Author's Note: Hey this is Green Gallant I'm back with another story. I have to say I've been watching this story closely, and I'm surprised with how well received the story is. Spent most of today working on this, so I hope its to everyone's liking. Today we're going to explore more of the altered timeline after Norman screwed with history. Enjoy.

Spider-Man/Avengers: Tempest Of Time

Chapter 2

Kingdom Of M

With the death of Tony Stark, the timeline as we knew it fell apart. Within days of his murder, Norman approached the Stark Industries board of directors engineering a hostile takeover of the company. In the years leading up to his demise, Osborn had casually purchased stock until he eventually owned 51%, the majority needed to own a company. A day after the acquisition he announced the merger of Stark and Oscorp which would turn Stark-Oscorp into a monopoly. Though the Federal Trade Commission would combat this Osborn ultimately won out paying off various members of the FTC board.

With Oscorp now the premier weapons manufacturer in the world he now had the legal rights to Stark Industries' Arc Reactor technology, which in turn would allow Norman to take his place as the new reality's Iron Man. This of course would have disastrous effects on the rest of the planet. With Norman replacing Tony Stark as one of the world's top superheroes, the Avengers were never formed allowing further disruptions to the timeline. The others that would form the team still existed, as did their superpowered alter egos, whereas the team itself didn't. Using his knowledge of history Norman was able to retrieve Captain America from the artic first and would brainwash him into being his top enforcer.

Captain America ever the patriot was unaware of Osborn's evil, and employed a might makes right stance against those that opposed him, with Norman slowly corrupting the Captain's worldview. Swaying him into the world of materialism, and showing him the perks of being a corporate superhero. In his defense Steve really did believe he was doing the right thing and that Norman was truly a good and generous man who only had the world's best interests in mind. In time new superheroes started to emerge, including a recently discovered offshoot of humanity called mutants. Mutants had the genetic ability to spontaneously manifest superhuman powers, as wide and varied as humanity itself. While humanity itself had a hostile and limited understanding of the new species. Norman chose to keep close watch on these mutants, as did Captain America.

The new breed dubbed Homo Superior by some; quickly rose within the public eye while the scientific community notably those of Drs. Hank Pym, Henry McCoy and others started to examine the genetic potential of these new superhumans while the general public reacted in fear of the prospect of literally anyone being a mutant. With Norman himself taking a personal interest in the matter working side by side with Drs. Pym and McCoy as he himself was a scientist by trade. And unknown to the science community at large had been abducting adolescent mutants and experimenting on them, learning ways to weaponize the mutant genome.

In the months that followed mutant peace activist Professor Charles Xavier would rise to the fore championing mutant rights, and offering any that came to him safe harbor where he and a group of students would help them learn to control their powers and use them for good. On the opposite end of the spectrum however was Erik Magnus Lensherr, a simple medical doctor living with his family in the African island nation of Genosha. Magnus stood witness to the horrors of a civil war, that nearly wiped his people off the map. He and his family were captured and his wife was executed, the trauma of which awakened his mutant power of magnetism and sent Lensherr into a rage murdering all the officers present. Both sides horrified at his power, the remaining officers opened fire as he turned their own bullets against them and lay waste to the camp.

Angered beyond all reason at his wife's death Lensherr led the rebellion with other mutants whose powers had awakened during the war with Magnus himself taking out the Genoshian dictator and crowning himself King of the island nation. As king he would extend his sphere of influence, donning a black body suit with a gray cape and helmet the mutant king would lay claim to the name Magneto. Becoming the first of many mutants to take on a new name after their transformation. Believing himself superior to humans, Magneto extended an open invitation to all mutants to live on Genosha and be safe from the persecution of humans. In time his power would grow and Magneto journeyed to New York confronting the United Nations and their lack of action while Genoshians were slaughtered. When he didn't receive the answer he desired, Magnus spat at them (figuratively) and declared Genosha to be a sovereign nation and warning the UN not to interfere. And began building a power base and a mutant army called Acolytes until the totality of the population became what he termed The Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy.

From the world over Magneto had called forth any mutant that had been oppressed or undermined by the human population, imprisoned and even experimented on. Out of these numbers he raised an elite brand of Acolytes known as Sabretooth, Mystique, Pyro, Cyclops, Havoc, Quicksilver, X-23, Polaris and Avalanche. Many of which had endured the above-mentioned trials and were drawn to his cause quickly rising through the ranks with Cyclops and Havoc among his top men. After being imprisoned for being a mutant, Scott escaped courtesy of a young teenage girl known only as X-23. A mutant with the ability to produce Adamantium claws from her wrists and feet and followed the girl to Genosha.

Arguably of softer conscience than the other Acolytes Scott befriended a young Chinese American girl named Jubilee who was simply there as shelter and not because she wanted to join Magneto's army. While there leader continued his push towards war against humanity. On the other side of the world Xavier was forming his own team of mutants to defend the world in the coming battle. Charles found and recruited a small batch of mutants that didn't agree with Magnus' ideology, and sought to show that not all mutants were inherently evil. This team going by the codenames Wolverine, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, Toad, Storm, Beast, Colossus and Lady Mastermind were known under the collective name of Xavier's Men or X-Men for short. This new team would be the first line of defense against Magneto and his mutant army.

The daughter of mutant telepath Jason Wyngarde, Mastermind Sr. Regan had powers similar to her father i.e. illusion casting and low-level telepathy. An attractive and svelte blonde haired, blue-eyed girl in her early twenties, dressed in a black bodysuit with pink racing stripes down the sides, and carried a pair of pistols in her belt. Her reasons for joining Xavier's team were unknown, though it was assumed she mainly joined the team for kicks and to bag whatever guy she can get her hands on. And feigned interest in the mission, which did not amuse her teammates with newly, established leader Wolverine telling her to get her act together or leave. And became clear to him and the others that Regan would endanger the mission with Charles asking her to stay in the mansion.

The professor apologized hoping better out of the recruit while the rest of the team boarded the X-Jet and headed to Genosha to confront Magneto. Elsewhere in New York, Norman had been keeping close tabs on the situation in Genosha ever since Magneto's visit and was weighing his options on how to contain the mutant threat, and turned to his lieutenant Captain America. During the course of his service to him, the Captain switched over to a black version of his iconic outfit, with the stars and stripes on his chest now resembling an angled shield. Hearing of what Magneto had threatened on the television, Captain America gave him the only sound tactic he could think of…eliminate them. Osborn smiled and hailed a squadron of fighter jets under his command to commence with the bombing of Genosha.

All this time Magneto's hatemongering continued to fester, working his followers up with a xenophobic fervor. But in the past week, his top man Scott Summers started to doubt his king's message began to wonder if violence was truly the answer. He had to get away from the crowd and get some time to think. The Acolyte took off his visor and rubbed his eyes as he walked into the jungle. After scratching his eyes he replaced his visor and stripped off his jacket as he thought. There were a few mutants here that didn't want any part of Magneto's campaign, and were only here to escape the persecution of their homelands…and he was one of them. Scott didn't come here to fight; he just didn't want to be blamed anymore for his power. He came here because Magneto promised him sanctuary; he only became an Acolyte because Magnus saw the leadership potential in him. Treating him as a son and even promising him the throne should his son Quicksilver not live up to the responsibility. Even though he wasn't of the House of M, he enjoyed a privileged position within Genoshian society. Not necessarily a prince but as an honorary member of the royal family. Though was treated as if he were, though he would decline the tribute paid to him and wished they just called him Scott. Few of the residents got it, but there was one in particular that treated him as he saw himself. The girl calling herself Jubilee, along with another Genoshian named Rouge and still another Acolyte calling himself Gambit.

In this land was mandatory that any able bodied mutant over the age of 21 join the Acolytes. However there were some like Rouge and Jubilee who did not join for personal reasons. Jubie because she was too young, and Rouge because she didn't want to hurt anyone, Scott had somehow managed to talk his 'father' out of making Rouge serve despite her potential, and honored his son's request. Regarding her, Jubilee and Gambit as his closest friends but still he couldn't figure if he should continue following his father's cause or not. He wasn't a violent man by nature; at least he didn't think so. But he couldn't imagine being ordered to kill baseline humans just because his king said so. There had to be another way to deal with the human/mutant conflict he thought, one that didn't have much bloodshed.

The rumbling of a low-lying jet engine caught his attention as he looked up and saw a large black stealth jet descend into the trees. He went for his radio in his pocket but relented. Scott narrowed his eyes behind his visor and rushed to meet the intruders.

Cyclops stalked behind a tree as the X-Jet finally landed and the front hatch opened revealing the away team. He narrowed his eyes as he saw seven oddly dressed operatives come out, one of which was wearing a gaudy yellow jumpsuit with blue briefs, gloves and a mask, another one that was crouched down like a frog and hopped around wearing a mostly black outfit with yellow sleeves and stripes down his legs and a yellow bandana with a large 'X' shaped brand on his head. Along with an African woman with long white hair, done up in a ponytail, dressed in a black sleeveless leotard with a gold trimmed cape. A tall, sturdy, black haired man that stood head and shoulders above the rest, wearing a scarlet sleeveless shirt and pants, with black boots. A blue, hairy beast of a man in black shorts. A small scraggily figure with blue skin or fur wearing a red and black jumpsuit and had what appeared to be a demonic tail with only two toes and three fingers that remained crouched down as well. And finally a young woman with long red hair wearing a skintight green jumpsuit, and a golden bird like symbol on her chest with a golden belt sash and thigh high boots of the same color.

Who were these people? And what were they doing in Genosha? Were they more refugees seeking shelter from the outside world? Something about this didn't seem right, the jet looked far too militaristic for his tastes, which meant they had to be a strike team of some sort. But who sent them? He couldn't find any national flags on their suits and in fact were very unorthodox in appearance. The closest he could figure out was the large 'X' symbol on the one teammate's bandana; and chose to remain hidden until he could figure out a plan. The man in yellow however had other plans as he perked up and started scanning the area. Did he smell the air? Cyclops thought, the man looked in his direction and sneered, Cyclops slinked back and the man in yellow lunged at him drawing a triad of metal claws from his hands as he flew at him and let out a yell.

Cyclops panicked and fired his optic blast at the man hitting him in the face and knocking him back. The others were on point as the scarlet beam shot from out of nowhere and found their teammate flat on his back but quickly recovered rubbing his jaw. It was that moment he stepped out from behind the tree and revealed himself to the X-Men. The team remained guarded as he stared them down.

"Who are you?" he demanded. The team remained tense but the woman in green held out her arm and spoke up.

"We're mutant peacekeepers. Who are you?" she asked taking a few steps forward him.

'That's far enough." He said throwing out his arm.

"My name is Cyclops, I'm with the Acolytes. What business do you have on Genosha?" he asked maintaining a professional attitude.

"Kicking your can for starters." The one in yellow growled. Cyclops glared back at the loudmouthed mutant.

"Don't make me blast you again." he warned.

"You just try it pretty boy!" Wolverine snarled.

"No! We want to speak with your leader Magneto." The woman said. Cyclops raised his eyebrows at her but remained even-tempered.

"Why would you want to speak with him?" he asked.

"We've heard that he's planning to start a war with the humans. We were hoping we might be able to reason with him. Try to find another course of action." She said.

"And of what nation do you represent?" he asked again. She looked at her teammates and then answered.

"We don't represent any nation. Most of us are from other countries, but the man we represent is Professor Charles Xavier." She told him.

"I've heard of him, thinks that humans and mutants can leave peacefully together right?" he asked in a low, professional voice. Jean nodded as he scanned the other members of the team.

"So then why sneak into the country? Why not just face him directly if your here to talk?" Cyclops asked while the guy in yellow started to growl at him. Scott peeked at him from the corner of his visor.

"You gonna stand around and ask twenty questions all day or are we gonna do something about it?" Wolverine snarled flashing his claws at the Acolyte.

"Threats will get you nowhere sunshine." Cyclops said sardonically as Wolverine gave him a puzzled expression through his mask.

"W-what did you call me?" he asked dumbfounded.

"That ridiculous suit your wearing. No real man I know of wears that much yellow." He replied pointing at him that only inflamed the Canadian even more.

"What the hell do you think your wearing?" he barked.

"These are just belts, anyway at least I don't look like roadside flare." Cyclops remarked as Wolverine cringed in anger, ready to gut him.

"Why you!" he growled.

"That's enough both of you! Honestly you two are like children!" the girl in green yelled scolding them. The African woman in the leotard stepped up to Cyclops.

"Since you already know of our presence, it is imperative that we speak with your king. To turn him away from sparking war with the humans." She told him, the Acolyte narrowed his eyes at her and turned away.

"All right, come with me. But keep that guy on a leash." He ordered leading the way. The X-Men slowly followed Scott one at a time while an incensed Wolverine brewed with anger.

"Grrrr. Who does that guy think he is?" he asked.

"Oh can it Logan." Jean said annoyed as she went after Scott.

Author's Note: All right so what'd you think of that? I kind of wonder does it seem like I jump all over the place in my stories? I think it goes without saying, that when you create an alternate timeline you need to show how the world has changed. Since mutants haven't really been featured that prominently in A:EMH, I figured I'd take a crack at it. That and I hardly ever get the chance to write X-Men, which has always been one of my favorite shows/properties/franchises. And I will admit that Cyclops has always been my personal favorite. Anyway I think I did a pretty good job keeping them in character. So let me know what you think.

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Green Gallant.