Power to Protect, Power to Destroy

Next chapter of my crossover story, enjoy.

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Boris Yeltsin: Thanks and yeah, he certainly does. Well, it's more to do with gut feeling, especially as didn't seem to like Will for no apparent reason (do recall that before it was confirmed, Will was still always suspected in that regard).
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Now onto the story.

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Chapter 11

Taking a deep breath, Will let a small smile spread across his face as he swung through one of the city streets, taking a sharp turn with expert precision.

'Compared to my flailing around when I first got my powers, I'm glad I've got this down to an art.' He thought to himself. 'Especially as it now helps me really enjoy the city like this.'

He had to admit he truly enjoyed swinging through the city, when he wasn't frantically trying to get to a crime scene or an incident like that, it was truly a relaxing way to enjoy the sights and check out the city, especially at a time like this. The sun was almost set and the city was starting to come alive with its night life.

Will pulled off a flip and landed on top of a flagpole, squatting on top to observe these developments below.

'Ah, good old New York.' He reflected happily. 'It truly is the city that never sleeps.'

He looked around and then paused as he spotted something odd, or at least, odd for New York.

Will shook his head. 'Call me crazy but...while it's typical for there to be trash on rooftops, surely it's not meant to float. That, can only mean one thing.'

It brought another smile to his face and so he swung over quickly to reach that rooftop.

Landing on the rooftop he walked over and observed the trash with a wry smile, noting that it meant only one thing, an old friend was nearby.

"Alright, you go my attention El, where are you?" He called out.

"Right here. Glad to see I managed to get your attention then."

He turned to see a smiling girl his age approaching him, lowering her arm which caused the floating objects to fall to the ground. The girl was shorter than him, fair skinned and slender with brown hair down to just below her shoulders, brown eyes and was dressed up in a uniform, said uniform was a full bodysuit, black in colour with a large yellow X across the torso, there was also a red belt with a similar X as the buckle, the uniform of the group that the girl, Jane Ives, was part of.

"So, El, to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" He quipped. "I thought you and the rest of the X-Men would be busy doing what you guys do."

"Funnily enough we were, about a week ago." She replied.

Her name was Jane but as part of the X-Men she was referred to as Eleven or El as an affectionate nickname. It apparently came from her past where she and another girl, referred to as Eight, were being experimented on by some crazy scientist, they were given numbers and treated as nothing more than test subjects. Then they escaped and were found by the X-Men and brought in by them, given time to recover and now they had developed their powers and become part of the group, using the numbers given to them by their former captor as their code names as a metaphorical middle finger to the man who had tried to use that to dehumanise them.

Moving to a quieter part of the rooftop, out of sight they both sat down, Will pulling off his mask, El was one of only a tiny handful of people, all other superheroes, who knew his true identity.

"A week ago, huh?"

El nodded. "Yeah, we had to put a stop to the Brotherhood again, after that the Professor gave us a week vacation, Kali and I decided to come here for our vacation, especially as I was hoping to run into you."

"Always good to catch up with old friends." Will agreed. "It's been pretty hectic around here though I'll admit. Shocker robbing a bank, some thugs getting out of hand, actually had to save Mike from some at one point."

El nodded slowly, taking this in. "Wow, you have been busy...makes me feel bad for what I've got to tell you."

That made Will pause, uneasy, worried now, seeing El's serious expression.

"After we first arrived in the city, Kali and I were just taking in the sights. We kept our suits on hand in case we needed it, hence why I'm wearing mine now." She explained.

Will looked around at that. "And Kali?"

El managed a small smile. "She got a craving for those roasted nuts they sell in Central Park, that's where she went when I came up here."

Will couldn't help it, he laughed at that, as did El.

But soon she was serious again. "Anyway, we noticed a couple of people who seemed to have arrived in the city quite recently too. They're laying low right now but...who knows when they'll act."

"Oh?"

"Old friends." El explained. "Sandman and Rhino."

Will nodded slowly. "Huh, interesting...what do William and Aleksei want now? Were they together?"

"No, it was two separate incidents, we saw Rhino first, he was laying low as much as he could with that suit of his. Then we saw Sandman later, he only recognized him because he was wearing that stupid striped T-shirt he has." El explained.

"You'd think he'd get wise to that being so noticeable." Will remarked. "Well, thanks for the heads up. I'll keep an eye out for them."

El stood up and nodded. "Right, well, if you need help just remember, Kali and I are in the city and we'll help you."

"Thanks." Will replied.

With that Will pulled his mask on and they went their separate ways, with Will once more swinging through the city, now at night with all its lights and glamour.

Will couldn't help but feel some relief as his patrol finally finished, there was no trouble for once, at least not anything that would require his intervention. That was until he turned and noticed something, there was a disturbance coming from the only lighted area of the ESU.

'That's...Dr. Connors office. Why would-?' He wondered worriedly. 'Wait, Mike said he was meeting Dr. Connors this evening...oh, I've got a really, really bad feeling about this.'

He immediately changed direction mid-swing and went straight for the ESU, towards that lit up area, towards the broken window that gave him an access point, while worrying about what had broken that window like that.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.