David Haller had always been plagued by strange things happening around him. He always thought he was crazy until he was reused from the mental Institution Clock works by the Summerland Crew. From them he discovered who and what he was and the monster that share his body.

3 years into the future he is finally free of the Shadow King but the monsters death not mostly free of his demons but a weapon that can save or destroy all he loves in a time where mutant and human relations are at their worst.

Part of my Infinities series this emcposses the summerland years for legion to help the readers better understand the story.

I am changing the decade this happens in to the 2000s just after the destruction of the infinity to make things fit. See altered Infinity Universe timeline which will get updated along with the important /

I hope you enjoy this...

Change in MCU timelinebr /

Note:BI-before infinitesbr /

35 BI-The Tratarie at the behest of Loki tires invade earth. The Avengers is assembledbr /

30 years BI-Thanos is defeated and NOVA CORPS takes the Infinity gauntlet *. The stones but go missing in a black hole before they reach Xandar. Nova Corps have been accused to stealing the gauntlet not working with everyone which has caused discord in the galaxybr /

29 years BI- Lilandra Namoir is removed after a coup by her sister from the Sh'iar throne along with Vulcan after her mind severely affected my Cassandra Nova plot to get revenge on Charles /

27 years BI-February 13 less than 12 months later Lilandra Namori was struck down by the RAZORSbr /

26 years BI – 6 months after Lilandras death David Charles Haller aka LEIGON returns to Summerland after being processed by the Shadow King seeming healed of the Shadow King and many of his mental affections.

The Ties that Bind

Prelude

The shadow king was dead! He could not believe it a blinding flash of light and it was over. The room was spinning dark. . .. An ear-piercing sound shattered his hears. He placed his hands over his ears as a feeling of fear and pain nearly sent him to his knees rocking him to the core of his soul. He fell to the ground wanting to break to pieces. . .

"David? What the fuck man?" Lennies voice called out "What the fuck did you just do? Shit man." She wined looking dazed and confused. But then again so was he, Lennie want real, Lennie who had been Benny had been a friend who he once did drugs with and had died then his mind turning him into a female who got taken over by the shadow king, , , ok it made his brain hurt to think about whatever it was Lennie was. Point was she was not real and she should have gone away when that think took down the shadow king. Right? Faruk was dead he did just see that right? He looked her it in face, yes it was defiantly Lennie, or was it the Shadow king playing another joke on him?

He stared at her for moment in disbelief "Not funny I am not playing your game Faruk I don't know what the hell happened- "

"Hey, wait there your little blonde girlfriend may have killed me in the loony house and I may have spent the last few years having that guy impersonating me but I anit him, it's me Lennie all new out your head and in the flesh than whoever that crazy board was? I mean did you see that?" She pulled the guy out and did something and he blew up. Boom! "She said her hands expanding out like an explosion. "That creepy thing and we were both stuck inside of you melting people blowing up their minds of whatever it is then Bang outta now where miss smokin hot shows up sticks her hands in your chest next thing I am on the floor, you're on the floor, Kingy was screaming never seen something go boom white lights everywhere.. then kingy what was that she did to him?"

David looked at the dark stain where the shadow king had been. It was the strangest thing he could remember bits and pieces. Sacrificing himself being possessed again to save Oliver Byrd and the rest of the Summerland Crew, lots of blood, the Shadow King had killed one or two on the way but the real body count was here. They looked around at the strange people with bird feathers and what looked like battle armor. There had to be ten in here alone. Whatever they had been doing in here it was big, powerful. It troubled him. So, did the warrior bathed in white light. It had come from nowhere, not it wasn't and it was a she dressed in silver armor a triangle shaped helmet with a masked that reminded him something out of his childhood nightmares. She stuck her hand in his chest Lennie was right about it and he felt warmth as the Shadow King and Lenny was tore from his body. He saw their astral forms first one then two. He had never seen anyone command or manipulate and astral form like that before, the she had turned to Faruk placed her palm on his astral form and the screams that came from the monster that had hunted them all cuddled his blood. It took David a second to understand the girl was ripping the Shadow Kings very soul to precise. It terrified and stuck awe and wonder in him at the same time. He had seen and heard but nothing not even his Sydney was as beautiful. She had to be an angel, sent to deliver him. . . When the Shadow King was no more she turned to David, he didn't understand it but there was a connection between them. . . Then she was gone.

"What the fuck are they?" She said holding up the arm of what David assumed was a female as he studied the man before him they all had a strange scrolling fancy looking tattoos on both side of the head by the eyes (some thicker than others) with what he guessed was a male. For a guy, his arms seem a little lighter, "I remember they have something of my father's something that could destroy him not my adopted dad." He had met Charles Xavier once before the previous year it had been brief and weird. They had asked Xavier and his X-men for help but. . . His "father" had a friend named Eric. And Eric and his students required a lot of his attention, as did the rest of the world. He understood, even Melanie did the fight to live was bigger than any of them. His father cared and wanted to help free Melanie's husband from Faruk's control but things just didn't work out, no hard feelings he thought as he watched Lennie pick up a strange rectangle gun. He knew it was a gun because the people had been shooting them at him.. Faruk, whoever. It was all starting to give him a head ache.

"The bald dick who passed you off to a dead guy and ruined all of our lives. Yeah let's blow this popsicle stand and see what kind damage we can do. Hmm wired gun "She said looking it over, "Wonder what kingy wanted must be valuable. Hey, we could make some quick cash buy all drugs and girls we can find."

In the old days, he'd been more than happy to take Bennie no Lennie's suggestion but now all he cou8ld think about was getting back to Sydney, Melanie, Oliver and the others to make sure they were ok. But first he had to find whatever it was the Shadow King had come for and get it to Charles Xavier he shuddered to think what would happen if something like Division 3 found the weapon. It could be used to kill anyone they didn't like. "No, we find whatever it is these guys were protecting then I'm going back to make sure the others are ok, then you can do whatever you want." David said as they picked their way through the dead bodies toward a steel door at the back of the warehouse.

Lennie looked "Where do you think they're from, they muties like you? Never seen your kind with feathers before." David shook his head he honestly didn't know, "Not sure we all come with different mutations I think but from the looks of them they seem to be one species, a bird human species from the looks of them." Lennie just looked "Like from another world? That's, just our damn luck." David would have once said that there was no such thing as aliens but the tratarie blew that all to hell and back. They reached the door and as David turned the knob he wondered what was so important that all these people had to die.