Hysteria

I do not own any of the Characters. All belong to either DC Comics or Dragonball Z

The city of Metropolis had for many years been protected by a hero that some truly believed was a gift from God. Although the hero himself was not from Earth he had treated it as if it were his home world. The hero’s home world of Krypton had been destroyed some years prior he saw Earth as his true home. The hero was arguably the most powerful man in the world if not the universe, but he never used his powers for his own benefit and never played judge, jury and executioner. To his home world his name was Kal’El, to his close friends he was Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent. But to the world at large he was known by one name… Superman.

In his last battle the vile villain Brainiac had infected with a virus native to Krypton. Although the villain had been defeated and Superman had received the cure the virus had left him weak and vulnerable. Although he would recover in time he was in no shape to protect Metropolis. Instead he trusted the responsibility to three up coming heroes that had proved themselves time and time again. But word of his incapacitation had reached the ears of many citizens of Metropolis.

The sun had been shining on the city of Metropolis and to most it had been a glorious day. But the staff and customers of the Metropolis Independent Bank their day had just taken a huge rain check. Half a dozen heavily armed men wearing all black had heard about what had happened to Superman and took the opportunity of a life time. With no Superman to stop them they thought that the bank would be easy pickings for them. There were millions of dollars in the bank’s vault, enough money to make all six of them very, very rich men. It was an opportunity too tempting to pass off.

The people inside the bank were all lying face down on the floor with their hands on their heads. A loan clerk was attempting to open the vault with little luck since the vault was closed with a timed lock.

Three of the robbers were keeping their eyes on the people. If one of them wanted to play hero they would show them the error of that decision. Once in a while they would shoot into the air just to show them that they were in charge.

“Don’t no one do anything stupid!” shouted one of the Robbers. “No one is coming to save you and if you do exactly what we tell you nothing bad is going to happen. But if something was to go wrong your brains will decorate the walls.”

At the vault the other three robbers were trying to motivate the clerk into opening the vault. But it was physically impossible to open the vault. There had been fail safes in place in case of a situation like this. The robbers’ patients was running thin at this moment in time. They wanted the money and they wanted it now.

One of the robbers pointed his AK 47 into the face of the terrified clerk. She had only been working at the bank for a few weeks and already she was regretting it. She thought that she should have stayed in Kansas.

“Open the vault Blondie,” demanded the Robber who was pointing the gun at the clerk. “Or else you’re going to take a permanent absence of leave.”

“I c-c-can’t,” replied the Clerk with terror. “The vault has a timed lock. I can’t open it anymore than if I could turn the world backwards.”

“Then you are no longer any use to us.”

Suddenly they heard a thud and a couple of muffled cries from the main lobby. The lead robber turned around and looked towards the door leading to the lobby. He could not see what was happening in there and was getting nervous. The police might be arriving any second and he didn’t want any nasty surprises. He looked towards the last robber and nodded his gun towards the door.

The last robber walked slowly towards the door and walked through door. There he saw that his comrades were on the ground with their weapons magnetized to an African-American man who seemed to be part man part machine. Floating in the air was a man with an ginger bowl cut hair and wearing all green. On the ground looking at him was a woman with red hair and green skin wearing a black outfit with a blue cape. He pointed his gun at her but a green sphere appeared around it and it floated into the air. Then the woman flew towards him and punched him in chest and it sent him flying back through the door.

“What the hell?” asked the Lead Robber.

He and his final colleague soon realised that their plan had failed and now all that was left was to escape before their fate was entwined with co-conspirators. But there was nowhere for them to run. There was only one way out of the room and it was through the door that they had entered.

By now the part machine part man had come through and he pointed his hand at them. In seconds the hand converted from the robotic hand to an energy cannon. Instead of firing at them he warmed it up and it began to glow.

“Face it chumps,” he said. “You came you saw we conquered. Now give it up before you live to regret it.”

The robbers weighed their options and realised that resistance was futile. They dropped their weapons and put their hands up. The hero lowered his arm and the cannon converted back into his hand.

The heroes who had saved the day were known as Green Lantern, Cyborg and Miss Martian. Superman had made them guardians of Metropolis while he was recovering from the Kryptonian virus. He trusted them entirely and believed that they would not let him down. So far they had been more than capable of the work.

Green Lantern went by the name of Guy Gardner. He had been an average Joe until one day when a strange green ring hand appeared in front of him while he was out to sea with a fishing crew. The ring had chosen him to be a Green Lantern, a member of a corp who protected the universe from many evils. The ring had seen him pure and courageous heart and chosen him. With the Lantern Corp he had saved many people both human and otherwise and he never regretted the ring choosing him.

Victor Stone had been an All American Football player who had a bright future ahead of him. In college he had been top of his class in both academics and Football. He was on the verge of signing with a major team until a tragic car accident left him broken and battered. He had lost his arms and legs to the subsequent explosion and many of his organs had began to shut down. Much of his body had been burned beyond the repair of medical doctors. Victor’s father had been a pioneer in mechanical bonding to human patients. Since his son was dying he used all his knowledge and skills to bring him back from the brink. But the resulting procedure had left Victor almost more machine than man. Although his body had been changed his mind stayed the exactly like before.. His enhancements blessed him with incredible strength and allowed him many other feats that would be impossible to a normal human being. As a hero for the people he had gone by the name of Cyborg.

The final hero was native to a planet very well known to the people of Earth. She had come from the planet Mars and she was the niece of Justice League founding member of the Justice League of America. Her name was M’gann although she preferred to be called Megan. Like her uncle she super strength, the ability to fly, shape shifting and mind reading talents. Although she looked like she was in her early twenties Megan was close to being a century old. Although her home world was more or less dead she had made Earth her new home. As a hero she was known by the name Miss Martian.

Meanwhile millions of miles away from the Earth the planets beauty had not gone un-noticed. A spaceship as large as a sports stadium was hovering just outside of the Solar System. Around it were many smaller ships, it was almost like bees hovering around their hive.

Inside the ship was technology more advanced than anything humanity had ever seen. But also inhabiting the ship were beings of tremendous power and evil. One such being was very large with pink skin and spikes on his head. He was wearing blue armour that covered his torso with brown extensions over his shoulders and thigh. He also had a device that was attached to his ear and wrapped around to his eye. He was called Dodoria and he was someone who was powerful enough to take down an entire army, but even he was just a subordinate.

Dodoria was typing away at a computer and eventually the planet Earth came into view on the screen. The computer was scanning the planet and eventually a green light appeared at the top of the screen. Dodoria smiled and turned around to another alien behind him. He was wearing identical armour and clothes.

“In form Lord Freiza that we have found a suitable planet in this system,” said Dodoria.

“Yes Dodoria,” replied the alien.

Many minutes later Dodoria was in a throne room like area of the ship. Many soldiers were around the room but he did not have the time to notice them. His focus was on the being sitting in front of him. He knelt down to him as a sign of respect and loyalty. This being was probably more powerful than anyone in the universe.

This being was known as Freiza. He was small but his lack of size hid his true strength. His body was white and purple and he wore the same armour as Dodoria and had the same device. Freiza had a long pink tale and two spikes grew out of the side of his head. His lips were purple and his eyes had black pupils. He commanded an army of thousands although he had the strength to destroy them all in a heartbeat.

Standing next to him was Zarbon who along with Dodoria was his right hand man. Zarbon was very tall with light green skin and long dark green hair platted into a pony tail. Like his comrades he wore the same armour and device. He was also extremely powerful but not so much that he dared turn against him master.

“I’ve heard reports that you’ve found the next planet to conquest,” said Freiza. “Is this true Dodoria?”

“Yes Lord Freiza it is a planet ideal to sell on,” replied Dodoria. “It has immense beauty and terrain. There is a slight pollution problem but nothing we can not clear up before selling on. It will fetch a good price. The scans show that the local population are weak and will easily succumb to us. There are a few exceptions but nothing that should cause us much trouble Lord Freiza.”

“This planet what is it called?”

“Earth my Lord.”

“Hmm Earth.” He spat onto the floor. “Such a disgusting name. When we’re finished we’ll have to rename it. How long until we arrive?”

“A couple of hours if that my Lord.”

“Good now rise.” Dodoria then stood up to his full height. “You will lead the attack on Earth. You will choose the location where we will operate. And let me remind you what the price of failure is.”

“Indeed I do Lord Freiza. I will not disappoint you.”

“For your sake I hope you’re right.”

In Metropolis the citizens were completely oblivious to the approaching danger. They went on their way without almost a care in the world. In a back alley a young African-American teenager was running away. Behind him was a small group of older teenagers running after him. He threw down a garbage can to try and stop them from catching him but the boys jumped over them. After a short chase they reached the youngster and their leader pinned him up a wall. The young teen was terrified as the leader took a knife out of his pocket.

“You know what happens when you try to run away Jack,” said the Leader. “Remember what I told you would happen if you stepped on our turf again.”

“Please Crush,” replied Jack with terror. “I won’t do it again.”

“Oh I’m sure you won’t. Ever.”

“HEY!” shouted a voice. The teens turned around saw what looked to be a more human Cyborg. He wore a trench coat which only just missed reaching the floor. “I think you should let him go.”

“Or else what?” He then dropped poor Jack and turned his attention to this mysterious stranger. The other teens also took their knives out and they felt confident that things were going to go their way. “There’s only one of you and three of us.”

“I’m giving you one last chance. Leave now and I promise I won’t hurt you.”

This last statement made the teens laugh. “Oh that’s a good one. But somehow I don’t think so. Get him boys.”

One of the teens then went to stab the stranger into arm. But instead of slicing through the blade bent out of shape and almost snapped. The teen looked at the knife in disbelief. He soon realised that this was no normal person.

“Oh crap,” he said.

With that the stranger pushed him out of the way. He went down to the ground and his two friends attempted to stab the stranger. But the stranger was fast enough to grab their wrists and snap the blades out of their hands.

Now that the teens’ weaponry had been damaged beyond use the teens turned tail and ran away leaving Jack cowering on the ground. But now that they were gone Jack slowly stood up and began to slowly build his confidence back up. He brushed himself off and even gave a little smile.

“Thanks Victor,” said Jack. “I owe you one.”

“You better be more careful,” replied Victor. “Next time I might be around to help.” The pair than began to walk out of the alley and into the street. “What would your Mom do if you weren’t there for her.”

“I know I’m sorry but I didn’t think they’d catch me.”

“You’ve come a long way since I first met you trying to steal my car. Don’t throw it away as if it’s nothing. Now I know a great comic store around here. Me and the owner go way back.”

At that time Guy was just arriving at one of Metropolis’s most popular parks. He was wearing his biker outfit since he was seeing someone very special to him. He and Megan had been seeing each other for a couple of months but weren’t calling themselves an official couple just yet. He was looking around the park for her and he eventually saw her sitting down on a red and blue blanket with a picnic basket right next to her. She was wearing a short orange dress and flat strapped sandals. She was also reading a copy of H.G Wells’ War Of The Worlds.

Normally a Martian in the park would draw a lot of attention but using her shape shifting powers she was able to turn her skin Caucasian. She also had a couple of freckles on her face but when Guy approached her she seemed to be a little different. He thought he was just being crazy and sat down next to her.

“Hey there Megan,” said Guy with a smile. He then gave her a little kiss on her forehead. “Been waiting long?”

“I don’t know,” replied Megan. She put a bookmark in her book and put it down besides the basket. “I’ve barely noticed the time. The books’ a good read but I seriously doubt Martians could be killed by the common Cold.”

“I thought you’d think it was a comedy.”

“I admit it is laughable at times but since it was before any Martians came to Earth I’d say it’s a good attempt.” She then picked up the basket and opened it. “Besides I made you lunch.”

Guy began to take the food out of the basket and lay it on the blanket. All the food was for him since Megan barely ate due to her Martian metabolism. She just smiled as she watched him eat.

After the morning they had Guy was hungry and it wasn’t long before he had eaten everything that Megan had made for him. But she was still smiling, but it wasn’t entirely a happy smile, he could see that there was some mischief in there also. He was curious with what she was thinking.

“I have a surprise for you,” said Megan with her growing smile.

“What is it?” replied Guy.

“First I need you to stand up.”

“Err Ok.” He then stood up to his full height. Then Megan did the same but as she stood up he noticed that she was standing slower than normal and he would soon realise why this was. As she was standing up he noticed that she was much taller than she had been before and when she reached her full height Guy was having to look up to her. She had a good two to three inches on him. He looked down to see if she was hovering or if she was wearing heels. But her feet were firmly on the ground in flat shoes. “M-Megan you’re taller.”

“I know short stuff,” chuckled Megan. She had always been a few inches shorter than him but now she was liking being the tall one in the couple.

“B-but how?”

“Well I always wondered if I could change my size like Uncle J’onn can. It took a bit of practice but as you can see it worked. I know you like tall girls and I can be as tall.” She then slowly began grow and within seconds was a couple of inches above seven feet, a full foot taller than Guy. “As you want me to be.”

“M-Meg this is so weird,” replied Guy. “Can you just be normal again for now?”

“Oh OK.” She then began to slowly shrink her body until she was back down to her normal height. “Is this better?”

“Yes Meg. You shouldn’t do that in public? What if someone saw you?”

“No one would of. Right now everyone who looks at us thinks we’re just sitting eating a picnic.” She then tapped her head. “Little mind trick Uncle J’onn taught me.”

Suddenly the pair were engulfed by a very large shadow. Guy looked up and was amazed to see Freiza’s ship along with dozens of the smaller ones. At first he thought that Megan was using another of her mind tricks. But when he saw that she was just as amazed as he was he realised that this was no trick. The city of Metropolis was under attack.

Next Freiza’s Army Unleashed.

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Freiza, Zarobon and Dodoria

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Miss Martian

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Guy Gardner

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Cyborg

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Thanks. I a couple I've already started. I just wanted to see what people thought before finishing them and posting them. Thank you for the comments.

Hi guys there're several ideas I've had floating around which I might write but I want to see what people's reactions are to them first.

Superman

The first idea is a series where Lois Lane gets her own super powers and becomes Superman's partner in crime fighting. But instead of having the same powers as Superman (Since its been done to death), I'm going to give her powers similar to Giganta where Lois can change size at will. She will gain this power after drinking an experimental compound that gives a person a random power. (I'll explain in the story why she drinks the compound). After learning that the effects are permanent she decides that she can use her new powers to help Superman where ever possible. She will be able to fly because Superman gives her a Legion of Superheroes ring which gives her the ability to fly. I already have several plot lines in mind.

1. The origin of Lois receiving her size manipulation powers and of her coming to terms with them.

2. Superman and Lois come up against a foe who has his own religious cult who view him as a God.

3. After overextending her powers fighting Giganta Lois begins to shrink uncontrollable. Superman must find a cure before she shrinks into non-existence and the only man who can help is Lex Luthor.

4. A new Superhero calling himself Macho Man appears on the scene but all is not what it seems. (Macho Man will be based on the late wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage .R.I.P)

5. After helping to save Lois in story #3 Lex returns to collect the debt.

6. Superman and Lois are transported to a world that is in the clutches of a dark tyrannic ruler. On this planet Lois's powers are magnified to their upper limits. She can grow larger than mount Everest without much effort.

7. A young man who has a dislike for Superman buys a lump of Kryptonite off EBay and feels that he can defeat the Man of Steel but epically fails. (This one will be short and the man will be based on WWE superstar The Miz)

Set in another continuity this one is a crossover between the DC universe and Dragonball Z. In a previous story line Superman was infected with a Krytonian virus by Brainiac. Although the villain was defeated and Superman cured he needs time to properly recover. In his stead Guy Gardner, Cyborg and Miss Martian protect the city of Metropolis. However the Dragonball Z villain Freiza and his army invade the planet planning to eradicate all life forms so that they can sell it on. Freiza decides to make Metropolis his base of operations while the process is underway. The three heroes are just able to defeat Freiza's army but are unable to defeat the villain himself. One by one they fall until it seems that no one can defeat the might of Freiza until Superman makes his triumphant return.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

This story will take place during the early parts of Season Eight. A nerd who is obsessed with a WOW like game uses a spell to turn the entire world into said game. In this world he is the most powerful person and has become corrupt. Gellar the Warrior (Buffy) and her band must defeat him and save the world from his evil. Many of the Buffy character will appear under avatar names like Maclay the Spell-caster (Willow), Kor'El the Cyclops (Xander), Macro the Giant (Dawn), Sid the salesman (Spike), Sebastian the Grand Wizard (Giles), Gabriel the merc (Angel), Echo the Amazon (Faith).

Transformers.

A new privately owned military group takes to the fight to both Autobot and Decepticon. They see no distinction between the two and their leader will stop at nothing until all Transformers have been deactivated permanently. The Autobots and Decepticons put their differences aside to fight a common enemy. But can their alliance stand or will they fall.

Jurassic Park.

A shady billionaire who is part of a club who collects rare and exotic animals captures a Velociraptor from Isla Nublar. After putting it in the club private zoo he becomes the most popular member. But the Velociraptor has other ideas and the club members soon learn just how dangerous a raptor can be.

X-Factor.

A ruthless assassin has been hired to take down the X-Factor Bureau of Investigations. But the Assassin finds his own unique way of picking off the members of X-Factor one by one. In this story there will be several references to the band Muse.

Tell me what you think of these ideas and whether they will work or not.

Meanwhile some miles away Bobby was waking up in what seemed to be an unfamiliar place. His head was hurting and everything around him was black, but as his vision began to return he saw that he wasn’t in the mansion anymore. To him it looked like he was in some kind of giant pinball machine. At first he couldn’t remember what happened but after several seconds his memory began to return.

He could not see any way out, all he could see were flashing lights and numbers written on the ground. He ran to one wall and tried to freeze it. He fully iced over and shot a beam of ice at the wall. He expected it to simple shatter but instead the wall heated up almost instantly and melted the sub-zero ice. Bobby took a step back and began to fire ice at almost anything he saw. To his amazement and fear the ice would melt off everything that froze. He realised that this room was specially designed to neutralise his powers.

“Where the hell am I?” asked Ice-Man.

He was becoming more and more desperate as he frantically tried to find an escape. He knew that if he didn’t escape soon high temperatures would most likely be the least of his problems.

Suddenly Ice-Man began to hear what seemed to be feedback on a microphone. The sound went right through him and he held his ears in agony. But eventually the screech subsided and he began to hear a voice. It was a male voice with what seemed to be uncontrollable joy and laughter.

“Is this thing on?” asked the voice. “Testing, testing one, two, three this is your captain speaking.” The voice paused for a moment. “Now where was I? Welcome young Ice-Man to the best kept secret theme park in all the world. The park is free to enter but I assure you that you will never leave. Except maybe in a wood coffin.” The voice began to laugh. “Oh I crack myself up sometimes. You my friend are in Murderworld, my own personal death trap with one hundred per cent success rate. Maybe ninety nine if you include Spider-Man but other than its perfect.”

By now Ice-Man was looking all around trying to see where the voice was coming from. But it was obvious that whoever was talking was not present in the room. He continued to freeze the walls, but the heat behind them would quickly melt the ice. It seemed his situation was hopeless.

“And tonight I will be your host Arcade,” said the Voice. “I am lord and master of all you survey. With just the push of a button I could end your MISERABLE existence. But I like to play with my prey before going in for the kill. Now let me ask you one question? Have you ever watched Raiders of the Lost Ark? Oh how I love that movie. If the answer is yes then you may find the next couple of seconds very familiar.”

Suddenly Ice-Man began to hear something coming closer. At first he could not see anything coming but eventually he began to recognise what he could hear. It sounded like something was rolling and it didn’t sound small. When he looked behind himself he saw an enormous red pinball more than nine feet in diameter.

The first thing that Ice-Man attempted to do was to freeze the pinball in place but the surrounding heat made his ice blasts into minor water jets. It didn’t slow the pinball down at all. If anything the ball seemed to be picking up speed as it got closer to him.

“Oh crap!” stuttered Ice-Man.

With that Ice-Man began to run for his life. He figured that by running to one side the pinball would miss him and hit one of the walls. But when he ran to his left side the pinball changed course and continued to follow him.

“What the hell?”

Meanwhile it was the turn of Jean Grey to regain her consciousness. But instead of being in familiar surroundings she found herself in what seemed to be a coliseum like arena. There was a stone seating area all around the arena even though there were no spectators. The arena had a very high ceiling and a perfectly square hole in the middle. It was just large enough for one person to fit through.

Jean quickly got back to her feet but then she heard the same feedback that Ice-Man had heard earlier. Her head was still ringing and the noise wasn’t making her feel any better. She could not focus in using her powers.

“Up and running are you my sleeping beauty,” said Arcade. “Sorry about the travel arrangements but I seriously doubt that you would have come here if I invited. I’ve heard how you like all that Greek and Roman crap so I’ve decided to put you somewhere that’s to your tastes. But I wouldn’t get too comfortable if I was you.”

Suddenly Jean heard what seemed to be a lift rising. She looked towards the centre of the arena and saw a tall woman with white hair and wearing a black one piece outfight and fur like extensions on her shoes rising. But the most striking thing about her was that she had six arms and each was carrying and different weapon. These included a sword, an axe, a baton, throwing stars, a dagger and a pair of nun chucks.

“Ladies and gentlemen may I introduce to you,” said Arcade. “The most dangerous woman in the world. Don’t let the face fool you she’s a stone cold killer. I give to you the one and only six armed wonder Spiral.”

There was a recording of a crowd applauding but they quickly fell silent as Spiral slowly began to step forward. It was amazing to see that even though she had multiple arms she still had the co-ordination to spin the sword, nun chucks and axe. Never did they hit any of her other arms.

Jean wanted to use her powers but her head was still ringing from the effects of the knock out gas earlier. She could not focus to use her powers and she was still a little uneasy on her feet. It seemed that she would be easy pickings for Spiral.

She tried to remember her training. Each of the X-Men had gone through training on how they would defend themselves if they did not have the use of their powers. Wolverine had taught her basic hand to hand combat, but it would be difficult to face someone like Spiral one on one.

“Another day another dollar,” said Spiral. “At least be some kind of challenge. I hate it when Arcade gives me people who can’t fight back.”

Spiral then tried to slash Jean with the sword but she was able to jump out of the way in the last possible second. She tried to use her telekinetic powers to push Spiral back but she was only about push her back a couple of feet. It didn’t stop Spiral, if anything it seemed to make her more excited.

“Looks like there’s some fight in you after all,” said Spiral. “You won’t be a pointless kill in the end.”

“You’re not killing anyone today,” snapped Jean.

With what little telekinesis she could use she was able to force the sword out of Spiral’s upper left hand. It fell to the ground just feet away from Jean. Without hesitation she grabbed the sword and held it in front of herself. However Spiral did not feel threatened at all, all she did was laugh at her.

“You really think you can use that?” asked Spiral. “You might as well be waving a stick at me.”

“You’d be surprised,” replied Jean. “I’ve been picking up some of training. My powers may be dulled but I’ve still had enough to see your training through your memories. I might not be a master swordsman but I know enough to take you down.”

Both women lunged forward to attack but some distance away in another large room the young X-Man Kitty Pryde was waking up. Like Jean before she was groggy from the knock out gas but it didn’t seem to affect her as much. But now she was in unfamiliar terrain and she was struggling to remember anything for the last few hours. But as she became more aware things began to flood back.

Kitty cautiously walked towards a nearby and tried to phase through it. But when she attempted to she discovered that she couldn’t. She tried several times but each time she failed. She looked at herself to see if she was accidentally using her other powers, but when she saw that her clothes still fit she realised that this wasn’t the case.

“What’s the matter Kitty cat?” asked Arcade. “Those walls that you’re trying to phase through are made out of vibrating metal which. For those of you who haven’t done their homework that means that you can’t go through them. Oh it’s such a shame isn’t it but don’t worry, you won’t be alone for long.” Suddenly part of the wall across the room opened and an extremely tall man with huge muscles, brown outfit with brown rings on his arms and brown fingerless glove like material covering his knuckles. He also had a very large brown helmet which completely hid his facial features save his eyes and mouth. “Let me introduce you to an old friend of yours. Normally this guy would cost a small fortune to hire but when he heard that the X-Men were involved he wanted in so badly that he practically paid me. I give to you the Unstoppable Juggernaut!”

The Juggernaut had fought the X-Men several times over the years and each time it had taken all their might to stop him in his tracks. Juggernaut was Professor Xavier’s step brother but he had long hated his sibling. Juggernaut’s upbringing had not been as pleasant Xavier’s and he hated his brother for it. In fact his first attack on the X-Men had injured Xavier’s spine to such an extent that he lost the use of his legs from then on.

But unlike Professor Xavier Juggernaut was not a mutant. His mighty strength came from an ancient artefact called the Gem of Cyttorak which he had discovered some years before while working with an archaeological team in South America. With the power of the gem his strength rivalled that of the Incredible Hulk. However he had never been in battle with Kitty Pryde or even seen her in action.

“I WAS HOPING FOR ONE OF THE BIG TIME X-MEN!” said Juggernaut but his mere speech was almost like he was shouting. “BUT YOU WILL DO!” He began to step forward. “BETTER GET SCARED WOMAN!”

Kitty tried to run but there was nowhere to run. Everywhere she looked there was a wall and the entrance had already closed itself. All the walls were coated in the vibrating metal so she could not phase through it. But if she was anything she was resourceful. If she couldn’t get through the walls she knew that the Juggernaut would. She carefully backed herself to one of the walls and looked towards the Juggernaut.

“Someone help me,” cried Kitty.

She tried to sound very convincing in her attempts to fool the brute. To her delight she saw the Juggernaut ran towards her at full place. She stood her ground and tried to look terrified. But when he was close enough Kitty concentrated in making herself intangible. Much to his surprise Juggernaut ran straight through her and smashing the wall. His brute strength meant that the wall fell like cardboard.

Juggernaut couldn’t stop himself immediately and he ran for several more feet before he could finally stop himself. Kitty ran through the large gap in the wall and noticed that the floor was now concrete rather that the vibrating metal. She saw Juggernaut turn around but all she did was smile and wave.

“Bye Juggernaut,” she laughed. “Thanks for the help.”

Juggernaut once again ran towards her but Kitty phased through the floor and out of sight. Much to his annoyance the X-Man had escaped. He raised his fists in the air and slammed them to the ground in rage.

“GOD DAMN IT!” he shouted.

Elsewhere a man with red hair and wearing a white suit with a polka dot bow tie. In front of him were several television monitors which he could watch what was happening in his murderous theme park. This man was Arcade the man responsible for putting these X-Men in such turmoil. However what he had just seen with the Juggernaut had made him somewhat upset.

Behind him a woman with long black hair and red costume with a white belt. She put her hand on Arcade’s shoulder and this somewhat calmed him down. But he didn’t like it when things were being broken that practically had his name on it.

“God damn it one of them escaped!” shouted Arcade. He slammed his fist onto the side of the monitors. “Miss Locke her recaptured and then killed in the most entertaining of matters.” He turned around to her on his chair. “I can’t risk her leaving the park. My reputation will be in shatters.”

“I understand Arcade,” replied Miss Locke.

“Do you know how long it took me to get a client after Spider-Man escaped? Don’t answer that it’s a rhetorical question.” He turned around to the monitors again and saw the one that had Wolverine lying on the ground. His wounds had mostly healed but there were still a couple of bullet holes that were still open. “And Wolverine is still not awake. Killing him is no fun if he keeps sleeping.”

“He’s still recovering from his encounter with Deadpool.”

“I knew that whack job would kill him before he got to Murderworld. Damn it I missed all the fun.”

“I believe he’s still alive Arcade. And wasn’t it you who hired Deadpool?”

“Yes, yes but the only way to kill someone with healing powers is someone else with healing powers. And besides he was in the phone book.” He then sees Wolverine begin to move his arms. “Oh good he’s coming to. Now the fun begins.”

He then pressed a button on a nearby keyboard and a huge grin appeared on his face. He rubbed his hands in glee and Miss Locke walked away. Her task had been set for her and she wanted to accomplish it with maximum efficiency.

In his room Wolverine was finally coming to. He could feel the bullets still in his chest and with one of his adamantium claws to cut each one of them out. Each one caused him great pain but they were better taken out rather than being left in. But soon his pain was turning into frustration. He remembered what happened to him and about Deadpool. In his mind Deadpool would be a dead man if he ever crossed Wolverine’s path again.

The room Wolverine was in was bland and empty. There was a lot of room and some stained blood on the walls. The only real feature was that there were some metal spikes on the far side wall.

Suddenly a door opened in one of the walls and several clowns came through. Wolverine extended all of his claws and waited to see what was going to happen. But all the clowns were doing was running around and laughing much to his annoyance. One even walked up to him and sprayed a clear liquid in his face through a flower on his chest. It wasn’t water however but highly corrosive acid. The acid burned the skin off his face and was going down to his flesh. The pain was excruciating but Wolverine still had sense enough to slice the clown’s head off. The clown however was not human but a mechanical being. It whined a little before falling down.

The acid had burned Wolverine’s eyes and it would take a while for his healing powers to kick in. He may not have had his eyes but his sense of smell and hearing will still one hundred per cent. He leaped into the air and began to slash at the clowns around him. Most of the clowns by now had lost their hands revealing a large array of weapons like guns and blades. But they were child’s play to someone like Wolverine. It only took him seconds to hack, slash and dice his way through them.

His fight was far from over. Even though he had destroyed all of the clowns he heard and smelled something familiar. Practically out of thin air Deadpool appeared behind him. He was not ready to fight just yet. He was preparing to rub salt into Wolverine’s wounds. Deadpool got a hand full of salt from one of his many pouch like pockets and waited until Wolverine turned around. When he did he threw the salt directly into Wolverine’s face. Once again this caused the X-Man great pain.

“Oh my God Logan that must be sooooo pain,” laughed Deadpool. “Don’t worry my grumpy little friend your face will be the least of your problems.” He then drew out two swords from their holders and went to slash Wolverine. However he heard it coming and raised his claws to block the shot. “So there’s still some fight left in you. Now that’s the Wolverine I know and absolutely hate.”

The skin on Wolverine’s face was beginning to grow back. But right now his main concern was taking care of Deadpool. Normally if he was with the X-Men he would try not to kill his enemy but for Deadpool he was more than happy to make an exception. The two had gone way back although Deadpool had changed from the man Wolverine had once known. The man that seemed to be Wade Wilson was all but gone. Now all that was left of him was an insane psychopath with a sick sense of humour. The tale of these two individuals went back much further than most people realised. These men met each other some years ago shortly after Wolverine had acquired his adamantium skeleton.

Glad you like it and I've started volume 2.

I'd love to see one of Fatal Attractions. To me it was a great storyline and would make a great film since its not too particularly long.

Volume 1

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A couple of weeks had passed since Magneto attempted to destroy the human race. Awaiting their doom some parts of the planet had experienced levels of hysteria. But when the meteors didn’t come calm eventually returned. No one knew that the X-Men had been responsible for the Earth’s salvation. Rumours had gone around that the Avengers had stepped in to intervene in the situation although it had been denied by the team.

Magneto and the Brotherhood had not been active since the X-Men had stopped their plans. Although Magneto himself was still alive he was no threat to the planet. He was in a bed on his asteroid as his followers tried everything to awaken their fallen leader.

However many governments of the world were now pushing forward acts that would further alienate the mutants from the human societies. A few countries in Asia had already brought forward laws that mutants would greatly regret. The event had also brought more support towards Senator Robert Kelly’s cause. His calls for the Mutant Registration Act was gaining more support both outside and inside the US Congress. It only seemed like a matter of time before the Act would be voted in.

Meanwhile things had seemingly gone on as usual for the X-Men, they socialised and trained in using their powers. However one of the X-Men had gone through a couple of changes. The mansion’s security had been beefed up so that spies would have a more difficult time getting in and leaking out information. Forge and Beast had used this to experiment a little with some working better than others. Shortpack himself was still being held until Professor X had decided what to do with him. He would surely be killed if he handed him over to the authorities and he was still a risk to the team if he was let go on his own free will. Also during this time Forge was drawing up plans on a new and improved Cerebro since the previous model had been destroyed when Magneto attacked the mansion.

In a fashion store in New York Jean Grey was waiting outside the changing rooms. It was one of the few days she had chance to get out of the mansion and do some shopping. She wasn’t alone however.

“It’s no good,” said a woman’s voice with some distress.

“Come on it can’t be that bad,” replied Jean. She tried to sound more encouraging. “Come on out and let me take a look.”

Jean waited a few seconds before a very tall woman came out of the changing rooms. But this woman was no stranger to her. This woman was her fellow X-Man Kitty Pryde. She was no longer the average height woman anymore.

Within days of Kitty’s secondary powers activating she noticed that she was getting taller. At first she thought that she was being paranoid but as the days went on the change was becoming more noticeable. She gaining several inches in as many days and there seemed to be no way in stopping it. She feared that she could keep growing until she was truly a giant but thankfully her height levelled off at six foot two, a full eight inches taller than her previous height. Her height increase also made her the tallest member of the X-Men and she didn’t like it one bit.

Also during this time Professor X had encouraged her to explore her new powers even though she was reluctant to do so. However no matter how hard she tried she couldn’t reach the heights that she did when her secondary mutation first activated in Steele. In the Danger Room sessions she could barely go over seven feet but she also discovered that whenever she increased her size she couldn’t use her phasing abilities. She felt embarrassed when using her other powers. She much preferred her original powers and she decided that she would only use when absolutely necessary.

Unfortunately Kitty’s increase in height also came with another problem. Her casual clothes no longer fit her and she was finding it very difficult to replace them. Even when she was her previous height Kitty had very long legs and had some difficulties getting pants that fitted. Now that she had grown the task was almost impossible.

Even when she walked out of the changing rooms the pants she was trying on were too short even though they were the longest pair the store had in stock. She hated the fact that her legs were to her freakishly long.

“See Jean they don’t fit,” said Kitty. “Doesn’t this stupid store make pants that actually fit me?” She was getting annoyed and Jean picked this up.

“Calm down Kitty,” replied Jean. She tried to make her voice sound calming although it didn’t seem to be working very well. “Just get changed again and we’ll find somewhere else.”

“Fine.”

Kitty walked back into the changing rooms and got changed back into her clothes. She was having to wear a short dress since she didn’t own any pants that fit her and a pair of flip flops. Again she didn’t own any proper shoes that fit her and for now this was the next best thing. She picked up her bag and left the store pants on a rack where other clothes were waiting to be put back on the shelves.

Immediately after Kitty and Jean left the store. Kitty was getting some looks since not many people had seen many women as tall as she was. She didn’t like all the attention she was getting and it wasn’t particularly a very warm day and the cold breeze froze her bare legs. This was further adding to her discomfort.

“Cheer up Kitty,” said Jean. “I know a big and tall women’s fashion store a few miles away. They’ll surely have something that’ll fit.”

“I hope so,” replied Kitty. “I hate wearing these clothes every day. And I want something that I can actually look good in.”

By now the women had reached the road and Jean hailed a taxi and she was surprised with how fast one pulled up. Normally she would have to wait a few minutes but this time it only took a couple of seconds. It was as if the taxi had been waiting for them. But as the women got into the back of the taxi Kitty was having some difficulties. Again her legs were working against her and she was struggling to get herself inside. She had to scrunch up her legs so that she could fit in her seat.

“Where to ladies?” asked the driver. The driver had a distinctive scar on his right cheek and New York accent.

“Molly’s Big and Tall please,” replied Jean.

“I’ll get you there in a jiffy.”

The taxi calmly pulled off and made its way down the street. The women didn’t notice that the doors had been locked and the driver had put on a small gas mask. The pair were chatting to one another before Jean began to sense that something was wrong. But she felt herself begin to blackout. She realised that they were being affected by an odourless gas, she tried to warn Kitty about it but she saw that she had already succumbed to the gas and within seconds she too went into a deep sleep.

Around the same time in Salem Centre the other members of the X-Men were going around their daily businesses. In the mansions gym Logan lifting weights trying to increase his strength. Many people ultimately assumed that he had superhuman strength like Spider-Man or the Hulk. In reality his mutant powers did not affect his strength levels in the slightest, his strength level was around the peak any normal man could achieve.

Normally Logan would be training in the Danger Room but it was currently offline while Hank was upgrading the programs. Logan wasn’t all that fussed with fancy terrain trickery or lightshows. All he cared about was whether it was up to his training standards. Many a times he had been severely disappointed.

At first Logan did not notice Bobby enter the gym, but he could eventually smell the young X-Man. He looked over to him and Bobby just stood leaning on the door frame. Bobby began to lower the temperature in the room until it was the same as an industrial freezer. Anyone would think that he was trying to sabotage Logan but this had been done at his request. With the temperature being lowered it was pushing Logan further towards his limits. He panted as he lifted the weights time and time again, but after several minutes even he had had enough. He dropped the weights on the ground and brushed the frozen sweat off his forehead.

By now Bobby had stopped using his powers and the temperature of the gym began to slowly rise again. He walked over to where Logan was sitting and he seemed to laugh at his tired friend.

“Was that good enough for ya Logan?” asked Bobby. “If you want I can make it as cold as the South Pole.”

“Next time popsicle,” panted Logan. “I’m beat.”

“I thought you never got tired.”

“My healing powers do a lot but even I need rest. And besides I bet you couldn’t lift any of my weights.”

“Yeah right. I bet you ten bucks I could.” Bobby’s confidence seemed to be growing. As of yet he had never lost a wager with Logan.

“You’re on popsicle.”

Logan then moved to one side and Bobby sat down on the chair. He attempted to pick up the dumbbell weights but he couldn’t budge them. He took a firm grasp of them but he still couldn’t lift up the weights. Logan began to laugh as he watched his friend struggle to lift the dumbbells.

“Having trouble there?” laughed Logan.

“No just warming up,” grunted Bobby. He was tensing his muscles and continually trying to lift the weights but there was still nothing.

“You gonna give up?”

“Hell no.”

Bobby’s face was turning bright red as his muscles were seemingly failing him. Logan was continually laughing at him and all this seemed to do was motivate the young mutant. But even he eventually admitted defeat. He let go of the dumbbells and like Logan before began to pant. He then reluctantly took a ten dollar bill from his pocket and gave it to Logan. Logan then sniffed the bill.

“You know what they’re right,” said Logan. “Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.”

But suddenly Logan began to smell a scent that seemed to be strangely familiar to him. He continued to sniff the air and there was definitely something that was catching his attention. He stopped laughing at Bobby and began to look around, at first there didn’t seem to be anything off at first. Bobby could see that there was something bothering his friend. But he could not tell that anything was wrong.

“What is it Logan?” asked Bobby with some concern.

“I smell something,” replied Logan. “Something I’ve not smelt since I was a…”

“Jedi?” interrupted Bobby trying to be funny.

“No popsicle. Something far worse.”

Just then out of thin air a figure appeared wearing a red and black suit that covered every part of his body. He had twin swords strapped to his back, pistols in holsters on his sides and a strange oval device on the centre of his belt. His sudden appearance caught both X-Men by surprise and instantly Logan extended the claws from his knuckles and Bobby iced over his body to create an ice shield.

“Hey there Logan long time no see old buddy old pal,” said the mysterious stranger so fast that it was hard to pick up what he was saying.

“Wade!” snarled Logan.

“Oh please that name is bland and boring. Call me Deadpool I’ve heard the ladies love it.” He then pulled out his semi-automatic pistols and began to fire at both the X-Men. But each time he fired a shot he would shot BANG.

Bobby created a larger ice shield in front of himself. But unexpectedly Deadpool tapped a button on the belt device and he disappeared once again. He reappeared immediately afterwards behind him. He then knocked the brave X-Man in the back of his neck knocking him out. His intentions had never been to kill him, he seemed to want Bobby alive.

Everything had happened so fast that Logan didn’t have enough time to protect Bobby from Deadpool. But by now the remaining X-Men were aware that something was wrong. Xavier had sensed what was happening and alerted the others.

Before any of the X-Men could come reach the gym Logan and Deadpool were fighting each other with great ferocity. Deadpool had put his guns away and was instead attacking Logan with his twin swords, but when Logan saw an opportunity he thrust his claws deep into Deadpool’s chest.

“Oh God what have you done Logan you’ve killed me that’s what you’ve done,” groaned Deadpool. He then took a step back as he laughed and his chest began to heal over. “Whatdyaknow I’m cured.”

“What the hell?” replied Logan with a confused look on his face.

Deadpool then threw his swords up into the air directly above him. He then pulled out his guns and fired at Logan several times. He then put his guns away and caught the falling swords. By now Logan was riddled with bullets and down momentarily. The injuries would have killed any normal man but to Logan it would only be a matter of time before he was up on his feet again.

“Jobsagooden,” said Deadpool. He then put grabbed the fingers of Bobby and Logan with his one hand and with the other his activated the device once again and he disappeared into thin air.

Seconds later Cyclops and Forge arrived to the gym but they couldn’t see anything. There was some evidence of a fight but gym was empty. Xavier in his sitting room was scanning the mansion but he couldn’t pick up anything of the missing X-Men. Without Cerebro he couldn’t expand his search any further. It was still being reconstructed by Forge and still a long way from completion.

“What the hell happened?” asked Cyclops as he continued to look around. “Where are Logan and Bobby.”

“Gone,” replied Forge. He walked over to some burn marks on the ground. The burn mark however wasn’t from the gun fire. He squatted down to the mark and rubbed it with his right index and middle finger. “From the looks of it they’ve been teleported.”

“Teleported? Nightcrawler could teleport, maybe it’s another mutant that has similar abilities.”

“Maybe but Nightcrawler never left burn marks when he teleported. This looks more technology based than natural ability.”

“Is that even possible? You tried to make a teleporter and that didn’t work out. Are you telling me that someone’s achieved something you couldn’t?”

“Not only that it seems to be a miniaturised version. The one I attempted required two pods, one to enter and one to teleport to. That couldn’t happen here however, whoever did this has access to technology until now I haven’t even conceived.”

Several minutes later what was left of the X-Men had regrouped in Xavier’s sitting room. Xavier himself was sitting in his wheelchair by the fire. What he was fearing seemed to be coming to life, his beloved X-Men seemed to be taken by an unknown and unpredictable force. This mysterious enemy had attacked the mansion without provocation or warning. Worse yet he had not received any word from Jean or Kitty and he feared that they had also been taken.

“My X-Men I fear we have a new enemy,” said Xavier. “Roughly fifteen minutes ago Logan and Robert were kidnapped off mansion grounds by an unknown enemy. To top everything off I have attempted to contact Jean in New York with no luck. With both our telepathic abilities we should still be able to contact each other. I am left to assume that they too have been taken hostage.”

“This is getting ridiculous,” replied Cyclops with some anger in his voice. “How long will it be until we’re all kidnapped? We have to rescue them before they’re hurt or worse. If they do anything to Jean I swear I will not be held responsible for my actions.” He couldn’t bear the thought of losing her. She was his soul mate and to him life wasn’t worth living if she was taken from him.

“Scott please remain calm,” said Hank. “I don’t think things are quite straight forward here. If they wanted to outright kill them they would have done it there and then. The chances of this being a ransom are extremely slim, there is no one really related to the X-Men who have a lot of money. Except maybe Charles but I find that very unlikely. There is a purpose to the kidnapping but I fear that if we don’t act soon we might never see our friends again.”

“I’ve taken steps into tracking down our mysterious kidnapper,” added Forge. He then looked into a handheld device. I think I can pinpoint the energy used by the teleporter our friend used. Most likely with a small size teleport device I doubt that they could have travelled long distances.”

More to come very soon.

Love the idea of having Kitty as a big part since she's my favourite X-Woman. But personally I would like to see an film about the Fatal Attractions storyline.

Wonder how they will do Giganta in the series.

A few minutes later just outside New York a group of young mutants were beginning to gather. The number seemed to increase at an almost alarming rate. Within a couple of hours there several hundred mutants were there all waiting. They came in all different shapes, sizes, colours and ages. They were all waiting to what had been promised to them, they had been promised salvation from hatred and persecution and a world that would be ready for their kind.

Some mutants were beginning to think that nothing was going to happen but eventually they saw something in the sky. Since it was a cloudy day it was hard to tell what it was at first but eventually they could see that it was several large metal spheres coming down from the heavens. All the mutants seemed to cheer with anticipation as the spheres came closer and closer and it eventually landed right in front of them. One by one the spheres seemed to be opening up and the mutants began to enter the spheres. The spheres were very large and could house a couple of hundred mutants in each.

Toad of the Brotherhood was overseeing the operation. He thought that it would be an easy job but as mutants were pushing and shoving he was finding it difficult to keep control of everything. But things were going to get worse when he saw that the X-Men were amongst the mutants. They were mingled with the mutants piling into the first sphere. He was even surprised to see that Professor X was with them.

“Hey what are you lot doing here?” shouted Toad. He walked towards Professor X, he needed to move through some other mutants. “There’s no place for X-Men in Magneto’s world.”

“You do not want us to leave,” replied Professor X. He held his hand up in front of him and began to use his telepathy. It was almost like child’s play to manipulate a mind as week as Toad’s.

“I do not want you to leave.” His voice was slow and sounded hypnotised. He was completely powerless against Professor X.

“You want us to come along.”

“I want you to come along.”

“Move along now.”

“Move along now.”

Toad then walked away and the X-Men all clambered into a sphere. There wasn’t much room inside but there was enough room for every mutant who arrived. But when spheres closed up everyone was plunged into total darkness. Some became sacred but before they knew it they were lifted up into the air. They flew up like a dart travelling towards the sun. Within minutes they had left the earth’s atmosphere and the oxygen inside the spheres was becoming very low. But almost as suddenly as the trip started it ended.

When the spheres reopened the mutants found themselves inside Magneto’s main asteroid. As the mutants stepped off they were welcomed by Magneto’s followers. Their role wasn’t to fight for the Brotherhood but instead help mutants feel welcome on the asteroid. All mutants no matter how powerful or weak were welcome here.

Professor X used his mental powers to make them seem invisible to these mutant acolytes. The last thing he wanted was for Magneto to know that they were there. Magneto at normal power was more than a formidable opponent. Now that he had this mutant amplifier he dared not imagine just how powerful his former friend was.

There were too many minds around for Professor X to block. A couple of the mutants began to notice that the X-Men were on the asteroid. Not all of the mutants here disliked the X-Men, many of them in fact admired them and would have joined them if they knew where the team was located.

Slowly the X-Men began to separate due to the crowd. The importance of keeping a low profile was adamant, the team would have to try and re-group later but the plan was to locate the Mutant Amplifier and destroy it at all costs. Without it Magneto’s sinister plan would never be realised.

One problem that the X-Men did have was that they didn’t know where the amplifier was. Most likely Magneto would be keeping close to him but Shortpack had never revealed that to them. They were on the right asteroid but it was almost as large as a small city. It would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

Meanwhile in Magento’s throne room the man himself was standing in front of a camera. Pyro was holding the camera this time but there was another mutant with them. He was a tall blond young man named Cypher. Although his real name was Doug Ramsey he had long forgotten that name. Although to most his powers were almost useless, but for this task they were just right.

“I am ready Pyro,” said Magneto.

“Ok boss,” replied Pyro. He then pushed a button on the camera.

This wasn’t any ordinary camera however. With the push of the button what the camera was recording was appearing on every television station in the world. Everyone who was watching a TV could see Magneto on their screens. He was even appearing on large screens situated in cities. People walking by would stop and stare at them.

“Citizens of Earth I am Magneto,” said Magneto. “Your time as the alpha species has come to an end. In less than eight hours I will be targeting the planet with meteors larger than that which caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. There is no point in running for safety, any one of these meteors can hit with the force of ten billion Hiroshima bombs. Any human who is unfortunate to survive the impacts will be terminated and the planet be ruled by your rightful replacements. I give you this warning so that you may life out your last few hours in any way you see fit. Make peace with your deities I don’t care, your end has come.”

He then stepped away from the camera and Cypher stepped forward. He began to repeat Magneto’s message but this time in French. As the broadcast went on he repeated the message in almost every language known to man. He even spoke the tongue of an Amazon tribe which did not even know the existence of the white man. Cypher even spoke in a couple of fictional and dead languages. But at the end of the broadcast the screens went back to normal as Magneto ordered the camera to be switched off.

“Good one boss,” said Pyro. He gave Magneto the thumbs up. “That’ll leave them quaking in the boots.”

“It matters not Pyro,” replied Magneto. “I only regret that it had to come to this. But if mutantkind has any chance of flourishing humans must be disposed of.”

“Do I still rule Australia when everything’s said and done?”

“For your loyalty that island is yours.”

Meanwhile Jean and Professor X Had been scanning the asteroid looking for Magneto. Although his thoughts were being shielded by the helmet they were able to pick up the minds of Pyro and Cypher. Professor X could even see the world through Pyro’s eyes and he could see Magneto. But on a small metallic table Professor X caught the image that he had been looking for. He saw the same device that he had seen in Forge’s plans, it took him only moments to realise that this was the very amplifier that they were looking for. Even if he died destroying it, it would save the lives of billions.

“X-Men!” shouted Professor X through telepathy to the others. ”I have located the amplifier but it is in the presence of Magneto. We must destroy it at all costs, if Magneto’s plans succeed billions of innocent people will die. You have had no more important task than this in your lives. I pray that we make it out in one piece.”

Wolverine was the closest to the amplifier, but his problem was that he could not take on Magneto head on. His adamantium skeleton was all too easy for the Master of Magnetism to control. Once he used his powers to make Wolverine attack the other X-Men, during that time he seriously injured Jean. If it hadn’t of been for Beast’s surgical talents Jean would have died.

Under normal circumstances Wolverine would have waited for the others before attacking Magneto. But with the fate of the world at stake Wolverine would have to take that chance, every second that went by brought the world closer to its doom. He would admit that he wasn’t always humanity’s biggest fan but he could let the genocide of a species happen under his watch.

His best strategy was to get Magneto away from the amplifier and then destroy it. Although Magneto would simple kill him afterwards the world would be safe. His sacrifice would be meaningful since Magneto was one of the few people in the world who could actually kill him with ease.

The task however would be easier said than done. Magneto wasn’t the kind who would be fooled easily. But it would also only take a moment for Wolverine to destroy the device, his claws could cut through practically anything. It would be like a warm knife going through butter. He would have to hit them hard, fast and destroy the device before anyone knew what was happening.

Just then he noticed Ice-Man not too far away in the crowd of mutants. He used a special whistle that the X-Men would use to signal each other. He knew that Ice-Man would be a big help in destroying the device. If they had any luck they could actually survive Magento’s onslaught.

Eventually Ice-Man was able to make his way to where Wolverine was. Like Wolverine he had also heard Professor X’s broadcast. The other X-Men were still separated due to the number of mutants here. If Storm had still been with the team her claustrophobia would have gone through the roof. If she had of been there the mission would have been much easier, but time had not been on the side of the X-Men. By the time Storm would have been located the human population would have been obliterated.

“Wolverine did you hear the Professor?” asked Ice-Man.

“Yeah,” replied Wolverine. “And we’re not far from Magneto. By the time the others get here it’ll be too late.”

“We really should wait for the others. I hate to admit it but we can’t beat Magneto by ourselves.”

“There’s no time!” Wolverine snapped at Ice-Man. At this moment in time nerves were running high. “By the time we’re back together New York might be a crater. We can’t wait for the others.”

“But its suicide.”

“We don’t need to beat Magneto. We only need to destroy Forge’s device and the world is saved. If we fail then humanity is as good as extinct.”

Minutes later Magneto was still watching the various screens, all of whom had news coverage from around the world. They were all reporting about Magneto’s message and as he watched a slight smile appeared on his face. He was close to achieving his life’s ambition. He thought that it was somewhat unfortunate that Charles Xavier wouldn’t see his new world order.

Inside the room Pyro had remained where Cypher had left since his role was complete. Pyro was here in case anything unforeseen happened. Magneto never doubted his own abilities but he couldn’t be too careful. Numerous times he had been close to victory only to have it snatched away from him. Slowly he turned towards Pyro and looked at him with a small amount of glee.

“Are you ready Pyro?” asked Magneto.

“For what boss?” replied Pyro. He had never seen Magneto like this. He didn’t know whether to be happy or terrified.

“For the rise of mutantkind without fear of persecution or hatred. A world where the mutants are strong and humanity just a memory. Soon I will have created the perfect world. We would have taken our rightful place.”

“I g-guess so boss.” He then began to feel a little cold. He began rub his arms in an attempt to get himself warm without using his powers. “Is it me or is it getting cold in here? Who forgot to pay the heating bill?”

As Magneto looked around he saw that there was ice forming on the floor and ceiling. He soon realised that this drop in temperature wasn’t natural. There was only one person he knew that could do something like this.

“We’re under attack!” shouted Magneto. But as he looked at his hands he saw that they were also freezing over. The temperature was decreasing too rapidly to for him to properly react. “Stop the temperature from getting any lower before we freeze.”

Pyro then attempted to use his powers but the tubes that led from the fuel source to his hands had frozen over. But by now ice was forming all around both him and Magneto. Within seconds both figures had also frozen over. Normally they would have frozen to death but this ice seemed different. It was cold inside but not cold enough to stop the vital organs from functioning. The only problem was that there was a very limited oxygen source. If they didn’t break free within a couple of minutes they would be dead.

Seconds after they had frozen over Wolverine and Ice-Man entered the throne room. By now it looked more like a glacier rather than an actual room. The mutant amplifier was still on the nearby table but now it was stuck. The ice was holding it to the table but it wouldn’t be a problem when Wolverine got his hands on it. There was no ice too hard for him to break through with ease.

“Hey Magneto!” laughed Ice-Man. He almost couldn’t control his own laughter. “Freeze why don’t ya?” He continued to laugh but Wolverine wasn’t finding the situation very funny. There was still work to be done.

At this moment in time Magneto was helpless. It would be easy for Wolverine to simple stab Magneto and extinguish his life. But Professor X wouldn’t want it that way. Killing was never the X-Men’s way.

“Can the jokes Ice-Man,” snapped Wolverine. “It’s not over yet.”

Wolverine attempted to run to the amplifier but could barely move. It wasn’t due to the floor being frozen, he couldn’t move any part of his body. What he feared was becoming reality, he thought that the ice would incapacitated Magneto but it seemed that he still had consciousness. Wolverine’s arms moved out to the side of his body and he was thrown into the ceiling. He hit the ceiling hard and then was thrown to the ground with a loud thud.

Ice-Man could see what was happening but was powerless to do anything about it. As he looked towards Magneto the seemingly unbreakable ice shattered around the Master of Magnetism. An unimaginable streak of fear came over Ice-Man. He had thought him several occasions before and each time he felt lucky to be alive. This time however he truly thought that this was going to be his end.

“A feeble attempt X-Men,” said Magneto. He then used his powers to shatter the ice surrounding Pyro. He continued to keep Wolverine pinned to the ground. “You X-Men are like ants where there is one there is most likely more. But it matters not, there is nothing you can do that can stop the extinction of mankind.” He then looked over to Pyro who was still shivering. “Pyro warn the others we won’t leave nothing to chance.”

Nearby on a wall there was a button and a microphone. Pyro quickly ran over to it and pressed the button. Alarms began to go off around the asteroid. Many of the mutants began to panic. However Magneto’s Acolytes was keeping everyone calm. But the Brotherhood knew that there was trouble.

“Intruder alert,” said Pyro through the intercom. “All Brotherhood members report to the throne room immediately.”

It was not only the Brotherhood who heard the announcement. The other X-Men also heard it as clear as day. To Professor X the chances of their mission being a success had decreased dramatically. Now that the element of surprise had gone he thought that his team stood little chance against Magneto with the amplifier.

He was able to sense that Wolverine and Ice-Man were inside the throne room and currently at Magneto’s mercy. The others were fairly close to where he was. During all the confusion no one had really noticed the other X-Men. Some were more concerned about getting a good view of the Earth before Magneto started eradicating the humans. Others were not as heartless as the others. They couldn’t watch the murder of billions and instead tried to find some way to keep themselves occupied.

“X-Men!” shouted Professor X through telepathy. “Wolverine and Ice-Man have been captured. We need to rescue them if we have any chance of success. Rendezvous with me at this location. I will be waiting here.”

As Professor X waited more and more of the X-Men were coming to him. Cyclops was the first followed by Jean Grey, then Forge and then finally Beast. But by now all of the Brotherhood was in the throne room. Quicksilver and Toad were adding insult to injury to Wolverine. They were kicking Wolverine and spitting on him while he was lying there helpless to stop them.

Ice-Man was bolted to the wall by several iron bars controlled by Magneto. For the Master of Magnetism this was very simple. He didn’t like the fact that Quicksilver and Toad were messing with Wolverine. He felt that there were more important things to do than to insult a defeated enemy.

Blob was hitting on the Scarlet Witch, he had been courting her for some years but she never returned his advances. He was still annoyed with the fact that Shadowcat had defeated him in Steele. If he ever fought her again this time he would make sure he beat her before she pulled out any unexpected tricks. But right now his main focus was trying to get the Scarlet Witch’s attention.

“Hey Wanda when everything’s all said and done I’m gonna name a city after you in Texas,” said Blob in a weak attempt to impress her. He put a smile on his face and she just crossed her arms.

“You can name an entire continent after me it still doesn’t change the fact I’m not interested,” replied Wanda. “When I get my half of Europe you’re going to be barred from there.”

“No one can stop the Blob from going anywhere he wants to go.”

“Enough!” shouted Magneto. This got the attentions of all the Brotherhood members. “You are all wasting time and energy. Every second you waste here gives the X-Men more time to attack and attempt to foil my plans.”

“But it’s over boss,” replied Pyro. “There’s nothing they can do to stop you. You’re pretty much omnipotent.”

“The X-Men have a habit of gaining victory out of the jaws of defeat. I want you to make sure that they can do nothing to stop us.” He then walked over to the nearby metal table and picked up the amplifier. “I might have to move up the meteor strikes if the worst comes to the worst.”

“Don’t it Magneto,” said Ice-Man. Magneto had not expected him to speak. He walked over to Ice-Man and stared him down. “Give me one good reason why.”

“Forge said the amplifier is in-complete. If you use it it’ll fry ya.”

“You’re lying X-Man.”

“No it’s true bub,” replied Wolverine. Magneto then looked over to Wolverine who was still magnetically attached to the ground. “You use that and it’ll be the last thing you ever do. It’s not worth it.”

“Even if that’s true it matters little. Even if I die using it the Earth will be free of humanity. My people will not have to live in fear, they can flourish and that is something I will gladly die to achieve.”

By now Wolverine knew that there was truly no stopping Magneto. He didn’t expect that Magneto would die for all the mutants. He was still helpless on the ground, several times he attempted to move any part of his body. He couldn’t even move his little finger, for once his fate was completely out of his hands. If Magneto did succeed he doubted that he would allow him to live after everything between them.

Magneto turned around and walked to the windows overlooking the Earth. He stared at it and then looked towards the Brotherhood.

“Rejoice my faithful disciples,” said Magneto. “We will no longer be hunted or persecuted, we will be on top. I have all of you to thank for this forthcoming victory. There is only one minor loose end to deal with. Terminate the X-Men with extreme prejudice and finally we will be victorious.”

The Brotherhood prepared to move out but then Toad noticed that a wall near where he was standing was turning red. At first he didn’t know what was happening but then a huge optic blast broke through the wall and hit him at full force. The blast wasn’t fatal but it took Toad out of the fight.

The other Brotherhood members were caught completely by surprise and they soon realised that they were under attack. Where there had once been a wall now there was a large gaping hole more than six feet across. This was where they saw the remaining members of the X-Men coming through. Cyclops was leading this so called charge followed by Professor X and the others. Magneto was surprised to see that Professor X was in the group and seemingly walking.

“Sorry to interrupt,” said Cyclops. “We wanted to find a room with a view. X-Men attack and don’t hold back.”

The X-Men began to spread out within the room. Professor X stayed back however. His eyes were fixed on Magneto and visa-versa. The pair had barely moved since the attack had started. Right now there it was four X-Men fighting four members of the Brotherhood. Their powers and skills were roughly on par.

Cyclops was up against the behemoth Blob. He fired his optic blasts at Blob but it didn’t seem to be doing any damage at all. Blob’s layers of fat were protecting him from any harm. He laughed at Cyclops attempts and he even farted.

“Oh my, was that me?” laughed Blob. “Too bad it’s you and not that Kitty cat here. I have a bone to pick with her.” He then laughed once again. “In fact I’d more than just pick her bones.”

“Unfortunately for you you’re not going to get the chance,” replied Cyclops. “You might be unmovable but even you obey the laws of gravity.” He then aimed his optic blasts at the floor directly below Blob’s feet. Within seconds the blasts had obliterated part of the floor. Now that the floor was gone underneath Blob he dropped like a stone down to the floor underneath. But he was so large that he kept falling through the floors. Cyclops looked down at smiled to himself. “Game, set and match.”

Jean was fighting the Scarlet Witch which was going to be an unpredictable match. Like Jean the Scarlet Witch could also use her powers to move objects. But her powers also gave her an X factor, since no one truly knew their limits almost anything could happen. Around them several items were floating around. Some of them began to dart at Jean and some at the Scarlet Witch. Before any of the objects could hit their target they were deflected preventing any damage.

Meanwhile Quicksilver was running around the room, there wasn’t much space for him. He was punching many of the X-Men before they had any chance to react. To him it seemed to be one big game and he was winning. But he felt the bottom of his feet were stuck to the floor, when he looked he saw that they had been encased by ice. He looked over to Ice-Man and saw that he had gotten a hand free.

“You stupid popsicle!” shouted Quicksilver. “When I get my hands on you you’re mother ain’t gonna be able to recognise you.”

Just then he felt a bolt of energy hit him. It was like he was being electrocuted and he screamed out in pain. A couple of seconds he fell to the ground unconscious. Not too far away Forge was holding the smoking gun and he smirked.

“Try dodging that one speedy,” he smirked.

Lastly Pyro was trying to burn all the hair off of Beast’s body. But the agile mutant was able to jump his way out of danger. This was getting Pyro annoyed, not matter how hard he tried it seemed that Beast could not be stopped. He was bolting around as if he was an Olympic gymnast.

“Stay still you bloody blue fur ball!” shouted Pyro.

“I fear that you do not comprehend the severity of your situation my Australian friend,” replied Beast. He then jumped to the celling and bounced down behind Pyro. He grabbed the device on Pyro’s back and ripped it off. Without the constant source of fire Pyro was practically powerless. “And now the endgame is at hand.”

“What the bloody hell did you do?”

As Pyro turned around Beast grabbed his arm and wrapped it around his neck. Beast then pulled down sending Pyro to the ground, the move almost ripped his arm out of his socket and he was in great pain. But now like many of his comrades he was out of the fight.

During all the conflicts Professor X and Magneto remained unmoved. Their eyes had not diverted to any of the attentions around them. Both were fixated on each other and had not moved an inch. Perhaps two of the most powerful mutants the world had ever seen were locked in what seemed to be a staring contest. But there was a lot more happening than just staring contest. Like Professor X Magneto had mental powers, they were nowhere near as powerful as Professor X’s or any low level telepath. But unseen to everyone else Professor X and Magneto were on a higher plain, here they had no physical bodies but instead were their astral projections. Due to his helmet Professor X could not harm Magneto, also since Magneto’s telepathic abilities were so minor he could not harm Professor X either. All they could do was talk to each other.

“Erik I beg you,” said Professor X. “Stop this madness, listen to reason.”

“I can not Charles,” replied Magneto. “Unlike you I can see what will happen if I don’t do it. We’ll be rounded up, the ones who can benefit humanity will be worked to death and the useless or dangerous ones will be put down like diseased animals.”

“Humanity can change Erik. I have seen the good in them, its about time started to see that as well.”

“You are a fool, you are a dreamer to the end. I on the other hand am a realist and do what needs to be done.”

“And I will stop you with every fibre of my being.”

With that both Professor X and Magneto returned to their respective bodies. Magneto had enough of all this fighting, he empowered several strips of metal and hurled them at the X-Men. With each one he caught he attached them to the wall next to Ice-Man. Try as they may the X-Men couldn’t stop being captured by Magneto. He was seemingly too powerful for them. In less than a minute all of the remaining X-Men had been strapped to the wall. Only Wolverine was still pinned to the ground.

The Scarlet Witch was the only member of the Brotherhood still standing. With the others incapacitated they would miss what seemed to be Magneto’s great victory. He didn’t want to waste any more time. The X-Men’s attack had forced him to move his plan up; he was going to start the attacks immediately.

“In a way it’s a good thing you came Charles,” said Magneto feeling that his victory was assured. “You can watch as everything you’ve worked for goes up in flames. It’s a shame really, if only you had my vision you would have been a powerful ally.”

“I’m glad I don’t have your vision,” replied Charles. “I tried to see that there was some good left in you, but now all I see is a shell of a man. I’m glad that Magda isn’t alive to see the monster you’ve become.”

“YOU ARE NOT WORTHY TO SPEAK HER NAME!” It seemed that Professor X had struck a nerve.

Magda had been the wife of Erik shortly after he was released from the concentration camps. They had a daughter together but she died at the age of twenty three days due to a heart defect. Not too long after there was further tragedy when Magda herself disappeared without a trace. She had not taken any of her belongings or left any notes. He also couldn’t find where she had disappeared to. She had seemingly disappeared off the face of the planet. This was one of the reasons why he was so bitter.

Magneto calmly activated the device and as it powered up it began to emit a low humming noise. Forge knew what the device was capable of, but he also knew what damage it could. He was trying to figure out how he could use this to his advantage.

After the device was activated Magneto could feel his magnetic abilities grow rapidly. His body was surging with absolute power and he felt like a god. His hands began to glow bright silver and his eyes went as dark as the night sky. Wanda took a step back as she watched him laugh with victory.

“This is fantastic! Shouted Magneto. “I have the powers of a God! No one can stop me now I am all powerful!”

With what seemed to be minimum effort Magneto began to use his powers to attract the meteors floating around the immediate area. He ignored the ones that would do minimum damage, instead he more focused on the ones that were the size of a city. He was surprised to see so many close to the Earth and with just a thought he sent them hurtling towards the planet.

But as Magneto used his powers he could feel his euphoria turning into mind numbing pain. He realised that what the X-Men had told him wasn’t entirely false. He had never experienced pain like this in his life, any normal man would have passed out immediately but his resilience kept him going.

He did not notice that his powers were beginning to weaken as his body degraded. Wolverine felt the force pinning him down weaken. With great effort himself to his feet but he could still barely move. To him his body weighed ten-fold and it took almost all his strength just to get up.

After several seconds Wolverine slowly made his way towards Magneto, if he failed now everyone would suffer. Magneto wouldn’t let the X-Men live in his new world order and humanity would be extinct. Each footstep however was taking a lot out of the brave mutant, instinct alone was the only thing keeping him going.

Scarlet Witch saw that Wolverine was moving towards Magneto. She used her powers to try and stop him but it seemed to be fruitless. She was sending metal shards into his body but he still kept going. Bloody and battered Wolverine was able to remove one of the metal shards from his body and he threw it at the Scarlet Witch. The blunt side struck her in the head and was only able to stun her for a minute.

This was all the time Wolverine had to stop Magneto. However he wasn’t completely blind to what was going on. He could see that Wolverine was only a few steps away from him. He turned his attentions to the X-Man but now his abilities had weakened greatly. He was still in great pain but now instead of feeling victorious now he was full of fear.

As Wolverine moved closer he was able to extend his claws in his right hand and raise them to the air. Magneto continually tried to use his magnetic powers to stop him. But as he weakened his abilities were failing him and Wolverine was finding it easier to move. The finale was only moments away.

With one foul swoop Wolverine’s claws came down and sliced through Magneto’s left wrist like scissors going through paper. His left hand had been severed from the rest of his body and his wrist was bleeding in bulk. The combination of the injury and the effects of the amplifier finally made the all-powerful Magneto fall.

Wolverine did not hesitate in destroying the amplifier attached to Magneto. He sliced it with his claws and the device was left in four large pieces. Also with Magneto down the X-Men were released from their metal bonds and the meteors hurtling towards Earth stopped dead in their tracks.

Wolverine wanted to end Magneto’s life but Professor X walked up to him and put his hand on his shoulder. The Scarlet Witch ran to Magneto’s aid but there wasn’t anything she could do to help. All she could do was attempt to dress his wound and hold him.

“No Logan,” said Professor X. He was using his mental abilities to try and calm Wolverine down but they were not as potent on his student. “It’s over Magneto is helpless.”

“Are you just going to forget everything he’s done Professor,” snapped Wolverine with a grunt. “He showed us no mercy and has killed countless innocence.”

“But he is helpless now Logan. Killing him won’t make any difference. Raise above it my friend, show him that you are better than him.”

With great reluctance Wolverine retracted his claws and began to walk away. He removed the other shards that was in his body and the wounds began to heal over. The other X-Men stood there in silence.

“This time you got lucky Magneto,” grunted Wolverine. “Just make sure I don’t regret sparing him Chuck.”

Wolverine left the throne room and the other X-Men looked over to Professor X. Unfortunately the battery in his exoskeleton was running out. He fell to the ground as once more his legs had failed him. Beast and Cyclops ran over to him and helped him up to his feet. They were very worried about their mentor.

“Professor are you alright?” asked Cyclops. There was great concern in his voice.

“Yes Cyclops I am uninjured,” replied Professor X. “Unfortunately Forge’s invention seems to have run out of power.”

“What now Professor? What do we do with Magneto?”

“Nothing he’s done for. Let us head to the escape pods, I am getting tired of this place.”

With that Cyclops and Beast carried Professor X out of the throne room. The other X-Men were soon to follow leaving the Scarlet Witch alone with Magneto. He was still alive but in a deep coma, one he would most likely never recover from.

Magneto’s plans might have gone up in smoke but his actions would have negative consequences on the human-mutant relations. Although the Earth had been saved for now there was still worse to come.

The End

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