(Now, I know it's been a WHILE since my last update to this story, and a year is quite a while; but there's been a lot going on! This story has never been far from my mind, and I am only continuing to think of where the story is going. If you have checked my Profile page recently you might have noticed that I stated that I had decided to change the direction that this story will take in terms of it's End Game; and in terms of the types of villains I will be pitting Superman against while he is the Marvel U, whereas before I had said I will be pitting him against the 'heaviest and deadliest' enemies Marvel has to offer, I will be changing my approach to give more than Superman in one slug-fest after another. I have taken into consideration many of the reviews that I have received and over the last year have been educating myself more on my Marvel characters {specifically the X-Men since I was quite mistaken about Quicksilvers top speed; though I've gone back now and reworked it completely} and have come up with what I hope will be a good interpretation for these characters that keeps true to their power-sets. Now while I did just say that the direction is changing, the story will still follow the same plot layout I have been working on since finishing The Marvelous Adventure, so all of the other stories I already announced are still on the To-Do list; this new direction will only give me more things to write :p)
- Also want to give thanks to Quathis; who was completely right when saying that only one person should be speaking in every paragraph. Thank you very much (though now I'm editing all my old stories in that format...yay for more work lol)
- So, now that I've got you a little caught up on what's going on, go ahead and Dig in :)
Chapter 4:
Day 1/ Part 6 9:19 PM
Juggernaut threw his hand into the ground with enough force to turn the young man he held to jelly as Superman watched in horror. There was a snapping sound from behind Superman; he turned quickly to the sight of trailing black smoke leading down to the Nightcrawler as he collapsed onto the ground. Superman quickly turned back to the sight of Juggernaut, who looked around confused as Nightcrawler was no longer in his grasp; looking over to Superman and seeing the X-man on the ground he began to charge towards him.
"No one gets between me and my prey." Juggernaut shouted as he stampeded towards Superman, who stood his ground; acting as the sole protector to the mutant that lay several feet away from him. Juggernaut crashed his helmet into Supermans chest, pushing Superman off his spot and knocking the wind out of him. Superman felt his back hit the ground, gasping for air; and not long after the foot of Juggernaut came crashing down into his chest, planting him into the ground. Juggernaut began to walk off Superman and towards the unconscious Nightcrawler.
Juggernaut was suddenly struck from behind by a power optic blast; he turned around to see that Rogue had Cyclops' visor on; while Cyclops still lay not far from her. Juggernaut began to charge towards Rouge, yet she stood tall; her long black hair tucked behind the visor on her face as he reached up to the side of it with her index finger and readied herself. As Juggernaut charged, a high intensity heat blast erupted from Supermans eyes and into his chest, which sent him tumbling into a nearby tree-line.
Superman rose from his spot buried in the ground, brushing off several pieces of rock that had become tucked into the neck of his cape. Superman looked over to Rogue as she rushed over to him, looking over at Nightcrawler laying several yards away. "Don't touch him!" Rouge called out to Superman in an urgent tone.
"Don't worry, I'm here to help." Superman said in a pleading manner. Rogue walked closer to Superman with a slight grin on her face as he head began to bob up and down; Superman began to blush; was she checking him out?
"You got me wrong stranger. I mean that if you touch him, he'll just teleport someplace else." Rogue spoke with a slight southern accent, she cocked her hip and rested her hand on it before needlessly brushing her hair around her visor. "The Professor planted a mental suggestion in his noggin' a while back to keep him from being captured; and Kurt said he wanted to keep it." As Rogue finished speaking there was a loud shout the came from the treeline as Juggernaut came barreling towards the two. "Let's save the flirtin' for later sugar; we have to deal with the big guy."
"Leave it to me, stand back a safe distance." Superman said sternly as he began to walk slowly towards the giant of a man as he charged closer and closer. Rogue took several steps back as Juggernaut brought his hand around and prepared an attack on Superman; as the punch reared towards him, Superman ducked out of its path and grabbed hold of Juggernauts forearm, swinging him around his head and into the ground beneath him. As dust and pieces of rock rained down around him as Superman floated above the newly formed crater in the Earth, Superman used his X-Ray vision and found that the man was buried twenty feet beneath the ground. Superman spun around to see Rogue watching with her mouth hanging open.
"Woah; 'aint ever seen anyone do that to ol' Juggs with three move or less. You've gotta be that guy the news's been going on about; you're Superman." Rogue said as a bright smile brimmed across Supermans face.
"Yes. Though I'm more interested in that man I just fought." Superman said as his feet touched down on the ground. "Who is he? And how is it that he was able to knock the wind out of me with one hit? He's big, sure; but he's not that big." Superman said with an uneasy tension in his voice as he looked over to the crater in the ground.
"His name is Cain Marko; though when he's got that helmet on we call him Juggernaut." Rogue said as she approached Nightcrawler and knelt down beside him. "His magic helmet gives him the power of the demon Cyttorak; I've seen that guy use a tank to swat helicopters away." Magic! Superman thought to himself, that explained why the Juggernaut was able to hurt him. "Cain can be alright sometimes, even has a bit of a heart on him for such a big guy; but once that helmet takes over there a'int nothin' that can stop him. Hell, he don't even need to eat or breathe with it on." Rogue said squeamishly as the rubble surrounding the crater that contained Juggernaut began to shift.
"Go, I'll do what I can do hold him off. Get your friends to safety." Superman said strongly as he turned away from Rogue; facing the giant of a man as he burst through the dirt ground with a shout of rage. Rogue wasted no time in turning on her spot and darting towards the unconscious Nightcrawler; she jumped towards him with her exposed hand, and when her skin touched his they both disappeared in a plumb of black smoke.
"You'll pay for that maggot!" Juggernaut shouted as he eyed Superman down, brushing off several pieces of rock from the grooves in his outfit; a loud shout escaped Juggernaut as he began to charge towards the steadfast Superman as he stared down the charging behemoth. He had to find a way to put this guy down for the count; and although Superman hated to pit himself against magically enhanced enemies, he had to put his raw might to the test against the Demon Cyttorak. Superman took off from the place on the ground and began to fly towards the Juggernaut at a high speed extending his arms in front of him with his fists clenched; Juggernaut lowered his head in preparation, stiffing out his neck as he did. The two collided with such force that the ground beneath them quaked and cratered; every window in Xavier Mansion was shattered as a result of the blow.
Superman fell backwards to the ground, his hands trembling with pain as the Juggernaut still stood, a taunting laugh bellowing out of him. As Superman watched his hands shake from the pain he felt, there was a sudden boot that collided with his side, sending him tumbling several yards away. Juggernaut continued to laugh as Superman began to lift himself to his feet, anger swelling behind his eyes as the Juggernaut looked at him with contempt; spitting to his side before beginning to charge towards Superman again. Supermans mind began to race through the entire fight he'd had with Juggernaut. He wasn't able to match Juggernauts magically enhanced strength, but he was able to move around him; there had to be some way of ending this without killing him.
Hell, he don't even need to eat or breathe with it on. Rogue's words echoed in Supermans mind as a grin began to form along his lips; as the Juggernaut closed in on Superman he quickly moved to the Juggernauts side and grabbed hold of his arm with all his might. Superman spun himself around several times, feeling his momentum build with each swing before he sent the Juggernaut soaring into the air at Mach 3; Superman watched as Juggernaut exited the lower regions of the atmosphere, a distant shout growing silent as the air was sucked from the Juggernauts lungs.
"Well that wasn't so bad." Superman said under his breath as he dusted his hands off on each other; knowing that he did not have the time to stand around, he took off from his place and back towards the Mansion; his ears filling with the sound of a low growl as the front door to the Mansion burst open from the inside as Wolverine came soaring through the air, planting into the ground with violent force as a grunt of pain escaped him. Supermans eyes went from Wolverine's place on the ground, to the door that he had just burst through, to see the sight of Magneto, beside him was a woman with long brown hair and a sleek red outfit with a strange head dress; floating behind them in his wheelchair was Charles Xavier, still unconscious as the trio exited the doors of the Mansion. Superman moved quickly to where Logan lay on the ground, recovering himself slowly as his claws shimmered in the moonlight; he rose to his feet as a scar along his face began to heal itself.
"We can do this all day Erik; but you know you can't keep me down. Give Chuck back, I won't ask again." Wolverine said strongly, though behind his tough exterior he knew that his threat was empty to the ears of his enemy. Suddenly Logan felt his arms moving against his will, the familiar pull of Magneto's power; Wolverine's right hand came thrusting towards Superman. Superman was able to catch Wolverine's forearm as the razor sharp blades came within centimeters of his belly.
"You have to fight him." Superman said softly as he fought against the pull of Magneto's influence on Wolverines body; which seemed to be a greater force than Wolverine could generate on his own.
"I...can't..."Wolverine said in a low growl as his other hand came down towards Supermans head. Superman reacted by instinctively putting his arm up over him as Wolverines claws clashed against his Kryptonian fabric; Wolverine's claws were violently pulled down in a cutting motion as Superman released his grip on Logans forearm and took a step back. "I can't fight his power. You have to..." Logans jaw was instantly slammed shut, his teeth cutting the tip his tongue as it flew from his mouth and past Supermans face. A pain stricken look came over Logans face as his mouth began to pool with blood; Superman watched in horror at what had just happened; he looked back to Magneto, who held his hand stretched out with a sinister grin across his face, his helmet casting a shadow over his eyes.
Wolverine jumped at Superman with both of his arms held out in front of him, ready to dig his claws into Supermans chest, yet Supermans hands came up and gripped at both of Logans forearms. A look of mixed shock and pain was imbedded in Wolverine's eyes as his arms pushed against Supermans grip, skin being torn and stretched as Logans arms pushed with an unnatural power. Wolverine spat out a fountain of blood and let his mouth hang open; inside his mouth Superman was surprised to see that his tongue looked as if nothing had happened to it. As Logan looked up to Superman, Magneto's powers shut his jaw closed again; through clenched teeth Superman heard Logan growl, "Get rid of me. I can take it." A look of worry danced across Supermans face before being replaced by a stern, serious look as he nodded his head. Supermans foot lifted off the ground and collided with Wolverine's chest, sending the man soaring towards Magneto at an incredible speed.
Xaviers wheelchair began to drop as Magneto focused all of his energy to deflect the incoming projectile; yet even using all his might Magneto was only able to curb Wolverine's trajectory as he came barreling in between Magneto and the Scarlet Witch, knocking both of them to the wheelchair began to hover again just before it slammed into the ground as Magneto reached his hand out behind and caught it with his power. Wall after wall crumbled as Logan smashed through several rooms before breaking through the wall of the garage, and into the side of Scott Summers prized 1977 Thunderbird; which had only recently been fully restored.
Scarlet Witch and Magneto exchanged looks of amazement as they both looked back to Superman, who was examining the spot on his arm that Wolverine had taken a slash at him; noticing that one of the fibers on his uniform was frayed slightly. "Wow, that's a tough metal." Superman said lightly under his breath as he returned his attention to the pair of Mutants that were staring at him. "I've had enough of this; both of you need to stop this now before anyone else gets hurt." Supermans voice echoed through the grounds as he stood strong; the two Mutants regaining their composure as they got to their feet. An astonished look came over Magneto's face as he spoke to Superman in a voice of admiration.
"Your powers are more impressive in person than a news report could ever do justice." A wide grin cut across Magneto's lips as the Scarlet Witch looked towards him with a curious look. "There is much that we could accomplish together; you should reconsider my offer Superman." Magneto spoke with a loud voice, trying to hide the sound of the metal bars of the gate being peeled off by Magneto's power, which he did with surgical precision; though the sound could not be hidden from Supermans hearing. An irritated look came over Supermans face as he began to approach the pair of Mutants at a brisk pace; making the ground quake slightly under his boot with each step he took. Magneto wasted no time as Superman began to draw closer to them; launching the metal poles with spiked tips towards the Man of Steel, whose eyes flashed red before he spun around with graceful speed and sent a wide-spread heat-vision blast towards the poles. Globs of melted metal flew past Superman and landed in heaps on the ground as he turned back to Magneto, the look of irritation transforming into a mocking grin.
Meanwhile; atop of a building somewhere on Manhattan Island.
"Ouch!" Spiderman shouted as a spear that Kraven had at his grazed his belly, slicing his uniform open and leaving a small cut along his stomach. "Oh great! Do you know annoying it is to sew up a uniform like this? If I don't do it right then the webbing will look all wonky!" Spiderman shouted in annoyance as he held out the cut part of his uniform and examined the tear. "I swear Kravey if I have to make another outfit because of this, I will not be happy." Spidey said as he pointed a finger towards Kraven and wagged it back and forth; as if he were scolding a child.
Kraven's hand slid over the hilt of his sword and he drew it back out of its sheath; all of his henchmen were scattered about and unconscious behind him. "You may bicker all you wish Spiderman, I will take your head tonight." Kraven bound towards Spiderman with his machete drawn back, ready to strike. Yet as Kraven drew closer Spiderman simply jumped up and over Kraven, doing several front flips before landing close to the ledge of the building. A sense of warning ran through Spiderman as his spider-sense warned him of impending doom; he looked behind him to see that Kraven had thrown seven small daggers towards him. The daggers were spaced out enough that Spiderman was able to leap through them with ease, yet as he did his jump had placed him beyond the ledge of the building; Spidey sent a quick webline towards the side of the building and tugged himself lightly back towards the building. His spider-sense went wild again as he looked over to see Kravens machete spiraling through the air and towards him; he pulled down quickly on his webline causing his trajectory to alter, saving him from certain decapitation.
Spidey wasn''t sure if it was because his spidey-sense was going nuts since that shared head-ache everyone in New York had experienced, but for some reason Spidey thought he could maybe have a spidey-sense overload as Kravens foot collided with the side of his head. His whole body went limp as he felt his web-line snag; Spidermans right arm was pulled violently behind him as began to spin several times in the air before his chest collided with the rooftop, knocking the wind out of him. Kraven laughter hung in the air as Spiderman tried to prop himself up on his elbows; but Spidermans right arm seemed to be stuck in place. He looked back to see that his arm was tied behind his back with his own webbing! He struggled against the strain of the webbing, but it was no use; he was still using the new improved design he had engineered with Reed Richards, and the Rhino wasn't even able to tear through it. Kravens laughter brought Spiderman back into the moment as the hunter approached; kicking up a discarded spear into his hand as he walked. "Ha ha ha; this has proven to be quite amusing Spiderman. Though I prefer my game not to be roped to a single place." Kraven used the spear to cut through Spidermans web-line, leaving Spidermans arm bound, but unleashing him from being constrained by the line. "Come Spiderman! Show me you are worthy of hanging as my prize trophy!" Kraven said proudly as he readied his spear
Now, most people would be fearful in this incident; not to say that your friendly neighborhood Spiderman wasn't terrified of being skewered alive; but Spiderman thoughts were at a strangely different place.
"This isn't Spidermans fault! That's right kids, if I were just Spiderman then I'd have already won by now. This is Parkers fault; him and his damn luck... that's what caused this. Damn you Peter Parker, you handsome devil you."
...
As Superman began to approach Magneto and the Scarlet Witch at a steady pace, there was a poof of black mist around Professor Xaviers wheelchair followed by a second poof of smoke, and the Professor was gone from his wheelchair. Twenty yards away, behind the corner of the Mansion, Rogue held up the unconscious Charles Xavier. "Knew I had enough left to get you outta there Chuck." Rogue said as she examined the Professor to make sure he was not injured; as her hand slid down his side to make sure his ribs weren't injured, she felt Xaviers hand grip tightly at her wrist. Rogue almost jumped back from how startled she was, and when she looked up to Xaviers face there was a grin across it as his foot swung around and collided with the side of Rogue's head, knocking Cyclops's visor from her face as the foot connected.
Xavier stood up to his feet and kicked Rogue over onto her back; Xaviers facial features began to shift, a dark blue pigment running through his skin as his form began to take on a more feminine physique. Soon the slender long long legs of Mystique replaced what were left of her disguise as she reached her hand up to her ear and activated a small communication device. "Pietro; the trap is sprung, you're up." Mystique's light voice echoed through the communications device as Pietro held the real unconscious Charles Xavier in his arms, still waiting just outside of the elevator that accessed Cerebro.
In a streak of silver, Pietro burst through the main entrance and zoomed past Magneto and his sister; catching a glimpse of Superman as he sped by him. Pietro's eyes widened in terror as he watched Superman's head turn to follow them as he went, their eye's meeting as Pietro ran as fast as he could; a grin cutting along the Man of Steels face as he watched Quicksilver run by him. Superman looked back to Magneto with a wide smile; who looked back to him with a look of confusion. Magneto blinked, and in that moment Superman had flown streaking after Quicksilver.
It didn't take long for Superman to catch up, especially at a higher elevation; he could see Pietro as he dodged in between trees, zigging one way to another to try and throw off his pursuer. Superman was impressed with the speed that Quicksilver was demonstrating; but it wasn't fast enough. Putting on a quick burst of speed, Superman took off into a downward arch towards Quicksilver; flying as low to the ground as he possibly could. As he neared in on Pietro, Superman reached out hit hand and grabbed hold of Quicksilvers ankle, causing the speedster to trip. Professor Xavier flew out of Pietro's hand as Superman sped around and caught Xavier in mid air.
Pietro hit the ground and bounced several times before slamming into the side of a large birch tree; for a moment after his collision Pietro seemed to struggle about on the ground, but he quickly gave into the pain and fell unconscious as his head rested upon the ground. Superman looked from Pietro, to the Professor that he cradled in his arms; he had to go back and confront Magneto, but he couldn't just take Xavier back with him in his current state...
...
Mystique approached Magneto and Scarlet Witch as she exited the tree-line and looked past to the spot Superman had been moments before. "He is impressive. Was your silver tongue not sharp enough to sway him Erik?" Mystique said in a mocking voice as Magneto's eyes locked with hers, a look of annoyance covering his face.
"Don't forget your place 'Raven'. Remember that once Charles is secure and the X-Men are off our trail, our arrangement will be completed. You will be released from your debt to me." Magneto said as he and Scarlet Witch began to walk past Mystique and towards the exit to the grounds. As the trio of Mutants approached the gate they heard the distinct sound of rushing wind; they turned to the sight of Superman floating in the air, Pietro tucked under one of his arms.
"You guys had all your bases covered. I couldn't even see through that disguise your friend had on." Superman began to float to the ground, as his feet touched down Superman tossed Quicksilver towards Magneto's feet, Magneto could see the scratches and bruises all across his sons face.
"Butcher! What have you done to him?" Magneto shouted as he reached down and cradled his son to his chest. "What have you done to my son?" Magneto demanded as he looked up to Superman with a look of intense rage and hatred in his eyes.
"He tripped." Superman said in a dull voice as he looked from Magneto to the other two. "This has gone on long enough. The Professor is safe where you can't get to him, you've failed. Surrender yourselves now and no one else has to get hurt." Magneto's eyes never wavered from their look of anger, and as he looked over to Scarlet Witch, he said two words in a voice that startled even Superman.
"Do it." Magneto's voice was low, deep and filled with an abundance of rage; Scarlet Witch nodded to her father and looked towards Superman, the look in her eyes mirroring the one her father had. She clenched her fists and pointed her hand towards Superman, as she did a strange red energy began to form around her fists. A bolt of the red energy launched towards Superman and collided with his chest, almost whipping him into the ground.
A look of bewilderment was upon Supermans face as he rose from his spot, staring down the Scarlet Witch as he began to hover lightly in the air. Whatever power she was had was able to not only overpower him, but it kind of hurt. An uneasy look was returned by the Scarlet Witch as the two stared each other down; she knew that in every right she was outmatched, but she had a few tricks up her sleeve. Her fists began to billow with the strange red energy again as Scarlet Witch took a ready stance, Superman in turn readied himself to dodge any kind of projectile she might send his way. Yet she did not lash out at him, instead her hands swirled around in the air for a moment before a circle of the same red energy began to form around Superman; which quickly began to enclose him in a small ball. Superman looked at the wall of energy in front of him with amazement, he had never seen anything quite like this; it was a shame these people used their powers for their own personal gain.
Supermans fists reared back as he readied to strike, Scarlet witch intensifying her concentration as he did. The fists collided with the barrier with enough force that the whole sphere of energy began to fluctuate; her concentration began to struggle against the kinetic energy being resonated through the sphere. Taking notice of Scarlet Witches struggle, Superman pounded into the sphere with his fists again, with greater force than he had the last time. Scarlet Witches eyes clenched shut as she fought against the strain of the kinetic energy; reacting purely on instinct she was able to expand an outer shell to the sphere, and soon the ball of energy was safely trapped within another one. Scarlet Witch released her concentration on fighting the kinetic energy and the inner sphere burst apart; Superman caught in the midst of the swirling red energy as it began to violently tear all around him.
Strange sensations ran through Superman as he was tossed about in the strange energy storm that now brewed and swirled all around him. He felt as if his skin was being frozen, yet his inside felt like it were on fire. He opened his eyes and could see nothing through the thick red energy that enveloped him, A shout of pain escaped Supermans lungs as a spark of the energy danced up his spine, he could hear his own shout resonate in his ears, almost as if the energy were shouting back at him; yet through the echoing he heard a voice, familiar and distant, yet almost shouting back at him. "Clark?" Superman began to open his eyes with great burden, he wanted so bad to believe he had heard the voice he thought he had; yet even as his vision shifted through the different spectrum's he could see nothing but the consuming red energy. The voice came again, this time clear as day. "Clark, it's Bruce! If you can hear me say something!"
...
Magneto still held his unconscious son in his arms as he and Mystique watched the display of energy within the sphere, Magneto noticed that he could not even see a silhouette of Superman; the man was completely immersed in his daughters reality warping power. There were several strange sparks within the sphere as Scarlet Witch struggled to maintain the intensity of it; her knees began to shake under the strain as she fell them. " Somethings wrong. I... I can't hold it." She said weakly as the energy surrounding her hands dissipated, and her arms fell to her side. The sphere did not hold for longer than three seconds before the energy contained within it burst out with a small shock-wave in its wake, sending Superman soaring out and smashing through one of the walls of Xavier Mansion.
Placing Pietro down next to her, Magneto knelt beside his daughter, "You've done well my dear Wanda. Are you well enough to get us home? We've done all that we can here." He asked as Wanda looked up to him with a look of conviction, yet a strained and tired look in her eyes and said in a strong voice, "Yes, I'm fine."
A look of pride crawled over Magneto's face as Mystique approached. Wanda put her hands into the air as the red energy began to cover them; soon a small red energy platform appeared glowing below them. The energy began to surround them as the platform seemed to expand upwards and consume them; once they were fully immersed the bottom of the energy began to pull itself into the top section until the energy seemed to disappear into itself; taking the Brotherhood with them.
The rubble of the Mansion shifted off of Superman as he pulled himself from the debris, quickly making his way back outside only to find that Magneto and the others were gone; even using his enhanced senses he wasn't able to find a trace of them. Looking back to the Mansion he couldn't help but feel a small pang of guilt for the damage it had sustained during his fight with the Brotherhood. From behind him Superman heard a familiar female voice call out to him; he turned to see Storm was approaching with Cyclops held firmly under her shoulder, his hand brought up to his eyes and he struggled to walk beside Storm. "Where's the Professor?" Cyclops called out in a worried voice as Storm looked up at Superman with a worried look; in a blur of red Superman disappeared into the tree-line, only to reappear moments later with Charles Xavier unconscious in his arms.
"I checked him over, physically he's perfectly fine. I don't know what could be causing his state." Superman said as he placed Xavier lightly on the ground, As he looked up to Cyclops, he took notice of how Cyclops was struggling to keep his eyes closed. "I met a young woman who was wearing the same visor you had on. Do you need me to help find her?" Superman asked with compassion in his voice as Storm nodded her head.
"We would greatly appreciate that." Storm said lightly as she smiled towards Superman brightly. A quick sweep of the area with his X-ray vision was able to find Rogue as she lay unconscious on the ground; with another blur of speed Superman returned with Rogue in his arms, and Cyclops' visor in his hand. Superman handed the visor to Storm before placing Rogue beside Xavier on the ground; Cyclops took his visor and placed it across his eyes as a red light activated along the eye-slot.
"Thanks." Cyclops said hastily as he eyed Superman down. "Don't know if you remember me, but I was with the Professor when you two met." Cyclops said as he looked down to the Professor as he lay on the ground.
"I remember." Cyclops walked past Superman as he spoke, kneeling down beside Xavier. "There are more of your team that are scattered about; I can help you with them." Cyclops looked back to Superman; it was hard for Clark to read his facial expressions.
"Thank you, but we can handle things from here." There was a strong demenour to the way Cyclops spoke, there was sincerity in his voice; yet he almost sounded as if he didn't trust Superman. "It's not that we wouldn't like the help, it's just with you here the satellites are bound to be snapping pictures; the less the press has to get their hands on to use for fear mongering, the better." There was a light smile that perched over Cyclops' face as he lifted the Professor up into his arms, raising to his feet as he turned back to Superman.
"You worry about the news too much Summers." The grizzly voice of Wolverine echoed through the air as he exited the Mansion through one of the giant holes. "I take it the Brotherhood is gone, otherwise we wouldn't be standing around trying to make small talk." Logan said dully as he approached the group.
"They're gone. Want to make yourself useful and help bring Rogue to the Infirmary." Cyclops spoke with a tinge of irritation in his voice as he walked past Logan, looking at him with a scowl as he walked by.
"Sure thing boyscout." Superman grinned to himself as he thought about how Bruce would call him the same thing; moving at a brisk pace Wolverine picked up Rogue and began to follow Cyclops; looking over his shoulder as he passed Superman he said half laughing, "Don't mind him. He's always got that stick up his ass."
"That's only because you piss me off Logan." The mocking voice of Cyclops called back to them as he walked; Logan cast him an irritated look as he began to laugh to himself.
"Your '77 Thunderbird is trashed." Logan called out still laughing; Superman could hear Cyclops swear under his breath as he entered the Mansion. A light chuckled escaped Storm as she turned to Superman.
"As much as I hate to dismiss your offer, Scott was right. You being here will draw too much attention from too many people." Storms voice had an almost pleading tone to it, Superman knew that it would be better for them if he left.
"It's alright, I wouldn't want to go causing you all more trouble than you've already been through. If you need me for anything you can get in touch with me through the Avengers; Spiderman is an agent of theirs so he can relay a message to me." He began to float into the air as Storm looked back to him with smile, gratefulness booming through her face as Superman turned on his spot and began to soar away from Xavier Mansion.
Day 1 /Part 6 9:45 PM
((Want to point out a few things, firstly is that this version of Rogue never absorbed Ms. Marvels power. Also that in this version of the X-men that Jean has already become the Phoenix and died; I thought it was worth mentioning since I didn't get to cover it in the story.
You may have noticed that something weird happened with Scarlet Witch and her energy sphere; for more info on that keep your eyes open for a new story I'll be writing which will tie into this continuity which will be called "The Search for Superman". The story will focus on several DC characters as they try to find out what happened to Superman and Lex. Hope you enjoyed the chapter, I tried not to make it into a big slug fest, and once I felt that's where it was heading I tried to end it with a bang; hope you enjoyed :) Oh and expect to see the Final Part to Day 1 next chapter! Including Kraven vs Spiderman; will Spidey get home in time to watch CSI? Find out next time! ))