Chp 11. Sentinels

"Erik please! Stop this! You of all people should understand what it feels like to be under the mercy of another man's thumb, so don't become someone like that! Do not become someone you hate yourself!" Storm was pleading to Magneto as she tried to incapacitate the old friend of the professor.

"You are too late to stop what is inevitable Storm! He shall raise the mutants to greater heights! He is the mutant God!!" Magneto raved as he intensified his assault towards Jean and Storm.

"Max stop this!! There is something wrong with you! This is not right, wake up already please!" Raven was also nearby trying to stop Magneto but all she received as a hail of metal towards her place.

Everybody has someone to fight but the most intense of all was Paul and Exodus' battle which was heating up to a high degree. Even if Paul did a preemptive attack the Omega level Mutant still was able to perform a quick teleportation away from Paul buying him time to reorient himself and fight back seriously but it still proved futile when Paul opened his 5th Gate.

"Mr. Esteban, we are reading multiple energy surges around the area where your ear piece is, I don't know how you arrived in Egypt in a blink of an eye but there is something else you might need to know." Coulson's voice was heard over the ear piece as Paul fought Exodus for fun while practicing all the moves he had in his mind.

"Where's Fury Coulson? How come you are the one in the line?" Paul asked as he got a sudden vague feeling of something not right. But before he could try to see what it was he was attacked again by Exodus.

"The Director is currently with the Council trying to give you more time until the government of Egypt notices you are there. Since you suddenly appeared there then it might be considered an international matter if the people there notices your presence. So currently we have our team to jam up their detection devices but we could only do so for about an Hour, please take care of the matter before then." Coulson said as Paul fought but this time he noticed something not right about everyone in the Brotherhood.

Though he might not have used it he knew instinctively that he has some sort of Telekinetic, telepathic, Empathic as well as mind control if he used his improved soul. It just came with all the new knowledge he has so when he used a bit of Telepathic and Empathic ability of his he noticed something disturbing.

The Acolytes including Exodus are in a somewhat trance like state as they somehow show no surface thoughts at all. He realized this when even Jean was somewhat frowning catching up to something unnatural.

Sure it would have been Exodus blocking them all out from the minds of the brother hood but he then remembered that this guy has beef with Apocalypse since that guy sealed this dude for eight centuries in a tomb at the Alps.

So this guy must not have motivation to wake up the Mutant God and Magneto himself might be an extremist but he would not go the long way of having to wake up Apocalypse when he is not even currently cornered for the mean time.

As Paul thought in hyper drive he noticed a detail about Exodus which made him put one and two together. He might not have visible Iris and Pupils but it was there, just white yet somehow they showed signs that Exodus is not even himself. From the start the guy was not even awake as he fought Paul with no care at all about himself.

It was like a mindless beast just shooting around and all of that, it was then he was slowly getting used to his telepathic abilities that he realized that Exodus is not giving out his own power signature. This guy is a telepath almost as strong as Charles and he was supposed to be an Omega Mutant yet he is not even showing all of his strength at all.

Paul was getting the foreboding feeling more and more as he fought the Omega level mutant. It was then he noticed a more minute detail to all the brother hood mutants, if they get incapacitated they somehow recover quickly after suddenly they spasm a bit.

This was why even it had been ten minutes the battle was still on going, it was mostly Rogue and Raven who was taking down the goons while Scott was giving assist here and there with Kurt and Kitty.

It was then he saw something small lodge at the nape of every member of the brotherhood. Paul then teleported behind Exodus and kicked him in the back but it gave him a brief moment to glimpse at the nape of the guy and saw the same thing attached to it.

"Everyone bad news! There is something attached to the napes of Magneto's Acolytes, Hank try to look into it and it might be the reason for their suicidal attempts to stop us!" Paul was filled with a sense of urgency as finally used a full force strike at Exodus' head while in 5th Gate making the guy pass out for a few seconds and before he could wake up again, Paul teleported behind him and used his senses and telekinesis to try and see the activity on the small device to the smallest detail.

It was the felt a subtle and small signal coming from far away. Paul focused and used his sense to try and follow where that signal came from but what he found was very worrying.

He felt hate, boundless and deep seated hate but the mental signatures reminded him of someone he just met. But before he could follow where the thread of thought came from he was somehow discovered so the thread instantly disconnected.

Though not able to pin point the exact location he had a vague direction and it worried him because it pointed to where they have been. Towards the Xavier Mansion, Paul was then taken out of his thoughts as the unconscious guy he was inspecting somehow gained a bout of second wind.

"Argh-ARGHH!!!!" Exodus suddenly screamed really hard as he emitted strong waves of energy pushing Paul away and those close to them at the location. By now Angel, Raven, Beast, Rogue, Kitty and Kurt had looked behind those they had incapacitated and realize Paul was right.

"Mr. Esteban, we have picked up various energy signatures closing in on your direction. It seems to be in the hundreds and coming in fast so yo-wait a minute, there is another energy signature rising at where you are standing right now. And it is growing fast, Mr. Esteban the-zzz-zzzseem t-zzz be-zzzzz" Paul was standing here trying to process the amount of things suddenly happening around them.

"Beast! Gather all everybody in one place and make sure they are stopped." Paul then used his telepathic powers at full force for the first time as he went in the minds of the brother hood and found the same mental signature as well as disconnected them.

He was thinking hard, who was this telepath that even was able to control a omega level mutant like Exodus who was also a powerful telepath. Only one person could have that much telepathic strength and he was in their side on a wheel chair, but the mental signature is very much like Charles yet also a bit different.

*BOOM!!*

Paul and the others looked at the source of the explosion which was at the side of the Pyramid. There a large figure walked out of the place in even and firm steps like the place is his, not caring one bit to the mutants fighting around him.

Paul did not flinch as he kept disconnecting the mental threads that controlled the brotherhood. One by one he tried to follow it until all the thread disconnected making those still fighting susceptible to capturing.

Sabertooth flopped like a sack of potatoes, Pyro was encased in Ice, Mammomax got hit with an uppercut from Colossus while the rest fainted including Magneto but before the Master of Magnetism fell he floated towards the sore thumb in the middle of the area.

Jean and Storm wanted to go to get Magneto but Angel stopped them as he got signaled by Scott to get the others. Paul was serious as he looked at the grey looking ballsack and said.

"See, a bald guy is always the leader…" breaking the tense atmosphere but Paul gave a small signal to Jean and Scott to get out of here as he said there is something wrong.

'Scott, Jean you go back to the Mansion with the rest of the team. There is something really wrong, the professor suddenly got silent so have Kurt get you all there. And have Hank look at the chips behind their napes because it might be indication another party has started all of this.'

Paul's words made the two look at each other as they slowly went to their teammates and the unconscious mutants around them. Kurt looked horrified at the amount they have to transfer but they all have to seem the same reaction as they looked at Apocalypse, fear.

Paul was more in a thoughtful state as he did not fear Apocalypse rather who was the one that had planned all of this, his soul might have improved but it was more of a chore to recall anything at the moment as he was still getting used to these powers of his.

Meanwhile Apocalypse lifted Magneto's helmet and he too noticed the device attached to the back of his head. Lifting his hand he disintegrated the small thing and placed his hand on Magneto's head.

"Ahh, my child you have suffered greatly. Do not fear, no more will the hands of lesser men be at the hilt of the sword of judgment. Our kind shall prosper once more at our hands and you shall be my Horseman that'll build the throne which we shall all seat as we rule over our people in glory. Rise my horseman! Rise and tear down their statues of false glories! Rise and build my empire anew!" as Apocalypse was going on and on about something he dreamed of, Exodus was slowly getting sense of where he was and what he did in that dazed state of his.

Paul instead was looking at the X-men gathering together and now ready to leave at a moment's notice. But before they left Angel, Storm and Iceman stayed with him, which made Paul raise his brows a bit but it was then he remembered a small fact about Charles.

Not giving a second more to waste he used his telekinetic powers and telepathic to bundle the others together then have Kurt teleport them immediately. But before doing so he projected a message to Cyclops' mind.

'Go back immediately Cyclops! The professor is in danger!'

That was all before Kurt was about to teleport which was not even stopped by Apocalypse as he finished converting Magneto.

"You! Die False God!!" Exodus somehow made his first action after waking up to bombard the Mutant God but it was futile as it was all stopped by a force field. As the dust subsided there was three men there that stood in front, this made Paul remember that there might be people sent down to revive the mutant god.

"Ah, Exodus my child. It seems you have not changed your ways after centuries sealed in your tomb. Thought I may not know who was it that sent you all to wake me from my long slumber but they have my thanks. I now have to say it has been a breath of fresh air to see a familiar face." Apocalypse walked nonchalantly forward as he did not even care for the others around him.

Paul instead was looking at the three newcomers who he remembered to be small time mutant villains Shocker(guy with crab like arms that used electromagnetic charge claws to attack), Unus(Force field user) and Lifter(Some guy that could change his body's molecular density as well of things he touches.

It seems the three has already been roided up by En Sabah Nur as they already wore the same theme of costumes of their new big boss. Paul really wanted to end the guy but he knew more than the others that he could not be killed but rather would revive in another way as he was considered an External.

Maybe even his fellow Externals already know his revival just now, but Paul was not worried. As he was more in a thoughtful state if what he remembered was indeed right then there might be a large chance that Sentinels are going to be used, which might be what the new energy signatures coming to their direction is.

*BOOM!*

As Paul was just standing there Exodus went on a rampage as he appeared in front of Apocalypse and started bombarding him with all he can. First thing he saw after his waking up for real this time is the man that lied to him and took all his powers before lying to him about being a god.

Even with his obsession of getting power and growing stronger he still grew as a knight following a code. He was angry already being used as a puppet and he already could now control his own body, now nothing is holding down his whole strength. But even then he could not land a decent attack on the Mutant God even after his newly awakened weakened form.

Paul was rather focusing right now about the thing that was jamming the signals as Storm, Iceman and Angel fought the other three that was roided up mutants. Storm faced Shocker because his powers won't work on her, Iceman faced Unus because his force field proved to be a real problem while Angel was distracting Lifter who was considerably stronger and tougher.

It was then Paul felt the presences he sensed earlier shifting under the sand which alerted him. Paul instantly blinked on top of where he felt one of this presence and did an axe kick but before he could land a hit a rifle nozzle appeared from the sand and shot bullets towards Paul but he did not dodge.

"Moth*rf*cker!!"

As his kick landed Paul was hit point blank with caliber 50 rounds, which did not puncture his body but did leave a few cuts here and there. And it was then he realized he had not changed his clothes since his date which is now in tatters. Good thing his reaction time made him cover his pants with chakra reinforcing it a bit.

But his first kick prompted a chain reaction at their surroundings as hundreds of Robots appeared all around the mutants present. This stopped the battles around them as they looked at the ten feet tall robots aiming their guns towards them.

"H-how… we have destroyed all the remaining sentinels already as well as Trask's research files." Storm was shocked as she recognized the robots around them.

"Well it seems you didn't, so perk up people. The whole shit is going to dog roll you if you slack off!!" Paul went on the defensive as his body blurred at the speed he is going.

Meanwhile Magneto was now amazed at the difference of how he sees the world when his power increased many fold. He felt gratitude and hope that maybe the mutant kind will flourish again and rule over the world like they were meant to be, but he must first take care of an old problem the mutants have.

"Can you see Storm, humans like always did not stick to their words in destroying everything about these things. They are scared so they keep these weapons to feel safe against our might but no more, we will show them why they must rightfully fear us." Magneto did not notice it but when Apocalypse enhanced him he also cleared him of any memory of what happened and made him think that everything he did was his own decision.

Just like what he did to the three that woke him up as he already knew someone out there controlled them but from what he felt it was another mutant. And whoever this mutant that controlled them into waking him up is not someone that he should consider an enemy.

"He speaks the truth child." said Apocalypse as he raised walls of strong earth to block out the raid of bullets towards their direction. "I only care for the betterment of mutant kind and see to it that we rule this planet to guide these lesser beings for their betterment."

*Scoff*

"Did I say anything wrong child?" Apocalypse looked at Paul while Magneto started dealing with the Sentinels as they were being a nuisance since they all do not have anything magnetic on their materials at all. The other mutants still fought but Bobby was more protecting them for now as some Sentinels get past the earthen walls so he raised Ice walls to protect him, Storm and Angel.

"You are an idiot En Sabah Nur…" Paul said that while not caring for the bullets that reach him as they just couldn't get past the dense muscles of Paul while on 5th Gate.

"Tell me, young one. On what part did the strong ruling the weak sound wrong? And also what are you? I can't feel anything that could indicate you are a mutant like the rest of us." Apocalypse' words made Storm and the others look at Paul when Apocalypse said his words.

"I am human. And when I say you are an idiot then I say you are an idiot. You lived for over five thousand years, have knowledge that came from out of the stars and you also know that there are beings out there that could eat the planet like its Monday breakfast. So don't go about Mutants being superior because deep inside you are as scared little kid knowing that even with all that power you have, you know you could not defeat those beings that treated us like lab rats…" Paul was speaking his feelings because he never understood the fixation of this guy in front of him as he walked not caring of anything happening at all around him.

"…you pretend that you are a god but you know that those things out there created the mutant gene as well as other things within the planet. So don't go to me speaking like you are someone that should rightfully rule, with all that knowledge you could not even deduce that every man, woman and child in the planet could awaken their x-gene…" Paul now stood face to face against Apocalypse who was now frowning hard at the information Paul was giving out.

"…you know that but you still act like you are someone superior, your just a small dust in the grand scheme of things. So let me remind you what your job was Apocalypse, you were tasked by the Celestials to keep watch of the natural development of Evolution in the Planet so why are you interfering?" Paul said as he saw the surprise in Apocalypse' eyes.

"You, who are you?" En Sabah Nur felt unsure now as he stood in front of this man that he could not see through. And even the mutants around him were paying attention to their interaction as they heard Paul's words making them thoughtful.

"I am someone who will ask you, will you fight? Or will you stand down?" Paul was ready to activate the 7th gate it necessary as he looked at the bulky enemy in front of him.

"Stand down? You want me to stand down? I am a god, I do not submit to those weaker than me." Apocalypse was pissed at how Paul approached him as well as how much he knows.

"You may be an External, but don't forget that you can still be destroyed even if you revive in another way. You are no god, just a large man baby who does not even try to check on how his wife is doing right not while trapped in Amenth forever fighting those demons." Paul knew that this would not lead to anything as he could now span his telepathic powers to the other side of the continent. He was just delaying as he wanted to check of the X-men mansion.

And just like he predicted there is something blocking his probes there, the same mental signature he found on the Brotherhood's minds. So he found a civilian nearby trying to see what he sees and like he predicted there are hundreds of Sentinels attacking the school.

"It seems you know too much, too bad your bravery is the end of you." Apocalypse then reached his hand out to Paul's neck who did not try react. But when he tried to disintegrate Paul he felt obstruction with his powers.

"What? Can't use molecular manipulation on me?" Paul was happy his body is immune to such kind of powers. But since Apocalypse attacked first he did not hold back anymore, his skin suddenly got redder and his aura now radiated outwards as he gave a uppercut towards Apocalypse sending him to the sky.

*BAAM!!*

Paul followed as he knew that was now enough, from what he felt the body of the guy was many times harder that stainless steel. So he used his teleportation to make Apocalypse not be able to react to his non-stop attacks.