Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 16:57:28 -0500 From: DOGG <nphillydogg@aol.com> Subject: the new mutants-5 / mayhem at salem center mall Disclaimer: X-Men Tales: is loosely based on the X-Men- Evolution t.v. cartoon series, as well as the comic book produced by Marvel Comics. ___________________________________________________________________ The X-Men are mutants, unfortunate people born with an X-gene that gives them extraordinary powers and abilities which makes them outcasts to those considered "normal" in the world. ___________________________________________________________________ X-Men cast: (Teachers) Angel, Calisto, Forge, and Dr Mora MacTaggert, Caliban, Healer, Mother Mayhem, (Students) Iceman-17, Magik-16, Multipleboy-14, Nightcrawler-17, Sunspot-17, / Amanda-17, Jubilee-14, Karma-17, Magma-16, Rogue-17, Shadowcat-15, Syran-17, Wolvesbane-16, WeaponX-17 (Morlocks) Fish-15, Ghost-18, Ladybug-16, Mole-15, Neanderthal-17, Smoke-16, Tether-17, ___________________________________________________________________ DOCTOR STRANGE: master of the mystic arts ALPHA FLIGHT: is a super powered team based in Canada [working for Department-H of Hydra] that Wolverine was affiliated with long before the X-Men. They are: Lady Deathstrike, Sabretooth, & Guardian ___________________________________________________________________ X-MEN TALES presents: THE NEW MUTANTS: -Chap-5 Title: MAYHEM AT SALEM CENTER MALL >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pt-1<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< THE XAVIER INSITUTE OF HIGH LEARNING FOR GIFTED STUDENTS Salem Center, New York A strange car came to The School For Gifted Youngsters in Salem Center, New York..., as a lone car [a very old 1909 modified Rolls Royce] pulled into the drive of Xavier's Mansion, stopping at the front entrance where the school's `acting' headmasters [Angel and Forge] awaited...! A short bald Vietnamese man got out of the driver's seat, greeting the 2 mutants with a slight nod of the head as he walked to the back door and opened it for his master...! "Doctor Stranger..." said Angel, stepping up first to greet the distinguished man getting out of the back of the classic car...! "...thank you for coming by...! We really appreciate it...!" "I sensed...a disturbance a while back..." said Stephan Stranger [Master Of The Mystic Arts]...! "...a sort of RIP in the fabric of reality separating us and Limbo...! The origin came from HERE, I believe...!" he said, looking up at the huge gray mansion [ivy vines stringing up the sides]...! "That would be one of our students..." said Forge, stepping up to shake Strange's hand also...! "...a sorcerer named Magik...! He...recently came into his powers...and has yet learned to master them...! That's why we thought YOU might be able to help...?" Stephan Strange closed his eyes, sensing the power emanating from the mansion...! "Indeed..." he said, opening his eyes...! "...where is the boy...?" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 16 year old Stefan Rasputin [brother of Colossus] stood in the center of The Danger Room, located far beneath the mansion in a secure underground cavern! Dr. Mora MacTagget resided over him as she welcomed Magik to use his powers recreationally, testing his strength levels and durability...! Magik looked down at his hands, then began to wave them about [in a sort of hocus-pocus way], conjuring a swirl of beautiful light...! The readings on MacTagget's instruments started to go haywire with activity, indicating a large mass of energy in the room...! "You're doing great, Stefan..." encouraged Mora, unsure what was happening...? "...keep it up...!" she said, studying the readings as she typed in on the instruments...! Magik crossed both hands passed each other [over his chest], then threw his hands outward, expanding the swirling lights as red matter started to form from the center...! Mora was intrigued, observing the spectacle from the protection of the Observation Booth overtop The Danger Room...! From the red matter emerged a red arm, reaching out into the very fabric of existence as evil red the face of Belasco appeared [pupil-less eyes, sharp white teeth, and horns about his brow]...! Mora felt a wave of evil touch her soul as she reeled back in horror [clutching her pearls]...! "SHUT IT DOWN, STEFAN...!" she yelled over the microphone, fearing for the youngster's life...! "SHUT IT DOWN!" she repeated, just as the doors to The Observation Booth slid open and in walked Angel, Forge, and Dr. Stranger...! "What the hell...??" asked Forge, he and Angel running up to the booth windows...! "Stefan...STOP...! Take it away...!" Magik looked petrified as he stood paralyzed, reliving the time that he spent with Belasco in Limbo in his mind [see: X-Men Tales: `It Must Be Magic' for details]...! Dr. Strange [sensing the boy in over his head] went into immediate action, using his formidable powers to phase easily through the booth's Plexiglas windows [without breaking them], and ascending into the room with Magik as he whipped up a counter spell to send Belasco's ass back into the bowels of Limbo...! "NOOOOOOooooooooo..." cried Belasco, having had a taste of reality before the doorway suddenly closed on him [trapping him back in his domain with his demon horde]...! Strange turned to the boy, grabbing Magik by the arms and shaking him out of his trance...! Magik looked up into Dr. Strange's eyes, then fell forward in his arms, burying his face in the older man's chest...! "Stephan..." he cried, sobbing like a baby as Dr. Strange wrapped his arms about him [protectively]...! "What the HELL just happened...?" asked Forge, looking back at Mora and Angel confused...! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "I feel as if I've known you all my life...!" said Magik, sitting down with Strange in Xavier's Office [for privacy] on the main floor of the mansion...! "YOU were the one that taught me `white magic'...showing me how to counter the demons swarming about in my soul...! You were EVERYTHING to me...! Then...Belasco killed you...beheading you in front of me...! I...I was devastated...! But now you're back! You came back for me...!" glee Magik, rushing back into Strange's arms, hugging his body tightly...! "I...have NO recollection of any of this...!" said Strange, "It COULDN'T have be ME...!" "But it WAS...!" insisted Magik, breaking away...! "There must be some way to SHOW you...!" "Perhaps The Orb Of Agamotto could shed some LIGHT on the confusion...?" suggested Strange, gently placing his hands together before expanding them about 8 inches apart and circling them around each other [palms facing]...! Magik watched in fascination as `white' magic started to appear, and out it began to form a crystal ball, hovering between Strange's hands...! Upon looking into the ball Strange started to SEE the alternative reality Magik lived in in Limbo...! He could see the boy being kidnapped from the safety of his own bed at 6 years old, snatched from his parents' home by a demon servant of Belasco: S'ym! Belasco [The Ruler Of Limbo] took Magik under his wing as his protégé/prisoner, forcing himself on the boy physically AND forcing him the use of `black' magic, all in the attempts to seduce `the soul of an innocent' so he could corrupt him and steal pieces of his corrupted soul to fill an ancient Bloodstone Medallion, Belasco's gateway out of Limbo and into our reality! Strange saw another version of himself, an older, wiser, `white' magician sorcerer who rescued the boy while Belasco was distracted, taking the boy to the safety of his own Sanctum where he taught the boy the art of `white' magic; the purest of The Mystic Arts'! From there he and the boy [now 16] became lovers, sharing the same bed! Strange saw the boy sucking his alter-ego's cock, riding him in bed with his young taut buttock sliding up and down his hard morning erections...! Dr. Strange couldn't help getting a `chubby' while watching, knowing it was wrong to be taunted by such lusts! He then saw Belasco and his minion attacking them, separating them before cutting off his head to rid Magik his companion! Strange heard the anguish in Magik's scream when the boy transformed himself into metal armor [like Colossus] through the use of his `Soul Sword' [the total focus of Magik's powers], where he in turn cut off Belasco's right arm for beheading Strange! Magik [taking on characteristics and visuals of Belasco himself with the red skin, horns, and forked tail] banished Belasco from his domain, becoming the current ruler of Limbo! It was right after that that the X-Men rescued Magik by pulling him back into reality, but what was only minutes for The X-Men in their reality, was 10 years in Limbo, leaving Magik a 16 y/o teenager instead of 6! Strange ended the vision as he waved away the crystal ball, taking himself a seat as he tried to SINK it all in...! "See...?" asked Magik, falling to his knees before Strange, "Belasco took you away from me...but the FATES have bought us back together...! YOU are my master! We can pick up where we lift off...!" pleaded the boy, reaching between Dr. Strange's legs, feeling the thick erection that arose while he watched them making love...! Dr. Strange slapped the boy's hand from his crotch and jumped up from his seat... "That...wasn't ME..." he insisted, sympathizing to the boy, knowing he had a lot of trauma in his young life already...! "...it was an alternate Strange, in an alternate reality...! We've never met! I don't KNOW you like THAT Dr. Strange did...! He was WRONG to befriend you sexually...! I can't condone it! I can stay here and TEACH you The Mystic Arts as I know them...but I could never be your lover and companion! It will never happen!" Magik looked disappointed... "But...you WILL stay as my teacher...?" he asked, knowing he still had a lot to learn about his gifts...! "Yes, Stefan..." said Strange, walking up to the boy...! "...you have A LOT of power within your grasp...more power than any boy your age would know what to do with...! In time, you could very well be the most powerful magician in the cosmos...but it will take a lot of disciple to achieve...! Are you willing to journey...?" "Yes!" answered Magik, eager to learn! Dr. Strange held out his hand to shake, sealing the deal like men! However neither man knew they were being watched for above, behind a grated air vent lay one of The Xavier Institute's newest teachers: Caliban, eavesdropping and staring down at Dr. Strange angrily, with jealousy building behind his big bulging eyes...! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pt-2<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< SALEM, WEST CHESTER, NY ELSEWHERE; a SUV carrying students from The Xavier Institute drove along Interstate-67 into Salem Township and the biggest shopping mall in the area: Salem Center Mall! The SUV parked outside in the parking lot as its passengers [Tether, Smoke, Sunspot, Iceman, Nightcrawler, and Weapon-X] all exited the vehicle...! "I don't think we ought to be doing this..." said Nightcrawler [aka: Kurt Wagner], looking around skeptically! "...the last time we were here we nearly burnt down the entire mall...! The X-Men forbid us from coming back unchaperoned...!" "The X-Men never returned from outer space..." said Smoke, "...so their RULES go where they went...out the window!" "I have a BAD feeling about this...!" said Nightcrawler, as they locked up the SUV! "Don't forget to turn on your Image Inducer...!" reminded Iceman [Bobby Drake], as Nightcrawler hit a button on his wristband turning his image from a blue furred demon to a normal looking human teenager...! "Everybody IN human form...?" asked Smoke [a 16 y/o African American with shoulder length dreadlocks], looking around the small group of male misfits [Tether had taken on his human form before they left the mansion]...! "Ghost...you WITH us...?" he asked aloud, as the invisible entity shook the SUV to let them know he was nearby...! "Okay...let's GO...!" said Smoke, leading the way to the mall's entrance...! The mall was huge, with 5 levels of clothing stores, music shops, tattoos parlors, art supplies, shoe stores, toy stores, hair salons, barber shops, novelty shops, paintings galleries, party goods, electronics, arcades, a movie theatre, and food courts! The boys walked around together for a while, window shopping and [for some] shoplifting [old habits die hard]! Ghost particularly enjoyed hiking up the skirts of pretty girls that walked by, pretending it was a sudden gust of wind that did it! The girls would grab the backs of their dresses [after having their panties exposed], wondering HOW that happened...? Mall security caught sight of the boys [laughing and having fun] shortly after they arrived, and started following them around the mall suspiciously [keeping tabs], making sure the boys stayed out of mischief! It was while following the teenagers that one of the mall's security guards were snatched up into an out of the way corner and physically assaulted! His uniform snatched off his body as he was slammed face-up against the wall [dazed]...! One assailant put ON the guard's uniform and resumed following the boys, while the other ripped off the guard's boxer shorts and quickly shoved his hard cock up the man's ass [covering his mouth with his hand to muffle his screams and keep him from alerting attention their way]...! The man fucking the security guard was brutal, slamming his long hard 11" uncut cock in and out of the man's ass with deep hard strokes, making sure the man could FEEL every inch of his cock all the way up in his gut! The security guard struggled and squirmed, having never felt such agonizing pain before in his life! He could see people walking by the darkened corridor he was being sodomized in, but couldn't alert anyone to his peril! Within minutes of his attack, he heard the strong man behind him growl and grunt, then felt his innards flooding with the hot flow of sperm from the man's thick pulsating cock as it pumped inside him, breeding him! He thought his ordeal was over until the man slammed his head [face-first] into the wall [rendering him completely unconscious] so he couldn't alert anyone what happened...! The boys were admiring some of the newest games out in the video game shop, when Weapon-X [Yuro] caught a familiar scent wafting through the mall...! Put on instant alert, he separated himself from his `friends' and ventured further into the mall, luring his trackers away...! "Hey...where's Yuro...?" asked Bobby [Iceman], the first to notice their friend missing! "That's not cool...we all promised we'd stay together...!" said Tether, looking around...! "We'd better split up and search for him..." suggested Smoke, "...before he gets us all in trouble...! C'mon Sunspot...yur with ME...!" said The Morlock, as Sunspot [Roberto DeCosta] hunched his shoulders at his friends [Iceman and Nightcrawler] and followed the Morlock...! "I guess that leaves US...?" said Iceman, as he Nightcrawler and Tether walked together! Roberto followed Smoke through the main floor and down a smaller corridor towards the men's room...! "Do you seriously THINK Yuro's in here...?" asked the Brazilian born mutant, following the Morlock inside...! "No..." answered Smoke [with a wicket grin], unzipping his pants... "...but I figured WE could use the distraction to get in some good head...?" he suggested, walking pass several men using the facilities to head into one of the unmanned stalls...! Roberto stopped for a second [wanting to find his friend and teammate first], but then he thought of sucking Smoke's cock [which he never got to finish doing back at the mansion (see: chap-3)], and found himself heading into the stall with him...! Roberto locked the door behind him, then reached down and groped Smoke's crotch through his pants...! The Morlock was already erect as Roberto got down onto his knees and wrestled the erection out through the opening! Smoke leaned back against one of the stall walls as he watched his kneeling companion begin to lick his hard cock all over, getting it wet before encircling his hot lips around it! "Ooohhh yeeahhhh..." moaned Smoke, feeling Roberto's mouth inching all the way down towards the base of his shaft, swallowing him whole! Roberto pushed his face into Smoke's groin, burying his nose in his pubes as he massaged his cock back and forth about in his warm throat...! "...yur good..." Roberto beamed, willing to please as he tightened his lips about the shaft and pulled back with his head, dragging his lips back up towards the crown, suckling the head [as he gently cupped Smoke's hanging balls], then changed directions and went back down on it, swallowing it whole! Smoke had his cock sucked by some of the most talented cocksuckers in creation [living as a Morlock underground], mutants that used their various powers to stretch their mouths and throats, or suctioned harder than the normal humans, he even had someone with 2 tongues licking his cock and balls simultaneously [that was a thrill], but Roberto had sheer skill when it came to sucking cock, not having to use gimmicks to get a guy off! He sucked cock hungrily, slurping loudly along the hard shaft, uncaring whether or not others could hear them in the stall...! Roberto loved giving head, and Smoke's 9" brown dick was one of the best he'd come across in a while! He stared up into his eyes [black man to Brazilian], reading his facial expressions as he swallowed his cock to the root, feeling the hard phallus press down into the very back of his throat, into his esophagus...! Roberto then chewed on the base of the dick, making it thicken and throb in his throat before pulling back and bobbing his head, creating suction! Smoked leaned back against one of the stall walls as Roberto smoothly slid his mouth up and down his shaft [effortlessly], slipping, sliding, and swallowing his great black cock from tip to root! Smoke could feel his cock quickly starting to throb, far before he was ready to! He wanted to pull free, to allow his cock a moment to calm down, to prolong his pleasure, but he knew time was short as Roberto continued to plunge his mouth down on his cock full length! "Awww shit..." groaned Smoke, feeling his cock thicken and swell as Roberto picked up speed [sensing his impending climax]...! Smoke ran his fingers through Roberto's short silky Brazilian hair, tossing his own head back against the wall in ecstasy as he started to thrust straight down the back of Berto's throat...! "...I'm CLOSE man..." he warned, feeling his prick pulsate...! "...I'm REAL close, man...! In fact...I'm comin'...!" he gasped! "ARRRHHHHHHHHHHH...!!" he yelled aloud as he came, shooting directly down the back of Roberto's gulping throat...! Roberto was still draining Smoke's cock when their stall door was suddenly ripped off its hinges...! The 2 mutants turned to find a masked man in a mall security uniform standing before them, his large hard cock standing stiffly out of the zipper, his hairy balls hanging out over his spandex tights underneath...! "I came in here to kick ass and keep you two from interfering with our plans..." said the tall stranger standing in front of them...! "...but hearing all of that cock sucking made my dick hard...! Care to take care of ONE MORE before getting down to business...?" he offered! "uh..." said Roberto [still on his knees], staring up at the stranger's beautiful erection...! "The answer's NO...!" said Smoke, answering FOR Roberto as he darting straight at the stranger, diving directly at him! The man fell backwards to avoid contact, raising his hands to blast Smoke with his powerful repulse rays, but Smoke vanished into smoke, just as the man started shooting blasts from his fist, shooting straight through his smoky body [blasting holes into the walls and ceiling behind him]...! Snapping out of his gaze, Roberto transformed into Sunspot [a powerful being of pitch black matter] and leaped on top of their attacker, tearing the uniform off of him to reveal the bright red spandex of a costume underneath...! "What'r you here for...? WHY are you after us...? WHAT've you done with Yuro...??!" he asked, holding the man down against the tiled floor...! "He's OURS...!" said the man named; Guardian [of Alpha Flight], grinning... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ELSEWHERE Yuro knew he was being tagged, and he knew exactly by WHO [recognizing their unmistakable scents]! Wanting to take the fight as far from his friends and civilians as possible, he headed for the back exit where there were fewer people, and quickly turned down a lone corridor leading to the parking lot out behind the mall! His pursuer followed, picking up the pace, then turned the corner expecting to still have visual, only to find Yuro had disappeared...! Smirking, he sniffed the air, catching Yuro's scent...! "I know yur near, runt..." he said aloud, stalking the corridor slowly...! "...I can SMELL you...! Yur just like yur father..., scared to FACE me...!" Yuro jumped down from the ceiling [having used the claws in his fists and feet to hold himself upside down], using his foot-claw to slice the man across the back [drawing blood]...! "ARRHHHH...!!" yelled the pursuer, as Yuro somersaulted backwards a few yards away...! "First blood's YURS, boy..." smiled Sabretooth, lounging at Yuro! Yuro fell backwards, using both extended foot claws to stab into Sabretooth's torso, using his momentum to threw him up overhead, causing him to land on his back before sliding across the mall floor! Sabretooth jumped back up immediately, making another run for the teenager, this time swinging wildly as he clawed Yuro across the chest and face, punching the boy into a wall before picking him up and body slamming him on the ground and kicking him across the mall floor [causing onlookers to run screaming for their lives]...! Yuro noticed his uncle [Sabretooth] jumping through the air to stomp him into the ground as he lay helplessly! But before Sabretooth could make contact, he was suddenly slammed into a nearby wall by an invisible force...! "Thanks Ghost..." said Yuro, rushing out the back door...! Sabretooth touched ground, looking around to see WHO his attacker was...? He didn't see anyone anywhere nearby, but his enchanted senses picked up something near...! Whatever it was that interfered couldn't be seen or touched, making Sabretooth scurry as he went on searching for Yuro, focusing on the back exit, knowing that's the direction Yuro likely to escape...! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pt-3<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ELSEWHERE Iceman, Nightcrawler and Tether were on the upper levels [searching for their friend], when they heard the commission going on downstairs...! "Did you HEAR that...?" asked Iceman, rushing towards the railing as he peered over the edge to see people on the ground level running and screaming...! "Something's going ON down there...!" "I'm ON it...!" said Nightcrawler [in his human disguise], disappearing into a hail of smoke and brimstone, only to reappear on the first level a moment later looking like a furry blur devil [his true form], searching for the problem...! Iceman peered further over the edge of the rail [trying to see], when he was suddenly shoved over...! "Have a CLOSER look, why dont'cha...?" said his attacker's voice, as Iceman fell over the rail towards certain death! "ICEMAN...!" screamed Tether [in his human form], seeing the man who shoved his schoolmate over the edge! Omega Red slowly turned around to see Tether transforming into a 7' tall man-lizard [complete with scaly green skin, sharp claws and teeth, and a powerful 6' tail]...! Tether leaped for Omega Red, but was quickly repelled by the mutant's tentacles, which came flaring out of from his wrists, entangling the lizard and shoving him back into the display case behind him! "You kids need to learn your place..." he snarled through grit teeth, tightening his grip about Tether's throat, cutting off his oxygen! Meanwhile Iceman was able to break his 3 story fall by forming an ice-pole, which his was quickly able to latch onto and slide down to safety [touching down at ground level]! He quickly transformed into a creature completely composed of ice, before traveling back UP [to see WHO shoved him over the edge], forming an on-growing lift of solid ice which took him straight up to the 3rd floor level! Immediately he saw his schoolmate [Tether] being choked to death by a strange man dressed in red armor [with tentacles streaming from his arms]! Ice man didn't know who the man was, but if he was attacking Tether, therefore he was definitely no friend! Iceman quickly encased the man in block of solid ice, freeing his scaly friend as Tether was finally able to get from under Omega's tentacles [coughing and choking for fresh air]...! "C'mon...let's get out of here and FIND Yuro...!" said Iceman, as he and Tether leaped over the 3rd floor railing together...! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ OUTSIDE Weapon-X ran between parked cars, heading for the wooded area, knowing his uncle Sabretooth would be on his heels soon! Looking back over his shoulder, he kept expecting to SEE his uncle pop up any minute, when he was suddenly ambushed [unexpectedly], and slashed across the face with razor sharp claws...! "Arrrhhhh...!!" he yelled as he fell backwards into a parked car [setting off its alarms], holding his bloody face...! "Where are you going in such a rush...?" asked a VERY familiar female voice, as Yuro looked up to see his mother: Lady Deathstrike, walking out from hiding...! "What...? No HUG for your own mother...?" she taunted [her extended talons the objects she used to slash her son's face (Yuro's healing factor already kicking in, healing his wounds quickly)]...! "Mother...what'r you doing here...?" he asked [stunned to see her]...! "To take you HOME, of course...!" said Deathstrike, in an ominous motherly tone...! "Your FATHER misses you..." "My father's WOLVERINE...!" yelled Yuro [having grown up to believing that (first Stryker, then) the abusive Sabretooth was his daddy]...! Lady Deathstrike's eyes narrowed... "Never mention that name to me again..." she said cross, shooting a small caliber gun diretly at his forehead, a round [bullet fast] disk quickly attached to his brow, then sent powerful electric currents straight to his brain! Yuro screamed out loud in horrible pain, before falling to the ground unconscious! Sabretooth walked up seconds later... "Thanks for the distraction..." he said, snarling over Yuro's body...! "...but I HAD him...!" "Whatever..." said Deathstrike, staring down at Yuro emotionlessly...! "...put him on the JET while I call back the team..." she said, watching Sabretooth carry out her orders...! "..Striker still has NEED for him...!" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ INSIDE Guardian flipped Sunspot overhead, knocking him into the restroom wall, but before Sunspot could get up and counter, Guardian was on top of him, his cock and balls dangling in the boy's face as Sunspot accidentally [from lack of concentration] converted back into his human teenage form...! "How's about a little sample before I hit the road, kid...?" asked the older Canadian man, slapping his semi-hard cock against Roberto's lips...! "We both KNOW you want it...!" taunted the man, seeking entry to the boy's oral cavity...! Roberto opened his mouth [instinctively] to receive, when Smoke suddenly returned, solidifying and placing a chokehold about Guardian's neck from behind...! "He's one of OURS, dickhead..." struggled the black teen, pulling the costumed Canadian off his schoolmate...! "...get HEAD from one of your own teammates...!" "Duly noted...!" said Guardian, flying backwards towards another restroom wall [to render Smoke unconscious]! But when Smoke realized Guardian's intentions, he simply disappeared again, leaving Guardian to break through the wall on his own, smashing straight through into a neighboring store! Smoke reformed over Roberto... "You alright...?" he asked, helping him up off the floor...! "Thanks..." said Roberto, feeling embarrassed for nearly sucking an enemy's cock...! "uh...Omar...?" he called right after, looking to apologize for his weakness... "Think nothin' of it..." said The Morlock, saving Roberto the embarrassment! "...let's just go get that fucker...!" he added, lightening his form to fly towards the hole Guardian made...! Roberto powered back up [turning pitch black] and followed behind, but Guardian had already escaped...! ELSEWHERE; Tether and Iceman ran in the opposite direction of the screaming crowd, and headed out the back entrance only to find a military chopper/jet taking off from the far end of the parking lot...! They saw a man dressed in a red [Guardian] costume flying close behind...! Sunspot and Smoke came running out shortly thereafter...! "Yuro...?" asked Roberto, looking up with the others, watching as the jet disappeared in the clouds...! "I think they got him...!" said Tether, sounding defeated...! "At least we CAUGHT one of them..." said Iceman, confidently...! "...I encased one in a block of solid ice on the 3rd floor...! There's no way he could've gotten out...!" "He's GONE..." said Nightcrawler, popping in under the puff of smoke and brimstone...! "...looks like someone busted him out...!" "geez..." reacted Roberto, "...Calisto and Forge'r gonna be PISSED...!" he added, speaking the sentiments of everyone in attendance, all of them dreading the long drive home..! 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