Volume 6: Secret Invasion Chapter 12: Trouble Everywhere You Go
"Shua"
The light of teleportation flickered, and the Hat cast a spell himself to teleport Mason and his companions from the orbit of Mars back to Earth, landing in the basement where he and Harley first entered Hell's Kitchen.
Mason then had the hat record the location in case it was needed.
Facts have proved that early preparation never fails, and facts have also proved that as long as you learn the master's steady style well, you will not have a bad life no matter which world you are in.
"So? Do we go straight to the mutants now? Or do we go back to Wakanda first?"
With an unhappy look on his face, Zhang Parker looked at the dim and terrible environment in the basement with disdain. This Spider-Man is rich, handsome, and good in every aspect, but his attitude towards life is a bit problematic.
He seemed to be unhappy about everything.
That annoying expression that never appears on old Peter's face makes people wonder if someone jumped into a well with his child in his arms, causing him to be full of disgust towards the whole world.
But he is indeed a good person at heart, as can be seen from his willingness to follow Agent Hill on the risky adventure on the Skyward Sword.
He always calls himself a "conscientious entrepreneur" and he actually cares about the future of the world.
"If you're worried about Aunt May, go to Wakanda first, and help me keep an eye on the search for that energy signal."
Mason handed a special hard drive to Mr. Zhang and said:
"Don't look anywhere else, just focus on New York City. Zhakang is in this city! We just can't see him yet."
"Then you have to find a way to get me there. I can't just walk there, right?"
Mr. Zhang complained:
"I can't travel across half the world in a few seconds! Damn it, Aunt Mei must be worried after I've been away for so long. I should have pushed that troublesome old lady into the river."
"Of course you can say that, but anyone with eyes can see that you also enjoy the company of Aunt Mei, so stop complaining."
Mason complained and gestured to Mr. Hat on his head.
The next moment, a precise teleportation spell was performed on Mr. Zhang, sending him back to the East African region where Wakanda is located across half a world.
This teleportation technique was very abrupt and somewhat rough, used to punish him for his inconsistency, so Mr. Zhang's screams continued to echo in the basement for several seconds.
"Do you know where the mutants in this world gather?"
Mason turned his head and glanced at Agent Brand who was changing clothes. The capable woman with long green hair said without turning her head:
"On an island in Canada, after Professor X died of old age, Magneto moved the entire Xavier Institute there, but then he also died of illness there.
Although I am not one of them, I still know these things about mutants."
“They’re all dead.”
Mason touched the helmet in his arms, put it back into his bag, and said:
"The good news is that we don't have to worry about the Skrulls transforming into those two troublesome old men to give us a hard time. The bad news is that we won't get support from the people on the field in the decisive battle.
It’s a bit regrettable when I think about it.”
"Magneto is so powerful!"
Harry, who was standing beside him, took out two bone sticks made of Rocky's bones from his bag and threw them to his dog to grind its teeth. He then said to Mason:
"He almost buried Team K in New Babylon by himself, but unfortunately he was eaten by Father Banner in the end. Do you think we can see Wolverine there?
Is it the young one, or the old man Logan?"
“It all depends on our luck.”
Mason smiled and walked out of the basement with Harley and Agent Brand. He took a look at the relatively calm streets and the entire city outside. It seemed that the Skrulls had no plans to poison the world for the time being.
"I can run over there."
He touched the Speedy Pinky Ring, looked at the two ladies beside him, and said:
"Maybe we can take a plane over there, it's your choice."
"Let's use a method that is more in line with our mutant identity."
Agent Brand changed back into her urban female attire, took out a map from her bosom, looked at it, pointed to a block not far away, and said:
"They have a contact in New York that can get us quickly to Xavier Academy, which is in a church in Brooklyn."
"You're really familiar with mutants."
Harley was holding two dogs and curiously said to Agent Brand:
"Aren't you an alien? You've never lived on Earth before."
"I don't have any, but my mother grew up here and I grew up hearing those stories."
The former director of the SkySword Bureau seemed unwilling to talk more about this issue. She took Mason and Harley to the target church quickly.
It looked deserted and there were not many people around, so the three of them walked straight into the dilapidated church. Agent Brand followed the method her mother taught her and burned a piece of paper under the holy water table, letting the ashes fall.
"Someone is coming."
About five minutes later, the hat on Mason's head suddenly reminded him:
"There is a spatial distortion ahead. It is very brief and very precise. It is impossible to calculate the landing point. It is a good teleporter."
The captain immediately stopped writing in his notebook, stood up and shouted to the church:
"Come out, fellows! There are only two mutants here who need help."
"I saw it and felt it. We are indeed compatriots, but I have never met you."
A blue shadow flickered above the church, and a long curly tail could be vaguely seen. The mutant jumping back and forth said in a strange voice:
"Who are you? Where are you from?"
"I come from a very far place, and I have to meet the current leader of the X-Men to tell the truth."
Mason replied, and Agent Brand was more straightforward. She took out a worn pendant from her arms, held it up, and said loudly:
"I am the child of Algabi. My mother once followed Magneto and was one of the elders of the Brotherhood of Mutants. I have the right to demand to meet my compatriots who have inherited the Brotherhood's legacy."
"Algabi?"
The mutant who was good at teleportation and space jumping became excited when he heard the name. He fell from a great height with a whoosh, and his true appearance was revealed when he landed.
It has blue skin, sharp teeth, a pair of lively eyes and a devilishly long, inverted triangle tail that swings back and forth.
This is Nightcrawler.
A master of spatial movement among mutants, he is the son of mutant elder Mystique and senior member of the Hellfire Club, Red Devil.
"I've seen you!"
Harley exclaimed when she saw Nightcrawler:
"You were stabbed to death by Barbara. It was a miserable death. But I always thought your tail was so handsome. Can you use it as a whip?"
"Well, I haven't tried it, but it should be possible."
Harley's imaginative remarks completely confused Nightcrawler. He looked at Harley, who was very familiar with her, in confusion, confirmed that she was not a mutant, and then focused his attention on Agent Brand.
He looked at the familiar face of the girl with green hair and sunglasses in front of him, and after a few seconds he sighed and said:
"I used to be a friend of Algabi. She even joked that if she still hadn't found a husband by the time she was 35, she would give me a chance. Unfortunately, during one of Magneto's dangerous experiments, Algabi was sucked into a black hole.
We all thought she was dead.”
"She didn't die. She fell on a planet in the Southern Galaxy and met my father there."
Agent Brand said expressionlessly:
“But that’s not a good thing, because she was still missing her hometown and her former companions until her death. Let’s not talk about that anymore. We need to go to Xavier College.
We have something very important to tell you."
"Not now!"
Night Walker shook his head regretfully and said:
"The academy has been sealed off. Scarlet Witch reported that there is a mysterious imposter in the academy. No one can enter or leave until they are caught."
"Skrull?"
Mason raised his eyebrows and said:
"There are imposters among the mutants? That's great. We have equipment to detect them . But before we set off, there is one last thing to do..."
"Whoosh"
Harley, who was in tune with Mason, immediately threw out the enhanced biological bait bomb hidden in her hand.
Night Walker was startled by the burst of energy, but his identity was truly confirmed after seeing that he did not immediately turn into the material of the stone tablet under his feet.
"Can this thing detect Skrulls?"
Nightwalker was not stupid. He immediately realized that this was the device Mason was talking about, but he touched his body suspiciously and said:
"Is it possible? I don't feel any changes. Those lurkers are very powerful. Scarlet Witch's magic is completely useless against them. Hank is designing a machine that can expose them, but it will take time."
"Since time is running out, should we continue chatting here?"
Mason asked back:
"Let me tell you a secret, Nightcrawler, it's not just the X-Men that have been replaced, it's known that more than half of the superheroes on Earth have been replaced.
SHIELD and the Avengers have fallen, and that's what we're here for."
"Has the situation gotten this bad?"
A trace of shock appeared on Nightcrawler's strange face. He hesitated for a moment and finally gritted his teeth, reached out and held the hands of Mason and Agent Brand, and wrapped Harley's wrist with his flexible tail.
"And my dog! Wait."
Harley blew a whistle, letting the two clever dogs grab hold of Night Walker's legs, and as the latter, a "big man" sighed helplessly, the teleportation spell was activated.
The world turned upside down and a dizzy feeling came over me the next moment.
The world in front of Mason suddenly changed and he landed in a snowy place. Not far away in front of him was the outline of Xavier College's iconic castle manor.
Lao Wan in this world seems to be a very capable person. He actually moved the castle left by his old friend to this remote place intact.
"Professor X built a mental force field around the castle, and Magneto changed the magnetic field here before he died of illness."
Nightcrawler teased Harley's two dogs while introducing them to his compatriots:
"This place cannot be tracked by any signal. We think this is the most secretive place in the world, but the malicious outsiders still found us."
As soon as he finished speaking, two nimble figures crossed the sky, and with wings fluttering and snowflakes blown by the strong wind, the angel Warren and the storm girl Ororo fell from the sky.
The two genuine X-Men looked at the three strangers brought by Nightcrawler with great vigilance, but before they could ask, Mason took the initiative to say:
"T'Challa sends his regards, Lady Ororo. The prodigal who left three kisses on your neck asked me to tell you that he misses you. He said that love comes from the sunset in Wakanda.
And I look forward to you sneaking into his room on the next stormy night to renew our relationship."
“That’s enough!”
In this world, the Storm Girl with long hair and a graceful face blushed. As the handsome Angel Warren laughed teasingly, she waved her hands awkwardly and said:
"I roughly know where you are from, but you can't enter Xavier Institute now, unless..."
"this!"
Mason dispersed his right hand and turned it into a suspended stream of water, wrapping a small box of biological bait and handing it to Storm Girl. She said:
"Take them back and test them. Put one in each dormitory. If you're lucky, we'll find the hidden Skrulls in less than ten minutes. We're here to help, fellow countrymen."
"This is Abigail's daughter."
Nightcrawler also pointed at Agent Brand and introduced him. Storm nodded, then looked at Harley and asked jokingly:
"So, my fellow man, what is your superpower?"
“The power of love!”
Harley straightened her chest seriously, took Mason's wrist and said nonsense:
"I am an 'honorary mutant' who was awakened by my love for Mr. K. I am a very powerful warrior of love. Although I don't have your cool super powers, I firmly believe that my love for my sweetheart can make me the most powerful mutant!
Maybe I should take the risk and participate in an experiment to awaken the X gene or something.
I believe that as long as my love is strong enough, I can become a beautiful and powerful female warrior of love."
"Don't listen to her nonsense, she is a family member."
Mason rubbed Harley's little head and explained to the X-Men:
“We can stay here for now, but it’s best to let the current leader come forward. We have news from Nick Fury and Peggy Carter that the Skrulls have invaded the Earth, and they are preparing to fight back.
This counter-revolutionary alliance needs the power of the X-Men, and the world needs the power of mutants."
"I will notify Scott, Hank and Logan immediately. Please wait for a moment."
Storm nodded seriously, gave the angel a few instructions, then summoned the storm to drag her back to the academy.
To be honest, when Mason saw Storm flying in the falling snow while controlling the strong wind, it was not difficult for him to understand why the prodigal son Star-Lord and Black Panther would still have an evil relationship with Storm.
It’s not just because this “Storm Goddess” is indeed elegant and has outstanding temperament, but also because of air shock, brothers!
This is basically the "secret skill" of Lady Storm. Which man would not be moved by it?
A few minutes later, three figures walked out of the academy gate quickly. They were the "Big Three" wearing X-Men uniforms, the think tank Hank, the professor's apprentice Cyclops, and Logan, who would always be present in any X-Men story.
But the Wolf uncle in front of him looked more haggard than the rejuvenated Logan in Osborne Tower.
It was a very cold day with the ambient temperature around minus ten degrees Celsius, yet this macho man came out with his bare chest in a vest and a cigar in his mouth. His muscular body that was not afraid of cold or heat was really enviable.
"Before he left, the professor warned us that there had been disturbing changes in S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Superhero Registration Act that Tony Stark had stubbornly pushed forward had given rise to signs of a civil war."
Cyclops, wearing cool goggles, said calmly:
"At this point, we don't want to be involved in the war, but if it really concerns the safety of the world, then the X-Men will not be absent."
"But first there's a problem that needs to be solved."
Uncle Wolf blew out a smoke ring. He had been looking at Mason and felt that this young man was quite kind. He said:
"The White Queen left the academy not long ago and went to New York to mingle with the Green Goblin. That cunning and vicious woman is planning to reorganize the Hellfire Club. Mystique is tracking her but hasn't made much progress.
Without the professor, there was no one to suppress her.
So before we start the war, we must first bring back the destabilizing factor. We already have a preliminary..."
"Logan! Scott! Come back soon!"
At this moment, Storm Girl's exclamation suddenly sounded from the three people's communicators. With a sense of fear, she shouted:
"Student dormitory! Come quickly! Something happened!"
"Um?"
The three of them looked at each other and turned around and rushed towards the academy. Mason frowned and felt that things were not simple. The reorganization of the water molecule structure made it easier for the nearest water source inside the academy to jump out.
Then, Mason's exclamation exploded in the team's internal communication:
"Why are there zombies in the girls' dormitory of Xavier Academy? Harley, bring the vaccine, quickly!"
