Guardian: My city, my protectorate
By Xenomorph666
Disclaimer: I own Vile, HOMe, Leto, Gik'reber and the Angel twins. Everything else is owned by Marvel or Disney. Mike Harrigan is owned by FOX as well as Aliens as well as Predator.
Summary: 1 year after his defeat by HOMe and acceptance from the Morlocks, Vile has found his way to LA and adopted it as his home after a fateful night full of tragedy.
Epilogue: Good Guys
The X-Mansion had been fairly quite since the recent events surrounding Vile's supposed death. Rogue and Kurt though now had some comfort from the unexpected arms of their mother, Mystique. Who when not working for SHIELD with her new alien partner, came to visit often. Gik'reber came as well.
Kitty seemed to be taking it easier, at least for HOMe's sake as she saw it. She couldn't bring herself to tell him how it was impossible for Vile to have survived, but then again was she even sure she believed it?
Scott and Jean often supported each other when grief hit them, tough it hit Jean more often than Scott, who had only barely begun to accept Vile. Though Scott still had his nightmares, as he had seen the explosion first hand. He couldn't believe that Vile was alive, yet in the back of his mind he couldn't be sure.
Artisan and Forge were the least affected, both had for the most part, avoided Vile, as he did them. But they also knew it hurt their friends, so in turn hurt them. Artisan could even be caught asking whatever ran the universe why he was taken, why her friends had to suffer.
Remy and Rogue also helped each other with their grief and found a few common grounds. They soon after started dating officially. No one was surprised, except for Mystique whose gaze still un-nerves the Cajun.
HOMe, never wavered in his hope, or faith in his brother. He never once thought that Vile was gone. He never could, the two were connected in a way that far outshined the Hive in anyway possible. And now he was busy staring up at the stars.
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Sarah was never told of what happened to Vile, but then again she didn't need to be. She simply asked to go on an ocean tour one day, and dropped a wreath of flowers into the water, a smile on her face as she continued to look at the water, where her family had drowned and her hero was reborn.
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Mike Harrigan at first took the news like the loss of a close friend. He couldn't bring himself to believe that Vile would not only kill himself, but die for others, most of whom he didn't even know. He began to drink himself into a stupor and even got himself suspended until one night.
"The reports of my death have been grossly exaggerated." Harrigan looked at his open window to see the familiar shadow, and then he passed out. When he woke up he found he apartment completely dry of any alcohol, except for a single bottle of fresh whisky with a note attached.
"We drink together, on the really bad nights. Deal? Signed Robert "Vile" Kellen"
"Deal." Harrigan said to himself as he put the whisky in a special shelf. "I always wanted a mysterious partner. Guess I got my wish."
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The underground society of the Morlock's also took Vile's death extremely hard. But none more so than Spyke, who felt as though he might have been capable of saving the man he viewed as an arrogant ass, but a worthy friend and comrade. Now though they all paid their respects to a clay tombstone Calliban had made for him, and despite their feelings towards him they celebrated his life, rather than mourn his death.
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The Punisher continued his fight against injustice and eventually ended up dying himself, but before he was sent back to earth for redemption he met a kindly old priest who asked him a small favor.
"Let him know he was never a monster to anyone who worked or lived at that church. Let him know that Father Horn is proud of how he fought that darkness, and that a certain young man from the mall is an excellent chess player." It was the first thing he did after visiting his family's grave's.
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AN: The last epilogue is next.