The Brotherhood Chronicles: The Thirteen, Part IV: The Darkest Evil.
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Program Weapon X, several years ago
"The bonding process has begun sir." An older, slightly pudgy man with red hair and a red beard in a lab coat said as he approached a tall skinny bald man with wire rimmed glasses.
"Excellent. The Patient?" Dr. Cornelius asked.
"Peak physical performance. His mutant ability is operating at 100."
"Good. Perhaps this one will survive the Bonding process." Cornelius stated as he walked with the other doctor. The two entered a large room with a clear glass tube filled with a greenish liquid. Inside floated agent Logan. He had several hundred tubes, one for each bone in his body hooked to his body in various places. A mask covered his face as he floated in the vat.
"Will he feel the pain of the bonding process?" A woman who was working at the consul asked.
"Most likely. But thankfully he's trapped in suspended animation. " Dr. Cornelius said. "He won't be able to do anything about it. Now then. Begin."
That was the worse pain Logan had ever felt. He had fallen of cliffs, been set on fire, stabbed, shot, and the flesh on his arm ripped off. If you came name it, it happened to him. But nothing could compare to the pain he felt during the Adamantium bonding process. It woke him up from nightmares, it haunted his dreams. That was the worse thing he could ever imagine. That is until a few moments ago, when Apocalypse had ripped free his Adamantium.
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Present time
"My head…" Scott moaned as he slowly woke up. He looked around, a blinding pain flashing in his eyes. The he realized something. "MY VISOR!" Cyclops screamed as he covered his eyes.
"Scott calm down." Jean said as she ran over to him.
"JEAN! I could have killed somebody…" Scott said as he held his eyes closed.
"Think again summers." Lance snarled as he stood up with Wanda. "I can't feel my connection with the earth anymore."
"Or mine with the weather." Storm said.
"This is not good." Magneto said as he tried to use his powers to levitate a piece of metal that lay fallen near by. It didn't even budge.
"Our powers got stripped." Iceman stated in shock. "Aw man. We're human."
"What?" Scott asked as he looked at the ground. He slowly opened one eye, then the other. "How could this happen?" Scott said as he looked around in shock.
"One word." Wanda said. "Apocalypse."
" Then he succeeded." Magneto said simply. "And we have failed."
"More then you guys think." Deadpool said as he ran over. "Wolvie's in pretty bad shape. The new living Chode ripped his Adamantium out."
"What?" Jean asked in shock.
"His healing factors trying to cope and Rogue and X are trying to patch him up, but we could use some help." Deadpool explained.
"Where's the professor. Maybe he could psychically…" Scott began before jean cut him off.
"The professor lost his powers as well, Scott." Jean explained.
"So what do we do?" Amara asked.
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Several minutes later
"He's flat lining!" Gambit shouted as he and Jean stood over Wolverine.
"Jean. We need to enter his mind to help amplify his healing ability." Xavier snapped. "Gambit administers another dose of Adrenaline." Xavier said as Gambit rammed the needle into Logan's heart. Cyclops and Storm were piloting the X-Jet as they flew frantically towards the Mansion.
"Charles. Ye need to keep hi temperature under 104 degrees. Otherwise he could overheat and fry his brain." Moria McTagert voice cracked over the intercom. "Sean's flying me and Jubilee there as we speak. We'll be at the mansion and ready for ye in five minutes." Moria stated.
"Professor, you've lost your powers." Jean gasped out.
"Bring me with you. I will guide you." Xavier said as they both closed their eyes and entered Wolverine's mind.
"This still doesn't explain how were going to defeat Apocalypse." Gambit swore as they flew threw the air.
"That's why the Acolytes and the Brotherhood are scouring the pyramid looking for anything that can help." Cyclops snapped.
"I still can't believe what happened to me." Angel said as he stood in the back. "Guys. I am so sorry."
"Save it warren." Storm said. "Apologize after we save Logan's life."
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Back at the Pyramid
"Are ye al serious? I was one of the Four horsemen of Apocalypse" Pyro asked.
"Yep." Mike said as he walked with the Aussie mutant.
"Then why don't I remember any of it?" Pyro asked.
"Same reason Angel and I don't remember any of it." Mike said simply as he looked at the ruins on the wall.
"And that is?"
"I have no freaking clue." Mike said simply. "Maybe since he's god now, Apocalypse doesn't need us anymore."
"Well that sucks." Pyro said simply.
"Trust me. You don't need that demon in your head." Mike said simply. "Although I am wishing I still knew how to read these." Mike said as he looked at the Hieroglyphics. "Betsy?" Mike asked into his com-link.
"Yea luv?" Betsy's voice crackled.
"Any luck?"
"Nope. Magneto and Sarah are still trying to use their powers; Wanda's with Todd and Lance refuses to talk to anyone. I think something happened to him before Apoaclypse nabbed him." Betsy said. "Any luck?"
"Na. Both me and the Aussie are drawing blanks." Mike said simply. "We'd better call in Valerie and get the experts down here translating all this."
"Right." Betsy said simply. "Luv?"
"Yea." Mike said simply.
"Why did you unleash that demon?"
'It needed to be done Betsy." Mike said simply.
"Why didn't you trust me to let me know what you were going to do?"
"Because I didn't want to have to tell you that I may not be coming back." Mike explained.
"We need to have a long talk when you get back." Betsy said before the com-link shut off.
"Somebody's in trouble." Pyro sang out.
"Shut up St. John." Mike muttered as the two walked back.
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Bayville
"Oh man..." Forge said as he shoving things into a backpack. "This is the last time I work with the bad guys…"
"Is that so little one…" Forge whirled around to see Apocalypse standing in front of him.
"Back off nut-job!" Forge shouted as his arm morphed into a gun and he pointed it at Apocalypse.
"Amusing." Apocalypse said dryly as he waved his hand. Forges arm was ripped to pieces, leaving a bloody stump as he screamed in pain. "I had come believing that you would still be loyal. But now I see your treachery knows no bounds." Apocalypse stated simply as Forge fell to his knees, clutching his ruined arm.
"Yea. I'm a basterd like that." Forge snarled out.
"Die Maker." Apocalypse said simply as he raised his hand, intending to deal the killing blow.
"That's quite enough mutant." Apocalypse turned around, a slight surprise marring his features.
"I did not sense you." Apocalypse stated to the elderly looking man. He was wearing a black and red jumpsuit. He had a stark grey goatee and hair, and his eyes were dead.
"That's because for all your infamous belief of being a God, you are just a mutant." The man stated as he stepped forward. "And young Forge here has proven most useful to my cause. I cannot simply allow mutant scum like yourself to destroy him." The man said as he crossed his arms behind his back.
"Fool. I am a God. You dare to speak of me in such ways." Apocalypse said simply. "Share his fate and Die." Apocalypse said as he held his hand out. It glowed with energy as he fired a blat of cosmic power at the man. The man simply batted the blast away. "What?" Apocalypse said in shock, as the man crossed the room in the span of less then a heartbeat. He grabbed the mutant God by the neck and raised him into the air, choking him. "Who are you…"
"The cure to your pathetic species." The man said simply. "You claim to be a God. But how does one kill a God perhaps?" The man mused as Apocalypse struggled. "Maybe turning his power against him?" The man said as his eyes glowed. Apocalypse screamed as the energies that composed his new form turned against him, destroying his body and soul, leaving a charred husk behind as the energies escaped, flying free from the room.
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Xavier's
"How is he?" Xavier asked Moria as the two sat in his study.
"His healing factor is shot. He's live, but his healing ability won't be the same. He's lost his claws and the damage will take weeks to fully heal. That's not counting the emotional trauma." Moria stated simply. "How's Hank?"
"Embarrassed that Mystique was able to knock him out and take over his existence for several hours, but he's physically fine." Xavier stated.
"And Kitty?" Moria asked.
"She refuses to talk to anyone in regards to what happened. If I had my powers I could simply look to see what happened, but with them gone I have to trust her to tell me eventually. Needless to say, it had to be traumatic." Xavier explained.
"What is going on here Charles?" Moria asked.
"This is proving to be a trying time indeed. The future is as uncertain as ever. We must… Ugh…" Xavier groaned as he held his head. He felt the flood of many different thoughts enter his mind, and in that moment Xavier realized his powers had returned. "But how?" Xavier asked as he heard Scott scream, and the sound of an Optic Blast. Xavier and Moria made their way to where the X-men were resting. To their shock they saw a hole in the wall, and Scott on the ground, covering his eyes. Havok was holding his hands in pain as Amara and Bobby were using their powers with joy. Angel sat in the corner his skin was blue again.
"Professor?" What's happening?" Warren asked. "I remember everything now… My God. I remember…"
"I believe we are looking at dark times ahead my friends." Xavier stated simply.
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Apocalypses Pyramid
"Urg…" Mike groaned as he collapsed with Pyro. A bolt of energy cascaded into their forms, and Mike screamed. "He's back…" mike whimpered. "My God. War is back in me…" Mike moaned as Betsy held her husband.
"Err…" Lance said as he fell to his knees, holding his head as he felt the earth shake to his pain. Wanda felt the flux of reality around her again as Sarah screamed with joy. She opened a portal and jumped through, disappearing in a flash of Light as Magneto used his powers to float the surrounding debris that Avalanche had created.
"What the hell is going on?" X asked as she looked at everyone.
"My powers are back." lance said simply. "And from the looks of it, so is the essence of War in Mike." Lance said simply.
"What does this mean?" Betsy asked simply.
"Apocalypse stole our powers, as well as the Horsemen powers." Wanda stated. "Why are they back?"
"Maybe it was only temporary. Maybe he doesn't need them anymore. Who knows?" Todd stated.
"One person does." Mike said from the ground. "And we have to find him and ge the answers." Mike said as he weakly sat up.
"Who?" Magneto asked.
"Sinister." Mike snarled.
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Back at Forges Lab
"Stand up boy. The wound isn't that bad. We'll have new arm built in a few days." The man stated as he left the dried husk of Apocalypse on the floor. He stepped on the head, turning it into dust as he walked forward.
"Yes sir." Forge grimaced as he stood up.
"Excellent. Now that phase one is complete, we can move on to phase two. I'm quite sure congress with pass the Zero Tolerance legislation once they hear of the new mutant plague." The man smiled.
"What Plague" Forge asked.
"The plague that you will spread my dear boy." The Man said as he grabbed Forge by the neck suddenly.
"What…" Forge choked as the man took out a needle filled with a bluish liquid. He injected Forge with the needle and let his go.
"Run. Before I kill you myself." The man said as Forge ran away, coughing up blood. "Excellent. Now comes the waiting."
"Sir." A man in black fatigues stated as he approached from behind.
"Yes corporal?" The man asked as he turned around.
"Reports are in from the pyramid and Xavier institute. The mutant targets have regained their powers as expected."
"Excellent. All is going according to plan. Get me the files on the Braddock girl." The man stated.
"Yes sir General Bastion." The man said as he hurried out of the room. Bastion looked around the workshop with a sick smile.
"And it all falls into place." Bastion smiled as he walked outside.
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Next Time on the Brotherhood Chronicles: Understanding. Those affected by Apocalypse try to cope with the changes in their life, as well as the changes affecting the world around them.
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Peace out all,
Descendent
