Time…

There was too much of it and that was the problem. The Beyonder sat in his own self-made thrown beyond the Multiverses that spanned from the one that he had 'originated' from. He saw each one of them was as different as he was to them. For the Beyonder was a being with power that defied mortal comprehension. Presently the Beyonder had seen a problem that had developed in the multiverses. A string of events had caused a bleed, which was leaking temporal energy from these multiverses and into the abyss that existed outside their borders. The tear was growing at a slow pace and if it were allowed to continue the multiverses on the other side would slowly bleed into the multiverses that he watched over and that would cause a temporal imbalance in which time and space would collide. The Beyonder reached out with his senses and searched out these realities. As curious as it would have been to watch what would happen he did not seek the destruction of all that he knew. Now a gathering began…

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THE OUTSIDERS #0 "You can never go home again"

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The Clan Yashida was peaceful and quiet. Much more quiet then Logan expected it to be. The last time he was here, he had killed both Shingen Yashida and Kenunichio Harada as he was ordered to do. This left a rift in the balance of power that Yashida once held. His daughter Mariko was now trying to lead her clan away from such misery, but without much success. Logan felt like a heel for living Mariko alone in a den with the pack of hungry wolves. It ate at him since he had rejoined his friends and teammates in the X-Men. Even with the newfound celebrity status the team enjoyed. Logan still preferred to stay out of the spotlight. He let his teammates enjoy it. They were young and brash, but full of determination. Logan was pulled from his thoughts when he came to the gate and saw it had been knocked down. He took a taste of the air and the smell of gunpowder and moziline oil filled his nostrils. Logan discarded the derby he wore and the long beige trench coat reveling the blue uniform underneath. It had yellow spanning his midsection like the black one he originally wore as well as having a red circle with a yellow outline on his left breast and a bold yellow X cut through the center of the circle. He rushed in thinking the worst and as soon as he neared the building, he saw two familiar figures from his past. The red armored Crimson Dynamo and the green armored Titanium Man both seemingly back from the dead. Logan growled as he popped his claws and both enemies turned to him.

"Ah comrade Logan. How good to see you," Titanium Man said.

Logan recognized the voice despite the modulation. It was the original Titanium Man. He was alive and Logan didn't how or why. All he knew that he was starting to become consumed with rage. He saw Mariko bound, gagged, and unconscious at their feet and his temper really started to boil. When Titanium Man started to say something else Logan had leaped in the air and hacked his gun arm off and slit Crimson Dynamo's throat. Titanium Man fell to the ground as his leaked blood and some kind green liquid. Logan stood over him and slammed his claws into the man's brain killing Titanium Man permanently this time.

He turned to Mariko and saw that she was just awakening and as he walked over. A surge of energy enveloped him and he disappeared.

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Susan Storm Richards stood at the graves of her lover Reed who had died alongside her brother Johnny, and their friend Ben against the monstrous Hulk who had raged out of control. Banner had finally lost his grip with reality and fully and irreversibly gave into the beast. In its mindless rampage, the Hulk killed hundreds of heroes and would have killed hundreds of more if Reed, Johnny, and Ben hadn't sacrificed themselves to stop him. The battle had cost her so much and she was unable to help. She was giving birth to her and Reed's daughter Valeria when it happened and it was only after that she learned that she would never see him again. A cold chill ran up her spine and she felt a tickling sensation all over her body. Since her transformation by the cosmic rays, Sue had lately discovered she could vaguely sense other forms of energy, which Reed had always surmised was how she created her force fields. She bended the energies to her will and she could convert them to solid yet colorless objects. The sensation she felt started to become even more intense and she wondered what was going on. She wasn't ready for another battle with the Fantastic Four's enemy. Her own slapped together team barely survived their encounter with Dr. Doom. She started to mutter a curse when a wisp of energy enveloped her and she was gone.

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The Hulk landed with a massive THOOM! And went about looking the area. He was far from any civilization and he was fine with that. Since the melding, he was content with all the conflicting sides of him. He was a beast, a lover, a monster, a man, a scientist, a child, and most of all he was the most powerful being to walk the earth. He looked to the small pond in front of him. In the great wilderness, he was in somewhere in Minnesota. He bent down and took many gulps from the pond in from of him before wiping his lips dry. A sudden tingling sensation overwhelmed him and a wisp of light enveloped him. He tried to struggle, but he was whisked away before he could fight it.

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Mister Terrific dealt snap kick to the thug on his right's chin and spun around on his heel to deliver a heel kick to the thug on his left. Both men hit the ground after he had spun to face the man in front of him.

"Well done. You took down both of my men in such an expert manner. You truly are as resourceful as they claim," the man said. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Jimmy Sung. I own this operation and you are trespassing Mister Terrific."

"You don't belong here in the Bronx. These kids deserve a chance to better themselves. Not to become your druggie slaves. I will not allow this to stand Sung!"

The two attacked each other with a series of kicks, punches, chops, knees, and elbows. Mister Terrific slapped Sung down after breaking through the man's defenses and kicked him across the face. Sung spit blood and saliva from his mouth. He wiped his split lip as he looked to Mister Terrific. The masked urban avenger had his t-spheres orbiting around him. The T's on the spheres glowed a peculiar color and a bright light shot from those T's covering Sung. Sung screamed, but then blinked when he found himself still alive and trapped in some form of energy net.

"Game over Sung."

Mister Terrific contacted the police and then his teammates in the Outsiders just as a wisp of light enveloped him and he disappeared.

Sung looked on dumbfounded as he was left alone.

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Spider-Man swung from the rooftops wearing his classic threads. He wasn't happy about how things turned out in the end. There was so much that he needed to do and yet he had so little time to do it. His memories were complete again. His body was whole and Peter was free to live his life with Mary Jane. Now Spider-Man was back with vengeance. He was taking now prisoners. All of his enemies would see that he was the real deal and see what happens when you miss with his family. He jumped from the roof that he had landed on did a somersault and was ready to shoot another web-line so he could swing across the city when a wisp of light overtook him and he disappeared.

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The five gathered heroes stood centered around the Beyonder unsure of their surroundings. Each of them had questions and each of them had their guards raised for what ever was about to come. Spider-Man turned to the Hulk and saw that man-monster seemed different. He seemed taller and much bigger then last time. The jade goliath's hair was light green with dark highlights and hung loosely over his eyes. He looked down at Spider-Man and the web-head didn't know what to expect.

"What are you looking at?" the Hulk said.

"You…can speak intelligently?" Spider-Man asked.

The Hulk turned away from Spider-Man and looked at Wolverine and Susan Storm Richards who were talking to each other. Wolverine looked in the direction of the Hulk as did Sue and her eyes narrowed in anger. She attempted to lash out with her powers, but she felt some force hold her back. A voice spoke inside their minds just as two more figures appeared.

"Stop at once!"

All of the people in the room except Wolverine recognized him as the Beyonder. Next to the Beyonder was a black man wearing a blue and bold T-shaped mask that covered his face. His black jacket had fair play written on the sleeves and down the legs of his pants. His body suit was made up of light blue and black divide. He stopped next to Spider-Man and offered a hand.

"The name's Mister Terrific."

"Spider-Man," Spider-Man said as he took Mister Terrific's hand. "Is this a super-hero convention or do we have another one of those crisis's on our hands?"

"Another crisis, but I will let the Beyonder explain."

The Beyonder looked at all the people he had gathered and smiled warmly at them, "I have gathered you all for a great purpose. Time, Space, and Reality are war with each other and we do not have much time to waste."

"What do you mean?" The Hulk inquired. "And what's the idea of taking us from our homes!"

"Calm down big guy. Let the man explain," Mister Terrific said in a calm tone.

The Hulk snorted at him and crossed his arms over his chest.

"All of you are unaware so I will explain. There exists one multiverse, which are the bases for all the things that we know of and from that multiverse comes an omniverse on how things could have been different from what we know. With the need for change desired by beings who are greater then even I. More multiverses were created from the single multiverse and this effect was repeated in Mister Terrific's side of reality. Eventually worlds existed that defied what we have come to know and now practically infinite multiverses and omniverses were sharing the same space for one."

"I don't see how that is a problem," Wolverine said.

"You're a moron. Two objects of similar temporal consistency cannot share the same time space as the originator. It would cause extreme stress on the entire fabric of reality."

"Meaning?" Sue ventured.

"What he is saying is that all of these different copies of the originating universe and their spin offs are creating a bleed of temporal energy that is distorting space/time/reality as we know them," Spider-Man explained.

"The question is how do we stop this bleed and create some kind of stability for all over our universes to coexist?" Mister Terrific wondered.

"There maybe a way, but to do it is dangerous. You may encounter resistance from heroes and villains alike from these parallel worlds as you make your way to limbo," The Beyonder said.

"What way is that bub?"

"In limbo there is technology that is capable of altering the time/space location of all the timelines connected to it. If you and your teammates can reprogram the equipment to do so you stop the bleed long enough for me to close the tear."

"Sounds like a plan," Mister Terrific agreed.

"I'm in," Spider-Man chimed in.

"…If this is so dangerous. What would happen to my world if I refuse?" Wolverine ventured.

"Your world would be destroyed in the chaos that would ensue."

"I'm in then. I always said I would rather go out in a blaze of glory then an old man."

The three looked to Sue who seemed uncomfortable especially around the Hulk. The Hulk seemed indifferent to it. She looked at the Hulk and there was still hatred in her eyes that she couldn't hide, but if she didn't do something her son, daughter would die, and that was something she couldn't bare. She nodded her head and the dress she wore was transformed into her Fantastic Four uniform.

The four now looked to the Hulk whose chiseled face seemed to form into a scowl. He seemed the least happy about this whole set up. He lowered his arms and he walked towards them.

"Fine I'm in, but let's get this straight. We do this quick and then we go our separate ways. I don't want to spend any more time with you people then I have too."

The others nodded their heads then turned to the Beyonder.

"Go now, for time is growing ever short. To find limbo you will have to search out places and people who hold connections to realm. Good luck!"

With a wave of his hand, the Beyonder whisked them away to their first reality.

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Author's Notes:

After eight issues of Alternate Exiles, I thought I had completely burned myself out on time-traveling stories and the like. Hell I thought why not just end AE with a big temporal explosion that erases it's existence or just take it down, but then over the past couple of weeks I have been ideas that are of a grand scale. I'm sure most of the people who will recognize some of the familiar elements that will start appearing in this series will immediately be angered and outraged considering, y'know, I'm the most hated man in group fan fic, but I assure you this series is really brilliant once you look at the big picture. Now I think I will go into the characters that make up my cast. All of them are from titles I have written current and previously for various group-oriented sites and essentially, what could have been if I was writing them in a different way or another.

-Spider-Man is from my run at Avengers Reborn

-Hulk is from my run at Marvel Revolution

-Susan Storm Richards is from my derailed Fantastic Four run at Alternate Marvel

-Mister Terrific is from my Outsiders run on JLU2001

-Wolverine is from my run at M2K's Ultimate X-Men

Till Later,

Mimick