Mall Fight

“Like, what is that?!” asked a startled Kitty as the giant metal monster tore through the mall. The mechanical man marched through the open area of the mall as it made its way towards where Kitty, Anna-Marie, and Sydney were at.

“Somethin’ that don’t sound good,” Anna-Marie said as she looked towards the noise. Sydney did not say anything. She was far too shocked by what she saw. First, it was a flood of people running towards the other end of the mall from where the commotion was coming from. Then she saw it as it rounded a corner and came into view. Its large red helmet that covered its head was made of pure metal. Sydney did not know what type of metal, but it was clear, this machine was heading right for them. Its eyes glowed as it scanned every person that it passed, letting them go if no X-gene was found in their DNA. Suddenly, its head jerked to the side and stared directly at Sydney.

“Three mutants detected. Moving to apprehend,” the creature said as it turned and headed right for them. Its heavy footsteps shook the mall as it made its way towards the girls.

“Felicia!” barked out MJ to her wife.

“Already on it, Red!” said the former thief as she pulled her costume out of an unknown location and was heading towards the changing room. “Give me a few minutes!” she said as she slipped into the room.

“Oh yeah, cause that’s so easy,” MJ said with a sigh. She then turned to the three young wards. “Ok girls, what are your powers?” she asked.

“Like, I can phase through objects,” Kitty told the older woman.

“Ah can copy anybody’s powers,” Anna-Marie said.

“My uh...my powers aren’t really good for combat,” Sydney told her cousin.

“Not even a little?” asked the older redhead.

“Nope. Sorry cuz,” Sydney told MJ.

“Ok, that’s fine. You can keep an eye on the battlefield with me. Anna-Marie, can you absorb Kitty’s powers?” asked MJ. The two girls looked at each other before one of them answered.

“Ah, can, yeah,” she replied.

“But, why?” asked Kitty.

“Well, we need to distract that thing until Felicia can get into her gear. Plus she could use some help once she is ready,” MJ explained to the girls.

“Right!” Kitty said with conviction.

“Alright, Ah’ll absorb your power now, ok?” Anna-Marie said as she took off the glove on her hand and reached out towards Kitty.

“Like, let’s protect Syd and MJ!” said Kitty with resolve as she grabbed onto Anna-Marie’s hand. The two felt a shiver as their warm flesh touched each other. Anna-Marie quickly broke the contact in order to prevent her powers from taking too much.

“Sorry, don’t wanta hang on fer too long, else I get somethin’ besides your powers,” Anna-Marie told Kitty.

“No no, I get it. You know your powers best,” Kitty said reassuringly.

“Ok, so now we have two people that can phase. Now how does that help us?” MJ asked out loud as she tried to figure out what to do.

“Kitty, does your phasing do anything to machinary?” asked Sydney, who just had a random thought.

“Oh, yeah! It does!” Kitty said excitedly. “When I phase through machinery it tends to short circuit it!” she told the group. At that moment, a lightbulb seemed to flicker on for all the girls present as they all came to the same conclusion at the same time.

“The legs!” they all said in unison before laughing.

“Looks like you girls had the same idea. Go for the legs and hopefully we can bring that thing down,” she told Kitty and Anna-Marie. “Syd, keep an eye on what happens and let me know. I’m gonna go check on Felicia. Sometimes she has trouble getting into her suit,” MJ told the girls, who all nodded. “Alright, then let’s show this fucker some Girl Power!” MJ said as she stuck her hand out. The other three girls put their hands on top of hers and they all threw them upward at the same time.

“I’ll go left, you go right, Rogue!” Kitty told Rogue.

“Roger, Shadowcat!” Rogue said to Shadowcat.

“Rogue? Shadowcat? Am I missing something?” Sydney asked as the two young girls rushed off towards the mechanical monster. It was clear that they had been trained for this as they quickly and nimbly parkoured their way down from the second floor of the mall to the first floor. The machine spotted them as they reached the first floor.

“Mutants detected. Apprehending them,” it said in its cold, robotic voice. It reached down to simply grab them like a child would grab some toys. The hands, however, merely went through the two young ladies as they then moved forward with their plan. Sydney, however, noticed that the hands did not seem to be affected by the phasing at all. She was proven right as when the two ladies phased through the metal man’s feet, the desired effect did not happen.

“Wait, what?” asked Shadowcat as she saw the robot was continuing to walk like normal.

“It didn’t work!” Rogue exclaimed.

“Like, what do we do now?” asked Shadowcat.

“We go for the head!” said a familiar voice, now dressed in a leather one piece costume that showed off her ample cleavage. There was also white fur on her lower legs, her arms, and around the V line of her cleavage that wrapped around to the back. To top it off, she wore a standard face mask around her eyes.

“Woooooooooow! Soooooo coooooooooool!” Shadowcat said as the new heroine grappled over to the mechanical monster and kicked it in the face. The creature stumbled back from the surprise attack as it refocused on the new combatant.

“Scanning complete. Vigilante Black Cat identified. Multiple bounty rewards listed by various government and criminal organizations. No X-Gene detected. Black Cat, move aside while I apprehend these dangerous criminals,” the robotic voice spurted out.

“Sorry, can’t do that, tinhead. Those kids are under my protection. So, I guess your luck just ran out!” she said with a grin as she used her grapple to swing around for another attack.