Prime of the X-Men
!SPECIAL EFFECTS! "THOUGHTS"
Chapter Three
Avian Prime took off for New York City from his hidden base in a cave in the Catskill Mountains, passing by Niagara Falls. "Time to see exactly how powerful I really am. I wonder how strong this Abomination guy is. I'll need to set up a database of some kind when I get back," Prime contemplated as he increased his flight speed, shooting off like a bullet on his way to the scene of the chaos.
By the time Avian Prime got there, he saw a large, dark green, scaly creature bellow as he threw a police car in the direction of several oncoming police dressed in exotic combat armor which was a pale comparison to what the superhero Ironman was reputed to wear.
"Look out!" !SMASH!CRUNCH! !BOOM!
"Take coverrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Aaarghhhh!" the police screamed as they ran away with their hands covering their ears, doing their best to avoid the flying debris, some failing to do so.
"This is Paige Turner from the Daily Globe! Right now the creature known as the Abomination is wreaking havoc on the street. The police are hoping that someone like Spider-Man comes along but it doesn't look like anybody's going to show up to fight this guy. Oh, wait! There's a gold blur on its way here!" the reporter exclaimed as the cameraman with her taped the whole event.
"He's a drop dead gorgeous man with golden hair and wings. He's stopping right in front of the Abomination! What will happen now?!"
"And who are you supposed to be?" the creature called out.
"I am Avian Prime!" Warren announced, letting his battle aura increase and his wings spread out impressing his opponent and everyone else around them.
"Now, let us fight and do battle!"
"Oh, Really? I've defeated the Hulk. What makes a puny, pretty boy like you think you'd have any kind of chance against someone like me?"
"I have highly skilled combat hand to hand capabilities, a great deal of strength, and power," the young man explained fearlessly.
"I don't believe this! I came here hoping to trounce the Avengers or the Hulk, and a Dragonball Z wannabe shows up instead. I'm going to rip your wings off, little man!"
Then Prime put his hand out towards his opponent and motioned him to come at him. "Just bring it."
"You're in a real hurry to die, aren't ya, feather boy? Well, I'm gonna accommodate you." The Abomination came barreling his way through all the leftover carnage he had created. As the creature's inhumanly large fist came flying at him, it seemed like slow motion to the avian who easily moved out the way and grabbed the oncoming punch, throwing the man-made creature in a martial arts fashion over his shoulder several yards away and on to the ground in a heap.
!SMASH! "Oof! How dare you do that to me?" the creature bellowed, getting up and power leaping towards his new opponent. He had attempted to smash into him feet first, but things didn't work out that way as his target clapped his hands together. Then he shoved his hands in the direction of the oncoming creature using the shockwave energy to knock the Abomination back several feet into a nearby car smashing it into bits.
"This guy is practically invulnerable. I'm going to have to wear this guy down." Prime shot up into the sky, executing loop de loop aerial maneuvers. Then he zoomed down his opponent like a dive bomber whacking his opponent on the top of the head as he flew by.
"Aaargh! You schmuck! I'll get you for this!" the Abomination screamed loudly, trying to shake the cobwebs out of his head.
"You won't be getting anyone too soon. Here, this is for you."
"Oooh!" the creature screamed upon getting hit with another passing shot to the head.
"You cannot defeat me; my power is too great."
"Power is nice but I can tell from here that you're lacking in speed, agility, finesse, and hand to hand combat skills," Avian Prime explained, hovering in the air several feet in front and above of him as he took his measure and perceived his opponent's strengths and weaknesses.
"What do you think you're doing, looking down on me? What do I need finesse for? Here have this!" Upon recovering from the previous attacks, the Abomination quickly grabbed a nearby armored car and threw it at his floating opponent who caught the car and gently put it down.
"Thanks, kid," one of the guards who were still inside the car said with a great deal of gratitude.
"You're welcome, officer," Prime answered, after having done his best to put the vehicle down without hurting the occupants.
"Think you're so smart? I'll show you! Raawrra!" With an unforeseen burst of speed, the olive green behemoth leaped into the aerial hero, attempting to strike his opponent with a powerful and surprising well-placed somersault kick before the winged warrior could do anything else, but despite the speed of this surprise attack, Avian Prime was all the faster.
"You have no fighting ability at all. All you have is strength and toughness. Quite frankly, I'm surprised you've given so many other superheroes so much trouble. It's easy to fight and defeat you," Warren explained as he easily avoided more of the creature's frustrated attempts to nail him with a powerful punch.
"Shut up. You're worse than Spider-Man! I'm gonna..."
"You're not doing anything but go down!" the avian warrior answered, flying out of the way the creature's clumsy attacks.
"What? How dare you think you can defeat me?"
"I've done telling you; now I will show you!" Warren backed up in the air for a moment. Then he flew back a few miles away at super speed, zooming back with more speed and momentum, smashing into his opponent's midsection fists first.
"Aaargh!" The Abomination staggered back, trying to shake himself out of being stunned. However, before the creature could do anything else. Prime nailed him with punch-and-kick combinations, striking the monster's midsection with well-placed hits. Then he blasted the creature with a powerful energy attack that bowled him over. While his opponent teeter-tottered, Avian Prime zoomed in and punched the same area in a rapid-fire fashion, ending the attack with an elbow to the chin that rocked the Abomination's head back and upward. Then he kneed him in the groin, forcing the creature to lurch forward. At that point, Prime nailed him with a fierce uppercut that sent the green scaled monster several feet high into the sky, then crashing down to the ground.
"Aaargh! Now you're going to get it! Roarrrr!" The Abomination rushed his opponent, coming at him at full speed, missing his faster-moving target when he found himself being throwing into the air. Then Warren flew into him at super speed fists first, knocking him further up into the sky.
"Oof! What are you doing?" the scaly, green-skinned giant bellowed.
"You'll see." That being said, Avian Prime flew up towards his opponent and grabbed him by the feet, spinning him around as fast as he possibly could.
"Whoaa! Whoaaa!" the creature screamed, getting dizzy.
"I've grown tired of this fight; so I'm sending you to the ocean. Enjoy your stay at Club Atlantic." Upon his opponent letting him go, the Abomination went flying towards the sea. Then Warren blasted him with a force blast that knocked his opponent back even more.
"I'll get you for thiiiiiis!" the man-monster screamed as he got further and further away.
Upon the defeat of the scaly green creature, Prime touched down and took stock of the damage.
"All's well that ends well," the young man said to no one in particular as he wiped his hands together as if he had just taken out the garbage.
"Who are you?" the reporter on the scene, Paige Turner called out, running up to him and putting a microphone in his face.
"My name is Avian Prime," the young man answered. The reporter had long, flowing blond hair with flawless, milky white skin. The beautiful woman also had a busty, curvaceous figure and hard body that seemed to stand at attention.
"Avian Prime? Well, you're not the modest type, are you?" the reporter replied as her eyes went downward, regarding his barely concealed form.
"Not really. I'm the ultimate fighting machine whether physically going at it toe to toe or shooting off energy from a distance as you have seen just now."
"Really?"
"Yes. I have a plethora of fighting skills that I have mastered, backed up by a lot of training. Then there's acrobatic agility and reaction time. In addition to that, I have a massive amount of strength, endurance, and toughness."
"You really have the total package, don't you?"
"Yes."
The reporter silently sighed as she looked the attractive superhero up and down again with an uninhibited smile on her face.
"Aren't you cold undressed like that?"
"Nope. I can survive any kind of environment."
"OK. It's fairly easy to see why you got the idea to call yourself Avian Prime. Are you with the Avengers?"
"No, I'm not with them."
"Then why did you show up to fight the Abomination?" the reporter asked, admiring the handsome superhero.
"Since I have superpowers of my own, I feel that I should do what I can to help out against super-powered threats," Avian Prime answered, taking a deep breath as he looked solemnly into the camera that was on him.
"This guy is so gorgeous! His hair and winged body are to die for. I wonder whether or not he has a girlfriend."
"I see. So you're a costumed vigilante?"
"No, not really. I'm simply doing what I can to help society," Avian Prime answered.
"He's a mutant! He has to be one. Look at the wings he has!" someone in the crowd called out.
"He's a hero!" another yelled.
"No! Put him away!" another called out vigorously.
"Anyway," Warren said, ignoring the audience to his previous battle. "I hope to prove to everyone that I'm one of the good guys. Now it's time for me to depart."
"Wait. What is your real name?" the reporter asked.
"Call me Avian Prime."
"That's the guy from earlier!" Men wearing sophisticated armor, carrying hi-tech laser rifles came running towards the avian hero, each one drawing a bead on him.
"I need to go. See you some other time." With that, Warren raised his arm and took off into the sky, leaving behind a golden blur in his wake.
"Gun him down!" !ZAP!BLAST! Despite the attempts to shoot the hero out of the sky, their intended target flew off, avoiding their laser bolts.
"He's gone, sir."
"Blast it! If we don't nab him quickly he'll join either the X-Men or the Avengers. If that happens he'll be connected with a prominent group and out of reach of our control," the leader of the squad explained.
"Who are you guys?" the reporter asked, placing the microphone in front of the squad leader.
"Get that F#*$ing microphone out of my face!" With that, the armored men stormed off.
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"Whew!" Avian Prime exclaimed, arriving at his hidden base in the Catskill Mountains.
"That was one hard battle. But right now I need to find Mr. Sinister and wreak vengeance on him for what he did to my family."
Warren then pressed a few buttons on his computer. "Good. I've just accessed some surveillance satellite footage. Sooner or later I'll figure out where Sinister is and what he is doing. And when I get my hands on him!"
!BEEP!BEEP! "That's it. There he is in the Arizona Dessert fighting another group of people. It won't take me too much time to get there, but there's no time to lose, so I'm off."
Prime flew off, faster than the speed of sound. But as he was halfway there, he ran into something. !WHAM! "What theā¦"
"I did that."
Warren looked up to see an impressive man wearing a red helmet and uniform with purple trim. His purple cape billowed in the wind as he levitated in the air above him, looking down on him.
"Who are you?" Avian Prime demanded, hating being interrupted in his quest.
"Watch your tone with me, young man. But in answer to your question, I am Magneto, master of magnetism," the man said with a booming voice.
"And why have you just put a magnetic wall in front of me? Remove it. I have places to go and people to see," Warren answered fearlessly.
"Silence! I'm here because I've noticed your energy trail. You're quite powerful. Thus I've come here to offer you a place in my upcoming plans. I'm going to take over the world one day, and those who help me in this endeavor will be generously rewarded. But those who oppose me will be ruthlessly punished."
"Look here, Magneto. I don't have time for this. And on top of that, I've heard a whole lot about you. I know all about the things you've done, so there's no way I'm going to help you oppress everyone. Now get out of my way!"
"You dare defy me?" At that point, Magneto attempted to blast his aerial adversary by creating an impression from the magnetic force wall he had made, but the hero flew out of the way.
"That tears it!" the winged warrior flew back dozens of miles. Then he came back flying into the magnetic force field of his new tormentor at superhuman speed, smashing his way into it!
"Ungh!" Magneto moaned as he felt the power of Avian Prime's attack weakening his magnetic field. "You are finished!"
"Finished? I'm just getting started." At that point Avian Prime blasted the field with his most powerful energy blast, making the magnetic field waver a little more.
"Fool!" Magneto called out, using his powers to knock his opponent back several miles, sending him back in the direction from which he had come, end over end.
"I'm not giving up!" Prime thought to himself as he recovered from the recent attack. A few seconds later Avian Prime made his way back, but by the time he had returned to where the fight was occurring the Master of Magnetism was gone.
"It's obvious I've made an enemy, but how much time did that fight eat up?" the winged warrior thought to himself, taking off with lightning speed for his previous destination. However, when he got there he found the area was practically deserted.
"Mr. Sinister! Come and face me, you coward!" Avian Prime called out, defiantly raising his fist in the air to no one in particular. Then he searched the area, quickly moving the carnage of the previous battle around until he noticed something moving.
"Ungh!"
"What was that?" Prime thought as he walked over to a large boulder and casually picked it up and threw it off the young woman under it.
"Ooh!" the young woman moaned, barely moving, her skintight clothes torn to shreds. She was a slender yet busty woman with a curvaceous figure. The woman's auburn colored hair that had a white stripe running through it blew in the wind as she stirred a little.
"She's so beautiful!" Warren thought to himself as he regarded her barely concealed bosom which threatened to come out of the remnant of what she was barely wearing.
"Oooh!"
"Are you all right, Miss?" Warren asked the barely conscious girl, kneeling down to help her. "I'll take you to the hospital."
For a moment she looked up at her would be rescuer, giving him a look of shock and surprise when she felt him holding her head up. "Cough! No! Ah'll be all right. Ah just need a lil rest and water. Cough!" With that, she slipped back into unconsciousness.
"All right, I'll help you myself." Then Avian Prime picked up the scantily clad young woman and flew off for his base.
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"Ooh," the woman Prime had brought to his lair moaned as she woke up. "Where am Ah now?" The young woman took notice of her surroundings, noticing the loud roar of Niagara Falls water going down. "This place looks almost as sophisticated as the X-Men mansion."
Then the guest got out of bed and looked around. "Golly, Ah'm naked! How long have Ah been out? And why did Ah have so many dreams of a gorgeous man with long hair and wings gently seeing to mah wounds and lovingly bathing meh?"
"So, you're awake."
"Eeek!" the naked girl screamed, covering the front of herself. She blushed beet red from head to toe as she regarded her host who was only wearing a pair of shorts and tennis shoes, revealing gorgeous pectorals, a six pack, and his wings.
"Yah have a lot of explaining ta do, buster!"
"Fair enough. Here. You can wear this," Warren said, handing her a robe.
As soon as the beautiful young woman put the robe on she spoke up. "Now why am Ah here and where is here, anyway?"
"This place is a man-made cave in the Catskill Mountains near Niagara Falls. My name is Avian Prime. What is your name?"
"People call meh Rogue, Avian Prime. What is your real name, by the way?"
It's Warren Worthington."
Rogue took a good look at her host. Then she spoke again.
"Ain't the modest type, are ya?"
"Nope. Anyway, I'm happy to see you're doing so well," Warren said, blushing little as his guest smilingly admired him while he regarded the somewhat open midriff buxom state of his guest, whose robe proved to be more than a bit too small for her.
"Eyes front, Mister! What exactly did yah do to me while Ah was unconscious?"
"After using my first aid skills to make sure you'd recover from the beating you had from when I found you, I took off what little you were wearing and gave you a sponge bath."
"Ya did what?" Rogue exclaimed, putting her arms around herself as if she was still naked.
"I had to. You smelled awful and you were out for three days."
"Yah mean yah actually touched meh?"
"Look, Rogue. I wasn't trying to be a pervert or anything like that, but you had wounds all over your body which had to be cleaned and dressed. The speed at which you recovered surprised me, and fortunately, I had the medical equipment here that helped me tend to you. As soon as you've had something to eat, we can figure out where you live. At that point, I'll take you home. Then I'll go back to my plans of getting revenge on Mr. Sinister for what he did to my family."
"Yah know Mr. Sinister?"
"Yes. He's the guy who left you for dead in the desert which may have been for the best, seeing what his goons did to my sister."
"Exactly what kinda relationship do yah have with Mr. Sinister anyhow?" the young woman asked, her eyes lightening up with interest.
"It's not a relationship; it's war." Then Warren explained what happened to his family and what happened afterward.
"Ah understand. But there's one other thing."
"What's that?" Warren asked, noticing the seriousness of the woman in front of him.
"I still have a hard time believing that yah touched me without anything happening to yah."
"What do you mean?"
"Most people who touch meh end up unconscious due to shock, so Ah'd like to try something." Rogue then walked over to him and touched his hair very carefully. When nothing happened she put her fingers through his golden locks further.
"What are you doing?"
"Just bear with meh for a moment." Then Rogue put her arms around him, caressing his back and touching his wings.
"Are those things real?" Rogue asked, referring to his feathered limbs.
"I could ask you the same thing," the man thought as he stole a peek down her bared midriff.
"Yes, they're real," Warren answered.
"Mmmm, she moaned, rubbing up against him, almost coming out of the robe she wore. Eventually, she began to touch his chest and other parts of his exposed body. "Sigh."
"Are you enjoying yourself? I find you attractive, but I'd rather not be jerked around," Warren explained to the overly affectionate woman.
"Sorry. That's the first time Ah've been able to touch someone without draining their powers dry like a vampire. And now come to think of it, Ah wasn't all together unconscious when yah took care of me without taking advantage of mah helpless condition. Ah won't forget that. Your touch was gentle and loving," Rogue said, her protruding breasts heaving and threatening to come further out of the robe she wore.
"You have the ability to drain other people's powers?"
"Yes. And Ah can't shut it off. Ah drain people whenever Ah have skin to skin contact with them. But for some reason that doesn't happen to yah," Rogue explained.
"I see. I'm immune to power drains and anything of that nature. But are you sure you're not falling in love with the fact that your touch doesn't drain me, or are you in love with me as I am? As much as I like you, I'd like to be sure of your intentions," Warren answered calmly.
"Ah do like yah. You've been very good to me, but the fact that Ah was able to touch and be touched by yah does make a huge difference," Rogue said, looking up at him. Then she let her fingers trace the roundness of his well-formed pectorals. Unable to keep a small smile from forming on her face, she let her fingers work their way down the middle of his six-pack abdominal muscles. Eventually, she stopped and looked Warren in the eyes, her breasts heaving as she sighed.
"We can take things slow, but don't pretend yah don't like meh too. Yah haven't been able to take your eyes off of meh ever since Ah walked out of the bed yah placed meh in without any clothes on."
"Um," Warren stuttered.
"That's ah' right though. Ah can't keep mah eyes off of you either." Rogue gave her host the most charming smile she could muster while breathing in and out deeply despite the fact her bosom threatened to come out of what she was wearing or maybe because of it.
Then Warren stared at her admiringly for a moment. "God, she's beautiful!"
Before getting his composure, the man paused momentarily blushing a little.
"Yah all right?"
"Um, yes. Anyway, now that we've gotten that settled, how about having something to eat? As you can see, I have supplies and everything I need to sustain myself here," Warren explained as he motioned to the area that was larger than a studio apartment.
"Much obliged, Ah am rather famished."
Rogue's eyes went wide in surprise as she saw Warren go to what looked like a refrigerator and take some food out, cooking it in a technologically superior makeshift stove while setting a table with two plates including silverware he had in the middle of his main meeting room.
"By the way, Sugah, do yah have a bathroom of some kind 'round here? Ah'd also like to wear something besides this robe."
"I have some spare clothes, but they'll probably be a little big on you," Warren explained, pointing to a small closet.
"And the bathroom is right over there next to where the clothes are. You can take a shower too if you like."
"Thanks, darlin," Rogue answered, making her way to the closet and bathroom.
By the time Rogue had finished, she came out wearing a t-shirt and a pair of shorts along with some boots. "The food smells good. What is it?"
"New York Lobster with vinaigrette, seaweed salad with carrots, and cheesecake for dessert," Warren answered, sitting down and motioning for his guest to do the same.
"How'd yah get alla this?" Rogue asked with a look of shock on her face.
"Sometimes I buy what I need but more often than not I can find food from around here," Warren answered, motioning to the area outside.
"Where are yah getting your power and water from? It surprised me when Ah was able to take a shower with hot water."
Warren motioned to the outside. "There's plenty of power and water outside. We're right next to Niagara Falls after all."
"Have you somehow 'hooked' this place up to Niagara falls in order to get power?"
"Yes."
"Ah have to say Ah'm impressed. What yah've done here would have had to have required a great deal of genius. The food is good as well," Rogue complimented with a smile.
"Thanks."
"But why do yah insist on living all the way out here in the boondocks?"
"It's my secret base of operations from which I plan to work against super villains like Sinister and others. I've already taken on the creature called the Abomination. I'll stop other criminals in time. I even plan to make patrols over New York City much like that Spider-Man guy does," Warren answered stoically.
"I see. I'm with a group who fight in order to keep a dream alive. We're called the X-Men. Are you by any chance a mutant?" the beautiful young woman asked after using a napkin to clean her mouth upon the end of her meal.
"Yes. My main mutant power is basically having wings and an avian body. However, after Mister Sinister experimented on me, I acquired a lot more powers and abilities."
"By the way, what happened to you right before I found you when you were left to die in the desert?" Warren asked while regarding his guest.
"Sinister was planning something big, so we X-Men showed up to stop him. Oh! That monster still has mah friends held captive! Hate to eat and run, but ah have to go. My friends need me," Rogue said, putting the napkin down and getting up to leave.
"Then I better go with you. If Mr. Sinister is involved, I'm the best qualified to deal with him."
"All right. Ah may need all the help Ah can get. Ah'll also have the chance to introduce you to everyone. There's no real need for yah to go living by yahself out here. But first I want to stop by Greenwich Village where our mansion is located."
"There's no need for that."
Rogue and Avian Prime turned to see, "Wolverine!" Then out of the shadows came, "Gambit!"
"We've done already dealt with Mr. Sinister, chere. Now, what do we have going on here?" Gambit said, glaring at Rogue's strange host.
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AUTHOR'S NOTES: Be here next time when Avian Prime meets the other X-Men. I want to thank all of you for your review. Here are the names of the people who gave me reviews for the last chapter.
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