Freefall
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There's a moment in X2 where Scott very nearly blasts the door to Magneto's plastic prison. If Lady Deathstrike hadn't gotten the drop on him first, not only would he not have spent the rest of the movie as MindControlled!Scott, but things might have gone very differently for both the Brotherhood of Mutants and the X-Men.
In Freefall, after an impromptu prison break, Scott and Charles join forces with Magneto and Mystique to find the other X-Men and stop Stryker's plans before time runs out for mutants everywhere. But old and new tensions run high in this uneasy alliance, and the real challenge may be working together without anyone falling apart. |
From Chapter 1:
Scott waited as patiently as he could, once Charles was installed in the plastic wheelchair and the door to the walkway had sealed behind him. The guards were staring at his visor. He smiled, briefly and not very nicely.
He couldn’t read thoughts, but he thought he could have told anyone who asked what the guards were thinking: They don’t pay me enough to deal with these mutants. Of course, no one got paid enough to deal with Magneto. He stared through the observation window, but all he could see were two forms, not apparently trying to kill each other. Great.
He tried to tell himself there was nothing to worry about. Of course, if there were nothing to worry about, Charles would have brought Jean. She was better at the talking parts (as opposed to the shooting parts).
And she’d probably get the professor to talk to her in the car on the way back to the school, rather than having an awkward silence while he tried to think of something to say other than You know, if Jean turned into a homicidal maniac and got locked up for trying to kill people, I don’t think I’d enjoy visiting her, either.
He wasn’t sure if he heard the shout, or only its echo in his head.
Scott!
He jerked his head up, and took a step toward the door. The guards moved to block him.
"What do you think you’re—"
"Frankly, I have no idea," Scott said, touching his visor. The first guard fell, stunned. "But you’re in my way." He dropped the other guard and hesitated for a minute. Door between me and Magneto. No door, Magneto out here. Bad.
The walkway shook, as if someone had hit the other end of it heavily. Well, hell.
He blasted the door.
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