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[dragonrazor]

Wizard went flying, and ended up smashing into Eva, the sword thrown from his hands. It landed with a piercing sound as it slid into the hull of the ship, ringing loudly from the force of the impact.

OOC: will probably edit later with more detail

 

[Shaq]

Fantomex

"Ugh!" Fantomex grabbed his side and dropped to the ground in pain. Though he himself was not actually experiencing pain the telepathic connection he shared with Eva made her own pain so accutely empathic to him that, anything unpleasant she experienced was like a headache that did not cease.

Standing up Fantomex hobbled toward Eva to take the sword out of her.

 

[Jeremy Davis]

:: Gambit attempted to get to Rogue, but she was already falling before he could reach her. Seeing the effect that the sword had on both EVA and Fantomex gave him an idea.

He took three darts from within his trench coat and held them between his fingers before him. Instantly the familiar glow came to his eyes and as the intensity grew, so did the enegry as it protruded on either side of his head before jumping to the darts making them glow.

He drew back his arm and hurled the darts at EVA. ::

Sorry, Mon ami, but I t'ink dis is gonna hurt you more dan it will hurt me.

 

[Shaq]

Fantomex

Though he could see Gambit charge the darts through Eva's eyesight the cajun's motion was too fast to stop. Quickly he charged three darts and three them in Eva's direction.

Processing the situation quickly Fantomex watched as Gambit's darts hit Eva. They made a "CLINK!" sound as the first hit her techno organic exterior and began to slide down. Before the next two made a contact they exploded simultaneously, stunning Eva enough to force her two the ground.

Fantomex could feel the force effect his partner but decided to react with a different response.

As the Darts travelled to Eva Fantomex continued to walk toward her. When they exploded he grabbed his abdomen and let out a blunted scream falling forward.

Placing himself in a state of hypnosis Fantomex kept his body still and pretended to be knocked unconscious due to pain.

 

[Ithica]

Things are getting out of hand, Storm thought, we have to find a way to get the cure and produce enough to cure everyone in the town. Another thing, we can't actually get the disk because it's on Eva, but any information on the disk that I saw can be extracted by Jean or the Professor. We could just grab Fantomex and Fatale and get out of here. Storm watched Fantomex fall to the ground and thought maybe they will be able to control him through Eva. Maybe it works both ways, perhaps Eva can be controled through Fantomex.

"Wizard use your Sparkshot and give Fantomex a jolt. Gambit please watch Wizard and Fantomex." Storm said and turned to watch Eva.

 

[Shaq]

Fantomex

Even though he could clearly hear the veteran X-Man take control, Fantomex showed no discernible signs of consciousness. Gambit's quick attack stunned Eva but Storm's electrical storm that took Eva out of the air and made her crashed really caused damage.

By talking to the X-Men and bartering with them, the group unwittingly gave the techno-organic ship time to heal if not for Wizard's sword, energized by his mutant gift to tap into magic, piercing through her.

Fantomex could feel Eva losing control. A normal sword would not have been able to pierce her and if anything could pierce her exterior it would be nothing she could not recover from.

Fantomex remembers missiles sent by government forces trying to stop him. He remembers feeling the fire of the huge explosion surround Eva.

He remembers them dragging his charred body from the wreckage that used to be his partner.

He doesn't remember how long they kept him. They thought they had contained him. But she came for him then. She would do it again.

"We were outnumbered. But they are coming. It won't be much longer." Fantomex thinks to his partner.

He can feel her pain. But he reminds her, the worst is behind them. The raw power of the X-Men assembled was too much for him to combat, but Fantomex never intended to fight them himself. He knows that the X-men are about to face a foe that despite the number they've assembled they cannot possibly beat.

 

[Shaq]

Eva

Despite being a machine Eva does experience feeling, sensation and perception. Right now, all three of those things are telling her the same thing: The magical sword sticking through her fucking hurts.

Because the magical energies are piercing not only her physical exterior but her very essence Eva is unable to expel the sword from her body, preventing her from healing.

Both inside and outside she begins to lose control of some of her systems and she begins to announce various pieces of information that she has processed recently and due to multiple attacks has been unable to store sucessfully.


She sounds like Fantomex almost, as if she were his sister trapped in the core of a machine. Her voice is mechanized but almost angelic, and at the same time ominous.

"When I am hurt, sometimes Eva can act erratically." she says to the group repeating what Fantomex said to Havok earlier.

Given her strange outbursts of conversations she must have recorded, Eva was certainly behaving strangely now.

 

[Shaq]

Eva

Fatale hears Eva's words and begins to become alert. She isn't quite she what happened but she feels nauseous and she sees a group of X-Men standing over Fantomex.

Eva, apparently slightly out of control remains still but begins to speak again.


This time not in her voice but Fantomex's.


BLLZZZZ!!!

"Anti Mutant BLIZZZZ!!...Anti Mutant BLIZZ...not going to incarcerate this BLIZZZ!! This BLIZZZZ!! This is their BLIZZZ solution..."

The recording pauses for a moment then continues but now Professor Xavier's voice can be heard.

"I asked my brother Cain to assist us in an exercise....I asked.BLIZZZZ!!!"

Fantomex's voice returns.

"I asked Cain to assist us...I prefer company BLIZZ!!! a little closer to the nigh invulnerable."

"I'd.....I'd ever....I'd never attack the X-Men directly BLIZZZ Their final solution....BLIZZZZ!!! Agenda....to make mutants look bad...they misrepresent mutants....like you X-Men....to turn the public against BLIZZZ....you X-Men...."

Now the recording changes somewhat and seems to echo certain phrases.


"News cameras captured....news cameras captured....every second of the attack....every second of the attack...every angle of the assault...every angle of the assault...captured on film...captured on film...captured on film...captured on film..."
the voice begins to die off and fade.

 

[Shaq]

Eva

as Eva grows silent a sound can be heard in the distance. Fatale hears Eva speaking in Fantomex's voice and understands. She uses her strength to twist the light around her body rendering her invisible and waits.

Suddenly Eva begins again.

"Combat....Art of War....enlisting allies....Of all the X-Men....of all the X-Men....misdirection....of all the X-Men...misdirection of all the X-Men BLIZZ...misdirection...you make them look one way...and hit them from another...Who has hurt you? BLIZZZ!!! Who has hurt you....turn public opinion...turn public opinion against BLIZZZ all the X-Men...to turn public opinion against all the X-Men...to turn public opinion against all the X-Men....Final Solution...To Turn Public Opinion Against All of the X-Men...Final Solution....To Turn Public Opinion Against All of the X-Men."


Suddenly Eva is silent but another loud sound can be heard in the skies coming closer.

 

[dragonrazor]

Wizard shook his head, slowly getting to his feet. He couldn't concentrate long enough to use his powers. But he did manage to walk over to Fantomex, lean down into the man's face, and speak in a tone very ominous and dangerous.

"I don't know what you and your pathetic friends did to me. I don't care. All I care about is the fact that it's killing me, literally. I can't focus long enough to use a spell, even if I could find my book. The little teeth you gave me in my hands don't work. I've puked up all of the food I've eaten the past few hours. My only words to you after all this is that if, by some miracle, I live long enough to recover, you and your friends will die in the most horrible way you could possibly imagine."

With that, Wizard turned away, and started to walk towards the ship, before pitching forward as he lost consciousness.

 

[Ithica]

Storm watched Wizard and was throughly unimpressed with him, but horrified that she may act like him if she stopped being able to fight the infection. She knew she was getting tired and was loosing some of her control. She was loosing some of her rational thinking and without Psylocke here to control her...

"Gambit, I'm in trouble. We need to figure out what to do and get out of here. What is that noise?"

 

[Jeremy Davis]

::He furrowed his brows as he watched as both EVA and Wizard went crazy in their own little way, then fall unconcious on the ground. He helped Rogue to her feet.::

Is the kid always this exciting, Chere? Im not one to say otherwise, but every time Ive seen the kid he's either been on his face unconsious or talking gibberish.

::He then caught the sound everyone was talking about and looked at the skies trying to see what could be making the sound. Storm's voice caught him and drew him back to the group.::

Stormy, I t'ink that I know who can cure you, I just don't know how to get in contact with him. He usually just appears when he wants to. EVA is chirping somet'ing about making da Xmen look bad in da public eye and I'm starting to question dis whole mission. I'm starting to t'ink it was a huge set up from da begining. I say we find Psylocke, grab our wounded and get out of here before dis goes from bad to worse.

 

[Vixandra]

Rogue

"Nice idea but we've no idea where she is," I said, leaning against Gambit. Which might not have been a wise idea given the scrapes in my uniform that bared my flesh.

I looked at Eva, behaving erratically and had an idea. "Gambit- can you charge Wizard's sword? It seems to be hurting Eva. Meanwhile..."

I pulled the last of the stolen energy around me and hurled a barrage of bolts at Fatale and Fantomex, providing at least some coverfire for the others.

 

[Jeremy Davis]

::He watched as Rogue started hurling bolts of energy at Fatale and Fantomex. He had an Idea where Psylocke was and in truth he hadn't thought about trying to charge Wizard's sword.::

Keep dat up, P'tite. I t'ink I may know where Psylocke is. If I don't make it out in five minutes, wait another five minutes.

::He placed the two fingers that were covered by his glove over her lips, kissed them, then ran towards EVA. He found an open hatch on the side facing opposite them and ducked within. He quickly got his balance then looked around for Psylocke.::

Besty? Besty, Chere, where are you?

 

[Vixandra]

Rogue

"Easy for you to say," I muttered before he laid his fingers to my lips and kissed them. I smiled against his fingertips before he dashed off, leaving me to hurl the last bits of my 'adopted' pink energy at Fantomex and Fatale.

When I ran out of that, I started throwing whatever came to hand, rocks, tree's, peices of Eva's hull that had chipped off when she crashed.

My aim wasn't perfect but Fatale probably wouldn't be able to port and worn out as she was, I'd hit her at some point.

 

[dragonrazor]

Wizard was still out cold, having a hunger his body refused to allow him to feed. He didn't know his powers were interfering with the ones Emplate had infected him with, and it stood to reason none of the others realized this yet. All he could do was sleep.

---

Cable ran out trying to find Wizard, with Dead Hand close behind. They had left Sabertooth tied up, and Cable was certain his bonds wouldn't be broken any time soon. Cable knew something was wrong. Everything that was supposed to happen had not happened, and that was unnerving in and of itself. He had to find the others.

 

[Shaq]

Fantomex

The concussive blast that came from Rogue's hands directly hit Fantomex in the chest as he bounced off of the ground due to the severe impact. Even though the impact hit Fantomex he remains silent and unresponsive but a loud scream can be heard from Eva. When Fantomex lands his chest has obviously caved in and blood is coming from his mouth. He is sprawled out on the ground in a battered manner and is not moving.

In the distance above them, in the sky, the buzzing sound which could be heard moves closer. Faintly, if one looks up, they will see what looks like tiny bugs flying through the air. After a minute, the bugs get closer and closer. The distinctive sound of helicopters can be heard. Slowly 3 helicopters become discernible. They begin to land in the clearing. As they begin to land a military jet swooshes over head. Then another comes from another direction. Each jet appears to head in the direction where the Dark Beast, Emplate and the villagers were once scene.

The doors of the three helicopters open almost simultaneously, with men and women scurrying to get out of the copters even before they have completely touched the ground. As the men and women empty out of the chopper and land, they look at each other with disdain as they begin to race in the direction of the X-Men. At full speed the men and women are running toward the X-Men, racing each other, some of them especially determined to carry the large camera and audio equipment ahead of their counterparts in the other group.

One man emerges from the pack and he and his cameraman are the first to reach the X-Men. Breathlessly, he lifts his microphone and points at the cameraman to begin rolling.

He obviously recognizes most of the people gathered.

"Storm...Terrence...Spiner... CNN..." the man says trying to speak while catching his breath.

"When did thre X-Men learn about the massacre?" he finishes and begins breathing heavily.

As he finishes the rest of the reporters and their crew catches up.

"Sara Burnett, Associated Press. Will you please describe what has happened?"

Suddenly one of the reporters who hasn't asked a question yet gets on his cell phone. After only seconds of speaking the look of alarm is clearly visible on his face.


"Get back! They have a disease! The army is calling a quarantine mutants, we aren't safe!"
The reporters not associated with him give skeptical but frightened looks. When the man and his crew actually run away back to their helicopter they are even more frightened. Moments later their cell phones ring and after speaking they hear words that give them the same reaction as the man but intensified. They quickly turn around and begin to run toward the helicopter.

 

[Shaq]

Evansville, Illinois

Barbara McKennontree sits at her computer and lazily surfes the net. Bored she journeys to a news site to find out information about the upcoming congressional races when the first page catches her eye.

CNN BREAKING NEWS: Hundreds dead in Germany from an apparent mutant attack. More as information develops.

Immediately her calm resolve breaks. Her eyes begin to water as she thinks of the son she lost when Magneto crushed the mobile unit in which 13 soliders including her son Bobby rode in.

Shaking, scared, and suddenly overwhelmed with grief she walks over to her couch, picks up a remote and turns on the news channels for updates. She clutches the pillow on her couch as she feels herself experiencing the same grief now that she did on that day.

 

[Ithica]

Storm raises some fog for cover, hiding the group from the cameras and the ensuing stupidity.

 

[Ithica]

Psylocke

Besty? Besty, Chere, where are you?

Psylocke hears someone calling her and starts walking the wreck. She mentally calls out to him,

"Gambit, what is going on?"

 

[Jeremy Davis]

::He started to search the many rooms within EVA as he looked for Psylocke, then he heard her within his mind. We got Fantomex and Fatale outside, but something is on da way, Chere. We need to get outside and get out of here. He finally found her in the next room he checked.::

Come on, Chere. Time to make ourselves scarse.

 

[Shaq]

Col. Roger Crane

As he stepped off the US Military jet he knew he was stepping into a bad situation. He could feel the tension as he boarded the helicopter and flew it to this hellish scene.

But as the chopper begins to land he can already tell that this is like nothing he's ever seen. German army members are forced to wear hazmat type gear because of the evident lesions, that resemble, teeth on the victims hands. Looking out the window, Crane doesn't even turn to the health technician who hands him a gas mask and explains to him the safety procautions he must take.

Crane has been through a lot in his life. He's a man of war, so death and destruction is not new to him. As the chopper lands and he gets ready to leave, Crane knows that his bigger concern is not the death and destruction that has occurred on this day, but the question of how much more will occur because of what happened here?

Is this carnage just a sign of worse to come?

Crane steps off the plane and grimaces under his mask. One of his officers surveys the bodies and says "Hundreds. Could be hundreds sir. We've got teams scouring the village. We've got a least 70 here but its all over. Someone went through this town and slaughtered these people. The reports we've gotten from the school are especially bad."

Crane sees a group of officials huddled around a body that he can barely make out.

"What's over there?" he asks as he begins walking to it. Clearly expressing his rank and command of the situation he wades through the crowd and sees what has captured the attention of those present.

"It....it...looks like a beast." one of the health technicians says in German.

"It is a beast." Crane says as he looks closely at the body.

"May I touch it?" he asks. A disease control officer nods.

"He pushes the face to the side and can see the gray fur is covered in blood. It looks exactly like Hank McCoy." Crane is dumbfounded. Because of the terrorist watch charges against senior X-Men members Hank McCoy was among those under 24 hour surveilance.

"Wrap 'em up." He says. "take him back to the base and have the examiner's look over him. I wanna know why this guy looks like a member of the X-Men."

Crane turns away from the body and looks at the rest of the area.

A clearing, with one mutant who resembles Hank McCoy, and over 70 people dead.

He walks to one of the bodies. He looks at the teeth on the hands.

"Are all of these people dead from the disease?" he asks.

"No, the injuries are too inconsistent. One of these guys had his head smashed in, another seems to have almost exploded. One guy, even appears to have been electrocuted. And in all my years of studying diseases sir, I've yet to see the disease that causes that."
He points to the charred body of a teenage boy who had been set on fire so recently that a flicker of dying embers on his body could still be seen.

Crane looks at the body and just takes it all in.

"What the hell happened here?"


"Sir! We just got news from a crew that snuck away. Further away just a little North of the town the X-Men have been spotted. They are here sir." a solidier says hurridely.

Crane wastes no time.

"Find them, and bring 'em in. Anything it takes you hear!? Somebody's going to answer for this shit."

 

[dragonrazor]

Cable reached up, and pulled the sword out of Eva slowly. He had seen a lot of things before, but never anything like this. He dropped the sword down next to Wizard's inert form, and then turned to the reporters, walking slowly over to them. He gathered his thoughts, then spoke calmly and quietly.

"What you see before you is NOT the result of a disease. It is the result of a virus infecting a single mutant, being spread by his followers. However, some of these people have indeed become infected, and they need our help. They are here because of a mission that they had thought would help the world. Instead, they find out it was a trap. The Xmen are not your enemy, not now, not ever. But the government...YOUR government, is holding their leaders as if they were. All because of this man here." With that, Cable points to Fantomex, and then sighed in disgust. He walked over to Wizard again, seemingly ignoring the reporters, then looked up.

"This kid, barely out of high school, is dying because of the people who infected this town. His body, even though they tried to cure him, in an effort to use him to their advantage, is dying because his body is rejecting the infection's effects."

 

[Jeremy Davis]

::Gambit took Betsy by the hand and led her through the rooms he came through and out of EVA . Once outside he noticed that Storm had hidden them all with a dense fog, making it hard for them to see that far in front of them. Rather than take a chance of stumbling into someone, he decided to bring them to him.::

Rogue?... Storm?... I got Psylocke out. I t'ink it best if we make a hasty retreat. Grab who you can and head back to my home in Paris. Betsy knows where it is. She is with me by EVA. One of you that can fly come get her she'll show you da way. I'll meet you all dere.

::Using the cover that Storm set up for him, instead of waiting for them to come get Psylocke, Gambit headed off to the surrounding forest. He had someone that he needed to find so they could work out this mess. He could possibly then get a cure for Storm and Wizard, but he knew that it would come with a price. Before anyone noticed that he was gone, he was well into the woods and out of sight.::

 

[Ithica]

Psylocke uses her telepathy to lead the X-men to her.