'The Age of
M'
In the year 1999, North America was taken over by an unknown mutant. This
mutant used other mutants to destroy all the major cities. The mutant, who
was dubbed 'Mr. M', took normal humans and either killed them or made them
slaves. Mr. M killed the powerful mutants and used the less powerful as his
slaves. No one could stop him, and Mr.M had half the world under his control
by the year 2002. Even the mighty X-Men didn't stand a chance. They all died
trying to protect their homes and families.
There is no faith. There is no hope. There is death. There is pain. There is
nothing.
Free Europe-Free France
A church in Paris had once been one of the most beautiful churches in the
world. It had once been a place where the children of God came to worship.
Now, it was used as a place were mutants from all over the world came. The
church was ran by 30 year old, Father John-Claude and his young student,
Density Elm, or Denny.
Father John-Claude walked out of his room and down the hallway. He stopped
when he heard footsteps running up from behind him. Father John-Claude turned
around and smiled as Denny came running over. Denny was a pretty young
girl;her blonde hair was up to her shoulders and her eyes were a wonderful
green color. She was 95 pounds and about 5'4. She also looked younger then
fifteen in her school girl uniform.
"Father," She paused a moment as she caught her breath.
"I....Martin's....it's....." She was waving her arms about. Denny
always
acted this way when she was hyper. "Trudy...she's....it's...Oh, it's
time!"
"Now?"
"Yes, now!" Denny grabbed his arm. "Come, come."
She rushed him down the hall and then down the long stairs. The bottom floor
of the church was full of sick beds and mutants. A young man, in his late
teens came running toward them.
"Hurry."
"I'm coming, Martin. It's going to be fine. Denny, go get towels, hot
water
and my bible. Another mutant is about to come into this brave world."
Las Vegas-America, North America
At that same moment, on the other side of the world another mutant was
leaving the earth. He was leaving it with the kiss of death. The girl who had
been kissing him, stood frozen as his body dropped to the ground. She was
very white and felt like someone had just put a hole through her that felt
like it was getting bigger and bigger. The man she had been kissing, was
having a sericer on the floor, was also very white and had a mixture of blood
and puss coming from his mouth.
The mutant stopped moving. The girl's lips seemed to form a small smile. Just
as the man had just felt wonderful, she to felt that way. It was one of her
powers. The touch of death. For one brief moment her vitiam like they had
just had the best sex ever. Then, they felt awful and Lennon felt that wonder
feeling that they had just felt.
Lennon leaned against a wall and let out a sigh. "Oh..that felt so
good."
She stayed there for a while, till a light shone in through the window. The
light belonged to the 'Watchers', little tiny cameras that flew around,
reading mutant auras and then killing them. Lennon wasn't a fan. She knew
she'd have one minute to get away before the 'Watcher' came back. The light
went away and Lennon ran out of the motel room.
Las Vegas' streets were empty, no one dared to walk them. It was dirty
and
dark. Buildings were empty or falling apart. It was no place for anything.
Lennon quickly walked along the street, her head down. She heard the buzzing
noise and didn't have to look up. There was something flying above her and
she knew what it was-Sential. "Damnit." She muttered. Lennon looked
up.
The robot was about sixteen feet tall and was red,blue, and white. It's deep
computer voice called down to her. "Stop mutant! Level 5 mutant. Name:
Lennon
Paula Landry. Age:16."
Lennon looked around for somewhere to hide. There was nowhere. She closed her
eyes and waited for the robot to kill her. And she waited. And waited.
Nothing happened. Lennon looked up to see that the robot's head had been
taken off and the body had gone into itself. It dropped to the ground,
causing a loud boom to echo over the city.
"Your welcome." A male voice said from behind her. Lennon turned
around to
see a guy. He was about 6'1'' and built. His hair was a reddish color with a
white strip that kept going over his left blue eye. He was dressed all in
black and had a killer smile. He was in his early to mid 20s. "I said,
your
welcome."
"Oh, thanks. Who are you?"
He smiled at her. "I'm Chris Summers." Chris looked at this girl who
he had
just saved. He had been hoping she'd be a woman with a great body. Nope, he'd
gotten a pretty young girl. This girl was about 5'6'' and 105 pounds or so.
She was dressed in a black skirt that was cut funny, so it was different
lengths all around, a black tank top with a sheer top over that. He noticed
that she was wearing some kind of see-through black stockings and very long
black boots. Her hair was also black and very long. Her gray eyes even had
flicks of black in them. Her face was full of rings. One in her lip, another
in her nose, another in her tongue, another in her left eyebrow, and four in
each ear. "You're Lennon Landry, like the robot said?"
Lennon nodded. "Yeah, that's me. So, thanks Chris Summers. There're aren't
many people like you."
Chris shrugged. "Yeah, well...we mutants got to stick together. I learned
that from my father, he was a X-Man and he taught me all about helping
people."
"So, your like the mutant superhero?" She laughed a little.
"That's so
comicbookie of you, Chris."
Chris raised an eyebrow at her. "Your going to be trouble,aren't
you?"
She nodded happily. "Yep." Lennon walked closed to Chris. "I
really would
love to thank you." She leaned closer to him. "Maybe with a
kiss?"
Chris backed away. "No, thanks. Your way to young for me. Lennon, I saw
that
guy and I know what you can do. I want to help you."
"What?" She sounded shocked and scared. "You....no you don't.
You'd help me
by letting me touch you!! I hate you! Leave me be! Thanks, but just leave me
alone now!" Lennon turned and took off running down the street.
"Wait, Lennon, wait!" Chris yelled after her. He to was about to take
off,
when a voice filled his mind. ooODon't, Chris. She'll come to us,when she's
ready.ooO Chris nodded.
New York City,America-North America
Everywhere else in America was trash. Every town and city was trash. All but
New York City. New York City was were Mr. M had sent up shop and where he and
his 'servants' lived. Mr. M's number one 'servant' was a twenty year old boy
named David.
David walked through his hotel's halls and stopped in front of a mirror. He
ran a hand through his shaggy brown hair and winked at himself with a baby
blue eye. He straighten up his black suit and walked into the elevator.
The
elevator took him down the basement level of the hotel. David could hear the
painful screams of a young woman. The doors opened and David walked into his
basement.
The basement was large and was lighted by spot lights. The right wall was
lined with cages and equipment. The left wall was lined with more equipment
and a few beds. In the center of the room was a large bed. The bed had all
kinds of wires and machines attached to it. Someone was in the bed. That
person was breathing hard. David walked over to the bed and looked down.
He moved a green strip of hair away from the girl's hazel eyes. "I do hate
your two green strips,dearheart." He told her.
The girl seemed to whimper and try and break the chains that held her down.
David smiled, before turning to one of his servants that were standing
nearby. "How goes the treatment?"
"As you hoped,sir. She's developing a natural high to pain. Her healing
factor is helping her,with this. I didn't know she even had a healing factor,
till we cut her open."
"Yes, she has one. It was so low, that she didn't even know that she had
one.
My dearheart has so much power,she doesn't even know it. More so, after I
gave her a bit of my powers."
"A wise choice,sir."
"Mm, yes. It did turn some of her hair green,but...it was a good
choice."
David looked down at the girl. "How are you feeling?"
The girl gulped and spoke with a weak voice. "I...I want to see Sky,
please."
"You want to see Sky?" He smirked. "I'll show you Sky."
David stared down at
the girl's forehead. The girl started to scream for Sky. "Did you forget,
your dear little twin brother is dead?"
She screamed and tried to break her chains. "Stay outta my head!" She
groaned.
David laughed a little. "Farewell, dearheart. I'll return to you
shortly." He
leaned down and kissed her forehead. The girl whimpered. David laughed and
walked away. He was almost out the door when he turned around. "Oh, boys
clean her up and bring her to my room."
Westchester, New York-M Mansion (The Old Xavier School)
What had once been a symbol of hope was now a symbol of fear. The Xavier
school for the gifted was now the M mansion, a hell hole on earth. Mr. M's
office had once been Xavier's, Mr. M sat there cloaked in darkness. David
walked into the office.
"Your late,Vast." Mr. M's strange voice filled the room, 'causing it
to
shake. "Why are you late?"
David bowed a little and took a seat. "I'm so sorry, sir. I was seeing my
dearheart and lost all track of time."
"You still have that girl?"
"Well, you know how fun she is. I can't just kill her. We have
history."
Mr. M seemed to laugh. "Yes, I know. She can be very fun when she's not
fully
in control." He cleared his throat. "But, that's not why I asked you
here,Vast. 'X' has been causing trouble again. I'm thinking of sending Sorrow
to take care of him."
A floor above them, a small girl was crying in a dark, dirty cage that was
hardly big enough for her. She was against the wall and demonlike wings came
from her back. The girl was naked and her long brown hair covered her
body,
which had spikes coming from all over. (except her neck and above and her
ankle and below) She was Sorrow.
"Sir, if I may speak freely? I'd like my dearheart to take this one. She's
doing wonderfully with the test, and I'd like to see her in the field."
"Very well, Sorrow can go another time. I to would like to see how your
dear
little one fares against that annoying man."
New York City
David walked into his bedroom to find his dearheart sitting in a chair. She
was dressed in tight jean pants, a white cutoff shirt with the words 'Bite
Me' written in red letters, sneakers, and a little sliver bellylace. Her
brown hair had been cut a bit,so it was down mid-back length and she had been
cleaned from head to toe. There was also a little sliver cross around her
neck;it had been her Mother's. She looked just like any other seventeen year
old girl. David tossed her the leather jacket he had been carrying.
"Dear, sad little heart, your going to Las Vegas. There's someone I'd like
you to kill. Don't forget your jacket on the jet, it gets cold at night."
Las Vegas
The bar was small and smoky. If there were still laws on over crowding, it
would have broken them. Chris Summers sat at the bar, nursing his beer. Some
song by some band from before M took over blasted over the radio system.
Everyone seemed to be having a good time, all but Chris. He was still upset
that he had scared Lennon off. The poor kid's mind must have been so crowded
and confused, that she must have been scared of what he had really wanted.
All Chris had wanted was to help the girl. Now, he'd never get that chance.
Chris turned toward the door, just in time to see a girl walk in. She stood
apart from the rest. Maybe it was the two strips of green in her hair? Or
maybe it was her eyes. They seemed to know so much for someone so young. She
sat next to him.
"Hi." Was all she said, before she ordered her beer.
Chris looked over at her. "Hi, I'm Chris Summers. What's your name?"
This question seemed to chance her off guard. The girl seemed to think about
it for a moment. "My..my name was Earth." She finally told him.
"And it's not anymore?" He asked with a bit of a smirk.
She shook her head. "No, it's not."
"But Earth is such a pretty name and your such a great looking girl. Look,
you must get this a lot, but when I saw you walk in...when I saw you, I knew
I had to make you mine. Your so beautiful and I knew if I didn't get to talk
to you, I'd regret it forever." He smiled at her, to close the deal.
"That was such a ton of crap, Summers. Do you tell that to all the girls,
or
am I different?"
"I'm sorry. I friend of mine told me that it was a gold come on. I should
have known better, man hasn't been on a date since '04. I'm sorry. Can we
start again?" She nodded. "Okay, I'm Chris Summers."
"Earth." They shook hands. "I love your streak, man."
"Thanks, I love yours."
A while later, and the two of them were walking back to Chris' place.
"So, have you been here long, Earth?" He asked as they turned down a
street.
She quickly shook her head. "No, it's only my first day. Seems like all
the
other city's. All but New York City, that one's still up and running."
Chris looked the seven inches down at her. New York City? Only M's so called
servants;who were really slaves, lived there. And none of them ever got out
alive. There was something wrong about this girl. He tried to read her
thoughts,but something was blocking him. She had to be a mutant, like him.
He played it cool.
"Yeah, it's just like the others." He stopped walking and so did she.
They
faced eachother. "Earth, Earth....you look cold." He lost his nerve
to ask
her what she was up to.
Earth nodded and wrapped her jacket around her. "A little." She
dropped
something on the ground. "Ops, could you get that for me?"
Chris nodded and bent down. Just as he did this, he felt her knee go into his
gut. She kicked him three times. Earth grabbed him by the hair and made him
stand up-she was very very strong. She went to punch him with her free
hand,but someone put their hand on hers.
Earth stood frozen and turned so pale. Chris could see her veins and the
blood running through them. Earth gasped and let go of Chris. She stood
frozen for another second,before falling into his arms. Chris looked down at
her and then up to see Lennon smiling up at him.
"Your welcome. I said your welcome."
"Thanks. What did you do to her?"
"Stole a memory forever and her powers for a little bit. Don't worry, it's
only enough for like ten minutes. I heard her thoughts when we touched, she's
one strange chick." Lennon put a glove back on. "I'm getting there. I
thought
about it and I'd like your help."
"Yeah,sure. Is she a danger to us?"
Lennon shook her head. "Nah, she's more a danger to herself then to us.
She
needs your help to, Chris."
Chris picked Earth up with a sigh. "Come on, Lennon."
TBC
