Ramifications (1 of 3)
Oubliette laughed psychotically as the dozens of Feral clones surrounded her. This would be a battle she would never forget. Smacking her energy whip against the ground she said, "Lets get it on!"
The Feral clones were well to oblige her as they purred and leaped into combat. The daughter of Midas never stood a chance.
Darkhawk saw what had become of Oubliette and shook his head. He wished he could have helped, but he was too busy fighting off the Siryn clones with Banshee, Moonstar, and Dazzler. Powell had never imagined himself fighting off a bunch of mutant clones, but that's the way of the world. From what he understood a man calling himself Sinister created all these clones and unleashed them upon the world.
"Hold them back! Press the attack!" Dazzler said as she absorbed the sonic cries being echoed throughout the battlefield and redirected it as light beams. She had been the best offensive weapon against these Siryn clones so far.
Arsenal saw his leader fighting from overhead, but he had bigger concerns. The hundreds of Cannonball clones flying his way weren't going to make for a pretty day. Luckily he had Sunfire, Captain Marvel, and Hellios by his side. Still this battle was probably going to cost all of them their lives. Damn Sinister and Onset for throwing the planet into war. Without them none of this would be happening. Rahne, Tarene, Ryder, and the others wouldn't be dead. Houston, Seattle, and Washington wouldn't be charred husks in the ground. Genosha wouldn't have been nuked. None of it without Sinister and Onset.
"Here they come guys. Brace yourselves. Remember to keep moving," Hellios advised.
"As if that'll do any good," Captain Marvel laughed preparing to blast away as many of these mutant clones as he could.
"If only Exodus and the rest of the Exiles were still alive. Perhaps we would stand a chance," Sunfire sighed.
"As if them being around would make any difference," Arsenal growled as he turned his skin to steel. The clones would be hear in 3…2…1.
Exodus and Star Prophet
Bennet broke the telepathic link and shook his head, "That is not a future to look forward to."
"Obviously and that's why we gotta stop it," Star Prophet said with a hint of urgency in her voice.
"I can't help you stop something if I don't know how it starts."
Star Prophet reached down under the table the two of them were sitting at and pulls out a black marble notebook. She sits it on the table and slides the writing book to Exodus. Bennet looks at the book awkwardly so Star Prophet explains, "This notebook is a written collection of all my vision of the events before, during, and after this war that's going to happen between Onset and Sinister. All 130 pages are filled."
"This is quite the book, but do we really have time for me to do that much reading?" Exodus asked opening up the first page of the book.
"No, but there are some pages in there that'll help explain alot. Such as the first page."
Bennet nodded as he read the first page. It was a list of the allies of Onset and Sinister. Looking over the names Exodus was greatly confused. Star Prophet could see the look of puzzlement on her former leader's face, but she would wait for him to ask the questions.
"Most of Onset's allies are people that I had believed to be dead. And why are on we on the list of Onset's allies?" Exodus asked closing the book.
"Onset used the same magic that she used to bring Legion and part of myself back to life. That was how she was able to bring back Longshot and the others. As to why we're her allies...from visions I see we choose to help her defeat Sinister. It costs us dearly though. All except for Sunfire lose their lives in a battle with Sinister's Marauders," Star Prophet explained.
"How do we stop it? How can we prevent what I just saw?"
"From all the visions I've had and looking over my compiled notes I see only one way to change things drastically. And that's to help Sinister instead of Onset."
Proudstar, Havok, and Proteus
"Man that Onset was one killer bitch huh?" Proudstar asked Proteus. Osman had just got done telling Alex and James about his time on the Exiles and his ordeal against Onset.
"She was quite the powerful woman," Osman agreed.
"Anyone connected to Onslaught has got to be powerful. I mean look at Post! That guy is a huge fucking bastard," Havok said remembering his brief time spent with Post while he was a part of Dark Beast's Underground. McCoy had pledged himself to Onslaught and their first mission was to unleash the damn Sentinels. Alex should have stopped that from happening. He should have blown his cover, but he was afraid of the consequences. That always seemed to be the problem with himself. He was too damn scared of consequences. Much like his brother he thought everything through except Havok thought through things a little too much.
"So she's the reason Exodus is so beefed up power wise now?" Proudstar asked.
"Yes, she is. So anyone care to tell me how the students left? I still haven't been fully informed about that mishap," Proteus said with a forced grin. He really wasn't pleased at all about the students leaving and quite frankly he blamed this new squad. None of them really had the teacher's touch and probably none of them could connect with the kids.
"A group calling themselves the Neo attacked with full force. After that fight the students grew weary of fighting I guess. I don't really know what it was, but they packed their bags and left," Proudstar explained as best as he could.
"Hmm..." Proteus said to himself as knew that what Proudstar had about why the kids left couldn't possibly be true.
Ever and Blink
"So how'd it happen?" Ever asked his voice a little lower than usual. He had just found out something he never thought he would hear. At least not for a good long while.
"She was just crazy. I don't know. Something hasn't been right with her mind ever since she discovered Gambit's role in the massacre. Sarah blew up property and kidnapped her daughter. Bobby and Rogue went after her. They encountered some of Dark Beast's leftover experiments. She probably accidentally unleashed the new Dark Beast."
"You mean the one Proteus stopped?"
Blink nodded, "Yea that one. Anyway Bobby chased down Marrow and confronted her. She ended up impaling herself on her own bone daggers. It wasn't a pretty death I'm afraid."
"Poor Sarah. What an awful life that poor girl lead! I had hoped the X-Men would change her, but they. Perhaps if Gambit-"
"How can you feel pity for her? Especially after everything she's done to hurt people. She nearly killed Gambit!" Blink exclaimed.
"And he nearly killed her. Maybe not in such a direct manner as she did unto him, but nonetheless he nearly did kill her. Sarah first had to deal with the trauma of rape and then growing up on The Hill. Hate has been a part of Marrow for so long I think she forgot what it felt like not to have it," Ever said trying to plead a case for someone he had considered an ally and a good enough friend to care about when they died.
"Well, thankfully someone else raised her daughter. I'd hate to have another Marrow on our hands," Blink said as she reached up to scratch her nose.
"Marrow as my friend. And for all she was I still care about her nonetheless. She survived the Massacre. She survived The Hill. Sarah was a true warrior. Death in the sewers was never something she deserved," Ever said walking out of the room.
Sunfire and Mutant Forger
"I see you've adjusted to your new form well enough," Mutant Forger commented as he looked up and down the body of Shiro. Then he turned back to look at the setting sun. It was quite the sight and reminded Forger of one world he had been too when the lighting was forever like that of a horizon.
"Yes, I haven't exactly taken to it, but I make due. Besides I've learned to turn back to my human form, but only for short periods of time. Otherwise the strain will be too much and I'll go off like a solar flare. Definitely not what the planet needs at the moment. Though they could use a good roasting."
"Is your faith in humanity that lacking Shiro?" Mutant Forger asked concerned.
"It all depends on the day Forger. Today is one of those days. Don't take anything I say seriously," Sunfire replied as he looked out over the New Mexican desert.
Colossus
Walking into the office Piotr closed the door behind him. Unzipping his black jacket he looked directly at Amadeus and asked, "Why did you play us?"
"I beg your pardon," Amadeus said as he hung up the phone had been talking on. He knew that the Exiles would come to confront him eventually, but he never thought it would be a lone Colossus.
"You lied to us Amadeus. I want to know why," Colossus said turning his body into organic steel.
Amadeus laughed, "Ooohh I'm so scared of big bad Colossus. I didn't lie to you all. I didn't know for a fact that the mutants were out of those buildings. I had a suspicion that they might have been stolen, but I needed to confirm it."
"Stole? Who would steal your mutants?" Piotr asked obviously naive to some of the new atrocities involving mutants.
"A mutant slave trader would still my mutants. I believe it was a character named Cypher who took the mutants. In fact I'm almost sure of it!"
"That general of Ramses is still alive. He must be trying to assemble an army," Peter said half speaking to Amadeus and half speaking to himself.
"No army involved. I think Cypher wishes to keep a low profile. I heard he bought them to his current employer. A slave trader named Mario DaVingi."
"What do you want now Amadeus? I can see it in your eyes. You want something comrade. Don't you?"
Amadeus rose up out of his plush chair and stood behind his desk that was worth more than most people's living rooms. Buttoning up his suit jacket, Amadeus tugged slightly at his red tie. He stuck a hand of friendship out to Colossus.
"I do want something. I want information on Mario DaVingi. I need the Exiles to spy on him for me. So do we have a deal?" Amadeus asked keeping his hand out there.
Peter mused on the deal a bit and took Amadeus's hand, "Fine my friend. We have a deal."
Polaris
"Oh that was a great movie Yvette! I couldn't keep my eyes off the screen," Polaris said as she chumped down on a bit of her popcorn that was at the bottom of the bag.
"For the last time I told you to call me Grandma. And you're right. That was a good movie. I'm just mad as beans that Tommy Lee Jones had to die at the end!" Yvette Woodrue, Lorna's maternal grandmother, exclaimed loud enough to get others looking at her. The Missing had been one of the first movies Yvette had ever seen Tommy Lee bite it in. He was just too sexy to kill. Oh she could just see her husband rolling over in his grave. Ben always hated it when she talked about other men.
"Alright Grandma. The name just doesn't seem to fit yet is all. I'm not use to having a family," Lorna said touching her stomach with one hand as she threw away her popcorn.
Sensing something was wrong Yvette asked, "What's wrong dumpling? Somethin mighty fierce looks to be biting ya right now."
Polaris didn't know how to put it. She had only know her grandmother for maybe a week. Lorna had been gone away from the Exiles for quite a bit and the whole time all she could think about was how Alex and her were through. Their relationship had ended a long time ago, but both of them kept holding on foolishly. Now though they were about to have a bond that would keep them together for a lifetime.
"Grandma I'm pregnant," Lorna finally got out.
