Brotherhood Evolution: Distant Thoughts
Well truer believers, we are drawing closer to the break from the show, and you know what that means… changes are in the air… I hope you enjoy what I've got in store.
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The Brotherhood of Bayville Boarding House
"So what do you wanna do?" Toad asked as he and Blob sat with Mike and Lance in the living room.
"I dunno, what do you wanna do?" Mike asked back.
"I dunno, what do you wanna do?"
"I dunno, what do you wanna do?"
"I dunno, what do you wanna do?"
"I dunno, what do you wanna do?"
"I dunno, what do you wanna do?"
"Wait, haven't we done this before?" Lance asked as he held his pounding head.
"I think so." Blob said simply.
"Ah crap, we're in a rerun." Mike stated. "This is where Pietro walks in and says…"
"Aw, did we hit a raw nerve?" Pietro said as he walked in the room with Wanda as Mike mouthed what Pietro said along with him.
"Right and now Toad says…" Lance said simply.
"Hey baby." Todd said with a smile.
"Don't touch me." Wanda snapped.
"Can do." Toad said as he smiled at her. "Wait, this does seem familiar. Now Betsy pops up with a phone book…"
"I have an idea!" Betsy said as she appeared out of the shadow on the floor with a phone book in hands.
"Let me guess…Prank calls…" Pietro says.
"Whoa. I'm supposed to be the telepathic one." Betsy said simply. "Wait, are we in a rerun?"
"I think so." Mike said simply.
"Crap. I hate reruns." Wanda muttered.
"So what do we do?" Blob asked.
"I don't know." Betsy said as she looked around. Then she felt a tingling in the back of her spine. "What the…" Betsy began before the tingling turned into a sharp pain. "AGH!" Betsy cried as Mike caught her from falling.
"BETS!" Mike screamed as Betsy faded to blackness.
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The Asteral Plane
"Where am I?" Betsy asked as she floated through space. She looked down and realized that she was made of purple energy. "Whoa…" Betsy thought. "What is going on here?"
"Welcome soul infant," Came the voice that was thick as gravel. Betsy whirled around to see a twelve-foot tall gray man clothed in red robes floating before her. "To the Asteral plane: Your new home for all of eternity…"
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Magneto's secret lair
"What's wrong with her?' Mike demanded as Xorn and Lifeguard walked out of the infirmary.
"The short answer, we don't know." Lifeguard said simply. "She's gone into some kind of psychic induced coma, and we have no way of knowing what caused it without going into her head."
"And Sabertooth, 'accidentally' killed our only telepath." Xorn said in disgust.
"I said I was sorry!" Sabertooth whined. "She said she liked it rough!"
"But with a sledgehammer?" Pyro asked.
"What about Mastermind?" Pietro asked, going back on subject.
"He doesn't have the sheer skill needed to get past the telepathic defenses Betsy has already, and there's no way to bypass them non-telepathically." Lifeguard said simply. "That, and he's not all right in the head." Heather said as she jerked her thumb to where Mastermind was playing with a little doll, lost in his own world.
"Ew." Pietro said simply.
"But I don't think this is telepathic in nature, I'm sensing more mystical things here." Xorn stated.
"The Crimson Dawn." Mike stated, as he grew grim.
"Most likely. This is probably some sort of side effect. Her powers are trying to evolve, but the Crimson Dawn may be affecting it somehow." Lifeguard stated. "This coma is the by product."
"Then I'm going to find out what's going on." Mike said as he stormed away.
"How?" Lance asked.
"I found the Crimson Dawn before, I'll find it again. Maybe its keeper will have some answers." Mike stated. "And if he doesn't, I would feel sorry for him."
"Lance, Toad, Scarlet Witch, go with him. Blob, stay here with Betsy." Pietro said simply. "Let's go."
"Who put you in charge?' Lance demanded as Magneto walked by. "Oh yea." Lance grumbled. "Alright, time to mess with Mystism, as if my life wasn't screwed up enough." Lance said simply as he followed Mike out the door.
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New York City
"Alright buddy." Omega hissed as he slammed a monk against the wall. "I'm looking for a little fruit basket by the name of Gomurr, maybe you've heard of him?"
"Um, no…" The monk smiled nervously.
"I don't like liars." Mike hissed as he popped his tendricals out.
"Eep." The Monk stated.
"Does it bother anyone that we're threatening a monk?" Toad asked.
"Not at the moment." Wanda said as Mike threw the old man through a table.
"Where is Gomurr!?" Mike demanded.
"I don't know." The monk cried. "But I know." The monk then said as he glowed with green energy. The monk then transformed into a twelve-foot tall gray giant. Clothed in red robes and green energy swirling about him, he gave an ominous presence.
"Tar." Mike muttered.
"The same." Tar said, his voice like gravel. (Get it? Tar, gravel? Bah. Never you mind.)
"There is a man who has eaten a lot of beef." Toad said simply.
"I guess I don't need Gomurr now that I've got you." Mike snarled.
"What is it now soul infant?" Tar yawned.
"What is the Crimson Dawn doing to Betsy?" Mike demanded.
"Nothing I warned you it would do." Tar said simply.
"Bull." Mike stated. "It put her in a coma."
"No. Her evolution put her in a coma. The Crimson Dawn is the lifeblood of the earth. Its sole porpoise is to ensure that the world remains unchanged."
"But that's impossible." Lance said. "The world is changing every day."
"Only the physical aspect. The Crimson Dawn protects the earth's spirit from being corrupted. The Dawn is a living being." Tar explained.
"Big friggin' whoop." Mike swore. "How does this affect Betsy?"
"Since the young Asian drank from the mystical liquid, she has become one with the spirit world. Able to merge into and out of it at a moments notice."
"Her shadow powers." Toad stated.
"Exactly." Tar continued. "As her powers evolve, her body and spirit changes. The Crimson Dawn within her allows the body to change, not the spirit, just as it does with Mother earth. Thus her soul and mind are lost to the astral plane, without a body for as long as the crimson blood of the mother earth runs through her veins..." Tar stated.
"So how do we get it out?" Mike demanded.
"…But once the Crimson Dawn is removed she will revert right back to the state she was in when she first sipped it." Tar finished.
"But that was after Sabertooth tore her apart!" Toad cried.
"Quite the dilemma indeed." Tar said with a smile.
"Wait." Mike said as the gears started to turn. "Betsy never drank the Crimson Dawn. Dr. Strange merged her soul with it. Thus her soul is one with the Dawn." Mike said.
"Uh oh." Tar gulped. "I didn't think you would catch that fact." Tar said as he began to sweat.
"You said the Crimson Dawn is a sentient being. Which means all we have to do is try and convince the Crimson Dawn that Betsy needs the spiritual change or she'll die." Mike stated with a sinister smile. "And I bet that the keeper of the Crimson Dawn knows how to talk to it." Mike hissed as he popped his tendricals.
"Please soul-infant. I beat you before, I can do it again." Tar stated menacingly, trying to act brave.
"Wrong. Last time, you fought Wolverine, not me. And more importantly, I got friends…" Mike said as he motioned at the Brotherhood. Lance and Wanda were both rippling with energy and Pietro and Toad punched their hands together.
"Go on, give me a reason to kill you." Lance said with a smile. "Please?"
"How about no. Well, I can see that this won't end well." Tar grumbled to himself.
"Oh yea." Mike said simply.
"Damn. So much for my master ploy for revenge." Tar muttered as he swept his hand across the room. The Brotherhood found themselves in Tar's throne room. The Crimson Dawn pulsed in the center of the room.
"Wow." Toad stated as he saw the giant flowing orb.
"Dawn. Release the mortal from your grip." Tar said simply. "Or I may find need to take a sip of your liquid." Tar gulped as Mike punched his hand.
~ No. ~ Came the innocent child like voice from nowhere.
"What the hell was that?" Lance asked as he whirled around.
"The Crimson Dawn." Tar snarled. "Dawn. I command you to allow the being known as Elisabeth Braddock to be free from her spiritual constraints."
~ I cannot. I must perform my duty and protect all those who I support. ~
"Let her go." Mike stated. "Or your protector gets it." Mike stated as Tar gulped again.
~ It would go against my nature. And in doing so, destroy myself. ~
"But you're killing her." Wanda said.
~ I cannot reverse the effects I have on her, yet I can alter them. ~
"How." Mike asked.
~ I can release her only if another would take her place. ~
"Really." Mike said as he looked at Tar.
"I'm going in, aren't I?" Tar gulped. "Excellent." He thought to himself as he smiled discreetly.
"Oh yea." Lance said with a smirk.
(Sigh) "I'll get my bags…" Tar said as he jumped into the orb of the Crimson Dawn, taking Psylocke's place in the Dawn.
"This isn't so bad." Tar said as he emerged. "Now I can better serve the earth since I'm now linked to it."
"Tell me about it." Lance said with a smirk.
"So, is she free?" Mike asked.
~ Look for yourself. ~ The dawn spoke as a portal opened up and the Brotherhood saw Betsy waking up and looking around.
"We better get back to her." Mike said simply.
"This was your plan all along, wasn't it Tar." Lance said simply. "To gain the powers of the Crimson Dawn, with our help?"
"Maybe. We will meet again Soul Infant." Tar said simply as he turned his back and melted into the shadows.
"No doubt." Wanda said simply. "Lets go home."
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Next Time on Brotherhood Evolution: Dark Horizons and Impact Suck. Since the Brotherhood really didn't play a big role in either, I decided to roll these two episodes together in one simply bitch fest with the Brotherhood at the center.
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Well hope it was worth the wait true believers. BHE will be taking a rest soon as I'll have a new fic to work on soon. It'll be called Autumn Fun, and it'll be starting up in a bit. So see you all next time,
Descendent
Well truer believers, we are drawing closer to the break from the show, and you know what that means… changes are in the air… I hope you enjoy what I've got in store.
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The Brotherhood of Bayville Boarding House
"So what do you wanna do?" Toad asked as he and Blob sat with Mike and Lance in the living room.
"I dunno, what do you wanna do?" Mike asked back.
"I dunno, what do you wanna do?"
"I dunno, what do you wanna do?"
"I dunno, what do you wanna do?"
"I dunno, what do you wanna do?"
"I dunno, what do you wanna do?"
"Wait, haven't we done this before?" Lance asked as he held his pounding head.
"I think so." Blob said simply.
"Ah crap, we're in a rerun." Mike stated. "This is where Pietro walks in and says…"
"Aw, did we hit a raw nerve?" Pietro said as he walked in the room with Wanda as Mike mouthed what Pietro said along with him.
"Right and now Toad says…" Lance said simply.
"Hey baby." Todd said with a smile.
"Don't touch me." Wanda snapped.
"Can do." Toad said as he smiled at her. "Wait, this does seem familiar. Now Betsy pops up with a phone book…"
"I have an idea!" Betsy said as she appeared out of the shadow on the floor with a phone book in hands.
"Let me guess…Prank calls…" Pietro says.
"Whoa. I'm supposed to be the telepathic one." Betsy said simply. "Wait, are we in a rerun?"
"I think so." Mike said simply.
"Crap. I hate reruns." Wanda muttered.
"So what do we do?" Blob asked.
"I don't know." Betsy said as she looked around. Then she felt a tingling in the back of her spine. "What the…" Betsy began before the tingling turned into a sharp pain. "AGH!" Betsy cried as Mike caught her from falling.
"BETS!" Mike screamed as Betsy faded to blackness.
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The Asteral Plane
"Where am I?" Betsy asked as she floated through space. She looked down and realized that she was made of purple energy. "Whoa…" Betsy thought. "What is going on here?"
"Welcome soul infant," Came the voice that was thick as gravel. Betsy whirled around to see a twelve-foot tall gray man clothed in red robes floating before her. "To the Asteral plane: Your new home for all of eternity…"
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Magneto's secret lair
"What's wrong with her?' Mike demanded as Xorn and Lifeguard walked out of the infirmary.
"The short answer, we don't know." Lifeguard said simply. "She's gone into some kind of psychic induced coma, and we have no way of knowing what caused it without going into her head."
"And Sabertooth, 'accidentally' killed our only telepath." Xorn said in disgust.
"I said I was sorry!" Sabertooth whined. "She said she liked it rough!"
"But with a sledgehammer?" Pyro asked.
"What about Mastermind?" Pietro asked, going back on subject.
"He doesn't have the sheer skill needed to get past the telepathic defenses Betsy has already, and there's no way to bypass them non-telepathically." Lifeguard said simply. "That, and he's not all right in the head." Heather said as she jerked her thumb to where Mastermind was playing with a little doll, lost in his own world.
"Ew." Pietro said simply.
"But I don't think this is telepathic in nature, I'm sensing more mystical things here." Xorn stated.
"The Crimson Dawn." Mike stated, as he grew grim.
"Most likely. This is probably some sort of side effect. Her powers are trying to evolve, but the Crimson Dawn may be affecting it somehow." Lifeguard stated. "This coma is the by product."
"Then I'm going to find out what's going on." Mike said as he stormed away.
"How?" Lance asked.
"I found the Crimson Dawn before, I'll find it again. Maybe its keeper will have some answers." Mike stated. "And if he doesn't, I would feel sorry for him."
"Lance, Toad, Scarlet Witch, go with him. Blob, stay here with Betsy." Pietro said simply. "Let's go."
"Who put you in charge?' Lance demanded as Magneto walked by. "Oh yea." Lance grumbled. "Alright, time to mess with Mystism, as if my life wasn't screwed up enough." Lance said simply as he followed Mike out the door.
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New York City
"Alright buddy." Omega hissed as he slammed a monk against the wall. "I'm looking for a little fruit basket by the name of Gomurr, maybe you've heard of him?"
"Um, no…" The monk smiled nervously.
"I don't like liars." Mike hissed as he popped his tendricals out.
"Eep." The Monk stated.
"Does it bother anyone that we're threatening a monk?" Toad asked.
"Not at the moment." Wanda said as Mike threw the old man through a table.
"Where is Gomurr!?" Mike demanded.
"I don't know." The monk cried. "But I know." The monk then said as he glowed with green energy. The monk then transformed into a twelve-foot tall gray giant. Clothed in red robes and green energy swirling about him, he gave an ominous presence.
"Tar." Mike muttered.
"The same." Tar said, his voice like gravel. (Get it? Tar, gravel? Bah. Never you mind.)
"There is a man who has eaten a lot of beef." Toad said simply.
"I guess I don't need Gomurr now that I've got you." Mike snarled.
"What is it now soul infant?" Tar yawned.
"What is the Crimson Dawn doing to Betsy?" Mike demanded.
"Nothing I warned you it would do." Tar said simply.
"Bull." Mike stated. "It put her in a coma."
"No. Her evolution put her in a coma. The Crimson Dawn is the lifeblood of the earth. Its sole porpoise is to ensure that the world remains unchanged."
"But that's impossible." Lance said. "The world is changing every day."
"Only the physical aspect. The Crimson Dawn protects the earth's spirit from being corrupted. The Dawn is a living being." Tar explained.
"Big friggin' whoop." Mike swore. "How does this affect Betsy?"
"Since the young Asian drank from the mystical liquid, she has become one with the spirit world. Able to merge into and out of it at a moments notice."
"Her shadow powers." Toad stated.
"Exactly." Tar continued. "As her powers evolve, her body and spirit changes. The Crimson Dawn within her allows the body to change, not the spirit, just as it does with Mother earth. Thus her soul and mind are lost to the astral plane, without a body for as long as the crimson blood of the mother earth runs through her veins..." Tar stated.
"So how do we get it out?" Mike demanded.
"…But once the Crimson Dawn is removed she will revert right back to the state she was in when she first sipped it." Tar finished.
"But that was after Sabertooth tore her apart!" Toad cried.
"Quite the dilemma indeed." Tar said with a smile.
"Wait." Mike said as the gears started to turn. "Betsy never drank the Crimson Dawn. Dr. Strange merged her soul with it. Thus her soul is one with the Dawn." Mike said.
"Uh oh." Tar gulped. "I didn't think you would catch that fact." Tar said as he began to sweat.
"You said the Crimson Dawn is a sentient being. Which means all we have to do is try and convince the Crimson Dawn that Betsy needs the spiritual change or she'll die." Mike stated with a sinister smile. "And I bet that the keeper of the Crimson Dawn knows how to talk to it." Mike hissed as he popped his tendricals.
"Please soul-infant. I beat you before, I can do it again." Tar stated menacingly, trying to act brave.
"Wrong. Last time, you fought Wolverine, not me. And more importantly, I got friends…" Mike said as he motioned at the Brotherhood. Lance and Wanda were both rippling with energy and Pietro and Toad punched their hands together.
"Go on, give me a reason to kill you." Lance said with a smile. "Please?"
"How about no. Well, I can see that this won't end well." Tar grumbled to himself.
"Oh yea." Mike said simply.
"Damn. So much for my master ploy for revenge." Tar muttered as he swept his hand across the room. The Brotherhood found themselves in Tar's throne room. The Crimson Dawn pulsed in the center of the room.
"Wow." Toad stated as he saw the giant flowing orb.
"Dawn. Release the mortal from your grip." Tar said simply. "Or I may find need to take a sip of your liquid." Tar gulped as Mike punched his hand.
~ No. ~ Came the innocent child like voice from nowhere.
"What the hell was that?" Lance asked as he whirled around.
"The Crimson Dawn." Tar snarled. "Dawn. I command you to allow the being known as Elisabeth Braddock to be free from her spiritual constraints."
~ I cannot. I must perform my duty and protect all those who I support. ~
"Let her go." Mike stated. "Or your protector gets it." Mike stated as Tar gulped again.
~ It would go against my nature. And in doing so, destroy myself. ~
"But you're killing her." Wanda said.
~ I cannot reverse the effects I have on her, yet I can alter them. ~
"How." Mike asked.
~ I can release her only if another would take her place. ~
"Really." Mike said as he looked at Tar.
"I'm going in, aren't I?" Tar gulped. "Excellent." He thought to himself as he smiled discreetly.
"Oh yea." Lance said with a smirk.
(Sigh) "I'll get my bags…" Tar said as he jumped into the orb of the Crimson Dawn, taking Psylocke's place in the Dawn.
"This isn't so bad." Tar said as he emerged. "Now I can better serve the earth since I'm now linked to it."
"Tell me about it." Lance said with a smirk.
"So, is she free?" Mike asked.
~ Look for yourself. ~ The dawn spoke as a portal opened up and the Brotherhood saw Betsy waking up and looking around.
"We better get back to her." Mike said simply.
"This was your plan all along, wasn't it Tar." Lance said simply. "To gain the powers of the Crimson Dawn, with our help?"
"Maybe. We will meet again Soul Infant." Tar said simply as he turned his back and melted into the shadows.
"No doubt." Wanda said simply. "Lets go home."
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Next Time on Brotherhood Evolution: Dark Horizons and Impact Suck. Since the Brotherhood really didn't play a big role in either, I decided to roll these two episodes together in one simply bitch fest with the Brotherhood at the center.
********************
Well hope it was worth the wait true believers. BHE will be taking a rest soon as I'll have a new fic to work on soon. It'll be called Autumn Fun, and it'll be starting up in a bit. So see you all next time,
Descendent