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"Wolf Tower has been breached. Repeat, Wolf Tower has been breached. Three unidentified evolved have broken in. Lord Barnes—"
Rumble!
The twisted, shattered prison gate spat fine sparks as the young guard making his final attempt to call for help was silently beheaded.
His round head rolled across the floor twice, and the last thing reflected in his eyes was a woman standing before him, clad in azure armor and wearing an eagle-crested helmet.
Gambit still sat cross-legged in the training grounds where he had sparred with Warden Barnes not long ago. The energy-suppressing device fastened around him fit like a heavy vest.
He sucked at his teeth and tilted his head to look at the prisoners filing up from the underground cell blocks, then let out a few inscrutable snorts of laughter.
"Master, they've all been gathered here."
Caliban bowed as he reported to Apocalypse. He and "War" Rasputin had wiped out all the remaining guards in the underground cells and, following Apocalypse's orders, gathered the prisoners in the training grounds, the largest space on the upper level.
".No way, Old Snake, that 'gatekeeper' actually went down? Hey! Who are these people? God... They broke Wolf Tower and slaughtered the Frost Guard. They're not afraid of the Order Whip at all. Could it be that Magneto and the Chief Executor also..."
A white man with a long, narrow face and black scale-like tattoos covering his neck habitually flicked out his tongue. His black-and-yellow forked tongue hissed in and out, making him look rather creepy as he hugged his scrawny shoulders and spoke to the burly man beside him in a strange voice.
"Hiss... no clue about Magneto. People who came in over the past two years said he hasn't shown himself in a long time.