A ferocious battle erupted with the X-Men and Vampirella throwing themselves at Sinister and his X-Men clones in the old not-quite-as-abandoned-as-I-had-thought Sentinel base. You can read Vampi's report of the first part of the battle here. She was the x-factor we needed to turn the tide against the clones. Just when it looked like we were about to win though, Sinister brought out another whole set of X-Men clones. Whew. This was going to be a long day.

As the two warrior groups moved towards each other for another round of battle, a large shattering sound above us stopped everyone in their tracks. An armor clad woman with a flowing cape and a really, really long sword dropped down from the ceiling. With a single blast she took out four of the clones before moving fluidly to my side. Unfortunately, it turns out that we just over a trap door. I wish I had brought my hover-chair.

On the bright side, the chair I did have has excellent shock absorbers. I was a bit dazed after the fall, but the woman recovered quickly. She introduced herself as Magdalena. Before we had a real chance to introduce ourselves though, a metal door slid open and a giant Brood warrior skittered in. Followed by another, and another.

I tried to reach out psionically to the beasts but their pea sized brains were simply not complex enough to be effected. I flipped open the rocket launchers on my chair and fired both barrels toward the charging hoard. Several of the alien monsters went flying but more were coming through the smoky cloud.

With a fearsome battle cry, Magdalena sprung towards the space creatures. In a blur of silvery steel, body parts went flying. Terrible death screams filled the small chamber until finally all was still. Magdalena and I looked at each other and we were both fine. We charged through the open door into the heart of Sinister's base. I hope Gaia and her team are having an easier time of it in the other base. It also seems that Juggernaut and some unknown mages are involved in this conspiracy. Fortunately Joe Fixit was able to stop him in time.