Sanctuary by Chistopher Golden

Author:Chistopher Golden [Golden, Chistopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christopher Golden
Published: 2011-12-22T23:11:19+00:00

When he stood up, Wolverine was furious.

“Once again you ignore the terrible Toad!” Toynbee shouted, his righteous anger a poor mask for his fear. He couldn’t hide the fear no matter how brave he tried to sound.

Wolverine could smell it on him.

“You hit a normal guy like that,” Wolverine snarled, his claws popping out with a snikt, “woulda broken every bone in his body. Guess it’s lucky I ain’t normal.”

The Toad leaped at him again, with astonishing speed. Anyone else might have gotten overconfident, assumed Toynbee’s fear would have made him hesitate to attack again. But Wolverine was the best there was. He knew better. To Logan, the attack was telegraphed by the tiniest motion, the smallest change in scent. He ducked. As Toynbee passed above him, Wolverine raked his claws across the diminutive mutant’s legs and the Toad let out a piercing wail of agony.

Even as the Toad hit the ground, feeling his legs to check the damage, Wolverine had already moved on. The X-Men were prevailing, but the fight had not been won yet. And, given Magneto’s plans, it would hardly be the last battle they fought that day. Unless, of course, they lost.

The Beast was bounding around the dull-witted, quick-tempered Blob, getting a blow in here and there while avoiding the Blob’s enormous fists. He was going to need help, but Wolverine banked on Hank’s ability to keep dodging a few moments longer. He had to prioritize, and right now, Storm seemed to need him more.

Pyro would normally be no match for Ororo, but before he had gone up against her, the psycho had set fire to an old, boarded-up movie theater. The flames had kindled quickly within the dry wood and dusty curtains, and he had stoked them high. Now the theater was a raging inferno, and Pyro had the flames at his disposal.

He could not create fire, and Wolverine knew they had to be thankful for that. Pyro wore a complicated getup on his back that fueled the dual flamethrowers he held in each hand. His mutant ability was to control the fire once it existed, to direct it, shape it into whatever he wished. The key was, while Storm ought to have been using her weather control abilities to attack Pyro, she was forced to battle the blaze. Giant hands of solid fire shot suddenly from the theater lobby, reaching for Storm

where she had suspended herself on the winds.

A gale force wind kept the flaming hands back, even as torrential rain began to fall on the flames. But the fire burned brightly still. Eventually, Pyro might actually be able to wear her down. And if Storm weakened, the hands of fire might be able to reach her. Fortunately, the X-Men were a team.

Wolverine approached Pyro from behind, with a predator’s silence. Allerdyce never knew what hit him. With one swipe of his claws, Wolverine severed the tubes supplying fuel for Pyro’s flamethrowers, making certain he could not create any new fires. With the second, he punctured the tank on the mutant terrorist’s back.

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