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From X-men to Avengers

Chapter 4: Value

Wolverine, Vendetta, Laura, X-23, Dust, Renaissance and Sieg all stood on the roof of an apartment complex, looking at the rising sun. Sieg looked over at Logan, whom frowned back at him.

"What were you doing there Sieg?" Logan asked.

"We were trying to help, were you killing behind the X-men's back again?" Sieg asked.

Laura looked between the men she followed. Both had at one point respected one another. Now they looked at one another with contempt.

"Killing behind the X-men's back, what are you talking about?"

"You've always done it Wolverine, killing your enemies, going against what the X-men are supposed to stand for, you may claim not to be a member when you do it but you were wearing their symbol, like you are now and you would have had an innocent person's blood on your claws" Sieg explained.

"This isn't about that, I'm here to bring back Laura" Wolverine said.

"Why so you can encourage her to do the same thing you've done all your life?"

"We've both done it all our life kid"

"Don't call me kid Wolverine, I know what the world is like, and I also know what we should be like, we need to be symbols and symbols don't commit murder do they…or is that what we've become now huh" Sieg looked Logan in the eyes, waiting for a response.

Logan huffed and turned to Laura.

"What are you doing here Laura, why did you tell them I was coming?" He asked.

"…I don't know" She said.

"You think you can do more good with them than the X-men?"

"I don't know"

"You'd better figure it out quickly girl cause we need you" Logan whispered.

Sieg walked over to Wolverine and Laura, peeking his ear into their conversation. Logan turned to Sieg and shoved him aside. Sofia and Dust both stepped forward while Vendetta shook his head.

"Back off Sieg, you wanted out of the X-men so I suggest you stay out if you know what's good for you" Logan said.

"Or what you'll kill me like you want to kill Wanda Maximoff, like you want to kill Virgil and Michael Pointer?" Sieg asked.

"This isn't about what I want to do its about what has to be done"

"AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO!" Sieg yelled, shoving Logan.

Wolverine grabbed the scruff of Sieg's neck and looked him in the eye.

"Sometimes sacrifices have to be made Sieg, sometimes you have to kill in order to punish others and save lives in the long run, the Avengers knew it but they did nothing, if they had killed Maximoff when they had the chance then the genocide of an entire species would never have happened, if we'd executed Pointer when the Collective left him then he would never have joined Norman Osborn's X-men" Logan explained.

Sieg lowered his head and sighed. He took Logan's hands and pressed the knuckles to his chest.

"Fine…then kill me too" He said.

Sofia and Sooraya widened their eyes while Logan frowned.

"Do it, pop your claws out and kill me before I become a greater threat, I've got a dark side screaming to get loose and a future in which I'm apparently destined to fall into darkness, so kill me before I do any damage…then when your done kill Sooraya and Vendetta" Sieg explained.

"Your being ridiculous now" Logan said.

"No I'm not, Sooraya's a Muslim, she might become an extremist and try to force her views on us, or her powers might go out of control, kill her before that happens, Vendetta's sanity is questionable he might kill the president one day, we don't know where he's come from or what he's done, he's a threat to everyone, then you should kill the Skrulls still on Earth or the Punisher, or Daredevil and Emma Frost, she's a villain she should be punished for the things she's done, the same with Laura over there but I know one person you should definitely kill without a doubt"

"And whose that…myself?" Logan asked mockingly.

"No, your son Daken"

Logan growled and suddenly punched Sieg in the chest. Sieg fell to his knees, coughing and clutching his chest.

"Well why not, he's obviously killed people, he's got blood on his hands and he doesn't regret a single one"

Again Logan struck, kicking Sieg in the chest. Vendetta grabbed Logan's shoulders, pulling him aside.

"Stupid child, when are you going to smarten up?" Logan asked.

"I'd rather be an idiot for the rest of my life than a hypocrite like you, you judge others yet you've got blood on your hands…TAKE A LOOK IN THE MIRROR LOGAN! YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON I WOULD CALL A THREAT!" Sieg yelled.

Wolverine growled, squeezing his fists together, blood oozing from his knuckles. His claws were bursting to pop out. Sieg spat a clot of blood onto Logan's boot as he got off the floor. Logan shook his head as he turned away.

"I'm just trying to do what's right" He said.

"Killing people is never right" Sieg said.

"Easy for you to say, you've never been driven to kill someone, you haven't been raised to kill like Laura and me"

Sieg shook his head, feeling his pocket as he felt his phone vibrate. He widened his eyes as he looked at the message.

"We need to get going, Michael's been attacked by Alpha Flight" Sieg said.

"He's Canada's problem, let them deal with him" Logan said.

"Or we could charge in and save the day" Vendetta said.

X-23, Dust it's time to go" Sieg said.

"What can I do Sieg?" Sofia asked.

"Nothing, just go home"

Sofia put her hands to her chest as Sieg walked to Dust's side.

"Laura we need to go now" He said.

Laura looked at Logan for a moment. He faked indifference, but Laura had been trained to read people well. The man she had been cloned from was containing his anger well and Laura knew that at the first opportunity Logan would let his anger out on a random object. It was something she felt like doing at times; after all she did have Logan's genes. Vendetta looked between the teammates and grinned.

"So basically we're off the save a team mate, all right I'm up for it" The masked man said.

"Why are you here?" Sofia asked.

"One could ask you that question" He said.

Sofia turned to Sieg and gave him a pleading look. She wanted to help, to fight alongside her teammates. But Sieg shook his head and Sofia knew what he was saying. She was just a burden now, no longer an asset to her teammates. They didn't value her presence anymore. Common sense told her that if she insisted on following the team, then she would only put herself and them in danger. So she turned her back to her teammates, hoping that after the fight they would at least still keep in touch. Laura walked towards the group, grabbing Sieg's hand. Vendetta placed a hand on Sieg's shoulder, nodding for him to fly. Dust changed to her sand form and flew in front whilst Sieg flew, carrying Vendetta and Laura with him.

"Good luck" Sofia whispered.

She hugged her arms and flinched as Wolverine yelled. The feral man dragged his claws against a chimney and hacked at a ventilation duct. He pulled off his cowl and looked to Sofia, giving her the lecture she expected.

"Sieg has become a fool" He said, telling her that the boy's quest was useless.

The young man was reckless and conflicted. He doubted his future and even his past. His relationship with the hero Aeon, was it friendship, student and teacher, master and apprentice or perhaps father and son. Sofia saw it, just as Celeste had seen it when she dated Sieg. He needed people, friends no matter how close to him could keep him going. Yet at the same time, he felt terrified by the possibility of his corrupt form. But Sofia wasn't afraid, she wasn't afraid of Sieg's darker form or of the enemies he would inevitably face. Even if she wasn't valued, she still wanted to follow him. Because she knew that he would need as many friends as he could get.

'He's right, Sieg is right, we cant compromise' Sofia thought continuously as she climbed down the building fire escape.

Walking across the street in a costume wouldn't be strange. The city was deserted after all. But that didn't stop Sofia from keeping to the shadows. Occasionally she would look up and see a super hero flying over the city. They were still watching the city, even at night but they would never find anything. It made Sofia think about Sieg's new aggressive approach. Perhaps finding villains before they did harm was better that sitting around and waiting for them to strike.

Michael knew lately he had been having a lot of bad days. But this day was truly the worst. Bad enough the Canadian government decided they wanted him back, now they had to send one of the Flighters who hated him the most. Snowbird had the ability to change into Canadian animals, but she had apparently been linked to something called the God Squad. How her powers made her a goddess Michael didn't know.

'That's neither here nor there Michael' He thought as he dodged a swipe from Sasquatch.

"Come on Pointer be smart about this" Sasquatch said.

Aurora and Northstar ran around Michael, sliding across the snow. The snow flew at Michael, obscuring his view. Snowbird then ran at the man who killed Alpha Flight, slashing his barrier with the claws of a wolf. She then changed into a bear, smacking Michael across the head with a paw. His barrier faded and he rolled across the snow.

"Narya we're not supposed to kill him" Northstar said.

"I can still do anything but kill him" Snowbird growled.

"He did kill our team mates brother" Aurora said.

US Agent walked forward, looking over the "new" Guardian. He widened his eyes as energy seeped from the cut across Michael's mask. Michael threw his hand forward, firing a blast into Walker's shield, throwing him back. Then Guardian took flight, gathering energy into his hands and raining it down on the Alpha Flight members. US Agent kept his shield raised, using it to shelter himself from the energy rain. Snowbird changed into a white owl, flying towards Pointer.

"Listen I really don't want to hurt you" Michael said.

"Worry about yourself" Snowbird said.

"Wait a minute, you can talk as an animal?"

Aurora and Northstar flew into the air, firing blasts into Michael's back. He used his barrier to shield himself, but that didn't stop Snowbird from clawing at his shoulder.

"Seriously stop this, you don't want to keep pushing me" Michael warned the Canadian heroes.

US Agent threw his shield into the air, hitting Michael's head. The former Collective host fell towards the ground, landing in Sasquatch's arms.

"Sorry Pointer, but the costume is property of the Canadian Government and you're a threat to the public that needs to be contained" US Agent explained.

"Weird, you didn't say that when I wasn't wearing the costume" Michael said.

"You were running around using your powers what did you think was going to happen?" Aurora asked.

"Please lets just take it easy all right, this doesn't have to be harder than it has to be" Northstar said.

Narya grabbed Michael's cheeks, digging her nails into his skin.

"Your going back to prison murderer, your paying for everything that happened and I'll be there to watch you get what you deserve" She said.

"I didn't want them dead" Michael said.

"You were still a vital instrument in their deaths"

"One could say the same thing about you" A voice said from above the team.

The Alpha Flight members looked up and Northstar widened his eyes as Sieg jumped towards the group. Sand suddenly surrounded the team members, obscuring their vision.

"A sandstorm in Canada?" Walker asked.

Sieg popped through the sand, slamming his fist into Snowbird's shoulder. She yelled as she felt her bone click out of place. X-23 ran into the sandstorm, appearing beside Aurora and Northstar. She flipped onto her hands and span around, kicking the two twins either side. Dust separated Northstar from Aurora, hardening her sand field to ensure that even if the twins did see one another, they couldn't reach each other. Vendetta jumped through the sand and slammed his feet into US Agent's face.

"Man you must be really desperate for a mission if your getting in other countries business Walker, then again it could be worse, you might be stuck in a wheelchair with a hook for an arm" Vendetta explained.

"Where did that come from?" US Agent asked.

"I'm gifted with the power of irony and an incredible wit that makes most people think I'm mad" Vendetta said.

US Agent swung his shield at Vendetta, who ducked and aimed a punch for Walker's chin. But the former Captain America swung his head back, dodging the punch. Then he swung his head forward, ruthlessly head butting Vendetta. The masked man stepped back, shaking his head before jumping at US Agent. Sieg kept a hold of Narya's arm as he flew her out of the sandstorm. He threw her towards the snow, landing in front of her as she rolled to a stop near a tree.

"How dare you interfere" She said.

Snowbird shifted into a white bear, roaring as she stood over Sieg. He threw his hood over his face as his eyes glowed a blue collar. Narya swung her claws, but Sieg let loose a devastating punch on her chest. Then as she shifted back into human form, Sieg grabbed her hair and threw her onto the branch of a tree. X-23 used Dust's sandstorm to her advantage. She continuously switched targets, hitting both Northstar and Aurora. Both twins tried to touch each other's hand so that that they could generate light to blind X-23 and Dust. But dust focused her attacks on Aurora, pushing the woman aside with her sand form. X-23 then moved towards Northstar, jabbing him on the cheek. Michael broke free from Sasquatch's grip, hitting the man with a blast in the chest.

"He's guilty, this has nothing do to with you" Snowbird said.

"It's got everything to do with me Snowbird, you attacked a team mate, an man whose trying to get genuine redemption, not because he regrets the situation he's but because he regrets what had happened, what he had been forced to do…but maybe someone should ask where you where when the Collective was killing your team mates" Sieg explained.

"How dare you!"

"THEN WHERE WERE YOU THEN!" Sieg yelled.

He threw off his hood, revealing his skin as it shifted to a blue colour. Sieg's muscles rippled and his eyes glowed till is pupils disappeared. He pulled Narya off of the branch and held her up by her neck.

"Answer me, where were you?" He asked.

US Agent threw his shield at Vendetta, who ducked. The shield flew out of the sand and US Agent tackled Vendetta. They rolled out of the sandstorm and US Agent threw Vendetta into a nearby tree. Vendetta jumped to his feet and ran forward, swinging his fist towards Walker. But Walker sidestepped the blow, elbowing Vendetta in the face. Vendetta flipped back, then jumped forward and kicked Walker in the head. X-23 face palmed Aurora, and then kicked Northstar in the chest. Michael shot Sasquatch in the shoulder and Dust slammed solid sand into his back. US Agent punched Vendetta in the chest, grabbed his neck and then lifted him off the floor.

"Oh great, here comes the wrestling drop" Vendetta said before US Agent slammed him into the ground.

Sasquatch swung his arms at the air, trying to hit a target that wasn't there. Aurora reacted just in time, blocking a punch from X-23 and punching her in the face. Northstar then ran through the sand, shoulder barging Laura into Aurora's kick. Vendetta thrust his feet into US Agent's face, throwing the man off of him. He then moved forward, punching US Agent again and again. Sasquatch grabbed Michael's wrists, throwing him out of the storm. He grinded his teeth together as he moved through the storm, fighting Dust with everything he had. Laura blocked a punch from Northstar and countered with a jab. But Northstar dashed around Laura and pushed her to the floor.

"Sister" he said.

Aurora and Northstar grabbed one another's hands and released a bright white light. Dust appeared in her human form, clutching her eyes as the storm disappeared. Northstar and Aurora then fired blasts from their hands, hitting both Laura and Sooraya in the chest. Sasquatch roared as he ran towards Sieg.

"Tell me Snowbird what were you doing while your friends died?" The young man asked.

"GET OFF OF HER!" Sasquatch yelled.

He delivered and uppercut to Sieg's chin, lifting him off the floor. X-23 swept her legs round, knocking Aurora to the floor. Vendetta slammed his elbow into US Agent's shoulder, trying to dislocate the man's arm. But Walker again elbowed Vendetta's cheek, knocking him off. Sasquatch lifted Sieg off of the floor, bringing their faces close together.

"Where were you when Alpha flight was dying, where were you when the X-men were dying, you asked other people these questions but did you ask yourself?" Sasquatch.

"I was saving lives…what's you excuse?" Sieg asked, spitting in Sasquatch's cheek.

Sasquatch raised his fist while Sieg materialised his sword.

"STOP IT!" Michael yelled.

He released an intense light from his hand, throwing everyone back. The "Avengers" and Alpha Flight members looked to Michael in shock as he took off his cowl.

"Sieg, thank you for coming when I called, but this is too much…we need to talk about this, settle this peacefully not with our fists" Michael explained.

"You see what he's doing, he's trying to pretend he's not a murderer" Narya said.

"Shut up Snowbird, listen to what he has to say" Sieg growled.

"I know what I did, I know I can't take it back…but that doesn't mean I can't redeem myself"

"Michael, I can understand that, but it needs to be on the governments terms" Sasquatch said.

"With all due respect Dr Langkowski but that's a load of crap, they don't want a reformed villain they want a Guardian they can control, all of you didn't come here because you felt insulted by me taking up the uniform, you came here because you were ordered to…I want to good, I want to save lives, for every one life I took as the Collective I will save hundreds more but I realise even then it wont take away the things I've done, I'm unforgivable, I understand that and know that if James Hudson was alive I would give him back the uniform within seconds" Michael explained.

"The hell with this, its not worth it Walter, I'm going back to Utopia, you coming sister?" Northstar asked.

Aurora nodded her head, but kept her eyes on Michael.

"If you do anything to dirty the uniform, my brother and I will come for you" She said.

The twins ran away while Snowbird grinded her teeth together.

"You want to play Guardian fine, I know who the real Guardian is, but no matter what you do you will not be forgiven" She explained.

"Some Canadian's may forgive you, but Commander Hand wants you under control, your record will be wiped clean if you work for the government, think about it Pointer you'll be basically be doing the same thing but with a presidential pardon, a pardon you'll earn" US Agent explained.

Sieg shattered his sword and his skin returned to normal. He looked at the Alpha Flight members solemnly and shook his head. They weren't the ones that needed to forgive.

"Your forgiveness doesn't matter, and the government's forgiveness especially doesn't matter" Sieg said.

"You don't know what your talking about" US Agent said.

"There's one person who matters, one person who can forgive Michael for what he was forced to do…their child, a daughter that's been left without a mother and father, your offer of a pardon is meaningless, because it doesn't bring Michael closer to being forgiven by the girl he's made an orphan" Sieg explained.

Sasquatch lowered his head, remembering the daughter of James and Heather Hudson. For US Agent however it wasn't enough. Michael didn't listen to the patriot's tirade about duty and law. His mind remained focused on a little girl waiting for her parents to come back, only to hear that she wouldn't see them again.

"Its over John, we're leaving" Sasquatch said.

"This isn't over, Hammer's got its eyes on you Sieg, if you or Pointer cross the line we will bring you down" US Agent said.

Michael looked at the blood on his hands and sighed. After all this time he still couldn't find redemption. His eyes watered as he fell to his knees.

"Michael" Sieg said, walking over to his teammate.

"Damn it, that girl…damn it all" Michael groaned.

Sieg placed a hand on Michael's shoulder and solemnly closed his eyes.

"You need to earn it, and one day when she's old enough she'll see the good your doing now and she'll know that unlike Osborn your doing it because it's the right thing to do" Sieg explained.

Michael nodded his head. Vendetta smiled underneath his mask. Sieg was getting on well; Vendetta could report the good news back to Celeste.

Sofia smiled as Sooraya sent her a text. The fight against Alpha Flight (or was it Omega Flight?) had gone well. Her greatest regret was that she wasn't there to help. She leant her head back against her pillow. As she drifted off to sleep, again she was plagued by the dream of flying. She flew above the clouds, into the heavens themselves. Then she flew downwards, smiling as she waved her hands. The wind she summoned threw aside numerous villains. Darkness spread as Gothica flew towards her.

"Gothica!" She growled.

Gothica laughed, summoning two black swords. He threw the blades forward, but widened his eyes as two red and white sword intercepted his weapons. Gothica stepped back in fear as Sieg flew out of the clouds.

"It ends today Gothica, your hold over our friends ends" Sieg said.

Gothica yelled, gathering dark energy into his hands. Sieg summoned another sword, flying to Sofia's side.

"Sofia, I need you, help me" He said.

Sofia nodded her head and hovered off of the floor. Sieg pointed his sword forward, surrounding himself in his blue and white armour. Sofia thrust her hands forward, launching Sieg like a bullet towards Gothica. The villain released his energy blast, but widened his eyes as the wind blew aside his blast.

"ITS OVER!" Sieg yelled, consuming Gothica with an energy blade.

The villain screamed as the light from Sieg's sword tore apart his dark form. Sieg's armour shattered as Sofia flew to his side.

"You did it Sieg" She said.

"No, we did it, I couldn't have accomplished it without you Sofia, my Wind dancer" Sieg said.

Sofia blushed as Sieg held her chin and bought their lips together. She suddenly threw her head forward, awakening from her dream with a furious blush.

"Damn it, every damn night" She said.

Every night she dreamt of the power she once wielded. Sometimes it was a memory or a hope of the future. Her as an Avenger and an X-woman saving the world from threats like Gothica and Apocalypse. But tonight was the first time she dreamt of Sieg in that manner. Despite the situation, Sofia actually found tears in her eyes. Every night the dreams plagued her and more and more she found herself wanting the power back again.

"Must have been quite a dream"

Sofia raised her head and widened her eyes. A red diamond shape and a pair of eyes glowed in the darkness of her apartment. She swung her covers off and aimed her stun gun at the intruder. Suddenly, a blast of light tore the gun apart and threw Sofia against the wall. A chill ran down Sofia's spine as she felt a group of nails rake against her cheek. She looked up and widened her eyes, looking upon a female Sinister.

"You're of no value to your team mates, and you miss what you really are" Miss Sinister said, tracing her nails across Sofia's cheek. "I saw your dream, do you really think Sieg will care about a normal girl like you, I mean he dated a daughter of Emma Frost, do you think you can do better? But that doesn't matter, you want to fly again don't you?"

Sofia nodded her head, making no effort to hide her fear.

"That's good, because I've got an offer you can't refuse" Miss Sinister said, smiling as she wiped away Sofia's tears.

In the morning, Jubilee, Laurie and Megan opened the door to Sofia's apartment and widened their eyes at what they saw. They rushed into the wrecked apartment and ran to Sofia's side. She was kneeling on the floor, tears running down her eyes.

"Sofia what happened?" Jubilee asked.

"Someone broke in and tried to rob the apartment, but I couldn't stop them" Sofia lied, using the story that Miss Sinister threatened her to use.

"Come on we should get to the mansion, I'm sure there's still a room there for you" Laurie said.

Pixie chanted her teleportation spell, taking both Sofia and Laurie back to the mansion. Jubilee stayed behind, surveying the scene and getting on the phone to a friend she had made recently. She waited outside of the apartment, the police were reorganising after the invasion, plus a large majority of the force wanted nothing to do with mutants, former or otherwise. So Jubilee decided this should be handled by as near to a professional that could be found.

"Oh your hear, good to see you again" Jubilee said, patting her friends shoulder.

He walked into the room, wearing a black hoodie with jeans and gloves. Jubilee was a few inches taller than the man, which reminded her of the amount of women taller than Wolverine. Her friend ran a finger across the floor, sniffing it before getting up.

"Someone was definitely here, five women have been in this apartment, your scent I recognise, one's been here for at least a year so that's definitely your friend Sofia, the other two were here just a few hours ago but the other was here the other night and she was definitely a woman, small amount of perfume and…some kind of lab chemical, a scientist maybe" He explained and suggested.

"Hmmm, mad scientists might be interested in former mutants, but I haven't heard of any recent attacks on former mutants" Jubilee said.

"It's your problem anyway, just make sure your friends all right"

"Awe, your gruff on the outside but all worried and cuddly inside, blood runs deep doesn't it?" Jubilee asked, turning to her friend with a smile.

He grunted as he walked out of the door. Jubilee shook her head, she'd have to organise a reunion at some point, whether her two gruff Canadian friends liked it or not.

Miss Sinister swirled the wine in her glass, sitting on her chair and watching the camera of her drone. Behind her stood the hooded man, his left arm glowing as he too watched.

"What are you doing with the mutant control device?" He asked.

"Did you know that the island Krakoa once had an offspring? Wagner tricked the poor creature into drowning itself, it now lies at the bottom of the ocean, I acquired the technology to create a drone that would swim to the deepest depths of the ocean, then it would infect the lifeless husk with the technorganic virus Virgil provided me with, the drone would then insert the chip into the reviving husks frontal lobe and the machinery of the virus would integrate with the reborn island and presto, I have my very own Krakoa" She explained, tilting the wine into her mouth.

"I see, so you rebirth Krakoa and unleash it on whatever civilisation is closest to it"

"No, well that's part of the plan, I would send the beast to San Francisco, and have it convert the population of the city into husks that I can experiment on, their mutated DNA will provide me with the knowledge I need to kick-start the X-Gene in every unborn child"

The hooded man nodded his head, finally understanding Sinister's plan. This was just one more step for mutant supremacy. He folded his arms and leant against the wall, looking at the box of vials that Sinister used to infest people with the X-gene. She still hadn't given him his payment, which meant there was one more poor soul that Sinister had pressured into taking the power she offered.

"Soon my dear you'll have what you want, but first I need another tool, she'll prove useful in getting the clone of Wolverine" Miss Sinister said.

"Your interested in X-23?" The hooded man asked.

"Yes and young Sofia will be vital to my plans for the little clone"

The hooded man stepped back, seeping into the shadows as Miss Sinister's guest walked into the hideout. Sofia stood with a look of determination, it seemed she had abandoned the X-men.

"Sinister, I've made my decision!" She said.

The hooded man lowered his head, it seemed this was the generation of sacrifice. Even those whom had been thought incorruptible had compromised.

Next Chapter 5: Krakoa rising

"This arm is merely a vessel, a vessel for the hopes of those who dream of a better tomorrow, it virtue but virtue is not always good"

Virtue

Real Name: Unknown

Weapon: Left arm of Virtue, blue armoured appendage of possibly ancient human creation

Powers: Creation of energy waves and singularities, telekinesis, control of gravity, electricity and water, Weaknesses: Full limit of power not reached because of user's evil actions, wielder filled with doubts

Limit Form Colour: Blue

Next time things get tough as Krakoa rises again and Logan takes X-Force to meet Sieg's Avengers