"An unnatural omega"
Chapter one: Something Foul and Something Strange
It was a normal day in New York, well as normal as it could be without some world ending threat happening on a daily basis. And the fact that the mutants set up a mutant nation on kroako while terraforming mars to boot. But that was old news all things considered.
A portal suddenly opened up in a back alley as cyclops, nightcrawler, storm and finally professor x came through entering into the alley.
Recently on kroako professor x picked up a signature on cerebro that needed attention while it wasn't all that uncommon to seek out mutants for their work, it was the nature of this reeding that brought interest to the quiet council, while the subject had the x gene it seemed to be in a state of flux constantly shifting on and off to something else that they hadn't identified yet and stranger still, as much as he tried, he couldn't read the subjects mind in the least, that's why they were here, to get answers as to who this individual was and where he came from. And possibly convince him to come back to kroako.
"This is the spot". Professor x said as the portal closed behind them. "I last picked up his signature over there".
He then pointed at the corner at the edge of the alley. Where a young man in a leather jacket with a hoodie underneath and jeans as well as some black boots and gloves was sitting down on the ground while leaning against the wall. He had a light goatee and he had his face partially covered with the hoodie that he had on. He kind of looked like a homeless person…
Once everyone got a good look at him, they slowly stepped forward as to not startle him.
Logan couldn't place it when he looked at him but something was off about him, even by his standards, like something that crawled out of a pit in the sealed off portion of his mind yet it was a calm, quiet chaos, he then sniffed the air towards the individual's direction and immediately flinched. He then brought out his hands half way up ready to pull out his claws, if need be, although he kept that neutral look on his face. Not anger, just caution and some mild interest by what he smelled.
This didn't go unnoticed by the others as they halted from taking a step forward and looked at logan.
Something was wrong, that much was obvious. It wasn't every day a battle hardened logan was taken off guard like that, not with everything he experienced throughout the years.
"Logan, what is it". Professor x asked looking back at the individual and logan.
For a moment logan didn't reply he just stood there then he looked at them and back at his hands then professor x again. Then he shook himself out of his trance and spoke as he lowered his arms back to his sides.
"I don't know professor, I smelled something that gave me the creeps for a moment there".
Scott and storm eyed the individual as he stretched his arms on the wall, obviously waking up before standing.
"Umm…he's up". Scott said making Kurt and Xavier look back at him.
He then looked towards them.
They stared back.
He pulled his hood back reviling a 26-year-old looking individual that had black hair short to medium and a scar on his left cheek and eye without damaging the eyeball. He had a blank look on his face as if he didn't care one way or another what happened next.
Between them, wolverines' strange attitude, and the young hobo the tension in the air was razor thin.
Finally, Kurt decided to break the silence.
He cleared his throat and walked forward holding out his blue hand. "Hi, I'm Kurt, you probably know me as nightcrawler, part of the x-men of kroako.
The strange individual took a moment looked at the hand looked up, then smiled at Kurt with a wicked grin which made everyone flinch except for logan who held it in and professor x who visibly shook a little from what they saw.
"Holy crap, he has teeth like a great white shark!" Kurt practically screamed in his head.
That was not an understatement, pointed, serrated white triangles made up his mouth in a large pair like a deranged cartoon character from a little kid's worst nightmare. They were an inch or two big for crying out loud. How the heck did he fit them in his mouth!
What came next was ironically even worse.
"Hi Kurt, I'm Derick and I've tried offing myself only twice in the past six hours with a buzz saw", you guys have piqued my interest, can I tag along for the ride". He replied. With a gleam in his eye's as he shook the sweating Kurt's hand who like the others were dumbstruck by what he just said.
Emma frost and the quiet council were starring at the individual as if trying to figure him out while he continued to stare off into space as if he was in his own little world.
"Earlier you said that you tried offing yourself twice in the past two hours with a buzz saw, can you clarify that". Emma frost aka the white queen asked. While trying to understand what was going through this crazy individuals head.
"It's not like I haven't tried before, with various methods I might add, like that time I took a shotgun blast to the face, or a building collapsed on me during the whole knull invasion thing, or that one time those A.I.M. solders tried to bring in my body parts, so I returned theirs in boxes a few years ago after smearing their heads in barbecue sauce". Derrick replied offhandedly as if that was the most natural thing in the world.
Mystique eyed the individual suspiciously at his remark, then it clicked in her head.
Wait, you said since the knull invasion, how come we didn't notice you before? And more importantly where were you? Why did cerebro only notice you now?
If at all possible, his grin only widened, showing off his impressive serrated teeth even more.
"Oh, that, I can only be found if I want to be found, I'm psychotic like that". "As for the reason I didn't get involved is because you wouldn't have helped anyway, so in a sense you all are cowards in my eyes so what's the point in me even trying"?
That both shocked and burned most of them. Ones like Kurt and Xavier were shocked and a bit disheartened to hear this. While Scott summers and Emma frost were going to make a mental note of this later as logan, and mystique were still a little edgy, gave him a death glare, but left it at that.
"Now onto the subject of where I came from, perhaps here, perhaps there, perhaps everywhere.
"Ok, now your just playing games". Scott finally spoke up with a bit of edge in his voice as he stood up from where he was sitting drawing everyone's attention. He was obviously irritated that they brought this guy to kroako in the first place at this point.
"Your one to talk pansy boy, how many women have you screwed behind each one of their backs not to mention that your own family disowned you"?
Xavier was about to say something but…
At this point Scott had enough.
Xavier and the others wished it hadn't come to this but what could they do?
Scott lunged at derrick to give him a knuckle sandwich. Then as soon as it landed with his cheek.
Crack!
AAAAAAHHHHHHH!
"Ooooohhh that looks bad". Derrick said as he looked at Scott on his knees, writhing in pain as his fingers were bent into crooked shapes with bones popping out of the joints from how hard the surface he punched was.
But hey, at least it's not the fleshy face or teeth derrick said shrugging his shoulders at the others who didn't know how to respond at this point.
"However, since you provoked it, I'll see you in the arena tomorrow, you have an arena right"? "But for now, I'll see myself to my room". "We've got a big day tomorrow".
After he left the room, everyone looked at Xavier with his head in his hands.
"What the hell were you thinking…"? Emma frost responded to him shaking her head.
Kurt was the most nervous one of them all as he looked at the downed Scott not knowing what tomorrow would bring.