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"What if I said pretty please?" Deadpool asked as his bullets were deflected back at him by Valkyrie's spear. He cried out in surprise as his own rounds pierced his skin before he regenerated and continued to fire, knowing full-well that she'd just smack them right back at him. "Maybe if I keep doing the same thing over and over, I'll finally hit her. DEADPOOL, MASTER OF LOGIC!" The psychopath laughed and reloaded his pistol before firing off the entire magazine again. Wolverine and X-23 continued to push the attack until Valkyrie seemed to grow bored of prolonged combat and decided to advance. Logan watched as she leaped over head and used her massive wingspan to create a vortex of wind that knocked back the security team and momentarily stopped their onslaught of fire. "Holy shi-" Kestrel screamed before Valkyrie interrupted his cry with a kick to the throat. The sheer force of the movement sent the teleporter flying into the hallway, his shotgun clattering against the floor nearby. "She's gotta healing factor!" Wolverine informed the rest of the room. "Somebody get Maverick up 'ere!" The mutants watched on as Valkyrie went running through the halls, yelling out Bruce's name. Kestrel vanished in a bright flash of navy blue light before appearing down stairs next to the startled Maverick and Mastodon. "We have incoming. She's strong, fast and has a killer healing factor. As long as the big guy doesn't show up you two should be able to-" Mastodon took in a gulp of air, causing John to stop talking and turn around.

Banner was changing.

His body was shifting and growing. Contorting and bulging as muscles sizes changed and became unnaturally large. Banner's skin turned a sickly green moments before he tore apart the binds holding himself in place. Bruce Banner was now gone; there was only the Hulk. The Hulk roared as he rose to his feet from the table and smashed the nearby samples taken from his blood stream. "I-Is he...smiling?" Maverick whispered. Mastodon ground his teeth together as the Hulk bade him charge by releasing a mighty roar of dominance. A taunt. A childish challenge. Something that Mastodon, the intellectual that he was, should have refused. He should have waited for backup.

But he didn't.

"If it is combat that you seek, monster, than you have come to the right place: for it is here that you shall receive war in spades!" Mastodon lowered his tusks and rammed his way through the walls between the hall and the laboratory. The windows exploded and glass was sent flying in all directions as the elephant man tucked his tusk in and held his head low to avoid cutting himself as he charged the jade giant. He planned to impale the Hulk and shove the giant into the nearby sedative gas chamber where they were planning to do experiments on the Hulk himself. Professor Thorton stood by, ready to close the doors and gas both the elephant and the rioting prisoner. "Idiot." Kestrel mumbled. Maverick took a few steps forward before John Wraith grabbed his arm and stopped him. "You need to take down Valkyrie. Let Mastodon handle this brick." Maverick nodded, and turned towards the hallway. He could hear the angel's shouts grow louder as she approached. His hands glowed a deep orange. He closed his eyes, preparing to unleash a storm of energy blasts on the first thing that walked through that door. Kestrel disappeared once more; likely to inform the rest of Team X what was going on.

A flash of light momentarily blinded X-23, Wolverine and Deadpool and forced them to stop running lest they trip over each other. "What is is, John?" Logan asked impatiently. "Hulk's awake. Mastodon is trying to hold him off as best he can, but you saw what happened last time. We need a plan." Lady Deathstrike rounded the corner behind the gathering, flanked by the guards from earlier. "I have a plan." She stated. "Wolverine, Laura and I help Mastodon slow down Hulk while Kestrel, Maverick and Deadpool stop Valkyrie. We'll split the guards and send half of each team to assist in both fights. Thorton is no doubt evacuating the building already." The rest of the team nodded their understanding. They split off into their respective groups and raced down the hallway.

A dozen of the unmarked soldiers took up firing positions behind Valkyrie and opened fire on her back. Deadpool and Kestrel pulled out their own firearms and joined in. Maverick, hearing the gunfire, ran forward and joined in on attacking Valkyrie; now she was receiving fire from both flanks. The long range barrage would hopefully distract Valkyrie long enough for Alpha team to sneak past and help Mastodon fight the Hulk.