Canon Fodder Novel 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 tis 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 . “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 so solidarity with the club mbers. Since he was the new leader of the darker part of the Hellfire I was sure he was trying to prove to the other mbers 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…governnt has been on the trail of so of his experints.” I could tell Xavier didn’t like to ntion the governnt, but they were footing the bill and giving the group legitimacy. I wondered how long the X-n would remain under the umbrella of Arica. “They want him captured alive.”

“What of his experints?” Shaw asked. I caught a hint of sothing there. Hesitation and greed perhaps. Was Shaw seeing this as an opportunity for advancent? Sinister was talked of like so 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 recomnd 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 mont, 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 paynt for the information?”

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

“Uh your Majesty…or whatever?” I asked Magneto. His eyes slowly drew away from Xavier to see

for perhaps the first ti. “I was hoping to et a mutant you supposedly had here.”

“Ah yes, Bastard was it?” He asked.

“That’s ,” I said. “Do you mind introducing

to a guy nad, Forge?”

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

“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 . “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. “Co on, let’s go.” Scarlet studied her father then . With a shrug she walked us away and the old n started their veiled flirting once more.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen soone here not scared of my father,” Scarlet noted as she walked

down a different hallway.

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

out.”

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

“Goddamn, it hurts my feelings when people call

by that na,” I admitted. “Especially beautiful won.” I eyed her, doubting she was more than a year older than . “Tell , princess, is there a famous dignitaries son hoping to swoop in to steal your kingdom here?”

She looked at

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-” Soone smacked the back of my head and I bit my tongue. “Mother fuck-” It happened again, but my head was knocked back this ti. Nothing seen I glared at Scarlet in case she was attacking . “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 Tiflow, but my defense was already attacking the person that was hitting .

A great boom sounded as the hallway next to

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.

“Brother,” Scarlet said as she bent down toward him. Her hand cradling his neck she shook him awake. The young man opened his eyes and blinked, staring up at us. “What-” She stopped as I punched him at about 50% power in the gut. The fast man cursed and folded like a chair around the hit.

“What are you-”

“Fucker attacked ,” I said. I wasn’t about to play their gas. Ho field or not, I needed to make sure that these people didn’t attack .

“He did not,” she said, disgust on her face as she dropped Quicksilver and stared wide eyed at . Her hands beginning to glow red I backed away a little. “You dare attack my brother in our own ho?”

“He didn’t mind attacking ,” I said, coating my body in Nen once more. “Let

guess, he’s lightning quick? Fucker hit

three tis.”

“He most certainly did not,” Scarlet said, legitimately outraged. Her eyes began to glow red.

“Listen here, Red. I don’t mind a little twin action,” I admitted. “But not this kind. I didn’t co here to fight, and I sure as shit didn’t start it. I would be happy to finish it though.” I stared at her, ready for her moves. I knew in the movie she could do witchcraft, and had a skill for luck. I had a Four-leaf Clover bonus though. We would have to see who is luckier.

“Sister,” Quicksilver rasped, drawing her eyes. “Kill him. He attacked

unprovoked.”

“Oh you asshole,” I said. I was suddenly glad he died in the Avengers movie. But instead of reacting, Scarlet's hands stopped glowing red.

“Pietro, you have never been able to lie to

before,” she said. “Bastard, I am sorry for accusing you of attacking him.”

“Oh…” I said, surprised by her sudden shift in deanor. “Yeah…no problem. He hits like a pansy anyway.”

“Fuck you,” Quicksilver said, but then groaned as his hand went to his stomach. “What did you hit

with?”

“My fist,” I said. And so nen and electricity. The best defense was an invisible offense. I walked over to the man and pulled him up. Making sure he didn’t steal anything on

he brushed himself of the rubble. “What was that all about exactly?” I asked.

“Yes, what was that?” Scarlet asked.

“Father wanted

to test him. Said you felt strong,” Quicksilver said, annoyance clear on him. Annoyance and a little jealousy.

“Did I pass?” I asked, smiling wide.

“No,” Quicksilver said.

“Are you sure?” I asked, squinting my eyes.

“Yes, punching the tester is an automatic fail,” he said.

“That sounds like an A

to ,” I said. “Should we go again? I would-”

“Enough,” Scarlet said. “You wanted to et Forge, correct?”

“Oh right, I have to catch a plane,” I said. “Let’s do this so other ti Quickie.”

“Don’t call

that,” he said as we began to walk.

“Trust , that’s not a bad hero na,” I said.

“Hero na?” Scarlet asked. “No, these are our chosen nas.”

“Yeah, what’s up with that?” I asked as we walked. Quicksilver stuck with us, feeling better and having a more positive impression of . It was easy to make a good impression with guys when fighting was involved. We respected strength.

“It’s sothing father pushed for,” Quicksilver said. “No child is born a mutant. Once you have your power, he feels that you should choose your own na based on that. He calls it your True Naming Day, when your power awakens.”

“Well shit, I suck at picking nas,” I said. “I didn’t awaken a mutant power, but I did get struck by lightning to get my powers. What na should I have gone with?” We stepped into an elevator, but instead of going up Scarlet pushed down.

“What are your powers?” Scarlet asked, intrigued.

“I can fuse things together…other stuff,” I said. “I’m strong too, oh and I can fly.”

“Fusion?” Quicksilver asked.

“Yeah,” I said with a nod.

“No, the na, Fusion,” he said.

“Wow, you suck at this more than I do. How the hell did you co up with Quicksilver?”

Scarlet laughed as he blushed. “I nad us both,” she said. “How about ldling.”

“That makes

sound like an alien,” I said with a frown.

“I got it, Bastard,” Quicksilver said. “I think it suits you.”

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 tal heart or maybe an engine. Welding on it the guy appeared lost in his work.

“Forge!” Scarlet yelled over the sound of heavy tal 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 tal. Thick coils moving around it like muscle it resembled Edward Elrich’s arm from Fulltal 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 . His welder mask lifted up he had dark red skin and black hair. Obviously Native Arican he had a hungry look in his eyes. As if he could see everything about

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 so chew tobacco and began to chew on it. “I have more than enough to keep

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 .” 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 sothing 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 so of the worlds I had been to. There had to be a way to get him sothing.

“Big talk,” the man said.

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

The man frowned, studying

for a mont. “Forge,” he said.

“Bastard,” I said, shaking his hand.

“Oh yeah? A truthful na 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 tis 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 assu you can bring it up to Earth’s standard 1G? I’m looking for sothing more…powerful.”

“How powerful?” Forge asked, intrigued slightly.

“100 tis?” 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 sohow.

“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. Co 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

a lot more resourceful than so 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 sothing though.

Excited to get a new machine to help

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 rember.