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G9(1)

Less than 8 months ago, people could have called them mad ones, but now that the sun shines again on Genosha, no ones call them this way. Today, as the first elected president of the Free Republic of New Genosha is waiting for his guests at the Hammer bay International Airport, Genosha is under the lights as never before, neither when Erik was just "Magneto", and on the other side of the coin. No, today is another day. Today is the day in which Mbasa Warii, former member of the South African government, and now elected president, is waiting, with his Foreign Minister Erik Lehnsherr, for the arrival of the 10 Chiefs of State that will attend the G9 in the city of Khandor during the following week…

As the Air Force One lands on soil and both Warii and Erik approaches the US President shaking his hand, few accredited journalists from all over the world are immediately ready to fix with images and words the historical event, Erik feels something in his hypothalamus, like a tinkle inside his mind… and someone smiling.

Blackdragon, what's the situation? As he arrives on the astral plane, Erik looks at Chris Stark, who's wearing her Extreme uniform, the one she wore when she briefly was an X-Man the last time; by now, her body is on the roof of a nearby building, checking the situation, scanning with her telepathic mind the people around her in search of something wrong, a bad thought…

I'm still checking, Erik, and for now everything seems fine. I hope that it will be this way 'till the end of the works. For precaution, we've got few undercover agents on the field, too, and at the HQ the Triad is using Cerebra to see if there's someone who's trying to stay away from the lights.

A worried expression appears on Erik's old face; he knows too well that, for the good of Genosha, everything has to go in the right way; they can't allow kidnappings, homicides or something worse. The pirates gave them too many problems already: they'll not allow them to destroy their dream before it could really see the light. In that moment, they both close contact, and they go their separate way, ready to face what's going to happen. It's in that moment that Chris, for a moment, stops to pay attention to Erik, turning part of her mind in direction of a reporter who's following the summit and commenting every instants of the ceremony of inauguration that will start soon.

Here Trish Tilby live for CNN, from the Hammer Bay International Airport. Just few months ago, we reported about the re-apparition of the X-gene and of the mutants all over the world, and today we are in Genosha to testify another historical and crucial moment in the history of the world. The Nation Island is, in facts, welcoming the members of the G9,and everybody is asking if this mean that the Republic of New Genosha will become the 10th member, or if the location of the summit here just means the rebirth of the nation after years and years of oblivion. I don't know if our cameramen can show it to you, but right now, from my position, I can see Erik Lehnsherr, who last week had been nominee foreign minister, who's greeting the President of the US. Wait… they are telling me that in the following minutes King T'Challa of Wakanda and the Prime Minister of Canada will land, but I want to remind you that in less than 2 hours the most important persons of the planet will be here, making Genosha the most important place of the planet for the next week. I want to remind you that the Prime Minister of Italy can't be here due to a faintness he had a couple of days ago while participating at a meeting of the young industrialists; in his place, the minister of the interior, Roberto Maroni, will attend all the assembles…

[Here Steel, Situation?] From her position, Chris can sees Jim Rhodes, in one of his War Machine armors, with Erik and Warii, "posing" as their bodyguard; giving a quick look at the perimeter, he asks for information with his internal comm.-link, ready to face whatever will happen in the following moments; one after the other, all his field agents answer.

"Green Witch here, clear." Amanda Safton's answers from the inside of the airport, closed only in part; Green Witch is the code-name assignee to her because of the colour of her standard uniform, a green and black one.

"Quarterback here, clear" "Engineer and Arrow here, clear" Both Langowsky, former Football player, and Chris, who's with Arsenal, are outside the building, checking the situation in different points.

"Surfer here on the waves, ready to jump if it's necessary, all's good."

Professor Johnson, Iron Man's approaching you; we're not sure why he is near you…

…we can see him but not read him. Somehow is shielding part of him from us….

…we know he is not a problem, so we'll continue to check the area in your place, too, while you'll have to deal with him…

On the other side of the astral plane, Blackdragon stops to speak with Celeste, Phoebe and Mindee, and comes back to the reality, where she can see that, while she was out, Arsenal already pointed two guns, one for hand, at the visitor they are having, someone that it's not so strange is here, because global security is his work… in all his red iron, steel and gold splendour, in front of them there's no else than the Invincible Iron man, former director of S.I.E.L.D. and now member of Fury's elite of soldiers.

"Mr. I made a tomb for my little sister because I thought she was dead and I never gave a look to see what really happened to her is here, Chris – Roy says as he sees, in the distance, Tony flies in their direction – seriously, when you'll make me come back, you'll have to consider the idea of coming back with me, because, jeez, honestly, how can you stay around such people? I mean… when you disappeared, we tried everything we had to find you, but him? What did he do for you? And it's not like Hal isn't waiting for you…"

[Christine, nice to see you again]

"I don't know what you think you are doing here Mister, but as sure as my name is Arsenal, I'll not allow you to do anything…"

[I don't think your bullets could work against me, child.]

"Let's say that my bullets are made of, I dunno, adamantium? What now?"

"Lower your weapons, Arsenal; IRON MAN is not a problem, after all, he is still my brother, don't you, Tony? – as he lands on the roof and takes away his helmet, Chris looks coldly at him – what do you want, Tony? I thought that your boss already spoke with Lehnsherr, Xavier, Rhodes and even Warii. I don't have anything to do with you and your friends, nor if you're here for the Extremes nor the Go…." She doesn't end the sentence, she simply looks worried in direction of a zone of the bay in front of the airport, then she activates a com—link with any other member of the group, without bothering herself to tell Tony immediately what's going on, just stopping him to add anything else with a simple gesture.

"Here Engineer to Surfer. I need you to confirm a situation at Hammer Bay, quadrant C6. Repeat:C6."

"Here Surfer, I just jumped at C6 and I have to confirm the situation. The rumours were right. There are at least 17-18, maybe even 20 Atlantics with Dorma. They are just leaving the waters in direction of the airport, scaring the hell out of the people on the beach. What do you want me to do?"

"Quarterback here, things are worse then what we expected. They are coming from my sector, too. A handful of them is flying in my direction, too!"

[Here Steel to all units; deviate the incoming flights to the secure designated location, we'll drive the Diplomatists to the nearest secure point. Triads, check other incoming attacks and alert the remained operatives; Quarterback, you are allowed to transform ad use all the necessary force; Surfer, pick your sis up and go help him; if Industrialist has nothing else to do than annoy Engineer, he could came, too; another armored warrior could be useful; all the other operatives on field, converge here.]

"I hope that you'll not be mad at me sunshine, but I'd prefer to pick my bike instead of flying with you. I'll be there before you could say Bye, Bye My darling" As he says so, the young man known as Arsenal, dressed exactly like the night he met Blackdragon in NY, jumps from the building in direction of his bike, ready to fight a battle he didn't think could be his, too; but now he is no longer in his universe, he is in a new one, and if he wants to come back home, he has to do it; meanwhile, Iron Man and Blackdragon are leaving, too, but both flying, using her powers Chris and with his armor Tony; one can thinks it's strange, but in so many years, it's just the second time they are doing it together, at least in action... although it's just for a while, because they'll share just a portion of the voyage, having different targets: the airport Chris, and the bay Tony.

[You are almost prepared… you know they were ready to attack, don't you?]

"We're better than what you could think, Tony, and, still, we can improve ourselves… and the world outside Genosha. This is one of the reasons I'm here."

[And the other reason it's me, right? You stopped to want to have anything to do with me a long time ago, Chris. All these years and still you can't forgive me for having hidden you the fact that I was Iron Man… why can't you understand that I was just trying to protect you? It was for your own good… I thought that you understood it, years ago, when I send you away with Wisdom to protect you from Osborn!]

"I never saw it that way, Tony. You told me you tried to protect me, but you just hurt me, and too much… you never had faith me, you never trusted me. This is something I can't forgive so easily. – she pauses, still in the air, looking at him, hurt in her dark eyes – did you really believed I was such a fragile creature? I know, I did a mistake that time with Bullseye and Venom, but I've always learned from my mistakes…. And, you, instead, send me away with Pete, knowing that ours was a doomed relationship, that he was going to break my heart in two, again! But you know what was the worst part? The fact that you kept with you Pep and Maria! I can get Maria, but Pep? Good Tony, you preferred to have her around than me! why can't you admit it? You didn't want me around, you never have, you were my brother because you have to, because someone forced you!"

[Oh, please, don't start with this ridicule story again! I thought you were a little more mature than this! You know, I still have to understand who do you have to forgive, Chris: Me, for having hidden my secret identity and whatever you are accusing me of, or you, for having betrayed you parents' legacy for so long? Isn't this the reason you changed your surname into Johnson again? How long do you have to make me pay? Don't you think that hiding your powers from me, working for Xavier against me, staying away from me for so many years is a price already too high to pay for my mistakes, whatever they were? When will you stop to be such a child?]

Chris remains still in the air for a moment, then looks at the airport; she doesn't answer Tony, she simple changes topic, focusing on the incoming battle.

"It's time; go find Langowsky, I'll fly to the airport to deal with the major wave of Atlantics with the other ones."

So tell me what you think of my new experiment. I'd like to know your opinions... see you soon, with new chapters, of my new work and my old one as well... see you soon with the BIRTH OF NEW GENOSHA!