Cat in The Fort
10/7/1948, Fort Erskine, The Teton Wilderness
The scientists had all seemed to be nervous as the soldiers looked towards Aix who had a notebook, “What’s going on?” Harrison Callahan asked in curiosity, making the alien looked towards the man, “I’m going to be speaking to the man known as Victor Creed, he’s an oddity due to his files.” She said and hearing that, the man was confused, “What do you mean?” he asked.
“She means that Sergeant Creed is something like all of you… unusual, and since his brother is unavailable, he’s the next best thing, which Joseph is picking up, now.” he explained and hearing that, Solar Flare had been surprised to say the least before he felt the light of the Power Prism, still unsure how he was able to, but glad for it as he headed over to the entrance.
From there, Doctor Spectrum had come in with an opaque bubble before letting it go and releasing the man inside, there they saw that there was a brunette man who was wearing a flannel and jeans, looking like he just went through a roller coaster, the man had been relieved and got up, “Woo! That was nasty!” Victor said with a grin, making Solar Flare confused before he approached.
“Hey there, I’m–” “One of the new guys, right?” Victor asked, making the hero surprised by that before he headed over to the center, looking around now with interest, “Gotta say, I was expecting this to be in some alley or a trap, not an actual military base like this, it made the man confused before he discovered that there was Aix who was examining him, “I have to say, this is the strangest Stranger I’ve ever met.”
That made the woman confused, “Stranger?” She thought, going to approach and press her hand to his arm, “Ah you have Celestial contamination.” She said, making the man and the others look at her in confusion, “Are you saying that I’m sick?” He asked, making the woman shake her head, “No, it just means that… that your Strange is from something VERY old, and VERY powerful.” She told him.
That made him curious before she grabbed him by the hand, “Come along, testing must be done.” She told him, making the Mutant look towards the group that were there before nodding, “Alright, lead the way, lady.” he said, making her smile towards that, heading away to see that there was a few of them all looking towards each other now with some confusion and a but of worry with what would happen next.
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10/7/1948, Medical Center, Fort Erskine
Robert had walked in and saw that there was Victor who was half naked and getting examined, the man drinking some vodka straight from the bottle and as he did so, there was a smile on his face, “If it isn’t my favorite little man!” Robert said, going to hug him, “Zarda would have loved to have been here with you! But she’s back home, busy with Howard making plans.” he said with a wiggle of his eyebrows.
That made Victor laugh, “I’ll be in Asia for the next couple of years, but make sure to send me some photos!” he told the Speedster and hearing that, the man smiled before seeing that there was something that made the man confused, Aix had been splitting apart his arm, looking over everything before putting it back together, “What are you doing?” Robert asked of Aix.
“Examining the entirety of his biology, with his permission.” She told him and hearing that, Robert looked to Victor who nodded, “Hurt’s like when I was burned alive, but it’s fine.” he said towards him as Aix examined his claws, “Apologies, but they call you Sabretooth, correct?” She asked of him, “Yeah, they do.” he said, making the woman look at him in confusion, “But your claws are more that of a Bear.”
That made him chuckle, “Well, Sabrebear doesn’t have as nice of a ring, does it?” he asked jokingly, making the woman look towards him with confusion towards that, “May I have a sample? I would like to see if there are others like you, my technology will allow me to do as much.” She explained and hearing that, the man was curious, “I mean… I’ve got some family, but I don’t know–”
“Don’t worry, this will be on my own system which the others cannot interfere with in any way, besides, it can only track those that you are biologically related to.” Aix said and hearing that, the man sighed, “I have to ask, is there any way to… I don’t know, tell me when you find anyone?” he asked, making the woman nod, “Of course, I don’t mind.” She said towards him, pressing a button on her wrist.
Something seemed to pop out, “Thank you Yttriumite Pocket–Tech.” Aix said and hearing that, the two of them were confused by that before they had noticed that there was two pieces of strange metal that she proceeded to give to Victor, “Consume that and I will be able to speak to you once your DNA has showed a match.” The bot said and hearing that, the man nodded.
“Great to hear, so what’s next? Do I just let you keep cutting me open or can I walk around?” Victor asked and hearing that, Robert looked towards him with some surprise before Joseph had entered as well, “Hey there, Victor, is there something off about you?” Doctor Spectrum said as Victor ate the device, “Nope, just letting your doc cut me open, where’d you find her anyways?” he asked.
“Sin–Cong, anyways, Burr wanted me to–” “Burr?” Victor snarled, getting up, “Where?!” he snapped towards the group, making them confused why he was so angry to hear that name when they had seen that there was a a soldier that had aimed a pistol towards him, making the Mutant leap forward, making Aix try to use her powers, Robert and Joseph confused as he grabbed at the man, “WHERE’S BURR?!” he snarled.
“H–His office.” he told Victor, making him nod before headbutting the man and running, “We need to warn everyone, NOW.” Robert said, going to run through the fort while Aix started to send a telepathic message towards everyone in the Fort, “Victor Creed is hunting Director Burr, shoot to kill, his healing factor won’t allow him to die.” She said as Joseph hoped the man would survive.
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Desmond Burr had been looking over the files when he got the telepathic message, making him look and see that there was a soldier coming in, “We’re on high alert, I need you to–” “You’re Burr?” the man asked, aiming a pistol towards him, making Desmond pause, looking towards the man and seeing his fangs, his claws and the pistol that had made him pause in worry.
“Okay… let’s calm down.” he told Victor who glared, “Where’s Silas Burr?” he snarled, making Desmond realize what was going on, “He hurt you?” he asked the man, making Victor shake his head, “He hollowed me to make a monster, he tried to break my brother and… and I’ll kill him if he goes after my sister again, “I’ll kill you, understood?” he asked of Desmond.
That made Desmond look him over, “You’re a feral like me and my family, aren’t you?” he asked of him while Victor glared, “And he loved to break us to try and make us like him.” the man continued as he readied to attack again, hearing that, Desmond sighed, “I don’t know where Silas is, he loves to have fun wherever he wants.” the younger Burr explained towards the Feral.
“But he has some… hunting grounds that he prefers to frequent.” he said towards the man, showing places that had been attacked by him in the past, “Watch out though, he’s been getting worse since The Second World War.” he said and hearing that, the man glared towards him before he cocked his head, seeing that there were dates on them and it made the man nod.
“Fine, I don’t mind–” he started to say towards them and hearing that, Desmond wanted to attack the man, to hurt him, but there was a noise which made the two of them turn and see that soldiers were all there, “Sorry, but I don’t think that I’m going to let these assholes arrest me.” he said, going to raise the pistol and shoot by his head, making the soldiers open fire into him.
Desmond watched as he had been riddled with bullets, a feral grin on his face as he looked towards them before falling onto the ground, looking like he was laughing out blood and it made Desmond concerned as The Squadron members there had rushed in and as they did so, Aix was about to speak before Desmond spoke, “Get this corpse out of here, now.” Desmond ordered.
The Squadron members had wondered what set him off, what made the man do something so ridiculous and so feral, it made them all want to ask, but now they needed to make sure that he was at least sent off the way he deserved, “He has family in Thompson, I’ll bring it there.” Joseph said, making the others all nod towards that as they headed to make the preparations.
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10/7/1948, Thompson, Michigan
Joseph had landed in Thompson, the coffin by him as he walked into the center of town, “Excuse me?” he asked, dressed in civvies with his Prism hidden away, “I’m looking for The Creed Residence, can anyone tell me–?” he started to say before there was a noise, it made him pause, looking around with confusion, looking around before seeing that there was a shift in the coffin before it was hit again.
Joseph had gotten concerned, worried the residents there looked towards him, “Hey, is that Clara, Victor or Jimmy?” one of the older men there asked, making Joseph confused, “What–?” he started to ask before all of a sudden, a fist had punch up and opened up the coffin, Victor gasping for air, looking around towards everything before seeing him, “Thanks for the ride, Joseph.” he told him.
But Doctor Spectrum was still shocked by the sight, making him unsure what happened as Victor had stretched, looking at his clothes, “Dammit, Clara’s gonna kill me.” he said before looking towards Joseph who was still shocked, “What?” he asked, making the man look towards the holes and how he had no wounds at all which made the Feral realize what was up.
“Oh, that’s because I’m… wait, didn’t you hear what me and your doctor were talking about?” he asked, making the man shake his head, “I’m not normal, I’m a Stranger, I can heal from that and worse, like when I was burned alive, or when someone had torn off my arms, that was a bitch to get them reattached.” he said towards the man and hearing that, he was curious.
That made the Stranger get up and look around before he saw his house, “Great, I can hide there before my sister comes back.” he said, making the man confused, “Wait, why are you hiding from your sister?” he asked of Victor who sighed, “Don’t worry about it, just know that she’s either in New York or Washington DC right now.” Victor explained towards him which made Joseph still confused.
“Do you mind if I come with you? I want to ask a few more questions?” he asked of the older man and hearing that, the man took a breath, looking towards her an then towards the direction he was heading, “Alright, come on.” he said, making Joseph wonder what kind of hunting lodge his family lived in, looking to the coffin, he saw that a morgue was already taking it away, making him wonder how often this happened.
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10/7/1948, Creed Residence, Thompson
To say that the place was a surprise would have been putting it lightly, “Come on, Saul’s running around in Canada, or he’s in Ravencroft, you never know with him.” The Brunette said, pointing towards an array of wood carvings that were there, “Saul?” he asked of him, “My Nephew, big, blonde, and you’re lucky that he isn’t here.” the man said which made Doctor Spectrum Curious.
“Sit down, the round table’s where we usually sit.” he said and hearing that, Joseph went to sit at one that had a wolf stitched into the back, making the man chuckle as he sat at another that was there, Joseph was looking around and as he did so, the man noticed that there was a blonde woman with a half scarred face who seemed to be there with the others, “So, what do you want to know?” he asked.
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10/21/1948, Desmond Burr’s Office, Fort Erskine
Desmond had been looking over the latest reports that were there and as he did so, the phone rang, making him see that it was from the number of The Foundry’s number, “Did you find them?” he asked, “No, The Blue Man had lured our trackers away, we just lost him in Alaska, we’re sending DeAhna to head South, maybe try and find her.” Thompson said.
That made the man pause and look towards the images that were sent on the cameras, “The man is John Howlett Junior… and unfortunately he has a few bits of blackmail against The United States Government.” the man said towards Thompson, “Which means as long as they’re in United States Territory, we can’t touch either one of them.” He loyal second said.
“No, so the best we can do is leave someone that can keep an eye on the pair of them.” he declared which made the man sigh, “See if you can send DeAhna first before we set up a blind to watch them, I don’t trust any of The Squadron Savage.” he said, “Will do, DeAhna should be interested in Las Vegas.” He told Burr who nodded while he saw that Joseph came in and approached him.
“Keep up the good work.” he ordered, going to hang up and look to him, “Here you are, everything that we could find out about Clara Creed thanks to our contact in Department H and were able to get this about Vixen and their Sabretooth.” he said, making the man look over them both and seeing what they had on them, the one called Sabretooth being in Ravencroft since the war.
“Jesus, this kid looks like my brother.” he said, seeing how he seemed to get more feral as years went down before eventually they had lead up to the confinement, the one known as Vixen on the other hand appeared to be retired, seeing Dum Dum Dugan which made the group worried by the sight before they realized that she had some serious connections which made collecting her difficult.
“Stay away from them, Victor is blacklisted and it seems that James Howlett is stuck in Japan for now.” he said and hearing that, Joseph raised his eyebrow towards that before he had seen that there was a few more files that he needed to deal with right now before he saw that there was something else, they had the file for Bobo and everything about him which meant they had a way to keep him quiet.
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10/28/1948, The Medieval, Las Vegas
DeAhna had been looking towards the two adults, the woman that was known as The Native had appeared dressed up in a suit, her hair had been groomed and had a ponytail which kept her bangs out of her face as she looked around while the man seemed to have inspiration from asian culture in his fashion which made the woman log it away for later use, just in case.
As she went to play at the roulette table, DeAhna noticed that there was something else which made her confused, a scarred man walked over, looking more like he belonged in the wilds before he went to whisper in John Howlett’s ear, “What is going on?” She thought in her head when the dealer spoke, “And you win again, ma’am.” he told her, making The Majesdanian look at her winnings.
“Thank you.” DeAhna told them before wishing that she could talk to Harrison, it was annoying that he was living in The Teton Wilderness when he wasn’t home, and it made them not able to see each other more than they liked, “Here.” she said towards them, going and pressing the marker for her money onto the green marking and that made the man curious and confused.
He went to spin it again, all of them watching the group and as she and her crowd watched the ball, it was spinning, spinning and spinning before DeAhna had done it again, a few small pushes, a few hits here and there before they had stopped, the ball landing on the green slot and made the crowd start to cheer louder towards them and hearing that, there was a hand on her shoulder.
That made the woman turn and look up to see that there was the woman that they had been looking for and as the woman snarled, DeAhna had realized that there was a snarl and then a fist which made DeAhna realize that she had recalled her scent and it made the alien worried, going and firing a thin beam, invisible to the visible spectrum right through her heart.
The woman gasped in pain, stumbling as DeAhna grabbed at her winnings and started to walk away, she was compromised, getting to the booth to cash in her winnings, DeAhna had looked towards the security coming as her money was handed over, she gave a smile before creating a field around her, not able to be seen before flying upwards, she’d need to hide somewhere, but at least they knew more.
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10/28/1948, The Golden Gate Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas
DeAhna had been looking through everything and as she had looked through everything, the files and the images that were there before she saw that there was something, multiple files that were concerning the man but very few on the scarred man that she had been able to gather from everything before The Majesdanian went to dial in the number for the Foundry.
“This is us, what is it?” The Director had asked of her, “I made contact with John Howlett, The Native and a third man that went by the name of Dog Logan–” “Did you say Dog Logan?” He said and hearing that, the woman was curious, “Yes, what is–?” she started to say before there was a pause, “That man? Dog Logan? He’s a dangerous man, and if he working with John Howlett then we need to be careful.”
That made the woman surprised by that as she went to get the telescope that was set up and looked towards The Medieval, curious and cautious before seeing that there was a telescope on the other end and it was pointed from the penthouse, seeing that on instinct, she had went back into the invisible spectrum, seeing that no one was there for now, great, but there was also the fact that she was going to have to move.
She saw that there was John Howlett and he was holding a girl, the toddler had platinum blonde hair who seemed to be focused on his hands as if she were trying to find something, it made DeAhna wonder what was going on when she realized that there was Dog Logan there as well, looking towards him with a smile before DeAhna went to the phone, “Okay, I have them and–” she started.
“And…?” He asked of DeAhna and hearing that, the woman thought, knowing that there might be a bit of danger, “And it looks like Dog and John Howlett are closer than we thought.” she told him, they wouldn’t be able to do anything against them just yet, but there was still a job, and hopefully that little girl wouldn’t be caught up in what they were doing right about now.
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10/31/1948, Project Nightlight, Project Tomorrow
Howard Stark Senior and his team had watched the device, none of them had known what they would see, but from the files that they had acquired about The Shadow Man that The Scarlet Centurion had brought forth, they were curious about his… shadow energy and the applications for it, “Alright then, Can any of you tell me when the portal is ready?” Howard asked of them.
Hearing that, the assistant who was leading the project approached, “We’re ready to power it up, sir.” he said with a smile, going to punch in the energy before the man saw that there was something strange that was going on, “What is that supposed to be?” Howard asked as the portal began to coalesce into a sphere, shooting off ebony lightning that was arching towards them.
Shocked by that, they had started to back away now while beings began to crawl out front the sphere, what looked to be men and women that had purple skin and glowing eyes which made the man shocked at the sight as he went to pull the alarm, they had no idea what they had released, but whatever it was? It was dangerous and could risk revealing everything.