CHAPTER 409 ALL PURPOSE INVENTOR

CHAPTER 409 ALL PURPOSE INVENTOR

“I have decided that in hopes of fostering better relations between our kind, I will tell you both,” Magneto said. We were back in the throne room. I was thoroughly beat to hell by Wolverine, but did raise my Viltrumite form by 0.03%. Another few thousand times and I would be at 100%. The taste of blood still in my mouth I prayed for more quests to raise it. I really didn’t want to go back to Invincible world, but I felt like the only way to get the full form was to do the harder quests there.





“The last thing I heard on Mr. Sinister was he was staying in Gosfield, a small town in the UK. Part of Essex county,” Magneto said. He eyed both groups of super powered individuals. “I know you both have different goals, but I hope that you work together to bring him to justice.”



The two groups eyed one another, but I could see that playing nice wasn’t really a thing with them. “Do we pick teams, like in dodgeball?” I stage-whispered to Wolverine.

“Dibs on the woman in white,” Wolverine said, uncaring who heard.



“I wanted her,” I said causing her to glare at me. “You can have the old guy.” I pointed at Obadiah.



“Enough,” Shaw said. Ignoring us as he stared at Xavier. I could tell the young man was only here to show some solidarity with the club members. Since he was the new leader of the darker part of the Hellfire I was sure he was trying to prove to the other members that he could make the right choices. “Xavier, what are your plans for Sinister?”



“Justice, of course,” Xavier said, a small smile on his lips. “The...government has been on the trail of some of his experiments.” I could tell Xavier didn’t like to mention the government, but they were footing the bill and giving the group legitimacy. I wondered how long the X-Men would remain under the umbrella of America. “They want him captured alive.”

“What of his experiments?” Shaw asked. I caught a hint of something there. Hesitation and greed perhaps. Was Shaw seeing this as an opportunity for advancement? Sinister was talked of like some mad scientist. How much of a history did he have with all of these people?



“We have all heard horror stories of Sinister’s lab,” Scott interjected. I was starting to get an Orochimaru vibe from the foe. “Those he has hurt, we want to get help for. Everything else...” He left it open for interpretation.



“Fine,” Shaw said. He looked to the others in the group. “I doubt Sinister doesn’t have spies all around the world. I believe that speed will be key if he knows we both want him. I would like to recommend a joint attack force. Your...best,” he eyed all of us. “And ours. We leave today. If you are not ready to attack when we are, then we will go without you.”

Xavier thought about it for a moment, and simply nodded. Shaw waved to his posse and they turned to leave. I frowned, annoyed that my trip to Genosha was already being cut short.

“Very good, Charles,” Magneto said as he walked down the dais of his throne. “I didn’t think you would work with another team.”

“We will see how long that lasts,” Xavier said as his wheelchair whirred and turned to face him. “You never spoke of payment for the information?”

“Ha! What is payment to old friends like us?” Magneto asked. The two infamous foes stared at one another. Perhaps having their own psychic game of chess. But I wanted to come to Genosha for a reason.



“Uh your Majesty...or whatever?” I asked Magneto. His eyes slowly drew away from Xavier to see me for perhaps the first time. “I was hoping to meet a mutant you supposedly had here.”

“Ah yes, Bastard was it?” He asked.

“That’s me,” I said. “Do you mind introducing me to a guy named, Forge?”



“And what business do you have with Forge?” He asked, confused. My heartrate increased, happy that there was a mutant by that name.

“I’m sure you know, but I caught my powers from being bit by a radioactive barrel. Stuff keeps happening to my body. Weird things. More weird than usual,” I said. Jean glared at me. “Anyway, I was curious if he had a way to detect powers?”

“I...honestly don’t know,” Magneto said. He eyed Scarlet Witch next to him. “Scarlet could take you to him.”

“Really?” I asked, excited.



“Weston, we need to go,” Scott said.

“I’ll be quick, I swear. It’ll take you a while to get to the ship with Wheels here anyway,” I said, pointing at the professor. “Come on, let’s go.” Scarlet studied her father then me. With a shrug she walked us away and the old men started their veiled flirting once more.



“I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone here not scared of my father,” Scarlet noted as she walked me down a different hallway.

“Oh I’m scared of him,” I assured. “Fridge magnets too. They freak me out.”

“Wow, you are very dumb, or very brave, Bastard,” she said.

“Goddamn, it hurts my feelings when people call me by that name,” I admitted. “Especially beautiful women.” I eyed her, doubting she was more than a year older than me. “Tell me, princess, is there a famous dignitaries son hoping to swoop in to steal your kingdom here?”

She looked at me again. Her Haki’s attitude shifting, she cracked a smile, and then let out a full blown laugh. “Wow, no, I don’t think anyone has,” she said. “Many wouldn’t be so bold to try.”



“What can I say? I’m as bold-” Someone smacked the back of my head and I bit my tongue. “Mother fuck-” It happened again, but my head was knocked back this time. Nothing seen I glared at Scarlet in case she was attacking me. “What is-” I knew what was happening with the third hit on my knee. I began to drop and poured nen out of my body. Instead of condensing it I kept it hovering as far out as I could, creating a physical barrier. Then I shot Sparks out of my skin in a perfect counterattacking armor. I began to use Timeflow, but my defense was already attacking the person that was hitting me.



A great boom sounded as the hallway next to me exploded inward. “What the hell?” Scarlet asked, walking toward the door to the side room. We both noticed a very knocked out Quicksilver on top of rubble on the ground.



“Shit, did he fall?” I asked, concern clear in my voice as we approached. The silver haired man had it slicked back and he was wearing blue spandex. Thankfully he was wearing a cup to hide his dick.

Scarlet barked another laugh, and I had to admit it was good. “Damn, why didn’t I think of that?” The three of us had a genuine laugh and I had to admit, I liked them both. Scarlet was gorgeous, and Quicksilver wasn’t near as annoying as I thought he would be. The elevator dinged and the door opened to reveal sparks flying everywhere.



A man stood at the center of a room working on a big...heart maybe. It looked like a huge metal heart or maybe an engine. Welding on it the guy appeared lost in his work.

“Forge!” Scarlet yelled over the sound of heavy metal music. All around him looked like little gadgets that were half finished. He wore a thick leather apron and no other clothes. To my surprise one of his arms was metal. Thick coils moving around it like muscle it resembled Edward Elrich’s arm from Fullmetal Alchemist.



“Forge!” She yelled again. There was still no answer. Quicksilver disappeared and the music shut off as the sparks stopped flying.

“Goddammit, the breaker again-” The man yelled but turned to see Quicksilver holding the plug for the welder in hand. “Quick, I’ll fucking kill you.”

“Sorry,” I said, walking up to him. The tall man slowly turned to face me. His welder mask lifted up he had dark red skin and black hair. Obviously Native American he had a hungry look in his eyes. As if he could see everything about me as he glanced my way. Letting out a sigh he took off the mask and wiped the sweat off his brow. “I was hoping to request an invention.”

“I thought you said-” Scarlet said, but the big man cut her off.



“Not interested,” Forge said. He pulled out some chew tobacco and began to chew on it. “I have more than enough to keep me busy here.” He pointed at all the gadgets around him like I was supposed to understand what exactly he was doing there.



“I have money,” I said. I had received my trust and it would clear to be used any day now.



“I don’t care about money,” Forge said. “I care about new technology. Which your bastard of a dad, still hasn’t given me.” He pointed at Scarlet and Quick.

“He is working on it,” Scarlet said with a frown.

“New tech?” I asked. “Like what?”



“Anything,” he said, exasperated. “There are only so many ways to use a motor. I want something new, exciting. So at least half the crap I think up can actually be made.”

“I could get you new technology,” I said. I thought back to some of the worlds I had been to. There had to be a way to get him something.



“Big talk,” the man said.



“There are a lot of big things about me,” I assured. “But I can do it. Would you make what I wanted then?”

The man frowned, studying me for a moment. “Forge,” he said.

“Bastard,” I said, shaking his hand.



“Oh yeah? A truthful name for once?” He asked.



“I try not to lie,” I said with a nod.

“Good,” he said. “I’ll hold you to your promise then.” He sighed and looked around to a workbench. “What do you want? Maybe I’ve already invented it.”



“Multiple times gravity,” I said without hesitation.

“Gravity generator? I already did that,” he said, waving his hand in a direction. I couldn’t see anything that looked remotely like what I wanted. Not like I knew what to look for anyway though.



“Not gravity generation per se,” I said slowly. “I assume you can bring it up to Earth’s standard 1G? I’m looking for something more...powerful.”

“How powerful?” Forge asked, intrigued slightly.



“100 times?” I said with a shrug.



“What the hell, why would you need that?” He laughed.

“Training,” I said. I had to get ready for DBZ world somehow.



“That weight would be impossible,” he said. “Your eyelids would be so heavy you couldn’t open them.”

“Which is half the fun,” I said. “I don’t want 100 right away, but I want to work up to it. Come on, I heard you can make anything.”

“That I can,” he said with all the confidence in the world. “But never for free.”



“I understand,” I said with a nod. “You’ll make it for new tech, right? I will see what I can do.”

“Good,” he said. “Cus you aren’t getting anything until you do. I’ve already learned my lesson.” He sneered at Scarlet who had the decency to blush.



“I think you’ll find me a lot more resourceful than some people around here,” I said with a nod. I considered giving him the Gantz suit, but Gwen was working on that. Besides I didn’t want to give the secret to Magneto. I was sure I could find something though.



Excited to get a new machine to help me gain strength I was already dreaming up how strong I could be. My mind had forgotten how much I hated the Cthulu world. But it wouldn’t take long to remember.