Chapter 3

Escape From Another Dimension

I flew down the floating path that went to who knows where, being chased by several purple lights that kept smashing into my magnetic field relentlessly. My teeth clenched from concentration as I focused on maintaining my barrier which was the only thing preventing me from ending up like Toad had been. I was beginning to consider the possible reality that Stranger was in fact telling the truth when he said there were many dangerous things outside of our prison cell. It made me wonder what kind of experiments this inter-dimensional traveler participated in that involved capturing such lethal beings. Even still, I knew that it was past time for my departure of this god forsaken land.

I walked for what felt like an eternity in silence. It was impossible to tell how many days I traversed this unknown land. My beard became very full so I imagine it was many days. However, for some reason that I can only assume was a byproduct of the dimension I had been imprisoned in, I never grew hungry or tired .The road never ended, and there were endless paths that stemmed from the road. I began to laugh at the incredible dangers that Stranger had warned us about back at his cage…and then things took a turn for the worst.

I began to hear rumblings from afar. I stopped moving, startled by the sound of something other than my own footsteps. It had been so long since I had heard any kind of noise, I almost had forgotten that my ears worked. I turned around slowly, and I couldn't believe my eyes. Far in the distance, but approaching quickly, a giant crimson dust tornado had manifested. The tornado swirled forward ferociously, destroying the road as it traveled. I began to run hastily, feeling the formerly non-existent winds pick up and start blowing in this mysterious zone violently. The cyclone was coming closer, and very rapidly.

I heard it coming, but was defenseless to get out of the way. There was no place for me to go, as the road was not at all very long. Suddenly, I found myself being sucked into the eye of the tornado. As I whirled around in the terrible storm, I watched as the road I once stood on crumble as the tornado descended into nothing. Was this it? I wondered…is this how the one of the most powerful mutants in existence was to die? Alone, from a natural disaster in another dimension, and unknown from the rest of the world. I detested the idea, but found myself powerless to argue with this fate.

Further down I went into the void, the tornado took me far from where I had been previously located. Finally the void turned into the pitch black sky. Within moments, I fell onto crimson red sand in what appeared to be an endless desert. At first I was convinced that this was the same wasteland that I had battled Stranger in, but quickly realized it was a very different place. The wasteland I fought with stranger in had dead trees, magnetic terrain that seemed previously inhabited, and some suggestion of either current or previous life. This desert however was nothing but red sand going for endless miles. It radiated death from start to finish. Nothing could live here.

Or that's what I thought, until I started to hear several bestial growls from all around me. As the tornado that engulfed me dissipated, I slowly arose to my feet looking around to observe the next terror that awaited me. Seven pockets of sand begun to swirl around me, as millions of grains of red sand begun to take the form of dark red panthers. The monsters growled at me, showing their teeth and murderous intent.

I laughed in the face of the threat, jumping for joy at the opportunity to remind anything of who I am. I sent a magnetic force outward to knock the beasts down into the sink holes that they came from, only to watch as they seemed to be immune to any form of magnetic force. I pushed once or twice more, hoping to keep the beasts from jumping on top of me, but was yet again unsuccessful.

I screamed in agony as the beasts began to bite my flesh. My body was covered with carnivorous panthers and I was powerless to get them away from me. Suddenly, a soft and dark whisper spoke within my head. I knew not whether I was going crazy or really hearing this, but the voice spoke directly to me.

"Let me in." It was as if the wind itself was speaking in my head, "And I will deliver you from certain death."

"Who are you!?" I yelled in agony as flesh was being torn from my arm, "Show yourself!"

"Let me in…and your life will be spared."

The pain became too much, and I knew I would not be able to survive for much longer. I yelled to the wind that I desired it to "come in", whatever that meant. Suddenly a large surge of purple energy flashed from the sky, covering my body and obliterating the panthers that had ambushed me. What I experienced next can only be described as…paranormal.

At the time I was convinced I was witnessing my own memories, but I know now that I wasn't. My purpose was to escape this prison and revive my master, the most powerful being in existence. I had been trapped as a spiritual essence for millenniums in Stranger's inter-dimensional prison on the outskirts of his laboratory. For eons I traversed the endless dimension unable to find a physical host but growing in kinetic energy. Recently, my soul detected two new travelers brought into this dimension. I moved at the speed of light to their location and freed them from Stranger's prison that prevented my entry into their bodies. I attempted first to possess the weaker one, only to learn that without consent of the body I could only kill their physical form upon entry. After weeks of gathering enough kinetic energy to manifest dangerous situations such as a natural disaster and rabid beasts, I entered the body of the other with the hopes of finding means of escaping this wretched place.

Or wait…was I the person who was possessed? My two memories became very cluttered and I now remember forgetting who I was in that moment. After reminiscing of mine, or it's, arrival to this dimension and then forgetting all the information I…or we…left the desert in one quick motion.

With more power than I had ever experienced, I flew high into the air. My body glowed with purple kinetic energy that surged first from my eyes and then over my entire form. This energy amped up my own abilities and allowed me to move faster than I had ever been able to fly. I was unsure how I got this power, but I could definitely get used to it.

It wasn't long before I flew so high that I was able to see the shattered road that I had fallen from. There was a tornado here at one point, right? I couldn't quite remember. Did I fall from this road, or did I push someone off it? I shrugged as I continued to glide through the air with endless energy.

I abruptly stopped in midair, as there became a large portal opening and the being known as Stranger appeared before me, gazing at me with great concern. He observed my power which exhibited new and improved power. I remember wondering if he intended to fight me again. I had hoped that he desired a battle, as I was certain this time I would be more than a match for the mysterious overlord of this terrible dimension. Stranger did no such thing, he simply spoke to me.

"You are contaminated…" Stranger spoke, observing me. "You're no good to me now. I suppose I received enough information on the mutant kind…but I'm afraid I can't keep such a dangerous entity here now that you have merged with the Outsider. Of course anywhere I send you things will end catastrophic for that dimension…but even still, this could used as an excellent test of the power and durability of the others in your odd world known as Earth. Perhaps other mutants or powerful beings on your planet will be able to stop the disaster that it will surely cause within you. Only time will tell….Now Be Gone!"

And just like that, a portal opened behind me and with but a thought from Stranger, I was tossed into the inter-dimensional warp tunnel. I moved at speeds that I did not know existed until I appeared in the middle of a great battle. After only milliseconds of travel, I found myself staring at Ultron, some other robots, and several of Earth's so called "mightiest heroes".

My body was aching from the travel, but before I lost conscious I remember with nothing more than a thought, destroying Ultron and his companion. Later I learned that I had unknowingly saved the world. Good for them, I was just relieved that I had escaped from the other dimension…but I soon realized that I didn't escape alone.

Magneto sighed as he rose to his feet and used his power to move heavy metal objects off his fallen Brotherhood comrades. When it came to his strange story, as they always say "The rest is history." Shortly after Magneto regained consciousness on Earth, he realized that even while the mutant sat by himself, he was never truly alone. In a matter of weeks, the demon known as Cryos took full control of his body and the Avengers had been the heroes responsible of ridding him of the spiritual atrocity.

As the Master of Magnetism checked the vitals of his allies, he had a renewed purpose. The mutant knew that his conquest of Earth was more important now than ever. Mutants had to be aligned under a strong leader soon, and the pathetic homo sapiens had to be put to rest and thrown out of leadership over Earth. Once that happened, Magneto realized that he needed to prepare his planet for a possible invasion of powers even greater than what mutants exhibit. With the existence of Inter-Dimensional beings such as Stranger and Cryos, Magneto refused to stand by and let his body be toyed with again for their enjoyment.

The Master of Magnetism flew from his destroyed warehouse with the unconscious Brotherhood thugs into the great unknown motivated to plan his next assault on the enemies of the mutant kind. The great Magneto was nobody's lab rat or host body…and he intended on sharing this reality with the world very soon.

A/N:Thanks to everyone who read this story! Special thanks to Darkholme13 and CyKiESuMMerS for their awesome reviews. If you're looking for new authors to read from, both of them have great X-men pieces out! If you'd like to read more from me I'd encourage you to check out my main project, QUICKSILVER: Chronicles of Pietro Maximoff. With the conclusion of this story under my belt, I am now ready to continue QS, so expect updates soon =)

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