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House of M: Part I
"On today news, a notorious group of villain have robbed a sentinel factory-"
His ears pick up the sound of the news as he scanned today newspaper, mutant now are the dominating race of the world, homo-sapien being look down upon, heroes today are not what they are anymore
it's ... madness, all around
The first thing he did was search every nook and cranny of the house, the cellar, basement, rooms, sub-basement, everywhere, laura and feral were nowhere to be seen
for a second, fear gripped his heart but he took hold of it, he can't let his emotion rule over his actions, not now
thankfully, his mansion haven't been changed and his gear are still there, so he suit up, putting on a brown hooded trench coat, he carefully navigate his way for times square
it was fortunate too, because not too long after he got out of his house, his security camera pick up s.h.i.e.l.d Z1
Except it's different in color scheme, it had red and white color on it and a huge M symbol on the side
The aircraft didn't even land, just hover outside and absolutely demolish his building with missile
the news coverage was his place hold terrorist
He did not know who was behind the attack ... but he absolutely will find the person responsible and make them regret ever make the decision to level down his building
thankfully, his sub-basement haven't been compromised, his gear would still be there
he try to contact his former subordinate, anyone, Elektra, daken, reine, no one answer his calls
he is alone in this world, again
"Hey pal, are you going to pay for that?" The stall owner, a mutant, ask with a raise brow
He put some cash on the counter and walk away, he need to keep a low profile until he can figure out what the hell is going on
The House of Magnus' Big day, Children of the atom and world leader pay tribute
He turn on over another page ...
House of Magnus Gala this weekend
Peter Parker and richie spend quality time time in central park
Raphael vega and shang chi, the face of organize crime are now in the custody of the police
Janet van dyne, The famous fashion designer, Paris, Milan, New York city
Already read enough, he throw away the newspaper, there's nothing he could gather
Everything change and anyone he knew from personal encounter or heard about, have lived different lifes as if it is the way they are from the start
The Avengers aren't the big time heroes they were before, it's a small group operate in hell kitchen, fantastic four doesn't exist in this world, spider man famous
The Avengers is his only shot, if he could find some member, that would be enough to start making sense of all this
suddenly, his senses blare in his head, almost giving him a headache
he took a deep breath and focus, sitting ducks in time square where it always crowded with people, he extend his sensory range
There, across the street, a woman sitting outside a cafe sipping a small cup of coffee
'A Agent' From the way she carry herself, it's subtle, he give her that, from untrained eyes, she just somebody in new york, enjoying times square finest
except her movement are rigid, precise, the way she sitting, foot dug in to the ground, ready to launch herself at any moment notice, her left hand prop against the table, possibly had a weapon on her person so she can reach for it fast
she is not alone either, of course not, a squad is probably on his ass now
he walk among the crowd, using the people as cover, he reach into one of his pouch, a small, rectangular device, he let it fall to the ground, if thing went south, he have a escape plan
he saw two other figure on the side od the road, a gray sedan, two man, one with blue skin, the other one is a man he very much known
Wolverine ... and he's not friendly
straight ahead, walking toward him, another woman, dress in all black, her brown hair tied into long braid
one thing that stood out for her was the one two piece of white strand
'Rogue'
Perfect, he take off of his right hand glove, he know her, she can absorb his information
if people lives change drastically in one night, then they will have no recollection of past live ... except for him
he is the one that have the knowledge of the past, he know the history, the course of it
as she come closer, his left hand reach for his helmet, just putting his hand on it, just in case
when she in range, he lunged, his hand wrapped around her neck, shocking her, her eyes widened in panic, his finger dug in to her flesh
There's a prick in his system, like a needle stab into his vein, her power is absorbing his chakra, that's fine, he had more where that came from
he immediately put his helmet on, just as a bullet ricochet off where his parietal bone would have a hole in it if he haven't put his helmet on in time
Two figure from the sedan immediately head out, screaming, the woman from the cafe rush toward him from behind, her appearance morph into a blue skinned woman with black, white uniform
'Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Mystique and a sniper' He count his odd, turning rogue around and hold her against his chest, the said mutant gasp in his hold, her eyes widened by the second, tears prick in the corner of her eyes
"LET HER GO BUB" Logan snarled, he pop his claw out, nightcrawler had a sword in hand, mystique with her guns out
'Twenty more second' That's all he need, at least for the information to flow to rogue brain, hopefully, his calculation are right and she only received his memory of this world and not his past world
"Weapon X" while he hold rogue captive, he had to try, he need to see if there's a reaction to it, he slowly pull off rogue gloves while he watch logan expression
sadly, it had no effect on the burly mutant
"The fuck are you spouting about" all he did was growling, baring his fang, even nightcrawler gave no visible reaction to the words
"Doesn't matter, you know soon enough" times up, he let go of rogue and threw her at logan, her hand touch against the man face
that's it, he pressed a button on his pouch, the device he plant earlier exploded, a huge smoke cover the whole area of times square
taking this opportunity, he quickly slip away among the chaos, he took out a cylinder flask from his pouch, a water made from a mix of ingredient, he doused himself to remove his scent
by the time they recover, he is already long gone
Thankfully, his gear haven't been scramble in the scuffle, he had a piece of equipment that able to tampered any cctv around him, any footage of him will be erase from the server
he is a ghost in digital world, no record, no sighting, no comms
'and no friends' It's disconcerting to know he is alone again, this time, he had to go about this by foot
He need a place to settle down first, they probably kept a close eyes on his home in harlem, so the sub-basement is out of the question
he has other hideout but with the things the way they are, he couldn't risk it, if his main base been hit, there's no telling if they know it too
his lucky break was he manage to get away far enough from times square to bronx with no issue, despite the obvious change from human to mutant enforcer, the standard patrol route are still in use and he know how to avoid those
he turn in to another alleyway, making sure it's empty to catch his breath, he lean against the wall
"This is thunder zero-one in the dark, does anyone read me" he had to try, for one more time
" ... "
Nothing, just static, either they gone radio silence or worse, they never met him in this life like logan
he's on his own, again
He had done it, he achieve it, with sacrifice and pain, struggles, hardship, he finally get to where he want, what he dream of
a world where mutant rule the world, where his kind don't have to hide in the shadows
He slowly exhale, taking in the fresh air nature provide, all seems well in the world
"Grandpa?"
A soft, high pitch voice, he turn around, a little boy holding a toy ship in hand
his grandson
"I made this for you"
He couldn't place his finger on it but his heart sank, he don't know why he is feeling this way everytime he interact with his own grandchildren
but nevertheless, he took the ship
"with my mind" The child said with a smile, for a moment, the sunken feeling disappeared ... just for a moment, a thought cross his mind before it vanish to the back of his head
'this is wrong'
"Make it stop, Make it stop, Make it stop"
Ever since that guy touch her, she haven't been herself, it was like seeing another world while being present in the current one
does that make sense? she felt like going crazy, it's like her world being ripped into two
"This war, naruto, it's gonna cost million of lives, a expensive price for victory"
She kept seeing these memories, over and over, as if she being strapped to a chair and being force to watch a horrible life, lived by someone
"It's not a price i'm willing to pay shika, not by choice nor will"
Who are these people, what are these places, what war?
"It's never be enough ... is it, these wounds, scars, bloodshed, it's gonna keep coming and coming"
Please, stop, she doesn't want to watch anymore, it's gruesome, it's torture, why her?
"You never save this world naruto, they gonna keep fighting, wage war and eventually ... they killed themselves"
"Maybe they will ... but that doesn't mean i gonna giving up saving them and they not gonna lie on their belly and watch, look around you sasuke ... they standing up ... against you"
She felt something wet on her face, only then she realized she been sweating, her hand clutching her hair
who is he, why is she seeing all this, why?
"you ... are destined to be here, you have a place in my playbox, to be wonders among miracles"
She saw a world like the current one but ... different, Avengers, X-men, Fantastic four, why would she be among them?
people she call friends and family, it clash against what she know, some of them she call friend are what she call enemy, she saw herself in a green costume with an x on her belt
Is this her, a person she didn't know?
She shudder, there's a incessant voice in the back of her head that nagged her about it
This is her, her life, her personality, her world have been altered
She is anna marrie, a girl from mississippi goes by rogue, she is a x-men
Naruto ... they guy who touch her hand and live, she need to find him, to make sense of all this
... and it seems logan also made the same plan
Her room flashing red, the alarm blared, her adoptive mother, here and in other life, her voice blare through the coms
"We have code red, wolverine is on the loose, i repeat, wolverine is on the loose"
With steel eyes and burning resolve, she put on her uniform, whatever happen to her, past or present, she found who did it and she gonna give them a piece of her mind
"So you ... steer the plane, aimed it at zemo and he die"
"That's the story son, after that, it's pretty much checkmate, i defeat red skull, capture hitler, won the war"
He never thought he would find captain america in bronx, he personally never met the man before, he heard of course, who wouldn't know the leader of the avengers
but seeing him now, all wrinkle up and old told a different story
he didn't even know the man was captain america, until he got spotted while lurking on rooftop ... in the dark
steve didn't even question why he was there, just standing on the road, asking if he need food and bed
"What about you son, you have a story for me?" steve ask while getting more cookies and beer
he can't say no to that
He thought about what he can told steve about himself, to be honest, there's not much he could tell
"well, i was like you, a soldier, leading a division in war" he was a commander to be accurate but steve didn't need to know that "it was ... a tough one"
"well, all war are tough, son" steve merely chuckle, sensing there's more to the story but didn't press on, thankfully
The two of them share beer and tell tales of each battle they fought in, with naruto redacted some part of it
eventually, he settled for the night, staying in the room steve gave him for the night, it's modest, one bed, wooden study table, pictures of the old days
he lay down on his bed, crossing his arm behind his head, he thought about his situation
someone or something with reality-altering power fuck up the universe, it's people, it's history
what's more, it's ... fulfill people desire, he read some history about this world, steve was frozen in ice, wake up in modern world, time passed by in a blur
in a similar situation to him, he was also forced to be in this world, this universe, for whatever it is
however, here, now, captain america was never frozen, marry peggy, hang up his costume in 1951, become the first man to ever walk on moon
Steve got his wish, his deepest desire, store away in his heart of hearts
He sense there's more story to steve but right now, that's more than enough for him to go on
He assume wolverine never went through weapon x before, this time, he probably did the procedure willingly, that's probably gonna be a joke he store in mind, once all of this fixed
One thing bother him though, if everyone got whatever their desire is, why he is being left out
why he is the one that still the same?
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP
He sat up, his alarm blaring, he take a look at his small screen watch, he place sensor just outside steve home
Five beep, five people, he get off the bed and peek outside the window
Across the street, behind the tree, under the shade, pretty good cover but not hidden enough, meaning they not trying that hard
two female, three male, four adult, one kid, he put on his helmet, he use the zoom in feature
Logan, scott summer, emma frost, a guy cover in black and blue hooded cloak and a girl
Their intention unknown, logan probably here to question about the memory he watch via rogue
He don't know if their intention is hostile or not but so far, they been watching
time to face the music
He check his equipment, gadgets, bullets, he still got plenty more to go on, his armor in pristine condition
He went downstairs, steve was already up, drinking a cup coffee while reading a newspaper
"We being watch" when it comes to soldier like captain america, former or not, it's better to come as blunt as a hammer "i don't know if they here for me or you but it's best for you to take cover"
Steve merely raise a brow, not at all appear surprise, as if he already expecting this "are they mutant?"
"most of them" at that, steve shake his head "something wrong?"
"i spoke against magneto not too long ago, it doesn't come off as a surprise if they sent someone to silence me"
"I don't think that's the case" he shake his head "i think they're here for me"
Steve chuckle "well, you do dress up for war, son" he grab his cane, rising up from his chair, he went downstairs, towards the basement "wait, i think i got something for you"
He raise a brow, wondering what it is, he didn't have to wait long, when the old man came back while holding something in his hand ... something that make his eyes widened
Steve Chuckle "i don't use this gal much these days, these old bones can't throw her like i use to" the old man gave him a smile, something glint in his weary eyes "i don't know much about you, son but my guts tell me you about to fight something big, bigger than all of us and my guts never fail me before"
"We too expose out here, there's nothing we could do here"
"Hush" there's not a lot of thing that can faze emma frost, she is the white queen after all, her ability as mind reader rank her next to jean grey and charles xavier
but this thing ... it rattle her core, only decade of experience can keep her face cool and stoic, this whole thing is just plain madness
she felt violated, her whole life, identity, personality, the whole world is violated
captain america is not a exception to wanda magic, cloak already fill her in about the history, he was never frozen, he get to live his life through it all without jumping into twenty first century
but she had to see it with her own eyes, to witness the evidence of magneto machinations
"something coming" logan sniffed the air, his fist clench, ready to sprung into action, the others mimic his actions, muscle flex, powers flare with the exception of layla, who hid behind tyrone
all she did was scan the building, there's ... something but it's indescribable, like watching a footage of cctv but the figure is blurred
"Oh shit" she heard logan curses and focus back on the entrance ... someone coming out, deck in black and orange armor, a captain america shield in his left hand and a handgun in right
"MOVE" logan push scott to the side, tyrone use his cloak around her and layla to teleport to the other side of the street, just as four bullets hit the wall where her chest would be
Scott fire his optic blast, setting set to medium, the guy use the shield to protect himself
Logan took this opportunity to explain, he quickly put his hand on scott" summers, power down, this is a misunderstanding"
Reluctantly, cyclops power down his optic and naruto lower the shield, gun still in hand
logan raise his hand, knowing the situation has veer off as it is "kid, we not here to fight you"
naruto stood still, he need some confirmation "twice a week, we would go somewhere and do something, what is it?"
his answer came quick "you and i go fishing in georgian bay, everytime, i would pick you up and you brought beers"
Naruto sigh, no-one else but him and logan went there, just to get a peace of mind, away from the city
"You know who this is, logan?" scott ask, still wary of him
"yeah, the kid and i go way back" logan nodded as the other approach the trio, sceptical as scott is but if logan vouch for him then this is all a misunderstanding
Emma, in her usual fashion way, try to read his mind, only to get a minor headache
'Psychic Protection' She winced, that helmet, it has protection against mind reader but she never met the kind that gave her headache before
"What's your name?" it was layla who ask that question, still hiding behind tyrone, she squeak when he look at her
"Name deathstroke, the terminator"
"Magento convince or forced his mentally ill daughter to turn the world into his own image, to pull this off, he has betrayed his best friend, charles xavier by drugging or in some way coercing the most powerful mutant psychic on the planet to dig into our minds and give us our heart's desire or something close enough where we wo-"
At this point, he tune out emma voice, mind already running possibility, a mutant, powerful enough to change the world to make everyone wish come true?
he scan the face in the room, iron man, doctor strange, miss marvel, spider-man, shadowcat, she-hulk, matt-murdock, felicia hardy, hawkeye daniel rand, marc spector, agent x and luke cage
weird, he didn't saw jessica among them, her life probably altered too
'Laura, feral' He couldn't help but worry about his girls, his family, daken, reine, elektra, his thunderbolt
' ... Frank' Someone gonna die if the punisher get to be with his family in this world before it get taken away, again
"What i want is for this mutant to get out of my head" he turn his attention back to the group, it was hawkeye who shouted and he did not look happy
oh yeah, he was dead before, no wonder he-
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP
His sensor beep again, all of them turn to look at him, only logan understood what the beeping is
"Uh-oh" SNIKT
The wall next to miss marvel exploded, he grab the shield from his back, the red guard, all guns drawn
except for one, rogue, who caught his gaze and just stare back
"Hands in the air or we will shoot" Jessica drew, formerly known as spider-woman yelled, guns aimed" this is your final warning"
"James, please" Mystique has her eyes set on logan, who just stare back uncomfortably
Cyclops make his move first, shooting his optic blast, the others took that as a signal, fist raise, claws pop, muscle tense
Jessica dodge the red beam, she pick him as her opponent, firing her gun at him, he raise his shield, rushing toward her, he bash his shield
she use his shield as a stepping stone, did a backflip in the air and shooting at him
too bad he has his armor and the shield
not worrying too much about bullets, he threw the shield, steve show him the ropes before, a three minutes lesson about how to use it
didn't mean he master it
the shield went past jessica and bounce off a wall, hitting toad in the back of his head, the little guy was aiming at luke too, so at least he didn't hit one of his team
the shield bounce off couple of walls before it make it's way back to him, in that short time, she try to take him down hand-to-hand, he counter, dodge and retaliate with the same force
once the shield is within the distance, he kick the woman shin, making her bend a knee with a grunt, he grab the shield mid-air and slap the side of her face with it
jessica fall down with a bruise cheek, it took her a seconds to recover, did a backflip to get some distance from him
He raise his shield up, ready for another bout, until layla power burst into action
everyone who was new to her power stumble, falling on the ground, shock, fear, anxiousness on their face
"oh my god"
"Kurt, where is pietro?"
"I don't even know where i am, liebchen"
"NO"
A streak of horrified cries, the red guard eyes finally open to the truth
save for one, rogue, who merely sigh when she get her memory back, she gaze at him with understanding
"yeah, it's something, ain't it?"
That came from spider-man but unlike usual, it didn't come off as a joke rather than a sarcastic remark, something that very rare coming from friendly neighborhood spider-man
it's something they all can relate to
With emma and jessica help, all of us board the shield helicarrier, emma keeping everyone invisible at the moment
they all set course for genosha, all of them want a piece of magneto, some pace around, other just sat and think about their lives, the new one they live in
he just stood a bit away from everybody, beside logan, he didn't really know anyone here, so he just observe
Rogue, scott and emma talk among themselves, luke assuring spider-man about something, the air is thick with tension, until scott decide to break the ice by grabbing everyone attention
"i want to talk to you all for a second, i've ... uh "the man clear his throat, putting his right foot on a table "I've been team leader of the x-men since i was a teenager and in that entire tim, i've always prided myself on my tactical restrain, taking a moral high ground where violence is concerned ...but today"
He take a look at each of them, x-men, avengers "there's no other way to say it, if we fail here, if we lose ... we lose everything, every thing we have ever believed in ... every fight we've ever fought, every battle ... it's all be for nothing"
He make sure to get his point cross, time to take the gloves off, whether he like it or not "so i'm saying ... that whatever restrain or personal boundaries you usually put on yourself in the name of good or right ... well, i think there's no place for any of that here ... in the fight we have in front of us, we can't lose this, we have to win"
It's a bitter pill to swallow, especially for the hero that have a strict no killing code, he really wanna hope it won't come to that but now, after what he seen and been through, including everyone, scott believe those rule is loosened up a bit
"and to do that ... you, all of you, are going to have to fight without any restraint ... does anyone disagree?"
So far, no one raise their hand, wolverine close his eyes "so what's the plan, sparky?"
Scott nodded, leave it to logan to back him up "three teams-"
"but wait, wait"
Everyone turn to spider-man "i'm sorry, i want to know, are we going to try to put the world back?" he pause, hesitating slightly "can we put the world back or-or is it too late?"
Emma was quick to answer him, her face set into cold and cool "we'll know when we get there"
"what if we try and we don't, do we just to have live here? in this? like this?" carol said next, bringing up scenario that is damaging for everyone "being the only ones to know the truth or do we tell people?"
"We'll know when we get there" not really reassuring for the second time
from there, everyone question everything, their fear palpable, he couldn't really blame them, he try to imagine if his whole life change back home
The villager never hated his guts, his parent alive and well, the uchiha never get massacred so that prick, sasuke, would never betray konoha.
it's a tempting thought, one that eat at his most desire
but in the end, he know he wouldn't change anything, he spill blood, felt pain, shed tears to get to where he is now, he wouldn't change all that just to live a different life, stranger to himself
and apparently, Jessica is tempted by it
"And who's being hurt exactly?" everyone look at her in surprise "weren't we happier here, i was, wasn't everybody? they gave us what we always wanted and isn't there an argument that we deserved. to get this? to be happy for once?"
logan already put his mind to it, whatever magneto is offering, he ain't gonna take it "one day, jess, you ... you're going to be real embarrassed you said that outloud"
Jessica continue on, feeling this is something that worth considering "stop, just listen, my point is when something of this magnitude happens ... you have to step back for a second and say; maybe this was time for this to happen, who are we to decide how the world's supposed to be, when the meteors hit the earth and destroy a species, it's natural selection right?"
She could see some of them are considering her words, even more so on spider-man as he look like he is fighting against himself, so she argue "like kitty said: a meteor just hit the earth, maybe this is how mutant become the next dominant species"
"That's two things you're going to be embarrassed you said out loud" logan was quick to tally up the score
"Translation; you don't know if i'm right or wrong and it scares the crap out of you ... and it should" jessica fire back
Everyone look at each other, reflecting on it, do they all really live a good life here?
naruto sigh, stepping up, he grab everyone attention "do you really wanna live in this world" he directed that question at jessica, who stare back at him "i mean, sure, it's a perfect life, we all have what we really want, a family, a purpose, a chance to redo our mistakes"
everyone listen to his every word ... good "but in the end, it's just that, a lie, granted, the most beautiful lie that comfort your conscious and soul" he pick his word carefully "but i'm sure each and every one of you have been through hardship, sacrifice, pain and suffering, every moment of these build up to what you are now, what you know about yourself, about the world"
"these scars we have make us who we are, do you really want to live in a world, crafted against what you been through?" jessica squirm a bit under his stare but he press on "i rather live in a world where i stay true to myself, know my own pain and misery, cherish my happy moment, what about you, all of you?"
Having said his piece, he step back and let everyone thinks what best for themselves, though judging from bitter acceptance from some of them, scott took this opportunity to plan this out
"Everyone done? okay, three teams-"
After scott done briefing about what the plans are, he didn't waste time lingering around, he's not really among friends there
so he roam around the helicarrier, until he found a spot, a small balcony hanging from the sides of the airship
"perfect" he mutter, leaning on the rail, he pull out a cigar from one of his pouches, he blame shikamaru for introducing him to cigarettes, it was his own interest he chose cigar
As he relax slightly, blowing out smoke from his lips, his mind think about the whole situation, now that he can confirm reality power alteration is involved, why was he being excluded from all of this?
he has his own desire, why he is the only one who wasn't change, it wasn't like he want it to change but so far, what he can gather, everyone involve have their lives change without their own will, so why he is the one haven't?
right out the bat, when he woke up, his place got level down, is it because this wanda, is it because she knew she couldn't change him and decide to silence him?
"Hey"
He turn around and was surprised to find rogue, standing by the sliding door, her lips pursed
She then stand beside him, looking over the earth below "Quite a view ya got he-yah"
He tilt his head, he didn't really know why she find him here but he decide to humor her nonetheless "Comes with the helicarrier"
She snorted, chuckling quietly, she shake her head a little, staring at him from the corner of her eyes
it was silent for a moment, he wait patiently for her to say something, knowing there's something on her mind
"ya ... not really from he-yah?" rogue ask softly, there's a slight hesitation to her questions
He hummed, he doesn't really know how to answer that right away, only a handful of people know his true origin
"No" she have seen his memory, he doesn't know what she saw but if she asking him that, it's safe to assume she know about konoha "it's a series of unfortunate event that lead me here"
"ya could say that" rogue shake her head, recalling the vivid memory she get "but all 'n all, aah'm glad ya he-yah, away from... well, ya're world"
He raise a brow, that's ... new, usually, if someone knew about his situation, they would say they hope he be able to come home or the likes
seeing his curiousity, she shake her head "Aah'm not sayin' this world is rainbow 'n sunshine, sugah, but at least ya could breathe a little easier... ya know, away from the war 'n all"
She them stare at him, looking serious all of the sudden "aah had mah fair share of grievance 'n misery 'n all but what ya bin' through?" she brought her gloved hand closer, touching his knuckles "is no way fo-wah a twelve year boy to live up his life"
okay ... she seen more than just a glimpse of his life, he really miscalculated there
"thanks?" he really couldn't thought of anything else to say to that
and by the small smile on rogue lips, it's looks like he didn't say anything more
She just leaned forward and kiss him on the, her lips lingering a bit "no problem, sugah"
She walk back inside, thank god for his skill to keep a stoic front because he don't know where the hell that come from
Leaning back against the railing, cigar forgotten on the floor, he bent down to pick it up, putting it between his lips
"what a day"
"LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, IF I MAY HAVE YOUR ATTENTION"
By the time they arrive in genosha, it's already night, it's perfect for cover
His binocular scan the crowd ahead, not a lot of familiar faces, save for the one that's really matter
"Why three teams scott?" he heard the others discuss back there while he lay out the map
"KING T'CHALLA OF THE AFRICAN COMMONWEALTH OF WAKANDA"
"The primary goal is to find Charles xavier and for emma to get layla, here and her powers in front of him" Scott debrief again "we have to wake xavier up, cloak, it's up to you to transport them anywhere emma tells you to"
"of course"
"KING OF LATVERIA, VICTOR VON DOOM"
got a lot of big players around here and somehow doom back
"Emma, do you need anyone else, do you need a team?"
"no, you need your men"
"Layla, you okay?"
"yeah, sure, no pressure" well, even a blind man could tell she is nervous but at least she keep it together
He turn around when he felt a hand on his shoulder, rogue tilted her head, it's time for work
nodding, he join wolverine with the others, so far, everyone got their assignment, emma, layla and cloak will be finding charles, dr strange will look for wanda, as for the rest of them?
Raise hell
"GATHERED ROYALS AND HONORED GUEST"
Magneto sat on his throne behind a curtain, his family, pietro, wanda, lorna, his grandchildren, all stood close to him, save for one of his grandchild sitting on his lap
"THE HOUSE OF MAGNUS"
the curtain slide open, revealing himself to his kingdom, millions of people cheer, his soldier kneel, he took in the sight before him
a celebration he attend every year ever since he save his kind from their oppressor, he lean back against his throne, content
that is until he felt a disturbance, his power sensing something ... gigantic heading his way
he lean foward in his chair, he focus in, as a master of magnetism, whenever he sense something in his radar, it means it's metal and he can pinpoint it
lorna notice his distress, stepping closer to lay a hand on his shoulder "father?"
He narrow his eyes, it's getting closer and closer until ... he raise his head ...
a sentinel is flying towards him
He raise his hand up, stopping the sentinal dead in its track, keeping it a few feet in the air from him and his family, the parts on its face being dismantle by his power
lorna follow suit, floating above ground and helping her father keeping the sentinel stationary
What they didn't even expect is for the back of the sentinel head to open up and with it, a group of superhuman to jump out
"MAGNETO"
To be honest, he didn't expect scott to use a sentinel as a trojan horse but it sure as hell work
jumping out of it, shield in hand and his sword in the other, rogue follow close from behind
Their group was met by magento army, a mutant army, he make a quick work, bashing his shield, swinging his sword to end some poor s.o.b that get in his way
Rogue cover his back, flying in to kick a guard on the face, breaking some bones, she definitely not holding back
"MAGNETO" he heard scott scream and the familiar sound of his beam, the sentinal that was in the air fall down on its face, magneto probably lose focus and had to dodge
he hack, kill, throw his shield around, bouncing from one head to another before returning to his hand, he is getting used to it now
"Ya know what, sugah, it's a real treat watchin' ya work" rogue said while caved in some guard skull with her fist
"You not so bad either" he said, fighting with her side to side, he throw his shield, it break one of the guards neck, he grab the shield when it's return back "we can train together after this"
Rogue chuckle, despite the state of they in, she at least find some sense of camaraderie with him "sounds lak a date, sugah"
She then saw storm and namor huddle together, behind a group of soldier "gotta hustle, see ya own the flip side"
She flew at namor, busting through wall of flesh and bones, she grab the prince of Atlantis and dragged him through the ground
He smile in amusement, what a woman, focusing on the task at hand, he rejoin the others as more soldier pushing through
he only know some of them, he make sure to not maim those who were heroes in the previous world, he don't know if the changes are permanent or not
"How you holding up, kid" Logan ask, stabbing a few mutant guards here and there
"Pretty good" He followed suit, chopping some heads "why?"
"Because you gonna need to keep it cool" Logan snarl when a energy blast burn the right side of his face
He turn to aim his gun at whoever is shooting ... only to see his own face staring back at him with a cold look from on top of the palace
'I didn't make a clone' it's ... undeniably him, wearing the same armor royal guards wore, despite the outfit change, his clone is the carbon coby of him, from head down to toe, he can see the scars he have on his copy neck
Then he saw someone standing beside his clone that make his blood cold
SNIKT
"Laura" He whisper, standing in front of him is her, donned in magneto royal soldier armor, a cold look on her face
why he is the only one who wasn't change?
"Laura" He whisper, standing in front of him is her, donned in magneto royal soldier armor, a cold look on her face
but it doesn't have what it's original have, home, his experience as a shinobi, they way he really moves
"Surrender or we will shoot" His copy shouted out, aiming a energy rifle at him, laura, her claws out, snarling at them
"I don't know whay wanda would clone you" Logan grunted, his face already healing "but you wouldn't mind if i stab other you, would you"
"No" he is pissed, no one clone him except himself "by all means"
Logan nodded "i took care of them, join the others"
with that, logan sprinted towards them, laura jump down to meet her 'father', whether she know it or not
he huffed, this thing is starting to tick him off more by the second
In his anger, he fail to see a punch to his helmeted face
"OOF" he grunt as he's getting knock down, thankfully, the armor absorb much of the damage
he look around, pretty much everyone is struck by invincible punch, everyone on his team have a bruise on their face
"THIS ENDS"
emerging from dust and rubbles, magneto hover in the air, with a wave of his hand, everyone was shackled by metal beams, including pietro who was caught while running
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN MY NAME, BOY" his rage indisputable, any object that has metal in it swirl around him
"YOU WERE GOING TO LET THEM KILL HER!" pietro roar, tears streaking down his face in despair and anger
"YOU USED HER AND YOU USED ME" Magneto gritted his teeth, he raise his hand, ripping off parts from sentinel body "I WOULD NEVER HAVE ALLOWED THIS, YOU'VE DESTROY EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE"
In rage, he threw each part one by one, the first one hit his son on the face and crack his neck backward "AND YOU USED MY NAME TO DO IT, WHAT RIGHT?"
The heroes watch in realization, all this time, it wasn't magneto, it was pietro
Magneto didn't stop, he bury his son with more parts, consume by fury "WHAT RIGHT?!"
he lift up a huge slab of metal, he hurled it at downed pietro, intent on crushing his body all together ...
NOOOOOO
... That is until a scream vibrate through the air, a unseen power rip the metal in two
Wanda, the scarlet witch, the one with the power to change reality have arrived on the battlefield
with a just a hand, a red energy constrict around magneto, his power cut off, releasing the hero including him
"w-wanda" magneto struggle against her power "you shall-"
his words were cut off because his mouth ... just gone
'What the fuck?' naruto have seen a lot of things but ... that is something new and it's disturbing
He watch as wanda descend to her brother corpse, a red energy cloaking around pietro body before dissipating and the speedster open his eyes
he blink once, his memory coming back fast, once he remember he just come back to life, he merely sat up and hug her
the others approach her from behind warily, uncertain on what to do now, she is fragile, unhinged, one wrong move and she could do them a lot worse than a missing mouth
He- He only wanted you to be happy" she whisper, holding her brother close "look what you've done to us, daddy ... pietro was right, you- you ruined us before we even had a chance, why would you treat your own children this way? why?"
Magneto listen to his daughter breakdown, suspended in the air by her power
"Because you actually think you're better than anyone else, the arrogance of you, you think because we're mutants, we're better than them, that we deserve to rule"
Wanda spat out those words with poison, "that's what you wanted and i gave it to you, but look ... look at what it becomes" She raise her head, glaring at her father "even when you get what you want, you're still this horrible man, we're not the next step, we're not gods, we're freaks, look at us daddy, WE FREAKS, MUTANTS"
"You chose this over us and ruined us" She took a deep breath, there's resolve in her eyes that set many alarms among the heroes " ... daddy"
"Oh no" Emma already got the idea of what's happening next, she put all of her focus to breach wanda mind, to put a stop
but alast, all she met is a brick, solid wall
doctor strange prepare a spell, wolverine, storm, spider-man, cylcops, naruto, the one who is close to her sprung forward
but it was in vain
"No More Mutants"
The next thing naruto saw, was a explosion of light
... and then nothing
Sorry for unprecedented hiatus, life haven't been doing great for me, if there's typos or errors in this chapter, that's because i write it from time to time and may have forgotten certain parts i put but currently, i just want to put this out of the over for too long in it
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