Raciel Disappearing from Pietro's sight startled him, suddenly he came to himself and used his super speed to start looking for Raciel, but no matter how much he looked he could find him.
"Where is he?" Wonder Pietro while he looked up in the sky wondering how someone with his ability could lose sight of someone.
At this moment Raciel was free falling from the sky. When he left Pietro's house he didn't want Pietro to look for him that's why the better place to hide from a speedster is in the sky.
Of course, Raciel wasn't dumb enough to keep free falling from the sky. Every once in a while he would teleport again high up in the sky and continue to free fall.
"Alright, now it's time for Apocalypse. he should be where Caliban is." Thought Raciel.
Having completed his purpose in Pietro's house which was to mimic his ability and make him meet the X-Men faster. Now it was Apocalypse's turn, after all the main character that he had in mind all along was Apocalypse's ability.
So, imagining Caliban's place Raciel teleported from the sky. When Raciel appeared at Caliban's place he could breathe a little bit better, after all, the higher the altitude the lower the oxygen.
Looking around the place, Raciel noticed that this scene progressed to the point where Psylocke threatened Apocalypse with her ability.
"What do you want?" Asked Psylocke after stopping Apocalypse with her energy blade and Storm with her katana.
Apocalypse looked at her, "I want you…."
When he was about to continue, Raciel interrupted him, "He needs you to be his Hoursmen."
Every present was confused by the sudden appearance of someone else. So looking for the source they saw that at some point the was something behind them.
"Who are you?" Asked Apocalypse.
"You don't have to worry about who am I. I just came to send you on the right path." Raciel then got close to Storm.
"Looks like you already have two of the Horsemen. It seems you only need two more." Raciel then got behind Psylocke.
"The other two are called Eric Lehnsherr and Warren Worthington, they are your other horsemen. As for this one you just need to show her her true power " Raciel then teleported from behind Psylocke to Caliban.
"So you are one of my children. What is your purpose." Asked Apocalypse after learning that Raciel was a mutant too.
"It is simple, continue what you're doing. Doing so will benefit this timeline." Said Raciel but the timeline part was more quieter.
But some did manage to hear this, and when they wanted to ask what he meant by that Raciel interrupted them once again.
"Well looks like my purpose here is done. Goodbye and good luck, you'll need it" After saying that Raciel teleported once more.
Ever since Raciel arrived at that place, his nerves were through the roof. It was uncomfortable to be close to Apocalypse when he could murder me with just a thought.
The only reason that he left was because by pure luck he managed to mimic all of their abilities.
For some unknown reason, Raciel copied their abilities a lot quicker than any other person's ability. Now he can smell Mutants, control the weather, Psylocke's telekinetic ability, and the best part which is some of Apocalypse's abilities.
From Apocalypse, Raciel got force field generator, Matter Manipulation, and Power Bestowal or Power Augmentation. These are the most used abilities that appeared in X-Men Apocalypse.
Although Raciel knew that Apocalypse had more than an arsenal of abilities thanks to him transferring his essence from one mutant body to another, he wasn't brave enough to stay longer to mimic those abilities.
Even if Raciel used the same abilities as Apocalypse it would be comparing the experience of a master to a beginner. That's why it was best to leave from there, also Raciel didn't want to find out if he could resist the mental manipulation that Apocalypse uses on Charles when he's talking to Magneto through Cerebro.
"Uff, that was nerve-racking. If I stayed one more second there I would have poop my pants." Raciel thought while shacking on top of the Statue of Liberty.
"The only thing left is to wait for the mansion to blow up and then get taken hostage by Stryker." Raciel thought of his next plans while teleporting back to the Xavier Mansion.
Back at the Xavier Mansion, Raciel just waited for the rest to happen. He didn't want to mess up more of the events that he had already done, because if everything changed and it didn't go as planned it would be hard to predict future events.So Raciel waited, he didn't do anything when he heard Charles arriving at the mansion. It wasn't time to act yet, so he kept waiting.
"Ugh, this is so boring." Complain Raciel while waiting for the right moment to act.
While waiting Raciel suddenly felt a violent Telepathic wave originating from the mansion. At this moment Raciel knew that it was time to teleport towards the outside of the Cerebro.
When Raciel arrived at Cerebro, he was behind the doors, but he still managed to hear Charles saying, "I've never felt power like this before."
"Charles!" Raciel heard Hank yelling.
"Ugh!" Charles's scream came after Hank tried to take away the helmet to Cerebro.
"Uff, it feels like a party in there." Though Raciel after then hearing Alex breaking Havok inside the Cerebro to destroy it.
After a while, the doors of Cerebro opened and Charles and company got out of the place.
"Charles, are you okay?" Hank said while trying to bring Charles to conscience.
"Who are you?" Suddenly Moira said after seeing Raciel there with them.
"I felt a sudden wave of aggressive telepathy, so I came to check." Said Raciel when he suddenly heard a rippling sound that always appears when Apocalypse uses his teleportation.
In that instant without thinking for a second, Raciel used Mystique's ability and changed his appearance so that Apocalypse, Storm, and Psylocke didn't recognize him.
"Erik." Exclaim Mystique after seeing Erik together with Apocalypse.
Erik saw Mystique but didn't flinch a bit, and then he used his Magnetic powers to levitate Charles's chair and take him.
"Charles!" Yelled Mystique after seeing Erik taking Charles.
Alex didn't want this to happen so he ran towards Apocalypse and the rest.
"Alex!" Hank followed.
While running Alex yelled at Apocalypse and the rest, "Hey, Asshole!"
Apocalypse used his teleportation ability while telling Alex who was running towards him, "All will be revealed, my child."
"Ugh!" Alex used his ability at that precise moment and Hank saw that wanted to stop him.
"Stop! No!" At that moment Alex shot his laser from his chest missing Apocalypse who had already teleported away from the place.
The laser missed Apocalypse and it ran through the doors of where the Blackbird was, hitting its engine and causing a massive explosive reaction sending Hank flying back from its wave.
While all this was happening Raciel who still was in a different appearance was using Pietro's speed. Everything was moving extremely slowly for him so the moment Raciel noticed that the door was being melted by Alex's laser he used his telekinetic ability to pull him from the blast zone.
Raciel then waited until he saw flames appearing inside the room where Blackbird resided, then he teleported from there waiting for Quicksilver to appear and rescue the rest.
Although Raciel didn't know why Pietro took so long to appear at the Xavier Mansion, he knew that no matter what he would still appear at the right moment.
And Pietro didn't disappoint because when Raciel teleported out of the mansion, he saw someone running from the outside to the inside of the mansion. He immediately recognizes Pietro with his iconic goggles on his face and grey jacket.
Raciel watched as Pietro went back and forth from the inside of the mansion to the outside, leaving people in the safe zone of the explosion. After a while, Pietro finished bringing everyone out of the mansion, and at that moment together with Pietro Raciel stopped using the superspeed.
There was only one thing left to do and that was waiting for Stryker to arrive and stun all the mutants taking only a few of them to their base, this will give Raciel the chance to mimic Wolverine's ability.
Suddenly a Helicopter with a speaker appears, "Please remain calm, medical assistance is on the way."
When the helicopter dropped down and some soldiers got out, the moment that Raven saw the face of the last soldier she yelled, "Wait!"
At that same moment, Stryker who got out of the helicopter ordered the soldiers, "Fire!"
A sonic-like wave got fire from their weapons stunning every single mutant on the place. Stryker then walked among the stunned mutants and started to pick some among them, after the soldiers got, the mutants inside they left.
"Now is the time." Raciel thought when he suddenly teleported towards the helicopter imitating what Nightcrawler did with Scott and Jean. The exact moment that one of the soldiers closed the back door of the helicopter Raciel and Nightcrawler appeared on the helicopter together with Scott and Jean.
"What are you doing here?" Asked Jean seeing Raciel appearing together in the helicopter.
"The same as you, trying to rescue the rest." Responded Raciel.
"Forget about that, Kurt get us out of here." Said Scott and when he did a blue light appeared on the outside of the helicopter.
"Right!" Kurt said and while touching the mutant he tried to teleport but he couldn't.
"I can't, there is some sort of electrical field when they close those doors. It's like Berlin all over. " Said Kurt.
"Jean, get in the pilot's head and don't let them take off." Said Scott to Jean.
"don't try. The moment that they closed the doors they activated some kind of device that inhibits our mutant powers. Looks like they have experience in dealing with mutants." Said Raciel trying to explain the reason why none of them could use their abilities.
At some point, Raciel, Jean, Scott, and Kurt were inside Stryker's base. Jean was distracting some of the soldiers that were patrolling the area with her telepathy, while Kurt tried to get to the other side of the door.
"What's taking so long?" Asked Scott to Kurt seeing that he hadn't teleported yet.
"There is something on the other side of this door preventing me from teleporting like in the helicopter." Said Kurt.
"I think we should look for another way." Said Raciel.
"I don't think we have the change. What if we destroy the power of this base?" Said Scott coming with a better idea.
"Yes, that's better. It's a good idea." Said Raciel, then he looked at Jean.
"Jean, can you get into one of the guard's minds and find where their power station is?" Asked Raciel.
"I'll try." Said Jean then she closed her eyes and tried to concentrate on finding a guard and reading his mind looking for their power station.
Suddenly Jean opened her eyes and said, "I found it, Let's go."
Jean then took the lead in looking for the power station of this place, and while walking they suddenly stopped in their tracks after they heard someone in their minds.
"Hear me inhabitants of this world." Charles talked into every single mind in the world.
"What's that?" Asked Scott.
"I think is a message from Professor Charles." Said Jean.
"A message to every Man, Woman, and mutant in the world. you have lost your way, but I have returned. The day of reckoning is here. All your buildings, all your towers and temples will fall. And the dawn of a new age will rise for there is nothing you can do to stop what is coming. This message is for one reason: to tell the strongest among you. Those with great power, protect those without. That's my message to the world." After the last words from Charles, he stopped talking to every living being in this world.
"He just spoke to me!" Said Jean.
"I think he spoke to everyone." Said Scott.
"I could hear him too." Said Kurt.
"No, no he just sent me a hidden message. One he knew I would hear." Said Jean.
"I know where they are." When Jean said this a guard appeared at the end of the hallway where Jean, Scott, Kurt, and Raciel hid.
"Hey!" The guard then immediately took out his gun and aimed at Jean.The guard shot but at that exact moment Kurt had already teleported to Jean's side and then taken her away, but the guard didn't delve into how Jean disappeared he then focused his gun towards Scott but just like Jean Kurt took Scott from there by teleporting.
After Kurt took Jean and Scott, he didn't forget to take Raciel too. Raciel and the group started to look for where the generator maybe somewhere else.
Walking down the hallways, Scott stops at one of the double doors from this place, " A generator. It's worth a shoot."
Scott then looked at Kurt to teleport them inside, so he did exactly that. Kurt touches Jean and Scott and then teleports to the other side of the door.
When Kurt was about to turn around and teleport to look for Raciel, he heard Raciel's voice next to him.
"Don't worry about me, Kurt. Remember I copy your ability a while back." Said Raciel while walking inside the place where the generator was.
In this place were a bunch of surgical tools and tables, and Jean, Scott, and Kurt saw that they were disturbed by that. Raciel wasn't as disturbed about it, he already knew about the experiment that Stryker liked to do with any mutant that came to his hands.
Suddenly Raciel and the rest hear a man growling in a metal enclosure, when Raciel sees the metal enclosing he knows that this is Wolverine after being trapped and experimented on after the event of Days of Future Past.
"There's some kind of animal in there." Said Scott while looking at the metal box.
"It's no animal." Said Jean while getting closer to the metal box.
"It's a man."
Jean's words surprised Kurt and Scott, "Who is he?" Asked Kurt.
"That part of him has been taken away." Said Jean.
"So that's where you were, Logan." Said Suddenly.
Jean, Scott, and Kurt suddenly looked at Raciel in surprise.
"You know who he is?" Asked Jean.
"I don't know him personally but I do know who he is." Said Raciel.
"But that doesn't matter now, what matters is that we need to have a distraction if we want to help the rest that were captured." Raciel tries to turn the conversation to somewhere else.
"And how are we going to do that?" Asked Scott.
"With our dear friend here." Raciel said while pointing towards the metal box.
"Our dear friend Logan was turned into a weapon by them. That's why he does not remember who he is." Raciel tried to explain his plan when suddenly the doors of this room started to open.
Raciel grabbed Jean and Scott to hide from the soldiers, and Kurt followed. When the soldiers got inside with their guns, they tried to scout the place for them but before they could Raciel who was hidden with the rest next to the metal box where Logan was trapped used Jean's telekinesis to open the lock of Logan's cage.
After opening the lock, sirens started to ring all over Stryker's base, and after pushing open the door from Logan's Cage. He came out calmly but still like a beast.
After leaving the cage, Logan just looked outside for a bit until he saw the soldiers but the moment the soldiers saw him they were scared.
"Shoot, Shoot to kill!" One of the Soldiers said and then he opened fire on Logan.
When the first soldier started to fire the rest followed along, all of them were shooting at Logan but this didn't affect much but only made him angrier. With his claws made of adamantium out he started to massacre the soldiers here.
Having killed the soldiers inside the room Logan left the place and Raciel and the rest followed along, whenever they walked the same shelves of ammo and corpses.
At some point, the speakers started saying, "Weapon X is loose! I repeat, Weapon X is loose!"
While walking in front and seeing all this chaos Logan caused, Scott looked at Jean, "You sure he's not an animal?"
At this point, Raciel who was quiet while looking at this mess was brimming with joy inside, thanks to being close to Logan for almost a minute he managed to mimic his ability.
Now Raciel has Logan's healing factor making him almost invulnerable as long as someone doesn't decapitate him, but this still made him happy.
"Now I'm only missing Magneto's power." Thinking of this Raciel, Scott, Jean, and Kurt arrived at the end of the hallway where Logan was seen almost leaving through a door.
When Scott saw Logan, he was about to take his glasses off to attack him, but Jean stopped him.
"Scott, wait." At the moment that Jean said this Scott and Logan who were about to attack each other stopped.
Jean then without saying anything started getting closer and closer to Logan, when she was about to take the headpiece from Logan he flinched a little but then calmed down.
Having taken the headpiece from Logan, Jean then touched Logan's head on the side after a while his expression changed until he finally started taking away the machinery attached to his body, after all that Logan ran away.
"what'd you do to him?" Asked Scott after seeing Logan running away.
"I found a piece of his past and returned it to him." Said Jean while turning.
When she turned she noticed something was amiss, "Where is Raciel?"
Scott and Kurt were surprised, "He was behind us all this time."
They noticed that at some point Raciel was not there anymore and that worried them. As for Raciel after having reached where Logan was and seeing that Jean was giving him back the few memories of himself he decided to leave and head to where Eric was.
As for what he's going to do when reaching there and sees Charles, Raciel wasn't worried about that after all, the reason he's been saying weird things to Hank, Scott, Jean, and even Apocalypse is to make it seems that he knew something that they didn't.
This made it easier to act without worrying about them not comprehending why, so focusing on the image of where Apocalypse was Raciel automatically teleported to them.
When Raciel reached where Apocalypse and his team were they were admiring the horizon of Cairo.
"This was meant to be the center of the universe before I was betrayed." Said Apocalypse.
"I guess it can be once again your center of the universe after what you'll do." A sudden voice stopped Apocalypse from reminiscing on the past when he governed the people.
"Who are you?" Said Warren Worthington.
"So you are here again my child. What brings you here?" Asked Apocalypse not surprised to see Raciel again.
"Well, I wanted to see where you were on your recruitment of your Horsemen. It also looks like you were expecting me. Why is that?" Asked Raciel while inside he was having almost a mental breakdown.
"It was just a guess." Reply Apocalypse.
"What are you doing here Raciel? What does he mean by again?" Asked Charles a little surprised seeing Raciel here.
"Ah, Hello Charles I didn't see you there." Said Raciel sarcastically.
"Are you working with them? Do you know what they are planning to do? They will kill millions of people. Are you okay with that?" Asked Charles after seeing Raciel's sarcasm.
"Well I'm not working with them, I'm just making sure that everything goes as it is supposed to be. After all, we don't want another time travel to mess up this timeline." Said Raciel.
This was the thing Raciel was relying on, knowing that Apocalypse and the Horsemen event happened after Days of Future Past. This made it easier to act as if he knew everything, it also gave him a reason as to why he was going back and forth between them.
Hearing this Charles was confused, " What do you mean?"
"Did you think that nobody would notice that you together with the future Logan mess with the future to prevent the extinction of Mutants, Charles?" Asked Raciel almost hysterical.
"Do you know what it feels to be twisted and taken apart and put back together due to the time changing to accommodate new events while still being conscious through the whole process?" Asked Raciel almost as if he could still feel it.
"That's what happens when you have an ability which I called Time connection. This was one of the first abilities I mimicked and I got to say lucky the guy did not have to feel this because by that time he was already dead." Said Raciel while trying to make this as real as possible.
"This was one of the most useful abilities that I ever got, this ability made me aware that you could change small and even medium ones without much effect but I learned the hard way what happens when you mess with big events." Raciel then tries to explain his made reason as to why he did this.
"If you and Logan hadn't changed the past what would have happened in the future was after most of the death of mutants was going to be a revolution, a big one."
"After this revolution from the normal humans, those that seek the destruction of mutants were taken down from higher positions and even somewhere killed, but this event brought together the whole world and thanks to that peace was maintained for almost 2000 years in which more mutants appeared from those that had the X gene." Raciel then sighed bringing almost to a close the made-up reason.
"After major development and growth of the mutant and human population, the human race was going to be strong enough and prepared by when the egg growing inside the earth finally hatch." With this, Raciel stopped talking.
He used the growing monster from the movie Eternals, this also gave him enough time to mimic Magneto's ability.
After having mimicked Magneto's power Raciel decided to leave, "Well, I'm leaving now that I see everything is in check."
Before leaving Raciel used telepathy on Charles, "The answer is Jean."
Hearing what Raciel said in his mind, Charles was surprised and then he suddenly looked to where Raciel was but he wasn't there anymore, so he had to hide the shock on his face so as not to give away Raciel to Apocalypse.
Having told Charles telepathically, Raciel decided to leave the place. He was scaping so that no matter what he wasn't implicated in the fight of the X-Men against Apocalypse.
Raciel left Cairo and headed towards South America, Colombia. He was going to take advantage that he was here to enjoy a little bit of this world before he was sent back to that Apocalyptic world.