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IM/DC Chapter 150
🕑 Added 2024-07-03 17:23:36 +0000 UTCWe did our first mission. Off the island of Krakoa was a pirate island full of Singaporean pirates. They were hundreds of miles away from Singapore but they’d have to be in order to catch ships who weren’t aware they were pirates. They weren’t stupid enough to outright attack Krakoa but they were applying unforeseen pressure. There were too many tourist mutants on Krakoa and every day more and more went further and further away from Krakoa while they played.
It was a preemptive measure that we were to get rid of the pirates. That’s why they sent in Kitty Pryde's team who was authorized to kill if necessary. Some of the members of our squad like Rose were going to exploit that to the fullest. It was also our first mission which could lead to the entire team disbanding if it goes wrong or several members being removed because they don’t fit on the team.
I was still looking at Rose, the possibility that she’d be kicked off the team for killing everyone she fought was high. I knew she was a spy but at the same time, she was terrible at hiding her bloodlust. She’s an awful spy, but at the same time, it makes her better because who would send a spy so bad at their job? She and Scott constantly bickered as we made our way towards the island.
I killed Shaw already so the Marauder's betrayal wouldn’t happen. At least not like it did in the comics. She rubbed Lockheed her pet dragon as the island came into sight. It was still terrified of me, with our empathic abilities it knew how thirsty I was and tried its best to protect Kitty from me. He could feel Kitty’s lust towards me. It was a losing battle where we’d eventually end up together and Lockheed couldn’t really do anything but try to slow down the process.
The island was shaped in a way that made it extremely difficult to attack. Many hills break the line of sight with sniper towers on the tops. That plus a large cluster of rocks overlooking the island with a mortar tower at the very top. We’d have to constantly deal with projectiles raining down that could destroy our ship if we didn’t take it out first. Kitty gave the go-ahead.
“Scott. Take down that mortar perch.” I slapped him on the back as he took the glasses off his face. The beam was so strong only a few seconds of looking had the tower toppling into the water, some may die because of falling that distance but it was necessary to do so. He put his goggles down again before lining up his next shot destroying the nearest sniper nest with a single glance before shielding his eyes again.
It was surprising. In the comics, Scott was always the last to do things that would result in the deaths of anyone. He backed Charles fully and that went with his ‘no killing humans’ rule. I slapped our two aquatic members giving them a burst of power and letting them swim the distance before we reached it. Coming around to the opposite end of the rock cluster I slap Kitty who immediately falls to the ground.
She’ll take out the remainder of the snipers before her effect wears off. The two aquatics would sabotage their ships so they couldn’t fight us, they’d have to spend their time bailing the ship out to keep it from sinking so they wouldn’t have the manpower to swing around and attack us. The ships were cheap, pirates wouldn’t waste money on cannons, instead using normal guns and intimidation to take over ships.
Even so, if they fired on our boat long enough they might have been able to sink it. I could have taken out everyone on the island with a mass sleep spell but that would defeat the purpose of our mission and I was still sticking with the no non mutant powers outside on mutant missions. We waited for Kitty to snap awake and began swinging around to hit the back of the island while the aquatic duo made a frontal attack. Both were strong enough to take gunfire even without my buff.
Swinging around I slap everyone else and let them get to work. It didn’t take very long. It was normal humans against superhumans. Superhumans souped up with even more power than normal. Kneeling before us tied up was everyone left alive from the fight including the captain who surrendered near the start. Over two hundred pirates and less than fifty were left alive after the attack. Most kills went to Rose but when Kitty told her to pull her punches she did.
Inside were also about a dozen or so sex slaves. It was unfortunate but they all looked like Australian tourists, their husbands, and male hostages were all dead already. Most of the time they’d have been sold back to anyone who could purchase them but it looked more like they attacked normal people, maybe even fishermen over rich yacht riders with enough money to buy their freedom.
They weren’t tied up or anything and some had Stockholm syndrome to the point they fought against us as we took over the island. Only a handful were tied up, refusing to live a life as a sex slave they were forced into the role. Everyone else had permission to walk around as long as they served their purpose, it’s not like they could get free anyway. But because of the slavery on the island, Kitty gave us a solemn look before ordering. “Kill them all. Scum like this doesn’t deserve to live.”
It shocked just about everyone there that she’d be so ruthless. I completely agreed with her decision but some hadn’t even killed a single person yet. They all screamed and cried that it wasn’t humane to kill this many people as I reloaded my guns. It was hard not to laugh at them, they weren’t any of the women that were tied to the beds and played with so of course they could still view this human-shaped garbage as humans.
Some people were just pure evil. They could have made a living in Singapore fishing or any other above-the-board job. No, they chose this. They chose to be pirates, they chose to be evil, they chose to be villains and they chose to set up right around the mutants, possibly to capture and sell them back or indoctrinate them to be used as weapons.
Everyone knew they needed to die but still, they couldn’t bring themselves to not at least try to plead for their lives. To plead for the lives of this scum who had women tied to beds. Plead for this scum who killed every single male hostage because they couldn’t pay the ransom. I just shook my head as I lined up another headshot blowing away the man that some of the female hostages were glaring at.
Imagine being the worst in a group full of the worst. I lined up another blow before I read the surface thoughts on the man. “Nope. Not this one, he was forced here and never killed anyone.” I picked him up and undid his ropes as he ran over to the women who were watching on the side before spitting on the evil man as well.
This happened another two times as we finished murdering everyone else. I spoke my opinion. “Wow, three out of fifty weren’t monsters. Not bad.” They were all very young with the youngest prepubescent. All of them would have been corrupted by this job. None wanted to be pirates but were forced into it by their families. Corruption is insidious and slow. One of them was already showing the signs. In another month he wouldn’t have been spared but now that he saw the consequences… He might be able to live a normal life. Well, as long as he can recover from having everyone he knew die around him and not go partially insane.
I sighed before asking. “Welp, they were already cooking dinner. Does anyone mind if I grab a bowl of this delicious-smelling stew?” I got several looks of shock as Sunspot puked from the sudden deaths. Rose just walked up before grabbing a ladle full and slurping. “Mmm. Nope, they didn’t sear the meat first. This was all just ingredients thrown in a pot.” She had a good eye to notice that. I asked. “Anyone call dibs on this island yet? It’s close enough it would make a sick club or casino for mutants to spend their money at.”
