CH 54: Silence

"How are they? Is everyone stable and going to survive?" Jason asked the two medics.

"Yes, Master. All of their wounds have been healed and most have simply lost consciousness. They should awaken within the hour.

We checked the Neo compound. There... there were no survivors there. When we went to look for their bodies, it appears that they led the first major or only counter-attack. Most of their bodies are all in the outer east district.

Of all the inner circle members, only 3 have survived. It is the blue woman, the woman with the golden mask, and one who is wearing very revealing white clothes.

The last one is the only one of the 3 who is conscious and keeps trying to move but it appears that a certain change occurred to her body and she can't move properly. She is also showing signs of post-traumatic stress."

Jason nodded at Jekyll's words before he forced the twins and the mad nurse back in their cards. He then pulled out two more cards before crushing them. The pair of Servants he summoned was Penthesilea and Ashwatthama since they were the strongest two after Quetzalcoatl.

"Penthesilea, ride with Achilles. Follow me. Let's go see what these people want entering Genosha's territory without our permission. Or why their aid has arrived so late."

The group nodded and began to follow Jason as he began to fly up to meet the others. Be before he could get too high, he felt a tug on his leg. Jason looked down and saw a woman with diamond coated skin grabbing his foot.

"Please. I had to hold one very precious girl in my arms as the building came crashing down on us. I wish to be present to know their answers as well."

Jason looked into her eyes and saw the pain, hurt, and grief that she was feeling. He extended his tail and wrapped it around the woman's waist as he began to fly higher.

The sky was vastly different from the ground. The ground only had a small section that was safe and clear of debris. In the sky, there were several heli-carriers from SHIELD and even more jets from different groups or organizations. Some beings were simply flying in the air and looking down at the destruction below.

Jason's group flew toward the X-Jet to meet the X-Men. He knew that he could at least trust them with the remaining mutants. He flew to the back where the jet opened its landing pad. He saw several familiar faces and a few he did not recognize.

"As you can see, we have had a situation occur. Of all the mutants and Neo who lived here, only 78 of those mutants live now. All of their injuries have been stabilized and healed. They just need a new home. Please take care of them."

The group was shocked to hear just how bad the situation was. While they had expected casualties, even high ones, they were not prepared for what happened.

"Jason..." Jean tried to speak to Jason but he flew off toward his next target. He was going to have a talk with a certain one-eyed spy. Jason landed on top of the biggest heli-carrier before being greeted by guns in his face.

He saw the reflection of his face in their helmets and knew why they had guns pointed at him. He knew why Jean looked so concerned. Unknown to Jason, he had been letting out tears while also having a face filled with pure rage.

He did not try to hold that rage in though. Instead, he wanted to unleash it. He did not care how or on who but he needed to point that rage somewhere. Either at who committed the act or those who let it happen, someone had to feel his rage.

"FURY!!! Get your ass out here!"

Nick Fury soon walked out with Maria Hill and Iron Man on one side while Captain America and Black Widow stood on his other side. It was obvious that the 4 were there for his protection.

Just before Fury was about to speak, Jason interrupted him.

"Nearly 17 million, Fury. 17 million dead and you are here after the fact. 17 million men, women, and children died.

And you are only here, because of what I did to stop them. Because I don't see any rescue crews mobilizing. I don't see any medics or doctors trying to fly down.

I only see soldiers and Avengers ready for a fight. So tell me, Fury, why are you here?"

Fury opened his mouth to try and deny what Jason was saying but he did not have an excuse. It was obvious to anyone that they did not have rescue crews in place. Even the Fantastic 4 had brought more rescue crews than they did.

Without Fury answering, Jason decided to press on.

"So you are here to arrest me or bring me in or whatever you wanted with me. But before that, let us see if you can answer any question of mine. You are the biggest spy organization in the world but you could not detect thousands of sentinels mobilizing? "

More silence.

"You have Stark and Pym working for you, who have both created killer robots in the past and should have some detection signal for it but they did not notice them?"

More silence.

"Not just SHIELD. Let me ask this to all of you. Where are the other Avengers. So far, we only see 3 of you. Where are humanities greatest defenders when we need them?"

This was not Jason who sked but instead Emma Frost. But to this question, there was still only science. While other members of the Avengers had arrived, it was not due to being called to.

Strange and the other magic users were there due to a large amount of magic released. Thor because he sensed the same divinity he felt in the South Pole.

"As the buildings collapsed around me. As the class I was teaching was crushed or suffocated. As I was unsure if I would even make it out. Where were the Avengers for the mutants?"

The same answer to all the other questions greeted them.

Silence.

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