In and Out
X-men (Movie)/Gundam
Part One
Rogue laughed at
the joke Bobby had just told when a rumbling filled the air. All
the students looked up as a huge robot started coming down, at a very quick
pace. Everyone scrambled back out of the courtyard, towards the school.
Rogue spotted Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, Jean Grey and Professor Xavier
standing at the doors, watching the incoming machine anxiously.
A loud voice filled
the air around her and made her look up.
“Get outta the
way…. MOVE IT PEOPLE! Shit. This is sooooo gonna suck…. I can’t
pull up…. Thrusters are out… One chance left….”
She watched as
the machine stopped, mid-air, above the courtyard. It hovered a couple
of seconds. Then it just dropped right onto the birdbath.
She blinked as the slight bit of dust cleared and watched as Cyclops moved
slowly forward. A panel in the chest slid up, causing Cyclops to
drop back a few feet.
Wolverine moved
up next to Cyclops and watched as a boy dressed in what appeared to be
a priest outfit hoped out, rubbing the back of his neck. He grinned
widely at them, “Uh, hi…. Sorry to drop in on you like this but…” He shrugged
and took a step towards them. “You know how it goes. One second
everything is great and the next, somebody blows you out of the skies.
Huh, oh well…” He turned around and yelled. “Oh man, Deathscythe
you’re looking pretty awful. How on Earth am I suppose to fix that.
Ohhhhh man when I get my hands on the OZ scum that did this…. I’ll, I’ll….”
“You’ll what?”
Wolverine watched
as the boy turned to look at Xavier. He looked at the professor for
a second then grinned a manic smile. “I wouldn’t try to get into
my head if I were you, you might not like what you find there and I’m pretty
sure that you won’t survive the encounter.”
The Professor tilted
his head to the side. “Why do you say that?”
Something flitted
over the boy’s face. “Just take my word on it okay. My head’s
a pretty messed up place."
“I know that you
call yourself Duo Maxwell.”
Duo tossed his
head, throwing his braid over his shoulder. “Yep. That’s me.
Duo. Duo Maxwell. I run, I hide, but I never lie.” He
bowed, looking up at the from beneath lowered eyelashes. “Duo Maxwell,
at your service.”
“It’s a pleasure
to meet you Mr. Maxwell, I am Professor Charles Xavier and this is my school
for the gifted.”
Duo’s nose wrinkled
in distaste. “I’m not a mister…. I’m just Duo.”
Xavier nodded his
head, “Of course. But may I ask as to why you… parked your machine
in the school’s courtyard."
The boy blinked
and shook his head, looking slightly aggrieved. “Machine… he called
Deathscythe a… a machine. Yeesh, this is definitely a guy who’s out
of touch. How could you possible call a Gundam… machine? It’s
unheard of.”
Wolverine moved
forward, “Oh?”
Duo stopped short,
“Wait a second. This isn’t… you aren’t… I’m not…” He slapped
his forehead and then rubbed his face. “OH BOY. Maxwell you
really did it this time. Man, I should have known that the force
of the self-destruct mechanism and that thermal beam combined with the
spacial phenomenon would cause a temporary dimensional rip. And they
said the mission would be easy… simple in and out job…. Yah right!
Stupid scientists, stupid orders… I just KNEW something bad was going to
happen today… shoulda stayed in bed, but NOOOOOOO Quatre just had to wake
me up…”
“Are you going
to keep talking to yerself, bub, or are you finished?”
Duo looked up his
face seemingly clouding over. “Don’t make me angry, friend, or you
might wind up dead.”
“Is that a threat?”
Wolverine growled deep in his throat.
Duo grinned, the
hat on his head shadowing his face. “Nope, that’s a promise.”
………………
Professor Xavier
reached out and laid a gently hand on Wolverine’s arm, effectively stopping
him from moving forward. “Duo. I don’t think that threatening
Wolverine is a good idea, considering the fact that you are a guest here
and that I don’t believe you have the necessary skills to defeat him in
a fight.”
His eyes widened
as he watched the boy pull a gun from his outfit and pointed at them.
“Oh, I wouldn’t say that Mr. Xavier. I don’t know what dimension
that I’ve ended up in but I’m not about to keel over and play dead.”
Xavier leaned forward
in his wheelchair. “You don’t really want to use that gun.”
Duo smiled at him,
“Nope but death is something I’ve grown used to, I’d like to suggest we
start over but…. It’s up to you.”
Xavier smiled.
“Then let’s start over.”
Wolverine saw Duo
blink in surprise but very slowly lower the gun, he grinned. “Alright.
You got it Professor. But I’m afraid that moving Deathscythe isn’t
going to be that easy… He’s in need of some serious repairs…”
Xavier smiled,
“We shall see what we can do to help you. If you will come with me…?”
Duo shrugged, tossing
the gun into the machine as he did. “Sure. But here’s a warning
to everyone…. Anyone who gets too close to Deathscythe better run because
the self-destruct switch will go off… unless I’m nearby to turn it off….
You understand… you have to be cautious…..”
Xavier smiled,
“Everyone has heard young Maxwell… it would be wise if we all heeded his
warning… now please come with me Duo."
