Chapter 74: Dark Reflections of a Different Time
-Earth-618 Alternate Timeline-
In the crumbling streets of what used to be the town of Bayville, an elderly man who looked to be a post apocalyptic commando with a bionic arm and eye ran through the streets, an older version of Lexington, Brooklyn and a smaller humanoid Gargoyle girl with Goliath's black hair, horns and Alisa's eyes and skin followed him. They were being pursued by someone, or rather someones.
"Are they still on us?" Brooklyn asked as they ran. Lexington glanced back and saw nothing.
"I don't see them, but don't hold your breath." He replied. "What do we do if they catch up to us, Cable?" The gargoyle asked the commando.
"I'll lead them to another timeline and get help from the X-men there, once they've defeated them, I'll travel back here. Apocalypse won't attack us if we have his prizes in our grasp. We'll have him right where we want him." The man told him.
"Let's hope it works out, or things are gonna get worse." The hybrid girl sighed.
"Don't worry Sarah, it'll work." Cable told her. "I'll make sure of it." Though as he said this, a massive female dragon with crimson red and black scales dropped in front of them, several more figures on its back. The reptile's green eyes staring down at them.
"Alright." Cable said as he pulled out something from his belt. "Let's go Back to the Future on this bitch."
(Elsewhere)
-Earth-616-
Back in the cannon timeline, Gavin was talking on the phone with Chelsea, Logan and Xavier from an unspecified location after completing a mission. "So that's your mission report?" Chelsea asked.
"Yep." The boy replied on the other end.
"So you went for a walk?" The blonde surmised.
"Yes." He nodded.
"Where you just happen to stumble upon one of Apocalypse's pyramids?" Xavier questioned.
"Uh Huh." The boy replied.
"And managed to take the guys guarding it down." Logan added.
"Dead." Gavin corrected.
"While going... on a walk?" Devin asked flatly.
"Like I said, I take VERY enthusiastic walks." The pseudo vampire stated.
"... Should we consider this a success or not?" Chelsea asked the others.
"I'm not sure myself." Xavier shrugged.
"Anyway, I'll be heading back to the institute right now, Damian's about ready for a nap." The boy said as he hung up.
"Tell me again why we let him bring his three year old son on dangerous missions again?" Xavier asked.
"The same reason me and Logan bring Drake with us to Hogan's when Laura and Gabby aren't around, to keep an eye on him." Chelsea told him.
"I still worry for Damian's safety every time he goes with Gavin on missions." The metal boy said in worry.
"That little menace? I'm more worried about the other guys." Logan chuckled.
As they left Xavier's office, Rogue came walking towards it, still feeling tired and shaken due to what happened last week. "Hey Prof, Ah have the reports on the construction of the other institutes that you asked for." The southern girl said while handing the telepath the papers.
"Thank you, Rogue." The man nodded as he took the papers and started looking them over.
"Hey Rogue, you feeling alright?" Logan asked.
"Yeah, I mean, you really went through the ringer last week." Devin added.
"That must've been rough, being puppeted around like that." Chelsea sympathized. "Trust me, I know how that feels."
"Ah'm surviving." The girl replied as she recalled what Mesmero made her do. "Thankfully Damian and Gavin are helping ease that anxiety." She sighed as they walked down the hall.
"Yeah, how have you guys been doing? From what I hear there's been a lot of frustration between you two, what with work and everything." Devin questioned.
"It's… difficult. That's all Ah can really say right now." Rogue replied as she shook her head.
Xavier placed his hand on Rogue's shoulder. "You'll get through this Rogue. After all, if there's one thing we know about Gavin."
"It's that the kid loves you to hell and back." Logan added, his arm around Chelsea's waist.
"Yeah, yeah you're probably right." The auburn haired girl nodded.
(Later)
Devin walked into his room and sat down, feeling tired, when two grey feminine hands suddenly appeared over his eyes. "Guess who~!" A voice purred in his ear. The boy just chuckled tiredly in response.
"Hi, Roxy." He said before the girl's hands were removed from his eyes and wrapped themselves around his neck.
"Aww, are you not happy to see me?" The scorpion girl asked him as she nuzzled herself into his neck.
"Just tired." The boy sighed as he held her arms. The girl smiled as she moved over and sat in his lap, facing him, before she pressed her lips against his in a hard and passion filled kiss. Devin was too tired to be surprised, so he just held her close while they made out.
"How about…" Roxy said as she took off her shirt and jacket, revealing her pink bra clad chest. "You give these a squeeze? Would that make you feel better?" She asked as she placed his hands on her currently covered breasts.
'... Screw it.' He thought before he started squeezing his grey skinned girlfriend's breasts, causing her to let out a pleased moan.
"Oh yes, harder daddy, harder!" Roxy moaned as her boyfriend fondled her C-cup mounds.
"Harder? You want more than this?" Devin asked as he unclasped her bra, revealing her breasts underneath.
"Please… give me more…" She begged, grabbing his hands and putting them back on her mounds.
"Alright, what would you like me to do to you?" He asked her.
"Everything you can." The girl replied before she discarded her jean shorts and panties, leaving herself bare to him. The metal boy smiled as he carried her over to his bed and set her down before he too stripped down. Though he also did something unexpected, he transformed himself into adamantium after swallowing a tab of it.
"You wanted it hard, you're getting it metal hard." He told his girlfriend, causing her to shiver in excitement.
"Please daddy, fuck me hard, fuck me so hard that I can't walk straight for an entire week!" She begged him as she spread her legs open.
"As you wish." Devin nodded as he climbed on top of her.
Roxy would be lucky if she could even feel her legs after this.
(Elsewhere)
"Anna, honey, I'm home!" Gavin called as he entered their now shared room, seeing his girlfriend lying on the bed rather tiredly.
"Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" Damian laughed as Gavin let him down so he could climb up to her and hug her.
"Hi, sweetie." The southern belle said with a tired smile as she hugged her son. The blue boy giggled as he pressed his forehead against hers.
"Are you okay, mommy?" He asked as Gavin sat next to them, the boy sitting up in the girl's lap.
"Mommy's just tired. Don't worry. She'll be fine soon." Rogue replied softly. Damian nodded as Gavin helped him down before he went over to his bed and got in it.
"I hope I'm not too late to help ease some of your stress." The pseudo vampire said as he kissed her lovingly.
"Heh. I could use some stress relief right now…" The power absorbing girl chuckled tiredly. Gavin nodded as he checked Damian to make sure he was asleep, before he started using his hands to massage his girlfriend's body in a very sensual manner.
"Oh, yes! Right there!" Rogue moaned as he started digging into her shoulders and hips while also massaging her chest.
Gavin kept massaging her entire body for the next half hour. After that was over, Rogue had fallen asleep with a peaceful smile on her face. Gavin looked at her and smiled before he got into his sleepwear and laid next to her then pulled the covers over them.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile in the room of Laura, Gabby and Drake. The three siblings were sleeping together soundly, Laura hugging Gabby to her body from behind by her stomach, and Gabby was doing the same to Drake, with the youngest of the three snuggling himself into her sister while Jonathan the wolverine slept behind him.
The three were perfectly fine together. Meanwhile, their parents were doing something a little different.
"Oh fuck the hell yes! Keep going babe, and go hard!" Chelsea moaned as her significant other humped her from behind like a wild animal as she was on all fours.
"You want it? You got it!" The scraggly man grunted as he picked up his speed.
"Yes, yes,YES! Exactly like that!" The dragoness moaned in euphoria, her eyes rolling to the back of her head. Her claws were digging into the bed as he kept fucking her harder and harder, but she came almost immediately when he sunk his teeth into the back of her neck, which was her weak spot. "Ohh Logan, honey, you know exactly where I love being hit! Don't go easy on me, make me scream your name!" She moaned as he slammed into her hard while biting down, causing her to squirt all over the bed… Orgasaming three times in one go.
The two let out pleased moans as they rode out their orgasms before they collapsed. Logan tiredly pulled the covers over their sweaty forms as he held his wife close.
"Well that certainly did the trick." He said as he watched the blonde catch her breath. "Usually you're not nearly this quiet when we go to bed."
"Shut…. Up…." Chelsea sighed in exhaustion.
"There it is." The feral mutant smirked. "You remember to take the pill?"
"Yeah. We're not having another kid anytime soon." Chelsea sighed as she laid on Logan's arm.
"You saying you don't want another one?" The man questioned, figuring she'd gotten over this already.
"Oh no that's not it. I'd just like to save having another one until after we deal with Apocalypse." The Dragoness clarified. "Does that make sense?" She asked.
"Oh yeah. That's something I can agree with." The clawed mutant nodded.
"Let's also agree that we're gonna do our part in keeping Bast safe until hers and Johan's kid is born." The blonde added. She would not hesitate to kill anyone who dared to attack Bast while she was pregnant… Provided that Johan didn't beat her to the punch, that is.
"Agreed." Logan nodded as the two turned in for the night.
(The next day)
-Emma Frost's office-
"Well! I think it's safe to say that you have officially moved past your addiction, Marcus." The blonde said as Marcus came in after his last day of group therapy. "Now all that seems to be left is continuing to strengthen your mental fortitude to avoid any of your 'episodes'." She added.
"On that note, how do you feel? Now that you've officially moved past your addiction to narcotics?" She asked, notepad ready.
"A lot better. I haven't felt this good in a long time." Marcus replied, flexing his fingers. "Though I still get the odd jitters every now and again, anxiety and PTSD is still lingering." He added.
"That's what I hope to alleviate, but the former two should pass on their own time." Emma told him before taking his hand. "Like I said Marcus, I'm here to help you. You're not alone anymore."
"Thanks, Emma." He replied.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile with the others, everyone was watching the news, about the pyramids that were appearing around the world. Thankfully, Mutant hysterics didn't swell all that much, but rather a shared anxiety by both parties.
"So has the Senate said anything?" Gavin asked Johan as he finished looking at how the awakening of Apocalypse had actually caused X-Tremeade sales to triple rather than drop.
"Not much, just that they'd like a statement from the X-men, Brotherhood, Acolytes and the Morlocks on how you plan to deal with Apocalypse and what we know of his plans." The man answered.
"Then we best provide them with one." Xavier said as he looked at the news. Though as this sentiment set in, the Institute's alarms went off.
"The hell…?" The pseudo vampire muttered in confusion. As they all suited up and ran outside, they were soon met by Cable and the alternate versions of Lexington and Brooklyn, as well as an unknown female gargoyle. They all seemed to be exhausted.
"Whoa. What happened to you guys?" Gavin asked, surprised by their state. The figures slowly started to wake up and stand up shakily.
"...Gavin?" The aged Version of Brooklyn asked in confusion. The older Lexington perked up and immediately turned to Cable.
"Hey Cable! It worked! We made it to an alternate timeline!" He told the man.
"Good. And by the look of things, we're right where we need to be." Cable said as he looked at the X-Men.
"Okay, what is going on?" Chelsea questioned in minor frustration. Cable turned to her and the X-men.
"The name's Cable. I'm from the future of an alternate universe, Earth 618. And I've come here to ask for your help." He explained.
"Doing what, exactly?" Katerina asked, Romano by her side.
"We were trying to capture our timeline's version of some of you so we could use them as bait for our Apocalypse." Brooklyn told them.
"Who in our timeline was awakened early and has taken over the world." Lexington added.
"We're part of the resistance led by our universe's Gavin and Devin. In place of the original X-men, who are all dead." Sarah added.
"Oh wow. It's that bad?" Bast asked in concern.
"Worse. You, Chelsea, Marcus, Romano and the Twins? Are all part of Apocalypse's hit squad." Brooklyn added.
"Our version of Chelsea, who's called Delphine, was sent to live with HYDRA under false pretenses from a young age, and as soon as she matured, she was turned into breeding stock. However before they could make use of her, Apocalypse found her, healed her mind, and made her into one of his horsemen. War." Lexington continued.
"She's also his queen. According to our scouts? Those two are practically a match made in hell, with ten kids. Ludicrously powerful ones too." Cable nodded.
"Oh man…" Devin groaned. Gavin nodded in agreement. Chelsea, meanwhile, felt sick to her stomach. She really didn't like what she just heard.
"Thank god that didn't happen. I like things the way they are!" Gabby said, hugging Chelsea's waist, which was followed by Laura doing the same and Drake hugging her leg.
"How different was I in your timeline?" The catwoman asked.
"For you, it's hard to tell where your animal side ends and your humanity begins. Hell, we're pretty sure all your humanity was scrubbed away a long time ago." Cable told her. "Sekhmet, as she's called, is basically Apocalypse's personal house cat."
"Well I can easily say that's not the case in this timeline." Bast stated as she hugged Johan's arm. "I mean, I have this guy as my lover." She added with a smile.
"Damn right you do." Johan nodded with a smirk as he held her close.
"I don't even wanna know how I turned out." Romano shuddered.
"Ditto." Marcus added.
"Yeah." Nodded Kai and Pele.
"Where are these dark reflections, anyway?" Logan asked as he looked around.
"They probably won't be appearing here anytime soon, so we have a little bit of time left to make preparations to make sure we win." Lexington replied.
"I'll call David and Owen, see if they can get in touch with Alisa and the Gargoyles." Gavin said.
"I'll see if I can convince the Brotherhood to help. Come on Kitty." Lance nodded.
"Right behind you." The girl nodded.
"And I will see if I can convince Magneto to help us." Xavier added as well. Ororo, meanwhile, was thinking of calling Evan, but decided against it. He had business with helping the Morelocks find work, so this was unimportant to him right now.
(Three hours later)
Three hours had passed and everyone was now ready and waiting for the threat to appear, the night sky covering all of the traps that were laid all over the Institute as the gargoyle, canon and otherwise, kept watch.
"Anything yet guys?" Gavin asked.
"Nothing yet." Lexington replied as he kept looking around.
"Nothing so far." The older Brooklyn added before a portal started to open. "Aaaand I spoke too soon. We got incoming!" He yelled down below.
"I see it!" Gavin exclaimed before alerting everyone else. "Look alive, people! They're here!" He told them.
As the portal opened, the first figure to walk through was a figure that looked almost exactly like Chelsea. Only this woman had much darker skin, seeming almost mocha in color, black hair with red streaks in it and permanently draconic green eyes. She was wearing an Egyptian neck ring that was attached to a form fitting breast plate that made her rack very pronounced, a pharaoh's tall headdress with a dragon's head on it, and a golden dragon scaled loincloth. This left her legs bare.
"That's Delphine." Cable said, turning to the Howletts. "Our version of you." He told Chelsea.
"Well… At least I look good in Egyptian clothes." The woman muttered, making sure to file that for later when she and Logan decided to get it on again.
Next was a cat-like woman who looked like a tiger given human form. She had a Ruby colored control gem in the middle of her forehead and was only clad in a belly dancing outfit. She was clutching two Arabian knives.
"That's Sehkmet." The older Lexington said looking at Bast. "She's our version of you." He told her.
"Note to self, remember to get a belly dancing costume." Bast noted as she adjusted her light armor slightly.
"I think I might enjoy that." Johan remarked. Next was a man who looked like Romano, only he was dressed in similar attire to an Aztec warrior, war club and all. He also had a Mohawk.
"I'm gonna assume that's me." Romano said as he looked at his double.
"El Sol Cruel. Yes." Brooklyn nodded.
"Damn, he's just as jacked as you are." Katerina noted, biting her finger. Next was a man dressed in armor and carrying a sword, several injection bottles jutting from his suit. He looked like Marcus, only his eyes were glazed over.
"Meltdown." Sarah told them.
"That's me, isn't it?" Marcus stated rather than asked. "Man am I glad I don't look like that anymore." He added as Emma put her hand on his shoulder.
Lastly were two girls dressed in skin tight leotards. One made of lava, the other made of water. The two girls looked like Kai and Pele, and they were both… Making out as they walked out of the portal?
"What. The. Actual. Fuck?" Chelsea asked in sheer bafflement, which was shared among the others.
"That's Te Ko and Te Ka. Those two were raised to be more than sisters by Apocalypse so that it could strengthen their powers at the same time by strengthening their bond and it manifested into, well… That." Brooklyn told her. "They basically can't go a minute without doing that."
"That's just… Ugh." Pele groaned, her face in her hands as she tried to unsee what she saw.
"Ms. Frost, I'd like you to erase the memory of our doubles making out from mine and Pele's minds when this is over." Kai told the platinum blonde seriously.
"Ditto." The lava girl said in agreement.
"I'll do it for free." Emma nodded. "Though the concept of becoming closer to increase power does intrigue me." She noted.
As the portal closed, Delphine glared at the group before her with a cold and callous expression on her face. "Cable, you pathetic sewer rat, how dare you drag me away from my lord, and our progeny?" She hissed at the cyborg, her forked tongue flicking out of her mouth.
"If you think you can best me here, then you're gravely mistaken." The man retorted.
"I'll melt your metal down for scrap and feed your carcass to my children! Hunters, attack! Leave no one alive!" Delphine yelled.
In that moment, hell broke loose. The institute's defenses immediately started corralling the hunters into separate sections so that they could be dealt with one by one, and then started firing at them to tire them out.
Sekhmet let out a snarl as she found herself forced into the woods of the Institute. When she reached a clearing, Bast appeared, followed by Johan.
"Shall we put this feral cat down, my dear?" Johan asked as he loaded his AK-47.
"Yes, beloved. We shall." Bast nodded as she deployed her claws. Crouching down she launched herself at Sekhmet and slammed her to the ground, before swinging her by the tail into a tree. "You know what the difference between you and me is, Sekhmet?" She asked the Cat woman before her as she shakily got up and hissed at her in response, not even capable of using words.
"I don't think she can even talk." The soldier noted with a frown as the evil double started tackling Bast and clawing into her armor, causing her to struggle to get her off. This was ironic since she was fighting herself.
"Exactly!" Bast nodded as she struggled to hurl Sekhmet off of her and into another tree long enough to get up. "Okay this is getting annoying. Johan, I know I don't ask for help often, but I could really use it now." She told him as she breathed heavily and her double slowly got up.
Johan nodded as he covered her with bullets to distract her double so that she was able to deck her hard and slam her onto the ground, hard. The feral woman snarled and tried to swipe at her, but the pregnant cat woman jumped back, allowing Johan to take her place.
"Come on." He taunted, getting a growl in return as she kept at him. She swiped one of her knives across his chest, but he didn't even flinch since he turned off his pain receptors. "How pathetic." He sighed before he landed a series of blows on Sekhmet that made her drop her knives since the barrage of attacks was really painful.
"Unlike her, I'm capable of using more than just my instincts. I've evolved as a person, changed for the better." Bast said as she kicked her double down with a blow to the gut and then stomped her boot on her double's face, knocking her out. "You didn't." She finished before turning to Johan. "Put her out of her misery."
"Right." The man nodded as he walked up to Sekhmet and pulled out a revolver before pulling the hammer back. He was about to pull the trigger… but couldn't bring himself to do it. "Ugh… Dammit." He sighed. "I can't kill your double. Not without seeing your eyes." He confessed.
"Johan." Bast told him, making him look at her. "That thing isn't me. It's a mindless killer, a beast, an animal. It's no more me than an ant is an elephant." She reassured him.
"Right… Right." The man nodded as he steeled his nerves. He pointed his revolver at the feral woman's head again as she began to come to and…
BANG!
Pulled the trigger, ending her life. "We granted her mercy, trust me." Bast told him before she kissed him.
"I know." He replied softly as they pulled apart.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile with Katerina and Romano, they had the man's double cornered. And it was clear that he had no control over his temper or his powers, because he was attacking erratically and was easily provoked at the slightest insult.
"Wow, your double has no chill." Katerina whispered to her boyfriend.
"You see, this is why I take anger management classes." Romano said as he blasted the double with a singing beam of plasma light.
"AGH! Double of me or not, you're fucking dead!" El Sol Cruel yelled angrily.
"Not gonna happen!" Romano retorted as he decreased the light around him. "Now Katerina!" He yelled, now that he and his double had no light to work with.
Katerina pulled out her sniper cannon and aimed down the sights. "Bitches love cannons!" She grinned as she started firing. The shots hit home and even removed a limb, causing the Aztec themed mutant to scream in pain as he fell to the ground.
"Now that is how you fight without getting angry." Romano said as he walked up to his wounded double. "Adios mokoso." He said before he blasted him in the face. "All yours babe, dig in." He told his Lovecraftian girlfriend.
"Gladly." She grinned darkly. She then grabbed the dying man and whispered one thing into his ear. "Welcome to my home, your grave." She whispered evilly before activating her powers. As soon as she became her Cthulhu form, she then started consuming her boyfriend's doppelganger.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile with Kai and Pele, they were being assisted by Tabitha, Amara, Bobby, and Jamie. The two's doubles being led to them by the metal clan. The two evil twins used elemental blasts to destroy the bots and reached the clearing.
"We did it, sister. We're finally alone." Kai's double sighed as Pele's stroked her hair lovingly.
"Indeed we are. How about some… Fun time?" She purred, sucking her sister's lower lip.
"Yes… please." The aquamancer begged, becoming quite wet. Evil Pele smiled and was about to grope her, but before she could…
"NOPE!" Bobby yelled as he sent an ice wave at them, firing them to separate. "None of that!" He declared.
"How dare you!" The evil lavamancer yelled angrily.
"How sick can you actually be?! That's your sister!" Amara yelled.
"Nothing is wrong with us! We love each other and only wish to show it how we wish! How is it wrong to love someone like this?!" The evil Kai snapped, hugging her sister close as their bodies smooshed together and their elemental suits created steam.
"There are dozens of people who can probably give you a damn good argument. Tabitha told them.
Though Kai and Pele looked at each other, seeing how powerful the two dark reflections were. They wondered, was there something to what they were saying? Maybe…
"Don't listen to them, Kai." Evil Pele said, holding her sister's chin. "Our love is what makes us strong, nothing else." She told her before kissing her. "So let's show them how wrong they are."
"Very well." Evil Kai nodded. The two then turned towards their opponents and activated their powers. Evil Pele rose her hands and lava burst from the ground and was sent in a wave towards the kids. Meanwhile Evil Kai shot a water cannon at them.
"Whoa there!" Jamie yelped as he got clear of the lava. The girls glared at him and suddenly directed their attacks at him.
"Stupid boy! Don't get in the way!" The girls yelled, right before the real Kai and Pele protected their male friend.
"Back off!" They yelled in unison. Tabitha meanwhile couldn't help but notice something about the two.
"Looks like those two got a thing for Jamie." She noted as she and Amara tried to distract Evil Pele by redirecting her attack right back at her.
"Yep." Amara nodded as she fired some lava at evil Kai. While the two girls were distracted, Jamie made two duplicates and they leapt on top of the evil twins, allowing Pele to encase her double in hard rock with Amara's help and Kai to surround hers with water and Bobby to freeze her copy solid.
"Let us go!" The evil twins yelled as they struggled to break free.
"Let's put them to sleep." The twins sighed as they kicked them in the face, knocking them out.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile with Emma, Jean, Xavier and Marcus the group was facing off against the man's double, Meltdown. "This guy's clearly pumped full of some sort of drug cocktail." The Italian American said. "Which means he'll probably be just acting on instinct."
"Meaning his mind will be wide open. Good thinking." Emma told him. "Do you think you can preoccupy him so we can try to get into his head?" She asked.
"That's not even a question." Marcus said with a smirk as he readied his powers. As Meltdown sent out a wave of molecular energy, Marcus absorbed it and sent it back with double the impact, causing his double to stagger back and allow him to attack again. This cycle was maintained while the telepaths attacked the dark double's mind.
Meltdown yelled in pain as he clutched his head, his powers reacting uncontrollably and breaking the drug vials covering him. However this had the unfortunate effect of causing his suit's failsafe to cause him to start to overdose.
"Soon of a bitch!" Marcus cursed as his double's attacks became more erratic. "I need to absorb this and quickly!" He said before he started absorbing all the molecular energy sent their way as best he could. However as he did, his control was beginning to ebb, and by the time Meltdown succumbed to his overdose, Marcus's consciousness blacked out… But his instincts kept going.
He was having an episode!
"Oh no…!" Emma said in alarm as she looked at Marcus. Jean quickly used her Phoenix powers to create a force field.
"What's going on with him?!" She questioned.
"He's having an episode! His consciousness has blacked out but his instincts haven't!" The platinum blonde exclaimed as Marcus' attacks went all over the place.
"Is there any way we can stop him?" Xavier questioned.
"I may be able to get to him if I enter his mind, but I'll need you to keep him still for me." She told them.
"I think we can manage that." Jean nodded. With that, she and the Professor began using their powers to keep the molecular mutant still so Emma could help him. The redhead used her telekinesis to keep him on the ground and Xavier used his telepathy to briefly shut off his powers.
Emma then took Marcus's face into her hands and pressed her forehead to his. "Come on, Marcus. Time to come back." She said as she entered his mind.
In the Italian American's mind, it was currently just a void of darkness with only one shining light in it. Emma guessed that was where she would find Marcus. As she went to try and get to it, the darkness tried to grab her, but she easily cut through it.
At the center of the light was indeed Marcus, and he was unconscious. Grabbing his shoulder, she gently started shaking him.
"Marcus? Come on, Marcus. It's time to wake up." She told him in a gentle tone. However when he didn't wake up she realized she needed to try something else. Turning her hand into diamond, she raised her hand and then slapped him across the face.
"AAAAHHHH!" He yelled as he woke up and flailed around before he grabbed his face. "Ow!" He complained.
"Good you're awake." She said, before stroking his cheek affectionately. "Now come on, we've got work to do, so get ahold of yourself." She told him.
"Right. Let's go." He nodded. As both returned to the real world.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile with the majority of the X-men and other members of the teams, they were having hell trying to stop Delphine, who had somehow managed to summon the other three horsemen to help her. (Those being Earth 618's Storm, Angel, and Wolverine).
Chelsea was currently in the middle of fighting tooth and claw with Delphine, their healing factors making it to where any damage they inflicted didn't stay for long.
'Dammit, I'm getting nowhere! What do I have to do to beat this bitch?!' The red dragon thought in frustration. Swinging her tail, Chelsea slammed it into Delphine's face, causing her to fall over and allowing the Dragoness to jump on top of her. Both women transformed again and began punching and kicking each other, Chelsea even sinking her teeth into Delphine's now human arm.
"AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" She screamed in pain. "You bitch!" The woman yelled, punching her good double in the face.
"Me? You're the one who sold yourself to a megalomaniac and started popping out babies with him you hypothetical sex maniac!" Chelsea growled as Gabby, Laura, Logan and even Daken joined her in facing off against her double.
"Back off my wife!" Logan talked at his lover's evil double. Delphine let out a hiss as her mouth filled with fire.
"This mongrel is who you chose in this timeline? Truly I must have hit rock bottom." She said coldly to Chelsea before noticing her tense. "I wonder how you would feel, if he disappeared!" She said before she sent a compressed blast of fire at Logan, with a temperature of 3000 degrees engulfing him.
"Logan!\Daddy!/Dad no!/You fool!" Chelsea, Gabby, Laura and Daken yelled in concern as they saw the blazing body of the man drop to the ground.
"So… How does it- ACK!" Delphine started to mock before Chelsea grabbed her by the throat tightly, causing her to gag.
"I just found a new family bonding activity…" Chelsea growled as she summoned the Crown of Dragons.
"What might that be?" Daken asked with a growl as he readied his claws.
"It's called 'human stabbing practice'." The woman said before she drove her clawed hand into her double and pulled out a piece of her liver, which instantly healed, and ate it. Laura, Gabby and Daken all stabbed her several times before Delphine knocked them back with a tail swipe and then was slammed into by Chelsea, who tackled her double and then bit down on her windpipe with all her biting force.
Though before she could kill her, Cable ran over to them. "Don't kill her! We need her alive if we're going to use her as bait!" He yelled as Chelsea's grip got tighter.
"This bitch just killed our dad, and you expect us to let her live?!" Gabby questioned angrily before a groan was suddenly heard… Coming from where Logan collapsed.
"Urg… Trust me squirt, I ain't dead, not yet at least." He growled as his body finally pieced itself back together… And he was then promptly tackled by his two daughters.
"DAD/DADDY!" Laura and Gabby yelled happily in relief. Chelsea meanwhile growled angrily down at Delphine before stomping her unconscious and changing back, joining the girls in hugging her man.
"I guess you really can't die…. Good." She said as she hugged him and the girls tightly. "I don't want you to." She added.
"Right back at you, Scales." Logan chuckled as he hugged her back. As they continued to do so, Cable and his Timeline's Brooklyn and Lexington started gathering up the Horsemen, corpses of the Hunters (save Evil Kai, Pele and Delphine who were still alive).
"We'll be taking these guys back to our universe. Hopefully we can use them to lure in Apocalypse so we can defeat him." Brooklyn told them.
"Best of luck to all of you." Johan told them.
"Yeah, and stay safe out there." Gavin added.
"Just get those cheap imitations out of our sight." Marcus nodded. Without another word, the trio disappeared into the time portal with their quarry in tow. Leaving the groups alone to finally be able to rest.
"It'll be morning soon, we should probably get you all back to the clock tower." Xanatos said to the Gargoyles. Goliath nodded as his gaze lingered on where Sarah was standing. "Something the matter, Goliath?" The man asked.
"No, Nothing serious. But that female hybrid felt… Strangely familiar." He replied as he shook his head. "But that is not important now. Come, everyone. We should leave before dawn comes." He said as he and the others left.
(Later)
It was night time the next day and everyone affected by the events the night prior were both physically and mentally exhausted. In particular, Chelsea and Logan were currently having to share a bed with their kids because of what happened with Delphine (they were scared okay? Cut them some slack). Bast and Johan were both snuggled up together in bed with the former giving the latter a lullaby of purrs. Marcus was conked out after drinking half a six pack with Bronson who was now his roommate. And Romano…
Right now he was looking at Katerina, who now stood in front of him in nothing but a Mexican poncho.
"So, sweetie… Are you ready for a new experience?" She purred, her hips swaying hypnotically for him.
"Depends, Mi Amour, what does this new experience entail?" The man asked.
"Oh, that's just it. It's a surprise. Care to experience it?" The Eldritch woman questioned as she straddled him.
"As long as you're ready for the possibility of me either knocking you out, or knocking you up." He smirked as she hugged him by the neck.
"Hmmm… Maybe both?" She asked with a smirk.
"Then let's get started." Romano grinned before they started making out.
Everyone had a really stressful time. They deserved to unwind.
Dragon Emperor0: Well I think I speak for everyone here when I say thank god the Earth 618 timeline isn't canon.
ThermalsniperN7: Yeah. Chelsea being Apocalypse's wife along with Kai and Pele being incestuous twins? … I feel like I need to bleach my brain after seeing that last one.
Dragon Emperor0: Though I wonder if it has some appeal though, I mean they do seem to both like Jamie, and three way couples with twins like that often like sharing a lot of things together (including each other) just saying.
ThermalsniperN7: Okay, I guess… Anyway, let us know what you thought of the fights in your reviews or PMs. See you guys next time.