3rd POV:
Just. Keep. Them. Coming. Oscorp. Woohoooooo.
Nexus silently grinned behind his mask as he held Scorpions stinger in place. Say what you want, but it seems the comic books severely understated the sheer toxicity of the chemicals in his stinger.
Wait. Was it toxic? They were talking about chemicals here, but at the same time due to how the scorpion suit functioned it could be argued that the liquid was venomous since it needed to be injected.
Wait, no. Snap back to focus Nexus.
The toxic chemicals would kill a grown man in seconds and would severely affect people with increased metabolism even if they could heal. Nexus could tell with his powers that even Spider-Man or Ghost Spider would be severely affected.
It was a good thing then that they had him then as the stinger could not penetrate his skin.
While Nexus held the stinger in place and Ghost Spider pulled at Scorpions arm with her webs, Spider-Man jumped up before sling shooting himself down and delivering a powerful kick that knocked Scorpion out.
Which honestly, yeah.
Say what you want but it was three against one, each one of the three being able to lift several tens of tons. All Scorpion had was his stinger and mechanized scorpion suit. And while he had the potential to be a danger, he was a minor one so long as they minded his stinger.
The police came and cuffed him, seeing as the danger was over now.
''Thank you all three. Lord Satanael be with you, but we will take care of him from here,'' the police officer said making his colleague roll his eyes.
''Uhh, Lord Satanael be with you?,'' Spider-Man said back and waving a hand unsurely. He still needed to get in the habit that police officers were much more friendly to them now. Ghost Spider rolled her eyes but said nothing as she cast a side eye at Nexus who, despite not giving anything away, she knew was holding in a laughter.
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Welp, that was fun, but now it was time for another persona.
Enter Reaver, but Bell was gonna make adjustments of his own, just like he did with Zero. The original Zero had a Geass after all, while his Zero had a portal creating ability.
Bell inspected his persona in their HQ. Reaver had a hoodie with a thorn cloak. He had a grey ethereal hand glove. His mask was adorned with skeletal pillars, past the gaps the void starred back. He also was hiding a sword in a pocket dimension inside his ethereal glove. It was a katana with a crimson blade and spots of red on the handle. Seeing as he needed no sheathe, because he was going to store the blade in his glove he didn't bother with making one.
Knowing his track record,he was not going to adhere to a skill list of powers as strongly as he tried with Joker or Zero. Joker had to summon Yaldabaoth and Satanael, when he was only meant to have guilt inducing telepathic attacks and clones, whereas Zero was meant to only create portals but then used telepathy to cure Jeans parents. He wasn't complaining since he had fun, but better not set himself up for another disappointment.
Reaver was going to have sword related abilities. He was gonna make it up as things went along. Doing it this way was just better.
''Oh? Have you created another one of your persona? Whatever you do please don't play with people feelings again like you did with Zero,'' Wanda said when entering the living room and noticing Bell stare at another figure. Bell turned around and raised an eyebrow, appreciatively looking her up and down. She was wearing a red leather jacket with dark red pants.
''That is far more than red than usual. Still, it looks good on you,'' Bell complimented.
''Whose fault do you think it is? Since you called me Scarlet Witch as Joker, everyone has been calling me that,'' Wanda huffed, posing a little. Hey, if he enjoyed it, she could pose a little for him. He was doing it too, when massaging her feet when they watched a show together or walking with no shirt through the HQ every now and then.
''You're saying as if red isn't your theme and you haven't been wearing lots of red before. Hell, you regularly paint your nails red and even your magic is red in energy. I KNOW it is by design,'' Bell jokingly replied. Then again, the natural and default color of her chaos magic was red, but by now she could change the color if she wanted. She has been advancing nicely with her training and only very rarely came to him for help.
''Well, that is true. I decided to go with full red now,'' Wanda replied, who stopped posing. He had enough fun.
''Hm. As I said it looks good on you. As for your question. This is Reaver. I don't know what his purpose is really for now, so I'll just have him be a lone wanderer for now. Whatever the case he has sword related abilities, what those are I will make up as I go along. You all constantly make me change my personas skill set,'' Bell complained, pointing an index at her with Reaver.
''One Slash...is enough,'' Reavers deep voice said as Wanda felt a brush of a thin blade at her throat. She quickly grasped it with surprise. Only to feel nothing there, when she removed her hand. She cast Bell a nasty look laced with disappointment. Reaver summoned his blade from his glove with a spark of purple flames and then slashed reality opening a portal to somewhere else. After walking through Reaver disappeared from the living room.
''Asshole,'' Wanda pointed out.
''All part of my charm, my little witch,'' Bell teased her.
''I'm older than you,'' Wanda replied good heartedly, approaching Bell and pushing herself against him. She was also just a few millimeters taller, but for them that wasn't really an argument that could be made.
''I suppose,'' Bell replied mysteriously.
''Well, you could be even more charming by inviting me on a date,'' Wanda informed him.
''Pff. You just invited me yourself. But fine, let us go on a date, my dear witch,'' Bell told her. Right, he forgot that she came from Sokovia and was a little traditional in certain matters sometime. Something he tended to slip his mind every now and then, what with her having accepted to be in a harem and all.
She smiled satisfied and gave him a quick kiss then parted from him.
''Well, what are you waiting for? Let us go,'' Wanda told him.
Oh, right now? He supposed it was fine seeing as it was Friday and he could just clone himself more if the others needed him. He was always good at improvising.
''I have just the activity in mind. Come one, Wanda,'' Bell told her, before grabbing her hand and making them both jump through a portal.
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Laura walked through the forest alone. She liked her friends and loved Bell, but sometimes she just needed some alone time. Besides it wasn't like she completely left the X-Mansion premises, she was just a few kilometers or so away from it. Worst case scenario, she would scream and Logan would hear her. Assuming she wouldn't be able to take care of the danger herself.
Her life truly took a turn for the better compared to just a few years ago. Almost a year truly. She was about to resign herself to her fate, of becoming nothing more than a murdering tool for those people and now her she was.
She released a deep breath and took out her adamantium claws. Those things have brought her much trouble, but she guessed she couldn't get herself to hate them for without them she wouldn't be here.
She narrowed her eyes and sheathed them when she heard human foot steps from a few hundred meters away. The foot steps stopped.
''Ahahahaha, there it is. Did you hear me little dove. Have I scared you?,'' she could hear the voice mockingly ask. Laura quickly analyzed the situation. If the person could hear her from there, like she could hear them, then they probably had enhanced senses. She took a sniff. Unfortunately the wind was blowing in the opposite direction so she couldn't smell the enemies gender.
''Awww, what is the matter? Did I truly scare you that much, that you can no longer talk to little old me? Come now, you don't need to fear me. I'm your uncle after all,'' the person told her.
Laura narrowed her eyes further. Victor Creed then, Sabretooth and Logans half-brother. She read the files. What did he want with her?
''What do you want?,'' Laura asked back.
''So she can speak. I just wanted to talk with you, little dove,'' Victor informed.
''Not interested,'' Laura replied instantly.
''Hm, well you see. That is what you want, but I want something else. See, Logans birthday is coming up soon and I need to prepare his present as the good brother that I am. Surely, you won't say no to preparing a present for your father, will you little dove?,'' Victor cooed.
''I was described as heartless before, so no,'' Laura replied back. Victor laughed in amusement.
''Well, you are a funny girl. But I would prefer making a present for my brother and I can't take no for an answer,'' Victor joked, before snarling like a beast and starting to bolt towards her.
Hm, fighting it is then. Laura unsheathed her claws and waited for him. Knowing her own abilities, it was pointless to try and hide. The senses would just pick her up from her hiding place.
''There you are,'' Victor growled, bursting into the clearing.
Laura took a deep breath, readying for battle. Just like Bell had taught her. Rage was a good driving force, as was adrenaline, with her fighting style and her being a melee fighter, it was a certainty that she would get hurt most of the time. Even if she would survive with her healing factor, the pain was still there and would never dull since the healing factor would regenerate even damaged nerves.
But she should never let rage guide her. It tended to cloud the mind more often then not, so instead she should fight with controlled rage.
She calmly looked at Sabretooth who was frothing at the mouth like a wild beast. She knew from the files that, when Sabretooth fought he did so with a berserker like delight, giving himself fully to the beast inside him. Right now, Victor was more beast then man and she needed to exploit that, while minding his fighting style.
He lunged for and she slid under his legs while cutting a his achilles hill. In the one second Sabretooth was distracted she also subtly cut the earth a little up with her claws a little.
She sheathed them so that she could do a spinning handstand kick while she unsheathed her claws from her foot, cutting Sabretooths eyes, but he still grabbed her leg and slammed her into a tree with enough force to shatter it. He then slammed her into the splinters of the remaining stump, making her grunt in pain. He jumped on her and then proceeded to push his nails into her eyes.
Laura possessed enhanced strength as well, but she was still small and he was a man, so he had greater strength then her and overpowered her. She grunted in pain, especially as Sabretooth moved his fingers in her eye socket to inflict more pain.
She can play dirty as well, she slammed her claws into his ballsack making him grunt and disengage from her. She quickly and with some concentrated effort ripped herself away from the tree. Sabretooth has long healed from the sustained damage, but the pain was enough to bring him to his knees, which meant he couldn't stop her from freeing herself.
He snarled and leapt for her, no longer minding any pain as the rage from what she did dulled any further pain. He slammed his sharp nails into her abdomen, but she quickly cut of his arm at the wrist and delivered a a kick slashing his eyes again. She used the chance to scratch the same spot on the earth again making it even more looser and in the same movement cut his abdomen making his guts spill out. She dodge his swipes and grabbed his intestines as she retracted her claws for better grip and pulled him down while rolling under his legs.
The moment he landed on his stomach she jumped on his back only for him to slam his nails into her calf and drag her from his back and slam her into the ground. Before he could do anything, she grabbed a handful of the earth she loosened. It hasn't rained for a few days so the earth was hard, she could have only grabbed a pitiful amount hadn't she loosened the earth. Then she threw the earth in his eyes blinding him.
She rolled this time cutting of both his achilles heels and kicking the back of his knees, then she quickly cut the back of his neck to paralyze him for a few seconds and she slammed one claw hand in his skull while regularly cutting his neck. If his healing was similar to her and Logan as the files suggested then cutting of his head would do nothing.
Even now, what she was doing would buy her only seconds, if she didn't regularly damage him.
Hmm. She touched her armband with the intent to summon Bell for help. Originally the armband was only meant to teleport her to the HQ and to her original location back and forth, but then Bell argued that for his peace of mind, he would like them all to have the option to call him or any other for help should they need to.
''Yo, Laura. You need any help? I see you have the threat well in hand,'' Bell greeted her casually, simply popping into existence without much fanfare. Inside he was seething however. He read Victors mind the moment Laura involved him.
Basically with Logans birthday coming up in a few months, Victor, who found out Laura was his daughter, wanted to give him his annual present. He wanted to sell Laura in what was essentially a human trafficking ring, do all kinds of shit to her and then send the video tape to Logan. Quiet different to finding innocent civilians and murdering them, cutting them up and arranging them in a 'Happy Birthday' fashion. Or mutilating Logan in a fight. It seems that the more nefarious government organisations knew about his behavior, but allowed him to act this way so long as he was useful and went after people of no interest.
Laura stood up no longer needing to harm Victor as Bell would deal with him.
''And who are you supposed to be? Her boyfriend? I will enjoy making her watch as I kill you,'' Victor chuckled standing up. Bell removed all blood from Laura and fixed her clothes, making her nod in appreciation.
''Oh, you are acting casual, but I know you are seething inside. Does it anger you so, that I harmed your girlfriend? Don't worry I would have done much worse to her. Do you want to torture me for that?,'' Victor wheezed in delight, readying for a fight.
''Truth is, you would have never been an actual threat to Laura. You were and will always be an ant to us,'' Bell told him simply teleporting him in the middle of the sun. Laura caught the hidden meaning behind his words.
He really wanted to torture him, but hitting Victor where it hurt was far more satisfying. He thought he actually was SOMEONE in this was world of powerful people. What greater poetry could there be then the world simply moving on without even a thought about him? And yes that included Bell as well for if he tortured him he would live in his memories. Though he did make sure, to witness Victors last seconds as he was incinerated from existence. His healing powerful enough to buy just a few seconds despite the millions of Celsius inside the core of the sun.
Then again gravity also made sure to crush him at the same time.
''What did you do?,'' Laura asked. Bell quickly informed her that Victor was dead after teleporting him into the sun.
''Thank you,'' Laura said, taking his hand in hers.
''Of course. That is what you called me for,'' Bell replied sincerely.
''No. I know you were watching over me. Thank you for not interfering,'' Laura reiterated squeezing his hand when she saw one of his jaw muscles twitch.
''You are angry,'' Laura pointed out.
''No, I'm not,'' Bell denied.
''You are angry at yourself,'' Laura insisted before hugging him.
Bell was a man of principles and he stuck to them. He may always be describing himself as possessive and greedy, but he was very mindful of all of them inside his harem and never pushed things to far or did something they very TRULY uncomfortable with. He didn't see them as pets or slaves, which meant he wanted to always respect their agency even if they were not all equal in power.
She appreciated that a lot, what with her history and all.
She was sure he watched over all of them, though whether the others knew or suspected she knew not. He probably wanted nothing more than to step in and protect her from the pain from the very start, but respected her choice not to call him immediately more. But she knew if she had lost that fight, Bell would have stepped in regardless.
Bell sighed. Leave it to Laura to take complex matters and simplify them.
''Are you hurting?,'' Bell asked her concerned. It was fun to prank other, but his loved ones were another matter. So what if that made him a hypocrite? Humans were just not consistent enough to ever not be hypocritical in certain matters every now and then. Sue him.
''No. But there is still the phantom pain. Bell, take me home and give me a full body massage,'' Laura requested. There that should alleviate any feelings of guilt he has on this matter.
''What about the others. Won't they notice?,'' Bell asked.
''No. My strolls last well into the night,'' Laura simply explained. The X-Men knew by know that, Laura regularly went on a stroll on Fridays to stew in solitude.
''Alright then,'' Bell agreed simply teleporting them back home. Their HQ had all kinds of rooms one of them was a sauna.
Laura shamelessly began immediately undressing herself and then took a seat basking in the hot humid air. She didn't bother hiding anything from him and in fact spread her legs and arms a little, so he would have a full and clear view of her.
''Pervert. You know you are supposed to take a warm shower first, before hanging around in the sauna,'' Bell said while using his powers to keep his body under control. Laura was always so damn direct in what she wanted.
''Then wash me with warm water,'' Laura simply replied. She didn't know what his fixation was with wanting to do anything sexual only after they are all adults, but she would respect that in the same way he respected her agency.
Bell rolled his eyes and summoned warm water and some shampoo, quickly washing her telekinetically and then banishing the dirt and the water from her.
''Sit near me,'' Laura firmly requested, patting the spot next to her. While she may respect his choice she was not gonna make it easy for him.
Bell did as instructed and banished his clothes, took a quick warm shower as well and then sat down. Laura was a little disappointed seeing him wear a towel. She trailed her eyes slowly from his towel across his abs, chest mouth and then stopped at his eyes.
''Do you like what you see?,'' Laura asked while smirking.
''You are aesthetically pleasing to the eye,'' Bell replied, making Laura scoff.
''We could do something, if you want,'' Laura offered making sure to stretch a little as she put some more water into the heated stones.
''You are reading way to many hentais. Get your mind out of the gutter and just enjoy the moment,'' Bell joked. Laura narrowed her eyes.
''They are good source material,'' Laura defended her hentais. Bell hummed contemplatively. Laura quickly snatched the towel and ripped it from him.
''Hey!,'' Bell said affronted. Laura was tempted to point out how he could have easily stopped her in a number of ways. He was just as much a pervert as her. He should stop pretending otherwise.
''Calm down. If you don't want to, we won't do anything, but if you get to enjoy eye candy I want to enjoy some as well,'' Laura pacified him. She licked her lips a little and swallowed her saliva. He was ... big. She could tell that even with him being flaccid. One day he would spear her with that.
For the next few minutes the two just lazed around in the sauna, not saying anything. Though Laura looked him in the eyes, whenever she was getting sore and changing positions. How peculiar that she was always making such suggestive poses. Bell wondered what message she could be trying to convey. Truly this woman was a mystery.
Eventually Bell dressed himself while Laura walked naked to the massage table and laid down. Again she did not bother with a towel.
Bell oiled her up and then gave her a massage. In the time they lazed around in the sauna he had a clone of his learn up on proper massaging techniques, so he would give her the most relaxing massage possible.
First her arms then her legs, then her hands and feet and finally her back, neck and shoulders. Going by Lauras groans of pleasure, he seemed to be doing a good job on helping ease her phantom pain.
''You forgot something,'' Laura told him and then turned around. Bell shrugged and massaged her stomach as well. Unlike Gwen who had soft abs, Laura had more defined abs ass he was constantly training or sparring in her free time.
''You forgot something else,'' Laura said sticking out her chest and spreading her legs a little. Bell and Laura starred at each other. one challenging, the other stunned by her gall.
''Do it. You are just massaging me after all,'' Laura told him again.
''I can understand your chest, but you do know there are no muscles between your legs right,'' Bell told her. He lied. Of course there were muscles in a womans vagina, but he had no way of massaging them from the outside.
''Do it or don't. Either way stop dragging and give me a clear answer,'' Laura demanded.
Bell grasped her breasts. The oil letting him easily move his hands allowing him to massage her without any hindrance. Thank god, he got the idea to calm his hormones with his powers, because Laura was always so direct in what she wanted. Gwen was only growing more adorable every day and soon enough Jean, Rogue and Wanda probably wanted some sort of activity as well one day.
Once he was done with her chest, the two starred at each other again. Eventually Bell sighed.
''One day I will go all the way with you, but I'm sorry. I just don't think we should be doing this at our age, Laura,'' Bell apologized making Laura disappointed. She was hoping all this teasing would make him snap and devour her. Still, in the same way he respected her agency, she was going to respect his choice even if she tried pushing for more and though he was dumb for insisting they wait one more year and a few months.
She stood up and gave him a kiss, pressing her chest against his while putting her arms over his neck to bring him down a little since he was much bigger then her. They parted.
''You're dumb, but fine. Thank you for the massage, the phantom pain is gone now, so stop feeling angry at yourself,'' Laura said walking away from him. She was going to change in her room in their HQ.
Bell starred at her and once she left he narrowed his eyes.
He was still gonna wait for Gwen to gather enough experience on the field, before planning to increase her power in one way or the other. But Laura already had more than enough experience, so there was no reason to wait with her.
Hmm. There were a lot of things that could make her more powerful. He could just give her an ability like he did with Rogue. Sure, Laura, Rogue and Gwen may never be as powerful as him, Jean and Wanda but at least they would not be weaker than a lot of their enemies.
Or he could bring her to the Sanctum Sanctorum and have her learn sorcery there.
Hmm.
Better think on this for a bit and then make a decision.
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Rogue threw a boulder in the simulation room at Evans. They were training as a team again, even if they were missing a few members. Madelyne stopped the boulder with her telekinetic powers.
''Alright, everyone that is enough sparring for today,'' Logan said through the intercom making the X-Men stop their sparring.
After a quick review from Logan and a few pointers on what they could do better, he left them to their own devices.
''You know. You never told us how you got your powers. They seem to be permanent, or at least I haven't seen them degrade over time. Wait! Did you fully absorb someone?,'' Evans asked, making the others look at her curiously.
''No. Zero came and dropped someone at my feet one day and told me to absorb him fully. He was dead either way, but this way I would get something out of it,'' Rogue lied. That is the story they agreed on.
''But, how. We know your abilities you can even absorb the energy around you to empower yourself. How did he defeat him,'' Kurt asked.
''You killed someone?,'' Madelyne asked putting her hand over her mouth.
''Like, that is not what we need to focus on here. The guy was going to die either way. But like, what Kurt has asked is more important,'' Kitty replied to Madelyne. Zeros death made them more brutal, in a sense. They weren't going to go around killing people suddenly, but if someone was their enemy and they would get killed in front of them, then who cared?
''There are a few ways to beat some one like me. Starving, asphyxiation, drowning. Remove most forms of energy from me like gravity, light or even something as simple as the wind and you could defeat me. But how Zero brought that man to near death I don't know. The mans mind was fractured into million pieces and I can't make heads or tails of them. All I know for sure was that the man supplied information to Zero,'' Rogue told them.
''Information? You mean Zeros information broker on HYDRA facilities? I wonder what went between the two of them that caused Zero to kill him,'' Pietro latched onto that detail.
''Is there really nothing more you can tell us?,'' Scott asked, making Rogue shake her head.
''Then again Zero did say that all brokers were not loyal and only interested in the money. Which means they sell your information to others as well, guess that is something to keep in mind,'' Pietro sighed in sadness. Asshole even taught them lessons from beyond the grave. He kicked the ground a little.
Scott nodded, storing that info as the leader of the X-Men away for later.
''I still can't believe that the professor, like, did what he did to Jean,'' Kitty complained.
''The Professor will have to answer for that sooner or later, but that is between Jean and him and the gods, as they seem to exist. All we need to mind is that he doesn't tamper with our minds and uses his abilities for good,'' Scott said. They regularly asked Wanda if they had their mind affected by Xavier and so far he seemed to not do anything.
''What a time to be alive. We lost Zero and now we will never see Jean again as well. Two friends in the span of a few days,'' Evans complained.
''Jean just doesn't want to be near the professor, but that doesn't mean she isn't our friend anymore. We can always visit her and hung out with her. And I'm sure she would still come to help us if we need her. Stop acting so over dramatic,'' Rogue told them. Jean told her that.
''I guess. She moved in that apartment near that police station correct? I guess someone would like to visit her as well. Maybe stumble upon someone as well while visiting her,'' Evans teased, trying to pump himself up a little away from morbid thoughts.
Kitty punched him in the arm.
''But no, seriously. Why do you like Nexus so much? You still haven't told us anything,'' Rogue asked. She was fishing for some intel. Bell might not want to read a friends mind, but other means were fine as far as she was concerned. The other looked at Kitty curiously. She moved her head back and forth a few times.
''I just... I KNOW he would make me happy. Me and ...Ghost Spider. OK?,'' Kitty simply said turning her head from them and walking ahead of them a little. The other shared a look. Because that did make a lot of sense indeed.
They followed after her into the kitchen.
...
No one was here who could quick, so they just ate some frozen pizzas they heated up.
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Despite the Law of Solidarity being passed, Wanda and Bell simply teleported themselves to a festival in Italy. Seeing as they were both reality warpers they could avoid any trouble with police authorities.
''Did you have fun,'' Bell asked as he watched Wanda eat a candy bar. It was rather cold seeing as it was winter in the northern hemisphere, but Wanda was fine without a jacket as she was heating herself up with her magic. Bell was proud of her.
Yes, his dear. Come over to the dark side. We have ...cookies. Why not use reality defying powers for mundane things?
THAT IS THE ONLY WAY. SO LET'S GOOOOOOO.
That said. Bell adjusted his collar a little. Sure, he controlled his hormones, but Laura was just something else. There was more to sex then just hormones. A state of mind was important as well.
''I did. Thank you,'' Wanda said after devouring the candy bar like a lady. Bell made sure to remember looking up the recipe later to make more for her every now and then.
''Well, in that case, how about we go and look at that stan....,'' Bell was interrupted as he was pushed aside by a gaggle of girls who surrounded Wanda gushing over her. He felt an energy wash over him, which he didn't bother dispelling seeing as it was only meant to affect the mind.
Hm? Oh so they were trying to separate him and Wanda. OK then. Let's play a game of shadows. He began walking away, fully trusting Wanda to handle herself.
''O.M.G. Are you the Scarlet Witch? I'm your biggest fan. The way you helped the Phantom Thieves was totes awesome. Can I have your autograph?,'' one girl asked in english with an italian accent. Wanda looked at her, hiding the fact that she immediately found the girls suspicious. Bell and her were under a glamour, so no one would identify them. Only they could look at each other and see their true appearance. She reached out for Bell with her telepathy and found his void mind distancing himself from her. So he found this just as suspicious as her. Fine then.
She will be the bait and he the bite.
Wanda made sure not to sign with her actual name. She signed only with her hero alias. The girls didn't seem angry about this. If anything they seemed to gush about her signing their book.
''We have some more friends who would like to meet you. Would you mind meeting them as well,'' the girl asked her. Wanda shrugged and started following them. That was probably the weakest attempt to isolate someone, but sure. Not like she could complain seeing as she was still following them anyway.
After a while they ended up in the woods.
''I'm surprised you chose to follow us here. But still, we have to thank you. From the moment we noticed you on television we have been wanting to talk with you,'' one girl said.
''Indeed, sister,'' another girl replied.
''Now that we are done with this farce, could you answer what you want from me?,'' Wanda asked standing her ground, despite them surrounding her.
''We wanted to invite you into our sisterhood Wanda Maximoff. You are like us,'' began a woman.
''A witch.''
''Powerful at that too.''
''But untrained, you fail to grasp the full potential of the power you hold.''
''Join us and we will teach you.''
''I return for what? What is your goal?,'' asked Wanda.
''Power. Control. The right to practice our magic freely from the constraints of society.''
''Take your pick. Each one of us had a different reason for joining.''
''Not one reason lesser than the other.''
''Not one greater than the other.''
''All valid in their own way.''
Wanda doubted that seeing as she could read their minds like an open book. They wanted to take her powers for their own.
''Interesting proposition. And what would it cost me? There is always a price attached. Nothing is free in life after all,'' Wanda asked them.
''The price is in the name sister. We are the sisterhood. There is no place amongst us for a man thing.''
''Already your 'boyfriend' has found another woman to lust for.''
''I know it stings sister, but men are inferior. Best learn the lesson now, before you suffer a far harsher sting.''
''We can show you if you want. The face of your man thing.''
They didn't even wait for her affirmation, before chanting a spell and casting a window in front of her. In it Wanda saw how Bell went to a strip club and was receiving a lap dance.
She frowned. Was this simply parlor trick supposed to impress her? A more weaker illusion magic there could not be. And while she was in a harem she knew Bell was not the kind of man that would just pick up anyone from the streets. And he certainly would not visit a strip club of all things.
So not only were they weak, but they did not do any of their homework.
''Do you see sister. How quickly he betrayed you.''
''If you want we can bring him here to you, so that you may punish him.''
''Or we can, if you still hold some small affection for him, but still want to punish him.''
Wanda nodded. This would be interesting.
After a few minutes passed, another witch came into the clearing with Bell in front of her an absentminded look on his face. She forced him to kneel in front of Wanda and asked her if she wanted to do the honors of killing him. Wanda looked contemplative and starring at Bell. He winked before returning to his absentminded expression. The witches not catching anything as his back was turned towards them.
''I just have one more question,'' Wanda informed making the leader nod,''You are expandables aren't you?''
Wanda immediately erected a telekinetic shield as the entire clearing turned bright for a second and exploding in a shower of blue flames.
After a while Wanda let her shield down starring at the burned corpses. The blue flames were still raging as Bell stood up without a small trace of harm. Wanda quickly tried to extinguish the flames, but when she failed she just turned to repairing the damage around the wildlife and the trees.
''What are these flames?,'' Wanda asked Bell sending out a few red energy pulses. If nothing else the fires didn't seem to spread and mostly burned around the corpses.
''Soulfire. The name is self explanatory,'' Bell shrugged, extinguishing the flames and watching Wanda repair the surroundings a bit.
''So who were they? I didn't get much, except that they called the Sisterhood and wanted my powers,'' Wanda asked him after being done. It was always good to confirm ones findings in her opinion.
''Well, you said it yourself. They are expandables. I went through their head as well and it seems the only person that was of significance was their teacher teaching them sorcery. They were operating on faulty logic and thought that you would give them the Darkhold,'' Bell explained.
''I caught that as well. But they didn't seem to know what the Darkhold was. Do you?,'' Wanda asked making Bell shake his head. He genuinely didn't. He wasn't omnipotent. Hell,even Stan wasn't.
''Shame. So taking my powers would have somehow given them this Darkhold. And their magic teacher is interested in that, which only means we have a future enemy,'' Wanda reasoned.
''Sorcery. Not magic,'' Bell corrected.
''What is the difference?,'' Wanda asked.
''Magic is inherent, like you and I. It is innate, if you will. We think it and it happens, that type of thing. Sorcery can be learned by anyone. Some having more affinity for it then others and so longs as they find an energy source or have enough of their own energy, they can do incredible things. BUT it requires incantation or gestures as you have seen from them,'' Bell informed her. He was kind of disappointed in them. They didn't any kind of defenses. They just ...died. They genuinely should have posed just a little more of a challenge.
''Wait! Do you think Gwen, Laura and Rogue can pick this up?,'' Wanda asked hopefully. More so Laura and Gwen seeing as they were the weakest of them all. They kind of grew on her a little and she worried.
''Hmm. That is certainly a thought. But first we should investigate this. And I ave JUST the right man for this job. Not only will we find out about the Darkhold, but also find more about the Sisterhood,'' Bell told her vindictively, making her roll her eyes.
''Do you think there is more of them? Was this the actual Sisterhood or were they just a font?,'' Wanda asked taking his hand in hers and starting to walk away from here. They erased all traces of the massacre and had no more reason to stand there.
''Of course there is more of them. Hello? The teacher or have you forgotten (*Wanda blushed a little at the blunder*)? As for the other questions. I doubt it. Sisterhoods never work. Everyone always tries to advance their interest and in the end they tear each other apart. So this was most likely a font to scout you out, If you ask me that was a lot of time invested in teaching them all sorcery, so we are dealing with someone patient,'' Bell reasoned.
''So if they wanted to scout me out then where were they? I didn't feel any other presence for miles around us,'' Wanda asked.
''Yes, I'm wondering that too,'' Bell frowned. Either he was tripping or he was outsmarted. He sent his mind back in time to read their memories more carefully.
Pfffffff. Hahahahaha.
Those stupid bitches took initiative of their own volition, wanting to make their teacher proud. If it weren't so sad it would be almost kind of cute. Bell quickly informed Wanda of the fact.
''I guess that is one worry gone. Our enemy not knowing our true strength,'' Wanda sighed in relief.
''Do you need my help with the investigation?,'' Wanda asked Bell.
''No. I want my Reaver persona to stretch his legs a little. Of course when it comes to our mysterious enemy you can join in fighting them,'' Bell told her making her roll her eyes. There he goes again, with his amusement and stuff. She gave give him a quick kiss on the cheek.
Well, she found it endearing anyway.
And Bell knew, just where to start his investigation.
Seems all things lead to the Sanctum Sanctorum recently.