Chapter 121: Chapter 120: Rogue -2
Marie feels that the woman's voice sounds very familiar. Meanwhile, Logan stands protectively in front of Marie as two figures emerge from the tall trees.
Marie's eyes widen as she recognises one of them. "Anna?" She calls out, stepping forward, "Anna, is it really ya?"
The woman smiles. "Yes, it's me, sister. Ah've come for ya."
"Stay back," Logan warns, her eyes fixed on the other dangerous-looking woman.
"What's the matter, Logan? Are you not happy to see your sister again?" The other woman asks with a feral grin.
"Anna, where did ya go? And for so many years! Ah, daddy, aunt, everyone from the commune searched for ya everywhere!" Marie says emotionally with tears streaming down her face. Logan holds her back, preventing her from moving forward.
"The commune … daddy and Aunt, huh," Anna says, her smile faltering as she looks at Marie's tears. "Ah was found by mah new Mama in the forest and been with her ever since," she adds, her smile returning.
"New Mama?" Marie asks in confusion.
"Ya will love her. Now that ya are a mutant too, ya can live with us. We can be together under one house just like old times, Sugah'!" Anna says with a wide happy smile.
"Mutant? Wait a minute, did ya come here to meet me just because Ah have become a mutant?" Marie asks incredulously, wiping her tears away.
"Yes, now that ya are a mutant, we can stay together. Ya can even join our cause. Ah can teach ya how to become strong like me," Anna says, clenching her fists with a wide smile. "Ya won't be a cryin' little girl anymore... No one will bully ya or laugh at ya. If anyone does, ya can just beat 'em up or ya can even kill the normal weak humans. As the Leader always says, we are the superior race anyway!" Anna's eyes gleam with a mad glint as she speaks.
"Superior? Leader? Fightin'? Killin'?" Marie asks, her confusion deepening."What are you babblin' about, Anna? And who's this scary-looking woman with ya? Have ya joined a gang?"
"Ya will know about everything, sugah. Just come with me," Anna offers with a smile as she extends her hand.
"Bub, I think your sister is a little cuckoo in her head... If I was you, I wouldn't go with her," Logan says seriously, still locking eyes with the other woman who was giving her dangerous vibes.
"Anna, what happened to ya?" Marie asks again, her voice cracking, as she gazes at her twin sister... Anna looked so different from herself, so different from the sister she remembered!
"Stop callin' me that! Mah name is Rogue!" Anna suddenly snaps, yelling as she stamps the ground.
Boom!
A small crater forms underneath her feet as the wild woman besides Anna steps back, eyeing her warily.
Logan regards Anna seriously, her body tensing, ready for a fight. Marie stands in shock at her sister's sudden outburst.
Anna takes a deep breath, massaging her head, and turns back to Marie with a strained smile. "Why don't ya just come back with me, sugah? Ya are my sister, aren't ya?" she says, extending her hand again.
"W-why don't we sit d-down somewhere... and have a talk first?" Marie says, wanting to understand what had happened to her sister.
"So ya are sayin' no then?" Anna says, lowering her hand. "Bring her to me," she commands.
"As you say, Rogue," the woman beside her replies, walking forward with nails looking dangerously sharp. Logan steps forward, shielding Marie from her view.
Suddenly, a long extended tongue snaps from the side straight towards Marie at high speed. Before either Logan or Marie can react, it bounces harmlessly off the air.
"Ouch!" a man's voice exclaims from Logan and Marie's right side, as a man with a long tongue hops down.
Logan looks above as you appear, standing in the sky in your Aeon supersuit.
You had heard the explosion, and DAISY had informed you of what was happening near Logan and Marie. Seeing as how the patrons in the bar wanted to check it out, you used your Temporal Looping Powers to trap them in a loop and then knocked them all out, not wanting them to meddle in what looked like a fight about to happen.
You then turned invisible and arrived at the scene, where you saw the other sister of Marie, Anna, who didn't look mentally stable. And by that small display of strength, she definitely was powerful!
You identified the feral-looking woman beside her as the female version of Sabretooth, judging by how she was eyeing Logan.
Honestly, you knew this universe was messed up, so a gender change of some characters you previously knew about was something you were used to.
You saw how a hidden Toad was reaching for the Swan, so you used a forcefield to bounce his filthy tongue off and canceled your invisibility.
"If Marie doesn't want to go, then no one can take her away!" you announce as you extend your hand and use your power, Temporal Looping, wanting to trap them all in a loop.
The Toad vanishes from the place and goes back to the tree, jumping down and repeating the motion, while Sabretooth vanishes, goes back inside the forest, walks ahead, and repeats.
But Anna is looking at you with an irritated face. "This doesn't concern ya, Aeon!"
Logan looks up at you and sniffs her nose in recognition, while Marie looks up, her eyes going toward your crotch. "Luke," she murmurs in a low voice with a red face recognises it even through your tight pants!
You were somewhat surprised that your Temporal Looping Power didn't work on Rogue, though not entirely shocked."She's your sister, isn't she? Instead of forcing her, why not have an honest talk with her?" you suggest calmly.
"Who do you think you are, telling me what to do?!" she yells in annoyance.
BOOM!
"Agh!" You find yourself on the ground with your brain rattled, feeling like the daylights were knocked out of you, with even your hearing was left impaired.
"NOO! Don't hurt him!" you hear a woman's scream as you look up. Floating where you were is Anna, looking down at you with a smirk. You were apparently sprawled on the ground right now.
Marie is the one who just screamed before, as Logan is holding her back from going near you right now.
You taste blood in your mouth and realise your jaw is dislocated. Using Metal Constructs, you repair your bent helmet and take a deep breath. Channeling Chi Manipulation, you heal your wounds and regain focus.
"Well, well, look at ya," Anna says with a smirk. "Most folks crumple after a taste of my fist. Seems ya're a tougher nut to crack. But two punches are always better than one, wouldn't ya say sugah?"
You notice that on the ground, both Sabretooth and Toad have been released from the loop, as you couldn't concentrate on keeping it up just now. Hell, you couldn't even react to her speed!
Sabretooth grins, dashing toward Logan and pouncing. Logan retaliates, swiping at her with her metal claws and flinging her aside. Sabretooth rises with three long, deep gashes on her chest, her bra torn, but Logan watches in surprise as the wounds heal instantly, mirroring her own regenerative powers.
"Ah! I have missed you, sister! It will be fun to bathe in your blood again," she says with a crazed grin, dashing back towards Logan.
"I don't have any sisters, you crazy psycho!" Logan yells, charging towards her.
Toad appears near Anna, his long tongue flicking out menacingly. "Let's not make this difficult," he says as his tongue flashes toward Marie to ensnare her.
As you prepare to use your forcefield, Anna appears in front of you, ready to punch again. This time, you react quickly, activating your Electric Aura and Chi Manipulation powers to dodge her attack.
But her punch goes through your Electric Aura easily with not even a flinch from her.
Boom!
"AAAH!" Toad yells as he retracts his burned tongue.
You erect another barrier just in time for Anna's punch, but both your Radiant Shield and Psionic Forcefield are shattered instantly. You skid along the ground, though the force was mostly absorbed by the destroyed shields.
You had noticed the red blast that blasted the Toad's tongue away, but you are still surprised by the new arrival.
It was Cyclops, but female. "Back off," she orders Toad, her hands beside her visor, which was glowing red.
"Why are y'all butting in mah family matters!" Anna yells in rage, flying up and coming straight towards you.
RUMBLE! CACKLE!
Her flight is interrupted as she is thrown back by a big Lightning Bolt. You notice that the sky is covered by storm clouds, and a woman emerges floating in the air and surrounded by lightning.
You smirk as you use your Power: Storm's Embrace, covering your body in electricity as you rise up beside the woman. She looks at you in wonder, wind and lightning swirling around both of you, but your attention is on Anna, who is flying straight towards you both with an angry face.
Seeing the lack of damage on her, you question yourself in wonder if this version of Rogue had really absorbed all of Captain Marvel's powers just like in the comics. If it is true, then there is no way you would even be able to scratch her.
BOOM! BOOM!
On the ground, Toad leaps around Cyclops, dodging her lasers, trying to close the distance. Logan and Sabretooth's fight is bloody, both attacking each other without thinking about defence.
Marie looks at the people fighting, both on the ground and in the air, tightening her gloved fists in frustration.
"You'll never beat me, sugah!" Anna taunts, dodging Storm's and your lightning.
She then smirks, tanking your lightning blast and zooming toward you. Instead of punching you, she grabs your metal helmet. "Ah always wanted to see who was behind this mask!" she says, ripping apart the front of your metal helmet with her hands.
"Ah my, ya are the most handsome guy Ah have ever seen, sugah," she exclaims, as her eyes meet yours. "Too bad, but ya shouldn't have been in mah way!" she says, removing her gloves and touching your face.
You drop your serious, helpless face as a smirk plays on your lips. "Huh?!" she looks weirdly at your reaction.
You use Metal Constructs on your gloves, transforming them into bracelets, and with your bare hands, you grab her face.
"What? How are ya still awake?!" she exclaims, wide-eyed.
"You are not the only one with powers, sugar!" you say with a smirk, pressing your lips against hers, as you kiss her!
She struggles, but against your vice grip, with her powers neutralized by your Personal Anti-Power ability, she can't do anything. You stick your tongue inside her mouth as your kiss her passionately, descending and using Metal Constructs to close your helmet halfway, to protect your identity.
Anna keeps struggling until you float back to the ground and break the kiss.
"Let me go ya creep!" She says with a flushed face.
You lick your lips and let her go. She backs away, jumping a significant distance as her powers return.
"Fall back!" Anna shouts as she looks at you vigilantly. Toad, who was relatively unharmed, and Sabretooth, whose bra was in tatters, go beside her. Sabretooth's eyes are locked on Logan, who returns the glare with equal intensity.
Storm arrives with a breeze, floating down beside you, her gaze occasionally shifting to you. Cyclops stands with her hand on her visor, watching the three of them vigilantly.
"Marie, come with me!" Anna says, opening her arms and looking at her sister.
"No!" Marie says, her gaze shifting to you, remembering the promise. She turns to Anna, her voice trembling with emotion. "Anna, why can't we sit down and talk? Ah have so much to share about mah life, mah school, and about mah favorite person!... Ah want to know everything that happened to ya too. Sister, can't we find a place where it's just the two of us to talk? Why do ah have to go with your group? Why do we have to fight? Please, Anna, let's just talk." Her eyes plead with her sister, filled with hope and longing.
"Ah have told you, Sugah', mah name is Rogue!" Anna says with a bitter smile. She then looks at you. "This isn't over!" She declares as she floats up and flies away into the forest.
"Nooo! Anna!" Marie tries to go towards her, but you stop her. Silent tears shed from her eyes as she sees Anna disappearing into the forest.
"Sh-She has changed so much! B-but at least she is alive," Marie says, sobbing into your chest.
Logan hisses as Sabretooth gives her a neck-cutting gesture before retreating into the forest.
Logan stares at her destroyed bike, her mood darkening further. She then turns towards the two newcomers, her eyes narrowing."Who the fuck are you guys?"
The girl in the visor steps forward. "I am Scottie Summers, and this is Ororo Munroe. We are from Xavier's Institute for Gifted Children!"
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Sabertooth's gender has been switched to Female in this quest!
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[Tier 3: Transcendent Human Physiology (59/100) -> Tier 3: Transcendent Human Physiology (79/100)]
[Tier 3: Phoenix Magic (25/100) (Apprentice) -> Tier 3: Phoenix Magic (45/100) (Adept)]
[Tier 2: Transcendent Angel Mage (8/100) -> Tier 2: Transcendent Angel Mage (18/100)]
[Tier 3: Lightning Angel (51/100) -> Tier 3: Lightning Angel (81/100)]
[Tier 3: Earth Portal Creation (30/100) (Apprentice) -> Tier 3: Earth Portal Creation (70/100) (Adept)]
[Tier 3: Chi Manipulation (44/100) (Adept) -> Tier 3: Chi Manipulation (54/100) (Adept)]
[Tier 4: Metal Constructs (30/500) (Apprentice) -> Tier 4: Metal Constructs (50/500) (Apprentice)]
[Tier 3: Electricity Manipulation (0/100) (Novice) -> Tier 3: Electricity Manipulation (20/100) (Apprentice)]
[Tier 3: Temporal Looping (34/100) (Adept) -> Tier 3: Temporal Looping (44/100) (Adept)]
[Tier 3: Force Field Manipulation (90/100) (Expert) -> Tier 4: Force Field Manipulation (0/500) (Adept)]
[Tier 4: Personal Anti-Power (50/500) (Apprentice) -> Tier 4: Personal Anti-Power (60/500) (Apprentice)]
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Updated Summary:
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Force Field Manipulation (From Susan Storm)
[Tier 1]
Psionic Shields: Able to create small psionic shields that provide slight protection against minor physical attacks.Psionic Blasts: Capable of producing harmless psionic blasts in one direction, enough to push back an average human.
[Tier 2]
Larger Shields: Able to create larger psionic shields up to 4 feet in diameter. These shields can protect against more substantial physical and energy attacks.Destructive Blasts: Capable of producing small destructive psionic blasts that can damage or disorient opponents.
[Tier 3]
Versatile Shields: Can create force fields of varying shapes and sizes with greater versatility and durability, covering multiple people or objects.Significant Protection: Shields can withstand significant impacts, such as car crashes or heavy artillery fire, providing reliable protection.Moderate Force Blasts: Force blasts are more powerful, capable of causing moderate damage to objects or knocking out superhuman opponents.
[Tier 4]
Building-Sized Shields: Can generate force fields that cover and protect a small building or multiple individuals.Substantial Defence: Shields can withstand heavy impacts, including sustained energy blasts and explosive forces.Destructive Force Blasts: Force blasts can cause significant damage to structures, such as blowing apart walls or incapacitating multiple foes at once.
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