A/N: Well I guess my little rant from the last chapter worked cause I got a few more reviews than the last chapters. Thank you all who reviewed and please keep it up, thanks.

Ok before we get into the story I got some questions from reviewers I'd like to answer. I'm sorry I can't exactly remember who asked what and what they asked and since I'm writing this during school I don't have access to FF and can't look it up.

Anyway one person I believe asked if this was going to be a long story and to be honest I have no idea how long it's going to be. It's a WIP I'm making it up as I go.

Next someone wanted to know if my Dune reference was intentional. In away I guess it was but also it wasn't really. Like I said at the beginning I used the wordbecause I liked it. But now that I think about, if I remember correctly from one of the movies they showed on SCI-FI the word Mah'di means messiah and that's basically what Ryu is. He's there to deliver the world from the hands of evil.

And last I think there was something about Ryu having any weaknesses. Don't worry he will have some kind I just have to figure out what exactly and how to weave it into the story and make it sound good. I have a whisper of an idea but nothing concrete, so any ideas are welcome (hint, hint).

All right I thinks that's it. If there were any other questions I forgot, I'm sorry I'll try to get to them next time.

Wow that was a long A/N now on with the story.

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It had been a long couple of days since Apocalypse's release and Ryu and the others were no closer to having any answers than before. Almost as soon as Apocalypse was freed he seemed to disappear again. Even though Ryu could sense Apocalypse he had no idea how to use that ability to find him.

Deciding they needed more information Selmak returned to the Tok'ra to see what information he could dig up. While waiting for Selmak to return the others kept their eyes and ears open for any news that might lead them to Apocalypse or at least give them a hint as to where to start looking.

After a few hours Selmak finally returned with some information, not much but it was more than they had before.

"So Jacob what'ch ya got?" Jack asked as SG-1, Ryu, and Hammond gathered in the briefing room.

"Unfortunately no much. All I was able to find really was an old script with the original prophecy on it and some very vague references to the Eye of the Ages." Jacob answered.

"And this prophecy says what exactly?" Ryu spoke up.

"It pretty much says that one day a great evil, not of it's time, known as the Apocalypse will once again rise and spread across the land like a plague. Many will oppose and try to stand against the evil, but all shall fail except for one: a pure blood known as the Mah'di…" Janet walking in interrupted Jacob.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I just recorded something on the news this morning that I think you're all gonna wanna see." Janet stated as she walked into the room and popped a tape into a VCR.

As the group watched the screen a reporter came on. In the background there were lots of military vehicles and personnel and what appeared to be an energy dome of some kind.

"We come to you live from Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico where some archeologists have found what appears to be an energy dome of some kind." The reporter started. "Military personnel have been working around the clock since they were made aware of the discovery, but have still found no answers. (Shows a close up of some military officers working. Then goes back to the reporter). At a loss as to what to do the military has allowed a group of mutants known as the X-Men to try and see if they can make any sense out of what's happening here.

The scene changes from the reporter to where the X-Men are working. The mutants try using not only their powers but also some high tech tools to try and crack through the dome. Everything they try winds up blowing up in their faces.

Suddenly one of the mutants points to something in the sky. The camera moves up and a giant metal sphere can be seen hurtling towards the dome. As it slows it's decent another mutant can be seen emerging from the sphere.

Once clear of the sphere the mutant manipulates the sphere into a bullet shaped object and hurls it at the dome. When the bullet shaped sphere is shattered the mutant uses his powers to pick up tanks, jeeps, and anything else he can reach and hurls them at the sphere as well. When none of that seems to work the mutant begins pulling satellites from orbit, which begin to break up on reentry and catch on fire. What's left of them plunge past him as massive fireballs, but even they fail to damage the dome in anyway.

At this point Apocalypse can be seen emerging from the top of the dome just in time to divert the final satellite back towards the other mutant. The mutant is able to dodge it just in time, but Apocalypse uses his powers to jerk the screaming, powerless mutant about. Bands of colors and static form, then close about the mutant until he seemingly implodes, then there's nothing. After wards Apocalypse slowly descends back into the dome.

The people in the briefing room watched in stunned silence as the tape ended. For several minutes no one said anything.

"Ok does that little prophecy of yours say anything about how I'm supposed to defeat Apocalypse?" Ryu broke the silence turning to face Selmak. "Because to be quite honest I'm very fond of me the way I am, in one piece, and I seriously don't want to wind up like Magneto (A/N: The mutant Apocalypse squashed)."

For a second Selmak just stared at Ryu before answering. "Um…let's see it says something about the Mah'di being forced to make a great sacrifice that would be the difference between the life or destruction of all man."

"Great so no pressure…just the fate of the world ridding on my shoulders…yup no pressure at all, none what so ever…this is just peachy." Ryu mumbled quietly to himself, but the others heard him anyway.

"Jacob you said you had some information on this Eye of the Ages?" Daniel questioned ignoring Ryu's mumbling. Years of dealing with Jack had made Daniel a master of ignoring things like that.

"Yes, from what I can gather the 'Eye' uses some kind of radiation I've never seen or even heard of before to manipulate a person's DNA and activate the X-gene, essentially making them a mutant."

"Wait X-gene?" Sam jumped in.

"Yeah it's what makes mutants, mutants." Ryu answered before either Jacob or Janet could. "Every mutant has an extra gene in their DNA that causes them to develop unique abilities…well actually I guess that's not quiet true. Every body has an X-gene, it's just a matter of whether it's active or not. Basically if your X-gene's active you're a mutant, if it's not active you're not a mutant."

"And that's exactly what the Eye of the Ages is designed to do, activate a person's X-gene. Apocalypse wants to reshape the world in his image and that's exactly what he's going to do unless he can be stopped." Jacob finished.

"Wow, you really know how not to lay the pressure on a guy, don't ya?"

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A/N: Ok people just to let you know I'm starting to run out of ideas for this story, so if you have any no matter how small, let me know, please, because if I don't start getting some more ideas soon this story will probably be finished in another two or three chapters.