X-Men: Civil War

Chapter 3: A bit of Trouble

Johnny Dee(the mutant in the picture)

This is an interesting subject, a 21 year old female with two power groups, this should be fun, maybe cause some conflict before the real show starts.

Bobby Drake

The road is so tense after Cap said the 198 had been taken to a Nevada bunker by Domino. Maybe we'll get there before Bishop and before they notice we've even left the institute, but we're not exactly the luckiest. The sound of scraping metal breaks the silence and we stop the vehicle to see one of the newer sentinels bending down over us.

"Get out of the vehicle and turn yourselves over, you are now under arrest!" Well, that's not happening, we jump out of the car and I cover myself in ice, I look over and see Maxi just standing there, staring into space. The sentinel aims its canon at her first and I jump to push her out of the way.

"Max- uh, Gryphon, what are you doing?" there's a blank look in her eyes and they change, they're cold and sharp.

"Sorry 'bout that, I... Watch out Drake!" I look behind me and a jet of fire shoots towards my face.

"Maybe now's about the time to use that virus Beast?" My feet almost move by themselves as I dodge the constant heat at my back. It suddenly stops and just stands there.

"I guess that's over with, but why'd you call me Drake?" I ask Maxi, who just shrugs and looks at her claws. She's acting really weird...

"Are you OK, Maxi?" She stares at me with a weird look.

"Why wouldn't I be?" 

"I don't know, you're usually not this... uninterested." She frowns and walks towards the jeep.

"Hey, Bobby, don't worry about it, it's hard to understand women sometimes, she's probably fine, alright?" Cyclops says and I nod my head in agreement.

Johnny Dee

Hmm... I've never done two mutants at the same time before, this'll be even more fun I suppose...

Hank McCoy

Maxine was acting strange, but we haven't seen her for 5 years so maybe she's changed.

"Let's go, guys." Scott says and we all jump in the Jeep again. The car ride is another silent one, and the thought that something's not right screams in my mind.

We've made it into the dessert area with no other signs of Sentinels.

"Something isn't right Scott." I whisper to him and he furrows his brow.

"What do you mean?" The corners of his mouth turn up in an amused smile, making me disperse my previous thought.

"Well, it's probably nothing, but please keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary." He nods his head and continues to drive towards the bunker. The sand radiates heat as we pass over a barely recognizable road.

A hill comes up in the distance and I can make out it's metal door. The bunker. Yet, there's something else there too, the shapes look like sentinels and there are people standing around the entrance. We pull up and get out of the Jeep to the faces of Bishop, Micromax, and Sabra.

"The fort is under lock down, we can't get in." Bishop says to Scott and they start to converse, I don't listen to most of their conversation, but Bishop is pushed by Scott and they are almost at each other's throats.

"Woah, Cyclops, just calm down this isn't going to go anywhere but downhill if you..." He pushes me out of the way and takes off his glasses, oh no.

Johnny Dee

Ha ha, this is almost too easy, Cyclops has always been too scared to let go, and all this pent up energy is so easy to let go. But the sentinels will pose a problem, Gryphon can take care of them.

Bobby Drake

I can't believe Cyclops is doing this, it can't be him, can it?

"Hey, stop!..." He turns towards me and smiles, his eyes are red. I back up and see Maxi run towards his direction, what's she doing, she's going to get herself killed! But she passes Cyclops and heads towards the sentinels that are coming towards Bishop to try and help him. A sword materializes in her hands and she cuts into where the person would be in the robot.

"No, Maxi...!" I try to call out to her, but it's too late and the MRD sits in a puddle of his own blood.

"You couldn't have stopped me even if you wanted to Drake." She yells and a smirk creeps onto her blood splattered face. Micromax grows and grabs her, there's a cry of pain and his hand let's go of her and she flails and tries to open he wings, but she hits the ground.

Johnny Dee

I lost the little bird, but I still have control of Cyclops, such a shame she had to go like that, she was so useful.