Chapter 5: X-What? (1/7)

"Then I spent the rest of the day playing basketball in the rain while listening to the song, Numb." A week has passed by after the mess involving the Hulk. The city was back to normal but it was chaotic afterwards because it took nearly five days for the electricity to come back. But as soon as it did, Nero got some good news in the form of a news report regarding some contraband being found at the docks of New Jersey and the one behind being arrested in Manhattan. But the good news was that, no report about someone being found with it was said, which meant that Bruce managed to escape in time.

"Nero Caligula Carnby, I left you alone for a week and you managed to get yourself into such an unbelievable mess. " Of course, Jean was back from her trip, and after hugging her for a considerable amount of time, he decided to tell her about what happened. Luckily, there was no TV on her grandparents' home, so Jean didn't really see what happened in New York City.

"I guess that's part of my charm," Nero jokes. "Nero Carnby, the Doom Magnet." He spoke in a goofy evil voice.

Jean giggled in response. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Currently, the two were inside of Nero's room at the Orphanage. "Other boys may make fun of you." They were both on top of his bed, where Jean was painting Nero's toe nails with black nail polish.

"I don't give a fuck." Nero immediately rebuffed. "Besides, it looks really pretty."

"Agreed." Jean replied.

Truth was, Jean painted all of his nails black and made little drawings in the color white. There were little drawings on each of his fingernails. His index finger had an anarchy symbol. His middle finger had a Yin Yang symbol. His ring finger had an white flame. His little finger had a cross. His thumb had a smiley face.

"Almost done, but don't forget our deal." Jean agreed to paint his nails in exchange for him playing guitar for her.

"Would have done it anyway, I want you to hear the song that I wrote." Nero told her with a smile.

"Good, but you're gonna have to wait until your nails dry." Jean spoke as she finished, with all of his toe nails now having black nail polish.

"I love it!" Nero told her as he checked his nails up close. "Thanks." He gave Jean a kiss on the cheek as a thank you.

Jean blushed in response while smiling. "You are welcome." She replied before sitting beside him on the bed.

"Took my sweet time to ask but..." Nero decided to ask something that was probably a sensible topic. "How were things at your grandparents home?"

Jean was quiet for a bit, before she looked down for a few seconds. But then she moved her head up to look at him. "My parents... decided to put my sister in an institution..." It was clear that it bothered her.

"It's probably for the best..." Nero assured her before he wrapped his arm around her and she placed her head on his shoulder. "What is your sister's problem anyway?" He asked in curiosity.

"Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar disorder" Jean told him, she probably read someone's mind to know that.

"I'm sorry." He apologized for asking.

"It's okay, but let's change the subject." Jean moved her green eyes to look at him. "Did you try to use that new power again?" She asked him.

"Yes, but it didn't work." Nero answered her question. "My theory is that it only works when there's a thunderstorm."

"It seems like your powers either have some kind of prerequisite for usage or a limitation." Jean pointed out the obvious to him. So far, all of his powers seemed to have either a drawback or a prerequisite.

Healing: Only when it's fatal.

Telepathy: Migraine after using for more than two minutes. Except when it's with Jean.

Spitting Fire: Unknown.

Teleportations: Unknown.

Passing through walls: Unknown.

Lighting Control: Only when there's a thunderstorm.

Those were things that really annoyed Nero, because what is the point of having powers that you can barely use?

Before either of them could say anything else, there was a knock on the door. Causing the boy to sigh in response before he stood up to check.

"Ummm... Nero?" Jean highlighted his current state of clothing.

While she was wearing red jeans and a yellow T-shirt. Nero, on the other hand, was wearing nothing but his USA flag boxers and a white tank top.

"So?" Nero didn't see the problem. So he proceeded to open the door. "What?" He asked whoever was on the other side of the door.

It was one of the nuns of the orphanage, whom Nero forgot the name.

"What exactly are you wearing and especially with a girl in your room!?" The nun immediately asked in clear disapproval.

"Because it's my room and Jean doesn't really care." Nero bluntly anwered the woman. "Right?" He hopes that he's right.

"N-no..." Jean blushed for some reason.

"Carnby, did you paint your nails?!" That was the second thing that the nun noticed.

"Want to borrow nail polish?" That wasn't a serious question. "Those mummy hands of yours could definitely use some." Nero rudely replied with a sarcastic remark to the nun.

"Nero!" Jean yelled at him apprehensive.

"What?!" Nero lifted his hands up. "It's true, she could definitely use some nail polish." Then he moved his head to look at the nun. "What do you want?"

The Nun had an angry look on her face, but she seemed to contain herself. "Mr. Grey has called the orphanage looking for his daughter and requested that she return home immediately." She informed the two.

"Did something happen?" Jean immediately asked in concern.

"I have no idea, so I suggest you return to your home as quickly as you can." After bluntly saying that, the Nun left the two alone, with Nero sticking his tongue out for her and shutting the door.

Jean then moved to his drawer, grabbing her cellphone. Only to sigh once she checked it. "Dad called me five times..."

"Then it's probably important." Nero hugged her from behind. "Come on, I'll walk you home." He wants to be there in case of it being more bad news.

Jean touches his hand with her left hand and his cheek with her right hand in response to the hug while gently rubbing her cheek on his cheek. "Thank you." She clearly appreciated that.

Nero smiled at her and tightened his hug.


Nero put on his black jeans, his white tank-top and his black and white Air Jordans to accompany Jean back to her home, after his nails were dry, of course. With the two walking slowly while holding each other's hands. The climate changed considerably, so it was a considerably hot day.

"What do you think it's happening?" Nero asked. As he was already expecting to be bad.

"I don't know..." Jean tightened her grip on Nero's hand. Indicating that she was worried.

As they slowly walked, having little to no rush to get there, Jean asked him a question.

"What did you do with that gun?" Jean asked him with telepathy.

Nero sighed in response. "To tell the truth..." The boy with white hair decided to be honest. "I managed to get my hands on some bullets and I have been practicing in a secluded area." To the point where his wrist is actually hurting because firing a hand cannon is quite difficult due to the recoil.

"Why?" She asked him out loud.

"Because I want to..." Nero had no good reason other than he wanted to do it. "It's actually pretty fun."

"Sorry, but after what happened, I don't want anything to do with guns." Jean was quick to rebuff, because she probably still had nightmares about what happened.

"And I one hundred percent respect that." Nero was quick to affirm. "I'm mostly keeping that as a souvenir of my little adventure."

"Your little adventure with Gwen Stacy, you mean?" Jean spoke in a very strange tone of voice.

But Nero ignored it. "That would be the guitar that she gave me." Nero actually paid a visit to Gwen's home yesterday and the two spent the whole evening playing music together.

"Mmm..." Jean seemed a bit off over that.

Nero only had one explanation for that. "Are you... Jealous?"

Jean widened her green eyes in response to that . "What?" She immediately moved her head to look at him. "No!" Then she quickly denied while blushing. "Why would I be jealous?!"

"I don't know..." Nero looked away and smirked.

Jean grunted and looked away. "Idiot."

"I thought we established that already." Nero joked as he pulled his hand away and wrapped his whole arm around Jean.

"Yeah..." She gladly placed her head on his shoulder.

"You don't have to agree to it." He was quick to argue.

"But it's true." Jean gave him a cheeky smile.

"Yeah..." He gave the exact same response.

Eventually, the two friends reached the street where Jean lived. Slowly approaching their home, Nero noticed something.

"Who's car is that?" Right in front of Jean's home, there was a nice looking black car parked in front of it. He recognized the car as a Jaguar , a four-door luxury saloon car from the 60s.

"I don't know..." Jean seemed to be as confused as him since that wasn't her family's car.

"Ummm..." Nero thought that was a little too familiar. "Wai-" He was going to tell her to wait there, but she immediately shut down the idea.

"Not this time." Jean tightened her grip to hand.

Nero sighed in response. "Then stay close to me."

The redhead girl and the white haired boy made their way towards the front door of the home. Truth was, Nero hasn't been there since what happened and he wasn't necessarily pleased to be back there. Something that Jean clearly noticed.

Once they passed through the door, they slowly walked towards the living room, where Nero sensed a strange smell.

"What's this smell?" Nero asked Jean through telepathy.

"It smells like..." Jean seemed to have recognized the smell.

"It's Black tea." Out of nowhere, a third voice appeared on their heads, startling the duo.

"What the f-" Nero was about to curse, but before he could, Mr. Grey appeared in front of them.

"There you are." He spoke to Jean.

Jean, who was still a little surprised by the third voice, snapped out of it. "Hi dad," Then she greeted her father. "Sorry for answering the phone."

"She was busy painting my nails." Nero added while showing his nails to Mr. Grey.

Justifiably, Mr. Grey made a weirded out expression in response.

"What?" Nero asked. "I like it."

"Well... It does look nice." Mr. Grey admitted, despite clearly being weirded out by seeing a boy using nail polish.

"Thank you." Jean was glad to hear that. Since she was the one that painted them. "But... What is going on?" That was the question that she wanted to know.

"Well..." Her father scratched his balding head before answering. "You got a visitor."

Both Nero and Jean looked at one another in confusion as they neither knew who could possibly be visiting Jean. Until Nero decided to do something.

"You are the "supposed" visit?" Nero asked using telepathy, with Jean making a confused face.

"Yes." With the voice from early speaking once again.

Jean widened her eyes as Nero moved his head to look at the living room. The two took slow steps to reach the living room and strangely, there was someone there. It was a middle aged man, sitting on a nice looking wheelchair. He was an average looking man, with a bald head, but he was wearing some really fancy high quality suit in the color dark brown.

"Hello there." The man greeted the two of them.

"Sup." Nero greeted him back.

"Hi." Jean greeted him with a wave.

"Umm... Jean, Nero, this is..." Mr. Grey tried to introduce the man to the two, but he apparently forgot his name.

"I am Charles Xavier." He decided to introduce himself to them once it was clear that Mr. Grey forgot his name. "Professor Charles Xavier to be more precise."

"Nero Carnby." The boy with white hair placed his hands inside of his pockets after introducing himself.

"Jean Grey." The girl with red hair did the same as he did before touching Nero's shoulder. "My father doesn't know, you didn't say anything, did you?" She asked the man in worry with telepathy.

"No." The man called Charles responded. "But I personally think that it would be for the better that he is informed about it."

"No, he wouldn't understand." Jean was quick to rebuff. "And I don't want to worry him more than he already is."

"Yes, my condolences about your sister." Charles spoke, clearly indicating that he read Mr. Grey's mind.

"You read his mind?" Jean didn't like the fact that someone invaded her father's privacy.

"Not with the intention of invading his privacy, I was simply searching for events involving the subject of our conversation." He explained.

"Ummm... I know that it's none of my business but..." Nero decided to speak up as the whole conversation through telepathy was clearly confusing Mr. Grey. Thankfully, Mr. Xavier and Jean noticed. "What exactly are you doing here, Mr. Xavier?"

"Well..." Before Mr. Xavier could speak, someone else entered the room.

Wow... Nero thought as he saw a very attractive woman enter the living room.

"Here's your tea." It was an African-American woman with a tall and curvaceous figure. She had long and wavy white hair which she wears freely down her back and blue eyes. She was wearing a white blouse, a long purple skirt with reddish purple shredded ends, and tan open-toed sandals, with accessories with multiple gold and purple bracelets on each of her wrists along with matching gold hop earrings, a gold choker necklace and a single gold anklet. "Thanks for letting me use the kitchen, Mr. Grey." She thanked Jean's father.

"Honestly, that kitchen has been going unused for a while." Mr. Grey scratched his receding hair after saying.

"Because the house is mostly empty after what happened." Jean told Nero through telepathy.

"My condolences , I accidentally saw the incident involving your sister." Professor Xavier spoke to them.

"What are you anyway?" Nero asked him.

"The same as Ms. Grey and by the looks of, you as well, Mr. Carnby." He revealed it to them.

"Just Nero, I don't like being called Mr." Nero was quick to make that clear.

"Alright, Nero." Xavier accepted his request. "Ororo, this Nero Carnby and this is Jean Grey."

"It's a pleasure to meet you two." The beautiful woman greeted the two with a smile.

"Likewise." Nero waved at her.

"It's good to meet you." Jean smiled in response.

"Forgive me for my bluntness, but this is a private conversation that I need to have with Jean and her father." Professor Xavier explained to Nero. "Would you mind stepping outside for a bit?"

Nero simply gave him a suspicious look before responding. "It depends, what is the nature of this conversation?" He asked the man.

"An explanation and an offer." The Professor answered him.

Nero was confused, but Jean simply touched his shoulder and said. "He seems to know the origin of our powers, we better hear him out." The redhead girl told her friend.

"Are you sure?" Nero asked her and she nodded in response. He nodded back before saying. "I forgot something, talk to you later." With that, the boy with white hair kissed Jean on the cheek before unceremoniously moving towards the front door.

"Ororo, could you please go back to the car." Professor Xavier told the beautiful woman called Ororo.

"Sure thing, it was nice to meet you, Mr. Grey." She shaked Mr. Grey's hand. "You too, Jean." Jean just smiled and nodded.

With that, Ororo moved towards the front door just as Nero touched the doorknob and opened.

Once the two of them stepped outside. Nero asked. "Are you his driver or something?"

"Not exactly, but I do drive him around at times." Ororo answered.

"Do you have powers too?" He decided to be blunt and ask her.

"Yes." And she bluntly confirmed.

"What the hell are these powers anyway?" He was hoping that the woman could explain to him, since the Professor clearly knew something about them.

"Not here. "The white haired woman stepped away from the door and approached the black car. "If you want me to explain, please get in the car." She instructed the white haired boy.

Despite the whole situation being a little suspicious, Nero decided to comply and simply followed the woman towards the car. Entering the passenger's seat while she sat on the driver's seat.

"Seatbelt please." She instructed him.

With Nero obeying and putting the seatbelt on. "Where are we going?" He asked.

"Nowhere." She turned the car on. "Just a ride around the block."

"Okay..." He was a little confused but didn't complain. He simply leaned back on the car seat and waited.

Ororo then began to ride the car away from Jean's home, driving it slowly around the empty street. Thankfully, there was air conditioning there, which was more than welcome during that hot day. Moving eyes to the left, Nero couldn't help but admire the woman sitting besides him. She's so beautiful... Like, some weird exotic beauty that I don't know how to describe it.

She turned around the corner, passing by a few cars that were parked there. With Nero wondering what was the point of driving around.

"Before I tell you anything, let me first say," Nero moved his head to look at her as she spoke. "You don't have any reason to be ashamed of it."

"Ashamed of what exactly?" Nero asked in confusion.

"We will need to confirm first but..." Ororo moved her face to look at him. "If the professor is correct , you might be a Mutant." She told him.

"What?" He made a confused face. "What the hell do you mean by "Mutant"?"

"The Professor can give you a full explanation later, but to put it simply..." She moves her gaze back to the road. "You possess a special gene that grants you the powers."

"So... The powers are genetic?" He asked her in curiosity.

"It's a Mutation caused by something called the X-Gene in a mutant's DNA." She explained to him as she turned around the corner again. "Mutations normally manifest themselves during puberty, often as a result of a traumatic event."

"Like falling off a building and breaking most of the bones in your body or watching someone getting run over by a car after he pushed you out of the way?" Nero pretty much gave a summary of the supposed traumatic events that might have triggered the so-called "Mutation" on both him and Jean.

Ororo sighed in response to that. "I wish I could say that I'm surprised but believe it or not, I heard worse ones."

"And I'm officially disturbed and really rather not hear about them." Nero responded sarcastically, despite genuinely being afraid to hear about these worse ones. "What exactly are your powers anyway?"

" Atmokinesis." She responded to him, only for Nero to make a confused face since he had no idea what that meant. "The power to manipulate the weather."

"Woah?" Nero was surprised by that. "Seriously?"

"Yes, just don't ask me to demonstrate." She stopped the car once she reached a red light. "What about you?"

"I literally have no idea." Nero responded almost immediately. "The powers keep appearing at random."

"What?" Ororo apparently didn't understand what he meant.

Nero decided to check something. "If you can really manipulate weather, can you make a thunderstorm happen?" He decided to ask her. "There's something that I want to test."

Ororo simply stared at Nero for a second, before she replied. "Alright." Despite being reluctant to show him her powers early, she could clearly see that he wanted to test whatever it was.

So she parked the car next to the curb. Nero moved his gray eyes to look at her in deep curiosity. Only to watch her open her arms widely in the tight space that they were in, with the boy with white hair widening his gray eyes when a strange light appeared on her hands. But his gaze shifted from the beautiful woman to the sky as he caught the glimpse of a strange looking cloud forming itself in the sky, which was quite shocking since the sky was perfectly clean a few seconds ago. The sound of loud thunder came from the dark cloud that was above them, prompting Nero to try.

So he closed his hand into a tight fist and slammed the bottom of it into the car's dashboard. Which led to the result that he was looking for, which was a single lighting descending from the dark cloud and hitting the street in front of them.

"That was you?" Ororo asked the boy.

"Yeah." He confirmed with a smile. "It only works when there's a storm though." Nero then did it again, causing another lighting to strike the street, damaging it considerably.

"Stop!" Ororo then waved her hands and the dark cloud disappeared from the sky.

"Sorry..." He apologized while inspecting the damage that he caused. "I found out about that one last week." It didn't rain anymore after that day, so he couldn't really test it after that.

"You said that they keep appearing at random?" She turned the car on and decided to get away from the area as a crowd of civilians began to approach the spot where the lighting struck.

"I once set a train on fire because I spit fire out of nowhere." Something he hasn't been able to do again. "I once passed through a locked door." Another thing that he wasn't able to do again. "I once teleported myself from Jean's room to a hospital room that is several blocks away from here." Yet another thing that he wasn't able to do again.

"And you were only able to do those things once?" Ororo asked him as she got as far away as possible from the street.

"Yes." Nero confirmed. "I think there's a specific thing or circumstance that I need to do or be in for it to work." That was his theory. "For example, when I fell off the building, I probably broke every bone in my body in the fall and out of nowhere, my body just fixed itself." He really didn't like recounting that event, but in this case, it was a little necessary. "And when I got run over by a car after pushing Jean out of the way, the same thing happened." That was something that Nero had no problem in mentioning because something really good came out of that awful event. "But when I burned my arm or broke my ankle, it didn't do anything." Those were two injuries that he really didn't like thinking about.

"A healing factor that only works when the injury is fatal." Ororo was quick to figure it out.

"I can also read minds, like Jean and the Professor." Nero mentioned his last power.

Ororo seemed surprised. "Really?"

"But, if I read someone's mind for too long, I get a horrible migraine." Nero pointed out the flaw in his power. "Unless it's Jean and I'm assuming the professor as well."

"I see..." Ororo seemed to be in deep thought, but Nero really felt no desire to read her mind. She also seemed to be making her way back to Jean's home.

The rest of the ride was quiet as Nero awaited for the beautiful woman to say anything else. But she simply focused on the road as she rode all the way back to Jean's home. Once they finally reached the place, she parked in the exact same spot as before.

"You see, Nero..." That's when she finally spoke to him. "Professor Xavier is actually going to make an offer to Jean, an offer that extends to you if we actually confirm that you are also a Mutant." Though, by the tone of her voice, she seemed to be certain that he was.

"What kind of offer?" Nero asked in curiosity.

"Well..."


"How did your father react?" Nero asked.

"He was shocked and a little frightened." Jean replied.

Nero and Jean were currently sitting on the couch in her home, discussing the entire revelation that they might be something called Mutants. With Nero laying on Jean's lap with her caressing his head. Her father left and they had no idea where he went.

"I don't blame him." Nero couldn't help but comment that, because their family was already quite problematic thanks to her sister and this was not something to add to the table. "So, what do you think?"

"About the offer?" Jean asked and he nodded. "I don't know?"

"Me neither." Nero was just as unsure as she was.

The offer in question, was for the two of them to join a place called the Xavier'sSchool for Gifted Youngsters is a special institute founded and led by Professor Charles Xavier to train young mutants in controlling their powers. The place basically operates as a private academy in upstate New York

"I mean, I wouldn't mind a change of scenery..." Nero wouldn't mind moving to a different place. "But there's something a little off about this."

"How so?" She asked in curiosity.

"I don't know why, but... " Nero couldn't help but voice his doubt. "There's something a little off about the professor."

"Yeah, I think being someone that can read minds can create this kind of suspicion." Jean pointed out.

"You can read minds, but I know that you respect people's privacy..." Nero paused for a bit. "Most of the time..."

Jean softly slapped his forehead, with him laughing a bit in response. "I know what you mean, though." She then started to caress his head again. "His telepathic powers are way superior to mine."

"And that scares me, I'm pretty sure that he can go beyond just reading minds." Nero admitted to Jean.

"True," Jean seemed to share his opinion. "But he may be the only one that can help me learn more about my powers."

"Mine too, I saw that woman, Ororo, talking to him about me before they left." Nero revealed it to Jean.

"You told her everything?" She asked.

"Yeah." He confirmed.

"The Professor actually told me a bit about other mutants." She revealed it to him. "There's a student there that can shoot laser beams from his eyes."

"Now that's a cool superpower." Nero had to comment.

"It would be, if he actually could control it." Jean clarified that part. "According to the professor, he needs to wear special glasses at all times, otherwise he would shoot the lasers non-stop."

"Holy shit." That doesn't sound cool at all.

"Nero..." Jean looked at him with a serious expression. "We should accept." She placed her hand on his chest.

Nero immediately figured out what the serious look was about. "You're afraid that something similar could happen to me?" He held her hand before asking that.

"What if one of these random powers ends up hurting you or someone around you?" Jean pointed out the possibility that he has considered it a thousand times since the train incident.

"Yeah..." Nero agreed with her. But then a thought came to his mind. "Would you be okay with leaving your family?" Despite the problems that they had to endure recently, he could tell that Jean was very close to her family.

"Kind of..." Jean was clearly a little unsure but partially willing. "Don't get me wrong, it's a little scary but... I wouldn't mind a change of scenery." Then she smiled at him. "Besides... I don't think you realize the best part."

Nero raised his brow in confusion. "Which is...?" He wanted to know.

"Nero... We would be living together." She revealed it to him.

Nero immediately widened his eyes in response because he hadn't thought of that before. Then he sat up on the couch. "Holy shit, I didn't even realize that!" He confessed as he stared at Jean's green eyes. "That would be awesome!"

Jean giggled in response to Nero's sudden enthusiasm. "I guess I just added to the list of reasons to say yes."

"That made it to the top of the list." Nero pointed out before kissing Jean on the cheek.

Jean blushed in response to that. "Really?"

"Of course." The boy with white hair mean it. "You're my best friend, Jean Grey."

Jean smiled and said. "And you are mine, Nero Carnby." But then she made a serious expression. "But, there's something I got to tell you."

Nero also made a serious expression. "What is it?"

"I..." She seemed to be trying to find the right words. "Saw something in the professor mind by accident." Nero honestly, doesn't really understand what Jean means by accident at times.

"What?" Nero was curious.

"Something that he calls," She made a slightly confused face. "The X-Men."

"X-What?"


Q AND A:

After reading this story, I bet you'd make a wonderful X-men story in the same vein as this one. Lord knows the X-Men have enough characters and hotties for our main man.

It was originally going to be a pure X-men fic actually, but I changed my mind after seeing the possibilities.

So with the funhouse that is the dna that makes up Nero I thought of something in regards to his Eternal genes instead of Thena being the gene donor could the gene come from Uranos and regardless of the Eternal Genes source one thing I hope this grants Nero aside from the Eternal power set and all is access to the arsenal of weapons that Uranos has access to in the comics

Say the Beyonder stole the access from Uranos to give to Nero just to add to the various ways Nero could fuck anyone's shit up in the future and you know Uranos would certainly add to the fucked up people Nero's DNA was sourced from

This would also give Nero the Hex and since those things are described as Eternal teenagers could see Nero getting on well with them could see him finding them in his arsenal and being like okay guess what you six are free now and the six giant war machines degree they'll stick with him in particular it could be cool to read Nero just chilling on top of Syne

Now since Beyonder was gathering all kinds of essence to throw into Nero and I'm right in thinking he would have gone and grabbed some Celestial dna from one of the space gods to throw in to because again with the Eternals it will be fun to read their reactions when they realise he's part Eternal but also part Deviant and Celestial he would literally be a god to them

Also with the mix mash that is his DNA is it fair to say that despite all the sources the only ones that could be considered parents and even related to Nero is the Beyonder and Death with those two being the only ones Nero considers even calling his parents even if he also freely admits he finds the Beyonder to be a bit of a man child haha

Now I know you said while he's part of the X men he won't go on heists but to be honest even if he can live off Charles expense and so on I still see him being able to and wanting to go out on heists with Felicia one to get more money of course but also mainly just to hang out with her so yeah I think their is ground for Nero to have a great financial situation even when he's with the X men so when he is eventually kicked off the team he's got a vast fortune already to live off which of course he just keeps adding to

In regards to the multitude of powers Nero will develop and a example of a bit of a butterfly effect hope one of the powers he develops is essentially just the Spots teleportation powers just without the spots appearing on him or changing his appearance after all like the grey skin and white hair look on him haha and the butterfly effect is that Johnathon Ohnn doesn't become the spot in this universe

Oh similarly a effect I hope is Beta Ray Bills people aren't wiped out by the fire demons so when Stormbreaker is commissioned its expressly for Nero from Freya and in this when Nero meets the sorcerer supreme it isn't Stephen Strange but Clea who took on the mantle

Another thing I remember when Venom temporary bonds to Peter hope it doesn't mess with Peters emotions at all but Venom is like sorry Peter got to hitch a ride back to Nero or maybe have Venom hitch a ride on Gwen regardless know Vemon is going to be thinking to itself repeatedly get back to Nero

Oh and while you said that in this Venom will only spawn Carnage despite the benefits being bonded to Nero has provided it figured in that arc where Nero goes and sees a bit of the future we could see that Venom did end up spawning the likes of Sleeper, Riot, Lasher etc etc those symbiotes are just scattered among his children

Speaking of the Spiders when they get their powers hope theirs two Spiders that day one that bites just Peter and one that hops between Nero, Gwen and Cindy and bites them and since Nero will be able to create his own All Black Necro sword with the Ebony Blade and Venom Will who ever gets Carnage be able to make her own version of the All Blood sword on and with Carnage while not insanely sadistic like the 616 carnage or how all Carnage's tend to be hope it's still noted as being the most wild of Venoms spawn yet still deeply loyal and obedient to Nero and it's partner

Now back to mutant related matters as you know one of the big things the X men and Mutants have to deal with is machines namely the Sentinel program that eventually leads to Nimrod well got a suggestion for that since Nero with be making friends with Ultron and thus having Ultron be on the good guys side and all that what we could get is when Nero and the X men find Nimrod being built before it's complete Ultron uploads himself to Nimrods body so picture Ultrons face on Nimrods body and he takes over the Sentinels turning the big threat to mutant kind into a asset for it

Oh just released to with Ultron being good in this and going around with Nero as his personal AI in this there's no reason for Ultron to build Vision

If the mutant nation of Krakoa is founded in this which I really hope it is because I love the whole concept when Orchis is founded in response could be fun to have Nero fly up and shove their space station into the sun or something

I mean I just picture Nero founding the mutant nation by having all the mutants portal to Krakoa and they see him sitting on a wooden throne smoking weed and being like welcome to my kingdom with the Hex looming over everyone yeah I can picture him as the King of Krakoa with the Quiet council not being the ruling body but his advisors that handle the day to day ruling

Do picture his council looking a tad different for example could see Sebastian Shaw being replaced by Selene

You also mentioned in the future Nero is worshipped as a God to build on this could definitely see Exodus taking Nero as his god and the mutants of Arakko and just mutant kind in general could easily perceive him as a deity which technically he already is what with the Norse god aspect of him

Been thinking to when Mystique shows up hope she's a friend to Nero from the get go thanks to Destiny after all with her future sight she surly would have seen what Nero would do so can picture her telling her wife that helping Nero helps mutant kind and will see her return to life at some point

Now while Nero is going to get on with most heroes some who I see him clashing with in a similar vain to Scott are Hank Pym and Namor

When it comes to the big hero groups while a full on X man and Avenger do hope the Fantastic Four dub Nero a honorary member of the FF

Think a idea to consider should be one or two time skips where events and battles and meeting with characters still happen it's just we don't see them happen and they get referenced as past events like after a time skip we could see Nero has acquired some of the gear you want to give him like the Ebony Blade and Venom and events like Gwen becoming Ghost Spider can have occurred to and things like Nero settling into the X men can have occurred to.

I was actually considering that. It does, but he doesn't really have much of a interest in it. (Though, he does take one.)

Yeah...

Unfortunately, Nero is only able to get one of them. (The reason is a spoiler.)

That's basically what is going to happen.

Nero only considers a selected few as his parents. (The Beyonder is only considered because he's pratically his real father.)

He will only go on heists after he leaves the X-MEN, because that's when he will get in contact with Felicia again.

Something like that. Nero actually has sickly pale skin.

Oh, don't worry about that. Well...

That's more or less, what is going to happen. (It won't stay with Peter long enough to mess with him.)

I'll think about that.

Carnage will treat his host, the same way that Venon treats Nero.

That's an interesting idea.

Yeah...

Hah!

Sounds exactly what Nero would do.

Not a single doubt about that.

Not exactly, but close enough.

Mystique kind of acts like Nero's guardian (Not in the sense of a bodyguard) in a very twisted way. (Kind of adding to how Kurt is one of his best friends.)

His relationship with the two in a nutshell:

Hank Pym:

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Hank: Now, since you're too much of a fool to actually understand something so simple, I'm gonn- (Turns around.)

Nero: (Shoots him on the shoulder with a Magnum Revolver as soon as he turns around.)

Hank: AAAAHHHHH! (Grabs his shoulder in deep pain as he stumbled backwards.)

Nero: (Twirls the revolver as he watched him scream in pain.) The only reason that wasn't a headshot, is because I need your ass alive. (Places the gun on the holster in his hip and approached him.) Now, (Grabbed him by his coat and pushed him to the wall.) Tell me what really happened before I change my mind about the "Needing you alive" part.

Hank: AHH! YOU STUPID FUCKING KID! I'M GONN- (Nero punched the spot where he shot him.) AAAAAAAHHHHH!

Nero: That was a light punch, you big baby. (Proceeded to punch it again.)

Hank: AAAAHHHHH!

Nero: That was a medium punch... (Prepares to punch him again.) Wanna see the hard one?

Hank: ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT! I'LL TELL YOU!

Nero: (Punches the gun wound anyway with a very hard punch.)

Hank: AAAAAAAHHHHH!

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Namor McKenzie:

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Namor: But if you really want to avoid bloodshed, you will-

Nero: (Pulls out his dick and proceeds to piss on the water.)

Namor: (Looks at him with a stare of pure fury as Nero urinates on the water that he was currently standing on.)

T'Challa: (Touches his face in deep frustration.)

Shuri: (Covers her mouth to not laugh at what he was doing.)

Queen Ramonda: (Actually laughs at what he just did.)

Everyone Else: (Watched in deep shock as they couldn't believe that he actually did that.)

Nero: (Puts his dick back into his black swimming trunks.) You were saying?

Namor: I will exterminate each and every one of yo- (He attempted to speak while he was fuming in fury, but Nero interrupted him before he could finish.)

Nero: That's all I wanted to hear. (Steals one of the Dora Milaje's spears and launches at Namor.)

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The Fantastic Four consider Nero consider him as a member of the family.

Another reader suggested the same thing.

I had that idea, but it would cut a lot of content if I did.

Genial Capitulo Bro

THX

Thanks to Thor Ragnarok I can easily picture Mark Ruffalo playing awkwardly funny the uncle Bob lie.
Speaking of that movie. How's Nero relationship with Hela? Is he in good terms with some of the hot villainess like Mystique or Enchantress?

That's exactly my thought.

It's going to be the same as his relationship with Loki.

Mystique and Nero are close, she kind of acts like his guardian in a very twisted way.

The same as his relationship with Odin, unfortunately.

How is the relationship between Nero and Reed? Is it as bad as his and Scott's?

Reed actually loves Nero, having a weird student and teacher relationship with him.

Haha glad Nero and Banner won their game of hide and seek with the Military

Of course glad to Nero got Bruce out of the city and thus out of his hair to haha

Suppose from now on when Nero sees on the news sightings of the Hulk he can be like ah so that's where Banners been neat haha

Another highlight of course being Nero getting Lightning powers

Needlessly dramatic basketball scene at the end was a tad much haha

Great preview with Jean and Madelyn only downside presence of the shit head trio when we get to that point in the story I'd have it so instead of them all being the in the same room the shit heads are in a different room in the cabin still asleep mind you so say the three idiots are in the living room of the cabin while Nero and his two sexy redheads are up in the bedroom of the cabin

Because I would question why they'd all be in the same room sure they can all tolerate being in a cabin waiting for a pickup but I don't think the group would all stay together in the same room the two groups would claim a part of the cabin and just stay out of the others way hence why I'm suggesting having Quicksilver, Toad and Avalanche in a different room to the X men present because well it just makes more sense as Nero seems to only be barely tolerating sharing the cabin with them so why would he stay in the same room as them when they are sleeping

So in summary adjust the scene so the three brotherhood mutants are in a different room and also have it mentioned Jean and Madelyn poked at their minds a bit so they will all remain asleep till a certain time of day meaning Nero, Jean and Maddy can be as loud as they want in their room then in the morning wake the three idiots up when they want to a that just all makes much more sense to me

Hm flipped a coin so let's go with Sue would ask if Ororo could be thrown in to for double the Storm but I'd be happy with one of course haha really just what ever makes things easiest for you at the end of the day

Looking forward to when we get Nero and Ghost Spider Gwen with him admiring her ass and well the rest of her to haha picture him being the type that will enjoy casually cupping her ass to can see many of their outings ending in fucking be it on a rooftop or at Nero's place

Oh yeah know you said Gwen and Felicia will have a antagonistic relationship but can I suggest while Gwen might find herself annoyed with Felicia's antics it's not true hostility or anything and if anything I'd have Felicia just enjoying winding Gwen up a bit by flirting with her a lot and being nearly as affection with her as she is with Nero

Glad you liked the name Hugo for Nero and Elektra's kid

For his financial situation fair enough on him only getting loaded till after he leaves the X men just keep in mind it would be pretty easy for Nero to get rich and as for his drink taste glad he at least like Mead haha

Considering this is the Beyonder that gathered all the DNA for Nero even if the Supreme Intelligence is a AI I'm sure papa Beyonder could get kree DNA from it besides Nero already has some mechanical dna in him so what's dna from a AI going to be to him haha

By pure luck.

That will add to their partnership later.

Pretty much.

Nero's powers have rules and circustances (courtesy of his father) that he needs to learn to use them properly.

It was based on the Basketball Diaries .

The cabin didn't really had room, just a single wide area where everything was. (Do you genuinely think Nero would be in the same room as them otherwise? He hates the three.)

In the end of the chapter.

Basically.

More or less

It suits it more.

Yup...

Yeah, I really want the Supreme Intelligence to be one of Nero's "dad"s.

Thanks for the chapter hope you don't abandon this fanfic and finish it. It's a really good story and I want to see its conclusion.

You and me both.

Why do Cyclops and Nero disliked each other so much? And can they ever make amends?

Both dislike each other for personal reasons.

Scott:

Nero constantly disregards his orders and taunts him whenever he can. Usually ignores the plans that Scott made and improvises in the heat of the moment instead. Is constantly breaking rules and disobeying Professor X. He's the one that got the team's respect and they often take Nero's side over his. He is hopelessly in love with Jean and hates the fact that she prefers Nero despite Nero seeing a bunch of other girls. He also doesn't respect Nero's more neutral opinion about the whole conflict of ideologies in regards to mutants.

Nero:

He detests Scott's control freak nature. Hates the fact that Scott zealously sticks to his plans even when the circumstances could put the others at risk. His aloof and no-nonsense personality constantly crashes with Nero's sarcastic and carefree nature. Nero is constantly looking out for the other's emotional states outside of missions and he views Scott's tendency of bottling up his emotions and refusing to confront his issues as a terrible example for the others. His pining for Jean really pisses him off, mostly because it actually bothers Jean.

The two will eventually qualify as frenemies, but nothing beyond that.

Preview for Mr Guest.

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Nero continued to fire at the wall with his S&W Sigma. It took less than a minute for someone to actually come to his room to see what was going on.

"What that hell are you doing!?" It was Sue.

"Shooting at the wall." Nero replied sarcastically as he continued to shoot at the wall.

Unfortunately, Ben was the one that entered the room next, and the Thing wasted no time in approaching the Gray Avenger. "Give me that!" He angrily yelled at him as he forcibly pulled the gun off his hand and crushed it completely.

"Oh come on..." Nero whined. "That was expensive."

Ben was about to yell at him, but Sue simply entered the room and touched Ben's shoulder. "I'll handle this, go back to sleep."

Ben grunted but did what Sue said. Leaving both them by themselves as he stepped out of the room.

"Nero, what's wrong?" Sue asked him as he just leaned back on the chair.

The boy wearing a white robe could only sigh in response to that. "Every instinct that I had told me to not let Johnny come too, but I ignored them and now he's in critical condition." He just can't forget the sight of him bleeding out on the floor. "And now, Richard-"

"Stop." Before he could continue, Sue stopped him. "Richard brought it on himself, that had nothing to do with you." He knew that she was right, but there was a part of him that couldn't shake off the guilt.

"Yes, but I indulge in his obsession and that's on me." Sue couldn't deny it.

"That is true, but Richard would have done it independently of your presence there or not ." Sue pointed out while folding her arms.

"The problem is, I could have stopped him and I should have stopped him." That was the thing that genuinely bothered him in that situation. "But I just stood there and let him cause an unbelievable amount of damage because I couldn't bring myself to say no to him."

Sue sighed and got to her knees leaning on his lap. "That's Richard to you, whether you like it or not, he always manages to convince you that something is going to work just as he expects it to." The beautiful blond was speaking of experience. "And you get extra frustrated when it ends up backfiring."

"For yourself or for him?" Nero had to ask.

"Both, but mostly for him because we indulge him." Sue was clearly just as annoyed with what happened as Nero, she's just reacting better than him. "Listen," The beautiful blond touched his face. "This isn't the first or last time that something like this will happen, so please don't feel like any of it was your fault."

"It's just..." Nero made a sad face. "I feel like I let him down."

Sue sighed before standing up and putting both of her hands on his cheek and looking at him straight in the eye. "You're the only one that does, so put that thought away."

Nero sighed. "I'll try...'" Not very hard, but he will.

"Good." Sue told me before she adjusted his really messy hair.

But as she did, Nero had an urge to ask her a question. "Can I... kiss you again?"

"No, we agreed that it wouldn't happen again." Sue immediately shut down the request. "Remember?"

"More or less, since I was under the influence when I said that." Nero had actually smoked some weed when he said that.

Sue immediately gave him an apprehensive look after he said that. With Nero responding by simply looking away with a goofy face. Causing Sue to sigh and say. "You're worse than my brother."

"I sure hope so..." Nero joked with a cheeky smile. "Come on, just one more kiss, no strings." He placed his palms together like he was begging. "Please?"

Sue rolled her eyes and stood up. "Only if you promise me that you are going to visit Johnny."

Nero's cheeky smile disappeared and he just moved his head down with a sad face. "I was already planning on doing that..." He admitted. "When I was ready to face him."

He continued to look down, until Sue gently placed her hands on his cheeks and moved his head up to face her. "Do it at your own time, but you need to go see him eventually." That was the only thing that she wanted from him.

"I-" He attempted to respond to her. Only to be interrupted when Sue finally gave him the kiss that he wanted.

Despite being distraught by the thought of Johnny, he gladly accepted the kiss. Sue's was a gentle and almost motherly kiss, if that made any sense. Eventually, she pulled back.

The Gray Avenger, while still sitting down, wrapped his arms around the Invisible Woman's hips. "Nero..." Sue seemed to be trying to deny him, but she couldn't bring herself to say it. Nero slowly unbuttoned the white dress shirt that she was wearing, revealing a nice looking blue full cup bra.

"Just say stop." That was the only thing that would get him to stop. Slowly, he unzipped the black business skirt that she was wearing and gently pulled it down, revealing an even nicer pair of matching blue panties.

Does she always walk around wearing that? Nero was already hard just from the sight of Sue Storm in her underwear. And she clearly noticed.

"Nero..." Sue called him. He pressed a soft kiss on her belly before moving his head up and locking his gray eyes with her blue ones. "We should stop." She told him with a very reluctant face.

"Should?" Nero asked with a weak smile. "There's no "should" here, Sue." He gave her a frown after saying that. "Do you want to stop?" The blond just stared at him without saying a word. "Because if you do, we can stop right now." Nero didn't want to do this unless she was completely sure. "But I really want this because you're very important to me."

Sue just closed her eyes for a second, before she responded. "I-" She was about to respond to him, but before she could.

A very loud explosion was heard by them. "What the!?" Nero immediately stood up from his chair.

Nero and Sue could only look at each other with a worried expression.

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