X-men - Trev
"NOW!" Dani yelled & Sally partially opened her force field, letting everyone out except for her & Xi'an. She closed it again & they both ran towards Polaris' body, trying to avoid Sumo running towards them.
Dani looked around & saw that everyone had picked his or her own targets. Rusty had picked Reaper, Angelica picked Dragoness, Johan picked Kamikaze & Strobe, while Sumo chased after Sally & Xi'an & Wildside just stood in his place, staring at Dani. Forearm was now checking Polaris' body, Locus watching to make sure they weren't attacked.
Dani turned back towards Wildside & just stared back at him. It reminded her of a standoff in an old Western movie.
"Lets get it on!" Dani said confidently, trying to look tough & hid her nerves.
Then suddenly, he raised his arms, pointing them both in Dani's direction, using his powers on her. But then he realised they weren't working. What he didn't know is that his powers were working just fine on Dani. The room was melting into technicolour colours through her eyes but she was using her own mutant gifts as well. It seemed his greatest fear was that his powers wouldn't work.
Meanwhile, Angelica & Dragoness were flying above, trying to get each other with their blast while trying to dodge each other's attempts to blast them. Rusty meanwhile, was trying his best to out run Reaper, firing his blasts at will behind him as he ran. Reaper easily dodged them. Sally & Xi'an had now reached Locus, Forearm & Polaris & Sally extended her force field to include them. Xi'an turned around & closed her eyes & concentrated. Sumo had caught up now they had stopped & was about to hit Sally's shield when suddenly his eyes went blank & he turned around & ran towards the fight between Johan & Kamikaze & Strobe. Johan was doing his best to lead the two flyers away from the main battle. Kamikaze was constantly flying right near Johan, making himself explode while Strobe tried to blast him with her powers, which thanks to Johan's phasing ability, came to no avail. Johan then noticed that Sumo was running right towards them so Johan ran towards him, thinking he was now in a game of chicken. As he got closer to the large man, he realised that Xi'an was "riding" him & made sure not to hurt Sumo in anyway, as what hurt Sumo, hurt Xi'an. As Johan dove through Sumo's body, he heard Reaper scream "Switch!" & then realised what was going on.
Back at the mansion, Doug & Rahne sat in Xi'an's room, worried about their friend's welfare. "Och Doug! I'm so worried!" Rahne said, nearly in tears, "What if someone gets hurt?!"
"I'm sure they won't," Doug said reassuringly, putting his arm around her shoulder & pulling her towards him, "They all know how to handle themselves if something big comes up. They'll call us if anything goes wrong."
"Okay Doug. If you say so". Rahne looked up at Doug & he looked back. They stared into each other's eyes for a few seconds & then suddenly started kissing. Rahne realised what she was doing & stopped & ran out of the room embarrassed & ashamed.
The Liberation Front was now choosing the targets. Dragoness was now trying to break through Sally's force field with her blasts, Strobe was now flying after Angelica & Kamikaze was now heading towards Rusty, who has chasing Reaper who was headed towards Johan. Johan realised that if Kamikaze caught up to Rusty, he would be dead, so Johan ran towards Rusty, hoping to be able to reach him & phase in time. Johan jumped through Reaper & caught Rusty just in time, falling down through the floor to the basement level. Kamikaze & Reaper just stopped, looked at where Johan & Rusty had just gone through the floor & then picked new targets.
While this was going on, Dani & Wildside were having a battle of wills. Wildside was under the impression he was now powerless but still used his powers anyways. Meanwhile, Dani was finding it extremely to stand up straight & concentrate due to Wildside's effect on her. But she knew she couldn't show any weakness or he would see through her charade. Dani noticed his eyes were starting to water, a sign of weakening in her view. Then all of a sudden, she saw a trail of fiery energy coming right towards her. She wasn't sure if it was one of Wildside's tricks or an actual energy trail until she heard Sam's voice scream "Duck!" & she threw herself to the ground. She jumped back up quickly & saw Wildside lying on the floor & turned to see Sam pulling Reaper around by his hair. She then turned towards Sally & saw that Kamikaze had now joined Dragoness in attempting to break Sally's force field. And it seemed it was starting to work. Sally was looking tired, exhausted & desperate. She knew the limits of her powers & knew that she was now near it. Then suddenly, Dragoness was blasted out of the air by a blast of black solar energy. "Berto!" Dani said smiling to herself, running towards the group, not noticing Wildside had begun to recover. As she ran, nearing the group, Strobe was knocked out of the air by Angelica. As Dani watched her fall, she heard Sumo yell in Japanese & remembered Xi'an was controlling him. She looked at Xi'an to see that she was fainting. Forearm caught Xi'an but that was the least of Dani's worries. Sumo was the Mutant Liberation Front's heavy hitter & now that Xi'an had lost control of him, he was open to go after Dani. She stopped & looked around to see who could help her. Sam was still flying around with Reaper. Rusty & Johan were nowhere to be seen, Sally & Xi'an were in the nearly non-existent force field & Angelica was flying towards to Sumo. The next thing Dani knew, Wildside was standing in front of her, smiling. She was frozen. She couldn't move. She thought she was about to die, as he drew his arm back, ready to plunge it into her stomach when his eyes widened & he stopped breathing. Dani saw behind him, Polaris floating in the area Sally was protecting, looking really angry.
"You betrayed me!" she said calmly, her eyes glowing green. "Never again!" she yelled & with that, Reaper was yanked from Sam's hands by his Scythes & thrown at Wildside. Dani jumped to the side, out of the way & landed hard on the ground. She looked up to see Wildside's headless body starting to fall toward the floor.
The whole building started to shake violently. Metal paper clips, keys, poles, coins, bars were now starting to float towards Polaris, spinning around Sally's force field. Dani was fascinated by the display of power. She stared in awe; not knowing Sumo was standing right behind her. Sam & Angelica sped towards her as Roberto was trying to blast Kamikaze. Sumo grabbed Dani by the head & lifted her into the air, holding her there.
"Stop or I kill her!" he yelled in a Japanese accent. Everyone stopped, even Kamikaze & Reaper, his only teammates still standing.
Forearm was holding Xi'an's unconscious body & watching Sumo. He passed Xi'an's body to Locus & whispered, "Drop it" to Sally. Sally looked at Forearm & then at Sumo. Sumo was too busy watching Angelica lower herself to the ground. Kamikaze was flying off in an attempt to find Johan & Rusty & Reaper was picking up Strobes body. Sally just smiled & did as she was told & Forearm ran towards Sumo, running through Polaris' wall of metal. Sumo turned back toward the shielded group only to see Forearms fist about to hit his face. Sumo let go of Dani who fell to the floor as Forearm pummeled him. Sumo didn't fall to the ground but instead was forced back. Reaper dropped Strobe & leapt towards Sumo & Forearm, only to find himself stuck, floating in the air. Everyone turned to see Polaris glowing with green magnetic energy again.
Polaris then turned her attention to the fight between Sumo & Forearm. She threw Forearm across the room into the wall, knocking him out. Locus had now passed Xi'an to Roberto, so she ran to Forearm.
Sumo looked at Forearms body against the wall & then turned back to Polaris.
"I never liked you anyways." She said & then smiled. The next thing everyone knew, all the metal that had been hovering around Polaris darted at Sumo, impaling his body. He stared down at his stomach astonished & looked at Polaris, who pulled the metallic objects back through Sumo's body at great speed. Sumo fell to the floor, blood streamed from his wounds. Polaris turned to Reapers floating body & ripped his scythes out of his hands with her powers. Everyone else just stood in their spots just watching, astounded at what was going on. With the use of her powers, she flung the scythes at him, cutting of both his arms. Everyone stood there shocked, not knowing what to do as Reaper screamed. That scream would haunt most of them all their lives.
Polaris' eyes went back to their normal colours & she fell to the ground, obviously worn out from her huge display of power. The whole room was near silent except for Reapers muffled cries. They could all hear noise from outside now, especially the sirens, which sounded very, very close. Dani, Sam & Sally ran to find Rusty & Johan only to find Kamikaze flying at full speed out the door he left through. Rusty & Johan were running behind him, Rusty trying to blast Kamikaze. He flew straight passed everyone to Strobes body, picked her up & flew away out the hole in the roof.
"Shit!" Sam yelled, "How are we gonna get outta here? Professor is gonna freak if we get caught!"
"Don't worry" Locus said, walking towards him, holding up Forearm. "I'll get you all where you need to go"
"Okay, thank you. If you like, we can take Polaris somewhere safe where she can hopefully get some help." Dani said, hoping they would let her. Polaris had issues & Dani had hoped Professor Xavier would take her in & help her.
"Yes...that would be great, thank you." Forearm said with a weak voice.
Sally grabbed Xi'an, & Roberto carried Polaris & they all gathered around Locus.
"Where to?" Locus asked with a smile.
"Westchester." Sam said looking around at the casualties on the floor "What about this mess? What about Reaper?"
"Let the police deal with it." Locus said bitterly & teleported the group to the school grounds.
The instant Locus teleported away, a man stepped out of the shadows, looking around the building at the damage done.
"Excellent!" he said to himself & heard Reaper stir. He turned to see Reaper curling up into the fetal position. Reaper believed he was on deaths door.
"Don't worry" the mysterious man said, "You shall live to see another day. My master will assure it."
With that, he touched Reapers hair & they faded away to places unknown.
The next day:
Angelica walked into the entertainment room after her shower & turned on the TV to the news.
"...last night in an attack on an underground dance party. Two mutant men were found dead on the main dance floor, & two arms were also found. Coroners believe that metallic objects found centralized around one of the bodies were used to kill & dismember the men. A popular theory is that these men were attacked by Magneto, who only..."
With that Angelica turned of the television set, feeling sick in the stomach. Not just from remembering the dealings the night before, but also wondering "What happened to Reapers body?"