.....
"It's time." Cortana warns Hector. On the Space Station, it's easy to lose the notion of time. Not him, obviously, but she said it all the same, it's not because he is an abnormal existence that she can't give him a little of the normal social conventions.
You can still wish a "safe travel" to Superman, even though he is invulnerable. If you stop doing the superfluous things just because they look "useless" you will end up doing nothing.
"Thank you, Cortana." That's why Hector thanks her all the same.
He stands up from his chair, completely stopping his work on the schematics of some medical electrical devices. It's something he can do later anyway, he is simply downgrading his better projects to make it more accessible and consistent with the actual time.
Hector then splits himself with his Bio-fission, now three of him stand there, one becomes Eidolon, in his typical black suit and white hair, a mask covering half his face. The others go for different outfits, the only similarity between them is that they cover the whole body.
The two wear something straight from the DC comics, one in white and silver, with blue highlights, a suit that remembers a cybernetic knight. The other uses a red helmet and tactical clothes with a jacket, also very technological.
Ghost-Maker and Red Hood.
"Time for the street-level personas to make their debuts." Red Hood Hector spins Ebony&Ivory, Dante's signature handguns, on his fingers, the two pistols blurring in a circle for a second before he smoothly puts them on their respective holsters.
"Only as a test, I can always make other personas... the Batman Beyond Suit is practically glaring at me from his capsule." Ghost-Maker Hector checks his two katanas before putting them on the sheaths on his back.
"Master, talk with yourself like that maybe is unhealthy..." Cortana depends while watching the interaction.
The three are not independent clones, it's not different if he grew four extra arms and two heads to become an Ashura, it's just that he divided himself further and is controlling the body parts remotely.
"But this way I'm guaranteed to have an intelligent conversation..." He smirks
"...like that time if you pondered if it would be gay sex or masturbation if you fuck your clone?"
"Touche Cortana, Touche." He says with a smile full of amusement
"Now let's go." Ghostmaker Hector says
"Today is the day that we avoid a lot of dark timelines." Red Hood Hector adds
....
Infinity Castle, Armory
"You aren't coming?" Shego turns to Isabella as she finishes putting on her suit. UMF, bulletproof, fireproof, and many other "xxx-proofs"
"No need." Isabella answers as she passes some items to Cassandra who is finishing dressing herself.
"But you want?"
"No to that too." Isabella passes Cassandra her utility belt, and with a wave the wall of the room changes, showing a large assortment of weapons.
Helenas walks to a corner and gets the bolts that she needs for her crossbows.
"I will teleport anything that you to you. That's my job." They have a tracker because of that "Beyond that, I have no interest in killing anyone anymore."
"What a pity, killing is so fun." Shego pouts
"Really?" Helena scoffs as she separates some things in batches, to facilitate Isabella's work
"Nah. Winning is fun, killing is meh." Shego shrugs. She is not a murder-hobo at least.
After adjusting their clothes and gear, they're ready.
Overgrown Rover that was lazily lying on the ground perks up and stands up when signaled by Cassandra, now on her Shadow gear.
"It's time..." Isabella warns them, making the trio, and dog, focus.
...
"..." Saeko rests with her eyes closed in a kneeling position.
She is in her full Murasaki gear, except that her mask and her swords lay on the ground close to her.
She calmly stays in place, not moving a muscle, controlling her breath. She knows what she is about to do, what Hector wants her to do... And she will love every second of it.
She will do it without hesitation, she wants to do it, and she will finally let Loose again and slaughter some well-deserving people. She did it before, she knows that her hand will not tremble or waver, and she is well past that.
When she starts...
But these minutes before is Always a trial to her nerves. It doesn't matter how many people she killed or tested her blade against, she can't help but feel a little nervous, feel some trepidation... Like a singer about to perform.
Saeko smiles slightly... Maybe this is a good thing, a sign that the novelty of bathing in violence and becoming one with her blade while sharpening herself against her foes still hadn't worn off.
*Ding* A ping on her wrist and a portal slowly opens in front of her.
"It's time..." She opens her eyes, her heart completely calm.
...
On the Sewers
"Go, go, go! If you're not confident about your defense, take armor! If you're not confident about your offense, take a gun!" Callisto shouts to the more than a dozen metas moving around an armory in their hideout "Remember the explanation! Point and shoot!"
"More than expected accepted." Mikhail says in his heavy Russian accent, his arms crossed over his muscular chest.
Most of these people are not different than goons, a riffraff really, he questioned the use of them, but Eidolon said "They're not soldiers, but they're survivors... They're fighters.".
These people lived in a world that hated them, being hunted down, under horrible living conditions... This may be a more valuable experience than formal training. Any training can come later.
Eidolon will observe them, in this little test, to see who has willpower, wits, loyalty, some talents or a good personality to be nurtured. It's time to extend a little more of his olive branch to the people who are not summoned through the Essence.
He also made sure to send them to the most "simple to deal" Hidden base. A place where they only need to go, destroy, and not die
A portal opens close to the group attracting everyone's attention, and from it, a figure entirely clad in white appears. Callisto and the others put their guards up a little, if not for the recognizable portal they would do more than simply put their guard up.
"Greetings, I have been sent by Eidolon. My name is Ghost-Maker."
"...Ghost-manker? Okay..." Callisto drawls "And he sent you why again?" She thought Eidolon would accompany them
"To give the instructions and the necessary information of where we're gonna attack."
"To lead us?" She asks narrowing her eyes
"No." He denies easily "I will work a little independently after passing the information. It's to you and Mikhail to lead this group."
This makes her relax a little, not that she would disobey Eidolon if he said so, but she wouldn't be comfortable in passing the command of her people to a complete stranger, even if Eidolon trusted him.
She took care of most of those metas for a long time, after all.
"Then... Spill it. What are you gonna do?"
....
The mood is a little tense on the X-mansion.
Not only some of the inhabitants are a little nervous about the mission that are about to do, but their long-time enemies/rivals are waiting here with them.
"..." It's at least a little awkward.
No one talks because the previous try ended up spiraling into a battle of barbs and sarcastic comments being thrown from side to side. At least Magneto and Professor Xavier are having a civilized talk in the corner.
And Wolverine and Sabretooth are only glaring at each other.
Maybe is all about the baby steps.
The time finally comes. As usual, a sonic boom was the prelude to his arrival, making the people present look up.
Eidolon slowly hovers to the ground, mantle billowing on the wind, even if is not his intention some people can't deny that he looks intimidating. It's probably because of his slightly furred eyebrows when he scans all present with his unblinking eyes, recognizing some important names from Magneto's side.
"Hello there" He greets as he touches the ground "More people than expected, but there's enough hidden facilities for everyone." He says with a hint of humor in his voice
There are almost twenty people from each side. Eidolon also knows that this is not the limit of each of the group forces, Magneto still has some non-combatants like Mastermind and Mesmero, and Xavier has people like Sage and Darwin outside the school. Mystique is not here either.
But is expected that they would keep some reserves, and he would keep some too if he didn't gain new subordinates every month... For him, testing and training his people is more important than hiding something at the moment. And he arranged to his group to act on their own, after all they do not hate the X-men or the Brotherhood.
He stops in front of them, noticing the obvious division between the two groups. This can't do.
"You." He points at one of Magneto's minions "Move here." He moves his index finger to the spot where he wants to stay "And you, here. You, there. You, stay where you are. Jean, here..."
Like a maestro conducting an Orchestra, he moves almost everyone, mixing the two groups.
"I guess that Magneto and Exodus would like to act alone..." He gives the two metas a glance while arranging the groups
"You know about me?" Exodus asks with a raised eyebrow.
"I know everyone here. It's part of my job..." He rolls his eyes "I didn't call anyone by the name before because someone told me that it comes as threatening and intimidating... Do you believe that, Bennet Du Paris?" Eidolon gives the Omega-level mutant a look with a hint of amusement.
"..."
How would he not know one of the few Omega-level mutants officially confirmed by the Marvel Comics? Some gain and lose the title with the change of the writers, like Storm, but Exodus is one of the ones that always kept it.
An Omega-level Telekinetic that makes Eidolon hold himself back from starting a fight to create an opportunity to copy his powers. Unfortunately to him, the future of the Meta people is more important.
"I confess that I was a little surprised..." Eidolon continues "That someone like you would be Magneto's subordinate... Ah, nothing against you." He waves at the Old Meta "It's just that he is not only strong, but he is old... People like that rarely take orders from others."
"..."
"But I guess you're used to having someone to follow, right? Exodus..." Eidolon keeps the strong meta in check with his gaze
"...you're a competent researcher"
"I am always a kind of detective myself..." Eidolon jokes, to alleviate the increasingly heavy mood "By the way, if your old master come back... Can you arrange a meeting between us before he tries to take over the world? Thank you." He does not wait for a confirmation before turning around to end the conversation.
"..." Exodus's old master is no one less than Apocalypse himself. One of the fewer that Eidolon keeps on high regard that are not Entities or Old Gods. Right there with Silver Surfer and Dr. Doom.
"And you, Robert?" Eidolon doesn't give Exodus another look as he turns to Iceman "Are you confident in taking a base on your own?"
"M-me?" The Omega-level cryokinetic meta, points at himself
"Yes, there's some without hostage, I think... Go crazy."
"..." He still looks unsure.
"Then you can go with Shadowcat." The black-clad hero doesn't wait anymore before assigning him a partner. "She will not be rendered by your ice and can infiltrate using your powers as a cover." He explains his reasoning as he pairs the two X-men together.
Each of the groups is like that. Obviously, he considers their personalities... A reason why he didn't put Avalanche and Cyclops together, the two teen Leaders would expectedly butt heads with each other. Or gods forbid Wolverine and Sabertooth.
But most of the small groups are formed based on compatibility and skill.
"There's a Hidden lab on a particular island just waiting for you Storm." He gives the ebony woman a humorous look "You go with Colossus to cover the ground, so that you don't need to go down and risk dying to a random bullet."
"I would not fall that easily..." She says with a little protest in her voice
"It's what they all say, but you, Jean, Magneto can all die if I poke your heads with a stick before you all can react. We are still human, remember? Meta AND human..."
"..."
He finishes making the groups...
Jean, Nightcrawler, Cyclops...
Storm and Colossus
Banshee, Avalanche, and Angel.
Astra, Jubilee and Boom-Boom, Quicksilver, Cannonball and Peeper
Pyro, Sunspot and Magma, Unuscione, Husk, Lifter, Unus
Polaris, Rogue, Wolverine and ???
Toad, Blob, Slither, Shocker, Havok, Thornn, Burner
Magneto with Sabretooth and Fabian Cortez
Exodus alone.
And some of his people and clones(in different identities) will accompany them secretly. nd join them eventually
"I will pass the coordinates now, useless if you take a ride with my teleportation, but I guess giving you the choice of going there yourself is reasonable. The trust is still not built after all..." Eidolon was saying before he appeared to notice something and turned his head to the gate of the propriety "One of my guys arrived now... Don't worry, I got this." He gestures with his hand and the gate opens.
Eidolon keeps his stoic act while watching the newcomer... Approaching slowly in a noisy electric scooter, and with a unicorn bag on his back. It really is a huge contrast with his red and black skin-tight suit that covers his whole body, the two katanas on his back, and the guns in the holsters.
"Hello Heroes and Villains, the anti-hero is here to balance things!" Deadpool salutes them while hopping off the scooter.
He then surprises everyone by opening his unicorn plushie bag and putting the scooter on it, like is some sort of cosmic storage, the scooter twists unnaturally before fitting in the small passage.
'You really gave him the bag of holding in the shape of a unicorn, huh, Master' Cortana rolls her eyes inside Eidolon's mind.
'It's funny...' His only defense, inside the same bag, is also a full armory with all sorts of guns and weapons. And talking about funny...
"Deadpool is with Wolverine..." Eidolon gestures to Logan.
"I knew it! The prophecy is complete! I knew that the movie would reflect here" Deadpool says things no one understands while approaching Logan.
"Wait... Wade?" Logan finally realizes
"Shhh~ Secret Identity dude." Deadpool shushs him with a finger on his mouth, then he starts dragging the same finger all over Logan's face "My dear Uncanny DeVitto..."
"I'm not going with this guy..." Logan stays still in place, glaring daggers at Deadpool while the latter continues to pass his fingers through Logan's Beard sensually and disturbingly.
"Don't be like that... I even have the same power as yours, I mean... Without the whole furry thing, but we're linked by fate and the love of our fans."
"Don't annoy him too much, Deadpool. You have a healing factor now, and he could abuse it." Eidolon warns "He is growling."
"grrrrI"
"Nah, look at him... He is purring, he is a cat after all."
Eidolon decided to completely ignore the two existences and address the rest. "Despite his eccentricities, Deadpool is competent and has the right to participate. After all, he was used in an experiment to exactly how many of our people suffer around the world, and that's what we are going to put a stop to today"
Now he has their undivided attention.
In truth, a good chunk of the people here(more of Magneto's side) don't know what this meeting is all about. Eidolon asks for secrecy because of the risk of spies, and only now he will explain things thoroughly.
He gives each of them a look before starting a little speech.
"Hidden laboratories that make experiments on metas, secret military bases that create weapons to use against us, and even hide-outs of extremist groups that hate and plot against us in the dark... It's not a conspiracy theory... They are real and they put us on our back foot for a long time, throwing evil labels on us that their acts can be justifiable. While in the dark they're the ones committing evil... Well, today we are gonna counter-attack in the dark that they dwell."
After making a pause for dramatic effect he continues "The Friends of Humanity, Sapien League, Chruch of Human Potential, Weapon X, Purifiers, Human Council, The Workshop, The Facility... The list goes on and on. All enemies, all with their little agenda... Profit, hate, sovereignty, envy... Whatever their motivation is, it only matters where their acts will lead us to... The answer is between eternal suffering to total annihilation."
"..."
"Time to turn the tables on them... These people live out of the margin of the law so that they can do their morally wrong acts. If we destroy or cripple them, what they are gonna do? Call the cops? Money does not grow in trees, and I'm also working with a certain someone to take advantage of this huge hit that we will deliver today to complicate even more the lives of their rich investors. And we also get proof of their inhuman acts just in case, to be safe. Dark or Light, we are gonna win this fight in the two battlefields." Even the ones that don't like him can't help getting a little swayed by his words, their participation in a grandiose moment to their race... It doesn't matter which side they are on. They are pumped.
Eidolon's hands appear from beneath his mantle, and he makes some devices float to everyone.
"This wristband will provide you all with a crude map of the places you will invade, some instruction, and some extra things like a button to ask for help(use it if you're about to die) and a cable for you to connect on their computer, when possible. If you do that I can download and delete all of their files, and even sabotage the whole place."
"A map?" Mystique asks intrigued. If Eidolon has a map, doesn't that mean that he invaded the place already? So why does the place still exist?
"X-ray vision..." Eidolon deadpans before continuing "Before the invasion, some clones of mine will deliver an EMP to destroy their technological defenses-"
"You have X-ray vision?!" But he is interrupted by Kitty's surprised shout.
"Yes..." From the corner of his eyes, he can see some girls paying Jean... They apparently made a bet about it.
"So you can like... See through our clothes or something like that?"
"I'm not a pre-pubescent boy..." He rolls his eyes "Self-control is the most important thing to us, if we let our powers dictate what we do, we lose the 'human' part of the Meta-human." He gives a little inspirational speech "By the way, nice moles..." But he adds with a teasing tone.
"!!" Kitty recoils herself in shock
"Just kidding~ I can only see your bones... Statistically a lot of people have moles in places beneath their clothes, duh." He laughs "And is not using an arm that you can stop my X-ray vision..."
"..." Kitty looks at him before letting her arms fall from her sides "Whatever, what this change, right? I trust you."
"Thanks, it's good to hear that." He says to her before going back to address everyone "If the place you're assigned for has hostages, it will be flagged... The rest can go crazy, destroy as much as propriety you can, I will leave it to your discretion if you kill, maim, or let go of the people there."
"Eidolon..." Charles starts saying
"I know, I know... But this is not a Hero vs Villain thing... It's war. They will kill you all if you give them half a chance, I know, I have seen their evil many times. There's no reasoning with the... Not in these circumstances. We need to gain some ground to bring them to the negotiation table, no... These are not the people that we want to bring to the negotiation table, these are the ones that we don't want influencing the people we can have a reasonable talk."
"..."
"And what about you?" One of Magneto's asks
"My group is responsible for the other half of the locations and myself... Eidolon can't appear killing people..." His eyes change a little "But I will go and do things that only I can do. In truth..."
He opens the portals, ready to start anytime "Beyond using this opportunity to bring us closer... I'm using all of you as a smokescreen..." He confesses
"..."
"While I'm the bullet that will kill them for real."
...
In a random location around the world, certain people start to move at the same. Eidolon's group received their permission to start...
*Bzzzzzzzt*
The signal is that many of Eidolon's clones release blasts of Electromagnetic Pulses in certain areas before disappearing again.
Portals are open, objects enter the atmosphere, airships unveil their camouflage, the ground rumbles...
All of this happens while the targets are engulfed by the chãos of having their electronic devices compromised. A small opening before they switch to their backup generators and devices, but this opening is more than enough.
In a certain isolated forest in Europe, an encampment remains Hidden between the woods. The Sapien League inhabits there, they are a mutant hater terrorist group that attacks and lynches metas and anything related to them, if one needs to compare they would be something similar to the KKK or maybe a random neo-nazi edgy group.
It's not even necessary that such jobless individuals, and barely worth noticing, wouldn't have the capacity to acquire the weapons that they boast on the camp, obviously, someone finances their ventures, using them as paws while instilling hate in the world.
They noticed the abnormality instantly when their radios went haywire, a second later the ground started trembling slightly, but they didn't notice this fact because of the confusion.
This riff-raff of extremists that simply want to see some blood, that was always on the offensive side was not prepared when the tall trees surrounding their camps parts thanks to a big hand moving them out of the way. Like how a hiker would do with some branches, but these are not small branches, they're tall and wide pine trees.
"That..." The first to notice loses his voice, recurring to only pointing at it silently.
Eventually, all of them turned to look at Gigantomachia appearing from the trees, at least 20 m tall looking down on them with a blank look.
"FREAK!!" It's the trumpet that started the chaos. One of them, maybe the most trigger-happy of the band, pulls his AK and starts blasting in Machia's face.
They know him, Machia is somewhat famous as one of Eidolon's people, so it's a testament to their stupidity that they didn't surrender immediately. Or maybe they're cocky, bullies rarely back down unless they see their own blood...
"..." The bullets do nothing to the giant. Even the rocket launcher only dirted him a little.
These people are barely worth noticing, just some young adults who took the "I don't fit anywhere" syndrome to the extreme and ended up here, feeling some sort of companionship over their directional hate, having a place to belong together with other trash.
"..." Trash that Machia was tasked to clean.
The screams, explosions, and gunshots lasted for almost five minutes before the only sound that could be heard was Machia's heavy footsteps, walking through a portal, to the next location.
....
This time is on the coast, in a hidden cave below a cliff that makes contact with an empty sea, surrounded by rocks big enough to hide the entrance and to deter any explorer, swimmer, or fisherman.
This cave that stretches inside the earth is the hideout of another meta-hating group, the Friends of Humanity. This group is more "professional" than the terrorists of the Sapien League, they are even recognized as some sort of official pro-human group, having politicians and other important figures connected to them.
Obviously, the public doesn't know half of what they really do and the fact that they're no different from any other extremist violent organization. They are against anything non-human, even aliens, gods, and other beings... But their main focus was on the mutants/metas... For now at least. Who knows how far would they go?
Well, Eidolon knows... And that's why an unidentified object hits the water some kilometers away from the hideout. After that, the said objects move in the direction of the hidden base at an incredible speed, just a little below the surface of the water, like a super-sonic Shark cutting the water.
It weaves through the rocks, unbothered by the water currents, it doesn't go up to breath... It's inhuman. The perfect enemy to these people.
The thing finally reaches its target.
The entrance of the hideout is some good dozen meters above the surface the water in the shape of a rudimentary cave. The boats below show the limits of where an invader can get without inside help, it's a place that you can't attack normally.
*Boom*
The thing breaks out of the water like a missile, jumping and attaching itself to the Cliff, and then it starts climbing easily like a spider.
"Did you guys hear something?" The voice of a watchman asks from the entrance of the cave.
"Yes, the waves crashing against the rocks... it happens all the time." Another says dismissively.
"No... After that... Like... Mechanical... machine sounds..." The first watchman walks to the edge of the cave, cautiously, but still unworried. No one can climb in those conditions without them lowering the stairs or the Elevator.
When he puts his head outside to check below... "Argh-" Something grabs and pulls him before he can even react, his scream of surprise is drowned by the winds.
"We have an intruder! I repeat, we have intruders!" The other guards don't waste time in entering battle mode, shouting at their communicators and pointing their guns at the entrance of the cave
"Wait... those things are not working..." One realizes when they can only hear static.
They suddenly hear a *swish* and a *crank*, making their tension go up a notch.
The thing moved, it passed through the entrance, but it did not enter.
They look confused till they hear a mechanical sound again, above them...
Pointing their guns to the roof they finally spot the enemy...
Shots are fired as the enemy falls on them mercilessly, crushing the ones nearby and then quickly attacking the other in well-practiced and controlled movements. Like a well-oiled machine... Because it is a machine.
The robot removes his hand from the guard's torso and rises to its full height. Sleek black metal covers the humanoid body, its head shining in a blue light, as well as its chest, but the light suddenly turns red.
"Failsafe: Activated." It comes from the android at its screen smooth face turns to the pathway that goes deep in the cave.
Failsafe is something that Hector was working on lightly for some months, but he finally perfected it in the One Piece world, where he could work on side projects instead of inter-dimensional satellites to ward against invasions.
It was also a good world to perfect its program... Hector used the residents of that battle-filled world to sharpen Failsafe, making him learn how to fight with them, and how to kill different types of creatures.
The best whetstone was no other than Shanks himself... After their first meeting, Hector left a "gift". Failsafe dropped on the Red-hair pirate and attacked it.
It was a short fight, Shanks easily destroyed the prototype... But then came another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another...
Each new Failsafe doing better in a fight against one of the strongest in that world. He learned something with Syndrome when he briefly visited the Incredibles World.
Important to highlight, it's that those Prototype Failsafes that haunted Shanks for weeks were not made of any special material like Adamantium, they're disposable and self-destructed after losing every time, sending the data of the fight back to Hector.
And in the end of all that, Shanks couldn't kill it. Shanks couldn't kill the last one.
An Adaptoid uploaded with Hector's martial knowledge and hundreds of thousands of battle experience against the most diverse creatures. Equipped with weapons and artillery to deal with any situation, and made of the most durable metal existence... It's running in perfect motion through the dark paths of this hideout.
Killing everything in sight with the efficiency of a clock. Cutting with a retractable blade, shooting high-pressure air bullets, using the enemies' own weapons... Everything that moves is killed.
It shrugs off bullets, grenades, C-4, fire... It continues to advance relentlessly and steadily, nothing can do more than slow him down for a negligible amount of time. This "nothing" is when he kills something.
It's an efficient killing machine. The only things you can hear from it are the constant sounds of air pistons with each movement, the metal moving smoothly, the heavy footsteps, and the occasional beeps.
Failsafe advances to the deepest parts of the hideout, while carrying a human torso it barges through a metal door. An instant later Failsafe is barraged by bullets from people of the Friends of Humanity, they hit him in a semi-circle formation.
The android continues unbothered as he throws the dead man's torso in his hand at his enemies.
"Incoming!" Someone shouts.
Props to them, they are trained enough to consider every action a threat *Boom* and they're right. Failsafe planted a bomb in the torso, the psychological warfare and sneak attack are not that efficient but are enough to break the formation.
Failsafe advances methodically, jumping at them in a surprising move that you would not expect from a heavy robot. Cutting, smashing, shooting, grabbing one's arm and hitting another with it... No movement is wasted or unnecessary, his enemies fall helpless like they are snowmen.
Without even a nod of acknowledgment, Failsafe walks through the dismembered bodies and blood, continuing on his warpath. Once again he crosses a gate, and once again they are waiting for him.
But not in semi-circular formation with guns ready to shoot.
A lone man blocks Failsafe path, behind this lone man the rest of the Friends of Humanity board some cars and helicopters. This place is a Hidden helipad and land passage to vehicles and they choose to flee.
Failsafe pauses in front of the only man challenging him, not in any sort of acknowledgment, no... Failsafe is above that.
This man, Graydon Creed, aka Tribune is doing something to Failsafe, something invisible to the naked eye. He is a muscular man with a mane of reddish hair.
One could recognize his surname... Creed. The same surname as Victor Creed, the Sabretooth. He is the son of Sabretooth...
...with Mystique when she took the place of a certain spy decades ago.
Yes, the son of two metas is leading the Friends of Humanity. What a surprise, or maybe not if one considers the family in question.
Graydon Creed is using his technopathy against Failsafe, that's why the android stopped... But wait, he is not a meta!
In a typical Marvel fashion that made Hector laugh out loud, Graydon acquired his Technopath powers when he was trapped in another dimension during a certain incident where his father almost killed him.
His non-mutant powers are the reason Hector sent Failsafe here. If his technopathy doesn't work, it means that the android surpassed one of his few weaknesses.
Failsafe struggles for a bit, the lights on his chest and head flickering a little... before going back to normal... As crimson as ever.
"Failsafe: Capture." The android robotic voice echoes as it takes a step forward.
"..." Graydon Creed also prepares himself for the battle, he is wearing a high technological suit, and is possible to see a sword poking from his back.
Seeing his body posture, is evident Graydon plans to buy time for his men to escape...
Unfortunately, that was predicted too.
*pssh* *Boom* *Thrunk*
A heavy object, like a missile drops from the roof entrance, another one appears from the wall like a mole that just escavated its way to here, and another walks through the dark escape path, blocking the cars.
Three more Failsafes.
"Updating situation: Hopeless" The robotic voice echoes again, coming from four different places. Enclosing and suffocating all bags of flesh, bones, and blood.
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Wanda Maximoff has had few visitors over the years, the number drops down to zero if you exclude her family members, some doctors, and Agatha Harkness. So, what is happening now is a once-in-a-blue moon occurrence.
"Hello, Wanda. How are you doing?" Eidolon asks in a friendly tone, a stark contrast with how the situation presents itself, after all, a man wearing dark clothes standing in a girl's room while she is sitting on her bed hugging her knees looks like the prelude of a crime.
"..." Not that Wanda is scared, mind you. Her eyes spy Eidolon from above her knees impassively "You're the mutant hero..."
"I prefer the term meta, but yes." He answers easily, paying attention to her face and choice of words.
She knows about him. She knows more than she is trying to show... She didn't say: "You're THAT mutant hero...", Eidolon is more than a fleeting thought or image that passed through the old TV in this room.
As he hoped, Wanda is interested in him. 'Maybe was during the interview...' He thinks as he remembers saying some things that would resonate very well with the novice Chaos Witch.
"..."
"..."
Wanda shows no outward interest in talking with him, and as much as Eidolon likes using silence in conversations and meetings, this is not the time for those tactics.
His time is limited, after all, he is taking advantage of today's operation when Magneto and the other's attention is focused on fighting the enemies of the Metas, to visit Wanda discreetly.
"You still haven't answered my question, Wanda..." He says calmly
She rolls her eyes at that "I'm great! Can't you see my Royal Accommodations?" She gestures to her spartan room
"Huhu~ Sarcarsm... It's a good sign if you can joke about it. I'm relieved." He really is...
It appears that this Wanda, beyond her gothic appearance, is really more similar to the X-men Evolution Wanda personality-wise. At least for now...
The problem is the rage bubbling inside her, that edgy teen hate for the world... Another problem is that Wanda really has many reasons to hate the world.
"I am glad that you can feel relieved with my situation..." She continues with the same sarcasm dripping from her voice.
After another chuckle Eidolon decides to go directly to the point, while Wanda's guard is raised all up, he can't lower it with small talk.
"I would like to help you, Wanda." He doesn't say it in an arrogant self-righteous way, using words like 'I'm here to help' like suddenly he is her savior.
He understand her a little, to someone who was suffering alone for so long those words can only come out as an insult.
"...help..." She scoffs as expected "I don't need your help."
"Then we are at an impasse because I want to help you..." He answers easily, not discouraged "There's any way that I can do that?"
"...you want to help me? Then take me out of this Asylum." She says with raised eyebrows, challenging him...
"Fine. Let's go." But his immediate answer catches her off guard.
"...what?" Her eyes widen.
"I'm gonna take you out here, like you asked... Do you want to get out discreetly or with grand fanfare? Some explosions and destroyed walls are a must in a prison break out..." He starts approaching her, ready to fulfill his promise.
"Wait, wait, wait!" But she moves in the opposite direction, crawling away from him.
"What? Isn't this what you want?" He asks, showing genuine confusion in his voice, but he respects her wishes and stops at the foot of the bed.
"But-but this is too sudden! I ca-can't trust you yet..." She argues, her back on the wall.
"...I see." Eidolon eyes her carefully and then sighs "You're not keeping your distance because you're afraid of me, Wanda... Are you scared of the outside world? Or maybe scared of yourself?"
"..."
Eidolon sighs again "Okay then..." He says as he sits on the edge of the bed "We can simply talk a little. Actions are better to gain trust, but I don't mind taking the long route for you to trust me. I'm not gonna give up on you."
"..."
"So, any hobbies?"
"...why are you doing this?" She asks with wariness
"I started this conversation with the answer... I want to help you."
"..."
"I don't think you deserve to be in the place/situation you are right now. I'm a great advocate of freedom, and I want you to have your own..."
"..."
"So... What is your horoscope sign?" Eidolon asks, the sudden shift in the conversation almost gave Wanda a whiplash. She didn't expect this type of question to get out of the hero's mouth.
She can see the amusement evident in his eyes, it amazes her a little how expressive they can be when he wants...
The totally unserious question threw Wanda off the loop...
"... Nine-headed Cosmic Dragon." She gives the same answer Eidolon once gave during his famous interview
Eidolon pauses a little before laughing loudly "Hahaha! What a coincidence... me too."
Wanda can't help but feel her lips moving upward a little, something that she quickly hides between her knees.
...
Far away from there, there is an isolated and inconspicuous church that is located on a hill on the outskirts of a small village in Europe.
A black beast weighing a ton drops from the sky violently...
*Boom*
...easily destroying the church's rooftop, debris falls in all directions, hitting the ones inside, killing a bunch of them immediately. Those are the lucky ones, they are at least not alive to see a huge demonic beast standing right in the middle of the destroyed church.
Like the advent of a devil, ready to try to purge the innocent devouts... But the thing is, there are no innocents there.
This small church is, in truth, the entrance of one of the most active Anti-Meta groups in the world, in truth... You can say that is connected to two of them.
The Church of Human Potential and the Purifiers.
The two groups are related in their ways of justifying their hate and prejudice for the mutant race, basing themselves on the belief that the mutants are unnatural, a blemish in the world, and will eventually lead humanity and the world to extinction.
Using religion as their casus belli they work to exterminate the mutant race before they upset the natural order, using assassinations, propaganda and even collaborating with governments and influential people to purge the mutants.
The Church of Human Potential is a little more mainstream, it would not be weird for anyone to find one of their books in any bookstore, or a church having a spokesperson of them preaching, or even someone distributing pamphlets.
They are one of the responsible for why public perception of the metas is so bad, and the ones that most influenced religion-based hate on them.
Now, the Purifiers are to the Church of Human Potential what the Crusaders once were to the Church. They are much more "active" in their "work" against the mutants.
As a side note, the two groups have relations with many other anti-mutant people like Stryker and even Sublime, receiving their help and support.
Today, it appears that religion will fail them because Hector, on his whole poetic justice humor, assembled his recently summoned group of magical-related beings to take care of them.
It's ironic to see Nosferatu Zodd standing in his Apostle form right in the middle of the destroyed church, the roof collapsed, shining rays of moonlight on his dark fur, showcasing his horns and wings.
"Gahahaha~ They exploded like tomatoes!" The heavy scene is interrupted when a bratty voice echoes from Zodd's back "Blood!" Power jumps on the ground and like she is afraid that someone is going to steal her kills, she hurries to finish the wounded Purifiers.
*Puchi* She stabs and stabs, jumping from one to another while collecting their blood in a floating orb.
"..." The rest of the group looks at her, completely done with her antics.
Two minutes in and they're already tired of her.
"How uncouth..." Macht comments with his eyes closed.
"Crazy idiot.." Charmcaster rolls her eyes.
"The entrance is here..." Selene, the vampire, appears to be the only one in Mission Mode, taking priority in locating the hidden entrance just behind the altar.
"Then we girls go down while the boys stay here to deal with anyone that comes to check this place." Charmcaster says "We made a big entrance after all..." She gives Zodd an unfriendly glance.
The two male members don't answer verbally but they don't protest either.
Power, Selene, and Charmcaster go down the Hidden entrance while Macht and Zodd stay behind.
"..."
"..."
The silence is a little awkward.
The girls are also in a strange mood...
"Hahahaahahaha!"
"..." Charmcaster and Selene are stuck in a deadpan face as they watch Power go berserk against the Purifiers, a cloud of liquid blood following her as she jumps from one wannabe crusader to another, changing shape to attack her victims.
No bullets do significant damage, the blade users don't even have a chance to get closer before the cloud of blood enters their orifices and then leaves their bodies, taking all their blood and leaving behind dry corpses.
"I'm tired only by looking at her..." Charmcaster comments, deciding to do something she throws a blast of magic at a group that appears to be preparing some heavy weapon.
*BOOOM*
But the Explosion is much bigger than expected, it seems that there are some explosives that they're bringing out to deal with Power.
"Be careful, we are in the underground..." Selene warns.
"Grr, I know. They are the idiots who bring this stuff here." Charmcaster says in protest, not accepting any blame for what happened.
The raid continues without more problems... Selene deals with Hidden threats with her Hawk -like eyes, shooting them before any sniper or equivalent can do anything while Power attracts most of the attention with her flashy combat style.
Charmcaster appears unmotivated, not doing much beyond using some Magic Telekinesis and Levitation to deal a heavy blow in this hideout, without putting them in danger.
In the end, the Purifiers do not have any notable fighters, they mostly use underhand tactics to fight the superior mutants, but this is obviously not the only hideout, they have bases all over Europe and America, and even in the north of Africa,
The group moves to another base after they are done with that one, and another, and another... The poor Purifiers that always fought by catching the mutants off guard are tasting their own medicine, discovering the bitter taste of defeat and annihilation.
Funny how they become their own self-fulfilling prophecy... They feared that the mutants would bring their demise... and they are right, they made sure of that.
The group destroyed everything, killing or capturing the members of the radical group without problem. Power going crazy, Zodd sometimes tearing some confident fighters apart, Macht quickly dealing with others, Selene collecting information and destroying their data.
In a certain base, Selene's wristband beeps as she inspects the documents in an office, scanning everything. "Wait! Check that knife!" Cortana's voice comes from it.
"..." Selene turned her attention to the fallen knife, in the hand of a member of the Purifier that advanced at her but fell short of her reflexes and speed.
She crouches down and grabs it, from her wrist a light scans the knife.
"Vibranium..." Cortana says slowly "Bring it back." She orders strongly. "Check the wall."
Paying more attention, the Vampire and AI notice that the wall has a safe, they can guess that the recently killed purifier grabbed the knife to deal with her.
"It seems is a prototype... Checking their data, they are preparing Vibranium bullets and bladed weapons to kill the metas. Those schematics are surprisingly similar to the ones retrieved in Weapon Plus Project." Cortana analyzes.
It appears that the two anti-meta groups are more intrinsically connected than they thought... Funny how the answer to that is some rooms away facing Macht.
Jason Stryker puts a stance to face the old demon, the son of Willian Stryker, one of the high-ranked members behind Project Weapon X, and Weapon Plus in general is a part of the Purifiers.
Maybe all those anti-mutant groups are interlinked in some way.
"..." Macht observes Jason with an impassive face, he was the one that dodged the demon's magic, and avoided being turned into a gold statue like the rest.
Jason prepares himself to fight Macht, ready to use his powers against his foes.
"Today has been filled with disappointment, are you gonna change that?" Macht asks in an even voice.
"What are you?" Jason asks
"Irrelevant, what matters is if you're not a sham like the rest. If you are really ready to die for your cause." Macht says impassively
"We are all ready to die for our cause! For humankind!" Jason shouts defensively
"..." Macht looks at him like one would look at an insect climbing a tree, a little curious as to where the bug is going, but nothing more. "I heard similar words in the past, they are truly hollow in my ears... But today I heard it again and again, and is even more weightless coming from you..."
"..." Jason can feel the mockery in the emotionless tone.
"All of your companions died raging, crying, or begging... The warriors that I fought, that I now understand are truly Warriors because I can compare them with your sad lot, fought ready to die, prepared to die, knowing that they would die. And they did it all the same... I can admire that in humans... Doing something even if it would condemn them" He appears to be reminiscing
Jason gives up in arguing with this lunatic, he readies his hands, ready to blast the Macht with his energy the moment he advances.
"I can't understand humans, but I found you lot even more unsightly..." He removes his blue coat that drapes his shoulder and transmutes it into a gold sword
"Bring him back." Cortana's voice sounds from Macht's wristband as he raises his sword
"...fine, as a gold statue then." Macht undoes the transmutation, putting his coat back on his shoulders "It appears that a warrior death was denied to you."
Without his sword, macht advances at a speed you would not expect of someone using such regal attire.
Jason was prepared, he didn't hesitate in releasing an omnidirectional blast of energy, a power he acquired from in the A.I.M. when he was a child.
"!" But to his surprise, hexagonal transparent shields appear in front of Macht like a honeycomb to protect the demon.
With an extended hand, Macht blocks the blast while advancing slowly at Jason.
"Aaaaah!" Jason puts more effort into his attack, trying to break Macht's guard and turn him into ashes.
To be fair, some cracks appear in Macht's Shield, but the demon is an experienced fighter. He replaces his barrier with a new layer periodically as he advances.
At the moment he reaches Jason, it will be over, but the outcome is already clear.
On one side you have an experienced being that fought many battles, in the other, you have a youngster that cowardly ambushes and attacks mutants.
The latter uses such a simplistic attack and strategy that Macht ponders if this is not a trap...
"..."
It's not.
Macht silently looks at the new gold statue impassively, no emotion in his calm eyes.
Coming to this world opened a box of opportunities to the demon, a bigger world where maybe he will find his call, that will make him feel something.
For now, he found himself disappointed.
...
"One for you! One for you! To you too! And you!" *Bam* and *Pow* sounds accompany Harley's words as she jumps around hitting a genetically modified monstrosity with her oversized hammer
*Buchi* A last mean swing crushes a huge monster dog like a tomato on the ground.
"That's fun~ Like a whack-a-mole game!" She sighs satisfied while wiping some sweat from her forehead.
She presses a button on her hammer, making the thing shift a little and she shoots a blast of energy from the tip, hitting another genetically modified animal and turning it into minced meat.
What she is using is something similar to Jayce's Hextech hammer, that Hector created.
"At least one of us is having fun..." Shego's voice is laced with disgust as she burns some other creatures, leaving only the metal skeletons and prosthetics behind "How many of those 'Weapons' Projects exist again?"
"I think Eidolon said that goes up to fourteen..." Helena says over the comm before kicking some unconscious scientists and guards on a portal in the ground. She is in a high position sniping the enemies.
Right now they are in a branch laboratory of the Weapon Plus Project, the same that made Logan what he is today. This branch appears to be trying to create living weapons using animals and mutant genes. And also imbuing the poor creatures with weapons.
*Honk*
"These people don't know when to quit, huh?" Shego rolls her eyes, as she looks around at anything interesting. They can't let anything pass because this place will soon cease to exist.
*Honk*
"They are winning, why would they stop?" Helena answers *Honk* "What is this fucking sound?!" She finally snaps and goes over the edge to look down.
There she saw Harley squeezing her own breasts.
*Honk* *Honk*
Each squeeze emits the sound of a honk.
"...please don't tell me he gave you a power that turns your boobs in a clown-honking horn..." Helena squeezes her temples as she closes her eyes to escape reality
"Isn't fun?? Hahaha" Harleys shouts very happy *Honk* *Honk* *Honk* "I have Honkers Knockers!" *Honk* *Honk*
"..."
"..."
Helena and Shego look at the girl like she is a clow-... like she is an idiot. Huntress even gives Shego a look that means "See why I was against it?"
"Why does he even have a power like that?" Helena sighs
"He said once that he had a lot of strange powers that he grabbed because one day maybe would be useful, but... Honking breasts?" Lady Jade says unsure "What next? A dick that glows if you break it? Like those glowsticks?"
"Yada, yada, yada~ Just enjoy the little things of life, girls" Harley mimics their yapping with a mocking gesture of her hand.
"You should have chosen something more useful." Huntress gives her a judgemental look
Harley shrugs "I saw this power in that tablet of his and ask for it... My dear Pannacotta is very supportive of my decisions, that's why I love him."
"My dear what? Pannacotta?" It's Lady Jade's turn to give her a judgemental look "Don't go around giving him pet names."
"Why not? He is okay with that!"
"He is not 'okay', he simply doesn't care. But you're annoying him, I bet."
"You don't know that! He likes all of me! ALL!"
"You are the one that knows nothing! You arrived now and already want to sit by the window?" Shego uses one of Hector's sayings "I was the one that opened that guy's heart, benefitting even you... I walked so that you could run, girl."
"Thanks, grandma." Harley answers sarcastically
"What grandma? You're older than me!"
"It's because I have PHD! Sorry about my high qualifications!"
Huntress observes everything with tired eyes, she is already suffering from the understanding that this is her life now.
The landing of Cassandra close to them is what stops the argument.
"Done." In her Shadow attire, she gives them a peace sign
"Then we are done here, let's move to the next lab." Huntress communicates with Helena, seriously considering splitting up and going solo.
"Let's go~ I need to find someone strong to test my new powers!" Harley shouts excitedly
"Don't Jynx it, let the trouble to the other groups..." Shego huffs "...and him."
.....
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
Shots are fired in a corridor, trying to hit a white figure, but the figure is too fast. He advances zig-zagging to dodge the bullets, and sometimes deflects the projectiles with his swords.
Hector as Ghostmaker moves in a three-directional way, jumping from ground to roof, from roof to wall, to wall to the opposite. His unpredictable movements make the soldiers' attempt to hit him futile, as they panic more and more.
*Swush* He finally gets close, and slashes dozens of soldiers in what seems to be one move.
"...I gave you all the chance to run." He says in an indifferent voice as he looks down on the dead bodies.
Sometimes he is assaulted by the thought of "what a waste" when he sees those people dying from such a ridiculous cause, but it goes away fast... They are all adults, with blood on their hands already, fully aware of what they have done.
With his, still dripping with blood, sword he slashes a mechanical door in smaller parts, opening the path to the rest of the hidden lab.
It looks like a giant hole that you need to go down in a spiral close to the walls, where you would pass through the different floors of this facility.
"..." He walks calmly to the edge of the floor and jumps from it instead of taking the Elevator or stairs.
As he falls, he sees the facilities that produce weapons, make tests, stock equipment, and all that. He already makes sure that no one can escape this place so he is jumping straight to the heart of the laboratory, to end it all.
He lands on the ground with a loud thud, doing a "superhero landing" for fanservice and slowly straightening himself.
"Abraham Cornelius... and everyone." He greets the scared scientists with a nod, all of them are scrambling in a corner of this session of the lab.
"You-" The old Dr. Cornelius started but was interrupted
"Spare your words, doctor... Use them to signal to me your most valuable personnel..." Ghostmaker rotates his sword with his wrist "I will take you and them, but the rest..." He left the threat hanging in the air.
Dr. Abraham Cornelius looks defiantly at the white figure threatening him, this unknown man is dangerous but he doesn't believe that he doesn't have the means to deal with him.
"You want my most valuable personnel? Fine" The doctor says and at the same time an agile figure jumps at Ghostmaker from the shadows.
"..." Ghostmaker dodges the sneak attack with a casual sidestep, looking down at the woman that just destroyed the ground where he was standing previously with her adamantium claws.
Lady Deathstrike doesn't waste time in removing her long claws from the ground and swinging at him with a spin.
*Chink*
But to her surprise, and every one of the scientists and soldiers watching, Ghostmaker's sword successfully stops her.
So the two are armed with adamantium, this maybe will take a long time...
*Bam* Or not.
Ghostmaker kicks her stomach with a powerful kick, sending her flying at a wall.
"..."
This act alone shocks the bystanders even more, Ghostmaker is also a little surprised too, for different reasons...
"So you're part cyborg..." He comments as Lady Deathstrike leaves the hole in the wall, mostly unscathed. "Hm, any thought behind those eyes? Or are you an unfeeling machine?"
"..." She doesn't answer, keeping an impassive face as she advances again.
"Then I will not bother capturing you in a harmless way..." 'I will convert you later...'
Not only her claws but also Lady Deathstrike's hands enlarge as she dashes, her long reach giving her an edge.
But with a double grip on his katana, Ghostmaker parries her attack and redirects her to the side, and then he brings down his sword or her extended arm.
In response, instead of trying to dodge, she plans to block it with one hand, maybe even grabbing it, and then attacking him with another.
Ghostmaker mentally scoffs at that, as in the next instant he swings his katana in an up-down motion... and slices her arm clean.
"!!"
"Arrogant or ignorant?" He asks her "It can be heated and vibrate at high frequencies..." He shows off his katana, explaining why in the crash between equally durable materials, he was the one that came on top.
He puts on a samurai stance again, next he is gonna dodge her swing or stab, and cut her legs.
But then it seems people around here don't respect a 1v1 because the remaining soldiers started blasting Ghostmaker with bullets.
"..." But the bullets have no effect on him "Okay, I played long enough on the street level... Let's wrap this up." He suddenly says, disappearing from his position.
Lady Deathstrike's remaining limbs fly in different directions, but she is the Lucky one. Many soldiers and scientists lost their heads at the same time.
Like a ghost, he reappears in front of Dr. Cornelius.
"Mon-monster..."
His answer is the raise his hand before knocking him down with the kashira(pommel) of his katana. The scientist has a lot of karma to pay yet.
....
"No... Pl-please!" The man cries as the hot barrel of the gun is pressed on his forehead, but without delay, his brains are blasted out. *Bang*
"Ugh, so you walk on the bad path and do not expect a bad ending? C'mon..." Red Hood Hector shows his disappointment in those who cry and beg on their final moments, after spending a lifetime doing atrocities to others they have no right to do that.
The "never gonna happen with me" mentality pisses him off a little, he is not gonna lie.
This Facility in particular is financed by some members of the Hellfire Club, that's why Hector came here with one of his bodies.
"Thornn Princess, Widowmaker and... What is your codename again?" He says on his comm.
"I told you some people called me 'Spider'!" Juri Han answers
"Er... No, the spider motif is with another group... Whatever just go crazy around this base, don't let anyone get close to me."
"Fine.."
"Okay."
"Roger that."
The three answers before he ends the call.
Red Hood walks to the Central Computer without worry, plugs in his wristband and the computer lights up, the many screens flashing crazily as a plethora of images and information appear on it and disappear at high speeds.
Obviously, he is fast enough to capt and read it even as Cortana does her magic.
"Dr. Steven Lang, huh?" He comments as he stares at the screen that changes so fast that would give someone epilepsy "Worthington? Angel's Father... So he pulled back a little? He was tricked... thinking he was investing in a 'cure' to his son's mutation. Friedrich Von Roehm... Pierce... Leland is a meta... Oh, Braddock, he is related to Jamie Braddock and Elizabeth Bradock, the other Psylock, aka Captain Britain... Ah yes, I need to check on her later."
He sees names, dates, numbers... Then he suddenly laughs
"Pffft! Hahahaha! Those idiots visited the facilities and kept the security footage?! Rich people really love to show their faces and act like they're doing something, huh?" He almost doubles down at laughing.
There's footage of many investors receiving a tour through the installations like he is visiting a normal factory.
"That's too easy, man... Too easy." He centers himself with a sigh "Cortana please, organize everything and separate what is safe to be exposed to the world." It's a thin line between exposing those people's misdeeds and not giving any ideas to other villains.
He is ready to destroy some rich people.
"Funny how half of the Club is metas and the other half hates metas... Most unaware of each other." He shakes his head. "Shaw is playing the double game... Hiding his powers to make the others kill strong metas, like me... Then what? Kill the humans that hate metas? It's such a simple plan, but effective. Though he is underestimating the Sentinels detection abilities..."
He disconnects from the computer as Cortana uploads everything he needs, he walks through some corridors, shooting some soldiers, prototype robots, and defensive turrets. Entering a big room, he ignores the many robots under construction, body parts in chemical vats and other things that you would see in an evil organization lab and goes straight to a corner.
There, a bunker stays, isolated...
"So here is where you are..." He comments after seeing what is inside, seeing who is inside.
"Hehe~ Asian and Hot? Shego will not like it, Master." Cortana teases him, she can see whatever he sees
"It's not my fault..." He rolls his eyes as he defends himself from the accusations "Cortana, contact Caretaker to take the girls to the B-2 location, they can do it on their own now..." He says
After observing their capabilities upon close, Red Hood will start acting alone, the test to the trio starts now.
"Come, let's get Cindy Moon out there... And re-check everything while comparing with the actions of Hydra."
"They have a hand on this pie too."
.....
*Booom*
A huge explosion shakes the mountain chain, a certain isolated location.
The ground opens with rocks and trees flying everywhere as Eidolon shoots to the sky at high speeds, but he stops in the air and looks down. This is his "main" body.
The ground continues to shake even after his escape, cracks spreading through it as the Earth moves in natural ways.
"..." He looks at everything calmly, his eyes piercing through the ground, giving him a clear view. "I'm not one to wait for cutscenes..." He says in an even voice as he brings his hand out.
Energy coalesces on his palm as electricity runs amok around him, he makes a casual throw motion, and the highly condensed ball of energy flies from his palm to the mountain range.
*BOOOM*
The ball releases its energy at contact, creating an enormous pillar of light that practically evaporates the small mountain, the wind is strong enough to uproot the trees.
"..." Eidolon maintains his impassive face as he looks at the destruction "Using your babies as protection?"
The one that he is talking about is revealed slowly... A giant figure appears from the hole caused by the Explosion. It's a giant robot, not smaller than a skyscraper, the "babies" in question were smaller robots.
Smaller when compared to the giant robot, because the "babies" are nothing less than the infamous Sentinels.
Even the smaller ones are at least 20 feet tall. The Sentinel's appearance is their usual humanoid forms mostly covered in purple, but most of them don't appear to be complete.
They lack outer armor, it's possible to see their circuits and other parts of their mechanic skeletons. That's because Eidolon earlier destroyed the complete ones.
And the whole Project is also in its initial stage...
The giant Master Mold is not fully operational just yet.
Master Mold is the name of the independent and autonomous Sentinel manufacturer, capable of producing and churning out Sentinels from within its own being or through an external manufacturing apparatus.
"You're the reason things get out of control..." Eidolon talks about the Dark Future of the X-men "But I guess the blame falls on the idiot that decided to create you."
From Master Mold, more and more incomplete Sentinels get out like ants defending their colony.
"Hmpf, none of you are escaping..." Eidolon acts fast.
He opens his arms widely, and the slowly closes them in front of himself, as his arms move, his palms getting closer and closer, some sort of invisible pressure is Applied in the robots.
He is manipulating the Gravity, changing its vectors to a certain point in the Master Mold. The sentinels are pushed back, and some trees and rocks too.
With enough time, a mountain-seized ball of robots floats in the air,
"Bunch of cockroaches." He says in disgust "Let's take a page of Superman's book..." He moves below the ball, after making double sure that he is not letting any Sentinel escape, and pushes it out of the atmosphere.
He does not stop even after he leaves the planet, he flies and flies... His speed increases with each second that passes.
He is going on a 30-40 minute trip to the sun.
........
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