The Stark Of Legend V2

by BlackDragonDevilGod

Can one sentence change the world as we know it? If those are the right words, then yes, as Tony Stark, a successful, businessman carefree lifestyle is shattered when he learns he had a son with a woman shrouded in mystery. How will Tony life change, when he meets his Magus son and wants to be a part of his son's life? Let's find out. (Pre-IM 1, Crossover with RE/FNAF) X-Over

14. FNAF Security Breach Arc Finale

Hello once again my ever lovely and ever loyal peeps!

So here we are, the final chapter of the Security Breach Arc, the final battle between Good Vs. Evil. Had to get a little bit of help from Dragon King Of The West, as i had not one, not two but THREE endings for this Arc.

Three.

No kidding, i had three endings that would most certainly change the tone of this story but for the most part, i went with the first. The simplest option but leaves me open to use the other two in the future of this story. Of course, i can't actually tell you all, least i ruin the surprise but believe me, it would have been epic but for now, it's best to leave it on the back burner, as it will open more doors for me in the future.

And like in "Rise Of The Grimm Reaper", while it hasn't been widely broadcasted yet, the floodgates to the multiverse have been open and that's all i'm saying about that.

As such, one can expect that a lot of shenanigans from the multiverse, possible traveling to other universes but i'm not quite sure yet. Oh yeah, Xero and Gudako have traveled to other universes, but they'll be only mentioned in passing for the moment.

But ya know, i wondered to me why i left behind Xbox for PS a couple of months ago, while deciding on whether or not to get an Xbox One, when i had one before i switched to PS4. Now i remember why: Because of the fucking 'sign in' bullshit. Oh no, you want to do ANYTHING, got to sign into internet, make an account and even if you do, when it doesn't take it, you have to jump through hopes purely just PLAY a game, any game for that matter.

I'm no stranger to waiting for it to download but this goes beyond just simply downloading, it doesn't even do it, when it says "All good, you can play" when it really means "Nope, i say you can play but i don't mean it." GOD fucking damnit, a lot of money wasted on this bullshit, but the one good thing that came out of it?

I have an old Xbox 360 that is still very playable and as luck would have it, i have all the plug in, simply scattered across my home but it's here! I can't believe it took me getting an new Xbox for me to realize that i really, simply needed an old one to play some of my favorite old classic games. Really, i did want to play Ryse son of Rome, but until it releases on another console, i guess that one is benched. Probably forever if i'm going to be honest and honestly, this has pushed me to decide to forgo buying an Xbox SX and instead go for a PS5 in the future, if not for the new Plague tale game, then for the Marvel's spider Man 2.

The first one was, to me, a ten out of ten 10/10.

I'm hoping the next one live up to it's predesscourer.

I do like the idea of Venom being in the game, possibility getting another chance to play "Black suit Spider-Man" but i am wondering just how it will fit into the newest version of Peter Parker's story. But here's a small spoiler warning for the story, after looking over the pervious two games, i think the one that will be replacing Taskmaster will be the ever dangerous, very creepy Kraven the hunter.

Yeah, the guy that wants to hunt down and kill Spider Man like he was a damn animal.

Anyway, i went on Amazon to look it up and saw a screen shot of it, so even if Kraven isn't a big bad, he is most certainly going to be apart of the game and boy, am i eagerly awaiting the answer. We barely get to see the fucker and seeing how well the people over at Insomniac Games made the first game, i can't wait for the squeal. But boy did they set a very high bar, so here's to hoping they knocked it out of the park again.

Also, i'm doing something a tab bit different now: Inserting songs at varies points throughout the chapters, just something i've tried from time to time but haven't really stuck to it. Tried doing something similar in "Rise Of The Grimm Reaper" but that was during the viewing section, so i decided that if i find a song i like, feel like it fits into this situation, i'll put a little 'song insert' into the chapter. Naturally, you can chose to ignore it or actually do it, it really doesn't matter, just something to help set the mood and maybe add a little more flare, some flavor to the chapter so to speak.

Again, just something i might do from time to time and BTW, I might be editing the "Xero vs Captain Foxy" chapter to add another song insert with the song being: "You're Going Down" By Sick Puppies. Or maybe something else if i find something better, who knows.

Yes, that is the band name and as odd as it sounds, its a good song.

But that's enough of that, as always i own nothing but my OC.

So please read, review and "What the fuc-BOOM"

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Chapter 10: The Devil Of Freddy Fazbear Vs. The Grim Reaper Of Chaldea

(Song Insert: All Things Must Die (feat. Casey Lee Williams)

BOOM

"What the hell is going on?!"

In a shower of electricity, dark red flames, and black/red lightning, as two unstoppable forces collide with one another, sending shockwaves throughout the ruins of the ancient city that would have parted all the clouds if they're had been any. Most of the groups that had gathered had no idea of what to make of what they were seeing.

Key word: Most.

The ones from Chaldea, the BSAA team, Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, while they stood their ground, opted to help Chirs deal with Bob the blob.

"I don't get paid enough for this shit!"

That was the only thought going through Clint Barton's mind, as he ducked behind one of the various military vehicles stationed around. The Helicarrier wasn't brought with them to this strange world he found himself in, thus meaning most of their backup was cut off, leaving just him, Nat, their boss, Coulson and the small team of agents they brought with them.

He had half the mind to start shooting but was hesitant to do so.

Now to be clear, Clint had nothing against mutants. Nothing at all, as he knew that anyone could be evil and more often than naught, for every evil mutant out there, there were a hundred more evil humans. Just because someone was born a little different than the normal, didn't mean they were evil and hell, that was the excuse Hitler used to try to take over the world.

To 'purge' the impurity of humanity and what not. He may have targeted the Jews at first, but Clint was willing to bet his retirement money, that once he dealt with the Jewish people, he targeted everyone else just because he could.

But as far as he could tell, Coulson was both right and wrong about Mazoku. He was clearly enhanced, maybe even a super soldier like they were thinking but this went WELL beyond that. Far beyond just a simple boost in stamina, endurance and strength. This man was no Captain America or Red Skull, oh no, he was far worse than both of them combined.

As if to prove his own point, Clint's sharp eyes spotted the two monsters crashing through several pillars, not stopping once in a shower of bright light and lightening. The thunderous "Booming" erupting from their clashes threaten to leave Clint deaf, as he had to cover his ears, thinking not for the first time, he had good eyes rather than ears.

Cause if he had enhanced hearing, he was certain his ear drums would have been busted as a result of it and gone deaf. Goddamn, how loud did these two need to be?!

"What the fuck is going on?" Clint asked himself again, as he poked his head out from his cover, as did his partner and friend, Natasha did the same, answering.

"Just like Budapest all over again."

Clint just shook his head in bewilderment, as he gave Nat a flat look, "You and i remember Budapest very differently."

BOOM

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"Sometimes Coulson, i really wish you were wrong."

"As do i, sir." Director Fury ducked his head behind the armored vehicle, as a stray lightning bolt nearly zapped him and boy, wasn't that a wired thought. Ducking to dodge a stray lightning bolt of all things. In all honesty, Fury had hoped that this little meeting with the enhanced induvial would actually work out, possible gain a powerful ally in the process and not end in some sort of insane, shoot out or massive fight.

While thankfully SHEILD hadn't ended up in a shootout, the situation ended up in a fight between two very powerful beings that were DESTROYING EVERYTHING AROUND THEM!

The sound of another ruin collapsing as the two crashed against one another, as their clashing caused them to slam into each other, ultimately making the two to become a faux wrecking ball. No really, to Fury's eye, it looked like the duo become a lightning ball of sorts, spinning out of control and slamming into anything and everything.

More than once, they almost crashed into them, had it not been for one of those odd women from Xero group putting up some kind of forcefield, effectively shielding them from most of the damage but a few wisps got through. Whether it was intentional or not, Fury did not know but what he did know for certain is that this battle would be getting a lot more dangerous as it went on.

So, why weren't they allowed to help? Why did Mazoku expressly forbid them from interfering? Did he know something they didn't?

"Well, that's a dumb thought." Of course, he knew something they didn't, this entire situation was something none of them had been trained for. Sure, Fury had seen, fought and allied with aliens with unique and strange powers. Like Danvers, the Skrulls and Kree but this went beyond shapeshifting aliens assholes and super powered alien/human hybrids. For one, this wasn't an alien menace or even a mutant, but a long dead serial killer that seemly stole some sort of energy from their original targets son and planned to make him a living battery of sorts.

Truth be told, that thought made Fury's stomach turn.

He may not know the kid; he may even be a threat but being used as a living battery sounded very painful and was a fate he wouldn't wish upon his worst enemy. It was his job, SHEILD's job to protect the world and its people from threats just like this being known as William Afton. While yes, just because Mazoku was Afton's enemy that did not mean he was an ally. The enemy of enemy isn't always my friend after all but if he was willingly to go through all this trouble, to stop Afton's twisted plans, then Fury would give him the benefit of a doubt.

For now, anyway.

Until he can assess him with his own eye, Fury would keep Mazoku at arm's length and if everything went his way, if the kid proved to not be a threat... Well, it looks like he found himself another candidate for the Avengers Initiative.

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Xero crashed against Afton, both their bodies covered in lighting, like two bulls locking horns, attempting to fight for dominance as they locked horns, neither willing to give the other an inch. Magical power clashing against one another creating a loud "Booming" noise as they did so, neither one willing to give an inch or ground, as they ended up clashing their weapons against one another in the mist of it all.

Sparks flying between their weapons, as the metal scrapped against one another, trying to overpower the other one. Needless to say, it didn't work very well, as Xero pumped more mana into his arms, slowly but surely overpowering Afton's robotic body with his flesh one. But the man held strong, as he heard the whirling of hydraulics and was slowly pushed back himself, making Xero grit his teeth. It was a standstill but with how things were going, Afton would win this little constant of strength if he kept this deadlock up, Afton would inevitably win thanks to his mechanical body. Had Xero been at full strength and actually had a proper night's rest in the past ten days, he could have beaten him easily.

Having his mana not stolen, siphoned or whatever you want to call it, would have helped but again, it could not be helped. So, with no other option open to him and his strength fading fast, he made his choice. "Ah man, this is going to hurt." With that thought, Xero reared his head back and slammed it against Afton's.

Probably a dumb idea but hey, what can you do?

Thankfully, his attack did the trick, breaking them out of their deadlock and sending the bastard flying down to the cold, unforgiving ground. Ignoring the pain in his forehead and the blood starting to drip down it, Xero raised his hand above his head, summoning more lighting to him, charging his mana the best he could as it funneled through his scythe. Afton might have not taken it all, but damned to hell, if the bastard didn't take a good chuck of it away. He was going to need as much as he could get.

This was far from over.

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BOOM

Explosions range throughout the ruined city, as Leon ducked for cover, sliding behind a destroyed Hummer with Redfield and Claire joining him as Xero and Afton clashed once more.

"We have really got to stop meeting like this." Leon quipped, as he fired his Sliver Ghost at the giant, blob thing, as he looked at Chirs, "Every time I'm so much as ten feet from you, everything just dissolves into chaos."

"I was going to say the same thing, smartass." Chris said, as he reloaded his new Railgun, before taking aim at the Blob, firing once more, sending a massive arc of lighting to strike into its equally massive body, causing it to roar in pain. But it didn't go down, making him cruse, as he ducked under a wired tentacle swipe, which would have taken his head off it it made contact, "Where's Xero and Gudako?"

"Hang on." Leon poked his head out from behind the hummer again, just into time to see the two mentioned Magus fighting that giant Wolf robot and the white bunny clad one with Xero trading blow for blow against the Wolf's sickles with his scythes and Gudako using her Phoenix Blade against the White rabbit's large butter knife thing. How it never snapped against the glowing orange blade, he would never know.

"Well, it appears they're still holding their ground against the walking stereotypes. Aren't bunnies and wolves supposed to be naturally enemies?"

"Smartass." Chris said, mostly out of habit, as he was well used to Leon's antics by now. Truth be told, what was happening all around him would have had anyone wondering, probably screaming, about what the ever-living fuck was going on but not Chris. Not his team, Leon or even his sister, as they've all gotten use to shit not only hitting the fan hard, but Xero's three hundred plus abilities. At this point, Chris would probably freak out if NOTHING out of the oridnary actually happened, as wired things always happened when either Xero or Gudako was around.

But both of them in the same spot?

The weirdness would get cracked up to eleven on the weirdness scale. Truth be told, having spent years fighting undead monsters, a monster of oil, wires and disregarded metal pieces was surprisingly a breath of fresh air.

Hey, if it cuts you, at least it won't turn you into an undead monster, right.

Right?

Shaking his head, Chris radioed his men, "Canine, are you guys alright?"

"We're alright for now boss, this thing isn't very different from other infected only with anger management issues. But, boss how the hell do we kill this thing?"

"For now, we just hold it off and distract it, till Xero and Gudako have beaten Afton."

"Understood, well at least we can test drive our new toys."

Against a large, angry mass of oil and wires, yeah, no problem whatsoever. Chirs sighed again, as he looked over to his sister with a stern look on his face, "And what are you doing here, Claire?"

"Umm, sightseeing?"

Chirs could do nothing more than stare at her, as Leon had a cheeky grin on his face. Yep, that was Claire for ya, rushing headlong into danger without a second thought.

It was brave of her to do but very foolish, nevertheless.

Just like a typical Redfield, when danger comes a-knocking, the Redfield answers with arms wide open.

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"This is insane."

Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic had seen a lot of things in his life, more so after he acquired his powers, but what he was seeing now was beyond anything he had thought possible as he nodded with Johnny summarizing the situation, they found themselves in.

Nothing about this made any sense, aside from the sheer insanity of it all.

From a certain point of view, Reed could almost say he was looking at his former friend, Victor Von Doom, especially with all the lighting flying around like nobody's business. But watching as the dark-haired man, flying in the sky, sheathing his scythes and thrusting his arms out towards the animatronic wolf that was coming back up from being headbutted. The man sent several bolts of lightning towards the wolf, certainly looked like something Victor would do.

But the fact the wolf seemed to absorb the lighting and use his momentum to crash into the other man, creating another large boom, nearly once again blinding everyone once again, reminded Reed that this was NOT his former friend. The different colored lighting bolts, one red and the other purple, made it clear to Reed that neither of the lightning bolts were normal.

Hell, part of him realized it wasn't even a mutant ability, as all mutants only have one ability. Sure, that ability could be very versatile like Ororo's 'weather controlling ability made it appear like she had more than one power, but it all lead back to her unique mutant power.

But this Mazoku guy, his was different.

First, he shifted the entire environment all around them, taking everyone to a completely different plane of existence all together as he listened in on the general attempting to reach someone, anyone of the radio. They got nothing but static as a result, meaning what wherever they were, it wasn't on Earth. Not anymore.

"Richards, what the hell is going on?!" General Hager demanded, as for once, Reed didn't have an answer.

"I don't know."

"Would killing the one who put us here, send us back to Earth?"

"If you so much as raise an eyebrow at my master, considered your life forfeit." Before Reed or any of his teammates could response, a dark figure martialized behind the general, as the man felt the coldness of a sharp blade at his throat. The surrounding soldiers all turned their guns on the pair and then, Reed was able to final make out the figure.

It was a woman, short with dark skin, shoulder length purple/blueish hair, wearing a skull mask and wore a black, form-fitting outfit that did nothing to hide her lean form but covered up the important bits.

"Hang on, we don't want to kill anybody," Susan Storm said, putting her hands up in a clamming manner, "We just want a way out of here, that's all."

"Nor do i, Lady Storm." The masked woman said softly, with a noticeable edge in her tone, "I would prefer to avoid bloodshed, but if necessary, i will kill each and every single one of you to protect my master. But it does not have to be that way."

"And how do we do that?" Johnny asked, a serious expression on his face for once, as the woman looked at him behind her mask.

"All you need to do is wait for my master to finish Afton off and do not interfere. That is all that is required. But know this, if you attempt to hurt my master in anyway, there is no fortress in the world that can keep us out or army that can keep you safe from our wrath." Then, without warning or a sound, the woman simply vanished in the blink of an eye, allowing the general to breathe again with feeling a blade at his throat.

"So, what are we supposed to just sit on our hands and knees?" Ben asked, as Reed just sighed.

He had no idea what to do and if he made the wrong move, it could spell the end for him and the family he found in their team, "I don't know Ben. But killing the one who brought us to this world, plane of dimension or whatever this place is, could actually trap us here. So, general, regardless of that girl's warning, killing Mazoku might actually backfire on us. So, please for now, just have your soldier stow their weapons. This situation is a volatile one and shooting will solve nothing. In fact, it could make things far worse then they already are, so for now, i think it be best to just wait for things to play out."

Reluctantly, Hager agreed, motioning for his soldiers to lower their weapons as he looked at Reed, "I hope you're right, Richards."

So did he.

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"Is that all you've got boy?!"

Xero said nothing, didn't rise to Afton's taunting as he punched Afton in the face but that did very little, aside from making his hand hurt a little and getting mockery from the serial killer. Even as they crossed scythes once again, ignoring the sparks of lightning that erupted between them, Xero found himself thankful for the fact his magical lightning has become so used to his body, that same lighting didn't even make his hair fizzed anymore. Ya know, like when a person gets shocked by electricity, it makes there hair become an afro, well his doesn't.

Not only that but it actually no longer hurts him in anyway, getting shocked by electricity or lightning in general. A side effect of his magical ability to naturally absorb any and all electricity like he was a living lightning rod, but getting cannon balled by a massive metal body still hurt though. However, no matter how hard Afton tried, the lightning he was using wouldn't hurt him, let alone his own magic. Even if Afton had acquired magic, it did not change the simple fact that he was using was HIS magic to use spells.

His mana.

His power.

His lightning.

So, when they broke off, with Afton's body starting to suffer from the effects of paralysis the lightening caused, Xero slipped around his guard. He then gripped the edge end of his poncho and twisting around like one would do in a twister, he sent Afton flying into another building, causing the entire thing to collapse on him. Knowing it wouldn't hold him for long, Xero acted on his new plan. Without waiting for him to come back, he sheathed his scythes onto his belt, before going for one of the military vehicles, ignoring the shocked soldier's faces.

"Get out."

Was all he had to say to the men in the hummer and whether it was shock, fear or good sense of self-preservation, the soldiers did as they were told. Using his magic to cancel the gravity around the hummer, effectively making it weightless, Xero grabbed the bumper, lifting it up in the air and using it as a bat, as Afton came flying back at him. This made Xero grin, "Batter up, motherfucker!" Then, he swung the hummer at Afton, slamming it into the robotic being with all the force he could muster. However, the hummer folded like a wet piece of paper, thanks to the metal Afton had used to make his new body, as Xero jumped back, barely dodging a sickle being thrown at his original position on the ground.

"!"

Xero felt his senses flair, as Cassidy warned him and only thanks to years of being in constant life and death battles, allowed his body to automatically react. Rising his scythe above his head, blocking another sickle aiming to slice his head in half, as Afton appeared above him. The force of his strike sent Xero crashing back down on the ground, forming a small crater below his feet as he back pelted again, jumping away as Afton slammed himself down on the ground making an even bigger crater form, as Xero scuttled away. Rather than chase after him, Afton merely let out a manically laugh, as he climbed out of the newly formed crater, "COME ON BOY, GIVE ME A REAL FIGHT!"

A real fight, eh?

Xero summoned twisted his scythes around, clashing the twin blades against one another, causing more lightning to crackle around him. All right, just remember you asked for it, you mill-due covered, fucking furry killer.

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Tony Stark was not used to being confused.

He was a of science. He didn't like being confused and when he saw something that confused him, he did his best to unravel and solve the mystery of it.

As one of the smartest people on the planet, his mind worked faster than normal people's minds, picking apart problems with little difficult and solving them in a flash. But what he was seeing before him, what was happening, it was...he didn't know what it was.

For the first time, in a very long time, he was at a loss of words.

BOOM

Even as his so called 'son' and the wolf robot, animatronic, thing, whatever it was clashed blades once again, creating another shockwave. Unlike the rest of the shockwaves, that nearly knocked him off his feet, this one felt a little more tamed but a lot stronger by compression. The only way that could be, was if his kid was matching the same wavelength or power output to be the exact same output as the robotic wolf.

"If that is what he is doing, then to not only match the exact same wavelength with such precision and do it at the right time, while fighting for his life is nothing short of amazing." Clearly, his son inherited more than just his good looks, the kid had inherited his brain as well! While part of him was proud of his son for being able to do such a thing in dire situation, the other part of him was horrified and frustrated at not being able to do anything to help his son in this very same situation.

It was like a scene out of one of those horror/supernatural movies he watched when he had free time. The main protagonist, the hero faced off against the main villain behind everything, reaching levels of power that none of the hero's allies could hope to match. Only able to sit on the sidelines and watch as the hero fought for his life against the dangerous villain, knowing that if he lost, then it was all over.

Needless to say, it was not a feeling he liked very much and even more so, when he was forced to realize that yes, this man, this kid was indeed his son.

He didn't need some fancy blood test to tell him that, he could see it the moment he looked at his face; this man was indeed his son and the shame that followed was one he had not felt in, well, ever. Never once in his entire life did, he feel the flood of shame he felt now, when Tony realized he had missed out on his son's entire childhood/teen hood (Was that even a thing?) and now, before he even realized he had a son, that same son was now a man.

Part of him felt shame flood his veins, as he had a moral obligation to help raise the life he had unintentionally created and missing more then a decade, possible two decades of his life was probably the biggest fuck up he's ever done.

Even if he didn't know about said life, it was no excuse.

It was part of the reason why he didn't want to have kids and the fear of failing them meant nothing, as now he didn't even have a chance to fail. His son was a fully grown man, and that fact honestly made his heart hurt a little at never being able to watch the life he helped create grown up into what he is now. He always had a fear of some random woman he had a one-night stand showing up at his door, with a small kid in tow. The fact it never happened, aside from gold diggers, was a miracle in on itself.

The fact his son was a 'mutant' never once crossed Tony's mind.

"Maybe it's for the best." Tony thought to himself, "I'd probably screw him up if he was still a kid and now that he's fully grown, if i, no WHEN i screw up, it won't affect him too badly. Besides, who says that i still can't bond with my son, even if he's an adult? Well, unless he thinks i deliberately abandoned then things could work out. If not and everything's gravy, i might be able to make this father/son thing work."

Yeah, that sounded like a good idea, a good plan indeed.

"This is a disaster."

Well, while Tony was intrigued, curious and even hopeful for the future, all Obadiah Stane felt was dread. Then anger. Dread, because not only was there very much another Stark that could lay claim to the company he had built up from scratch, but he was far more dangerous than his father could ever hope to be. That is where anger came from, as this man, this boy could be the thing that ruined ALL of his plans.

His plans to get rid of Tony and claim the company for himself, after the useless boy displayed his final creation: The Jericho Missile.

A perfect example of weaponry for the twenty first century; Effective, deadly and needs to only be used once, to cause a massive amount of damage and destruction with just one shot. One didn't even need a perfect aim, just a general arena of firing and then BOOM. The bad guys would not dare poke their heads out of their heady holes.

If they could that is, if they were alive after word.

But that didn't matter now, as all his plans were put in jeopardy just by this boy existence alone. For one, another person now had legal claim to the throne of Stark Industries and worse, Tony could have a Will made up those leaves everything to his kid. As a way to 'make up' for not being around when he was growing up, the older Stark was impulsive like that. And what's worse, unlike his father, it was clear that the younger, new Stark was not only a trained to be a fighter, a soldier but was a mutant too boot.

Stane hated mutants, not because they were different from normal people but due to the simple fact, was that their abilities were completely unpredictable.

Not to mention, he was clearly a very, VERY powerful mutant, if the loud sounds of battle raging on where any indication that even if Stane got rid of his father, getting rid of the new Stark would be nigh impossible. For one, he had no reason to trust nor like Stane in any shape or form. He had no relationship with him and where's he could get Tony alone without anyone raising an eyebrow, the kid was a completely different story. Stane hated anything he couldn't predict and as things stand, he would have to speed up his plan, least everything he worked to achieve fell apart.

No, he wouldn't allow some damned brat that happened to be Stark by blood ruin everything. He wouldn't!

"Oh this is a stupid idea."

But she was still going through with it.

Though still shaking, very much scared out of her mind, Pepper silently walked towards the group Gudako came with and spoke, "Um, excuse me but, are you really not going to do anything?"

The largest of the group, the blonde sighed in annoyance, as she looked down at Pepper, "Believe me Miss, if we could, we would. But master forbid us from interfering and i have known him long enough to know, that if he made such an order, then something else is going on. He has a plan in the works and us getting mixed in it might have severe repercussions or make it fall apart entirely."

"Trust me, it galls and annoys me that my darling won't let us help him, but he clearly knows something we don't." The pink haired one in the large sun hat, wearing nothing but some summertime two-piece bikini said, biting her lower lip, "I'm half tempted to just jump in there and disregard my darling's order but the idea of messing up whatever plan he has in mind is the only thing keeping me back."

"Maybe that's a good idea." Vanessa said, having joined the group after it became clear that they were working with Xero and more than likely, the safest place to be at the moment, "That monster had me under some sort of mind control and Xero seemed to have some sort of plan in place that he was certain would destroy Afton once and for all. Or at least, i hope he does."

"Oh, i wouldn't worry about it miss." Bruce said with a smile, "Chances are Xero knows what he's doing, and it'll work out in the end. No matter how crazy it seems, he always finds a way." Then Bruce spoke under his breath, "At least i hope so."

As pessimistic as it sounded, Bruce really hoped Xero knew what he was doing otherwise, they were all doomed.

This is why he hated going out into the field, stress, stress and more stress.

Bruce, plus stress equal's big, green and mean.

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The new and improved Vanny was much stronger, much more resilient than she looked, Gudako realized, as her Phoenix blade, forged out of the bones of the very same legendary creature it was named after, as it clashed against a fucking butter knife of all things. Then she delivered a kick to the robot, sending her crashing through several buildings, only for the rabbit themed bitch to come back not a second later, unbothered by the damaged she delivered And the fact her little butter knife didn't snap instantly like any other normal weapon would. Not only that, but the rabbit robot (Or was it animatronic?) didn't even flinch as her blade crashed against her knife.

No, what really aggravated Gudako was that smile.

That stupid, idiotic, obnoxious, shit eating smile plastered on the large mask raked on Gudako's nerves to no end. That cheery smile, the way those whiskers were made to emphasizes that stupid smile was making the redhead even angrier as time went on and as a naturally happy person, anger was a foreign concept to her. The redhead wasn't naive by any measure, she just liked to look on the bright side of things, see the best in people and simply be a happy person.

Being all sad, depressed and angry all the time, living a life full of hate sounded like a personal hell to her. This fact help her decided that it was better to simply see the good in life, due to all the horrible things life had to offer and enjoy all things life had to offer. Not really ignoring the dark things life had to give but simply enjoying the fun, joyful things in life.

But right now, she felt righteous indignation and anger at the being in front of her.

She was the embodiment of everything Gudako hated; a person who took something that was supposed to be joyful, to bring happiness to others for the sake of it and turned it in on its head. That same person not only twisted it, but she got joy out of killing kids. Seriously, who the fuck enjoyed that? Sure, she and Oni-chan killed and enjoyed fighting but not killing.

Okay, yeah Gudako would admit, it was pretty funny to listen to the grunts scream and runaway in Halo when she played, listening to them screaming like little bitches was funny as hell but they were basically ones and zeroes.

This was beside the point.

The bitch in front of her, even as she crossed blades with her, was everything Gudako hated in people. Her AND a certain CIA agent. Ryan FUCKING LYING ASSHOLE, USER, POSSER, Clayton. There were several things the redheaded Magus wanted to say to this fucking asshole, but she had to deal with the damn bunny bitch.

"H-hey, did you just get hotter?"

Gudako blinked, as she felt her magic spike around her and in turn, caused her flames to get hotter and hearing the worry in Vanny's voice, made Gudako smirk. Well, well, well it seems someone couldn't handle the heat. Then it was most certainly her doomsday, as Gudako main magical ability wasn't runes, potions, complex rituals or even summoning Servants, even if she had gotten pretty good at it.

Nope, Gudako wasn't known as the Fire Angel for nothing and Vanny was about to find that out, the hard way.

The VERY hard way.

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Ever since he first saw the Hulk, that day two years ago in Rio de Janeiro's Rocinha Favela, Emli Blonsky was obsessed with fighting him again. Never once, in his entire life, nor his soldier life, had the man ever encountered something so powerful.

So strong.

So... godlike.

For two years, Blonsky hunted down every lead possible he had on the Hulk, wanting a rematch with the green goliath after being injected with an incomplete Super Soldier Serum. It didn't take long for him to realize just how much better, how much stronger he had become after just one small injection. Never once did he ever feel this kind of strength.

And he wanted more.

But if he could prove himself stronger than the Hulk, then Blonsky could prove to everyone that HE was the strongest and no one would be able to defeat him.

KA-BOOM

But...he was wrong.

So very, very, VERY wrong. As if to prove that point, everything shook as Mazoku and the robotic wolf he called Afton clashed against one another, yet again, creating another powerful shockwave that nearly knocked him off his feet, as the two strike each other like missiles. Just like two titans battling it out and if they were still in Detroit, Emli can easily imaging the entire city becoming a battleground for these two monsters duking it out.

Nothing could compare.

Once before, Emli Blonsky thought he knew what true power was and what it looked like. He once believed that the Hulk was the strongest creature he had ever seen.

But in less than ten minutes, Mazoku had opened Blonsky eyes to the truth: The Hulk was powerful but only in strength.

Brute strength and nothing more, the very definition of dumb brute.

What the soldier was seeing before him was different. This...this was true power. The power that made the strength of the Hulk look like an overgrown, green skinned child throwing a temper tantrum and that was it. Just pure brute strength with no direction or purpose, no self-discipline or even restraint. The only thing he had going for him was the ability to simply destroy.

That is what Emli believed was true power at first but now, as he watched these monsters duke it out, he realized he was horrible wrong.

He soon realized, true power was the ability to destroy AND create like what he was seeing now, as Mazoku had created this new reality around them in just a flash. Emli Blonsky once believed the Hulk was the strongest in the world, wanting to have a re-match with him and now he realized he was wrong. The Hulk, his existence wasn't just meant to show the new super soldier how weak humans really were but was an introduction. An introduction into a new world of gods, monsters, magic and Magus.

An introduction to a world, where it shatters all notions of strength and sets new bars for strength.

And Emli Blonsky intended to answer it's call for a challenge and rise to the top of this new world.

"This cannot be happening."

But sadly, Blonsky was the only one to think that, as a certain general had much darker, worried thoughts on the entire situation. For him, it was unreal. It was like something straight out of a nightmare for Ross. What was supposed to be a simple mission, one that would hopefully draw out Banner, became an eye opener to just how weak humans were.

How weak normal people were.

His field of vision was nearly blinded, as two arcs of lighting, one black and red, the other black and purple collide with each other once again, making the loudest BOOM of thunder Ross had ever heard, nearly shattering his ear drums. He could barely make out Mazoku fighting clashing his scythes against that wolf robot or Afton or whatever the hell it was, as more lighting spark around the two fighting monsters, sending shockwaves throughout this strange world that Mazoku had taken them too.

The two bodies smashing through the ruins, like they were wet paper only reinforced his earlier thoughts.

The fact they weren't in Detroit anymore and in some strange ruins with darkener skies over their heads had proven to the general that neither Mazoku nor the redhead were human but monsters.

Not people or even robots, but monsters, freaks of nature.

Both of them.

It was only then, seeing the duo clash against each other again, did Ross come to a starting realization: He could not let either of them leave this place alive. No matter what happened, both Afton and Mazoku had to die. The Fire Angel and that Vanny robot too. Along with his so-called apprentices, that bomber, blue haired girl Powder and the brawler with the huge metal, steampunk gauntlets Vi. Those two had called him sensei, teacher, meaning that they were just like him and quite possible had the same or worse, greater abilities then the dark-haired man had. They had to be stopped, all of them.

By any means necessary.

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"URK!"

Xero felt his throat nearly get crushed, as a mechanical hand gripped it, as the smirking owner smiled a twisted smile, "Ya know, i heard you Mazoku's were supposed to be one of the greatest warriors to ever walk the Earth." Then he leaned in, whispering, "But you're not really living up to the hype, Chico." He then lifted Xero off the ground and SLAMMED him into the sandy ground, then processed to begin dragging Xero along as he did so.

"Rrrrrrggghhhhh!" Xero groaned, feeling his back getting a little shredded/burning at his back being dragged across rough ground. It was like getting road rash but without the road and it was sand, which wasn't any better then actual blacktop or concerte. Without missing a beat, Afton tossed Xero into some ruins, as his back slammed against the ruined wall, distorting him a bit. Feeling dizzy for a second, Xero was able to regain his senses a second later, before jumping back, dodging Afton's sickles.

The wild swinging made Xero realize something, even as he dodged the many swings.

"Afton has no idea what he's doing."

It wasn't so much as a shocking revelation, as it was a slow realization as they continued their explosive fight. The Magus blocked his sickles with ease. Xero had faced many powerful, skilled and downright terrifying opponents over the years. Many with skills that took a lifetime to hone and master, making it very easy to recognize someone with actual skill and someone just wildly punching away at something with pure brute force.

Afton was like that.

For all his newly acquired power and nigh-indestructible body, he barely got a hit on Xero, while the Mazoku was slicing and dicing away at his armor. Or, well he would have, had it not been for the fact that the child killer's body was that of a robot and made out of a nearly indestructible metal coating it from top to bottom.

Basically, the man had raw power, raw strength but he had no idea what to do with it, aside from swinging around wildly like a rabid animal.

Ironic, given his current form.

Nevertheless, the man was doing nothing more than throwing his weight around, which honestly worked perfectly for Xero. The more power he used, the quicker he'd get weaker. The weaker he got, the quicker he could move onto the next phase of his plan to send Afton back to Hell, once and for all.

Which lead to Xero dodging yet another wild swipe and twisting around him, Xero got behind him and delivered a powerful strike to the wolf's back with his fist covered in thick, purple ice. The force of his attack sent Afton tumbling on the ground, hard, all but slamming into the ground. But thanks to the metal his new body was constructed from, it barely left a strach on him.

"Good." Afton rubbed his jaw as he got up from his prone position on the ground, grinning evilly and in excitement, "Very good, I'd forgotten how much fun it is to kill someone that puts up a fight. How much FUN it will be, to break you." Then Afton combined the handles of his sickles and extended them into a double-bladed scythe.

Xero blinked in shock, as he hadn't expected that.

But before he could even think on it, Afton rushed him, slamming his new weapon into his scythes with a tremendous amount of force, causing Xero to dig his heels into the ground to prevent himself from being pushed back any further. Not that it mattered, as Afton gave one last push, then jumped up, bringing his blade down on Xero.

He blocked it but was nearly pushed off his feet and off balance. Taking advantage of that fact, Afton twirled his new scythe around, cutting into Xero's stomach, his arm, his boot and nearly took his other eye in one fell swoop, leaving several new cuts and slashes all over Xero's body. Capitalizing on Xero's off balanced form, he then grabbed the handles of his blade one with hand and used it to strike at Xero to the head, with his free arm forming a fist to punch the younger man in the gut.

SLAM/CRACK

Xero felt the wind get knocked out of him, as he was certain one of his ribs cracked, when Afton delivered a punch hard enough to send him back a couple of feet and knocked Harvester out of his hands. Rolling to a stop, Xero kneeled on the ground with one leg, as the twin scythes landed on the ground a couple of feet away from him, with Afton stepping between him and his weapons.

"Tsk, tsk, you really got to stop losing that." Afton said mockingly, a smug smirk on his muzzle, "But i must say, this new body is so much better than my old one, i can almost forgive your mother for leaving me to rot." Almost he says, fat chance. He knew people like Afton, he might say that he was doing this in the name of vengeance and his so called 'research' but in reality, he did it because he enjoyed killing.

He enjoyed the feeling of a life being snuffed out, of flesh and bone tearing.

He knew people like Afton, killing on person, one child would never be enough for him. To people like Afton, killing was like a drug, once you're hooked, it's nigh impossible to stop and it would only stop, when he dies. Even if the bastard had in fact died three times now, Xero would make sure this would be his last resurrection.

But as he drew closer, grabbing the handle of his weapon with both hands, Xero knew that now was the time to spring his trap.

"Now, die you-"

PSSH/VRRRR

Only for a flash of white to appear in his optic sensors and then, before he realized what was going on, he jumped back...without an arm. Where his right arm had been, was nothing more than melted metal and sparking wires with a clear, clean cut through.

"Well," Afton's red eyes looked up to see what caused the damage and was greeted with the sight of Xero holding some kind of cylinder, as he spoke with ing a smug tone, "-i guess not even Adamantium can withstand a sword of super-heated plasma. Now tell me, what was it you said about me not living up to my family's reputation?" The so called 'sword' appeared to be made out of pure white plasma coming out of the cylinder like object, like some sort of focused sword. It honestly looked just like a-

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"-lightsaber?! He has a God darn lightsaber!" Katherine "Kitty" Pryde never once felt the sheer amount of excitement well up within her as she stared in wonder at the iconic weapon of the Star Wars franchise that was, up until now, only possible to be made in the movies. If Kitty didn't like the guy before, she most certainly liked him now!

When the professor told them of a potential recruit, one powerful enough to rival both him and Magento in their youth, was enough to make Kitty nearly have a panic attack. While the professor didn't have any flashy power, there was a very good reason why telepaths were one of the most feared mutants in the world and Magento, for all that she hated for what he stood for, was undeniable powerful.

Any and all metal was his to command, and even the simplest, tiniest metal became a deadly weapon when it was within his range.

A one-man army that basically took all the weapons for an army and was able to use them all on his own.

So, if what Xavier said was true and he was usually about this kind of thing, then Kitty knew they had to get this mutant on their side before the Brotherhood or Magento did. The balance between the two groups was pretty solid and at a standstill, but a wild card like that can shift the tide in either direction. But seeing all of this, knowing some of what this guy they wanted to recruit could do, did nothing but cement this fact in Kitty's mind.

They HAD to get this hot guy on their side, otherwise it could spell the beginning of the end for them.

The things he could do, how he shifted reality and unleashed the forces of nature like Ororo did when she was pissed off, was mind blogging to Kitty.

The entire thing was making the young mutant's mind swirl with so much of, well, EVERYTHING! Everything she was seeing, feeling and experiencing was so out of this world, that Kitty could only call it magic. But that was impossible, Kitty's mind reminded her, as while most mutant abilities seem like they have more than one they're all related to the core ability.

Like Ororo's power over nature, Logan's insane healing factor, Magento's magnetism and even Rogue's ability to take another mutant's power.

"So, after seeing all this, what are thinking? Aliens that look like humans or humans from a different dimension?" Bobby Drake aka Iceman asked as he watched on, "Might explain where he got the martials for to build a lightsaber of all things! Do you think he'll let me use it sometime?" Seemed she wasn't the only one excited to see the iconic weapon in real life and he just asked an excellent question.

Would this Xero guy allow them to use his lightsaber?

She sure hoped he would!

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"Professor, can-"

"No." The bald man said, rubbing his forehead, as he looked at Jean, "Whatever was keeping him under the radar before i found him, even if only briefly has gone right back up and even though i can see him, in front of me, my telepathy can't find him at all. Neither can i even find the presence of those within his group, whatever is going on, it doesn't affect just the young man but the rest of his group as well. Save for the young lad and lady that came out of the Pizza-Plex. Perhaps it would be best to introduce ourselves, maybe even offer our help." 'Not that it would do much good that is.' The older man thought to himself as he kept that last part to himself.

His original assessment about the boy being a mutant, possible an Omega level mutant weren't far off. But this boy's power went far beyond any Omega level mutant he had seen, and part of Charles began to believe the boy was easily more powerful then a certain weather goddess and even quite possible more powerful than one of his oldest students, Jean Gray herself. It was entirely possible that he had TWO sets of powers, extremely rare as it was, it was possible. Take Jean for example, she had both telepathy and telekinesis. While both powers were very similar in nature, they were in fact completely different in what they can do, even if the source of origin of their ability was the same. This young man appeared to be the same as Jean in that regard.

The fact the Brotherhood was here, with Mystique of all people, only reinforced Charles's decision to come here, even if things had spiraled out of control but not in a very bad way.

Maybe it was a good thing Magento wasn't here right now, Erik wouldn't allow someone with such potential 'decline' his offer.

For one, they were learning more about their hopeful new recruit: his power appeared to be very versatile in nature, able to change the landscape around them AND control the elements themselves or at the very least, lightening. It was possible his abilities were two different powers and as if to prove that fact, his big, furry blue friend had to physically move out of the way of a stray lightning bolt, which caused it to hurl directly to Scott but was thankfully knocked away by Storm aka Ororo Munroe.

"Hiss. Ow, that hurt." Though not without consequence, as Ororo's hand was a bit burnt from the stray lightning bolt.

"You alright?" Hank Mccoy aka Beast, a large man covered in blue fur with brown eyes asked in concern for his teammate, as Ororo shook her hand before nodding.

"I'm alright, just a bit of a burn and sting is all." Which was shocking to her, as thanks to her mutation, she had never felt the sting of any lightning bolt before. Ever. Nevertheless, Ororo looked at the scene of the two monsters duking it out, "Still, when we get the chance, we can give him a hand."

"If he'll let us help them." Rogue muttered to herself, as she looked at Logan, who was strangely quiet. Giving the duo his full attention, but his eyes held that faraway look. The same look he had when memories of his shrouded past that he'd been desperately trying to reclaim for a long time now. This meant he saw something that jogged his very thick skull and whatever that was, had something to do with their hopeful new recruit, "Logan, are you alright?"

No answer.

"Logan?" Rogue shook his shoulder, starting to get more and more worried, as she started shaking him more, "Logan? Logan?!" Still nothing and now very worried, Rogue did something that many would look at her like she was suicidal.

SMACK

She gave the short man a very hard, very harsh slap to the face. Thankfully, she didn't get clawed to death and it snapped Logan out of his trip down memory lane, as he blinked rapidly, as if he woke up with a gasp. He nearly tripped over, as Rogue caught him, making the rest of the X-Men look at him with worry, "Logan, are you okay?"

"T-that kid!" He gasped out again, pointing towards the dark-haired Magus, "I know him! I, no, i know OF him and, ugh." Logan placed a hand on his head as he groaned, like a massive headache was building behind his eyes, trying to break his metal skull, "I KNOW that kid, i know...SOMETHING! It's, AGH!" The older mutant let out a snarl and other animalistic noises, as his teammates all looked worrying at him.

Guess getting to know their hopeful recruit's team would have to wait for Logan to calm down and stop growling like a wild animal.

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"URK!" Vanny's eyes widen, as Gudako's super-heated blade easily sliced through her endo-skeleton armor and hit the voice box in her throat but not taking her head off. Her blade had changed from an orange/red color, to looking like it was dipped in lava and burning red yet still retained it's shape without melting into slang. Not that the Bunny wannabe killer would understand but seeing her dear Oni-chan start to finish off Afton, Gudako took that as her cue to finish off Vanny.

Most people would be wondering just WHY Gudako didn't finish off Afton's partner if she could have done so from the very beginning. Simply, because for whatever reason, her Oni-chan opted to fight Afton alone and forbid ANYONE else from helping him. She's been working with him long enough to know that something was up and most likely to ensure Afton doesn't catch on, meaning he couldn't say it out loud.

Again, the only reason she knew for certain was because she had worked with Xero for a very long time and like Christabell, learned not to question him in the middle of combat.

Especially in the middle of combat.

That was the kind of thing that got people killed and that wasn't just common sense talking, Gudako had seen it happen. So with that thought in mind, Gudako twirled her sword in her hand, even as Vanny slowly scooted away, clutching her throat, no doubt going to beg for her mechanical life, "N-o, wait, pleas-"

WOOSH/SLECH

Only for Gudako to swing her sword at her, as Vanny froze for a second, before slowly splitting in half, both sides falling to the ground as oil spilled out of the two bisected half's. She knew people like Vanny, knowing full well the bitch never showed any mercy towards her victims and probably laughed as they begged for it, so why should she show her any mercy?

Gudako frowned as she spied a bit of oil getting on her sleeve, making her wipe it with her head, "Icky." How her Oni-chan stand to have so much oil and everything else on him when he was working on one of his many projects, she would never know.

Blood, guts, mud and everything was something she could deal with but oil.

Gross, sticky, thick black tar like substance?

No thank you.

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CRASH

Xero ducked, then swiped at the spot behind the knees, causing Afton to crash down on the ground with a heavy 'Thud', oil and wires spilling out from his massive body. He had several fresh, burnt slashes from Hikari, his Photon sword. It was important to note that it was a PHOTON sword, NOT a lightsaber.

There is a difference ya know.

"Y-you think thi-i-is wi-i-ill s-s-s-sto-o-o-op me?" Afton asked mockingly, despite being quite literally on his last legs, his voice box heavily damaged by Xero's merciless attacks. Not that the Magus cared to hear it, as he put a foot on his chest, forcing the large robot to lay on his back with the poncho being ripped to sherds. Thus, allowing Xero to see the source of all his problems: The siphoning crystal.

Dismissing Hikari, Xero grabbed the halt of Black-Rose and twisting it around, so its massive blade was pointed right at the crystal, "Ya know Afton, the one thing I've learned over the years and a piece of advice, is this: Don't blatantly show of your weak points." Then, without waiting for an answer or comment, Xero thrusted the massive blade right into his chest.

Directly hitting the crystal.

BOOM

Xero felt his body nearly get blown back, as magical energy swirled around him hitting him like a hurricane wind, as the wind blew so strong around him as he stayed rooted in place. The energy outburst impacts were a lot stronger than he and Cassidy expected but nevertheless he stayed right where he was, keeping his Black-Rose firmly in place, even as waves of white/purple energy pulsed from their position like a storm. Slowly but surely driving further and further into the crystal, cracking/destroying it more as he drove it deeper.

"!"

He could hear yelling, screaming, no doubt his allies calling him but it was all noise to Xero as the magical energy swirled around the two, to form a tornado of sorts, as he and Afton let out their own screams. One of frustration and the other of pure rage. He honestly wasn't sure which was screaming which, but what he did know was that if he didn't do this now, then the entire plan could fall apart!

Which meant he had too, push, JUST, push, KEEP, push, GOING!

C-C-C-CRACK/CLUNG

KA-BOOM

RRRRRRIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGGGG

Xero's ears were ringing, as he slowly got up from his prone position, his field of vision was flooded with white as it slowly came back into focus. Truth be told, he wasn't sure where he was after hearing a loud boom and then, nothing. All Xero knew for certain was that his head hurt like hell, as did the rest of his body. He felt someone grab his head and as his vision returned, he saw it was the first Tamamo he had summoned, Caster, his friend, Chris, Leon and his two adorable apprentices.

"Darling, are you okay? Speak to me?"

"Come on Xero, don't tell me that after everything we've faced, this is what brings you down? You're stronger then this."

"I'm-" Xero groaned, as he slowly got up, with Chris and Tamamo's help, "fine. Just a bit dizzy is all." His head hurt but he felt the power that was stolen from him slowly but surely returning to his body, as he pushed his two friends away, "But you two need to get back. Now."

"What?" Chris looked confused, as did his wife, "Xero, he's beaten and unless I'm mistaken, that thing you just destroyed was his power source. So unless he's some sort of robot zombie, i don't think he's getting back up."

"No." Xero eyes harden as he stared at the 'dead' body of Afton, "It's about to get a hell of a lot worse and Afton is far from beaten."

(End Song)

"HAHEHEHEHEEHE."

Suddenly, a chilling voice filled the arena, as the skies overhead darkened and the sun went from it's bright, yellowness to a dark red, beaming an equally dark to spell across the ancient lands.

"What the fuck is going on, Xero?!" Leon yelled, holding his gun up, not sure where to point, as Xero simply said.

"Don't you worry that pretty head of yours Leon, it's all going accord to plan."

SNKIT

Laura said nothing, as she growled like a wild animal, standing in front of Xero with her deadly claws on full display. Standing shoulder to shoulder with Chris, Leon and their team.

"Darling?" Tamamo asked worriedly, as a ghostly purple wisp appeared around Afton's body, as it slowly formed and rose up, into a new form. A humanoid man with an evil smile.

"HEHEHAHAHAHAHAHA. I HAVEN'T FELT THIS FEELING IN A LONG TIME." The thing, man, creature or whatever it was spoke, as it looked down at its hands, "POWER. CONTROL. SUPERIOITY." He then looked at Xero and his friends, still grinning that evil grin, "AND IT'S ALL THANKS TO YOU, LITTLE MAZOKU. YOU AND YOUR BITCH OF A MOTHER. IT'S BECAUSE OF 'YOU' I WAS ABLE TO ACHIVE MY FINAL FORM. MY TRUE FORM! WITH THIS NEW POWER, I CAN NOW TAKE OVER THE ENTIRE WORLD, I CAN BECOME ONE WITH EVERYTHING! I CAN BE ANYONE! AND NOW, YOU WILL BE THE FIRST, MY NEW, TRUE REAL BODY BOY! I AM NO LONGER BOND TO A PHYSICAL FORM; I HAVE BECOME A LIVING VIRUS AND YOU WILL BE THE ONE SO SPREAD ME ACROSS THE ENTIRE GLOBE!"

"Hey, hey, hey i thought you just wanted to kill my son, not take over his body?!" Tony yelled, alarm coloring his voice, unable to keep the fear out of his voice as helplessness filled his body, as Afton let out a wicked laugh.

"OH TRUST ME, YOUR DEAR SON WILL BE THE SOURCE OF MY POWER. BUT SEEING AS HIS OLD SOW OF A MOTHER COST ME MY ORIGINAL BODY, IT SEEMS ONLY FAIR THAT I GET HIS BODY AS CONPENCONTION."

PASSSHH

"Like hell we're going to let that happen." Scott Summers aka Cyclops said after firing his eye beams at Afton's ghostly form, only for it to go right through his body, as Ororo attempted to send lightning bolts at him, only to get the same result. With Leon firing Sliver Ghost, as Chirs fired his rifle but got the same results.

"Yeah, sorry pal but if you want to get to him, you'll have to go through us." Leon said, as he and Chirs made it a point to stand in front of Xero, while the female Redfield helped Xero to his feet.

"HAHAHA, YOU FOOLS! LIFE AND DEATH, PAIN AND PLEASURE MEAN NOTHING TO ME ANYMORE! NO, I HAVE TRANSSCENDED BEYOND THAT, BEYOND DEATH ITSELF!" Afton gloated, as he set his eyes on Xero, even as his friends made a wall between him and Afton, "DO YOU THINK YOUR PATHCIEALLY LITTLE BAND CAN STOP ME?!"

"Oh, i don't expect them too." Xero said, as he slowly stood up, gently pushing Leon and Chirs aside, making the two looks at him worriedly as he smiled, "Trust me." He whispered to the duo, before looking at Afton defiantly, without fear, "But then again, you reaching your final form was all part of our plan. We knew that this would happen and whether you realize it or not, you've fallen into our trap."

Afton then gained a confused look as Xero spoke, the same as everyone, unable to understand WHY the boy seemed so clam. But one word confused more than anything, "WE?"

The entire landscape slowly transformed from the desert ruins to an old, rundown, decaying, decrepit pizzeria. One that looked very familiar to all those that were involved in the Missing Children's incident. The new form of Afton, now Glitchtrap looked around, confused and... scared? "W-WAHT IS THIS? NO... THIS...IT CAN'T BE! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE, I'VE BEEN HERE ALREADY."

"I found you, at long last." A young, feminine voice asked. One that filled Afton with dread as he didn't dare look towards the owner of the voice, materialized behind him, "Did you really think you could escape my wrath? OUR wrath." To everyone's amazement, a young child appeared, one with golden blonde hair tied in pig tails and pale skin. She wore a yellow turtleneck shirt, black overalls and brown shoes, but her most striking feature was her eyes.

They were black, void of life with black, oil like substance tracing down her pale cheeks as her eyes looked like twin pools of darkness that promised nothing but death and suffering to the one who did this to her.

To all of them.

The new form of Afton back away, even in his new ghostly/virus form, he appeared terrified of the person before him, "N-NO! IT WAS IN THE PAST! I-I'M NOT HIM ANYMORE, YOU CAN'T STOP ME!"

"That's where you're wrong." The blonde child said, "As long as even the smallest part of you exists on this mortal coil, i will not rest. I CANNOT rest, WE will not rest as long as you exist on this mortal coil. Old memories haunt you, don't they? Thanks to Xero, we can finally get the revenge we have longed for, for so long. Now, we can finally be able to rest, to move on from this life into the next. Allow me to introduce you to an old friend of ours, the instrument of your wrath, your weapon...And now, it will become your grave."

Then, without warning, a black, demonic looking fire burst into existence and once the fire died down, it revealed an old springlock suit. The suit is a heavily damaged rabbit animatronic of a dirty olive drab color. A great portion of his right ear is missing with wires sticking out of the stump left behind. The entire body is torn and tattered with gaping holes exposing caging and wires throughout, thus making it appear much more macabre looking than any of the other animatronics from previous installments. While both hands and feet are attached and generally intact, his legs are entirely stripped from the mid-shin down, fully exposing endoskeleton metal and wiring. From his right hand, half of the middle finger is missing. Both of its eyes are properly set inside his head and appear to be a pale gray. A single button can be seen on his chest. While being an incredibly damaged version of Spring Bonnie, his bow tie is entirely missing. There are chunks of dark pink material that resemble human innards hidden and or poking from within the decaying suit. One that has his jaw open and is pulling the suit's head up, revealing a mummified-looking human head inside the suit itself.

This old, decaying Spring Bonnie suit was well known throughout the world, as Springtrap.

The suit growled like an angry dog growling at an unfamiliar person, as the mouth opened up and BLACK HANDS SPILLED OUT, THEIR INTENT CLEAR AS THEY RACED TOWARD'S AFTON!

"NO!" Glitchtrap attempted to get away, only for a black, spiked chain to wrap around his body, keeping him in place, as he looked up to see the black chain attached to Mazoku's left arm, as he smiles cruelly at him.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"AGH!" Afton screamed, as searing pain ripped through his ghostly body, as he twisted, till he was slammed onto the ground with multiple shadowy arms wrapping around him, "NO! NOT LIKE THIS, NOT LIKE THIS! HELP ME! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!" More pain ripped through his body, as he was slowly dragged across the ground, even as he clawed at it.

No one knew what to say, what to do or even to think, as they could only stay rooted in place and watch the horror that transpired before them. It was like watching a runaway train, you know it's going to crash and be horrible, but you can't help but watch every second of it. Even the smart mouthed ones like Leon, Tony, Quicksilver, even John Perlman aka Lobo could say nothing as they watched on with stunned/horrified faces.

The end result was Afton being shoved back into his old Springtrap body, as Cassidy spoke, "Your time has come Afton. After countless sacrifices, of innocent lives being snuffed out for your greed and fear of death, it's all coming to head for you. I told you, i PROMISED you that i would make you suffer for what you did to me and now, the time has come for you to pay."

"NO..."

"Yes." Cassidy narrowed her eyes, as ghostly forms of children, all wearing Freddy Fazbear character themed masks appeared beside Xero. But not only that, several Freddy characters appeared, some appearing like withered, broken machines of the original OG band, while others appeared brunt with black stains all over their bodies. Others however appeared like they were pulled out of a nightmare, with larger bodies, long, sharp monster like teeth and glowing red eyes. Some appeared just as simple and clean, as the way Freddy and the gang first appeared so many years ago but no less menacing as there were even toy versions of the main four animatronics. Hell, there were even the rejects of Afton's second business venture, Circus Baby's Pizza World. All bodies being used by the souls of dead children for one reason only, "But before i send you to hell, all of your...subjects, want a PIECE of you."

Then Afton felt pain, as Toy Chica ran to him, gripping his right arm and started pulling.

"AGH!"

She pulled so hard, she pulled the outer shell of Springtrap's arm, which to Afton, was the equivalent to having one's skin being peeled off the flesh, veins and bones all at the same time. In this case, it exposed even more wires and metal bones underneath, but was still painful to Afton. But that was only the beginning, as the Puppet wrapped its oil limbs around his midsection and tighten its grip so hard, it cracked and broke the metal plating around his stomach, while nightmare Bonnie delivered a solid kick to his stomach at the same time. Like it was cracking his ribs, causing Afton to puke out oil and bolts.

Then, Nightmare Chica grabbed his arm and twisted it around so hard, a loud CRACK was heard. As she kept twisting and bending it at all odd angels, making Afton cry out in pain again. Only for him to be silenced, Withered Bonnie grabbed ahold of him, holding Afton in place as Nightmare Foxy walked up to him and with his hooked hand, made his sharp hook latch itself onto his jaw and with a heavy pull, RIPPED off Afton's jaw. Afton screamed or tried too, as all that came out was a muffled noise, that none of the animatronics cared to listen too or even bother to listen too. Then, Brunt Mangle came down on Afton, using one of her many hands to start ripping into Afton's stomach, tearing out bones, guts and metal pieces, causing the man to collapse back down on his back in pain.

Big mistake.

This time, it was Scrap Baby that had lunged for his flaring legs and like his arms, she ripped the metal cover off his leg, sending another wave of searing pain ripping through his old body.

"Oh yeah, the tables have turned Willie boy." Xero said mockingly, as he rested his massive Black-Rose back into her proper place, "Ya know, i don't think of myself as a sadistic man. I do not enjoy tormenting and inflicting pain upon my enemies, regardless of who they are. But you? I think I'll make an exception for you, just this one, nor am I a cruel man. Seeing as you loved to do this to YOUR victims, i guess turnabout is fair play, is it not?"

Afton said something, but Xero couldn't tell, nor did he care to hear it as all he heard was some type of gargling noise. Neither did Nightmare Bonnie, as he processed to grab Afton's undamaged hand and PULL!

"C-C-C-CRACK/CLENCH

Oh, Goddess and Twins above that had to hurt!

The sound of bone and metal being torn/bent, then ripped filled the air as Afton let out another loud gurgling noise. But that wasn't the end of it, as Withered Foxy used his hook hand to grab ahold of Afton's left rabbit ear and pulled it complete clean off with one yank, spilling more oil, blood and wires on the ground. Not one to be left out, Circus Baby took it upon herself to grab Afton's other, damaged ear and pulled it, along with a portion of the man's skull no less, out of his head exposing some brain matter underneath.

"Alright, that's enough." Xero said, making his way towards them, "That's enough!" Then, as one, the decaying suits all stopped, as two hooks with lines attached to them snatched Afton up, one hooking into the back of his skull and the other hooking into his ankle, lifting him up for all to see. The original animatronics, went to Xero's side as a line of black substance that smelled an awful lot like oil appeared to drench Afton, as it led a line right to Xero's feet, "Ya know, I'm not one for long, extended speeches. No monologies or anything like that, not that a bastard like you deserve it, so I'll make this quick and easy for the both of us." With that, Xero lite a pure, white flame on his thumb, before looking Afton right in the eye, "Brun you son of a bitch." He then flicked his head, sending the flame on the oil trail, causing the fire to spread quickly, racing towards Afton.

The fire made it and started burning before Afton even realized what happened, as the flames erupted all around him with such intensity, that he could only scream in agony. So much like all the innocent victims he had sentenced to death, now he was getting a taste of all the pain he had caused them, only it was so much worse.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Through his screaming, Afton felt hands grabbing him and after peeling his eyes open, they widen in horror, as a large crack seemed to split the ground open and down below, was a landscape that could only be described as Hell itself. It was as if the bellies of Hell itself had opened it's gates to welcome Afton back to his rightful home.

...In Damnation.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Then, just as quickly as the hole opened, slowly dragging Afton down it's fiery halls once his head went past the ground, it closed.

Once he was certain he was gone, Xero allowed his Reality Marble to fade away, as did the various forms of the animatronics at his side, allowing the Magus to fall on his ass with a tired sigh, "Fuck me, that was exhausting. Fuck me, glad that's over with."

"Uh, super big boss really. That's great and all big boss, but we've still got Bob to deal with. So, if you can, a LITTLE HELP WOULD BE NICE!" Rolando Elba aka Umber Eyes yelled as he ducked under another swipe of tentacles. Xero nodded to his Servants, ready to interview on their behalf with Gudako raising her red-hot blade to help out, but before anyone could move to help him, a new voice called out.

"STOP!"

Then, appearing fully grown, Charlie Emily appeared, standing in front of the Hound Wolf Squad members, as the great beast looked at her with anger but didn't attack. Without missing a beat, the brown-haired woman walked towards the beast, despite its animalistic growling, she put a hand on it's massive body, speaking in a soft, comforting tone, "It's okay, everything is going to be okay. He's gone, the monster that torn you all apart, the monster that hurt you is gone. You don't need to suffer anymore, and you can leave this world, knowing that monster will NEVER hurt anyone, ever again."

Remarkable, the creature did nothing more than growl and to everyone's shock, it spoke, "He MuSt PaY! AfToN mUsT PAy! He MuSt SuFfEr!"

"He hurt you badly, didn't he?"

"pAiN." The massive creature said, sounding like it was on the verge of tears, if that was possible, "So MuCh PaIn. MuSt PaY. AfToN mUsT pAy!

"He HAS paid dearly for his crimes." Charlie said firmly, as she rubbed the underside of the creature's Funtime Freddy head, "He has suffered, and he's been sent back to Hell." Charlie said comforting, as she petted the creature, like one would do to a wild beast, "You don't need to suffer anymore. It's alright, you can let go, he's gone. Just let go of the hate. Take all the pain, the agony you feel and just let it all go."

Bob the blob did nothing, said nothing, didn't even let out a growl as slowly but surely, something did indeed happen.

CLUNG

"The fuck?" Neena Thurman AKA Domino voiced everyone's thoughts as the massive creature slowly shrunk as pieces of it's body fell off it's twisted Amalgamation of parts and pieces fell off like wet clothing being melted off. The splashing of oil was heard, as more and more of the giant's body slowly dissolve into nothing.

What was left, were several ghost-like beings, children really given their sizes, all wearing different types of Freddy Fazbear themed masks. Many wore a standard Freddy orange/brown mask, others wore the Bonnie, some wore the yellow Chica mask, and some wore the Foxy mask. Not only that but several of the children also wore masks of the new, Glamrock animatronics, complete with Roxy and Monty masks as well.

Once it was done, Charlie turned and smiled at Xero with a bright smile, before throwing her arms around him, hugging him, "Xero, you did it!"

"Yeah, i would hope so, after all the shit i had to go through to end that bastard." Xero said snarky, as he hugged her back, before looking at the ghost children with a frown, before he broke off from his old friend and approached them, "I'm sorry i wasn't able to save you from him."

"DO NOT FRET MR. MAZOKU." They all spoke, in perfect union, "THERE WAS VERY LITTLE THAT COULD BE DONE. BUT YOUR WORK IS FAR FROM DONE."

"Eh?" Xero quirked an eyebrow, as Gudako asked.

"Done? Correct me if i'm wrong, but Oni-chan quite literally sent Afton to Hell, and his apprentice. What more is there to be done?"

"It's because there are others." Vanessa said in a shaky voice, face pale and sweaty, as she struggled to stay on her feet and was only able to stand up thanks to Claire helping her, before the redhead asked.

"What do mean? More people like Vanny or Afton?"

"Both." The blonde answered before looking at Xero, "I was the first but i was most certainly not the last one. I do not know if they were mind-controlled like me but i remember seeing other people at the underground Pizza-Plex wearing masks like the Vanny mask, bringing more children in for some sort of sacrificial ritual."

"So, we're dealing with some sort of Cult of Glicthtrap?" Barghest asked, as the strongest of the Fairy Knights blew some hair out of her face, muttering in a monotone tone of voice.

"Terrific."

"Sounds like something that bastard would do." Xero said, shaking his head yet not at all surprised at what he was hearing. People had a terrible habit of following those with great power and more then likely, promises of immortality. Naturally, most people don't realize that gaining immortality is the easy part of it all.

Getting rid of it however, that's the hard part.

"So, we've got some sort of Cult to deal with now Ms. Charlie?" Tamamo asked for confirmation, as Charlie nodded, making the pink haired Caster sigh, "Ya know, sometimes i would like it if we just beat the guy or catch them and when we do, they just say 'Alright, you've got me. It was me.' If nothing else, just to shake things up."

"Cause then it would be too easy darling." Xero sighed in annoyance, feeling the same as his first wife.

"But they really can't just kidnap children and not expect others to can't on, woof." Tamamo Cat said, as Charlie filled in the blanks on that one.

"It's because they're not. Afton created a new set of animatronics before his death, known as The Twisted Ones."

"Twisted Ones?" Tony asked, but once again went ignored, as Charlie spoke to Xero.

"These animatronics aren't like the ones you've faced before in the past Xero. They are monstrous aberration of flesh and metal." As she spoke, the landscape around everyone shifted and changed to a dark forest, that was quite until a large version of Freddy appeared behind Mortimer Toynbee aka Toad of the Brotherhood, making the mutant naturally freak out.

"Ah, what the hell is that?!" He yelled and much like his namesake, hopped away and hide behind Frederick "Fred" Dukes aka Blob. who out of pure instinct, went to punch the nightmare fuel, only for his fist to go right through it. Making the fa-er, i mean large man blink in confusion.

"It's an illusion you morons." Raven Darkholme aka Mystique said, rubbing her eyes in annoyance. This entire little 'recruit' drive was shaping to into a real shit storm.

"Okay, i understand that much but if these things are one of Afton's creations, i'm assuming it won't be as simple as shutting them done, right?" Xero asked, as the brown haired woman nodded.

"You are right and to help you defeat the Twisted Ones, our mutual benefactor has allowed me to give you a gift." Charlie said, pointing to the black chain like tattoo on Xero's left arm, making him subconsciously summon the chain. The rest was the tattoo moving and shifting like a snake would, as it slithered down his arm, martializing into a black, spiked chain in his hand as it slides down to the floor with a heavy THUD from his wrist, "These are known as The Chains of Purgatory."

"Purgatory?" Leon asked with a raised eyebrow, "Like the one from the Roman Catholic doctrine?"

"The one and the same, Mr. Kennedy."

"So, if sensei is getting these chains, I'm guessing shooting or punching these Twisted Ones isn't an option?" Vi asked with crossed arms, as Charlie nodded.

"Attacking and or hurting them will do nothing more than fuel their agony, thus fueling their power. That's what these chains are for: they will not only ensure the animatronics in binding they cannot escape from; it will soothe their agony and thus, not only make them weaker, but the spirts trapped within their robotic bodies will finally be able to be set free."

"So, where are they?" Chris asked, as both Xero and Charlie sighed.

"You can't tell us, can you Char?"

"I'm sorry Xero, but you know the rules." Xero had half the mind to tell Da Rules to go fuck themselves with a sandpaper dildo, along with several other not so kind words but given that there was a child present, he reframed from doing so. Not only was it bad to swear in front of Gregory, Raikou and Emyia, along with all the other motherly Servants would smack him upside the head for it, "The best i can do, is say this: Beware the many headed monster growing within shadows. I know it may not make much sense now, but it will later on, trust me." Then, a bright light, nearly blinding everyone came into existence as the light died down from its glaring light, forming itself into a door like creation, as the ghost children all started going into it.

All the ghosts, save for one.

Something that made Xero turn to her, as Cassidy came out of his shadow, now covered in black instead of gold and had purple eyes, "Aren't you going with them?"

Statement

"You can't? Why?"

"Because of her actions, Cassidy allowed Afton to escape Hell in the first place." Charlie said, sadness clear in her voice, "Until she has atoned for what she did, she cannot move to the afterlife. But instead of being left as a wraith on this world, she will be bond to you, as your shadow. Someone that will help you throughout your journey and will be with you, until the day you die and then, only then, will she be allowed to final rest like the rest."

"So... what you're saying, is that she is basically banished from death?" Johnny asked, making the brown-haired woman/spirit chuckle at the human torch's words.

"I wouldn't quite put it like that, but yes. In essence, yes."

Smiling, the male Storm put his shoulder on Reed's before saying, "So, ghosts are real, who would have thought that Reed? Did you know about this?"

Mister Fantastic had no words, still trying and failing to wrap his mind around what he was hearing, seeing and actually experience right now. Something that Bruce could understand, as he was like Reed once before, believing in only the science and not the supernatural, but for the past two years, he's become a believer. He would have gone to help him but seeing Ross and the rest of the military here, had put Banner on edge, thinking they might try something that would make big, mean and green to come out.

It was really putting him on edge, especially with the MRD being here, seeing as they tended to be pretty damn trigger happy with anything involving mutants. Even if Xero and Gudako weren't mutants, they didn't know that and even then, they hardly listened to anyone, so it was raising the man hackles. Something that only happened when Ross found him during his five months on the run and it's never wrong.

Then, the brown-haired woman went to Xero and hugged him, knowing that their time had come to an end, and she needed to go back to the other side. But not without saying some parting words. "This is goodbye Xero and no offense, but i don't want to see you for a very long time." Charlie said, as she started making her way towards the door of light, before turning back to her old friend and said her final peace, "Live your life Xero Mazoku, live it well." With that, she walked towards the door of light and with an equally bright flash, was gone.

Xero let out a small breath, stopping himself from tearing up at seeing his old friend leave for good this time. He took comfort that Charlie and everyone else were now in a better place, able to final really, truly rest in peace. "But my work is far from being down, just as Charile said." Xero thought grimly, "Not until all of Afton's twisted creations are in the ground, these Twisted Ones are defeated and all of traces of Afton's research have been burned to the ground, not even ash remains, it will never be truly over. And what Charlie said, about the beware the many headed monsters growing in shadows, what does that mean? Could it be...no, that's not possible. Could it?"

If HYDRA really, truly was still alive...it was a problem for another day.

He turned back to his group with a smile. Something that seemed to break the straw on the camel's back, as Gregory all but ran to Xero, as the man bent down to hug his adopted son, as the boy threw his arms around him with a large smile. As he did that, Xero tapped the boy's forehead with his own an equally large smile on his face, as his wife Tamamo hugged him from behind, as everyone else came to him.

"So... it's finally over then?" Vanessa asked hopefully, as Xero nodded.

"Yeah, he's gone for good and is never coming back. Sure, we've got a few lose ends to tie up but it's final over."

"Well, if he is as smart as he thinks he is, then he'll stay in hell this time." Leon said with his own smile, "Well, unless he wants another ass whopping, like the one you just gave him Zee."

"So, just to be clear, where just going to ignore the fact that we've fought a serial child killer, coming back from the dead to not only seek revenge on Big Boss, take over his body and the world as we know it, along with his monster, but several other things." Lobo stated, as he started making wild gestures, "Not only are ghosts real but they can not only interact with the real world, but and I'm not sure if i understand this right, but there is not only an actually Heaven but there is also a Hell as well, meaning all the stuff the Preacher at the Church i went too as a kid was not only right about it being real but Big Boss just sent that old fucker back down to Hell. Then, he merged with an undead child, who was basically banished from death and now has to make up for what she did by basically being Big Boss's shadow for the rest of his life. Then, the first thing they have to do is hunt down killer animatronics that was designed to kidnap kids for their bastard creator's twisted experiments but to also have their souls stuffed into other animetrocis suits. Did i miss anything?"

"No." Gudako answered the man, as she looked at him, "And yes, we are just going to ignore it, as this is just another day in the office for us. Got a problem with it?"

"Nope, just wanted to make sure i understood everything." And the man really was, as he didn't show any signs of being fazed at all. Hell, neither was the rest of Chirs team, the man himself, Leon, Claire or the rest of the Chaldea's members. Something that kind of irked Tony a bit, as he was half a second away from exploding into...well, who the hell knew, but all he knew for certain was that something wanted to burst out of his chest and no, it was not a chest buster from Alien.

At least, he hoped it wasn't.

"But what about these 'Twisted Ones' she spoke of?" Chirs asked the elephant in the room, "Do we even know where to begin to look for these things?"

"I might." Claire supplied, as many turned their eyes to the younger Redfield, "If theses' animatronics are indeed kidnapping children, then there should be a consist number of missing children reports within the arena's they were taken from. Most child kidnappers have a pattern, so if we look for a pattern that are a completely random, then we might be able to pin-point where they're at or at least, get a general idea."

"Maybe." Emily Berkhoff aka Tundra said, cupping her chin under her mask, "From the old Missing Children's Incident in the 90's and the current one from this year, both patterns were completely random. Meaning the police could never get a decent pattern, aside from the children being the ages of six to nine."

"We'll figure it out." Xero said, as he hoisted Gregory into his arms, making the boy wrap his arms around his neck, as he slipped his arms under the boy's leges, "For now, we need to finish the job." As he said this, he looked at Morgan, "Dear, can you use your NP to level this entire place, underground and everything?"

"I can husband." Morgan said, raising an eyebrow, "Might i ask why?"

"No..." Vanessa eyes widen in horror, as she quickly caught on, as she looked pleading at Morgan "Y-you have to destroy this entire place. He, Glitchtrap, he made Gregory and i infect this entire place with his virus. It's-"

"Basically, an extension of his will." Gudako finished, equal horror drawing on her face, "He's right, we have to level this place. We can't let the virus get out, or else, this was all for nothing."

"Oh, oh, oh i can do it!" Powder hopped up and down with an excited grin on her face, as she ran up to Xero, giving him puppy dog eyes, "Come'0n sensei, i can do it! Let me, i can level this place easily!"

"So, she's a mutant too?" One of the MRD goons asked, as he tapped his helmet, trying to get the thing to scan her but when it did, it said she wasn't a mutant. But if she wasn't one, then how could she level a massive building like the Mega Pizza-Plex? Sadly, or not depending on who you asked, he was ignored, as Xero sighed, giving into Powder's puppy eyes as he nodded.

"Are you sure that is wise, husband?" Morgan asked, eyeing the short girl, "I am more than capable of doing the deed, without the threat of us all being blow to kingdom come."

Powder short the older woman a glare, "Oh i can totally do it, you sag-"

"Okay, Powder you wanted the chance to do it, so do it." Vi said, putting a hand on her sister's shoulder to prevent ANOTHER fight from breaking out between her sister and the Berserker. Again.

"Dear." Xero's voice made Morgan huff but say nothing, looking away in annoyance, as he looked at a smirking Powder, who lost her smile upon being given the attention, "And you, Powder, you know better than that. Why would you deliberate piss off a being who has enough power to quite literally, kill you with just one thought?"

"... She's not that strong." Powder muttered, rubbing her foot against the ground, as Coloanal Moss was about to give the order to arrest all the 'mutants' when he felt Sliver Ghost's barrel at his head and the owner glaring at him.

"Don't even think about it scar-face." It wasn't a bluff, thanks to Leon answering directly to the president, it gave the blonde all kinds of leeway. So that meant he could kill the head of the MRD, in front of everyone and get away with it and seeing as Moss almost went against a direct order from Ellis, Leon had full authority to act to defend his young friend from a bunch of trigger-happy idiots.

"...and another thing, don't go picking fights, you know you can't win, Powder." Back with the master/appreciate duo, Xero just finished lecturing Powder, as the blue haired imp looked down in shame at being reprimanded, before Xero sighed at her face. He hated making the girl look so sad, so depressed as the girl had been through enough but it had to be done, otherwise, one day she might be off more than she could chew. But thankfully that was over and now, he could give her something that would make her smile again, as he patted her head, "Now, do me a favor and level this place for me, would you my dear apprentice?"

Powder's bright smile was all he needed to see.

"Try not to blow us all up, while you're at it."

Powder ignored Morgan's snarky response, as she stepped in front of the Mega Pizza-Plex, thrusting her hands out, as pink colored lightning started building up around her hands, as the skies darken with the same-colored lightening appear in the sky. This went on for a few minutes, as the ground rumbled, the wind picking up, as she final able to finish her spell, she yelled it out loud for all to hear.

"LIGHTENING STORM!"

Then, as one, four streaks of pink lightning bolts formed together to create one massive lightning bolt before it struck down at the Pizza-Plex.

KA-BOOM

The force of the attack shook the entire ground, sending many off their feet, kicking up a lot of dust as it blinded everyone to the sight. Slowly but surely, the dust died down and when it did, it revealed a shocking sight. '

Where once stood the Mega Pizza-Plex, a neon heaven, disgusted as a trap for a decade old serial killer, was gone. It wasn't destroyed, it wasn't damaged, it was just fucking GONE. Not a sign, nor metal, nor hair remained of the once proud, evil establishment, was completely gone. Not only that, but the underground Pizzeria was also gone, as if one looked down the crater, they could see down the hole where it once was. Everything was completely gone and nothing remained of it.

Not even the underground Pizzeria.

"Holy shit."

Someone said, not sure, but someone summed up what everyone was thinking at seeing what was left of the Mega Pizza-Plex, which had been reduced to rubble. The only ones who weren't shocked, were of course, the members of Chaldea and the BSAA, as Xero nodded in satisfaction.

"Well, that's excellent work Powder. Our job is done here, so let's g-"

"Excuse me!" Coulson, in a very brave move, called out and approached Xero with his ever-present smile on his face, despite the fact he was a tab bit terrified at what he saw, "I don't mean to pry but I'm Agent Phil Coulson, i'm with the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, otherwise known as SHEILD."

"Goddamn, that's a month full." Lobo said, as the agent nodded, smile still present.

"I know, we're working on it. SHEILD is a separate division with a more specific focus and if you don't mind, we would like to debrief Mr. Mazoku and Ms. Afton on the circumstances of what has happened here today." Leon and Chirs moved their hands to their weapons, as Phil held his hand up in surrender, "Mr. Redfield, Mr. Kennedy, your bosses gave us a brief overview of who Mr. Mazoku is. Who he works for and believe me, when i say SHEILD has no intention of fighting him, kidnapping or assaulting him in any form. We only wish to get some answers, that is all and if it helps, my own boss just got word that we have been cleared to know the sensitive information you possess, Mr. Mazoku."

"Is that so?" Xero questioned, before looking at Gudako, who was already tapping her Focus to contact Olga. After a minute or so, with some hushed whispers, the redhead looked back at Xero and nodded.

"It's true Oni-chan. It appears that SHEILD is indeed legit and has been given the green light. Due to how they operate, what they deal with and the nature of our own work, sooner or later, our two groups would come to head. So, SHEILD was given clearance to learn what we know and funny enough, it seems SHEILD's own director Fury wants to make an alliance with Chaldea, even the BSAA as well." She said the last part, looking at Fury, who was approaching.

"It's surprising easy to contact someone, when their people are in trouble." Was all Fury said, making Chirs sigh a little. Clive R. O'Brian was a good man with a good head on his shoulders and wanted to expand the BSAA even further. Even if he and Jill had a hand in creating the BSAA, Chirs belonged on the frontlines and after much discussion, left O'Brain to be the head of their organization. In fact, when Chris talked to him about having Chaldea as an ally to the BSAA with Xero being the liaison agent between their two groups, the director jumped at the chance. He saw the same potential Chirs saw in the younger man, when they met Europe during his investigation of Umbrella.

Or maybe it was due to the fact that, soldiers who survive the first encounter with BOW's and actually beat them were about twenty percent, as eight percent of the soldiers are killed before they even fire the first shot. The fact Xero had the highest kill count of BOW's, assisted or otherwise, had lead to many of the BSAA soldiers, his team included calling him 'Big Boss' as a sign of respect. Like him, Xero was a rare breed of person to not only fight BOW's but come out on top and live to tell the tale.

Just like his sister, Kennedy, Rebecca, Jill and his team.

Chris had seen some of the best and brightest any army in the world had to offer, reduced to bloody chunks in an instant before any of them even realized what the hell just happened. Now that wasn't even including those that had mutated into bigger, more dangerous, more lethal monsters due to God knows what. The sad fact was this: finding people who can survive and kill BOW's was extremely rare and getting more allies was always a good thing, no matter who it was.

Human, Magus and mutant alike. BOW's were just that dangerous, as you never know if they're really, truly dead and that wasn't even including the Dead Apostles being thrown into the mix either.

Chirs just wished the man would give him a head's up for shit like this.

"Claire, you want to come along?"

The redhead thought about it for a moment, before nodding, "Yeah. I was supposed to find information about the missing children and seeing as i really have no idea what the hell i just witnessed, i figured I'd best get the story from you. Speaking of which, what-"

"Look, I'm tired." Xero said as he ran a hand down his face, "Like really, really about to drop face first on the ground tired, so if you can hold off your questions for now, i promise i will answer them. Just later, okay? I haven't slept in the past ten, eleven days and don't have the energy for this bullshit, so here's what we're going to do. If you want to have some sort of meeting with me, you can come to this address in about three days or so, then I'll have one of my Servants bring you to Chaldea or something like that. I really don't give a fuck anymore and a shower plus my warm bed are calling my name right now, so buh-bye." As he said this, a flyer like paper appeared in a burst of light before zipping itself to the respective leaders of each group, much to their surprise. But before anyone could say anything more, Xero moved his fingers to create a massive portal, purple and blue, walking through it without another word with Gregory in tow.

"Hey, wait a second!" Xero stopped, as Tony called out before, reckless moving forward, not wanting to let this one chance to actually see his son face to face. Before, he wasn't too sure if the man was his son but upon seeing his face, his features mixed with Lilith's, the round face, the long wild black hair and of course, the purple eyes, he knew right then and there.

This man, this Xero Mazoku was indeed his son and he needed to say, say SOMETHING before he left.

Said Magus turned his head and looked at Tony, as the man speed walked to him, before they were just a couple of inches away from one another, Tony found him a loss for words. What could he say, what SHOULD he say? Hi i'm your dad, sorry about not being there for you for twenty years of so but your mother didn't tell me i had a son.

Yeah right.

"Hmmm, you aren't wrong darling, your father does certainly look an awful lot like you." Thankfully he didn't have to say anything to break the ice, as the pink haired fox women in the blue kimono that showed a lot of skin did it for them, as she slid beside his son with a peppy smile on her face. Then she stuck her hand out for him to shake, "Hi, I'm Tamamo No Mae, your daughter in law, Mr. Tony~." The way she said it, so surgery and sweet made Tony think he was getting diabetes just from her tone alone.

"Hi?" Tony said, not sure what to say. Wasn't Tamamo No Mae some powerful fox demon from Japan lore or something like that?

"Yeah." Xero sighed tiredly, adjusting his adopted son in his arms, as Gregory looked at Tony with wide eyes, as Xero looked at his father, "I assume you have a lot of questions, i get that and yes, i am aware that you are my father. And before you ask, no i am not mad at you for not raising me, as mother did tell me you weren't aware that i existed."

"Oh, good, that's good." Tony said, before realizing how bad that sounded as he back pelted, "Not that it's good i didn't know about you or raise you or anything, but-"

"Look, Mr. Stark, i'm really, REALLY tired and doing everything i can not to kneel over, so if you want some answers, you can either wait for a couple of days or if you're like me, then you can come to Chaldea with us to get some answers."

"Really?" Tony asked with a raised eyebrow, as Stane and Pepper walked up to him, after seeing it was safe to do so, "It won't be a problem?"

"The director might not be happy but, meh, i do things to piss her off all the time." Xero said with a smirk on his face, making Tony smile too, yep that is something a son of his would do. Piss his boss off on purpose, "This will be pretty tamed compared to everything else i've done."

"Alright, sounds like a plan. Pepper, you're in charge until i get back."

"What?" The woman actually looked surprised; shouldn't she have been used to her bosses reckless by now? "Tony, you can't jus-" Then he walked through the portal without listening to her, making Pepper stop in her tracks, then sigh.

Typical Tony behavior, plunge into the void face first without a second thought.

"So, we can just go through it?" Roxy asked Gudako, as she nodded, as they walked up to go through the portal as well, before looking to a wary Vanessa.

"Go on Nessa, it won't affect you at all." The redhead said, slightly pushing the blonde towards the portal, as Laura and the Servants already went through it, "Sure you might feel a bit jolty, traveling a few hundred, thousand miles within just three steps and might lose a limb or two, but you'll be fine."

"Wait, what?"

"In you go!" Gudako yelled with a smile on her face, pushing her through, ignoring the look of horror on Vanessa's face. Smiling, she looked at Chirs, his team, Leon and Claire, "Any of you want to come along?"

"Yeah, sorry red but I've got to report back to the president." Leon said, waving the flyer around, "I'll need to make sure he gets the right info and not some twisted, fucked up story or whatever ridiculous, insane story some of those pencil pusher can come up with to make Zee sound like the devil incarnate. Ellis will want to get the story right from you."

"Same with me." Chirs said, hosting his rail gun on his back, "Claire can contact me when she gets settled into Chaldea or i can simply contact you to get the finer details of what happened here. My own bosses will want some answers on, well, all of this." He said, waving a hand at the new, smoking crater where the Mega Pizza-Plex once stood, as all the others of the Chaldea group walked through the portal. Gudako nodded and with a wave of her hand, she left through the portal and it closed behind her, just in time for Logan to finally stop his head from hurting from repressed memories forcing their way to the surface with the duo final gone.

The mutant growled, more anger at himself for losing his chance at getting some of his past back, when Chuck put a hand on his shoulder, "Clam down my friend, all is not lost. We still have a chance to gain a new ally and for you to regain some of your lost memories. We only have to be patient about it."

Patience and Logan don't go together very well but the feral mutant would do with it. Three days, he could wait that long.

Hopefully.

However, as all of this was going on, a certain SHEILD agent going by the name of Jasper Sitwell, silently made himself scarce from the scene. He had a call to make after all.

At The Triskelion, Main Office System 8:00 AM

"Sir, Afton has been destroyed, along with any and all of his research within the Pizza-Plex. What's worse, is that Mazoku has proven himself an even greater threat than we could have ever imaged him to be and as things stand, we cannot make a move against. Not without bringing several eyes upon us. Chaldea and the BSAA are hunting down all of Afton's old hideouts, ones we know about and possible others he kept to himself. If we attempt to secure his research, Chaldea will know Afton has another ally and will not stop until they know who it is. What are our orders, sir?"

Alexander Goodwin Pierce, head of the World Security Council, an older man with graying blonde/brown hair and blue eyes took a deep breath before speaking to settle his anger, "Do not interfere. Our relationship with Mr. Afton was shaky at best and while his research was valuable, it is not worth leaving a trail that would reveal us too soon." No, it was better to bug out now and call quits before HYDRA became too deeply involved with the serial killer, they could be linked back to him. No matter how much it annoyed him to no end.

"Understood sir. Hail HYDRA!"

"Hail HYDRA." When agent Sitwell hung up, did Pierce allow himself to allow a frustrated sigh, as frustration appeared on his face, rubbing his forehead, as he looked out his window a frown on his face, "Two years." He spoke to himself, "Two years of research down the drain and what did we walk away from working with that narcissistic? Nothing." For two long years, HYDRA had done everything Afton has asked of them, doing its best to ensure no one could put two and two together in hopes of learning the secrets of his 'remnant' and now, it was all lost.

This was...this was nothing short of a disaster and Pierce knew working with Afton was a mistake from the beginning. Now, all they had hoped to learn from him was gone and even if they could retrieve the data, Fury would be of the mind to destroy it and any trace of Afton's research. Fury had a strong will, but he would never work with HYDRA willingly, unable to see the bigger picture and not he was stuck in a rock and a hard place.

One that meant they lose all the research HYDRA wanted or more than likely be forced to reveal themselves before they were ready.

"This entire thing was a mistake from the very beginning."

Just one giant massive waste of tim-

"Oh I wOuLdN't Be So SuRe AbOuT tHaT."

Suddenly, his office went dark, as everything went into automatic lockdown, as all his elections and anything he could use to call for help went dark, as the only thing that was on, was his computer. This made Pierce go rigged, as he glared at it, as the screen went dark, before words, colored in purple appeared speaking directly to him in a synthetic, broken, feminine voice, "Who, who are you? What are you?"

His computer, mostly likely possessed, hacked by an outside force or just simply compromised only typed one word and one word only:

"VaNnY."

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UH OH!

Goddamn, what a way to end this Arc am i right?!

Xero and Afton have a big showdown, Afton gets punished by the souls of his victims before being sent back to Hell and now, Vanny is not only alive but has revealed herself to HYDRA?! A computer program, one molded after a powerful man, that thinks her homidcial glitches are her award-winning personality traits and now has access to pretty much any tech on the planet with the ability to hack anything, why does that sound familiar?

GASP!

Does this mean Vanny is going to become the next Ultron?!

Read more to find out my lovely peeps and if you like, you can thanks a certain supporter of mine that put this idea in my head. You know who you are and it's because of you, you made this ending possible, so be very proud of it. Thanks once again for the amazing idea!

Well, if you wanted to know, then this epic person is Ironknight3307, really thanks for the amazing idea!

Devil out!