Chapter 14: Sentinel Seeds
The post-credits scene of The Wolverine had been a short, tantalizing glimpse into the future. A future where Trask Industries, the creators of the Sentinels, were still a threat. A future where the war between mutants and humans was still raging, a future where the world was still on the brink of annihilation.
"You know, you'd think humanity would learn. You'd think after seeing a giant, flying mutant god try to remake the world in his image, they'd realize that maybe, just maybe, building giant, mutant-hunting robots isn't the best idea. But no. Humans are nothing if not predictable," Adam said, his eyes glued to a holographic projection of a Trask Industries logo.
"And here we are. The sequel tease. The ominous hint of the next big thing. The thing that will, eventually, lead to the dystopian future I've been trying to avoid this whole time. It's like a ticking clock, a deadline. And I'm just here to make sure I'm ready when it finally goes off. Or, you know, to make sure I can profit from it. Either way, I'm prepared," Adam thought, a grim, determined look on his face.
He had a new plan. A new target. Trask Industries. The company that was building the weapons that would, eventually, hunt down and kill every single mutant on the planet. He was not going to fight them. He was not going to be a hero. He was going to be a ghost. He was going to watch them, learn from them, and find their weaknesses. He was going to make sure that when the time came, he would be ready.
He had a network of Finex operatives dedicated to Trask Industries. They were not spies in the traditional sense. They were hackers, data analysts, and corporate insiders. They were there to steal secrets, to gather data, to find the blueprints for the Sentinel prototypes. They were there to find the vulnerabilities, the flaws, the weaknesses that he could exploit.
[ANALYZING TARGET. TRASK INDUSTRIES: ANTI-MUTANT TECHNOLOGIES. SENTINEL PROTOTYPES. POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS: EXTREME. ACTION: GATHER ALL AVAILABLE DATA. DO NOT INTERFERE. PREPARE FOR FUTURE CONFLICT.]
Adam was fascinated by the Sentinels. They were not just robots. They were weapons of mass destruction, a testament to human paranoia and fear. They were also a testament to human ingenuity. They were a perfect, terrible blend of technology and biology, a weapon designed to hunt down and kill a species they didn't understand.
He was learning a lot from them. He was learning about the science of genetic analysis, the way they could detect and target a mutant gene. He was learning about the weaknesses of their systems, the way they could be hacked, corrupted, and destroyed. He was, in short, getting an education.
"The world is my classroom, and the supervillains are my teachers. Who needs a PhD when you have a system that can analyze and store a mutant's power? I'm a genius. A self-taught, morally bankrupt, world-class genius. This is going to be so much fun," Adam thought, a cruel, pragmatic smile on his face.
The world was a dangerous place. The X-Men were fighting a war for the soul of their species, and the Brotherhood was fighting a war for their survival. And in the middle of it all, Adam and Finex were a new, powerful force, a shadow organization that was growing in the darkness, a ghost in the machine. And with every new piece of data, with every new X-gene he acquired, he was getting closer to his goal. He was getting closer to a world where he, Adam Stiels, would be the one in charge.
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