The four lost boys had begun to wake up from their sleepy states and adjusted their eyes to the lights. After adjusting them, they then realized that they were in a room they didn't recognized and were immediately on panic.
"The fuck?! Where am I? Where's Logan? LOGAN?!", Victor Creed called out to his little brother.
"Stop screaming please, I'm trying to get used to that annoying echo in this damn room", Eddie Brock asked irritated.
"Where am I? Who are you idiots? I swear if any of you are Hydra, then I shall gladly kill every one of you", Erik Lensher demanded in his native German language.
"The hell?! Who invited a German?! Am I near a Volkswagen convention or something?", Creed said confused.
"Damn it, why can't I use my quirk? I could freaking bust through this chair if I could. And why am I so damn tired, I was just unconscious seconds ago", Eddie said while still in a tired tone.
"Will you Americans just tell where I am already", Erik continued to demand for an answer.
"In English silver mane", Creed demanded while calling Erik out for his long silver white hair.
"WHERE. AM. I?", Erik yelled.
"WE DON'T FUCKING KNOW", Creed and Eddie yelled back.
"BE QUIET", a new voice yelled.
Creed, Eddie, and Erik turned their heads to see Victor Von Doom covered in a blanket and sitting on a plastic wheelchair with plastic medical equipment attached to him.
"And you are?", Creed demanded.
"Victor Von Doom, a former child soldier from Latveria", Doom answered.
"Wait, you're from Latveria", Erik said in surprise.
"So just another European then. What about you? From Britain or Ireland?", Creed remarked Doom as he asked Eddie where he was from.
"I'm Eddie Brock and no, I'm from Queens, New York", Eddie answered.
"So, you're the only American here then. I'm Victor Creed and I'm from some shithole in Canada", Creed introduce himself.
"What about you Silver mane? We know you're from Germany, but what's your name", Eddie asked Erik.
"My name is Erik Lensher. Now, do any of you know where we are", Erik asked them.
"Unfortunately, it seems all four of us are in the position of not knowing where we are", Doom informed him.
"So why are we here then?", Eddie questioned.
"Well, what do you guys remember before we were brought here?", Creed suggested.
The four boys were silent, waiting for someone to start. Doom decided to go first.
"I was so close to being dead. I was buried in snow. My father and friends were killed right in front of me. Several times, I was nearly shot and not to mention that after all that I still continued to lose so much", Doom confessed and used his mouth to take off his blanket to show them his condition.
The three boys looked surprised to see the Latverian missing both of his arms.
"Well shit, what happened to you", Creed asked Doom with curiosity.
"I used my quirk. In order to damage the monster that killed my father, I would allow my quirk to burn through my arms to make him feel pain", Doom answered with a sorrow filled tone.
"I'm sorry for your loss. I too lost my family to the same country I once called home. We are both victims of Europe's pointless civil wars.", Erik sympathized.
"Sounds like Europe still going through hell, but yeah I'm sorry for you too. I wish I could say I could relate", Eddie with sympathy as well.
Erik and Eddie looked to Creed for his sympathy, but Creed declined.
"What, I just don't give a shit about Europe. I'm more worried about how we ended up here. Last thing I remember, me and my brother were just cooking dinner when Colonel Carter came knocking at our door", Creed said as he wanted to get out of the topic of fathers.
"As blunt as you are, you're right. We need to get out of these damn wheelchairs. And… wait did you say Colonel Carter? As in, Colonel Margaret Carter?", Eddie asked with surprise.
"Yeah, she showed up with some weirdo in a bandana and whole helicarrier on top of our log house", Creed answered with irritation as he tries to use his strength to break restraints with no success.
"Why would the director of SHIELD visit you in the middle of the Canadian wilderness?", Erik questioned.
"The hell do I know. She said something about a job", Creed answered.
"The last thing I remember was that I was in my apartment and then I attacked by two jerks who froze me", Eddie shared.
As they each tell about the events that brought them here, several other ceiling lights shined on to reveal the entirety of the room they were in. it had revealed a room made of a brown metallic surface with one-way glass near the ceiling. The wheelchairs they were strapped to were made of hard plastic. Eddie's wheelchair had medical bags filled with a purple liquid that entered his bloodstream through a needle. This would nullify his symbiote powers and restrain him to his human form. Everyone except Doom had special bionic hand shackles that use a bionic spring system that locked each of their fingers, forcing their hands into an open position. In both Doom's and Erik's mind, they studied their surroundings and came to the same conclusion that this whole room was built with counter measures to each of their quirks. Their analysis ended once the main entrance to the room opened up and walked in were Director Carter and her associates. As Director Carter walked in the middle front of her group, to her right were Forge and Wyatt Wingfoot, while to her left stood a young blonde girl in a child size SHIELD uniform and next to her was Jimmy Woo.
"Good morning boys. I do hope your three days long nap was pleasant", Carter said to them as she held four files that each held their names.
"We were out for three days. Just what the hell is this purple stuff made out off?", Creed demanded.
"That's classified information, mister Creed. But for now, the reason the four of you are here today. You four have gone through so much, gone through horrible events that no child should ever experience. Your homes taken from you, killed in front of you, abandon you, and even betrayed you. I've brought you here to offer you boys a fresh start. New lives under the guidance of myself and the support of SHIELD, you can become a force that can benefit the world. That is of course if you agree to join us", Carter offered them.
Their responses were predictable.
"Hell no", Creed said bluntly
"Sorry, can't", Eddie said honestly
"I absolutely refuse to serve government figures", Erik said with loathement.
"You and your group of SHIELD agents kidnapped four underage boys from their home countries and just expect them to accept your offer to become SHIELD agents. I could only guess that you brought us here for the value and ingenuity of our quirks. My answer is also no", Doom theorized.
This made Carter to pinch the bridge of her nose. Forge then walked up to and whispered to her that they could always try to get to the point.
"Very well, it's time I showed you the truth. Starting with you mister Creed", Carter given in to Forge's idea and used her Memory Restoration quirk on Victor Creed.
"Hey, hold up, I didn't agree to this", Creed argued as he struggles to shake off Carter's hand from his head.
Creed failed and Carter's quirk had taken over his subconscious. Creed's eyes glew and he was met with the memories of his past life from his original earth in their original multiverse. He remembered now who he truly was and a part of him wish it wasn't. After one minute, Creed closed his eyes and remained silent. Everyone in the room waited for his response, Carter and her friends wanted to hear what felt with his memories returned to him. However, the three boys next to Creed were showing concern as they know they were next.
Creed just remained silent as his blonde hair covered his eyes. If one looked closely, a tear could be seen running down his cheek. The silence ended when he began to snarl like an animal trying to get out of his chains. He continued to act savagely and ended it with a lion like roar. After his roar, he muttered out the name of the man that ended his past life and brought him back to square one.
"SENATOR KELLY, YOU POMPOUS SPINELESS BASTARD", Creed yelled as if to damn the man that brought him to a humiliating death.
"Woof, out of all the way to go out it had to Kelly for you", Forge said and was then given a hard nudge from Carter.
After his outburst, Creed then turned his head to Carter.
"Was this what you wanted, Carter. To make me remember the monster I was born to be. The crimes and murders that I committed as Sabretooth are what you needed to know", Creed questioned in the belief to arrest him before he could end up being a criminal.
"No, I just wanted to know if you truly are the Sabretooth, one of the most dangerous foes of Wolverine. It's not what you have done, but what you can do is what I'm interested in. from what Forge had told me, your capabilities would make you a very valuable asset to SHIELD", Carter explain to him.
"Wait, Forge?! Aren't you with the X-Men?", Creed questioned him.
"That depends on which one? Yours or mines", Forge cryptically said to the young mutant.
Creed was confused by this and wanted to question him further, but was cut off by Carter who wanted to explain the situation further.
"As you three can see, Victor Creed has unlocked memories of a past life thanks to my quirk. Tell me, do any of you even know who these X-Men are", Carter asked the three boys.
"What, like are they some kind of hero team times?! If that's the case, I've never heard of them", Eddie said confusedly.
"I'm pretty sure the case on the topic is that none of us have, so the real point is what importance does your quirk have with the rest of us, Miss Carter?", Erik analytically asked her.
"We'll receive your answer by observing mister Brock's response", she answered as she placed her hands on Eddie's head.
"Hey, wait, I didn't ask for this", Eddie argued, but receives backlash from Creed.
"Venom, just stop acting your age and take it. If I have to be reminded of what I am, then so will the rest of you", Creed barked at Eddie Brock.
"What are you talk-", Eddie questioned him, but was cut off when his eyes started to glow.
Going through the same process as Creed, Eddie Brock had relived the memories of his past life on his original Earth. When his eyes stopped glowing, his face switched from confusion to pure distress. He begins to breathe heavily, and his eyes started to tear up. He then cried as memories of his son Dylan came rushing to him. Following him, Carter then would use her quirk on both Erik and Doom.
For Erik, he had regained his memories of the time he was once known as the master of magnetism, Magneto. His wars with the X-Men, his time with Wanda and Pietro, and his numerous crimes in the name of Human genocide and Mutant superiority. Looking back at his current childhood, to him, it seemed like he never stopped being Magneto. The same could be said for Victor Von Doom unfortunately. Young Doom would remember everything. Absolutely everything. As the others reacted with emotion, Creed was anger, Eddie was in despair, and Erik was in depression, but Victor Von Doom was somewhere worse. Every possible emotion had hit him all at once and it had given him a feeling that stabbed at both his physical and mental state. A feeling known only as pain. Once his left eye twitched, he moved his head away from everyone and vomited all the contents in his stomach. After he did, he turned to see everyone's mixed expressions of his action.
"What do you want from us?", Victor Von Doom pleaded to know.
"I want you to know the truth, but first we need to wait for my Thunderbolts", Carter clarified.
Her communicator pinged signaling their arrival. The doors to the room opened and came in were Carter's Thunderbolts, a highly skilled militant team that consists of Black Knight, Trick Shot, and their team leader the Punisher. The trio then stood in attention for Carter.
"Mind telling me why you're late", she asked them.
"I needed a drink"
"I overslept"
"I had to do some last-minute Hydra killing back at Italy"
Each one gave their respective answers and Carter pinched the bridge of her nose.
"We'll talk about this later. For now, our newest recruit has finally awoken and ready to be put under train under your guidance", Carter said as she points toward the four boys.
The Thunderbolts looked at them and Trick Shot sighed.
"Alright, so who's turn is it to explain now to explain the multiverse theory"
After an hour of discussing their current situation, the newly composed group of adult and children reincarnates came to an agreement of what positions they were in. the four boys decided that it was best to join SHIELD seeing how their lives mean nothing in their current state and Carter needed more reincarnates to join SHIELD. Then, there were the conditions they would agree on. Carter's conditions were that they would become heroes-in-training to represent SHIELD through their training regimens, receive their lost education, and become support for the Thunderbolt when needed. Their conditions were for housing, money, and access to any available SHIELD equipment, including their private internet servers. Though they had regained their adult minds, they were still just eleven years old. And thus, upon their united agreement, they had to begin the process of opening up and adjusting to the new mindset of being in an all new multiverse. This was the hard part and begins with how they came here.
"My name is Margaret "Peggy" Carter and I was born in Queens, New York. I was an orphan in my childhood until I was adopted by Dum Dum Dugan. It was him who discovered the existence of Hydra. During the time when he was still the director of SHIELD, I was able to unlock my quirk, Memory Restoration, and used it on myself. Doing so, I was shown the truth. I was unable to shut off my quirk and the result was having to relive not only my memories, but the memories of other Margaret Carters across our original multiverse. Doing this, I caught the attention of five powerful being. Infinity. Eternity. Oblivion. Lady Death. And the Living Tribunal. They showed me why these memories of mine were locked away from in the first place. What could be considered as the most powerful being in our original multiverse, The One Above All, created a means to prevent another coming of the Beyonders and as well as another battle world. This creation was called Nexus Finale, an omniversal rift that could only be entered one way, but never the other. With that, we have no means through either science or magic to return to our previous existence. To avoid confusion between this multiverse and our original multiverse, I have given classifications to both of them. The multiverse our original consciousness held from shall be known as the Marvel multiverse and this multiverse to which we have been reborn in shall be known as Kohei multiverse. Before my return to my physical body, the Living Tribunal granted me the ability to locate other reincarnates. The first that I discovered was my own adopted father Dum Dum Dugan and with my quirk I restored his memories as well. I then found out that we were of two different earths and I'm willing to gamble that each of us here are also of different earths. Though I was reborn here, I was truly born in Earth-86315 where was a clone of the real Margaret Carter was known in that reality as Captain America for undertaking the super soldier program. After the second world war and Captain Carter joining the Exiles, the last surviving members of Hydra had plan to resurrect Hydra and used a sample of Carter's super soldier blood to create me. Upon my awakening, the scientists failed to rewrite my memories and knew what their plot was. In the end, I died in my efforts to eliminate all remnants of Hydra. Upon my death, I initiated the bunker's self-destruct sequence and everyone with me. Although I was clone, I had a soul and instead of going to hell it was transferred to Nexus Finale. The rest, you already know. Not only did I unlocked my Memories, I was also able to unlock my genetic memory as well. Doing so had caused my body to create a substance through my hormones altered my body the same the super soldier serum did. Several of my most trusted SHIELD medical staff had named this the super soldier gene. With these genes, I could everything the Captain America of my Earth could do."
"My name is Forge and like Sabretooth said, I was a member of the X-Men, just not his X-Men. On Earth-696, I lived to the same way as most of my counterparts would up until my death thanks to those damn Sentinels. Before my death, I was on leave from the X-Men and was working for Stark Industries as a manager for a toy making facility of theirs. It was nice though. I had a good paycheck, a family, and a fabulous house up in Michigan. But of course, you can't bring that with in death and thus my soul was reborn here. In Kohei multiverse, I grew up to work in supermarket and do some part time college courses on the side. After I graduated college, I quit my store job and got an opportunity from SHIELD to one of their engineers. I later found out that the job I signed up for was more than just holding a wrench and mostly just holding a gun and being sent to some god forsaken warzone. After a couple of missions, I met Carter here and the rest was history. I was the second Reincarnate she found. The quirk I was born with is called Trap Creator. All I gotta do is tap on a flat surface and boom, instant trap. The only downside is that I must think of the trap. Luckily for me, I watch plenty of Scooby-Doo. Much like Carter, I was able to regain my mutant ability of making sweet tech on the fly."
"My name is Wyatt Wingfoot. Some of you might know as a close friend to the Fantastic Four. on Earth-695, I was piloting the Four to their next adventure until we were being pulled in by a Skrull spaceships. The five of us were the first to see the beginning of a Skrull invasion. One thing leads to another and were able to get their ship on self-destruct to get off our earth. As we were about to reach the escape pods, I noticed one of the Skrulls trying to undo the sequence and I rushed at him. The Four were able to jump ship, but I knew that I had by time for the self-destruct to go off. And Like that, I got reincarnated here and joined SHIELD along with my two younger sisters who helped snagged robin hood over there to Carter's doorstep. The quirk I was born is called Orange Sprouter. I just tap twice on any surface and a massive orange tree grows there. Fortunately for me, this quirk can be shut off at will. Good thing too, because things would have been messy everywhere I go. My only reincarnate ability is just being a really good pilot."
"My name is Jimmy Woo and much like now I was SHIELD agent back on my Earth. On Earth-698, I served under Nick Fury and fought alongside many of SHIELD's finest men and women. It was smooth sailing for me until I died on one mission that was given to me by Mariah Hill. I was sent to investigate Spider-Man due to his violent behavior toward some of the villains. Of course, during this time, I didn't know about the mind swap that done Otto Octavius on Peter Parker. During my latest round of stalking the quote on quote Superior Spider-Man, I was killed in an accident caused by a battle between him and Hydro Man. After being reincarnated into the Kohei multiverse, I've done much in both American and Japanese education. Then after two years in the Navy Seals, I joined Carter's SHIELD and done everything I normally would do if I was still on my earth. My quirk is called Back Turner. By doing a gun shooting gesture with either of my hands, I could point them at any opponent and have them involuntarily turn their backs towards me, giving me an opening to attack them."
The blonde girl that was next to Carter knew it was her turn and spoke up in a Ukrainian accent. Before she could speak, a hand of comfort had placed itself on Yelena's shoulder. She looked to see Carter giving her a face of encouragement.
"My name is Yelena Belova and, much like in Director Carter, my former life was being a clone of the real Yelena Belova of my earth. Much like other Earths, My Earth, Earth-616, the real Yelena Belova betrayed her hero career and accepted her fate as corrupt spy for AIM. while she was with AIM, they experimented on her to improve her abilities and had created several clones of her in the possibility of her death or betrayal. She was then given a mission by AIM to test drive her new adaptoid augmentations and she had done that by attacking Avengers Tower. As she fought each of them, she had made the mistake of replicating the Sentry's powers. Doing so had caused her to be visited by the Void and begged the Avengers to help. AIM saw this as a sign of betrayal and activated a bomb that was inside her. After her death. I and many of my sisters had been puppets for AIM and were used for either for espionage or lab testing. My death occurred when Norman Osborn's HAMMER had infiltrated the AIM and wiped out most of the scientists there. One of them had accidentally switch on the tank I was as they tried to escape. I floated there with no way of getting out and the life supports weren't on. As I struggled for air and started to drown, I witnessed Osborn's Dark Avengers on the base walls of the facility. The Sentry floated up and fires an energy blast that destroyed everything including myself. So, you can say that the Sentry killed me twice. I was then reincarnated in the Ukraine where I lost my family to the civil wars that plagued Europe. Many orphaned children and myself were taken to shelters and it was there that I was adopted by Director Carter and taken into SHIELD as a junior agent. When I heard of the SHIELD would accept recruits for their newly established SHIELD youth division, I wouldn't have imagined I would partnered with four of my earth's most dangerous villains. My quirk is called Paralyzing Shock. By activating a certain nerve in my hands, I can emit an organic electric shock that paralyze my opponents much like an electric eel or a box jellyfish."
After Yelena finished her story, all eyes were on the Thunderbolts. Black Knight decided to go first.
"My name is Percy Scandia or if I were to use my real name from my earth then I would be known as Sir Percy of Scandia, the first Black Knight. In my previous life, I lived as a knight who was too blind sighted to those he trusted far too easily. I suffered from the worst that Medieval Europe had to offer. From savage beast and satanic dragons, the life of a man that lived during the sixth century was absolute hell and it wasn't glorious being King Author's whipping boy during the battle of Camelot. With magic becoming the norm, the next generation of the round table saw it as a necessity to hide Camelot from the rest of the earth. This plan to turn my home into a pocket realm would take place after the battle. Of course, I didn't get to experience the event with Merlin, Author, or the round table. Out of any way for someone like me to die, it would have to be the most humiliating death by my cousin's dagger stabbing me in the back. After my death, I was reborn in this earth's London where I was raised by drunken versions of my once royal parents who both would eventually die of lead poisoning. Being the homewrecking teenager I was, it didn't take long for me to follow in their footsteps and became a drunken wanker like my father. As I down my fifteenth beer, a bloody eagle crashed through my window and it carried something in its talons. It held a helmet and a sword wrapped in a cape, each three items had a black and gold color scheme. Once I brought the items in front of me, the eagle vanished, and the items spoke to me. They asked me to put them on and thus I did. They emitted a type of magic that healed me of my alcoholism and restored some semblance of my past life through small visions. The rest of memories were returned to me with the aid of Director Carter's quirk. Before I joined SHIELD and the Thunderbolts, I had my own quest that would label me as an outlaw and vigilante. Through eye holes of the helmet, communion with the Ebony Blade, and danger awareness granted by my cape, I had discovered that this earth had already been infiltrated by an alien race known as the Badoon Empire. The Badoons are a reptilian alien race that had cloaked informant among the human populace since the year 2151. If my knowledge on this earth's history is correct, then that year would around the time when heroics had become a profitable career instead of a call of duty. So, during my late teens and early adulthood. I had hunted down each cloaked Badoon I came across. To hide themselves from humanity and appear as human, they don't morph their biology through replicating other's genetic properties, but instead through highly advanced masks that once put on can allow any member of a different species appear as a human. I later found out that some seek haven from the dictatorial monarchy of their race's empires. Those are the Badoons that both SHIELD and SWORD, who I held co-manage, offer sanctuary with a reservation within the secured Area 51. The ones that infiltrate earth for malevolent purposes are the ones I hunt down and kill. However, when I'm not being a Thunderbolt or aiding SWORD, I scour the world for any possible evidence that proves the existence of Camelot. Creating a makeshift hero costume out of my father's old Britain Task Force military uniform and equipment. dawning the helmet, cape, and Ebony Blade, I do this so that I may guide my once homeland into a new age of acceptance toward the rest of the earth. My quirk is called Quirk Randomizer. Every three days, I am given a random quirk to operate with. My quirk comes with one limitation. The limitation being that the quirk must be a quirk that belongs to a current living being and it just so happened that humans and earth animals aren't the only ones in the galaxy that have quirks. Some Badoons also have quirks, so I have a wide variety of powers to work with. Of course, the one problem that stems with my quirk is that I'll have to figure out what quirk I currently have before using it for combat."
"My name is Charles "Barney" Barton and I'm the brother of Clint Barton who all of you may know as Hawkeye. To keep it simple, I'm from earth-711 and I died before the event of Captain America being revealed as the leader of Hydra. I had found out that Zemo had took Clint as prisoner and I found out before the Avenger did, because they were busy with the second civil war. So yeah, I decided to go in alone, pack my bow and arrows, and risk my life saving my brother. I was able to save him, but me and Zemo pulled a Texas showdown. My arrow hit his head and his bullet hit mine. My only regret is that I didn't get to know if Clint escape or not. Like everyone else, I got reborn here and relived my whole shitty childhood, except Clint wasn't there and that made it shittier. So instead of being a criminal and a mercenary, I became an international vigilante and kept my name from previous life. I just travel around, kickass, hook up with couple of women, and show off to all those amateurs that call themselves pro-heroes. Hell, I love it every time I make that Endeavour jackass look bad. Wyatt over here kidnapped me with some help from his sisters and dumped in with Frank and Percy. During the times when I'm not being a Thunderbolt, I'm assigned to track down and find other reincarnates around the world and try to convince them to come join SHIELD. My quirk is called Blind Sided. It lets me make anyone of a ten-meter radius of me blind and the only downside is that in return I become color blind."
All eyes were then on Frank Castle who really didn't want to be there right now. However, he knew that this was required for them to earn the trust and because Peggy ordered him to.
"My name is Frank Castiglione, but I changed it to Frank Castle to honor the man that reminded me that no matter what world or multiverse I was in my one-man campaign against crime will not be stopped until I die. On Earth-710, I lost my family to a mafia shootout in Manhattan park. Losing my wife, my son, and my daughter, I would pledge my life to kill and hunt down any criminal and villain I would find in the most painful way. That all ended when decided to go on a suicide mission to save my best friend Matt Murdock the Daredevil. The Kingpin held him hostage and I was the only one without a soul to slaughter his whole army of security guards and henchmen. Kingpin was going to drop him off him from a twenty-story building and some of the other heroes were having a hard time getting there on time. I was there when Kingpin through him off the roof, but I had two choices. Kill Kingpin or jump. I wondered what made me any different from all the other Punishers in our old multiverse. It was then I found out what made me different. I was different, because I didn't take the shot. I jumped. As I fell, I dived toward Matt and hugged his body. I waited for the hit and It was painful. We crashed landed on an empty taxicab. Matt survived and would continue being the hero that Hell's Kitchen truly needed. For me, I died being his pillow to break his fall. I was reincarnated to this multiverse and ended up losing my family as a kid. They even died in that same damn park. I was then saved and raised by a man named Frank Casket, but all the criminals in New York knew him as the Pulverizer. After his death, I continued his work and wore this skull mask to keep him alive. Eventually, I was picked up by SHIELD and here I am. My quirk is called Evil Eyes and it lets me see anyone who are filled with evil intent."
The four boys remained silent after hearing all the events that the adults had lived through. However, they didn't want to hear any of it, nor did they want to remember any of it all. They were stuck in a limbo state of not accepting either of the realities. They felt lost, alone, and disgusted. They couldn't decide which version of themselves was worst, the kids who had to kill to survive or the adults that have ruined the lives of the entire population with their existence.
For Victor Creed, it didn't matter to him which version of him was worst. Pieces of shits like his father deserved to put into the ground and especially that bastard Kelly. If he was still an adult and still lived in his old multiverse, then he could have undone the mistake of believing that fucking senator and murdered him on the spot. What was worse was the fact that a certain other mutant was in the room with him and it was that mutant's plan that he ended. Even though this Magneto wasn't his, Creed could only silently glare at the preteen walking magnet.
For Eddie Brock, he felt that he will always lose everything. He lost Anne. He lost Dylan. He lost his whole existence, but worse is that he will just never get away from the curse in his life that was the Symbiotes. Whatever these powers that had since his start as a child vigilante, they were obviously that of Klyntar. Even in a new life, he could just never get away from either Venom or Knull.
For Erik Lesher, all he could think about was all the mistakes he had done, the tragedies he had caused, and the betrayals he had committed to so many that were dear to him. His first wife Magda, his dear friend Charles Xavier, and his alleged children Wanda and Pietro Maximoff.
None of them, however, had the same silent mental breakdown as Victor Von Doom. A failure. That is all he ever was. Not just in his life, but in two lives. Every plot thwarted, every conquest halted, every victory stolen, and scar given to him by someone who he underestimated. Thus, he changed his ways, but being reborn into this Kohei Multiverse is proof that he didn't even last long enough to achieve a heroic victory.
It took some time for them, but they finally come to terms and found enough reasoning to tell Director Carter and everyone else how they ended where they are now.
"My name is Victor Creed, but all of you know me as Sabretooth. I'm not going to go into either of my childhoods, whether it's one I lived before or the one I'm living now. Just know that my dad was a dick and I don't regret killing him. Pretty sure you guys already knew about my occupation of my past life, be absolute bastard to everyone, hired assassin that killed more than he needed to, and making Wolverine's life a living hell. That had been my whole life up until my death and I died, because I listened to my Magneto's bullshit plan. He thought it was a good idea to form an alliance between his Brotherhood of Mutants, Sinister's Children, and Apocalypse's Four Horsemen. With our forces combined, we were way too much for the X-Men, hell they even got back from the Avengers. We may have won round one, Stark was able to pull off a plan that got them round two. My Magneto thought he could have secured us the final victory by allying us with a crippled Senator Kelly. On my earth, Earth-737 is an alternate reality where Kelly was never assassinated and instead got crippled by an attack committed by a member of the X-Men. This part of his plan was fucking terrible, not because we had to work with scum like Kelly, but that Magneto didn't want any of us knowing until Kelly's benefits were finally needed. Magneto knew he couldn't trust Sinister or Apocalypse, so every plan he made always had a secret side. For example, his biggest fucking secret being that the X-Men that attacked Kelly was actually Mystique. Of course, Magneto wasn't the only one with secrets. Kelly's hatred for mutants had become sky high at that point. He was willing to arrange the biggest gamble of his life and merged himself with what he called the greatest sentinel to have been created. Not only did his non-cripple parts merged with the metal, but it also made him the main hivemind of every other sentinel there. When the time was right, Kelly attacked all of us and his first kill was Magneto himself. Further into the fight, Kelly revealed that to everyone that the X-Men that crippled him was Wolverine. Of course, the dumbass never knew that it was Mystique. As the sentinels raged on and wrecking everything, Kelly was giving Logan the beating of a lifetime. Although he had his adamantium, Stark said that Logan would eventually be running on fumes if he kept getting hit with all of Kelly's sentinel weapons. At that moment, I didn't know where my head was. Whether I was more crazy than usual or a part of me thought that I wasn't going to let Logan die like such a pussy. I guess that version of me believed that the only way Logan was going to die would be by my hands. I remember hearing the rest of the brotherhood that Apocalypse had made a bomb with some stolen black hole tech from AIM. even if the bomb was no bigger than a tissue box, it would be enough to destroy the whole stadium we were fighting in. I ran up Kelly's giant robot arm and hit the switch. As I stared at Kelly's pain filled eyes, the black hole swallowed us whole. Whatever happened after that I don't know, and I ended up being reborn here. Oh, and if you jackasses were wondering about my quirk, well I was born quirkless. Only reason I was able to get my mutant powers back was because they were triggered by my own father shooting me in the head with his quirk. So yeah… that's my story"
All the adults in the room were silent and understood completely about Creed's pain. Knowing full well about his reputation, Victor Creed never did have the best upbringing.
Eddie Brock looked at the blonde Canadian, knowing how much of a pain it was to have a terrible father.
Erik Lesher merely kept his head down. Hearing the mistakes of another version of him made the knife in his soul cut deeper.
Victor Von Doom merely took note of how Creed was able to regain his mutant abilities.
The next to go was Eddie Brock, but he was too traumatized from the events of his past life to give a full cohesive story.
"I lost my son to Carnage and then I died after. My quirk is Emotion sonar, it lets me detects the emotions of any living thing that's within a fifteen-meter radius of me. That's all I want to say right now", Eddie explained in a voice belonging to that of a broken man despite his young age.
Erik Lesher didn't do much better.
"I died saving Wanda and Pietro from the dark sorcerers of the Hand when the X-Men couldn't. My quirk is to just change metal into other metals. That's all you need to know from me"
As everyone accepted Eddie's and Erik's best attempts at explaining themselves, Creed wasn't satisfied with their confessions.
"Are you kidding me? I swallowed my pride and told all of you how my shitty life started and how I went out making a suicidal attempt on taking out a damn tin can with some ugly political bub attached to it. You two pussied out and gave the most depressing backstories ever."
Creed wanted to criticize further, but was silenced by Carter.
"That's enough Creed. If they don't wish to speak further, then we'll have to respect that. You may not be affected by how your past life have ended, but others aren't the same"
All eyes were then on Victor Von Doom who wished to remain silent, but knew he had to say something.
"All of you already know my name, but I'm not like any of the Doctor Dooms from your Earths. Although I committed several sins, crimes, and calamities, I chose to sacrifice myself for the safety of others. What made me different from all your Dooms was the fact that I decided to leave the Cabal and take up Stark's mantle as Iron Man while he was in a coma done to him by Carol Danvers. Although most were against on becoming Iron Man, I knew that I was doing the right thing by preserving Stark's legacy. I was redeeming several of my wrongs and defeating foes that Stark wasn't around to containing. I had a good run playing hero, but it all ended when the Cabal led by the Hood initiate an invasion on Stark Industries. As the Avengers fought the other members of the Cabal, it was just me and Hood. Parker Robbins confessed that the whole reason he had initiated the invasion just to lure me out and make me pay for my betrayal to the Cabal. When the time came that our battle reached its conclusion, we both shot an energy blast at each other. My shot destroyed half of his head, while his shot pierced through my chest. We both fell from the sky and our bodies hit the ground violently. The last few images of my life before my death were of an awaken Tony Stark and a tired Doctor Strange carrying me into a ruined building. I was reborn here into this new multiverse and have just survived a childhood just as horrific as my last one. If not for Frank Castle, I would have frozen to death. The doctors in this earth's Latveria couldn't identify my quirk, but I believe it to be a type of energy or particle manipulation. Director Margaret Carter, just as I once work with Maria Hill and her SHIELD as the Infamous Iron Man, are you willing to trust your own decision in allowing me to work with your SHIELD?"
Carter contemplated on Doom's words. Could she trust four dead villains reborn as children that lived terrible childhoods to become her heroes-in-training to represent SHIELD and aid her and the Thunderbolts in their fight against Hydra? Like her adopted father, Dum Dum Dugan, once said, "in war, you need the best at your side. It doesn't matter where they come from, only that they know the difference between a true enemy and a true friend. You can tell who exactly they are by hitting them where they're at their weakest. Their soul. '' Carter would do exactly just that.
"We all have lost something before and after the final moments of our previous incarnations. There is no doubt that we will lose further in this new life. Many of my SHIELD agents, the Thunderbolts, Forge, Wyatt, Jimmy, and myself have all lost so much. Family, friends, loved ones, and even our identities. Know that we do feel your pain and hope to make the suffering stop one day, but right now you need to make a choice. Don't just wish for death to come to you. Don't wallow in self-pity and depression. You have a chance to become something more and a chance to make a difference. I'm not going to force you to become heroes nor am I going to throw you in a cell if you say no. Creed, you have a little brother to look out for and it will be up to you to guide him on the path of becoming the hero Wolverine again. Eddie, though the monsters of your past will always be with you, don't let them define you and strife for a better future for yourself. Though your son, he would want you to keep living and be the hero he always saw you to be. Magneto, in the past from what heard about you from Forge, Wanda and Pietro knew of the lies you've told them about mutant supremacy and saw the righteousness of the Avengers. Now you have the chance to make up for your sins and help this new world for an inevitable Hydra threat. Victor Von Doom, with your intellect and collected knowledge of alternate realities, you can create discoveries that would change the world and drive it closer to peace. Through our guidance and cooperation, we can support you to becoming something greater. Although the four of you have went through so much, you must comprehend the flawed laws and commercialized heroism that have influenced this multiverse definition of being a hero. The current pro-heroes of this earth are not prepared for the inevitable threat coming. If people, countries, and alien races from our original multiverse can reincarnated with the possibility of retaining their original personas, then there is more than just the typical villain to worry about. The four of you will never be the heroes that these people want. You'll be the heroes that they truly need."
Though it doesn't show, her words drove right to them. Once they contemplated on the situation in front of them, they realize that her words were all too true and that they must at least give this second chance in life a try. Although for that to work, they would have to give this new earth what they need. They knew that what it needed was a powerful group of people that could get the job done.
"You're no Steve Rogers, but you sure know how to make a damn good speech like Captain America. I'm all Logan's got, and he'll be lost without me. If he's going to be Wolverine again, then I got to show him his roots. So, fuck it, I'm in", Creed gave his answer.
"I lost my son to that monster. I won't let that happen to anyone else. If these symbiote abilities exist within me, then that means Knull is here too. When the time comes, I'll be the monster that ends him. So yeah, I'm in", Eddie Brock gave his answer.
"All I want now is to pave a new path for myself, but I can't do as long as Hydra still lives. So, count me in as well", Erik Lesher gave his answer.
"I never trusted SHIELD. Nor did I trusted any of the other world government to handle the affairs of villains or any of the conflict that resulted in battles involving superhumans. However, from what I've seen and heard of you, you appear to have everything on right so far. You're no Nick Fury or Mariah Hill, but you were able to gain the trust of these associates of yours. Not just that, but your version of SHIELD has gained massive political influence within European affairs. You are right about one thing, as long as Hydra exists, nothing you'll have will prepare this new earth for the storm that is to come. And if I am to live a long and fulfilling life, then you Director Carter shall have my allegiance", Victor Von Doom gave his answer.
Carter smiled and decided that Doom should get his arms back if he was to get ahead of this Earth's science.
"that's what I like to hear boys, now then", Carter held out a remote and clicked a button that allowed the four boys to be release from their wheelchairs.
"Eddie Brock, can you be so kind to regrow Doom's arm with your symbiote healing ability", this caught Doom's and Eddie's attention.
"I don't know if I could. Yeah, I may have Venom's powers, but he isn't in my head", Eddie reasoned.
"we are aware of that. Using non-vibrational based brain scanning, our SHIELD medical staff found that you only have one brain wave. Thus, your consciousness should be the only one present in your mind and the symbiote powers that you currently have originated naturally from your body. As a test drive for your healing capabilities, help Doom by regenerating his missing arms", Carter explained.
Eddie thought about it and walked toward the paraplegic Victor von Doom.
"I hope you don't me getting into your personal space Doom", Eddie remarked.
"if I'm going to equip us with the best technology that this earth has ever seen, then I'm going to need my hands. So, do please hurry up and give me my arms back", Doom said in his signature intellectual superior tone.
"right. Well, here goes nothing", Eddie then summoned the symbiote biomass within his arms and turned his fingers into black tendrils that extended into Doom's chest.
For Doom, he felt a sensation that was quite soothing and a bit crawling. He could feel the symbiote tendril moving through his organs and touching his brain. He then looked at the stubs that were his arms. Small tendrils then sprouted from the two stubs and multiplied to knit themselves to form human flesh. Within seconds, Doom's arm had been restored.
"wow, I can't believe that worked", Eddie said satisfied that he could do something good with these symbiote powers.
With all their stories said, the boys, who now understand the situation, believed they might as well take this second chance to improve off what they've lost. With SHIELD's support, they'll be able to regain their lost strength and powers. They truly believed that they will be able to continue where they left off, but they will come to realize that the world they were reborn in was already broken even before they were born.
On July 24, 2170, the SHIELD youth program had received its first six members.
On July 25, 2170, SHIELD doctors had discovered that Eddie Brock's symbiote powers originates from his hybrid biology of human and Klyntar genetics through reproductive means. Further studies have shown that not only he could heal his own wounds, but the injuries of others as well. To keep his abilities stable, Eddie Brock is given a diet of massive portioned meals consisting of normal human foods. He is only allowed a half cup of brain matter a month and if he wishes for desserts or drinks, then they need to be containing any caffeine or chocolate related products. Victor Von Doom no longer was connected to his magic, so now relies on his quirk and technological science as his strengths. After much deciding, Doom would become the hero that he left off and continue a legacy that was not his. Although it took so much of his pride to swallow, Doom asked for equipment and labs that belonged to Forge who would constantly pester him by always saying "you done yet". Though it would be a long and tortuous journey for him, Doom knows that he must regain his connection to the mystic arts if he were to prepare himself for Mephesto. Whether it's his past life or this new one, that demon will continue to be a thorn in his side. Victor Creed and Erik Lesher would practice with each other to get their mutant abilities back to their prime. Creed would do some training with Logan on the side seeing how he was still too young to join him and the rest of the guys. Creed had also requested for Logan to not regain his memories and said that his little brother had too many nightmares to deal with already. Erik Lesher had seemed to diminish all ideals to seek worldly domination, whether it be an island, a country, or the world itself. This was a world where a majority of everyone was a mutant, a dream come true for the Magneto of the past, but now Erik Lesher shall become a new Magneto. A Magneto that will seek a higher purpose in life, but first Hydra had to be eliminated. All four of these boys will work their hardest to make sure a world without Hydra is a reality.
During the next few years, the four boys would be given training regimens given by the Thunderbolts and even by Director Carter herself. This would most definitely be needed for their very first mission with the Thunderbolts. With France and Switzerland being SHIELD's frontline in the civil war epidemic of Europe, their next target to damage Hydra's operations is Italy.
On June 1, 2173, a SHIELD task force consisting of Punisher, Trick Shot, Black Knight, Yelena Belova, Victor Von Doom, Erik Lesher, Eddie Brock, and Victor Creed were tasked on removing any Hydra influence on southern cities of Italy, most specifically Rome and Naples. This mission would create instability for both sides of the Italian quirk civil war and cause Hydra to lose an armory facility that creates weapons and equipment. This of course will cause the Italian pro-hero Venetian Noble, who is a Hydra Lieutenant under the guise of a hero in public, to flee to Milan. There was one condition that had to be followed for this mission to be initiated. Director Carter ordered that only the Thunderbolts were allowed to use lethal force. Yelena, Doom, Erik, Eddie, and Creed were prohibited to use non-lethal tactics to take down any aggression in their way. Though they were given a limitation, the mission was a complete success and southern Italy had been freed from Hydra influence. SHIELD forces had bordered all access from northern Italy until they are able to apprehend Venetian Noble.
On June 15, 2173, the sludge villain incident had made international news due to an illegal intervention of an infamous vigilante. During this, SHIELD and the newly established separate state government of Italy had cooperated in the rebuilt of Rome and Naples. SHIELD agent Jimmy Woo was announced to be the main head of SHIELD's Japanese division. This was done to further their means of investigating the quirk anomalies of One For All and All For One.
On April 14, 2174, the SHIELD youth program has been given full access to all assets of the SHIELD Japanese division and had announced a partnership with UA High School. This was decided upon by Director Carter, Principal Nezu, and several backers by the Asian country representatives of the United Nations. Victor Von Doom, Erik Lesher, Eddie Brock, and Victor Creed would be registered for the UA entrance exam and would go further to joining the UA student body. Yelena and three new male recruits would join them two weeks after the beginning of the school year.