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X-Mansion - War Room
Cerebro's alarms screamed.
Charles Xavier's hands gripped his wheelchair. His knuckles turned white. His telepathy was drowning in a tsunami of new consciousness. Thousands of minds blazing to life simultaneously across New York and scattered across the globe. Like stars igniting in an empty sky.
"What in God's name..." Charles's voice shook. "Jean! Hank! To me, now!"
Jean Grey burst through the door. Her eyes were wide and glowing faintly. "Professor, I'm sensing... there are thousands of new mutants! All at once! All activated simultaneously! How is that even possible?!"
Hank McCoy rushed in behind her with his tablet. His blue fur stood on end. "Cerebro's readings are off the charts! We're detecting mutant signatures appearing in Japan, Brazil, Australia, Africa, Europe... everywhere!" His scientific mind reeled at the impossibility. "The X-gene doesn't activate en masse like this! There's no precedent, no biological mechanism that could explain..."
Charles closed his eyes. He reached out telepathically through the chaos, through all the noise and confusion and terrified new voices screaming in languages he didn't speak. He found one familiar mind.
A mind that blazed with rainbow light and carried the weight of impossible power.
'Jay. What have you done?'
No response came.
Charles opened his eyes. "Scott and his team will handle Manhattan. What about the others? The mission teams?"
Hank cleared his throat. He consulted his tablet while his hands shook slightly. "All teams report successful mission completion. We've destroyed all seven of Sinister's known laboratory sites simultaneously." He listed them off, his precise diction a comfort in the chaos. "Cairo, London, Tokyo, SĂŁo Paulo, Sydney, Johannesburg, and the New York facility. All obliterated within a fifteen-minute window."
His expression darkened. "However, it's still inconclusive whether one of Sinister's clones survived. You know how he is. Always a backup plan. Always another body waiting somewhere."
Xavier sighed. Some tension left his shoulders, replaced by exhaustion. "That's one burden lifted, at least. We've denied him his resources, his research and his ability to continue his experiments."
Jean interrupted. "But Professor, was it really necessary to divide our forces when we have a world-ending threat in Manhattan? Right at our doorstep? We could have helped. We should have been there."
Xavier's expression grew complicated. Lines deepened around his eyes. "Jean, this operation was carefully coordinated according to Jay's guidance. He provided us with the exact locations of Sinister's facilities, information that would have taken us years to gather on our own."
He gestured at the screens showing Manhattan's chaos. Buildings burning. Heroes fighting. Civilians running. "We could only strike all seven simultaneously while the world's attention was focused elsewhere. While every intelligence agency and military force was watching New York. Sinister's security systems were designed to detect coordinated attacks, but not today. Today, everyone was distracted."
"And more importantly," Charles continued, "we couldn't give Sinister any chance to relocate, to salvage his research or escape. This was our only opportunity to truly hurt him, perhaps permanently."
Hank adjusted his glasses with one furry hand. "The Professor's right. Sinister's been a step ahead of us for decades. This simultaneous strike, during the chaos of an alien invasion, was strategically brilliant." He paused, his scientific objectivity warring with his morality. "Morally questionable, perhaps, but tactically sound."
Jean's jaw tightened. She understood the logic. That didn't mean she had to like it. "And what about the people dying in Manhattan while we were playing strategic chess?"
"They have heroes," Charles said quietly. "More heroes than they've ever had before, thanks to Jay's intervention. Sometimes Jean, we must trust others to handle their battles while we fight our own."
The screens showed Manhattan burning. Heroes fighting. Civilians running. And through it all, rainbow light pulsing like a heartbeat.
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Manhattan
The Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men members who were successful in attacking Sinister's New York facility formed a spearhead. They tore through the Chitauri army like a blade.
Captain America led the charge on the ground.
"Luke, Jessica, clear that intersection! Danny, I need you three blocks east covering that evacuation route! James, stop playing with your food and take down those chariots!"
"I ain't playin', Steve!" Logan snarled back. His claws were covered in blue blood. "I'm enjoyin' my work! There's a difference!"
Iron Man streaked overhead. His repulsors blazed with each shot. "JARVIS, target acquisition on those Leviathans! I want firing solutions on anything bigger than a city bus!"
[Sir, I'm detecting multiple high-priority targets. However, might I suggest focusing on the mothership? Destroying the command structure would theoretically disable the entire Chitauri network.]
"Yeah, yeah, I know! But getting through that shield is like trying to punch through a star! We need something bigger!"
Black Dwarf suddenly materialized on a rooftop ahead of them. The Black Order member had been missing since the battle began. Now, seeing the tide turning against them, he'd decided to prioritize defending the mothership directly.
"HULK PREY!" Hulk roared. He bounded toward the massive alien.
Wolverine wasn't far behind with his claws extended. "Don't hog all the fun, greenie!"
Black Dwarf raised his massive axe. The weapon hummed with energy that made the air shimmer. Eight feet of pure muscle and rage stood before them. His skin was thick enough to withstand bombardment.
Hulk hit him like a green missile. The impact shattered windows for two blocks. Black Dwarf staggered back but didn't fall. His axe swung, catching Hulk across the chest. The blow actually drew blood. Thin lines of green appeared on the jade giant's skin.
"THAT HURT!" Hulk's eyes widened, then narrowed. "HULK MAKE IT HURT MORE!"
Logan came in low. His claws aimed for Black Dwarf's hamstrings. The adamantium blades pierced the alien's armor, sinking deep. Black Dwarf roared, spinning to swat Logan away. The mutant went flying, crashed through a storefront, and emerged seconds later looking even more pissed off.
"Alright, ugly. That's it. I was gonna make this quick, but now I'm gonna take my time!"
The fight was brutal. Black Dwarf's strength matched Hulk's. His axe's energy field countered Logan's healing factor. Every blow Wolverine landed, the alien shrugged off. Every punch Hulk threw, Black Dwarf returned.
But they were relentless.
Hulk grabbed Black Dwarf's axe arm. He wrenched it back at an impossible angle. Bone cracked with a sound like breaking concrete. The alien screamed. Logan used the opening, his claws driving deep into Black Dwarf's exposed armpit. He severed tendons, destroyed muscle.
"Now! Finish him! Big green!"
Hulk roared. Both hands grabbed Black Dwarf's head. He twisted. His muscles bulged. Veins stood out across his green skin. Black Dwarf struggled. His free hand clawed at Hulk's face, drawing more blood.
Then Logan's claws found the alien's spine.
The sound was like cutting through wet leather. Logan sawed through vertebrae, adamantium parting alien biology. Black Dwarf's body went rigid. His eyes widened.
Hulk twisted harder. Something gave with a wet snap. Black Dwarf's head came free, still attached to his upper spine. Blue blood fountained. The massive body collapsed, twitching.
Logan stood over the corpse. He was panting. "Tougher than he looked."
"HULK STRONGER!" The jade giant held the severed head high. He roared his victory at the sky.
The sound carried for miles. It announced to every Chitauri in Manhattan that their champion was dead.
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