A/N: * peeks in to see if anyone's waiting to throw things for taking so long to update* Hey everyone. I know it's been a long time since I've updated. Fear not though.*holds up a USB drive* I've got the next chapter right here. So ill just put it up now. *runs to computer, updates* There. and thank you all for staying patient all this time! *runs out before things start getting thrown* oh *peeks back in* enjoy! and read and review please!
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Chapter 15: Vengeance
*Fifteen minutes earlier*
In the large tank of water, in the center of Sinister's laboratory, lay Harry Potter's still body. The water bubbled slightly from the heat of the molten Adamantium. Harry lay completely still, unmoving. In the deathly silence of the lab, a beep echoed through the room. The heart monitor attached to Harry's body, which had been a flat line only moments ago, beeped again as the line spiked. Suddenly, under the water, Harry's eyes shot open. He leaped up and out of the tank, landing a little shakingly beside the tank. He took in great gulps of air, gasping. He watched as the holes the syringes made in his body healed quickly. Whatever Sinister did to numb my abilities thought Harry to himself. It wasn't permanent.
Harry glanced around the laboratory, looking for some spare clothes he could use. He found a pair of grey sweatpants and a zip-up hoodie on a table. He put them on quickly. I've got to find Ginny thought Harry No doubt Sinister's got her tied up somewhere. As if in answer, a scream ripped through the laboratory. "Ginny!" With superspeed, Harry raced out of the lab, following the scream. Sinister clones were patrolling the corridors. When they saw the blur of movement that was Harry, they only had time to cry out once before Harry slammed them into the wall, causing them to vanish.
As Harry made his way down another corridor, he began to hear sounds of yelling along with crashes and explosions: the sounds of a battle. Harry ran down the corridor, following the sounds of the fight. He reached the end of the corridor, which opened into a large room. Sinister clones were everywhere. The room was wreaked with blast marks and crushed tables, more then likely thrown by Telekinesis. On the far side of the room, most of the Sinister clones were grouped around the X-Men. With a shock, Harry saw that Ron and Hermione were among them. On the other side of the room, Sinister was Telekinetically choking Ginny against the wall. Harry knew in his heart that this was the real Sinister. He would want to torture someone Harry cared about like this himself in order to derive some sick pleasure from it. Ginny cried out in pain as he Telekinetically gripped harder. Sinister sneered.
"That's right. Cry girl. Cry for your hero. Where's your hero now?"
White hot rage burned through Harry's body at what he saw. He clenched his fists in anger.
"Sinister!" At Harry's shout, the clones all turned to focus on Harry. Sinister, still holding Ginny Telekinetically, walked forward, grinning maliciously.
"Mr. Potter. You survived. You are far more powerful then I gave you credit for." Harry glared at Sinister.
"Let her go Sinister!" said Harry, his rage barely contained.
"Mr. Potter you disappoint me. You can be so much more then what you are now. You have the potential to be the most powerful individual in the world. Instead, you waste your time with this rabble of do-gooders and her." Sinister clenched his fist and Ginny cried out in pain.
"No!" yelled Harry. A wave of Telekinetic force ripped from Harry's body and shot at Sinister, knocking him head over heel into the far wall. The other clones moved to attack Harry but the main Sinister yelled at them as he got up shaking slightly.
"Stop!" He yelled. "No one is to touch him!" The other clones stopped and returned to their previous spots guarding the X-men. Sinister walked back over to stand in front of Harry again.
"You have no idea the power you've been given. It is both a gift and a curse. If you cannot control it, it will destroy you and everyone you care about." Harry clenched his fists in anger.
"What are you talking about?" Sinister grinned maliciously.
"Join me and I shall teach you how to command your power. I can make you powerful. You are dangerous Mr. Potter, a bomb waiting to go off. Will you join me, or be responsible for the destruction of the world?"
Sinister's words hit Harry hard. Is it true? Harry thought. Am I dangerous? Harry knew what he had to do. He focused all his thoughts on one person, one powerful mutant.
"The world…" Said Harry slowly "Would be better off without you in it." Blood began to drip in droplets from between Harry's fingers at his knuckles. From each of his knuckles sprang a claw sheathed in unbreakable Adamantium, wicked sharp and shining. They extended to their full length as Harry clenched his fists. Sinister stared at Harry, his eyes flashing in greed then something like pity.
"So you've chosen death." Harry held up a three clawed fist and caused two of the claws to retract, leaving the middle one fully extended in an obscene gesture.
"Take him!" yelled Sinister, backing up, taking Ginny with him as the clones descended on Harry. Harry crouched low, then sprang, claws out, into the crowd of clones. His Adamantium claws flashed wicked fast, slicing into the clones' chests, causing them to cry out and vanish. Harry made short work of the clones and blocked Sinister's path to the door."
"Let's finished this." said Harry, his eyes aflame with anger. Sinister nodded.
"Let's." Then, without warning, he sprang at Harry raining waves of Telekinetic force on Harry.
. . .
Hermione watched in amazement as Harry met Sinister's Telekinetic attacks blow for blow.
"Shouldn't we help him?" asked Hermione as Sinister pinned Harry's arms to the wall. With a growl, he head-butted Sinister hard, his Adamantium protected skull shattering Sinister's nose with a loud Crack! Blood poured from Sinister's nose as he stumbled away from Harry, letting go of Harry's arms Telekinetically, causing Harry to fall to the floor. Harry swiped at Sinister with his claws, his blows blocked by Telekinesis.
"I think he's got it handled." replied Ron amazed. Harry swiped at Sinister's arms, missed and got blown back by a wave of Telekinetic force. He leapt back up and ran at Sinister again. As Harry swiped at Sinister again, Sinister summoned a small Telekinetic force field around him, causing Harry to rebound off the invisible wall.
"You cannot win, Mr. Potter." Sinister dropped the Telekinetic field. "Despite all your talents, you cannot hope to defeat me. After all." Suddenly four Sinister clones appeared, all with similar evil smirks on their faces. "There's so many of me." They finish simultaneously.
Harry whirled around, glaring at the clones. They all looked so similar.
"Harry!" yelled Peter Petrelli. "You have to kill the main one. Then he won't be able to make more clones!" One of the clones punched him in the gut. Harry swiped at one as the group converged on him. Harry kicked out and caught one in the stomach. The clone falls back as Harry jumped and moves to stab the clone. As another clone lunged at Harry's back, Harry whipped around and stabbed him in the gut. When it didn't vanish right away, Harry knew he had the real one. Sinister fell to the ground, his hands held out as if in surrender, an expression of utter surprise on his face. He stared at Harry who stood over him. He managed to choke out a weak, "How?"
"Despite all your powers Sinister, you're predictable. Now rot in Hell, you psychopath." Sinister fell back and choke as blood began to fill his lungs. Harry sheathed his claws and ran over to Ginny where she lay after Sinister had dropped her. Her eyes were closed and her body was still. Harry knelt down and gently scooped her up in his arms.
"Ginny? Ginny wake up please." Harry held her to his chest, his voice desperate. "Sinister is dead Ginny. Please wake up." Tears fell down his face. "I'm sorry I wasn't able to protect you Ginny. I should have told you this before now. I love you Ginny. I love you so much." He held Ginny close, his emerald eyes filled with sadness. The X-Men watched Harry, unsure if to approach. Ron and Hermione walked over and knelt by Harry. Hermione wrapped an arm around Harry while Ron just looked at Ginny, crying.
Suddenly, Harry felt a small soft hand touch his cheek. He looked down to meet Ginny's beautiful eyes. She smiled.
"I love you too Harry." Joy spread through Harry's body as a smile broke out on his face. He hugged Ginny, standing as the X-Men walked over to them. Logan growled as he looked at Harry. "Kid you are nine kinds of crazy, coming to face Sinister by yourself." Harry looked at Logan, then down at Ginny.
"It was worth it." Ginny blushed, hiding her face in Harry's shirt. Logan's stern expression cracked. "Damn kids." He muttered. Gambit leaned on Logan's shoulder, grinning. "Don't be so surly mon ami. The boy just reunited with his belle."
Logan raised an eyebrow. "You're going to lose that arm Cajun if you don't move it quick." Gambit grinned but wisely moved his arm. Peter walked over to Harry.
"I can't believe you were able to heal from whatever Sinister did to you. He was sure he killed you." Harry smiled sheepishly.
"I get that a lot." Ron snorted. "No kidding. He's like a cat. Nine lives and all." he grunted as Hermione elbowed him in the stomach. As they chatted amongst themselves, Scott got the attention of the group.
"We'd better get you guys back to the Professor. I'm sure he'll want to talk to you especially Harry, since you killed Sinister." Suddenly, the room began to shake as a tremor shook the group, causing them to stumble slightly. Harry held Ginny to his chest as another, slightly bigger tremor shook the room. Logan growled.
"What the hell was that?" Evil laughter suddenly filled the room. Ginny's eyes widen as she recognized the voice.
"Sinister." She whispered horrified. "It's impossible."
"Well it would seem I underestimated you Mr. Potter." Said Sinister's voice. "However you managed it, you killed me. You see, I prerecorded this in the event that you survived my experiment and managed to strike me down. Should that happen, I've also activated my fortress' self-destruct sequence. Of course I cannot allow you to live after you killed me."
Logan cursed. "Figures that bastard would have one last trick up his sleeve." The group braced themselves as another tremor shook the room much harder, causing several to lose their footing. They got up as Sinister spoke again.
"The entire island is rigged to collapse in on it's self in exactly three minutes from when this recording stares, burying you in over 10 tons of metal and rock. So long Mr. Potter. Have a nice eternity.
The recording shut off as the room shook again, knocking everyone to their feet.
"What do we do?" asked Ron, holding Hermione as they stood up. Harry got up, still holding Ginny.
"Run!"
A/N *Ducks to avoid thrown objects* I know I'm evil for another cliff hanger after all this time but I promise I'll get a new chapter up very soon! Please review! And thank you again for staying with me all this time :) I love that you all enjoy the story.
Chapter 16: Run! (I know. obvious)