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章 85: Attacking The Haters: Part Final

Eidolon dumps Master Mold in the sun.

He watches the skyscraper-sized machine being pulled and incinerated by the star of the Solar System with an impassive gaze till it's completely destroyed. After that, he turns around to return to Earth.

The travel back home will be even faster.

There's a certain misconception in the power-scaling community. They too easily attribute FTL(faster than light) speed to characters. Maybe they don't understand physics or how absurdly ridiculous fast light is...

It's not because the Character disappeared in a dash or moved faster than a bolt of lightning that the said Character can move at lightspeed. It's simply a visual effect.

Black Widow can dodge bullets by reading the trajectory of the barrel of the gun and moving as the finger presses the trigger. It doesn't mean she is faster than a bullet. Sometimes the character simply moves before the attack even happens.

There's also the difference between Fighting Speed and Traveling Speed.

To put things in perspective, someone who truly can travel at light speed can move around the Earth 7 times in a second. It's not a feat for anyone.

Adding Physics to that... Well, the oxygen in the atmosphere would combust, and the matter would turn into energy... It's simply not possible for someone who is street-level to do that.

Eidolon can react and fight at lightspeed, even though he needs to be very careful to not destroy everything around him. Travelling is another matter...

In space, without air resistance, it's possible to have infinite acceleration, so you only need a strong body. Hence why he reached the sun so fast, almost at Lightspeed, while carrying Master Mold.

Now he is not carrying anything... His body changes, matter becomes energy and in a streak of light, he moves back to Earth. Breaking the threshold that is lightspeed, a realm that is touched only by the Cosmic-level beings.

Unfortunately. Eidolon can only emulate the strength and the speed of those cosmic beings with the combination of many powers.

But on the other hand, it is a scary fact that he is already on this level by "faking" it, one can only imagine how strong he will be when he really rightfully steps on the same stage of the truly strong ones.

As Eidolon travels as a streak of light back to Earth, he doesn't notice something in the sun... The surface of the star stirs lightly, like a wave moving beneath all the fire, or a whale moving close to the surface of the ocean.

Someone with Psychic powers would hear the faint cry of a bird before everything goes back to normal as nothing happened.

........

On Earth, Red Hood Hector slowly stands up from his sitting position.

"First time that I separated the bodies so far away from each other... It gets hard to control. Makes sense..." He comments with a shake of his head. "Where I am again? Ah yes, Cindy Moon..."

He looks at the sealed bunker and pulls out a cylinder from the inner part of his tactical jacket.

*Pssheeww*

He ignites a red lightsaber and approaches the bunker, thrusting his hand forward he opens a perfect circle on the metal easily, finding the interior filled with webs.

"She went on hibernation mode to protect herself?" Red Hood decides to stop playing around with his tools and uses his real powers, even though they are not part of his Red Hood persona.

With a tug of his telekinesis, he pulls the tons of webs out and then her.

"..." He puts the naked Cindy Moon on the ground, professionally he stares at her and notices that she doesn't look starved or dehydrated even though she probably spent months like this.

He pulls a black blanket off somewhere and puts it above her, to cover her modesty.

"Okay, wake up, and if you try to attack me, I'm punching you back." He snaps his fingers close to her face, using a power to create a strong smell that jolts her awake.

"! Gah *Cough* *Cough* Wha- *Cough*" As her lungs, blood veins, and other organs re-expand back to normal, Cindy goes through an unpleasant experience.

The black blanket falls as she coughs on all fours.

"..." Red Hood looks away from the perky butt pointing at him and waits patiently for her. 'This Yuuki Rito luck is really something...'

Finally, she centers herself and looks around confused before her gaze stops on him.

"Blanket..." He points at her while still looking away.

She hastily covers herself and recoils away from him after noticing her state of undress.

"You must be confused, Ms. Moon."

"Who are you?" She forces herself to say, in a slow and coarse voice.

"Red Hood... But I don't think saying this will help." He removes a bottle of water from somewhere and offers to her "Your disappearance was reported more or less a year ago."

"A Year?!" She was carefully reaching for the bottle before she cried in alarm

"You have a lot to catch up on. The world changed." He says the understatement of the century.

......

Eidolon finally arrived at Earth's atmosphere.

Coming back to his solid form, he looks down at the planet, and at the same time, he checks everyone's status and progress.

"Hm, as expected... Even a handful of metas is enough to deal with a military base worth of normal people." He comments after seeing the results

Even the slowest groups are dealing with the task without being in considerable danger. It's too early in the timeline, those groups don't have specialized anti-meta weapons.

How can they deal with Iceman? Magneto? Jeanr? Or even Shadowcat?

He notices that some enemies escaped, but it's not a problem. He doesn't care about the lives of the low-level goons. He is not that forgiving with them personally because he sees that they are not forgiving of their victims either.

A clean and fast death is mercy compared with what they do with the poor metas that fall on their hands.

"Time to do the cleanup." He says before disappearing from his place.

Eidolon has places to be too, his main target finally acted and now it's the best time to end him.

........

Oh a Hidden Facility, a certain man hurriedly prepares his escape.

Today is a bad day for him, many of the projects that he invested in are falling apart like badly built castles of cards. His paranoid mind would not allow him to stay still and wait for the Danger to knock on his door.

He is getting ready to flee and go into hiding for years, decades, centuries if necessary... It's a terrible decision that he has to make, but he is in danger of losing everything now, so the best option is to flee. A normal person would be raging, but he is too old to really care.

"Only a little mishap, it's not over yet." He says to himself.

"It's over, yes." Another male voice adds to his statement, making him turn around fast.

Standing there is the biggest hero of the world and the greatest threat to his existence... Eidolon. Menacingly staring at him silently.

"Aaah~ Finally~" Eidolon sounds ecstatic "Fun story: I was searching for you for a long time, scanning through everyone possible, analyzing every piece of data... But you use 'Sublime' as your surname? Hahaha! Cortana and I had a good laugh at my wasted effort! I could've very well googled you!" The hero walks around John Sublime, amusement evident in his steps and way of talking.

"..."

"Because of some past experiences, I didn't trust my meta-knowledge that much... Haah~ Whatever, my effort worked to corner you in the end." He sighs while talking

"What are you talking about?" The Sentient Bacteria tries to act confused

"Please, let's not make this awkward... Hm, you know what? It doesn't matter. You will not live past today, Mr. Sentient Bacteria." As he finishes saying his piece, the temperature appears to drop considerably.

The carefree demeanor was gone in an instant and Eidolon looked at Sublime with laser focus, his eyes two deep pools of darkness promising no Mercy.

"You... You... How did you know?" Sublime also takes off the mask and stares at Eidolon with a serious face.

"Someone told me..." The hero lies

"Someone? Him!"

"If you know, why ask? Don't you think your final objective would annoy certain people?"

"That damned pale freak!" The Bacteria seethes in rage

Eidolon secretly confirms his suspicions.

Mr. Sinister is behind Sublime.

The two are on top of Eidolon's list to be eliminated, but today the hero focus is on Sublime. Mr. Sinister can be more dangerous overall, but Sublime is even more slippery, he will deal with the bastard today.

And Mr. Sinister is not actively trying to exterminate the mutant race.

In truth, it's very much possible that Mr. Sinister would keep Sublime in check. Not ever allowing him to put his plans in fruition... But... It would be a cold day in hell when Eidolon trusts the willingness and the cautiousness of a villain that much.

Sublime espaces a little from the control of Mr. Sinister and the result would be catastrophic.

That's why he is dealing with the Hater Bacteria now while letting the Pale Geneticist live for more time, he knows that at some point he will not resist making a move.

"Ah-ah-ah~ Don't even try." Eidolon shakes his finger in a negative motion when he sees Sublime starting to move a little. "It's checkmate. I investigated you thoroughly, everything and everyone you entered in contact with... Everything you did... Even till now, I waited till this moment where you would be cornered, so that when you entered your 'flee and hide' mode, I would see the strange motions around the world, the strings that you're pulling. I know what you control, I found your hideouts... Even the fact that I'm still talking with you is simply to allow me to discover more. Thank you for poking your head out and trying to save as much as you could Sublime." Eidolon talks as he approaches the helpless enemy, his eyes show that he is smiling from ear to ear behind his mask.

Just now, as he kept an eye on other organizations and people, he noticed how they started moving strangely. Sublime showed the claws that sank deeply on them.

And this is not enough... Eidolon still needs to "interrogate" him, a last investigation through the Sentient Bacteria mind. Unfortunately, his mind is very different from normal people's and difficult to read, if not Eidolon's work would be much simpler.

Subline also has telepathic powers, that is how he controls his hive mind, which makes the task of going through his mind extra difficult.

"But it's just a little extra work at this point..." Eidolon says calmly and advances with his hand extended.

It's so easy that is almost underwhelming. Months of preparation paid off in the end.

There's a reason why this guy fought against the mutant race using dirt tactics of mind-controlling people and slowly increasing the prejudice against them through the media.

Sublime is powerless against a meta.

Eidolon grabs his head and Jonh Sublime's whole body goes into stasis.

"Now Cortana, compare the sample with all the previously prepared antibiotics, find the best match and improve it." Eidolon orders "Hm?"

Suddenly a door opens and dozens and dozens of people get out from a secret room and advance at Eidolon like beasts.

"...The Children, I think." He says calmly as he is jumped from all sides.

With a flex of his powers, his mantle shifts a little... Then Saeko bursts out of his mantle and without wasting time slashes through the enemies with her katana.

Those enemies are bio-engineered living weapons. Looking closely one would notice their similarity with Sabretooth, they're at least 50% clones of him.

They all have physical enhancing powers, with some having optic beams.

"..." Eidolon looks at Saeko having fun cutting them with an impassive gaze 'This is a Mr. Sinister thing 100%. The guy must have Cyclops' genetic material, so he must have imprinted on his mind the desire to mate with Jean Grey'

Without another word, Eidolon lets Saeko have her fun with the living weapons as he retreats by teleporting himself.

He still needs to make the last cleanup.

.........

"I can feel it... Sublime's main body is dead." In a dark room, a woman says "It will take a long time for him to come back, if he come back..."

This woman is Arkea, sister of Sublime, and like her brother, she is a Sentient Bacteria. Her dark and long hair covers her features, dark clothes mingle with the surroundings.

"Don't worry, brother. I will continue our work...!" As she says that, she feels a hand grab her head from behind.

"No, you will not." A familiar voice says, the voice of the one she considers their biggest nemesis "I know about you too..." Eidolon smiles before dragging her away.

He took a long time to take action, to make sure that he would deliver a definitive blow.

He does not plan on leaving loose ends.

...........

After that, Eidolon went to do a speedrun in all other hidden labs and facilities related to Sublime around the world.

He arrives like thunder, bursting through the front door or the roof, passing through everything in a blur, downloading everything that is worth and leaving while reducing the place to a little more than ashes.

He travels to all the corners of the world... Icebergs in Antarctica where Sublime froze parts of him, Hidden labs under the ocean, seemingly inconspicuous houses in the mountains, and many other places.

He even secretly got rid of seemingly normal people living their very own normal lives, but are empty shells controlled by Sublime.

He cured people with parts of Sublime in incubation inside of them too.

He did this many, many times... The Sentient Bacteria is as paranoid as him, with many backup plans.

With a *Boom* Eidolon breaks the ground and arrives in another underground facility. What he sees there is capable of shocking even him.

This facility is divided into two rooms. The smaller room that oversees and controls the whole place and the bigger room that is more like a cave, with huge pillars of rock connecting the ground with the roof.

What shocks him is that everywhere that he looks he sees incubators. The ground, the pillars... It's all covered with incubators holding small girls inside. Like a hive, or the place where Neo wakes from the Matrix... The girls stay still inside their artificial wombs.

It's at least 1000 of them. All of them with the same features, they are identical, and their age is just a little above a toddler's.

Most of them are already dead, discarded like trash, come incubators are cracked open, it gives the vibe of a failed Project. Or at least one no one expects much.

It clicks on his mind where he is... His senses catch the few of those that are alive.

This facility really looks more than half abandoned, some incubators are turned off, and some are depowered.

He disappears from his place and appears in a corner, there he can see the last 3 incubators that still work properly... And two that are failing, the last two girls dying.

"Not on my watch." Without wasting time he frees all of them.

Taking special care with the last two, he ´stabs a finger at their bodies, fixing their problems and restarting their bodily functions. He is fast and precise.

The five will be okay now.

*Cough* *Cough* *Cough* *Cough* *Cough*

He watches the five girls start moving up between coughs, squirming like recently awakening chicklings.

The five then open their eyes fully in a synchronized fashion. He can feel the wave of psionic power washing over him, and he protects himself from it, but this makes 5 pairs of blue eyes turn to him robotically.

"Emma Frost is up to a surprise..." He sighs while the Stepford Cuckoos stare at him unblinkingly.

After checking on them one last time, he pats their head and makes them sleep. Now it's not the time to open this can of worms.

He teleports them carefully to Isabella, before continuing his work.

........

"Well, this one is interesting..." Eidolon hovers above the Facility.

It's not a facility, it's the Facility.

This time he slows down to attack this place because there's a person of interest here.

In a swift motion, he breaks in, and using his super-speed he passes through guards, security cameras, and other defensive measures in an instant. People can only see a glimpse of the black blur that hits them.

He moves through the maze-like Facility with ease, leaving clean destruction on his path.

Easily reaching his final destination...

........

X-23 just received her last order, stop the intruder.

As much as she wants to refuse or escape, after years of conditioning it's hard for her to go against their orders... And the collar on her neck it's a problem too.

Her super-senses tell the chaos going through the whole Facility. Even when she is in an untouched room, which is the only path to the final lab, she can hear the small explosions and screams. She can also clearly smell the blood and smoke.

She is tense... Whatever is doing that, it is dangerous, and her instincts are about to be proved right.

*Tssss*

The double door opens normally, like the whole place is not under attack, she can see the smoke and glimpse of flickering light from the opening, but what is more important is the being walking relaxedly through it.

"Being" because she is not sure if she can call that a man.

It looks like a man, sure. With his four limbs, head, human features... Wearing black with some white highlights, a mantle covering most of his body... But she knows that he is more than that.

All her senses are screaming danger right now, like never before in her life.

This being is incredibly unsettling, he walks without making a sound, and he smells too clean... Odorless, even. No, almost... there's a smell there... Weak. Something she never felt before. It's not an artificial sterile smell from a lab, but more like the purest breeze possible, uncontaminated by the world or anything.

He is completely out of place. He looks so harmless that he almost doesn't appear to exist, but when you notice his existence, there's nothing more that you should focus on if not him... She feels that if she loses sight of him, she is dead.

Her fight, freeze, and flee instincts are in overdrive. Fighting themselves to decide her next action.

But Wolverine blood flows in her veins, so obviously she will jump at him with a roar.

*Snikt* She shows all of her claws, even the ones on her feet, as she opens her arms, jumping at him.

"..." Eidolon simply looked at her without moving a muscle "Hello." He says and she notices that she is not moving anymore.

She is paralyzed in the air.

"I know you..." He continues as she struggles against the invisible hold that he has on her. "I will take you out here."

"...!" This makes her pause for an instant and look at him.

"First..." She flinches as he raises a hand in her direction, but he simply flicks his finger and removes her collar.

"..." She watches with curious eyes as he crushes it and throws it at the corner like trash.

"I'm gonna put you in the ground now. Are you gonna attack me?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"You and Shadow will be good friends..." He ends up putting her in the ground anyway.

"..." Beyond looking at him warily, with her claws raised, X-23 doesn't do more.

"Do you have a name?" He asks calmly

"...X-23."

"...Are you sure?" He presses further

"..."

"..." He is a patient guy.

"...Laura Kinney." She finally says, making him smile

"I see. Laura... Nice name." He can't resist giving her some head pats, even if she is a 15-year-old.

"..." At least she doesn't try to bite him or anything, only looking at him strangely.

"Well, Laura. I plan to destroy the rest of this place... Why don't you accompany me to gloat over your former... bosses?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...I'm going." He starts walking to the last lab after noticing that this conversation is not going anywhere.

He is happy to notice that Laura followed him almost immediately.

Then he opens the last door with a bang!

Inside the small lab, he sees two people. He also notices Laura growling at them.

He has information about the two.

"X-23, what are you doing? Kill him!" One of them, a black woman, shouts angrily at Laura.

"Grr." Laura does nothing, she stays in place, growling and trembling in anger and... fear.

"..." Eidolon noticed that when he gave Laura a side glance.

And he doesn't like that.

*Bam*

With a wave of his hand, the woman was sent flying at a wall at high speeds, creating a small hole in it.

"Cough* Ha... Hahaha." She laughs even though she was attacked with such brutality "You can't hurt me... You can't hurt me, Eidolon! Even you can't hurt me!" She shouts manically.

She is indeed completely unscathed.

This woman is called Kimura, her power made her the perfect handler for X-23. Her skin can become nigh-indestructible because she can control the molecular arrangement of her epidermis.

Not even X-23 adamantium claws can cut her skin because her molecules are tightly together. A pico-blade can't cut her.

"..." Eidolon looks at the sadistic woman gloating and narrows his eyes.

Then he zooms in and lightly touches her stomach.

His thumb and index finger make a U shape as they touch her simultaneously.

*Bam*

A mini Rokuogan. The impact passes her indestructible skin and...

"Uh? *Bleerghh*" And hit her internal organs that are not indestructible.

She falls on the ground while vomiting blood, great pain traveling through her body. Eidolon put her organs on the brink of being turned into paste.

"Tsk Tsk~ Why is it always the bulletproof ones that think that they are invincible? No one is invincible, you know?" He shakes his head while looking down at her. "Small fishes in even smaller ponds..."

Then he grabs her by the hair and drags Kimura to Laura.

"Here..." He shoves her in front of her former victim. Presenting the woman to Laura, to do anything she wants.

"..." But Laura doesn't move.

She tried before. She tried countless times. She is the daughter of Wolverine so obviously, she angrily lashed out against those people, but it was never effective. Kimura was immune to everything she could do and after that, Kimura would torture her.

Laura's healing factor allowed Kimura to go crazy in her sadistic tendencies. Only they know the hell Laura lived all those years, only her mother gave her a semblance of humanity, but... Those people don't need Laura to be human, so they got rid of her mother.

"It's okay... Look." He crouches down and grabs Kimura's head.

At the same time he takes away her power, he effortlessly cuts a line on her arm with his finger to show his point.

"! What?" Kimura winces in pain and shock.

"She is not invulnerable anymore..." He once again throws her at Laura's feet.

"..." Laura looks down at Kimura as realization slowly down at her.

It's hard to overcome years of trauma and conditioning... Laura starts breathing hard, her body trembling, her chest heaving...

"X-23... Don't do that... Kill him..." Kimura says on the ground, she can barely move.

Laura's face morphs into one of pure anger, and maybe pain, becoming something animalistic.

"You can go crazy..." Eidolon's permission is the last drop to overflow the cup.

*Snikt*

"No!" Kimura tries to beg... Raising her hand...

"Raaaaah!!" But Laura doesn't give her chances.

While screaming and roaring, she slashes down on Kimura, on the woman's arm.

Her adamantium claws go through the limb like a hot knife in the butter. It really works, Laura can hurt her now.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"

"Bulletproof people rarely have a high resistance to pain..."

"..." The truth in front of her only made Laura crazier and bloodthirsty.

Still screaming she slashes down again... One, two, five, ten... Fifty... A hundred times...

She doesn't stop.

Kimura died between the third and fourth attack but Laura continued to attack her, making minced meat of the woman.

One can only imagine how much she hated Kimura. How much she suffered under Kimura's thumb.

"..." Eidolon looks at the bloody scene calmly, the gore can't faze him. He is famíliar with it. He is also familiar with the need for revenge.

It's almost familiar... A teen mutilates a body, a puddle of blood expanding in all directions.

He can almost see himself on Laura.

*haah* *haah* *haah*

Laura stops attacking when there's practically nothing solid to hit beyond the ground, her shoulders move up and down as she tries to recover her breath.

"There, there~" Eidolon starts cleaning her with some gentle powers, she has blood all over her body. He also saw in some footage that the people here cleaned Laura using a water hose, like she is some kind of animal or prisoner. So he does it gently, with warm water.

"..." She is still out of it, a little overwhelmed, and can only lean on the nice sensation.

"I hope you can leave her behind. Forget about her, she is not worth remembering." He says as he finishes cleaning her.

Then he finally turns to the last occupant of the room, the man who watched everything that happened in fright.

"Dr. Adam Harkins... I can't say that it's a pleasure." He walks to the scientist without a hurry.

"You... You monster." The man retreats cowardly "You're not what you paint yourself to be! You're a monster!"

"Funny that I never said that I'm a paragon of virtue or anything... I even once openly stated that I'm not a good person." Eidolons steps forward

"You're evil!"

"Yes, and I'm good too. I'm both. It depends on who is on the receiving end of my actions..." Eidolon extends his hand and chokes the scientist telekinetically "You on the other hand, it is only evil."

"Gah! Ugh!" The man struggles out of breath.

Without humoring the man anymore, Eidolon throws him on a portal.

"It seems the good scientist left one final gift to us, Laura." Eidolon looks at the panel close by

"..." Laura is also feeling something.

"Raaaaaawwwrr!" Suddenly a section of the wall bursts open and a huge beast appears.

It's a mix between a dog and a dinosaur, its whole body covered in metal... Adamantium.

"Predator X, the most perfect of them." Eidolon comments.

There are a lot of those prototypes all over the laboratories and facilities around the world, the X-men, Brotherhood and even Eidolon's own people fought against them.

But this one is much bigger, easily reaching 3 meters of height when on all fours.

"Grrr" Laura puts a battle stance, ready to pounce on the creature, but Eidolon simply raises a hand to stop her. "..."

With another roar, Predator X advances, its huge maw open to take a bite of Eidolon's torso.

"..." *Bam* But the hero grabs the creature and smashes it in the ground with a hand, the grip on the monster's forehead enough to keep it down. "Like I said... No one is truly invincible." *Boom*

He changes his hand posture a bit, a blast goes through the creature's body, making it jerk and spasm unnaturally... before going completely still.

The adamantium exoskeleton and the Healing Factor are not enough to stop its insides from being liquified instantly. Becoming a carcass full of red paste.

"Why don't we go out, Laura?" He turns to her "Do you want to press this place's self-destruct button?"

"...yes."

"Heh~"

Then Cortana's voice cuts his mind "Another Asian girl, Master?" She asks full of mirth

"I swear I'm not doing this on purpose!" Maybe Shego was right and he really has some sort of Asian Magnetism. He will re-check his long list of powers later.

........

It's finally over.

Everyone completed their raids and rescue missions.

Now, did they clean the world of the Anti-mutant groups and people? No. There are some that did do anything illegal or questionable to be targeted by Eidolon. Do they hate mutants? Yes. But that's all. Just because they disagree with you, doesn't mean Eidolon will go and kill them.

Some of the X-men and some of the Brotherhood are also not that efficient in cleaning the "trash", many escaped. But is okay... Cortana already has all she needs to upload the horrible truth to the world, exposing the main perpetrators.

Those groups won't go far without investment.

The antibiotic to deal with Sublime is also being produced in mass and will be sprayed around the world soon. Completely harmless and invisible to anyone but the Sentient Bacteria and his sister.

Eidolon then decides to teleport back to the X-mansion.

"Well, that is a huge crowd..." He comments after seeing more than a thousand people in the Garden of the Mansion.

His arrival obviously attracted the attention of everyone. From the corner of his eye, he can see Illyana receiving an earful from her brothers Mikhail and Piotr. He knows that she sneaked out to help with the raids.

"There's more inside." Storm is the one that greets him, she was probably the one keeping everyone in order "And this is?" She gives a look behind Eidolon.

He only brought Laura with him. The rest of his group had already gone back. With the exception of Mikhail.

And he saw Deadpool annoying Wolverine when he arrived.

"This is Laura Kinney and... You will understand in a minute." He says cryptically

"..." Ororo looks strangely at the girl that is sniffing the air.

Eidolon points in the overall direction of Wolverine to Laura and nudges her to go there.

"Well, Time to check on everyone, huh? The hard part of my job starts now." He metaphorically rolls up his sleeves.

Ororo gives him a smile "Good Luck."

Then they watch the interesting scene of Logan and Laura facing each other in silence before *Snikt* Laura shows her claws, to everyone's shock, and then, to everyone's shock again, attacks him.

"..."

"..."

"That family is kinda crazy..." Eidolon comments

"..." Ororo can't say anything to that.

He could've laid off a groundwork to de-escalate the situation, but it wouldn't be fun.

........

Eidolon, with a clone playing a Panacea as his side, went around healing and checking every one of the rescuees' health. He also checked their background, to the ones that had a life or family outside of the labs he would return them with some help. The others have the option of staying with Xavier or Magneto.

Some older ones are gonna move to Meta Town.

After finishing his duty, he walked through the rows of tents, that he prepared, and went back to talk with the X-men and Brotherhood.

"Good work there." Jean greets him after he leaves the area where the recently rescued are living "I can only imagine the headache to bring them back."

"I have help." Eidolon says humbly "Where are Xavier and Magneto?" He knows where they are, but he asks anyway.

"There." She says and walks in the said direction, he follows by her side

Arriving at the place, Eidolon meets the Leaders and a good part of their followers.

"Our disagreements don't look so bad after seeing our enemies, huh?" He says this even before greeting them.

Some like Xavier, Magneto, Mystique, and Logan already experienced humanity's potential to be evil. He is addressing the younger ones with his words.

After a light chuckle, he doesn't wait for anyone's response before continuing "Good Job, everyone. All of you really did something good today, I can almost feel our destiny changing for the better." He says with a hint of emotion

After some civil talk with Xavier and Magneto, he asks for some prisoners "I would like to take Typhoid Mary and others 'enemies metas' captured under custody."

"What are you gonna do with them?" Magneto asks, but there's no accusation in his voice

"Well, in the beginning, I admitted that I don't have the facilities to hold and provide to children like the Professor... But you all need to admit that you two also can't keep dangerous metas in check." Now what he said days before comes back to reinforce his argument. It will be hard to refuse him now.

He shrugs "It's dangerous to keep those individuals in a school with children and you're a little too lenient with criminals Magneto."

"..." They can't deny that.

"Don't worry, I will not give them to any government or anything. And I will do my best to reform them." He assures them.

They eventually concede. It's evident that the three leaders developed some form of mutual respect for each other.

"Well, that's all... Tomorrow I will come back to take the ones that want to go home or anywhere else. Bye- Hm?" As he is preparing to do a superhero exit, he feels someone pulling his mantle.

"..." Laura Kinney is grabbing it while looking at him without blinking.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Everyone, including Eidolon, looks at her strangely.

"...do you... want to come with me?" He asks in a slow and unsure voice.

Cortana: (¬、¬)

"Hn." She grunts

"You can use your words to communicate, Laura. Don't be the animal they tried to make you be." He says in a gentle but firm tone.

"..."

"..."

"...yes." She finally answers

"I see... But it's a little problematic to bring someone that is not in my inner circle to my bases." He holds his chin between his fingers

"..."

"Just abuse of the Professor's hospitality for a while. I can bring you around to show the world, then you can make your decision. No hurry, no one is forcing you to choose your path now." He pats her head

"...Hn... yes." She eventually agrees.

"..."

"What is happening?" Jubilee asks her friends in a slow voice

"I don't know... He tamed a Wolverine girl, I guess." Kitty shrugs her shoulders. Logan is growling at the side...

"Probably because he rescued her... Let's make her feel welcome, guys." Jean says, gaining nods from all of them

Laura finally let go of Eidolon's mantle.

"Till tomorrow, Laura." He pats her one last time "Everyone." He gives the rest a nod.

With a small bending of his knees, he shoots to the sky, at the right height he changes direction and shoots to the horizon in a streak of light that cuts the night sky, leaving behind only the gust of wind and the sound of him breaking the sound barrier.

He finished here, but the night didn't end for him yet.

........

Emma Frost was getting ready for bed when she felt something with her telepathic powers. The presence of someone just outside her bedroom.

She knows this presence "Eidolon?" She also knows that he is making himself known to her. He is basically knocking on her door. She is also feeling something strange surrounding him.

She opens her bedroom door to the small living room that precedes the place where she rests. Her room is so big that is basically a house on its own inside her mansion.

"!" Her eyes widen seeing Eidolon kneeling on the ground fixing the clothes of five small girls. Five identical girls... Identicals to her.

The five turn their little head to her in a synchronized fashion, at the same time Emma's eyes shine with power. The six minds connect immediately, the quintuplets' little minds orbiting around her... Like she is a planet and they're moons.

She understood what was happening instantly.

"Well..." She starts "Normally is the other way around... A woman that normally knocks in a rich man's house with a child on the hip." She can't help but joke to lighten the mood.

"Don't worry, I'm not here for Alimony or Child Support." He rolls his eyes "Let's have this talk elsewhere." As he said that, Eidolon stands up.

He stood up but he was still on the ground kneeling close to the quintuplets, he split himself up, leaving a clone behind.

"Follow me." She turns to enter her bedroom again, Eidolon follows her as Clone Eidolon guides the kids to sit on the couch.

After closing the door, the hero starts "Two things to say... First, I found them in a lab together with other thousands of failing clones of you. Someone harvested thousands of your eggs to try to make some sort of anti-meta weapon hive mind." He explains

"..." Emma Frost's hand instinctively goes to her lower abdomen, her face showing anger. She knows who did that with her.

"Second... Tonight, I will upload the dirt of a lot of people. Including the ones that we talked about... If you want to move to grab their assets, be ready."

"Really? Tonight? Damn, I need to make some calls then." She says a little exasperated with the hero who is not playing the game with her.

They can time it better, but Eidolon doesn't care. Frost needs to do her thing to maximize her profits.

"Now, about the girls..." He takes the conversation back to the most important topic

"What about it?" He gives her a glance

"Are you gonna take them?"

"...hm, and what if I don't?" She narrows her eyes, watching his reaction closely

"I will take care of them..." He says "I saved them personally, so my responsibility only ends when they are 100% safe."

"..." Emma's eyes narrow even more "Couldn't you have let them with Xavier, then?"

"..."

"It almost sounds like there's something more on it... Something personal..."

It happened so fast that if she had not paid laser focus attention to him she would have missed. His eyes flicker for a millisecond... She almost thinks that she is imagining things.

"That's a good idea, I can leave them with him." He answers in a nonchalant voice

"No. I will not leave them with that baldy. They will stay with me." She denies fast "I never wanted children, but skipping through the hardest part of having them is a blessing. And I will keep my body in top shape." She runs her hands through her body, trying to bait him to look.

But Eidolon's eyes never leave hers.

"Good. I'm going now, but I will be coming to check on them regularly. Clones tend to have some congenital problems." He turns around to leave her bedroom.

"What about Shaw?" She asks suddenly

"He is one of the few that are cautious enough to not leave their dirt around." He answers without turning around to face her

"Then that's it? He will be left alone?" She asks annoyed

"When did I say that?" He looks back, his eyes glowing red "He is involved. I already judged him guilty."

She can't help but gulp at his gaze.

"He will probably call you to a meeting... To discuss how to deal with your fallen...friends. Even more, if he notices you seizing their assets." Eidolon predicts Shaw's actions easily.

Emma can imagine Shaw doing exactly that. When he discovers that she is getting richer and richer with the downfall of the others he will arrange a personal meeting to ensure she is giving him a slice of the pie. More than a slice...

"Then?" She asks

"Arrange the meeting with him after you get ready to seize his assets..." He says in a deep voice "Then call me to the meeting. I will deal with the rest."

"..." Oh, she likes that. She can't contain the smile blooming on her face. Releasing Eidolon on her enemy, how cathartic will be?

She likes it very much!

.........

Eidolon finally goes back home.

With a sigh, he goes back to being Hector. His hair shortens, becoming curly and black. His body deflates a little and goes back to his teenager normal self. The mantle flies away and he stays there using only his tight body suit.

"Ugh, Cindy Moon wants to go around already? I don't want to babysit a recently awakened girl with spider powers." He groans in annoyance after receiving Cortana's message.

The work is never done.

"Let's go then, better than fighting a planet burster threat..." After one last sigh, he prepares to send himself as Red Hood again "I'm still surprised that things went smoothly and no final boss appeared."

...........

???

In a dark passage, a tall and pale man wearing dark clothes walks slowly.

After arriving in a big and circular room, he looks down on a bunch of people working on what appears to be a prototype of a robot.

It's interesting that all those people working look exactly like the man, the only difference is that he is wearing a flamboyant black cape that wouldn't be out of place in a Dracula costume.

"It's not time yet... You almost fought him without being ready..." Mr. Sinister says he retrieved this robot just a little before Eidolon attack the facility where it was being made "...Nimrod."

.......

White House

The President of the United States just received the News of what Anonymous and Eidolon have done. He can already imagine the chaos that will happen.

Some people of the military tried to convince him to use... a certain weapon against Eidolon. To assert their authority over this Rogue vigilante who thinks that the world is his sandbox.

To stop him once and for all from messing with international politics.

It's what they said at least.

But he is not sure about it. The President can bet that many want to save their own hide.

He saw what happens when gods fight, mortals suffer... This can be worse than starting a nuclear war.

He simply stares at the blue M on the file, together with the picture of a black man in silence, unsure of what to do.

He then closes it. Not today...

...........

A.N.: Hello there. Uff, Eidolon almost fought some strong people... I guess he can be lucky sometimes... or not, it's only postponing the trouble to later. 

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章 86: The Aftermath

Hector P.O.V.

"Woman, just stay still for a day. Go to the internet, and see how the world changed... Tomorrow we will help you go back to your family." I explain again to Cindy Moon. I'm in my Red Hood persona, he is much less polite than Eidolon, so I can act tired with her bullshit.

"Why are you trapping me here?" She asks. Again.

"I'm seriously thinking that staying in hibernation messed with your brain..." I shake my head "Or are you stupid?"

"Who is stupid? Stupidity would be stay here without a clue about the world!" She argues

"..." I exaggeratedly sigh at her "You don't even have a clue about your new powers... You're gonna end up hurting someone or yourself. Or maybe exposing yourself and losing the calm civilian life FOREVER! Just because of your recklessness!" I almost shout. I'm not really angry but well...

"..." It appears that finally went through her thick skull.

I deflate, showing that it was just a momentary outburst." Look... Tomorrow, I promise you. Look at Eidolon online, I'm part of his group. He is reliable if no one else is. Search for Spider-man too, Invasion of New York... Tomorrow. You disappeared for an entire year... We need to create a fake story too. If people discovered that you are involved with the 'Super World', you will never gonna have peace... Do you want to be kidnapped again??"

"..." She hangs her head low for some time before looking at me "How is my family?"

"They are fine, I checked."

"Did they look for me?"

"Obviously, they're your parents."

She scoffs "I wouldn't be surprised if my mom didn't even notice that I disappeared."

Great, mommy issues!

"Can you search another someone for me?" She asks unsure

"Who?" I raise my wristband to do that

"Hector..."

"...what?" I slowly turn to her

"Hector Cervantez, he was my boyfriend..." She explains

"..." Whew~ That surprised me

I make a show of typing on my wrist "He is on Boston College."

I show her a lot of holographic pictures of him, people really put everything on Social Media. There's him graduating High School, celebrating, playing hockey, together with a girl... Whoops~

I close the thing fast.

"..."

"..."

He moved on fast...

"Eh... You're hotter." I try to help

"..." She gives me a flat stare before turning around and going back to her temporary room.

It's hard having your whole life turning upside down... I know.

........

Now it's over, right?

The night ended.

I go to my room, to have a rare night(hour) of sleep.

"Welcome back."

"Hiii~"

To find Shego and Harley on my bed...

"..." This would be the dream of every man, but I can read the situation very well. They are gonna put me on the spot and make me choose, right?

"Hector... Tell this woman to get out so that I can reward you after a day of hard work~" Shego says sultrily, giving me her best bedroom eyes.

"Panacotta, shoo this woman away! I have a lot of moves to show ya~" Harley shakes her ass in my direction. Is she offering anal?

"..." I ignore the two for the moment and continue to remove my clothes slowly.

"Hector..." Shego goes to call me again.

"Shhhh~" But I interrupt her with a finger on my lips.

"..."

"..."

The two go still and I give them an intense gaze after removing everything except my boxers.

"Since when I can be forced to choose?" I look at them with smoldering intensity, my voice deep.

*Gulp* Now they look like deer in headlights.

But I can feel the excitement starting to bubble inside of them, they like my dominant side, the hungry gaze...

"Playing games, huh? Bad girls~ Tsk Tsk" I step on my bed, standing up on the mattress, looking down at them "Now to your punishment..."

Despite their dislike for each other, they didn't protest the hot threesome that was about to happen. If one of them says no, the other wins...Harem Management 101. How to deal with competitive but with similar personalities harem members?

Show that you have enough love for all of them~

Ah, my sleep!

.........

The next morning I left the bed with my two lovers still sleeping and utterly exhausted.

Look at them hugging each other in their sleep~ The power of D is real.

Let me take a picture to give to Helena, she needs some blackmail material- I mean, leverage to deal with these two.

I leave the room silently and go eat breakfast. The most important meal of the day, I won't skip it even though I can self-sustain for... I don't know.., Forever maybe.

"Good Morning, Isabella. Good Morning, Quin." I greet the two maids

Quin, or Quinta as her full name, is no other than Baby 5 that I brought with me from the One Piece world. Baby 5 is not a name, like Power that is now written as Pawa.

Yeah, her name is basically 5 in most of the Latin-based languages, but well... It works. Her name can be abbreviated and said like Kim or Quinn, the two are right too.

She didn't participate in the raids, because she is still working through her mental issues.

"Thank you." I smile at her after she brings me my coffee.

Isabella is her supervisor for now till she learns how to say "no". After that, she will leave the "maid theme" behind. I mean, I hope so... She needs to grow out of it, I guess.

But having Battle Maids is a dream of mine too. Now I'm conflicted.

Whatever... I will be happy if she is happy.

Oh, the News are on fire~

"...the names that are also part of the UN Crime Congress paints an ugly, if not ironic, picture."

Click

"The military says that they are investigating the..."

Click

"The President of the United States promised a pronouncement till the end of the week..."

Click

"...we are on the brink of an international case if the victims are confirmed that they are from other countries..."

Click

"...-on denies all accusations."

Click

"...a threat to Human Rights..."

Click

"Protests on..."

Click

"Russia's President denounces the involve-"

Click

"...stocks from the mentioned Companies plummet..."

Click

Hehehehehe~ Burn, buuuurn~

It always comes to light... It doesn't matter how hard you hide, your dirt will be exposed eventually.

Aaah~ What a great way to start the day~ It's birds that I'm hearing on this beautiful morning?

After eating everything and making small talk with the two, I say some encouraging words to Quin(Baby 5) before going to school.

It will never not be weird living this double life.

Yesterday I dumped a mountain-sized apocalyptic robot in the sun, today I have math.

But only for a little more, I will start going to College very soon. Time to start saying goodbye to the spider-gang.

And to her...

......

"Can you believe this?!" Gwen Stacy asks for the umpteenth time as we sit together during lunch. She can't stop looking at her phone, reading the Anonymous site.

"Yes, I can Gwendolyn. People can be really good and people can be really bad." I answer easily

"But this is too much! Look!" She turns the phone to us.

Peter, Ned, MJ2(Michelle Jones), and I were forced to see the cropped images of the experiments.

Good job, Cortana. You showed exactly what was needed.

"Yeah... That's fucked up in many ways." Ned agrees with a face that shows that he is uncomfortable only by looking at the images "Did you all see the names on the list? A lot of influential people are involved."

"No surprise." Michelle Jones butts in "Now the question is: 'Will they be punished?' "

"Of course, they will be punished! They need to be punished! They violated so many laws, the Human Rights!" Gwen says with righteous anger

I don't know if I should call her naive... I mean, she is right, but this is not how the world works. Michelle is a cynic, which is kinda wrong too, but you know, she is right. The world is wrong!

"Did the White House or any government comment on that?" Ned tries to change a little the subject, to avoid a heated discussion between the girls.

"Only that they are investigating..." Gwen huffs and Michelle scoffs

I decide to ask a morally interesting question "Say Gwendolyn... What if those people are not punished? What if they found some legal loophole where they could slip away, be out of the public eye, and retire in a private island comfortably?" I start asking

"That..."

I'm not done "Would you find it okay if Eidolon go deliver justice himself? Like grab them and put them on his personal jail on the moon or something like that?"

"That... That..." She is stun-locked

"..." I give her a glance. That's why people like you can't change the world, Gwendolyn Stacy.

"He... Eidolon could help with the investigations, with all this proof... It's impossible for them to go scot-free." She argues

"Are you sure? What if they ask him to testify... But then they don't trust him because he is covering his face, hiding his identity... They ask him to remove his mask, but he refuses... The thing goes nowhere. They complicate the case to have no progress, buying time. They accuse him of using one of his ludicrous powers to fabricate the proof."

"He wouldn't do that!"

"Maybe not... but what matters is that there's a possibility and the judge believes it... Or be paid or threatened to believe in that... Then this whole thing is swept over the rug, most of these people resign and go to retirement... Officially of course, because they obviously would name their subordinates to their former positions and continue to command from behind the scenes..."

"..."

Yeah, shocking huh? That's why I need to go Old Testament in many of those bastards... When they retire thinking that they are safe... When they get out of the public eye... Heh~

"Now, would it be okay for Eidolon to 'do justice with his own hands'?"

"I... I don't know..." She finally says. That's the right answer;

She is smart enough to understand the implications of what would happen if Eidolon started being(publicly) Judge, Jury, and Executioner.

"Funny, huh? Some weeks ago people went crazy wanting him to go around saving sick people, but at the same time no one wants him arresting people on his own." I can't help but defend myself here "They want him to have all responsibility, but none of the power... A little unfair I would say." I shrug in a nonchalant way

"..."

"That's why, don't get stressed or too much invested in this, guys. Let the heroes deal with it. It has nothing to do with us, normal folk." I say

Look at them sneakily glancing at Peter. C'mon, be more discreet!

"Ugh, I agree with you totally, Hector." Gwen sighs, a little defeated "But that doesn't mean I like the way it works."

"Don't worry, there are a lot of people that want those people being prosecuted." I throw a silver lining at her. "I read all the notes and some countries are not involved. China, Russia, and England being the most powerful of them..." Not involved in this case in particular "Some powerful people of the UK are involved but not the government, so the government will probably pressure the United Nations to deal with this whole thing properly. It's a good opportunity for England to seize the money of those people and, China and Russia can weaken the West this way."

"So it's not even because it's right, it's only because will benefit them..." Gwen once again looks unwilling to accept the unfairness of the world.

"It's all about interest."

"Many people treat Justice like a bitch." Michelle says

"As long as they can't hurt anyone anymore..." Peter says diplomatically

They will not. Believe in me, Peter.

...........

Mary Jane

Mary Jane can't help but watch Hector from afar. Their relationship ended abruptly, and in hindsight it was a mature and reasonable ending but... She is not happy.

Maybe it's normal, breaking up is meant to be sad. But there's something more, like... She is not satisfied with how things ended. Deep in her heart, she believed that their relationship had potential, they clicked so well.

But apparently, it was not meant to be... Hector is not that different from other boys.

About that she is not even that sure... People noticed that they were starting to be an item. Equally, people also noticed when they drifted apart, and it's with a little anger that Mary Jane watched some girls going to talk to him.

They never noticed him before! But after she discovered him...

The reason she is not that sure if he is like all the other boys, it's because of how unbothered or uninterested he is in all those girls. He is one step away from being impolite, basically only talking a little.

'Why are you such a contradiction?' She sighs in her mind

"Ugh." She suppresses a roll of her eyes and prepares herself to go away after noticing who is approaching her. Hector is not the only one who is "available" now, some guys are hitting on her even more than before.

Like after Hector has done that, they think they can do the same... Like she is suddenly easier. Maybe trying to take advantage of some emotional fragility.

Mary Jane hurries because like Hector she is just one step away from starting to be impolite and then they will call her a stuck-up bitch.

She doesn't need any more trouble in her life. She had enough.

........

Third Person P.O.V.

X-Mansion

'Eidolon! Eidolon! Let me ask something! How is like to be the strongest?' A childish voice echoes from Kitty's smartphone, she is watching a video.

'The strongest? Huhu~ I am no the strongest.' Eidolon's voice filled with amusement can be heard next.

'Ehh?'

'Heh~ Strange, I know... But you see, I pondered a lot about strength and after going through many experiences I discovered that is not about how strong you can punch, how much destruction you can cause, or even who you can beat in a fight...' Eidolon explains softly 'To be strong is to be kind. Hehe~ Your confused face is funny! It's okay, it took some time for me to get it too... The more you can be kind to other people, it shows how strong you are. You asked me before about being the strongest... I think the strongest is the one that can be kind even to his enemies...'

'...'

'I'm still weak... I can't help but be...harsh with the villains, criminals, and people I don't like.' It's possible to hear a sigh coming from the phone 'But one day I will be strong, strong enough to be kind.'

After that, there are some laughs and sounds of hair being ruffled before a sonic boom that signals Eidolon leaving the scene.

"This video is a little old, no?" Jubilee asks Kitty, entering the living room together with the other X-men.

Kitty, who is lying on the couch, allows the phone to fall face down on her chest before answering "Yep, two weeks. I wanted to rewatch it. After our recent experience... You know, it puts things in perspective."

"I get what you mean." Warren, aka Angel, says sighing "Those people that we fought yesterday... *Huff* they got under my skin."

"Yeah, they hated us with such passion and for no reason that I couldn't help getting angry and hating them back." Spyke says "I confess I hit them a little too hard..."

"I think I killed some..." Robert admits with a distant gaze

"Me too... Don't feel that bad." Rogue steps in "I was kinda only throwing them around, but then when I threw one in a group they exploded... I think they are going to throw some bombs at me. After that, I kinda stop caring too much if I'm breaking a lot of bones... They are really gonna kill me, so why should I hold back against them."

"Right? They look at me with such visceral hate... Ugh."

"It was war, you can even call it self-defense." Surprisingly Illyana appears to say something "They would have done worse with all of you if you give them half a chance. Kill them fast as an act of mercy."

"..."

"..."

Everyone suddenly remembers that this girl has unsolved issues.

The X-men are never a group that abides strongly with the No-killing rule of many superheroes, with members like Wolverine how can they, right? But at the same time, those are young people. Still unsure about the path and if they're doing the right thing.

"This hero thing is difficult..." Kitty sighs again "Did you all see the people's reactions to Anonymous blasting the truth on the internet?"

"Yeah, everyone that I saw is on our side."

"The average person doesn't have an opinion against us, but I think most would repudiate cruelty."

"I saw a comment that said 'This can be any of us tomorrow, imagine your own government kidnapping you for something you can't control. Or your children...'."

"So when the danger gets too close to comfort, they develop some empathy." Rogue scoffs

"Just human nature, I guess. We should be happy that they are seeing things from our perspective now." Jean comments

As they talk, suddenly they hear a sonic boom from above.

"Eidolon is here!" Kitty stands up fast and goes running "I'm gonna ask him!" She shouts and goes straight through a wall using her powers

With chuckles and shaking of heads from amusement, the rest follows her, but at their own pace.

They reach the entrance of the mansion, the many temporary tents stretching far into the Garden, but their focus is on Kitty talking with Eidolon on the front porch.

He is spotting a contemplative look, with his chin between his fingers

They only catch the final half of what he is saying

"...normal. Everyone is different, what is important is for you to discover your stance on the subject. Don't feel bad if you can't take a life and also don't feel bad if you don't feel bad by taking a life. The universe is big, everything can happen, and morality is relative in the great scheme of things... It's the law of the jungle out there. Just find your own morality."

"I see..." Kitty nods "But this process to 'find my morality' sucks" She whines

Eidolon's eyes smile "You know... I know a therapist that you all can talk to..." For some reason, his tone is... strange.

.........

"What pretty dresses all of you have! Each is a different color but all of them fit so well! And together it makes a beautiful scene, like princesses!"

"..." Emma Frost watches in a little astonishment Eidolon put a wholesome act with her now daughters.

She saw some videos of him dealing with children, of course, but she is a cynic so obviously she thought that it was all a PR move. And also all the times she met him, he was this imposing man that she couldn't imagine acting like this.

But now... She can't help but find it extremely... cute.

He patiently talks with them, kneeling to their eye level, as they spin around to show off their new dresses.

"Celeste, Esme, Irma, Phoebe and Sophie? Beautiful and meaningful names too. Appropriate to such special girls." Eidolon nods to himself "Celeste means 'Heavenly' and you really look like an angel." He pinches her cheek lovingly

"Esme has a French origin, it means 'Esteemed, Beloved' and you really are." He pokes her heart lightly

"Irma comes from German, it means 'World'... What a strong name, I know that you're a strong girl too." He gives s small squeeze on her shoulder

"Phoebe it's Greek... referring to Phobes Apollon. It means 'Bright or Radiant' and look at you! Do I need to say anything?" He gushes over hr, making the girl giggle.

"Sophie... It's one of my favorite names, you know? I would name a daughter of mine Sophie or Sophia. It means 'Wisdom', few things are more important than wisdom... I bet you're more than your cute face, huh? Huh??" He gives her head pats and ruffles her hair, making her protest, but she can't contain her laugh

In truth, all of them smile and laugh with him, they hug him too.

"..." 'What a hell? Is this the same guy whose eyes glow red to threaten people???' Emma Frost can't help but yell in her mind. Taking care to not show her thoughts to her daughters... She is making a great effort to not widen her eyes.

 She also can't contain a certain feeling bubbling inside her, a certain instinctual and primitive feeling...

"Nice names you choose..."

"Oh yeah, thanks." She reacts fast to the sudden compliment "It was not easy, normally people have months to thinking in one... I needed to have five in one night." She jokes

"Huhu~ I imagine."

"You're good with kids." She praises, voicing a small part of her thoughts.

She can swear she saw something flicker in his gaze. "...I'm only projecting..."

"..." He looks... sad.

Emma Frost's thoughts go wild at the implications of his words and body language, but she can't delve further without proof.

Then she and Eidolon talk a little, she informs him that as predicted, Sesbatian Shaw demanded a meeting. He gives her a device to call him when she needs him to appear and then leaves.

The girls looks sad to see him go.

"Mama?" The quintuplets ask together, their heads turning to her in a synchronized way;

"Yes?"

"Papa?" They pointed to the space where he disappeared at the same time too. She used their mental connection to share some basic knowledge and common sense with them.

"..." Emma Frost's eyes widen a little before a playful smile appears on her lips "Yes, papa."

........

"See? I bet you're glad that you waited just a little to go back to civilization." Red Hood says in a slightly smug tone to the silent Cindy Moon.

"..." She watched a crash course, no... More like a Retrospective of the last year and she is more than a little shell-shocked.

Superheroes, aliens, gods...

"Just take me back..." She says, her tone tired.

"Fine... But before that, here." He presents her with the suitcase that he brought.

"..." Slowly she takes it from his hands and opens it after putting it on her bed.

"What is this?" She turns to him after giving a look at the contents inside.

"Can't you see? Normal clothes, a smartphone... it has my number by the way." He says smoothly.

"Idiot, I'm talking about the other side!"

"Your supersuit, of course."

"Supersuit?" She looks at it again. Black with white, spider and web themed, and with a red face mask

"You don't need to be a hero or anything, but is kinda a tradition of Eidolon to him to give a supersuit to people like us." Red Hood shrugs "It's very resistant, bullet-proof even, fire-proof too... It's breathable and you can use your powers without worry while wearing it." He explains "Ah, call me if you want a space to train with your powers in peace."

"But why I would need it?"

"I don't know, to run away if you're attacked? To use if you feel the call to heroism? It's better to have it than to not have it, so just take it. You can wear it beneath your normal clothes, it's very comfortable and discreet." He walks out the run "Just change and we can take you back home."

"..." Cindy looks at her supersuit for some time before sighing.

After wearing it and putting the normal clothes above it, she walks out of the room finally.

"Looking good, let's go." Red Hood comments before leading her away.

She finally can see the outside world.

"Where is this?"

"Meta Town, or Mutant Town like how is called." He shrugs. He doesn't care if she knows of this disposable hideout.

*Beep*

"I don't think you're ready to go web-slinging yet, so I will give you a ride." He clicks a button, unlocking his bike.

Cindy's eyebrows shot to her hairline seeing the super bike. The tire almost reaches her chest, it looks incredibly futuristic, like from a sci-fi movie "I thought that we were going to be discreet."

"Heh, I don't do discreet." He laughs as he hops on it and offers her the spare helmet

She doesn't show much hesitation before sitting behind him

"With excitment or without excitment?" He asks

"With excitment?" She didn't understand.

"Good choice~"

*Vrooooooooom*

The bike goes 0-100 in a second, and Cindy reflexively hugs Red Hood's torso.

"Kyaaah!"

" 'Kyah?' Hahaha, cute." In no time he is speeding up out of Meta town.

"Idiot! Slow down! Do you want to kill us?!" She shouts over the wind

"Please... Girl, none of us would die if we suffered an accident now." He shouts back as he passes the bridge that connects the isolated town of mutants with the rest of the world "Abandon your normal sensibilities!" *Vroom* *Vroom* He speeds up even more.

Despite her mind telling her no, she eventually stops being so afraid, opening her eyes to watch the scenario blur around her.

 In truth... She notices that is not blurring that much, It's nothing blurring at all! Her reflexes... She is really different now.

"The warm-up is over, let's put emotion on this ride." She hears him saying

"What do you mean by... that..." She was asking before she noticed what he meant by that.

The traffic... The usual New York traffic is just ahead... And he is showing no signs of slowing down.

"...you're not gonna do it, right?"

"If we are in danger, you spider-sense would have warned you!" He laughs again before starts weaving through the thick traffic while speeding.

........

Meta Town, Underground

"So what do you think of the other groups?" Hector in his full Eidolon super-suit asks Callisto as the two oversee the moving of some metas that have nothing else in the world.

"Bunch of stuck-up bitches." She says harshly

He chuckles a little "Be nice... Did any of them disrespect any of you?" He asks

As the participants of the operation completed their primary task, they mixed more after changing to other targets. Many groups worked together to take down Hidden facilities.

"No... But some showed in their faces. From the Brotherhood." She answers

"Because they are bad or just because they are a little cocky that they are better Fighters?"

"...I think because they are a little cocky." She admits

"Heh, don't attribute to malice what you can attribute to foolishness, Callisto." Eidolon pats her shoulder "It's just some rivalry between groups, obviously they wanted to show off." He explains

She scoffs and rolls her eyes, Eidolon healed her but she keeps using her eye patch. Maybe to remember the lesson of the day she awakened as a meta. Her "friends" turning on her, no need to try to be feminine or pretty anymore.

It does not hinder her, because is high-tec.

"We are the best armed at least. "She huffs after some time

After a chuckle, he answers "Maybe they saw this as a signal of weakness... 'Look, they are not even using their powers'."

"So... childish." She says slowly

"Now you realize?" He gives her a look. When he puts it like this... It's really childish... So small, petty... That's what he want her to see. Those disputes are all small things.

Now she really can't be angry anymore.

......

Unknown Place

"I underestimated your business acumen, Emma." Sebastian Shaw says with a friendly smile

"..." Emma Frost schooled her features to not show her distaste for the man. Distaste for his act, distaste for him using her name so casually, distaste for everything...

The two are right now in one of the many meeting rooms of the Hellfire Club, but it's only the two. A little courtesy of Eidolon that created "problems" for many of the members of the club.

Shaw continues as he pours himself a glass of scotch "But seeing that your success came because of the sacrifice of our friends... Like those old tales that my father used to tell me as a child, that some women can suck our luck, it makes me scared..." Even if he says that he doesn't look worried, even laughing before taking a sip of his drink

"Maybe you should be..." Emma says slowly and in a nonchalant way.

With Eidolon as a backer, she doesn't need to walk on eggshells with Shaw anymore, she is gonna enjoy acting a little disrespectful.

"..." Shaw pauses at that. Her tone is not one that he is used to hearing when addressed at his person.

"Hahahaha!" But eventually, he puts the fakest of the smiles and laughs the fakest of the laughs. Still keeping some pretense of civility. "I always liked your sharp wit, Emma."

The two remain in silence for some time, Shaw expecting Emma to make some comment, and engage in the talk.

But the woman learned a thing or two with the world's strongest hero... Why make moves when you're winning? She keeps her silence, calmly nursing her drink in her hand, Shaw is the one who needs to make a move.

If he thinks she will talk to give him the chance to seize the initiative, he is very wrong.

Sebastian Shaw has no other choice but to talk again

"But I'm still worried, that even with your sharp wit, you can't keep with so many additions to your empire... too many balls to juggle-" He walks over it.

"No, I'm good. Thanks for worrying though" *Sip* 'Damn this feels good~'

"..."

She is really enjoying the feeling of being untouchable against this bastard.

"Are you sure?" Even with Shaw's mind being beyond her Telepathy, she can see him getting angry and the monumental effort he is making to try to keep it in check "So many wealth and assets moving to your hand, assets that previously belonged to people that are now under heavy scrutiny... It can be dangerous." He makes a reasonable point.

"Don't worry, I have my means... I used some proxies." She shrugs her shoulder

"..."

"..." *Sip*

"DON'T PLAY WITH ME, FROST!" Shaw finally snaps... A man who is used to having everything and never being questioned, it's a miracle that he held up till now "I don't know how you did it, and I don't care! But you better keep the status quo of this club or it will have consequences!" He hits a table with his fist and glares at her.

"..." *sip* Emma keeps her sassy look at him "Consequences?" She tilts her head confused

"Hmpf! You magically were ready to make such a big move... Do you think I believe that you're lucky? I don't care if you have a spy on those mutant groups, I can easily convince the rest of the members that you broke the rules and sold them out!"

"And?" *Sip*

"..." At this point, Shaw has to notice that something is wrong "What is up with you? What do you have under your sleeve, Frost?"

"Took you long enough..." Emma rolls her eyes, not giving the man an ounce of respect "I was just thinking about this game of chess that we have been playing Shaw..."

"..."

"We spy on each other, we try to outsmart each other, we plan each other downfall... I was thinking that is kind of unfair to me, you know? Every time that I'm winning you simply flip the board because you're individually strong" She says not even looking at him "I mean, maybe is not that fair to say that, after all, I turned a lot of your loyal men in my spies with my powers, but you know how things go... It gets boring playing a game that you know that you can never win, soooo... I cheated."

"...cheated?" He is narrowing his eyes, his instincts alerting him that he is in a dangerous situation.

Sebastian Shaw is no fool and he knows Emma Frost is not a fool either. She would not be putting the cards on the table like that if was not sure that her hands were victorious.

"Yes. Truthfully, more like I broke the rules... You know when kids do some prohibited things? Yeah... I called the adults. It's a bummer but the game is over, Shaw. I don't want to play anymore... I want to win." She says, putting her glass of wine down, savoring the feeling

"What are you talking abou-" He was ready to strike her, using his words to distract her from using her Diamond form.

But she unceremoniously shows something to him. A small device that looks like a car key, and she is pressing the button already,

"!!" Shaw braces himself, he doesn't know for what, but it doesn't matter... Explosion, sniper... He will be ready for whatever trick she plays.

The lights flicker a little, dimming down, he hears a buzzing sound, everything trembles for half a second but... nothing really happens beyond that.

"..." He looks at her, half confused and half furious "And what was this supposed to do?" He asks

"Nice entrance." Emma suddenly says with a smile, but not to him. She is looking over Shaw's shoulder...

"Thank you, I try." The male voice coming from his back makes the hair on Shaw's neck stand up immediately.

Sebastian Shaw forces himself to take his eyes off Emma Frost's smug face to look behind him. His fears come true, standing behind him, it's the most annoying person that appeared this year.

The 6'2" feet tall (1,88m) Shaw rarely looks up, but Eidolon makes him look small. The difference in height is only 2 inches but the posture, presence and everything else overwhelm the Black King of the Hellfire Club.

"You... Bitch!!" Shaw spats the insult back to Emma "You really sold all of us!! To the worst possible bastard!!!"

If she sold them to anyone else, it would not be so bad... Other people can be threatened, blackmailed, bribed... But Eidolon? That's why rich and influential people in shady business hate him.

He is someone off the grid, they have no power over him.

It's unknown how much money is wasted every day in trying to discover his civilian identity to try to have his weakness, but is not a small number.

"Do you really want to self-destruct and take all of us with you?!?" Shaw is really angry. To his eyes, Emma really flipped the board and called the parents to destroy the fun.

"I prefer this than to have to live under your pathetic whims." She says without missing a beat "And who said I'm going down with you?" She gives him a mocking smile

Standing up, she walks like a confident model around Shaw and stops by Eidolon's side.

"Me and this stud here have a deal~" She says sultrily, even pressing herself at Eidolon's side, running her hand under his mantle, obviously feeling his muscles.

"..." Eidolon sideglances her, but in the end lets her have her fun. Though he pinched her hand a little under his mantle.

"You are really a bitch!!" Shaw almost shouts angrily "Fucking wench selling your body like that, when you lose your value you will fall too, whore!"

There's a reason Emma did that, the same reason Shaw got a little too angry.

In the mind of the egoistical Black King of the Hellfire Club, Emma was his.

Yes, they never did anything, Shaw learned how to ward against telepaths in the past after a certain encounter, and he knows that if he lets his guard down he can be undone easily by Emma.

What moment a man is the most vulnerable? Arguably during sex.

That's why he never dared force himself on her, in his mind one day she would come to him begging anyway. And he enjoyed seeing her struggle helplessly knowing that he would win in the end.

Emma on her end, even knowing of this possibility of ending Shaw by taking advantage of this vulnerability using sex, like a Femme fatale would do... Never did because she hates his guts.

Now Emma is making him believe that she and Eidolon have some special relationship.

It's everything fake, from Shaw's delusions to Emma's act, but even so, Shaw feels like a cuck.

"Eidolon..." Shaws forces his anger down "Why don't you ally yourself with them then? Anything she offered I can offer more... Even her." He tries to bargain, if Eidolon can make deals with Emma Frost, it means that he is not that incorruptible, right?

"A tempting offer..." Eidolon says in an even tone

"..." Despite herself, Emma tenses a little, her grip on him tightening.

"... but I really like refusing people's offers," Eidolon says casually, and equally casually he raises his hand.

With his telekinesis, he stopped Shaw from detonating a Grenade that he keeps in his possession.

A smart way to kickstart his power. Shaw, with his Kinetic Energy Absorption, gets stronger the more attacks he receives, so instead of waiting to be hit, he can do something like that. Or he can Punch a wall.

"You..." He can only move his mouth as he is held in place by Eidolon.

"Did you enjoy your moment?" Eidolon doesn't even acknowledge him, turning to Emma and asking

"...Can I hit him once?" She asks

"...go on." He gives permission.

Walking to him, Emma stops very close, smugly smiling at the paralyzed man.

*Thwack*

And kicking him the balls.

"..."

"Pig!" She spits on him.

She doesn't know, but Eidolon suppressed his powers, not that such a small amount of Kinetic energy would allow Shaw to fight back.

"Do you need him for anything else? Like signing documents or whatever..." He asks to make sure

"No..." She answers and he immediately throws him in a portal "What are you gonna do with him?"

"...interrogate. Then decide his punishment, maybe he has a chance of redemption..." He says in an even voice. His power is also a sweet addition to his collection, a counter to all heavy hitters. He is getting more and more invincible.

Emma scoffs and rolls her eyes "Whatever then..." She moves to the table with the drinks, takes another vintage wine, and putting two glasses "Why don't we celebrate this successful partner..." She turns around...

But he is not there anymore...

"-ship." She almost forgot that he likes to pull those stunts "He really likes refusing people, huh? Hmpf, his loss..." Then she gulps down the whole glass.

.........

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