d Crisis at Hellfire (JP - Nate, Amelia, R1K)
Dec 29, 2018 13:21:40 GMT -6
Post by pixie on Dec 29, 2018 13:21:40 GMT -6
The inevitable was beginning to happen for other countries and the take over was slow. The next thing was a message sent to Parliament. The message was simple and direct. Surrender all mutants and allow the Sentinels to round them up. Refusal will be construed, as an act of war and the full weight of the United States will be brought to focus on the United Kingdom.
The message was actually misdirection. The goal was the annihilation of the Hellfire Club and the capture of Emma Frost. Her organic diamond was believed to be a great focusing material for their energy weapons and alive she would be a great asset alive. The only thing was that this stalling tactic would only by them a small window to capture the woman and be gone with her. The other problem was the mutants that were at the club itself. They would have to be dealt with and swiftly.
She had her Mongrels ready and several other forces to advance on he club on her orders. It would have to swift and surgical. Terminate all mutants and bring the one known as Frost out alive and collared. Mission parameters were set. They would wait until they received word about the response from Parliament.
Amelia stared ahead to the television, her iridescent blue eyes sparkling under the lighting of the club. There was no joy here any longer. Everyone was terrified, but ready to fight given the need. Emma had been taken to a secret location inside the club and only Nathan, Daphne and Amelia knew.
The vampire stood next to her comrades in silence. Closing her eyes, she began to remember the last 15 years. The first night she met Nate had been the best night of her life. She had flirted with the idea of a relationship with him and she was thankful she obliged. She fell for the man, harder than anyone else she’d ever been with. He was kind and sweet, daring and strong, and above all...he was genuine. “Nate...whatever happens...” she spoke just above a whisper…
Nate watched the horrors that were happening in Parliament. Word had been received from the club in New York of what happened across the sea. It had been only a matter of time before the machine had set its eyes on them. It made his skin crawl with what has happening. He had his orders to protect the White and Black Queen which is what he was going to do. In fact, all of the inner circle were hidden away in the secret room. He knew only thanks to Amelia’s influence with Ms. Frost. He had a lot to thank her for as she changed people’s view point from whipping boy to a force to be messed with. It was unexpected and nice. He knew that it was something that was never asked of her.
He had fallen for this woman, hard. It was shocking that he ended up in a relationship with this creature of the night. He often times felt as if he would be pushed to the side when something better came along. It never happened as they complimented each other. He knew there would most likely never be another to steal his heart, not that it wanted anything different.
Her whisper reached him as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders, giving a gentle squeeze. “Shh, we will get through this. No sense in wondering what will happen in the end. Just know, we fight together as we always have. Just like the few times we have fought off a few werewolf clans together.”
R1K listened to the chatter from all around England and then had her sights focused on the Hellfire Club. It was going to be one hell of an operation. She knew that they would have heavy resistance and the best way to keep any from fleeing. They knew that she had Sentinels but what they didn’t know was the units that were going to be deployed today. They would erect an energy field that would actually encompass the entirety of the property and then send it down into the Earth.
“Mongrels deploy the units. Start the attack.”
The units were deployed and the first thing that the Hellfire Club would feel is the rumblings from the energy shield units being dropped in place. She watched as her HUD showed the deployment status and when it reached one hundred percent she watched as the power built for activation. She waited until fifty percent and then deployed her other forces.
“Commence assault on the building itself. Time to get them stirred up and second guessing themselves.”
She would join the fray soon but right now she needed to run combat operations and have several units on standby for when either Excalibur showed up or when the British Military showed up. She hoped one or the other would show. She wanted to handle them personally.
Amelia was able to give a smile at his gentle squeeze. Even with his reassuring words, she still felt fear. This was her home. Looking to Nate and those beautiful soft brown eyes, she was able to breathe a little easier.
That was when she felt the energy bursts “Woah…” she shivered. Looking toward the edible to see if the daylight had been taken by darkness, she growled “Shit.” She wouldn’t be much help, as the sun still lingered. Pulling up the hood on her cloak, her eyes faded into an iridescent blue as her olive skin went into a cold pale state. Her sharp canines grew over her lips as she readied herself for battle.
“Love, you say that, and I loved ripping those dogs to shreds, but this is different. I’m serious, Nathan, you’re a mutant and I won’t hesitate to stand in front of you, should they attack us. When we attack us. You sworn to defend in the Inner Circle, just as I, but I won’t hesitate to defend you as well. This is a war between machines, humans and mutants. I’m not any of those, and for all I care, they can kill me. They can try to kill me in the traditional ways, which is the path they’ve taken with others, but they’ll find it won’t be that easy.” She spoke quickly as she put her hands to her sides “The last 15 years have been the best of my entire life…” she whispered as she put her hand gently into his cheek “So if the end draws near, I’m ready.”
Nate felt his body sway as the energy field was put into place. He felt his body slowly starting to change as they got ready for battle. He would only call upon his feathered friends in a dire situation. He would not sacrifice lives of the innocent here.
He looked at her as love shined. He believed every word that she said. He knew that she meant every word. What he never told her was that he would lay down his own life for hers as well. She was the only one who knew every aspect of his life before Hellfire, even helped him reconnect with his family.
He smiled as kissed her gently, “Well we might have a slight problem. This might have an unhappy ending.” He paused as his muscles tensed for the coming assault, “We can make sure that we don’t leave the other behind in this life or the next. Cause honestly, I will not know how to live without you. I know slightly Romeo and Juliet but hell at least we will have an epic ending unlike them.”
R1K was enjoying the birds eye view of the battlefield as they advanced on the old building and wondered why they weren’t mounting a display of resistance and then it hit her. They were waiting inside and that meant she was going to have to get there and fight with them. That was a terrible thing but she wanted to have some fun herself and after all they had created something for her to fight hand to hand if needed. She might as well try it out.
“Make a low pass and give me my spear. I want to do a little hunting. After all it wouldn’t hurt ot field this thing against actually combatants instead of the ones we catch and that resist. I will join them and enjoy a bit of a fit. After all I am supposed to be the most lethal combatant on the face of this rock.”
Her Mongrels nodded their heads as her orders were carried out and she was dropped onto the battlefield. She had her spear and her Mongrels dropped with her. They didn’t use any arresting gear or lines they took a hundred foot drop and landed like it was something they did every day. R1K did this a lot and the Mongrels were special Sentinels designed to be combat specialist that worked exclusively with R1K. She smiled as they advanced to the shield perimeter.
“Mongrels deploy in standard formation. I’ll take point. Let’s get inside and get our prize. Take prisoners and send the envoy to Braddock Manor.”
Her orders were followed without question. She knew how to get things done.
She saw Rhona arrive into London soil along with her mongrels on the television. Breathing in, she stopped as she heard them at the entrance. The building vibrates and debris began to fall from the ceiling. “We have to stand our ground…” she trembled as she felt the tremors throughout Hellfire.
The doors burst open and she locked eyes with one of the Mongrels. “Protect the White Queen.” She whispered to herself. Her fangs extended as she grabbed her pistols and got into fighting stance.
Nate closed his eyes as he listen closely to the sounds outside. He heard the moment that they entered into the building. He had a feeling that he would not make it out alive. He brushed some of the debris that was on his clothes. He sent out a request that any of his bird friends wanted to help they could however he was not expecting it. He knew most of them would not make it out alive.
His body took up the attack form. His nose and lips became a sharp beak as feathers grew from his arms. He flapped his wings as his body grew smaller as to be a harder target to attack. His calves had a scaly look to them as his toes became sharp talon. He was halfway between a man and bird. He flew at the closed Mongrel with a loud screech.
The lead Mongrel scanned Amelia and ignored her as it motioned the regular sentinels to attack and they did targeting everyone but Amelia. She scanned as human as a knot of them converged on Nate.
R1K waiter while her Sentinels started the mop up work. It was a small bit of work but she was confident that they would have the situation in hand shortly. She started her slow walk to the front doors where she would find one being ignored. She downloaded the data and she read as human. She shrugged. She wanted Frost and if they resisted she would bury them.
“Sentinels press forward and neutralize all mutants. Leave none alive.”
Her spear was on her back within easy reach and if anyone was foolish to attack her well they would learn.
As the mongrels began to attack Nate, Amelia flipped around, looking back to Rhona and giving her a glare “NO!” she yelled as her claws thrashed through the mongrels, giving no mercy as she cut through their tough skin. She sunk her canines in a few, ripping them away “Nate!” She cried as she continued fighting. “You will never find her! She’s locked away and attacking us won’t help. Just leave them be!” She demanded angrily.
Nate screeched again as a group advanced on him. His wings beat furiously in the small space as gusts of wind whipped up. His claws extended as he hit the first one, ripped into its face.
He heard Amelia call out his name however he was not in a position to say anything. His focused needed to be on the enemy. He would distract them as others could cut them down. It was a tactic that worked well in most fights. He banked the left as he hooked his claws deep into the next one, pomping his wings hard as he worked on throwing it into the next mongrel. He would not fail.
Rhona watched as mutants attacked her regular Sentinels and watched as one woman in particular attacked her Mongrels. She was impressed by her speed and her helmet registered her as human but she didn’t move or act as one.
“MONGRELS! Subdue her! If you can do it I’ll take the bitch myself.”
She noted the bird as well and smiled as she took a bead on it with her rifle. She overcharged the stun feature so it would burn instead of stun. She smiled behind her helmet.
“I thought I saw a tweety bird.”
Son of a bitch, son of a bitch! Amelia thought as she fought off the mongrels, one by one. Her teeth tore through their throats as her claws dig into their skin. Looking up as blood dropped from her jaw, she say Nathan get stung.
They were beginning to fight a losing battle, and at this point, she was willing to give up the Queen for her love. “Nathan…” she coughed as she kept fighting. As a vampire, she had more stamina of a human, but she could only fight these creatures for so long…
Nate’s focus was on his targets. Powerful wing beats as he dragged a helmet towards another. He screeched loudly as he lifted himself up into the air. He focused on his next target as his last one got finished up.
Than something hit him, a sting as a droplet of blood seeped out. He cried out as his feathers felt as if they were on fire. He twisted around as smoke started to fill his vision. The pumping of his wings only seemed to make matters worse for him. He closed his eyes as his transformation could not be held. He dropped out of the air as crying out, “Amelia, I’m sorry……”
Amelia saw the smoke from above and Nathan flapping his wings, only the make the situation worse. She could barely see through the smoke.. at least breathing wasn’t needed, as she was undead. Clawing and tearing her way through bodies, she reached for Nathan.. “No! Not today!” She screamed as she neared him. Sliding her body over, she held his face, which had been covered in blood and ash “Nate..” she cried.
As her shot connected and the bird fell to the ground it caused him to turn back into what passed as human. She smiled as the woman who was actually holding her ground, somewhat, broke off for the filthy birdman. Well this was very fortunate for her. She didn’t wait as her spear was off. It was time to see if all that research paid off.
After she had slid over the birdman to us her body as a shield R1K took a running start and kicked Amelia’s lithe frame hard enough to not only shatter her ribs but send her flying. Once she was flying she threw her spear with enough force to pin her to a column.
She hoisted the birdman off the ground and out her sidearm under his chin.
“Please….as I am asking nicely…..tell me where the blonde whore Emma Frost is and I’ll allow you to live. I can’t say the same for your friend.”
Pain was all Nate felt. Burning, aching, coughing to catch his breath as he slammed into the ground. He let down the one person that he cared about in this world. Pain shot down his back and left side as his blinked rapidly. He had a feeling this was the end.
He took in a breath as he heard his name being called from those sweet lips. He gave her a half smile as he reached up, fingertips brushing her cheeks, leaving a trail of ash and blood. “Hey, it’s going to be okay, my love. We …..”
His eyes widen as Amelia was pushed away from him. “Noooo!” Pain erupted as he tried to move toward her.
He tried to move only to find that he was on his feet with a gun under his chin. He swallowed as he shook his head. He was not worth giving up his queen. He was just a soldier. She could save so many others.
The blunt force to her torso sent her screaming in pain.
She didn’t care what this scum thought about what she had done his little bitch was more trouble than she was worth but perhaps she could get information out of him after all. This was where leverage was a good thing.
“You want her to alive? Well I won’t incinerate her if you tell me where Frost is and I will not only save her but keep you both together. You see that Sentinel over there?”
She pointed with her pistol. It was one of her Mongrels who Amelia had torn up pretty badly and it was actually conducting field repairs. It was then assisted by another Mongrel and its leg reattached along with its arm while the regular Sentinels swarmed the house.
“Mongrel Lead get that woman off the wall administer aid to preserve her life. Ensure you restrain and collar her. Use the super restraints.”
She turned back to Nate and looked directly through him with her visored face.
“Now that I have done you a small favor you can start by helping me and you will live. It is going to be a semi-comfortable life inside a facility and never see freedom again but I will keep you both together for this one small favor of the location of Emma Frost.”
She waited a moment more then decided to spur him along.
“This is Final Jeopardy and you have a timer to choose and ensure you answer in the form of a question.”
As if to emphasize the fact time was not on his side she changed the setting on her sidearm and the noise it made was not friendly. It was now set to kill. She held it up so he could see it.
“That setting is kill. It will be used and then I will rip this place apart looking for her. Choose.”
Nate glanced over to the woman as his heart sunk. She made an impossible choice. He would stay alive and maybe at the side of Amelia or be killed defending his queen. He had given so much to both of these women.
He closed his eyes as he took in a deep breath. “You can tear this place apart. You will never find my queen. She is long gone by now. I can’t tell you anything more than that. I am but a pawn on this chess board.”
He braced himself for the finally blow. At least, his current pain would be no more.
Amelia snarled as the Mongrel Lead placed their grubby hands on her “The off of me, you bloody demon!” She growled as she placed her hands onto the metal pole that had speared through her torso.
As she painfully removed the pole, teeth clenched in every moment, the Mongrel grabbed her by her shoulders. What he would notice now, was the healing taking place. The large gap in her stomach began to stitch itself back together. Amelia glared to the rest of them, her eyes wide with anger. “NATHAN!!” She screamed “DON’T TELL HER!” She closed her eyes as she continued to heal, the pain ensuing her body. She was then collared and grabbed by the mongrel.
Nate’s eyes opened to slits as he heard his name being called. He gave a weak smile to her. He would never betray his love or his queen. He saw that Amelia was healing. She would be alright in the end. It was the most important thing. He was only upright thanks to their attacker. He held his breath as he waited for whatever was to come next.
He can’t tell her; she was their Queen and they vowed with their lives to protect her. Amelia knew that he would never… she also had just realized that he, her Nathan would die with the secret. She needed to do something. Something rash…
Amelia forced herself from the crowd, using every last bit of vampiric strength she had left and zipped toward her love. Quickly cupping his face gently within her hands, she lowered her face to where her lips graced the skin of his neck “I love you…” she whispered lightly before sinking her teeth into his warm, tender skin…
R1K wasn’t moved by their emotion and as she sank her teeth in she jerked Amelia back causing his flesh to treat and for good measure slammed her armored fist into her face three times. This was going to be educational. She didn’t scan as a mutant but she healed with an alacrity that she only saw in the Wolverine. She slapped a self sealing dressing on Nate’s neck.
“You want him to live?”
She slammed her fist into Amelia’s face again.
“Answer me bitch!”
She reached over for the self sealing dressing. As she did she extended her spear and ran it through Amelia as two Sentinels held her up. She pulled it out viciously as she waited for an answer.
“Answer me or we watch him bleed out together.”
She felt her face being punched as if it was an out of body experience. The harder the woman punched, the foggy her vision became. Pretty soon her face was covered in blood and she could barely get a word out. As she was stabbed again, she looked forward to Nathan. Now she could only hear the air. One of her eardrums has been blown and her left eye swollen shut. Her lips were bleeding as she looked to her love die right before her.
The thing was with death as a mortal, one doesn’t come back. As a Vampire, however, death was just a thing of the past…
“Death immensely or not, we will always have one thing you can never take from us. Love. We love our Queen…” she whimpered “And he…” she chuckled through her broken ribs, spitting up blood in the process “He is immortal now…”
Pain laced up and down his body. He heard every word what was being said. He was not afraid of death. It would be a welcomed gift, only he would not be able to see Ames anymore. He would die with honor knowing that he kept his promise to the both of them.
His eyes fluttered open as he smiled, a hand cupped her face. He coughed as blood dripped out of his mouth. “Love ye too. Get her for me, will ye?”
He did not know her answer as her teeth sank into his neck, though it was different this time. A gurgling sound left his mouth as most part of his throat was missing. His breathing started to go back to normal as the patch was placed on his neck. His pain was lessening as he sat up slowly. Something was happening to him as an emance hunger overtook him.
He grabbed the arm that was going for the patch as he growled. His mind was focused on two things. The bitch that has destroyed his home and wanting food. He yanked her body to him as a foot slammed into her stomach. The force was surprising as he nearly took her are off as she flew across the room. He strolled over to R1K
“You will not get what you came for! Leave now!”
R1K was amused as she slammed against the wall and his first mistake was thinking he had a choice of her leaving. His choice wasn’t one she was going to give. Sure he was suddenly healed from the damage but that mattered very little. He had made one fatal mistake. The fact he thought she was leaving and he could force her.
“You’re right….I’ve made an error….Sentinels deploy phosphorus flares. Set this pile on fire!”
The Sentinels followed orders and deployed the flares causing all flammable materials to catch fire and the thing was when they shattered they spread their pieces all over the room. The horrible part was all mutants with organic flesh, mainly organic flesh, it embedded into it and wouldn’t go out until it had exhausted its fuel supply. That would be depended on size of the piece in most cases that was at least an hour. They also produced ambient UV light.
“Well it looks like I get to burn this place down.”
The sound of metal hitting the ground would clue Nate into the grenade pin that hit the ground.
“How fast are you?”
As she waited she looked at the two Sentinels holding the woman and motioned them off. They started leaving with her and she was waiting on this man’s move.
“So anything I should know about the woman before she becomes something for me to play with?”
Amelia couldn’t see much through one swelled shut and the other so blurred that she could only make out shapes. She heart Nate yelling through the changes his body was making. It made her smile underneath the pain. As she was picked up, she gulped as she was pulled to her feet “Do what you must…” She stuttered. Her body would begin to heal soon, but she was still afraid for what came next. Their weapons were so powerful and quick.
Looking up, she felt a warmth on her skin suddenly. It began to burn, sending a blood shrieking yelp into the air. Looking to her hand, she saw the tips of her fingers become ash…”Oh god…”
The sprinkler system would start to spray as the fire spread around the building. Nate’s mind was on one mission. This bitch that he was just going to roll over with the destruction of his home. She had another thing coming.
“Burn this place into the ground and I will find a way to destroy you, bitch! I don’t fear you.”
The warmth on his skin caused goosebumps. His ears heard the pin drop as he growled. He lunged at her without a second thought. His hand would wrap around her wrist, bending it backwards, crushing the armor. A knee would slam into her stomach, over and over again.
“Keep threatening her, and I will kill you here and now. Call off your attack, now!”
R1K was amused at the attack by this creature. He assumed he was in charge here when he couldn’t even command his emotions. His attack was quite vicious and made it seem as if she was at a disadvantage. She may have been had she not brought her only friends. The only things she could trust. She absorbed the blows with a a detachment that was near madness. Once he had finished his rant about killing her and not fearing her she slammed her helmeted head into tip of his nose. It wasn’t that she didn’t feel pain it was just that she had no time for this and had a mission.
“Now child since you want to make demands let start with how demanding this is going to be.”
She dropped the grenade and then grabbed Nate as a human shield and stepped back with him in front of her. She waited and the explosion was worth it. It would shower his back with fire and metal shards. The secondary effect was that it shielded her from most of blast and shrapnel of the grenade.
“You might wish to call off your attack. You have a taken an injury.”
The Sentinels escorted Amelia out and onto a dropship. They had her and now that left Nate.
“Your girlfriend is on my ship. She is going to be my toy. What does she like?”
She threw Nate off her and into the nearest wall as if she was discarding a piece of trash. She had no time for him.
“Rip this place apart and find Frost! Kill everything or human that resists. Call reinforcements if you have to! Mongrels make it happen and beat this one down and bring him back as well!”
She walked away from Nate. He was uninteresting to her and she was going to find something else to amuse her now.
The message was actually misdirection. The goal was the annihilation of the Hellfire Club and the capture of Emma Frost. Her organic diamond was believed to be a great focusing material for their energy weapons and alive she would be a great asset alive. The only thing was that this stalling tactic would only by them a small window to capture the woman and be gone with her. The other problem was the mutants that were at the club itself. They would have to be dealt with and swiftly.
She had her Mongrels ready and several other forces to advance on he club on her orders. It would have to swift and surgical. Terminate all mutants and bring the one known as Frost out alive and collared. Mission parameters were set. They would wait until they received word about the response from Parliament.
Amelia stared ahead to the television, her iridescent blue eyes sparkling under the lighting of the club. There was no joy here any longer. Everyone was terrified, but ready to fight given the need. Emma had been taken to a secret location inside the club and only Nathan, Daphne and Amelia knew.
The vampire stood next to her comrades in silence. Closing her eyes, she began to remember the last 15 years. The first night she met Nate had been the best night of her life. She had flirted with the idea of a relationship with him and she was thankful she obliged. She fell for the man, harder than anyone else she’d ever been with. He was kind and sweet, daring and strong, and above all...he was genuine. “Nate...whatever happens...” she spoke just above a whisper…
Nate watched the horrors that were happening in Parliament. Word had been received from the club in New York of what happened across the sea. It had been only a matter of time before the machine had set its eyes on them. It made his skin crawl with what has happening. He had his orders to protect the White and Black Queen which is what he was going to do. In fact, all of the inner circle were hidden away in the secret room. He knew only thanks to Amelia’s influence with Ms. Frost. He had a lot to thank her for as she changed people’s view point from whipping boy to a force to be messed with. It was unexpected and nice. He knew that it was something that was never asked of her.
He had fallen for this woman, hard. It was shocking that he ended up in a relationship with this creature of the night. He often times felt as if he would be pushed to the side when something better came along. It never happened as they complimented each other. He knew there would most likely never be another to steal his heart, not that it wanted anything different.
Her whisper reached him as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders, giving a gentle squeeze. “Shh, we will get through this. No sense in wondering what will happen in the end. Just know, we fight together as we always have. Just like the few times we have fought off a few werewolf clans together.”
R1K listened to the chatter from all around England and then had her sights focused on the Hellfire Club. It was going to be one hell of an operation. She knew that they would have heavy resistance and the best way to keep any from fleeing. They knew that she had Sentinels but what they didn’t know was the units that were going to be deployed today. They would erect an energy field that would actually encompass the entirety of the property and then send it down into the Earth.
“Mongrels deploy the units. Start the attack.”
The units were deployed and the first thing that the Hellfire Club would feel is the rumblings from the energy shield units being dropped in place. She watched as her HUD showed the deployment status and when it reached one hundred percent she watched as the power built for activation. She waited until fifty percent and then deployed her other forces.
“Commence assault on the building itself. Time to get them stirred up and second guessing themselves.”
She would join the fray soon but right now she needed to run combat operations and have several units on standby for when either Excalibur showed up or when the British Military showed up. She hoped one or the other would show. She wanted to handle them personally.
Amelia was able to give a smile at his gentle squeeze. Even with his reassuring words, she still felt fear. This was her home. Looking to Nate and those beautiful soft brown eyes, she was able to breathe a little easier.
That was when she felt the energy bursts “Woah…” she shivered. Looking toward the edible to see if the daylight had been taken by darkness, she growled “Shit.” She wouldn’t be much help, as the sun still lingered. Pulling up the hood on her cloak, her eyes faded into an iridescent blue as her olive skin went into a cold pale state. Her sharp canines grew over her lips as she readied herself for battle.
“Love, you say that, and I loved ripping those dogs to shreds, but this is different. I’m serious, Nathan, you’re a mutant and I won’t hesitate to stand in front of you, should they attack us. When we attack us. You sworn to defend in the Inner Circle, just as I, but I won’t hesitate to defend you as well. This is a war between machines, humans and mutants. I’m not any of those, and for all I care, they can kill me. They can try to kill me in the traditional ways, which is the path they’ve taken with others, but they’ll find it won’t be that easy.” She spoke quickly as she put her hands to her sides “The last 15 years have been the best of my entire life…” she whispered as she put her hand gently into his cheek “So if the end draws near, I’m ready.”
Nate felt his body sway as the energy field was put into place. He felt his body slowly starting to change as they got ready for battle. He would only call upon his feathered friends in a dire situation. He would not sacrifice lives of the innocent here.
He looked at her as love shined. He believed every word that she said. He knew that she meant every word. What he never told her was that he would lay down his own life for hers as well. She was the only one who knew every aspect of his life before Hellfire, even helped him reconnect with his family.
He smiled as kissed her gently, “Well we might have a slight problem. This might have an unhappy ending.” He paused as his muscles tensed for the coming assault, “We can make sure that we don’t leave the other behind in this life or the next. Cause honestly, I will not know how to live without you. I know slightly Romeo and Juliet but hell at least we will have an epic ending unlike them.”
R1K was enjoying the birds eye view of the battlefield as they advanced on the old building and wondered why they weren’t mounting a display of resistance and then it hit her. They were waiting inside and that meant she was going to have to get there and fight with them. That was a terrible thing but she wanted to have some fun herself and after all they had created something for her to fight hand to hand if needed. She might as well try it out.
“Make a low pass and give me my spear. I want to do a little hunting. After all it wouldn’t hurt ot field this thing against actually combatants instead of the ones we catch and that resist. I will join them and enjoy a bit of a fit. After all I am supposed to be the most lethal combatant on the face of this rock.”
Her Mongrels nodded their heads as her orders were carried out and she was dropped onto the battlefield. She had her spear and her Mongrels dropped with her. They didn’t use any arresting gear or lines they took a hundred foot drop and landed like it was something they did every day. R1K did this a lot and the Mongrels were special Sentinels designed to be combat specialist that worked exclusively with R1K. She smiled as they advanced to the shield perimeter.
“Mongrels deploy in standard formation. I’ll take point. Let’s get inside and get our prize. Take prisoners and send the envoy to Braddock Manor.”
Her orders were followed without question. She knew how to get things done.
She saw Rhona arrive into London soil along with her mongrels on the television. Breathing in, she stopped as she heard them at the entrance. The building vibrates and debris began to fall from the ceiling. “We have to stand our ground…” she trembled as she felt the tremors throughout Hellfire.
The doors burst open and she locked eyes with one of the Mongrels. “Protect the White Queen.” She whispered to herself. Her fangs extended as she grabbed her pistols and got into fighting stance.
Nate closed his eyes as he listen closely to the sounds outside. He heard the moment that they entered into the building. He had a feeling that he would not make it out alive. He brushed some of the debris that was on his clothes. He sent out a request that any of his bird friends wanted to help they could however he was not expecting it. He knew most of them would not make it out alive.
His body took up the attack form. His nose and lips became a sharp beak as feathers grew from his arms. He flapped his wings as his body grew smaller as to be a harder target to attack. His calves had a scaly look to them as his toes became sharp talon. He was halfway between a man and bird. He flew at the closed Mongrel with a loud screech.
The lead Mongrel scanned Amelia and ignored her as it motioned the regular sentinels to attack and they did targeting everyone but Amelia. She scanned as human as a knot of them converged on Nate.
R1K waiter while her Sentinels started the mop up work. It was a small bit of work but she was confident that they would have the situation in hand shortly. She started her slow walk to the front doors where she would find one being ignored. She downloaded the data and she read as human. She shrugged. She wanted Frost and if they resisted she would bury them.
“Sentinels press forward and neutralize all mutants. Leave none alive.”
Her spear was on her back within easy reach and if anyone was foolish to attack her well they would learn.
As the mongrels began to attack Nate, Amelia flipped around, looking back to Rhona and giving her a glare “NO!” she yelled as her claws thrashed through the mongrels, giving no mercy as she cut through their tough skin. She sunk her canines in a few, ripping them away “Nate!” She cried as she continued fighting. “You will never find her! She’s locked away and attacking us won’t help. Just leave them be!” She demanded angrily.
Nate screeched again as a group advanced on him. His wings beat furiously in the small space as gusts of wind whipped up. His claws extended as he hit the first one, ripped into its face.
He heard Amelia call out his name however he was not in a position to say anything. His focused needed to be on the enemy. He would distract them as others could cut them down. It was a tactic that worked well in most fights. He banked the left as he hooked his claws deep into the next one, pomping his wings hard as he worked on throwing it into the next mongrel. He would not fail.
Rhona watched as mutants attacked her regular Sentinels and watched as one woman in particular attacked her Mongrels. She was impressed by her speed and her helmet registered her as human but she didn’t move or act as one.
“MONGRELS! Subdue her! If you can do it I’ll take the bitch myself.”
She noted the bird as well and smiled as she took a bead on it with her rifle. She overcharged the stun feature so it would burn instead of stun. She smiled behind her helmet.
“I thought I saw a tweety bird.”
Son of a bitch, son of a bitch! Amelia thought as she fought off the mongrels, one by one. Her teeth tore through their throats as her claws dig into their skin. Looking up as blood dropped from her jaw, she say Nathan get stung.
They were beginning to fight a losing battle, and at this point, she was willing to give up the Queen for her love. “Nathan…” she coughed as she kept fighting. As a vampire, she had more stamina of a human, but she could only fight these creatures for so long…
Nate’s focus was on his targets. Powerful wing beats as he dragged a helmet towards another. He screeched loudly as he lifted himself up into the air. He focused on his next target as his last one got finished up.
Than something hit him, a sting as a droplet of blood seeped out. He cried out as his feathers felt as if they were on fire. He twisted around as smoke started to fill his vision. The pumping of his wings only seemed to make matters worse for him. He closed his eyes as his transformation could not be held. He dropped out of the air as crying out, “Amelia, I’m sorry……”
Amelia saw the smoke from above and Nathan flapping his wings, only the make the situation worse. She could barely see through the smoke.. at least breathing wasn’t needed, as she was undead. Clawing and tearing her way through bodies, she reached for Nathan.. “No! Not today!” She screamed as she neared him. Sliding her body over, she held his face, which had been covered in blood and ash “Nate..” she cried.
As her shot connected and the bird fell to the ground it caused him to turn back into what passed as human. She smiled as the woman who was actually holding her ground, somewhat, broke off for the filthy birdman. Well this was very fortunate for her. She didn’t wait as her spear was off. It was time to see if all that research paid off.
After she had slid over the birdman to us her body as a shield R1K took a running start and kicked Amelia’s lithe frame hard enough to not only shatter her ribs but send her flying. Once she was flying she threw her spear with enough force to pin her to a column.
She hoisted the birdman off the ground and out her sidearm under his chin.
“Please….as I am asking nicely…..tell me where the blonde whore Emma Frost is and I’ll allow you to live. I can’t say the same for your friend.”
Pain was all Nate felt. Burning, aching, coughing to catch his breath as he slammed into the ground. He let down the one person that he cared about in this world. Pain shot down his back and left side as his blinked rapidly. He had a feeling this was the end.
He took in a breath as he heard his name being called from those sweet lips. He gave her a half smile as he reached up, fingertips brushing her cheeks, leaving a trail of ash and blood. “Hey, it’s going to be okay, my love. We …..”
His eyes widen as Amelia was pushed away from him. “Noooo!” Pain erupted as he tried to move toward her.
He tried to move only to find that he was on his feet with a gun under his chin. He swallowed as he shook his head. He was not worth giving up his queen. He was just a soldier. She could save so many others.
The blunt force to her torso sent her screaming in pain.
She didn’t care what this scum thought about what she had done his little bitch was more trouble than she was worth but perhaps she could get information out of him after all. This was where leverage was a good thing.
“You want her to alive? Well I won’t incinerate her if you tell me where Frost is and I will not only save her but keep you both together. You see that Sentinel over there?”
She pointed with her pistol. It was one of her Mongrels who Amelia had torn up pretty badly and it was actually conducting field repairs. It was then assisted by another Mongrel and its leg reattached along with its arm while the regular Sentinels swarmed the house.
“Mongrel Lead get that woman off the wall administer aid to preserve her life. Ensure you restrain and collar her. Use the super restraints.”
She turned back to Nate and looked directly through him with her visored face.
“Now that I have done you a small favor you can start by helping me and you will live. It is going to be a semi-comfortable life inside a facility and never see freedom again but I will keep you both together for this one small favor of the location of Emma Frost.”
She waited a moment more then decided to spur him along.
“This is Final Jeopardy and you have a timer to choose and ensure you answer in the form of a question.”
As if to emphasize the fact time was not on his side she changed the setting on her sidearm and the noise it made was not friendly. It was now set to kill. She held it up so he could see it.
“That setting is kill. It will be used and then I will rip this place apart looking for her. Choose.”
Nate glanced over to the woman as his heart sunk. She made an impossible choice. He would stay alive and maybe at the side of Amelia or be killed defending his queen. He had given so much to both of these women.
He closed his eyes as he took in a deep breath. “You can tear this place apart. You will never find my queen. She is long gone by now. I can’t tell you anything more than that. I am but a pawn on this chess board.”
He braced himself for the finally blow. At least, his current pain would be no more.
Amelia snarled as the Mongrel Lead placed their grubby hands on her “The off of me, you bloody demon!” She growled as she placed her hands onto the metal pole that had speared through her torso.
As she painfully removed the pole, teeth clenched in every moment, the Mongrel grabbed her by her shoulders. What he would notice now, was the healing taking place. The large gap in her stomach began to stitch itself back together. Amelia glared to the rest of them, her eyes wide with anger. “NATHAN!!” She screamed “DON’T TELL HER!” She closed her eyes as she continued to heal, the pain ensuing her body. She was then collared and grabbed by the mongrel.
Nate’s eyes opened to slits as he heard his name being called. He gave a weak smile to her. He would never betray his love or his queen. He saw that Amelia was healing. She would be alright in the end. It was the most important thing. He was only upright thanks to their attacker. He held his breath as he waited for whatever was to come next.
He can’t tell her; she was their Queen and they vowed with their lives to protect her. Amelia knew that he would never… she also had just realized that he, her Nathan would die with the secret. She needed to do something. Something rash…
Amelia forced herself from the crowd, using every last bit of vampiric strength she had left and zipped toward her love. Quickly cupping his face gently within her hands, she lowered her face to where her lips graced the skin of his neck “I love you…” she whispered lightly before sinking her teeth into his warm, tender skin…
R1K wasn’t moved by their emotion and as she sank her teeth in she jerked Amelia back causing his flesh to treat and for good measure slammed her armored fist into her face three times. This was going to be educational. She didn’t scan as a mutant but she healed with an alacrity that she only saw in the Wolverine. She slapped a self sealing dressing on Nate’s neck.
“You want him to live?”
She slammed her fist into Amelia’s face again.
“Answer me bitch!”
She reached over for the self sealing dressing. As she did she extended her spear and ran it through Amelia as two Sentinels held her up. She pulled it out viciously as she waited for an answer.
“Answer me or we watch him bleed out together.”
She felt her face being punched as if it was an out of body experience. The harder the woman punched, the foggy her vision became. Pretty soon her face was covered in blood and she could barely get a word out. As she was stabbed again, she looked forward to Nathan. Now she could only hear the air. One of her eardrums has been blown and her left eye swollen shut. Her lips were bleeding as she looked to her love die right before her.
The thing was with death as a mortal, one doesn’t come back. As a Vampire, however, death was just a thing of the past…
“Death immensely or not, we will always have one thing you can never take from us. Love. We love our Queen…” she whimpered “And he…” she chuckled through her broken ribs, spitting up blood in the process “He is immortal now…”
Pain laced up and down his body. He heard every word what was being said. He was not afraid of death. It would be a welcomed gift, only he would not be able to see Ames anymore. He would die with honor knowing that he kept his promise to the both of them.
His eyes fluttered open as he smiled, a hand cupped her face. He coughed as blood dripped out of his mouth. “Love ye too. Get her for me, will ye?”
He did not know her answer as her teeth sank into his neck, though it was different this time. A gurgling sound left his mouth as most part of his throat was missing. His breathing started to go back to normal as the patch was placed on his neck. His pain was lessening as he sat up slowly. Something was happening to him as an emance hunger overtook him.
He grabbed the arm that was going for the patch as he growled. His mind was focused on two things. The bitch that has destroyed his home and wanting food. He yanked her body to him as a foot slammed into her stomach. The force was surprising as he nearly took her are off as she flew across the room. He strolled over to R1K
“You will not get what you came for! Leave now!”
R1K was amused as she slammed against the wall and his first mistake was thinking he had a choice of her leaving. His choice wasn’t one she was going to give. Sure he was suddenly healed from the damage but that mattered very little. He had made one fatal mistake. The fact he thought she was leaving and he could force her.
“You’re right….I’ve made an error….Sentinels deploy phosphorus flares. Set this pile on fire!”
The Sentinels followed orders and deployed the flares causing all flammable materials to catch fire and the thing was when they shattered they spread their pieces all over the room. The horrible part was all mutants with organic flesh, mainly organic flesh, it embedded into it and wouldn’t go out until it had exhausted its fuel supply. That would be depended on size of the piece in most cases that was at least an hour. They also produced ambient UV light.
“Well it looks like I get to burn this place down.”
The sound of metal hitting the ground would clue Nate into the grenade pin that hit the ground.
“How fast are you?”
As she waited she looked at the two Sentinels holding the woman and motioned them off. They started leaving with her and she was waiting on this man’s move.
“So anything I should know about the woman before she becomes something for me to play with?”
Amelia couldn’t see much through one swelled shut and the other so blurred that she could only make out shapes. She heart Nate yelling through the changes his body was making. It made her smile underneath the pain. As she was picked up, she gulped as she was pulled to her feet “Do what you must…” She stuttered. Her body would begin to heal soon, but she was still afraid for what came next. Their weapons were so powerful and quick.
Looking up, she felt a warmth on her skin suddenly. It began to burn, sending a blood shrieking yelp into the air. Looking to her hand, she saw the tips of her fingers become ash…”Oh god…”
The sprinkler system would start to spray as the fire spread around the building. Nate’s mind was on one mission. This bitch that he was just going to roll over with the destruction of his home. She had another thing coming.
“Burn this place into the ground and I will find a way to destroy you, bitch! I don’t fear you.”
The warmth on his skin caused goosebumps. His ears heard the pin drop as he growled. He lunged at her without a second thought. His hand would wrap around her wrist, bending it backwards, crushing the armor. A knee would slam into her stomach, over and over again.
“Keep threatening her, and I will kill you here and now. Call off your attack, now!”
R1K was amused at the attack by this creature. He assumed he was in charge here when he couldn’t even command his emotions. His attack was quite vicious and made it seem as if she was at a disadvantage. She may have been had she not brought her only friends. The only things she could trust. She absorbed the blows with a a detachment that was near madness. Once he had finished his rant about killing her and not fearing her she slammed her helmeted head into tip of his nose. It wasn’t that she didn’t feel pain it was just that she had no time for this and had a mission.
“Now child since you want to make demands let start with how demanding this is going to be.”
She dropped the grenade and then grabbed Nate as a human shield and stepped back with him in front of her. She waited and the explosion was worth it. It would shower his back with fire and metal shards. The secondary effect was that it shielded her from most of blast and shrapnel of the grenade.
“You might wish to call off your attack. You have a taken an injury.”
The Sentinels escorted Amelia out and onto a dropship. They had her and now that left Nate.
“Your girlfriend is on my ship. She is going to be my toy. What does she like?”
She threw Nate off her and into the nearest wall as if she was discarding a piece of trash. She had no time for him.
“Rip this place apart and find Frost! Kill everything or human that resists. Call reinforcements if you have to! Mongrels make it happen and beat this one down and bring him back as well!”
She walked away from Nate. He was uninteresting to her and she was going to find something else to amuse her now.