Things had gone from zero to one hundred immediately, the information that had been sent to him was... game changing.
He had thought the 'Serpent Society' were simply a branch of Hydra, one of their many slimy tentacles that seemed to be wrapped around everything, but that was clearly wrong.
Judging from the information their leader had sent him Shield were more like Hydra than them... and that was a problem.
He knew what this 'Sin' was doing, Hydra was trying to kill her and she was using him and his people as attack dogs, setting them on Hydra to buy herself time. He loathed being used like that.. but this wasn't information he could sit on.
It was completely overstepping his 'boundaries', but he immediately ordered the capture of the World Security Council, the fact that most, if not all of them, were Hydra explained a lot... but even if some of them weren't? He was talking Shield off the leash.
The data this... 'Sin' had sent him highlighted which of his agents were his and which were Hydra... he had a lot of work to do, he'd be gutting Shield to cut out the rot Hydra had infected it with, and starting anew...
This was bad... but it was also a opportunity for something great if he played it right, a Shield that was controlled by him and him alone. It was clear he couldn't let people like the World Security Council order them around, not with the rampant corruption and Hydra influence.
He'd make a new Shield, one not held back by orders and rules... he'd have to spill a river of blood to achieve it, but that was just business as usual. He had enough dirt to bribe, blackmail and threaten any one who wasn't Hydra into backing off after he was done with Hydra.
Looking at the report on Kuro he scowled, he needed to focus on Hydra for now... but he could assign a single agent to recruit the boy now that he'd left the safety of Xavier's, infiltrating Midtown high-school would be so much easier after all.
He had a feeling Kuro would be a game-changer, one way or another. Besides... if Hydra had his files they knew of his interest in Kuro, which didn't bode well.
Looking up he stared at the two people standing in his office emotionlessly.
"Are you sure your up for this, Captain?" he asked looking into the resolute eyes of the living legend.
"I am. If Hydra are still around, I still have a war to fight." Steve replied making him smirk. He wasn't surprised that torture hadn't come close to breaking the man.
"Rachel... we'll be talking in depths about your idea of 'loyalty' later, but for now consider your punishment on hold. I need all hands fighting Hydra, and as baffling as it seems I can at least count on you to not be Hydra." he growled taking a measure of satisfaction as she flinched.
A Serpent Society spy, right in the ranks of Shield... her rescuing Captain America from the Serpent Society was a boon, having the Legend himself on their side would help massively... and it would let him start his Avengers Initiative with it's potential leader already on hand.
The only reason he wasn't putting a bullet in her head was because Captain America seemed somewhat protective of her, she'd gotten his trust by saving him and he was too noble to not try and protect her. He would keep a very close eye on her, but for now she was another method of keeping the Captain on his side.
If she stepped out of line, he'd deal with her immediately. He could think of a dozen ways to get rid of her, but he couldn't underestimate Steve Roger's intelligence, and she wasn't worth angering him over.
He had a lot of work to do. A few World Security Council members to kill, a Nazi secret society to eliminate.
Just another day in the office really.
- Kuro -
"I... wait, what? You kidnapped me... to surrender to me? Can you start again please?" I ask trying to work out what the hell is happening.
"I am simply joining the winning side, My Lord... Death cannot be defeated. She cannot be killed, cannot be stopped... and as her agent it is only a matter of time before you grow strong enough to slay me. I cannot kill you, not without enraging her, so I have chosen the path that allows me to survive." she admits. "I have brought a gift for you, to prove my worth." she continues quickly, rising from the ground slowly, looking an awful lot like prey trying not to anger a predator.
I'd be proud if I didn't know she was scared of Death, not me. I can feel her presence filling the room, making the air cold and heavy.
Watching her move to the door to the side of the room she returns quickly with... wait, what?
This day is going so weird.
"...is that a baby?" I ask as she carries the child into the room, stopping in front of me as I look at the baby, I doubt it's even a year old. Wait... focusing my eyes I observe the child with a frown.
Burke the Immortal
LVL – ?
Faction – The Externals
Thoughts about you – He's a baby, he isn't thinking anything complicated yet.
Unique Skill – Immortality, Reincarnation, Precognition
Reputation – 0
"I see... that's how you people stay alive, you're reborn..." I trail off looking at one of my targets. He's on Death's List... but he's a baby? Is he? I mean, he's an immortal whose been reborn as a baby. Does that still count?
"That is correct, my Lord... I've gathered most of my fellow Externals to be reaped by you, only three escaped me... En Sabah Nur is too powerful for me to challenge, Gideon caught on to my plot and vanished, he will be problematic to track down... and Candra is in hiding. But I have the others imprisoned and weakened here." she says making me raise an eyebrow.
If she told me she had Apocalypse locked up here I'd Sling Ring my way right out of here, I'm not going near him for a long, long time. He scares me. The X-Men can deal with that mess, Candra... I know nothing about other than the fact that Storm stole something from her once? And Gideon?
Who the fuck is Gideon?
"Well... I almost like her." Death adds a tone that I can almost call amusement.
"You've made Death... less murderous? She sounds almost happy." I say watching a flicker of utter relief pass Selene's face before she crushes it.
"Then perhaps we should send my less intelligent Externals to join her, to give her something other than me to look at." she adds in bemusement, I suppose having Death's utter attention would be rather terrifying.
"That we should... you know this would be easier if he wasn't a baby... makes this a bit awkward." I admit as I take Burke from her, looking down at the innocent looking child in my hands. Never killed a baby before... never killed a immortal reincarnating baby either, it's honestly making me a bit squeamish.
"Burke would be happy, he's been looking for a way to truly die for centuries, if you had been born a decade later he would throw himself at your mercy and ask for death, there's no point waiting till his memories return in a few years to end him. Here..." she says reaching forward and gripping his arm, her hand glowing a sinister purple as the baby starts to wither, his life-force being taken. "He should be weak enough now." she adds helpfully.
Well, she has a point. I don't think I would kill a real baby, but he isn't a real baby, he's a immortal who wants to die... I'm doing him a favour.
Using Reap Soul for the first time ever, I watch as black mist starts to leave my hand, it feels... cold, my fingers almost feel frost-bitten already as I reach towards him, placing my hand on his chest before I pull back, ripping a thick white mist that the black mist quickly engulfs, the white being covered completely before the mist vanishes into thin air.
I see Selene's eyes widen in a mixture of fascination and horror as she watches Death's power devour the soul. The body quickly... rots, at a terrifying rate as I drop it watching it become little more than dust as even the bones fall apart, it's like he aged all his years in the blink of an eye.
"Wonderful... the first of the escapees returned to their rightful place, I almost don't want to murder Selene. In fact..." Death adds before the coldness of the room intensifies as a black mist rises from the floor, making Selene back away in pure terror as Death takes form once more, standing in the room between us. "Selene... kneel." she orders immediately, Selene's knees slamming to the ground immediately. "My Agent, do you wish her to live?" she asks me making Selene's eyes lock onto me.
"I do, she's proven her use already. Sparing her will speed up the capture of your other targets." I say after a moment making Selene let out a breath of relief.
"So be it, but I will not allow her to run free... consider this your first reward, for your first target." she says as she holds her hand open, a thick black chain appearing in it before it shoots forward, entering me without resistance.
[The Chains of Death] (Active)
Summon the Chains of Death herself to bind one of her targets to you.
Can only be used on willing targets.
"Summon them, Agent. Bind her to you." she advises moving behind me and wrapping her arms around my waist, her head resting on my shoulder. Her touch is... cold but not unpleasant.
Holding my hand out the chain reforms as I grip it tightly, leaving the rest hanging down to the ground before it moves forward, wrapping around Selene's neck forming a chain collar as she obediently remains still.
After a moment the chain fades, her collar remaining for a moment longer before that to fades away. Something has changed though, Selene's corset does nothing to hide the mark just above her cleavage, a triangle with a circle inside it, a line going down vertically through it...
"I chose a mark you would recognise, the Deathly Hollows symbol serves the purpose... remind me to have you collect those three abominations that my counterpart in that reality made, the fool. I will not let that brat collect them, they need to be destroyed or kept in your hands." she mutters with a bit of anger before the mark fades. "It will remain hidden, only appearing when the magic infused in it is in use... but I have overstayed my welcome, Agent... the One Above One Above All's power is already starting to react, rejecting my presence in this realm... I must leave for now." she adds letting go and moving back, almost immediately fading into black mist and sinking into the floor.
"Interesting... it might be gone but I can feel the cold metal against my neck..." Selene adds as she touches her neck, not raising from her knees.
"You don't seem too bothered..." I trail off making her smirk.
"It is uncomfortable, but I will adapt. It is certainty more pleasant than whatever Death would have done to me for the rest of eternity." she adds. "If I must serve you to earn my... continued existence, so be it. Whatever humiliation or pain you could inflict on me is nothing compared to what she would do... Burke may get off lightly, his immortality is unwanted and something he had sought to rid himself off... I would not be so lucky, the more I tried to avoid it the worse she would make it... and I have been avoiding her for a long time." she admits.
I suppose between being at my mercy and being at Death's mercy, I'd choose me as well. And I know me.
Focusing for a moment, I manifest the chain again looking at it in interest as her collar and... brand reappear.
"No matter how far away she is, you will be able to both track her and see through her eyes, even her mind is open to you if you focus. She will be unable to refuse any order she is given, unable to harm you, you could reap her soul at any moment no matter how healthy she is... and if you die? She's going with you, there will be no escape for her, or anyone you bind. It's a masterpiece in truth, I'm quite proud of it." Death adds almost happily.
"A fair point... we should send the others to join her. You said you had more of your kind here?" I say as she rises, letting go of the chain and letting it vanish again.
"We should, though... if you can recreate that chain perhaps we could put one of them to better use. Absalom is logical enough to submit in the face of an unwinnable battle, and he could make a decent attack dog." she suggests as she leads me into the next room, making my lips twitch at the sight of four men bound in chains, spikes piecing their bodies.
An elderly Asian men with long white hair in a ponytail, a relatively handsome man with long blonde hair, a creepy giant of a man, with white hair not unlike Logan's... and a purple giant with bulging muscles, thick veins running along his body.
Each of them is far more powerful than I am... and yet, here we are.
"Which of them is the one you think we can use?" I ask making her gesture at the blonde.
"Absalom, he is more logical and less intelligent than the others. Crule is a brute of a man, with far too much pride... Nicodemus and Garbha-Hsien are manipulative and intelligent, they would work against you in any way they could." she admits.
"So they're like you?" I ask making her lips twitch.
"...yes, the biggest difference is that they believe they can outsmart Death, outrun her... they are wrong obviously but that wouldn't stop them from trying, immortality has made them... arrogant. I have studied Death and all her actions for a long time, I know an unwinnable battle." she explains making me laugh slightly.
"Then it's time to send them on, I'm sure Death is waiting to correct their arrogance." I say moving towards the Purple man, Crule. He's barely alive as it is, dozens of metals spikes piercing his body, each glowing slightly with Selene's magic.
She's done my job for me, coating my hand in black mist again I touch him and pull out his soul, watching his body turn to dust. I can't help but notice that the spikes started glowing brighter for just a moment before the glow faded completely.
Focusing on the connection between out minds I catch... Satisfaction? Success? She has achieved something by doing this. More than just her continued existence. For a moment she catches my look, a burst of fear as she sees me watching her.
"Selene... what are you doing?" I ask making her sigh in defeat.
"Letting their powers go to waste would be a mistake, so I'm stealing them. We will need them for the future targets, My Lord." she says quickly making me pause as I glare at her lightly, making the chain reappear and tighten around her neck.
"As I warning... the chain gives me access to your mind, and I can kill you with a thought. If you have any plans... tell me, I'll find out either way. IN this case... you're right, we will need all the power we can get." I say coldly making her nod quickly.
+50 Obedience with Selene Gallio [80/100] for showing her her place.
"I... of course, My Lord." she says, looking into her mind I can sense her honestly, she means it this time but she's spent millennium manipulating people, it won't be an easy habit to break.
She is obedient... but deceit is in her blood. I'll have to keep an eye on her, scheming is in her nature.
"Good, now let's move on." I say after a moment, moving over to the Asian man and repeating the action, another pile of ash as he dies without ever realising it, the other giant dies next as the Externals gets four members smaller.
Absalom, Selene, Candra, Gideon and Apocalypse himself is all that remains of them. Not a bad start.
"So... how should we deal with Absalom?" I ask as she makes the spikes retract, the chains letting him go as he collapses to the ground painfully.
"Give it a moment, he will regenerate enough to speak." she says calmly. "I won't let him regenerate enough to pose a threat." she adds as we watch the wounds close, as he starts to come to she grabs him brutally and forces him to his knees, her hand glowing slightly as she forces him to look up at me, she's draining him as fast as he is regenerating.
"Absalom... do you know who I am?" I ask the man as his eyes flicker around the room, looking back at Selene as she stands behind him before she forces him to look forwards.
"The Agent of Death, presumably. So this is it? Selene's sacrificed us all to save her own skin." he growls before Selene's hand glows brighter, making him grit his teeth in pain as his face becomes more withered and hollow before she stops, letting him regenerate slightly.
"Something like that... you have a choice External, and I'll only be offering it once. Join Selene in servitude in hunting other immortals.. or die here. I truly don't care which." I say bluntly as I cover my hands in black mist, ready to finish him off.
"...Servitude or Death? Selene put you up to this." he says bluntly making me smirk.
"Correct, now choose." I say making him sigh.
"I have no desire to serve... but even less desire to see what Death has planned for me. So be it." he says as I manifest my chain again, trying something a bit different with it this time... making Selene's appear I first bind him, and then attach the chain to hers.
"Selene... I've bound him to me and then to you. You should be able to command him, and only I will be able to over-write your commands." I say making her eyes widen as she smirks.
I can't be everywhere, and I can't watch everyone at once. This way I only need to keep an eye on Selene herself instead of both of them. If I keep Selene loyal, which I realise is a problematic issue to behind with, I keep both of them loyal as she can keep him, and whoever else we grab, obedient.
And she'll be better at that then I will be for a long time, she has centuries of experience controlling people, I've not even been playing the Game for a year. Sometimes it's better to accept that other people are better than you at certain things, and a talented second in command will serve me well.
"Absalom... leave us, wait outside the room." she orders making his chain appear as she holds it with a smirk, watching him walk away. I don't blame her, it's a nice feeling to have someone at your utter mercy.
Once he leaves she pauses looking at me.
"With your permission, I'll have him start hunting Gideon. He knows you are hunting Externals now, and he won't stay hidden for long before he goes on the offensive. He's never been a patient one. En Sabah Nur is slumbering for now, we have time before he wakes up and Candra is many things, but intelligent isn't one of them. I can deal with her when she crawls out of her hole." she explains making me pause.
"You have a plan for him?" I ask making her smirk.
"I keep an eye on all of them... Gideon has been playing business man, have you ever heard of a group called A.I.M?" she asks making me pause.
"Briefly, bunch of possibly mad scientists, right? I ask making her smirk.
"Exactly, Gideon has a connection with them, he'd notice if I sent Absalom to infiltrate his own company, but sending him into A.I.M will let him slip in unnoticed... Gideon isn't suited for politics or business, he's a warrior, he won't notice Gideon until it's too late, I can help him hide with my own Magic." she explains making me pause as I go over it in my head.
"Do it, I don't want to be on the defensive when Gideon stops hiding.. what is his power?" I ask quickly.
"Mimicry, he can copy the powers of anyone near him, no matter how they got them. Even worse he can usually use them better than the original. If I can catch him by surprise we can beat him... if not? Things get complicated." she admits.
"Fine, focus on finding and dealing with him... if you have to, kill him. Even if his soul escapes I can deal with him when he's reborn." I say making her nod. I'd like to deal with him immediately, but if I have the choice between dealing with baby Gideon or actually fighting Gideon before I know whether I can nullify him I'll take the baby. He sounds like a major threat.
"I will, my Lord... I'll see about tracking Candra as well, she's fairly predictable... and I have a few ideas of how to draw her out. She doesn't seem to realise she's being hunted though so she's the lesser threat." she explains.
"Agent, your rewards... three more souls are now in my grasp and two targets are... dealt with, so four rewards are yours." Death adds calmly making me nod mentally, she gave me a reward in advance when I started so it adds up.
[The Black Key] added.
Allows teleportation to a certain realm.
[Respawn] (Passive) Upgraded
Upon your death, you will be sent back to a chosen 'safe-point' before your death. Can only be used twice per week.
[Eyes of Death] (Passive) added
Allows you to see how long anyone you see has left to live, even if their death would be due to unnatural causes.
+25 to a random stat... CHA.
+5 Affection with Death [25/100] for making progress on her List.
Looking at Selene I have to smirk at her life-span. Eternal, that's all it tells me. An extra respawn has it's uses as well obviously, and I'll check the key out at a later date, not right now. I have no idea where it would take me so I want to be prepared.
"Good, if that is everything, I would like to go back to Emma sometime tonight." I say slightly scoldingly making her lips twitch.
"I will come with you, I have something to discuss with my... ugh, equal." she says making me smirk.
"You don't like her?" I ask making her sigh.
"I have been the Black Queen since Hellfire's founding, practically building the organisation and it's success. She showed up and declared herself my equal, she was useful in dealing with the two Kings but she has grown arrogant if she truly believes she is my 'equal'. Hellfire is mine, she's practically a secretary with delusions of grandeur." she says coldly as she makes a portal open. "If you are to be my master, then she is far below you, remember that when she tries her games... and call on me if she gets out of line, killing her would be a pleasure, but breaking her would be a privilege."
"I'll keep that in mind, still she has her uses." I say making her nod in agreement.
"If she didn't they'd have found her withered corpse by now." she says casually as we walk through the portal, Emma's eyes immediately locking onto us and widening, her eyes running over me quickly checking for injuries.
...Why is Blink comatose in the corner of the room.
"Did you have to break my pet, girl?" Selene asks bluntly looking at Blink with a scowl.
"After you kidnapped the best hope for the Mutant race? Yes, I did." Emma scowls as she approaches me, her hands running over me checking that I'm fine.
"It's okay, Emma... I'm fine." I say making her scowl as she glares at Selene.
"What were you playing at?" she growls quickly making Selene's lips twitch.
"I was simply ensuring my own survival... perhaps you should show her?" Selene mentions making me manifest her chain again, forcing her to kneel with the collar binding her.
"I... what?" Emma mutters, true confusion on her face as she watches the immensely powerful mage drop to her knees obediently.
"Kuro... is the Agent of Death itself... and now he is my Master, I could not harm him even if I tried. Which is what I need to speak with you about... Kuro needs to be indicted into Hellfire." she says bluntly as she rises. "As the Black Queen I cannot be the slave of some nobody, it would destroy my reputation... so the only natural course of action would be to grant him one of the empty King seats, you handle the day to day running and I have work to do for my Master, see that it is done... I'll return Blink to you when I fix her mind of the devastation you have inflicted on her." Selene says bluntly as she levitates the unconscious girl. "Good night, My Lord... Frost." she says, a slight bow of her head towards me and a dismissive smirk at Emma as she leaves taking Blink with her leaving us alone.
"I... what? Kuro, explanations please." Emma says sitting on her desk with a frown. Taking a glance at her life-span I pause watching it flicker between a few decades and a infinite symbol. Why is it changing?
"She will die permanently in a few decades... unless you give her immortality in which case she will remain alive as long as you do. You would find something similar with many of your... 'girls'. I care not if you keep your lovers alive, I will allow it as a gift for your service." Death explains making me pause, so that implies I might get along with Emma enough to consider making her immortal? Future stuff is annoyingly confusing.
"I have a deal with Death to hunt immortals, Selene and her fellow Externals were on my list, Selene has sworn herself into my service in exchange for being taken off Death's list. She is literally bound by Death to my service." I admit making her pause, deep in thought. At this point it's easier to just admit it, might as well get them used to the weirdness that is my life.
"Follow me please..." she says eventually, taking my hand and leading me through the school in silence, she's still wearing her thong and corset so I have no complaints about following her sexy ass through the building. It's getting late so very few people are around but a few students spot us, whispering to themselves.
+10 Reputation with the Massachusetts Academy [30/100] and you haven't even started yet. Clearly they know how cool you are, Master!
Thanks Isis.
As she leads me to what must be the staff quarters we enter a immensely well decorated bedroom, the furniture problem costs more than a normal person could make in a decade. As she leads me to the bed she undresses me, removing my shirt and jeans as she lays me down, laying next to me calmly.
"I was Sebastian Shaw's Black Queen before I took the title of White Queen instead. Do you know what the Queen's used to be?" she asks after a moment making me look at her, it's rhetorical, I don't know anything more than what she's told me from what she knows. "They were... playthings, Selene let others take the Black Queen position as she ran things from the shadows, but the Queens were little more than toys for the Kings, and sometimes the rest of the club. It's why they were made to dress like... this." she adds moving on top of me as she gestures at her outfit. "The position had very little power, the White Queen was the property of the White King and the Black Queen was the same, usually they'd be sex toys and eye candy for the King but often they'd be used as bartering chips, do what the kings want and you can have the Queen for a night... I avoided a lot of it with my telepathy, making them believe they had had me, but even I couldn't avoid it all... It's why I decided to kill the kings... and leave the position empty. Selene revealed herself to me and offered her assistance in the act, the Kings had grown too arrogant for her... and now she wants another King to be made... it will complicate things. A lot." she adds placing her hands on my chest.
"Is it going to be a problem?" I ask making her smile.
"With me? No... you are too important for me to let my past troubles with the Kings damage our relationship. But with the rest of Hellfire? As a King you can command any of them, their obedience and loyalty is expected... but people are irrational, I limited the amount of men I allowed into the club, at least into the inner circle but the small few that gained entry are ambitious, Mayor Osborn has wanted the seat of King since the day he joined and he's just one of them... when they see a teenager get their coveted seat they won't be happy. They are prideful fools who will see your ascension as a slight..." she admits running her hands over me.
"Enough to attack me?" I ask making her sigh, before she nods.
"Yes, maybe not immediately but they will see you as someone to challenge, most of them have powerful companies or criminal empires under their control, for a teenager to be given the position they'll see you as a rival at best." she says.
"Annoying... any ideas on how to deal with this?" I ask making her smirk.
"You will be King, the Black King I believe since Selene is already under your control... though be careful, she isn't to be underestimated, the obvious solution is to arrange for you to have the same level of support. It won't be easy but we need to give you more than just infamy due to your five minutes of fame, you need a true level of power, a company that you are the CEO of, a organisation with you at the helm... I'll look into it, it won't be easy but we will have to find a company that can be taken over. I will take care of that, I have experience in the business world after all." she says absently, thinking deeply.
"If I told you that Death had granted me small visions of the future... would you believe me?" I ask making her freeze.
"I would, future sight is rare but not impossible, and I don't know enough about death to refute it." she says calmly. "I take it this is related to what I said?" she asks making my lips twitch.
"Stark will return soon, escaping the terrorists that are holding him. Then Stark Industries will stop trading weapons due to Stark being traumatised by a missile with his name on it, stock prices will plummet but it'll recover, Stark's too smart for it not to." I say making her eyes widen.
"If Stark abandons the weapon trade... most of his Shareholders will flee, they're naïve fools after all... buying their shares wouldn't even be hard. And you're right, Tony Stark is a genius, really only Reed Richards can beat him... he'll come back stronger than ever if he puts his mind to it. If I buy them in your name we could easily set you up as a powerful investor, it's not the same as being a CEO but it's powerful all the same." she mutters with a growing smirk. "Stark turned down entry to the Hellfire Club, keeping his Company out of our hands... but it looks like we'll be getting our hands in it after all... anything else you've seen?" she asks making me smirk.
"Danny Rand will return as well, he isn't dead either, he's off doing martial arts or something like that... weird guy. Obadiah Stane is a traitor, he bribed the terrorists into attacking Stark so he could take over the Company, it'll result in his death." I say making her smirk.
"I can deal with Obadiah even if we change things and he survives... Rand Enterprises is fairly small, at least in comparison to mine and Stark's companies... but it has it's uses. I'll look into it... I would be a fool not to." she says with a growing smirk.
"Be careful, it's CEO, Harold Meachum was resurrected by a cult called the Hand, they're on my list of targets for Death. He made a deal with them to kill the Rand's so he could take the company over." I say making her frown. Using Death as an explanation for my future knowledge is useful, who can call me out on it?
"I'll keep that in mind, you should keep your future sights secret... a lot of people would do anything for this kind of knowledge, don't tell anyone who doesn't have an immunity to telepathy at the very least." she advises making me nod. Shield would toss me in a cell and interrogate me till the end of my days for the knowledge I have and they're the 'good guys'. "For now... I'll set things into motion for you to take the title, slowly but it will happen. When you get the title I would simply advise you to not abuse your power over the club too much before you have a stronger base, avoid giving the stronger members a reason to want you gone... it's what got your predecessor killed after all. I'll help you know who is who, and who you should worry about, when you are introduced to the club fully." she says as she strokes my chest with a smile.
"Agreed, and I appreciate it. I'll just assume everyone wants to kill me until you tell me otherwise for now." I say making her giggle.
"You joke, but that's probably a good idea... Hellfire is a hive of predators, if they smell blood even the nicest member could try for your life..." she says making me frown, I wasn't joking. "But let's forget about that for now, I'll give you a full rundown of the Club at a later date... I still need my sample." she says moving her hand lower. "I could... retrieve it myself, and I plan to... but I thought I'd take a moment to introduce you to some of your future classmates." she says casually as she closes her eyes, sending a message to... someone?
Almost immediately the door opens and five girls enter the room, each in a see-through white nightie as they smirk an identical smirk at me, five identical faces staring at me as they climb onto the bed, three on the left and two on my right as they silently watch me.
"Girls, meet Kuro... Kuro, I'd like to introduce you to the Cuckoo's... or the Five-In-One... a particularly idiotic man decided to clone me, he is extremely dead, obviously, but I brought the surviving clones here... I suppose you could call them my daughters, unconventional as it may seem. Girls, assist me." she says with a smirk as she undoes her corset, tossing it off the bed as her... assets bounce loose, the large pale breasts each topped with a small pink nipple, as she pulls my boxers down she grinds her panty clad crotch along my rock hard shaft, leaning back with a look of pleasure on her face.
The girls in unison grab their own nighties and toss them away with an identical movement, their faces all in the exact same smirk. Five identical bodies being exposed... I can see the resemblance to Emma, their bodies aren't as developed as hers but their curves are already kicking in, if I had to guess their age I'd say early teens but obviously it's hard to tell with clones, they could be a couple of years old... that's a weird thought, let's not think about that.
"Hello, Kuro..." one of them says as she leans down and kisses my neck, her hands moving along my chest.
"We've been wanting to meet you." another continues, kissing me.
"Mother wouldn't let us visit you." the third says before I feel a pair of lips on my chest.
"But that doesn't matter now..." the fourth adds taking one of my hands and placing in on her smaller chest.
"You're here now..." the fifth adds taking my other hand and pressing it against her tiny slit, moaning as my middle fingers immediately pushes into her.
Okay... there's nice... and kinda creepy. A sevensome... have I ever had a sevensome before? Definitely not with quintuplets and their clone mother at any rate... well, I do love new experiences.
Pulling her thong aside, Emma lifts herself up and grips my shaft, gently angling it before she starts to lower herself down, the tip starting to spread her lower lips before it pushes into her completely, she doesn't stop lowering herself until she has taken my shaft into her completely, biting her lip as she stares down at me.
"I thought you couldn't afford to get pregnant?" I ask as I grip her hips guiding her as she starts to bounce.
"I can't... tell me when you're close." she admits as she braces herself with her hands on my chest as she speeds up, the girls move slightly as I feel a pair of lips on my balls as one of them moves behind Emma, another one latches her lips onto Emma's bouncing breast.
I've noticed something odd, every time I speed up my fingering of whichever one I'm fingering... all of them moan, it's the same with the one I'm groping the chest of, they can all feel it. Five in One is right, I need to keep these alive, it'd be a downright tragedy to split up such a kinky group.
There's something special about having this many girls satisfying you at once, it's hard keeping track of all of them as I feel countless hands and lips moving other my body, and the sight before me is a feast for the eyes as five identical bodies move around the bed.
At one point two of them lean over me from each side, heatedly making out as their hands run other the others body, I can't tell if they're doing it for pleasure or they are simply putting on a show, either way they definitely placed themselves in a position where I'd have the perfect view of them, being right in front of me.
I don't even mind that they've kinda blocked my view of Emma's bouncing breasts, I can see bouncing breasts whenever I want, twins making out is a rarity. Besides... X-ray vision, I can just look through them if I want to.
...I need my Eromancy back, in a situation like this I'm fighting a losing battle with the deck stacked against me, there's too many sources of pleasure, both visual and physical, for me to really last under the onslaught of feelings. Eromancy could even the odds but right now all I can do is lay back and enjoy it, Emma's pussy is almost searingly hot despite her ice queen act and she's tight as well, plus she knows how to use it as she draws me to the edge, her inner muscles tightening down with each bounce.
I have some pride as a man, I don't want my partners to be unsatisfied, and while Emma has been moaning louder as time passes, it's just as much the Cuckoo who has been groping, licking and sucking on her breasts that's causing it, as she cums, taking me to the hilt as she stops moving, her slit clenching down harder than ever, I have to admit the girls did just as much to push her over the edge as I did.
"Emma... if you don't want me finishing inside you need to move." I grunt out, making her eyes widen as she pulls herself off me with some effort, her arms shaking slightly as she falls down next to me, apparently her orgasm was pretty powerful... she has a sheen of sweat making her skin almost glow as she pants, the girl who was already lathering my balls with attention immediately moves up, wrapping her modest breasts around the shaft, pushing them together as she rubs her chest along my dick, staring up at me as she does.
It doesn't take long before I cum, another girl immediately capturing the spurts of semen in a test tube she grabbed from... somewhere? She definitely didn't have it on her.
"That was... something." I deadpan as the girl triumphantly passes the test tube to Emma.
"That it was... being a telepath has it's uses, and the feedback from all five of them as certainly 'something'." she admits as the girls sit around us. They're fun... but when they all stare at you silently it moves towards creepy.
"It was enjoyable." one of the girls adds calmly.
"Kuro did not disappoint." another pipes in making me look at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Did we do well?" one of them asks me making me laugh.
"Yes, you all definitely did well..." I say making them all smile in unison.
"Excellent." they say together.
"We studied in preparation." one admits. "We will study more."
"We look forwards to Friday." another says as they all step off the bed, throwing their nighties back on and leave the room with little fanfare.
"They seem... nice?" I say making Emma sigh.
"They are. Cloning has a strange effect on the virus infecting all mutants... it messes with their mental growth, their physical growth is unpredictable at best, and every cloned mutant is completely infertile and their powers are... unstable. I had looked into it as a potential way forward for our race before I realised the problems. I've spent years guiding their minds to fix the mental problems and it hasn't been without issues. They either mistrust people and almost never change their minds... or they get extremely attached immediately. You're the third person they've attached to." she admits making me pause.
"And why have they grown attached? I've never met them before." I say making her sigh.
"Because they have a habit of slipping into my mind, the constant connection that formed from me fixing their damaged minds accidentally gave them a... back-door into my head, they can simply bypass my defences and they don't see any problem with entering my mind whenever they please. They saw you in my mind and grow almost obsessed immediately. I had to stop them from forcing Blink to take them to you." she admits.
"They have a link with the Phoenix, not as strong as Jean Grey's but they are potential hosts... they can sense what Jean can, Life and Death are two sides of the same coin after all." Death adds calmly.
…I know the Cuckoo's were Phoenix avatars at some point, but shouldn't that have not happened yet? Ugh, timelines.
"Will they be a problem?" I ask making her laugh.
"I wouldn't let them near you if they were, they won't hurt you or anyone you care about... though I pity anyone who attacks you if they are nearby. Just give them some affection now and then and they will behave... do try to be nice to them please, they might be clones but I do see them as my daughters and I don't want them to get hurt." she says making me nod.
"Will do... but for now I think it's time I headed back, it's getting late and I have school in the morning." I say making her sit up with a stretch.
"Do you need a ride? Blink may be gone at the moment but I have plenty of helicopters and planes." she says easily making her shake my head.
"I'll sling-ring back, I can only do it to places I've been but it's still useful." I say taking a chance and kissing her, making her eyes widen before she leans into it, I'm fairly unsurprised that she has more problems with a kiss than with sex.
Sex was a means to an end, she needed me to cum for her sample so she fucked me to get it quickly. A kiss is more intimate in comparison, there's nothing to gain or any end goal, it's just a display of affection.
Breaking the kiss I get up and dressed, pulling the Sling Ring out and opening a portal back to my bedroom.
"I'll see you Friday, Headmistress." I say with a chuckle.
"That you will, Mr Tepes... I'll let you know if Blink is back by then, it wouldn't do to make you take care of your own transport after all." she says getting of the bed as I wave at her, walking though the portal.
I'm a bit tired... but as Rogue sits up from my bed in just her nightie I smirk, I have a few more rounds in me. Seeing my smirk Rogue blushes slightly, already seeing my intention.
- Next Day - Thursday – 30/04/2009 -
...Wonderful. Yeah, this is exactly what I needed today.
"My name is Natalie Rushman, and I will be teaching you all English Literature until your teacher recovers from his illness." Scarlett Johansson says as she introduces herself to the class making me try and hide a frown. She's dressed professionally, a white shirt almost fully buttoned up and a long black skirt, but the shirt is just a little bit too tight and the skirt keeps moving up her legs as she moves exposing her long legs.
Maybe she isn't here for me? Peter Parker is sat a few seats away after all.
As the fucking Black Widow teaches us about Macbeth I scowl to myself. She's a good teacher, knows her stuff, she's attentive to the class... and she's a super-spy possibly here for me.
...do I abuse X-Ray vision throughout the class? Yes. Yes I do. Natasha Romanoff is easily one of the best looking women in the MCU, and if she's spying on me I deserve the show.
As the class starts to reach it's end she brings things to a close before she happily destroys me delusion that she's spying on Spider-man...
"That will be all for today, I won't assign any homework for this first class... Mr Tepes, can you remain behind for a moment please?" she asks with a kind smile making her groan as the class ambles out of the room.
Fucking called it.
"Is there something I can do for you?" I ask as I stop next to her desk, the door out of the room behind me, I want an easy out. She smiles at me kindly, leaning forwards to grab a file from her desk, giving me a deep look at her cleavage completely by accident, I'm sure, before she turns her chair to be facing me.
"While I might be a temporary teacher, I want to make the most of my time here... and I can't help but notice how... uninterested you are in class. All your teachers from both here and your old school have said the same thing, you're a Genius with no ambition or drive to succeed." she explains making me sigh.
"Does this have a point? Classes are easy, I don't need to be interested to do well." I say easily making her smile.
"I know, which explains why you're so bored and... easily distracted in class" she says with a small smirk, of course she noticed me watching her. "It's all too easy for you. Tell me, what do you want to do with your life? Which your mind you could do just about anything, so what do you want to be?" she asks making my lips twitch.
If I said a secret agent, what would she do? 'Oh I want to be a spy, do you know any rooms that could help me with that?'
"I have no idea, I just make it up as I go along. I like it better that way." I say easily.
"I thought as much, you don't really have a dream... so I want to help you find one." she says with a smile. "You're only here twice a week... a bit of a strange schedule, but while you're here I want to help you discover what you want to be." she says calmly making me sigh.
"And how are you planning on doing that?" I ask making her smile.
"We can spend some time each day working on it, just me and you..." she says crossing her legs making her skirt push up enough to expose her long legs. "I think you have some amazing potential... you could do wonderful work and I'd be honoured to help you to that point." she says making me pause. Playing to my teenage lust and pride huh? If I was a normal teenager that would work like a charm.
"...Sure, why not?" I say with a shrug. If I was a normal teenager I'd do it, and even with them knowing I have powers... I don't want to look like anything but a normal teenager. So I guess I have to spend time with one of the most beautiful women in Marvel, nothing I can do about it.
"Wonderful." she says with a beaming smile that I almost believe even knowing what she is. "I won't keep you today, but next Wednesday we can start working on it. It'll be fun, I promise." she says placing a hand on my chest with a smile.
"I'll take your word for it." I say unenthusiastically. Kuro was a unenthusiastic person and I've got no doubt that Shield has a record of everything he ever did by now. I have to play the part of the Kuro who spent sixteen years in this world, not the Kuro from another world.
Which is a problem. I barely have even a quarter of his memories, he could have done anything and I won't know until it comes back and bites me in the ass.
"Oh don't be like that, you won't regret this, I promise." the spy says. I'm going to have to watch everything I say, she's a super spy so she's going to be a pain to deal with.
She could probably beat me if it turns to a fight, she's enhanced to a certain degree even if she's no Captain America, and she is far more talented in combat than me. My magic gives me an edge but I can't expect to catch her off guard with it.
...I could definitely take Hawkeye though, just saying. I like the guy but he isn't enhanced and I could probably catch an arrow.
Basically, all the Avengers except Hawkeye could take me down. Just in case I was getting too comfortable here.
Honestly, avoiding conflict is the way to go in Marvel. If I don't have to fight them, I won't. That's my strategy.
Is it cowardly? Possibly, but haven't you heard? The Mutant Race is relying on me.
Saying goodbye I set off and sigh. I've been left behind by the bus. Again.
Well, I have nothing better to do so I'll take a walk, Exploration mode can have another chance to shine.
Heading through the streets I ignore the feeling that I'm being watched, Shield are clearly spying on me, probably Emma, Xavier, Magneto as well, hell if that's all the people spying on me I'll take it as a win.
It doesn't take long before I find something of... interest. It's just a advertisement stuck to a pole but it still draws my eye.
Chikara Dojo?
Do I need to learn Martial Arts? It could be useful... but that's not the point. This is a Hand front... and it could be my in with them, they're on my list after all. They use this place to recruit the better fighters at the Dojo and with my enhanced body I'd easily stand out.
Out of all my targets the Hand are the least dangerous, that's not to say they aren't dangerous, they simply don't measure up with the likes of Apocalypse, Thanos and Dracula.
Besides, just joining a Dojo isn't enough to cause some trouble, I can always back out before I get to deep, this is just... scouting the enemy.
Making a note of the address I set off, a small smirk on my face.
I don't like fighting, don't like danger... but I do like being rewarded for success... and Death pays well.
"I'm glad you see it that way. Keep this up and I might even like you." She deadpans into my head. "I am making an expansion to the list, your success, even if Selene handed it to you, has convinced me that I have made the right decision, I will update your list soon."
Works for me, just because they're on the list doesn't mean I have to go for them immediately. It just... opens up my options.
So, time to start working on the Hand.
- Bonus Scene – Purple Days -
"Well, aren't you interesting?" he said calmly watching the girl freeze as she turned to him. "Stop, stand still. You two go away, start walking that way and don't stop." he ordered removing his arms from the two boring models.
They were dull and boring compared to the newest girl to capture his interest.
"Who are you?" she asked quickly making him smirk.
"Me? My name is Kilgrave but let's talk about you... Here I am, just debating where to eat and then BAM, there you are, performing feats of heroism. Come here, let me look at you, come on." he ordered, smirking as she walked towards him, as she stopped in front of him he leaned closer and look over her with a approving nod, taking a moment to run his hand through her hair. "Jesus, you're a vision, hair and the skin, appalling sense of fashion but that can be remedied... in fact, lose the clothes. The grunge look doesn't suit you." he muttered, watching her slowly strip in the middle of the empty street. "But underneath it... all the power, just like me. Though not quite as good, of course... if you were you wouldn't be standing naked as the day you were born in the middle of the street." he said with a smug smirk. "Follow me, I think this is going to be fun."
- Kuro -
Blinking rapidly I try and work out what the hell just happened.
"I happened. Your lie about me giving you glimpses of the future amused me, and gave me an idea. It's something I can easily do after all, so I thought I'd see if it had any use. That will happen tonight. Do with this information as you wish." Death adds with a deadpan voice.
...Interesting.