Well the general feel I get is that you guys want this puppy around. So let's roll. By the by, I don't own a damn thing so there.
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Chapter one: Watching History
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Earth's Moon
The barren wasteland that is known as the moon overlooks the planet known as earth. And a single figure overlooks the moon. He appears to be a man, wearing a blue and white toga. His bald head shimmers in the unnatural light his body produces. Slowly he turns his attention from the war-torn planet below to us.
"I am Uatu, The Watcher." He states as he looks back to earth. "Me and my kin watch the different universes and observe and record their history's. I have seen the different possibilities that exist. The reality you know has two groups of mutants, fighting for their different dreams. But what if one of them was never given the chance to fight, and hope for the dream? What if Charles Xaiver was killed before he could realize his hopes and wants? This is that reality."
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Germany
A lone figure walks amongst the corpses of the humans who once lived there. He pauses to stare at a child, horribly mangled and clutching onto a doll. There is a glassy expression in its eyes. The stranger bends in closer and shuts the child's eyelids. He allows a silent tear to run down his dark face as he moves to continue his journey. He starts up again when he hears the loud crackling of gunfire. He turns suddenly to see a boy, no older than nine, running toward him. The boy runs into his arms and begins to shriek. "There a' commin, mister! They killed my momma an' dadda, and now they want me!" He cries.
"Calm down, younging." He replies. "There'll be no more dying today." He says as the boy's pursuers come crashing through the piles of bodies. "Infinites." He states coldly. He pulls the boy behind him to shield him from what's about to happen. The Infinites come to a halt in front of the two. Their green armor glistens from the blood on it.
They turn to face the man and their leader, Prelate Beserker, gives a simple command. "Give us the Flat-Scan or die like the rest of this gene-trash" The Infinites were Apocalypses solders. Not even human, they were made from the genetic material of mutants killed by The Beast, Apocalypses chief scientist. Chief Butcher was more like it. And the Prelates were the worst; mutants that joined Apocalypse and earned high ranks in his army.
"I'll take die, thank you very much." He states matter-of-factly. The Infinites raise their weapon, more than ready to respond, when the man raises his arms and dozens of bone shards shoot out of the sleeves of the baggy cloak he was wearing, destroying several of their weapons. "NOW KURT!" He screams as he pulls his cloak of to reveal the uniform he is wearing. The Infinites recognize the X insignia on it and react accordingly.
"It's one of the X-Freaks!" One of them shouts.
"The name's Spyke, Bitch." He responds as he shoots more of his bone shards out and into the Infinites. Suddenly there is a loud 'BAMF' and the smell of Brimstone fills the area. The Infinites turn to see a sight that makes their blood run cold. The X-Men.
"Take them." Magneto says simply. The Infinites go to raise their weapons only to find them missing.
"The hell…" One of them says as he looks over and sees Quicksilver sitting on a pile of guns, a cocky smile on his face. "Prelate Beserker, what are we to do?"
"You're made from Mutants, use your powers to ice the Mother-fuckers!" Beserker screams as he fires an energy blast at Quicksilver. The spell backfires, however, and roasts the two Infinites that are next to him. "That's impossible!" He shouts as he looks at the burnt corpses of his men.
"Not really," A cool voice replies from behind him. He turned to see a seductively dressed, dark haired woman in scarlet and black. "Only improbable. And that's my specialty." Scarlet Witch says as she casts another hex on Beserker.
"Oh, shi…" Beserker begin to say before his power activated. He was eaten alive by the energy pulses that sparked up and down his armor. He never got a chance to scream as his blackened bones fell to the earth. Wanda turns and blows a kiss toward Pietro, but he's no longer on the pile of guns.
"Huh?" She doesn't see the Infinite sneak up behind her, a hunk of metal in its hands. She turns around to see a white flash and a gust of wind. The Infinite finds himself with the large piece of metal protruding from his chest. As he falls Wanda sees Pietro behind the fallen Infinite. He shoots her a grin as he speeds off to assist the other X-Men.
Pietro runs around a small Group of Infinites, creating hurricane level winds that blow them right into the savage claws of Sabertooth. "Here's Sabbey!" He scream's, as his yellow uniform becomes red from his attack. He picks one of the remaining Infinites up and hurls it at a brick wall. As the Infinite is flying, a burst of flame strikes him from above. The burning figure crashes into the wall, knocking it down. The wall falls toward Spyke and the young boy. They don't notice the wall crumbling down upon them; that is until a burst of Brimstone appears. Sets of hands reach out from the smoke, and grab the two by their shirts, and then all three disappear in another burst of smoke. They appear about twenty feet away.
"Thanks Kurt." Evan says, his bald head slick with sweat. "Tell Amara to watch those flame bursts."
"No prob, Mien Friend." Kurt says, the red lines tattooed above his right eye showing clearly on the ebony colored skin. In another puff of smoke he's gone. He appears next to Magnus and Rogue. "I believe Storm has taken care of the rest of the enemy." He says as he points to the sky. Magneto and Rogue look up to see the African woman launching lightning bolts at the few remaining Infinites. Her eyes as white as her short hair, which flows in the unnatural wind she has created to keep her air-born. Soon the Infinite patrol is reduced to nothing more than a pile of bodies. The X-Men gather around Magneto.
"So what's the plan boss-man?" Iceman asks, his ice form melting away to show his hardened face. Magma lands next to him, her form disappearing as she puts an arm around him.
"One second Bobby…" Rogue says as she turns her attention to her Brother. "Kurt, you think you could drop this little guy off at the nearest human settlement?" she asks as she rubs the boys head. Kurt nods as he picks the boy, who is in utter awe, up and disappears. He appears a few seconds later.
"Well done my X-men, for now I believe we have earned a rest." Magneto says, his long hair blowing in the wind. He creates a Magnetic field around them and they return home.
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California, what used to be LA.
"NOOOOOOO!! IT HURTS!!" Fred Dukes cries as he struggles against the bonds that hold him.
"Calm down mister Dukes. Anything I do to you can only be an improvement." A gruff voice says. Before the speaker has any chance to continue, the bonds snap, and a very, very large Fred Dukes jumps into the air, trying to crush his tormentor. Before he gets the chance, a wave of Cosmic Energy strikes him, sending him flying into the machinery that once held him. "Ah, Mister Dukes, allow me to introduce you to Mister Alex Summers. Or as we like to call him, Havoc, as in mayhem, destruction of property, etc, etc."
"Jesus, Beast what have you done to him." Alex says as he unleashed another blast that Fred shrugs off. "His speed and dexterity… How can something that big move that way." His Cosmic blasts bouncing off of their target.
"BUTCHER!" Fred screams as he leaps into the air again. A beam of red crimson slams into him, cutting him in half.
"That's what I want to know, McCoy!" The beam originator says as the two halves fall to the ground. "You know there is no Genetic testing allowed during the 'Matthews Pact'"
"Well Cyclops, In order for Mother McCoy's baby boy to make better Infinites, he needs to break a few dozen or so eggs." Beast replies as he throws the torn pieces of Fred Dukes into a large vat.
"Damn it Beast, cut this bullshit or I'll report you to Sinister." Scott screams as he leaves the wrecked lab.
"What's his problem?" Hank asks Havoc, who just scowls in the direction of the leaving Prelate.
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Australia
The lush ground begins to shake. Suddenly it opens up as an earthen orb rises from the ground. The orb opens up and loses its form, becoming nothing more than dust. Seven figures emerge from where the orb was. "Ah, Me native home! God I've missed it." John Allerdyce says as he walks forward, arms stretched out. "Got to hand it to ya Lance, me mate. Travlin' through the earth, by means of Seismic pulses… Pure genius."
"What can I say Aussie, Lance here has always had a way of making a potentially Kafka situation seem like something out of Shakespeare." Toad said as he hopped up next to Pyro. "Plus with the lovely Mrs. Alvers holding us in an intangible state to help move us faster, how could we not have arrived safely."
"The Shadow King could have Psi-Scanned us, Holocaust's dogs might have picked up on the Seismic energy, Sentinels could have seen our mutant energy signals, An Infinite patrol might have been here…" Omega said as he walked behind the two of them, his long black, braided hair blowing with the wind.
"You don't have to be so damn negative about it, Mon Ami." Gambit replied as he walked up next to him, shuffling a deck of cards.
"Remy's right, Mike. That negative attitude of yours is going to be your down fall." Lance replied from behind them, a hint of humor in his voice. "That or you daredevil stunts in battle."
"Hey, can I help it if I'm cautious and reckless at the same time." Omega replied as a tendrical snaked out of his arm, wrapping around Toad to keep him from jumping all about.
"Hey, lemme go…" Toad yelled in protest, nobody paying much attention to it.
"Yea, you can." Kitty said as she hung to Avalanches arm. "You really don't have to worry about the big A's forces here. Apocalypse has a agreement with the Human High Council that prevents him from invading this area." She continued, her shoulder-length hair flopping from side to side.
"Awwww, I just think Mikey's jealous that he didn't get to kill any more Infinites." Tabitha crowed from next to Pyro. "He can get so grumpy when that happens."
"Cram it Meltdown."
"Any time you want to…"
"Children please…" Todd said from his position in the wrapped tendrical. "Can we at least have a civil conversation once? And can you put me down?" Omega complied and the rest of the Brotherhood shared a laugh at their teammates expense.
"And they wonder why I'm so damn intense." Mike thought to himself as the Brotherhood walked to their home base.
"Well guys, at least we managed to save the human settlement from destruction." Lance said, trying to put a good face of a bad situation.
"True." They all muttered as they walked into their home. They walked inside, not noticing the figure that was behind them, in the distance. The figure then got onto a small speeder and flew away.
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That's all for now folks. Just a fairly long taste of what's to come. Review; cause it keeps me going. And if you don't than I may not continue. Remember it's all up to you. Enjoy
Peace out
Descendent
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Chapter one: Watching History
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Earth's Moon
The barren wasteland that is known as the moon overlooks the planet known as earth. And a single figure overlooks the moon. He appears to be a man, wearing a blue and white toga. His bald head shimmers in the unnatural light his body produces. Slowly he turns his attention from the war-torn planet below to us.
"I am Uatu, The Watcher." He states as he looks back to earth. "Me and my kin watch the different universes and observe and record their history's. I have seen the different possibilities that exist. The reality you know has two groups of mutants, fighting for their different dreams. But what if one of them was never given the chance to fight, and hope for the dream? What if Charles Xaiver was killed before he could realize his hopes and wants? This is that reality."
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Germany
A lone figure walks amongst the corpses of the humans who once lived there. He pauses to stare at a child, horribly mangled and clutching onto a doll. There is a glassy expression in its eyes. The stranger bends in closer and shuts the child's eyelids. He allows a silent tear to run down his dark face as he moves to continue his journey. He starts up again when he hears the loud crackling of gunfire. He turns suddenly to see a boy, no older than nine, running toward him. The boy runs into his arms and begins to shriek. "There a' commin, mister! They killed my momma an' dadda, and now they want me!" He cries.
"Calm down, younging." He replies. "There'll be no more dying today." He says as the boy's pursuers come crashing through the piles of bodies. "Infinites." He states coldly. He pulls the boy behind him to shield him from what's about to happen. The Infinites come to a halt in front of the two. Their green armor glistens from the blood on it.
They turn to face the man and their leader, Prelate Beserker, gives a simple command. "Give us the Flat-Scan or die like the rest of this gene-trash" The Infinites were Apocalypses solders. Not even human, they were made from the genetic material of mutants killed by The Beast, Apocalypses chief scientist. Chief Butcher was more like it. And the Prelates were the worst; mutants that joined Apocalypse and earned high ranks in his army.
"I'll take die, thank you very much." He states matter-of-factly. The Infinites raise their weapon, more than ready to respond, when the man raises his arms and dozens of bone shards shoot out of the sleeves of the baggy cloak he was wearing, destroying several of their weapons. "NOW KURT!" He screams as he pulls his cloak of to reveal the uniform he is wearing. The Infinites recognize the X insignia on it and react accordingly.
"It's one of the X-Freaks!" One of them shouts.
"The name's Spyke, Bitch." He responds as he shoots more of his bone shards out and into the Infinites. Suddenly there is a loud 'BAMF' and the smell of Brimstone fills the area. The Infinites turn to see a sight that makes their blood run cold. The X-Men.
"Take them." Magneto says simply. The Infinites go to raise their weapons only to find them missing.
"The hell…" One of them says as he looks over and sees Quicksilver sitting on a pile of guns, a cocky smile on his face. "Prelate Beserker, what are we to do?"
"You're made from Mutants, use your powers to ice the Mother-fuckers!" Beserker screams as he fires an energy blast at Quicksilver. The spell backfires, however, and roasts the two Infinites that are next to him. "That's impossible!" He shouts as he looks at the burnt corpses of his men.
"Not really," A cool voice replies from behind him. He turned to see a seductively dressed, dark haired woman in scarlet and black. "Only improbable. And that's my specialty." Scarlet Witch says as she casts another hex on Beserker.
"Oh, shi…" Beserker begin to say before his power activated. He was eaten alive by the energy pulses that sparked up and down his armor. He never got a chance to scream as his blackened bones fell to the earth. Wanda turns and blows a kiss toward Pietro, but he's no longer on the pile of guns.
"Huh?" She doesn't see the Infinite sneak up behind her, a hunk of metal in its hands. She turns around to see a white flash and a gust of wind. The Infinite finds himself with the large piece of metal protruding from his chest. As he falls Wanda sees Pietro behind the fallen Infinite. He shoots her a grin as he speeds off to assist the other X-Men.
Pietro runs around a small Group of Infinites, creating hurricane level winds that blow them right into the savage claws of Sabertooth. "Here's Sabbey!" He scream's, as his yellow uniform becomes red from his attack. He picks one of the remaining Infinites up and hurls it at a brick wall. As the Infinite is flying, a burst of flame strikes him from above. The burning figure crashes into the wall, knocking it down. The wall falls toward Spyke and the young boy. They don't notice the wall crumbling down upon them; that is until a burst of Brimstone appears. Sets of hands reach out from the smoke, and grab the two by their shirts, and then all three disappear in another burst of smoke. They appear about twenty feet away.
"Thanks Kurt." Evan says, his bald head slick with sweat. "Tell Amara to watch those flame bursts."
"No prob, Mien Friend." Kurt says, the red lines tattooed above his right eye showing clearly on the ebony colored skin. In another puff of smoke he's gone. He appears next to Magnus and Rogue. "I believe Storm has taken care of the rest of the enemy." He says as he points to the sky. Magneto and Rogue look up to see the African woman launching lightning bolts at the few remaining Infinites. Her eyes as white as her short hair, which flows in the unnatural wind she has created to keep her air-born. Soon the Infinite patrol is reduced to nothing more than a pile of bodies. The X-Men gather around Magneto.
"So what's the plan boss-man?" Iceman asks, his ice form melting away to show his hardened face. Magma lands next to him, her form disappearing as she puts an arm around him.
"One second Bobby…" Rogue says as she turns her attention to her Brother. "Kurt, you think you could drop this little guy off at the nearest human settlement?" she asks as she rubs the boys head. Kurt nods as he picks the boy, who is in utter awe, up and disappears. He appears a few seconds later.
"Well done my X-men, for now I believe we have earned a rest." Magneto says, his long hair blowing in the wind. He creates a Magnetic field around them and they return home.
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California, what used to be LA.
"NOOOOOOO!! IT HURTS!!" Fred Dukes cries as he struggles against the bonds that hold him.
"Calm down mister Dukes. Anything I do to you can only be an improvement." A gruff voice says. Before the speaker has any chance to continue, the bonds snap, and a very, very large Fred Dukes jumps into the air, trying to crush his tormentor. Before he gets the chance, a wave of Cosmic Energy strikes him, sending him flying into the machinery that once held him. "Ah, Mister Dukes, allow me to introduce you to Mister Alex Summers. Or as we like to call him, Havoc, as in mayhem, destruction of property, etc, etc."
"Jesus, Beast what have you done to him." Alex says as he unleashed another blast that Fred shrugs off. "His speed and dexterity… How can something that big move that way." His Cosmic blasts bouncing off of their target.
"BUTCHER!" Fred screams as he leaps into the air again. A beam of red crimson slams into him, cutting him in half.
"That's what I want to know, McCoy!" The beam originator says as the two halves fall to the ground. "You know there is no Genetic testing allowed during the 'Matthews Pact'"
"Well Cyclops, In order for Mother McCoy's baby boy to make better Infinites, he needs to break a few dozen or so eggs." Beast replies as he throws the torn pieces of Fred Dukes into a large vat.
"Damn it Beast, cut this bullshit or I'll report you to Sinister." Scott screams as he leaves the wrecked lab.
"What's his problem?" Hank asks Havoc, who just scowls in the direction of the leaving Prelate.
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Australia
The lush ground begins to shake. Suddenly it opens up as an earthen orb rises from the ground. The orb opens up and loses its form, becoming nothing more than dust. Seven figures emerge from where the orb was. "Ah, Me native home! God I've missed it." John Allerdyce says as he walks forward, arms stretched out. "Got to hand it to ya Lance, me mate. Travlin' through the earth, by means of Seismic pulses… Pure genius."
"What can I say Aussie, Lance here has always had a way of making a potentially Kafka situation seem like something out of Shakespeare." Toad said as he hopped up next to Pyro. "Plus with the lovely Mrs. Alvers holding us in an intangible state to help move us faster, how could we not have arrived safely."
"The Shadow King could have Psi-Scanned us, Holocaust's dogs might have picked up on the Seismic energy, Sentinels could have seen our mutant energy signals, An Infinite patrol might have been here…" Omega said as he walked behind the two of them, his long black, braided hair blowing with the wind.
"You don't have to be so damn negative about it, Mon Ami." Gambit replied as he walked up next to him, shuffling a deck of cards.
"Remy's right, Mike. That negative attitude of yours is going to be your down fall." Lance replied from behind them, a hint of humor in his voice. "That or you daredevil stunts in battle."
"Hey, can I help it if I'm cautious and reckless at the same time." Omega replied as a tendrical snaked out of his arm, wrapping around Toad to keep him from jumping all about.
"Hey, lemme go…" Toad yelled in protest, nobody paying much attention to it.
"Yea, you can." Kitty said as she hung to Avalanches arm. "You really don't have to worry about the big A's forces here. Apocalypse has a agreement with the Human High Council that prevents him from invading this area." She continued, her shoulder-length hair flopping from side to side.
"Awwww, I just think Mikey's jealous that he didn't get to kill any more Infinites." Tabitha crowed from next to Pyro. "He can get so grumpy when that happens."
"Cram it Meltdown."
"Any time you want to…"
"Children please…" Todd said from his position in the wrapped tendrical. "Can we at least have a civil conversation once? And can you put me down?" Omega complied and the rest of the Brotherhood shared a laugh at their teammates expense.
"And they wonder why I'm so damn intense." Mike thought to himself as the Brotherhood walked to their home base.
"Well guys, at least we managed to save the human settlement from destruction." Lance said, trying to put a good face of a bad situation.
"True." They all muttered as they walked into their home. They walked inside, not noticing the figure that was behind them, in the distance. The figure then got onto a small speeder and flew away.
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That's all for now folks. Just a fairly long taste of what's to come. Review; cause it keeps me going. And if you don't than I may not continue. Remember it's all up to you. Enjoy
Peace out
Descendent