Chapter 7
"The whole value of solitude depends upon oneself; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it."
- John Lubbock
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-- Archie's POV --
"Actually, I have a method on how to take care of Shadow King, potentially for good," I said out loud drawing everyone's attention to me.
"How?" Wolverine asks out loud
"I will seal him away, but to do that I would need something from Forge, or else there is a chance that Shadow King can have an anchor to our world," I told all of them despite specifically looking at Forge
"What is it?" he asks with slight excitement
"Is it possible for you to create a microscopic neurosynaptic buffer that is administered through aerosol means?" I ask and he thinks about it for a second
"It should be possible to modify it like that, but to make it in quantities for it to be a variable delivery method is impossible," he replied with disappointment in his voice (AN: Forge's mutation is broken. He can invent pretty much everything he can imagine as long as he has required materials)
"Don't worry about that, I have a method to create more of it," I said, he looked skeptical but nodded and got to work on it.
While he got to working on it Logan questioned me.
"So who are you supposed to be?" he asked me
"As I said before, my name is Green Lantern, I'm a recently awakened mutant," I knew Logan's enhanced senses allowed him to smell if I were to lie, and with how trigger happy he is, I decided to tell him only true answers
"What can you do exactly?" he asks
"A lot," short, simple, and most importantly true
"What's your reason for being here?" this one was tricky, the main reason I was here is because Rogue is here and I wanted to ask her out before she met Gambit, and I obviously can't say it with Rogue next to me
"To stop Shadow King from taking over the world alongside other things," Technically true,
"*sniff*sniff* I don't need to smell to know that's not the full truth," he asks,
"That's all you are gonna get," I said "We are not playing 20 questions after all,"
He was about to say something but Forge spoke up "I'm done with the aerosol microscopic neurosynaptic buffer, he said as he showed me a vial with a green smoke in it,
{Ring, please analyze the solution and record it to Databank}
{{Affirmative… The scan is completed, the aerosol microscopic neurosynaptic buffer is added to the Databank}}
"Alright I'm going to cover the entire island in the aerosol microscopic neurosynaptic buffer, that's a long name I'm just gonna call it AMNB, anyway I'm going to cover the entire island in the AMNB." I said and held up my Ring
{{Sir, such an action is impossible with your current Will Power}} she said to me through thought relay
{Shit, how much of the island can I cover in AMNB?} I thought relayed back
{{Quarter of the island, which should include every mutant under Shadow King's control}} she told me
"Good Enough!" I said as I stared at my Ring
"In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!" I said out loud and released a gas from my Ring.
Within moments quarter of the island was covered in AMNB.
As soon as I did so I fell on my ass
"Are ya okay?" Rogue ran- fly up to me in worry,
"I'm fine, just need to catch my breath for a second" I said as she helped me up to my feet.
"Is all of this gas, aerosol microscopic neurosynaptic buffers?" Forge asked in awe as he took out a scanner from his belt
"Yep, they should work just like the one you have in that vial," I said and he nodded his head
"What was that thing you shouted bub?" a Canadian asks
"It helps me concentrate my power to achieve some greater effects," I admitted, no need to lie about that
I felt my energy return to me, felt revitalized. {Ring find the largest psionic energies in the island}
{{The five highest psionic energies in the island are detected. The second and the third most powerful telepaths are battling in Astral Plane while the most powerful one is fluctuating}} the Ring relayed to me
{Find me the location of the second and third most powerful telepaths,} I relayed it to the Ring and information is downloaded to my head.
"Now that all the pawns are gone, let's take down the King shall we?" I said and they all nod their heads,
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-- Milo's POV, A Few Minutes Ago --
FUCK! Colossus hits way too hard!
My bones were broken by his immense strength and I could barely scratch his skin.
I needed to up my game a bit.
"Yo Colossus, if you can hear me I'm sorry for this." I said as I pulled out my spine, hardened it as much as I could and made it as sharp as possible. Making a very powerful spear.
Piotr came rushing, I dodged his punch and hit him with the spear, finally denting his armored state. He started to bleed, not blood, some energy.
He fell down, still in his metal skin, he was still conscious, that is one tough son of a bitch, he even managed to injure Xavier despite me protecting him, at least I did manage to keep him alive, well physically who knows what Shadow King is doing to him right now.
I was about to jump on Colossus once more when a green gas covered the area,
Colossus then got a look of shock on his face and fell on his face. Finally knocked out. I then looked up and saw 5 figures flying towards me, two of them were on the green sphere that we came here with.
"Yo GL, took you long enough, I managed to keep the professor alive, the rest is up to you," I said with a smile behind my mask
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-- Archie's POV --
"Yo GL, took you long enough, I managed to keep the Professor alive despite the metal giants best efforts, the rest is up to you," Milo said
"Good work Kars, oh and everyone, this is Kars, he is a friend of mine," I said before pointing my ring high up, {Find the consciousness of Shadow King}
{{Affirmative, Scanning, Scanning, Scanning, Shadow King is found.}} the Ring relayed back to me
"Let's seal this MF" I said out loud,
"In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!" I said out loud and my Ring glowed bright green, then a powerful suction force appeared on my ring, it did not suck in anything but a certain range of psionic energy which Shadow King is made up of.
"Who- Who the hell are you?! Who are you to get in the way of my revenge?!" The monstrous beast that appeared before us shouted,
"Yeah, yeah, keep the bad guy speeches to yourself would you," I said as it shouted
"NOOOOOO!" he shouted as he get sucked into the Ring
"So, we won right?" Kars asked "Shawarma's on Xavier,"
Then I felt a VERY powerful psionic energy smash into my Ring's defenses, it barely held but brought me to my knees, then appeared a long haired man who appeared to be bending space around him, "Shit, he went crazy," I muttered under my breath.
"Oh we are fucked, tell moma I loved her," he said before take on a praying pose "Oh Dear Kirby and Lee, please forgive my sins and burn down the sex tape under my bed,"
Wait one of those girls taped what they did at night- Not important right now.
Xavier woke up, he crawled towards his son, "David, I need you to calm down," he said but David did not listen and the space around him continued to bend, "I am… going to help you son,"
Then Xavier put his two fingers in his forehead and closed his eyes, I have no clue what was going on next, but I had unconsciously hugged Rogue. If Xavier did not stop him odds were good David was gonna kill us all.
It took mere seconds in the real world but God knows how long it had taken Xavier in David's mind.
The bending of space was gone, a tear fell down from Xavier's face as he muttered "I'm sorry son," after that he passed out alongside his son.
Then Original X-Men and a few more mutants showed up, amongst them was Polaris, which was good cause it meant X-Men managed to save her, Storm was with them which caused Milo to go next to her and try to flirt, Mystique who drew Rogue's attention and finally… Gambit. Fuck that French guy, never liked him anyway.
{{Remy Etienne LeBeau, aka Gambit is not French, however, he is a descendant of the original seventeenth-century French colonists who settled in Acadia}} Ring informed me,
Wait, that guy wasn't French? Then why did he have such a thick accent? Questions for another time.
Forge was glaring at Kars for some reason, wonder what that is,
{{I believe it's because Forge is romantically involved with Ororo Munroe}} the Ring told me
{You are like a talking wikipedia aren't you?} I thought relay to the Ring with a smile.
"Hey Sugar, Ah need to talk with Mystique," she said before giving me a peck on the cheek "But Ah'll hold ya to that coffee."
"Sure…" I said holding my cheek.
Before I knew it Milo appeared next to me with an arm around my shoulders "Dude, awesome!" he whispered to me before looking at Forge who was hugging Storm while glaring at him.
"Unfortunately I'm not so lucky," Milo said with a sigh before noticing the glances Psylocke was sending his way "Or am I?"
"Dude seriously if you wanna be a walking Jojo reference act like Jotaro, not Polnareff." I told him but he just shrugged and walked towards Psylocke
Then Wolverine walked next to me, "What did you do with the Shadow King, bub?"
"I sealed him away," I told him with a straight face
"In that ring of yours?" he said, pointing at the Ring.
"..." I did not reply but he get the message
"What are the chances of him escaping?" he asked the question I expected Cyclops or Xavier to ask
"Close to 0," was the reply
"How close?" he asks
"Unless a world-shattering event happens, I doubt he can ever escape, but you never know, especially in a world like this," I told him, he seemed content with my answer and walked away.
After a while Moira approached me, "Hello," she said,
"Hi," I said {Ring Maximize defenses} I instructed the Ring
{{Affirmative}} she replied
"My name is Moira MacTaggert, I'm a researcher in this island, and a friend of Charles. I wanted to thank you for your help," she said, I just nodded my head and did not reply.
If I remember correctly she is a reincarnated mutant who meddled in more mutant affairs than Magneto and Xavier combined, it would be for the best to avoid her as much as possible.
I could tell she was studying me with her eyes for a moment before bowing her head ever so slightly and finally leaving.
A few minutes later Rogue came back, there were signs of tears around the corners of her eyes, I did not bring it up 'cause before I could she grabbed my neck and forcefully pulled me for a kiss. She then whispered to my ear "follow me" in a seductive voice and started flying towards a secluded location in the island…