X-MEN #33
DIVIDED NATIONS PART 2
By: Bodhi Ouellette
"Attention! Attention! All Superheroes available must report at the United Nations HQ Immediately! I repeat; all Superheroes that are available must report to the United Nations HQ!"
United Nations HQ; New York City:
The forces begin recruiting outside of the building, as American soldiers and dozens of X-Men members from the many other X-Teams have assembled together to prepare for the strategy plan. In the front row was the main X-Men team; Wolverine, Havok, Shadowcat, Marvel Girl, Beast, Colossus, Armor, Thunderbird, Forge, Danger, Drift and Savage. Behind them was the Unyielding X-Men; Rogue, Warpath, Sunspot, Hepzibah, Psylocke, Pixie, Gentle, Mimic, Shatterstar, Surge and Magma. Then it was the Mighty X-Men; Howard the Duck was standing on a large stool so he could see above the crowd in front, and he was accompanied by his team of Northstar, Jubilee, Sunfire, Legion, Karma, Doctor Nemesis, and Rictor. And behind them, finally, was Generation X; Dazzler, Banshee, Strong Guy, Darwin, and Sage. As representatives of the Mutant population, they stand there today with the most daunting task they've ever been assigned to do; to finally prove their worth.
Professor Xavier is holding a microphone, as he stands before all of his children and soldiers and ambassadors all united to stop Magneto.
Professor X: Brothers, sisters, men and women. Humans and mutants. Today we are here to form a strong alliance against the threats of Magneto and his Brotherhood. In times like these; where the resurrection of a dying breed has returned and now must regain the worlds trust, we will not stand for such an injustice like this. Together, as one, we will end Magneto's plot to rule.
Wolverine: Ya got THAT right!
Professor X: Do you all stand divided? No. You stand together. UNITED. ARE WE UNITED?!
The crowd full of humans and mutants alike cheered in agreement to Xavier.
Professor X: (cont.) Then let's us be one!
?: You're forgetting someone, Charles.
Professor X and the others in the crowd looked up to find a Quinjet hovering above the scene. The cockpit opened up, and out jumped the members of the Astonishing Avengers. Captain America, Iron Man, and Hawkeye all approached Professor Xavier.
Iron Man: (cont.) And that would be us.
Hawkeye: And we're not the only ones to come.
Everyone looked back up again to find even more heroes had arrive, specifically; Spider-Man, Daredevil, Moon Knight, and even more teams had heard the call, including the New Avengers; Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Photon, Lady Sif, Deathlok, Colleen Wing, Cloak and Dagger, A-Bomb, Gravity, Mack V, and Night Thrasher. The Avengers International team, consisting of Captain Britain, Squirrel Girl, Shamrock, Namorita, Living Lightning, Citizen V, and Jack of Hearts. A few members of the Secret Avengers including Quicksilver, Mockingbird, Manifold, Human Torch, Guardsman, Stonewell and Thundra. Finally, the Lady Liberators, with Ms. Marvel, Misty Knight, Moondragon, Namora, Rescue, She-Hulk, Spider-Girl, Spitfire, Stature, Tigra, Jennifer Kale, and fellow mutants X-23 and Mercury. The lineup was looking strong, and Professor X just stared speechless at the amount of help that arrived. The teams started to converse with the rest of the X-Men. Captain America looked back at Professor X.
Captain America: We're here to help. If Magneto's planning something big, then the X-Men are going to need a hell of a lot more men backing them up.
Professor X: Thank you, Steven, Tony. I thank you for the support. Now, we need to come up with a strategy.
Inside of the United Nations building, Professor Xavier, Beast, Wolverine and Kitty Pryde of the X-Men; Captain America, Iron Man, Vision, and Ant Man of the Avengers, as well as Ms. Marvel, Luke Cage, Squirrel Girl and Captain Britain, and multiple United Nations members are inside of the main conference room, looking at the large screen which is displaying a map of the world, with dots indicating where Magneto's machines are. Beast pulls out a laptop and sets on one of the tables. There is a cord he plugs into his laptop, with a little light that shines blue.
Beast: Cerebro has been connected. Take it away, Kelly.
New Utopia; Cerebro:
Inside the Cerebro dome, Kelly Newbury is sitting in her floating chair, along with Lance Lumb, Aloc Wallington, Jamie Durrant, Mattie Freeman, Hugh Lyden, and Benjamin Miller. Also in the room was Avengers members Firestar, Falcon and Black Panther, and X-Men members Forge, Havok, Marvel Girl, Rogue, Psylocke, and Danger. The screens on the Cerebro walls shows the world map, as well as profiles for Magneto, and details about the machines, which include previous footage of the Animus that was in West Virginia.
Kelly: Thanks, Beast. For those who may have missed the full details, Erik Lensherr, also known as Magneto, has threatened the very existence of the human race with machines he has called "Animus" across the world. We have about four detected in North America, two located in South America, one in Africa, two in Europe, five in Asia alone, and one located in Australia. As you can see, we've got a lot of stuff to deal with. Teams will be hefty, but with the amount of effort that's needed in stopping these machines, it'll be worth it. Here are the teams;
"Alpha will consist of Wolverine, Havok, Iron Man, Beta Ray Bill, Savage, Jack of Hearts and A-Bomb will take the Animus in San Francisco.
"Beta will consist of Luke Cage, Shamrock, Northstar, Human Torch and Banshee, and you'll be taking the Animus in Vancouver.
"Gamma is Mockingbird, Quicksilver, Misty Knight, Spider-Man and X-23, and you'll be dealing with the Animus in Virginia Beach.
"Delta is Captain America, Hawkeye, Darkhawk, Rogue, and Warbird, and you will take the one in Charleston.
"Epsilon is Sunspot, Thunderbird, Colleen Wing & Firestar, and you'll take the one in Brazil.
"Zeta, with Living Lighting, Namorita, Moondragon, Tigra, and Stonewall will go to Chili to take out the Animus there.
"Eta, with Captain Britain, Psylocke, Shadowcat, Marvel Girl, Drift and Skaar will take out the Animus in Paris.
"Theta will have Lady Sif, Namora, Mercury and Howard the Duck, and you'll be taking the Animus in Belgium.
"Iota has Daredevil, Jennifer Kale, Citizen V, Karma, and Dazzler, and will take out the Animus in Croatia.
"Kappa will be Black Panther, Forge, Spitfire, Mack V and Warpath, and you'll take the one out in Cairo.
"Lambda is Colossus, Armor, Warpath, Songbird, Gentle, Rogue, and Hepzibah, and you will all take the one in Moscow.
"Mu will have Legion, Strong Guy, Iron Fist, and Night Thrasher will go to Nepal to take the Animus there.
"Nu will consist of Stature, Cloak and Dagger, Karma, and Doctor Nemesis will take the Animus in Taiwan.
"Xi has Sunfire, Spider-Girl, Spider-Man, and Darwin will go into Seoul to deal with the Animus over there.
"Omnicron will have Moon Knight, Deathlok, Gravity, and Ruby Summers go into Shanghai.
"And finally Pi; Magma, Danger, Shatterstar and Pixie will go to Canberra in Australia."
Kelly: (cont.) You'll all be assisted by each of the countries respective military forces. Any questions?
Ant-Man: Uh, I do. What are you and your friends gonna do?
Kelly: For me, I'll be sticking in here in Cerebro. My team, which I have dubbed "Omega" will be assisting Sage and Beast up here in New Utopia.
Ant-Man: Heh. Cerebro before hoes, I suppose.
Firestar backhanded Eric in the head after he said that.
Ant-Man: Ow! I didn't even deserve that!
Firestar: Yes you did.
Kelly: He really didn't deserve that.
Firestar: Trust me. He does.
San Francisco, California:
Team Alpha; consisting of Wolverine, Havok, Iron Man, Beta Ray Bill, Savage, Jack of Hearts were teleported into San Francisco through the teleportation devices Forge had built. The bright light surfaced and then disappeared, leaving Team Alpha behind to return to the old home of the X-Men. They materialized right off the coast of where the old capital city of the X-Men used to inhabit; Utopia.
Wolverine: Well, would ya look at that? That Animus is right inside good old Utopia.
Havok: Yeah… the place where everything kind of ended.
Wolverine: I wouldn't say that. But yeah, it did kinda end badly, what with the splitting of the teams… and the Swarm.
Driving up on the sidewalks were military vehicles and tanks. Soldiers rush out to make their position to fight. A Commander walked up to the team.
Commander: Welcome back, gentlemen. It's good to have you on our side in this battle.
Havok: Hey, we're just glad that everyone is able to get along.
Commander: As am I.
Beta Ray Bill: We should not be chit chattering when the Animus could activate any moment now.
Jack of Hearts: Horsehead man's right. We need to stop the Animus before-
But the islands abandoned bases quickly exploded. The entire base blown up to smithereens. But the broken pieces of metal and unused old and damaged technology began to float up into the air, and started to form into it's own body. The team looked out with disbelief.
Wolverine: Didn't expect that to happen.
This massive beast of tech flew over like a snake flying into the air, heading to San Francisco to consume and destroy.
Wolverine: Alright, folks. (His claws pop out) Let's take this thing out!
The Soldiers all began to fire their weapons at the enemy. Team Alpha either flew, jumped, or lunged into the air to face this "Techno Snake" from destroying the city…
To be continued in X-Men Issue 34! The Animuses (Animi?) have been activated, and this massive cast of heroes must all join together to stop them from causing any more damage! It's a battle you cannot miss! Check back next issue to see these battles happen!