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Carolina Reed


Location: Human Resistance Building, New York City, New York.
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Carolina watched as Annie walked off to see if she could help out with Sapphire and Niah as well, before turning her attention over towards October. It was probably going to be the last time that they would be able to see one another as the others were talking about a plan to get Wanda to fix everything. Carolina did hope that there would be some kind of way to see her again, or bring her back, as Carolina reached over and hugged her.

"I'm going to miss you." Carolina said to October, while looking at some of the others seeing Maria and Mary going off to talk about something along with Jack and Casper. Wondering what the four of them would be talking about, before turning her attention back to October and smiled to her wife and kissed. She wasn't sure where the group would want her, she did try and distract Wanda earlier, but that didn't urn out to well when Wanda gripped her neck in her astral form.




Cassandra Reed


Location: Human Resistance HQ, New York City, New York.
Skills: N/A





Cassandra watched as both Maria and Marygold both walked off to talk privately which made her curious what they were going to be talking about, and knowing Mary she wouldn't tell her at all seeing that she didn't even make eye contact when they all came in. She sighed slightly when she watched her sister, and October together she hoped that her sister would be able to find happiness at some point as well. Before everyone started to speak up, looking at everyone gathered she was pretty much fine with going with the distraction group if they needed her to.

"I can keep whoever would be protecting Wanda and keep up on the distraction." Cass said while looking over at Guin and Pietro for a moment, she shook her head slightly at Max's antics again when he did try and attack them he wouldn't really survive going through the SHIELD academy.




Maria Smith


Location: Human Resistance Building HQ, New York City, New York
Skills: Novikova's (Dimensional Energy Perception)





Maria looked towards Novikova for a moment and gave her girlfriend a kiss on the cheek, when Mary asked her to come over to talk. "I'll be right back." Maria said to her, before making her way over towards Mary to a more secluded place. The visions that she saw was still really hard and difficult to describe for her, as she looked towards her before speaking. "So, when I tried restoring your alter ego's memories I got a vision, from our reality, and then when I restored yours, the vision was about the same but different."

Mary thought for a moment, listening to Maria's words. "Well, it's possible that one of those visions is from our reality, and one isn't. Or they both are from different realities as opposed to the main one. Since you have been using Novikova's abilities right? What I do know is that if you see multiple of the same thing, as what you just said you kind of did, then there is a chance you almost saw a future event of some kind, something that might actually happen. If both of those visions were similar, with maybe one or two differences, then there is a chance that something like that might happen in our world... So do you want to tell me what it is that you saw?"

Maria nodded as she leaned herself up against the wall looking over towards her for a moment, she had a feeling that it was something to do with the future. "So, the first part of the vision I saw you were surrounded by fire, and you quickly dissipate that somehow. I know that fire isn't in your powerset really." Maria said, as she rubbed the back of her neck slightly. "The next part of the vision that I saw, was you were on top of the Empire State Building and it's in flames. That was from when I touched Chrysi, the other was the same exact thing but the city wasn't on fire."

"Uh, yeah, that's about as far from my powerset as you can get. I tend to try and avoid fire, and it honestly is probably one of my biggest fears... That is a strange thing... And if one of the instances you saw was of New York in flames, we can't exactly discount that potentially happening. Since it could be potentially effect a lot of people..."

Maria thought for a moment looking over at Mary. "I could maybe see and try again, see if we can get a little bit more or something? If there is a way to prevent it from happening?"

"We can if you want to Maria, I'm fine with it either way. Just know that you might not necessarily get the same vision as before, you might get something else instead."

"I'll give it another try then." Maria said as she moved the glasses slightly and then started to get another rush of images again. Seeing the current team in some kind of iron man suits going against an alien space ship. And then a few other visions, before going to the one she was looking for they seemed to be about the same, though both appeared separately. One with Mary and the city in flames, and then the same one but the city wasn't in flames and it looked to be clear. Then the scene with the flames around her and something blocking the rest of the vision. "It's about the same, though something was blocking the scene where you are surrounded by fire."

"Well that's strange, I didn't think that it would be possible to block out that sort of vision... So some other force must have been aware that you were watching... Or something... I honestly have no idea..."

"I'm not sure either, but they seem to be more focused around you for some reason, I do have a rough date seeing one of the newspapers. It's going to happen sometime around May 2022."

"...So about a year and a half from now, give or take a month... That means at the least we have time to stop that, whatever it is or whatever is supposedly going to happen."

"The visions seem to be centered around you, a year and a half isn't that to far away from now. Any kind of ideas, on who or what blocked the rest of the vision?"

"No, I don't."

Maria nodded towards her. "That's all that I wanted to warn you about, i'm not going to tell SHIELD or the others about it. But if you do need my help or something just ask."

"Alright, I'll keep that in mind, I'll let you know if I figure anything else out."

"Sounds good to me then." Maria said to Marygold, giving her a slight smile before turning around and started to meet up with the others, who were discussing with a plan to try and take down Wanda and get her to change reality back and walked back to Novikova. "Feel free to put me wherever you guys think would be the best."
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Allison, Tinley, and Anastasia


Location: Human Resistance HQ - New York
Skills: Precognition



Ana threw up her hands as Jack jumped on the offensive with her. She had not seen him act like that before. 'Don't know what got your pants in a bunch, but forget I asked then. Trying to make conversation before the upcoming battle. Pardon me." While the others jumped, more or less, to her defense, they need not bother. She wasn't friends with them. She was a tentative ally. She would see that Wanda pay for what she had done to her, but that was it. One of the girls that came with the group walked up to her and removed her glasses. She felt dizzy immediately, but it was like a part of her brain opened up and she fully remembered.

And she was even more pissed.

Allison didn't know what to expect as Runa opened the portal for them to all come together finally, but she could safely say that having people attack each other further was not on the list, though perhaps it should be from now on given the fact they can't seem to stop. Someone attacked Pietro, again, and the speedster did not hold back. She intervened before, she would not do so again. Especially as it was quickly managed. "Ok, look, everyone needs to stop attacking each other. We are all on the same side now. What a person did in their past in the other reality doesn't matter much here if we don't get that alternate reality back. We don't have to be friends and hold hands, but we work together to fix this."

Tinley had walked through the portal along with the others in time to see the boy Max and the speedy guy get into it. She thought she would jump in and stop it, but it was taken care of. Good, they didn't need further issues. "Malibu Barbie is right. We have strong forces on our side. So what's the ultimate game plan? She's a powerful one if she can alter reality." Allison flustered a bit. "I'm not a Barbie..."

Ana had come along now too. "As mentioned, we have people here with mental powers. That should boost our chances. Perhaps block off her ability to use her powers? I am speculating as I have never dealt with her before." They had numbers on their side, after all.

"We dealt with some of her help, but do you suppose she'll have more allies? And then there's the matter of her trying to control other people. She tried to with Pietro before, she could try again."
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Location: HRHQ
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Max got up and spat on the ground, wiping his mouth to check for any potential blood that may of been knocked out from the massive impact. He scanned the room, taking deep breaths to try and get the wind back that was knocked out of him. It seemed that most everyone, Gambit excluded, was on board with having the Prince of this regime by their side. "I'm changing clothes, so dont sucker punch me ok? Im not attacking anyone." The clothes that were on his began to deatomize and swirl around him, changing into a newer set of clothes that were more fit for the cold winter of New York. "Much better. Being shirtless in an airy warehouse on cold winter nights isnt exactly a great feeling. Especially not when the Prince of a crazy regime knocks you against a freezing cold wall and the air you need to breathe back in after having the wind knocked out of you is sharp, cold, and bitter. Apologize your royal highness, I had no idea you switched sides seeing as the last time I saw you was on the battlefield helping Wanda out. So no, this isn't an another reality dispute Barbie."

Max made his way over towards Doctor Strange, one of the few people who seemed to be level headed. "Doctor Strange, mind opening me one of your golden portals to Egypt? I want to scry on Wanda but seeing how powerful her magic is I'd rather not risk her tapping back to my magic and seeing where I am." Strange nodded towards him, extending his left arm outwards while swirling his right in a circular motion and opening up another golden portal of sparks. The cold air blew in from the far off desert, biting at his cheeks as he stepped through the portal. "Keep it open, I'll be right back." Max stood there, hands waving as he tried to gain a grip on Wanda's location so that he may spy on her and help plan the fight better. This unfortunately didn't seem to stick and he couldnt even manage to conjure up an image of her location. "Damn it!" Max made his way back into the Headquarters and looked to Strange shaking his head. "You can close it up...I couldn't get a read on her, she may be working against any magic to help keep her location, mind, and anything affiliated with her cloaked."
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Antoinette McCarthy


Location: Human Resistance HQ-- New York City, New York.
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Antoinette turned and looked to the man Sapphire had called out to. She did not know this James person but he had a healing ability. That was incredibly useful with this group. Now that Antoinette had turned around she saw all the new people that surrounded them. There were a lot of them and it seemed everyone knew everyone in some way or the other. How fascinating that one cause could bring so many people together. ”It’s good to see you again,” Antoinette said. She rested a hand on Sapphire’s shoulder for a moment, not minding the cold at all before she left to let the professionals tend to the wounded.
Antoinette walked back to the main group, hovering around the outside as she listened to everyone start to figure out a plan. Tired of standing, Antoinette opted to sit down and the closest option was right there on the floor. She curled up her legs, crossing them and watched the debate as they tried to decide how to approach Wanda and the Palace. ”She likes penguins,” Antoinette threw in. ”We could gift her one, lure her out somehow.” In Antoinette’s mind, the Palace gave her the upper hand. They should try to bring her to a neutral territory of some sort.
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James Kingston




Location: the LeBeau Casino - New Orleans
Skills: Healing Factor (Transmitted)





With Max not in immediate danger of death, James sighed and made his way through the portal. Maybe they should invest in one of those animal leashes they made for kids. Max certainly seemed like he needed one. James snorted at the image, dragging along like the chaos causing infant he could be but he put the image from his head as Sapphire called him away. “You got it, boss.”

Dealing with his Red Guard team now was.... awkward and he kinda felt like apologizing but he wasn’t sure that was really any help at this point. If they really were pushing the final confrontation then more likely than not, considering the Mutant Underground’s luck, everything would turn into a royal shit show and they’re all going to die anyway so what was the point. “Alrighty, you know the drill, uh, I think. Honestly, all the memories are kinda overlapping and I haven’t really had enough time to separate what I know about here and what I know about there. But don’t wiggle and we’ll get you all patched up in a jiffy.” He smiled at her as he gently paced his hand near the wound and let their breathing sync and the normal dizziness wash over him as he knitted her muscles back together.


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James would be able to heal Niah without any difficulty, the pain would leave Niah and she'd be back to normal for the most part it would seem, allowing her to get up and be able to help out with what was to come. Strange shut the portal that Max had gone through once he was back in the building, saying nothing to him really. Pietro sort of shot a glare at the group again.

"You know if you wanted to know where my sister was, you could have just asked. Pretty sure she already knows we're all here, but don't mind a damn word I say, since you know... According to more then a few people here I'm just a person who has some mental issues, can't really fight off anyone's mind control, and who is an idiot. So don't mind me when I could literally answer your damn question about where she is in two seconds, but nope, guess I won't then," he snapped at everyone. He was more then a little annoyed. Especially since just about everyone in the room weren't treating him all that well. Allison just reminded him that Wanda had messed with his head, as if he didn't already know that, and Max just said that he couldn't find her. It didn't take a rocket scientist to know anything like that.

Nothing seemed to matter though, even though he was right. Wanda probably did know where they were, and if he was being perfectly honest it was probably his fault. The mental link he shared with his sister, at least in this reality, never had really needed to be blocked off, so he'd never really had a chance to try that. Sure, he was fairly decent at doing it he would think, but considering how easily she had manipulated his mind, odds were that she could track where he was. Which is probably one of the many reasons they had been attacked at the Baxter Building. People tended to forget that it kind of worked both ways, and something else he knew, was that Wanda wasn't even trying to block out the link, meaning he knew exactly where she was at this point in time.

Of course no one ever listened to him, so why did it matter?

"Pietro, calm down alright?" Mary said when she walked back over, "Everyone is stressing out considering how poorly things could go, so just chill..."

"Oh trust me, we are way beyond stressing out over how things are probably going to go."

"...Actually Pietro has a point. If we wanted to know where Wanda was, why don't we just ask him? At least for confirmation or whatever... Didn't you guys say that back with the whole OMEN thing that is how you ended up finding their base... Since Guin had a mental link with Pietro and she tracked him?"

"...That is a fairly good point. Though what if Wanda's blocking him out, I mean, that's kind of what he's been doing to her since he came to the mansion."

"...She's not..."

"Well that's a bit odd..."

"That I can agree with... She's still at the palace right now, hasn't exactly moved or left there really... Wouldn't surprise me if she was expecting us to show up."

"...Fun, so we can just pop up outside of the palace then, since we don't know if there are other soldiers or whatever there."

"I can open a portal to the palace if you want me to" Klara commented, figuring that it was better that she do it or something as opposed to Runa, since Runa had been opening portals all day. Sure, Dr. Strange could do it, but she was getting a little tired of doing nothing at all.

"...Yeah, we probably want to do that."

"Cool," she said simply with a shrug, before she pulled out her own sling ring and opened up a portal that led directly to the front of the palace. With there only really being the front doors to the palace in front of them. "Anyone who is going, feel free to step on through the portal, and hopefully we can get this over with..."

"There is only so much that we can really do honestly," Tony commented, despite being quite, he for the most part was just thinking of how he was probably going to run into someone he hadn't exactly talked to in person for years. It was definitely going to be a little bit awkward.

Once everyone who was going through the portal and heading to the palace went through, Klara stepped through herself and shut it behind them. However, it was somewhat apparent that they weren't the only ones outside the palace. There was someone else there too.

Magneto's wife Miranda.

She was just sitting on the front steps, and looked up at the group. "Been wondering when you'd all show up... It's been a while since I've seen you Tony, how have you been?"

"Yeah, no kidding Mandy, we're here to essentially fix the screw up that your boyfriend's kid caused."

"I know that Tony."

"Like seriously? Betting that Magneto's behind this or something."

"No he isn't Tony. Erik has no idea, if he did odds are that he'd remember the real world, and I assure you, that he doesn't!"

"Yeah, like I'd believe that. He could be faking it or something!"

"Well you really are something Tony aren't you? He doesn't remember that reality, at all, you'd think you'd remember that I'd be able to tell that considering my abilities literally deal with the past and memories! You are such an idiot!"

"At least I'm not the one whose dating, or apparently married, to a known terrorist who is still trying to destroy the human race!!"

"In the real world we aren't actually married first of all, and second of all I was going to help you, I know where Wanda in the palace is damn it. But maybe I won't considering you aren't exactly being very nice."

"Now is not the time to hold grudges Mandy! And since when did you decide to actually kind of grow a backbone and threaten people. You always were the person who most people could glance over in a room and probably not even notice!"

"Well guess you just bring out the worst in people Tony."

"Look, can you just tell us where Wanda is?"

"Fine, she's upstairs, in her room, however I'd suggest your group split up. Since you all will stand out way too much first of all, and secondly you'd have to deal with so many other people too."

"...You know that's a good point, we probably should split up or something... Too many of us would draw a lot more attention then you'd think..."


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Guin, Novikova, Runa, and Casper


Location: Human Resistance HQ -> the Palace - New York
Skills: Mediumship, Telepathy

October gave her wife a loving smile. "No tears, promise me, dearest," she insisted. She wasn't afraid to die - to die twice was something extraordinary and beyond the realm of normal people, so much so in fact that it was a slight point of pride. Her own family had a healthy relationship with death, but that didn't mean October was blind to the fact as to how hard this would be for Carolina regardless of the outcome of today's battle.

Novikova raised an eyebrow, curious as to what Maria was going to talk to Marygold about but she nodded. The X-Men had a terrible relationship with S.H.I.E.L.D. at best - the last they had really seen of her had been shortly after the Phase Three experiments had given them their powers. Marygold had been the one to have the foresight to bring with her glasses that worked to hold back Novikova's dimensional sight, giving her the ability to live a (somewhat) normal life.

While Max apologized to Pietro, he hadn't said anything to Guin - the other person he had attempted to chain up. "No apology for me? Okay, that's cool. Whatever. Glad to know sexism is alive and well regardless of the universe." She doubted she would run into the fashion-conjuring-trigger-happy mutant again in the real world, but if she did, she most certainly was going to hold onto this grudge. It bothered her more that he only apologized to Pietro than the fact that Max had tried to attack them both in the first place.

Novikova frowned, hearing Annie's suggestion. "That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard," she said instantly. Luring Wanda with penguins?! She knew that some of the X-Men were underage, but she still hadn't expected them to throw out such a childish and idiotic suggestion. Speaking of idiots, she noticed that one of the boys brought back from Louisiana, Casper, had come on back over while the other one hadn't. She could practically smell the family drama coming off of them.

"Sorry about that, Jackie needed a pep talk to call his kid," he whispered to James, standing by his boyfriend as James healed Niah back up.

"His kid kinda reminded me of someone... I just can't think of who..." Ben mused. He couldn't contribute much to the strategy conversation, but he had noticed something in the little girl's mannerisms that he could have sworn he had seen somewhere before.

And once Maria returned, Novikova couldn't help herself. "What were you talking with Bloom about?" she inquired, using Marygold's codename.

Guin bit her lip slightly, hearing Pietro's outburst and she couldn't help but feel part of it was directed at her. Mary came over to try to calm Pietro down, just adding to the slight feeling of hurt. Pietro was her fiancé - she should be able to calm him down and he should know that she would always be on his side, but that didn't seem to be the case. There was so much about their relationship in this reality that just broke her heart. I don't think you're an idiot... she whispered to him through the mental link. I know that Guina... I wasn't including you in that rant...

"... Let's go destroy our happiness, then," Runa murmured, before walking through the portal Klara had created. She didn't want this dream to end, but she knew that it had to. She would be back to her old life soon enough, shunned by the host of Asgard due to the nature of her abilities... and to a certain extent, her violent temperament. Casper took James' hand and went through the portal, with Novikova heading through alongside Maria.

Guin hesitated for a moment, looking at her fiancé. She still didn't know if he would like the real world once they returned to it. If things go south... I love you, okay? I love you too Guina... Guin gave him a kiss, before she went through the portal and emerged on the other side to see her father squabbling with Queen Miranda. "Hey Dad... Wanna be on the same team for this?" she asked him, a part of her looking forward to the idea of fighting alongside her Avenger father.
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Carolina Reed


Location: Human Resistance Building, -> Magneto's Palace, New York City, New York.
Skills: N/A





Carolina nodded towards her letting out a slight shaky sigh. "I'll try not to for you.." Carolina said, she was really happy here and didn't have any of her head injury problems either. Which made life so much harder, and forgetting some of the littlest things as well made her feel stressed out enough. She looked at Annie and smiled slightly towards her friend, though it was a bit of a childish idea it did get her attention back at the party the night before. Though Carolina did really hope that it wouldn't turn to violence in the end, as she looked at everyone in the room.

Wanda was a really powerful mutant, and she did have Magneto on his side most likely as well and probably a few others as well which would make things harder to. And then the portal was opened up, and Carolina started to follow everyone else through the portal seeing Miranda again and Tony as well. She remembered their conversation the night before as well, and the vision she saw with Miranda and Tony as well the two of them were having an argument currently. "It's good to see you again Miranda." Carolina then said smiling towards her, at least they knew where Wanda was in her room. "Maybe we can try and talk to her?" Carolina suggested looking at everyone.




Cassandra Reed


Location: Human Resistance HQ, -> Magneto's Palace, New York City, New York.
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Cassandra listened to everyone in the room, and looked at Pietro for a moment as he went on a little bit of a rant Cass did trust him enough since her last assignment with the X-Men. She crossed her arms over her chest as the others spoke in the room and looked towards her sister, she would take he time to spend time with her once things were fixed. When Klara opened up the portal to the palace again Cass stepped through as well looking between both Tony and Miranda as well seeing the two having some kind of former lovers spat.

She looked took a moment and looked at her sister, when she suggested talking to her instead of fighting she did want to try and avoid any kind of fighting and avoid any kind of bloodshed. "Is there anyway we can try and talk to her, and resolve it without fighting?" Cassandra asked looking over at Pietro who knew his sister the best out of all of them. She was also surprised that there aren't any Red Guard members around either to attack them all.




Maria Smith


Location: Human Resistance Building HQ, -> Magneto's Palace, New York City, New York
Skills: Novikova's (Dimensional Energy Perception)





When Novikova asked her what she wanted to talk to Marygold about she looked towards her girlfriend for a moment, Maria did promise that she wouldn't let SHIELD know anything about what she talked to Mary about. But Novikova wasn't a SHIELD agent anymore as well and she did really trust her to keep a secret to. Maria looked at Mary for a moment and then the rest of the members of their team who were there anyway as well. "It was something that I saw." Maria whispered back to Novikova and kept it at that for now.

Maria followed behind Novi before grabbing her bow and arrow she had left behind before going with the others to Louisiana through the portal that Klara had made and stepped through looking over as Tony went over to talk to Queen Miranda about something. She didn't really say anything as Tony and Miranda spoke, and then heard Cass' sister asking to talk to her instead of fighting, and Cassandra as well. She wasn't even sure if talking would even be an option at this point.
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Niah Bautista





Location: Human Resistance HQ -> Magneto's Palace, New York City, New York.
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"I know the drill here, so the information is there. However, we don't know each other in the real world. I apologize for my actions in Australia." Niah told James. She had done her best to try to get him to chill and at least listen, but that were different people as far as Niah was concerned. There was something interesting. To Niah's memory, she had grown up in America, but legally she had grown up in the Philippines because of the changes she had done to history. That, of course, reminded her that she hadn't spoken to her sister since before Australia. She cringed. She should have taken the time last night to call her. Now there really wasn't time.

As her body healed she let out a sigh. The pain melting away. She closed her eyes and let all the other drama around them disappear. Everyone had different opinions and no one was completely agreeing with each other. She had a feeling a lot of issues that would carry over back into the real world were going to have started right here today. Hell Carolina was mad at her for some reason she literally didn't understand.

Then a portal was opened and they were all heading through. Niah felt much better so she followed through the portal. And ended up standing near her teammates from the real world. The queen and Tony Stark were bickering like a married couple. Niah rolled her eyes, yeah more than a few people needed therapy after this. Not just her. She decided to look up, casting her gaze along the castle. She had already been inside it earlier and sort of knew the layout. She tried to see if Wanda's bedroom was visible from here, and if so was she looking out the window?


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Allison, Tinley, and Anastasia


Location: Human Resistance HQ - New York
Skills: N/A



Allison, Tinley, and Anastaia all followed the rest through the portal where they came face to face with Miranda again. Just like she saw in her vision, Tony and her began to get into it almost immediately. Allison slinked back a bit as Pietro laid into the lot of them. She hadn't said it to get him upset, but they knew that she did this for him. It would be silly to overlook that fact just to protect his feelings. She'd allow Guin to calm him down though.

Tinley bit her tongue. She hadn't trusted the speedster for the most part, but she was willing to get help if offered. She had no say in the matter overall though. This wasn't her group, this wasn't her operation. If it was, she damn well would have been better prepared.

Ana didn't say it out loud (which for her was cause for celebration), but the fact everyone seemed to be offering suggestions for how to approach this without all coming together for a plan of action was idiotic. They were dealing with a woman who had the power of altering reality as they knew it and there was an offer of penguins and talking to her. And not to mention her brother decided to act like a spoiled baby about it. What group did she align herself with if this was the best forces they could offer? However one of them had said what she wanted to. The blonde girl from before. Ana liked her.

There was clearly drama circling this entire group. Ana didn't want to deal with it anymore. "Ok look, the time for conversation is past. I'm not about to walk in there and attempt to have a tea party with the princess and kindly ask her to restore the world as it was and the fact that was even brought up is idiotic and childish. Expect a fight and expect resistance and be prepared to face it. If you want to split up, fine. Are we picking teams like some children's sport or is it going to be a free-for-all?"

Allison rubbed her temples. "It would make sense to have equal parts power and mind on each team then. So breaking up those with mental abilities versus those with other powers in half, or about as close to half as we can get. I am fine being on whatever team. And I agree with her, though she could watch her tone. I don't think Wanda will be in the mood to talk."

Tinley knew that this was now the time for action. "The sooner we get this started, the sooner the world goes back to how it should be and the sooner we all don't have to deal with each other unless we have to. So we doing this or what?"

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Antoinette McCarthy


Location: Human Resistance HQ ---> Magneto’s Palace-- New York City, New York.
Skills: Enhanced Intuition




”Dumb no, strange possibly,” Antoinette defended. She understood the danger of the situation and the problem it was causing for everyone but Wanda was still a person with feelings, hopes and dreams. Her creating this reality was proof enough of that. Antoinette didn’t believe anyone should be treated with disgrace, even the enemy. Treating Wanda kindly could end in their favour or it could not. Antoinette would act the way she wanted to.
Klara opened up a portal for them all. Antoinette was just as surprised as everyone else at Pietro’s connection with his sister still being open but maybe that was just proof of Wanda’s human nature and kindness. There was only one way to find out though and Antoinette got off of the floor and walked through the portal. She followed the lines of the stairs up the front of the palace and glanced at each of the many windows. Her blue eye flashed as she tried to use intuition to get a sense of what would transpire here but it was completely useless. As Tony and Miranda spoke to each other, arguing about who knows what, Antoinette moved around the group and headed up the stairs. Splitting up may be a wise idea but Antoinette had questions of her own and she headed into the palace first.
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Location: HRHQ > Wanda's Palace
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Max stood there and watched as Peitro continued with his theatrics. He was always one to be a drama queen and this time was no different. There may have been a few members within this group who knew him in the real world, knew about his connection to Wanda and how it could be used, Max however had no inkling that it even existed, nor did he know such a thing could exist. He still saw no value in his whining or chastisement of the group since Pietro never let the group know that this was even an option. Max's attention shifted over to Guin as she began to spew some bullshit about him being anti-feminist or something and it was honestly ridiculous. "If I wanted to take the time to apologize for all of my mistakes then we'd be here all day. This has nothing to do with gender or what ever other bullshit it is you care to believe but everything to do with brevity. I assumed you would be intelligent enough to know that the apology extended to both of you seeing as how I attempted to Jinx you both. Clearly the Stark intellect fell far from the tree." Max shook his head as Klara opened the portal to the castle, these people were always so quick to attack without a plan of action.

He stepped through not caring to hear any protest or complaint as to what it is he said, seeing Tony arguing with Miranda and wondering if perhaps the Starks just weren't intelligent in this reality? Maybe Wanda messed with their head too much and caused their IQ to drop a few numbers leaving them intelligent but unwise. He stood there quietly as he waited for the rest to finish speaking before finally speaking up himself. "I agree with Allison over there, we should make sure each team has similar makeups. A portable, someone with the ability to deal with minds, one of you three prophecies to help guide the way, muscles, and magical muscle. This should help ensure we are well equipped regardless who faces her. But before we proceed, is it possible for you three with the ability to see into events to look for the best possible outcome before we head off?"
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"Hello everyone! Guess what! Once again I've stolen the job of narrating this from the GM, so you all get to deal with my annoying voice, okay? Now, we've got a few things going on, everyone is breaking into nice little groups to go off and deal with the "problem" children. That being said, the magic people are nice to you for once and just set portals up to different parts of the Palace with the exception of the group that'll be going right on through the front doors! In what world is that ever a good idea? Well it doesn't matter now does it? What matters is whether or not you can actually fix the world and have it shift back to the way it should be. No promises on whether or not it's better, the jury is out on that one. Well, whatever, let's get this show on the road and kick some ass! Oh, and instead of 10 days you all get a full 2 weeks to do this since there are sooooooo many people and characters. Have fun!"



Case Name: The Latest Faceless CGI Army
Reason: There are a lot of soldiers in this place, go deal with them!
Player Characters: Lance Banner, Runa Blake, Antoinette McCarthy, Cassandra Reed, Anastasia Reinhardt, Frederick Flynn
NPCs: Klara Blake, Palace Soldiers


Case Name: Playing with Magnets
Reason: There are 3 other powered individuals who might get in your way. Go deal with Magenta and them!
Player Characters: Dominika Novikova, Maria Smith, Allison Andrews, Sapphire, Jack Theriot, Casper Theriot, James Kingston
NPCs: Magneto, Polaris, Havok, Miranda


Case Name: Let's Burn the Witch!
Reason: Get the witch to fix reality!
Player Characters: Guinevere Stark, Marygold Isley, Maximillian Gray, Niah Bautista, Carolina Reed, Tinley Abercrombie
NPCs: October Crypt, Tony Stark, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff




"Oh, and one last thing before you leave... There is one very specific thing I should mention about that last case there. Since you know, this is kind of THE END of this arc. There actually is the one slight little thing where the last case has to be the last one posted. Yeah yeah I know, a bit of a hassle, but there is a reason for it. Namely the GM is too lazy to write out an update to "officially" end things off with reality shifting back. Put that one last, and that way the X-Men RP can just catapult into the next arc and time skip nonsense and crap like that."

"Well, that's all from me, have fun, and I hoped you enjoyed this. Though the next X-Men arc is going to be dealing with something a bit bigger then Wanda Maximoff trying to play god with reality. So some people have that to look forward to!"
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Lance, Runa, Annie, Cass, Ana, Flynn
Featuring: Klara, the Invisible Woman, Mr Fantastic, the Human Torch, the Thing, Doctor Strange, Palace Soldiers


Location: Entrance - the Palace
Skills: PTSD, Hand to Hand Combat, Season Manipulation, Enhanced Condition, Hand to Hand Combat, Morality Manipulation, Telekinesis, Eldritch Magic

Runa followed her group inside the palace, comparing it mentally to Odin's hallowed halls on Asgard for a brief moment, but she couldn't dwell on it. They had to cause the distraction to allow the other groups scattered throughout this place to find and defeat the Scarlet Witch. On one level, it bothered her that she had been sent here to deal with the grunts - but on another level, she didn't know if she would have the conviction in the final moments to force the Scarlet Witch to change everything back.

Once the other groups jumped through other portals throughout the palace to try and take down Scarlet Witch and Magneto, she looked at the others who were there. As soon as the door opened she could see the large number of soldiers who were there waiting for them and weapons already drawn out. "Lets get this started then." She said, as she charged forward towards the closest soldier and punched him only for him to stumble backwards.

Antoinette had already made her way into the Palace when the others caught up to her fairly quickly. She had wanted to go in and talk to Wanda, find her and see what was going on in that head of hers. Not everyone was the true villain people made them out to be. Wanda did this all for a reason, if they could figure out what the reason was, they could talk to her about it. Antoinette had more faith in the Scarlett Witch than those around her seemed to. Well, perhaps other than Wanda's brother.

That wouldn't happen for Antoinette though as she seemed to be thrown into the distraction group, which was a given considering all the soldiers that seemed to turn and suddenly appear as they walked through the front doors. Antoinette looked most of them over, not missing the weapons they carried. Her and guns didn't exactly get along and every time one seemed to fire, she would be thrown into a state of fear and freeze completely. She hoped that wouldn't happen to her this time. Cassandra charged forward, making the first move against a nearby soldier and Antoinette readied herself for the next.

Ana pitied the poor fool that decided her talents were best used as a distraction, but she would serve her role and perhaps go off on her own to take care of business when the time was right. In the meantime, she could at least have a little fun at others' expense. Once in the portal, guards came after them. She focused her mind and entered their thoughts. She grabbed hold of four of them before she moved their morality around. "You guys hate each other. Take care of business." Once out, the guards opened fire on each other as Ana casually walked away.

She tried to pick up some of the other guards but was having no luck. She may have over-exerted herself before, but at least she had a few others with her to pick up some of the slack once she got her bearings back.

Lance decided that for him at the moment, the best thing he could possibly do for the moment would be to distract the soldiers as much as possible. Namely, by blinding as many people as possible with one blast of light hopefully. There was a blinding flash, as he managed to blind several of the guards (15 to be exact), causing them to drop their weapons and stumble backwards and away from them. "Well, that was a bit more effective then I thought..." Lance muttered, looking at the others.

Flynn was soon engulfed in flames, sending fire slamming into a few guards, sending them falling onto the ground. "It's not too surprising that there was this many guards in here honestly..." he said with a shrug, before a few of the guards started shooting at them. Invisible Woman tried to throw up a force field, but she only was fast enough to protect most of the group from a shower of bullets. Ana and Flynn weren't so lucky.

Ana got a bullet to the right shoulder, it would cause her to stumble backwards, and it would definitely be hurting. Flynn got a shot to the leg which knocked him down to being on one knee, but he managed to stand up fully again, but his left leg was hurting a lot from the bullet. "Damn it that hurts..." he muttered under his breath.

The ex-Asgardian took a deep breath, shining golden magical discs forming in her hands. There were so many soldiers here, but they had an equally formidable force on their side as well. It reminded her of the battles her uncle, Thor, would speak about - though the opponents tended to come from other realms than Midgard. She threw her magical discs like they were frisbees, hitting ten soldiers in total and they fell to the ground, unconscious - Runa had to be a bit disappointed. She didn't like leaving her enemies alive, feeling that that would only come to haunt her.

Cassandra looked towards the others as they started to take down some more soldiers, and then started to get an idea as she held out her hands, and focused on turning things to winter. "It may get a little chilly." Cassandra warned, and was only able to make it snow lightly which wasn't really what she wanted in the first place. Then ran forward towards the closest group of soldiers and started to punch and kick them knocking out five of magneto's men with no problem.

When the bullets started flying Antoinette's vision narrowed and her chest grew heavy. She was used to panic attacks but the feeling also shifted and changed and that was something that one could never get used to. It could become quite debilitating and considering all the action that was going on around her, it wouldn't be surprising if Antoinette curled into the fetal position or tucked tail and ran from the palace. She looked around at all the others fighting, doing their best to take on the force of the palace so the other teams could get to their destinations. She shut her eyes, thinking of the strength of her mother and tried her best to push on. If she could get past these guards, she might still be able to get to Wanda. Once Antoinette opened her eyes, she seemed to focus on a group of guards and went in to land a few well-placed punches. She as able to knock out two of them with her panicked fists of furry.

Ana felt the bullet enter her shoulder. She let out a small cry and clutched it, immediately calling for her telekinesis. She felt her mind wrap around the bullet as she struggled to pull it out. Eventually, she managed and flung it to the ground. It hurt like hell, but it also drove her. Hell, it had been a while since she felt such pain. As the guards continued to shoot, she grabbed bullets out of the air and flung them back, striking six of the guards, taking them out. That would teach them to shoot her.

Lance tried to blast a few other people with light, but after that first blast, it appeared that he was having a few problems. After a few tries though, he was able to create an orb of light, sending it flying and slamming into one of the soldiers that were still standing. "There are so many people here..." he muttered under his breath.

Flynn was trying to deal with the fact that his leg had been essentially shot and now had a bullet stuck in it. Now wasn't really the time to focus on that however, as he looked at the soldier's around them. Taking a bit of a deep breath, he threw forth a wall of flame, taking out a grand total of 23 soldiers with the one hit. More like completely incinerated them, as there was nothing left of them but a big pile of ash. "...Did not mean for that to happen..."

"You look a little disappointed cousin," Klara said to Runa, as she drew forth her sword. "This may not be an Asgardian weapon in this reality, but it is still rather sharp and can do it's job properly," she added, before she charged into the fray, leaping up into the air and bringing her sword down on more then a few of the soldiers herself. This was rather fun for her, it had been a while since she truly was in a battle. A part of her wished that her father was around in this reality to see it too.

The soldiers were not too thrilled, as their numbers were starting to dwindle a little bit, but there still were plenty of them in the room. They started firing off shots at the group, this time several rounds hit Cass, but weren't able to damage her at all. Another bullet slammed into Lance's arm, sending him stumbling from the force of the gunshot, but he didn't say anything. He'd been thrown out of windows before, a bullet to the arm was nothing to him.

"...Perhaps I just need a change in weaponry," Runa responded to her cousin. Whereas Klara had always favored the sword, Runa had been taught to fight with her staff, Gandr. The magical object had immense power and she wished that Gandr existed here, that her staff would come to her hand, but she doubted the Scarlet Witch would have left it in existence. Getting the idea from the magical mutant who conjured items, Runa concentrated and managed to summon a staff. Feeling more confident, she then used her Asgardian training in staff combat as she took on guard after guard, hitting them in the head, the groin, the knees, the ankles... anywhere that would at least leave an extensive bruise. Her hair whipped around her as she moved and by the time she came to a slight pause, taking a breath, she had taken down five of the guards.

Cassandra felt several rounds hit her in the chest, luckily her skin was bulletproof otherwise she would have probably died she turned to look at the soldier who shot at her. She ran up to him, without much of an issue she lifted him up over her head and stared at the soldiers who were in front of her and threw the guy started to scream. As he went flying the man landed on top of seven of his comrades knocking them out as she smirked towards the little pile.

Antoinette seemed to be hanging in there well with guns going off and bullets flying everywhere. She had picked up on some of the soldiers fighting patterns, their training showing through in their movements but it was just basics Antoinette was able to follow. Her blue eye did start to glow faintly as she tried to tap into her enhanced ability to give her more of an outlook but it wasn't providing much more insight. Still, Antoinette was able to knock down three more soldiers in her way. They were starting to dwindle the soldier's numbers but they also just kept appearing. Antoinette wasn't sure how much stamina the others had but if refreshed soldiers kept showing up to beat them down, it was only a matter of time. They needed a distraction for the distraction.

Really, this was getting tedious. They were meant to keep this lot busy? Granted, they had managed to hit some of them, but for the most part their numbers were dwindling to almost nothing. She had checked the others, observing their fighting style. She made a mental note to herself as to their abilities before she moved to find cover, less she be shot again. They needed something big. Something to take the rest out. Perhaps an explosion? Or bring the entire place down around them? That would be messy though.

Lance sent a few blasts outwards, trying to knock down more then a few of the soldiers, but he only managed to take out 3 of them. He was starting to get a little bit tired, so his powers seemed to be reflecting that in how powerful of the blasts that he caused. Now he was starting to majorly hope that they ended this quickly, and took out the rest of the soldiers. He was wondering how the other two groups were doing with their missions.

Flynn sent out a few more blasts of flames, taking out another dozen soldiers as he looked out to see just how many soldiers were left in the room. He let out a slight sigh of relief, seeing that instead of probably well over a hundred soldiers in the room when they started, they now had a much smaller number to deal with.

There were 45 soldiers left in the room to be exact.

They still shot off their guns at the group, however this time around it would seem like they got somewhat lucky. Either that or they were taking courses in how to kill the heroes from Storm troopers, as all of their shots went wide, resulting in them missing their targets. If they were lucky, they'd take out the last of the soldiers soon, before anyone else got hurt.

"Are battles on Midgard usually this monotonous?" Runa asked Anastasia, as she opened up a sling ring portal beneath the feet of eight of the soldiers, sending them to the middle of the desert. Lance had been rather clear on the entire no killing policy, but sending someone to the desert was only a death sentence if they were completely stupid and idiotic... which she admittedly was certain was the case for these soldiers that they were fighting. The soldiers had hardly dealt any damage against them.

There weren't to many soldiers left now which was good now as well, she looked at the closest group of soldiers there before running up to them, landing a few good hard hits. Sending four of them down onto the ground, as she looked over her shoulder towards Runa for a moment when she made a comment and shrugged slightly. "Not all of them really."

Antoinette huffed a sigh of strain and moved over to stand with Cassandra and perhaps fight alongside her. She heard the conversations of a few others while they commented on the fighting. She didn't see how it was monotonous but then again, the rest of them didn't seem to have a deep-seated fear of the sound of a gun going off. "Perhaps a distraction of some sort to split the remaining group. I can cast an illusion but it only affected a small amount of them. Ten at most," Antoinette offered. She was getting stronger though but she hadn't used her illusions a lot for battles like this in this reality. It had been for artistic purposes really.

Ana had already noticed that they were outnumbered, with some of them getting injured. She was getting sick of it. She, again, sent her mind through to the guards, getting deep in their subconscious where she switched things around. She managed to confirm 10 of the guards to their side as they began to attack the others. Hopefully, that will dwindle the numbers down. "I turned some of them to our side, but who knows how long they will last in fighting each other. We'll need something bigger."

"...Well, we're down to lower numbers, I think we can take the rest of them out... There aren't several dozen left, there are only about 2 dozen or so, with 10 of them on our side no matter for how long, we can finish them here and now," Lance said, shaking his head slightly at the group talking about causing a distraction as he sent a few blasts off towards the soldiers, knocking down a few of them still, his hands glowing with a bright light as he did so.

"He's got a point, we almost have them down, so let's end this and hope that the others do their part to fix things," Flynn added, as he sent several blasts of fire flying at the soldiers. He managed to severely injure several of the remaining. Now he was just hoping that the others would fix reality soon, he did not want to be stuck in this reality any longer.

The soldiers more or less at this point weren't paying much attention to the group, they were more or less fighting each other at this point, leaving the group alone.
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Novikova, Maria, Allison, Sapphire, Jack, Casper, James
Featuring: Magneto, Polaris, Havok, Miranda, Oshea


Location: Ballroom - the Palace
Skills: Power Absorption (Novikova's Metal Manipulation), Regenerative Healing Factor, Telekinesis, Kickboxing, Accelerated Healing Factor, Cryokinesis, Earth Manipulation, Metal Bending, Mediumship

Through the portal, the group emerged in the ballroom - the very place where King Erik had hosted the Hanukkah party not too long ago. Novikova's muscles tensed. She had never tried going toe to toe with another metal manipulator before, but there was no time like the present. Either she would succeed and be able to help hold back Magneto or she would die trying. However, she hadn't been counting on Magneto's daughter, Princess Lorna, to be there as well. "Maria... Mind helping me with the metal?" she muttered.

Havok was chewing a piece of gum, blowing bubbles as he stood with Polaris a few feet behind Magneto. He looked at the group with little to no recognition in his eyes. "Wait, so these are the people that have been giving you so much trouble, Your Majesty?" he asked Magneto.

Casper swallowed thickly, his hands shaking slightly with nerves. He hadn't really fought before. Sure, he had been in fights but they never had been for something as pressing as the fate of reality. They were for smaller scale problems, things they could handle like stealing medicine to help Colossus' sister, Magik, recover from what Sebastian Shaw had done to her. "...I guess it's showtime, then."

"Let's do this," Ben agreed.

"I can take care of the rebels, Father."

Maria looked towards Novikova and smiled towards her girlfriend and nodded. "Sure thing love." She said as she leaned in and gave her a gentle kiss, feeling bad if Novikova felt any ill effects from it. Feeling her getting the power again, Maria took off her bow and quiver of arrows, she didn't want a repeat of their last encounter. Maria focused on something metal nearby as it broke free and then flew straight towards Havok impaling it onto his side.

Allison followed alongside the others. If they had any hopes of stopping this, these three needed to be taken care of and prevented. "Good luck then," she told Polaris before she picked up two tables with her telekinesis, launching them at the girl and knocking her to the ground. She then focused her sights on Magneto, who she felt was a bigger threat (or at least the threat that no one was taking care of at that moment). She pushed him back, but he only moved so far. She kept on him though, hoping the others would handle the other two. She knew Magneto could manipulate metal, so she would watch out for him trying that.

James waited as the others sprung into action. Unlike the others, James was at the disadvantage from the start. He had no way to monopolize the space between themselves and their targets and that was quite an issue when two of their enemies could fling metal around with their minds and the last one could blast lasers across the space. So he waited until those who could dominate that stretch did so and left an opening for him. Polaris hitting the ground provided the perfect opportunity and James pressed a chaste kiss to Caspar's hand and a soft "Stay safe, babes." before he took off, finding the downed Princess and slamming his foot into her exposed throat-repeatedly-before she could recover. Even if he didn't down her, hopefully the pain would keep her off center.

Sapphire shook her head slightly at Maria, "Really? You had to attack Havok? I mean yeah, the guy is an idiot and from time to time deserves to be smacked around in the face, but that's it. A shard of metal to the side is a bit much," she said as she glanced over at Havok. An idea started forming in her mind, not so much a good idea, but it was worth a shot. Who knows, maybe it would result in him remembering the real world? She wasn't sure, but if all else failed Havok was going to end up with a serious case of brain freeze. Sapphire raced over instantly to Havok, and did something she only had done once before and it wasn't exactly when she was in control of her own actions. She kissed him. Frost emanated from her mouth, and Havok would look a little blue in the face as she pulled away from him, and then she proceeded to smack him across the face. "Tell anyone I kissed you again and you'll have worse problems then brain freeze."

Jack did not understand at all what the hell Sapphire was doing, but he figured she probably had Havok handled, however she did that anyway. It was a bit strange, but he figured he was better off not asking any specific questions about it. Instead, he looked at the others that they were fighting, and saw that at the moment, the only person that they really needed to deal with at the moment was Magneto, as Polaris was down as well. "So... Magneto it is then," he said, before he sent his fist flying out, and it slammed into Magneto with enough force to send him flying into the wall.

"It would seem you are having some difficulties Lorna, perhaps they should see how a real master of magnetism deals with problems," he said, before metal shards started flying around him, and he sent them flying at of all people Casper. However, the shards never hit him. Jack had been about to move to protect Casper from the metal, but someone else stepped in front of Casper and stopped the metal. It was Miranda, her eyes having a bit of a pinkish purple glow to them as what looked like a wall appeared in front of them, protecting them from the metal.

"That isn't going to last forever, actually, it probably will go away fairly quickly depending on how hard they hit it... My hard-light holograms don't last nearly as long as the soft-light ones... I'm a bit out of practice with that ability..." Miranda explained simply to the others, before as if right on cue, the wall disappeared once more. "...Like that..."

Polaris glared slightly at James, scrambling to get back to her feet under her own power, but she was not going to be taken down so easily. He might have gotten the jump on her, but it would be his mistake. "Maybe we need a Mistress of Magnetism, Father," Polaris suggested, a little glad to see that Miranda had foiled her father's attacks. Polaris hated to be outdone. She sent metal shards of her own into James, hitting him in the portions of the human body where she figured she would cause the most pain and damage: the arteries. However, fire began to burn in her eyes as she witnessed Sapphire kiss her boyfriend, Havok. "That was a mistake," Polaris threatened. "Alex, whatever spell she placed on you..."

Havok blinked slightly, his face a soft shade of blue as his memories came rushing back to him. "Lorna... Lorna she didn't do anything to me..." he told her softly, but he didn't have time to explain things to his girlfriend. He knew it was only a matter of moments before Magneto did something else and he rocked his hips a bit, trying to send off a gigantic blast of energy at Magneto but he missed. A blush colored Havok's face - he was a bit out of practice in this world. Fortunately, Casper's eyes and hands were glowing an eerie blue as the phantom of Ben came into focus. Everyone would be able to see the dead mutant as tentacles sprouted from his stomach and latched onto Magneto, tossing the master of magnetism around like a rag doll.

Of course, Polaris didn't care that Havok had attacked her father - she was seeing green and she flicked her wrist, flinging metal shards at Sapphire's face. One of them embedded itself in her neck. "You'll die for that transgression."

Novikova meanwhile was listening to the earth around her, trying to rip up a boulder but it was proving far more difficult than she would have cared for.

Maria was grateful for Miranda to step in and protect them with those hard light holograms she had made, she looked at Sapphire for a moment at her comment and shrugged slightly. Even if he was a good guy in their reality right now he was a threat anyway, as she started to focus on the metal around her, seeing Casper and Ben doing their thing as well. She then sent shards of metal flying to both Polaris and Magneto only for the two of them to stop the metal from hitting them.

Allison looked over at Sapphire, the girl already looked pale but she couldn't be sure if she needed help. The shard seemed to be holding the blood in place for now. She'd see to her later. For now, Allison tried to force the shards forward more to aid Maria, but no go. Then she got an idea. Allison quickly ran over to Oshea and whispered, "Get me behind them please." Oshea obliged and she was facing their backs. She used her telekinesis to pick up more shards, sending them flying at Polaris and Magneto from behind. Polaris caught on, catching them, but Magneto seemed distracted and Allison managed to knick him some. She kept her resolve, aware she'd have to retaliate.

James crumpled to the ground as Polaris' metal shards shredded his arteries. He bit his tongue in the effort not to scream,an unnecessary distraction right now, as his inside felt like they'd been set on fire. He waited a beat for the wounds to start healing only to realize the pieces were still in him. He'd didn't have an specialized equipment so he'd have to do it the old fashioned way. Hopefully, he could handle the further aggravation to the wounds afterwards but he didn't really have a choice. He shoved his fingers inside each cut, blunt nails digging in further as he dragged out the little shards. His breathing picked up and the lightheartedness of blood loss started kicking in, dulling the pain response. Clearing the wounds helped a bit, the blood flow trickling a bit slower, so he refocused on his original target and lashed out at her feet, hoping to knock her down again but blood loss made it hard to focus past the pain and the slowly spinning room.

Sapphire was managing to push through dealing with the fact that there was a piece of metal sticking out of her neck. One thing was for certain though. She was more then just a little bit pissed off. Sure, she knew that Havok cared a lot for Polaris, but at this point that didn't seem to matter. "You'll pay for that bitch," she snapped at Polaris, before there seemed to be a bit of an ice storm swirling around her. Sapphire was just glaring at Polaris, before giant shards of ice went flying at the Mistress of Magnetism, one of them slammed into her side, causing enough damage to result in there being a lot of blood. "I'm not planning on dying anytime soon."

"Erik, stop this already, you shouldn't be doing this," Miranda said, as Magneto had sent out another blast of metal shards, and once more she was able to create a barrier in order to prevent it.

"Do you really dare to defy me Miranda? Why turn against me now? We've accomplished so much, so why go against me now, why join these rebels? Come back my queen," he said instantly, before he started sending metal shards more sporadically, making it much more difficult for Miranda to defend the group. One fragment slammed into Maria's stomach, sending her backwards.

"Erik stop this!" she said again, attempting to defend everyone still, but now it was becoming more difficult for her to. One rather large metal shard once more was headed for Casper, probably in retaliation for what he had had Ben do, but the shard never hit him. Instead, as if he was making up for Miranda having stepped in to protect Casper before, Jack had stepped in front of Casper to take the blow for him. The metal went straight through him, it had been fairly sharp, making it difficult for him to reflect it back and have it bounce off of him.

Casper instantly went into a panic, noticing the extensive injuries that James and Jack had both sustained. Abandoning all thoughts of fighting Magneto and his daughter, Casper made a mad dash over to James. Ben was still corporeal and he used his tentacles as a sort of shield, making sure that no one could get to them. "James? Baby?" Casper asked, incredibly panicked. His brother wasn't doing so well either and he didn't know what he would do without them - but James looked far more injured and hurt. He didn't know what to do, but Casper tried his best to manually stop the bleeding and somehow, it worked. "Ben, help Jackie!" Casper pleaded, tears in his eyes.

"I got you," Ben told Jack, wrapping a tentacle around Jack's wound and he gently applied pressure, managing to slow the bleeding.

Novikova saw red as Magneto sent metal shards slamming into Maria's stomach, letting out a scream as she threw metal shards back at him - they all hit, but it hardly seemed to phase the Master of Magnetism. "You coward!" she shouted at Magneto. "Fight me like a man!" She knew it was likely suicide, but she didn't care. No one was allowed to hurt Maria and live.

Polaris was still focused on Sapphire, especially with the wound the Ice Witch had caused her. She flexed her hand and the metal shard in Sapphire's neck flew on out, the very thing that had been stopping the massive amount of blood flow. Havok looked at his girlfriend with horror and he tried something incredibly stupid, but maybe just stupid enough to work - he kissed Lorna, hoping it would restore her memories as it had with him. Yet as he pulled away, there was no realization in her face - she wasn't his Lorna. Havok's eyes welled up with tears as he blasted Polaris, sending the Mistress of Magnetism flying backwards, and while he was so certain it would knock her out, Polaris managed to stay on her feet despite her wounds.

"...I loved you..." she told Havok quietly, before she sent metal shards slamming into his body. Havok fell to the ground, bleeding extensively from the injuries his true love had inflicted on him. If he didn't get medical attention, he would likely die.

Maria fell to the ground the moment the metal shard hit her stomach, groaning out in pain as she looked down at her stomach seeing the blood coming out of her shirt. She slowly rolled over onto her side, having a really dumb idea that would probably make Bonnie have a major fit about. She dug her hand into the wound until she felt it and yelled out as the shard was pulled out, and the pain was gone right away as Maria slowly stood back up to her feet.

"Let's try popping their heads like a can." Maria said to her girlfriend, turning her attention to Polaris who had really injured Sapphire and Havok as well. She focused on the tiara headband thing, and started to attempt to crush it, seeing that it was starting to hurt her a little bit.

Allison watched as her team was hit harder and harder with each blow to them. Havok was out, but Polaris and Magneto stood their ground. Though, Magneto seemed preoccupied with Miranda. That could be used to their advantage, but Polaris was making it hard. To make matters worse, Allison couldn't get a vision that showed her how to handle this. She whispered to Oshea, "We need to take them out quickly before we lose any more. The injured need to be looked at." She wasn't a healer, by nature, but she could do her best.

James wanted to respond to Casper, he really did. He looked so worried and Casper had been through enough in his life. He didn’t need another reason to frown. James groaned as he righted himself, sitting up to lean a little on Casper. Everything still stung like a bitch but at least he wasn’t in danger of dying anymore. James still stared past Casper for a few moments with a blank look and cupped Casper’s face with his hands, rubbing circles with his thumbs. “I just want you to know, I love you and I’m not judging you but why the actual fuck is Ben an eldritch nightmare? On second thought, questions after this mess. Thanks for saving me, babes. Always knew you had magic hands.” He pressed a quick kiss to Casper’s cheek. “Okay, okay. Gotta get everyone back on their feet.” He bolted, sliding to his knees next to Havok and sighing in relief as the wounds closed. One down. Sapphire was next, helping steady her as he closed the gash on her neck. And it took a second longer, the slightest bit of hesitation at approaching… Ben, but nonetheless he hit his knees next to Jack. “Never thought this is how I’d meet my boyfriend’s best friend but weirder shit has happened. I’ve just never seen it.” James muttered as he unsuccessfully tried to shut Jack’s wound.

"You get used to this sort of thing James, trust me on that one," Jack said, coughing ever so slightly still, his injury was starting to really hurt a bit now too. "So how have you been Ben? We haven't exactly gotten a chance to actually talk or anything because usually you've only popped up when fighting someone so far since we've been here in this reality anyway." Sure, he knew that now was not the time to be having a conversation, but it did help somewhat to distract from the fact that he was really hurting.

"I'm still single, if that's what you're asking," Ben informed Jack, one of his tentacles wrapped around the man to keep his wound tight. "And why do you look like Kid Flash?" he then asked James, a bit annoyed at the eldritch horror comment. It wasn't his fault that his mutation wasn't the most visually appealing one.

Sapphire stood up fully now, glad that James had managed to heal her, and she was glad that Havok seemed to be okay now too. She was really wanting to just knock Lorna down, that's all she had been trying to do, but sometimes the way things work is not how they play out. "How about you just stay down!" she snapped at Lorna, before the air seemed to freeze around her, and she sent a dagger of ice flying at Polaris, hoping to knock her down to the ground or something.

However she watched everything happen in slow motion, as the dagger headed towards her target.

She hadn't meant to aim that high, she had been trying to hit her leg or something, nothing vital, just trying to knock her down. That wasn't what happened though, as her dagger ended up slamming straight through Polaris' chest, right through her heart, and it pierced out of her back on the other side, the dagger of ice completely covered in blood. Seeing what happened as Lorna's body fell to the ground, Sapphire just sort of edged away now, shaking somewhat as she realized what exactly just happened. Sure, she had known that they needed to take out Magneto and Polaris, or at least keep them busy, but she had never planned on killing either one of them.

"I-I-I didn't m-m-mean to," she managed to stammer out, looking at where Polaris had fallen, blood was starting to pool around her body.

To say that Magneto was pissed off at the death of his favored child was an understatement. In retaliation he sent metal shards slamming into literally everyone else in the room. Casper and Maria got somewhat lucky, only getting hit in the arm and such. Behind him Allison and Oshea would get a shard to the leg (a bad thing for a speedster to say the least, but hey, he can heal quickly). James also got a shard into the arm, Jack luckily didn't get hit at all. Sapphire meanwhile got a shard to the stomach. If she had been paying attention, she probably could have avoided it, but she was more or less panicking still over what had just happened.

"LORNA.... LORNA!!!" Havok screamed, running over to her as best as he could. It helped that James had healed his wounds and he sank to the ground, sobbing as he cradled Polaris' body in his arms. "... How could you do this?!" he then screamed, looking at Sapphire. "Y-you killed her! You freaking killed her!"

"Hey, babes?" Novikova called out to Maria, ignoring the soap opera of Havok, Polaris, and Sapphire. Gritting her teeth, Novikova let out a bit of a feral scream as she reached her hands out, trying to crush Magneto's helmet by sheer force of will. Her metal bending was nowhere as advanced as her earth bending skills, but she was able to get it started. "Everyone with either a TK or metal ability - concentrate on crushing his helmet!" Novikova shouted. No one had really taken charge of the group, so she figured she would give them some direction. And if anyone was going to pull the entire heroes don't kill card it was a bit late for that anyways.

"Uh... Ben, do what the Russian lady said with one of your other tentacles?" Casper requested.

"It'd be my pleasure," Ben replied, sending another one of his tentacles out and he wrapped it around Magneto's head. He then started to squeeze, the helmet starting to give way underneath his mighty grip. Blood was coming from Magneto's head and while he was still a threat, the tide was changing in their favor.

"Oh and Maria - I know this is probably a bad time, but we never seem to have good timing so... Will you marry me?" Novikova asked, opening one of her palms to reveal an engagement ring. She was still focusing on trying to crush Magneto, but it was always a good thing to make time for romance.

Maria winced slightly getting a cut from the shard that Magneto had thrown at her, but it wasn't as bad as the one she had gotten to the gut earlier. She watched as Sapphire managed to kill Polaris wincing slightly at the kill shot when Novikova got her attention turning to look over at her girlfriend as she told everyone to continue to crush his helmet. Maria held out her hand using Novi's power and started to crush his helmet even further managing to bring him down to his knees. "Stand down now Magneto." Maria said, when Novikova held out an engagement ring to her, eyes going wide now and couldn't help but smile. "Yes, of course I will marry you." Maria said and leaned to give her a loving kiss.

Allison fought the urge to delight in the cuteness of a proposal versus the fact that one of the people they were tasked with distracting was dead. Sapphire, for all she acted, seemed genuinely shocked and horrified. The others managed to hold Magneto at bay, though she knew the man was still dangerous if her injury was anything to go by. Despite that, the tide seemed to favor them. "It's over. We can save her, but the other team needs to finish their work for us to be able to. She'll be alive again. Also congrats you two!" she called over to Novi and Maria. What? She couldn't help the cuteness.

"I-I-I didn't mean to do it! I'm so sorry Havok," Sapphire said, his words towards her were echoing throughout her mind as she backed away from him. It had been an accident, every time she attacked someone, she never once meant to actually kill them, it always was an accident. Ever since she first accidentally killed someone, she had been trying to better herself, to prove that she didn't just hurt people, it was one of the reasons she got a degree in medicine. She had wanted to prove that she could help others, but now it just seemed like she was going backwards.

Jack was doing a bit better now then before, and was just watching what was going on around him unfold. Looked like to him Sapphire was more or less panicking over what she did, and odds were that Havok wasn't exactly helping matters. "Alright, we need to finish this already," he said, he tried to send his fist flying, but ended up failing at it because of his injury. "Damn it..." he muttered under his breath.

Miranda meanwhile looked somewhat sad at the whole situation that had unfolded so far. She created what looked like the image of a javelin over her hand, and it became solid, appearing to be real. "I remember when Charles first got the idea for the Danger Room, from my powers creating holograms, though back then I only could create the soft-light ones that couldn't actually hurt people, but not any more... I am sorry Erik... And I'm so glad that you aren't going to remember this, but this world, it can't exist, this world isn't real, and never should have been real... When Wanda fixes things, you'll be brought back, and won't remember this... I truly am sorry... I love you, but truthfully I love my children even more, " she said softly, it sounded like she might somewhat cry as she threw the javelin and it slammed into Magneto, running right through him and having him essentially lying there bleeding out on the ground. He wasn't going to be getting up and causing any problems anytime soon.
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Guin, Marygold, Max, Niah, Carolina, and Tinley
Featuring: October, Iron Man, Quicksilver, and the Scarlet Witch


Location: Second Floor Hallway - the Palace
Skills: Mind Control, Telepathy, Astral Projection

Guin had decided not to waste her energy arguing with the flamboyant mutant. She could have pointed out how he had ignored her earlier, that he had specifically apologized to Pietro by using his title to preface it, and that his attention had not been on her during it - but what was the point? He had attacked her intelligence, the very thing that made her special. And if she was honest, he just wasn't worth it. He was a nobody. When this was all over, odds were that she would never see him again anyways. Once the group stepped through their provided portal, they ended up in the second floor hallway of the Palace. "Piet, is she nearby?" Guin asked him.

October was remaining by Carolina, a ball of fire in her hand as she was at the ready for an attack.

Carolina had followed everyone else into the portal to the second floor, she looked around the hallway so far there wasn't really anyone there yet which was a good thing. She remained pretty close to October looking over at her and gave her wife a slight smile, it did remind her of the time when they first met. "Kind of like old times huh?" Carolina said looking over at October, before looking over at Pietro who could track his sister down easily.

Niah nervously wrung her hands and tried to touch the non-existant necklace. She felt like she had just been shoved in a random group since she had little value in this type of situation. She tried to think of how she could help the others against Wanda. Her only experience with Wanda had been for a short time during the Ultron world. Wanda had only worked with them because Pietro had been killed by Ultron. But a part of her wondered if she remembered that world and if not could they make her?

Tinley followed the others through the portal. A mix of team members she knew and did not know from her past, but they were all in this together, if only for the moment. While the others took care of the remaining forces, they would see to the Scarlet Witch. The only question was if she would change things willingly or through force? She didn't expect a simple conversation to do the trick though. That would be too easy and if this world taught her anything it was that nothing here is too easy.

Max was more than apprehensive about the team he was paired in. Not a single soul that he knew and two people he had attacked just moments ago. This all gave him bad flashbacks to his first mission with an untrusting party and the mess that ensued after. If this was going to happen they needed to work as a team. Max placed one hand over then other, palms faced down and held parallel to the ground and perpendicular to his waist. He closed his eyes briefly as he pictured the cane he wanted to summon, a sturdy dark wood with copper and bronze fixtures to match his outfit. It bared a resemblance to cudgels monks would use in a shaolin temple. The cane began to manifest from his hands downwards to the floor, forming itself before he got a good grip on it. Max held out his hand and the same energy continued to swirl, darts beginning to form in his hand as he looked upon with some disappointment. He may have been able to move past using words in this world, but it was still difficult to manifest items. He gave a short sigh before trying again, concentrating on the task at hand and pushing out all other thoughts and noises. He managed to create a small taser that could be propelled at an enemy to help stun them and their system with a massive amount of volts. "Guin, take this. I'm sure you know what it is and how it can be used, if you see an opening take it."

Pietro, not caring too much for Max, and considering the fact that he had essentially insulted Guin, walked right over to Max and was standing right in front of him, in his way. "You do realize she's smarter then you by a long shot. You insulted her too, you attacked her too, you should have apologized to her, but you didn't. Insult her again, or cause problems for her in anyway, and I'll start ripping out vital organs and see how long you'll survive missing a few things, got it?" Pietro snapped at him, glaring. Now he heard Guin's question, and nodded his head. "Yeah, she's up ahead right now..."

"Something tells me she already knows we're here and probably is waiting for us obviously. So let's just hurry this up and fix everything." Tony said, walking along ahead.

"...Well yeah, pretty sure she does, any specifics on where her room is Pietro? Or what we might more or less find there?" Mary asked, figuring that it was best to distract him from Max. Since Max clearly didn't really know how to shut up about anything. Now she was starting to question why they would let Max, Pietro and Guin all be in the same group to do stuff.

"She's in that room," he said, pointing at a door just ahead. "...Don't think the door is locked or anything."

Guin raised an eyebrow, looking at the taser Max had offered her. Tasers were single shot and she wanted something with a little more kick - and given his insults to her intelligence, his otherwise innocence reassurance that he figured she knew what a taser was stung. She hadn't been a member of the X-Men or S.H.I.E.L.D. just to be treated like this. "Gee, thanks," she told him, taking the taser. "Dad, you got anything with a bit more kick? As much as I would love to just barge in there and fight Wanda with a taser... I kinda think if it comes to blows, it'll take more than one shot."

"Shall we, then?" October said, giving her companions a slight smile before she tried the door to Wanda's room and opened it.

Carolina stared at Max for a moment as he produced a cane as well as a taser handing it over towards Guin, it would take a hell of a lot more than a taser gun to take down Wanda as well. "You also do know that a taser is kind of useless against her to right?" Carolina pointed out, and Guin was one of her closest friends on the team. She looked towards October and gave her a loving smile before entering the room, seeing Wanda was sitting in a chair in front of them, hopefully it they can be civil about this and not attack each other.

Max stood there, still, unmoving, as Pietro rattled off some third rate insults. If he didn't know any better he'd say that the prince was a regular White Knight. It was cute, really, the many ways one could express love. Even if one of those ways was exceedingly annoying and counterproductive to the mission at hand. Looking around at the group and how each one had handled his gift to Guin, he began to draw some mental strings between the members of his group and how they felt and knew Guin. Sure there was Stark, but to have six out of eight members creating a gap when teamwork was so crucial was a huge mistake. While looking amongst the crowd it clicked on him that Anastasia hadn't been chosen for the fight with Wanda, a mistake that could cost the mutant race, and a potential ally lost. She may be part of the Hellfire Club, but she understood the meaning of working together in times of need.

Max watched as Wanda looked about the party, ducking himself behind the door so that she wouldn't see him cast and think he was attacking her. He began to conjure something he knew Guin would be useful with and with an aesthetic she could appreciate. He had believed she would know the taser was a last ditch effort, in case Wanda began to attempt to rewrite time again, the team however, failed to see that and so a far less subtle approach was now needed. He carefully crafted a small group of chrome explosives. They're glint somehow giving off an 80s inspired blue and pink combo just at the edges regardless of how you held it. Max held them close as he made his way towards Guin and whispered "Happy Hannukah, hope these are more to your liking." He stood behind Guin, using her body as a shield to hide the bombs that he would try to place in her hands behind her back.

They didn't have Novi or Maria so they couldn't force Wanda to remember the Ultron universe, could Novi even do that? That was something she had thought was a possibility when Tinley had asked her how her team had done against Ultron personally. She sighed and let the thought go. It didn't matter right now. She glanced at Tinley as October opened the door to Wanda's bedroom. She had been here previously so the room's appearance didn't surprise her. Though there was Wanda just sitting there. Niah looked at Wanda trying to understand her thinking. Wanda had rewritten the universe because Wanda perceived that Pietro was no longer loyal to her. She didn't want to lose her brother. Something Niah could empathize with.

How could Niah express that to Wanda though? Tell her that what she did was wrong and only made things worse. Niah knew that perfectly well. She had tried to change the past to bring back her sister. In a way, Niah wanted to thank Wanda. She now had memories with her sister that she never would have had the chance to have. But Pietro wasn't dead in the real world. Wouldn't it have just been easier to repair the relationship then change the universe? Niah thought this while looking at Wanda. In a way hoping that she would hear her thoughts and feel her own broken heart. Niah carried so much pain and guilt, but re-writing reality didn't fix any of that. If anything it felt worse then it had before.

Tinley watched the exchange between Iron Man's daughter, her boy toy, and the awkward magical kid with a sense of pity. Was now really the time for Days of Our Lives: The Sequel? They had a possible psychotic witch to take care of and restore reality. "Look, far be it from me to say anything since I don't know most of you lot, but dude, you fucked up real big and no amount of gift-giving, however incredibly badass it appears, is going to fix it," she told Max. Then she looked at Guin and Pietro. " However, we are all here as a team and need to work together. I have some experience working with dysfunctional teams and I know from that experience that it can be done. So put this little high school drama behind you and let's go restore the world, shall we?"

"How about you shut up?" Pietro snapped instantly at Tinley, starting to glare at her now.

"How about you all keep quiet, half the palace probably can hear you all arguing..."

Pietro shot a glare once more at Tinley, before following along to Wanda's room. Tony had given Guin a pair of Iron Man style gauntlets without a word as well. She was just sort of sitting back in the chair, looking at the group, twirling her hair a little bit. "I knew that you all would come here sooner or later... Knew it was only a matter of time before someone would show up to try and stop me... But I'm just telling you now, you are wasting your time... I prefer the world this way."

"...Wanda, you know that the world should shift back..."

"Why should it?" she asked, standing up from where she had been sitting, her hands glowing red. "You all came here expecting a fight, well odds are you are definitely going to get one."

Guin was slightly alarmed as the odd mutant gave her bombs with a Happy Hannukah as well. One moment he was attacking her, the next insulting her, and now he was trying to give her a gift? Maybe he had escaped from a mental ward or something, since his head definitely wasn't screwed on right - and the fact that he gave her bombs was problematic. They weren't here to kill Wanda. Bombs generally were only a non-lethal weapon of choice against people with healing factors and the Scarlet Witch didn't fall into that category. She took the bombs from him, mostly to keep them away from Max since she was worried what he might do with them, and she shoved them into the pockets of her coat. The gauntlets her father had given her were much more appropriate and could give off more than one hit each.

"Look, Maximoff, let's be real here - you're mad that your brother fell in love with me and left the Brotherhood. So ignoring all the obvious arguments about how Pietro still cares about you and wishes you would have gone with him, let's realize what you did - you basically are guaranteeing that whatever relationship you two had, you'll never have again. And if you want to fight someone over that, you can fight me," Guin told Wanda stubbornly. She knew the others would back her up in a fight against Wanda, but she was certain that Wanda had caused the change in reality because of Guin. "C'mon, let's throw hands."

Carolina looked at the others and then Wanda finally speaking, and her hands started to glow red slightly biting her bottom lip she really didn't want to fight against Wanda, she wasn't sure what she would be able to do without her sister if she did lose her. She had gone through a lot when October died. She looked over at October for a moment and kissed her slightly, before stepping forward hopefully no one would attack yet. "Please, cant we just fix this civilly?" She asked looking over at the others before speaking. "I totally get that you are in pain, having your brother leave you and the Brotherhood. "But think of the others who do remember the real world, and seeing those that they care for as well."

As Max watched the 'negotiations' proceed, he could already feel the fight that would no doubt ensue. Tensions seemed to be high and he wasn't sure how ready any of them were to actually face off against a mutant that changed all of reality. The idea was enough to send chills down his spine as Guin had decided to square up against the Scarlett Witch. Her hands began to glow a deep red, a sign of her magic starting to weave and bend, readying herself for what they may have in store against her. Max began to weave energy around his hands in a similar fashion. Black condensed energy swirling around as ribbons of pinks,blues,and purples weaved through the inky mass and speckles of white littered across. He stood there ready to sheild any and all who were attacked by Wanda.

"I am the worst person to be saying this, but this isn't right. Wanda everything about this world is wrong. Can't you feel that? You shouldn't have changed the world to suit your needs. Other people matter and you've taken so much away from so many people. You've hurt them, and you're hurting yourself." She really wasn't one to talk about changing reality.

Tinley merely shrugged as Pietro yelled back at her. Silly of her to think the boy could see reason. He was some brat who needed to be seen to, but they had bigger fish to fry as Wanda made her appearance. Guin stood up to her, challenging her. Seemed like a waste of time in her opinion. Best to just deal with the princess, prevent her from doing anything else, maybe controlling her, and then things got back to normal. Talking rarely, if ever, worked out. She crossed her arms, waiting for the inevitable where she would have to go in and kick ass. And boy, did she REALLY want to kick this bitch's ass.

"The world seems alright to me. How do you think this world seems wrong? How are we supposed to say what is right and what is wrong. There are people who benefit from one world, there are people who benefit from the other, how is it so difficult to realize that in reality no one can actually argue which is the true world. For all you know, this could have been the real world, and the other the fake, and you wouldn't even know the difference."

"Wanda, this isn't right and you know it..." Pietro said softly, looking at his sister.

"Look, we get it, you wish things were different in reality, but changing everything? You messed with a lot of lives Wanda... All because you wanted your family back together, even though you know for a fact that will never happen with Magneto for a father..."

"...I know that, however I prefer this world, and would like to keep it that way," she said coldly, before in an instant she sent a blast flying at Guin. Pietro instantly grabbed Guin and pulled her away in a flash, and now what was right where Guin had been was a rather large hole in the wall. Had that blast actually hit her, Guin likely would have been killed instantly.

Guin's heart was pumping and she reacted by instinct, firing off a few repulsor blasts at Wanda - all of her hits connected, but they didn't seem to do too much to the Scarlet Witch. She had fought Wanda before, but she never had been so painfully aware of the fact that Wanda wanted her dead. She couldn't help but be surprised that Wanda had left her alive in this world, that she hadn't just wiped her out of existence to keep Pietro all to herself. "Tinley... Mind doing your magic?" Guin asked, her ears ringing slightly.

October wasn't going to wait around to be asked to help out and she shaped her fireballs, throwing them at Wanda only for the Scarlet Witch to deflect them.

Carolina watched as the Scarlet Witch made the first attack, closing her eyes for a moment and sighed she decided to not to try and talk it out which was sad. "I'll try and possess her, just watch over me." Carolina said as her body fell to the ground, as her spirit left her body again and flew over to Wanda, only to be forced back twice.

Max watched as Wanda's crimson energy blasted towards Guin, Pietro reaching her in time before his spell could finish off to shield her body. The crater left behind told him everything he needed to know about how seriously she wanted them gone. Max began moving his arms in large sweeping motions, the same cosmic energy he wielded in his hands now appearing diagonally to his right and behind Wanda. A clone of Max stood there, energy in hand and ready to assist. They worked together to complete a third simulacrum forming a triangle around Wanda as each began to chant rhythmically, hands aside and energy swirling around them. As they finished off the incantation they thrust their hands forward, bands floating out in an attempt to bind her hands and mouth. As they approached her the bands suddenly spun around and flew towards each one of the three Max's, binding them in the same manner he wished to do her.

Niah frowned as they started to fight Wanda. This wasn't going to work. Her eyes darted around the bedroom and attention was drawn to the photo from earlier. The memory that she had gotten from it was important. Niah dashed over to the photo, thankfully not being hit by any of the stuff the others were throwing around. "If the other world doesn't matter then why do you have this?" She held it up. "You're clinging to something that doesn't exist." Niah looked at Max, "If this isn't important, then we can just burn it."

Tinley knew words would not work, so why some continued was beyond her. She nodded her understanding to Guin and tried to insert her mind into Wanda's. She knew it would not be easy, her first attempt forcing her out. But the second attempt she managed to get inside. "Wanda, see reason. This reality will not last. Turn things back around." Before it could hold, she was booted out, but the imprint was there. Wanda would think it, perhaps they can act. "Her mind is strong, I can't get a solid hold. If you want me to be able to, she needs to be weakened," she whispered to Guin.

"...What is that?" Pietro asked, walking over and looking at the picture in Niah's hand.

"Looks like a picture of the two of you," Mary commented with a shrug.

"Don't mess with that!" Wanda snapped, before the picture frame was surrounded by a reddish glow and was yanked out of her hand, and she caught it. Looking at the image in her hands, she glanced back upwards at the group, glaring once more at them.

"...Wanda where did you get that picture? I don't exactly remember it..."

"It doesn't matter, it is a time long gone by," Wanda said, before she sent off a few blasts at the group in general, but it was somewhat obvious that she at the least was a little bit distracted, as her blasts all missed by a mile it would seem, hitting the wall around them.

"...I'm going to try pulling out the memory of that photo," Guin whispered to Tinley. "That should give you the opening to force her to fix things." Guin then concentrated, closing her eyes. She reached out tentatively until she touched Wanda's mind and as gently as she could, she sifted through Wanda's memories until she found the one she was looking for. Her head was pounding slightly from the overuse of her powers that day but it didn't matter. She got the memory right at the forefront of Wanda's mind, hopefully distracting her more and getting her to be willing to listen. "Wanda, if you want to have that relationship with your brother again, then you'll turn things back," Guin told her. "....You and Pietro can be happy together," she then added, her hands shaking slightly at that last part. She didn't want to treat Pietro like something to be traded, but if he needed to be with his sister, Guin's love for him was not fragile. She could endure without him.

Carolina looked around at everyone else in the room as Wanda tried to attack all of them, but luckily none of the blasts hit her body, she watched a little bit longer, before trying to possess Wanda again only for her to be pushed back out again, groaning as she moved back to her body again and stood up. She listened to Guin's proposal for a moment she did hope that if they could fix things and they could have some kind of relationship together.

One of the Max's began to struggle and writhe as he attempted to break free of the bindings he had created. Sweat dripping down his brow as he tried time and time again, finally he was able to set himself free and then undo the binds of the other clone. The newly freed Max turned to Guin as he hoped she would work alongside him. "I need that memory Guin, can you give it to me please? I think I have an idea." he whispered once he made his way to her. She agreed and suddenly a vision flashed inside his mind and he began to attempt to recreate it amongst them all. His energy began swirling as if a low smoke around everyones feet, trees began to sprout and tower over them in the room, though they were faint and illusory. A young brunette girl ran past Wanda towards her right, ghostly trails following behind as a small silver haired boy tried to keep up. "Come on Pietro! Hurry up you are so slow." the small girl giggled as the young Pietro was now next to Wanda. He was panting and having a hard time catching up to his sister, running after her still and past the real Wanda. "Slow down Wanda, you know I cant keep up with you!" The images faded back into the cosmic mist beneath their feet as a rundown house began to appear before Wanda, the trees surrounding as vividly as it would in her mind. Sitting there on the porch was the twins, next to each other. Max held the image for her to see, keeping the sound of their laughter echoing around Wanda.

The group had run with her plan brilliantly. Hell, they had perfected it, brought the memory that Niah had seen from the photo the other day to life around them. Niah was impressed and honestly terrified. Niah wanted to say more, and drive it all home but she looked at Pietro. It was his words that would matter here. Not her own, despite the parallels Niah saw between the two of them. She held in her mind the memory and put everything she felt about her own siblings into it.

With the others distracting Wanda with the memory of her brother, Tinley inserted herself into Wanda's mind, attempting to control it once more. "It's time to change reality back, Wanda. For your brother." However, the control could not hold. Wanda's mind was still powerful enough to prevent her from controlling Wanda, but not enough that the suggestion did not take root. Tinley backed out, leaving the suggestion there. Hopefully Wanda, along with the others help, would see reason.

Pietro looked a little confused as he saw the images playing out in the room around him. The confusion disappeared though, as his mind essentially forced him to remember the real world. ...Guina, this world is really messed up, and I also realized that I might have been more then a little bit of a psychopath... Damn it, I've hurt so many people Guina... he said softly into Guin's mind, he was trying really hard to not panic.

"Damn it make it all go away! That life is gone, ripped away, and it'll never be like that again!" Wanda shouted at the group, before there was a flare of red as the illusion dissipated entirely. "It will never be like that again, ever, no matter how you try to think it could be!"

Pietro hesitated, thinking of what he could say in this situation, but he couldn't find the words. She was right, their life back in Serbia with their aunt and uncle was long behind them, especially considering they had to essentially run for their lives from the village, since they had thought Wanda was an actual witch.

"Wanda, you need to calm down... Yeah, sure, things might not be like that again, but they could be better then what they have been lately..." Mary commented, knowing for a fact how Wanda had reacted during what felt like an eternity ago during the incident with OMEN. She had had a bit of a break down, her powers going haywire when Pietro's future counterpart had died.

Guin doubted telling Wanda to calm down would help matters at all - no woman she had ever met appreciated that. Hey, hey it's alright - that wasn't really you. I love you, babe, she whispered into Pietro's mind, attempting to reassure him. For a moment, she considered switching bodies with Pietro and pretending to be him in order to convince Wanda, but she felt that the Scarlet Witch would easily see through that. "Anyone can find redemption, Wanda - hell, Darth Vader was redeemed in the end and reunited with his son... I know it's a huge cliché, but love will win if you let it - if you love your brother, then turn the world back. Become the hero of your story, not the villain."

Carolina thought for a moment as she looked towards Marygold and then over at Wanda and Pietro all Wanda wanted to do is be with her brother. "You can join us, be a member you can see your brother all the time, I can tell you love him if you change the world back you can be with him just change everything back." Carolina said while looking over at her wife for a moment and gave her a slight smile.

As Max heard Carolina speak, something clicked in him, a lyrical verse that spoke of siblings drifting apart only to be reunited again. He wasn't sure if this would work, or how well it would be received but...at this point in the game anything was worth a try. The illusions may have been swept away by Wanda but now all that clung in the air was Pietros voice. It began to sing and echo across the room, singing to Wanda. "Please don't shut me out again. Please don't slam the door. You don't have to keep your distance anymore. 'Cause for the first time in forever I finally understand. For the first time in forever, we can fix this hand in hand. We can go down this mountain together. You don't have to live in fear. 'Cause for the first time in forever, I will be right here."

"I've seen you do the right thing, Wanda. I don't know if you remember it, but you have. It was for Pietro then too." Niah didn't know what had happened to Wanda and the others when they fought Ultron, but she had been willing to do it. Willing to sacrifice herself to take down the thing that had killed her family. "If you don't let this illusion go you'll lose him here too." At least for Wanda in the real world her family was still around and she could repair the relationship, there was hope for her. Niah's hand went up for the necklace that she didn't have in this world or the real one anymore. She understood Wanda and wanted at that moment nothing more than to hug her sister one last time.

With all being done, though she questioned the need for a musical number, Tinley inserted her mind into Wanda's. The suggestion was there. Since Wanda latched on to it, she must be toying with the idea. So Tinley made it grow, made it surge in her mind. She would have a choice to make and Tinley wanted to make sure Wanda made the correct one. "The time to choose is now Wanda. What's done is done. Do the right thing and bring everything back to as it was and make this right." Tinley left, feeling a slight headache, but she knew she did all she could at this point. The rest was up to Wanda.

Wanda's shoulders shook slightly, as she heard everything around her. Before something odd occurred and she appeared to be laughing. "Oh you all certainly a bit of an odd lot," she managed to say through her giggles, nodding her head slightly. Pietro more or less looked somewhat annoyed at Max's insanity, figuring the guy in the real world probably was in an insane asylum or something, but none of that seemed to matter now, as Wanda's hands began to glow.

"...Wanda what are you doing?" Pietro asked her somewhat softly.

"...All of you are right. Maybe this wasn't the way to do things, and for that, I am sorry..." she said as a red haze filled the room, surrounding everyone, and slowly but surely, one by one they all began to vanish. "We have to live with the world that we have, and hope for the best..."

Everyone would come to somewhat back where they started, except it was more or less now a week later then the date it was when the world had changed. If anyone looked at a calendar, it now was December 18th, and they'd have no memory of what happened in the real world during that time.

Allison would have a little friend next to her. The little puppy had a collar around it's neck and an envelope in it's mouth which it proceeded to drop in her lap, barking happily.

Ally

I'm sorry I can't be there, after everything that has happened, well, I can't stay at the mansion, not until I figure out who I am.

The world has changed a bit since 2 years ago, and now I need to go find my place in it.

I don't know when you'll get this message, time was a little weird when it came to things shifting back.

I will come back to you, just might take me a little while, I just need to clear my head for a little bit.

Keep an eye on the little guy, he's there to keep an eye on you while I'm gone.

-Oshea




Later on Asgard



Klara was concerned about her cousin, knowing perfectly well what all had happened with her in that strange alternate reality. It was certainly a weird world, and Klara herself was glad things to have gone somewhat back to normal. One thing was for certain, she had a hunch that her cousin might see about leaving Asgard to go to Midgard, and she herself had been thinking about travelling there. Heading out of her home, she went towards the Bifrost, and she wasn't too surprised to see her cousin heading that direction as well. "Hey there Runa, where might you be off to?" Klara asked, racing over, though she felt like she already knew the answer.

Runa had her enchanted staff, Gandr, propped up against her shoulder. The staff had originally belonged to her maternal grandfather and he had given it to her what felt like eons ago - among all of her possessions, it was the only one she truly cared about. "Midgard," Runa answered her cousin, not ceasing her strides as she set foot on the Rainbow Bridge. The BiFrost was so close but yet so far - it was easily a fifteen minute walk to traverse the bridge.

"I figured that was where you were going... Mind if I join you? I have always wanted to see Midgard," she said, giving her a smile. It was true, but there was another motive behind her words. Klara knew that her father spent much of his time there, and she was curious as to why he'd spend so much of his time there. It always had made her wonder what was so great about Midgard, at least in this reality. The other reality she knew for a fact she preferred Asgard over it.

"...Alright," Runa hesitated slightly. "We're going to the land called Australia."

"Oh? Okay, sounds like fun."

Runa nodded slightly, walking down the Rainbow Bridge. When they arrived at the BiFrost, she saw Heimdall and she looked at him for a moment, wondering if he would grant her request. She was still considered a child per Asgardian standards, despite her age. "Heimdall... I'd like to travel to the land called Australia, please - on Midgard," she asked. "Klara too," she then added, not wanting to be left out.

"Oh? Very well," Heimdall responded, a slight smile on his face.

"Something wrong Heimdall?" Klara asked him, he sounded a bit strange in her mind, not quite like himself. It certainly was a bit weird.

Heimdall nodded, picking up his sword and inserting it into the BiFrost. "Yes, Princess, I am well," he reassured her. His golden eyes flickered over to the two of them, a malicious smirk coming across his face as he turned the sword, opening up the BiFrost - yet it was not to Midgard that he sent the two Asgardians. Klara and Runa vanished, and as Heimdall removed the sword from the BiFrost, his face morphed into a more familiar visage.

"Oh this is going to be fun..." Loki, the God of Mischief, mused to himself.
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Guin and Pietro


X-Mansion: December 19th, 2020
It was the day after everything shifted back from the incident involving Wanda. Pietro for the most part had been trying to figure out what really to do to help his sister after that entire incident, however that wasn't very easy. It did give him an excuse to sort of be away from the mansion until things with her were sorted out, since he wasn't quite sure if he wanted to talk to Guin right away. Things had calmed down for the most part though now, and he was sort of racing around the mansion, not really sure about sitting still, he was around though at least.

Down in the lab, Guin took another drag of her cigarette. Her legs were propped up against the bench top and she had her sketch pad in her lab. With her free hand, she crossed out a design and started to redraw it quickly, listening to AC/DC scream over the speakers as she worked. Ever since her memories had been returned to her, she felt this clarity - this knowledge of what she was meant to be and what her purpose was. She had been put here on this earth to invent and protect.

Pietro decided not to avoid it any longer, and reached out to Guin, Guina? Are you doing anything right now?

In the lab.

Pietro raced into the lab and looked at her, "...Hi Guina..."

She looked up from her sketch pad, putting her feet firmly on the ground as she swiveled her chair around to look at him. "...Hey."

"...It's that a cigarette?" he asked her, looking at what she had in her hand, "...You do realize those things can kill you..."

She shrugged slightly, just holding the cigarette between her fingers. "One cigarette isn't going to kill me, Piet."

"...You'd be surprised..."

Guin chuckled a bit, rolling her eyes before putting the cigarette out on the lab bench. "There, happy now?" she asked him cheekily.

"...How are you doing Guina?"

"I'm fine, just working on some new designs for the Iron Star armor... What about you?" she asked. She had wanted to go with him to sort out everything with Wanda, but he had been determined to deal with it on his own. There wasn't much she could do to convince a stubborn speedster after all.

"Well, managed to find a way to make it so that Wanda didn't end up in prison for once... Somehow..."

"Oh yeah, my dad texted me - she joined the Avengers branch out on the west coast, right? Honestly did not see that coming but... Who knows, maybe she'll like it," Guin mused. She knew that Hank Pym and his wife, Janet, were leading up the branch out there and they had already gotten a collection of misfits, including a girl named Spider-Gwen from another dimension and an ex-SHIELD agent who could control metal. The most interesting member out there had to be the synthezoid though - Vision.

"...I'll be honest, hadn't been expecting that one either but well, being over there is better then being stuck in the Raft for probably the hundredth time."

Guin nodded. "I guess they'll finally have to stop reserving her cell then, let someone else be stuck inside of it for a change."

Pietro chuckled slightly at that, "They probably aren't short on people that they can have stuck there..."

"Do people actually do the entire tally mark thing in prison, where they carve it into the wall?" she asked curiously. She had a huge fear of being incarcerated, to the extent that she never had been inside of a prison in her life. The opportunity had never really presented itself and she wouldn't have taken the chance to tour a prison even if it did. She had seen tons of movies where visitors ended up being mistaken for a patient or an inmate.

"It more or less depends on how bored you are... Like usually I wouldn't, I'd just play tic tac toe with Wanda, each one of us taking turns writing down the board and whatnot, it was all we really had to do," he said with a shrug.

"I bet I could kick your ass at tic tac toe," Guin gambled. She then flinched slightly and closed her eyes tightly, as if she had just got on a sudden migraine. It passed within a few seconds and she relaxed again, the tension in her face gone. "So... What did you really want to come talk to me about?"

"...The reality that Wanda had created," he mumbled, looking down at the ground now.

Guin extended a hand to him. "... What about it?"

He took her hand, still sort of looking at the ground "How things were there... The fact that you essentially told me to kill you at one point," he said, though the last part was more of muttered under his breath and hard to hear.

She bit her lip and looked down at the ground. She didn't really want to talk about what had happened in the Baxter Building that night. "... I'm sorry, Piet. I shouldn't have asked you to do that... I wasn't thinking clearly at all. I was in a lot of pain and it... I don't know, I guess I wanted the easy way out."

"Why would you do that Guina? Like why? I get it, everything was different, the world was screwed up we had no idea about this reality or anything here, but why still? I mean, really... That gave me more then a mild panic attack you know..."

Guin kept on looking at the ground, her hands feeling numb and clammy. ".... I think I was just suicidal in that world, Piet," she whispered. "I-I don't know what you want me to say."

"...Ok... I just hope you aren't really in the real world or something..."

She shook her head, feeling really sick. "C-Can we stop talking about this, please?"

"...Alright Guina..."

She nodded slightly, letting go of his hand in order to run her hands through her hair. She didn't want to think back on everything she had felt in that other world. Sure, she had theoretically had everything she could possibly want but the experience had been soul crushing. The House of M that Wanda had built - Guin's happiness there had cost her her soul. No, she hadn't even been really happy there. Never again would she wish for something like that.

"Guina? Are you okay?" he asked her, before he pulled her into a hug.

"Yeah, I'm fine Piet - just thinking about that stuff makes me feel really sick," she admitted, hugging him back.

"Oh, okay... I'll be honest I kind of have been avoiding talking about it myself... Anyway, we can talk about something else if you want to..."

"Um well... Do you still want to get married?" she asked.

"Definitely, why wouldn't I?"

She shrugged her shoulders slightly. "I dunno, just with everything that happened... I wanted to check."

"I still do want to marry you Guina... Don't worry about that..."

Guin smiled slightly at him and pulled his head down closer for a kiss.

He kissed her, before giving her a smile, "I love you Guina, more then anything..."

"More than Billy Joel?" she asked, giggling a little bit.

"Oh totally Guina."

She smirked slightly. "Wow, you love me more than Billy Joel...."

"Is that such a bad thing though?"

Guin shook her head, kissing his jaw softly. "Nope, not at all."

"Good, you had me concerned there for a moment," he said with a bit of a smirk.

She glanced around the room quickly. "Go lock the door and then close your eyes."

"Uh, okay," he said with a smile, before he zipped over and locked the door to the lab.
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Guin and Allison


X-Mansion: December 19th, 2020


The events that Scarlet Witch shaped left a mark on everyone, or at least that's how Allison saw it. She, herself, had been impacted in a heavy way, faced with a possible reality that she would be considered above others just because she was a mutant. That left her family, those she cared about and fought for, as less than. No one ever deserved to be thought of as "less than". That was how wars started. They came very close to one.

Not only that, but Allison got to see Oshea again. She had moved on. She had accepted his death, processed it, and moved on and then she had to alter it and bring him back into her life again. Not only that but once it was all done he had to leave again. And she was left with an empty hole in her heart. One that, she feared, would not be repaired quite so easily.

And to add to this all, she worried about Guin. Guin had been impacted heavily too. And Allison hated to admit it, but she was also jealous. Guin still had her love, but the events had shaped them. Allison had stayed more or less alone since reality shifted back, but she couldn't be away forever.

Guin had spent the day at Stark Industries. The events of House of M had shaken her, but they also had helped her - she knew what she wanted to do with her life. She had always been randomly going from one thing to the next, trying out being a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent since it sounded fun and also served as a rebellion against her father, and then joining the X-Men since all of her friends were members of the group. Unlike most of those on the X-Men team, she never really had had to worry about how she would be treated by being a mutant. The team's capture by O.M.E.N. was the closest she had come to it, with the privilege of having her father be one of the leading members of the Avengers. People usually didn't think of her as a mutant - they saw her as the daughter of an Avenger, the legacy of Iron Man, the heiress to Stark Industries.

Pulling up to Xavier's mansion in a cherry red mustang, Guin was wearing a large pair of shades and a heavy winter coat. The December chill was in the air as she parked her car along the curb and turned off the ignition, the notes of Erasure's Chains of Love dying out as well.

Allison hitched a ride with a friend. She never really sought out getting her driver's license. She had no need for it given they got around on the X-Jet or there were vast amounts of public transportation in New York. Her friend didn't bother pulling all the way into the mansion though. Despite the amount of good they had done, there was still fear evident, even amongst those she considered friends. Allison could hardly blame them.

Thanking her friend, she got out of their car, immediately feeling the chill of December. It had only just crossed her mind how close they were to the holidays. She had nearly forgotten, but was not a time to be merry? She walked the length to the gate, coming in to see a red mustang pulled up just as she saw Guin getting out of the car. Allison had a moment of shame, having just thought about the girl and how she was worried and angry at her (for no reason on both counts). She thought about turning back, but decided against it. She would have to see everyone eventually.

She walked up, eyeing the beauty of a car she had come out of. "Hey Guin. How are you?" Simple pleasantries first. Heavy, heart-melty stuff later.

Guin took off her shades, smiling slightly at Allison. She didn't know how she was taking the entire Oshea thing - that and Guin had been pretty rude to her in the other reality. "Not too bad, can't complain - you?"

Allison gave a half-hearted shrug. "All right for the most part. Took a break given....recent events. But now I am back. Want to head inside and out of the cold?" she offered. As much as Allison liked this time of year, she didn't much want to spend time outside unless she had to.

"Sure thing," Guin said, putting her shades on her head as she headed inside the mansion. It was a little odd to think that less than a year ago, O.M.E.N. had attacked this place and Mesmero had attempted to pit the entire team up against each other. Her ears felt like they were buzzing slightly from the telepathic murmur of having so many mutants in one place, but she had started to get used to having her new powers. "Look, is there something you wanted to talk about?"

Allison was a little taken aback at the abruptness, but then she remembered who she was talking to. However, Allison didn't know what to say. The subject was still sore. How did you tell someone you were angry at them, but also worried. How did you process feelings of jealousy and love at the same time? "I don't know. Is there something to talk about?" She regretted it as soon as she said it, feeling herself get riled up for no reason. She sighed. "That came out wrong. I don't know how to...talk about what happened without some emotion getting jacked up 1000%."

Guin raised an eyebrow. Allison sounded way more passive-aggressive than she had expected, but they had all been through a lot. Everyone had faced uncomfortable truths and choices in that other world. "Let's just talk about it then, okay? Screaming and crying or whatever happens... You can tell me what's on your mind."

Allison took off her jacket and hung it up before she made her way to the nearby sitting room, waiting for Guin to follow. Once she had done so, Allison sunk into one of the couches there. "Where do I begin? We went through something horrible, something that cements why I am here with the X-men in the first place. I don't want that reality to ever happen, where we consider ourselves above humans just because we have abilities. It would be so easy to say it would be better there than it is here, given the amount of hate we get despite continuing to protect and save everyone. I came very close to accepting that reality, but in the end, I needed it to change back to this one. Even if it meant losing Oshea again."

Guin took her jacket off and placed it on one of the end tables, before she perched on the armrest of the sofa. It definitely wasn't kind to the furniture, but the rich weren't always the most aware of the value of keeping things in good condition when they could easily buy a new one to replace it. "To be honest... it might happen one day. We can't stop evolution or the future - and we can't even predict whether or not mutants are the final stage of it. We might be replaced one day too."

Allison chuckled a little. "Ironic telling the future see-er that she can't predict the future." But she knew Guin's point. "Part of me knows that your memories were altered and that made up for some of the tension, but there was the matter of how easy it seemed for you to accept staying in that reality despite how horrible it was for everyone that wasn't us. I'm not mad, it just surprised me. I don't have Ayita anymore to share my feelings on everything with. Seeing Oshea there brought back a lot of memories, good and bad. I got over him Guin. I mourned and moved on and then she brought him back and it hurt to lose him a second time. It's not fair. You still have Pietro and I have nothing but memories." She felt herself get teary-eyed, but held them in. "I'm happy you both still have each other. It's hard losing loved ones and I don't wish it on anyone."

She sighed slightly, tugging at the ends of her hair. "Al... I'm not going to lie - this reality or the other one, my life is full of privilege. When I was a drug addict, my last name was enough to get the charges dropped against me for possession and use. And in that world, my family was still wealthy enough that even though they were human... they weren't treated horribly." She then sighed a bit. "I'm glad it all happened... I never got to meet my grandparents. They died a long time ago in a car crash. But... now I know more about them beyond what Wikipedia has to say."

"As for Pietro... I don't know if me and him are really okay yet. It's going to take time."

"You still have him, Guin. That's more than a lot of us can say at this moment. That reality hurt me and so many others in ways I don't know if it will be easily recoverable." She didn't want to say her other thought. About how it wasn't worth Guin seeing her grandparents again if it meant others were reminded of their loss and having it taken away so easily. "So how do you handle that privilege going forward, knowing you have it easier than others?"

Guin couldn't help but feel defensive. She had gotten to meet dead family members, yes that had been something wonderful about the twist Wanda had done to reality, but it seemed to her like she was being subconsciously blamed for this. Allison's question of how she was going to operate moving forward even felt like she was being scolded. She frowned slightly. "Are you blaming me being happy that I got to meet my grandparents for your pain?" she asked bluntly. "But if you must know, I know what I'm going to do with my life. I'm not going to just fight for mutants - one day I'm going to fight for the entire world, maybe even the whole galaxy as an Avenger... It's what I was born to do."

"You got to meet people who were dead. If that didn't make you happy I would be worried. But do you feel any remorse? Any sadness that in order for that to happen reality had to be shaped and humans were enslaved or killed or sympathizers were rounded up and publicly executed? I'm not saying don't be happy, I am saying I hope you understand that the happiness you feel came at a cost, to you and to many others. It didn't seem to me like it mattered to you, but this is the first time we are talking since reality was changed back, so I don't know. I can't sit here and be happy, despite evidence that I should be. It's just not in me to see what happened as a positive, even if moments on it brought me happiness I never felt before."

Allison knew Guin would get defensive, it was how she operated. "You called out your own privilege. I never accused you of it. If it gets you to be an Avenger like you want then I'm happy for you."

"Of course I know that people had to suffer for it - but Ally, I can't feel guilty for something I didn't do," Guin pointed out. "I can't have remorse for actions that were not mine. And yeah, not everything in there was a positive.... Huge parts of it were a nightmare... But I'm still grateful that I got to meet my grandparents - and I imagine you had to have enjoyed having at least one more minute of time with Oshea." She paused for a moment, trying not to sound too angry but she was a little bit defensive at the moment. "And all of the suffering in that reality... it was erased. I asked my dad and there were only a handful of people who weren't in that final battle who remembered. None of it technically happened..."

"We reaped the benefits from it Guin. That is what I feel remorse about. It doesn't matter if it all was erased, the scars it left exist on us and others. That is what I regret. My happiness at having another moment to tell Oshea exactly how I felt, something I never got a chance to do, doesn't make up for the psychological, emotional, and physical turmoil I had to endure. As much as I love Oshea, I'd return all of those happy moments to make sure what occurred never happened."

"Then that's your choice and how you feel about it," Guin surmised. She wasn't going to change her mind on this. She was allowed to have enjoyed those moments she had had with her grandparents, no matter how real or false they had been. "I get that it caused you pain and I'm sorry that you had to go through that and I'm glad that we fixed things, that we put things back to how they should be... but if we had a time machine and had the chance to go stop Wanda before she even created the House of M world, I wouldn't mess with that timeline. As much as there were horrible moments there, there were good ones too... It wasn't such a black and white world, which I know is hard for you to see since you had no memories of what life was like there. Not everything was like Magneto's palace. Not everything was cruelty against humanity."

Allison shook her head, though she knew Guin would not have agreed with her points. It still felt good to get it off her chest and now she was certain of Guin's feelings on the matter. "We'll have to agree to disagree it seems. Glad you got to meet your grandparents though." She stood up, straightening out her outfit. "I'm going to go unpack some things. Got to get ready for the holidays. Need anything else?"

She shook her head, still feeling a little bit vexed. "Nah. I'll see you around, then."
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Carolina Reed & Antoinette McCarthy

X-Mansion: December 19th, 2020



It had been a few days since Wanda had changed the world back to normal, Carolina was in the art room just working on a painting. She closed her eyes for a moment letting out a slight sigh, she missed October so much in the other reality she was happy to be there. She was married and she had her own art studio which was what she always wanted to do. Her vision started to get a little blurry which made her feel dizzy and stumbled back a little bit, before finding a chair to sit on and tried to wait it off for now. It was just her in the room which she did enjoy as well the peace and quiet.

Antoinette had just finished showering and braiding her hair when she made her way towards the art room. She hadn't seen much of Carolina today but that wasn't entirely strange lately. She missed her friend and felt poorly with drilling her with questions about what happened with Wanda. Antoinette had been rather concerned with the outcome and was relieved to know that things had turned out for the better and Wanda was working on a better life for herself. Still, she could have been a little more gentle with Carolina. Most of them had all re-lost loved ones with the world being turned back.
Antoinette walked into the art room to find Carolina stumble back and sit down. She hurried forward and put hands on her best friend's shoulders. "Lina? Are you okay?"

Carolina turned feeling Annie resting a hand on her shoulder and gave her a slight smile and nodded towards her friend, another thing she didn't like about the world changed back. "Yeah i'm fine, just the head injury thing still.." Carolina said looking over at her friend for a moment. "How are you doing?"

Antoinette nodded yes that had come back. It was unfortunate that they were thrown right back where they had left off, expected to act like nothing had changed and yet it had. So much had changed. "I still feel lost but I also feel guilty for my behaviour with you. I shouldn't have pushed so hard for answers from you Lina. I miss her too. Not just my mom but October too." After all they did all live together.

Carolina ran a hand through her hair slightly and leaned back a little bit, it was hard for her to not think about October she did promise her not to try and mourn for her to much. "It's okay and we can get through this all together." Carolina said smiling towards her friend and gave her a gentle hug. "What do you want to do?" She asked, deciding to change the subject.

Antoinette hugged back Carolina tightly, clinging to her and sighed before pulling away. She ran a hand down her wet braided hair as she thought for a moment. "Let's get out of the mansion. We could go shopping, clothes maybe or art supplies. Both. It just feels weird being back here..." It almost didn't feel, right to Antoinette. She wondered how long it would take for her to feel 'normal' again.

Carolina smiled towards Annie and nodded towards her, getting out for a little bit would probably do her some good as well, looking over at her painting she had been working on. She wasn't sure what she was working with at the moment, before turning her attention back to her friend. "Sounds like a good idea to me." Carolina said as she got up. "Just let me get my things." She said and quickly started to go to her room and grab some of her things.

Antoinette nodded and shuffled out of the door with Carolina. "I'll meet you up front," she said. While Carolina went to their room, Antoinette moved to the front door and stepped outside. She breathed in the fresh air and sighed, leaning against one of the brick pillars and counted the birds that passed while she waited. This would be good for Antoinette as she was feeling lost lately. She never slept through the night any more as she would wake often from nightmares. it was usually the same, a gun shot followed by a little girl's screams and then seeing her hands, covered in blood. Antoinette shivered as she thought about her nightmares.

It didn't take to long for Carolina to come out to meet with Annie seeing her friend had forgotten her jacket as well, Carolina handed Annie hers and smiled slightly. "Kind of cold out." She said smiling a little bit, as Carolina adjusted her purse a little bit and thought about going out. She wasn't sure what she wanted to buy right now either, before making her way over towards the bus while looking over at Annie she was worried about her friend to. "Are you okay?" Carolina asked her.

Antoinette smiled, tentative and took the jacket from Carolina but didn't put it on. She hesitated before taking a step and opened her mouth. "Do you think I'm broken? Or crazy... unfit?" As she asked her friend these vulnerable questions, she could hear the children of her past calling her these things. Bullies were everywhere and a hard thing to ignore. At some point, you start to believe them. Antoinette had made great strides in her life to move past it but that was the one thing about trauma. When you had a flare up, everything started to come crashing down around you.

Carolina looked at her friend when she asked her that question and shook her head towards her and pulled Annie into a friendly hug. "No, not at all, why do you think that?" She asked her they both had gone through a lot, when she grew up she didn't have much money and mostly relied on her sister, the main reason why she moved over here.

"Everyone else used to say that about me growing up because of my eyes really and because every time a vehicle would back fire or there was a loud bang I would start to cry and panic." Antoinette hugged Carolina back, thankful for the comfort it seemed to provide her. "I don't know why but everything feels different now since coming back to this reality. Nothing feels, safe." Antoinette was used to the idea of never being safe. Her and her father had been on the run for many, many years but being in a world, even though it was a short amount of time, where they were free and she had all the memories of a happy life growing up, this world was very much unsafe to her.

Carolina listened to her as she spoke and she could understand what had happened would easily trigger some kind of response, when October died she had been blaming herself for everything that happened. "You know i'm always there for you if you ever want to talk about it or anything to." Carolina said softly back, there wasn't really a place that they weren't safe here or in the other reality it felt like, but she wasn't going to say that. "You have me to protect you." Carolina said trying to cheer her up some.

Antoinette kissed Carolina's cheek before she pulled away. Antoinette's own cheeks felt wet from tears but she didn't mind that much, even with the biting cold. "Thank you Lina. I'll always be here for you," she added in. Carolina was a true friend and there was nothing Antoinette wouldn't do for her.

Carolina blushed slightly for a moment and nodded towards her friend. "Thank you Annie." She said, glad to have Annie as a friend, as the bus started to arrive now, and she quickly climbed onto the bus, finding a seat in the back of the bus. "So what do you want to do at the mall?" She asked while looking over at her. "I was thinking of getting some food first."

"Oh yes, food would be good." Antoinette followed Carolina onto the bus and sat with her. She hadn't realized she didn't eat much today so having a meal would be a wise decision.

Carolina smiled and nodded towards her as she leaned back in the seat a little bit, and then the bus started to drive off from the bus stop. "So what are you going to buy?" She asked her.

"Oh I don't know, maybe a new sweater. I think my rainbow cardigan needs to be retired. At least until I can think of a way to revamp it. We should go to the art store as well. Do you think Xavier would be okay with us getting part-time jobs?" Antoinette didn't realize how much she missed having the gallery until it was gone.

Carolina thought for a moment when Annie asked that, and nodded slightly. "I'm pretty sure that he would, not everyone lives at the school I don't think so i'm sure they have their own jobs." She said, her sister usually did ended up wiring her money whenever she needed it from working with SHIELD. "I think i'll buy some new clothes to."

Antoinette smiled and settled into her seat. She would have to work on a resume then. She linked her arm with Carolina's and watched the world go by until they got to the mall. Once there, she had a hard time determining what she wanted to eat. "What are you going to get?" She looked at the various food establishments, trying to narrow it down to one.

She looked out the window as she started to think about what they should get to eat, Carolina wasn't really sure as she thought a little bit. Fast food was always pretty good as well as Chinese food as well she enjoyed anything really as she looked towards Annie and shrugged. "I'm up for whatever you want to go and eat."

"Something sweet," Antoinette decided.

Carolina looked towards Annie and nodded at her friend. "Sounds good to me then." She said as soon as the bus came to a stop Carolina walked out of the bus with her friend and headed over towards the mall.
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Lance and Bruce Banner



It had been a few days since reality shifted back, and Lance was in Stark Tower. He was heading there to finally talk to his father about everything that had happened. It was something he had more or less been trying to avoid, but it wouldn't really stop bugging him, so here he was. At Stark Tower heading to where he figured Banner would be, in the lab. Yet for once, that wasn't where his father was. Rather than tinkering away in the lab, Banner was sitting at the bar, mixing himself a drink. As long as he didn't drink too much, the other guy didn't think it was poison and spit it out. "...Hey buddy," he greeted, spotting his son.

"Huh, would have thought that you'd be in the lab or something," he responded, walking over to where he was.

"...I broke the lab..."

"Oh, uh... Okay..."

Banner nodded. "If you're looking for Tony, he isn't here."

"Well I figured he wasn't here, it's kind of obvious, he talks way too loud," he said with a small laugh, "...Actually I was looking for you."

The Avenger lifted his head up, looking at his son with curiosity. Just like none of his degrees told him how to fly a plane, they also failed him in determining what exactly was going on with Lance. His son - in this life at least - never wanted anything to do with him at all. "Really?" he asked, surprised.

"...Yes really."

Banner nodded, pouring Lance a drink and holding it out to him. "What do you want to talk about?"

Lance took the drink from him, saying nothing for a moment. This wasn't exactly going to be an easy sort of conversation, that much he did know, however it wasn't something that he could avoid forever. Especially if he actually wanted to have a better relationship with his father. His mind went back to the other reality, and figured his dad could probably guess what he wanted to talk about. "...I think that you can probably guess what..."

He nodded a bit, sighing as he finished his own drink. "Alright, let's talk about the House of M."

"Sounds like I'm not the only one who doesn't really want to talk about it... But we probably should... Since that world was way different from the real world..."

"Yeah... I'm guessing you have somewhere you want to start?"

"...I'm going to be blunt, namely the fact that there we... Well um... We didn't fight we didn't argue, none of that... It was a little bit... Odd to be honest... Not something I'm used to at all..."

"... I tried my best to give you a good life there, to make sure you never had problems because of the other guy...."

"...I know, and I have more or less been a horrible person to you... And one of the reasons why I came here was to tell you I'm sorry for just about everything that has kind of happened between us..."

Banner shook his head. "I should be the one apologizing, buddy... I haven't exactly been a great father."

"I was the one who more or less tried to pick fights and whatever, so I honestly don't think you should be apologizing..."

"Buddy, I wasn't there for you when you were little. I was always moving around. I have a monster in my head. It wasn't exactly a safe and healthy environment for a kid."

"...For the record last I checked you didn't even know that I existed until not long after what happened here in New York, so that whole not being around is kind of understandable... But all of that, is still not really an excuse for how I treated you at all..."

He nodded slightly. "It's okay, buddy. You don't need to worry about it."

"...Are you sure?"

Banner nodded, giving his son a slight smile. He knew that Lance had been incredibly hurtful and abusive towards him, but that didn't change the fact that he was his son and he loved him. "I am."

"Okay... If you say so... If it's alright with you... I want to fix things between us, so it isn't as, bad... That probably was the one thing I wished carried over from the other world... That we weren't arguing, or I wasn't constantly picking fights..."

"... I'd like that too," Banner replied softly, before pulling his son in for a hug. "All I've wanted for you is that you're safe and happy, buddy." Lance returned his hug, falling silent. There wasn't really much else to say for him, since he had said just about everything that he could think of. So maybe now they could fix their relationship now that they finally talked things through.



And now...



With the world back to normal, or as normal as things could be, things back at the mansion were now more or less settled again, and hopefully it would be a while before the mansion decided to blow up again. However, that does not mean that there weren't cases that the group had to deal with at any point, by no means are things ever so simple. No, they had to deal with an illness known as M-Pox that had swept across the globe for a time, and caused many members of the group to fall ill and nearly die.



Things thankfully though have been a little bit less eventful since then, a month later after the fact. Guin and Pietro's wedding is set to take place in one month, so that's something. However things are not exactly as they appear to be. There have been reports of something entering the atmosphere, and now the team got a call from someone that they wouldn't have normally expected; Reed Richards. He's asked that the group meet up with him (and the Fantastic Four of course) at Stark Tower, so it sounds like they'll be meeting up with the Avengers too.


Marygold, Lance and Mirembe


Location: Stark Tower
Skills: N/A



They had taken the Blackbird into New York City, figuring that it likely would be easier then anything else, not to mention they did have a landing pad there to make things easier for them. On the flight there, they'd be able to see something happening in the sky above the city. Purple clouds seemed to be swirling about, storm of sorts, but there wasn't really anything obvious that could be causing it. The group more or less when they walked into the main room, they are going to recognize more then a few faces, just some that they haven't met yet.

The obvious group they'll immediately see and know is the Fantastic Four, who are more or less scattered around the room. Reed Richards looks to be having a conversation of sorts with Tony Stark over at a computer console, while Sue Storm was sitting on a couch talking with her brother Johnny while Ben Grimm (the Thing) was leaning up against the wall nearby. That was just the people that most of them had met before, if you don't take into account that Bruce Banner was standing off to the side by himself for the most part and Hawkeye was there too.

Then they'd be able to notice the others in the room, including who it was that Hawkeye seemed to be talking to, that being a red head with short somewhat wavy hair who could only be Black Widow herself. The God of Thunder Thor seemed to be having some sort of conversation as well with the guy in the red white and blue Captain America. Looked like just about the main heroes from the groups were all in one room, and Reed Richards glanced over at them when they'd enter the room.

"...Hey there dad," Lance said, walking over to him. His hair had started growing out to be a bit longer then it originally was, and he spoke somewhat quietly.

Banner had headphones in, playing soft classical music. Seeing Lance though, he slowly took them off. "...Hey buddy."

"Ah, looks like you weren't kidding about being able to get here quickly were you? No matter, there is something urgent that we need to discuss." Richards said instantly, walking into the

"Anyone else wonder why is it the world never gets a break when it comes to end of the world stuff? Or is it just me?" Tony asked, but he gave a slight smile and wave towards Guin when she walked into the room.

"I'm assuming everyone here has seen the giant purple clouds that have appeared over the sky? Soon, odds are those clouds will part and reveal a being of great power that could end the world as we know it."

"End of the world? Of course, what else is new..." Mary commented with a bit of a shrug.

"Well, this is something that could probably cause the world to end all at once rather quickly..." with those last words, the sky through the window started to get rather dark, and if anyone glanced outside, they'd see that the clouds up above have started to part, and they'd see a giant figure with glowing eyes appear out of nowhere. Allison actually would remember vaguely seeing the image up above them, from a vision way back, when they were in the Brotherhood lab. She had seen the figure consume an entire planet in the blink of an eye. "...That is our problem... His name is Galactus, and he's known as the World-Eater... He's likely not going to try and consume the Earth yet, not until his herald shows up anyway. His Herald essentially tells planets that they are going to die..."

"...What's the plan?" Black Widow asked, her voice calm but her eyes were incredibly intense.

"I doubt shooting a fucking arrow at the thing is going to work," Hawkeye mused. Banner was staring up at the sky in a mixture of wonder and horror.

"Well, it will require a device known as the Ultimate Nullifier."

"Hang on one second, I heard about that thing. Supposedly it can destroy literally anything in the universe, as well as end up killing the person who uses it."

"Well yes, that is correct however we don't need to use it. Hopefully anyway... Galactus is afraid of the device."

"Cool, so we just grab it and threaten the giant purple thing. Fun."

"It sounds simple, but in reality it is far from it," Sue commented, before she stood up from where she was, clearly showing that she was several months pregnant at this point. "The reality of the situation is that the device is not going to be so simple to retrieve. Considering where it is located."

"Well no duh!" Johnny commented, standing up now. "The damn thing is on Galactus' own ship! And let me tell ya, it is big considering how big the guy is."

"Of course it is... Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, if the device is something that can destroy him, then of course he's going to keep it close to him." Captain America commented, and now he was standing right next to Johnny.

"So who is gonna play Suicide Squad?" Hawkeye asked with a frown

"Well..." he said, rubbing the back of his neck and not really sure what else to really say to easily mention it.

Thinking about it for a moment, Mary thought out of the groups gathered, who would make the most sense. If the ship was huge, it couldn't be a small group, so that instantly knocked the Fantastic Four out of the running, leaving the X-Men and the Avengers. Avengers definitely had the man power, but from what she knew, other worlds knew that the Avengers could be considered a threat to everyone, many people recognized them on Earth, and from what she could tell some would recognize them on other planets. "...I have a feeling that I already know what group is going to be shanghaied into it..."

"...It's going to be us isn't it?" Lance asked, looking over at Richards.

"Unfortunately, yes... It would make the most sense, as the X-Men, at least the newer group, isn't known outside of Earth, while the Avengers since the Battle of New York have become known to other worlds. We also are known on other planets, and Galactus has run into us more then once before..."

"Wait, you want the group of kids to do what?????????" Tony instantly snapped, glaring somewhat at Richards.
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