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The Hunt
Chapter 11: Corruption
His roar echoed through the city streets, black flames rising from his shoulders. Years ago one thing had occupied his mind; kill for the sake of killing. Make others suffer and grovel at the dirt, make them hate each other, war against one another. It wasn't above fulfilment or personal pleasure; it was about simply being evil. The horns of his helmet sparked as he slammed his fist into the riot shields of several police officers. He faced off against a riot squad, hovering off the ground as he brutally attacked them. Blood soaked his gloves hands as he knocked the men around like flies. His helmet's visor resembled the one of a medieval knight, while a grey guard covered his mouth. He pulled a sword out of his back, swinging the weapon at the police officers. But the blade stopped inches from one officer's head. Blocking the blade was a red scythe. Standing in his way was his rival, Deathblade.
Cade Hunter wore red armour, created from his own energy as he engaged Aeon. It was not a fight for superiority, but for a man's soul. Deathblade wasted no words as he blocked the corrupted Aeon's sword strike. He ducked underneath a thrust, swinging his own scythe at Aeon's legs. But Aeon quickly jumped up, throwing a punch towards Cade's head. Cade titled his head to the side, dodging the punch and countering with a kick. The Corrupted Aeon grabbed Cade's leg and threw him across the street. Deathblade slid to a halt, energy wings glowing on his back as energy around his face faded. He exposed his scarred face to Sven, trying to reach him that way.
"You can fight this Sven, just remember who your are, who she loved!" Cade said.
But Aeon ignored the man's words and ran towards him. He dragged his sparking sword across the ground before jumping at his opponent. Cade raised his scythe, blocking Sven's sword. Sparks scattered across the floor as the two rival's scraped their blades together.
"Remember Sven! REMEMBER WHAT IS RIGHT!" Cade yelled.
Sven pushed Cade back, yelling as the red eyes inside his visor glowed.
"SVEN!" A voice yelled above them.
Albion landed between Sven and Cade, throwing aside his helmet as he looked desperately at his best friend.
"Sven stop, she's alive!" He said.
The armour around Sven shattered as he fell to his knees. Tears fell from his eyes as he looked up at Lazlo and Cade. His hair was now redder than ever because of the blood that stained his face. Sven's ands trembled as he looked at the blood on them. He smacked his fist against the ground, cursing continually as rain began to fall on the streets.
"I'm so sorry," He had whispered.
Now Sven stood in front of a boy that had gone through a similar experience. As Sieg jumped towards him, Sven ran forward and wrapped his arms around the boy. He held him in a tight and affectionate hug, the kind of hug a boy needed from his father. Aeon gripped Sieg tightly, keeping him from lifting his sword.
"Sieg, please stop this," Sven whispered.
Sieg instead roared, generating a shockwave that threw Sven back. Aeon slammed into Lazlo, both men rolling across the floor.
"WAIT!" Driver yelled as the younger heroes jumped towards Sieg.
Sieg swung his sword around, slamming it into Karen's spear. Sofia blew Sieg into the air and Dust surrounded him in her sand form. He looked through the sand, gritting his teeth together as he growled.
"Please Sieg stop it, we're your friends," Sooraya said.
Sieg jumped through the sand, swinging his sword towards Zack. Driver ran at Zack, grabbing him and moving out of the way of Sieg's sword. He then ran to Lazlo's side as they helped Aeon up off the floor.
"We need to stop him," Driver said.
"Without injuring him," Lazlo added.
"Sieg listen to me, you can control this form but you need to fight the darkness. Don't give into the feelings of hopelessness and rage. SIEG!" Aeon yelled.
But the boy merely threw his hands forward, releasing a blast that threw the four into the wall. Sieg dragged his sword across the ground as he began to approach Zack.
"SIEG STOP!" Jason yelled.
"Sieg you can control this, fight the darkness," Sooraya said.
"Come on Sieg," Prime stood back, encouraging Sieg with Sooraya and Sofia.
Their voices only served to irritate Sieg's corrupt form. He threw his head back, yelling as energy coursed through his armour. The chainsaw blades on his sword rotated as he span around. Energy blades struck the people around him, throwing him back. He narrowed his eyes at Zack as the boy weakly got up off the floor.
"Yooouu!" he growled.
Gold and red eyes looked at the world they had left behind. Deathblade lowered his head slightly as he saw Sieg's corrupt form.
"I see a future in which that boy brings ruin to the world," Carina said.
"Its not his fault, after all he's been through its only natural for him to react that way," Deathblade spoke softly as he walked across the meteor he and Carina stood on.
"You confuse me, you kill people when they may have possibly lived harder lives than that boy has, you don't pity them!"
Carina stepped back slightly as Deathblade looked her in the eyes.
"The difference between them is that Sieg hasn't done anything wrong yet, he is not yet evil…we can not judge people based on what ifs and possibilities. We know that the people we seek are evil because they have already committed their crimes. I am not trying to save lives, I am simply punishing evil!"
"Mikaboshi, he was once a great deity worshipped by many. But when he was forgotten he committed evil in order for people to worship him again," Carina explained.
"Now he has taken the role of Chaos King and seeks nothing but destruction. We will stop him and punish the supposed "Gods" for their deceptions!"
"You will stand against those with the powers of gods?" Carina asked.
"They are beings like your husband and father that saw themselves as greater than others, so great that they demanded they be worshipped as gods. With their demands of worship came acts of war committed in their name. But the gods will be punished, starting with the Chaos King!"
Deathblade squeezed his left hand into a fist as pure energy surrounded it. The energy shaped itself into a blade as Carina opened a portal. Yellowjacket, the two Captain Marvel's, Thunderstrike and the Frankie Raye Nova stood by Deathblade's side.
"I have only one order, don't hold back!" Deathblade said before he flew into the portal.
Deathblade and his small army flew through Carina's portal, emerging at the point in the universe Mika-Boshi now occupied. The self-titled Chaos King looked up in shock as the assembled "heroes" flew down towards him and his army. Red energy surged from Deathblade's sword as he swung it around. His eyes glowed a fierce red colour as he yelled, signifying the start of a Chaos War.
Reed Richards was astonished by the readings on his monitor. No sooner had he and his family gotten back from their vacation had they learnt of Deathblade's actions. The deaths of the Wrecking Crew and Korvac alone made Deathblade a serious threat. Mr Fantastic had been running countless equations in his office. His blackboard was now a reflection of what it was when Stamford happened. He included his equations for social and political predictions as well as the likelihood of Deathblade's actions having a cosmic consequence. Already his predictions were coming true, Deathblade had dived into a point of the universe and triggered an explosion big enough to shake a planet. Whatever the young man was doing, Reed knew one thing, the Avengers had to stop him before he destroyed everything they had worked hard to regain.
"Hey Stretcho, we've got some guests," Ben said.
Richards turned to his friend Ben Grimm, the heart and soul of the Four. He knew that Ben would be with him, but Reed was concerned for the safety of his wife and brother all. This Deathblade man had killed Korvac, making him capable of standing up to any cosmic threat. But he couldn't have been mad enough to take on Galactus.
"Or could he?" Reed wondered.
"What was that Reed?" Ben asked.
"Nothing, just thinking out loud," Reed smiled as he stepped away from the draw.
Tony, Thor and Hank soon stepped into the room, leading a small group of Avengers. Their team included Ms Marvel, Thor Girl, Crusader and Wonder Man.
"I know why you're here Tony, you need transportation to get to where Deathblade is," Reed said, turning to the Negative zone portal.
"Yes, but I'd also like to discuss your take on the whole situation," Tony motioned to Reed's board, equations that he and Pym understood with a single glance.
Johnny and Sue both walked into the room, curiously looking to Reed for his view on everything that was happening. The whole room seemed to stop as Reed thought. He mentally compiled data and reran the equations he formed earlier.
"My first instinct would be to say that Deathblade is mentally ill, but apparently that isn't true," Reed sighed as he considered the small data Crowner had given him. "Already Deathblade's actions have had butterfly effects across the universe, I've recorded Earthquakes in unoccupied parts of the galaxy. This battle he's fighting in this dimension Hercules visited to confront the Skrull deities is sending ripples across the cosmos," Reed explained.
"Indeed, it has been felt by Heimdall in Asgard, he has seen the length Deathblade is going to in order to destroy evil, I would not be surprised if he attempts to attack Loki in Asgard," Thor said.
"That means going through every warrior in Asgard, he cant be that crazy," Tony said.
"Apparently the man isn't crazy, according to Aeon," Ms Marvel chimed in.
"Its unlikely that he doesn't suffer from some kind of mental condition, mentally ill people don't always see themselves as such and its hard for people close to them to see that," Reed noted as he wrote a few more equations onto the board.
"Reed, this may not be as simple as your equations make it out to be," Sue said.
Sue walked into the middle of the group, looking at each member and her husband in particularly.
"We still don't understand the people connected to Aeon, maybe it would be better for us to ask them for information at least, that way we'll at least know all the facts before we face Deathblade again," Sue explained.
The team members whispered amongst themselves. Reed widened his eyes slightly as some of the Avengers implied that Sue was smarter than him. He at least agreed with his wife's logic, but she couldn't possibly be smarter than him. At least Reed hoped she wasn't.
"Tactically it makes sense, if anyone would know Deathblade's weaknesses it would be Aeon," Ms Marvel said.
"She's clearly got the hots for him," Johnny whispered to Ben.
The two men backed away slightly as Carol shot them a glare. Iron Man clapped his hands together, catching everyone's attention.
"All right, before we leave, we'll call Crowner Tower and ask for more information about Deathblade, I'll make the call," Tony said as he bought up several holographic screens with his armour.
But much to the Avengers collective shock, Tony's communication devices couldn't contact Crowner Tower. Alls he picked up was static, as if the devices Crowner used to communicate with him were now destroyed. Slid his visor down, Tony sighed as he turned to Reed's negative zone portal.
"Get us to wherever Deathblade is Reed, the least we can do is confirm whether or not Deathblade actually succeeds in killing Mikaboshi…or whatever the guy's name is," Tony said.
Reed hesitantly nodded his head as he cycled through the portal's activation process. He stopped however as Tony's communicator began beeping. Tony bought up a holographic image of his assistant Pepper Potts.
"Tony we've got a big problem," Pepper said frantically.
"What is it Pepper?" Tony asked.
"It's the Initiative, the Squadron Supreme are making their move!"
People yelled and screamed as Hammer operatives barged through them. They picked out citizens out of crowds, dragging them towards transports. Some citizens even had collars put on them. Ben Urich had been casually walking through the street, considering what he would publish next. He already had a good idea of the next headline. The Squadron Supreme version of Nighthawk knocked several citizens out as they refused arrest. Ben barged past several people, making his way to the front of the outraged crowd.
"What are you people doing? What's this about?" He asked.
"We're picking out super humans, there are at least twelve individuals here with meta human potential," Nighthawk explained.
He clicked his fingers and the rest of the Hammer agents moved forward. Ben pushed his way through the crowd, getting as far away as he could. Taking his notepad out of his pocket, he began to write notes about the situation. Chaos had consumed the streets as people fought desperately against the Hammer agents. Children were dragged kicking and screaming away from their parents. One of the civilians tired to draw a gun, only for one of the Squadron members to transmute it into a plastic toy.
"Arrest that man, hell arrest everyone here but separate them from the metahumans," Alchemy ordered.
He was dressed in a red and yellow tunic, with a mask around his pale white face. Flames replaced his hair and various atomic symbols covered his chest and gloves. These symbols glowed as he accessed his powers, creating cages that and walls that trapped some of the citizens. Ben widened his eyes as he saw a Hammer agent hit a civilian man across the face. The man fell to the floor, his glasses shattered. His wife checked his condition, then turned to the agent. The agent gripped her Thirteen-year-old son's wrist, dragging him away.
"MILES!" The woman screamed.
"STOP!" The man yelled.
Getting off the floor, the man ran at the agent. Nighthawk quickly kicked the man in the chest, knocking him to the ground.
"Where are you taking our son?" The woman asked.
"It is part of the new Super human registration act ma'am, your son displays genetic signs of meta human abilities," Nighthawk explained.
The masked man looked at the computer on his wrist, analysing the boy's genetic makeup.
"Interesting, he has Spider DNA in his genetic makeup, put them on the transports and take them to Project Utopia!" Nighthawk ordered the agents.
"WAIT!" Miles father yelled.
Nighthawk slammed his foot into the man's neck, causing his son to cry out. The Squadron member removed his mouth guard, revealing his dark skin underneath the cowl.
"Just so you cant add Discrimination to the long list of complaints," He smirked.
Ben looked at the scene in shock. He knew that there was nothing he could do, but it didn't make it easier for him. The woman cried over her husband's body, while the citizens that hadn't been arrested mustered the courage to throw brick at the Hammer transports. Ben cautiously approached the woman, she was of Latino descent and the mascara now ran down her eyes, just like her tears.
"Excuse me Miss, I'm sorry but the world needs to hear your side of the story, I'm with Frontline!"
"I know who you are Ben Urich!" The woman snapped. "You're a reporter, the kinds of idiots who pushed this registration act to this point, go to hell Urich, there's nothing you can do that wont make things worse!"
Urich lowered his head as he walked away. This was what had happened to the registration act. People were in uproar as across America, potential super humans were being dragged out of the homes and the camps that had been made in Washington. Moonglow blasted several civilians back, telekinetically picking out those that were super human and throwing them into transport cages. In Stamford, buildings at Camp Hammond were being knocked down and replaced with prison cells. The Avengers logo was replaced by the S symbol of the Squadron. Hyperion looked at the scene, a smile crossing his face as he watched the Stamford citizens bang their signs against the gates.
Victoria Hand now sat as part of the same talk show that once praised the Initiative and encouraged the super human registration act. Jonah Jameson sat with Gyrich and Emil Burbank, the public relations director of the Squadron Supreme, while Miriam Sharpe sat beside Hand.
"What justification do you have for these unacceptable actions Professor Burbank?" Sharpe asked.
"I would like to take the time to point out that the President himself did not authorise this turn of events," Gyrich said.
"The president gave my Squadron all the authority necessary to carry out their mission, they are doing everything that is necessary to insure that in the long run America and its population of super humans are controlled," Burbank explained.
"But in doing so you are stepping on everything that the heroes of America have died to defend, freedom, democracy and above all heroism, examples that shape the generations that come after us," Jameson said.
"Freedom means the abandonment of law and order, both of which are still necessary, everything here is the logical conclusion to the registration act you and Sharpe have spent all this time fighting to keep in power," Burbank stated.
"We never wanted this," Sharpe said.
Burbank laughed, taking Miriam aback. Jameson grit his teeth together in fury before slamming his hands against the coffee table. He raised his head, his expression calming as he looked between Burbank and Sharpe.
"I understand that Ms Sharpe lost her son because Super humans were not controlled, but I lost a son because super humans were controlled. Now you are telling me that this new path you've taken, a path that mirrors the ethnic Holocaust during the 1930's is the logical conclusion of the super human registration act that Miriam Sharpe and I have spent our lives trying top put into affect. Well if that is the case, then we were wrong, we were both wrong!" Jameson whispered, just loud enough for every person watching to hear him.
The room went silent as Jameson lowered his head in shame. At Camp Hammond, Brute watched as prisoners were herded into camp style prisons. His eyes shined as he saw children amongst the crowds. He saw Hyperion landed on the ground, smiling at the scene.
"Hyperion, why are there children being imprisoned as well?" Brute asked.
Hyperion simply ignored his question, floating back into the sky. Brute rubbed the sides of his head as he watched the gates of the prison close. He remembered a very specific moment back when the registration act was being bought in. Taken in by the logic of the act and what it promised, Brute remembered betraying his best friend. At the time he said he was doing it for their friendship, to keep him safe. He thought he was doing what Aeon would have done, endured hatred to do the right thing. But he then remembered what his friend told him:
"YOUR WRONG RICK! THERE'S ONLY ONE LOGICAL CONCLUSION TO ANY FORM OF HUMAN REGISTRATION!"
Brute fell to his knees, wiping the tears from his eyes. His intentions had been pure, but in the end, the government he had sworn to serve was just as corrupt as the villains he fought. Kyle, Azure Eagle had been right, Brute was a traitor.
Deathblade ran across the wasteland he had created with his energy blast. He slashed a Chaos demon in half, jumping past the bigger creatures and making his way directly towards the Chaos King. Mikaboshi tore off his monkey like skin, revealing a being of pure darkness underneath. He swung his fist at Deathblade, only for the armoured man to slice off his arm. Yellowjacket shrunk to insect size, flying down the throat of a Chaos beast. He grew inside the beast, tearing him apart from the inside. Captain Mar-Vell fired his energy blasts at full power, consuming several chaos soldiers. Thunderstrike shook the ground as he unleashed his full strength, smacking off enemies heads with his mace. Genis-Vell fired a blast from his chest, disintegrating at least five soldiers.
"How dare you invade my kingdom," Mikaboshi growled.
He tried to punch Deathblade, only for the man to jump over him. Deathblade then stabbed his sword into Mikaboshi's gut, pushing him off the cliff he used as a throne. The Chaos beasts screamed as Nova enveloped the ground with fire. Yellowjacket then grew to giant size and began squashing Chaos soldiers beneath her. She slammed her feet and fists against the ground, almost dancing across the field. Deathblade created another sword from his armour and fired another energy blade, splitting several enemy soldiers in half. He walked down the cliff, his eyes fixed on Mikaboshi. His eyes never left the Chaos King's form, even as enemy soldiers attacked him. He casually hacked down every soldier that approached him, making his way towards Mikaboshi. The former god pulled the sword out of his gut, increasing his size as he looked down at Deathblade.
"You stand against a GOD FOOL!" Mikaboshi yelled.
"Wrong, you were a god once, you were worshipped, but that wasn't enough, you needed more, begged for more, so you committed atrocities with some blind belief that humanity would worship you for your insanity!" Deathblade said.
Mikaboshi threw his head back, laughing insanely.
"There will be nothing left to worship once I have destroyed everything!" He giggled.
Deathblade gathered energy into his sword as he pulled his arm back. Swinging the sword, Deathblade launched another energy blade that slammed into Mikaboshi's head. The Chaos God threw his head back in pain, falling towards Yellowjacket. She slammed her fist into Mikaboshi's head, delivering a punch that actually caused the ground the shake. Genis-Vell and Mar-Vell flew back-to-back, firing energy blasts without restraint, consuming any in their path. Thunderstrike then generated hundreds of lightning bolts, electrocuting the enemies around him. He threw his mace at Mikaboshi, hitting his head. Yellowjacket then pulled her fist back, ramming it straight through Mikaboshi's chest. Deathblade swung his sword around, cutting apart the servants of the Chaos King. He stabbed one in the chest and fired an energy blast, disintegrating ten more servants.
"You want death Mikaboshi then take death, do not force it on others," Energy wings burst out of Cade's back as cracks ran across his armour.
Swinging his arms around, Deathblade shattered his armour, revealing the second skin suit underneath. The markings on the suit glowed as Deathblade took flight. He threw his solid sword aside, squeezing his hand into a fist as he formed his energy blade. The energy crackled like a fire as the armoured man flew towards Mikaboshi. Yellowjacket shrunk to her normal size, flying away as Deathblade dived towards Mikaboshi. He ran his sword up the god's arm. But he didn't stop there; he kept the energy sword inside Mikaboshi, dragging it across his neck and chest. Cade roared as he pulled his sword out of the god's chest. Flying higher and higher into the sky, Cade stopped hundreds of feet above the Chaos King. The glow of his eyes and wings grew brighter, illuminating the galaxy like a star.
"This will prove beyond a shred of doubt, that none of you are god!"
With those words, Deathblade dived downwards, sweeping his sword through the Chaos King's body. The two pieces of Mikaboshi slumped to the floor as Deathblade fell to his knees.
"You really did it, you stopped the Chaos War before it happened," Carina said as she appeared before the heroes.
"I must recover my strength, we'll go back to Earth and find more of the common criminals to exact justice on. Carina, please help me for just a little while longer," Deathblade explained.
"Yes, I see now you really can do it, there will be ripples, but it is nothing the beings of this universe cant recover from. I will follow you till the end Cade Hunter!"
The blonde haired beauty ran her finger across the forehead of Cade's mask. He got up off the floor, his heavier metallic armour covering his body again. Carina waved her hand, creating a portal that the Avengers stepped into. It took them back to Earth, away from the dead world that they had created.
Tony Stark and his Avengers looked at various news reports. Project Utopia was now ago. With the authority and funds granted by the president, the Squadron Supreme had now launched their revolutionary plan to change the world. While they were still doing basic super hero work, on top of that the Squadron was gathering super humans, going through whole communities, and gathering people with Meta-human potential up like slaves. Tony Stark lowered his head with the other members of his old Pro-Registration army. This was the result of their fight, the logical conclusion to the Registration act they had fought to put into power.
"The President's completely lost control," Ms Marvel said.
"He lost it the second he gave power to these guys, people didn't want Avengers so he chose the first group that came along with a plan," Tony sighed.
"I didn't vote for him anyway," War Machine shrugged.
"Really?"
"Why is there some assumption that every black guy voted for the same guy?"
"What are we going to do about this?" Pepper asked.
"Deathblade and the Squadron Supreme, they're both connected, we just need to find out what that connection is," Tony explained.
He didn't have to scream Avengers assemble for this one, because all of his teammates were with him. Even Wonder Man's mind was clear of doubts. The world needed the Avengers.
The Avengers were never corrupt but the system itself. Luke Cage knew that this would be the logical end for congress's decisions regarding super human control. He stood with what was the anti-registration side back in the day. They took shelter in Dr Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum. Hawkeye and Mockingbird had joined them and Wolverine refused to go back to the X-men. Spider-man was missing and in his place was Patrick, the last surviving Scarlet Spider. Even Nightthrasher and his New Warriors, minus Wondra and Renascence were present.
"This is the kind of situation where one would say I told you so," Iron Fist said, turning to Luke.
"Today, I don't think I want to," Luke sighed.
"Do we fight?" Jessica asked.
"I don't know, but one thing I do know is that right now, the world needs Avengers!" Luke said firmly as he turned to the heroes present.
They nodded their head in agreement, ready to do their part for the world.
Time seemed to slow for Zack as he watched Aeon stand in front of him. He blocked Sieg's sword, the chainsaw blades attached to it grinding against his gauntlets. Sven let out a yell as he pulled his fist back, slamming it into Sieg's face. The punch was so quick and strong that it shattered Sieg's helmet, revealing his crazed expression. He fell back, landing in a heap on the ground. Sieg looked up at Aeon, tears threatening to gush out of his eyes. A red skinned figure hung off a web above Sieg. Arachnophilia lowered herself to the ground, looking at Sieg with pity in her eyes.
"Its okay to cry, and its okay to feel jealous from time to time," She said as she got off the web line.
She knelt down in front of Sieg, tracing a finger across his cheek.
"Your "Father" has another son who he needs to give attention, that doesn't mean he doesn't love you," Arachnophilia said.
"She's right Sieg, I still care about you," Aeon said.
"It just means that you need to find your own path," Arachnophilia seemed to ignore Aeon's presence as she soothingly rubbed Sieg's cheeks.
"No wait, that isn't what it means at all, you just need to ask me for help Sieg and I'll give it to you!"
"Finding your own path can lead you to greater happiness, you have friends that can help you with that," Arachnophilia winked.
Sieg's corrupt armour shattered as his eyes returned to their normal state. He stared at Arachnophilia, a deep blush spreading across his cheeks. Jealous expressions crossed Sofia and Karen's faces. X-23 narrowed her eyes at Arachnophilia, suspicions of the girl's affection for Sieg.
"We need to find out what the Squadron is planning," Sieg said as he stood up.
"Then how's about you and I…"
"No Sven, this is something I have to do with my friends, we started this case and we're going to be the ones to finish it, you need to focus on Deathblade. He's your rival Sven and in essence your responsibility!"
"You're my responsibility too Sieg," Sven said.
"I…I need time, I need to do something, something without you looking over my shoulder!"
Sieg wiped his eyes as he ran towards the window. Accessing his flight abilities, Sieg flew out of Crowner Tower, followed by his teammates. Sven sighed as he slammed his hands against a nearby table.
"Why did it come to this?" He asked.
His attention turned to the TV screen. Sieg had knocked it off the rack during his rampage, but it still worked. Sven widened his eyes as he saw what the Squadron was doing.
"Oh my god, I can't believe they would go that far," James said.
Sven heard the regret in his old friend's voice. Walking to James's side, Sven looked down at him, the disapproval hidden by his mask.
"What happened James?" He asked.
"A guy called Neo Cortez came to me and told me that he was forming a team that would implement a project that would improve the SRA, it looked good, likable super heroes, personality rewrite programs for psychotic criminals…"
"Personality alteration, wasn't that an alarm to you?"
"I wanted to use my money for something good Sven, something that didn't involve me getting into fights. Psychological treatments weren't working for certain criminals Sven, I invested in a better way," James explained.
"And before you knew it they were twisting everything they told you, or merely taking it to the next step. Face it James for once you didn't have all the answers, you got played just like everyone else!"
Sven walked away from James, turning to his friends.
"Lazlo go back to San Francisco and help the X-men, Jack you run as fast as you can and save as many super humans from the Squadron as you can and Jason, go after Sieg, pick up his trail and find out where he's going!" Sieg explained.
The others nodded their heads, activating their armour.
"What will you be doing Sven?" Gloria asked.
"Get me an image inducer, Zack and I are going to where this whole Super human registration act mess started!"
Next Chapter 12: Catalyst
Hope everyone enjoyed the chapter, Alchemy is based on Firestorm from DC comics. Next time Sven and Zack go under cover as they stake out Camp Hammond and pay their respects to the dead.