Author Notes
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in the marvel-verse. They are property of Marvel. I'm in no way profiting from this story. This is just somethin for the people (assuming someone reads this).
I'm a pretty big fan of Marvel comics. I know a lot about the respective histories of almost all the major characters. The comics tend to get a bit confusing after a while, as they are constantly trying to maintain reader attention. So the storylines of the 90s are pretty tough to follow. I started writing this story a long time ago, and just forgot about it until recently. When I wrote it, the story was in line with what was happening in comics at the time. I have absolutely NO clue what's happening in comics at this point, so I've just decided to post my story as is. If you read it and have any comments for me about that, I'd love to hear from you.
Anyway, about the story, this is one LONG mofo.............but don't get scared, I broke it up into story arcs. There are 4 arcs in total, chronicling the voyage of Gambit through a world that hates him. Pretty impressive eh? The arcs all fall under the story the New Five Fold, but are in different sections. -Arc 1 is called 'The Quest' -Arc 2 is called 'The Formation' -Arc 3 is called 'The Search' -Arc 4 is called 'The Battle'
I hope you know a bit about the Marvel Universe for this story, I make a lot of reference to the X-men, Generation X, Apocalyse, Spiderman, Ghost Rider, the Hulk and each of their respective sets of characters. I've detailed any information I thought was obscure below.
The Marvel-verse, has long held a fondness for alternate timelines, most of them had some major differences, but timelines go on for an undefined amount of time, and therefore, the results of different actions which create alternate timelines, make the amount of timelines existing, permanent. In the following story which takes place in an alternate universe, the only major difference is that, the events of "Onslaught," doesn't change the Hulk, although the events happen in the exact same manner. Also this means that Gambit is not present during Onslaught.
For all those not familiar with what I'm talking about, here's a brief rundown of the Onslaught saga.
Basically, Magneto goes too far one day and rips the adamantium out of Wolverine's body. Thinking he's dead, Professor X finally believes that Magnus has gone too far, and retaliates by shutting down his mind. What he doesn't realize is that in the process, the darker part of Magneto's conscience tags alone with Charles.
Now after the fact, Xavier starts having all of these bad dreams and so forth. Mysteriously a force seems to be attacking the X-men with frightening accuracy. This force turns out to be Onslaught. Onslaught is the name of a villain with the powers of both Xavier and Magneto combined, VERY powerful. This guy proceeds to trash a lot of NYC, and gain control of the Sentinels. Now because of his powers, basically every hero in the marvel-verse is associated with this battle royale. Including the Avengers, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Spider-man, etc. Anyway, long stories short, they beat him....(I know, big surprise right?), but in the process all of the classic heros, ie. FF and Avengers, get destroyed. After this point, the world is without it's primary heroes.
The important thing to remember, is that for the purposes of this story, all of the heroes (Fantastic Four, Avengers) REALLY are gone, permanently. Now because this is Marvel, and in comics it's next to impossible to keep someone dead, the heroes came back later on. It turns out that Franklin (son of Reed and Sue Richards) created a pocket universe and saved them. I just mentioned that for anyone who was curious, but forget about it for this story. In addition to this, Logan didn't lose his adamantium to Magneto.
Another weird part of the marvel-verse is the appearance of Joseph with the X-men. Now this guy LOOKS like a young magneto and has all of his powers, but apparently he isn't Magneto. Confusing? Tell me about it. Although he can talk the talk, he can't walk the walk. Meaning Joseph's got the powers, but lacks the control of the true Master of Magnetism. Anyway this guy can actually touch Rogue using some sort of Magnetic field around his hand. Rogue and him get a little closer after this particular discovery. Later we find out he's a clone, or some junk like that. Forget about that, for this story, Joseph IS Magneto.
Bishop is an X-man who appeared from an alternate timeline, where Gambit was thought to have assassinated Robert Kelly, creating a chaotic future. Bishop's history in the future has been very limitedly referred to, mainly focussing on his participation in the XSE. However there have been many hints to Bishop's past being associated with an older Gambit. It is believed that Gambit rescued Bishop as a child, and was the one who informed him of his mission in the past.
A final point about the X-men, Sam Gunthrie aka Cannonball the leader of X-Force headed by Cable was with the X-men for a short period of time before he left them to lead the wannabe group. Now Cannonball's origins are pretty plain but his powers are not fully known. When he uses his energy blast technique, he's invulnerable for a short period of time. In addition, it seems he's part of a select group of mutants called the X- ternals believed to be immortal. Gambit's fate was also tied to these individuals, but not as one of them. Gunthrie is for all purposes unaware of his immortality, but in this story let's just say he knows.
The main villain of this story is a little more obscure than the normal X-men villains, so I'll give a brief intro to those who don't know him. Genesis is the name of Apocalypse's protégé. We all know that El Sabb Nurr was defeated by Cable (Nathan Summers) in the future with the help of Cyclops and Phoenix. Unfortunately, this was not the end of his reign. Apocalypse was able to steal Cable's child, and turn him to his own cause. It is from this person, Tyler Summers that Genesis is borne. His powers are varied, the main one being an ability to create holograms of anything he wishes.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are another set of characters present during this altercation. They are basically the 4 mythological riders, Pestilence, Death, Disease and Plague created by El Sabb Nurr. After Archangel left his service Apocalypse recreated the four riders, they now serve his protégé, Genesis.
Most importantly, I welcome any and all comments from readers. You can tell me ANYTHING you want about my story, as long as you can back it up.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in the marvel-verse. They are property of Marvel. I'm in no way profiting from this story. This is just somethin for the people (assuming someone reads this).
I'm a pretty big fan of Marvel comics. I know a lot about the respective histories of almost all the major characters. The comics tend to get a bit confusing after a while, as they are constantly trying to maintain reader attention. So the storylines of the 90s are pretty tough to follow. I started writing this story a long time ago, and just forgot about it until recently. When I wrote it, the story was in line with what was happening in comics at the time. I have absolutely NO clue what's happening in comics at this point, so I've just decided to post my story as is. If you read it and have any comments for me about that, I'd love to hear from you.
Anyway, about the story, this is one LONG mofo.............but don't get scared, I broke it up into story arcs. There are 4 arcs in total, chronicling the voyage of Gambit through a world that hates him. Pretty impressive eh? The arcs all fall under the story the New Five Fold, but are in different sections. -Arc 1 is called 'The Quest' -Arc 2 is called 'The Formation' -Arc 3 is called 'The Search' -Arc 4 is called 'The Battle'
I hope you know a bit about the Marvel Universe for this story, I make a lot of reference to the X-men, Generation X, Apocalyse, Spiderman, Ghost Rider, the Hulk and each of their respective sets of characters. I've detailed any information I thought was obscure below.
The Marvel-verse, has long held a fondness for alternate timelines, most of them had some major differences, but timelines go on for an undefined amount of time, and therefore, the results of different actions which create alternate timelines, make the amount of timelines existing, permanent. In the following story which takes place in an alternate universe, the only major difference is that, the events of "Onslaught," doesn't change the Hulk, although the events happen in the exact same manner. Also this means that Gambit is not present during Onslaught.
For all those not familiar with what I'm talking about, here's a brief rundown of the Onslaught saga.
Basically, Magneto goes too far one day and rips the adamantium out of Wolverine's body. Thinking he's dead, Professor X finally believes that Magnus has gone too far, and retaliates by shutting down his mind. What he doesn't realize is that in the process, the darker part of Magneto's conscience tags alone with Charles.
Now after the fact, Xavier starts having all of these bad dreams and so forth. Mysteriously a force seems to be attacking the X-men with frightening accuracy. This force turns out to be Onslaught. Onslaught is the name of a villain with the powers of both Xavier and Magneto combined, VERY powerful. This guy proceeds to trash a lot of NYC, and gain control of the Sentinels. Now because of his powers, basically every hero in the marvel-verse is associated with this battle royale. Including the Avengers, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Spider-man, etc. Anyway, long stories short, they beat him....(I know, big surprise right?), but in the process all of the classic heros, ie. FF and Avengers, get destroyed. After this point, the world is without it's primary heroes.
The important thing to remember, is that for the purposes of this story, all of the heroes (Fantastic Four, Avengers) REALLY are gone, permanently. Now because this is Marvel, and in comics it's next to impossible to keep someone dead, the heroes came back later on. It turns out that Franklin (son of Reed and Sue Richards) created a pocket universe and saved them. I just mentioned that for anyone who was curious, but forget about it for this story. In addition to this, Logan didn't lose his adamantium to Magneto.
Another weird part of the marvel-verse is the appearance of Joseph with the X-men. Now this guy LOOKS like a young magneto and has all of his powers, but apparently he isn't Magneto. Confusing? Tell me about it. Although he can talk the talk, he can't walk the walk. Meaning Joseph's got the powers, but lacks the control of the true Master of Magnetism. Anyway this guy can actually touch Rogue using some sort of Magnetic field around his hand. Rogue and him get a little closer after this particular discovery. Later we find out he's a clone, or some junk like that. Forget about that, for this story, Joseph IS Magneto.
Bishop is an X-man who appeared from an alternate timeline, where Gambit was thought to have assassinated Robert Kelly, creating a chaotic future. Bishop's history in the future has been very limitedly referred to, mainly focussing on his participation in the XSE. However there have been many hints to Bishop's past being associated with an older Gambit. It is believed that Gambit rescued Bishop as a child, and was the one who informed him of his mission in the past.
A final point about the X-men, Sam Gunthrie aka Cannonball the leader of X-Force headed by Cable was with the X-men for a short period of time before he left them to lead the wannabe group. Now Cannonball's origins are pretty plain but his powers are not fully known. When he uses his energy blast technique, he's invulnerable for a short period of time. In addition, it seems he's part of a select group of mutants called the X- ternals believed to be immortal. Gambit's fate was also tied to these individuals, but not as one of them. Gunthrie is for all purposes unaware of his immortality, but in this story let's just say he knows.
The main villain of this story is a little more obscure than the normal X-men villains, so I'll give a brief intro to those who don't know him. Genesis is the name of Apocalypse's protégé. We all know that El Sabb Nurr was defeated by Cable (Nathan Summers) in the future with the help of Cyclops and Phoenix. Unfortunately, this was not the end of his reign. Apocalypse was able to steal Cable's child, and turn him to his own cause. It is from this person, Tyler Summers that Genesis is borne. His powers are varied, the main one being an ability to create holograms of anything he wishes.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are another set of characters present during this altercation. They are basically the 4 mythological riders, Pestilence, Death, Disease and Plague created by El Sabb Nurr. After Archangel left his service Apocalypse recreated the four riders, they now serve his protégé, Genesis.
Most importantly, I welcome any and all comments from readers. You can tell me ANYTHING you want about my story, as long as you can back it up.