Evil Bastards Must Go

[Oct 22nd, 2008]

Having a military contract comes with a couple of benefits. For example, a much more inclusive passport, priority flight time, and you can have them fund a couple of private toys, as long as you pay them back of course. This was how I gained a private jet and how I was able to get around the country much faster.

My first target was Empath. He would be able to sense my emotions but he doesn't have the physical capacity that Sabretooth does. I've done a couple days of research on him and he seems to be the age of the original X-Men so he shouldn't be incapable of protecting himself. Unfortunately, he seems to have already awakened his powers. I can only hope he hasn't done anything because I couldn't get to him before now.

[Oct 27th, 2008]

I had to spend a couple of days getting my company in order and hiring some people. Unsurprisingly, there weren't a lot of trustworthy people I could hire and rely on. It seems that some of the higher-ups have heard of what my company produces. I don't have any way of knowing yet, but I believe a couple of shield agents tried to get by the screening and even the odd agent from a competitor. Hammer and Oscorp had some people come in for the physical interview. They came in saying the military recommended them, but that was obviously bull. I could believe shield saying that but not a competitor. Thankfully I wasn't big enough a company to have a lot of paperwork so I only needed around 20-30 people. Body language wasn't foolproof, to someone trained like shield agents it wasn't amazing, so I had to have Syn look them up on the spot and she enlightened me a couple times. I think I did pretty good with the resources on hand anyways.

Back on topic, I got my jet after a couple of days and was able to get out of NY without any real problems. Empath was in Massachusetts, only a couple minutes away by jet, and he seemed to be going to the academy there. Thankfully, Emma Frost wasn't in control of the school yet otherwise I would never be able to get in there. She was too skilled not to find me out. She has too many connections, there is no way she doesn't know about me yet either. Another helpful feature is that Empath can't sense thought only emotions. He might feel the threat but it will already be too late by then.

Empath as a person was a bit of a loner. He was a boy (I say boy but he's the same age as the X-Men now, so like 16-19) with a shitty attitude and a bad character. He dormed in the academy and he was in his room most of the time so no one would notice him gone for an hour or so.

[6 pm, same day]

Looks like the couple minutes of research on him was correct. He was just sitting in his room doing nothing important. If you look closely it looks like he's just wallowing in self-pity. What a pathetic sight. His power would allow him to get so high in the world through business alone but he doesn't see the potential. So many people don't see the extent of their mutant abilities. He could go to any meeting or go on any business venture and get a great read on anybody with just his power let alone change how they feel about anything.

I don't have any real way of hiding myself from his senses but I don't believe I'll ever need to. He seems so caught up in his pity party to notice someone slightly lift his window and throw in a small gas canister in. Again, it was just something to help him sleep. Nothing addictive or harmful but that would've been different if he'd done anything yet. He doesn't seem to realize his capabilities even if he knows his power. Shortly after throwing the canister, his head seems to be bobbing up and down. That seems to be my cue.

"Who are you?" he asks when he sees a figure standing in front of him

"No one you need to know. Don't worry everything is going to be fine," this scene isn't exactly reassuring but I didn't really care a lot either. These were the last set of words he heard before he fell asleep.

[1 Hour later]

As of now, I'm the new owner of empathys power. He didn't use it properly anyway so no harm no foul. Now all I have to do is get to the hotel and strap in for the next session of torture.

[4 Hours Later]

The pain was greater this time. I believe the pain is relative to the type of power, like anything much stronger will hurt worse and for longer. The way I scaled the power stealing is helpful. The actual integration of the power was scaled so that the stronger ones would be last and the first powers stolen would help me build up a tolerance to the pain.

Another matter was the power. It worked exactly as advertised. Neither my X-Gene nor any other I possess helped upgrade the ability. I can sense other emotions and the more I train it, the more I'll be able to sense but I can still control only one emotion at a time. My theory is that I would have to gain other psionic abilities to further enhance my ability. The thing is that I won't be able to gain more any time soon. Most of the people with these powers are too important or are too strong for me to get at. Jean Grey, Emma Frost, and Charles Xavier are too important for events to come and Exodus is too physically powerful for me. There is also the fact that they are all omega level mutants. Now that I have something on him It's time to move onto my next target, Sabretooth.

[Oct 28th, 2008]

Today was the day I'd start searching Sabretooth but I feel it'd be more difficult than finding Ex-Empath. He has a record of never staying in the same place for too long. If his feud with Wolverine was still going on then he was most likely going to Wolverine's last known location, Missouri. Wolverine seems to be making his way up to Salem trying to find Charles'. If He's there then Sabretooth must be hot on his track.

[Nov 11th, 2008]

It took considerably longer to find this elusive man but since I had more materials and tools on hand I was able to build Syn some better tracking equipment. What I really want to do is get a blueprint of Cerebro but that will come later. Anyways, I was correct in my assumption. Sabretooth seems to be closing in on Missouri quickly from Nebraska. Now I need to intercept him on his way to Logan and thankfully both travel on ground most of the time. I can imagine why, they're both close to a hundred years old.

I've been on the jet for about an hour now on my way to a Missouri airport on the west side of the state. Another helpful thing about Sabretooth was that he doesn't work well with others. I don't have to worry about him being with others since his feud with Logan has always been personal. Something unhelpful, however, were his senses. Him and Logan could both, quite literally, smell fear and anger. This also carried over to threats. Like wolves (or maybe a tiger?) they have a keen sense towards threats. I don't think their ability is as strong as say spider-man's spider-sense or as corporeal. I think it's more of intuition from their savage nature and all of the experience they've piled up over their lives, but that doesn't make it any less real.

[Nov 18th, 2008]

I'm starting to get aggravated with this animal. I've been in Missouri for a week now, following him, and I still haven't been able to get him in a more private setting. I lose him at night, he's always in public during the day, and I haven't gotten close enough to put a tracker on him. I was afraid of this but it looks like I'll have to get up close for this one.

[9 pm, same day]

"Excuse me sir, but I'd like to talk with you, in a more private setting if you don't mind," now I know what you're thinking. What the fuck am I doing? Going straight up to an animal with no precautions or back up is insane, I know. What you don't know is that he's much too full of himself to get any back up of his own.

"Who the fuck are you? And why the hell do you want to talk to me?" I hate him more already.

"Who I am is of no concern and what I wanted to talk to you about is a man going by the name Wolverine. You're looking for him, correct?" he's already started growling at this point.

"Maybe I am, what's it to you? You might think you're tough shit but you aren't. If you try an spin this into some deal I'll stuff you into a barrel," it's going to be a delight watching him powerless.

" I wouldn't dream of it, but again, maybe a more private setting would make all of this a little easier for us?"

"Yeah, maybe it will. Hurry the Fuck up then."

[a few minutes later]

Once we were both leaving the bar I bumped into him "on accident" and hit him with enough tranquilizer to kill an elephant. It was a microscopic amount but it would do the job for a couple of minutes. I dragged his drooping body to a small alley near the bar and laid him there. Once everything was set up I prepared myself for an hour of intense concentration. You see I'd experimented with my powers a couple of times in preparation for this. Unlike my original thought on the power, there was a small boost to the power. My mental prowess boosted the strength of my emotion controlling prowess, enough to where I can keep it up for half an hour with no training no problem. The problem comes after that half an hour. Keeping up the power after that time limit is exponentially more taxing on my head and I just know I'll be In for an absolutely killer migraine later. This is what I get for having an immunity power. Being immune to medicine is going to bite me in the ass later when shit hurts and I can't take pain meds. But I haven't gone through all of those torturous power stealing sessions for nothing. A migraine will be nothing for me… yeah… nothing.

Back to power experimentation, I learned a couple of other helpful things too. The way the power controlling aspect works is a bit more inclusive than I realized. I believed it only worked on some of the more base emotions, like anger, sadness, and happiness. No, the way it works by controlling what I view as an emotion. I can't control both happiness and anger at the same time but I can control sub-categories and make someone irritable or more affectionate. In this case, I'll be making him feel droopy or depressed. He won't want to fight back, except he will. His will will be fighting against my own and I'll be straining against it to keep him feeling like this as well as still giving him even more tranquilizer. God, I hate this man.

[1 hour later]

It's over and I can already feel a headache coming on. Now it's time for the morally ambiguous question, Is it my right to kill him? But guess what, I don't care. He is an awful man and he deserves to die powerless. I spared Empath because he has done nothing worthy of death and he is powerless to do so now. Victor Creed, however, is deserving of death. Unfortunately, this will be my first kill in this life but I find no one better to kill than him.

"Wake up," I say after punching him. Do not forget, even though I'm a baseline human I am still a peak baseline human. He is powerless right now and I know my punch hurt. He could still hurt me, yes, but his fangs and claws are much weaker without his mutant ability.

"You piece of shit! You think you can drug me and tie me up without paying the price! These strings(they were 2 inch wide ropes) cannot and will not hold me! I'M SABRETOOTH GOD DAMNIT!"

"What you are, Victor Creed, is powerless and a dead man still alive," with those words I bring up the specialized gun I made to his temple. The gun is a one-time use weapon for getting rid of biological matter. I don't know if my power is foolproof and letting him live can bite me in the ass later so I better get rid of all of him now.

Staring him dead center in the eyes I pull the trigger and watch as his body simply falls apart. I can feel the weight of what I did on my shoulders but I will not let it drag me down.

I am Kane Atheed and my will is indomitable.