• 1-Blood, Torment and Illumination
• 2-Chapter 1
• 3-Chapter 2
• 4-Chapter 3
• 5-Chapter 4
• 6-Chapter 5
• 7-Chapter 6 (pt 1)
• 8-Chapter 6 (pt 2)
• 9-Chapter 7
• 10-Chapter 8
• 11-Chapter 9
• 12-Chapter 10
• 13-Chapter 11
• 14-Chapter 12
• 15-Chapter 13
• 16-Epilog

Moonlight clung to the body lying next to her. If she could just keep her eyes closed, morning would never come and she wouldn’t have to face her fate. 

This day was going to suck so much.

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Abraham Cornelius wasn’t exactly sure what happened that morning when he was questioned about it later. 

One minute, he was reviewing Weapon X’s brain scans and the operative procedures they had planned for him that day with Stryker, the next he was plunged into chaos.

Two walls of the main chamber exploded. On one side was their former operative and Weapon X’s brother, Victor Creed, along with what appeared to be a handful of teenagers and some very angry looking S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. On the other side, was the infamous Romulus with a collection of his warriors with him.

Before anyone could ask what was going on, the room erupted in violence. It was hard for Cornelius to tell who was exactly fighting whom. Deciding that he was more of a pacifist than a fighter, Cornelius did what seemed like the intelligent thing for him to do in this kind of situation.

He ran as fast as he could in the opposite direction while clutching his files to his chest.

Cornelius all but knocked over Cassie Hines, who was running towards the madness. He managed to free a hand to stop her. “Where do you think you’re going, Cassie?” he gasped. “Where is your sister? And why are you running around in just a t-shirt?”

Cassie’s mouth opened and shut a few times. “Carol… Carol went on vacation a few days ago. I need to go find… Dukes. Fred Dukes. There’s something I need to see him about,” she explained lamely.

“Not looking like that you’re not. Plus, I’m sure he will have his hands full dealing with the invasion!” Cornelius began dragging Cassie with him. “We need to get into the safety of the bunkers!”

Moonlight looked helplessly over her shoulder as she was dragged away by Cornelius. She desperately wanted to oversee what was going on. Now she was just going to have to trust in her sisters to protect James.

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Mathildur grinned at Magnhildur as they opened the door to find that chaos was running rampant in the hallways. “Just like the good old days,” she chortled.

The twins, consumed with blood lust, howled in joy and charged towards the fray in the main chamber.

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Maya struggled through the press of bodies to find Moonlight. Everyone was in a panic. And their fears were threatening to consume Maya’s mind.

“Maya!” a young purple and blue haired woman cried out. She twisted away from a middle aged gentleman and rushed over to Maya. She hugged the other woman. “It’s me, Moonlight! Are you all right?”

“Where is your champion?” Maya finally managed to gasp.

“He’s with Mathildur and Magnhildur- oh shit.” Moonlight groaned as she watched the twins go running by to obviously go plunge into whatever madness was happening elsewhere.

Maya managed to bring herself under control. “You go deal with the twins, I will go secure James.”

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Romulus snarled in frustration as he ripped the throat out of some nameless soldier. It was hard to tell who was who in all of this madness. 

And he had a very strong suspicion who was behind it all. This entire clusterfuck reeked of her.

“Hello, Moonlight,” he said calmly, snatching a young woman with badly dyed hair by the throat as she tried to dash by. “Haven’t seen you in quite some time now.”

Moonlight didn’t bother with thrashing. “Romulus,” she hissed painfully. “How’s tricks?”

“I thought I destroyed you fifty years ago,” Romulus growled lowly, squeezing her throat.

“Oh, you did,” she wheezed. “But I just got myself a new body.”

Sneering, Romulus threw Moonlight to the ground where she lay choking. “And I’m betting that it is safe to assume that your sisters are around here somewhere as well?”

Moonlight laughed. “Behind you.”

Romulus barely had time to turn before a meaty fist connected with his face, knocking him back several yards. He looked up blearily to see Fred Dukes standing over him, grinning madly. “Damn, little sister, you are just making friends everywhere you go,” he said to Moonlight.

“Mathildur, who is watching James?” Moonlight asked, pointedly ignoring Romulus who was glaring daggers at her.

“He’s with the little cutey who talks too much.”

Moonlight smacked a hand over her eyes. “Oh, this is not going according to plan,” she yelled. 

“Sucks, don’t it?” Mathildur grinned. She/He turned and went back into the thick of the fight.

Moonlight frowned, looking over the mass of bodies fighting. She caught sight of Victor. With a nod of her head, he came over to her. “Wade is not going to keep up his end of our arrangement,” she said flatly.    “You need to go to the roof to stop him from absconding with your brother and a helicopter. Get him and the others back to the man-“

A wave of light sent the four mutants, along with pretty much everyone else standing, sprawling. Mathildur hissed in pain, crawling over to Moonlight. “And what part does he play in this plan of yours?” she grumbled in her little sister’s ear.

Moonlight was clenching her jaw. “Just focus on saving James,” she growled lowly.

Mathildur helped Moonlight to her feet. “The final battle is almost upon us. You can’t-“

“Don’t worry about me,” Moonlight snapped. “Just do what you’re told. Take Victor and Daken with you. I can use the S.H.E.I.L.D. agents to handle the rest.”

Mathildur looked sadly at Moonlight before beckoning Magnhildur to follow. Victor glanced at Moonlight before also following the… twins.

Moonlight turned her attention to the newcomers to the fight. “Hello, Essex,” she sneered. “I was beginning to think I was going to get through a life without seeing you. I was actually getting excited- what the hell happened to you?”

Dr. Nathaniel Essex walked into the now still room. He no longer resembled a human being. His skin was milk white, his eyes glowing red. “Ah, Moonlight,” he grinned. “My master will be particularly pleased to see you.”

“En Sabah Nur can kiss my ass, Essex” Moonlight replied brightly.

“Actually, it’s Mr. Sinister now.”

Moonlight was silent for a moment, then burst out laughing. “Are you fucking kidding me? Seriously?” She was overtaken by another bout of laughter. “Mr. Sinister? What? Baron von Baddenouf was taken at the Evil Villain Name Registry? And are those miscreants with you the Nasty Boys?”

Sinister chuckled indulgently. “I forgot how witty you can be, my dear Moonlight. You always were the most interesting of your sisters.”

 Maya appeared at Moonlight’s side. “I hope you know what you are doing, little sister,” she murmured.

“So do I,” Moonlight muttered. “So do I.”

Authoress Note: Think of this as a mid-season cliff hanger. This story is going on hiatus for a little over a month, because I don't want to rush it in order to be done for NaNoWriMo and have the story suck. But I wanted to give you what little I have written.

So I will see you all in December. Leave reviews to show me you love me!