Chapter 2: SYSTEMATICS
KarKoa, the living island, the home for mutants, is located in the Pacific Ocean. In the northwest section, located in the groove, stands four curved tables separated to look like an X from above. This is the Quite Council. Each table is designated by the four seasons, representing the positions and structure of the council.
AUTUMN: represents the three greatest heads of the mutant society and consists of; Professor X, Magneto and Apocalypse.
WINTER: represents the more zealous, radical and morally ambiguous elements of the mutant society and consists of; Exodus, Mystique and Mister Sinister.
SPRING: represents Karkoa's economic interests through the Hellfire Trading Company and consists of; Black King (Sebastian Shaw), White Queen (Emma Frost) and Red Queen (Kate Pryde)
SUMMER: contrary to the Winter, represents the more, empathetic, level-headed and just members of mutantkind and consists of; Colossus, Nightcrawler and Storm
Adjunct to the council consists of; Karkoa and Cypher
KARKOA:
Transit:
In the central part of Karkoa, the hub for KarKoa's gateways, Transit. Run by Two brilliant minds;
"Hey, do you think something is going on" a young man with blonde hair and blue eyes suddenly spoke while patting a huge tree trunk. The young man wore a back and yellow Jacket on full body Black and yellow X-men suit.
The tree trunk was abnormally huge and it had multiple eyes on it that stared at the young man, it wasn't just any tree, it was KarKoa, the Island.
He Growled to the man's question.
The man, understanding the response, narrowed his eye brow
"What do you-" before he could ask, a woman's voice interrupted him
"Cypher, come see this" A woman in a long green coat, stood on a plateau called out to him.
The young man, Cypher, made his way towards her.
"What's the issue Sage"
"There a huge amount of energy signature being detected but the system can't gauge the level" she said while adjusting her glasses.
"Have you tried the Cerebro protocols"
"If I didn't, I won't be calling you" her voice cold
"Can you locate it"
"New York" she displayed a holographic map showing New York and the location
"Then lets-" suddenly the entire island begam to rumble, "KarKoa, what's going-" Cypher attempted to calm the island but was interrupted.
/WARNING/
/WARNING/
/MUTANT CRISIS DETECTED/
"Sage, what's going on"
"I'm checking" she began typing at a fast pace to determine the danger. "Oh no"
"What's going on" Cypher rushed to her side and looked at the screen, that moment his color went pale, "Impossible, it shouldn't be here"
"Omega Prime Sentinel"
/OMEGA PRIME SENTINEL/
"Omega Prime Sentinel"
KarKoa – The Groove:
The Quiet Council were gathered discussing the next step.
A tall man stood in the center, dressed in a full deep blue body suit with a huge helmet covering his whole head except his mouth. The helmet had an X shape on the front, it was the new generation of Cerebro. This man was Professor Charles Xavier, One of the heads of KarKoa.
"The mother mold is a very dangerous existence to mutantkind, a mold that creates master Molds, that mass produces sentinels, it would be our end before we know it." He spoke turning around to everyone's direction.
"I agree, but do we know the location?" asked the white Queen, Emma Frost as she look at her nails.
"Don't worry, the moment mystique returns, we would have the answer" the professor smiled. "And please be ready to free one us very soon Mrs. Frost."
"I suppose a little action won't hurt" she moved her blonde hair back.
"Within the law please, but, if they won't understand, feel free" hearing those words made her she smiled.
"Which team will be assigned to the task?" asked Colossus.
"The other heads and I agreed that Cyclopse's team will be perfect for the mission."
"Very well"
"Now that has been-" That moment he stopped sensing something, he places two fingers on his cerebro to pin point the energy. 'Something is wrong'
"There's a huge wave of unknown energy, it can't be determined"
"And why is that, Charles" Magneto spoke
"Because the energy keeps rising and falling, it seems a new mutant."
"Then I'll send a team to get them" Storm said.
"Much appreciated, the sooner the better"
"Then excuse me" she stood up.
"STOP!" the sudden outburst caught everyone's attention. Everyone turned to see the source.
"What is wrong, Cypher" Xavier was getting a bad feeling.
Cypher didn't answer but displayed a holographic screen showing the location of two dots in the same vicinity of New York.
"Is this about the unusual signal"
"Ah yes, we have settled that already" Xavier replied and nodded to storm to continue her mission.
"You don't get it, let me finish" he argued and Xavier nodded for him to go on.
Cypher turned his attention the entire council and enlarged the screen.
"The energy wave reached us a few mins before reaching you. We tried to determine the level but couldn't, even with the cerebro protocols"
Xavier nodded as he also received the same response when he tried.
"Interesting" Mister Snister, said in a low voice with a slight smile.
Cypher continued, "So we located the origin of the energy but as we were about to make plans, the emergency system went off." He paused for them to digest the information.
"Red is never a good color" Colossus said earning a glare from Kate but he ignored it.
Everyone was on full alert, because the emergency system going off isn't something to take lightly. Though it has happened before but the emergency system in the Transit rarely goes off.
"What are you getting" Xavier said
"Sage managed to get what the system detected near the unknown energy" he gulped. "An Omega Prime Sentinel"
There was a pregnant pause for a while.
"OUTRAGEOUS!" Apocalypse yelled while slamming his fist on the table breaking everyone from their daze.
"They haven't been seen for years and there was only one, Karima, was it? but she's lost" Magneto added, "but if an omega prime really is out then I suggest we don't get involved"
"Agreed" Apocalypse said.
"ARE YOU INSANE! That's another mutant out there our kind" Storm interrupted. "We made here to protect our kind now you want to turn your backs on one in need"
"Please calm down, mistress storm, we don't want to abandon him but, have you considered it could be a trap" Sebastian Shaw opted. "You of all people should know an Omega prime isn't a joke or a hard mission, its nigh impossible"
The whole council began to argue amongst themselves while Xavier was in deep thought.
Finally, he spoke, "ENOUGH! This is too risky for our cause, so let's vote to decide, fast."
….
"We voted and the results are…." there was a pause from Xavier.
"We won't be risking our lives, everyone, return to your duties, Emma, go and bring Sabretooth from the court" he announced and teleported away
"Sigh, there nothing we can do" Colossus got up and left.
Like that all members left.
Unbeknownst to them, while they were arguing, someone sent a message out and smiled at the possibilities of what she has obtained.
New York:
The night was lit by a house on fire, the smoke rose into the night sky. People around came out to see the fire, the fire fighters have already been called.
In the mist of all the commotion, a young man lied on the ground, clearly in pain from the recent events, his top clothes were burnt but he had no burn marks. It was Daniel.
"Cough, Cough, Cough" Daniel began to stir awake; his entire body was a mess, he had a few bones broken.
'What the hell happened' He tried to stand but just kept falling back on the ground. His attention shifted the large burning house.
"My house!" he tried again to stand again but fell, he was caught in time by some of his neighbors.
They brought him to the opposite of his burning house and lied him against a pole and began asking him a series of questions.
Deep within the flames a pair of red eyes glowed and looked in their direction. It scanned everyone and found its target being blocked by them so it concluded that they were protecting him.
As he was about to answer, a bright blue light shone blinding him, as the light disappeared everyone around him disappeared and only dust remain.
"/Target-Located/" A Woman stepped out of the flaming house, her hand was a laser gun, she had deep brown hair but her face was covered with a white mask, her eyes were glowing red. He was scared looking at the woman, because he knew one thing, she wasn't human/mutant.
Daniel attempted to run but a sharp pain from his broken bones caused him to fall down.
'N-no time to think about the pain, gotta move or I'll die' he began crawling but stopped when he saw a someone in front of him.
He looked up to see the woman, she pointed the gun at him
"/Daniel Nhite, Karima Prime, sentence you to DEATH/" The last thing Daniel saw was his mother.
BOOOM
She fired the laser gun.
After the smoke cleared, Daniel wasn't there, his ashes weren't there too. Karima's scanners began picking something moving behind the cars on the side walk
She waited, then fired multiple blasts at different direction. when she stopped firing, scan the area and began firing all over the place destroying lots of building.
She finally stopped, and waited then she saw it, Daniel was running away, she couldn't understand how with those broken bones but her scan explained it, Daniel was in a state of Thanatosis, his subconscious mind has taking over to survive.
She morphed her hand into a huge cannon to end it once and for all. As she was about to fire…
"ARGHHHHH" Daniel fell on the floor screaming in pain, his headache was too severe but only because information was flowing into his mind, when the pain subsided his thoughts became clearer.
He didn't his eyes were glowing purple, 'I can hear all the technology, I can understand them, I see it, I know it, the Systematics of technology'
Unbeknownst to him, as he was understanding his mutant powers, Karima walked behind him and aimed the laser at his head.
Daniel only snapped out of his thoughts when he saw a huge tank flying towards them,
"OH SHI-"
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