Taking Genosha
BAMF!
BOOM!
BAMF!
These are the sounds I hear as I train the ex-prisoners in combat during the two months before taking Genosha. "Nightcrawler, Don't just port behind him, that makes you predictable! Port around them, sides, back, above." I critique him while he is sparring with Gambit. Currently Blink and Psylock were sparring as well. Psylock was attempting to use her telepathy to tell when Blink was going to create a portal and where. "And use that tail! You have it, use it!"
"He is a taskmaster, yes?" Nightcrawler comments to Gambit as he ports above Remy and kicks his back.
"Meh…" Remy replies as he rolls with the strike before tossing some playing cards at Nightcrawler. "Remy's seen worse."
"Gambit! Follow up, never give your opponent a chance to recover!" I order. "As soon as you let up, he can port above you or around you and take you out! Don't let him."
"Then again…" Gambit mutters as he dodges Kurt's tail.
We had been training for almost a full two months and they had made extreme progress. Each of them had been paired up with each other in random intervals in order to not get used to a single opponent. On the first day it was Gambit versus Psylock and Blink versus Nightcrawler. Second it was Gambit vs Blink and Psylock vs Nightcrawler, each day was different and in this time I had been able to have Harry and Spider-Man come in and help train them here and there. It gave my new students the chance to fight people more skilled than them and more agile, but it also gave Harry and Pete the chance to fight a telepath, teleporters, and someone with an explosive touch. In the end however, I had been able to study their powers.
Psylock was both telepathic and telekinetic. She could create blades of telekinetic energy and charge the Katana I had given her with telekinetic energy to cause greater damage. Her telepathy acted as a sort of radar sense so she could sense where a person was within a certain radius. I believe that her radius extends about fifty feet when she isn't focusing, but can cover miles when concentrating. She is extremely well trained in the art of the samurai and wields her katana with precision. Her outfit is similar to the one she wore in X-Men Apocalypse. Though considering this Psylock is in her mid-twenties, I doubt that the one in X-Men Apocolypse exists. Her outfit was made of Adamantine and a deep purple/blue color. The main difference between this costume and the X-Men Apocalypse one is the fact that this one has a mask similar to what Nightwing wears in DC comics and the fact that it covers her legs instead of showing them off.
Gambit can 'charge' any inorganic material with biokinetic energy, speeding up the molecules of the material till it explodes. He can also absorb an objects or persons kinetic energy allowing him an extra boost of power and in the process slowing down the other person to the point of being a living statue. He is extremely skilled in pickpocketing and stealth while also being a master at using a bo staff and kickboxing. His suit is essentially what he wears in most comic versions of himself. Wearing a chest plate made of Adamantine and a trench coat, he opted to now wear a mask as his red on black eyes gave him a rather noticeable look. He had Adamantine shin guards as well.
Nightcrawler can teleport by creating localized portals into a demon realm. In that realm he moves too fast for anything to see him but also too fast for him to see. The Bamf sound comes from the air trying to fill the vacuum where his body was and the sulfur smell comes from the atmosphere in the dimension he ports through. He can also blend in to the shadows almost like he melds into them. He was an acrobat for a time and is skilled at it, unfortunately he can't fight. He has next to no training and couldn't throw a punch worth a damn. I had Gambit teach him the basics earlier in the training and I've started teaching him how to use the sabre he had chosen as his preferred weapon. Kurt's costume was very similar to what he wore in X2 with a trench coat. Besides that, under his coat he wears a costume like what he wears in comics with the same red and black design. it had Adamantine padding, but was left relatively unarmored in order to be faster.
Blink was the most difficult to study as her powers and skills were rather different. She could create what she calls Blink Fields. These fields are like a flash of pink light that can envelop a whole group of people or items and take them places. She can also create portals similar to those made by the sling rings, but pink instead of orange. Another thing she can do is create weapons out of the energy that makes her Blink Fields. What I remember from comics, Blinks powers shredded anyone who ported with her, Here though, she seemed to have more control. Her costume was simple. It was really just a dark green version of her costume from Days of Future Past.
"Blink! She's a telepath! Be as random as you can be. Don't think, just act on instinct!" I instruct.
On another note, Sandman has become Alex Osborn's personal bodyguard. He was shocked when I told him about my alter ego, but in the end, didn't care. As long as I kept my side of the bargain, he was willing to go to hell and back for me. Because of this, I had brought him and Yuriko to these training sessions. After the first few minutes of distrust between the freed mutants and Deathstrike, they eventually agreed to leave that part of themselves behind them. It helped when Yuriko revealed she was under Strykers control and Betsy confirming this.
Flint was currently testing the extent of his powers through something I had built with the help of Pete and Reed. My own personal Danger room!
After convincing Xavier to give me the blueprints, I had immediately got to work. Reed was only too willing to help me once he realized the capabilities of such a room and Pete had agreed because he was bored. We had finished shortly before Logan and I took out Strykers base.
Yuriko and Sandman were both in the new Danger room fighting a small army of monsters from various Mythologies I had Ultron set up Hydra's, Minotaurs, Draugr, Dragons, and much more. Yuriko was a whirlwind of claws and death as she tore through the monsters like they were made of paper, Sandman was currently twenty foot tall and crushing monsters like crazy, grabbing down dragons, knocking aside harpies like they were bugs… It was impressive.
Magneto and his Brotherhood were getting anxious to take out the mutant haters on Genosha, but they were willing to wait a little longer, especially once I told them I was getting a team to help take the island.
"Psylock! Be prepared for anything! If you can't tell what they'll do next with telepathy, focus on body language. You can learn as much from how someone moves as you can by reading their mind!"
I was currently juggling a few things of my own. Training my team, studying their blood samples to see if their powers would be of any use to give to myself, Studying the Symbiote and attempting to create a synthetic version made of cloned material and adapting nanobots, and teaching Rogue how to fight. She wasn't going to help me take Genosha, I didn't want her close to magneto so soon after his original plan of using her during X1. Besides that, she couldn't fight and she was relatively new to her powers. She would end up being a liability.
"TIME!" I finally yell, causing them to collapse in exhaustion. They had all been training for an hour, and while not great, it was better than most.
"Take a break. Do what you want, come back here in ten minutes and you will all fight me." I say.
"Oh no…"
"Damn it."
"He's going to kill us!"
"Ugh…"
these were just some of the responses I get whenever I have them fight me. I had gotten to the point that I needed a challenge to keep getting better. Captain America was my sparring partner until beating him simply became too easy. I had to hold back. Logan was good, but he was a brawler and had no actual skill, something that I had Yuriko start teaching him. With her healing factor, she could teach him without worrying about dying. Sandman was less a sparring partner and more like hulk. He swung hammers and tried crushing me, but he was infinitely too slow for me to worry about. Evading him was way too easy. Having these four team up against me not only gave them a challenge and a way to work as a team, but it gave me a chance to stretch and actually get a workout.
The problems with being near immortal and having all the skill and powers that I have is that you can't get a workout as easily unless I start pissing off the Hulk or actual gods like Hela or Ego.
I would probably die in horrible agony if I fought the second and third options, but at least it would be a challenge.
Once the ten minutes was up, I got into a fighting position and waited. I was currently just wearing a pair of pants in this fight. If I wore my armors, none of them would be able to beat me unless Gambit somehow touched me and blew us all sky high.
BAMF!
Ducking under a strike from behind me from Kurt, I let him fly over me and almost into the playing cards thrown by Gambit, He barely ported out of the way in time. Rolling under a slash by Psylock, I catch the blade of the Katana and strike the hilt, knocking it from her grasp before striking her on the head with the hilt, knocking her out. Using the katana one handed, I deflect three energy knives made by Blink and almost tag her before she teleported out of there. Gambit then charged forward with his Adamantine staff swinging at my head. Blocking it with the katana, I knock it out of his grasp before dropping the katana and locking Gambit in a chokehold. Throwing him into some of the energy blades Blink threw at me, I take him out of the fight. He would be fine.
All that's left is the Teleporters.
Flipping the Katana up, I grab it by its hilt just in time to deflect Nightcrawlers attempt at slashing me with his sabre before easily disarming him and catching the hilt of his sabre in my free hand. Porting away from me, he barely dodges a kick to the stomach. Stabbing the blades halfway into the ground, I sidestep another of Blinks daggers and charge her only for Nightcrawler to bamf in front of me and try to kick me. Dodging, I grab his tail and use it as a way to yank him back to me. Grabbing him by the neck, I strike a nerve cluster on his side and cause him to collapse. All that left was Blink.
"Shit…" I hear her mutter as she realizes that her team mates were all knocked out.
Walking towards her, I grin and get into another fighting pose, gesturing for her to attack first.
She immediately threw several energy knives before porting to the other side of the room and throwing some more, repeating the process several times before I found her pattern. Grabbing Nightcrawlers Sabre from where I had stabbed it into the ground, I threw it right next to where she would teleport next. Right as she finished porting in, the sabre stabbed into the wall up to the hilt inches from her head.
She nearly fainted.
Raising her hands in surrender, she collapses to the ground breathing heavily.
Well… that was fun.
/
Today was the day we took Genosha.
Both Magneto's team, consisting of Mystique, Sabertooth, and Toad, and my own team, consisting of Gambit, Psylock, Blink, Nightcrawler, Sandman, Deathstrike, and Dr. Doom, were standing in the middle of Magneto's base as I went over the plan.
"Magneto, you, Sandman, Blink, and Doom will cause a distraction at Hammer Bay. Meanwhile, Nightcrawler, Psylock, Gambit, Deathstrike and myself will attack the capitol building and take out the dictator. Sabretooth, Toad and Mystique will hunt down this man." I say as I pull up a picture. "He calls himself the Gengineer. He is the head scientific mind on Genosha and is the cause of the mutants on the island being brainwashed drones."
Handing the brotherhood ear pieces, I grin as I put my helmet on.
"Show time."
Creating three portals, one for the distraction team that lead onto the docks, one for Sabretooth and Mystique in the labs as close as I could to Dr. Moreau, and finally one that led directly to the throne room.
"Let's have some fun." I smirk as we walk through the portals.
/
(3rd person POV with Magneto's team.)
As soon as they stepped through the portal created by the Goblin, they made their distraction. Magneto immediately started using his impressive power to manipulate the cars and ships in the general area. Sandman absorbed the sand in the bay to grow up to fifty foot tall, crushing anything in sight, though at the same time not actually harming anyone there. Using the magic taught to him by Alex and his impressive armor, Doom quickly set up a magical shield that would prevent anyone from escaping, Goblin helping him from his end. Blink teleported from one side of the pier to the other, sending energy daggers everywhere while being careful to not harm anyone.
Five minutes after they started, Genosha's rather small human military came to try to stop the invaders. Ships, submarines, Ground troops, air force, everything came to stop them.
They failed.
Even one of the invaders could have defeated the army easily by themselves. Combined? It was like throwing a grenade to kill a fly. Overkill. But they did their job perfectly.
They distracted the military from Goblin and his team.
/
(With Goblin. 1st person POV)
Once I heard the first explosion, I grinned.
"Go." I whispered.
Immediately, we stepped through our portal right in front of the Throne Room's doors. Gambit quickly touches the doors and charges it, causing an explosion that blew the doors of their hinges.
The guards tried to fight back, but they were undertrained humans. There were over a dozen of them and we were outnumbered, but they were outgunned. Gambit immediately leapt into the fray, throwing cards at any guard stupid enough to fight him. Nightcrawler Bamfed around the room, taking out as many as he could. Psylock took down any in her was as easily as possible. Deathstrike was a whirlwind of death, taking down any who didn't get caught by the rest.
I on the other hand walked right up to the whimpering king.
"Hello. I do believe you are sitting in my new chair." I say simply as he stares into the yellow eyes of my mask. I was wearing my Atlas Armor right now for a fear factor right now.
"Y-Your chair?" He stutters. "This is my throne!" He yells, slowly gaining courage even as my team starts finishing up his guards.
"I think you misheard me." I say as I grab him by the throat and lift him up to where his feet are no longer touching the ground. "Get out of my chair." Tossing the quivering mess to the side, I sit down and recline casually in his throne. Waving to my team, they quickly block any and all entrances into the throne room. Nightcrawler leaving the room to scout the halls and keep them away from the Throne room.
"So here's what's going to happen." I say simply as I recline in my new throne. "if you want to live, you will hand Genosha over to me right now, declaring me its new king."
"W-what?! Give you… Are you crazy! I'd never give you the crown he yells before pulling a gun from the holster of one of his fallen guards before shooting me.
As he reached for the weapon, I had subtly gestured to my team to keep them from interfering. As the bullets failed to hurt me and simply bounced off my armor, the king almost drops his gun in shock.
"Tell me, Joseph." I say, using the Ex-King's name. "What makes you think you can win? Your entire military is being destroyed by four individuals. Your Gengineer has just been killed by my men, Your computers have been hacked and communications shut down, and you are my prisoner. I would be easier on you if you simply make me King of Genosha."
Standing from my seat, I slowly walk down the steps in front of the throne and walk over to him. He was quickly trying to back up and get away from me.
"Why? Why Genosha?! Why couldn't you just leave us alone?" he finally asks.
"Umm. Because you torture and experiment on mutants and anyone not human. I don't like that so I am taking over." I reply simply as he turns from me and tries running to the door only to come face to face with Deathstrike and her claws. He quickly turned around and came face to face with Psylock and her Katana.
Grabbing him by his shoulder, I twisted him around so he would face me.
"I'm getting impatient." I tell him, my voice turning into a growl.
"Fine! Fine! I'll give you the crown… Just let me go…" he finally breaks.
"Good boy." I say patting him on the cheek. Before stealing the crown on his head, balancing it on my mask.
"Now to make it official." I say. "Ultron, recording in three, two, one. Rolling!"
As soon as I say that, every television in Genosha started playing a live feed from the Throne room.
"Tell your people, or should I say, my people, what you just said to me."
"People of Genosha…" He said, his voice quivering. "In order to protect our way of life and reduce loss of life, I have agreed to a deal with the Goblin of the Avengers…"
"Oh, This has nothing to do with the Avengers, they don't even know I'm here." I cut in.
"Right…" He says nervously. "I have instated the Mutant known as Goblin as the new King of Genosha."
Turning the camera to me, I grin under my mask.
"Now, for my first order of business… Every mutant or mutate on the island is to be set free. Failure to do so is punishable by a lifelong jail sentence." I say. "Second order of business… Every mutant or mutate is to have the same rights as your average human… Now… what am I forgetting?"
"Oh yeah. Any and all humans on the island is to get the hell off. Until further notice, Genosha is now a mutant only island. A place where mutants and mutates can live in peace without fear of persecution." I say as I walk over and sit on the throne.
This should be interesting.
/
After the first week of ruling Genosha, things finally got put back into place. With Doom's natural leadership skills and Magneto's stategetic mastermind, we were quick to tear down the old governmental laws and instate a basic set of laws people would have to follow and basic rights that all people would need. It was hard, but it was doable. It took that long to get all the humans off the island as well, I knew I was basically tossing the people of Genosha to the curb, but Genosha was one of the richest countries in the world due to their agricultural exports. They weren't exactly wanting for cash, so if they want to, they can find somewhere else to live.
Ultron was heading several small armies of drones in constructing several projects I had planned. First and foremost was powering the island. Team one of the drones was setting up several Arc reactors the size of a car across the island in several facilities they were making. It wouldn't be complete for at least a month, but it would be worth it. Sandman was using his unique abilities to help where he could. Another project he was doing was installing shield generators underwater around the island. That way anyone not allowed in won't get in. Finally was an experimental anti-pollutant generators. They take any pollutants made and convert them into energy.
Nightcrawler and Blink were currently acting as a retrieval team for mutants Stryker had in his files hoping to bring them to the island. Once they finished with that project I should have something to act as a magical mutant locator they can use to find mutants in trouble.
Besides just mutants, I had given permission to the members of the team that if they wanted to bring their families here, they were welcomed and they would have land here. Sandman immediately took me up on the offer.
Before I came, apparently mutants were taken at age thirteen and experimented on to become mindless drones. Psylock was currently trying to help them break out of the mental conditioning, but she wasn't having much luck. Those who hadn't broken were either trying to help their younger counterparts or working on the various farms on the island for a decent pay for once. Most of their abilities focus on bettering the island like Plant manipulation, so thankfully Genosha wasn't going hungry anytime soon.
Setting up several platoons of drones as the police, I was ready to face the UN.
/
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Ladies and Gentlemen! Order! Order please!" The Secretary General of the United Nations tries to bring peace to the group of bickering ambassadors so a decision can be made about the situation in Genosha.
Slowly the group of Ambassadors quieted down to let the Secretary General Matthew Williams to speak.
"We still do not have all the information we need to understand the severity of the situation. Please, calm yourselves so that we may come to a decision on how to proceed."
I was currently waiting off to the side with Yuriko under an illusion to make us invisible, waiting for a good time to enter the discussion. Psylock was currently on the other side of the room waiting for my signal.
A light lit up on Williams desk, and he replied. "The Ambassador for Madagascar has requested the floor, Go ahead representative."
Ambassador Zina Andrianarivelo-Razafy was a balding man with dark skin and a calm demeanor. Turning on his microphone, he addressed the other representatives.
"Due to Madagascar being close to the borders of Genosha, It is Madagascar's belief that our own military inspectors should be allowed to enter Genosha and monitor the countries own military buildup as to determine if the Goblin and subsequently Genosha is a threat to the world." He said in accented English. Immediately after setting down, numerous countries tried taking the stand, angry at Madagascar for assuming they would be the only country allowed into Genosha.
"Order! Order! One at a time please! The American Delegate responded first. The American Ambassador has the flood."
The American ambassador stood up as he started talking. "The United States would like to amend Madagascar's idea and allow for a multination party to be assigned to examine the situation in Genosha. The United States also, politely, requests that due to The Goblin, an Avenger, being the de facto leader of Genosha, that Director Nick Fury of SHIELD be allowed to be apart of the team reviewing Genosha."
This request was met with several minutes of muttering until another country decided to stand up.
"The Ambassador from the People's Republic of China has the floor."
A sharply dressed, cunning man with obvious elite Chinese ancestry stood up with a slight smirk on hs face.
"The representative of the People's Republic seconds the motion from the United States and respectfully requests that a member of our own country be included on the review for Genosha. We believe we have a legitimate interest in examining any new superpower openly flaunting its mutant abilities."
At this point, the Secretary General gave the assembled ambassadors ten minutes to discuss amongst themselves and receive feedback from their respective countries before rapping his gavel and bringing order once again.
"I would like to hear from the representative of Genosha on his opinion on the situation and the possible motion before we allow a United Nations team of examiners to enter the country." Williams says before gesturing towards the Ambassador of Genosha. He wouldn't be for long though. The ambassador was a mess of a man, coffee stains on his tie, his hair was a mess, and he looked like he hadn't slept since Genosha was captured.
"The Representative from the Government of Genosha-"
Dropping my illusion, I step out of the shadows and into the spotlight so to speak, Yuriko standing close behind me.
"The former Ambassador for Genosha is out of line in answering for a country that he no longer represents." I say to the Secretary General. "Instead, he shall be replaced before the next session. Until then, You have to deal with me." As I say this, the previous Ambassador bolts, leaping over his fellow Ambassadors and almost bolting from the door. I let him go as he was essentially useless to me.
Acting like I didn't have a care in the world, I set briefcase down on the table in the middle of the assembly.
"I Have here, several papers stating in explicit details the horrors I found in Genosha. Human experimentation, torture, turning sentient beings into living drones with no more self awareness than a trained dog. These mutants were turned into slaves of the lowest order. I currently have several experts attempting to reverse the damage, but the outcome isn't pretty." I say. "This is only the tip of the iceberg however as I have several documents showing that the Genoshan government prior to me was participating in human trafficking, both receiving and shipping out several thousand mutants a year to act as slaves in several influential countries."
With a slight nod, Psylock levitated me up into the Genoshan seat in the assembly in order to make it appear as if I was more powerful than I really was. Yuriko levitated up soon after, following the path of my hand before gently landing behind me.
"What makes you think you can just waltz in here and claim control of Genosha through force of arms?" the American Delegate angrily asks.
I smirk under my mask as I start another brief history lesson. Isn't history just spectacular?
"I'm sorry… Isn't that what America did when they left Englands rule? Or maybe China from its Nationalist rulers? Maybe Russia from its Tzar. How about France from its Monarchy? You can hardly blame me from following their stellar examples can you? Even if my own revolution was a bit flashier than a simple tea party." I say. "Just because my take over was more stylish than yours doesn't give you any right to get mad at me. You did it first after all."
Most of the mentioned countries representatives started muttering amongst themselves at the mention of how their own governments being formed like Genosha was now doing. The American Ambassador turned red with anger before sitting down.
"Ahem…" The Secretary General gets my attention. "By what name or title should we address you as?"
"You may call me The Goblin as you have been. I am planning on making that an official title in Genosha as the protector and defender of the people." I reply as I recline in my seat. Yuriko taking notes through the entire conversation.
"Well then, Goblin… We were just discussing a plan for the United Nations to send a team of Inspectors to review the state of your military and society. Do you have any thoughts you would like to share?" he then asked me.
"I would like to comment actually. As the defender of my people, I would like to state that no team sanctioned by this body or any country foreign to Genosha will be allowed on Genoshan soil. I will protect my country completely, this includes from people like you meddling in their affairs." I say as I get up. Psylock levitating me and Yuriko down to floor level again.
Immediately my statement was followed by yells of outrage and disbelief. The representatives from the United States, China, Russia, France and several smaller countries all stood up at once trying to talk over each other. Finally the United States announced something I was honestly expecting.
"In light of your response, I have been authorized by the President of the United States and his party to declare, effective immediately, the United States will place an Embargo on all products and aid flowing to and from Genosha. We urge this body to place an equal blockade on Genosha."
Immediately China stood up, seconding the notion.
"A motion has been raised, shall we put it to a vote?" The Secretary General asks.
It was unanimous. Almost every country agreed in placing the embargo besides a few smaller countries or those deemed Nuetral. I should have expected this, but as of now, there is little point in worrying. Using Magic, I can send what supplies I need to Genosha from Oscorp. The agricultural aspect was taken care of already, if anything, Genosha was almost entirely self-sufficient. It would be completely self-sufficient once the improvements get finalized.
"The motion has been carried… An embargo shall be placed on all goods and services coming in and out of Genosha." The Secretary General says before smacking his gavel again.
"Very well." I say simply before mentally telling Ultron to set up all defensives and to allow no one except my team in and out. This includes Magneto and the Brotherhood, the Avengers, the X-Men and people I bring personally to be allowed in.
"If you wish to embargo me, then you too shall be embargoed. Nobody will be allowed in my country. Genosha is now cut off from the rest of the world. No one will be allowed in, air traffic will be forced to go around. You embargo my country? Then you will be unable to access any of the technology or cures that we gave available. There is no hunger in Genosha, no crime, no pollution. Energy is readily available to every part of Genosha for nothing. I have made a Utopia for mutants. You could have been a part of that utopia." I say. "But you made your choice."
Creating a portal, I let the invisible Psylock and Yuriko go through before I turn and look at the assemble Ambassadors.
"When you decide to lift the embargo, because I have no doubt you will." I say. "I will be waiting."
Turning and walking through the portal, the portal shutting behind me, I sigh in relief. I hated dealing with idiots.
Time to turn this country around and bring it into the future.