The Sentinels
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We decided to split the team and created three separate squads. Kitty, Kurt, and Storm were on one team. They were our extraction unit.
Our plan was for Kitty to sneak in and to open a portal somewhere discreet to lead the rest of her squad in.
While Bobby, Scott, Logan and I were the main attack unit, and would move in from the loading bay and try and access the facility from the west side.
Jean, Illyana, Rogue and Dr. Hank would head straight to David at the professor's request.
He argued his son was too dangerous and unstable to not extract as soon as possible, and we should send in someone who could quickly neutralize his powers and get him out of there.
Jean was chosen because of her powerful psychic abilities, Rogue for her ability to quickly neutralize him if the situation requires it, and Illyana for her ability to create portals.
Dr. Hank would also go with them, since Dr. Hank was the most familiar with David's condition. Apparently, years ago, the professor had asked him for his help to try and cure his son.
The professor was too stay back at the jet, and help calm the abducted Metas as soon as they arrived.
A couple of guards were supervising an unloading truck, but a concealment spell seemed to be doing the trick of hiding us out of sight.
I used my telekinesis to push the security cameras out of our line of sight, whenever we moved around, since the spell only worked on people and not machines.
A twist of my fingers dealt with the lock on one of the gates and then we were inside.
Bobby turned his attention to me. "How do you want to do this?"
I turned to him. " As soon as the extraction team gets to the holding cells, our job is to distract the guards, and take out whatever defenses they have."
" We should wait until they radio in. It would be bad if they alert them to our presence too early." Scott said.
The alarms suddenly started blaring and the facility started to go into lockdown.
I shot Scott an annoyed look all whilst thinking he should've kept his mouth shut. He had to go and tempt fate with his big mouth.
" Warning! Warning! Subject A74 is out of containment. " A voice sounded out in the facility.
" I don't think that's an option anymore. Come on, let's go. " Logan said.
We all ran down the hall, but quickly ran into a bald man who looked quite similar to the actor who played Ajax in the Deadpool movie.
Ajax stilled in surprise when he saw us and bolted straight ahead, running right down the hallway, probably trying to call for backup.
I teleported beside him and side checked sending him tumbling to the floor.
Scott's eyes glowed as several blasts shot out of his visor and cut into the wall behind him.
Unfortunately, he wasn't fast enough and Ajax managed to reach into his pocket and pulled out a device and quickly clicked on a button.
The gate behind him opened up and as Scott sent another blast, Ajax cleared the distance and landed in the room with a heavy thud.
There was a blinding flash of light, and we all took a step back. When the light cleared, Ajax was standing behind 3 man-shaped robots almost 5 meters tall. " Ya'll just fucked up. Dr. Trask just finished working on these bad boys. What the—?"
"MUTANT DNA DETECTED," announced a booming voice, and the robot fired a blast of deadly energy from its hand.
Wolverine was ready to spring out of the way, but was shocked to realize the blast was aimed not at him, but at Ajax.
Rather than jumping out of the way, the other man raised his hands in a futile effort to protect himself. Ajax was immediately blasted away and his charred body fell to the ground.
Alarmed by the sudden turn of events, I immediately used my genetic sight to try and analyze the robots.
Normally, this ability which I acquired from Sage would only work on biological entities, but I discovered it could also be used to analyze objects at the cost of more time, and less information than it would normally acquire.
My vision zoomed in trying to analyze their components for any possible weakness.
The 3 Robots leveled their gazes on us, and out of the corner of my eye I noticed Scott getting ready to engage.
" No! Wait!" I yelled.
Scott immediately fired, tearing up the ground between us as the blast ripped towards them.
The robots were quick though, and with a quick movement. The space flashed red as the blast hit, but instead the energy seemed to be absorbed into its body, and seconds later a low bass sound hummed into a cacophony of screeching noises as the force was completely nullified.
The red energy shifted and compressed, the sounds dulling down to nothing before it shot back towards us as a sustained blast.
I quickly stepped forward and formed a shield to take on the blast.
As it hit, I felt pain as it reverberated through my whole body, enough that it took me a few seconds to realize that I was flying back through the air at an impressive speed.
It was a few seconds before I hit the ground with a heavy crash.
I rolled for a few seconds before I managed to come to a stop. I felt… sore. Aching. Something I hadn't quite felt in a while.
It faded quickly, but It took a moment or two for me to get my bearings, shake off whatever energy residue was clinging to me and fully look take in my surroundings.
I sped back to the group to find the fight well underway. The Robots stood in a shell of shifting red energy, firing a variety of energy attacks at my teammates.
Scott and Bobby were firing energy blasts and Ice at the shield respectively, but they didn't seem to be doing much against those death machines.
I had half a mind to try adding my own attacks to the mix, but I had the feeling I would end up making it stronger.
"We need to know what we are up against! Scott and I blasted them with our strongest attacks and they spit them right back us" Bobby said, as he took cover from their attacks.
"They're basically anit-mutant weapons. Anything you throw at them gets absorbed and countered!" I yelled as I teleported around to avoid the swarm of energy bolts and ice blats following me.
"I don't mean to interrupt but does anybody have any ideas on how to take down angry murder robots?! " Scott said.
" Avoid the energy blasts! Use physical force!" I shouted.
Logan growled. " Just what I wanted to hear."
His claws sprang out and with an animalistic roar Logan shot out at one of the Robots. The three Robots immediately focused their attacks on him, and he was quickly blasted back.
" I don't think mindlessly charging is the way to go here." I said.
His skin and muscles started to knit together, and a few moments later he was back in fighting shape. He moaned in pain, and as he got up. " Got any better ideas, Bub?"
I nod. " I have a few, but the way things are playing out. I think I'm going to end up wiping out this facility."
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Skimming their outer thoughts Jean couldn't see any significant depth, some of them were so traumatized she wasn't even sure how far she would have to into their own minds.
She grimaced in disgust over how inhumane people could be. Her telepathy was picking up on the psychic signatures of the mutants and guards they passed by as they moved inside the facility.
It seems this section was reserved for the more brutal experiments, they preformed on mutants or those with more powerful abilities.
Most of the mutants who were considered weaker were kept in a different section, and also made up the majority of those who were kidnapped. Orroro, Kurt, and Kitty should be arriving there by now to rescue them.
She also sensed that Doug and his unit were engaged in a fight. And, for some reason Doug seemed to be holding back.
She suspected he was doing it for their benefit, or at least until they were finished with the rescue mission.
" Jean? Are you okay?" Illyana concerned voice rung out in her mind. She had connected the four of them telepathically, as they moved around the east side of the facility, heading towards their target.
Jean turned towards Illyana who was giving her a concerned look.
" My telepathy is picking up on what was done to them. I'm only getting flashes, it's just... a bit much. "
She nods." I understand."
" Ah' don't mean to interrupt, but are we getting any closer?" Rogue's voice rung out over the telepathic link.
She nods. " Yes, I can feel his psychic signature ahead. He isn't exactly trying to hide it."
" We should be careful, when dealing with David. Try and shutdown his mind as soon as we are in. Don't take any chances." Dr. Hank warned.
" Shouldn't we try and talk to him first? I thought he was the professor's son. " Rogue asked.
Hank shook his head." Things aren't so simple, there's a reason why the professer had him locked away. David is not only powerful, he's also highly unstable. Before the professor met him, David was living in Paris with his mother, who was a member of a diplomatic service, her home was invaded by a terrorist assassination team out to kill every American diplomat they could find. They murdered David's stepfather, before his eyes. Which catalyzed his latent psionic powers, and used it to incinerate the brains of the assassins. "
" Don't most Meta-abilities manifest their abilities in highly stressful situations? We can't blame him for their deaths especially if they were assasins. "Ilyana said.
Hank sighed." That's not the reason. David, was forced into a catatonic state. The consciousness of the assassins, were absorbed into David's mind. At his mother's request, the professor attempted to probe David's mind, and try and separate them. But, when he tried to do so, David tried to absorb him too. It may have been brief, but the professor learned that David was his son and not only that, each personality had a power of their own, he was also constantly forming new ones as time went on. The personalities called themselves Legion. Last time I saw him, David had over a dozen, I have no idea how many personalities or powers he currently has."
Illyana gulped." Yeah, maybe it's better if we do as he says. "
Jean nods." I understand we can't risk setting him off right now. We'll try and help him when we get back. "
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There's a thud as the robot spins and hits the floor, sending it hurtling across the corridor.
I just about see it making a controlled landing of its own before I bounce off a wall like a skipping stone and launch myself at it and hit it once again embedding it into the wall in a shower of gravel and stone.
I draw my arms back and punch, the wall exploding behind it and I briefly jump back to avoid a blast coming my way.
Over to my left I catch sight of Logan using his Adamantium claws as he tries and tear into one of the robot's torso.
A good distance behind me another Robot is trying to work out where Scott and Bobby are hiding before, they manage another ambush.
The robot gets back up again, amd tries to hit me mid-jump again, but this time I grab its leg and twist, throwing it off course. I let go before it can grapple me and watch as he makes a hole in the wall.
" What are these things made off?! We keep hitting them, but they keep getting back up." Logan says.
" My anyalsis shows they're made out of some highly adaptable metallic composite. If I had to guess they probably used their research on Meta powers to make them. "
" My claws are barely putting a scratch on them." He grunted, clearly frustrated.
I dodge another blast." I don't think you're going to like this, but I think they're made out of Adamantium. "
( Chapter End)
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