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6.73% MARVEL: GAMER PATH / Chapter 18: CHAPTER 18

Chapter 18: CHAPTER 18

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I walked out the X-Mansion with one goal in hand, to find Magneto, yes I had told the others I would go and see if someone was hunting Jean's power, but that was all a lie, I already knew who was hunting Jean, the D'Bari, an alien race I didn't know much about, what can I say, I was Marvel Fan, but not one to know it all.

All I knew about the D'Bari was that they were shapeshifters and that they could not be affected by telepathy, beyond that, I was on the blind about them.

Anywho, my real mission was enlisting Magneto, because if the movie was anything to go by, the D'Bari were naturally stronger than me, at least their leader, Vuk, and with Charles being as useless as an ass flavored lollipop against them, I needed the next best heavy weight, aka Magneto.

Which would be relatively easy considering I had stolen the information about where he was from Beast's computer, the man has five college degrees and still uses the most basic password ever, the name of the one he loves, Ravenxbeast123. I mean, really… It's like he was asking to be hacked, which I did.

Back to the subject at hand, after getting the information I required to find Magneto, I hijacked a private jet near the airport and flew towards the location I had, where supposedly Magneto was.

Upon arrival, I was greeted by the community of mutants in a rather aggressive tone, some ran, others were ready to find. "I come in peace," hehehe, I always wanted to say that.

"Who are you?" I looked at who had asked that and smiled, [Ariki LV 68]

"My name is Alex, and I am a mutant," I replied, still wondering if I truly was a mutant, or that was simply how whoever gave me this power hid it.

"Why are you here?" Ariki asked in a growl, frowning as he did so.

With a smile, I took a step forward and said, "I am here to talk with Erik, it's quite important… it's about his friends…"

Ariki glared at me, his hair twitching. It seemed fighting was unavoidable. "He is not here… leave…"

"So much for a mutant friendly community," I chuckled, taking a deep breath, "Look, you look like a great guy, very responsible too… but I won't leave until I talk with him… once I tell him what I have to tell him… I will leave…" with him if destiny smiles upon me.

"I said--" Before Ariki could finish that sentence, someone stopped him.

"I'll take it from here," It was no other than Erik, the master of magnetism himself. [Erik Lehnsherr - Magneto LV 170] 

Glaring at me a last time, Ariki nodded, leaving Erik as he approached me. With a smile, I waved at him and said, "My name is Alex, and I need to talk to you about something rather important.."

Erik looked at me, as if pondering about whether to force me to leave or to hear me out. "Fine, you have five minutes, and then you leave… we don't have the authorities coming here for you and that stolen Jet…" 

Five minutes… pff, all I need is ten seconds, "Ok, I will give you the short version, Charles is an idiot, Raven almost died, Jean became the host of a powerful entity, and now we are at the brink of extinction, either by Jean losing control of her new found enormous power, or by those who are hunting said power for themselves, the D'Bari who may or may not be able to control the power, I can't really tell…"

Erik stared at me, unmoving, processing all the information I had thrown at him, and for a moment I wondered if I had broken the man, "I… Raven almost died?" oh good, he's still with us.

"Yes, Jean almost killed her, but I saved her… got impaled in the process, but I heal fast," I nodded.

Erik once again seemed at a loss for words, "What did Charles do?"

"About Jean?" I asked and he nodded.

"Well, he tried to stop her with his powers… but she's beyond his telepathy," I sighed, "I'm surprised you are not questioning the validity of my information…"

"I know a liar when I see it… and you are not lying," Erik sighed, "I take it you came here for my help… and I can't see why, Charles once again has lost control over the situation…" 

"That's… about right," I nodded.

"To think… she would… I… Raven," Erik sighed, unable to complete any of his words.

"Look, I'll be honest… with Charles being nothing but a cripple in this fight, I need you, we have to stop Jean from losing control of her powers and the D'Bari from using her powers to their advantage…" I sighed.

"Who the fuck are the D'Bari," Erik asked.

"All I know is… they are from outer space, and their planet was destroyed by the very force Jean now holds within her," I answered.

"Very well," Erik nodded, filled with resolve, as a helmet flew towards him at great speed. "We have a brat to stop… and a world to save… let's go…" Well that was easy.

"Well, the Jet is that way," I pointed with a smile.

"Ariki!" Erik called.

"Yes?" Ariki answered, coming out of the bushes.

"Come, we are leaving," Erik ordered.

"I heard what he said… and if this is true… he has my support," Well, who would've thought dealing with ex-terrorists would be easier than dealing with Charles.

"I have a question," Erik turned to look at me, "Why are you angry with Charles?" 

"Is it that obvious?" I asked, and he nodded. "Well, he forced himself into my mind, and while he didn't see much, well… it was a violation of all trust, also… he seems to think I know a way to magically fix Jean, all I knew about her and her power I already shared…"

Erik chuckled, "That's why I use this helmet," he pointed at his helmet, "Charles is a good guy, but… well, sometimes he forgets that…"

"I suppose," I shrugged, walking towards the stolen Jet.


Chapter 19: CHAPTER 19

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Convincing Magneto was surprisingly easy, barely an inconvenience, the guy believed what I said right from the bat, no doubts at all, which was refreshing and relieving for I had no idea how to convince him otherwise, what really didn't make any sense was why Akiri was coming, I mean, no offense, but what will hair do against… Well, everything right now.

Beyond that, I couldn't help but wonder how the events coming would play out, after all, timeline wise things were out of control, I mean.. It was more than obvious Jean didn't come to Erik this time, he had confirmed so himself, meaning I had no idea where she actually was at this point, in the movie originally she went to Erik after killing Raven, a bold move if you ask me, then to the streets or a bar… where she meet Vuk the leader of the The D'Bari, in all honesty, I didn't know what would happen now, and I only hoped The D'Bari hold on her wasn't that strong...  otherwise this mission would be a bit too out of my depth. 

"This.. power she acquired, can it be controlled?" Erik asked, as I flew the Jet.

"No idea," I answered, sighing at my lack of knowledge about the Phoenix Force, "All I know… is that each passing second, Jean is one step closer to… well, Godhood…" and our extinction… one step closer for both if she didn't let go of her darkest emotions.

"And we are one step closer to our extinction," Erik said, his eyes fixed on the wall of the Jet.

"Yes," I nodded, "But.. there is a possibility she learns to control it, and doesn't kill us…" like in the movie, though in the movie she ascends to a higher plane, but… that's still better than total annihilation.

"A possibility I won't take," Erik replied, his tone firm and cold. I could already tell what he was thinking, he wanted to kill her.

"Not to burst your bubble, but you won't be able to kill her," I snorted, getting a glare from Ariki. "Look, I would have a better chance of killing you with a metal knife than you killing her… she's basically immortal at this point… the ones we have to kill are The D'Bari, those bastards are within our power reach."

Erik chuckled, "You would have zero chance of killing me with a metal knife,"

"Yes, but that's still a million times better than my chances with Jean O'nuke…" I rolled my eyes.

"So… The D'Bari?" Erik sighed, and I nodded. "Will killing them stop our possible extinction?"

"It would… Jean, while unstable, doesn't really want to kill us, had she really wanted that… she would have snapped my neck with a simple move of her hand, during our last fight.... Her powers are simply out of control… now, The D'Bari… they want to kill all life on earth to colonize it, using Jean's powers to do so." I sighed, "So… yes, killing them would save us, and the rest is up to Jean,"

"I see," Erik said, "One question… Why did you fight with Scott again?"

"In order or the most prominent one?" I asked with a chuckle.

"In… what?" Erik chuckled.

"Well, I guess in order it is," I chuckled back, "First he didn't want to host my baby girl on the X-Mansion…"

"Why are you leaving your daughter there?" Erik inquired, his interest piqued. 

"I… I suppose I can tell you," I sighed, realizing that if anyone could understand my situation, it was him. "I was a normal guy not so long ago, heck I didn't even have a daughter, but then… Hydra happened,"

Erik tensed, his eyes flashing with anger, "I know of them…"

"Yep," I nodded, "They kidnapped me… you know, cuss of my powers, then they started to try and break me… you know the basic, physical torture and stuff, spoiler alert, it didn't work out as they intended… so they resorted to other methods," 

"Your daughter," Erik growled.

"Yep, they assigned Emily to me, with the following information and instructions, their entire family was dead… and I was now her family, they… appealed to my emotions, and it worked…" Remembering those times, it really hurt… "My new living conditions were rather straight, disobey, she explodes, don't perform as expected… she explodes… talk back to us… and well… you know,"

"And you left her with Charles… so that you could hunt them down… right?" Erik said, and I had to admit, the guy was connecting the door beautifully.

"Yes, and no," I replied, "My plan was to train my powers to be strong enough to wipe them off the earth…"

"After this… if you need a hand, count on me…" Erik said after a while.

"I know you are out of this… killing business, I don't want to be the reason why you go back to it," I replied with a smile on my face.

"This is beyond that… Hydra kidnaps our kind, experiments on them… and everyone hates them, no one will care about their deaths…" Erik stated, and he had a point.

"You know what sure, I might need you for a raid or two," Especially against Bucky, and his metal arm, hehe.

"Is… Emily… like us?" Ariki asked, and boy did he startle me, I had completely forgotten he was with us, he must be a close relative to Drax.

"Not to my knowledge," I answered, "But… knowing Hydra… perhaps they had a plan for Emily when she got older, maybe she does have a mutation, or maybe she's just what she is, I don't care… I love her anyways,"

"Even after you were forced to take care of her?" Ariki asked.

"I do, I… at first I didn't know what to think, or how to handle the situation, but with time, I accepted I was… a father now, not by choice but by the circumstances of… my life," I answered.

"I see now why Scott hates you, you wanted to kill Jean… and he found out," Erik chuckled, and I'll be honest, I had completely forgotten that was the main point of our conversation. 

"Yes… I mean, when she was at her weakest, it was the most logical choice, or at least the one with less shit on the way…" I sighed.

"Eliminating the threat before it becomes one… I can understand that," Erik nodded.

"We're here," Ariki said, pointing at the GPS.

"Then let's say hi…" I chuckled, readying for combat… or should I say kombat at this point.


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