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Post by xt on Apr 14, 2006 22:23:27 GMT -5
X-T smiled as Patrick gave her a kiss, then wipped open her cellphone. She dialed a number and put the reciever up to her ear.
"Yeah, Gina? Get out yer babies an' 'round up th' gang. We're goin' onna man hunt," X-T said with a grin, then hung up the phone. X-T looked up at Patrick and shrugged.
"He said 'Whoever I knew' eh?" X-T said innocently with a smile.
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Post by Midnight on Apr 19, 2006 8:53:14 GMT -5
"Still a mutant?" Marie said, panic in her voice. The shield hummed louder. "I'm not supposed to be... I might still be... I'm not supposed to be you!" she managed to get out. Her whole body was shaking and she tried to block the numbers rolling through her head. Had she absorbed his knowledge of his own powers along with his powers? That thought made her even more scared. Taking deep breaths, she calmed herself down. "The time is ticking. We have to keep going. The Prof can examine us when we get back." The light from her shield danced crazily across the walls as she shook. "Let's go, Eric," she said, reaching out to take his hand, and then remembering and pulling hers back like she had been burned. Swallowing hard, she started walking further, the darkness lit up by the light of the stolen shield.
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Post by Chance on Apr 22, 2006 10:37:08 GMT -5
Chance watched Marie pull ahead, and then hurried after her. "Marie...it's okay that you took my shield...really I don't mind. As I see it, we're married, so what's mine is yours, right?" It was a sad joke, and it obviously didn't help. "Really Marie, it's okay..." But suddenly his voice fell short. The air seemed to feel different here, as if there was a static energy coursing through it. The hairs on his arms stood up.
"Do you feel that?"
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Post by Midnight on Apr 22, 2006 18:57:59 GMT -5
Marie gave a small smile at his mention of being married. Even with all they had been through, she still wore the ring on her left hand. They weren't married yet, but it was nice to think of them as being married. Then the fear was back. "Yeah... I feel something at any rate. Eric, what is it?"
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Post by Chance on Apr 29, 2006 22:39:41 GMT -5
"Marie! RUN!" Before the words escaped his mouth the electric field took its full effect, blasting Eric with two bolts of blue lightning. At first he felt his flesh burning and his nerves seering, but his shield soon took effect, and the pain was immedietly dulled. However, the energy was holding him still, the force shield was so strong that it wasn't allowing him to move forward, so he was stuck, standing with his shield on full power as electricity fired at his body.
"Marie...I can't use my probability powers while my shield is on this high of a power level. Unless you can find an off switch...you'll have to use my power to make this thing malfunction."
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Post by xt on Apr 29, 2006 22:48:59 GMT -5
X-T looked to Patrick and smiled.
"So, when should we leave, cap'in?" X-T said with a smirk and an arch of her eyebrow.
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Post by Midnight on Apr 30, 2006 22:50:40 GMT -5
Marie watched, horror on her face, as the electricity tore into Eric. She could smell his flesh burn under the intense onslaught, but finally he seemed to be holding it off. That had barely taken a second, but it had seemed a year. His hurried instructions jolted her out of her shock. "Make it malfunction?" she almost squeaked. She could barely think at all. A strong urge had come over her to get between him and the bolts, but she didn't know if that would help. Not like she could if actually had his powers. "Malfunction, malfunction, malfunction..." she started whispering, a reminder as much as a chant. She didn't want to, but she had to. She closed her eyes. The crackle of electricity still reached her ears, but now she wasn't as distracted. The numbers rolled through her head. There. What were the chances of this electricity field malfunctioning? Not much. Mentally, she reached out to the cruel hard numbers. And changed them.
At first, there just seemed to be more electricity and she lost focus and opened her eyes. However, the electricity seemed to just be leaping over a device set high into the wall. And with a shower of sparks, it went out. Marie wanted to cry. She didn't want to have his powers, she didn't! But what was the alternative?
"Oh, Eric..." she said, her voice almost a whisper as she turned to look at him.
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Post by Chance on May 6, 2006 10:32:24 GMT -5
As Marie played with the figures Eric waited, grinding his teeth, trying not to let his face betray him. Finally, after what felt like an eternity, a shower of sparks went off behind him,a nd the electric current stopped, throwing Chance to the ground.
"Oh man..." he said rubbing his neck, his shield now turned off. "It's okay Marie, you did amazing...we just gotta be more careful around here." Getting to his feet he tried to smile, but his face gave a small twitch. "Damn electricity."
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Post by Chance on May 6, 2006 10:33:14 GMT -5
((Okay, what do we want to do back at the insititute?))
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Post by xt on May 6, 2006 11:23:03 GMT -5
((gather a team together and find the source as to what's doing the decimation stuff?))
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Post by Midnight on May 9, 2006 8:37:39 GMT -5
Marie reached to touch him. His skin was cracked in places and blood dripped down from his ears and nose. Her hands shook as they hovered over him, but she ripped cloth and started bandaging him. Not even thinking about the power, she let the numbers cycle in the back of her mind. Heal, heal, heal... Meanwhile, a tear escaped and traveled down her face. She hated seeing Eric get hurt. She hated seeing the strength she so looked up to fall.
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Post by Chance on May 14, 2006 11:57:04 GMT -5
"All right," Mindwarp finally said. "We're heading to Washington to stop Reignfire. He's team is powerful, and it won't be easy, but we can take him. We'll leave the kids here, I think that me, Patrick, X-T and her friends should be able to take them. Come on." Mindwarp lead them all out onto the lawn where they all climbed into the X-Copter that Jubilee had just used to take the kids on their field trip.
"Guess this is it," Fallback said, lightly touching X-T's hand. "Let's end this decimation."
Eric tried to shake Marie off, he liked that she wanted to take care of him, but they were wasting time. Besides, it was his own fault that he had gotten hurt. "Come on Marie," he said, giving her a small kiss on the cheek. "Thanks for the band-aids but we need to get to the source of this place. Weapon X isn't going to wait for me to stop falling into their traps." He shifted uneasily, and finally managed to get up, dispite the burning feeling in his joints.
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Post by xt on May 14, 2006 17:15:33 GMT -5
X-T leaned in forward and gave Patrick a kiss on the check.
"Let's," X-T said with a smirk, then turned to Mindwarp, "Ready when ya guys are,"
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Post by Midnight on May 15, 2006 8:40:35 GMT -5
Marie flowed under Eric's arm to support him. She was rather small, but there was strength in her shoulders and she actually made a difference in keeping him steady. Her brown eyes started jumping around, scanning the darkened hallway lit only by the light from their sheilds. She didn't worry about the dark now. She didn't have time for it and she knew that the dark wasn't what hurt Eric. The dark couldn't hurt him now. It was what could hurt him that she had to worry about. "Let's go, then," she murmered softly and helped him step forward.
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Post by Chance on May 15, 2006 15:34:27 GMT -5
Mindwarp smile and flipped on the rotors. "Lift off in 5, 4..."
Eric felt like a royal ass as he leaned against Marie, balancing precariously as he limped down the long hallway. He couldn't believe how stupid he had been, and he couldn't believe how much stress he had been putting on Marie. She didn't need all of this, not when they should be staying home, buying a house and starting a family. But, life had set a different path for the two of them, a more trying path, the path of a mutant. So, he scuttled along, feeling stupid, not knowing that he was being watched...
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Post by xt on May 15, 2006 17:48:24 GMT -5
X-T grabbed Patrick's hand and held onto it. She really wasn't fond of helicopters, but she hid that fear with a smile. At that moment, her cellphone rang. She quickly answered it.
"'Ello?" X-T said looking at Patrick with a smile, then looked back out the window, "Uh yeah, we'll meet cha in Washin'ton. I'm sure ya know when we land. An' if ya see anyone suspisious, tell me, k? Gotcha, see ya then," X-T hung up the phone and put it in her pocket.
"Gina's got about five guys, so I think we're good," X-T said with a smile.
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Post by Midnight on May 16, 2006 8:43:22 GMT -5
Marie stopped with a sigh and opened her bag. "We've wasted too much time," she murmered, upset with herself. Her fingers danced over a keypad as she deactivated several bombs still winking away in her bag. Then the hallway shook with a muffled bang as the other bomb they set went off. "That'll make our job a little more difficult," she said, a clear understatement.
"No further," growled a voice from the darkness down the hallway.
Marie almost dropped the bag, she was so startled. She gathered it close to her and moved closer to Eric. She reached around him and quickly grabbed his gun. The click as it c.ocked seemed to echo through the hallway.
"You really think that that can stop me?" the voice scoffed. And then deliberate footsteps sounded. The first thing that was visible were two heavy black boots, eerie in the light of the shield. Then a powerful body moved into the light, head bent so that only the shaggy blond hair was visible. Then came two huge wings, stretching across the hallway to nudge the other side. An angel.
Marie had a moment of religious fear. Could they be working against God in something like this and he sent an angel to destroy them? Then her eyes hardened. This whole place was evil. This angel was probably a mutant. She raised the gun and fired.
The bullet ripped through the creature's chest, letting the dark stain of blood shine on the front of the tight spandex suit. He raised his head and laughed. Eyes glittered in the faint light that finally made out his features. He was a young man, maybe around eighteen years old, but in his eyes was death. Within seconds the bleeding subsided and the hole closed. "I told you it wouldn't work," he grinned. Shing! Shiny metal claws leaped out of both hands. "Beware, for Kartal will kill you," he smiled with no mirth.
((Hope you don't mind that I added Kartal in. I made him a long time ago. He is Weapon Omega, created after Weapon X was shut down. He is a clone of archangel and so has the healing blood. They sped up his aging until he reached 18 so that they could create him in half the time. He matured properly but doesn't have much experience with anything in general except fighting and the institute and hit jobs they have made him go on. He hates the place and hates himself, but he can't die and he doesn't know of anything good in the world. So he is here and challenging them like he is supposed to. If you don't want him or had something else in mind I can take him out.))
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Post by Chance on May 22, 2006 14:13:48 GMT -5
The bomb threw Chance off balance, and he cursed under his breath as his shoulder collided with the steel metal wall of the narrow hallway. But Chance didn't have the time to react, the bomb was followed by a man's voice, a voice that seemed somewhat less than friendly.
"What the, who the hell's there?" But again Chance was had no time to react. He felt a smooth pale hand shoot for his side, and then heard the heavy sound of metal as his gun was removed from his brown leather holster.
"Marie...what?" A shot rang out in the dimmly lit corridor as a rush of feathers flew at them. Chance expected to hear a scream, but instead there was a laugh.
"Great, another slave to the system," Chance said, a glint of defiance in his green eyes. "Listen bud, you don't have to fight us, we're on your side, we used to be like you." He rolled up his sleave and pointed to his tattoo, the red ink still scarring his forearm.
But the angel-man did not seem to be impressed. There was another rush of feathers and soon Eric found himself rolling on the ground, avoiding limbs as they were hurled at him.
"Guess this Xavier rhetoric won't work on you." He scoffed. "Figures, it just sucks that out of all the X-Men you had to meet, you met us." Chance reached into his pocket and withdrew two ninja stars. "Take that feathers!" Chance laughed as the stars fortunately found their way to Kartal's jugular. Eric hoped that maybe this guy's healing factor would, for some unexplainable reason just stop working for a minute or two.
((No way Kartal is cool. It's a good idea, it was getting so boring having them just wonder around in the Weapon X complex, and besides, Kartal is a really good, and interesting, idea. And yeah, I don't want Chance to kill him, so of course make his healing factor still work lol.))
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Post by Chance on May 22, 2006 14:21:23 GMT -5
Meanwhile...
The city below was in tormoil. People were running around, screaming as fire rained from the sky. The mental energies alone were crippling Mindwarp; he cringed as he felt his body buckling under the pressure.
<Guys> he spoke telepathically. <I'll take over damage control, try to calm the people down by taking their minds off of what's going on. You two meet with X-T's friends and stop the Mutant Liberation Front. But remember, we want to keep D.C. in the best shape we can, that means make sure all the monuments and stuff don't get destroyed. Okay?>
Patrick nodded, looking down at Washington D.C. and all the damage that had already taken place.
"I'll take us down there. Everyone, stay calm." In an instant they were all sitting on the grassy lawn in front of the Washington Monument. He held his hand to his x-com for a minute and then gave Mindwarp another nod. "Jubilee confirmed that I successfully teleported the X-Copter back to the Institute, we're good to go."
"All right," Mindwarp said, putting on a replica of the cerebro helmet. "Let's do this."
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Post by Midnight on May 22, 2006 15:11:38 GMT -5
The mutant called Kartal had hurled himself at the strong young man who seemed to be the more dangerous of the two. The man fended him off in a trained manner, yelling something about feathers and X-Men. Kartal had heard of the X-Men and felt rather annoyed at having to meet some. But there was no time for thought as two shining sharp objects seemed to soar through the air at him. Both the stars slashed him in the neck. Blood came spurting out and covered his hands as he tore the objects from himself, letting them clatter on the floor. He choked and spit out blood, letting it hit the wall beside him. Breath was not needed. Using his wings, Kartal threw himself forward again, fists first. Shing! Adimentium claws shot out, three to each fist, aimed at the young man's heart.Marie had been pushed aside by the great wings as the angel... Kartal... threw himself at Chance. She wondered what the chances of the mutant claws missing Eric altogether and focused on those slim odds while trying to pistol whip him. She did not mean to, but her hand came in contact with the bare skin of the angel's cheek as she drew the base of the gun down. Suddenly, she felt power flooding her. And pain. A scream was ripped from her lips as her back felt like it exploded. Huge white shapes shot from her shoulderblades and filled the hallway behind her. It felt like the skin on her back had been destroyed, but in seconds after the shapes came, she could feel the tears closing up. She was healing... how? The angel... she had touched him... so those shapes, they were wings. ((I think I forgot to mention that he had the Weapon X process done on him and adimentium claws put in, three to each hand and two to each foot. I know it doesn't really work as far as the comics are concerned because he wouldn't have been born with the bone claws, but it works according to the movie... ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) ))
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