moved to where Alexander was and in one swift movement punched him “YOU DIRTY RAT BASTRED!” Aaiyah nailed him again pushing him back.

Alexander smirked “My, my Aaiyah my dear girl is this any way to great an old friend….even more so to use a new toy on them” He gave a fake pout before me smirked and moved to avoid the next attack. “You will not win this change sides while you can still save yourself.” He smirked more at this point.

“Ya the winning side you….I don’t see your side winning I see it being the down fall of everything” even in the mech his hits still could be felt as she stumbled back. “You are a mindless toy for Trask when they are done with you they will toss you to the side” Aaiyah was going to do what she could to get him to lose his temper. Anger made it hard to think things out ….to know what you are doing and she was going to use this to help herself out.

Alexander laughed “Trask will be the winner in this in the end. Small battles may be lose but we will when the war in the end you just wait and watch” He went after Aaiyah the only thing that really keep Aaiyah from bracking ribs or being killed was the mech. “I will take a school dropout of a whore like you down” He was starting to lose his temper and grow with anger.

Aaiyah lost it at that point she was sick of people like him and how they saw women. She was sick of people like Cara who held no respect for others. Aaiyah was going to take all her anger out on Alexander. She took hold of him in one swift movement tossing him around like a rag doll. “You fallow and whoever has power you become there lap dog. Unlike you I stand up for what I believe in, I fight for what I believe in even if it may mean I am going to take a full on beating.” She flung him in to a tree that was a little to fair then she meant to.

Alexander stood up and used his ability to mimic bombs…he mimicked that of a stun bomb sending it throw an area of 100 feet. Anyone in the area would feel the effect of this. Ears ringing, sighing becoming blurry even in the effect Aaiyah could feel it in the mech. She had to shack it off this guy was going to do damage if he was not taken down. “I AM THE STRONGER ONE OUT OF US!” He yelled at Aaiyah laughing at this point. His ego was getting the best of him and that pride of always having to be the best.

Aaiyah slowly stood up in the mech she pointed one of the cannons at him she was going to try the swarm she had no idea if it was going to work not but she knew they would make it hard to focuses with being the little pest that they were. She programed the swarm to go after plastic and anything that was not a friend. Within a few seconds she cut lose the swarm sending a message to Xavier. “hay PC we need to take this guy out and fast, he can do a lot of damage and fast….so mind sending some back up…I don’t know how long I can keep him busy for.” Aaiyah knew Alexander was not going to be easy and for the first time she asked for help.

“Always using tricks girl… you never could handle fighting. You could never handle that I was truly better than you at everything. ” He said with a laugh but that was cut short as the swarm was set free going at anything even more so plastic….the program worked and that was a good thing. The little bugs went for anything eating the plastic. He did not know how to react as he batted at the bugs.

“Tricks and a well-placed game plan always helped” She had to think fast she had no idea how long it was going to take to get back up and she had no Idea how long she was going to be able to keep him busy. He was a hard man to take down. If it came down to it she would the last pan she had no matter how much she did not want to use it.

Alexander was not happy about this and it showed he moved trying to get away from the swarm and watching eat anything plastic. He was grow angry with each image he got of them not being able to win this. “WE WILL NOT LOSE” he yelled hitting the mech that Aaiyah was in hard forcing her to go backwards. He was going to do whatever it took to take Aaiyan down but more like to kill her with how much he hatted her.

X-23
X-23 would let the others go out it. The humans would fight and get the mutants to fight and wear them down some. Why go in and fight when someone was at the top of their game even more so when you did not know what they could do….that was always an unwise move. Wait till you knew what the other could do, see if they had a weakness and use that to win. X-23 made sure to get all the fighting was recorded on a wireless Bluetooth based camera in her helmet where Trask could watch what was going on. She made sure not to miss anything that was going on. The mole was still safe for right now and no one seemed to know who it was yet. The video would always Let Trask build up profiles and decide who was going to be cut open and who was going to be luck and get to ‘join’ Trask. None the less she was going to let Sabertooth do all the hard hitting and take the hits. He so did like to rush in to things and take a beating there were times that X-23 wounded of pain was a turn on for Sabertooth.

X-23 raised a brow and what the girl in the armor could do. This was new and every much unexpected. Why was there no information on this person? X-23 was not overly happy about this could change the outcome of everything in this battle. Even more so without knowing who they really were or what they really could do. Trask would not be happy about not having the information as well. X-23 made sure to keep back even more so for right now knowing that she was being watched and studied as well at this point. Part of her wanted to challenge this person the other part knew better than to do so. She watched there men being taken down and did nothing to help them. To her if they were too weak to fight or protect themselves than they got what was coming to them. Also to her why help them they were nothing more a means to an end why show them any care. X-23 being heartless was nothing new to them. They knew her for this and it was no surprise that she did nothing to help them. It might have been a surprise for the X-men that someone could be this way but she did not care about what her targets thoughts where.

Fuyumi was very grateful for Ryan’s distraction. She knew that Sabertooth was highly dangerous and Hideki was almost killed by the mutant. She wanted to go back to safeguard Ryan who so bravely fought to help her and Hideki however he made it back toward Vincent. Vila thought so Vincent could hear her. “ I can take down the ice wall so if the others want to fight they can….or I can give you a way out and hold them off so you the others can get away…..but I need to know soon baby brother”

Vincent thought quickly. There was no way he was going to allow his students to risk everything to protect him and he just escape. He responded telepathically to Vila. “No I cannot abandon my students, they are my family and my friends. My life is of no more value than any of those here fighting for my safety. I will not run. Not unless we all escape, and know that Sabertooth will track us down so he must be dealt with. United we stand.” Vincent said to Vila telepathically.

Vila went on the assault against Sabertooth. She was somehow able to land a couple of strong blows however Victor Creed was far from down and out. He landed on the ground and sprung to his feet. He lunged at Vila with almost blinding speed pouncing her with great force onto the ground. Her body seemed so frail beneath him. He raised a hand adorned with his sharp claws like fingernails and prepared to slash Vila across the throat when he had a greater idea. He leaped off of her and landed nearby. Pacing around her he grinned cunningly. He could smell that Logan was nearby…

Ryan dropped down and consulted the group. "Those rocks and the ice won't hold for long. We need to get Vincent out of here, if at all possible, we should join up with the others and form a better plan for defense. Those soldiers aren't anything special, but I'm terrified of that predator and his partner. They're stronger than they're letting on. I can feel it." He said. A wave of fatigue washed over him, he stumbled and almost fell to the ground. He caught himself on his knees and the air rushed from his lungs. He breathed hard for a moment, catching his breath, and listening for orders. At That moment, the ice wall began to crumble. "Where's Adria? Didn't she make the wall?"

Vincent took notice as he rushed to kneel beside Ryan and Thantos. “Thank you Ryan. I want you to be careful. Allow me to look after you all.” Vincent said as he comforted Ryan. Adria made her way staggering toward Vincent and the group. Vincent was worried he helped, keeping her from hitting the floor, her as the tranquilizer put her out. “She’s been sedated. This can’t continue like this!” Vincent was beginning to feel overwhelmed. Too much was happening to his students.

Then more soldiers rushed the group. Kyle and Philip sprang to action. Philip Tossed time bombs at several approaching soldiers they were launched backwards into the walls behind them. Kyle punched out a few soldiers and he flew at another as he grabbed the soldier and flew him into the air. The man struggled to get free of Kyle’s grasp but Kyle was far stronger than the soldier. Kyle then gave the man a kiss on the cheek while activating his absorption ability, stealing the man’s strength and memories. The man passed out and Kyle dropped him. He had to shake off the strange tingling feeling his head and body felt after taking on certain personality traits from his victim.

Sabertooth had the remaining soldiers stand near him. “Gather around boys! Take aim and fire ALL Rounds at the enemy!!” Victor commanded. He couldn’t help but laugh as the soldiers shot thousands of bullets at the group.

Victor knew exactly what he was doing. He was provoking Vincent into action, a quickly executed and rushed action, one that would be less controlled. Vincent rose to his feet and stretched out on hand in a halting gesture. The other hand was raised to his temple. He telekinetically blocked the bullets that, this time weren’t sedatives or stun rounds, they one after another became lodged into the telekinetically still air. This caused Vincent some strain. He not only stopped them but turned them around and shot them at the soldiers, killing all who shot bullets previously. Vincent was horrified at his hasty reaction that resulted in the deaths of about 15 soldiers. “Oh no… what have I done?” Vincent gasped as he looked at the dead men.

“You’ve taken an honest reactionary step toward being who you REALLY are. I can’t wait till you just snap someday. She kids, that’s only a piece of who he is.” Victor chuckled he knew his psychological warfare was working. Just then Logan had found the Danger room. Victor spoke, “There you are…. I’ve been waiting to get the chance to finish you off clean and slowly Wolverine. “

Logan was shocked that he reached the Danger room before David North. Perhaps North got turned around in the mansion. Logan laid eyes on Sabertooth and cringed. “There you are you Twisted, egg sucking, piece of gutter trash! You always liked picking on someone who’s smaller than you. Well I’m smaller, try pushing me!! AHHHH!!!!” Logan leaped at Sabertooth taking him down and slashing away at the mutant.

[Outside]

The professor heard Aaliyah’s plea and knew she needed assistance. He quickly launched a psionic assault on the mind of Alexander Bringing him much mental strain. Hopefully this would aid Aaliyah. She knew Alexander well and if she warned that he was dangerous the professor heeded that.

[OOC: Sorry if I made many Mistakes. I am hyper sleepy and drifted in and out of sleep while typing. I jipped the outside scene simply because I want to go to bed right now… so I’ll most likely try to post again later today.]

Vila
Vila was going to do all she could to protect that was the way she was, still she was holding back and wondered if that was a wise move. Vila gave a small nodded to let Vincent know she under stood. She did not like that of them not running but more hands could put the ball in their court. Vila let her guard down to catch her breath but that was the worse move she could have made. It felt like getting hit by a train when Sabertooth bulled in to her. She hit the ground hard only to be pinned under him. She showed him no fear but with the mask it would make so nothing showed. With her weapon out of reach she had to think but Sabertooth moved to stand for right now she keep down. She was happy she had her armor on or this could have been very painful When Logan showed up she roller legs up and moved full rolling so she was crouching. Her fingers moved around her weapon and she stood up. She shock the hit off and moved to take down to check the soldiers that Vincent attacked looking to see if there was any that could be saved... if there were any she would do her best to help them.
She knew this was going to be hard on Vincent and would eat him alive. Vila planned to talk to him once things calmed down. Vila pulled a few out of the way. The fighting was going on to long and it had to end, Vila’s heart burned in pain with all this unneeded blood being shed. War only brought pain it solved nothing. Tears slipped down her cheeks from behind her mask as was shacking but now was not the time nor was it the place. Slowly Vila stood back up looking at the few people that where still standing as she spoke softly. “If you wish to keep your worthless lives you should leave now. Or you will feel my wrath” her voice seemed to echo with in the room. She was not going to play nice any more, she was tired of trying on to harm people…..she as tired of people she loved being harmed……she was tired of all the hate and fear that people had to anything that was not like them. The way they hunted, torched and harmed anything different, or they wanted to control to gain power and control. This was how she lost her home…..this was why her people died out……

War hand broken out in a land far, far away, so far in fact that it was not even on the earth but on a whole other world. Fires, blood and death raped the land as buildings and temples fell. Things where a mess as the unknown masked army keeps up its never ending attack. They never seemed to grow tired, they never seemed to back down, or eat, never stopping….a heartless unfeeling, uncaring army always moving without a care in for what they were harming. People where running trying to get away only to meet there end. Screams could be heard as people where shoved in to carts to be hulled off. They were looking for something, hunting for something. Those that were healthy where used as a work force be it making armor, cleaning and cooking and much worse things. Anyone that could fight was put in to the ring or changed in the most horrific ways to be added to the army of the darkness. Those who were not of use meet a much worse fate that would make a man like Hitler look like a saint for what he did and that was a scary idea.
The small rebel group knew what he wanted…they knew what he was looking for and where it was hidden. It was no longer safe on this world. They had to move it to get it somewhere else…somewhere, where it would be safe. It would be the last effort to keep the dearest thing safe. The most important and sacred items where packed along with something else. This was going to be a last ditch effort if this did not work all would be lost and that darkness would win out. Everything was set in place the ancient spell circles prepped. Those who had been gifted with the strongest abilities that where left for called forth to place seals before they would send things off. This would be the last time the most scared of items would ever see their home. The last good byes where given as the final chants where said casting there spell. Smoke wrapped around creating a shell to protect what lay inside in a flash it was sent to some unknown place somewhere far, far away out of the grasp of the darkness….that world once grand and beckon of light, love and hope now lay in ruin………..

Aaiyah and Alexander
Using the add that Xavier gave Aaiyah the upper hand that she need badly to win against Alexander. The attack that Xavier did on Alexander throw him fully off his game.
Aaiyah was going to do the most foolish thing she could think of. She was going to set the mech to self-destruct while holding on to Alexander and take him out that way. She was unsure if she would make it out a live with doing something like this….but if she could take him out so be it. This was going to take the perfect timing and a last minute warning to Erik and Xavier she knew if they knew what she was planning they would stop her. With Alexander being caught of balance she used this as a time to soccer punch him beating him back doing all she could to make him unable to keep his focuses. Get him as angry as she could so he would not be able to keep control or react the way he wanted to. She was going to make him lose his composer “Don’t you love when someone cheats to win” Aaiyah smirked “Don’t you love when they get away with it” She hit him again forcing him to go back words he was losing his temper more and more with each word she spoke. “Don’t you just love when a chick hands you your ass in a fight”

Alexander move back pure fire in his eyes “ YOU BITCH” he yelled going at Aaiyah. She moved back keeping out of his reach she smirked. His attacks become wild his anger and temper where taking control just like she wanted. Showing weak points in how he moved and what he did. Aaiyah knew he had a temper and she knew what he got like when he lost it. She pushed the buttons and pulled and the strings turning him in to in many ways a puppet. She just had to push him a little more….pluck the strings a little more before she sprung her trap on him….but she was pushing him back so when she did what she was going to do no one would be in harm’s way and no one would get hurt. She had a little ways more to go to get in to the clear. Aaiyah took another swing at Alexander sending him back slowly she inched in to the safety zone but she wanted it clear it by another foot and once she got it, it was time to make a huge impact that would be very hard to forget and it would leave a rather large mark.

“Alexander for being as smart as you say you are not working for you” She took hold of him making sure he could not move his hands. The grip was bone braking. “The one thing that makes me better than you Alexander is the fact I am not scared to take myself out to take a scum bag like you out. I hope you have made peace with whatever gods or devils you may believe in. “ She made the grip tighter giving it a very short count down. All she could think not caring if she was heard or not ‘forgive me for what I am about to do….’ The countdown started at five, four, three, two, one…. There was a loud sound with smoke rising showing where it was. The explosion gave off waves of distortion at this point it was a dead giveaway to what she did. Alexander lay out cold and with some pretty nasty injuries that would take time to recover from. However there was no sigh Aaiyah…..nothing. Aaiyah hit the ejection button and used her most hated ability turning her skin in to metal. She hit that button a few seconds to let and it caused her to be hit by the blast sending her like a rocket in to the sky. However metal never moved slow when it came down it moved fast. With as high up as she a fall like that and at that speed would hurt and cause damage.

Ace

a masked figure stumbled out of the shadows battered and out of breath.she tripped and feel to her knees unkown as to where she was.she looked around to find herself in a giant hole in the wall realizing it was on of the surrounding walls of the danger room
.'who the hell put a hole in the wall?'she said to no one in paticular.she got up when a a seizure like symptom raked through her bony for a moment her left eye turned black for a few minutes until it was gone."No dammit"Ace had won the battle but she had yet to win the war within herself.sighing she walked around a bit until she stepped in to the danger room,whoch was a bad idea because she saw Jonothan staring into a soldiers eyes making his worst fears come true.Ace cclutched her head for a moment as sshe seemed to have been affected as well but to a lesser extent. she could feel Alices power surge and she hasped realizing that if stayed here any longer her win would have beenn pointless.So she ran back into the closest shadow and ran a few feet in total darkness when she stepped out into the front yard to to be thrown backwards by a large explosion and she was pushed back into a shadow and stumbled in the main corridor to have Jonathan onve again in her view but he diid not notice her as he ran by.




Agent Six

as she watched Wolverine fight Sabertooh she wondered were Agent Zero was put she quickly pushed that thought away.she focused back on to the Weapon when on of the mutants proteecting him ran off to take down a coulle soldiers along with a girl.the two faught quite nicely without any visible powers that she could see. until the young man began to stare at the soldier doing something to him. the soldier began to cry out in fear and the houng mutant was saying something but she was too far to hear in him so she decided to get closer. she made her spirit solid enough to be able to take a chunk of crumbling ice and threw it on the ground close to where the two were standing and begun to form an observer spirit as the ice began to melt. as she left her old spot and onto her knew one she could know hear hear him and soon she realized that it was a bad idea to have gotten so close to them. while the mutant was talking she could feel something tugging at her subcounsious but she didd t know what it was and the feeling quickly passed. 'so this mutant uses words that put fear into the victims heart'. finally the soldier collasped and the other femal mutant ran up to him putting her hand on hiss chest to stop him from doing anymore damage. 'why would she stop him,he is protecting her and their so called "family".the girl then looked away from him and yelled out "Mom" and she searched for something and ran towards the exit, where a soldier waited for her to fall into his trap which she did.

the soldier began to advance on her with a knife when the young man ran at him yelling "LET GO OF MY SISTER" and grabbed the soldier at his throat pushing him into the wall. thats were things began to change the area of where the mutant held the soldier it turned purple and then it looked like the soldier died or was rendered uncouncious.'humm so he also has an ability similar to the Rouges?'the girl quickly ran off and the boy realizing what he did shook his head in disbilief and looked back at the Weapon before running off after his sister. as he left Agent Six spotted movement in the shadows and realized the very same woman with the mask from earlier was standing there inthe shadows but it looked like the boy was so intent on going after his sister he didnt notice her. but upon seeing her Agent Six heard/felt an explosion from outside and quickly switced positions with her observer spirit outside.

there looked to be a large explosion and the man know as the GameMaster was on the ground wound.she looked around and caught sight of something small and black inthe sky dropping fast to the ground.

ACE

Ace stumbled around her vision blurring and she saw black spots every now and then she quickly diagnosed this as a concussion from the blast. She could feel Alice stirring within her 'damn not again i just got my body back dammit'. She leaned against a wall as she began to fight off Alice again. She didn’t know what caused the explosion but she needed to get to Charles and fast before that happened again. Calling out to the professor she asked him to be ready to send a psychic blast meant only for her when she was close enough.

She could feel it her left side was struggling to keep together as Alice began to force her way in slowly taking over Aces left side of her body clutching the left side of her head ace groaned in pain and her body was wet with perspiration and strain. She began to run in and out of shadows’ trying to find a good one until she found just the one she needed to get outside. her eyes wide she ran towards the front door suddenly she cried out and stumbled as pain took her left arm then leg suddenly she could no longer feel anything on that side.

She clutched her now paralyzed left arm and tried to move it but failed. then she spoke whispering in her ear "see I told you were weak" Alice said with seductively Ace forced herself to get up only using her right side which she still had control over. It’s at times like these that she truly begins to panic because Alice now has control of her left side and the two could still use their powers but its hard when a part of you says otherwise which causes strain on her body.

She began to walk forward towards the front door. it was so close yet so far that’s when she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror most of her mask was gone until it crumbled away completely. Her entire left eye was black with yellow iris and she could see where it was beginning to show in her right. Shaking her head, she yelled and smashed the mirror with her hand grabbing a small glass shard and pushed it against her left hand cutting it in an attempt to drive out Alice.

it worked to some degree she managed just for a moment to gain back feeling in her left side and she ran the little distance between her and the door before she lost feeling again. Suddenly her left hand grabs her throat and Ace began to choke herself but not intentionally "did you think you could get rid of me that fast Alice snarled. So Ace called out as loud as she could in her mind 'PROFFESSOR DO IT NOW!'

Ace felt an excruciating pain as she felt the psychic blast and she could herself scream but she didn’t know whether it was her or Alice who had screamed all she knew was that she was falling blackness began to cloud her vision and she welcomed it because she knew Alice wouldn’t be waking up anytime soon. Because at that very moment she had let Alice take completer control and so she suffered the most damage while ace was pretty much fine..

"Oh I'm sure you'd learn to love it." Cara answered seductively. "My type? Now that's hurtful." She a extended her arms out again, her fingers spread to catch a few of the shadows nearby her. Her eyes faltered for a moment as Frenzy approached. "So what were you promised? What would make you want to turn against your own kind?" Cara asked with spite filled words, moving her hands up slightly and touching upon the doors shadows, slamming them shut. "Especially you, Stinger. We fought for the same cause once! Magneto might have changed his ways but at least he still fights FOR mutants!" her shadow fell on something solid and wasting no time Cara sent it flying towards the pair laying her challenge down.

Frenzy slowly made her way toward Stinger and Cara. Stinger smirked as Cara replied. Stinger had once worked with Cara under Magneto. Back then she was interested in bettering the state of Mutant kind. She felt more ideological back then but now things were different. Things were worse in the world. Stinger opened her mouth to answer when the huge hunk of debris Cara hurled at her came her way. Luckily Stinger was pretty nimble and hopped backward as to avoid the brunt of the damage. However the object shattered causing a hunk of it to hit Stinger’s arm. “Yeouch! That smarts! You sure don’t waste any time do you shadowdancer. Stinger dusted off her pink dress.

“Well, to answer your question… They offered me a shit ton of money and immunity from the government’s wrath. It’s really that simple.” Stinger replied as he began to examine her nails, her hands illuminating with electricity. “Ya know gal, times have changed for worse. The days of me clinging to losing ideologies is done. I’m tired of fighting so hard for nothing. Magneto was and still is chasing a pretty dream, one that will likely never become real. So Weapon-X offered me a promise that they are making good on. It’s nice for someone to finally keep their word to a lady for a change.” Stinger then extended her hands sending electricity dancing and crackling in Cara’s direction.

Frenzy by this point stood a few feet away from Stinger. She was not totally opposed to the X-men and their goals. She actually wanted to meet Professor Xavier for herself as he seemed like a good person. She listened to Stinger’s story, it was not new to her but it was different from her own. She never really was involved with the mutant human struggle before. She saw mutants like Magneto as tyrannical and without order. She got involved with Weapon-X after being offered protection and a very high salary. She wasn’t completely money oriented but she chose what seemed practical as she was a practical person. She could see Charles in the distance and she took occasional glances at him. She would have approached him but she wouldn’t dessert Stinger.

Stinger then noticed a young man arrive at the mansion grounds making a mad dash toward the mansion. Frenzy was given orders from Trask via her earpiece to keep him from the professor. “Rodger that.” She replied. She turned toward Stinger, “Wendy, you’re on your own with Shadowdancer now! I got orders!” She then made a swift dash to intercept Sam. She cut him off in his tracks. “Sorry my friend but you’d best leave here. I have orders to get rough and I don’t want to have to do that.” She said calmly as she stood looking at Sam directly in the eyes.

The Professor was busy turning soldiers away by taking over their minds. Magneto had finally convenced Pietro to help him and that he would protect Pietro. Charles could hear the calls of Ace. He felt the evil of Alice almost instantly. She needed to be suppressed fast or else Ace would not have made it. On Ace’s signal the Professor concentrated unleashing a psychic maelstrom that served to lock away and imprison Alice in the depths of Ace’s mind. To do this he entered Ace’s mind. It was a dark realm of strange wonder. There He spotted Alice, thrashing in anguish and insanity. She wanted to kill but was unable to regain control. He and created a prison in her mind to hold Alice. Charles then spoke to Ace, “The fortifications are strong but they will not for long Ace. Are you alright?” Charles asked Ace telepathically?



Vila’s vines wrapped around many of the people in the danger room, moving them to safety. Logan was kicked off of Sabertooth when Sabertooth placed both feet on Logan’s torso and propelled him backward into the danger room wall. Sabertooth was a little slow to stand as Logan had done considerable damage to him. His healing had complete and he launched at Logan, taking a slash at Logan’s chest. Logan yelled in pain then soon retaliated by punching sabertooh in the face with his extremely hard fist.

Vincent watched the scene not sure what he should do. He wanted to help and he could but Sabertooth’s little stunt with the gunmen made Vincent afraid to act. He didn’t want to kill again. He finally mustered up the confidence to take some personal charge once again. He wondered why X-23 had not acted. He tried to probe her mentally but he had trouble breaching her mind. There must have been something that prevented her from being probed.

“Vince! You alright?” Philip asked as he turned halfway toward Vincent. He was sure to keep an eye on the others just in case someone or something attacked them again. Philip was a little worried about Vincent after the previous incident. He knew Vincent was gentle, using force to stop a foe would be okay with Vincent but killing was somewhat of a taboo in Vincent’s eyes.

Vincent gave a smile and replied. “I’m alright love. No worries as long as you don’t get reckless.” Philip nodded in response.

Just then Ryan, whom Vincent kneeled down next to, addressed Vincent via his thoughts. "Vincent, can you relay this thought process to everyone?" Ryan thought, looking pointedly and Vincent.

Vincent replied telepathically, “yes Ryan I can, go on.”
"I've come up with a plan. There are eight of us, not counting Adria, and two of them. We leave four of us here to detain the predator and his partner while four of us move Adria somewhere safe. If it's two vs. one you should be able to knock them out or otherwise incapacitate, and not kill them, that way we can get information out of them when we're ready to interrogate them once the big battle is over. On the other side, once the other four have secured Adria, they go outside and meet up with Doctor Xavier to reinforce their side. Does anyone have any qualms with that? My only problem is who goes where, but I'm sure some of us will be more than willing to volunteer for the position of fighting those two." Ryan concluded.

Just then Vincent heard Jonathan’s voice. "We've got a problem..." Vincent then telepathically scanned the mansion and learned of Memory and Jonathan’s plight. He knew that David, Memory, and Jonathan would be approaching the danger room. David was indeed dangerous and Vincent didn’t want to add David’s cunning to Sabertooth viciousness.

Vincent replied telepathically. “I understand your situation Jonathan. Everyone can hear this transmission of my thoughts. Things are still pretty tense in here. I can subdue Sabertooth but the second mutant here still hasn’t made a move and I can’t attack her psionically due to something blocking me out. I can handle Sabertooth but to take down David as well would be difficult. As Ryan suggested, we must make our escape. Adria needs to be taken to safety. Fuyumi, Kyle, Ryan and Thantos should take Adria to safety. Afterward please assist Professor X and Magneto out front, they could use the help. Philip, Vila and Hideki will remain here for the time being. When Jonathan and Memory arrive I’ll distract the enemy and J and M can escape to aid the others out front. Is that clear?” Vincent communicated to everyone telepathically.

David, Memory and Jonathan reached the danger room. Upon entering they saw the vicious battle between Logan and Sabertooth. David smirked at the siblings, “Thanks for the tour. You know you two make a cute pair. Now if you’ll excuse me I have to greet an old friend.” David said as he smiled in a friendly manner at Memory and Jonathan. He let go of Memory’s hand and stepped toward the fighting men. David called out, “Hey Logan! I brought you a souvenir.” Just then David in a smooth elegant motion lifted his gun and shot Logan in the head point blank. Logan fell backward onto his back, his body lowly beginning to heal the wound.

As Logan healed Sabertooth got a chance to catch his breath. “Who told you to butt in North?” Sabertooth huffed.

“You were losing. Also, let’s just say I owed Logan that one.” David replied. He looked over toward Vincent. “Wow…my have you grown! Our little weapon is so huggably, handsome! It’s good to see you.” David commented. He had seen Vincent after his creation. North thought Vincent to be very attractive. He was bi and praised anything that caught his eye.

Vincent then launched an assault on Sabertoot’s mind. He held his fingers to his head and Sabertooth fell to his knees in pain and mental anguish. Vincent called out, “Now’s your chance run!”

It's been three weeks since Sam had left the mansion on his mission, and now when he returned this is what he came back too. The mansion was a complete war zone. Dust and smoke filled his lungs, he let out a small cough before holding his hand to his chest and separating the Co2 from the oxygen in his lungs.

Sam ran fast dropping his nap-sack trying to get inside the mansion but stopped short by a few soldiers who were ready to take his life in a heart beat. "Whoa there guy's, no need for the heavy artillery." Same laughed at his own little joke as one of the soldiers stepped forward pointing the tip of his gun barrel at Sam's head. "We have orders to eliminate all mutants." The soldier stated in a cold tone. "Well if that's the case, then I might just have to pass on this little dance." Sam remarked, and in moments of saying those words every soldier that had surrounded him was on the ground.

Sam continued his race to get inside the mansion and find out the situation of everyone especially The Professor and Cara. Just as he reached a hole a girl appeared in front of him.

“Sorry my friend but you’d best leave here. I have orders to get rough and I don’t want to have to do that.” She said calmly as she stood looking at Sam directly in the eyes.

"Oh really now well, you see I can't do that, and you standing here isn't going to change that." Sam said as he stared back at the girl before being lunged at by her. Whoa there was something he was used to, ducking and greeting her face with his left heel. She flipped over onto the grass like a rag-doll before standing up laughing. "Well seems we have a fighter, guess I don't need to hold back." She stated as she ran forward at full speed ramming fist first into Sam chest. The vibration from the shock sent pulses through Sam's body causing him to drop to the ground.

The girl stepped back smiling a bit before feeling a slight sign of disposition "Maybe I should have held back a bit. Oh well not so big when your on the ground right." She turned around with a quick brush of her hair and began walking towards the hole. "Hey now miss, is that anyway to treat a guest." Sam laughed as the body that was supposedly him began to disappear, and the real Sam appeared basically out of thin air, wearing his nap-sack, a black collared shirt with grey jeans and black sneakers. "I'm sorry but I don't have time to play with you." He said simply before expanding the girls lungs till she collapsed.

"The hell, how...t-the hell did I lose." She said as her vision began to turn black and her eyes shut. Sam shook his head and picked her up tossing her through the mansion creating another hole, which so happened to be where Cara and Stinger where. "Damn, hope The professor isn't to mad about the hole." He stepped again but this time he appeared beside Cara. Who was even more surprised to see him than the girl on the floor.

"Oh hey there love." He smiled at Cara.

Ace
ace breathed deeply in and out trying to calm her beating heart and telling herself that she wasnt actually hurt just her mind think it got hurt.ace heard the proffesor ask her if she was alright and simply told "like Hell im alright i feel like just got punched by Jaugurtnot i hurt like hell" she could feel the prof. chuckle at her outburst.as ace tried for the doors she realized that something was keeping them close "tch im gonnna kick who evers ass it was that caused that explosion"she hissed to herself.

Getting fusturated and with the large need to vent her anger Ace pretty much obliterated the front doors with her shadow scythe looking upon a scene that made her really want to kick someones ass. noticing that she didnt have her mask on and perfering to wear it than show her face to the attackers she created a pure black mask that she knew,she would very much need by the looks of it.she even created a kind of armur over her vital areas encasing them in hard,forever moving shadows. 'where do you need me to go prof. im really itching to knock some heads about'she called out telepathecly to the prof.

as she went to him she noticed a pair of men rushing him while he was concentrating on the men before him.Ace ran and dived into a nearby shadow and reached out and grabed one of the mens guns jerking his arm away causing him to shoot aimlessly.the other one then shot her in the head causing her to fall out of his friends shadow.stumbling backwards but she caught herself which surprised the soldiers causing them to step back qwaking at her. she leaned forward bending down a little when she gave a small "ow" she looked up holding her face.she removed her hand and looked in it which held the bullet. "you frikin shot me she said in disbelief."You shout me you Ugly Bastards and that Frikin Hurt!"she hissed angrily she glared at them through the mask, it cracked,the top corner crumbling away to reveal an eye full of anger. she growled at them "you actually shot at me?"she ran at them firts bending down low into her shadow and pulled out two pure black poles of shadow and flipped fowards onto the poles for a moment kicking out at them with her legs as they finnaly recovered their senses and shot at her.she took them down and landed back on her feet.she looked back at the proffessor checking on him when she caught a glimpse of one of the students,Sam who was gone for awhile on a mission she beleived and was running towards them after encountering Frenzy and meeting up with Cara.

she turned back to the prof. to see where he needed her to go when suddenly she felt something land just outside the gates 'oh Dear' she could feel the ground shake and Ace smiled for she knew who to vent her anger at and it was waiting just outside the gates. There were four Sentinals and a big ones too. 'oohh this is gonna be fun.

[OOC: Masato said it was alright for me to insert the sentinels.]

Feeling quite self-conscious as she tip-toed inside the silver room with trepidation, Memory cursed under her breath at the outfit choice. This was something that she would never wear normally - preferring for skirts that at least fell to the knees - and had been given to her as a joke by her friend years back, but it did fit the situation. In her experience seduction was a powerful tool for one to use, and something that she was very good at. It may not be the most dignifying thing in the world but it does get the job done. Pulling the jacket around herself a little tighter, she watched as the many eyes turned in her direction. One such pair of yellow eyes caught her attention for a second, recognising them as the eyes of Ryan who had helped Jonathan protect Ryan. There had always been a certain curiosity about the horned boy but Memory had never pursued it. Taking a mental to note to ask at some point, along with Hideki about his fireworks, if they survived Memory returned her attention to the present.

She regretted it instantly.

A gunshot rang out and Logan dropped to the floor not far from the siblings. This is all that Memory got to hear as her brother pulled M close and buried her head into his chest, gripping her body tightly so that she couldn't see what happened. Normally she would have protested but there was no way that she could now. They had just assisted in Logan's assault to a degree. They knew he wouldn't, couldn't, die but regardless they felt their hearts twist painfully.

"Now’s your chance run!"

At Vincent's call, Jonathan looked to him and nodded with tears in his eyes.Pulling Memory from his body J looked her straight in the eye, those chocolate orbs which wobbled through the tears, and swallowed the painful lump in his throat back to the depths of his stomach.

"Come on, we need to move." When she did not, he shook her by the shoulders gently. "Come on!"

Snapped out of her trance, Memory nodded stiffly and took Jonathan's hand letting him lead and pull her from the building. They managed only a few steps before Ryan, the black scaled boy who had aided Jonathan in defending Vincent before, rushed past them whispering something on the way but they didn't quite catch it. Assuming that it was a warning about the trouble they would face or a suggestion to move their asses, they followed both.

Although, Memory had to do one thing first.

"Hang on!" She called to her brother releasing his hand and stopping at a downed soldier, the same one that Jonathan had killed in fact, or rather will have killed when the full effects of his power kicked in and took this man from the world. Looking away in shame, Jonathan did not see Memory take the man's gun. Nor did he see her lift it up to aim. What he did see however was the girl he had come to know and love so well take three steps in front of him and, with the accuracy of a sharpshooter (from their gunman that she had been keeping skin contact with all the way to the danger room), strike the man's gun with one shot.

He didn't wait to see if she had managed to disarm him or not as he gripped her hand and pulled her away, Memory dropping the gun in disgust only seconds later.

Taking off out the Danger Room door and door the silver corridor, their boots making clicks and thumps as they slapped the ground hard, the "wonder twins" headed straight for the Professor outside. This plan for the most part worked until they were faced with the elevator door. As those metal doors slid open and revealed the two like a prize on a game show to the soldier behind it, Memory yelped in panic making the the man turn quickly. He lifted his gun but it was moved away from them, aimed in a safer direction, With M's palm colliding with the barrel. J caught the man's arms and moved in close, their eyes a mere two inches apart.

Then he whispered one word.

"Clementine."

The man's grip on the gun lessened and it was dropped into M's waiting hands then discarded to the side, Jonathan retaining eye contact with the man as he refused to voice and narrate the happenings within this man's dream-world in front of his sister. The information got a little... kinky.

Throwing him into the elevator, they clasped hands once more and ran.

"Who the hell is Clementine?!" Memory called to her brother, a little short of breath for running so long with barely any stopping.
"And what the hell kind of dream did you put him into?" This made J roll his eyes.

"Remember, M, I can manipulate their hopes and dreams too. He was hoping to see his girlfriend Clementine and... get it on," Jonathan scowled at the way that came out in his southern accent, the sound of it just seeming somewhat wrong to him.
"so I just manipulated it and amplified his wish to do... that with her."

"Naturally..."



Finally they made it outside, the crisp air catching them off guard. After a quick scan into the mass of fighting figures and bodies littered across the ground, both siblings found the Professor at the same time. This time, however, it was Memory that lead.

"Professor Xavier! Vincent sent us!" Dodging body after body, power after power and mutant after mutant they eventually reached the Professor, both siblings gaining injuries along the way. Memory now had a cut above her eyebrow from a stray piece of wood and Jonathan was grazed by a bullet on the right side of his abdomen. it wasn't deep and didn't bleed too much and for these reasons he ignored it, even though it hurt like a bitch.

Thinking back to whom had been left behind when they left, Jonathan grimaced in a new form of pain. He had left Vincent, the one he practically considered a brother, and Kyle. The thought of his name brought the memories of his pleasant flirting and hand-holding back to J's mind. Shaking his had, thinking better than to reminisce in battle, J returned his mind to the fighting.

That's when he heard it, the loud metallic thud. Or rather, a group of metallic thuds all striking the ground simultaneously. In a synchronised, and rather scarily similar, way the siblings flipped their heads around to the large metal men standing three stories tall not that far behind them.

"Ho-ly fu-"

A hand slapped over his mouth and cut off the rest of his word. He eyed his sister in exasperation but she only tutted.

"Jonathan, you should know better. There could be kids watching."

Giving Memory a quick confused look, not entirely understanding what she meant, he suddenly felt like there were many eyes all upon him now. Shaking it off, he returned his own eyes to the Sentinels.

"We're doomed."

"So you think that just because they promised they'd leave you alone that they actually will?!" Cara looked offended. "Stinger I thought you were smarter than that. Even Toad wasn't that stupid." She never dropped her eyes from Stinger's throughout the conversation.

Stinger was a tad put off by Cara’s opinions regarding her decisions. However given Cara’s tone and frustration it really showed that in some way Cara’s concern for Stinger. Perhaps it was a lingering comradery from when they worked together. It made Stinger feel a little bad about her choice but it was a little too late to turn around now.

"So hard for nothing?! You've abandoned the cause! You have achieved nothing! You've joined exactly what we were fighting against! The humans are winning and you are aiding them!" Cara shouted back angrily almost being caught off guard in her moment of distraction as Stingers arms outstretched towards her. Cara's eyes shot open for a moment before she flipped herself backwards escaping the majority of the shock but catching a nasty case of static as she jumped, almost sticking her landing Cara pushed her arms out forwards and landed low, sending one of the metal hand rails that had now become dislodged up and towards her opponents.

"Perhaps enough toying?" She smiled, as the pole was deflected. "Shall we get down to it, devochki?" she smiled devilishly at the two mutants. Cara seemed slightly perturbed by Frenzy's sudden withdrawal. "Aww, looks like it's just me and you after all." She jumped from where she stood flipping herself in the air and jumping into a shadow, re-appearing behind Stinger and giving her a swift kick in the ass. She pulled her jacket from her shoulders and threw it to the side of them away from the fight. "I do hope you've kept yourself in good shape."

Stinger was becoming increasingly annoyed with Cara’s besting her. She turned around and delivered a kick aimed at Cara’s torso. “Let’s just say I’ll never let myself go Cara. So yeah I’m in good shape!” Stinger elegantly back flipped backwards twice to gain a little distance from Cara. She began to twirl around swiftly causing a tornado of bioelectricity. When her twirling stopped the tornado quickly shot in Cara’s direction. “Of course I don’t trust the government for a millisecond. But if a girl knows how to play her cards right, and keep her wits about her she’ll do alright. And I plan to grit my teeth and survive to the very end I do!” Stinger replied in a snappy more serious tone.

[Danger Room]
After Vincent began his psionic assault on Sabertooth’s mind the other students ran. Ryan carrying Adria first, then Memory and Jonathan. Kyle flew swiftly behind. He didn’t want to leave but he trusted that Vincent had a good plan. Kyle turned to Hideki, “Look after the young headmaster will you? And I better not here about you getting your ass handed to you later!” Kyle teased Hideki.

Hideki laughed and replied, “Yeah okay. Don’t get too distracted gawking at Jonathan out there and forget to fight!” Kyle smiled sheepishly and flew off.

Professor Fuyumi patted Vincent on the shoulder as he assaulted Sabertooth, “Do be careful Vincent. Call for me if you need and escape route.” She said. She then gave Philip a quick kiss on the forehead and dashed out of the danger room, phasing through the wall of the danger room.

Agent Zero was shocked to see the level of pain the weapon could inflict on Sabertooth. He was strong however Zero knew that this display of strength was only the tip of the iceberg. The weapon was capable of far more. He was being held back and David wondered how Xavier managed to conceal Vincent’s true strength from Vincent himself. David needed to help Sabertooth, however he knew that he couldn’t bring much harm to Vincent, Trask would have a bitch fit if that happened. He then fired a few gun shots at Vincent knowing that he would cease his mental assault on Sabertooth.

Vincent stopped the bullets after releasing Sabertooth. Sabertooth recovered quickly and lunged at Vincent. Hideki quickly blasted Sabertooth backward with a light based plasma blast. Philip hurled a few time bombs at David. They landed around David and began to set off around his feet destroying much of the ground around David. Vincent wondered why X-23 hadn’t acted yet. David hopped out of danger and tossed a thermite bomb at the group. Vincent was able to conceal some of the blast damage but the group had still gotten knocked back by the force. David was highly trained and knew his opponents well. He knew just how far to go.

Logan had finally recovered from being shot in the head. He slowly sat up and looked around noticing the scene unfolding. He then tackled David and pinned him to the ground Claws extended and pointed at David’s chest.

[Outside the mansion]

The fight was going strong outside. Pietro sped around knocking out soldiers in a flash. Fuyumi had joined the group she phased some soldiers partway through the ground and left them there, She weren’t hurt but they were stuck. Kyle was glad to see daylight. The sentinels appeared and began to target mutants. Pietro quickly zipped over toward Magneto. “Yo pops we’ve got a serious problem…”

Magneto turned toward the sentinels and he was not worried in the slightest. Four sentinels wasn’t difficult for him to handle. However Trask being well aware of Magneto’s advantage over the Sentinels ordered many soldiers to close in on him causing him to be preoccupied with them. He would not be able to help the group so easily. Charles greeted Jonathan and Memory. “You all have done well.” He said as they reached him, not without battle wounds. “You two have fought bravely thank you for all that you’ve done.” The professor said to the two siblings.