Slickboy444: Well the old Lorna in the comics I agree but she's changed too much for them to work out now. But I plan on him picking one of them, although it won't be pretty and things won't end there either. Yeah I like the Sam & Tabitha too I just like putting them together.
Winblades: Yeah I wanted to go another way with the love triangle, that's not to say that both girls will like each other. And I thought about that but that would be too weird, funny, but weird.
Red Witch: Oh yeah time to see how they're doing. And I know, I just found out this thing called bit torrent and I'm actually downloading the comics I've missed...for the most part.
Xmenfan: Yeah you can bet that will happed later on with Wanda. As for Scott I thought he wasn't too bad in Evolution, I mean you can see he actually cares for Jean in the shows, okay the comics are iffy at times. Hellions will show up a little later but not in action though. As for Alex I just want to play with this for awhile, I got it planned out but you'll like it but also feel sorry for the other girl too.
The Uncanny R-Man: I guess so, you'd think they would enjoy it too, a lot of other guys would.
TheLegendaryManHimself: Yeah but how long they stay civil is another matter, and I like having Tabitha as a sue do big sister to Paige.
Ldypebsaby: Yep the Brotherhood is up next and you'll see how things are going on for them.
mattb3671: What can I say? I'm kind of open minded to a few things, but I really doubt those girls will go that far with Alex, it was mainly the same joke used in the new Spider-Man animated series.
Thanks to: ViciousAssassin, X0001, Sparky Genocide, LadyDeathStrike1, Ruby631, celtcath74, DemonRogue13
ADJUSTMENTS
CHAPTER 29: SAVAGE ADJUSTMENTS
The Savage Land. Literally a lost world hidden in Antarctica, it is a jungle climate in sharp contrast to the icy wasteland outside the mountains that encircled the jungles. In this there are a lost tribes of humans living in primitive fashion but to them it was just a way of life. Living with many animals many of those long thought extinct. Mammoths, Sabertooth tigers even dinosaurs still roam the land.
But a new species has had their home in this forgotten world of the past. Mutants have come to the Savage Land. Now a city is being built to house the many mutants that have flocked to Magneto's call to arms against the unfairness of the human world. Many are those who have no home, no families that will take them in, some were considered pariahs by the human population, others criminals on the run or just others on the run for some other reasons.
They were all approached and given a chance to live in a new world, a mutant world. Many took up the offer, while others were recruited. Like Lance Alvers. He was leaning on the edge of a walkway over looking the jungles. He was in his normal clothing and even though him and the others were here for nearly a month it was still strange.
There was no humans giving him death glares, no hate, no one shouting at him. He had to admit this place was a mutant paradise. Except there was no Kitty here, that was the one thing he missed about his old life. "Yo, still mopping after pretty Kitty?" Lance with a very annoyed look on his face turned to see Toad next to him.
"You still mopping after Wanda?" Lance shot back at him. He saw Toad's face fall at that, he was just as depressed as he was about that.
"We should have told her, I mean then maybe she would have staid with us."
Lance shook his head. "After all that Magneto did to her...never."
Toad sighed. "Yeah...I guess."
"Well if it isn't the gloomy twosome." Lance rolled his eyes and turned to face Pietro. He was wearing his new Acolyte costume. Gone was the shoulder padding and it was a white and green suit with the two colors separated across his chest in the lightning bolt kind of jagged line.
"Hey man she was your sister, don't tell me you're not sorry about it." Lance said to him slightly angry at the fact he seemed not to even to care his own sister left them.
"Hey she made her own choice besides you guys should be happy. Look at where we are!" He gestured to the city. "This is a true heaven for our kind, and Magneto trusts us enough now to bring us here. Besides if he hadn't we would be homeless out on the streets and I know you guys wouldn't want to go crawling to Xavier's."
"He's got a point yo." Toad said scratching his head. "No way would I go to the x-geeks, not after those stinking humans burned down our home."
Lance sighed. He knew about that, it wasn't like he would go to them either. Why couldn't Kitty have seen that Xavier's dream was nothing more then a stupid pipe dream that would never happen, humans would never accept them. "I'm going for a walk." He said and walked away from them. He walked on alone down the streets of the place, some buildings still under construction and others built.
There were homes and even shops. It was like a small growing country. He saw a group of people in an open courtyard gathered around something. He could hear cheering and when he got closer he could see Fred and a few other mutants were having an eating contest of all things. 'At least he's fitting in.' He thought to himself. He leaned against a wall watching his friend, of course he was winning, there was no doubt about that.
"Boy do you look down." He turned his head to a cute girl with short brown hair, about his age in dark jeans, with a chain a Punk rocker T-shirt and dark leather jacket, leaning against the same wall, he hadn't noticed her arrive.
"And who are you?" He asked with a slight tone.
She shrugged. "You can call me Static and you better be nice cause I'm an Acolyte like you are." That was new to Lance, but then again he wasn't up to speed on all the new members to the Acolytes. "Yeah well okay so I'm a new member but still a member. Me and a few other guys got recruited by this really pale guy with red eyes."
"Sinister." Lance said, he never liked the guy he always felt his skin crawl with him around.
Static shivered a little. "Yeah that's the guy, man he creeps me out." Lance could sympathize with her. "Well me and these two other guys ran into some...trouble. And things got a little intense too." Her happy expression changed as she looked down at her feet. Lance had heard a lot of stories from the other mutants too, a lot of them not too pretty.
"Yeah well...I take it you did what you had to do to survive." He said to her. He wasn't sure if what he thought had happened did happen and he could blame her. After what happened to their old home...he just wasn't sure what to think anymore.
She smiled a little before it faded away. "Thanks...I...I didn't like to...but I didn't want to die...but Random and Cortez...those two actually enjoyed it." She looked over at the blank look on his face. "Oh those were the two guys I was running away from the mob with. I think they're Acolytes now too. Random is this big macho type that loves to gunplay a little too much and Cortez. Well...the guy's an arrogant ass basically. You'll know him when you meet him. At least his sister is nicer."
"Sounds like you don't like your friends much." He said to her. She seemed to have a little dislike in her voice when talking about them.
She snorted at that. "I wouldn't call them 'friends' exactly. I mean we met up by accident and...they're just too different. I mean okay sure I wasn't from a decent home and this place it cool and everything...but I just don't know where I belong. I feel like my life's been turned upside down and I don't know which way is up anymore."
Lance looked at her closely and a small smile was on his face. "Hey join the club."
She smiled sweetly at him. "Hey you want to grab something to eat? I know this great place and we can talk, I tell you my lame story and you can tell me yours. How about it?"
Lance considered this. Okay sure she seemed interesting and nice, and cute too. But there was a nagging feeling like this would be wrong, but he knew it was just a part of him that refused to admit that he and Kitty weren't going to happen...ever. Especially not now, he looked at her and maybe it was time to move on, to see what else this world had to offer him. How long was he supposed to carry a torch for a girl and for a relationship that had been rocky from the start? "Sure, I could use the company." He told her. She smiled and linked her arm in his and walked off with him.
SINISTER'S LAB
Michael Morbius was at work in the lab as usual it wasn't that he didn't have better things to do, it was that he liked working in the lab under Sinister. When he was human he was an aspirating student ready to go into genetics, but ever since that day when he experimented with the neogenetic recombinator and changed himself into the pale, red eyes, bat nosed mutant vampire that he was today he found a new way of life.
At first he was plagued with a never-ending hunger, which he always had to satisfy by draining the blood of humans. He had killed many and it wasn't out of malice or hatred he just wanted to live to survive. Could you really blame him? Well he knew the authorities wouldn't see it that way so when he got the offer to join up he didn't say no.
It was the best decision he had ever made. Not only had Sinister modified him to survive on any type of mammalian blood now, he could also go out into the sun but also the hunger was manageable now. Plus Sinister knew more about genetics then anyone he ever heard of. To him the man was a genius and it was an honor to learn under him. In fact he was learning more under him then any university.
He looked over the lab. It was large and filled with all kinds of equipment and some of it was specially made and unique to the rest of the world. He saw the huge round door to the Seeker. It was their version of Cerebro that Sinister renamed it Seeker. It was a pure copy but also modified so Xavier couldn't detect it. It had special dampeners like the ones that covered the Savage Land that protected it from not only Cerebro but also satellites and other psychics.
Inside the Seeker room, which looked a lot like Cerebro only darker metal plating. There was a different type of control panels and a chair with a helmet on top that lowered to the person sitting in the chair. So far Sinister had used it to locate many new mutants for their growing numbers. He was also the only one at the moment that could use it too. Mesmero and Mastermind didn't have the power to use it, Psi-co was too unstable for it and Legion had the power but not the focus. Plus Sinister had put in a fail safe so that only his brain scan would work as well.
It was just another way to ensure his usefulness to Magneto as he and his own allies continued with the plan. Even though the Seeker was only at eighty percent operational it was still powerful enough to pick up almost any mutant on the world. And the computer systems were top notched thanks to the Savage Land Brotherhood member Brainchild. He was almost as smart as Forge but not quite but he was a valuable resource to them.
He turned off the device and pulled off the helmet. He found a few new candidates and had sent to the information to Magneto. It was a good day so far and walked out of the dark spherical room back into his lab. He saw his young protégé working as usual. He admired his dedication, and his mind. It was a sheer joy to meet such a young mind with so much potential that he could mold and shape.
"Ah Mr. Morbius I'm glad you're here. I have something I want to show you, it's a new project I'm working on that you may find interesting." He said with a grin, he knew that Morbius would find this fascinating.
"Of course sir." The young vampire mutant put down his work and walked over to a large door. There were a few rooms that Morbius wasn't allowed into...yet. But he knew over time he would be when he knew Sinister thought he was ready. When the door opened he saw a small laboratory and a few large tubes fill with a liquid and large enough for a person.
In fact in two of the tanks there were two people or something close to it. He looked closely at them, they looked kind of like a cross between giant fetuses and a person. "What are they?" He asked in wonderment.
Sinister smiled then, he was right he was fascinated. "In short...clones."
Morbius turned to him quickly a look of shock and admiration on his face. "You can make clones!?"
Sinister shrugged. "Well to be honest this is my first attempt." He walked to a computer terminal and started to hey in instructions. "A while ago I got blood sampled of all of Xavier's students and a few others. Now most of them are just plain mutants but I found a few interesting things."
Images of Scott, Jean, Rogue, Wanda and Vincent showed up on the screen. "Now these five are very powerful mutants. Take Rogue for example, her powers are incredible, and I was informed when they went out of control she called on all the powers she had absorbed, okay the personalities also but that can be dealt with."
"Wanda's powers of altering probability could be invaluable to someone like me. Think about it, if it can be harnessed and controlled then I could alter or control the events of my experiments and they will always come out the way I want them too."
"Now here's a real interesting thing. Scott and Jean's DNA if combined through say mating, their offspring could be very potentially powerful."
"So is that what you're doing with these clones? Either they're spliced together DNA of them or they are them and you're going to mate them?" Morbius asked his new mentor.
"No...not yet at least." He said. "I am immortal and time means nothing to me, but I had want to see how these two tern out first. Then I may just try one or even both those ideas. In fact Jean and Scott aren't the only candidates." He smiled and keyed in more instructions and now only Vincent and Rogue were on the screen.
"Vincent here was part of my earlier work in Project Prodigy and he came out better then expected. Imagine his powers and Rogue's together. Imagine the kind of mutants they could give birth too?"
Morbius thought about it. With Vincent's already impressive power and Rogue's power absorption. "They're children could be incredible."
Sinister smiled proudly at him. "My thoughts exactly. Now back to the two over here." He walked back to the tanks. "This one is a female I wanted to try something with. The other is a male that I plan on improving over the original."
"Improving how?" Morbius asked getting excited about all of this.
"I knew you would ask that." He pulled up a design schematic on the computer. On it, it showed a human outline and then a body suit and finally armor attaching themselves to them. "I plan on a few cybernetic enhancements as well as attaching himself to the armor. He will be our ultimate soldier, out ultimate biological weapon.
"So...whose DNA did you use for him?" When he saw the information on screen on the name of the person Morbius smiled. "Oh...that's perfect, just perfect."
SAVAGE LAND CITY
Todd and Pietro had caught up with Fred. Apparently he had won his contest and they were just hanging out. "Hey Pietro do you think I could get a new uniform too?" Blob asked. "I mean I want something a bit better then just jeans and a jacket."
Pietro smiled. "Of course, why shouldn't you? I mean look at me, the chicks here dig me in this thing." Then he noticed a blond girl not to far away. She was in a full yellow body suit matching her gold hair leaning on a rail overlooking part of the city. "Guys...I got to go, I'll see ya later." And he zoomed off to the blond.
"Five bucks says she slaps him." Todd said to Fred.
"Make it ten and you got a deal." They shook on it and watched.
Pietro appeared right next to the girl. "Say what's a gorgeous girl like you doing in a place like this?" The girl looked at him a little strangely and then laughed.
"Oh god does that line actually work on girls? Well maybe the air heads but speedy you need a new way breaking the ice."
Pietro blinked a few times. "Oh and what would you say is better?"
"Oh I don't know, how about; how are you, my name is, whatever so what's yours?"
"Well I'm Pietro some of Magneto and part of the Acolytes." He bragged. "So who are you?"
"I'm leaving." She said and walked away but suddenly found Pietro right in front of her. She snorted a little but smiled. "Don't you give up?"
Pietro had a cocky smile on his face. "Not when I see something or in this case someone I like, besides...I love a challenge."
"Well then this should be interesting, I think you'll find my very challenging." She said and walked away.
"Can I at least get a name?" He asked her. "Or should I just call you the gorgeous blond?"
She stopped and turned. "The name is Crystal...and as for calling me? One step at a time speedy." Pietro grinned and walked off after her. He already liked this girl already, and he loved a challenge. Todd handed Fred his money.
"Aw man, this sucks." Todd muttered to himself. They walked on and found a familiar mutant with a small group. There was one guy all in white that they couldn't see the face which was hidden under the hood, a grayish skinned girl with elf like ears with a lot of piercings in a green dress with a snort skirt of about seventeen years of age. Another girl in a red body suit with the arms and shoulders exposed with tattoos with dark hair with pigtails about the same age. Then a frog looking guy in a loincloth.
But the mutant they were familiar with was a giant pterodactyl looking mutant that was all green also in a loincloth. He was Sauron leader of the Savage Land Brotherhood. When they first got here they were shown around and introduced to him. Apparently his group was responsible for the safety of the Savage Land.
"Yo Sauron! What up yo?" Todd said hopping over to them. Then he looked at the frog guy. "Man and I thought I was the only amphibian mutant. What up bro? I'm Todd but also called Toad."
"I am Amphibius. It is nice to meet someone like myself, well...not completely at least." The green-scaled mutant said.
"Hey man I hear ya. Hey are there any good places for bugs, cause I've been dying to find a good feeding spot." To show his point he snagged an errant bug with his tongue.
Amphibius smiled, it was nice to see someone like-minded for a change. "Yes I can show a few places you might like."
"Ugh." The elf eared girl said in disgust. "Now we got two of them."
"Oh come off it Lupa." The other girl said. "Besides I think the short one is kind of cute."
"You are so weird Leash." Lupa said shaking her head. "He's got a huge tongue!"
Leash grinned. "He does, doesn't he?" The way she said it made Lupa shutter at the mental images she was coming up with.
"What is it you two want?" Sauron asked them. He didn't like the new arrivals much, they stunk of the outside world too much.
"Hey we just wanted to say hi." Fred said. "We're just trying to make some new friends is all."
"Yeah what the big man said." Toad said. Sauron growled at the little annoyance.
Leash got in front of him. "Come on Sauron, leave him alone." She smiled down at Toad and he was a little surprised. A girl never smiled at him. "Let's go for a walk away from certain people." She told him looking over her shoulder at a slightly fuming Sauron. "I want to hear about the outside world, and what's going on."
"O-okay, s-sure." Toad said nervously and walked next to her as they left.
"Well what about you big man?" Lupa asked. "You got any interesting stories to tell. I mean I have never been outside this place and I like to hear about the world."
"So would I." Amphibius said also. Sauron growled and took to the skies. He didn't want to learn about the outside world, this was his world and he never understood what the appeal was to the outside. Meanwhile back on the ground Fred was telling his new friends of his day in the monster truck shows and both of them were listening with fascination on his descriptions of what it was like. He was actually having a good time, normally people didn't listen to him or something but they were.
It was kind of nice. He wasn't sure when he first got here if this was the right move, but the rooms at Magneto's tower, which was a tall impressive one that seemed to survey the entire city, was way better then at the boarding house.
Plus he was meeting a lot of new mutants and no one here hated him or laughed at him or made fun of him. He was having a better time here, then back in stupid Bayville too. He smiled to himself as he continued tell his stories. 'Maybe this place is okay.' He thought to himself.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 30: A NEW MISSION
It's back to the Mansion and Xavier has found something interesting with Cerebro.
Author's Notes
First off please leave reviews people, the more I get the more I will work on these stories, or telling others would help too but whatever works for you.
Secondly I was asked by a new writer to help promote his story "XMan is Australian for Mutant" by matt3678 it's not bad and there are a few spelling errors but nothing major. Take a look and leave a review, but be warned it's an AU story so there are a few changes.