X-men: "An Unnatural Omega"
Chapter 5: A Darker "Infinite darkness" and tensions "flare" in the arena.
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Logans P.O.V.
Logan was fuming that much was clear, and he had enough. "Damn it all to hell and back again"! he cursed back and forth as he scourged the hall towards jean greys office. He might have passed jubilee who stayed out of his way and for good reason, but right now he was too infused with rage to care about anything else.
He composed what little calm he could muster and knocked his arm on the door in angry knocks as jubilee rushed down the hallway with a frightened look on her face to see what riled him up so much.
"Knock, Knock, Knock". "Derick its Logan I know your in there open up.
"…..".
Nothing responded.
He thought a blood vessel would burst as he was growing impatient.
"….".
"Knock, knock, knock. He knocked again a bit harder.
Again nothing.
He then tried the door knob. Surprisingly it turned with a "creek" as logan opened the door.
An empty room stared him back.
"…. I'm an idiot….". logan mumbled to himself realizing he just made a fool of himself. Which didn't calm him down in the least as he turned around and continued looking.
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Jubilee's P.O.V.
Jubilee rushed down the hallways and out into the open section of kroako till she arrived at the bar before she was stopped by Scarlet Witch who was at the doorway.
The first thing she noticed was the bile on the floor that the bartender was cleaning up. The next was when she turned her head up to see Jean gulping down a drink of alcohol. Polaris was at her side with a frightened look on her face. "What the hell happened in here", she asked Wanda.
"We don't know but whatever Jean saw in Derricks mind during their counseling session made her rush in here like a madwoman before throwing up". Wanda replied looking back at her friend with worry.
Jubilee narrowed her eyes, "Derrick"? "The mutant that everyone's talking about". She asked Wanda.
Wanda nodded her head looking back at jubilee. "Yeah, that's him", "Wait, did you see him on your way here"? Wanda asked.
"I may have heard him say he was going to the arena to visit Scott about something though I don't know why…wait, hold on, what was Logan in a rage about anyway"? She asked looking at Wanda as she spoke.
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Wanda's P.O.V.
Wanda felt her heart leap into her throat as she remembered what Derrick said the day Scott broke his hand on his face. "Shit, I'm an idiot"! Todays that day"! She cursed out loud as she ran back through the entrance to the bar muttering, "I need to find him before Logan or Scott does", and disappeared leaving a confused Jubilee behind.
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"…In the arena…"
Derrick was sitting down cross legged looking off into space while being bord with his head resting on his hand as he patiently waited for who he said he would fight today.
On one hand if Scott didn't show he would only humiliate him more, which would be fine by him all things considered that he's the one who started this.
On the other if he did show he probably wouldn't be alone since the other x-men would try to not letting things go too far. What with all the beuocracy they stir up.
Then there's the fact that he's pretty sure that he made an impression on them when he broke that jerk Scott summers hand, for bad or worse who can say?
"How long has it been since I was last involved this much in day-to-day life"? He asked himself "…. Oh, that's right, not since that whole deal with the rock star looking guy Knull a little while ago which I was careful to avoid outside of the symbiote dragon that what nah called it….". He thought to himself as he remembered the interesting period of time like it was yesterday.
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Derrick was holding his friend "Mr. rat" while holding a tattered umbrella, looked over the street at the pitch-black skies as the symbiotes rained down from the upper atmosphere blanketing the buildings as it did covering cars, street lamps and finally trash cans as it fell.
"Should I get involved"? He said to himself as he petted the rat.
"…. Naaaaa". He replied to himself as he turned around and started walking over the goo that flowed through the streets which was trying to reach for him before being shaken off his body by little black tendrils that made the symbiotes flinch and then retract as if they knew he wasn't edible, on the contrary, he would eat them and infect them with whatever darkness was inside his head.
This caused the symbiotes to cautiously retract from where he was stepping clearing a path into the alley where they sensed his scent amongst the pavement.
There was one thing they unanimously agreed on, …this food, no…. food was a term they gave to, well, "food", this thing whatever it was, it wasn't food, far from it, it reminded them of knull in every way shape and form. Even more so the more the touched it, as if getting close to him was making him absorb some of their essence that made up their massless forms, their very souls so to speak, and the more it terrified them sending shivers through the hive around him.
Before he entered the alley he stopped and said with a smile showing sharp teeth, "By the way, leave Mr. Rat and his cousins alone or I'm going to devour some of you and then show you what's really inside of my head".
That in on itself was terrifying to the symbiotes who never knew fear before.
With that he left it at that and continued on soothing his friend as he did.
One thing was certain, they better not tell knull about this guy or it'll be the death of them all on both sides!
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Back to the present derrick was snapped out of his thoughts by movement on one of the stands above on the right.
A low heaving of breaths was heard.
"…Ooooohhh…, someone's in a rage". He thought to himself. "I wonder who it is"?
He creaked his head to the side as the person picked him up by the collar of his sweater and shirt.
Derrick still had that smile on his face, which pissed the person off even more.
"…Hey logan….".
Logan was starring down at him with a mix between irritation, annoyance and rage as he stared into derricks gleaming eyes.
"Hey back", Logan replied. "You and I are going to have a serious talk, bub…".
"O.K." was Derricks simple reply.